During a brand new interview with Music Aficionado, former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson, who was in the band from 1998 until 2014, was asked if he thought that version of GUNS got a fair shake from fans. He responded: "I do. You have to look at what we were selling them, and that was the main voice of GUNS N' ROSES and an entirely different lineup, and a lineup that changed a few times.

"To be perfectly honest with you, they came out in droves to see Axl Rose. He's the man who was the front guy of the whole thing. I think the fans were more than ingratiating to us. I still get people Facebooking me and saying, 'Oh, man, we really loved you in the band. Thank you for keeping it going for all those years.'"

Stinson also talked about Rose's reputation for being hard to work with and unreliable.

"People ask me all the time, 'Is he really an asshole?'" Tommy said. "No, he wasn't; he's actually a pal of mine. We had a good working relationship. It wasn't always easy, but neither is a marriage, or any other relationship you have that's long lasting. There are things going on, bumps and all that. But for the most part, he was great to me. All the stories you heard are completely blown out of proportion, as far as I'm concerned. His reputation was a little more mythological than actual reality."

Asked if it wasfrustrating for him to spend so much time working on GUNS N' ROSES' 2008 album "Chinese Democracy", Stinson said: "After a while, it got to be a little arduous, with so many record company people coming and going. It kind of made it hard to focus on how to finish the damn thing. And [Interscope Geffen A&M chairman] Jimmy Iovine would throw people at us. It got to be kind of screwy. To my mind, that record company part of it was the reason it took so long. We didn't get the help we needed from the top."

Stinson, a founding member of the seminal Minneapolis-based rock band THE REPLACEMENTS, last played with GUNS N' ROSES at a 2014 show in Las Vegas.

GUNS N' ROSES' recent "Not In This Lifetime" stadium tour featured classic lineup members Slash, Duff McKagan (bass) and Axl Rose backed by drummer Frank Ferrer, guitarist Richard Fortus, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and new second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

KORN bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu has confirmed to Weld For Birmingham that he is almost done with his long-awaited jazz fusion album titled "Bassically", which he has been working on for the past few years. "I'm actually almost finished," he said. "I'm having Marco, who's our sound guy and who is also a mixer, he's going to mix my bass album in November. I'm doing some final touches on it. So that'll be out. It's a musical ride. It's all instrumental. I play 15-string bass, fretless basses — every kind of bass you can think of, Fender jazz, whatever. I don't even know if we could name all the basses I played on there. It takes you on a ride. Jazz fusion, punk, Latin, blues, reggae… I don't even know if I even left any style of music out. As much as I could put on there. That's how it is. It's just an instrumental album."

Asked what his inspirations were when writing "Bassically", Fieldy said: "To write it, my inspiration was probably my wife Dena. She was, like, 'You should put a bass album out.' And then I really thought about it. And if you go back in time to my inspiration in my early days, I listened to a lot of Stanley Clarke. And then from there on, I got into a lot of Flea. And I started really listening to some of these great bands — if you're not listening for it, you don't really know how great a lot of those bass players are unless you listen. For example, a lot of classic rock bands I listened to as a kid — now, I was like, 'Wait, I just found the EAGLES on the bass, rippin'! Or LED ZEPPELIN! LED ZEPPELIN gets to rippin' on bass! You hear these great tones that as a kid, I'd never really listened to. And now, I'm like starting to listen and trip out on it."

While most of "Basically" will feature Fieldy being backed up by a drum machine, the record will reportedly include a guest appearance by KORN drummer Ray Luzier on a few of the cuts. The drummer told ABC News Radio back in 2013 that he found some inventive ways to create drum tracks for the upcoming album. "I did some made up percussion stuff, like we'd literally have a cup full of, like, change and seashells and I'd shake it," he said. "And then… backstage [at a KORN show], we recorded a drum track, I pulled a floor tom off my kit and a snare and a hi-hat and it's come out way better than we thought."

KORN's new album, "The Serenity Of Suffering", will be released on October 21. The follow-up to 2013's "The Paradigm Shift" was helmed by Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously worked with FOO FIGHTERS, DEFTONES, MASTODON and RUSH, among others. The CD features a guest appearance by SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor on the song "A Different World".

EXTREME's "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown" DVD will be released on October 14.

A performance clip of the song "More Than Words", taken from "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown", can be seen below.

Last year marked the 25th anniversary of EXTREME's classic multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated "Pornograffitti", the definitive album of the band's career. To mark the anniversary, "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown" will be released by the production company Rock Fuel Media in association with Loud & Proud Records as part of their four-part "Metal Meltdown" DVD series. The concert film captures the Boston band performing the album "Pornograffitti" in its entirety. Directed by Brian Lockwood (BON JOVI, METALLICA, MÖTLEY CRÜE), the "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown" package includes a Blu-ray, DVD, and audio CD of the complete concert that was filmed on May 30, 2015 at The Joint at the world famous Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound, it also features "Rockshow", a bonus documentary that takes fans through EXTREME's story, with exclusive interviews, '80s archive footage, and an exclusive photo gallery.

"It was a great thrill to perform 'Pornograffitti' in its entirety," says singer Gary Cherone. "Some of these songs were never played live before so we had to go back and relearn them for the tour. The album was a watershed moment in the bands career…it's when we came in to our own and it will always be special." Guitar virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt adds: "The band always prided itself on its live performance. Over the years, some of these songs have evolved where the band actually plays them better now than when we had recorded them. Hope you enjoy it." Producer Barry Summers of Rock Fuel Media commented: "It was a real privilege to produce 'Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown' in celebration of 'Pornograffiti', to have the opportunity to work first-hand with such high-caliber musicians and audio purists. Over 25 years after this iconic album was released, we captured the band at their very best. Watching Nuno Bettencourt's off-the-charts guitar solos is simply mind-blowing, as confirmed by QUEEN's Brian May and AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler, whom we filmed paying homage to the Guitar God himself in the 'Rockshow' documentary. One of the highlights of the documentary is a moment where Gary and Nuno are sitting on the doorstep of Gary's childhood home, and they perform a spontaneous version of 'More Than Words'." "Pornograffitti Live 25: Metal Meltdown" track listing: 01. Decadence Dance02. Li'l Jack Horny 03. When I'm President 04. Get the Funk Out 05. More Than Words06. Money (In God We Trust)07. It's A Monster08. Pornograffitti09. When I First Kissed You10. Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?) 11. Flight Of The Wounded Bumble Bee 12. He-Man Woman Hater 13. Song For Love 14. Hole Hearted 15. Play With Me*16. Cupid's Dead* * Songs do not appear on the audio CD.

More video footage of three members of RATT's classic lineup — singer Stephen Pearcy, bassist Juan Croucier and guitarist Warren DeMartini — peforming as the "surprise band" on October 1 on the Monsters Of Rock Cruise West, also known as Monsterwood, can be seen below. Joining them on stage at the event were former QUIET RIOT guitarist Carlos Cavazo, who played on RATT's last studio album, 2010's "Infestation", and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, who previously played with Y&T, WHITE LION and MEGADETH, among others.

