Machine Head have streamed their entire new album ‘The Blackening‘ here. The 8 song album is due out March 27th via Roadrunner.
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The National Music Publishers Association filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite on Thursday for providing radios that allegedly let users reproduce and distribute copyrighted music without paying appropriate royalties.

The publishers said the suit alleges that XM engages in massive copyright infringement with devices that provide its service known as “XM + MP3,” which lets listeners store songs they hear on XM’s service and arrange them into playlists.
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Ever wondered who the real faces are behind the RIAA? The consumerist.com have put together a list of contact information and addresses for the largest of the companies, as well as pictures and some biographical information about their chief executives.

Check out the list here.
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Otep and guitarist Karma Cheema (ex-American Head Charge) have parted ways. The band has named a replacement simply known as Aaron.
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A higher quality version of Chris Cornell’s new single “No Such Thing” has been added to his MySpace player. The track is featured on his second solo album, ‘Carry On‘, which is due out on June 5th. Cornell, who will guest on Rockline Radio on June 4th, will begin touring in support of the album on April 6th, click here for dates. The album will include the following tracks

“No Such Thing”
“Safe and Sound”
“Scar On The Sky”
“Finally Forever”
“Disappearing Act”
“Billy Jean (Michael Jackson cover)”
“Ghost”
“Arms Around Your Love”
“She’ll Never Be Your Man”
“Killing Birds”
“Silence the Voices”
“Poison Eye”
“Your Soul Today”
“You Know My Name”
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Breaking Benjamin will re-release their latest album ‘Phobia‘ as a “collectors edition” on April 17th. The new edition includes a bonus live DVD recorded at Lehigh University in February.

The band is expected to begin touring once again in May with Three Days Grace.
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The Deftones are participating in Virgin Mobile’s RE*Generation program which helps teens at risk. The band has donated an instrumental version of “Hole In The Hearth” as an exclusive ringtone in which 100% of the royalties will be donated to the program aimed at building awareness of vital issues surrounding teen homelessness. Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has an exclusive interview discussing his own pro-social activities available here.
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After struggling for years with addiction, Trent Reznor got clean and sober a few years back and released 2005’s ‘With Teeth‘. While Nine Inch Nails fans are used to waiting almost five years between full albums from the band, here comes ‘Year Zero‘ just about two years later. Reznor recently spoke to Gigwise about his current state of mind:

“I can see now with pretty much crystal clear clarity that that aspect had governed my life. I had made writing out to be a terrifying prospect filled with pain and failure and some things that I dreaded doing because I’ve always lacked self-confidence and every other thing,” he said, while on tour in Europe. “By the end of my run with drugs I’d also realized that my brain wasn’t functioning right and I’d lost the power to really concentrate – it really made my art suffer, which made me feel worse, which made me want to get high and you know, that cycle starts up.“

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Queens of the Stone Age have reportedly added bassist Michael Shuman (ex-Wires on Fire) to their line-up. The band will release their new album ‘Era Vulgaris‘ this summer.
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It Dies Today have announced the following tour dates in addition to their current tour:

April 18th in Spokane, WA @ The Boulevard
April 19th in Boise, ID @ The Venue
April 20th in Salt Lake City, UT @ Country Club
April 21st in Denver, CO @ Marquis
April 22nd in Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
April 23rd in Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
April 24th in Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
April 25th in Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre
April 26th in Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
April 27th in Toledo, OH @ Headliners
April 29th in Covington, KY @ Madhatter’s
May 1st in Huntington, WV @ TBA
May 2nd in Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
May 3rd in Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Garage
May 4th in Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Icon
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Madina Lake’s debut album ‘From Them, Through Us, To You‘ can now be streamed on MySpace. The long delayed album will finally hit stores on March 27th.
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Velvet Revolver have announced new dates for their upcoming US tour, they are:

May 4th in Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
May 5th in San Francisco CA @ Warfield
May 7th in Seattle, WA @ Showbox Music Club
May 10th in Chicago, IL @ The Riviera
May 12th in Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 13th in Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
May 15th in Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
May 18th in Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
May 19th in Columbus, OH @ Columbus Crew Stadium
May 20th in Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center
May 22nd in New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
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Skinlab have announce details for their “Face of Aggression Tour” which will kick off in May. Will Haven, Ankla and Hostility will provide support on the entire tour with Apiary and Pain Principle opening on select dates. Full tour schedule will be announced shortly.
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