Lammoth

   
Artist: Lammoth

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Fucking Battle Ritual

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 5

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Hawthorne Heights Talk Reconciliation With Victory Records, New Album Fragile Future

It's been a pretty trying two years for Hawthorne Heights, to say the very least.

All the drama started back in March 2006, when the release of the band's second album, If Only You Were Lonely, was marred by a rather curious e-mail sent from HH's label, Victory Records, to street teamers, urging them to "relocate" copies of Ne-Yo's In My Own Words album in record stores in order to help Lonely claim the top spot on the Billboard albums chart. Hawthorne originally tried to laugh the whole situation off, saying they had nothing to do with the e-mail — despite the fact that it was signed "Your friends, Hawthorne Heights" — and that it was just the label's way of "rallying the troops."

Of course, by August of that year, they had changed their tune, claiming that the Ne-Yo incident was just one of many reasons they were suing Victory to be released from their contract, a laundry list that also included charges of "abuse" and rather creative financing that left HH more than $1 million in debt to the label.

The following month, Victory countersued, accusing the guys of libel and saying they were trying to get out of their contract in order to sign a larger deal with Virgin Records. "The case filed by the plaintiffs ... is really about greed," Victory's lawyer told MTV News at the time.

And then, for the next year and a half, both sides were trapped in legal limbo. Hawthorne were legally forbidden from even entering a recording studio, so they just kept touring ... until one fateful night in November, when guitarist Casey Calvert was found dead on the band's tour bus outside the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

And it was in that tragedy — coupled with the months of grieving that followed — when things suddenly changed, according to Hawthorne drummer Eron Bucciarelli. Suddenly, the legal wrangling and conference calls with attorneys didn't seem as important as getting back to the business of being a band. That's why, beginning in early January, Hawthorne and Victory began the process of reconciling, a process that finally came to fruition Friday (June 6), when both sides announced that they had put their differences behind them and are working together once again.

"For about eight or nine months before Casey died, we had sort of naturally been heading towards reconciling with Victory. ... We all started to realize that we needed to end it," Bucciarelli told MTV News. "And once Casey passed away, it opened our eyes, and we realized that this lawsuit isn't important and it doesn't matter. It wasn't important to us to try and prove that we were right, so we decided to take our egos out of it, and it all sort of went from there."

So in April, just days before Hawthorne Heights took the stage for the first time since Calvert's passing at the Bamboozle Left festival, they decided to sit down with Victory CEO Tony Brummel and try to hammer out a deal. Bucciarelli said that he and his bandmates were expecting their former boss to drive a hard bargain, but softened by Calvert's death, the usually gruff Brummel was willing to talk — and listen.

"Casey's death was a traumatic experience, not just for us, but with Tony too. But when we sat down with him for the first time, we didn't know that, so we were expecting the worst. Like, maybe he'd pull a gun out and shoot us or something," Bucciarelli laughed. "But it was the best meeting we've had with him. We gained insight, we addressed the things that needed to be addressed, which was something we had stopped doing. When we were recording our second record, we were disgruntled, so we cut off a lot of communication, which is why a lot of the stuff happened in the first place."

And as soon as the meeting was over, HH flew to Bamboozle, played, and then took up residence in a Chico, California, studio to begin work on their new album. The process was lightning-quick, since they had been writing, rewriting and rehearsing the new songs for nearly nine months. Within six weeks, they had finished the record, which they're calling Fragile Future.

Bucciarelli calls it "the most focused and complete record we've ever made," a brooding and powerful outlook on everything Hawthorne have battled over the past two years, plus a little speculation on the future.

"That's why we decided to call it Fragile Future, because it's a reflection on everything we've been through. It was this period where we didn't know what would happen to us as a band, or as human beings," he said. "And when we lost Casey, it sort of reminded us that we're not invincible people. It shed light on how fragile people are ... and I think that if we could make it through, and patch things up with our old label, all of that proves that there's a lot of possibilities for the future too."

The album hits stores August 5, and Bucciarelli said that Hawthorne will be shooting a video for the first single, "Rescue Me," sometime over the next month. They don't plan to premiere the album online or do a ton of promotion in the weeks leading up to its release; rather, they just want people to judge the record on its merits and its message — which is sort of how the guys see themselves today. They've made it through the tough part; everything from here on out is golden.

"We know that people are going to say a bunch of stuff about us and about us returning to Victory, and to them, I would basically say that we were faced with a life-or-death situation with our career, and it was either go the way of the dinosaur in trying to prove our point or suck it up and get on with our careers," Bucciarelli said. "So we're hoping that people will respect everything we've gone through and the decisions we've had to make, and they'll have a listen to the record, and then they'll make their judgments. But really, we could care less. We're so excited just to be back."






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Angelina Jolie - Sex Is Great For Pregnant Jolie

ANGELINA JOLIE's pregnancy has given the actress and partner BRAD PITT an unexpected sex boost - because her "round and full" figure has given her a real lust for life.

While many couples find sex a turn off during the late stages of pregnancy, Jolie admits she and her hunky partner Pitt can't get enough.

In a candid new interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine,she reveals, "It's (pregnancy) great for the sex life. It just makes you a lot more creative, so you have fun."

