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11 èþí 2012
RISING WEST: Video Footage Of Second Seattle Show Available
 RISING WEST, the new band featuring Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren of QUEENSRŸCHE, along with powerhouse vocalist Todd La Torre of CRIMSON GLORY, played its first two shows ever this past Friday (June 8) and Saturday, June 9 at the Hard Rock Café in Seattle, Washington. The band performed rare and classic hits from the first five QUEENSRŸCHE albums — from the 1983 EP through 1990's "Empire" — as well as a cover version of the IRON MAIDEN staple "Wrathchild".
Commented Wilton: "To all our friends and fans — thank you for the support this weekend for the debut RISING WEST invasion!! Of our two shows, both were SOLD OUT!! We injected the metal everyone has been longing for and served it in slab size proportions! Thank you to our hard working crew, the Hard Rock Café Seattle, and our friends WINDOWPANE for making this a historical and FUN event!!!"
RISING WEST's setlist for both shows was as follows:
01. Queen Of The Reich
02. Speak
03. Walk In The Shadows
04. En Force
05. Child Of Fire
06. The Whisper
07. Warning
08. The Needle Lies
09. Take Hold Of The Flame
10. Prophecy
11. My Empty Room
12. Eyes Of A Stranger
Encore:
13. Wrathchild (IRON MAIDEN cover)
14. Roads To Madness
Fan-filmed video footage of RISING WEST's June 9 concert at Seattle's Hard Rock Café can be seen below.
Speaking to "The Men's Room" radio show, which airs on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM, Wilton stated about the formation of RISING WEST and the status of QUEENSRŸCHE, "We have some time off this year, so we put a project and this kind of turned into this monumental, epic band. And we're doing that as kind of a side thing away from QUEENSRŸCHE." He added, "We still very much are QUEENSRŸCHE, and QUEENSRŸCHE will be continuing on. We want to just have some fun, play some old 'RŸCHE, bring back some memories and just kick it."
Regarding his involvement with RISING WEST, Todd said, "For me to be able to come in and be asked to perform these songs is an honor. It's a lot of fun. I have personal attachment to some of these songs. When my grandmother passed away, I remember riding in my car and listening to the [QUEENSRŸCHE] song 'Roads To Madness'. I mean, these songs resonate with me in a different way. So when I sing it, it comes from my heart."
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11 èþí 2012
KING DIAMOND Returns To Live Stage At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
 Legendary Danish/American/Swedish heavy metal band KING DIAMOND made its return to the live stage last night (Saturday, June 9) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden.
The setlist was as follows:
01. The Candle
02. Welcome Home
03. Voodoo
04. At The Graves
05. Up From The Grave
06. Let It Be Done
07. Dreams
08. Sleepless Nights
09. Andy La Rocque / Mike Wead Guitar Solo
10. Shapes Of Black
11. Come To The Sabbath (with MERCYFUL FATE's Hank Shermann and VOLBEAT's Michael Poulsen)
12. Eye Of The Witch
Encore:
13. The Family Ghost
14. Halloween (with MERCYFUL FATE's Michael Denner and MOTÖRHEAD's Mikkey Dee)
15. Black Horsemen
KING DIAMOND will play only one more show in Europe this summer: June 15 at Hellfest in Clisson, France.
Legendary Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) (real name: Kim Bendix Petersen), 55, 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, according to his wife Livia Zita.
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 played a surprise three-song set on January 27 at Tree's in Dallas, Texas during the "5th Annual Nomad Recording Studio Throwdown". King, who appeared without his trademark makeup, was joined for the performance by Michael Harris on guitar, Neil Brincks on bass, J.T. Longoria on guitar and Matt Thompson (KING DIAMOND, SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD) on drums. King also presented awards at the event, which featured additional performances by BORN & RAISED, SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD, LOVE STRICKEN DEMISE and RIVETHEAD.
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11 èþí 2012
ALICE COOPER Performs LADY GAGA's 'Born This Way' In Biloxi (Video)
 Fan-filmed video footage of legendary rocker Alice Cooper and his band performing a cover version of Lady Gaga's empowerment anthem "Born This Way" this past Friday (June 8) at at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi can be seen below.
In a September 2011 interview, Cooper said that Lady Gaga reminded him of himself. "[She] is the female Alice Cooper," he said. 'She totally gets it. She created a character named Lady Gaga and wrote songs for Lady Gaga, just as I write songs for Alice. But when you meet her offstage, she's nothing like that person… and neither am I."
