William, Kate, and Harry Have a Stunning Night Out at the Sun Military Awards

Kate Middleton wore a black Alexander McQueen gown this evening for The Sun's Military Awards, or the Millies, in London. She looked gorgeous in the black strapless number made of velvet, while her husband, Prince William, was decked out in a tux. Prince William's brother Harry also attended the event after a dramatic weekend that included helping his friend, Thomas van Straubenzee, after a mugging in South London. Earlier today, though, Harry was able to spend a peaceful day with family at Buckingham Palace. The royals had a pre-Christmas meal that Queen Elizabeth organizes annually for her relatives.

This evening's ceremony is especially important to the princes, as they're both active duty military men themselves. The Millies, which took place at London's Imperial War Museum, celebrate the good work of Britain's servicemen and women. Other famous faces, like David Beckham and his sons, turned out to hear a speech from Harry. Prince Harry honored the military attendees, saying, "I am a young Army officer, a serving soldier. Like my brother, I share many of the same hopes, the same aspirations to go on operations, and the same fears as all those who serve our Queen and country. . . By an accident of birth, though, it falls to 564673 Captain Wales humbly to express - on behalf of my comrades-in-arms and people up and down the country - the admiration we feel for the extraordinary men and women we honor here tonight."

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Dimmu Borgir Release Live DVD; Plus Led Zeppelin, Brujeria, & More News That Rules, In Metal File

'It shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums,' guitarist says.
By Chris Harris


Dimmu Borgir's Silenoz
Photo: Nuclear Blast

On October 14, Dimmu Borgir — who just happen to be Demi Lovato's favorite black-metal band — will release a a three-disc DVD/CD set called "The Invaluable Darkness," the band's first visual offering since 2002's "World Misanthropy." Boasting live footage shot last year, during gigs in Norway, Germany and England, "The Invaluable Darkness" demonstrates the unbridled furor of seeing Dimmu live, guitarist Silenoz said.

"It shows the honest rawness and atmospheric darkness of our concerts," the Norwegian told Metal File last week, after dismissing recent online rumors that his band's next LP would be coming out through Roadrunner Records. "Basically, it shows the intense live side of the band, as opposed to the perfection and the cleanness of how we sound on our albums. It's just a different side to the band, basically."

Dimmu Borgir began thinking about "The Invaluable Darkness" two years ago, but didn't start capturing footage until last summer, Silenoz explained, adding that the band will use its current stint on the Blackest of the Black Tour — which got underway Thursday night in Miami Beach, Florida, and also features the tour's founder, Danzig, along with Moonspell, Winds of Plague and Skeletonwitch — to promote the DVD. Dimmu Borgir will not, however, use the tour to write material for their next LP.

"It's our first time on Blackest, but Glenn [Danzig] had wanted to bring us out before [on the tour], but we weren't available until now," Silenoz said. "We've done Ozzfest before, but we're looking forward to this tour more. We did the main stage on Ozzfest, playing in f--_ing broad daylight. This tour will let us play in bigger places, but at the same time showcase more of what the band's about, visually. We are going to concentrate on the tour for now. Some years ago, we tried putting [material] together on the road, but once we got home, we listened back to it, and were like, 'What the f--- is this?' So, we just scrapped it all. We find it's so much better to totally focus on one thing at a time, and then, when that's over, you move on to the next [thing]. We don't really feel like we need to rush things, anyway, so we'll just take our time, and it's going to be what it's going to be."

Dimmu Borgir hope to reconvene in late December to begin writing the follow-up to 2007's diabolically titled In Sorte Diaboli. "We have some ideas floating around already, but we haven't arranged any material yet," he said. "We'll start doing that once the touring for this DVD is over." The band's frontman, Shagrath, is also due to marry soon — he's engaged to actor Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend, Christina Fulton, so that may have an effect on when Dimmu finish their next album, which Silenoz said could be out this coming spring.

"I'm sure [Shagrath] won't let anything get in the way [of] the band — I think, I hope," the guitarist said. "We don't need a Yoko [Ono] situation."

While Dimmu have been at it going on 15 years now, Silenoz said he doesn't think their forthcoming material will be much of a departure from their previous black-metal offerings.

"And we have always been about more than just that term, 'black metal,' " he said. "Luckily for us, the older you get, the less concerned you get with the categorization and putting labels on your music. Things start getting more and more limitless with us, and we know that we operate within certain frames. But we try not to analyze things too much, because it's just going to be working against you in the end. When we write new stuff, we don't think about what we should write — we just get together, and put material together, and if we like it, we keep it. That's the formula, if we even have a formula."

Dimmu Borgir are definitely getting older — guitarist Galder will be missing Blackest because of a recent addition to his family, and Susperia's Cyrus will be filling in for him; while former Vader drummer Dariusz Brzozowski takes over for Hellhammer, who had to leave the band in 2007 after sustaining a neck injury that's now limited the use of his right arm. As Dimmu has gotten on in years, Silenoz admits they have failed to keep pace with some of the more extreme black-metal acts that have followed in their wake.

"We helped open doors for the more extreme bands out there," Silenoz said. "I'm sure we helped open doors for bands like Watain, [insomuch as] people that had maybe started listening to us first then went on to the more extreme stuff. Let's face it — we're not as extreme as Watain and other bands like that, but we're fine with that."

The Blackest of the Black Tour continues through November 10 in San Francisco.

The rest of the week's metal news:

Dimmu's tourmates on Blackest, Winds of Plague, have announced ex-Azusa drummer Art Cruz has joined their ranks — he replaced Jeff Tenney. According to the band's blog, "Art has already added a new spark to the band and has provided us with a solid backbone that will allow us to continue our rampage stronger than ever." ...

What the world really needs is another Led Zeppelin box set, so, on November 4, Rhino Records will issue the Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD box set. For just $200, you'll get 1969's Led Zeppelin, 1969's Led Zeppelin II, 1970's Led Zeppelin III, 1971's Led Zeppelin IV, 1973's Houses of the Holy, 1975's Physical Graffiti, 1976's Presence, 1976's The Song Remains the Same, 1979's In Through the Out Door and 1982's Coda, as mini-LP replicas, with artwork from the original U.K. LP sleeves. Now, you know what you can get your dad for Christmas. ...

Former Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach and current Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz have teamed up for a new project they're calling Times of Grace, and they've already started working on material for their debut album. According to Leach, "We have two songs to go and we will be finished with all of the vocals. Adam has taken lead vocals in three songs as of yet and he is doing a great job. We also worked on a track yesterday that is so epic — we trade vocals and do two different melodies at the same time. This album went from a melodic metal album to an epic mix of metal/rock/pop/shoegaze and punk. So all of your metal expectations will be incorrect — we are pushing genre boundaries." To quote "Meet the Parents," we'll look forward to that, Greg. ...

The Funeral Pyre and Early Graves will be hitting the road together next month, starting November 7 in South Lake Tahoe, California. Dates are booked through November 21 in Hollywood. ...

The latest incarnation of Brujeria, which features Carcass frontman Jeff Walker and Napalm Death's Shane Embury, have lined up several U.S. dates for this winter. The band will begin its brief trek November 28 in Denver, and wrap things up in Dallas on December 7. ... Demiricous will be touring with the Gates of Slumber starting November 9 in Denver, for a jaunt that's scheduled to run through December 6 in Indianapolis. ...

Nearly three years after Roadrunner Records' Roadrunner United concert, which took over the Nokia Theater in New York's Times Square, the label is now releasing footage from that special night as "Roadrunner United: The Concert." The DVD, which hits stores December 9, will boast two discs and 24 live tracks, including Life of Agony's "River Runs Red," King Diamond's "Abigail," Killswitch's "My Last Serenade," Type O Negative's "Black No. 1" and Sepultura's "Refuse/Resist." ...

According to Blabbermouth, Verrot, bassist for Swedish black-metal outfit Elimi, committed suicide on October 3. In a statement, the band said, "Verrot was a very good friend, brother, an excellent bass player/musician and an important part of Elimi; we respect his decision and hope he'll find his way with the dark gods of Chaos. Let your black flame be a part of what brings forth the day of wrath."

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Complete list of winner from the 2011 American Country Awards

2011 American Country Awards

The 2011 American Country Awards honored the genre's top artists in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday night (December 5). Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the ceremony was co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Trace Adkins while Jason Aldean emerged as the big winner by garnering six trophies in categories including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year. Other success stories at this year's ACAs included Carrie Underwood and Thompson Square with three wins, along with Brad Paisley as Male Artist of the Year and Artist of the Decade honoree Toby Keith. Topping the showcase off were rockin' performances by Blake Shelton, Pistol Annies, Thompson Square, Eli Young Band and The Band Perry. With pictures from the event below, the complete list of winner from the 2011 American Country Awards is as follows: Artist of the Year WINNER: Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Lady Antebellum Taylor Swift Zac Brown Band Artist of the Year: Male Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Kenny Chesney WINNER: Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Artist of the Year: Female Sara Evans Alison Krauss Miranda Lambert Taylor Swift WINNER: Carrie Underwood Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist Eric Church Eli Young Band Justin Moore Jake Owen WINNER: Chris Young Artist of the Year: New Artist The Band Perry WINNER: Scotty McCreery Jerrod Niemann Pistol Annies Thompson Square Album of the Year WINNER: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party Kenny Chesney, Hemingway's Whiskey Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music Taylor Swift, Speak Now Keith Urban, Get Closer Zac Brown Band, You Get What You Give Single of the Year Billy Currington, "Let Me Down Easy" Tim McGraw, "Felt Good on My Lips" Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" WINNER: Chris Young, "Voices" Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson, "As She's Walking Away" Single of the Year: Male WINNER: Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party" Luke Bryan, "Someone Else Calling You Baby" Billy Currington, "Let Me Down Easy" Tim McGraw, "Felt Good on My Lips" Chris Young, "Voices" Single of the Year: Female Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger" Miranda Lambert, "Heart Like Mine" Reba, "Turn On The Radio" Taylor Swift, "Mean" WINNER: Carrie Underwood, "Mama's Song" Single of the Year: Duo or Group The Band Perry, "You Lie" Rascal Flatts, "Why Wait" Sugarland, "Stuck Like Glue" WINNER: Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" Zac Brown Band, "Colder Weather" Single of the Year: New Artist The Band Perry, "You Lie" Craig Campbell, "Family Man" The JaneDear Girls, "Wildflower" Jerrod Niemann, "What Do You Want" WINNER: Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration WINNER: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay" Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, "You and Tequila" Brad Paisley with Alabama, "Old Alabama" Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffet, "Knee Deep" Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson, "As She's Walking Away" Touring Headline Act of the Year WINNER: Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw Brad Paisley Rascal Flatts George Strait Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Music Video of the Year Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger" Jerrod Niemann, "What Do You Want" WINNER: Blake Shelton, "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" Josh Turner, "I Wouldn't Be a Man" Music Video: Male Jason Aldean, "My Kinda Party" Jerrod Niemann, "What Do You Want" WINNER: Blake Shelton, "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" Josh Turner, "I Wouldn't Be a Man" Keith Urban, "Put You In a Song" Music Video: Female Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger" Reba, "Turn on the Radio" Ashton Shepherd, "Look It Up" Taylor Swift, "Back to December" WINNER: Carrie Underwood, "Mama's Song" Music Video: Duo, Group or Collaboration WINNER: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay" The Band Perry, "You Lie" Lady Antebellum, "Hello World" Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson, "As She's Walking Away" Music Video: New Artist The Band Perry, "You Lie" Craig Campbell, "Family Man" Brett Eldredge, "Raymond" Jerrod Niemann, "What Do You Want" WINNER: Thompson Square, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" Artist of the Decade WINNER: Toby Keith [gallery=799]

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