May 14th, 2013 
Grant Trimboli North Carolina’s own Damien Deadson is the solo project from former Demon Hunter guitarist Ryan Helm and he released his new album today.
Damien Deadson’s album, Crown Me, Destroyer, is now available for purchase over through iTunes and Infamous Empire Records. Go grab your copy and tell Under The Gun what your thoughts are.
Head through the link provided to stream Damien Deadson’s brand new album, Crown Me, Destroyer, on Absolutepunk!
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March 28th, 2013 Adrian Garza We’re glad to announce that in wake of last night’s news of Chad Gilbert being electrocuted from a microphone during one of two performances at Anaheim, California’s Chain Reaction for New Found Glory‘s upcoming live album, the guitarist has now been released from the hospital.
Follow the jump for a look at a tweet he just posted on the matter.
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March 19th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Staind guitarist Mike Mushok announced that he has joined the band Newsted. Newsted has been built around former Metallica and Voivod bassist Jason Newsted.
Staind are still going as a band so that means Mushok will be pulling double duty.
The group will be touring Europe in June on the festival circuit so catch them and check out what they have to offer. Festival routing can be seen by simply heading through the link provided.
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January 17th, 2013 James Shotwell Michigan’s hard rock act Chiodos has officially announced Thomas Erak (ex-Fall Of Troy) as their new guitarist. The decision comes two months after Jason Hale parted ways with the group.
In an announcement video released this morning, Erak introduces himself to fans, gives some insight into his musical background, and hints at a small change in sound on Chiodos’ new material. You can view the announcement blow.
Chiodos are currently working on their first album with frontman Craig Owens since Bone Palace Ballet. Stay tuned for additional recording updates in the coming weeks.
January 14th, 2013 Dan Bogosian This seemed out of nowhere to me given that the band was already releasing new music in 2013, but guitarist Jona Weinhofen quit Bring Me The Horizon this morning. He did the announcement on his Tumblr. I would summarize, but the full post is short enough for you to read for yourself:
“After a lot of time and thought ive decided to leave my current position as guitarist with Bring Me The Horizon. things in the band have been very tense with a lot of disagreements between myself and certain members who i wont name.
im thankful
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Posted in News Tags: bmth, bring me the horizon, fired, guitarist, Jona Weinhofen, quits, Sempiternal, shadow moses 4 Comments » November 23rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli Michigan rockers Chiodos have lost their guitarist Jason Hale to focus on more important endeavors. Read a message from Hale below and be sure to comment with your thoughts through the jump. UTG will update you if the band chooses to write a letter explaining the situation in greater detail.
Who do you feel would be an excellent replacement guitarist for the band?
just in case you didnt know, im not playing with chiodos anymore. its been a blast but i have more important things to do. have fun guys!
— jason hale (@jasonhaletx) November 23, 2012
November 3rd, 2012 James Shotwell Rough way to start the day, but the UTG crew woke up to news that some of our best friends in music were attacked yesterday and rushed to share the information with you.
While traveling through Texas yesterday, Rise Records’ In Fear And Faith ran out of gas somewhere alone one of the Lone Star state’s numerous freeways. Guitarist Ramin Niroomand and other members joined together to hike down the side of the road to the nearest fueling station, but on their way back the encountered a dangerous driver who, according to the band, tried to run them down with …
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July 20th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Tool’s Adam Jones is not exactly thrilled at the fact that tons of fans keep asking him if their new album is close to being done. Below are two quotes from the artist’s Facebook politely telling us all that Tool plan on releasing this material when it is ready, from the band’s standpoint. Would you enjoy a half-assed record done sooner or an excpetional record done later? That is what we thought.
“To those of you who demand a new album from Tool: would you rather get something mediocre now, or something impressive later?”
“Truth is, we don’t write for …
July 12th, 2012 Grant Trimboli The Bouncing Souls have released their brand new visuals for the song “Static” and shows us the world’s obsessive views toward media trends. Click through the jump to watch this awesome video and comment with your thoughts!
This song comes off of the band’s ninth studio album, Comet, through Rise Records.
TBS guitarist Pete Steinkopf had this to say to Spinner.
“I’m getting the urge to destroy. When all I see is Static, I’m getting the urge to destroy Sleepwalking Addicts!’ Let’s all dig deeper and find something better to listen to and something more substantial to believe in.”…
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July 1st, 2012 Grant Trimboli This is incredible. Slipknot guitarist Jim Root will have to miss initial touring dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival due to having surgery to remove his appendix. The crazy part is that Root’s appendix burst over two weeks ago and he’s been dealing with the immense pain that comes with it for this long. What a champ!
Read a statement from the Slipknot camp below and send your well-wishes over to Jim Root through the comments section.
The band stated Root was “seriously sick for the past two weeks and went to the hospital last week where he …
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June 14th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Las Vegas’ own Molotov Solution are sad to announce that they have to call it a day. They are canceling all upcoming tour dates because the band cannot handle touring full-time anymore.
Read direct statements from frontman Nick Arthur and guitarist Richie Gomez on Molotov Solution here. We wish the band the best of luck in their future endeavors.
Nick Arthur stated:
“Bad news guys: First off, I want to thank everyone for all or any support given to help us through the years. Secondly, I want to apologize to our friends and fans for canceling our upcoming shows and …
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June 7th, 2012 Grant Trimboli New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has announced that he plans on releasing a new solo EP, entitled Cheap Shots, which will hit shelves on July 31. Look out for more information on this Bridge Nine drop in the weeks to come.
Read the official statement from Gilbert below and comment with your thoughts.
“I’m excited for people to hear my songs on this EP. As my solo song writing develops, it’s showing more and more my goal: to create modern 50’s pop rock throwback… a style of music I heard around my house being played by my parents …
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