Metal News for August 31, 2006
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34 news articles posted on this day.
Spylacopa Post New Tracks Online
Ambient/electronic act Spylacopa has posted some new material. The band is led by John LaMacchia (Candiria) and includes Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato, Chris Hornbrook of Poison The Well and Jeff Caxide of Isis. You can check out the songs on their myspace page.
Darzamat Complete New Video
In cooperation with the film association GTW from Gliwice, Darzamat has just been finishing the work over the video to the song entitled "The Burning Times". The video is being made to promote the latest band's album on the American market. The record "Transkarpatia", which is already well-known to Polish fans, appeared in America on the 29th of August thanks to the MVD company from Oaks, Pennsylvania (mvdb2b.com).
Trial For Metal Girl Stabbed In Face Ongoing
BBC News reports: A teenage pupil stabbed in the eye with scissors has told of a "gang mentality" based on music and fashion tastes. The 15-year-old girl narrowly escaped losing her sight in the attack at a Surrey school last November.
Giving evidence by video at Guildford Crown Court, she told how she had been the victim of a string of attacks.
One girl, 14, is charged with wounding with intent. Two others, aged 15, are charged with perverting the course of justice by hiding the scissors. All three deny charges over the alleged lunch break attack.
Speaking via a video link, the victim said she had been threatened, and had even received prank calls at home, because she was labelled "a metaler" - a reference to her preference for heavy metal music.
She explained that after the attack she had been scared to return to school in case friends of her attacker "try to finish the job". "I mean, it's this gang mentality that my generation seems to insist upon and I want to stop it," she said.
She also told the court how she had had nightmares about being stabbed whilst at school after years of bullying.
The jury heard how name-calling in the school canteen had escalated into the attack on the school playing fields last year. The three defendants - all pupils at the same school - asked around for a pair of scissors which they said they would use to cut the victim's long hair, it heard.
The victim told the court her attacker held the blade in her hand "like in the movie Psycho". She described feeling the blade puncture her eyelid, and of feeling further blows to her head and back.
The teenager denied suggestions by defence barrister Barry Kogan, acting for the 14-year-old defendant, that she had begun the fight by racially abusing his client or making aggressive moves.
The trial continues.
LoveHateHero Enters Studio
LoveHateHero has entered the studio with producer Cameron Webb (Ignite, Silverstein) in Santa Ana, CA to record their next album. The group expects to finish work on the self-titled release in October and the effort should hit stores in early-2007 via Ferret Music.
A7x and Bleeding Through UK Tour Dates
Avenged Sevenfold and Bleeding Through will tour the UK together this fall. In related news, due to scheduling conflicts Bleeding Through will no longer appear on their previously announced tour with Bullet For My Valentine. Here are the Avenged Sevenfold and Bleeding Through tour dates:
10/20 Manchester @ Apollo
10/22 Newcastle @ Carling Academy Newcastle
10/23 Glasgow @ Barrowland
10/25 Wolverhampton @ The Civic Hall
10/26 London @ Carling Academy Brixton
10/27 Wales @ Cardiff University
10/29 Norfolk @ Norwich U.E.A.
10/30 Southampton @ Southampton Guildhall
10/31 Nottingham @ Rock City
11/2 Leeds @ Leeds University Union
11/3 Dublin @ Ambassador Theater
In related news, Tunelab Music is reporting that Avenged Sevenfold will team up with Killswitch Engage and Bleeding Through for a tour which is expected to begin in November and that the tour dates will be announced shortly.
Death By Stereo Writing New Album
Death By Stereo has begun the writing process for their next album. The group has confirmed that original members drummer Jarrod Alexander (A Static Lullaby, Suicide File) and guitarist Jim Miner will appear on the new album. The new effort is expected to hit streets in spring 2007 via Epitaph Records. In related news, the band recently finished filming a video for the song "Middle Fingers," and the video should surface during the next few weeks.
