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As if two wasn't enough…

The band named after a lame move from Mortal Kombat (actually I may have made that up), Five Finger Death Punch have announced that they have starting planning their third album. Want to know what it’s going to sound like? Well, just like their first and second album, and most likely what all their albums are going to sound like. But don’t take my word for it, read what guitarist, Zoltan Bathory says below.

“The thing is, we found our sound, so to speak. It’s still going to evolve, but not drastically. If you put in Five Finger Death Punch’s first, second, or third record, you’ll still recognize that it is Five Finger Death Punch. You kind of stick to the sound that you have. Like any band that I was into, from Pantera to Metallica to Iron Maiden, you hear the first couple of riffs and you know it’s them. I think that identity is very important and it’s crazy to lose.”

Source: Metalhammer

I’m pretty sure that’s just called laziness, but hey, who am I to judge?

Corey Taylor has no plans for Slipknot

Despite the fact Joey Jordison has claimed that work on a new Slipknot album has begun, with the band recording in early 2011, Corey ‘I am the great big mouth’ Taylor has contradicted Joey‘s words, claiming that neither he, or “at least 5 other members” have any plans to work on a new Slipknot album.

“Before anyone gets the wrong idea, let me be clear. I have NO PLANS to make a new Slipknot album anytime soon,” said Taylor. “Shows? Maybe. Album? No. As for Joey’s comments, he took that on himself to say that in print. I can think of five people in this band who haven’t written/heard a thing.”

Source: Metal Hammer

I seem to remember the same nonesense happening before recording both Vol 3 and All Hope is Gone though. In fact, it always seems to be Joey that’s psyched to start work on new Slipknot albums, but Corey is always too busy singing soppy ballads and being a pop star.

Bring me the earplugs

Yes, someone do please bring me some earplugs, because Emo Metalcore (personally I prefer apple cores, or possibly even Andrea Corr) rockers, Bring Me The Horizon, have announced a 2011 UK tour with Parkway Drive, Architects and The Devil Wears Prada.

Not from the UK? Lucky you. From the UK? Find out the dates and venues to avoid after the jump.

Rob Zombie Download rumors

System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold may have been confirmed for 2011’s Download festival this morning, but rumors have been circulating that Rob Zombie will also be playing the festival. This morning, the BBC posted an article about the reformed SOAD playing Download. Within the news post, Rob Zombie was also mentioned as playing the festival, but the article has since been altered. Whether this was a leak or just a bizarre mistake, it is not yet known.

Personally I’m hoping and praying it’s a mistake. View a screenshot of the article prior to it being taken down after the jump.

System of a Down are back

Posting via their official website, System of a Down made a shock announcement this morning. That’s right, they are officially reforming to play some dates next year. I mean it’s not like we already knew that last week, or that the rumor hadn’t been doing the rounds for literally forever, or that they hadn’t basically already “unofficially” been confirmed for 3 major festivals last week.

Posting simultaniously with SOAD’s announcement, the UK’s Download festival also announced that the band will be returning to the UK next year to headline the festival and that this will be a UK exclusive. In case you don’t know what that means, that means if you want to see SOAD and you’re from the UK, then you better go to Download, as that’ll be the only date. A bit like when Faith No More were UK exclusives at Download a couple of years ago,  and you could only see them at Download. Well, that and at a show at the Brixton Academy and a “secret” slot and the Reading festival…

The chances are, too, that if you care about this, you will already know about this. So maybe my efforts are reporting this are a little in vain, but remember, you may look cool with all your mates being up to date with all the Metal news, but it won’t help you get a girlfriend.