Geramn Power Metalers, IRON SAVIOR are going to release their new album “The Landing” in North America on January 17th, 2012. The band has released the album on November 18th in Europe via AFM Records.
The Landing tracklisting:
‘Descending’
‘The Savior’
‘Starlight’
‘March Of Doom’
‘Heavy Metal Never Dies’
‘Moment In Time’
‘Hall Of The Heroes’
‘R. U. Ready’
‘Faster Than All’
‘Before The Pain’
‘No Guts No Glory’
IRON MAIDEN’s Bruce Dickinson, JETHRO TULL frontman Ian Anderson and Justin Hayward of the MOODY BLUES performed for the first time together under the name Canterbury Rocks At Christmas, on Saturday, December 10th at the Canterbury Cathedral Nave in Kent, England in support of The Canterbury Gift, which raises funds for the ongoing renovation work on the cathedral.
Video footage from the event can be seen below:
The Canterbury Cathedral Appeal was launched to protect and enhance Canterbury Cathedral’s future as a religious, heritage and cultural centre. Every five years the cathedral carries out a major structural review. The last so-called Quinquennial made it very clear that a combination of centuries of weathering, pollution and constant use had taken its toll on the building and there were some serious problems at Canterbury Cathedral that needed urgent action.
Much of the cathedral’s stonework is damaged and crumbling, the roofs are leaking and much of the stained glass is badly corroded. It is thought that if action is not taken now, the rate of decay and damage being inflicted on the building will increase dramatically with potentially disastrous results, including closure of large sections of the cathedral in order to guarantee the safety of the million plus worshippers, pilgrims and tourists who visit the cathedral every year.
Ian Anderson spoke of the importance of supporting Canterbury Cathedral recently: “If our generation and the future generations don’t do it, then it will be lost,” he said. “There is a real parallel regarding the preservation of our great buildings, and the greater sense of conserving our world. We need a huge change of thinking about the stewardship of our planet and all it contains, both natural and man-made. Canterbury Cathedral is a place for life today. But it is also a place for the future and, whether you are a Christian or not, it is a place which should remain forever close to our hearts.”
Source: Bravewords.com
METALCAMP OPEN AIR FESTIVAL announce that American metalers, MACHINE HEAD confirmed for METALCAMP 2012 that it will be on August 05th – 11th 2012 in Tolmin,Slovenia.
The bands have been confirmed for METALCAMP 2012:
For more details:
www.metalcamp.com
ARCH ENEMY have announced that their show in Cologne on December 13th will be filmed for a future DVD release. ARCH ENEMY will be supported by label mates Warbringer and Taiwan’s premiere metal act Chthonic.
“2011 is my 10-year-anniversary with ARCH ENEMY. I want to celebrate this with a very special event – we will film my hometown show in Cologne, Essigfabrik, Germany 13 Dec 2011 for our upcoming ‘World Khaos Tour’ DVD release! We aim to capture the live insanity of my fellow German metal-heads as intensely as possible with cameras in the middle of the moshpit, in the front row, over, under, left, right and center. We want your blood, your sweat, your passion and get every last drop of it on celluloid! The awesome Filmefahrer Pictures team will make this an unforgettable shooting – so be there and become immortalized!!!” Angela Gossow said.
Khaos Over Europe 2011
ARCH ENEMY
* special guests: Warbringer & Chthonic + local support band
presented by Metal Hammer (Germany), Guitar (Germany), Metal.de (Germany), Aardschok (NL)
For more details:
ANIMETAL USA / IMPELLITTERI guitarist Chris Impellitteri has checked in with the following update.
“Hello Friends,
I want to thank Young Guitar Magazine for putting me on the cover of their upcoming January 2012 issue! I am honored to be on the cover once again. I think this is like the seventh or eighth time which is really cool. Young Guitar Magazine always have fantastic coverage of many of my personal favorite guitarists like VAN HALEN, RANDY RHOADS, RITCHIE BLACKMORE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MICHAEL SCHENKER, JOHNY SYKES, PAUL GILBERT, ULI JON ROTH, etc… including each players technique, live rig, and instruments. Definitely a very cool magazine.
The cover story is going to feature both Impellitteri and a new band I play guitar in called Animetal USA, which also features Rudy Sarzo on bass, Mike Vescera on vocals, and Scott Travis on drums. The Young Guitar cover is going to be split in to two sections which will feature me as Chris Impellitteri on the right side ,and then me in my Animetal character on the left side. For the Impellitteri section, Young Guitar will be covering the Impellitteri Black EP I recorded with vocalist Rob Rock and Loni Silva, and features songs like ‘Burning’, ‘Lost In The Rain’, and ‘Playing With Fire’. This record was our very first recording and me and the band obviously took everything too the limit musically. I actually have fond memories of this time period, especially since we were so into pushing the boundaries of shredding, screaming, and musical aggression. I think Sony will be re-releasing this EP around April 2012.
For the Animetal USA section Sony is currently promoting our new record which just go released in October. We entered the charts at #1 for metal and #2 for international artists, which shocked all of us. So, thanks for the support friends! We also premiered the band live at Loud Park this year in front of 11,000 fans. It rocked!!! Animetal USA is definitely the strangest band I have been involved with, but it is really insane sounding especially since we are crossing original music with classic Anime themes. I am also very impressed with how well the band plays together. Definitely a lot of energy when the four of us play!
See you guys soon on tour!”
Source: Bravewords.com
German Symphonic Metal Band, EPICA have updated their official facebook page with this: “We have a question to our fans. Nuclear Blast has asked us what we think of the idea to create a special edition of the new album, Requiem For The Indifferent, with a bonus CD containing orchestral versions of the songs. Our labelmates NIGHTWISH have done this as well. If you guys like this idea we’ll make it happen.”
Epica will release their new album, Requiem For The Indifferent, in Europe via Nuclear Blast on March 9th, 2012. The album will be released in North America on March 13th, 2012.
Click here and visit their official facebook page.
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