Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Update 10/8/06

[Deathstroke]

Hello and welcome to the 39th installment of the 2006 HR/HM Update.

I thought we'd start off this week with our miscellaneous news. First up is a photo of the new Survivor lineup:


Lillian Axe has signed with Metro City Records and have a planned Feb/Mar 2007 release date for a new album. They've split with bassist Darrin Delatte and replaced him with Eric Morris.

Atreyu has signed with Hollywood Records. Statement

Chimaira has signed with both Nuclear Blast Records and Ferret Music. News Story

The band Immortal now has their official website at http://www.immortalofficial.com

Ex-Fates Warning drummer Mark Zonder's new band Slavior has signed with Inside Out Music. Their self-titled debut is due out early 2007. All the details

A mosaic of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott was recently unveiled. Details


COMINGS & GOINGS

Masterplan has split with drummer Uli Kush. Vocalist Jorn Lande had already left the group a few months back. They've been replaced by vocalist Mike DiMeo (Riot) and drummer Mike Terrana (Rage, Yngwie Malmsteen).

The Raspberries have reunited. You can check them out at http://www.raspberriesonline.com

Bassist Hans Age Holmen has left Gaia Epicus. Statement

My Dying Bride has split with drummer Shaun Steels. Details

Nightrage has lineup changes.

INTERVIEWS OF THE WEEK

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser
Satyricon drummer Frost
Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris
Blind Guardian singer Hansi Kursch
Drummer Carmine Appice
Skid Row Bassist Rachel Bolan
Powerman 5000 singer Spider
New TNT singer Tony Mills
Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger
Five Questions with Demiricous
Five Questions with Hedley
Unearth guitarist Ken Susi
Silent Civilian singer Jonny Santos
Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali
MP3 Audio interview with Atrocity frontman Alexander Krull
MP3 Audio Interview with Leaves' Eyes singer Liv Kristine
MP3 Audio Interview with Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara

ONLINE CD REVIEWS

Motorhead - Kiss Of Death
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Force Of Evil - Black Empire
Evanescence - The Open Door
Napalm Death - Smear Campaign
Wolf - The Black Flame
A Static Lullaby - A Static Lullaby


AUDIO/VIDEO SAMPLES OF THE WEEK

Don Dokken has posted a few samples from his upcoming solo album online. You can click on this link and scroll down to the bottom of the page for the individual links.

Here's a link for the video of the Godyva song "In Good And Evil"

Kittie drummer Mercedes Lander has a side project called Night Of The Demons. She's on lead vocals in this group. You can hear some demo tracks via the group's Myspace page.

Here's a video from a 2002 festival appearance by Savatage. Annihilator guitarist Jeff Waters is playing with them. Video Link

CD & DVD NEWS OF THE WEEK PART I

The live DVD from Bullet From My Valentine will be called The Poison - Live At Brixton. It's due out October 30th. DVD details

Dragonland's fourth studio album Astronomy will be out via Century Media Records on November 13th. Release details

Status Quo will release the live DVD Just Doin' It Live on Warner Vision November 6th. Information Link

The Staind compilation The Singles is due out in November.

The H.I.M. remix CD Uneasy Listening Vol. 1 in due in North America on November 14th from Republic/Universal. Album information


The Honeymoon Suite collection Feel It Again (An Anthology) is due out in Canada in November. The release contains 39 digitally remastered tracks plus a 20 page booklet.


Iron Horse has split with singer Ron Keel. Their new album Change In My Religion is due out before Xmas with new singer Charlie Wayne. 3 song clips can be heard at their Myspace page.

Royal Hunt will release a 2 CD live album called Royal Hunt 2006 on November 22nd.

[Deathstroke]

CD & DVD NEWS OF THE WEEK PART II

The Whitesnake live CD is called Live In The Shadow Of The Blues and is due out in November. Here's the artwork!


The GMT (Guy, McCoy, Torme) debut release Bitter And Twisted is due out October 16th in the UK on Cadiz/Pinnacle Distribution

The track listing is:

01. Cannonball
02. Rocky Road (From Dublin)
03. Bitter And Twisted
04. Can't Beat Rock N' Roll
05. Down To Here
06. No Justice
07. Miss The Buzz
08. Longer Than Tomorrow
09. Summerland
10. Deireadh An Samhradh (Summer's End)
11. Vincenzo (della Grande Pump del'Amore)



I've got a review copy of the CD on it's way to me, so you can be that I'll be doing a review of this one soon.

[DonC]

You've been You Tubing Savatage lately, haven't you?

[Deathstroke]

You've been You Tubing Savatage lately, haven't you?

Actually I haven't been. I just check the links out that Blabbermouth has been posting lately. I spend very little time on Youtube. If I went there much, I'd be on the Net for days at a time.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Nice information. Thanx a lot. The latest from Napalm Death is now in my hit list.

[Deathstroke]

Nice information. Thanx a lot. The latest from Napalm Death is now in my hit list.

You're welcome, keep on reading.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

You're welcome, keep on reading.

Oh, I will. Believe me.

[Hiromi]

I dig the Lynott mural.

[Deathstroke]

Dragonland's fourth studio album Astronomy will be out via Century Media Records on November 13th. Release details

Here's the artwork for the CD:

Royal Hunt will release a 2 CD live album called Royal Hunt 2006 on November 22nd.

The CD is now being called 2006 Live and will be out December 8th. You can check out the tracklisting HERE.

Audio samples for the CD are at this link.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Haven't listened to that Dragonland. Any good? Are they a metal band or just hard rock?

[Deathstroke]

Haven't listened to that Dragonland. Any good? Are they a metal band or just hard rock?

Gotta be honest, I've never listened to them.

While I listen to a majority of what I post about, to listen to it all would put me in the poor house.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Gotta be honest, I've never listened to them.

While I listen to a majority of what I post about, to listen to it all would put me in the poor house.

You're right about that. So many things I want to get, so little time and money.

[Deathstroke]

You're right about that. So many things I want to get, so little time and money.

Even the stuff I get free only allows me to get just a bit larger portion of material I want to listen to.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Even the stuff I get free only allows me to get just a bit larger portion of material I want to listen to.

Yeah. It can get frustrating sometimes. Especially when you go to the store to get that CD you saw months ago, and you find the awful truth of it not being in stock. And that's one CD. Sadly, I can't go crazy and buy five CDs at a time.

[howyadoin]

A mosaic of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott was recently unveiled. Details

Not sure if I like that or not. I think they did a good job on the face, but the hand looks puny and there's no headstock on the guitar.

At the same time, the man deserves all the respect and recognition he gets, so I can't complain too much.