Due to be released in June, Guitar Hero fans everywhere will be able to rock once more with Activisions latest announcement of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. The latest Guitar Hero instalment gives gamers the chance to play in the shoes of Whitford (guitar), Perry (guitar) and Hamilton (bass) beside drummer Kramer and frontman Tyler.
“Having a game built around Aerosmith has been a huge honour and really a great experience for us,” says Joe Perry. “We’ve put a lot of ideas into the game so that fans can have fun interacting with our music, getting inside our body of work and learning about the band’s history.”
Players will experience the legendary career of Aerosmith, from their first gig to them becoming rock royalty, whether it’s jamming at venues from historical moments in the bands career, to rocking to Aerosmith’s greatest hits like “Sweet Emotion” or - what was recently announced by Activision – playing songs from bands that had either performed with or inspired Aerosmith.
Mott the Hoople's “All the Young Dudes”, The Kinks' “All Day and All Night,” Joan Jett's “Hate Myself for Loving You” and Cheap Trick's "Dream Police." are the recent songs that have been announced for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, to be played alongside Aerosmith’s other greatest hits within the game.
“We are extremely excited that Aerosmith chose to team up with Guitar Hero, bringing one of the world’s all-time best-selling artists together with one of the biggest video game brands, to deliver a new and unique interactive way for our customers to connect with artists and their music,” said Dusty Welch, head of publishing for Activision/RedOctane.
Many Guitar Hero 3 fans will also be pleased to hear that Guitar Hero: Aerosmith spans across a wide range of console platforms once again: Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360, allowing fans that haven’t yet upgraded to a next generation console not to be left behind.
To celebrate Guitar Hero’s collaboration with Aerosmith, Guitar Hero 3: Rock Legend fans are now able to download Aerosmith’s “Dream on” for free – which is available at the Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 and The Playstation Store for the PS3.
The Glasswerk New Music Awards will be held on 17th October at AKA London.
The Glasswerk New Music awards are to reward the best new music around the UK and to highlight the musical depth and diversity of the current UK music scene. From Jazz to Indie, from Pop to Folk, all categories will be made up of the very best underground talent in the UK and we fully expect some of the award winners to go on to achieve long and successful careers in the music industry.
Following a summer of voting via Musicfinity.com, the winning nominees have been confirmed. The awards night will be made up of 25 categories and will feature video link performances from some of the nominated bands and artists.
A 300 capacity audience will be made up of industry producers from Radio 1, Radio 2, XFM, BBC 6 and many more regional new music shows. Journalists and reviewers form student to mainstream music magazines/ezines will also be present. The night will also see an exclusive video link performances from Exile Parade, Smith 6079, The Crucible, Karim Fanous, Logan, The Cutters and many more.
The Glasswerk New Music Awards want to get themselves firmly established on the musical calendar and more importantly highlight the breath taking array of music talent in the UK.
Bloodstock's very own PR and Industry Liaison person Clive Leighton presents the award for Best Metal Band at the prestigious Glasswerk New Music Awards ceremony at AKA, Kings Cross, London on Wed 17 October. The winner will be offered an Unsigned slot at Bloodstock Open Air 2008.
The ceremony - hosted by Terrorvision's Tony Wright will be filmed for an hour spectacular to be broadcast In Nov on Sky.
Murder Music – Black Metal Free To View From October 5, 2007
Murder Music – Black Metal the fantastically put together piece of Black metal music history will be free to view for the first time since its released, on www.rockworld.tv from Friday October 5th 2007! The Murder Music trailers have had over 200 000 views on its youtube account www.youtube.com/murdermusicBM and has been widely debated all over the Internet! Murder Music features interviews from bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Sabbat, Venom, Black Widow, Astarte and many more Black metal pioneers!
Murder Music – Black Metal Synopsis
‘In the late 1960s and early 1970s, UK bands such as Black Widow and Black Sabbath came into the mainstream with occult and satanic inspired music. By the early 1980s Venom stormed the metal stage with a style they dubbed Black Metal. Later in that decade another British band, Sabbat, lyrically promoted Paganism and alternative religions through what was essentially thrash metal, thereby giving the burgeoning Black Metal genre a fresh twist. And in the early 1990s, a new extreme form of heavy metal emerged, via Norway... Black Metal was born, as we know it today. Black Metal had given a whole new meaning to extreme metal. Anti-Christian. Perhaps even Anti-human. A cadre of musicians were even murdered, or committed suicide. Moreover, the satanic element within Norwegian Black Metal circles claimed responsibility for over 40 church burnings, in a little over two years. Hysteric international media frenzy ensued. Murder Music is an 'access all area's insight into the murky, mysterious and often misunderstood world of Black Metal. It's a comprehensive study of the Black Metal timeline, from the 1970s to the present, with unbiased views on the media perception of Black Metal. Furthermore, it's a study of the meaning of Black Metal, the musicianship within the genre and a focus on where it stands today, both in relation to the mainstream and also the underground - 15 years after the Norwegians gave it focus.
Fans of Arch Enemy singer Angela Gossow can now visit her new website at www.AngelaGossow.com .
The new website features information about her activities in and outside of Arch Enemy, such as guest performances and an extensive media gallery, vocal advice etc.
Angela comments: ‘I’d like to thank my wonderful web mistress Nina for helping me put this project together. I hope fans of Arch Enemy and yours truly will enjoy the website! See you there!’
Angela Gossow will be performing at this years Bloodstock Open Air metal festival with Arch Enemy on Saturday 18th August 2007 !!
In Flames who are to Headline this years Bloodstock Open Air metal festival have been confirmed to be the opening act for Iron Maidens up coming European tour. In Flames will be opening for Iron Maiden on 6th & 17th June 2007 in Germany. In Flames have also just been nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden gods award for “ Best Live Band “ the Metal Hammer awards will be held in London in June.
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have lined up the following dates:
June 08 - Ludwigshafen, Germany @ Sudweststadion (w/ IRON MAIDEN)
June 16 - Burgenland, Austria @ Pannonia Fields II (Nova Rock)
June 17 - Duisberg, Germany @ MSV Stadium (w/ IRON MAIDEN)
July 07 - Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock
July 13 - Arvika, Sweden @ Arvika Festival
Aug. 04 - Wacken, Germany @ Wacken Open Air
Aug. 18 - Derbyshire, England @ Catton Hall - Bloodstock Festival
IN FLAMES was honored with the Swedish "Grammis" award in the "Best Hard Rock" category during a ceremony that was held on January 30 at Hovet in Stockholm. A total of five bands were nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out during 2006. A video clip of IN FLAMES performing the song "Come Clarity" on the Swedish music awards show "Rockbjörnen" on January 11 in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted below courtesy of youtube.com .
The band's lineup for the performance included guitarists Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad, who were both absent from the group's most recent U.S. tour.
SHEFFIELD, UK - Fast rising UK band RISE TO ADDICTION will release their debut album 'A New Shade Of Black For The Soul' through Mausoleum Records on 14th May 2007 in the UK and 18th May in the rest of Europe.
The album was recorded at Backstage Studios and The Cell in England during 2006.The tracking was handled by Rise To Addiction while the final mix and production was completed by Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Megadeth).
The full track listing is:
A New Shade
Cold Season
Moth To A Flame
Falling As One
Low
One Sweet Minute
This Ride
Everlasting Wave
I Follow
To A God Unknown
Fessonia
The Hive
The cover artwork and sleeve design has been completed by the bands guitarist John Slater.
The band - Leigh Oates (vocals), Steve Wray (guitar), John Slater (guitar), Joel Graham (bass guitar) and Aynsley Dickinson (drums) - have captured a stunning performance on a unique collection of songs, that has been described as a blend of styles that is set to captivate listeners and audiences far and wide. Always willing to push their musical boundaries, Rise To Addiction enlisted the help of avant-garde pianist Mike Garson on one of the songs. Mike, who is known for his work with greats such as David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails, wrote and recorded the piano interlude for the song 'Fessonia'.
