Hadi Sarieddine, guitarist, co-vocalist and producer of Dubai based metallers BENEVOLENT, has released a cover version of the track ‘State Of Trust’ by DARK TRANQUILLITY. Check it out below:
DARK TRANQUILLITY stated via their official Facebook page:
“Check out this AWESOME “State of trust” cover by Hari Sarieddine of Benevolent. One of the best D.T. interpretations we’ve ever heard.”
Heavy metal cooking show Headbanger’s Kitchen hosted by DEMONIC RESURRECTION frontman Demonstealer has released a new episode from their ‘Uncooked’ series. The Uncooked series is a mini episode which features artist interviews without any cooking. The first episode features ex-Demonic Resurrection lead guitarist Daniel Kenneth Rego who discusses his love for tea and also brews up the perfect cup.
Metal legends ACCEPT have posted links for purchasing tickets for their first “Blind Rage” tour dates, which starts in September. Check the band’s official website for more details.
““Something happened to us, something subliminal and impetuous,” commented main composer Wolf Hoffmann. “It is wild and scary and it’s called “Blind Rage”!”“
As previously announced, ACCEPT revealed the title of their upcoming studio album to be “Blind Rage,” which will be released on 18th July. “Blind Rage” just like its two predecessors has been produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap.
For a new interview with Andy by Metal Shock Finland‘s Chief Editor, Mohsen Fayyazi, check this location.
Louisiana rockers LILLIAN AXE will release their thirteenth album, “One Night In The Temple”, produced by Steve Blaze, on May 27 via CME Records in the USA and Canada and via Melodic Rock Records in the rest of the world.
An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for “One Night In The Temple” can be seen below.
Performed acoustically in an intimate setting housed in a Masonic Temple in the Bayou with LILLIAN AXE‘s most diehard fans, “One Night In The Temple” features all the band’s hits, including “True Believer”, “Show A Little Love”, “Crucified”, “Misery Loves Company”, “Ghost Of Winter”, “The Great Divide”, “Bow Your Head”, “Waters Rising” and the crowd favorite “Nobody Knows”.
LILLIAN AXE guitarist founder Steve Blaze reflects: “When I first had the idea of putting this show together, it was originally going to be a private 20-person show with acoustic guitars, vocals and no production, however, it took on a life of its own.”
“One Night In The Temple” will be released as three-disc set (2CDs/1DVD and 2CDs/1Blu-ray), housed in an elaborate digipack. Filmed in high definition, the Blu-ray and DVD will contain the acoustic performance, fan question and answer session, videos for the songs “Caged In” and “Death Comes Tomorrow”, live concert footage from the band’s July 4, 2013 performance at the Paragon Casino and behind-the-scenes footage.
“One Night In The Temple” track listing:
Disc 1:
01. Waters Rising
02. Death Comes Tomorrow
03. Ghost Of Winter
04. See You Someday
05. The Great Divide
06. Nocturnal Symphony
07. Sad Day On Planet Earth
08. Bow Your Head
09. Show A Little Love
10. Misery Loves Company
Disc 2:
01. Crucified
02. The World Stopped Turning
03. Dyin’ To Live (Shades Of Blue)
04. Until The End Of The World
05. The Day I Met You
06. The Promised Land
07. Nobody Knows
08. My Apologies
09. True Believer
10. Nobody Knows (Crowd Version)
LILLIAN AXE is Brian Jones (lead vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar and vocals), Sam Poitevent (guitar and vocals), Eric Morris (bass) and Ken Koudelka (drums).
LILLIAN AXE will be touring to support this release this summer.
Indian metal veterans DEMONIC RESURRECTION have just been announced to play at Wacken Open Air 2014. W:O:A is one of the worlds biggest metal festivals with almost 80,000 attendees in the small village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany.
Check out the official statement from Wacken here.
“It’s very hard to put into words exactly how it feels. For us it’s still just a small step forward but when you’ve been busting your ass for 14 years it definitely feels like a big deal, given that it is the coveted ‘Wacken Open Air’ the festival most metal heads dream about playing or attending. It’s definitely going to be a religious experience and we’re going to deliver a kick-ass performance.” said frontman Demonstealer.
DEMONIC RESURRECTION is set to release a new album sometime this year on Candlelight Records worldwide and on Universal Music in India.
As part of our Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore week, we have invited well known names in the world of rock and metal to share their thoughts about Ritchie.
One of the last in the series is guitarist with Swedish metallers WOLF, Simon Johansson. WOLF have just completed working on their next album and Simon brought me up to date before going on to discuss Ritchie.
You can read some excerpts below and listen to the full interview on the audio player:
On WOLF, Simon said “We’ve received the master version of the album, it sounds just fabulous. We have some things to do like finishing off the cover, doing a video and everything that has to be done for the release. For me, it’s really fun to be part of the WOLF music catalogue, as it’s the first album I play on, even though I’ve been in the band for three years almost.”
Discussing Ritchie, Simon expressed “He’s a legend in every aspect. For me the biggest things is RAINBOW, one of my absolute favourite bands of all time. If you have a Top Five list, I always put “Rainbow Rising” on it, it’s one of the best albums ever. The song ‘Stargazer’ is probably the best song ever written.
I really love the way he plays and how he brought the classical style into rock. He inspired guys like Yngwie Malmsteen, who pretty much built all of his style on what Ritchie did, even though he developed it further.
It’s always inspired me in my way of playing, he was a bit responsible for me starting to play guitar. Actually one of the new WOLF songs called ‘The Dark Passenger,’ I do my Ritchie Blackmore tribute on that one – I play the slide solo. I took the idea for the solo from the Ritchie Blackmore catalogue, so that’s my personal tribute to Ritchie. I think when you hear it you’ll see what I mean.”
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