Weekly Music News 02.12.24
Israeli metal band "The Fading" releases its third new single since returning two years ago. The band keeps tearing up stages across the country and blowing us away!
Their next show is on December 21 at Gagarin in Tel Aviv. Buy tickets.
This resonates with what is happening in Israel today, especially with what soldiers living with post-traumatic stress are going through. Progressive metal pioneers "Dream Theater" release the second single from their sixteenth studio album, "Parasomnia", due February 7, 2025. It marks their first release with drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". The single, "A Broken Man", opens with a brutal barrage meant to convey the horrors of war. Singer James LaBrie then tells the story of a soldier suffering nightmares and insomnia after witnessing those horrors. The song includes audio recordings of real veterans describing their experiences and reliving traumatic events. The band also released a video that captures the song's essence.
Quote of the week:
"The guy's a complete prick!... He's very damaged. He's obviously very, very deeply insecure"
Roger Waters said this about Thom Yorke in response to his comments defending Israel. And this comes from a man who is so "clear-headed" himself! In an interview this week, Roger said that he and BDS had tried to contact Thom and Jonny Greenwood about their actions and comments supporting Israel, but neither responded to the half-baked man or the "supportive" organization.
(Photo: Anna Kurth & Nina Franova)
Speaking of that last half-baked character, "Achley Bachley" releases a new single for these times, answering all our "admirers"!
"Our new single, 'Shir LaAntishemim', is part of our upcoming album, which will be entirely in Hebrew. The song began after Itai, our singer, came back from reserve duty with a funny chorus he had no intention of using. It grew from there into a song we knew we had to release. A long time passed between writing and releasing it, as most of us serve in the reserves and our work kept losing momentum every few months. In the end, we decided to put the song out despite the timing."
Check this out!
An ad opening: How many times have you needed the bathroom just as the pit starts spinning and your favorite band plays your favorite song? Well, now you are covered with the "Pit Diaper"!!!
Yes, you heard that right: a diaper for the pit! Liquid Death has made a designer diaper that lets you pee while headbanging in the middle of the pit, so you do not have to fight through the crowd to the bathroom and back!
The three members of "Soundgarden" will play a special benefit show in Seattle on December 14. The trio will take the stage as "Nudedragons", a name they used during the grunge era in the 1990s. Shaina Shepherd will join them, with all proceeds going to Seattle Children's Hospital. The event is already sold out, of course, even though the group is only playing a short encore.
(Photo: Kevin Winter)
Some interesting singles ahead...
The Texas shredder "Tremonti" releases another single from his upcoming album, the fourth from "The End Will Show Us How", due January 10, 2025.
A month ago, "Breaking Benjamin" released its first single in several years. This week it reached four million views, and now the band has released a lyric video for it!
The band "In Flames" releases a live performance of "In The Dark", from its latest album, "Foregone", released in February 2023.
The band "Bleed From Within" releases a new single, "In Place of Your Halo", from its upcoming album "ZENITH", due April 4, 2025.
Israeli metal band "Scardust" releases an impressive, powerful new single, "My Haven", apparently destined for its next album. Once again, the band teams up with the amazing "Hellscore" choir!
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