Top 20 Songs: Week of August 6-11, 2012

In this week’s edition of Loudwire’s Top 20 Countdown, Shinedown keep their No. 1 spot for a fourth consecutive week with their single ‘Unity’ off of their latest record ‘Amaryllis.’ Five Finger Death Punch climb a couple of spots to make their way to No. 2 this week with their single ‘Coming Down’ while the Offspring move down a spot with ‘Days Go By.’ Adelitas Way come in at No.

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on Passing Out in Dallas: ‘I Basically Blacked Out’

Slipknot expend a lot of energy onstage, and earlier this summer it got the better of singer Corey Taylor, who passed out from heat exhaustion at the end of their performance. Taylor tells Fuse that he’s still not exactly sure what happened. He explains, “I basically blacked out for the last two songs, but I finished the show. I have no memory of the last two songs. I woke up

Fozzy, ‘Sin and Bones’ – Exclusive Album Stream

Fozzy really started to emerge with their 2010 release ‘Chasing the Grail,’ so what will the band do to follow that up? Luckily, Loudwire can help you out with that as we provide you an exclusive album stream of the band’s fifth studio album, ‘Sin and Bones.’ In an exclusive interview with Loudwire, singer Chris Jericho recently told us of his musical process, ”What I get from the road is I

Alexisonfire Announce Farewell Tour Dates

Back in August of 2011 Alexisonfire officially announced that they were breaking up after the linup suffered some shake-ups. Dallas Green left the band to focus on his acoustic folk project City and Colour and Wade MacNeil became the new singer for Gallows. Even though this was a blow to Alexisonfire fans, the band did promise one last tour together to celebrate the band’s tenth anniversary. The nine dates announced

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Vents on Difficulties of Crafting New Record Without Paul Gray

Slipknot singer Corey Taylor recently dished to the Toronto Star about going on with the band after the death of bassist Paul Gray. “It was difficult [to get back out on the road without Gray], man,” he said. “I’m not gonna lie, there was a part of me that was like, ‘What does it mean without him? How do we do this without him?’ We are all such key pieces to

Duff McKagan Interviews Jack White About Solo Disc ‘Blunderbuss’

When former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan isn’t rocking out on stage with one of his bands Velvet Revolver or Loaded, he pens a regular column for ‘Seattle Weekly’ that covers everything from sports to politics and of course music. In his latest column, the legendary bassist digs a little deeper into the music scene, interviewing Jack White who recently released his solo debut ‘Blunderbuss.’ McKagan starts off his