domingo, junho 29, 2014

WAMI (White Appice Mendoza Iggy) - Japanese release of the debut album

Great news for the fans of the new exciting project WAMI. Today, the band's debut album entitled "Kill The King" has been officially released in Japan. Japanese edition of the album includes three exclusive bonus tracks: „Exodus (early demo), „I don't Wanna Lose You" (demo) and „Guardian of Your Heart" (radio edit).

The names associated with the project are true legends on the hard rock scene: on the vocals - Doogie White (Rainbow, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen), on the drums - Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, DIO), on the bass - Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake), who join forces with the 16-year-old Polish guitarist Iggy Gwadera, who made his debut 2 years ago as the guitarist of Anti Tank Nun.
 
The idea to record an album together was born after Thin Lizzy's concert in Poland. The bassist Marco Mendoza, delighted with the young guitarist Iggy, who supported Thin Lizzy with his band Anti Tank Nun, suggested that they record some music together. This first idea, which was maturing for the next dozen-odd months, eventually evolved into the project involving legendary musicians, who are currently recording a brand new album together with Iggy. The drummer Vinny Appice, renowned for playing in some of the best heavy metal bands of worldwide fame, as also the bassist Marco Mendoza have already finished recording bass and drum tracks in Los Angeles. In late November 2013, Doogie White confronted his vocal talent with Iggy's guitar technique during their recording sessions in Poland. The results of these sessions are truly outstanding!
 
WAMI (White Appice Mendoza Iggy) - Kill The King CD DG - Japanese edition
 

Tracklist:
 
1. Exodus (The Red Sea Crossing)
2. The Rider
3. Wild Woman(You Oughta Know)
4. Guardian Of Your Heart
5. One More For Rock'n'Roll
6. Heart Of Steel
7. The Resistance
8. Young Blood
9. Get Out Of My Way
10. Transition
11. I Don't Wanna Lose You
12. Exodus (early demo) *
13. I Don't Wanna Lose You *
14. Guardian Of Your Heart (radio edit) *
 
* bonus track
 
WAMI - Official pages:
WAMIband.com
www.facebook.com/WAMIband
twitter.com/WAMIBand

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sábado, junho 28, 2014

Cambridge Rock Festival

Learn From The Best - Lang, Coleman, Garstka, Roddy, Borlai and Priester Featured On Drum Channel’s Exclusive, Daily, “Big Drum Bonanza Live” Webcasts, July 2-6, 2014


Oxnard, CA - Six of the world's top drummers will be featured on DrumChannel.com's live, daily webcasts of Thomas Lang's "Big Drum Bonanza" drum camp from July 2-6 at 5:30 PM (Pacific Time). The free, hour-long shows— which can be accessed from computers and mobile devices virtually anywhere on the planet— will include appearances by Thomas Lang (stOrk), Chris Coleman (Prince), Matt Garstka (Animals As Leaders), Aquiles Priester (Hangar), Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal) and Gergo Borlai (Tribal Tech) as well as special guest John Tempesta (The Cult). Each show will offer a wrap-up of the day's educational activities as well as discussions and performances by the all-star faculty.

To celebrate the "Big Drum Bonanza"/Independence Day weekend, Drum Channel is also giving drummers a special, limited time opportunity to become members of the award-winning www.DrumChannel.com community. From July 1 through 7, unlimited access to hundreds of Drum Channel lessons and shows by drummers such as Thomas Lang, Gregg Bissonette, Terry Bozzio, Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, Tony Royster, Jr., Peter Erskine, Dave Elitch, Luke Holland, Cobus Potgieter and many more is available for a full year at the reduced price of $49.90. The special "Big Drum Bonanza" deal not only provides 2 months of membership at no charge, it also includes a free $25 gift card good for downloads at Drum Channel's online store. The gift card can be used independently or to augment Drum Channel's online lessons with downloads of popular DVD content by Daniel Glass, Danny Seraphine, Buddy Rich, JR Robinson, Tony Royster, Jr. and Neil Peart, to name just a few.

Learn from the best and improve your drumming over the Fourth Of July weekend by tuning in to "The Big Drum Bonanza Live" shows and signing up for unlimited Drum Channel membership at a great price at www.DrumChannel.com. For more information on the Big Drum Bonanza or to purchase Guest Passes for the Big Drum Bonanza Live! at Drum Channel studios, please visit www.muso-mart.com

Drum Channel is a state-of-the-art provider of a wide variety of interactive drum education content, including www.drumchannel.com which features 100's of lessons, lesson plans and live events as well as Drum Channel's traditional DVDs and Digital Video Downloads (available at http://www.drumchannel.com/store).

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PROG SPHERE Invites Bands to Send Submissions for 20th Edition of Progstravaganza Compilation Series

Prog Sphere's Progstravaganza progressive rock and metal compilation
series have been around since August 2010, and during that time over
400 bands paraded through it. Prog Sphere is currently taking
submissions for the jubilee, twentieth edition and bands from all
around the world are welcome to take part.

Some of the bands that previously appeared on the Progstravaganza
samplers include:Astra, Scale the Summit, The Wrong Object, Exivious,
Blotted Science, Soft Machine,Fughu, Galahad, and many more. The
twentieth edition will be called Landmarks and besides new bands it
will feature some of the artists that were featured on the previous
samplers. Prog Sphere is also starting a mini-documentary series
titled The Story of Progstravaganza, where some of the artists that
were featured in the past will be talking about progressive music
today, their work and more. On top of that, every band is showcased
with an interview on the Progstravaganza website and is also featured
on Prog Sphere's Progify streaming service.

