Head on over to DevilDriver’s PHOTO page and check out some new photos we have of the band from two shows they’ve recently played at the House of Blues in Anaheim and Las Vegas in the USA. After you’re done with that, direct your browser HERE to read a review of DevilDriver’s self-titled debut. Seems the boys get a pretty good grade.
Producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, AUDIOSLAVE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) recently spoke to Guitar One magazine about SLIPKNOT’s decision to relocate to a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for the recording of the follow-up to 2001’s “Iowa”, due this summer through Roadrunner Records. “By nature, all bands grow apart,” Rubin said. “When four guys get together, you can reacquaint pretty quickly. But when nine guys get together, the chances of everyone really connecting í¢äåäó it doesn’t just happen. Now they’re all living happily together in the same environment. I think it really helped them get back to who they were when they started. Regarding the group’s musical approach on the new album, Rubin said, “The thing people like about SLIPKNOT is that it’s extreme. And if you do the same thing for a few albums in a row, it no longer seems extreme. But extreme can be a lot of things í¢äåäó hard, fast, slow. So the goal is to try to forget history, and find the extreme that turns listeners on most now. That doesn’t mean it won’t sound like SLIPKNOT í¢äåäó it just means it won’t have a narrow vision.” “We’ve got some weird, moody shit, and we’ve got another song that’s faster than anything we’ve ever played,” SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson revealed to Guitar One. “[SLIPKNOT music] is whatever comes out when we’re in a room together doing what we do. We don’t go, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be slick if we wrote another single like ‘Wait And Bleed’? All the little kids would like it, and we’d get played on the radioí¢äå_’ That’s bullshit.” “These songs are completely fuckin’ brutal,” guitarist Jim Root added, “but there’s more room for creativity. Mick and I are letting our individual styles work together more. There are certain things where we’re not matched up exactly, but it sounds really cool. There’s certain things where Mick’s doing a single-note tasty-flow thing, and I’m chunking it out. We’re letting it be more free.” blabbermouth In other ‘Knot news, the band have recently confirmed they will be appearing on the US Jagermeister tour with Fear Factory and Chimaira.
London, England, 7th February 2004, 6:09 AM GMT. Chimaira bassist Jim LaMarca has just been released from police custody. LaMarca and Chimaira’s drum tech ‘The Hammer’ were arrested by Scotland Yard police following an earlier incident involving Chimara’s drummer Ricky Evensand. “After we played an amazing sold out show in London, we had a few drinks with our friends from In Flames and Cradle Of Filth and we stepped outside the Crobar to find Ricky being assaulted by a number of local youths,” explains Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter. “Ricky had stepped in to defend a homeless man who was lying on the floor having the shit beaten out of him. ‘Hammer’ stepped in to protect Ricky and all hell broke loose.” An eyewitness account reports that the youths turned their attention to ‘Hammer’ and when the police arrived on the scene they arrested ‘Hammer’ on sight because he was still caught up in the ensuing melee. “And when you were thinking ‘what else can go wrong now?’, Jim got arrested,” continues Hunter. “He was just asking the police what was going on and they arrested him! I guess he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” LaMarca was released from custody without charge at 6:00 AM GMT Ricky escaped the incident without injury and is reportedly in good spirits. “As is Jim,” continues Hunter. “From talking to Scotland Yard I understand he was entertaining them with a Simon and Garfunkle rendition! No wonder they released him, I guess they just wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible!”
If you’re going on tour, what are the necessities on the tour bus? Here is Chimaira’s list – compiled by Matt. For UK/Europe tour 1. Ice 2. Fridge (to cool down warm beer) 3. Porn 4. Extra socks and boxers (in case you don’t do laundry for a while) 5. Laptop/DVD player 6. iPod 7. Bottle opener 8. X-tra beer & liquor 9. American cigarettes 10. Beanie hat & gloves for cold February tours
A mixture of old and new, that is what Every Time I Die fans are gonna get on this Euro run of dates. ETID’s vocalist, Keith, took the time out after the Cardiff show to write us out the set list… so now you can brush up on your lyrics before you hit the show. Off Broadway Logic Of Crocodiles She’s My Rushmore Hit Of The Search Party I Been Gone A Long Time Romeo A Go-Go Ebolarama Emergency Broadcast Syndrome Floater Did you know? The reason Keith had to write us out the set list especially is because the ones they have on stage are full of nicknames – which he says no-one but the band would understand! Every Time I Die play the London Mean Fiddler tonight with Chimaira… no doubt all will be found partying the Friday night away in London after.
Be sure to pick up the following magazines and check out their free covermount CDs for some new Roadrunner stormers! Metal Hammer (issue out 17/2) Scarlet Rocksound (issue out 18/2) Red Tape, 36 Crazyfists Terrorizer (issue out 19/2) Red Tape Kerrang! (issue out 6/3) Red Tape, 36 Crazyfists
The very first day (Sunday Feb 1) that Chimaira landed in the UK this tour, they were straight off the plane and over to Radio 1. Why? Chimaira recorded a very special live BBC Maida Vale session for the Radio 1 Rock Show, which you’ll be able to hear on the Rock Show on Feb 17th. The guys recorded: Power Trip, Cleansation, Pure Hatred, and Sex Type Thing – a cover of the Stone Temple Pilots. In other Chimaira news, you can now pick up the limited edition double CD of Chimaira’s amazing ‘The Impossibility Of Reason’ album. On sale for about í£13.99, you can grab it from HMV, Virgin, MVC, Music Zone, & official Roadrage stores, or you can buy online.
As you know, Every Time I Die and Chimaira are currently on a mammoth trek around the UK, no doubt playing a venue near you. Did you know Every Time I Die actually toured here briefly earlier this year? And that they have never been on the road before with Chimaira? With that in mind, we caught up with Stephen, the band’s bassist, for a quick chat… Did you have preconceptions of what the UK would be like? “Horrible food, rain, and weird looking cars.” How was the first show this tour, in Oxford? “The first show was super cool. Lots of kids and no real problems. Usually the first show is the toughest one, so if they all go like this, it should be great!” First impressions of sharing a bus with Chimaira? “They like the color black.”
A dark shadow grows on the land once more. Cradle of Filth spreads its leathery wings and heads to the hinterlands once again to begin recording of its Roadrunner debut, Nymphetamine. With producer (and Anthrax guitarist) Rob Caggiano heading here to the UK this weekend, the horror that COF has spent months laboring over will finally take shape. Early listens to the violent vignettes penned by the esteemed members of The Cradle reveal a band hellbent….but then again, with COF, when haven’t they been heading in that infernal direction? Ironic isn’t it, that the first day on studio mayhem is Friday the 13th? Then again, the next day is St Valentine’s day…something grimly fiendish in that, don’tcha think?
The first of your reviews of the Chimaira tour… Keep ’em coming! Thanks going out to Simon Allcorn. CHIMAIRA – OXFORD ZODIAC 02/02/04 Supported By: Stamping Ground Every Time I Die As the room filled up with a vast array of people from the youngest of metal heads to the oldest. You knew everybody was anxious to see the bands ahead of them. As the room filled Every Time I Die appeared onstage and blasted through their set which seemed to stretch for about 30 minutes. Although this is a fairly new band here there was a good percentage of the audience who knew of them and sang along to their set. After ETID cleared off the stage I thought it was time to move forward to the front for second support Stampin’ Ground. They came on stage as the crowd was getting restless and we were all hit with their crushing riffs and angry stage presence. Stampin’ Ground did an awesome job of warming the crowd up for Chimaira. During the break before Chimaira the audience was restless and the wait seemed all too much for some. Out of nowhere the background music was turned off and Chimaira’s Intro music started to blast through the speakers. Ricky the new member of the Chimaira family came on stage first followed by all but Mark Hunter. They stated playing ‘Implements Of Destruction’ which the crowd all cheered for and then as Mark crept out they suddenly ripped into ‘Power Trip’. The crowed went wild and there was a sudden mass of topless bodies going completely insane behind me. After ‘Power Trip’ Chimaira went into another one of their hits ‘Cleansation’. Chimaira kept playing and the crowd kept going wild with the mass of topless bodies increasing all the time. In the middle of ‘Severed’ Mark stopped and introduced the crowd to Ricky Evensand, who then blew the crowd away with one awesome drum solo – it lasted for about 5 minutes, the crowd was left stunned and cheering as they broke back into ‘Severed’. The band continued to slay everybody in the room with an onslaught of songs from their first Roadrunner released album ‘Pass Out Of Existence’. Mark mentioned that the Press Called him ‘Metal Moses and referred back to when Stampin’ Ground had successfully got the crowd to do a wall of death and how because he was ‘Metal Moses’ that it is him that parts the crowd and produces the wall of death. The crowd very willingly parted a hell of a lot more than they did earlier in the night and was getting ready for possibly the biggest and best wall of death the Zodiac had seen. When the music kicked back in the crowd waited for the signal and then… ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE the crowd went insane! I watched from a distance and saw the mass of topless bodies just collide. They ended the night with ‘Pure Hatred’ which as it being their last single was probably one of the most well known songs that they played and went down like a house on fire with EVERYBODY shouting at the top of their lungs I HATE EVERYONE. The crowd roaring with cheers at the end of the show proved that Chimaira had made a lot of peoples nights and will continue doing so on the rest of the tour! Simon Allcorn