Jason Bieler is preparing to release his new solo album, Songs For The Apocalypse, under the moniker Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra, on January 22 on CD/LP/Digital.
The album sees Bieler working with a diverse array of musical friends including Todd LaTorre (Queensrÿche), Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Devin Townsend, Pat Badger (Extreme), Butch Walker (ex-Marvelous 3), Bumblefoot (Sons of Apollo), Clint Lowery (Sevendust), Benji Webbe (Skindred), Kyle Sanders (Hellyeah) and more. A full list of musical cohorts can be found below.
The first single and video, "Apology" features Todd LaTorre (Queensrÿche) on drums, Kevin Scott on bass, and a guest guitar solo from Andee Blacksugar (KMFDM), with Bieler handling lead vocals and all other instruments. Watch the video below, and pre-order/save the album here.
Bieler is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer who is also known for playing with hard rock band Saigon Kick, which achieved a platinum single in the US with the timeless hit "Love Is On The Way" from its gold-selling album The Lizard, which Jason also produced. Bieler also played in an early touring version of Talisman with Marcel Jacob and Jeff Scott Soto, as well as Super Transatlantic, with Extreme bassist Pat Badger, earning them a gold record for their work on the soundtrack for the American Pie movie. Recently, Bieler had been touring extensively as a solo artist. The shows featured a wide array of musical styles, absurdists humor, special guests, and more. He also runs, along with his brother, a successful record label, Bieler Bros., which has worked with Skindred, Will Haven, Nonpoint, Karnivool, Sikth, and many more.
Tracklisting:
"Never Ending Circle"
"Apology"
"Bring Out Your Dead"
"Annalise"
"Stones Will Fly"
"Down In A Hole"
"Anthem For Losers"
"Horror Wobbles The Hippo"
"Beyond Hope"
"Crab Claw Dan"
"Born Of The Sun"
"Baby Driver"
"Alone In The World"
"Very Fine People"
"Fkswyso"
"Apology" video:
Lineup:
All instruments and vocals by Jason Bieler unless listed otherwise below:
"Apology"
Drums: Todd LaTorre
Bass: Kevin Scott
Solos: Andee Blacksugar
"Bring Out Your Dead"
Drums: Edu Cominato
Bass: David Ellefson
Solo: Devin Townsend
"Annalise"
Bass: Kevin Scott
"Stones Will Fly, My Only Hope"
Drums: Ricky Sanders
Bass: Pat Badger
Solo and extra guitars: Butch Walker
"Down In A Hole"
Drums: Edu Cominato
Bass: Kyle Sanders
Extra Guitars: Stephen Gibb
Sick Of It All have released their new live video for "Never Back Down", recorded straight from their homes. The track is off their album The Last Act Of Defiance and follows the previous quarantine sessions "Alone", "The Bland Within", "Paper Tiger" and "Hardcore Horseshoe".
"This Quarantine Jam is a perfect anthem for these times! 'Never Back Down'! Coming from the Last At Of Defiance' album. Here's rally cry to get you through all the shit and the seemingly endless plague. It's high energy, anthemic hardcore music, rooted in punk and Oi are a perfect fit to the take no shit everyman and everywoman lyrics. A reminder that no matter what they throw at you, keep on pushing, keep on fighting," states Sick Of It All about the release.
The previously released "Hardcore Horseshoe", "Paper Tiger", “Alone” and “The Bland Within” are available below:
Spanish melodic death band Æolian, who are signed to Black Lion Records, have unleashed an official video for "Golden Cage", the third single off their new album, The Negationist. Check it out below.
Æolian will release their new album The Negationist on November 20th. They have unleashed a lyric video of new song, "Momentum". The band comments:
"'Momentum' is a call to action, a warning for those who still do not realize the seriousness of this environmental situation. It talks about the last chance to mend all the damage we have done to our planet and how our behavior begins to affect our own survival too. Corporations, governments and our sometimes greedy selfish way of life have put us to sleep while 'Momentum' tries to remind us that sadly for we people... it's now or never."
