In this week’s Album of the Week poll, you, the fans, voted Adrenaline Mob to the top spot, for their EP, Coverta. Check out the top five vote-getters below:
1. Adrenaline Mob – Coverta
2. Biffy Clyro – Opposites
3. Rammstein – Videos 1995-2012 DVD
4. Off with Their Heads – Home
5. Fit For A King – Creation/Destruction
Stay tuned for this week’s poll, which will be live tomorrow on RevolverMag.com. Until then, you can check out Adrenaline Mob’s cover of the Dio classic “Stand Up and Shout” off Coverta below:
This week sees new shit from Adrenaline Mob, Biffy Clyro, Rammstein, and more hitting stores. Check out the list of releases below and let us know which ones you’re snagging a copy of and which record should be the Album of the Week. Pick your favorite and feel free to vote as many times as you want. Voting ends on Monday, March 18, at noon, when the results will be announced.
UPDATE: The poll is closed. For the result, click here.
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Rammstein have unveiled the new “explicit” video for “Mein Herz Brennt” from 2001′s Mutter. The clip appears in Rammstein’s new compilation Videos 1995-2012, due out January 15th. The set contains over seven hours of material featuring 25 music videos, 24 behind-the-scenes clips of the making-of-the-videos, and a 56-page booklet. Order your copy here.
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Rammstein recently released new versions of the song “Mein Herz Brennt,” from the band’s 2001 release, Mutter, as a six-track digital single with booklet, available exlusively through iTunes. The single package also includes the previously unreleased track, “Gib Mir Deine Augen,” which can be streamed below. Let us know what you think in the comments.
German pyromaniacs Rammstein have e-recorded a piano-and-vocals-only version of “Mein Herz Brennt” from 2001′s Mutter for their upcoming three DVD set, Videos 1995 – 2012, as well as produced a video for the new version. Check out the clip below, and let us know what you think in the comments. An explicit version of the video will debut next week right here.
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Last week, we posted our picks for the Best Music Videos of 2011, bestowing top honors on Skrillex’s “First of the Year (Equinox).” Then we asked you to vote on what you thought was the best video on that list. Below, you can see the Top 5 results of the poll, as well as read a quote from the artist behind your pick for the best video this year, which won by just a slight margin.
5) Rammstein, “Mein Land”
4) Opeth, “The Devil’s Orchard”
3) Asking Alexandria, “To the Stage”
2) Falling in Reverse, “I’m Not a Vampire”
1) Puscifer, “Man Overboard”
Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan on being No. 1: “A tip of the swashbuckler hat to the Digital Ninja, Mr. Meats Meier of 3D Artspace, for his fantabulistic work on this clip. Thank you so much for assisting us in turning it up to 11, sir.”
You can catch Puscifer live early next year at the dates below:
February
23 Austin, TX Long Center for the Performing Arts
25 Baton Rouge, LA River Center Theatre
26 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
28 Nashville, TN Andrew Jackson Hall
29 Louisville, KY Brown Theatre
March
1 Pittsburgh, PA Byham Theatre
3 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
4 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
6 Kansas City, KS Kansas City Music Hall
7 Omaha, NE Omaha Civic Auditorium
10 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
11 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
13 Vancouver, BC The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
14 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
18 Escondido, CA California Center for the Arts
We just posted our list of the Best Music Videos of 2011. Now we’re asking you, what is your favorite among our picks? Vote below, as many times as you want, to tell us.
UPDATE: Find out the winners here.
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Sure, music videos aren’t what they used to be since MTV all but dropped the “M.” But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still bands who give a serious shit about the clips they produce to accompany their songs. 2011 had its share of badass music videos–here are our picks for the 10 best. And if you don’t like our ranking, tell us which video is your favorite in our poll here.
10. Opeth, “The Devil’s Orchard”
The Swedish prog lords have long been regarded as true artists within their field, and in the gorgeous clip, they have the imagery to match their music.
09. Falling in Reverse, “I’m Not a Vampire”
Frontman Ronnie Radke’s struggles with addiction are well documented; here, he shows a winning willingness to laugh at himself, turning his issues with drugs into a hilarious spoof of Celebrity Rehab.
