The Music News Update

[Deathstroke]

Ill Nino will release its new album, Till Death, La Familia, on July 22 via Victory Records.

[Enigmatic Undead]

South Carolina husband and wife steampunk band Valentine Wolfe have done a cover of Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark." It's different. It's cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YExUxpyUo5c

That's a pretty good cover but the video production isn't great. What is the name of the instrument the guy is playing?

[Deathstroke]

Steve Perry performed live for the first time since the 1990's, you can check out the story and video links HERE!

The new Richard Marx CD Beautiful Goodbye is due out on July 8th via his own label.

01 Whatever We Started
02 Suddenly
03 Inside
04 Beautiful Goodbye
05 Forgot To Remember
06 Turn Off The Night
07 Have A Little Faith
08 Like The World Is Ending
09 To My Senses 10 Getaway
11 Eyes On Me

[Don C]

That's a pretty good cover but the video production isn't great. What is the name of the instrument the guy is playing?

They film their own videos on a no budget type of budget.

Braxton plays an electronic double bass.

[Don C]

Steve Perry performed live for the first time since the 1990's, you can check out the story and video links HERE!

If I'm the little karaoke guy who replaced Perry, I'm very worried right now. He's still got it.

[Royal]

Brantley Gilbert makes me proud to be on the higher end of the evolutionary scale.

[Deathstroke]

The new Opeth album Pale Communion is due out August 26th via Roadrunner Records.

01. Eternal Rains Will Come
02. Cusp Of Eternity
03. Moon Above, Sun Below
04. Elysian Woes
05. Goblin
06. River
07. Voice Of Treason
08. Faith In Others

Here's the artwork:

[Deathstroke]

The new album from Slash w/ Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators will be called World on Fire. It is due out September 15th via Slash's label Dik Hayd International with distribution through Roadrunner Records.

01. World On Fire
02. Shadow Life
03. Automatic Overdrive
04. Wicked Stone
05. 30 Years To Life
06. Bent To Fly
07. Stone Blind
08. Too Far Gone
09. Beneath The Savage Sun
10. Withered Delilah
11. Battleground
12. Dirty Girl
13. Iris Of The Storm
14. Avalon
15. The Dissident
16. Safari Inn
17. The Unholy



The Alestorm CD Sunset on the Golden Age is due out August 5th in North America via Napalm Records.

* Walk The Plank
* Drink
* Magnetic North
* 1741 (The Battle Of Cartagena)
* Mead From Hell
* Surf Squid Warfare
* Quest For Ships
* Wooden Leg!
* Hangover
* Sunset On The Golden Age



The new Hammerfall CD (r)Evolution is due out August 29 in Europe and September 2 in North America via Nuclear Blast.

01. Hector's Hymn
02. (r)Evolution
03. Bushido
04. Live Life Loud
05. Ex Inferis
06. We Won't Back Down
07. Winter Is Coming
08. Origins
09. Tainted Metal
10. Evil Incarnate
11. Wildfire

[Don C]

Slash and Co. are touring soon. I was going to go to their Cleveland show but they want $45 for the cheap seats. I'll pass.

[Deathstroke]

The 2 disc live CD from Marillion called A Sunday Night Above The Rain is due out July 22nd in North America via earMusic.

TRACK LISTING:
CD1
1. Gaza
2. Waiting To Happen
3. Lucky Man
4. This Strange Engine
5. Pour My Love
6. Neverland
7. Invisible Ink
CD2
1. Montréal
2. Power
3. Sounds That Can’t Be Made
4. The King Of Sunset Town
5. The Sky Above The Rain
6. Garden Party

Frontiers Records will release the Vega CD Stereo Messiah in the fall.

The Anthrax live DVD Chile on Hell is due out September 16th.

[Deathstroke]

You can check out video of Metallica performing "Frayed Ends of Sanity" live in its entirety for the first time ever via this Blabbermouth.net news link.

[Don C]

I could have sworn "Frayed Ends of Sanity" is on one of their live albums. I guess not, if they're saying this was the first time they've played it live.

Kind of a dull live, isn't it?

Reminds me of this thing that used to go on at Anthrax's message boards. The fans really wanted the band (back when John Bush was the singer) to play "Lone Justice" live. They teased it a couple times, then played it here in Cleveland. It sucked live.

[General Nerditry]

I could have sworn "Frayed Ends of Sanity" is on one of their live albums. I guess not, if they're saying this was the first time they've played it live.

Kind of a dull live, isn't it?

It's not bad. It's just...kinda meh. I imagine it would have been a lot better 25 years ago when they still had the fire and before their live tones were garbage. It just feels half-hearted here.

Kirk nailed that solo, though.

[Deathstroke]

Guns & Roses have new live release coming out. Details

[Deathstroke]

The new Neal Morse CD Songs From November is due out August 18th via InsideOut Music.