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We know that we were not perfect in 2011 but we tried hard to give you all the interesting, shocking news, reviews and interviews and we want to assure you that the METAL SHOCK FINLAND team will do their best in the upcoming METAL year, 2012 to be perfect and METAL.
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“We are sad to report the passing of our friend Karen Hatch-Taylor. Karen died Tuesday evening, December 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in the company of her husband, older daughter, sister and parents, following a nine-year battle with brain cancer. Karen was the founder of the New England KISS Fan Collector’s Network, which produced fanzines and promoted KISS fan run expos including one of the first ever KISS Expos. She also co-wrote KISS Collectibles Identification And Price Guide that was published by Avon Books in 1993.
She leaves her husband of 14 years, Ian Taylor; two daughters, Angelina Lesniewski of North Adams and Elise Taylor of Fitchburg; one son, Bennett Taylor of Fitchburg; her parents; one sister, Heather Forman and her husband Keith of Williamstown, MA; two brothers, Dana Hatch and his wife Wendy of Columbus, OH, and Arthur Hatch of Aurora, CO; two nephews, Lucas Forman and Victor Hatch; a niece, Violet Hatch and a nephew and niece in Australia.”
According to Northfulton.com, a metal fan’s framed and autographed drum top and guitar picks were stolen from a house in Polo Fields, Georgia according to a Forsyth County Sheriff’s incident report.
Sometime between 8 a.m. Dec.12 and 11:30 a.m. December 14, someone took the drum top autographed by MÖTLEY CRÜE along with two guitar picks that were also taken from the frame on display at the home’s basement, 6000 block of Paddock Lane.
The home, currently for sale, did not have any signs of forced entry. It appears that someone used the real estate key left in a lock box to gain access into the residence.
WENDY DIO is featured in a new video interview with Eric Blair,conducted at Dimebash 2011, which was held at the Key Club in Hollywood,CA on Wednesday, December 14th. Check it out below:
As previously reported, Artisan News recently conducted interviews with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and DISTURBED frontman David Draiman at the 2011 DimeBash event, which celebrated the legacy of PANTERA guitar legend “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Watch the footage below:
Guest included the vocal talents of heavy hitters like Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS), Dave Draiman (Disturbed), Duff McKagan (GUNS N’ ROSES), Serj Tankian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN), Mike Muir (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) and Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW); the guitar fury from players like John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD), Warren DeMartini (RATT), Ben Harper, Chris Howorth (IN THIS MOMENT) and Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE); and the ground-shaking rhythms of Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH) Doug Pinnick (KING’S X), James Lomenzo (WHITE LION), Ginger Fish (MARILYN MANSON), Brian Tichy (BILLY IDOL) and Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT).
Check out fan-filmed footage from the event below:
An audio sample of the song “Daemons” from “White Ink”, the forthcoming full-length album from Swedish melodic death metallers SATARIEL, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The band previously stated that the new CD would “continue in the sound of [the band’s mini-CD] ‘Chifra’, which was released [in 2007], but probably will have a little more aggressivity and ‘evil’ added to it this time, as the lyrics pretty much demand that this time around.” “Chifra” was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESSHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) and Magnus Alakangas at Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden and featured artwork and layout by Pär Johansson.
SATARIEL is:
Pär Johansson – Vocals Magnus Alakangas – Guitar Robert Sundelin – Drums Mikael Granbacke – Bass
“Dead And Dying”, a brand new song from Finnish dark metallers SOULFALLEN, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band’s third album, “The Promise Of Hell”, which will be released on January 18, 2012 via the band’s own label, Grave New Music, with distribution from Inverse Records/Supersounds (Finland), Plastic Head (U.K.), Bertus (Holland), Sound Pollution (Sweden), Disk Union (Japan), The End Records (USA), Rebeat (Austria), Non Stop (Switzerland), and LSP/MetalZone (Belgium). The cover artwork was created by Maija Ranka and can be seen below.
Commented SOULFALLEN frontman Kai Leikola: “The new album will be the final part of a trilogy, the closing of a chapter. It will bear the trademark sound of SOULFALLEN with some new flavors directly from the ever-burning kitchens of Hell. The story will continue where ‘Grave New World’ left off: at the burial of the world. Something has gone terribly wrong and life has united with death in a way never seen before. Humanity is not allowed rest but trapped in a Hell where even death cannot save those already dead.”
A video for the song “Scars Aligned” was filmed this past fall and will make its online debut next month to coincide with the album’s release. The clip features a guest vocal appearance by Annika Jalkanen.
In other news, SOULFALLEN has parted ways with longtime guitarist Simo Rahikainen and drummer Matti Auerkallio ” due to personal reasons.” The band states, “There was no drama involved, but merely they felt they could not give the band 100 percent and decided it was their time to move on. These changes will not affect the release of the album nor our upcoming live shows in 2012 that will be played with a renewed lineup.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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