Commenting on the recording, vocalist Leigh Oates said that “We’ve really pushed the envelope on this album, it’s been a long time in the making and we’re all beyond proud of the end result."
Speaking about Mike Garson's involvement guitarist John Slater added "I've been a massive fan of Mike's ever since I heard his work on David Bowies' Aladdin Sane and to have him play on this album is just fantastic! I can't wait for you all to hear it!"
Rise To Addiction will tour in support of the release. They have been confirmed as special guests to legendary Chicago doom metal band TROUBLE on their forthcoming European tour in May. The bands full tour schedule is
April 20 - Rios, Leeds, UK
April 21 - The Rigger, Newcastle Under Lyme, UK
April 22 - The Attic, Manchester, UK
April 27 - The Alma, Bolton, UK
May 19 - Snooty Fox, Wakefield, UK
May 20 - Corporation, Sheffield, UK
Simple Mind Condition European Tour with TROUBLE
May 26 - W2, Den Bosch, NL
May 27 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
May 28 - Wulfrun, Wolverhampton, UK
May 29 - Rio`s, Leeds, UK
May 30 - Scala, London, UK
May 31 - Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, F
Jun 01 - Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, GER
Jun 02 - Backstage, München, GER
Jun 03 - A 38, Budapest, HUN
Jun 05 - Hirsch, Nürnberg, GER
Jun 06 - Z7, Pratteln, CH
Jun 07 - Zeche Carl, Essen, GER
Jun 08 - Markthalle, Hamburg, GER
July 07 - Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Catton Hall, Derby, UK
In Hassell, Belgium, Italy’s Lacuna Coil has been confirmed for the Pukkelpop festival, set to take place on August 18th.
Lacuna Coil vocalists Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro will appear on the ABC News Now program "The Mix" in early April.
Go to www.abcnews.com for more information and to watch the interview when it airs next month
Lacuna Coil is currently taking part in its first U.S. run of 2007 as part of the latest installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour alongside ‘Stone Sour’ and Shadows Fall’. The trek, which kicked off on March 23rd and runs through early May, is the group's fourth U.S. run in support of the "Karmacode" album; they are swapping out the direct support slot with ‘Shadows Fall’ in certain markets in addition to performing a handful of off-date shows together.
Lacuna Coil will immediately follow up this tour with their own headlining North America run with shows in both the U.S. and Canada, which will focus on markets they are not able to hit on the ‘Stone Sour’ tour. The direct support for this trek will feature either ‘Within Temptation’ or ‘The Gathering’, depending on the market. ‘Stolen Babies’ and labelmates in this moment will occupy the other support slots.
The group has prepared different set lists for each tour, so fans should not miss out on either event. The Jägermeister Music Tour also coincides with the launch of their new single for the track "Within Me". This is the fourth single from "Karmacode", and the latest video for the track was recently shot in Italy.
In November 2007 the band featuring Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio) will tour the U.K. with support from Lamb of God and Iced Earth. At the end of this week Tickets for the dates are expected to go on sale.
Heaven and Hell's March 30th performance at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City will be filmed/ recorded for the group's upcoming live CD/DVD, tentatively due this autumn. No opening acts are planned to appear at the New York City show, which is expected to feature an extended set from Heaven and Hell.
Several full-length video clips of Heaven and Hell performing on March 13th, 2007 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out at this location.
Heaven and Hell will wrap its Canadian tour with ‘Megadeth’ and ‘Down’ on March 28th in Ottawa. There will be a U.S. trek with support from ‘Megadeth’ and ‘Machine Head’ which will launch April 22nd in Phoenix, Arizona.
Lamb of God was nominated in the "Best Metal Performance" category at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, which was held February 11th at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.
Lamb of God's latest album, "Sacrament", has sold 197,000 copies in the United States since its August 21st 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was produced by Machine (Clutch, King Crimson, Pitcher, Eighteen Visions, and Every Time I Die).
Iced Earth will release a new single, "Overture of the Wicked", in May or early June. A video for the track "Ten Thousand Strong" will be filmed a video during the coming months, most probably in June right around the band's appearance at the Sweden Rock festival.
Iced Earth guitarist/ main man Jon Schaffer is currently working on a two-part concept album based on the "Something Wicked This Way Comes" story that first appeared on Iced Earth's 1998 album of the same name. "Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked Part 1)" will be released in late August/early September period, to be followed by "Revelation Abomination Something Wicked (Part 2)" in February or March 2008.
Singer Lauren Harris, daughter of ‘Iron Maiden’ bassist Steve Harris, has uploaded behind-the-scenes and live footage from her March 14, 2007 concert as the support act for Maiden in Belgrade, Serbia. Watch the eight-minute clip at YouTube.
Daughter (singer Lauren Harris) of ‘Iron Maiden’ bassist Steve Harris has uploaded behind-the-scenes and live footage from her March 14th, 2007 concert as the support act for Maiden in Belgrade, Serbia. Watch the eight-minute clip at YouTube.
Lauren Harris is currently supporting ‘Within Temptation’ (which played at the Bloodstock Indoor Festival 2005), on their European tour in March and April.
Harris and her band were the openers on Maiden’s European tour for all dates from and including Den Bosch, Holland on November 26 through to the two nights at Earl's Court, London December 22-23. She also opened for Maiden at recent shows in the United Arab Emirates, Greece and Serbia.
Lauren's existing solo band features Ritchie Faulkner (Guitar which is also in Voodoo Six) from the U.K. Tom McWilliams (Drums: Jon Secada, Critical Mass) from U.S. and new bassist Randy Gregg (Thin Lizzy, Angel) also from the US, who takes over from Miguel Gonzales (Brian Howe).
NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends Blitzkrieg have released the following update:
"Armageddon Music [Germany] has signed BLITZKRIEG. The band is just finishing the new album called 'Theatre Of The Damned' in the Absurd Studio in Hamburg, together with producer Schroedey. The album will be co-produced by Biff Byford (SAXON). The band visited with Armageddon label manager Sabina Classen at the SAXON show last Thursday in Hamburg, Markthalle.
"BLITZKRIEG is a band, which helped to start how we hear metal today and is now back with a contempary classic BLITZKRIEG record with songs, which will blow your mind. The new album is with a fresh sound of the year 2007, but maintains the essence of true British metal at it absolute best.
"The album will be released on 27th July 2007 and the band will also play live at Wacken Open Air 2007 on Thursday for the 'A Night to Remember' show along with headliner SAXON. More info will follow soon on the Armageddon Music website."
German metal queen DORO was supported by Blitzkrieg on her U.K. dates in early November.
In addition, the CD marks Ken Johnson's first studio album following his performance on "Absolutely Live".
Released in July 2005 through Metal Nation Records was Blitzkriegs most recent album “Sins and Greed”. The follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" was recorded at Trinity Heights Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom and features bass player Paul Brewis, who replaced Andy Galloway in 2004.
'London's contemporary Heavy Rock/Metal Mistro's Kyrbgrinder - signed to metal label MAUSOLEUM Records in December 06 are to release their debut single 'My Heart Bleeds' from their forthcoming album ' Defiance' in April 2007. Catch them on their 37 gig Nationwide tour April 10 - May 20 07, organised by Rockoff tours, sponsored by Big Cheese and Planet Loud in association with UKUNSIGNED Rock & Redhill Takeover. Johanne James- Kyrbgrinder's 'front man',vocalist and drummer was also voted 'best drummer of the year 2006/7 for the second year running!!!!! Some of you may know him as Threshold's drummer!'
Released on May 30, 2007, “Eva” will be an internet-only single release, all profits of which shall be donated to a charity that will be announced later. In Finland, the single is available exclusively from NetAnttila.