Artists interested in the Progstravaganza feature should send an email
to info@prog-sphere.com with short biography and links where their
music can be previewed. The deadline for submissions is July 20th.

Links:

www.prog-sphere.com
www.progstravaganza.com
www.facebook.com/ProgSphere
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MATTIAS OLSSON and DAVID LUNDBERG bring NECROMONKEY to ProgDay!

MATTIAS OLSSON and DAVID LUNDBERG bring
NECROMONKEY to ProgDay!

MATTIAS OLSSON, a founding member of ANGLAGARD, met DAVID LUNDBERG, keyboardist from GOSTA BERLINGS SAGA, in 2008 while working on GBS's second album. Their discussions of collaboration became reality in 2010 when Olsson and Lundberg began to write and record what would become NECROMONKEY's first release, Necroplex.

Released in 2013, Necroplex exhibits a unique melding of electronic music, symphonic prog and post rock, created using an array of electronic and acoustic instruments, cutting-edge technology and vintage equipment. This continues with 2014's A Glimpse Of Possible Endings, the first of four new albums.

At the core of NECROMONKEY's music are the multi-instrumental concoctions of Olsson and Lundberg, spiced and blended with the contributions of guest musicians. The result is an eclectic, cinematic and wide-ranging ride into genuinely progressive territory.

NECROMONKEY (Sweden) joins THE GALACTIC COWBOY ORCHESTRA (US), LUZ DE RIADA (Mexico) and KOTEBEL (Spain) at ProgDay 2014, the 20th Anniversary of the longest running progressive rock festival in the world.  ProgDay 2014 will take place on Saturday, August 30th, and Sunday, August 31st, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  For more information, and to hear music from this year's bands, please visit us at www.progday.net.
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quinta-feira, junho 26, 2014

PROGRESSIVE ROCK & PROGRESSIVE METAL - E-ZINE - Recommends


MONARCH TRAIL - "Skye"
When keyboard player/vocalist Ken Baird had written some music which seemed to require more collaborative arrangements than usual, he asked drummer Chris Lamont and Bassist Dino Verginella if they'd  be willing to be a part of "Monarch Trail". Lamont had played on Baird's previous three albums and Verginella on the previous two, so it was a natural thing that it could be called a group. The first stage was to set up several rehearsals for the trio to work on arranging the new pieces. Important changes were made to the charts; an extra set of bars here, a new melody line there, a different tempo over there and so on. Even more importantly, these rehearsals also turned out to be a ton of fun with no lack of shenanigans!...
http://www.monarchtrail.com/
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TWO PLACES AT ONCE - "Different Selves"
Two Places at Once is a band formed in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, by Victor Barbosa (drummer), Renan Rocha (Vocal and Guitar) and Juan Salinas (bass), with an intention to mix different musical genres, like Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock, Metal, and other genres. The influences range from Pink Floyd and Oasis to Black Sabbath and Deftones. The compositions and the lyrics may be more delicate and touching, but it doesn't mean that they cannot do something more agressive and heavy. In the begining of 2014, the band started to record their first EP called "Different Selves", that will be released in March of this year, and has a production by Elton Bozza.
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Guitar Virtuoso and Former Supertramp Member Marty Walsh Releases New CD Featuring Guest Appearances By Members of YES, Rufus and a Host of LA Studio Legends

 
Boston, MA – Much to the excitement of guitar aficionados across the globe, celebrated guitarist Marty Walsh released his eagerly awaited debut instrumental solo album 'The Total Plan' on June 16th 2014! Making the release even more thrilling is the array of guest artists appearing on the release – Billy Sherwood (YES/CIRCA:), John "JR" Robinson (Rufus, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield/Steve Winwood) and a multitude of LA Studio Legends.
 
Says Marty, "Everyone on the album are musicians that I have close personal and working relationships with. Billy and I did an album that was released in 1996 under the band name The Key. People like John Robinson, Abe Laboriel, Michael Ruff and everyone else on the album I have worked with for years. When I came up with this idea I asked all of these wonderful musicians if they would play on one track for me. Graciously they all accepted."
 
Marty Walsh is an assistant professor in the Ensemble and Music Production departments at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. A veteran of the LA studio music scene, he has worked as a guitarist with some of the biggest names in the business. The early 1980s found him on the hits "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton, "She Works Hard For The Money" by Donna Summer, and "Heartlight" by Neil Diamond, to name a few. He also recorded with John Denver, Eddie Money, Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton, and Julio Iglesias, among others. In 1985, Marty played guitar on the Supertramp album 'Brother Where You Bound' and then toured with the band in 1985-86 and again in 1988 after playing on their 1988 release 'Free As A Bird'. Continuing to do recording sessions into the 1990s, he also was a part of the live band on the Nickelodeon Television show 'Roundhouse' which was critically acclaimed and ran from 1992 through 1994. In the late 90's Marty played guitar on numerous Curb Records releases including three of Leann Rimes' albums, 'Sittin On Top Of The World', 'Leann Rimes' and 'I Need You', whose title track set the record for weeks (54) in the top 40.
 
Most recently, he can be heard on the Freddie Jackson single "Until The End Of Time", which reached the number 1 spot on Billboard's R&B charts and stayed on the charts for 26 weeks. And now much to the anticipation of guitarists and musicians everywhere, Marty is releasing his first (instrumental) solo album 'The Total Plan'!
 
