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The Answer share details of Raise A Little Hell

22/12/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

The Answer have revealed the cover art and track list for their new album, Raise A Little Hell.

The Irish rockers’ LP is due out on the 9th of March via Napalm Records.

Says frontman Cormac Neeson: “We’re delighted to announce the tracklist and artwork for our new album Raise A Little Hell. This is a special record that reflects a return to the hard ass blues rock ‘n’ roll we hold so dear.

“Our good friends at Napalm have created some great formats for you guys to enjoy including coloured double vinyl, a special digipak with a live recording of our recent Road Less Travelled tour, another digipak with an extra bonus CD containing six exclusive bonus tracks plus all sorts of other great stuff.”

The full tracklist for Raise A Little Hell is as follows:

01. “Long Live the Renegades”
02. “The Other Side”
03. “Aristocrat”
04. “Cigarettes & Regret”
05. “Last Days of Summer”
06. “Strange Kinda’ Nothing”
07. “I Am What I Am”
08. “Whiplash”
09. “Gone Too Long”
10. “Red”
11. “I Am Cured”
12. “Raise A Little Hell”

The Answer recently announced that they will be embarking on an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland in March 2015.

Foo Fighters tease 8 seconds of 8th album!

08/08/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Following yesterday’s reveal of what might be the Foo Fighters new album cover art, the teases continue afresh today!

The band have now released an 8 second clip featuring snippets of material from the new record, most notably frontman Dave Grohl shouting “All rise!”

It sounds very much like the new album could be the heaviest and most intense work that the Foos have released for some time.

Check out the clip below:

A further “major” announcement is expected from the Foo Fighters camp next Monday 11th August.

Stone Sour release lyric video for “The House Of Gold & Bones”

21/07/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Stone Sour have released a video for their track “The House Of Gold & Bones”.

The song features on their 2013 two-part album of the same name, and the artwork used in the video is taken from the three-issue comic series written by frontman Corey Taylor, based on the themes of the double-album set.

You can watch the video below:

Stone Sour parted ways with guitarist Jim Root earlier this year, but Root continues to work with Taylor on the much anticipated sixth album from Slipknot. Slipknot’s website and Facebook page rumbled in to action again recently, dropping hints via video clips and messages about what their new album is going to be like.

Tool tied up in legal wrangle delaying new material

17/07/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Tool have spoken out in interview with Rolling Stone saying they know fans are “pissed” that they haven’t released new material.

The band’s last album, 10,000 Days, was released in 2006, and many have been clamoring for new music ever since.

But now drummer Danny Carey and guitarist Adam Jones have revealed a complex set of legal proceedings, blaming them for the lack of a new album. The litigation has all stemmed from events that happened in 2007, when a friend of the band claimed that he had created artwork for Tool and wanted credit for doing so.

This led to an insurance firm that the band felt would defend them in the resulting case turning around and suing them too.

Said Jones: “The fans are pissed at us. And while part of me is selfish and goes, ‘I’m not necessarily doing it for them,’ it’s time that they understand what’s going on.”

“And it’s costing millions and millions and millions of dollars to defend us. And the fans are all going, ‘We want a new Tool album. What the fuck?’ And you don’t want to pull people into your problems, because they don’t understand.”

“But the point is, we’re fighting the good fight. We’re going to trial and we want to crush them. But every time we’ve gotten close to going to trial, it gets postponed and we’ve wasted money and time and it has just drained our creative energy. We bought an insurance policy for peace of mind, but instead we would have been better off if we never had it and just dealt with the original lawsuit.”

The band have been writing and recording, added Carey, saying that they have completed at least one song. He described it as around 10 minutes long and more “metal” sounding than their previous work.

“I’m hoping that we have something really solid recorded by the end of the year. But we’ll see how it goes,” said the drummer. “I thought that last year, too. But we’re making great progress. We’ve really knocked out a lot of good things, especially over the last month. We’re all excited about it.”

The court case is due to be heard in January 2015.

You can watch the video for song “Vicarious” from Tool’s album 10,000 Days below: