Traduza\\ SAXON Frontman Checks In From METALLICA's 30th-Anniversary Celebrations

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON flew from Helsinki to San Francisco earlier this week to join METALLICA on stage for the first of four intimate shows at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. Byford couldn’t miss the chance to celebrate such a milestone in METALLICA's career, and took advantage of a two days gap in SAXON's current tour to make the event. The iconic British metal vocalist performed the SAXON classic "Motorcycle Man" at the Fillmore with METALLICA on December 5.

CIRCLE PIT \\ Check out new Bury Tomorrow video ‘Royal Blood’!

Come inside to check out new Bury Tomorrow video ‘Royal Blood’!

“It’s a song about breaking free of the norm, about not allowing your life to become still and lifeless,” say the band. “It’s a philosophy the band has had from day one and is even reflected in the choice of our name (From the saying: Live for today, Bury tomorrow a play on the latin phrase Carpe Diem meaning sieze the day). Too many people are told they ‘can’t’ or ‘won’t’ achieve. As a result the youth of today are being led to believe they must become lifeless beings, following the grey norm in order to survive. There is nothing to inspire them to break free, no encouragement for the masses to reach for the stars. This song is written from the perspective of someone trying to get out and reach their goals, about fighting for what you want your own life to be. When you are noble enough to stand up for your dreams no matter your situation you ARE of Royal Blood. ”

Premiere\\ JAKE E. LEE Makes Appearance In New BEGGARS & THIEVES Video

Former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee has contributed a guest guitar solo to the song "We Come Undone" from reunited rockers BEGGARS & THIEVES. Lee also appears in the video for the track, which can be seen below. Other guest musicians featured in the clip are Ron Keel (KEEL, STEELER), Blas Elias (SLAUGHTER) and Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT).

"We Come Undone" comes off BEGGARS & THIEVES' latest album, "We Are The Brokenhearted", which came out on November 29 in North America and December 2 in Europe via Frontiers Records.

BEGGARS & THIEVES debuted on Atlantic Records in 1990 with its self-titled album, a record that was critically acclaimed, with the first single appearing in the Top 40 Billboard magazine rock chart and being added to rotation on over 100 Parallel One AOR radio stations.

The change of musical climate, and the advent of grunge, halted the band's rise to the stardom when their then-new label Epic Records decided not to release BEGGARS & THIEVES' second studio album, "Look What You Create", written and produced in collaboration with Jim Vallance (AEROSMITH, BRYAN ADAMS, SCORPIONS, HEART).

Rocknews\\ Sodom no Brasil em 2012: Shows em São Paulo e Brasília confirmados

A banda alemã de thrash metal Sodom anunciou através de seu site oficial uma nova turnê sul-americana em abril de 2012. Até o momento as seguintes datas estão confirmadas:

06/04/2012 (BR) Brasília - TBA
07/04/2012 (BR) São Paulo - Carioca Club
08/04/2012 (ARG) Buenos Aires - Teatro Flores
10/04/2012 (CHI) Santiago - Teatro Caupolitan
11/04/2012 (PE) Lima - Barranco Bar
13/04/2012 (CO) Bogotá - Teatro Metropol
14/04/2012 (CO) Medellin - Charles De Gaulle
15/04/2012 (CR) San Jose - Pepper's Club

Informações sobre ingressos e pontos de venda em breve.

http://sodomized.info/

Traduza\\ MERCYFUL FATE, ARMORED SAINT Members Perform With METALLICA At Second 30th-Anniversary Show

Lou Reed, King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE), Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE), Timi Hansen (MERCYFUL FATE), Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE) , Marianne Faithfull, Ray Haller (SWEET SAVAGE), Kid Rock and John Bush (ARMORED SAINT) joined METALLICA on stage last night (Wednesday, December 7) for the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only.

After opening sets from THE SOUL REBELS brass band and ARMORED SAINT, as well as an appearance by ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian — who took to the stage with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett to tell stories of hanging out with late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton — METALLICA rocked the capacity crowd with a 20-song set which featured selections from all periods of the band's career, including a previously unreleased track from the "Death Magnetic" sessions called "Just A Bullet Away".

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. To Live Is To Die (premiere)
02. Enter Sandman
03. Holier Than Thou
04. Disposable Heroes
05. Bleeding Me
06. Wasting My Hate
07. My Apocalypse
08. Just A Bullet Away (previously unreleased song from "Death Magnetic" sessions; premiere)
09. Breadfan (BUDGIE cover) (with METALLICA fan Andrew Dowis)
10. The Memory Remains (with Marianne Faithful)
11. Killing Time (SWEET SAVAGE cover) (with Ray Haller)
12. Turn The Page (with Kid Rock)
13. The Four Horsemen (with John Bush)
14. Iced Honey (with Lou Reed)
15. The View (with Lou Reed)
16. White Light/White Heat (with Lou Reed)
17. Creeping Death (with Jason Newsted)
18. Battery (with Jason Newsted)
19. Mercyful Fate Medley (MERCYFUL FATE cover) (with Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, Timi Hansen and King Diamond)
20. Seek & Destroy (with Jason Newsted, Scott Ian, Ray Haller, John Bush, Joey Vera, Gonzo Sandoval, and THE SOUL REBELS)

Entre Armas e Rosas \\ Guns N' Roses: possível reunião no R&R Hall Of Fame?

Durante anos, o GUNS N'ROSES ostentou uma esperança de um reencontro da formação clássica da banda, e agora que foram oficialmente incluídos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame de 2012, é hora das especulações começarem ser lavadas a sério.

Enquanto o guitarrista Slash simplesmente postou em seu twitter: "É uma honra", e o baixista Duff McKagan apenas re-twittou o anúncio original, os ex-bateristas do Guns, Steven Adler e Matt Sorum, recentemente opinaram sobre uma reunião na cerimônia do Hall of Fame no dia 14 de abril. Com esta notícia, todos agora começam a cruzarem os dedos e Adler também deve estar fazendo o mesmo.

