00:37 - Jaeryd17 Microsoft realizes they made a huge mistake: [link]
00:13 - Opethian Pairing up Serj with Ishahn & Devin is the most random thing ever IMO. I just finished listening to the track and Serj's vocals are downright out of place, sorry ...
23:20 - Lit. Ihsahn doesn't do much better. Drumming really sucks, too. Painfully meh song.
23:08 - .starrk @Unhealer: except for the fact that Serj completely ruined the song >_> Ihsahn's voice fits perfectly, then you have Serj's abomination hastily thrown in
22:56 - Jiri jrir is carlelkessly tyling to emul[atge ba dendlgish.
Recently, Jeff Loomis and his band's tour van was broken into in St. Louis and personal items such as laptops, cameras, musical equipment, cell phones, passports and money were stolen. The band has since then set up a PayPal account (JLoomisbanddonation@outlook.com) for any amount of donations to assist them for the duration of the tour with Soilwork and now also launched an Indiegogo campaign to support their recovery fund.
American guitarist Jeff Loomis has premiered a brand new song online, "Speak Of Nothing". This song features vocals from Joe Nurre, and will be included on the special Tour Edition of Plains Of Oblivion which will be out on April 16th, 2013 via Century Media Records. You can listen to the song over here.
Guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis has released the brand-new song "A Liar's Chain", which was recorded with his touring line-up consisting of the young talents Joe Nurre (guitar and vocals), Anup Sastry (drums) and Greg Macklin (bass). You can listen to the song here or on the Soundcloud player below.
American guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) has announced that he will headline the first ever Euroblast Tour 2012, which is scheduled for October/November. Support on the trek will come from Monuments, Vildhjarta and Stealing Axion. He will be supporting his latest solo release Plains Of Oblivion.
Plains Of Oblivion, the brand new solo album from American guitarist Jeff Loomis is currently streaming online in its entirety at this location. The album was released on April 10th in North America and April 9th in Europe through Century Media Records. More album details were previously reported here.
"Chosen Time", another single off Jeff Loomis' upcoming new album Plains Of Oblivion is streaming exclusively at Guitarworld.com. "Chosen Time" is one of two tracks on the album that feature the vocal talents of Christine Rhoades.
"Surrender", a brand new song from American guitarist Jeff Loomis has premiered exclusively and is currently streaming online at Decibel Magazine. The song is taken from Jeff Loomis' second solo album titled Plains Of Oblivion, due out on April 9th in Europe and one day later in the US via Century Media, and it features Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan on vocals. More album details here.
American guitar virtuoso Jeff Loomis has released a video teaser for his forthcoming second album Plains Of Oblivion, which hits stores on April 9th in Europe and one day later in the US via Century Media. The teaser features audio snippets from every song off the new album and you can listen to it below. More album details were previously reported here.
American guitarist Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) has released a new video playing the track "The Ultimatum", which is the first track revealed from his new album Plains Of Oblivion, to be released on April 9th in Europe and one day later in the US via Century Media Records. The song features guest soloist Tony MacAlpine and you can watch the video below. More album details were previously reported here.
Legendary guitarist Jeff Loomis has been in the studio the last few months working on his highly anticipated sophomore solo album, to be released later this year. Since entering the studio, Loomis has revealed a number of notable guests that will be appearing on the release and now, Loomis announces the newest special guest: Ihsahn, formerly of Norwegian black metal band Emperor and current solo artist.
Jeff Loomis returns to the studio at the end of this month to begin recording his eagerly awaited sophomore solo album. With key players contributing to the release, there is no doubt fans will be pleased. Aaron Smith (7 Horns 7 Eyes) will be producing the album.
Guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams have announced their departure from Seattle-based progressive thrashers Nevermore. The following announcement was posted on the band's Myspace page:
"In a mutual decision Jeff Loomis and Van Williams have decided to leave Nevermore. The time has come to pursue our own paths from the group. Due to internal struggles and ongoing issues within the band, we feel it is our time to move on. We would like to thank all of our fans around the world for their years of love, support and enthusiasm. This was not an easy decision but a very necessary one at this point, may we all meet again someday, somewhere in time."
Loomis and Williams had been with Nevermore since the band's first album, the self-titled Nevermore from 1995. Nevermore recently announced that they would be cancelling their planned tour with Symphony X. No information regarding additional confirmed tour dates is known at this time.
Beyond the Dark Horizon recently spoke with guitar icon, Jeff Loomis of Seattle's long running Metal tyrants, Nevermore. Loomis spoke about Nevermore's latest release, The Obsidian Conspiracy, his solo endeavors, being a guitar icon and more. You can read the whole thing here.
When asked if Loomis is planning to release a follow-up to his solo album, he answered:
"Yes I do. I actually signed on for 2 more records and I'm working on the new one right now. There's still no title yet but I'm working on the music and hoping for a mid-winter release next year."
Loomis also had the following to say about the Sanctuary reunion:
"All I know at the moment is that Warrel wanted to get the band back together and do a couple of shows and I think we're going to do some festival shows. As far as a new record, I'm not quite sure if that's going to happen yet. That's actually still being talked about. But I can say that there will be a few Sanctuary festival shows over in Germany."
