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In an interview with Zakk Wylde for RevolverTV, backstage at tonight's Metal Masters 2 clinic, bassist David Ellefson revealed that Megadeth would not be playing the Big Four concert on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. When Zakk asked him whether he was excited about the big show, the bassist said that it was hard for him because it looked like they wouldn't be playing. Vocalist-guitarist Dave Mustaine had injured his shoulder while playing on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour and was unable to play. He did say that there were two more days and he asked everyone to pray for the Megadeth frontman and maybe somehow they would be able to play. Revolver will keep you posted of any developments as they happen.
Ever wondered how to play the crushing main riff to Metallica's "Sad but True"? If you have, head over to GuitarWorld.com for a video tutorial on how to master the song, which is from Metallica's blockbuster 1991 "Black Album." As part of our Big Four Weeks buildup to the big show at Yankee Stadium on September 14, Guitar World and Revolver are posting exclusive content each weekday. Check back often for more!
Anthrax performed their new single "The Devil You Know" on last night's edition of NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The song is the first single to be taken form the band's upcoming album Worship Music. The thrash legends also did a bonus performance of their classic track "Caught in a Mosh" off of 1987's Among the Living.
Don't forget Anthrax will be doing a special concert, ahead of the Big Four show at Yankee Stadium, at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on September 12. You can get a ticket to the show by preordering Worship Music through Best Buy and entering your order number at freesecretshow.com. Failing that, a limited number of tickets will be made available on a first come, first served basis on the day of the show. And, if you can't be at the concert in person, you can catch a live stream right here at revolvermag.com.
Check out the video of the band performing "The Devil You Know" below and you can watch the performance of "Caught In a Mosh," over at NBC.com, by clicking here.
Megadeth released the cover art and track listing for their new album Th1rt3en (Roadrunner) yesterday, and today the record's first single, "Public Enemy No. 1" has leaked to YouTube (which you can hear below) and is streaming on Megadeth's website. Let us know what you think of the song in the comments.
The Big Four of thrash—Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax—are set to play New York City's Yankee Stadium on September 14. It will be the second time ever that all four groups have shared a stage in the United States. To mark this occasion, Revolver and Guitar World are celebrating the event with the Big Four Weeks leading up to the event. For the next month or so, leading up to the show, our websites will be giving fans eye-popping exclusives (like the Big Four trading cards from the September/October issue), previously unseen backstage video, and excerpts from our interviews with the bands.
With the big show just a week away, our friends at Jägermeister commissioned mixologists Fred Dexheimer and Todd Richman to create some cocktails that summon the essences of some of the Big Four's best songs and covers. Throw on the tunes that inspired them, try out the recipes, and tell us what you think of them in the comments!
Slayer's "Angel of Death"
1.5 parts Old Overholt Rye
1 part Jägermeister
1 part Averna
3 dashes Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters
Brandied Cherries
Build, stir with ice and garnish with a cherry
Slayer's "Reign in Blood"
2 parts Jägermeister
.75 part Beefeater 24
.5 part Raspberry Simple Syrup
.5 part Iced Tea
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add Ice and Stir
Strain into a Double Old Fashioned Glass
Lemon Twist for garnish
Anthrax's "Bring the Noise"
1.5 parts Jägermeister
1.5 parts Grapefruit Juice
.5 part Don Q anejo rum
.5 part Velvet Falernum
Combine all ingredients with Ice, Shake and strain into a tall glass.
Megadeth's "Devil's Island"
1.5 parts Don Q Anejo Rum
1 part Jägermeister
.5 part Velvet Falernum
1 part Fresh Oj
1 part Pineapple Juice
2 dashes angostura
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass, swizzle with crushed ice. Add more crushed ice and float with Jägermeister on top. Garnish with a pineapple leaf
Megadeth's "Five Magics"
1 part Jägermeister
1 part Plymouth Gin
1 part Gekkeikan Plum Sake
.5 part Fresh OJ
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass with ice.
Top with Ginger Beer and a piece of crystallized ginger
Megadeth's "Anarchy in the U.K."
1.5 parts Jägermeister
1.5 parts Plymouth Gin
1 part unsweetened iced tea
1 sugar cube
3 lemon slices
Muddle the lemon and sugar, add the iced tea and spirits and add ice. Stir and garnish with a lemon wheel.