Cooper previously praised the 25-year-old singer — who is said to be a fan of heavy metal and hard rock — saying: "She can sing, write and play piano — she's not just a costume queen ... you can be as outrageous as you want as long as you back it up with the music."
Cooper was photographed backstage at Lady Gaga's show on March 25, 2011 in Phoenix. The pop singer marked the occasion by smearing fake blood over her chest and posting on her Twitter profile, "I just died and went to hell" after the meeting.
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11 èþí 2012
SOUNDGARDEN: Video Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Performance
 Quality fan-filmed video footage of SOUNDGARDEN's June 7 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below.
"Live To Rise", the first SOUNDGARDEN song in almost 16 years, was made available as a free download on iTunes beginning April 17 as part of the promotion of "Marvel's The Avengers". The seven-day promotion included an exclusive clip, "The Face Off", from the superhero team-up movie, which came out on May 4.
"Live To Rise" was written specifically for "Marvel's The Avengers" after SOUNDGARDEN was approached about contributing a song to the film.
"The hard part of writing a song for a film is it has to act as a SOUNDGARDEN song, first and foremost, then obviously, it has to coexist with the film," Cornell told Billboard.com.
Cornell told Seattle radio station KISW that fans should not think of "Live To Rise" as an indication of what the rest of the group's new record will sound like. Chris explained, "Some of the songs on our new album are pretty far left of center, and sort of zero in on more of a hardcore SOUNDGARDEN fan and not necessarily a family that goes to see a film like that. Although ['Live To Rise' is] not really what I think of as a necessarily family-friendly song, but it's as close as we've ever come."
The singer added that the tune wasn't specifically based on the movie, saying, "I think a film like this appeals to little kids all the way to old people because it's an action film, it's comic book characters, but it's also pretty witty dialog and accomplished actors doing it. So it had to be somewhat open to all of that. But also first and foremost it has to be a SOUNDGARDEN song."
SOUNDGARDEN officially reunited in early 2010 after disbanding in 1997. Since then, the group has played one full-length North American tour, a batch of festival and club gigs, and some overseas shows.
The group also released a career retrospective called "Telephantasm" as well as a concert album titled "Live On I5", which was recorded on its last tour before breaking up.
A release date and title for the new SOUNDGARDEN album have yet to be announced.
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11 èþí 2012
UGLY KID JOE: Performance Footage From SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL; Interview Clip From DOWNLOAD
 Reunited hard rockers UGLY KID JOE performed this past Friday (June 8) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Also available is an interview with UGLY KID JOE singer Whitfield Crane conducted at this year's Download festival, which is being held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
UGLY KID JOE released a new six-song EP, "Stairway To Hell", digitally on June 5 and will make it available physically on July 9.
"Stairway To Hell" heralds UGLY KID JOE's return, containing songs spanning the full repertoire of influences which made UGLY KID JOE one of the prime soundtracks for young snowboarders, surfers, keggers and characters worldwide. Whether it's "Devil’s Paradise", with it's hypnotic riffery and hook line, grooving and grinding its hips seductively, the melodic power-fueled darkness of "No One Survives" or the irrepressibly memorable chug-and-chorus of "I'm Alright" it's clear that UGLY KID JOE have everything they started with plus fatter chops and a (frankly) superior curve on songwriting.
"Stairway To Hell" track listing:
01. Devil's Paradise
02. You Make Me Sick
03. No One Survives
04. I'm Alright
05. Love Ain't True! (feat. Angelo Moore and Dirty Walt of FISHBONE)
06. Another Beer
All six tracks can now be streamed using the widget below. Also available is the video for "Devil's Paradise", which was filmed in early April in Lake Tahoe, Nevada with Mike and Dave Hatchett of Standard Films.
UGLY KID JOE released three full-length albums and toured extensively throughout the 1990s before disbanding in 1997.
UGLY KID JOE 2012 is:
Whitfield Crane - Vocals
Klaus Eichstadt - Guitar
Dave Fortman - Guitar
Cordell Crockett - Bass
Shannon Larkin - Drums
Performance footage ( Sweden Rock Festival):
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11 èþí 2012
SEBASTIAN BACH: Quality SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Fan-Filmed Footage
 Quality fan-filmed video footage of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach performing the SKID ROW classic "Slave To The Grind" this past Thursday (June 7) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below.