Celtic Frost To Use H.R. Giger Art On Merch
To celebrate their legendary collaboration and enduring friendship, renown Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger and Celtic Frost proudly announce the exclusive introduction of a line of specially created To Mega Therion album merchandise featuring H.R. Giger's acclaimed "Satan I" painting.
In late 1983, H.R. Giger offered Hellhammer’s Tom Gabriel Fischer and Martin Eric Ain the free use of "Satan I" (along with the painting "Victory III") for an album cover. Honored the young Swiss band agreed to Giger’s condition that the band would refrain from making any other commercial use of the paintings, particularly for merchandising. Fischer and Ain later expanded upon the concept of Hellhammer to form Celtic Frost (1984) and the paintings were eventually used for the cover of Celtic Frost's legendary 1985 release To Mega Therion, never breaking the oath they made to H.R. Giger.
In 2006, H.R. Giger granted Celtic Frost the use of "Satan I" as an oversize backdrop for the band's larger shows. To commemorate their long-standing collaboration and the band's strict compliance with H.R. Giger's wishes, H.R. Giger and Celtic Frost have decided to release, for the first time ever, an official line of "Satan I"/To Mega Therion t-shirts, hoodies, and long sleeve t-shirts. This merchandise has been designed in accordance with H.R. Giger's comprehensive instructions and has been personally approved by the artist. This is the only official "Satan I"/To Mega Therion merchandise worldwide, and it is being manufactured to the highest possible standards. Any "Satan I"/To Mega Therion merchandise not purchased either through Celtic Frost's webstore or from the official merchandise booth at Celtic Frost's concerts is bootleg merchandise and neither legal nor licensed by H.R. Giger.
Krokus Announce Greek Live Dates
Swiss metallers KROKUS have announced a pair of live dates in Greece in support of their new album, Hellraiser, due for release on September 15th in Germany/Austria/Switzerland, September 18th in Europe and October 24th in North America via AFM. Recorded with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69), Hellraiser will include the following tracks: 'Hellraiser', 'Too Wired To Sleep', 'Hangman', 'Angel Of My Dreams', 'Fight On', 'So Long', 'Spirit Of The Night', 'Midnite Fantasy', 'No Risk No Gain', 'Turnin’ Inside Out', 'Take My Love', 'Justice', 'Love Will Survive', 'Rocks Off!'.
You can download the new track 'Angel Of My Dreams' at this location. More...
Mushroomhead Post Saviour Sorrow E-Card
MUSHROOMHEAD have released a new Ecard for the forthcoming Savior Sorrow album here.
Savior Sorrow will be released on September 19th via Megaforce Records. It was produced by Steve Felton and Mushroomhead at Cleveland's Filthy Hands Studios in April, 2006. Mushroomhead's prior release, XIII, entered the Billboard Top 200 at #40 and went on to sell 400,000 copies worldwide.
The visionary masked band combines theatrics with a mixture of rock, metal and atmospheric elements. The first single hit radio in mid-August, and the band will begin a world tour starting September 20, 2006.
Dead Mens Dreams Post New Song Online
DEAD MENS DREAMS, the new side project of Strain, singer of Florida based metal band 5 Billion Dead, have posted a song entitled "Machines Will Take Our Souls" on their myspace page. The band also features, Jim, drummer, of Response Negative, Claudzilla from Stillkept, Response Negative, & Slang on guitars and Matt on Bass from 5 Billion Dead and Equinox.
Deicide's "Stench of Redemption" Chart Positions
Deicide's blistering new release "The Stench Of Redemption" has firmly made its mark on worldwide music charts, storming into German, USA and UK album charts in it's first week. Check out the links below for the full chart placings:
- Number 84 - Germany Top 100 Albums
- Number 14 - UK Rock Albums Chart
- Number 11 - USA Billboard Top New Artist
- Number 21 - USA Billboard Top Independent Artist
- Number 22 - USA Billboard Top Internet Artist
On the back of this success, Deicide will embark on a tour of North America in October and November. You can catch the band on the following dates: More...