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Wanted Man02. Dangerous But Worth The Risk03. You Think You're Tough04. Way Cool Jr.05. I'm Insane06. In Your Direction07. Lack Of Communication08. Lay It Down09. You're In Love10. Nobody Rides For Free11. Body Talk12. Back For More13. Round And Round

The as-yet-unnamed band notably doesn't feature drummer Bobby Blotzer has been touring the U.S. for the last year with his own version of RATT, featuring a rotating cast of musicians, including vocalist Josh Alan (ex-SIN CITY SINNERS).

DeMartini filed a lawsuit against Blotzer last year, claiming that the drummer was falsely advertising his "tribute band" as the real thing. That dispute is still pending in California state court.

Blotzer and DeMartini are the only remaining shareholders in WBS, Inc., the company which manages the business and operations related to RATT.

Speculation about Pearcy, Croucier and DeMartini forming their own version of RATT to rival Blotzer's gained traction in August after they were photographed hanging out together at a Los Angeles birthday party. Bobby later dismissed the idea, telling Trunk in an interview: "Well, it's absurd. It ain't gonna happen. Warren can't do that. If Warren was to join up in that thing, he would be in competition with his own band and corporation — RATT, WBS… RATT. He would be kicked out on his rear end so quick… They'd have to call it something else; they couldn't call it anything but something else."

Two months ago, Pearcy told Canadian rock journalist Mitch Lafon that he was still friends with DeMartini and Croucier, adding that "Warren and I actually got together and wrote a song a while back, which is phenomenal… Who knows what will happen soon enough? We're just waiting for some dust to settle. I really can't say anything right now, but if the public has any positive message, it's being heard."

They have no name officially yet, but I'm sure open to suggestions... pic.twitter.com/agtn1dqrro

— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) October 2, 2016

Hanging Garden’s new EP, Hereafter, is now available on CD digipak and digital via Lifeforce Records. A lyric video for “Sirkle Of Onan” featuring Victor Wegeborn of The Moth Gatherer on guest vocals can be found below.

The fourth album of the Finns - Blackout/Whiteout – was released a year ago. Since then, the band engaged in reflecting its own musical progression in order to find new approaches for further development. In doing so, Hanging Garden are well-supported by prominent vocalists such as Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun), Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex, Volturyon), and Victor Wegeborn (The Moth Gatherer).

With changing the context and adding guest singers, the atmospheric sound of the Finns further gains in importance and emotional impression. Dark and light moments – it is both in there. Hereafter runs through Hanging Garden's career, but also gives an idea of what the future of this open-minded and adventurous band will sound like.

Tracklisting:

“Penumbra” feat. Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun)
“Sirkle Of Onan” feat. Victor Wegeborn (The Moth Gatherer)
“Hereafter”
“Where The Tides Collide” feat. Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex)
“Towards The Sun” feat. Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun)

“Sirkle Of Onan” lyric video:

“Penumbra” lyric video:

Teaser:

The reunited classic lineup of DOKKEN — singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer "Wild" Mick Brown — played its only U.S. show on September 30 at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concert was a warm-up gig for the band's six-show Japanese run dubbed "Unleashed In The East".

Professionally filmed video footage of DOKKEN's "Alone Again" performance from the Sioux Falls gig can be seen below.

Although DOKKEN had originally intended to perform a brand new song at the Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll concert — with plans to include it on the band's upcoming DVD — those plans were eventually abandoned. "There's a couple of reasons for that," Pilson told the KBAD 94.5 FM radio station prior to the gig. "For one thing, it's not finished. But the music is done, and the music is great. It's a rocker. It's great. I mean, it really came out fabulous.

"George and I had done some music several weeks ago, and we sent it to Don, and Don said, 'Why don't you guys speed it up? Wanna try speeding it up?' So we did, and we all loved it. And we really do all love it, which is kind of hard in itself. So that was great. Anyway, then [Don] started writing some lyrics for it, and he sang me some stuff over the phone. It sounds like it's gonna be really good. But because it's not done, we're probably not gonna play it at these shows or in Japan. But we are filming, as you must know — we're filming on Friday — and we're gonna be recording a live DVD and live CD. So the plan is to go in the studio and finish the track and have it as a studio bonus on the live DVD — a new DOKKEN track."

Pilson told Ultimate Classic Rock in a separate interview that the new DOKKEN song was "very DOKKEN-sounding. It's very tricky to try and come up with something that sounds authentic but sounds sincere, and I think we did it. We kind of just let all go and let our inhibitions fly and it came out."

Don also revealed another reason for why the new DOKKEN track wasn't completed in time for the Sioux Falls show. "I've been super-busy and I've been trying to write lyrics," he explained. "The song really hasn't spoken to me as much, so I let Mick take a crack at it. Mick wrote an entire lyric and the whole song and it's really good, but it's too high. It's just out of everybody's range. So that needs to be taken into consideration. I think it was written in the wrong key for me. You'd have to either sing really low, and it wouldn't sound good, or like super-high, and I'm stuck in the middle. Jeff and I are going to try to get together." He added: "I've got some alternative ideas that I think might be even better [for the new song], like more of an anthemic up-tempo 'Paris Is Burning' kind of song. It's not going to be hard; Jeff and I are kind of on the same page — we were cut from the same cloth as far as our likes, BEATLES, THE HOLLIES."

Dokken, Pilson, Lynch and Brown launched the Japanese tour on October 5 in Osaka, before heading to Fukuoka, Tokyo for an appearance at the Loud Park festival and continuing on to Hiroshima, Aichi and finally, back to Tokyo for the final show on October 12.

While offers from tours to festivals have been pouring in since the reunion shows were announced, Don is adamant that the upcoming shows will be it for the band.

"My manager is getting hit up every day for pretty large sums of money to play festivals next summer, all over the world. But I had to say no," he explained to Billboard. "I love the band I have now; We've been together for 13 years, and I don't want to hurt that franchise. Plus if we were to continue with [the classic] lineup, old wounds might be opened, and I don't want to revisit that. I don't think any of us wants to. It's all great when a marriage fails and you say, 'I'm gonna get back with my ex' — for a week, maybe. Six months into it, the wounds come back. I don't want to experience that. It's just not part of my life anymore, and I think the other guys feel the same way. So this will be enough."

Progressive metal act Cognition has unveiled the first song of their forthcoming studio album entitled “Reconnect.”

Scheduled for an independent release November 11th, Procession Of Thoughts reflects an evolved and more mature sound from the Morgantown, West Virginia-based quintet. 

Featuring vocalist Calvin Wilson, drummer Evan Michael, Joey Welsh on bass, and guitarists Jared Gaminde and Tyler Vincent, the band once again tapped producer Jeff Westlake of Ridgeline Production Studios (Hydrogyn, Tracy G and Craig Goldy of Dio fame, The Godz) who engineered and mixed Procession of Thoughts.

"The song ‘Reconnect' is about a big issue we have in modern society. Our goal with that song is to urge listeners to try and take a step back to appreciate their loved ones a little more and their phone screens a little less," says the band.

Tracklisting:

“Her Fire”
“Reconnect”
“Last Call”
“Shifting Perceptions”
“Throne Of The Crow”
“Desolation”
“Freakshow”
“Limitless”
“Eyes Wide Shut”

"Reconnect":

Upcoming shows:

October
24 – Morgantown, WV – Mountainlair
29 – Fairmount, WV – The Dojo

Professionally filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's entire July 12, 1991 performance at Irvine Meadows in Irvine, California during the "Operation Rock & Roll Tour" with ALICE COOPER has been uploaded to YouTube (by YouTube user "Pumpkin Priest") and can now be seen below.

