Chad Childers

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is an avid baseball fan and is usually up for meeting up with players who make their living playing the game. Recently that led Vedder to hanging out with members of the Minnesota Twins baseball team and pitcher Jared Burton now has an experience he'll never forget.

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Five Finger Death Punch are moving closer to completing their next album. In a new Facebook posting, the band reveals that they've finished recording the effort and are now in the mixing process.

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A milestone just passed in Machine Head's career, as guitarist Phil Demmel just surpassed a decade as a member of the band. As such, his bandmates have chimed in with congratulations and recollections of their time spent rocking together.

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Guns N' Roses are about to bring one of their best live experiences to the big screen, with some pretty awesome 3D effects thrown in for good measure. The band's 2012 residency at Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was filmed and has now been turned into a movie that will get theatrical screenings this summer. With the project nearing, the group has now offered the first extended trailer for the movie.

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Dream Theater's fans are a dedicated bunch and the love definitely goes both ways. Band members John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess recently took some time to record video messages to thank their fans for pushing the group's 'Images and Words' album to victory in Loudwire's very own 2013 March Metal Madness competition to determine the best metal album of all-time. Watch both video messages below.

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One of the things that's limited Sixx: A.M. somewhat in the past is their lack of a drummer, but Nikki Sixx has discussed his desire to make the band more of a priority in the future and that would presumably include finding a drummer to help them out. In a recent tweet, Sixx revealed the musician that's on the top of his wish list, shouting out the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins.

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Amon Amarth are one step closer to their next release, as the band revealed the title and the album art for their upcoming disc. 'Deceiver of the Gods' arrives in June via Metal Blade Records. In addition, the group has moved to fill in some of the space between Mayhem Festival performances by announcing a handful of "off-date" shows for July and August.

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Those heading to Rocklahoma can begin mapping out their weekend of rocking as festival organizers have revealed a day-by-day schedule. The annual rock festival runs May 24-26 with a May 23 pre-festival bash to kick off the music weekend. Guns N' Roses, Alice in Chains and Korn are this year's Rocklahoma headliners.

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Congrats are in order, as Killswitch Engage and Bring Me the Horizon are carrying the metal banner quite capably on this week's Billboard 200 album chart.

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Last summer, there were rumors that Avril Lavigne and Marilyn Manson were dating. Those rumors were humorously thwarted by Manson and the world soon found out that it was Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and not Manson that the pop singer had her eyes on. However, there was something to that pairing with Manson -- something musical.

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Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo isn't waiting around for the air to clear concerning his contractual dispute with the band, as he's revealed plans to continue music with Philm and his onetime project Grip Inc.

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David Draiman has now taken the next step in establishing his new band, Device, as the group played their first-ever live performance Wednesday night in Mobile, Alabama.

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