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AC/DC, METALLICA Recordings Among ‘Lost Tapes’ Waiting To Be Reclaimed

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 28, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

According to Ronan McGreevy of The Irish Times, an early version of AC/DC‘s “Thunderstruck” and a recording of METALLICA performing with Marianne Faithfull are among the mountain of tapes from the old Windmill Lane recording studios in Ireland that are waiting to be reclaimed by the artists or recording companies that recorded them.

More than 1,000 tapes, weighing a ton, are filling up the attic in the new Windmill Lane studios in Ringsend.

If the two-inch multitrack tapes — which were used in the days before digital technology took over the studios in the middle of the last decade — are not reclaimed by May, they will be destroyed.

BATTLECROSS Confirmed To Perform At Metallica’s Orion Fest 2013

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 25, 2013
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Metal Blade has issued as follows:

It’s official! Orion is back and in 2013 they’re bringing the weekend-long Metallica music + more experience to Detroit, Michigan on June 8-9, 2013. Joining the Orion Music & More festival is Detroit’s very own BATTLRCROSS who will be playing with the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Deftones, the Dropkick Murphys, Tomahawk, Death, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and of course, the mighty Metallica.

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“Truly literally a dream come true. All of our lives we have been inspired by Metallica and nothing will ever top this. We are so thankful to all of the people who have gotten us to this point and we are even more honored that this year’s Orion Music & More will be played this year in our hometown of Detroit. Thank you to everyone who has supported us. Detroit is going to rage this soon and we can’t wait to see everyone come and see what Detroit is all about.” comments guitarist Tony Asta.

Check out the full lineup HERE and stay tuned to Orion’s official website or sign up for the newsletter for ticket on-sale date and more! Orion Music & More will also include a custom car & motorcycle show, Hit the Lights films, Kirk’s Crypt, Vans half pipe, and a Metallica Museum.

And in case you missed it, check out the video announcing the lineup HERE.

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METALLICA, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH Members Make Esquire’s 10 Craziest Drummers Ever List

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 6, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

Esquire.com has compiled a list of the 10 Craziest Drummers Ever which includes METALLICA‘s Lars Ulrich, LED ZEPPELIN‘s John Bonham, BLACK SABBATH‘s Bill Ward, HELLYEAH‘s Vinnie Paul, CREAM‘s Ginger Baker, THE WHO‘s Keith Moon, THE CLASH‘s Topper Headon, MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s Tommy Lee, Terry Bozzio (FRANK ZAPPA, MISSING PERSONS) and Josh Freese (NINE INCH NAILS, A PERFECT CIRCLE, GUNS N’ ROSES).

Read the entertaining article at Esquire.com.

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Vans, METALLICA Debut Signature Shoes; More Details Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 5, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

In a continuing creative partnership, Vans and iconic rock band METALLICA have introduced a four-piece signature collection designed by each band member delivering to stores in February. Each Metallica member – James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo – had free reign to choose any iconic Vans shoe style and make it their own while drawing from their favorite influences in the worlds of music, action sports and art to create Vans shoes reflecting their personal style.

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Each shoe release is accompanied by a video capturing the unique shared passions between Kirk, James, Robert and Lars and favorite Vans team riders. The first edition highlights the “Trujillo Trio,” the result of Robert’s introduction to Vans’ skater Tony Trujillo and the musical mayhem that follows. Stay tuned to Metallica.com for more details on the signatures shoes and for each new video drop.

The Vans x Metallica Signature Shoes:

James Hetfield – Inspired by his favorite black boots, James added hex-bolt eyelets and a personal take on the skull and cross-bones, illustrated by Hetfield himself, to “Metallicize” this Vans Sk8-Hi Deconstruct.

Lars Ulrich – Putting a twist on one of Vans’ original Classics, Lars updated the Era Laceless with brushed twill materials and a print taken from the diamond plate pattern on his snare drum. He finished his shoe with a Dirty Donny character on the inside heel.

Kirk Hammett – Tying back to a love of surfing and nature, Kirk chose an all-natural upper made of hemp for his collapsible Slip-On. The inside heel is accented with a guitar pick inspired by his Ouija guitar and designed by one of Metallica’s favorite artists, Dirty Donny.

Robert Trujillo – Robert grew up wearing Vans as a young skater in Venice Beach, California. For his shoe, he took Aztec calendar artwork, designed by his wife Chloe, which is carved in one of his bass guitars and placed it in blue, on the side of this Escuela.

In March, Vans and Metallica introduce Kill ‘Em All theme shoes featuring two of Vans’ all-time favorite styles, the Classic Slip-On and the Sk8-Hi, each emblazoned with artwork marking the 30 years since the release of Metallica’s debut album.

METALLICA To Headline 5th Annual Golden Gods Awards; To Receive RONNIE JAMES DIO Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 30, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

METALLICA will be headlining Revolver’s 5th Annual Golden Gods Awards, on May 2nd in Los Angeles, and will be the recipients of the RONNIE JAMES DIO Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Says Metallica: “Wow… a Lifetime Achievement award? Are we worthy? So say our friends over at Revolver Magazine and we are beyond honored that we will be the recipients of the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award at the fifth annual Golden Gods Awards Show on Thursday, May 2nd at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. We are about to join some incredible stellar company with previous winners RUSH, LEMMY KILMISTER, OZZY OSBOURNE and MÖTLEY CRÜE.

The night will be quite the party as Chris Jericho (FOZZY) hosts America’s only hard rock awards show that will be broadcast live for the first time ever on AXS TV in North America and globally through Xbox LIVE and Facebook. We’ll be playing a couple of songs live as will many of our touring buddies including ANTHRAX, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, STONE SOUR, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, and others. ROB ZOMBIE and Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH) will be on hand to receive awards of their own… the Golden God and Riff Lord awards, respectively.

Fans everywhere will be able to vote for their favs for a number of awards to be presented that night (see the complete list in the official press release). Voting is currently open at GoldenGodsAwards.com and ends on April 15th.

A full press release and ticket info can be found at this location.

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METALLICA: Kill ‘Em All Tribute Out Now Featuring MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX, CANNIBAL CORPSE And More

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 21, 2013
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Source: Bravewords.com

METALLICA‘s debut album, Kill ‘Em All, is turning 30 years in 2013. Metal Hammer Germany calls for a celebration!

The album, A Tribute To Kill ‘Em All, features all songs of the original Metallica album performed by a different artist. Among them: MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX, CANNIBAL CORPSE and PRIMAL FEAR.

A Tribute To Kill ‘Em All also premieres two exclusive tracks, being ‘(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth’ performed by EISREGEN and THE VISION BLEAK, and ‘Jump In The Fire’ performed by German thrashers DUST BOLT.

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Tracklisting:

‘Hit The Lights’ – BLACK TIDE
‘The Four Horsemen’ – BURDEN OF GRIEF
‘Motorbreath’ (live) – RAGE
‘Jump In The Fire’ – DUST BOLT (exclusive)
‘(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth’ – EISREGEN and THE VISION BLEAK (exclusive)
‘Whiplash’ – MOTÖRHEAD
‘Phantom Lord’ – ANTHRAX
‘No Remorse’ – CANNIBAL CORPSE
‘Seek & Destroy’ – PRIMAL FEAR
‘Metal Militia’ – DEW-SCENTED

More information at this location.

METALLICA To Perform Entire ‘Black’ Album At Australia’s SOUNDWAVE Festival?

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 20, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

According to Australia’s KillYourStereo.com, Soundwave festival promoter AJ Maddah has confirmed that METALLICA will play a two-hour set at this year’s event, complete with the “Snakepit” rig, all but confirming that the band’s setlist will include the entirety of METALLICA‘s 1991 self-titled effort.

The last time this rig was used was during METALLICA‘s 2012 European tour where the LP was played backwards, starting with closing number “The Struggle Within” and ending with “Enter Sandman”.

