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5 июл 2013
PANTERA, GUNS N' ROSES, Ex-WHITESNAKE Members Pay Tribute To KISS
 A.L.I.V.E.!, the new band put together strictly out of a passion for '70s-era KISS was formed by good timing and happenstance! Rex Brown (bass; PANTERA, KILL DEVIL HILL), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (guitar; GUNS N' ROSES), Brian Thomas Tichy (drums; WHITESNAKE, QUEENSRŸCHE, OZZY OSBOURNE, S.U.N.) and Mark Zavon (guitar; KILL DEVIL HILL), all ended up working together on rock journalist Mitch Lafon's KISS 40th-anniversary tribute album for cancer care: "A World With Heroes". This serendipitous occurrence came to be when Rex and Tichy laid down bass and drums on Bumblefoot's version of "Detroit Rock City" in which not only does Thal play all guitars, he sings all vocals. Tichy also tracked drums, backgrounds, rhythm and leads (along with Zavon) to Rex and Zavon's version of "Larger Than Life". Rex makes his debut lead vocal on this track.
When the e-mails started circling, it became apparent that they all shared the same love for KISS in the '70s. At the same time, they all were all somewhat shocked by how much Thal sounded like Paul Stanley and Rex like Gene Simmons on their tracks. Therein lay the set up leading to the formation of A.L.I.V.E.!
Says Brown: "We each got asked to play on this tribute album to benefit cancer research. Obviously, it was for a great cause and we wanted to be a part of it, but I think it also came from a place of real passion too. Each of us were hugely influenced by KISS early in our lives, so the chance to play on those tracks was a real honor. After we'd heard what we'd recorded, we thought it would be a lot of fun to do it live. As it turned out, Mark and I had just finished recording the upcoming KILL DEVIL HILL album, and had a small window of time this summer before we head out on the road again. The timing perfectly coincided with breaks in Ron and Brian's schedules as well, so we decided to put this thing together!"
A.L.I.V.E.! is a as much of of a "thank you" to KISS as it is a tribute. Brown, Thal, Tichy and Zavon won't be in costume and greasepaint, making this even more of a true tribute to the music that changed them when they first heard it.
Rex continues: "I remember I was in seventh grade and this chick had a copy of 'Alive!' I swiped it and it changed the future of rock and roll as I know it!! They were like 'gods' to this scrawny kid from Texas learning to play guitar!! They are one of the reasons I jam to this day!! I got to open up for them numerous times in stadiums and it's the attitude and the songs, not the schtick, that I go back to every time!!"
Tichy adds: "I thought KISS 'Alive!' was the loudest record ever when I first heard it! KISS was the first band I got into. Peter Criss was my first drum idol and he is where I started as a drummer! When the idea of all of us going for this together was brought up, we all reacted with unbridled excitement to how much fun and how powerful this could be! I can't wait to play with these badass musicians I am proud to call friends!"
When asked about KISS' influence on him, Thal said: "Hearing the KISS 'Alive!' album at the age of 5 is what made me want to play guitar and join a band. I'm looking forward to playing the songs that launched my life!"
Zavon said: "When I was 14 I borrowed 'Destroyer' from the public library and have never been the same since."
A.L.I.V.E.! will perform material off KISS' hugely influential "Alive!" and "Alive II" records as well as some of their personal favorites.
Rex Brown is celebrating his birthday on July 27 and the band have decided that would be a perfect time to launch A.L.I.V.E! The Rex Brown Birthday Bash featuring A.L.I.V.E.! will take place on the following dates:
July 24 - The Whiskey - Hollywood, CA
July 25 - LVCS - Las Vegas, NV
Go to this location to listen to snippets of the songs that brought this all together.
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VOIVOD Joined By JASON NEWSTED, PHILIP ANSELMO On Stage At France's HELLFEST: Pro-Shot Video
 Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD were joined by their former bassist Jason Newsted and DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo during their June 23 concert at Hellfest in Clisson, France to perform the songs "Voivod" and "Astronomy Domine" (PINK FLOYD cover), respectively. Professionally filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
Newsted joined VOIVOD in 2002 and served as producer for the metal legends' self-titled album in 2003 on the Chophouse Records label (in association with Surfdog Records).
