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Motionless In White Shoot Music Video With Slipknot’s Clown

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on April 24, 2013 @ 10:00am
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Hard rockers Motionless In White have released a lyric video for “America”, which comes off their Infamous album. A full music video will be released next month and was directed by Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan. The video can be seen below.

The band has also announced that The Witch Was Right drummer Brandon Richter has joined their ranks. The band is currently on a tour with Asking Alexandria and will also be appearing on the 2013 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. All tour dates can be found below. READ MORE

R.I.P. Former Iron Maiden Drummer Clive Burr Passes Away At 56

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 13, 2013 @ 10:29am
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Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr passed away last night peacefully in his sleep at the age of 56. Burr joined Maiden in 1979 and performed on the first three albums Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981) and The Number Of The Beast (1982). Burr was later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which caused him to need a wheelchair and left him in great debt. Iron Maiden staged several charity concerts for Burr.

Steve Harris said “This is terribly sad news. Clive was a very old friend of all of us. He was a wonderful person and an amazing drummer who made a valuable contribution to Maiden in the early days when we were starting out. This is a sad day for everyone in the band and those around him and our thoughts and condolences are with his partner Mimi and family at this time.”

Bruce Dickinson adds “I first met Clive when he was leaving Samson and joining Iron Maiden. He was a great guy and a man who really lived his life to the full. Even during the darkest days of his M.S., Clive never lost his sense of humour or irreverence. This is a terribly sad day and all our thoughts are with Mimi and the family”

Our deepest condolences to Burr’s family, his friends, the members of Iron Maidens, and all the fans around the world. READ MORE

Iron Maiden Introduces Their Own Beer, ‘Trooper Ale’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 12, 2013 @ 4:00pm
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Legendary metal band Iron Maiden have teamed up with Cheshire brewers Robinsons to create a new beer entitled “Trooper”, a 4.7% British ale. The beer will be available for purchase by both UK residents and overseas customers in May of this year via the Iron Maiden Beer website.

Oliver Robinson, managing director of Robinsons, said, “This collaboration — between two huge British success stories — makes for an ideal and natural match; Bruce Dickinson loves his real ale, and Robinsons Brewery is one of Britain’s most established and respected independent family-owned brewers.”

Dickinson added, “I’m a lifelong fan of traditional English ale; I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when we were asked to create our own beer. I have to say that I was very nervous: Robinsons are the only people I have had to audition for in 30 years. Their magic has been to create the alchemical wedding of flavor and texture that is Trooper. I love it.”

A video of singer Bruce Dickinson explaining how Robinsons was chosen as well as him touring the factory can be seen below. READ MORE

The Harp Twins Are Back With Iron Maiden’s “Fear Of The Dark”

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 03, 2013 @ 12:00pm
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Remember that awesome duet harp cover of Bear McCreary’s “Walking Dead Theme” I posted a few weeks ago? Well, those harp twins are back with a stunning cover of Iron Maiden‘s classic song “Fear Of The Dark”, which is the title track of their ninth studio album, which came out in 1992. As always, putting a song on harp completely changes the feel, giving this song a gorgeous aura. You can watch the video below.

The single is available on iTunes. READ MORE

Have Some New Toilet Reading Material With ‘The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on February 04, 2013 @ 7:00pm
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For all you metalheads who have been desperately wanting some new reading material while you do your holy business on your porcelain throne, authors Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins may very well have provided you with your next big thing: The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists! This book is a compendium of dozens of factual, random and often outrageous lists that celebrate the best and the worst aspects of metal.

Contributions come from such authority figures as Scott Ian (Anthrax), Gary Holt (Exodus), Max Cavalera (Sepultura/Soulfly), Danny Lilker (Nuclear Assault/Brutal Truth), Katon W.DePena (Hirax), and many others. There will also be lists from Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel, Eddie Trunk, Monte Conner, and many more.

Per the official press release: “You want to know about album covers that feature goats on them? What Motorhead icon Lemmy’s warts might tell you if they could speak? The achievements Iron Maiden would never have reached had their original vocalist Paul Dianno remained in the band?”

The book can be pre-ordered here. READ MORE

Anthrax To Release New EP ‘Anthems’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 15, 2013 @ 10:30am
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Thrash metal legends Anthrax will be releasing an 8-track EP entitled Anthems on March 19th in N. America. The EP features six covers from band such as Rush, Cheap Trick, Boston, and more, and two Anthrax tracks. For their cover of Boston’s “Smokin’,” the band brought in keyboardist Fred Mandel, who has recorded with Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, and many more.

Drummer Charlie Benante comments on the Boston cover, saying, “If ever there were a perfect first album, it’s Boston’s first album. The harmony leads they did would later be heard by Iron Maiden, which of course would lead to thrash metal.”

