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[12 November 2007] BLOODBOUND reunite with Urban Breed
Original vocalist Urban Breed has officially rejoined Bloodbound. The band released their last album with Michael Bormann on vocals, but he didn't play a single gig with the band.
PARADISE LOST to release double-DVD "Over the Madness - A Diran Noubar Film"
Gothic rockers Paradise Lost are the subject of Diran Noubars documentary "Over the Madness", which will be released on 28 November 2007.
Contents:
DVD1
DVD2
PARADISE LOST LIVE IN FINLAND:
www.paradiselost.co.uk
ROYAL HUNT update
Royal Hunt is putting some very last, finishing touches on their new album (which will become a sequel to their critically acclaimed 1997 release “Paradox”) at NorthPoint Studio (check out the frequently updated Studio Diary at band's website). Among guest singers you’ll be able to hear contributions from Doogie White (Rainbow, Y.Malmsteen), Ian Parry (Elegy, Consortium Project), Kenny Lubcke (Narita) and Henrik Brockmann (ex-Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade). Mixing will start in a few days at EMI/Medley Studios.
SWEDEN ROCK KICK OFF on web radio
Sweden Rock Kick Off at Tyrol in Stockholm November 24 will be broadcasted live
by Stockholm based rock channel, 106, 7 Rockklassiker. This means that it also will be sent through their web radio so that anyone in the world can listen to this years show. The show will start at 7 PM local time and
end when the party ends! The first 20-25 bands confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival
2008 will be announced during the show. Direct link to the broadcast can be found on SR's website.
www.zrecords.net
ERA VULGARIS relocate to UK and search for new members
A press release:
There are two reasons for this press release, two very important and
very big pieces of news for Era V. that I have been putting off making
public. The music industry is a difficult place to try and succeed.
The metal music industry is an almost impossible place to try and
succeed. The Irish metal music industry is a dead-end place to try
and succeed. Era V. is an essential part of my life, writing,
recording, performing music.metal music is something I can not stop
doing. What I can stop is trying to do it in Ireland.
So Era Vulgaris are moving home, moving to find larger audiences, more
cities and bigger opportunities.we are moving to the birthplace of
heavy metal, just over the water to the United Kingdom.London,
England, as they call it in the US. The nightmare logistics of trying
to organise tours from an Irish base in support of our album "What
Stirs Within" proved insurmountable when combined with some internal
issues. There is no room in the music industry for anything less than
100% commitment. So here is how this happened, and this will also
explain the second piece of news;
For years I have known that to reach the standard and level of musical
success we are aiming for that we would have to leave Ireland. The
decision to move always fell into second place behind other members'
commitments to jobs or girlfriends or just being comfortable where
they were familiar. While I wasn't exactly happy with this situation,
as long as everyone was working on the music and helping to create the
Era Vulgaris sound then at least we were being productive.
Unfortunately this situation changed dramatically in the months before
and after the release of "What Stirs Within". There was no focus on
perfection, no pride, no preparation and no creation. But I kept
quiet, I hoped that with the album release things would change, that
as our fan base built, an excitement would come back into the band.
Instead, as time went by I found that I was doing more and more,
setting up Open Your Ears Music to release the album on, securing
distribution deals, organising live shows and writing new material.
Apart from Dave's assistance whenever required, the work I was putting
in was rewarded in no way; no thanks, no support and most importantly
no one working on the band. The brief Irish tour we played in August
was a disaster, an embarrassment - now not only was touring in Europe
a logistical nightmare but by the looks of things it would be a
musical nightmare too. For me that was the last straw, I was no
longer in a band that had a passion for music or that had the pride
and dedication in their work to make sure they were ready for each
show.
So two months ago I decided I was going to leave the country. I told
Dave, I told Jim and I told Chris Con. I explained my reasons in
full, that I wanted to do everything I could to spend as much of my
time as possible working in music and that I had to leave Ireland to
do that. I didn't say I was breaking the band up, I didn't kick
anyone out of the band, I merely stated what I felt I had to do. And
then I waited. And what happened next was exactly what I knew would
happen. Dave came to me and said that he wanted to come too, that he
was still as fully committed to the band as he had been when the two
of us first started playing together. It was not for me to ask anyone
else to come or not to come, I can but now assume what I have guessed
to be true for months; simply that their priorities lie elsewhere.
And that is the simple explanation for why things had been going wrong
- there were no fights, no arguing, just mismatched goals!
When we were at our best the four of us created some of the best and
most unique heavy metal to ever come out of Ireland, I'm sad to see
those days disappear and wish Jim and Chris Con the best in whatever
ventures they seek out, but we also look forward to new challenges
with new members in our new home in London, England.
So spread the word, early in 2008 Era V. will set up camp in the UK
and as of now we are actively seeking the most open-minded, talented
and demented lead guitarist and drummer we can find to continue on
this metal path to continually create heavy metal that is like nothing
else you've ever heard.
Thank you to all our fans for your incredible support, your words of
praise and encouragement are what drive us more than ever to continue
what we started.
"Though you may tear me limb from limb, you'll never kill.What Stirs Within!"
Chris Rob
For more information or to ask the band any questions please visit
GREEN CHRISTMAS 2007 - The line-up of the festival is complete
15 awesome rock and metal bands from all over Europe will play at the Green Christmas
festival this year. The oldest Estonian rockfestival takes place in Estonia, Rakvere
Sports Hall on 21-22 December and it brings to you:
PARADISE LOST (UK)
Almost each band in the list has released a new album recently, so the Green
Christmas festival offers you a wonderful opportunity to catch up with recent
updates and trends in the European rock and metal music scene.
The last, but certainly not the least three bands to be announced and to close the
band list are: SAMAEL (Sui), SANCTIMONY (Lat), and LEECH (Est).
The coming of the legendary SAMAEL has been long awaited by many metal music fans in
Estonia. Samael is an interesting phenomena, attracting both
those who favour black metal, and those who fancy industrial metal. Not to
mention that their live shows are really something spectacular and worth waiting for.
Tickets to the festival are available at PILETILEVI in Estonia
(http://www.piletilevi.ee), BILESU SERVISS in Latvia (http://www.bilesuserviss.lv),
TIKETA in Lithuania (http://www.tiketa.lt), and TIKETTI in Finland
(http://www.tiketti.fi).
In other countries the tickets can be ordered via e-mail: tickets@greenchristmas.ee
www.greenchristmas.ee
AHOORA: an unlikely combination - Metal from Iran?
All the struggles of a new band are put into perspective when compared to what AHOORA have been up against. This progressive thrash metal band hails from Iran, where metal is stricktly forbidden. They have somehow managed to record an album though, so do check them out:
www.ahoora-band.com
AGAINST THE PLAGUES - special offers
Against The Plagues, featuring members of Lost Horizon / Luciferion / Forest Of Impaled / Damnation, have a new album out soon, and you can get it for a special price on their website. There are other offers too, so head to:
www.againsttheplagues.com
[06 November 2007] STORMZONE today confirmed that they will appear at Z Rock 08. The band have recently
caught the imagination of UK rock fans with their classic hard rock formula and we
are excited about their involvement which will add a special twist to the days event.
Fans are reminded that tickets are available for just £40 until Sunday as part of
our early bird promotion,those wishing to take advantage of the offer should visit
www.zrecords.net or
RALF SCHEEPERS signs a solo deal with Frontiers
Best known for being the singer of German Power Metal legends PRIMAL FEAR, Ralf cut his teeth with TYRAN PACE first and GAMMA RAY later, the band that he put up together with former HELLOWEEN guitar player Kai Hansen.
World renowned for his amazing range and high-pitched singing voice, sometimes reminiscent of Judas Priest’s Rob Halford, Scheepers finally decided to work on a solo album. “It is definitely going to be a Metal album, but I will surely explore some different sounds and ways to exploit my voice”, says the German singer who is right now touring with PRIMAL FEAR throughout the world in support of their chartbreaker album NEW RELIGION. “I will call a few friends and guests, which will make this record a very special one, but all details will be revealed at a later stage”.
The solo album will be recorded during the winter 2008 under the direction of Scheeper’s bandmate in Primal Fear Mat Sinner with additional input by Scheepers himself, Achim Koehler and Charlie Bauerfeind. The label looks for a release during the summer of next year.
On a related note PRIMAL FEAR’s latest opus “New Religion” entered the charts in Japan on Pos. 37 and on the overall Top 200 charts on Pos. 116. Congratulations to the band for this amazing new achievement !
HOUSE OF LORDS finish recordings of their new album
Recording sessions of the brand new HOUSE OF LORDS album “Come To My Kingdom” have been completed in Florida and mixing stages have started in the hands of Dennis Ward.
The new album is a natural progression from "World Upside Down" and was entirely written by the band along with the “5th Lord” Jeff Kent.
In the words of James Christian “We really had an amazing time with this new CD. I can't remember when things flowed so easily in terms of writing and recording. I think when people hear the new record they will be able to tell immediately that this is a band with direction and vision”.
The songs were written from life experiences that cover a range of emotions. But one common thread flows throughout the record and that is finely crafted songs.
“Jimi Bell, BJ Zampa and Chris McCarvil and Jeff Kent have been an absolute joy to work with” continues Christian, “They are my brothers and they share the same passion to write and perform Classic Rocks songs that will stand the test of time”.
SHADOWSIDE announce the DEVASTATING THE THEATRE TOUR
Brazilian heavy metal sensation SHADOWSIDE announces their
'DEVASTATING THE THEATRE TOUR 2007/2008' , which begins with the
following U.S. dates:
Dec 13 - House Of Blues, Las Vegas, NV - UNPLUGGED/ACOUSTIC SHOW
More U.S. and International dates will to follow.
SHADOWSIDE recently signed a deal with CHAVIS RECORDS for the
official worldwide release of Theatre Of Shadows. SHADOWSIDE features
vocalist extraordinaire, Dani Nolden, who continuously annihilates the
crowds, night after night, with her powerful voice and aggressive
stage presence.
Preorders for Theatre Of Shadows will begin on November 13, 2007. The
official release date is set for November 20th, 2007. Visit the CHAVIS
RECORDS ONLINE STORE to preorder.
To see a video of SHADOWSIDE in action; Click here
http://www.chavisrecords.net/pr_files/ssvideo.html. Watch for more
SHADOWSIDE news in the coming days.
Related websites:
As previously mentioned, there's a baby at the RockUnited headquarters. Last weekend the toddler got herself a name, and it can now be revealed. Alexa Christina Toivonen is her name, and in keeping with hard rockin' traditions, she was flexing her vocal cords throughout the christening ceremony at the chapel.
The proud parents Kimmo Toivonen and Mira Suutari-Toivonen say "thank you" to those numerous people who have congratulated them, and promise to make sure that their little princess will be raised on a healthy diet of melodic rock and metal!
Again, if the updates of RockUnited.Com seem a little sporadic every now and then... I guess you can understand why!
IRON MAIDEN: THE BIGGEST ROCK TOUR OF THE NORDICS... EVER
EMA Telstar are delighted to announce the return of IRON MAIDEN to the Nordic countries next year with what will be the biggest Rock Tour that any band has EVER undertaken there. Following their record breaking and massively popular sell outs at Ullevi Stadium in 2005, and the many multiple arena shows around the region in 2006, EMA and Iron Maiden have put together a concert schedule which will allow the band to play to 250,000 fans in the six stadium shows in the Summer of 2008. The full schedule is --
SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME World Tour 08
Wed 16th - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Stadium
To tie in with forthcoming 2008 release on DVD of the classic 'LIVE AFTER DEATH' concert video (full details available soon on www.ironmaiden.com) this tour, aptly entitled the 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME -- WORLD TOUR 08", will revisit the band's history by focusing almost entirely on the 80's in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 'Powerslave Tour'. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie.
