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26 мар 2011
KING KOBRA Records RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Song
 "Monsters And Heroes", a brand new song from the reunited KING KOBRA, is available for download at this location. Proceeds from the track will be donated to Ronnie James Dio's Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.  | 0 |  |
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26 мар 2011
AC/DC: Another \'Live At River Plate\' Trailer Released
 AC/DC "Live At River Plate", a definitive live concert DVD documenting AC/DC's massive "Black Ice" world tour, will be available for purchase on Tuesday, May 10. Shot in December 2009, "Live At River Plate" marks AC/DC's triumphant return to Buenos Aires where nearly 200,000 fans, over three sold-out shows, welcomed the band back after a 13-year absence from Argentina. This stunning live footage of AC/DC underscores what Argentina's Pagina 12 newspaper reported by saying "no one is on the same level when it comes to pure and clear rock 'n' roll." Directed by David Mallet and produced by Rocky Oldham, "Live At River Plate" was shot with 32 cameras entirely in HD. The set features 19 songs (110 minutes) as well as behind-the-scenes footage of this massive production coming together among the excitement of anxious fans (see below for full track listing).
AC/DC "Live At River Plate" will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and limited-edition collector's edition with exclusive t-shirt. Additionally the DVD contains a bonus feature titled "The Fan, The Roadie, The Guitar Tech & The Meat," containing interviews with AC/DC, their crew and fans among the excitement of the shows and the city of Buenos Aires.
AC/DC "Live At River Plate" track listing:
01. Rock N Roll Train
02. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be
03. Back In Black
04. Big Jack
05. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
06. Shot Down In Flames
07. Thunderstruck
08. Black Ice
09. The Jack
10. Hells Bells
11. Shoot To Thrill
12. War Machine
13. Dog Eat Dog
14. You Shook Me All Night Long
15. T.N.T.
16. Whole Lotta Rosie
17. Let There Be Rock
18. Highway To Hell
19. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
Bonus features:
* The Fan, The Roadie, The Guitar Tech & The Meat
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26 мар 2011
HIBRIA: \'Shoot Me Down\' Video Released
 "Shoot Me Down", the new video from Brazilian metallers HIBRIA, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's third album, "Blind Ride", which was released on January 26 via King Records in Japan. The CD was mixed and mastered at Machine Shop Studios and marks the recording debut of the band's new bass player Benhur Lima, who joined HIBRIA after the tour in support of the group's previous CD, "The Skull Collectors".
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26 мар 2011
ONSLAUGHT Drummer Quits
 Drummer Steve Grice of U.K. thrashers ONSLAUGHT has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET:
"With great reluctance and sadness, I must announce that I am no longer prepared to fulfill the role of drummer for ONSLAUGHT, the band that I helped found in 1983, and which I brought back together in 2005. This has been a very difficult and painful decision to make, and follows a series of events that, in my opinion, have seen the recurrence of old patterns of behavior that fuelled the band's original demise in 1991.
"This culmination of occurrences came to a head when I learned through a third party that the band had booked a series of shows without my knowledge, and with the intention of using another drummer, during a period of time reserved for family commitments. Be very clear — the temporary use of another drummer does not present me with a problem. My issue is with the fact that at no point did anyone from the band let me know that these decisions had been made.
"Again in my opinion, there is a considerable gap between certain parties' view of ONSLAUGHT and the truth in terms of album sales and concert attendances. My reality, that of a father of two approaching 50, was simply incompatible with this alternate world view.
"My heartfelt thanks go out to all those I have met in my professional and personal lives over the last six years. Your love and kindness has been appreciated more than you could ever know. I have no immediate plans to remain in the music industry — my focus now returns to my marketing business and my family, who have been a constant source of support through the good times and the bad."
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25 мар 2011
METALLICA's Record Label To Be Bought By NAPSTER Founder?