Longtime friends and pioneers of metal music, Newsted and original VOIVOD vocalist Snake (a.k.a. Denis Belanger), guitarist Piggy (a.k.a. Denis D'Amour), and drummer Away (a.k.a. Michel Langevin) first began working together at Newsted's Chophouse studio in 1995, intent on keeping the music alive between busy touring schedules. However, with Newsted's departure from METALLICA in January 2001, he was free to join VOIVOD as a full-fledged member and would remain involved with the group until 2008.
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5 июл 2013
ALMAH: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed
 ALMAH — the Brazilian metal band led by former ANGRA singer Eduardo "Edu" Falaschi — has set "Unfold" as the title of its fourth album, due later this year. The CD is currently being recorded in São Paulo, Brazil's Do It! Studio — the new facility established by Edu and Tito Falaschi. The cover artwork for the effort was designed by Nathalia Suellen (LADY SYMPHONIA), an internationally recognized digital artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who has previously worked with musicians, writers, publishing houses such as DARK MOOR, Random House, Penguin Group, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, McCann Erickson, Scholastic and Harry N. Abrams Books.
On September 19, ALMAH will perform at one of the most influential music festivals in the world, Rock In Rio.
ALMAH 2013 is:
Edu Falaschi - Vocals
Marcelo Barbosa - Guitar
Marcelo Moreira - Drums
Gustavo Di Padua - Guitar
Raphael Dafras - Bass
ALMAH's third studio album, "Motion", was released in Europe in October 2011 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded in May-June 2011 at Norcal Studios in São Paulo, Brazil and was mixed and mastered in July 2011 at Split Second Sound Studios in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES).
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5 июл 2013
LAMB OF GOD Vocalist RANDY BLYTHE Pens Memoir, Signs Book Deal
 Vocalist Randy Blythe of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD has inked a deal with Da Capo Press fro the release of his upcoming memoir. Random House has purchased the foreign rights to the book and will act as publisher in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Due in 2014, the memoir, which puts emphasis on the past year of Randy's life, is an incredible, harrowing, heartbreaking, and redemptive story told in Blythe's already well-recognized writing style.
It seems that almost every major media outlet has attempted to righteously cover the story of Blythe's arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic last year, but now, the man at the center of it all unveils the truths of the ordeal, personally detailing every aspect in his own words. No ghost-writers, no co-authors, just Randy Blythe himself.
The rights to Blythe's currently untitled book were sold to Da Capo executive editor Ben Schafer by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group.
Da Capo Press, a member of American publishing company the Perseus Books Group, is an excellent home for Blythe's memoir, having already published several other books by heavy metal greats like Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH), Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN, KILL DEVIL HILL) and Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY).
"While I've dreamed of being a published author almost since I began to read, I never imagined my first book would center around such a sad topic," says Blythe. "Sometimes though, life unexpectedly provides you a story that needs to be told. I believe this one does (for several different reasons, not just for the benefit of myself), so I will tell it with the respect and dignity all involved deserve. This will be a good read, I promise you, and I hope some good comes of it."
Added Schafer: "I knew that Randy was a master vocalist and lyricist but it turns out he is a vivid and visceral prose writer as well.
"Regarding his arrest and trial in the Czech Republic, Randy handled a frightening and heartbreaking situation with courage, grace, and humility, and we at Da Capo Press are honored to have the opportunity to have a part in telling his story."
As previously reported, Prague, Czech Republic's High Court upheld Blythe's "not guilty" verdict on June 5 in connection with the death of a fan three years ago. The court's decision is final.
A three-judge panel on March 5 acquitted Blythe of manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Daniel Nosek.
Blythe was facing the possibility of conviction and a long-term jail sentence after a May 2010 incident in which Nosek, who attended a LAMB OF GOD performance in Prague, died almost a month later, allegedly from injuries sustained when he was thrown off the stage.
Though Blythe faced up to 10 years in prison, during the closing argument, prosecutors only asked the judge for the minimum sentence of five years.
