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The full details on the 2011 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL have been revealed. DISTURBED, MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, and GODSMACK will be on the Main Stage, while the Jagermeister Stage will feature UNEARTH, KINGDOM OF SORROW, RED FANG, and the winners of the Jagermeister Battle of the Bands. The Extreme Stage will feature SUICIDE SILENCE, ALL SHALL PERISH and STRAIGHT LINE STITCH. Check out the full details and dates below, along with notes on special appearances by DETHKLOK and TESTAMENT.

As I'm sitting here in snowy Chicago fielding reports from Pamela Koller at the Kik Axe Crew out in Anaheim for the 2011 Winter NAMM Show, my head is spinning over all the new gear that's on display. More importantly, I'm starting to contemplate my next guitar purchase, and SCHECTER is one of the brands at the top of my list. With some killer axe's on display in Booth #4290 in Hall C, Schecter is played by members of PRONG, GWAR, DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, THE CURE, and more. Take a look at some photos of their current offerings below...

As announced last month, Korn and Disturbed, two of rock's biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline this year's “Monster Energy Music As A Weapon V Tour.”  With the first half of dates on sale now and off to a scorching start, the highly successful Monster Energy’s MAAW V Tour has added even more dates and new markets: a second leg from March 8^th through March 30^th that will include stops in Las Vegas, Texas, the West Coast and many more.

Multi-platinum recording artists Disturbed have claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their new release Asylum (Read the Kik Axe Music review here). The album hit stores on August 27th and sold 179K copies in its first week. This is the fourth consecutive number one release for the band.

Disturbed have announced that they will be doing a LIVE webcast on their Ustream Channel on August 31st at 2:30 PST/5:30 EST. Fans can submit questions to the band by leaving comments here.

It's hard to believe that Chicago's DISTURBED have already been at it for over a decade. The band that rose to stardom by inviting listeners to get "Down With the Sickness" has come a long way from the dark clubs of the Windy City (anyone remember the bassist auditions at Oasis 160?) to headlining arenas and playing host to their growing MUSIC AS A WEAPON tours.

On their fifth studio effort, ASYLUM (due out next Tuesday via Reprise Records), the band turns in what is arguably their most powerful performance yet, broadening their sound well beyond the chugga-chugga riffage that has become synonymous with the band - though there's plenty of that to be had as well.