Barry Anderson of Metal Storm conducted an interview with the extreme metal supergroup LOCK UP on December 21, 2011 in Nottingham, England. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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According to the NIGHTWISH North American fan club Oceansouls Of America, NIGHTWISH is rumored to be playing a “secret” gig at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California on January 19 — two days before the Finnish/Swedish symphonic metal act’s sold-out world-tour kick-off performance at the Gibson Ampitheater in Universal City. The Universal City concert will be the biggest NIGHTWISH show production ever on North American soil and strictly a one-off — there will be no U.S. tour until later in 2012.
On October 24, Finnish newspaper Karjalainen quoted the band’s management as saying that there would a “secret NIGHTWISH gig scheduled somewhere in California in mid-January.”
A flyer on the Key Club’s web site utilizes a dark, pixelated image of the NIGHTWISH “Wishmaster” cover art to promote a January 19 concert by the “RUBBER BAND OF WOLVES (from Finland).”
**IMPORTANT**: It should be noted that NIGHTWISH has not officially confirmed or denied that the band will perform at the Key Club on January 19 and any such suggestion should be treated as speculation and rumor only. (in pic: Key Club advertisement for RUBBER BAND OF WOLVES). Source: Blabbermouth.net
Former MEGADETH guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN made a surprise guest appearance at the Saitama Super Arena on stage on December 25 with Japanese phenomenon MOMOIRO CLOVER. They played two songs and a guitar solo corner with an excerpt from Friedman’s ‘Valley Of Eternity’.
Friedman recently recorded Momoiro Clover’s upcoming single, ‘Moretsu’, with producer Maeyamada Kenichi at the helm. Maeyamada is being hailed in Japan as the hottest new producer in recent times, racking up several hits with his twisted and instantly recognizable style.
Adds Friedman about the collaboration, (translated from ENTAME magazine) “…this song is like the (QUEEN’s) ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of idol/girl group music. It has all the elements you would never expect in the genre-aside from the five girl singers, there is a 100 person choir, odd-time signatures, high speed tempo changes, unusual key modulations, and my guitar over the top of all of it. Actually, if you could imagine a two-hour long Japan-themed Broadway show fast forwarded and squeezed into five and a half minutes, that might describe the song. No question this is my favorite collaboration since I moved to Japan. It`s also the kind of thing you either loathe with a passion, or you love it so much you can`t get enough of it.”
The single will be released in early 2012, and even though it will be a Japan only release, for fans of Friedman’s playing all around the world it will be well worth looking into.
Source: Bravewords
Legendary Rockers, VAN HALEN announce in their official website the first 2012 tour, and the first tickets will go on sale January 10th. Also four new video trailer of the band released by VAN HALEN‘s website that showing band members rocking on four different stages, long Version Trailer, Jump Trailer, Panama Trailer and Hot For Teacher Trailer. You can watch the videos below.
VAN HALEN is going to release a new album in 2012 and it will be the first appearance of the band vocalist, David Lee Roth in more than 25 years with VAN HALEN.
Johann Stepien from LOUD TV conducted on interview with Dez Fafara from DEVILDRIVER /COAL CHAMBER on their european tour with MACHINE HEAD in 2011. The video can be viewed below.
DJ BLACKDIAMOND of British radio station, FIREBRAND ROCK RADIO, conducted an interview with legendary Metalhead and DJ and ambassador KRUSHER, during HARD ROCK HELL 2011.
You can listen to this interview on BLACKDIAMOND’S METAL MAYHEM show tomorrow 9pm (GMT) at FIREBRAND ROCK RADIO ‘s website.
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