"Significaria muito para mim", Adler disse a revista Rolling Stone sobre a possibilidade de Axl Rose aparecer para uma performance com a formação original. "Eu, pessoalmente, quero terminar o que comecei. Se nós começamos isso, vamos encerrar a carreira tocando juntos, pelo menos uma vez".

Claro, se a oportunidade surgir, Adler ficaria feliz em continuar com a antiga equipe. "Eu adoraria fazer uma turnê inteira pelo mundo", continuou ele. "Eu, pessoalmente, sei que Slash e Duff pensam da mesma forma, devemos isso aos nossos fãs, eles tem o poder de fazerem isso acontecer. Mesmo depois de 20 anos, eles ainda estão ligados e acreditam em nós. Eu recebo todos os dias mensagens de pessoas de todo o mundo dizendo o quanto amam a banda original".

Mas Adler também foi rápido em apontar que os outros ex-membros da banda, também merecem fazer parte da festividade. "Levando em conta logo após a minha saída, eu acredito que Matt Sorum e Dizzy Reed, ambos têm todo o direito de serem introduzidos, também. Dizzy tocou no 'Use Your Illusion', e ele é ligado a Axl mais do que ninguém. Ele merece. Matt Sorum também tocou no 'Use Your Illusion.' Acho que todos nós merecemos".

Falando de Sorum, o outro ex-baterista do Guns falou sobre o Hall of Fame durante uma outra entrevista. Quando perguntado se ele achava que a formação clássica iria se juntar novamente, ele respondeu: "Eu espero que sim. Estamos prestes a entrar no Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, que é muito legal, mas eu realmente não posso afirmar sobre uma turnê. Cabe a Slash e Axl acertarem as coisas".

É mais fácil falar do que fazer, mas ainda não é impossível. Como Adler reforçou: "Será que não podemos ser apenas pessoas normais, realizando um objetivo e apenas tocar algumas músicas? Meu Deus, é só rock and roll! Não é ciência espacial".

Metal Xmas \\ Scott Ian, do Anthrax: "Papai Noel ajude o meu fígado"

Em seu blog oficial, o guitarrista do Anthrax, Scott Ian, publicou uma mensagem relatando o seu clima natalino:

“É 5 de dezembro. Faltam 20 dias para o Natal e 26 para o meu aniversário. 2011 passou voando. Posso dizer, com certeza, que foi o melhor ano da minha vida. Meu filho nasceu, Worship Music foi lançado e tocamos no Yankee Stadium. Foi um grande ano e quero que continue sendo esse mês e em 2012. Estar em casa após essa incrível turnê nos Estados Unidos está sendo ótimo. Família, amigos e festas o mês inteiro, Papai Noel ajude o meu fígado”.

Traduza\\ METALLICA's 30th-Anniversary Kickoff Concert: More Photos, Video Footage Available

Jason Newsted (METALLICA, VOIVOD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), John Marshall (METAL CHURCH, former METALLICA guitar tech and occasional James Hetfield fill-in), Sean Harris (DIAMOND HEAD), Brian Tatler (DIAMOND HEAD), Biff Byford (SAXON) and APOCALYPTICA joined METALLICA on stage last night (Monday, December 5) for the first of four intimate shows at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only.

According to Benjy Eisen of RollingStone.com, "Audience members had to win a fan club lottery to get tickets, and most people had to travel a great distance. Immediately upon entering the building, it was apparent this wasn't just another METALLICA concert; this was something special. The band literally transformed the venue into their own banquet hall, complete with the Fillmore's Poster Room serving as a makeshift Metallica Museum featuring artwork, instruments and other group memorabilia.

"Frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich strolled onto the stage early to explain the proceedings: 'If you don't know by now, METALLICA is throwing a party, and you're all invited,' said Hetfield. He handed the mic to comedian Jim Breuer, who hosted several 'game shows' using contestants plucked from the audience. The first competition focused on band trivia while a second game was entitled 'Name That Riff.'"

After opening sets from THE SOUL REBELS brass band and Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA, METALLICA rocked the capacity crowd with a 21-song set which featured selections from all periods of the band's career, including a previously unreleased track from the "Death Magnetic" sessions called "Hate Train".

In his review of last night's show, Jim Harrington of the Oakland Tribune writes, "The overall feel of the concert was very informal — more like a bar band (albeit, an unusually talented one) performing before family and friends than that of a multiplatinum act playing for salivating fans. In that sense, it felt so drastically different from the well-rehearsed product one gets with METALLICA's regular arena show.

"The band members took long breaks between many songs, casually talked among themselves and with the audience, and invited several guests onstage — including one fan, who played guitar on 'Wherever I May Roam', and former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted."

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. The Call Of Ktulu
02. No Remorse (full version)
03. The Shortest Straw
04. Leper Messiah
05. The Day That Never Comes
06. Carpe Diem Baby (first time performed live)
07. Hate Train (previously unreleased song from "Death Magnetic" sessions)
08. Please Don't Judas Me (acoustic; NAZARETH cover)
09. Wherever I May Roam (with fan-club member John Dent)
10. Sad But True (with John Marshall)
11. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth (impromptu jam by Robert Trujillo)
12. No Leaf Clover (with APOCALYPTICA)
13. One (with APOCALYPTICA)
14. Harvester Of Sorrow (with Jason Newsted)
15. Damage, Inc. (with Jason Newsted)
16. Motorcycle Man (with Biff Byford)
17. The Prince (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
18. It's Electric (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
19. Helpess (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
20. Am I Evil? (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
21. Seek & Destroy (with everyone)

Check out photos of the concert at METALLICA's Facebook page. Some of the pictures can be seen below.

James Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio that METALLICA hoped to make the shows special for the people attending. "It is a fan celebration — everyone who's come along the METALLICA ride for 30 years — and we're constantly wanting to give to the fans what they don't normally get from some other band or some other connection," he said. "So these four shows at the Fillmore are something like that."

