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Deftones: New Album Title Revealed

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                                  Deftones: New Album Title Revealed 

 Sacramento, California-based alternative rock band Deftones has set a November 13 release date for its seventh studio album, entitled "Koi No Yokan", Blabbermouth reports. The group worked again with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who helmed 2010's "Diamond Eyes" and has also worked on albums by Rush and Foo Fighters.
"Koi no yokan" is Japanese for a feeling that is similar to (but not exactly the same as) love at first sight. It's the sense a person gets upon meeting someone, where they just "know" they are going to fall in love. It implies that future love is inevitable.
To support the CD, Deftones will hit the road on a nationwide headlining tour, with special guest Scars On Broadway, which kicks off October 9 in Ventura, California and concludes on the West Coast mid-November. Tickets on sale next Friday, September 7 via Ticketmaster.com.
The dates are as follows:
10/09 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
10/10 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield
10/12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
10/13 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SODO
10/14 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
10/16 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
10/17 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
10/19 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
10/20 - Kansas City, MO - Harrah?s
10/21 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
10/23 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
10/24 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/26 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
10/28 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
10/29 - Boston, MA - HOB Boston
10/30 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
Deftones debuted two new songs ? "Roller Derby" and "Rosemary" ? during a July 28 concert West Hollywood, California.
Speaking to QMI Agency, Deftones' singer Chno Moreno said that the two tracks are not necesasarily the best indication of what fans can expect to hear on the upcoming effort.
"I don't think those songs are the ones that best represent our record," he said. "They're two different songs, one is a lot more ambient ["Rosemary"] than the other ["Roller Derby"], the other is a lot more aggressive. But they're cool, they balance each other out. The songs already sounded great live before we recorded them. When we wrote the record we pretty much wrote it live."
The group also intends to continue their tradition of recording several cover tunes that could end up as B-sides, with Moreno revealing that they've been toying with songs from Elvis Presley and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others.
"The fun stuff is playing somebody else's song and recording it," he said. "We're always open to new stuff. It's fun for us to do something that's out of our element and something you wouldn't expect from a heavier type of rock band. So hopefully it will be something that's a little off the cuff and left of center."
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Dimebag Darrell Named Greatest Riff Lord

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                             Dimebag Darrell Named Greatest Riff Lord 

 Dimebag Darrell has been named Riff King of the World by Metal Hammer magazine in a poll to find the most talented, iconic and beloved guitarists of all time.
The late Pantera guitarist faced stiff competition from the likes of Metallica's James Hetfield, Black Sabbath's Toni Iommi and Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, but industry experts and musicians ultimately decided that Darrell was the real riff lord.
Journalist Mick Wall discussed why Darrell is so revered in the metal community, describing him as ??a guitarist so unbelievably good he got banned from entering talent contests as a kid because he kept winning them. A cat so polar-cool he single-handedly took heavy metal in a new direction and influenced countless others to follow him.
"There have been plenty of giant-killing shredders over the years. There have been the most immense soloists. And of course there have been those masters of the metal universe: the riff overlords. The thing about Dimebag Darrell, though, is that he didn?t just excel at any one of those things. He could do all of them, not just as well as the next axe-grinder. Not Just better, either. But in a whole new way he invented for himself, for us, forever.?
Dimebag Darrell was shot onstage in 2004 while performing with Damageplan. His shooter was killed at the scene.
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Friday Fun: 4 Common Music Arguments

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                                   Friday Fun: 4 Common Music Arguments 

 People are passionate about music. It's why we're all here.
But sometimes these passions can erupt during a discussion and lead to full-scale arguments. It's never pretty, and people are rarely willing to back down when they think they're right.
Cracked recently posted a breakdown of four common music arguments, then translating them to expose what they really mean. We're giving it a fresh lick of UG paint to help arm our younger readers with a sensible open-minded attitude to the music world and its many facets.
Translation: "I'm old and don't know how to use this computer thingy."
We've all remember hearing our parents say it. If they're a classic rock fan it might be true, but that's because classic rock has a specific historical meaning. But even so, there's plenty of awesome new music being made, and sweeping modern tracks under the carpet because you haven't heard them is a big fat fail.
Do you long for the psychedelic 1960s? Try Tame Impala. Miss the riff heavy 70s? Get some Black Moth on. Anyone longing for 80s style hardcore will probably get a kick out of Daughters. There's plenty of great new music out there if you can put some effort and time into using music services like Last.fm, Soundcloud or Spotify. It's easier than complaining.
On the other hand, old recording techniques worked really well, and the prevalence of digital recording has lowered the barrier of entry so that bad producers can pump out music too. There's a plus side to making production accessible, but it's fair to say old recordings had really high standards.
Translation: "There is nothing interesting about me other than the music I listen to."
It's perfectly normal to align yourself with one area of music. A lot of people here are rockers, for example. But when people rant about how their niche collection of Radiohead b-sides is the only collection worth hearing, or how their Aphex Twin acid bass rarities are the greatest thing since a TB-303 and they only listen 24-bit master files to preserve all the original lo-fi nuances (groan), they're really saying one thing: "I have nothing interesting that defines me other than a snotty elitist iTunes catalog that no-one else will ever care about."
Translation: "I only care about myself"
Some popular bands really do suck, but plenty of them deserve credit for achieving their long held dreams of being a rock star.
Take Green Day for example; they started out as many of us did, writing catchy punk songs as teenagers. They made their fame in the 1990s, but over the last decade they really hit the big time and became an all-time classic act. So why do people still complain about how they used to be better? A lot of these moaning losers seem to forget that Green Day were already popular before they knew how to hit a play button.
How about this: last weekend, Green Day played an impromptu set at Reading Festival. It was an immense display of showmanship from a band at the top of their game. Would a younger Green Day be able to pull that off? Not a chance. Sometimes the pressure of fame makes performers better, whether you want to acknowledge it or not.
Translation: "Seriously, American Idol ruined music."
We're not going to counter this one. Cracked argues that it takes talent to get on these shows, and it helps the winners become real stars. That much is true, but the fact remains that American Idol (and its ilk of dead-eyed talent shows like X Factor) have done a world of damage to the music world.
How could it be so bad? Two particular problems come to mind.
First, millions of young talented singers start to believe that the only way to 'make it' is to get through these auditions and make it on the show. Anything that counters the reality of hard work and networking is bad for the real music economy ? it's like that condition where millions of people genuinely believe they're destined to win a lottery to make their millions, and idly wait for it to happen rather than get up and put any effort into improving their life.
Second, it makes a parody of people who can't sing. We all know some entrants are bad, but to mislead them into getting through to a second round of the show after passing an off-camera initial audition, only to have the celebrity judges slam them is genuinely cruel. It's no way for a modern society to entertain itself and should stop.
Do you disagree with any of these counter-arguments? What music myths would you like to dispel? Share your comments below.
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