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Switchblade Rosie: Premiere ‘Nocturnal Guest’ Music Video

Posted by Stargazer on April 24, 2012

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Progressive metallers Switchblade Rosie are premiering the music video for their song ‘Nocturnal Guest’, The video can be seen below.

‘Nocturnal Guest’ is the title track off the band’s new EP, released this March 17th.

The video was written and directed by the band’s vocalist, Chris Aaron. The following statement from Aaron describes the details surrounding the production and release of the project:

“I wrote the entire screen play to coincide with the lyrics of the song. The video and song are basically about a man who is possessed not only by his inner anguish but by actual demons. While possessed, the main character beats, tortures, and murder’s his victim in a fit of violent rage, he does all this with no remorse or recollection of his malicious acts. Through out the song he has moments of reality where he realizes to an extent what he is actually doing. During the climax of the video he realizes that the only way to get the demon out of his being is by ending his own life and the life of the demonic force within him.

This song was a lot fun to write because it gave me the chance to write from two different perspectives. You’ll notice during the heavier parts of the song there are glimpses of a “hell like” scene. The success of this part of the video is all due to a local suspension group named SBS (Sick Boyz Suspension) as well as local Sideshow acts such as The Captain’s Sideshow, and The Oh No Variety Show. There’s live human suspension, a flesh pull, fire breathing, a bed of glass, as well as several girls from a local promotional/modelling group called The Painted Dolls. The great part about this video is that each time you watch it you are going to catch something that you did not see before.

While this video has been my brain child and an expression of my creativity, I, nor do any of the other members of the band condone violence towards women or violence of any nature. This video could not have turned out as well as it did without the help and support of local Oklahoma artists. We as a band are extremely grateful and humbled by the amount of energy, blood, sweat and tears that went into creating this project. We take pride in the knowing that there has not been a video project quite like this to have come out of the local Oklahoma music scene.“

DREAM THEATER Forced To Cancel Beijing Show

Posted by Stargazer on April 23, 2012

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DREAM THEATER have been forced to cancel their upcoming Beijing show. A band update reads: “Due to circumstances beyond the control of we are forced to cancel the show on May 4th, at the Century Theatre. Unfortunately the local organizers of the show were not able to secure the necessary
working visas in time for the band to properly enter the country. We at Dream Theater are truly sorry for any inconveniences.”

Dream Theater recently announced a second North American leg of a world tour in support of their new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Joining Dream Theater, starting June 19th in Columbus, Ohio and for the rest of the tour, is special guest CRIMSON PROJEKCT featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. They’ll be performing the songs of progressive rock legends KING CRIMSON.

The North American tour scedule is now as follows:

June
15 – Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory
16 – Montebello, QC – D-TOX Rockfest
17 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark
19 – Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion
21 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
22 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
24 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
26 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theater
27 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
28 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theater

July
1 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
2 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
3 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove of Anaheim
5 – El Paso, TX – Abraham Chavez Theatre
6 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theater
7 – Austin, TX – ACL Live
9 – Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre
12 – Richmond, VA – The National
13 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
14 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
16 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
18 – Huntington, NY – Paramount Theater
19 – Huntington, NY – Paramount Theater
21 – Chester, PA – Harrah’s Chester Downs

Source: Bravewords.com

SLAUGHTER – 25th Anniversary Edition Of Strappado Available

Posted by Stargazer on April 23, 2012

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Legendary Canuck thrash/death innovators SLAUGHTER have issued a 25th Anniversary two-CD set of their 1987 full-length debut Strappado. The release also contains their rare demos – 1984’s Meatcleaver and Bloody Karnage and 1985’s Surrender or Die – and unreleased live material from 1986 opening up for CELTIC FROST in Toronto. The limited anniversary release also features new cover art by Eric”Rot” Engelmann.
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STEVEN ADLER On AXL ROSE – “I Have No Desire To Know Him Or Work With Him Or Do Anything With Him Again”

Posted by Stargazer on April 23, 2012

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ADLER/former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler spoke with Andy Greene from Rolling Stone about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony which was held in Cleveland on April 14th.

Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Rolling Stone: How did the induction ceremony go for you?
Adler: “It was the greatest way to end that chapter of my life. It couldn’t have gone better. It ended that chapter of my life great, and it’s starting this new chapter of my life, with my new band, even bigger and better. It’s very exciting. It’s fucking exciting. Life is exciting again.”