“Eva” features the new Nightwish vocalist, chosen from about 2,000 applicants. The singer’s identity will be revealed simultaneously in a press statement and on the band’s website, www.nightwish.com, on Wednesday, May 30, 2007. A radio promo of the internet single will ship on the same day.
The sixth Nightwish album will be released on September 26, 2007, preceded by a second, regular single release in August.
On Sunday March 11th four of the best UK metal bands to have played Bloodstock will be joining forces in Nottingham for a night of true British metal! Re-activated and ready to drop their bombshell of a New album, AREA54 will be joined by NWOBHM styled true-metal heroes CONQUEST OF STEEL,
modern traditional metallers RISE TO ADDICTION featuring ex-Blaze members and finally opening up are the gothic metal beasts PRO-JEKT! Not only will there be metal DJs all night but this event is officially supported by Bloodstock and we heartily recommend you head on down!
Tickets are £6 in advance available from the venue website www.junktion7.co.uk with doors opening at 7.30pm.
Ozzy Osbourne is planned to appear at an NFL charity event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida today to distribute $1 million worth of hearing aids to needy kids.
Ozzy Osbourne recently said that unlike 2001's slickly produced "Down to Earth", the last album of original Ozzy material, his new disc, which is tentatively due in May, promises to be a rawer and heavier affair. Recorded with the same band that backed Osbourne on his scattered 2006 Ozzfest dates: Zakk Wylde on guitar, Mike Bordin on drums, and former Rob Zombie bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson, the album has no official producer, although long time Mutt Lange protégé Kevin Churko is helping as the engineer.
"I always try to make a great album," says Osbourne. "It's not like I go in there and go, 'You know what? I've had a great run, I'm gonna do a piece of shit for my next album!' But to be perfectly truthful to you, 'Down to Earth' was just a filler album to me. It did well, and some people liked it, and I loved the ballad on it “Dreamer”. But this album I put in the same league as 'No More Tears', 'Blizzard of Ozz', and 'Diary'. It's definitely my influence of SABBATH coming out, here and there. But then again, I would have liked to see SABBATH put out an album like this at this stage of the game."
KISS/Alice Cooper drummer Eric Singer has issued the following update:
"Well, another NAMM convention has come and gone yet again. It was great to see familiar faces and old friends again. It seemed like it was only a few months ago since the previous NAMM. What happens to time? I guess it is like a drummer always speeding up.
"Anyway, I saw a lot of cool new drums and stuff over at Pearl and Zildjian and stopped by Universal Percussion to say hey to the Attack drumhead guys too.”
"In case people wondered what happened department: I was scheduled to jam at the Dimebag Darrell tribute show on Saturday Jan. 20 at the Hilton with Lemmy (MOTÖRHEAD) and Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER) but was unable to play drums for awhile due to minor surgery a few weeks ago. I am on the road to a speedy recovery and should be back hitting things very soon!”
"I wanna thank everyone who took the time to stop by the Pearl, Zildjian, sure or Music star booths I appeared at. It was great to see fans from all over the world and you all treat me so nice and make me feel special. For this I thank you!"
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Murder Music – Black Metal Free To View From October 5, 2007
SHEFFIELD, UK - Fast rising UK band RISE TO ADDICTION will release their debut album 'A New Shade Of Black For The Soul' through Mausoleum Records on 14th May 2007 in the UK and 18th May in the rest of Europe.
'London's contemporary Heavy Rock/Metal Mistro's Kyrbgrinder - signed to metal label MAUSOLEUM Records in December 06 are to release their debut single 'My Heart Bleeds' from their forthcoming album ' Defiance' in April 2007. Catch them on their 37 gig Nationwide tour April 10 - May 20 07, organised by Rockoff tours, sponsored by Big Cheese and Planet Loud in association with UKUNSIGNED Rock & Redhill Takeover. Johanne James- Kyrbgrinder's 'front man',vocalist and drummer was also voted 'best drummer of the year 2006/7 for the second year running!!!!! Some of you may know him as Threshold's drummer!'
