Former OBITUARY bassist Frank Watkins has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.
Watkins left OBITUARY in 2010 on acrimonious terms and was eventually replaced by Terry Butler.
Watkins started playing music at the age of 12 and joined OBITUARY in 1989, after the recording of the band's debut album, "Slowly We Rot". His first album with the group was their landmark 1990 LP, "Cause Of Death". OBITUARY broke up in 1997, but Watkins reteamed with his bandmates in 2003, and stayed with the group through the recording of 2009's "Darkest Day" LP.
Frank was also involved in managing, mentoring and guiding other bands and musicians through his management company Back From the Dead Productions, which he launched in 2007.
In late 2007, Watkins became the bassist of Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH, and in 2009 he participated in the recording of the GORGOROTH album "Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt". He made his live debut with the band at the Hole In The Sky festival in Bergen on August 29, 2009. This was the first concert GORGOROTH had performed since September 2007.
In an interview with Metal Maniacs published online in August 2009, Watkins explained that for his work with GORGOROTH he had taken the stage name "Břddel", which means "Executioner" in Norwegian.
Watkins told Noisecreep in a 2009 interview that he once worked as a mortgage broker. "I had a mortgage company for a while and mortgages went out the window in America and it's all corporate," he said. "I worked for Wells Fargo for a long time and realized I could do this myself. I don't need a bank to pay me, so I just opened my own. Just as the mortgage industry dropped, OBITUARY said, 'Let's play again.' I let the company fizzle out in 2008. I decided to do music full-time since I could try and implement the business sense that I have and all the nightmares I suffered through in the music business!"
Watkins said that he honed his sharp-as-a-steak-knife business sense "probably from fighting with promoters at shows. All the shit we did in the band! When I started as a stock broker, I had gotten off a tour and OBITUARY decided we were not gonna do anything for a while. I saw my friend driving a Porsche in my neighborhood at the grocery store, and I was like, 'How do you afford that?' And he said he was working as a stock broker, so I told him to get me a job. I learned how to sell on the phone. It was hardcore and military-style shit. It was insane, but taught me a lot of negotiation skills."
Read more at Former Obituary Bassist Frank Watkins Dies At 47 - Blabbermouth.net
^47 yrs. old? gurang2x na jud diay have a safe journey frank!
^d na pud nato na cya makita balik c west lupig pa nya c frank nga namatay ky life sentence tong amaw
Former MOTÖRHEAD Drummer PHIL 'PHILTHY ANIMAL' TAYLOR Dies At 61
Ex-MOTÖRHEAD drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor died on Wednesday, November 11 at the age of 61.
Taylor's former MOTÖRHEAD bandmate "Fast" Eddie Clarke posted the following tribute to his colleague: "My dear friend and brother passed away last night. He had been ill for sometime but that does not make it any easier when the time finally comes.
"I have known Phil since he was 21 and he was one hell of a character. Fortunately, we made some fantastic music together and I have many many fond memories of our time together.
"Rest in peace, Phil!"
Taylor played in MOTÖRHEAD from 1975 to 1984 and again from 1987 to 1992. He appeared on the band's debut album, "On Parole", and played on a further ten albums, including 1979's "Bomber", 1980's "Ace Of Spades", and 1982's "Iron Fist".
Taylor contributed to MOTÖRHEAD's 1992 album "March Or Die" but departed the band during the recording process. The album was completed by drummers Tommy Aldridge and current sticksman Mikkey Dee.
Said Ozzy Osbourne in a statement: "Just heard about Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor's passing. It's a terrible terrible loss. He was a great friend — great drummer — a great guy and he will be dearly missed. Today is a very sad day for me. Rest in peace — and he still owes me 500 bucks from that time in Vegas."
In a 1983 interview with Artist magazine, Taylor stated about his drumming approach in MOTÖRHEAD: "Well, once [MOTÖRHEAD bassist/vocalist] Lemmy starts playing, he's sort of out there on his own, in a way. It's something that came naturally; but when Robbo [Brian Robertson, guitar] joined the band, we started working it out a bit more. When Eddie was with the band, I played more with the guitar than I did with Lemmy, because he's not really a bass player. Lemmy always plays so fast that it's always been down to the guitarist and me to keep the rhythm and melody going. Lemmy is just non-stop playing all the time, so for the highs and lows of the numbers, the ups and downs, light and shade — whatever you want to call it — it's basically down to Robbo and myself. I'd never played much before, so it's probably a lot more difficult for Robbo than for me. He'd always played in bands that had a proper bass player, so to speak."
