| TW | LW | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | CANNIBAL CORPSE | Evisceration Plague | Metal Blade | |
| 2 | 1 | SEPULTURA | A-Lex | SPV | |
| 3 | 4 | SATYRICON | The Age Of Nero | Koch | |
| 4 | 2 | KREATOR | Hordes Of Chaos | SPV | |
| 5 | - | LAMB OF GOD | Wrath | Epic | |
| 6 | 17 | OBSCURA | Cosmogenesis | Relapse | |
| 7 | 6 | TOMBS | Winter Hours | Relapse | |
| 8 | 9 | NAPALM DEATH | Time Waits For No Slave | Century Media | |
| 9 | 7 | CATTLE DECAPITATION | The Harvest Floor | Metal Blade | |
| 10 | 10 | WOE OF TYRANTS | Kingdom Of Might | Metal Blade | |
| 11 | 11 | SAXON | Into The Labyrinth | SPV | |
| 12 | 18 | PSYOPUS | Odd Senses | Metal Blade | |
| 13 | 15 | MASTODON | "Divinations" [Single] | Reprise | |
| 14 | 14 | EDGUY | Tinntanus Sanctus | Nuclear Blast | |
| 15 | 8 | RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER | Living For Death, Destroying The Rest | Relapse | |
| 16 | 25 | WARPATH | Damnation | S.H. Independent | |
| 17 | 16 | WINO | Punctuated Equilibrium | Southern Lord | |
| 18 | 12 | 16 | Bridges To Burn | Relapse | |
| 19 | 13 | VIKING SKULL | Gloom Doom Heartache 'N Whiskey | Candlelight Powerage | |
| 20 | - | ABSU | Absu | Candlelight |
Jakarta, 9 March 2009...
Monday evening, at the outdoor tennis Senayan Jakarta-indonesian, SOLUCITE (solucite.com) are able to bring heavymetal / Metalcore band from US - Lamb Of God, that consists of Chris Adler (drums), Will Adler (guitar), Mark Morton (guitar), Randy Blythe (vocal), and John Campbell (bass) for their Metalhead Wrath Tour 2009. They succeded to rock Jakarta and make all metal freaks gathering there from all over Indonesia to headbanging for more than an hour.
although the rain was very heavy when they played their opening song: "Ashes Of The Week", it didn't stop all metalhead there from stop banging their heads.
The vocalist Blythe was felt quite happy for the appreciation of Indonesian music lover which gathered there and makes the venue which is in Tennis outdoor field in Senayan, Jakarta. Lamb of God also sing some of their greatest songs such as "Walk with Me in Hell", "Again We Rise", and "Pathetic".
In fact, the band that is currently promoting their latest album "Wrath" said that they will be back to Indonesia again.
Salute....
Setlist
Intro
Hourglass
Laid to Rest
Walk with me in hell
Pathetic
Set to Fail
Ruin
Now you've got something to die for
Descending
Fake Messiah
Blacken the cursed Sun
Dead Seeds
Omerta
Vigil
Redneck
Black Label
images are courtesy of: solucite.com
A photo of Varg Vikernes's soon-to-be-permanent home in Bø, a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway, can be viewed below (picture courtesy of Varden.no).
Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) is the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches. He purchased the farm sometime last year and is planning to spend his time on the property with his French wife and son, both of whom are said to be already living at the home.
"As I respect others, I want others to respect me," Varg told Varden.no last summer. "We are really quite ordinary people, and we do not want any more attention than anyone else."
Alhough his parole application was denied four times — most recently in September 2008 — Vikernes is now set to walk free, he told the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.
"I will have to report [to the parole officer] for one year — initially every two weeks, and then once a month," Vikernes said.
For the past couple of years, Varg has been allowed to leave the prison regularly to walk around Tromsø, Norway (where the prison is located) and visit his family.
Last year it was reported that case workers at the Justice Ministry feared that Vikernes would be unable to adjust to life on the outside after his years in jail.
