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Day in Rock Report for 05/12/2016


Day in Rock Part 2


The Treatment Frontman On His Past On The Voice TV Show

(Classic Rock) The Treatment frontman Mitch Emms says that he couldn't care less what rock purists think about his background on a TV talent show. Emms' performances on the 2013 series of The Voice brought him to the band's attention and they got in touch when previous vocalist Matt Jones left last year.

But he says he still faces some cynicism from people who try to "discredit" him as an artist. He tells TeamRock: "There are a lot of people out there who would discredit me as a singer because I've been on a show like that. But it's not something I really think about or care about, because The Voice is one part of 12 years of me doing music. I don't care."

Drummer Dhani Mansworth agrees that Emms' background isn't important, saying: "You always get people who are rock purists who believe going on talent shows isn't a good thing. But as long as the talent's there, it shouldn't matter." Read more here.

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Danny Worsnop Explains Exit From Asking Alexandria

(TeamRock Radio) Danny Worsnop says the reason he left Asking Alexandria was that he felt that they had lost their artistic integrity. And he's revealed that a move from Los Angeles to Nashville helped him clean up his act after a number of failed attempts in the past.

The former frontman split with Asking Alexandria last year to focus on We Are Harlot. He's since turned his attention on to his solo career, with debut album The Prozac Sessions expected in the near future.

Worsnop tells AltPress: "I ended up leaving because it lost the art to me - it lost its artistic integrity in my eyes. I was just selling out, and that's not what I do."

Instead, he says, "People are wondering if there's going to be a second Harlot record, and there will be. The band still exists. Since getting to Nashville I wrote 17 songs for my solo record. The idea of doing a double disc with 30 songs really appeals to me. How many years have I talked about this solo album - four years? I want to give it to the world." Read more here.

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Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman Inks Party Smasher Deal

(Prog) Party Smasher Inc - the artistic collective founded by The Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman - has signed a global publishing deal with Cooking Vinyl.

Weinman conceived the network in 2009 for musicians, photographers, illustrators and designers to share ideas and encourage innovation. He launched an online portal in 2014.

Weinman told Metal Hammer: "It's a place to put up articles by my friends who are doing things differently and saying, 'This is how we did it.' It's not necessarily a do-it-yourself thing - it's more like decide-it-yourself. One thing I really want to do is inspire people to do whatever they're doing for the right reasons." Read more here.

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John Carpenter Releases 'Escape From New York' Video

(Prog) John Carpenter has released a video of a live studio performance of Escape From New York. It's the theme track from the 1981 film of the same name, directed by Carpenter who also wrote the score and it appeared on the movie soundtrack, released the same year.

Carpenter's current band includes his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies and they have recorded updated versions of many of his movie soundtrack for release on limited 12-inch vinyl.

Each double A-sided will be available in deluxe limited edition mylar mirrorboard sleeves and as picture discs. The live studio video for Escape From New York - also directed by Carpenter - was filmed at The Village Recorder studio in Los Angeles. Read more and watch the video here.

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Blue Oyster Cult Announce UK 'Agents' Anniversary Show

(Classic Rock) Blue Oyster Cult have announced that they will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their hit album "Agents Of Fortune" with an exclusive show at London's O2 Kentish Town Forum on July 29.

They will perform the classic album in full at the concert along with other classics from their back catalogue. The 1976 record spawned the band's classic track (Don't Fear) The Reaper.

The lineup on the night will feature Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, Eric Bloom, Richie Castellano, Kasim Sulton and Jules Radino. Co-founding member Albert Bouchard, who was instrumental in writing the group's early material, will also be in attendance as a special guest of the band. Read more including their U.S. dates here.

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Avatar Release 'The Eagle Has Landed' Video

(TeamRock Radio) Avatar have released a video for their track The Eagle Has Landed. The song features on the Swedish outfit's sixth studio album Feathers & Flesh which is released on May 13. They previously issued Tooth, Beak & Claw, Regret and House Of Eternal Hunt from the follow-up to 2014's Hail The Apocalypse.

Singer Johannes Eckerstrom said: "The album we're making is an epic. Each song powerfully stands on it's own, but is only a piece of a larger story. This album is the project I've been dreaming about for years.

"Avatar is growing higher and deeper and I am proud to say we are outdoing ourselves again. If we didn't make sure to feel like this every time, we wouldn't bother at all. I'm very excited, and you should be too." Watch the video here.

