TRIVIUM RELEASE "FEAST OF FIRE" PERFORMANCE VIDEO FROM THE HANGAR

Florida metal titans Trivium - Matt Heafy (vocals, guitar), Corey Beaulieu (guitar), Paolo Gregoletto (bass), and Alex Bent (drums) - have released a performance video for "Feast Of Fire", taken from the band's new album, In The Court Of The Dragon. Watch below:

Trivium's tenth album, In The Court Of The Dragon, is out now via Roadrunner Records. The record was produced and mixed by Josh Wilbur and recorded in autumn 2020 at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Order In The Court Of The Dragon here.

The album cover is an original oil painting by French artist Mathieu Nozieres (@mathieunozieres on Instagram)

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YES’ JON DAVISON ON THE QUEST – “I HOPE TO INSPIRE THE LISTENER TO TAKE THEIR OWN MUSICAL JOURNEY”

 

Progressive rock icons Yes continue to soldier on, confronting their advancing years with fierce determination to write new music regularly and boldly. There’s been much tittering about the band slowing down, about Steve Howe and Alan White in particular showing their years, not to mention that we’ve lost original bassist Chris Squire, passed on for six years now. Indeed Alan’s condition has caused an ‘augmentation” for live work from drummer Jay Schellen, who also provides additional percussion on the band’s smooth but intriguing, intimate, almost new agey album, The Quest, fully the band’s 22nd album, and third since 2011. Almost in sympathy to Alan and Steve, there’s not much of the other venerable band member Geoff Downes on this album either.

Then again Steve really steps up across The Quest, leading authoritatively, producing, playing lots of fluid guitar lines and singing quite a bit, doing his own augmentation, joining new guy Jon Davison—this is his second Yes record, after 2014’s Heaven & Earth—on many of the songs. Rounding out the lineup is the ever-youthful Billy Sherwood, officially back in the band after two Yes studio albums in the ‘90s.

The Quest is also the band’s first record for prolific prog label InsideOut Music, with head honcho Thomas Waber remarking in a statement, “I am delighted to welcome Yes to the label and am looking forward to seeing the reaction of the band’s fans to the new album. Being a long-time fan myself, I am really excited by the new material. Steve Howe managed to capture many of the important elements that we all love about Yes.”

BraveWords caught up with lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist Jon Davison for a few remarks on the tenor and times of the new album.



“With this record,” figures Jon, “we’ve got a label more interested in the art, and a supportive detail-oriented producer who is also a band member (note: by this he means Steve—the last album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker!), caring about the music to the utmost, which has made a massive difference this time around.”

As for his lyrics, Jon says that, “to avoid redundancy, I try to follow a general rule of not attaching to any familiar points of lyrical topic, which of course can make things more difficult (laughs), but ultimately leading to a more rewarding conclusion, I hope. As far as fresh topics for The Quest, I touch on everything from personal loss to global issues, be it environmental or pandemic-related. Concerns about the effects of exponential technology growth is another new topic I found interesting to explore.”

With respect to lyric-writing modus operandi, is it a case of keeping a notebook, writing at the last minute, writing directly for the music? “All of the above,” chuckles Jon, “including banging my head against the wall. In other words, whatever works to get the job done.” As for any degree of book-ish inspiration, Jon cites, “professor and science fiction author Vernon Vinge, who played a vital role in influencing some of my lyrical direction, as did the spiritual teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Honestly, for my lyrical direction on ‘A Living Island,’ for example, I can probably offer credit to a credible journalist or two who informed the rest of us of the severe state of world affairs during the pandemic.”

“I think an essential trademark of Yes music has always been that each member has a prominent voice or character within the music,” continues Jon, asked about self-producing this time out. “And no one knows this better than Steve, who I found as a producer to be completely equitable in this respect. See, we had a pretty clear idea of how we wanted to operate and function as a creative force. Often times, the artist’s vision can get diluted by having to compromise to higher powers (laughs). We didn’t have any of that while making this record. The folks at InsideOut have been completely supportive in allowing Steve and the rest of us to freely realize our creative potential.

And whose decision was this album title, The Quest?

“Steve came up with the title, and the rest of us unanimously acquiesced without question. There were no working titles used or other official titles considered that I can remember, because we all knew what Steve had come up with was right.”

Obvious off-topic, I wondered if Jon had any thoughts on why Yes was able to strike such a chord with the public back at 1983’s 90125. “Well, I suppose they had successfully managed to tap into the current sound of the time,” figures Davison, “while still preserving just enough of the familiar Yes trademarks that endeared the ‘70s fan base. Having a hit single with ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ certainly solidified their validity to a more immediate and pop-oriented music culture too, right?”

In closing, I asked Jon what the mission of the band was. I’ve asked everybody in Yes this over the years, because it really does seem like there’s a set of philosophies to this band, one that emerges into something resembling a unified persona… of purpose.

“To challenge ourselves to new musical heights by uniquely amalgamating the plethora of musical genre influence we collectively share—how’s that? I’ve often heard Steve say that Yes has always avoided, whenever possible, following rules and therefore making their own way instead. Most of Yes’ success has been built on that one principle, right? But as it stands, I’ve just always wanted to make another great Yes record! It requires every member to share a singular focus toward a common goal. Our particular lineup now is the longest standing in Yes history and it’s because we get along as individuals and fortunately possess a united focus.”

 

DIRTY HONEY REVEALS A LOOK INTO THE MAKING OF “THE WIRE”

Dirty Honey has shared a glimpse of what went down during the recording of their song, "The Wire", at Henson Studios in Los Angeles, California. Check it out below.

Directed and edited by the award-winning Scott Fleishman/APLUSFILMZ, Dirty Honey's brand new music video, "The Wire", was shot at various locations on the band's current US tour with The Black Crowes, and provides the viewer a laminated, All Access pass to life on the road with what one journalist called "a band at the top of the new breed of rock and rollers."

On the tour bus... arriving at the next gig... a little sightseeing on a day off... dinner and a cigar at La Scarola... soundcheck... signing copies of their debut album for that night's merchandise booth... an after-show celebratory night-cap at a local saloon... from the dressing room to the stage... this is Dirty Honey's, "The Wire":

he Dirty Honey album features eight new songs that capture the lightning-in-a-bottle dynamics and energy of the band's live sound. "California Dreamin'," with its massive riffs and smoking guitar solos, "Tied Up," a sultry and soulful rocker, "Gypsy," that showcases plenty of swagger and gritty guitar work, "The Wire," leaving no doubt that Marc LaBelle is one of contemporary rock's best vocalists, and "Another Last Time," a mid-tempo, organ-fueled album closer with its bittersweet lyrics and bursting with soul, are just a few of the nuggets on this album.

Korn explica afastamento indefinido de Fieldy: “Queremos que ele fique saudável”

James “Munky” Shaffer comentou a ausência do baixista na turnê da banda

James “Munky” Shaffer, guitarrista do Korn, explicou o afastamento de Fieldy por tempo indeterminado da banda, que se prepara para lançar o álbum Réquiem.

“Agora ele está se dando um tempo para descobrir o que lhe faz feliz, entender sua felicidade e o que quer fazer da vida. Acho que é a melhor maneira de dizer isso”, explicou Munky à Loudwire Nights (via Blabbermouth). “E para garantir que a saúde mental dele esteja no melhor estado, porque se você não estiver bem, você faz escolhas ruins”.

De acordo com o guitarrista, esse tempo longe da turnê da banda e outras obrigações promocionais tem o objetivo de ajudar Fieldy nessa jornada de autodescobrimento e cura: “Estamos dando tempo para ele descobrir o que quer fazer, sem pressão, porque [assim] ainda podemos trabalhar e sair em turnê. Mas sentimos falta dele. Amamos esse cara e queremos que ele fique saudável”.

O hiato das atividades como baixista foi anunciado pelo próprio Fieldy, cinco meses atrás, para reabilitação de “maus hábitos” com os quais teve recaídas nos últimos anos.

ROB HALFORD DIZ QUE O PRÓXIMO ÁLBUM DO JUDAS PRIEST TERÁ SEU PRÓPRIO ‘PERSONAGEM SEPARADO’

 

Em uma entrevista recente com o japonês crítico de música e rádio personalidade Masa Ito da ‘Rock City’ (TVK ), o cantor do JUDAS PRIEST Rob Halford falou sobre o progresso das sessões de composição para o seguimento a 2018 do disco ‘Firepower’ . Ele disse: “Este próximo álbum do PRIEST será tão cheio e terá um personagem separado. JUDAS PRIEST é ‘Painkiller’ ; JUDAS PRIEST é ‘British Steel’ ; JUDAS PRIEST é ‘Screaming For Vengeance’ ;é ‘Sin After Sin’ . Cada álbum tem suas próprias pernas, suas próprias botas de metal.

Sempre dissemos que, embora sejamos uma banda de heavy metal, não deixamos isso nos confinar; não permitimos que o heavy metal nos coloque em uma caixa”, continuou ele. “Achamos que heavy metal é liberdade – liberdade musical. Então, quando tocamos [no] Bloodstock [ festival Open Air em agosto] e vinte mil maníacos por metal cantavam ‘I’m your turbo lover‘, é metal. E então, vinte minutos mais tarde, vinte mil maníacos do metal dizem: ”He is the painkiller‘, é metal. De dois mundos diferentes – do mundo ‘Turbo’ e do mundo ‘Painkiller’ – mas ainda é heavy metal. E isso, eu sinto, sempre foi o que define JUDAS PRIEST em um lugar que ninguém mais explora. E é por isso que eu sinto que quando nossos fãs japoneses ouvem que JUDAS PRIEST está fazendo um novo álbum de metal, eles sabem que vão conseguir algo que nunca ouviram antes, eles vão conseguir os sons, eles vão para conseguir as músicas, eles vão conseguir as composições e os arranjos de uma forma que, novamente, é nova; é fresco.“

“Eu sinto que também é uma parte da razão pela qual duramos 50 anos em nosso próprio mundo, no mundo PRIEST – é porque quando começamos a sentar e escrever, como tenho escrito com Glenn [ Tipton , guitarrista do PRIEST ] e com Richie [ Faulkner , guitarrista do PRIEST ], internamente, nós sabemos, pensamos em nossos fãs, pensamos na empolgação que nossos fãs estão sentindo, pensamos sobre o que nossos fãs estão se perguntando que este próximo álbum do PRIEST conterá. E sabemos que nosso os fãs também estão cheios de aventura e aceitação e mente aberta e liberdade como JUDAS PRIEST é quando nós [nos reunimos] para fazer essas novas canções de metal.“

“Então, sim, todos os álbuns do PRIEST – se você olhar a capa de ‘Point Of Entry’ , você pode ouvir as músicas em sua cabeça; se você olhar a capa de ‘Firepower’ , você pode ouvir as músicas em seu cabeça. É a mesma banda, mas têm duas dimensões diferentes. E é isso que torna o JUDAS PRIEST , novamente, único. Não existe outra banda no heavy metal como o JUDAS PRIEST , e estamos muito orgulhosos disso. “


Halford recentemente veio a público com sua batalha contra o câncer de próstata. Em julho de 2020, Rob foi submetido à prostatectomia, uma operação em que toda a próstata é removida e parte do tecido ao redor dela, incluindo as vesículas seminais. Depois que mais câncer foi descoberto no início deste ano, ele passou por tratamentos de radiação em abril e maio e finalmente ficou bom em junho. Ele também fez uma apendicectomia depois que um tumor foi descoberto em seu apêndice.

O PRIEST foi forçado a cancelar o restante de sua turnê de outono de 2021 nos Estados Unidos depois que Faulkner sofreu uma dissecção cardíaca aguda da aorta durante a apresentação da banda no festival Louder Than Life no final de setembro. Faulkner foi levado às pressas para o UofL Health – Jewish Hospital, onde a equipe de cirurgia cardiotorácica precisou de aproximadamente 10 horas para concluir uma cirurgia que salvou vidas.

INFECTED RAIN ESTREIA O VIDEOCLIPE DO SINGLE “FIGHTER” E ANUNCIA LIVESTREAM DE SHOW/DOCUMENTÁRIO

O Infected Rain está de volta com seu novo single “Fighter” — a segunda faixa a ser compartilhada de seu próximo álbum “Ecdysis”, que chega dia 07 de janeiro via Napalm Records.


A vocalista do grupo, Lena Scissorhands, comentou:


“Inspirado por mulheres fortes que nunca desistem,
‘Fighter’ é um lembrete do aqui e agora!
‘Fighter’ é um lembrete de força e potencial.
‘Hoje, agora, tudo o que você tem é isso!’”

