In support of their third LP ‘The Taking’, Duff McKagan’s Loaded are playing four shows in the UK and Ireland this autumn.
The dates and venues are as follows:
Nov. 03 – The Academy – Dublin, Ireland
Nov. 05 – O2 Academy – Oxford, UK
Nov. 06 – O2 Academy – Leicester, UK
Nov. 08 – Relentless Garage – London, UK
The band are currently making a movie based around the album. Duff McKagan’s autobiography is released on 6th October.
You might not know the name Light FM, but you may have already heard their music. The band have already had their music featured on episodes of ‘One Tree Hill’, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and on the soundtrack for the fourth ‘Shrek’ movie.
Over the autumn, you can witness the band on tour, as they support The Smashing Pumpkins.
Those in the US can catch Light FM at the following venues:
9.17 San Pedro, CA @ Lobsterfest
9.26 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
10.5 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre*
10.6 Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55 – CD Release Party^
10.7 Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre*
10.8 Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas*
10.10 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
10.13 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre*
10.14 Chicago, EL @ Riviera Theatre*
10.15 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore*
10.17 Washington DC @ 930 Club*
10.18 New York, New York @ Terminal 5*
10.19 Providence, RI @ Lupos*
10.21 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre*
10.22 Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre*
10.23 Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre*
* = with Smashing Pumpkins and The Fancy Space People
^ = with Rademacher
The band’s full length album ‘Buzz Kill City’ is released on Moonboot records in October on CD and digital formats.
Speed metal legends Megadeth have been confirmed as the headline act for Mexico’s Heaven & Hell Metal Fest.
To be held on November 19th in Guadalajara, the festival is Mexico’s only only open air festival and is expected to attract 20,000 metal fans. Across four stages, the festival will be host to over fifty acts.
Other big names set to appear include Fear Factory and Overkill.
Watch a Megadeth performance from earlier in 2011 here.
Progressive metallers Pain of Salvation have announced the tracklisting for their upcoming album ‘Road Salt Two’.
The tracklist is as follows:
01. Road Salt Theme
02. Softly She Cries
03. Conditioned
04. Healing Now
05. To The Shoreline
06. Eleven
07. 1979
08. The Deeper Cut
09. Mortar Grind
10. Through The Distance
11. The Physics Of Gridlock
12. End Credits
A special edition will contain two bonus songs, ‘Break Darling Break’ and ‘Of Salt’.
2010’s ‘Road Salt One’ was an album which polarised fans, moving avay from Pain of Salvation’s previous progressive metal style and showcasing the band in more of a jam band/classic rock light.
A new song, ‘Conditioned’ can be streamed from the band’s facebook page. Listeners will need to ‘like’ the band’s page in order to hear the new track.
Dutch symphonic rock band Delain have begun work on their third album. The yet-to-be titled disc is being recorded in Sweden with producers Jacob Hellner, previously noted for his production work with Apocolyptica and Rammstein), Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikström, who’ve both worked with German rock legends Scorpions.
The album will be Delain’s first album to feature new guitarist Timo Somers.
Delain’s previous album, ‘April Rain’ was a critical and commercial success, reaching #14 in the Dutch album chart and #19 in Japan.