Iron Maiden have shared a video recap of their May 23 show in Athens, Greece. You can check that out below. As previously reported, the concert saw the band performing “Infinite Dreams” live for the first time in 38 years.
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Watch The Black Crowes Cover AC/DC’s “Riff Raff” Live In Alpharetta, GA
During The Black Crowes’ May 23 show at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia, the band performed a live cover of AC/DC’s “Riff Raff.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below:
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Soundgarden Are Still Working On Their Final Album With Chris Cornell
During an interview with LifeMinute’s Joann Butler, Kim Thayil shared an update on Soundgarden’s final album with the late Chris Cornell. According to him, the group are still working on the effort.
Thayil said the following:
“This material has been in existence for over 10 years in some cases, 14, 15 years. It was in various stages of writing, sharing, learning, recording. So what we need to do is finish that process, and most of the process, most of the writing had been complete. So it’s mostly about recording. There were things that had been demoed by me, by Matt, by Chris, by Ben. But, again, demo. They’re very rough. They’re sketches. You start with a little pencil sketch, and you fill it in with whatever, chalks or oils or pastels. And that’s what we have to do, is finish the sketches. And we’re in that process. It is atypical in the way we approach it. There isn’t a record label budgeting time and money, with a particular schedule. With everybody else’s obligations, professionally or with family or whatever, we have to find the time and coordinate amongst ourselves to address the work. And it’s being addressed.”
He continued:
“It’s very, very important to all of us. It’s important for the legacy of Soundgarden. It’s important for the legacy of Chris Cornell. It is doing right by our collective work. It is doing right by our partner and friend.”
He also discussed the possibility of live shows:
“Well, we like playing together — Matt and Ben and I like playing together — and we know that if we want to enjoy the songs that we’ve played for decades, that that satisfaction of performing this material can only really happen with the three of us. It could only happen with the four of us. But since there’s three of us remaining, then we know that that is that window of opportunity for us to share with each other material that we’d performed on and wrote on together.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Judas Priest’s Ian Hill On The Band’s New Album: “It’ll Be Out Some Time Next Year”
During an interview with Metal Journal, Ian Hill offered an update on Judas Priest’s new album. According to him, “it’ll be out some time next year.”
Hill said the following:
“We’ve done most of the music, or all the backing tracks anyway; we’ve got them down. There might be one extra [song] to do. But the vast majority of it, the backing tracks have been done. The guys have been to Phoenix working on vocals with Rob [Halford] over the last few weeks, I believe. So he’s in the process of putting the vocals down.”
He also discussed the musical direction:
“The style, it’s a little bit different from the last one. It’s — I don’t know — a little bit more traditional, maybe a little bit quirky with some of the things. And, yeah, it should be good. Like I say, I’ve only heard it in very raw form — just basically guitar, bass and drums. That’s all I’ve heard so far. But, yeah, it’s shaping up to be a great classic PRIEST album. It’ll be out some time next year. It’ll be out probably March, April, something like that, I should imagine. That’s down to the record company.”
He continued when asked if it will be similar to old-school albums like “British Steel,” “Screaming For Vengeance,” and “Defenders Of The Faith”:
“No, not that traditional. [Laughs] It’s more along the lines of ‘Invincible Shield’, but a lot more direct, shall I say.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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