Australia's Dragonsclaw have revealed a lyric video for the song "Cry Wolf" from their upcoming album Moving Targe'. The video, which can be seen below, was created by Dragonsclaw bassist Aaron Bryn Thomas.

Joining Dragonsclaw on their third release is drummer Mark Zonder (Graham Bonnet Band, ex-Fates Warning, Warlord). Zonder comments, "Giles Lavery and I developed a musical relationship after we toured together on the Warlord European Tour 2013 and that spilled into working together on the new Dragonsclaw album."

Vocalist Giles Lavery said, "This record finds us moving quite far away from the power metal sound of the first two releases. We wanted to make a record that was a 'traditional heavy metal' record in the style of mid '80s Judas Priest or Iron Maiden, with the raw production of something like early Twisted Sister... a focus on big memorable songs was the main priority... it has taken a long time to get this record to exactly where we want it, releasing 'just another metal record', or something that sounded like the first two Dragonsclaw records would be kinda pointless, this had to be something that took it to the next level in performance, songwriting and more... having Mark on drums was part of that plan.”

Watch the first video from Moving Target, for the track “Road Beneath Your Wheels”, below.

Tracklisting:

“Road Beneath Your Wheels”
“Survival”
“Cry Wolf”
“Don't Break The Silence”
“(Tell Me) All Your Lies”
“Ghost Soldiers”
“Shadowfire”
“Back On The Streets”
“Raise Your Fist”

 



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Italian thrashers, Braindamage, will release their new album, The Downfall, via My Kingdom Music on April 18th. Seven years after their last work, Braindamage return with their most futuristic, abrasive and visionary output of their 28-year career.

The Downfall is a concept album based on the novel Kahlenberg, The Queen In Red And Other Tales, written by Andrea, bass player, vocalist and leader of the band. The story deals about power agents who fight for the conquest of the world during one thousand years since 1066 in different places of the Earth. The last one of these agents permits to the mysterious Red Empress (or Queen in Red) to start the conquest of the planet, starting from Turin, through a thermonuclear war.

The cover artwork was created by Stefania Didonato.

Tracklisting:

“Substituting Forgiveness With Mass Destruction”
“God Granted Your Prayers Through Nuclear Warheads”
“She Can Smell The Blood Of A Surrendering Race”
“I Owe You A Billion Years Of Terror”
“Subhuman's Towns Merciless Obliteration”
“Queen Acadienne's Floating Mirrors And Tarots”
“Last Of The Kings, First Of The Slaves”
“The Shadow That I Cast Is Yours, Not Mine”
“You Nailed My Soul I Burned Your Flesh”
“The Downfall Is Here To Stay, I Shall Fight Until The End”



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American neo-classic riff masters, Black Fast, have release a new lyric video, for the track “The Fall” (see below), featured on the group’s new album Terms Of Surrender, out now via eOne Music.

Ripping pages from Death's technical death metal guidebook, the St. Louis foursome conjures the spirit of the late, great Chuck Schuldiner while channeling the viciousness of Megadeth's young-and-hungry Dave Mustaine and blistering aggression of Kreator’s Mille Petrozza. The band tapped veteran producer Erik Rutan for the effort on their debut LP for eOne Music. Known for his work with Hate Eternal, Six Feet Under, Goatwhore and Cannibal Corpse, Rutan was an easy choice.

Terms of Surrender is the band's follow-up to their self-released Starving Out The Light. Black Fast has a short but concentrated history. Started in 2010 by fellow music students Aaron Akin, Trevor Johanson, Ryan Thompson and Ross Burnett, the band has bulldozed on an upward trajectory ever since. Their soundtrack to society’s collapse is relentless. Possessed by unbridled energy and a palpable desperation, the band has a fierce vitality that will not go unnoticed.

Creating a modern twist on the energetic riffs of metal’s glory days, Black Fast harness the spirit of their metal forefathers, whether exploring hand-cramp-inducing riffs or blazing through straightforward thrash. Black Fast songs have a hungry ferocity reminiscent of the Bay Area thrash scene, the likes of which haven’t been this raw or hyper-charged in decades.

Tracklisting:

“The Keep”
“To Propagate The Void”
“The Coming Swarm”
“Tongues Of Silver”
“I Conspire”
“Haunted Vigil”
“The Fall”
“Vacuous Idol”
“Until Dust”

“The Fall” lyric video:

“The Coming Swarm” video:

“I Conspire” video:

Rivers Of Nihil are about to hit the road with Black Fast and Dark Sermon as support.

Tour dates:

February
17 - Buffalo, NY - Broadway Joe's
18 - Somerville, MA - Once Ballroom
19 - New York, NY - Saint Vitus
20 - Long Branch, NJ - The Brighton Bar
21 - Frederick, MD - Club 611
22 - Fayetteville, NC - The DHP
23 - Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
24 - Orlando, FL - The Haven
25 - Ybor City, FL - Crowbar
26 - Pensacola, FL - The Handlebar
27 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
28 - Nashville, TN - The End *

March
1 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hoosier Dome *
2 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's *
3 - Dayton, OH - Rockstar Pro Arena *
4 - Lakewood, OH - The Foundry *
5 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Smiling Moose *
6 - Washington D.C. - The Pinch *

* - Rivers of Nihil, Dark Sermon only



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JUDAS PRIEST's tour in support of their 17th studio album overall, "Redeemer Of Souls", was one of the most extensive of the group's entire career — consisting of 130 shows in 33 countries, and offering a setlist that touched upon selections from nearly all of their classic albums. And now, fans can relive the live PRIEST experience once more, with the release of the new CD/DVD/Blu-ray, "Battle Cry", on March 25 via Epic Records.

Recorded live on August 1st, 2015 at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival in front of an audience of 85,000, "Battle Cry" is available on a 15-track CD, with the entire show on Blu-ray and DVD (running over 94 minutes), as well as digital audio and video formats. The DVD and Blu-ray also contains three bonus tracks shot in Poland on December 10, 2015 at The Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

What makes the show's track listing so appealing is it balances new classics ("Dragonaut", "Halls of Valhalla", "Redeemer Of Souls") along with headbanging classics ("Metal Gods", "Electric Eye", "You've Got Another Thing Coming"), as well as key album tracks from yesteryear ("Devil's Child", "Beyond The Realms Of Death", "Jawbreaker").