The Funeral Pyre and Antagonist Plan US Tour
The Funeral Pyre and Antagonist will be touring the U.S. in September and October. If you can help with any of the TBA dates, send a Myspace message here. The routing is as follows:
9/5 Albuquerque, NM @ the Compound
9/6 Wichita, KS @The Eagle's Lodge North
9/7 Moline, IL @ Cara's Studio
9/8 Columbus, OH @ High Five Bar
9/9 Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
9/10 Oswego, NY @ TBA
9/11 Montreal, Quebec @ Cafe LInconditionnel w/ Misery Index
9/12 Cambridge, MA @ The Lily Pad
9/13 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
9/14 Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
9/15 Cumberland, MD @ TBA (already booked)
9/16 Richmond, VA @ TBA
9/17 Murfreesboro, NC @ Zakk's Coffeehouse
9/18 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's Bar
9/19 Birmingham, AL @ TBA
9/20 New Orleans, LA @ TBA
9/21 Houston, TX @ Eleanor's
9/22 Corpus Christi, TX @ Zero's
9/23 El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar & Billiards
9/24 Tucson, AZ @ The Living Room
9/25 Phoenix, AZ @ Metal Devastation 2
9/26 Brawley, CA @ The Planters Hotel
9/27 Corona, CA @ The Showcase Theatre
9/28 Bakersfield, CA @ The Living Room
9/29 Soledad, CA @ The Castle
9/30 Woodland, CA @ The Woodhaven
10/1 Eugene, OR @ TBA
10/2 Portland, OR @ TBA
10/3 Seattle, WA @ TBA
10/4 Boise, ID @ TBA
10/5 Reno, NV @ TBA
10/6 Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
Breed 77 To Release New Single Next Week
BREED 77, who originate from Gibraltar (an overseas territory of the United Kingdom), are set to unleash new single, "Blind", on September 4. "Blind" displays many elements of BREED 77's highly developed sound; driving Latino rhythms, accomplished musicianship and high voltage modern rock. The infectious single is taken from the band's Ron St. Germain-produced (TOOL, SOUNDGARDEN, CREED) CD, "In My Blood (En Mi Sangre)", due for release one week later in conjunction with the "In My Blood" album tour. The album's U.K. release (via Albert Productions U.K., the hard-hitting rock label and world-wide publisher of AC/DC) will be followed by releases in Australia (by SonyBMG), Europe and South Africa.
The release of "In My Blood (En Mi Sangre)" follows 2004's breakthrough album "Cultura", which spawned three Top 40 singles and sold in excess of 30,000 copies. This new record shows a progression on BREED 77's trademark Latino sound that has been carefully nurtured over the last few years.
Maziar Montazeri Signs Distribution Deal
Former SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist Marzi (a.k.a. Maziar Montazeri) has signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with BCD Music Group. An exclusive, limited-edition EP will be released via iTunes in advance of the full-length CD, which is due in stores mid-November. Marzi describes his music as "heavy as Texas," adding that fans of PANTERA and SUPERJOINT will feel the impact. Included in the digital EP release is the flamenco guitar piece "Spanish Thang" showcasing Marzi's musicianship. Look for Marzi on his upcoming fall tour.
Manifest Guitarist Breaks Elbow
Guitarist Ole Marius Larmerud of the Norwegian noise-thrashers MANIFEST fell off his bike yesterday and broke his elbow. "This puts us out of business for some time," reads a posting on the group's web site.
Commented Ole: "Yesterday I fell of my bike and broke my left elbow. This forces MANIFEST to cancel the upcoming gigs in Horten, Kristiansand, Trondheim and Oslo. I am not sure if we will be able to do the Norwegian tour in support of ENTOMBED [in late September]. I am going to an examination at the hospital in a week, so hopefully I`ll know more then. The timing of this stupid accident could of course not have been worse, as we have a lot of gigs in the near future. This sucks big-time, but there is nothing we can do about it. Right now, my arm hurts as hell, but at least, the doctor believes that it will heal fast and not have any permanent damage. For now, I'll just eat painkillers and focus on getting well." More...
Horse The Band Confirm Drummers Departure
Horse The Band posted the following update as a bulletin on their myspace page:
"I guess the word is out now that Eli N. Green is no longer a member of HORSE THE BAND.
Its o.k.
HORSE THE BAND had already located and trained a new drummer who is soo good he learned all of our songs in two days.
Yes we will be playing all our upcomming shows.
Yes we are still amazing.
Yes we are even better now.
...and yes I want to say somthing funny about Eli but thats just really bad form so I wont descend to that level. More...
Dub Is A Weapon Post Upcoming Shows
Brooklyn, NY's DUB IS A WEAPON have lined up the following upcoming shows:
September 1 - Newmarket, NH @ Stone Church
September 5 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory (old office)
September 12 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory (old office)
September 15 - Greenfield, MA @ Garden of Eden Festival
September 16 - Harrisburg, PA @ Appalachian Brewing Company
September 19 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory (old office)
September 25 - New York, NY @ CBGB
September 26 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory (old office)
October 21 - Burlington, VT @ Nectar's
October 27 - Plains, PA @ Riverstreet Jazz Cafe
October 28 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
Bewitched Complete Work On New Album
Swedish black metallers BEWITCHED have completed work on their long-awaited new album, "Spiritual Warfare", due on October 30 via Regain Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows:
01. Fucked by Fire
02. Gracefallen
03. Let Darkness Come
04. Heisinme
05. Black Burning Hatred
06. Glorious are the Ways of Death
07. Malevolent Force of Destruction
08. This is Goodbye...
09. My Skin Loves the Steel
10. Spiritual Warfare
Total playing time: 45:04
An unmastered sample from the new album can be downloaded here.
Versoma Replaces Two Members
New York/Philadelphia quartet Versoma just completed their first tour with Robotic Empire labelmates Red Sparowes and Daughters. The ten-day jaunt took the band up and down the east coast (and Canada) with a solidified new lineup. The departure of Greg Drudy and Brad Wallace was met with a full change in the rhythm section, now featuring Robin Fowler (of Sino Basila) on drums and Tom Clavin (of Anodyne, Disnihil) on bass.
Unable to let a lineup change slow things down, Versoma performed the bulk of the material from their debut EP "Life During Wartime" along with two completely new songs. These new tracks will be found on their to-be-titled debut album sometime in the earlier part of 2007, for which they have rough skeletons of five more songs.
Not resting there, the band will jump in the van again throughout September and October for a variety of shows, including:
9/09 New York, NY @ Sin'e w/ Made Out Of Babies, Kayo Dot, Gospel, Rosetta
9/27 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar w/ Isis
10/1 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Isis
10/4 Providence, RI @ The Living Room w/ Isis
Poostew Finish Recording, Get New Bass Player
Poostew have finished the recording of their new album and have set the title to "Plutocracy." The effort is currently being mixed and mastered and is expected for a fall release-date through Silentstagnation Records. Meanwhile the band finally added a new full time bass player to their ranks - Felix Michalowsky (ex- Tyrant Pearl).
Poostew mini-tour with special guest Irate Architect:
07.09. Wien @ Arena (Austria)
08.09. Graz @ Juz Explosiv (Austria)
09.09. Heidenheim @ Juze Treff (Germany)
Ivan Drago Is Dead
Hardcore band Ivan Drago decided to quit after vocalist Thomas left the group one month ago, here's a statement from the band:
"If he's dead, he's dead - so is Ivan Drago"
"Since the average 'hardcore'-band does usually not exist for longer than three years, we decided to show how 'hardcore' we are and therefore split up."
"Actually it has to do with the fact that because of different obligations we currently cannot concentrate on the band as much as it deserves and therefore found that it's better to quit and be free for something new."
"We are going to work with new projects that more or less will continue the musical tradition of Ivan Drago so this is not that much a loss but a break, a reform and the search for new challenges."
"We would like to thank everyone who supported and understood our goal not to concentrate on poplularity but on music. It has been a good feeling to reach exactly those who we'd addressed."
"'Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.' - Karl Marx"
The one and only record Ivan Drago released was their split CD with Elision.
Navarro Blasts Claims Supernova Picked A Singer
'Rock Star: Supernova' co-host Dave Navarro is blasting a gossip report from Janet Charlton claiming that Tommy Lee, Gilby Clarke, and Jason Newsted have already selected Lukas Rossi to front the band. "Damn there are some funny rumors around regarding the show," Navarro writes. "First of all, I don't know who Janet Charlton is, but I do know who she isn't. She aint no Perez Hilton, that's for sure. At least with Perez, you get humor and the rumors are at least based in SOME fact. He leaves it up to the reader to do the dance between the two. As for Janet, she just kind of sees what sticks. Well, with Rockstar, she doesn't have a clue as to what she is talking about. If she has an inside source... Name it! Come on! I dare you! Name it! If you don't know what I am talking about... She has claimed that she knows who the winner is. Trust me... Nobody knows until it's over."
In other news, "Rock Star: Supernova" suffered a controversial elimination after Ryan Star was sent packing. Fans were outraged at the move and the problems that plagued the show's online voting system at Rockstar.MSN.com. Before the results show even aired, show co-host Dave Navarro posted, "I have nothing to do with MSN!!! Don't know what to tell ya! I'll know more when I get to work tomorrow about the voting fiasco." In a follow-up post, The Panic Channel guitarist addressed the controversy for a second time, writing, "As for the voting issue. This is MY site. It is not an offshoot of MSN. You got a problem with voting? Take it there. Write to them. I host this, pay for it and update it myself. As I said before...I don't know what the problem is."
Read the full article at 6767.com.
Watch Dark Illusion's "Night Knight" Video Online
Dark Illusion are out with the video to their new single 'Night Knight,' from the album 'Beyond The Shadows'. You can download and watch the videos below:
Together with the director Charlie Granberg and 3D- artist Fredrik Englund, Dark Illusion produced an animated video of the first track of the album. The track is based on a fantasy and symbol language that is visualized. The story emerges from a medieval terrorist drama. Erotic passions and evil rivales are overcome to save love – The Night Knight comes as rescuer with noble motives to administer universal justice between good and evil. Here and there Dark Illusion pops up, beyond the shadows, bringing the story forward.
Roadside Burial and Corpsickle Release Split CD
Roadside Burial and Corpsickle have released their split CD of brutal and uncompromising old school Australian death metal and gore grind entitled "Blood Binge / Unleashed on the Deceased."
Hailing from Sydney's west, Roadside Burial are a "pure-fucking-Aussie gore grind group with members of Bludgeoner and Volatile; brewing a no-bullshit style of grindcore inspired by the simple things in life - beer, sluts and meat."
Corpsickle, the "undead desecrators of death metal" have risen from their fetid tomb to unleash "a plague of sickening death metal."
Here are some MP3s from the bands:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Announce Tour Dates
The highly anticipated annual North American TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA tour will be kicking off at the beginning of November and go until December 30th. Fanclub pre-sales for tickets will begin September 12th at 10:00am local time. TSO Fanclub information can be found here.
To see the entire TSO tour schedule go to this location. Note that the schedule features dates for both the east and west coast companies. All dates and venues are subject to change.
Angra Discuss New Album
Brazilian melodic metallers ANGRA have posted the following message on their official web site:
"ANGRA is putting the very final touches unto its new album. The CD is going to be released in October and shall be the main event in the band's 15th anniversary celebrations.
"The name of the record has been finally announced. It's called 'Aurora Consurgens', which is also the title of an old book written by Saint Thomas of Aquin. Such book was used by Jung to establish relations between dreams and different mental conditions. Contrary to the band's latest album, 'Temple Of Shadows', the forthcoming effort is not a concept album. However, all lyrics do have a common theme: the various mental issues, including suicidal tendencies, schizophrenia, manic depression, sociopathy, etc. The artwork was once again designed by Portuguese artist Isabel de Amorim. More...
