June 20th Sao Paulo based Hardcore Thrash Icons SEPULTURA performed on main stage at Hellfest in Clisson (France). Check out the professionally filmed video footage of their performance.
June 20th Sao Paulo based Hardcore Thrash Icons SEPULTURA performed on main stage at Hellfest in Clisson (France). Check out the professionally filmed video footage of their performance.
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In this week’s Metal XS, the crew went to Hellfest Open Air Festival in Clisson, France. Below is the first of a three-part special report to be unfolded in the following weeks.
This episode features interviews with: DEF LEPPARD’s Phil Collen, Vinnie Paul from HELLYEAH, Vinnie Stigma of AGNOSTIC FRONT, Mille Petrozza from KREATOR, Jay Jay French of TWISTED SISTER, Biff Byford from SAXON, AVANTASIA and KISSIN’ DYNAMITE.
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Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD were joined by their former bassist Jason Newsted and DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo during their June 23 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
Newsted joined VOIVOD in 2002 and served as producer for the metal legends’ self-titled album in 2003 on the Chophouse Records label (in association with Surfdog Records).
Longtime friends and pioneers of metal music, Newsted and original VOIVOD vocalist Snake (a.k.a. Denis Belanger), guitarist Piggy (a.k.a. Denis D’Amour), and drummer Away (a.k.a. Michel Langevin) first began working together at Newsted‘s Chophouse studio in 1995, intent on keeping the music alive between busy touring schedules. However, with Newsted‘s departure from METALLICA in January 2001, he was free to join VOIVOD as a full-fledged member and would remain involved with the group until 2008.
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Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA) joined reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT on stage this past Saturday, June 22 at Hellfest in Clisson, France to perform the band’s classic song “Fast As A Shark”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below.
ACCEPT‘s April 12 concert at Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile was professionally filmed for the band’s forthcoming DVD.
During a recent interview with Radio Futuro, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann revealed that ACCEPT is planning to enter the studio soon to begin work on the follow-up to 2012’s “Stalingrad”. “We’re currently gathering material,” he said. “We’re writing stuff actively, so give us a few more months, and hopefully, by the end of the year, we ‘ll have enough material to actually start working on a new studio album. But it won’t be long. I can’t guarantee when exactly it’s gonna be happening, but we wanna definitely go back to the studio as soon as we can.”
“Stalingrad” sold around 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 81 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous CD, “Blood Of The Nations”, opened with around 2,900 units back in September 2010 to land at No. 187.
“Stalingrad” was released on April 6, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was once again helmed by British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY), who worked on the band’s critically acclaimed comeback effort, “Blood Of The Nations”.
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DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell, who revealed earlier in the month that he is currently undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, debuted his new look when DEF LEPPARD kicked off its short run of summer festival dates this past Friday, June 21 at Hellfest in Clisson, France. You can see fan-filmed video footage of the performance below.
During a June 14 interviewed on Eddie Trunk‘s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM, Vivian stated about his cancer battle: “I have Hodgkin’s lymphoma; it’s a kind of blood cancer. And what alerted me to the fact that something was amiss was, pretty much exactly a year ago, we were in rehearsals for the DEF LEPPARD summer tour and I developed this cough and it just wouldn’t go away. Some days it was more pleasant than others, but for the most part, I was coughing 24/7, and I just went to a few doctors and they couldn’t diagnose what was going on until they actually had a look at my chest and realized that I had enlarged lymph nodes. So I got my diagnosis, actually, just before we started, when we were in rehearsal for the Vegas shows this past March and April. And as soon as those shows were finished, I started my chemotherapy treatment, so I’m just over two months into the chemo and is going remarkably well. I’ve got to say I feel so much better, actually, since the first chemo treatment. I stopped coughing and I definitely feel like I have a lot more energy as a result of that. So obviously, there’s a lot of side effects from doing chemo, as I’m sure a lot of your listeners know. Which is one thing that’s actually really resonated with me as a result of going public with this is how many other people suffer from cancer of different shapes and forms, you know. It’s, unfortunately, a very prevalent disease.”
He added: “For me, I did kind of want to not go public with it at first, because it is a weird kind of thing. You’ve got to kind of learn to deal with it on your own terms before you can address the rest of the world about it. So, you know, I feel very comfortable going public about it. For the first couple months, I even tried to keep it from my children, because they were still in school and doing exams and stuff and I didn’t want to add to their concerns. But after a while, it’s inevitable that you, you know, something’s going on and you have to kind of come out with it and kind of explain what the situation is. But I’m very comfortable with it. I’m very comfortable with the treatment. I’m very comfortable with how my body is reacting to it. Obviously, it’s done a number on my hair so I’m a bit more Joe Satriani these days. I’m hoping that means I’m going to play even more notes like Joe.”
NeKronos Promotion has issued as follows:
Hey folks! We have sensational news for you. HATE have been confirmed to take part in this year’s edition of Hellfest Open Air (Clisson, France). The band will perform on Friday, 21-st on the stage TEMPLE. Do not miss that !!! More good news to come pretty soon!
More Live shows for HATE:
Jul 26 – Rock im Betonwerk – Chemnitz – Germany
Aug 09 – Brutal Assault Open Air – Jaromer – Czech Rep
Aug 16 – Gothoom O.A. Fest – Bana – Slovakia
Aug 17 – Summer Breeze Open Air – Germany
Aug 24 – Cieszanów Rock Fest – Cieszanów – Poland
Aug 31 – Rock am Wehr – Jena – Germany
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