"Battle Cry" CD track listing:

01. (Intro) Battle Cry02. Dragonaut03. Metal Gods04. Devil's Child05. Victim Of Changes06. Halls Of Valhalla07. Redeemer Of Souls08. Beyond The Realms Of Death09. Jawbreaker10. Breaking The Law11. Hell Bent For Leather12. The Hellion13. Electric Eye14. You've Got Another Thing Coming15. Painkiller

"Battle Cry" DVD/Blu-ray track listing:

01. (Intro) Battle Cry02. Dragonaut03. Metal Gods04. Devil's Child05. Victim Of Changes06. Halls Of Valhalla07. Turbo Lover08. Redeemer Of Souls09. Beyond The Realms of Death10. Jawbreaker11. Breaking the Law12. Hell Bent For Leather13. The Hellion14. Electric Eye15. You've Got Another Thing Coming16. Painkiller17. Living After Midnight Recorded live on August 1, 2015 at Wacken Festival, Germany. Bonus tracks:

18. Screaming For Vengeance19. The Rage20. Desert Plains Recorded live on December 10, 2015 at The Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

Finland-based thrashers, Lost Society, released their third record, Braindead, on February 12th via Nuclear Blast. A new music video for the album track “Hangover Activator” can be seen below:

The Braindead artwork was created by Jan Meininghaus (Bolt Thrower, Sick Of It All, UDO, Holy Moses, Debauchery).

Tracklisting:

“I Am The Antidote”
“Riot”
“Mad Torture”
“Hollow Eyes”
“Rage Me Up”
“Hangover Activator”
“Only (My) Death Is Certain”
“P.S.T.88”

Bonus:
“Terror Hungry” (Californian Easy Listening Version)

“I Am The Antidote” video:

Track-by-track videos:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Lost Society have announced that they will be playing as main support alongside Exodus on their upcoming 2016 European tour.

Frontman Samy Elbanna on the announcement: "We can't even begin to tell you all how stoked we are to announce that we'll be hitting the road with the almighty Exodus at the end of February! We're so happy to finally return to Europe and hit our favourite countries and cities. We'll be playing some tracks off of Braindead for the first time ever, and of course songs off of the first two records. One thing is for sure, Exodus and Lost Society will tear down every single venue, and we expect you all to go crazy and scream your lungs out! Make sure you get your tickets right away, this is gonna be legendary! Europe BEWARE: Lost Society and Exodus comin' atcha!”

Tour dates are listed on the tour poster below:

 



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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, the supergroup featuring international film star and musician Johnny Depp alongside Alice Cooper and AEROSMITH's Joe Perry, paid tribute to late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister by performing the MOTÖRHEAD classic "Ace Of Spades" earlier tonight (Monday, February 15) at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Dave Grohl introduced the VAMPIRES' appearance by saying: "Many of us play rock and roll, but very few of us are rock and roll. Lemmy Kilmister was rock and roll. He was a rebel and an outsider, one of a kind and a way of life. He was MOTÖRHEAD. He was a legend and I was proud to call him my friend. I have an 'Ace Of Spades' tattoo, but the truth is Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD left their mark on me a long time ago, just as they did for everybody who's ever loved rock and roll. As Lemmy taught us in 'Ace Of Spades', the pleasure is to play. So tonight, I wanna thank Lemmy and the late Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor for their music and everything it meant."

Cooper, Perry and Depp, along with Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan then hit the stage, performing their own song, "As Bad As I Am", followed by "Ace Of Spades" in front of a bass rig featuring Lemmy's trademark high mic stand and cowboy hat and bass.

"We started this band as a means to toast our 'dead drunk friends' at the Rainbow, all the ghosts in the bar, and now I guess Lemmy is involved in that, too," Cooper told Rolling Stone.

"He was always funny," he continued. "I'm a 'healed' alcoholic and I haven't had anything to drink in 35 years. A lot of people that drink always feel a little bit like they owe an explanation to me. A couple weeks before his death, Lemmy came up to me and said, 'Alice, I've quit drinking.' And he's got a glass in his hand. And I go, 'Really?' And he says, 'Yeah, I don't drink whiskey anymore. I drink vodka.' And I went, 'Lemmy, do you think your liver has any idea what color the alcohol is?' He said, well it's a step down from whiskey.' And I went, 'Okay. Any step's a good step.'"

Swedish occult rockers GHOST were honored with a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 58th annual Grammy Awards, which is being held tonight (Monday, February 15) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. GHOST was nominated for the song "Cirice", from its 2015 album "Meliora".

In his brief acceptance speech, GHOST frontman Papa Emeritus III said: "Hello. We are GHOST. Thank you so much for this. This is a big, big thing for us, obviously. And, you know, a nightmare has just turned into a dream. So… Thank you all for that. Thank you, everybody involved, and thank you for voting. Now go party."

The nominees in the "Best Metal Performance" category were as follows:

Band: AUGUST BURNS REDSong: "Identity"Track from: "Found In Far Away Places"Label: Fearless Records

Band: GHOSTSong: "Cirice"Track from: "Meliora"Label: Loma Vista Recordings

Band: LAMB OF GODSong: "512"Track from: "VII: Sturm Und Drang"Label: Epic Records

Band: SEVENDUSTSong: "Thank You"Track from: "Kill The Flaw"Label: 7Bros Records

Band: SLIPKNOTSong: "Custer"Track from: ".5: The Gray Chapter"Label: Roadrunner Records

Speaking about the nomination, one of GHOST's nameless ghouls told Grammy.com: "Being nominated for a Grammy is obviously a big honor for any band or artist — obviously, ourselves included. Especially for us, as a Swedish band, it feels extra honoring, I guess. Especially us maneuvering in the rock genre, where traditionally it's usually British or American bands."

