At the age of 49, on Thursday May 2nd, Jeff Hanneman lost his life to liver failure. In the few years leading up to his death, the Slayer guitarist had been in poor health suffering necrotising fascilitis, following a reaction to a spider bite, forcing him to miss various tours.
A HERO FOR THE WORLD – A Hero For The World
A Hero For The World is a hugely theatrical musical project in the Tobias Sammett/Avantasia tradition spearheaded by to Scandinavian musicians, Jonas Kaasgaard and David Sivelind. Between them – and, naturally, with a helping hand from a few friends – they’ve created an eponymously titled epic is as big in intent as it is in name. This particular project plows deep into the power metal/battle metal niche and presents ten tunes with a maximum old-school metallic intensity.
Youth of Today to play three Australian shows in July
Hardcore punk legends Youth of Today will be visiting Australia in July. The seminal band, fronted by Ray Cappo (later of Shelter, Better Than a Thousand) have three shows scheduled as follows:
POSTCODE – ZebrATP EP
In 2007, Postcode released their debut full-length album ‘Zebracore’. Both this record and it’s follow up (‘Zebraland’) were loaded with overdriven guitar lines, fuzzed out vocals and a truckload of distortion – as if The Breeders had merged with Bikini Kill and asked Steve Albini to record a bunch of songs on the fly.
Camper Van Beethoven to play four UK shows
As part of the ongoing promotion for their 2013 release ‘La Costa Perdida’, the reformed Camper Van Beethoven (fronted by David Lowery) will play four UK shows this spring.
The four appearances have been confirmed as follows: