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Day in Rock Report for 08/12/2014


Scott Weiland Slams Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington

(Classic Rock) Scott Weiland has slammed his former band Stone Temple Pilots' collaboration with Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, saying it "didn't work."

The Linkin Park singer was drafted in last year after STP announced they'd "terminated" their relationship with Weiland, later describing it as "toxic." They launched an EP entitled High Rise and more work is planned - but Weiland insists the project was a flop.

He tells iChill: "It sold 35,000 units. That's kind of unbelievable considering STP sold over 40million, and I'm sure Linkin Park has sold pretty much the same amount. It didn't work - people weren't buying into it." more on this story

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Kings of Leon's Followill Injured In Tour Bus Accident

(Classic Rock) Kings of Leon were forced to postpone their Saratoga Springs, NY concert on Sunday night after drummer Nathan Followill was injured in a tour bus accident.

Followill suffered broken ribs in Boston on Saturday night, when the bus slammed on its brakes to avoid a pedestrian who jumped in front of the vehicle. As a result, the band's scheduled show in Saratoga Springs, NY had to be scrapped.

The drummer took to Twitter to tell fans about his condition, saying: "Thank you for all of the get well soons. I'm a little banged up but will be back better than ever." more on this story

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Foo Fighters Reveal New Album Details

After teasing fans with a series of online clues, the Foo Fighters have confirmed the details for their forthcoming album, including the title and release date.

The new album will be entitled "Sonic Highways" (the same title as frontman Dave Grohl's upcoming HBO series), and will be released across the globe on Monday November 10th.

Grohl had this to say about the album, "This album is instantly recognizable as a Foo Fighters record, but there's something deeper and more musical to it. I think that these cities and these people influenced us to stretch out and explore new territory, without losing our 'sound'."

The album was produced by Butch Vig and Foo Fighters and it will be released in the standard CD format as well as in a 180 gram vinyl LP version.

Sonic Highways was recorded in various cities including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., according to the band's announcement.

Tracklisting:
1. Something From Nothing
2. The Feast and The Famine
3. Congregation
4. What Did I Do?/God As My Witness
5. Outside
6. In The Clear
7. Subterranean
8. I Am A River

You can see the artwork and preorder the CD version here or the 180 gram vinyl edition here.

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Slipknot Expand Knotfest With 10 New Artists and Extra Stage

Slipknot has announced that they have added an additional stage and ten additional acts to their upcoming Knotfest that will be taking place in Southern California this fall.

The new stage will be called "Extreme Stage 005" and will feature performances from Fear Factory, Napalm Death, Satyricon, Amen, Otep, Prong, Immolation, Attika 7 and more.

Other artist performing at the festival include Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, Of Mice & Men, Anthrax and more, with Slipknot headlining on Saturday and Sunday nights.

The Knotfest will be taking place on October 24-26 at San Manuel Amphitheater & Campgrounds in San Bernardino, CA and the band has also revealed the stage lineup details

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Gregg Allman, Trace Adkins, Lead Lynyrd Skynyrd Celebration Concert

(Radio.com) Lynyrd Skynyrd have been around not only long enough to tragically lose members in a plane crash, but also accumulate a host of famous friends that they've worked with or consorted with over the years.

This fall, the legendary band will be honored with a full night of music at Atlanta's Fox Theatre titled "One More For The Fans! - Celebrating The Songs & Music of Lynyrd Skynyrd" on Nov. 12, Billboard reports.

Among the featured guests : Trace Adkins, Alabama, Gregg Allman, Charlie Daniels, Peter Frampton, Warren Haynes, John Hiatt, Jason Isbell, Jamey Johnson, Aaron Lewis, moe., Govt Mule, Robert Randolph, Blackberry Smoke, Cheap Trick and Donnie Van Zant. more on this story

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Courtney Love Has Spent All Of Kurt Cobain's Nirvana Money

(Radio.com) What would you do with $27 million? Retire? Buy your parents a house? 27 houses? Buy a minor league baseball team? Courtney Love had to take quite a different path.

Settling lawsuits isn't the most exciting way go through a chunk of cast that large, but that's just what Courtney Love did with the money she received after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.

