SLAYER ANNOUNCES FINAL TRACK LISTING FOR UPCOMING ALBUM “REPENTLESS,” VIDEO RELEASED FOR TITLE TRACK

Slayer - 2015 The final track listing for Repentless, Slayer’s first new album in six years, due out 9/11/15 (Nuclear Blast), is announced today, and the album is now available for pre-order through Slayer’s Facebook.

Repentless track listing:

1. Delusions Of Saviour
2. Repentless
3. Take Control
4. Vices
5. Cast The First Stone
6. When The Stillness Comes
7. Chasing Death
8. Implode
9. Piano Wire
10. Atrocity Vendor
11. You Against You
12. Pride In Prejudice

Repentless, the album’s title track, goes on sale digitally virtually everywhere today (Amazon, iTunes, Google) – or log onto Slayer’s Facebook for more info. The Repentless Visualizer clip can be seen below.

Slayer’s Repentless will be available in a wide array of formats, as detailed below:

* Limited CD + Blu-ray digipak (includes Blu-ray of “Slayer Live at Wacken 2014” and the “Making of Repentless” documentary)
* Limited CD + DVD digipak (includes DVD of “Slayer Live at Wacken 2014” and the “Making of Repentless” documentary)
* Strictly limited 12-inch sized Box (includes CD + Blu-ray digipak, DVD, exclusive Repentless 12-inch picture vinyl, “Slayer Live at Wacken 2014” CD, 12-inch photo card, 12-inch fold-out poster)
* CD jewel case
* Vinyl in gatefold (audio mastered for vinyl)
* Digital (all digital platforms)
* Limited edition “Metal Eagle Edition” (available by clicking here)

Slayer will tour extensively to support the release of the album, and will headline this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival that begins July 26th in San Diego, CA. Dates are below.

June:

26 Sleep Train Amphitheatre, San Diego, CA
27 San Manuel Amphitheatre, San Bernardino, CA
28 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
30 White River Amphitheatre, Seattle, WA

July:

1 Ford Idaho Center, Boise, ID
3 Ak-Chin Pavillion, Phoenix, AZ
4 Isleta Amphitheatre, Albuquerque, NM
5 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO
7 Harrah’s Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, IA
8 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
10 Klipsch Music Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
11 DTE Energy Amphitheatre, Detroit, MI
12 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
15 TD Echo Beach, Toronto, ON CANADA
17 Susquehanna Bank Arts Center, Camden, NJ
18 First Niagara Bank Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA
19 Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, CT
21 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
22 Erie Insurance Arena, Erie, PA
24 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA
25 Xfinity Center, Boston, MA
26 Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
28 Orange Peel, Asheville, NC*
29 Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
31 Alamo City Music Hall, San Antonio, TX

August:

1 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
2 Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, TX

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ALICE COOPER 15-CD STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION ARRIVES JULY 31ST FROM RHINO

AliceCoopertophat Alice Cooper has rattled the cages of the establishment with his hard-rocking music and theatrical stagecraft for nearly five decades. Since his 1969 debut, Cooper has sold more than 50 million albums, headlined sold-out tours, influenced countless artists, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Because there is no rest for the wicked, Cooper will hit the road this summer for a massive North American tour with Mötley Crüe.

Rhino has the perfect soundtrack to haunt your nightmares with a new 15-CD boxed set that includes all of the albums that Cooper recorded with Warner Bros. Records, The Studio Albums 1969-1983 will be available on July 31st. The set will also be available digitally.

The set is presented in a clamshell box and includes 15 albums: Pretties For You (1969), Easy Action (1970), Love It To Death (1971), Killer (1971), School’s Out (1972), Billion Dollar Babies (1973), Muscle Of Love (1973), Welcome To My Nightmare (1975), Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976), Lace And Whiskey (1977), From The Inside (1978), Flush The Fashion (1980), Special Forces (1981), Zipper Catches Skin (1982), and DaDa (1983).

Alice Cooper along with guitarists Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith recorded seven albums together, including four consecutive platinum records that culminated with the number one album Billion Dollar Babies in 1973. This line-up generated indelible hard rock classics like I’m Eighteen, School’s Out, Elected, Hello Hooray, and No More Mr. Nice Guy.

After releasing the platinum-certified Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits in 1974, Cooper launched a successful solo career in 1975 with Welcome To My Nightmare. The concept album about a child’s nightmares peaked at number five on the charts, was certified platinum, and featured the hit ballad Only Women Bleed.

Over the next eight years, Cooper recorded seven more solo albums for Warner Bros. Among the many highlights from that period are the ballad I Never Cry, the Top Ten smash You And Me from Lace And Whiskey, How You Gonna See Me Now off of From The Inside , and Clones (We’re All) from Flush the Fashion.

The Studio Albums 1969-1983

-Pretties For You (1969)
-Easy Action (1970)
-Love It To Death (1971)
-Killer (1971)
-School’s Out (1972)
-Billion Dollar Babies (1973)
-Muscle Of Love (1973)
-Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
-Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976)
-Lace And Whiskey (1977)
-From The Inside (1978)
-Flush The Fusion (1980)
-Special Forces (1981)
-Zipper Catches Skin (1982)
-DaDa (1983)

Alice Cooper on Tour

July:

24 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
25 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
26 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
28 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
29 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena

August:

1 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Buffalo Chip
3 Winnipeg, Canada MBMTS Centre
5 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
7 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Pavilion
8 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
9 Detroit, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
11 Hershey, PA Giant Center
12 Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s Center
14 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
15 Worcester, MA DCU Center
16 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
18 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
19 Cincinnati, OH U.S. Bank Arena
20 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse
22 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
23 Ottawa, ON, Canada Canadian Tire Centre
24 Montreal, QC, Canada Bell Centre
26 Baltimore, MD Royal Farms ArenaB
28 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
29 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
30 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena

September:

1 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
2 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
4 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
5 Houston, TX Toyota Center
6 San Antonio, TX Alamodome

October:

5 Hidalgo, TX State Farm Arena
7 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
8 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
10 Evansville, IN The Ford Center
11 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
13 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
14 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
16 Bridgeport, CT Webster Bank Arena
17 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
18 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center
22 Moncton, NB, Canada The Centre @ Casino New Brunswick

November:

2 Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena
3 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
4 Birmingham, UK Genting Arena
6 London, UK Wembley SSE Arena
8 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyerhalle
10 Milan Italy Forum
13 Munich, Germany Zenith
14 Dusseldorf, Germany ISS Dome

December:

4 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
7 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford Premier Center
8 Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center
10 Saskatoon, SA SaskTel Centre
12 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
13 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
15 Portland, OR Moda Center
19 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
20 San Diego CA Viejas Center
22 Anaheim, CA Honda Center

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DEF LEPPARD’S “HYSTERIA ON THE HIGH SEAS” INAUGURAL FAN CRUISE GOES ON SALE TODAY JUNE 18TH

DEF LEPvegaslive600 Def Leppard’s inaugural fan cruise, Hysteria on the High Seas, a unique, four-day, four-night voyage out of Miami next January 21st-25th, 2016 aboard the MSC Divina, goes June 18th.

One of the greatest rock bands of all time, Def Leppard, will sail with their fans aboard the MSC Divina for the entire cruise, as “Hysteria on the High Seas visits Grand Bahama Island and the private island paradise of Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Two payment plans are available for cabins aboard the full-ship charter, which are priced starting at $899 USD per person for double-occupancy cabins, and $600 USD per person for quad rooms (government fees, taxes, and gratuities not included). For booking and more information, visit DefLeppardCruise.com.

