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Blogger Bob Fiddaman reports in a new article that drummer Phil Rudd was not at the shoot for a video for a future single release from AC/DC's new album, "Rock Or Bust".
He writes, "The band were introduced and each member walked down to the small round stage. Unfortunately, AC/DC drummer, Phil Rudd, had been called away at the last minute, his place being filled by Bob Richards (Shogun, Adrian Smith Band The Wild Family, Man)."
So far there has been no official explanation for Rudd's absence. Last month Rudd's 20-years in the making solo album 'Head Job' had a big first week of release in Australia, entering the ARIA album chart at number 22.
Read Fiddaman's full account of the video shoot
here.
The band will be joined by special guests when they perform on the CBS late-night program the week of Monday, October 13. The appearance will coincide with the October 17 premiere of the 8-part HBO series, "Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways." The series chronicles the making of the band's album of the same name, set to be released November 10.
The group recorded the project in eight American cities - Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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The band broke the news by posting a picture on Facebook with the explanation: "Josh Rand recording the covers album, day one." No further information is available.
Former guitarist Jim Root recently spoke of his anger after being asked to leave Stone Sour earlier this year, and later revealed he'd been fired by phone, which he called "pretty lame."
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Set for November 12 at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, tickets for the rare event go on sale Friday, October 10 from local outlets, including Amoeba Music and Book Soup, and nationwide from ticketmaster.com.
Due October 14, the book sold-out of its limited-edition run of 2,500 copies upon its initial release in 2010, becoming the fastest-selling book in Genesis Publications' 40-year history.
The Los Angeles event is the third of three Q&A sessions Page is participating in to launch the book. Read more
here.
Idol will launch a theatre tour at the House Of Blues in New Orleans on January 21. Tickets for most of the North American concerts will go on sale this Friday, October 10. Additional shows will be announced soon.
Idol will launch a world tour with a fall run across Europe starting November 5 at the 02 Academy in Birmingham, UK. Due October 21, "Kings & Queens Of The Underground" is Idol's first new album in almost a decade.
The singer recently released the project's lead single, "Can't Break Me Down." Check out the North American dates
here.
He named bandmates CC Deville and Bobby Dall but didn't mention Rockett when he said: "We can't go out without all of the original guys - it's got to be CC, Bobby and myself."
But Rockett tweeted over the weekend: "In regard to the interview, Bret's my brother. He's got my back. I've got his. I'm sure it's all good." Both the frontman and the drummer have recently talked up the chances of Poison hitting the road in 2015. Read more
here.
The Telegraph reports Lennon gave his Gretsch 6120 guitar to his cousin, David Birch, in November 1967, a year after the hit single was produced in April 1966 at London's Abbey Road studios as part of the sessions for the band's "Revolver" album.
"I was just cheeky enough to ask John for one of his spare guitars," said Birch, who was trying to start his own band at the time. "I had my eye on a blue Fender Stratocaster that was lying in the studio but John suggested the Gretsch and gave it to me as we were talking."
Check out a video preview and more
here.
Plant and the band will head straight to the venue after their appearance on The Colbert Report, where the band will take the stage just after midnight. The special event will feature a DJ set from The Roots' drummer Questlove.
Plant issued a statement saying he added the show because he "can't get enough" of performing. "Any place, anywhere, anytime," he said. "Just gotta get it out."
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He tells One On One With Mitch Lafon: "I'd like to feel that what I'm trying to do on Redeemer Of Souls are the best examples of my abilities right now. I'm going to places that I can go to - I'm not pulling back in any areas.
"I get frustrated. I freely admit that I wish I could do the stuff I could do when I was laying down tracks in 1974 or 1975, but that's just ridiculous - I don't think any singer can requalify those moments again. You go out and do your best.
"We've been jamming in the UK, rehearsing the setlist for the band's North American tour and it sounds unbelievable. The new material, especially, is just roaring out of the band."
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White will perform at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on January 28 and New York City's Madison Square Garden on January 30. A limited number of pre-sale tickets will be available to Third Man Records Vault members on Tuesday, October 7 at 10am local time.
White will also play four concerts in Mexico this month in advance of his fall European tour, which starts in Istanbul, Turkey on November 7. Read more
here.
Instead, the Norwegian outfit tried to stick to the point they wanted to make in 20 shows that marked the 20th anniversary of debut album In The Nightside Eclipse. And now that's been achieved, there's nothing else on the cards at the moment.
Ihsahn tells Scuzz TV: "I didn't want to do the same thing over again and keep reuniting. The focus is not just nostalgia. But In The Nightside Eclipse was kind of our starting point, so it's a big deal.
"The main goal was to keep it very limited and not get greedy. Obviously there's quite a lot of money involved." Read more
here.
