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SLAYER sortira Repentless en édition 6.66" Vinyl Box Set, le 6 Juin prochain via Nuclear Blast. Cette box collector de 6 disques sera disponible au format 6.66-inch vinyl noir, rouge (ltd 2500 ex.), et or (ltd 2000 ex.).

Tracklist Repentless 6.66" Box Set :

Side A : Delusions Of Saviour
Side B : Repentless
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Side C : Take Control
Side D : Vices
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Side E : Cast The First Stone
Side F : When The Stillness Comes
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Side G : Chasing Death
Side H : Implode
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Side I : Piano Wire
Side J : Atrocity Vendor
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Side K : You Against You
Side L : Pride In Prejudice

pour ceux qui aimeraient avoir une suite discographique au superbe Infestation de RATT ...

RATT DRAGON CARTEL
Bobby Blotzer: “Juan and Stephen are hiring, or trying to hire, Jake E Lee”



Facebook — Update from da’ Blotz!

Bobby Blotzer, former Ratt drummer has posted a blog for the 3rd time in less a week. This after being silent for more than a year.

There has been much drama surrounding the Ratt camp, with the rumored Warren DeMartin firing as reported by Metal Sludge on March 21st, and the subsequent statement from Carlos Cavazo also repored by Metal Sludge.

With these recent developments, it seems to have stirred the pot and now Blotzer has something to say.

Blotzer writes to fans on his official Bobby Blotzer’s The Ratt Experience facebook page: “Ok, So we just concluded the interview with Everybody’s favorite journalist, interviewer Mr. Mitch Lafon. Along with him, was my camp counsel Mr. Drew Sherman, to make heads of what the hell has been going on to end this GD litigious nightmare.”

“Juan and Stephen are hiring, or trying to hire, Jake E Lee. That is what was heard from someone who is in the bubble world of Kamp Kaos, AKA RATT.” wrote Blotzer

Blotzer added this as well to end his latest blog: “And I was also told this last week…Juan and Stephen are accusing Warren of some insidious things regarding OUR publishing. That has my attention. I find that hard to believe, even though he has been such an untrusted partner in OUR corporation, WBS INC.”

The band Ratt (Pearcy, Croucier) have yet to make any public statement. nor has DeMartini.

Read the latest full statement from Blotzer as screen captured below.

bref , Pearcy and Co ont viré DeMartini.et essaye de recruter Jake E Lee .... du coup Carlos Cavazo c est barré de chez RATT estimant que le groupe sans De martini n avait pas de raison d être .

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ROCK GODDESS (NWOBHM) sortira son nouvel album, intitulé This Time, le 5 Octobre 2018 via son propre label, Bite You To Death Records, en collaboration avec Cargo Records.

DIMMU BORGIR (Symphonic Black Metal) vient de publier un clip illustrant le titre "Council Of Wolves And Snakes" extrait de son nouvel album Eonian, à paraître le 4 Mai prochain via Nuclear Blast.

RYAN ROXIE, plus connu pour être le guitariste d'Alice Cooper, sortira son premier album solo, intitulé Imagine Your Reality, le 25 Mai prochain via Cargo Records UK.

Tracklist Imagine Your Reality (2018) :
01. Big Rock Show / 02. Over And Done / 03. California Man (feat. Robin Zander of Cheap Trick) / 04. To Live And Die In LA / 05. Uh Oh Song / 06. Me Generation / 07. Look Me In The Eye / 08. Hearts In Trouble / 09. Nevermind Me / 10. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

GUS G. (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne) vient de dévoiler un deuxième extrait de son nouvel album solo, Fearless, à paraître le 20 Avril prochain via AFM Records. Il s'agit du titre "Mr. Manson",

JAMES CHRISTIAN (Melodic Rock) - le chanteur de HOUSE OF LORDS - vient de dévoiler un extrait de son nouvel album solo, Craving, à paraître le 20 Avril prochain via Frontiers Music Srl. Il s'agit du titre "Jesus Wept", à découvrir en écoute ci-dessous.

Les Allemands de BONFIRE (Melodic Hard Rock) viennent de publier un clip illustrant le titre "Stand Or Fall" extrait de leur nouvel album, Temple Of Lies, à paraître le 13 Avril prochain via AFM Records.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE sortira son sixième album, intitulé Gravity, le 29 Juin prochain.