This exclusive cruise is a fantasy camp for enthusiasts of Def Leppard, with non-stop entertainment, activities and fun. While this cruise is about all things Def Leppard, the “Hysteria” continues with some of the great names from the 80’s and beyond, with an initial lineup that includes: Tom Keifer; Last in Line; Eric Martin (Mr. Big); Ritchie Kotzen; Kip Winger; Eddie Trunk and Luc Carl with more to come. In addition, passengers sailing aboard the cruise will received complimentary admission to an exclusive pre-cruise event on Wednesday, January 20th in Miami, FL, featuring special guest artists and more (details TBA).

Def Leppard’s “Hysteria On The Seas” fan cruise will include:

Complimentary admission to the Def Leppard Cruise Pre-Party on January 20 (Details TBA)
Stops at two exciting ports of call, Grand Bahama Island and private island oasis, Half Moon Cay.
Def Leppard Theater Performance
Def Leppard Storytellers Performance and Q&A
Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell in Last in Line Performance
Eddie Trunk’s Def Leppard, Behind the Music
Daily performances from support artists on four stages throughout the ship
Support Artist Storyteller Performances
Support Artist Meet & Greets/Photo Ops, Jams and Q&A Sessions
Special Events, Theme Nights and much more
Additional Def Leppard events to be announced

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IRON MAIDEN TO RELEASE THEIR NEW DOUBLE ALBUM, “THE BOOK OF SOULS,” ON SEPTEMBER 4TH

IRON MAIDEN ft Lauderdale 2010 Iron Maiden will reportedly release their 16th album The Book Of Souls on September 4th worldwide – and it’s their first-ever double-length studio release.

The released was delayed after frontman Bruce Dickinson was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year – but he got the all-clear last month.

The follow-up to 2010’s The Final Frontier was recorded in France last year with producer Kevin Shirley. Artwork comes from Mark Wilkinson.

Dickinson says, “We recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we’d done the Brave New World album in 2000, so the studio holds special memories for all of us. We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there. By the time we’d finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double it was going to be.”

Bassist Steve Harris adds, “We approached this album in a different way to how we’ve recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio. We rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh – and I think that immediacy really shows. They have almost a live feel to them, I think. I’m very proud of The Book Of Souls. We all are, and we can’t wait for our fans to hear it when we take it out on the road next year.”

The album will be available in standard 2CD, deluxe hardbound 2CD, heavyweight triple-vinyl, standard and hi-res audio. Tour details will be confirmed in due course. Harris hits the road with solo band British Lion in July.

The Book Of Souls tracklist:

Disc 1:

If Eternity Should Fail (Dickinson) 8:28
Speed Of Light (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:01
The Great Unknown (Smith/ Harris) 6:37
The Red And The Black (Harris) 13:33
When The River Runs Deep (Smith/ Harris) 5:52
The Book Of Souls (Gers/ Harris) 10:27

Disc 2:

Death Or Glory (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:13
Shadows Of The Valley (Gers/ Harris) 7:32
Tears Of A Clown (Smith/ Harris) 4:59
The Man Of Sorrows (Murray/ Harris) 6:28
Empire Of The Clouds (Dickinson) 18:01

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DIO MEMORIALIZED BY MUSIC COMMUNITY IN L.A.

ronniejamesdiomemorialposter2015-640 Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema reports:

To the naked eye, Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010) might have been offhandedly slight of stature, but musically and otherwise, he was most assuredly a mountain of a man, both onstage and off. His thundering operatic voice soared across almost 40 years of songs in numerous prominent bands, but his kindness of spirit might be even more highly regarded than his artistic talent by those who knew him.

This month, the music community gathered for the fifth anniversary of Dio’s passing, to pay tribute not only to the singer’s massive musical successes, but equally if not more so to his benevolent character. Surely, the man is most known as the lead singer and frontman for seminal bands including Rainbow in the mid-1970s, Black Sabbath in the early-1980s, and his own band Dio in the 1980s and beyond. However, countless music insiders point to Dio’s unswerving devotion to his many bandmates, friends, fans, and those in need with whom he came across.

At Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, music historian and TV show host Eddie Trunk presided over a ceremony that brought together Dio’s family and extended musical family, in addition to his many admirers and followers, all of whom sang his praises as being a truly considerate person on equal footing with his appreciable vocal and songwriting skills. “I think that it sells Ronnie short when people call him a great metal singer,” Trunk said an hour before the ceremony proper. “I think he was a great singer across the board when you listen to all the range in the music that he made. What’s most amazing about him is his consistency, right up to the very end.”

When Dio passed of stomach cancer on May 16th, 2010, Trunk was asked to host the first memorial at that time, with efforts since then going towards Dio’s Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. “Obviously that was tough because we had just lost him,” Trunk said on a cloudy Saturday in front of a sizable Dio museum gallery. “Now, five years later, Wendy [Dio, Ronnie’s widow] said she wants this to be a bit more celebratory, remember him in the stories, and have a little fun with it. Obviously, we’re still mourning him, but I think people that come to this, and the people who are here, will realize the magnitude of the loss but also realize the great memories that we still have.”

Upon the ceremony’s closing [this year], the aforementioned Wendy Dio simply and succinctly summarized the impact that her late husband has had on an entire industry. “Listen to Ronnie James Dio because he’s the greatest singer and songwriter,” she advised her husband’s many devotees. “If you are a young musician, be true to yourself; do what your heart wants you to do. Don’t listen to other people. Do what’s in your heart.”

Read the entire article, with reflections by drummer Vinny Appice, guitarist Craig Goldy, guitarist Chris Broderick (Megadeth) and guitarist David “Rock” Feinstein (The Rods), here.

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NEWLY MASTERED VERSIONS OF VAN HALEN II, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, FAIR WARNING AND DIVER DOWN ON VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER

vanhalen2015-640 Newly remastered versions of Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and Diver Down will be released on July 10th. Pre-orders for all aforementioned releases on vinyl and CD are available now. Fans who prefer the digital version can purchase those albums now.

Mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA, was enlisted for the new versions of these six early Van Halen albums with David Lee Roth. In order to produce the original sound the band intended, Bellman cut straight from the quarter-inch, original analog tapes for CD; for 180-gram vinyl; and for the digital version. All six newly mastered albums will be available as a special set.

Remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984 were released on March 31st, the same day that Van Halen released Tokyo Dome Live in Concert, a newly recorded live album featuring 23 songs that span of the band’s albums with Roth. Tokyo Dome Live in Concert is available as a double CD; four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl; and digitally. A deluxe collection featuring Tokyo Dome Live In Concert and the newly remastered Van Halen and 1984 albums, as both a four-CD set and a six-LP vinyl set in special packaging, is also available.

Van Halen announced a 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, which kicks off July 5th in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 4th when the band performs its first-ever performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl. The tour will feature some of the classic hits included on Tokyo Dome Live in Concert, such as Dance The Night Away, Beautiful Girls, And The Cradle Will Rock… Unchained, and Everybody Wants Some!! as well as blistering versions of She’s The Woman, and China Town from the group’s most recent studio album, A Different Kind of Truth. Most notably the band will be playing deep cuts that have never been played on stage before.

Van Halen 2015 North American tour: All dates, cities and venues subject to change:

July:

5 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
7 Portland, OR Amphitheater Northwest
9 Concord, CA Concord Pavilion
11 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
14 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
16 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
18 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
20 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
22 Kansas City, MO Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
24 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
26 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
28 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
30 Bangor, ME Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion

August:

1 Boston, MA Xfinity Center
3 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
5 London, ON Western Fair District
7 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
9 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
11 Hartford, CT Xfinity Center
13 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
15 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
23 Hershey, PA Hershey Park
25 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
27 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
29 Washington DC Jiffy Lube Live
31 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center

September:

2 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
4 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
6 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
9 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheater
11 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
13 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
15 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
17 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
21 Austin, TX Austin360 Amphitheater
23 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
25 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
28 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
30 San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre

October:

2 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

For more information, visit van-halen.com.

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