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METALLICA with Special Guest RAVEN Announce Special JONNY & MARSHA ZAZULA Tribute Show on November 6th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 27, 2022
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METALLICA go back to their roots with early labelmates RAVEN to honor the Zazula Family with a Tribute Concert for charity.

“We’re excited to add one more night to the tour calendar this year with a special show at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on Sunday, November 6, 2022. This night will be extra-special as we’ll be celebrating the life, legacy and achievements of Jonny and Marsha Zazula.

Jonny gave us our first break in New York, released our first albums on his Megaforce Records label, and put us out on the road for our first real tour. With Marsha by his side, Jonny was a mentor, a manager, a label head, and a father figure to us all…. we would not be where we are today without the two of them. Sadly, we recently lost both Jonny and Marsha, just a little more than a year apart.

We’ll be cooking up a special setlist for you full of songs from our days with Jonny and Marsha at Megaforce. Our main touring partner from that time, Raven, will be joining us to add to the celebration and bring back the memories. Head out to Hard Rock Live and celebrate two heavy metal pioneers and champions with us!” – Metallica

“The Zazula family is beyond humbled and appreciative that Metallica is playing this show in our parents’ honor. The pride our parents felt toward every member of the Metallica community, from the band members to fans, was insurmountable. We can’t wait to witness this full-circle moment that will undoubtedly cause some raucous head-banging in Rock N Roll Heaven. Horns up…at Hit the Lights…Thank you.” – The Zazula Family

Presale Information Link:  Hard Rock Live Ticket Information | Metallica.com 

Tickets for the 7,000-seat theater show go on sale Friday, September 30 at 10 AM EDT, but Fifth Members can get theirs early with a special Legacy Member presale starting Wednesday, September 28 at 10 AM EDT with the Fifth Member presale the same day at 12 PM EDT. Click here to get all the details on how to obtain an access code to the sale.

A portion of the proceeds from this show will be donated in Jonny and Marsha’s name to MusiCares, a safety net supporting the health and welfare of the music community offering preventive, emergency, and recovery programs to musicians and industry professionals. Additionally, All Within My Hands will once again be supporting Feeding South Florida with a donation following the show.

METALLICA Cancel Australia And New Zealand Tour, As James Hetfield Returns To Rehab

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 28, 2019
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Photo by Ross Halfin

METALLICA have postponed their upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand, read below the band’s statement, issued via their Official Facebook Page:

“A Note from Lars, Kirk, and Rob

We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.

As most of you probably know, our brother James has been struggling with addiction on and off for many years. He has now, unfortunately, had to re-enter a treatment program to work on his recovery again.

We fully intend to make our way to your part of the world as soon as health and schedule permit. We’ll let you know as soon as we can. Once again, we are devastated that we have inconvenienced so many of you, especially our most loyal fans who travel great distances to experience our shows. We appreciate your understanding and support for James and, as always, thank you for being a part of our Metallica family.”

All tickets purchased to the shows in Australia and New Zealand, including Enhanced Experiences and Black Tickets, will be fully refunded. More details on how to obtain your refund are below.

AUS: https://www.livenation.com.au/artist/metallica-tickets
NZ: https://www.livenation.co.nz/artist/metallica-tickets
Enhanced Experience & Black Tickets:
https://www.cidentertainment.com/e…/metallica-australia-tour

DRAGONFORCE’s Gee Anzalone Releases Extreme Drum Cover For METALLICA’s “Creeping Death”, Feat. BRAINDAMAGE

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 4, 2019
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DRAGONFORCE drummer Gee Anzalone has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a new “one take recording” extreme drum cover video for METALLICA‘s “Creeping Death”, Feat. BRAINDAMAGE, watch it here:

Gee comments:

It’s pointless to tell you how much I love this song.. I always thought “How this song could sounds with a heavier drum part beneath? Could it sounds better? Could it sounds worse? Here you can listen it 🙂 Personally I love both versions, the original and this one too! 🙂 Of course I love Lars’s playing, my drumming just sounds totally different from his.

I recorded this song with my life’s friends Braindamage and I thanks Andrea Signorelli & Gigi Giugno for the huge help they gave me to record this killer version of this amazing song. Biggest thanks goes also to Damien Rainaud, who mixed this song (doing a great job :)).

The drums has been recorded in one take (as usual is in all my drum videos) no camera’s “switch-views” to hide mistakes, only sweat ( as you probably will notice in the video ;D relax, endurance, control and hard work.

Tips for new Youtube drummers : Don’t waste your time in video editing, more editing you do, more your drumming looks fake and the drum cover useless, play drums at the best you can instead , try not to do mistakes from the beginning till the end of the song, in this way, while you are recording the video you are also learning how to play drums, and this is the useful part.

Keep up the good and hard work! Subscribed to my channel, and feel free to share this drum cover wherever you want. Horns up Metalheads!

Cheers and I’ll see you in tour with DragonForce!

Gee Anzalone

Zee Productions To Release Official METALLICA Puzzle Jigsaws

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 19, 2019
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The iconic art of some of Metal’s most influential and highly regarded albums, will be presented in puzzle form for the first timeever. Zee Productions will release the first four classic METALLICA album covers as 500 piece jigsaws: “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning”, “Master Of Puppets” and “And Justice For All” will be released on September 20th. All puzzles come in a vinyl box set sized box, that will fit alongside vinyl record collection.

