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King Diamond & Scott Ian backstage at Metallica's 30th Anni show 7DEC11 From Scott Ian's twitter feed

The night began with ARMORED SAINT opening the show and moved on into immortality from there… From MERCYFUL FATE, to Marianne Faithful, Lou Reed, John Bush on vocals, another guest fan on guitar, Jason Newsted again, Ray Haller from SWEET SAVAGE, and Kid Rock took the stage with Metallica to help celebrate their 30th Anniversary. The band also unveiled another unreleased song from the Death Magnetic sessions entitled Just A Bullet Away.



METALLICA 30th Anniversary Night Two setlist:
1. To Live Is to Die
2. Enter Sandman
3. Holier Than Thou
4. Disposable Heroes
5. Bleeding Me
6. Wasting My Hate
7. My Apocalypse
8. Just a Bullet Away
9. Breadfan (w/ MetClubber Andrew Dowis)
10. The Memory Remains (w/ Marianne Faithfull)
11. Killing Time (w/ Ray Haller)
12. Turn the Page (w/ Kid Rock)
13. The Four Horsemen (Full Version) (w/ John Bush)
14. Iced Honey (w/ Lou Reed)
15. The View (w/ Lou Reed)
16. White Light/White Heat (w/ Lou Reed)
17. Creeping Death (w/ Jason Newsted)
18. Battery (w/ Jason Newsted)
19. Mercyful Fate (w/ King Diamond, Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, and Timi Hansen)
20. Seek & Destroy (w/ Jason Newsted, Scott Ian, Ray Haller, John Bush, Joey Vera, Gonzo Sandoval, and the Soul Rebels Brass Band)




Metallica is now streaming Just A Bullet Away.

VOLBEAT‘s Live From Beyond Hell/Above Heaven will be released on November 25th on limited 2DVD + 1CD, 2DVD, Blu-Ray, CD and 3LP packages.

The DVD/Blu-Ray contains a total of 28 live tracks from Denmark, Germany and the US and a short documentary, Beyond The Scenes.

Filmed on 11 cameras, leaving no musical stone unturned, this is as close to a back stage pass as you can get. And joined by such musical greats as Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of ANTHRAX/THE DAMNED THINGS, Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE), Mille Petrozza (KREATOR), Jacob Øelund, and L.G. (ENTOMBED), viewers also witness Volbeat in a rock and metal Hall of Fame.

The tracklisting:
DVD1 (Live at Forum / Copenhagen):
Intro
The Mirror And The Ripper
Maybellene I Hofteholder
Hallelujah Goat
16 Dollars
Heaven Nor Hell
Guitar Gangster’s & Cadillac Blood
Who They Are
Evelyn
Mary Ann’s Place
Sad Man’s Tongue
We
7 Shots
Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza/BOA
A Warrior’s Call
The Garden’s Tale
Fallen
Thanks
The Human Instrument

DVD 2:
Live at House Of Blues / Anaheim:
A Moment Forever / Hallelujah Goat
Radio Girl
Angelfuck
Mr. & Mrs. Ness
Still Counting
Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza/BOA
I Only Wanna Be With You

Live at Rock am Ring / Nürburgring:
Sad Man’s Tongue
Mary Ann’s Place
Still Counting

- Beyond The Scenes [Behind the Scenes]

CD:
Intro
The Mirror And The Ripper
Maybellene I Hofteholder
16 Dollars
Heaven Nor Hell
Who They Are
Evelyn
Sad Man’s Tongue
7 Shots
Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza/BOA
A Warrior’s Call
The Garden’s Tale
Fallen
Thanks
The Human Instrument
Angelfuck
Still Counting
I Only Wanna Be With You









For more VOLBEAT click here.

“Worship Music“, (Megaforce) Anthrax‘s first studio album in eight years and its first with vocalist Joey Belladonna since 1990′s “Persistence of Time,” blasts onto next week’s Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #12, the band’s highest chart debut in two decades, and second-highest in its career, selling 28,500 copies.

And if that’s not enough, “Worship Music” debuted at #4 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Chart, #3 on the Hard Music Core Chart, and #2 at both the Indie and Indie Core Stores charts.

“I am most proud of our fans who came out and gave us the amazing support they did,” said Anthrax‘s Charlie Benante. “To have our record debut at #12 is a great accomplishment.”

Added the band’s Scott Ian, “I’m absolutely thrilled with the fact that our Anthrax Army came out in force this week to show the world that good music matters. Thank you to all our friends, old and new! It’s a privilege to do this for you.”

While the recording of “Worship Music” was challenging and at some times difficult, it was at the core of an extraordinary experience for a band that had questioned its very future. Anthrax‘s turning point took place in 2009 at a Cleveland hotel bar with Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich when he first brought up the idea of The Big Four. That led to Anthrax‘s decision to get Belladonna back in the band on a permanent basis, and to the complete refashioning of the previously-recorded tracks for “Worship Music” with Belladonna‘s inimitable vocal stamp. Pre-release reviews of “Worship Music” hailed the album as not only a career-best for Anthrax, but “the metal album of the year,” and last week’s New York homecoming concert at Yankee Stadium as one of the original architects of speed and thrash metal with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth - The Big Four – only added to Anthrax‘s remarkable renewal.

Anthrax hits the road beginning October 14 on a five-week, coast-to-coast tour with Testament and Death Angel.

Upcoming ANTHRAX dates:
10/14 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
10/15 Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
10/16 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/18 Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
10/19 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
10/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Nokia Theater
10/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/24 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
10/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/28 Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall
10/29 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
10/30 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
11/1 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
11/2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
11/4 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
11/5 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/6 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/8 Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights
11/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
11/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom * NEW
11/13 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount * NEW
11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
11/17 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
11/18 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues * NEW
11/19 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom









For more ANTHRAX click here.

ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO THE BIG 4 CONCERT
AT YANKEE STADIUM ON 9/14 FEATURING ANTHRAX, METALLICA, MEGADETH, AND SLAYER

Anthrax has launched a contest, presented by f.y.e., to see the band perform  live in New York  City with the original singer Joey Belladonna.  Starting  now, one very lucky winner will have the opportunity to win a trip to the Big 4 concert at Yankee Stadium on  September 14th. The winner and a guest will receive round  trip airfare tickets to New York  City, hotel, and tickets to one of the biggest metal  events this year!  In order to enter and for official contest rules, go to www.redmusic.com/anthrax/anthraxsweepstakes.html

Make sure to pick up  your copy of the new Anthrax “Worship Music” record on September 13th or preorder your copy of the record now on fye.com.

So the greatest metal show of all time is set to take place this Saturday April 23rd in California. It is every metal heads dream gig. It is The BIG 4: METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, & ANTHRAX all performing on the same stage. Yes, this IS a big deal. I will not be there, but it IS a big deal. It is a show that everyone thought would never happen.

Then something funny happened on the way to the polo club. Jeff Hanneman caught some kind of flesh eating virus, and Scott Ian knocked up Pearl Aday. And now Gary Holt (EXODUS) is taking Jeff‘s place and Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) is taking Scott‘s place.

In Jeff‘s case we all wish him a speedy recovery and hope he returns to the SLAYER ranks soon and healed up 100%. Word is he is almost ready to return, and wanted to for this show, but he just isn’t quite there yet.

In Scott‘s case his fiancée Pearl Aday is pregnant, and due to spill any day. So, wanting to be the good first time father he is not attending any Anthrax dates currently until the birth of their child. No word on how long of a Paternity leave he will be taking once the baby is born.

Here’s where Scott‘s logic gets a little fuzzy for me. He can’t attend the BIG 4 concert to play in the US in front of possibly 200,000 people but he can attend the Golden Gods Awards yesterday WITH Pearl in tow? Really? No, he did. And here is a picture to prove it.

Who am I to jump on him for making the difficult decision of not playing the biggest US show of his career? Why not appear at some awards show in LA on a Wednesday and not appear two hours southeast of LA to perform for a quarter million people three days later? Makes perfect sense to me.

So I ask you this question, can the BIG 4 be the BIG 4 if they are missing 2 of the most well known metal guitar players in the world?

Following an incredible year conquering the globe, TESSERACT, the UK pioneers of the exploding djent movement, return home to receive their first GOLDEN GOD nomination for ‘Best New Band‘. From dazzling North America with the Devin Townsend Project, playing India alongside Meshuggah, taking Europe by storm on their first overseas headlining run to returning to the UK and selling-out their League of Extraordinary Djentlemen tour with Periphery, TESSERACT have rapidly become an international household name and will release their debut full length ‘One‘ on March 22nd.

