Friday, July 29, 2011

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Drummer Matt in Maryland-based experimental at Sonisphere Festival


Drummer Matt in Maryland-based experimental, progressive metal festival Halpern Sonisphere PERIPHERY six piece place July 8-10, 2011 Knebworth House installment in a clinic held in the UK.

You can now watch the session in two parts below.



MEGADETH performing a brand new song at Sonisphere festival

Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH performing a brand new song, "Public Enemy No. 1" at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth on Friday, July 8 can be seen below.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Sonisphere rock and metal fans fell in silence

Sonisphere rock and metal fans fell in silence in respect at 2.00 the festival's organizers and the band's first UK appearance since his death as Slipknot honoured late bassist Paul Gray.

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Week period of time, thousands gathered at the festival site and fell silent.

The PA boomed out Slipknot’s ‘Vermilion Part 2’ ahead of the remembrance. In a last interview Corey Taylor explained the poignant idea behind the song

Taylor says, “The differences (between the two tracks) are subtle — ‘Vermilion, Pt. 1′ is about the enrapturing, the buildup, the anticipation and the neurosis”

“‘Part 2′ is the aftermath, the pieces that have to be picked up later, and maybe the guilt of having lived through it.”

Radio presenter and Hexes frontman addressed the audience simply saying:

“You all know why we’re here, right?
“The band are all here and they want you to know that they are eternally grateful and Paul Gray would be very touched”

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Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers will join next year's event at Sonisphere Festival

Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers will join next year's event at Sonisphere Festival, festival organizer Stuart Galbraith have been claim.

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Sonisphere Festival tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 13th July, while the festival will runs on July 6-8 in 2012.

Galbraith had this to say about the two aforementioned bands: "They're both two that we're talking to, amongst a whole list of others. I also think we could have Green Day and Blink-182 here, but none of those are confirmed."

He went on to address the capacity of the event: "Sonisphere at Knebworth is 60,000 capacity and our current intention is that it will stay like that for the foreseeable future, we're not looking for it to become a mega festival. We're not looking to create a 100,000 capacity festival."

Sonisphere Festival interview video

More interview footage video seen below from Sonisphere Festival.



Interview footage video from Sonisphere

Sonisphere Festival was held July 8-10 2011 at Knebworth House, Onslaught Radio conducted an interview with bassist Martin Mendez of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the U.K Sonisphere festival.

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Some interview footage video from Sonisphere you can see below:

In a recent interview with Radio Metal, OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt stated about "Heritage", "I never heard music like that, so I can't compare it to other bands. If you want to compare it to another band, it has to be us. But still, it's different. For me, it kind of makes sense, because I've been doing this for such a long time. So it's not a massive departure for me and for the guys in the band. But for fans, if they are, for example, into 'My Arms, Your Hearse' [OPETH's third album, released in 1998], it might be a bit different. But I'm hoping that a lot of people are ready for this type of album from us. The music is all over the place. It's hard to define the album and say it sound like this or like that. There are no songs that represent more the album than any other songs. It's an album as whole. You can't listen to only one song and you'll know what the album is going to be like. Because, like I said, it's all over the place."







MOTÖRHEAD paid tribute to the band at Sonisphere Festival

MOTÖRHEAD paid tribute to the band's late guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston during performing their set at the U.K.'s Sonisphere festival on Suinday.

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Addressing the crowd, Lemmy reportedly said, "We'd like to dedicate this set and our lives to Würzel."

MOTÖRHEAD at Sonisphere performance video footage can be seen below.

Although there has been no official statement, it is believed to have died of the Burston ventricular fibrillation, heart disease, better known as a cause of cardiomyopathy. He was 61 years old.

MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee told the Swedish newspaper Expressen about his former bandmate. "He was wonderful. He wrote lots of fucking great MOTÖRHEAD riffs. I remember missing that when he was not in the band anymore. I missed the simple, classic MOTÖRHEAD riffs. We never wrote those after that. They ended with him."

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Metallica performed with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth at Sonisphere Festival

Metallica credit British Metallers Diamond Head and Brian Tatler as a big inspiration to the Thrash Metal Big 4 its not a big secret.

Hard Rock Calling

The band have performed hit "Am I Evil?" with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth at Sonisphere Festival, Europe and California, the "Big 4" is displayed during the previous year's figure.

Big 4 again gave the crowd an unforgettable show and jammed "by Diamond Head with Brian Tatler on Friday night.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has announced it is referred to as a guitarist before he started singing."You see that guy, if it wasn't for Brian Tatler, there's a pretty good chance none of us would be here tonight".

Sonisphere Festival revealed further best 25 acts are confirmed

A news released on 6th July 2011, Sonisphere Festival revealed further best 25 acts are confirmed to perform at this weekend (July 8-10) at Knebworth.

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Sonisphere appeared features of Slipknot, Weezer, Limp Bizkit and Biffy Clyro placed alongside The Mars Volta, All Time Low, Opeth and what looks set to be an incredible performance from Bill Bailey.

Other abnds also include 'Big Four' - Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax - all on the same stage as Friday night's headliners, and will be the first time all four bands have performed together in the UK.

Sonisphere Festival headline US metal band Metallica will perform a three-day

A news released on 6th July, Sonisphere Festival headline US metal band Metallica will perform a three-day rock and metal festival in Hertfordshire at the weekend.

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The gorgeous festival is going to held in the grounds of Knebworth House, will join with Metallica band and Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax.

Owner Lady Lytton Cobbold said the band performing on a grand house for that honor.

She said, "They're all classic performers - rock gods".

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the fair.

Lady Lytton Cobbold said, "I always enjoy being here when there's an big event taking place - I like the energy".

"We've got the historic knowledge of how the park works. We also have a really good relationship with the community, which we value immensely, and the local council, so it's very important for us to stay involved in the planning process."

Slipknot to stream at Sonisphere Festival (Pictures)