Guitarist Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI, ANIMETAL USA) has checked in with the following:
“I cannot believe Justin Timberlake just one best Pop Rock artist on the American Music Awards. The music industry is completely controlled and manipulated by businessmen and women. Unfortunately, even the metal community is becoming controlled by the few. I can personally tell you guys for years even my own band has been forced into smaller markets due to rejection from the bigger labels, which is sad when we play circles around 90 percent of these lame ass artists.
I guess I truly owe all of our fans a debt of gratitude for standing by Impellitteri and Animetal. We will continue to play great music and fight this lame ass music industry!”
Eric Blair of “The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show” recently conducted an interview with ANIMETAL USA, the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs. You can now watch the second part of the chat below.
ANIMETAL USA made its U.S. live debut on June 29 at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center at the Main Events/Hall G.
ANIMETAL USA released its self-titled debut album in the U.S. on June 26 via Century Media Records.
The track listing of “Animetal USA” is the same as that of the album that was issued in Japan, but also includes four bonus songs — “Touch”, “JAM Project Medley”, “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (Japanese single version) and “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (English version). “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” is already familiar to anime fans, as it is the opening song to the “Naruto” spin-off, “Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals”.
ANIMETAL USA is:
* Mike Vescera (OBSESSION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS) – Vocals
* Rudy Sarzo (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) – Bass
* Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT) – Drums
* Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI) – Guitar
The drums on ANIMETAL USA‘s debut album were laid down by JUDAS PRIEST‘s Scott Travis. He has since been forced to leave the group due to his touring commitments with PRIEST.
Eric Blair of “The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show” recently conducted an interview with ANIMETAL USA, the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs. You can now watch the chat below.
ANIMETAL USA made its U.S. live debut on June 29 at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center at the Main Events/Hall G.
ANIMETAL USA released its self-titled debut album in the U.S. on June 26 via Century Media Records. A European release date will follow shortly.
The track listing of “Animetal USA” will be the same as that of the album that was issued in Japan, but will also include four bonus songs — “Touch”, “JAM Project Medley”, “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (Japanese single version) and “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (English version). “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” will already be familiar to anime fans, as it is the opening song to the “Naruto” spin-off, “Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals”.
ANIMETAL USA is:
* Mike Vescera (OBSESSION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS) – Vocals
* Rudy Sarzo (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) – Bass
* Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT) – Drums
* Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI) – Guitar
The drums on ANIMETAL USA‘s debut album were laid down by JUDAS PRIEST‘s Scott Travis. He has since been forced to leave the group due to his touring commitments with PRIEST.
ANIMETAL USA — the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs — made its U.S. live debut on June 29 at the Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center at the Main Events/Hall G.
A short video interview with the group and its fans conducted by KawaiiKakkoiiSugoi.com can be seen below.
ANIMETAL USA released its self-titled debut album in the U.S. on June 26 via Century Media Records. A European release date will follow shortly.
The track listing of “Animetal USA” will be the same as that of the album that was issued in Japan, but will also include four bonus songs — “Touch”, “JAM Project Medley”, “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (Japanese single version) and “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (English version). “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” will already be familiar to anime fans, as it is the opening song to the “Naruto” spin-off, “Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals”.
ANIMETAL USA is:
* Mike Vescera (OBSESSION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS) – Vocals
* Rudy Sarzo (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) – Bass
* Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT) – Drums
* Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI) – Guitar
The drums on ANIMETAL USA‘s debut album were laid down by JUDAS PRIEST‘s Scott Travis. He has since been forced to leave the group due to his touring commitments with PRIEST.
ANIMETAL USA — the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs — will have its self-titled debut album released in the U.S. on June 26 via Century Media Records. A European release date will follow shortly thereafter.
The track listing of “Animetal USA” will be the same as that of the album that was issued in Japan, but will also include four bonus songs — “Touch”, “JAM Project Medley”, “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (Japanese single version) and “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” (English version). “Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee” will already be familiar to anime fans, as it is the opening song to the “Naruto” spin-off, “Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals”.
ANIMETAL USA is:
* Mike Vescera (OBSESSION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS) – Vocals
* Rudy Sarzo (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) – Bass
* Jon Dette (SLAYER, TESTAMENT) – Drums
* Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI) – Guitar
ANIMETAL USA will make its U.S. live debut at the Anime Expo on June 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Main Events/Hall G.
Commented Impellitteri: “We will be playing a lot of our metal/anime songs like ‘Mazinger Medley’, ‘Gachaman’, ‘Ai Wo Torimodose’ and ‘Thesis Of A Cruel Angel’, as well as the opening track for the next record titled ‘Touch’, which is pure addrenalin from start to finish.”
