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Soft-shred pioneer and rising guitar god Myrone has released his latest single and video, “Track Day”, featuring the inimitable Chris Adler (drums, ex-LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH) and James LoMenzo (bass, MEGADETH). A follow-up to his recent single “Soft Shred”, this new track will appear on his upcoming album, due for release next month.

Boasting a ubiquitous playing style rooted in caustic but soulful riffs and technical fireworks, Myrone has made a name for himself as solo artist, studio musician (recent credits include the Netflix original “Cobra Kai” soundtrack) and member of international metal supergroup FIRSTBORNE, also featuring Adler and LoMenzo.

“Track Day” is filled with serpentine riffs, a profound melodic sensibility and more than a dash of 1980s nostalgia, serving as a perfect focus track for Myrone’s album. Adler contributes a blistering percussion performance, with LoMenzo holding down the low end with a pulsating groove.

Myrone’s singular playing style is equal parts technically impressive and approachable; his acrobatics on the fretboard don’t distract from his dynamic songwriting ability.

The official “Track Day” music video is a fun, frenetic narrative that perfectly complements the song while highlighting the drift car community that has embraced Myrone’s music.

Myrone has this to say about the impetus behind his latest track: “After I released ‘Guitar Magic’ in 2019, I quit making Myrone music. I was burnt out and felt like I had exhausted all the creative possibilities for this project. It was only after a bunch of people in the grassroots drifting community started following me and inviting me out to track day events that I felt inspired to create again.

“As soon as I finished the demo, I knew I had something extremely special and that I needed Chris Adler and James LoMenzo to play on it with me to give it that extra intensity.

“‘Track Day’ is my thank you note to all of the car-avatar people who have selflessly championed my music, and graciously taken me out in their S13s, Z’s, and M3’s and thrashed me around until I was car sick.”

Myrone has partnered with Schecter Guitars for a special playthrough video of “Track Day” featuring their new E1 FR S model.

A special limited-edition merch drop accompanies the release. Artwork for the single was created by renowned tattoo artist and designer Dan Bones.

Expect more music from Myrone and FIRSTBORNE throughout the year.

Myrone has been a presence in the Los Angeles scene for the last six years. He has independently released seven albums and two EPs of instrumental guitar music and racked up millions of Spotify streams. In addition to his own recordings, he has collaborated with Rivers Cuomo (WEEZER), SZA, Little Boots, Michael Christmas and Deaton Chris Anthony, among many others.

In a new interview with Waste Some Time With Jason Green, German metal queen Doro Pesch was asked if she has ever thought about writing an autobiography. She responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “At one time I started writing a book, and then I couldn’t take it anymore. I really couldn’t sleep anymore; I got nightmares. Because if you really wanna think about the truth, oh, man, it’s worse than a horror movie. And I thought, man, I’d rather wanna move on, do more good stuff, give out good power, energy, records and do a great tour and not thinking about all the times where I almost lost my life — many times. It was so hardcore and actually almost unbelievable, I think. I haven’t seen a movie that hardcore yet. So when I was starting to write, and I did it with another journalist, and then after a while, I called him up and I said, ‘Hey, no more. I can’t take it.’ I’d rather concentrate on positive stuff. And of course, all the people, they like to see and to hear about all these intense stories or the dirt. Maybe when I’m not touring anymore, then I would write it. It was a lot of stuff which was so unbelievable. And you probably need to go to a therapist after you read that book, when it’s finally done. Yeah, it’s really unbelievable. And sometimes I don’t even know how I survived it… Everything you can imagine was happening. So I don’t wanna continue writing that book right now… It’s the same like if you would think about maybe — I don’t know if you were ever married or divorced — but it’s like when you think of your divorce, oh, it drives you crazy.”

She continued: “It was the worst nightmares. Sometimes I think, man, if it wouldn’t have been for the fans or for people I love, which are the fans, I probably would have killed myself. It was, like, really, really bad. And I thought, wow… [There was] no light on the end of the tunnel sometimes. So I don’t even know how something changed to the better.”

