The Music News Update

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I listened to the latest Smashing Pumpkins song online and well...its not a terrible song. But it doesn't fit Smashing Pumpkins. I pretty much wrote that the song fits Corgan's other band "Zwan" he had a short while.

[Deathstroke]

The new CD from Ignite will be called A War Against You and it is due out January 8th via Century Media.

01. Begin Again
02. Nothing Can Stop Me
03. This Is A War
04. Oh No Not Again
05. Alive
06. You Saved Me
07. Rise Up
08. Where I'm From
09. The Suffering
10. How Is This Progress?
11. You Lie
12. Descend
13. Work

[Deathstroke]

Cutting Crew has a new album out now called Add To Favorites. It was released by In Like Flynn / Cherry Red Records.

1. TILL THE MONEY RUNS OUT
2. LOOKING FOR A FRIEND
3. BERLIN IN WINTER
4. KEPT ON LOVIN YOU
5. SAN FERIAN
6. ALREADY GONE
7. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
8. BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE
9. ONLY FOR YOU
10. (SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE) BEAUTIFUL

[Deathstroke]

Keith Urban's new album will be called Ripcord.

[Deathstroke]

Here's an interview with The Knack's Berton Averre.

[Deathstroke]

You can check out the lyric video for the new Chastain song "All Hail The King" via this Youtube link.

[Deathstroke]

Here's some news regarding the new band OHM: lineup changes.

Ex-Flyleaf singer Lacey Sturm will release her debut solo CD Life Screams in early 2016 via Followspot Records / The Fuel Music.

The new Serenity CD Codex Atlanticus is due out January 29th, 2016 via Napalm Records.

01. Codex Atlanticus
02. Follow Me
03. Sprouts of Terror
04. Iniquity
05. Reason
06. My Final Chapter
07. Caught in a Myth
08. Fate of Light
09. The Perfect Woman
10. Spirit in the Flesh
11. The Order

[Deathstroke]

The new Anthrax CD is due out in March 2016 via Megaforce in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe. The album will be called For All Kings.

Gamma Ray has hired Frank Black as their new singer.

[Don C]

Frank Beck has been performing with Gamma Ray for a while now. He's going to share lead singer duties with Kai Hansen, who admits that the long tours have taken a toll on his voice.

Beck's a good singer--a better singer than Hansen, from what I've seen. (Not a whole lot.) I'm just going to assume Michael Kiske turned Hansen down for some reason. That way I won't rant about it.

"To the Metal" with Beck and Hansen on vocals.

[GOLGO 13]

The new Anthrax CD is due out in March 2016 via Megaforce in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe. The album will be called For All Kings.

Huh. Didn't they start out on Megaforce records back in the day? Must be humbling getting slapped back down to the jr. level.

So they still rotating new guitarists every 7 months or so?

[Deathstroke]

Huh. Didn't they start out on Megaforce records back in the day? Must be humbling getting slapped back down to the jr. level.

So they still rotating new guitarists every 7 months or so?

I can't recall the specifics of where Anthrax started out. However, if the new album can be as good as Worship Music was, I don't care what label releases it.

The lineup seems stable, though Charlie Benante has had to sit out some tour dates lately. In the last few days ex-guitarist Dan Spitz has had some stuff to say about statements made by the band in regards to who played what on albums.

By the way, the official release date is February 26, 2016.

[Deathstroke]

Here's an interview with Mike Portnoy of The Winery Dogs.


The new Primal Fear CD Rulebreaker is due out January 29th, 2016 via Frontiers Music Srl.


01. Angels Of Mercy
02. The End Is Near
03. Bullets & Tears
04. Rulebreaker
05. In Metal We Trust
06. We Walk Without Fear
07. At War With The World
08. The Devil In Me
09. Constant Heart
10. The Sky Is Burning
11. Raving Mad
12. Final Call (bonus track; deluxe edition only)
11. Don't Say You've Never Been Warned (bonus track; deluxe edition only)

DVD (deluxe edition only):

* The End Is Near (video clip)
* Angels Of Mercy (video clip)
* Making Of "Rulebreaker"

[WillieMorgan]

Huh. Didn't they start out on Megaforce records back in the day? Must be humbling getting slapped back down to the jr. level.

So they still rotating new guitarists every 7 months or so?

They did start out on Megaforce Records. The (admittedly, VERY dated nowadays) debut Anthrax album 'Fistful Of Metal' was released on that label. Although, my copy of it was pressed by Music For Nations as they handled the European side of things. Thing is, it's a much different music industry in the 21st century and there's no shame in Anthrax, at their age, signing back with a label like that. It's common practice these days.

You not like Anthrax Golgo 13? It's been years since I listened to them properly but your post seems a bit dismissive.

[Deathstroke]

The new Dream Theater CD will be called The Astonishing and it is due out in early 2016 via Roadrunner Records.

[GOLGO 13]

They did start out on Megaforce Records. The (admittedly, VERY dated nowadays) debut Anthrax album 'Fistful Of Metal' was released on that label. Although, my copy of it was pressed by Music For Nations as they handled the European side of things. Thing is, it's a much different music industry in the 21st century and there's no shame in Anthrax, at their age, signing back with a label like that. It's common practice these days.

You not like Anthrax Golgo 13? It's been years since I listened to them properly but your post seems a bit dismissive.

LOL! I actually hung out in one of the guitarists (I think) neighborhood in the Bronx back in the 80's before they blew up. I remember him being a good front yard basketball player & what we would call, "a pretty decent dude". No inflated-ego whatsoever.

Yep, that first Anthrax record is..."hard" to listen to now. For certain, I'm just not feeling the band for about 10+years or so. Yeah, their fan base has definitely shrunken over the decades & their line-up decisions are "interesting" at best.

The Megaforce comment was me recognizing it's gotta be hard to go from the dizzying heights of a major label down to near independent/starter level. But I think that's the state of "heavy music" in general. Things haven't returned (probably wont) since the death spiral of the grunge movement. It's been some hard times for the smallest of the big 4. I feel for my NY boys.