He added: "To my knowledge, we are the first Swedish rock band to ever be nominated for a Grammy, which is also the reason why when we got the news that we were nominated, I just got a text saying, 'You're nominated for a Grammy.' In Sweden, we have another prize called Grammis, which, internationally, is referred to as the Swedish Grammy. So when I got the text, I told my friend next to me that we were nominated for a Grammis. So it took like an hour later until I actually got it confirmed that they were actually talking about a Grammy, not a Grammis, which was a very mind-boggling experience. So winning or not winning, just being nominated is a big honor, and for us it's definitely a sign of recognition that we can suck on for the rest of our lives."

This year's Grammy Awards process registered more than 21,000 submissions over a twelve-month eligibility period (October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2015).

As the only peer-based music award, the Grammy Awards are voted on by The Academy's membership body of creators across all disciplines of music, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers. Final-round Grammy ballots were mailed December 16.

Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the Grammy Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture.

Last year's Grammy in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category went to TENACIOUS D, who were nominated for their cover version of the DIO classic "The Last In Line", from the "Ronnie James Dio - This Is Your Life" tribute album.

TENACIOUS D beat out several notable metal acts, including ANTHRAX, which was nominated for its own contribution to "Ronnie James Dio - This Is Your Life", a cover of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Neon Knights".

In accordance with the label's ongoing 25th anniversary celebrations, Relapse and Party Smasher Inc. will issue a deluxe 10” vinyl edition of the Under The Running Board EP, from legendary extreme music pioneers The Dillinger Escape Plan, on March 4th. A new video trailer can be found below.

Various bundles are available for pre-order at this location.

Tracklisting:

“The Mullet Burden”
“Sandbox Magician”
“Abe The Cop”
“Sandbox Magician” (live)
“Jim Fear” (live)
“Destro's Secret” (live)
“Clip the Apex… Accept Instruction” (live)
“43% Burnt” (live)
“The Mullet Burden” (live)
“Sugar Coated Sour” (live)
“The Running Board” (live)
“Abe The Cop” (live)
“Paranoid” (Black Sabbath cover)



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Inner Wound Recordings will release Warsaw, Poland-based prog band Votum’s new album, :KTONIK:, on February 26th in Europe and North America. A new lyric video for the album track, “Spiral”, can be found below.

Votum combines dark and vibrant atmosphere with metal traditions, bringing both force and ambience to play. The band is no stranger to musical diversity with subtle cinematic frailty and modern electronica. Dealing in powerful guitars and acoustic ballads Votum creates a very specific blend of fresh and unusual approach to progressive rock and metal.

:KTONIK: was recorded and mixed by David Castillo at Ghost Ward (Katatonia, Opeth, Bloodbath).

Tracklisting:

“Satellite”
“Greed”
“Spiral”
“Blackened Tree”
“Simulacra”
“Prometheus”
“Horizontal”
“Vertical”
“Last Word”

“Spiral” lyric video:

“Satellite” video:

Teaser:

Votum will tour Europe with Kingcrow in February and March. Below you'll find the confirmed dates.

February
26 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja
27 - Prague, Czech Republic - Exit-US

March
1 - Hamburg, Germany - Bambi Galore/Kultur Palast
2 - Uden, Netherlands - De Pul
3 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands - Boerderij
4 - Paris, France - La Boule Noire
5 - Roeselare, Belgium - De Verlichte Geest
6 - London, England - The Underworld Camden
9 - Munich, Germany - Garage Deluxe
10 - Milano, Italy - Barrio's Cafe
11: Rome, Italy - Traffic Live Club
12 - Bologna, Italy - Alchemica Music Club

Votum is:

Bartosz Sobieraj - vocals, accustic guitar
Piotr Lniany - guitar
Adam Kaczmarek - guitar
Zbigniew Szatkowski - keyboards
Bartek Turkowski - bass
Adam Lukaszek - drums



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Fan-filmed video footage of CRADLE OF FILTH's February 12 performance at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio, Texas can be seen below.

Support on CRADLE OF FILTH's North American tour is coming from BUTCHER BABIES and NE OBLIVISCARIS.

CRADLE OF FILTH's eleventh studio album, "Hammer Of The Witches", was released on July 10 via Nuclear Blast. The CD marks the first release with CRADLE OF FILTH's new lineup, which includes new guitarists Ashok (of Czech groups ROOT and INNER FEAR) and Richard Shaw (of English acts EMPEROR CHUNG and NG26).

Asked what inspired the songs for "Hammer Of The Witches", CRADLE OF FILTH singer Dani Filth told HorrorNews.net: "It was an amalgam of lots of different things, I suppose. When I began writing the album, I had a new clip of about four songs before I started coming up with an idea. You could say it is well hilted in the medieval. I mean, there is a track called 'On Christian Soldiers', which is about the first crusade and draws comparison with modern day — as do a lot of the songs, but I think the medieval scenario is the vibe that suits the material. I was working one day in my office and I have a library of books. I saw the 'Malleus Maleficarum', which is the medieval, gothic book about witchcraft that translates to Hammer Of Witches, meaning it was a tribunal, like a punishment for witches, and the book itself was like a weapon against witchcraft. Obviously, hundreds of thousands people throughout Europe were put to death throughout the inquisition period and this book was partly responsible for that, I should imagine. But, anyway, we saw it as the weapon being in the witch's hand. It is retribution, revival, reprisal, revolution and revenge. We can say that, because we are not a Christian band. So that was our interpretation of that. Then those things of revenge, revival, demonology, witchcraft which were also influenced by the area in which I live in England, which is known as a witch county."

Regarding whether he looks at "Hammer Of The Witches" as CRADLE OF FILTH's finest effort so far, Dani told RockSverige.se: "That's a little hard to say. We never come out of the studio unless we are 100 percent happy. We're really proud of this one. Whether it's our finest album? Well, at least for the last ten years, I would say. That seems to be the premise and the opinion of the journalists I've spoken to. Whether it's our best overall, I don't know. It needs to sink in and people need to hear the album with the special-edition tracks as well. Those particular songs didn't even know they were gonna be special-edition songs. The track list wasn't carved in stone 'till close to the end of the mix, actually. It was a band thing and we had to have two songs as bonus material and everybody had good points about all of them, but two didn't make the grade. But somebody might prefer one or both of the songs. Unfortunately, it's the way it is. We actually turned down three songs that were written for the album. We made a conscious decision not to spread ourselves too thinly. One of the tracks was one of my favorites, but that just proves there's democracy in this band. Everybody contributed and that's testament to that the album is killer."

