UK metallers PRIMITAI have announced that they will be joining Brazilian metal legends SEPULTURA on their upcoming UK tour.
The band are supporting their new album “Rise Again,” which includes the single “Scream When You See Us,” which as we previously announced, features Richie Faulkner from JUDAS PRIEST.
“It’s truly an honour to share the stage with one of the world’s most iconic metal bands and we can’t wait to get out there and see as many of you as possible.”
An update on the LemmyFacebook page has been posted, regarding the MOTORHEAD frontman’s recent health problems. You can read what manager Todd Singerman stated below from a recent interview:
In June last year, Motorhead front-man, Lemmy Kilmister was taken ill with a haematoma caused by a fall. This combined with the singers unhealthy lifestyle and other health problems – he was fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for an irregular heartbeat shortly before the fall – led to the cancellation of several tour dates. A brave, but premature return to the stage followed, with a performance at Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Unfortunately, Lemmy was still not feeling on top form and the set was cut short. At this point, Motorhead decided to cancel the rest of their summer shows so that Lemmy could recover properly.
Since the band announced their temporary hiatus from touring numerous reports on Lemmy’s health,some conflicting, have surfaced.
The latest update came from Motorhead manager Todd Singerman who talked to Decibel about Lemmy’s trouble with breaking his old hard drinking habits: ”[Lemmy’s] been up and down. He’s got a really bad diabetic problem, and it changes on a daily basis. A lot of it is just fighting the bad habits, the things that he’s not supposed to do anymore. He’s stopped smoking, but he probably sneaks Jack and Coke here and there. He’d be lying to you if he said he stopped. He’s been trying to substitute it with wine, and I’m sure he’s slowed down on the speed. He thinks wine’s better than Jack, but it’s still got tons of sugar, you know? He doesn’t grasp that he’s just trading one demon for the other. That was the compromise with the doctors, by the way — trade the Jack for the wine. But he doesn’t tell them he’s drinking two fucking bottles, either. These are the battles we’re up against. Keep in mind, he’s been doing all this stuff on a daily basis since Hendrix. And it’s coming to roost. It’s sad for him, because he’s gotten away with this stuff for all this time.” “I made them cancel [the European tour], because Lemmy’s not ready. He didn’t wanna cancel. But what was gonna go down is what happened in Europe over the summer. See, he fucked up in Europe. He was supposed to rest for three months, and he refused. He ended up doing that show [Wacken Open Air in August], which he wasn’t supposed to do, and it ended up being 105 degrees out there. He’s playing direct in the fucking sun. The only thing I’m proud of him for is stopping when it didn’t feel good. That was smart of him. The bottom line is that he needs to find a balance and then live that balance for a few months. But we can’t find the balance yet. He has great days and then he fucks it up. And when you fuck up, you go backwards.”
Back in May 2013, vocalist GEOFF TATE (QUEENSRŸCHE) spoke with William Clark at Metal Enthusiast Magazine for what turned out to be a rather evasive interview on Tate’s side (found here). In a review of Tate’s recent Queensrÿche show in Orlando, Clark gives the vocalist his due but claims that Tate attacked him intentionally from the stage.
An excerpt from the review is available below:
“Throughout the past year and a half, or perhaps even more recently due to the upcoming outcome of the Queensrÿche court trial, the members of this lineup have tightened up their act, stayed truer to the original recordings and measured up to the high expectations which come along with taking an iconic album to the stage in its entirety.
Even original lead vocalist Geoff Tate, who has similarly been faced with blinding heat for his live performances, made what appeared to be a conscious effort to match the same high notes he originally emitted back in 1988 with varying success. Occasionally there were some clear highlights from Tate vocally throughout the concert, including a ranging scream during ‘The Needle Lies’, which was met with a surprised reaction from the audience.
Whether this surge of newly found passion can be attributed to vocal lessons, the forthcoming court verdict or the fact that Tate was celebrating his 55th birthday that night, it made a difference from the perspective of an audience member.