"I know that's a lifetime of money to most people," she said to Sunday Style last weekend. "But I'm a big girl, it's rock 'n' roll, it's Nirvana money, I had to let it go."

But don't worry that the former Hole singer is hurting for cash.

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Avenged Sevenfold Reflective While Revisiting Waking The Fallen

(TeamRock Radio) Avenged Sevenfold's Johnny Christ says working on the reissue of the band's second album Waking The Fallen has made him take stock of their success.

The bassist recalls handing out free demos around the time they recorded the 2003 record, set for relaunch in the form of Waking The Fallen: Resurrected. Christ tells Loudwire: "There was a time when we were in a van and handing out CDs at Warped Tour. We had a two-song EP that we were handing out for free, just to promote ourselves. That's a very different thing than where we are at now."

The reissue includes a DVD which features footage of the band with drummer The Rev, who died in 2009. Although seeing his late friend in film still hurts, Christ says the pain is easing with time.

"Any time we see stuff with Jimmy it's bittersweet," the bassist reports. more.

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The Enid Plan Surprise Limited Edition Album

(TeamRock Radio) The Enid have confirmed the release of a surprise album in October - and only 1000 copies will be made available. They have released a promo video for the release online.

First Light will include two tracks from their previously announced pair of 2015 albums, one from the follow-up to acclaimed 2012 title Invicta, and one from former mainman Robert John Godfrey's operatic collaboration with frontman Joe Payne.

The package will also include their reinterpretation of Barclay James Harvest track Mockingbird, plus "surprises" from the band's current lineup.

Payne says: "The only place you can get the album is on TheEnid.co.uk. It will not be available for download, or for streaming on Spotify or any of those silly services that exploit bands. If you want it, you will have to buy it."

More details and watch the promo video here.

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Hammerfall Preview (r)Evolution Album

(TeamRock Radio) Hammerfall have issued a preview video for their album (r)Evolution, which features a clip of the track Hector's Hymn. The full video for the song will launch on August 22, but the band tease a snippet in the third trailer for the new album, which launches across Europe on August 29 and in the US on September 2.

The Swedish band took a creative break last year, but returned with the single Bushido last month - a track the group say is one of their "strongest efforts" to date.

"Bushido captures the essence of Hammerfall as much as any song we've written," says guitarist Oscar Dronjak. "It's one of the strongest efforts from our camp ever and is filled with energy, hunger and pure adrenaline."

Check out the clip here.

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Robert Plant: The Voice That Sailed The Zeppelin Coming In Oct

Backbeat Books have announced that they will be releasing music writer Dave Thompson's new book on Robert Plant, entitled "The Voice That Sailed The Zeppelin", on October 21st.

The 288 page book covers Plant's early years in Birmingham, England to his high flying days in Led Zeppelin and his successful solo career that followed the breakup of the band.

The publisher says that the book will tell Plant's Led Zeppelin story "from new and unexpected angles, focusing on Plant's contributions to the band's success and on the toll/effect of that success on him as a performer and an individual."

You can read more details and preorder the book here.

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Mr. Big Reveal New Album Details

Rock supergroup Mr. Big have announced that they will be releasing their new studio album, "...The Stories We Could Tell" on September 23rd in North America.

The album features the original lineup of the group, vocalist Eric Martin, guitarist Paul Gilbert, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Pat Torpey, and was produced by Pat Regan ( Deep Purple, Warrant and Keel.)

Martin had this to say about the effort, "We wrote songs individually and collectively on this new record. To me this is the album that we've threatened to make decades ago.

"A classic, groovin', blues-rock record with the spirit and spark of our Rock & Soul idols from the 70's. Hells to the yeah it's a Mr. Big album complete with all the trimmings.

He adds, "I think whether you've been with us from the beginning or just starting, you're going to dig where we are coming from and where we've been."

Gilbert shares his excitement about the album, "This new album rocks!" exclaims Paul. "I love playing guitar, singing, and writing with Eric, Billy, and Pat. And after 25 years, I'm proud that we can make an album that is melodic, powerful, interesting, groovy, and emotional."