 The Pulse Of Radio reports that METALLICA's record label is for sale — and one person interested in buying it is the man who founded Napster, against which METALLICA fought a legal battle more than a decade ago. According to All Things Digital, Napster founder Sean Parker is in talks to team up with two other private investors to purchase the Warner Music Group, where METALLICA has been making records since 1984.
Back in 2000, METALLICA launched legal action against Napster, claiming that the pioneering music file-sharing service was illegally allowing users to download METALLICA tracks without paying royalties to the band. Although the case was settled out of court, 300,000 users were banned from Napster as a result and METALLICA's image took a tremendous beating in the eyes of music fans.
Napster's legal battles continued with Warner Music Group and other labels until the service finally went under in 2002.
Parker, who later became a billionaire by helping to launch Facebook, may now make a bid for his old enemies' label, which is suffering from the same woes as the rest of the traditional music industry.
Parker was portrayed by Justin Timberlake in the recent, Oscar-winning movie about the start of Facebook, "The Social Network".
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, who was the main spokesperson for METALLICA in the Napster battle, later admitted that he wished he had dealt with the situation differently.
Even if Parker succeeds in buying WMG — and four other parties are said to be in the race as well — he might not get to be METALLICA's boss after all. The band's last effort, 2008's "Death Magnetic", was its last under its current contract, and it is not known whether the group has re-signed with the label.
METALLICA frontman James Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that the band has yet to decide what its future plans are for distribution of its music. "It's kind of a good feeling to feel that you're free from any piece of paper that binds you to something," he said. "But over our career, we've learned a lot about record companies, the goods and evils of the business and this and that, and we're not very focused on that right now. It is what it is, and when it becomes time for us to either renegotiate or shop around or do things ourselves or something like that, we don't know. There's nothing but options, which is great."
In a 2003 interview with Launch, Lars about the band's battle with Napster, "Most of the time, it's like a bad dream, like what the fuck was that? [Several] years later, it's like did that really happen? We went from being somewhat well-respected, well-liked, and then I woke up one day and all of a sudden I was the most hated man in rock 'n' roll. It was like, huh? Me? What did I do wrong? I'm one of the good guys. That was all kind of weird. If you look at our history, we've always been pretty protective of our own shit. When anybody got too close or fucked with our shit, we always took action. In retrospect, I'm proud of what we did, I really felt sideswiped on that one. In my own little ignorant world, I didn't see it coming. I was completely ignorant and unaware of the magnitude of this issue for people. I was just sitting there in my own little selfish world going, 'I'm going to protect METALLICA. Don't fuck with METALLICA.' Then (explosion sound), 'You're pro-record company, you're greedy!' I'm not pro-record company. We invented being anti-record company. We told our record company to go fuck themselves before anyone else. Stop. It was a very surreal thing, because it was so hard to connect what I read about myself and METALLICA, it was so abstract to what was on my radar about my own reality. People going, 'You're a really greedy little man.' It was like, what are you talking about? We've been giving shit away for years. We want to be the ones giving it away, not someone else. I'm proud of the stance we took. It was a very tough time. It was a much tougher time, because in the middle of that you have to put your best game face on. It was difficult. A lot of that shit hurt and it was very bewildering because it was difficult to connect it to your own reality. For better or worse, it got a good debate started. In retrospect, I'm not claiming any sort of victory — who gives a shit about that? — I think more people are starting to realize, not that we were right, but this is an issue that is changing the face of everything that is going on. Not only the music world, but the film world is next. What better way to deal with it than at least educate people about it. If nothing else, I look back at the six months in 2000 as the first step in the education."
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25 мар 2011
SAMAEL: New Song Available For Streaming
 "Lux Mundi" (which translates as "Light of the World"), the new album from Swiss industrial black metallers SAMAEL, will be released April 29 in Europe and May 3 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD features cover artwork by SLUDGE drummer Patrick Pidoux, who previously worked with SAMAEL on 2007's "Solar Soul" and 2009's "Above".
