Misfits have scored some new gold singles in the United States. The following singles were recently certified by the RIAA: “Last Caress,“ “Hybrid Moments,” and “Dig Up Her Bones.”
Darkthrone have announced a 9-LP box set titled “The Fist In The Face Of God.” The 40th anniversary collection will be available on March 6 and it will feature remastered versions of the following albums: “A Blaze In The Northern Sky,“ “Under A Funeral Moon,” “Transilvanian Hunger,” “Panzerfaust,” “Total Death,” “Ravishing Grimness,” “Plaguewielder,” “Hate Them,” and “Sardonic Wrath.“
The following was said about the included material:
“With each album having received a freshly updated master courtesy of Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony to ensure they remain in line with the originals, each title is also supplied with their original covers & sleeve designs, & presented on heavyweight vinyl.
Furthermore, included in the set is a 48-page book written by longtime friend of the band, Harald Fossberg, detailing the career of Darkthrone through this essential period for the band’s development & output, & contains rare images from the period. Accompanying this is a DVD with an exclusive interview with both Fenriz & Nocturno Culto also conducted by Harald Fossberg, covering the full history of the band, plus bonus features in the form of a trilogy of interviews from 2003, plus the band’s rare 1996 live show in Oslo.
Finally, the set includes a selection of posters and art prints containing artwork and classic band photography.”
Fenriz also commented:
“This box celebrates 40 years through forests and over heath and includes a filmed interview with us which is as rare as chicken teeth.”
Slaughter To Prevail are scheduled to take the stage in Stockholm, Sweden this evening (January 30), but politicians are trying to cancel the show. Officials have taken issue with the Russian metal act’s ties to their homeland amid its invasion of Ukraine. This includes the band’s use of the Russian national emblem on their merch. They also took issue with vocalist Alex Terrible for wearing Russian symbols, visiting a Russian military school, running a Russian business, participating in Russian bare-knuckle fights, etc. City councilor Christofer Fjellner accused the group of spreading propaganda. Mayor Karin Wanngård also made similar comments to SVT:
“The city’s premises are not a place to spread anti-democratic messages. It is the organizer’s responsibility to ensure that democratic conditions are followed and the city has a dialogue with the organizer to ensure that this also happens during the event in question.”
As previously reported, Mötley Crüe recently scored a victory amid their legal dispute with ex-guitarist Mick Mars. Arbitrator Patrick J. Walsh ruled that Mars gave up his right to touring revenue upon his departure. He was also ordered to pay over $750,000 in unrecouped tour advances and had to recant his claims regarding the band’s use of pre-recorded tracks. Now, Mars’ lawyer Ed McPherson has commented on the ruling via Rolling Stone:
“The decision is awful. It’s not fair. This band has never been fair to Mick. When Mick said ‘I can’t tour anymore because of a hideous disease, but I can still write, perform one-offs or residencies and record,’ they said, ‘Sorry, Mick. It’s been 43 years, but you’re out. Goodbye, and we don’t want to pay you anymore.’ This arbitrator said it’s fine. We need to figure out if we’re going to challenge [the decision]. It’s ridiculous. It’s just a question of whether he wants to keep pursuing this. Basically, he’s over Mötley Crüe.”
Deep Purple are currently finishing up a new album. The effort is expected to be released in June.
Singer Ian Gillan told Songwriting For Songwriters the following about the record:
“Well, it’s very interesting on this one. I can’t give you too much at this stage, but it’s basically very optimistic. Let’s say there’s a general theme. It’s a fairly loose conceptual idea of the end of humanity, but not as grim as it sounds. In fact, it’s very optimistic. It’s about the metamorphosis of humanity into a metaphysical state, our next incarnation. It’s a bit too early to be doing interviews about this. I don’t mean time of day. I mean, it’s not gonna be out until June, so I don’t want to give too much away.”
He also added the following about the songwriting process and his chemistry with guitarists:
“It’s very important, obviously. But at the same time you’ve got to ignore it. I’ve got an idea that came to me a long time ago with DEEP PURPLE. But when you’re writing like that, as opposed to sitting down with a co-writer or on your own with a guitar and you’re writing the entire thing, then there are no boundaries, really. But with a band, you are very much confined by what you’re given. For example, the working practice of PURPLE has always been the same. We go to a place for a week or 10 days and go into the office every day — start at noon, finish at six and stop for tea at three o’clock. It’s like going to the office. And the guys just start playing, and it’s all improvised. You have no idea. If you were a listener, you’d think you might be hearing the preparation for something operatic or a mood music for a yoga or massage parlor or you might be in a jazz club or hearing some blues or rock or soul, any kind of thing that came to their mind. These are great players, and so the music evolves, as I say, and then dramatically switches into something else. So basically it’s a week-long or eight-day jam. And every now and again, somebody nods to somebody else and says, ‘Okay, that’s worth keeping,’ an idea, a mood, a rhythm, a sequence, or anything like that, and we record it and come back at the end of the session with probably 35 or 40 ideas. And the next session is much the same. We trim it down and then add some more, and trim it down to 30 ideas, and it gradually evolves. Now, I don’t have much choice, really, other than to say, ‘Well, perhaps there’s too many verses there,’ or ‘we need a little bit here’, or a section or a middle eight there or whatever. But basically it’s the guys putting the songs together. And I just have to — what I call — ride the pony. And when it comes to sitting down alone and shaping my contribution, I’ve gotta pretty much fit in. But then again, it’s easy to be overwhelmed with something like that because it’s a hell of a challenge. So I’ve got this attitude, I’ve gotta take over, I’ve gotta dominate completely and make it sound not as if I’m hopping on afterwards, but as if the whole idea came from the song first. It’s a reversal. So I’ve got complete freedom in terms of lyrics, but obviously there’s a mood thing. And it’s gotta fit with the songs. And, obviously, I liked in more recent years, particularly, to have a concept for the album that basically hangs things together. The last album was called ‘=1’ and it was all about my frustration with the complexities of life these days and so forth.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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