Comments Tour Promoter Thomas Johansson of EMA Telstar "Everyone at EMA is very proud to be making history by giving our rock fans the biggest Nordic Rock Tour there has ever been and certainly one of the most spectacular. Maiden is so hugely popular with the Nordic peoples that we wanted to ensure that as many fans as possible got the opportunity to see this very special show next year as we expect demand for tickets to be enormous."
Steve Harris adds "There is a very special bond between Maiden and the Nordic people and we always feel very at home there. Perhaps Eddie really does have some Viking blood in his veins!!
"On the last tour we opened the show by playing our new album 'A Matter of Life and Death' in its 80 minute entirety. We thought we needed the challenge and it proved the right thing to do. However, it can be hard on the fans playing so much new material and we really appreciated the superb support they gave us. So now l guess it's payback time. It's tremendous to be able to use the profile of the 'Live After Death' DVD to do what is effectively an 80's show. It will be enormous fun and changing the approach to the songs we play tour by tour keeps it fresh and interesting for both the band and the fans alike. l think 'Powerslave' was an incredible show with the Egyptian theme and look forward to seeing it all again myself
"As always we look forward to spending a good amount of time in the Nordic countries and enjoying, as usual, some great nights out! "
The 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME' World Tour is in three sections, the travel for the first of which being by very unique means with the group customising a Boeing 757 aircraft, which will carry the band, their crew and over 12 tons of equipment from city to city. This first section of the tour opens in Mumbai India on Feb 1st, continuing through Australia and Japan before arriving in Los Angeles. The entourage then fly to Mexico then onto Maiden's first ever visit to Costa Rica and Columbia, then on to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rica and New York, before finishing in Toronto, Canada, on March 16th. Over the 45 day period on this leg alone the band is anticipated to play to well over 400,000 fans in 21 cities in 10 countries, flying close to 50,000 miles in this refitted 757 which will be flown largely by vocalist and Astraeus Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson.
Comments Bruce Dickinson, "Looking at the list of places we would like to play we have always had problems joining up the dots. But without having sea containers all over the place slowing down the whole touring process and by having our own plane it has made it far easier to tour distant places like Australia for the first time in15 years. We have already had a great reaction from fans there, where the arenas in Melbourne and Sydney sold out in 15 and 25 minutes respectively!"
On the subject of returning to Scandinavia and Finland, Bruce enthused,
"If his is going to be the biggest Rock tour in Nordic History we will just have to pull out all the stops to make it one of our best ever and make it truly record breaking in every sense. This is truly a great statement for Heavy Metal music.
I just wish it was happening next week!"
The second leg of the tour will be in mid-May to mid -June in North America, a final third leg which will include the Nordic dates, will take place in July and August in stadiums and major festivals around Europe. In total the band are expected to play to well in excess of one and a half million fans during the whole tour.
Tickets go on sale to the public 9am Monday 12th November, but members of the Iron Maiden fan club will get special and exclusive first access to purchase tickets from 9am -- 6pm on Thursday 8th November. Go to www.ironmaiden.com for further information.
To allow Iron Maiden fans in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway to get right up close to the band, The Iron Maiden fan club are running a special draw for members whereby 60 winners and a friend at each show will be given first access to the venue and be first to the stage barrier. Full details can be found on www.ironmaiden.com.
Full schedule for the first leg of SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME World Tour 08
February
March
[25 October 2007] BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - PARIS MOON
Recorded and filmed at the Olympia in Paris, France, this DVD/CD
celebrates 10 years of Blackmore's Night. For a decade, the award
singer/songwriter Candice Night, legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and
their fellow band of minstrels have crafted an enchanting folk/rock sound
that has earned them the devotion of fans around the globe. Over the
course of five internationally charting studio albums, several live and
compilation releases, they have truly perfected their signature blend of
musical styles.
Following global success with Deep Purple and Rainbow, Ritchie
Blackmore took a new musical direction in the mid-1990s and co-founded
Blackmore's Night with instrumentalist/lyricist and lead vocalist Candice
Night. Since 1997 Blackmore's Night have continued to fascinate their
steadily growing fan community with wonderful vocal melodies and evocative
guitar parts. Their debut album, Shadow of The Moon stayed in the German
album charts for 17 weeks and went gold in Japan. Their next release,
Under A Violet Moon from spring 1999 entered high in the European and
Japanese billboard charts and was voted Best Vocal Album of the Year in
the USA.
Their 2001 release, Fires At Midnight marked a continuation of their
success and went to no. 9 in the German album charts (no. 20 in Japan).
Past Times With Good Company (2002) was the group's first live album and
this was followed, nine months later by Ghost Of A Rose. The 2004 release,
Beyond The Sunset - The Romantic Collection was voted Number One Vocal
Album in the USA. Most recently their 2006 studio album The Village
Lanterne brought Blackmore's Night back into the top 20 album charts
worldwide.
To view a documentary EPK on Blackmore's Night please go to:
LIBERTY N' JUSTICE to release "best-of" CD
Versailles Records has announced the forthcoming release of Christian
rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE's "greatest-hits" LP, due in late March 2008.
Entitled "4-ALL: The Best of LNJ", this collection includes the best from
2004's "Welcome to the Revolution", 2006's "Soundtrack of a Soul", and
2007's "Independence Day."
PLUS, the collection includes FOUR NEW tracks featuring Doug Pinnick
(KING'S X), Steve Brown (TRIXTER, STEREO FALLOUT), Derrick LeFevre
(LILLIAN AXE), Larry Worley (FEARNOT) and Russell Arcara (SURGIN, PROPHET)
written exclusively for the "best of" album.
"4-ALL" boasts a "who's who" guest-star list of hard rock and heavy
metal legends, including Lou Gramm (ex-FOREIGNER), Sebastian Bach (ex-SKID
ROW), Michael Sweet (STRYPER), Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Jack Russell
(GREAT WHITE), Jani Lane (ex-WARRANT), Stephen Pearcy (RATT), Tony Harnell
(ex-TNT), Pete Loran (TRIXTER), Leif Garrett, John Corabi (RATT, ex-MÖTLEY
CRÜE, UNION, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, THE SCREAM), Kelly Keagy (NIGHT
RANGER), Ted Poley (DANGER DANGER), Jamie Rowe (GUARDIAN), and Kelly
Keeling (BLUE MURDER, TSO).
The collection also features guest musical appearances by Tommy
Denander, Tim Gaines (ex-STRYPER), Richard Kendrick (STRAITJACKET SMILE,
NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE), and Keri Kelli (ALICE COOPER, ex-L.A. GUNS, SLASH'S
SNAKEPIT,WARRANT, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, DAD'S PORNO MAG), among many others.
"I am really proud of the songs included in this collection," said LNJ
frontman Justin Murr. "It shows where LNJ has been and where we are going
musically in the future. It also shows what got us here, and that is all
the great vocalists who have sung on the last three LIBERTY N' JUSTICE
CDs. I am thankful to Versailles Records, and their distributor Big Daddy
Music, for believing in us enough to reach a wider audience."
LOST WEEKEND news
LOST WEEKEND's recent show that took place on Sunday 14th October
was a huge success. The event was put together to raise money for
the Special Baby Care Unit in Halifax, to thank them for their help
in caring for baby Ellis. Ellis was born prematually and only
weighed in at 1 pound. Ellis' father arrange the fund raiser day and
ask LOST WEEKEND to perform a special acoustic show during the
evening. The guys decided they could do more and penned a new tune
called ELLIS and produced a limited edition CD to help raise further
funds. The CD also contains three LOST WEEKEND classics, as well as
the new song.
The band played an excellent set and one which earned them a
standing ovation from the crowd, which included cast members of
Coronation Street and Emerdale.
The limited edition CD, ELLIS, is currently available to buy from
website - see the store for purchase details. This is limited to 500
copies and all monies raised from sales will be donated to the
Special Baby Care Unit in Halifax.
The band will continue to promote their latest album, FOREVER MOVING
ON, with the following live dates
02.11.2007 : Bar 15, Bull Green, Halifax
For further live shows check out the band's official sites at
SWORN ENEMY go Maniacal
New York metal outfit SWORN ENEMY present you a first sonic glimpse at what to expect of their upcoming new album “Maniacal”, which will hit stores on November 14th, 2007 (a US release will follow in February 2008)!
Co-produced by Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) and Joey Z (Life Of Agony), and featuring Jordan Mancino (As I Lay Dying) on session drums, the new effort sees SWORN ENEMY captivatingly evolving from their hardcore roots to hard, fast and relentlessly driving thrash metal that even brings such legendary acts as Exodus, Anthrax, Testament to the table. Check out the new song “Time To Rage” at:
In addition to that, the band has unveiled the cover artwork for “Maniacal”, which has been created by the notorious Monument Studios, who already worked for Led Zeppelin, Killswitch Engage and Chimaira.
Immediately following the release of "Maniacal" the band will be heading over to Europe with New York legends Agnostic Front in November and this year`s issue of the Persistence Tour alongside of Hatebreed, Ignite, Evergreen Terrace and others! So watch out for a cranium crushing thrashing metal assault & catch SWORN ENEMY live on the following dates:
SWORN ENEMY Live
16.11. Mansou / Barcelona – Can Humet (Spain) *
PERSISTENCE TOUR 2007
29.11. Wiesbaden – Schlachthof (Germany)
Z INK NEW DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR GERMANY
From Z Records:
Our online store has had further products added including Z Rock 08
tickets. Check the store out and support us directly!
LEVERAGE'S second album ready to go!
The finish Melodic Metal combo LEVERAGE has finished the production of the
yet untitled second album!
"We're very proud of the new album" states band's guitarist and main
composer Tuomas Heikkinen. "We've grown tighter as a band, we're more in
touch with what Leverage really is for us, and we sure pushed ourselves
writing, rehearsing and recording. The album has 10 melodic songs that
include the heaviest, most intense and on the other hand the most intimate
moments we've been able to capture so far. We feel 'Tides' was the best
thing we could come up with at that time, we believe the second album came
out as good as we hoped it would now".
Some of the songs included on the album include "Stormchild", "Sentenced"
(chosen as the lead radio track for the album, soon to be made available for
pre-listening on the Frontiers Records MySpace site), "Run Down", "Heart of
Darkness", "Run Down" and "Shadow In The Rain".
The new album is scheduled as a priority release on Frontiers Records in
January 2008. Stay tuned for more details on the album!
TURISAS, GOD FORBID & PARADISE LOST at YouTube
Century Media artists TURISAS, GOD FORBID & PARADISE LOST have posted some extra delicious food for all the YouTube-junkies out there! At Century Media’s YouTube channel you can now watch the following clips:
TURISAS unleashing their unstoppable battle metal hell at this year’s Download festival in Donington Park (UK). The live-clip “To Holmgard And Beyond” has been taken off the “The Varangian Way – Director’s Cut” (out now!) that features plenty of such entertaining video material on the bonus DVD included in the limited edition of this release.
GOD FORBID present you a clip filmed on their latest European tour with Devildriver offering some backstage impressions as well as onstage footage. So, if you like to reminisce in sweet memories of that tour, check this out!
PARADISE LOST delight you with a great video report filmed during their European tour in September/October 2007 including live footage as well as interview scenes with vocalist Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh. A must-see for all fans of the legendary gothic metal act!