Toronto, Ontario, Canada metallers CAULDRON have been forced to cancel their participation in the eight remaining dates of their tour with ENFORCER, WARBRINGER and EXMORTUS after getting into a van crash on a highway in Texas Sunday night.

Says CAULDRON in a Facebook post: "Sorry to report the unfortunate news of our accident (not at fault [by the way]) on the highway in Texas last night and that we will have to pull out of the remaining eight tour dates. Ian [Chains, guitar] is recovering in hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, otherwise everyone is going to be okay. We are just happy to be alive at this point. Thanks for your support and to our tour mates ENFORCER, WARBRINGER & EXMORTUS; we had fun and wish you all the best. Hope to see you all again soon."

CAULDRON's fourth studio album, "In Ruin", was released on January 8 via The End Records.

For the CD, the trio returned to the Lincoln County Social Club recording studio in Toronto, where they recorded two of their previous albums, "Burning Fortune" (2011) and "Tomorrow's Lost" (2012).

CAULDRON was born out of the ashes of genre-defining, critically lauded GOAT HORN, the band known for being heavily influenced by BLACK SABBATH, VENOM and JUDAS PRIEST that called it a day in 2006.

WackenTV has uploaded video of British extreme metallers, Anaal Nathrakh, performing at Wacken Open Air 2015. The band’s complete set performed on July 31st, 2015 can be seen below.

The band performed the following setlist:

“In The Constellation Of The Black Widow”
“Unknown”
“Forging Towards The Sunset”
“Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes”
“Between Shit And Piss We Are Born”
“Of Fire, And Fucking Pigs”
“Idol”
“The Joystream”
“Do Not Speak”



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Queen have uploaded Part 2 of their Days Of Our Lives documentary, streaming below.

According to a press release: “Relive the triumphant legacy of Queen in this comprehensive documentary of the band’s career from the late 1960s to today. Packed full of rare archival footage of the band hashing out their signature overdub sound in the recording studio, mind-blowing live performances, and Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon’s candid reflections on their career and the last days of Freddie Mercury.”

Part 1:

Part 2:

Queen’s A Night At The Odeon, Live At Hammersmith ’75, is out now on CD (Hollywood Records), and DVD & Blu-Ray (Eagle Rock Entertainment). This show was a culmination of the 26-date Queen Invite You To A Night At The Opera UK tour and the first tour that they had ever performed “Bohemian Rhapsody” on.

An unboxing video for the Super Deluxe Box Set edition can be seen below:

 
The CD, DVD & Blu-Ray package features the band’s full live show, complete with a never heard before ‘second encore’ of “Seven Seas Of Rhye” and “See What A Fool I've Been”. The DVD and SD Blu-Ray versions also contain two special bonus features – Looking Back At The Odeon, a brand new 22-minute documentary featuring a previously unseen interview with Brian May and Roger Taylor by Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris about the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon show, plus the rarely seen Live At The Budokan – Japan 1975 footage, featuring three songs (“Now I'm Here”, “Killer Queen” and “In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited”) recorded during their legendary tour of the Far East.

 
Spirits were high within the band for this show; "Bohemian Rhapsody" - universally hailed as one of the most ground-breaking ‘pop’ songs ever released – was in the middle of its record-breaking nine week run at Number One in the UK charts. Their fourth album, A Night At The Opera (the most expensive record ever made to that point) was climbing the album charts on its way to No 1, which it achieved three days after this concert.
 
With over 6.5 million copies sold worldwide, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is one of the world’s most well known and well loved songs. To this day, it continues to top ‘favorite song’ opinion polls and be discovered by new generations of music fans over and over again. Freddie wrote the whole song – including the composite harmonies – on telephone books and scraps of paper.
 
Brian May recalled recording "Bohemian Rhapsody”” “That was a great moment, but the biggest thrill for us was actually creating the music in the first place. I remember Freddie coming in with loads of bits of paper from his dad's work, like Post-it notes, and pounding on the piano. He played the piano like most people play the drums. And this song he had was full of gaps where he explained that something operatic would happen here and so on. He'd worked out the harmonies in his head."
 
Queen spent days overdubbing the vocals in the studio using a 24 track tape machine. By the time they were done, about 120 vocal tracks were layered together. The opera parts alone took longer than 70 hours to complete. At the time, it was the most expensive single ever made and upon presenting it to their record label, they were told by various executives that 5 minutes 55 seconds was too long and the song would never be a hit. But after the song was played by DJ and friend of Freddie, Kenny Everett, 14 times in two days before its official release, the song was only ever destined to be a hit. Hordes of fans attempted to buy the single only to be told by record stores that it had not yet been released. Over in the US, it was the same. American radio RKO managed to get a copy of the tape and started to play it in across their network, which forced the hand of Queen's US label to release the song in its entirety.
 
"Bohemian Rhapsody" was Queen's first ever number 1 single and the 1975 UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks. It is the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the only single to have been Christmas number one twice with the same version. The second was upon its re-release (as a double A-side single with “These Are the Days of Our Lives”) in 1991 following Mercury's death, staying at number one for five weeks, eventually becoming the UK's third best-selling single of all time.
 
The single has sold in excess of 6.5 million copies worldwide and has been covered by everyone from Kayne West during his 2015 controversial Glastonbury headline slot, Axl Rose, Elton John and Pink to The Flaming Lips and Elaine Paige and forever immortalized again by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in the smash hit 90’s film, Wayne’s World.
 