JUDAS PRIEST's setlist for the concert was as follows:

01. Introduction 0:00 02. Hell Bent For Leather 2:20 03. Heading Out To The Highway 5:15 04. The Hellion / Electric Eye 9:41 05. Diamonds And Rust 14:26 06. All Guns Blazing 18:10 07. Metal Gods 22:22 08. Some Heads Are Gonna Roll 26:57 09. The Ripper 30:45 10. Night Crawler 34:10 11. Turbo Lover 40:45 12. A Touch Of Evil 46:05 13. Painkiller 52:03 14. The Green Manalishi 58:37 15. Breaking The Law 1:03:35 16. Living After Midnight 1:05:55 17. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 1:13:13

"Operation Rock & Roll" was a metal package that was assembled in honor of the troops fighting in "Operation Desert Storm" in the Middle East. Supporting PRIEST and COOPER on the trek were MOTÖRHEAD, METAL CHURCH and DANGEROUS TOYS.

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford stated at the time about the band's setlist for the tour in support of PRIEST's "Painkiller" album: "Yeah, we play 'All Guns Blazing', 'Painkiller', 'Night Crawler' and 'A Touch of Evil'. But, you know, when you're playing just under two hours, and you've got 14 albums to choose from, like 150 songs, where do we begin? What are we trying to do? So, we're trying to play songs that we know are the classic cuts. If you play something from 'Sad Wings Of Destiny', people usually want 'Victim Of Changes' or 'The Ripper', which we do. Or from 'Stained Class', we play the ballad 'Beyond The Realms Of Death', or from 'Defenders Of The Faith', 'The Sentinel'. We tried to make a set that had a flow, that had a lot of energy, that really didn't drop too much, apart from 'Beyond The Realms Of Death', where we take a little bit of a rest and then bring it back up again. We're just trying to give something from everything that we've done. But even so, we missed out the 'Turbo' and 'Ram It Down' albums on this tour."

JUDAS PRIEST is currently working on a new studio album, tentatively due next year.

The band's last CD, "Redeemer Of Souls", was released in July 2014. The follow-up to 2008's double-disc concept album "Nostradamus" was billed as a return to JUDAS PRIEST's heavy-metal roots.




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A short film by Nico Merkin foscusing on THE WINERY DOGS' May 31, 2016 appearance at at El Plaza Condesa in Mexico City can be seen below.

THE WINERY DOGS is the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON).

The band recently completed a tour in support of its second album, "Hot Streak", which was released in October 2015 in North America via Loud & Proud Records.

During an appearance on the SiriusXM satellite radio show "Eddie Trunk Live", Portnoy was asked if there are any plans for THE WINERY DOGS to record a third album once the current run of dates is completed. He said: "Yeah, at some point. We haven't discussed specifics. We just know that this cycle is coming to a close after about nine or ten months on the road. And, you know, when it's time to reconvene and make the next record, we'll do that. But in the meantime, we're gonna be putting out a live DVD/Blu-ray that we filmed in Santiago, Chile [this past May], and I think I'm also gonna be working on a CD companion with that as well with some unreleased tracks. So there'll be some more product later in the year to kind of wrap up the cycle. And we'll look towards a third album after we've recharged our batteries and all gone and done our different things. Of course, I have five other bands and Billy's got MR. BIG still, and Richie's got his solo career still. So, you know, we all have these other things that we could do in between."

Kotzen told Pollstar earlier in the year that he will likely get right back to making another solo album once THE WINERY DOGS' touring commitments have been completed. "Knowing me, I always say I'm going to take a long break, I always say that in the middle of an album cycle, every time I get in the middle of a tour, I start saying, 'All right. I need a break. I need a long break.' But knowing me, THE WINERY DOGS' cycle will end and I'll probably just dive right back into writing another record. [Laughs] So it's a cycle but you have to have a balance. That's the thing for me. I need that balance. I'm not the guy who can stay on the road all year long without really losing it. And I like to come home and spend time with my family. So we do that. We build that into our schedule and it works out great."

"Hot Streak" debuted at No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart, having shifted 13,000 equivalent album units in the week ending October 8, 2015.

Finnish power metal veterans BURNING POINT are back with a new album! Titled "The Blaze", it marks the first release of all-new songs since vocalist Nitte Valo (ex-Battle Beast) joined the band in 2014. Besides 10 brand new tracks, a cover version of Lee Aaron's "Metal Queen" (which will be featured as bonus track) was recorded.

Tracklisting:

1. Master Them All
2. Time Has Come
3. Incarnation
4. My Spirit
5. The Lie
6. Dark Winged Angel
7. Chaos Rising
8. Lost In Your Thoughts
9. Things That Drag Me Down
10. The King Is Dead, Long Live The King
11. Metal Queen (bonus track)

Legendary British rockers Status Quo have launched the first single, “That’s A Fact”, from their upcoming new album, Aquostic II - That's A Fact!. The song is available as an Instant Grat track with the digital pre-order as well as on all streaming platforms.

Aquostic II - That’s A Fact! is due for a release on October 21st via earMUSIC. It will be available on CD, limited edition double vinyl and Deluxe 2CD edition. Amongst three brand new songs (two of them on the single CD edition and all of them on the Deluxe CD and vinyl), the album offers a carefully curated collection of Quo classics that are immediately recognizable, and yet demonstrably re-engineered; this is the sound of a band living in the present, embracing the future, whilst cherishing their past.

A live video for “That’s A Fact”, taken from the bands impressive Union Chappell performance in London on September 9th, can be seen below.

Tracklisting:

“That's A Fact”
“Roll Over Lay Down”
“Dear John”
“In the Army Now”
“Hold You Back”
“One For The Road”
“Backwater”
“One Of Everything”
“Belavista Man”
“Lover Of The Human Race”
“Ice In The Sun”
“Mess Of The Blues”
“Jam Side Down”
“Resurrection”

“That’s A Fact” live video:

The Devil Wears Prada are streaming their new album, Transit Blues, out today (October 7th) via Rise Records. Listen here.

Tracklisting:

“Praise Poison”
“Daughter”
“Worldwide”
“Lock & Load”
“Flyover States”
“Detroit Tapes”
“The Condition”
“To The Key Of Evergreen”
“Submersion”
“Home For Grave, Pt. 2”
“Transit Blues”

"To The Key Of Evergreen” video:

To support the release, TDWP - Hranica/vocals, Jeremy DePoyster/guitar, vocals, Andy Trick/bass, Kyle Sipress guitar, joined by Giuseppe Capolupo/drums and Jonathan Gering/keyboards - will kick off The Rise Up Tour on October 11th, co-headlining with Memphis May Fire. Silverstein will Special Guest and Like Moths To Flames will open all shows.  The full itinerary is below.