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4 июл 2013
IRON MAIDEN's Trooper Beer Hits One-Million-Pint Mark
 According to The Drinks Business, Robinsons Brewery has announced the production of the one millionth pint of IRON MAIDEN's Trooper beer. The brewery said the mark had been reached six months ahead of schedule — just eight weeks after Trooper was launched.
This equates to over 20,000 pints of the beer being drunk every day since its launch on May 9.
Robinsons' managing director Oliver Robinson said: "We are amazed to reach this mark in such a short time, a million pints already is way ahead of all rational expectations, and are grateful for the support we have had from the retailers, MAIDEN fans, real ale enthusiasts, our distributors and the beer trade generally as they were so quick to catch on to the genuine and unique quality of this beer.
"This is a great showcase for our new brew house and demonstrates the sorts of volumes it is capable of producing. It's very exciting to observe Trooper as it expands across Britain and then, we fully expect, internationally. It is easily the fastest-selling new beer Robinsons have ever had, and quite possibly anyone else too."
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4 июл 2013
KING DIAMOND: Quality Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of TUSKA Performance
 Quality fan-filmed video footage of KING DIAMOND's June 28 performance at the Tuska open-air festival in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below.
KING DIAMOND in December signed a new three-album worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records.
After a six-year touring hiatus, KING DIAMOND triumphantly returned to the stage in 2012 for European festivals Hellfest and Sweden Rock.
King, 56, whose real name is Kim Bendix Petersen, underwent open-heart triple-bypass surgery in November 2010. He has since completed his cardiac rehabilitation program and has stopped smoking entirely, changed his diet and is getting regular exercise.
In a February 2013 interview with Metal Sucks, King Diamond stated: "I had to change my diet and become a nutritional expert, eat much better food. I stopped smoking; haven't had a drag. [My wife] Livia quit, too. We walk at least five days a week.
"I felt the benefits during two shows we did [last year]. My voice is now clearer than when I started singing. It was like always driving a used car and suddenly you have enough money to buy a new car. It felt brand new! That's how my voice feels.
"I breathe different now than I used to. In the past [when we played live], it would been like [makes a gasping noise]. Now I go off stage and start talking to close friends…. I feel like I used to live in a house with ten windows and now I have twenty windows in the house. There's so much I can see and I pay more attention to what I do see.
"My philosophy hasn't changed but I don't take anything for granted."
King Diamond made his long-anticipated return to the stage with his MERCYFUL FATE bandmates Hank Shermann, Timi Hansen and Michael Denner on December 7, 2011 at the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of METALLICA's week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only.
KING DIAMOND received a Grammy nomination in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the track "Never Ending Hill" off the group's latest album, "Give Me Your Soul … Please".
"Give Me Your Soul ... Please" entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 28. The CD also landed at No. 58 on the Danish chart (the second highest new entry on the chart behind VELVET REVOLVER).
"Give Me Your Soul ... Please" sold 4,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 174 on The Billboard 200 chart.
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4 июл 2013
DEADLOCK: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album
 Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "The Arsonist", the sixth full-length album from German melodic death metallers DEADLOCK, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The CD will be released on July 26 via Napalm Records. The drums for the effort were laid down at the Chemical Burn Studios with Alexander Dietz (HEAVEN SHALL BURN) at the helm. Eike Fresse (CALLEJON, OOMPH!, GAMMA RAY) mixed the new songs at the Hammer Studios in Hamburg. The mastering duties were handled by Olman Viper (CALIBAN, EMIL BULLS, ZSK) at the Hertzwerk Studios. The artwork was created by Niklas Sundin (DARK TRANQUILITY).
"The Arsonist" track listing:
01. The Great Pretender
02. I'm Gone
03. Dead City Sleepers
04. The Arsonist
05. Darkness Divine
06. As We Come Undone
07. Hurt
08. The Final Storm
09. Small Town Boy (BRONSKI BEAT cover)
10. My Pain
11. Dead City Sleepers (Erode Remix)(bonus track)
12. As We Come Undone (Philip Abbas Remix) (bonus track)
DEADLOCK is:
Sabine Scherer - Vocals
John Gahlert - Vocals
Tobias Graf - Drums
Ferdinand Rewicki - Guitar
Sebastian Reichl - Guitar
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4 июл 2013
LEGION OF THE DAMNED: New Album Details Revealed
 Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", in January 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany.