"I'm ready for society — and I have been for many years," Vikernes told Dagbladet last July. "I have learned from my mistakes and become older. Now I just want to be together with my family."
He added, "My mind has never been in prison; I think all the time about what I should do on the day that I am released.
"I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up.
"I miss my family. And I look forward the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books and be with the wife and kids around the clock — and live a normal life.
"I have received tremendous support from my family. It means a lot."
Photo below is displayed from Varden.no
Photo below courtesy of Burzum.org
source: blabbermouth.com
Progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER have set "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" as the title of their tenth studio album, due on June 23 via Roadrunner Records. In addition to the standard-version CD, the effort will also be available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that will include the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs, the titles of which will be revealed at a later date.
Six weeks prior to the June 23 street date, Roadrunner will release one cover song per week through digital retailers.
DREAM THEATER commenced work on "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" — the band's second for Roadrunner, following up 2007's "Systematic Chaos" — in October of last year.
Drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci are once again at the helm as producers, while Paul Northfield mixed the record.
"Black Clouds & Silver Linings" track listing:
01. A Nightmare to Remember
02. A Rite of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best of Times
06. The Count of Tuscany
A video for the first single, "A Rite of Passage", will be shot in late March.
Mike Portnoy played a one-minute "teaser" for the band's forthcoming album on the February 27, 2009 edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. The clip is available for streaming below.
Portnoy previously stated about the upcoming CD, "Imagine a DREAM THEATER album with 'A Change Of Seasons', 'Octavarium', 'Learning To Live', 'Pull Me Under' and 'The Glass Prison'... all on one album... COULD YOU HANDLE IT?? Excited? I sure am!!!!"
The band will embark on a world tour in support of the album beginning in Europe throughout June which will be followed by the second edition of the band’s "Progressive Nation" tour featuring ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION and BEARDFISH throughout North America in July/August.
Mike Portnoy will guest on "Eddie Trunk Live" on Sirius (channel 19) / XM Radio (channel 53) on Monday, March 16. The program airs from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. EST.
DREAM THEATER's "Chaos In Motion 2007/2008" double DVD set sold just under 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on the Top Music Videos chart.
source: blabbermouth.com
Metallica has issued the following update about launching a new Guitar Hero website:
"We're gearing up for the release of the 'Tallica Guitar Hero game and have been working with our friends over at Activision to bring you some cool previews of the game, stuff for your computer, info we hope you'll find helpful if you're looking for the game and instruments, track listings and more!
"Wander over to our Guitar Hero section located here to download wallpapers, buddy icons and banners, check out photos, news, and videos, and see if the instruments you already have will work with the new game (most do!). For even more on the upcoming game, visit the brand new Guitar Hero: Metallica site here
"And keep watching . . . we'll be adding lots more stuff!"
source: metalunderground.com
Metallica frontman James Hetfield was recently taken to hospital after suffering from a stomach bug. A message from him reads as follows:
"James here, alive, at about 80% but getting better. I want to say sorry for missing the second Stockholm gig on Sunday due to illness. The cause/diagnosis at the hospital was narrowed down to either a 24 hr virus or a bad oyster...yes, hate to admit, an oyster could have taken me down.
"I acknowledge and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused fans who had travelled near and far for the show. I had done everything possible to make it, and was at the point of falling if I stood up. On a lighter note since my illness, the support band 'Swedish Oyster Cult' will be thrown off the tour. More Cowbell?...More barf bagz!!
"Thanx for your understanding and support. It's not without notice from the whole 'Tallica Touring Family.
"With Love and Respect, James 'papa het'.
source: metalunderground.com
After his four applications for parole were denied, Varg Vikernes (Count Grishnackh) formerly of Burzum was finally told he will be released from prison after 16 years incarcerated.
Vikerenes was serving a 23-year sentence for the murder of Oystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous), guitarist of Mayhem and owner of Deathlike Silence Productions record label that Burzum was signed to. Varg was also convicted for setting fire to three churches.
