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14 èþí 2011
MORBID ANGEL: Quality Video Footage Of Entire Tilburg Concert Available
 Florida extreme metal veterans MORBID ANGEL played a headlining concert this past Sunday, June 12 at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Fan-filmed video footage of the entire show can be viewed below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Immortal Rites
02. Fall From Grace
03. Rapture
04. Pain Divine
05. Maze of Torment
06. Sworn to the Black
07. Existo Vulgoré
08. Nevermore
09. I Am Morbid
10. Angel of Disease
11. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
12. Chapel of Ghouls (with extended solo by Trey Azagthoth)
Encore:
13. Dawn of the Angry
14. Where the Slime Live
15. Blood on My Hands
16. Bil Ur-Sag
17. God of Emptiness
18. World of Shit (The Promised Land)
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14 èþí 2011
KORN Cancels EP Release, Decides To Expand To Full Album
 According to The Pulse Of Radio, KORN has decided to cancel the release of an EP it was due to release on Tuesday (June 14) and expand the project into a full album. The EP was an experimental recording on which the band was collaborating with a number of dub step producers/DJ, including Kill The Noise, Excision, Skillets and 12th Planet. It's not clear whether the entire new album will involve dub step, but singer Jonathan Davis told The Pulse Of Radio that the band was excited by the possibilities. "I thought it would be fun to experiment again and see what we come up with, and maybe come up with something like this that we're really, really excited about," he said. "We like to experiment and try things and we're not gonna put out something that we don't all like. So I think me and [Munky, guitar] and [Fieldy, bass] and Ray [Luzier, drums] are really, really excited about this."
There's no word on when the new KORN album, which will be the band's tenth, will arrive. It will follow up 2010's "Korn III - Remember Who You Are".
Bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu told NME.com about the new project, "We've collaborated with six or seven producers on the new record. I've done my parts and I think Jonathan has a couple of vocal takes still to do, but it's almost done. It's important to stay current and keep on top of what's going on."
Drummer Ray Lazier told Download that he thought the move toward dub step meant he might be replaced by a drum machine. He explained, "Normally it would drive me crazy because I think drum machines are soulless. But [Davis] said, 'No, we're going to experiment with triggers,' which I've never done before. So we actually triggered the sounds Skillets made with my kit -- I'm actually playing them live. I was excited by that."
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14 èþí 2011
SEBASTIAN BACH Working On Bonus Material For Forthcoming Album
 Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is currently working on bonus material that will be included with the deluxe editions of his forthcoming album, tentatively due in September via Frontiers Records. According to Bach, "This will include unreleased songs, alternate mixes, and a bonus DVD with pro-shot live concert footage."
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14 èþí 2011
DORO PESCH Joins SAXON On Stage At Finland\'s SAUNA OPEN AIR; Video Available
 German metal queen Doro Pesch joined British heavy metal legends SAXON on stage this past Friday, June 10 at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland to perform the song "Denim And Leather". Fan-filmed video footage of her appearance and the rest of SAXON's show can be viewed below.
SAXON's setlist was as follows:
01. Hammer Of The Gods
02. Heavy Metal Thunder
03. Never Surrender
04. Motorcycle Man
05. Back In '79
06. Atila The Hun
07. Demon Sweeney Todd
08. Call To Arms
09. Crusader
10. Afterburner
11. Denim And Leather (with Doro Pesch on last chorus only)
12. Princess Of The Night
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14 èþí 2011
WHITESNAKE Guitarist Joins DIO DISCIPLES On Stage In Newcastle
 Guitarist Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, ex-DIO) joined DIO DISCLIPLES on stage last night (Sunday, June 12) at the Academy in Newcastle, England to perform to perform the RAINBOW classics "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll" and "Man On The Silver Mountain". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be viewed below.
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14 èþí 2011
EKTOMORF: \'The One\' Video Featuring DANKO JONES Released
 "The One", the new video from Hungarian extreme metallers EKTOMORF, can be seen below. The clip features a guest appearance by Canadian rocker Danko Jones.
"The One" comes off EKTOMORF's new album, "Redemption", which was released on December 17, 2010 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Antfarm studios in Århus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen, who has previously worked with DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED and HEAVEN SHALL BURN, among others.