Bach last week released a video for the song "I'm Alive". The clip is one of three videos (alongside "Kicking & Screaming" and "TunnelVision") that the singer filmed on June 28, 2011 in Hollywood, California with director Devin DeHaven of Fortress Entertainment (PAPA ROACH, WHITESNAKE, METHOD MAN, TALIB KWELI).
"I'm Alive" comes off Bach's new album, "Kicking & Screaming", which sold 6,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 73 on The Billboard 200 chart. The singer's previous CD, "Angel Down", opened with 6,400 units back in November 2007 to debut at No. 190.
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11 èþí 2012
SEPULTURA: Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Performance
 Fan-filmed video footage of SEPULTURA's June 7 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden can be seen below.
SEPULTURA played its first show with new drummer Eloy Casagrande (GLÓRIA, ANDRÉ MATOS) on November 25, 2011 in Lichtenfels, Germany.
Casagrande joined SEPULTURA as the replacement for Jean Dolabella, who left the band because he could no longer handle being away from home for long periods of time.
Eloy is a 21-year-old drum prodigy from São Paulo, Brazil who won the Modern Drummer "Undiscovered Drummer" contest as a teenager in 2006.
Dolabella left SEPULTURA after a five-year run of relentless touring and two studio albums. He joined SEPULTURA in 2006 following the departure of the band's original drummer, Igor Cavalera.
SEPULTURA is touring in support of its 12th studio album, and Nuclear Blast Records debut, "Kairos", which hit stores in July 2011. | 0 | |
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11 èþí 2012
FOZZY: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed
 FOZZY, the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho and STUCK MOJO mastermind Rich "The Duke" Ward, has set "Sin And Bones" as the title of the follow-up to 2010's "Chasing The Grail", due on August 14 (one day earlier internationally) via the group's new label, Century Media Records.
Speaking to Sophie K of Total Rock at this year's Download festival, which is being held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Jericho said about FOZZY's new CD, "Every artist says this, but it's definitely the best thing we've ever done. It kind of takes the FOZZY concept of what we do best, which is very heavy with very melodic choruses and a lot of harmonies. We're just super-proud of it. We worked on it for the last eight months."
He added, "We said we wanna make this like our 'black' album where all the songs kind of fit the same vibe. They're kind of darker lyrically, darker songs, but still catchy and hooky. So I'm really proud of the lyrics that I wrote for this. When I write lyrics, I give them to Rich Ward, and he takes them and writes riffs and songs based around what he feels the tone of the songs are. And I guess the lyrics I wrote are very dark, because it's a very dark record."
When asked if the "darker" vibe of the new album is reflection of personal things that might have gone on in his life, Jericho said, "I don't think so. I've just always been more attuned to that. Like, I write by songtitles. I read somewhere something about somebody woke up with a spider in their mouth. And I was like, 'Spider In My Mouth'. That's like the best title I could ever think of. So I wrote a bunch of lyrics that kind of fit that vibe. So a songtitle will lead… The first single is called 'Sandpaper'. And it's not about a piece of paper that you rub on your face that chafes you, it's just about an abrasive type of a feeling that you might have toward somebody. So it's just stuff like that. But we still sing it with a smile on our faces."
Speaking about some of the individual songs that make up the new FOZZY album, Jericho said, "We've been playing 'Sandpaper' live, and right off the bat people are bobbing their heads. So people can get into it right away, which is cool. I mean, there are so many great songs. There's another song called 'She's My Addiction', which is kind of a more [THE ROLLING] STONES-y, GUNS N' ROSES-type thing, but also very dark. Phil Campbell played a solo for it, from MOTÖRHEAD; he's been a very good friend of the band. There's a song called 'Inside My Head'. There's an 11-minute song about D-Day called 'Storm The Beaches'. 'Blood Happens'… that's a heavy one."
Elaborating further on how the "Spider In My Mouth" songtitle came about, Jericho said, "I read it in a Stephen King book. It said, 'He couldn't have been more disgusted if he woke up with a spider in his mouth. And I was like, 'Ahhh… Dude, how heavy is that?' And I wrote it down in my little songtitles book and about a year or two later, I went back and I looked through and it was like, 'Boom, I could do something with that.' So…"
Ward previously stated about the forthcoming CD, "Although every band says 'this is the best thing we've ever done,' I can honestly say that this new album is going to blow everyone away. It's the epitome of who FOZZY is as a band and will expand upon the ultra-heavy yet super melodic and hooky territory that we've refined for the last 12 years. I have a strong feeling that this will be known as our definitive masterpiece for years to come."
