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Speaking with Guitar Player, Jake E. Lee - known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne, Badland and Red Dragon Cartel - ran down the five songs that he believes best represent his career. An excerpt is available below.
Lee: "I had written the music to that song back when I was in Rough Cutt. But at that time the riff was all in eighth notes because that was the L.A. thing. It was sort of along the lines of (Mötley Crüe's) “Looks That Kill,” and it worked pretty good that way. Then when I joined Ozzy’s band, he said, 'Okay, we need some songs.'
Frontiers Music Srl will release the self-titled debut album from the new melodic metal project, Between Worlds, on September 10. The band is a vehicle for vocalist Ronny Munroe (ex-Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Metal Church) and highlights his incredible vocal talents.
Written and produced in partnership with Alessandro Del Vecchio, the Between World album is a must hear for fans of classic American heavy/power metal.
Canadian Speed/Heavy Metal band ÜLTRA RAPTÖR, has just signed a contract with Fighter Records for the release of their debut album that will be titled "Tyrants" which will be released next November 9th on CD, 12"LP, Cassette and Digital formats. To celebrate this signing, of which Fighter Records is especially excited, you can already enjoy the 1st advanced song, as well as the album cover and tracklist.
Vocalist Bob Catley and guitarist Tony Clarkin of British rock icons, Magnum, are coming to the end of mixing their new studio album (title TBA), which will be released through SPV/Steamhammer in January 2022. Complete details are forthcoming.
The band will also be celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2022, so be sure to check them out on tour.
1. Black Sabbath - Hole in the sky (4:00)
2. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (2:25)
3. Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' (2:34)
4. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (4:26)
5. Deep Purple - Highway star (6:08)
6. Montrose - Rock The Nation (3:03)
7. Ted Nugent - Dog Eat Dog (4:03)
8. Kiss - Love Her All I Can (2:41)
9. Slade - Lightning Never Strikes Twice (3:08)
10. AC-DC - Problem Child (5:24)
11. Aerosmith - Walk This Way (3:41)
One of the brightest stars in the Symphonic Metal universe have found a new home: NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS is incredibly proud to welcome BEYOND THE BLACK to the ranks of the worldwide NB family.
With their astronomical rise after the release of their debut album "Songs Of Love And Death", the band around singer Jennifer Haben went supersonic – most recently reaching a number of impressive chart positions with fourth LP "Horizons".
Judas Priest were the Sunday headliner at Bloodstock Open Air 2021, which took place at Catton Park, Walton-on-Trent, England this past weekend. Fan-filmed video from their set is available below.
The setlist on the night was as follows:
"One Shot At Glory" (live debut)
"Lightning Strike"
Swedish metallers SABATON have announced their new album "The War To End All Wars".
The band stated about the upcoming disc: "For almost two decades we have been singing about historical battles and wars from all over the world.
"Two years have passed since the release of our latest album 'The Great War', a concept album telling stories from World War I.
Former H.E.A.T. vocalist Erik Grönwall, who won the Swedish Idol reality television run in 2009, recorded four albums with the band between 2021 and 2020. He has been sharing an assortment of covers on YouTube and has checked in with his latest clip. CHeck it out below.
Grönwall: "This song was basically the starting point of my professional career as an artist
During Rob Halford’s 11 year break from Judas Priest in the '90s and early 2000s, the heavy metal legend formed the new band Halford, and Resurrection was their mighty debut. Marking Halford’s metal homecoming after years of soul-searching in other genres, the record was a return to form that even boasted a duet with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson on "The One You Love To Hate".