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News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JULY 01/08. - CHECK EM' OUT!! - SLIPKNOT'S "NEW MASKS". ( IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR MUSHROOMHEAD 'GUFFAWING HYSTERICALLY')
So after months of hype... .finally the 'Knot reveal the new "Purgatory Masks." Yeah, cus' it's killing me to look at them. I dunno what to make of this............ Jimm Root looks like he's trying out for Paul Stanley's job in Kiss. Mick Thomson's hasn't changed much. Joey Jordison's 'Crown O' Thorns' is probably the most innovative & it's probably scaring the shit outa jesus-freak, Brian 'Head Welch right now. SLIPKNOT has unveiled its new imagery in an exclusive partnership with AOL Music. This highly anticipated debut kick-starts the launch of SLIPKNOT's new album, "All Hope Is Gone". Masks are an integral part of the band's identity and to reflect this point, AOL Music's Spinner.com is currently hosting a retrospective photo gallery of SLIPKNOT masks throughout the band's career, spanning all three previous albums and including the most recent controversial "Purgatory Masks." SLIPKNOT's new single, "Psychosocial", is also available for streaming in its entirety on Spinner.com. "Psychosocial" made its way to radio stations yesterday (June 30) and has now been made available for digital download. Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan told The Pulse of Radio everything he could about the track. "One thing I can feel is like that song has got a lot of, like, you know, I would say social anxiety, " he said. "It's got a real good tempo and it's really, you know, today. It's really fun and it's different. I think most of the stuff that we have is different." SLIPKNOT has tapped Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, NAPALM DEATH) to mix "All Hope is Gone". Due on August 26 via Roadrunner Records, the disc was recorded with producer Dave Fortman (EVANESCENCE, MUDVAYNE) at a studio near the band's hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor said in a press release about the new CD, "Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it's the best thing I've ever made." The last SLIPKNOT studio album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", arrived in 2004 and sold more than a million copies in the U.S. SLIPKNOT will co-headline the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour this summer with DISTURBED. The trek, which also features DRAGONFORCE, MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD and others, kicks off on July 9 in Seattle. Thanks Blabb. 'GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR' - NEXT VERSION TO INCLUDE OZZY, SMASHING PUMPKINS, & PARAMORE??
The Pulse of Radio reports that a leaked online consumer response survey may have provided clues to which artists will be represented on Guitar Hero: World Tour, the next installment in the hugely successful video game series. According to Kotaku.com, the survey, generated by a market research firm, indicated that playable digital versions of Ozzy Osbourne, SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan, PARAMORE singer Hayley Williams, (Pictured) former BLINK-182 drummer Travis Barker, JimI Hendrix, Sting and others could all possibly appear in the game. Music from KORN, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, INTERPOL and, making their Guitar Hero debut, TOOL might show up as well. The survey says that the game will feature 85 songs, with FOO FIGHTERS, MUSE and THE DOORS also mentioned. The lineup of Guitar Hero: World Tour has yet to be confirmed. Photos of Billy Corgan in a motion capture suit recently surfaced online, fueling speculation that an avatar of him would appear in an upcoming game. The first artist-specific version of the game, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, debuted this week, with rumors circulating that Guitar Hero: Metallica will arrive early next year. In other news, another leaked survey indicates that AC/DC could be a primary artist featured on Rock Band 2, a vastly improved upgrade of the blockbuster game that will be first be available on XBox 360 in September before moving to other systems later in the year. Thanks TPOR. AND SPEAKING OF SLIPKNOT - "DJ-SID" THE KNOB, KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT WITH A DOOR KNOB.
What a f#@kin' knob......... If your gonna hurt yourself... ...do in a Metal-Style way. Like say... .with a "DEWALT D25404K 240v CombI Air-Hammer". That beeyotch will slam holes in concrete and masonry from 6 to 32 mm in diameter. Kerrang! magazine reports: SLIPKNOT was nearly forced to cancel its video shoot yesterday (June 30) due to DJ Sid Wilson being hospitalized with a head injury. The band delayed filming of the promo clip for "Psychosocial", the first single from SLIPKNOT's upcoming fourth studio album, "All Hope Is Gone", after Wilson managed to knock himself out BEFORE arriving on set. Percussionist Shawn "The Clown" Crahan told Kerrang!: "Sid's building himself a studio downtown and got attacked by a door knob. Now he's got five staples in his head." "Psychosocial" is available for streaming in its entirety on Spinner.com. "Psychosocial" made its way to radio stations yesterday (June 30) and has now been made available for digital download. SLIPKNOT has tapped Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, NAPALM DEATH) to mix "All Hope is Gone". Due on August 26 via Roadrunner Records, the disc was recorded with producer Dave Fortman (EVANESCENCE, MUDVAYNE) at a studio near the band's hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. The last SLIPKNOT studio album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", arrived in 2004 and sold more than a million copies in the U.S. SLIPKNOT will co-headline the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour this summer with DISTURBED. The trek, which also features DRAGONFORCE, MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD and others, kicks off on July 9 in Seattle. Thanks Kerrang. JUDAS PRIEST', GLEN TIPTON ILL - GUITARIST DOWN WITH 'INFLAMMED APPENDIX' / SHOWS CANCELLED.
Hey Tipton... soak yer' appendix in Jagermiester. That shit fixes everything. Seriously, I hope he feels better soon, cus' I've scored some primo seats for their July 17th show. JUDAS PRIEST management representative Jayne Andrews has issued the following update: "Unfortunately, we have had to cancel two shows — tonight [July 1] in Belgrade [Serbia] and tomorrow [July 2] in Zagreb [Croatia]. This is due to Glenn Tipton [guitar] being ill. He has been pretty sick for about a week now but has struggled on regardless. He has been in a lot of pain and has been told be a doctor that he is suffering from a very painful appendix inflammation and needs to come back to the UK to see a specialist which he is doing today. He has been instructed by the doctor not to perform for a couple of days. This is the first time in the history of JUDAS PRIEST that we have had to cancel any shows and we are very sorry to all those disappointed fans. However, Glenn's health must come first! Many thanks for understanding!" JUDAS PRIEST's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 11 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marks the band's highest-ever chart position in the U.S. In Canada, the CD opened at position No. 9 after shifting close to 4,000 units. JUDAS PRIEST's last CD, "Angel of Retribution", premiered with 58,000 copies in the U.S. back in March 2005 to debut at No. 13. Thanks Blabb. FORMER 'MORBID ANGEL' GUITARIST SPRUNG FROM THE JOINT!
Well, he doesn't look it... .... But ol' Richard Brunelle's shit is more Metal than you or I will probably ever be. According to the web site of the Florida Department of Corrections, former MORBID ANGEL guitarist Richard Brunelle was released from the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, located just north of Tampa, on June 21, 2008 after serving 14 months for cocaine possession. The official Florida Department of Corrections photo of Brunelle can be viewed below. Brunelle was in MORBID ANGEL from 1985 until 1992 and he appeared on the band's first two albums, 1989's "Altars of Madness" and 1991's "Blessed are the Sick". He returned to the group a couple of times — most notably in 1994 and 1998 — to help out with live work, but he never took part in any additional recording sessions with the band. In a 2002 interview with Metal Side, Brunelle was asked why he left MORBID ANGEL. "I am no longer in MORBID ANGEL because we felt that it was time for me to move on, " he replied. "There were some things that I could not see: I needed to explore a different path." Brunelle formed PATHS OF POSSESSION in 1999 with Randy Butman (SILHAVEN), Jay Fossen and Erin "Goat" Fuller (CRYPTIC WINDS) and appeared on the group's independently released CD-R demo "Legacy in Ashes" in 2000. Thanks Blabb. SEVENDUST - ISSUE OVERSEAS TROOP-TOUR UPDATE.
Sevendust will head overseas to perform for the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany, Kuwait and Afghanistan for the first two weeks of July. Commented guitar player Clint Lowery: "Just resting up from the last run [of dates with Sevendust] and again, it was the best. All of you that we had a chance to chill with, talk to, hang with, it was a pleasure! The crowds were great as always. The Sevendust family is alive and well and we appreciate all of you more than words can say. "We only have three days off before we all hop back on a plane, fly across the ocean to Germany to begin our USO tour that you've maybe heard about. To be able to go over there and experience this, play for the troops, take in those elements and stories will be life-changing for us as a band. Not that we'll need any more material to write about for a new record (because trust when I say we do when the time comes), we always can use more. I personally don't know what I feel about the war but I support the men and women over there doing their jobs 110%. God bless all of them and anyone affected by this war. I just want to do what the damn music is meant to do, forget about everything for a sec and let out some aggression, happiness, sadness, whatever you need to let out! Thanks Blabb. DAYLIGHT DIES - POSTPONE ALBUM RELEASE FOR 2 MORE WEEKS.
Due to unforeseen difficulties with the printing of the new DAYLIGHT DIES album ‘Lost To The Living’, Candlelight Records have regretfully had to postpone its UK & European release date until 14th July 2008. This difficult decision has been taken in order to ensure that the band’s vision for their stunning new album is preserved, and to make sure it looks as good as it sounds! ‘Lost To The Living’ features captivatingly dark original artwork from renowned artist Travis Smith, who has worked with the band before and whose other previous collaborations include Opeth, Anathema & Katatonia! With their new album, DAYLIGHT DIES have put forth the most mature and varied release of their career. The lush textures which were introduced with the previous album continue and are greatly expanded upon. Acoustic and clean guitars ride alongside heavy rhythms more prevalently than previously, creating a multi-layered sound saturated in atmosphere and depth. 'Lost to the Living' is a mix of beautiful melancholic leads and harsh dissonant rhythms: despair driven hooks and the overall dark atmosphere you've come to expect. The release date for ‘Lost To The Living’ through sites such as itunes remains unaffected, and the album will be available for download from 30th June 2008. Thanks The Gauntlet. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, JULY 01/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . . Power metallers Onward have split up. 2001 . . Chino of the Deftones is booed off the stage after exposing his genitals in a drunken performance in Holland at the Waldrock Festival. 2001 . . Rolling Stone Ron Wood was commissioned to paint a group portrait of diners who are regulars at the West End London restaurant The Ivy. Elton John and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant were two pop stars to be included in the portrait. 1983 . . Bon JovI signed to Phonogram's Mercury records.
"BORN" - 1966: Devon Graves aka Buddy Lackey (vocals: Deadsoul Tribe) 1964: Pol Burton (drums: Transvision Vamp). 1963: Roddy Bottum (keyboards: Faith No More/Imperial Teen). 1961: Rolf "Rock 'N' Rolf" Kasparek (guitars, vocals: Running Wild/Toxic Taste) 1960: Ted Key (bass: Housemartins) 1951: Fred Schneider (vocals, The B-52's) 1945: Debbie Harry (singer: Blondie/solo).
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Robbie "Rocket" Watts (47) Australian guitarist for the Cosmic Psychos.(died suddenly just after a show in Bendigo) 1981: Rushton Moreve (33) the original bass player in Steppenwolf (car crash in Los Angeles) 1995: Wolfman Jack/ Robert Weston Smith (56) US internationally famous gravelly-voiced, howling wolfman disc jockey (heart attack).
THANKS "STEINLAGER Ale" New Zealand (4.7%)... .............Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - new album on its way... ...........Raped By Bears... ...........Ode To Tanks. - Rank Hank Posted July 01, 2008 | Download of the day: The Cult - dirty little rock star 
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JUNE30/08: - RED, HOT - "NEW METAL RELEASES", STARTING TUESDAY, JULY 01/08.
The truck needs gas............... But the new Lamb Of God Dvd is coming out. Hello bus, I'm buying LOG:
# 1 July: Thanks Metalsucks.com RED, HOT - "NEW ROCK/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES" STARTING
It's a slow week for Alternative releases. Me?........I'd pick Alkaline Trio over My Chemical Romance, any day. For July /01/2008:
Adron - S/T (New Street) Thanks Exclaim.ca LAMB OF GOD'S, RANDY BLYTHE - APPEARING IN "THE GRAVES", SLASHER FILM.
Ya wanna make this thing killer... .use LOG's "Sacrament" album, as the film score. "Walk With Me In Hell", "Foot To The Throat", hell, any of them'll do! LAMB OF GOD frontman, Randy Blythe, is appearing in the Horror/blood n' entrails film, "The Graves". "The Graves" is Randy's first foray into film. He plays Deacon Luke, one of the evil denizens of Skull City. Commented Randy: "I recently returned from the blazing hot Arizona desert where I was trying my hand at 'acting' (insert rolling of many eyes and 'Great, ANOTHER musician who thinks he's an 'actor" quote here) in the upcoming film 'The Graves'. Brian also happens to be a metal head from waaaaay back — his character Evil Ernie is partially based on my pal Bobby Blitz of OVERKILL fame. Brian and I met at Ozzfest '04 through our mutual friend James 'The Metal Legend' Collins and have been friends ever since. JC had mentioned to me that Brian was making a movie, so the next time LAMB rolled through Phoenix, Brian came out, and I pressured him into giving me a shot at a part. A few auditions later and I had the part of Luke, an upstanding citizen of the town of Unity, AZ, where the film is set. " "Without giving too much away, the movie is about two sisters who road trip through the desert and wind up in Unity. Something not so nice is happening there, and the man behind it appears to be the local Reverend, played by Tony Todd ('Candyman', 'Platoon', and a ton of other stuff). Luke is basically the Rev's right hand man, an enforcer of sorts. The two (smokin' hot) sisters get caught up in the mix, and as often happens in horror movies, some blood is spilled here and there. Luke definitely gets his hands dirty. "Acting was a lot harder than I thought it would be — an incredible amount of work goes into capturing just 30 seconds of film. It was also a hell of a lot of fun (I mean, c'mon — whose gonna have a bad time on the set of a horror movie?). The film is being edited right now, then shopped for distribution, with a tentative October premier." The film stars Tony Todd ("Candyman") and Bill Moseley ("The Devil's Rejects") and was written and directed by former comic book writer Brian Pulido. Brian is a long time comic book author (creator of 'Lady Death', 'Evil Ernie', and founder of Chaos Comics) Thanks Blabb. SLIPKNOT'S "PSYCHOSOCIAL' - STREAMING HERE, PLUS IS THIS MICK THOMSONS NEW MASK?
SLIPKNOT's new single, "Psychosocial". is available for streaming in its entirety on guitarist MICK THOMSONS MYSPACE In other news, Thomson has posted a photo (see above) of what may or may not be his new mask. "Psychosocial" will make its way to radio stations today (June 30) and be available online July 1. Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan told The Pulse of Radio everything he could about the track. "One thing I can feel is like that song has got a lot of, like, you know, I would say social anxiety, " he said. "It's got a real good tempo and it's really, you know, today. It's really fun and it's different. I think most of the stuff that we have is different." SLIPKNOT has tapped Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, NAPALM DEATH) to mix its fourth label album titled "All Hope is Gone". Due on August 26 via Roadrunner Records, the disc was recorded with producer Dave Fortman (EVANESCENCE, MUDVAYNE) at a studio near the band's hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor said in a press release about the new CD, "Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it's the best thing I've ever made." Thanks blabb & Mick Thomson Myspace. SERJ TANKIAN - ISSUE'S "LIE, LIE, LIE" AS NEXT SINGLE. TRACK TO BE USED FOR NBC HORROR SERIES.
I just can't work up any enthusiasm for either the Tankian, or the arrogant little asshat, Malkian's, solo shit. Thats cus, apart... ...these guys are FAR LESS than the sum of System Of A Down! The Pulse of Radio reports: Serj Tankian has issued "Lie Lie Lie" as the latest single from his 2007 debut solo album, "Elect the Dead". Although the song is just making its way onto radio stations now, you might have already heard it on TV as the opening theme for NBC's new horror series, "Fear Itself". Tankian told The Pulse of Radio that "Lie Lie Lie" started out as a different type of song altogether. "It was a serious song, and it wasn't working out in the studio. It was, you know, I was tracking that song with other lyrics, like really serious, heavy, potent lyrics, and I would go back to the control room and listen to it and go, 'Something's wrong with this song, like, I'm not getting the vibe, what's wrong with it?' And I realized that the music is so playful and so humorous and yet the lyrics were so serious and heavy, you know." Tankian told The Pulse of Radio last week that the highlights of his last eight months on the road may soon be documented in a DVD featuring videos, live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. -- The SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer is working with playwright Steven Sater on composing the score for a musical called "Prometheus Bound" and also plans to record a jazz album. Tankian will perform a theatre show in Los Angeles on August 2, before heading to Dallas for an appearance at the single-day Ozzfest with OZZY OSBOURNE and METALLICA on August 9. Thanks TPOR. "DIE YOUNG" ARRESTED IN CANADA - FOR BEING IN THE COUNTRY "TOO LONG".
I was supposed to see these guys in Victoria.............. But thats NOT going to happen. Because 'Die Young' have the honour of being Canadian "border-bunnies". Houston, TX's Die Young were arrested in Vancouver this week after playing nearly two weeks in Canada without visas. The band have now been deported back to the U.S., where they're currently finishing up their remaining dates on the tour. An statement from the band was posted on Lambgoat: "We were unloading the van in Vancouver on Tuesday night when some cops approached us and told us they knew we had stayed in Canada much longer than we had clearance for. In a matter of minutes a another cop in a paddywagon arrived, and two immigration officers showed up. We got whisked off in handcuffs for a long night of several different holding cells, and then we got delivered back to the US border Wednesday morning in handcuffs and shackles. It was fucked up to say the least, but there's little else to do but laugh at ourselves in a situation like that. Once again, we have been banned from Canada for another year. Shit happens, but at least we made 12 out of the 14 shows in Canada we had booked, and they were totally worth it. Thanks to everyone for their support. We apologize to our friends in Vancouver and Victoria, BC. It looks like we will miss you again this year. To our friends in the states, do not worry, we're still making all our upcoming shows. This comes just a couple weeks after the band posted the following cheeky update on their website: "The shows in Canada have been amazing so far. To say the least, we are very lucky to be here. We almost did not make through the border." Thanks Exclaim.ca BECK - 3 NEW SINGLES FROM "MODERN GUILT" ON iLIKE. AMAZON.COM DOING PRE-SALES.
Go to a used Cd store... ..and which artist has got the most disc's for re-sale? Almost always BECK. Thats cus' the funky Scientologist has a penchant for slapping 1 good track with a whole album of ca-ca! PR reports: With the July 8 release of Modern Guilt rapidly approaching, Beck has made two additional tracks from the album available online. In addition to the previously released "Chemtrails", the new songs "Orphans" and "Gamma Ray" are now streaming at iLike and MySpace. "Orphans" and "Gamma Ray" are among the songs featured in a special video trailer for Modern Guilt available exclusively at Amazon.com/Music. In addition, presales for Modern Guilt are now running at Amazon.com, iTunes, Insound.com, and Best Buy. Itunes presales include an instant download of "Chemtrails, " a video for "Gamma Ray, " and access to preferred seating concert tickets via Ticketmaster. Finally, Beck has created a website for the new album at ModernGuilt.com. This site includes information on the new album, tour dates, and the latest Beck news. Be sure to check out the Tags section for new buddy icons and desktop images as well as links to tell your MySpace and Facebook friends about Modern Guilt. Beck will be adding clips of each track so check back daily! Go to MODERN GUILT.COM for more info. Thanks PR. X-FILES, CHRIS CARTER - PICKS 'UNKLE', TO WRITE THEME SCORE.
In the footsteps of Dust Brothers, Spiritualized and P.M. Dawn, electro rock outfit UNKLE have been handpicked by X-Files creator Chris Carter to do their own reinterpretation of the TV show's classic theme song, as well as lend an original to the upcoming search for truth on the big screen. "There was something I was looking for at the end credit of the movie, and it needed to be a really specific beat, " Carter recently told Billboard. "I had gone to see the Police over the summer. They opened the show with 'Reggatta De Blanc,' which is one of my favourite Police songs. I love that song, and it was in my head as I was writing the movie. Then [20th Century Fox music supervisor] Danielle Diego gave me this UNKLE piece, and I realized that was really what I was looking for. Immediately I called her and I said, 'I think I've got my end-credit piece.'" The UNKLE song Carter is referring to is "Broken" from the group's 2007 effort War Stories, whose lyrics and beat fit the flick to a tee, according to Carter. "It's funny, because the lyrics ended up working unexpectedly, " Carter said. "It's really the beat that's the perfect fit for the end of the film." According to Billboard, UNKLE's main man James Lavelle was more than happy to contribute to the project, saying he was a huge fan of the TV series and had "seen every episode." Along with the film collaboration, Carter and Lavelle also gave word they plan to work together on a future musical project. Apparently, Carter is a self-proclaimed "student drummer" and has recently began trying his hand behind to decks. "[Lavelle's] sense of tempo and beat and the blending of it will be a beautiful match for some ideas that I have, " Carter says. The new X-Files soundtrack is due out July 22 via Decca, just days before the film The X-Files: I Want to Believe hits theatres on July 25. Thanks Exclaim.ca "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, JUME 30/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . .The word "headbanger" — defined as both a hard rock musician and a fan — is one of the latest additions to the Collegiate Dictionary from the folks at Merriam-Webster. 2001. . Jason Newsted announces he'll be on the next Voivod studio album and possibly produce it. 2001. . God Forbid were in a van accident, no one was injured. 2000 . . Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) checked into a rehabilitation clinic in London to be treated for alcohol abuse. 1977 . . Marvel Comics launched a comic book based on the rock group Kiss.
"BORN" 1969: Tom Drummond (bassist: Better Than Ezra) 1968: Phil Anselmo (vocals: Down/guitars- Arson Anthem/vocals:Pantera) 1963: Yngwie Malmsteen (guitars, guitars, guitars!) 1953: Hal Lindes (guitarist, composer: Dire Straits).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries -
THANKS"FLYING DOG PALE ALE" Colorado (5.2%)... ..............'Ratt' - sober the hell up Pearcy, before CorabI replaces you for good... ............Nasal Chamber... ..............Deluxe Vaccine. - Rank Hank Posted June 30, 2008 | Today's video by Shinedown | Download of the day: The Cult - Nico.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldSATURDAY, JUNE 28/29,2008: WEEKEND EDITION - "TO/DIE/FOR" - RECORDING DEMO'S & 'MAYBE,' DURAN DURAN COVER FOR NEW ALBUM.
Finnish gothic metal band TO/DIE/FOR will be in the studio July 8-11 recording demos for its next album. According to the group, the upcoming CD will include a cover song from either THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH or from DURAN DURAN. In addition, the band has just written a new song called "Johnny the Vampire", which I said to be "a parody about a gothic boy." In a recent interview with Metalraw.com, TO/DIE/FOR singer Jape Peratalo stated about the group's current label situation, "Our contract with Spinefarm expired and maybe there [was a] possibility to continue with them, I do not know. But we decided to start to looking for something new. Spinefarm Records is OK. But it seems like they have no interest or time for band like we are. They have too many bands to handle. That's why we felt like we are not getting enough things like promotion etc. There are some labels who are interested in us, but this time we are not gonna hurry. We need a company who is ready to work for us with huge motivation. At the moment, I am writing new songs for TO/DIE/FOR, also other guys are writing new stuff. We are gonna be alive in the future more than ever!" TO/DIE/FOR's fifth album, "Wounds Wide Open", was released in Finland in October 2006. The follow-up to 2005's "IV", "Wounds Wide Open" was recorded by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studios and by Jari-Jukka Nippala at Sonic Image, and was mixed at Sweden's Abyss Studios by Peter Tägtgren (DIMMU BORGIR, CELTIC FROST). Thanks Blabb. SHINEDOWN - KICKS STAGNENT ROCK SCENE IN THE BALLS, WITH NEW VIDEO/TRACK, "DEVOUR".
CHRIST!!! This kicks mucho ass, my bray!! Florida hard Rockers SHINEDOWN, just threw 220 volts into the Rock-Pool, with the Video/Single "Devour"! Frontman Brent Smith tells The Pulse of Radio what the track is about: "This was a song that was totally representative of the men and women of the United States of America in the military and all the armed forces and what they do for us. But in all reality — it's a hat's off to them and all they do for us. But it's also me looking into the eye of the person I'm supposed to look at as the leader of the free world and this is my opinion towards you for what you've done in those years." "Devour", the new video from the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN, can be VIEWED RIGHT HERE! The track is featured on the band's newly released "The Sound Of Madness" album, which was produced by multiple Grammy Award winner Rob Cavallo (KID ROCK, GREEN DAY, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). "Devour" will serve as the theme song to World Wrestling Entertainment's June pay-per-view event "Night of Champions", slated for June 29. The single will also be featured on ESPN throughout the current Major League Baseball season. Thanks The Pulse Of Radio. MICK MARS - MOTLEY CRUE'S GUITARIST, FINALLY 'CARBON-DATED'.
Motley Crue's ONLY member with a molecule of talent, Mick Mars, lets the cat outa the bag regarding his age. In this recent interview, he lets on that he's 57. Shit, I coulda wore he wasn't a day over 85! In recent photos, he's looking like Count Chocula. To be fair... ..the poor bastards suffering from, "ankylosing spondylitis", a degenerative rheumatoid disease, & a degenerative bone condition. So, giving the way he can still rip the riffs off... .hats off to him. Here's Mick & Sixx:
Christa Titus of Reuters.com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist NikkI Sixx and guitarist Mick Mars. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Q: Do you think MÖTLEY can go another 20 years? Mars: No. (Laughs.) No. Only because in 20 years I'll be 77. I don't want to be on tour when I'm 77. That's a bit too geezed-out to me. I'm always going to be playing. Always, always, always. I don't know how much I would be touring at that point, because I don't think I'm going to make a very pretty old man. (Laughs.) But I'll always be writing and always be playing and writing for other bands or writing for MÖTLEY and just putting out records, if nothing else. Sixx: I don't even want to think about that. Gives me a headache. (Laughs.) I just want to have my camera bag and be in some dangerous situation in some foreign country taking pictures. That's what I want to be doing in 20 years. ... (Laughs.) I'm just passionate about photography, passionate about art, the whole concept. I can't even imagine the idea of musicians on a stage playing their music for people in 20 years. It just seems there's going to be another way to reach people. Look how much has happened in 10 years. Imagine 20 years. We might be able to dial up and have NikkI Sixx in your bedroom. Not that in 20 years I could do much damage. (Laughs.) Read the entire interview at Reuters.com. NORWAY'S KICK-ASS, SUSPERIA - ISSUE UPDATE ON NEW ALBUM!
In my opinion, these guys are THE current top Norwegian Metal act. Hell, they're probably in the top 4 Scandinavian current "Metal bands that matter". Which is why the following is great f@#king news: SUSPERIA have issued the following update: "Time to break the silence. It's been a long time since we gave you an update on what's happening in the SUSPERIA camp. You may think we've been sitting around doing nothing, but we actually got our asses into gear and have been working hard writing and doing pre-production work for the next album. We have about ten songs on the go at various stages of completion and everything is going well. Our creative juices are flowing!! At this moment we're in hard, fast and melodic mode. Athera [vocals] is in free flow with the lyrics. It's still early days, so we can't give you a full idea of what to expect yet, who knows what's coming!! "You may already be aware that in August we get the chance to escape from working on the album. We will play at the Metal Rock Festival in Lillehammer, Norway on Saturday 16th August. -- We're playing alongside OPETH, MY DYING BRIDE and a load of other cool bands, so get yourself down there for a good time. We'll let you know our stage time soon. Thanks Susperia Myspace. SEPULTURA FINISH RECORDING NEW ALBUM.
Can't wait for this to come out & shut up all the Cavalera-cultists. Say what you want, but Dante was killer! If Kisser & the big 'Green' giant, Derrick Green comes thru... ...... ............This could be a kick in the ass for Max & Igor. Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA entered the studio last month to begin recording their new album, which is based on the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork Orange" (later turned into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick). Bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. has issued the following update: "Tonight [June 27] is basically our last day of recording of the new material for the new album!!! So far we're very happy with the results!!! Tomorrow morning we will be coming back to the studio to listen to the whole material to make sure that everything is in the right place for the mixing that will be starting on the next July 12th!!! Hope to see all on tour before the end of the year!!!" SEPULTURA's forthcoming CD will be the group's first to feature drummer Jean Dolabella, who replaced founding member Igor Cavalera in 2006. Igor has since reunited with his brother and former SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. Thanks Sepultura Myspace. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - WIN THIS WEEK'S "MAKE ME GAG" QUOTE.
The band we love to hate here, AVENGED SEVENFOLD (The reason's we hate em' are 10 fold) have come up with the quote that made us retch. ....repeatedly. On tour, opening for Maiden....apparently, the band can "Feel The Love". fuck! "We heard horror stories about opening for MAIDEN. Everything from standing backwards on stage so that the trash coming from the audience didn't hit you in the face to having bottles filled with piss thrown at your head. So after the show we felt pretty good about everything since we got to play for a lot of people and we got to see how many great fans we had there representing. So when you go to these shows, don't get upset if people don't understand just yet what AVENGED SEVENFOLD is all about. We are not a straight-up metal band that is catering to their audience, we do our own thing and that's why we have so many dedicated fans. "We did this same thing two years ago with METALLICA: the difference then was that we had 40,000 kids a night with their arms crossed and not many fans. Now we are --"Feeling The Love From You Guys"-- and the one thing this tour is proving to us is that we need to come back and headline for you all after this is over. "So the point is we are having a great time at the shows, and you should too. Don't get all upset about a couple bottles being thrown, next year half those kids may have A7X on their iPod and we could be their new favorite band. God... I feel so sick. Thanks Blabb. ANOTHER THING, "NOT TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT" - TOMMY LEE SAYS 'MAYBE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA ALBUM".
Tommy Lee wants to punish the record buying public with another Rockstar Supernova album. Why? Nobody bought the first one.
About Heavy Metal, asked Tommy Lee: "Will there be another ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA album?" Tommy: We haven't all played together in a while, and it was such a blast. We were all saying we have to do this again. Maybe we will, who knows? Right now it's Camp Mötley. On my tour bus, I have a recording studio and I'll be writing some music. Maybe we'll do some SUPERNOVA stuff. I'm also doing some voiceover work for a new animated series on Fox called "The Life And Times Of Jimmy Jaxx". It's loosely based on me. They wanted me for my voice and some content to make it a fun show. I'm excited about it. I've never done that. I'm mostly inspired to do it for my kids. They'll get a kick out of it. - (Apparently, Lucas Rossi, upon reading this... ....shit himself with pure unadulterated joy & has vowed not to leave the phone in his apartment, until Lee calls.) AND (Jason Newsted, still, is not returning our calls to him about his expected return to Rockstar Supernova) Read the entire interview at HeavyMetal.about.com. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC". WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 28/29 2008. "ON THIS DAY" 2001: Roadrunner Records signs Five Pointe 0. 2001: Phish and the Grateful Dead won big at the second annual Jammy Awards in New York. 2000 . . The graves of Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were vandalized. The two musicians were killed when the bands plane crashed on October 20, 1977. 1978 . . Peter Frampton was injured in a car crash in the Bahamas. He suffered a broken arm and cracked ribs.
"BORN" 1977: Mark Stoermer (bass guitarist: Killers) 1965: Saul Davis (guitar, violin, James) 1968: Richard Battersby (UK drummer: The Wildhearts). 1948: Ian Paice (drummer, Deep Purple/Whitesnake)
"PASSED AWAY" 1993: G.G.Allin, born Jesus Christ Allin (36) a punk rock singer/bandleader for a number of groups. With over 50 arrests for his violent, scatological stage acts, he was the most spectacular degenerate in rock & roll history, leaving behind the most disgusting legacy in rock history.(died of an alcohol and heroin overdose in a friends apartment, after being chased naked by New York police and loosing them, stemming from violent riots at his outragous gig) 1975: Tim Buckley (28) US experimental vocalist, songwriter who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock in a career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s. He often regarded his voice as an instrument, a talent principally showcased on his albums Goodbye and Hello, Lorca, and Starsailor. Father of Jeff Buckley (drug overdose)
THANKS"TREE BREWING - REBEL 'ORIGINAL ALE", Vancouver (5.0%)... ........... - Rank Hank Posted June 28, 2008 | Download of the day: Therapy - Knives.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JUNE 27/08: - SLIPKNOT - TO SHOW OFF NEW MASKS, TUESDAY, JULY 01/08.
On July 1, SLIPKNOT, the Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum nine-man hard rock enigma, will unveil its new imagery in an exclusive partnership with AOL Music, the web's most trafficked online music destination. This highly anticipated debut kicks-starts the launch of SLIPKNOT's new album, "All Hope Is Gone", which is set for release on Roadrunner Records in August. Masks are an integral part of the band's identity and to reflect this point, AOL Music's Spinner.com will host a retrospective photo gallery of SLIPKNOT masks throughout its career, spanning all three previous albums and including the most recent controversial "Purgatory Masks." The SLIPKNOT mask unveiling will be featured on the main page of Spinner.com worldwide for 24 hours. Starting this Sunday, June 29, stop by any Hot Topic store to hear the new SLIPKNOT single, "Psychosocial". The song will be played every hour on the hour. "Psychosocial" will make its way to radio stations on June 30 and be available online July 1. Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan told The Pulse of Radio everything he could about the track. "One thing I can feel is like that song has got a lot of, like, you know, I would say social anxiety, " he said. "It's got a real good tempo and it's really, you know, today. It's really fun and it's different. I think most of the stuff that we have is different." Thanks Blabb. NIN - "THE SLIP", TO BE OFFERED AS CD/DVD JULY 22/08.
Listen... ..again, you can hear the record companies sobbing over lost $. NLM reports: Nine Inch Nails' The Slip, currently available only as a free download at NIN.com, will be issued July 22 as a limited edition physical CD/DVD through the band's own Null Corporation label. The CD version of The Slip will be limited to 250,000 copies worldwide, each in an individually numbered six-panel digipak that includes a bonus DVD of performances filmed during rehearsals for NIN's upcoming Lights In The Sky tour, as well as a 24-page booklet and exclusive sticker pack. -- The gatefold vinyl contains one 180-gram vinyl LP and a 24-page booklet, and is neither limited nor numbered. The Slip is 10 new songs written and performed by Trent Reznor with Josh Freese, Robin Finck and Alessandro Cortini. Justin Meldal-Johnsen will round out this NIN lineup for the upcoming tour . Here are NIN's confirmed dates:
07/25/08 - Pemberton, BC - Pemberton Festival Thanks Antimusic. DANZIG - "BLACKEST OF THE BLACK" TOUR LINEUP & CONFIRMED DATES.
Absolutley one of the years most interesting line-ups............... And shit!........NO Western Canadian dates!
This year's "Blackest of the Black" tour, headlined by Danzig, will kick off in October and will feature support from Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds of Plague, and Skeletonwitch. Confirmed dates include: Thanks Danzig Myspace. NEW MOTORHEAD! - TRACKLIST & RELEASE DATES WORLDWIDE.
Even if it sucks........... This release will be welcomed, cus' hell, it's Motorhead, baby!
Here is the tracklist for the upcoming Motörhead album Motörizer: Thanks Metal Storm. GENE SIMMONS - SAYS, "FANS HAVE DESTROYED THE RECORD INDUSTRY".
Jason from The Gauntlet, brings this report on yet MORE stupid things to pour forth from Kiss fossil, Gene Simmons' cock holster: This weeks Metal Diva is Gene Simmons of KISS. In a recent interview, the KISS bassist commented on Radiohead's unique pricing structure. "The record industry is dead. It's six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this. They've decided to download and file share. There is no record industry around so we're going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilized . As soon as the record industry pops its head up we'll record new material." Gene has always portrayed himself as the cool dude in rock, yet his comments show his age and ignorance. Not only did Radiohead make a ton of money with it's 'user picks the price' offer, but many other unsigned acts have done so as well. Maybe the band should look at its last few albums and see who is really to blame for it's decline in sales. Thanks Jason@ The Gauntlet. WEILAND - "LOOGIE-LAUNCHES" TO DRIVE HOME THAT PISSED-OFF FEELING.
Needle-dick's at it again........ The Los Angeles Times' Chris Lee has provided a little bit of gross context for his Stone Temple Pilots profile on the paper's blog. At the same time Weiland was giving the writer quotes like "I live my life the way I live my life. I don't have to make any apologies, " he was also launching "huge green" loogies at the wall behind the DeLeo brothers, who did not seem ruffled by the sudden appearance of expectorate. While I admire Weiland's indignation ("hey, how does it feel to be going to jail for six hours?" is indeed a douche move), Lou Reed knows that while loogies may not be forgotten by those who witness their deployment, retorts along the lines of "What are you, a fucking asshole?" read better in print. Where's your head at right now just before going to jail? SW:"All these questions are ..., man. Who do you interview? To what level?" A lot of famous musicians. Not Michael Jackson-famous, though. SW:"Do you interview Keith Richards? David Bowie? Do you interview people who over a 20-year career who aren't ... born-again Christians? Who aren't part of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?" Um, yes. A lot of those guys. I interviewed Bowie but not Keith. SW:"Then you should know. Our contribution is music, you know? This is the problem with the press. Are you part of the paparazzi?" I write for the Los Angeles Times. SW:"Is there a difference anymore?" Well, the paparazzI don't write. They take pictures. SW:"I'm not so sure, man. Rolling Stone is borderline these days." If I've said something that put your nose out of joint, I apologize. SW:"My nose isn't out of joint. I live my life the way I live my life. I don't have to make any apologies. I just find it a little hilarious that you'd ask such a question." At this point... Cccchh-www-thhsptttt [Weiland spits on the wall].
Thanks Antimusic. HEAVY METAL Vs. - PENNSYLVANIA BIBLE-THUMPERS! - (ROUND 1.)
