A new five track EP titled ‘Lie Lie Live‘ from Serj Tankian is now available for purchase on Rhapsody. Track listing includes:
1. “Lie Lie Lie” (Live From MySpace’s The List)
2. “The Unthinking Majority” (Live From MySpace’s The List)
3. “Empty Walls” (Victorious Club Mix)
4. “Sky Is Over” (Fawk Yeah Remix) (EP Version)
5. “Empty Walls” (Dub Remix)
Buckcherry have titled their upcoming album ‘Black Butterfly‘. The disc is due out on September 23rd.
Pearl Jam front-man Eddie Vedder has scheduled the following solo dates for August:
August 1st, 2nd in Boston, MA @ Opera House
August 4th, 5th in New York, NY @ United Palace Theatre
August 7th in Newark, NY @ NJ Performing Arts Center
August 9th, 10th in Montreal, QC @ Salle Wilfrid Place
August 12th, 13th in Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
August 16th, 17th in Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
August 19th in Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
August 21st, 22nd in Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre
Staind have the following headlining dates scheduled:
July 4th in Muskegon, MI @ Muskegon Summer Celebration
July 8th in Bonner Springs, KS @ Capitol Federal Part
August 5th in Capser, WY @ Capser Events Center
August 10th in Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Amphitheater
August 12th in Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheatre
August 13th in Belton, TX @ Belton County Expo Center
August 15th in New Orleans, LA @ Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
August 16th in Tupelo, MS @ Bancorp South Center
August 17th in Nashville, TN @ Riverfront Park
The band has also streamed a new webisode, check it out here.
Slipknot nearly had to cancel a video shoot for its new single "Psychosocial" on Monday (June 30th) when band DJ Sid Wilson was hospitalized with a head injury before the shoot. According to the U.K.'s Kerrang magazine, percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan explained, "Sid's building himself a studio downtown and got attacked by a door knob. Now he's got five staples in his head." Crahan himself was almost hurt during a recent photo shoot when the floorboards of an abandoned shack collapsed underneath him.
Injuries are common for the members of Slipknot, especially during the band's intense, highly physical live shows. Crahan told us that he's compiled a long list of wounds from his job: "You know, for me it's always my face. Cuts in my eyes, cuts in my face and cuts in my hands. Broken bones, broken fingers, broken arms, clavicles, ACLs, pelvic bones, tailbones, ribs, vertebraes...injuries go on, but every band's got that. I don't like to really glorify it, as much as I like to just say, 'This is real.'"
Slipknot revealed their new masks on Tuesday (July 1st) with an exclusive set of photos at Spinner.com. Described as "creepy" and "intricate," some of the nine band members' masks have changed considerably, while others have been altered only a little.
Frontman Corey Taylor's mask has undergone the most drastic and disturbing change, now looking like it's made of "dried human flesh," as MTV.com put it. Crahan has built lots of leather and zippers into his disguise, calling to mind the "Gimp" from the movie Pulp Fiction, while drummer Joey Jordison has added a crown of black thorns to his design.
Slipknot reportedly rarely cleans their masks, despite the band's claims that they bleed, sweat and vomit into them during concerts.
The group's new album, All Hope Is Gone, will arrive on August 26th. The title track was made available earlier this month, while "Psychosocial" arrived at rock radio this past weekend.
Slipknot will co-headline the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour this summer with Disturbed. The trek kicks off on July 9th in Seattle.
Metallica is planning to issue a deluxe box set edition of its upcoming album, Death Magnetic, according to Blabbermouth.net. A Norwegian music retailer has posted at its web site that a limited edition, two-CD, single DVD version of the record will arrive in September. The set will be packaged in a coffin box and come with an exclusive T-shirt, a Metallica flag, a collection of guitar picks, a poster and a USB memory stick. The second CD will include demos of 10 songs from the album, while the DVD will chronicle the making of the record. There is no word on whether a similar deluxe version will be available in North America.
A Finnish retailer called Record Shop X recently listed September 17th as the release date for Death Magnetic. An official release date has yet to be announced by the band or its label, although band members have been saying that the album will arrive in September.
Death Magnetic was produced by Metallica and Rick Rubin, and marks the recording debut of bassist Robert Trujillo, who joined the lineup in 2003 shortly after the last Metallica album, St. Anger, was completed.
Metallica will hit some European festivals starting later this month. The band's next U.S. date is the one-day Ozzfest on August 9th in Dallas, with a full North American tour slated to begin in October.