"Ravenous Plague" track listing:
01. Intro: The Apocalyptic Surge (by Jo Blankenburg)
02. Howling For Armageddon
03. Black Baron
04. Mountain Wolves Under A Crescent Moon
05. Ravenous Abominations
06. Doom Priest
07. Summon All Hate
08. Morbid Death
09. Bury Me In A Nameless Grave
10. Armalite Assassin
11. Strike Of The Apocalypse
The song "Summon All Hate" can be streamed below.
"Ravenous Plague" will be LEGION OF THE DAMNED's first album with new guitar player Twan van Geel who joined the band two years ago following the departure of Richard Ebisch.
The CD's intro was created by Jo Blankenburg, whose tracks have been used in advertising campaigns of major hollywood feature films such as "The Hunger Games", "Harry Potter", "X-Men", "Lincoln", "Hitchcock", "The Wolfman" and "How To Train Your Dragon".
The band will only play a handful of select festivals in 2013 where they will perform with session guitar player Hein Willekens. The band will perform one or two new songs at Wacken Open Air, Party.San Open Air and MetalDays.
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4 июл 2013
DECAPITATED: '404' Video Released
 "404", the new video from Polish extreme metal veterans DECAPITATED, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Carnival Is Forever", which sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 11 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.
"Carnival Is Forever" was released in North America on July 12, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD's cover art was created by Lukasz Jaszak and can be seen below. The follow-up to 2006's "Organic Hallucinosis" was recorded at Radio Gdansk Studio in Poland with producer Wacek Kieltyka and engineer Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski. Drums were tracked with Daniel Bergstrand (BEHEMOTH, MESHUGGAH, DIMMU BORGIR, KEEP OF KALESSIN, DEFLESHED), who also handled mixing duties.
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THE JOKERS: 'Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
 British rockers THE JOKERS will release their second album, "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive", on September 2 in Europe and September 10 in North America via Steamhammer/SPV.
"Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive" track listing:
01. Silver City (03:45)
02. Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive (02:58)
03. Radio (04:00)
04. Blood Of Ox (00:36)
05. Night Driver (03:12)
06. Let It Rock (03:15)
07. Find My Way Home (04:14)
08. Sky Line (00:35)
09. N.Y.C. (04:30)
10. Bring Your Love Back To Me (03:56)
11. Dr. Rock Head (02:28)
A snippet of the CD's first single, "Radio", which will be made available digitally on June 24, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below.
Even if music fans on the other side of the Atlantic may beg to differ: the best and most authentic rock bands still come from the U.K. The country with its long tradition of legendary groups such as THE WHO, FREE, MOTT THE HOOPLE, THE FACES and LED ZEPPELIN continues to be an ideal breeding ground for promising acts in 2013. So it comes as no surprise that THE JOKERS also hail from the U.K. The four-piece — consisting of brothers Paul (guitar) and Simon Hurst (bass) and their two colleagues, Wane Parry (vocals) and Chris Poole (drums) — has succeeded in successfully transporting classic rock music into the present without denying the illustrious past of this musical direction or lacking a contemporary and topical approach.
THE JOKERS first came to public attention in summer 2009 when their debut album, "The Big Rock' N' Roll Show", was released independently, achieving remarkable sales within a few months. Countless shows in seedy clubs and shady joints followed, the four musicians having only one target: to make THE JOKERS popular and to grow as artists.
"We're a hard-working band. We like to play as often as we can and keep learning all the time," Paul Hurst explains. "Everything about THE JOKERS is honest and authentic, our sole aim is to be successful and make people happy."