Bassist Amos Williams comments, “For TesseracT to be nominated for the Best New Band award at this year’s Golden Gods has come as a major shock to us. We really didn’t expect anything like that at all, especially so early in our career, hell we haven’t even released our debut album yet. Being nominated alongside bands such as The Dammed Things is pretty cool as well…that’s Scott Ian, man! Just to be nominated is an award in itself, anything else will be a bonus. A massive thanks must go out to everyone who has voted for us so far.”

TESSERACT are also excited to unveil their brand new music video for the song “Nascent“. The clip was directed by Tim Fox of cultlovesyou and is now being streamed exclusively via Terrorizer Magazine.

TESSERACT is set to kick off their next jaunt across North America as support to Protest the Hero and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster later this month.

TESSERACT dates:
March 23 – Kingston, ON @ Stages
March 24 – Ottawa, ON @Capital Music Hall
March 25 – Montreal, PQ @ Le National
March 26 – Oshawa, ON @ The Green Bottle
March 27 – Barrie, ON @ The Mansion
March 29 – Thunder Bay, ON @ Crocks
March 30 – Winnipeg, MB @ WECC
March 31 – Yorkton, SK @ Agri Pavillion
April 1 – Edmonton, AB @ Avenue
April 2 – Calgary, AB @ The Gate / SAIT
April 4 – Abbotsford, BC @ Abby Arts Centre
April 5 – Seattle, WA @ Corazon
April 6 – Portland, OR @ Branx
April 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
April 9 – San Diego, CA @ Soma Side Stage
April 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
April 11 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
April 12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theatre
April 14 – Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702
April 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon
April 16 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
April 18 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Outside
April 19 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
April 20 – Dallas, TX @ The Door
April 22 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
April 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Downstairs
April 24 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club
April 26 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
April 27 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
April 29 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
April 30 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
May 1 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs
May 3 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
May 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
May 6 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
May 7 – London, ON @ London Music Hall
May 8 – Chatham, ON @ Encore Bar
May 9 – Kitchener. ON @ Wax Nightclub
May 11- Hamilton, ON @ Studio Theatre
May 12 – St. Catharines, ON @ L3 Nightclub









For more TESSERACT click here.

Featuring: Buckcherry. With support from Hell Yeah, All That Remains and The Damned Things
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Rams Head Live – Baltimore, MD

Photos by Marcy Royce.

What a great lineup Jagermesiter has assembled for the Jagermeister 2011 Music Tour. It started on Wednesday, January 19 and will conclude on Thursday, February 24, 2011. BUCKCHERRY is the headliner with support from HELL YEAH, ALL THAT REMAINS and THE DAMNED THINGS.

So let’s get this party started. Or as BUCKCHERRY would say, “It’s A Party” and we’re going “All Night Long!”

The night kicked off with THE DAMNED THINGS. And the venue was not as full as I thought it would be. But that is because they took the stage at 6:35 pm. A bit early for most headbangers. This is a band that I’m not familiar with their music. I do know that of the 6 members, they’ve come from 3 other bands. Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley hail from Fall Out Boy, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano are infused from Anthrax, and Keith Buckley and Josh Newton injected from Every Time I Die. WOW! Cool stuff right there peeps. They debuted last June as THE DAMNED THINGS and are a heavy metal super group. Their first single, “We’ve Got A Situation”, was released in October 2010. While they performed well and with much energy, I just couldn’t get into their music. However, most of the crowd was into them.

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Next to take the stage was ALL THAT REMAINS. They are a metal core group that formed in 1998, so they’ve been around for some time. They have 5 albums under their music belt and their latest offering, “For We Are Many” was released in October of 2010. Members include Philip Labonte, Mike Martin, Oli Herbert, Jason Costa and female bass player, Jeanne Sagan. Jeanne really had me entranced while I photographed the band. She can compete vocally with the boys. And why I say that is because she can ‘growl’ with the best of them. The band was tight and musically sound. Once again, however, just not quite my type of music.

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Rams Head Live was now beginning to fill the empty spots from earlier in the evening. People were steadily trickling in the door where my post seemed to be most of the night. I felt safe at my post because crowd surfing was beginning to increasingly build. Moshing too! And this place is great because it’s large and they have big screen tvs all over the place. So I didn’t miss a beat of any drum or the strum of any guitar or the singing of any lyric.