"Redemption" track listing:
01. Last Fight
02. Redemption
03. I'm In Hate
04. God Will Cut You Down
05. Stay Away
06. Never Should
07. Sea Of My Misery
08. The One (feat. Danko Jones)
09. Revolution
10. Cigany
11. Stigmatized
12. Anger
13. Kill Me Now (limited-edition digipak bonus)
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14 èþí 2011
ICED EARTH: New Album Title Revealed
 American power metallers ICED EARTH have set "Dystopia" as the title of their new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Century Media Records. The CD will mark the band's recording debut with singer Stu Block (INTO ETERNITY), who joined ICED EARTH in March following the departure of Matt Barlow. (Note: Barlow is performing with the band on all summer festival dates. Block will take over from there, starting with the European leg of ICED EARTH's world tour in November.)
Commented ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer: "We begin master tracking [the new album] in Florida in two weeks and will be traveling between Europe and the U.S. this summer to play festivals and finish the new album."
He added, "I can honestly say that I haven't had this many songs give me goose bumps since we recorded 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' way back in 1998, so this is also very exciting.
"As you can imagine, it's a very busy time for us. I think we're all having emotional ups and downs as we're coming to the end of an era with Matt's retirement, and we're also very excited about the future with Stu coming onboard, so it's a little bit of a roller coaster ride for us. However, we are having a killer time, and Matt is performing at his absolute best and going out with pure class and style, which is always the way he rolls."
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14 èþí 2011
ALICE COOPER\'s \'Welcome 2 My Nightmare\' To Be Released In U.K. As \'Fan Pack\'
 According to The Independent, legendary rocker Alice Cooper will release his new album, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", in the U.K. in September as a magazine with high production values and assorted merchandise (a format that is being dubbed "The Fan Pack") and as an iPad app with exclusive video interviews. The content of both products will be edited by Cooper himself. The album's official physical release will follow in mid-October, when Alice will perform a major show in London.
Chris Ingham, group publisher at niche publishing house Future, which is pioneering "The Fan Pack" format, tells The Independent, that the fan pack format has the potential to transform the relationship between the magazine industry and the music business. "Record companies have acknowledged that music magazines are amplifiers but they have also thought they were parasites," he says. "Moving forward, magazines will be seen much more as partners and something to rely on."
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14 èþí 2011
TYKETTO Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS
 Melodic rockers TYKETTO have inked a worldwide deal with Frontiers Records for the release of a brand new album in the spring of 2012. The CD will mark the band's first full-length studio release since 1995's "Shine" and will feature contributions from all four original members — Danny Vaughn on vocals, Brooke St. James on guitar, Jimi Kennedy on bass and Michael Clayton on drums.
Commented TYKETTO: "These are some of the best ideas we have worked on in years. There's plenty of the classic 'Don't Come Easy' sound, mixed in with some new ideas and some great surprises".
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14 èþí 2011
BIOHAZARD Plays First Show Since Departure Of EVAN SEINFELD; Video Available
 Seminal New York City hardcore/metal band BIOHAZARD played its first show since the departure of bassist/co-vocalist Evan Seinfeld at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 10-12, 2011 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
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14 èþí 2011
MORTAL SIN: New Album Title, Artwork, Track Listing Revealed; Audio Samples Available
 Long-running Australian thrashers MORTAL SIN have set "Psychology Of Death" as the title of their new album. The follow-up to 2007's "An Absence of Faith" was mixed with producer/engineer Darren "jENK" Jenkins and marks the recording debut of guitarist Ryan Huthnance, who replaced Mick Sultana.
"Psychology Of Death" features the following tracks:
* Psychology Of Death
* Blood Of My Enemies
* Paralysed
* Burned Into Your Soul
* Deny
* Doomed To Annihilation
* Kingdom Of Pain
* Down In The Pit
* Hatred
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14 èþí 2011
FLESH MADE SIN: New Song Available For Streaming
 "In The Worship Of My Death", a brand new song from Dutch black/death thrashers FLESHMADESIN, can be streamed on the band's official web site. The track comes off b>FLESHMADESIN's third album, "'Delirigion", which is described in a press release as the group's "most demonic and, above all, most honest and intriguing album to date. With the new [CD], FLESHMADESIN has taken [its] music out of the thrash and into the darkened wastelands of death and black metal. 'Delirigion' combines the sinners own somewhat unique approach of aggression and groove, which was already noticeable on their forerunners 'Dawn of the Stillborn' [2004] and 'The Aftermath of Amen' [2009], together with the sharpness and anarchistic transcendence of harsh blackened metal." | 0 | |
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13 èþí 2011
PRIMAL FEAR To Start Recording New Album In July
 German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have checked in with the following update:
"We will start the recordings for our new, yet-unnamed album in early July. We've received over 500 album title proposals from the fans and we thank you for this overwhelming feedback. The songwriting session was a blast and we've never recorded a better pre-production.
