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So by now, a lot of you have decided to like Pantera. Wait, let me start over again. You’ve loved them for over 20 years, but a lot of you have started to like them on Facebook in order to hear the previously-unreleased song “The Will To Survive.” In fact, their page has nearly 1.5 million fans, many of whom rushed to the social network yesterday to hear the Cowboys From Hell-era demo track, which will be included on the three-disc and box set editions of the 20th anniversary of CFH.
Apparently there was enough confusion about the song in the comments section that the keepers of the page needed to give some additional information.
Lots of you seem to be confused about “The Will to Survive”. Just to clarify, this is a demo track from the Cowboys From Hell Demos. It was recorded in 1989 & was not included on the original release of Cowboys From Hell. It is going to be included on the 20th Anniversary 3cd deluxe set (instore 9/14) as well as the Ultimate box set (Instores 11/22). And yes, that is Philip singing.
So what are our thoughts on the song? Well first of all, it’s a demo of a non-album track. That means “didn’t make the cut for the album.” Secondly, it was 1989. Just look at the above photo from the band’s previous album, Power Metal, to see where they were then. Dimebag Darrell was still “Diamond” Darrell, and Phil Anselmo was way more on the metal side of the fence than the hardcore side. Cowboys was the sound of the band finding themselves, transitioning from a glam/power hybrid to the band that would come to define metal in the ’90s. The riffing on the track is vintage Dime – and then Phil starts singing. It definitely sounds like there’s some Priest worship going on, and when the chorus comes along, it sounds a lot more like Queensryche than anyone in the band would probably want to admit. But at the end of the day, it’s still Pantera, it’s a pretty solid song, and while it may not have held up as well as the rest of the album it didn’t make the cut for, it’s something that any Pantera completist will want. Our thoughts on the song can be perfectly summed up by friend of Metal Insider Jen Guyre, who said “I want to make an 80s montage of me learning to fight or training for a skateboarding competition to the new old Pantera track.”
So the Revolver and Metal Hammer/Kawasaki Golden Gods wasn’t enough to fill your hunger for metal award shows eh? Or maybe it’s just that Germans don’t want to associate with us and our nominees (what’s the matter, not metal enough to have a “Hottest Chick” winner?). Whatever the case may be, the second annual German edition of the Metal Hammer award show recently took place during the Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken, Germany this past weekend (August 5-7). Just like the American and U.K. award shows, the German version had similar categories (with a few exceptions).
You can take a look at the complete list of winners below, and can also watch video messages from winners such as Slayer’s Kerry King, Wendy Dio (on behalf of Ronnie James Dio), Motorhead’s Lemmy and Steel Panther on the German magazine’s website. Wow, Steel Panther seems to be popular everywhere but the United States (well, everywhere in the United States minus the Sunset Strip).
- Best Album: Rammstein - Liebe ist Für alle da
-Best Debut: Steel Panther - Feel The Steel
-Best German Band: Blind Guardian
-Best International: Motorhead
-Best Live Act: Iron Maiden
-God Of Riffs: Kerry King (Slayer)
-Legend: Ronnie James Dio
-Maximum Metal: Anvil and Doro
-Metal Anthem: Behemoth - Ov Fire And The Void
-Up and Coming: Eluveitie
If you’re in New York City and going to the Soilwork show, or just looking for a good way to start off the weekend, come on down to the Arrow Bar for Heavy Metal Happy Hour. New York thrash band The Judas Syndrome will be premiering their brand new video “Death of the Soul,” which was co-directed by Frankie Nasso (HELLYEAH, All That Remains) and former God Forbid guitarist Dallas Coyle. Those two will be on hand, as will the band.
I’ll be DJing (check out my dumb DJ name) along with NYC metal fixture Sean Roberts, there will be 2 for 1 drinks, and in short, it’s pretty much the best way to start your weekend that involves keeping your pants on. The Arrow Bar is at 85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th) and HMHH will be in effect from 6-9. Come thirsty, leave drunk!
Atlanta psych-metal band Zoroaster have made an incredible album with Matador, their E1 debut which comes out on Tuesday (13). If you’re in New York tomorrow, you should see their show with Black Tusk, Dark Castle and Hull at the Studio at Webster Hall, which is being presented by our friends at 1000 Knives and Brooklyn Vegan.
Before that, however, Metal Insider will be presenting a listening party for the new album. From 6-9pm at the Arrow Bar (85 Ave. A between 5th and 6th), we’ll be playing the new album in its entirety. Loud. There will be 2 for 1 drinks as well. If you’re looking for a place to pregame before the show tomorrow or for some bizarre reason, you’re not going and are just looking for the best way to cap off a short week, stop by for a drink or two and get lost in the stonerrific grooves of one of our favorite albums of the year.