08. Suicide Silence, “You Only Live Once”
What do you get when your band rocks out right in the “range” part of a shooting range? Bloody awesomeness.
07. Asking Alexandria, “To the Stage”
These Brit metalcore maniacs live up to their party-hard image with this debauched, Trainspotting-esque clip, which ends with a twisted surprise cliff-hanger of a climax that suggests that maybe they understand that following in the footsteps of the Crüe ain’t all fun and games, after all.
06. Foo Fighters, “White Limo”
When your limo driver is motherfucking Lemmy Kilmister, you know you’re in for a bumpy ride–and in the best way possible.
05. Behemoth, “Lucifer”
As if overcoming leukemia weren’t epic enough, Behemoth main man Nergal then led his band to make this irresistibly lurid and disturbing video for the 8-minute closer to 2009 album, Evangelion. Warning: NSFW.
04. Mastodon, “Deathbound”
In this video, for a previously unreleased track from the Crack the Skye sessions, the Atlantan prog-metal mad men spoof Mister Roger’s Neighborhood to horns-throwing results. It doesn’t hurt, too, that the song is one of their heaviest in years.
03. Puscifer, “Man Overboard”
Tool’s music video are legendary, of course, and with this clip from his side band Puscifer, frontman Maynard James Keenan delivered surreal visuals worthy of his main outfit.
02. Rammstein, “Mein Land”
When not setting themselves on fire onstage, Rammstein consistently deliver some of the best music videos around, whether baring their bratwurst or not, and they did not disappoint this year with this brilliantly ridiculous retro surfing clip. Who said Germans don’t have a sense of humor?
01. Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”
Sure, haters will argue that–new Korn album aside–dubstep ain’t “rock,” but there’s no denying that this song’s glitchy breakdowns are heavy as all hell. Or that this video itself is metal as fuck. No wonder Beavis and Butt Head gave it a view–to add to its 23 million on YouTube. In the words of Beavis, “Whoa, that’s cool.”
Vote for your favorite video on this list in our poll here.
]]>Rammstein have today released their 16-track retrospective album, Made in Germany 1995-2011. In support of the record the German industrial metallers will be launching their longest continuous North American tour in more than a decade. Known for their theatrically decadent live shows, guitarist Paul Landers has been talking about what fans can expect on the upcoming tour.
“It’s always a major challenge for us to build a new show,” explains Landers. “It starts with a tiny crew and ends up with 23 trucks. We do try to keep it minimal, but it always becomes more rather than less. It’s not our fault, we’re natural show-offs.”
With a host of material to choose from, Landers refused to go into details about what the shows would feature. “If I tell you, there won’t be any surprises… all I can say is, we tried to incorporate a good mix of all of our work. The band is really enjoying what we are doing and it’s kind of scary how well everything is going. We are looking forward to the American audience.”
Revolver is offering one lucky fan a chance to win highly limited-edition Rammstein replica death masks, plus the special 2-CD edition of Made in Germany 1995-2011. All you have to do is “Like” Revolver on Facebook. Click here to enter.
Rammstein Made In Germany 1995-2011 North American Tour Dates:
04/20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL, BankAtlantic Center
04/21 Tampa, FL, St. Pete Times Forum
04/23 Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
04/25 Baltimore, MD, 1st Mariner Arena
04/26 Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
04/28 Uniondale, NY, Nassau Coliseum
04/29 Worcester, MA, DCU Center
05/01 Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
05/03 Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena
05/04 Chicago, IL, Allstate Arena
05/06 Detroit, MI, The Palace of Auburn Hills
05/08 Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
05/10 Winnipeg, MB, MTS Centre
05/13 Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
05/14 Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Dome
05/17 Anaheim, CA, Honda Center
05/18 Glendale, AZ, Jobing.com Arena
05/20 Denver, CO, Denver Coliseum
05/22 Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
05/24 San Antonio, TX, AT&T Center
05/25 Houston, TX, Toyota Center