We've extended the recording contract with Frontiers Records for 2 more new studio albums - never change a winning team! Frontiers Records will release an official statement soon. We're preparing for the festivals in Wacken and Geiselwind and will take a break from the recordings for this two prestigious festivals. We're in negoatiations to play three shows in Poland in early September and working hard to realize these shows!"
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13 èþí 2011
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - New Album Due In The Fall; First Single Streaming
 The new, as yet untitled album from THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, one of the brightest rising stars in the metalcore world, has been completed and is set for a September 13 release (Ferret). This will be the band's first full-length album since 2009's With Roots Above And Branches Below; TDWP's most recent release, last summer's five-track conceptual Zombie EP, made its Billboard Top 200 chart debut at #10, the highest chart debut of the band's career.
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13 èþí 2011
OPETH Performs With New Keyboardist At BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
 Swedish progressive metallers OPETH made their live debut with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLENN HUGHES) at the 10th annual Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 10, 2011 on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
When asked by the Artisan News Service how playing Bonnaroo was different to performing at European festivals, OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt said, "It's very similar to European festivals. It's strange that there's not more festivals in the United States like this, as far as I'm concerned. But yeah, it was lovely. Good hospitality."
OPETH's setlist was as follows:
01. The Grand Conjuration
02. Face Of Melinda
03. The Lotus Eater
04. In My Time Of Need
05. Master's Apprentices
06. The Drapery Falls
07. Hex Omega
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13 èþí 2011
ACCEPT: Quality Footage Of SAUNA OPEN AIR Performance
 Quality fan-filmed video footage of ACCEPT's June 11, 2011 performance at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below.
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13 èþí 2011
LORD: \'Set In Stone\' Video Released
 "Set In Stone", the new video from Australian melodic metallers LORD, can be viewed below. The clip was directed and filmed by Dusk Music Video Production and includes additional SFX footage from the movie "Alien Armageddon" directed by Neil Johnson.
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12 èþí 2011
METALLICA\'s KIRK HAMMETT: \'We\'re Just Now Starting To Think About Writing New Material\'
 Shawn Fernandes of GibsonGuitar.in recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
GibsonGuitar.in: Can Indian fans expect any new material at the [upcoming] shows [in October]?
Kirk Hammett: Well, as far as new material is concerned we're just now starting to think about writing new material. I guess if anything is going to be finished between now and the end of October, who knows? We may play a new song, we may not, but because India's kind of a special place and it's the first time we're playing there, we might even break out a song that we haven't played for a while.
GibsonGuitar.in: Which band, in your opinion, is the best band of the "Big Four?"
Kirk Hammett: Err… well, us [laughs]. But, of course, I'd say us. The better question is who's my second favorite?
GibsonGuitar.in: Fair enough. So who's your second favorite band?
Kirk Hammett: I have to say SLAYER. What can I say, they're evil, they're heavy and they don't really compromise. SLAYER just rules. I also have to say though; Scott Ian [from ANTHRAX] is one of my best friends. I've known him for as long as I've been in the band and we hang out a lot socially. We do things together, our families get together, so I have to say I really just like hanging out with Scott 'cause he's one of my bros.
GibsonGuitar.in: With all the touring, has the band been able to get cracking on a new album?
Kirk Hammett: We haven't really started yet; we're thinking about it, though. [laughs] There's just a bunch of other things that we're doing right now. We keep telling ourselves that we're going to get 'round to start writing songs but, you know, something comes up. Normally it's a show or us having to travel to India to play or something or the other, and then the album gets put on the backburner for a bit. But I think personally, the new album will just happen when it happens.
GibsonGuitar.in: You learnt under a legend, the great Joe Satriani. How did that happen and what was it like?