FOZZY last year parted ways with bassist Sean Delson and replaced him with Paul DiLeo (ADRENALINE MOB).
FOZZY released the "Remains Alive & Chasing The Grail" two-CD set on July 18, 2011 via Edel's international rock label earMUSIC.
FOZZY was already on the map as the band with the pro wrestler singer, but "Chasing The Grail" broke them as a proper band. It hit #6 on the U.S. Heatseekers charts and the single "Martyr No More" was a theme song for the WWE Royal Rumble. "Remains Alive" is a 2005 live album (recorded in Australia) that was previously available in digital format only.
"Chasing The Grail" sold around 2,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 6 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.
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10 èþí 2012
DRAGON GUARDIAN - unterschreiben bei IceWarrior Records/Rock It Up Records!
 Die Japanische Metal Legende DRAGON GUARDIAN wird ihr Album "Destiny Of The Sacred Kingdom" in Europ über IceWarrior Records/Rock It Up Records veröffentlichen. Neben Neu-Sänger Leo Figaro, wird die limitierte IceWarrior Edition auch einen Bonustrack enthalten.
"Destiny Of The Sacred Kingdom" ist ein Symphonic Power Metal Album, das die Herzen aller Fans von Bands wie DRAGON FORCE, SYNTHPHONIA SUPREMA & SONATA ARCTICA schneller schlagen lässt.
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10 èþí 2012
DUST BOLT - enthüllen \'Violent Abolition\' Artwork, Track List & Release Date!
 DUST BOLT ist eine Thrash Metal-Band, die im Jahre 2006 in Landsberg am Lech, Bayern gegründet wurde. Im Mai 2012 hat Band einen Plattenvertrag beim Label NAPALM RECORDS unterschrieben. DUST BOLT werden ihr neues Album mit dem Titel "Violent Abolition" am 27. Juli 2012 auf CD und Vinyl veröffentlichen.
"Violent Abolition" Track List:
1. Opulence Contaminated
2. Violent Abolition
3. March thru Pain
4. Shattered by Reality
5. Toxic Attack
6. Into Madness
7. When thy Shall Come - Oblivion
8. Pleasure on Illusion
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10 èþí 2012
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE - \'Challenger\' Album Trailer online!
 Die Jungs von MEMPHIS MAY FIRE haben jetzt nach dem Cover Artwork und der Track List zum neuen Album mit dem Titel "Challenger", das im am 26. Juni 2012 via Rise Records veröffentlicht werden soll auch einen "Challenger" Album Trailer online gestellt.
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10 èþí 2012
ZOMBIEFICATION - enthüllen \'Reaper\'s Consecration\' Artwork & Track List!
 Die Mexikaner ZOMBIEFICATION, werden ihre neue EP "Reaper's Consecration" am 14. August 2012 via Pulverised Records veröffentlichen. Der neue Song "Dead Today, Dust Tomorrow" wurde jetzt hier als Stream online gestellt. Aufgenommen und Produziert wurde "Reaper's Consecration" in den Necromorbus Studios (WATAIN, DEMONICAL) in Schweden! | 0 | |
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10 èþí 2012
ASSEMBLAGE 23 - Audio Samples vom neuen Album \'Bruise\' online!
 Aus der einstigen Veröffentlichungsflut der sogenannten Future-Pop-Bewegung waren wenige Projekte von Dauer. So wie ASSEMBLAGE 23. Der 1988 von Tom Shear gegründete Elektronik-Act aus Seattle beweist auf Album Nummer sieben, dass Meilensteine wie "Failure" (2001) oder "Defiance" (2002) keine Zufälle waren.
"Bruise" strotzt nur so vor Kreativität und Selbstbewusstsein und präsentiert mit seiner enormen musikalischen Bandbreite genau das, wofür Fans ASSEMBLAGE 23 so verehren: elektronische Musik auf höchstem Niveau, mit Texten, die unter die Haut gehen und dank Tom Shears einzigartiger Stimme eindrucksvoll zum Leben erweckt werden. Er hält stets fest an seinen Wurzeln, dennoch erfindet er sein elektronisches Universum immer wieder neu. Unverzichtbar jedenfalls für Elektronik-Junkies. "Bruise" wurde am 8. Juni 2012 veröffentlicht.
