Metallica posts new fly on the wall music video on their album recording sessions
May 30, 2008
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Metallica posts new fly on the wall music video on their album recording sessions
New "fly-on-the-wall" footage of METALLICA in the studio working on its new album has surfaced on the MissionMetallica.com web site and can be viewed below.
As previously reported, METALLICA has tapped Greg Fidelman — an engineer/producer who has worked with current METALLICA producer Rick Rubin on albums for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT and AUDIOSLAVE, among others — to mix the CD, which is due out in September.
During a May 14 interview with The Pulse of Radio, Ulrich said that the group hoped to wrap up work on the album in time for the Memorial Day weekend holiday. "It’s pretty close," he said. "We’ve got four studio days next week to just patch up. If there’s a last minute, you know, ‘that needs this…’ or — but pretty much done. Yeah, it’s pretty much done. And then they start mixing the week after."
Lars also took part in a conference call on May 15 to promote this year’s Bonnaroo festival, which METALLICA will headline on June 13, Ulrich told reporters that METALLICA recently met with a graphic designer to begin planning the new CD package, though there’s no confirmed title for the album yet and the songs still have working names.
"We sort of promised ourselves that unlike all the records we made in the ’90s, [which] were just completely stressed-out and just nutty, that we were gonna try and have a little more sane environment — and we’ve actually, surprising mostly to ourselves, been able to keep to that," Ulrich said, according to Billboard.com. "We’ve pretty much finished the music now, so all the next level stuff is just starting to go down."
Ulrich said METALLICA wrote 26 songs for the new CD but ended up finalizing about 14 of them with producer Rick Rubin. A total of 11 have actually been tracked for the album, though Ulrich said "length issues" might mean one more has to be eliminated.
"These are long songs … we’re talking seven-minute, eight-minute, nine-minute nutty-ass songs," Ulrich revealed. "We don’t make them long or short on purpose; you just kind of do what feels natural. We’re not really gonna edit them, (so) we’re gonna lose another one at some point in the next month or so and probably end up with 10."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=97974
Ted Nugent plays new song for album I am the NRA
May 30, 2008
Ted Nugent plays new song for album I am the NRA
Whether he’s unleashing a firestorm of guitar licks or speaking his mind politically and socially like no one else, Ted Nugent has never held anything back — and these two sides of Ted come together potently on his new song, the unflinchingly titled "I Am The NRA".
Ted debuted the freedom-loving song at the recent annual NRA convention May 17-18 in Louisville, Kentucky — which he described as "the ultimate Ted Nugent party," with "more than 67,000 of my closest friends." A sample of the track can be heard at Ted’s web site (www.tednugent.com) where the song can also be purchased and the digital download is available for sale via the NRA’s site (www.nra.org).
Lyrics like "If you hate tyrants and dictators and are ready to give freedom a whirl/Celebrate the NRA and the shot heard round the world" are merged with those bluesy, dirty and unforgiving Nuge licks. Recorded at David Crowder Studios, Waco, TX, "I Am The NRA" is a manifesto that is meant to inspire. And Terrible Ted digs his heels in vocally with the kind of gusto that brings to mind his classic performances.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=97995
Eddie Van is interviewed about guitar secrets and his love for the Kinks
May 30, 2008
Eddie Van is interviewed about guitar secrets and his love for the Kinks
RollingStone.com: How important were THE KINKS for you?
Eddie Van Halen: "I just like songs. I don’t mean to sound like a prick or nothin’, but I’ve never really been that much of a fan of bands outside of CREAM. And I don’t really listen to anything nowadays. The last record I might’ve bought was PETER GABRIEL’s ‘So’. With CREAM, I was more a fan of their interaction live. You know, they were an example of ‘What’s the difference between jazz and rock & roll? We just play louder.’ That’s all. We get 12 notes. Do what the fuck you want with ‘em, you know?"
RollingStone.com: Your biggest innovation was two-handed tapping — using both hands to fret notes simultaneously. Where did you get the idea?
Eddie Van Halen: "I was watching Jimmy Page going [sings hammering guitar lick], like that, with one hand, in ‘Heartbreaker’. I thought, ‘I can play like that, and you wouldn’t know if I was using this finger [points to left hand] or this one’ [points to right hand]. But you just kind of move it around, and it’s like, ‘You got one big hand there, buddy. That’s a hell of a spread!’"
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=97996
Filter singer claims Fans are not ready to pay for music he said during interview
May 30, 2008
Filter singer claims Fans are not ready to pay for music he said during interview
Frontman Richard Patrick claimed:
"Fans don’t really want to pay for music, and we’re trying to adjust to zero record budgets," he says. "I think we’re all trying to figure out a way to get the exposure that we need, and so some of us are just going and doing big huge cockamamie stunts to get press."
Patrick makes it clear he’s not talking about the band where he once played guitar, NINE INCH NAILS, which recently made its new album available completely free via download.
"I’m not saying Trent did that, I’m not saying RADIOHEAD did that," he said. "The majority of my money comes from the fact that I’ve written some hits and those get played on the radio all the time. Everything else is apparently for free."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98007
Flotsam and Jetsam - preview of the DVD!
May 30, 2008
Flotsam and Jetsam - preview of the DVD!
As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release new live DVD by the legendary thrash metal band - Flotsam And Jetsam. The material entitled “Once in a Deathtime” features an extremely intense show the band gave at the Metalmania Festival 2008, offering metalheads everything Flotsam and Jetsam came to be respected for: brutal non-conformist sound, a slaughter of powerful, furious and perfectly executed thrash riffs, as well as excellent song-writing. With a great selection of songs from their discography, also including such classic compositions as "Doomsday for the Deceiver", "No Place for Disgrace", or "I Live You Die", the band treated their fans to one hell of a ride at this genuine thrash metal feast!
The DVD also includes an interview with Craig Neilsen and Ed Carlson, biography, discography, photo gallery, desktop images, weblinks, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The DVD will be available on 16th June 2008 (Europe only), also in a limited edition - including a CD with songs recorded at the Metalmania Festival!
You can see an exclusive preview – track “Swatting at Flies” – on MMP’s official site on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MetalMindPoland
Flotsam And Jetsam
“Once In A Deathtime”
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MMP DVD 0151
Barcode: 5907785032538
Cat. No.: MMP DVD 0152 (DVD+CD)
Barcode: 5907785032545 (DVD+CD)
Format: DVD / DVD+CD (swing case)
Genre: thrash metal
Release date: 16.06.2008 Europe
Tracklist:
