Behemoth Pictures

Metallica Reveal More “Death Magnetic” Package Details

More details of the various formats of Metallica’s Death Magnetic have emerged on the band’s Mission:Metallica website. The cheapest option, with a $24.99 price tag, is the simple Digital Death Magnetic package, which gives its buyer the digital album at midnight of street date, plus the option to download two Metallica summer concerts, ringtones and the access to the Platinum areas of the Mission:Metallica site. The next step up takes that package and adds a physical CD to the mix (with free shipping!). Then, there’s the behemoth Limited Edition Collectible. For $124.99, you can get the digital, physical and 5LP versions of Death Magnetic, plus a lithograph. All three packages enter you into exclusive contests to win a chance to meet the band at select festivals. And the best part: They all come with $10 off merch or Fan Club membership at Metallica.com. You can peruse which package is right for you here. Death Magnetic is due out in September.

Published: 2008-07-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Metallica

“Oh By The Way”: Pink Floyd Celebrate Belated 40th Anniversary With Mega Box Set

If you thought Pink Floyd had exhausted all their fortieth anniversary surprises after they unleashed their three-disc The Piper at the Gates of Dawn reissue, think again. The band is releasing the massive Oh By The Way, which culls together all of the band’s proper studio albums into one box set. Technically, the band formed around 1965, making them forty-two, but this belated birthday present makes up for the oversight. Each compact disc is repackaged in mini-vinyl reproductions, complete with all the posters and postcards and dust jackets that accompanied the original records, except tiny-sized. They even brought back the original, iconic Dark Side of the Moon album cover for the first time since 1993, which is enough to warrant purchase. While the set includes every studio album from Piper to 1994’s The Division Bell, it curiously lacks the must-have rarities collection Relics. Storm Thorgersen, who is responsible for the majority of PF’s most well known artwork, was even employed to design the new cover. There are additional rumors that there might be an accompanying DVD featuring interviews and live performances. The set is out December 4th, giving people adequate time to wrap this behemoth in time for the holidays. Related Stories: Exclusive: David Gilmour Looks Darkly at the Future of Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Plan Piper Re-Release Pink Floyd Reunites (Almost)

Published: 2007-10-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Get a free Suicide Silence MP3

To celebrate the release of their upcoming new studio album, No Time To Bleed, on June 29, Kerrang! Dot Com have hooked up with Suicide Silence to bring you an exclusive MP3 download. Click here to download new track, Wake Up, for free. The band kicked-ass at this weekend’s Download festival and will be back in the UK with Devildriver and Behemoth in October.

Published: 2009-06-17 Provider: Kerrang!

Neil Young’s “Archives Vol. 1″ Set for Release June 2nd

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Neil Young’s long-in-the-works and much-anticipated Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972 finally has a release date: June 2nd. The pre-order page for the incredible box set is up on the Neil Young Website now. The set features 128 tracks, 43 unreleased recordings, three live concerts, a 236-page full-color hardcover book and Young’s debut feature film Journey Through The Past, which is being released for the first time since its 1973 theatrical run. The set charts Young’s career from the Squires to Buffalo Springfield to his early solo works and finally his 1972 album Harvest. Archives Vol. 1 was originally scheduled for Summer 2007, then pushed to February 2008, then autumn of last year, January 2009 and now finally June 2nd. The 10-disc box set will be available in both DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as an eight-disc CD package that won’t include Journey Through the Past or the hardcover book. Visit the Neil Young site to get a gander at the massive track list on this behemoth box set. Thankfully, the price of the set has been drastically reduced as well: Amazon.com had the Blu-Ray box set selling at $431, but the Young site is offering the package for a pre-order price of $299.99, with standard DVD costing $199.99 and the CD set $99. For those who can’t afford the full set or already own the previously released Live At Massey Hall 1971 and Crazy Horse at the Fillmore 1970, each disc will also be sold individually in all formats. In addition, by ordering now, you’ll also receive a 7′’ vinyl featuring two songs by Young’s early band the Squires, “Mustang” and “Aurora.” A preview of the set’s “Disc 0 – Early Years 1963-1965″ will also ship pre-June 2nd for those who pre-order. Neil Young fans will have their hands full keeping up with all the recordings the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is unleashing this year. Young will also release his new, electric-car inspired album Fork in the Road on April 7th. Related Stories: • Jonathan Demme Debuts “Neil You

Published: 2009-03-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

"Elect the Dead" by Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian's powerful, madcap bellow is one of the easiest voices to recognize in hard rock. Normally, the voice is attached to System of a Down, the multi-platinum behemoth generally regarded as one of the most musically adventurous and politically progressive bands in their genre. In recent years, primary SOAD songwriter Daron Malakian increased his vocal presence in the band's material; while Tankian obviously remained a cornerstone, the dual attack left some fans complaining of Serj withdrawal. Now that the band is on a short-term hiatus, Tankian's solo career finally comes to fruition, beginning with Elect the Dead. Fans familiar with snippets of Tankian's jazz-influenced or experimental solo songs—which have popped up in benefit shows and so forth—may be surprised by the general familiarity of Elect the Dead. Originally conceived as a more stripped-down collection—a direction which he's already indicated he's headed on his second

Published: 2007-10-23 Provider: Artist Direct