Asked whose idea it was for METALLICA to play the “black” album in reverse on the most recent tour, the band’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, told Rolling Stone magazine, “If you like the idea, it was mine. If you don’t, it was James‘ [Hetfield, guitar/vocals]. For better or worse, I’m the setlist guy. This is all subject to change if it doesn’t work. But the idea of starting off with the lesser-known songs buried down there and ending up with ‘Sad But True’ and ‘Enter Sandman’ seems like a winner. You finish with the money shot, which is the first song.”

“Metallica” in 2009 surpassed SHANIA TWAIN‘s 1997 record, “Come On Over”, as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era. To date, the black album has sold more than 16 million copies in the United States.

Although METALLICA had scored their first radio and video airplay with their previous effort, 1988′s “…And Justice For All”, the black album was the band’s biggest commercial breakthrough, producing five singles and making them into one of the most popular rock bands in the world.

CLIFF BURTON Signature Bass Guitar To Be Officially Launched At NAMM

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 19, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net 

Aria Guitars of Japan is proud to introduce the Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass. This guitar has been a year in the making and is being made with the authorization of the Cliff Burton family and METALLICA. Cliff Burton was the bassist for METALLICA for their first three albums, “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning” and “Master Of Puppets”.

The Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass is a replica of the Black ‘n Gold I bass that Cliff played. Painstaking attention to detail was taken to build a tribute bass. It has a 7-ply maple/walnut neck with a neck-through, heel-less neck design. It has the same headstock with the patent statement on the front and Cliff Burton‘s authorized signature on the back of the headstock. Each of the tuners are handcrafted out of brass and gold-plated and the 40mm nut is made of brass. The neck has a 34-inch scale with 24 frets. The fretboard is made of rosewood with cat eye and mother of pearl inlays.

The body is the original SB shape and made of alder. The Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass is loaded with an Aria MB-V passive pickup. It has a single tone and volume control with a dual sound mini-toggle switch. The bridge is solid brass with gold plated saddles. The bass will ship inside of a deluxe ostrich hardshell case and a certificate of authenticity signed by Ray Burton. Both players and collectors alike will desire this unique bass guitar.

When the new Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass was presented to Cliff‘s father, Ray Burton, he stated: “What a beautiful instrument and a wonderful tribute to Cliff. The first year Cliff was with METALLICA he played a Rickenbacker guitar that he purchased in 1982. He loved his guitar, but he did not feel it was a strong enough instrument to withstand the rugged treatment of the daily rigors of heavy metal touring. Early in 1984, Cliff was treated to an Aria Pro II bass guitar. He really liked it and therefore did not seek any other bass to play. He told me it was strong and ideal to play. I never heard a discouraging word about his Aria bass guitars. To give testament to his preference, he had several of them at the time of his death.”

The Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass will be officially launched at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California on January 24-27 in the Aria Guitars booth, Hall E, Booth #1548. Cliff Burton‘s father, Ray Burton, will officially introduce the guitar on Friday, January 25 at 12 o’clock noon and be available to sign autographs for dealers and METALLICA fans. The Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass will be available through authorized Aria dealers in the United States and throughout the world. North America dealers can contact Jim Chen of Audio Images in San Francisco, California at 415-957-9131 for more details.

Specifications:

Headstock: Original SB Design
Neck Shape: Standard, Medium
Neck: 7 Ply Maple/Walnut
Neck Joint: Neck-through, Heel-less Cutaway
Tuners: Handmade Solid Brass Tuner Buttons, 24 K Gold Plated
Nut: 40mm Width Solid Brass
Truss rod Cover: Solid Brass
Headstock Front Inlays: Patent Statement
Headstock Back Inlay: Cliff Burton Authorized Signature

Fretboard Scale: 34″ or 864mm
Frets: 24 Frets
Fretboard: Rosewood
Fretboard Inlays: Cat Eye, Mother of Pearl Inlays

