Roadrunner Records put a call out its Maggots to help put Slipknot album at #1
August 29, 2008
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e are on the verge of a historic moment: Slipknot’s first ever #1 album and a triumphant moment for metal.
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Roadrunner Records put a call out its Maggots to help put Slipknot album at #1
August 29, 2008
e are on the verge of a historic moment: Slipknot’s first ever #1 album and a triumphant moment for metal.
Join the discussion about it at Blabbermouth here.
Help ensure it happens here and here.
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Latest Slipknot album goes against the Game for top spot on Billboard
August 29, 2008
v According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS), SLIPKNOT’s new album, “All Hope Is Gone” is poised to sell between 230,000 and 250,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. The CD will go head-to-head with Geffen rapper THE GAME’s “L.A.X.” for the top spot on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart.
SLIPKNOT’s last album, “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)”, opened with 243,000 copies back in June 2004 to debut at No. 2. “Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)” was the follow-up to “Iowa”, which registered a first-week sales tally of more than 254,000 copies back in September 2001 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 3.
“All Hope Is Gone” is being streamed in its entirety at Spinner.com.
The first single and video from “All Hope Is Gone” is called “Psychosocial”.
SLIPKNOT’s music was also accused last week of influencing a South African teenager who stabbed a classmate to death while wearing a SLIPKNOT-style mask. Corey Taylor told Blender magazine, “I’m disturbed by the fact that people were hurt and someone died. As far as my responsibility for that goes, it stops there, because I know our message is actually very positive.”
SLIPKNOT recently completed the first Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour with co-headliners DISTURBED and will return to North American stages in January\ According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS), SLIPKNOT’s new album, “All Hope Is Gone” is poised to sell between 230,000 and 250,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release. The CD will go head-to-head with Geffen rapper THE GAME’s “L.A.X.” for the top spot on next week’s The Billboard 200 chart.
SLIPKNOT’s last album, “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)”, opened with 243,000 copies back in June 2004 to debut at No. 2. “Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)” was the follow-up to “Iowa”, which registered a first-week sales tally of more than 254,000 copies back in September 2001 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 3.
“All Hope Is Gone” is being streamed in its entirety at Spinner.com.
The first single and video from “All Hope Is Gone” is called “Psychosocial”.
SLIPKNOT’s music was also accused last week of influencing a South African teenager who stabbed a classmate to death while wearing a SLIPKNOT-style mask. Corey Taylor told Blender magazine, “I’m disturbed by the fact that people were hurt and someone died. As far as my responsibility for that goes, it stops there, because I know our message is actually very positive.”
SLIPKNOT recently completed the first Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour with co-headliners DISTURBED and will return to North American stages in January.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103633
Do these album lyrics and music video prove Van Halen are Buddhists?
August 29, 2008
Van Halen’s great rock anthem “Right Now” might also be one of the best Buddhist songs out there.
Who can beat these lyrics for stressing mindfulness and living in the moment?
(Right now) Hey! It’s your tomorrow
(Right now) Come on, it’s everything
(Right now) Catch that magic moment
And do it right, right now (Right now)
Oh, right now!It’s what’s happening
Right here and now
Right now, it’s right now
Oh!
Tell me, what are ya waitin’ for?
Turn this thing around
Van Halen–Buddha’s rockin’ little helpers!
Technorati Tags: Van Halen, Right Now, Buddhism, Buddha, mindfulness
http://highplainsbuddhist.blogspot.com/2008/08/van-halen-as-buddhists-you-bet-they-are.html
AC/DC - New Single Streaming Online
August 29, 2008
C/DC’s new single, “Rock ‘N Roll Train”, can be streamed on the band’s official web site. The track, from the group’s upcoming album “Black Ice”, will arrive at radio stations nationwide on Thursday (August 28). According to Billboard.com, which got an advance listen to the album, “Black Ice” is a “15-track extravaganza that frequently echoes the down-and-dirty rock ‘n’ roll of [AC/DC’s] iconic 1980 album ‘Back in Black’.”
“Black Ice” is due out on October 20 worldwide. The album will be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club, as well as ACDC.com.
The album was recorded in Vancouver in just eight weeks with producer Brendan O’Brien, who has previously worked with PEARL JAM, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and VELVET REVOLVER, among others.
As one of America’s largest music retailers, Wal-Mart will join with Columbia Records to launch multiple activities for fans in celebration of the new CD album, including new product features and promotions to come this fall that will bring fans closer to one of history’s greatest rock bands.
“No Bull: The Director’s Cut”, a newly edited, comprehensive DVD and of the band’s famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9, 2008.
“Black Ice” is AC/DC’s first new studio effort since 2000’s “Stiff Upper Lip”.
The legendary rockers are slated to begin an 18-month world tour in October, with the trek reportedly kicking off on around Halloween in Chicago.
“Black Ice” track listing:
01. Rock ‘N Roll Train
02. Skies On Fire
03. Big Jack
04. Anything Goes
05. War Machine
06. Smash ‘N Grab
07. Spoilin’ For A Fight
08. Wheels
09. Decibel
10. Stormy May Day
11. She Likes Rock ‘N Roll
12. Money Made
13. Rock ‘N Roll Dream
14. Rocking All The Way
15. Black Ice
http://frantiknews.blogspot.com/2008/08/acdc-new-single-streaming-online.html