KAMELOT’s Ghost Opera European Tour Part II 2008
After the release of their great new album "Ghost Opera" / SPV, KAMELOT will
hit the road again and will do shows in main areas of Europe.
The album entered a lot of charts in different countries.
For example: Norway #25, Sweden #29, Finland #35, USA #48, Netherlands 51,
Germany #61, France #83, Switzerland #83, Greece #23, Japan #13, UK #24
With the success of The Ghost Opera album fans are demanding more, more,
more! Melodic metal masters KAMELOT return to select Europe cities for a
once in a lifetime tour and stage show. Bringing with them as special guests
the Greek heavyweights “Firewind” and the Austrian/American female fronted
group “Visions of Atlantis”, this package will be one of the highlights of
the year.
Founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood adds: “The shows in connection with
this album so far have been amazing, the fans and the band are as one
everynight and there is an almost kinship between us. The shows will be
something we will cherish forever!”
Singer/songwrite Khan adds:
This “Ghost Opera Tour Europe” will be our last tour of Europe until the
next studio release, so we are planning even more specials for the fans!”
*Special guests on this memorable tour are Greek phenoms Firewind with
virtuoso guitarist Gus G at the helm. He comments:
"I'm glad we're finally able to confirm a full European tour together with
our buddies from Kamelot! As if the excitement wasn't enough when we announced the Japan tour with
them, the idea popped up to do the full European run in 2008.
What a great way to start the next year! We an't wait to come back and play
for all our fans as well as make new ones.
See you out there soon!"
Also on tour will be female fronted gothic metal band Visions of Atlantis.
This hybrid of America/Austrian members are making waves in the scene as one
of the premier up and coming bands. Vocalist Melissa says:
"We are very excited to announce that we will be on tour with Kamelot
through the whole of Europe! They are such fantastic and respectable
musicians, and we are really proud to be partaking in this experience - this
package simply rocks. It will be great to be able to play for our European
friends again as well...it has been quite a while away from you all! Thanks
to everyone for your support and thanks to Kamelot for giving us this
wonderful experience!"
Confirmed dates...more to come:
ics festival service, rock hard magazine, hardy.tv, wacken radio, wacken
roadshow & metaltix.com presents:
“Ghost Opera European Tour Pt. 2”
04.04.2008 UK London Carling Academy
tickets for shows in Germany available through:
Frontiers promise you a piece of the ACTION
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of the Self-Titled
debut album from the US band ACTION on December 7th 2007! In Japan, the album is released by King Records.
Originally formed in 1985, Action is a long-time concept devised by acclaimed
guitarist / songwriter Chip of What Matters, Mars Hill and The Hitmen. The
band also features the soaring vocals of other former Mars Hill member Jack
Marques (Crossover, Unknown God) and the musical talents of bassist Chris
Sutherland, keyboardist Ruben Demello (Crossover, Unknown God), drummer
Chris Longo (Project Broken, Dirty Deeds, Hysteria, Promises) with
additional drums from Mark Duane (Trendkill, Paradox, Action, Touch,
Krankenstein).
As founder and guitarist for the band Action during the mid to late 80's,
Chip shared the stage with Quiet Riot, Firehouse, Slaughter, Rough Cutt and
Zebra among many others. As the musical landscape quickly changed in the
early 90's, Action split not to be heard from again until he collaborated
with singer / songwriter Jack Marques a decade later.
Between bands and life itself, both Chip and Jack had each individually
written and recorded a number of outstanding melodic rock tracks over the
years which ranged from 80's rock / metal to more modern adult oriented
rock. Each had always been saving these unused gems for some future project;
they just weren't sure what it would be.
What is certain, these gems are
fresh, melodic power rock - true to its 80's roots while delivering a modern
kick! Action is an infusion of Boston meets Journey with touches of
Whitesnake and Def Leppard. With this mix, Action delivers what rock fans
have been waiting a decade or more for - screaming melodic guitars, soaring
vocals, catchy choruses and rockin' beats.
Never feeling that Action was quite finished, in mid 2006, Chip approached
friend and manager Ron Vining about getting the project off the ground
again. In February 2007, Action were snapped up by Frontiers Records and the
album was delivered a few months later, with an artwork courtesy of Richard
Mace (Journey, Soul SirkUS, Jeff Scott Soto).
Album tracklisting will include the following songs:
Without Your Love; Someday; Here In My Heart; Destiny; Forever; Loveless; Don't Leave Me Lonely; Heaven
Tonight; Cinderella; Feel The Fire; Is It Love.
Samples:
VANITY INK to tour Italy
Helsinki-based rockers VANITY INK have just released their debut album "On Your Skin" in Italy, and will support it with a 4-date tour:
Next gig in Finland: 3.12.2007 Pub Heinähattu, Helsinki
Previously unreleased TYKETTO track online!
Message from Danny Vaughn:
Okay, so for those of you out there that haven't heard, when Tyketto plays these 4 farewell shows we will be bringing with us some buried treasure! The cd is called "Tyketto The Last Sunset: Farewell 2007" and it has come out really well.
I can't even begin to tell you how crazy the emails have been about it. So, just to whet your collective whistles, you can go to www.dannyvaughn.com
and download one of the "new" tracks. It's called "Til The Summer Comes" and you can tell just by listening to it that we were heavily influenced by Bon Jovi and Van Halen in this period in our lives. So go on over and have a listen and down load it. It's free! As always, I will ask that if you have the inclination, to please send a buck or two through paypal to the web site to help my web master, Chris, to keep it up and running. He's managed it for a lot of years now, and everybody loves his work, so anything you can do to make his job a little easier is much appreciated.
Rehearsals have been going very well and we've put together a killer set to play for these 4 shows. After all, you voted for the songs, so you should like what you're going to hear!
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Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the highly anticipated INDIGO DYING
self titled debut album release on December 7th 2007 !
INDIGO DYING features the talents of Gisa Vatcky, a singer who has been
working with an incredible number of amazing artists. The list would include
from Andrea Bocelli to Enrique Iglesias, Placido Domingo, Melissa Etherige,
Luis Miguel, Perry Farrell, Meat Loaf and more.
The album is Gisa's debut as lead vocalist on an album and is a studio
project put together specifically to develop her talents by Frontiers
Records President Serafino Perugino and LA-based producer Fabrizio Grossi
(Glenn Hughes, Starbreaker). The goal was to find some suitable songs which
could encompass a taste for more contemporary Hard Rock and Metal songs for
a female singer so gifted as Gisa is.
Musicians include Mordechai "Mordy" Hauser (guitar), Fabrizio Grossi (bass,
orchestrations, programming, acoustic guitar), John Macaluso (drums) ex TNT,
Malmsteen and Riot, Jamie Teramo (keyboards, piano), with Tommy Denander on
additional guitars.
Some superstars singer paid tribute to the talent of Gisa! Former Helloween
singer Michael Kiske appears singing a duet in the song "Breathe in Water",
while former Malmsteen and Ring of Fire shouter Mark Boals guests on vocals
on "Superman" and "Fair Enough".
The resulting album is a fascinating and capturing experience is a musical
world that has no boundaries. From the Modern, almost Gothic influences of
"All In Never Wanted", to the eerie atmospheres of "Breathe In Water", to
the more hard rocking approach of "Island" this album has plenty to offer to
the dedicated listener.
Tracklisting of the album includes:
All I Never Wanted; Hear Me; Breathe In Water; Better; Taken; Superman; Island;
Remember (I.O.U.); Real Life Fairytale; Far Enough; Shattered Life; Go.
Samples:
GREEN CHRISTMAS 2007 add the best Estonian rock and metal bands to the festival's line up
In addition to some great kickass foreign bands the best Estonian rock and metal
groups will perform at the festival as well. The line-up has been perfected by four
awsome Estonian bands: TÕNIS MÄGI & ULTIMA THULE, HOUSE OF GAMES, LOITS, and RECYCLE
BIN.
Ultima Thule celebrates their 20th anniversary and for this reason they will play
their best music written in between 1987 and 2007. House of Games will release their
new album "Rise and Shine" in the 5th of November in all over Europe and in addition
they have been announced as the supporting act to the legendary US band W.A.S.P. on
their UK tour starting from October 29. Loits released their "Must album" this
summer and it immediately became a huge success. As the band members themselves say,
it is a journey of discovery on parallel, unexplored paths. At present, Recycle Bin
is writing music for their next record and therefore they only perfom at some rare
exclusive events, like Green Christmas, for example.
All in all, 15 bands will perform at the festival this year. So far, in addition to
the four Estonian bands, eight other groups have pledged to come: Paradise Lost
(UK), U.D.O. (Ger), Liquido (Ger), Mustasch (Swe), Dagoba (Fra), Caliban (Ger),
Hatesphere (Den), Neaera (Ger).
Stream OLYMPOS MONS' new album for free!
Visit the bands' recently opened mp3.com site and listen to their entire new album "Medievil" for free. This is a great opportunity for you to "try before you buy".
AMORPHIS "headline" the launching of Joiku.com
From the press release, 15.10.2007, London, UK:
Joikusoft Oy Ltd. today announces Joiku.com, a new type of web user
community around free mobile primeware. The maximum effect to Joiku.com
comes from the metal band Amorphis rocking the community with a harsh
sound of North.
Joiku welcomes web users, content suppliers and advertisers worldwide to
take part of this journey into the world of free mobile primeware.
FREE --> everything is free
Joikusoft further announces today that Joiku.com already has the leading
mobile primeware brands inside Joiku.com; including Wayfinder, Opera,
Google, Fon, Fring, Spodtronic, Symella, Symtorrent and more... Joikusoft
welcomes new titles and brands onboard.
Joiku web community is built on Joikusoft's proprietary Shade 1.0
community creation and management technology, which will be made
commercially available for content publishers during 2007. Joikusoft will
demonstrate Shade technology's capabilities and features through
Joiku.com.
THE QUIREBOYS & BONAFIDE - A match made in Rock n roll heaven
British rockers The Quireboys take a break from recording their new
album and play three shows in Sweden with hot new act Bonafide. The
Quireboys show at this years Sweden Rock Festival was a complete success,
and judging from the audience reaction the band is in better form than
ever! Dates as follows:
Bonafide also release a new single and video, Loud band, to coincide
with the tour, and plan to release an entire show as free download in high
quality DVD format through their websitea href="http://www.bonafiderocks.com" target=blank>www.bonafiderocks.com next month.
The show was recorded at Malmoe's Victoriateatern on September 27:th.
Bonafide's self titled debut album is out now through Sweden Rock Records,
NORDIC FEST, Metal Festival in Norway next month
For the sixth year in a row Nordic Fest will be held in Oslo, Norway.
9-11 november Subscene will be filled with metalheads and other musiclovers from
different parts of the world.
The bandlist is as follows:
Frontiers Records (Zink Music/Bonnier Amigo) is excited to announce the
release of the debut album from the Swedish Progressive Metal hopefuls SEVEN
TEARS entitled “In Every Frozen Tear” on December 7th 2007.
Previously known as “Atlantica” (whose debut demo gathered a great response
on the Sweden Rock Magazine) the band went through several changes which
established the band with the current lineup of Jonathan Carlemar (guitars),
Fredrik Lager (bass), Kristofer von Wachenfeldt (keyboards, Platitude),
Michael Sjöö (drums, Spearfish) and Zoran Djorem (vocals).
Signed in early 2007 on Frontiers on the basis of their last demo tape “The
Story Unfolds”, SEVEN TEARS entered the studio under the guidance of Peter
Lundin (Spearfish) and worked their asses off to came up with a KILLER debut
release that could establish the band as a sparkling reality in the Melodic
Progressive Metal scene.
“To get a deal with the Frontiers label and the opportunity to release an
album is something that we all have dreamed of since the day we first picked
up our instruments” says axeman Jonathan Carlemar, “We are very satisfied
with the songs and are looking forward to hear what people think about
them!”.
“Our music style” continues Carlemar, “can be described as Melodic Metal
with a lot of influences from the 80’s and with some prog elements. The
album contains strong melodies, heavy riffs and great musicianship. The
heavy ”Hollow Ground”, the ballad ”All Alone” and the epic ”Truth of
Tomorrow” are songs that makes a multifaced record”.
“In Every Frozen Tear” will include the following tracks: Twist of Fate;
Faded Memory; Hollow Ground; Reflections; Sorrows ; All
Alone; In Every Frozen Tear; Prayer For The Dying; The Story Unfolds; Dream of Insanity; Fragments; Truth of Tomorrow.
Samples:
Samples of the upcoming album will also be available at
www.myspace.com/seventearsmusic
[12 October 2007] Frontiers Records (represented by Zink Music/Bonnier Amigo in Scandinavia) is pleased to announce the
release of “Red Planet Boulevard”, LANA LANE’s new studio album on December
7th 2007.
The new album is a melodic rock feast that showcases Lana's legendary vocals
with timeless songwriting, all produced in a modern symphonic rock
environment. The atmosphere of the album is both spacious and grand, soaring
melodies and intimate phrases play against lush arrangements of guitar and
keyboards, all intertwining in a compelling tango of orchestration that is
pure Lana Lane.
Recorded in The Netherlands and in San Francisco, California, “Red Planet
Boulevard” combines the feeling of European precision and old world mystery
with the Bay Area's legendary style and mood that is pure Northern
California magic. The melange of locations shows in the album's production
that is both bombastic and moody, clear and heavy, intimate and extroverted.
Producer / keyboardist Erik Norlander took on bass guitar duties as well for
this release continuing in the role he played on the 2007 “Lady Macbeth”
tour. Long time collaborators, Dutchmen Peer Verschuren (guitar) and Ernst
Van Ee (drums), complete the instrumental trio in what Norlander calls "a
sort of 'Led Zeppelin' instrumentation where we have guitar, drums and a
bass playing keyboardist."
The “Red Planet Boulevard” musician line-up is indeed the most compact to
appear on a Lana Lane album, but the trio does not falter in creating the
massive Symphonic Rock sound for which Lana Lane is so well known. Walls of
guitars, landscapes of keyboards and tectonic plates of bass and drums drive
the arrangements with the energy and exuberance of a band that indeed went
straight from the road into the studio. That touring seasoning shows in the
subtle complexities of “Red Planet Boulevard”. This is a band that is
experienced and skilled in their craft all supporting a legendary vocalist
who is at the top of her game.
Twelve all original songs compose “Red Planet Boulevard”. The heavy rockers
"Into the Fire", "Capture the Sun" and "Angels and Magicians" along with the
power ballad "Jessica" harken back to Lana's 1995 debut release, “Love is an
Illusion”, while in contrast, the anthemic "Shine", "The Frozen Sea" and "No
Tears Left" have a distinctly 21st century sound that fits perfectly with
today's iPod generation. The uptempo "Stepford, USA" re-tells the story of
the quiet rural town with a dark secret, while "The Sheltering Sorrow" is a
heart wrenching ballad that is epic in scale with links back to the late 60s
majesty of early symphonic rock. The album concludes with the finale and
title track, "Red Planet Boulevard", where themes from each of the album's
songs is reprised in a grand orchestral rock style.
Artwork is once again provided by Polish surrealist Jacek Yerka who has
painted the covers for Lana's many past masterworks. Photos for the album
were shot by noted San Francisco photographer Mark Leialoha who brings his
own style and vision to the Lana Lane production team. Fans of melodic rock,
symphonic style and the amazing female rock voice, your light is green: make
the turn onto “Red Planet Boulevard”!
Final tracklisting includes:
Into the Fire; The Frozen Sea; Capture the
Sun; Jessica; Stepford, USA; Shine; Lazy Summer Day; No Tears Left; Save
the World; Angels and Magicians; The Sheltering Sorrow; Red Planet
Boulevard.
Samples:
CHAVIS RECORDS unveils the new cover art and track listing for
STANDING THE TEST OF TIME the Best Of release from heavy metallers
ATTACKER. The exquisite cover art was hand painted by artist Jowita
Kaminska. "The cover is symbolic and the meaning is definitive, it
tells our story." explains vocalist Bob Mitchell.
The CD will contain 16 tracks including four tracks from each
release. 1. (Call On) The Attacker, 2. Slayer's Blade, 3. Disciple,
4. The Hermit, 5. Zero Hour, 6. Captives Of Babylon 7. Desecration,
8. Revelations Of Evil, 9. Soul Taker, 10. Jack, 11. Sleepy Hollow,
12. The End, 13. The Unknown, 14. Nail It Down 15. I Am Sinn, 16.
This Is Power
As a bonus and in addition to the limited CD packaging, fully
enhanced packaging content will be available for FREE digital
download online when the CD is purchased. The enhanced digital
packaging will contain lyrics, photo's, icons, wallpapers and much
more for fans to download.
More information on the release date and tour dates are forthcoming.
Related websites:
New melodic rock/hard rock label founded!
Here's a message from Germany!
We founded a new record label "7hard records" (website coming soon) specialized in
rock, melodic rock, hard rock and heavy metal. Only for highclass professional acts.
We can offer a strategic marketing and promotion concept. With the possibility for
distribution (major) in GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and later worldwide. The
plan is to release 12 acts next year.
Starting with marketing and promotion in November 2007 and first releases in
January/February 2008.
CD SUBMISSIONS:
We prefer finished products, and accept demos (CDs, please no mp3). Please include
band photo and bio and send it to:
7us media group GmbH
e-mail: aw at 7us dot de
Keep in mind that we are only interested in bands that play some kind of rock, hard
rock and metal. If you are unsure if your band fits into our image, please email us
first.
Who is 7hard records?
Hans Derer
and
Axel Wiesenauer
MACBETH post a new track, TV appearance announced!
A new MACBETH track, entitled "Without You", has been posted online on the group's Myspace page.
The band will be appearing on Rock TV (Sky channel 718) Monday October 15 at 2:00 p.m. CET.
“Without you” video will make its debut during Database program.
MACBETH will hold a release party for their new album, "Superangelic Hate Bringers", on Saturday, October 27 at ZOE club in Milan, Italy. The band will also present the new album "Superangelic Hate Bringers" live on Wednesday, October 31st.
The concert will take place in Triora (Imperia) – Italy, in occasion of “AutunnoNero” horror festival.
[05 October 2007] Lost TYKETTO gems found!
According to Danny Vaugn's post on his MySpace blog, there will be a "new" Tyketto CD available at the farewell gigs. The CD will contain at least 7 Tyketto songs from the archives. Read the whole post
by clicking here.
LACUNA COIL – invite YOU to remix “To The Edge”!
Italy’s hottest rock/metal act LACUNA COIL and digitalmusician.net invite you to take part in an exclusive remix competition with the chance to win a physical release of your remix as well as prizes from Line6!
digitalmusician.net is the online platform for musicians and producers created by the founders of the Steinberg company Manfred Rürup and Charly Steinberg. Following the success of the last remix competition with electro band Camouflage, LACUNA COIL now have made one of their songs (“To The Edge” off the band’s latest album “Karmacode”) available.
“Be Heard” is the motto of this competition and the winner has the chance that the band will actually release the remix and along with the 4 runners-up will also receive top prizes from Line6 and digitalmusician.net.
To enter the competition candidates must create a (free of charge) personal profile on digitalmusician.net before downloading the remix material.
“Our site offers ideal opportunities for online collaboration and a convenient virtual meeting place. Whether the remixer makes use of these features is up to them. The mix can also be made entirely in their own production environment”, says Digital Musician GmbH Managing Director Hans-Jörg Bordin. “Our remix competitions offer the participants a platform to get heard and to establish a general awareness of working together on the internet.”
Further details can be found on:
MAJESTIC VANGUARD announce new lead singer
Lead singer Peter Sigfridsson has decided to step down from
the front position in MV. Tommy Johansson is his replacement, according to the band
"something new; a voice with a different identity. Tommy is
a talented singer with a great heavy/power metal voice and he is definitely that
strong front man we were looking for."
Tommy joins the band immediately and we can now begin focus on upcoming shows in
Sweden and Germany! The work with a new album will also begin during the winter.
>> QUICK GIG NEWS >>
TONY MACALPINE, BILLY SHEEHAN and VIRGIL DONATI are hitting the UK
in October. The dates are:
25 Oct - London, CC Club
New Orleans-based LILLIAN AXE has been chosen as the support act on Alice Cooper's southern dates. Lillian Axe are on the road supporting their new, acclaimed album "Waters Rising". The dates are as follows:
10/20 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
WISHBONE ASH and BLIND EGO have been confirmed for RoSfest 2008.
RAY WILSON AND STILTSKIN are touring in Europe:
27.10.2007 (FR) Paris, La Trabendo
Z ROCK 07 organizers sent this message: "Z Rock 07 is not only 2 days away, we can confirm that all bands will
be present! Our phone line has been burning up over the last day or so, please
note that tickets are still
on sale at ST Records, Probe Records and X Records until 5pm Friday
only on over the counter basis. Music 90 will have tickets on sale until 4pm
on Saturday [once again over the counter sales only]
After this the only option is to pay on the door but we advise anyone
wishing to do so to be there at 12 noon when doors open."
A reminder of the line up:
Venue: Maximes, Wigan
DOKKEN, HOUSE OF LORDS, KINGDOM COME, CHINA, STEEVI JAIMZ, LOST
WEEKEND, CRIMES OF PASSION, SACRED HEART, BULLITT
for more info visit www.myspace.com/zrockfest
VENOM are the latest addition to the ATARFE VEGA ROCK FESTIVAL's line up. They'll play alongside EXCITER, LIZZY BORDEN, BELLADONNA, GRAVE DIGGER, KATATONIA, MAYHEM, LACRIMOSA and MY DYING BRIDE.
[30 September 2007] GARY HUGHES' new solo album "Veritas"
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce all details surrounding the release
of the highly anticipated new album from GARY HUGHES "Veritas".
Gary Hughes established himself as one of England's premiere singer Melodic
and Hard Rock songwriters. He was involved in Bob Catley solo albums (both
as a producer and songwriter), Hugo's solo debut (as a producer) and not to
mention his albums with the band Ten plus three solo albums and one rock
opera in 2 chapters!
The new cd marks his long awaited return to Melodic Rock which truly feels
like the natural successor to "Precious Ones", Gary Hughes' last solo output
dated 1998.
Final tracklisting includes:
Veritas; See Love Through My Eyes; In My Head; Time To Pray; Wide Awake In Dreamland; I Pray For You; Synchronicity; Strange; All I Want Is You; I Know It's Time; The Emerald Sea; The Everlasting Light
Samples:
Release date in Europe is settled for November 21st on Frontiers Records
WORK OF ART update
Guitarist Robert Sall posted the following message on the band's
Myspace site:
" So finally, our debut album is DONE! We
been working very hard this past 5 months writing, recording and mixing our
album and we are very pleased with the result! For all of you who has been
digging our demo, you know what you're in for! In other words, more classic
sounding AOR/Westcoast! We don't know the exact release date yet but we'll
announce it as soon as we get the word from FRONTIERS!
