Weekly Music News 11.09.22
Updated: 20 hours ago
A roundup of music news for the week beginning September 11, 2022
The band "Shabak Samech" is in the middle of a huge reunion-show campaign and has released its first new song in a decade!
The band will play a one-off reunion show on September 24 at Live Park in Rishon LeZion, featuring every member from across its history: Miro, Mooki, Nimi, Piloni, Hemi, Plumpy, James and Davidi. More than 30 years after its formation, the approaching show seems to have given the band an appetite for new music. The new song pairs lyrics reflecting the times with a sound that preserves the group's rock-and-roll DNA!
The band "Stella Maris" is excited to share a new song, "Of HaChol" (Phoenix). Dani Robas's lyrics tell the story of guitarist and band founder Nick Miller, who suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed onstage at Zappa Haifa in 2019. Like a phoenix, he rose again, recovered and made a remarkable return.
The band will perform the song for the first time at its 30th-anniversary show on Thursday, September 29, at Gray in Tel Aviv!
"Sinnery" is releasing "Black Bile" on September 16, its first album since its debut, "A Feast of Fools", released more than six years ago. We already know a good portion of the material, from opening track "The Burning", played live even before its single release, to the three singles already shared. Even so, the first listen suggests a powerful album that will hit you straight in the gut.
Listen to the album on: Spotify
"Suede" is releasing its ninth album, "Autofiction". Its 11 tracks sound, on first hearing, like a return to the roots of the style that launched the band some thirty years ago and made it one of the most important groups of the 1990s.
Listen on: Spotify
Musician Ozzy Osbourne gave his first solo performance since 2018 this week, after facing a series of health challenges including major neck surgery, a Parkinson's diagnosis, COVID-19, a skin infection and pneumonia. None of that stopped the Prince of Darkness, who looked great onstage. Osbourne says time is his most precious asset now and that he will give 110 percent to get back onstage!!!
Osbourne played a nine-minute halftime set at the NFL season opener, performing the new "Patient Number 9" and "Crazy Train" with guitarists Zakk Wylde and Andrew Watt, bassist Chris Chaney and drummer Tommy Clufetos. After NBC aired only ten seconds of the performance, Osbourne shared the full set on his YouTube account.
The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, keeps making headlines. Producer and guitarist Andrew Watt has revealed that Ozzy has more unreleased songs recorded with Taylor Hawkins, intended for release at some point. Ozzy had not met Hawkins before he took part in the sessions for "Patient Number 9". Hawkins appears on three songs on that album, also receiving songwriting credits: "Mr. Darkness", "Parasite" and "God Only Knows". Now we learn that more recordings featuring him remain in Ozzy's vault.
It turns out musician Gavin Rossdale has a secret project outside music. Over the past few years, Gavin has created and recorded a cooking/interview show that is now waiting for the go-ahead to air. He cooks dinner for his guest while conducting an intimate interview. It will be interesting to see his cooking and interviewing skills!!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its self-titled 2001 breakthrough album, "Hoobastank" is releasing a seven-part documentary about its creation. The series will feature rare behind-the-scenes footage alongside newly recorded interviews with the band. Hoobastank is also heading out on an anniversary tour with "Lit".
The band "Metallica" decided to test its audience, or perhaps itself, when James Hetfield asked concertgoers for their honest opinion of the notorious album "St. Anger". The audience showed James and the rest of the band no mercy, responding with loud boos!! James jokingly replied:
"Aw, come on, it's growing on you now. Just give it a little more time, buddy — you'll get it!"
The band "Staind" is working on a new album expected in 2023, its first studio album since 2011. As we have told you, Aaron Lewis launched a solo career, while guitarist Mike Mushok co-founded "Saint Asonia". Now, after more than ten years without a new studio album, Staind is recording again.
We are very curious to hear how it sounds!!!
Musicians Corey Taylor and Jim Root may collaborate on a side project. The former Stone Sour bandmates went through a difficult period before Root's dismissal from that group. Root later said that staying would have driven them both crazy. Both remain members of Slipknot and seem to have found their connection again. We are waiting to see what the future brings...
"Taipei Houston" is releasing a new single, "The Middle", the second from its upcoming debut album, "Once Bit Never Bored", due on November 4, 2022. The duo comprises brothers Myles and Layne Ulrich. Yes, the sons of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich!! They have already made a name for themselves in indie music and are currently appearing at a number of festivals around the world.
Fans of "Ghost" crashed Spotify's servers. No, this is not a story about hackers, but an enormous display of love for the music and the band. Ghost had scheduled a Spotify Live event with a special performance and fan questions, but the servers were overwhelmed before it could begin, and the event did not go ahead. The band and Spotify said the sheer number of users trying to join had caused the crash!!
"System Of A Down" condemns Azerbaijan's "vicious aggression" against Armenia, the band members' ancestral homeland, following the latest shelling along its eastern border, with at least 155 soldiers reported killed on both sides. The musicians, all of Armenian descent and prominent campaigners for recognition of the Armenian genocide, posted a statement asking followers to share or retweet it with the hashtags #Armenia #StandWithArmenia. In 2020, the band released its first new music in five years, "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz", to raise awareness of the war in its cultural homeland.
Musicians, especially guitarists, are joining efforts to help Ukraine. In partnership with Gibson, artists including Slash, Paul McCartney, Alex Lifeson, Mark Knopfler, Lzzy Hale, Mick Jagger and others are helping raise money through guitars in the colors of the Ukrainian flag and accompanying autographs. Proceeds will support relief efforts for the people of Ukraine. Look online for more photos of the musicians...
"In Flames" has announced its 14th album, "Foregone", its first since 2019's "I, the Mask". The heavy singles released during 2022, "State of Slow Decay" and "The Great Deceiver", will be included, alongside the new song released yesterday, "Foregone: Pt. 1".
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