"Lux Mundi" track listing:
01. Luxferre
02. Let My People Be!
03. Of War
04. Antigod
05. For A Thousand Years
06. The Shadow Of The Sword
07. In The Deep
08. Mother Night
09. Pagan Trance
10. In Gold We Trust
11. Soul Invictus
12. The Truth Is Marching On
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25 мар 2011
SYMPHONY X: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
 North America's progressive metal masterminds SYMPHONY X have revealed the details of their ninth studio album, "Iconoclast", due in Europe on June 17 and in North America on June 21 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Illustrator and film concept artist Warren Flanagan ("Watchmen", "The Incredible Hulk", "2012") is the talent behind the album artwork. He states, "The idea was to create imagery that was a little darker in tone to previous SYMPHONY X albums and to represent the overall theme of 'Iconoclast' into the artwork. The whole concept came from [SYMPHONY X guitarist] Mike [Romeo], who had a strong idea of what the cover should represent based off the music. I just ran with it. When the album's title was decided on, I focused the image based on the meaning of it. I also wanted to use the band's signature 'masks' but present them in a way that connected to the new album."
SYMPHONY X founder and lead guitarist Michael Romeo has the following to say about Flanagan's art: "We worked with Warren on the last CD, 'Paradise Lost', and have a good relationship with him. When I talk to Warren about artwork ideas, a lot of times we end up making comparisons to films and movies. With the new CD, 'Iconoclast', the music and lyrics have a darker mechanical/technological theme, and I remember us talking about scenes from films like 'The Matrix' and 'Terminator'. From there, we sent him some songtitles and lyrics (songs like 'Dehumanized', 'Bastards Of The Machine', 'Electric Messiah') and just let Warren run with the ball. He has a great imagination and style, and he totally gets what we are trying to convey with the music."
The track listing for the jewel-cased version of "Iconoclast" is:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. Electric Messiah
08. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
09. When All Is Lost
The track listing for the 2-CD special edition digipak version of "Iconoclast" is:
CD 1:
01. Iconoclast
02. The End Of Innocence
03. Dehumanized
04. Bastards Of The Machine
05. Heretic
06. Children Of A Faceless God
07. When All Is Lost
CD 2:
01. Electric Messiah
02. Prometheus (I Am Alive)
03. Light Up The Night
04. The Lords Of Chaos
05. Reign In Madness
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25 мар 2011
MELECHESH: \'Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin\' Video Released
 "Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin", the new video from Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in Istanbul, Turkey with Canadian director Rouzbeh Heydari. Director of cinematography and producer were Emin Murat Kiliç and Tumay Irgas, respectively.
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25 мар 2011
BRUTAL GODZ: Debut Album Track Listing Revealed
 BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, PARADOX and REBELLION, will enter the studio in April to begin recording its debut album, "Echoes Of The Dead", for a fall release.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Armageddon
02. Cult Of Fear
03. Dead Reckoning
04. I Pray You Die
05. In The Forecourt Of Hell
06. Land Of Black And Red
07. Tao Of The Void
08. The Blood Icon
09. There Is None So Deaf As Those Who Won't Hear
10. Walk Thru The Dark Vale Of Death
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25 мар 2011
CHRIST AGONY Begins Recording New Album
 Polish black metal legends CHRIST AGONY have entered Studio X in Olsztyn, Poland with engineer Szymon Czech to begin recording their ninth album, "NocturN", for a fall release via Mystic Production. The cover artwork and the graphic design for the follow-up to 2008's "Condemnation" will be handled by BlackTeamMedia. Session drums on the effort are being performed by Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Prominski (BEHEMOTH, AZARATH).
Commented the band: "After three days of hard work in BEHEMOTH's rehearsal room in Gdansk, CHRIST AGONY drove to the Stone Circles near Koscierzyna - Kaszuby to make a photo shoot for the new album. There under the eye of Krzysztof 'Sado' Sadowski the blasphemous union took place...
"Inferno has just finished recording the drums of death and destruction. The sound already is Mighty and Eminent... The 'NocturN' is coming!"
According to a press release, "NocturN" will consist of "one long suite, divided into eight heavy-as-hell opuses."
"NocturN" recording lineup:
Cezar - Guitar, Voices
Reyash - Bass, Voices
Inferno - Drums
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25 мар 2011
CRIMFALL: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
 "The Writ Of Sword", the sophomore album from Finnish folk metalers CRIMFALL, is available for streaming in its entirety at the Record Shop X web site. (Note: The stream will only be available until March 29.) Released on March 23 via Spinefarm Records, the CD was recorded at Adamantium Studios and was produced and mixed by Hit Happens. It features guest appearances by Tapio Wilska (SURVIORS ZERO), Ville Sorvali (MOONSORROW), Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns (FINNTROLL, CHTHONIAN, DECOMPOSTER), Mathias Nygård (TURISAS), Olli Vänskä (TURISAS) and Trollhorn (FINNTROLL, MOONSORROW). The album was mastered by Jens Bogren [OPETH, SOILWORK, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH] at Fascination Street in Örebro, Sweden.
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25 мар 2011
CHILDREN OF BODOM: Quality Helsinki Footage Available
 Fan-filmed video footage of CHILDREN OF BODOM's March 22, 2011 performance at the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
01. Not My Funeral
02. Bodom Beach Terror
03. Needled 24/7
04. Ugly / Roundtrip To Hell And Back
05. In Your Face
06. Living Dead Beat
07. Children Of Bodom
08. Hate Me!
09. Blooddrunk
10. Shovel Knockout
11. Angels Don't Kill
12. Follow the Reaper
13. Downfall
Encore:
14. Was It Worth It?
15. Hate Crew Deathroll
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25 мар 2011
ARTIZAN Announces New Guitarist
 U.S. melodic metallers ARTIZAN have announced the addition of lead guitarist Steffen Robitzsch (far right in photo below) to the group's ranks. Steffen lives and teaches guitar in Jacksonville, Florida and has extensive training in classical and jazz theory. Steffen has studied with Tony Smotherman and Terry Syrek at the National Guitar Workshop. Some of his influences include Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Loomis and Alex Skolnick. | 0 | |
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25 мар 2011
MIDNATTSOL: New \'The Metamorphosis Melody\' Trailer Released
 The second trailer for "The Metamorphosis Melody", the forthcoming third album from MIDNATTSOL — the German-Norwegian band featuring vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes (the younger sister of LEAVES' EYES singer Liv Kristine) — can be viewed below. It includes footage from the bonus live DVD that comes with the limited-edition version of the CD.
Due on April 22 via Napalm Records, "The Metamorphosis Melody" was recorded at Studio E (THE VISION BLEAK, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, SECRETS OF THE MOON) with producer Markus Stock.
Regarding the new album's title, Carmen stated in a recent video message, "On one side it stands as a great symbol for what we in MIDNATTSOL have experienced in the last months since the release of our last album.
"We've gone through a big change regarding band structure, and like you know, we've got a fantastic new guitarist, Alex [Kautz], and this had an immense influence on our music; I think you can hear that in the new songs. And at the same time it stands as great symbol for the individual change that each single member of MIDNATTSOL has gone through, so it's like a personal change as well. But like on all our albums, there is a deeper meaning of the title as well, and the thing is that I don't want to reveal too much because I want you, the listeners, to make your own interpretations. But what I can say is that the new album should be an encouragement to change, both personally and globally.
"All of the bandmembers in MIDNATTSOL think that this album is the best album we have ever made, so I really, really hope that you feel that as well."
MIDNATTSOL recently recruited a new touring guitarist following the departure of Daniel Droste.
Droste left MIDNATTSOL in order to concentrate on his other band, AHAB.
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25 мар 2011
NIGHTWISH Issue Studio Update, Imaginarium Movie Update; New Images Available
 Holed up in Finland's Petrax Studios for the better part of this spring, NIGHTWISH' new album is scheduled to be released early in 2012, followed by the movie after an indefinite time. The first single off the album as well as the trailer for the movie should appear well before the end of the 2011.
