So the Murderdolls are back in the USA. For Wednesday 13, that means back home in North Carolina. What to do in North Carolina in the middle of summer? Hang out with your new buddies Poison of course! It just so happens, that Poison, Skid Row, and Vince Neil are currently touring together (very cool tour). You remember Poison, the 80’s hair metal band who gave you old skool albums such as ‘Look What The Cat Dragged In’, and ‘Open Up And Say…Ahh!’ Yes, they are still around. On August 1, this tour swung into Greensboro, North Carolina. And Wednesday went along, and joined em on stage for a Kiss cover, as you do. Here’s Wednesday to tell you the tale himself… “While Murderdolls were rehearsing for our last European tour with Iron Maiden in LA, the band rehearsing in the room next to us was Poison. We met the guys and formed a friendship and exchanged numbers yadayadayada…. When I returned home from our 2 month tour I heard the guys were playing in NC where I live so I went up to see them and hang. During the set Rikki and Bret asked if I wanted to come out and do a song with them..and I said fuck yeah! We did ‘Rock n Roll All Nite” by Kiss and it was a blast. This was a band I grew up on, I got their first album on cassette when I was in the 6th grade, so being on stage with them was very surreal. Those guys kick ass live and they have more energy than most of the bands I’ve seen this year. I’ve been a fan for years, I have their albums, and now I’m really proud to call those guys my friends.” Wednesday You can vote for Murderdolls at the Kerrang! Awards by calling 09058 171708.
Fasten your seatbelts!! Roadrunner Records are proud to announce the imminent departure of the RoadRage 2003 tour! Following in the footsteps of last year’s hugely successful package, featuring Killswitch Engage, 36 Crazyfists and Five Pointe 0, this year’s bundle is bigger, better and just as bargainous, with a ticket costing just í£9 regionally and í£10 in London. Strapping themselves in this year will be SPINESHANK, ILL NINO and CHIMAIRA. The tour begins here on 3rd October, then heads off around Europe before returning for a second bite of the UK at the end of the month. SPINESHANK, have just released their third album, ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’. These dates will compensate for the August shows the guys had to cancel following a family bereavement. Their appearance on the main stage at this year’s Download Festival was a reminder of why their last album romped to over 50,000 sales in the UK. With a healthy start, this new album (KKKK í¢äåäóì Kerrang! and 10/10 Powerplay) looks to emulate that success. Watch out for the video for first single, ‘Smothered’, (release date tbc) on a music channel near you. ILL NINO are readying themselves for the release of their second album, ‘Confession’ on 29th September. The first single, ‘How Can I Live’ is also the lead track from the ‘Freddy Vs Jason’ movie soundtrack and is currently blowing up all over US radio. Look out for the video for ‘How Can I Live’, coming to Kerrang TV and Scuzz soon. This is the band’s first trip back to the UK since the ‘Revolution Revolucion’ tour helped propel their debut album to sales of over 40,000 units. CHIMAIRA, champions of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, complete the bill in true metal style. Currently laying waste to crowds on the US Ozzfest, these guys are live favourites as illustrated by their incendiary set at this year’s Download Festival – 5,000 kids all singing along to ‘Pure Hatred’. Their album, ‘The Impossibility of Reason’ (KKKK í¢äåäóì Kerrang, 8/10 Metal Hammer, 9/10 Rocksound) is in stores now. These guys come recommended by Slayer’s Kerry King, so who are you to argue. Tickets are on sale from box offices and all usual agents, or online at www.gigsandtours.com. 3rd Oct – PORTSMOUTH Pyramid Centre (02392-358608) 4th Oct – NOTTINGHAM Rock City (0115-941-2544) 30th Oct – MANCHESTER Academy 2 (0161-832-1111) 31st Oct – GLASGOW Garage (0141-339-8383/0870-220-1116) 2nd Nov – NEWCASTLE University (0191-261-2606) 3rd Nov – WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall (01902-552121) 4th Nov – CARDIFF University (02920-781458) 5th Nov – LONDON Astoria (0207-287-0932/0207-734-8932)
hot from the press office… Roadrunner Records are releasing the soundtrack to the highly anticipated Vampire Vs Werewolf epic.. Underworld!! Rumour has it this movie (starring Kate Beckinsale) is good.. extremely good and the soundtrack is equally as impressive.. The entire album is produced by Danny Lohner from Nine Inch Nails who also performs the score on the album as Renholder. Lohner also lent his production skills to many of the individual tracks giving this collection a suitable ‘Underworld’ cohesion from start to finish. The album features all new & exclusive tracks from artists such as Maynard James Keenan, David Bowie, Finch, Skinny Puppy, plus the debut of The Damning Well featuring Wes Borland and Danny Lohner.. ‘Underworld’ brings together the godfathers of the heavy genre, presenting the first new song from Helmet’s Page Hamilton since leaving the legendary band. Skinny Puppy also re-emerge with a new song written specifically for the film. The is the first song to be released by the critically acclaimed groundbreaking industrial pioneers in almost a decade. The album combines the intensity of Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE) with the brilliance of David Bowie with the creativity of the score by Danny Lohner(NIN). Exclusive to Underworld is Maynard’s first track ever written specifically for a film, “Rev 22:20” recorded as Puscifer with Danny Lohner. Maynard also appears along with John Frusciante (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) on a special recording for the film of the David Bowie song, Bring Me The Disco King from his forthcoming album ‘Reality’. Also included are exclusive Underworld mixes of A Perfect Circle’s seminal track ‘Judith’ and an alternative mix of the single “Weak and Powerless” (Tilling My Grave Mix). ‘Underworld’ also includes the first new song from the thinking man’s hardcore band, Dillinger Escape Plan with their new vocalist, Greg Puciato with Baby’s First Coffin. Also present is the heavy, wired alternative sound of Finch who wrote, Worms of the Earth especially for the film. Rounding out this album is the exclusive and ground breaking collaboration between Wes Borland (first song released since leaving Limp Bizkit), Richard Patrick (Filter), Josh Freese (APC) and Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails). For more information on the movie amongst others point your mouse to the below link.. you can also watch the full trailor.. meantime watch this space for more information on the soundtrack… http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworld/ The album is due in stores September 15th, the film follows at cinemas September 19th.
Robert Flynn from deepest warmest Lincolnshire, where he’s currently holed up mixing the new Machine Head album… Hey Fuckers What up from Merry old “warm” (?) England. I brought the Cali weather with me. I write to you from the thriving metropolis that is Lincolnshire, England…. population “10”!! It’s actually a “village”……. There’s some really cool stuff around, once you get past the fact that there’s nothing around. It’s beautiful. The English countryside is as cool as you’ve read about in books. Very lush and green, with brick cottages everywhere. Mist covers the hillsides in the morning, sleepy brooks wind through the village, and rabbits run wild, I feel like I’m in a Led Zeppelin song or something. Old buildings are all over the place, and when I say old, I mean O-L-D. The building next to me is from the 1300’s!! For my California ass, that’s hella fuckin’ pre-California times. Mixing is going fucking splendid. Got “Bite The Bullet” under our belts, working on “In The Presence Of My Enemies”. Colin is the fuckin man!! Sonically it’s….. well….. I’m not gonna say it sounds like this album, or that album…… I will say this, the main CD we are referencing during the process is our first album. But it’s not gonna be that!!! It’s funny though, we’ve had a couple of full circle moments. Experimentation is cool, necessary even, but we ain’t tryin’ to experiment. Colin’s basically said “With what’s on tape (hard drive?), there’s only one place the sound can go”….. Song titles are completed, the following is not the final track list order, but are the song titles themselves. Through The Ashes Of Empires: Imperium Bite The Bullet Left Unfinished Elegy In The Presence Of My Enemies Days Turn Blue To Gray Vim All Falls Down Wipe The Tears Descend The Shades Of Night European tour dates will be up by Thursday. UK dates are locked in and will be up later today, and we are hella fuckin stoked about em’. AND, they sell Sam Adams Boston Lager at the Grocery Store 10 miles away…. WOO-HOO!!!!! – Flynn
Have you checked out www.machinehead1.com lately? Note brand new look for a brand new Machine Head album… be sure to view the week 1 studio video clip (approximately 5 minutes long). Few new photos posted too. ‘Through The Ashes Of Empires’ out October 13th. Hear the new album first… Check back on this site this week to see how you can win yourself and a mate into an exclusive pre-release Machine Head listening party (with free bar of course), taking place next Monday right here in London… with the mighty Robert Flynn in attendance, naturally. Interrogate Robert Metal Hammer are running a Spanish Inquisition and want your questions HERE!