Tracklisting (CD/Vinyl/Digital):

“Now I'm Here”
“Ogre Battle”
“White Queen (As It Began)”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Killer Queen”
“The March Of The Black Queen”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Reprise)
“Bring Back That Leroy Brown”
“Brighton Rock”
Guitar Solo
“Son And Daughter”
“Keep Yourself Alive”
“Liar”
“In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited”
“Big Spender”
“Jailhouse Rock” Medley
“Seven Seas Of Rhye”
“See What A Fool I've Been”
“God Save The Queen”
 
DVD and SD Blu-ray formats do not include “Seven Seas Of Rhye” or “See What A Fool I've Been”.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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On December 8, 2015, GuitarMania.eu conducted an interview with Tuomas Holopainen of Finland-based symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On the songwriting process in NIGHTWISH:

Tuomas: "The way it works in NIGHTWISH is that I am very much a solo worker. So I try to make all the songs — even the arrangements — as ready as possible, as much as I feel that I have to give to the songs. Most of the riffs, even some drum fills and stuff like this. I just try to make it as good as I can do it by myself. And then I introduce the songs and demos that I've done on my own to the other members of the band, and then we start the rearranging process. You know, 'Could you come up with a better riff for this one?' 'Would the bass line be different in that one?' 'What about if the vocal line is like this?' And sometimes the songs change a lot — like song 'Nemo', for example, changed a lot during the arrangement process. And sometimes they are almost to the drum fill as they were on the original demo. So that's the way it goes for us. When it comes to guitars, I try to come up with riffs on my own — like the 'Scaretale' riffs are all mine, for example. But then again, in a song like 'Nemo' again, and 'Alpenglow', on the new album, it's all Emppu [Vuorinen, NIGHTWISH guitarist]. [He would say to me], 'That's okay, but it could be more interesting if I did this.' [And then I say], 'Yeah, that's excellent. Do it like that.'"

"I try to make it as ready as I can; that's the way I like to do it. Because all the songs are very much storyline-orientated; I have a story from beginning to the end. And in order to bring that story to life, to tell that story, you need the full song, with all the little details here and there. And that's why I try to make it as ready as possible."

On much influence the other members of NIGHTWISH have during the songwriting process:

Tuomas: "Whenever they feel like that could be better; it's as simple as that. Same with Floor [Jansen, vocals]. 'I mean, this vocal line is really nice, but how about I do this little thing here, a little note there.' 'Oh, yeah, that's perfect.' Or on the new album [2015's 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful'], the song 'My Walden', the structure of it was pretty different originally, and it was actually Troy [Donockle] who came up with the idea of kind of, like, putting this there and that there and the tempo change there, and it really works. But sometimes everybody seems to be really happy with what I had in mind originally, and then we stick with that."

On NIGHTWISH's plans to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary in 2016:

Tuomas: "Well, not really. I mean, there's not gonna be a special 20th-anniversary show. We're saving that for the 25th or 30th or, hopefully, 50th year. Who knows? But no, there's not gonna be any bigger celebration. By accident, it was actually revealed that we have this show in Finland at Himos [Festival Park in Jämsä] on August the 20th, I think it was. It's one of the two shows that we have in Finland. And that's almost to the week twenty years from the date that NIGHTWISH was born. I remember it was August 1996, but I can't remember the exact date. So, in a way, you can call that show unofficial 20th-anniversary show."

On NIGHTWISH's plans to record and release a new studio album:

Tuomas: "It's gonna take a bit of time. 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful' was quite the effort, and this tour's gonna be quite the effort. And I think we're gonna take a little breather after this tour. And let's see. But, I mean, I haven't really had the spark for even thinking about another album in the past few months; it's been all about touring and other things. So it's gonna happen at some point, but it's gonna take some years, I think."

NIGHTWISH recently released a strictly limited (no reprints!) special tour edition of its current album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful". The tour edition comes with a bonus DVD of live performances, documentary footage and promo videos as well as a huge photo gallery.

NIGHTWISH has announced a 26-date headlining tour of North America for 2016, launching in Sayreville, New Jersey on February 19, hitting six Canadian cities plus Pittsburgh, Anaheim, and New Orleans, then closing out in Tampa, Florida on March 23. Support on the tour will come from Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN.

METAL ALLEGIANCE, the all-star metal band consisting of a rotating cast of musicians, including members of MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister during METAL ALLEGIANCE's January 9 concert at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. They were joined at the show by special guests from SLIPKNOT and SEPULTURA, along with MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee, who asked for a moment of silence in honor of Lemmy.

Speaking to About Heavy Metal about the Lemmy tribute, MEGADETH and METAL ALLEGIANCE bassist David Ellefson said: "As it would turn out, Lemmy passed suddenly and unexpectedly just after Christmas, and we got the call from the venue saying, 'Hey, we would love it if METAL ALLEGIANCE would accommodate a tribute to Lemmy. You're kind of set up for it with the lineup of the band. There's going to be a lot of guests, and other celebrated metal musicians around,' and we said, 'Absolutely we should do it.' It's a no-brainer. It's pretty easy for us. They had the funeral at Forest Lawn. They had the memorial up at the Rainbow, and we held the wake down at the Whisky."

Asked if it was pretty emotional when MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee got up there to play a song with METAL ALLEGIANCE, Ellefson said: "It was. Mikkey's such a terrific guy, and such a great drummer. In fact, I remember just before we were releasing the [MEGADETH] 'Peace Sells' record back in 1986, we did a tour leading up to that with KING DIAMOND in the summer of 1986, and Mikkey Dee was the drummer. That was when we in MEGADETH first got to meet Mikkey, then, of course, watching him move over to be the MOTÖRHEAD drummer."

He continued: "MOTÖRHEAD drumming and the MOTÖRHEAD lifestyle is not for the faint of heart, and he survived both very well. Just such a monster player, and such a cool guy. He held a moment of silence for Lemmy. It was really a moving moment when you get a bunch of loud, raucous, metal heads into a room who are respectfully, honestly giving a moment of silence. It was really a moving moment for sure, and followed by, 'Okay, now let's go make some noise.' Then he hopped behind the kit, and we blazed out a tune.

"We had some of the best guys there, obviously. Mike Portnoy [DREAM THEATER], Mikkey Dee, Dave Lombardo [SLAYER] came down to play drums. Corey Taylor [SLIPKNOT] flew over from Las Vegas just to be a part of that, and jumped up and sang some songs with us. Everybody joined in with the best intentions, and really with a big heart in all the things in honor of Lemmy."

