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MOTORHEAD ANNOUNCES THEIR FIRST CRUISE, “THE MOTORBOAT,” TO SET SAIL LATER THIS YEAR

According to their Facebook page, Motorhead has posted that they will set sail on their new cruise, entitled the MotörBoat, later this year. The band also added that the sailing dates and presale information will be made available soon.

The maiden voyage of the MotörBoat will take place in fall 2014, with Miami, Key West and Cozumel pegged as the main destinations. A lineup of artists supporting Motörhead will also be announced in the coming weeks.

Last year, Motörhead had to postpone a European tour after frontman Lemmy Kilmister began suffering from an irregular heartbeat. “Don’t worry, I’m not about to start promoting veganism and alcohol-free beverages,” the singer wrote to fans last October, “but it is fair to say that I personally have been reconfiguring areas of my life to make sure I can come back fitter and stronger than ever.”

The group’s latest album, Aftershock, was released last fall, and Motörhead has been confirmed to perform at Coachella this April.

additional source: billboard.com

LAMB OF GOD MAKES THEIR DEBUT APPEARANCE ON VH1 CLASSIC’S “THAT METAL SHOW” THIS WEEK, ALONGSIDE GUEST DRUMMER CHARLIE BENANTE OF ANTHRAX

That Metal Show returns this week for its sixth episode of Season 13 on Saturday, February 22nd at 11:00PM ET/PT.

The acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal talk show, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine, features a long-awaited appearance by Randy Blythe and Chris Adler of Lamb Of God, considered forefathers of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement. Randy and Chris appear in support of their upcoming documentary, As The Palaces Burn, which offers an inside look into the world of Lamb Of God during the tumultuous year of Randy’s alleged manslaughter in the Czech Republic. The allegations stemmed from the tragic death of a random fan attending one of their shows, and Randy was eventually and rightfully acquitted on all charges. On the show, Randy shares what it was like to be in a foreign jail and not to be in contact with his family or band mates. On the lighter side, Chris and Randy discuss their musical influences and some funny stories from their 15 years in music touring the globe.

The episode also features Anthrax thrash-drum maestro, Charlie Benante, pounding the skins as the guest musician. Charlie surprises everyone when he decides to take us to commercial break not behind his drum kit, but by showing off his blazing guitar chops. Charlie also gives an update on the status of the new Anthrax album and discusses band’s desire to make sure the music matches the caliber of their last release, Worship Music.

Episode 6 of the latest season features a Metal Modem segment connecting the hosts with up-and-coming Texas outfit Scorpion Child, a TMS Top 5 of the guests Eddie, Don, and Jim are hopeful to one day have on the show, and the always fan favorite Stump The Trunk, where Eddie continues his dominant streak by sweeping the stumpers. The Throwdown is one for the ages and pits Metallica’s Master of Puppets, Slayer’s Reign In Blood, Megadeth’s Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? and Anthrax’s Among The Living against each other.

Known for having the best musicians in music perform each week on That Metal Show, Season 13 continues the trend with the likes of these TMS alums: female guitar legend Lita Ford, Charred Walls of the Damned drummer Richard Christy, Cinderella front man Tom Keifer, and the guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. Each of these artists will make the new season the most musically diverse and rockin’ of shows in the history of the show.

This season marks some monumental changes for the show as it returns to New York City for Season 13. Previously, the show was taped over several days of one week out at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. The new season is shot at Metropolis Studios on Tuesday nights for broadcast that Saturday. Season 13 also consists of 12 new episodes making it the longest season in the show’s history. Fans can also catch the complete season 12 and brand new exclusive bonus clips at ThatMetalShow.VH1.com and in the new VH1 app. New episodes of season 13 launch on the web and in the app every Sunday morning following the show’s on-air premiere.

DRUMMER MATT SORUM TO RELEASE “STRATOSPHERE” ON MARCH 11TH

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and legendary drummer of Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult, Matt Sorum is releasing his new album, Stratosphere under the moniker, Matt Sorum’s Fierce Joy on March 11th, 2014 on Rok Dok Recordings via Kobalt Label Services.

Stratosphere is major departure from the hard-hitting rock Sorum is best known for. His intense passion for animal and human rights, and need to give back heavily influenced the narrative and acoustic orchestration of the album. “Over the years I’ve been influenced by my surroundings and sometimes that hasn’t always been for the better,” says Sorum. “But after years of soul searching I organically fell into a different state of mind. With many lessons learned along the way, it seemed like the perfect time to do a record in my own voice, if you will. It’s as real and exposed as anything I’ve ever offered my in my career, and I hope you enjoy it.”