The other three shows will take place on December 7, December 9, and December 10, with special guests and events, rare songs, varied setlists and more.

Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio that he hoped Ozzy Osbourne and MOTÖRHEAD bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister would be among the guests at the shows.

METALLICA plans to begin work on its next studio album early in 2012. The group recently released its collaborative album with Lou Reed, called "Lulu", which flopped saleswise and earned the quartet the worst reviews of its career.

The band has booked several European shows next summer, including one at a venue in Denmark that used to be a prison, at which it will perform its self-titled 1991 effort, a.k.a. "the black album," in its entirety.

METALLICA was formed when Ulrich, who had moved to Los Angeles from Denmark, placed an ad in a local paper called The Recycler looking for other musicians to play with. The ad was answered by guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of the band LEATHER CHARM.

METALLICA officially formed in October 1981 and the band's first recording was "Hit The Lights" for the compilation "Metal Massacre".

Bay Area DJ Ron Quintana came up with the group's name: he was debating between using "Metallica" and "Metal Mania" for the name of his radio show and Ulrich encouraged him to use "Metal Mania" so that he could use "Metallica" for his new band.

METALLICA's first full lineup — featuring Hetfield, Ulrich, guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Ron McGovney — played its first gig on March 14, 1982 at Radio City in Anaheim, California.

Traduza\\ It's Official: GUNS N' ROSES To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

GUNS N' ROSES is among the artists that will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at its 27th annual ceremony on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum. Also scheduled to be inducted are RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, BEASTIE BOYS, THE SMALL FACES/FACES, Donovan and Laura Nyro. Freddie King well enter the Hall Of Fame as an Early Influence, while the late producer and TV host Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun (nonperformer) Award and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns will receive the Award For Musical Excellence.

The ceremony will be taped for broadcast by HBO, which plans to air it in early May. Like the 2009 inductions, which were also held in Cleveland, the event will be open to the public; tickets go on sale for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame + Museum members at 10 a.m. on December 16, and to the general public at 10 a.m. the next day. Tickets are $50 and $100, with a two-ticket limit on all orders. More information is available at www.rockhall.com.

GUNS N' ROSES was nominated in its first year of eligibility.

"It's a great honor," former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke told The Plain Dealer. "The band deserves it. It was a long time coming."

Acts become eligible 25 years after the release of their first record.

Eccentric singer Axl Rose is the only original member of the current GUNS N' ROSES lineup, and while he has recently been on friendlier terms with guitarist Izzy Stradlin and bass player Duff McKagan, he and guitarist Slash are not on speaking terms.

Asked about what the former bandmates will do if they are inducted, Axl told VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" in October, "I don't know what it means in terms of me with the old band and the old lineup. If we were to be invited, I don't know what they would ask of me. It's up in the air."

Drummer Steven Adler told Rolling Stone magazine that he remains skeptical that Axl will be willing to perform with the original lineup. "You figure that time heals all wounds," he said. "But some people just REALLY hold a crazy grudge. I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge... Can't we just be fucking people who played music and accomplished a huge goal in their life and just play a couple songs? It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science."

Earlier this year, former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan spoke to MusicRadar.com about the possibility of the band being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

"My only experience with the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame was when VELVET REVOLVER played it and we were inducting VAN HALEN," he said. "That whole band was supposed to be there, including David Lee Roth — we were going to do a song with him. It all started falling apart in the two weeks leading up to the gig. It was sad to watch…

"We were just the innocent band that was there to play VAN HALEN songs, and we saw their whole thing crumble. To see Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar show up, when it was supposed to be everybody... Michael and Sammy were really cool guys and good sports about it, but they took all the heat over the situation. A lot of heat.

"I don't know if I want to set myself up for heat. It's going to be a debacle, isn't it? A press debacle. I just don't know what else to say about it."

Asked about what the former bandmates will do if they are inducted, Slash said, "We'll cross that bridge when we get there . . . If they're gonna pass you over, I don't think it's worth worrying about too much."

Slash said that he was glad to see Alice Cooper going in this year, and as for who has been overlooked, the guitarist said, "The one that comes to mind right off the bat — and it's not even a band that I'm a huge fan of but definitely is eligible — is KISS. And I know that they've been passed over every fucking year."

KajibrinoTV \\ Cannibal Corpse - São Paulo 2011

Cannibal Corpse - São Paulo 2011
Carioca Club - Brasil - 03/12/2011

CIRCLE PIT \\ LAMB OF GOD: Official 'Ghost Walking' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "Ghost Walking", a brand new song from Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Resolution", which will be released in North America on January 24, 2012 via Epic Records (one day earlier internationally through Roadrunner Records). The CD was recorded at various studios in Virginia and New York with producer Josh Wilbur, who worked on the band's last effort, 2009's "Wrath".

"Resolution" will feature 14 songs and will come in a digipack with artwork by longtime art director Ken Adams.

The "Resolution" cover artwork can be seen below.

"Resolution" track listing:

01. Straight For The Sun
02. Desolation
03. Ghost Walking
04. Guilty
05. The Undertow
06. The Number Six
07. Barbarosa
08. Invictus
09. Cheated
10. Insurrection
11. Terminally Unique
12. To The End
13. Visitation
14. King Me

The "Ghost Walking" video will begin airing tomorrow (Tuesday, December 6) on VEVO and all other video outlets.

During its 2012 world tour, LAMB OF GOD, in connection with Epic Records and 914 Films, will shoot a feature film documenting fans and their personal stories of how they use the band's music to cope with their everyday lives.

Metal Open Air \\ Obituary é quarta internacional confirmada

A Negri Concerts, em parceria com a CKConcerts e Lamparina Produções anunciam mais nome confirmado para o METAL OPEN AIR: do lado internacional, vem aí Obituary, parte integrante das cinco maiores bandas de death metal do cenário.