For us as a band, these past couple of months has been quite an experience.
In february we still considered WOA just a "side project" having only a 3
song demo and here we are now 6 months later, signed to our favourite record
label with a completed debut album soon to be released! We're totally
excited about this since this is not what we'd expected (or dared to dream
about) when we first release our demo. Quite honestly, we didn't know what
to expect at all!
I want to take the opportunity to thank ALL OF YOU who have been giving us
so much positive feedback, THANK YOU!"
Samples of the new album will be posted regularly on the band's myspace site
from next week onwards. Details on the release date will be made official
soon!
Gothic Metal band MACBETH reveal the new album artwork
The cover artwork for MACBETH’S new album, "SUPERANGELIC HATE BRINGERS" has been posted at the band's website. The new album will be released by Dragonheart records / SPV GmbH on November 16th. “Superangelic Hate Bringers” is the brilliant new and ambitious album by MACBETH that features ten pieces which go well beyond the confines of pure gothic metal. “Without You”, which is the source of the first video of the band, and “To My Falling Star” offer a new interpretation of gothic metal and pieces like “Watch Us Die” or “H.A.T.E.” are evidence of how much more aggressive the new sound is.
Tracklisting:
GAIA EPICUS update
This from the Gaia Epicus camp:
The album "Victory" has now been released in Russia and the Baltic states.
There are no extra bonus tracks on this version but the cover picture has a
Russian flag instead of the Norwegian one.
We are still searching for a new guitarist and bass player, but we are going to play
concerts soon even if we don't have any new members yet. While we are waiting
for new players we will be using some friends of the band to play concerts with us.
ROCTUM - moviestars in the making?
"The City Of The Living Dead" is a movie in production, and the subject of the film is the Finnish rock band ROCTUM.
The movie will combine elements of horror, comedy and rock'n'roll, and the filmmakers aim for a 'Rock´n´roll Highschool'
meets 'Kiss Meets Phantom Of The Phantom Of The Park' styled flick. The premiere is tentatively set for 3 December 2007.
[26 September 2007] Danger! Danger! They're back! DANGER DANGER, that's who!
Frontiers Records is truly excited to announce the signing of DANGER DANGER
for the release of a brand new studio album during 2008!
Formed in 1987 by Bruno Ravel and Steve West, and rounded out by Ted Poley,
Andy Timmons and Kasey Smith, it didn't take long for the band to be noticed
by Epic Records' Lennie Petze, the guy who had earlier discovered Boston,
Cyndi Lauper and Aldo Nova, to name a few. Released in 1989, the self-titled
release struck gold.
After releasing another amazingly successful album such as "Screw It" in
1991, D2 recorded a third disc for Sony entitled "Cockroach" which, due to
legal wrangling, wouldn't see the light of day until eight years later. Upon
completion of the album, the band parted ways with lead singer Ted Poley.
Needing a replacement, friend and former Elektra recording artist, Canadian
Paul Laine stepped in, releasing "Dawn" as the band's independent album in
1995. Two more successful studio albums came out later: "Four The Hard Way",
the band's triumphant return to the original melodic rock roots, and "The
Return Of The Great Gildersleeves", both greeted with stellar reviews from
critics and fans the world over, further helping cement the band's
reputation.
2004 saw the official return in the line-up of the original singer Ted Poley
after an 11 year absence and this forthcoming album will be the band's first
studio effort with Ted since the "Cockroach" sessions! ""We are very excited
to be recording with Ted again, as I know our fans are, as well", says
drummer Steve West who announces that "the new one will be a true Danger
Danger record: a present for the fans who will surely be pleased". DANGER
DANGER line-up today includes also the other original member Bruno Ravel and
guitarist Rob Marcello.
The band is looking forward to enter the studio, right after the special gig
that DANGER DANGER will play in Ludwigsburg, Germany at the UNITED FORCES OF
ROCK FESTIVAL next Sunday, September the 30th, where they will perform
together with JOE LYNN TURNER, STAN BUSH, WHITE WOLF, SOUL DOCTOR, LAST
AUTUMN'S DREAM and HUMAN ZOO.
"We're looking to have the record finished by the end of the year and we're
also looking forward to meet all our European fans in Germany" concludes
Steve West!
So be there and let's all wait the new year to rock again with DANGER
DANGER!
PARADISE LOST to headline GREEN CHRISTMAS 2007
Three more fantastic live bands have been confirmed to perform at the Green
Christmas rockfestival on December 21-22 in Estonia, Rakvere sports hall.
Two of the bands played at the festival a couple of years ago and the audience
begged that they would come back some day. Now the day has come - PARADISE LOST from
the United Kingdom and NEAERA from Germany have promised
to play at the festival again this year. The latter will bring CALIBAN with them.
The Gothic metal pioneers from PARADISE LOST are arguably one of the best and most
influential rock bands Britain has ever produced. Year 2007 marks Paradise Lost's
nineteenth year, and their eleventh album named "In Requiem". Over their two decade
long career, Paradise Lost have not only created and defined genres and styles, but
almost immediately transcended them.
When NEAERA played at the Green Christmas festival in 2005, the crowd literally went
crazy - it does not occur very often that a band is so full of power. The hall was
full of raw energy, the crowd hailed and the stage quivered. Now this band, who
shows no mercy, will come back to play their new songs from their latest album
"Armamentarium".
CALIBAN are back in 2007 with a new album that's going to amaze all those who are
into metalcore: "The Awakening". This album proceeds the way Caliban started long
ago. The opener, and the first single "I Will Never Let You Down", starts with the
fitting words to characterise the band: "Wake up, stand up for everything you want -
let's go, let's live".
Other bands that will play at the festival are U.D.O. and LIQUIDO from Germany,
MUSTASCH from Sweden, DAGOBA from France and HATESPHERE from Denmark. All in all 15
bands will perform at Green Christmas 2007, some of the best Estonian rock and metal
bands among them.
[22 September 2007] DESMOND CHILD to produce THE RASMUS
This from The Rasmus website:
The Rasmus has started work on their new album, with a release date in March 2008. The title of the album is BLACK ROSES and recordings started in Helsinki on September 17, in The Rasmus own Dynasty Studio.
This time the band is working together with Desmond Child, one of the most successful songwriters and producers in the world, known for his work with Kiss, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, The Scorpions and many others. The Rasmus teamed up with Desmond Child in Greece and LA during the summer to write the songs for the new album together. Apart from Helsinki, recordings will also take place in Nashville, USA. Michael Wagener, producer for Metallica, Alice Cooper, Ozzy and many others, will mix the album in his studio in Nashville. Desmond Child is co-producing BLACK ROSES together with Swedish hitmaker Harry Sommerdahl.
DREAM ASYLUM go into space!
...MySpace, that is. The Finnish group featuring Janne Hurme on vocals, Jani Liimatainen on guitars and keyboards, backing vocals & programming, Marko Pukkila on bass and Jani Hurula on drums has opened a MySpace page. They've also updated the songs on their Mikseri.net profile.
In related news, Janne Hurme has received a platinum album for his solo compilation CD "Parhaat", for sales exceeding 42000 copies in Finland.
www.myspace.com/dreamasylumband
Live CD & DVD from WINGER
Frontiers Records is excited to present the release of WINGER "Live" DVD and
2CD set on November 9th 2007!
Culled from their 2007 US reunion tour, WINGER offers their first live album
and dvd ever ! Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Rod Morgenstein and John Roth rip
through all the hits, progressive jams and new material taken from their
comeback album "IV" with a passion and energy their fans have come to
admire!
For nearly 20 years the members of Winger have been delivering their music
to sold out audiences all over the world. Their multi platinum status and
respected musicianship has earned Winger a loyal following everywhere.
From Kip's start in Alice Cooper to Rod's tenure with the Dixie Dregs and
Reb's tenure with Dokken and Whitesnake, Winger continues to push the
boundaries of their music and deliver it to old and new fans!
Tracklisting:
Blind Revolution Mad; Loosen Up; Easy Come Easy Go; Your Great Escape; Down
Incognito; Rainbow In the Rose; Generica; Junk Yard Dog; Right Up Ahead;
Reb's Guitar Solo; You Are The Saint, I Am The Sinner; Rod's Drum Solo;
Headed For A Heartbreak; Can't Get Enough; Seventeen; Who's The One; Miles
Away; Hungry(*); Madalaine.
The performance was captured on DVD with 10 cameras and is presented in 16:9
widescreen. Audio option is Dolby Digital 2.0 for an approximate total
length of 105 minutes. DVD will be exclusively available in NTSC region free
format. Bonus features include a soundcheck performance and a photo gallery.
The 2 CD soundtrack is only available separately.
Enjoy an exclusive DVD trailer following this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZcFz4NkHKw
CHAVIS RECORDS sign SHADOWSIDE
US-based Chavis Records have signed Brazilian female-fronted band SHADOWSIDE. The band has toured with Helloween and Nightwish, and recently won an international Metal talent contest. A release date for the band's first album "Theatre Of Shadows" hasn't been set yet.
Related websites:
R.I.P. Pepsi Tate of TIGERTAILZ
Tigertailz bass Player Pepsi Tate has passed away. The band has issued a statement:
We are absolutely devastated to bring you the news that our beloved friend and Tigertailz Bass player PEPSI TATE lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. Pepsi passed away peacefully at 10:30 this morning, Tuesday 18th September 2007, in Holme Towers cancer hospice in Penarth Cardiff. Pepsi's wife Shan and close family were with him.
Words cannot describe how we feel right now. We're in bits and will miss him so much.
Goodnight Boy - we'll see you again soon fella. You mean the world to us.
RockUnited.Com sends condolences to Pepsi's friends and family.
Finnish guitarist joins OF THE ARCHANGEL
Brazilian metal band OF THE ARCHANGEL has found their new guitarist from Finland. Timo Kaarkoski is the name of the axeman.
ZONARIA to tour with PAIN
Swedish death metal band Zonaria have been confirmed as the support act on the European tour of PAIN. Dates below. The band has also finished their first video for the song "The Armageddon Anthem", and it's available on YouTube at the link below. Zonaria's first album "Infamy and the Breed" will be released via Pivotal Recordings.
Zonaria & Pain in Europe:
[18 September 2007]
Frontiers Records (Zink Music/Bonnier Amigo) is pleased to announce the release of the brand new Mark Boals / Magnus Karlsson cooperation THE CODEX on November 9th 2007. THE CODEX marks the return to recording – after a 3 years hiatus - for Mark Boals, known as one of the best singers ever to work with Yngwie Malmsteen and first class vocalist, awarded in 1999 by BURRN! Magazine readers in Japan as Best Overall singer of the year. Mark also released 3 successful solo albums and fronted the Power-Prog Metal band Ring Of Fire (which such musical giants as Virgil Donati, Tony MacAlpine and Vitalij Kuprij), with whom he released another 3 studio albums and one live cd / dvd. “I am feeling great, better than ever!” says Boals about his comeback, “I was interested in working with Magnus after hearing his work, I love his guitar playing, and of course his songwriting is superb! There are great melodies and I really enjoyed singing on this one. It's really a catchy album, and I have been listening to it a lot, which I rarely do with my work”. Boals’ partner in crime on THE CODEX is another Swedish guitar-wizard, Magnus Karlsson, a super-talented and busy guy actually, since he is the mastermind behind Starbreaker (with Tony Harnell) and the recent very successful Allen / Lande collaboration. “It's really an honour to work with such a fantastic singer”, states Karlsson, “It's very easy to write for Mark because he has this enormous vocal range. I have never heard anything like it! He sings some unbelievably high notes and he does it so beautiful. Musically I wanted to stretch the borders a little more than usual, with almost a Power Metal style in some songs and very soft parts in others. I use a lot of orchestral arrangement to make it bigger but at the same time I try to leave space for the heaviness in the guitars, drums and bass. I also wanted this to be an album with focus on the vocals and melody as I always do but I added a lot of guitar shredding as well”. Completing the line-up are Linus Abrahamson on bass and Daniel Flores (Mind’s Eye) on drums. THE CODEX is truly a creative and diverse album which shows a very different side of Karlsson songwriting and gives Boals the chance to showcase some of his most aggressive and heaviest vocals ever. It is probably the heaviest cd where the two artists have ever been involved with, still keeping intact the trademarks of a monster Melodic Metal album. Tracklisting includes: Beyond The Dark; Raise Your Hands; Toxic Kiss; Bring Down The Moon; Running Out Of Hate; Dream Makers; Whole Again; Mistress Of Death; Mystery; Prisoner; You Can Have It All; Garden Of Grief. Samples:
MICHAEL BORMANN update Last year's RockUnited favourite Michael Bormann sent us an update:
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AOR cult heroes BALANCE gearing for a comeback... Bob Kulick, Doug Katsaros and Peppy Castro are well underway with their work on the forthcoming BALANCE come back album. According to Kulick "The songs are real Balance and we definitely want this to be great". Some of the song titles which will make it to the final album are "Breathe", "Rainbow's End", "Winner Takes All", "Walk Away", "Forever", "Twist of Fate", "Old Friends", "Who You Gonna Love". More songs are in progress and the recording process is reportedly going "extremely well". Lookout for the new BALANCE album in the early part of 2008! GREEN CHRISTMAS 2007 festival in Estonia - first bands confirmed Green Christmas, one of the biggest rockfestivals in the Baltics, will take place in Estonia, Rakvere Sports Hall on December 21-22. This year the festival will be greater than ever and offer some kick-ass bands from all over Europe. The first bands that have been confirmed to the festival are: U.D.O. (Ger)
The marketing manager of the festival Martti Leetsar said the five bands that have already been confirmed only mark the beginning. "Some awsome bands are yet to be announced," Leetsar promised. All in all 15 bands will perform at the festival. Info on tickets, bands and everything on the festival's site:
TED POLEY: "Smile" track by track This was sent to us from the Frontiers camp: "Ted Poley was kind enough to send us his comments on the songs that are included in his forthcoming album "Smile" due for release on October 19th on Frontiers Records. Get also ready for a major surprise about Ted and Danger Danger soon! Don't miss Ted Poley performing with Danger Danger at the forthcoming UNITED FORCES OF ROCK Festival in Ludwigsburg on September 30th." Heeeeeere's Ted: WAITING LINE
GOING BLIND
SMILE
WHAT IF SHE KNEW
MORE THAN GOODBYE
LUV ON ME
LIFE KEEPS SPINNING ME ROUND
WHY CANT WE PRETENT THAT ITS OVER?
IF I CANT CHANGE YOUR HEART (Then Let Me Blow Your Mind)
WHERE IT ENDS
WILL YA
REPRISE - IF I CANT
YNIS VITRIN finishes the recordings of their first album YNIS VITRIN recently finished the recordings of their first album, entitled The Sad Art of Smiling, which is actually being mixed. Its release is planned for November. Ynis Vitrin is a brazilian progressive metal band which released in 2005 a demo
called A Dark Land, receiving great response from press around the world including
maximum score in reviews made by Rock Something, All the Bangers and Whiplash.net,
besides of being chosen as "Band of the Month", "Demo of the Year", "Best
Keyboardist of the Year" by other magazines. In 2006 they won the contest made by
the north-american magazine Revolver and SickIdiots.com, which had names like Lemmy
(Motörhead), Katon (Hirax), Don Dokken (Dokken), Snake Sabo (Skid Row), and others
as judges.
New bass player for SACRED HEART As of Monday 16th September 2007, NATHAN LARK will be assuming the bassist position in SACRED HEART. Darren Jhuboo has put in 2 years of excellent, enthusiastic service but due to a number of reasons - purely professional - including scheduling conflicts, the decision has been made to make a change. Paul, Mark & Claudio would like to extend a warm welcome to Nathan and wish
Darren the very best in his future endeavours, while thanking him for his
effort and friendship.
The best of ATTACKER to be released through CHAVIS RECORDS Heavy metal artist ATTACKER announce a new definitive BEST OF collection titled 'STANDING THE TEST OF TIME' to be released later this fall. 'STANDING THE TEST OF TIME' will contain 16 neck snapping metal tracks from the bands lengthy music career. 'STANDING THE TEST OF TIME' will be release through CHAVIS RECORDS and distributed worldwide by the BCD Music Group. The legendary heavy metal band ATTACKER has signed with CHAVIS RECORDS for the worldwide digital distribution of their complete catalog including the critically acclaimed 'Battle At Helms Deep', plus 'The Second Coming', 'Soul Taker' and 'The Unknown'. The bands physical CD releases of their entire ctalog are available through Sentinel Steel Records. ATTACKER will be performing at THE MONSTERS BALL, presented by the True Metal America Concert Series on October 12th and 13th along with Raven, Hallows Eve, Overdrive, and Seventh Calling. The band will also be supporting the new release with 2007/2008 dates to be announced in the U.S, Europe and Puerto Rico. Details on the release date, track listing, artwork and tour dates
will be forth coming.
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[13 September 2007] IT'S OFFICIAL - LED ZEPPELIN FLIES AGAIN! Led Zeppelin will play at London's O2 Arena on 26 November. The concert is a tribute to the late Ahmet Ertgun, the founder of Atlantic Records. More info:
TWISTED SISTER TO FINLAND IN NOVEMBER! Legendary glam metal act Twisted Sister will be playing at Helsinki Icehall on 12 November. The concert will start at 20:00, doors will open an hour earlier. The support act will be announced later. Tickets are 48 € a piece, the pre-sales have already begun at www.menolippu.fi SILENT RAGE SIGNED TO FRONTIERS Frontiers Records (Zink Music/Bonnier Amigo) is pleased to announce the signing of SILENT RAGE for the release of the band’s fourth studio album. Silent Rage formed in 1985 and became immediately well-known in the Californian scene, thanks to the captivating vocals, their style of blending guitar and bass and signature song writing. Their debut album “Shattered Hearts” was produced by the legendary Paul Sabu in 1987 and gained immediate attention from the Hard Rock fans all over the world. One year later, Gene Simmons signed them to his own label and in 1989 “Don’t Touch Me There” followed up. This album reached #1 on European Import charts and is still today regarded as one of the top examples of Melodic Hard Rock sound of the late 80’s. The band finally came back with a third studio album “Still Alive” in 2002. In the summer 2007 the band featuring founding members by EJ Curse on bass, Jesse Damon on vocals and guitar, Mark Hawkins on guitar and with Rodney Pino on drums, went back to the studio to give birth to their long awaited new cd. The guys are right now recording the new songs at Redrum Recording Studios in Los Angeles with former Guns n Roses & Rockstar Supernova guitarist, Gilby Clarke producing and mixing. Having mid-summer pre-production behind them, the band is well into tracking new songs for the latest CD and they're anticipating a completion date by the end of October. Look for some very interesting special guest appearances. Jesse Damon states: ”It’s a great time for the band right now, we're all very excited about signing with Frontiers Records and being in the studio recording new songs with Gilby Clarke as our Producer! Everyone in the band is focused and giving 100 % to this new CD. Expect strong performances with a classic Silent Rage style rock"! Lookout for Silent Rage new album in the shops in early 2008! DETAILS OF PAUL DI'ANNO'S FINNISH TOUR As mentioned earlier at RockUnited News, Paul Di'Anno is coming to Finland. Here are the confirmed dates and more info: 18.10 Viitasaari, TBA
Paul Di'Anno band in Finland: Paul Di'Anno - vocals
Gigs and promotion: Visual Punk Oy JADED HEART TOUR DATES AND TRACK-BY-TRACK COMMENTS Jaded Heart are preparing for the release of their brand new album “Sinister Mind” on October 19th. In the meanwhile the band has announced the following shows in support of the cd release: 23.10.2007 DE-Köln, Kantine (support UFO)
The band also sent their track by track commentaries on the songs which are included on the new album. Enjoy the read! Hero
Justice Is Deserved
Sinister Mind
Going Under
See The Light
Open Your Eyes
My Eager´s Red
Always On My Mind
Heavenly Devotion
To Please and Give In
Hellucinate
Crush That Fear
AXEMASTER IN THE STUDIO Axemaster has hit the studio and started work on their long awaited new full
length CD tentatively titled "The Second Coming". This will be the band's
first new material available since 1991! It promises to be the best overall
Axemaster release ever, a fitting comeback for a band who has stayed true to
their metal roots. Pre-production versions (scratch recordings) of 4 songs that
will be included on the new disc can be found at:
AMBROSIA TO HEADLINE THE FIRST DAY OF ROSFEST 2008 Cult AOR/Pomp/Prog band Ambrosia will be playing at Rosfest, Friday 2 May 2008.
HEVINKELIUM TO RECORD A NEW ALBUM AFTER 10 YEARS This fall, on September the 26th, the Finnish heavy metal group Hevinkelium starts recording it's second album 10 years after the first was published. Hevinkelium performs old Finnish hymns with a heavy metal touch, and only in Finnish. Their first album was released in 1998, and since then the fans have been asking for more. Now their long wait shall be rewarded. The release date hasn't been confirmed yet, but the band plans to release at least a single before Christmas this year. Band's homepage: www.hevinkelium.com (only in Finnish).
NEWS FROM EPICUS RECORDS Release date for Thomas Chr. Hansen solo album "Like A Shadow" has been moved from 12. october to 17. october. The release date for debut album from Oceans of time is set to 12. december. Oceans of time has made a music video to one of their songs from the upcoming album. The video will come soon. Rekated links:
FREE AOR - METAL HEAVEN PROMO SAMPLER A note from our sponsor, the good folks of AOR Heaven/Metal Heaven: Every customer which orders at least for an amount of minimum 50 Euros gets a free copy of the promo sampler "Listen Up Vol. 4", containing brand new and unreleased tracks from EMPIRE, STEVE GRIMMET BAND, VENGEANCE, LECHERY and ROAD TO RUIN (first come, first serve). This compilation is exclusevely for AOR Heaven customers only. Take a look at the tracklisting
iRONICA to release their second single "melodic aggressive speed metal band" from Finland will release their second single "Make Me Whole Again" on 10 October. The title track will showcase the more melodic side of the band, while the second track "Fragile, Devoted, Disgraced" is more extreme in its' approach. A video for "Make Me Whole Again" is being finished. iRonica-gigs:
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[08 September 2007]
Just as Friday had turned into Saturday, 00:25 hrs to be exact, a new baby girl was born. Weighing 3,585 kg, this 51 cm tall bundle of joy is the first child of RockUnited team members Mira and Kimmo. Both the baby and the proud parents are doing fine. If the updates of RockUnited.Com seem a little sporadic during the next few weeks, I guess you can understand why... DOMAIN Tour 2007 confirmed & new drummer DOMAIN proudly announces the confirmation of the autumn tour 2007 together with ASTRAL DOORS and SECRET SPHERE. Until now, the following shows are confirmed: 22.10. - D - Berlin - "Knaack" (with Astral Doors and Secret Sphere)
Sadly, because of familiar reasons, DOMAIN has to part ways with drummer Stefan Köllner. For the upcoming tour, the drumchair will be taken by Jens Baar (Illectronic), who is a long time friend of bassplayer Steven Wussow. Furthermore, DOMAIN will showcase vocalist Nicolaj Ruhnow for the first time. NAUGHTY WHISPER bring their "Psycho Glam" to Scandinavia The Italian band NAUGHTY WHISPER will be touring Sweden and Finland on late September for the first time! The routing has been finally confirmed: September 26th - Stockholm - Club Riot Act
With the Scandinavian Tour, NAUGHTY WHISPER start the on-the-road promotion of their
last full length album, PSYCHO (Blasted Productions - 2007). The band will also appear in fall-winter 2007 in the
UK, Croatia and Slovenia: dates to be announced soon!
[04 September 2007] LEVERAGE signed to Frontiers Records The highly RockUnited-approved ("Tides" was #2 of 2006 in our poll!) Finnish melodic metal band LEVERAGE has signed a multi-album deal with Frontiers. Here's the press release: Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of the Finnish Melodic Metal band LEVERAGE for a multi album deal! Finnish Heavy Rock has of course long traditions, but this type of old school melodic heavy rock with a shade of progressive flavour hasn't been heard from Finnish bands before. Leverage debut album "Tides" created a real underground wave among the fans during 2006. Winner of the "Best Metal / Prog" album of the year award on Melodicrock.com (and getting great reviews all around the net), the band's music offers a variety and exciting Melodic Metal formula with powerful vocals (courtesy of singer Pekka Heino, also known for his stint with Brother Firetribe) and killer guitars. "Tides" charted in Leverage home country, Finland, reaching the general Top 30 in the first 2 weeks of release. "This is not a boy band, a studio band, a wannabe-band, project band or whatever fake band. Leverage is a true and honest heavy rock band, for the love of heavy rock!": states guitarist and main songwriter Tuomas Heikkinen and you can bet these guys are definitely one of the musical upcoming brightest stars around. Leverage are:
Leverage spent the entire months July and August in the studio to wrap up the follow up to "Tides". The new album will be released on Frontiers in early 2008, with a re-release in selected European countries on the band's monster debut album "Tides" in mid price line with bonus tracks ! Stay tuned for more updates! Sample: Superstition GARY HUGHES of TEN is finishing his new solo album Ten frontman Gary Hughes is currently working hard to put finishing touches to his forthcoming solo album entitled "Veritas", latin word for "Truth". The new cd is taking shape in the Arena studios in Lancashire, UK and according to Hughes, "the songs on this album are among the strongest I have ever written in my lifetime". "Veritas" feels like the natural successor to "Precious Ones", Gary Hughes' last solo output dated 1998. This time around Gary used a different array of players to enhance the diversity of the album. "I have gone for a variety of music styles with regard to musicians this time around", explains Gary, "drummer Dave Ingledew and bass player Rick Stewart are currently members of British Dark Metal band Devil To Pay, Jason Robinson is the drummer with Alternative Metal band Absent Minds, whilst Simon Brayshaw is the bass player with British Blues outfit Nightshift. From the Ten ranks, Chris Francis contributes with leadwork once again and John Halliwell has taken acoustic guitar duties as usual". Gary is playing keyboards and caring for all the orchestrations. "Given the long awaited nature this album and the anticipation already beginning I have been working really hard to make this album the best I possibly can" concludes Gary "we could be sitting on a truly outstanding piece of product, and maybe a yardstick for my future releases". Frontiers Records plans to release "Veritas" in November, with more info to be released at a later stage. FROM THE INSIDE Part II in the works Danny Vaughn and Fabrizio Grossi have started demoing new songs for the second FROM THE INSIDE album. This time the guys have decided to adopt more of a songwriting union approach that has brought plenty of killer new tracks such as "1st Century", "Listen To Your Heart", "Push Me Off", "Telemetry", "Making Waves", "Moment To Moment" and "Light Years". More songs have been supplied by Joey Carbone (Vertigo, Joseph Williams) and twins Tom and James Martin (Ted Poley, Khymera, House of Lords). The recording lineup this time will include Jimi Bell (House of Lords) on guitars, Eric Ragno (Takara, Ramos) on keyboards and Pete Lobo on drums with final mix to be handled by Dennis Ward. Fans of the debut album can expect a top rate production and improved songwriting. Frontiers hopes to release the album before the summer 2008. MAT SINNER preaches the "New Religion" of PRIMAL FEAR Bassist Mat Sinner sent us his track by track comments for the songs included on the forthcoming PRIMAL FEAR album "New Religion" due out on September 19th on Frontiers Records. Enjoy the insight ! SIGN OF FEAR
FACE THE EMPTINESS
EVERYTIME IT RAINS
NEW RELIGION
FIGHTING THE DARKNESS a. Fighting The Darkness
b. The Darkness
c. Reprise
BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS
THE CURSE OF SHARON
TOO MUCH TIME
PSYCHO
WORLD ON FIRE
THE MAN (That I Don't Know)
Order Frankie Banali & Friends' Zeppelin tribute and win an autographed snare drum Press Release:
As a bonus, the snare drum head will also be autographed by many of the artists that appear on 24/7/365 and personalized by Frankie Banali to the winner! Contest ends October 31, 2007. [03 September 2007]
The co-operation between MusicBuyMail.eu and ArtistWorxx.de called ARTIST SERVICE is presenting the first releases. After a very work intensive preparation ARTIST SERVICE is proud to announce three new releases and a free compilation! - HARLEQUIN "Walking The Jester" - release: out now! After 20 year the AOR heroes George Belanger, Derrick Gottfried, Darren Moore and Nick Rivers are back with the new album "Walking The Jester". HARLEQUIN was formed in the mid-seventies and achieved gold and platin status with their releases "Victim of a Song", "Love Crimes" and "One False Move" and cemented the band as one of most successful Canadian rock bands ever! - SHADE "It's Alright" - release: 14.09.2007 It was in 2004, when Emma Shade (professional dancer & singer), Simon Gardner (DARE) and Andrew Moore (DARE) decided to go with their instincts and follow their Rock roots with a flavour of Pop / Country as Emma's voice really captured the essence of these combined styles. They combined forces of Simon, Andy and Emma are all the ingredients needed for a great band and they, for one, cannot wait for the journey which will bring them to you ------ LISTEN UP!!! - SANCHEZ "Don't Treat Me Like A Fool" - release date: 14.09.2007 Haven't been slapped in your face today? Then you definitely need your dose of SANCHEZ right now! Spanish lead singer Jose Sanchez, a die-hard fan of classic AOR/Glam/Hard Rock music gathered 4 Swedish musicians around him, ready to rock the crowd and to seriously kick some butts. SANCHEZ already proved with countless shows that they are an energetic and devoted live act. So check out SANCHEZ' hard hitting in-your-face hard rock, you won't regret it! - ARTIST SERVICE "Compilation Volume 1" - Available now! ARTIST SERVICE is ready to start presenting the first artists on the first Compilation. The ARTIST SERVICE concentrates on distribution and promotion of interesting, stirring and throughout high-quality music of bands and artists of the genres AOR, Westcoast, Melodic Rock, Hard Rock, Melodic Metal. Most of these bands are underground bands or bands that aren´t interested in collaborating with labels anymore - they have been searching for a possibility to present their music on the market comprehensively. The ARTIST SERVICE takes care about all aspects required to prepare bands´ products in line with market requirements, being featured in the music media and making their products available for the potential customer. Compilation Vol. 1 features 16 bands with one song each worth listening to and the compilation is an enhanced CD with biographies, photos and covers of the bands. Full tracklist:
All ARTIST SERVICE titles are available on MusicBuyMail.eu, other fine online shops and ask at your local record store! The compilation is a free gift to all hardrock fans to support this music and those promising bands! Get your free copy at MusicBuyMail.eu with a new order or by sending a return envelope to MBM (Hohenlindener Str. 1, 81677 München, Germany) or ask your local record store dealer! Related links:
The first single off the new ARCH ENEMY album “Rise Of The Tyrant” (Out September 26, 2007!) contains the epic lead track “Revolution Begins” as well as the blistering album opener “Blood On Your Hands” plus two exclusive tracks: a cover version of the Queensrÿche-classic “Walk In The Shadows” and a live version of “I Am Legend/Out For Blood”. The street date for SWEDEN and FINLAND is Wednesday, September 5, 2007. Furthermore ARCH ENEMY have been confirmed for THE metal event of the year in Japan: The Loud Park festivals in Tokyo & Osaka in October – where the band will be sharing stages with high-profile acts such as Marilyn Manson, Hanoi Rocks, Saxon, Lacuna Coil and many more. Also, don’t forget to get your tickets to see ARCH ENEMY live in November/December in Europe when they head out for “The Black Crusade” Tour with Machine Head, Dragonforce, Trivium, and Shadows Fall. Related links:
DEREK SHERINIAN to guest on MIND KEY'S new album DEREK SHERINIAN, the keyboard player who has worked with Dream Theather, Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen etc, has agreed to perform a solo on Mind Key's song "Citizen of Greed". More guests are to be expected on the band's album in the works. FOREIGNER, ALICE COOPER and URIAH HEEP to Finland It'll be an AOR-filled celebration of Independence Day here in Finland, as Mick Jones is bringing his acclaimed new FOREIGNER to Helsinki. 6 December the band will be rocking the House Of Culture! More details as we get them! The Danish ICO & ET Concert Promotion are also bringing ALICE COOPER and URIAH HEEP to Finland for three shows:
Brazilian guitarist jams with Paul Gilbert Marcos de Ros, guitarist of the progressive metal band AKASHIC, who recently came back from Chile from the South American Guitar Masters 2007 Tour, posted online a vide of his jam session with Paul Gilbert, ex-guitarist of Racer X and Mr. Big. The show was made in 2001, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The video can be watched on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Ea0TBHAOU Related links:
MYSTIC PROPHECY captured on video... Mystic Prophecy's gig at the "Back To Rock" festival, 08.09.2007 (w/ Sodom, Die Apokalytischen Reiter etc.) in Switzerland will be filmed. The material will be used for the bonus DVD of the japanese version of "Satanic Curses". Furthermore the band's gig in Dettelbach, 06.10.2007, will be recorded and used as a bonus for the European version of "Satanic Curses" to be released 19.10.2007. The single "Dark Forces" is available in the band's official merchandise shop now! Beside 'Dark Forces' it includes two other unreleased songs, 'Paranoid' (Black Sabbath cover) and 'The King Is Back' (non album track) and is limited to 1000 copies! The Black Sabbath evergreen can be heard on the band's myspace:
[30 August 2007] STRYPER to play in Turku, Finland Stryper have been confirmed to appear at "Maata Näkyvissä"-festival in Turku, Finland. This annual gathering of Christian youth of Finland will take place on the weekend of 16-18 November, and Stryper are set to appear on Saturday evening.
Vocalist and keyboard leave THUNDERSTONE Official press release from the band's website:
However, the first priority for us was not to let our fans down even
in a situation like this. Therefore, we will go on with the upcoming
co-headlining tour with Nocturnal Rites as planned. And we are most
proud to announce two incredible musicians who agreed to fill in for
the tour on such a short notice. On keyboards we will have none other
than legendary JENS JOHANSSON, the crazy Swede and a long-time friend
from Stratovarius. The vocal duties will be handled by the incredible-
sounding TOMMI 'TUPLE' SALMELA who in recent years has shared the
vocals with Marco Hietala in the classic Finnish metal outfit Tarot.
As you can probably imagine, we are more than thrilled to have these
guys on board. Book your tickets NOW!!!