In her new memoir, "Lita Ford -Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir", the former lead guitarist of THE RUNAWAYS opens up about her wild life on the '80s music scene — including dalliances with Jon Bon Jovi, Eddie Van Halen and BLACK SABBATH guitar legend Tony Iommi.

According to the New York Post, Ford writes about her lengthy allegedly abusive relationship with Iommi, which started after she got to open for BLACK SABBATH. "He seemed so charming, confident and handsome," she writes. "I would later find out that looks are deceiving."

Ford's relationship with Iommi allegedly began with a failed attempt at sex as he was "too high" on cocaine. "He was impotent from his constant drug use, and he was very embarrassed. I felt bad for him and didn't really know what to do. Eventually, I got him off," she explains in the book.

As the relationship progressed, Iommi invited Ford to England to meet his "mum." On the flight to England, she writes, Iommi "out of nowhere… hauled off and punched me in the eye."

Although she planned to fly right back to Los Angeles when they landed, she decided to stay, she writes, "like a moron," after Iommi acted like nothing had happened.

Ford claims she later learned that domestic violence ran in Iommi's family, alleging that Tony's father also engaged in abusive behavior.

Lita claims that Iommi physically abused her four or five times during their relationship and describes one particularly scary episode that occurred shortly after the couple got engaged.

"After snorting tons of blow, he got angry and choked me unconscious," she writes. "When I woke up, I saw him holding a chair above my head. It was a big, heavy leather chair with studs around the arms, and he was about to smash it over my face. I rolled over, and luckily I moved fast enough that he missed me and the chair smashed into the ground."

Ford eventually broke up with Iommi, who, she claims, went on to hire her band to work with him instead behind her back.

"Lita Ford -Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir" will be released on February 23 via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books), an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

WARRANT guitarist Joey Allen was interviewed by Screamer Magazine at this year's NAMM show, which was held at the end of January in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below.

Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for WARRANT's follow-up to 2011's "Rockaholic" album, Joey said: "We're writing. Five songs are demoed.

"It's great. We've got a title for the new disc — a tentative title — which I won't talk about. It's got to do with lips and something you can taste — something like that. It's very tongue-in-cheek WARRANT."

He added: "But, yeah, the music sounds great. [Robert] Mason [vocals] sounds great. So we're just in that mode where we had some downtime in between gigs to where we're doing it. So hopefully [we'll have it out] sometime mid-summer, maybe."

Allen also talked in more detail about the actual music-composition process. He said: "Really, my role is just to write, give ideas to the band. If something I write makes it to the next stage, which is where Robert writes lyrics to it, or Jerry [Dixon, bass] or Erik [Turner, guitar] puts something on to it, then we demo it. That's where that writing process ends. And then, if somebody writes a song and brings it in, I might help with guitar parts, obviously, and that process, and then when we record it, that's when I really do what I need to do."

He added: "We're all getting along great, enjoying it, so the music sounds great."

According to Joey, the next WARRANT will likely be released through Frontiers Music Srl, the Italian label that issued "Rockaholic". He said: "We've got a deal there, so for all intents and purposes, that's what I understand, yeah."

At the helm for "Rockaholic" was mega-producer Keith Olsen (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, SCORPIONS), while the mixing duties were handled by Pat Regan (KISS, DEEP PURPLE, TED NUGENT).

Former WARRANT singer Jani Lane suffered from "acute ethanol poisoning" when he died in August 2011 at a Comfort Inn motel room in Woodland Hills, California. The singer had battled alcoholism for years and also had a history of alcohol-related arrests.

Lane originally left WARRANT in March 1993 but rejoined the band in September 1994. The group went on to record the "Ultraphobic" (1995), "Belly To Belly" (1996) and "Greatest & Latest" (1999) albums and issued and collection of covers, "Under The Influence", in 2001. Jani quit WARRANT again in 2004 before reuniting with the group four years later.

New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR will enter OCD Recording And Production in Metairie, Louisiana with engineer/producer Duane Simoneaux on February 17 to begin recording the follow-up to 2014's "Symmetry In Black" album. A summer release is expected.

CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein told Revolver magazine about the songwriting process for the band's next CD: "I love getting into whole mindset of writing an album. Once I get in that zone, I just become obsessed with it. I mean, I'll be at the grocery store and come up with an idea, and then I'll be in a trance in the checkout line with this thing going on in my head. I'll literally have to hurry up and get home so I can pick up the guitar and work it out!"

Windstein described the new material as having "sort of an old-school feel to it. He said: "On the last few albums, we brought in some new elements to what the original idea of the CROWBAR sound was. It was very refreshing, and I think all in all it worked out great, but I'm trying to bring back some of the original elements that somehow got phased out little by little over the course of the last 26 years. I've also been listening to certain stuff like CARNIVORE, the MELVINS, TROUBLE — bands that were big influences on the original CROWBAR sound. The sound of what's going on right now reminds me of a better, fresher, more mature version of the original CROWBAR stuff.''

"Symmetry In Black" sold around 3,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 68 on The Billboard 200 chart.

CROWBAR's previous CD, 2011's "Sever The Wicked Hand", opened with around 3,500 units to land at position No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Symmetry In Black" came out in North America on May 27, 2014 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which was made available in Europe on May 26, 2014 through Century Media Records, was produced by Windstein and Duane Simoneaux and was mixed by Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA).

Photo credit: Robin Windstein

New extreme metal juggernaut ORACLES, featuring members of ABORTED, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, SYSTEMS DIVIDE and DIMLIGHT, has unveiled a song called "Scorn" from its upcoming debut album, "Miserycorde". The CD will be released on July 1 via Deadlight Entertainment.

"Miserycorde" was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (EPICA, VOLBEAT, DESTRUCTION) and features artwork by Colin Marks from Rain Song Design (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, NEVERMORE, EXODUS).

ORACLES is:

Sven De Caluwé (ABORTED) - VocalsSanna Salou (DIMLIGHT) - VocalsMendel Bij de Leij (ABORTED) - GuitarSteve Miller (SYSTEM DIVIDE, LOCULUS) - GuitarAndrei Aframov (SYSTEM DIVIDE) - BassKen Bedene (ABORTED, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS) - Drums

ORACLES will make its live debut at Antwerp Metal Fest alongside KATATONIA, PRO-PAIN and SUICIDAL ANGELS.