Nightwish bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala checks in with the following update from the studio:
"I've been here at the studio for a couple of days trying to sing. Amateur that I am seems to get nothing done right. I've been crying and laughing. I've been jumping down from the roof into the snowpiles. The guys have been whipping me on but the only thing left to show the world are the scars on my butt. Mikko shot a very nice picture of them.
To be honest I'm actually almost done. I've been spewing out words and notes like a radio station. Just one song left, an overall check if I need to fill in some places, and my work is over for now. The mummy's curse Tuomas mentioned seems to have lifted a bit. I sailed under it to Thailand and back and got better. Stand back please, I'm spitting over my shoulder! Trying to hit the undead curselaying old fart of course.
At the moment my responsibilities are writing this report and getting the sauna warm for the evening. So... Is there something else I should tell you about before we get all naked and sweaty? Ah-ha! No more questions! Hold that image!
Check out more photos from the studio at this location.
A new Imaginarium movie update from Nightwish reads: "If you were to witness an unprecedented magic trick that could not be explained rationally, would you want to know how it is done?
A child experiences something new and unique each day. Something that is often impossible for the child to put into words without the guidance or explanation of an adult. Often the explanation has disappointed us. Sometimes it’s better not to know the truth.
If you had the chance to return to your childhood - just for a split second - when witnessing a magic trick, would you forfeit that chance and seek for a rational explanation?
Imaginarium is all about such questions. They have been answered by many people who have worked with the album and the movie already in the planning stages. As the final storyboard is being created, the producers, the director, the band, the production designer, the concept artists, and the casting director all work together to perfect their various arts for the movie. Contradictorily, they often have to ask the question: “How can we weave that kind of magic?”
The script has seen many improvements, more than ever before. The truth about movie production is that the script is often polished right until the first day of shooting, sometimes even during the shooting. At the moment, a lot of loose ends are being tied together, and a lot of characters are changed substantively to act as either a negative or a positive force in the story.
The SFX and prop design is underway, as well as the casting for the main roles. Storyboard drawing is interrupted momentarily, as concept art is needed to outline the characters and the environments.
We’ve experimented with arranging the background score with the actual songs off the album, and the best indicator of success is the amount of goose bumps the combination has raised.
?These are exciting times, because the decisions being made now largely shape the finished movie. We can only say that we’re already immensely proud of it.
We’ve travelled a long road, but not until the next crossroads can we distinguish a sign “Imaginarium, X miles”."
In a recenty interview with Tuomas Holopainen and Solar Films director Stobe Harju, the pair talk about the Imaginarium album and movie of the same name. Check out the YLE video below:
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25 мар 2011
GAMMA RAY: \'Skeletons & Majesties\' Details Revealed
 Armoury Records has announced the details of the new release from German power metallers GAMMA RAY.
Set for release in the U.S. and Canada on May 31 via Armoury Records/Eagle Rock Entertainment, "Skeletons & Majesties" is a collection of songs GAMMA RAY gathered from previous albums represented in two completely different styles. The purpose of the disc is simply to have fun, and to give fans a heads-up on what is in store for the band in the coming months, as well as involve their fans in the upcoming actions.
The first two tracks are the "Skeletons", featuring brand new versions of some of GAMMA RAY's songs rarely (if ever) played live, including "Hold Your Ground" (from their "Heading For Tomorrow" album) and "Brothers" (from the "Insanity And Genius" album). The second section, "Majesties", is where the band display two more new versions of rarities, "Send Me A Sign" (originally on the "Powerplant" release) and "Rebellion In Dreamland" (originally on "Land Of The Free"), both performed in a new acoustic presentation.
Additionally, GAMMA RAY have also included some bonus tracks, including the ultra rare track "Wannabees" — previously only released on the "To The Metal!" seven-inch single, and available here on CD for the first time — as well as an extended version of "Brothers".
