Metal Blade Records will release the limited-edition, picture-disc vinyl version of the new CATTLE DECAPITATION album, "The Harvest Floor", on April 14.
"The Harvest Floor" sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 16 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
The drum tracks for "The Harvest Floor" were laid down with Zach Ohren (ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH) before the rest of the instruments were recorded and the entire thing was mixed with producer Billy Anderson (MR. BUNGLE, MELVINS, SWANS) at Sharkbite studios in Oakland, California. The CD features guest vocal appearances by Ross Sewage (IMPALED, LUDICRA) and Dino Sommese (DYSTOPIA, ASUNDER). There is alsoa special appearance by Jarboe (SWANS), lending her beautifully haunting voice to the epic death dirge "The Harvest Floor". Jackie Perez Gratz (GRAYCEON, AMBER ASYLUM) graces a couple tracks with her electric cello and Los Angeles noisician John Wiese also lends his electronic/atmospheric expertise to the album, further separating the band from the typical "cookie-cutter" approach applied all too often by today's extreme acts.
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Thin Lizzy News
The new Thin Lizzy live album Still Dangerous is out today (CD, Digital & limited edition vinyl) on VH-1 Classic Records.
Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977 is a newly discovered live album, featuring the quintessential Thin Lizzy lineup.
The album contains two songs not found on their landmark Live and Dangerous LP: 'Soldier Of Fortune' & 'Opium Trail.' Still Dangerous was remixed/remastered by producer Glyn Johns (Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones).
Buy it Here: Thin Lizzy Vinyl
Scott Gorham, guitarist for Thin Lizzy, was interviewed by rushonrock.com and addressed the state of the music industry:
"I just feel the whole download trend is capable of really damaging the music I love. Suddenly musicians and bands have no control over who can get hold of their music and often there’s no financial return. There’s this misconception that rock stars spend all their royalties on Ferraris and big houses with swimming pools. But the majority of us are just regular guys who want to buy the kids a new pair of shoes or go on a holiday from time to time. And we need an income like the next man. A lot of good bands won’t be able to afford to do this for much longer if illegal downloads continue at such a pace. For me Lizzy is my regular day job and I have to pay the bills. I really hope a new regulatory system comes into place sooner or later."
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Chris Darrow Collection Now Available
Chris Darrow may not be a household name - yet. But throughout the history of Southern California country-rock, folk, surf, psychedelic and world music, he has cast a welcome presence. His trail-blazing, country-rock-leaning pair of solo albums, Chris Darrow (1973) and Under My Own Disguise (1974), soon will be released by Everloving Records, the home of Inara George & Van **** Parks, Cornelius and Herman Dune . The Darrow collection, titled Chris Darrow/Under My Own Disguise, will be available as a deluxe two-CD, two-LP (180 gram vinyl) with a 48-page 12' x 12' photo book.
The music will also be available through digital retailers without all the fancy stuff.
The Chris Darrow story begins with Kaleidoscope, a late '60s L.A.-based band cited by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page as his 'favorite band of all time.' Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman wrote in his book Follow the Music that the first Kaleidoscope album, Side Trips, is his favorite album of all time.
Buy Your Copy Here: Chris Darrow Collection
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U2 World Tour
U2 is set to announce a massive stadium tour on Monday that will start on June 30 in Barcelona and run through the end of 2010, according to Billboard.
Early reports say that the group will play at the center of stadiums and will feature a cylindrical video screen.
"It's hard to come up with something that's fundamentally different, but we have. Where we're taking our production will never have been seen before by anybody, and that's an amazing thing to be able to say," detailed the Edge.
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Guitarist Passes Away
David Williams, guitarist on Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Thriller albums along with a huge resume of work with Madonna, Phil Collins, Stevie Nicks, Earth Wind & Fire, Bryan Ferry, Diana Ross and many more, passed away on Friday at Sentra Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. According to an article in the New York Post, he was without health insurance and his family battled the hospital over his care.
His ex-wife Deborah told the Post before his death, "During this very difficult time where our focus should be on the nurturing and care of David, we are battling with hospital officials just to get and maintain the care he deserves, a hospital whose main interest lies in his ability to pay for his care."
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