We’re thrilled to announce that the Murderdolls received 2 Kerrang! Award nominations at last night’s announcement party – hurrah! The categories are as follows: Best Live Act The Darkness Reel Big Fish Iron Maiden Murderdolls Sum 41 Best Video Electric Six – ‘Gay Bar’ Audioslave – ‘Cochise’ Murderdolls – ‘White Wedding’ Marilyn Manson – ‘MOBscene’ Foo Fighters – ‘Low’ If you haven’t already voted in these 2 categories, please cast a vote for the ‘Dolls at www.kerrang.com!
Are you a night owl? Do you listen to Vicky Marsden on Radio 1 (2-4am Wed-Fri)? If not, you should, and you can check out more about her show & email her right HERE. Why this plug? She’s just chosen Nickelback’s ‘Someday’ as her Record Of The Week. We like.
SLIPKNOT have left their hometown of Des Moines, Iowa for Los Angeles, California to begin work on their long-awaited third full-length album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Roadrunner Records. Rick Rubin (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER) is expected to produce the effort, the material for which is being described by frontman Corey Taylor as “fucking killer.” “Well, once again I have to leave my family and hometown to head west, to the Mecca of Malfeasance, L.A., to start work on the third installment of the SLIPKNOT saga,” Taylor writes in a posting on the unofficial Stone Sour message board stonesourboard.com. “I’m leaving with reservations and a mix of anticipation and cynicism. STONE SOUR has a become a blasting target for the press, who labels us a ‘post-grunge basement band’ and ‘unimaginative dog-shite’ (shite thrown in for our British fans). “That’s funnyí¢äå_ Coulda sworn people liked us… at least that’s what the album sales said. “Nevertheless, the same will happen with SLIPKNOT, who the press have been braying about since STONE SOUR’s last tour, but I don’t really care anymore. People are going to bag on whatever I do regardless, because critics try to destroy the one thing they themselves cannot do. If you like my music, thank you í¢äåäó if you don’t, thanks for sending a little more negativity into the world. “I’m really looking forward to the new album with SLIPKNOT. A lot seems to have changed with the band and the material is fucking killer. We are working on another STONE SOUR album as well, and it is amazing as well. So I want to thank everyone who has stuck by both projects for all these years. Sometimes we really don’t know what’s going on, sometimes we don’t get along, and sometimes we stick our foot in our mouth (or at least I do), but through it all, you have shown us that, with both bands, it is you who allow us to do this, and we thank you. “Gotta go í¢äåäó the IBM is wailing. “Oh, and BLABBERMOUTH, if I spelled anything wrong on this, please correct it when you eventually reprint it. “Thank you. “Corey Taylor” thanks to Blabbermouth
Last week, 36 Crazyfists wrapped up the recording of their second studio CD. Next step, sending the master tapes to Derbyshire where Andy Sneap will be mixing the as-of-now untitled release. HOWEVER, there was a little snag in the plan…apparently Andy never received the masters yesterday as scheduled. Where the hell were they? When in doubt, look in the shed. When the to-remain-unnamed courier delivered the package to Sneap’s pad, nobody was home so they left it unsigned for…in the shed. “My old man just found the box by accident,” tells Sneap of the discovery. Anyway, all is good. A member or two of 36 Crazyfists will be joining Sneap shortly for the mixing sessions. more to come…
The creative art types out in the US have been slaving into the early hours but finally the Nickelback artwork is done. If you stop by the Nickelback Photo Galleryyou can now feast your eyes on the cover art for awesome single ‘Someday’, as well as the forthcoming album ‘The Long Road’ – both due to be released in September. And we posted up the new Nickelback logo too.