Les Danois d'IRON FIRE (Power Metal) sortiront une compilation anniversaire, intitulée Dawn Of Creation: Twentieth Anniversary, le 4 Mai prochain via Crime Records. Cette double compilation comportera des titres en version démo, des morceaux live, des reprises ainsi que trois nouveaux titres.

Tracklist Dawn Of Creation: Twentieth Anniversary (2018) :
Disc 1 : 01. Dawn Of Creation / 02. Redux (Coming Home) / 03. The Other Side / 04. A Token Of My Hatred (Cover) / 05. King At Any Cost (Demo) / 06. This Kids (Cover) / 07. Kill For Metal (Live) / 08. Slaughter Of Souls (Live) / 09. Final Odyssey (Live) / 10. Among The Dead (Demo) / 11. Tornado Of Sickness (Demo) / 12. Still Alive (Demo) / 13. My Awakening (Demo) / 14. Enter Oblivion (Demo)

Disc 2 : 01. Thunderstorm (Demo) / 02. Glory To The King (Demo) / 03. Defender Of The Ring (Demo) / 04. Prophecy Of Pain (Demo) / 05. Flames Of Revenge (Demo) / 06. Millennium Warriors (Demo) / 07. Black Heart (Demo) / 08. Vengeance From Hell (Demo) / 09. Days Of Tragedy (Demo) / 10. Fire God (Demo) / 11. From The North (Demo) / 12. Hall Of Heroes (Demo) / 13. Brothers United (Demo) / 14. Jerusalem (Demo)

Les pré-commandes (qui débuteront le 6 Avril) donneront accès à un CD bonus live bootleg enregistré à Stuttgart en 2007.

GODSMACK vient de publier un clip pour le titre "Bulletproof" extrait de son futur album, When Legends Rise, à paraître le 27 Avril prochain via BMG.

Les Allemands de CREMATORY (Gothic Metal) viennent de dévoiler un nouvel extrait de l'album Oblivion à paraître le 13 Avril prochain via SPV/Steamhammer. Il s'agit du titre "Cemetary Stillness"

BON JOVI (Rock) vient de publier un clip pour le titre "Walls". Ce morceau est un des deux nouveaux titres présents sur la réédition de l'album This House Is Not For Sale, sorti le 23 Février dernier via Island/UMG. L'autre nouveau titre, dont le clip a été dévoilé précédemment, s'intitule "When We Were Us".

Les Norvégiens de TNT (Hard Rock) viennent de dévoiler un premier extrait de leur nouvel album, XIII, à paraître le 8 Juin prochain via Frontiers Music Srl. Il s'agit du titre "Get Ready For Some hard Rock"

Originellement sorti en 2012, The Power Within, le cinquième album de DRAGONFORCE, se verra réédité sour le nom de Re-Powered Within, le 4 Mai prochain via earMUSIC.

Les Canadiens de KOBRA AND THE LOTUS (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal) viennent de publier un clip pour la version japonaise du titre "Let Me Love You" extrait de l'album Prevail II, à paraître le 27 Avril prochain via Napalm Records.

MINISTRY (Indus' Metal) vient de publier un clip illustrant le titre "Victims Of A Clown" extrait de son nouvel album, AmeriKKKant, sorti le 9 Mars dernier via Nuclear Blast.

Les Allemands de MAJESTY (Heavy Metal) viennent de publier un clip animé illustrant le titre "Final War" extrait de l'album Rebels sorti le 3 Mars 2017 via NoiseArt Records

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA sortira son quatrième album, intitulé Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough, le 29 juin via Nuclear Blast.

L’album a été produit par le groupe et mixé par le guitariste/percussionniste Sebastian Forslund.