Outras seis atrações já foram confirmadas: os norte-americanos do Antrhax prometem fechar um dos dias do festival em grande estilo, com a volta de Joey Belladonna nos vocais, as bandas alemãs Blind Guardian e Grave Digger, além das nacionais Drowned (MG), Attomica(SP) e Terra Prima (PE). Esse é só o início do anúncio das atrações. Ainda há muitas bandas nacionais e internacionais participantes do METAL OPEN AIR a serem anunciadas em breve.

Os ingressos já estão à venda no site da Ticket Brasil (www.ticketbrasil.com.br) e no site do METAL OPEN AIR (www.metalopenair.com).

OBITUARY – Obituary é uma banda de death metal que iniciou sua carreira em 1984, em Tampa, na Flórida. São considerados uma banda bastante influente no cenário death metal mundial. Fazem parte do grupo das 5 bandas mais importantes do movimento Death da Flórida: Death, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse e Deicide. Seu álbum de 1990 Cause of Death é considerado um álbum seminal no gênero, e o cantor John Tardy é reconhecido como um dos primeiros vocalistas a utilizar vocais guturais extremamente graves (comparado aos vocais guturais agudos utilizados pelas bandas anteriores Death e Possessed).

TATTOOS\\ CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Gets Tattooed In Brazil; Video Footage, Photos Available

Guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM was recently tattooed by Roger Marx of Estúdio Nimbus in São Paulo, Brazil. Laiho's tattoo was the abbreviation "E.V.V.K.", which stands for the Finnish slang expression "Ei Voisi Vähempää Kiinnostaa," meaning "I couldn't care less." Check out video footage and photos below (courtesy of RogerMarx.net).

We are all on drugs \\ "Sempre vi o Korn como a ovelha negra do metal", diz vocalista

Jonathan Davis, vocalista do Korn, tem caprichado nas entrevistas para chamar atenção para o novo álbum do grupo, The Path Of Totality. Depois de declarar que a banda inventou o dubstep, agora o frontman não segurou o ego e soltou mais umas pérolas.

"Sempre vi o Korn como a ovelha negra do metal porque não nos encaixávamos em lugar nenhum", disse o músico, em entrevista à revista Kerrang!. "Quando fiz o primeiro disco, eu estava inventando um novo gênero musical. É a mesma coisa agora. Eu não estive tão empolgado em anos".

Porém, Davis ressaltou as diferenças entre sua vida no início da banda com sua fase atual de maneira pouco ortodoxa: "Se eu sinto falta do passado? Sim, cara. Eu quero ficar muito louco. Quero cheirar cocaína e sair com prostitutas e tudo mais. Mas não posso agora, tenho uma família e essas drogas me matariam".

Traduza\\ APOCALYPTICA, SAXON, DIAMOND HEAD Members Perform With METALLICA At 30th-Anniversary Kick-Off

Jason Newsted (METALLICA, VOIVOD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), John Marshall (METAL CHURCH, former METALLICA guitar tech and occasional James Hetfield fill-in), Sean Harris (DIAMOND HEAD), Brian Tatler (DIAMOND HEAD), Biff Byford (SAXON) and APOCALYPTICA joined METALLICA on stage last night (Monday, December 5) for the first of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only.

After opening sets from THE SOUL REBELS brass band and Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA, as well as a salute to Ray Burton, the 86-year-old father of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton, by the event's MC, Jim Breuer (comedian, SiriusXM host and diehard METALLICA fan), METALLICA rocked the capacity crowd with a 21-song set which featured selections from all periods of the band's career, including a previously unreleased track from the "Death Magnetic" sessions called "Hate Train".

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. The Call Of Ktulu
02. No Remorse (full version)
03. The Shortest Straw
04. Leper Messiah
05. The Day That Never Comes
06. Carpe Diem Baby (first time performed live)
07. Hate Train (previously unreleased song from "Death Magnetic" sessions)
08. Please Don't Judas Me (acoustic; NAZARETH cover)
09. Wherever I May Roam (with fan-club member John Dent)
10. Sad But True (with John Marshall)
11. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth
12. No Leaf Clover (with APOCALYPTICA)
13. One (with APOCALYPTICA)
14. Harvester Of Sorrow (with Jason Newsted)
15. Damage, Inc. (with Jason Newsted)
16. Motorcycle Man (with Biff Byford)
17. The Prince (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
18. It's Electric (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
19. Helpess (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
20. Am I Evil? (with Sean Harris, Brian Tatler)
21. Seek & Destroy (with everyone)

Fan-flmed video footage and photos can be seen below (more clips will be added later today)

Frontman James Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio that METALLICA hoped to make the shows special for the people attending. "It is a fan celebration — everyone who's come along the METALLICA ride for 30 years — and we're constantly wanting to give to the fans what they don't normally get from some other band or some other connection," he said. "So these four shows at the Fillmore are something like that."

The other three shows will take place on December 7, December 9, and December 10, with special guests and events, rare songs, varied set lists and more.

Hetfield told The Pulse Of Radio that he hoped Ozzy Osbourne and MOTÖRHEAD bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister would be among the guests at the shows.

METALLICA plans to begin work on its next studio album early in 2012. The group recently released its collaborative album with Lou Reed, called "Lulu", which flopped saleswise and earned the quartet the worst reviews of its career.

The band has booked several European shows next summer, including one at a venue in Denmark that used to be a prison, at which it will perform its self-titled 1991 effort, a.k.a. "the black album," in its entirety.

METALLICA was formed when Ulrich, who had moved to Los Angeles from Denmark, placed an ad in a local paper called The Recycler looking for other musicians to play with. The ad was answered by guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of the band LEATHER CHARM.

METALLICA officially formed in October 1981 and the band's first recording was "Hit The Lights" for the compilation "Metal Massacre".