Asked if the dark times were a constant through her life, Doro said: “Yes. Yes. Yeah. Even when I was a little child, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, man. Bad stuff. And when you’re a child, there was no way out sometimes. So I don’t even know why I can be so happy right now. But it’s because of the music and the fans and all that stuff. I don’t know. It stopped a few years ago. But I always try to put everything maybe into some interesting songs or lyrics. I can feel when people are in pain or when there’s something going on and stuff, so I can be maybe more sensitive towards people who need some uplifting things or some good energy and stuff. I think that’s important. So that’s maybe the reason why I had to go through some stuff which was not pleasant. But I have a deeper understanding now.”

Doro is currently working on material for a new studio album, tentatively due later in the year. The LP will be the follow-up to “Forever Warriors, Forever United”, which came out in 2018. That double album featured 19 regular tracks and six bonus songs.

In celebration of 35 years of the “Triumph And Agony” album from her former band WARLOCK, Doro released “Triumph And Agony Live” in various formats, including CD, vinyl, cassette, DVD, Blu-ray, and a huge box set, last September through her own label, Rare Diamonds Productions. The “Triumph And Agony” artwork centered on Geoffrey Gillespie’s famous original drawing of the “Warlock” embracing the blonde rock star.

METALLICA played its first concert of 2022 Friday night (February 25) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show, which was reportedly attended by 60,000 fans, featured support from GRETA VAN FLEET and ICE NINE KILLS.

METALLICA’s setlist was as follows:

01. Whiplash
02. Ride The Lightning
03. The Memory Remains
04. Seek & Destroy
05. Fuel
06. One
07. Sad But True
08. Moth Into Flame
09. Wherever I May Roam
10. For Whom The Bell Tolls
11. Creeping Death
12. Fade To Black
13. Master Of Puppets

Encore:

14. Battery
15. Nothing Else Matters
16. Enter Sandman

Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.

The Las Vegas show took place more than two months after METALLICA’s two 40th-anniversary concerts at Chase Center in San Francisco, California which featured different setlists. They were part of METALLICA’s “San Francisco Takeover”, a four-day citywide celebration of the band’s 40th anniversary that also included a film festival, photo exhibit and curated lineup of smaller venue shows featuring other acts.

Earlier this week, METALLICA announced it will perform only two summer stadium shows in 2022: Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, New York on August 11, and PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 14. Both shows will feature special guests GRETA VAN FLEET and ICE NINE KILLS.

METALLICA presale tickets will be available to Legacy Fan Club members at 9 a.m. ET and General Fan Club members at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, February 28. All presales will end Thursday, March 3 at 10 p.m. ET. Tickets for METALLICA in Buffalo and Pittsburgh go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 4 at 10 a.m. ET at ticketmaster.com.

METALLICA previously played at Highmark Stadium on July 25, 1992, and Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium on July 26, 1992.

This spring, METALLICA will perform at the BottleRock festival in Napa on May 27 and Boston Calling on May 29. The band also has a number of South America and European dates scheduled for spring and early summer.

Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, METALLICA has become one of the most influential and successful rock bands in history, having sold nearly 120 million albums worldwide and generating more than 15 billion streams while playing to millions of fans on all seven continents. The band’s several multi-platinum albums include “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning”, “Master Of Puppets”, “… And Justice For All”, “Metallica” (commonly referred to as The Black Album), “Load”, “Reload”, “St. Anger”, “Death Magnetic” and “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, released in November 2016 and charting at No. 1 in 32 countries.

METALLICA’s awards and accolades include nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and its 2009 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In June of 2018, the band was awarded one of the most prestigious musical honors in the world: Sweden’s Polar Music Prize.

DEEP PURPLE’s Ian Paice has paid tribute to PROCOL HARUM frontman Gary Brooker who died a week ago at the age of 76. He passed away at his home on Saturday, February 19 after a battle with cancer.