Over almost two years, THE JOKERS spent a total of five months working on "Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive" with producer Andy Macpherson (ERIC CLAPTON, THE WHO, BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST, THE BUZZCOCKS). The result is bound to delight all rock music fans. Hurst says: "We have grown perceptibly in the past 24 months and are now ready to present an album which bears its title with justification. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it stands for freedom, tolerance and self-fulfilment. 'Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive' reflects all these aspects perfectly."
Adds SPV/Steamhammer A&R representative Olly Hahn: "THE JOKERS have the right feeling for melodies and together with their dry but punchy hard rock sound, it's a combination not to miss. I'm really happy that the band decided to join the SPV family!" | 0 | |
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4 июл 2013
HORSEBACK Announce Singles, Rarities Collection
 Chapel Hill, NC's experimental artisan HORSEBACK has announced a singles and rarities collection entitled A Plague Of Knowing. This limited edition 3-disc collection compiles a half decade’s worth of compilation, vinyl only, demos, live recordings and previously unreleased Horseback material from 2007-2012. The album will see a 3 CD / digital release via Relapse Records on August 20th in North America (August 19th UK/World and August 16th Benelux/Germany).
The first pressing of A Plague Of Knowing is strictly limited to 2000 copies and housed in a beautiful, deluxe three disc digi-wallet together with a Horseback sticker; an Amazon pre-order is available below. Check out a video trailer:
"From the beginning, this project has been about personal revelation and the creative processes that lead to a deeper - and broader - understanding of the Self and the world. Horseback has been, and will continue to be, an exploration of the darkest of shadows and the simplest of joys.
Though each of Horseback's full-lengths has been carefully sculpted into a semblance of unity, the process is never really pure. Where there is purity, there is lack: a poverty of the whole, a void of meaning. The mangled forms on display in this collection are stitches in a larger fabric, however unsightly they may seem. There is no hidden knowledge, only the viral horror of understanding. The flags read 'Revelation, if it kills us; give us a plague of knowing.'"
A Plague Of Knowing Tracklisting:
Disc 1 - Singles, Splits and Rarities
'On The Eclipse'
'High Ashen Slab'
'Another World'
'Heathen Earth'
'MILH'
'IHVH'
'Thee Cult Of Henry Flynt'
'Oblivion Eaters'
'Broken Orb'
'TV Eye' (Live)
Disc 2 - Stolen Fire (Expanded)
'Stolen Fire'
'Murdered'
'Retribution'
'Do You Have A True Feeling?' (Plagued Version)
'Luciferian Theme'
'North Star Struck' (Plagued Version)
'Transparency' (Murdered Again)
'Blood Loop'
'Clattering Info Aggregators'
'Recite'
'Do You Have A True Feeling?' (Stolen Fire Version)
'North Star Struck' (Destroyed Demo Version)
Disc 3 - Impale Golden Live
'Impale Golden Live'
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KALEDON Announces New Keyboardist
 Italian metallers KALEDON have announced the addition of keyboardist Paolo Campitelli to the group's ranks.
KALEDON's latest album, "Altor: The King's Blacksmith", was released on April 23 via Scarlet Records. The CD was recorded at Outer Sound Studio in Rome, Italy by Giuseppe Orlando (NOVEMBRE) and it features a guest appearance by Italian vocalist Fabio Lione (VISION DIVINE, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, KAMELOT).
"Altor: The King's Blacksmith" track listing:
01. Innocence
02. Childhood
03. Between The Hammer And The Anvil
04. My Personal Hero
05. Lilibeth
06. A New Beginning
07. Kephren
08. Screams In The Wind
09. A Dark Prison (feat. Fabio Lione)
The video for the song "Childhood" can be seen below.
KALEDON's best-of album, "Mightiest Hits", was released in January via Scarlet Records.
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UNTIL RAIN Signs With ESCAPE MUSIC
 Escape Music has announced the signing of the new Anglo/Greek progressive/power metal band UNTIL RAIN. The group's new album, "Anthem To Creation", will be released on August 23.
According to a press release, "these five passionate guys have performed with many artists over the years — to name a few: Jeff Martin (THE TEA PARTY), FIREWIND and PSYCHOTIC WALTZ. Musically, UNTIL RAIN sits comfortably between the melodic progressive metal of SHADOW GALLERY or CIRCUS MAXIMUS and the more epic orchestral power of SYMPHONY X or TIME REQUIEM. It's a great blend of well known facets and a unique take on the progressive metal genre with the inclusion of Greek folklore in both lyrics and melodies. This quintet is poised to take the rock world by storm with their unique brand of progressive metal."
"Anthem To Creation" was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH) and features the following track listing:
01. Brain Death (5:24)
02. Think Again (4:19)
03. Living Hell (5:17)
04. My Own Blood (5:05)
05. Empty Helmet (10:50)
06. 13-8 (5:02)
07. The Clang Of Shields Pt. I (6:54)
08. The Clang Of Shields Pt. II (3:25)
09. Anthem To Creation (18:21)
10. Breaking Of The 7 Seals (4:47)
11. Marionettes (9:23)
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Yannis Papadopoulos - Vocals
Theodore Amaxopoulos - Guitar
Lefteris Germenlis - Keyboards
Bill Gkagkavouzis - Bass
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4 июл 2013
MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I've Never Tried To Act Like I'm Above Our Fans'
 Illinois Entertainer recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
Illinois Entertainer: You're taking heat for the rock 'n' roll material on the record. To what do you attribute the inability of some thrash metal fans to accept the mid-tempo forays ("Super Collider", "The Blackest Crow", the THIN LIZZY cover "Cold Sweat")?
Mustaine: To each his own. I think that thrash metal fans, when you label them as "thrash metal fans," of course they're not going to want to accept a rock track. It has nothing to do with MEGADETH or the greatness of the band and its music. Heavy is heavy. Look how heavy BLACK SABBATH is, and they're not fast. I think the fastest song they ever did was "Neon Knights" with Ronnie James Dio. It's all relative, I guess. Do I want to play it safe and play the same record for 40 years like some of these old dinosaurs do, or do I want to really try and follow where the music takes me? Because a good song will tell you what it wants. When we were doing "The Blackest Crow", for example, I knew that was going to be a risk. The thing is, in the thrash metal community right now, a lot of these thrash metal fans, God bless 'em, what they think is thrash metal right now really isn't what thrash metal was back in the day. It wasn't about the tempo of the music, it was about what the music was about. It was the lyrical content, it was the energy of the song, it was the modality of the chord progressions. There were a lot of bands that would just play one note and pedal super, super fast and barely have any movement, and those bands fell by the wayside. You had to have some artistic merit at some point, where the songs had melody, or people would just lump you in with all those other bands that sound the same. I mean, my God, I've been doing this 30 years, you think I would learn something.
Illinois Entertainer: You told "Rockline" that "Super Collider" is introspective and tries not to alienate listeners with politics. How has the two-party system affected MEGADETH in recent years?
Mustaine: I think what has happened is that politics and the liberal media have really infected my message with my music, and no matter what I say, how I say it, it's going to be misinterpreted. So I think probably our time would be better if I answered some other questions. I mean, I would love to talk politics with you, but our country is really in a very precarious position right now, in all the parties: Republican, Democratic, Independent, Green Party. You ask young people, they thought that Ron Paul was the answer, until he said that we're just like the Taliban. I ain't like the Taliban. I don't cut kids' heads off. Who do you believe in? I think the most important thing is: Exercise your right to vote, vote, know what the topics are about, educate yourself, don't listen to all these talking-head celebrities that get up there and endorse politicians and stuff like that. That's them telling you to do what they want. Make your own mind up. I do.
Illinois Entertainer: Classic rock bands such as JOURNEY and STYX are saying that making new studio albums is futile. They aren't saying they're hanging up their hats, but they're saying this may be the end of the studio album. Tours used to promote albums, but now albums promote tours. What's your take on this?
