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Today's Day in Rock


New Jimmy Page Music Coming in 2013?
Corbin Reiff of Finding Zoso just published a new interview with Guitar World Editor in Chief, and author of the new book Conversations with Jimmy Page, Brad Tolinski, who says that fans can expect new music from Jimmy Page. Possibly next year. Here is that portion of the interview:
Finding Zoso: Jimmy has been promising to deliver new material for quite some time, and has stated that we might see something next year, what is your take on this, should fans be hopeful?

Brad Tolinski: Yes I do think that they should be hopeful. It's funny because I've seen the process a couple of different times and every time he's sort of really gets on a roll putting something together, some sort of Led Zeppelin business comes up and derails him. That's happened a couple of times, but I wouldn't be surprised if you see something come out next year. I know he's been working on some new things for a while and the ideas are really cool and I know he's gone quite a bit of way to realize them. I think we may see something next year and it will be really cool. It will surprise you.

Finding Zoso: Can we maybe expect to see him on the road touring? He has mentioned several times that he'd like to tour as well?

Brad Tolinski: I don't know, I would imagine that he would. I know that he loves to play live and that he loves to tour so I would think that he would. He's certainly playing very well, anyone who has seen Celebration Day can see that he's playing as well as he has in years and years and years.

I don't know if you can use this, but thought I would bring it to your attention. Check out the full interview here.



Queensryche Preview Forthcoming Album With New Singer
Queensryche have given fans a taste of how the band will sound on their forthcoming album with new frontman Todd La Torre.

The band posted a new preview video on YouTube that contains demos of songs set to appear on the album, which is expected to be released next year and also reunited the band with producer James Barton, who previously worked with them on 'Operation: Mindcrime,' 'Empire' and 'Promised Land'.

Todd La Torre posted the following message on his Facebook page: "Thank you all for the amazing positive response to what we are doing:) The teaser audio are demos only. We start tracking in two weeks. No outside writers have been used. This IS Queensryche's writing and we're proud to introduce the next chapter of the legacy. We are very proud to have James Barton on board, he is surely the right man for this, as already proven. Lastly, I'm very happy to know that finally "my" voice will be heard in it's truest form. You all are appreciated so much. Thank you from all of us \m/" Check out the preview video here.



Rush To Film New DVD
(hennemusic) Rush have announced that they will capture the "Clockwork Angels" tour by filming concerts in Phoenix (Nov. 25) and Dallas (Nov. 28) for an upcoming DVD set for release in 2013.

Rush launched the current tour in September; the North American leg wraps up December 2 in Houston, Texas. A UK tour is set for next May before Rush play a series of European dates in June.

Rush are among the first-time nominees announced for possible induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's Class of 2013. more on this story




Machine Head's Robb Flynn Releases Surgery Video Diary
Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn has issued a video update to fans following his emergency surgery yesterday.

Flynn broke the news to fans that he was undergoing surgery and the band was forced to pull out of dates with Dethklok, All That Remains and Black Dahlia Murder.

The posting earlier this week said, "Flynn had planned to go under the knife in January after completing the tour as he has been playing through the pain of a double inguinal hernia since the tour started in October. He had hoped to continue the tour despite extreme discomfort, but it's become too difficult to continue on. Flynn will undergo surgery tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14 in Minneapolis before returning home to California to recover, rest and recuperate. Machine Head will rejoin the tour in Portland, OR."

He has now issued a video diary about the surgery that you can watch right here.




Rush, Pink Floyd, Rival Sons Win Classic Rock Awards
(Gibson) Classic Rock have unveiled their 2012 "Roll of Honour" at a ceremony at the Roundhouse in London.

Hosted by Duff McKagan, ZZ Top were presented with the coveted Living Legend Award by 2011 winner, Jeff Beck.

Rush did well. They took Album of the Year and Band of the Year. Pink Floyd were given the award for Film/DVD of the Year and Reissue of the Year, with Status Quo taking the award for Classic Album and Rival Sons for Breakthrough. Deep Purple's late Jon Lord was given the Tommy Vance Inspiration Award. The complete list of winners






Devon Allman Releasing Solo Album
Ruf Records have set a February 12, 2013, release date for Devon Allman's debut solo album, Turquoise.

Turquoise was produced and mixed by multi-Grammy winner Jim Gaines and recorded at his Bessie Blue Studios in Stantonville, Tennessee, as well as at Ardent Studios in Memphis.

Devon Allman (vocals and guitars) is joined on the new CD in a core trio set-up that features his fellow Royal Southern Brotherhood bandmate Yonrico Scott (drums and percussion), as well as Myles Weeks (upright and electric bass). Special guests include Luther Dickinson (guitar), Samantha Fish (vocals), Ron Holloway (sax), Bobby Schneck Jr. (guitar) and Rick Steff (Hammond B3 organ). more on this story




Soundgarden Town Hall To Air Tomorrow
SiriusXM announced that Soundgarden performed at the Electric Lady Studios in NYC for their Town Hall series which also featured an intimate Q&A session moderated by Foo Fighter' drummer Taylor Hawkins.

"SiriusXM's Town Hall with Soundgarden," took place on Wednesday, November 14, will air on Pearl Jam Radio, channel 22, on Friday, November 16 at 6:00 pm ET.

The special is part of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series, intimate gatherings with iconic musicians and a studio audience of SiriusXM listeners. Previous "SiriusXM Town Hall" specials have featured Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Linkin Park, Coldplay, Ringo Starr, Roger Waters, Taylor Swift, Gregg Allman, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Ziggy Marley and the surviving members of Nirvana. More info here.




Clutch To Play When Hell Freezes Over
Clutch are set to headline the KBPI "When Hell Freezes Over" concert on December 21st in Denver, CO at the Fillmore Auditorium.

Drummer Jean-Paul Gaster commented on the upcoming Denver Radio Performance: "We are excited to go back to Denver; it has been a while since we played there. We are even more excited to play some of the new songs from Earth Rocker that night."

Clutch will then play a string of Holiday tour dates this December. The dates kick off December 26th in Washington, DC and conclude with a special New Year's Eve performance in Worcester, MA at The Palladium. The show originally scheduled for December 30th at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ has been moved to Allentown, PA at Crocodile Rock due to damage sustained from Hurricane Sandy. more on this story



Awolnation To Kill Your Heroes on Letterman
Awolnation will give their debut television performance of their current hit single "Kill Your Heroes" as the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, December 11th.

Awolnation will also perform at the KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas in Los Angeles on December 8th.

The band is currently on tour in the UK with Billy Talent and will return Stateside in December for a handful of additional holiday shows to cap off a banner year. more on this story




Eyehategod Fall Tour and HBO Appearance
Eyehategod will be heading to Australia next week for their first tour of the country and they have also appeared in an HBO series.

The band recently appeared in an episode #27 of HBO series Treme and fans can check out the scene here.

The band play a pre-tour warm up show this weekend in New Orleans before heading over to Australia to kick off the tour on November 21st in Brisbane. more on this story




Rotten Sound Releasing New EP
Relapse Records will be releasing Rotten Sound's brand new six song EP, Species At War, in January.

The EP was self-recorded at Nordic Audio Labs earlier this summer and mixed/mastered by drummer Sami Latva at Latva Studios.

Species At War is set to be released on January 22nd in North America on CD/LP/Digital. more on this story




Orgy Announce Initial Bad Blood Tour Dates
Orgy have announced the initial tour dates for their upcoming 'Bad Blood Tour 2012'.

The newly announced dates include stops in Fresno, Santa Ana and Agoura Hills, CA, as well as Tempe, AZ.

The band is scheduled to announce more dates through 2013. The band is looking to tour Europe in the summer of 2013 more on this story




No Sleep For State Faults
No Sleep Records have inked State Faults to their roster and plan to release the group's sophomore full length album in 2013.

"When I was sent a link to State Faults' recent LP Desolate Peaks I literally said "holy sh*t this is amazing" and had to get them on No Sleep ASAP," says No Sleep president Chris Hansen. "I can't wait to see what comes together for their No Sleep debut LP."

"We couldn't be more excited about working with No Sleep!," adds drummer Jared Wallace. "This band has been our passion from the very start. We want nothing more than to write music and share it with all of our friends on the road. From our very first visit with the guys at No Sleep, we could tell that they are just as passionate and excited about all of that as we are. We're extremely optimistic for our future with them!" more on this story




Necrowretch Complete Work On New Album
Necrowretch have completed the recording and mastering of their debut album, Putrid Death Sorcery, which will be released early next year.

The album was recorded in late August at Blackout Multimedia studios in Brussels by Phorgath of Enthroned

Necrowretch's guitarist / vocalist Vlad comments: "We are extremely pleased with the way the recordings took place in Brussels as Phorgath of Enthroned put all his energy in this album and did everything possible to make those days in the studio a stainless experience. A first album is always a turning point in the life of a band and we were willing to push everything one step further while remaining faithful to our influences such as Merciless and Grotesque. We also wanted this album to be more personal and more varied than everything we have done in the past. All in all I think the mission is accomplished! We are now looking forward to puke on the face of the earth what Necrowretch has to offer on a full length album through songs such as 'Ripping Souls Of Sinners,' 'Putrid Death Sorcery' or 'Spewed From Hell.' Our friend Milovan Novakovic from Montenegro is now working on the cover artwork and some shirts design that will symbolize our Putrid Death Metal!" more on this story




The Boxer Rebellion Release Rarities Collection
(Sub) The Boxer Rebellion have released a new collection of unique and hard-to-find songs spanning its 10-year career titled B-Sides and Rarities through its own Absentee Recordings.

Comprised of 20 tracks and covering two volumes, B-Sides and Rarities was released last week and follows the band's latest full-length effort, the critically acclaimed The Cold Still. The collection is now available for purchase through digital retailers.

The members of The Boxer Rebellion - Nathan Nicholson (vocals/guitar), Todd Howe (lead guitar), Adam Harrison (bass) and Piers Hewitt (drums) - are currently writing and recording a new album for 2013 and have been riding high on the success of their latest album, the Ethan Johns-produced The Cold Still - a grand and shimmering piece of creative alternative rock that's been praised by the likes of major American outlets such as USA Today, CNN, Billboard, FILTER, Guitar World, Relix, NYLON, The Wall Street Journal and countless others. more on this story




Singled Out: Spirit Animal
Today Spirit Animal frontman Steve Cooper tells us about the track "Lead!" from their brand new EP "This Is A Test". Here is the story:

"Lead!" is one of those 'FrankenTunes' that gives you great relief as a writer when it finally all fits together. The main riff was something that our guitarist, Cal Stamp, had introduced in several previous projects without it ever being totally right for those groups. Up to this point we'd mostly learned and played songs that the band had written when I lived in L.A. before Cal or Paul Michel (bass) joined. So this was really the first time one of the songs started this way, with all of us in a room looking at each other going, "got anything good?" He broke this riff out and it immediately made sense for our new sound: heavy as hell but also with a precision to it, something that would challenge the rest of the guys to make something special happen.

The lyrics, the opening ones at least, had a similarly long history to them. Before Spirit Animal gave me the chance to be in a real band I was doing solo stuff but I wanted badly to do a concept project called Hellvis Deathly where a four-piece would record minute-long speed metal songs and then slow them down like chopped and screwed sizzurp music so they'd wind up as two or three minute rock songs. The opening lyric in "Lead!" ("This is a test / this will always be a test / this is a test, at last, that you can't pass / at least this is a test") was initially the first line of the original Hellvis Deathly tune that never got recorded. It was the first thing out of my mouth when we were messing with "Lead!" so I just ran with it.

Conceptually, this song is about things becoming obsolete: keyboards because nobody plays them anyone, they just use computers; magazines because nobody reads them anymore (except Anti Music!!!), they just look online; and lead because nobody uses pencils anymore, they just type. It might seem sort of depressing but it's important to talk honestly about cultural phenomenons, to make light of them and to take responsibility for them. By doing this it's more inclusive and it can be a celebration of our flaws and the direction we're all headed. We're not saying, "you're all idiots, you should keep using keyboards, magazines and pencils." We're saying. "we're all idiots!" And I think that's just more awesome and positive.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!




Led Zeppelin Release Black Dog Video
(hennemusic) Led Zeppelin have issued another preview of their forthcoming live set, "Celebration Day."

On Wednesday, the band offered up footage of their performance of "Black Dog" from the 2007 reunion concert at London's 02 Arena.

The song originally appeared on 1971's "Led Zeppelin IV," which went on to become one of the biggest-selling albums in music history. Watch the video here.




Cryptopsy Streaming Brand New Song Online
Cryptopsy are streaming a brand new song from their new 2CD/digital download "best of" collection which will be released on November 19th in North America.

The Best Of Us Bleed, gathers 32 songs in approximately 140 minutes of playing time, including 3 exclusive, newer studio songs, several rare live/demo/cover/bonus tracks as well as selected cuts from the first 6 studio albums.

The cover artwork of this compilation was designed by Toshihiro Egawa and the booklet contains extensive biographical liner notes by Adrien Begrand (Decibel Magazine).

The compilation's opening track, "Boden," is one of three unreleased studio tracks only available on this release. Listen to it here.



Love De Vice Cover Deep Purple Classic
Love De Vice have posted their cover of Deep Purple's "When a Blind Man Cries" on YouTube.

The clip comes from the Polish progressive band's first live DVD, "Silesian Night 11.11.11," which features the band's outstanding performance at the Wyspiañski Theatre in Katowice.

Tomasz Kudelski (drums) comments the track: "'When a Blind Man Cries' is the only cover song we've been playing at our gigs, often changing the style of its arrangement. Deep Purple is actually my favourite band. Back when we founded Love De Vice, I envisioned it as a combination of the styles of Deep Purple and Pink Floyd. Even though the song doesn't seem to be such, it's actually very difficult to play because it's beautiful in its simplicity. And it's sung by Gillan, who was a god of vocals at that time. Most of the covers of 'When a Blind Man Cries' are failures because they are just imperfect copies of the original, with bad vocals. We decided to change this song a bit and play it as if it was one of our own. We reconstructed it, we added some motifs which weren't part of the original song and made it much longer. But at the same time we tried to retain the melancholy mood of the original, which goes pretty well with our own style. I'm far from saying we played it better than Deep Purple, but we certainly played it differently. I think our version holds up pretty well, both with reference to the vocal and instrumental performance."

The "Silesian Night 11.11.11" DVD also includes additional materials, such as interviews with the band members, photo gallery, band's history and the video clip "Foggy Future"