Clarke and Taylor rejoined their former bandmate Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister on stage on November 6, 2014 at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England before Clarke, Lemmy and current MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee ripped through a blazing rendition of the MOTÖRHEAD classic "Ace Of Spades".
Asked in a 2011 interview with Guitar International if he had any plans to ever reunite with Taylor and Clarke, Lemmy said: "No, because these two guys with me now have been with me longer than the original two. They played 'Ace Of Spades' more often than those two. They played 'Overkill' more often than those two. Why should I put Phil [Campbell] and Mikkey on hold to go off with guys who probably can't play them as well? They've been out of practice. It's ridiculous to think of it. Then I would be a nostalgia act. I'm all for the now and the future."
Regarding whether he still talks with Phil and Fast Eddie, Lemmy told Guitar International: "Now and then. I like Phil, he was my best mate. Eddie was kind of a friend except he was always complaining about something. It got kinda tedious. Last time he left, we laid low. Before, one of us would go off and bring him back. It was a shame he shouldn't have done that, we had a lot going for us back then. He should have stuck though it. It was the Wendy O. Williams thing and I couldn't understand that (reference: recording 'Stand By Your Man', a cover version of the Tammy Wynette with Wendy O. Williams). He just gave up on it because Wendy wasn't immediately perfect on it, she just needed to go through it a few times and he left the band over it. I couldn't ****ing believe it. I think he was expecting to be talked back in. Phil came in the room and said, 'Eddie's left again.' I said, 'Whose turn is it to go talk to him?' [Laughing]. I said, '**** it, I'm not doing it.' That's the way it went. Wrong decision on his part."
SOURCE> Former MotÖrhead Drummer Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor Dies At 61 - Blabbermouth.net
RIP Phil!
naunsa naman ni nga thread mura man nahimong memorial hall sa mga nangamatay?
I guess it really has been four years since Dying Fetus released Reign Supreme, hasn't it? There haven't been any lineup changes between then and now, so the trio you've come to (probably) know and love is back with a new record out likely sometime this winter!
The band posted a video below discussing the new record, how things are shaping up, and the fact that most of the music has been recorded! The new album will be eleven songs long, and if John Gallagher is to be believed, there's gonna be some sweet solos and lots of whammy bar.
source> DYING FETUS Is Pretty Much Done Recording A New Album - Metal Injection
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the arise of the death metal veteran from france MERCYLESS
MERCYLESS: 'Pathetic Divinity' Album Details Revealed
Following the release of a free digital single "Altered Divination" last month, French death metal veterans MERCYLESS have now revealed further details about their sixth studio full-length album. Due on October 7, "Pathetic Divinity" will mark the band's 30th anniversary celebrations, which started in June and will last through the end of 2016 and all of 2017.
Produced by Philippe Reinhalter at the Psykron Studio (PUTRID OFFAL, DIVISION ALPHA) and mastered by Frédéric Motte at the Conkrete Studio (ANATA, OTARGOS, PUTRID OFFAL), "Pathetic Divinity" will be made available on various formats (CD, vinyl, cassete) via Kaotoxin Records. Pre-orders will start on August 29.
An edited version of "My Name Is Legion", a track that will appear in its full and final version on the forthcoming sixth album, can be streamed below.
"Pathetic Divinity" track listing:
01. Blood of Lambs
02. Pathetic Divinity
03. A Representation Of Darkness
04. My Name Is Legion
05. Exhort the Heretic
06. Left to Rot
07. Eucharistic Adoration
08. Christianist
09. How Deep Is Your Hate?
10. Liturgić
11. Bless Me Father [2015 version] *
12. Probably Impure [2015 version] *
13. Eucharistic Adoration [2015 version] *
* Bonus Tracks
Formed in 1987, MERCYLESS released four full-length albums, including the highly revered classics "Abject Offerings" and "Coloured Funeral", before disbanding in 1998.
Guitarist, vocalist and sole original member Max Otero resurrected the band in 2011 and started working on their comeback and fifth album, "Unholy Black Splendor", released two years later via Trendkill Recordings.
SOURCE> Mercyless: 'Pathetic Divinity' Album Details Revealed - Blabbermouth.net
nindot ang my name is legion sample PROMISE!
on the other news c DAVID ELLEFSON napiang! hehehehehe show cancel pangitaa na lang ninyo ang news since Im not really that interested on bands with bigger NAMES
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