Kevin Winter, Getty Images As part of the cross-promotion for the new Metallica -created shoe line with Vans, each of the band’s members have been meeting with some of Vans-backed sports athletes for new video features. Robert Trujillo’s clip went up first, with the bassist meeting with Vans team skater Tony Trujillo. Incidentally, both Trujillos, along with Tony’s wife Ashley, have formed the Trujillo Trio and they have tracks that can be downloaded for free here . On the heels of Trujillo’s video comes new featurettes pairing James Hetfield with pro skateboarder Steve Caballero and guitarist Kirk Hammett with pro surfer Nathan Fletcher. In Hetfield’s video, Caballero is treated to a tour of the frontman’s vintage car collection as well as the Metallica HQ studio. Once inside, the skateboarder visits the band’s “jam room,” which is covered with the fan banners they collected over the years. There’s also the inspiration hallway, filled with photos of iconic acts like the Sex Pistols , Kiss and Black Sabbath , and what Hetfield calls “the frustration zone,” where the members can work out their anger on punching bags. Hammett, meanwhile, reminisces with Fletcher about one of their standout performances, playing alongside Van Halen in the late ’80s. The guitarist also uses the clip to discuss his new Vans shoe. He explained, “The inspiration comes from the fact that I like wearing black and I like the fact that this is a Vans shoe that is completely black. Inside you have a little guitar pick shape stamped in there and what you see is a version of a Ouija board on the guitar pick and the inspiration from that came from one of my guitars.” As for the target audience, he adds, “It’s very subtle. It’s made to cater to those individuals out there who like it none more black.” Watch James Hetfield Give Skater Steve Caballero a Tour of Metallica HQ video platform video management video solutions video player Watch Kirk Hammett + Pro Surfer Nathan Fletcher Catching Some Waves + Licks video platform video management video solutions video player [button href=”http://loudwire.com/casting-call-metallica/” title=”Next: Casting Call – Metallica” align=”center”]
Facebook: Three Days Grace Three Days Grace will extend their touring with newly installed singer Matt Walst beyond their two legs of shows with Shinedown . The band has just tacked on 11 new gigs that will take place during the months of April and May. P.O.D. , who have been out on the road with Three Days Grace and Shinedown, will share the stage with Three Days Grace during their May 7 stop in Corpus Christi, but their participation in the remainder of the tour has not been confirmed. The new trek launches April 17 in Portland, Maine, and runs through a May 17 finale in Youngstown, Ohio. Three Days Grace have employed My Darkest Days frontman Matt Walst as their singer since the beginning of the year, revealing in January that longtime vocalist Adam Gontier had split from the group . Walst, the brother of Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst, intends on balancing both of his groups for the time being. Three Days Grace have expressed their desire to continue their career even though Gontier is no longer with the band and plan to address their future once touring is complete. Check out videos of Matt Walst performing with Three Days Grace on tour below. Tickets for the new trek go on sale Feb. 22 and links will be posted soon. Three Days Grace Spring 2013 North American Tour: 4/17 — Portland, Maine — State Theatre 4/19 — Stroudsburg, Pa. — Sherman Theatre 4/21 — Atlantic City, N.J. — House of Blues 4/23 — Huntington, N.Y. — The Paramount 4/28 — Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. — Revolution 5/1 — Atlanta, Ga. — The Masquerade 5/7 — Corpus Christi, Texas — Concrete Street Amphitheater 5/10 — Dallas, Texas — The Palladium Ballroom 5/14 — Libertyville, Ill. — Austin’s Fuel Room 5/15 — South Bend, Ind. — Club Fever 5/17 — Youngstown, Ohio — Wedgewood Entertainment Center Watch Matt Walst and Three Days Grace Perform ‘Riot’ in Moline, Ill. Watch Matt Walst and Three Days Grace Perform ‘Animal I Have Become’ in Moline, Ill. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/former-three-days-grace-frontman-adam-gontier-working-on-solo-album-wishes-band-all-the-best/” title=”Next: Adam Gontier Wishes Three Days Grace Members ‘All the Best'” align=”center”]