The Negationist marks the sophomore release by the Spanish quintet. Picking up where they left off on the critically acclaimed Silent Witness, the band bring a blistering attack to bear. Through ten tracks, the band weave a dynamic spell of melodic death metal, with threads of black, folk, and occasionally thrash metal threads to sew it all together. Variations in pacing, excellent mixing, a cohesive and rock solid rhythm section, and memorable riffing all combine to draw in the listener to the albums earnest beauty. Passionate vocals rest comfortably in the fabric of the mix, steering the album with lyrical content from an environmentalist perspective. The Negationist provides the type of fist pumping soundtrack sure to energize any listener.
With their second album titled ‘The Negationist’ where darkness and hope merge in an introspective trip marked by the damage we are doing to our own planet and how this is affecting us severely. This album has been mixed and produced by Miquel A. Riutort (Mega) (The Unity, Cryptosy, The Agonist, Vltimas) at Psychosomatic Recording Studio and mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound Studios. The cover artwork has been done by Juanjo Castellano Rosado (The Black Dahlia Murder, Gates of Ishtar, Trident).
Tracklist:
"Momentum"
"We Humans"
"Animals Burned"
"Unseen Enemy"
"Blackout"
"Golden Cage"
"Bleeding Garbage"
"The Flood"
"Children Of Mud"
"Ghosts Anthem"
"Reborn"
Sugarbowl, the debut album from Shadow & The Thrill, was released in August through Deko Entertainment.
Recorded in New Orleans, the band embraced the city’s influences to help guide its flavor, with the majority of the production handled by both Tony Montana (guitars, vocals, bass and harmonica) and Brentt Arcement (drums, B3 organ), with Jack Miele and Cedrick Courtois engineering the album, and the iconic Grammy award winning Sylvia Massey (Johnny Cash) overseeing the mix.
Tony had this to say about the new video and song "Ready To Roll", “There’s nothing quite like sitting with just an acoustic guitar, and having to develop a song with you and your guitar having to be the chordal and rhythm section all at once. 'Ready To Roll' started as just a groove on my acoustic and then it grew into a monster. I told Sylvia Massy when I watched her mix this one, that this was my 'one real indulgence' on the album. I had SUCH FUN doing all the guitars and talk-box, and bass. I was kinda bummed when it was done! Brentt does a great job building the song, and Jack Miele really pushed the envelope with the layering of people and parts. It’s my guilty pleasure on the album.”
Sugarbowl artwork and tracklisting:
“Lovesong”
“Misery”
“The Grind”
“Sugarbowl”
“Ready To Roll”
“Just Enough”
“Crazy”
“Mississippi”
“Unaware”
“Sugarbowl” (acoustic, LP only)
Leviathan Records, the label run by guitarist David Chastain, has posted more live footage from the archives.
A message states: "Chastain exploded onto the metal scene with the release of their epic debut album, Mystery Of Illusion, in 1985. Shortly after the release of that album the band met up in Cincinnati, Ohio to play a concert at Bogart's. The band for the show was David T. Chastain on guitar, Leather Leone on vocals, Mike Skimmerhorn on bass, Russell Jinkens on second guitar and Les Sharp on drums.
"The concert was actually a showcase for a major label that Mike Varney had arranged. We recently found this concert on a Beta tape and had it transferred to digital format. Considering the show was 35 years ago and shot on one camera by a fan, it obviously has some technical flaws but we decided to release it for its "historical" importance. Leather's performance alone is worth the price of admission!
"'I Fear No Evil' shows the bands heavy intensity. shows the band's mastery of light and dark dynamics. Mystery Of Illusion has just been reissued on CD by Divebomb Records."
oe Satriani has released the new video below, along with the following message:
"Nili Brosh goes 'Searching' and along the way creates an entirely new melody, complete with up-lifting harmonies! It’s so cool to hear Nili improvise in such an expressive, haunting way."
"At the heart of it is my love for composing unique and moving music for the electric guitar. I love the journey as much as the end result. With this compilation of backing tracks you get to peak behind the curtain a bit and experience that journey as I built the songs in the studio. And, of course, you can play along!" - Joe Satriani
Stripped x Three features full backing tracks from the complete Shapeshifting, Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards and"Is There Love in Space? albums, a special digital compilation booklet with original liner notes and credits and it is all packaged within a replica Joe Satriani Ibanez signature guitar USB stick and custom case. Pre-order here.
In the summer of 2018, Bremen, Germany's Mantar performed at Wacken Open Air for the second time. Watch the band's full performance below.
Setlist:
Intro
"Cult Witness"
"Praise The Plague"
"Into The Goden Abyss"
"Spit"
"Age Of Absurd"
"Cross The Cross"
"Pest Crusade"
"Astral Kannibal"
"The Huntsmen"
"Era Borealis"
Metal band Meridian Dawn have released their new single, a cover of Björk's "Pagan Poetry" today through BraveWords!
"When Nick first presented the idea of covering this song I was a bit skeptical at first. But after hearing his complete reconstruction of the original I was hooked! We made it into an M.D song which was not an easy thing to do" says Antony Hämäläinen.
Nick Ziros adds, "Pagan Poetry was something I decided we should take on as a little challenge. This song is filled with beautiful melodies and we thought, "hey, lets see if we could rework this tune into our style." I'm super stoked with the way it turned out, especially the phenomenal drumming provided by Janne Jaloma (Dark Funeral, Night Crowned)."
Meridian Dawn, founded in December of 2012, cover the musical grounds between death and melodic metal. However, this is not a band that appeals to the typical “metal clichés” but, instead, encompass a sound and aesthetic that’s all its own. Formed originally as a side project by vocalist Antony Hämäläinen (Nightrage, Armageddon, Crystal Tears) and guitarist/bassist Nick Ziros (Into The Moat, Remembering Never), the band immediately began writing and recording their debut EP. The Mixtape EP was produced in Skövde, Sweden by Thomas “Plec” Johansson and released in 2014. It received positive reviews for its heaviness, clean production, and raw attitude, a full frontal attack that was more than enough to prepare everyone for the beauty and savagery of the band’s debut album.
On July 21, 2020 the band released a full length record The Fever Syndrome via Seeing Red Records. Longtime drummer Johan Nunez (Nightrage, Kamelot, Marty Friedman, Firewind), the only familiar face from the band’s debut EP provides a stellar and versatile drum performance that compliments the varied, yet cohesive, song writing. Engineered and mixed by Meridian Dawn and mastered once again by Jeff Cloyes (311, Lauren Hill, Plies, Bishop, Remembering Never), The Fever Syndrome is available in both digital streaming and limited deluxe digi-pack edition via Seeing Red Records.
Drum-cam video of MACHINE HEAD drummer Chris Kontos performing the song "The Rage To Overcome" with his bandmates on February 5 at Théâtre Corona in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below.
The North American leg of MACHINE HEAD's 25th-anniversary tour for the band's debut album, "Burn My Eyes", kicked off in Phoenix on January 16 and wrapped up on February 22 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. Each show on the trek consisted of two parts: part one saw frontman Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern performing alongside new recruits, Polish guitarist Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (DECAPITATED) and British drummer Matt Alston (DEVILMENT, EASTERN FRONT); while part two features "Burn My Eyes" played in its entirety for the first time ever, with original drummer Kontos and guitarist Logan Mader joining in.
Asked what it has been like getting Logan and Chris back on board, Robb told Kerrang! magazine: "Logan and I have stayed in touch. We kinda squashed everything and became friends again as far back as 2004. He comes out to all the shows. We played 'Davidian' together at the 'Roadrunner United' concert in New York. Chris and I haven't spoken in a long time for no reason other than that when I'm off the road, I'm just this boring suburban dad. He kinda quit music for a little while to do some BMX racing. He was in a whole other world. As it happened, Logan reached out to me about [the anniversary tour] and I thought it was a killer idea. Then I think my manager reached out to Chris and he was game, too. We just went out for dinner for two hours and just laughed and caught up. [Chris] just has such a huge personality: he's this loud, funny dude. It was a really good vibe, so we decided to just go for it."
Kontos left MACHINE HEAD before the release of the band's second album, 1997's "The More Things Change", and was replaced by Dave McClain.
Mader contributed to two MACHINE HEAD albums, the aforementioned "Burn My Eyes" and "The More Things Change", before exiting the group and being replaced by Ahrue Luster and, later on, Phil Demmel.
Demmel and McClain left MACHINE HEAD in the fall of 2018.
MACHINE HEAD will release a new single, "My Hands Are Empty", on November 13 via Nuclear Blast Records. The track is the latest in a line of singles to be made available by MACHINE HEAD, which issued "Do Or Die" in October 2019, "Circle The Drain" in February, and the two-song "Civil Unrest", consisting of "Stop The Bleeding" and "Bulletproof", in June. "Stop The Bleeding" featured guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach, and was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery.
FOO FIGHTERS are taking no time to bask in the ecstatic reception to their November 7 "Saturday Night Live" debut performance of "Shame Shame", the first taste of their tenth album, "Medicine At Midnight", due out February 5, 2021 on Roswell Records/RCA Records. On Saturday, November 14 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, FOO FIGHTERS will be regrouping to mount a full-on rock invasion of your living room, when they play a full set streamed live from the Roxy in Hollywood for any and all who buy a ticket for $15 at this location. If you can't be in front of a TV, tablet, phone, laptop etc. at exactly that time, don't worry: ticket buyers will have access to replay the full stream for 48 hours from the start of the show.
FOO FIGHTERS' Roxy streaming concert event is brought to you in part by the good people at Coors Light, and will feature innovative new technology custom created for this one-of-a-kind FOO FIGHTERS show: Beer's Eye View. For 25 years, Coors Light has been on stage — and in hand — with FOO FIGHTERS. Now for the first time, Beer's Eye View will take fans behind the scenes backstage, into the thick of the action onstage, and to the best seat in the house (the VIB a.k.a. Very Important Beer section) — all from the unique perspective of a live "Can Cam" attached to Dave Grohl's own Coors Light.
In other FOO FIGHTERS visual news, the official video for "Shame Shame" can be seen below. Directed by Paola Kudacki and co-starring Grohl and Sofia Boutella, "Shame Shame" renders in stunning black and white an interpretation of a recurring dream that's haunted Grohl since his childhood days.
A portion of proceeds from FOO FIGHTERS' Roxy streaming show will go to Sweet Relief. Founded in 1993 by Victoria Williams, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. Sweet Relief is providing immediate assistance to anyone in the music industry who has been financially impacted by COVID-19.
On Monday, Grohl called in to SiriusXM's Alt Nation and spoke with SiriusXM's Jeff Regan about the "Medicine At Midnight". Regarding FOO FIGHTERS' musical approach this time around, Dave said: "It's our 10th album, and it's our 25th anniversary. We're. like, okay, let's look back at all the stuff that we've done before. We've made that loud sort of noisy punk rock fast stuff. We've made the sleepy acoustic kind of gentle acoustic record stuff. We've done the three- or four-minute-long bubblegum rock and roll, pop, single thing before. And it was, like, well, what haven't we done? And we had never really made a groove-oriented sort of party record.
"It's hard to put the words 'dance' or 'funk' or 'disco' in the same sentence as the FOO FIGHTERS; it scares the shit out of me," Dave admitted. "But all of us grew up loving rock and roll records that you could like bounce around to, like THE CARS. Like, oh my God, we love THE CARS. Or David Bowie's 'Let's Dance'. Or POWER STATION. Or THE [ROLLING] STONES' 'Tattoo You' — things like that. We're, like, 'All right. We've never really explored that territory before. Let's do it.
"We're lucky in that everybody in the band has diverse influences and everybody loves different kinds of music, but I honestly think we're capable of doing almost anything," he said. "So if we put our minds to it, we can kind of chameleon and turn into a death metal band, or we could be like THE CARPENTERS. So we just have to come together and make the decision, like, 'All right, which way do we wanna go? Which way are we gonna turn the wheel?' And this time we did it to make this party record."
On the topic of "Shame Shame", Grohl said: "That song is not really a party [song]. I mean, it's got a groove unlike anything we've ever done before, and it has a dynamic and a vibe and a tone unlike anything we've ever done before, which is why I wanted to release it first. You want to give people some sort of indication, like, 'Okay, this isn't exactly like the other nine records. This is moving into another territory.' It's not necessarily indicative of all of the other songs, but it does have its place on the record. It serves its purpose. And I love it, because it's just different than anything we've ever done."
ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has teamed up with former TURBONEGRO vocalist Hank Von Hell, SUM 41 guitarist Dave Baksh and bassist Jason "Cone" McCaslin to record a cover version of PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.'s "Public Image", filmed while they were in quarantine.
Benante uploaded a video of the performance to his YouTube channel, writing in an accompanying message: "When I was younger, I would sometimes go to work with my sister, who was a hairdresser in Manhattan. Below the salon was a record store called Disco Mat that I LOVED. I would spend hours in there and one day, I had a weird experience. I was in there going through records and I saw a man with a long coat and a beret looking through the bins. I knew it was Johnny Rotten because I was a huge SEX PISTOLS fan. I walked over to him all excited and he turned and put his finger up to his mouth and went 'Shhhhhhhhhhhhh' as in 'STOP'. I took that as a leave me alone and that's what I did. I continued to look around and then I saw him checking out and he called me over. I told him how much I loved the PISTOLS and he said that was all behind him and he was moving on. He took a Disco Mat card, turned it over and signed it for me. He talked a bit more and then left. The thing he was moving onto was PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.
"I love love love First Issue, it still makes me happy when I hear it.
"I was so happy Dave and Cone from SUM 41 were into doing this with me and when Dave mentioned having Hank Von Hell on it I was like WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! I love TURBONEGRO.
"Hope you enjoy it, we had fun."
Benante has been using his coronavirus downtime to connect virtually with other metal musicians and share videos of them covering various pop, rock and metal tracks, including those by RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, Billie Eilish and Tom Petty.
ANTHRAX has spent most of the last four years touring in support of its latest album, "For All Kings", which was released in February 2016. A follow-up effort is expected in 2021.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Crazy World", SCORPIONS have released a one-minute "fact video" for their classic album. Check it out below.
Earlier in the year, SCORPIONS members Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs gave extensive and exclusive interviews to Rock Candy magazine for a huge 16-page cover story feature. Together with respected musician and lyricist Jim Vallance — who co-wrote seven of the album's 11 tracks — Meine, Schenker and Jabs open up like never before to reveal in forensic detail how the "Crazy World" project came together.
"If I'm honest, nothing we've done in the past three decades matches 'Crazy World'," says vocalist Meine with admirable candor. "I think it's a classic, and any SCORPIONS fan would agree. It's the last album from what I'd say was our golden period."
The bandmembers recount the story of the album's creation, from splitting with long-standing producer Dieter Dierks ("We'd been together for too long and we felt we needed new energy," says guitarist Schenker), to a false start with Bruce Fairbairn, and then finding the perfect producer in Keith Olsen.
The writing and recording process is described in detail, including the story behind the groundbreaking "Wind Of Change" single.
"The record company was very concerned about the whistling on it, because they thought it would hurt sales," explains Meine. "I insisted that it should stay, because, to my mind, it was a vital part of what made the song work so well."
"At first, even I didn't like it," admits Schenker. "I didn't think it was a good thing for a rock band to do, but we tried something else and it just didn't work. The song only worked with the whistling."
Of course, "Wind Of Change" went on to become the SCORPIONS' biggest ever hit, becoming a worldwide anthem for the changing political times of 1990 when the Soviet bloc collapsed.
SCORPIONS recently released a standalone single called "Sign Of Hope". The band penned the song as a positive message amid all that is going on in the world at the moment and during the recording sessions for SCORPIONS' upcoming 19th album. Tentatively due in 2021, the disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release since 2017's "Born To Touch Your Feelings - Best Of Rock Ballads", which was an anthology of SCORPIONS' new and classic material.
SCORPIONS' new album will be produced by Greg Fidelman, who began his career as the guitarist and songwriter for RHINO BUCKET before launching his career as a producer, engineer and mixer, finding an early mentor in Rick Rubin.
SCORPIONS' last full-length collection of new recordings was 2015's "Return To Forever", partially comprising songs the band had in the vault from the '80s. It was the final recorded appearance of SCORPIONS' longtime drummer James Kottak, who was dismissed from the band in September 2016. He has since been replaced by Mikkey Dee, formerly of MOTÖRHEAD.
Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, SCORPIONS were scheduled to take over the Las Vegas Strip in July with their exclusive headlining residency show at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
The band previously played a Las Vegas mini-residency in May 2016, consisting of five shows at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Nightwish have posted pro-shot video of their classic “Ever Dream” being performed in Vancouver.
The band remark: “‘Ever Dream’ is one of our favourite tracks to perform live! Check out the second video from Ville's (Lipiäinen) vault, recorded at the Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) in 2015. Enjoy and stay safe!”
Nightwish have add two dates in Mexico to their upcoming schedule. The band's tour schedule for Central and South America is as follows:
October
12 - Guadalajara, Mexico - TBA
13 - Mexico City, Mexico - TBA
16 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Luna Part
19 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Caupolican
22 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Vivo Rio
24 - São Paulo, Brazil - Espaço Das Américas
Nightwish have released a previously unseen live video for "Yours Is An Empty Hope", shot at Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City on October 15, 2015.
Says Nightwish founder/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen: "We dug up Ville Lipiäinen's archives and came across with some never seen live footage from the past tours. Something to reminisce while waiting for the Human. :II: Nature. tour to finally start. More to come soon!"
"When we recorded the bonus tracks for our 20th anniversary edition of Plays Metallica By Four Cellos, 'Battery' was kind of our revenge for the old times because in the '90s we were not able to play it - maybe not even tonight but you'll never know before you try it," says Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica.
Watch their take on "Battery" from With Full Force Festival 2018 below.
This season’s last Tuska Utopia episode takes the torch bearers of cello metal, Apocalyptica, to perform at the ruins of the medieval Church of St. Michael. The episode premieres on Friday, November 27th at 9pm (UTC +2). Watch the trailer below and buy tickets here.
Eicca Toppinen: "Playing at Pälkäne church ruins for Tuska Utopia was such a unique experience for us. The atmosphere in this special location gave us such a deep and inspiring state of mind. The whole set up with lights and sound felt so intense and fitting into our music. We are super thrilled to share this experience with you!"
The episode is available for purchase worldwide at SemiLive's platform until November 29th at 9pm (UTC +2).
Each hour-long stream includes a concert, an interview with the artists and a tour of the location in the spirit of a travel show hosted by Samy Elbanna from the band Lost Society. The episodes are directed by Taku Kaskela, well-known for directing both TV shows and music videos. Tuska Utopia is a new concept created and produced by the team behind the Tuska Festival.
Before Apocalyptica, you have a chance to catch Turmion Kätilöt at the Suvilahti gas holder in Helsinki on Friday, November 13th at 9pm (UTC +2) and Battle Beast at a secret stone castle on Friday, November 20th at 9pm (UTC +2). Check out all Tuska Utopia trailers on Tuska’s YouTube channel and make sure you buy tickets to all three episodes here.
My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy has checked in with the following update:
"Just edited and uploaded two new Neanderthal videos to YouTube. Here’s the first one for the song 'Darkthrasher'. It was filmed (by Tairrie B. Murphy with additional footage by Jerry Brown) at Scruffy City Hall all the way back in February, when rock shows as we knew and loved them were still happening. The audio is taken from Monday Night Metal, available for free download here."
Murphy has released another EP under his Neanderthal moniker, entitled Quarantunes II. He has checked in with the following:
"Surprise! Here’s a new Neanderthal digital EP for y’all to check out. Four brand new songs written and recorded over the past few months. You can download it for FREE (with option to donate).
Dedicated to the memory of Edward Van Halen. Thank you for your amazing contributions to guitar playing, rock music and gear. You're the king and you'll go down in history as a true innovator, and the greatest rock player of all time. Riff In Power."
"South East Lightning"
"Birthday Jam"
"The Healer II"
"Shit Show Theme Song"
All songs, guitar, bass, drums, recording & mixing by Mick Murphy. Recorded at The Magick Room in Knoxville, TN - 2020. Cover artwork by Tairrie B. Murphy.
Styx frontman Tommy Shaw recently guested on AXS TV's Live From Daryl's House - featuring Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame and his house band - performing some Styx classics as well as the Hall & Oates song "It's A Laugh". Check out the clips below.
