BELPHEGOR Return From First Festivals Of 2013

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 18, 2013
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Death Black Metallers BELPHEGOR have issued the following via their Official Facebook Page:

Thanks to the Demons at “SWR Barosselas” Festival in Portugal and “Throne” Fest in Belgium, for celebrating extreme Metal with us. What a great start to this year’s festival season of 2013.

Helmuth comments: “Directly after our live ritual in Portugal, Bobby Liebling/ PENTAGRAM, came into our backstage room and joined us for a while. What a cool, down to earth guy he is. A perfect example of how Metal is timeless, ageless and always will exist. Hail Metal! Hail Death!”

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BELPHEGOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOWS IN 2013
24.05.2013 – FIN – Hyvinkää, Steelfest Open Air
22.06.2013 – FR – Clisson, Hellfest Altar Stage 21:00
08.08.2013 – CZ – Jaromer, Brutal Assault Festival
09.08.2013 – CH – Hüttikon, Meh Suff Open Air
10.08.2013 – SP – Villena Leyendas Del Rock
11.08.2013 – UK – Derbyshire, Bloodstock Open Air
31.08.2013 – DE – Crispendorf, Wolfszeit Festival
21.09.2013 – AT – Braunau, Metal Orgy Fest
18.10.2013 – DE – Straubing, Metal Invasion Festival
15.-16.11.2013 – DE – Luebeck, Metal Hammer Paradise
13.12.2013 – NL – Eindhoven, Eindhoven Metal Meeting
28.12.2013 – DE – Speyer, Satans Convention Festival

More activities will follow soon.
Belphegor – WORLDWIDE BOOKING:
For booking 20 year anniversary show performances [2013] and beyond contact: belphegor@aon.at

METALLICA Drummer At CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 17, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

METALLICA has posted a photo of the band’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, talking about their upcoming IMAX 3D movie, “Metallica Through The Never”, at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off this week in France. The movie will be screened and shopped for prospective buyers at the event by international sales company Exclusive Media.

Ulrich said, “After wading through multiple international distribution options for our film, we are excited to be partnering up with the folks at Exclusive Media, who we feel understand METALLICA and understand our film better than anyone else . . . it feels like we’re off to a pretty rockin’ start.”

Ulrich, who has appeared in a handful of films, told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that he gets a creative charge out of dabbling in the movie business. “I love being around creative processes and being around creative people, and any time you get a chance to be around creative people that are slightly outside of your own niche or whatever, it’s always cool to just see how other people work and try to be inspired by that and bring something back to your day job,” he said.

Exclusive is selling the international rights to the movie, which will be released in the U.S. by Picturehouse on September 27 in IMAX venues exclusively, followed by more theaters on October 4.

The film stars Dane DeHaan as a METALLICA crew member assigned with carrying out a mysterious task for the band as they perform at a local arena.

Producer Charlotte Huggins described the film as “a dramatic movie in which a concert takes place.” The two shows filmed for the movie — which featured an elaborate stage production — were done by METALLICA solely for the film.

METALLICA will next headline the second edition of its Orion Music + More festival, scheduled for June 8-9 in Detroit.

JEFF HANNEMAN Tribute & Guitar Lesson On Louder Than Hell

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 17, 2013
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Source: Louder Than Hell by David Brewster

The metal world is mourning the loss of Jeff Hanneman and while the future of SLAYER seems uncertain (with Dave Lombardo booted and currently out of the picture), one thing remains certain – Jeff Hanneman was the driving force that pushed Slayer’s music from the obscure West Coast underground to a worldwide phenomenon.  With his recent passing, it’s sad to admit that Slayer will never be the same.

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Slayer’s music is beyond important in the history of metal’s burst out of the underground during the early 1980s.  Out of the major players that create the “Big Four,” Slayer were the darkest, angriest, and most shocking of them all.  While other metal bands from that era had plenty of songs with dark themes and imagery, Slayer went straight to the hell for their inspiration and seriously didn’t care who was offended, shocked, or confused about what they hearing or seeing.

Slayer has always utilized Satan-approved artwork and images, hyperactive guitar riffs, atonal music composition, breakneck tempos, and disturbing lyrics that weave an intricate poetic web of war, death, destruction, social isolation, suicide, and they even left a little room to sing about the Nazi’s (Josef Mengele specifically).

The latter happened to be an interesting (and controversial) hobby for Hanneman, as his collection of Nazi medals, artifacts, and memorabilia became an obsession throughout his life.  His Nazi collection began when he was much younger and his father presented him with a collection of Nazi artifacts that he had brought home after the Second World War.

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Hanneman has the distinction of being one of the few metal artists to be nominated for a Grammy five times, and he took home the coveted music award twice for Best Metal Performance with the songs “Eyes of the Insane” and “Final Six” (along with Slayer vocalist/bassist Tom Araya) from the 2006 Slayer album Christ Illusion.

To learn more about Jeff Hanneman’s Guitar Style, go HERE.

HATE Announce Summer Festivals In Europe

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 17, 2013
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Polish extreme metallers HATE have announced their summer crusade through festivals in support of their new mighty opus “Solarflesh” (Napalm, 2013). More shows will be added to the list soon!

May 23 – Extremefest – Hunxe – Germany
Jul 26 – Rock im Betonwerk – Chemnitz – Germany
Aug 9 – Brutal Assault Open Air – Twierdza Josefov – Czech Rep
Aug 16 – Gothoom O.A. Fest – Bana – Slovakia
Aug 17 – Summer Breeze Open Air – Germany
Aug 24 – Cieszanów Rock Fest – Cieszanów – Poland
Aug 31 – Rock am Wehr – Jena – Germany

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HATE‘s “Solarflesh” CD was released in North America on February 5 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2010′s “Erebos” was recorded at Sound Division Studio in Warsaw with Filip “Heinrich” Halucha (VESANIA, DECAPITATED) and Arek “Malta” Malczewski (BEHEMOTH‘s sound guy). The effort was mixed at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland with producers Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski (DECAPITATED, VADER).