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Apocalyptica Announce 'Metallica' Album Anniversary Tour

(Classic Rock) Apocalyptica have announced a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary for their album, Plays Metallica By Four Cellos. They'll reissue the record with three never-before-released bonus tracks - Battery, Nothing Matters and Seek And Destroy - on July 22.

They hit the road in Europe and the UK to promote it next February. Cellist Eicca Toppinen previously said: "I think with people who have heard about us and they heard stories about Apocalyptica who play cellos, when they see us live, the people are usually like 'Woah! What the f*** is going on? What's happened?'

"I'm happy that it's mainly positive feedback from what I have heard and what I get." Apocalyptica are currently on tour in support of their 2014 album Shadowmaker. See all of the dates here.

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Katatonia Release Lyric Video For New Song 'Serein'

(Prog) Katatonia have released a lyric video for their track Serein. It features on the Swedish outfit's upcoming 10th album The Fall Of Hearts - out on May 20 via Peaceville Records.

Singer Jonas Renske tells Billboard: "Serein is one of the more straightforward songs on the album - very guitar-driven, quite upbeat but still packed with emotion. Looking forward to trying this one out live."

Katatonia previously released a lyric video for Old Heart Falls. The band play a number of shows in the coming months. See the dates and stream the new song here.

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Corey Taylor To Appear On UK Panel Show QI

(TeamRock Radio) Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor will appear on an upcoming episode of hit BBC panel show QI (Quite Interesting.) He joins fellow guests Aisling Bea, Alan Davies and Ross Noble, as well as host Sandi Toksvig on the show, which will air as part of the show' upcoming 'Series N.

Comedian Aisling Bea posted an image of the guests and host on her Twitter page, along with the caption: "Dear SlipKnot fans, we've taken your leader and removed his mask."

She followed it up with a picture of herself and Toksvig doing the 'devil horns', captioned: "So Sandi Toksvig and I are totally joining Slipknot now, as long as they do a few Beyonce and Vivaldi covers." Read more here.

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The Jelly Jam Release 'Water' Lyric Video

(Prog) The Jelly Jam have released a lyric video of their track Water with Prog. The song comes from the supergroup's upcoming fourth album Profit, which is out on May 27 via Mascot Label Group.

The trio consisting of John Myung of Dream Theater, Ty Tabor of King's X and Rod Morgenstein of Winger, previously launched the tracks Care and Stain On The Sun from the follow-up to 2011's Shall We Descend.

Tabor tells Prog: "In humanity's race for progress, we have poisoned huge amounts of our earthly water supply. Water is life. Nothing grows without it. No one lives without it, yet our greed has caused us to look the other way as we jeopardize our remaining water supplies.

"This is the current general state of things on Earth. This song warns of what is coming in the not so distant future... the time of the prophet." Watch the video here.

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Clutch Would Rather Take Risk And Fail

(Classic Rock) Clutch frontman Neil Fallon says that he wouldd rather take a risk with his music and fail than play it safe. The band are currently on the road with Lamb Of God and Corrosion Of Conformity in support of their 11th studio album Psychic Warfare, which was released in October last year.

And asked why the band's sound is always evolving, Fallon tells New Noise: "We certainly don't go into any record saying that we want to reinvent the wheel. It's important to be realistic. We consider ourselves students, I mean, I just got back from my guitar lesson 15 minutes ago and it's important for me to always challenge myself.

"I can understand there are artists who see a success on the charts with a song and then try different versions of that song for the rest of their career - and that sounds very depressing."

He continues: "I would rather take a risk and fail at it. There are fans that are more into our hardcore side and don't care for the blues phase of this band. Then there are fans who got into our blues phase and don't care for our older stuff. At the end of the day, it's just music and we as artists want to define something new - we're still trying to do that." Read more here.

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Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Rejuvenated In Nashville

(Classic Rock) Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler says that he felt rejuvenated by his recent songwriting sessions in Nashville. The singer is working on his upcoming solo country album - and he says spending time in the US city has had a profound impact on him.

Tyler tells DuJour: "I knew I wanted to do a solo record. It's like that Foreigner song Feels Like The First Time. I had never written with folks like the ones down here - to walk into a room, drink some coffee and eight hours later you have a song. It was like me coming here was the start-over. My own personal musical Bethlehem."

He goes on to describe Nashville as a "music mecca" and a place where picking up a hitchhiker with a guitar can reveal "a song that's better than most of the sh*t you've written." Read more here.

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