segunda-feira, abril 27, 2015

THE RECEIVER REVEALS DETAILS FOR NEW STUDIO ALBUM "ALL BURN"

"All Burn" out June 23 on Kscope; teaser trailer streaming online 

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Midwest symphonic dream-prog duo, The Receiver, has revealed the initial details for its upcoming studio album, All Burn. All Burn - the group's debut on progressive powerhouse, Kscope - will release on June 23 in North America. A teaser trailer can be seen on YouTube at:https://youtu.be/A7EfktsB92M and Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/116851932. 

Comprised of brothers Casey (vocals, synths/keyboards, bass) and Jesse Cooper (drums & vocals), the siblings call All Burn their "best material to date which focuses on a dreamier aesthetic than our earlier work." 

All Burn is also the first self-produced Receiver album, with mixing handled by Danny Kalb (Beck, Ben Harper, Foster the People, Karen O) and mastering by Brian Lucey (Sigur Ros, The Shins, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys). 

Commented Jesse Cooper: "We're hoping our fans will think this album was worth the wait! It's the first time we've completely self-produced one of our albums, and we feel we got it right. This album is on the more ambient and groovier side, but is still undeniably a Receiver album. We feel it's our best work to date, from music to concept. We wanted to make an album with a collection of songs that are able to stand alone by themselves, but also had a cohesiveness to listen to as a complete piece of work. The end goal was to create an album that stands the test of time." 

"A lot of music out there is one and done," added Casey. "It might be really catchy at first, but it's so instantly gratifying that it loses its luster after a few repeated listens. Our hope is that our music is catchy, but to always have layers that don't demand attention upon first listen. The goal is to provide a lot for the listener to comb through over time - music to get lost in for a while."

For a taste of what's to come, check out the band's stripped down performance of the upcoming album's title track on the 'Mug & Brush Sessions' at: https://youtu.be/FI6NncMaxVw. The brainchild of Jim Morris, owner of The Mug & Brush barbershop in Columbus, Ohio, the sessions are an independent music video series featuring national and local Columbus artists, performed in the barber shop. Sessions are engineered and mixed by Keith Hanlon. 
1. Drift
2. Transit
3. To Battle an Island
4. Collector
5. Dark Matter
6. April Blades
7. The Summit
8. Let It Dry
9. All Burn
10. How to be Young
11. These Days

Formed in 2005 at The Ohio State University, The Receiver released its debut album, Decades, in 2006 on the New York-based, Stunning Models On Display Records. The duo returned with the sophomore offering, Length of Arms, in 2009 through Vital Music Records.

The Receiver is an incredibly active touring partnership, having played throughout North America and sharing the stage with notable acts such as St. Vincent, Midlake, The Album Leaf, Mono, Dawes, Royal Canoe, Maserati, Telefon Tel Aviv, Mr. Gnome and Operators to name a few, as well as performing at 2014's CMJ Festival in New York.

The brothers have been featured on MTV2's "Bands on The Rise," and have songs included on the FX Network's series, Dirt, as well as a number of independent shorts and films.

Stay tuned for more information on The Receiver and All Burn, out this summer on Kscope.

The Receiver is...
Casey Cooper - vocals, synths/keyboards, bass
Jesse Cooper - drums, vocals 

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DEF LEPPARD LEAD GUITARIST PHIL COLLEN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF NEW VENTURE -DELTA DEEP-

DELTA DEEP Is A New Soulful Blues Rock Project Featuring
Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), Debbi Blackwell-Cook (Michael Buble, Luther Vandross) 
and Forrest Robinson (India.Arie, Joe Sample & The Crusaders)
Special Guests include Joe Elliott, David Coverdale,
Paul Cook & Simon Laffy


(Los Angeles - April 22, 2015) Phil Collen, lead guitarist of Def Leppard, announces the formation and release of his new blues based music project, DELTA DEEP, coming this summer.  Collen recorded the mix of original and hand-picked cover tracks with fellow DELTA DEEP bandmates Debbi Blackwell-Cook (back-up vocalist for such artists as Michael Buble & Luther Vandross), Forrest Robinson (drummer for India.Arie, Joe Sample & The Crusaders, TLC), and Robert DeLeo (bassist for Stone Temple Pilots). Their self-titled debut album will be released on June 23, 2015 on Mailboat Records and also features special guest appearances by Def Leppard vocalists Joe Elliott, Whitesnake's David Coverdale, Sex Pistols/MANRAZE drummer Paul Cook, and GIRL/MANRAZE bassist, Simon Laffy. 

Collen initially started DELTA DEEP in 2012 after jamming at home over the course of a year with friend and relative, Debbi Blackwell-Cook (Blackwell-Cook is the Godmother of Collen's wife, Helen). What started as a casual pairing singing Motown and classic blues staples while Debbi frequently visited Collen's home quickly turned into much more.  Collen, Helen, and Debbi began writing original music which Collen and Debbi recorded in Collen's home studio.  Later that year, a chance meeting re-acquainted Collen with Memphis native  and enigmatic heavy metal, jazz, & r-n-b drummer Forrest Robinson. A friend suggested giving STP bassist Robert DeLeo a call.  Sharing a loving affinity for soul, funk and the blues, DeLeo was the perfect fit. According to Collen, "We really wanted Robert in this band. He had the added firepower of being the premiere pioneer and most 'badassed bass player' to come out of the alternative rock explosion." 

The best description of DELTA DEEP, a multi-racial band, has been "Aretha and Tina in their prime singing over early Zeppelin". Original song and lead off single "Bang The Lid introduces the musical synchronicity of Collen, Blackwell-Cook, DeLeo, & Robinson. Blackwell-Cook also duets with Collen on the album tracks as well as with featured vocalists Def Leppard's Joe Elliott-Mistreated and Whitesnake's David Coverdale-Private Number. Legendary Sex Pistol's punk drummer Paul Cook and Collen's former bandmate from GIRL bass player Simon Laffy" guest on the classic cover Black Coffee.  Guesting on the Delta Deep original song, "Burnt Sally" is  keyboardist,CJ Vanston (Tina Turner, Toto, Joe Cocker, Carol King) adding to the soulful tune on the Hammond 3 Organ.

Collen is widely known to millions of rock 'n roll fans for his iconic albums with Def Leppard. When asked what made him decide to do a blues project Collen responded, "Blues was created out of something completely different from what we hear today. I grew up listening to rock music but then I found out it was all based on blues. Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, all of those guys….they got it from the blues. When I hear Debbi sing, I can hear the pain. She's an incredibly beautiful 62 year old black woman who has been through things and she can sing through her pain. Not everyone can do that and not everyone sounds like Debbi."

While many artists aim to make their mark by creating new genres or introducing their own new versions of music, Collen and DELTA DEEP melded their blues inspirations with who they are as artists and are unleashing that expression onto the world.

Check DELTA DEEP's website www.deltadeep.net and facebook.com/deltadeepblues for breaking news, new content, and tour information.


Feel free to post this snippet clip of Delta Deep's first single, "Bang The Lid" for fans to hear:


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sexta-feira, abril 24, 2015

Gonzo Multimedia To Release Exclusive Cream Triple DVD Set Feat. Tony Palmer's Original Classic Films With Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton


London, UK – On April 20, 2015 Gonzo Multimedia will release an exclusive Cream Triple DVD Set featuring producer Tony Palmer's original classic films with Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce & Eric Clapton!

Cream Farewell at the Royal Albert Hall (Bonus Features: We're Going Wrong from All My Loving, Layla and Tales of Brave Ulysses from All You Need Is Love, Facsimile of the Original BBC Script)

This was one of those occasions of which it can truly be said that those who were there, will never forget it. Legendary rock trio Cream featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker performed their final gig on November 26th 1968, at the Royal Albert Hall. The show was filmed and recorded that evening and originally released on film and CD. Aside from the band's reunion concert in 2005 it was Cream's only official full concert release on video. It was originally broadcast by the BBC on January 5, 1969. It was not released on video in the US until 1977. The opening acts for the concert were future progressive rock stars YES who were just starting out and Taste an Irish trio led by Rory Gallagher. Now for the first time the concert is available in its original broadcast version, together now with rare bonus features taken from Palmer's landmark films, All My Loving and his definitive series on the history of popular music, All You Need Is Love!

Jack Bruce - Rope Ladder to the Moon (Bonus Feature: 2009 Interview between Jack and Pete Brown)

Jack Bruce remains the greatest bass player in the entire history of rock 'n' roll. He became a legend because of his association with Cream, still one of the most extraordinary bands ever to grace the stage. But his own story is even more extraordinary. Born amid the slums of Glasgow known as the Gorbals, his musical talent was quickly recognized and he attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he played the cello and keyboards. Then he discovered jazz...and rock 'n' roll. Although Cream did not immediately bring the financial rewards some people imagine, after the group broke up in 1968 he was able to buy a large island off the Scottish coast.

With Cream Jack also discovered that he was a talented composer - many of the group's famous hits were written by him - so it was no surprise when in 1970 he released a jazz-orientated LP of his own compositions called "Songs for a Tailor".

This 55-minute film, made at the same time, takes Jack from the Gorbals, via Cream, to his island called Sanda, playing the cello, the sitar and thundering away on the organ of the Albert Hall in London, while featuring many of the tracks from his LP. With his strong socialist principles (his father had been a member of the Communist party) Jack Bruce himself provides the striking commentary. "What kind of a society do we want?" it begins....

Originally shown on the BBC in 1971, this critically acclaimed film has been restored to something approaching its former glory and reminds us yet again what a great musician Jack Bruce was.

Ginger Baker In Africa with Fela Ransome-Kuti (Bonus Feature: The Artist by Baker Gurvitz Army)

Producer Tony Palmer explains, "In November 1971, Ginger Baker wanted to set up a recording studio in Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria. He was among the first great musicians to realize the potential of African music. He decided also that it might be an invaluable musical experience if he traveled to Nigeria overland. Unfortunately, this involved crossing the Sahara Desert. Mad? Well, crazy - but that was what was so endearing both about the man and the musician. He bought a Range Rover - one of the first ever models - and it fell to me (because of my relationship with CREAM) to film this odyssey. And the music of Nigeria, when he finally got there, was a revelation. This was before the time of the oil boom and a succession of corrupt governments; the music pulsated with reckless freedom, from the African talking-drummers of Oshogbo, to a visit to the eastern city of Calabarwhere Ginger's friend (the then unknown) Fela Ransome-Kuti performed for us with devastating power.

"I remember filming Kuti in a stadium filled with several hundred Africans. Ginger & I, his driver and my cameraman were the only white faces. Scary. But not so scary as our nights in a Calabar hotel (well, 'hotel' is a bit of an exaggeration). The walls of our room, not to mention the seedy mattress on the floor, we recovered black with mosquitoes. I remember Ginger saying that if we survived this, we could survive anything. I'm glad he did, and the film pays tribute to his indomitable spirit and to his extraordinary musicianship."

Release Date: 20th April 2015

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Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Zildjian launch "Cheating the Polygraph" contest

New solo album "Cheating the Polygraph" out now on Kscope

ENGLAND - To celebrate the release of Gavin Harrison's solo album, Cheating the Polygraph, Harrison has teamed up with Zildjian Cymbal Company to give fans a chance to win a signed copy of his new CD / 5.1 Surround Disc Set! How do you win? Easy .. all you have to do is impress Gavin with your drumming skills and he'll select ten people to win! All entries must first sign up to the Z Club atzildjian.com and then upload a 30 second video of you playing your favorite, signature Gavin Harrison groove or fill. 

