- Strange Fate
- The Crusade
- The Incident
- Dark Horse
- THE HURT WILL GO ON
- Omen
- Satyricon
- As Daylight Dies
- Shine On
- 27 MILES UNDERWATER
- L’Enfant Sauvage
- Scar The Martyr
- Disarm The Descent
- House Of Gold & Bones Part 1
- Life Is Killing Me
- Roots
- Eternity, In Your Arms
- De La Tierra
- Order Of The Black
- Burn My Eyes
- Strength Of The Mind
- Incarnate
- We Are Harlot
- Primitive
- Fortress
- Let The Ocean Take Me
- DISGUISE
- MADE AN AMERICA
- Magic Mountain
- Savages
- Chasing Ghosts
- 3
- UNDERNEATH
- Beast
- WHAT THE DEAD MEN SAY
- LIVING THE DREAM
- AB III.5
- We Are The Royal
- BIG ASS LOVE / TAKE AWAY THE PAIN
- The End Of Heartache
- Memoirs Of A Murderer
- ANOTHER LIFE (CALEB SHOMO REMIX)
- Graveyard Shift
- Time & Space
- BE MY END
- CYANIDE
- Chaos A.D.
- 9.0: Live
- Here And Now
MEGADETH PEN NEW TRACK FOR GUITAR HERO- THEY WANTED MORE SOLO’S, THEY GOT MORE SOLO’S
Posted on July 2, 2010It’s been mentioned in numerous interviews with the band over the summer festival run, but it’s RollingStone.com who shine the most light on what’s to come in the next Guitar Hero game: a brand new track from MEGADETH!!!
Writes the online publication, “Dave Mustaine has been hinting at big news for months on his website, slaving over a ‘top secret project’ and now, the Megadeth leader has revealed the results exclusively to Rolling Stone: A blistering new track called “Sudden Death” that will serve as the finger-busting finale to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock game.”
In an exclusive interview, Mustaine tells Rolling Stone, “I thought it was a great idea for us. We’ve had experience with games in the past, and our songs have been in sports games and Grand Theft Auto, but we never really got into the Guitar Hero thing. When they talked to us about doing this, I never imagined it would be something this honorable.” Setting the stage for the how the track will be presented, rs.com continues, “Unlike previous Guitar Hero titles, the upcoming Warriors of Rock features a story-based adventure mode, voiced by Kiss’ Gene Simmons. To advance through the game, players will have to tackle tricky tracks like Black Sabbath’s ‘Children of the Grave,’ Muse’s ‘Uprising,’ Slayer’s ‘Chemical Warfare’ and the Cure’s ‘Fascination Street.’ But to beat the game’s last stage boss, players will have to master Megadeth’s ‘Sudden Death.’
Activision, the publishers of Guitar Hero, commissioned the track from Mustaine and Megadeth, and were very hands-on in the song’s development since “Sudden Death” has to pose the ultimate challenge to hardcore gamers.”
Mustaine explains, “Activision heard the track, and said, ‘We want more solos on it.’ And I said, OK, I can do that.” While Rolling Stone contests, “‘Sudden Death’ turned into a scathing, speedy thrash tune that’s sure to lead to some fingertip callusing. Mustaine claims the song has a ‘funky kind of polyrhythm to it’ which will make it even more difficult for the Guitar Hero elite.”
To read the interview in full, click here. You can ;earn more about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock HERE.
MADINA LAKE’S MATTHEW LEONE HOSPITALISED
Posted on July 2, 2010It is with a heavy heart that we report that MADINA LAKE bassist Matthew Leone has been hospitalized after a brutal attack in Chicago.
At this time, the only source of information about the attack is the blog posted his twin brother Nathan in the early hours of this morning, UK time. You can read the blog at this location.
All of us here at Roadrunner UK are thinking of Matthew, his family, the band and close friends at this difficult time.
