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- Instrumental Guitarist Randy Ellefson Releases New Album
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- The Gauntlet: Hatebreed Metal News
- Lou Reed Teams Up With Classical Ensemble
- Linkin Park’s latest talks politics
Instrumental Guitarist Randy Ellefson Releases New Album
theopenpress.com – Jul 31, 2007
But now it seems that everywhere you look the guitar solo is making a comeback whether it’s newer metal bands like Dragonforce perennial stalwarts like zzy sbourne or even the descendents of that same grunge movement. For some genres like instrumental guitar the art never disappeared at all. Such is the case for instrumental hard rock guitarist Randy Ellefson whose second album aptly titled Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid will be released July 31 2007. Featuring ten intense soaring songs with crunchy riffs big melodies and over the top solos the album is shameless in its devotion to all things guitar… But now it seems that everywhere you look the guitar solo is making a comeback whether it’s newer metal bands like Dragonforce perennial stalwarts like zzy sbourne or even the descendents of that same grunge movement. For some genres like instrumental guitar the art never disappeared at all. Such is the case for instrumental hard rock guitarist Randy Ellefson whose second album aptly titled Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid will be released July 31 2007. Featuring ten intense soaring songs with crunchy riffs big melodies and over the top solos the album is shameless in its devotion to all things guitar. Maybe it’s not surprising coming from a guy who assembles his own guitars holds a Bachelors of Music in classical guitar and who once lost his playing to tendinitis and struggled for five years to regain it.
Proms: Brass Day live reviews | Music | Arts & Entertainment -…
Times nline – Jul 31, 2007
Unfortunately(from the pacifist viewpoint) it also sounded rather thrilling. That was probably the loudest thing in Brass Day (which is saying something)but by no means the only memorable item. In six hours of very heavy metalwe heard a stunningly assured performance of Schumann’s joyous Concertstückfor four horns and orchestra (a stellar lineup of David Pyatt MichaelThompson Martin wen and Cormac ´ hAodáin) and H. Gruber’s freneticfreewheeling Aerial a fiendish trumpet concerto spectacularly put over byHåkan Hardenberger. We heard Venetian brass music nearly 400 years old:Monteverdi Gabrieli and Grillo deftly and delicately played by HisMajesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts. And we heard a fanfare on which the ink hadscarcely dried – Judith Bingham’s thudding inexorably rising Zigguratadmirably delivered by Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Northern Collegestudents… Gruber’s freneticfreewheeling Aerial a fiendish trumpet concerto spectacularly put over byHåkan Hardenberger. We heard Venetian brass music nearly 400 years old:Monteverdi Gabrieli and Grillo deftly and delicately played by HisMajesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts. And we heard a fanfare on which the ink hadscarcely dried – Judith Bingham’s thudding inexorably rising Zigguratadmirably delivered by Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal Northern Collegestudents. The day also included stirring contributions from two of Britain’s finestbrass bands Black Dyke and Grimethorpe Colliery playing both separately(Grimethorpe’s razor-sharp rendition of Henze’s Ragtimes andHabaneras the highlight) and burying their fierce rivalry together in anoble account of Elgar’s Severn Suite. And this spine-shuddering but heartwarming feast was brought to a suitablyrumbustious conclusion with Sir Charles Mackerras conducting a superblyextrovert performance of Janácek’s Sinfonietta with ranks of extra brassblasting out those raw fanfares. Structural engineers will of course bechecking all buildings within a ten-mile radius.
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MTV.com – Jul 31, 2007
eMusic the second-largest online music store in the U. has signed a deal with AT&T that will allow users to download songs directly to their cell phones. The site will offer nearly all its 2. 7 million songs from independent labels as part of the deal with tracks priced a bit higher than they are on the Web site though an extra downloadable copy of the song will be offered as an incentive… In the meantime New York metal act Bloodsimple have been added to a competing fest: the Family Values Tour. They’ll play the second stage.
The Gauntlet: Hatebreed Metal News
thegauntlet.com – Jul 31, 2007
“This is our fifth time on zzfest and we all agree that this year is by far the best response we’ve ever gotten and the most fun we’ve ever had on tour. We are truly grateful! “The second stage is a great mixture of underground and extreme music so make sure you show up early and catch all the bands. “We’ve been hanging hard with our good pals 3 INCHES F BLD and BEHEMTH every day and on our off day shows with LAMB F GD which have been completely UNREAL. LAMB F GD tears the roof off of every venue; it’s an honor to share the stage with them. Randy [Blythe] has rode on the HATEBREED bus a few nights and raged with us til 6 am; it’s been great! “We urge you all to get your ass out to these shows! We’re also excited that our pals DEVILDRIVER will be joining us on zzfest. It’s gonna be killer! Come by the Jager and FYE tents to say hello to us we sign at Jager at 2:00 p.
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Lou Reed Teams Up With Classical Ensemble
gigwise.com – Jul 31, 2007
Released on September 3rd the collaboration provides an alternative take on Reed?s 1975 album ‘Metal Machine Music. ‘ne of the most misunderstood albums of its time because it was made mostly of feedback ? Zeitkrater?s saxophone player Ulrich Krieger transcribed the album into an acoustic music score for Zeitkratzer to be able to play live. The DVD ?Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music – Performed by Zeitkratzer Live? was shot at MaerMusic Haus Der Berliner in March 2002 and includes an exclusive interview with Lou Reed. The CD of the performance will be available in three parts over one disc.
Linkin Park’s latest talks politics
Expressindia.com – Jul 31, 2007
The album cover is colourless and the music is subtler and more politically conscious than ever. So Linkin Park has managed to get their foresight right and roll out an album that bleeds of contemporary world issues. The style has evolved from bang-bang rock to rap-infused melodies and more base patterned rhythms. Minutes to Midnight is not dark as most rock albums are but it is full of a conscience that breathes of remorse and guilt. Weaving in ambient sound into its music Leave out all the best echoes of an original style that is specific only to Linkin Park… js’>LP may not have worked wonders with their pre-conceived concepts but Mike Shinoda makes up for their folly with an anti-war song preaching “the leader just talks away shattering and mumbling for nightly news to replay. ” Explaining concepts such as an instrumental style titled Song Q LP moves on to a preachy rock anthem in No more sorrow. Distinctly raw and probably sporting the heaviest metal sounds on the album the lyrics are anti-establishment. Valentine’s Day is such a huge disappointment that skipping the track almost comes naturally. A self claimed band favorite In between is strikingly different from all the other tracks. Featuring Shinoda for the first time all solo on the track base and violins storm the song as it rakes in a wave of constancy in structure. Meanwhile in In pieces LP experiments with the peppy crisp retro beats of the ’80s and sums it up with a guitar solo.