Apocalyptica "Not Strong Enough"

7th Symphony is the seventh studio album by the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica. It was released on August 20, 2010 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, August 23, 2010 in the rest of the world, and August 24, 2010 in the U.S. and Canada. Released three years after their previous album Worlds Collide, Apocalyptica has stayed with the tradition of having 4 tracks with featured vocalists, the remaining tracks are all instrumental. Dave Lombardo of Slayer is once again featured on drums, on the track entitled "2010". The band has been touring with touring vocalist Tipe Johnson in support of the album in Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the US since the summer of 2010.

The first single "End of Me" with Gavin Rossdale of Bush on vocals, was premiered on Finnish Radio Ylex on June 7, 2010. It received radio play June 28, 2010, and its release date was on August 6, 2010 in Germany. The second single from the album, "Broken Pieces" with Lacey Mosley, was released in October 2010. The third single, "Not Strong Enough" featuring Brent Smith, was released in November 2010, but not in the US, where another version of the song, featuring Doug Robb of Hoobastank on vocals, is expected to impact US radio on January 18, 2011.  The song was re-recorded with Robb after the band failed to secure the rights to release the song to the US radio with Smith's vocals from Shinedown's label, Atlantic Records.

I'm not strong enough to stay away.

Can't run from you

I just run back to you.

Like a maltha I'm drowning through your flame, 

Say my name, but it's not the same.

You look in my eyes I'm stripped of my pride.

And my soul surrounder and you bring my heart to it's knees.

And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.

I'm so confused, So hard to choose.

Between the pressure and the pain.

And I know it's wrong, and I know it's right.

Even if I try to win the fight, my heart would overwhelm my mind.

And I'm not strong enough to stay away

I'm not strong enough to stay away

What can I do

I would die without you

And with your presence my heart knows no shame

I'm not to blame

Cause you bring my heart to it's knees

And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.

I'm so confused, So hard to choose.

Between the pressure and the pain

And I know it's wrong, and I know it's right.

Even if I try to win the fight, my heart would overwhelm my mind.

And I'm not strong enough to stay away

There's nothing I can do

My heart is dream to you

And I can't get free

Look what this has done to me

And it's killin' me when you're away, I wouldn't leave and I wouldn't stay.

I'm so confused, So hard to choose.

Between the pressure and the pain

And I know it's wrong, and I know it's right.

Even if I try to win the fight, my heart would overwhelm my mind.

And I'm not strong enough to stay away

~networld

Michael Turner (Battery) "Something"

Michael Shawn Turner has been a guitar player since he was 10 years old. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Wright State University with a BA in English Literature While on his way to India in 1995, musical opportunity presented itself in the Philippines, where Michael spent the next 8 years as one of the country's top recording artists. 

He played with Filipino rock legends The Breed and wrote every song on the band's 1997 sophomore release "Amusing Ourselves to Death". This earned 3 nominations: Best Guitarist, Best Producer, and Best Album Packaging - in the Philippines prestigious NU107 Rock Awards. 

The top release from this CD, "Virtual Reality", garnered three nominations from the equally significant KATHA Awards for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Vocal Performance. 

He formed Battery in 2000, with titled CD which had two .1 radio hits as well as two others in the top 5. The band released two videos for MTV Asia. The video "Come to Me" was nominated in the MTV Philippines 2001 Music Awards for Best Video and Best Director. It also received airplay in the U.S. Both "Come to Me" and the other top MTV video "Comin' Home" were played in eight different countries. The band, received 6 nominations in the NU107 Rock Awards in 2000. Also, top nominations were for Best New Artist, Band of the Year, and Album of the Year. 

Michael won the award that year for NU107s Best Rock Guitarist of the Year. Michael has also written and recorded with superstar Filipino artists Gary Valenciano and multi-platinum selling pop band Side A. Michael's been a featured artist on the cover of PULP - the Philippine's leading music magazine, along with FHM Asia and other national publications. He has performed to empty rooms and stadiums of 40,000+. 

Feeling he had accomplished everything he could in Manila, Michael relocated to Hollywood California. He recorded and did studio work there as well as performing solo and with a new band called Love and Death. He is currently living by the Gulf coast in FL and playing the guitar all the time. His future plans include recording a solo project with legendary producer/engineers Brian Carlstrom and Dave Jerden (Jane's Addiction, Alice in Chains, Offspring, Social Distortion) ..

something happened on my way home
a feeling i had never known
saw the big machine
felt something over me
made the world all seem so small 
and i had never felt that way before
i had never felt that way before
something over me but i couldn't see it .  

 i had never felt that way before
and ah, nothing ever seems to go as planned
and i , i'm still trying to find out who i am
something happened on my way home
got so dark i couldn't see
had some crazy schemes did some evil things
but i knew it wasn't me 
and i had never felt that way before
i had never felt that way before
something over me but i couldn't see it .   i had never felt that way before
and ah, nothing ever seems to go as planned
and i , i'm still trying to find out who i am
i have never felt this way before 
i have never felt this way before
i have never felt this way before 
i have never felt this way before
and ah, nothing ever seems to go as planned
and i , i'm still trying to find out who i am    

....................something happened on my way home

(lyrics we're replace c/o MST)

~networld

Stone Temple Pilots Live

The legendary American rock band, Stone Temple Pilots will be having a concert in Araneta Coliseum this March 2011. Ovation Productions posted on their official website that the Stone Temple Pilots will be in Manila for a one-night-only show on March 9, 2011.

So STP fans, better mark your calendars as Stone Temple Pilots will rock the Araneta Coliseum on March 9, 2011.

Stone Temple Pilots, often abbreviated to STP band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Robert DeLeo (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).

~Ovation Productions Manila Website