Body Shape: Original SB Shape, Super Balanced Body
Body Material: Alder
Pickup: Aria MB-V Passive Pickup
Controls: 1xVolume, 1xTone, 1-Dual Sound Mini-Toggle Switch
Knobs: Black SB Knobs
Tailpiece: Solid Brass With 24K Gold Plated Saddles and Black Plated Body
Strap Pins: 18K Gold Plated Solid Brass
Strings: Rotosound RS66LB (35, 55, 70, 90)
Certificate: Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Ray Burton and Toshi Matsumura
Case: Deluxe Ostrich Hardshell Case With Gold Hardware

METALLICA, VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, AEROSMITH Among Pollstar’s 2012 ‘Top 50 Worldwide Tours’

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 3, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net 

METALLICA, VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS and AEROSMITH had some of the top-grossing tours of 2012 worldwide, according to industry tracker Pollstar.

The top spot went to Madonna, whose 2012 tour took in a whopping $296.1 million from 88 shows.

METALLICA landed at No. 8, with a gross estimate of $86.1 million for 30 concerts.

The “Top 50 Worldwide Tours” did a combined gross of $3 billion, which was down about 2 percent from $3.07 billion in 2011.

Total tickets sold was 34.9 million which continued the decline from 35.48 million the previous year and is well off the pace from 2009 when the Top 50 sold 45.3 million. The average global ticket price was $85.93 which was down 60 cents from last year but still well above the $73.83 charged in the more robust year of 2009.

Heavy metal/hard rock artists on Pollstar‘s 2012 “Top 50 Worldwide Tours” chart:

#8 – METALLICA: $86.1 million from 30 shows
#15 – VAN HALEN: $49.9 million from 50 shows
#38 – SCORPIONS: $32.7 million from 74 shows
#44 – AEROSMITH: $31 million from 33 shows

JASON NEWSTED Would “Consider” Reuniting With METALLICA If They Were “Brofessional” About It

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 28, 2012
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Source: Bravewords.com

Niclas from Metal Shrine recently interviewed former METALLICA / VOIVOD bassist Jason Newsted, who is releasing a four-song EP under the moniker NEWSTED, entitled Metal, on January 8th, exclusively via iTunes. An excerpt form their chat follows:

Let’s just say that (current Metallica bassist) Rob Trujillo breaks his leg and they’re about to go on tour and they call you. Would you do it?

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Jason Newsted: Aahhh, it kinda depends on the circumstances. God, I haven´t been asked that before. (sighs deeply) If they were cool and they were bros. Actually, here’s the word, if they were brofessional about it and if they came as my brothers and they were professional with the meeting and they called the meeting and they’re sitting there and looking me in the eye and the managers aren’t around and we’re doing this as we used to do every fucking thing, with just us and then the managers did what we told them to do… if it was like that again and the money was crazy, then I would consider it. I would consider it, but it would be only for that thing and it would to be absolutely delegated and it would have to be these 30 shows in these 45 days for this squillion dollars, then I would say most likely I would come and crush every fucker in my sight. But it has to be that.

I love those guys and I always will and I will defend them to the end of time. I don’t dig it when people talk shit about them and I don’t dig it when they put them down about certain music they didn’t like that they did or whatever. Fuck those people! As soon as the people can put out a better album than Metallica, you let me know and I’ll listen to it, but until that time, just back off! I don’t come and tell you how shitty you’re doing your accountant job or whatever, you know what I mean. I don’t like that part, but I’ll always have respect for those guys because they gave me my chance, ok. They gave me my chance and I’ll never ever forget that. Now, we’ve had our differences over time but that shit is under the bridge a long time ago. The shit that has transpired in the last 10 years of the rumors stuff and ‘Oh, Jason got treated so bad. Poor fucking Jason.’ and everything, it’s such shit! It’s so wrong and it’s not the truth and it really bothers me. I understand that it gets sensationalized and blah, blah, blah. What I try to say man is trainloads, trainloads of joy, accomplishments and wonderful experiences and one little, tiny fucking symbol full of shit. It was joyous and victorious and accomplishing things and setting the fucking standard, you know what I mean?”

To read the interview in its entirety, click here.