Enter at:


Gavin Harrison, drummer for Porcupine Tree who's widely acknowledged as one of the finest drummers on the planet, released Cheating the Polygraph earlier this month on Kscope. An ambitious project which sees the restlessly creative Harrison reimagine eight Porcupine Tree songs in a set of vivid and vibrant new arrangements that give full, free rein to his inquiring musical mind, can be purchased now through the Kscope web-store at: http://www.kscopemusic.com/store, iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cheating-the-polygraph/id970898444 and Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Polygraph-digital-booklet-Harrison/dp/B00TZU03H6/ref=tmm_msc_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid. 

The tracks which comprise the album were recorded over a five-year period, with Harrison working in conjunction with a crew of some of the finest contemporary musicians, including the gifted saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock along with bassist Laurence Cottle. It's a set that will no doubt excite much controversy; Harrison's use of the 'Big Band' musical sound stage isn't some ersatz attempt to make a 'Swing' album; it's closer in execution and arrangement to the innovative works of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - a layered, richly-textured selection that is both beautifully-recorded and incisively delivered.  

"I think every album needs a focus - a master plan - and whilst I thought about writing new tunes for a big band project, I made a version of Porcupine Tree's 'Futile' (with Laurence Cottle) and it came out really well," commented Harrison. "It felt like a good plan to follow on with some of my personal favorite PT songs and see if we could make them work. I had a vision that the arrangements would never lean towards a clichéd classic big band sound, but always follow a modern contemporary angle. So even if you didn't know the original tune, you could still enjoy it as a modern composition that would work with this instrumentation. I couldn't be happier with the results. Laurence Cottle's immense talent as a musician and arranger was mind blowing."  

Check out the new "Hatesong/Halo" music video on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PCreC7Lfk. 

A Cheating the Polygraph album trailer can be seen on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCPiNby-DY  and Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/117829686.

A Q&A video with Gavin Harrison discussing his sparkling new solo album can be seen on YouTube at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvaBZfsVcY0 and Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/119972906.

1.      What Happens Now?
2.      Sound of Muzak/So Called Friend
3.      The Start of Something Beautiful
4.      Heart Attack in a Layby/The Creator Had a Mastertape/Surfer
5.      The Pills I'm Taking (from Anesthetize)
6.      Hatesong/Halo
7.      Cheating the Polygraph/Mother & Child Divided
8.      Futile 

Gavin Harrison currently finds himself working with British progressive rock group, King Crimson. His playing and performing résumé includes stints with artists as varied as Iggy Pop, Lewis Taylor, Manfred Mann and Kevin Ayers. 

Stay tuned for more information on Gavin Harrison and Cheating the Polygraph, out now on Kscope.

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quinta-feira, abril 23, 2015

NEXT TO NONE supporting Haken on North America tour dates



Next To None, the teen prodigy band recently signed to InsideOut, will be opening select shows for English labelmates Haken on that band's April/May US tour  
beginning on April 25th.
 
The band features Max Portnoy on drums, Ryland Holland on guitar, Kris Rank on bass, and Thomas Cuce on keyboards and lead vocals. The band have been honing their craft for several years, recording a self-released EP and playing various live gigs, including a slot at the Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 cruise.
 
Next To None's debut album, A Light in the Dark, is due for release on
June 29th in Europe and June 30th in the US. 
 
Tour Dates supporting Haken:
 
4/25   Detroit, MI - Token Lounge
4/26 Chicago, IL - Reggie's
4/27 Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
4/30   New York, NY - Studio at Webster Hall
5/1   Philadelphia, PA - Bull Shooters Saloon
5/3   Springfield, VA - Empire 
 
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Whitesnake return with first new studio album in four years "The Purple Album"

WHITESNAKE
RETURN WITH FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS
THE PURPLE ALBUM
Rock icons Whitesnake are set to return with their 12th studio album this spring. "The Purple Album" will be released in Europe on May 15th, the UK on May 18th and in North America on May 19th via Frontiers Music SRL.  "The Purple Album" is a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale's time as the lead singer for Deep Purple's Mark 3 and Mark 4 studio albums.

The album is currently available for pre-order in various configurations on Amazon: a standard edition (http://amzn.to/1EQjry0), a deluxe edition (http://amzn.to/17Xxc2P) featuring 2 bonus tracks, 4 music videos and a Behind The Scenes featurette on the recording of the album and in a double LP vinyl format. Plans are also underway for a special limited box set edition with memorabilia and merchandise. All details will be announced soon.
"It's a tribute. A homage. It's a huge thank you from me to Deep Purple for the opportunity I was given over 40 years ago," says Coverdale. "As I said to Richie, you guys set me on an incredible journey that continues today and I couldn't have asked for better teachers. The University of Deep Purple is an extraordinary, amazing school to learn from. We can't wait to play these songs in concert."

From the opening notes of the classic track "Burn" to album closer "Stormbringer", Whitesnake are back and better than ever. Songs like "Lady Double Dealer", "Soldier of Fortune" and "Sail Away" are given a new energy in the very capable hands of the current Whitesnake line-up featuring David Coverdale on vocals, Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra on guitars, Michael Devin on bass and Tommy Aldridge on drums. 

To watch the Stormbringer video, click here:  http://bit.ly/1MR6auE.   To read the official UK web announcement, click here:  www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/whitesnake/the-purple-album.htm.

