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TARJA TURUNEN: Part One Of ‘Colours In The Dark’ Track-By-Track Breakdown (Video)

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The first in a series of clips featuring a track-by-track breakdown of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's forthcoming album, "Colours In The Dark", can be seen below. Tarja Turunen released a new single, "Victim Of Ritual", as a digital download, CD single and on seven-inch vinyl on July 12 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. The official "Victim Of Ritual" video can be seen below. An evocative snare-drum that sounds like it was coming from a mysterious place, the tender sound of an orchestra joins followed by a familiar and seductive melody played by an oboe. When Tarja's distinctive voice resounds through the speakers, her warm timbre fills the room. Her melody is full of emotions and tender, before the song explodes into an epic, heavy chorus: "Hysterical, tragical, Victim of ritual, Cynical, critical, Victim of ritual, She's a killer, killer, She's a killer, killer." Inspired by the one-movement orchestral piece "Boléro" by Maurice Ravel, the almost-six-minutes-long "Victim Of Ritual" is the first single from Tarja's forthcoming album, "Colours In The Dark". Both physical releases will surely become rare collector's items, being made available in strictly limited quantities. The four-song digipak CD-single is limited to 3,000 copies worldwide, whereas the two-track sevn-inch vinyl is limited to only 1,500 units worldwide.
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ENTOMBED: ‘To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth’ Reissue Bonus Material Detailed

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Swedish metal veterans ENTOMBED recently teamed up with PledgeMusic to launch a reissue campaign for some of their albums. Says the band: "We know many of you have pledged already for theThreeman deluxe edition 2CD and gatefold vinyl of [1997's] 'To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth' without even knowing what the track list of bonus material would be. So today we can announce what we have found and what we intend to put on the bonus disc. We still have to choose two live tracks and maybe you can help us decide which live versions from tracks on the album you would like us to include. "Originally the album was released in three versions: 1. Regular CD (1 disc) with just the album. 2. Digipak double with a bonus disc of 4 covers 3. Double vinyl gatefold with 6 covers on the bonus disc.
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ROB ZOMBIE On Upcoming Concert DVD: ‘I Figured At Least Once We Should Film It’

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On July 20, Rob Zombie spoke to the Albany, New York radio stationQ103 about his plans to capture his band's current live show for an upcoming concert DVD. "[Doing a concert DVD] always seemed like a huge nuisance, truthfully,"Rob said. "We had a live record and that took a million years to do. And a live DVD, for some reason to me, always seems like a nuisance, because after the show is done, I don't care. I don't want to relive it. I mean, a certain member of the band films every show and wants to watch it immediately after the show. And it aggravates the fuck out of me. Who gives a shit? The show is over, I don't care. I never wanna har about it again, I never wanna see it again. Like, I never watch anything — a TV show I've been on; I don't care. Once it's done, it's done. But I figured at least once we should film it." He continued: "We've had so many big crazy stage shows over the last many, many years. And we never filmed anything with [Rob's former band]WHITE ZOMBIE back then. I mean, there's little clips here and there, like [footage from] Brazilian television or something…
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SEPULTURA Guitarist Talks Upcoming Album, Recording With DAVE LOMBARDO, Covering DEATH

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JacksonGuitars.com recently conducted an interview with guitaristAndreas Kisser of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. JacksonGuitars.com: What can you tell us about working with producerRoss Robinson? Kisser: We're working with Ross again after doing the album "Roots" with him in 1995, and since then, we hadn't had the chance to work with each other. We finally got the opportunity because we're signed with Nuclear Blast after Roadrunner went away. Many of those people that were withRoadrunner are now with Nuclear Blast. So, old friends that used to work with SEPULTURA are now working with the band again, and that's very exciting. Ross is one of the best producers around for this style of music. We know each other so well, and the stuff we are doing right now is really mind-blowing. I'm really happy with it so far. JacksonGuitars.com: We heard you've been working with SLAYERdrummer Dave Lombardo. How did that happen? Kisser: Dave was with his dog and two kids walking around the beach, and he's good friends with Ross. He was in the neighborhood, and Rosssaid, "Why don't you come by and play on the SEPULTURA album?" He said, "Why not?" It was amazing, man. Two drummers, no cymbals. With just the drums themselves, it sounded very heavy. He's one of our biggest idols, and it's such an honor to have him with us on this album. And the way it happened was so natural, like friends just coming together.
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RED FANG To Release ‘Whales And Leeches’ In October