Everyone dreams of being a rock star, standing on that stage with an axe bass in your hands while a crowd of adoring fans roar your name. For rock and roll god, Gene Simmons, it's life. For members of the KISS Army, it's an often repeated fantasy. You never thought it would be possible, but what if you could turn that dream into reality? What if you could really become The Demon himself? Now, with the limited-edition "The Demon" mask, you can truly transform into the rock icon like never before.

Each authentic limited-edition silicone demon mask has been hand-crafted by talented makeup artists and special effects sculptors working in the film industry, faithfully recreating Gene Simmons's face, hair, and flesh with masterful detail and accuracy. Made from authentic silicone material that mimics both the texture and visual appeal of real skin, this KISS mask stretches to fit most sizes and is nigh indistinguishable from the real rock star's iconic look. With only 200 masks ever made, this Gene Simmons mask will remain an incredibly rare and legendary piece to possess in any KISS collection.

"The Demon" mask features:

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AEROSMITH lead guitarist Joe Perry has dismissed his longtime bandmate Steven Tyler's decision to record a country album.

In May 2015, Tyler released his first country single, "Love Is Your Name", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Streaming Songs chart. He followed it up with "Red White & You", which came out last month. "Hey, if I didn't know him when I heard the song I'd go, 'It's okay, next.'" Perry told USA Today. "I'm not going to say anything else about that."

He added: "Steven is in Nashville doing whatever he's doing. He's got a [bleeping] rhinestone cowboy hat going 'Yippee ki yay.' I don't know what else to say about that."

Tyler's full-length country debut is tentatively due later in the year. The effort will be released via Dot Records, the legendary label that Scott Borchetta and his Big Machine Label Group revived in 2014.

The AEROSMITH singer's country album will feature songs that he has written and recorded in Nashville with writers like Paslay, Hillary Lindsey, Cary Barlowe and THE CADILLAC THREE's Jaren Johnston.

"My earliest influences put me somewhere between THE EVERLY BROTHERS and the CARTER FAMILY, and this project is all about me paying homage to my country roots," Tyler told Rolling Stone. "I've been working with some fucking epic Nashville songwriters, getting my feet wet with the style and groove."

AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford said last year that he was less than thrilled with Tyler's plans to devote most of 2016 to his country-tinged debut solo album. He said: "I guess he seems to think his solo career is going to go great guns and he doesn't seem to realize — in my opinion — that his fans around the globe want to see him in the context of AEROSMITH and don't really care for whatever he thinks he's going to do. I don't know if he gets that, but, hey — that's what he wants to do. I can't put a gun to his head."

Eagles Of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes recounted the horrific massacre in an interview Saturday (February 13th) on Sweden's TV4, saying he realized what was happening the moment that gunshots rang out in the cheering concert hall.

The attack started after "a very last note of the song, like almost a diabolical synchronicity," Hughes said. "I knew exactly what was going on."

A portion of the NBC transcript:

Tears welled up in his eyes as he described watching fans he knew succumbing to the barrage of bullets, and then his own horrifying search for his girlfriend.

"I didn't see my girl, Tuesday. She's, you know, the love of my life and ... I went back up into the backstage area to look for her and she wasn't there, and then I opened up a hallway and when I went inside the hallway there was a dude at the end of it holding a gun," Hughes said.

The musician said the gunman fired: "I thought I was dead, I just waited for the shots to hit me." But Hughes escaped and eventually found Tuesday.

When she called out his name, "there's never been the sweeter-sounding voice that you can imagine," he said.

Read more here.

Nick Alexander, the Eagles Of Death Metal merchandise manager who was killed in the Paris terror attacks last year, has won a posthumous award, reports Clacton Gazette.

Alexander was awarded the title of Merchandiser Of The Year in the Tourlink Top Dog Awards in America. The awards ceremony, held in Palm Springs, California, recognized the touring industry’s top 50 individuals and companies of the year, as voted by their peers.

Alexander, who came from Weeley and attended Colchester Royal Grammar School, was voted for his work with Eagles oOf Death Metal.

Alexander, who was 35, died from gunshot wounds to his stomach and chest, after ISIS terrorists opened fire at the Bataclan nightclub in Paris, killing more than 90 people.

Read more at Clacton Gazette.



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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will release the "tour edition" of their latest album, "Return To Forever", on April 22 via Century Media. The set comes opulently stacked with two brand-new live DVDs and is bound to make fans' hearts leap for joy. Apart from the standard album's twelve tracks, the CD contains all seven bonus tracks, which to date, have only been released on special editions of the album. The live DVDs are even more expansive, offering generous bonus material.

Included are two complete concerts from last year: The open-air gig at the French Hellfest festival, where they headlined in June, and their show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York featuring an impressive guest performance on "No One Like You" by twelve-year-old guitarist Brandon Niederauer.

The brand-new fifteen-minute video documentary "On The Road In America" by Dennis Dirksen gets to the heart of the matter that the SCORPIONS are able to consistently attract new generations of fans, who are delighted by their songs, sound and shows. Shot during the current world tour in California and Las Vegas, it gives a voice to fans spanning from teenagers to rock 'n' roll veterans. The film impressively shows how popular the SCORPIONS are in the U.S., and it's touching to see fans burst into tears while taking photos with the musicians. One highlight is the story of the Ukrainian woman who at the time used "Wind Of Change" as an impetus to emigrate to the U.S., and has been a dedicated follower of the band ever since. After all, the SCORPIONS have not only left their mark on history but continue to influence their fans' biographies.

In an extensive track-by-track interview, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs offer a sneak peek into the band's musical universe with anecdotes about the origin and meaning of the songs on "Return To Forever". The SCORPIONS manage to blend new songs like "Going Out With A Bang", "We Built This House" and "Rock 'N' Roll Band" seamlessly with their fulminant repertoire of rock classics from "Big City Nights" and "Blackout" to "Still Loving You" and "Rock You Like A Hurricane". This might also be the open secret allowing the SCORPIONS to continuously approach their live shows with so much freshness, passion and conviction. The SCORPIONS have been going full throttle for more than fifty years now, with their best-selling albums dominating the charts for over 500 weeks in Germany alone, and countless chart successes abroad, as well as thousands of unforgettable concerts in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles, Paris or Berlin.