If you would like to send a message of support to Matthew, feel free to email us here at rrguest@roadrunnerrecords.co.uk and we will collate your messages and pass them on. Please title your email ‘A Message For Matthew’.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD DISCUSS ‘LIVE FROM FREEDOM HALL’
Posted on July 1, 2010LYNYRD SKYNYRD are a Rock & Roll legacy. Overcoming adversity and loss throughout their 50+ year career, Skynyrd have strengthened the line that defines Southern Rock while stitching their music into the fabric of America with hits like “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Freebird” among many others.
Having been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, then returning in 2008 with a brand new album featuring new material, this family troupe has proven unstoppable. But with all their history, one thing’s for sure: Lynyrd Skynyrd put on one heck of a live show, and that’s exactly what they’re celebrating with their latest CD/DVD Live From Freedom Hall.
Released right on the cusp of the band’s big US summer tour, we catch up with vocalist Johnny Van Zant to find out all about the special performance that marks long-time keyboardist Billy Powell and late bassist Ean Evans’ last stand with the band, and what’s in store this summer as the Skynyrd Nation carries on from coast to coast and sea to shining sea.
GRAND MAGUS TELL US ABOUT WRITING & RECORDING ‘HAMMER OF THE NORTH’
Posted on June 30, 2010Last week saw the release of the new album from metal titans GRAND MAGUS– the epic Hammer Of The North and in the video clip below, we chat to vocalist JB about the band’s writing process, his lyrical inspiration and working with Entombed bassis Nico (producer).
“For me what really works to get creative is to spend as much times outdoors as I can…go fishing, get really relaxed and get rid of all the unnecessary shit that’s going on…Inspiration as such…[artists in general] all have an need to express themselves about the world and what’s going on around them and I am no different…”
DOWNLOAD 2010: TAKING DAWN ‘HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY’S WASTED…’
Posted on June 30, 2010Opening the main stage on the Saturday at this years Download Festival was newcomers to Roadrunner TAKING DAWN who launched their hard rock tirade at 11am and warmed up a very hungover crowd.
In this clip, the 6th of our Download series, we catch the guys side of stage as they warm up to go on and chat to Mikey (guitars) about the bands experience and how happy they were that the crowd were getting into it and how they already have garnered a hardcore UK following.
If you missed any of the other updates, you can check them out at the links below. Tomorrow, we catch up the other newcomers on the bill DOMMIN who, recently nominated for the Kerrang 2010 award for Best International Newcomer, opened the main stage the following day.
Part 5- Atreyu
Part 4- Megadeth
Part 3- Coheed And Cambria
Part 2- Killswitch Engage
Part 1- 36 Crazyfists
Taking Dawn’s debut album TIME TO BURN is in stores now, or you can pick it up online HERE.
MEGADETH’S DAVE MUSTAINE CHATS ABOUT THE BIG FOUR EXPERIENCE
Posted on June 30, 2010“So now that the Big Four dates have come and gone, I feel it is time to check-in, say, ‘Hello’ and tell you what has been going on in my world,” writes MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine from megadeth.com.
“First off, when we left San Marcos and Mustaine Music Studios aka ‘Vic’s Garage,’ we had no idea what to expect, other than the fact that we wanted to make a point; we wanted to make the other bands feel comfortable, we wanted the fans to all leave this momentous occasion feeling completely satiated, we wanted the guys in Metallica to know that we could be depended on to pull our share…
“I don’t know if we delivered for everyone, but for the tens of thousands of people each night, and ultimately hundreds of thousands of fans over the entire run of the Big Four festivals (affectionately dubbed “Sonisphere”), it seemed to me that the fans were finally able to put aside the silly stuff that the press has kept on life support for so many, many years. We did several round-table interviews with a member from each camp of the Big Four, and one thing that was a constant and that we all agreed on was that the press was the responsible parties for keeping the feuds alive.