The Purple Album – Track Listing:
1) Burn
2) You Fool No One (interpolating Itchy Fingers)
3) Love Child
4) Sail Away
5) The Gypsy
6) Lady Double Dealer
7) Mistreated
8) Holy Man
9) Might Just Take Your Life
10) You Keep On Moving
11) Soldier Of Fortune
12) Lay Down Stay Down
13) Stormbringer

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
14) Lady Luck
15) Comin' Home

DVD Content:
Lady Double Dealer - Music Video
Sail Away - Mix Music Video
Stormbringer - Music Video
Soldier Of Fortune - Music Video
Purple Album Behind The Scenes
Purple Album EPK
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RPWL

Our old friend and ex-bassist Chris Postl is going to release his
second solo album as PARZIVALS EYE on our Label Gentle Art Of Music!
"Defragments" is the name of his work. It has more in common with his
debut in "Fragments" than just the name. Christina Booth (Magenta),
Ian Bairnson (Alan Parsons) and Phil Paul Rissettio (Ex RPWL) are
among many other great artists back on the field again.

A great opportunity to visit our completely redesigned HOMEPAGE
www.gentleartofmusic.com
Here you can find Chris' new and previous album - and there are many
more artists of Gentle Art Of Music to be discovered!! It's definitely
worth to take a look!
We merged our shop with the page! We're sure you will enjoy browsing
through our new site!
To make it even more enjoyable we have a SURPRISE for you:
In this email you will find a coupon to get 20% off on your entire order.
Say no more and here's your code:
perfectday
Attention: the campaign ends on april, the 12th (2015). The Code works
only once for each customer! :-)

So what else is there?
Of course, our live concerts this year:

May, 8th, 2015 - D - Heidelberg - "Prog the Castle" mega event
www.facebook.com/ProgTheCastle

Concept Show "Pink Floyd's The Man And The Journey"
September, 9th, 2015 - D - Reichenbach
September, 10th, 2015 - D - Rüsselsheim
September, 11th, 2015 - B - Verviers
September, 12th, 2015 - D - Hannover-Isernhagen
September, 13th, 2015 - D - Oberhausen
September, 14th, 2015 - D - Bremen
September, 15th, 2015 - D - Berlin
September, 16th, 2015 - PL - Bydgoszcz
September, 17th, 2015 - PL - Poznan
September, 18th, 2015 - PL - Piekary Salskie
September, 19th, 2015 - A - Lilienfeld

Our very special christmas show in the olympic tower high above the
rooftops of Munich in 2015 is sold out!
But no need to be sad, we already fixed a date there for 2016
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Mr. Pollack – "Stand Up And Run" video out now on Youtube

As recently announced, Polish rock band Mr. Pollack has teamed with Metal Mind Productions, which will result in the official release of the album "Black Hawk" on the May, 22nd in Europe and June, 9th in USA (via MVD).
 
Their brand new video to the track "Stand Up And Run" is now available on Metal Mind Productions' Youtube channel. You can watch it in THIS location.
 
They've already played shows in China, USA, Germany, Belgium and in the United Arab Emirates. Nigel Kennedy and Grzegorz Skawiński are among their fans and the band's musicians themselves are considered the best instrumentalists in their respective fields. Jacek Polak was dubbed the "Paganini of the guitar" by the media, while the drummer Grzegorz Polak is the winner of numerous competitions and drummer of the year awards in the press.
Mr. Pollack consists of two brothers - Jacek (guitar) and Grzegorz Polak (drums) - and Bartłomiej Filip (bass), who started their musical career in a choir. After a dozen-odd years, they formed a rock band and, in 1990, recorded their first album "QŃ". Jacek Polak showed his outstanding guitar technique on that album and was subsequently called one of the best Polish guitarists. The band went on to record a number of albums, including - to their fans' great surprise - one album comprising rock versions of classical compositions ("Air on 6 Strings" released in 2000, featuring, among others, compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"). The CD was very popular and won Jacek the title of the "Paganini of the guitar". The band played shows all over the world, while the musicians themselves won a number of awards. In 1997, Jacek was voted Poland's new guitar hope in "Gitara i Bas" magazine and, in 2002, he won "The Greatest Undiscovered Guitar Talent" award in the USA. In 2011, Grzegorz won the 3rd place at the international drum festival "Drum Off" organized by Melody House Instruments. The "Black Hawk" album was already promoted during the band's Chinese tour.
 
Mr. Pollack
"Black Hawk"
 
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MMP CD 0752
Barcode: 5907785039179
Format: CD
Genre:  Classic Rock
Release date: 25.05.2015 Europe / 09.06.2015 USA
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Black Hawk Mielec Rock
2. Stand Up and Run
3. The Plan B
4. Socrates
5. The Wheel of Life
6. Gold and Money
7. I Know You
8. The Power and the Glory
9. Sunday Track
 
Bonus tracks:
10. Black Hawk Mielec Song
11. Jak Skała
12. Plan
13. Sokrates
14. Koło Życia
 
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The Gentle Storm launch live video for 'The Storm'; European tour dates underway!


The Gentle Storm, featuring the talents of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) & Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project), released their debut album 'The Diary' at the end of March to much critical acclaim, and following a fantastic launch show in Amsterdam, Anneke is now on the road with a specially selected band to present the songs live.
 
To celebrate the upcoming dates that begin April 22nd, they are now pleased to launch a live video for the track 'The Storm' which was filmed at the bands Hedon Zwolle show on the April 3rd. Captured by the band themselves on GoPro cameras, and featuring sound taken directly from the mixing desk, you can view the video here: 
 
 
Arjen this to say about the video:
 
"Wow... what a live band The Gentle Storm has become! Since I'm not playing in the band I can safely brag about them without sounding arrogant :-) Really impressive, so tight and such great stage presence... I'm proud of each and every one of them. I could only dream of our songs being represented live like this. Well done!"
 
