Grammy-nominated rockers STONE SOUR will release the first installment of their double album ‘House of Gold and Bones – Part 1‘ on Roadrunner Records
As we mentioned last month, SLIPKNOT will be broadcasting their last performance at this year’s KNOTFEST, which happens to be TOMORROW! We’ve created our own Roadrunner UK channel to host the pay-per-view stream and you can find that channel by clicking here. Get involved and watch the mighty ‘Knot doing what they do best, at their own festival!
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Adam D from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE spoke to Alternative Press recently about having Jesse on board and the new material the band on working on for their upcoming album. Check out an extract below:
Killswitch are putting together your new record right now, too. How far along are you?
We’ve done basics for 16 songs, and we’ve got some vocal ideas down for two of them. When we get back in September, we’ll put the finishing touches on the other 14. The two are just about completed. One of them actually leaked already somehow. Somebody at the record company who is an absolute idiot did it. The only bummer about it was the fact that it’s just not done. It would have been nice to have something a little more complete leak.
The song that leaked, “No End In Sight,” you’ve been playing on the tour. With the song in a non-final form, how is it working out as the “return of Jesse Leach” song?
We’re working out the kinks since we’ve barely played it as a full group, so the more we play it, the tighter it will feel. Kids seem to be responding to it pretty well, and I think we’re playing in front of a lot of new faces this tour, so it’s kind of a cool reaction, anyway. A lot of people just not really knowing what to expect out of us. It’s pretty cool.
This entire record had been demoed out before Jesse Leach had rejoined the band, but Howard [Jones, ex-vocalist] had not touched any of it. What is happening with all of that material?
The way you always have to look at putting a record together: You do a bunch of songs, and normally some of them kind of float and some of them sink, and you want to kind of create the best record possible and then have a bunch of B-sides for a later release or exclusives [through certain retailers].
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The mighty MACHINE HEAD performed a stonking headline set at this year’s Bloodstock Festival and whilst there Dave McClain caught up with J
‘Gone Sovereign’ and ‘Absolute Zero’ are the first two tracks from STONE SOUR‘s upcoming album ‘House of Gold and Bones – Part 1‘. The album is scheduled for release in October 2012. Check out the full tracklist for the album below and stay tuned for more info!
1. Gone Sovereign
2. Absolute Zero
3. A Rumor of Skin
4. The Travellers Part 1
5. Tired
6. RU486
7. My Name Is Allen
8. Taciturn
9. Influence Of A Drowsy God
10. The Travellers Part 2
11. Last Of The Real
Frontman COREY TAYLOR spoke to Rolling Stone recently and explained the concept behind the 2-part albums:
“Each song tells a different part of the story, but it’s so unique unto itself. That was one of the things we really wanted to go for; we didn’t want to do a batch of tunes that all sound alike. We wanted to make sure each song had its own soul, basically.”
The band recorded the albums simultaneously at Sound Farm Studios in Iowa, which is the same place SLIPKNOT recorded their fourth album, All Hope Is Gone. Comic book fans will be pleased to hear that the House of Gold and Bones project will also include an accompanying comic book series, which will be released around the same time as each album release.
We just got news this morning that we get to go to this year’s KNOTFEST and with this in mind, we wanted to ask you guys what sort of stuff you want to know about the festival – we’ll be your eyes, your man on the ground – and we’ll try and capture as much of the festival experience to share with you guys! We’re hoping to grab some time with the mighty ‘Knot, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA, MACHINE HEAD and Warner bands Deftones and Serj Tankian – hit us up with questions in the comments box below.
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA have been steadily winning over fans all over Europe with their ferocious live performances by touring with Bring Me The Horizon, opening the Download festival main stage in 2011, and headlining their own tour. Now they appear as main support to August Burns Red this October, which coincides witht he release of their first live CD/DVD, entitled ‘DEAD&ALIVE’, due for release on October 15th.
October 2012 UK Tour:
Thu 18 Nottingham – Rock City
Fri 19 Glasgow – Garage
Sat 20 Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Hall
Sun 21 Manchester – HMV Ritz
Mon 22 Bristol – Academy 1
Tue 23 London – Electric Ballroom
Following a tour of Latin America, the band has spent its summer as one of the direct support acts traveling the US with the all-star Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Tour, featuring SLIPKNOT, Slayer, Motorhead and Anthrax.
On returning to the UK vocalist Mike Hranica commented, “We have set our sights on the upcoming European tour with August Burns Red and Whitechapel, and the band is excited to be coming back across the Atlantic for more shows. We recently finished the amazing Mayhem Tour with Slipknot and Slayer, and now find ourselves ready to continue pushing ‘DEAD THRONE’ and introduce our new live CD/DVD, ‘DEAD&ALIVE’, to all of our European fans.”
‘DEAD THRONE’ made a spectacular chart debut upon its September 2011 release, entering Billboard’s ‘Top Independent Albums’ ranking at #1 while also hitting the top 10 on the overall Billboard 200. The album – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’s fourth full-length release – received universal critical applause, with Kerrang! hailing it’s “dramatic dynamic shifts and a defter blend of melody and muscle, making this by far the best album the Ohio outfit have yet produced.”
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LYNYRD SKYNYRD are set to release their upcoming album ‘Last Of Dyin’ Breed‘ as part of a Classic Rock fanpack and digital version of the album on the 20th of August, with the Roadrunner physical release following a month later. In anticipation of the release, Planet Rock Radio are streaming the album in FULL, as well as running an awesome competition to win fanpacks, subscriptions for Classic Rock Magazine and tickets to the 2012 Classic Rock Awards. Click here to listen to the album and see below to see how you can enter:
Each day until the release of
We just got news that Metal Hammer editor and all round dude, Alexander Milas, is doing a bike ride across Marrakesh for charity – and you can donate to this worthy cause too! Alex is donating 100% of the money raised for this bike ride to benefit Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, Childline and Teenage Cancer Trust, all as part of the Truants UK who raise money for all three children’s charities.
The mighty MACHINE HEAD played a stonking gig at Bloodstock this last weekend and for those of you not lucky enough to go, the set was streamed live. That show is now online in FULL and you can check it out below:
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn caught up with Metal Hammer whilst at Bloodstock to talk about the band’s first UK festival headline slot, playing their first gig 20 years ago, what the future holds for MACHINE HEAD and so much more. Check out the video interview below: