Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Manowar Joins The "Brütal Legend" Brigade


"The Dawn Of Battle" and "Die For Metal" will be featured in the soundtrack of the forthcoming "Brütal Legend" game by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

"Brütal Legend" is a third person, action-adventure game featuring actor Jack Black (Tenacious D, King Kong) voicing the character of Eddie Riggs, a roadie transported into a fantasy world inspired by the artwork of heavy metal album covers. Using a Flying V guitar infused with magical powers, Eddie becomes the world's savior, leading down-trodden humans against supernatural overlords.

"Brütal Legend" is scheduled for release on October 13, 2009 in North America and October 16, 2009 in Europe. For more information please visit http://www.brutallegend.com/

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Rammstein Talk To Us About ‘Pussy’ Video


Rammstein’s Richard Kruspe confirms the sex was real in the now infamous ‘Pussy’ video.
Rammstein’s Richard Kruspe spoke to Metal Hammer about the band’s hardcore pornography based clip for their new single, ‘Pussy’. See the video here. If you’re at work, you might want to check out our blow-by-blow account of what happens in the video here.

“Originally we were going to do a song like ‘Mein Tiel’, a core-sounding song,” says Kruspe. “But we were bored of doing the same thing again and again and I said “let’s do ‘Pussy’. If we were to make a video for it, it could be really interesting. We went it out to our favourite director, Jonas Akerlund, and there was a 50/50 chance. He could love it or hate it.3 hours later we got an email from him saying “I’ve listened to the track, let’s make a revolution – let’s make a porn!” and I don’t forget the reaction of the band. They had a big smile on their faces and they say “yes!”

“After doing the video, which was obviously quite interesting, we thought ‘you can’t play the video on video stations or MTV’,” Kruspe continues. “We just found another way to make it accessible to other people. At the moment, we’ve had 6.5 million people watching the video in one week. What I’m saying is that there’s always different ways.”

“I remember how horrible it was in the first part of our career to be dependant on MTV and all of those station. You have to bend over so many times to get played, I just hate that fucking fact. I just like the fact that there’s always another way if you wish for it and you go for it. It just shows that there is always another way and it satisfies my mind and that we can do things exactly the way we think we should do it.”

“It wasn’t a conscious thing, we just wanted to try something else. We shot a porn video, what’s the best place we can host it? On a porn site!”

Was there any point where you thought you’d gone too far?

Kruspe: “It was really professional! I was amazed, I always thought the porn industry was so cruel and dirty. Everything was so professional, I was amazed.”

Were they actual adult stars you used in the video and was the sex real?

Kruspe: “Yeah.”

Stunt cocks or your own?

Kruspe: “No comment.”

The band have also sold an impressive 7,000 tickets to their Wembley Arena show and we have been advised by industry insiders to “get the tickets while they’re hot!” Get your Rammstein tickets here!

Rammstein recently revealed the cover of their new single which depicts them as naked women and an equally bonkers album cover for their forthcoming album, ”Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da’. The new album will be released on October 19th.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Kamelot announced as one of the Headliners for ProgPower USA XI


The organizers of ProgPower USA, a progressive and power metal festival held annually in the United States since 2001, have announced the lineup for next year's event:

Friday, September 10:

KAMELOT
NOCTURNAL RITES
TYR
SEVENTH WONDER
STORMWARRIOR
ILLUSION SUITE
Saturday, September 11:

HAMMERFALL
TAROT
DELAIN
DGM
OCEANS OF SADNESS
PARADOX

ProgPower USA began in 2001. The first festival was held in Lansing, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, at J.J. Kelley's. The subsequent events have been held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Earthlink Live (formerly and again Center Stage Atlanta).

Visit www.progpowerusa.com for more info.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Kamelot announces the Kamelot LastFM Fan Contest!


3 lucky Last FM listeners will win a fan package of Kamelot's latest album Ghost Opera in Vinyl "signed" by the band as well as a Kamelot Tee Shirt, Kamelot Photo book "signed", Kamelot Picks,and more.

Register to win by sending an email to: kamelot@kamelot.com
subject: Last FM Contest

Tell us how many play counts you have on Last FM for Kamelot songs, include a link your profile etc...contest will run until the 30th of September 2009, so you have until then to get as many plays in as possible!