The tour dates and live band line-up are as follows:
APR 22 2015 - Divan Du Monde, Paris FR
APR 23 2015 - The Garage, London UK
APR 24 2015 - The Musician, Leicester UK
APR 25 2015 - The Roadhouse, Manchester UK
APR 26 2015 - Prog-résiste Convention, Soignies BE
JUN 19 2015 - Dokk'em Open Air, Dokkum NL
JUN 20 2015 - Steengoed Festival, Willemsoord NL
JUN 21 2015 - Plaatpop, Bergen op Zoom NL
JUL 09 2015 - Masters of Rock, Vizovice CZ
JUL 10 2015 - Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt DE
JUL 12 2015 - Bospop, Weert NL
JUL 17 2015 - Night of the Prog Festival, Loreley DE
JUL 30 - AUG 01 - Wacken Open Air, Wacken DE
OCT 17 2015 - FemME Festival, Eindhoven NL
 
The Gentle Storm live:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) - vocals
Merel Bechtold (Purest of Pain, MaYaN) - guitars
Ferry Duijsens (Anneke van Giersbergen, ex-Dreadlock Pussy) - guitars
Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) - drums
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) - bass
Joost van den Broek (producer, ex-After Forever) - keyboards
Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion) - background vocals  

 

'The Diary' is also now available to order in several different formats including a limited 4CD artbook featuring instrumental versions of the entire album, a limited gatefold 3LP vinyl with 2CD's, and special edition 2CD digipak. Order from the following places:
 
 
You can order the album digitally here now:
 
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Cochise return to recording studio!

Polish rock/metal band Cochise will enter tomorrow The Rolling Tapes Studio to record material for the follow up of  the"118" album. New material entitled "The Sun Also Rises For Unicorns" will feature 13 new tracks:
 
The Sun also rises for unicorns
The Boy who lived before
I don't care
Homeland
The Viper room
Falling
Circus
Perfect place to die
Stupid love
Monster
Black summer
Karma
Dead men wanted
 
"The Sun Also Rises For Unicorns"  is scheduled for release in early October via Metal Mind Productions.
 
 
The band was formed in 2004 in Białystok, Poland. The current line-up includes: Paweł Małaszyński on vocals (he is also a very successful movie actor in Poland), Wojtek Napora on the guitar, Radek Jasiński on the bass guitar and Czarek Mielko on the drums. So far, they have released a demo "9" plus three full-length releases - „Still Alive" in 2010, „Back to Be-ginning" in 2012 and "118" in 2014. On their studio albums, Cochise perfectly blend energetic songs enriched with heavy, almost metal sounds with more delicate, atmospheric ones. The band's most recent studio album "118" proved that they can remain true to the rock tradition and still enrich their sound with fresh and original ideas.
 
Cochise – line-up:
Paweł Małaszyński - vocals
Wojtek Napora – guitar
Radek Jasiński - bass guitar
Czarek Mielko - drums
 
The official Cochise website:
 
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MATT SKIBA AND THE SEKRETS new album KUTS coming June 2 Matt available for interviews!

The second album from Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, entitled KUTS, is due for release June 2nd (North America) and June 1st (Europe) on Superball Music. Matt will be available for interviews on Thursday & Friday of this week from 2pm PDT to 4pm PDT. 

Let me know if you would like to schedule a time to speak with Matt about KUTS and The SEKRETS. 


Skiba's first album with the Sekrets, 2012's Babylon, received adulation from both fans and press. Now, Matt Skiba and his Sekrets (Hunter Burgan on bass, Jarrod Alexander drums) ready the release of KUTS. Skiba's ongoing work in Alkaline Trio has been a well-documented punk rock success story, and the vocalist/guitarist has recently performed several gigs as a temporary member of punk/alt icons Blink-182.

Says Skiba of KUTS: "The writing style and entire approach to this new one was a stronger desire to do something fairly different from my other band. We used sounds hugely influenced by early David Bowie stuff and took more chances. I knew that the playing of Hunter and Jarrod would bring entirely new elements to the songs that would help shape them in a huge way and influence ideas that I would never have thought of on my own. They did great stuff for the last record but had even more freedom on this one. It really shaped the way this record sounds." 

Produced by Rob Schnapf (who has also worked with Elliott Smith, Beck and the Vines), Skiba says "I went in with really open and stark ideas, knowing that Rob would breathe life into the very vague ideas I had. I had written progressions and lyrics as well as some leads and key parts, but knew that what I was going to come out of that studio with would be completely different than what I walked in with." 

The result is heard throughout the 10 songs comprising the brilliant KUTS. While the frontman will be touring with Alkaline Trio for the bulk of the spring and summer, he is committed to bringing the new material, and some favorites from Babylon, to life on the stage as his schedule permits. 

The track list for KUTS is as follows: 
1.  Lonely and Kold
2.      She Wolf
3.      Krazy
4.      She Said
5.      I Just Killed to Say I love You
6.      Way Bakk When
7.      Krashing
8.      Hemophiliak
9.      Never Believe
10.  Vienna 

More news on singles, videos and tour dates to follow! 

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King King release Hurricane lyric video and announce October/ November UK tour

KING KING RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR HURRICANE SINGLE
AND ANNOUNCE OCTOBER / NOVEMBER UK TOUR
DOVETAILS ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW AT LONDON JAZZ CAFÉ, WEDNESDAY MAY 6

Multi award-winning, blues rock band King King are pleased to announce an October/ November UK tour to celebrate the new album Reaching For The Light, released Monday May 4 on Manhaton Records. An album launch show at The London Jazz Café takes place on Wednesday May 6th. 

To celebrate the news, King King has premiered the official lyric video for Hurricane, the first single taken from the Reaching For The Light album.  Watch and embed the official lyric video for Hurricane here –http://bit.ly/1OFHSnu 

Tickets for the album launch show and October/ November UK tour are available from thegigcartel.com and 0844 478 0898. 