Mustaine: A lot of times when guys get old, they lose the fire in their belly. I still feel like I'm a teenager inside. Granted, some days I wake up and my neck, after being fused together, tells me I'm 100. But I still feel really young, and I've never tried to act like I'm above our fans. I still like macaroni and cheese and you may see me rolling through a hamburger drive-thru once in a while because I'm a normal guy. I think that when you get up in your ivory tower, you start taking things for granted. Yeah, you lose sight of it. Who wants to hear from a guy that's driving a Rolls-Royce around what it's like to be 16 and confused?
Read the entire interview from Illinois Entertainer.
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4 июл 2013
ALICE COOPER Talks About Upcoming Covers Album, Possible Broadway Musical
 Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has told The Oakland Press that he is working on a covers album featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by THE DOORS, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and THE WHO, members of the so-called "Hollywood vampires" of the early and mid-'70s. A 2014 release is expected.
Back in March, Cooper told RollingStone.com about the upcoming CD: "We do a thing in our show, which is a tribute to Hollywood Vampires, my drinking club," Cooper explained. "And it was Keith Moon, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Micky Dolenz — a very eclectic bunch of drunks. Half of them are dead, so we do four songs in the show in tribute to them. We do 'Break On Through', 'Revolution', 'My Generation' and Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxey Lady'. I just kind of said, 'We've never done a covers album, let's think about that.' So [producer Bob] Ezrin and I are kind of bouncing it around right now."
Asked what some of the wish-list songs are, Cooper said: "I would keep it right to about '73, '74. I don't want to just go anywhere. I want to keep it right in that sort of drunk era, so it's specific. I would say 'Break On Through', that's a really good rock track there. The other ones, think of it — Harry Nilsson, there's a lot of good stuff there that could be rocked out. I think of songs as being clay. Take a song like 'Jump Into the Fire' and take that to a harder level, and that'll work."
Alice's latest album, 2011's "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", sold 18,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart. Cooper's previous CD, 2008's "Along Came A Spider", opened with just under 10,000 copies to land at No. 53.
Recorded with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin, who produced the original multi-platinum "Welcome To My Nightmare" album in 1975, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" picks up right where they left off, with Alice trapped in his own warped mind.
"I think if we ever take Alice Cooper to Broadway, it would just be called 'Nightmare'," Cooper told The Oakland Press. "'Welcome To My Nightmare' would be the first half and 'Welcome 2' would be the second half. That would work. That idea's always out there; you just have to wait until a producer comes long and says 'I love that idea.' I think maybe a little more time needs to go by before 'Nightmare' becomes sort of an American classic; then we'll have that validity to go and do the (Broadway) show."
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4 июл 2013
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4 июл 2013
MASTODON Guitarist: '25 To 30 Songs' Are 'Ready For The New Record'
 On June 30, Derek Simmons-Tobias of Examiner.com conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at the Mountain View, California stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below.
Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for MASTODON's follow-up to 2011's "The Hunter", Kelliher said: "Before we left for the European tour, which was prior to this, we got into a studio with a producer. We started just putting ideas down on tape, so to speak. We have about 25 to 30 songs that are ready for the new record. We're obviously not gonna use all 30 of them, but we're in a much better place than we've ever been as far as being prepared during pre-production for an album. We'd like to get the record finished by the end of the year and have it out as soon as Christmas and all the holidays are over with — maybe, like, March or April, it would be great to have the new record out and then do a brand new tour on some new music."
A MASTODON song from the band's 2004 album "Leviathan" is featured in the new animated film "Monsters University". The track "Island" is utilized in a scene in the movie, but does not appear on the official soundtrack. The filmmakers explained how and why "Island" and MASTODON were chosen to factor into the film, saying, "There is a great moment in 'Monsters University' when we thought it would be funny if the tunes were some of the most intense heavy metal imaginable. MASTODON was the obvious choice. They show off an unexpected monstrous side for one of our great new characters."
"Monsters University" is the prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc." Billy Crystal and John Goodman reprise their roles in the prequel as the wise-cracking Mike Wazowski and lovable Sulley.
MASTODON's latest album, "The Hunter", came out in September 2011 through Reprise Records.