Listen to Kamelot at: http://www.lastfm.com/music/Kamelot

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Masterplan: Jorn is back


After months of rumours and speculations it is now official:

Jorn Lande will once again join forces with his old bandmates, and work on what is expected to be yet another MASTERPLAN Masterpiece.

The new album is already in the works and JORN is right now in Roland Grapow Studios in Slovakia recording his vocals.

The release date is not yet decided, but the album is scheduled to hit the market sometime in early 2010.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 lands at No.1....Globally!!


Following on from the hugely successful screening of Iron Maiden’s award-winning film Flight 666 in over 500 digital cinemas in 42 countries worldwide in April, the recent release of “Flight 666” on DVD has secured another global triumph for the band by flying into the music DVD charts at Number One in 22 countries already, including the USA and UK , with many more charts yet to come in!!!

-In the USA it was not only No.1 debut but also the highest selling first week sales of any music DVD so far in 2009! This release closely followed the US TV Premiere of the movie on Palladia/VH1 which was watched by over three million people, the highest viewing of a music documentary on the channel so far this year.

-In Canada it rocketed into the No.1 position outselling the No.2 DVD by over 6:1

-In the UK, first day's sales were over twice the total combined sales of every other DVD in the Top 50!!

-In Sweden Flight 666 is currently at #1, #3 and #4 on Sweden's leading online retailer Discshop chart with the deluxe, standard and Blu-ray formats respectively!

-In Australia it not only debuted at No.1 but was certified Platinum within its second week of release.

-In India, as well as being the No.1 music DVD, it entered at No.6 in the mainstream DVD movie chart, placing it that week ahead of such international blockbusters as "Slumdog Millionaire" and many Bollywood movies!

-In Brazil, where 70% of the market is dominated by local repertoire, it debuted at No.3 in their national chart and is fully expected to reach No.1 by next week. It was a new entry at No.1 in Brazil's International chart.

-Once again No.1 in Arabia.

The countries in the five continents where Flight 666 flew in at No.1 were Australia, Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil int, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan int, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. Elsewhere in the world it entered at No.2 in Spain and Portugal, and at No.3 in France and Hungary, and No4 in Holland. With more charts still to come from many other Latin American territories who will release the DVD this week, well over 30 countries are expected to achieve No.1 for Flight 666.

And after four weeks of sales in Europe, Flight 666 is still holding strong at No.1 in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Norway and Italy, making this Iron Maiden's most successful DVD release to date and proving yet again the unswerving, ever-growing support of Maiden fans young and old, from every corner of the globe, and the unstoppable resurgence of Heavy Metal.

Flight 666 covers the first leg of Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere Back In Time Tour” which began Feb 2008 and encompassed 23 sold-out stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central and South America in just 45 days, covering 5 Continents and 13 countries, travelling almost 50,000 miles. All this made possible because of the unique method of travel; the band’s specially customised Boeing 757 plane, Piloted by Maiden vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson and christened Ed Force One by Maiden fans, the plane (CALL SIGN 666) carried band, crew and 12 tons of equipment across the globe for the most adventurous tour in rock history. Directed by Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen of award winning Banger Productions, (‘Metal; A Headbanger’s Journey’ and ‘Global Metal’) and shot in spectacular High-Definition with thunderous 5.1 surround sound, Flight 666 takes you right inside the Maiden family with almost total access to the band, something which they have never allowed before.

Flight 666 was released through EMI Music on May 25th except on June 9 in Canada on EMI and in the USA on Ume. It is available on deluxe double DVD with a special 28 page booklet, standard DVD, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and extended Blu-ray, along with The Soundtrack in Double CD and a limited edition double-vinyl picture disc. Both DVD and Blu-Ray include bonus footage of the full concert shot of 16 songs shot in 16 different cities.

Iron Maiden are currently taking time off before getting together later in the year to start work on a new album planned for release in 2010.

Interview with Judas


Thursday, October 01, 2009

Interview with Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton on Rick Wakeman's TV show:

13th October, 2009 & 31st October, 2009

Rick Wakeman Face To Face With Judas Priest

10.30am
12.00noon
14.00pm
17.00pm
19.00pm

Tune in on Sky Channel 378 - Rock On TV

Slayer: Canadian And American carnage dates rescheduled


Slayer and Megadeth are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23.

Slayer will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg in Albany, NY on August 11. American Carnage will play 26 dates across the United States and Eastern Canada up to the Labor Day weekend, ending in Portland, OR on September 4. Testament will be Special Guest on all shows.