Bay Area DJ Ron Quintana came up with the group's name: he was debating between using "Metallica" and "Metal Mania" for the name of his radio show and Ulrich encouraged him to use "Metal Mania" so that he could use "Metallica" for his new band.

METALLICA's first full lineup — featuring Hetfield, Ulrich, guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Ron McGovney — played its first gig on March 14, 1982 at Radio City in Anaheim, California.

KajibrinoTV \\ Suicide Silence - You Only Live Once - São Paulo 2011

Suicide Silence - You Only Live Once - São Paulo 2011
Carioca Club - Brasil - 03/12/2011

KajibrinoTV \\ The Black Dahlia Murder - A Shrine to Madness - São Paulo 2011

The Black Dahlia Murder - A Shrine to Madness - São Paulo 2011
Carioca Club - Brasil - 03/12/2011

SEFOTEU\\ Limp Bizkit é dispensado de gravadora após baixas vendas de último disco

Pois é, parece que não deu muito certo o retorno do Limp Bizkit. O grupo liderado pelo vocalista Fred Durst foi dispensado pela gravadora Interscope, depois das baixas vendas do disco Gold Cobra.

A banda alcançou fama no final dos anos 90, durante o auge da onda new metal, e ficou sem lançar material inédito desde o disco The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1), de 2005. Após anunciar a volta de sua formação original, o Limp Bzikt lançou em junho deste ano o álbum Gold Cobra, mas mesmo escorado por três singles - Shotgun, Gold Cobra e Autotunage - o disco não deslanchou.

"Uma das coisas com este disco é que fizemos para nós mesmos, para os fãs de verdade e para algumas pessoas que conhecemos na indústria da música", disse Durst, em entrevista ao programa de rádio Poolside With Dean Delray. "Não era nossa intenção fazer um álbum bem pop e que fosse sucesso no rádio. Não queríamos fazer esse tipo de disco na época. Estamos trabalhando agora em qual direção vamos remanejar o Limp Bizkit. Finalmente conseguimos sair de nossa gravadora e nos tornarmos independentes."

De acordo com o vocalista, a principal meta do grupo sempre foi a entrega nas apresentações ao vivo, mas o processo de gravar discos tomou as atenções da banda. "Só queremos fazer shows, quebrar tudo e transformá-los em grandes festas. A coisa toda de gravar um disco sempre fica no nosso caminho, mas é parte do jogo. Nós amamos escrever músicas e aconteceu de que algumas canções se tornaram populares, coisa que nunca imaginamos".

"Continuamos muito bem com nossa turnê e fazemos mais shows fora dos Estados Unidos. Parece que o país está sempre esperando um hit, mas o resto do mundo não funciona exatamente desse jeito. Então estamos para dar algo que o público realmente possa curtir e lembrar de como doente o Limp Bizkit é ao vivo". Tá beleza então...

Metal Open Air \\ Depois de 5 anos, Anthrax retorna ao Brasil

A Negri Concerts, em parceria com a CKConcerts e Lamparina Produções anuncia o primeiro grande headliner do METAL OPEN AIR: os norte-americanos do Anthrax, o único dos Big Four que não pisa em solo brasileiro há mais de cinco anos. Essa é a oportunidade que os fãs brasileiros aguardavam para ver a grande volta de Joey Belladonna!

Outras cinco atrações já foram confirmadas: as bandas alemãs Blind Guardian e Grave Digger, além das nacionais Drowned (MG), Attomica (SP) e Terra Prima (PE). Esse é só o início do anúncio das atrações! Os headliners e outras bandas nacionais e internacionais participantes do METAL OPEN AIR serão anunciados em breve.

Os ingressos já estão à venda no site da Ticket Brasil (www.ticketbrasil.com.br) e no site do METAL OPEN AIR (www.metalopenair.com).

ANTHRAX – Fundada em Nova York em 1981 pelo guitarrista Scott Ian e o baixista Dan Lilker. Foi uma das mais populares bandas da cena thrash dos anos 80, notáveis pela sua combinação de metal com hardcore punk e música alternativa. Eles fazem parte do “The Big Four”, formado pelas bandas mais importantes do estilo, ao lado de Metallica, Slayer e Megadeth. O Anthrax já recebeu o falecido guitarrista Dimebag Darrel (Pantera) como substituto temporário durante um período de crise, em que Danny Spitz deixou a banda. Atualmente, eles excursionam com o Big Four e celebram a volta de seu vocalista mais conhecido: Joey Belladonna.

SOBRE O METAL OPEN AIR

O METAL OPEN AIR possuirá uma ampla estrutura para atender fãs do país inteiro: estacionamento externo à área do festival, camping indoor e outdoor (com banheiros e chuveiros), praça de alimentação, mais de 40 geradores de energia, dois palcos (lado a lado), camarote com área de Meet & Greet com as bandas do festival, área de convivência para os artistas, bilheterias para quem quiser adquirir ingressos na hora, entre outras facilidades. Toda a estrutura do festival estará amparada por um grande esquema de segurança.

Durante os três dias de METAL OPEN AIR, fãs de todo o país poderão conferir vinte das bandas mais importantes do heavy metal mundial e vinte das mais talentosas bandas do heavy metal brasileiro no Parque Independência.

Todas as informações sobre bandas, valor dos ingressos, camping e merchandising oficial do METAL OPEN AIR estará disponível no início de dezembro no site www.metalopenair.com. Sugerimos aos fãs que desejam acompanhar todas as novidades sobre o METAL OPEN AIR em primeira mão, que busquem acessar sempre as fontes oficiais dos promotores do evento.

Realização: Negri Concerts / CKConcerts
Promotor Local: Lamparina Produções

SERVIÇO – METAL OPEN AIR
Data: 20, 21 e 22 de abril
Abertura dos Portões: 09h
Início dos Shows: 13h
Local: Parque Independência
Endereço: Bairro São Cristóvão – CEP: 65055-420 - São Luís – Maranhão
Informações: www.metalopenair.com
Classificação Etária: 14 anos

INGRESSOS ANTECIPADOS PROMOCIONAIS
Passaporte Pista 1º Lote - R$ 350
Passaporte Camarote + MG Area - R$ 850
Passaporte Camping: R$ 100 por pessoa

A Ticket Brasil cobra taxa de conveniência de 20% sobre as compras de passaportes efetuadas no site da empresa e no site oficial do evento.