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Stone Sour showcased their upcoming ‘House of Gold & Bones Part 2′ disc by performing the new single ‘Do Me a Favor’ live for the first time at a concert in Tucson, Ariz., this week. The group chose to break out the track this past Tuesday (Feb. 12) during their stop in Tucson on their current North American trek with Papa Roach . The band has been heavily promoting the ‘ House of Gold & Bone, Part 1 ‘ album on their touring, but with ‘Do Me a Favor’ breaking the ice and ‘ House of Gold & Bones Part 2 ‘ arriving in April, look for potentially more songs to work their way into Stone Sour’s festival sets in the coming months. Stone Sour recently released ‘Do Me a Favor’ as a digital single, with plans for a music video to soon follow. In the interim, the group has posted a lyric video for the track to keep fans occupied. ‘House of Gold and Bones Part 2′ is due in April. Meanwhile, the group’s current North American tour winds up this weekend in Denver. Watch Stone Sour’s First Live Performance of ‘Do Me a Favor’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-new-stone-sour-albums-favorite-childhood-swear-words-more/” title=”Next: Corey Taylor Discusses ‘House of Gold & Bones’ Album Creation” align=”center”]
Facebook: Incubus Incubus have generated hit after hit after hit since truly breaking out with 1999′s ‘Make Yourself’ album. In celebration of the band’s ‘Stellar’ career, we’re asking you to vote for your favorite Incubus song. We’ll take you all the way back to 1996 for some of their pre-fame favorites, offering up their first-ever single ‘Take Me to Your Leader’ from ‘Fungus Amongus’ as an option. There’s also ‘Familiar,’ their contribution to the ‘Spawn’ soundtrack, and ‘New Skin’ from the ‘S.C.I.E.N.C.E.’ album that also stand out from their early years. Perhaps your favorite comes form the ‘Make Yourself’ album, which spawned the singles ‘Pardon Me,’ ‘Stellar’ and ‘Drive.’ 2001′s ‘Morning View’ disc had its fair share of memorable songs as well, with ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Nice to Know You,’ ‘Warning’ and ‘Are You In?’ deserving of attention. ‘A Crow Left of the Murder’ gave us ‘Megalomaniac’ and ‘Talk Shows on Mute,’ while the 2006 follow-up ‘Light Grenades’ has such standouts as ‘Anna Molly,’ ‘Dig,’ ‘Oil and Water’ and the reissue addition ‘Love Hurts.’ As for their most recent album, ‘If Not Now, When’ yielded the singles ‘Adolescents’ and ‘Promises Promises.’ To round out our list, we’ll also add the ‘Stealth’ soundtrack song ‘Make a Move’ and their ‘Monuments and Melodies’ hits collection addition ‘Black Heart Inertia.’ That makes an even 20 Incubus songs for fans to choose from. Let us know which was your favorite Incubus track in the poll below: Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/favorite-motley-crue-album-readers-poll/” title=”Previous Readers Poll: Favorite Motley Crue Album” align=”center”]
Photo: Freeman Promotion / Matthew Rodgers Clutch continue their path to victory with ‘Earth Rocker’ as they beat out Slash in the last song battle but can they enter the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame with their fifth and final victory? Anthrax take the matchup by storm with their rendition of Rush’s ‘Anthem’ off of their 2013 covers EP aptly titled ‘Anthems,’ which is due out March 19. The thrash legends will hit the road in March to headline the Metal Alliance tour with support from Exodus, High on Fire, Municipal Waste and Holy Grail. For a full list of dates and cities, go here . So will Anthrax rush off for a quick win with ‘Anthem’ or will Clutch make their way to Loudwire’s Cage Match Hall of Fame with ‘Earth Rocker’? Listen to both tracks and vote for your favorite in the poll below! (This Cage Match will run until Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 8AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!) Clutch, ‘Earth Rocker’ Anthrax, ‘Anthem’ Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. Email Me When Cage Match Winners Are Announced Enter your email address below to receive the Loudwire newsletter, which will include notification of the daily winner of the Cage Match, as well as our top stories of the day. Email Rules of Cage Match: Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite song. If a song remains the reigning champ for five straight cage matches, it is retired to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame. With so many great songs out there, we have to give other bands a chance!
