Facebook.com/MetallicaFrontman James Hetfield says that while Metallica has a number of songs written for their follow-up to 2008’s Death Magnetic, they're finding it difficult to record the new album because of the other projects on which they're working.
"I want it done yesterday," Hetfield tells Billboard. "[The Orion festival] and this [3D] movie [Through the Never] is keeping us pretty busy at this point and it's taking a lot of our time and effort."
The singer adds that another reason for the album's delay is that the band has been touring extensively. "I guess basically what we're trying to do is pay for this movie, so the touring is keeping us from getting in there and finishing the record," he notes.
Hetfield also gave an update on the group's progress putting together Through the Never, which will premiere exclusively at every IMAX theater across North America starting September 27. "The film is not done, but we're extremely close," he explains. "There's a lot of different dynamics happening within this movie, and every time we go and see it and tweak here and there. It's like putting a song together -- only it's a little more expensive."
The second annual Orion Music + More festival will take place June 8-9 at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. In addition to headlining sets by Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the event will include performances from Rise Against, Deftones, Silversun Pickups, Dropkick Murphys and Foals.
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Rounder RecordsThe temporary restraining order Robert Plant recently obtained against a female fan has now been made permanent. TMZ reports that Alysson Billings was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to stay at least 300 yards away from the former Led Zeppelin singer for the next three years.
According to the website's original report, Plant stated in court documents that the 40-something-year-old Billings believes she's in a relationship with the rock legend even though they've never met. Plant claimed Billings has been sending flowers and leaving hotel keys for him and shows up at his concerts all over the world.
The veteran rocker also suggested that Billings' obsession with has taken a more ominous turn since he began dating his current girlfriend, singer/songwriter Patty Griffin. In the court documents, Plant alleged that Billings had been sending him increasingly threatening messages like, "Your betrayal with another woman stabs my mind" and "This woman is literally evil for you...I cannot, will not, shall not live this way anymore."
Billings originally was required to stay 100 yards away from Plant, but the new ruling ups the distance threefold.
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Facebook.com/QOTSAQueens of the Stone Age will celebrate the release of their sixth studio album, ...Like Clockwork, with a pair of live performances on late-night television. CBS has just revealed that the band will be the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman for two nights in a row on June 5 and 6.
...Like Clockwork arrives in stores on June 4. The album will feature a number of guest appearances, including Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails, Scissor Sisters vocalist Jake Shears, former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan, pop icon Elton John, former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. In addition, the release will include two former QOTSA members: bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Joey Castillo.
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Jared LetoFrontman Jared Leto says he feels 30 Seconds to Mars’ recently-released album, Love Lust Faith + Dreams, is the beginning of a new musical direction for the group.
“This album is a new chapter,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It feels like a new band, like we let go a lot of the past. It's not just a rock record -- it's more expansive, it digs deeper. It gets a lot more involved.”
Leto adds that he's happy with the band’s new sound, which is “more focused and decisive” than the group’s previous three albums. "I feel like we've made the best album of our lives, hands down, because we've learned a lot about who we were," he explains.
30 Seconds to Mars will be promoting Love Lust Faith + Dreams when the band drops by TBS’ Conan on Wednesday night.
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Facebook.com/TransplantsOfficialTransplants drummer Travis Barker says that the band’s upcoming album, In a Warzone, will feature some heavier themes than their previous releases.
“It’s probably a bit harder than some of our other albums, a lot more straightforward punk rock album,” he tells Billboard in a video interview. “It’s up and down like every Transplants album. There are songs that make you want to smack the s**t out of somebody and there are songs that are just good driving songs.”
In a Warzone will arrive at all the usual outlets on June 25. You’ll get your first taste of the new songs performed live when the band hits the road with Rancid for a co-headlining North American tour next month. That outing kicks off on June 11 at The Fillmore in Detroit MI. Visit TheTransplants.com to view the full itinerary.
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Facebook.com/VolbeatVolbeat's latest album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, has been getting some serious love on radio and on the active charts since its release last month. Frontman Michael Poulsen says that he's thrilled fans are enjoying the release, which was inspired by his love of the Old West.
“Lyrically…it was about time that something a little bit different happened, and I just started writing about these outlaws and gunslingers and shady ladies from the 1800s, because I could hear in the music I was writing that I was getting inspired by some of those old Western movies I'd been watching as a kid," he tells ABC News Radio. "Now is the right time to bring those characters to life and make that part of the whole Volbeat universe."
Poulsen adds that one of the biggest reasons for the band's successful new musical direction is the addition of former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, who officially joined Volbeat in February. "[Caggiano's] very tight, he's very solid and he definitely has his own touch when it comes to the solos, but style-wise, him and I fit perfectly," he explains. "It worked out really, really good, and I think you can definitely hear that on the record. It has a really good heavy dynamic, so I think he’s an amazing guitar player."
Volbeat is currently on tour overseas, but the band will return to kick off the next leg of its North American tour with an appearance at the Shadow Hill Ranch Festival on August 24 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Visit Volbeat.dk to view the full itinerary.