October
11 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO*
13 - The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL*
14 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON*
16 - The Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI
18 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
19 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
20 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
22 - The Ritz - Raleigh, NC
23 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
24 - Rocketown - Nashville, TN
26 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
27 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
28 - The Door - Dallas, TX
29 - Alamo City Music Hall - San Antonio, TX
31 - Nile Theatre - Mesa, AZ

November
1 - SOMA - San Diego, CA
2 - Glasshouse - Pomona, CA
4 - The UC Theatre - Berkeley, CA

* without Silverstein

(Photo - Anthony Barlich)

Relapse Records release Arizona's death metal newcomers Gatecreeper’s debut full-length, Sonoran Depravation, today (October 7th) on CD/LP/digital formats. The album was recorded at Homewrecker Studios in Tucson, Arizona by Ryan Bram and mixed by Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studios. A full album stream can be found below.

Formed in mid-2013 based on their mutual love for bands like Dismember, Entombed, Bolt Thrower and Obituary, Gatecreeper play monstrous, low-end, old-school death metal for a new generation.

Gatecreeper commented on signing with Replase and their new album: "We are very excited to be working with Relapse, a label that we have all been following for many years. It is a dream come true to release our first full-length on such a legendary and trustworthy label."

Tracklisting:

“Craving Flesh”
“Sterilized”
“Desperation”
“Rotting As One”
“Stronghold”
“Patriarchal Grip”
“Lost Forever”
“Flamethrower”
“Grotesque Operations”

Album stream:

“Desperation” video:

Gatecreeper lineup:

Sean Mears - Bass
Metal Matt - Drums
Eric Wagner - Guitars
Chase H. Mason - Vocals

Video of Manowar performing “Call To Arms” during the Gods And Kings World Tour 2016 is streaming below:

Manowar’s The Final Battle World Tour kicks off on November 24th, 2017 at Zenith in Munich, Germany. Tour dates confirmed so far are listed below.

The Final Battle shows will last over two hours, blistering with the greatest hits and fan favorites from the band’s entire history.

“The Gods And Kings Tour was a groundbreaking moment in our career: The stage, sound, video and you, our fans, were magnificent!” said Manowar. “Coming off such an amazing tour it was clear that the next time we must go even bigger and beyond anything we have ever done; something that will fulfill every Manowarrior’s dreams. Then that will be the ultimate moment to say thank you and farewell!”

2017 tour dates:

November
24 - Zenith - Munich, Germany
27 - Messehalle - Erfurt, Germany
28 - Tempodrom - Berlin, Germany

December
1 - Grugahalle - Essen, Germany
3 - Sparkassen Arena - Kiel, Germany
5 - Palladium - Cologne, Germany
8 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt/Main, Germany
12 - Arena Trier - Trier, Germany
15 - Porsche Arena - Stuttgart, Germany

Venice Beach, CA's purveyors of psychedelic violence, The Shrine, have released a new music video for “Acid Drop”, filmed on 16mm live at their raucous Rare Breed album release party in Los Angeles in early 2016 with special guest Nik Turner of Hawkwind fame. You can watch the video below:

Now, the band have announced their follow up to that event, which will take place at The Roxy in Hollywood on Sunday, October 30th: dubbed the House Of Horror with co-headliners Ho99o9. A good reason to escape the European rain and catch some Californian sun.

The Shrine’s Century Media debut, Rare Breed, came out in October 2015 (January 2016 in the US). Since then they played a 6-week tour with Kadavar and Horisont, followed by a massive run of summer festivals including Hellfest, Download, Graspop and many more.

Produced by Dave Jerden and recorded through the very amp that Greg Ginn recorded Black Flag's Damaged on, Rare Breed exists in a space that once was was bleeding with razor sharp lines separating punks, metal heads and hippies, where a violent clash in the parking lot of the Cuckoo's Nest was inevitable.

Tracklisting:

“Coming Down Quick”
“Death To Invaders”
“Rare Breed”
“Acid Drop”
“What's Let For Me”
“Savage Skulls & Nomads”
“The Vulture”
“Never More Than Now”
“Pull The Trigger”
“Dusted & Busted”
“Space Stepping”
“Never More Than Now” feat. Keith Morris *
“Symptom Of The Universe” *
 
* Bonus tracks on North American digipak release only

“Coming Down Quick” video:

(Photo - Eric Hendrix)

British progressive rockers Maschine have released a teaser video for their second studio album, Naturalis, out on November 18th via InsideOutMusic. The follow-up to the band's debut Rubidium is the first to feature drummer James Stewart (Vader) and keyboardist/vocalist Marie-Eve de Gaultier.

Lead guitarist and vocalist Luke Machin had this to say: "I'm very proud of what we've done in the studio this time, we were very aware that the songs had to be the best we could do. After all, it does represent us at this point in time, and we were determined that everything about it should be the best that could be done."

The six tracks that make up the main album fit into a loose concept. Machin continues: "This is basically about natural events. It's something I've been thinking about and working on for some time. My interest really began with the Japanese tsunami in 2011. It had such a far reaching effect on so many people. Once I had the idea for the album fixed in my head, the whole thing just snowballed. But what I didn't want this to be was a record about natural disasters. That can be such a dark subject. What I wanted to emphasize was that there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope for mankind. And that's the vibe I wanted to come through."

The album will be released as a special edition Digipak CD and digital download, both featuring two bonus tracks recorded live in 2015 at Veruno Prog Festival in Italy.

Tracklisting:

“Resistance”
“Night And Day”
“Make Believe”
“Hidden In Plain Sight”
“A New Reality”
“Megacyma”

Bonus tracks:
“Eyes Pt.2” (Live In Veruno)
“Rubidium” (Live In Veruno)

Teaser:

Veteran Dutch extreme metallers PESTILENCE are back with a new lineup featuring vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli alongside Santiago Dobles (AGHORA) on lead guitar, Tony Choy (ATHEIST) on bass and Septimiu Hărşan (DISAVOWED) on drums. The band is currently booking shows for 2017.

As a guest musician, Choy played bass for PESTILENCE on the 1991 album "Testimony Of The Ancients" and took part in some live gigs. He was also involved with Mameli's project C-187 on the album "Collision". Choy joined Patrick in the reformed PESTILENCE in 2008 and played on the "Resurrection Macabre" album and subsequent tour but left the band in October 2009 to focus on his other projects.

In July 2014, Mameli announced that PESTILENCE was "on a permanent hold" while he concentrated fully on his new NEUROMORPH project, which he said would be "more brutal, more crazy, more tech, more futuristic and more death" than his longtime outfit.

PESTILENCE's seventh album, "Obsideo", was released in November 2013 via Candlelight Records. The CD was produced by Mameli and featured ten new songs. According to Mameli, the album's overall lyrical theme was "the journey of the human soul."

In a 2013 interview with Live Reviewer, Mameli said that it was his "passion" that motivated him to keep PESTILENCE alive after all these years. He explained at the time: "I think we can still contribute to the death metal community. PESTILENCE has always been my passion since I formed the band. It feels like a child that's grown up now. If I would run out of ideas, that would be the end."

Mameli also dismissed constant calls for a reunion with early PESTILENCE bassist/vocalist Martin Van Drunen, who sang on the band's classic albums "Malleus Maleficarum" (1988) and "Consuming Impulse" (1989). He said: "It's been 25 years. We try to become better musicians all the time. I think we deserve some credit for always looking ahead and trying to be innovative."

Joe Schaeffer Photography has uploaded video footage of L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis and the band's co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns performing the song "Over The Edge" on October 6 at the Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood, California. Check it out below.