ATENÇÃO ESTUDANTES: Antes de adquirir o seu ingresso, confira como funciona a política de meia-entrada do estado do Maranhão.

PONTOS DE VENDA:
www.metalopenair.com e www.ticketbrasil.com.br

Premiere\\ METALLICA And LOU REED: 'The View' Video Released

Lou Reed and METALLICA tapped award-winning director Darren Aronofsky to helm a music video for their collaborative track "The View". The clip, which features scenes that were shot in the San Francisco Bay Area, can be seen below (courtesy of IFC.com). Also involved with the project as director of photography is Aronofsky's cameraman, Matthew Libatique, who has worked on all of Aronofsky's feature releases — which include such Oscar-nominated films as "Black Swan" and "The Wrestler" — and has been a cinematographer for several Spike Lee films.

Although the original plan was to shoot a performance video of "Iced Honey", when Darren got together with Lou and METALLICA at the band's San Rafael studio, it became obvious "The View" was the way to go.

"The first time I heard 'The View', I was stunned," said Aronofsky. "I had never heard anything like it. Half was all Lou. The other half all METALLICA. It was a marriage that on the surface made no sense, but the fusion changed the way I thought about both artists and morphed into something completely fresh and new. I couldn't stop listening to it. Lou's crushing lyrics, and the band's incredible licks. It's so original and that's why I wanted to work on it."

"I am very excited about working with Darren Aronofsky on our powerful video, 'The View'," said Reed. "I feel Darren understood the power and range of the emotions fueled by the fire of METALLICA. His strength and spirit are on display in every frame and I think he has caught the anger, rage and anguish at the bottom of the soul of real rock. A literate man for a literate song. As exciting as the music and that's a big compliment. Possibly the best video ever made. Black and white filmic noir."

"To have a song like 'The View' visualized through the eyes and magic touch of Darren Aronofsky is beyond my wildest dream," said METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. "The marriage between images, music, and words in this video is indescribably thrilling and I am so next level psyched to be involved in a project that brings together the creative minds of Darren Aronofsky, Lou Reed... and The 'TALLICA."

"The View" is featured on METALLICA's collaborative album with Lou Reed, titled "Lulu", which has polarized fans around the world and earned the band some of the most scathing reviews of its career. The effort features the former THE VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman's spoken-word poetry and lyrics combined with METALLICA's musical assault for a jarring experience that doesn't sound like anything METALLICA has ever attempted before. A concept album based on two early 20th century plays by German author Frank Wedekind, the CD was co-produced by Reed, METALLICA, Hal Willner — who has produced albums for Reed, Marianne Faithfull, and Laurie Anderson, among others — and Greg Fidelman. Fidelman also mixed the record.

So, do such bad reviews affect the heavy-metal veterans? Lars Ulrich tells the Hindustan Times, "We have read a lot of reviews. They were quite interesting, as people haven't focused on what the album really is." Vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield adds, "Anyway the album is very special to us and we had a fantastic experience recording it."

The collaboration between METALLICA and Reed was sparked by their performance together of Reed's "Sweet Jane" and "White Light/White Heat" at the 25th anniversary of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at Madison Square Garden in October of 2009.

The songs were all written by Reed with extensive arrangement contributions by METALLICA.

Only two songs on the album are under five minutes in length, while two are more than 11 minutes long and the closing cut, "Junior Dad", clocks in at 19 minutes.

"Lulu" sold just under 1,400 copies copies in the United States in its fourth week of release, bringing the CD's cumulative sales to 20,000. The effort dropped off The Billboard 200 chart after debuting at position No. 36 with first-week sales of 13,000.

Premiere\\ KORN: 'Kill Mercy Within' Video Released

A live version of the track "Kill Mercy Within" from KORN's forthcoming tenth studio album, "The Path Of Totality", can be seen below (courtesy of NME.com).

Due on December 6 via Roadrunner Records, "The Path Of Totality" is an experimental album which finds KORN shifting gears and exploring new territory. That should hardly come as a shock to the band's diehard fans, as KORN exploded onto the scene in the'90s and established themselves as hard rock game-changers from that point on.

For "The Path Of Totality", the band collaborated with some of the leading dubstep and electronic producers in the world, including Skrillex, Excision, Datsik, Noisia, Kill the Noise, and 12th Planet. The result is something completely new, yet utterly and definitively KORN. Leave it to a band like KORN to continue to reinvent itself two decades deep into its career.

"The title 'The Path Of Totality' refers to the fact that in order to see the sun in a full solar eclipse, you must be in the exact right place in the exact right time," KORN frontman Jonathan Davis explained. "That's how this album came together. I think all the producers feel the same way. I'm not sure it could ever happen again"

The band's recent (and much lauded) collaboration with dubstep's hottest producer, Skrillex, titled "Get Up!", was the surprise rock hit of the summer, the buzz of which started in Coachella's dance tent in April 2011, when Jonathan and Munky joined Skrillex on stage for a show stealing unannounced performance of the song.

Adds James "Munky" Shaffer, "'Get Up!' started as a bit of an experiment, but we had such an amazing response from our fans and had such a great time collaborating that a full album of tracks came together in a couple of months. We couldn't wait to get to the studio every day to finish the next song."