James Murphy To Producer A Lower Deep's New Album
Birmingham, Alabama-based melodic thrashers A LOWER DEEP will head into Safehouse Recordings in Tampa, Florida in September to begin recording their fourth album. James Murphy (DEATH, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY) and Chaz Najjer (formerly of Morrisound; ICED EARTH, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DEMONS & WIZARDS, etc.) will produce, master and mix the new CD.
A LOWER DEEP released its initial demo in 2002, "Parable of the Thorn" in 2003, and "Trinity" in 2005. "Trinity" was highly acclaimed, receiving "Best of 2005" honors from many magazines around the world.
For more information, visit www.alowerdeep.com.
Metallica Discuss Importance of Master Of Puppets
METALLICA's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Masa Ito's "Rock City" TV show in Japan about their decision to play the "Master of Puppets" album in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:
Hetfield: "My gut feeling is… I think 'Master of Puppets' represents a certain time in history. It was kind of the end of the Cliff Burton era in METALLICA, which is sad, but also very important. And maybe 'Master of Puppets' was the record that a lot of the early fans identified with. 'Cause after that Jason [Newsted] joined the band and then the popularity became bigger. And then the 'black' album… It was different after 'Master of Puppets'. So I think there's still an innocence about it and just a real 'fuck you, world' attitude to it still. And we weren't, I think, very influenced by all of the 'bigness' of METALLICA. Plus the songs — they have that energy, that fire; they're still youthful, but we were still growing, and the songs got grander and bigger, and [we added] more character to the songs. I think every song on that record is really good and it stands up to time." More...
Internal Suffering Announce Colombian Tour
Brutal death metallers INTERNAL SUFFERING will be returning home to Colombia in Decemeber for their "El Retorno Del Caos '06" tour with SOULEDGE. You can check out the dates over at the band's official MySpace page.
Machine Head Drummer Is "On Fire" In The Studio
Dave McClain, drummer of Machine Head is on reportedly to be 'on fire' at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland CA, tracking no less than 6 out of the 8 songs in one day for the new album, including two tracks of 10 minutes each.
Dave was ready to strangle the producer after days and days of trying out a multitude of drum kits, heads, skins and different combinations. The band really felt strongly about having real drum tones on this record, preferring them over the overly triggered drum sound that is so prevalent in metal today. Preferring to mix in some of that triggered sound into the real tones, Rob Flynn comments that, "Sure, you gotta have a little bit in there - a bit in the kick, blend some in with the snare, but man, real drums sound fucking awesome when you get 'em dialed in." It is argued that there is no comparison for a real drum tone, with triggers often leaving listeners bored from listening fatigue (listening to the same sound over and over). It seems that the preparation time and this method is serving the new record well, Rob is especially pleased, "we got the sickest drum tones EVER…he's killing it SO hard. Drum magazine editors take note... your new king is here, and his name is Dave McClain!"
Machine Head's new record 'The Blackening' is set for release in early 2007.
Horse The Band Parts With Drummer
Horse The Band has parted ways with drummer Eli Green. According to an email received by Lambgoat.com, Green says that the split was "due to irreconcilable differences between personalities of certain members... shit happens but life goes on. I will sincerely miss the handful of cool people I've met around the world."
Green is now looking to start a new project in Southern California. Interested parties should contact him at elingreen@hotmail.com.
Revelation Theory To Tour With Evanescence
Revelation Theory will join Evanescence on their upcoming U.S. tour. The tour dates are as follows:
October 5th in Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
October 6th in Montreal, QC @ Metroplis
October 7th in Boston, MA @ Avalon Ballroom
October 9th in New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
October 10th in Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
October 11th in Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
October 13th in Detroit, MI @ State Theatre
October 14th in Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom
October 15thin Minneapolis, MN @ The Quest
October 17th in Chicago, IL @ Avalon Ballroom
October 21st in Dallas, TX @ McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
October 22nd in Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 24th in Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
October 25th in Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
October 27th in Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre
October 28th in Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
October 29th in San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
Revelation Theory's debut album, 'Truth is Currency', is in stores now. Audio can be streamed on their MySpace page.