And to top it off, the final track on the EP is another version of "Rebellion In Dreamland", this time karaoke style! The band has launched a special contest where it will be integrating a "choir" of its fans' voices on the upcoming album version of the song! Diehards and wailers can take part in the competition by submitting a recording of their version of the song via physical demo submission or digital sound file. More information is available at this location.
"Skeletons & Majesties" track listing:
Skeletons
01. Hold Your Ground
02. Brothers
Majesties
03. Send Me A Sign
04. Rebellion In Dreamland
Bonus Tracks:
05. Wannabees
06. Brothers (extended version)
07. Rebellion In Dreamland (karaoke version)
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25 мар 2011
SOILWORK, ARCH ENEMY Members Join Forces In THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA
 Two songs from THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA — the new classic-rock band featuring Björn Strid (SOILWORK) and Sharlee D' Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), can be streamed below.
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA started like so many others as an innocent yet serious drunken idea when Strid and David Andersson (MEAN STREAK, session musician for SOILWORK) were on the road together somewhere in North America in 2007. Björn and David were bonding over what they considered "classic" or not, from rock and roll conspiracies to being arrested in a lobby with nothing but leather pants on. All those scenarios, fictional or real, needed a soundtrack. They also came to think that whether you're on a metal tour or not, a lot of classic rock songs say it all and can really lend you a helping hand and make you forget about everything, especially when in motion or travelling. The classic escape. The never-ending road trip. The transatlantic night flight. It may sound simple and naive, but what it all comes down to is that we all need that soundtrack to feel extra special, whether you have been arrested in a lobby or not.
It didn't take long before bass player D' Angelo joined forces as well as keyboard player Richard Larsson (VON BENZO) and drummer Jonas Källsbäck (MEAN STREAK). The goal was to reclaim the '70s/early '80s sense for classic melody, the forgotten recipe to a timeless song, preferably a song mentioning a city, street name or an exhilarating alcoholic beverage. Anything that will have you spitting out the word "classic." From "Tarot Woman" to "Badlands", from "Rhiannon" to "Running on Empty", from "Blind Man" to "Night Moves", from "Deuce" to "Separate Ways", from "Elected" to "Set me Free". The list goes on. It's all about reclaiming the "classic."
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA is currently unsigned but are looking into recording its debut album this summer.
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25 мар 2011
IRON MAIDEN Exceed $2 Million In Ticket Sales In Russia
 Bob Allen of Billboard.com reports:
IRON MAIDEN takes the number three "Hot Tour" (behind Lady Gaga and Prince) ranking with totals reported from its Final Frontier World Tour that began in June 2010 with legs in both North America and Europe. The tour resumed in 2011 with a February 11th concert in Moscow at Olympiski, a massive indoor arena built for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Attendance for the performance in Russia was 16,439 with ticket sales topping $2 million (US$). A show in Singapore followed on February 15th with 9,785 in the house at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the country's largest indoor entertainment venue. The veteran English band will continue touring this year with shows booked in Asia, Australia, Latin America and the US before wrapping with a summer leg in Europe.
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25 мар 2011
SOUNDGARDEN Working On \'Very Diverse\' New Album
 Reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN entered singer Chris Cornell's studio in Los Angeles earlier in the month to begin recording their first album in 15 years. Cornell tells Billboard.com in a new interview, "We're pretty far into our record now. I don't really know how to describe it musically, because typically with SOUNDGARDEN... every time we write a song we always take it for what it is and try to make it the most it can be. It's very diverse, I can tell you that."
Cornell says that that unlike the old days when the band was on a constant schedule of recording and touring, they're working in a much more relaxed way now.
"We went into this with the idea that we wouldn't worry about scheduling or timing," Cornell explains to Billboard.com. "We would worry about making a great record; that's kind of where we're at. It's been a pretty fast pace, considering everything. We've really gotten very far very quickly, and it's really exciting. But we're not putting any pressure on ourselves or around the music and just want it to organically be finished without being concerned that, 'Oh, we have to master this on this specific date.' We're not in a situation where we have to rush, and this is one time we're lucky enough that we can afford to...let the album decide when it's done."
