{"id":1738,"date":"2012-06-06T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/06\/06\/metal-supergroup-animetal-usa-announce-stateside-live-debut-and-release-date-for-debut-album\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:30:28","slug":"metal-supergroup-animetal-usa-announce-stateside-live-debut-and-release-date-for-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/06\/06\/metal-supergroup-animetal-usa-announce-stateside-live-debut-and-release-date-for-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"METAL SUPERGROUP ANIMETAL USA ANNOUNCE STATESIDE LIVE DEBUT AND RELEASE DATE FOR DEBUT ALBUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/main-web-w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/animetal-1024x585.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"157\" height=\"89\" \/><br \/>Already a gold-certified sensation in Japan, the all-star metal group, Animetal USA is setting their sights next on America &#8211; with the impending release of their debut album and a just-announced show. Comprised of singer Mike Vescera (OBSESSION\/ex-LOUDNESS) starring as METAL-RIDER, bassist Rudy Sarzo (BLUE OYSTER CULT, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO) as STORMBRINGER, guitarist Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI) as SPEED KING, and drummer JON DETTE (ex-SLAYER, TESTAMENT) [who replaced Scott Travis (JUDAS PRIEST) due to the ongoing success of Priest&#8217;s &#8216;Epitaph Tour] as TANK, there is no arguing the stellar track record of the group&#8217;s pedigree.  <!--more-->  <br \/>And on Tuesday, June 26th, Stateside metal fans will be able to hear the group&#8217;s self-titled debut (already a massive hit in Japan, where it hit the #1 spot on Amazon\u2019s Hard Rock Heavy Metal chart and #2 on Amazon\u2019s Anime chart), as it will be issued via Century Media &#8211; with a European release date to soon follow.<\/p>\n<p>The track listing of &#8216;Animetal USA&#8217; consists of the same tracklisting that was issued in Japan, but will also include four bonus tracks &#8211; &#8220;Touch&#8221;,\u00a0 &#8220;JAM Project Medley&#8221;, &#8220;Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee (Japanese single version)&#8221; and &#8220;Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee (English version).&#8221; &#8220;Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee&#8221; will already be familiar to anime fans, as it is the opening song to the Naruto spin-off, Rock Lee &amp; His Ninja Pals.<br \/>And for fans who want to experience the highly-theatrical band in the flesh (featuring their make-up and costumes), Animetal USA will be making their live U.S. debut on Friday, June 29th, at the Anime Expo, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, from 5:30-6:30pm at the Main Events\/Hall G.<\/p>\n<p>And before all this Stateside action for the group, Animetal USA will launch a co-headlining Japanese tour with JAM Project (dubbed the &#8220;Japan USA Anison Summit&#8221; tour), including the following dates:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 12th Zepp Diver City (TOKYO)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 13th Zepp Diver City (TOKYO)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 15th Zepp Nagoya<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 16th Zepp Namba (OSAKA)<\/p>\n<p>Prepare yourself for the Stateside launch of Animetal USA &#8211; a killer blend of anime and metal!<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.animetalusa.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already a gold-certified sensation in Japan, the all-star metal group, Animetal USA is setting their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}