Albums Out Now: Avatar, Duff McKagan, Trivium & Motörhead Tribute
Don’t Go Into The Woods
10/31 Avatar: Don’t Go Into The Woods
“It has become a necessity to me over the years to be able to answer one question: Why is this important? It can’t be just another album,” offered Avatar vocalist Johannes Eckerström. “We need to discover something, try something else. It has to come from the heart. What is being said matters.”
He concluded: “It’s all songs and concepts we haven’t been close to touch until now. The mind is wild and we have lost ourselves in the darkest woods, filled with memories, and fantasies. Forbidden thoughts that must be spoken.”
Lighthouse: Live From London
10/31 Duff McKagen: Lighthouse: Live From London
McKagen’s third solo release is a live set and full-length concert film recorded last year as part of his “Lighthouse Tour ’24.”
The album from the Guns N’ Roses bassist features Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones on two tracks plus a rendition of David Bowies’ “Heroes.”
McKagen also delivers a medley of “Holy Water,” a track from the “Lighthouse” studio album, and The Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
Struck Dead
10/31 Trivium: Struck Dead EP
Trivium — vocalist/guitarist Matthew K. Heafy; guitarist Corey Beaulieu; bassist Paolo Gregoletto; and drummer Alex Bent — have delivered a three-song EP containing the single “Bury Me With My Screams.”
“What started as an idea to release one single during the tour quickly grew into two, then three, as we kept writing while we were waiting for the build-out to be completed,” recalled Gregoletto.
The set was mixed and mastered by Josh Wilbur.
Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead
10/31 Various Artist: “Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute To Motörhead
The compilation contains covers of Motörhead songs by Pennywise, Rancid and Slaughterhouse, among others. Also, Motörhead and The Damned playing are heard playing a version of “Neat Neat Neat”
Motörhead’s Lemmy once said: “The Punks loved us. The only reason we weren’t in that lot was because we had long hair, so obviously we must be Heavy Metal. That was the thinking. But a lot of kids heard us without seeing a picture, so they thought we were a Punk band.”
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