Says Marty, "Being an instrumental album it is simply about the music. There are a few things conceptually that I was trying to achieve with this recording though. The first being the fact that I wanted to make an album of music that I felt would appeal to the masses. The album is not a Jazz album necessarily, it's really more of a pop record. While there are improvised solos, the focus of the record is much more about the melodies and arrangements of the songs, which hopefully are memorable. The second thing that I wanted to achieve was making a record with many of the people that I've worked with over the years. I literally enlisted musicians for this project that I had worked with closely going way back to when I first started touring and doing recording sessions, and then also tapped into some of the faculty and also young musicians that I have worked closely with at the Berklee college of music. There are ten songs on the album and each song has different groupings of personnel. I also feel that stylistically the album is quite diverse, which actually came about from tapping into all of these various musicians who brought their own identity to the project."
 
Marty's new album showcases a variety of styles, which is a reflection of his vast musical influences. He explains, "While I am primarily a guitarist, and my guitar playing is the focus of the record, I don't feel like my approach to the instrument is like a lot of other guitarists. As a young musician growing up, of course I was influenced by people like Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, but then growing up in Los Angeles, guys like Larry Carlton, Jay Graydon, and all of the other LA studio guitar players that I had so much respect for certainly were extremely influential in my development. But even more influential than all of the great guitar players are a host of other musicians. I have always had the tendency not to focus on guitar players and their approach to the instrument. Music that has influenced me over the years has tended to be from piano players, songwriters, people that compose memorable music and also many of the great producer/arrangers that I have worked with. Guys like Michael Omartian, the late Michel Columbier, and the late Tom Dowd. I had the good fortune to actually work with these people closely in the recording environment and learned so much about composing and arranging. That's the kind of thing that I feel is really so important in moving people emotionally with music. Hopefully that's what this album will do, move people emotionally."
 
"Marty Walsh has made a fine album, featuring some red-hot musicians beside his heartfelt guitar playing – the sounds he wrings from his guitars are strong, melodic and exciting." - John Anthony Helliwell (Supertramp)
 
"Marty Walsh is an amazing guitarist and songwriter. I had the pleasure making a record with him called 'The World Is Watching' (the band was called The Key). We met in 1986 when he was on tour playing guitar with Supertramp for their 'Brother Where You Bound' record. My band Lodgic opened for them and so we hung out backstage and became fast friends and have been ever since. I'm very happy to see Marty going for it with his new record and was honored he asked me to be a part of it too!" - Billy Sherwood (YES/CIRCA:)
 
"Marty Walsh is one of the most soulful musicians I have known. His musicality shines through any band he has ever been in. This new solo CD reflects his funk, soul and rock roots. It's a must have for all." - John "JR" Robinson (Rufus/Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood/Mike Oldfield)
 
"I have been good friends with the near legendary Marty Walsh since our Glendale/Burbank, California days. He was always known as the 'Boy Wonder' on the guitar back then. And still is today. If you're ever stuck for the next part of your song... don't worry, Marty's got it covered." - Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy / Black Star Riders)
 
"Over the years I have had the good fortune to work with some of the greatest guitar players in the world. It runs the gamut. Rock, Funk, Jazz, Pop. There are a handful that can shred in all these fields. Marty is one of them! On 'The Total Plan' Marty went to 'The Shed', with a few friends, and came out with a real gem. It rocks, it inspires, it grooves, and Now is the Time, to check it out!" - Tommy Vicari (Grammy award winning engineer and producer)
 
In support of his new CD release Marty has been working with a videographer, trying to determine which songs would be good choices for music videos and how to approach that. He is also currently working on putting together the personnel for a live band. Although, since the record has so many different people on it, putting a band together that can play all of his music live is a bit of a challenge. The good news is that being in Boston and teaching at Berklee, Marty has access to some unbelievable young talented musicians that will most likely be the members of this group. Also his son Ian played some keyboards on the record, and wrote a few of the pieces with Marty, so he is kind of a cornerstone to the live band.
 
In conclusion, Marty has this to relay to his fans and listeners, "Just sit back, relax and enjoy......put this album on when you have people over. I do feel that it is the kind of record that you can put a set of headphones on and listen intently to, as I feel that it has a real 'flow' to it in terms of taking you on a bit of a journey from song to song. But it's also one that you can put on in the background and just let it be a 'feel good' record. Hopefully if people put this album on for friends in the background over casual conversation the question will be 'What is this music that's playing?' and then 'Where can I get it?'"
 
To purchase: Marty Walsh's 'The Total Plan' go to:
 
For more information: www.martywalsh.com
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Jason Rubenstein - New Metal From Old Boxes

 
Progressive Rock Keyboardist Jason Rubenstein launches new heavy progressive CD. 
 
San Francisco, California – June 30, 2014 - Hailing from San Francisco, multi-instrumentalist and composer Jason Rubenstein has put out his sixth studio release on May 30th. An album called New Metal From Old Boxes brings twelve compositions of instrumental, heavily influenced soundtrack progressive metal that captures the composer's craftsmanship and maturity. 
 
Described as Rubenstein's return to his progressive rock roots, New Metal From Old Boxes embraces both old and futuristic, with a steady note of the real world. Written, performed and produced by Rubenstein, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Niko Bolas (Neil Young), New Metal From Old Boxes features classic, loud rock production and a movie-like tension-filled soundtrack vibe. 
 
"Imagine if King Crimson, ELP, NIN, Wendy Carlos and Philip Glass got together to score the soundtrack for a heist movie," Rubenstein says about the album. 
 
Jason Rubenstein's music has been heard on NPR, NBC Television and Soma.fm. He contributed score for the film Replicant, directed by Ringo Lam and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Michael Rooker. His sound design was used in a popular ABC's TV series Lost. In 2000, Rubenstein was featured in an EQ magazine article titled Adventures in Sound Design. 
 
New Metal From Old Boxes is available as a digital download and CD in multiple bundle offers on Jason Rubenstein Bandcamp profile at THIS LOCATION.
 
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terça-feira, junho 24, 2014

Tickets Now on Sale for ProgDay 2014!

Weekend and Patron Passes for ProgDay's 20th anniversary show are now
available for advance sale through August 20 at the ProgDay web site.
Single day passes will only be sold at the venue on the day of the
show, subject to availability.

Ages 0-15 years are admitted free. Attendees that are 16-18 years of
age, and college students with a current student id receive a 50%
discount on ticket prices. This discount is only available at the
venue on the day of the show and does not apply to advance sales.

Tickets may be purchased by credit card through PayPal by using the
payment buttons on the ProgDay Tickets page
(http://www.progday.net/ProgDay-Tickets.html). Tickets may also be
purchased with a check by mail.

ProgDay 2014 will take place on Saturday, August 30th, and Sunday,
August 31st, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This
year's lineup includes KOTEBEL (Spain), LUZ DE RIADA (Mexico) and THE
GALACTIC COWBOY ORCHESTRA (US). For more information, and to hear
music from this year's bands, please visit us at www.progday.net.
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domingo, junho 22, 2014

Drum Legend Corky Laing Is Presented The 'Bonzo Bash Legend Award' At John Bonham's Bonzo Bash By Kiss's Peter Criss!


"As the drummer for Mountain, Corky Laing shares the title as one of the best players of his genre. He's also the same good guy he used to be." – Levon Helm

NYC - Much to the excitement of drummers worldwide, one of rock's icons, drum legend Corky Laing, recently received the prestigious 'Bonzo Bash Legend Award' at the Bergen PAC in New Jersey on May 31st. The award was presented by original Kiss drummer Peter Criss!

Corky says, "It was a tremendous honor and a total surprise when Peter Criss (from Kiss) presented the 'Legend Award' to me at the John Bonham 'Bonzo Bash'. And to receive the award in front of all these brilliant drummers was a real rush. There seems to be a kind of 'magical crazy glue' that keeps the drumming community tightly wrapped. It's not like the 'Super Bowl of drumming', there is no competition. Every drummer has his/her own uniqueness. We aspire to reach out while digging deep with a passion to become the very best. I humbly believe in receiving this award I'm being recognized for doing just that. Every day for me is another downbeat, and what a joy it is to live and breath it. It may sound a bit out there, but that's exactly how I feel when I play. I am sincerely in love with my 'all consuming mistress', my beautiful drum kit!"

Watch the video of Corky receiving the 'Legend Award':https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lKT_tMYsi8

As well as Mountain, Laing has recorded with a long list of legendary artists including Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Bo Diddley and Ozzy Osbourne. He has performed with Meat Loaf, Gov't Mule, the Allman Brothers, Voivod, Teenage Head and dozens of others. And according to Modern Drummer magazine, Corky Laing "has done as much as anyone in Western culture to turn the cowbell into a rock 'n roll staple".

This prolific artist is busier than ever. His latest project, 'Playing God', a rock opera created with Matti Häyry and Tuija Takala from Finland, premiered in Basel, Switzerland, and Paris, France in 2013. Recently, in the early spring of 2014, the rock opera was performed in Helsinki, Finland. Laing wrote the music for the album, and is the Musical Director in the stage performances where he also performs a key role, LUKE, who plays drums and sings. The 'Playing God' CD was released on GONZO Multimedia on July 15, 2013.

'Playing God' CD is available at:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/search/product_details/15579/Corky_Laing_and_the_Perfect_Child-Playing_God.html

Check out Corky's upcoming appearance!

Corky Laing "Under The Rock"
Friday June 27 2014 at 8pm
Guild Hall- East Hampton, NY

Corky Laing flies solo… recounting his rock 'n roll life in words and music.

Montreal native Corky Laing, co-founder of iconic supergroups Mountain and West, Bruce & Laing, comes out from behind the drums and spills all about the Golden Age of Rock, which wasn't always quite so golden… An era when rock stars were bigger than life, in spite of the fact that many of their lives spun out of control.

Laing, who wrote the platinum-selling rock anthem, "Mississippi Queen", chronicles his life from his innocent early days on the Montreal sock-hop circuit (Bartholomew Plus 3 and Energy) to the pinnacle of rock 'n roll.

On June 27, 2014, Laing, whose skills on the skins are matched only by his wit and candour, will relate how he climbed up and fell down with some of the rock world's most prominent luminaries… but it's not all talk. Corky will show us exactly how and why he is one of the most acclaimed drummers in the music business. And he took it all in from UNDER THE ROCK!

When: June 27, 2014
Where: Guild Hall - East Hampton, NY (in The John Drew Theatre in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall)
158 Main Street
East Hampton, New York 11937
631-324-0806
Tickets online at GuildHall.org or at Box Office 631-324-4050; theatermania.com; or 866-811-4111

For more information:
www.playinggodrocks.com/corky_bio
www.ucantalktome.wix.com/corky
www.facebook.com/pages/Corky-Laing/450016148385577
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sábado, junho 21, 2014

Unreal City new initiative

Who We Are

Hello! We are Unreal City, an Italian Progressive rock band! Our new album will be released by AMS Records in January 2015.
We are now organizing a tour to promote it!

We need your help for it!


What You Can Do To Support Us

We are organizing an European Tour for 2015 starting from 31st January 2015.
We are willing to play in Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Austria (if your generosity goes further than our goal we could possibly also get to play in Canada, US and Japan).
But...
We play a lot of instruments!


So we have a good friend that help us to travel!



This is Betty Lou!

As you may imagine Betty Lout is an old lady and she needs to be treated in a certain way, therefore...we need your help to afford tour expenses!
The Impact 
Your help will get us touring in a lot of countries and hopefully we'll schedule a date near to your hometown!
But no worries, we'll be on tour even if we don't reach our goal, your help won't be wasted in any case!
The only difference will be the amount of dates in the tour and the number of countries reached!
Choose Your Perk!

Knifeworld reveal 'Destroy The World We Love' from forthcoming new album


Knifeworldwill be releasing their long-awaited second full-length album 'The Unravelling' on the 21st July 2014 in Europe and July 22nd 2014 in the US. The eight-piece band led by Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs, Gong) are extremely excited about the follow-up to 2009's'Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat' and they can now reveal a brand new track titled 'Destroy The World We Love'. You can listen to the track streaming here:  


Kavus had this to say about the song:

'Destroy The World We Love is one of those rare songs that seemed to take on a trajectory all of its own and sort of wrote itself.  Initially I wanted to do a Glam stomp, something that had a kind of T. Rex and Roxy Music vibe, so we dressed it up in stack-heels and satin, sprinkled glitter all over its beautiful face and hung up a mirror ball, but as we were tying a feather boa around its neck, it started to grow wings, hooves and a tail and bolted off.  It was as much all we could do to saddle up and follow in its wake. We had no idea where it was going, no one could, nonetheless it charged on through towns painted in strange vibrating colours where no man dare speak their name and where all the birds fly upside down.  When it finally got to wherever the hell it ended up we took off our goggles, looked back and realised we'd inadvertently spawned a sort of psychedelic Bohemian Rhapsody.  That'll be the single then, we thought.'    

'The Unravelling' will be released as a limited edition digipak CD, single LP vinyl & digital download. The track-listing is as follows:

1.    I Can Teach You How To Lose A Fight
2.    The Orphanage
3.    Send Him Seaworthy
4.    Don't Land On Me
5.    The Skulls We Buried Have Regrown Their Eyes
6.    Destroy The World We Love
7.    This Empty Room Once Was Alive
8.    I'm Hiding Behind My Eyes

The band will also play 3 UK live dates to celebrate the release, they are as follows:

2nd September - The Musician, Leicester
4th September - Zephyr Lounge, Leamington Spa
5th September - The Lexington, London   

Last year the band released a new video for the track 'Don't Land On Me', which is to be featured on the new album.

Check the track out here: 
 
KNIFEWORLD online: 

INSIDEOUTMUSIC online: 

Visit the new InsideOut Shop: 
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sexta-feira, junho 20, 2014

Within Temptation is coming to South America

Adding more dates to the Hydra World Tour, spending time in the studio, rocking the stage at festivals, the beast never sleeps... Read more below!

South American Tour
Dragons of South America, you have been warned. Get ready, because the beast is coming your way! Within Temptation is adding a South American tour to the Hydra World Tour! ROAR!



Check out the tour dates of the South American tour:  

November 20 | Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City, Mexico | 
November 21 | Cifco, San Salvador, El Salvador | 
November 23 | Downtown Majestic, Bogota, Colombia | 
November 25 | Teatro Caupolican, Santiago, Chile | 
November 26 | Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 
November 28 | Clube Português, Recife , Brasil | 
November 29 | Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
November 30 | Audiosp, Sao Paulo, Brazil |

Find a complete overview of all tour dates on the Tour Page.

Upcoming show
In between festival shows, the beast is touring through Europe for the last European Hydra tour dates. Hydra is coming back to Italy next week for a clubshow in Milan!
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Yoke Shire Opening for Rick Derringer!

 
YOKE SHIRE OPEN FOR LEGENDARY GUITAR GREAT RICK DERRINGER!

Friday, July 18, 2014    8 p.m.
 
    Yoke Shire is fired up to open for legendary rocker & smokin' hot guitar player Rick Derringer! This is a great room to check out an amazing night of music. A must see show - buy your tickets immediately - this show will sell out!

    Rick Derringer has had a remarkable 4 decade career that began in 1965 with the #1 hit "Hang On Sloopy." He also produced & played on Edgar Winter's #1 hit "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride." Rick is best known for his signature song the 1973 hit "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo." He's opened for the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and recorded with top artists including Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Kiss, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Johnny Winter and Weird Al Yankovic!


Pictured: Rick Derringer touring with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band (2011)

 
 
The Bull Run • 215 Great Rd, Shirley, MA 01464
 
Advance reserve seat tickets are $40 & are available at:
http://bit.ly/YokeShire-RickDerringer
 
Tickets will be $45 at the door (if available).

When you get to the show let them know Yoke Shire sent you!




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Todd Rundgren and Utopia Live At The Electric Ballroom, Milwaukee 23rd October 1978 To Be Released On Two-CD Set By Esoteric Recordings


THE LATEST RELEASE IN THE
TODD RUNDGREN ARCHIVE SERIES!

London, UK - Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release in the Todd Rundgren Archive series. "Live at the Electric Ballroom" was recorded in Milwaukee on the 23rd October 1978 and captures Todd Rundgren and Utopia in fine form. Recorded for an FM radio simulcast, this concert has remained in the vaults until this two-CD release which features the entire concert. Featuring such classic material as "Real Man", "Can We Still Be Friends", "Black Maria", "The Seven Rays", "Couldn't I Just Tell You", "Hello, It's Me" and many more, the concert has been mastered from the original broadcast tapes.

This Esoteric Recordings release features an illustrated booklet with new essay notes.

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TWO CD SET OF TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA's ENTIRE CONCERT AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM, MILWAUKEE IN OCTOBER 1978!

TRACK LIST

DISC ONE
1. REAL MAN
2. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE
3. LOVE OF THE COMMON MAN
4. TRAPPED
5. ABANDON CITY
6. THE VERB 'TO LOVE'
7. THE SEVEN RAYS
8. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS
9. THE DEATH OF ROCK AND ROLL

DISC TWO
1. YOU CRIED WOLF
2. GANGRENE
3. A DREAM GOES ON FOREVER
4. BLACK MARIA
5. EASTERN INTRIGUE / INITIATION
6. COULDN'T I JUST TELL YOU
7. HELLO, IT'S ME
8. JUST ONE VICTORY

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

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PROGRESSIVE ROCK & PROGRESSIVE METAL - E-ZINE - Recommends


​ILUVATAR - "From the Silence"
The music of Iluvatar (i-LOO-va-tar) cannot be accurately summed up with a casual phrase or label. Having a solid foundation in rock music, Iluvatar combines different elements from other genres such as jazz, classical, and psychedelia, and weaves them into sound tapestries that, while pushing the boundaries of the standard rock formula, remain very accessible, even radio-ready. Although often incorporating extended instrumental passages, time signature shifts, strong dynamics, and sometimes unconventional arrangements, the music steers away from the self-indulgence of many artists that fall into the "progressive" genre. The focus remains on creating unique songs with strong memorable melodies and heartfelt vocals. The end result is music that can be appreciated by both the casual listener and aficionado alike. Presently, Iluvatar has signed with 10T Records with a new CD that should be released in early 2014.
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PROGRESSIVE ROCK & PROGRESSIVE METAL - E-ZINE - Recommends


MOBILIS STABILIS - "Andando No Arame"
The band are composed by the talented musicians of the Brazilian music scene, "Mobilis Stabilis" proposes to make a musical synthesis that encompasses many universal influences, with harmonic and rhythmic structures that provide density, mobility and restlessness. They define themselves as a band of "Instrumental Rock Edge", mainly because of the type of compositions prepared using unusual instruments inside the rocker universe as sítaras Indian flutes, analog synths, violins, guitars and percussion, all complemented by classically trained guitar / bass / drums. Nothing is more appropriate for those seeking to reach the true sense of the essence of music.
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AMON-SETHIS (Pharaonic Metal) new album is available

AMONSETHIS, behind this word with egyptian influences is hiding the nex project of the ex-singer of HELLIXXIR, Julien TOURNOUD. Created in 2007 with 5 musicians (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals), the band makes an invading and diversified progressive metal tainted of oriental sonorities. AMONSETHIS is the fruit of a project of 3 conceptual albums telling the story of the seventh dynasty of Egypt. After the synopsis, a EP 3 titles intitled logically « the legend of the seventh dynasty », outin 2009, the band coming from Grenoble is going to out the first LP of this egyptian saga : « part I – the prophecy » The originality of the project is to make evolve different characters and different musical influences in this legendary world… That's why 6 singers participates on this first album : Sofian Mejri (ex-MANGO GADZI) Emmanuelson (ELLIPSIS, WHISKY OF BLOOD), Mick (DESTINITY) Eric Bevilacqua (ex-REST INPEACE, CHEMICAL WEDDING) Ma Sarah and julien TOURNOUD. Last point, this album sounds like a symbol within the actual conflict in the near Eastbecause you can hear vocals an lyrics in hebrew, dialectic arab, kabyl or english… So AMONSETHIS is an ambitious project, original and impossible to class. This band will not let you indifferent…You must discover it, absolutely !!"
AMON-SETHIS
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Calling All Astronauts - Hands Up, Who Wants To Die?” EP Released Via Supersonic Media July 13th 2014



London based Electro-Punk duo Calling All Astronauts release their 7th single the "Hands Up, Who Wants To Die?" EP.

It deals with the issues of youth knife and gun crime head on. To maximise its impact and get the message out to as many people as possible emphasising how these acts of violence destroy lives and ruin families, CAA have recorded the track in SIX different genres:-

Tracklisting
Track 1          Hands Up, Who Wants Metal?
Track 2          Hands Up, Who Wants Electro Dub?
Track 3          Hands Up, Who Wants Drum And Bass?
Track 4          Hands Up, Who wants Goth?
Track 5          Hands Up, Who Wants Dubstep?
Track 6          Hands Up, Who Wants EBM?

If you would like to stream the EP online please use this Soundcloud link:
http://goo.gl/edc8ag

"Hands Up, Who Wants Metal?" has an accompanying video, that uses hard hitting real footage to demonstrate the devastation cause by these senseless acts of violence

Watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eobj_uHYyrg

Calling All Astronauts continuously defy their DIY status. Their 140,000 genuine Twitter followers have pushed them to No1 on the Hypem Twitter Music Chart on no fewer than 5 occasions. They have a large international Blog, Webzine and Radio following too, resulting in their singles being played continuously across the globe. All six mixes from the Hands Up Who Wants To Die? EP are currently receiving radio play in every continents, with the likes of Total Rock and Amazing Radio in the UK, and US radio legend Jonathon L including CAA on his worldwide syndicated "Lopsided World Of L" show on numerous occasions.

No strangers to the big stage either they have played shows alongside the likes of Roger Daltrey, Echo & The Bunnymen, PWEI and A Place To Bury Strangers and have played both Guilfest and Kendal CallingFestivals.