Adam Kaspar, who co-produced SOUNDGARDEN's last record, 1996's "Down On The Upside", is working with the group on the new effort as well.
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25 мар 2011
QUEENSRŸCHE Singer: New Album Is \'Another Step In A Different Direction For Us\'
 Vocalist Geoff Tate of Seattle-based progressive rockers QUEENSRŸCHE was interviewed for episode 342 of the "Talking Metal" podcast. Tate spoke about the forthcoming QUEENSRŸCHE studio album and his starring role in the psychological thriller "The Burningmoore Incident". The film focuses on the murderous rampage that took place in March 2010 in Bayside, Queens, as the construction team of Cole Contracting was being videotaped by multiple cameras on the first day of what was to be a home makeover reality show.
When asked about the progress of the recording sessions for the new QUEENSRŸCHE CD, Geoff said, "We've been working on it steadily. We're kind of in the final stages of it now. And I'm looking forward to getting that done. It's a really long record, with really interesting, different music. I'm really excited for people to hear it because it's another kind of step in a different direction for us . . . We've been experimenting a lot with different musical brushstrokes [laughs], kind of pushing the envelope a little bit on everybody's performance and pushing them outside of comfortable ground and trying to do some different stuff. Which is kind of what got us into making records in the first place — the experimental side of painting the audio picture. And everybody still shares that way of thinking, which is pretty phenomenal when you think of a bunch of guys hanging out together for 30 years [laughs] — that we'd still have something to say."
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25 мар 2011
GUNS N\' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Releases New Solo Single
 GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has released the third in a series of digital singles, an original song called "Invisible". The track is available in MP3 (320kps), AAC, and higher-quality formats FLAC, MP3 HD, Apple Lossless and WAV. An instrumental version of the song is available in these formats as well. For guitarists, there's a "Player Pack" that has a transcription of the entire lead guitar track as a PDF file — musical notation, TAB, fingers, picking, and helpful hints. Included with the transcription is a Backing Track mix and a Boosted Lead Guitar mix, in both WAV and MP3 formats. The "Producer Pack" contains 48kHz/24-bit Stereo WAV files of the mix "stems" — there's a file of drums, bass, guitar, second guitar, vocals and backing vocals that you can load into your multi-track software and play with levels, make your own mixes, and hear every nuance of each instrument's performance on its own track. | 0 | |
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25 мар 2011
DEATHDESTRUCTION Ink Deal With Sony Music Sweden
 Swedish metal supergroup DEATHDESTRUCTION, which features members of EVERGREY, HAMMERFALL and DEAD BY APRIL, have signed with Sweden's Sony Music Entertainment.
The band's debut album will be released on August 25th, and was recorded during winter in Gothenburg with producer Roberto Laghi in IF Studios. A first taste of the album comes in the form of 'Fuck Yeah' - an EP recorded entirely live in IF Studios to be released April 18th.
"It is with extreme pride that we in the Deathdestruction can announce that we are signing with Sony. We look forward to a long partnership and it will be damn fun to go out live with that company in the back! Here we go!", says guitarist Henry "The Bucket" Danhage.
"Deathdestruction makes me be a teenager again", said David Mortimer-Hawkins, A & R at Sony Music. "We are very excited and proud to be working with the band and their incredibly heavy debut album." | 0 | |
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25 мар 2011
MEGADETH: Video Updates From St. Petersburg, Bamberg
 MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has posted two separate video updates from the band's current "European Carnage" tour with SLAYER — filmed in St. Petersburg, Russia and Bamberg, Germany. Check out the clips below.
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25 мар 2011
SUIDAKRA: \'Stone Of The Seven Suns\' Video Released
 "Stone Of The Seven Suns", the new "official" live video from German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's 's tenth album, "Book Of Dowth", which will be released on March 25 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Gernhart Studio in Siegburg, Germany with producer Martin Buchwalter. Famous Belgian graphic artist Kris Verwimp once again created the cover artwork and lyrical concept.