EMI Get ready for all these new releases to keep your eyes and ears on throughout March 2013. Anthrax are set to unleash their new covers EP ‘Anthems’ on March 19. The EP boasts covers from the massive rock acts Rush, AC/DC, Boston, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy and Journey, only with a nice twist of thrash metal. Iron Maiden just unveiled details on what is now one of March’s most anticipated releases. The jam-packed ‘Maiden England ’88′ CD/DVD will feature the classic footage released by the band on VHS 25 years ago, along with a ton of new stuff for Maiden fans to drool over. Other must-own music releases coming out this March include Clutch ‘s ‘Earth Rocker,’ Intronaut ‘s ‘Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones),’ Kvelertak ‘s ‘Meir,’ Sevendust ‘s ‘Black Out the Sun,’ Hypocrisy’s ‘End of Disclosure’ and ‘Welcome Oblivion’ from Trent Reznor ‘s project How to Destroy Angels . Check them all out below! March 2013 Music Releases: March 5: How to Destroy Angels, ‘Welcome Oblivion’ Krokus, ‘Dirty Dynamite’ RED, ‘Who We Are: The RED Anthology’ Rotting Christ, ‘Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy’ Saxon, ‘Sacrifice’ Sigur Ros, ‘The Valtari Mystery Film Experiment’ (DVD) Soilwork, ‘The Living Infinite’ March 12: Biffy Clyro, ‘Opposites’ Orange Goblin, ‘A Eulogy For the Fans’ (DVD) Orianthi, ‘Heaven in this Hell’ March 19: Anthrax, ‘Anthem’ (EP) Clutch, ‘Earth Rocker’ Intronaut, ‘Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones)’ KEN Mode, ‘Entrench’ Lordi, ‘To Beast or Not to Beast’ Six Feet Under, ‘Unborn’ March 26: Gamma Ray, ‘Master of Confusion’ (EP) Hypocrisy, ‘End of Disclosure’ Iron Maiden, ‘Maiden England ’88′ (CD/DVD) Kvelertak, ‘Meir’ Sebastian Bach, ‘ABachalypse Now’ (CD/DVD) Senses Fail, ‘Renacer’ Sevendust, Black Out the Sun’ Van Halen, ‘The Studio Albums 1978 – 1984′ (Box Set)
Liz Ramanand, Loudwire Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman has been fighting a serious flu during his band’s current North American tour with Animals as Leaders + Intronaut . Since Feb. 12, Kidman has been unable to perform because of his affliction, forcing the rest of the Swedish extreme metal band to get creative with filling Kidman’s vacant spot. Tonight (Feb. 15), Meshuggah are hitting New York City for a crushing performance, but since Jens Kidman hasn’t been healthy enough to perform in Atlanta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C. and Philadelphia, respectfully, the vocalist is still questionable for the show, along with Meshuggah’s remaining North American dates . The band took to Facebook on Feb. 12, breaking the bad news of Kidman’s illness to their Atlanta fans: Jens is down with the flu. And this flu means business. He has been forbidden to even speak. He’s mute for now. WE WILL PLAY ANYWAY. So memorize the lyrics and bring your very best growl Atlanta. You will all be Jens tonight!! Lets make this happen! We hope he’s back tomorrow, or it’ll be vocal-duties Charlotte! To help replicate Meshuggah’s heavier-than-hell live show, the group brought a cardboard cutout of Kidman onto the stage to fill his empty space, while a live vocal track from a past Meshuggah performance blasted through the speakers. Intronaut guitarist / vocalist Sacha Dunable has also been giving Meshuggah a helping hand (or voice) by claiming guest vocal duties for ‘New Millennium Cyanide Christ.’ Kidman himself posted an apology via Meshuggah’s Facebook page right before the act’s Feb. 13 Charlotte gig: I just need to say a few words here guys. I’m truly unable to perform tonight. Again. Me not being able to do what I’m supposed to do is really really frustrating and I feel that I’m letting you all down. Not just you, the fans, but the band as well. But we try to make the absolute best we can out of this situation. So its either cancel OR play for you guys anyway. We opt for playing. Its what we’re here to do. So that’s what we’ll do. With your help it’ll be awesome. I will see the doctor again tomorrow and will hopefully get a green light to perform in Philly. Fingers crossed. So a big humble thanks goes out to all of you for your support and understanding!! Let the mayhem commence Charlotte!!! /Jens Stay tuned for more news on Meshuggah and the health status of Jens Kidman. Meshuggah Perform ‘Bleed’ with Cardboard Jens Kidman (Live in Atlanta) Meshuggah Perform ‘New Millenium Cyanide Christ’ with Sacha Dunable (Live in Atlanta) [button href=”http://loudwire.com/meshuggah-bleed-top-21st-century-metal-songs/” title=”Meshuggah – Top 21st Century Metal Songs” align=”center”]