Manson To Record "Nightmare" Soundtrack
MTV.com reports:
When Tim Burton's kinda-spooky, kinda-silly "The Nightmare Before Christmas" first lurked into theaters in October 1993, it was greeted with lavish critical praise and ... well, that's about it.
Though it would eventually go on to gross a respectable $50 million at the box office, the film struggled to connect with mainstream audiences and was regarded by execs at Disney as a bit of a flop — a grand, goth-lite experiment in stop-motion animation that failed to live up to commercial expectations.
But when the film was released the following year on VHS, something amazing happened: "Nightmare" became massive, spawning merchandise and a devoted cult following that included tons of goth kids, their younger siblings, basically every emo-punk band on the planet and a whole lot of decidedly un-emo acts too.
So when Disney announced earlier this year that it planned to bring "Nightmare" back to the big screen — it arrives in select theaters October 20 in a fancy, digital 3-D format — the logical decision was to reach out to some of those bands to supply music for the film.
As it turns out, a whole lot of them were more than happy to comply. Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple and She Wants Revenge will all appear on a special two-disc edition of the "Nightmare" soundtrack, contributing cover versions of songs featured in the film. The double-disc set will hit stores October 24.
"Disney approached our management about us doing a song," Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz told MTV News. "And we're obsessed with that film and Danny Elfman [who wrote the score]. And of course I've got my 'Nightmare' tattoos, so we were like, 'Yes!'
"The songs in the film are pretty much the best things ever," he continued. "They're Elfman at his prime. And our song 'Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner' [from 2005's From Under the Cork Tree] blatantly rips off a crescendo from one of them. They're absolutely amazing."
Fall Out Boy contribute a raucous version of "What's This?" (a song belted out in the film by protagonist Jack Skellington). Fellow Decaydancers Panic! at the Disco offer up an orchestrated version of "This Is Halloween" (sung by the citizens of Halloweentown in the film), as does Marilyn Manson. Fiona Apple covers the somber "Sally's Song," while She Wants Revenge do "Kidnap the Sandy Claws."
Also included on the second disc of the set are two demo versions of songs Elfman originally wrote for the film, "Making Christmas" and "Oogie Boogie's Song." Disc one presents Elfman's score — including 10 original songs — in its entirety.
For Panic frontman Brendon Urie, just the chance to be included alongside Elfman was reason enough to get on board. Well that and a little good-natured band rivalry of course.
"Everyone in Panic loves Danny Elfman, so it's a bonus to be included alongside him," Urie said. "And I spoke to [drummer Andy Hurley] from Fall Out Boy about it, and he said they were on it, so we wanted to get on there too. So many bands that we're friends with and bands we tour with are a part of it and such huge fans of the movie. We all watched it as kids and we all watch it now, so it's really cool to be a part of it."
Zakk Wylde On New Album, Tour And Ozzy
X-Press Magazine have posted an interview with guitar virtuoso Zakk Wylde online. Zakk has recently finished headlining Ozzfest with both Black Label Society, on second stage, and Ozzy Osbourne's band of the same name on first, and is now laying down tracks for Ozzy's next studio album, whilst releasing BLS's new album, "Shot To Hell", and DVD, "European Invasion: Doomtroopin'". Excerpts from the interview follow:
DH: On the new album, Shot To Hell, did you record everything yourself again in the studio?
ZW: As always, you know how it goes, you get in the studio and you just start writing. We never do pre-production or anything like that. As soon as we get in there it's game on.
DH: A go-with-the-flow kind of thing?
ZW: Totally. I've done it the other way with Ozzy, you know, rehearsed with the producer we have and it's like produce, go over it again, go over it again, let's see what the kick drum's doing. It's like, 'does it really matter? Just let us play dude we know the goddamn songs, just let us get in there 'cause we're like sucking all the fire out of these songs'. Rehearsals to me are like getting ready for the tour.
DH: You obviously don't use the band that you tour with on the records?
ZW: Yeah, totally. I just get in the studio and knock it out. I didn't have any ideas before we got in there, eight days later I had 23 songs. Got all the riffs, start doing the guitars, because I record like everything on the bass, going through a Marshall, so this way you're going to have to come up with riffs. You've got four strings - I mean that's it, it's going to start riffing out on the damn thing.
DH: You're doing double duty playing with Ozzy and headlining Stage 2 with Black Label Society at this year's Ozzfest. Is it tough going out there every night and keeping the energy level up?
ZW: I'd be on stage at like 3pm. I get up every day about 10.30-11am, something like that, go into the hotel just grab something to eat, lift weights.
DH: You train hardcore, Dorian Yates style?
ZW: Without a doubt that's my guy, man. We just lift then come 12 o'clock crack my first beer and then it's just like sit on the bus 'til about 3pm, just noodle on the guitar, watch TV for a bit, just chill out. Then 3 o'clock comes rolling around we're on stage with Black Label right after we get done with that I come walking out on the bus put my Black Label colours on the bus put my Ozzy colours on go right back on stage at 4 o'clock and then we gotta knock out another hour. It was like hysterical, there's like a heat wave going on over here. I'm figuring it's just going to be hot in Arizona or something in the south or whatever, everywhere we played it had to be like 110 degrees outside everyday. You could drink like two kegs of beer everyday, eating burgers, pizza, hot dogs and you're still going to drop 30 pounds.
DH: Is Ozzy more fun to hang around sober or when he's tanked?
ZW: It's not one of those things where he can just drink a beer, you know, have a couple of beers with the guys and then call it a day. With him it's a beer then he starts doing the weed and then right after that it's the cocaine, then he's gone for three days and we can't find him.
DH: Your lineage is with the all-time guitar greats such as Rhandy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Tony Iommi, all the players connected with Ozzy. When you go in the studio with Ozzy do you enjoy playing songs co-written by guys like David Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Nirvana?
ZW: When all that stuff went down I was just like… no! I mean, first off it was cheesy, horrendous stuff. You know, 'why are we using this? Just because we're paying this guy, this is like they wouldn't even put this stuff on their records… what are we doing'? You know what I mean? I go, 'I could piss shit out of my dick better than this stuff in a New York second'.
DH: To get as musically proficient as someone like Eddie Van Halen, Rhandy Rhoads, Uli Roth, Dimebag or even yourself takes the hard yards of commitment. In doing double duty gigs do you still put in the practice hours to keep the chops up? What's your practice regimen like?
ZW: I still got to practice every day, but I enjoy doing that. I love it. You can always keep getting better. It's like being the heavyweight champion of the world, like Dorian Yates the reason why he won six Mr Olympias was every year he came in bigger and more shredded. You can't just go just because you're there now you just show up and get the trophy. If you are the heavyweight champion of the world, dude, if you don't keep doing what got you there, you're going to get your ass handed to you.
DH: So what were your feelings in the '90s during the whole grunge/nu metal scene when playing solos was being somewhat uncool for the cool school?
ZW: I just figured everything's full circle. Everything just got to the point when it couldn't go any higher with the shredding thing, then Nirvana came in with great songs, then Soundgarden, Alice In Chains. You know, those guys were still doing some solos, not to the extent, but I mean Jerry Cantrell was still putting solos in Man In The Box. He still always had solos.
DH: What was it like being in the Rock Star movie?
ZW: I had a great time doing that. It was just funny. 'Let me get this straight, what is it you want me to do?' They said, 'basically you just be yourself really, just hang around play guitar all day, lift weights, drink beer'. I go 'and you're going to pay me for this? Alright, I'm in'. I had a good time doing it man, it was a lot of fun.
DH: Anything else you would like to say before I leave you alone?
ZW: To the rest of the Australian chapters down there, just to tell them to stay strong, keep bleeding Black Label and we'll see them in a little bit.
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