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Last Year's Savage
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APRIL 2015
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ast month’s Westfest was just the
beginning of what promises to be an
awesome year for metal, both on the
live and recording fronts.
As noted in last month’s mag, May sees
the long overdue New Zealand live debut of
legendary hair metal outfit Mötley Crüe, which
could turn out to be one of the gigs of 2015.
Next month also sees the release of the
eagerly awaited new studio album from Faith
No More – their first since 1997 – who one of
the standout acts at this year’s Westfest. While
F.N.M were essentially rooted in metal, funk, hard
rock and punk, there's no denying Mike Patton’s
outfit channelled music from everywhere; getting
immersed in a Faith No More album meant a trip
around your head, fuelled by sounds you'd never
quite heard played that way before.
Their new LP
Sol Invictus
is going to be
an essential purchase and we will have an
exclusive gold vinyl edition of it as well; it’s
a limited edition so fans are advised to get
their orders in early.
Also due in May is The Darkness’s latest
Last Of Our Kind
, plus a new LP from
Whitesnake called
The Purple Album
, which
sees David Coverdale revisit classics from
his years with Deep Purple. June will see
the arrival of Muse’s latest
Drones
, while
later in the year new LPs are also expected
from the likes of Slayer, Anthrax, Testament and
Meshuggah. Who knows, we may even get to
hear the long-awaited covers album from Alice
Cooper, who incidentally is Mötley Crüe’s special
guest for their NZ tour.
And don’t forget there are plenty of hard rock
goodies due in-store this month too. We are over
the moon about the vinyl debut of the Shihad
classic
Killjoy
and are also looking forward to
the release of the first live Van Halen album to
feature original singer David Lee Roth, along
with remastered versions of two of their biggest
albums. Other new LPs were investigating are
Grammy Award-winners Halestorm’s third studio
set
Into The Wild
and the latest from local lads
Antagonist AD,
Haunt Me As I Roam
.
So crank your stereo up to 11 and have a blast!
2015 is shaping up to be a belter for old school hard rockers.
The Darkness
you ready to rock?
Faith No More
Kendrick Lamar