MEGADETH Are MegaDONE Recording 'Super Collider' - Statement Available

MEGADETH have finalized the recording sessions for their NEW studio album entitled 'Super Collider.' The recording sessions took place at Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, California. 'Super Collider' is the follow up to 2011's 'THIRT3EN' (available now via Roadrunner Records). The bands 14th studio album is being produced by Johnny K. Here is a collective statemement from the band regarding the completion of 'Super Collider':

"Megadeth has officially finished the recording process of the NEW album, 'Super Collider', scheduled to be released in June, 2013. Dave Mustaine sang the very last note on the album earlier today at Vic's Garage studio. The next step in the process is to finish mixing the album.

"Dave has posted the following message on Twitter: "More 13 weirdness…we finished the record on 31313. 13 of 14 songs used; song 13 left off. It was 13 years since we tracked Silent Scorn." [Horn player Bob Findley played on the track "Silent Scorn" from 2001's "The World Needs A Hero" and is a featured guest on the song "A House Divided" on the new album]."

For regular updates from Dave Mustaine, follow him at www.twitter.com/davemustaine.

'Super Collider' will be released this release in June. 'Super Collider' is the first release through Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, through UMe.

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Dave Mustaine From MEGADETH To Perform With The San Diego Symphony - Details Available!

This is pretty damn Metal! MEGADETH front man Dave Mustaine will be a featured soloist with the San Diego Symphony in April, 2014, in a program that will include Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" from "Die Walküre", Vivaldi's "Winter" from "The Four Seasons" and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (the "New World" Symphony).

Executive director Edward "Ward" Gill said it's all about reaching NEW audiences, while music director Jahja Ling said he had a good meeting with Mustaine, and he may conduct the concert himself (no conductor is listed at this point, and Mustaine's exact involvement is still being worked out).

MEGADETH are currently locked up at Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, California, recording the follow up to 2011's 'THIRT3EN' (available now via Roadrunner Records). The bands 14th studio album is being produced by Johnny K.

The bands 14th studio album is called 'Super Collider' and will be released this release in June. 'Super Collider' is the first release through Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, through UMe.

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MEGADETH Announce NEW Album Title; Dave Mustaine Launches His Own Label!

Thrash Metallers MEGADETH are currently locked up at Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, California, recording the follow up to 2011's 'THIRT3EN' (available now via Roadrunner Records). The bands 14th studio album is being produced by Johnny K. The band has released the following statement regarding the name of their NEW album, the release month, and their NEW label home:

For a Heavy Metal band that's been around for nearly three decades, selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy® nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albums-including 1992's two-million-selling 'Countdown to Extinction' - Megadeth's founder, leader and primal guitar-slinger and lyricist Dave Mustaine feels the best is yet to come, especially after signing an exclusive worldwide deal with Universal Music Enterprises.

NEW LABEL HOME:

Dave Mustaine brings legendary Thrash-Metal pioneers to his own label called Tradecraft who has united with Universal for the first time with his multi-platinum Capitol/EMI catalog.

NEW ALBUM TITLE & RELEASE DATE:

Currently working in their studio in San Diego on their 14th studio album titled 'Super Collider', Mustaine, along with bassist Dave Ellefson, drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick, are looking forward to its release in June 2013

Megadeth's 'Super Collider' is the first release through Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, through UMe.

"It was a real thrill for us to learn there was an opportunity to join Universal," said Mustaine during a break in the sessions. "It seems like every time you see a great band or music video, it comes from the Universal label. Being with Universal is by far the most exciting and prestigious home for Megadeth ever! We are electrified with what the future holds and the possibilities such a powerhouse like Uni will bring for us all. We have worked with some great people over the years, and it is amazing to see so many of them on the Universal team for our new record, 'Super Collider'. If Megadeth being here isn't satiating enough, having Tradecraft as my own label is going to be really amazing for metal bands around the world."

With a NEW found energy with the band, Mustaine is raring to go, preparing for his latest tour, marking the 20th anniversary of their best-selling 'Countdown to Extinction' album. Mustaine added, "Shawn, Chris and David have all been feverishly contributing some great music and I believe we are doing our best work ever together in the studio right now!"