Sobre o álbum como um todo, ela acrescentou:


“Enquanto o mundo inteiro estava em uma depressão profunda, Ecdysis estava lento mas seguramente amadurecendo. O tempo de isolamento, longe de todos os nossos planos e objetivos, longe dos entes queridos e do palco, trouxe à tona algo tão novo e diferente em nós. Um novo capítulo começa com este álbum, um capítulo de emoções cruas e compromisso total.”

Assista ao videoclipe de “Fighter” na parte inferior da página, onde você também encontrará a capa do álbum de “Ecdysis” e a lista de faixas. As pré-encomendas podem ser feitas aqui.


Em outras notícias, a banda também apresentará um novo show ao vivo e documentário intitulado ‘The Devil’s Dozen’ em 26 de novembro. Os ingressos para isso podem ser encontrados aqui.

01. “Postmortem Pt. 1”
02. “Fighter”
03. “Longing”
04. “Goodbye”
05. “The Realm of Chaos” feat. Heidi Shepherd (Butcher Babies)
06. “Everlasting Lethargy”
07. “These Walls”
08. “Showers”
09. “November”
10. “Never the Same”
11. “Nine, Ten”
12. “Postmortem Pt. 2”

ANNIHILATOR REWORKS STAR-STUDDED METAL ALBUM WITH DAVE LOMBARDO AND STU BLOCK

 

earMusic has announced a remarkable reissue series of (almost) the entire Annihilator catalogue. Metal II kicks off this extensive catalogue campaign that will give you special editions, bonus material, exclusive and previously unreleased tunes.

And Metal II is only the first taste, ahead of a huge catalogue campaign covering (almost) all Annihilator studio records and long lost rarities. Fans have been waiting years and it’s finally happening: the much sought-after and previously unavailable Annihilator back catalogue is getting a series of reissues via earMUSIC. In total, 18 records are going to be released over the next few years, including the original 2007 version of the Metal album.

Metal II has been given an incredible overhaul with the one and only Dave Lombardo (Dead Cross, ex-Slayer) killing the drums and lead vocals "re-invented" by the great Stu Block (Into Eternity).

Waters passed over mixing duties to legendary engineer Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Van Halen) and it was remastered by Maor Appelbaum. The guest list on the album is huge with more than a dozen killer artists from bands like Lamb Of God, Arch Enemy, Children Of Bodom, Nevermore, In Flames, Trivium, Danko Jones, Anvil, The Haunted and Lynam: One big metal party!

“Dave was in my favourite band ever (Slayer),” Waters gushes “and continues to evolve and play in many diverse bands, like Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle and many other projects. It was an honour to be on the same record as Lombardo. And he uses the Reign In Blood ride cymbal!! Yes! The ACTUAL ride cymbal we hear on that classic record.”

Waters reveals that, “Stu has been the vocalist that I have (publicly) wanted to be Annihilator’s singer, ever since I heard him in the Canadian band Into Eternity, but I never got the opportunity to get him! He is the next generation of amazing vocalists that is grabbing the microphone from such icons as Dickinson and Halford. And our paths SHOULD have crossed a long time ago, but we are here now!”

“So I got a hold of them both,” Waters continues, “and they both loved the tunes and both said ‘FUCK YES’! And I said to Stu, ‘you’ve got three takes’, so there’s blemishes and warts and fuck-ups everywhere. And I said the same to Dave, ‘get it done’. And watching pros do this is mind-blowing because you don’t have the best sounds, but you have the best players.”

Out on February 18, you can pre-order Metal II via the links below:

- Ltd. Orange Vinyl
- Ltd. Blue Vinyl
- Black Vinyl
- CD Digipak

Tracklisting:

"Chasing The High" (ft. Willie Adler, Lamb Of God)
"Downright Dominate" (ft. Alexi Laiho, Children Of Bodom)
"Army Of One" (ft. Steve ‘Lips' Kudlow, Anvil)
"Couple Suicide" (ft. Danko, Danko Jones and Angela Gossow, Arch Enemy)
"Heavy Metal Maniac" (ft. Dan Beehler, Exciter and Allan Johnson, Exciter) – Cover Song
"Haunted" (ft. Jesper Strömblad, In Flames)
"Romeo Delight" - Cover Song
"Detonation" (ft. Jacob Lynam, Lynam)
"Clown Parade" (ft. Jeff Loomis, Nevermore)
"Smothered" (ft. Anders Björler, The Haunted)
"Kicked" (ft. Corey Beaulieu, Trivium)