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PUYA/ANKLA Guitarist Releases Solo Album

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 15, 2012
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Ramon Ortiz, the virtuoso guitarist of metal bands PUYA and ANKLA, has just released his first solo album, “Ortiz”, digitally via www.ramonortiz.net and online music outlets.

After many years in the music industry as a composer, musician and producer and touring U.S. and Latin America, Ortiz‘s solo album is one that will travel through the broadest musical landscapes. With equal emphasis on acoustic and electric guitars, vocal and instrumental sounds, it’s a vast exploration through different music genres that define Ortiz’s musical essence, with his guitar leading the whole way.

Ortiz states, “I’m really excited about this album. I feel I’ve paid homage to all my musical influences and roots while taking my sound, my playing and my fusion to an unprecedented level. All with the help of my long time music partner and friend, master drummer/percussionist Oscar Santiago.”

“Ortiz” features guest appearances by several musicians, including a guitar duet with Ramon‘s father. Production was handled by Ramon, with Nick Page (THE DARKNESS) and Alexis Perez co-producing, recording and mixing on some of the tracks. Mastering duties were taken care of by Kingnaldo at Heretic Mute Studio.

 

Source: Blabbermouth.net

ELVENKING In The Studio; Part 1 – Drums

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 15, 2012
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Italian metallers ELVENKING are currently recording their new album with Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump Studios (CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS, APOCALYPTICA) in Helsinki, Finland. Check out a studio report featuring new drummer Symohn and guitarists Rafahel and Aydan below:

 

 

Elvenking recently inked a two-album deal with AFM Records and their as-yet-untilted new album will be released in September and features legendary singer Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA’S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) on two songs

More photos from the studio can be found at this location. Updates to follow.

More guests and info on the new album to be revealed soon.

 

Source: Bravewords.com

VOIVOD Perform Dimension Hatröss In Its Entirety At Special Homecoming Show; Fan-Filmed Video Online

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 15, 2012
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Canadian metal legends VOIVOD’s Michel “Away” Langevin performed a special homecoming show on Thursday, June 7th at La Sala Rosa in Montreal, Quebec. Fan-filmed video from the show is available below:

 

 

 

 

 
Voivod recently entered producer Pierre Rémillard’s (OBLIVEON, CRYPTOPSY, KRISIUN) Wild Studio this past January in St-Zénon in Quebec (150 kilometres north of Montreal), to begin recording the follow-up to 2009’s Infini which will contain the band’s first music written with new guitarist Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (MARTYR) following the passing of Denis “Piggy” D’Amour in 2005.

According to a recent Facebook update, “expect something in the vein of Nothingface with some elements from the other albums. It will be a classic Voivod album.”

Check out studio photos at this location.

Voivod 2012 features:

Denis “Snake” Bélanger – lead vocals
Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain – guitar
Jean-Yves “Blacky” Thériault – bass
Michel “Away” Langevin – drums
Source: Bravewords.com

HYPOCRISY: New Video Interview Posted Online

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 15, 2012
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Austria’s Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY at last month’s Metalfest in Austria. You can now watch the chat below.

HYPOCRISY is writing material for its 13th studio album, which it plans to record later this year for an eary 2013 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented the band: “We’re now focusing on writing new songs for the next album. We’ve already some new material and it sounds killer! The plan is to record the new album in the autumn this year and release it in the first half of 2013. So far everything is working out as planned and we’re really excited to bring out the new release. Between the writing process we’re also doing some festival shows and we hope to see you all there!”

HYPOCRISY guitarist Mikael Hedlund told Metal Shock Finland late last year about the material for the band’s next CD, “It’s too early to say what it’s going to sounds like, but all I can say is that it’s not gonna be any change of style. It will be a classic HYPOCRISY album without [any] compromises.’

