Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com – According to Megadeth ‘s Dave Mustaine , the band is almost done with their next album. [ Loudwire ] – The Mars Volta ‘s Cedric Bixler-Zavala revealed in an online posting that he has left the band, which presumably means the group has broken up. [ Loudwire ] – What is the best hard rocking football anthem? You get to choose as round one of the 2013 Loudwire Rock Bowl gets under way. Vote here: [ Loudwire ] – After last year’s bus accident, it’s great to see Baroness performing again. Watch our exclusive video of John Baizley and Pete Adams playing ‘Foolsong’ live here: [ Loudwire ] – Dave Grohl wants to bring the Sound City Players to stages around the world. [ Loudwire ] – Van Halen ‘s former director of security dishes about the band’s “insane round the world ride” in a new interview. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Fleetwood Mac ‘s reunion is now complete with the announcement of their 2013 tour dates. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Ween ‘s Dean Ween and Primus ‘ Les Claypool are collaborating on a fishing reality series. [ Diffuser.fm ] – It’s no joke! The Flaming Lips are releasing ‘The Terror’ album on April Fool’s Day. [ Diffuser.fm ]
Posts Tagged ‘Sound’
Avatar, ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’ – Exclusive Video Premiere
Vimeo Get ready to rock as Avatar are unleashing the video for their current single, ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’ and Loudwire is bringing you the exclusive premiere. The Swedish rockers have provided an interesting character study for the video, as each of the band members get to play the role of tormentor and the tormented in the Johan Carlen-directed video. The band tells Loudwire, “The video illustrates inner conflict in an explicit manner, using abuse of unjust power in different contexts. The lyrical themes of downfall, embracing of decadence and failed attempts to escape are pointed out by the fact that ultimately the bad guys win.” Though all of the members go through a rough conflict with themselves in the video, singer Johannes Eckerstrom has perhaps the most compelling battle. One version of himself stands tall and confident, whipping and taunting the other version of himself, which is slumped over and chained to a post before attempting to escape. ‘Smells Like a Freak Show’ is featured on the band’s fourth studio album and first proper American release, ‘Black Waltz.’ Eckerstrom says of their sound, “We’re in this weird field, caught in a triangle between extreme metal, rock ‘n’ roll and what can be described as Avant-garde.” But even with that eclectic nature, the singer says he feels the band has hit their stride. He adds, “We finally came to understand what a good groove is all about and what a great fit it was for our sound.” The ‘Black Waltz’ album is currently available for purchase here . Watch Avatar’s ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’ Video [button href=”http://loudwire.com/avatar-let-it-burn-exclusive-video-premiere/” title=”Next: Watch Avatar’s ‘Let It Burn’ Video” align=”center”]
Dave Grohl: Foo Fighters ‘Have Really Awesome Big Plans for the Next Album’
Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Foo Fighters may be on a break, but fans shouldn’t fear about their future. First of all, relationships seem to still be intact with the band’s members turning up at the musician’s recent ‘Sound City’ concert to help him promote his documentary. And secondly, Dave Grohl himself says that he’s got a plan in place for his return to the band. Grohl tells MTV News , “I have the music for the next record and we’re going to start working on it once we finish doing all this stuff. We have really awesome big plans for the next album and I’m really excited about it.” That being said, the break will last a while longer as Grohl has been playing drums with Queens of the Stone Age and recently detoured into the studio to join up-and-coming band RDGLDGRN. For RDGLDGRN, it was a matter of right place, right time. They tell NME that they met at the Sound City complex while Grohl was working on his documentary and they struck up a friendship. Speaking about Grohl’s involvement in their currently-untitled debut album, they added, “[He] knocked out half our record like some kind of machine.” The group has reportedly asked Grohl to tour with them later this year, but nothing is confirmed as of yet. At present, the ‘Sound City’ documentary is Grohl’s main concern. The film just debuted at Sundance with screenings scheduled for theaters across the country beginning Jan. 31. Grohl’s Sound City Players will also play a Jan. 31 show at Los Angeles’ Palladium in coordination with the screenings. See Dave Grohl Discussing the Foo Fighters’ Future Plans Music News [button href=”http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-taylor-hawkins-to-induct-rush-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/” title=”Next: Dave Grohl + Taylor Hawkins to Induct Rush Into Rock Hall” align=”center”]
Corey Taylor Performs ‘From Can To Can’t’ Live With Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com / Kevin Winter, Getty Images Dave Grohl may have successfully upstaged his own ‘Sound City’ documentary screening at Sundance when he followed it up with a concert for the ages. The live spectacle featured his Sound City Players and included 17 different guest musicians playing over three hours of music at the Park City, Utah event on Jan. 18. While Grohl’s Foo Fighter bandmates were a major part of the evening acting as the backbone for his band, the stage was a revolving door of special guests from Slipknot’s Corey Taylor to Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielson and Grohl’s former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic . For the classic music lovers in the crowd Stevie Nicks and John Fogerty also joined Grohl onstage, making the evening one to remember. Fan filmed footage from the event is starting to surface and one of the highlights is Corey Taylor’s performance of the new song ‘From Can To Can’t.’ ‘From Can To Can’t’ was penned specifically for the ‘Sound City’ movie soundtrack dubbed ‘Sound City – Real To Reel,’ due out on March 12. Joining Taylor on the official recording for this tune were Rick Nielsen and former Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder with Grohl handling drum duties. Watch video of the live performance of ‘From Can To Can’t’ here . Although recreating a concert of that magnitude may be hard to reproduce, Grohl and his Sound City Players are going to try it one more time when the documentary makes it’s Los Angeles, Calif. premiere on Jan. 31. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-admiration-sound-city-collaborators-corey-taylor-paul-mccartney/” title=”Dave Grohl Shares Admiration for ‘Sound City’ Collaborators Corey Taylor” align=”center”]
Daily Reload: Metallica, Volbeat + More
Facebook: Metallica – Metallica have revealed the title and release date of their upcoming 3D film. More details here: [ Loudwire ] – Volbeat have tapped former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano to produce their next album. [ Loudwire ] – Dave Grohl , who just premiered the ‘Sound City’ song ‘ From Can to Can’t ‘ with Corey Taylor , will stage a post Los Angeles film premiere concert featuring his Sound City Players. [ Loudwire ] – Bullet for My Valentine will hit the road with Halestorm and Young Guns for the fifth annual HardDrive Live tour. [ Loudwire ] – Sevendust and the reunited Coal Chamber will be teaming up for a 2013 trek. [ Loudwire ] – Cold War Kids have revealed ‘Dear Miss Lonely Hearts’ as the title of their forth album and they’re streaming the song ‘Miracle Mile.’ [ Diffuser.fm ] – Grunge greats Mudhoney have unleashed the new song ‘The Only Son of the Widow From Nain.’ [ Diffuser.fm ] – Heart ‘s performance of Led Zeppelin ‘s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ from the ‘Kennedy Center Honors’ has hit iTunes. Read UltimateClassicRock.com’s review here. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – There’s sad news to report as Jimmy O’Neill, host of the ’60s music series ‘Shindig,’ has died at the age of 72. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ]
Sevendust Reveal Title for Upcoming Album + Details on 2013 Tour Plans
Facebook: Sevendust Sevendust have titled their upcoming album ‘Black Out the Sun,’ according to a recent interview with guitarist Clint Lowery. The band’s upcoming ninth studio album is tentatively slated to drop in April 2013. ‘Black Out the Sun’ was recorded with engineer Mike Ferretti at Architekt Studios in New Jersey. In an interview with Source of the Sound With Wendy Campbell , guitarist Clint Lowery talked about the upcoming record by saying, “It’s a lot of what we do — it’s heavy and it’s got its melodic element in it.” He goes on to say “So if you’re a Sevendust fan, it’s more along the lines of the second and third records we did — it’s kind of like that. It’s got a couple of throwback vibes to it. ‘Animosity’ and ‘Home,’ if I can put those two records together, it would [sound similar to the new CD].” In the same interview, Lowery also stated that the band was in talks of a possible trek with Coal Chamber and Lacuna Coil in early 2013. In Loudwire’s interview with drummer Morgan Rose , he talked about the upcoming disc by saying “I know I’m gonna scream like a banshee on the next record, I don’t know how many more we got left in us – from now on it’s gotta be treated like it’s the last one in my book. I know it’s gonna be real heavy.” ‘Black Out the Sun’ will be the band’s follow-up to their 2010 album ‘Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow.’ Sevendust will be playing Shiprocked 2012 along with Godsmack , Korn , Finger Death Punch and more. While recording, Sevendust invited Anthrax frontman Joey Belladonna to hear a piece of some new material. Click below to check out Belladonna’s reaction to Sevendust’s new music. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/new-sevendust-song-gives-anthrax-joey-belladonna-goosebumps/” title=”Next: Joey Belladonna Reacts to New Sevendust Songs” align=”center”] Listen to Clint Lowery’s Interview With Wendy Campbell