As previously reported, Lewis and Guns have inked a deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of a new L.A. GUNS album, tentatively due in June 2017.

After a nearly 15-year break, Lewis and Guns are back together for another chapter in their partnership that began in 1986, four years after Tracii formed L.A. GUNS in 1982. Their writing partnership spawned classic L.A. GUNS songs such as "Sex Action", "Never Enough", "Electric Gypsy", "The Ballad Of Jayne" and countless more in an impressive catalog of fan favorites.

The last time Lewis and Guns joined forces was back in 2000 with legendary producer Andy Johns for the making of what would become "Waking The Dead" — an album that went on to receive tremendous critical acclaim and proved that their musical partnership was every bit as strong as the early days with all-killer-no-filler songs, including "Don't Look At Me That Way", "Hellraisers Ball" and "The Ballad". "I think we owe it to our fans who have stuck with us during the many ups and downs of the band's long and checkered career," said Lewis. "Tracii and I have written the songs to the soundtrack of many people's lives, and I think it's definitely worth investigating to see if the magic is still there." As for Guns, he's been compiling song ideas over the last year and promises this one will be one of the band's heaviest records, simply stating, "It's good to be home."

Guns and Lewis began working on new music together again after playing periodic dates together — billed as "L.A. GUNS' Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns" — around the tour schedule of the other long-running incarnation of L.A. GUNS, which Lewis continues to front. The band has already confirmed a bunch of U.K. dates in early 2017 and two shows at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California, with more surprises to be announced soon. Regarding the decision to use the L.A. GUNS moniker for the new album, Guns told LA Weekly: "When you put Phil and I together, that's the sound of L.A. GUNS. There's no way around that. As much as I love certain other [former] members of the band, it's hard to say what their contribution to the overall sound of the band was — but Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, the band's gotta be L.A. GUNS. It can't be anything else."

Tracii told radio personality Eddie Trunk last month that he has no intention of ever again playing with drummer Steve Riley, who continues to sit behind the kit for Phil's other version of L.A. GUNS.

"Without going into details, it's just…You're supposed to be brothers in a band like that, and we were in that last crew of… A band of brothers; you fight it out together. You've got each other's back. And when the trust is broken, that's it, man," he said. "Later, dude."

Guns did not elaborate on what caused the relationship between him and the drummer to break down, but added: "Phil and I are like Cain and Abel; we can go at each other day in and day out and still be able to function as brothers and still have each other's back. We're that close. Steve Riley is a hired drummer. And since the awe of him being in W.A.S.P. has worn off, I've played with drummers that are just like so much… a billion times better musicians and more interested in being musicians that I have no reason to ever [play with him again]. He's not a defining factor in a musical unit; he's just a solid drummer. And he would argue that point, but I know. I've played with Brian Tichy and Shane Fitzgibbon and Vinny Appice, and they're in a different league."

Tracii said that the only way he would be willing to reunite with Riley is if he was offered enough money. He explained: "Believe me, I'd love someone to come up to me and say, 'Hey, we can set your kid up and your great grandchildren up for the rest of their lives by getting Steve Riley back with all the original guys of L.A. GUNS, I'm not stupid; I'd be, like, 'Yeah, okay.' But that's in no way a reality in any universe."

Guns also spoke about the musical direction of the next L.A. GUNS album. He said: "We are nostalgia. The fact that we're making a record is killer, and I know that L.A. GUNS fans and people that like our kind of heavier music are gonna love it."

Tracii reiterated his desire to make the strongest L.A. GUNS album possible, explaining: "L.A. GUNS I never looked at as a hobby, so I'm certainly not going to now. If I'm gonna write music with Phil Lewis with the L.A. GUNS name on it, it's gonna be taken very seriously by me personally, and I will strive to make those shows and this record and whatever the future is, you know, what I feel is the best thing for the band and the audience. And this is really the only band I've ever felt that way about — that I've gotta take care of it; I've gotta do what I think is right for it. Especially at this point, because if this is the last record that Phil and I ever do, well, that would be pretty damn good, because it would suck to leave it on a mediocre note."

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release "Let Me Feel Your Power", their tenth live album, on October 28 in North America via UDR Music. The 16-track effort was recorded in Munich, Germany during November 2015 and Brighton in January 2016, with bonus material from Chicago in September 2015.

The "Battering Ram" performance clip, taken from "Let Me Feel Your Power", can be seen below.

"Let Me Feel Your Power" will be available in several formats, including DVD/2CDs, Blu-Ray/2CDs, digital download and a deluxe vinyl version which will also include the Blu-ray, DCD and CD (limited to 1500 copies).

"Let Me Feel Your Power" track listing:

01. Battering Ram*02. Motorcycle Man*03. Sacrifice*04. Destroyer*05. Power And The Glory*06. 20000FT*07. Devil's Footprint*08. Heavy Metal Thunder*09. Queen Of Hearts*10. Princess Of The Night*11. Wheels Of Steel*12. Denim And Leather*13. Crusader*14. Eye Of The Storm#15. Battalions Of Steel#16. Requiem#

*live in Munich#live in Brighton

Bonus Material (Live In Chicago):

01. Motorcycle Man02. Battering Ram*03. This Town Rocks04. Sacrifice05. Power And The Glory06. Solid Ball Of Rock07. Dallas 1 PM08. Heavy Metal Thunder09. Rock The Nations10. The Eagle Has Landed11. Wheels Of Steel12. Backs To The Wall13. Just Let Me Rock14. Strong Arm Of The Law15. 747 (Strangers In The Night)16. Princess Of The Night17. Crusader*18. Denim And Leather

*only available as video content; not available on CD or digital

In a 2015 interview with 100 Percent Rock magazine, SAXON frontman Biff Byford spoke about the difficulty of putting together setlist for the band's tours. He said: "Yeah, it is difficult with the setlist, because you can't play for as long as we'd like. It's difficult to please people, because you get quite a lot of new fans that come to concerts, they want to hear the old songs, and some of the guys that have been coming for years have heard the old songs too much and they want something new, so it's a nightmare.

"You can never please everyone and it's actually a bit stupid trying, really," he continued. "Just put some good songs together and promote the new album, and that's where to be, really."

Byford added that he is mostly proud of all SAXON has achieved in its forty-year existence.

"Have SAXON achieved everything I initially dreamed the band could? More or less," he said. "There were certainly countries we probably could have been bigger in. Australia's one of them, places like that. I don't think our management at that time really thought we'd ever be anything more than a British band, you know what I mean? I don't think their vision included the world.

"It is a shame, because I think 'Wheels Of Steel' and those albums could have been much more in people's minds outside Europe. I mean, America was all right, we did okay in America, but other countries could have gone better, I think.

"But I think we've achieved most everything, really. You know, we're still making great albums, so I suppose that's something."

The official trailer for SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan's debut as a feature film director, "Officer Downe", can be seen below.

"Officer Downe" was recently picked up for distribution in the U.S. by Magnet Releasing. Based on a graphic novel, the violent sci-fi film follows a police officer who is repeatedly killed, resurrected, and sent back into the field due to a mysterious technology that essentially makes him immortal. Kim Coates from "Sons Of Anarchy" stars in the title role.

Crahan told The Pulse Of Radio not long ago that the experience of making his first feature film was grueling but satisfying. "I did six weeks, three weeks of pre-pro and 21 days of straight filming, and it was the hardest I've ever worked in my life," he said. "But it was everything and anything I could have ever dreamt of. Some things were a struggle, but it was a trip."

"Officer Downe" will debut in theaters and on-demand platforms on November 18. The film is produced by "Crank" co-director Mark Neveldine and SLIPKNOT manager Cory Brennan, among others.

The movie premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival last summer, where We Got This Covered said it was "sadistically stylized and punishingly powerful."

Crahan, who would like to direct more films in the future, has previously directed a number of music videos, concert DVDs and behind-the-scenes featurettes for SLIPKNOT.

He and SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor founded a production company called Living Breathing Films in 2012, although it has yet to release anything.

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell joined Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, on stage last night (Thursday, October 6) at the Pantages theatre for a performance of "Wild World". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below.

SOUNDGARDEN is continuing to write material for the follow-up to 2012's comeback album, "King Animal". The band started work on a new record last year, but took a break while Cornell toured last fall and earlier this year in support of his latest solo effort, "Higher Truth".

"Higher Truth" was Cornell's fourth studio solo set and contains the Top Five rock radio single "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart".

"Higher Truth" was released on September 18, 2015. Cornell's first album on his own since 2009's controversial "Scream" is in the singer-songwriter vein and very different from his work with SOUNDGARDEN.

"The Madness", the new video from ART OF ANARCHY, the band featuring CREED singer Scott Stapp alongside DISTURBED bassist John Moyer and ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Dan Catullo, who set a Guinness World Record for using the most cameras (239) to record a live concert when he helmed the 2009 DVD "Creed: Live".

"Dan puts 110 percent in his work," Stapp told Billboard. "I thought he would be a great fit for our first video. He really understood the concept of the meaning of madness in a way that only someone who had experienced similar situations could understand. This video really gave the band its first taste of a live performance."

ART OF ANARCHY will make its live debut on Thursday, October 27 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. The group will perform all brand new songs, including "The Madness", which has just been serviced to Active Rock radio.

Said Stapp: "I was approached by the ART OF ANARCHY guys and asked to join them last year.

"This project has been a very cool, unique experience for me.

"I'm proud of our work and made some great friendships along the way.

"It's been great collaborating with artists from different backgrounds and you can definitely hear it in the music.

"We're kicking this off with our debut performance in New York City at the Gramercy Theatre.

"I love performing and connecting with the fans, and I'm really excited for what's ahead."

Added Thal: "We've got great chemistry together, and the songwriting process has been so natural and seamless. Now you'll get to see it and hear it at our debut performance in New York City on October 27, where we'll do a VIP meet-and-greet and play some of our new material that will be on our debut album on Another Century Records early next year.

"It's exciting to get out there to perform together; it's never felt more right than it does now.

"We're creating something special that we can’t wait to share with the world.

"Come on out and be a part of this with us. It'll be a night to remember."

States Moyer: "The individual personalities of the musicians on this record have come together to create a uniquely powerful album of songs that we feel will have a strong message and emotional connection with fans.

"After working on this record for over a year, we can't wait to hit the stage and play these songs live."

ART OF ANARCHY released a self-titled debut album last year that featured former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland.

Weiland, whom STP parted ways with in 2002 and again in 2013, died last December.

Stapp went through a highly publicized, drug-enhanced meltdown in 2014, after which he entered into an intensive rehab program and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Stapp is now sober and in intensive therapy, although he recently began touring as a solo artist again.

ART OF ANARCHY is the brainchild of Thal and Jon (guitar) and Vince Votta (drums), who have been friends for 19 years dating back to their days on the New York music scene.

Thal joined GUNS N' ROSES in 2006 and stayed in the band for eight years, playing on the 2008 album "Chinese Democracy". He has also released a number of solo CDs.

Moyer has been DISTURBED's bassist since 2004.

Photo: Annie Atlasman

"Atoma", the new animated video from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's eleventh album, "Atoma", which will be released on November 4 through Century Media Records.

The band comments: "The title track is one of the catchiest and most direct numbers on 'Atoma' and already feels like a future live favourite. The first 30 seconds could be heard on one of our studio documentary clips, but here is 'Atoma' in its full glory. Enjoy!"

"Atoma" track listing: 01. Encircled02. Atoma03. Forward Momentum04. Neutrality05. Force Of Hand06. Faithless By Default 07. The Pitiless08. Our Proof Of Life09. Clearing Skies10. When The World Screams11. Merciless Fate12. Caves And Embers A limited-edition double CD will be available as a digipak in North America and as a mediabook in Europe. The bonus disc features the songs "The Absolute" and "Time Out Of Place" that showcase a very different side of the band. Recorded and mixed by Anders Lagerfors at Nacksving studios, these tracks are among the darkest and most brooding ever from the band — but their experimental nature make them far removed from the usual metal territory. The band explains: "A lot of our songs start out as pieces of music written on piano/keyboards before getting transformed into guitar driven metal. With this recording, we wanted to explore what would happen if we instead let the material take another direction, and we're extremely thrilled by the result."

These songs will exclusively be available on the physical deluxe edition of "Atoma" and won't appear on the digital edition of the album. A vinyl seven-inch single is planned for early 2017. The gatefold vinyl LP will contain the 12 track CD and is available in different vinyl colors:

* Black vinyl: worldwide* Blue vinyl: limited to 400 copies exclusive through Bengans in Sweden* Dark Green: limited to 200 copies exclusive through CDon in Scandinavia* Clear vinyl: limited to 400 copies in North America* Transparent Blue vinyl: limited to 300 copies exclusive through cmdistro.com in North AmericaTransparent Red vinyl: limited to 200 copies exclusive available through cmdistro.com in Europe "Atoma" was recorded at Rogue Music in Gothenburg, the studio owned by DARK TRANQUILLITY keyboardist Martin Brändström. Mixing duties were handled by David Castillo, known for his work with bands such as KATATONIA, OPETH and CANDLEMASS. The cover artwork was once again created by the band's guitarist Niklas Sundin. The touring cycle for "Atoma" will start with a headline North American run in November, featuring SWALLOW THE SUN, ENFORCER and STARKILL as support acts. A European tour is planned for early 2017.

DARK TRANQUILLITY vocalist Mikael Stanne recently told Kaaos TV about the recording process for the band's upcoming album: "We actually decided to start recording in January, and then we realized, 'Nah, we're not really ready. We need to work on this stuff a bit more.' And then a bit more and then a bit more. And finally, it was, like, 'Fuck it! We need a deadline. We need to finish this.' So finally it happened. But for a while there, I just couldn't see it. Like, 'It's not even close.'"

Asked why it was so difficult for DARK TRANQUILLITY to come up with a new album's worth of material that they were happy with, Mikael said: "This is gonna be our eleventh album, [and] for yourself, you feel, like, 'My God! We don't wanna repeat ourselves. We don't wanna do the same thing over and over again. We wanna do something new.' It has to feel fresh, and it has to feel different. And how do you find the inspiration and stuff like that? It is kind of tough. But we got started, and eventually, it's, like, 'Holy shit! We're on to something here.' And it started feeling really good, and now it feels awesome. Some of the songs are incredible."

