Kot smo januarja poročali, je v 78. letu starosti umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj britanskih veteranov Magnum. Že takrat se je šušljalo, da to pomeni tudi konec za zasedbo, ki je to zdaj tudi uradno potrdila. Izjava vokalista Boba Catleyja:
»Hello, everybody. Bob here. All right. I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but I really can't carry on with Tony not here anymore. Please forgive me, and I hope you can understand how I feel. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
Since we lost Tone, we lost our guiding light, the magnum force behind the band, our songwriter, our producer, our guitar player. He was everything to the band. He was everything to me. For the last 50 years, we never went anywhere without each other. On tour, in the studio, I was at his side constantly, working on stuff with him. I had a wonderful life with Tony. But now it's all too much for me, people. I can't carry on without Tony.
I may pop up in some other shape or form in the near future – you never know – but I can't keep going on like this. It's far too sad; it's all too sad.
So, I hope you understand. You've been fantastic – the best audience ever. You kept this band going year after year, album after album, and we thank you for that.
So, be good. Keep Tony's music in your heart always. I know I will. I will always carry MAGNUM inside me. And I will always have Tony Clarkin beside me wherever I go.
I love you. You've been brilliant. But it's time for me to bow out now. It's my last curtain call, okay? I'll see you sometime. Be good. Cheers. Bye-bye.«
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V 78. letu je umrl Tony Clarkin, kitarist, ustanovitelj in (s krajšimi prekinitvami) več kot 50 let gonilna sila britanskih veteranov Magnum. Njegova smrt najverjetneje pomeni konec banda, ki bo v petek izdal triindvajseti studijski album.
The Seventh Darkness je naslov novega singla veteranov Magnum. Skladbo boste našli na prihajajočem albumu Here Comes The Rain, ki izide naslednji petek, spodaj pa si lahko ogledate besedilni video.
Domači atmosferični black metalci Dekadent so objavili posnetek Live in Orto. Gre za posnetek dela njihovega nastopa na letošnjem festivalu Dirty Skunks Fest: 20 Years of Stench. Band je posnel šest komadov:
Wanax Eternal
Pinela
Zastor Magnum
Raided
A Cry of Revolt
The Renaissance of Purity
Britanski veterani Magnum bodo 14. januarja izdali 22. studijski album z naslovom The Monster Roars, ki prinaša naslednje komade:
The Monster Roars
Remember
All You Believe In
I Won’t Let You Down
The Present Not The Past
No Steppin' Stones
That Freedom Word
Your Blood Is Violence
Walk The Silent Hours
The Day After The Night Before
Come Holy Men
Can’t Buy Yourself Heaven
Tukaj si že lahko ogledate besedilni video za skladbo No Steppin' Stones.
Grški power metalci Chronomancy predstavljajo podrobnosti svojega prihajajočega drugega albuma Shadows in Atlantis, ki bo izšel 8. marca preko Fighter Records, in sicer kot CD, 12" LP, kaseta in v digitalnem formatu. Na albumu Shadows in Atlantis bodo naslednje pesmi:
Rebirth
Dance of the Vampires
Pilgrims in a Foreign Land
The Voyager
Seven Deadly Kins
The Hunting Song
Magnum Opus
Thunderchild
Legions of Mist
Shadows in Atlantis
Up With the Phoenix
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Švedski starošolski death metalci Aeon so objavili video za naslovni komad prihajajočega albuma God Ends Here, ki bo izšel 15. oktobra na vinilu in zgoščenki ter v digitalni obliki pri založbi Metal Blade Records (prednaročila so možna tukaj). Tracklista:
The Nihilist
Liar's Den
Let It Burn
Orpheus Indu Inferis
Church Of Horror
Deny Them Eternity
Forsaker
Into The Void
God Ends Here
Severed
Just One Kill
Mephistopheles
Let The Torturing Begin
Despise The Cross
Overture: Magnum Reginae
Queen Of Lies
Umrl je priznani producent Keith Olsen, ki se je podpisal pod številne odmevne albume, kot so Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest For The Wicked (1988), Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue (1989), Scorpions - Crazy World (1990), Kingdom Come – In Your Face (1989), Magnum - Goodnight L.A. (1990), Lynch Mob - Lynch Mob (1992) in Warrant - Rockaholic (2011). Sodeloval je tudi pri nekaterih filmskih soundtrackih, kot naprimer Footloose, Vision Quest, Tron, Flashdance in Top Gun.
Magnum predstavljajo besedilni video za skladbo Without Love z novega studijskega albuma Lost On The Road To Eternity, ki bo izšel 19. januarja pri Steamhammer/SPV.
Superskupina Snakecharmer predstavlja skladbo Are You Ready To Fly z drugega studijskega albuma z naslovom Second Skin, ki izide ta petek pri založbi Frontiers Music.
Snakecharmer so objavili skladbo Follow Me Under z drugega studijskega albuma z naslovom Second Skin, ki bo izšel 12. maja pri založbi Frontiers Music.
Superskupina Snakecharmer, v kateri so se zbrali vokalist Chris Ousey (Heartland, Virginia Wolf, The Distance), kitarista Simon McBride (ex-Sweet Savage) in Laurie Wisefield (ex-Wishbone Ash, ex-Home), klaviaturist Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne, Headspace), basist Neil Murray (Empire, The Company Of Snakes, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Whitesnake, ex-The Michael Schenker Group) ter bobnar Harry James (Magnum, ex-Thunder, ex-Bad Influence), je objavila promo video za svoj drugi studijski album z naslovom Second Skin. Novi album bo izšel 12. maja pri založbi Frontiers Music.
Stone Magnum so na svojem Bandcampu pravkar v celoti objavili tretji studijski album Holy Blessings To None, ki si ga lahko tudi brezplačno prenesete.