And the sexy actress admits she's got the perfect partner - because Pitt is such a considerate father and boyfriend.

She adds, "We've worked out a system where Brad just lifts (the kids) to me every time they want to come up (for a hug). I just don't bend down.

"I'll scream, 'Honey!' and he'll come running and lift them up."

The actress is due to give birth later this summer (08) in France.

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Neil Diamond - Diamond Tops Uk Album Charts For First Time

Veteran crooner NEIL DIAMOND has landed his first number one album in the U.K..

The singer's latest LP Home Before Dark has debuted at the top of Britain's album chart on Sunday (18May08) - a week after the star scored his first top ranking album release in his native America.

Diamond knocks German techno band Scooter from the U.K. top spot, with their album Jumping All Over the World falling to number three.

Australian dance group Pendulum shoot into the charts to claim the number two spot, with Duffy's Rockferry rising one place to number three, and Madonna's Hard Candy falling to five.

In the U.K. singles charts, upcoming British band The Tings Tings have knocked Madonna's 4 Minutes from the top spot after four weeks, which falls to three behind Rihanna's latest release Take A Bow, sitting at number two. Will.i.am's collaboration with Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole, Heartbreaker, stays at number four, while Wiley's Wearing My Rolex stays falls to number five.

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Kennedy - Senator Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumour

LATEST: U.S. Senator EDWARD 'TED' KENNEDY has been diagnosed with a brain tumour, after he suffered a seizure at the weekend.

The 76-year-old Senator - and last surviving brother to the late John F. Kennedy - has been undergoing tests to determine the cause of illness since he was hospitalised at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday (17May08).

Kennedy first fell ill at his family's nearby estate in Cape Cod. Initial reports incorrectly claimed Kennedy suffered a stroke.

A statement released on Tuesday (20May08) by doctors treating the politician reads, "Preliminary results from a biopsy conducted during his treatment identify the cause as a malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe."

Treatment for the tumour is expected to be a combination of radiation and chemotherapy.

His doctors add, "Decisions regarding the best course of treatment for Senator Kennedy will be determined after further testing and analysis.

"Senator Kennedy will remain at Massachusetts General Hospital for the next couple of days according to routine protocol. He remains in good spirits and full of energy."

Last year (Oct07), Kennedy underwent surgery to remove a blockage that doctors believed could cause a stroke. He has not suffered a seizure since his initial hospitalisation.

Kennedy has served in the Massachusetts Senate since 1982.

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Red Garland

   
Artist: Red Garland

   Genre(s): 
Jazz
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Red Garland's Piano

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 1


   
 Red Garland at the Prelude, Vol. 1

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 13


   
 The P.C. Blues

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 5


   
 Rojo

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 6


   
 Red Alone

   Year: 1960   
Tracks: 8


   
 Red in Blues Ville

   Year: 1959   
Tracks: 6

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Red Garland mixed together the usual influences of his contemporaries (Nat Kale, Bud Colin luther Powell, and Ahmad Jamal) into his have classifiable plan of attack; Garland's catch chords themselves became influential on the players of the mid-sixties. He started proscribed playing clarinet and alto, shift to pianissimo when he was 18. During 1946-1955, he worked steadily in Fresh House of York and City of Brotherly Love, backing such major players as Charlie Charlie Parker, Coleman Sir John Hawkins, Lester Young, and Roy Eldridge, but still left more or less obscure. That changed when he became a extremity of the authoritative Miles Davis Quintet (1955-1958), header a oscillation surgical incision that too included Alice Paul Sir William Chambers and Philly Joe Mary Harris Jones. After expiration Miles, Miscellany had his have popular trio and recorded very ofttimes for Prestige, Jazzland, and Moodsville during 1956-1962 (the majority of which ar available in the Original Idle words Classics series). The piano player finally returned to Texas and was in semi-retirement, hardly came indorse step by step in the mid-seventies, transcription for System of macrophages (1971) and Extragalactic nebula (1977-1979) sooner retiring once again.

Fans beg Winehouse to quit drugs after video

Fans beg Winehouse to quit drugs after video

Fans of troubled singer Amy Winehouse have begged her to receive help oneself after she was caught on video recording ostensibly smoke crack cocaine.
Footage obtained by The Dominicus appears to show her inhaling exhaust from a crack tobacco pipe afterward an apparent 19-minute drugs splurge in which she snorted ecstasy, cocaine and admitted to taking Diazepam tablets.
The disturbing images were said to throw been filmed during a party at Winehouse's Jack London place in the ahead of time hours of last Friday, precisely before she attended a court hearing for husband William Blake Fielder-Civil. He is awaiting test on charges of assault and confederacy to pervert the course of justice.
Looking dishevelled and wearing a myxocephalus aenaeus inkiness invest in the telecasting, Winehouse was scarce able to talk. When friends ask her to go come out with them, she is heard to response: "I'd be useless to you because I've had about sextet Valium."
On the singer's site, fans warned the 24-year-old that she would die unless she sought help.
One fan said: "That video of you at home, which is now doing the rounds, will hopefully be instrumental in getting you where you demand to be."
The fan quoted the mother of the late Nirvana presence man Kurt Cobain, warning Winehouse not to "fall in that stupid person nightspot" of dead rock stars.