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SLAYER, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AND EXODUS TO HIT THE ROAD WITH SELECT TOUR DATES IN MAY

Slayer will take a break from writing and recording their next album to hit the road on May 9th for a handful of dates. Joining Slayer as special guests for these shows are Suicidal Tendencies and Exodus, marking the first time Slayer and Suicidal have toured together since the 1990 European Clash of the Titans tour. Gary Holt, who continues to fill in for Slayer’s fallen guitarist Jeff Hanneman, will do double-duty as guitarist in his primary band, Exodus.

Tickets for Slayer/Suicidal/Exodus go on sale this Friday, January 24th. Log onto www.slayer.net for ticketing information.

“Can’t wait for this week of shows to happen,” said Slayer’s Kerry King. “LOVE Suicidal, and havent played with them in over 20 years! Everyone knows I’m a huge Exodus fan also. I guarantee you I will be watching every show from the stage! Going to be awesome!!!”

“It’s been 24 years since Suicidal Tendencies played with Slayer,” added Suicidal Tendencies’ Mike Muir, “so it’s long overdue that we finally play some shows in the States together. I have lots of great memories from that tour, and know that there will be a lot more after these shows, for the band and the people. Can’t wait!”

Gary Holt states, “I am very excited to announce Exodus will be joining Suicidal Tendencies and the mighty Slayer in May for a short trip ending at the Rock on the Range! Double duty will have never been so much fun! Looking forward to this one in a big way! Let the mayhem begin!”

The dates will culminate for all three bands at the May 17th Rock on The Range rock festival in Columbus, OH, where they will share the stage with artists including Guns N’ Roses, Avenged Sevenfold, and Kid Rock.

Confirmed dates are as follows:

May:

9 The Great Salt Air, Salt Lake City, UT
10 Fillmore, Denver, CO
11 Shrine, Billings, MT
13 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
15 The Pageant, St Louis, MO
16 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
17 Rock on the Range, Columbus, OH

LITTLE CAESAR ANNOUNCE LINEUP CHANGE

Little Caesar have confirmed the departure of guitarist Joey Brasier as a result of scheduling problems. He has been replaced by Joey Malone ahead of the band’s UK tour in April.

In a statement, Little Caesar says “Due to conflicts and complications in our upcoming tour schedule, Joey Brasler will no longer be a member of Little Caesar. We will be eternally grateful for his contributions over the last four years in creating great music. Replacing Joey Brasler will be Joey Malone, who has made music with the likes of Steven Tyler, Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp. The four original members are excited about him joining our family for our UK and Europe tours, as well as future recordings.”

Little Caesar’s most recent album was 2012′s American Dream, including lead track Dirty Water (see below). The band return to the UK in April:

Apr 4: Swansea Sin City
Apr 8: Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
Apr 9: Newcastle Cluny
Apr 10: Glasgow Stereo
Apr 11: Sheffield Corporation
Apr 12: London Underworld

source: classicrockmagazine.com

MANOWAR REVEAL COVER FOR “KINGS OF METAL MMXIV”

Manowar have revealed the front cover of their upcoming double album Kings Of Metal MMXIV, an evolution of the original 1988 cover by Ken Kelly (see below).

“Ken has always been able to perfectly capture the essence of Manowar in his art. These covers, the two new ones and the one he created in 1988, visualize what Manowar, our music and our fans stand for! Just look at these paintings and the story they tell: People have tried to
keep this warrior down, attacked him and attempted to destroy him. But he stood tall, no matter what! He fought for true metal in country
after country. And he will continue the march and fight for his brothers and sisters all over the world, until all enemies of true metal have been crushed!” explained Joey DeMaio.

“This collaboration has been an incredible experience once again,”said Ken Kelly. “We didn’t know where the journey would lead us. The art literally takes over and the music and the lyrics guide us. I truly believe the Manowar fans are going to love this series.”

Kings of Metal MMXIV is a completely new recording, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Kings Of Metal.

The Kings of Metal release in 1988 and the following world tour in 1989 catapulted Manowar into a new sphere. Songs like Heart of Steel, Kings of Metal, Hail and Kill, and Blood of the Kings became instant classics, celebrated since by metal fans all over the world.

For Kings Of Metal MMXIV, Manowar have recorded these timeless metal anthems with new arrangements and their signature “larger than life” sound that sealed their place in heavy metal history.

The album will feature nine main songs, plus 10 bonus tracks with over 45 minutes of additional music.

The spoken word track The Warrior’s Prayer MMXIV features celebrated British actor Brian Blessed, a renowned Shakespeare and
character actor who has starred, among others, in Kenneth Brannagh’s Henry V, in King Lear, and as Prince Vultan in the cult movie Flash Gordon.

Kings Of Metal MMXIV will be released in retail on February 28th as a two Disc CD with two 24-page booklets and new cover art by legendary fantasy artist and longtime collaborator Ken Kelly, and will also be available as a digital double album.