Vocalist Joey Belladonna, “These are all bands I grew up with and have listened to forever. It’s just great music. I had fun singing these songs and I was happy recording together with Anthrax, doing classic rock songs. Fun stuff!” READ MORE

Let’s Talk The Grammy 2013 Rock Nominations, Shall We?

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on December 06, 2012 @ 12:30pm
Category: Music / Editorials

The official 2013 Grammy nominations list has been released and, as per usual, it takes the opportunity to laud and celebrate what the radios and mass media have been shoving down our throats for the past year (thank god we can use mp3 players and dictate what we want to listen to, right?). Now, I basically just completely ignored the vast majority of categories and immediately scanned down to find the four categories that interested me: Best Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album. And what I found was pretty…well, it was pretty confusing. READ MORE

Alice In Chains And Muse Confirmed For Rock In Rio 2013

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on November 12, 2012 @ 4:30pm
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Both Alice In Chains and Muse have been confirmed for Rock In Rio 2013, joining Metallica, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and Iron Maiden. The festival will take place Sept. 13th-15th and continue Sept. 19th-22nd. Alice In Chains will be performing on Sept. 19th, the same day as Metallica. Muse’s date has yet to be confirmed. More information can be found here.

There hasn’t been much news from the Alice In Chains camp. There is strong speculation that there will be a follow up to 2009′s Black Gives Way To Blue in Spring of 2013, but nothing has been confirmed just yet. As we hear more, we’ll be sure to let you know. READ MORE

Metallica Covers Deep Purple’s “When A Blind Man Cries”

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on August 20, 2012 @ 2:45pm
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Deep Purple’s landmark album Machine Head, several high-profile artists are submitting their versions of the tracks for Re-Machined – A Tribute To Deep Purple’s Machine Head, which will be coming out Sept. 25th via Eagle Records. Artists who have submitted a cover include Carlos Santana, Chickenfoot, The Flaming Lips, Metallica, and more.

Metallica covered “When A Blind Man Cries”, which was recorded during the Machine Head sessions but eventually released on a B-side with “Never Before”. You can hear their cover below as well as see the full track list. READ MORE

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[Interview] Fozzy’s Chris Jericho Explains Why His Mother Thought He Was The Antichrist

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on August 02, 2012 @ 7:30pm
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Bloody-Disgusting recently caught up with WWE Superstar Chris Jericho to discuss his band Fozzy and their upcoming album Sin And Bones, which comes out Aug. 14th via Century Media Records (pre-order here). We also spoke about horror in wrestling, the upcoming Rockstar Uproar Festival, Chris’s love of horror, and how his mother thought he might be The Antichrist. Check below for this exclusive interview! READ MORE

Coheed And Cambria Announce Details For New Album

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on August 01, 2012 @ 10:30am
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Coheed And Cambria have announced that their upcoming sixth studio record, The Afterman, will be a double concept album and will be released in two separate volumes. The first volume, The Afterman: Ascension, will be out Oct. 9th. The second volume, The Afterman: Descension, will be released at an undetermined date in February 2013. The band has released an album teaser video, which you can watch below. The teaser looks like a mix between Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey, so sci-fi fans take heed.

A deluxe version of the ‘The Afterman’ will include a hardcover coffee-table book with expansive art by Heidi Taillefer and Nathan Spoor with collaborative written work from singer/creator Claudio Sanchez and writer Peter David that will create a song by song experience. David previously worked with Sanchez on the prose novel adaptation of the band’s 2010 album “Year of the Black Rainbow,” and the graphic novel adaptation of their 2003 album “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3“.

The Afterman takes place in the running concept story The Amory Wars. Each title from the band falls into this epic sci-fi arc. It was recently announced that Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson of Leverage Productions will be developing the story into a live-action feature film.

Coheed and Cambria are currently touring with Iron Maiden and will be hitting the road for a headline run beginning in mid-September. All tour dates are below. READ MORE

[LOL] Musicians Falling Off The Stage Set To The ‘Benny Hill’ Theme

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on June 21, 2012 @ 4:30pm
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It’s Thursday and it’s almost the weekend. Perhaps the days are dragging just a little too long for you and you need some inspiration to keep on trucking until the sweet glory of Saturday and Sunday descends upon you. Well, look no further, as Metal Injection has put together a fantastic little video of musicians and their on-stage accidental tumbles. My personal favorite is Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson who falls rather hard on his tuchus only to jam his legs into the air, spread eagle style.

You can get your laugh on below. But tell me, any of you see anything funny happen to a musician while you were at a concert? Tell me a few stories and I’ll share a few of mine! READ MORE

Iron Maiden Voted Best British Band In Past 60 Years

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on May 28, 2012 @ 11:30am
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According to a poll done by HMV, a UK and Ireland based entertainment store, readers have voted Iron Maiden‘s 1982 album The Number Of The Beast as the best British album of the past 60 years. Coming in with a pretty strong second place was Depeche Mode‘s Violator (hell yes!) while The Beatle’s had four entries in the Top 10. The poll garnered approximately 30,000 votes for the Top 60 albums of the past 60 years.

The Top 10:
01. Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
02. Depeche Mode – Violator
03. The Beatles – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
04. The Beatles – Abbey Road
05. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
06. The Beatles – Revolver
07. Queen – A Night At The Opera
08. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
09. Adele – 21
10. The Beatles – White Album

This is fascinating to me as, in the past, more popular/mainstream artists would have almost certainly dominated the charts. Now, with the advantage of social media, the full scope of music can be appreciated and lauded.

You can see the full list of the top 60 albums here. READ MORE

Testament Announce New Album ‘Dark Roots Of Earth’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on May 15, 2012 @ 9:02pm
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It’s always a good day when Bay Area thrash metal legends Testament announce a new album, don’t you think? Arriving July 31st in N. America (July 27th in Europe), Dark Roots Of Earth will bring nine tracks of blistering metal that pretty much guarantees Indiana Jones-esque face melting. The album is being produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Nevermore) and the album artwork (which you can see below) is done by Eliran Kantor, who has worked with Sodom and Atheist among others. Check below for a full tracklisting for the standard and special editions. READ MORE

[Contest] Win A DVD & LP Of Iron Maiden’s ‘En Vivo!’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 29, 2012 @ 8:23pm
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Alright BD Music readers, who here is an Iron Maiden fan? If so, you’re gonna want to hang out and pay a wee bit o’ attention to this article. Why’s that, you ask? Because below you can find out all the details on how to score the 2-DVD set and LP copy of their latest live album, En Vivo! So up the irons and look below for all the rules instructions!

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 29, 2012 @ 8:23pm
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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 19, 2012 @ 7:38pm
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Below is a trailer for the Iron Maiden documentary Behind The Beast, which can be found on the second DVD of the upcoming live set En Vivo!, which comes out March 26th. The documentary chronicles the trials and tribulations of the band as they tour out of a 747. Full of live footage, anecdotes and interviews with the band as well as crew members, the documentary actually looks really entertaining.

Iron Maiden will also be hitting the road for the Maiden England N. American tour. All tour dates are below.

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on February 15, 2012 @ 7:22pm
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Legendary metal band Iron Maiden have announced the Maiden England N. American Tour! The eight-week trek will take them across the States and into Canada for one hell of a metal tour. Joining them will be Alice Cooper until July 21st at which point Coheed & Cambria will take over as the supporting act. The schedule is below but note that more dates will be added in the near future. READ MORE

Iron Maiden Announce ‘En Vivo!’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 31, 2012 @ 9:44pm
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Legendary metal band Iron Maiden has announced a new live DVD entitled En Vivo! Filmed during the Round The World In 66 Days leg of The Final Frontier Tour in Santiago, Chile to over 50,000 fans, the set list includes 17 tracks culled from a history of classic Maiden music. Filmed using 22 HD cameras and an octocam (a flying camera used to capture audience shots), this two disc DVD set looks like a must-have for Maiden fans.

Bassist Steve Harris: “For The Final Frontier Tour, it was really important to me that we filmed in South America as we’re always so overwhelmed by the fans’ reaction when we go to that part of the world and I wanted to reflect that in the filming. After much consideration, we chose the Santiago show as we felt it was one of our best performances of the entire tour and to play at the prestigious Estadio Nacional was a landmark moment for us. For reasons known to our fans, it took a long time before we got to play our first show in Chile, and once we did get to play a show, the response was so phenomenal we just had to keep coming back, and it’s got better and better each time!”

Check out a trailer below as well as the tracklist. Up the irons!

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on October 11, 2011 @ 4:38pm
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[OMFG] Now I Want To Slay Dragons While Hearing Iron Maidens The Trooper

Sometimes, having a ton of friends on Facebook is a wonderful thing. Case in point: TexMassacre posted this amazing video of a guy covering Iron Maiden‘s The Trooper…on a harp!!! God I want to go slay some dragons, bang some damsels in distress and finish it all off with a feast laden with roast mutton and barrels of mead. Someone care to make this happen for me? I’ll pay you in a bag of expired M&M’s I found under my bed.

Watch the awesome video after the jump!

