Montreality recently conducted an interview with bassist Martín Méndez of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now watch the chat below.
OPETH has just completed a North America co-headlining tour with MASTODON. The trek kicked off on April 4 in Portland, Maine, and visited more than 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up at Atlanta’s Masquerade on May 12. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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The original lineup of BLACK SABBATH — who late last year confirmed the recording of their first new album in more than 33 years and a worldwide headlining tour — had to put some plans on hold due to guitarist Tony Iommi‘s battle with lymphoma. At this time, BLACK SABBATH will perform only one show of this summer’s previously scheduled European tour. It will take place Sunday, June 10 at the U.K.’s Download festival.
So as not to let the promoters and fans down, SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne is now performing the majority of the previously scheduled BLACK SABBATH European dates (both festival performances and the headlining shows) billed as OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS. These “first-ever” OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS shows are featuring appearances by “special guest” musicians, including Geezer Butler (who is joining Ozzy for a special BLACK SABBATH set as a show of respect and support to their friend, Tony Iommi) and longtime former Ozzy bandmember Zakk Wylde. In addition, Ozzy is being accompanied by longtime collaborator and friend Slash at select shows, with other “special guests” set to join the tour at various stops along the way (full list of dates, appearances below).
The first OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS concert took place yesterday (Wednesday, May 23) at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.
According to Soundi.fi, the setlist for the show was as follows:
Ozzy Osbourne (vocals)
Gus G. (guitar)
Rob “Blasko” Nicholson (bass)
Tommy Clufetos (drums)
01. Bark At The Moon
02. Mr. Crowley
03. Suicide Solution
04. The Ultimate Sin
05. I Don’t Know
06. Killer Of Giants
07. Shot In The Dark
08. Rat Salad
Blasko goes off stage, Geezer Butler comes on
09. Iron Man (BLACK SABBATH)
10. War Pigs (BLACK SABBATH)
11. N.I.B. (BLACK SABBATH)
Gus G. goes off stage, Zakk Wylde comes on
12. Fairies Wear Boots (BLACK SABBATH)
13. Into The Void (BLACK SABBATH)
Geezer Butler goes off stage, Blasko comes back on
14. Road To Nowhere
15. I Don’t Wanna Change The World
16. Fire In The Sky
17. Crazy Train
18. Mama I’m Coming Home
Geezer Butler and Gus G. come back on stage
19. Paranoid (BLACK SABBATH)
In a recent interview with The Nervous Breakdown, Zakk Wylde stated about the setlist for the upcoming OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS shows, “[Current Ozzy bandmembers] Gus G., Blasko and Tommy [Clufetos] are coming out and doing a bunch of tunes, then I come out with Blasko and Tommy and we end up doing a bunch of stuff from the era when I was with The Boss, from ‘No Rest For The Wicked’ all the way through everything I’ve ever done with him. Then Geezer [Butler, BLACK SABBATH bassist] comes out and we do a bunch of SABBATH stuff and at the end, Slash and everybody — Geezer, Slash, Gus — and we all play ‘Paranoid’.”
Remaining OZZY OSBOURNE & FRIENDS tour dates:
May 25 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stadium
May 27 – Jelling, Denmark – Jelling Festival
May 29 – Bergen, Norway – Bergen Calling Festival
May 31 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
Jun. 02 – Malmo, Sweden – Malmo Stadium
Jun. 04 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle
Jun. 06 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena
Jun. 15 – Vitoria, Spain – Azkena Rock Festival
Jun. 17 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
Jun. 22 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun. 24 – Milan, Italy – Gods of Metal Festival
Jun. 26 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
Jun. 28 – Belgrade, Serbia – USCE Park
Jul. 01 – Athens, Greece – Rockwave Festival – Terra
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Legendary Swedish death metallers GRAVE have finished mastering their new album, “Endless Procession Of Souls”, for a fall 2012 release via Century Media Records. The band recorded 12 songs — nine new tracks plus three “very special” cuts — at their own Studio Soulless for the CD< which was previously described by GRAVE guitarist/vocalist Ola Lindgren: “a mix of our latest two releases with some more old-school, groovy ‘Soulless’ parts.”
GRAVE recently parted ways with its guitarist of three years, Magnus Martinsson.