The new album comes on the heals of the sad news that Pat Torpey has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and he will not be able to perform the full shows on the band's upcoming tour, but the group expects that he will be on hand to take part in the their acoustic set during the shows and may join them for other numbers as well.

You can check out the cover art and tracklisting for "...The Stories We Could Tell" and pre-order the album here.

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Keenan Wants To Reunite Corrosion Of Conformity's Deliverance Lineup

(TeamRock Radio) Pepper Keenan is aiming to reactivate his role in Corrosion Of Conformity by bringing the Deliverance lineup of the band to Europe. And he says Down aren't planning to record the next in their series of EPs until next spring.

Keenan last worked with COC in 2010. He never officially left the band, although the current lineup of Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman and Mike Dean released their IX, their second album without him, in June.

Speaking ahead of Down's headline appearance at Bloodstock last night, Keenan told TeamRock: "The old COC thing's been coming up a lot. We're talking to Reed and Woody about getting that going.

"That's going to take a lot of attention. We're talking about just going to Europe and playing shows as the Deliverance four-piece, and starting from there to get it back together."

Details about Down's plans here.

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Hatebreed Issue 20th Anniversary Party Challenge To Fans

(TeamRock Radio) Hatebreed frontman Jamie Jasta has promised the band's fans that if their London show with Volbeat sells out in November, they'll stage a 20th anniversary party concert the following night.

The band haven't yet had time to mark the milestone properly, and he doesn't think it'll happen until 2015 - so the night of November 18, during their autumn UK tour, is the only chance they'll have.

Speaking ahead of Hatebreed's Ronnie James Dio Stage set at Bloodstock last night, Jasta told TeamRock: "We were going to do this whole hoopla, then the schedule got so crazy. I don't know if there's going to be time. If there is, it's going be next year."

But he added: "I urge everyone to buy tickets to our London show with Volbeat. If that shows sells out we'll do a totally different set at our own headline show the following day." more on this story

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Joe Elliott's Down N Outz Recruit Vixen Member

(hennemusic) Down N Outz, the Mott The Hoople-inspired side project of Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott, have announced the addition of bassist Share Ross to the band.

Ross was previously a member of Vixen and the short-lived supergroup Contraband. The bassist will be on hand for Down N Outz' fall UK tour in support of their latest album, "The Further Adventures Of...."

The 2-week, 10-date run start December 5 in Bristol. Down N Out recently released a video for their latest single, "One Of The Boys." The song originally appeared on Mott The Hoople's fifth studio album, 1972's "All The Young Dudes." The tune was also featured as the b-side to the title track when it was released as a single.

Check out the video here.

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Iron Maiden Frontman To Announce Champion at Beer Festival

(hennemusic) Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson will announce Britain's beer champion at the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival in London on Tuesday.

Dickinson and the band launched their own ale, Trooper Beer, in the spring of 2013. Named after one of Iron Maiden's most popular songs, the beverage was personally designed and developed as a top quality Premium British Beer by the singer in tandem with Robinsons Brewery Head Brewer Martyn Weeks. Trooper Beer has gone to sell more than 5 million pints in its first year.

"We are hugely proud to have Bruce Dickinson announcing the winner of the Champion Beer of Britain competition. He is a true real ale lover," CAMRA Chairman Colin Valentine told the Belfast Telegraph. "The unique taste of Trooper has not only captured Iron Maiden's fan base, it is also attracting new customers to the beer category who are now trying real ale for the very first time."

"When asked if we wanted to enter into a partnership with the respected Robinsons Brewery to design and brew a real ale for ourselves and our fans, we leapt at the chance," Dickinson explained. more on this story

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Neal Morse Releases Heaven Smiled Video

(TeamRock Radio) Neal Morse has released a new music video for the track "Heaven Smiled" which is taken from his upcoming solo album. The Transatlantic, Spock's Beard and Flying Colors singer and multi-instrumentalist will drop the album Songs From November on Monday, August 18.

Morse has this to say about the track: "Heaven Smiled began when I was sitting in my backyard playing guitar and hanging out with my family on a really nice day.