ATARFE VEGA ROCK FESTIVAL in Spain this December Official press release: We are pleased to announce you the first bands, which will play at the Atarfe Vega Rock Festival, set to take place the 1st of December (Saturday) 2007, in the city of ATARFE (at 11 km from Granada, Andalusia - SPAIN). These Bands are EXCITER, LIZZY BORDEN, BELLADONNA, GRAVE DIGGER and KATATONIA. Like in past editions, the billing will include international bands, which belong to the different genres of Heavy Metal. This year the shows will be hold at *"Coliseo Ciudad Atarfe"*, a modern covered Bullring, with all the facilities, that a music festival like the Atarfe Vega Rock Festival requires. First tickets will be sold the 5th September. For more info about our
festival, please visit our website www.brmusic.net. We are now updating
it, but very soon you will find there, all info about the Atarfe Vega Rock
Festival.
BLINDED COLONY parts ways with vocalist and bassist; replacements announced! Sweden’s BLINDED COLONY has parted ways with vocalist Johan Schuster and bassist Roy Erlandsson due to professional differences. Stepping in as new and permanent full time members are Jeoan Olsson (EVILDOER) on bass and Denny Axelsson (THE BEREAVED, ex-MARAMON, WITHIN REACH, CALM) on vocals. Guitarist Tobias Olsson comments:
Adds new vocalist Denny Axelsson:
new bassist Jeoan Olsson comments:
BLINDED COLONY's sophomore release, "Bedtime Prayers", was released in January through Pivotal Rockordings. The band followed up the release with a 38-day tour with EKTOMORF and KAYSER. The band plans to continue touring in the fall. [29 August 2007] BALTIMOORE - New album, new line-up It's been an eventful past 12 months for Baltimoore, and for a while I (Bjorn Lodin) wasn't sure I wanted to pick up the pieces and start again, but here we are now, with a terrific new line-up and great new original songs. It's truly an honor to have Mikael Nord Andersson back in the band - he did background vocals on the first two Baltimoore-albums, and is now featured as both guitarist and lead/backing vocalist! The rest of the guys are all new players; Janne Stark - guitar, Robert Bäck - drums and Björn Lundqvist - bass/vocals. All songwriting for this project is done by Janne and myself and
we've already started recording. I am pleased to say Baltimoore is
on a new journey, taking yet another direction and breaking new
grounds! Release date for the album is still pending."
DARKEST SEED's cover of QUEEN's "The Show Must Go On" posted online The heavy/hard band DARKEST SEED is recording its debut cd in Nitro Sound Solutions studios, with the production of Roger Fingle, also known as Earth, the vocalist and multi-instrumentist of Blood Tears and Seduced by Suicide. Darkest Seed was born in 2004 with the proposal to produce expressive, technical and melodic music, talking about deep and current themes. Its line up is formed by the vocalist Benhur Lima (Ynis Vitrin, Anaxes, Fire Symphony), the guitarist Ricardo Reolon (ex-Burning In Hell) and the drummer César de Campos (Nebulousky). Since the album will be released only in 2008, the band posted
online a cover of the Queen' song "The Show Must Go On", which is
available in the band's website and MySpace page at
SYMPHONY X - PARADISE LOST TOUR 2007 Following the release of their fantastic album Paradise Lost on Inside Out Music/SPV in 2006, Symphony X will undertake a 6-date tour of the UK this October/November, in support of Dream Theater. Paradise Lost is not a concept album in the traditional sense but a sequence of individual songs and themes based loosely on John Milton's novel about the fall of man. Considered the band's most aggressive album to date, guitarist and band leader Michael Romeo says of the title: "Of course the album features the kind of songs that people have come to anticipate from us, but there's also a fresh and innovative approach, as well as a number of musical and thematic references...The lyrics are about deceit, revenge and corruption. Some of them are practically infernal; others could be interpreted in different ways." UK TOUR DATES 2007 october
november
PILGRIMZ (DK) signs booking deal with 3RD TSUNAMI AGENCY 3RD TSUNAMI AGENCY (Volbeat, Hatebreed, Sick Of It All) will from now on be responsible for PILGRIMZ booking of concerts and festivals in Denmark and Scandinavia. Currently, PILGRIMZ is negotiating a record deal. The cooperation between 3rd Tsunami Agency and the band’s management, Dream Fire Agency forms a strong team of people around the band before the debut album entitled BOARRIDERS is released somewhere in the near future. A release date will be announced later this year but already now you can
listen to the single SHAKE A FEATHER on
Canadian VERTIGO Coming Soon!! From the label that brought you Renegade and
Matrex, Renegade Sounds is pleased to announce *Vertigo*. This
eighties keyboard-laden guitar-driven melodic rock band from Canada
will be announcing a release date soon for the album entitled 'Takes
Me Back'. Stay tuned for more info!
RICHIE KOTZEN returns to the Mother Head’s Family Reunion
For the un-initiated “The Mother Head's Family Reunion” is the title of Richie Kotzen’s album for Geffen Records in 1994, his major debut and first post-Poison solo album. Regarded by many fans and critics as his real masterpiece, that record featured drummer Atma Anur, bassist John Pierce and producer Richie Zito. This new “Return” album features instead powerhouse drummer Franklin Vanderbilt, bassist Virgil McKoy and Arlan Schierbaum, who has already played keyboards on Richie's previous albums. “I decided to call this new album Return of the Mother Head’s Family Reunion” explains Richie, “because it is the first cd I have done in years with a full band. After hearing the vibe of some of the songs it reminded me of the energy I had back when I did the original MHFR cd. So once the cd was complete, it really had a lot in common with the original MHFR and this is why I decided to call it Return of the MHFR”. “Return of The Mother Head's Family Reunion” can boast a crystal clear mix, some incredible band performances and a more guitar oriented approach, with the addition of a stellar songwriting melted with Kotzen incredible talents. “The thing that made the original MHFR cd stand out was the extended solos in songs like “Cover Me” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There”, on this record I think there are a lot of parallels in that regard, in particular Fooled Again, Faith and Go Faster all have that original vibe to them”, states Kotzen. “Return of the Mother Head’s Family Reunion” is a definite highlight of the season which marks a milestone in the former Mr. Big guitar player solo career and will include the following songs: Go Faster; You Know That; Fooled Again; Faith; Bad Things; Dust; Chase It; Do It Yourself; You’re Crazy; Feed My Head; Can You Feel It; Drift (demo version – European exclusive bonus track). Samples:
Lookout for Richie Kotzen and his band touring Europe in the fall. >> QUICK GIG NEWS >> Suomi Finland Special Motörhead mini-tour:
Paul Di'Anno, the original singer of Iron Maiden:
Marilyn Manson brings his provocative rock show to Helsinki:
[27 August 2007] LIZZY BORDEN's Appointment With Death: October 2nd
www.Lizzyborden.com
SYMFORCE FESTIVAL ready to prog'n roll! If you like prog rock, symphonic rock and even a bit of retro rock then
013 in Tilburg (The Netherlands) is the place to be on 15 September. The
Symforce Festival features: The Flower Kings, Pendragon, Focus, Riverside,
The Aurora Project and many more. So, get your tickets now for the Symforce Festival which starts at 16:00.
Prog on!
TED POLEY signed to Frontiers, "Smile" to be released in October
Best known as lead vocalist for the legendary Melodic Rock masters DANGER DANGER, Ted has also fronted in the past few years such bands as BONEMACHINE, with whom he has recorded 2 successful studio and 1 live album, MELODICA with Austrian guitarist Gerhard Pichler. He started his solo career with the release of “Collateral Damage” in 2006. “My new cd Smile continues where Collateral Damage left off” explains Ted, “however it is much more evolved with amazing guitar work by JK Northrup. I am sure the guitar fans and players out there will be totally pleased. JK’s lead work is off the hook”. Helping Ted on the album are the aforementioned JK Northrup (ex KING KOBRA and NORTHRUP / SHORTINO) on guitar and bass, Eric Ragno (Ramos, Takara) on keyboards and Dan Zoid on drums, with Vic Rivera appearing on guitars on “Smile” and “Will Ya”. Ted co-wrote most of the songs together with Tom and James Martin (Khymera, House of Lords). “I know everyone says that their new cd is their best but this one really is!” states Ted “I wanted to be myself but sound as great as possible, work with the best musicians and start out the best songs. I co-wrote a lot with some of my own personal favourite writers around the world. I am a very happy guy these days. I am still having the fun of remaining in DANGER DANGER and at the same time I am having fun, thus the title “Smile”. It reflects perfectly my current mood as well as my live show attitude. I am a very happy guy when I am doing music!” Tracklisting of “Smile” includes the following songs: Waiting Line; Going Blind; Smile; What If She Knew; More Than Goodbye; Luv On Me; If You Can’t Change Your Heart (Then Let Me Blow Your Mind); Why Can’t We Pretend That It’s Over?; Life Keeps Me Spinning Round; Where It Ends; Will Ya; Reprise (If You Can’t Change Your Heart) Samples:
Don’t forget that TED POLEY will attend, as DANGER DANGER frontman, the UNITED FORCES OF ROCK Festival in Ludwigsburg (near Stuttgart), Germany on September 30th 2007! SLAMER feat. Mike Slamer and Terry Brock enters the video age! Mike SLAMER and Terry BROCK worked out a videoclip for the song “Not In Love” taken off the SLAMER awesome debut album “Nowhere Land” released in September 2006 on Frontiers. Directed by Mike Slamer’s daughter Nicole (also responsible for the SEVENTH
KEY dvd “Live In Atlanta”), the video can be watched following this YouTube
link:
PRIMAL FEAR TOURDATES PRIMAL FEAR announced more tour dates in support of their awesome forthcoming album “New Religion”. Don’t miss this amazing band in their favourite environment! 06.10.2007 USA - Atlanta - Prog Power
STURM UND DRANG jams with K.K. DOWNING! Sturm und Drang, The "Rising Sons" of Finnish Metal (couldn't resist - news ed.) got a surprise guest for their encore at Salo's VRock last weekend. The legendary K.K. Downing of JUDAS PRIEST joined the band on stage for a version of the JP classic "Breaking The Law". Video footage is available on K.K.'s website:
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Z ROCK 2008 update
The RockUnited Baby gets a name!
INDIGO DYING feat. Gisa Vatcky to be released in December
SEVEN TEARS start falling in December
New LANA LANE album to be released in December
ATTACKER's standing the test of time...
MARK BOALS + MAGNUS KARLSSON = THE CODEX
A new member into the RockUnited family!
Introducing ARTIST SERVICE
ARCH ENEMY - The Tyrant Rises and Revolution Begins!
Frontiers Records (represented in Scandinavia by Zink Music/Bonnier Amigo) is pleased to announce the
European release of Richie Kotzen’s brand new album “Return of the Mother
Head’s Family Reunion” on October 19th 2007.
Shock rockers Lizzy Borden will release "Appointment With Death", their first album in seven years on Metal Blade Records on October 2nd. "AWD is epic, Heavy, dark and melodic, everything a traditional Lizzy Borden recording should be and more", says the press release... Guests on the album include George Lynch (Dokken/Lynch Mob), Dave Meniketti (Y & T),
Corey Beaulieu (Trivium), Jonas Hansson (Silver Mountain), Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal/ex-Morbid Angel) and Michael T. Ross (Angel/Hardline). Closer details of the album and samples can be found on the following sites:
Frontiers Records is proud to welcome onboard TED POLEY for the release of
his forthcoming solo album entitled “Smile” on October 19th 2007 !
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