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Facebook.com/MetallicaFrontman James Hetfield says that while Metallica has a number of songs written for their follow-up to 2008’s Death Magnetic, they're finding it difficult to record the new album because of the other projects on which they're working.
"I want it done yesterday," Hetfield tells Billboard. "[The Orion festival] and this [3D] movie [Through the Never] is keeping us pretty busy at this point and it's taking a lot of our time and effort."
The singer adds that another reason for the album's delay is that the band has been touring extensively. "I guess basically what we're trying to do is pay for this movie, so the touring is keeping us from getting in there and finishing the record," he notes.
Hetfield also gave an update on the group's progress putting together Through the Never, which will premiere exclusively at every IMAX theater across North America starting September 27. "The film is not done, but we're extremely close," he explains. "There's a lot of different dynamics happening within this movie, and every time we go and see it and tweak here and there. It's like putting a song together -- only it's a little more expensive."
The second annual Orion Music + More festival will take place June 8-9 at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. In addition to headlining sets by Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the event will include performances from Rise Against, Deftones, Silversun Pickups, Dropkick Murphys and Foals.
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Rounder RecordsThe temporary restraining order Robert Plant recently obtained against a female fan has now been made permanent. TMZ reports that Alysson Billings was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to stay at least 300 yards away from the former Led Zeppelin singer for the next three years.
According to the website's original report, Plant stated in court documents that the 40-something-year-old Billings believes she's in a relationship with the rock legend even though they've never met. Plant claimed Billings has been sending flowers and leaving hotel keys for him and shows up at his concerts all over the world.
The veteran rocker also suggested that Billings' obsession with has taken a more ominous turn since he began dating his current girlfriend, singer/songwriter Patty Griffin. In the court documents, Plant alleged that Billings had been sending him increasingly threatening messages like, "Your betrayal with another woman stabs my mind" and "This woman is literally evil for you...I cannot, will not, shall not live this way anymore."
Billings originally was required to stay 100 yards away from Plant, but the new ruling ups the distance threefold.
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Facebook.com/QOTSAQueens of the Stone Age will celebrate the release of their sixth studio album, ...Like Clockwork, with a pair of live performances on late-night television. CBS has just revealed that the band will be the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman for two nights in a row on June 5 and 6.
...Like Clockwork arrives in stores on June 4. The album will feature a number of guest appearances, including Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails, Scissor Sisters vocalist Jake Shears, former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan, pop icon Elton John, former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. In addition, the release will include two former QOTSA members: bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Joey Castillo.
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Jared LetoFrontman Jared Leto says he feels 30 Seconds to Mars’ recently-released album, Love Lust Faith + Dreams, is the beginning of a new musical direction for the group.
“This album is a new chapter,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It feels like a new band, like we let go a lot of the past. It's not just a rock record -- it's more expansive, it digs deeper. It gets a lot more involved.”
Leto adds that he's happy with the band’s new sound, which is “more focused and decisive” than the group’s previous three albums. "I feel like we've made the best album of our lives, hands down, because we've learned a lot about who we were," he explains.
30 Seconds to Mars will be promoting Love Lust Faith + Dreams when the band drops by TBS’ Conan on Wednesday night.
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Facebook.com/TransplantsOfficialTransplants drummer Travis Barker says that the band’s upcoming album, In a Warzone, will feature some heavier themes than their previous releases.
“It’s probably a bit harder than some of our other albums, a lot more straightforward punk rock album,” he tells Billboard in a video interview. “It’s up and down like every Transplants album. There are songs that make you want to smack the s**t out of somebody and there are songs that are just good driving songs.”
In a Warzone will arrive at all the usual outlets on June 25. You’ll get your first taste of the new songs performed live when the band hits the road with Rancid for a co-headlining North American tour next month. That outing kicks off on June 11 at The Fillmore in Detroit MI. Visit TheTransplants.com to view the full itinerary.
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Facebook.com/VolbeatVolbeat's latest album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, has been getting some serious love on radio and on the active charts since its release last month. Frontman Michael Poulsen says that he's thrilled fans are enjoying the release, which was inspired by his love of the Old West.
“Lyrically…it was about time that something a little bit different happened, and I just started writing about these outlaws and gunslingers and shady ladies from the 1800s, because I could hear in the music I was writing that I was getting inspired by some of those old Western movies I'd been watching as a kid," he tells ABC News Radio. "Now is the right time to bring those characters to life and make that part of the whole Volbeat universe."
Poulsen adds that one of the biggest reasons for the band's successful new musical direction is the addition of former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, who officially joined Volbeat in February. "[Caggiano's] very tight, he's very solid and he definitely has his own touch when it comes to the solos, but style-wise, him and I fit perfectly," he explains. "It worked out really, really good, and I think you can definitely hear that on the record. It has a really good heavy dynamic, so I think he’s an amazing guitar player."
Volbeat is currently on tour overseas, but the band will return to kick off the next leg of its North American tour with an appearance at the Shadow Hill Ranch Festival on August 24 in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Visit Volbeat.dk to view the full itinerary.
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