For details and artwork on Reaching For The Light and all UK dates, click the official press release here: http://bit.ly/1BjMWaD   

UK TOUR DATES

LONDON JAZZ CAFÉ                                        Wednesday May 6 (Album Launch)

BURTON UPON TRENT, BREWHOUSE     Wednesday October 21
BURY ST. EDMUNDS, THE APEX           Thursday October 22
HARPENDEN, PUBLIC HALLS              Friday October 23
TAVISTOCK, THE WHARF                        Saturday October 24
COVENTRY, THE COPPER ROOMS        Sunday October 25
CARLISLE, THE OLD FIRE STATION        Tuesday October 27
HOLMFIRTH PICTUREDROME                    Thursday October 29
CLITHEROE, THE GRAND                       Friday October 30
GLENROTHES, ROTHES HALL                    Saturday October 31
YORK, FIBBERS                                         Sunday November 1
CHESTERFIELD, REAL TIME LIVE              Tuesday November 3
HULL, FRUIT                                                  Wednesday November 4
FROME, CHEESE AND GRAIN                      Friday November 6
SHOREHAM, ROPETACKLE ARTS                Saturday November 7
BROMSGROVE, ARTRIX                                 Thursday November 12
SALE, WATERSIDE ARTS CENTRE                Friday November 13
MORCAMBE, THE PLATFORM                     Saturday November 14
SHREWSBURY, THEATRE SEVEN                Sunday November 15
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J. D. Overdrive – new album out now in Europe, new video on YouTube!

"The Kindest Of Deaths", the brand new studio album by a southern metal band J. D. Overdrive, has been released today in Europe (in North America on May, 5th via MVD). A video to the track "The Fury In Me" can be seen in THIS location. The video was recorded in Katofonia, Katowice (Poland) by Robert Zembrzycki from Bandphoto.pl.
 
The album "The Kindest Of Deaths" was recorded, mixed and mastered in Satanic Audio Studio with Haldor Grunberg as a producer.
 
J. D. Overdrive
"The Kindest Of Deaths"
 
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Wreckage, Part I
2. Crippled King
3. The Lesser Evil
4. The Fury In Me
5. Dull Knives and Dead Friends
6. Seeds and Stones
7. The Greater Good
8. Demon Days
9. Wreckage, Part II
10. A Painful Reminder
11. The Kindest of Deaths
 
The band was formed in 2007 when guitarist Michal "Stempel" Stemplowski (along with drummer Luksus and bassist Kuba) recruited vocalist Wojciech "Susel" Kaluza for his new rock project dubbed Jack Daniels Overdrive. They self-released their debut EP called "Pure Concentrated Evil", which received a bunch of great reviews in various webzines and magazines. They played their very first show supporting Jesus Chrysler Suicide (a legendary Polish act) and the following two opening for Beatallica. In the meantime the band experienced two line-up changes, welcoming in their ranks drummer Lukasz "Jooras" Jurewicz and bassist Lukasz "Peo" Pomietło. In March 2009 they were given the honor of performing in Krakow with the living legend of stoner metal – Phil Anselmo's Down. In the following months came the inevitable – they changed their name to J. D. Overdrive to avoid legal problems with the Tennessee tycoon. And just when they thought that nothing can surprise them – on March 9th, 2011 they opened for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society in Warsaw. After over three years of gathering experience at numerous live shows and sharpening their material, J.D. Overdrive were proud to release their debut album. The album entitled "Sex, Whiskey & Southern Blood" was released by Metal Mind Productions in June 2011. This year and the following brought more live performances and the band supported such acts as Blood Ceremony, Whitesnake and Soulfly. In May 2013 they released their sophomore album entitled "Fortune Favors The Brave"! The mixing and mastering duties for the album was held by Piotr Gruenpeter who's best known for his work with the post-black phenomenon THAW, as well as from bands Searching For Calm and Sun For Miles. "The Kindest Of Deaths", the band's third studio effort, is scheduled for release on April, 13th in Europe and May, 5th in North America (via MVD).
 
Line-up:
Wojtek 'Suseł' Kałuża – vocal
Michał 'Stempel' Stemplowski – guitar
Łukasz 'Joorek' Jurewicz – drums
Marcin 'Stasiu' Łyźniak– bass
 
J. D. Overdrive on-line:
 
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WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARIST/COMPOSER STEVE HACKETT'S HAUNTING NEW VIDEO "LOVE SONG TO A VAMPIRE" HAS EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE PREMIERE ON ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK TODAY

NEW ALBUM "WOLFLIGHT" OUT TODAY

(New York, NY) - Fans of progressive rock around the globe can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of world-renowned guitarist/composer Steve Hackett's new video "Love Song To A Vampire" on Ultimate Classic Rock today.  The Gothic, haunting video is taken from the new album, WOLFLIGHT, which is in stores today.  Of the video,Steve Hackett commented, "The 'Love Song to a Vampire' video was directed by Paul Gosling whose filming I was impressed by. Most of the film was shot in the historic and atmospheric city of Leicester. Paul was keen to highlight the combination of Gothic imagery with the portrayal of an abusive relationship implicit in the song. We discussed the ideas together...The transformation from the glamour that lures the victim to the final destructive hold." 

WOLFLIGHT is Steve Hackett's first original solo studio album since BEYOND THE SHROUDED HORIZON in 2011.  The album is already receiving rave reviews from the media with The Prog Report declaring, "...the collection is one of Hackett's finest as he finds himself continuing to broaden his musical explorations decades into his already legendary career" and Record Collector referring to the album as "one of his very best".  The concept behind WOLFLIGHT is a new, unexplored chapter in Hackett's career.  The tracks take the listener through a journey in space and time looking at the different faces of the endless fight for freedom. Wandering between parallel universes, Hackett explores contemporary and ancient cultures, from Greece ("Corycian Fire") to the Far East ("Wolflight"), the United States and Martin Luther King ("Black Thunder"), and also his very own childhood memories ("The Wheel's Turning") and the unresolved drama of domestic violence ("Love Song To A Vampire").

Steve Hackett's electric guitar plays a powerful role, although we also hear him on acoustic guitar, Arabian lute and twelve string, along with his strong lead vocals.  Guest musicians include long time collaborators Roger King (keyboards & programming), Gary O'Toole (drums), Rob Townsend (sax, duduk), Nick Beggs (bass & stick) and Amanda Lehmann (harmony vocals).  Malik Mansurov on tar and Sara Kovaks on didgeridoo add an extra exotic element, plus YES bassist Chris Squire plays on "Love Song To A Vampire" and Hugo Dagenhardt plays drums on "Dust and Dreams".  The innovative songwriting team includes Steve Hackett, his wife Jo Hackett and Roger King.

In 2010, Steve Hackett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame at The 25thAnnual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony alongside his Genesis bandmates from the classic line-up: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford.  For more than three decades, Steve Hackett has been known for his innovative tone and extraordinary versatility as a guitarist and composer.  He helped define Genesis' sound as lead guitarist in the classic line-up and went on to have a highly-successful career as a solo artist, and also as part of 80s supergroup GTR with Steve Howe.
 

To access a publicity image of Steve Hackett,
please click here (photo credit: Tina Korhonen).

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REWIND: THE UK’S ORIGINAL AND BIGGEST 80’S MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS JULY AND AUGUST 2015

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REWIND The 80s Festival - the world's biggest 80s music festival, returns for three UK festivals during July and August 2015.

Tickets for all three festivals are on sale now via the official website rewindfestival.com. 

REWIND SCOTLAND will return for its fifth year at Scone Palace, Perth on Friday 24th July until Sunday 26th July with headline performances from Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey and OMD, plus performances from Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde, Sister Sledge, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, Altered Images, Kid Creole, Howard Jones, Five Star, Hue & Cry, and for the very first time, ex-Rainbow lead singer Joe Lynn Turner, The Orchestra and From The Jam featuring original Jam bassist, Bruce Foxton. 

REWIND NORTH – for the second year, REWIND returns to the North of England at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire from Friday 7th August until Sunday 9th August.  Headline performances include Human League and OMD, plus appearances from The Boomtown Rats, Jimmy Somerville, Heather Small, The Sugarhill Gang, Kim Wilde, Soul II Soul, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Bananarama, The Selecter,Chesney Hawkes, Howard Jones, Imagination ft. Leee John, Dr & The Medics, John Parr, and many more. 

REWIND SOUTH at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames returns for its seventh year on Friday 21st August until Sunday 23rd August with headliners OMD and Human League, plus 80s stars Billy Ocean, ABC, T'Pau, Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Hot Chocolate, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Soul II Soul, Bananarama, and for the very first time, Black Box, Dave Edmunds, Slim Jim Phantomfrom The Stray Cats, plus British Electric Foundation featuring M's Robin Scott, Thomas Dolby, Joy Division's Peter Hook, Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory, The Noisettes' Shingai Shoniwa, andFairground Attraction's Eddi Reader, plus many more big names. 

For the full details of all three REWIND Festival line-ups, click here -  www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/rewind2015/index.htm
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New batch of Nuclear Blast’s re-releases!

Metal Mind Productions re-releases today selected albums taken from the Nuclear Blast's archives.  The list includes the following titles: Graveworm – „Engraved In Black", „(N)Utopia", Hackneyed – „Burn After Reaping", "Death Prevails", Psycroptic – "Ob(servant)", Pungent Stench – "Ampeauty", Arsis – "We Are The Nightmare" and Augury – "Fragmentary Evidence".  All albums are re-released on Golden Discs, limited and numerated to 2000 copies. In North America, the re-issues will be available from May, 5th (via MVD).
 
 
Graveworm
"(N)utopia" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1513DG
Barcode: 5907785039018
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Symphonic Gothic Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
A reissue of the 2005 album by the Italian melodic black metal outfit. Once again recorded in cooperation with producer Andy Classen (Dew-Scented, Tankard, Disbelief, Asphyx, and The Old Dead Tree, to name a few), "(N)Utopia" is a more mid-tempo, yet possibly even more haunting, varied and mature album than anything Graveworm had recorded up to that point. With its magnificent dark sound, this comes as especially recommended for the fans of such bands as Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, and Satyricon. New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. I – The Machine
2. (N)utopia
3. Hateful Design
4. Never Enough
5. Timeless
6. Which Way?
7. Deep Inside (instrumental)
8. Outside Down
9. MCMXCII
 
Graveworm
"Engraved In Black" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1512DG
Barcode: 5907785039001
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Symphonic Gothic Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
The fourth studio album by the Italian melodic black metal outfit! Originally released in 2003 and produced at Stage One Studio by Andy Classen (Dew-Scented, Tankard, Disbelief, Asphyx, and The Old Dead Tree, to name a few), "Engraved in Black" constitutes an even heavier and more intense masterpiece of darkness and desolation than any of the band's previous offerings. Especially for the wretched hearts of all the true black metal fans out there! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Dreaming Into Reality
2. Legions Unleashed
3. Renaissance In Blood
4. Thorns of Desolation (instrumental)
5. Abhorrence
6. Losing My Religion (R.E.M. cover)
7. Drowned In Fear
8. Beauty of Malice
9. Apparition of Sorrow (instrumental)
 