Earlier today, Paice uploaded a five-minute video message to his official YouTube channel in which he reflected on his friendship with Brooker and praised the late musician as “one of the giants of English rock music.”

Ian said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “A couple of days ago, we lost one of the giants of English rock music, a good pal of mine, Gary Brooker. A totally unique voice, totally recognizable as soon as you heard it. A wonderful, different style of music that he helped create with his band PROCOL HARUM a long time ago. But when you hear those records today, they are so wonderfully perfect and so different.

“I had the great pleasure of being onstage with Gary just before the pandemic hit in 2020. He’d arranged an amazingly big benefit show at the O2 Arena — sold out, sixteen thousand-something people. Well, why wouldn’t it be? He got some of his best friends to come and do it: Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young… It just went on and on and on. And I had the privilege of playing in the house band behind all these great artists. And in that one night, he raised over a million pounds for The [Royal] Marsden Hospital. That’s something.

“And now he’s gone. And apart from the recordings, I’ll never get to say hi to him again; I’ll never hear that wonderful voice live again. And that really is something to be missed.

“Gary — what an artist and what a nice man.”

Brooker’s death was announced in a statement on PROCOL HARUM’s official web site. The statement read: “With the deepest regret we must announce the death on February 19 2022 of Gary Brooker MBE, singer, pianist and composer of PROCOL HARUM, and a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry.”

In addition to his work with PROCOL HARUM, Brooker released four solo albums and wrote and sang for Eric Clapton’s band and with BILL WYMAN’S RHYTHM KINGS. He also toured with Ringo Starr’s band RINGO’S ALL-STARRS.

Nearly two decades ago, Brooker was made an MBE — member of the Order of the British Empire — by Queen Elizabeth II for services to charity.

Fan-filmed video of SKID ROW’s February 25 performance at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania can be seen below.

As previously reported, SKID ROW has replaced QUEENSRŸCHE as the support act on the rescheduled dates for SCORPIONS’ “Sin City Nights” Las Vegas residency. The run of shows, which was originally slated to take place in July 2020 and was later pushed back to May 2021, will now happen in March-April, 2022 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

SKID ROW is continuing work on its long-awaited new album for a tentative 2022 release. The band is recording its new album in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously worked with FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, HALESTORM, EVANESCENCE, RUSH and ALICE IN CHAINS, among many others.

SKID ROW’s new LP will mark its first release with South African-born, British-based vocalist ZP Theart (DRAGONFORCE, TANK, I AM I), who joined the band in 2016 following the departure of Tony Harnell (TNT, STARBREAKER).

Unlike 2014’s “Rise Of The Damnation Army – United World Rebellion: Chapter Two” and 2013’s “United World Rebellion: Chapter One”, SKID ROW’s forthcoming release will be a full-length record.

SKID ROW’s new LP will be released via earMUSIC, the recorded music label of German entertainment group Edel AG which boasts a roster of global artists including DEEP PURPLE, Alice Cooper, BABYMETAL, THUNDER, STATUS QUO and many more.

SKID ROW previously collaborated with several outside songwriters on its new material, including Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) and Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of HALESTORM, a group that covered the title track of “Slave To The Grind” on its “ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP” in 2011. SKID ROW also worked with songwriter-for-hire Marti Frederiksen, who has previously collaborated with AEROSMITH, DEF LEPPARD, Jonny Lang and Sheryl Crow.

Last August, SKID ROW celebrated the 30th anniversary of its classic second album, “Slave To The Grind”, by performing it in its entirety at The Amphitheater at Rolling Hills Casino And Resort in Corning, California.

Skid Row Penns Peak

Posted by Mark Petro on Friday, February 25, 2022

Come rock out with us this Friday with Skid Row – Warrant – and Ted Poley of Danger, Danger! ??
Doors at 7pm / Showtime…

Posted by Penn’s Peak on Wednesday, February 23, 2022