Hah!...He should be pumping out some 'Rotting Christ', or 'Psalm 69 - by Ministry'. That'd make the Jesus freaks sqirm. David Hurst of Altoona Mirror reports: It seems church services at Believers Fellowship Church [in Revloc, Pennsylvania] have become part of a rock 'n' soul showdown between a lively congregation and a heavy metal-loving neighbor. Since Joe Vermeulin moved into the former Holy Redeemer Church parsonage next door, church members say their services have been interrupted by outdoor speakers blaring BLACK SABBATH, MARILYN MANSON and AC/DC's ditty "Hell's Bells", creating friction between the sides. But Vermeulin, whose home is about 15 feet from the church, and some neighbors believe the church's musical worship and electric praise band are too loud. While Vermeulin says he isn't trying to incite the church with his radio, he and neighbors are collecting signatures to urge the church to tone it down. Believers Fellowship, run by Tunstall and his wife, Michele, moved into Revloc six years ago, taking over a shuttered Catholic church. Tunstall says Vermeulin moved in a short while later, and that's when trouble started. "It's harassment, " said church member Dennis Stock, who said he's tried to talk to Vermeulin but gotten nowhere. Vermeulin says he is the one being harassed - and that he cannot take it anymore. The police have been called to the scene at least twice. The last time, an officer talked with both parties during a service. After talking to Vermeulin, the porch speakers were turned down, avoiding any citations, township Officer Jim Melnyk said. 'You can only be pushed so far," Vermeulin said, denying he's ever played heavy metal outside. He turned up AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" once, he says, "because they've been doing that to me for years." Read the entire article from Altoona Mirror. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, JUNE 27/08. ON THIS DAY" 2006 . . Axl Rose spent most of the day in a Stockholm jail cell after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg at his hotel, police said. The Guns N' Roses frontman was arrested early this morning after attacking and threatening the guard and causing damage to the Berns Hotel, where the alleged scuffle took place. 2002 . .Overkill frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth collapsed onstage about 30 minutes into the band's headlining performance in Nürnberg, Germany on Thursday, June 27th after suffering a "minor stroke". 1994 . . Aerosmith became the first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet. 1989 . . The Who performs the rock opera, "Tommy" in its entirety for the first time in 17 years at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The show raised money for a children's charity as well as the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. 1980 . . John Bonham, drummer with Led Zeppelin collapsed on stage during a gig in Nuremberg, West Germany.
"BORN" 1977: Massimiliano Pagliuso (guitars: Novembre) 1977: Sabine Dünser (lead singer for gothic metal band Elis) - passed away *08.July.2006. 1966: Sean Kinney (bass: Alice in Chains) 1960: Axel RudI Pell (guitars: Axel RudI Pell)
"PASSED AWAY" 2002: John Entwistle (57) Vocals, keyboards, and Bassist with The Who. He was the most influential British bassist in rock music. (died in his sleep of a heart attack in his Las Vegas hotel room on the eve of a new American tour)
THANKS"Headstrong Pale Ale" Wisconsin (5.7%)... ............Fields Of The Nephilim - 'Mourning Sun', stuck permanetly in my Cd player... ...........Voluptous Puckered Thorax... ..........Beef Masters. - Rank Hank Posted June 27, 2008 | Download of the day: Massive Attack - Teardrop.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JUNE 26/08: - CROWBAR - NEW ORLEANS METAL LEGENDS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM & TOUR.
Ya like it thick n' chewy? Check New Orleans Sludge-slingers CROWBAR, out RIGHT HERE CROWBAR guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein (who does double duty in DOWN) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hey, rockers and rockettes. It's been a while since I made a post on here, but I feel it's time to let you know what's going on. I've got about eight songs' worth of riffs written so far and will be jamming with Tommy [Buckley, drums] and Pat [Patrick Bruders, bass] soon on these ideas. "2009 will be the 20th anniversary of CROWBAR!!! We will be putting out a new CD and tour[ing] endlessly on this thing. I literally want to play every country that's got electricity!!! "Believe me, CROWBAR is far from over. It will never die as long as I'm walking this Earth. So be prepared for the heaviest band in the world to destroy your senses very soon. "As always, thanks to the legions of underground fans who have loyally supported us for the last 19 years. Year 20 will be the biggest yet." Metal Mind Productions re-released three CROWBAR albums — "Crowbar" (1993), "Time Heals Nothing" (1995) and "Live+1" EP (1995) — in Europe on April 21. Each limited-edition digipack title (limited to 2,000 copies) was made available on golden disc, digitally remastered using 24-bit technology. The "Time Heals Nothing" album also contains six bonus tracks — four audio and two video. Thanks Blabb. "TONS OF AC/DC"! - NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST, THRU WALMART (US). PLUS, ORIGINAL VOCALIST CALLS HIS DISMISAL, "BULLSHIT".
According to Sony/BMG, AC/DC's as-yet-untitled forthcoming album will be released in August. As previously reported, AC/DC will sell its new album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the United States. It is still unclear if the same distribution deal has been negotiated in Canada. According to Wikipedia, singer Brian Johnson revealed that for the first time since the 1988 album Blow Up Your Video, he would be handling lyrics. He also said that Angus Young has written harder riffs than those on their last album, Stiff Upper Lip (2000). The band recently finished the album in Vancouver, BC with producer Brendan O'Brien (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN) and engineer Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AEROSMITH, VAN HALEN). ALSO: According to The Daily Record, AC/DC is rumored to have pencilled in a date at Glasgow, Scotland's SECC in January which could be followed by a world tour. AND MORE:
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, original AC/DC singer Dave Evans has dismissed as "bullshit" the version of his departure from the band published in the AC/DC "bible", Clinton Walker's "Highway To Hell". In the book, Walker calls Evans a "shameless exhibitionist … in his position more for the way he looked than the way he sang." The group's guitarist, Angus Young, also recalls throwing Evans off the stage for his embarrassing drunken antics. "It's all bullshit. A pack of lies, " Evans said. "Can you imagine anyone throwing me, the King of all Badasses, off the stage? [Walker] never interviewed me and I wanted to strangle him." From his home in Dallas, Evans gave his version of events. "It was just a case of clashing personalities. We all had these young egos and we were like rams butting heads. In retrospect, I suppose I should have just shut up, but I was a strong personality, " he said. Thanks BW&BK. JUST IN! - JAMIE LEE CURTIS & EX: QUEENSRYCHE GUITARIST, CHRIS DEGARMO ARE "THE SAME PERSON!"
The guys over at Metalsucks have brought this to everybodys attention. "Does a certain long-legged (and possibly male) movie vixen look like a certain ex-guitarist of Queensryche? Why yes, I think so." Hell... which ones Curtis? They could be siamese twins for all we know. This explains why Geoff Tate wanted DeGarmo in the band. Gotta wonder if Tate ever tried putting the moves on Curtis, I mean Degarmo? Could be the reason she's... I mean he's gone. Thanks Metalsucks. METALLICA - MORE "DEATH MAGNETIC" RUMOURS, TO WASTE YOUR TIME.
You can expect Metallica rumours to bung up the net, right up to "Death Magnetic's" release. According to Finland's Record Shop X, the Finnish release date for the new METALLICA album, "Death Magnetic", is Wednesday, September 17. Although no official release date has yet been announced, it is likely that the CD will be issued in the U.S. on September 16, with most of continental Europe receiving the album on Monday, September 15 (except Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where fans will presumably be able to purchase the CD on Friday, September 12). METALLICA's ninth studio effort, "Death Magnetic" will contain either 10 or 11 tracks. No song titles have been confirmed, although "My Apocalypse" was cited as one by Rolling Stone magazine. The band did not play any new songs at the recent Bonnaroo festival, although a selected group of U.S. and U.K. journalists have had a chance to preview six tunes from the upcoming release. "Death Magnetic" was produced by METALLICA and Rick Rubin, and marks the recording debut of bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the lineup in 2003 shortly after the last METALLICA album, "St. Anger", was completed. Thanks Blabb. THE DARON MALAKIAN SHOW - EGO SET AT 10, & TOUR ANNOUNCED.
Remember... ...we warned you. Here's a damn good reason to stay home........ System Of a Down's irriitating little guitarist/shit vocalist, Daron Malakian's 'Scars On Broadway', are doing a US/Canadian tour. Matlock reruns are on? Hell, That'll beat enduring 90 min' of his arrogance.
The tour is in support of Scars On Broadway's self-titled debut album ("CRAP)"due out July 29 (Interscope). Tour cities are listed below: dates and venues will be announced shortly. Thanks Antimusic. OPETH MORE NO-SHOWS - CHICKEN POX STRIKES DEADLY BLOW.
Swedish metallers OPETH have issued the following update: "Due to Mikael [Åkerfeldt, guitar/vocals] contracting varicella (chicken pox), the appearances this weekend, Peace & Love (Borlänge, Sweden on June 26), Hovefestivalen (Norway on June 27), Metaltown (Gothenborg, Sweden on June 28), and Graspop Metal Meeting (Dessel, Belgium on June 29), have all been cancelled. We hope to have Mike on his feet again as soon as possible, and obviously apologize to all and any that had set out to see OPETH this weekend." "Watershed", the new album from OPETH, sold more than 19,000 copies of in the United States in its first week of release. "Watershed" is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed "Ghost Reveries" CD, which debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard chart back in September 2005 with first-week sales of just under 15,000. OPETH's 2003 album, "Damnation", opened with a little over 5,000 copies. "Ghost Reveries" has sold more than 95,000 copes in the United States since its 2005 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Thanks Opeth Official Site "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC". THURSDAY, JUNE 26/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003. . Kelley Osbourne storms off the stage at the 'Snickers Game On' oncert after concert goers threw plastic bottles and booed her. 1986 . . James Hetfield (Metallica) broke his wrist while trying to skateboard down a hill. One show was cancelled and the remainder of dates on the tour James was on vocals only and John Marshall (later with Metal Church) was on guitar. 1973 . . Rolling Stone Keith Richards and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg were arrested at their home on drugs and gun charges.
"BORN" 1969: Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, keyboards, synthesisers: Radiohead). 1967: Mark Decloedt (drums: EMF). 1957: Patty Smyth (vocalist and leader of the band Scandal/solo). 1955: Mick Jones (singer, guitarist, Spooky Tooth/ Foreigner/The Clash).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
THANKS"Hercules Beer" India (5.0%)... ..............Moonspell, for standing up to Poland's (im) moral majority... ................Loco Violenti... ................3 Times A Day. - Rank Hank Posted June 26, 2008 | Download of the day: Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JUNE 25/08: - AXL ROSE - BRINGS OUT FBI THUGS TO HELP PLUG 'LEAKED ALBUM'!
Living up to it's name, Rose's "Chinese Democracy", has got 'da man' working for it. Last week, the Internet was rocked when California blogger Kevin Skwerl posted nine newly leaked Chinese Democracy tracks, including three previously unheard songs allegedly from Guns n’ Roses long-awaited album. Skwerl — who used to work in the distribution department of Universal Music and is now a Web designer — runs the blog Antiquiet, and says he received the tracks from “an anonymous online source.” Yesterday Skwerl was surprised to find himself face to face with two FBI agents who paid a visit to his day job. “It was kind of an ambush,” Skwerl tells Rolling Stone. “When I came back from lunch they were waiting in the lobby for me. It’s a little creepy they know where I work.” Two young FBI officers, who Skwerl describes as “Mulder and Scully types,” questioned him for 15 minutes about where he got the tracks and made plans to visit his house at 7:00 a.m. this morning. “I wasn’t sure if they were going to come by with a warrant and trash the place, like in the movies,” he says. “It was nothing like that.” The FBI officials wanted to see the original files, but Skwerl erased them last week per instructions from Axl Rose’s attorneys. Skwerl ultimately gave them second-hand files that are now widely available on the Internet. Last week Skwerl’s blog crashed from the traffic flood that resulted from his controversial posting. “My host contacts me and says, ‘What the fuck did you do?’” I go, “Uhhhh. I posted some music.” He goes, “What exactly did you post?” I go, “Uhhhh. [Meek voice] New Guns n’ Roses.” He goes, “Motherfucker.” Before long his cell phone rang with an unfamiliar 323 number. “It was a really cool guy from the Gn’R camp that was a middle man between someone who was very angry and me. He was trying to reach out and see if I’d go without a fight, which is more or less what I did.” Skwerl agreed to take them down, but a cease-and-desist letter soon followed threatening possible legal action. “I’m not so worried about that,” Skwerl says. “It’s a legal grey area since it wasn’t for download, it wasn’t a finished product. We aren’t sure who owns the recordings. I feel like I might survive this.” Thanks Rolling Stone.com DIMMU BORGIR'S SHAGRATH - DELIVERS SECOND 'SIDE-PROJECT' ALBUM.
This Chrome needs polishing. Sort of a watered-down, (really) poor mans Black Label Society, Chrome Division suceed in delivering dated, classic Rock. The only interesting thing about the band is Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath being involved.
An e-card for "Booze, Broads And Beelzebub", the sophomore album from CHROME DIVISION, the Norwegian five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen), can be accessed AT CHROME . Thanks Blabb. BLACK METAL MURDERER, 'VARG' - GETS HIS MOM TO FIGHT SENTENCE FOR HIM.
.......After which, she sent him some nice wollen socks & a tube of vaseline, to help get him thru those long Norwegian prison nights. Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has published a letter from the mother of Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) — in which she argues that her son is being unfairly treated by the justice officials who recently denied his parole application for the second time. An excerpt from her letter follows. "We — the family — are now powerless witnesses to the difficult situation Varg is in. A difficult situation filled with hate and obstructiveness [on the part of the] justice officials. "It is with great concern that we note the lack of cooperation between the KSF (the justice officials at both the regional and central level) and the prison. Twice now already Varg's application for parole has been denied despite recommendations for release from the Trondheim Prison in 2006 and Tromsø Prison in 2008. Even the PST (Norwegian security service) is now recommending Varg's release. "When Varg's application was recently denied, the management at the Tromsø Prison was stunned and advised him to re-apply immediately, which he has since done. "It appears to us that the case workers at the Justice Ministry have made the decision that Varg should not be released and are therefore constantly seeking out new arguments to use in an effort to deny his parole application. Despite the fact that Varg has been in an open prison in Tromsø for almost a year and has participated in various social activities and has been on furlough from Tromsø to his home and has traveled by taxi, plane, train, ferry and car without any problems, they still believe that he is not able to take care of himself. This is absolutely absurd! Varg is managing exceptionally well and even I have to admit that it's completely incredible that he is responding to life outside the walls as well as he is after spending 15 years in prison." Vikernes — who is married, with one daughter (aged 15) and a son (aged nine months) — is serving a 21-year sentence, the maximum that Norwegian law allows, for murder and setting fire to three churches in 1993. In denying his parole, the Justice Ministry pointed to the fact that Vikernes escaped from prison in 2003 and that he has ties to neo-NazI groups. (RANK - "Rot in hell, Peckerhead!") Thanks Dagbladet. WANT A LITTLE 'HEAD'? - BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH ANNOUNCES SOLO DISC INFO & LINEUP.
Tired of hearing about this guy & his love of the lord? I sure the hell am. And it pains me to bring you this stuff. Former Korn guitarist BRIAN “HEAD” WELCH is back to making music with his debut solo album, SAVE ME FROM MYSELF, which will be released September 9 on Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group), the label he co-founded with music execs Greg Shanaberger and Mark Nawara. The first single, “Flush,” will be serviced to radio the last week of June and will be available July 8 for purchase exclusively on iTunes. SAVE ME FROM MYSELF was produced by Head, who recorded the music off and on for the past two years in Phoenix, Arizona. It features renowned musicians Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, David Bowie) and Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails), and was mixed by Ralph Patlan and Bob Clearmountain. The album is a testimony of Head’s life as he battled with drug addiction and leaving Korn, and finding spirituality. “I’m really excited about getting my music out there to my fans,” Head declares. “I literally poured everything I had into SAVE ME FROM MYSELF, and I know it’s gonna inspire a lot of people. It’s been a long time since I’ve connected with people musically, and now that the wounds have healed from my past addictions, I’m ready to feel the magic again.” He continues, “’Flush’ is a perfect way for me to come back into the music world because it’s basically about flushing all the crap in life down the toilet and starting out fresh—exactly what I’ve been doing for the last few years. All the drama that I experienced with getting drunk and doing drugs, all the time seemed interesting and amusing to write about. That lifestyle is total insanity and I’m just glad I’m not dead and I was able to write a song like ‘Flush.’” At the time of his resignation from Korn, Head made it clear that although he had retired from Korn, he had not retired from the music and entertainment industry. With his new calling, Head has committed to changing the youth of America through his music and other entertainment ventures, including his autobiography, Save Me From Myself, which was released in July 2007 by HarperCollins. It quickly landed on the New York Times “Best Seller” list (non-fiction) and has sold over 70,000 copies. Head’s team at HarperCollins was so impressed by the book’s success, they quickly exercised the publisher’s option for a second book, Washed By Blood, which is due out June 24. It’s an edited paperback version of Save Me From Myself aimed at a younger audience and doesn’t contain the profanity and gory details of the original version. A paperback of the original Save Me From Myself will also be released on June 24. Here is the complete track listing for SAVE ME FROM MYSELF:
1. L.O.V.E. Thanks The Gauntlet. HORSE THE BAND - BECOME 'HTB' WITHOUT A RECORD CONTRACT (AND DRUMMER).
Dark days for this gang. Last month, thier drummer split. Now the good ol' label battle senario. Horse The Band has parted ways with Koch Records following a slightly tumultuous three-year relationship. In 2005, Horse The Band signed a deal with Koch imprint Combat Records. However, when the person running Combat became ill shortly thereafter, the imprint was shelved, and its artists were dropped. Since Horse The Band had been somewhat profitable though, the group was moved over to the Koch Records roster. Since then, Koch's support for the band has reportedly been inconsistent and at times, problematic. For the past year, Koch has been pursuing the sale of the remaining options on Horse The Band's contract. However, following renewed pressure from the band in recent months, Koch has finally released the group from its contractual obligations. We spoke with keyboardist Erik Engstrom earlier today, and he likened the development to "putting a whale back into the sea." Just last month, drummer Chris Prophet, left the band. No word on the replacement. Thanks Lambgoat. ANYONE REMEMBER 'THE ATARIS'? -
Mostly known for doing a decent version of a stupid track, Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer", these guys are pretty much one hit wonders. And they wanna remind you of that fact.
(antiMusic) Kris Roe from The Ataris checks in with this update: Hey everyone. It's been awhile. Just thought I'd bring you all up to speed with The Ataris. Been very busy recording a ton of new demos for what will be the next record from The Ataris. Been doing all the demos at a great little studio in Muncie, Indiana called Gallows Studios. Thanks Antimusic. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - JUNE 25/08. "ON THIS DAY" In 1995, Pearl Jam canceled a tour because of their ongoing feud with Ticketmaster. The band maintained that the giant ticket seller was a monopoly and charged fans hefty surcharges on concert tickets. 1994 . . Five people attending this years Glastonbury Festival were shot and injured when a lone madman pulled a gun and started shooting. 1978 . . Cream briefly re-form for concert at Ginger Baker's Polo Club, but advance publicity is so great they call it off 1969 . . Rolling Stones play first concert with Mick Taylor on guitar in Rome at Coliseum
"BORN" 1974: Jim LaMarca (bass: Chimaira) 1974: Mario Calire (drummer: The Wallflowers/Ozomatli). 1972: Mike Kroeger (Canadian bassist: Nickelback). 1970: Roope Latvala (Finnish guitarist: Children of Bodom/Sinergy/Stone/Dementia). 1955: Mick Jones (born Michael Jones) (Singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-leader [with the late Joe Strummer] of The Clash, 1948: Klaus Meine (vocals: Scorpions) 1946: Allen Lanier (guitar, keyboards: Blue Oyster Cult).
"PASSED AWAY" 1988: Hillel Slovak (26) IsraelI lead guitarist and founder member of Red Hot ChilI Peppers:they dubbed themselves "Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem", before changing to their present name. (heroin overdose)
THANKS"Pearl River Zhu Jiang Beer" China (5.3%)... .........Horse The Band - get thru it guys, don't bail... ........Scene One, Seen Them All... .........Blood Barons. - Rank Hank Posted June 25, 2008 | Download of the day: Black Light Burns - Lie.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JUNE 24/08: - MOONSPELL - DENY BEING SATANISTS, AFTER 'POLISH COMMITTEE' TRIES TO PREVENT THE BAND FROM PLAYING.
Huh... ....Poland has a version of the despised Jack Thompson, with asshat Ryszard Nowak? Ryszard Nowak — who heads the All-Polish Committee for Defence against Sects — is reportedly trying to prevent Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL from performing at this year's Hunterfest, set to take place June 28-29 in Szczytno, located in the northeast part of Poland, 47 kilometers from Olsztyn. Nowak is apparently alleging that the members of MOONSPELL are "Satanists" and "fascists" who "advocate human and animal sacrifice" in their lyrics. MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro has released the following statement regarding the matter: "I am not a Polish citizen so I don't really know how to deal with this. "I am not a Satanist. I am not a fascist and I do not advocate killing of any kind. I believe in man only with all his faults and capacities. Those who try to backstab the bands and their music and fans are the ones who should review their behaviour and stop acting themselves as the owners of the truth for they are merely censors and in every country and particularly in Poland people are tired of censorhip. Let us live our live, our fantasy, our metal. Leave metal fans and metal bands alone! The show will be great and heartful just like our Polish fans deserve! "Of course, I will not convert to Christian hipocrisy over a festival: my beliefs are more important than that. I strongly believe metal fans will not stay home because of his warnings. On a personal note I am very, very surprised and concerned this happens in Poland a country which has been so violently punished by fascism and communism in the past. "See you on Saturday. The night is eternal." Nowak is no stranger to controversy, having previously compiled a list of artists who allegedly "promote Satanism" through their music and distributed it to various Polish officials in an attempt to get the artists banned from performing in Poland. Thanks Blabb. TRIVIUM - 'COB' WANNA-BE'S, ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM TITLE.
Trivium... .who want so bad to be Children Of Bodom, have just announced the title of thier upcoming disc. Florida metal titans TRIVIUM, who have sold well over half a million records worldwide since 2005, have announced the release of "Shogun", their third album for Roadrunner Records. "Shogun" will be released on September 30. TRIVIUM reportedly wrote around 40 songs last year and demoed the best 15 or so before commencing the new LP recording sessions. [Translation?- "Out of 40, 2 didn't sound like Children Of Bodom"] For "Shogun", TRIVIUM chose not to record in the familiar environs of their home state of Florida. Instead the band headed to Nashville, Tennessee to work with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR). Vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy is thrilled with the album, saying, "We made a cohesive, epic metal album that combines all of the ingredients of everything we feel we have ever done 'right' musically, while adding a new direction that the music called for". [Translation?- "We're super quick to jump on the bandwagon & copy whats hot."] Guitarist Corey Beaulieu stated about the upcoming CD, "We want to capture the best ingredients of everything we've done. Each song has a little bit of everything, going between something heavy and then melodic, and then back to something heavy. [Translation?- "It sounds just like the rest of our shit"] Thanks Blabb. ROB ZOMBIE'S 'NEW MOVIE' - WINS THE PRIZE FOR "ASS-KICKING GRINDHOUSE THEME".
Is the guy in the middle Danny Trejo? Cus' if it is, this baby will be certified bad-ass!! Rob Zombie has released a teaser poster (see below) for his next movie as screenwriter and director, titled "Tyrannosaurus Rex". The movie is rumored to be about a semi-professional wrestler who is being pursued by a "biker gang from hell." - The film is due out on August 28, 2009 and will follow Zombie's hit 2007 remake of "Halloween". Zombie's upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", is due out sometime this year. Rob Zombie recently issued a brief update on the progress of his next studio album. Zombie wrote online, "Well, we have for the first time ever written more songs than we need for an album. Everything isn't 100% finished, but everything is moving along great. No release date yet." Zombie's next studio effort will follow up 2006's "Educated Horses", which was his third solo CD. He also released his first concert recording, "Zombie - Live", late last year. Although he's still apparently committed to making music, Zombie recently told Metal Edge magazine that the record labels are "dinosaurs waiting to die." Rob said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done, " he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be." Thanks Blabb. NEW JUDAS PRIEST VIDEO - "WAR" ONLINE, CHECK IT OUT HERE!
MTV2's Headbanger's Blog issued the following update: "It's not hard to tell which Nostradamus Quatrain Judas Priest's new video "War" is about. As Jim Morrison sang so long ago: "This is the end/you're only friend/the end." "War" illustrates the apocalypse biblical-style with stunning computer animation that looks like an ass-kicking new video game. The vid features witches practicing magic then being burned at the stake, a tyrannical ruler exerting fascist control, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse storming through the sky, fire spreading across the earth, winged beasts reigning destruction and lots more imagery that would have make Hieronymus Bosch giddy with delight. Priest are nowhere to be found in the clip — neither in actual nor animated form — but their operatic new music echoes through the video, creating a thunderous soundtrack for the devastation." Click NEW PRIEST to catch the vid'. Thanks Metal Storm. SWALLOW THE SUN - "PLAGUE" ALBUM UPDATE ISSUED.
A while ago, Swallow The Sun have posted the following news about the band's upcoming albul: Check out the band at SWALLOW THE SUN.net Thanks S T S Myspace. CRADLE OF FILTH - LORD DANI DISPENSES 'FILTHY UPDATE'.
Having milked "Thornography" toyally dry............ The band has had to resort to drastic measures. Like making a new album. With DanI's elementary school-age kid, contributing...."poetical lyrics". Gawd. Cradle of Filth frontman DanI Filth has issued the following update from the studio: "Everything else recording-wise has been finished bar vocals for two songs that will undoubtedly see the light of day far after the album's release (possibly on film soundtracks which always seem to require non-album tracks). This also includes the addition of all-female choir sections and an additional Swedish male opera singer, as well as my daughter Luna contributing poetical lines to the song 'Darkness Incarnate'. "The mix is well on its way toward completion. We'll finish one by the end of this week and then retire our separate ways for a well-deserved week at home, the premise being to return a week later to re-evaluate and complete it fully (with the intermittent narrative being not-so-lightly sprinkled on the top — well, it is 'Candyman' voicing it after all). "Now comes the time of video conceptualising and rehearsals, artwork assembly and heavy press schedules in Europe and America, working our arses off to bring the braying beast to life. Phew! No rest for the wicked, I say." Thanks The Gauntlet. THE 69 EYES - FINLAND'S TOP EXPORT (NEXT TO REINDEER) ANNOUNCE EURO' SUMMER TOUR DATES.
Yeah baby, get out the "spf-900 racoon eye-liner". Finlands Goth-greats, THE 69 EYES are breaking from recording to do some shows. Sadly, in Europe only.
The 69 Eyes have announced the following summer dates, for the"Black bikinis & Ray-Bans Tour 2008".catch the HelsinkI Vampires alive at the festivals in 2008: The band is currently writing new material for the next album. The next 69 Eyes album is currently planned to come out in the early 2009. The 69 Eyes started 2008 by releasing their first ever live album on January - "Hollywood Kills- Live At The Whisky A Go Go" is out through Virgin Finland. It rose straight to the Finnish TOP 20 after its release. Need More Info? Go To THE 69 EYES.COM Thanks The 69 Eyes Official site. 'USELESS WOODEN TOYS' FRONTMAN STABBED TO DEATH AT HOUSE PARTY.
Bloomington police arrested a Warsaw, Ind., man for murder after he allegedly stabbed to death the lead singer of a Minneapolis-based thrash band at a house party early Saturday. Officers arrested Brian P. White, 32, after he allegedly stabbed Christopher A. Johnson, 32, of Minneapolis, after a fight at 1920 N. Arlington Rd. shortly before 5 a.m., according to a Bloomington Police Department news release. Johnson, who is the lead singer of the thrash/hardcore band Useless Wooden Toys, was in town performing at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. According to the band's MySpace page, the band was scheduled to go on at 7 p.m. Friday. It also has a show booked at 7 p.m. tonight for a house party in South Bend. The altercation began when the two got into a fist fight after White grabbed a woman's buttocks at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. A short time later, White came out of the house and stabbed Johnson in the chest, according to the news release. Johnson was then transported to Bloomington Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hendricks Region Hospital in Danville, Ind. However, the preliminary cause of death is a stab wound to the chest, said Monroe County Coroner David Toumey. The staff at Wibumbamusic.com offer our sympathies to the family & friends of Chris. Thanks Indiana Daily News.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, JUNE24/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . . Former Machine Head guitarist Ahrue Luster officially joined Ill Nino as the replacement for recently departed axeman guitarist Marc Rizzo. 2000 . . KISS auctioned off memorabilia from their touring days. The items brought in $876,000 on the first day of the two day event. 1988 . . UB40 bass player Earl Falconer was sent to prison for six months, with a further 12 suspended, after admitting to causing his brothers death in a car accident.
"BORN" 1978: Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen ( guitars: Nightwish/Brother Firetribe) 1974: Andreas Holma (guitars: Soilwork) 1967: Richard Z. Kruspe (guitars: Rammstein/ Emigrate) 1967: Jeff Cease (guitar: Black Crowes/Shake Your Money Maker). 1949: John Illsley (bass: Dire Straits).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
THANKS" - Rank Hank Posted June 24, 2008 | Download of the day: Lamb of god - Redneck.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JUNE 23/08: - "RED, HOT - NEW METAL RELEASES" STARTING JUNE 23/08.
Can't figure out what to give grandma for her birthday? Buy her Metal. That way... ....if she digs it, you're in her good books. If she hates it... ......you get the album. Can't fail..........Now here's what coming to the Metal bins:
# 23 June: "RED, HOT - ROCK/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES" FOR JUNE 24/08.
Releases for June 24/2008 Anniversary - The Devil Is On Our Side: B-Sides and Rarities (Vagrant) BBQ - Tie Your Noose (Bomp/Alive) Be Your Own Pet - Get Damaged EP (XL) Beneath The Sky - The Day The Music Died (Victory) Blackmarket - S/T (No Office) Bleeding Hearts - S/T (Doublenaught) Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage (Peaceville) Bobnoxious - SuperScar (Wannabe) Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast (Earache) Buffalo Killers - S/T (Bomp/Alive) Coffins - Burried Death (Southern Lord) Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King (Century Media) Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation (FBY) Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living (Candlelight) Dear Life - Framework (Uprising) The Effort - Iconoclasm (Words of War) Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain (Earache) God Sized Hate - Again We Bleed (Open Grave) I Hate Kate - Embrace the Curse (Independent) Jon Anderson - Toltec (Koch) Knights Of The Abyss - Shades (Ferret) Less Than Jake - GNV FLA (Sleep It Off) Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville Reissue (ATO) Love as Laughter - Holy (Glacial Pace) Made Out Of Babies - The Ruiner (The End) Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles (?) Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Yep Roc) Plan For the Sorrow - I Am The Devil (Spare Change) Plies - Definition of Real (Atlantic) PoI Dog Pondering - 7 (BCD) Quicksilver - Six String Voodoo (BCD) Saxon - Lionheart (Steamhammer) Shinedown - The Sound Of Madness (Atlantic) Throw the Fight - In Pursuit Of Tomorrow (Ryko) Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation (Roadrunner) Thanks Exclaim,.ca "CHINESE DEMOCRACY" - COULD THAT " DR. PEPPER" FIRE UNDER AXL'S ASS, MAKE HIM RELEASE THE DAMN THING?
In writing & recording for close to 13 yrs. Mocked endlessly, from the entire media to Dr Pepper & pre-school children.............. Could 'Chinese Democracy' actually come out this year? I wouldn't bet the lint in my navel..........but who the hell knows? Sebastian Bach has a funny story about asking lord Rose about releasing the disc: "When we were first hanging out in 2006, we were just standing around a bunch of people. I go, 'Axl, do you think you might get the record out? It would be a great time, now that we're on tour and everything.' He goes, 'Oh. Great! Everybody! Sebastian has a great idea here, man. Guess what? Sebastian, should I put out a record? Maybe it would be a good idea for me to put out a fucking record! Hey everybody, listen to this! I never thought of that! That never came to me! Oh, great idea, dude.' I felt like Fred Flintstone in Mr. Slate's office." Chinese Democracy, the punch line of a much-delayed album from Guns N’ Roses, came close to reality Wednesday when hard rock blog Antiquiet posted a media player streaming cuts from the allegedly completed album. Many of the leaked tracks, including “Better” and “Madagascar,” surfaced sometime last year, but the inclusion of new untitled material suggested its legitimacy. As of Wednesday night, the songs were removed from the posting titled “We’ve Got Chinese Democracy, And It’s Worth The Wait” thanks to a cease and desist order from the band. Still, the possibility of Chinese Democracy coming out in 2008 is appears to be almost possible. Representatives from Geffen recently told NME that Axl hand-delivered a finished copy of the album to them, and they are currently negotiating payment for the $13 million hesh-fest. The prospect of a new GNR record in 2008 is sweetened for Americans, who just might get a free Dr. Pepper out of the deal. Thanks Exclaim.ca MEGADETH'S, MUSTAINE - "THE LAST TWO WEEKS ALONE, DAMN NEAR KILLED ME".
Boo, Hoo, f@#king, Hoo! The poor, thankless life of a rockstar... .according to Dave Mustaine: MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "We just completed the 'United Abominations' world tour last night in Monterrey, Mexico. "Thank you to everyone who came out to see us, and who supported us from afar. "I will make a full report of what I though the last 1 1/2 years have been like: the last two weeks alone damn near killed me after getting a yellow fever vaccination to go to Manaus, Brazil alone. "I am not one to post much about how hard it is to tour, but I am sure when I get back from my rest period that you will understand why I have been nearly invisible the last few months. "I can't wait to get back home and get to work on TheLiveLine with my partners, as well as start the building of our new studio. "Hell, we need our own place to jam in when we start to reconvene and demo songs for the next record after the summer. "So, until I get back, thank you, thank you all." (RANK - "Go put your feet up Dave, pop a Perrier, & careful with that caviar! And take a cool 1 1/2 -2 years to write 'United Abominations 2'." Thanks Megadeth Myspace. EARLY JUDAS PRIEST VOCALIST, 'AL ATKINS' - "35 YRS LATER", STILL TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE NAME!
Get a load of this......... Al Atkins was first with Priest from 69' to early 73'. Essentially, 3yrs, when they were just a bar band. Credited with writing some of the bands first album "Rocka Rolla", Atkins, for the past 3 1/2 decades has milked that celebrity-cow dry to the point, that her teats have fallen right off in his greedy hands, as he 's pushing a book that desparetly tries to make him look as important & relevant as the rest of the band. Christ....... Priest, when Atkins was around, was basically a blues act. He might have wrote material which showed up on thier first album, 34 yrs ago... ..... But he never sang on it. And what I find laughable, is how he continually takes shots a K.K Downing in the interview: Stalker: When did JUDAS PRIEST form? How long were you with the band? Atkins: JUDAS PRIEST formed in 1969. It didn't get off to a very good start because John Perry (aged 18) commited suicide. We auditioned for another guitarist, and one young guy who came along was K.K Downing — or Kenny, as we new him by then — but he lacked experience and didn't get the job. It went to a lad name Ernie Chataway. We toured the UK and did some recording demos of some of my songs and landed a three-year contract with Immediate Records in London, but not long after signing the contract they went bust. We eventually split up and I formed JUDAS PRIEST MK2 in 1970 with a bit more experienced by now KK (guitar) and Ian Hill (bass), on drums was John Ellis. After touring up and down the motorways and opening up for bands like BUDGIE, STATUS QUO, BLACK SABBATH and THIN LIZZY — to name just a few — and going through three drummer changes, which was Alan Moore and Chris Campbell, I eventually left them in May 1973 and was replaced by Rob Halford. Stalker: Essentially you were the dominant force behind the classic album "Rocka Rolla". What were your ideas for the recording of these classic tracks? Atkins: I was the main writer in the band and some of the songs like "Winter" came about from touring Scotland in the freezing winter of '70 and getting stuck in a snow storm at night on a mountain and having to be dug out the following morning. "Caviar and Meths" was our big finishing 10-minute finale when we played live and was just about two peoples different lives, one had all the luck and money, the other had a hard life with none. PRIEST cut it short on "Rocka Rolla" but I don't know why. I recorded the full version on my "Heavy Thoughts" solo album. "Never Satisfied" is just about our ever-changing lives. I wrote this in '72 and Rob recorded it live at the Crucible a few years ago. It was also covered by L.A. band ARMORED SAINT but I haven't heard their version. K.K. was writing his first ever song when I left them in '73 called "Run of The Mill". On "Sad Wings of Destiny" was two more of mine — "Dreamer Deceiver" and "Victim of Changes". "Victim" was made up of two songs, mine was "Whiskey Woman" and Rob's was "Red Light Lady" which the band joined together and retitled it and it is now an all-time classic. Stalker: Did you like the cover versions of your songs by STEEL PROPHET and ARMORED SAINT and others? Atkins: Yes they were brilliant covers of my old songs that JUDAS PRIEST had made famous over the years. Read the entire interview at Stalker.com Meanwhile... .JUDAS PRIEST's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", has entered the official Australian ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) album chart at position No. 16. Without Al's help. Thanks Blabb. WORST COVER SONG EVER? - CELINE DION'S VERSION OF, "YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG".
According to the UK's Daily Mail, Celine Dion's cover version of the AC/DC track "You Shook Me All Night Long" has been voted the worst cover song. Thanks UK Daily Mail. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, JUNE 23/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2000 . . Coal Chamber postpones string of tour dates due to Mike Cox aggrevating an existing shoulder injury. 2000 . . The Experience Music Project was unveiled in Seattle by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. The £150 ($255) museum contained over 80,000 items of Hendrix memorabilia, including a smashed guitar from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. 1995 . . Dan Rather appeared onstage with R.E.M. for a photo session at Madison Square Garden as the band rehearsed "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" The song was, of course, a reference to the bizarre incident several years earlier where the veteran CBS news anchor was mugged when he couldn't come up with an answer to that question from his assailants. 1975 . . Alice Cooper fell off the set of his "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour in Vancouver and broke six ribs.
"BORN" 1978: Frederic Leclercq (bass: Dragonforce) 1966: James MacPherson (drums, percussionist: The Breeders/Amps/Guided by Voices). 1965: Bonehead/Paul Arthurs (guitar: Oasis/freelance). 1964: Joey Allen (guitars: Warrant) 1963: Steve Shelley (drums, record producer: Crucifucks/Sonic Youth). 1962: Chuck Billy (vocals: Testament) 1955: Glenn Allen "Glenn Danzig" Anzalone (vocals: Misfits/ Danzig)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today - -- THANKS"Furstenburg Pilsner" germany (4.8%)... ...........My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - "A Daisy Chain 4 Satan"-must-get-this-song-out-of-my-head!... ............Jive Ass Ave... ............The Devil Does Drugs. - Rank Hank Posted June 23, 2008 | Download of the day: Streetheart - Under My Thumb.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEEKEND EDITION: SATURDAY, JUNE 21/08: - LAMB OF GOD - READY FOR YOUR INTEROGATION, ON SIRIUS SAT'S, "HARD ATTACK".
LOG f#@ing rule, cash money! So when a chance pops up to quiz em'... .......take it!
LAMB OF GOD will take part in a live listener call-in show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Monday, June 30 between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET. Thanks Blabb. BECK - MUSIC'S "FUNKIEST SCIENTOLOGIST", TO RELEASE NEW DISC, JULY 08/08.
I'm only reporting this crap cus' the site's Big Kahuna, Wibumba... .is a 'Beck Junkie'. Personally........a guy with only 3 (at best) decent tracks in his career, & worships lunatic, L. Ron Hubbard, shouldn't even be mentioned at this site. But I'm just a grunt. So set your Operating Thetans to Funkaholic!!!
On July 8, Beck's will drop his first album of new material since 2006. The ten new tunes on Modern Guilt (DGC), which was produced with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, include "Timebomb, " the track that was released digitally last year and nominated for a Grammy. Hey Wibumba...........can I have a raise now? Thanks CMJ. BLACK FRANCIS (FRANK BLACK) - ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR.
STP should be hauling this guy's gear instead. Black Francis is is Punk/Rock/Grunge Icon, people. F@#king Rock royalty. And here he is opening for junkie/diva/asshat, Scott Weiland.........Jesus!. Pixies' leading man and alternative icon Frank Black (aka, Charles Thompson) will be setting out as Black Francis this time for a June/July summer tour that would've seemed pretty incongruous 10-plus summers ago.
Most of Francis' dates are in support of recently reformed, '90s radio grunge stars, Stone Temple Pilots. Thanks CMJ JUST HOW IS THE NEW "JUDAS PRIEST" ALBUM DOING? - WELL, IT AIN'T NO "SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE".
I don't care what the critics are saying about Nostrodamus............ It's Priest baby! And it's beating the hell out of 90% of whats on the shelves.
According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS), JUDAS PRIEST's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", is poised to sell around 50,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release for a likely Top 10 debut on The Billboard 200 chart. If "Nostradamus" does in fact crack the Top 10, it will give the band its highest-ever career chart position in the U.S. Thanks Blabb. STAIND HAS A NEW DISC COMING? - HELL, I DIDn't EVEN KNOW THEY STILL EXISTED!
Does anybody even care that these guys are set to polute FM radio with more of their whiney dung?? Staind has set an Aug. 19 release date for its next Atlantic album, "The Illusion of Progress." First single "Believe" will hit U.S. radio outlets on June 24. "It's a departure from the last record, " Staind frontman Aaron Lewis tells Billboard. "There's a lot more effect-y experimentation and a lot more textures with vintage instruments and vintage amps." The band recorded at the studio that Lewis keeps in his barn with producer Johnny K. And while Staind previously swore to rock even harder this time out, Lewis says it's aware of pressure for another ballad-style track along the lines of such hits as "Outside" and "It's Been Awhile." "That's what the record label wants, " he says. "You're foolish not to [be aware] of that." "Illusion" is the follow-up to 2005's "Chapter V, " which has sold 986,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Staind will be on tour this summer, beginning July 4 in Muskegon, Mich. Thanks Billboard.com GOJIRA - FRENCH METALLERS, WAX CYNICAL, ON NEW ALBUM.
France’s metal titans GOJIRA are currently finishing the band’s forthcoming album, ‘The Way of All Flesh,’ which is currently slated for an October 14 release in North America through Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to the critically-acclaimed ‘From Mars To Sirius,’ the album will be available throughout Europe one day earlier through Listenable Records. GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier recently spoke with MTV’s Chris Harris about the upcoming record. An excerpt from the conversation: "That's the theme — it's about death itself, " explained. "It's also about the immortality of the soul. That's the main subject for us. Since we started to play and release albums, we've always talked about the same thing: the soul. “This album's got a more dramatic feel to it, and some of the lyrics are almost cynical, " continued Duplantier. "Usually, with my lyrics, I'm always positive. But on this album, I'm so pissed off with the situation on Earth right now, how we're abusing so much, and we take everything that we can take from the ocean, and we kill off endangered species. So in some of the songs, it's almost like a requiem for the Earth. This record is a lot darker — like, a lot darker, I would say. The music is darker and more violent." Thanks The Gauntlet. UNDER: "WE'RE NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NEWS": SLASH - SUE'S SLEAZY REALTOR.
You can tell when Metal news is slow.............. Thats when shit like this makes the column. Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash and his wife, Perla, can move forward with a $1 million civil suit they filed against a real estate agent and his firm, alleging they were duped into buying a house that did not have the amenities they expected, a judge ruled today. The suit, filed last November in Los Angeles County Superior Court and amended in mid-March, names Gregory Holcomb and Sotheby's International Realty as defendants. Judge Mel Red Recana denied defense motions to dismiss the portions of the suit alleging fraud, constructive fraud, negative fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, and to strike the claim for punitive damages. He scheduled a Feb. 17 trial date and urged both sides to consider resolving the case with the help of a mediator. The couple allege they thought they had found their dream house in December 2005 and believed it was on a private, gated street in the Hollywood Hills. Although the street is gated, it is public and has very little parking, according to their court papers. The rocker and his wife also say the home was much smaller than 7,800 square feet, as listed, and that there were other issues with the title to the property. "It's hard to imagine conduct that is worse than a real estate agent intentionally misleading and/or withholding critical information from a purchaser so that a sale would close and a commission would be paid, " their court papers state. But the defense court papers maintain that Holcomb and Sotheby's had no way of knowing that the Multiple Listing Service description of the home was incorrect and that it was not actually on a private street. Slash, whose real name is Saul Hudson, became famous as the lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses. Thanks Daily News LA. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - SATURDAY, JUNE 21/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2000 . . 39 year-old Karen McNeil who claimed she was the wife of Axl Rose and that she communicated with him telepathically was jailed for one year for stalking the singer. 1980 . . Police arrested The Stranglers after a concert at Nice University for allegedly starting a riot. 1975 . . Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple to form Rainbow - his replacement is Tommy Bolin 1966 . . The Rolling Stones sued 14 hotels over a booking ban in New York, claiming that the ban was violating civil rights laws. "BORN" 1981: Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards, bass:Killers). 1978: Frederik Ehmke (drums: Blind Guardian) 1976: Mike Einziger (guitar: Incubus/Time Lapse Consortium). 1971: Anette Olzon (vocals: Nightwish) 1961: Sascha "K" Konietzko (vocals, bass, programing: KMFDM) 1957: Mark BrzezickI (drums: Ultravox/Procol Harum/Big Country). 1951: Nils Lofgren (guitar, multi-musician, vocals: E Street Band/solo). 1950: Joey Kramer (drums, Aerosmith). 1948: Don Airey (keyboards: Deep Purple) 1944: Ray Davies (lead vocals, guitar, songwriter: Ravens/The Kinks/solo)
"PASSED AWAY" 1979: Angus MacLise (34) 1st drummer, Velvet Underground (Died of tuberculosis in Kathmandu) 2001: John Lee Hooker (83) blues guitarist, singer, songwriter. He performed in a half-spoken style that became his trademark. His guitar playing is closely aligned with piano Boogie Woogie. He would play the walking bass pattern with his thumb, stopping to emphasize the end of a line with a series of trills, done by rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs. (died in his sleep)
THANKS" - Rank Hank Posted June 21, 2008 | Today's video by Clawfinger | Download of the day: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JUNE 20/08: - APOCALYPTICA - SCHEDULE MORE NORTH AMERICAN DATES.
Yeah...... all these guys need is a better singer.
Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA has scheduled the following North American dates:
In addition to "I'm Not Jesus", Andrews also co-wrote another track called "S.O.S. (Anything But Love)". Both tunes are from APOCALYPTICA's new album, "Worlds Collide", which arrived in stores in the U.S. on April 15. Thanks Blabb. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - CREATE NEW WAY TO PURGE STOMACH MATTER.
That seven-day old brautwurst & Jagermiester not sitting well in you're upper intestine? I know how to get rid of it Watch Avenged Sevenfold's new video for "Dear God". Works better than Ipecac & You'll set new hurling records. Click STINKO to power upchuck. The clip features footage shot at the group's April 10 concert at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California on the recent Taste of Chaos tour. The entire show was filmed for the band's as-yet untitled live CD/DVD set, which the band expects to make available by Christmas. Singer M. Shadows recently told The Pulse of Radio that the combined audio-video package will also include some of the band's B-sides. Like we f@#king care. Thanks Blabb. SEATTLE THRASHERS, HIMSA - PACKING IT IN, FINAL SHOW ANNOUNCED!
This is a f@#king shame........ After putting out the best album of their carreer, its adios. Ya gotta wonder if its the sky-high cost of touring thats behind more & more relevant bands like this, pulling the plug? The Seattle-based metal quintet, HIMSA’s, ferocious blend of melodic, unrelenting thrash speed mixed with old-school influences resulted in a savage, unique and uncompromising sound that was welcome, refreshing and undeniable. Over the course of a decade the group delivered three critically acclaimed albums, toured the world relentlessly and sacrificed everything they had in order to ensure the band’s survival. Derek Harn (bass) further comments: “After 10+ years, four releases, countless tours and almost incomprehensible (yet constant) upheaval, the last three years of the band have been relatively stable. Having sacrificed everything we had in order to ensure the band's survival it's time to let it go. We made a great CD (Summon in Thunder/Century Media): reportedly, our best. We've got a great label. We're getting along, we've toured and we’re fine. It's all good. We're leaving it at that. “A relatively unremarkable closing to HIMSA's gi-normously dramatic career, there appears to be no acrimony or unpleasantness, simply the end of a blistering, phenomenal, tumultuous era of the metal that HIMSA permeated into the modern musical landscape. References have been made to the band's evolving difficulties with the relentless touring schedules that have been the hallmark of Himsa's career. If we can't tour, and our reality is we can't tour as we have in the past, then it's not Himsa. Better to hang it up than fade away.” And, hang it up HIMSA will, honoring their legacy with their final performance within the gritty metal confines of El Corazon on August 16, the club they've all called home, for better and for worse, for many years. HIMSA’s latest offering, Summon In Thunder, retained their unabashed integrity and passion which were at an all-time high, resulting in their most dynamic, yet devastating material to date. Thanks The Gauntlet. RUSH'S NEIL PEART - NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT ALBUM.
RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt follows. "People often ask, 'What's next for the band?' but we learned long ago that when you're in the middle of a big job, you don't need to talk about another one. So, in the middle of a tour, we never talk about making another album, and in the middle of recording, we never talk about another tour. One job at a time, even in your own head, is easier to deal with — you don't need another burden if you can keep it 'in storage' for a while. "For fifteen years people have been saying to me, 'I hear this is your last tour' (I've been saying it myself since 1989), but subjects like that don't even get raised among the three of us. Certainly after the last two summers of heavy touring, which will eventually add up to well over a hundred shows, there will be no more of that for a while. "(I adopted my current motto, 'What cannot be altered, must be endured,' around New Year's, and actually found it useful in such occasions as, say, flight delays. Only much later did I realize that the reverse was equally true, in a less passive way: 'What cannot be endured, must be altered.') "Some fresh challenges await me, no doubt. Later this year, I have agreed to take part in another big-band project, a Buddy Rich tribute concert in October, and that will be a huge occasion to try to rise to. I'm thinking a lot about that these days." Ok Peart......thats all wonderful, but..... When is the next album coming? Thanks Neil Peart Official site. JOSH HOMME - JUST CAN'T SHUT HIS BIG YAP!
Known for his super-sized ego & temper, last week Josh Homme crossed the line during a show where some idiot threw something at him. While you're a total asshat when you throw anything at a band... ...Homme proved just as big a dick with his tirade at the jerk. And the shit keeps flowing from his cock holster: "Member of the Peanut Gallery: Some journalists and citizens on the Internet are wondering: Q? Am I a homophobe because I included a slang for gay in with other 'acceptable' curse words during a verbal lashing I gave a young concertgoer, after being hit by his shoe, during a show the other day? A= Nope. My gay family and friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I've known gay is not a choice: one's skin color doesn't determine one's intelligence level: and red hair doesn't mean you're someone's stepchild. You see, it's not the words, it's their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on your outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do! By that logic... I also told that young whipper snapper I'd have anal sex with him... how can I possibly reconcile these opposing viewpoints? I called him a pussy too. Does it mean I hate our one worlds' collective vagina? I never have been nor intend to be politically correct. That's your cross to bear. To me, that PC world would suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury. Homophobic? I'm in QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, for crissake... You say, 'So. Your band name doesn't prove anything.' Maybe not. But it's a helluva lot more definitive than the logic of some watchdog... (sorry canine-American, canine-European, canine-African, canine-Australian and canine-Asian) moralist, keeping score from pure perfectionville? If your glass house is squeegeed that clean and you need to do something, do what the great philosopher Bill Hicks once suggested — forgive me. Or don't. I'm not asking for either, OK? I think you should let both of your cheeks go loose so the stick will drop out. Either way I expect that you'll soon find another injustice from your chair, then roll to your bullhorn and point it out to the rest of us... Because you're so above it all. Or If you'll allow me to translate a wish of mine into your PC lingo: Will you please go have, consensual, sex with yourself. Pretty please with all natural, carbon offset sugar on top." Thanks Blabb. "MORE" ON SAM DUNN'S UPCOMING, 'GLOBAL METAL' FOLLOW UP FILM.
Metal's top cheerleader, Victoria, BC native, Sam Dunn, is on a Metal-Mission with his second documentary on Metal, "Global Metal'. Liz Braun of the Toronto Sun recently conducted an interview with directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. — creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and its follow-up, "Global Metal". The new film offers an insider's look at such global variations on a musical theme as Indonesian death metal, Chinese black metal, or Iranian thrash metal. The movie reveals how metal evolves and flourishes in different cultures. "Metal offered us a different lens to view (various countries) with, " Dunn said. "In the West, when people think of somewhere like Indonesia, they think of disaster. Or if they think of Israel, they think of fighting or attacks by suicide bombers. We have this assumption that somehow there aren't valid youth cultures in these countries. But in India, for example, there's this new youth culture that's middle class, kids with some money in their pocket, who are eager to explore things that aren't Bollywood. They want something from the outside. They're interested in other cultures. We could never have imagined that metal could be on the cusp of that kind of change." Dunn asked IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson if he'd ever imagined the band being on the forefront of what seems like cultural change in a lot of these countries. "He said, 'No — I feel like we're on the end of a spear going into a lot of these countries.'" Laughing, Dunn added, "It surprises us, and it's exciting. It was an exciting way to view these places." Read the entire interview here at TORONTO SUN.COM Thanks Toronto Sun. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, JUNE 20/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . .organisers at a Paul McCartney gig hired 3 jets to spray dry ice into the clouds so it wouldn't rain during the concert. The gig in Petersburg, Russia, was McCartney's 3,000 concert appearance. 2000 . . Mad Season, Matchbox Twenty's follow-up album to their 10 million-selling 1996 debut, went Top Five. 1996 . . The Furthur Festival was launched in Atlanta. It was the first time that the members of the Grateful Dead had performed together since Jerry Garcia's death. 1969 . . Approximately 150,000 rock fans showed up in the suburban Los Angeles city of Northridge, California, to witness the Newport '69 Festival featuring JimI Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Jethro Tull, Steppenwolf and numerous others. JimI Hendrix's fee was reported to be $125,000, at that time a record-breaking sum for a single appearance by a rock performer.
"BORN" 1973: Chino Moreno (vocals, back-up guitar: Deftones/Team Sleep). 1971: Twiggy Ramirez/Jeordie White (bass: Marilyn Manson/9" Nails/Goon Moon/guest). 1967: Murphy Karges (bassist: Sugar Ray). 1966: Stone Gossard (guitar, producer: Pearl Jam/Brad/Temple of the Dog/freelance). 1954: Michael Anthony SobolewskI (bassist, Van Halen/Sammy Hagar).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
THANKS"Efes Pilsner Beer" Turkey (5.0%)... ............ - Rank Hank Posted June 20, 2008 | Download of the day: Angel Dust - Of Human Bondage [2 CD] (2 of 2) - The Human Bo.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JUNE 19/08: - GOD FORBID'S 'DALLAS COYNE' - ON THE HARD, COLD REALITY OF TOURING
GOD FORBID'S Dallas Coyne, is one of the few in the industry who will "tell it like it is". Warts & all. Here's his latest & one of his best blogs on touring costs: "In my past blogs, I talked about how we went over budget on tours because of dumb mistakes. On this tour I can say we didn’t make any dumb mistakes. We were totally on budget but what put us over budget was the fact that gas went up about 50 cents a gallon in about a 5 week period. Diesel actually was close to 5 dollars a gallon towards the end of our tour. One night on the road I was HAMMERED and we stopped at a rest stop to go get food after a night of drunken shenanigans. It was daylight and as I stepped out of the bus I looked at the price for diesel and I immediately became sober. It was like getting hit by a fucking car. This was two weeks ago and gas was cheaper then than it is now. At that point, I realized that the touring world and the metal touring world specifically was in a very shaky position. I knew that God Forbid was not going to be able to tour. We’ll go on tours if we’re a little over budget these days because we generally do well enough on merch to balance out those sorts of things but with the oil market it’s just too much of a risk to go out there and piss in the wind. Now imagine going out as a band who doesn’t have the name to be able to go out and headline and must rely solely on support tours? Fucking impossible. The last three shows of the tour were solo. We played 3 DVD release shows in New Jersey, Rochester, NY and Portland, Maine. We moved from a bus to a van. The gas was cheaper because we were using unleaded fuel instead of diesel. As we filled up the tank every 3-4 hours the tally at the pump ranged anywhere from 103 dollars to 116 dollars. Going from New Jersey to Rochester cost us about 200 bucks. Going from Rochester to Portland cost us another 350. Luckily for us we had good guarantees and we sold a lot of merch but my concern isn’t for us, it’s for younger bands. I feel like Lars Ulrich compaining about Napster before it was too late when I talk about this gas problem. Most support bands get anywhere from 100-500 bucks a night. With a 6 hour drive, the average for a tour, those bands getting 100 dollars might as well stay home. They are spending a hundred dollars a day between 5 people to stay on the road because the gas is more than their guarantee. Those bands getting 500 bucks a day are only making about 200 bucks a day after the drive. What about a hotel here and there? They won’t be able to afford it. Before this gas crisis we’d make 500 bucks a day in a van and be able to make some good money if you went by our frugal standards of living. Those days are now gone. I believe Light This City broke up because of this to a certain extent and I believe you’re going to see a lot of bands dropping off a lot of tours. Especially the Thrash and Burn and Summer Slaughter tours. Those tours have so many bands that some aren’t going to be able to compete. It’s like politics. Imagine what the presidential election looked like 8 months ago compared to now. It’s a 2 person election now but 8 months ago it was a 16 person race. Only so many can compete. It’s Darwin with these conditions. Now, how to fix this problem? I wish I had any kind of real answer. I don’t. I do have some ideas about making the circumstances better. First, it’s up to the bands who are in a position to tour. It is YOUR decision to say yes and no to tours. I know how labels and agents will pressure you into doing shit you know you don’t want to do or just can’t do. If that’s the case tell them to FUCK OFF! Second, if you do decide you want to tour make sure there aren’t more than 4 bands on a package. Hell, if you can get it down to three, do it with three. Why? When people come to a show they only have X amount of dollars. If they have to decide which bands they want to spend money on because there are 5 bands they like, somebody will lose. Third, if you happen to go on tour with a band almost the same size as you don’t act like the burden is just yours. Instead of having your one van and working with your one crew, see if there is any way for you guys to split things down the middle between the two of you. Fourth, look into bio-diesel touring. These new types of diesel conversion modules that cut your cost on gas from 5K a month to 250 bucks a month. I looked it up and sure enough the technology is out there AND it’s been around for a long time. You need a diesel van and 3000 bucks to convert to this standard. Remember, live shows should come once in a while. Not every day. Have you ever gone to a show and seen everyone just apathetic about being there? The market is over-saturated and this might be a sign for bands like us to say, ‘you know what? Next time we play, we know you’ll be there because you don’t know when you might get a chance to see us again.” That’s how it was back in the day and it seems like history could repeat itself — Under different circumstances of course! How can things be so advanced but it seems like we’re sent back in time? No one will ever know! HORNS!" Thanks DC & Metalsucks. CLUTCH - "FULL FATHOM FIVE", DVD/CD SET RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED.
Maryland rockers CLUTCH have revealed the artwork for their new live DVD/CD, "Full Fathom Five". The set will be issued as a DVD and CD on August 12 via the band's own label, Weathermaker Music. The exact track listing will be announced soon. High-quality, three-camera multitracked audio/video footage of CLUTCH performing the song "The Dragonfly" at Rams Head in Annapolis, Maryland on December 31, 2007 can be viewed below (courtesy of "touchoclass"). CLUTCH's video for the song "Electric Worry", filmed at the historic Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown, MD, is available for viewing at YouTube. The track comes off the group's latest album, "From Beale Street to Oblivion", which came out on March 27, 2007 through DRT Entertainment. Thanks Blabb. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - STARTING THE REVOLUTION TALK, WITH PLANS TO 'CRASH PRESIDENTIAL COVENTIONS'?
The Pulse of Radio reports that RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE only has one U.S. date scheduled so far in 2008, at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago's Grant Park on Saturday, August 2. But guitarist Tom Morello told The Pulse of Radio that the political rockers haven't ruled out giving a few more U.S. performances this year. "There is the possibility that we will be playing at the demonstrations surrounding the Presidential conventions, " he said. "The Democrats are in Denver, the Republicans are in Minneapolis. But we're still looking into that." The Democratic convention is scheduled for August 25 through August 28 in Denver, while the Republicans will descend on Minneapolis from September 1 to September 4. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE performed outside the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in August of 2000, one of the group's final performances before going on a seven-year hiatus. The band reunited last year for a series of concerts and festival appearances that continues in 2008. Rumors persist that a new RAGE album is in the works, but the group has not announced any official plans to record new music. Thanks The Pulse Of Radio. WEIRD, WACKY, TOM WAITS - 'INTERVIEWS HIMSELF'.
Tom Waits is heading out on tour soon & "Normal" isn't a word known by Waits. Since we haven't had him on the page previously & cus' he's such a "wacked out motherf@#ker"...........we thought you might checking out what makes the dude tick: Q: What's heaven for you? A: Me and my wife on Route 66 with a pot of coffee, a cheap guitar, pawnshop tape recorder in a Motel 6, and a car that runs good parked right by the door. Q: What's hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders.carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German. Q: What's wrong with the world? A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge: quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Leona Helmsley's dog made $12m last year... and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio, made $30,000. It's just a gigantic version of the madness that grows in every one of our brains. We are monkeys with money and guns. Q: Favourite scenes in movies?
A: R De Niro in the ring in Raging Bull. Julie Christie's face in Heaven Can Wait when she said, "Would you like to get a cup of coffee?" James Dean in East of Eden telling the nurse to get out when his dad has had a stroke and he's sitting by his bed. Marlene Dietrich in Touch of Evil saying, "He was some kind of man." Scout saying, "Hey Mr Cunningham" in the scene in To Kill a Mockingbird. Nic Cage falling apart in the drug store in Matchstick Men... and eating a cockroach in Vampire's Kiss. The last scene in Chinatown. Q: The most interesting recording you own? A: It's a mysteriously beautiful recording from, I am told, Robbie Robertson's label. It's of crickets. That's right, crickets. The first time I heard it, I swore that I was listening to the Vienna Boys' Choir, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It has a four-part harmony, it is a swaying choral panorama. Then a voice comes in on the tape and says, "What you are listening to is the sound of crickets. The only thing that has been manipulated is that they slowed down the tape." No effects have been added of any kind except that they changed the speed of the tape. The sound is so haunting. I played it for Charlie Musselwhite and he looked at me as if I pulled a leprechaun out of my pocket. Q: You are fascinated with irony. What is irony? A: Chevrolet were puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realised that "no va" in Spanish translates to "no go". Not the best name for a car, anywhere... "no va". Q: Do you have words to live by? A: The director Jim Jarmusch once told me, "Fast, Cheap, and Good... pick two. If it's fast and cheap, it won't be good. If it's cheap and good, it won't be fast. If it's fast and good, it won't be cheap." Fast, cheap and good... pick two words to live by. Q: Give me some fresh song titles you two are working on. A: "Ghetto Buddha", "Waiting For My Good Luck To Come", "I'll Be an Oak Tree Some Day", "In the Cage", "Hell Broke Loose", "Spin the Bottle", "High and Lonesome". Q: You're going on the road soon, right? A: We're going to PEHDTSCKJMBA (Phoenix, El Paso, Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, St Louis, Columbus, Knoxville, Jacksonville, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta). I have a stellar band: Larry Taylor (upright bass), Patrick Warren (keyboards), Omar Torrez (guitars), Vincent Henry (woodwinds) and Casey Waits (drums and percussion). They play with racecar precision and they are all true conjurers. I'm doing songs with them I've never attempted outside the studio. They are all multi-instrumentalists and they polka like real men. We are the Borman Six and as Putney says, "The Borman Six have got to have soul." Thanks The Independant.co.uk/Tom Waits. POISONBLACK - FINLAND'S HIGH PRIESTS OF METAL, GET READY FOR NEW RELEASE.
Oh, yeah, this will totally be worth the wait! Poisonblack own Goth-poseurs who we won't name. (Entwine, Him, Negative) Taking over the torch from Sentenced, Finlands POISONBLACK, featuring former Sentenced frontman Ville Laihiala, are recording thier 3rd album, "A Dead Heavy Day"
Commented Ville Laihiala: "As usual, it took a year of adventures in life and relationships to put my innermost feelings into the shape of songs. Everything is straight from inside of my head.compositions and lyrics are supposed to support each other as good as possible to express my innermost emotions."
"A Dead Heavy Day" track listing: Thanks Poisonblack Myspace page. KID ROCK - ONE OF 'iTUNES' LAST HOLDOUTS, BECAUSE HE'S "NOT PAID ENOUGH".
Frankly... ....his "music" ain't worth shit............ Therefore, iTunes would be perfect for it. US music star Kid Rock is refusing to put his albums on iTunes because he says artists do not get paid enough for downloads from the Apple store. Kid Rock is one of the last few acts not fully signed up to the service. He said it was based on "an old system, where iTunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don't give it to the artists". His latest album Rock 'n' Roll Jesus went to number one in the US last year, despite being absent from iTunes. The Beatles, Garth Brooks and AC/DC are the only other major stars who have still not made their music available on iTunes. "Back in the day, we all know the stories of the Otis Reddings and Chuck Berrys and Fats Dominos who never got paid, " Kid Rock told the BBC News website. I don't mind people stealing my music, that's fine - but I think they should steal everything Kid Rock "So the internet was an opportunity for everyone to be treated fairly, for the consumer to get a fair price, for the artist to be paid fairly, for the record companies to make some money." But they stuck to the "old system", he continued. "I will be on iTunes eventually because I can't avoid it, but I like to always stick to my guns and prove a point and do something original and because I believe in it." His new single All Summer Long has, though, just been made available on iTunes in Europe and will be downloadable in the UK soon. The rocker, who was famously married to actress Pamela Anderson, said he was losing 10-20% of album sales by not being on iTunes. But he added: "I've just sold a million records, I'm not really feeling that blow." The performer - whose real name is Robert Ritchie - said his record company Atlantic had asked him to "stand up for illegal downloading" a few years ago because it told him "people are stealing from us and stealing from you". "And I go: 'Wait a second, you've been stealing from the artists for years. Now you want me to stand up for you?' "I was telling kids - download it illegally, I don't care. I want you to hear my music so I can play live." Asked whether he was worried about illegal downloading, he replied: "I don't agree with it. I think we should level the playing field. I don't mind people stealing my music, that's fine. But I think they should steal everything. "You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off, they're not going to miss it." But he said he did not implement that advice himself. "No, I don't steal things. I'm rich." Apple and Atlantic declined to comment. The only Kid Rock album on iTunes is his 1990 debut Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast, to which he does not own the rights. Thanks Antimusic BARRY DONEGAN OF 'LOOK WHAT I DID' - "FILESHARING WILL SAVE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY".
Barry Donegan, frontman for the band LOOK WHAT I DID, writes a regular column thats posted on The Gauntlet.com Frank & outspoken, he's pissed people off with his views. More often than not... ..I tend to agree with him. Here's (in part) his latest rant regarding Filesharing: "As a musician, this is a topic of great debate across the board. Should their be harsher penalties for file sharing, or “stealing” music? ...or should the industry adapt to the new technology to find a new way to take revenue for their work. The record companies domination of everything via media over saturation and focus group testing is in serious danger, and they hoped to use industries like the R.I.A.A. to persecute individuals who listen to music outside of the channels they find acceptable. While it would be simple to use recorded music as a loss-leader similar to music videos, then structure your finances around other more viable sources of finance, such as merchandising, live gate, and creative internet stuff, the antiquated corporate contracts and legal frameworks do not allow for this. I’m an institutional fan of “gray markets”. Grey markets are when you provide a legal product outside of the legal channel to avoid the heightened fees and costs caused by either corporate framework or legislative taxation. It is the ultimate form of civil disobedience to combat high prices... and furthermore, it is unstoppable. When regulation and industry drives the price too high, the people will get it cheaper and against the rules. This is a good thing in the long run. The same happens in the case of cigarettes. Often gray market practices are used to sell cigarettes at a third the price to avoid heavy taxation. Legally invalid markets, such as black and gray markets, are invaluable in battling against oppressive legislation or industry-cartel practices that either inflates prices of in-demand goods, lowering the quality of life for everyone, or pushing for the legalization of commonly-used contraband items which cause for unfair and illegitimate jailing of citizens.(see: Drugs) Right now, every illegal download of a song both empowers the indie touring bands who are doing it themselves, who rely on people hearing their often superior-quality tunes, while at the same time striking a stunning blow to the industry that overspends and overcharges for lower quality, generic, oversimplified commercial music." Right on Barry!! Thanks The Gauntlet. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, JUNE 19/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 . . Marilyn Manson was fined $4,000 after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges for gyrating his genitals against a security guard's head during a July 2001 Ozzfest concert. 2001 . . Hatebreed were forced to cancel their scheduled Ozzfest appearance in St. Louis due to an injury drummer Cliff 'Riggs' Ross sustained in a car accident earlier in the day. 1987 . . Guns N' Roses made their UK live debut at the Marquee Club, London. 1967 . . During an interview with Life Magazine Paul McCartney admitted that he had taken the drug LSD.
"BORN" 1970: Brian "Head" Welch (guitar: Korn). 1968: Barry Sparks (bass: Dokken) 1965: Frankie Bello (bass: Anthrax). 1964: Brian Vander Ark (lead singer: The Verve Pipe). 1963: Simon Wright (drummer: AC-DC/Rhino Bucket/freelance). 1950: Ann Wilson (lead singer, flute: Heart/solo).
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Duane Roland (53) US guitarist in the Ball Brothers Band, Molly Hatchet and Gator County (natural causes).
THANKS"Grolsch Lager" Netherlands (5.0%)... .............. - Rank Hank Posted June 19, 2008 | Download of the day: ACDC - Ballroom Blitz.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JUNE 18/08: - SLAYER - SAY "YES" TO A NEW ALBUM!
You know by now that SLAYER'S got a new book out called , "331/3 Reign In Blood", & little has been said as of late about the bands plans on a future album. I’m pissing myself in glee, to report that band is working on some new shit, as Kerry King tells Metal Hammer's Joel McIver: McIver: SLAYER have just had an extended break. King: I didn't speak to the other guys for nine months. For the first time in our career, we just scattered. The last thing we did was the MARILYN MANSON tour in America. In all that time, I must have played the guitar 25 times. I got home right at the beginning of the American football season, and I haven't seen a whole season in six or seven years, so I enjoyed the hell out of that. And then once you take four or five months off, it's easy to take the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth month off! McIver: Is there a new SLAYER album on the way, or are you going to make us wait another few years like you did with 2006's "Christ Illusion"? King: We're supposed to have one ready at the end of the year! There's been talk of all kinds of odd things, because the record industry changes every day. We've talked about maybe putting out a couple of songs from an upcoming record through iTunes, so we can play something new on the Unholy Alliance III tour. You know, that's not so far outside the realm of possibility. As far as how much we're gonna get done by the end of the year? I have no idea. McIver: Are any new songs ready to go? King: Jeff [Hanneman, guitar] has a couple of things. I've got ideas that I've never finished, so I wanna get back to working on those. Some of them are really cool. I haven't recorded anything yet because I want to finish the songs first — I like them to have a beginning and an end before I demo them. McIver: Tom [Araya, singer] said that after the next SLAYER album, you guys would have to discuss your future as a band, because he's reaching an age where it might no longer be viable. King: I haven't even heard that. He hasn't talked to me about it. But after taking 10 months off, I bet you he's recharged and ready to rock. As far as I'm concerned, I look at people like Ronnie James Dio and Rob Halford and I think, "Shit, maybe I'm not done!" McIver: Yes, but Dio and Halford aren't playing thrash metal. King: They're not, but they still belt it out on stage. They sound like the fuckin' record to this day, and it's inspiring. I've got great ideas for songs, and musical ideas that I want to try to achieve. I couldn't see myself doing a solo album, though. I have a lot of friends in the business, so I could pull it off, but I don't want to take my ideas or my time away from SLAYER. McIver: Has Dave [Lombardo, SLAYER drummer] recovered from his thyroid problem? King: Yes, that was when he was all bony! But we came back from our 10-month break and he's the heaviest I ever saw him. I was like, "Whoa, dude — what have you been doing!" He surprised me with how ready we was to play, because I thought we'd all suck. But he was ready to go. McIver: Do you ever discuss Dave's future in the band with him? King: Not really, I just assume he's there. He always [renews] the deal. I don't see why he'd want to leave. What's he gonna do, go and play in FANTOMAS for the rest of his life? Thanks Metal Hammer. CREATOR OF ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, "METAL: A HEADBANGERS JOURNEY" - SOON TO RELEASE A FOLLOW-UP FILM.
If you haven't checked out "Headbangers" yet, do it. It's one of the best films on Metal ever made. Guy Dixon of TheGlobeAndMail.com recently conducted an interview with director Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. — one of the creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and its soon-to-be-released follow-up "Global Metal". "Global Metal" is said to be a feature documentary that takes audiences to unexpected corners of the world — from Indonesia, Japan and China to India, Israel, DubaI and Brazil – to check out the international flavors of what turns out to be a most universal music — heavy metal. "I think metal is being redefined by virtue of its spread. For the longest time, it was very much defined by the rules that you and I associate with metal, that it has to have certain hallmarks to be real metal, " Dunn said. "What's interesting is that the fringes of that core are starting to change. Introducing IsraelI folk melody into metal may not be metal to some kids in the West: in fact, it may be something they feel quite opposed to. But in Israel and maybe in the [whole] region, there is something which to them still is metal, " Dunn added. Read the entire interview at THE GLOBE & MAIL Thanks Globe and Mail.com SLIPKNOT CONFIRM 'NEW ALBUM TITLE' - FINALLY!
About f@#king time........... They were so tight-lipped about the it... ..you'd think they were sitting on a cure for cancer. Slipknot, the Grammy Award winning hard rock machine from Des Moines, IA is back. The band will release its fourth album, "ALL HOPE IS GONE", on Roadrunner Records on August 26, 2008. The album was recorded this spring in Slipknot’s home state and is co-produced by the band and Dave Fortman. The title cut of the band's new album will be available for free from the Roadrunner Records web site for a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight EST, then will be available as a download single from digital retailers like iTunes and Napster on June 23. “The nine” will spend their summer laying waste to arenas in North America as they headline the first annual Rock Star Energy Mayhem Festival. As Slipknot’s first tour in three years, these dates are sure to bring the band’s legion of diehard fans, affectionately dubbed "maggots, " out in full force. All Hope is Gone is more of a statement than a record. Corey Taylor comments, "Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it's the best thing I've ever made. And I challenge anyone to prove me wrong." The album promises to blend elements of 2004’s Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) and 2001’s Iowa, while adding a perspective, freshness and depth that only three years apart can bring. The first single “Psychosocial” will be delivered to radio on June 30 and will be available digitally on July 1. A complete track listing will be announced shortly. The band's previous studio albums, Slipknot, Iowa, Vol.3:(The Subliminal Verses) have all been certified platinum or better, as have their DVDs, Welcome to Our Neighborhood, Disasterpieces and Voliminal: Inside the Nine. The double live 9.0: Live holds a gold certification. Thanks The Gauntlet. SUNN O ))) - 'DRONE' MASTERS ANNOUNCE BOTH NEW STUDIO DISC & LIVE ALBUM, ON THE WAY.