The record will be launched on October 27 via Century Media, and comes after the band insisted they wouldn't release new music following their 2007 reunion.
Lindberg tells Horns Up Rocks: "We didn't announce we were doing a record until we had all the material. We wrote in secrecy, so we weren't stressed about what other people might think or how they'd react.
"We had an idea that we should try anything that comes into our heads - but also that anything could be thrown away. So it was a lot of 'kill your darlings.' Everybody had to agree about everything that was recorded."
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The Californian metalcore outfit are working on the follow-up to fifth outing Congregation Of The Damned, which was launched in 2009 before they went on hiatus. They confirmed they'd regrouped earlier this year, and last month released new track So Others May Live.
Saller tells MusicFeeds: "I feel like Atreyu is most like Atreyu somewhere in the middle of The Curse and A Death-Grip On Yesterday - and I feel like the new stuff doesn't sound like that at all.
"We weren't really focusing on what era, or what kind of record, we should go back to and emulate. It was just like, 'Let's give 100% of everything inside of us that we need to get out.'"
He adds: "It's blistering. It's a total reincarnation of my band. It's as heavy as can be and aggressive as can be - definitely a punch in the face for heavy music in general."
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Graziadei tells Scuzz: "Right now we're working on a new record that we plan to have out in early to mid 2015 on Nuclear Blast. We're still putting it together. It's pretty dope.
"Biohazard is not the type of band that says, 'Okay, we're gonna record next week.' We just keep on going, and when it's ready, it's ready." The singer also talks about a one-off gig in a tiny club in the Netherlands, put on as a thank-you to local fans who usually travel hundreds of miles to see Biohazard. Stream the interview
here.
It was aired on Norwegian TV and recorded for a DVD release called Forces Of The Northern Night, which has been on the back burner ever since. Silenoz tells Scuzz: "It should have been out the same year, but it got put on hold. But it sounds really good. We remixed and remastered it.
"Everything is just sitting there and waiting. It will hopefully be out by the beginning of next year. Certain things have to fall into place, and it's not really up to us. But once we have that out, we can have a new release that we can promote and tour with, so I hope we can sort it out as soon as possible."
More including a stream of the full interview
here.
Filth tells Metal Chaos: "The album is 80% finished and we have a lot of material that sounds brilliant. It has a little bit of everything - very cool twin guitar work and very fast thrash parts almost like deathcore, but it's very dark and symphonic.
"Some of the song titles are Enshrined In Crematoria, Misery Code, Yours Immortaly, Achingly Beautiful, Dantiesque, Blackest Magic In Practice and Deflowering The Maiden Head/Displeasuring The Goddess."
Meanwhile, Filth's side-project Devilment launch their debut album The Great And Secret Show on October 31 via Nuclear Blast. The album features a guest appearance from Jackass man Bam Margera, who appears on a cover of Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning. Read what he had to say
here.
In short, it's a collaborative effort between a host of heavy metal legends of all ages and sub-genres. Since metal's inception everyone has found a different facet to latch on to and now a load of the pioneers are getting together a one-night experience.
One of the many All Stars coming to Brixton is Dream Theater's James LaBrie who says, in an online video, that he'll be playing not just his solo material but some DT tracks too - imagine LaBrie teaming up with the likes of Cronos or Chuck Billy for a Dream Theater cover.
Read more and watch the video
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Joining the likes of Blue Oyster Cult, Krokus, Queensryche, Girlschool, Y&T, Big Elf and Blues Pills at the event will be Spain's The Vargas Blues Band, Oxford's teen prodigy Aaron Keylock and virtuoso guitar player Mitch Laddie.
The Vargas Blues Band will be showcasing cuts from their new From The Dark album, the eagerly-anticipated follow-up to last year's Heavy City Blues collection.
Frontman Javier Vergas is one of Spain's most celebrated musicians, having shared stages with the likes of Santana and Prince, and embarked upon studio collaborations with the likes of Chris Rea, Frank Marino, Pat Travers, Glenn Hughes and Jack Bruce.
The Vargas Blues Band will perform on Friday, November 14 on the HRH Blues stage. Read more
here.
Reznor wrote the soundtrack for David Fincher's new film Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, out now. An he says he takes the same attitude to writing movie scores as he does to penning NIN hits.
Reznor tells CBS: "With Nine Inch Nails I realise that a lot of times my strategy of writing a pop song isn't to start with a hook and mechanically try to make this product that's catchy.
"It's more that I start with a feeling or sometimes a visual, and then I try to dress that visual with sound, and a song comes out the other end. That's probably why my songs aren't that catchy."
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The band say in a statement: "After having performed amazing gigs with them during the last months, we are very proud to welcome Pierre and Emmanuel as official and permanent members in Benighted.
