Eicca Toppinen of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has explained to The Pulse Of Radio why the band was forced to pull the vocals of SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith off their current single, "Not Strong Enough". Toppinen said that the whole thing was a case of record company politics. "When we were speaking ...

As of late, Shinedown have kept busy in Los Angeles, working on their new album.

The Day in Rock Digest for 2/7/11

According to The Pulse Of Radio, Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has been forced to pull the vocals of SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith off the band's new single, "Not Strong Enough". Smith's vocal track remains on the version found on the group's latest album, "7th Symphony". Bu...

German industrial metallers Rammstein have won a lawsuit for copyright infringement against Apocalyptica's record company, Sony Music Entertainment GmbH.The case, which was heard at the Regional Court Of Berlin last month, was brought against Sony Music's after the label's now defunct subsidiary, Gun Records, claimed in marketing literature that...