Finnish female-fronted metallers BATTLE BEAST recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s debut album, “Steel” — which was originally released in Finland earlier this year via Hype Records — will be made available internationally on January 27, 2012.
A four-minute video clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the “Steel” recording sessions can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:
After a great tour with epic shows, Sabaton needs your support now. Go to www.bandit.se/rockawards/vote and make sure to vote for SABATON for the bandit rock contest!
Please do consider the two categories Bästa grupp/artist + Bästa live-akt!
You can watch an epic Thanks-For-The-Tour-Video right HERE!
METALLICA has posted a 33-minute video recap of the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. Check it out below.
Lou Reed, King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE), Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE), Timi Hansen (MERCYFUL FATE), Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE) , Marianne Faithfull, Ray Haller (SWEET SAVAGE), Kid Rock and John Bush (ARMORED SAINT) joined METALLICA on stage on December 7 for the second Fillmore concert.
After opening sets from THE SOUL REBELS brass band and ARMORED SAINT, as well as an appearance by ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian — who took to the stage with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett to tell stories of hanging out with late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton — METALLICA rocked the capacity crowd with a 20-song set which featured selections from all periods of the band’s career, including a previously unreleased track from the “Death Magnetic” sessions called “Just A Bullet Away”.
The band’s setlist was as follows:
01. To Live Is To Die (premiere)
02. Enter Sandman
03. Holier Than Thou
04. Disposable Heroes
05. Bleeding Me
06. Wasting My Hate
07. My Apocalypse
08. Just A Bullet Away (previously unreleased song from “Death Magnetic” sessions; premiere)
09. Breadfan (BUDGIE cover) (with METALLICA fan Andrew Dowis)
10. The Memory Remains (with Marianne Faithful)
11. Killing Time (SWEET SAVAGE cover) (with Ray Haller)
12. Turn The Page (with Kid Rock)
13. The Four Horsemen (with John Bush)
14. Iced Honey (with Lou Reed)
15. The View (with Lou Reed)
16. White Light/White Heat (with Lou Reed)
17. Creeping Death (with Jason Newsted)
18. Battery (with Jason Newsted)
19. Mercyful Fate Medley (MERCYFUL FATE cover) (with Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, Timi Hansen and King Diamond)
20. Seek & Destroy (with Jason Newsted, Scott Ian, Ray Haller, John Bush, Joey Vera, Gonzo Sandoval, and THE SOUL REBELS)
Frontman James Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio that METALLICA hoped to make the shows special for the people attending. “It is a fan celebration — everyone who’s come along the METALLICA ride for 30 years — and we’re constantly wanting to give to the fans what they don’t normally get from some other band or some other connection,” he said. “So these four shows at the Fillmore are something like that.”
The other three shows took place on December 5, December 9, and December 10, with special guests and events, rare songs, varied set lists and more.
METALLICA plans to begin work on its next studio album early in 2012. The group recently released its collaborative album with Lou Reed, called “Lulu”, which flopped saleswise and earned the quartet the worst reviews of its career.
The band has booked several European shows next summer, including one at a venue in Denmark that used to be a prison, at which it will perform its self-titled 1991 effort, a.k.a. “the black album,” in its entirety.
METALLICA was formed when Ulrich, who had moved to Los Angeles from Denmark, placed an ad in a local paper called The Recycler looking for other musicians to play with. The ad was answered by guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of the band LEATHER CHARM.
METALLICA officially formed in October 1981 and the band’s first recording was “Hit The Lights” for the compilation “Metal Massacre”.
Bay Area DJ Ron Quintana came up with the group’s name: he was debating between using “Metallica” and “Metal Mania” for the name of his radio show and Ulrich encouraged him to use “Metal Mania” so that he could use “Metallica” for his new band.
METALLICA‘s first full lineup — featuring Hetfield, Ulrich, guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Ron McGovney — played its first gig on March 14, 1982 at Radio City in Anaheim, California.
Source: Blabbermouth.net – Photos courtesy of Metallica.com
Down Boys Records, the record label that was created in 2001 by WARRANT members Erik Turner (guitar) and Jerry Dixon (bass) for the express purpose of releasing WARRANT albums, is now working with a variety of outside musicians in the rock, metal, punk, pop and hip hop genres.
The official Down Boys Internet release party will held in the New Year as Turner and Dixon “look for artists that are new and talented that write music from their heart and soul,” according to a press release.
Newly released from Down Boys is “Mood Swings”, a rare 1995 EP by DC4, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass. As part of its deal with Down Boys, DC4 will also record a rock version of the Duncans‘ father Lanny Duncan‘s 1962 hit song “Let’s Go” and will produce a new video and compilation release called “Fist Full Of Gems”.
GRASPOP METAL MEETING has issued the following update:
Last Sunday the guys from Sabaton treated the fans in a packed Trix Arena to an early Xmas present: the Swedes confirmed their presence at GMM2012 next summer in support of their new album.
And just to continue in the christmas spirit we thought it would be a great idea to drop a few more names for next year’s festival: SLAYER, EUROPE, PENNYWISE, AS I LAY DYING, IHSAHN , UNEARTH, LEPROUS and TEXAS IN JULY have been added to the lineup.
Our best season’s greetings and a fantastic start to the new year!
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Hairy Mark of Manchester Rocks conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON prior to the band’s December 16, 2011 concert at Koko in London, England. You can now watch the chat below.
SABATON will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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