Regarding how DARK TRANQUILLITY's recent lineup change affected the songwriting process for the new album, Mikael said: "[Bassist] Martin Henriksson left the band in January, and that was a big blow. I mean, he used to write tons of stuff for the band, but in the last couple of years, he has kind of focused on other things. He's more like a manager for he band — he arranges all the festivals and trips and everything like that — and he just kind of fell out of love with touring and writing and playing, so now he's a full-on manager and stuff."

Mikael also talked about how the songwriting process was different this time around. He said: "Anders [Jivarp, drums] has written most of the songs, I think, or most of the material, and then Martin [Brändström, keyboards] and Anders kind of structured it and put it together. And then Niklas wrote two or three songs, and Martin [Brändström] wrote two or three songs, stuff like that. It's becoming really diverse. Like some of the stuff that Anders has done is really different, and the stuff that Niklas has done is really different and the stuff that Martin [Brändström] has done is really, really kind of out there in a way. So I'm super excited. The album is shaping up to be fantastic."

Photo credit: Dirk Behlau

Coinciding with the start of Tarja Turunen's European tour in Hanover, Germany, this Friday, the Finnish queen of heavy rock surprises fans with the digital release of her new single, "Demons In You". On November 11, the single will also be released as an exclusive, limited 1CD digipak collector's item on earMUSIC.

"Demons In You" features ARCH ENEMY's powerful lead vocalist Alissa White-Gluz and captures the darker, heavier atmosphere of Tarja's recent studio album "The Shadow Self" perfectly. The duo's performance of the song in front of 75,000 enthusiastic metal fans at this year's Wacken Open Air was one of the festival's spectacular highlights and most widely noted.

The two contrasting voices — on the one hand Tarja's almost angelic clean soprano, on the other Alissa's deep, dark growling — goad and challenge each other, giving the third single from Tarja a surprising edge. Combined with a catchy guitar riff, the bombastic drumming of Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and the crisp clear mix by Tim Palmer (PEARL JAM, U2), "Demons In You" is definitely a collaboration between two of the strongest females in heavy rock and metal.

The physical and digital single also includes two previously unreleased versions of the song: one with only Tarja on vocals, one with Alissa taking the lead.

Track listing:

01. Demons In You (with Alissa White-Gluz)02. Demons In You (Tarja Solo Version)03. Demons In You (Alissa Lead Vocals Version)

Regarding the inspiration for "The Shadow Self" album title, Tarja said: "I [came across] an Annie Lennox interview some time ago on the Internet, and I was reading about her telling about 'shadow self,' about a darker side of us all.

"Everybody, every one of us, we have a darker side, [and] we should probably just appreciate that it exists, but especially we artists, we get a lot of inspiration from our darker side. Many writers or artists in general, they write darker songs or they use it somehow. We don't probably even understand where all the darkness comes from."

She continued: "Since many years, I realized that I have a darker side in me, even though I still believe I'm a very positive person. But still, there is still darkness that makes me write music and create in general, and it affects everything that I do. I believe it's a beautiful darkness.

"And so, I found this interview of Annie, and it was very inspiring. She was just telling about our dark side, calling it as a 'shadow self,' and I said, 'Hmmmm… What a great title for an album!' I really felt like, 'That's it. That's my album title.' That is where everything comes from."

"My Town", a brand new song from Glenn Hughes, can be streamed below. The track is taken from Hughes's new solo album, "Resonate", which will be released on Friday, November 4 via Frontiers Music Srl.

"'My Town' can kind of mean something for everybody," Glenn said. "I just feel really comfortable singing that song about where I live.

"Los Angeles is a make-or-break city. It's a town that can kill you. Like New York, you have to be ready to live on the streets and be a part of the streets. But I have been living here most of my life and this is my town."

From album opener "Heavy" to the very last chords of the closer "Long Time Gone", "Resonate" promises to be a contender for "Album Of The Year" on many a list. It features his live solo band members, Søren Andersen (guitars and co-producer), Pontus Engborg (drums) and newcomer to his band, Lachy Doley (keyboards), in addition to longtime friend Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), who joined them in the studio for the opening and closing numbers.

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for the album is available below.

"Resonate" will be available in two configurations: regular CD and deluxe edition including one bonus track, "Nothing's The Same", and a DVD featuring a "making of" album documentary, "Heavy" (music video), and "Long Time Gone" (music video). Vinyl release will be made available via Frontiers's label partners Soulfood Music.

"Resonate" track listing:

01. Heavy02. My Town03. Flow04. Let It Shine05. Steady06. God Of Money07. How Long08. When I Fall09. Landmines10. Stumble & Go11. Long Time Gone12. Nothing's The Same (deluxe edition bonus track)

Glenn told Billboard.com about "Resonate": "It's possibly the heaviest record I've ever made. I don't want to confuse it with horns-up heavy; it's not metal. But it's definitely fucking heavy. It's dense. It's dark. There's some aggression on this record. Every bloody track is begging to be played live."

While he was in the studio recording his new album, Hughes talked to Denmark's Metalized magazine about the musical diversity that has been his trademark throughout his four-decade-plus career.

"I never make the same album twice," he said. "Go back to the first TRAPEZE album. The second was different and the third one was different. And then you go to 'Burn', and 'Stormbringer' was different from that, and then 'Come Taste The Band'. You got HUGHES/THRALL and that was different from DEEP PURPLE. And then you go to 'Seventh Star' with Tony Iommi. That was different from HUGHES/THRALL. And then the blues album and then the Glenn solo albums."

He continued: "Although some of [my albums] have been very, very soulful and very, very funky, the key for me — as I am an Englishman that grew up in the West Midlands — is rock. But when I moved to America in the early seventies, I started to listen to what came out of Detroit. And I met Stevie Wonder. He became a very, very close friend and still is. He became my mentor.

"I need people to know that my success has come from the foundation of rock music. As much as I love THE BEATLES, Otis Redding and Stevie Wonder, when you think of Glenn Hughes, you think of the guy who plays bass and sings in any register."

Hughes added: "I am friends with a lot of famous rock stars and they are one genre. I wouldn't say who, but they have a one-genre-dimensional sound. You know it's them. And you know it's me because of my voice.

"I have been cursed and blessed with the ability to switch very quickly from rock to soul to funk to acoustic and almost into jazz — without scaring people. When you mix those ingredients, that's Glenn Hughes.

"This will be an album that is entirely Glenn Hughes music. For that reason, it is an important album."

"The Condition", a brand new song from THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, can be streamed below. The track os taken from the band's upcoming album, "Transit Blues", which will be released on October 7 via Rise Records.

The band retreated to both Watertown, Wisconsin and Sawyer, Michigan last winter to write "Transit Blues", for the first time living and creating in a shared, full time space. They re-teamed with "Space" producer Dan Korneff (PIERCE THE VEIL, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE) in the spring of 2016 to record the 11-track effort. Overall, the album reflects themes of transition, separation, and mourning.

Speaking about the direction of "Transit Blues", frontman Mike Hranica told Clrvynt: "When I hear older PRADA recordings and such, this super-clean Auto-Tune bullshit kicks in, and I kind of quiver. Like, 'Why is that there? What's the point?'

