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Deftones unveil "Rocket Skates" video

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/9/10 @ 10:09 PM - altpress.com

Deftones have unveiled their video for "Rocket Skates," the first single from the band's upcoming full-length, Diamond Eyes. Check out the video (complete with acting turn by frontman Chino Moreno) along with the album's tracklisting below:

1. Diamond Eyes
2. Royal
3. CMND/CTRL
4. You've Seen the Butcher
5. Beauty School
6. Prince
7. Rocket Skates
8. Sextape
9. Risk
10. 976-EVIL
11. This Place Is Death

The Used plan more dates with Chiodos, Jaguar Love

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/9/10 @ 12:17 PM - altpress.com

When we first brought you news of the Used and Chiodos touring, only a few dates were confirmed; but now, we've gotten the whole routing, which you can find below. Those with eagle eyes will spot that this tour overlaps with Chiodos' other announced tour with Bullet For My Valentine. For those shows, Chiodos will be replaced by Jaguar Love. (New Medicine will still open all shows.) Dates:

w/Chiodos
4/13 Blue Note, Columbia, MO
4/14 Spin, Louisville, KY
4/16 Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
4/17 Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI
4/18 Club Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA
4/20 Chameleon Club, Lancaster, PA
4/21 Northern Lights, Clifton Park, NY
4/23 The Cannery, Nashville, TN
4/24 Canopy Club, Champaign, IL
4/25 Tom Dick & Harry’s, Green Bay, WI
4/27 The Shrine, Billings, MT

w/Jaguar Love
4/28 Wilma Theater, Missoula, MT
4/29 Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA
5/1 Knitting Factory, Boise, ID
5/2 Roseland, Portland, OR

Minus The Bear announce SXSW shows, spring tour

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/9/10 @ 11:06 AM - altpress.com

With their new album, OMNI, scheduled to drop May 4 on Dangerbird, Minus The Bear have revealed their spring tour plans. First, MTB will play five shows in three days at this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin Texas (details below). Then, the Seattle quintet will hit the road starting April 19 in Spokane, Washington, for a six-week U.S. tour. All dates below.

March 18th Filter Showcase @ Cedar St Courtyard (3:30pm) Austin, TX
March 19th Relix Magazine Party @ Antones (3:20pm) Austin, TX
March 19th Musebox @ Rusty Spur (1am) Austin, TX
March 20th Stubbs (9pm) Austin, TX
March 20th Dangerbird Records @ Mellow Johnny's (11:20pm) Austin, TX

April 19 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
April 20 The Railyard Billings, MT
April 22 Slowdown Omaha, NE
April 23 Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
April 25 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI
April 26 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
April 28 Madison Theater Covington, KY
April 29 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
April 30 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
May 2 Bamboozle Festival E. Rutherford, NJ
May 5 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
May 6 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
May 7 9:30 Club Washington, DC
May 8 The National Richmond, VA
May 9 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
May 10 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
May 11 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 12 The Ritz Tampa, FL
May 14 House Of Blues Houston, TX
May 15 Granada Dallas, TX
May 16 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
May 18 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
May 19 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
May 20 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles, CA
May 21 Glass House Pomona, CA
May 22 SOMA San Diego, CA
May 23 Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ
May 26 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
May 27 Knitting Factory Reno, NV
May 28 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
May 29 Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA

DragonForce part ways with frontman

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/9/10 @ 10:33 AM - altpress.com

British power metal band DragonForce have announced that they have split with lead singer ZP Theart. The band released the following statement :"It is with great regret that DragonForce announce a parting of the ways with singer ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion but the rest of the band sincerely wishes ZP great success with his future projects."

The band are in the midst of writing their fifth album and are now in search of a new vocalist. Guitarist Herman Li said, "We are looking for a powerful, melodic singer to write a new chapter of DragonForce with us."

Wanna audition? Check out details here.

Chad Gilbert releases two new solo songs

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/9/10 @ 9:25 AM - altpress.com

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has posted two more songs under the What's Eating Gilbert name. "Devil In Me" and "I Wanna Hold You" are the fourth and fifth official solo songs Gilbert has posted for downloading. He also announced that he's holding a contest for fans to submit cover art for the songs. Submissions will be posted in two weeks and fans will be able to vote on the ones they most like. Check out the details and listen to the new songs here.

The Used schedule mini-tour with Chiodos this April

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/8/10 @ 3:15 PM - altpress.com

Remember when we posted those Bullet For My Valentine/Chiodos tour dates and said this would be Chiodos' first tour with new frontman Brandon Bolmer? Yeah, well, we fibbed: It turns out the Michigan sextet's true first tour back will be supporting three-time AP cover stars the Used for a series of gigs this April. Opening each show will be New Medicine. All currently confirmed dates are below; if more are added (and we're assuming there's at least a few we don't know about yet), we'll let you know:

4/13 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
4/17 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
4/18 Club Zoo Pittsburgh, PA
4/20 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
4/21 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY