<末日警钟 毁灭.新生 Minutes to Midnight>专辑主题跟以往联合公园所触及的创作主题比起来显得特别深沉、格外引人省思，但却也自我唤醒我们每一个人的危机意识。专辑标题<Minutes to Midnight>想要表达出的其实就是『世界末日钟(Doomsday Clock)』的概念！『世界末日钟（Doomsday Clock）』是源自于美国二次世界大战时期，当美国在日本长崎及广岛投下两颗原子弹之后，在1974年由一群芝加哥大学研究原子科学的科学家们(Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago)所一起创立的概念。科学家们以『世界末日钟(Doomsday Clock)』这个虚拟的定时器，来警惕人类将因过度使用核武，而导致自我灭亡。而「Midnight」午夜所代表的就是灭亡时刻。在二次世界大战之后，由于核武疯狂急速地发展，世界末日钟的时针一度被推进到距离代表世界末日的午夜不到15分钟的时间，甚至在1960年代美苏冷战、核武竞争时期，时针还曾被推进到只剩3分钟(11点57分)。目前在经过前前后后18次调整之后，在核武、天气异常、及环境污染的影响之下，世界距离毁灭的午夜时分也只剩五分钟的时间。主唱查斯特(Chester Bennington)表示：「创立这个末日钟的目的就是要提醒世人，虽然人类拥有巨大力量，但当这股毁灭性力量反扑之时，我们都该仔细思考这股威力带来的严重影响，转眼之间世界末日已进入倒数计时。这个极具争议性的主题，在几年前我们是完全不会触及的，当年我们在制作『混合理论(Hybrid Theory)』专辑时，我是团里最年长的，但年纪也只有23岁，当时的我们不觉得这个议题十分重要，但现在的我们却认为它跟我们息息相关。这张专辑所比喻的「午夜」的概念，不单单只有指涉地球遭到人类破坏的这种巨观层面，同时也映像出联合公园自我的微观层面。「午夜」所代表的『终结』同样也呼应联合公园在音乐上面的改变，因为所有和联合公园一同成长的信徒们，将在这张最新专辑里发现联合公园的全新面貌，过去大家所熟悉的联合公园将毁灭消失，联合公园将以崭新姿态解构重生。

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Five Finger Death Punch's forthcoming sophomore album, War Is the Answer, is locked and loaded with twelve tracks of raw epic heavy metal. The record's deafening battle cry will undoubtedly rattle the genre to its very core and pull you deep into this War. 5FDP have embarked on quite the journey to reach this point. The Los Angeles quintet's assault on heavy music began in 2007 with the release of their hit debut The Way of the Fist. After forming a "dream team" of metal musicians, the band self-funded the album- producing it entirely themselves. Death Punch eventually signed with The Firm/ Prospect Park. After months of relentless touring--including a show-stealing set at 2008's Mayhem Festival--Five Finger Death Punch became the hottest new band in metal. Five Finger Death Punch has fine-tuned their songs more than ever, and their sound has progressed immensely on their latest offering. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory puts it best: "We've matured but we're still the same band. Maybe we've gotten closer to traditional metal on War Is the Answer." Looking to surpass their DIY debut record, 5FDP decided to enlist some big guns for War. The band produced the album alongside world renowned producer Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne), and attracted legendary mixer Randy Staub (Metallica) to the project as well. Also, the band had grown together as people, performers and songwriters. Singer Ivan Moody relates, "We tried to keep the basic ingredients but expand the sound at the same time. We spent two and a half years on the road together, and these guys have become closer to me than my biological family." The result on War is an expansive collection of unbridled melodic metal. Tracks like "Bulletproof" illustrate Five Finger Death Punch's diversity, switching from spellbinding chorus to neck-snapping solo in a flash. "Burn It Down" is a nihilistic exploration in pure rage--a new storyline with the same popular characters from The Way of the Fist. Meanwhile, "No One Gets Left Behind" is an up-tempo crusher that leaves room for lyrical interpretation. "You can take it literally, or as an underlying theme we often talk about," relates Zoltan. "We are all soldiers in this human tribe. We used to fight together against the elements of nature to survive, but today that tribal bond is completely forgotten because there are six billion of us now. Indeed, Five Finger Death Punch are poised to take over the landscape. When it comes to how, there is no question--War is the Answer.

加拿大著名摇滚乐队Nickelback携最新专辑《All the Right Reasons》全新出发，发行首周荣登Billboard专辑榜的冠军，在专辑发行之前，Nickelback乐队的主打单曲《Photograph》已经在Billboard Hot 100单曲榜上取得了不错的成绩，上周不仅已经在Hot 100单曲榜上升到了第三位，而且在热门下载单曲榜中也已经晋升为亚军。 以一曲“How You Remind Me”红遍全世界的NICKELBACK，挾持著销售长红的余威，主唱Chad Kroeger也受邀在电影“蜘蛛人”中单独献唱，也跟Saliva的Josey Scott合作电影宣传曲，还参与Santana的作品演出。虽然有著如此盛名压力，前作“The Long Road”并没有让歌迷失望，而且當時他们也沒有想到，这些经验与过程，渐渐的造就了最新专辑“All The Right Reasons正当理由”的与众不同。

UK CD pressing of the first single taken from the American rockers' sophomore album Blackbird. With three former members of Creed in the line-up, Alter Bridge's debut album One Day Remains was only a warm-up for their latest release. Features 'Rise Today' (Radio Edit) and 'New Way To Live'. Island.