Varg says that he is "...ready for society..." and has been for many years. He told Dagbladet newspaper, "I have learned from my mistakes and become older. Now I just want to be together with my family...I have barely seen my [18-month old] son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up." Varg regularly left the prison for the past couple of years to visit his mother, wife, 16-year-old daughter and young son in Tromso, Norway, the town where the prison is located.
While some, like the Justice Ministry, fear that he will not be able to adjust to life on the outside, Vikerenes said, "I look forward [to] the day that I could work on my farm, create music, write books and be with my family around the clock---and live a normal life." When asked by VG newspaper about if a "normal life" involves communication with Neo-Nazi groups he formerly endorsed, Vikernes said he "...[hasn't] been in contact with them for a long time."
Varg may have been paroled earlier, but was denied the second time he applied because the Justice Ministry claimed he escaped prison in 2003.
Varg will join his family in Bo, Norway, where he recently purchased a farm. Once he has been released, he is required to check in with the authorities every two weeks, and then after some time, every month.
source: metalunderground.com
Mar. 9, 2009
Photos of METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield leaving Stockholm's Karolinksa hospital late last night (Sunday, March 8) can be found at the web sites of the Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen.
Hetfield was taken to the hospital yesterday with a suspected case of food poisoning, forcing METALLICA to cancel last night's concert at Stockholm's Globen.
"As you can clearly see, one of the members of METALLICA isn't with us up here on stage tonight. Unfortunately, I have to let you know that James has had a really, really, bad day and he's on his way to the hospital right now," METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told the crowd shortly after 8 p.m..
"We obviously hope that he'll be better really soon. Unfortunately, METALLICA won't be able to play tonight."
The food poisoning reportedly took place on Saturday night after the band had a craving for Indian food and called for takeout from a Stockholm restaurant, with each band member placing an individual order, according to The Local.
"James ordered samosas, chicken tikka masala, and lamb in tomato and yoghurt sauce," a restaurant worker who took the call told Expressen.
After several hours under observation, Hetfield was released from the hospital late Sunday night.
"I feel fine now," he told the newspaper.
The band plans to reschedule the show for sometime in May and tickets issued for Sunday's cancelled show will be honored on the new date.
Fans, many of whom traveled great distances across Sweden to catch a glimpse of the band, were devastated by the news, according to The Local.
"I've been crying a lot. It's not just that my weekend was wrecked, but it's wrecked a full six months. I've been waiting so long getting psyched for this concert and now there isn't one," METALLICA fan Gustav Borne told Expressen
source: blabbermouth.com
For you Australian... :) Awaken from thy nightmarish faerytale and prepare for the violation of thy soul as the Lords of all the metal-goth-vampire disciples, the inimitable Cradle of Filth, descend upon Australian soil in 2009. Just Say Rock Productions, in bloodied unison with Roadrunner Records Australia, proudly presents Cradle of Filth’s, Godspeed on the Devil Down Under tour in May 2009. Conspicuously missing since 2000’s Midian tour, the metal innovators from Suffolk, England will deliver their full theatrical show to Australian audiences who have been kept waiting in the depths of murky darkness for ‘ages’. And of course, controversy was always trailing not too far behind. The now infamous and highly sought after “Jesus is a C**t” t-shirt had fans worldwide (even hitting home, in Brisbane) fined and arrested for wearing it in public. In October 2008, Cradle of Filth unleashed their 8th album, Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder (through Roadrunner). The album is a dark, chilling account of the hellish life of Gilles De Rais, a 15th century French nobleman turned murderer and Satanist. Cradle of Filth’s lavish musical arrangements and uncompromising persona are equally matched by a thrilling and dramatic live show. This is one date with the devil that you don’t want to miss. You’ll be damned if you do…and if you don’t. Australian Tour Dates 2009 PERTH - Friday 22 May – Metro City Tickets on sale now!! New album “Godspeed on the Devil’s Thunder” out now thru Roadrunner Records. For more information on Cradle Of Filth, check out www.cradleoffilth.com.
