DREAM THEATER'S LOST NOT FORGOTTEN ARCHIVES - IMAGES AND WORDS DEMOS (1989 - 1991) AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

Originally released in 2005 on Ytsejam Records, Images And Words Demos (1989-1991) documents a special period for the band as they prepared for the release of their landmark Images And Words album. This collection includes instrumental versions of fan-favorite Dream Theater classics like "Take The Time" and "Learning To Live". Also showcasing rare early renditions of some of the band’s most well-known entries such as "Oliver’s Twist", which would later become arguably the band’s greatest hit, "Pull Me Under'". It also features the original audition takes that would see Dream Theater appoint James LaBrie as their new vocalist. Remastered and available on vinyl for the very first time, this is a fascinating look at the band’s earliest days together. The latest addition to the Lost Not Forgotten Archives is available to pre-order on 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 3LP+2CD & as Digital Album. Pre-order now for a September 9th release here.

Tracklist

CD1
Instrumental Demos 1989-1991
"Metropolis"
"Take the Time"
"Learning to Live"
"Under A Glass Moon"

Vocalist Audition Demos 1990
"Don't Look Past Me"
"To Live Forever"
"To Live Forever"
"A Change of Seasons"

CD2
The ATCO Demos May 1991
"Metropolis"
"To Live Forever"
"Take the Time"

Pre-Production Demos October 1991
"Pull Me Under"
"Another Day"
"Surrounded"
"Under a Glass Moon"
"Wait for Sleep"
"Learning to Live"

Line-up / Musicians
- Kevin Moore / keyboards
- John Myung / bass guitar
- John Petrucci / guitars
- Mike Portnoy / drums
- James LaBrie / vocals (tracks 9-17)
- John Hendricks / vocals (tracks 5 & 6)
- Steve Stone / vocals (track 7)
- Chris Cintron / vocals (track 8)

THRENODY - RID OF FLESH

 

Bit of a confusing backstory here: Pennsylvania's Threnody were around back in the early '90s, and here three of the five original dudes, with two newbies, are presenting “re-visioned” versions of eight songs from 30 years ago. Whatever man, if it's death metal, I'll listen.

I wasn't expecting much, but opener “Picking At Slough” kills it with total Cannibal Corpse levels of determination, and “Crib Death” follows that up with some groove and memorable vocal lines... Wait, what is this that stands before me? Resurrected (okay, “re-visioned”) DM from 1990 that actually sounds fresh and vital? “Cess Remnants” does the Obituary caveman stomp before going back to some very Cannibal riffing, and “Maggot Fest” continues to gnaw away at my brain cells in a pleasant enough way. I keep thinking this will get dull, but the title track's journey through the sludgey sewers is a nice wake-up call at the halfway point, and “Internal Infestation”, although I suspect the lyrical sophistication is making me dumber yet, is a total banger. “Choking On Blood” again showcases this band's oddly fine-tuned ability to write memorable vocal hooks; “Dissected Infected” ends it off with some well-placed blasting for the finale.



This is as solid as meat-and-potatoes DM comes, the backstory really only confounding matters, although it does give it an air of era-appropriate authenticity; if this was new material from a new band, I might be a bit less interested, although would be hard pressed to really explain why. But I can explain why I enjoyed this: it demonstrates all that is great about back-to-basics death metal from the time when that was some of the most exciting music on the planet.

POWERTRYP - MIDNIGHT MARAUDER

 

Rolling down the hallway, "Brothers In Speed" greets the listener, with a Teutonic charge. Great start for a band's debut. The English vocals are nothing special, but more than passable. Accent is on the guitar runs as Powertryp offer a variant of traditional sounds mutated with speed metal. The gritty chug of "Doors Are Locked Now" owes a debt to early Twisted Sister (think "Tear It Loose").

In the first moment of subtlety, Norse mythology based "By My Hand" wakes to a belabored pace. Eventually, riffing guitar kicks in, setting Powertryp back on the established pathway, albeit with restraint, in terms of speed and intensity. Gritty "Bastet" returns to normal. Locomotive powered "Here's Control" is a headbanger, start-to-finish. This is what I'm talking about! Rather lengthy instrumental intro to "Chapel Of Steel", a bit of groove inhabiting the track, come the vocal section: also some guitar embellishment. Favorite cut is "Hotter Than Hellfire" with its frequent twin guitar interplay. A real mover. "Out Of Ashes" follow-up is nearly nine minutes long! Initially it snakes through a plodding, drum led leaden pace, before establishing itself (tale of a phoenix) as a mediocre, long-winded tune, although the guitars do jam out, in the final minute or two. Honestly would have preferred Powertryp utilize the time for a quicker pair, rather than a single slow (OK, mid-tempo) song.



Proper disc closer "No Pride" is a no-holds-barred pounder, decrying society's ills. The CD format offers an additional bonus track, the aggro "Nail Your Prophet", which comes thrashing out of the speakers, with intermittent sections of shuffling sedation.

TONY MARTIN TALKS FORTHCOMING BLACK SABBATH BOX SET - "ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT'S HAPPENING; I DON'T KNOW WHEN"

 

On the latest episode of The Rock And Metal Profs: The History And Philosophy Of Rock And Metal,, the Profs talk to multi-talented vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist and former lead singer of Black Sabbath, Tony Martin.

Over Martin's illustrious career he's produced some of the most iconic and memorable music in rock and metal history both as Black Sabbath's vocalist in the '80s and '90s, and as a solo performer. His voice appears on over 80 recordings, and he continues to produce some of the best music within the genre. His new album, Thorns, is a contender for album of the year, and showcases what fans of Tony Martin have always known -- he is a special talent both as a singer and composer.

Hosts Court and Matt ask him about his role in Black Sabbath, the new solo album, the upcoming Black Sabbath / Tony Martin-era box set, and some of life's biggest questions. Tony also recounts some memorable stories from the road as a member of Black Sabbath.

On the forthcoming box set.

Martin: "All I know is that it's happening. I know that two record labels are releasing it. I don't know when, and I don't know what it's gonna look like. There was some suggestion a while back that we might be able to put extra tracks and stuff on it. I did offer, and I went to see Tony Iommi and offered some things, and then he said we can't use anything new because nothing new can be released under the Black Sabbath name. It can only be stuff that's got the original four members on it. I'm expecting it to be a remixed version of whatever the original was; that's what I'm expecting.

Eddie Van Halen came over and helped us write one of the tracks (for the Cross Purposes album). I had an 8-track recorder at the time in the '80s, and I used to take it everywhere. I've got all of the writing sessions and rehearsals recorded. So I sent (Tony) this, and he went, 'Wow! That's fucking great.' And I said, 'Well, you're welcome to use it, if you wanna put that on.' So, I don't know… maybe you'll get that on there."



Martin was with Black Sabbath from 1987 - 1991, then again between 1993 - 1997. He recorded five albums with the band: The Eternal Idol (1987), Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994), and Forbidden (1995).

Martin recently released his long-awaited solo album, Thorns, via Dark Star Records. In a new interview with Vintage Rock Pod, Tony talks about the new record, and shares some incredible stories from his Sabbath days, including when the band went to play in Russia in 1989 with tales of bottles being thrown, threats to pay the band in tractors, and the most unusual spectator ever at a Black Sabbath concert.

VRP: You were one of the first bands to go over there [Russia] after that kind of ban lifted in ‘89. I mean, what was the reaction like from the fans and the people that you met in the country at that time?

Tony Martin: "It was mad. They didn't know how to behave really. We played two places, Moscow and Leningrad. And a funny story about that actually, um, the Moscow gig, the dignitaries were invited, the mayor, the mayor's wife, the mayors mother, the kids, you know, the whole entourage. And we were playing ‘Iron Man’, you know? [Tony] Iommi comes over to me, digs me in the ribs, says 'look down there.' I said 'Where?' He said, 'Down there, look down there.' An old grandma was sat in the front row knitting! To 'Iron Man'! Yeah yeah very good boys *to the tune of Iron Man* “knit one, pearl one three, da da da da...”

"But the reception was great, and you know, they were nice to us. They actually threatened to pay us in tractors. They said, 'Well, how about we pay you in tractors? We'd give you 20 tractors. You take them back to the UK sell them and you'll keep the money.' No just give us the fucking money. It was quite an eye opener, really. For sure, we had quite a journey there."

OZZY OSBOURNE LANÇA O SINGLE “DEGRADATION RULES” COM PARTICIPAÇÃO DE TONY IOMMI

 

Ozzy Osbourne lançará seu novo álbum, “Patient Number 9”, em 9 de setembro via Epic Records. O segundo single do do LP, “Degradation Rules”, com a participação do lendário guitarrista e ex-companheiuro de Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, pode ser conferida abaixo.


“Patient Number 9” track listing:

01. Patient Number 9 (feat. Jeff Beck)
02. Immortal (feat. Mike McCready)
03. Parasite (feat. Zakk Wylde)
04. No Escape From Now (feat. Tony Iommi)
05. One Of Those Days (feat. Eric Clapton)
06. A Thousand Shades (feat. Jeff Beck)
07. Mr. Darkness (feat. Zakk Wylde)
08. Nothing Feels Right (feat. Zakk Wylde)
09. Evil Shuffle (feat. Zakk Wylde)
10. Degradation Rules (feat. Tony Iommi)
11. Dead And Gone
12. God Only Knows
13. Darkside Blues



Quanto à sua colaboração renovada com Iommi, Ozzy disse: “Foi muito bom trabalhar com Tony. Ele é o mestre dos riffs. Ninguém pode tocá-lo a esse respeito. Eu só gostaria que tivéssemos essas músicas para o álbum ‘13’ do Black Sabbath.”

Zakk Wylde turnê com o Pantera

Zakk Wylde diz que turnê com o Pantera é uma celebração a "grandeza de Vinnie, Dime e todas as montanhas que a banda conquistou e destruiu".

O guitarrista Zakk Wylde falou pela primeira vez sobre o retorno do Pantera e disse estar “mais do que honrado” em participar da próxima turnê da banda.

Como te contamos aqui, na última semana foi confirmado que Wylde e o baterista Charlie Benante se juntarão aos membros remanescentes do Pantera, Phil Anselmo e Rex Brown, para uma série de shows pelos principais festivais da Europa e Estados Unidos, além de apresentações solo.

Em entrevista ao Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, que aconteceu no último fim de semana em Mansfield, Ohio, Zakk disse:

“Quando o Vinnie ainda estava vivo, quando os rapazes estavam todos falando sobre fazer isso, eu sempre falei pra eles apenas, ‘Claro que eu faria… se vocês me pedissem, por que

eu não faria? Eu vou homenagear o Dime’. Seria como se Noel Redding e Mitch Mitchell pedindo ao Eric Clapton se ele toparia sair e homenagear o Jimi [Hendrix], com o Eric tocando as coisas do Jimi e cantando as músicas do Jimi e eles saindo como ‘uma celebração ao Jimi Hendrix’. E ele estaria homenageando seu colega e ele tocaria as suas músicas.”

“Eu acho que é uma coisa bonita. É como quando fazemos os ‘Dimebash’ [eventos que homenageiam Dimebag], é uma celebração da grandeza do Dime. É uma celebração do Pantera — é isso que é… você está celebrando a grandeza do Vinnie e do Dime e você está celebrando todas as montanhas que o Pantera conquistou e destruiu.”



Zakk também fez questão de reiterar que essa turnê nada mais é do que um tributo à música do Pantera, e não uma reunião da banda.

“Obviamente, não é o Pantera. O Pantera é aqueles quatro caras — é o Phil, o Rex, o Dime e o Vinnie. Mas é como quando o [Led] Zeppelin saiu com o Jason Bonham [filho de John Bonham, baterista falecido do Led Zeppelin] tocando, foi fenomenal. Eu falei para o Jason, eu fiquei tipo, ‘Cara, você arrasou’. É uma coisa ótima simplesmente ouvi-los tocar aquelas músicas novamente.”

Wylde finaliza: “Estou mais do que honrado por fazer parte disso”.

METALLICA: VEM AÍ A CERVEJA “CLIFF ‘EM ALL”; CONFIRA DETALHES

 

O falecido baixista do Metallica, Cliff Burton, será mais uma vez saudado, desta vez com uma nova cerveja de marca que foi assinada pelo espólio do músico. Apelidada de “Cliff ‘Em All”, a cerveja IPA surgiu através de uma parceria entre a Knucklebonz, a Calicraft Brewing Co. e a varejista online CraftShack.


A cerveja “Cliff ‘Em All” é uma IPA com 6,4% ABV. A descrição diz que foi “fabricada para celebrar a música, a vida e o legado do mestre músico Cliff Burton”. Foi fabricada no estilo NorCal, considerado “lupulado, ousado e esmagável!” Esta cerveja da Costa Oeste é feita com lúpulos simcoe e citra. E agora se torna a sétima cerveja da Knucklebonz Beverage Series.

O lançamento da cerveja também vem com um componente de caridade, com uma parte de todos os rendimentos indo para a Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Foundation for Rising Youth Musicians.

A família Burton disse em um comunicado:



“Continuando a missão do pai de Cliff, o falecido Ray Burton, a Cliff Burton Foundation está centrada em promover a próxima geração de talentos musicais. Escolhemos a dedo jovens de todo o mundo com o mesmo entusiasmo pela música e dedicação ao seu ofício que o falecido baixista Cliff Burton tinha. Felicidades para Cliff e Ray Burton que adoravam uma boa cerveja!”

Burton se juntou ao Metallica em 1982, substituindo Ron McGovney. Ele apareceu nos três primeiros álbuns da banda – “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride the Lightning” e “Master of Puppets”. Sua vida foi interrompida durante um acidente de ônibus em 1986, enquanto a banda estava em turnê na Suécia.

“Estamos honrados em trabalhar com a propriedade para trazer produtos premium para superfãs de música que ajudam a contribuir para ajudar esses jovens músicos talentosos e trabalhadores”, diz Tony Simerman, CEO/Diretor Criativo da KnuckleBonz, Inc.

“Não é apenas esta fundação e o que ela representa para nossos entes queridos e nossos corações aqui na KnuckleBonz, mas honrar Cliff de qualquer forma, seja qual for, é muito importante para nós”, diz Simerman. “A integridade, paixão e motivação que ele sempre teve junto com seu óbvio talento musical, ele ganhou o mais alto lugar de respeito em nossa empresa. Estamos realmente honrados em trabalhar com a família em qualquer coisa que possa homenagear Cliff Burton.”



Os primeiros 500 clientes que comprarem a cerveja também receberão um pôster de edição limitada grátis com seu pedido. Por enquanto a distribuição da cerveja é exclusiva nos EUA, sem previão para chegar a o Brasil.