Season Of Ghosts vocalist / founder Sophia and guitarist Zombie Sam returned on Saturday, November 7th for yet another round of bickering. Conversation turns serious, this time addressing the struggles of every day lockdown life during the pandemic and mental health. They cap things off with another unplanned acoustic performance of "Time Travellers" from the band's debut album, The Human Paradox, and the title track from their latest album, "A Leap Of Faith".
Back in 2013, Season Of Ghosts vocalist Sophia released a cover of "Sarah's Theme" - created with bandmate Zombie Sam - from the '90s Walt Disney film Hocus Pocus. It was originally released via Soundcloud, but it is now available on most digital platforms. Check it out below.
Devin Townsend held his Crappy Halloween Party / Quarantine Concert #5: Rarities By Request on October 31st, which featured him performing rare songs from his extensive catalogue. Former Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, guitar legend Steve Vai, and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen all made guest appearances.
Vai, who guested on the song "Triumph", has posted a new video with the following message:
"Aiy there mayti! Captain Velorum here. Here’s what I originally sent Devin Townsend for his 'Crappy' Halloween party. I’m sure it will 'hook' you in."
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD return with a much-overdue new live release. Titled "Lost Machine - Live", the album was recorded in Québec City during the worldwide touring cycle for the band's latest studio album, "The Wake", and will be released on November 27 worldwide via Century Media Records.
The video for the second single from the disc, "Iconspiracy", can be seen below.
VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin comments: "And now 'Iconspiracy', the second single/video from our upcoming release 'Lost Machine – Live'. Like the video for the first single 'The Lost Machine', the footage comes from the Montréal Jazz Fest 2019 and the audio is from the Québec City Summer Fest 2019, where the entire live album was recorded.
"'Iconspiracy' has become one of our favorite songs to perform on tour since the album 'The Wake' came out in 2018.
"The video direction is by Felipe Belalcazar and my art was animated by Jaan Silmberg.
"There are a lot more projects in the works. Meanwhile, have fun with this one!"
Both "Iconspiracy" and the previously released single "The Lost Machine" feature audio recorded in Québec City (07/13/2019), video filmed in Montréal (06/30/2019) and material processed in Morgöth (2020). The videos were directed and produced by Felipe Belalcazar of Mental Pictures.
"Lost Machine - Live" consists of 13 tracks across 74 packed minutes of playing time by one of the best live acts in this day and age.
"Lost Machine - Live" track listing:
01. Post Society
02. Psychic Vacuum
03. Obsolete Beings
04. The Prow
05. Iconspiracy
06. Into My Hypercube
07. The End Of Dormancy
08. Overreaction
09. Always Moving
10. Fall
11. The Lost Machine
12. Astronomy Domine
13. Voivod
"Lost Machine - Live" will be available as limited CD with O-Card packaging (in its first European pressing), as digital album and as gatefold 2LP on 180-gram vinyl in the following variations and limitations:
* Black vinyl: Unlimited
* Sky Blue vinyl: 100x copies via CM Webshop Europe
* Transparent Magenta vinyl: 200x copies via CM Distro Europe
* Creamy White vinyl: 200x copies via Nuclear Blast
* Deep Blood Red vinyl: 200x copies via Band
* Neon Green vinyl: 200x copies via Band
"Lost Machine - Live" can be pre-ordered in its various editions at this location.
This past summer, VOIVOD released a new three-track 12-inch vinyl and digital EP titled "The End Of Dormancy" via Century Media Records. The EP is centered around a special "Metal Section" version of the title track (off VOIVOD's latest album, "The Wake") with added trumpets, saxophone and trombones. The complementary songs on this release are exclusive live versions of "The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)" and the group's classic "The Unknown Knows", recorded at Montreal Jazz Fest 2019.
"The End Of Dormancy" EP comes with artwork by Langevin and is available on 180-fram 12-inch vinyl.
In March 2019, VOIVOD was honored with a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Award) in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category. VOIVOD won the award for "The Wake", which was released in September 2018 via Century Media Records. The disc was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Recording Studio in Canada. The album's artwork was once again created by Away.
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