www.justsayrock.com.au, BOCS tickets, 78’s, Moshtix outlets
ADELAIDE - Sunday 24 May - Thebarton Theatre (all ages)
www.justsayrock.com.au, www.thebartontheatre.com.au, Venue tix
MELBOURNE - Tuesday 26 May –Palace Theatre
www.justsayrock.com.au, www.palace.com.au, Ticketmaster outlets
SYDNEY - Thursday 28 May – The Metro (all ages)
www.justsayrock.com.au, www.metrotheatre.com.au
BRISBANE - Sunday 31 May – The Arena
www.justsayrock.com.au, www.arena.oztix.com.au
According to The Welwyn & Hatfield Times, Seattle legends ALICE IN CHAINS and American industrial rockers NINE INCH NAILS are rumored to be playing alongside METALLICA and LINKIN PARK at the inaugural Sonisphere bill at Knebworth House, U.K. on August 1-2 as special guests.
METALLICA and LINKIN PARK are already confirmed headliners for the two-day camping festival at the Hertfordshire stately home.
LINKIN PARK will headline the opening night with METALLICA closing the event on the Sunday.
Also confirmed for the U.K. leg of the touring Sonicsphere festival are LAMB OF GOD and MASTODON.
SLIPKNOT is also playing on earlier European dates.
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar), Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — will premier its debut album, "The Devil You Know", on the April 29 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. An encore presentation nof the show will air on May 4. Fans are encouraged to speak with HEAVEN AND HELL by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).
For more information, visit RocklineRadio.com.
"The Devil You Know" is scheduled for release on April 28 via Rhino. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Bible Black", "Rock & Roll Angel", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Atom & Evil" and "Eating the Cannibals". The LP was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, U.K. where the 1992 SABBATH album "Dehumanizer" was also tracked.
"Everyone had so much fun playing together that we didn't want it to end," says the group. "We started writing together and the songs started flowing like we never stopped. We wound up writing and recording an album that stands up to anything we've ever done. We're really proud of the music and excited for people to hear it."
"Each of us submitted a CD of our ideas, and we narrowed it down from there," Iommi told Classic Rock. "In some ways it was like picking up where we'd left off with 'Dehumanizer'."
In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Ronnie James Dio described the material on the HEAVEN AND HELL album as "a real cross-section of everything we've done, from 'Heaven and Hell' through 'Mob Rules' and 'Dehumanizer'. I think there's a lot of 'Dehumanizer' in it, but a lot of other things, too, a real good blend of what this band has represented."
Three years ago, Dio, Iommi, Butler and Appice reunited to record a trio of new songs for Rhino's "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years" before launching a highly anticipated and greatly acclaimed world tour under their new moniker HEAVEN AND HELL. Revitalized by the reunion, the lineup returned to the studio to record the first-ever full-length studio album from HEAVEN AND HELL. To whet the fans' appetites for the new album, HEAVEN AND HELL hit the road last summer for a short stint on the Metal Masters Tour, a month-long North American trek with JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD, and TESTAMENT.
Regarding the band's decision to continue to operate as HEAVEN AND HELL rather than BLACK SABBATH, Iommi told Billboard.com last year, "It really is BLACK SABBATH, whatever we do. We just choose to go out as HEAVEN AND HELL so everyone knows what they're getting [and] so people won't expect to hear 'Iron Man' and all those songs. We've done them for so many years, it's nice to do just all the stuff with did with Ronnie again."
BLACK SABBATH's "The Rules Of Hell" box set — which features all three of SABBATH's Dio-era studio releases ("Heaven And Hell", "Mob Rules", "Dehumanizer") and its double live collection ("Live Evil"), each remastered for the first time — sold around 2,650 copies in the United States in its first week of release back in July 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan."The Rules Of Hell" comes packaged in a deluxe slipcase with extensive liner notes featuring all new interviews with the band.