Whilst at Musepo 14 in Los Angeles, CAA were approached to provide the soundtrack for the Movie production company Boom Op Films for their promo trailer.

The company featured "Hands Up, Who wants Drum And Bass?"- watch it here http://vimeo.com/94255627

Calling All Astronauts are: 
 David Bury
Vocals/Programming
J Browning
Guitars

Twitter            www.twitter.com/CAA_Official
Reverbnation   www.reverbnation.com/callingallastronauts
Facebook       www.facebook.comCallingAllAstronauts
YouTube         www.youtube.com/planete111
Homepage       www.callingallastronauts.com
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band announce October UK Tour

Five-time Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum-selling blues/rock
guitaristKenny Wayne Shepherd has confirmed an October 2014 UK Tour
that starts at the Sheffield Plug on Saturday 25th October. Tickets go
on sale at 9am on Friday 20th June from the 24 hour ticket box office:
0844 478 0898. Book online:thegigcartel.com.

The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band is a veritable who's who in rock and
blues. In addition to long-time vocalist Noah Hunt, the band features
drummer Chris Layton, a 2014 inductee into the Musicians Hall of Fame
as a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, ex-Firm bassist
Tony Franklin and keyboardist Riley Osbourn, whom Shepherd met while
Osbourn was playing in Willie Nelson's band.

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – OCTOBER 2014 UK TOUR

Sheffield Plug Saturday 25th October
Gateshead Sage Sunday 26th October
Crawley Hawth Monday 27th October
Manchester Academy 2 Thursday 30th October
Edinburgh Queen's Hall Friday 31st October
Leamington Spa Assembly Saturday 1st November

The forthcoming UK tour follows the recent release of Kenny's new
album"Goin' Home" – an exploration into the music of Shepherd's
biggest influences, and features guest performances by some of his
closest friends including Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Warren Haynes, Keb'
Mo', Robert Randolph, Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), and the
Rebirth Brass Band.



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Higher: Brazilian metal band formed by jazz musicians announces launch of debut album



Cezar Girardi (vocal) and Gustavo Scaranelo (guitar) are two very experienced and respected professional musicians in the Brazilian music scene, especially in the fields of jazz and instrumental music. However, both nourish another feature in common: a passion for heavy metal.

In 1995 they founded the band Second Heaven, that unfortunately did not leave any recordings before split up two years later. The musicians then began to devote to academic studies of music, which eventually led them to other segments where they made career. But the passion for metal remained pulsating throughout this time. After a telephone conversation, they decided to meet to play and compose heavy metal again. The result? A new band: Higher!

Higher brings some rooted unique features: it was formed exclusively by the passion of musicians for heavy metal, in other words, the work is free from any commercial or marketing claim that could possibly interfere on the artistic aspect; this experience in other styles naturally gave them a truly unique musicality, full of identity, as never heard before!

Unfinished will be the task of the music critic who dares to label the band within any preexisting subsegment in heavy metal.

"When we met again, we had some difficulty to understand what would be the aesthetic result of the resumption of this metal work", says guitarist Gustavo Scaranelo. "We had assimilated many influences and would not be possible to recapture the same line of the previous project. But anyway, we were quite convinced of the work we had done almost twenty years before. So this was our starting point, recapture the old compositions, but now with a new look, as well as composing new material. I was extremely captivated by a more aggressive form of metal, while completely immersed in the harmonic world of jazz; Cezar always had a predilection for melodious compositions of various genres of well-crafted music. We put our differences and similarities in a large sum, in which the music would have to benefit.
In other words, Higher was born of our sincere desire to produce something with a heart for and inspired by the joys that music had already given us. Associated with this, we defined an ideological line for work that dialogues about the elevation of man through their daily choices, seeking a higher condition. The result is a mix of aggression and musical subtleties".
To complete the band's line up, it was necessary other musicians of proven experience, such as the Chilean bassist Andres Zuniga (music teacher and columnist of Bass Player Magazine) and the drummer Pedro Rezende (that studied with Virgil Donati in Australia).

That's why Higher's debut album is awaited with the same expectation of a big Brazilian heavy metal name, although it is a newly formed band.
Recorded in Sao Paulo at Fusao Studios and produced by Thiago Bianchi (Shaman, Noturnall), the self titled album will bring the tracks "Lie", "Illusion", "Keep me High", "Climb the Hill", "Like the Wind", "Break the Wall", "Time to Change", "Make It Worth" and "The Sign".

The band launched the 'lyric vídeo' of "Climb the Hill" on Youtube: http://youtu.be/JU3CWs4_JKI
"Climb the Hill" is also available on the band's official Soundcloud channel: https://soundcloud.com/highermetal/climb-the-hill  

Higher's debut album will be released independently in the first half of 2014.

For Further Informaton:
www.higherband.com
www.facebook.com/highermetal
www.twitter.com/highermetal
www.soundclound.com/highermetal
www.youtube.com/highermetalband

Press & Promotion:
Eliton Tomasi - SOM DO DARMA
eliton@somdodarma.com.br
www.somdodarma.com.br

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VOICIANO Album Trailer online! Album ready to order!



Here you can watch the album trailer for VOICIANO´s upcoming album "Everflow", which will be released on June 25!

The album can be ordered from now on in our webstore!

We still offer extremely reduced shipping prices for the VOICIANO album till June 25. The chance to get your name into the booklet is unfortunately over, but you can still enjoy all the other benefits of the crowdfunding campaign, like snatching the exclusive extra song "Magic Carpet Ride", which is limited to just 100 copies (!!!), so be fast. To watch the cover of the "Magic Carpet Ride" CD, please click here!