Inspired by the darker side of Celtic lore, the concept of "Boo
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25 мар 2011
BENEDICTUM - Cover Of RUSH Classic \'Overture\'/\'The Temples Of Syrinx\' Available For Streaming
 Benedictum's new album, Dominion, was released in February 2011 via Frontiers Records. A full length clip of the band's cover of 'Overture' / 'The Temples Of Syrinx', taken from the RUSH classic '2112', is available below:
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25 мар 2011
Members Of LEAVES\' EYES, SPOIL ENGINE, CRIMSON FALLS, MORDA And POLLUTED INHERITANCE Join Forces In STRYCH.NINE
 STRYCH.NINE are the brand new band, made up of a Dutch/Belgian metal alliance with musicians from LEAVES' EYES, SPOIL ENGINE, CRIMSON FALLS, MORDA and POLLUTED INHERITANCE.
Strych.Nine is all about honest, straightforward and in-your-face music, with clear song structures and transparent lyrics. It is an organic whole that can prove it's worth as well live as on CD due to years of combined experience. | 0 | |
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25 мар 2011
KROMLEK - New Album Video Teaser Available
 German pagan/black metal band KROMLEK will release their upcoming album, Finis Terræ, on April 8th via SMP/Trollzorn Records. The band have uploaded a video teaser for the album, which can be seen below:
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25 мар 2011
PLACE OF SKULLS To Release As A Dog Returns In Europe; Announce European Tour With THE GATES OF SLUMBER
 Volcom Entertainment has joined forces with legendary doom guitarist/vocalist Victor Griffin (PENTAGRAM, DEATH ROW, CATHEDRAL) and PLACE OF SKULLS.
Titled As A Dog Returns, the nine-track follow-up to 2006's The Black Is Never Far was released in North America last fall via Giddy Up Records. Recorded at Lakeside Studios in Knoxville by Travis Wyrick and Griffin with drums recorded and engineered by Mike Dearing, As A Dog Returns will finally see a proper European release on April 4th via Volcom with distribution by ADA Warner.
Said Griffin of the cooperation: "We're extremely happy with this arrangement. I've had my eye on Volcom for some time now. They're a wide-reaching company and have their hand in other markets besides music... a clothing line, skateboard/surfing apparel, and more. It's cool that a company like this loves heavy music and only puts out the stuff they really dig. It's just a whole different angle than the way labels typically work."
Coinciding with the European release of As A Dog Returns, Place Of Skulls will embark on a European tour with THE GATES OF SLUMBER.
Dates are as follows:
March
31 - Helsinki, Finland - Kuudes Linja
April
1 - Oulu, Finland - Nuclear Nightclub
2 - Turku, Finland - Klubi
5 - Nürnberg, Germany - KV
6 - Lenzburg, Switzerland - Met Bar
7 - Wien, Austria - Arena
8 - Vicenza, Italy - Sabotage
9 - Parma, Italy - Onirica Club
10 - Martigny, Switzerland - Les Caves du Manoir
12 - Paris, France - Le Labo - Théatre de Ménilmontant
13 - Barcelona, Spain - Rocksound
15 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13, Roadburn, Midi Theater for POS
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25 мар 2011
FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE - New Track Streaming
 Metal Mad Music recently announced the signing of Greek melodic, progressive power metal band FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE to their roster.
The band's new album, The Mortal Flesh Of Love, will be released through Metal Mad Music during summer 2011 and official release date announcement will follow soon.
The track 'Deeds Of All Disgrace' is now available for streaming through band's official ReverbNation page here. | 0 | |
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24 мар 2011
WHILE HEAVEN WEPT Stream New Track Online; New Album Release Date Confirmed
 'Destroyer Of Solace', a track off the new album by emotive, epic metal band WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, can be streamed at this location. The track can also be heard in the player below:
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King Kobra