Now it was time for Baltimore favorities, HELLYEAH. Holy cow! This heavy metal super group just took over. The heat was building as the bodies moved forward. I shed my sweatshirt but regretted that decision as I became soaked with flying water. The crowd was working themselves into a mini frenzy. This band has a history as well. Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett slid in from Mudvayne, Tom Maxwell comes from Nothing Face, Bob “Zilla” Kakaha jumps in from Damageplan, and, of course, the great Vinnie Paul comes from non other than Pantera. While the band formed in 2001, they didn’t become a full fledged group until 2006. Their first release was in 2007 along with their first live show, right there at Ram’s Head. Chad Gray made mention of how this place and the fans were special to them. The crowd ate up the attention. I could feel the intense crowd support. Their second release was in July of 2010. They performed a few songs I recognized. Such as “Hell Of A Time”, “Better Man”, and “Alcohaulin’ Ass.” Chad Gray was on fire. The guitars were wailing. The drums were pounding. And I was in heaven. Captured some great photos during my brief time in the press area. HellYeah leads with such a strong performance that they could have been the headliner for the evening. But not for this tour.

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BUCKCHERRY was up next!

Lights were dim, and figures began appearing on stage. They took the stage like a huge hurricane. A intense wind swept over the crowd, from the front of the stage and permeated to every corner of the place. And then wham, lights revealed the one and only, BUCKCHERRY. It was such rush! As Josh Todd began the first words of “Dead” from their August 2010 release, “It’s A Party”, the crowd just went crazy. It seemed every fan in the first few rows were singing along and fist-pumping as well. The band was tight and sounded great. 

As “Rescue Me” started, I began to realize that Josh is like the energizer bunny, full of so much energy and moving around to almost every square inch of the stage. It seems, to me anyway, that Josh is inspired by two great frontmen, Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones, and Steve Whiteman, of Kix. Moving, gyrating and working the crowd as he belts out the lyrics. I had a hard time keeping up with him. Which brings me so stage right. Since I just had an interview with Keith Nelson a few weeks earlier, I was eagerly visiting stage right often. What a great guitarist. Keith interacts often during each song with the fans. He was throwing guitar picks out to the crowd most of the night. Even trying to get some to the second level of Rams Head Live.

After I finished photographing the third song, “All Night Long” from their new release, I made my way back to my post. All kinds of thoughts played through my head such as, high energy. Tight and solid. Love what they do. Jager infused. Awesome sound. One of the most tattooed bands of this day. Mezmerizing solos. Hooks and riffs, I like. And then Josh does the greatest thing. Thanks the fans for supporting rock and roll. Totally cool! I love when bands recognize the fans as the reason the music is still alive.

The setlist for the evening was: Dead, Rescue Me, All Night Long, Everything, I Want You, It’s A Party, Next To You, Lit Up, Slammin, Lawless & LuLu, On Set, I’m Sorry, Crazy Bitch, and for the encore Out Of Line and Whiskey. Playing current songs as well as digging some out from the early days. AWESOME! I love when bands do that, shows they care about the early stuff just as much as the current release. Digging into the catalog makes this gal happy! I was kind of surprised, though, that the band chose to end their set with lesser known, lesser popular songs that weren’t huge hits. They played most of the hits in the middle to end of the night. But hey, they gotta do what they love as well as what the fans love. So I’m sure they chose that setlist with careful thought and consideration for all involved. The fans loved BUCKCHERRY this night, no matter the course of the setlist.

Although the night included some minor issues and flubs, what band doesn’t have that happen live. And Josh was having a hard time with his vocal range about half way through the night. Performing almost every night apparently had begun to show at Rams Head. He didn’t give up though, and that I commend him for. He adjusted and moved forward, giving it his all. Being a true fan, I did notice these things. However they surely didn’t majorly detract from the great performance by BUCKCHERRY. Can’t wait until they pass close by again. I’ll be there, once again!

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Special thanks and a shout out to Pavla Mikula, with Stache Media, for making this opportunity happen for me and the Away-Team. You, my dear, do indeed ROCK!

The Damned Things
Jagermeister Tour
February 12, 2011 – Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
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“Ironiclast“, the debut album from THE DAMNED THINGS (featuring: Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley, Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano, Keith Buckley, Josh Newton) can be streamed in its entirety at Ultimate-Guitar.com.

“Ironiclast” will be released in North America on December 14 via Island/Def Jam.