"The Path Of Totality" track listing:

01. Chaos Lives In Everything
02. Kill Mercy Within
03. My Wall
04. Narcisstic Cannibal
05. Illuminati
06. Burn The Obedient
07. Sanctuary
08. Let's Go
09. Get Up!
10. Way Too Far
11. Bleeding Out

The album will be released in two configurations: as a standard 11-song CD and a special edition CD that will include bonus tracks as well as a DVD of "The Encounter", a full-length video concert of KORN's mind-blowing, once-in-a-lifetime performance in the middle of a 900-foot-long crop circle in a wheat field in Bakersfield. The complete concert, previously seen last year on TV and online in an abbreviated form, will be offered in its entirety to those who purchase the deluxe version.

Metal Xmas \\ Photos Of EDDIE VAN HALEN 'Frankenstrat' Guitar At Universal CityWalk's Hard Rock Café

The giant guitar in front of the Hard Rock Café at Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California has been updated to a replica of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat. Check out photos below.

The Frankenstrat represented Van Halen's attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes of a Fender. It was originally made from an ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing that Eddie altered to fit a Gibson PAF humbucking bridge pickup. It had a maple neck and fretboard, and chrome hardware. It developed through several early paint schemes ultimately into the now famous combination of red, with black and white stripes. It is a six-string guitar with an original Floyd Rose tremolo, which Eddie helped to develop.



The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History earlier in the year acquired the VAN HALEN "Frank 2" guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments.

The guitar was made in 2006 as part of a joint venture between the artist and Fender to produce a limited edition number of guitars for the EVH brand. Known as the "Frankenstein Replica," or "Frank 2," it will be part of the museum's Division of Culture and the Arts, which preserves a large and diverse collection of instruments.

Liberation 20 anos \\ Anúncio oficial da turnê Lamb Of God/Hatebreed/Lacuna Coil

Com enorme orgulho e satisfação, anunciamos hoje oficialmente uma das turnês especiais que estamos preparando para celebrarmos os 20 anos de existência da Liberation, uma série de shows que reunirá 3 pesos pesados do metal mundial: LAMB OF GOD / HATEBREED / LACUNA COIL SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR 2012.

Além de reunir 3 bandas importantes com as quais já trabalhamos e com as quais tivemos grandes experiências, esse incrível evento fará parte das turnês mundiais de divulgação de novos álbuns das três bandas, algo poucas vezes visto por aqui.

O LAMB OF GOD passará por todo o continente ao lado do HATEBREED. Já o LACUNA COIL participará da tour nas apresentações no Brasil, Argentina e Chile.

As informações gerais sobre os dois shows no Brasil, em São Paulo e em Curitiba, serão divulgadas nos próximos dias. A venda de ingressos será iniciada, primeiramente on-line, no dia 06/12.

Datas da turnê:
31/03/2012 São Paulo, Brasil (Lamb of God / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil)
01/04/2012 Curitiba, Brasil (Lamb of God / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil)
02/04/2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Lamb of God / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil)
04/04/2012 Santiago, Chile (Lamb of God / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil)
06/04/2012 Quito, Equador (Lamb of God / Hatebreed)
07/04/2012 Bogota, Colômbia (Lamb of God / Hatebreed)
08/04/2012 Caracas, Venezuela (Lamb of God / Hatebreed)
10/04/2012 Cidade do México, México (Lamb of God / Hatebreed)

Fique atento ao site http://www.liberationmc.com para maiores informações!

Agenda\\ Every Time I Die em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro 2012: Ingressos e pontos de venda

A nova edição do XLive Music Festival contará com a presença das bandas New Found Glory, Four Year Strong e Every Time I Die. Informações sobre ingressos e pontos de venda para shows em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro já estão disponíveis; Confira:

Informações gerais:

Data: 14 de janeiro de 2012 (sábado) - São Paulo/SP
Ainda com as bandas: New Found Glory e Four Year Strong.
Local: Carioca Club (Rua Card Arcoverde, 2899
Pinheiros)
Horário:
Ingressos:
Lote 1 - Pista: R$ 100,00
Lote 2 - Pista: R$ 120,00
Lote 1 - Camarote: R$ 140,00
(Os valores acima já são de meia-entrada)
Pontos de venda:
- Ingressos online já disponíveis através do Ingresso Rock: www.ingressorock.com.br
Outras Informações: (11) 3813-8598


Data: 15 de janeiro de 2012 (domingo) - Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Ainda com as bandas: New Found Glory e Four Year Strong.
Local: Fundição Progresso (Rua dos Arcos, 24)
Ingressos:
- Pista: R$160,00 (inteira)
- Pista: R$80,00 (meia-entrada)
Pontos de venda:
- Ingressos já disponíveis nas bilheterias do Fundição Progresso e online através do site: www.fundicaoprogresso.com.br
Outras informações: (21) 2220-5070

Esquenta pro SHOW \\ Cannibal Corpse - Priests Of Sodom

As três bandas americanas já se encontram em SP, e estão prontas para o massacre sonoro de amanhã, no Carioca Club (rua Cardeal Arcoverde, 2899, Pinheiros – São Paulo) – a abertura ficará por conta da banda Hutt, de São Paulo.

Vale lembrar que a produtora Liberation MC divulgou os horários das apresentações para que ninguém perca as atrações:

ABERTURA DA CASA: 16h00
HUTT: 16h30 – 17h00
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: 17h30 – 18h20
SUICIDE SILENCE: 18h40 – 19h30
CANNIBAL CORPSE: 20h00

Esquenta pro SHOW \\ Suicide Silence - No Pity for a Coward

Os horários dos shows serão rigorosamente cumpridos, portanto, chegue cedo!

Quem ainda quiser ingressos, ainda dá tempo de comprar na Galeria do Rock (lojas Paranoid e 255) ou nas bilheterias do próprio Carioca Club.

Esquenta pro SHOW \\ The Black Dahlia Murder - Necropolis

Realização: Liberation Tour Booking
Informações gerais: info@liberationmc.com
Faixa etária: menores de 14 anos somente acompanhados de responsável.