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10 èþí 2012
SUFFOKATE - Arbeiten an einem neuen Album!
 SUFFOKATE aus den Staaten haben folgendes über die Arbeiten an ihrem neuen Album und der Suche nach einem neuen Sänger veröffentlicht:
"Real quick update for everyone, first off thanks to everyone who messaged us about auditioning we are impressed with both the amount of people interested, and amazed with the talent we have seen. We will be contacting those of you who we will have come in for a live audition by the end of the month.
We are working on new material for our next album and will continue to keep you updated. Thanks for everyones support, I appreciate all of you who have supported us throughout the years and member changes. I can guarantee that our style, dedication, and music will never be affected, and we will continue to find great vocalist to work with.
In other words don't worry we won't have a keyboard player, wear girls clothing, or start singing over dubstep thats just not how we do." | 0 | |
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10 èþí 2012
RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER - Titel Song \'Ghostmaker\' im Stream!
 Candlelight Records wird das neue RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER Album mit dem Titel "Ghostmaker" am 19. Juni 2012 in Europa und den USA veröffentlichen. Jetzt wurde der Titel Song "Ghostmaker" als Stream online gestellt.
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10 èþí 2012
SLIPKNOT - noch ein \'Antennas to Hell\' Video Trailer online!
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10 èþí 2012
PARADISE LOST - \'Lost In Time\' Full Sampler Stream
 Century Media Records und PARADISE LOST haben jetzt den 13. Track Sampler "Lost In Time" als Stream und Free Download online gestellt. HIER könnt Ihr den Sampler "Lost In Time" runterladen.
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10 èþí 2012
STONE SOUR's New Album To Include Comic-Book Tie-In
 Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor at this year's edition of the Download festival, which is being held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.
When asked about the progress of the recording sessions for the fourth STONE SOUR album, Taylor said, "It's nearly done. We have about a week left of recording. I have a handful of vocals that I need to finish up. And then it's just going in and finishing up some guitars, some ear candy here and there. But it's fantastic. It's so immense. It's probably the biggest thing that I've tried to do. There's a lot of multimedia involved. There's a whole story that's gonna go along with the albums. And it's all under wraps right now. There's gonna be a bunch of big announcements next week that I'm gonna unleash on Twitter, and I'm just gonna start giving people more information, including the titles. But we're actually working on getting a comic together for DC Comics. We're trying to figure out how we can do it. And they've never done anything like this before, so it's gonna take some time. But hopefully… We're definitely gonna have a digital version up online and then probably a couple of months later the hard-copy version. So as a comic fan, I'm kind of losing my shit right now."
As previously reported, SKID ROW's Rachel Bolan laid down the bass tracks for the new STONE SOUR CD, which will end up becoming a double effort. He has described the material on the record as "fucking fierce."
Taylor recently told Revolver magazine about STONE SOUR's forthcoming CD, "Picture [PINK FLOYD's] 'The Wall' crossed with ALICE IN CHAINS' 'Dirt' with some good heavy blasts in there," Corey said. "The heaviest song is a total ass-kicker that sounds as if SLAYER and ANTHRAX had a baby. Then, there's a darker bluesy dirge that has the vibe of LED ZEPPELIN's 'In My Time Of Dying'. There's even a little industrial vibe. It's definitely going to blow people's fucking minds.
Taylor added that he came up with a very ambitious concept for the disc.
"The album is a morality play about a man who's standing at the crossroads of his life trying to figure out what to do next," he said. "He's going, 'Do I move foward and evolve? Do I become more responsible or do I run backwards and pilfer the basket of youth?' Sometimes it's romantic to live in the mistakes that you made when you were 20, and condemn yourself to perpetual adolescence."
The album is being recorded at Sound Farm Studios, just outside STONE SOUR's home base of Des Moines, Iowa, with producer David Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE, STAIND).
Guitarist Josh Rand recently said that the CD will be "another progression for the band," adding. "Musically, we have always challenged one another to push things to our limits, and this record is no exception."
STONE SOUR parted ways with bassist Shawn Economaki earlier in the year. The band's guitarist Jim Root stated about the split, "A lot has happened in the past year… We need to move forward and [there will] be more detail when the time is right. He's still a great friend and we're in touch."