Furthermore we have started with our Summer Sale in the Edenbridge store, where you find reduced prices on most of the CD´s and shirts.

You find all ordering possibilties here.
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Piotr Brzychcy (Kruk) joins the ENGL Amps. family!

Piotr Brzychcy, the guitarist of the Polish hard rock band Kruk, has recently joined the ENGL Amps. family that includes such big names as Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Paul Stanley (Kiss), Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest), Marty Friedman or Ritchie Blackmore.
 
Brzychcy comments: "The ENGL amplifiers inspire every electric guitar. They stimulate guitarist's emotions and open listener's imagination. I have been using this amplifiers for 13 years (11 years – Blackmore Signature and 2 years – Steve Morse Signature) and I am convinced that other amplifiers pose no threat to them."
 
As previously announced, in early June Metal Mind Productions will release a brand new studio album by the best Polish hard rock band – Kruk. The band's fourth full-length release, entitled "Before", should be interesting for fans of such big artists as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and DIO. The album is scheduled for release on June, 9th in Europe and July, 8th in North America (via MVD) and includes a bonus DVD featuring additional material: live show from Spodek Hall, Katowice from February 2014 when Kruk supported the legendary band Deep Purple, interviews, documentary and studio report.
 
"Open Road", the first track taken from the album is available on Metal Mind Productions' official YouTube channel in THIS location.
 
Kruk
"Before"
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MMP CD 0737 DGD
Barcode: 5907785038462
Format: CD+DVD Digipak
Genre:  Hard Rock
Release date: 09.06.2014 Europe / 08.07.2014 USA
 
Tracklist:
 
CD:
1. My Sinners
2. Last Second
3. Once My
4. Wings Of Dreams
5. Grey Leaf
6. Morning Star
7. Farewell
8. Open Road
9. Timeline (instrumental)
10. Moja Dusza (bonus track)
11. Szary Liść (bonus track)
 
Bonus DVD:
Live show recorded at Spodek Hall, Katowice (15.02.2014):
 
1. Now When You Cry
2. Otul Swą Ciszę
3. Rising Anger
4. W Zamyśleniu
5. Kameleon
6. It Will Not Come Back
 
+ interviews, documentary & studio report
 

The band was formed in 2001 by Piotr Brzychcy and Krzysztof Walczyk. The band members were heavily inspired by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep and it was these influences that shaped Kruk's music, placing it within a classic rock framework. In 2006 Kruk recorded the album "Memories" with Grzegorz Kupczyk (Ceti's & ex-Turbo's vocalist). The album was a tribute to the aforementioned bands. In the next years, Kruk followed their own path and managed to forge their own sound. Their proper debut album entitled "Before He'll Kill You", released in 2009, was well received both by media and by music fans. The year 2011 marked the release of their second studio album. Doogie White (ex.Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tank)  made guest appearance on "It Will Not Come Back". The album was enthusiastically reviewed both in Poland and overseas. Kruk supported such legends of rock as Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Graham Bonnet, ex-singer from Rainbow, and Michael Schenker Group. In 2012 Kruk released the album "Be3". The band plan to release their new studio album "Before" on June, 9th in Europe and July, 8th in North America.
 
 
Metal Mind Productions
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Pendragon New album coming soon

A few of you would have already read some of this news on the website and Facebook but here it all is in one bite sized chunk for you.

The new album, due for release October 2014 is called....  Men Who Climb Mountains   -You can read all about it in Nick's Blog  and here's what it'll look like - once again we're really pleased with Killustrations artwork for this album and musically it is another big step forward for Pendragon.




Most of you will know by now that Pendragon have parted ways with Scott Higham and we welcome Craig Blundell who is the new boy on the drum stool, he recorded the drum parts for Men Who Climb Mountains a couple of weeks ago and we think you'll be as impressed as we are when you hear the results.

All the tickets for the tour are now on sale, if you're going to the Celebr8.3 Festival in London this coming weekend you can also buy tickets for the last night of the tour at London's 229 Venue over the weekend from direct from Nellie at The Merch Desk.  it's going to be rip-roaring end to the tour with Tin Spirits supporting.

More news about album pre-orders coming soon.

Men Who Climb Mountains  Tour 2014

Oct
Sat 4th & Sun 5th Megadaze Weekender   Riffs UK  
Fri     10th Spirit Of 66  Verviers Belgium  
Sat    11th The Boerderij   Zoetermeer Holland  
Sun    12th Zeche   Bochum Germany    
Mon  13th Bergkeller  Reichenbach Germany  
Tues   14th Blue Note  Poznan Poland  
Wed   15th Kuznia Bydogoszcz  Poland  
Thurs 16th Rialto  Katowice Poland    
Fri     17th Das Rind  Russelsheim Germany    
Sat    18th Z7  Pratteln Switzerland  
Sun   19th Il Giardino  Verona Italy    
Tues     21st Le Moulin  Marseille France  
Weds   22nd La Carpa Del Forum Barcelona Spain
Thurs   23rd  Sala Lemon Madrid  Spain
Fri        24th Ampli  Billere , nr Pau France  
Sat      25th Rock school  Barbey Bordeaux France  
Mon    27th Ninkasi Kao  Lyon France
Tues    28th Divan du Monde  Paris France    

Nov
Thurs 6th  The Ferry  Glasgow UK  
Fri      7th  The Citadel St Helens  Merseyside UK  
Sat     8th  229 The Venue  London UK