You heard it straight from our mouths; we are all at peace with one another, and we all are friends. End of story – or in other words, several shit magazines will now have to learn how to write real interviews, reviews, and features, instead of causing so much turmoil with us four, all in the spirit of selling their publications.”
The full post from Dave can be found over at the Megadeth fanclub website.
Megadeth’s current album ENDGAME can be found in stores now, or online HERE.
MACHINE HEAD FRONTMAN ROBB FLYNN HONORS DEBBIE ABONO
Posted on June 30, 2010MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has recorded an acoustic cover of Black Sabbath’s “Die Young” from the classic Heaven and Hell album in tribute to late metal manager Debbie Abono, who sadly passed away on the same day as legendary heavy metal singer and HEAVEN AND HELL front man Ronnie James Dio.
In a statement made at the beginning of the video, below, which was recorded the day after Debbie’s passing, Robb says, “I don’t know why I recorded this song, it doesn’t really have relevance to Debbie or Dio, but I was sad and depressed and it was the only thing that made sense in the world.”
There are no plans to officially release Flynn’s version of “Die Young,” but an MP3 version of the track is available for free download at his band’s official site HERE, and the video can be viewed below.
Debbie Abono, a well-respected and much-loved manager and promotional machine behind some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s strongest metal bands (Possessed, Forbidden, Exodus, Vio-Lence, Skinlab), passed away on May 16 after a battle with cancer. She was 80 years old.
In a May 17 statement regarding Abono’s passing, Flynn wrote:
“I am devastated at the passing of Debbie Abono and words aren’t coming very clear for me right now. Debbie was like a second mom to me, and having never lost a family member yet, this is very difficult. Debbie managed Vio-Lence [Flynn’s pre-Machine Head band], and toured with us in a van as manager, tour manager, mom, friend, and facilitator. Phil [Demmel; current Machine Head, former Vio-Lence guitarist] and I were her roommates at crummy Motel 6’s across America.
“Thinking back on it now, touring with a bunch of snot-nosed thrash metal-ers for two months at a time in a van, playing crummy clubs, isn’t the usual course most 55-year-old ladies take in their lives, but she was no ordinary 55-year-old lady. She was fiery, feisty, charming, funny, and could look a person over in about two seconds and find something to joke about / roast them about should they wanted to test her. She was one of the biggest forces behind the thrash and early-death-metal movements than I think most people will ever realize.” The full statement can be read HERE.
DOWNLOAD 2010: ATREYU ‘IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS FOR MUSICIANS’
Posted on June 30, 2010It’s time for part 5 of our series of interviews from the Download Festival 2010 and in this episode, we chat to Alex- front man for those rockers from the OC- ATREYU!
In this clip, Alex tells us why the festival is so cool, how stoked they were to be upgraded from the festival’s second to main stage and what tips he would give festival goers this summer.
If you missed parts 1-4, you can check them out at the following links:
Part 4- Megadeth
Part 3- Coheed And Cambria
Part 2- Killswitch Engage
Part 1- 36 Crazyfists
Tomorrow we bring you Saturday main-stage openers Taking Dawn!
Atreyu’s current album Congregation Of The Damned can be picked up online HERE.
MURDERDOLLS IN MAD MANAGER PART 4- ‘WE HAVE A KNIFE!’
Posted on June 29, 2010If not for the fact that that these clips are highly entertaining, we would start to feel sorry for Tour Manager Sully. He’s probably the only TM in the world who would would put up with this shit, But then again, to know MURDERDOLLS is to love em!
In this latest clip, shot in spooky night vision, Joey and Wednesday 13 have a knife. It’s a good knife. And Sully needs to know. Even if it is the early hours and the poor dude is sleeping… But what we want to know is where are the sock puppets? Can you spot them??
Murderdolls release new album WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST on August 30th. Pre-order online HERE.
Single ‘My Dark Place Alone’ will be available digitally July 4th on all the usual platforms.
