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M72 World Tour
The M72 World Tour is an ongoing concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of the band's eleventh studio album ''72 Seasons'', which was released on April 14, 2023. The tour was announced on November 28, 2022, following the release of the album's first single, "Lux Æterna". The tour began on April 27, 2023 in Amsterdam and is set to conclude on July 5, 2026 in London, England. Along with an upgraded stage design which relocates the "Snake Pit" to the center stage, the tour features two or more performances in the majority of cities played. Background On the announcement of the tour the band stated that, over the past few years, they had been inspired by the fans who attended their shows in 2019 and 2021. In the same statement they stated that they "had a blast being a part of the 2021 Wimmer Festivals when they played two nights in one city". Starting in April 2023, Metallica is set to visit twenty-two different cities around the world and playing two ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72 Seasons
''72 Seasons'' is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on April 14, 2023, by their own record label Blackened Recordings. ''72 Seasons'' was produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band's previous studio album, '' Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' (2016), and is the band's second studio album to be released through Blackened. The album generally received positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised Hetfield's lyrics and vocal performance but criticized the album's length. In 2024, ''72 Seasons'' received three nominations at the 66th Grammy Awards, winning Best Metal Performance for the title track " 72 Seasons". ''72 Seasons'' includes Metallica's longest original song to date, " Inamorata", which runs for over 11 minutes. Background In an interview with Australian magazine ''The Music''s official podcast in March 2019, bassist Robert Trujillo said that Metallica had begun jamming on new material for its next studio album. "I'm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metallica 2021–2022 Tour
American heavy metal band Metallica toured throughout 2021 and 2022 in support of the 30th anniversary of their fifth and self-titled studio album ''Metallica'', the 40th anniversary of the band, and in continuation of the WorldWired Tour. It was their first tour after the COVID-19 pandemic. It kicked off on September 16, 2021, in San Francisco. The 2022 portion of the tour was titled the ''Return Of The European Summer Vacation''. Their June 29, 2022 show for Frauenfeld Rocks in Switzerland was cancelled when a member of the band tested positive for COVID-19. The setlist has varied from show to show. They have played some of their hits, such as "Nothing Else Matters", "Enter Sandman", "One" and "Master of Puppets", as well surprises such as " Metal Militia". Setlist Sample 1 The following setlist was performed at Discovery Park in Sacramento on October 8, 2021, when the band did not perform any songs from '' the Black Album''. # "Whiplash" # "Ride the Lightning" # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That Remains (band)
All That Remains is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1998. They have released ten studio albums, a All That Remains: Live, live CD and DVD, and have sold over a million records worldwide. The group currently consists of vocalist Philip Labonte, rhythm guitarist Mike Martin, lead guitarist Jason Richardson (musician), Jason Richardson, bassist Matt Deis and drummer Anthony Barone, with Labonte being the last remaining original member. In spite of this, the band's line-up had remained consistent from the release of 2008's ''Overcome (All That Remains album), Overcome'' until 2015's ''The Order of Things (album), The Order of Things'', spanning four albums. This line-up changed, however, in September 2015, when long-time bassist Jeanne Sagan left the band, with Aaron Patrick taking her place, and then again in February 2019, when the band confirmed that Richardson would be joining the band to replace the deceased lead guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Labonte
Philip Steven Labonte (born April 15, 1975) is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band All That Remains. He is the former lead vocalist for Shadows Fall, was the touring vocalist for Killswitch Engage in early 2010, and also filled in for Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody in late 2016. History In the mid-1990s, Labonte was in a band called Perpetual Doom. The band played death metal and its members were teenagers at the time. The original vocalist of Perpetual Doom was Scott Estes; Labonte, however, took over the vocal position in 1993 after Estes joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and also played the guitar. In August 1993, Phil left to join the USMC. Perpetual Doom remained inactive for nine months in Phil's absence. In June 1994, upon Phil's return, Perpetual Doom resumed writing with increased intensity. They also resumed making music, albeit not with noticeably increased intensity, and in 1995 they recorded and relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BraveWords
''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' (''BW&BK'') is a Canadian heavy metal website and former magazine. Although based in Toronto, Canada, ''BW&BK'' features writers from the US, Germany and the UK, allowing the magazine to represent metal music from an international prospective. Covering many facets of extreme music, ''BW&BK'' features a reviews section which reports on current records circulating through the underground metal world, a Metal Forecast section which tracks the release date of upcoming recordings, and a website (named just ''BraveWords'') which reports current metal news. ''Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles'' was founded by former ''M.E.A.T.'' magazine staffer Tim Henderson and author Martin Popoff in 1994. The magazine published its last issue in January 2009, but continues online as the ''BraveWords'' website, which was launched in 2000. History Early 1990s Henderson, who had published several photocopied issues of a newsletter called ''Metal Tim Bits'' (the title a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loudwire
''Loudwire'' is an American online media magazine that covers news of hard rock and heavy metal artists. It is owned by media and entertainment business Townsquare Media. Since its launch in August 2011, ''Loudwire'' has secured exclusive interviews with high-profile artists such as Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Suicidal Tendencies and many others. ''Loudwire'' has also exclusively premiered new material from Judas Priest, Anthrax, Jane's Addiction, Stone Sour, Phil Anselmo, and many more of rock and metal's notable acts. ''Loudwire Nights'' and ''Loudwire Weekend'' are Townsquare's nationally syndicated radio programs, airing on its rock stations throughout the country. One of ''Loudwire''s web series is ''Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?''. ''Loudwire'' Music Awards The magazine organizes the ''Loudwire'' Music Awards, an annual awards ceremony. The first ceremony and concert, hosted b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, ''Angels Fall First'' (1997). In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marko Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers. Although Nightwish have been prominent in their home country since ''Angels Fall First'', they did not achieve wider success until the release of the albums ''Oceanborn'' (1998), ''Wishmaster (album), Wishmaster'' (2000) and ''Century Child'' (2002). Their 2004 album, ''Once (Nightwish album), Once'', has sold more than one million copies and was the band's breakthrough in the United States. Their biggest US hit single, "Wish I Had an Angel" (2004), received MTV airplay and was included on three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Moody
Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Motograter and Ghost Machine before joining FFDP. Moody was known by the pseudonym "Ghost" during his time with Motograter. Early life Moody was born Ivan Lewis Greening in Denver, Colorado. Growing up, he lived in several smaller cities in the area, including Arvada, Castle Rock, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and Northglenn. He said he spent a few summers with his grandmother in Wisconsin. "My grandmother put me in choir when I was about seven years old. I was only in it about two or three years. Music's always been real close to my heart. Like anybody else, there were ups and downs in my life and music just always seemed to be consistent, so it was easy to latch on to. I started singing in bands when I was 16 years old. They used to kick me out of bars after m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspaper currently published in Montreal. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in Canada. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metallica 2023-05-28
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members and primary songwriters Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine, who formed Megadeth after being fired from Metallica, and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band. Metallica first found commercial success with the release of its third album, ''Master of Puppets'' (1986), which is cited as one of the heaviest metal albums and the band's best work. The band's next album, '' ...And Justice for All'' (1988), gave Metallica its first Grammy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consequence (publication)
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. History ''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young, then a student at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. The website took its original name from the Regina Spektor song " Consequence of Sounds". In January 2008, Michael Roffman became Editor-in-Chief. In October 2014, ''Consequence of Sound'' began covering film and became a part of the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2016, ''Consequence of Sound'' was reorganized under the umbrella of Consequence Media, a digital media, advertising, and marketing firm. In 2018, ''Consequence of Sound'' launched the Consequence Podcast Network, averaging over 100,000 downloads in its first month. In 2019, ''Consequence of Sound'' partnered with Sony Music for the launch of a music documentary podcast series called The Opus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