"Maybe not that exciting, but after all the years that I've spent miserable, the simple things are miraculous to me. I've had a lot of times like that lately - just amazed at the wonder of it all. So I'm writing about that feeling.

"In the video is Gabe Klein on drums, Asa Wiggins on bass, my son Wil Morse on piano, and the Mccrary sisters on background vocals."

Watch the video here.

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Fish Revisits Internal Exile

(TeamRock Radio) Fish has released a remastered version of his second solo album Internal Exile, along with a further three live offerings. The 1991 original is available now on iTunes and comes bundled with bonus tracks and re-recordings, while Return To Childhood, Communion: Acoustic Live 2006 and Leamington Spa Live 2012 have also been released on the digital platform. Along with the albums, Fish has made the long-lost videos for Credo and Just Good Friends featuring Sam Brown available.

The singer was forced to postpone the May leg of his UK tour when guitarist Robin Boult fell ill, but the dates have been rescheduled and he returns later this month for 60 gigs across Europe and the UK - although his planned appearance at the Ardal festival in Norway was cancelled on Saturday night, when high winds forced organisers to scrap the event.

First stop on The Moveable Feast tour will be on August 23 at the Haddington Corn Exchange - the official opening of the venue since its �40,000 makeover. Fish, who has been heavily involved with the project in his hometown says: "I've seen so many old buildings renovated into positive community hubs and one of the venues it reminded me of was the Friars Club in Aylesbury, where I spent my formative years with Marillion." more on this story

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CJ Wildheart Celebrates Becoming A Father and Hit Album

(TeamRock Radio) CJ Wildheart is celebrating double success after the guitarist became a dad for the first time - and saw his debut solo album Mable entered the UK rock chart at No. 2.

The guitarist announced his family news on Satuturday, saying: "Happy to announce that my son Joshua was born yesterday. Mum and JJ doing fine, and I just changed my first nappy. Feels amazing!"

The following day it was confirmed his crowdfunded record had reached the heights of the chart. CJ achieved 377% of his target, allowing him to develop his Devilspit Hot Sauce alongside recording dutes. He donated 10% of the additional funding to Prostate Cancer UK. more on this story

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Royal Blood Answer Their Critics

(TeamRock Radio) Royal Blood duo Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr say they're fed-up with people trying to pigeonhole their music and are quite happy doing their own thing.

The pair, drummer Thatcher and singer/bassist Kerr, say they've spent too much time being compared to other artists and it quickly became a chore. "Being a new band, you spend half your time just defending yourself against comparisons," Kerr tells Drowned In Sound. "I feel sorry for the next band that's going to get the question about Royal Blood and go, 'Obviously, we sound a bit like them, you know�' and it's just going to go on and on.

"When Led Zeppelin started, all they got was 'You sound like Black Sabbath'. You look back at that now and it's a f***ing joke. How did that even happen?"

The pair release their self-titled debut album on August 25 and go on the road with Pixies across North America next month, and they hit back at some who say their sound is unoriginal.

"The bass and drum thing isn't new and neither is using more than one amp," says Kerr. "But even with people I look up to, Jack White or Josh Homme, their sounds and a big portion of what they do is borrowed. But they put their own stamp on it and that's what makes it a good idea. That's something I still aspire to be able to do. Every day I'm figuring out new ways of expanding it and it's still developing. There's only two of us and we're trying to sound like there are four." More.

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Converge and Triptykon Confirmed For Temples Festival

(TeamRock Radio) Converge and Triptykon are among the first acts to be confirmed for next year's Temples Festival. And organisers have released a video recap of this year's inaugural event in Bristol, which completely sold out.

The independent festival does not rely on sponsorship money and is held at Bristol's Motion venue - a skatepark with unique music rooms attached. Next year's event takes place on the weekend of May 29, 30 and 31.

Francis Mace, the festival director, says: "Following the success of this year's event, it's an absolute pleasure to announce a taster of what's on offer at Temples Festival 2015. The overall reception, enthusiasm and positive feedback from the inaugural edition of Temples Festival was completely overwhelming and with only 18 bands announced thus far, it's great to see such a strong response to our first 2015 announcement.