The enhanced performances, as well as the gape-eyed stardom which comes along with witnessing a personal longtime favorite album performed live, all of these are qualities which would in most cases add up to an unforgettable Queensrÿche show. And these same features, at least in the eyes of this reviewer, were immediately diminished to lackluster status following an out lash from the band’s front man during ‘Speak’.
Geoff Tate made an intentional move to walk over to the same side of the stage where this photographer was standing during the third full length song of the set, bend down and shove his hand at my camera, with enough force to strike me in the head and knock me back two steps. This is an attack which feels retaliatory following my interview with Tate eight months ago, especially considering I was the only authorized photographer at the event.
Following the assault, it was everything I could do to show restraint and remain professional. However, it made listening to Tate’s speech on ‘refinding his religion’ towards the end of the concert sickening, especially from the standpoint of a dedicated fan. The fact that Geoff Tate would treat not only a fan but a member of the press in such a manner is disturbing.”
Norwegian/American hard rockers TNT played their first official reunion show with singer Tony Harnell this past Friday, January 17 at Gregers Live in Hamar, Norway. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
Harnell confirmed his reunion with TNT in October 2013, explaining in a statement: “After much discussion and lots of soul searching, I’m happy to officially announce that I’ll be back behind the microphone with TNT.
“I’m very proud of all we accomplished over the years and proud to have written and recorded all those great songs with my brother from another mother, Ronni Le Tekrø.
“Sometimes it’s just time to give the fans what they’re asking for.
“2014 is the 25th anniversary of the successful ‘Intuition’ album and we thought it would be a good time to get out and relaunch this little machine for you guys!
“Can’t wait to see you all on tour!”
In August 2013, TNT parted ways with its frontman of the past seven years, British vocalist Tony Mills (ex-SHY). He explained in a statement: “Maybe we did 500 shows or something like that, but not many out of Norway.
“It has been the most prolific live period in my career, and when I felt the stagnancy and the lack of desire to grow and develop any further, I knew my time was done with the band.
“I don’t think it’s sensible to expect new art from the band after thirty years, just a lot of re-living the past and reconstructions of old albums and performances.
“None of us are getting any younger, but I have a great desire to not stop creativity in my life. I hate wasting days and singing songs from the past to satisfy old fans.
“Nostalgia wasn’t doing it for me.
“We were never close as friends or anything like that, so there is no great loss, and I have no doubt they will reform the original lineup and just do the whole thing all over again. I wish them good luck on that. I have other releases to come that excite me much more than that.”
Harnell rejoined TNT on stage for their 30th-anniversary concert on June 2, 2012 at the Clarion Hotel in Trondheim, Norway. The group performed a special setlist while accompanied by the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (Trondheim Symfoniorkester). Also making a special appearance with the band was TNT‘s original singer, Dag Ingebrigtsen.
After leaving TNT in 2006, Harnell was replaced by Mills, who has since appeared on three studio albums from the band: 2007’s “The New Territory”, 2008’s“Atlantis” and 2010’s “A Farewell To Arms”.
Harnell‘s final release as a member of TNT was the “Live in Madrid” DVD, which came out in September 2006 via MTM Music. The set, which was filmed on April 1, 2006 in Madrid, Spain, was accompanied by an 82-minute audio CD plus booklet liner notes from Harnell about his work with the group as well as an additional tour documentary by Darren Paltrowitz.
ANGRA‘s Kiko Loureiro, Jake Bowen of PERIPHERY and Tosin Abasi of ANIMALS AS LEADERS will be an interviewed in a press conference together to announce and introduce their Ibanez signature models. The musicians will talk about their specific guitars, how they came about, their experiences with Ibanez, and many other things.
NAMM 2014 runs from January 23rd – 26th at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.
Where: Hoshino Booth 4634 (Hall C)
Time: 12:15 pm on Friday, January24th
US Olympic gold medalist Billy Demong tunes into his music while he trains for the Olympics – including the JIMI HENDRIX classic ‘Purple Haze’ – which can be heard on the Citi Visa commercial below. The skier is inspired by the famous line “’scuse me while I kiss the sky” which is cranked in the background during a jump!
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
