Weekly Music News 27.08.23
The band "Hotbox" begins its US journey at a very exciting starting point!!
The band will play its first-ever US show at the legendary Whisky a Go Go!!!
A club with an incredible musical history, which has hosted artists such as the Doors, the Byrds, Led Zeppelin, the Beach Boys, Cheap Trick, No Doubt, System of a Down, Van Halen, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, KISS, Guns N' Roses and many more greats!!!
We are keeping our fingers crossed for them and wishing them every success!!
More than two years after "Imperial", Swedish progressive-metal band "Soen" releases its sixth album, "Memorial". Even on first listen, it seems better than its predecessor. Not many active bands keep improving from album to album, but Soen seems to be one of them.
Listen on: Spotify
German power-metal band "Primal Fear" releases its fourteenth album, "Code Red", three years after "Metal Commando". Ralf Scheepers' unmistakable voice, melodic writing, catchy choruses and massive wall of sound make "Code Red" another classic from this excellent band.
Listen on: Spotify
A new third album from "Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons", titled "Kings of the Asylum". As we know, Phil Campbell was Motörhead's guitarist from 1984 to 2015. After the band ended, he wanted to spend quality time in the studio with his three children. It soon became a serious project, leading to Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.
Listen on: Spotify
The band "The Pretenders", led by Chrissie Hynde, announces its new album, "Relentless". Chrissie Hynde and guitarist James Walbourne wrote the songs together remotely during the COVID crisis. It is their second writing collaboration, following 2020's "Hate for Sale".
Listen on: Spotify
He is innocent, he is innocent, he is innocent...
Or rather, that is not quite it: he had not been charged in the first place.
The investigation into Till Lindemann, the Rammstein singer, has been closed for lack of evidence. As a reminder, German prosecutors opened an investigation in June after media reports in which women described alleged sexual misconduct by the singer in connection with the band's concerts. Prosecutors said they had received no testimony from alleged victims and could not substantiate the allegations. The investigation, opened following third-party complaints linked to press reports, was therefore dropped for lack of evidence.
(Photo: Jens Kalaene)
The band "Beartooth" releases another single from its forthcoming album, "The Surface"!!
The band "Duran Duran" releases the title track from its new album, "Danse Macabre", due October 27. It will be the band's sixteenth album, featuring former guitarist Andy Taylor on selected tracks, as well as Nile Rodgers and Måneskin's Victoria De Angelis. The concept album was inspired by the band's Halloween show in Las Vegas on October 31, 2022. Singer Simon Le Bon said it would be a kind of wild Halloween party. Still, a look at the tracklist reveals quite a few covers, including the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" and Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer".
The members of "Disturbed" received the key to their hometown of Tinley Park. They thanked the mayor, trustees and board members on Facebook for this moving moment.
(Photo: "Disturbed" Facebook Page)
And more from "Disturbed" !!!!
The band released an official live video for "Never Again", filmed at its show in Israel this year.
The video was made by Alon Levin and Monster Filmmakers.
Of course, David Draiman wrote the song about the Holocaust, inspired by his maternal grandparents, both Holocaust survivors.
Watch the moving video...
If you are heading to Las Vegas soon and are a fan of "U2", you can visit its fan center, opening there on September 28. The band's website describes "Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience" as an innovative, interactive multimedia love letter to fans, developed with longtime creative director Gavin Friday. It is intended as a central destination where fans can gather, celebrate, indulge, watch exclusive U2 content and immerse themselves in the band's musical and creative history. Admission is free, except for special screenings at the Zoo TV Cinema.
After wowing the audience with their America's Got Talent audition and impressing the judges, "Steel Panther" performed in the reality show's qualifying round this week. To do it, they rewrote the lyrics to "Death To All But Metal" into something more family-friendly that would not get NBC in trouble with the FCC. We all know this wild band's provocative songs!!
While Taylor Swift may have the hottest ticket in music right now, another band now holds the attendance record at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium: none other than "Metallica", which drew around 78,000 fans to each of its two weekend shows there. Although the stadium has 70,240 seats, the Snake Pit allowed the band to fit in more fans, breaking Taylor's record!! The band sold 156,000 tickets across the two shows.
And while we are on "Metallica" , it was announced yesterday that "Nothing Else Matters" had passed one billion Spotify streams. Spotify tweeted, "Metallica, welcome to the #BillionsClub". As we know, Billions Club is a playlist launched in 2021, featuring every Spotify song to reach this huge milestone. Metallica adds another track to the prestigious company of songs such as "Don't Stop Believin", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Eye Of The Tiger", "Dancing Queen" and more, after "Enter Sandman" reached the milestone last December. As a reminder, the iconic ballad that crossed one billion streams yesterday is part of the incredible "Metallica (The Black Album)". It was written by James Hetfield, about a former girlfriend, though he no longer remembers exactly why he wrote it. In one interview, he described it as being "about being on the road, missing someone at home, but it was written in such a way that it connected with so many people that it was no longer just about two people..." Hetfield added that after writing the song he was embarrassed to play it for the rest of the band, because he thought Metallica could only be about rough metal songs, headbanging and more.
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