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4 июл 2013
EARTH CRISIS To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of 'Firestorm' EP
 The members of EARTH CRISIS are readying for their first live dates since early February. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of their landmark "Firestorm" EP, the band will mark the milestone with performances on both coasts and a quick trip south of the border before resuming work on their anticipated new album. Joining the band will be SHAI HULUD, THY WILL BE DONE, and WHITE WIDOWS PACT for the East Coast dates, with LIONHEART and HARNESS completing the billing for the West. Tickets are still available via notable agencies and all venue box offices.
EARTH CRISIS guitarist Scott Crouse said: "We can't believe we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Firestorm'. None of us were even 20 years old when we recorded it. Its release forever changed our lives and, we are told, many other people's." When the dates were initially announced mid-May, the band noted to Alternative Press magazine, "Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 'Firestorm' EP with us! We'll be playing the EP in its entirety, plus some rarely played other songs."
LiveHighFive.com calls "Firestorm" "one of the heaviest and most influential recordings in hardcore history.” Released via Victory Records in 1993, the EP would be followed by the release of the EARTH CRISIS' full-length debut, "Destroy The Machines", in 1995.
EARTH CRISIS "Firestorm" 20th-anniversary tour:
Jul. 12 - Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Jul. 13 - Lost Horizon - Syracuse, NY
Jul. 14 - Santos Party House - New York, NY
Aug. 15 - Pubrock/Chaser - Tempe, AZ
Aug. 16 - You Revoucion - Tijuana, Mexico
Aug. 17 - Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
Aug. 18 - 924 Gilman Street - Berkeley, CA
Upon completion of the dates, EARTH CRISIS will resume work on their currently untitled ninth studio album. The CD will see the band re-team with noted producer/mixer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (HATEBREED, THROWDOWN, MUNICIPAL WASTE).
EARTH CRISIS is vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarists Scott Crouse and Erick Edwards, bassist Ian Edwards, and drummer Dennis Merrick. | 0 | |
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4 июл 2013
ANVIL: Video Footage Of 'Hope In Hell' CD-Release Concert
 Fan-filmed video footage of ANVIL's May 30 "Hope In Hell" CD-release concert at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York can be seen below.
"Hope In Hell" sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", which opened with around 1,600 units back in May 2011. The 2009 re-release of the band's 2007 CD, "This is Thirteen", registered a first-week tally of 1,400 to enter the Top New Artist Albums chart at No. 19.
Released on May 27 in Europe and May 24 in Germany on SPV/Steamhammer, "Hope In Hell" is available in four different formats: as a limited-edition digipak including two bonus tracks, as a jewel case CD, double gatefold colored vinyl LP and as a digital download. These are the first cuts featuring ANVIL's new bassist Sal Italiano, who joined the band a year ago.
"Hope In Hell" was written and recorded following an 18-month world tour which took ANVIL around the globe.
Like "Juggernaut Of Justice", "Hope In Hell" was produced by Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, AIRBOURNE, ALICE COOPER) at the NRG Recording studios in North Hollywood, California and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SEPULTURA). | 0 | |
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4 июл 2013
WE CAMES AS ROMANS
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4 июл 2013
DIGNITY Signs With FASTBALL MUSIC
 Austrian power metal band DIGNITY will release its new album, "Balance Of Power", in October via Fastball Music/Soulfood. The CD introduces the group's new lead singer, Søren Adamsen (CRYSTAL TEARS, ARTILLERY, INMORIA, TWINSPIRITS, STARRATS) from Denmark.
DIGNITY says: "We are really happy to announce that we joined forces with Fastball Music. Being with a label that believes in our music and that wants to take the next step with us really means a lot to us. For us, this album marks a new era, and our fans can expect an album that is filled to the brim with powerful music, melodic hook lines, virtuosic solo spots and atmospheric parts."
A video for the album's opening track, "Rebel Empire", was filmed last month in Germany, and will be released in early September.
DIGNITY is:
* Søren "Nico" Adamsen (CRYSTAL TEARS, ARTILLERY, INMORIA, TWINSPIRITS, STARRATS) - Vocals
* Phil Porter - Guitar
* Frank Pitters - Keyboards
* John Boy Bastard - Bass
* Roland Navratil (LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY) - Drums
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