This is dissapointing........... This would have been spectacular with Julian Cope on board, as with past gigs. SUNN 0)))'s seventh studio album is still in the incubation stages. Preliminary tracks have been recorded in Seattle, Washington with Randall Dunn (ALTAR ALBUM, EARTH, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM). Beyond the core duo of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, the CD features appearances by Attila Csihar (MAYHEM) and Oren Ambarchi. Renowned violinist (among other instruments) Eyvind Kang has also collaborated with SUNN 0))) on this album. Eyvind has been adding string and horn orchestration to the wicked sonic brew. The material is as diverse as ever, traversing new directions, yet grounded in the behemoth foundation of yore. In other news, SUNN 0))) will release a double-vinyl-only live album later this summer entitled "Dømkirke". The recording is from a very special live performance by SUNN 0))) in a cathedral in Bergen, Norway. The Borealis festival commissioned a piece of music referring to the gothic Gregorian hymns of the late Middle Ages: hymns that flourished within the Bergen Cathedral in its earliest years. The style, the dark mood and the slow melodic development are all elements that also can be traced back to SUNN 0)))'s musical universe. These parallels between SUNN 0))) and the medieval times gave birth to this commission. The SUNN 0))) core duo of Stephen O' Malley and Greg Anderson was joined by Attila Csihar (MAYHEM) on vocals, Steve Moore (EARTH, ASCEND, STEBMO) on organ, Lasse Marhog (JAZZKAMMER) on electronics, and T.O.S. on keyboards. Each LP side contains one singular piece: Side 1) Why Dost Thou Hide Thyself In Clouds? Side 2) Cannon Side 3) Cymatics Side 4) Mass Of The Ætmospheres Like last year's "Oracle" LP release by SUNN 0))), this 180-gram heavyweight vinyl will be packaged in a super-deluxe gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves featuring stunning photographs of the performance. Thanks SUNN O ))) Myspace. SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - ANNOUNCE US & CANADA WEST COAST DATES.
SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, who some have called 'the best HEAVEN AND HELL (BLACK SABBATH LITE) - ANNOUNCE ANOTHER ALBUM ON IT'S WAY.
I'm sorry... ....but other than that baked-out old hippie, down the street, with the Dio shirt... ....... Does anybody really care if these guys put anything out anymore without Ozzy? Heaven and Hell, the Black Sabbath you have when you aren't having Black Sabbath, is recording a new album. Heaven and Hell is the Ronnie James Dio edition of Black Sabbath, following the departure of Ozzy Osbourne in 1980. The line-up regrouped last year and recorded three songs for the compilation 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years', but when they wanted to tour, Sharon Osbourne, beholder of all legal things Sabbath, refused to allow them to use the Black Sabbath name. Heaven and Hell was used, as it was the name of Black Sabbath's first album with Dio. The new album will be the first ever full-length album as Heaven and Hell. It will be released through Rhino in early 2009. In the meantime, next month, Rhino will release the Black Sabbath boxed set 'The Rules of Hell'. It will feature the three Dio Black Sabbath albums 'Heaven and Hell', 'Mob Rules' and 'Dehumanizer' as well as their 1982 live album 'Live Evil'. Black Sabbath 'The Rules of Hell' will be released on July 22. Thanks Sleaze Roxx. ICED EARTH'S, "THE CRUCIBLE OF MAN" - RELEASE DATES ANNOUNCED.
Why the hell is there different release dates for N America than Europe... ....in these modern times? Case in point? The new Iced Earth album. ( Not that I'm buying it without Ripper Owens on it) ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", will be released through SPV Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: September 5 Rest of Europe: September 8 USA, Canada: September 9 "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" continues where ICED EARTH's 2007 release, "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)" left off. "The Crucible of Man" features the return of frontman Matt Barlow who was mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer's original voice of choice to introduce the "Something Wicked" saga back in 1998 as a trio of songs which concluded their album, "Something Wicked This Way Comes". While the 1998 album provided a general overview of the story Schaffer has been conceptualizing for well over a decade, the saga is being fully brought to life with the release of the back-to-back conceptual albums "Framing Armageddon" and "The Crucible of Man". While both albums provide answers to mysteries the previous releases would create, the timeliness of the story in today's world is guaranteed to keep people thinking and guessing. "Thinking & Guessing"? Yeah... .......about why the US & Canada are always sucking hind tit, when it comes to album releases. Thanks Blabb. WIBUMBA--METAL& HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . . Kid Rock performs in Iraq for US Armed Forces. 2000 . . It was reported that sales of pirate music CDs had now exceeded more than 500 million a year and accounted for one in every five sold. The Phonographic Industry estimated it was costing the music industry £3 billion ($5.1 billion) in lost sales. 1994 . . The Beastie Boys have a hit with Ill Communication 1987 . . A woman sued Motley Crue for $5,000 claiming that she lost her hearing because a concert was too loud. 1977 . . Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook of Sex Pistols are stabbed and beaten in the car park of a London pub, causing a delay in the completion of the group's debut LP
"BORN" 1977: Stig Johansen (drums: Sins Of Thy Beloved_ 1970: Brian "Head" Welch (guitars: Korn/Solo) 1963: Dizzy Reed/Darren Arthur Reed (keyboard, percussion: Guns N' Roses/Hookers & Blow).
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today
THANKS"Yankee Jim Ice Bock" Wisconsin (6.5%)... ............'Lamb Of God's- "Walk With me In Hell" Dvd. samples show it's gonna be f@#king amazing! (out July 01/08)................Face Tic... ............Energize My Hole. - Rank Hank Posted June 18, 2008 | Download of the day: 205 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - She Looks To Me.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JUNE 17/08: - "FEAR FACTORY" - PLAN TO RELEASE NEW DISC & TOUR NEXT YEAR!
Holy Shit! I was NOT expecting this to hit me in the face first thing this morning. Please God... .let this NOT be a f@#king rumour or a joke................ And I wonder If It'll have some big ol' fat mexican riffs on it this time? According to FEAR FACTORY's official FEAR FACTORY MYSPACE page , the long-running Los Angeles-based metal band will release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2009. No further information is available. FEAR FACTORY is currently on hiatus while the band's frontman, Burton C. Bell, focuses his attention on the ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS project, which recently inked a deal with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records. FEAR FACTORY is presently unsigned, having parted ways with Liquid 8 Records, the label that issued the group's last two albums — 2004's "Archetype" and 2005's "Transgression". "Transgression" was produced by Toby Wright (ALICE IN CHAINS, KORN, METALLICA). FEAR FACTORY members Raymond Herrera (drums) and Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) recently joined forces with THREAT SIGNAL vocalist Jon Howard in a new group called ARKAEA. The band's as-yet-untitled debut is due this fall on Koch Records. Herrera and Olde Wolbers are also collaborating with former DAMAGEPLAN singer/HALFORD guitarist Patrick Lachman in a project called BURN IT ALL. That band is currently shopping a four-song demo to interested labels. We'll keep you posted. Thanks Blabb. NINE INCH NAILS - CD VERSION OF NEW ALBUM, "THE SLIP", DETAILS HERE!
Yeah... And if it's as good as "Year Zero"... .......I say bring it on baby! The Pulse of Radio reports: NINE INCH NAILS have revealed details for the CD release of "The Slip", the band's latest album which was issued as a free download last month. According to FMQB, the CD will arrive on July 22 in North America as an individually numbered limited edition, packaged with a bonus DVD of live performances from the band's rehearsals for its upcoming summer tour. A vinyl edition of the record will be released two weeks later on August 5. NIN leader Trent Reznor also confirmed that the digital edition of "The Slip" "will remain free for download indefinitely" at NIN.com. The international CD version of "The Slip" will not be a limited edition. The previous NIN album, "Ghosts I - IV", was made available in March in a variety of digital and physical configurations, including a $300 "ultra-deluxe" limited edition that sold out almost immediately. NINE INCH NAILS will begin a North American trek on July 25 at British Columbia's Pemberton Festival. Thanks The Pulse Of Radio. JUDAS PRIEST'S, IAN HILL, ON NOSTRODAMUS' PROPHECIES - "A LOT OF IT IS POSSIBLY, A LOT OF CRAP".
Priests "Nostrodamus", hits the shelves today................. And I'm on my way to pick it up. And the guys I've talked to who've heard it?? Lets put it this way............. It' ain't "Painkiller" thats for sure. But what the hell... .It's 'Priest' man. Check out the following interview with bassist Ian Hill, (nice way to promote the thing Ian) who I thought was a mute: Arthur Karras of Australia's Beat magazine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. On the "Nostradamus" concept album: "It's a massive piece of work for us. After the 'Angel Of Retribution' album we were glad to have Rob Halford back in the band after a decade away. He is JUDAS PRIEST. As a band we started to write new material, when our manager came up with the idea of a concept album on the life and times of Nostradamus. We all kind of laughed initially, but K.K., Glenn and Rob really got stuck into the project and it was like watching them go back to school. The research was exhaustive. "We haven't all come out of it devotees to the man, and I still think a lot of it is possibly a load of crap, but as a story of a man, it's an immense one and musically it's been such a challenge and progression for us. After all these years in this business it's great to have that feeling. Oh… by the way the world ends in 2014, so don't bother paying off any mortgages or debts — go and have the time of your life." On whether it's true he discovered Rob Halford by dating his sister: "I was definitely dating his sister many moons ago. She told me she had a brother who wanted to sing and after a few trials and tribulations K.K. and I decided to check out this Rob guy, purely as a favour to my girl at the time. I did more than date her, I ended up marrying her. Although we're divorced now, we do have a beautiful son in his 20s called Alex." On why he doesn't bother writing songs anymore: "I leave it to the trio of core songwriters. I used to write in the early days and some of my songs made it onto the albums. I think Glenn, K.K. and Rob form a great writing relationship and I don't want to upset the apple kart. Even on this project I didn't really get too heavily involved. I waited for them to tell me what bits I needed to play and off we went. Even Halford showed up pretending he's interested, but left most of the work to K.K. and Glenn who were immersed in the project." On being part of a band that has defined a genre and spawned countless imitators: "We are very proud of what we have achieved. When I formed this band way back in 1970 I had no grand plan. K.K. Downing and I were just mates from school that wanted to play some music. We have a great family among us and like family we have our good and bad days, but without sounding nostalgic, yeah, it's pretty cool what we have achieved." Thanks Beat mag. SERJ TANKIAN - COMING TO A 'HOLIDAY INN LOUNGE', NEAR YOU.
Where he'll croon "Empty Walls" in a powder blue tux, under a disco ball... just for you. Serj Tankian, the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, has announced select North American tour dates in July and August amidst a run of European shows. Tankian will perform at two Canadian festivals: the Pemberton Festival on July 25, with NINE INCH NAILS, and OZZY OSBOURNE's Monsters of Rock Festival on July 26. Tankian will also play a special hometown show at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on August 2 before heading to Dallas for a mainstage appearance at Ozzfest 2008 on August 8 alongside METALLICA. Tankian has been on the road since the October 23, 2007 release of his Serjical Strike/Reprise Records debut solo album, "Elect The Dead", which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200. The album, which the Los Angeles Times called "brutally engaging guitar-rock, with steely lyricism and throttling textures, " also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hard and Alternative Charts and No. 2 on the Billboard Rock Chart.
The first single, "Empty Walls", was a hit at Alternative and Rock radio. Tankian is gearing up to release a new single, "Lie Lie Lie", which will ship to radio on June 30. Thanks Blabb. SEATTLE'S "THE BOSS MARTIANS" - KICKING GARAGE-ROCK SQUARE IN THE BALLS! (WITH IGGY POP ALONG FOR THE RIDE!)
HEY! Check out this bunch from Seattle! I do believe... ...brothers & sisters, Garage Rock is being re-invented as we speak!!! PR reports: Seattle rock band The Boss Martians are back with "Pressure in the SODO" in stores on July 22th on MuSick Recordings. Click THE BOSS MARTIANS to slurp up the best of Seattle Power-pop. Tracks like "The Power Of Doubt" & "No One To No One", hand similar acts like 'Hot Hot Heat', their collective asses. The disc is rock and roll at it's most potent with a guest appearance by Iggy Pop on the track "Mars is for Martians" (co-written with front man Evan Foster) featuring a sneering lead vocal from the Godfather of Punk himself. E-Trade has also taken notice by featuring "Hey Hey Yeah Yeah" in several of their TV commercials currently airing multiple times daily, and one that premiered on Super Bowl Sunday. The Boss Martians have just returned from a successful European tour and multiple dates across the U.S. Key tracks on the CD include: "No One to No One, " "Stiletto (Need Some Action), " "Elsie, " and the aforementioned collaboration with Iggy on "Mars Is For Martians." The track is an alphabetical tour through the rock and roll basics, and it's an undisputed highlight of the scalding Pressure In The SODO. Thanks Antimusic. NORWEGIAN METALLERS, 'ULVER' - COVER "PRINCE" TRACK, AS APPRECIATION TO HIS "SENSIBILITY."
And just what "sensibility"... would that fucking be??? Umm... ..... like maybe being a total dick & suing anybody remotely thinking about file-sharing his shit called music? F#@K... ...I could go on for an hour about this little prick. Thats why a respected Avant-Garde metal act like Ulver, pulling this crap... ....leaves me totally flabbergasted. Click ULVER VS PRINCE to check it out. Norwegian metallers Ulver have posted a cover version of Prince's "Thieves In The Temple" on their official MySpace page. The song "Thieves In The Temple" was originally released on Prince's 1990 "GraffitI Bridge" album, with the song hitting 6 on the US charts. For the cover, Ulver collaborated with female soul singer and Wyclef Jean protégée, SirI Stranger. The boys downplay their own participation, and relation to Prince, with the following statement: "Prince is not our familiar, but we appreciate his spirituality and sensibility, manifest in this song. We are thieves in his temple." Their song is part of a massive 81-track, 5-CD tribute titled, "Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince" (C+C Records). Info on the label website about the release reads: "An overwhelming compilation by the finest Norwegian artists doing their all-time favourite Prince songs. Shockadelica is a genre-breaking compilation where all musical categories are represented. We have gathered Norway's finest jazz musicians, heavy metalists, pop, electro, rock, country, blues, gospel choirs, Norway's most famous boy choir, avantgarde, soul, funk, jazz-rock, noise, humourists, singer/songwriters, hiphop-producers, Prince cover bands and dance artists. Even the national symphony orchestra Kork is represented. This is more than just a Prince tribute album. This is actually Everything the Norwegian musical scene has to offer 2008. All is made with love to the world's greatest artist ever, Prince. The 5 CD-compilation is one time offer, 5000 copies limited edition only." Thanks Metal Storm. CANADIAN METAL- HEADS HANG HEADS IN SHAME - FINGER ELEVEN'S "PARALYZER" IN TOP 20 'BEST-SELLING DIGITAL D-LOADS' OF ALL TIME.
As a Canadian... ........this is embarrasing. Because this band was a decent outfit, untill they went all disco. Finger Eleven’s lead single “Paralyzer,” from the RIAA gold-certified THEM VS. YOU VS. ME, with cumulative single downloads of 2,202,102, has become the 19th best-selling download of all time according to Soundscan’s RTD Digital Tracks chart. On the rock side, these sales position “Paralyzer” as number five in cumulative sales on the chart. Additionally, the song is approaching ringtone sales of 600,000. Finger Eleven’s Rich Beddoe commented, “To have been told of this amazing news, it completely overwhelms me and the rest of the band. When we wrote this song, we never could have imagined how far it would take the band and just how many people would react to it. We are honored to be just a little part of musical history.” Guitarist Rick Jackett added, “We love the fact that our music has reached so many people…to be in the top 20 of all time is definitely an honor.” Finger Eleven has partnered with Animoto, the web application that lets users easily create personalized music videos from their own photos and music, to let fans create their own Finger Eleven videos featuring the band’s current single “I’ll Keep Your Memory Vague,” and four additional songs. Fans can upload their own photos, pick from the five Finger Eleven songs available, and Animoto will create a professional-quality video that can be shared through email, social networks, and YouTube™. (Rank - "This is all very disturbing news for me... ...and now I must deficate to my Rainbow Butt Monkeys Cd") Thanks Antimusic. BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH - "NEW-METAL" JESUS, OUT TO SAVE YOUR SOUL.
The guys at Metalsucks.com bring this hilarious editorial: What could possibly be funnier than the fact that Korn-guitarist-turned-Jesus-freak Brian “Head” Welch is releasing a solo album this September?
Oh, lots and lots of things. For instance: Oops, my bad. But then again, neither was Korn. Thanks Metalsucks.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, JUNE17/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2005 . . Pete Doherty was thrown of a yacht after being found smoking crack cocaine. The Babyshambles singer had been invited onto the yacht with his girlfriend Kate Moss by Davinia Taylor. 1995 . . Soul Asylum had a Top Ten-selling album with Let Your Dim Light Shine. The album featured the track, "Misery." 1995 . . Rod Stewart set an attendance record for Wembley Stadium with a concert crowd of 90,000. 1980 . . Led Zeppelin kicked off their first tour on the European continent since 1973. It would be their last. 1976 Ian Dury plays last live gig with Kilburn and the High Roadsand before starting his solo career. The show at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow also had The Sex Pistols and The Stranglers on the bill.
"BORN" 1962: Michael Monroe/MattI Fagerholm (Finnish singer:HanoI Rocks/Demolition23/Damien Thorne). 1958: Jello Biafra/Eric Reed Boucher (spoken word, singer, Dead Kennedys/Lard/solo). 1957: Philip Chevron/Philip Ryan (guitar: Pogues/The Radiators). 1947: Greg Rolie [singer, keyboardist: Santana/Journey/Greg Rolie Band).
"PASSED AWAY" 2005: Karl Mueller (42) bassist in the rock-grunge band Soul Asylum (throat cancer)
THANKS"Granville Island Palamino Lager"Vancouver (5.0%)... ..............UK's 'The Almighty' - good stuff, if you can get past Ricky Warricks ego... ...........Earwig Motel... ...........Filthy Belgium Cousin. - Rank Hank Posted June 17, 2008 | Download of the day: Down - Three Suns And One Star.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JUNE16/08: - "RED, HOT - NEW METAL RELEASES" STARTING JUNE 16/08.
Girlfriend says... "it's either Metal or Her?" Goodbye bitch... ........Here's whats new in Metal this week:
# 16 June: Thanks Metalsucks.com "RED, HOT - NEW ROCK/ALTTERNATIVE RELEASES" FOR JUNE 16TH.
Ok... ......Beck's supposedly back to rocking out............. However, I'll still let someone else here buy it, before I work up the courage to buy another Beck album. The second hand Cd shops won't take the ones I've got.
Releases for June: 6/17/2008 Thanks Exclaim.ca NEW 'SLIPKNOT SINGLE'! - "ALL HOPE IS GONE, " SAMPLE AVAILABLE HERE!
Samples don't reveal a whole hell of alot... ........but Truth be told, what you'll hear IS PRETTY F@#KING SOLID big baller!!! An audio sample of the new SLIPKNOT single "All Hope Is Gone" is available at AMAZON COM The track comes off the group's long-awaited new album, which is due on August 26 via Roadrunner Records. Other working songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Moth", "Chapter One", "The Eleventh March", "Dirge", "Dead Memories", "Vendetta" and "Psycho Social". A heavier track from the new SLIPKNOT album will be sent to metal radio shows this week, with an official rock radio single coming on June 30. SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor told Billboard.com last month that the group's new album will "rip your face off, " adding, "I don't think the world will be ready for this album." The group's yet-to-be-titled fourth effort will follow up 2004's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", with Taylor calling it a "very dark" cross between that and its 2001 sophomore CD, "Iowa". Taylor described the new record as having "so much power in it and yet there are so many great spots for melody...It's a controlled chaos that hits you right out of the gate." Taylor, who also fronts the more melodic STONE SOUR, said that his vocals are in a similar vein on this SLIPKNOT outing. He explained, "I got to the point where I was tired of pretending that I couldn't sing every time I made a SLIPKNOT album, so this time I'm going all out." As for the album's lyrical direction, Taylor revealed, "Instead of bitching about what went wrong in my life, I'm bitching about what's wrong in life, period." Thanks Amazon.com/Blabb. THE GOOD NEWS? - LINKIN PARKS 'BENNINGTON IS "NOT" VELVET REVOLVERS NEW SINGER - THE 'BAD NEWS'? LINKIN PARK IS STILL HERE.
.......yeah, it's not Chester Bennington.............it's Justin Timberlake. Thats what this act deserves. LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington has dismissed rumors that he has been tapped to replace Scott Weiland as the new singer of VELVET REVOLVER. In an exclusive interview for this week's Kerrang! magazine, Bennington said, "I'm friends with all the guys in VELVET REVOLVER and have played with all of them before. I'm friends with Scott too. I think the rumour that I was going to join VELVET REVOLVER started because Slash asked me if I'd come play a show with them in Vegas right around the time that Scott left the band. Timing-wise, it didn't work out for me, though. Maybe people assumed that invitation meant I was joining the band." "It would be very uncomfortable for me to join that band because I'm friends with all of them, including Scott, " Bennington continues. "If I was even going to do just one show, or record just one song with them, I'd have to know it was okay with my band, all those guys and Scott too. That said, if Bennington didn't have prior commitments or wasn't friends with all parties, he'd jump at the chance: "If I wasn't in LINKIN PARK anymore and I didn't know Scott, though, I'd say yes, " he says. "Who wouldn't? The music is great and it would be a really cool opportunity." Thanks BW&BK. THE WILDHEARTS - ENCOURAGE CROWD TO "THROW SHIT AT THEM" & GET PULLED OFF STAGE.
The other day we ran a clip on Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme chewing out an asshole for throwing shit at him... ...(throwing shit just ain't cool). On the weekend, The Wildheart's frontman Ginger, set the problem back 100 yrs, by "ENCOURAGING" people to throw stuff, at the UK's Download festival. What a fucking moron.............. were pulled offstage in dramatic fashion at Download Festival today (June 15). The veteran British rockers' set was cut short after an apparently good-natured festival bottling got out of hand. Towards the end of a rowdy show which saw frontman Ginger bantering with the crowd throughout, the rocker began to complain about the lack of objects being thrown forward, chastising the crowd by saying, "is that all you've got to throw?" However, the audience took this as encouragement, and a torrent of objects began to come forward. When a sharp object landed at the barrier, the song '29 x The Pain' was stopped and the band left the stage. However, earlier on today, Ginger told was not expecting such a dramatic show. He told NME.COM: "We've played Donington surprisingly few times. We played as The Wildhearts in 1994, and then a couple of years ago as Ginger and the Sonic Circus, when I got my arms impaled a bunch of times by the psycho cyborgs. They’re a body modification performance outfit that specialise in sticking things in bodies. So I hope this time will be a little less eventful. "This time we’re actually going to try and play well! I'm quite confident that our audience are going to make us proud to say because they’re a very loud, vociferous bunch." Thanks MNE. CELTIC FROST UPDATE - REMAINING MEMBERS PUT BAND ON "LIFE SUPPORT".
Remember, a couple of weeks ago, when all hell broke loose in the Celtic Frost camp? Original founding member Tom Fischer announced his departure from CELTIC FROST in April, citing "the irresolvable, severe erosion of the personal basis so urgently required to collaborate within a band so unique, volatile, and ambitious." "The biggest mistake I have ever made in my life was to agree to Martin Eric Ain's proposal to add that one member to the lineup [presumably referring to Franco Sesa — Ed.] it is a mistake I will never forgive myself for, until the day I die. Particularly so, since I subconsciously sensed it was a mistake even within the first week of rehearsals." Tommy has a rep' of being "difficult" to work with, so who the hell knows where the blame lies.
AND NOW, THIS FROM THE BAND: "We are deeply sorry about the cancellation of the summer festivals and the Giger Museum anniversary show this year. We regret the adversity that this caused fans and promoters alike. Tom Gabriel Fischer [guitar, vocals] has left the band, but CELTIC FROST is still alive, albeit in a coma of sorts. Franco [Sesa, drums] and I are NOT going to continue recording or touring as CELTIC FROST. This would be preposterous without one of its founding members, the original voice and its defining guitarist. But we are not going to officially disband CF. We hope that there might be a possibility of talking things over and overcoming the differences that caused this schism. Most certainly this will not happen now, but maybe sometime in the future. After all, this is not the first time in the history of this band that things have gone wrong. In the meantime, Franco and I will continue to create music of our own. Under what name or with whom else shall remain open for now. For the time being, we accept Tom's decision as being better for all of us and we would like to whish all the best for him and his future projects. A thank you is due to all fans and friends for their support in these difficult times. We hope that at least the work of these past years was as pleasurable to you as it was to us." (RANK - "What a classless exit for a legend in the Euro-Metal world. Lock these f@#kers in a room until they work it out............then produce an amazing follow-up to 'Monotheist') Thanks Blabb. TRIVIUM - ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE.
Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM have set a September 30 release date through Roadrunner Records for their new album. A 46-second teaser clip for the CD, which is rumored to be titled "Shogun", can be viewed below. TRIVIUM flew to Nashville, Tennessee on March 31 to enter the studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL) to begin recording the follow-up to 2006's "The Crusade". "FRESH FROM SHOPPING FOR WOMENS JEANS, HEAFY HAD THIS TO ADD": "For the first time, we can't look at our songs and say who the riffs sound like, " guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy told Revolver magazine about the group's new material. "We're really making our own stuff and our own kind of music and art form, and that's exciting." TRIVIUM reportedly wrote around 40 songs last year and demoed the best 15 or so before commencing the new LP recording sessions. "When we went in, we thought, 'Hey, these songs are good enogh for the album already,' but we've overhauled almost everything, " Heafy told Revolver. "Nick has encouraged us to explore so many new ideas that we never would have thought of." Thanks Revolver. "GHOST OF SHARON OSBOURNE" - HAUNTS IRON MAIDEN IN NEW YORK!
Click IRON MAIDEN SOCCER to catch what happened in New York Last night. Remember back when Sharon Osborne paid a bunch of kids to pepper Maiden w/ eggs at Ozzfest/New York?..........Looks like the curse is still there. Video footage has surfaced of the power outage that occurred during IRON MAIDEN's performance last night (Sunday, June 15) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. According to one BLABBERMOUTH.NET user who attended the concert, "halfway through the song 'Powerslave', the power died to the sound system, and MAIDEN were onstage with full lights, shrugging their shoulders. [See clip at this location: power dies around the 5:48 mark.] I was right behind the soundboard, and there was never any problem at that end. Anyway, obviously this was a high point of their set, and within a minute after the stalls the band produced a soccer ball on stage and began kicking it around to entertain the fans while the technical nightmare continued. After about ten minutes of silence, Bruce Dickinson picked up one of the Egyptian sarcophagI and began using it as a shield to play soccer. He was pretty good with it, too! This entire time, the lights were fine, and the soundboard was perfectly okay and didn't appear to be reset. There was definitely no panic at the board. Suddenly and happily, Steve Harris's galloping bass reappeared in the monitors, and the band regrouped and moved onto the next song. My friends and I were joking that this was a long-distance dedication from Sharon Osbourne, and evidently Dickinson thought the same. As soon as his mic worked, he muttered dramatically something like: 'The revenge of Sharon...the wicked witch of the west rises again!' Strong words, preached to a crowd of 18,000. MAIDEN had spent the whole night, and indeed the past two years, proving themselves leagues above the egg-throwing spat at Ozzfest 2005. Evidently, they are still sensitive to the long-reaching powers of the Sharon. Why would he even joke about that if he didn't think it was possible?" Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, JUNE16/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 . . ABSU have parted ways with bassist/vocalist Equitant Ifernain. 1994 . . Oasis played at The Erotika Club, Paris in France, the bands first gig outside the UK. 1982 . . Guitarist and singer Donny van Zant of 38 Special is arrested on stage during a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma for public drinking. It is a dry town. 1975 . . John Lennon sued the U.S. government, he charged that officials tried to deny his immigration through selective prosecution. 1964 . . Rolling Stones fly back to the UK in the middle of their first tour of America to play Magdalen College in Oxford, a gig arranged for £50. Aeroplanes alone cost them £1500
"BORN" 1981: Billy Martin (guitarist, keyboards: Good Charlotte). 1978: Remy Dieteren (guitars: Callenish Circle) 1976: Dryden Mitchell (lead singer: Alien Ant Farm). 1963: Scott Rockenfield (drummer: Queensryche/Slave To The System). 1953: Ian Mosley (drummer: Marillion/solo/guest).
"PASSED AWAY" 1997: John Wolters (52) drummer with Dr. Hook (cancer) 1994: Kristen Pfaff (26) bassist, Hole (found dead in her bathtub due to a heroin overdose) 1982: James Honeyman-Scott (25) Guitarist, Pretenders (died of a cocaine & heroin overdose)
THANKS"Whistler Dual Mountain Lager" Vancouver (5.0%)... ..........American Motherload - 300lb riffs!, chock full of attitude, but now strangely silent, too bad... ...........The Ballad Of Creamy Ed... ...........Raggedy Snatch. - Rank Hank Posted June 16, 2008 | Today's video by Rise To Addiction | Download of the day: System Of A Down - Vicinity Of Obscenity.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldSATURDAY, JUNE 14/08 / WEEKEND EDITION: - SEX PISTOLS - THREATEN TO KILL ISLE OF WIGHT CROWD!
They're back and as cranky as ever!!!
The Sex Pistols played a headline slot at the Isle Of Wight Festival tonight (June 14), during which singer John Lyden threatened to murder audience members, called tomorrow's (June 15) headliners The Police "bumholes", downed liquor from the bottle, paid tribute to Iggy Pop and footballer Paul Gascoigne then complained about the lack of "fanny" in the crowd. Thanks MNE. METALLICA - STUPID 'ALBUM IMAGE?' & TITLE REVEALED.
Is this the best they could come up with for an album cover? Reportedly the other 3 members of the band voted down... "St. Ulrich". METALLICA has revealed the title of its new album — "Death Magnetic" — by posting the finalized/complete version (see below) of the image that originally appeared on the band's official web site on Tuesday (June 10) under the headline "???." The CD is due out in September. A short video clip revealing the new album title and featuring an audio sample of a brand new song can be viewed below. Just one day after several UK web sites posted early reviews of six new METALLICA songs that were previewed for them in London in early June, the reports were all taken down, reportedly at the request of the band's management. METALLICA has since issued a statement blaming a management "error" for the move and has apparently asked for the reviews to be re-posted. METALLICA performed a "secret" show Thursday night (June 12) at The Basement in Nashville, Tennessee in front of an estimated 175 people. The band played Tennessee's Bonnaroo festival Friday (June 13) and is scheduled to perform at the one-day Ozzfest in Dallas on August 9, with a full North American tour in the works for the fall. Thanks Blabb. THROW STUFF AT JOSH HOMME? - "I'LL BUTT F@#K YOU, YOU CHICKEN SHIT F@#*#KER!"
Check the hilarity RIGHT HERE QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme called out an audience member yesterday (Friday, June 13) for allegedly "throwing shit" at him during QUEENS' performance at the Norwegian Wood festival in Oslo, Norway. The entire incident was captured on video by NRK Lydverket and can be viewed below. Also available is footage of vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz and guitarist Ian D'Sa of the Canadian rock band BILLY TALENT discussing the incident the following day. A transcript of Homme's onstage rant follows: "Do me one favor, though. Don't throw any shit at me. You throw something at me, I'm not so sick that I can't go down there and beat the fucking shit out of you, you know what I'm saying?! I may have a fucking 102 temperature and been puking for three days, but I'll still butt-fuck you in front of all your friends. [Spots the culprit in the crowd] Hey, you, right there — hey, you, with the fucking hat on! Hey, pussy! Turn around, you fucking pussy with the black hair! Turn the fuck around, you chickenshit fucking f****t! Hey, you — you fucking pussy motherfucker! I will fuck you up! C'mon up here! C'mon up here, you fucking little f****t! You know what?! Get your fucking ass up here! You're so fucking stupid you'll come up here. Lift him up so that I can kick him in the fucking face. [Throws something at the alleged 'shit-thrower'] Invisible fucking cunt. Go back to your mom's house, you 12-year-old dickless fucking turd! And his friends, you wanna throw something too or are you all cool? You're all good? You know this dickless fucking turd has no friends anyway, man. I came here for the rest of you — not for this asshole." Thanks Blabb. EX - DROWNING POOL VOCALIST - BITCHING ABOUT "NOT GETTING PAID".
Ex-DROWNING POOL and current AM CONSPIRACY singer Jason "Gong" Jones slammed his former bandmates during a recent interview with Altitude, stating about his departure from the group, "I left DROWNING POOL because I wasn't really getting paid for the work I was doing at all whatsoever and wasn't really happy with the music and definitely wasn't happy with the guys, if you wanna know the honest truth. So, actually, I was off for a moment, I was in Florida and I saw these guys [referring to the rest of AM CONSPIRACY — Ed.] play, and I was like, 'Wow, this is so much fucking better. These guys can actually play their instruments,' and so I jumped in on it, man." After being shown a video clip of Gong explaining why he is no longer part of DROWNING POOL, the current members of the band responded with the following: C.J. Pierce (guitar): "I'm about to throw up on myself just looking at his face, if you don't mind me saying. Speaking of money, I like that first dig — 'They're not really paying me' stuff. If I recall, we bailed him out of jail for a cool $65,000 to continue to sing with us." Stevie Benton (bass): "We had to keep him out legal trouble, which cost the band about $60,000. So the record that we put out [with Gong: 2004's 'Desensitized'], his share really never made up for that. So, technically, he still owes us." C.J. Pierce: "Yeah, he didn't see money, but you could be in jail right now. How about we give him his money and let him go to jail?" Ryan McCombs (vocals: Gong's replacement and former member of SOIL): "I think the saddest thing for me being the outside guy is just how politically correct everyobody's been about that split-up, even myself, even though I sat there on some of the tours seeing the moron in his glory. But everybody always took, once again, the high road — everybody took a politically correct stance — so watching that right now, I'm realizing that we've got an unsigned band maybe trying to cause a little ruckus to get a little attention." C.J. Pierce: "At the end of the day, we wish him the best of luck. God bless his heart." Thanks The Gauntlet. BLACK STONE CHERRY - HILLBILLY RAWKERS PREP' FOR AUGUST RELEASE.
You can sleep well tonite.................. Kentucky Hillbilly-core is alive & well.
The cover artwork for "Folklore and Superstition", the new album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on August 19 via Roadrunner Records. Thanks BSC Myspace. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SWEDISH DEATH METAL - ON ITS WAY. According to Voices From The Darkside, another book focusing on the early Swedish death metal scene called "Encyclopedia of Svensk Dödsmetall" (Encyclopedia of Swedish Death Metal) will be released in the coming weeks. Author Nicola CostantinI began working on the book at the end of 2005 and has chosen to focus on the most unknown Swedish death metal acts that existed between 1988 and 1992.
"Encyclopedia of Svensk Dödsmetall" will feature plenty of interviews with the important names of the Swedish death metal scene along with articles covering most of the bands that were in existence during the scene's formative years. The book is professionally printed on 218 black-and-white A4 pages and captures the true old-school fanzine spirit with a cut-and-paste layout. It will sell for 40 euros. For more information, click SWEDISH DEATH INSISION bassist Daniel Ekeroth's book about the Swedish death metal scene, apty titled "Swedish Death Metal", reached the No. 1 position on the AdLibris sales charts in Sweden for the month of February 2007 for non-fiction books in a foreign language. According to Daniel, "AdLibris is Sweden's biggest retailer of books, and the fact that an underground project like this can hit the No. 1 spot is just amazing!" Ekeroth previously said the following about the "Swedish Death Metal" book, "In the mid-'80s, a small underground movement in Sweden started to emerge from small towns and suburbs. A handful of restless teenagers started to search for the most extreme music available, and a tape trading community began to grow. Eventually the teenagers picked up instruments themselves, and created what in a few years would dominate the world of extreme music — Swedish death metal. Thanks Tamarapress .com 252,777 'TARDS - BUY DISTURBED'S 'INDESTRUCTIBLE', DURING FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE.
What a f@#king travesty............... While Prong's most excellent,'Power Of The Damager' only sold something in the area of 4500 copies in the first week of release, Rocks bland old dinosaurs continue to draw the numbers. Van Halen, U2, Metallica, Dave Matthews Band, Staind, System of a Down… Disturbed. Sigh. These are the elite ranks of rock acts to have three #1 debuts in a row. Excuse me while I go vomit. In other news, Opeth debuted at at #23 with 19,655 units shifted. But it kind of feels like getting a pair of socks for Chanukah when your brother got that sweet new video game. Thanks Metal Sucks. SWITZERLAND'S "SYBREED" - 2ND ALBUM DUE IN AUGUST.
We've been preaching the gospel of SYBREED here, for awhile now. This band is very technical & has built a rep' on its production values... ........truly amazing! Switzerland's futuristic metal band SYBREED will release its second album, "Antares", in the U.S. on August 15 via Koch Records. The U.S. version of the CD will include a previously unreleased song called "Plasmaterial" as a bonus track, which is "our way to beg your pardon for having taken so much time to unleash this LP on the American soil, " says the group. "Antares" as released in Europe last October via Listenable Records. The CD, which was previously described by the band as "the red pulsing noise celebrating the fall from grace, the loss of hope and innocence, and our own human nature confronted to eternity, " features a guest appearance on drums by Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK, SCARVE). Thanks Blabb. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - SATURDAY, JUNE 14/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2001 . . Vocalist David Wayne has left Metal Church. 1986 . . Bob Geldof was named in HRH The Queen's Birthday Honours List, receiving an honorary Knighthood in recognition of his humanitarian activities. 1971 . . In London, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened. 1970 . . Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominoes play their debut gig at Lyceum. David Mason plays second guitar.
"BORN" 1981: Billy Martin (guitarist, keyboards: Good Charlotte). 1976: Dryden Mitchell (lead singer: Alien Ant Farm). 1966: Michael Britt (guitar: Lonestar). 1963: Scott Rockenfield (drummer: Queensryche/Slave To The System). 1956: Bernie Shaw (vocals: Uriah Heep) 1956: David Hinds (rhythm guitar, vocalist: Steel Pulse). 1946: Noddy Holder/Neville John Holder (guitar, vocals: Slade).
"PASSED AWAY" 1995: Rory Gallagher (48) Irish rock/blues guitar virtuoso, singer, Taste/solo. Rory also played the mandolin, the accordion, the harmonica, the resonator guitar, piano and saxophone (died in London from chest infection following a liver transplant) 1989: Pete De Freitas (27) Spanish drummer with Echo & The Bunnymen (motorcycle accident)
THANKS"Phillips Organic pale Ale" Victoria (5.0%)... ...........Dark Tranquillity - for living in 'In Flames' shadow & being cool about it... .............Evident Pest... .........Quibling Jeeps. - Rank Hank Posted June 14, 2008 | Download of the day: 09 - Rhino Bucket - The Hard Grind.ogg
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JUNE 13/08: - EVERGREY - FINALLY FIND A HOME WITH "STEAMHAMMER/SPV".
About frickin' time....... It would've been a collosal travesty, had these guys not had a label offer. Following intense and very constructive discussions, Steamhammer/SPV have announced their future collaboration with Swedish dark melodic metal act, Evergrey. The deal includes not only the group's brand-new studio album, Torn, which will arrive in September, but also Evergrey's complete back-catalog. SPV Head of Labels, Ulrike Rudolph says: "We are all happy to welcome Evergrey to the SPV/Steamhammer Family, and are looking forward to a great future together." Evergrey mastermind Tom S. Englund is also looking forward to a productive cooperation with Steamhammer, explaining: "After long and intense negotiations, we feel that we have arrived at optimum conditions for everybody involved. We are confident that Evergrey will continue to grow artistically under the terms of this contract, that SPV will enjoy our cooperation and - this is definitely the most important aspect - that our fans will thoroughly benefit from the new deal." The first stage of this ambitious target will see the release of Evergrey's new studio album, Torn, at the beginning of September, featuring eleven compositions, described by Englund as a "modern mix of In Search Of Truth and Recreation Day". "The tracks are all guitar-oriented and very atmospheric. They have exactly the sound that our fans expect from us. Since thier start in 1998, Evergrey have brought out six studio albums and one live cut. All of them made the top 20 in their native Sweden and the last two made the top 10 (no. 6 and 3, respectively). On top of that, their DVD was number 1 for four weeks and nominated for a Grammy in Sweden. The band has toured around the globe several times, together with In Flames, Nevermore, Throwdown, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom and Iced Earth, among others. Thanks The Gauntlet. MUNICIPAL WASTE - NEW VIDEO, "SADISTIC MAGICIAN", RIGHT HERE!
Earache Records press release: "Chaos broke out recently when Virginian thrashers Municipal Waste paid a visit to a nuclear power plant. Needless to say, the power plant couldn't handle the sheer energy of the band and the building started to collapse, causing toxic waste to leak into the local water supply with some rather unsettling results. There couldn't be a scarier thought, but luckily for us, this didn't actually happen. This tale of terror sets the scene for Municipal Waste's gory new music video for the track "Sadistic Magician", which comes off the band's 2007 Earache Records album, "The Art Of Partying". Filmed at the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant in Playa del Ray, California, the "Sadistic Magician" video was directed by Jeff Speed of 1134 Films and produced by Carolyn Vye of The Vault LA (Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Madina Lake) and features Municipal Waste doing what they best - thrashing it up and laying waste to everything around them! Director Jeff Speed comments on the video: "Humor, horror, metal and mayhem have always been a winning combination. It's 80's throwback to the fullest - back when videos were fun and the music was still dangerous. Municipal Waste is the perfect band for it because this is exactly who they are - no bullshit." Check out all the carnage of the video RIGHT HERE! Thanks Earache Records. BLACK LIGHT BURNS - "COVERS" RELEASE DATE, PLUS NEW STUDIO MATERIAL UPDATE.
Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland and his band BLACK LIGHT BURNS is preparing for the release of Cover Your Heart & The Anvil Pants Odyssey, a combination CD and DVD package on August 5, 2008 on I Am: Wolfpack/YMA Music Group.
In response to the music industry's constantly changing business model, Black Light Burns has decided to take on a different approach to distributing their music. Instead of offering simple physical CDs and digital downloads, they are offering multiple music offerings that include the following tiers: Thanks The Gauntlet. 2 - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - SUED BY ATLANTIC RECORDS.
Between riding the Horse & the nose candy... ...I wonder if Weiland has any clue at all, about what this is about? STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have issued a statement in response to a lawsuit filed by Warner Music Group Corp's Atlantic Records label against two of its members for allegedly trying to end their recording contract early. The suit, filed on Thursday (June 12) in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, claims lead singer Scott Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz have threatened to stop performing under their contract and have indicated they would like to end the agreement unless Atlantic makes significant changes, according to Reuters.
HERE'S STP'S STATEMENT: "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS were deeply disappointed to see that Atlantic filed a surprise lawsuit against two members of the legendary band STP when they were in the middle of what were believed to be cordial and positive discussions about STP returning to the studio to make a new album after 5 years. Despite the allegations in the complaint, the band never threatened anything more than remaining away from the studio until equitable terms could be arranged. The precipitous filing of this action is yet another example of the difficulties facing artists in the new music environment, as relationships between artists and their labels fall further and further apart. "Eric and Scott have not yet been served and hope that Atlantic will allow cooler heads to prevail, and have the courtesy of shelving this action to permit negotiations to continue in a positive spirit rather than under a dark cloud of hostility. Should everyone operate in good faith, STP are certain that a new album from the band will be available soon. Should Atlantic instead pursue this scorched earth policy towards the band, the ultimate victims will be STP's fans, who will never be able to enjoy a new album from the group." ........"Legendary Band"??? Who the fuck do they think they are?.......Black Sabbath? What a mess. Thanks Blabb. ROBERT PLANT! - TURN YOUR HEARING AID UP & LISTEN TO THIS.
Gigwise.com reports that Jason Bonham, the son of LED ZEPPELIN's original drummer John Bonham, has said that he would tour with LED ZEPPELIN "in a heartbeat." Bonham took over his late father's drum seat when the band reformed for a one-off reunion show in London last year. The concert, at the O2 Arena, was watched by 20,000 fans, although over a million people registered for tickets for the event. Since the concert, rumors have been rife as to whether the band will announce any more shows. Frontman Robert Plant is currently promoting "Raising Sands", his album with Alison Krauss, on a U.S. tour. Speaking to the BBC, Bonham said: "It's up to them but if it was up to me, I'd love to." Bonham, who said the reunion show was "better than I could have imagined, " said he hoped to be “put into the loop” regarding more shows. "My fingers are crossed and I would do it in a heartbeat, " he said. Thanks Gigwise.com CHECK OUT CHICAGO'S, 'TRIALS' - NEW TRACK HERE & ALBUM UPDATE.
Hey y'all........check these guys out! Click TRIALS MYSPACE for some good ol' fashioned Prog-Thrash. Think Forbidden mating with Soilwork. Best up are "Praise" & "Powerless". The track "And Still I Breathe" is worthy of a band with 2 decades of experience under its belt. Super shit, my bray! Give these guys a chance. TRIALS was formed in late 2007 in Chicago, IL. The band’s inspiration draws from such forward-thinking groups as Death, Strapping Young Lad and Emperor, and from more recent acts such as Gojira and Arsis who carry on that same legacy of innovation in heavy music.combined with a love of ‘80s thrash (particularly Testament, Vio-Lence, and Forbidden), the result is a sound that is as unique as it is powerful. The seeds of the band’s existence were planted in September 2007, when Mark and Sasha’s previous group called it quits. Faced with the prospect of not having a legitimate band, the two chose instead to write some new material for their own amusement. Soon enough, they had recorded a number of new demo tracks in their rehearsal room. The new songs revealed a heavier, more progressive musical direction that both members felt was worth pursuing, and they decided it was necessary to assemble a proper live band. The first person they contacted was bassist Usha Rajbandari, a friend of the band’s and a fixture of Chicago’s underground metal scene. The 2nd guitar spot was filled when Remy Walle (formerly of New York progressive metallers Malstrom) volunteered for the job. TRIALS is currently recording a full-length album with engineer/mixer Chris Wolff (the audio mastermind behind the band's demo tracks). They will begin performing live in the spring of 2008, both in the band’s hometown of Chicago and elsewhere. Thanks TRIALS MYSPACE. GENE SIMMONS ROAST ON A&E - "UMMM, I LOVE THE SMELL OF PORK".
Ya know... ...this might be worth tuning in for just to watch Steve-O (Jackass) & Ralphie May (Comedian extrordinare) take turns hurling shots at the worlds biggest ego.
"Gene Simmons Roast" will air on A&E this Sunday, June 15 at 10:00 p.m. EST/9:00 p.m. CST. Thanks A&E. ATTENTION LUCAS ROSSI - "YOUR 15 MIN' ARE UP"!
I can't believe he's not back washing dishes: And what an original f#@king album title... .'Mood Swings'....gawd! Former ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA singer, Toronto native Lukas Rossi, will debut his alt-rock band called STARS DOWN ( "except you're not a star Mucas") on Saturday, June 21 at the Viper Room (8852 W Sunset Blvd.) in West Hollywood, California. Doors are at 8:00 p.m. and the show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available for $15.00 in advance and $18.00 day of show ( "lots left folks") by calling the Viper Room box office at 310-358-1881 or going to www.ticketmaster.com. STARS DOWN is comprised of Rossi, drummer Jon Jamieson, who is also Lukas' childhood friend and former CLEAVAGE bandmate, and bass player German Briseño. Keyboardist Lou Dawson, who faithfully ( "stupidly") endured 36 sold-out shows across Canada, also makes occasional guest appearances with the band. The band will perform songs from its debut album, "Mood Swings", scheduled for release in late summer/early fall 2008. RossI just reunited with ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA for the filming of a show for the Discovery Channel called "Battleground Earth": a benefit concert for the Griffith Park wildfires. The live show featured an all-star jam with artists such as Ludacris, Tommy Lee, TRAIN, Ziggy Marley and Slash, to name a few. "Battleground Earth" is scheduled to air on October 15, 2008. Thanks Lucsa RossI's mom. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, JUNE 13/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2000 Sebastian Bach makes Broadway debut in 'Jekyll & Hyde' to standing ovations. 2000 - A roadie who worked for the Spice Girls, Oasis, Elton John and Whitney Houston was arrested and charged with smuggling millions of pounds worth of Ecstasy into Britain. 1958 . . Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School. One of his school chums was Don Van Vliet Captain Beefheart
"BORN" 1973: Ville Laihiala (vocals/guitar: Poisonblack/Sentenced) 1970: Rivers Cuomo/Peter Kitts (guitar, singer, songwriter: Avant Garde/Weezer/solo). 1963: Robbie Merrill (bass:Godsmack) 1963: Paul De Lisle (bassist: Smash Mouth). 1951: Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer: Heart)
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THANKS"Dogfish Head World Stout" (18%)... .............Sweden's 'Hellfueled' - doing Ozzy-style, better than the old man... ............"Autopsy Turvey"... ............."Sikh & Tired". - Rank Hank Posted June 13, 2008 | Download of the day: Diecast - Medieval.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JUNE 12/08: - SLIPKNOT - SONG TITLES ' LEAKED' & INTERVIEW WITH THE KNOT'S 'CLOWN'.
About 10 or so days ago, Shawn 'Clown' Crahan, went on & on at the mouth about "how heavy & intense" the new album is. Now he says that he hasn't spent a moment with the new album............... Could things be going stinko in the Knot camp? According to The Pulse of Radio, SLIPKNOT reveals a few new songtitles in the new issue of Revolver magazine, which focuses on bands appearing on this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour. Among the tracks tentatively named are "Moth", "Chapter One", "The Eleventh March", "Dirge", "Dead Memories", "Vendetta" and "Psycho Social". Although the title of the album itself is not revealed, all hope is not gone: the band plans to unveil the name of the August 26 release any day now. One person who might like to know more about the disc is SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan, who admitted to The Pulse of Radio that he's not up on the latest details. "I have not really spent a moment with this record, " he said. "I'm working on myself, and I have been for the last three years, after my father passed and my mom has Alzheimer's, and kids are growing up, and everything's just crazy. So I spent a lot of time on me. So I haven't really even sat down and listened to this whole record to begin with. I don't even know what most of the songs are called." "Clown" also told The Pulse of Radio that making the new record was both the "worst" and "best" recording experience of his life. A heavier track from the new SLIPKNOT album will be sent to metal radio shows on June 15, with an official rock radio single coming on June 30. The Rockstar Energy trek, which SLIPKNOT is co-headlining with DISTURBED, kicks off on July 9 in Seattle. Thanks Blabb. METALLICA - "EAR - SPANK" THEIR MANAGEMENT FOR YANKING REVIEWS.
Rushing to do some damage control... ...... METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "While we occasionally enjoy reading the various comments, rumors, speculation, reviews, gossip and all the good that the Internet brings, rarely do we feel the desire/need to respond to the 'blogosphere' . . . Hey, everyone is entitled to have their thoughts and opinions, right? However, once we re-surfaced on Tuesday after a few weeks on tour in Europe, we were informed that someone at Q Prime (our managers) had made the error of asking a few publications to take down reviews of the rough mixes from the new record that were posted on their sites. Our response was 'WHY?!!! Why take down mostly positive reviews of the new material and prevent people from getting psyched about the next record. . . that makes no sense to us!' So after a few rounds of managerial ear spank and sentencing everyone at Q Prime to 20 push-ups each, we figured why not take matters into our own hands and just post the links here on our site. KERRANG "You see, we have maintained an 'in the press' section here on Metallica.com for many years now, posting links to reviews of shows, album and DVD releases, and various other tidbits we've come across while surfing around. Some good, some not so good, but we put 'em all up . . . sort of the same way we treat our message boards on this site . . . welcoming all feedback. "So in the spirit of keeping this section current, we've put as many of the reviews of the rough mixes of the new record up here as we could find. If we missed any, let us know . . . and in the meantime, we're always adding, so peruse at your leisure." Thanks The Gauntlet. CANADA'S "INTO ETERNITY' - PREMIERING NEW ALBUM ON 91.3 FM CJTR, REGINA.
Is this the best format the band could line up? Canadian prairie community radio?............generated by 8 watts of static electricity? Vying for the Metal throne, along with other primo Canuck metallers such as 3 Inches Of Blood, The pride of Saskatchewan, INTO ETERNITY, are premiering new material from the forthcoming album "The Incurable Tragedy". Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth and vocalist Stu Block of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY will be interviewed on 91.3 FM CJTR Regina Community Radio (broadcasting out of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) on Friday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m. Click on Prairie Radio Nobody listens to to catch the show. The band's first concept album, "The Incurable Tragedy" was inspired by the deaths of Roth's two best friends, brothers who succumbed to cancer within two months of one another. To make matters worse, when the band began demoing new material shortly after the completion of the "Scattering" tour — a star-making year of shows that saw the band perform alongside such internationally renowned acts as DREAM THEATER, LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY — Roth's father was diagnosed with cancer as well. Showing no mercy, the disease claimed his life last year, just 10 days before Christmas. Thanks Blabb. & CJTR. ICED EARTH - US & CANADIAN SHOWS ANNOUNCED.
Without Ripper Owens? Are you f#@king kidding me?.....Nor a damned chance I'd go! Esp' after the way they canned him. ICED EARTH has confirmed sixteen North American tour dates for the fall of 2008 that will take the band to all corners of the United States, including New York, Florida, Oregon, and California. Joining the band as special guests are INTO ETERNITY and SAVIOURS. For the dates listed below, ICED EARTH will be offering a very limited number of fans the opportunity to attend the show as the band’s guest VIPs. Fans who purchase a "Child of the Wicked" VIP package with www.icedearth.com will receive the following: * A ticket to an ICED EARTH concert * VIP meet-and-greet with ICED EARTH * Autographed item from ICED EARTH * Limited-edition ICED EARTH t-shirt *- VIP commemorative laminate The VIP packages are very limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis via the ICED EARTH web site. The VIP package cost is $65, including the concert ticket. VIP packages and ticket sales via www.icedearth.com will be available starting June 13. Regular tickets sales via Ticketmaster and all other outlets will not begin until June 20 and will be subject to local service fees.
Sep. 21 - Harpo's - Detroit, MI Thanks Blabb. 'START THE MACHINE' - TOM DELONGE'S DOCUMENTARY ON WHY BLINK-182 CRASHED & BURNED.
Angels & Airwaves = "U2 lite". I don't hate em'... ......just not my taco. Start The Machine is a new, revealing documentary by singer Tom DeLonge that addresses the breakup of his twenty times platinum band Blink-182 and the events that lead to a rock-n-roll movement of hope and the formation of Angels And Airwaves. Start The Machine is the in-depth personal account of the events that lead former Blink-182 singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge to leave the 20 times platinum rock band to form his current group, Angels And Airwaves. The film follows DeLonge through the first year of recording the Angels And Airwaves debut album We Don't Need To Whisper. The new film will premier one night only on June 14th at La Paloma Theatre in San Diego and will subsequently be released on DVD June 17th. In addressing the reason for the Blink-182 "indefinite hiatus, " DeLonge reveals the dramatic impact it had on his personal life and the music he subsequently created. He also speaks for the first time about his hidden addiction to prescription drugs and the backlash Angels And Airwaves experienced as a result of his boastful statements in the press during their album release. Viewers will be introduced to the other members of the band, including Atom Willard, David Kennedy, former bassist Ryan Sinn and current bassist Matt Wachter and hear their thoughts and influence on the events that occurred during that time. Bonus features include additional commentary from the band, Angels And Airwaves music videos and short films. The documentary is currently available for pre-order at Loserkids.com and will be officially released on June 17th at select retailers through Fontanta Distribution . Thanks PR. THE RIAA - DROPS 'DOWNLOADING SUIT', BEFORE JUDGE CAN THROW IT OUT OF COURT.
The RIAA has voluntarily dropped the case of Warner Vs.cassin, one of several suits that revolved around the question of whether making MP3s available for download qualified as copyright infringement. It's noteworthy that the RIAA dismissed the case itself, rather than waiting for the court to follow recent predecent, as it will be pretty much impossible for the trade group to attempt to make another similar suit again. Say it again: "Merely making an unauthorized copy of a copyrighted work available to the public does not violate a copyright holder's exclusive right of distribution." [Record Industry Vs. The People] - ALSO - A federal district court has thrown out Universal Music Group's lawsuit against Troy Augusto, who had the gall to sell pre-release CDs on eBay. More and more promos are copy-protected, or released sans artwork, and soon labels may just issue MP3s (if anything) to critics and other industry hangers-on with entitlement issues, but it's good to know people are allowed to get rid of the crappy promotional CDs they already have. Plus, by stipulation this decision means that people are even allowed to throw them. - AND FINALLY - Hey, RIAA! You know how you've got MediaSentry pulling files from people's hard drives? That doesn't really prove they're sharing information. And that "making available" precedent you like to use in cases? That was in regards to the "actual dissemination of copies and phonorecords, " so it may not apply. And those big money lawsuits you wantonly hurled at housewives and single parents? Judges would love to see you pay their legal fees. The labels that fund you have gradually realized that learning to harness new technology might be wiser than trying to curb its use, and with the endless crap being flung your way by the legal system, it might be a good idea to drop the old method of fighting illegal downloads entirely. Thanks The Idolater. GRANDMA'S FAVORITE BAND, 'ROTTING CHRIST' - US & CANADIAN DATES ANNOUNCED.
Yup... ........Granny even has a ROTTING CHRIST doily.
Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST will embark on a North American tour in January/February 2009. Support on the trek will come from NOVEMBERS DOOM and EPICUREAN. Thanks RC Myspace. MOTLEY CRUE - SUE THEIR MANAGERS AGAIN.
TMZ reports: The members of Motley Crue have filed yet another lawsuit against their management, once again claiming they're the victims of greed and shady deals. In the lawsuit, filed today in LA County Superior Court, band members say manager Burt Stein and his management companies were supposed to watch their back -- but instead took money and made backroom deals without their permission in order to cash in on the band's popularity. If this sounds familiar, it is. Back in 2006 the band sued another manager, essentially alleging the same thing. That case was settled. - ALSO - MÖTLEY CRÜE will guest on "Larry King Live" on Friday, June 20. According to a posting on the show's web site, "Vince [Neil], NikkI [Sixx], Tommy [Lee] and Mick [Mars] [will] talk sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and whatever you want to ask them. They're answering your emails and calls!" ................Whoop-de-f@#king-do! Thanks Antimusic. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, JUNE 12/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2006 . . Igor Cavalera announces he has left Sepultura 2002 . . NikkI Sixx has written a song, "Let's Get It Together" for possible inclusion on the next Backstreet Boys album. 2001 . . Brooks Wackerman has joined Bad Religion ending his collaboration as drummer for Suicidal Tendencies. 1999 . . It was reported that Oasis had paid Gary Glitter £200,000 ($340,000) as an out-of-court settlement after being accused of using the Gary Glitter lyric, 'Hello, hello, it's good to be back' in the song 'Hello'. 1971 . . Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez Morena de Macias we married. 1963 . . Bob Dylan walked out of dress rehearsals for "The Ed Sullivan Show" when CBS censors told him he could not perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues."
"BORN" 1977: Kenny Wayne Shepherd (guitarist: American Blues musician). 1975: Kristian Larsen (guitars: Manticora) 1970: Ade Jackson (bass: My Dying Bride) 1969: BardI Martin (bassist, Candlebox). 1959: John Linnell (US accordion, saxophone, clarinet, keyboards: They Might Be Giants). 1951: Brad Delp (guitar, keyboard, vocals, Boston/Beatlejuice) passed away *09.03.2007. 1951: Bun E.carlos/Brad Carlson (drums, Cheap Trick).
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THANKS"Hoegaarden" White Beer Belgium (4.9%)... ...........Keith Caputo's 'Fondness For Hometown Scars" - another masterpiece from the Life Of Agony frontman... .............Bloodsuckle... ............Ghetto Bladder. - Rank Hank Posted June 12, 2008 | Today's video by Poets Of The Fall | Download of the day: Poisonblack - Never Enough.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JUNE 11/08: - VARG VIKERNES 'EX - BURZUM' - DENIED BAIL FOR 93' MURDER OF MAYHEM'S, OYSTEIN AARSETH.
This dude was convicted of murder, tried escaping, in 03' & has neo-NazI ties. And he's perplexed as to why he's denied bail? Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a 21-year Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) — has been denied parole by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice after it was determined that he was "too dangerous" to be released into the general public. According to the Norwegian newspaper VG, Varg's case workers fear that he won't be able to handle life outside prison and they want better measures to insure that he will be able to cope with normal living conditions once he's released. "I don't understand this, " the 35-year-old Varg Vikernes told VG. "They want me to have an arrangement with NVA (The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service) so they can sort everything out for me, but I don't need that. Do I have to become a welfare case to be released? I have a house, a job and a family that awaits me."
Vikernes — who is married, with one daughter (aged 15) and a son (aged nine months) — has served two-thirds of his sentence. His third application for parole has just been denied. The message from the authorities is clear: Varg Vikernes should not be released from prison. In denying his parole, the Ministry of Justice pointed to the fact that Vikernes escaped from prison in 2003 and has ties to neo-NazI groups. "I haven't had any contact with those groups in a very long time. The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) is well aware of this, " claims Vikernes. Varg is free to apply for parole again within a year. Thanks Blabb. EMO-FAN, 13, HANGS HIMSELF - AFTER BEING BULLIED VIA "BEBO INTERNET" SITE.
You gotta wonder if there were 'Other' issues at work here besides internet bullying. Most if not all the kids I know, that are into Thrash, Emo, etc, find similar kids to hang out with & find strength thru those relationships.
Heres the report: A boy of 13 was found hanged in his bedroom after becoming the victim of bullies who targeted him through the Bebo internet site, his family claim. Sam Leeson was picked on because of his 'alternative appearance' and taste in music by fellow users of the social networking site. The teenager, one of seven siblings, was found hanged from his bunk bed by his younger sister, Katie, 12, and mother Sally Cope (corr), 45, when they returned from a brief shopping trip. Miss Cope tells how, just half-an-hour earlier, the schoolboy with a love of facts and figures had answered the front door to a friend of Katie and had seemed 'perfectly normal'. The grieving mother blamed Bebo for Sam's 'utterly pointless death' as she revealed how the family only discovered the extent of the bullying after checking his webpage following the tragedy. 'He was such a loving boy', she said. 'We all loved him very much and he was always telling us how much he loved us. 'I'm not sure what influence these sites have but if they are a method of expressing things maybe they should be checked more. 'He was into his appearance and often wore his black skinny jeans. He was an alternative dresser and I think other teenagers did used to make comments about that.' Bebo users who taunted Sam on his webpage have now left messages apologising for their conduct after his death last Thursday. Sam was a fan of alternative rock bands such as the Foo Fighters and Slipknot, as well as so-called Emo music championed by bands such as Blink 182 and Good Charlotte. The movement - whose name comes from the word 'emotional' - is a reference to the angst-ridden lyrics and melancholy themes of the music. Emo followers see the genre as much a fashion as a style of music - with many dying their hair black as well as dressing in dark clothing. Sam's sister, Emma, 22, said the year-nine pupil had also been bullied over his interest in the music at his school. 'He used to laugh about it when people mocked him over his dress sense and music taste so we didn't realise it was anything serious', she said. 'We saw him as always happy and smiling but we now think there has been some name calling about the whole Emo thing. We know some bullying has been going on and we are disgusted and angry about it. 'We do not want to attack the school as they have been very good but we are very upset it has come to this.' Miss Cope, a tutor who works with disadvantaged youths, called for greater monitoring of teenage boys in schools, particularly 'quiet, hardworking' ones like her son. 'I'd like to see schools install boxes for students to anonymously leave notes about any other pupils they are concerned about. It could help prevent another tragedy like this.' No-one was available for comment from the Bebo website. Sam's death comes a month after the inquest of Hannah Bond, also 13, who also hanged herself from her bunk bed after becoming obsessed with the Emo genre. The inquest heard Hannah had started cutting her arms and told her parents it was part of an 'Emo initiation' two weeks before her death last September. The staff at Wibumbamusic.com offer our sympathies to the Leeson family. Thanks Mail Online SLAYER, mASTODON & TRIVIUM - "THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE: CHAPTER III" UK DATES ANNOUNCED.
SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON and an as-yet-undisclosed opening act will team up for "The Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" European tour in the fall. So far the following dates have been revealed: Thanks Blabb. MACHINE HEAD, MASTODON & BLACK TIDE - SCHED' US 'OFF' DATES, DURING ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM TOUR.
If you can stomach the little 13 yr old Mallcore crowd with thier Slipknot t-shirts screaming for Black Tide.............. This will be a killer show my bray!..... F#@king Machine Head, big Baller! MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD and BLACK TIDE will join forces for the following "off" dates during the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour:
Jul. 10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater Last week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM featured an audio interview with MASTODON bassist Troy Sanders. According to Billboard.com, MASTODON is five songs into its next Warner Bros. studio album, which the group is recording in its Atlanta hometown with producer Brendan O'Brien. Drummer Brann Dailor told Billboard.com that so far, "everything sounds real creepy and spaced out and different." He was particularly enthused about a 15-minute jam dubbed "The Last Baron", which happily, O'Brien had no interest in making shorter or changing. "There's so many toys to play with over at his studio, like pipe organs and all this crazy sh*t, " said Dailor, who was introduced to O'Brien through Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg (his son is a big MASTODON fan). "There are little cool things we're going to do to the record that we've been wanting to do for a long time." Read more at Billboard.com. thanks blabb. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - DRUMMER GONE FROM BAND, 2ND TIME IN 4 YRS.
I wouldn't care less if this was some other Indie band................. However, BRMC make some of the coolest Rock around. Dense, emotional & draining, to say the least. Thats why I hope to hell the band can keep it together. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club drummer Nick Jago has split with the band for a second time, just prior to the launch of a European tour. However, core members Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes insist Jago is not "fired" and that they "look forward to playing with him again in the future." "We just feel Nick needs time to sort out exactly what he wants right now, " they wrote in a MySpace post. "His heart and all his energy and attention is on his own solo project and he needs to see that through. We welcome his singing and songwriting in BRMC, but his focus, at least at the present time, is on doing his own thing and we wish him the best." In an earlier MySpace post, Jago admitted, "I don't make it easy for them. Maybe playing drums for BRMC all the time is not my calling and there is something else I'm supposed to do. We will see." Jago and BRMC first ran into trouble in the fall of 2004, and he ultimately left the band for what were then described as "personal reasons." But he returned the following year to play on the band's third album, "Howl, " and has remained with BRMC until now. On the upcoming European dates, which begin Saturday (June 14) in Brussels, Jago will be replaced on drums by Dead Combo's Leah Shapiro, who recently toured with the Raveonettes. Dead Combo has previously toured with BRMC as well. Thanks Billboard.com CHICAGO'S "KUMA CORNER" - THE MOST 'METAL BURGERS' IN THE WORLD?
Thanks to Metal Sucks... ..I'm craving a ginormous stroke inducing, artery-hardening slab o' death. God... I'll even take McViles. Fans reportedly are raving about KUMA'S the "Goblin Cock'... which features a "Hot Dog on top of a Burger"! I wonder if theres a "Dimmu Burger"? Here's MS's report: "When I think of metal and food, I usually think of microwavable burritos, overpriced festival vendors, and terrible, life threatening, ass ripping diarrhea. Luckily for all of us, that will now change. See, I’ve never been to The Windy City, but now I have reason to go: Chicago restaurant Kuma’s Corner, which features burgers and sandwiches named after every band from Sabbath to Metallica to Slayer to Maiden to Pig Destroyer to Lair of the Minotaur to Mayhem to Mastodon, whose honorary burger, pictured left, comes topped in BBQ Sauce, cheddar cheese, bacon, and frizzled onions. Fuck. Now I’m hungry." P.S - HA!... Razzo says "They have a Metallica burger, but no one’s allowed to post any reviews of it… I hear tho it’s 45 year old bitter rancid meat between 20 year old sagging pock-marked buns…" Thanks Metal Sucks.com VALIENT THOR BASSIST - CHALLENGES METALLICA'S ULRICH TO BATTLE!
And lastly... ...for todays weirdest news............ Outspoken bassist Nitewolf of intergalactic rock n' roll saviors Valient Thorr has announced that he'd like to teach Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich a thing or two, with a bold call-to-arms that is causing a ripple of gasps, raised eyebrows and "oh-no-he-didn'ts" from astonished fans, fellow musicians and concerned parents around the world. "That guy goes around always thinking he's the best, " says Nitewolf of the legendary metal percussionist from one of the biggest-selling acts of all time. "I think it's time somebody showed Lars who's boss, and I'm just the man to defeat him, in public, with my superior skills. As soon as I'm done cleaning the floor with his weak game, I'm taking on that other punk, Elton John." Ulrich himself has offered no comment thus far, with the Metallica camp strangely silent on the matter. Music industry insiders note that odds may indeed be in Nitewolf's favor, as the Valient Thorr bassist and artist-in-residence was raised by a "professional" (earth) father, who mentored him in war-like arts of strategy, cunning and weaponry -- plus Nitewolf's long, lustrous beard is a indicator of extreme testosterone production. Parties interested in sponsoring the match are encouraged to contact Nitewolf's representatives at the information below. These daring comments arrive just as Valient Thorr are attempting to improve their image with the June 17 release of their latest Volcom Entertainment masterpiece, IMMORTALIZER, and subsequent 31-date, cross-country U.S. tour with fellow rockers Early Man -- as well as additional opening acts Architects, KandI Coded, Monotonix, Skeletonwitch and Toxic Holocaust on select dates - that launches on July 9 in Sparks, NV. Nitewolf's outburst is also in surprising contrast with saint-like bandmate/frontman Valient Himself, who recently underwent transplant surgery to donate a kidney to his ailing father. Immediately after his speedy recovery, the band played in front of hundreds of thousands of rabid fans at the UK's Download Festival , club shows in the UK and Germany, and Belgium's Graspop Festival in anticipation of the U.S. tour. IMMORTALIZER was recorded in Seattle with veteran producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Hot Hot Heat), who helped Valient Thorr shape their signature sound with a mix of punk-fueled energy, heavyweight grooves and classic rock swagger. Previous albums such as the band's self-released 2003 debut Stranded on Earth, their 2005 Volcom debut Total Universe Man, and 2006 follow-up Legend of the World tackled the world's problems straight on with a blunt, in-your-face attack on the Bush Administration, war in the Middle East and capitalism run amok. Thanks Valient Thorr myspace. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1996 Imago Records file a $50 million breach of contract lawsuit against Henry Rollins and the company to which he has just signed, Dreamworks, claiming that he was enticed away while still under contract to them. 1995 Courtney Love has her stomach pumped at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, after accidentally taking an overdose of prescription tranquillisers on a flight from New York. 1983 Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen marries Valerie Kendall in Los Angeles. 1977 . . Joe Strummer and Topper Headon were detained overnight in prison in Newcastle upon Tyne having failed to appear at Morpeth Magistrates on May 21st to answer a charge relating to the theft of a Holiday Inn pillowcase. They were both fined £100 ($170).
"BORN" 1970: Lars Lindén (bass: Carnal Forge) 1969: Steven Drozd (multi-instrumentalist, drummer: The Flaming Lips). 1965: Joey Santiago (guitarist, The Pixies). 1961: Kelley Deal (guitar: The Breeders). 1961: Kim Deal (vocals, bassist: The Breeders).
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THANKS"Methow cream Ale" Twisp, WA (4.5%)... ..............Meshuggah's 'Obzen' - the most accesible disc of thier carreer... ...........Cerveza Marranos... ...............Shit Comin'. - Rank Hank Posted June 11, 2008 | Download of the day: Tiamat - Spine.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JUNE 10/08: - TRENT REZNOR - SAYS HE'S WORKING ON A "CABLE SERIES OF YEAR ZERO".
Reznors become way more prolific with the shackles of the record label long gone. The Pulse of Radio reports that NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor is working on a cable TV series based on his 2007 concept album, "Year Zero", according to a lengthy profile of Reznor in the Sunday edition of the New York Times. The article does not go into much detail about the project, except to say that Reznor is working on it with producer Lawrence Bender, who is Quentin Tarantino's partner and also produced the Oscar-winning Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". "Year Zero" takes place approximately 15 years in the future, with the U.S. a religious dictatorship and the world on the brink of environmental and social collapse. Reznor has indicated that he'd be interested in a film version of the story, and has also hinted at a recorded sequel at some point. The rest of the Times interview, which took place at Reznor's home "on the outskirts of Beverly Hills, " touches on his abandonment of the major label system, his recent online album releases, and his own struggle to reinvent himself in the age of music downloading. At one point Reznor explains, "I don't agree that (music) should be free, but it is free, and you can either accept it or you can put your head in the sand." He also says he doesn't want to participate in the way music is marketed these days, adding, "I don't really want to be on the side of a bus or in a BlackBerry ad hawking some product that sucks just so I can get my record out." A brand new NINE INCH NAILS album called "The Slip" was posted online last month as a free download at nin.com. The band's previous effort, "Ghosts I - IV", was issued in March in a variety of digital and physical configurations. Reznor hinted in the Times article that more free music, and possibly new software applications, will be coming soon. Thanks Blabb. CRYBABY'S, 'MATT SORUM & DAVE NAVARRO' - "SICK OF MEAN & HURTFUL COMMENTS ON 'BLABBERMOUTH'.
As I write this......I'm laughing & pissing myself a f@#king puddle the size of Kentucky. Just who the hell does Dave Navarro & Matt Scrotum think they've "Affected"?.....other than their heroin dealers, I mean? Two washed - jack-offs.....Velvet Revolver sucked ass... .The Cult felt sorry for Sorum .....Navarro's post 'Janes' attempts were beyond weak... ......It just goes on. So Slap on some "Depends" & READ ON: During this past weekend's (June 7) edition of "Camp Freddy Radio" — the weekly radio show on Los Angeles' Indie 103.1 station hosted by members of the "jam" supergroup CAMP FREDDY — co-hosts Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer) and Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION/RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist) discussed VELVET REVOLVER's search for a new frontman following the recent departure of Scott Weiland. An excerpt from the discussion follows. Navarro: Did Perry Farrell [ex-JANE'S ADDICTION] come up as an option [for the new VELVET REVOLVER singer]? Sorum: Someone mentioned it to me. You go on Blabbermouth… Navarro: Yeah, yeah, yeah… Don't read those comments, by the way. Sorum: The people there on Blabbermouth… What is wrong with them?
Navarro: Dude, welcome to my life, by the way. Sorum: Do you get on there and read that? Navarro: No, not anymore. Sorum: My old lady, she makes me shut that stuff off. Some mean, mean, weird people are on there. Navarro: Yeah, it's horrible. Sorum: What are they doing out there? Navarro: Nothing. I'll tell you what they're not doing, Matt. They're not making records and selling millions of them and affecting the lives— [gets cut off by Matt] Sorum: [Raising his voice] Yeah, talk about that on Blabbermouth! Navarro: —affecting the lives of millions of people like you. So don't listen to them because they're NOT doing that, I guarantee you. Sorum: Yeah. When me and Weiland got into that pissing match a little bit… Navarro: Were there sides? Did people take sides? Sorum: Oooo… Oh, God… Navarro: Were people against you? Sorum: Oh, man… Navarro: Really? Sorum: I got on there one night and started scrolling down… Navarro: Oh, don't scroll down. [Matt bursts out laughing.] Read the story and call it a day. Trust me. Sorum: And it sort of… like those bad reality shows, it sucked me in. Navarro: No scrolling, please. [Laughs] Sorum: I've gotta say it to you, people, man… You didn't affect me at all. Screw you. [Laughs] I say, go get a life. To download an MP3 file containing the entire 110-minute June 7, 2008 episode of "Camp Reddy Radio", click CRYBABYS (46 MB). (The above exchange can be heard around the one-hour, six-minute mark.) Thanks Blabb. JUDAS PRIEST - ENTIRE 'NOSTRODAMUS' ALBUM, AVAILABLE HERE, FOR STREAMING!