“Ironiclast” tracklisting:
Handbook For The Recently Deceased
Bad Blood
Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)
We’ve Got A Situation Here
Black Heart
A Great Reckoning
Little Darling
Ironiclast
Grave Robber
Blues Having The Blues





Jagermeister Music Tour just announced it’s 2011 line up featuring BUCKCHERRY, HELLYEAH, ALL THAT REMAINS, & THE DAMNED THINGS.

Full Jagermeister Music Tour Dates:
Jan 19 San Diego CA 4th and B
Jan 21 Anaheim CA The Grove of Anaheim
Jan 22 Las Vegas NV The Joint
Jan 23 Reno NV Grand Sierra Resort
Jan 25 Salt Lake City UT The Great Salt Air
Jan 27 Denver CO Fillmore
Jan 28 Kansas City MO Midland Theatre
Jan 29 Des Moines IA Seven Flags Center
Jan 31 Peoria IL East Peoria Civic Center
Feb 01 Chicago IL Congress Theatre
Feb 02 Waterloo IA McElroy Auditorium
Feb 04 St Louis MO Pop’s
Feb 05 Minneapolis MN 1st Avenue
Feb 08 Youngstown OH Covelli Center
Feb 11 Myrtle Beach SC House of Blues
Feb 12 Baltimore MD Rams Head Live
Feb 13 Sayerville NJ Starland Ballroom
Feb 15 New York NY Best Buy Theatre
Feb 16 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Feb 18 Albany NY Northern Lights
Feb 19 Philadelphia PA Electric Factory
Feb 20 Manchester NH Verizon Wireless Arena
Feb 22 Charlotte NC Fillmore
Feb 23 Orlando FL Hard Rock Live
Feb 24 Atlanta GA Tabernacle

For more THE DAMNED THINGS click here.

THE DAMNED THINGS – featuring FALL OUT BOY‘s Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley, ANTHRAX’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, and EVERY TIME I DIE’s Keith Buckley – have released their new video, for the track ‘We’ve Got A Situation Here‘. The video is written/directed by Brendon Small, co-creator of Adult Swim‘s Metalocalypse.









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THE DAMNED THINGS – featuring FALL OUT BOY‘s Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley, ANTHRAX’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, and EVERY TIME I DIE’s Keith Buckley - will release their debut album, Ironiclast, on December 14th in North America and January 31st in The UK via Mercury. The debut single, ‘We’ve Got A Situation Here‘, is currently available. The vinyl version of the single will be released on November 22nd.

Ironiclast tracklisting:
Handbook For The Recently Deceased
Bad Blood
Friday Night (Going Down In Flames)
We’ve Got A Situation Here
Black Heart
A Great Reckoning
Little Darling
Ironiclast
Grave Robber
The Blues Havin’ Blues





For more THE DAMNED THINGS click here.

Hot off the heels of Metallica‘s breaking news for their “Live at Grimey’s” CD/10″ comes the news of releases from Anthrax and The Damned Things (the band formed by Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy and Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die). Both bands, in addition to Metallica, will be releasing Metal Club exclusive items which can be found at participating stores on Black Friday (11/26).

Anthrax will be releasing Live at the Sonisphere 10″, a picture disc featuring the tracks “Medusa” and “Only” which are live recordings from the Big 4 DVD (a DVD of the day Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth shared a stage in Sofia, Bulgaria). These recordings will be the first with Joey Belladonna as singer of Anthrax in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, The Damned Things will be releasing a 7″ and CD single for their debut single “We’ve Got A Situation Here” including the track “Ironiclast.” The full length debut from The Damned Things, Ironiclast will hit shelves December 14.

Charlie Benante of Anthrax had the following to say about independent record stores, “Indie stores are our only hope! People should cherish these wonderful treasures. Go, get lost in an indie record store, you may discover a band or record that could blow your mind.”

Metal Club is a group of record stores throughout the US and Canada that work to connect the vibrant metal community with their local record store. Fans will be able to visit their local Metal Club store for special metal promotional pieces, exciting in-store events, and a series of exclusive Metal Club releases.

These and other special metal releases are available at Metal Club stores across the country, please visit www.mymetalclub.com for store locations, news and information on other Metal Club releases.

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For more THE DAMNED THINGS click here.

THE DAMNED THINGS – the new supergroup featuring FALL OUT BOY guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley, ANTHRAX’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, and EVERY TIME I DIE’s Keith Buckley and Josh Newton – have set December 14th as the release date for their debut album, entitled Ironiclast.

