Mevio Music

Today is off to a great start! I got a call from my good friend Tim at Century Media and got the ok to post some great Swedish rock from a band I like a lot called Hardcore Superstar.
Check out the new single, “Into Debauchery” down below:

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Hardcore Superstar – “Into Debauchery” Music Video

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blessthefall is back with a new singer, a new energy and pulverizing new album Witness, set for release on October 6th, 2009. The Phoenix, AZ quintet has just announced the tracklisting for Witness, as below:

1. 2.0
2. What’s Left Of Me
3. To Hell and Back
4. God Wears Gucci
5. Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted
6. Witness
7. Last Ones Left
8. Five Ninety
9. We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead
10. Skinwalkers
11. You Deserve Nothing and I Hope You Get Less
12. Stay Still

Their first full-length since the release of their hit album His Last Walk two years ago, Witness was recorded with Michael “Elvis” Baskette and is their first with new frontman Beau Bokan (formerly of Take The Crown). Featuring 12 mind-melting tracks, the album is a blistering return for the band, encompassing the stabbing riffs and stunning melodies their fans have come to expect, coupled with a killer new edge will take blessthefall to the next level.

blessthefall will be heading out on a full tour of South America after wrapping up their current U.S. run with August Burns Red – stay tuned for announcement of their Fall tour plans! The band has just posted their second video from the road on their MySpace page. Check it out, along with a clip of new track “God Wears Gucci”, at www.MySpace.com/blessthefall

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I’m not a fan of Pearl Jam at all but I have to admit, the new single is pretty damn catchy!

Below is one of 9 images Pearl Jam will be using on their upcoming release, BACKSPACER.

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Go to Pearl Jam’s Website and find all of the images and you win an exclusive free download.

Stream The Fixer below:

“The artwork collaboration between Tom Tomorrow and the band for this album is so compelling, we felt like it deserved its own online gallery showcase,” said Tim Bierman, manager of the band’s fan site, Ten Club.

Pearl Jam will hit the road this fall in support of the new album, their ninth to date, kicking off a 10-gig run September 21 with a pair of hometown shows in Seattle. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open most concerts. Check out the complete tour schedule here.
Pearl Jam tour dates:
8/8, 
Calgary, Alberta (Virgin Festival)
8/21, Toronto, Ontario (Molson Ampitheatre)
8/28, San Francisco, CA (Outside Lands Fest)
9/21, Seattle, WA (Key Arena)

 9/22, Seattle, WA (Key Arena) 

9/30, Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre) 

10/1, Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre) 

10/4, Austin, TX (Austin City Limits)
10/6, Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)

 10/7, Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)
10/9, San Diego, CA (Viejas Arena)
10/28, Philadelphia, PA (The Spectrum)

 10/30, Philadelphia, PA (The Spectrum)

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Dave Mustaine and the boys from Megadeth recently released the cover art and tracklist for their new album Endgame, due out September 15th from Roadrunner Records.

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TRACK LIST:

01. Dialectic Chaos
02. This Day We Fight!
03. 44 Minutes
04. 1,320′
05. Bite The Hand That Feeds
06. Bodies Left Behind
07. Endgame
08. The Hardest Part Of Letting Go… Sealed With A Kiss
09. Headcrusher
10. How the Story Ends
11. The Right To Go Insane

They filmed the video for the lead single “Headcrusher” on July 28th, featuring a “‘Gladiator’-meets-UFC-meets-inside-of-Dave-Mustaine’s-brain.” of theme for the video.

According to Mustaine, this is the best record the band has put out in some time. “This new album is my proudest moment since the famous (or infamous) Rust in Peace album. With this album, I am also very excited to be introducing my new lead guitarist, Chris Broderick, to the world. I have always felt lucky to have had top shredders in that position, but after touring with Chris in support of my last album, I couldn’t wait to get into the studio and see what he could do.”

Check out the lead track “Headcrusher” :

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Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park has a new group called Dead By Sunrise featuring Bennington on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from ORGY/JULIEN-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from JULIEN-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic.

Bennington recently announced some upcoming live dates. They will be playing a three-song set at the following Linkin Park dates:

Jul. 30 – Stuttgart, Germany
Aug. 01 – Stevenage, UK
Aug. 02 – Graefenhainichen, Germany
Aug. 08 – Chiba City, Japan
Aug. 09 – Osaka, Japan
Aug. 22 – Pomona, CA

This is all leading up to their debut release called Out Of Ashes, which is tentatively scheduled for release in September.

