IRON KINGDOM - "QUEEN OF THE CRYSTAL THRONE

Canadian metal outfit Iron Kingdom are gearing up for their fifth full-length effort, The Blood Of Creation, out now. Today, these '80s throwbackers meet modern progressive riffs have unveiled the video for their latest single, “Queen Of The Crystal Throne”. Musically, the group is influenced by fantasy mixed with some added darker emotions following the Covid-19 pandemic, making it an interesting take on the band’s continuous evolution.

The band explains: “This powerful mid-tempo banger was written about a dark seductress: cold, aloof, and dangerous, you show interest at your own peril. We wanted a straight rocker tune, and that’s exactly what we did here with ‘Queen Of The Crystal Throne’, with hints of early Queensrÿche or Accept, the riffs have some balls, but they also keep a cool pace, it’s really just a super fun tune.”

NIKKI SIXX ON WHY MÖTLEY CRÜE CHOSE JOHN 5 TO REPLACE GUITARIST MICK MARS - "HE CHECKS ALL THE BOXES...

Last week, Mötley Crüe issued the following statement in regards to the announcement that guitarist Mick Mars will no longer tour with the band, but will continue as a member.

"While change is never easy, we accept Mick's decision to retire from the band due to the challenges with his health. We have watched Mick manage his Ankylosing Spondylitis for decades and he has always managed it with utmost courage and grace.

To say "enough is enough" is the ultimate act of courage. Mick's sound helped define Mötley Crüe from the minute he plugged in his guitar at our very first rehearsal together. The rest, as they say, is history. We'll continue to honor his musical legacy.

RAMONES: HÁ UMA “YOKO ONO” NA BANDA?

 

Sempre queremos encontrar culpados quando algo não funciona como acreditamos ser o certo. Até hoje muitas pessoas culpam Yoko Ono quando se trata do fim dos Beatles, mas será que ela é realmente a culpada ou foi apenas bode expiatório nisso tudo?




Na banda Punk chamada Ramones há uma situação parecida: Linda Ramone deixou Joey e, um tempo depois, casou-se com Johnny. Muitos a acusam de ser a responsável pelo fim da banda, mas será real?

ETERNAL CLOSURE - "EXILED)

At The Center Of It All – Chapter I is the first part of Eternal Closure’s new album At The Center Of It All, their most ambitious project to date. Check out single “Exiled” with a vocal playthrough realized by Martin Trotter (Darkest Media).

JASON NEWSTED SAYS HE "NEVER" LISTENED TO A METALLICA ALBUM AFTER HE LEFT THE BAND - "NO DISRESPECT, BUT I DIDN’T GET IT"

 

in a new interview from Louder, former Metallica bassist, Jason Newsted, discusses thrash history, jamming with Exodus and Machine Head, ageing gracefully, and more.

Asked when was the last time he listened to a Metallica album that came out after he left the band, Newsted replies: "Never. I heard the one where they made the video in prison [St. Anger]. I heard one song with my dad while we were riding in the car in Michigan, because the radio is still pretty wed to Metallica, and it went on for fucking ever. It was eight minutes on the radio, and I went, ‘What the fuck are they doing?’ No disrespect, but I didn’t get it.

"It was maybe harking back to the longer songs and the aggression and the tempo. And that stuff takes a lot of energy to play, and with James going up and down the fretboard like that, no one can touch it. I have a lot of respect for that thing, but I am quite a distance away from that type of music

ALTER BRIDGE – “THIS BAND IS NOT ALL ABOUT HEAVY AND COMPLEX SONGS

Pawns & Kings is the seventh studio album from American hard rock band Alter Bridge. Released on October 14 via Napalm Records, Pawns & Kings is being heralded by the label as the group’s “most aggressive collection of songs to date.” Speaking exclusively to BraveWords, Alter Bridge lead guitarist Mark Tremonti reveals what spawned that aggression. “I think it might have been, knowing that we have to play these songs night after night, it’s always in the back of our minds that we want to create songs that are going to be enjoyable night after night. I guess the more fun songs are the heavier, more aggressive songs. Maybe that’s it. But other than that, we didn’t have any plan on making an aggressive record, it just kind of turned out that way.”

Napalm is also touting Pawns & Kings as “career defining.” “I think we’ve probably, at this point, defined what Alter Bridge – the core of what our sound is, years ago. But we’re still trying to redefine ourselves as we go,” explains Tremonti, who along with vocalist / rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips completed the recording of Pawns & Kings in just six weeks. That’s a relatively short time span compared to previous Alter Bridge album sessions. “It’s easier to do that when you’ve got stuff really planned out in advance. We had extensive demoing done before we went in there, so when we got into pre-production, it was all business. We knew what we needed to do, and got it done. We also had to get the recording process finished at a certain point to be able to meet deadlines for all the business things like getting the records pressed, and all the supply chain issues. It needed to be done by a certain date.”

Comprised of ten songs, Pawns & Kings has the fewest tracks of any Alter Bridge album, making it stand apart from the 14 and 13 song epics that Walk The Sky and The Last Hero are. “We knew that this record was going to have a lot of longer tunes,” admits Tremonti. “When I sent this record over to my brother, and I told him there were ten tracks, he was like, ‘No way. You’ve got to have more. Alter Bridge fans get a record every three years, they’re going to want more tracks.’ But then when he heard the record – ‘Ten is fine. There’s so much information on this record to take in, it seems like it’s a much longer record than when you see the ten tracks.’ I think some of these songs are almost two songs in one. Three or four of the songs are over the six-minute range, so it’s still a lengthy record

KATATONIA: BANDA LANÇA SINGLE NOVO E ANUNCIA O PRÓXIMO DISCO DE INÉDITAS

Nesta quarta-feira (26), os suecos do Katatonia anunciaram o lançamento do seu décimo segundo disco de estúdio, para o ano de 2023. Intitulado, como “Sky Void of Stars” o álbum está previsto para sair no dia 20 de janeiro, via Napalm Records.


A banda comentou sobre o disco: “Nosso 12º álbum, ‘Sky Void of Stars’, é uma jornada dinâmica pela escuridão vibrante. Nascido do anseio pelo que foi perdido e não encontrado, as próprias periferias do inalcançável, mas composto e condensado em forma humana e apresentado como sons e palavras fiéis ao signo Katatonia. Sem estrelas aqui, apenas chuva violenta.”

Na sexta-feira passada (21), os suecos divulgaram as data da sua turnê pela a América Latina. No Brasil, a turnê irá passar por São Paulo, no dia 25 de março.