Rolling Stone: You think the Guns N’ Roses chapter is closed?
Adler: “That’s done. That’s totally out of my system. I was hoping that the five of us would have been there to play and show our respect to the fans, but the three of us who really do care about what our fans think and how much they’ve done for us were there, and we showed our love and respect. In my thank-you speech, I ended it with the words of the late, great Freddie Mercury. ‘I’ve taken my bows, my curtain calls, you’ve brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, and I thank you all.’ I think that says it. It couldn’t have gone better. I showed my thanks and my love. Slash is really the main person from that band that is really super-duper…they’re all important, but Slash is the most important, because we grew up together, we started the whole thing together, so it was really great ending that chapter with him.”

Rolling Stone: How did it feel playing those songs with Slash and Duff again?
Adler: “It was great, and Myles Kennedy did a fabulous job…This is the only thing I’m going to say about Axl, and this is the last thing I’m ever going to say, ever, you’re getting it, is I feel blessed and thankful that he was a part of my life for that chapter of my life, but that’s it. That’s it. I have no desire to know him or work with him or do anything with him again. Letting go of that was like a huge weight was lifted off my body. I feel fucking free. Yay!”

Rolling Stone: You and all the fans have wanted that reunion for years. That desire is gone on your part?
Adler: “Yeah, it’s gone. If it was going to happen, that’s when it was going to happen, and in Axl’s letter, he showed his true colors to the world. After that, that’s it. Like I said, the main person I wanted to end that chapter with, and I’m going to start a new chapter with, was Slash.”

HELLOWEEN Start Pre-Production For New Album

Posted by Stargazer on April 23, 2012

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The HELLOWEEN machine is on a roll again and the the recordings for the follow-up to 2010’s 7 Sinners will run until the end of 2012 with a tentative release being early 2013.

Says guitarist Michael Weikath: “Right now we are busy with finalizing the songwriting process and are getting ready to take the accumulated ideas into a final selection for the new record. Everybody in the band is excited and eager to take what we have worked on so far to the next level.”

According to a press release, “The new production will again be helmed by long-time producer Charlie Bauerfeind and will of course contain all the trademarks. Already in this early stage the new effort promises to be much more than a fine follow-up to the highly acclaimed Gambling With The Devil and 7 Sinners albums. Bombastic epic pieces have been worked on as well as ultrafast heavy songs and mid-tempo anthems.”

Stay tuned for more news from the studio.
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FIREWIND: “Wall Of Sound” digital single out NOW

Posted by Stargazer on April 23, 2012

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Greek melodic Metallers FIREWIND, lead by guitar wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band-member Gus G., are soon to unleash their newest studio album effort “Few Against Many” on May 21^st, 2012 in via Century Media Records in Europe. The album release is preceded by a digital release of the album’s 1^st single, “Wall Of Sound”, which is out now.

As one of several digital retail platform options, you can get it via Itunes by clicking here: http://itunes.apple.com/album/wall-of-sound-single/id515523878

FIREWIND had recently launched special online trailer as teaser for the “Wall Of Sound” digital single and “Few Against Many” album release. Check out teaser snippets of the songs “Wall Of Sound” and “Losing my Mind” within the clip below:

The final tracklisting of the upcoming album will be as follows:

FIREWIND – “Few Against Many”
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 will be available in the CD format as well as LP and also as Digital Download, “Few Against Many” will also be released as limited edition Digipak CD with two special bonus tracks: “Battleborn” and an acoustic version of “No Heroes, No Sinners”.

In the light of the upcoming new album’s release, the band has recently announced the first dates for their main European tour to promote “Few Against Many” for September/October together with Leaves’ Eyes and several appearances at prestigious European Summer festivals, including a freshly confirmed date for July 18^th in the band’s Greek hometown Thessaloniki, at Mylos Open Air. Here are all upcoming FIREWIND shows:

FIREWIND – Live 2012:

08.-10.06. Donington Park (UK) – Download Festival / www.downloadfestival.co.uk

12.-15.07. Vizovice (Czech Republic) – Masters Of Rock Festival / www.mastersofrock.cz

18.07. Thessaloniki (Greece) – Mylos Open Air

28.07. Rotterdam (The Netherlands) – Roadgrill Festival / www.roadgrill.nl

16.-18.08. Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air / www.summer-breeze.de

24.08. Beijing (China) – Star Live
25.08. Shanghai (China) – Mao Livehouse
26.08. Taipei (Taiwan) – Hwa Sha Auditorium

FIREWIND & LEAVES’ EYES – “Few Against Many” European Tour 2012:

25.09. Paris (France) – Divan du Monde

26.09. Colmar (France) – Le Grillen

27.09. Bochum (Germany) – Matrix

28.09. Hamburg (Germany) – Knust