Bass Guitar Magazine, the U.K.’s only print publication devoted solely to the bass-playing community, has announced that Paolo Gregoletto of TRIVIUM and Michael McKeegan of THERAPY? will be writing monthly columns for the magazine from June.
Gregoletto, whose precision playing has earned him the acclaim of studio producers and engineers as well as other professional bass players, and McKeegan, whose fluid command of the low end has driven his band for over two decades, will be supplying advice on gear, technique and surviving life on the road. Look out for their first columns in Bass Guitar Magazine issue 80, out June 27.
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Torn Apart”, the new video from Swedish metallers AVATAR, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s fourth full-length album, “Black Waltz”, which was released on February 14 via eOne Music. The CD was produced by Tobias Lindell (EUROPE, MUSTASCH, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR) and includes songs from a limited-edition EP that was released in Sweden at the end of October 2011.
Commented AVATAR lead singer Johannes Eckerström: “If all violence was as in professional wrestling, I would get involved in way more fights. Hulk Hogan was one of my first heroes and made me want to spend my life doing insane things and be applauded for it. Backyard wrestling is not exactly a household expression here in Sweden, but on my street we went insane. I could pull off an awesome suplex by the age of nine. Standing on that tiny stage while our audience threw each other through tables was a rush and pretty much the best form of mosh pit I’ve ever experienced. They made it look awesome and the context we put it in made it truly epic. We’re not really supposed to afford making a music video this cool, but once again we’ve proven what’s possible when you realize your potential and make the most you possibly can of it. When life gives you lemonade, punch life in the face.”
The “Black Waltz” clip, which was directed by Johan Carlén and shot in Sweden’s largest amusement park, features an appearance by the world-famous American circus sideshow Hellzapoppin. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA‘s meet-and-greet, pre-show tuning-room jam and “Through The Never” performance at the May 23 show of the band’s European tour at Vallehovin in Oslo, Norway can be viewed below.
METALLICA performed its top-selling 1991 LP, “Metallica”, a.k.a. “the black album,” in its entirety at the Oslo concert. As they have done on all the shows on their current European tour, the band played the LP backwards, starting with closing number “The Struggle Within” and ending with “Enter Sandman”.
The band’s setlist was as follows:
01. Hit The Lights
02. Master Of Puppets
03. No Remorse
04. For Whom The Bell Tolls
05. Hell And Back
06. The Struggle Within
07. My Friend Of Misery
08. The God That Failed
09. Of Wolf & Man
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Through The Never
12. Don’t Tread On Me
13. Wherever I May Roam
14. The Unforgiven
15. Holier Than Thou
16. Sad But True
17. Enter Sandman
TheyWillRockYou.com conducted an interview with Las Vegas rockers OTHERWISE at this year’s Rocklahoma festival, which took place May 25-27 in Pryor, Oklahoma. You can now watch the chat below.
OTHERWISE‘s debut album, “True Love Never Dies”, sold around 4,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 123 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 2 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.
“True Love Never Dies” was released on May 8 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded with producer Jay Baumgardner (BUSH, LINKIN PARK, PAPA ROACH, INCUBUS) at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California.
“True Love Never Dies” track listing:
01. I
02. Die For You
03. Lighthouse
04. Scream Now
05. Don’t Be Afraid
06. Vegas Girl
07. II
08. Silence Reigns
09. I Don’t Apologize (1000 Pictures)
10. Crimson
11. Full Circle
12. Soldiers (2012 – Remaster)
13. III
14. Heaven (feat. Ashley Costello)
OTHERWISE‘s “Soldiers” single became the first song by an unsigned artist to ever occupy the No. 1 spot on the SiriusXM satellite radio’s Octane channel and has sold over 26,000 singles to date.
“‘For the Warriors who fight and die… so the rest of us may fight to Live.’ This quote, which preludes the video itself, is a direct dedication to the brave men and women who serve in the United States military,” says OTHERWISE vocalist Adrian Patrick of the “Soldiers” video. “Their service allows our country’s citizens to pursue their individual ideas of happiness… this song and video celebrate the beauty that is America. ‘Soldiers’ is an anthem for everyone living on the front-lines of life; every soldier is human, and we’re all human… we are all fighting for something.”
OTHERWISE recently toured with POP EVIL and joined Century Media labelmates LACUNA COIL on the 2012 North American “Dark Legacy” trek.
OTHERWISE features brothers Adrian and Ryan Patrick (guitars/vocals) alongside Flavio Ivan (bass/vocals), Corky Gainsford (drums/vocals) and Vassilios Metropoulos (guitar/vocals).
No stranger to the stage, OTHERWISE has honed its captivating live show playing with such acts as AVENGED SEVENFOLD, KORN, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, PUDDLE OF MUDD, PAPA ROACH, ROB ZOMBIE and the DEFTONES. In addition, Adrian Patrick appeared on IN THIS MOMENT‘s hit duet “The Promise” alongside Maria Brink and spent the summer of 2010 on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour performing the song with the band live.
Extreme metallers from Murcia, (Spain) Dark Confessions, just finished the recording sessions of their crashing debut (untitled for the moment). The album has been recorded in the Ultrasound Studios II deMoita, Portugal, produced by the hands and mind of well known Daniel Cardoso (Noctem, Angelus Apatrida, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Switchtense, etc.). The responsible of the artwork is Marcelo Vasco (Belphegor, Soulfly, Noctem, Satyricon, Keep of Kalessin, etc.).
Release date will be announced soon. It will take place between September and October 2012.
In words of the band: “Our new album is going to be much more brutal, technical and faster than our previous EP, not forgetting the mix of styles that defines Dark Confessions music”.
Ozzy Osbourne impersonator Little Ozzy auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” last night in front of Ozzy‘s wife, Sharon Osbourne, who is one of the judges on the talent competition. He sang “Mama I’m Comin’ Home” — a song Ozzy wrote especially for her.
“I have to tell you something. My husband is away from me right now, and it made me miss him even more by you singing me that song, so I really thank you,” Sharon said before declining to let him through to the next round.
Check out video footage of Little Ozzy‘s performance below.
Little Ozzy was created by Lin Doak, 45, an ex-MINIKISS member who left the band after four years of touring the country with them to create a new live act.
Lin Doak is 4 feet and 8 inches short. He looks and sounds remarkably like Ozzy Osbourne. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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