Economaki left STONE SOUR in April 2011 in the middle of the "Avalanche Tour" to deal with "personal issues." He was temporarily replaced by Jason Christopher, who has since joined Sebastian Bach's touring band.
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10 èþí 2012
ANATHEMA To Release The Silent Enigma On Vinyl
 ANATHEMA’s 1995 album The Silent Enigma has now been released on 180gm double vinyl in a gatefold package via Peaceville. The album was the first release on which guitarist Vincent Cavanagh took over the vocal duties of recently departed Darren White.
Tracklisting is as follows:
Side A
‘Restless Oblivion’
‘Shroud Of Frost’
Side B
‘...Alone’
‘Sunset Of Age’
‘Nocturnal Emission’
Side C
‘Cerulean Twilight’
‘The Silent Enigma’
‘A Dying Wish’
Side D
‘Black Orchid’
‘The Silent Enigma (Orchestral)’
‘Sleepless 96’
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10 èþí 2012
KEMILON Release Lyrics Video For ‘The Revolution’
 Montreal-based power metallers KEMILON have released a lyric video for the track ‘The Revolution’. It has both English and Japanese subtitles.
‘The Revolution’ is the ninth track from Kemilon’s debut album Twisted Storm, which was released worldwide on April 10th via Maple Metal Records. | 0 | |
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10 èþí 2012
THE9THCELL To Release New Album
 Portugal-based THE9THCELL have announced they will release their first new album in six years, entitled Galga de Zebra Ilesa, on September 9th via Infektion Records.
This new album will have nine original songs, some of which will be sung in Portuguese. Recordings for the album began on May, 28th.
According to a press release: “Gloomy, risky, melancholical and furious, this new work has the presence of some guest musicians and is the first to only be commercially available.”
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10 èþí 2012
FRAZE GANG - New Album Now Available
 St. Catharines, Ontario-based FRAZE GANG - featuring BRIGHTON ROCK members Greg Fraser and Stevie Skreebs, drummer Phil Epp, and new guitarist Derek McGowan - have issued the following update:
"The new Fraze Gang CD entitled Fraze Gang 2 is finally here and available for purchase. The new Fraze Gang album will be available in stores at the end of June for Canada and at the end of July in the rest of the world, but you can order it now directly from Bongo Beat Records for a physical CD copy. To order Fraze Gang 2 click here."
The track listing for the new album is as follows:
'Saint Or Sinner'
'In Your Face'
'Juggernaut'
'Never Want To Say Goodbye'
'White Lightning'
'Tough Enough'
'I Just Want To Make Love To You'
'Don't Call Us We'll Call You'
'This Is It'
'Rampage'
The album will be available for purchase via Amazon.com soon.
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10 èþí 2012
KING DIAMOND: Video Footage Of Entire SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Press Conference
 KING DIAMOND held a press conference yesterday (Friday, June 8) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch the entire 24-minute question-and-answer session below.
As previously reported, KING DIAMOND will play only two shows in Europe this summer:
June 09 - Sweden Rock Festival – Sölvesborg, SWE
June 15 - Hellfest - Clisson, France
Legendary Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) (real name: Kim Bendix Petersen), 55, 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, according to his wife Livia Zita.
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 played a surprise three-song set on January 27 at Tree's in Dallas, Texas during the "5th Annual Nomad Recording Studio Throwdown". King, who appeared without his trademark makeup, was joined for the performance by Michael Harris on guitar, Neil Brincks on bass, J.T. Longoria on guitar and Matt Thompson (KING DIAMOND, SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD) on drums. King also presented awards at the event, which featured additional performances by BORN & RAISED, SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD, LOVE STRICKEN DEMISE and RIVETHEAD.
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10 èþí 2012
DESTRUCTION To Release 30th-Anniversary Album In November
 German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION have resumed work on their 30th-anniversary album for a November release via Nuclear Blast Records.
DESTRUCTION recently completed the North American "30th Year Anniversary Tour" with support from WARBRINGER, VITAL REMAINS (who were alternating each night) and PATHOLOGY.
Inspired by IRON MAIDEN, MERCYFUL FATE, MOTÖRHEAD and VENOM, DESTRUCTION was formed as KNIGHT OF DEMON in 1982. The band's original lineup included vocalist and bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, drummer Tommy Sandmann, and guitarist Mike Sifringer. They soon changed their name to DESTRUCTION and released a demo titled "Bestial Invasion Of Hell" in 1984.
