MARTYR To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Special Home Town Show!

Dutch heavy Metallers MARTYR will be celebrating their 30th anniversary with a special night in their hometown Utrecht. An exclusive show will be held on the 8th of September at Club Tivoli De Helling with fans, friends and special guests.

Performances from the cult classic repertoire from the very first MARTYR demo tapes until the current 'Circle Of 8' album will be presented on stage by various artists including MARTYR.

And what is more special: these cult classic tunes will be brought in the own style of the bands playing. Bands performing with MARTYR will be: Nicolaj Ruhnow (Tokyo Blade), Izegrim (one of Holland's premiere Death/Thrash Metal bands), Gloria Victis (upcoming NEW Dutch Metal act containing MARTYR's road crew members) and one more band yet to be announced.

The evening will be presented by Angel, former DJ of Vara's Vuurwerk (one of Holland's most famous Metal radio shows on Dutch public radio in the 80's). DJ Liselotte 'Lilo' Hegt (Arrow High Voltage Radio), a Metal Market and an after party will complete this special event. Make sure to experience this special night and join the tribute to Dutch Heavy Metal at its finest!

The event starts at 19:00 CET on the 8th of September in the Club Tivoli in De Helling, Utrecht, Netherlands (www.tivoli.nl)

MARTYR tour dates:

28-04-2012: MARTYR + RUA at Azotod in De Meern, NL
05-05-2012: MARTYR at Bevrijdingsfestival "Kabaal Am Gemaal" in Wageningen, NL
11-05-2012: MARTYR + Lord Volture + Support at De Bazart in Den Haag
15-06-2012: MARTYR + Neckbreak Nation + Anger Needs Direction at Estrado in Harderwijk, NL
29-06-2012: MARTYR + JAGUAR (UK) + Burn- Little Devil in Tilburg, NL
30-06-2012: MARTYR + JAGUAR (UK) at Rebelstar De Meester in Almere, NL (MM13)
01-07-2012: MARTYR + JAGUAR (UK) at Club Negasonic in Aalst, Belgium
07-07-2012: MARTYR - Asterisk at Leeuwarden, NL (Into The Grave Fest Warm Up Show)
08-09-2012: MARTYR 30th anniversary + Izegrim + Gloris Victis + Nicolaj Ruhnow (Tokyo Blade) at Tivoli De Helling in Utrecht, NL
13-10-2012: MARTYR + Edge Of Insanity at JV Blanko in Emmen, NL
26-10-2012: MARTYR at Club Slowianin, in Szczecin, Poland (Helloween Metal Night - Szczecin Metal Meeting)
27-10-2012: MARTYR at Musikzentrum in Hannover, Germany (Metalshock)

Related links:
MARTYR on Metal Blade Records
MARTYR's Official Site
MARTYR on Facebook

Metallica PREMIERE 30th Year Anniversary Recap Video Of Final Night (Starring: Death Angel)!

Heavy Metal icons Metallica, recently celebrated their first 30 years of existence at the legendary Fillmore in San Franciso, California. Below you can watch the Official recap of the third night of these historic series of events.

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!









Videos courtesy of Metallica!

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Metallica PREMIERE 30th Year Anniversary Recap Video Of Night 3 (Starring: Glenn Danzig & Rob Halford)!

Heavy Metal icons Metallica, recently celebrated their first 30 years of existence at the legendary Fillmore in San Franciso, California. Below you can watch the Official recap of the third night of these historic series of events.

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!







Video courtesy of Metallica!

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Metallica PREMIERE 30th Year Anniversary Recap Video Of Night 2 (Starring: King Diamond)!

Heavy Metal icons Metallica, recently celebrated their first 30 years of existence at the legendary Fillmore in San Franciso, California. Below you can watch the Official recap of the second night of these historic series of events.

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!





Video courtesy of Metallica!

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Metallica PREMIERE 30th Year Anniversary Recap Video Of Night 1!

Heavy Metal icons Metallica, recently celebrated their first 30 years of existence at the legendary Fillmore in San Franciso, California. Below you can watch the Official recap of the first night of these historic series of events.

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!



Video courtesy of Metallica!

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Ozzy Osbourne & Geezer Butler Perform Black Sabbath Classics With Metallica - Video Available!

Last week, Metallica celebrated their 30th anniversary at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco through a series of events. To conclude these historical events, Metallica invited none other than Ozzy Osbourne and Geeezer Butler to perform Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and "Paranoid". Check out this historical video and share this article with all your friends! \m/



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Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine Performs 5 Songs With Metallica - Videos Available!

Last week, Metallica celebrated their 30th anniversary at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco through a series of events. To conclude this historical events on a high note, they performed five classic songs with former members Dave Mustaine (now in Megadeth) and Jason Newsted. Some of the songs they performed were "Metal Militia", "Hit The Lights", and "Seek and Destroy". Check out this historical videos and share this article with all your friends! \m/











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Metallica "Rebel Of Babylon" - Previously Unreleased Track From 'Death Magnetic'!

Last night (Saturday, December 10th), Metallica wrapped up their 30th anniversary celebration at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. To conclude the event on a high note, they performed for the first time ever a previously unreleased track from their ninth studio album "Death Magnetic". The name of the song is "Rebel Of Babylon" and you can listen to it right now! Just make sure you crank it up!