Watch the video and see who else was confirmed here.

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ZZ Top and Jeff Beck Tour Opener Jam Video Goes Online

(hennemusic) ZZ Top and Jeff Beck teamed up to jam on Friday in Missoula, Montana on the opening night of the pair's summer US tour, and fan-filmed video from the show is available online.

The Texas rockers brought Beck out for their encores, which included an extended jam on their classics "La Grange" and "Tush", as well as a cover of the Elvis Presley hit, "Jailhouse Rock."

Last month, ZZ Top announced that they were forced to postpone the start of their summer tour following news that bassist Dusty Hill had to undergo surgery to remove two kidney stones.

The band issued a statement the kidney stones were discovered in the course of a routine physical examination where Hill's doctor advised him that they should immediately be removed before they cause more serious problems down the line. More on this story.

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Ace Frehley Releases Steve Miller Band Cover

(hennemusic) Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is previewing his cover of the Steve Miller Band's 1973 classic, "The Joker", a in a newly-released ad for his forthcoming album, "Space Invader."

The single will be available on iTunes starting today. Due August 19th in North America (August 29th in Europe), "Space Invader" is Frehley's first new solo album in five years.

Ace will help promote the release when he sits in with The Roots on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, August 12. Check out the song preview here.

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Hatebreed's Jasta Jams With Suicide Silence

(TeamRock Radio) Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta joined Suicide Silence on stage to perform his band's track Last Breath and video of the jam has gone online. The collaboration came on the Hartford, Connecticut leg of the Mayhem Festival and the moment was caught on camera, with Jasta dedicating the track to former Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker who died in 2012.

Suicide Silence covered the Hatebreed track on the special edition of their latest album You Can't Stop Me, which was released last month and the deathcore outfit were delighted Jasta could join them on stage, saying: "Thanks Jamey for rocking' out with us on Last Breath."

You Can't Stop Me is the band's first album since the death of Lucker, who was killed in a motorbike smash in November 2012. He was replaced by Eddie Hermida and the band say the tragedy shaped the album. "Mitch left behind a set of lyrics with the title You Can't Stop Me, says Guitarist Mark Heylmun. "It gave us chills and we knew we had the title and the title track."

Watch video of the jam here.

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Queensryche Member Explains Split With Geoff Tate

(Classic Rock) Queensryche's Scott Rockenfield says parting with Geoff Tate was like shaking off a long-term "sickness". The band settled a long-running legal dispute with former frontman Tate in April this year, with Tate's band now performing under the name Operation: Mindcrime.

And while much has been said of both parties' relief at the settlement, drummer Rockenfield says things were tense while Tate was still in the band. He was replaced by Todd La Torre in 2012, leading to a situation where two bands called Queensryche were touring and recording.

Rockenfield tells Pop Break: "The conflict started years ago, but prior to it when we were all still working together in the old band, we had been in a dark place for a long time. It wasn't going well, the years were stacking up on us, we weren't making the music we were passionate about and were being forced to do a lot of things we didn't want to do."

He had more to say here.

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The Smashing Pumpkins Adore Outtake Streaming Online

(Radio.com) The Smashing Pumpkins will reissue Adore, their fourth album, later this year prior to a pair of new music releases next year, and the band now has a first taste from the reissue in the former of a demo outtake.

The 107-track deluxe box set will include the track "Let Me Give the World to You" in its demo form from the Adore sessions in 1998, and the band has shared that version yesterday (Aug. 11) via YouTube.

The song was originally recorded with Rick Rubin for Adore but was left off the final track list. However, it eventually rerecorded as part of the Pumpkins' Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music that was released in 2000.

Check out the outtake here.

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Megadeth's Full Bloodstock Performance Goes Online

(hennemusic) Megadeth headlined the closing night of the UK's Bloodstock Open Air festival on Sunday, and pro-shot video of the band's complete performance is available to view online.

The thrash veterans topped a bill that also included Saxon, Amon Amarch, Obituary and others as they wrapped up the final night of the 4-day annual event at Catton Hall in Walton-On-Trent.