Kirk Hammett: Well, by that time I had my Flying V and one day I said to a friend of mine, "Your guitar playing's really good. What's up? How come you're playing so good?" He said, "Oh, I found this new teacher in Berkeley, his name is Joe. You should check him out." So I went to this music store called Secondhand Guitars in Berkeley and I walk in and in the back I can hear someone playing guitar, crazy guitar, like no other guitar playing I'd ever heard. I went back there and there was Joe sitting on a chair and he says, "Hi, are you my new student?" I said "Yeah," and so we sat down and Joe just started playing. Even back then he sounded like he does now. I mean, all the components of his guitar style were in place back then. I was just so totally blown away by his technique and his style. The first thing he said to me is: "OK, if you're going to take lessons from me I expect you to learn your lessons. If you come in next week without learning the lessons, you're just going to be wasting our time and there's no real lesson for you to be taking lessons." So he kinda basically told me to have my act together when I came in the next week. So I had the lesson, learnt everything over the week and came back the next week. It just totally grew from there. I could tell that Joe really liked playing with me because we would always play longer than the allotted time. I mean usually he'd spend about a half an hour with his other students but for some odd reason he'd spend more time with me. I found out later that it was just because he liked playing guitar with me. Later on in interviews, Joe said that when he first started teaching me he could see something in my playing style and my approach that was just radically different from most people's approach at the time. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I was way into heavy metal at a time when heavy metal wasn't even popular. It probably also had something to do with the fact that I was listening to guitar players like Ulrich Roth and Michael Schenker. I mean, there weren't a whole lot of people in the United States back then who even knew who those guitar players were. So I was coming from a pretty unique sort of perspective. I learnt a lot of things from Joe, a lot of things about technique especially. I also learnt that feel is better than anything and everything. So I've always strived be a player with a lot of feeling rather than a player with a lot of technique. I was always aware of the fact that you can say just as much with five notes as you can with five thousand notes. Learning that was very, very important to me.
GibsonGuitar.in: METALLICA's been around 28 years now. We've seen many metal bands come and go, the genre itself has been through its ups and downs. What's that special sauce that's kept METALLICA at the very top for the last 30 years?
Kirk Hammett: I honestly don't know. All I can tell you is that I think our music stands the test of time. The music still sounds modern and still sounds relevant 30 years in. People are hearing it and they still hear it fresh. All I can say is that it's just incredible that it's actually happened to us.
GibsonGuitar.in: We have to ask you about this new book about horror movie memorabilia that you're working on called "Too Much Horror Business".
Kirk Hammett: It's a book on vintage horror movie posters and vintage monster toys. I've been collecting this stuff for, like, forever. I bought my first monster movie magazine when I was five years old and I've been into this stuff forever. I just decided one day that because I have this huge collection of posters and monster toys, that I was going to share it with the world. Basically that's what I'm doing right now, I'm just sharing it with the world. It's really fun. It's a lot of work and I'm still working on it right now but it's a lot of fun and I can't wait to release it.
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12 èþí 2011
HACKNEYED - Carnival Cadavre Artwork Revealed
 German death metallers HACKNEYED have issued the following statement about their upcoming Lifeforce Records debut, Carnival Cadavre, which is set to be released on August 22nd in Europe (August 19th in Germany) and on August 30th in North America:
“It’s hard to believe. After two years in-between rehearsal room, shows, being on tour and pre-production we finally managed to get our third album ready to launch. It’s named “Carnival Cadavre” and will be tested in human experiment at the Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbühl on August 19th for the first time. Once again we produced our album with Corni Bartels at the Weltraum Studios and Björn Goosses (Killustrations) again purified our disc with a stunning artwork. We added another fine portion of groove and brutality for you and showed once again what Hackneyed is made of. With our new label Lifeforce Records we found the matching partner and we’re really looking forward to our future cooperation. We’re curious where our journey with the Carnival Cadavre will lead us within the next weeks and months. And perhaps soon it’s also close to you they say: The Circus’ Back in town!!!”
Ladies and Gentleman, we proudly present the cover of our new album Carnival Cadavre (above). As with our last album we’ve drawn on the proven work of Björn Goosses from Killustrations. And we weren’t disappointed!!! An artwork 'having hand and foot (German saying for 'holding water')' in the true sense of the word!!! The truth behind the Carnival Cadavre is only revealed after a second glance at the bright fairground and circus atmosphere with Ferris wheel and circus tents. And neither on the cover nor in the songs a lack of blood, guts or Hackneyed’s very own black humor can be observed.” | 0 | |
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12 èþí 2011
SYMFONIA Parts Ways With Drummer ULI KUSCH
 SYMFONIA — the new melodic metal project featuring Timo Tolkki (STRATOVARIUS, REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE) on guitar, André Matos (ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) on vocals, Jari Kainulainen (STRATOVARIUS, EVERGREY) on bass, Mikko Härkin (SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO) on keyboards, and Uli Kusch (MASTERPLAN, HELLOWEEN) on drums — has issued the following update:
"We would like to thank all of you who have supported us and our 'In Paradisum' in the last months. We have received a very good response both in sales and in reviews for the album.