Anthrax's "Metal Thrashing Mad"
1.5 parts Jägermeister
.5 part Appleton Estate Reserve
.5 part Domaine de Canton
.5 part Fresh Lime Juice
.5 part Fresh Orange Juice
.5 part Pineapple Juice
.5 part Raspberry Simple Syrup
Dry Shake and pour over crushed ice in a tall glass. Garnish with a mint leaf and float 2 barspoons of Jägermeister over the top.
Anthrax's "Armed and Dangerous"
1 part Rye
1 part Jägermeister
In an rocks glass, add the spirits, add the ice and top with Cola. Garnish with a lime
Metallica's "Fade to Black"
In a mixing glass with ice stir the following:
1.5 parts of Jägermeister
.5 part of Green Chartreuse
Pour into a shot glass
Metallica's "Trapped Under Ice"
1.5 parts Plymouth Gin
1 part Jägermeister
Top with Fever Tree Tonic, Lime Wedge
Metallica's "Master of Puppets"
1 part Rye
1 part Jägermeister
1 tsp Demarara syrup
2 dashes Jerry Thomas Bitters
Lemon Twist
Build, stir with ice, strain into cocktail glass serve with Lemon Twist
We've just received word that death metal lifers Cannibal Corpse have begun recording their twelfth studio album at Sonic Ranch studios in Texas with producer Erik Rutan. The new full-length will be the follow-up to 2009's Evisceration Plague.
"After having spent the past 7 months writing and rehearsing new material, we're very excited to finally begin recording," says bassist Alex Webster. "We've had great success working with Erik Rutan on our past two albums so we've decided to work with him again, but to keep things fresh we decided on a change of location - we're returning to Sonic Ranch studios in Texas, where we've recorded several albums in the past. We are psyched to see how this combination works out- we feel it's pairing that could result in our best album yet."
"I am super excited to work with Cannibal Corpse for our 3rd album together," says Rutan, who worked with Cannibal Corpse on both Kill (2006) and Evisceration Plague. "We are determined to make the best album we possibly can. Everyone is very focused and the new material is awesome. There is a great blend of classic, old school CC with a newer, more heavy, dynamic and aggressive approach. I look forward to the challenge of making one heavy as hell record!"
We're told that more details on the album, including art, songs and title, will be revealed in the next few months. But for now, tide yourself over with this video for "Priests of Sodom," from Evisceration Plague:
The Big Four of thrash—Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax—are set to play New York City's Yankee Stadium on September 14. It will be the second time ever that all four groups have shared a stage in the United States. To mark this occasion, Revolver and Guitar World are celebrating the event with the Big Four Weeks leading up to the event. For the next month or so, leading up to the show, our websites will be giving fans eye-popping exclusives (like the Big Four trading cards from the September/October issue), previously unseen backstage video, and excerpts from our interviews with the bands.
Guitar World has revealed their much anticipated November 2011 cover, featuring members of the Big Four. Check out this historic cover featuring Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Anthrax's Scott Ian, Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, and Slayer's Kerry King, below. You can also watch a teaser video for the issue over at GuitarWorld.com
The Big Four of thrash—Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax—are set to play New York City's Yankee Stadium on September 14. It will be the second time ever that all four groups have shared a stage in the United States. To mark this occasion, Revolver and Guitar World are celebrating the event with the Big Four Weeks leading up to the event. For the next month or so, leading up to the show, our websites will be giving fans eye-popping exclusives (like the Big Four trading cards from the September/October issue), previously unseen backstage video, and excerpts from our interviews with the bands.
Metallica have come up with some of the greatest riffs in metal history and today we're giving you the opportunity to learn how to master one of them yourself. Check out GuitarWorld.com and watch a video detailing how to play the post-chorus riff on the title track of Metallica's second album, Ride the Lightning. Check back often for more on the Big Four bands!
Chris "Sugar Bear" Krovatin is the author of two young adult novels, Heavy Metal & You and Venomous. He is currently working on multiple new writing projects, as well as new material with his local New York metal band Flaming Tusk. He is a freelance writer for Revolver and generally comes off as a good-natured pain in everyone's collective ass.
Dig 'Em's frog arm was caught in a sling, so he needed help loading his armchair into his windowless van. When we were finished, he asked if I could come down the road with him, help him load it out. I was in the front seat for maybe five seconds before he slapped the handcuffs on me. I asked what was happening, where we were going, and he said, in that low, ribbity voice, "You ain't going anywhere." He took off his hat and ran his webbed hand over his smooth green head, sighed real loud, and then pulled a 12-inch Buck knife out from under his seat. "We're gon' have some fun," he whispered.