Also leading up to this, the group have recently filmed a video for the song “Morning After.” The video was directed by P.R. Brown, who has directed videos for the likes of Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Korn, and Godsmack.

Here is a list of the top 10 top downloads on iTunes for the week ending on July 20th:

Singles:

1. “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas

2. “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon

3. “Fire Burning,” Sean Kingston

4. “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift

5. “Here We Go Again,” Demi Lovato

6. “Good Girls Go Bad (feat, Leighton Meester),” Cobra Starship

7. “Battlefield,” Jordin Sparks

8. “Best I Ever Had,” Drake

9. “Boom Boom Pow,” Black Eyed Peas

10. “Knock You Down,” Kanye West, Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo

Albums:

1. “Here We Go Again,” Demi Lovato

2. “Leave This Town,” Daughtry

3. “Only By the Night,” Kings of Leon

4. “Battlefield,” Jordin Sparks

5. “The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies),” Black Eyed Peas

Many of us have known and loved the musical stylings of one Daryl Hall and John Oates for many many years. Who doesn’t remember the first time that they heard “You Make My Dreams,”  grooved out to “Private Eyes,” or sang along to “Maneater.”

Well over the years the duo have gone through some changes. None as large as the day that John Oates shaved off his mighty, mighty mustache. Now you might wonder what ever happened to lovely lock of upper-lip hair. Did it just go down the drain?

Well fear not, you can find out the answers for yourself, in the animated show over at Funny or Die called J*Stache. The jist of the show is that John Oates is a family man talked back into the business buy his mustache (voiced by Dave Attell). The mustache also has it’s own blog over at jstache.com.

Now knowing the sort of stuff that normally winds up over at Funny or Die, you might think that this is another great bit of parody. If you do, then you would be wrong. This is an actual official project put together by Primary Wave Music Publishing, which holds a majority stake in the Hall & Oates music catalog. They thought that this might be a great way to get Hall & Oates music in front of a newer audience that may have never heard their music before.

“One of the motivations is to find another avenue to expose the catalogue to a younger generation and a whole new group of people who might not necessarily be completely aware of the depth and breadth of Hall and Oates,” he said. “It was a way we thought we could really get into the catalogue in a cool, new approach to exposing the catalogue to a whole new audience.”

Primary Wave is in talks with several networks to see if there is an interest in broadcasting the show on TV. I for one hope that they do, because if it is anywhere as cool as the above trailer, then I’m sold.

It is hard to pinpoint when heavy metal history is going to be made. However, an upcoming event will surely be one of the few times you know for sure that it will. Judas Priest will be filming their upcoming August 17th performance at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL, for a DVD that will be included in a forthcoming expanded 30th Anniversary edition of their 1980 classic, British Steel. As with all of their U.S. summer dates this year, Priest has been performing the album in its entirety from front to back. With the band playing the entire British Steel repertoire, the August 17th show at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena in Hollywood, Florida (which will be one of the last of this US Summer 09 tour) will surely capture Priest at their peak!!  Not to be missed!!

Judas Priest

British Steel has long been considered one of metal’s all-time classics. It was with this release that Priest truly broke through to the masses, with a pair of tracks that have become fixtures on rock radio – the enduring anthems Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight. But like all classic albums, there is not a single weak track detected on British Steel, as evidenced by such standouts as the perennial concert highlight, Metal Gods, as well as Rapid Fire, Grinder, United, and The Rage, among others.

Produced by Tom Allom, British Steel was recorded at Tittenhurst Park in England – which is a mansion owned at the time by former Beatle Ringo Starr, and previously owned by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 2001, the album was remastered and reissued with extra bonus tracks, and also, was the subject of an in-depth study as part of the popular Classic Albums DVD series.

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So today we were very privileged to have some very special guests in the MEVIO studios – Lacuna Coil.

Michael Butler was able to get this very popular Italian metal band to grace our studios for a 3-song acoustic performance. They performed “Spellbound” and “I Won’t Tell You” from there latest CD Shallow Life, as well as “Closer” from their last release Karmacode.

Above we have a taste of what you can expect to see, COMING SOON ON MEVIO UNDERGROUND at meviounderground.mevio.com