Now you can feel that electricity for yourselves thanks to "Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder - Live - Eagles Over Wacken", the no-fat-no-bullshit-100%-pure CD/DVD featuring DVD highlights from SAXON's Wacken shows in 2004, 2007 and 2009 comprising thirty songs, plus a live CD from Glasgow in 2011. Each set captures the Barnsley-bred British heavy metal legends delivering classic after classic, from "Denim & Leather" to "Metalhead" to "Heavy Metal Thunder" to "Princess Of The Night" to "Crusader" in front of 75,000-pluds loyal, ravenous fans, who have come to expect (and receive) the levels of performance SAXON have been delivering for 32 years.
And when it comes to heavy metal, SAXON's history is, indeed, rich. Rightly seen as one of the premier vanguards of heavy metal alongside the likes of IRON MAIDEN, SAXON were a major influence behind platinum-coated stars such as METALLICA and MEGADETH. Formed as SON OF A BITCH in 1976 (and becoming SAXON in 1978) they enjoyed tremendous commercial success in the U.K. during the '80s, with 8 U.K. top 40 albums, and have sold over 13 millions albums worldwide, while albums such as "Wheels Of Steel", "Strong Arm Of The Law", "Denim & Leather" and "The Power & The Glory" have become legendary staples of any self-respecting metal fan’s collection.
"Heavy Metal Thunder - Live - Eagles Over Wacken" is available in a variety of formats, including the Golden Ticket D2C/Direct To Consumer Box.
Strictly limited, this exclusive package contains the "Best Of Wacken" DVD, plus the full and complete SAXON Wacken Open Air performances from 2004/2007/2009 each on a separate DVD, plus a SAXON flag.
The real surprise is that 10 Golden Tickets are randomly included in the box sets, which will allow the lucky winners to visit any SAXON concert in any city around the world (excluding festival appearances).
Silver Tickets giving access to special online content are for the remaining boxes so there are no losers - only winners.
Release dates:
April 23 – U.K.
April 20 - Rest Of Europe
May 22 - North America
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Video footage of the new lineup of ATTIKA 7 performing the song "Serial Killer" on November 26, 2011 at the Stingfest at Stingers Bar & Night Club in San Bernardino, California can be seen below.
The ATTIKA7 sound "boasts very heavy, down-tuned and melodic harmonies, all the while boasting brutal hooks and grooves," according to a press release. "The band draws from several musical influences, including their own additional projects, and has been compared to the likes of BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA, GODSMACK, PANTERA, and WHITE ZOMBIE. The timeless no-frills songwriting of ATTIKA 7 is set apart from today's homogenized, derivative copycat bands by so many things, but above all: authenticity."
The majority of the ATTIKA7 album was written by lifetime biker and ATTIKA 7 lead guitarist Rusty Coones while serving a seven-year federal prison sentence for a false conviction. Rather than rat on his friends, Rusty used the tension to teach himself how to play guitar in solitary confinement. The passion and street credibility in his lyrics and riffs speak to the underdogs of the world who will not break, will not bend, but stand against forever.
When Rusty called best friend and riding buddy Evan Seinfeld to check in on whether he knew of a singer who could join his band, Evan immediately jumped in without hesitation. Since then, Rusty and Evan have been writing, recording, living and breathing ATTIKA 7 and haven't looked back.
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upcoming as-yet untitled new album on June 19th. Part of the Rockstar
mayhem compilation, the track is to be called 'locust' and will be
available as a digital single here in the UK at all the usual digital
stores.
As well as this, it has been revealed that machine Head's
eagerly-awaited follow-up to The Blackening will be released on
September 26th.
The track rocks in at eight minutes, with Flynn joking, "We still
can't seem to write a damn song under six minutes. But Machine Head
aren't writing music for the radio or MTV. This is for us. This is for
the metalhead who let's music take him on a journey. This for the
metalhead for whom music is the only thing that matters, to whom music
is a savior. The music fan who's going to study every detail of the
artwork, go online and find the lyrics and memorize every word, and
let it take them away from their fucked up life for a while. It's for
the music freak, who maybe just wants to get hammered, air-guitar and
sing at the top of his lungs, and act like an friggin' idiot while
starting a moshpit in their living room with reckless abandon. Because
that's who wrote this song, and that is the only people we care about
connecting with."
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sudden departure from Dream Theater, the band held three days of
auditions in New York City. Over an amazing and productive three-day
period, the band played, jammed, and spoke candidly with seven of the
world's greatest drummers, learning about them musically, personally
and professionally, and assessing the fit of each drummer's incredible
chops with the band's trademark prog-rock sound.
Dream Theater have been extremely sensitive to the fact that this is
not only a monumental decision in their own lives, but also a critical
moment in the lives of DT fans around the world. "The departure of our
lifelong bandmate and friend was an unexpected and truly heartbreaking
blow," says guitarist John Petrucci. "The fact that as a result of
that event we'd be introduced to seven infinitely capable and uniquely
talented drummers was heartening."
Dream Theater would like to share with their fans some of the intense
process, along with the musical joy, that went into choosing a new
drummer. Who is the best fit behind the kit?
Fans should go to Dream Theater's Facebook page on Thursday, April 21,
at 4pm to sign up for their mailing list and to receive more details
about an exclusive and intimate look at the auditions, and to find out
exactly when and how the momentous announcement about the band's new
lineup will be made. Also on Facebook, fans will be able to find out
more information about the band's upcoming 2011 World Tour.
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After Black Sabbath fired Ozzy Osbourne, their next move was a make-or-break affair. The decision to hire Rainbow/Elf vocalist Ronnie James Dio and proceed in a more “dungeon metal” direction paid off handsomely with this mostly-downtempo epic. The song’s driving vibe was carried onward by both Sabbath and Dio after their separation, and was returned to in glorious fashion when they reunited as Heaven & Hell in the late 2000s. – Peter Hodgson
Metallica took on their first true ballad with “Fade to Black,” off 1984’s Ride the Lightning. The ambitious, epic song showed Metallica bravely paving new directions that would influence the metal genre for years to come. The track grows from an acoustic, minor-key ballad into a electrified mix of thrashy guitars and wraps up with one of the most popular, gut-wrenching guitar solos ever. “Fade to Black,” truly, is the archetypal metal song. – Anne Erickson
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Notwithstanding its controversial subject matter, this Slayer classic set a new standard for speed metal when it kicked off the band’s 1986 masterpiece, Reign in Blood. Underscored by pile-driver drums and a thunderous bass line, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman deliver their dual-guitar riffs with machine-line, rapid-fire precision. Monumental in its conjuring of unspeakable brutality, the song comes off as the aural equivalent of a horrific painting. – Russell Hall
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