Download Festival have announced a veritable swathe of additional acts that will be gracing their festival at Donington Park this Summer. There's even a fair few heavyweights in this announcement, including Megadeth, Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, Slash, and Thrash Hits' personal favourite purveyors of intellectual metal, Five Finger Death Punch . The other names announced today are Steel Panther, As I Lay Dying, Kyuss Lives! (whom we've had more than a little to say about in the past , and from more than one point of [...]
ARTIST: Billy Talent Enter The Studio To Begin Work On New Album DATE: 12-15-11 WRITER: Elizabeth Madason Cage The Elephant may have been the band who struck gold saying that there ain't no rest for the wicked but, in the two years since releasing their third album, Billy Talent has proven it to be true, having set an iron man's tour itinerary which has seen them perform in virtually every quadrant of four continents. They've [view more]
Mark this down on your calendar, folks - July 14, 2012 at Downsview Park! I am still in awe with the stellar line-up of the 17 confirmed acts. Edgefest '12 has a little something for everyone...definitely a must-see festival of 2012. Rocking the main stage will be Billy Talent , Death From Above 1979 , Silversun Pickups , The Sheepdogs , Young The Giant , The Dirty Heads , USS and The Pack A.D. . This past year has been a whirlwind for The Sheepdogs - having just [...]
Toronto's Billy Talent have announced that they will begin recording their album beginning November 28th. The band is aiming to release the album early next year and has already begun planning international touring in support. The album will be the first since Billy Talent III in 2009 and we're going to assume it's going to be titled Billy Talent IV or maybe Live Free or Billy Talent since Die Hard rules usually apply in ambiguous cases like this.
Getty Images Canada rocks - from its landscape to its multiculturalism to its beer and music. Compiling a list of great Canadian hard rock bands of all time is a daunting assignment that will invite many criticisms and this list is not without ifs and buts. But the task is the fairly definable "hard rock" genre, meaning no metal, no punk, no screamo, no industrial and no straight-up melodic rock. So that cuts out a range of Canadian rockers: Max Webster, Alexisonfire , Headstones, Nickelback , Prism, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, [...]
Although I would say I am not too clued up on the punk music scene, it's nice to hear some proper good old English punk rock for a change. In the case of Max Raptor they have shown that English punk rock really has progressed to its finest point. 'The King Is Dead' is Max Raptor's third single release from their debut album Portraits. Touring and playing with the likes of fellow Brits The Stranglers and Canadian post-hardcore band Billy Talent, these guys are slowly climbing their way up the punk rock ladder making their way to legend status; closely [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases REBEL Media, Getty Images Getting the hang of being a touring rock musician can take some time -- especially if you're in a band like Billy Talent , who pack-out stadiums in their Canadian homeland as well as abroad in Europe. Despite years on the road backed by major labels like Atlantic and Warner (who are behind the band's upcoming release, 'Billy Talent IV'), guitarist Ian D'Sa insists [...]
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Howdy Metalheads! Today is Friday so I have something a little special for you check out! There is a sick new Canadian charity who is bringing music to African schools and there is some of our very own metal involved! Check out the charity! http://www.songforafrica.com/ Check out the sick bands taking part! The Agonist Billy Talent Alexisonfire [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News WireImage.com | REBEL Media/Getty Images Billy Talent and Sum 41 are joining forces for a special one-off 'Friends Helping Friends' benefit concert set for the Vogue in Vancouver, B.C., on July 19. According to a post on Billy Talent's site Tuesday, June 9, the show is to benefit a young boy named Xavier, "the young son of a friend and co-worker of [...]
Filed under: News , Awards , Television Redferns | Getty Images Weeks of anticipation, thousands of adjectives like "better" and "incredible" tossed around endlessly, several pre-taped acceptance speeches where artists are "surprised," and dozens of "special presentation" reruns to follow. Yes, the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards are upon us. Arcade Fire , Metric , Drake and Justin Bieber have been nominated in multiple MMVA categories [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Awards , Junos Chris Young, CP There was plenty of gear at Toronto's Ricoh Coliseum, just not the type usually affiliated with Canadian musicians. The Juno Cup, an annual celebrity hockey game pitting former National Hockey League players (NHL Greats) against a team of Canadian artists (The Rockers), held its practice Thursday afternoon to prepare for the big game tonight. And for Billy Talent [...]
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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Canada Sheer madness was expected when it was announced that one of Canada's biggest rock bands, Billy Talent , would be playing a free show at the tiny, venerable Toronto institution, the Horseshoe Tavern, Tuesday night -- especially since only three months ago the band headlined a sold-out show at the Air Canada Centre sports arena just down the street. While there was no line outside the bar -- presumably because many of their fans are underage or figured it would [...]
'Hey, f--- fog,' joked Billy Talent lead singer Ben Kowalewicz as the band accepted Rock Album of the Year during Saturday night's non-televised Juno Awards gala, having only barely made it to St John's, Newfoundland while many other winners and their families were still not present to accept. (As Newfoundland-born broadcaster and host Seamus O'Regan said to kick off the show, "We have a saying here: 'coulda been worse, coulda been volcanic ash!") "We had Maverick and Goose as our pilots," he elaborated backstage. "They were like, 'we're just gonna [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Canada Alexisonfire , Juno Award nominees for best rock album for their hit record 'Old Crows / Young Cardinals,' were among the many musicians delayed by bad weather en route to the 2010 Juno Awards in St. John's, Newfoundland. "It's been pretty good, to be honest," Alexisonfire lead guitarist Wade MacNeil tells Spinner from the Halifax airport about 24 hours after they first attempted to fly into this year's Juno city. "It's not like we're in the [...]
Filed under: News , Canada Juno Cup, the highly anticipated hammy hockey game pitting ex-NHLers against musicians, all in the name of charity, good fun and ice-bound Canadian competitiveness, took place Friday evening at Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, Newfoundland, as part of the week-long Juno Awards festivities. Perhaps not surprisingly, the musicians lost, 9 to 8. The annual game -- now in its seventh year -- is the highlight event leading up to the Juno Awards presentations (Canada's Grammy equivalent) Saturday and Sunday nights in celebration [...]
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