In a development to the Morgan Harrington case, police have linked forensic evidence gathered in the investigation of her slaying to a sexual abduction in 2005 in northern Virginia. Harrington went missing in Richmond in October after becoming separated from her friends outside a Metallica concert. Her body was found several months later on a remote farm in Charlottesville, VA.
In the earlier case, a 25 year-old woman was grabbed from behind in Fairfax, taken to a pool area in a townhouse complex, and sexually assaulted. Investigators have determined that her killer likely knew the area where her body was found, since it was so remote and removed from any roads. Apparently, Harrington’s bones were shattered, and a “wealth of physical evidence” was found at the site. Her parents have stated that the “day of reckoning is coming” for their daughter’s killer. We can only hope. A sketch of the suspect from the initial crime can be seen here.
As if we didn’t have more reason to be excited for the Big Four Live telecast screening. It is being reported that during tonight’s show in Sofia, Bulgaria, Metallica were joined by members of Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax for a rendition of Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil?” James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine and Joey Belladonna reportedly took turns singing while the rest of the members played along. However, we will get to see the ultimate metal jam for ourselves since tonight’s show is the same one that will be broadcasted in movie theaters around the world! We will be able to have a full report of the entire evening tomorrow.
Luckily for those who weren’t able to snag a ticket for tonight’s broadcast, an encore screening has been announced. You can check here to see if a movie theater near you is screening the encore on Thursday night, June 24.
So four bands walk into an arena… OK, that’s not really the opening of a great Polish joke, but Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax played their first show together in Warsaw last night as part of the Sonisphere festival. Surprises? Well, not a ton, with one big exception: Anthrax played “Only,” possibly their most popular John Bush-era song, for the first time with their second singer, Joey Belladonna. Sure, Anthrax might be the slightest of the “Big Four” (translation: they definitely are), but for them to bust out “Only” is like Van Halen doing “Why Can’t This Be Love” with David Lee Roth. Or Ozzy singing “Heaven and Hell.” Or Vince Neil busting out “Hooligan’s Holiday.” Or some Filipino guy singing “Don’t Stop Believin.’” Oh wait, that last one is happening. At any rate, the set lists of the Big Four at last night’s Sonisphere are after the jump. Read more »
Later tonight, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax will perform for the first time together at the Sonisphere Festival in Warsaw, Poland. Here’s everyone in every band, except for Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who was either not down with being part of history, or taking the photo. I mean, there’s only one other time I can think of when something like this happened and was documented in a photo. Read more »
You read the headline right: Exodus will be playing Ozzfest! The band will be joining the August 14 San Bernardino stop of the festival as a one-off, playing on the second stage between Goatwhore and Drowning Pool. If it was up to us, they’d headline the second stage, but Zakk Wylde and whoever the third singer of Drowning Pool is likely wouldn’t stand for it. Guitarist/Songwriter Gary Holt sounds particularly excited about the show:
“We are WAY more than fired up to announce that EXODUS will be playing the SoCal date on Ozzfest! We will be filling the slot usually occupied on the tour by Kingdom Of Sorrow who can’t make this one show. We were asked if we wanted to jump in, and we said ‘fuck yes!’ See everybody there!”
If Ozzfest really wants to shake things up, they’ll get a different artist to appear at each of the six dates, so what the tour lacks in quantity, it’ll gain in quality. While the overall lineup is a little suspect, it’s still one of the best of the summer festivals.
Iron Maiden have announced via their website that they have a new album, The Final Frontier, coming out on August 17. To commemorate the new album, as well as the tour that starts in Dallas on Wednesday (9), they’re givingaway a free MP3 of the first single, “El Dorado.” The announcement temporarily crashed the band’s site when the song was first made available at 7pm EST. The new album was recorded by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, who produced their last few albums, and was recorded in Compass Point Studios, which was there the band recorded their mid-80s masterpieces Piece of Mind, Powerslave, and Somewhere In Time.
The band also unveiled artwork for The Final Frontier. Instead of original artist Derek Riggs, the artwork featuring a futuristic looking Eddie (if it even is Eddie) in a space setting was illustrated by Melvyn Grant, who’s done several other Maiden album covers, like Fear of the Dark and Virtual XI.
“‘El Dorado’ is a preview of the forthcoming studio album,” frontman Bruce Dickinson said in a press release. “As we will be including it in the set of our ’Final Frontier World Tour’ (which opens in Dallas on June 9) we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into ’The Final Frontier’ mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release.”
Track listing is after the jump. Read more »
Posted by Bram Teitelman on Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Events, Vulgar Display Of Power Metal