JUDAS PRIEST's forthcoming double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", is available for streaming in its entirety at VH1.com/THE LEAK "Nostradamus" is scheduled for release via Columbia Records on Monday, June 16 in Europe, and a day later in the U.S. on Epic Records. Long in the works, "Nostradamus" takes epic storytelling to a whole new level, as it recounts the life of this mysterious, world-known 16th century French prophet. Some of the events that Nostradamus experts have interpreted as his predictions include the great fire of London in 1666, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and most recently, 9-11, among countless other renowned events. As with all new PRIEST releases, the group — singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis — will embark on a mammoth worldwide tour in support of "Nostradamus". JUDAS PRIEST will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, on Monday, July 21 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with JUDAS PRIEST by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to www.rocklineradio.com. Thanks Blabb. BLACK WATER RISING - TO SUPPORT KINGS X ON US EAST COAST LEG.
Holy Shiite! Heres a gig ya don't wanna miss. BLACK WATER RISING absolutley cook with thermite!
BLACK WATER RISING, the Brooklyn-based band featuring ex-members of STEREOMUD, BOILER ROOM and DUST TO DUST, will support KING'S X on the following East Coast shows: Thanks BWR Myspace. ICED EARTH - NEW ALBUM, ARTWORK & UPDATE.
ICED EARTH's official web site. IcedEarth.com, has posted the cover art (see below) for the band's forthcoming full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", which continues where their 2007 release, "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part I)" left off. "The Crucible of Man" features the return of frontman Matt Barlow who was mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer's original voice of choice to introduce the "Something Wicked" saga back in 1998 as a trio of songs which concluded their album, "Something Wicked This Way Comes". While the 1998 album provided a general overview of the story Schaffer has been conceptualizing for well over a decade, the saga is being fully brought to life with the release of the back-to-back conceptual albums "Framing Armageddon" and "The Crucible of Man". While both albums provide answers to mysteries the previous releases would create, the timeliness of the story in today's world is guaranteed to keep people thinking and guessing. Schaffer's ability to convey the central themes and events of the story without always revealing exactly "why" characters' decisions are made and "how" events come to pass, will keep fans of the saga coming back as future mediums for the "Something Wicked" storyline are revealed. A finalized tracklisting for "The Crucible of Man" and audio interview with Jon Schaffer covering the new material will be featured at IcedEarth.com later this month. The band will begin rehearsals next week for a run of dates in June as direct support for JUDAS PRIEST in Europe, as well as the Hellfest, Bang Your Head!!!, Graspop and Gods of Metal European festivals. Thanks Iced Earth.com FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES - CALL IT QUITS.
New Yarkk Metalcorists like to come across as tough. Long Island, New York's From Autumn To Ashes has apparently called it quits, though members are refraining from using the word "break-up." FATA frontman Francis Mark has issued the following: "At this point I feel that we have accomplished everything we could have hoped for with FATA. It doesn't feel much like a break up. Just feels like the end. It's complete. I would say that we are going on indefinite hiatus because the term breakup suggests a more negative circumstance. There have been no quarrels between band members. It is also not a question of fan support because we are lucky to have some of the most loyal and impassioned friends a band could ask for. Thank you again for the overwhelming support of our last album. I've dedicated almost 9 years to FATA and it's become something of a security for me." Notably, Mark and FATA guitarist Rob Lauritsen recently launched a new band called Warship. According to Mark, "I'm looking forward to feeling uncertain and the freedom of starting a new band that has no definition. We don't have any expectations or specific goals with Warship. We just want to play loud, have fun and share some positive music with our friends." Warhip is currently in a New York studio recording their debut release with producer Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Pelican). The as-yet-untitled disc is due out on Vagrant Records later this fall. Mark explains: "The name Warship comes from a time last year when I was making worship candles (the tall, skinny glass jar candles you get in Brooklyn dollar stores and bodegas), " continues Mark. "They have paintings of saints on one side and a prayer on the opposite. I was buying blank candles and doing my own paintings on them. A friend asked me on a phone call what had I been up to and when I said "making worship candles", she thought that I meant candles with actual warships on them. This led me to thinking about the relationship between the two. How discouraging it is when 'worship' begets 'warships'." Thanks Lambgoat. AC/DC, DEF LEPPARD - OLD SCHOOLERS AMONG "LAST HOLDOUTS OF iTUNES".
Huh, ....maybe it's because iTunes rapes bands worse than labels do. Besides, iTunes is a complete pain-in-the-ass to d-load from............ BBC News reports that AC/DC and DEF LEPPARD are among very few major artists that haven't put their body of work on iTunes, Apple's leading download store. Like GARTH BROOKS, the legendary rock acts are believed to be holding out because they want fans to buy their albums whole, whereas Apple insists artists allow fans to buy individual tracks. AC/DC has stopped their material from appearing on iTunes, choosing instead to sign an exclusive deal (through March 2008) for full-album downloads with U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon. Since full album downloads are too large and too expensive to sell from mobile phones, Verizon is only selling them from the PC version of its VCast Music service for $12 an album. The only exception is the group's biggest hit, "You Shook Me All Night Long", which is available as an over-the-air download. DEF LEPPARD's latest album, "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge", is on iTunes, while the rest of the band's catalog is not. METALLICA ended its iTunes holdout in July 2006, making its work available for sale via the U.S. and Canada editions of the digital store. METALLICA albums were previously available for download via services such as MSN Music, but had never been broken up for single-song purchase. At iTunes, the group's first four albums ("Kill 'Em All", "Ride the Lightning", "Master of Puppets" and "...And Justice for All") were expanded with previously unreleased live tracks recorded in Seattle in 1989. Thanks BBC News. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, JUNE 10/08. ON THIS DAY" 1996 . . Metallica play to the biggest Internet audience to date when they team up with Apple Computers for a live 'Metallicast' from Slim's in San Francisco. 1986 . . Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead went into a five day diabetic coma, resulting in the band withdrawing from their current tour. 1982 . . The manager of the Sheraton Hotel, accompanied by two security men, ambushes Motley Crue at the Riviera Rock Room and demand $260 for damage to his hotel. 1977 . . Joe Strummer and Topper Headon of The Clash were arrested for painting the band's name on a wall in London.
"BORN" 1978: Marko PaasikoskI (bass: Sonata Arctica) 1977: Adam "Nergal" DarskI (vocals, guitars: Behemoth) 1967: Emma Anderson (guitar: Lush). 1964: James Joseph "Jimmy" Chamberlin [drums, Smashing Pumpkins] 1963: Magnus Rosén ( bass: Hammerfall/X-World/5) 1961: Kim Deal [bass guitar, vocals, Pixies]
"PASSED AWAY" 2004: Graeme Kelling (47) Scottish guitarist: Deacon Blue (pancreatic cancer)
THANKS"Ice Harbour Pale Ale" Richland, WA (7.5%)... ............Pixies - 'Trompe Le Monde', version of 'Head On'... ..........Donkey Tang... .............Render Unto Caeser. - Rank Hank Posted June 10, 2008 | Download of the day: Ozzy Osbourne - Not Going Away.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, JUNE 09/08: "RED, HOT - NEW METAL RELEASES"
Fawk him'........there's glorious Metal to purchase:
# 10 June: Thanks Metal Sucks. "RED, HOT - ROCK/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES FOR THIS WEEK.
Easy... ....go back one page & pick Metal:
6/10/2008 BLACK LIGHT BURNS - 2 NEW 'COVERS' TRACKS AVAILABLE HERE!
As Borland fires up the dilithium crystals, in hopes of breaking from the orbit of the horrible planet Bizkit, these gems are left in the trail of warp-dust! Two songs from BLACK LIGHT BURNS's forthcoming "covers" album and DVD package, entitled "Cover Your Heart and The Anvil Pants Odyssey", have been posted on the group's MYSPACE PAGE
Check out the band's versions of "Lucretia My Reflection" (SISTERS OF MERCY) and "So Alive" (LOVE AND ROCKETS) at this location. Thanks BLB Myspace. TOOL'S DRUMMER - UNDERGOES SURGURY, AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY VICIOUS MARINE ASSAILANT.
The post said that Carey's hand was apparently injured as a result of a run-in with "an unruly marine hazard, venomous and... dangerous... while vacationing in Hawaii. This aquatic critter was most likely a sea urchin or a scorpion fish." The post was accompanied by a photo of Carey's hand taken by guitarist Adam Jones, which clearly shows a scar. The post added that Carey's hand was "still numb" after the surgeries. TOOL has been laying low since completing a year and a half of touring at the end of 2007 in support of its last album, "10,000 Days". Carey's other band Pygmy Love Circus is currently working on material for their next release. Singer Maynard James Keenan recently released a debut album and a collection of remixes from his side project, PUSCIFER. Asked by LiveDaily.com about the status of TOOL and his other band, A PERFECT CIRCLE, Keenan said, "Those other projects are always in the works. There's always something going on... They're still alive." Thanks Tool Official site. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN VS. DISTURBED - BEN WEINMAN - "I HOPE THEY LEVITATE OVER THE CROWD ON A UNICORN".
Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman has penned a guest blog for Headbanger’s Blog about the war of words in the press between his band and the members of Disturbed: “In response to this whole Disturbed drama, people have to realize that the press paraphrase things all the time in order to create this stuff. I know what I said and what I meant when I did that interview talking about Disturbed practicing the way they stand and stuff. It had nothing to do with knocking them. “I was asked in an interview about whether or not we practice our stage show based on the fact that we are so active. I simply said no, and that I once saw Disturbed sound check in London when we were playing the smaller club attached to the venue that they were playing the same night. I think our room was 1000 people and their room was like 2,000 people. They were practicing where they would stand and pose and stuff. I was just differentiating what we do and what they do. We don’t do that. Big deal. “Considering how the information was presented to them, I don’t blame them for being a little pissed. But to imply that we need to be taught a lesson from them about how it works in the big time is ridiculous. This band has been self contained and managed for 11 years. We have played in front of 100 people and in front of 50,000 people. We have been on national TV shows and covered in major publications. I don’t really care about their lighting cues or guitar solos. Good for them and good luck with that. I hope they sell a codrillian records and levitate over the crowd on a unicorn. Oh and just to clear another thing up… I never even responded to his comments until now. I don’t write our MySpace blogs. So again, misinformation.” Lets hope thats the last of this boring shit. Thanks Metal Sucks. AC/DC - TO SELL NEW ALBUM... "ONLY THRU WALMART"??
The AC/DC album is expected to come out in the fall, the paper reported. Wal-Mart did not have an immediate comment. AC/DC becomes the latest veteran act to pact exclusively with the retail giant, following GARTH BROOKS, THE EAGLES and JOURNEY. "Stiff Upper Lip", the bands last studio disc, has sold more than 930,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. AC/DC recently finished their as-yet-untitled new album in Vancouver, BC with producer Brendan O'Brien (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN) and engineer Mike Fraser (METALLICA, AEROSMITH, VAN HALEN). The band itself is now international, with members scattered across the globe. Malcolm and Angus Young divide their time between Britain and Australia (with Angus also spending time in the Netherlands because he has a Dutch wife). Singer Brian Johnson and bassist Cliff Williams are based in the U.S., while drummer Phil Rudd lives in New Zealand. Thanks the Gauntlet. JUDAS PRIEST - SPECIALLY MARKED 'NOSTRODAMUS' CD'S, INCLUDE CODE FOR 1 FREE CONCERT TICKET.
They should've made it a 2 ticket deal. They'd fill more of the nose-bleeds that way. Whatever... .this tour, Priest & Testament, will be one of the summer's hottest draws. While supplies last, when you purchase any configuration (regular CD edition, limited edition-deluxe hard-bound version and limited-edition deluxe box [3LPs, 2 CD, book and poster] available only at Best Buy) of the initial pressing of JUDAS PRIEST's double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus" (release date: June 17), specially marked CDs will contain an insert with a exclusive code inside the CD package for one free lawn ticket to see JUDAS PRIEST on select dates of the Metal Masters tour this summer, courtesy of Live Nation (see below for a complete list). Visit JUDAS PRIEST .com for more info. This seemingly too-good-to-be-true offer will be good while supplies last. Also, this offer will not pertain to all the dates of the Metal Masters tour (see below for complete list of dates that the offer is good for). The Metal Masters tour will undoubtedly be the top metal concert attraction of the summer. In addition to a headlining performance by JUDAS PRIEST, fans will also be treated to sets by HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD and TESTAMENT. "As ever, we look forward to screaming out loud with our METAL maniac fans when we hit the road, " enthuses PRIEST singer Rob Halford. "The PRIEST is back!" The tour, produced by Live Nation, will be PRIEST's first thorough sets of U.S. dates in nearly three years, and will be in support of the group's aforementioned "Nostradamus" release. Thanks Blabb. CANADA FOLLOWS US, IN 'HEAVY FINES FOR FILE-SHARING'.
Again... .....our dictator of a prime minister, Stephen Harper, does what he does best... ...pretending he's George Bush. This bullshit's typically Canadian.......Follow whatever our neighbor, the US is doing, even if the reason behind it is absurd. Check it out: New Canadian Copyright Law: $500 Fine for Downloading a Song 6/4/2008 By Shane Sinnott Industry Minister Jim Prentice is set to table a bill in the house of commons this afternoon (June 4 2008) that will allow users to be fined up to $500 for each “personal use download” that they partake in through peer-to-peer file-sharing. Other fun features of the bill include making it illegal to unlock cellphones, copy music-protected CDs to iPods, and copy time-shifted TV shows to PVRs. Michael Geist, an Ottawa based internet policy commentator, is calling it a “open invitation” for crippling U.S.A.-style lawsuits, the most famous of which had a single mother from Minnesota receive a $222,000 fine for 24 cases of copyright infringement. If a record label tries to sue for you 100 downloads, a modest music library by any standard, it seems you could be on the hook for.......$50,000. The logic behind fining someone $500 for stealing something that costs 99 cents seems a little dubious at best, and you can bet it came from long meetings between Prentice and representatives from the U.S. entertainment conglomerates, who have been clamouring for stricter copyright laws here for years. It’s unclear just yet how exactly these laws are going to be enforced — is the government going to monitor and fine you? — but the thinking seems to be that we’re in danger of falling into the the U.S. model, where massive entertainment companies sue luckless college students for all they’re worth. Stay tuned for more info. Thanks Exclaim.ca MUDVAYNE FAN - SUES BAND, CLEAR CHANNEL, LIVE NATION & OTHERS, AFTER CONCERT INJURY.
The Thornton waitress had gone to the KBPI-FM (106.7) "Birthday Bash" on March 8, 2006, eager to see Mudvayne and Korn. She left in an ambulance, her leg crushed. Those details emerged two years later in a lawsuit LaScalia filed against radio station owner Clear Channel Broadcasting, concert promoter Live Nation and the University of Denver, the site of the concert. She also sued members of the bands. Injuries continue to pose legal problems for the businesses that host and promote rowdy shows and raise questions about who is responsible. Many cases involve festival seating - or general admission - areas. LaScalia, 27, had surgery after fracturing her tibia and fibula and badly hurting her ankle, said her lawyer, Darrell Elliott. She also had about $60,000 in medical bills and "severe pain and suffering, " he said. LaScalia, who worked at Parkway Cafe in Federal Heights, fell to the ground as Mudvayne began playing and fans surged toward the stage, the lawsuit stated. Korn had yet to appear. "Something like this is reasonably foreseeable, " said Elliott, who refused to let LaScalia talk to the Rocky. "There has to be sufficient supervision if you have festival seating to protect patrons. In this case, it didn't happen. Oversight was lacking." Clear Channel, in response to the lawsuit filed this year in Denver District Court, called LaScalia's claims "frivolous and groundless" and blamed the injuries on either her negligence or the actions of someone else. Korn's managers and DU declined to comment. Mudvayne could not be reached. The others named in the lawsuit did not return telephone calls. Thanks Rocky Mountain News. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, JUNE 09/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1998 . . Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall were involved in a brawl at The Metropolitan Hotel, London. 1978 . . Siouxsie And The Banshees signed to Polydor records in the UK. 1972 . . Columbia Records boss John Hammond signed New Jersey singer/ songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
"BORN" 1978: Matthew Bellamy (UK guitar, vocals, keyboards: Muse). 1974: Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsæter Haugen (guitars: Emperor) 1970: Ed Simons (UK vocals, keyboards: Chemical Brothers). 1959: Gregg Bissonette (drums: David Lee Roth/Joe Satriani/Jughead) 1950: Trevor Bolder (UK bass: Wishbone Ash/Spiders From Mars/ Uriah Heep). 1947: Bon Scott (vocals: AC/DC) * passed away - feb 19th 1980. 1941: Jon Lord (UK keyboards, piano: Deep Purple)
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THANKS"Hales Drawbridge Blonde Ale" Seattle (5.0%)... ...............Aphex Twin - for the funniest vid' yet. (on our Video-page)... .............Feral Granny... ................Mechanical Bride. - Rank Hank Posted June 09, 2008 | Today's video by Aphex Twin | Download of the day: Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells - Before the Creation of Ti.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock world"WEEKEND EDITION"--SATURDAY, JUNE 07/08: - METALLICA - CENSORING CRITICS OF NEW ALBUM!
Uh Huh... ....METALLICA's hatred for the internet & negative publicity swung into full gear yesterday.......... The story behind the removal of the article runs as follows: "Metallica held an album listening party for selected music journalists in London this Wednesday past. One of the writers was kind enough to write a piece about the album which, if you were lucky enough to read it before it was taken down, was full of praise about a return to form. At no point was the writer ask[ed] to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The Quietus and other websites ran pieces on the album, but were quickly contacted by Metallica's management via a third party and told to remove the articles. The Quietus kept our article up the longest and, as no non-disclosure agreement had been signed, [was] not prepared to remove it merely due to the demands of Metallica's management. We only eventually removed the article earlier today to protect the professional interests of the writer concerned (the piece was written anonymously). Seems Metallica's fear of the internet shows no sign of abating.Understandably, the Quietus made an effort not to have their writer blackballed in the future, but if you're planning on inviting bloggers to anything, it seems reasonable to expect some immediate coverage. Sure, Metallica are making an effort to suppress anything but full and total adulation for their new material, but after St. Anger, is that a reasonable expectation? And to repeat, they invited a blogger to a listening party, without having the sense to have that blogger sign a non-disclosure agreement. What was the expected result? Metallica = "Web NazI's" Thanks NME. GODHEAD - WTF? THEY'RE STILL ALIVE.
I really thought these guys were finito. Since 2001, they seemed to be washed up & producing nothing but watered-down Industrial for 13 yr old Mall Goths. Driveo Music Group, Inc. has announced the signing of the Los Angeles rock act GODHEAD to a three-album deal. The band is currently in the studio in Los Angeles finishing up the recording process for its new full-length CD. An October release is expected, to be followed by a U.S. tour. Driven Music Group's Mark Nawara and Greg Shanaberger comment: "We are very excited to be working with such a class act as GODHEAD. The band is very hard-working and are incredible songwriters. We look forward to big things from them." GODHEAD's Jason C. Miller comments: "Driven Music Group is going to be a fantastic new home for GODHEAD. We couldn't be happier to be a part of this company. Creatively they are letting us bring our music to the audience exactly as we've intended, and as artists we can't begin to describe how much we appreciate that!" GODHEAD was formed in the mid-'90s. The band's major label debut release, entitled "2000 Years of Human Error", and its follow-up, "Evolver", have sold well over 100,000 copies to date. After years of touring extensively with MARILYN MANSON, DISTURBED, STATIC-X, MUDVAYNE, RAMMSTEIN, PIGFACE and SALIVA, to name a few, as well as performing at Ozzfest and the Reading and Leeds festivals overseas, GODHEAD has scraped, clawed and carved out their own place in the rock music world. GODHEAD consists of Jason C. Miller (vocals, guitars), Mike Miller (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ullrich Hepperlin (bass, programming), and Ty Smith (drums). The band recently released the digital-only EP "Unplugged" via iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic and Amazon.com. GODHEAD's most recent CD, "The Shadow Line", was released in 2006 through Cement Shoes Records. Thanks Blabb. SWEDISH PUNK SUPERHERO'S, "REFUSED" - REFORM, SORT OF, KIND OF.
Hot damn! A full-on reunion w/ a tour & new album is just the kind of news I could use this weekend.............. But it ain't to be. In a perfect world, the lead to this news item would tell you that iconic Scandinavian punkers Refused have reunited. But since Earth is a very flawed and cruel place, all we can do is give word that former Refused front-man Dennis Lyxzén and drummer David Sandström have joined forces once again, something that should still get that excitement flowing in those who miss their beloved Refused. After parting ways in their hardcore act ten years ago, Swedes Lyxzén and Sandström have started a new project called AC4 along with two more of their fellow countrymen. The details about the project are scarce at this point, but thanks to Drowned in Sound, we do know AC4 are currently unsigned, have played a couple shows in their native Sweden and have a MySpace page (but, really, what band doesn’t). Unfortunately, there are no new tracks you can download for a sampling of the shape of punk to come, but there is a live video posted AC4’s MySpace for you viewing pleasure. And by the look and sound of it, Lyxzén has dropped the pop-leaning tendencies of his new Lost Patrol project for that old noise, which should likely please all those old school Refused devotees out there. As of yet, there is no word on any future AC4 album or tour dates outside Sweden. Thanks Exclaim.ca DEF LEPPARD'S JOE ELLIOT - SLAMS MOTLEY CRUE & POISON, FOR LACK OF "SUBSTANCE".
Talk about the f@#king pot calling the kettle.................. This asshole wouldn't know "substance", if it bit him on the ass. And this coming from a band whose latest pile of shit is called....."Songs From The Sparkle Lounge". During yesterday's (Friday, June 6) press conference at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott was asked how his band managed to avoid getting caught up in the whole "glam-rock" scene of the '80s even after citing such image-oriented artists as MICK RONSON, DAVID BOWIE and T.REX as major influences. "If you actually look at the way that the 'glam' bands, if you want to call it that, from Los Angeles dressed themselves up, they totally missed the point, " Elliott replied. "When English glam bands from the '70s came on 'Top of the Pops' [long-running British music chart television program], it was almost an afterthought to what they were actually doing — music always came first, and then they'd be like, 'What are we gonna wear?' . . . Bowie was very image-driven, and maybe the music came second, but a lot of the other bands, it was always about the music — the image thing was just something that they did to just upstage other bands on 'Top of the Pops': that's what they used to do. So we were never driven to do the mascara thing or whatever these bands did. They didn't have any substance musically, I don't think, in comparison to us, so we didn't feel we needed to do it. Bands that do that are doing it to cover up the fact that there is no substance in their music. The only band — and I'm not saying it because we're here — the only band that did pull it off was [Finland's] HANOI ROCKS. I thought HANOI ROCKS were a good band, and they looked… Michael Monroe [HANOI frontman] was one of the best… I would have shagged him. [Laughs] I like Michael, I think he's sexy, and I'm not gay. And I think Andy McCoy [HANOI guitarist] does the best kind of Keith Richards... so much better than MÖTLEY CRÜE or POISON or any of those bands. They were real — the rest of the guys, it was all a bit fake for me." Thanks Blabb. BODY OF SCARS - NEW ARIZONA METALLERS CREATE 'HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS METAL'!
Just what US Metal is needing at the moment............ A size 13 steel-toed boot in the rectum. And Arizona's BODY OF SCARS more than deliver said kick! Click BODY OF SCARS to check out goose-pimple inducing tracks like "Miracle Of Life" & "All Or Nothing", courtesy of guitarist Randy Dravis' most excellent riffage! Tasty f#$king Metal, big baller! The outfit formed from acts such as Jag Panzer, 40 Grit, & Motive. The quartet formed late in 2006 when friends Randy Davis and James Santiago got together to drink a few cold ones and talk some shop. The duo brought out the guitars and before they knew it they had written two or three songs, Davis relates, "James and I are like the flow brothers, we feed off each other and writing with James makes it all too easy!". Stjernquist checked out the material and decided that this was something he wanted to be a part of. “After meeting James and Randy while listening to the material I knew I wanted to be a part of this band without a doubt in my mind" recalls the skinsman. After a year went by the band realized they had written enough material for 2 or 3 albums and began weeding through the songs in order to record what would become their debut effort. At this point they also tapped Brian Shoemake to be their permanent bassist. With their self titled debut album, the quartet show a diversity seldom seen in the metal ranks, all the while staying true to their roots. Songs such as "Bounced", "Body of Scars", "Blood Drain", "Set Ablaze" and "Let’s Get High" will show you the variety of tunings, musicianship and talent this band really has within it's ranks Stay tuned for more as this crew gets closer to releasing an album. Thanks BOS Myspace. (HED) PE - ANNOUNCES THE "D.I.Y TOUR", WITH OPM, DIRTBALL & POTLUCK.
F#@king Yo....Yo....Yo.... Really tho' (Hed) Pe's got some decent shit. Its just that the other Suburban Noize acts are usually responsible for everybody coming late to Hed's gigs.
Southern California's (HED) p.E. has announced the dates for its upcoming "The D.I.Y Tour" also featuring OPM, DIRTBALL and POTLUCK. The tour comes in support of the group's upcoming two-disc live album and DVD, "The DIY Guys", which is set for a July 8, 2008 release through Suburban Noize Records. Thanks Blabb. ANOTHER BAND THAT SHOULD BE DONE - POWERMAN 5000, ISSUE UPDATE.
Oh man... .....give it a f@#king rest. As soon as they gave up the spacesuits... ......they shoulda called it a career. But, POWERMAN 5000 have issued the following update: "Utilizing Yahoo! Live, we are launching our own live channel direct on our MySpace page. It's a place where you can watch band rehearsals or check us out in the studio writing the new record. Sometimes we will broadcast just hangin at home in the robot house! It's all live!! And if that wasn't enough, you can chat in real time with other fans and band members! "To launch the channel, we will be broadcasting the POWERMAN 5000 home video from 2001, 'Backstage and Beyond the Infinite'.come hang and watch the show. POWERMAN will be watching with you and chatting. "Broadcast begins Sunday, June 8 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern / 6:00 p.m. Pacific." POWERMAN 5000 last year parted ways with guitarists Johnny Heatley and Terry Corso and replaced them with Evan Rodaniche and Dave Pino. The band's latest album, "Destroy What You Enjoy", was produced by Mudrock (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK), who also co-produced POWERMAN 5000's major label debut, "Mega!! Kung Fu Radio". The CD was recorded at the Hobby Shop in Eagle Rock, CA and was mixed by Dave Schiffman (AUDIOSLAVE, JOHNNY CASH, SYSTEM OF A DOWN). Thanks Powerman 5000 Myspace. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - SATURDAY, JUNE 07/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004 . . Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg (Bathory) was found dead in his apartment of apparent heart failure at the age of 39. 2003 . . Long Island, New York death metallers Internal Bleeding have parted ways with guitarist and founding member Chris Pervelis. 1995 . . Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood was admitted to hospital after his ear was leaking blood. The problem was diagnosed as his arm movement from continuous guitar playing. 1979 . . Chuck Berry is charged with three counts of income tax evasion by the IRS, the day before he's scheduled to perform his most prestigious show ever - a White House concert for Jimmy Carter. 1969 . . Supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Steve Winwood made their live debut at a free concert in London's Hyde Park.
"BORN" 1981: Axtwald (guitars: Negator) 1978: Ole Alexander Myrholt (drums: Gaia Epicus) 1969: Sebastian Paul (drums: Syrens Call) 1967: Dave Navarro (guitar: Camp Freddy/Panic Channel/Red Hot ChilI Peppers/Jane's Addiction). 1966: Eric Kretz (drums, Stone Temple Pilots/Talkshow/Spiralarms).
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Quorthon/Ace Börje Forsberg (38) Swedish bassist, songwriter and leader of the band Bathory: His fans considered him the father of both the black metal and viking metal genres, the latter having a more evolved and operatic style. He composed the music and wrote the lyrics on all of Bathory's albums (heart failure).
THANKS"Alameda Brickhouse Ale" Portland OR (4.4%)... ................God Lives Under Water... ...............Diggin' A Hole... ...............VickI's Vapours. - Rank Hank Posted June 07, 2008 | Download of the day: System Of A Down - U-Fig.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldFRIDAY, JUNE 06/08: - CANADA'S, 'INTO ETERNITY' - NEW ALBUM BEING MIXED.
Tim Roth, guitarist of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY, says the band should be done mixing its new CD, "The Incurable Tragedy", "by the end of the week." Roth added, "The album is sounding really cool and we can't wait to release the record to everybody soon." The band's first concept album, "The Incurable Tragedy" was inspired by the deaths of Roth's two best friends, brothers who succumbed to cancer within two months of one another. To make matters worse, when the band began demoing new material shortly after the completion of the "Scattering" tour — a star-making year of shows that saw the band perform alongside such internationally renowned acts as DREAM THEATER, LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH, OPETH, ARCH ENEMY, THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY — Roth's father was diagnosed with cancer as well. Showing no mercy, the disease claimed his life last year, just 10 days before Christmas. To tide fans over until the release of "The Incurable Tragedy", the band has posted on INTO ETERNITY MYSPACE an unmastered rough mix of a brand new song, "Diagnosis Terminal", which it performed live at each of its recent concerts. The track is classic INTO ETERNITY, featuring a heavy groove, stop-on-a-dime time changes, reflective lyrics, a memorable chorus, a string-shredding solo, and vocals that range from guttural growls to soaring harmonies. Thanks Into Eternity Myspace. POISONBLACK, DARK TRANQUILITY - NORDIC METAL LEGENDS TEAM UP FOR EURO-DATES.
NOW THIS..........would be a hellva lineup for us N Americans. But big f@#king chance of that happening. But if you're close to any of the following venues, check out POISONBLACK MYSPACE for more info.
DARK TRANQUILLITY, POISONBLACK and FEAR MY THOUGHTS will team up for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows:
Nov. 08 - Winterthur, Salzhaus, Switzerland Thanks Blabb. GOD FORBID'S 'DALLAS COYNE' - REVEALS THE PROFITS (OR NOT) ON THE TOURING BIZ. "WE'VE LOST UP TO $10,000. ON SOME TOURS"!
Gotta hand it to GOD FORBID'S Coyne, he's at least willing to talk real about the money-side of touring, when most artists treat the subject as taboo: "Touring is a rough animal. Last week I went into a tirade about a promoter who stiffed us on cash. It may have been a little harsh but fuck it. Eventually we will be paid because there is a contract when we play. We get guarantees unless we’re doing bar shows where we do door deals. In all honesty, unless we’re getting a 3,000 and up guarantee, door deals can be fruitful. There are options for percentage after a certain amount of money is made but usually if we play we get paid. If we don’t play, we don’t get paid. If you’re a promoter who’s done shows before, don’t act like you know our game because you don’t. The promoting game is just as rough as the touring game because it’s like the stock market. You win some, you lose some. Case in point, we did a show on this tour where the promoter lost about a grand. He’s a guy we’ve known for years and he LOVES us, so we’re always welcome back. Our tour manager went to him and said, ‘Sorry about the show man. We know it was a loss!’ The promoter goes,’ Are you kidding me, we did Jimmy Eat World last week and I lost ten grand! That’s a loss!’ Look at that little equation. It’s a win some, lose some game. When we do tours we usually have a package tour that consists of three to five bands. Opening bands usually get 100-150 bucks a show. The second band usually gets 300-500 depending on who they are and the third and fourth bands can get anywhere from 1000 a piece to 5000 a piece depending on who they are and where they are playing. If you add all that up it’s a lot of money but if you have 20 dollar tickets and you put 500 people in a room the math is undeniable. The thing that sucks with today’s scene as far as GF is concerned is the fact that we’re neither small nor huge. We are as middle-class as you can get when it comes to being in a band. We pay our bills doing this, but barely. With the cost of gas going up and the fact that a tour bus runs about 1200 bucks a day because of gas going up, the business these days for a band in our position is not profitable. Bus drivers even get 250 a day. That’s a lot of cash going in but not necessarily coming out. This tour has been great for us with money because we are going to break even. But we’ve lost up to 10,000 dollars on some tours. We weren’t laughing. This business is as rough as it can get. I wish people would buy more records but I don’t expect them to. There aren’t enough good bands out there that deserve their records to be bought so I understand why people don’t buy records. Most records are shit. To all you newer bands, remember this is a BUSINESS. Yeah, you may want to play music because you love playing music, but love doesn’t pay your electric bill. It doesn’t pay for your bitch’s dinner. Always think business first because your art is your business." Thanks Metal Sucks./Dallas Coyne. VELVET REVOLVER - SOURCES SAY, "AUSSIE VOCALIST RECRUITED TO REPLACE WEILAND".
A tipster has very important innuendo regarding the new singer of Velvet Revolver, which will not be picked by reality-TV committee: "I have some new information coming from fans/family close to the hard rock Australian band Rose Tattoo to which Slash & Duff are HUGE fans of and shared the stage with many times, that Duff has been in communications with an Australian singer currently living in the USA. This guy can apparently sing up a storm and of course is a bloody Aussie, so that in itself along with the great voice will be a good choice for the band from all marketing angles." Well, if there's one thing Velvet Revolver needs after Libertad, it's a better marketing angle. So, we have but one question for all of you: Who can it be, now? (We're pretty sure the candidate in question is not Rose Tattoo singer Angry Anderson, since he's apparently living in Sydney these days.) Probably not... .but if they snagged ex - Angel City's/ The Angels, DOC NEESON, that would be a VERY f@#king smart carreer move on VR's part. That bastard could howl like a rottweiler with his nuts in a vise! Thanks AntiMusic. KORN'S 'SILVERA', - NOT INVOLVED WITH A NEW BAND.
It wouldn't surprise me if Korn didn't start this rumour, just to be pricks. Fieldy's been known to take shots at Silvera thru the press. Former KORN drummer David Silveria has NOT launched a brand new band called SATELLITE SYNDROME, according to KORN's management. A fake SATELLITE SYNDROME MySpace page was launched earlier this week which claimed that Silveria — who departed KORN in late 2006 on an "indefinite hiatus" — had joined forces with "some of the top musicians in the Huntington Beach, California area" to form the new group. In a recent chat at Korn Korner, KORN's official chat room, the band's singer Jonathan Davis stated about Silveria, "I just think he is done with music: it not his passion anymore. It sucks, but hey, he has to be happy, right?" Davis indicated that KORN is "very happy" with current touring drummer Ray Luzier (ARMY OF ANYONE, DAVID LEE ROTH) KORN has used a series of temporary guitarists and drummers since the original members departed, with Luzier and guitarist Shane Gibson playing on the group's most recent tours. Thanks Blabb. ...AND SPEAKING OF KORN - BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH, ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR SOLO DISC.
JESUS SHAVES!!! ...no wait, Head still has the ridiculous Wendy's ponytails. Former KORN guitarist and founding member Brian "Head" Welch will release his debut solo album, entitled "Save Me From Myself", on September 9 via Driven Music Group/H2C Records, and distributed by Ryko/Warner Music Group. The CD's first single, "Flush", will be made available exclusively via iTunes on July 8. Click HEAD PAGE for his announcement. Then if you feel the love, go to HEAD MYSPACE for more head! Ha, Ha! Welch's memoir, "Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story", rocketed into the New York Times bestsellers list after its first week of publication last year, debuting at #20 on the "Non-Fiction" list. For more than a decade, Brian "Head" Welch was lead guitarist for the controversial rock band KORN, but in early 2005 he shocked the international music community when he abruptly quit the band and announced that he had been saved by Jesus Christ. His announcement in front of 10,000 people in Bakersfield, California set off a media frenzy, as people from around the world sought to understand what led this rock star into the light. In the book, Welch talks for the first time about how his tumultuous life with the band led to his surprising decision to quit KORN. Thanks Head Myspace/Official site. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "EGO'S GONE WILD"!
Avenged Sevenfold have launched a teaser for their recently recorded live DVD. The disc captures a performance from the April 10th, 2008 show of the 2008 edition of the Taste of Chaos tour. The DVD was directed by Core Entertainment's Rafa Alcantra, who also worked on the band's 2007 road documentary All Excess. The DVD package will also include a CD of seven previously unreleased b-sides that were recorded during the making of the band's current self-produced album Avenged Sevenfold. You can check out the teaser here. In related news, the band was recently interviewed and remarked that they wouldn't be doing the Warped Tour: " When Warped Tour lets us blow sh-- up, you'll probably find us there. They probably wouldn't want us 'cuz we would clean house on all the chicks and scare the emo kids." The band previously performed at Warped in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. Thanks Punknews.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, JUNE06/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 . . Robbin Crosby, founding guitarist of 80's hair band RATT dies. 1988 . . Def Leppard become the first rock band to headline a rock show at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium. 1987 . . Soundgarden, Jeff Beck and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry make guest appearances at the pay-per-view 'Guns N'Roses Invade Paris!' concert. 1979 . . Def Leppard played at Crookes Workingman's Club in Sheffield. The gig was reviewed in UK music paper 'Sounds' and led to a recording contract with Phonogram Records. 1971 . . John and Yoko join Frank Zappa on stage at Fillmore East in New York. First stage appearence since 1969.
"BORN" 1974: Uncle Kracker/Matthew Shafer (US rock, country, rap-rock singer). 1972: Cristina Scabbia (vocals: Lacuna Coil) 1970: James "Munky" Shaffer (guitar:Korn). 1965: David White (guitarist, vocalist: Brother Beyond). 1964: Jay Bentley (bassist: Bad Religion). 1961: Tom Araya (Chilian vocals, bass: Slayer). 1960: Steve VaI (guitarist: Frank Zappa/David Lee Roth/Whitesnake/solo/freelance).
