According to Bizcommunity.com, a selection of legendary artist Storm Thorgerson’s fine art prints will be shown at The Raging Storm exhibition opposite Church Square in Cape Town, South Africa from Monday, February 20th to Saturday, March 10th.
The signed and numbered works include the album art of PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH, ANTHRAX, ALAN PARSONS and PETER GABRIEL. Gallery hours are all day Monday to Saturday from 8.30am.
A feature-length documentary film Taken By Storm will be shown, followed by an intimate Q & A session with Storm Thorgerson on Wednesday, 22 February at 6.30pm and Thursday, 23 and Friday, February 24 at 8pm.
OLIVER DAWSON SAXON, the British heavy metal band featuring founding SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson, will release its long-awaited album, “Motorbiker”, on February 27 via Angel Air Records. The CD was described by Dawson in a recent interview as “what me and Graham do best . . . a hard rock album, maybe metal . . . in that classic SAXON tradition.”
“Motorbiker” track listing:
01. Chemical Romance
02. Motorbiker
03. Whippin Boy
04. No Way Out
05. Just Another Suicide
06. Sinternet
07. Ghost
08. Nevada Beach
09. Screaming Eagles
10. World’s Gone Crazy
11. Hell In Helsinki
12. Nursery Crimes
After spending a few years battling with Biff Byford and Paul Quinn over the SAXON name, Oliver and Dawson reached a settlement in 2003 with the members of the original band SAXON over the usage of the name and logos belonging to the original partnership.
OLIVER DAWSON SAXON, consisting of Oliver and Dawson, acknowledged that the band featuring Byford and Quinn will continue to be known as “SAXON“, and have use of the logo. In return Byford and Quinn acknowledged that OLIVER DAWSON SAXON has a legitimate use of the name in that form.
In a January 2011 interview with the “Talking Metal” podcast, Graham Oliver revealed that he was writing a book called “Saxon, Drugs, And Rock ‘N’ Roll: The Real Spinal Tap”, which will include a foreword by Harry Shearer (whose character in SPINAL TAP was based on SAXON member Steve Dawson).
Speaking to SouthYorkshireTimes.co.uk, Graham said about the upcoming book, “It promises to be a who’s who of the metal scene of the late ’70s/early 80s. It’s taking a lot of writing and getting quotes off people — like Lemmy from MOTÖRHEAD and Ozzy Osbourne.”
He added, “My biggest memory of the Hollywood gig we played with METALLICA was that Ozzy Osbourne was in our dressing room. It was just after his ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ guitarist Randy Rhoads had died and he was inconsolable. We were trying to give him some support, but you just felt helpless and we had to psych ourselves up to go onstage for what was one of our biggest U.S. gigs at the time. I remember spending all night in our dressing room with Ozzy and Sharon when he supported SAXON on one of our European tours and Randy borrowed my Gibson Flying V guitar for his performance. We had jammed together for hours earlier playing Jimi Hendrix stuff. I’ll never part with that guitar.”
Formed in the late ’90s, OLIVER DAWSON SAXON previously recorded and released an album called “Re-Landed”, which got a limited release on a local label before being reissued via Angel Air as “Re-Landed..Plus”.
American metallers ICED EARTH have will play two shows in China in April.
Commented ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer: “The ‘World Dystopia Tour’ has taken ICED EARTH to places the band has never been before. We are about to open yet another exciting chapter in touring by announcing our first-ever shows in China. Playing Beijing and Shanghai is something we have been looking forward to for a long time. Chinese metalheads: get ready to rage with us!!”
The dates are as follows:
April 11 – Shanghai, China – Mao Live House
April 13 – Beijing, China – Star Live
ICED EARTH‘s video for the song “Anthem” can be seen below. The clip was filmed on December 7, 2011 at Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany.
“We had a blast making that video,” said Schaffer. “I think the fans can see it on our faces. ‘Anthem’ captures the energy of our live shows, as well as the fun we’re having together as a band.”