"Day Of Reckoning", the latest album from DESTRUCTION, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 58 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.
"Day Of Reckoning" was the first album to feature DESTRUCTION's new drummer Vaaver (INDUKTI, ex-UNSUN).
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10 èþí 2012
ROB ZOMBIE Says 'The Lords Of Salem' Is Not Finished Yet
 Rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie has confirmed that he has yet to complete work on his much-anticipated new film, "The Lords Of Salem". He writes on Facebook, "For those of you wondering if 'The Lords Of Salem' is finished, the answer is no. I had to take a break due to the MEGADETH tour and a few other things. I will be returning to work on the film in July to finish it up."
The first trailer for "The Lords Of Salem" was beingshown before the last song of Zombie's's set during his recent tour with MEGADETH.
Shaky fan-filmed video footage of the trailer from the concert in Scranton, Pennsylvania can be seen below.
Zombie recently told The Aquarian Weekly that "The Lords Of Salem" is "a different movie for me. I hate calling it a horror movie because it's more than that. It's very much like a psychological terror film, and it's a very different style. The other films were very in-your-face violent. This is more like a total mindfuck movie, and it's just very different, but I'm very excited about it because the fans of what I've done will love it, but it's a very different trip than I've tried before because I didn't want to just go and do the same thing again — and after doing two 'Halloween' films in a row, I wanted to break the mold of anything like that — but very, very different."
The film stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Meg Foster, Ernest Thomas, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Torsten Voges, Bruce Davison, Billy Drago, Richard Lynch, Lisa Marie, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ken Foree, Barbara Crampton, Michael Berryman, Sid Haig, Judy Geeson, and Patricia Quinn.
Filmsynopsis: "A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, a gift of the Lords. She assumes it's a rock band on a mission to spread to spread their word. As Heidi and Whitey play the Lord's record, it starts to play backwards, and Heidi experiences a flashback to a past trauma. Later, Whitey plays the Lord's record, dubbing them the Lords of Salem, and to his surprise, the record plays normally and is a massive hit with his listeners. The arrival of another wooden box from the Lords presents the Big H team with free tickets, posters and records to host a gig in Salem. Soon, Heidi and her cohorts are far from the rock spectacle they're expecting. The original Lords or Salem are returning and they're out for blood."
"The Lords Of Salem" is due for theatrical release later this year.
Zombie previously said he's had the idea for the movie for years, even before he recorded the song of the same name.
Zombie, who directed all his own music videos, made his debut as a feature film writer and director with 2003's "House Of 1000 Corpses".
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10 èþí 2012
BAPTIZED IN BLOOD
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10 èþí 2012
TWISTED SISTER: Video Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Press Conference
 TWISTED SISTER held a press conference yesterday (Friday, June 8) prior to their performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch the entire question-and-answer session in two parts below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You)
02. The Kids Are Back
03. Stay Hungry
04. Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)
05. I Believe In Rock 'N' Roll
06. You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
07. Sin After Sin
08. The Fire Still Burns
09. We're Not Gonna Take It
10. The Price
11. Burn In Hell
12. Drum Solo
13. I Wanna Rock
Encore:
14. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It) (THE ROLLING STONES cover)
Encore 2:
15. Come Out And Play
Encore 3:
16. S.M.F.
TWISTED SISTER's "From The Bars To The Stars" five-disc DVD box set from the band, featuring three decades of live performances, was released on November 8, 2011 via Eagle Vision. It comes with instant fan collectibles for the crazed SMF TWISTED SISTER fan. Includes the exclusive "Twisted Xmas: Live in Las Vegas" DVD, along with four other TWISTED SISTER DVDs ("Live At Wacken", "Live At Reading", and "Double Live", which includes "North Stage '82", as well as "NY Steel '01"), this box set also includes souvenirs including a TWISTED SISTER Christmas ornament, official NY Steel backstage pass, classic 2 ½-inch TWISTED SISTER pin, and a reproduction of the first ever SMF fan club letter.
TWISTED SISTER stormed the stage at London's famed Marquee Club in March of 1983 for two intense shows that cemented the band's live legacy in the U.K. Recordings from those legendary nights reveal the Long Island quintet raw, hungry and catching fire just a few months before it achieved breakout success on radio and MTV.
Rhino Handmade taps into that power with "Live At The Marquee Club", a concert album that collects rare and unreleased recordings from both nights on a single disc. The music comes in a glammed-up gatefold made from heavy-duty cardstock and die-cut into the shape of the iconic TWISTED SISTER logo.