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on August 08, 2011 @ 11:44pm
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Tomorrow brings the release of In Waves, the fifth studio album from Trivium. Though I wasn’t able to meet up with the guys at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival, I did get the chance to talk with Matt via phone a week ago to discuss the new album, how some of the biggest directors of today influence him, touring plans and Matt’s love of horror. Check out the exclusive interview after the jump!

Make sure to pre-order In Waves on iTunes!

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on June 14, 2011 @ 7:25pm
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Bloody-Disgusting has scored three promo copies of the WhoCares? single, which features some of the biggest names in hard rock and metal history and we want to give it to one of you luck readers! Check it out: Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Ian Gillian of Deep Purple, Jason Newsted of Metallica, Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden, Linde Lindstrom of HIM, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple. BAM! Talk about magic in the making, right? Well, all these musicians got together for a really good cause, so check out all the info, including how to enter, after the jump.

whocaresoofmhwcover Contest: Win 1 Of 3 Promo Copies Of WhoCares? Feat. Tony Iommi And Ian Gillian

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on May 04, 2011 @ 10:03pm
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On May 6th, Who Cares, the musical supergroup featuring Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), and friends (including Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Linde Lindstrom (HIM), Jon Lord (Deep Purple), and many others), will release their debut digital single. The single pack will include two brand new songs entitled ‘Out Of My Mind‘ and ‘Holy Water‘. You can check out the music video for ‘Out Of My Mind‘ after the jump as well as a list of all the special guests on the two tracks.

The tracks were recorded as a means to raise funds to rebuild a music school in Armenia that was destroyed in an earthquake in 1988. Ian Gillan says, ”The idea came as Tony and I flew back from Yerevan together after being inspired by the enthusiasm of everyone there to get this thing done. It was brilliant working with Tony again after all these years; he makes life easy for a singer.”

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 29, 2011 @ 9:51pm
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GWAR has been nominated for Best Live Performance at the 2011 Revolver Golden Gods show. They are facing competition from Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, and Sevendust. You can cast your vote HERE and then receive your complementary prize of sexual relations with Oderus Urungus. Check below for all the details.

“Our show is reality…we don’t know what you mean by live performance…we get attacked by dinosaurs while doing what we enjoy best—luring you to your death with our mutant metal–and then slaughtering you! Don’t let this category be won by a band whose show is just as good as the millions they can spend on it, all for an hour and a half show……vote for the band where the show never stops! Vote for GWAR!!!!”

“I pledge to have sex with anyone who votes for us. It will all be arranged thru the interweb, and on the next tour I will personally meet our supporters out behind the trash dumpsters and fuck them, suck them, whatever they want. If they don’t want to do that, then I will have sex with something they own, like a dog, or a lunch-box. I will also be glad to rough-up anyone, ya know, smack ya around a bit, throw you in the garbage, hell even kick ya in the tummy….won’t kill ya though…want you to be able to brag about it to your co-workers.”

Motionless In White Shoot Music Video With Slipknot’s Clown

R.I.P. Former Iron Maiden Drummer Clive Burr Passes Away At 56

Iron Maiden Introduces Their Own Beer, ‘Trooper Ale’

The Harp Twins Are Back With Iron Maiden’s “Fear Of The Dark”

Have Some New Toilet Reading Material With ‘The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists’

Anthrax To Release New EP ‘Anthems’

Let’s Talk The Grammy 2013 Rock Nominations, Shall We?

Alice In Chains And Muse Confirmed For Rock In Rio 2013

Metallica Covers Deep Purple’s “When A Blind Man Cries”

[Interview] Fozzy’s Chris Jericho Explains Why His Mother Thought He Was The Antichrist

Coheed And Cambria Announce Details For New Album

[LOL] Musicians Falling Off The Stage Set To The ‘Benny Hill’ Theme

Iron Maiden Voted Best British Band In Past 60 Years

Testament Announce New Album ‘Dark Roots Of Earth’

[Contest] Win A DVD & LP Of Iron Maiden’s ‘En Vivo!’

[Contest] Win A DVD & LP Of Iron Maiden’s ‘En Vivo!’

Go ‘Behind The Beast’ With Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden Announce ‘Maiden England N. American Tour’

Iron Maiden Announce ‘En Vivo!’

[OMFG] Now I Want To Slay Dragons While Hearing Iron Maiden’s ‘The Trooper’

Interview: Matt Heafy of Trivium Talks ‘In Waves’ And His Love Of Horror

Contest: Win 1 Of 3 Promo Copies Of WhoCares? Feat. Tony Iommi And Ian Gillian

Who Cares Featuring Deep Purple’s Ian Gillian And Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi

Wanna Get Laid By Oderus Urungus? Details Inside

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