The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse e Suicide Silence no Brasil\\ Prováveis setlists de shows no Brasil

O set list abaixo foi elaborado baseado nas últimas apresentações das bandas, estando sujeito a alterações:

Cannibal Corpse Brazil Tour 2011:

Scalding Hail
Covered With Sores
Orgasm Through Torture
Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead
The Pick-Axe Murders
Force Fed Broken Glass
Blunt Force Castration
Devoured by Vermin
Fucked With a Knife
Meat Hook Sodomy
Make Them Suffer
Edible Autopsy
Buried in the Backyard
Hammer Smashed Face

Suicide Silence Brazil Tour 2011:

March to the Black Crown
Unanswered
Smoke
No Pity For A Coward
You Only Live Once
Fuck Everything
Lifted
Disengage
Slaves to Substance

The Black Dahlia Muder Brazil Tour 2011: (foto)

A Shrine to Madness
A Vulgar Picture
Moonlight Equilibrium
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
Necropolis
On Stirring Seas of Salted Blood
Den of the Picquerist
Malenchantments of the Necrosphere
Everything Went Black
Carbonized in Cruciform
Miasma
I Will Return
Blood in the Ink
Funeral Thirst
Statutory Ape

Momento Dave Mustaine \\ James Hetfield: ensaio fotográfico com Dave Mustaine

O frontman do Metallica, James Hetfield, postou em sua página no Facebook um ensaio fotográfico onde aparece junto de Dave Mustaine, lider da banda Megadeth e seu ex colega de banda.




Comentários: Para James, esta é somente uma foto de revista. Para Dave, este é o melhor dia de sua vida.

SEFOTEU\\ Machine Head: guitarrista leva sapatada e abandona show

A 3:35 do vídeo, Phil Demmel é atingido por um calçado na cabeça. Ele deixa o palco, em protesto. Show realizado na última terça-feira em Bruxelas, Bélgica.

Traduza\\ SEPULTURA Guitarist Joins EXODUS On Stage In Prague; Video Available

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser joined EXODUS on stage earlier tonight (Thursday, December 1) at KC Vltavská in Prague, Czech Republic to perform the classic EXODUS song "Piranha". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below.

SEPULTURA and EXODUS are currently on the road in Europe together as part of the "Thrashfest Classics" tour with DESTRUCTION, HEATHEN and MORTAL SIN.

SEPULTURA's setlist for "Thrashfest Classics" consists of material exclusively from the "Beneath The Remains", "Arise" and "Chaos A.D." albums. The trek's other co-headliner, EXODUS, is performing songs from the "Bonded By Blood", "Pleasures Of The Flesh" and "Fabulous Disaster"; DESTRUCTION is playing tracks from "Sentence Of Death" and "Infernal Overkill"; and HEATHEN is performing selections from "Breaking The Silence" and "Victims Of Deception". MORTAL SIN's setlist consists of material from the "Mayhemic Destruction" and "Face Of Despair" albums.

SEPULTURA recorded a cover version of "Piranha" for its covers-only EP, titled "Revolusongs", which was released through FNM/Universal Records in Brazil in December 2002.

SEFOTEU\\ Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH Quits TESTAMENT

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy has confirmed to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine that drummer Paul Bostaph has left the band.

Due to a "serious injury," Bostaph was absent from the recording sessions for TESTAMENT's new album, "The Dark Roots Of Earth", which is scheduled for release on April 27, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records. He was replaced in the studio by Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK), who also sat behind the kit for select dates on TESTAMENT's recent North American tour with ANTHRAX.

"We just found our last week Paul Bostaph is not coming back to the band, he's starting his own new project and doing some things on his own," Billy told Terrorizer. "So we're actually going to be holding a couple of auditions with probably small group of drummers that we chose — we don't want to have a revolving drum stool, we have a new record we want a permanent drummer."

According to Chuck, the split with Bostaph is amicable. "We're still buddies," he said. "It's just that Paul feels at this point in his career he wants to be in a little more in control of the artistic creation of the songs and with his new project, they are all involved with that process whereas with our group, Eric [Peterson, guitar] is pretty much the main songwriter and that's just the way its been with us for 25 years."

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler plays on one track on "The Dark Roots Of Earth", which was helmed by veteran British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, NEVERMORE, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY).

SEFOTEU\\ Van Halen: "banda não quis aparecer" diz promotor do Grammy

O presidente da The Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, não confirmou à agência de notícias Reuters que o Van Halen era a banda que se apresentaria na cerimônia de indicados ao Grammy. Mas também não negou, além de ter deixado claro que o grupo que deveria ter participado não o fez por conta própria.

“No mundo da criatividade, tudo flui. Esperávamos que os artistas em questão estivessem prontos para o anúncio, mas não estavam. Então, isso é televisão ao vivo, partimos para o próximo ato. É Rock and Roll. Nossas intenções eram genuínas e fomos verdadeiros o tempo todo”.

CHICKS\\ Kate Moss: caracterizada como David Bowie na capa da Vogue

Traduza\\ DREAM THEATER, MEGADETH, MASTODON Among GRAMMY AWARDS Nominees

DREAM THEATER, MASTODON and MEGADETH are among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The nominees in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category are as follows:

* DREAM THEATER - "On The Backs Of Angels"
* FOO FIGHTERS - White Limo"
* MASTODON - "Curl Of The Burl"
* MEGADETH - "Public Enemy No. 1"
* SUM 41 - "Blood In My Eyes"

CHICKENFOOT "III" art director Todd Gallopo was nominated in the "Best Recording Package" category.

Nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards were announced earlier tonight (Wednesday, November 30) by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual Grammy Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be held on "Grammy Sunday," February 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

"Once again, it is most gratifying to see the Grammy Awards process produce a broad cross section of diverse and impressive nominees across multiple genres," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "This year's nominations truly reflect an exceptional and talented creative community that embodies some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry in their respective fields. Coupled with the fourth year of our primetime nominations special, the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 54th annual Grammy Awards in February, is off to an exciting and appropriate start."