"PASSED AWAY" 2006: Billy Preston (59) solo/session keyboard player with The Beatles, Rolling Stones among many others (Although he received a kidney transplant in 2002, his health continued to deteriorate. He died of complications of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications. He had been in a coma since November 21, 2005) 2003: Dave Rowberry (62) Keyboard player: Animals, sessionist, freelance (heart attack) 2002: Robbin Crosby (42) US guitarist with Ratt: he also later worked as a producer for metal band Lillian Axe (heroin overdose). 1997: Fred Duval (vocals, guitars/Zero Tolerance)
THANKS"Cerveza Quilmes" lager- Argentina (5.0%)... ..........American Head Charge - 'Can't Stop The Machine', great guys, but how about a new album?... ...............Sin & Tonic... .............It Tastes Better Than The Truth. - Rank Hank Posted June 06, 2008 | Download of the day: Mushroomhead - Tattoo.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTHURSDAY, JUNE 05/08: - SOULFLY - "CONQUER" ALBUM ARTWORK & DETAILS HERE!
Oh yeah, big baller... ......Metalheads have been waiting (not so patiently) for this morsel! In addition to the standard edition of SOULFLY's forthcoming album "Conquer" — which will be available on July 29 via Roadrunner Records — a special edition of the LP will be released featuring three bonus tracks and a bonus DVD containing a full 65-minute live concert. In the spirit of past collaborative tradition, "Conquer" sees Max with THROWDOWN's Dave Peters on the standout track "Unleash", and with MORBID ANGEL's David Vincent on "Blood Fire War Hate". On "Unleash", Peters and Max create a corrosive chorus that isn't easily forgotten. Max says, "It's the closest thing I've done to PANTERA. Dave put some killer lyrics to the music.
The fast part at the end is my favorite part on the album." Firing off a throat-slicing riff and catchy hook, "Unleash" impacts like a wrecking ball. About working with underground metal hero Vincent, Max exclaims, "His screaming on that song was off the wall! To work with David was a trip. The song's a full assault, and it feels really natural. It's got that uncompromising attitude."
The track listing for the special edition of "Conquer" is as follows:
CD:
Bonus DVD: Thanks Blabb. MOTORHEAD - COMPLETES NEW ALBUM & LEMMY'S DOCUMENTARY BEING FILMED.
Shit... .lets hope Grohl didn't gay this up at all. Legendary hard rock band MOTÖRHEAD has finished recording its new album, entitled "Motörize", due before the end of the year via SPV Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Kiss of Death" was recorded at FOO FIGHTERS frontman/ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California. "Kiss of Death" entered the national album charts in the following countries: Germany: #4, Norway: #9, Sweden: #13, Austria: #20, Switzerland: #26, U.K.: #45, Denmark: #53. The CD was recorded at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles with Cameron Webb, who also worked with the group on 2004's "Inferno". The album includes guest appearances by POISON guitarist C.C. Deville and ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez. As previously reported, the life and career of MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister is being celebrated in a new documentary, tentatively titled "Lemmy" and slated for release in 2009. The film promises fans more access than ever before to Kilmister's life, and includes interviews with past and present bandmates and such peers/admirers as Slash, Dave Grohl, THE CLASH's Mick Jones, Alice Cooper, Steve VaI and wrestling superstar Triple H. Directors/producers Greg Olliver and Wes OrshoskI (both of whom have contributed to Billboard) are shooting the film on a combination of HD video and super 16 mm film. Other giants from the world of metal and hard rock will appear in the film as well, with details to be announced. "We haven't heard the word 'no' yet after any interview request, " Olliver says. Thanks Billboard.com MESHUGGAH'S, "HAAKE" - NAMED "TOP METAL DRUMMER" BY MODERN DRUMMER MAG.
Damn!..........I thought for sure that Katatonia's, Daniel Liljekvist would be on the list somewhere.
MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake has been named the #1 drummer in the "Metal" category in Modern Drummer magazine's 2008 Readers' Poll. The Readers' Poll results appear in the July 2008 issue of the magazine, available on newsstands now. Thanks Blabb. MELVINS - SCHED' US (BUT NO CANADA) SHOWS FOR "NUDE WITH BOOTS" ALBUM.
Hey!! Where's the fucking Canadian shows, MELVINS?
PR) The Melvins embark on their first tour in support of their upcoming album, "Nude With Boots, " on July 16 with a show in the unlikely spot of Santa Barbara (go Santa Barbara!). Thanks Antimusic. OZZY - WINS LIBEL LAWSUIT OVER HIS STATE OF HEALTH.
After the win, Sharon promptly mailed a fresh turd to Express Newspaper office. (joking) Metro.co.uk reports that Ozzy Osbourne today accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a newspaper claim that he threw the Brit Awards (the British equivalent of the Grammy Awards) into chaos after he suffered a health scare. The 59-year-old BLACK SABBATH frontman was not at London's High Court for the settlement of his action against Express Newspapers over a story in the Daily Star this February. The damages will be donated to his wife's charity — the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program. Solicitor John Kelly told Mr Justice Eady that the article appeared after the couple, along with two of their children, Jack and Kelly, hosted the awards at Earl's Court in front of 6.1 million TV viewers. Entitled "Ozzy's Freak Show", it falsely alleged that he had toppled over twice just before the ceremony was about to begin, prompting organizers to hold emergency talks about whether they should withdraw him with his family and send him to hospital. Thanks Metro.co.uk SEX PISTOLS 'ROTTEN" - ALLEGEDLY PUNCHES FEMALE ASSISTANT. "Forget God save The Queen"...........God save Johnny Rotten if any of this shit's true.
According to a lawsuit filed moments ago in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the Sex Pistol singer allegedly beat the crap out of a female assistant and called her every horrible name in the book after the taping of a television show in 2007. In the lawsuit, Roxane Davis claims Rotten, real name John Lydon, "cocked back his fist ... and punched her in the face" when the rocker was forced to stay in a room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel that didn't share a door with his other assistant ... a dude named Rambo. Davis says both Rotten and Rambo unleashed a verbal tirade, calling her a "fat f**king c*nt, f**king c*nt, and fat f**king whore." Davis, who was an employee of the show Rotten was working on, says she reported the incident to her supervisor, "but the complaints fell on deaf ears." But get this -- Davis admits the company did give her one warning about Rotten: "Under no circumstances was anyone to touch Rotten's hair." So far, TMZ has been unable to contact Rotten for comment. Thanks TMZ. VAN HALEN - BANDS HIGHEST GROSSING TOUR EVER, AT OVER $93 MILLION!
The profits of which Eddie, will promptly convert to Kentucky Bourbon & catapult himself into a one-way booze binge to "alchy-town". Though not without setbacks, the Van Halen reunion tour ended up a massive success, wrapping June 2 in Grand Rapids, Mich., with a total gross of more than $93 million and close to one million in attendance from 74 shows. The tour, news of which first broke on Billboard.com in January 2007, featured founding members David Lee Roth, and Eddie and Alex Van Halen, along with Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen. After initially being set up as an amphitheater tour for the summer of 2007, the Live Nation-produced reunion temporarily derailed when guitarist Eddie Van Halen entered rehab. But it was resurrected as a fall arena run that stretched into 2008. The tour was delayed again in March because of health issues for Eddie, then returned to the road in April to finish with a flourish. The shows marked the first time Roth had performed with the band in more than 23 years. Van Halen's handlers say it was the top-grossing tour in the band's history. And although sources say some kind of document of the tour, possibly a live DVD, has been discussed, nothing has yet been finalized. Thanks Billboard.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, JUNE 05/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . . Drummer Didier AlmouznI has officially left British melodic speed power metallers Dragonforce. 2003 . . Scott Weiland has been officially selected as the vocalist for the new band featuring former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. 1988 . . Eric Clapton's wife PattI applied for a divorce, the couple had married 9 years earlier in 1979. 1977 . . Alice Cooper's boa constrictor is unfortunately fatally bitten by the live rat it was being served up for breakfast. Alice Cooper held public auditions to replace his valuable stage prop, and Angel was the winner to be taken on the road.
"BORN" 1973: Daniel Gildenlöw (vocals, guitar: Pain Of Salvation) 1964: Karl Sanders (US guitarist, vocalist, founding member: Nile). 1956: Richard Butler (vocals, Psychedelic Furs) 1952: Michael 'Nicko' McBrain (drums:Iron Maiden/7x70) 1947: Tom Evans (bass, guitar, vocals: Badfinger) - passed away *19.Nov.1983
"PASSED AWAY" 1990: Richard Sohl (37) (keyboard player: the PattI Smith group ) 1996: Kenny Hillary (?) (bass: Quiet Riot) 2002: Dee Dee Ramone (49) bass guitarist: The Ramones (drug overdose)
THANKS"Ol Woodenhead Smoked Porter" revelstoke (6.4%)... ..............Celtic Frost's 'Cherry Orchid' vid'. Worst video ever?... ...............Everything's Made In China... ............Little Judas Chongo. - Rank Hank Posted June 05, 2008 | Download of the day: lunar silver star story - Wind's Nocturne.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldWEDNESDAY, JUNE 04/08: MASTODON - DRUMMER SAYS NEW ALBUM'S "CREEPY".
Hard rock outfit Mastodon is five songs into its next Warner Bros. studio album, which the group is recording in its Atlanta hometown with producer Brendan O'Brien Drummer Brann Dailor tells Billboard.com that so far, "everything sounds real creepy and spaced out and different." He's particularly enthused about a 15-minute jam dubbed "The Last Baron, " which happily, O'Brien had no interest in making shorter or changing. "There's so many toys to play with over at his studio, like pipe organs and all this crazy sh*t, " says Dailor, who was introduced to O'Brien through Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg (his son is a big Mastodon fan). "There are little cool things we're going to do to the record that we've been wanting to do for a long time." Dailor promises the as-yet-untitled album, which should be out before the end of the year, will have the conceptual feel of prior releases "Leviathan" (based around "water") and "Blood Mountain" ("earth"), but he's not ready to get specific just yet. Among the other tracks tipped to make the cut are "Divinations, " which Dailor describes as "a mover and a shaker, " and "Oblivion, " which he says is "real moody. It feels like the music got a little deeper somehow." He adds that Neurosis singer Scott Kelly may wind up making a guest appearance on the album but that nothing is set in stone yet. Fans are likely to get a taste of new Mastodon material during the band's set at Bonnaroo next weekend ("We can't wait any longer, " Dailor admits). Afterward, Mastodon will return to Atlanta to continue work with O'Brien before embarking on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour July 9 in Seattle. Thanks Billboard.com EX KORN DRUMMER - SNUBS KORN IN FAVOR OF "NEW PROJECT".
So Korn's Jonathan Davis pretty much begged Silvera to come back. Silvera tells Davis, "He's done with music". Then Silvera announces a new project called SATELLITE SYNDROME. Davis is still probably trying to figure out what the fucks going on. Well... .you can check out SS myspace, but there's f@#k all there. Click SS Myspace to read basically nothing. SATELLITE SYNDROME is a brand new project featuring former KORN drummer David Silveria along with some of the top musicians in the Huntington Beach, California area, handpicked by Silveria himself.
The group officially formed in May 2008, and is currently in the studio recording its first-ever songs. Thanks Blabb. DISTURBED'S TURN IN "WAR OF WORDS", W/ THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN.
Ha, as much as I hate to say it... ..... Disturbed hand TDEP their asses on this one. Metal Sucks has the report: Well, the war of words between The Dillinger Escape Plan and Disturbed continues. Here’s what Disturbed vocalist/Howie Mandel lookalike David Draiman (pictured right, apparently in the throes of having to take a major shit with no toilets in sight), had to say about the conflict in a recent interview: “I’m actually very confused by [Weinman's comments], ’cause, to be honest with you, we don’t normally let anybody around when we’re checking or we don’t pay attention to it, number one. Number two is I don’t ever remember playing with the guys, to be honest with you. I don’t know what they were doing there. I don’t ever remember having them open for us, so… I don’t even know what the hell they’re talking about. And then as far as ‘rehearsing moves,’ I mean, I don’t know who the hell they think we are — we’re not N’SYNC: we’re not going up there with choreography or something like that, trying to rehearse. ‘This is when I put my foot on the monitor here.’ [Laughs] No one cares about that. But when it’s time for Danny [Donegan, DISTURBED guitarist] to hit his guitar solo, yeah, he needs to be in a particular cued spot so that the lights go to that focus point, when there’s a little particular fill in the song. It’s called production — it’s what any big professional band that isn’t just punk rock… Not to say that there is anything wrong with punk rock, because I have my roots in it, but you can’t compare the two styles of a show. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are more punk and I respect them for what they do — I’m not even calling them out on any level, in any way shape or form. I like the style of what they do. I don’t understand what the hell they think they saw with us, but gentlemen, let me give you a little bit of education: This is what the big boys do who play stadium shows — they wanna worry about how the lights look that they spend so much money on.” More free press for Dillinger, this is. Thanks Metal Sucks. EX - CELTIC FROST'S, TOM FISCHER - "THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE IN MY LIFE IS......."
Some major Celtic-Wrath here......... Tom Gabriel Fischer has just posted the following update on his blog: "It is, apparently, the nature of my personality and my career. I have lived a life in which I have frequently and always voluntarily accepted risks to my art, my existence, and my financial security. I have exposed myself uncounted times and very publicly, and I have never hesitated making controversial decisions. It has always been this course of action which has defined me and my path as well as my music. At the same time, this approach has often made me fail miserably, and my audaciousness has led me to make plenty of mistakes, some of them very serious ones. And yet, the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life was to agree to Martin Eric Ain's proposal to add that one member [Franco Sesa] to the line-up of the reformed Celtic Frost, in late 2002. Regardless of the urgency of the situation then, and in spite of the enormous difficulties we encountered in finding an adequate drummer in Switzerland, it is a mistake I will never forgive myself for, until the day I die. Particularly so, since I subconsciously sensed it was a mistake even within the first week of rehearsals. His litanies continue verbally and in writing, even as Celtic Frost no longer exists. They have affected friends, musicians, fans, as well as Celtic Frost's band and crew members, who have all become an involuntary, awkward audience. Even notwithstanding my own very clear opinion regarding the above, it is a disgrace and an immense display of disrespect towards the history of Celtic Frost and the sentiments of the group's dedicated friends and fans. It is a betrayal of what we agreed to as the group disintegrated. It is a descent into the muck utterly inappropriate for Celtic Frost, even in death." Thanks Antimusic. FRANCE'S, BOVINUS - HAS ACTUAL "COW", DOING VOCALS.
And it fucking works!! This shit's better than the last 2 Cradle Of Filth records.................. This Grindcore/Thrash outfit hails from France, & dishes out brutal, relentless Cowmageddon, with front-bovine, Daysi, mooing her udders off! Rumours have it that the band will hit the road hard, with fellow Thrashers, Cattle Decapitation, as support. Check out the band here, at BOVINUS MYSPACE This follows a noticble trend in metal, lately a dog & a parrot have been signing contracts with bands and replacing humans as frontmen. We predict that this bold move will only gather in momentem, issuing in a brand new fresh sound to everywhere. Unconfirmed sources state that rappers favor using pussy's as vocalists. Thanks Metal Sucks. THE DANDY WARHOLS - US & CAN TOUR DATES + NEW ALBUM TRACK LIST.
PR reports: The Dandy Warhols' sixth LP, Earth To The Dandy Warhols, is set for release on August 19, 2008, via their label, Beat The World Records.
" Earth To The Dandy Warhols", the band's debut album as masters of their own destiny, with no more label battles pulls together the diverse sounds and influences that have always characterized their music, it's quintessential Dandys.
EARTH TO THE DANDY WARHOLS Track Listing: Thanks PR. TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS - "EX-ICED EARTH'S SCHAFFER HATED THAT I WAS CALLED 'THE RIPPER".
Owens has a decent rep' in the music biz, as a down to earth dude, who deserves better treatment than he's been delt in the past. Denise Grollmus from the Cleveland Scene has written an extensive article on singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), featuring quotes from a number of Tim's associates from the Ohio metal scene. A couple of excerpts follow. On trying out for JUDAS PRIEST: Owens was driven to a studio in Wales. "I was so starstruck. They were just sitting there, eating breakfast, hanging out, playing music. It was surreal." The band told him to relax, that he wouldn't have to sing until the next day. But Owens demanded to perform then and there. "I was so freaked out, " he says. "I hadn't sung JUDAS PRIEST in months, and I just wanted to get it over with." The band offered him the job before he'd finished "Victim of Changes". But Owens insisted on singing one more tune, "The Ripper", a JUDAS PRIEST classic. "That's how I got my nickname, " he says. On his split with PRIEST: "Everyone thought it was a sad day, " Owens says. "But it wasn't. I never would have quit PRIEST, but it was the right thing for Halford to come back and for me to move on." On ICED EARTH: While Owens was comfortable being bossed around, he wanted to tour more. He also didn't like [ICED EARTH mainman Jon] Schaffer's constant derogatory comments about his time in JUDAS PRIEST. "He hated that I was called the Ripper, " Owens says. "He said that my era of PRIEST just sucked and that the songs were bad. It was tense." After one more album, Schaffer replaced Owens with [his predecessor], just last year. "It was two weeks before Christmas, and he sent this press release out, " Owens says. "I didn't even know he was going to announce it. I was pretty upset by how it was handled." Read the rest at www.clevescene.com "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 04/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2004. . Creed decide to break up. 2003 . .Drummer Henry Ranta leaves Sweden's Soilwork in order to dedicate more time to his personal life 2002 . . Sweden's The Crown part ways with singer Tomas Lindberg. 1992 . . Iron Maiden played a gig at the Oval pub, Norwich, UK before 400 fans at The Nodding Donkeys, as a thank you to the pub's landlord Chris Hiles.
"BORN" 1970: Dave Pybus (bass: Cradle Of Filth/Angtoria) 1964: Chris Kavanagh (drums: Sigue Sigu Sputnik, Big Audio Dynamite).
"PASSED AWAY" 1997: Ronnie Lane (53) UK bassist and co-founder of Small Faces and Faces: left Faces in 1973 and formed his own band, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, in 1973 to record the hit singles "How Come" (UK No. 11) and "The Poacher", then the album Anymore For Anymore, showcasing his own blend of British rock, folk, and country music. Moved to Texas US in the 80's (pneumonia)
THANKS"Vienna Lager" Richmond (5.5%)... ..............Primus' 'Laquer Head'... that guy lives down the street from me... .............Rat Faced Granny... ................I Was A Cub Scout. - Rank Hank Posted June 04, 2008 | Download of the day: Lacuna Coil - Comalies - Swamped.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldTUESDAY, JUNE 03/08: GOD FORBID - NEW DVD TRACKLISTING & EASTERN US DATES.
New Jersey metal titans GOD FORBID will take part in a meet-and-greet on Saturday, June 7 at The Beat Cafe (29200 Hoover) in Warren, Michigan. The band will sign copies of its forthcoming DVD, "Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression", which will be available for purchase at the meet-and-greet — three days before its official release on June 10 via Century Media. Thanks Blabb. KINGS X - AFTER 12 YR LAPSE, LAND IN TOP 200 CHART.
The most under-rated US band around, KINGS X, finally are getting some overdue notice. After a 12-year absence, veteran rock act King's X returned to The Billboard 200 last week with "XV" (InsideOut/SPV), debuting at No. 145. Click KING X MYSPACE to check out what you've been missing. "The first few records, we all wrote a lot of music on our own and reworked it as a band, " King's X guitarist Ty Tabor tells Billboard.com. "We went through a period where we were writing everything in the studio, because it was much more spontaneous. But if we do anything for too long, we have to switch it up to keep ourselves interested. So we decided this time to do some writing ahead of time again, and see how that worked." The end result is something the guitarist is quite happy with. "I like a larger percentage of this record than I have in a very long time. There are a few that I think are undeniably some of the best stuff Doug [Pinnick] has come up with, " he says. This summer, King's X is teaming with the recently reunited Extreme for a series of dates on the Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Camp Tour, beginning July 29 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Taking its name from an ongoing annual camp in which fans get to play with renowned rockers, the tour will feature an opening performance by campers joined by Gilby Clarke, Elliot Easton and Glenn Hughes, among others. "They're filming it for a reality show, " Tabor says, adding that he's particularly excited to see Hughes perform each night. "But I'm looking forward to it, because I don't know what to expect." And while King's X remains Tabor's top priority, he still has time for other projects, including Xenuphobe, who recently released its second album, "2.0." "It's a project that started a few years back with me and Wally Farkas from Galactic Cowboys, " Tabor says. "Me and him have always been fans of very out-there, experimental music. It's meant to be listened to from beginning to end as an entire thing -- like watching a movie." Also on the horizon is a new Tabor solo album. "I'm a good ways through it. It's a pretty heavy guitar record -- by far the heaviest solo thing I've ever done, " he says. Thanks Billboard.com FINLANDS, 'SWALLOW THE SUN', PREMEIRE NEW EP ARTWORK.
Without a doubt, Swallow The Sun, are the cadilac of Nordic Doom. Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN will release their new EP, "Plague of Butterflies", on September 17 in Finland, September 22 in the UK and September 23 in the U.S. via Spinefarm Records. Commented the band: "'Plague of Butterflies' is a story about an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. It's one song in three parts and holds about 35 minutes of crushing gloom, beauty and despair. Music was originally ordered from us for a really interesting and big project, but the project was sadly abandoned. Because of this we are planning to use the music in different context — namely in a short movie - and we are in search for suitable partners to make this happen. We'll give more info on this later as things move on and wheels start to roll."
"Plague of Butterflies" track listing: "Hope", the third album by SWALLOW THE SUN, entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 3 back in February 2007. The follow-up to 2005's "Ghosts of Loss" was recorded at Seawolf Studios in HelsinkI and was mastered at Finnvox studios with Minerva Pappi. The LP features a vocal appearance by Jonas Renkse of KATATONIA on the song "The Justice of Suffering". Thanks Blabb. DRAGONFORCE - UK "SOLOBATERS" READY TO SHRED YOU TO TEARS AGAIN.
Limey Power-wankers, Dragonfarce, are prepping to bore you to tears again.
British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE will release their new album, "Ultra Beatdown", on August 25 via Roadrunner Records. CHILDREN OF BODOM - BASSIST ON "DISHONESTY IN THE MUSIC BIZ" - "WE'RE NOT LORDI" & UNIVERSITY.
If you caught COB on Gigantour, you know that even your mom's are gonna know who these guys are soon. COB's bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith proceeds to set the record straight on some shit: NZRock: In a past interview you said that you wished the music industry was more honest. What particular experiences have made you think that? Henkka: I think now that I've been involved in different kinds of business stuff as well… I think when it comes to business, there is not so much honesty and I wish it was a bit more honest.ususally it's everywhere where people try to make as much money as possible there's always this side of it — people ripping people off and trying to take advantage and pretending that somebody is your friend when actually they don't really care at all. But I mean it's not just in music, it's in all kinds of business. It's a bit of a shame but it's money, money, money. NZRock: What's the most incorrect thing that the media has ever published about CHILDREN OF BODOM. Henkka: You know the band called LORDI, the one that won the Eurovision contest? They have these masks and nobody knows what they really look like in real life, it's kinda like a secret. Well anyway, when they won the Eurovision Song Contest some tabloid in the UK published a band photo of LORDI without their masks and makeup and it was a picture of CHILDREN OF BODOM from like 10 years ago HAHA! I think it was some little paper in the UK so that's probably the most incorrect thing I've ever seen HAHA! Even though it was about LORDI it was our faces in the picture. NZRock: "Blooddrunk" also made it to #22 on the U.S. charts which is huge! What did you do to celebrate that? Henkka: That was a big deal! We were on tour in the States when we heard it so we really couldn't realise it until a couple of days later and then we started to get congratulations from everybody. In Finland the media made a really big deal out of it. But yeah, that was a great thing also. You’ve been studying Political History at your own pace for several years now, are you close to graduating? Actually I have this big plan of graduating with my bachelors degree this summer. That’s my goal for now and them maybe masters later on. But I don’t know, if I get the bachelor, the BA, this summer then I’ll really be happy and then I can just concentrate on the music for a while and do the masters if I have time. Studying has always been more of a hobby, whenever I have time. But it’s a good balance, I really like it. Read the entire interview at NZ ROCK "GUITAR HERO- METALLICA" - ON ITS WAY.
Tor Thorsen of GameSpot reports: When sifting through an SEC filing of Activision's over the weekend, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Edward Woo — associate of the highly visible Michael Pachter — uncovered a gem in the section where the Santa Monica, California-based publisher discussed its upcoming game slate. "In fiscal 2009, we plan to publish Guitar Hero: On Tour for the NDS: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: Metallica, and Guitar Hero IV across multiple platforms, " the company said in its report. Activision's fiscal year ends on March 31, 2009, which means that the game will likely follow the holiday release of Guitar Hero: World Tour (nee Guitar Hero 4). Guitar Hero: Metallica will be the first time a game based on the multiplatinum-selling band — which has become only slightly less famous for its antipiracy efforts as its musical achievements — has made it to retail. However, it is the second such game to be announced. In 2003, VivendI Games — which will soon merge with Activision — struck a deal to create a vehicular combat game inspired by METALLICA's music. Unconfirmed reports stated that the project had been quietly canceled in 2005. Thanks Gamesport. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - POT-SHOTS AT DISTURBED KEEP COMING.
No freakin' jealousy here... ... And I'm NOTa Disturbed fan either. But all this is, is cheap press for The Dillinger Escape Plan who basically live on a Mcdonalds budget daily. What better way to get your name in print... .than to pick a successful act... .& slag the shit outa them. The Dillinger Escape Plan just kicked up their fued with Disturbed another notch. It all started when DEP's guitarist Ben Weinman said in an interview that he witnessed Disturbed of posing on stage by choreographing their moves. Disturbed's Dan Donegan fired back in an interview with MTV where he denied that the band poses, saying they only use some lighting cues but also said, If [DEP] sold some records, and were at the level we're at, maybe they'd see that, for bands like Kiss and Metallica, there are certain highlight points during a set that you want to focus on." The Dillinger Escape Plan responded on Monday with the following blog post on their Myspace page: "The guitar player Dom Deluise or whatever his name is with the little-peen complex from that band Disturbia or whatever they're called thinks that we care about them. Old news, but still funny. 'My FerrarI is better than your Honda!!! Our stages come apart and travel with us and yours don't!!! We have thirty guitar techs and you have one!' Coooool self-esteem barometer, douche bag. Wait... What's that I hear? The sound of your band still sucking? Oh, right. Gotcha there, bud." Wonder what Donegan will come back with? Or will he "get it" & not respond, which will kill TDEP's "free" publicity? Thanks Antimusic. GUITAR RYTHEM KING, BO DIDDLY - PASSES AWAY DUE TO HEART FAILURE.
antiMusic reports: Rock n Roll legend Bo Diddley died of heart failure on Monday and there was no shortage of other rock legends singing his praises including Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, BB King and Slash. "He was a wonderful, original musician who was an enormous force in music and was a big influence on The Rolling Stones, " said Mick Jagger in a statement. He was very generous to us in our early years and we learned a lot from him. We will never see his like again." According to the BBC, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant said Diddley's "voice and relentless, glorious anthems echo down through my years This royal shape shifter continues to influence four generations of musicians on a daily basis, " he added. BB King, praised Diddly as "a music pioneer and legend with a unique style. We always had a good time when we played together. He will truly be missed, but his legacy will live on forever, " King, 82, said through his publicist according to AFP Slash told NME.COM that Diddley greatly influenced countless musicians, and the Bo Diddley beat was the inspiration for Guns N Roses' song 'Mr Brownstone'. "He's a huge hero of mine and the fact that he knew who I was a huge compliment, " Slash said. "Bo Diddley created a myth that was uniquely his own. An entire rhythm is owed to just one guy and that's pretty rare, " he said. The staff at Wibumbamusic send our condolences to Bo's family & friends. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - TUESDAY, JUNE 03/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003 . . Rob Halford starts hinting at possible Judas Priest reunion. 2003 . . Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is hospitalized. 1998 . . Van Halen cancelled a show at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a piece of ceiling plaster fell and hit Alex Van Halen. He suffered a bruised arm. 1970 . . The Kinks Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word 'Coca- Cola' to 'Cherry Cola' on the bands forthcoming single 'Lola' due to an advertising ban. 1964 . . Ringo Starr collapses suffering from tonsillitis and laryngitis, and session drummer Jimmy Nichol becomes Beatles' drummer for a 11 days.
"BORN" 1979: Hans Rutten (drums: The Gathering) 1970: Peter Tägtgren (vocals, guitars: Pain/Hipocrisy - guested on Children Of Bodom's, 'Bloodrunk' disc) 1964: Kerry King (thrash metal guitarist, songwriter: Slayer) 1964: Doro Pesch (vocals: Doro) 1952: Billy Powell (keyboards: Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1950: SuzI Quatro (US bassist, singer). 1947: Dave Alexander (bass player: Stooges) passed away*10.Feb.1975. 1947: Mickey Finn (percussion: T Rex/Tyrannosaurus Rex) passed away*11.Jan.2003. 1946: Ian Hunter (vocals, guitar, Solo/ Mott the Hoople)
"PASSED AWAY" - no Metal/Rock entries today -
THANKS"Anarchist Amber Ale" Penticton (5.5%)... ................Pain's, - 'Psalms Of Extinction' - Pete Tagtren's an unsung Metal genius... ..............Armour For Sleep... ............Gay For Johnny Depp. - Rank Hank Posted June 03, 2008 | Today's video by Psyclon Nine | Download of the day: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock world"MONDAY, JUNE 01/08: "RED, HOT" - NEW METAL RELEASES, STARTING MONDAY, JUNE 01/08.
Baby wants furs & a fine hooptie?? Fawk it......give er' Metal:
# 3 June: Thanks Metal Sucks. "RED, HOT" - NEW ROCK/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES, STARTING, MONDAY, JUNE 01/08.
Can't sleep? Check out (Def Leppards) Phil Collens, "Man Raze" new album. Absolute "Audio Nytol" at its best.
RELEASE DATE FOR JUNE: 3/2008 SLAYER - "33 1/3: REIGN IN BLOOD", FIRST - EVER ENGLISH BOOK OF THE BAND, OUT NOW!
I'll be cashin' in the empties for this... ......... Continuum Books' "33 1/3: Reign in Blood", the first English-language book about SLAYER, is now on sale. The book made its world debut at Square Records in Akron, Ohio Saturday, May 31. The first three copies were signed by author D.X. Ferris, on sale for a special price of $6.66, and numbered 6, 66, and 666. "33 1/3: Reign in Blood" explores the creation of the most universally respected metal album, its long road to stores, its ongoing influence, and the history of the greatest thrash band. "The book's about three things, " says Ferris. "One, how 'Reign in Blood' came be, from Def Jam recruiting SLAYER to its recording. "Two, it explores the songs, how they influenced extreme music, and what they mean — from their creators to the band's diverse fans. "Three, the book presents a short history of the group before and after the album, with profiles of all the record's major contributors — the members of the band, Rick Rubin, Andy Wallace, and Larry Carroll." Ferris conducted dozens of interviews specifically for the book, talking to all members of SLAYER, producer Rick Rubin, engineer Andy Wallace, cover artist Larry Carroll, and Def Jam insiders from Russell Simmons to MC Serch. From TorI Amos to PANTERA's Phil Anselmo, a host of fans and artists discuss the record's ongoing impact and SLAYER's status in the small fraternity of rock's greatest groups. SLAYER's controversial "Reign in Blood" set the gold standard for extreme heavy metal. The Los Angeles metal kings recorded their major-label debut with producer Rick Rubin (a future Grammy winner them known strictly for creating hip-hop) and engineer Andy Wallace (who would later produce JEFF BUCKLEY and mix NIRVANA). Promises Ferris, "Even SLAYER's most hardcore fans should learn something new, from Kerry King's sorta-straight-edge past to Hanneman's original idea for 'Raining Blood'. And it's the first real profile of Wallace, who's one of the biggest names in mixing. It's a great story, and it'll get a hook in you if you like music, even if you've never lost a shoe in a mosh pit. Plus, it's probably the only time you'll find Matt Pike, TorI Amos, and Roger Miret at the same party.” "33 1/3: Reign in Blood" features previously unreleased pictures by Glen E. Friedman, the photographer who shot the "South of Heaven" group photo, and who's also known for recognizable images of the BEASTIE BOYS, PUBLIC ENEMY, FUGAZI, and the DOGTOWN/Z-BOYS skaters. It also includes photos by Andy Wallace and Kevin Estrada. For more details, visit RIB 33 1/3 Thanks Blabb. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - JUNKIE WEILAND THROWS SHOW, 'UNDER THE BUS'.
Velvet Revolver's Slash, is probably doing the 'Lotto 6/49' happy dance as we speak............. Nate Chinen of The New York Times reports: Scott Weiland, the lead singer of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, had just a few words for the crowd at the PNC Bank Arts Center [in Holmdel, New Jersey] on Saturday night [May 31], and that was probably a good thing. Two weeks into this post-grunge band's reunion tour, he seemed bedraggled and bushed, like a scarecrow. His first comments were barely coherent, and what came next was dispiriting. "Sometimes you make crazy choices, " he said, in a distinctly undefiant tone. The evening was billed as 92.3 K-ROCK's Return of the Rock, with opening sets by the alternative-rock bands FILTER and ASHES DIVIDE. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS finally appeared more than an hour after FILTER, and there were boos mixed in with the cheers. Mr. Weiland noted that this was a hometown show for half of the band, the brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo, who play bass and guitar. "I apologize for ..." he started to add. "Apology accepted, brother, " Robert DeLeo said quickly, changing the subject and hustling on with the show. See video of this portion of the concert AT TRAIN-WRECK WEILAND The show got better, but not by much. Stone Temple Pilots was always a riff-driven band with an impressive low-end churn, and a handful of its songs are exceptionally sturdy. So it made sense that the crowd carried the choruses of “Plush” and “Dead and Bloated,” and that the band nailed a handful of its other 1990s staples, like “Interstate Love Song” and “Vaseline.” But the feeling imparted by these performances was desultory and joyless. The band never rose above a sort of grim competence. It was the same with Weiland. While he expertly struck the image of a rock star — strutting and preening, and shedding his white jacket and T-shirt to reveal a sinewy torso — his voice sounded less flexible than usual, and he sometimes seemed nearly out of breath. He forgot some lyrics and flubbed others, and often used a megaphone as a prop, or perhaps a crutch. There would be time for contrition later: the tour is running through the rest of the summer, provided Mr. Weiland can hold it together that long. Read the entire review from THE NEW YORK TIMES COULD LIVE SHOWS BE ON THE VERGE OF "DRYING UP", DUE TO GAS PRICES?
The next time that self-righteous "green prick" at your table swears that high fuel prices are great & won't affect him...............show him this: With CD sales on the decline, it’s no secret that many bands have turned to the road to earn their green. But now, with gas prices climbing more and more each day, touring and the much-needed cash it generates for a band is being threatened, a new Chicago Tribune article has revealed. "We drove from Omaha to Madison to play a show and it cost us $240, " Matt Maginn, bassist for Omaha indie rock act Cursive, told the Tribune. "My jaw just about hit the floor. That's double what it cost us before. If you're a new band driving cross-country in a van pulling a trailer of equipment that's getting 6 miles a gallon, and you're getting paid 50 or 75 bucks to play a gig, I don't know how you survive." Mitch Marlow, the manager of Chicago-based quartet the Redwalls, adds, "It costs the band $100 to fill up their van each time. Travelling around the country for shows, that adds up. The Redwalls are lucky that they have a big enough fan base where they can still do it and make money. But plenty of bands are at the threshold where they have to consider whether it's worth doing." And bands aren’t just the only ones in the industry feeling the pinch of rising fuel prices. According to promoters and club owners who talked with the Tribune, it’s getting harder and harder to coax Canadian and overseas acts to tour the U.S. because of the high prices at the pump. Also making matters worse is the declining U.S. dollar, which is further taking a bite out of bands’ profits, as well as those earned by clubs and booking agents. "It doesn't make [economic] sense for a lot of bands to come over from Europe or Canada because the value of the dollar is so low, " Ray Quinn, owner of the Chicago club Martyrs, said. All this doesn’t paint an optimistic picture for the touring band, or concertgoers for that matter. And as one promoter puts it: "It's going to be the good, the bad and the ugly." Thanks Brock Thiessen. KURT COBAINS ASHES STOLEN - ACCORDING TO COURTNEY LOVE.
(RANK - Last month she claimed identity theft of property, etc. Now she says Kurts ashes are gone. Could the train-wreck have pawned them for a couple o' grams?......or are they up her nose? THE ashes of legendary grunge musician Kurt Cobain have been stolen, according to his distraught widow Courtney Love. The Nirvana frontman's ashes were taken from Love's Los Angeles residence, she said. Cobain's ashes had been stored in a pink bear-shaped bag, along with a lock of his hair. Clothes and jewellery were also taken from Love's home. More entertainment news Love said she was horrified by the theft and was now suicidal. "They were all I had left of my husband, " said the Hole singer. "I can't believe anyone would take Kurt's ashes from me. I find it disgusting and right now I'm suicidal. If I don't get them back I don't know what I'll do." The majority of Cobain's ashes were scattered near his Washington home and at a Buddhist temple, with Love keeping the rest. Nirvana has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, with classic Nevermind selling more than 26 million copies alone. Cobain committed suicide in 1994. Thanks Antimusic. KISS - STANLEY/SIMMONS, "BAND COULD GO ON WITHOUT ANY ORIGINAL MEMBERS".