Hackneyed
"Burn After Reaping" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1515DG
Barcode: 5907785039032
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
Death metal mayhem at its best! A reissue of the second album by the German death metal squadron Hackneyed, originally released in 2009 and produced by Corni Bartels. More mature, brutal, and energetic than the band's debut, this was the album that showed what the guys from Hackneyed are really made of! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Burn…
2. Finger on the Trigger
3. Deatholution
4. Weed Flavoured Meat
5. March of the Worms
6. Bloodshed
7. Redying
8. Kingdom of Thoughts
9. Home Meat Home
10. Putrid
11. Last Man on Earth
12. Mental Mastication
13. Guantanamo Bay Holiday
14. …After Reaping (instrumental)
 
Hackneyed
"Death Prevails" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1514DG
Barcode: 5907785039025
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
Death metal mayhem at its best! A reissue of the debut album from 2008 by the youngest death metal act to grace the roster of Nuclear Blast Records (with the band members' average age of 16 at the time of release)! Heavy and brutal yet distinctive, memorable, and catchy, this is one death metal ride you don't want to miss! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Unseen Enemy
2. Gut Candy
3. Ravenous
4. Axe Splatter
5. Neon Sun
6. Worlds Collide
7. Symphony of Death
8. Bone Grinder
9. Again
 
Psycroptic
"Ob(servant)" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1516DG
Barcode: 5907785039049
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Technical Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
The fourth studio album by the genre-breaking, trend-defying Tasmanian masters of technical death metal! Boasting incredible technical prowess and mixed by ex-Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader (who also worked as the producer on the albums of such bands as Cavalera Conspiracy, Gojira, Soulfly, Divine Heresy, and Fear Factory), Psycroptic should definitely not be overlooked by anyone yearning for a breath of fresh air in the realm of extreme music! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Ob(servant)
2. A Calculated Effort
3. Slaves of Nil
4. The Shifting Equilibrium
5. Removing The Common Bond
6. Horde in Devolution
7. Blood Stained Lineage
8. Immortal Army of One
9. Initiate
 
Pungent Stench
"Ampeauty" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1517DG
Barcode: 5907785039056
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
A reissue of the fifth and final album by the Viennese masters of the macabre! The uncompromising death metal outfit in a morbid feast of gore, fetishism and Pungent Stench's distinctive sick sense of humor! A death metal ride that's most certainly not for the faint of heart! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Lynndie (She-Wolf of Abu Ghraib)
2. Invisible Empire
3. The Amp Hymn
4. The Passion of Lucifer
5. Got Milf?
6. Human Garbage
7. Apotemnophiliac
8. No Guts No Glory
9. Same Shit – Different Asshole
10. Fear The Grand Inquisitor
 
Arsis
"We Are The Nightmare" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1518DG
Barcode: 5907785039063
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Technical Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
The third studio album by the American technical death metal virtuosos! Produced by Zeuss (Agnostic Front, Hatebreed, Municipal Waste) and mastered by Alan Douches (Kataklysm, Unearth, Shadows Fall), brutal, complex, and boasting the lineup of musicians of quite astonishing technical prowess, "We Are the Nightmare" is an absolute must for any fan of the kind of modern metal music that's both ambitious and astoundingly aggressive. New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. We Are The Nightmare
2. Shattering the Spell
3. Sightless Wisdom
4. Servants to the Night
5. Failing Winds of Hopeless Greed
6. Overthrown
7. Progressive Entrapment
8. A Feast for the Liars Tongue
9. My Oath to Madness
10. Failure's Conquest
 
Augury
"Fragmentary Evidence" (re-release)
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. no.: MASS CD1519DG
Barcode: 5907785039070
Format: CD Digipak
Genre:  Progressive Death Metal
Release date: 13.04.2015 Europe / 05.05.2015 USA 
 
The sophomore album by the Canadian death/black/progressive metal outfit Augury! Mixed by Kataklysm's J-F Dagenais, extremely diversified, elaborate, ambitious, and combining untamable fury with top-notch musicianship, "Fragmentary Evidence" proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Augury is one of the most interesting and innovative extreme metal acts out there! Definitely worth the attention of any ambitious metal fan! New edition re-released on Golden Disc, limited and numerated to 2000 copies.
 
Tracklist:
 
1. Aetheral
2. Simian Cattle
3. Orphans of Living
4. Jupiter to Ignite
5. Sovereigns Unknown
6. Skyless
7. Faith Puppeteers
8. Brimstone Landscapes
9. Oversee the Rebirth
 
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Magic Pie - King for a day (2 x 12" vinyl) and CD

The Norwegian prog rock band Magic Pie are finally back with their excellent new album "King For a Day" on Karisma Records on the 25th of May. 
The band was formed in 2001, and their previous three albums "Motions of Desire" (2005), "Circus Of Life" (2007) and "The Suffering" (2011) was very well received by both the press and fans. All three albums will be re-issued by Karisma Records later this autumn on both cd and vinyl (for the first time).

Magic Pie has become a household name for progfans around the world with their blend of classic prog and 70's hard rock inspired by bands such as Spocks Beard, Dream Theater, Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Kansas, Deep Purple, Yes etc. 
Fronted by bandleader and guitar supremo Kim Stenberg, the band are known for their epic, energetic, melodic and sometimes heavy prog rock with splendid vocal harmonies and great musicianship.

Hailing from Moss, Norway, the band consists of songwriter and producer Kim Stenberg (guitars, vocals), lyricist and melody co-writer Eirikur Hauksson (lead vocals, guitar), Eirik Hanssen (vocals, guitar), Jan Torkild Johanssen (drums), Erling Henanger (keyboards, backing vocals) and Lars Petter Holstad (bass, backing vocals).

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TRACKLIST 
1 - Trick Of The Trade (6:09) 
2 - Introversion (12:24) 
3 - According To Plan (6:35) 
4 - Tears Gone Dry (12:14) 
5 - The Silent Giant (5:22) 
6 - King For A Day (27:29)
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