Weekly Music News 27.11.22
Weekly news roundup for the week beginning November 27, 2022
There is no way you missed this, but it is still the week's biggest news and we have to open with it. On Monday, "Metallica" released the first single from the forthcoming album "72 Seasons", due April 14, 2023. "Lux Æterna" is a fast metal blast that takes the band back to its roots, its first new original song since 2016. The album runs over 77 minutes with 12 tracks, produced by
Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. The band also announced the M72 Tour across Europe and North America in 2023 and 2024, playing two nights in each city with completely different setlists.
Speaking of the new tour by "Metallica" called M72, there is plenty of noise around its tickets, especially the "Lux Aeterna Private Platform Experience". Contemporary coverage lists a price of $7,272. Yes, you read that correctly! The package gives the host and up to seven guests a private viewing platform for both nights, a stocked cooler of soft drinks and beer, a merchandise item for each person and access to the pre-show party. Absolute madness!! Other enhanced packages were reported from $414, with prices varying by market.
Mark your calendars and put some money aside. After the last festival, there is no way you will want to miss this!!!
The first announcement for the second "Psycho War Fest" festival is here, set for April 8, 2023.
We are sure it will be huge, and not only because our logo is on the poster! After the wonderful production by Hotbox, led by Vladislav Mazourenko, the band lineup is due soon. Keep watching!!
In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, vocalist Oron Elul of AndrelamusiA brought the Avenged Sevenfold Israel team an idea: a tribute to their beloved "Avenged Sevenfold" featuring bands from Israel's rock and metal scene. Despite initial doubts, the project happened, and the album came out at the end of that year:
the album "Pledge Allegiance: Quarantine Days"
A few months ago, they decided to try again. Drawing on the scene's talented musicians, they recorded "Pledge Allegiance Vol. II!": six bands, six covers and six stories taking you on a wild journey and introducing some amazing musicians here in Israel. The album is due on December 23.
The participating acts announced for the album:
Walkways
BRCDS
Itay Shabat - The Killing Joke
Violate Inner Amends
Achley Bachley
Interia Band
Such sad news... Singer, keyboardist and songwriter Christine McVie has died at 79. The British musician played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their best-loved songs, including "Little Lies", "Everywhere", "Don't Stop", "Say You Love Me" and "Songbird". She married bassist John McVie and joined the band in the early 1970s. She was central to the classic albums "Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours", which revived the band's fortunes in the mid-1970s. The 1977 album "Rumours" drew heavily on the breakups of the McVies and of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It became one of the best-selling albums ever, with more than 40 million copies sold worldwide.
Details have been announced for the mighty "Resurrection Fest" in Spain, running from June 28 to July 1, 2023.
Alongside "small" bands such as Meshuggah and Nothing More, the formidable lineup is led by Ghost, Slipknot and the much-discussed Pantera reunion.
We love Mark Tremonti so much that we had to include this...
At a recent Alter Bridge show in Milan, Mark noticed a young fan with additional needs having a wonderful time. Moved by her enthusiasm, he took off his guitar at the end of the song and decided to give it to her. Security helped bring her up to the stage, where he presented it to her.
Bassist Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave has formed 7D7D and released its debut single, "Capitalism". He joins longtime friends Mathias Wakrat on drums and Jonny Polonsky on guitar. Take a listen...
The magazine "Loudwire" ranks the 50 greatest hard rock and metal debut albums of all time. Who takes first place, and how many of these albums have we covered on the blog?
The list features albums that became huge sellers from the moment they arrived, alongside classics that shaped music. For the full list, click here:
Good news... Steven Wilson will release an "epic and uncompromising" solo album next year. "The Harmony Codex" promises a more experimental, less pop-focused direction than its predecessor, with a collaboration with none other than Ninet Tayeb. In an Instagram post this week, Wilson revealed that he and Ninet had recently recorded a new song for "The Harmony Codex", due in 2023. He also shared a look back at their studio work on "Pariah".
The band "Motörhead" shares the previously unreleased "Bullet In Your Brain". It will appear on the expanded reissue of the final album by Lemmy Kilmister and company, "Bad Magic". Recorded during the sessions for the band's 2015 final studio album, the track joins another unreleased song, "Greedy Bastards", on "Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic", due February 24, 2023.
The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, simply will not leave our screens. After the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and an NFL halftime show at the Los Angeles Rams, Ozzy adds WWE to the list. Inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2021, he now appears in the opening video for Survivor Series WarGames, performing Black Sabbath's "War Pigs". The event promo also features several celebrities.
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