"Greed Simmons" confirms that they plan to keep the farce known as KISS, pumping out the cash, even after retirement. This just confirms what we've always known... ."Kiss is a BRAND not a BAND". Roy Hilmar Svendsen of Norway's NRK reports that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has confirmed what has been some fans' biggest fear for some years now — that KISS are indeed planning to keep KISS running and touring after founders Paul Stanley and Simmons decide to take off the make-up for good. During a familiar rant by Simmons about how KISS could go on forever, Svendsen asked jokingly if the band would consider looking for replacements for Simmons and Stanley in a TV show, similar to programs like "Rock Star" and "American Idol". "We have already signed the contract, and it is going to go through in a couple of months, " Simmons reportedly replied. Really? "Yes, of course!" he confirmed. In a separate interview, KISS co-founder Paul Stanley was reportedly not very happy to hear about his bandmate's statement regarding KISS' future. "These things are typical, " Stanley said. "Gene says something as if it was a fact, but there is no signed deal. The future has many possibilities. Will it happen next week? No! Am I opposed to the idea? Of course not." According to NRK, Stanley said that the members of VELVET REVOLVER were planning a similar stunt to find the replacement for lead singer Scott Weiland, who was fired at the end of the band's European tour earlier this year. However, in the end the band decided not to do it, according to Stanley, because of VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash's wish to remain "cool" and credible to his fans. "I don't have to be that cool, " Stanley told NRK with a smile. (RANK - "Don't worry, you quit being cool after Ace left".) Thanks NRK. DEF LEPPARDS, (GRAMPS) JOE ELLIOT - RECALLS THE "GOOD OLD DAYS".
Goddamn it!!...........sit down so Old Joe can spew off at the yap & blabber on about how bad he had it, when he was a boy: To get around on tour… "We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff: you just get on the plane. It was only a little 12-seater — it wasn't like a LED ZEPPELIN Boeing 757 that we'd hollowed out and put condom machines and stripper poles in. It was Elvis' old plane, a G1, the only one that he physically flew. It was still in service so we rented it. You don't buy a plane if you're going to be on the road: you rent it. It was painted black and had purple trim with DEF LEPPARD on the side, which is a bit cheesy but you've got to do it." We gave up on the plane... "After we went through a bit of turbulence and the plane shot 1,500 feet into the air in a second and a half and the propellers were about to freeze, so the pilots had to nose-dive the plane. That gave us zero gravity for about a second and a half so everything in the plane started to float, including us, and when we got gravity back we shot backwards at 220mph into a toilet door. Three of the band decided after that they didn't want to fly any more. I took it as a glitch and would still like the plane, but the majority vote wins. When we went back to buses we split into three different units. You've got a veggie bus, a family bus and the attack bus, which is the one with the drinking and the music that I'm on." After the interview, Elliot, wobbled over to his scooter & proceeded to go hunting for leather pants, Geritol & viagra. Thanks Uk's The Observer. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, JUNE 01/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2003.. Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and a red light violation following a traffic crash. 2003 .. Austrian black metallers Abigor officially split up. 1998 . . Frontman Scott Weiland is charged with criminal possession and trespass, after being found to be holding heroin shortly before the Stone Temple Pilot's scheduled show at the Irving Plaza in New York. 1995 . . Ted Nugent receives a star on the Hollywood Rock Walk Of Fame. 1975 . . Ron Wood's first gig with The Rolling Stones. Guitarist Ron Wood joins Rolling Stones while tour. He replaces Mick Taylor, as The Stones open in the USA at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1972 . . The first day of recording took place at Abbey Road Studios, London on what would become Pink Floyds album 'Dark Side Of The Moon'.
"BORN" 1963: Mike Joyce (drums, Smiths/Love Exchange/Adult Net/freelance). 1960: Simon Gallup (bass, keyboards: The Cure). 1959: Alan Wilder (vocals, keyboards, composer, arranger, record producer: Depeche Mode). 1958: Barry Adamson (bassist: Visage, Magazine, The Bad Seeds, Pan Sonic). 1952: John Ellis (guitarist: Vibrators/The Stranglers). 1947: Ron Wood (guitar: Rolling Stones/Jeff Beck Group/The Creation/Faces).
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THANKS"Islander lager" Victoria (5.5%)... ..............Psyclon Nine 'Parasitic' - Skinny Puppy, lite... ...........Vomit Inducing Scotum Punch... ................This Is Your Captain Speaking. - Rank Hank Posted June 02, 2008 | Download of the day: Alice In Chains - Heaven Beside You.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldSATURDAY, MAY 31ST,/08: REVEALED! DISTURBED'S DAVE DRAIMEN & HOWIE MANDEL ARE THE SAME PERSON.
Ha! The guys at METAL SUCKS made a very astute observation. Maybe its a jewish bloodline thing..... Or maybe aliens are infiltrating the entertainment industry, one bald-headed prick at a time. OI Vey! Deal Or No Deal, Draimen still has about 70 lbs on Mandel. DISTURBED will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, on Monday, June 2 at 11:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. PST. Fans can talk live with DISTURBED by calling 800-344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you or to listen to the show live via the Internet, go to www.rocklineradio.com. DISTURBED earlier in the month issued an alternate, all-performance version of the video for its new single, "Inside the Fire". The original version of the clip featured scenes based on an actual incident from singer David Draiman's life, in which a girlfriend of his committed suicide while both were in their late teens. The video included a short introduction by Draiman in which he said that anyone watching the clip who is either suicidal or knows someone that is should contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Thanks Blabb. SLIPKNOT'S 'CLOWN' CRAHAN - EGO & MOUTH GO INTO OVERDRIVE!
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.......has this prick heard of Behemoth, Nile, or for that matter, the country of Finland? Finlands Metal bands eat Mallgoth acts like the 'Knot' for breakfast. SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan spoke to MTV's "Metal File" last week about the group's fourth, still-untitled LP, which should arrive in stores by summer's end. "I'm not that guy who's going to tell you it's harder, " he said. "Harder, to me, doesn't mean anything. I could give a shit about hard. Hard means nothing to the Clown. SLIPKNOT is a phenomenon, it's an enigma, and the enigma weighs on your emotions. And the emotions aren't just heavy, they're cerebral, they're surreal and they're on a whole other level. I just know that this album is different than anything we've done." "Listen, we are the hardest ever, " he added. "We blow all bands away. I don't give a fuck who your band is. I've probably played with your band, and you don't show me shit. So, it's like, is this band heavy? Oh, yeah, we're the heaviest. We're heavy thinkers, heavy hitters, heavy writers and heavy people, but it's emotionally heavy. There's a lot of emotion on this record, and we're all on the same page with our own emotions, so you're finally seeing the kings of all the courts bringing their kingdom's jewels in for one gigantic war." "No one has done what we have done, " he added. "This is a war, man. The shit that we do, nine guys trying to fucking write together, and keep this insanity going? Does anybody take the time to realize that? For me, this is like going to Vietnam, serving your tour and then the government asking you to do another tour because you're a badass. We've got 10 purple hearts, and we're fucking killers. This isn't your rock and roll: this is our rock and roll." For more of Crahan's bullshit ranting, visit MTV Metal File LATEST METALLICA NEWS - LOOKING TO SPLIT WITH LABEL & NEW ALBUM'S ONLINE FEE'S.
Metallica's MissionMetallica.com web site unveiled a number of pricing tiers for fans to sign up at, with each tier offering a variety of exclusive content and features. The prices range from free, which provides video footage from the studio, archival live tracks, new photos and excerpts of new songs, to the $125 "platinum" level, which provides a boxed set of five vinyl LPs, a physical copy of the band's upcoming CD, a high quality digital version of the album, a Mission: Metallica lithograph, plus more web content and exclusive downloads of complete live shows. "HEY... ... REMEMBER WHEN METALLICA HATED THE 'NEt (Napster)?" Now they've gotten downright f@#king cozy with it: The Pulse of Radio reports that METALLICA's future with its record label, Warner Bros. Records, may not extend past the release of the band's ninth studio album this fall. According to Bloomberg.com, Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of the Warner Music Group, of which Warner Bros. Records is a division, declined to comment on the status of contract negotiations with the band during a quarterly conference call earlier this month. The new METALLICA album is the band's last under its current contract with the label, which dates back to 1984 when the quartet first signed with Warner subsidiary Elektra Records. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told The Pulse of Radio that finishing out its recording contract was a liberating experience for the band. "It's awesome, " he said. "I mean, to be out of your record contract, it's exciting just because of, what are the new — and that's not anything disrespectful about the great bunch of people up at Warner Bros. Records. But it's just exciting to be able to communicate directly with your fans, and having the opportunities to do it, you know. I think that's really exciting." Thanks TPOR. FORMER 'SENTENCED' GUITARIST - NEW BAND, "KYPCK" SIGNS W/ CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
Remember SENTENCED? The Finnish Suicide-Rockers wrote outstanding music. In fact more than a few critics have the opinion that they wrote better 'Metallica-styled" material, than Hetfield & Co could themselves. KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) — the new Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist SamI Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) — has inked a deal with Century Media Records for the European release (outside Finland) of the group's debut album, "Cherno". Click KYPCK MYSPACE for a vodka-soaked journey into the north, comrades. KYPCK's lineup includes Lopakka, vocalist E. Seppänen, bassist J. T. Ylä-Rautio and renowned producer HiilI Hiilesmaa (HIM, APOCALYPTICA, SENTENCED, etc.), who plays drums in the band under the name K. H. M. Hiilesmaa. It was only logical for Hiilesmaa to take charge of KYPCK's heavy and (in its original sense) grinding production. E. Seppänen has lived in Russia for 2.5 years, studied in St. Petersburg and worked at the embassy in Moscow. He recently got his degree from Oxford, and teaches Russian part-time in Tampere, Finland. Hence, he is more than capable of singing in Russian.
"Cherno" was completed during 2007 and was originally released through the Finnish label UHO Production in March 2008. Despite the album's crushing, doomy nature and Russian lyrics, it went straight to No. 11 on the Finnish chart. "Cherno" will finally be out in the rest of Europe via Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: Friday, July 18 Spain, Portugal: Tuesday, July 22 Sweden, Hungary: Wednesday, July 23 Italy: Friday, August 29 UK, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest Of Europe: Monday, July 21 Guitarist S. S. Lopakka comments: "We are more than thrilled to get 'Cherno' released worldwide, and Century Media is just a perfect harbor for the wreckage of our submarine." Century Media Records A&R representative Melanie Schmidt comments on the signing: "I am excited to be working with KYPCK. Some people might wonder why we would release a Finnish metal band singing in Russian. The answer is very simple: Some of the most unusual bands did and do best for us, no matter if it is battle metal hailing from Finland with warmongers TURISAS, ORPHANED LAND sending ethno metal from Israel, FIREWIND shredding classic heavy metal from Greece and last but not least LACUNA COIL bringing stellar success from Italy. Century Media Records likes the challenge and believes that success comes with creativity and bands being 'different.' Thanks Blabb. GODSMACKS 'SULLY' - ON THE COST SUBSTANCE ABUSE TAKES, WHILE ON THE ROAD.
Currently doing a Eastern US solo-minI tour, Godsmacks, Sully Erna, recently preached about the evil powers of booze & drugs. Glam-Metal.com: Recently in the news and being from Boston I don't know if you heard that it was reported that Steven Tyler checked into a California-based rehab facility. During your solo show, you touched upon the subject of substance abuse and how it changed your life. Could you elaborate on that? Sully: "Well, there is a certain part of success that you can't wear as the industry takes you over. You don't fight it because you worked so hard your whole life to get there and when you get there, your trained to believe that is part of the routine... like work, work, work. You have this ridiculous schedule that allows you to do 7 or 9 shows in a row before you get a day off. You do that for so many years, you start to turn to other substances that keep you awake and keep you alive. Well, you may think they keep you alive (laughs.) You have to mask the pain and the fatigue and you have to get up there and perform. The old saying, "The show must go on, " that may be from the 1920s or 1930s and they knew what they were talking about then. They were cabaret people and they were going seven nights a week with no days off. A lot of them turn to drugs and alcohol and things like that because you have to push through. You peek out of the curtains and there is 10,000 people staring at the curtain waiting for you to go on and you feel like absolute shit that day and what do you do? You have a drink to relax or do something to snap out of your mood because you have to put on a performance and you have to get into that state of mind. Because of that, sometimes that is the alternative solution, to keep drinking or whatever it is that you do to put you in that zone. After years of that, the buzz changes and what used to wake you up and put you in that great mood, kind of turns on you after a while and puts you in a depression. You go through some intense pain and a lot of isolation. That is the worst thing to feel when you're depressed and alone on the road having to perform every night. It's a Catch 22 situation. People want to cheer when you mention the word beer or pot or drugs or whatever. At the same time, they don't understand how intense it gets for some people who lose control of that when they try to just please the audience and do the right thing for the show. After a while I learned to say no. If I'm sick or something is going on with me that day, then the show will get rescheduled instead of me trying to muscle through it. For the most part I do and it's very rare that I would have to cancel by the way." Read the entire interview at Glam Metal.com STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - BAND'S LEGACY DETAILED IN "1994-2006 CHAOS YEARS", TRAILER HERE!
Probably Canada's all around best Metal act ever, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, left a void yet to be filled. Click SYL MYSPACE to catch the clip. "1994-2006 Chaos Years", the "best-of" set by STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, entered the official Finnish album chart at No. 32 upon its release in late March. Celebrating one of the most innovative metal bands ever, this release contains the legacy of Devin Townsend and his bandmates Gene Hoglan, Byron Stroud and Jed Simon on a 17 track fully remastered "best-of" CD plus a 100-minute DVD containing the entire Download festival show from 2006 (42 minutes), rare live footage, all promo clips and the brand-new "Almost Again" video. The booklet features liner notes from Devin Townsend, track-by-track comments from all bandmembers and rare photos. "1994-2006 Chaos Years" is also available as a limited collector's edition in special DVD+CD packaging which includes a poster. Commented Townsend: "STRAPPING YOUNG LAD was an incredible band with amazing fans, along with a really great crew of folks that made the whole thing run. I feel honored and blessed to have been involved with it and I hope that the future generations of extreme metal bands will look back on it, enjoy what we did, and maybe take it to the next level. "In the 12 years that the band operated, we saw the best and the worst the industry had to offer... from two-month tours in the winter with no money in a beat up van (you know the type), to summer festival tours playing to tens of thousands of people in the nicest busses available. We really covered the gamut. We played a barn in Carmel Saskatchewan to 12 people, and were the only Western band to play the 2002 World Cup in Korea, televised to three million viewers. We toured Australia seven times, with a few mindblowing trips to Japan as well. From the inaugural Sounds Of The Underground tour in America, we also played many many shows in Europe, touring with every elite metal band of the time. The main festivals throughout Europe also saw SYL pummel our way into the hearts of many while playing Wacken, With Full Force, Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park and Dynamo. The SYL experience extended straight through to 2006, where we played a main stage slot at the incredible Download festival in the UK, as well as our final appearances on the Ozzfest second stage in the USA. "So from Devin, Gene, Jed and Byron...the lads ourselves...we humbly thank each and every fan for an incredible ride and salute everyone in the extreme metal scene for the incredible support and camaraderie. "So, suck a turd to a point and stab yourself with it!!!" Thanks SYL Official page. FILTER'S PATRICK - ON THE "EVILS OF FILESHARING"!
Myself, as well as most of my friends, will d-load a couple of tracks from a new release. If I like what I'm hearing... ..I'll go buy the goddamned album. YES!! Even at $25.00 plus taxes, for an import, making it around 30 BUCKS!..........I'll fork out the HARD-EARNED cash for it. However... ..when it's a blatant pile of shit like Patrick's shit-bomb "Army Of Anyone, " I'm not ashamed in the least to say I downloaded 2 or 3 tracks, but didn't buy it. So when guys like Richard Patrick power-whine about file-sharing, I have to freakin' laugh till I piss myself. Here he is: "Fans don't really want to pay for music, and we're trying to adjust to zero record budgets, " he says. "I think we're all trying to figure out a way to get the exposure that we need, and so some of us are just going and doing big huge cockamamie stunts to get press." Patrick makes it clear he's not talking about the band where he once played guitar, NINE INCH NAILS, which recently made its new album available completely free via download. "I'm not saying Trent did that, I'm not saying RADIOHEAD did that, " he said. "The majority of my money comes from the fact that I've written some hits and those get played on the radio all the time. Everything else is apparently for free." Comparing the way music is now to a newspaper box, Patrick says that most people put their coins in and take one newspaper, even though they could just as easily grab the whole stack. "But nine times out of 10, with music, kids don't feel like they should have to pay for anything, " he said. "You release a CD, and some kid takes it and rips it into his computer and then makes a hundred copies or digital copies for his friends. If you had a food replicator, as opposed to the CD burner, and you hit the button that would make you a Big Mac, McDonald's would go out of business, correct? So what's the difference between that and music?" "Those record companies are gone, and it's all because of downloading and file sharing — that's the result, " he continued. "And I hate to sound like the crotchety old man, but I was there. I was in the '90s. They gave me a ton of money and said, 'Go off and be your artist self.' And I said, 'I want to make a rock record with a drum machine.' And they said, 'Great: absolutely — you're a nut! Here's a case of beer, go do it.' You're never going to have that anymore." Yeah & NIN & Radiohead are succeding in that format, cus' they put out quality.......not shit. Connect the dots ya crotchety old man. CHEVELLE - BREAK FROM RECORDING FOR SHORT US TOUR.
According to The Pulse of Radio, CHEVELLE is taking a break from their Chicago studio, where the band is recording its fifth album, to hit the road for a brief late spring tour. The dates kick off on Friday (May 30) in Reno, Nevada, with shows booked through June 8, when the trek stops in the St. Louis area. The group has been working on and off since the beginning of the year on the new record, which will follow up 2007's "Vena Sera". There's no word on whether the trio plans to premiere some new material live. Thanks TPOR. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - FRIDAY, MAY 30TH/08. 'ON THIS DAY" 2001.. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst announces via the bands website he is expecting his second child. 1997.. Guns N'Roses associate West Arkeen dies from a prescription drug overdose, having been badly burned in a barbecue accident earlier in the month. 1990 . . Midnight Oil closed down 6th Avenue in New York City as they played a protest concert in front of Exxon's offices. The protest was in reaction to the Exxon Valdez disaster. 1987 . . Adam Horovitz (Beastie Boys) arrested in Liverpool on UK tour after allegedly hitting a girl fan during a riot at the Royal Court
"BORN" 1988: Timo "Richthaym" Richters (bass: Negator) 1977: Roberto "Peck" ProiettI (guitars: Eldritch) 1973: Jarkko Strandman (bass: To/Die/For) 1971: Patrick Dahleimer (bassist: Live). 1968: Tim Burgess (vocals, The Charlatans UK). 1964: Tom Morello (guitar, vocals: Lock Up/Audioslave/Rage Against The Machine). 1955: Nicholas "Topper" Headon (drummer: Clash).
"PASSED AWAY" 1980: Carl Radle (37) US bass player, best known for his long association with Eric Clapton, starting in 1969 with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Derek and the Dominos, he took part in Joe Cocker's famous Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour. He worked on all of Eric's solo projects and was a member of Clapton's touring band from 1970 until 1979 (kidney infection, the effects of alcohol and narcotics). b. June 18, 1942
THANKS"Whale Tale Ale" (5.0%) Salt Spring Island... ............The Melvins, for carrying the grunge torch past the finish line... .............Gluey Porch Treatment... ................Electroretard. - Rank Hank Posted May 31, 2008 | Download of the day: Katatonia - Wealth.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldSORRY FOR THE DELAY... .REHAB'S A BITCH! Sorry for the dry spell... .hospital net' svc is every bit as bad as the food. THURSDAY, MAY 29th/08: SEPULTURA - START RECORDING NEW ALBUM, BASED ON BURGESS', "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE".
Hellyeah, Baby! Bring this bad-boy on us!! New SEPULTURA, big baller, is coming, and if it's anything like Dante XX I, it'll blow away the Cavalera Bros. recent Cavalera Conspiracy's debut. Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA entered the studio earlier in the month to begin recording their new album, which is based on the Anthony Burgess novel "A Clockwork Orange" (later turned into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick). An October release via SPV is expected. SEPULTURA's forthcoming CD will be the group's first to feature drummer Jean Dolabella, who replaced founding member Igor Cavalera in 2006. Igor has since reunited with his brother and former SEPULTURA frontman Max Cavalera in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. Commented SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser: "We are working now for two weeks, recording our new album. I'm almost finished laying down the rhythm guitar tracks, using mostly my Fender Stratocaster Nation and my Jackson RR. The sounds are dirtier and heavier, both for the guitars and drums. "I believe this will be our best work in many, many years. "The book is very inspiring and the songs are flowing naturally. "Soon we will record the orchestra on the version me, the director Alexey Kurkdjian and Jean did for the Ninth Symphony from Beethoven, I think our greatest challenge so far." As a side note Kisser also recently finished his solo debut, "Hubris I & II". A two-disc set, it is tentatively scheduled for release later in the year via Holland's Mascot Records. The CD was recorded in part at A Voz do Brasil studio in São Paulo, Brazil. Thanks Blabb. MEGADETH"S MUSTAINE - PROVES HE HAS A (MEGA-HUGE) HEART!!
I love to freakin' rag on this guy sometimes, .....but NOT TODAY. Mustaine has shown some very high class & uncommon compassion. Check this out: ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters has posted the following message on the group's official forum: "A friend of mine called me about two young boys who had tix to see Gigantour with their father in Calgary a few weeks ago. Their father Mike died in a car/bike accident only weeks before the show. "These cool young kids (Cayle and Lucas) were smiling non-stop that day and probably still are! "On behalf of their mom Angela and Dave Spofford, I want to thank my good friend Dave Mustaine, his tour manager Tracey, his tech Willie, Shawn Drover (MEGA Canadian drummer), Jesper (IN FLAMES) and all the band members/crews that helped take these boys' minds off the terrible tragedy of losing their father, only weeks before the Gigantour show (that they were to see with their Dad). "I know this is a private matter so I won't discuss what many did for them but I will tell you, for example, that Dave (Mustaine) had a private hour-long hang-out session with them in his dressing room, let them play his and James' (Lomenzo's) guitars and basses, watched the entire show at his guitar tech station onstage, but more importantly, talked with them about losing their father's at such young ages and letting them know that he is there for them, if they ever need anything. And he meant it. "Heartbreaking story to hear of kids losing their parents like this but it sure shows how many good and nice people are still out there in this biz, amongst all the crooked and messed up ones." Thanks Blabb. SMASHING PUMPKINS - SAY NEXT "SINGLE" OUT IN SEPT'.
Good..........that means at least 4 more months without Corgans "1400 rpm Alt-whine" polutting the corridors of Wal-Mart, as I search for underwear. According to a posting on SMASHING PUMPKINS' official web site, the band will release a new single sometime in September 2008. More details will be made available soon. SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan recently hinted that the band, who released 2007's "Zeitgeist" after a seven-year hiatus, will most likely put songs out in different configurations than the standard CD. The group is also said to be working on a DVD filmed during their two-week residency last summer at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, the second of two residencies the band did to mark their reunion. The PUMPKINS also have plans to issue both older demo recordings and some new material later this year. The group is suing its former label, Virgin Records, alleging that Virgin used their name and music in a promotional campaign without their permission. Thanks SM official site. DARK NEW DAY - ANNOUNCE NEW GUITARIST & POST NEW TRACKS.
File this under....."way too f#@kin' stupid to quit". Drummer Will Hunt (EVANESCENCE, DARK NEW DAY, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE, STUCK MOJO) has issued the following update: "We would like to announce the addition of our new guitar player [Brad] BC Kochmit to DARK NEW DAY! "For those who know who he is, you know why we sought him out — hes the perfect combination of Troy [McLawhorn: current DARK NEW DAY guitarist: also EVANESCENCE, ex-DOUBLE DRIVE] and Clint [Lowery, former DARK NEW DAY and current SEVENDUST guitarist]. BC is a bad, bad man and we're honored to have him on board. "For those who dont know, BC was the guitar player and songwriter for SWITCHED and most recently RICKETS. I met Brad while I was playing with Tommy Lee and SWITCHED was out with us for that tour and Ozzfest. That's when I knew some day I gotta play with that guy!! Corey [Lowery, current DARK NEW DAY bassist] did a brief stint in SWITCHED after that tour, and that's where the bond between those two started as friends and songwriters. They penned the track 'Who Feels' on the last SWITCHED record (which we also recorded but didn't release for our first record). Brett Hestla [DARK NEW DAY singer] will also once again (and this is awesome too, Brett's a BAD-ASS guitar player) be picking up the guitar. Those that saw VIRGOS MERLOT know what I'm talkin about!! "So that's that. We're streamlined and ready to fuckin' kill it! We're looking at doing some shows in August so stay tuned. "As for the record, lots going on, but alas, nothing I can talk about. Yes, we're going to get it to you soon, but we gotta let some things play out. So in the meantime, click 'SNOOOORRRE' for two new songs to dig on. Thanks Blabb. TED NUGENT - SLOWLY TURNS INTO "CHARLTON HESTON"
Good ol' Ted, defending us from things like deer... .that might want to hurt us. Rednecks, Hillbillys & trailer-trash are celebrating this shit, as we speak..............
Whether he's unleashing a firestorm of guitar licks or speaking his mind politically and socially like no one else, Ted Nugent has never held anything back — and these two sides of Ted come together potently on his new song, the unflinchingly titled "I Am The NRA". Thanks Blabb. SEX PISTOLS - SLITHER UNDER THE RADAR, FOR REUNION TOUR.
AntiMusic reports: With all of the other big name reunions going on, The Sex Pistols activities have gone pretty much undetected. The big news is that their reunion last year was captured for a new DVD which will hit stores next month as the band hits the road for a world tour that now includes a stop in Russia. Here is the 411 from John Lydon's site: The Sex Pistols will release a full-length DVD from last years triumphant Brixton Academy shows. 'There'll Always Be an England' was filmed by director Julien Temple and will also include an additional 80 minute interview feature where the band members visit parts of London. John travels on an open top bus. The DVD is set for a June 30th 2008 release via FremantleMedia Enterprises. The news about the tour: 30 years ago Russia was the enemy of the British establishment. So were the Sex Pistols. Now, in 2008 the Pistols travel to Russia for the very first time. The June shows in St Petersburg and Moscow promise to be THE event of the 'Combine Harvester Tour'. Thanks Antimusic. SCARS ON BROADWAY - RELEASE DATE = SOUND OF 1 HAND CLAPPING!!
Momma Malakian's the only person other than Daron, who gives a flying shit over this pile of hurtin'!! Honestly... go to SHIT ON BROADWAY and check out the utter-crap, theser two call music. BE CAREFUL............you'll need an 'industrial- sized Q-tip' & 3 or 4 shots of tequila plus 2 hrs of 'Black Label Society' to purge this vomitus from your brain!!! Scars on Broadway, the long-awaited ("not really") collaboration between guitarist-frontman Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, both best known for their work in the multi-Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning band System of a Down, has signed with Interscope Records and will see their self-titled debut released on July 29. With Malakian sitting in the Scars' producer chair, he and Dolmayan entered the studio last September, recorded nearly two-dozen songs for the album, and then whittled down the final track listing to 14 songs. Many of the Scars on Broadway songs had their genesis years ago. "I like to let my songs marinate ( "stink") over time, that helps determine which ones speak to me the loudest, ("they all say, go back to System")" explained Malakian. Malakian, who penned or co-penned SOAD classics such as "Aerials, " "Chop Suey!, " "Hypnotize, " and "B.Y.O.B.", wrote the Scars songs mostly on keyboards and a drum machine. On the new scars material Malakian injects more ("shit") rock than metal, citing influences from Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Neil Young. Thanks Antimusic. "CRETIN" FRONt (WO) mAN - GENDER-BENDER, SET TO "ROCK WITHOUT A CAWK".
Uh,, ok.........hey 'Mulva?".....remember that Seinfeld episode? Vocalist/guitarist Dan Martinez of the Bay Area grindcore trio CRETIN was interviewed for the July 2008 issue (#45) of Decibel magazine (web site) about his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery, essentially erasing his entire past as he set out to find the woman he always was. "From the age of 13 on, any transgender feelings I had were lived as a fetish or a fantasy, " explains Marissa (as Dan is now known). (At the time of Decibel's interview, Marissa is seven months into being a full-time woman, meaning the government recognizes her legal sex change with a new driver's license, social security card, medical records, etc.) "It was never more than wearing pantyhose or whacking it on the Internet, really. At the same time, I was imprisoned in a sense — a woman trapped in a man's body. I am significantly different now. I don't want to deny my past, but at the same time I'm sad that I lost my girlhood." As supportive as he is of Dan's decision to begin a new life as Marissa, CRETIN bassist Matt Widener admits he has a hard time hanging out with her sometimes because he hasn't been able to separate Martinez's two identities just yet. "It's especially hard for me, because I saw [Dan's] face mature from boyhood to manhood, " confesses Widener. "I know every feature of that face, so when I look at Marissa sometimes, I still see Dan because I have all those old memories — memories I refuse to give up. She's not Dan as a woman, though. She's a completely new woman." CRETIN's live guitarist Matt Harvey hasn't known Marissa for as long as Widener by any means, but he does have enough memories of "eating pizza, watching horror movies and talking about chicks" with Dan to toughen the mental transition between the two. "It's kinda trippy, " admits Harvey. "You have an old friend, but you're starting from scratch in a way. I feel weird about it in my own head — not about Marissa: about the dynamic — but once I see her, I'm like, 'Obviously, you're not Dan. You're a woman. Duh.'" Once Marissa turns 33, she will be eligible for the sex reassignment surgery (SRS) needed to replace Dan's penis with everything but ovaries. Anatomically speaking, Marissa will appear to be a woman but unable to reproduce. Further breast and facial surgeries are also planned to make the physical changes even more pronounced. As for where she's at emotionally, Marissa classifies herself as a straight woman (Dan never identified himself as homosexual either) who's been attracted to men since the hormones truly kicked in. Decibel exclusive story on Dan Martinez's decision to become a woman can be found in the magazine's July 2008 issue (#45), due to hit newsstands June 5. Thanks Decibel Mag. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - THURSDAY, MAY 29TH/08. "ON THIS DAY" 1997 . . Singer songwriter Jeff Buckley disappeared after talking a swim in the MississippI River, his body was found on 4th June 1997 after being spotted by a passenger on a tourist riverboat. 1987:.. Michael Jackson reportedly offered to pony up $50,000 to purchase the remains of The Elephant Man. 1973:... Mike Oldfield released his intriguing, Tubular Bells, which was later used in The Exorcist to great eerie effect. 1971:...The Rolling Stones accomplished the rare feat of having both the #1 album, with Sticky Fingers, and #1 single, with "Brown Sugar, " simultaneously in the US.
"BORN" 1969: Marcello "Rapadura" Dias (bass: Soulfly) 1967: Noel Gallagher (guitarist, singer: Oasis). 1960: Mel Gaynor (drums: Simple Minds). 1949: Francis RossI (guitar, vocals: Status Quo).
"PASSED AWAY" 1997: Jeff Buckley (30) US singer-songwriter, guitarist: before world tours and fame he gained popularity in the early 90s playing covers at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, and he gradually focused more on his own material. Known for his guitaring and vocal range of 4 octaves, he was considered by critics to be one of the most promising artists of his generation (drowned while swimming in Wolf River, he was wearing boots, all of his clothing, and singing the chorus of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" when he was caught by the wake of a passing tugboat, not drug related) b. Nov 17th 1966.
THANKS"Timberwolf Pale Ale" Langley (5.0%)... ..........All the 'Hair-Metal' vids I watched in hospital. trippin' on morphine... ...............Breadwinner... ...............Up The Paddle Without A Creek. - Rank Hank Posted May 29, 2008 | Download of the day: Daft Punk - Around The World.mp3
0News Slab: Prime news cuts from the metal and rock worldMONDAY, MAY26TH/08: "RED, HOT" - NEW METAL RELEASES STARTING, TUESDAY, MAY 27TH.
Here's what your 'Metal-Buck' will get you, starting this week:
# 27 May: Thanks Metal Sucks "RED, HOT" - NEW ROCK/ALTERNATIVE RELEASES, STARTING, TUESDAY, MAY 27TH. Metal's too much for you? Here's what you can pampers your ears with in the Alt'Rock Cat':
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A Breath Before Surfacing Death Is Swalloed In Victory (Mediaskare) Thanks Exclaim.ca SEVENDUST - EXPLAIN REASON'S FOR BAILING ON "ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM TOUR".
Man, ya can't blame SEVENDUST for bailing on this line-up, after hearing frontman, Lajon explain it: In the July 2008 issue of Revolver magazine, SEVENDUST drummer Morgan Rose and vocalist Lajon Witherspoon discuss in greater detail the reasons behind the band's decision to pull out of this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival. "We would've loved to be on that tour, but plain and simple, we couldn't afford to do it, " said Rose. "I'm not going to say how much money we were offered, but at the end of the day the numbers didn't make any sense. It was like, 'If we borrow MACHINE HEAD's gear for every show, ride in a car with no crew guys, and don't bring any suitcases because they won't fit in the car anyway, we may be able to pay our bills at the end of this. But probably not.' So that was the bottom line. We would've lost our houses. And I'm not letting my kid and my wife live on the street just so I can go do some shows." "I don't want to sit here and say, 'If they had given us more money, we would've been able to do it,' but that's the damn ticket right there!" said Witherspoon. "If they had given us more money, we would have been able to do it." On the subject of the band's headlining club tour with SALIVA, Rose said, "It's definitely a left turn from what we were supposed to be doing, but at the same time, we've always been all about left turns." Witherspoon added, "The bottom line is that as long as we're able to affect people by showing up and whipping their asses onstage with great music, we'll be there. There's a strong live community and a hardcore crowd that comes out to see us no matter what else is going on. And we'll keep playing shows and making albums as long as the people want us to." The Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour is being co-headlined by SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED. The Mayhem lineup also includes DRAGONFORCE, MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD, AIRBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, BLACK TIDE and others. Thanks Blabb. ROB ZOMBIE - ISSUE'S NEW DISC UPDATE.
Rob Zombie has issued a brief update on the progress of his next studio album. Zombie wrote online, "Well, we have for the first time ever written more songs than we need for an album. Everything isn't 100% finished, but everything is moving along great. No release date yet." Zombie's next studio effort will follow up 2006's "Educated Horses", which was his third solo CD. He also released his first concert recording, "Zombie - Live", late last year. Although he's still apparently committed to making music, Zombie recently told Metal Edge magazine that the record labels are "dinosaurs waiting to die." Rob said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done, " he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be." The rocker-turned-filmmaker is also working on his next movie as screenwriter and director, titled "Tyrannosaurus Rex". The movie is rumored to be about a semi-professional wrestler who is being pursued by a "biker gang from hell." The film is due out on August 28, 2009 and will follow Zombie's hit 2007 remake of "Halloween". Thanks Blabb. KEITH CAPUTO - SETS UP LIVE US DATES, IN SUPPORT OF NEW DISC.
It's a case of the little frontman who could... ...& did. He's beat a lifetime of setbacks, personal & otherwise, to still create some of the most amazing & underrated music being crafted today.
LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo and his solo band, THE SAD EYED LADIES, will embark on their first U.S. tour in August. Confirmed dates are as follows: Thanks blabb. TRIVIUM - FRONTMAN GIVES LOWDOWN ON NEW ALBUM'S PROGRESS. Between shopping for girls jeans ( which he admits wearing) frontman Matt Heafy took time to talk to Revolver about the new album.
Orlando, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM flew to Nashville, Tennessee on March 31 to enter the studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, SHADOWS FALL, DEATH ANGEL) to begin recording the follow-up to 2006's "The Crusade". A late 2008 release via Roadrunner Records is expected. "For the first time, we can't look at our songs and say who the riffs sound like, " guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy told Revolver magazine about the group's new material. "We're really making our own stuff and our own kind of music and art form, and that's exciting." TRIVIUM reportedly wrote around 40 songs last year and demoed the best 15 or so before commencing the new LP recording sessions. "When we went in, we thought, 'Hey, these songs are good enogh for the album already,' but we've overhauled almost everything, " Heafy told Revolver. "Nick has encouraged us to explore so many new ideas that we never would have thought of." In a previous interview with Revolver, TRIVIUM guitarist Corey Beaulieu stated about the upcoming CD, "We want to capture the best ingredients of everything we've done. Each song has a little bit of everything, going between something heavy and then melodic, and then back to something heavy. So it has a really interesting balance. On 'The Crusade', Matt did almost all singing, so this time we're bringing back some of the screaming that's on [2005's] 'Ascendancy'." Thanks Revolver. STUPIDEST REPORT ON ROCK: - "AC/DC'S MUSIC PROMOTES MACHO POSTURING & AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR".
Aren't there diseases & shit that these guys can be curing............... Or Middle east peace solutions??? Times Online reports that researchers from Glasgow University, who monitored the playlists and outbreaks of fighting at eight pubs and bars in Glasgow city centre, found that loud rock and rap music encouraged customers to drink more, increasing loutish behaviour that often spilt over into violence. The pounding rhythms also made it difficult for customers to hear one another, causing misunderstandings. Rock music such as AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and THE ROLLING STONES' "Brown Sugar" was found to encourage macho posturing and aggressive behavior among male customers. However, researchers also discovered that SONNY AND CHER's "I Got You Babe" and ROBBIE WILLIAMS's hits could be used to defuse potential disputes. Easy listening and "slushy" romantic songs were sometimes used to deter gangs of young men from entering pubs. JD Wetherspoon, one of Britain's biggest pub chains, said: "We avoid playing R&B and rap music in our pubs. Our research shows that the bassline can be quite aggressive and could potentially cause problems." Read the entire report from Times Online. "WIBUMBA--METAL & HARD ROCK ALMANAC" - MONDAY, MAY 26TH/08. "ON THIS DAY" 2002 . . The first episode of 'At Home With The Osbournes' was shown on MTV in th |