"Megadeth is not just one of the most successful Metal bands, but one of the most influential Rock bands of the past 30 years," said UMe President/CEO Bruce Resnikoff in making the announcement. "They continue to be a huge draw on the road with their longtime fans as well as continually adding new fans. I look forward to working together with them."

Mustaine formed Megadeth in Los Angeles in 1983, and with a string of five consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums Megadeth became one of the biggest bands of the mid-'80s and '90s, boasting such arena anthems as "Symphony of Destruction," "Peace Sells, But Who's Buying," "Holy Wars," and "Sweating Bullets," along with the top singles in 1997/98 off Cryptic Writings, "Trust," (No. 1 track) "Almost Honest," "Use The Man" and "A Secret Place."

With the recent acquisition of EMI, UMe now brings together Megadeth's classic, 14-year, seven-album Capitol catalog, which includes one multi-platinum release ('92's Countdown to Extinction), four platinum records ('86's Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?; '88's So Far, So Good... So What?; '90's Rust in Peace; '94's Youthanasia), and one gold ('97's Cryptic Writings). In all, the band has scored five Top 10 albums (including 2007's United Abominations and 2009's Endgame) and two Top 5 releases, with 2011’s TH1RT3EN debuting at No.11 on the Billboard Top 200 and No.1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart.



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MEGADETH: Dave Mustaine Discusses NEW Album & What Fans Can Expect!

Thrash Metallers MEGADETH have been locked up at Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, California, recording the follow up to 2011's 'THIRT3EN' (available now via Roadrunner Records). The bands 14th studio album is being produced by Johnny K, and will be released sometime this year through a NEW label home since the band parted ways with Roadrunner Records. MEGADETH released three studio albums through Roadrunner: 2007's 'United Abominations', 2009's 'Engame' and the aforementioned 'TH1RT3EN'.

During NAMM, which concluded this past Sunday (January 27), MEGADETH's own Dave Mustaine chatted with Full Metal Jackie during the "Dean NAMM Webcast" about the NEW future of MEGADETH. Mustaine also presented some of his NEW guitars and he also signed some of them, watch the video below.

A few excerpts of the interview folllow:

"We're actually in the studio right now working on a new record," Mustaine said during the chat. "We have a new label. We left Roadrunner; we completed our contract with them, which not a lot of many Metal bands have the luxury to have been able to complete contracts. They usually either break up or quit or give up and stuff like that, but we were honorable and finished our contract with them and we moved on. And we've actually got a fantastic relationship with a brand NEW label that we're gonna be telling everybody about real soon. We have eleven songs already recorded. We wanna give them thirteen, 'cause, you know, the B-sides and Japanese releases and all that kind of crazy stuff. So we're almost done with all of that stuff. I'm excited about the music."

He continued: "[MEGADETH bassist] David Ellefson is one of those guys that's kind of the barometer of the band. You ask me, you never really know what you're gonna get, but when you ask David Ellefson, it's kind of like reading the ingredients on the back of something, 'cause he's such a straight shooter. He told some people the other day that this is music that's really similar to [MEGADETH's 1985 debut album] 'Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!', some of the stuff — really dark, really heavy and fast stuff. I mean, I don't think it's really as fast and heavy as 'Killing' is, to me, but Junior is a great, like I said, barometer — bad word, but he knows what's going on.

"The relationship in the band right now, we're all getting along great; everybody is having a great time. Chris Broderick, what a great guitar player. Shawn Drover is playing his butt off, and Dave and I are getting along great right now. We're excited.

"We're gonna be debuting the name of the record soon. We've been giving little clips of some of the music on our web site and on Dean's web site.

"It's just a great time to be in MEGADETH."




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Listen To Dave Lombardo's NEW Band PHILM - 'Harmonic' Stream Available!

