Nuclear Blast has issued that the Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have stormed the German media control charts with their new masterpiece, »Halo Of Blood«. »Halo Of Blood« hit the charts on position #18 in its first week. Congratulation, boys!
The band commented: “Thanks Germany for this! We are very happy to hear this and to see people supporting. Metal is alive! Thank you! Looking forward to Metalfest Loreley. We’ll surely celebrate with some nice German beers!”
CHILDREN OF BODOM will not only play the German exclusive festival show at METALFEST Loreley (June 20. – 22.) but also do an exclusive signing session. There you are able to grab a free and limited CHILDREN OF BODOM poster (while stock lasts), so be there!
Confirmed signing times:
Metalfest Loreley: June 20, 2013
Signing Session : 19:00 – 19:45 h
Stage time: 22:45 – 0:00 h
Get your Metalfest ticket here: http://de.metalfest.eu/shop/
Day and Festival Tickets will also be available at the local Box Office!
The organisers at Bloodstock Open Air in the UK have announced the following competition on their facebook page:
BLOODSTOCK IN SEARCH OF STAGE ANNOUNCER
” Do you reckon you got what it takes to be a main stage announcer? You got the drive, attitude, delivery skills and the balls to introduce some of the biggest bands in metal?
Well here’s your chance.
Bloodstock are offering a one lucky winner an opportunity to plant their feet firmly on the Ronnie James Dio Stage and introduce a band at this year’s event, alongside a guided tour to see behind the scenes, meet the organising team and generally be part of the whole experience. Sounds pretty cool right?
So all you need to do is grab you iphones or video cameras and show us what you got – introduce a fantasy line up (we really don’t care how you do it) but remember the best one wins the full works backstage and gets to face off with the Bloodstock masses! Upload your clips to any hosting site such as youtube, vevo or dailymotion and and send us the link to comps@bloodstock.uk.com and we’ll choose a winner!
Entrants can be humorous, informative, serious, scary it really doesn’t matter so long as it’s unique yet not offensive! So now’s your chance to be part of Bloodstock 2013.
Links must be online by July 18th with the winner to be announced shortly after.”
The festival takes place from 9th – 11th August 2013, headliners are KING DIAMOND, LAMB OF GOD and SLAYER.
Video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell talking to IGN about Ubisoft‘s new Rocksmith 2014 Edition — the next installment of the hit Rocksmith brand that has taught 1.4 million people worldwide how to play guitar — can be seen below.
Rocksmith 2014 Edition will be available in October, and allows players to plug any real guitar or bass directly into their Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Sony PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, PC or Mac to begin their musical journey.
The first Rocksmith is already the fastest way to learn guitar according to a national U.S. study by Research Strategy Group Inc. Another study conducted by Toluna Group reported that 95% of Rocksmith players say it improved their guitar skills. In Rocksmith 2014 Edition, players will experience an even more efficient and enjoyable method of learning guitar.
With a completely redesigned interface and all-new features, Rocksmith 2014 Edition is tailored to better teach the key elements of guitar playing, and to make learning faster and more fun than any other method. A new fully customizable “Riff Repeater” lets players select any section of a song they want to play, and adjust the difficulty and speed on-the-fly. A new “Master Mode” makes playing by memory more approachable and new “Guitarcade” mini-games have been created to hone specific guitar skills. With these flexible and deep practice tools, it’s never been easier for players to play their favorite songs on guitar or bass.
Rocksmith 2014 Edition also features a new track list with more than 50 hit tracks, including “Stone” by ALICE IN CHAINS, “Walk This Way” by AEROSMITH, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” by BOB DYLAN, “The Chimera” by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, “Don’t Look Back In Anger” by OASIS, “ultra soul” by B’Z, a famous pop-rock Japanese band. Many more hits will be announced in the coming months.
On stage at E3, Ubisoft demonstrated Session Mode, a groundbreaking technology that enables players of any skill level to play guitar with a virtual band that jams along with them. Players can select the style of music and the particular instruments they’d like to accompany them and the rest happens dynamically, adapting live while they play.
Cantrell said: “Rocksmith‘s new Session Mode feature is one of the most innovative music technologies in recent history and gives you the experience of playing with a real band that actually adapts to you. The new Rocksmith 2014 Edition teaches real techniques for players of all skill levels.”
“In only one opus, Rocksmith has established itself as one of Ubisoft‘s best-loved brands, with high player satisfaction scores confirming it is highly effective and enjoyable,” said Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA Chief Marketing & Sales Officer at Ubisoft. “We are bringing Rocksmith back, it’s better than ever, and it’s a brand we want to continue to build.”
Everyone who pre-orders any version of Rocksmith 2014 Edition from selected U.S. and EMEA retailers will get “Cherub Rock” by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS as a free bonus song which will be downloadable when the game is available.
For additional information about Rocksmith 2014, visit www.Rocksmith.com.
Swedish metallers SABATON have announced via their official website that their latest album “Carolus Rex” has achieved platinum status in Sweden and the band have made history by doing so. Here is what they had to say:
“As Sabaton we normally write about history, but today those tables are turned and we can proudly say that we ourselves have now become a part of history!
We have just received the amazing news that our album Carolus Rex has now reached platinum sales in Sweden and that we are the only Swedish heavy metal band ever to have done this. So that makes Carolus Rex the most successful Swedish heavy metal album ever!
This is an amazing achievement, a milestone and proof that all the long tours, hard work and difficult choices we have had to make have been the right ones. Our biggest thanks from the deepest of our hearts to all the people who have supported us on this journey. No words are enough for what you have done for us or what we feel today.”
Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, the company which creates “beautiful lullaby versions of your favorite artists,” will release “Lullaby Versions Of Slipknot” on July 2 via Roma Music Group.
“Lullaby Versions Of Slipknot” track listing:
01. Wait And Bleed
02. Psychosocial
03. Before I Forget
04. Dead Memories
05. Duality
06. Left Behind
07. Pulse Of The Maggots
08. Snuff
09. Spit It Out
10. Sulfur
11. (Sic)
12. Vermillion, Pt. 2
A full-length version of “Before I Forget” can be streamed below.
Audio samples of the entire album are available at Amazon.com.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star is the premier pop music lullaby line, with more than a hundred titles to choose from across soundtracks, pop, rock, metal, country, alternative and more.
In its mission statement, Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star says, “We feel our lullaby line fills a vacant musical niche. There are other lines of pop music lullabies but we decided to take the approach of being high end musically rather than simply doing these as a novelty. After all, just because the music is for a baby it doesn’t have to sound unsophisticated. We feel we owe it to the artists that we are covering to do their music justice and our standard of quality transcends the lullaby genre. In fact, in addition to soothing babies our fans use our music for yoga, massage and sleep therapy or just general relaxation. We like to call them ‘lullabies for all ages’ and the diversity of use is testament to that.”
BLACK SABBATH, MOTÖRHEAD and ALICE IN CHAINS are among the artists who were honoured at this year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods, which took place earlier tonight (Monday, June 17) at London, England’s Indigo2. In addition, the event featured live performances from MOTÖRHEAD, AIRBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, COAL CHAMBER and PARADISE LOST.
“From honouring the lords of our world — BLACK SABBATH — and the crown princes of rock ‘n’ roll — MOTÖRHEAD — as well as today’s most cutting-edge acts, there’s simply no other event like it,” said Alexander Milas, editor of Metal Hammer magazine, which organizes the annual awards.
This year’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards winners:
Best New Band: BLEED FROM WITHIN Best Underground Band: THE ALGORITHM Dimebag Darrell “Shredder”: Eric Calderone Breakthrough Artist: ASKING ALEXANDRIA Best Event: The Heavy Metal Census Campaign Best International Band: STONE SOUR Best Live Band: GOJIRA Best UK Band: BLACK SABBATH Best Album: BLACK SABBATH – “13″ Metal As Fu*k: BURGERKILL Riff Lord: Scott Gorham (THIN LIZZY, BLACK STAR RIDERS) Spirit Of Hammer: Brian Blessed Inspiration: PARADISE LOST Legend: Doro Pesch Icons: ALICE IN CHAINS The Golden God: MOTÖRHEAD
BC blackened death metal band XUL have posted a new blog entry from their cross Canada tour on TheGauntlet.com which can be read below:
“We just arrived in Hearst and all I can say is there are some really long and boring drives thus far. Skeletonwitch killed it in Winnipeg. Some chick left a hilarious note to them (I shall attach the picture of it below). After Winnipeg, we had a few days off so we went camping for a few days in Ontario. XulIt reminded me of BC a lot, except there wasn’t any mountains around. I couldn’t believe the sun hadn’t fully set till after 11pm. The mosquitoes are vicious there. They messed us up good for our show in Thunderbay. Striker played like champs and we also had a consensus that it was the best we played on tour thus far. There was a super drunk guy at the show who I sold a shirt to. Making a used car salesman look like an infant! However, I do feel a bit grimy after doing that, haha. So now we are streamlining to Montreal to hang with our good friend Tessie. She’s letting us crash at her place so that’s gonna be a nice change. We play there on Thursday so we want to get there a bit early and experience the essence of Montreal: poutines and cheap beer!! Until next time.“
2013 Maliganant Tour – Canadian Dates
June 21, 2013 – Winnipeg, MB – The Windsor Hotel – w/ Noire, Wilt
June 22, 2013 – Saskatoon, SK – The Fez
June 23, 2013 – Edmonton, AB – DV8 w/ Körperlose Stimme, Runeblade - Show Details
June 24, 2013 – Prince George, BC – The Artspace
July 19-20, 2013 – Armstrong, BC – Armstrong Metal Fest - Show Details