HYPOCRISY‘s latest DVD/CD, “Hell Over Sofia – 20 Years Of Chaos And Confusion”, was released in October via Nuclear Blast. The disc contains footage of the band’s February 27, 2010 concert at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria.

HYPOCRISY‘s latest album, “A Taste Of Extreme Divinity”, sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 23 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

 

 

 

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Previously Unreleased LAYNE STALEY Songs To Surface In New Movie

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 15, 2012
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, two never-before-released songs from late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley appear on the soundtrack of a new film. The movie, called “Grassroots”, is based on the true story of two Seattle music journalists who tried to shake up the local political scene despite having no experience in it. It is not clear whether the two songs were recorded before or during Staley‘s time with ALICE IN CHAINS, or during the long, six-year period in which he virtually disappeared from public view until his death in 2002 from an overdose of drugs.

The titles of the songs have not been announced yet, nor whether they will be just heard in the film or on a soundtrack album.

The movie, due out June 22 in limited release, stars Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore as Seattle music journalists who both decide to run for office.

The film is based on the book “Zioncheck For President: A True Story Of Idealism And Madness In American Politics”, which was written by the man Biggs is playing, Phil Campbell.

Meanwhile, some other Staley-related material may soon see the light of day as well: as previously reported, PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready is looking for singers to lay vocals down for some uncompleted tracks by MAD SEASON, the band he and Staley formed in the mid-’90s and recorded one album with.

ALICE IN CHAINS is also about to get to work recording the follow-up to its 2009 “comeback” album, “Black Gives Way To Blue”. The new disc will be the second with William DuVall on vocals and guitar.

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that artists like Staley didn’t come around very often. “Layne was a very unique, one-of-a-kind guy,” he said. “There’s, like, a handful of those guys in music, for every generation, that are that unique and that hard to cop, but a lot of people try. [Laughs] But there’s a lot of people that feel the weight of what that guy brought to music and have been influenced by it.”

 

Source: Blabbermouth.net

FIREWIND: Release Single Through Sweden Rock Magazine

Posted by Stargazer on June 15, 2012
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Century Media Records has recently announced “Few Against Many”, the new album by melodic Metallers FIREWIND, lead by guitar wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band-member Gus G., continues to encounter great acclaim all over the globe and has now also entered the charts in the band’s native Greece on position # 42. Previously, “Few Against Many” and entered the official sales charts in Germany at position # 90.

Additionally to the already released digital single of the album’s opening track “Wall Of Sound”, FIREWIND can now proudly reveal that also special CD-single version is being released with the current issue (RUSH frontcover) of the biggest hardrock/metal magazine in Scandinavia, Sweden Rock Magazine. This single is now exclusively available with the magazine as Digipak-CD edition including the album tracks “Wall Of Sound” and “Few Against Many” as well as a previously unreleased demo version of “Wall Of Sound”.

“Few Against many”, was mixed by Jason Suecof & Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (Trivium, All That Remains, Death Angel, etc.) and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Mastodon, Hatebreed, Symphony X, etc.). The iconic album’s artwork was once again created by FIREWIND’s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes / www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Angra, Dream Evil, etc.), who has been working with the band since the release of the album “The Premonition”.

 

FIREWIND – “Few Against Many” – Tracklisting:
1. Wall Of Sound
2. Losing My Mind
3. Few Against Many
4. The Undying Fire
5. Another Dimension

6. Glorious
7. Edge Of A Dream (Feat. Apocalyptica)
8. Destiny
9. Long Gone Tomorrow
10. No Heroes, No Sinners


The song “Edge Of A Dream” features a special appearance of Finnish cello-superstars Apocalyptica. While the album’s standard version is available in the CD format as well as LP and also as Digital Download, “Few Against Many” is also released as limited edition Digipak CD with two special bonus tracks: “Battleborn” and an acoustic version of “No Heroes, No Sinners”.

 

Album “track by track” video with Gus G., Pt. 1:

Album “track by track” video with Gus G., Pt. 2: