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METALLICA begins recording 9th Studio album |
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Written by '''''''''''
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
METALLICA started recording its ninth studio LP in Los Angeles this week. According to the band's site, this is the first time METALLICA has recorded outside of the Bay Area since they spent "an eternity" at One on One Studios recording their 1991 self-titled release, popularly known as The Black Album. In the latest issue of the METALLICA Club (the group's official fan club) members-only magazine "So What!", guitarist Kirk Hammett was asked if there are any common musical themes running through the 14 songs the band is recording for its new effort. "There is a really unusual theme that's working its way into the music," he replied. "I'm not really sure how to react to it. Maybe it's someone else trying to tell us that we should react to it, but a lot of the music has an eastern harmonic flair to it, a harmonic minor flair to it, and when I say harmonic minor, that could be construed as like eastern sounding or Middle Eastern sounding or maybe Arabic? I don't know if it's just the zeitgeist, a sign of the times, or maybe because like, you know, Middle Eastern culture is so prevalent, or maybe the negative things about Middle Eastern culture. Maybe artists are conscious, just want to shine light on the positive aspects of Middle Eastern culture, i.e. the music. But there's passages that sound, that use harmonic minor and dominant, and those sounds are distinctly Arabic sounding or Middle Eastern sounding, and you hear them in all the songs. At the less likely times, all of a sudden they'll turn a corner and there we are, smack, right dab there in Syria or Iraq, as far as culture is concerned. We're playing notes that were played, have been played for thousands of years, that aren't born in western culture, and it's just a trip to see. And maybe I'm the first to really vocalize it, but it's just there." Unlike the troubled, turbulent sessions for the band's last album, 2003's "St. Anger", drummer Lars Ulrich told Launch that pre-production for the new effort had a whole different vibe. "It's frighteningly tame (laughs)," he said. "The four of us show up and we hang out and we have a great time, and there are no psychiatrists in sweaters, there are no film crews, it's very much like it used to be. It's pretty mellow around here. All that 'St. Anger' stuff seems like a movie (laughs)." The group plans to work in the studio until early June, take a break for its European tour, then finish recording in August. As for whether METALLICA will release the new album in 2007, Ulrich said, "I'd like to try and get it out this year, I hope we can get it out this year. If it doesn't come out this year, then it will be out at the very beginning of next year." (Thanks: Macvilewhore) Source: Blabbermouth
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JIMMY PAGE'S famous guitar to be manufactured again |
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Written by Gutter
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
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NME.com reports that the iconic famous double neck guitar used by LED ZEPPELIN star Jimmy Page will be manufactured again after 36 years. The guitarist has teamed-up with Gibson to replicate his original EDS-1275 which he used throughout the 1970s. Up to 25 limited-edition replicas have been designed, each of which will feature Page's signature on the rear of the headstock, plus a certificate of authenticity signed by the guitarist. It will also come with a LED ZEPPELIN DVD box set and a copy of a private interview with Page. "After knowing that 'Stairway (To Heaven)' was going to have to be recorded live and the fact it was recorded with 12 strings acoustic and electric, I needed something which could reflect the pacing of that song," said Page of his decision to use the unlikely looking instrument. "That song dictated the fact that I played the Gibson double neck and from then on it became iconic." Only 25 replicas will be made available from March 18 at a retail price of $33,500. A further 250 vintage Original Spec Signature Double Necks are also being made available which will not feature the signature on the headstock, and cost between $10,000 and $12,000. Source: Blabbermouth |
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Written by Gutter
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
TOUR WITH AGAINST ME AND CURSIVE ANNOUNCEDPosted by mastodonadmin Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 12:29am Mastodon have just announced a US tour in May with Against Me! and Cursive. These Arms Are Snakes will also be opening the 1st half of the tour, and Planes Mistaken For Stars will be opening the 2nd half of the tour. Head over to mastodonrocks.com/tour for the dates. And click here for the tour poster for the 1st half and here for the poster for the 2nd half. A pre-sale is going on right now at mastodon-againstme-cursive.frontgatetickets.com and the general sale begins the weekend of March 10th at through Ticketmaster and the usual outlets . |
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VADER in annual 2006 pools! |
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Written by xxxxxxxxxxx
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
Two leading Polish metal magazines namely Metal Hammer and Mystic Art in their latest issues published their annual 2006 pools. We are proud to announce that VADER's latest full length album "Impressions In Blood" got the 1st position in category "best album of 2006", according to readers of Metal Hammer! They also voted VADER best Polish band, "Helleluyah (God is Dead)"- best song, Mauser- best instrumentalist. Mystic Art's staff voted "Impressions In Blood" best album of 2006. We would like to thank you for all those great distinctions!
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Written by gutter25
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
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go see these shows damn it! |
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