Tracklist :

01. This Time
02. Turn To Miami
03. Paralyzed
04. Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough
05. Moments Of Thunder
06. Speedwagon
07. Lovers In The Rain
08. Can’t Be That Bad
09. Pretty Thing Closing In
10. Barcelona
11. Winged And Serpentine
12. The Last Of The Independent Romantics
13. Marjorie (bonus de l’édition limitée et du vinyle)
14. Pacific Priestess (bonus de l’édition japonaise)

Line-up :

Björn Strid (SOILWORK) – Chant
Sharlee D’Angelo (ARCH ENEMY) – Basse
David Andersson (SOILWORK) – Guitare
Sebastian Forslund – Guitare, Percussion
Richard Larsson – Clavier
Jonas Källsbäck – Batterie

MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST RESURRECTION

Après près de 50 ans d’activité musicale, Michael Schenker est fin prêt à entrer de plein pied dans la troisième phase de sa carrière. Cette phase a un nom : Michael Schenker Fest. Un objectif : la célébration. Regroupant certains des chanteurs emblématiques de sa carrière, le projet sort aujourd’hui un premier album au nom évocateur : Resurrection. Mais inutile de chercher plus de mysticisme que cela, Michael Schenker évoque les multiples allusions bibliques comme si elles étaient tout à fait anodines.

dis moi Ricardo , écoutes tu du hard , ou même du rock Français ?

Les Suédois de PERFECT PLAN (Melodic Rock/AOR) viennent de dévoiler un troisième extrait de leur premier album, All Rise, à paraître le 20 Avril prochain via Frontiers Music Srl. Il s'agit du titre "Never Surrender

SWEET HOME IOWA
Bret Michaels, Dokken, Warrant, Firehouse and Lita Ford rock 5,000 fans in Council Bluffs
Music Mania Podcast – A crowd of people, young and old, began forming inside Council Bluff’s Mid America Center hours before showtime, all clamoring for this one-night-only special event featuring five 80’s rock heavyweights.

The hits would come fast and furious on this night and despite the inclusion of five different acts, the show moved at a nice pace with seamless transitions that kept things moving nicely throughout the show. Famed local rock station Z92 would also take this opportunity to celebrate its 40th birthday.
Firehouse kicked things off with a short yet blistering set that included hits from their first two albums. This is a band that is as solid as they come and have been as in demand as ever according to guitarist Bill Leverty who recently called in for an interview on the Music Mania Podcast.

“Last year we did 57 shows, which was a good year for us,” Levery explained. “We are really grateful that our fans are sticking with us this long and that we have songs that have touched them emotionally in some way.”

A song like “Love of a Lifetime” certainly touched many people along the way, yet it was songs like “Shake and Tumble,” “All She Wrote,” and “Don’t Treat Me Bad” that really got the still-arriving crowd going. It was a performance that left many wanting more and should provide ample motivation for people to see the band in a headlining capacity with more time to delve into their catalog.

It was a real treat to witness Lita Ford perform in front of a sizable audience as most of the approximately 5,000 fans had filed in to the arena by the time she took the stage for her six-song, 40 minute set.

Lita, who still looks and sounds great for 59, stuck mostly to solo material aside from a rousing rendition of The Runaways hit “Cherry Bomb.” The highlight of LIta’s performance included a trilogy of ballads that included “Lisa,” a cover of the Alice Cooper classic “Only Women Bleed,” and concluding with the Ozzy Osbourne penned “If I Close My Eyes Forever” (with guitarist Patrick Kennison filling in for Ozzy for the duet).

Lita’s 1988 hit “Kiss Me Deadly” would wrap things up and the audience knew every word. It was on this song that her vocal abilities really stood out, showcasing Ford as a viable act in 2018 as she continues to embark on both headlining and supporting shows throughout the summer.

Band of the night honors clearly belonged to Warrant as from the moment they hit the stage with “Sure Feels Good” to the final chords of “Cherry Pie” the band were in top form and engrossed the uproarious audience.

Singer Robert Mason has bred new life into Warrant with his high-octane stage performances and spot-on vocal prowess. He is able to capture the original spirit of songs like “Heaven,” “Down Boys,” and “DRFSR” while also adding his own twist to the songs. Original singer Jani Lane (who passed away back in 2011) was a tremendous frontman and songwriter in his own right, but you have to give credit to Warrant for forging on and also continuing to make new music which was featured during the band’s nearly hour-long set on this night.

