Steve Morse, Phil Soussan, Ronnie Romero, Simon Wright, Jonathan Cain, and Kevin James Morse have shared their take on Rainbow’s “The Temple Of The King.” You can stream that below. The track is from the Rainbow tribute album, “Ride The Rainbow – The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow,” which will be released on June 19.
Romero commented:
“Being part of the Rainbow legacy, and having the opportunity to play this song with Ritchie himself on stage, to record this song it means the world to me. I would never be grateful enough for the chance of being part of this legendary band, so here is a humble way to pay tribute to one of my favorite songs and my all-time favorite band. Hope the people like it the same way I loved it recording it.”
Morse continued:
“I remember playing an outdoor festival show featuring Rainbow, with my previous band, The Dregs. I stayed and watched Rainbow and thought that every single song sounded really good! Ritchie had always worked with very good musicians, but his vision of heavy, but melodic, rock really impressed me. I think hearing them sounding so well playing live, really helped to set the bar high for live performance.”
Cain added:
“When Cleopatra asked me to play on a Rainbow tribute project, I was excited to add my keyboards to it. Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio were one of the truly melodic and memorable metal bands. I got to party with him towards the end of his touring days after a Sweden Rock Festival. His soaring voice and melodies will be remembered for decades to come.”
Venom and Lamb Of God both released albums titled “Into Oblivion” this year. However, it appears Venom are not concerned with the coincidence.
Guitarist Stuart “Rage” Dixon told Overdrive.ie the following about Lamb Of God’s use of the title:
“I think there was a bit, like, we were messaging, and then, I’ll not say who it was, one of us went, ‘So fucking what?’ [Laughs]”
Drummer Danny “Danté” Needham continued:
“The record label weren’t too concerned. So it wasn’t, like, ‘Shit, we need a quick change of plan.’ It was, like, ‘Nah, nah.’”
Rage added:
“We wrote the song ‘Into Oblivion”] five years ago. Fuck that. We were there first.”
Danté concluded:
“They’ve [Lamb Of God] done three fucking albums since we wrote that fucker, so we were at least touring then.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Saosin’s 2006 self-titled album has gone gold in the U.S. The RIAA made the certification on May 5.
Breaking Benjamin have recruited ex-Red drummer Brian Medeiros for their upcoming shows. This news comes after the band were previously touring with Asking Alexandria drummer James Cassells. The group said the following about the lineup change:
“We want to thank James for helping us in a time of need last year, a legend in the making! We welcome Brian to the stage with us moving forward on the road. We will see you tomorrow Rockville.”
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