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Korn Drummer On "Temporary Hiatus"
Korn taped a performance over the weekend for MTV's "Unplugged" series without drummer David Silveria, who's stepping away from the group for awhile.
"I just need a break for right now," Silveria said in a press release.
According to the group's publicist, Silveria's bandmates Jonathan Davis, Fieldy and Munky will continue to record a new Korn album that's tentatively set to hit stores in June. The group also plans to head up another edition of the Family Values Tour next summer sans Silveria, though the drummer's absence is described in a statement as a "temporary hiatus."
Meanwhile, Korn's "Unplugged" special is expected to air early next year on MTV, but a specific date hasn't been announced. Joining Korn for the "Unplugged" session were special guests The Cure and Evanescence's Amy Lee.
MTV.com has an excellent article with more info on the album and a blow-by-blow account of the unplugged session.
Moody, Zane and Kelly Clarkson TP Amy Lee's Home
'American Idol' season one champ Kelly Clarkson, former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, and former pornographer turned Society 1 singer Matt Zane were videotaped TPing the home of Evanescence singer Amy Lee after NRG Studios received a special plaque for work with did with Evanescence on their debut 'Fallen'. The commemoration didn't feature Moody, even though he wrote the record. After Moody stomped on the plaque, they decided to deliver it to Lee's home with the toilet paper. Moody is currently working with Clarkson on her follow-up to 'Breakaway'. You can watch the clip at YouTube or below: More...
Evanescence Post 'Lithium' Video Online
EVANESCENCE's video for "Lithium", the second single from the band's new album, "The Open Door", has been posted online: Windows Media, Real Media.
Unlike the Little Red Riding Hood concept for the "Call Me When You're Sober" video, which was an abstract take on somewhat literal lyrics, the follow-up is a literal take on somewhat abstract lyrics, according to MTV.com.
"So it's not so in-your-face to make the video more literal," singer Amy Lee told MTV.com about the video, which Paul Fedor (SARAH MCLACHLAN, SEETHER) directed based on her concept. "Really, though, I think it's all about touching somebody and I hope it does that." More...
Metal In The Charts For The Week of Nov. 15
The Foo Fighter's new live acoustic album, 'Skin and Bones', debuted at No. 21 on The Billboard Top 200 this week with 49,000 copies sold. Hinder fell from No. 11 to 12 and Evanescence fell from No. 12 to 15. The Deftones, who debuted at No. 10 last week, dropped to No. 46 with 23,000 copies of their latest, 'Saturday Night Wrist', sold.
Ill Nino, Nonpoint and 36 Crazyfists failed to make the chart with each band moving less than 4,000 copies of their new releases.
Sales are up 12% from last week and up less than 1% compared to the same week last year. Overall sales for 2006 are down 5% compared to 2005 with 456.2 million units.
Deftones Debut At No. 10 On Billbaord Top 200
The Deftones have debuted at No. 10 on this weeks Billboard Top 200 chart. The band's latest album, 'Saturday Night Wrist', scanned 76,000 copies. Evanescence and Hinder both fell out of the top 10. Hinder holds the No. 11 slot and Evanescence No. 12.
Sales were up 6.4% from the previous week and down 2% compared to the same week last year. Overall sales for 2006 are down 5% compared to 2005 with 444.2 million units.
In related news, Evanescence's 'The Open Door' has been certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments in excess of one million copies.
Revelation Theory To Tour Europe With Evanesence
Revelation Theory have announced in addition to their current U.S. tour with Evanescence, they will also be touring Europe with the band. European dates are as follows:
November 5th in Berlin, GER @ Columbiahalle
November 6th in Amsterdamn, NET @ Paradiso
November 8th in Paris, FRA @ Olympia
November 10th in Madrid, SPA @ Riviera
November 11th in Barcelona, SPA @ TBA
November 12th in Toulousa, FRA @ Havana Cafe
November 14th in Milan, ITA @ Alcatraz
November 16th in Zurich, SWI @ Volkshaus
November 17th in Vienna, AUT @ Gasometer
November 18th in Cologne, GER @ E-Werk
November 20th in London, UK @ Carling Apollo Hammersmith
November 21st in Manchester, UK @ Carling Apollo Manchester
Evanescence's "The Open Door" Debuts At #1
With their decidedly less metallic/heavy followup to "Fallen," Evanescence's "The Open Door" has debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at number 1. The Wind-Up effort moved 447,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the rock act's first No. 1 on the chart. The band's debut, 2003's "Fallen," spent 104 weeks on the big chart, peaking at No. 3 and selling more than 6.6 million copies in the United States.