“We’re out there having a good time.” Guitarist Joey Allen recently stated in an interview with the Music Mania Podcast. “There’s a lot of bands out there still playing those kind of songs, but the truth is, we’re fans too and there are a lot of bands from our era that should have made it and didn’t, so it’s an interesting perspective.”

The title track to 2017’s “Louder, Harder, Faster” was actually a highlight and showed that the band is not comfortable merely being a nostalgia act. While a longer set from Warrant would have been preferable, they got a large majority of the hits in (concluding with their biggest hit, 1990’s “Cherry Pie”) which sent people back to the beer lines and restrooms happy.

Next up on the bill came Dokken, a band that recently released a live album with all four original members. There would be no George Lynch or Jeff Pilson tonight but singer Don Dokken brought along the usual suspects with bassist Chris McCarvill, guitarist John Levin and the incomparable “Wild” Mick Brown on drums.

Don battled sound/microphone issues early as he continued to scowl at his sound guy at the side of the stage early in the set. “Kiss Of Death” was the opener tonight and the band sounded great while Don attempted to gain his vocal footing. He sings in a much lower registry these days which takes away some of the “boom” in choruses like “Dream Warriors,” but the toned down vocals do not necessarily render Dokken’s performances uneventful.

The sound and Don’s voice seemed to improve as the set went on and songs like “Into the Fire,” “Alone Again,” and “Breaking the Chains” brought very positive reactions.

By the last few songs, Don was smiling and appeared to enjoy being on stage. “In My Dreams” was a huge highlight with a herculean vocal harmony from the band and perhaps Dokken’s heaviest song “Tooth and Nail” finishing things off. Like Warrant, Dokken played for just under an hour which did a lot to build anticipation for the evening’s headliner- Bret Michaels.

Bret Michaels may never be compared to a vocalist like Freddie Mercury, however, Michaels completely embodies good-time rock n’ roll and his skills as a frontman were on display as 5,000 people welcomed the Poison singer to the Mid America Center at around 10 P.M.

Michaels, like the rest of the bands tonight, kept it short and simple with a 9-song set that included seven Poison hits and two covers. Rarely has there been an artist so adept at playing to his audience as his stage-raps and connection to the crowd are one-in-a-million.

“Bret is the best frontman out there.” Firehouse’s Bill Leverty has been on record saying.

It’s an arguable point, but watching Bret work a crowd is something to behold, indeed. From his frequent references to the U.S. Armed Forces to allowing fans to sing choruses of songs, Michaels makes every person in an audience feel like they are a part of the show. He seamlessly incited sing-alongs to songs such as Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” and Poison’s “Unskinny Bop” which, surprisingly, had as much male audience participation as female.

He dedicated “Something to Believe In” to our brave men and women in the military before reminding us that his band, Poison, would be going on out on tour this summer with Cheap Trick and Pop Evil.

His solo set was not all that dissimilar to a Poison show these days in both length and songs played, but the crowd didn’t seem to mind. The show concluded with Poison’s undeniable party classic “Nothin’ But a Good Time” before calling Warrant’s Robert Mason back onto the stage for a cover of Kiss’ “Rock N’ Roll All Night” which placed a night little bow on an unforgettable night of rock hits.

Refuge, formé par les trois musiciens de leur ancien groupe 'Rage' de 1988 à 1993 : Peavy Wagner, Manni Schmidt et Christos Efthimiadis, sortira son premier album 'Solitary Men', le 08 juin 2018 sur Frontiers Music Slr. La couverture est l'œuvre de l'illustrateur Andreas Marschall.

La formation originale du groupe canadien Exciter: le guitariste John Ricci, le batteur/chanteur Dan Beehler et le bassiste Allan Johnson se prépare à entrer en studio pour commencer à enregistrer son premier album en plus de trois décennies.
La formation originale d'Exciter a enregistré trois albums dans les années 1980 : "Heavy Metal Maniac" (1983), "Violence & Force" (1984) et "Long Live the Loud" (1985), avant que Ricci quitte le groupe, remplacé par Brian McPhee.
Le dernier album du groupe, 'Death Machine', avec Ricci comme le seul membre original restant, est sorti en octobre 2010 via Massacre Records.
Ricci, Beehler et Johnson se sont réunis en tant qu'Exciter en 2014 et ont joué quelques concerts depuis.