Here some other unreleased tracks from the "Death Magnetic" sessions:





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Metallica Unleashes Two Previously Unreleased Tracks From 'Death Magnetic'!

Metallica is currently celebrating their first 30 years of existence through a series of events at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. Since they know that not all their fans can attend this historic events, they decided to release two previously unreleased tracks from their ninth studio album "Death Magnetic", for their global audience to indulge in. So crank it up and check them out!





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Metallica Celebrates 30 Years Of Existence - Images Available Of The First Night!

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!

The mighty Metallica is currently celebrating their first 30 years of existence at the legendary Fillmore in San Franciso, California. Below you can see images (courtesy of Metallica) of the first night, which took place this past Monday, December 5th. The second night will take place today (December 7, 2011), and the last two events will take place on the evenings of December 9th and 10th, respectively.

Jim Breuer introducing Metallica:

Metallica on stage:

Metallica with Jason Newsted:

Metallica with Diamond Head:

Metallica with Biff Byford from Saxon:

Metallica with Apocalyptica:

Images courtesy of Metallica!

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Metallica's 30 Year Anniversary to be Celebrated with a Series of Shows in the Bay Area!

It all started in 1981 when Lars Ulrich placed an ad in Los Angeles free newspaper The Recyler: "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with the Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden". Fast forward thirty years and Metallica is the biggest and most important band in Heavy Music history. In those 30 years the band has sold over 100 million records, have won 6 Grammy's, have dominated the Heavy Music charts many times, and have reinvented themselves over and over again. Some may call them sellouts, but the truth is that they sell out every show they do!

The band decided to celebrate their 30th year of musical existence with a series of special shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco that will take place in December. Here is the Metallica's statement about this historical event:

"Thirty years of Metallica… can you believe it? We think it’s cause for a major celebration! You’ve been asking for a while now “just what the hell are you going to do to mark 30 years as a band?” closely followed by “why don’t we have more exclusive shows for Fan Club members?” We’ve heard you loud and clear and are beyond psyched to announce that the week of December 5, 2011 will be a full on Metallica week in the Bay Area, more specifically we will be playing four shows for Met Club members only at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco on December 5, 7, 9, and 10 to celebrate our 30th anniversary."

"These unique shows will include special guests and events, rare songs, varied set lists, odds and ends, and all the nutty stuff you expect from Metallica… fun for the entire family! Come to the Bay Area and spend the week with us to not only close out 2011 out with a bang, but to celebrate over three decades worth of craziness."

"Participate in the entire week of festivities with special four pack tickets (one ticket for each of the four shows) and automatic entry into the contests for various other special events, available for the clever price of $19.81 (get it??). If you can’t join us for the full week, we’ll have individual show tickets too and as you can see we’re going back to early ’80′s ticket pricing (but not the hair!)… single show tickets will be just $6.00 each. Both four packs and individual show tickets will be available for Fan Club members only through a reservation system and we do have to add facility fees, blah, blah. Clubbers can log in for all the details… we’re taking reservations through August 8."\

"Hope to see you for a week of madness in December!". METALLICA

Here is some background about the Heavy Music Champions of the World:

\m/ Band members:

Current members

* James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1981–present)
* Lars Ulrich – drums, percussion (1981–present)
* Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals (1983–present)
* Robert Trujillo – bass, backing vocals (2003–present)

Former members

* Ron McGovney – bass (1982)
* Dave Mustaine – lead guitar, backing vocals (1982–1983)
* Cliff Burton – bass, backing vocals (1982–1986)
* Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals (1986–2001)

\m/ Studio albums:

* Kill 'Em All (1983)
* Ride the Lightning (1984)
* Master of Puppets (1986)
* ...And Justice for All (1988)
* Metallica (1991)
* Load (1996)
* ReLoad (1997)
* St. Anger (2003)
* Death Magnetic (2008)

\m/ Awards:

Grammy Awards:

* 1990: Best Metal Performance – "One"
* 1991: Best Metal Performance – "Stone Cold Crazy"
* 1992: Best Metal Performance – Metallica
* 1999: Best Metal Performance – "Better than You"
* 2000: Best Hard Rock Performance – "Whiskey in the Jar"
* 2001: Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "The Call of Ktulu" with Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony
* 2004: Best Metal Performance – "St. Anger"
* 2009: Best Metal Performance – "My Apocalypse"
* 2009: Best Recording Package – Death Magnetic

MTV Video Music Awards:

* 1992: Best Metal Video – "Enter Sandman"
* 1996: Best Metal Video – "Until It Sleeps"

American Music Awards:

* 1996: Favorite Artist: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock: Metallica – Load
* 1996: Favorite Metal/Hard Rock Song – "Until It Sleeps"

Billboard Music Awards:

* 1997: Billboard Rock and Roll Artist of the Year – Metallica (RIAA Diamond Award)
* 1999: Catalogue Artist of the Year – Metallica
* 1999: Catalogue Album of the Year – Metallica

Kerrang! Awards:

* 2003: Hall of Fame – Metallica
* 2003: Best International Band – Metallica
* 2004: Best Band on the Planet – Metallica
* 2008: Inspiration Award Winner – Metallica
* 2009: Best Album – Death Magnetic











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