Band leader Dave Mustaine posted a "megaselfie" from the stage at the festival. Megadeth are currently playing shows across Europe on their Super Collider world tour, named after their latest album.

The band will play the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo and Osakam Japan later this month before enjoying a few weeks off. Watch the Bloodstock video here.

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The Agonist Discuss Producer's Influence In Latest Studio Video

(TeamRock Radio) The Agonist have commended producer Chris Donaldson for his work on their upcoming fourth album in their just released fourth online studio update video for the project.

On what will be their first record with singer Vicky Psarakis, the band have returned to work with fellow Canadian Donaldson, who was behind the desk on their first three albums.

In the band's latest studio update, drummer Simon McKay says: "The good thing about working with Chris is that he's really calm. If you hit a bump and it's not working, he'll just let you work it out. There's not much you can do other than hammer out the kinks at that point - he'll tell you if it's not good."

Guitarist Danny Marino says the working relationship is a match made in heaven as far as The Agonist are concerned: "We see eye to eye on some things and we don't see eye to eye on other things when it comes to recording production," he says. "It's good because sometimes you need someone to tell you 'no' and that you should maybe consider other ideas. The end result is a really good balance of his way of doing things and ours."

More including the video here.

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Aerosmith Go Behind The Scenes Of Let Rock Rule Tour

(hennemusic) Aerosmith have released a behind the scenes video from their Let Rock Rule tour of North America, which launched last month. The summer run waps up September 9 in Clarkston, Michigan.

The Boston rockers are currently playing a hits-filled set on the trek - with opener Slash - while also continuing to promote their latest album, 2012's "Music From Another Dimension."

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry also recently released a new arrangement of the band's 1973 classic, "Dream On", to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Check out the video here.

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Amon Amarth Vigilant To Maintain Their Level Of Success

(TeamRock Radio) Amon Amarth bassist Ted Lundstrom believed the hard work they've done to achieve success will be wasted if they ever stop pushing. He remembers a time when the Bloodstock main stage act would "rather do something else" than rehearse, because of the pressures of their day-jobs. And he wants to make sure they don't end up back in the same position.

Lundstrom tells Arte Concert: "Before we made it big enough to do this full-time it was a hassle. You have to work, get time off for touring; you get tired if you work a whole day then you need to go to rehearsal in the evening. You'd rather go home and do something else."

He's glad to report the band's schedule is "easy" and "fun" these days - but he knows they can't let things slide. "You can never relax just because you reach a certain level," he says. "That's when you're going to start going down again.

"You reach a new level and then you have to work even harder, come up with greater plans, make better albums, better shows." More on this story.

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Singled Out: Sleeperstar's Apocalypse

Today Jake Lester of Sleeperstar tells us about their brand new single "Apocalypse" which comes from their forthcoming new album, "Lost Machines." Here is the story:

"Apocalypse" is the culmination of a lot of hard work, long nights, and unplanned jam sessions on tour. Over the past few years the basic idea of the song, which started during a sound check somewhere in New Jersey, has been played, abandoned, screamed at, and, finally, brought into its final form. As a band, we're extremely proud of where it's ended up.

We chose Apocalypse as our single for this record because it expresses a lot of what we have gone through in the life of the band and, specifically, in the creation of this album. It is always a challenge to be original, to find some new perspective or sonic experience that truly declares itself. There is a kind of magic, though, when you feel like you're running out of time or you're about to fail at something that you've been working on or wanting for a while, and at that point it's either the end one thing or the beginning of another. I think that's true of this song, true of Lost Machines, and definitely true of Sleeperstar.

We spent a month in Nashville recording with the brilliant Dustin Burnett, and he really helped us take Apocalypse from "really cool rock song" to something truly special. What Dustin brought was a natural approach but a more aggressive feel to our sound, taking risks and pushing limits that we had tried to get across in our live performances. The result is that this new music is very up-front, bold, and really a big step in a new direction for Sleeperstar, and we couldn't be more ready for people to hear it.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the album and check out the video for the new song right here!

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