"With our lineup finally stable again we are currently working on our first live album. It will be released on CD and DVD in 2015 - it was recorded at Sylak Open Air this summer. Prepare yourself for war!"
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But despite the announcement, some fans were disappointed more dates weren't added, forcing Lister to respond on Facebook. He said: "We would love to play everywhere but the reality is it just isn't always possible. Whether it's because the venues don't have a workable slot or any other number of reasons, it isn't because we've made a conscious decision not to play somewhere.
"We appreciate you sticking by us and allowing us to continue being a band. Rest assured, we'll do our best to come back and visit any and all of the hamlets and settlements in the new year.
"We might even find time for another album." Check out the tour dates
here.
Perry returned to the stage this year after an 18-year absence to perform some of his former group's tunes with friends in the alternative rock band EELS.
The singer created a major buzz and headlines when he joined the band at shows in St. Paul, Minnesota, Washington, DC and Los Angeles. Journey had their most successful commercial period with Perry, who joined the group in 1977; a string of multi-platinum albums followed before he left the band in 1998.
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The band are donating the royalties from the song to Teen Cancer America, a charity founded in 2011 by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. Watch the new video
here.
Bruce Springsteen will probably always be New Jersey's favorite son. But, by the '80s, he'd expanded his view to the entire country on albums like Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. During that decade, there was nothing more "Jersey" than Bon Jovi, and none of Jon Bon Jovi's lyrics spoke to Jerseyites more than "Livin' on a Prayer," telling the tale of Tommy and Gina.
But really, "Livin' on a Prayer" resonated far beyond the Garden State: 1986's Slippery When Wet, the album which featured "Livin'," (as well as "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Never Say Goodbye") has gone 12x Platinum. As Jon says in this interview, "A lot of people related to this song as if they were these two people."
He says that he later returned to Tommy and Gina (without actually mentioning them by name) on "Born to Be My Baby" on the followup album, 1988's New Jersey; after that, they were name-dropped in the monster hit "It's My Life" from 2000's Crush.
Watch it
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It's the latest in his "Metal on instruments that aren't metal" series, which also includes a Cannibal Corpse cover on ukulele and System Of A Down on cello. He observes: "If I wasn't going to play Slayer on my banjo, then what did I buy it for?"
Scallon says he makes his living out of his YouTube channel, telling Billboard: "The War Ensemble video was the one that really took off. It's a lot of fun so I've been doing it since."
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The track was created when the band tied up with Converse for their CONS EP series, which aims to set up collaborations between artists who might otherwise never work together.
The Dillinger Escape Plan's fifth studio album, One Of Us Is The Killer, was released last year. Check out the new Dillinger Escape Plan and Jarren Benton music video
here.
The six-minute clip was filmed at AIR Studios in London by artist Lasse Hoile and includes some of the music set to appear on the album, expected early next year.
Wilson says: "Generally this album has much less of the jazz element that the last record had. In some ways it seems like the next step from The Raven. But whereas The Raven was fairly consistent in tone, I'm looking again at bringing in some other elements from my musical repertoire.
"We've got electronic music on the album, and straightforward - for me - pop tunes." Watch the new studio video
here.
The band are currently supporting Judas Priest on their US tour, which runs until November 22 - and frontman Michael Starr reveals the experience will be "amazing."
He says: "I cannot believe we are touring with Judas Priest - one of the most iconic heavy metal bands of all time. We are going to have the most amazing time. If you don't buy a ticket you must be a Justin Bieber fan."
Watch the video
here.
They recently said of the follow-up to 2011's Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: "Not since before our first album have we felt this freedom and confidence. We feel this album best captures the live energy, honesty and vibe that encompasses our true musicianship."
BSC tour the UK with labelmates Airbourne and Theory Of A Deadman starting later this month. Check out the tour dates and watch the new music video
here.
To get a taste of what Dev has been doing while the rest of the planet has been looking the other way, check out the new video for Deathray, one of the highlights of the Ziltoidian half of the new album (FYI, the other half is a considerably less demented collection of Devin Townsend Project anthems).
When it comes to balls-out Poozonian riff attacks, with added coffee and bottom burps, no one in the universe comes remotely close. Hail Ziltoid! Watch the video
here.
The album is the follow-up to 2011's Carnival Is Forever and is the first to feature new drummer Michal Lysejko. On the album, guitarist Waclaw Kieltyka says:
"Extreme and groove, I think that's the best way to describe our new album. This time we feel that we have something totally crushing and huge." Watch the new video
here.
Last week the group made the song Here Comes The Rain available to stream. On the new album, Atkins says: "From A World At War to Whisper To The Wind, it will take you on a journey of battle fields to sombre tears."
Atkins, who was replaced in Judas Priest by Rob Halford in 1973, is joined in Atkins May Project by guitarist Paul May. Check out the new music video
here.
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