Mirroring the setlists from both shows, the collection's 13 blistering performances feature singer Dee Snider, guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza and drummer A.J. Pero. Until last year, the only way to hear some of this historic two-night stand was through a series of seven-inch and 12-inch records released in 1983 exclusively in the U.K.
Released on September 20, 2011, "Live At The Marquee Club" combines those hard-to-find cuts with five previously unreleased songs, including the title track from the band's hard-rocking debut, "Under The Blade", and covers of the SHANGRI-LAS' "Leader Of The Pack" and the SLADE version of the R&B staple "Let The Good Times Roll". The album also includes the first-ever public performance of "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll", which would surface just three months later on the band's second album. Bits of Snider's legendary stage banter — also unreleased — can be heard interspersed between a few songs.
Press conference - part 1:
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10 èþí 2012
RISING WEST Performs Live For First Time; Video Available
RISING WEST, the new band featuring Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren of QUEENSRŸCHE, along with powerhouse vocalist Todd La Torre of CRIMSON GLORY, made its live debut last night (Friday, June 8) at the Hard Rock Café in Seattle, Washington. The band performed rare and classic hits from the first five QUEENSRŸCHE albums — from the 1983 EP through 1990's "Empire" — as well as a cover version of the IRON MAIDEN staple "Wrathchild".
RISING WEST's setlist was as follows:
01. Queen Of The Reich
02. Speak
03. Walk In The Shadows
04. En Force
05. Child Of Fire
06. The Whisper
07. Warning
08. The Needle Lies
09. Take Hold Of The Flame
10. Prophecy
11. My Empty Room
12. Eyes Of A Stranger
Encore:
13. Wrathchild (IRON MAIDEN cover)
14. Roads To Madness
RISING WEST, will play another show at Seattle's Hard Rock Café tonight (Saturday, June 9).
Speaking to "The Men's Room" radio show, which airs on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM, Wilton stated about the formation of RISING WEST and the status of QUEENSRŸCHE, "We have some time off this year, so we put a project and this kind of turned into this monumental, epic band. And we're doing that as kind of a side thing away from QUEENSRŸCHE." He added, "We still very much are QUEENSRŸCHE, and QUEENSRŸCHE will be continuing on. We want to just have some fun, play some old 'RŸCHE, bring back some memories and just kick it."
Regarding his involvement with RISING WEST, Todd said, "For me to be able to come in and be asked to perform these songs is an honor. It's a lot of fun. I have personal attachment to some of these songs. When my grandmother passed away, I remember riding in my car and listening to the [QUEENSRŸCHE] song 'Roads To Madness'. I mean, these songs resonate with me in a different way. So when I sing it, it comes from my heart."
He added, "We're playing all the old [QUEENSRŸCHE] classics and I can belt it out just like the record." | 0 | |
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10 èþí 2012
QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Performs In Agoura Hills; Video Footage, Photos Available
 Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate's June 7 solo performance at Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California can be seen below.
A number of high-quality photos of the concert — courtesy of Stephanie Cabral — are available at this location.
Geoff entered the studio on February 29 to begin recording his second solo album.
Tate released his first solo CD in 2002 on Sanctuary Records. Self-titled, the LP was a huge departure from the work he had previously done with QUEENSRŸCHE.
When asked about the sound of his new solo album, Tate told AnthologySD.com, "Well, it's very different from my last one, for sure. It's a new bunch of people I've been working with to write and record it, so that changes things. When you're working with different people, it really changes the record. This one is really hard rock. The last one was really all over the place with different styles of music and everything, but this one really keeps with the hard rock style. It does it in kind of a different way — more of my way or what I would envision. I guess it's experimental in some ways, while in others it's very traditional. What I tried to do was take traditional rock instrumentation and apply it in kind of a different song structure. That's what I would best describe it as. [laughs]"
Regarding his current solo tour, Tate told the Lincoln Journal Star, "QUEENSRŸCHE is not doing much together this year. I wanted to keep touring and I wanted to move in a different direction. It's kind of a singer's dream, really. You're not competing with the other instruments, especially the drum kit. The whole idea was hatched after a dinner party at my house one night."
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9 èþí 2012
THE OFFSPRING - \'Cruising California (Bumpin\' In My Truck)\' online!
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Rising West