As Tom Araya says when asked how the frontman of Slayer can be a Christian: We may never agree on what's right, but we all know when something is wrong. And if your human machine is working, you know what's wrong about serial killers. These men (and occasionally women), driven mad with the compulsion to kill, are the human beings who life failed big time, their misguided lust and frustration leading to acts of indescribable violence. Coming in at a close second in utter wrongness, though, are breakfast cereal mascots. Just one look in the hollow eyes of those corporate mishaps lets you understand the true face of honey-bunched madness. So to pit these two schools of unspeakable monsters against each other, here is my list of the Six Most Metal Serial Killers and Cereal Characters.
The Six Most Metal Serial Killers:
1) Andrei Chikatilo Most people have never heard of the Ripper of Rostov, mainly because his existence was denied by the Russian government for years, serial killers being a result of capitalism's decadence. Anyway, this dude stab-fucked runaways in the woods and ate parts of their junk, and had a body count in the 50s. We may have won the Space Race, but the Commies beat us in the Peel Off Your Face Race.
2) Ted Bundy What makes Ted Bundy metal is what a fucking yuppie he was. Sure, it's unmetal to be a yuppie if you're just a douchebag, but if that polished veneer hides a brutal sexual sadist, then yeah, I think that counts. Plus: van murder. Keeping it real.
3) H.H. Holmes At the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, this diabolical con man built a hotel that swallowed between 27 and 250 weary souls via secret passageways, trap doors, lime pits, and gas lines. Then he'd pawn their goods, strip their skeletons, and sell 'em to hospitals. Dude was all about the paper.
4) John Wayne Gacy Look, Gacy's the most predictable serial killer type—fat, corn-fed American guy whose closeted homosexuality came out in brutal homoerotic assaults. But shit, man, he was the clown, the original Evil Clown, and his body count was up there—33, wasn't it? Can't deny JWG.
5) Carl Panzram Never heard of him? Oh man. Panzram put the "brute" in "brutality," with a trail of 20-something dead bodies and over a thousand acts of forced sodomy in his wake. This dude was no creeper in the shadows, he was a full-on beast. Woe be to poor souls and buttholes near Carl Panzram.
6) Ed Gein So Ed only killed three people—not impressive, I know. But it's his legacy of exhumation, necrophilia, and ghoulish hoarding that makes him so damn metal. Dude dances with the dead in his dreams. No frontin'.
The Six Most Metal Cereal Characters:
1) Count Chocula First off, he's a motherfucking vampire. Second, he's had to endure an un-life with only one fang. Third, his cereal is almost repulsively delicious and addictive. He's an undead pusher made of fucking chocolate. Accept no substitutes.
2) Lucky the Leprechaun It's a well-known fact that leprechauns are drunk all day, every day, and Lucky is no different, swilling pint after pint of lager as he stumbles away from children waiting for him to pass out and relinquish his precious cereal. His original marshmallow ideas were yellow beers, green bottles, brown vomit puddles, and black and blue wives.
3) Sugar Bear He can't get enough of the Sugar Crisp. You know why? Look at his eyes. This bear is high as shit. He realized midway through burning one and listening to Sleep's Holy Mountain that he was supposed to be on a box somewhere and came running in chewing gum he bought at the subway station.
4) Cap'N Crunch Day six aboard the HMS Crunch. The rest of the crew and I have begun to grow wary. The Captain—he will not let us pronounce the "T"—has gone mad. He waves his sword errantly, speaks day in, day out, of an isle of peanut butter we will soon reach. Tempers wear thin, madness creeps upon us.
5) Crazy Craving (a.k.a. Me Want Honeycomb) We all know that deep inside every one of us is a sneaker-clad puffball with a wolf's face, zipping around with infernal hunger. What that Craving is for, we can only guess. (I mean, we all know yours is cocaine, you're not doing a good job hiding it, man, we saw you at the club last week with that nosebleed.)
6) Mikey That motherfucker doesn't like anything. He's so necro.
Metallica and Lou Reed have unveiled the cover art of their upcoming album, Lulu, which is scheduled for a November 1 release in North America. The title and the album are inspired by two early 19th century plays by German expressionist writer Frank Wededkind. "Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box" tell the tale of a "young abused dancer's life and relationships." Song titles for four of the 10 tracks on Lulu have also been revealed: They are "Junior Dad," "Little Dog," "Mistress Dread," and "Pumping Blood." Check out the cover art below and let us know what you think in the comments.