The "Return To Forever" tour edition will be available as a CD + 2DVD digipack and as a download.

Swedish riff lords GRAND MAGUS will release their eighth studio album, "Sword Songs", on May 13 through Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the CD was created by acclaimed artist Anthony Roberts.

GRAND MAGUS vocalist Janne "J.B." Christofferson commented: "We put all of our sweat, blood and tears into this new album and I think that you can hear that. For me, 'Sword Songs' is the best GRAND MAGUS album ever! The new songs are faster and more aggressive than on 'Triumph And Power', and we have also included some more extreme and harder stuff. I'm convinced that there are some future classics on the disc!"

"Sword Songs" was produced by Nico Elgstrand at Studio Supa in Stockholm, Sweden. Guitars, vocals and bass were recorded at Studio Supa while the drums were laid down with Roberto Laghi at Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. The album was mixed by Roberto Laghi (Oral Majority Records, Gothenburg) and mastered by Svante Forsbäck (Chartmakers, Helsinki).

"Sword Songs" track listing:

01. Freja's Choice02. Varangian03. Forged In Iron - Crowned In Steel04. Born For Battle (Black Dog Of Brocéliande)05. Master Of The Land06. Last One To Fall07. Frost And Fire08. Hugr09. Everyday There's A Battle To Fight

Bonus Tracks (digipak only)

10. In For The Kill11. Stormbringer (DEEP PURPLE cover)

"Bloodthirsty", the new video from THE LAST VEGAS, can be seen below. THE LAST VEGAS guitarist Adam Arling says about the clip: "'Bloodthirsty' is a paranoid romp through Los Angeles's Valley and back-alleys. Shooting the video, Whitewall Jones (director) and the band sought out the darker side of L.A.; Hollywood Boulevard's side streets; and the flipside of your mind where it seems everyone is out to get you; perhaps your lover or even your own band. It's basically about going crazy."

"Bloodthirsty" is taken from THE LAST VEGAS's new album, "Eat Me", which will be released on March 18 via AFM Records. The CD marks the first time THE LAST VEGAS has collaborated with a European production team. Being longtime fans of Scandinavian rock production and influenced by records from THE HELLACOPTERS, TURBONEGRO, NOMADS and more, THE LAST VEGAS were thrilled with a new approach in making an modern-day album; and the results of the inter-continental experiment. "Eat Me" is a mash-up of full-tilt boogie rock, droney LED ZEPPELIN-esque riffs, and alt-psychedelic acoustic ballads. Equal part American bluesy riffs and Swedish production technique, the album balances grit and polish. "There's a lot of feeling in this record," says guitarist Adam Arling. "It's fascinating what you can express musically when you record songs quickly, never second-guessing your gut instinct. We found the soul in rock 'n' roll; from both Chicago and Stockholm. But let's not get too serious. I mean, the album is called 'Eat Me' after all."

THE LAST VEGAS tracked "Eat Me" at Johnny K's hit-making Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, a spot familiar to the band where they recorded critically acclaimed "Bad Decisions" and 2013's "Sweet Salvation".

The fast pace worked to the band's favor; as they adopted a "first-thought, best-thought, only-thought" approach.

"We gathered some favorite demos lying around, added a few fresh ideas and rehearsed the hell out of the songs for about eight days," says singer Chad Cherry. "We were tracking vocals up through the night I left for L.A. We recorded, like, twelve songs in about eleven hours at Groovemaster, and it felt like we were making our first album again. It was awesome."

THE LAST VEGAS initially decided to self-produce "Eat Me" after working with some industry heavyweights (2010's "Whatever Gets You Off" with Nikki Sixx; 2012's "Bad Decisions" with Johnny K; 2013's "Sweet Salvation" with Roy Z). And, luckily, their vision was perfectly complemented by a musical contact Nathan Arling came across while in Sweden filming the "Allt For Sverige" TV series. Engineer/producer Chris Laney mixed the album in Stockholm, Sweden, song by song, as THE LAST VEGAS fed him sessions built in Chicago at the THE LAST VEGAS studio space.

THE TREATMENT, the critically acclaimed British hard rock band, will release its new studio album, "Generation Me", on March 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. The band's highly anticipated third album will be THE TREATMENT's first to feature new lead singer Mitchel Emms and new guitarist Tao Grey.

Early reports of THE TREATMENT's "Generation Me" album points to a triumphant return to form, celebrating a raft of spectacular big-sounding rock songs bursting with high-octane rock energy.

"Generation Me" track listing

01. Let It Begin02. The Devil03. Tell Us The Truth04. Generation Me05. Backseat Heartbeat06. Cry Tough07. We Are Beautiful08. I Know She Knows09. Bloodsucker10. Better Think Again11. Light The Sun

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Generation Me" is available below.

Produced by Laurie Mansworth, mixed by Tony Newton and mastered by Ade Emsley, "Generation Me" is the follow up to 2014's "Running With The Dogs" album. It's a hands-down, mind-blowing rock extravaganza that will leave rock fans wanting more than what they bargained for.

"We're absolutely delighted to announce that the recording of our third full-length album 'Generation Me' is now complete," says THE TREATMENT's new guitarist Tao Grey. "We honestly all believe this album is a huge step forward for THE TREATMENT and we can't wait for you to hear it. We will be touring throughout 2016/17 and we look forward to seeing all you TREATMENT troops at our shows next year." Ever since THE TREATMENT first arrived in 2011 with their debut album, "This Might Hurt", they've played numerous festivals, including Sonisphere, Download and most recently, Steelhouse, and toured extensively with ALICE COOPER, STEEL PANTHER, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SLASH and W.A.S.P. THE TREATMENT is:

Mitchel Emms (vocals)Tagore Grey (guitar)Tao Grey (guitar)Dhani Mansworth (drums)Rick "Swoggle" Newman (bass)