PHILM's debut album, 'Harmonic', is set for a May 15 release via Ipecac Recordings. The 15-track release was recorded in 2011 with members Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) and Gerry Nestler (Civil Defiance) collectively writing the release and utilizing vintage recording equipment during the recording sessions, giving the music a unique flavor AOL Noisecreep called "crunchy, Thrashy, yet thoroughly unclassifiable."

Click here to PHILM's NEW Album 'Harmonic'

The LA based power trio that features members of Slayer, War and Civil Defiance, will give a free webcast performance on May 16 at 7 pm pacific/10 pm eastern, recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios and streamed directly via TriStudios.com and Yahoo Music (music.yahoo.com).

"Harmonic" track listing:

01. Vitriolize
02. Mitch
03. Hun
04. Area
05. Way Down
06. Harmonic
07. Exuberance
08. Sex Amp
09. Amoniac
10. Held in Light
11. Dome
12. Killion
13. Mezzanine
14. Mild
15. Meditation

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FREE Music From Dave Lombardo's NEW Band PHILM In Anticipation Of Record Release Show!

PHILM's debut album, 'Harmonic', is set for a May 15 release via Ipecac Recordings. The 15-track release was recorded in 2011 with members Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) and Gerry Nestler (Civil Defiance) collectively writing the release and utilizing vintage recording equipment during the recording sessions, giving the music a unique flavor AOL Noisecreep called "crunchy, Thrashy, yet thoroughly unclassifiable."

The LA based power trio that features members of Slayer, War and Civil Defiance, will give a free webcast performance on May 16 at 7 pm pacific/10 pm eastern, recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios and streamed directly via TriStudios.com and Yahoo Music (music.yahoo.com).

Here are some FREE MP3's of PHILM:

HELD IN LIGHT (Click to Download)
AREA (Click to Download)

"Harmonic" track listing:

01. Vitriolize
02. Mitch
03. Hun
04. Area
05. Way Down
06. Harmonic
07. Exuberance
08. Sex Amp
09. Amoniac
10. Held in Light
11. Dome
12. Killion
13. Mezzanine
14. Mild
15. Meditation

Related links:
PHILM's Official Site

Dave Lombardo's PHILM To Host Webcast Performance On Yahoo Music & TRIStudios.com - Details Available!

PHILM, the LA power trio that features members of Slayer, War and Civil Defiance, will give a free webcast performance on May 16 at 7 pm pacific/10 pm eastern, recorded at Bob Weir's TRI Studios and streamed directly via TriStudios.com and Yahoo Music (music.yahoo.com).

PHILM's debut album, 'Harmonic', is set for a May 15 release via Ipecac Recordings. The 15-track release was recorded in 2011 with members Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) and Gerry Nestler (Civil Defiance) collectively writing the release and utilizing vintage recording equipment during the recording sessions, giving the music a unique flavor AOL Noisecreep called "crunchy, Thrashy, yet thoroughly unclassifiable."

Viewers of the webcast can tweet along with the audience on Twitter by using #PHILMLive.

The band will play a hometown, record release show on May 15 at The Viper Room.

About TRI Studios:

Tamplais Research Institute is the vision of Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead.  Weir has built a state-of-the-art performance studio in the shadow of Marin County's Mt. Tamalpais for broadcasting live HD audio and video streams directly to devices connected to the world wide web.  TRI Studio webcasts are also broadcast by Yahoo Music with recent performances including Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Slightly Stoopid and Bob Weir with The National.

The song "Area" is streaming right now (courtesy of Terrorizer magazine).



"Harmonic" track listing:

01. Vitriolize
02. Mitch
03. Hun
04. Area
05. Way Down
06. Harmonic
07. Exuberance
08. Sex Amp
09. Amoniac
10. Held in Light
11. Dome
12. Killion
13. Mezzanine
14. Mild
15. Meditation

Related links:
PHILM's Official Site

Korn - Webcast From Los Angeles Show To Air Tonight!

This past Tuesday, December 6th, Korn performed an exclusive live concert featuring songs from their new album "The Path to Totality" with special guest performances by some of the leading dubstep and electronic music producers in the world, including Skrillex, Excision, Datsik, Downlink, Kill the Noise, and 12th Planet along with Korn classic hits. The result is this once-in-a-lifetime concert film, which is something completely new, yet utterly and definitively Korn. If you were not at the Hollywood Palladium in L.A. taking in the spectacle yourself, well, you can watch it tonight at Korn.com or RoadrunnerRecords.com, and other third party partners like HotTopic.com and Revolver.com. The global stream begins at 8 PM ET and runs for 72 hours. The links are set to go live at 8 PM ET.

Produced by Rock Fuel’s Barry Summers, “KORN Live at the Hollywood Palladium” captures Korn’s live show on film like never before. The combination of art and science, technology and emotion, and explosive theatrics elevates this live concert to technological Rock mastery. The 3-D version of the concert will premiere at a later date to be announced.

Korn fans recognize that such a game-changing, forward-thinking event is typical behavior for Korn. They continue to surprise two decades deep into their career.

More info about another Korn promotion coming Monday…

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Click here to watch Korn's Webcast from their Los Angeles Show!

Obituary - FREE Live Webcast From New York City Tonight!

Currently in the midst of their East Coast Possession tour, legendary Florida Death Metal goliaths Obituary will have their New York City appearance streaming live via their website. The show will take place tonight (Saturday, November 19th) at 8:45 PM EST at Santos Party House in Manhattan. Fans unable to make it to the show in person will get a chance to experience the mayhem in real time -- for FREE -- by going to: Obituarynation.com. Fill out the registration form on the splash page and prepare for the pummel.

Commented guitarist Trevor Peres, "The shows so far have been going awesome. We're set to tear up New York City!"

The band is currently composing the follow-up to their "Darkest Day" full-length, released in 2009 with plans to enter the studio early in the new year for a tentative late spring/early summer 2012 release.

OBITUARY - East Coast Possession Tour 2011 w/ Denial Fiend [remaining dates]:

- 11/19/2011: Santos Party House - New York, NY (with HYPOXIA)
- 11/20/2011: The Casbah/Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
- 11/21/2011: The Archive - Atlanta, GA

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HD Footage of Slipknot's Performance at Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, UK

On Sunday, July 10, Slipknot headlined the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, England. The bands performance was Webcast via their website, Slipknot1.com, and on Sonispherefestivals.com! The show was an epic and emotional occasion, and it marked the band’s first appearance in the UK in over two years and their first British performance without founding member Paul Gray, who tragically passed away last year. At the end of the show the band paid tribute to Paul Gray, you can view this tribute as well as their entire performance below.

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Slipknot's Historic Headline Performance at Sonisphere Festival to be Webcast!

Slipknot returned to the musical spectrum on June 17 at the Sonisphere Festival in Athens, Greece. While Slipknot's future is still very uncertain, the band is continuing to do a few shows in memory of #2. For this very special performance the band didn't have a bass player on stage, and instead paid tribute to Paul Gray by having his bass and jumpsuit placed right were he would usually stand at. They also used their original red coveralls and old school masks.

On Sunday, July 10, Slipknot will be headlining the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, England. The band just announced a special real-time Webcast of their Performance via their website, Slipknot1.com, and on Sonispherefestivals.com! Their headline set will take place on Sunday, July 10th at 9PM (GMT).

Set to be an epic and emotional occasion, this highly anticipated show will mark the band’s first appearance in the UK in over two years and their first British performance without founding member Paul Gray, who tragically passed away last year.

“England has always been a special place for this band from the very beginning. We can’t think of a better way to culminate our celebration of Paul’s life than to share it with the Maggots at Knebworth and the millions more watching around the world. This is not to be missed.” - SLIPKNOT

“This is the first time Sonisphere Festival has been transmitted live across the web and represents yet another major stride in its commitment to harnessing the power of the internet to engage with the Rock audience at large across the planet. Given that this is going to be such an important event for Slipknot fans the world over, we felt it only right to allow them all to share in what is set to be a historic experience, wherever they are.” - Festival producer Stuart Galbraith



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