Weekly Music News 26.03.23
Updated: 23 hours ago
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning March 26, 2023
After instantly selling out their planned intimate shows without releasing a single song, "Empire State Bastard" officially unveiled their intense debut single, "Harvest". This is the new side project of Simon Neil and Mike Vennart, respectively frontman and live guitarist of "Biffy Clyro", with the mighty Dave Lombardo on drums.
The band "Metallica" releases the fourth single from "72 Seasons". Following "Lux Æterna", "Screaming Suicide" and "If Darkness Had a Son", here is the title track. This complex thrash workout captures the idea singer James Hetfield described behind the title: the first 18 years of our lives, which shape our true or false selves. Earlier this week, bassist Robert Trujillo said that what James Hetfield has been through in recent years made "72 Seasons" more powerful, calling it one of the most important albums Metallica has ever made.
The project "Puscifer", led by Maynard James Keenan, releases the remix album "Existential Reckoning: Rewired". Back in January, the band shared its first single and video, Carina Round's version of "A Singularity", which Keenan dedicated to his dog MiHo.
Listen to the album on: Spotify
Drummer Matt Cameron denies the rumours that he is in line to replace Taylor Hawkins in "Foo Fighters" in an Instagram story. The rumours followed a report in British tabloid The Sun that drummers Atom Willard (formerly of Angels & Airwaves) and Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam and Soundgarden) had attended rehearsals at the 606 studio of Dave Grohl.
Speaking of Taylor Hawkins, we have to mention Wednesday's incredible tribute at Reading 3: four hours (!!!) of music in his memory, featuring so much talent, with the support of Foo Fighters Israel.
Belgium also paid tribute to Taylor this week. No fewer than 100 drummers played "My Hero" with Belgian rock band Black Box Revelation at Antwerp's Sportpaleis, the last venue in Belgium where Hawkins played with Foo Fighters before his death.
We now have the five finalists for "Wacken Metal Battle Israel". Five outstanding local metal bands will compete for a place at Wacken Open Air. The final takes place on May 27 at Gray in Tel Aviv, featuring:
B. StormbounD
C. AndrelamusiA
D. BRCDS
E. Vessel
Singer Blaze Bayley suffered a heart attack at home. His Facebook page reports that he is in stable condition in hospital, awaiting his doctors' decision on further treatment. All his shows have been postponed for now.
After Chickenfoot and the Circle, bassist Michael Anthony is forming a new supergroup with guitarist Phil X, who has played with Triumph and Bon Jovi, and drummer John Douglas, who has played with Aerosmith. The singer has not yet been announced.
(Photo: Ultimate-guitar.com)
Bruce Dickinson revives "Concerto for Group and Orchestra", written by Jon Lord for Deep Purple. The concerts feature a symphony orchestra of more than 80 musicians conducted by Paul Mann, a close friend of Lord's. The second half, following the concerto, includes Deep Purple songs "Perfect Strangers", "When a Blind Man Cries", "Smoke on the Water", "Hush" and "Pictures of Home". Dickinson also performs fresh orchestral arrangements of "Jerusalem" and "Tears of the Dragon".
Thought Ozzy Osbourne would never perform again? Miss seeing AC/DC onstage? Get your money and calendars ready. The first Power Trip festival has announced its lineup, and we had to rub our eyes more than once. The three-day event takes place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, this October. Guns N' Roses and Iron Maiden play Friday, October 6; AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne play Saturday, October 7; and Metallica and Tool close the festival on Sunday, October 8. Yes, you read that right: six of the biggest acts in heavy music over one weekend. Ticket access opens Thursday, April 6. The announced format features two headliners each night.
The godfather of grunge, Neil Young, and his Crazy Horse bandmates release "All Roads Lead Home" today, credited to Molina, Talbot, Lofgren & Young. Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina and Billy Talbot each recorded three songs separately with different musicians. Young contributes a solo version of "Song of the Seasons" from "Barn". Neil Young and Crazy Horse released "World Record" last year. Also in 2022 came "Toast", recorded by Neil Young with Crazy Horse in 2001 but shelved for two decades.
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