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Manos Spanos

KAMELOT Guitarist: The Band Is Better Now Than It Ever Has Been

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Nick Tevelis of Australia's Metal Obsession recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Obsession: "Silverthorn" is the first record with Tommy[Karevik] on vocals. How was the recording process for this album compared to the past? Did Tommy have a lot to do with the writing of the record or was it basically written before he joined the band?
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KORN: Video Footage Of Entire HELLFEST Performance

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Fan-filmed video footage of KORN's entire June 22 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. KORN has set a September 24 release date for its 11th studio album, the first to feature founding guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's "Take A Look In The Mirror". With singer Jonathan Davis saying not long ago that he thinks the new disc is the best KORN has ever done, The Pulse Of Radio asked KORNguitarist James "Munky" Shaffer for his assessment. "It's heavy metal with lots of melody," he said. "Jonathan's lyrics are — the way he elaborates and articulates on different subjects, his melodies are so killer. I can't wait for people to hear it."
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FEAR FACTORY Guitarist Says ‘Demanufacture’ Album Was Ahead Of Its Time

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On July 2, AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host ofTriple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011), conducted an interview with guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked whose idea it was to perform FEAR FACTORY's classic classic 1995 sophomore album, "Demanufacture", on the band's Australian tour, vocalist Burton C. Bell told The Rockpit: "It was kinda like a joke at first. Last time we were there for 'The Industrialist' on tour, we were playing a lot of tracks from 'Demanufacture', and we just thought, 'Why don't we just play the whole damn record?' and the promoter was, like, 'Oh, that's actually a great idea. We should plan it properly,' and blah blah blah, and just started talking about it. And we thought about it, and it was Australia that embraced FEAR FACTORY wholeheartedly first and so Australia was where we received our first silver and gold records for 'Demanufacture', so we figured that we'd go to Australia."
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MASTODON Guitarist: ’25 To 30 Songs’ Are ‘Ready For The New Record’

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On June 30, Derek Simmons-Tobias of Examiner.com conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallersMASTODON at the Mountain View, California stop of this summer'sRockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for MASTODON's follow-up to 2011's "The Hunter", Kelliher said: "Before we left for the European tour, which was prior to this, we got into a studio with a producer. We started just putting ideas down on tape, so to speak. We have about 25 to 30 songs that are ready for the new record. We're obviously not gonna use all 30 of them, but we're in a much better place than we've ever been as far as being prepared during pre-production for an album. We'd like to get the record finished by the end of the year and have it out as soon as Christmas and all the holidays are over with — maybe, like, March or April, it would be great to have the new record out and then do a brand new tour on some new music."
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ALICE COOPER Talks About Upcoming Covers Album, Possible Broadway Musical

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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has told The Oakland Press that he is working on a covers album featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by THE DOORS, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and THE WHO, members of the so-called "Hollywood vampires" of the early and mid-'70s. A 2014 release is expected. Back in March, Cooper told RollingStone.com about the upcoming CD: "We do a thing in our show, which is a tribute to Hollywood Vampires, my drinking club," Cooper explained. "And it was Keith Moon, John Lennon,Harry Nilsson, Micky Dolenz — a very eclectic bunch of drunks. Half of them are dead, so we do four songs in the show in tribute to them. We do'Break On Through', 'Revolution', 'My Generation' and Jimi Hendrix's'Foxey Lady'. I just kind of said, 'We've never done a covers album, let's think about that.' So [producer Bob] Ezrin and I are kind of bouncing it around right now."
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Ex-THE GATHERING Singer ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN To Release ‘Drive’ In September

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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke Van Giersbergen will release a new studio album, "Drive", on September 27. A single will precede the full-length effort on August 27. "Drive" track listing: 01. We Live On 02. Treat Me Like A Lady 03. She 04. Drive 05. My Mother Said 06. Forgive Me 07. You Will Never Change 08. Mental Jungle 09. Shooting For The Stars 10. The Best Is Yet To Come
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Rating: 9 Label: Inside Out Music Website: Link Author: Andrew Koran From a fresh start a few years ago LEPROUS from Norway have proven themselves...
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AMON AMARTH Frontman On New Album: ‘We Wanted To Have More Aggression’

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Lords Of Metal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Lords Of Metal: "Deceiver Of The Gods" is the first AMON AMARTH album to be recorded outside Sweden. You wanted to do some things differently this time, isn't it? Johan: Indeed. We went to England to record at the Backstage Studioswith producer Andy Sneap. His studio is at the countryside, so you can focus on what you are doing. After "Surtur Rising", we all wanted some changes to break out of our comfort zone. Going to the U.K. and working with Andy was a challenge. We have recorded three albums with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. We know him well. Finally you take things for granted. Jens is absolutely skilled, but his approach is a bit too polished for what we had in mind this time. We wanted to have more aggression, sounding dangerous and
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Manos Spanos

Manos Spanos (Metalpaths' co-editor-in-chief), eight years in this site but still can't be characterised as a metalhead.