"We are sorry for the lack of news but we have had a good reason for the silence.
We have been waiting for our friend Uli to get better with his hand [after suffering from nerve damage]. We knew we took a risk in waiting, but we considered it best for the band. This is why there has not been any shows so far apart from Helsinki Metal Meeting in February.
"A few weeks ago, we received more news from Uli's doctors and they were very bad. They said that it is not likely that he could play drums this year at all. After talking with Uli and in mutual understanding, we agreed to continue SYMFONIA without him. It is a painful decision for all of us, but after Uli told us it is best for us to go on without him and not to wait anymore due to uncertain future with his hand, we decided to do this. And the truth is, we simply cannot wait any longer.
"We will do some shows with Alex Landenburg [AT VANCE, ANNIHILATOR, MEKONG DELTA, STRATOVARIUS] as a substitute drummer and then go straight to the studio to record a follow-up to 'In Paradisum' for March 2012 release. We already have a good idea how the album will be and we apologize to all those who have been waiting to see us live. Unfortunately, due to the impossible circumstances, it has not been possible, but we will correct this with the next album next year.
"We don't feel that it is the right move now to book more shows than these. We feel it is time for a new SYMFONIA album and then book the shows. We have a lot of time to do this now that the situation is clear with Uli.
"The shows are as follows [below]. Additional shows are still possible for Argentina, Chile, Colombia and some other Latin American countries. The agents are booking them at this very moment."
Jul. 06 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia
Jul. 08 - FRA @ Sonisphere
Jul. 30 - Brasilia, BRA @ Porao do Rock
Jul. 31 - São Paulo, BRA @ Citibank Hall
Aug. 02 - Porto Alegre, BRA @ Bar Opiniao
Aug. 05 - Teresina, BRA @ [to be announced]
Aug. 06 - Sao Luis, BRA @ [to be announced]
Aug. 07 - Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Fundição Progresso
"In Paradisum", the debut album from SYMFONIA, was released in April in Europe via Edel Germany GmbH and in North America through Armoury Records.
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12 èþí 2011
ALICE COOPER - It\'s Official! Welcome 2 My Nightmare Due In September
ALICE COOPER's new album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare, the sequel to 1975’s classic Welcome To My Nightmare, will be released in September.
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12 èþí 2011
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER rock RUSSIA!
 DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER rocked on their fourth russian tour again. 500 kg baggage, over 20 boxes, suitcases and bulky luggage, spread over 10 musicians and crew members, was completely moved in the "Russian style" by buses, trains and planes. Neither meticulous border and customs controls or the inevitable "Russian ten minutes" could stop the Germans to transform the concert halls into a vibrating, sweaty temple. The enthusiasm of the Russians for the sound of the REITER rose with the new album "Moral & Wahnsinn" again, next to the REITER-strongholds of St. Petersburg and Moscow, the band ventured for the first time a jump in the 4 time zones away city of Yekaterinburg. "If the security had not been, had the crazy fans at the signing session are stripped us to the skin and permanently preserved in vodka" commented the band, which were completely surprised of the massive onslaught in the Asian part of Russia. "This was a very bright touching experience. The emotions were on both sides, the joy, warmth and melancholy of the Russians was simply overwhelming. The band spontaneously decided to stay another day in Yekaterinburg, learned the real Russia and made plans for an upcoming Russian tour, which will then carry out the whole of Siberia."
