BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME'S THE GREAT MISDIRECT TOUR: FULL CONCERT REPORT FROM BALTIMORE INCLUDING SET LISTS
Posted February 6, 2010
Riding the current success of their latest album, The Great Misdirect, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME is all the buzz right now in the rock music world. Still very much an underground act, the band's fan base is steadily growing with every album. Now in 2010, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has climbed to headliner status with their own tour of seemingly handpicked support acts, CYNIC, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and SCALE THE SUMMIT. When "The Great Misdirect tour" rolled through Sonar in Baltimore, Md., Live-Metal.net was there
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THE RETURN OF PURE EVIL: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARCH ENEMY'S CHRISTOPHER AMOTT
Posted January 29, 2010
Apart from an absence from the band in 2005-2007, guitarist Christopher Amott has been at the “root of all evil” since the 1996 inception of Sweden’s ARCH ENEMY. Together with his brother Michael, they form one of the most formidable guitar tandems in extreme metal. Following the recent release of re-recorded songs from their first three albums, aptly titled The Root of All Evil, ARCH ENEMY embarked on the “Tyrants of Evil” tour in January 2010 across the United States with EXODUS and ARSIS in support.

On the first night of tour, Live-Metal.net’s Jeff Maki and Ryan Mavity talked with Christopher backstage at the Recher Theatre in Towson, Md. Chris talked about the tour, his time away from the band, The Root of All Evil and a solo album he plans to release in 2010 ... Read Interview here

 
INTERVIEW WITH NEW ALL-FEMALE ROCK ACT THE RIOT BRIDES FEATURING ABBY GENNET
Posted January 28, 2010

OK, so by now everyone's heard about the new movie, The Runaways, due out in March 2010 starring Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. Well, to gear you up for that, check out a current, real-life RUNAWAYS, the new all-female rock band, RIOT BRIDES, featuring Abby Gennet (former SLUNT vocalist).

Following a trail blazed by THE RUNAWAYS in the 1970s, the RIOT BRIDES are out to show that girls can rock just as hard and with as much attitude as the guys who still dominate the rock ‘n’ roll world. Put together by RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy and guitarist Abby Gennet, who previously fronted the New York City-based band SLUNT, RIOT BRIDES have a four-song EP—released through Pearcy’s Top Fuel Records—available at live shows starting in February. They’re set to spend 2010 writing, recording and looking for the right opportunity to unleash their act on the national stage. Not bad for a band that has only existed since May 2009. Gennet recently checked in with Live Metal’s Greg Maki to talk about the band, whiskey and dive bars ... Read Interview here

 
CONCERT REPORT: ARCH ENEMY'S TYRANTS OF EVIL TOUR FEATURING EXODUS, ARSIS
Posted January 25, 2010

In Jan-Feb 2010, ARCH ENEMY takes the road on the "Tyrants of Evil" tour, in support of their album of re-recorded classics, The Root of All Evil, no doubt eager to play many of these songs that have been absent from their live set for years. Support on the tour comes from legendary Bay Area-thrashers EXODUS, the thrash/ technical death band ARSIS and upstarts MUTINY WITHIN.

Could EXODUS actually give ARCH ENEMY a run for their money? How would the turnout be given that the band is not really touring with new material? Well, the answers are revealed in this report of the very first show of the tour, complete with setlists from all bands ... Read More

 
ROB ZOMBIE: CONCERT REPORT, LIVE PHOTOS ONLINE FROM FIRST TOUR SUPPORTING HELLBILLY DELUXE 2
Posted January 23, 2010

A label change from his longtime home at Geffen Records to Roadrunner’s Loud & Proud imprint delayed the release of ROB ZOMBIE’s new album for nearly three months—but, as always, the show must go on. Zombie’s fall tour, his first jaunt supporting Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool, went on as scheduled ending on a December night with a treacherous mix of snow, sleet and rain at the famous 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. ... Read More

Also check out over 30 live photos of ROB ZOMBIE from the 9:30 Club In Washington D.C.

READ ROB ZOMBIE CONCERT REPORT (with setlist)
VIEW ROB ZOMBIE LIVE PHOTOS

Zombie's recent "Hellbilly Deluxe 2" tour marked his return to the road after moderate box office success as the writer and director of Halloween II (Dimension). His R-rated, animated feature, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto, was made available everywhere on DVD and Blu-ray September 22.

ROB ZOMBIE's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 is scheduled for release on Feb. 2, 2010.

KORN and ROB ZOMBIE will top the bill on this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour, which is scheduled to kick off on July 10 in San Bernardino, California. For complete tour dates and full lineup, visit here.

 
INTERVIEW WITH FORMER KISS GUITARIST BRUCE KULICK: BRUCE TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM BK3, KISS, AND MORE
Posted January 18, 2010
Ace Frehley was first and Tommy Thayer wears the makeup now, but no KISS guitarist has had a longer tenure than Bruce Kulick. His years (1984 to 1996) yielded several hit albums and one of the best records of the band’s 35-year career, 1992’s Revenge. Kulick went his own way when the original lineup reunited in 1996, forming UNION with former MOTLEY CRUE singer John Corabi and releasing two criminally overlooked albums (Union, 1998, and The Blue Room, 2000). Solo releases followed in 2001 (Audio Dog) and 2003 (Transformer), and since 2001, Kulick has been a member of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD. On Feb. 2, Bruce unleashes his third solo album, BK3. With guest appearances by Gene Simmons, Gene’s son Nick, Corabi, KISS drummer Eric Singer, TOTO guitarist Steve Lukather, EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet and THE KNACK frontman Doug Fieger, along with Kulick’s always solid playing, it’s an album KISS fans won’t want to miss. Bruce recently talked to Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki about BK3 and more ... Read Interview Here
 
INTERVIEW WITH AM CONSPIRACY/FORMER DROWNING POOL SINGER JASON 'GONG' JONES
Posted January 10, 2010
Jason “Gong” Jones came to the attention of the music world when he became the singer of DROWNING POOL following the 2002 death of Dave Williams. He’s spent more time, though, in his new band, AM CONSPIRACY, whose self-titled debut comes your way Jan. 12 via Burnhill Union Records. The record stands out from the pack due to its surprising diversity, while always remaining firmly in the realm of hard rock and metal. In a recent interview with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki, Jones, who makes his living as a tattoo artist in Orlando, Fla., discussed the band’s formation, the new album, why his previous band was not a good match, touring with Dimebag Darrell Abbott and more ... Read Interview here
 
INTERVIEW WITH NONPOINT VOCALIST ELIAS SORIANO. ELIAS TALKS ABOUT THE BAND'S NEW EP, CUT THE CORD
Posted January 5, 2010
It’s been almost 13 years since NONPOINT formed in South Florida, and suddenly everything is new again. New management, new label, new guitarist, one new release available and another in the can. First up: the digital-only acoustic EP Cut the Cord, featuring new takes on five songs from the first three NONPOINT albums and released through the band’s own 954 Records imprint in partnership with Rocket Science Ventures/RED/Sony. Up next: a new full-length, possibly self-titled studio album recently recorded at the Belle City Sound studios in Racine, Wis., with MUDVAYNE/HELLYEAH’s Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett producing. That should be coming our way in the spring, while summer could see the release of a second acoustic EP. As if that wasn’t enough, touring plans for the new year should be finalized soon. Frontman Elias Soriano checked in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki to give us the details on all of the latest NONPOINT happenings ... Read More
 
 
BLACK ROBOT
'Black Robot'

Formosa/Rocket Science
How has AC/DC never written a song called “Girls Kissing Girls”? You’d think it would’ve been a no-brainer for them at some point. I had never thought about it before, but now that I’m considering it, it’s almost unfathomable. Fortunately, BLACK ROBOT is here to pick up the slack.

The new band is the brainchild of bassist Jonathan “JB” Brightman, a founding member of BUCKCHERRY ... Read More

 
AM CONSPIRACY
'AM Conspiracy'

Burnhill Union
Despite being aware of the band since its formation in 2005, I had not heard anything by them before receiving an advance copy of this disc, which is the first release from Burnhill Union Records. But I was familiar with frontman Jason “Gong” Jones from his DROWNING POOL days (he was the singer on their 2004 album Desensitized), so I had expectations whether I wanted them or not
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ROB ZOMBIE
'Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool'

Roadrunner/Loud & Proud
I don’t believe a reason has been given on Geffen Records’ end for allowing ROB ZOMBIE to walk before the release of his fourth solo studio album, the sequel to his 1998 solo debut. If the decision was linked somehow to the quality of the material, someone at Geffen, Zombie’s longtime home dating back to the WHITE ZOMBIE days, has some explaining to do. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 is easily Zombie’s best since his first Hellbilly offering ... Read More
 
SUICIDE SILENCE
'No Time To Bleed'

Century Media
SUICIDE SILENCE is to "The New Wave of American Heavy Metal" as SLIPKNOT was to nü-metal in the late ‘90s. They aimed to take away the commercial appeal, silliness and predictable song,s and overwhelm it with chaos from all sides. Things needed to get dangerous again, and they succeeded. SUICIDE SILENCE combines death metal, hardcore and grind with ferocious breakdowns that conjure visions of broken bones and blood splattering in mosh pits worldwide
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MNEMIC
'Sons of the System'

Nuclear Blast
A decaying industrial world set in a future where machines and government have formed an alliance to enslave man. Smog and steam fill polluted city streets now hiding in the shadows of a once prosperous world. Sound like Blade Runner? The Terminator? Hosts of other sci-fi films depicting an apocalyptic future? This is the vision and feel the listener gets from MNEMIC’s Sons of the System ... Read More
 
SEPULTURA'S CHAOS A.D. REVISITED

SEPULTURA turned Chaos A.D. and extreme music into a modern metal battlefield—a wasteland of which no one knows who or why they are even fighting. Tanks roll through protestors and clouds of tear gas on streets, while religion causes people to violently kill in the name of their faith. Innocent people are being killed, suffering and going hungry. Barren deserts and crumbling cities are fought for as if they were golden temples and SEPULTURA is at the heart of this third-world hell. These are the images that were provoked during my first few listens and they've remained with me to this day ... Read More

 
SOULFLY
PRONG, CATTLE DECAPITATION,
THE MUTINY WITHIN
Recher Theatre
Towson, MD
I had never seen a crowd almost completely shun the opening bands before, but that seemed to be the case here. Whether it's because of his metal legacy or spirituality, Max Cavalera has an aura that surrounds him when performing on stage. Maybe he really is “the Bob Marley of metal”—a metal messiah. Dressed in his trademark camouflage with his dreadlocked head, the heavy metal prophet led his band through a best-of-SOULFLY set with some classic SEPULTURA tracks thrown in
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
SHADOWS FALL, OTEP, 2CENTS
Bourbon Street Ballroom
Baltimore, MD
In many ways FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH belongs in the WWE. Vocalist Ivan Moody bears a strong resemblance to WWE superstar John Cena, and the rowdy crowd at Bourbon Street Ballroom in Baltimore, Md. easily could have been one attending a Monday night Raw event ... Read More
 
 
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