GRAVE‘s current lineup is as follows:
Ola Lindgren – Guitar/Vocals
Mika Lagrén – Guitar
Ronnie Bergerstål – Drums
Tobias Cristiansson – Bass
GRAVE‘s November 12, 2011 concert at Club Distortion/Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden was filmed for future release. The band celebrated the 20th anniversary of its classic 1991 debut album, “Into The Grave”, by performing the LP in its entirety, along with “another handful classic tunes.”
GRAVE in September 2011 completed a North American headlining tour with support from BLOOD RED THRONE, PATHOLOGY and GIGAN. Source: Blabbermouth.net
AEROSMITH will release its long-awaited 15th studio album, “Music From Another Dimension”, on August 28 via Columbia Records. The first song to be made available from the CD is a reworked version of the band’s 1991 outtake “Legendary Child”, which was originally written during the “Get A Grip” sessions. The track, which can be streamed below, will also be included in the upcoming summer film “GI Joe: Retaliation”, set to arrive in theaters around the U.S. on June 29.
http://soundcloud.com/aerosmith/legendary-child
“Music From Another Dimension” track listing:
01. What Could Have Been Love
02. Beautiful
03. Street Jesus
04. Legendary Child
05. Oh Yeah
06. We All Fall Down
07. Another Last Goodbye
08. Out Go the Lights
09. Love Three Times a Day (Hello Goodbye)
10. Closer
11. Shakey Ground
12. Lover A Lot
13. Freedom Fighter
14. Up On The Mountain
AEROSMITH began work on its first all-new album since 2001 last year, with the rest of the band working on music while singer Steven Tyler made his “American Idol” debut.
“Music From Another Dimension” is being helmed by producer Jack Douglas, who previously worked with AEROSMITH on classic early albums like “Toys In The Attic” and “Rocks” as well as on 2004’s “Honkin’ On Bobo”.
“This record is different from the recent past, say the last 20 years, where everybody is getting in the studio and throwing down their songs,” guitarist Joe Perry recently told Billboard.com. “This record is a lot more band-written stuff than there has been in the recent past.”
AEROSMITH‘s “The Global Warming” tour will kick it off on June 16 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and wrap up on August 8 in Tacoma, Washington.
“This tour, in addition to a couple songs we know we’re going to play from the new record, we want to bring out songs we just haven’t played for years,” Perry told Billboard.com. “We’ll be playing some of those — songs that were staples in the sets back in the old days that will be new songs to a lot of people if they don’t know the albums.” Source: Blabbermouth.net
NUCLEAR BLAST has issued the following:
Metal queen DORO PESCH – who recently revealed first details on the upcoming EP “Raise Your Fist In The Air” (out on the 3rd of August) and her new album “Raise Your Fist”, due to be released on the 19th of October 2012 – will embark on a big European tour in November and December. Check out the tour dates below! Czech metallers SEVEN, whose brilliant record “Freedom Call” was released via Nuclear Blast Records on the 2nd of September 2011, have just been confirmed as special guests for the whole tour. Together, DORO and SEVEN will unleash a furious thunderstorm of pure premium heavy metal anthems – if you miss it, you’ll regret it!
15.11. D Kiel – Max
16.11. D Bremen – Aladin
17.11. NL Tilburg – O13
18.11. B Antwerp – Trix
20.11. UK London – Garage
21.11. F Paris – Divan Du Monde
23.11. ES Pamplona – Totem
24.11. ES Madrid – Arena
25.11. ES Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2
27.11. CH Pratteln – Z7
28.11. D Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
30.11. D Memmingen – Kaminwerk
01.12. AT Wien – Scene
02.12. HU Budapest – Club 202
04.12. CZ Prag – Retro Music Hall
06.12. D Bochum – Zeche
07.12. D Karlsruhe – Substage
08.12. D Vacha – Vachwerk
09.12. D Berlin – Huxleys Neue Welt
Platinum PR is happy to present you, loud and brandnew album from the North of Germany: “As Centuries Collide” by ELEGY REMAINS! Release: June 15th 2012 self-released, available on Itunes, Amazon etc. Label/Distribution: Office 4 Music.
Elegy Remains is a young modern metal/core band from Emden, Germany. After their live debut EP in 2010 and many intense & heavy live shows with well-known metal acts on one stage, Elegy Remains are finally, supported by the fantastic Wacken Foundation, to release their full-length debut album “As Centuries Collide” on June 15th!
For more information, please visit: http://www.elegyremains.com
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