The album’s debut single, ‘We’ve Got A Situation Here‘, can be heard now at the band’s MySpace page.

The Damned Things live dates:
October
23 – Relentless Garage – London, UK
24 – Corporation – Sheffield, UK
28 – Roxy – Los Angeles, CA
30 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL

For more THE DAMNED THINGS click here.

THE DAMNED THINGS, the new group featuring FALL OUT BOY‘s Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley, ANTHRAX’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, and EVERY TIME I DIE’s Keith Buckley and Josh Newton have issued the following update:

“Angels & Kings NYC will be hosting a listening party for our debut album on October 7th at 7 PM and we want to see you there! Check out the full details on how you can check out the album before anyone else.”

What: The Damned Things Debut Album Listening Party
Where: Angels & Kings NYC – 500 East 11th St. b/t A&B
When: Thursday, October 7th @ 7 PM

Rock Sound recently announced that The Damned Things will release their debut album on December 13th in the UK.

For more THE DAMNED THINGS click here.

ANTHRAX are gearing up for the 2010 Fall Jägermeister Music Tour, North America’s biggest thrash tour in 20 years with the 1991 original Clash Of The Titans lineup, which also includes SLAYER and MEGADETH.

“It’s great to see so many people getting excited about us being together again,” singer Joey Belladonna remarks. “We had a great time in Europe, and are looking forward to seeing our US fans this fall.”

“Everything has been going so great, just like we hoped it would,” said guitarist Scott Ian. “We wanted Joey to say yes to coming back to the band, we hoped all would go well, and everything couldn’t be going any better.”

For the Jagermeister Fall Music Tour, fans can expect an Anthrax set packed with some of their all-time favorite songs – ‘Caught In The Mosh‘, ‘AntiSocial‘, ‘Madhouse‘, and ‘Indians‘, are just a few that the band knows HAVE to be played.

“There are a lot of songs to fit into 50-minutes,” laughed drummer Charlie Benante, “so we’ll probably change up the set list a little from night to night, and we might debut a new song from our upcoming album as well.”

Since returning from the European tour, the members of Anthrax have begun writing and rehearsing for their new album which is expected out in early 2011.

“We’ve got an unusual luxury of hindsight,” Ian explained. “We finished an album more than a year ago, we’ve lived with those 12 songs since then, and we can look back on them and see what we really love and what we can make even better, especially with Joey back in the fold. On these U.S. dates, we’ll have a portable rig with us so we can work on the songs during any down time, and get everything to the point where we’ll be ready to get into the studio as soon as possible.”

Added Benante, “There are five or six songs from a year ago that we don’t want to change, we love them the way they are, other than having Joey making them his own with his vocals. Then there’s another five or six that we may want to rework, and then there are a bunch of other tunes that are still in the early stages, that we want to finish.”

“We’re super excited that Slayer and Megadeth asked us to be part of this tour,” said Ian, “especially coming off of the European shows. To tour with both of them again in the US is an unbelievable high, and we can’t wait. This is why we love being in a band: it’s not work, it’s ‘let’s go out and have some fun with our friends.’”

Jagermeister Fall Music Tour and Anthrax‘s headline shows are as follows:
September
23 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK (Anthrax headline show)
24 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, TX
25 – AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX
26 – Verizon Wireless Theatre – Houston, TX
28 – Lakefront Arena – New Orleans, LA
30 – Civic Coliseum – Knoxville, TN
October
1 – The Arena at Gwinnett Center – Atlanta, GA
2 – Hard Rock Live – Orlando, FL
3 – Bayfront Park Amphitheatre – Miami, FL
5 – Hampton Coliseum – Hampton, VA
6 – 1st Mariner Arena – Baltimore, MD
8 – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Uniondale, Long Island, NY
9 – Toyota Pavilion @ Montage Mountain – Scranton, PA
10 – LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
12 – Freedom Hall – Louisville, KY
14 – War Memorial Coliseum – Ft. Wayne, IN
15 – DeltaPlex – Grand Rapids, MI
16 – Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI
18 – Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO (Anthrax headline show)
19 – Maverik Center – Salt Lake City, UT
20 – The Pearl – Las Vegas, NV
21 – Gibson Amphitheatre – Hollywood, CA

For more ANTHRAX click here.
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