"With 2009's 'Roots Above And Branches Below' is where I started writing 'choruses' with all screaming because I liked that in heavier music, and then on 'Space', the singing came out of left field.

"Hopefully with 'Transit Blues', it's a bit more where it's this element that's very organic, as opposed to, 'Here's the pop chorus, ta-da.'"

"Transit Blues" track listing:

01. Praise Poison02. Daughter03. Worldwide04. Lock & Load05. Flyover States06. Detroit Tapes07. The Condition08. To The Key Of Evergreen09. Submersion10. Home For Grave, Pt. 211. Transit Blues

To support the release, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA — Hranica, Jeremy DePoyster (guitar, vocals), Andy Trick (bass), Kyle Sipress (guitar), joined by Giuseppe Capolupo (drums) and Jonathan Gering (keyboards) — will kick off "The Rise Up Tour" on October 11, co-headlining with MEMPHIS MAY FIRE. SILVERSTEIN and LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES will open all shows.

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SOUNDGARDEN celebrates the 25th anniversary release of its classic 1991 album "Badmotorfinger" by releasing four special editions on November 18 via UMe/A&M Records. The North American and European pre-orders launch today. See below for pre-order links. Those who pre-order will receive an instant download of a studio outtake of the track "Rusty Cage". Pre-Order Links * Super Deluxe* 2CD Deluxe* 2LP* 1CD

The limited-edition seven-disc Super Deluxe Edition consists of four CDs, two DVDs, and one Blu-ray audio disc with 109 tracks total: 79 tracks, videos and mixes are previously unreleased. The CD audio content includes the original album newly remastered; 15 previously unreleased studio outtakes newly mixed from the original analog multi-tracks plus the track "New Damage" featuring Brian May from QUEEN; and "Live At The Paramount": SOUNDGARDEN's first-ever complete concert album newly mixed from the original analog multi-tracks and recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on March 6,1992. The band's first complete concert video features "Live At The Paramount" on DVD, newly edited from the original camera masters and newly mixed in 5.1 surround sound and stereo from the original analog multi-tracks. The second DVD is "Motorvision + More": SOUNDGARDEN's 1992 "Motorvision" home video, released on DVD for the first time ever, showcases live selections from the two nights shot at the Paramount Theatre in March 1992 along with interviews from the band and friends. Bonus videos include 11 unreleased archival live performances from various shows and festivals in 1992 and the three official music videos from the album. The Blu-ray audio disc contains the original "Badmotorfinger" album, three B-sides, and the three official music videos, newly mixed from original analog multi-tracks in audiophile 96kHz 24-bit 5.1 Surround Sound. The original album and three B-sides feature newly designed visuals directed by Josh Graham. The Super Deluxe version also includes a revolving "Badmotorfinger" icon ultimate collector's box (batteries included) that features a 52-page book with a 25th anniversary silver foil "Badmotorfinger" icon cover, newly designed art, unreleased photos, and commemorative testimonials from fellow musicians and peers. The package also contains a 12"x12" 3D "Badmotorfinger" silver foil icon lenticular, four 8"x10" photo cards featuring each band member, a 5" "Badmotorfinger" silver foil icon sticker, a 4" triangular spark plug silver foil sticker, and a 5" newly designed 25th-anniversary "Badmotorfinger" icon iron-on patch. The first 1,000 fans who pre-order the Super Deluxe Edition at Soundgardenworld.com, us.udiscovermusic.com, or udiscovermusic.com will receive a bonus, first-ever commercially released 7-inch of the album's first single "Jesus Christ Pose" (b/w "Stray Cat Blues") and a custom "Badmotorfinger" icon 7-inch large hole adapter. The anniversary celebration continues with a 28-track 2-CD Deluxe Edition, featuring the remastered original album on Disc 1; eight studio outtakes, "New Damage" (with Brian May), and seven tracks from "Live At The Paramount" on Disc 2. Also available is a 1-CD remastered edition with enhanced art converting the original plastic jewel case into a gatefold softpak with the original six-panel folder design included. Rounding out the special editions is a 2-LP, 180-gram audiophile black vinyl edition of the remastered original album expanded to a gatefold jacket with a removable, limited edition 3D lenticular silver foil litho cover when removed reveals a gold foil jacket cover, 25th-anniversary vinyl etching on side four and a download card for a digital edition of the album in 320kbps MP4 AAC files. As a special option, the 2-LP vinyl will also be available in metallic silver color vinyl for 1,000 lucky fans exclusively at Soundgardenworld.com, us.udiscovermusic.com, and udiscovermusic.com — first come, first served. A full list of the track listing of each configuration can be found below. Released on October 8, 1991, "Badmotorfinger" spawned three singles, "Jesus Christ Pose", "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage", and became SOUNDGARDEN's highest-charting album on the Billboard album chart at the time. It has been certified 2x-platinum by the RIAA in the U.S.

Don Dokken, George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and “Wild” Mick Brown have reunited as Dokken for six shows in Japan. The brief trek began with a single US date on September 30th at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold and Rock ‘N’ Roll, a sold-out show that was filmed for a possible video release later this year. The group headed to Japan for Unleashed In The East tour dates — six shows happening between October 5th and 12th. Fan-filmed video from Dokken's October 6th show at Namba Hatch in Osaka

UCR spoke with vocalist Don Dokken and bassist Jeff Pilson in separate interviews to get their thoughts on the reunion shows. As fans are aware, there have been several attempts in the past few years to launch a reunion, including one that found the band members getting together in Pilson’s studio and working on three new songs.

“That was about three or four years ago and I honestly don’t remember how the songs went, I don’t remember what they were,” Dokken says. “I don’t remember the lyrics, I don’t remember anything. They had some ideas and George was like, “What do you think of this?” And I go, “Oh, that’s pretty cool.” It was just like a brainstorming session, and Jeff goes, “Well, how about we do this for the chorus?” We did that and we spent a day and did three songs, just roughed them out and that was the end of it. We never took it to the next level.”

New music is again on the agenda as part of the reunion. Pilson says initial work had been done on a new song, which is still in development. “So far it’s just the music,” he says. “It’s very Dokken sounding. It’s very tricky to try and come up with something that sounds authentic but sounds sincere, and I think we did it. We kind of just let all go and let our inhibitions fly and it came out.”

But a few weeks later, Dokken revealed that with things coming down to the wire, he wasn’t sure what would happen with the new song. “Jeff and George wrote a riff and some music, and they sent it to me. I’ve been super-busy and I’ve been trying to write lyrics. The song really hasn’t spoken to me as much, so I let Mick take a crack at it,” Dokken explains. “Mick wrote an entire lyric and the whole song and it’s really good, but it’s too high. It’s just out of everybody’s range. So that needs to be taken into consideration. I think it was written in the wrong key for me. You’d have to either sing really low, and it wouldn’t sound good, or like super-high, and I’m stuck in the middle. Jeff and I are going to try to get together.”

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Abduction and record label Finisterian Dead End have released "Naphtalia", the first song from the band's forthcoming album, Une Ombre Régit Les Ombres. The six track album (54 minutes) will be released on October 28th and can be pre-ordered at this location.

Dubbed autumnal black metal, Abduction features vocalist François Blanc (Angellore) and is recommended for fans of Dissection, Primordial and Opeth.

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