The Kings Of Metal MMXIV world tour, featuring the complete new album and many other classics in a completely new stage production starts on February 7th with a long-anticipated U.S. tour and will then resume on March 18th in Europe. All tour dates can be found at manowar.com/tour.

Kings Of Metal MMXIV Track List (not final):

Disc 1:

Blood Of The Kings MMXIV
Hail And Kill MMXIV
Heart Of Steel MMXIV
Kingdom Come MMXIV
Kings Of Metal MMXIV
Sting Of The Bumblebee MMXIV
The Crown And The Ring MMXIV (Orchestral Version)
The Warrior’s Prayer MMXIV
Wheels Of Fire MMXIV

Bonus Tracks:

Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Guitar Instrumental)
The Crown And The Ring MMXIV (Metal Version)

Disc 2:

Bonus Tracks:

Blood Of The Kings MMXIV (Instrumental)
Hail And Kill MMXIV (Instrumental)
Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Acoustic Intro)
Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Orchestral Intro)
Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Instrumental)
Kingdom Come MMXIV (Instrumental)
Kings Of Metal MMXIV (Instrumental)
Wheels Of Fire MMXIV (Instrumental)

Kings Of Metal MMXIV World Tour – Confirmed Tour Dates:

Fri, February 7, 2014 – Royal Oak Theatre – Royal Oak, MI, USA
Sat, February 8, 2014 – Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL, USA
Sun, February 9, 2014 – Mill City – Minneapolis, MN, USA
Thur, February 13, 2014 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA, USA
Sat, February 15, 2014 – House Of Blues – Houston, TX, USA
Sun, February 16, 2014 – House Of Blues – Dallas, TX, USA
Tue, February 18, 2014 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO, USA
Thur, February 20, 2014 – Regency Theatre – San Francisco, CA, USA
Sat, February 22, 2014 – Fox Theatre – Pomona, CA, USA
Tue, March 18, 2014 – Olymp Palace of Sports – Krasnodar, Russia
Fri, March 21, 2014 – Luzhniki Palace of Sports – Moscow, Russia
Sun, March 23, 2014 – Yubileyny Sports Palace – St. Petersburg,
Russia
Tue, March 25, 2014 – Rock Café – Tallinn, Estonia – SOLD OUT
Thur, March 27, 2014 – Rock Café – Tallinn, Estonia – SOLD OUT
Sat, March 29, 2014 – Teatro Arena – Vilnius, Lithuania
Sat, May 17, 2014 – Spodek – Katowice, Poland
Wed, May 21, 2014 – Hangar 11 – Tel Aviv, Israel
Sat, May 24, 2014 – Metal Summer Festival – Istanbul, Turkey
Fri-Sun, June 13-15, 2014 – Legacy Open Air – Weismain, Germany
Fri-Sat, July 25-26, 2014 – Magic Circle Festival – Helsinki, Finland
Wed, January 14, 2015 – Grugahalle – Essen, Germany
Fri, January 16, 2015 – Zenith – Munich, Germany
Sat, January 17, 2015 – Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany

Watch a trailer for Kings Of Metal MMXIV below.

METALLICA’S KIRK HAMMETT SAYS THE BAND WILL START WORKING ON THEIR NEW ALBUM “IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS”

Gary Graff of Billboard reports:

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Billboard that the quartet will start working on the follow-up to 2008’s Death Magnetic “in a couple of weeks. When we start, that’s going to be our main priority, and we’re pretty excited about it because we’ve been saying we need to start working on this album, but we’ve been procrastinating greatly with it. We’ve pretty much come up with every sort of excuse we can not to start work on the album, but we’ve run out of excuses, so we pretty much have to start work on it now.”

Some of the foot-dragging, Hammett says, is the idea of facing a plethora of musical ideas the group has assembled. “We’re a band that never has a shortage of ideas,” he notes. “You hear about these bands that are sitting in the studio and they don’t have any songs, what are they gonna do? That’s not Metallica. Metallica’s problem is the total opposite. We have too many ideas. James (Hetfield) has, like, 800 ideas. I have 400. Those number alone are just crazy. That’s formidable.”

Hammett is also preparing for Metallica’s Grammy appearance, during which the group will perform its 1988 single One with Lang Lang on January 26th. “That’s going to be really interesting,” Hammett says. “It’s going to be an arrangement that highlights some of Lang Lang’s playing, but we’re not lightening up the song just for him. We’re still hanging onto all the heavy parts. He’s just an amazing pianist; at one point he’s going to be, like, weaving in and out of my guitar solo and playing parts of my guitar solo with me. I’ve never, ever experienced that before with anyone we’ve ever played with, so I’m going to be pretty psyched to be playing with him, to say the least. It’s gonna be amazing.”

Read more at Billboard.

source: billboard.com