Metallica “Kill ‘Em All” 500 piece puzzle 390mm x 390mm – RSAW014PZ
Metallica “Ride The Lightning” 500 piece puzzle 390mm x 390mm – RSAW015PZ
Metallica “Master Of Puppets” 500 piece puzzle 390mm x 390mm – RSAW016PZ
Metallica “…And Justice For All” 500 piece puzzle 390mm x 390mm – RSAW017PZ

More information: http://www.facebook.com/RockSawsUK
Pre-orders: http://www.plastichead.com

Anthony Vincent Of 10 Second Songs Releases METALLICA’s “Enter Sandman” In 20 Styles

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 6, 2019
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Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs has released his newest video, METALLICA‘s “Enter Sandman” in 20 Styles. His newest auditory kaleidascope rendors the metal classic in the style of such diverse bands as Owl City, John Denver and The Doors as well as exploring genres as varied as lo fi hip hop, Yodeling, and Synthwave.

“I want to start showcasing more metal and rock songs in non metal styles to show non metal listeners that metal and rock songs are just as good if not better than what they listen to. Or I just want to hear bad things sung in nice ways. Ok, a little bit of both.” – Anthony Vincent

Style List:
1. Metallica
2. Eurythmics
3. The Chordettes
4. Stevie Wonder
5. The Beatles
6. Haddaway
7. The Police
8. Owl City
9. The Doors
10. The Weather Girls
11. Cafe music – Jazz & Bossa nova 24/7 stream on youtube
12. lo fi hip hop beats to chill, study, relax, and sleep to
13. Hans Zimmer
14. Yodeling
15. Synthwave
16. Acapella
17. Parliament-Funkadelic
18. Lil Uzi Vert
19. David Bowie
20. John Denver

Check out more of Anthony’s videos including “10 Songs in the Style of Metallica,” “12 Songs in the Style of The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “10 Songs in the Style of Ozzy Osbourne (feat. EROCK),” and “Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away (Ten Second Songs 20 Style Cover)”.

 

MEGADETH’s Dave Ellefson: “I was on METALLICA’s short list when Jason Newsted quit in 2001”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 28, 2018
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Photo by Mike Savoia

Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to MEGADETH‘s bassist David Ellefson about his new album with his side project ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE titled ‘Get it out’ (with Anthrax’s Frank Bello), his upcoming book ‘More life with Deth’, the direction of MEGADETH‘s new album, his upcoming induction into the Hall of Heavy Metal History, METALLICA‘s short list when Jason Newsted quit and his upcoming Bass History tour.

Watch the interview here:

When asked about his side project with Frank Bello of Anthrax, called Altitudes and Attitude and their new album
“This side project is an addition to Megadeth and I think that is why the fans like it and embrace it. I have played on a lot of records so fans are used to hearing different sides to me. For Frank Bello, what is cool for him is that he is the singer on this project, so you really get to hear a different side to Frank. Musically it is very different it is not a thrash metal record, it’s got some powerful hard rock drive to it but it also an emotional side. The album has sensibilities to it, it is not just a freight train Heavy Metal by any stretch.”

When asked about his upcoming induction into the Hall of Heavy Metal History January 23 2019 in Anaheim California
“Last year I inducted Nick Menza into the Hall, it was great because his family was there and it was a special privilege and honour especially since Nick is no longer with us. So this year when the Hall’s CEO Pat Guesaldo contacted me for the induction, I thought it was great and super cool. The Hall does a great thing, they are honouring and inducting a lot of cool artists. They are inducting the Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Oz artists, drummer Lee Kerslake and bassist Bob Daisley, also my friend Mike Portnoy ex Dream Theater and so many more great musicians. I am especially looking forward to meeting Lee Kerslake (who recently told The Metal Voice he had 8 months to live due to cancer) who did the drumming on Ozzy’s first two albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, because those two albums changed my Life. Those two albums were very influential to me as a teenage musician.”

When asked about the musical direction of the upcoming new Megadeth album
“We have been really trying to re frame the band, there have been a few records in the past years that really hit the mark well. I thought Dave did a great job on the Endgame album, 13 Album was an album that I played on when I came back into the group I thought was a really good strong record. So as we talk about this next record we said Dystopia is the bench mark, it seems to be what fans like to hear. A combination of melodies, amazing playing and the thrash stuff a kind of a greatest hits of everything Megadeth has ever done. All this can be heard on Dystopia. To early to say what it will sound like but Dystopia is a benchmark for us.”

When asked if in 2001 when Megadeth disbanded and when Jason Newsted left Metallica, did he ever get a call to join Metallica to join the band
“Metallica didn’t call me, I do know know there was a conversation about considering me. I know I was on Metallica’s short list. ”

When asked about his upcoming new book More life with Deth
” It will be released next summer around the Ozzy Megadeth tour. It talks about me leaving Jackson, Minnesota and going off to Hollywood, I also include the things we doing today with my business partner Thom Hazaert, EMP label group, Combat Records, Ellefson Coffee Company, the Grammies with Megadeth, Dystopia there has been lots that happened since the last book when it came out. Also I go into a lot of Megadeth’s history that wasn’t been talked about on my last book.”

ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE’s debut album, “Get It Out”, which will be released on January 18, 2019 via Megaforce. The follow-up to ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE’s 2014 self-titled EP was once again produced by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER, STONE SOUR), with Jeff Friedl (A PERFECT CIRCLE, ASHES DIVIDE) returning behind the kit

Ellefson will release “More Life With Deth”, the follow-up to his memoir “My Life With Deth”, in 2019 . The book was co-written by his business partner, radio personality and music journalist Thom Hazaert.