"The Open Door" also marks the 700th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 since the magazine began publishing the weekly chart 50 years ago.
Hear Entire Amon Amarth, Evanescence CDs Online
AOL Music has a couple of new rock/metal CDs streaming in their entirety:
Stream Evanescense's Entire New Album Online
EVANESCENCE's entire new album, "The Open Door", is available for streaming at AOL Music. Due on Oct. 3, the CD is the band's first release since the departure of Ben Moody, who helped singer Amy Lee compose all of the songs on their Grammy-winning, six-times-platinum debut album, "Fallen". But rather than killing the band, Amy says Ben's departure only made them stronger.
"I think we've grown tremendously as musicians," she says. "I mean, after performing so much live, and... I don't know, just getting older. I just think it's a much stronger album. I love 'Fallen', but I think this one's more intimate in some ways. And also just bigger, heavier and more of everything."
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.
New Evanescence Video Available Online
EVANESCENCE's video for its new single, "Call Me When You're Sober", is available for viewing at YouTube.com. According to MTV.com, the clip features singer Amy Lee wearing a red satin cape and sitting at an antiquated vanity. A young man — with crystal blue eyes and scruffy, overgrown facial hair and sideburns — approaches her from behind, caressing her shoulders and softly kissing her neck as she tries to rebuff his advances.
"The song is so literal, the lyrics and everything — I mean, obviously, just by the title — that we felt like the video would have the freedom to go in a less literal direction," she explained. "So it's [a modern re-imagining of] Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf and sort of a more cool, superhero, rock and roll Little Red Riding Hood."
The song's subject matter, Lee said, involves "something that everyone's been through" — the frustration of "dealing with someone with an addiction, which is really hard, especially when you love someone."
EVANESCENCE's new album, "The Open Door", is scheduled for release on October 3 via Wind-Up Records.
Evanescence New Single Available For Streaming
AOL Music is currently streaming the new EVANESCENCE single, "Call Me When You're Sober", at this location. The video for the song will debut August 7 on MTV. According to MTV.com, the clip features singer Amy Lee wearing a red satin cape and sitting at an antiquated vanity. A young man — with crystal blue eyes and scruffy, overgrown facial hair and sideburns — approaches her from behind, caressing her shoulders and softly kissing her neck as she tries to rebuff his advances.
"The song is so literal, the lyrics and everything — I mean, obviously, just by the title — that we felt like the video would have the freedom to go in a less literal direction," she explained. "So it's [a modern re-imagining of] Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf and sort of a more cool, superhero, rock and roll Little Red Riding Hood."
The song's subject matter, Lee said, involves "something that everyone's been through" — the frustration of "dealing with someone with an addiction, which is really hard, especially when you love someone."
EVANESCENCE's new album, "The Open Door", is scheduled for release on October 3 via Wind-Up Records.
Evanescence Bassist Departs
According to MTV.com, Evanescence bassist William Boyd apparently left the band last month. Frontwoman Amy Lee broke the news to the band's fans late Thursday in a post to the Evanescence online message board. "A few weeks ago, Will decided to leave the band," she wrote. "He said that he just can't go through with another huge tour right now, and wants to stay a little closer to his family instead."
Lee said that touring "is hard you kind of have to sacrifice your life for it. So we can all understand." She added that Evanescence "love Will very much," and that they collectively wish him "nothing but happiness in everything he does. We've been playing music together since I was in junior high. I miss him already."
Lee also assured fans that the departure won't affect the band's schedule. Evanescence's forthcoming album, The Open Door, will still be in stores October 3, and the band's to-be-announced touring plans will not be derailed.
Boyd's departure is the second in recent years for the band. In 2003, one of the founding members, lead guitarist and principal songwriter Ben Moody, exited midway through Evanescence's European tour. Moody was immediately replaced on the road by former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo, who suffered a stroke caused by a torn neck artery eight months ago. He was made a permanent band fixture in 2004.
A spokesperson for the band's label confirmed Boyd's departure Friday morning (July 14).
Evanescence Reveal 'The Open Door' Track Listing
The complete track listing has been announced for EVANESCENCE's new album, "The Open Door", due on October 3 via Wind-Up. The band's second major label offering, "The Open Door" will follow up 2003's six-million-selling "Fallen". When asked to describe the sound of the new disc, singer Amy Lee told Launch it was hard to explain. "It's different than the last album, but it's still EVANESCENCE," she said. "I think the fans are really gonna love it. I'm a fan, I love this band, I wouldn't be doing it if I wouldn't love it, and I love it, so I guess that's sort of my gauge for everything. But it's different, it's kind of fun and sexy, but it's still, like, dark and, like, really epic at times."
"I think if people expect this album is going to be softer and more feminine and more wimpy, they're going to be surprised," Lee told JAM! Music. "It's not an album full of 'My Immortal'-like songs. Every song is completely different and I feel like at times it definitely goes heavier than we had the capacity to do before. But in a way that's still new and fun and unique and not trying to be like anything else that's out there." More...
Evanescence Complete New Album, Set Release
Billboard.com reports: Evanescence will release it second Wind-Up album, "The Open Door," on Oct. 3. The set was recorded in Los Angeles earlier this year and produced by Dave Fortman, who was behind the boards for Evanescence's 2003 breakthrough, "Fallen."
That set has sold more than 6.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "My Immortal" and "Bring Me To Life."
"The making of this record has been really intense, but I've come out feeling purified," frontwoman Amy Lee says in a statement. "I've grown so much since 'Fallen,' and [guitarist] Terry [Balsamo] is the perfect writing partner -- I feel like I've been lifted up to a whole new level of inspiration and possibilities.
Evanescence Will Finish Mixing New Album Next Week
EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee has posted the following message on the EVANESCENCE message board EVBoard.com:
"Terry [Balsamo, EVANESCENCE/ex-COLD guitarist] and I are sitting here in the control room at the studio — we'll be done mixing [the new album] next week! I can hardly believe it, we've been working on this album for so long. The stuff sounds so good... Wow, what a trip this has been.
"I just wanted to say hi, check in with you and let you know that Terry is doing really well [after suffering a stroke in November] (he is downloading PANTERA ringtones right now and trying to get one of us to call him), [producer Dave] Fortman is ruling it (in deep thought at the mixing board) and I am trying to figure out the order of the songs for the album. It's going to be hard to hold this music in all summer. Haha!
"Terry just said to thanks for all you guys' support, and all the kind words. I really want to thank you guys again for being so patient — I know it's gonna be worth it. Hang in there! Ill keep you guys posted." More...
Moody Talks To MTV About Evanescence Split
MTV News recently spoke to former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody about his departure from the group and his upcoming solo album. Asked how he felt about the split with time away to gain perspective, Moody responded, "I have a lot more peace about it, even more than the day I left. ... I still feel it was the right decision because Evanescence has carried on, and they've had great success since me. So I know for a fact I made the right choice. If I stayed, I think Amy and I would have destroyed it because we just weren't heading in the same direction; we were pulling it in two different directions. It was bad." You can read more and watch a video clip here.
Evanescence Co-Founder Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder
EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody recently spoke to RollingStone.com about his upcoming solo album, tentatively due this fall.
"It's a rock record, but it's a lot more organic than stuff I've done in the past," says Moody. "When it's heavy, it's straight-ahead heavy."
Moody is producing the album, with Jay Baumgarder (PAPA ROACH) co-producing a handful of tracks, and he's recruited GODHEAD's Jason Miller to play guitar and sing lead vocals on a few tracks. Drummer Lance Garvin (LIVING SACRIFICE), bassist Marty O'Brien (TOMMY LEE, METHODS OF MAYHEM) and guitarist Michael "Fish" Herring (PRINCE, CHRISTINA AGUILERA) round out the lineup.
Several of the fifteen songs Moody has demoed for his solo effort are about the turmoil he has gone through the past few years, "having to come to grips with my own anger and self-hatred and things that I tried to pin on EVANESCENCE." Moody, who was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, confesses, "It goes much deeper than anything that came from being in a band."
Read the full article at Rolling Stone.
Fantastic Four The Album Tracklisting Revealed
Wind-up Records, in conjunction with Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Enterprises has announced the complete track listing for the July 5, 2005 soundtrack Fantastic Four – The Album. The soundtrack is not particularly heavy, but features several hard rock bands (hence the reason for inclusion here). The soundtrack’s musical scope covers rock, hip hop and pop with new songs from platinum and gold recording artists including Velvet Revolver (their first new music since the release of their double-platinum album, Contraband), Ben Moody featuring Anastacia, Sum 41, and Taking Back Sunday.
Taking Back Sunday wrote the song “Error Operator” for the movie, the soundtrack and the Fantastic Four video game created by Activision. Two songs introduce newly formed groups; Loser (former Marilyn Manson guitarist/writer John 5) and T.F.F., (a one time collaboration featuring Brody Dalle of the Distillers, Chris Cester of Jet, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, and Dolf de Datsun of the Datsuns). Also of note is the stateside debut of the enormously popular Japanese act Orange Range. Additional songs were contributed by Alter Bridge, Lloyd Banks, Submersed, Breaking Point and others. The lead single and first music video from Fantastic Four – The Album is “Everything Burns” by Ben Moody featuring Anastacia.
The complete track listing for Fantastic Four – The Album is: More...
Did Evanescences's Success Open Doors For Others?
Freelance writer Bryan Reesman has submitted the following report to GRAMMY.com:
If the multi-platinum success of EVANESCENCE proved to narrow-minded rock jocks that female-fronted metal bands were viable, a fresh wave of melodic European headbangers should cement that affirmation, with their distinct blend of heavy guitars, symphonic underpinnings and soaring female vocals. Thanks to the breakthrough of "Fallen", like-minded groups that court gothic and classical influences are starting to find success on American shores.
"For quite a number of years we've personally loved that sound and tried to champion it," declares Marco Barbieri, president of the Century Family of labels that includes Century Media and Nuclear Blast. "We initially liked the European, gothic-inspired stuff that came out of some of the doom and death metal bands of the early '90s. When women started joining these bands, they made it that much more exciting and compelling."
Their sounds are quite distinct. NIGHTWISH blends gothic brooding with intense guitars and classical bombast. Their recent album, "Once", features orchestra, choir and a Native American flute player. LACUNA COIL play gothic-tinged heavy rock that invokes a more aggressive Evanescence (and they have been around much longer). LEAVES' EYES, lead by former THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine, serve up dreamy, medieval-style metal. All of these bands employ lush keyboards and often contrast their beautiful female singing with harsh male growls normally reserved for death metal. That latter concept may not sound commercial, but EVANESCENCE may have paved the way for its acceptance through the male rap-metal exchanges of "Bring Me To Life".
Odin Thompson, label manager for Napalm Records USA and Moribund Records, sees a basic appeal for these groups — they write great music." These bands bring that heavy edge but inject it with melody and arrangements that have been long lost from rock and roll ," he asserts. "They also offer light to the normally dark world of heavy metal, which makes them special amongst their peers." Thompson believes this subgenre has the potential for tremendous commercial success at a major label level, something Napalm has strongly believed in for years with acts like SINS OF THY BELOVED, TRISTANIA and SIRENIA.
"I'm sure the majors are probably working on their own [groups]," surmises Barbieri. "I feared that a lot of manufactured, female-fronted bands would be coming out after the first EVANESCENCE single. Thankfully we've been spared that from the corporations, and it's being done the right way. Those that have been doing it [awhile] are gaining presence and profile."
The most obvious example of such visibility is Italy's LACUNA COIL, whose two-year-old album "Comalies" scanned more than 200,000 units domestically, cracking the Billboard Top 200 for several weeks last year after extensive grassroots development on radio, video play on Fuse and MTV2, and tours with P.O.D. and Ozzfest.
Read the full article at Grammy.com.