YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ANGRA, MOKOMA and LOST SOCIETY are the latest acts confirmed for Japan’s Loud Park 2013 which runs on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th in Saitama City at the Saitama Super Arena.
Other bands confirmed for the festival include: AMORPHIS, BEHEMOTH, BREAKING ARROWS, BRING ME THE HORIZON, CROSSFAITH, ENFORCER, EUROPE, KING DIAMOND, LAST IN LINE, LORDI, LOST SOCIETY, MOKOMA, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS with Chester Bennington, STRATOVARIUS, THERION, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, TRIVIUM
Loud Park 2013 features 24 bands on two different stages over two days. Ticket information will be available soon. For event details visit LoudPark.com.
Welcome To The Machine is a documentary analysis of the functionality in music business. This automatically makes the film a 100% documentary with comedy and drama, as well as 100% semi-investigative. In 12 chapters the filmmakers are trying to answer the question what the everyday work life of a music star looks like.
What do you have to consider when starting a band? What is a manager actually doing? How do music media, band contests and other promotion strategies work? But most of all: Is there a formula for success? The film gives a clear answer to that, although that is to say that there are as many formulas for success as there are artists/bands. This is clearly shown in all the interviews, which have been taken with national and international stars during the production of Welcome To The Machine.
Interviews with artists: AMORPHIS, BUCKCHERRY, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, DANKO JONES, DISTURBED, HALESTORM, HELLOWEEN, LACUNA COIL, LORDI, MEGADETH, NAZARETH, PAPA ROACH, PARADISE LOST, URIAH HEEP.
The Knockout Festival, Germany’s pre-holiday December get-together, have finalized the line-up for 2013.
In addition to the previously announced DORO (celebrating the 30th year of her career) and LORDI on December 14th, the Europahalle in Karlsruhe will host headliners SABATON, as well as SALTATIO MORTIS, PINK CREAM 69 and youngsters KISSIN’ DYNAMITE. Click here for details.
Italian Heavy Metal Rockers WILDROADS have posted online the video documentary during the two dates in support of “To Beast Or Not To Beast” 2013 Tour of Finnish LORDI.
The band tells about the successful adventure that brought them to play together with these Finnish Monster Rockers at “Z7” in Switzerland and at “Zone” in Bologna Roveri. Watch the documentary below.
Shooting & editing by TIMOTEO FONTANELLA
Translated by ALESSANDRA SIMEONE
GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with Mr. Lordi of Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI on May 8 in Manchester, England. You can now watch the chat below.
LORDI‘s new album, “To Beast Or Not To Beast”, was released on March 1 in Europe (excluding Finland) via AFM Records. The CD was made available in North America on March 19 through The End Records.
“To Beast Or Not To Beast” has registered the following first-week chart positions:
Finland: #8
Germany: #56
Switzerland: # 95
“To Beast Or Not To Beast” was recorded last fall at WireWorld Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with renowned producer Michael Wagener (METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, SKID ROW, DOKKEN, RAVEN, MEGADETH). The CD marks the recording debut of LORDI‘s new members, keyboardist Hella (replacing Awa) and drummer Mana (replacing Otus).
“The road to this album has truly been paved by hardships,” LORDI leader Mr. Lordi says. “However, the new lineup of the band has given us new and fresh touch and an energetic edge to the recording process, and to the album itself.”
He added: “The album cover painting is actually a part of a larger picture. The original artwork had this vintage-styled lady holding a horned skull, which, however, was not the main point of the art piece. There was something not quite right with the setting, so I made experiments with various versions and framings. Album title was ‘Upgradead’ at that point in time, and the painting was done with that title in mind. But now, with a changed concept of the artwork, the title did not seem to fit anymore. We did not consider it an A-class name either. Our guitarist Amen came up with the final title, which we felt suitable and perfect both for the cover artwork and the album.”
“To Beast Or Not To Beast” track listing:
01. We’re Not Bad For The Kids (We’re Worse)
02. I Luv Ugly
03. The Riff
04. Something Wicked This Way Comes
05. I’m The Best
06. Horrifiction
07. Happy New Fear
08. Schizo Doll
09. Candy For The Cannibal
10. Sincerely With Love
11. SCG6: Otus’ Butcher Clinic
LORDI previously worked with Wagener on 2010’s “Babez For Breakfast”, which sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 43 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Germany’s MetalTrails.com spoke with LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi about the To Beast Our Not Tour Beast 2013, the problems when starting with a new tour, the position of the musician as a modern entertainer, why there will never ever be an acoustic Lordi concert, his plans on a tribute album in the far future, old and grumpy artists, young and modern styles of music, the disorientation of most fans of popular music, the phenomenon of the Eurovision Song Contest and why the band would probably have also won it with any other song than ‘Hardrock Hallelujah’.
Check out the chat below:
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