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RED FANG will return this October with its third studio album titled"Whales And Leeches" on Relapse Records. For the new album, the Portland, Oregon-based group worked with producer Chris Funk(DECEMBERISTS) and mixer Vance Powell (THE WHITE STRIPES,RACONTEURS, KINGS OF LEON). This same team helmed RED FANG's last CD, "Murder The Mountains", which Alternative Press magazine hailed as "a near-masterpiece of tangled tar pit riffs and whisky-and-bong-hit vocals." The cover artwork for "Whales And Leeches" was designed by graphic artist Orion Landau and can be seen below. On Saturday August 17, RED FANG will head to Missoula, Montana to headline the 12th annual TotalFest. After blistering performances atSasquatch! and major European festivals all summer long, includingSonisphere, Download, Hellfest and With Full Force, RED FANG will announce a full U.S. tour for fall next week. Formed in 2005, RED FANG — Bryan Giles (guitar/vocals), Aaron Beam(bass/vocals), Da
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CARCASS: ‘Surgical Steel’ Box Set Packaged As First-Aid Kit

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"Surgical Steel", the new full-length album from reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS, will be released on September 16 in the U.K., September 13 in the rest of Europe and September 17 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The effort was produced by Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH,SLIPKNOT, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) and mixed by Andy Sneap(MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY). "Surgical Steel" will be made available in the following formats: CD, CD-Digi, Double-LP Black, Double-LP White (pictured below) and Nuclear Blast Mail Order Edition (pictured below). The "Surgical Steel" Mailorder Edition is limited to 666 units and is packaged as a first aid-kit. Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker in CARCASS' current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and guitarist Ben Ash (PIG IRON, DESOLATION,LIQUEFIED SKELETON). CARCASS' first studio LP since 1996's "Swansong" will feature guest vocals from original sticksman Ken Owen.
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BLACK TUSK: ‘Truth Untold’ Video Released

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"Truth Untold"BLACK TUSK, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Brad KremerTytan Creates Commented BLACK TUSK James MayTytan "Truth Untold"BLACK TUSK's new EP, "Tend No Wounds", which was released on July 23 via Relapse Records. The disc was recorded with producer Phillip Cope (KYLESA, BARONESS) at the Jam Room in Columbia, South Carolina. The artwork was created by Brian Mercer(EYEHATEGOD, LAMB OF GOD, ZOROASTER). "Tend No Wounds" is a six-song, 20-minute blast of high-octane, raging Southern rock/metal that merges the classic original backwoods metallic hardcore BLACK TUSK sound with the newer more polished rock based tunes the band has honed after years on the road on the road with bands like BARONESS, SKELETONWITCH, MASTODON and KVELERTAK. "Tend No Wounds" track listing: 01. A Cold Embrace
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OZZY OSBOURNE On BILL WARD: ‘It Would Be Great To Have Him Back’

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BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne held a press teleconference on July 10 with around two dozen writers to discuss the band's recently released comeback album, "13", and the upcoming North American tour. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On performing new songs alongside BLACK SABBATH classics on the current tour: Ozzy: "We recently went to New Zealand, Australia, and Japan, and we did a couple of the new songs. We said they're all new. God, you'd think it had been released as a single or a first track off album, and so that… I remember when we played two shows in Auckland, New Zealand. The first night they didn't really respond much to it. The second night they're all singing the lyrics with me. I'm going, I can't even remember them that good. I mean, it's good for us as well to do new stuff, because you know, we're all tuned into 'Iron Man', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', and all of the old classics, but instead, it gives us as a band something refreshing to put into the show, and so I'm just glad that people have bought into the new songs." On whether BLACK SABBATH made a conscious effort during the writing process for "13" to come up with vocal lines that Ozzy could reproduce live: Ozzy: "Well, after keeping the people waiting for as long as we did, I certainly — I can still get the range, but I can't do it
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MOTÖRHEAD: ‘Aftershock’ Track Listing Revealed

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MOTÖRHEAD has set "Aftershock" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in the fall. The follow-up to 2010's "The Wörld Is Yours"was recorded at Maple Sound Studios in Santa Ana, California with longtime producer Cameron Webb and will feature the following 13 songs: 01. Death Machine 02. Heartbreaker 03. Coming Back To You 04. Going To Mexico 05. Courage 06. Queen Of The Damned 07. Lost Woman Blues 08. Crying Shame 09. Paralyzed 10. Dust And Glass 11. Coup De Grace
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NECROPHOBIC To Release ‘Womb Of Lilithu’ In October

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Cult Swedish black/death metal act NECROPHOBIC will release its seventh full-length album, "Womb Of Lilithu", on October 29 (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist. A digital single featuring the new song "Splendour Nigri Solis", taken from the forthcoming CD, will be released exclusively through Spotify on August 19 (September 3 in North America). The cover artwork for the "Splendour Nigri Solis" single can be seen below. In 2011, NECROPHOBIC was joined by guitarists Robert Sennebäck(DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED) and Fredrik Folkare (UNLEASHED). The band's current lineup is as follows:
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