HATE recently released their new video, for the Solarflesh album track, ‘Alchemy Of Blood’. Watch the new clip below:

PAUL SHORTINO Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO (Video)

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 17, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

Veteran hard rock vocalist Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT, KING KOBRA) paid tribute to Ronnie James Dio last night (Thursday, May 16) on the third anniversary of the former BLACK SABBATH and RAINBOW frontman’s death by singing an a cappella version of the classic SABBATH song “Heaven And Hell” at Sala Manolita in Lleida, Spain. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.

Ronnie died of stomach cancer on May 16, 2010 at the age of 67.

Dio was renowned throughout the world as one of the greatest and most influential vocalists in heavy metal history. The singer, who was recording and touring with SABBATH offshoot HEAVEN & HELL prior to his illness, was diagnosed with stomach cancer in late 2009. He underwent chemotherapy and made what is now his final public appearance in April 2010 at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles.

 

DEEP PURPLE: ‘Vincent Price’ Video Released

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Source: Blabbermouth.net

DEEP PURPLE‘s first video in over 20 years — for the song “Vincent Price” — can be seen below. The track comes off the band’s latest album, “Now What?!”, which sold 4,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 115 on The Billboard 200 chart.

“Now What?!” first-week chart positions:

Germany: #1
Austria: #1
Russia: #3
Norway: #4
Finland: #6
Sweden: #7
Netherlands: #12
UK: #19
Spain: #19
Denmark: #26
Belgium: #33
Ireland: #87
USA: #115

“Vincent Price” will be released on June 7 as download, CD single and seven-inch transparent vinyl.

“Vincent Price” will become a PURPLE collector’s item, due to the inclusion of the song “First Sign Of Madness”, which was recorded during the “Now What?!” sessions and not included in the final selection.

Seven-inch single:

Side A: Vincent Price
Side B: First Sign Of Madness

CD single and download

01. Vincent Price
02. First Sign Of Madness
03. The Well Dressed Guitar (from the now-deleted “Rapture Of The Deep” limited-edition CD)
04. Wrong Man (live) (from the now-deleted “Rapture Of The Deep” limited-edition CD)
05. Vincent Price (video)

“Now What?!”, the 19th studio album from DEEP PURPLE, was released in North America on April 30 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group.

“Now What?!” was also released in a limited quantity with a bonus track and a bonus DVD featuring DEEP PURPLE in conversation plus additional audio material. This edition was made available in a digipak with a cut out front cover. “Now What?!” was also released as double vinyl LP containing a bonus track, as in the limited-edition CD.

After various songwriting sessions in Europe, the band recorded and mixed the album in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, PETER GABRIEL, ALICE COOPER, KANSAS). The CD contain 11 tracks, including “Out Of Hand”, “Weirdistan”, “Uncommon Man” and “Above And Beyond”. The latter song references the band’s late keyboard player, Jon Lord, in the lyric “Souls having touched are forever entwined.”

According to a press release, “Now What?!” was recorded with no musical rules… and it shows a modern and fresh production… to the point that DEEP PURPLE have never sounded so close to the spirit of the ’70s in the last 20 years as they do now. The CD has the excellence and elegance of “Perfect Strangers” and the wild freedom of “Made In Japan”.

LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA: First Albumtrailer & Tourdates Announced

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 17, 2013
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Nuclear Blast has issued that on August 2nd LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA will release their new album, concisely entitled »LMO«.

Get your first impression about this opulent orchestral project here:

LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA was formed by the three RAGE musicians Victor Smolski (guitar, keyboard and chello), Peavy Wagner (vocals and bass) and André Hilgers (drums) as a continuation of 1996’s »Lingua Mortis« album – back then a true piece of pioneering work.

The entire album was mostly composed by Victor Smolski who cooperated with two orchestras from Spain and Belarus, enlarging the number of this mammoth project’s participants to more than 100. Together with long-term co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL among others), Victor Smolski produced and mixed the record in »Twilight Hall Studio« Krefeld, Germany. The final mastering is to be done within the next days.

»LMO« follows an exciting concept on the burning of witches in Gelnhausen in 1599, written by vocalist Peavy Wagner and based on a true story.

Apart from the three RAGE musicians, two female vocalists belong to LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA’s regular cast: Jeannette Marchewka and soprano singer Dana Harnge. Guest vocals were contributed by Henning Basse (ex-METALLIUM), among others.

The tracklist of »LMO« reads as follows:
01. Cleansed By Fire
a) Convert The Pagans PT. 1
b) The Inquisition (instrumental)
c) Convert The Pagans PT. 2
02. Scapegoat
03. The Devil´s Bride
04. Lament
05. Oremus (instrumental)
06. Witches` Judge
07. Eye For An Eye
08. Afterglow

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The first LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA live dates are confirmed as well – and will be presented by ROCK HARD, LEGACY, BLAST! and METAL.DE:
03.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air
12.09. CH Pratteln – Z7
13.09. D Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
14.09. AT Oberwaltersorf – Heavy Nights – Festival

Studiotrailer: http://youtu.be/sypI7_iM6Xc
Albumtrailer, Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUAEtp_Z_tI&feature=youtu.be

»LMO« will be out on August 2 via Nuclear Blast.