Besides stepping behind the mic for lead vocals, Sorum wrote the entire album, and plays acoustic guitar and piano. “I’ve always played acoustic, so I wanted to use that as the feel of the record,” Matt says. “I chose the musicians I wanted by records they had played on, and diverse instruments such as mellotron, slide guitar and ethnic percussion. I always wanted orchestration, so this album was the canvas for that as well.”

Pre-order Stratosphere now on iTunes and get an instant download of The Sea.

Check out the first webisode (in a series of 5) about of the making of Stratosphere below.

LILLIAN AXE TO RELEASE LIVE ACOUSTIC ALBUM IN APRIL

Louisiana Music Hall of Fame members, Lillian Axe, will be releasing their thirteenth album, the acoustic live, One Night in the Temple, produced by Steve Blaze, on April 15th, 2014 through CME Records / Sony Music (RED) in the USA and Canadaand via Melodic Rock Records / Cargo Distribution for the world.

Performed acoustically in an intimate setting housed in a Masonic Temple in the Bayou, with their most diehard fans, One Night in the Temple, features all their hits including: True Believer, Show A Little Love, Crucified, Misery Loves Company, Ghost of Winter, The Great Divide, Bow Your Head, Waters Rising and the crowd favorite Nobody Knows.

Lillian Axe founder Steve Blaze reflects; “ when I first had the idea of putting this show together, it was originally going to be a private 20 person show with acoustic guitars, vocals and no production, however, it took on a life of its own.”

One Night in the Temple; will be released as 3 disc set (2CDs/1DVD and 2CDs/1Blu-Ray), housed in an elaborate digipack. Filmed in high definition, the Blu-Ray and DVD will contain the acoustic performance, fan question and answer session, videos for the songs Caged In and Death Comes Tomorrow, live concert footage from their July 4th, 2013 performance at the Paragon Casino and behind the scenes footage.

One Night in the Temple track listing:

Disc 1:

Waters Rising
Death Comes Tomorrow
Ghost of Winter
See You Someday
The Great Divide
Nocturnal Symphony
Sad Day On Planet Earth
Bow Your Head
Show A Little Love
Misery Loves Company

Disc 2:

Crucified
The World Stopped Turning
Dyin’ to Live (Shades of Blue)
Until The End Of The World
The Day I Met You
The Promised Land
Nobody Knows
My Apologies
True Believer
Nobody Knows (Crowd Version)

Lillian Axe will be touring to support this release this summer.

Lillian Axe is:

Brian Jones (lead vocals)
Steve Blaze (guitar and vocals)
Sam Poitevent (guitar and vocals)
Eric Morris (bass guitar)
Ken Koudelka (drums)

For more information, please visit lillianaxe.com or facebook.com/lillianaxe.

SLASH ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER ARTIST-FOCUSED HACKATHON IN AUSTIN DURING SXSW 2014; SLASHATHON SET FOR MARCH 12TH

The Grammy-winning, iconic guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Slash is heading to music week in Austin during SXSW 2014 to launch Slashathon, the first-ever artist-focused hackathon. Powered by Geeklist, Slashaton is a hackathon where developers create applications and technology within a 12-hour period. The music-oriented Slashathon will offer developers a unique challenge to create solutions for artists to engage their communities for an album release. Slashathon will take place Wednesday, March 12th at Capitol Factory (701 Brazos St., STE 1601, Austin, TX).

The Slasathon grand prize includes a Gibson guitar autographed by Slash, $1,000 dollars and the opportunity to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album, coming out in late 2014. The judges for Slashathon will be Slash himself, Bram Cohen, Chief Scientist & Founder of BitTorrent, and Ben Parr, Co-founder & Managing Partner, DominateFund.

Register for this event at Slashathon.com *SXSW badges are not required to participate. APIs available to developers to build with include Aviary, Dolby, Leap Motion, Gimbal, Raspberry Pi, Codio.io, Elasticsearch, Mad Mimi, Yellow API and Lob. Furthr.la, and Geeklist will provide mentorship for all participants.

Slashathon schedule:

8:30 AM: Registration
9:00 AM: API presentations
10:00 AM: Hacking begins
1:30 PM: Lunch
7:00 PM: Presentations
8:30: Awards schedule:

A pioneer in blending tech and music, SLASH launched his first two music apps Slash360 and Slash AmpliTube to promote the Apocalyptic Love album (2012) featuring his band Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. The critically acclaimed album Apocalyptic Love earned Slash his two first-ever number one rock radio hits– You’re A Lie and Standing In The Sun–and stormed onto the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at number four, marking the top rock debut for that week. Last year, Slash also partnered with the Swedish company Rovio–creator of the popular mobile game Angry Birds–to create a theme song for the Angry Birds Space. Slash and his band Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators are currently in the studio working on a new album to be released in the fall of 2014.