Produced and directed byKosch Fabian Film, “Anthem” is the second music video from ICED EARTH‘s new album, “Dystopia”, which sold around 6,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 67 on The Billboard 200 chart.
ICED EARTH‘s previous CD, “The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)”, opened with 6,700 units in September 2008 to debut at No. 79.
ICED EARTH‘s 10th studio offering, “Dystopia”, was released in Europe on October 17, 2011 and in the U.S. on October 18 via Century Media Records. Two bonus tracks were also recorded for inclusion on special editions of the album.
Another fourteen more acts are confirmed for the 10th edition of the Download Festival, scheduled for June 8th – 10th at Donington Park in the UK.
New acts include: SLASH, MEGADETH, STEEL PANTHER, RISE AGAINST, BILLY TALENT, FEAR FACTORY, AS I LAY DYING, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, KYUSS LIVES!, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PERIPHERY, TERRORVISION, GINGER WILDHEART and
RECKLESS LOVE.
Acts confirmed for the festival now include: METALLICA (headliners), BLACK SABBATH (headliners), THE PRODIGY (headliners), ANTHRAX, AS I LAY DYING, AUGUST BURNS RED, BIFFY CLYRO, BILLY TALENT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, CHASE AND STATUS, DEVILDRIVER, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, FEAR FACTORY, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, GINGER WILDHEART, KYUSS LIVES!, LAMB OF GOD, LITTLE ANGELS, MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, PERIPHERY, RECKLESS LOVE, RISE AGAINST, SLASH, SOUNDGARDEN, STEEL PANTHER, TENACIOUS D, TERRORVISION, TRIVIUM, UGLY KID JOE, YOU ME AT SIX.
PARADISE LOST are now unveiling the cover artwork for their much anticipated new studio album “Tragic Idol” set to be released on April 23rd, 2012 in Europe via Century Media Records. The album’s artwork was designed by Parisian designer Valnoir (www.metastazis.com), who has not only worked on this band’s release, but also with artists such as Morbid Angel, Laibach, Ulver, Watain and more than 150 others.
Furthermore the band will be touring the UK this April performing tracks from their forthcoming album “Tragic Idol”. To celebrate the event PARADISE LOST will have a very limited number of VIP tickets available (10 per show) which you can purchase online on Wed 1st February 2012 from the band’s website www.paradiselost.co.uk! Nick Holmes comments on the tour as follows: “This is a pretty extensive UK tour for us, I’m speechless and excited. It’s nice to know there’s a WH Smith in every town we play”
As previously posted, BLACKDIAMOND of Metal Shock Finland has recently conducted an exclusive interview with legendary singer BLAZE BAYLEY (WOLFSBANE, ex-IRON MAIDEN) during the recording of new material in a studio in Italy.
When discussing the recording of the album Blaze said “I don’t like to spend a lot of time in the studio, I don’t feel it’s a very creative environment. I like to spend most of my time on an album in the writing process and the composing. I feel that’s the bit that really counts. I’m always thinking of the audience, the fans and how I’m going to perform the songs live.”
When asked if Blaze could give any ideas what the new album will sound like he said: “It’ll be a bit different to what I’ve done before because I’m producing it. There will be a lot of heavy metal as you would expect from a Blaze Bayley album. We decided to have no rules, if we feel something is appropriate to sing or play, we will, it’s all about the vibe and passion. I’m very hopeful it will turn out to be my best work.”
And also Blaze mentioned all his fans and Metalheads around the world as the true Kings of Metal.
You can listen to this Interview below:
As previously posted, DJ BLACKDIAMOND presented a special BLAZE BAYLEY show which include her interview with Blaze on Jan. 31st. Also this show is availble for streaming online on this loacation.
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According to Bizcommunity.com, a selection of legendary artist Storm Thorgerson’s fine art prints will be shown at The Raging Storm exhibition opposite Church Square in Cape Town, South Africa from Monday, February 20th to Saturday, March 10th.
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