And before all this Stateside action for the group, ANIMETAL USA will launch a co-headlining Japanese tour with JAM PROJECT — dubbed the “Japan USA Anison Summit” tour — including the following dates:
June 12 – Zepp Diver City, Tokyo
June 13 – Zepp Diver City, Tokyo
June 15 – Zepp Nagoya
June 16 – Zepp Namba, Osaka
Added Impellitteri: “It is crazy to think we can play arena shows and sell this many records when we are doing something as weird and unique as mixing metal with anime. Very strange to me, but musically this music is really challenging and exciting to perform, especially the first song on our upcoming record titled ‘Touch’. The song has about 40% of an original song we wrote titled ‘The Haunting’. It sounds a bit like an excited up-tempo BLACK SABBATH! The ‘Touch’ guitar solo is insane to play! It reminds me of the Randy Rhoads classic solo ‘Mr. Crowley’, which burns in the intro and then becomes very orchestrated on the second half. I definitely was listening to Randy a lot when I recorded this record… ha ha! Mike, Rudy, and Jon are also killing it on this record. Amazing rhythm section. Tight and powerful! And, as always, Mike has got walls of awesome vocals all over this record with great melody and range. The dude belongs with the THREE TENORS.
He added, “The next record which will be released towards early summer has a bit more of a commercial sound to it, with the exception of few crazy, balls-out-metal songs like ‘Touch’!”
The drums on ANIMETAL USA‘s debut album were laid down by JUDAS PRIEST‘s Scott Travis. He has since been forced to leave the group due to his touring commitments with PRIEST.
ANIMETAL USA / IMPELLITTERI guitarist Chis Impellitteri has issued the following update:
“Hello Friends,
Animetal USA will be playing our first US live concert at the Los Angeles, California Convention center held in late June and early July of 2012! We will be playing a lot of our metal /anime songs like ‘Mazinger Medley’, ‘Gachaman’, ‘Ai Wo Torimodose’ and ‘Thesis Of A Cruel Angel’, as well as the opening track for the next record titled ‘Touch’, which is pure addrenalin from start to finish. Mike, myself, Rudy, and Jon look forward to seeing you guys! The information for the show is available here.
Also, according to our Sony team the first Animetal USA album has officially been certified Gold! So thanks for the support friends, we greatly appreciate it! It is crazy to think we can play arena shows and sell this many records when we are doing something as weird and unique as mixing metal with anime. Very strange to me, but musically this music is really challenging and exciting to perform, especially the first song on our upcoming record titled ‘Touch’. The song has about 40% of an original song we wrote titled ‘The Haunting’. It sounds a bit like an excited up-tempo BLACK SABBATH! The ‘Touch’ guitar solo is insane to play! It reminds me of the Randy Rhoads classic solo ‘Mr. Crowley’, which burns in the intro and then becomes very orchestrated on the 2nd half. I definitely was listening to Randy a lot when I recorded this record… ha ha!
Mike, Rudy, and Jon are also killing it on this record. Amazing rhythm section. Tight and powerful! And, as always Mike has got walls of awesome vocals all over this record with great melody and range. The dude belongs with the THREE TENORS.
The next record which will be released towards early summer has a bit more of a commercial sound to it, with the exception of few crazy balls out metal songs like ‘Touch’!
Hope you guy enjoy! It should be a lot of fun.”
As previously reported, Animetal USA will release their second album, entitled Animetal USA W, on June 6th in Japan.
The tracklisting:
‘Touch’ (TV anime Touch OP)
‘Cat’s Eye’ (TV anime Cat’s Eye OP)
Hero Medley:
– ‘Devilman no Uta’ (TV anime Devilman OP)
‘Let’s go Rider Kick’ (TV tokusatsu Kamen Rider OP)
‘Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3’ (TV tokusatsu Kamen Rider V3 OP)
‘Himitsu Sentai Goranger’ (TV tokusatsu Himitsu Sentai Goranger ED)
– ‘Ultra Seven no Uta’ (TV tokusatsu Ultra Seven OP)
Dragon Ball Medley:
– ‘Cha-la Head-cha-la’ (TV anime Dragon Ball Z 1st OP)
– ‘We Gotta Power’ (TV anime Dragon Ball Z 2nd OP)
‘Galaxy Express 999’ (movie Galaxy Express 999 theme song)
‘We Are!’ (TV anime One Piece 1st OP)
‘Yuzurenai Negai’ (TV anime Magic Knight Rayearth OP)
Girl’s Anime Medley:
– ‘Moonlight Densetsu’ (TV anime Sailor Moon OP)
– ‘Cutie Honey’ (TV anime Cutie Honey OP)
– ‘Attack No. 1 theme’ (TV anime Attack No. 1 OP)
– ‘Himitsu no Akko-chan’ (TV anime Himitsu no Akko-chan OP)
– ‘Mahoutsukai Sally’ (TV anime Mahoutsukai Sally OP)
‘Ai Oboeteimasuka/Do You Remember Love?’ (movie Macross: Do You Remember Love? theme song)
JAM Project Medley:
– ‘Vanguard~Max On~Skill’
‘Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee’ (TV anime Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals OP)
Source: Bravewords.com
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