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12 èþí 2011
SHINING Frontman Is Looking Forward To Working With ANDY LA ROCQUE On Next Album
 Niklas Kvarforth, founder and frontman of Swedish extreme metallers SHINING, has issued the following statement regarding the recent announcement by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque that he will be working with the band on the recording of its eighth album at his Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
"The pre-production stage of the new album should more or less be finished in August, and we have booked the studios for the whole of January and February 2012 to complete work on it. It's an album I'm particularly looking forward to recording because it will give me the chance to work with Andy La Rocque. I am a huge KING DIAMOND fan, and working with Andy was an opportunity I wasn't going to pass up. He will be attending some of our rehearsals and it will be interesting to see what his input will be to the almost finished album and to SHINING's particular sound. Whilst we're there, we also plan to record some covers for future release. As to the direction 'VIII' will take, well, for the time being let's just say that it will be blacker and more sinister than our previous releases." | 0 | |
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12 èþí 2011
JOEY BELLADONNA: Video Footage From Finland\'s SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival
 Fan-filmed video footage of ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna's June 10, 2011 performance at the Sauna Open Air festival in Tampere, Finland can be viewed below.
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12 èþí 2011
SOLSTICE Rejoined By Drummer ALEX MARQUEZ
 Drummer Alex "Brutalizer" Marquez has rejoined the reunited South Florida death/thrash metal band SOLSTICE. According to the group, "He's leaner, meaner and better than ever!" | 0 | |
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12 èþí 2011
ANAL C**T Frontman SETH PUTNAM Dead At 43
 ANAL CUNT's publicist, Kim Kelly of Catharsis PR, has confirmed via Twitter that the band's frontman, Seth Putnam, died earlier today (Saturday, June 11) of a suspected heart attack. He was 43 years old.
Commented Kelly: "Yes, it's true. Seth Putnam, one of the most infamous musicians that extreme metal has ever seen, the grindcore GG Allin, has passed away due to a heart attack.
"I handled all the promotion for ANAL CUNT's last album, 'Fuckin' A', and Seth was always happy to oblige any request I sent his way. The band had been working on a new album before his passing, so chances are his musical career's epitaph has yet to be inscribed.
"I want to remind everyone that no matter how outrageous and controversial his musical career has been, Seth was still a human being with friends and family that loved him. I'm hoping that the Internet will remember that. This is a very sad and trying time for those that knew him, and the last thing they need to see is an outpouring of message board hate. The man lived and died by his own rules; if anything, respect him for that."
Putnam was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor. Throughout his career, Putnam was involved in many side projects, including providing backing vocals on PANTERA's "The Great Southern Trendkill" album.
Putnam was born on May 15, 1968, in or around Boston, Massachusetts to father Edward R. Putnam and mother Barbara Ann Donohue. Both he and his parents are divorced.
In the mid-1980s, Putnam played bass in the thrash metal band EXECUTIONER.
On October 12, 2004, Putnam was hospitalized after ingesting two months' worth of Ambien sleeping pills. It was reported that he spent the previous day contemplating suicide, although exact circumstances surrounding the drug overdose are vague.
Putnam's reaction to the irony of his having been in a coma after previously writing the song "You're In A Coma" was published in the Boston Phoenix. "Actually, it turned out it was just as gay as the song I wrote nine years ago — being in a coma was just as fuckin' stupid as I wrote it was," he was quoted as saying.
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12 èþí 2011
JUDAS PRIEST: Quality Video Footage From Finland\'s SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival
 British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST headlined the final day of the Sauna Open Air festival, which was held June 9-11, 2011 in Tampere, Finland. This marked the third show of the band's "Epitaph" world tour, which is also serving as the live debut of the group's latest addition, 31-year-old guitarist Richie Faulkner (LAUREN HARRIS, DIRTY DEEDS), who replaced Kenneth "K.K." Downing in April.
According to Sauna Open Air organizers, this year's event set a new attendance record of 26,000. The opening day of the festival, which featured OZZY OSBOURNE in the headlining slot, drew a total of 8,500 metalheads, while the final day was attended by 11,000 music fans.
JUDAS PRIEST's setlist was as follows:
01. Rapid Fire
02. Metal Gods
03. Heading Out the Highway
04. Judas Rising
05. Starbreaker
06. Victim of Changes
07. Never Satisfied
08. Diamonds And Rust (JOAN BAEZ cover)
09. Prophecy
10. Night Crawler
11. Turbo Lover
12. Beyond the Realms of Death
13. The Sentinel
14. Blood Red Skies
15. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (FLEETWOOD MAC cover)
16. Breaking the Law
17. Painkiller
Encore 1:
18. The Hellion (taped intro) / Electric Eye
19. Hell Bent For Leather
Encore 2:
20. You've Got Another Thing Coming
Encore 3:
21. Living After Midnight
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