MGMT LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR - 25 March 2011.

Kuala Lumpur – Get ready to paint the town a kaleidoscope of reds when hot-wired US rockers MGMT hits KL Live on March 25th for their first ever Malaysian concert. Crossing psychedelic rock with pure adrenaline electro-pop, MGMT is the band behind massive international radio hits Time to Pretend, Kids, Electric Feel and It’s Working and the albums Oracular Spectacular [2008] and Congratulations [2010].

MGMT LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR is brought to you by FUTURE SOUND ASIA (FSA), the highly regarded organizers of successful shows like Thirst featuring Godskitchen Boombox, The Rapture, 2manydjs, Boysnoize and many more.

Led by duo Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT emerged in 2008 and immediately took the critics, the music fans and the pop charts by storm, creating a mass of public support around the globe. And with the rapid success of their debut album Oracular Spectacular, the band cut their teeth on the live festival circuit before graduating to their own large-scale headline shows with the release of second album Congratulations in 2010.


***Concert Info***

MGMT LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR
Date: Friday, 25 March 2011.
Time: 8pm onwards
Venue: KL Live, 20 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 KL
Web: www.futuresoundasia.com & www.whoismgmt.com
Tickets: Will be announce on 3 January.
Enquiries: info@futuresoundasia.com
Facebook Event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168021923233876

Paramore "a manufactured product of a major label," - Zac Farro

"The band was in the dark the whole time. After many meetings between Hayley, her manager and the labels they decided to sign her to Atlantic Records. We didn't understand why Hayley was the only one signing the contract since we were told this was a 'band,' but we were too young to grasp all of this. ... Next thing we knew we were having a signing party for Hayley."


"Hayley's father ... would constantly threaten to 'pull the plug' on the whole band if we complained about anything, suggesting that we were hired guns and Hayley was the real artist, when in reality we were also part of the band. We've always been treated as less important than Hayley. It's been obvious how her family views things."


"Hayley claimed that this record reunited us as band and made us grow closer together, when in reality we were all growing further apart," he writes. "Suddenly the band had spilt into two sides. Touring became more difficult since we couldn't agree on anything. The friendships our band once had were no longer existent."


Via http://www.mtv.com


I guess it sucks to be in a band like this anyway right?? well, we wish that all parties from Paramore have a bright future in this music industry... The Farro brothers can always form a new band... and Hayley can always be the 'rock star' she's meant to be... :D

Rihanna's Concert in Malaysia Postponed !!!

The “Rihanna Live In Kuala Lumpur” concert scheduled for this Friday at the Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil has been postponed.

Concert organiser Pineapple Concerts Sdn Bhd said it has received an official statement from William Morris Agency in Los Angeles that the show will be rescheduled to a future date.

In a statement released Tuesday, the company stressed that this was not a cancellation but a mere postponement.

Rihanna’s management will confirm within two weeks, a replacement date to be mutually agreed by Pineapple Concerts and the artiste, Pineapple Concerts managing director Razman Razali said in the statement....

Source

This is due to THIS!!!! .... why chris?? WHY????

Bands that'll be playing in the upcoming Legacy Fest in Germany!!!!

This is gonna be an awesome metal fest!!

ARCH ENEMY, BELPHEGOR, MISERATION and ANIMA have been confirmed for next year's Legacy Fest, set to take place May 21-23 in Dessau, Germany.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

ABORTED
ANIMA
ARCH ENEMY
BELPHEGOR
BEHEMOTH
BURNING SKIES
CALLEJON
DEMONICAL
DESASTER
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DISBELIEF
EISREGEN
ELUVEITIE
ENDSTILLE
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
FACEBREAKER
GRAVEWORM
KATAKLYSM
KEEP OF KALESSIN
KREATOR
LAY DOWN ROTTEN
MISERATION
NEAERA
SATYRICON
SODOM
SONIC SYNDICATE
TORTURE KILLER
WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH
WINTERSUN

For more information, visit www.legacyfest.de.

Ablaze in Hatred's New Album - The Quietude Plains

Finnish atmospheric and melodic death/doom metal band ABLAZE IN HATRED has completed work on its second album, "The Quietude Plains", at Noisecamp Studios with producer Kari Nieminen. The follow-up to 2006's "Deceptive Awareness" will be released in February 2009 throughFiredoom Music.

"The Quietude Plains" track listing:

01. A Walk Through The Silence
02. Perfection Of Waves
03. The Wandering Path
04. Beyond The Trails Of Torment
05. The Quietude Plains
06. My Dearest End
07. Therefore I Suffer

The song "The Wandering Path" is available for streaming on the band'sMySpace page.

For more information, visit www.ablazeinhatred.com.

Facedown Records signs Hands

Facedown Records has announced the signing of Fargo, North Dakota's HANDS.

Since forming in 2007, the members of HANDS have desired to present a passionate and intense live show. Now, a year later, they offer a performance that is characterized by what drummer Josh Silbernagel calls "beautiful chaos."

HANDS unfurls hugely anthemic prog-rock ballads bearing the influence ofISIS while at the same time laying out solidly progressive hardcore tracks inspired by bands such as LIFE IN YOUR WAY and MISERY SIGNALS.

HANDS will be working with Mike Dresch at Cathouse Studios (NODES OF RANVIER, THE SPILL CANVAS, WAR OF AGES) for its Facedown debut, which will see a July 2009 release.

HANDS is:

Shane Ochsner - Guitar/Vocals
Josh Silbernagel - Drums
Chris Schwartz - Bass
Jerik Hendrickson - Guitar

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/wearehands

Rudra's Upcoming Video and New Album

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have issued the following update:

"We are currently preparing for the shooting of our first professional music video for the upcoming 'yet-to-be-titled' album. This epic video will be for a track titled 'Hymns From The Blazing Chariot', directed by Jacen Tan.

"We are working with Hosaywood & Apsara Asia Pte Ltd. It will be filmed over a period of two months, using some cool 'green-screen' effects. The concept is based on the ancient battle of Kurukshetra, focusing on the dialogue between two warriors, Arjuna and Krishna. The first shoot will take place this weekend and all of us are looking forward to it."

RUDRA's forthcoming album is the second instalment to the 'Brahmavidya'trilogy. Joshua and Sean of Black Isle Studios mixed the CD, which was mastered by Alan Douches (who has worked on NILE, MASTODON andSEPULTURA albums). An early 2009 release via Trinity Records is expected. 

RUDRA last year inked a six-album deal with Hong Kong's Trinity Records. The group's first release for the label was a reissue of their fourth album,"Brahmavidya: Primordial I" (the first part of a triology), which originally came out in 2005.

RUDRA in 2006 severed ties with Demonzend Records (a.k.a. Demonzend Enterprise), the label that originally issued the group's last album,"Brahmavidya: Primordial I", and re-released their debut CD.