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RT has again had the pleasure of listening to a great local Midlands band by the name of THE JAMES WARNER PROPHECIES, and since they’re getting ready to bring out their brand new album ”Things Change”, we thought that we would do a little review, of sorts of the album. So, get on it.
2012′s Rockstar Mayhem Festival will be headlined by none other than the legendary Slipknot who will be supported on the main stage by Slayer and a rotating slot featuring As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria and The Devil Wears Prada. The second stage will feature Anthrax, As I lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, High on Fire and the Jagermeister opener. A “Special Guest” for the tour will be announced on March 5th, which we’ll post up as soon as we find out.
In other Slipknot related news, Shawn“Clown” Crahan will make his acting debut in “The Devil’s Carnival”, the new project Darren Lynn Bousman is directing that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to “Repo! The Genetic Opera”. Click here to read more on this.
“My Heart Is Broken”, is the brand spanking new video from Amy Lee & Co, Evanescence, which you can watch after the break. It was filmed on December 1st in LA with director Dean Karr, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, OZZY OSBOURNE and MARILYN MANSON, among others.
When asker where her inspiration for the video came from, she said from a 1988 British fantasy/horror film “Paperhouse”, which stuck with her since she first saw it as a teenager.
“[It's about] this girl, and everything that she would draw would come to life in her dreams, and she was creating this dream world for herself. And at first, it was cool, but then it’s like this nightmare,” she said. “So I sort of thought it would apply, and be cool, to have it be this dream that you’re trapped in. So you’re in a place that, at first, is a magical world, but at the same time, you’re isolated and trapped there, and that’s the reason you want to come back to reality after a time. We’re playing with fiber optics, and so it’s basically like I’m drawing the world around me from nothingness, and when I draw things with my hands, it’s like they actually come to life,” she continued. “So it’s a lot of fun with creating this surreal dream world, and the guys’ performance is sort of like the dream within the dream, in an abyss of darkness; it’s very cool.”
For the video and an interview with Amy Lee, Continue reading
Wave 100 held an interview with MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee before the band went on stage for their show on December 17 last year at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland. A la YoooTooob Movie below. Enjoy
ALTER BRIDGE (and Creed) guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke to Fret 12 recently about his upcoming debut solo album, “All I Was”, hopefully due this spring some time. Tremonti handles all lead vocals on the CD, with additional contributions from Eric Friedman (backing vocals, guitar, bass) and Garrett Whitlock (drums)
He recently said that the album will be heavier than both Creed and Alter Bridge, and contain even more lead guitar solos than he does with either group.
“It’s a dynamic record. It’s probably heavier than either CREED or ALTER BRIDGE, but it’s still melody-driven. Most of the stuff is more up-tempo and heavy-riffing though. I had to write eleven solos for this record so it took me a long time. There’s lots of soloing.” (Tremonti speaking with ARTISTdirect)
The interview and track listings after the break…
In case you hadn’t see it, Unsigned band THIS WICKED TONGUE‘s new video for ”Creature” is awesome. The song is also awesome. Check it out below.
The bands latest tour dates are follows:
Jan 28th – Eddies Rock Club, Birmingham, UK.
Jan 29th, The Brewery Tap, Worcester, UK
March 3rd, PLug & Play, Reading, UK
August 5th, Atournament, Gloucester, UK
Just a reminder, about a week ago now Download announced some bands that will be gracing the Donington turf this year at the almighty Download Festival set for the 2nd week in June. The bands are Chas And Status, machine Head, Biffy Clyro, Sound Garden, You Me At Six, Devin Townsend Project, Trivium, Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Devil Driver, Little Angels, Ugly Kid Joe, August Burns Red and Tenacious D! All these lovely musical nuggets will be performing along side main stage headliners, The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath.
The Festival are also going to announce another 10 bands on Wednesday February 1st (according to their official Twitter).
This will be the 10 year anniversary of Download Festival at Donington (previously Monsters of Rock) and since it’s such a special occasion and massive mile stone the festival organizers will be sure to have something of a surprise in store for the patrons. Festival Director John Probyn frequents the forums to answer questions about the up coming festival and when asked if he’d had a look at all the suggestions put fourth by the Download forum members about what to do in terms of ”something special”, he (John Probyn) said ”Yes I have and I know one of Hannah’s team has been tasked with making sure we can use as many of them as possible. However, I am somewhat concerned with the Bouncy Castle obsession!! ”
He was also asked if they would bring back the famous Donington Dunlop Tyre to which his response was ”Its simply a question of priorities, its not in a very good state of repair and the cost of making it good and attaching it to a new structure will cost over £50k”.
Sad news, but lets hope something is done with it! We’ll keep you posted.
Virginia metal band Lamb of God announced the Resolution Tour 2012 for Europe. The tour will kick off with the band’s return visit to India and Israel. “Resolution” is scheduled for release tomorrow, January 24, 2012, through Roadrunner Records. The complete schedule of confirmed dates can be seen after the break. Continue reading
SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan will make his acting debut in “The Devil’s Carnival”, the new project Darren Lynn Bousman is directing that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to “Repo! The Genetic Opera”. “I am very honored to have been asked to be a part of this project. Said Crahan. “I play a character called The Tamer. And let me tell you, there is a little Tamer in all of us. “It’s always been a dream and a goal for me to try and act in something that is filmed besides music videos. “I am very honored to have the opportunity to have worked with so many talented actors and people who are involved in making this production come to life.”
In addition to Crahan, the “The Devil’s Carnival” cast consists of “Repo! The Genetic Opera” co-creator Terrance Zdunich, as well as “Repo!” stars Alexa Vega, Ogre and Paul Sorvino. Emilie Autumn and Sean Patrick Flanery have also joined with already announced Bill Moseley and Briana Evigan and Marc Senter.
In other slipknot related news, Corey Taylor’s Book, Seven deadly Sins has been out for a while now and were a little way through it, and so far it’s very very good. So if you haven’t already got your hands on a copy, we suggest you do so now!
Hey everyone,
Firstly, we apologise for the lack of news and updates over the last month or so. Things are changing, and so are we. With that in mind, we are updating Rogue Tomato Magazine with a fresh new look with more streamlined content. We’ve got the format we want, but now we need to tweak the look and feel and also a little bit on the functionality side!
We’ll keep you posted over the coming weeks with up to date music news and also on the sites progress. You may notice some changes going on in the mean time, so don’t worry, we know whats going on!
Her Dark Embrace are still going strong with a massive fan base accumulated over several months. They are now hard at work creating their first EP. Read below to see what HDE front man Will had to say about it.
It’s quiet round these parts, but fear not! Behind the scenes, work continues unabated!
The EP is fast approaching completion, and we are still aiming to get that out to you before 2012 arrives! It’s currently all being remastered by our very own Maddox, and if you liked the demos before, wait until you hear them now!
Whilst Maddox is working hard to get the rest of the tracks polished, the rest of HDE have turned their attention to the future, and are busying themselves recording a load of new material to get us in shape for album number one! Exciting times no?
With no less than 7 completely new songs currently in various stages of production, it really is no word of a lie when we say HDE are firing on all cylinders! We just hope that when you finally get to hear this stuff, you like it as much as we do!
Lastly, a few of the guys have set up individual pages on Facebook. The idea behind this was so that their private pages did not become over run.
If you would like to talk to Will, please head to Facebook.com/WillHDE. Or, if it’s Superhans you’re after, it’s – Facebook.com/superhansHDE
Some weeks ago Live Nation announced the three headliners for next years 10th anniversary of the almighty Download Festival. The 3 powerhouses of rock are Metallica, Black Sabbath and The Prodigy. Tickets are already selling fast, with the caravan tickets already completely sold out. LN are due to announce a lot more bands in January and February, according to the festivals Facebook page.
Rogue Tomato will be keeping a close eye on all things Download, as we are going….Again.
Italian metallers Lacuna Coil has posted their new music video online for the song, “Trip The Darkness.” You can see it below. The song is the first single from the groups forthcoming new studio album, “Dark Adrenaline,” which will be released through Century Media Records on January 24th.
The new Five Finger Death Punch album “American Capitalist” entered at number 3 on the Billboard Top 200 in early October and has already sold over 165,000 copies in just a few weeks. So now after 2 months, they have a little bit of a surprise.
Today, (November 22nd), FFDP fans will be able to get the brand spanking new cover art for the current album. It features an illustration of the band’s lovely “mascot,” Knucklehead in Time Square in good old NY.
“We are the people’s band, and a lot of fans really liked this alternative artwork we had on the tour posters. So many times we heard, ‘THAT should be the album cover’ – so we figured we’d make it happen,” explains guitarist Zoltan Bathory. “If you like the original cover, that’s cool too – I guess the original will be somewhat of a limited item from now on, so there you go.”
The new Knucklehead illustration will only be replacing the regular edition album version of “American Capitalist,” while the deluxe edition artwork will remain the same.
FOR THEY’RE UPCOMING TOUR DATES Continue reading
We cannot stress enough how much you need to go and see this band. You have 5 chances to see this band before good old Christmas hits us. Just think of it as a great excuse to have a few beers while listening to some great music live!
On November 25th the band will be at the Marrs bar in Worcester where a special treat awaits you so make sure you’re there.
November 24th – Hot Vox, Camden Rock / London
November 25th – ‘Creature’ Video Premiere at The Marrs Bar / Worcester
December 10th – Head of Steam / Liverpool
December 15th – The Lamp Tavern / Dudley
December 16th – The Spring Garden / Bristol
Danielle Darkko recently conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of heavy metallers TRIVIUM. The video is below for your viewing pleasure.
TRIVIUM will rock out together with heavy metallers In Flames for a co-headlining NA tour in January/February 2012, with support from VEIL OF MAYA and KYNG.
TRIVIUM’s latest album, “In Waves”, sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart — the highest U.S. chart entry of the band’s career.
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