terça-feira, dezembro 27, 2016

FROZEN SAND launched "Fractals A Shadow out of Lights"

Italian progressive metal band Frozen Sand sets January 19th, 2017 as the international release date for album, entitled "Fractals: A Shadow out of Lights". Official album trailer now streaming on band's YouTube channel:

Frozen Sand is a dreamy musical entity begotten by the collision between the art of storytelling and the great auditory power of progressive metal music. 
Such an experimental project was shaped in winter 2010 by five young Narrators, all coming from different backgrounds and experiences, but united by friendship, enthusiasm and a deep passion to share: music. 
Everything began in a small provincial town located in the foothills of the Italian Alps, where the lakes opaquely mirror the shapes of those historical villages of which the slopes are speckled. 

The zealous dream soon took a shape, gradually concretizing into notes… words… emotions.
 
Nowadays, after 6 years of musical experience, 3 EPs and more than 60 gigs behind, the first major work of Frozen Sand is about to be released. 
Perfectly balanced and diversified, the artistic streak and the technical skills of five Narrators have finally molded a full-length album, which is part of 
a complex saga: Fractals of Frozen Lifetimes. 

It is a sparkle of a dream… an endless journey through the abyss of human imagination… a huge project whose music is spaceless and stories are timeless.
 
…Now the story is about to begin

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Sprouts Of Life: Pandora for cancer research!

After the passing of Greg Lake, the italian prog band releases a benefit-EP (only digital) including rarities and unreleased tracks: all the proceeds will be donated to LILT - Italian League for Cancer Research

Sprouts Of Life: Pandora for cancer research!

PANDORA
Sprouts Of Life
Pandora's Music For The Research On Cancer
5 tracks | 38.33 minutes
AMS Records 2016

"Our latest album Ten Years Like In A Magic Dream… included a tribute to the world of progressive and to those musicians we've grown up with, such as Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. Greg's death occurred a few days after the release of our new single, a remake of the amazing ELP's Lucky Man, dedicated to Emerson Lake & Palmer. So we have decided to search for old Pandora tracks to release a benefit album: all the proceeds will be donated to LILT for cancer research".

After Greg Lake's passing, who was recently homaged in new album, Pandora releases a digital benefit-album with unreleased tracks and rarities. This EP is called Sprouts Of Life, Pandora's Music For The Research On Cancer. Its profit will be entirely donated to LILT (Italian League for Cancer Research), in order to purchase a breast ultrasound machine. Sprouts Of Life: Pandora for the Research on Cancer is available only on digital format on BandCamp, iTunes (soon on GooglePlay too), purchasable only fully, Price 2.99 EUR.

"We have decided to release a digital EP including some tracks from our old albums with 12 unreleased minutes of some bootlegs recorded during our last studio sessions. It's very important for us to help the italian organisation who deals with cancer research, we would like to thanks all the people who will buy our EP and help us against cancer". 

Born ten years ago, in 2006, Pandora is one of the european prog band most loved all over the world. The italian band had released three cds - Dramma di un poeta ubriaco (2008), Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno (2011) and Alibi Filosofico (2013) - and the fourth has been released on 30th nov. Ten Years Like In A Magic Dream…. features a new line-up including the lead vocalist Emoni Viruet, with wonderful special guests Vittorio Nocenzi (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso), David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator), Dino Fiore and Andrea Bertino (Castello di Atlante).

Tracklist:
1. Breve Storia di San George
2. La Formula Finale di Chad-Bat
3. Sempre Con Me
4. Lucky Man (EL&P Tribute)
5. Working & Composing Since 2007... (Pandora's Bootleg)

Pandora:

LILT Cuneo:

Synpress44 ufficio stampa:
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segunda-feira, dezembro 26, 2016

Magnum - New ballads album available to pre-order

New ballads album out in early January 2017

THE VALLEY OF TEARS – THE BALLADS

MAGNUM

Renowned not only for their powerful rock songs but also for countless moving ballads, British rock icons Magnum are set to surprise their fans with a very special release at the very beginning of the coming year: THE VALLEY OF TEARS – THE BALLADS has been scheduled for release on 6 January 2017 (US/Canada: 20 January 2017), an album featuring ten of their most accomplished ballads, all of them remastered and in parts even newly re-recorded and remixed.  

Guitarist, composer and producer Tony Clarkin: "The release of this album was originally inspired by my daughter. A few months ago she asked me: ´Magnum have so many beautiful quiet numbers, why don't you put together a compilation highlighting some of the most powerful tracks?` Olly Hahn of Steamhammer/SPV was immediately taken by the concept, so I set down to work on it."

THE VALLEY OF TEARS – THE BALLADS contains material from the band's different creative phases. Along with remastered versions of more recent ballads from albums such as Into The Valley Of The Moonkings, The Visitation and the current studio recording Sacred Blood - Divine Lies, there will also be a newly re-recorded acoustic version of their classic ´Lonely Night` and a new haunting live version of their hit ´When The World Comes Down` from their 1986 cult recording Vigilante.

THE VALLEY OF TEARS – THE BALLADS will be released as a digipak version, download and stream on January 06th, 2017 (USA/Canada January 20th, 2017) through SPV/Steamhammer.

 TRACKLISTING

01 Dream About You (remastered)
02 Back in Your Arms Again (newly re-recorded)
03 The Valley of Tears (remixed, remastered)
04 Broken Wheel (newly re-recorded)
05 A Face in the Crowd (remixed, remastered)
06 Your Dreams Won't Die (remastered)
07 Lonely Night (acoustic version, newly re-recorded)
08 The Last Frontier (remixed, remastered)
09 Putting Things In Place (remixed, remastered)
10 When The World Comes Down (new live version)


Available for pre-order - https://Magnum.lnk.to/TheValleyOfTears

Album and merchandise bundles also available from Townsend Music - https://magnum.tmstor.es/

Please click here to visit Magnum's official website:

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FENIX TALES: NEW LYRIC VIDEO "LCI" FROM THE ALBUM "THE ABYSS EYE"

Italian Fenix Tales have just released their new lyric video for the song "LCI" from their album "The Abyss eye",  a melodic song, voice, piano and bass, with gothic and dark uneasiness



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Metalmania 2017 – headliner revealed!

After a 9-year hiatus, the biggest indoor metal festival in Eastern
Europe - Metalmania, comes back to life! The 23rd edition of this
iconic festival will be held on April, 22nd 2017 in Spodek Hall,
Katowice (Poland). Tickets are on sale now!

Moonspell, Sodom, Arcturus, Tygers of Pan Tang, Furia, Coroner,
Obscure Sphinx, Impaled Nazarene, Entombed A.D., ThermiT, Ceti and
Animations have been announced so far. Today, we can reveal names of
two bands added to the line-up of Metalmania 2017: Sinister and
Samael, who as a headliner of the festival will perform a very special
show! More info to be revealed soon!

Samael is a symphonic black/industrial metal band formed in 1987 in
Sion, Switzerland. They are one of the most innovative bands on the
metal scene, characterized by its own unique style. They expand the
boundaries of genres and set new standards in metal music. Next year
Samael celebrates thirty anniversary. The band will prepare a very
special set for Metalmania Festival. We will hear iconic songs from
their early albums, as well as compositions from the new album which
is planned for release in 2017!

More info: www.facebook.com/OfficialSamael

Dutch band Sinister is one of the most recognizable bands on the
death metal scene. In the 25 years of their career, they have released
12 albums. Their last one, "Dark Memorials", was released in 2015. The
band has an almost cult status in Poland. Their official concert DVD
titled "Prophecies Denied" was recorded there. In November the band
finished work on their new album "Syncretism", which will be released
in February 2017.

More info: www.facebook.com/Sinister-14162294410/

Metalmania - it will be one of the most important musical events of
2017, a real treat for metal maniacs worldwide! Metalmania remains
true to its formula - one day, two stages, several bands from all
around the world and thousands of fans! That's what Metalmania
Festival is all about!

The last edition of Metalmania Festival took place at Spodek Hall in
Katowice on March, 8th 2008, with Megadeth, The Dillinger Escape Plan,
Overkill and Satyricon on the bill!

Ticket prices (pre-sale):
VIP - 355 PLN
Red seats H, J - 260 PLN
Red seats & blue seats (rows I-X) - 195 PLN
Blue seats (rows XI and up) - 160 PLN
Standing floor - 170 PLN

Tickets available from the following sites:
metalopolis.pl, www.shop.metalmind.com.pl, www.ticketpro.pl,
www.eventim.pl, www.ebilet.pl, www.biletin.pl

More info:
www.metalmind.com.pl/metalmania
www.facebook.com/MetalmaniaFestival/
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Godsticks 2017 tour dates



As we near the end of the year we look forward to a super busy 2017 with lots of exciting news. Firstly, we are really excited to be performing our crazy music across Europe, as we join our good friends 'The Pineapple Thief' on their 'Your Wilderness Tour'. We'll be sharing the whole experience with you via our social media sites, including backstage antics and our quest for perfect coffee and food places. So you'll be with us every step of the way. You can find us at:

Twitter: @Godsticks
Instagram: @godsticksmusic

We know you've been waiting a while for this, but now we are happy to announce the wait is finally over. We have a new t-shirt design currently in production. Initially they will only be available on the tour, but later on they will be available through our online shop: http://godsticks.co.uk/shop 


Something else we are eager to share with you fine people on this tour will be a debut of a BRAND NEW SONG! We are super pleased with this track and we hope you'll like it too. I know lots of our European friends have been looking forward to this tour and we can promise you that this is going to be one you won't want to miss. Here are all the dates and places you can catch us: 

Jan 20: Haarlem Patronaat, Netherlands 
Jan 21: Uden De Pul, Netherlands
Jan 22: Zwolle Hedon, Netherlands
Jan 24: Aschaffenburg Colos Saal, Germany
Jan 25: Oberhausen Eisenlager, Germany
Jan 26: Berlin Frannz Club, Germany
Jan 27: Prague Futurum Music Bar, Czech Republic
Jan 28: Dresden Tante Ju, Germany
Jan 29: Hamburg Knust, Germany
Jan 31: Maastricht Muziekgieterij, Netherlands
Feb 01: Paris Le Divan Du Monde, France
Feb 09: Glasgow ABC2, UK
Feb 10: Manchester Sound Control UK
Feb 11: London Islington Assembly Hall, UK - SOLD OUT


Also! Just a reminder that 'Emergence' has now been officially released by Kscope and available everywhere, including here: https://www.burningshed.com/store/kscope/product/272/7910/ 
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This Winter Machine several items in their store will be discounted by anything up to 50% for a short period!

This includes placeholder tickets for our Album release celebration in Leeds city centre on the 4th of Feb. Tickets are very limited so try not to miss out on this genuine once in a lifetime opportunity. This Winter Machine will be ably supported by a progressive rock covers band, and will be performing The Man Who Never Was live in its entirety for the first time. 
There will also be a well stocked bar, food and MANY surprises for those lucky enough to be there.

Head to www.thiswintermachine.com/store and have a look to see if anything tickles your fancy!
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terça-feira, dezembro 20, 2016

Soul Enema releases a special animation video

Soul Enema has finished working on a new album - an intriguing Progressive Rock/Metal project featuring high profile special guests like Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon,  Star One) and Yossi Sassi (Orphaned Land, Yossi Sassi Band). The band premieres a special animation video for a brand new track "In Bed With an Enemy", as a first exposure. It features the talents of Nikita Liskov – an acclaimed animation artist, whose work is reminiscent of Yuriy Norsteyn's iconic animated shorts. Liskov's dark, mysterious world is a perfect match for the music of Soul Enema — an ambitious artistic statement aimed at exploring an original sonic and visual amalgam.  
The band's sophomore album, titled "Of Clans and Clones and Clowns", is slated for release in the near future. Featuring 70+ minutes of music and mixed by the legendary Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Symphony X), the album is an adventurous step forward in every possible aspect.

The video link: Soul Enema - In Bed With an Enemy (Official Video)

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sexta-feira, dezembro 16, 2016

FATES WARNING - New video clip for "SOS" launched; More tour dates!


While touring activities in support of the latest and much praised album "Theories Of flight" by U.S. Progressive Metal pioneers FATES WARNING is drawing nearer, a new official video clip is launched today in order to continue the release's promotional campaign.


Check out the clip for "SOS", which was directed by David Brodsky for MyGoodEye, here:

FATES WARNING vocalist Ray Alder commented as follows:
"We are very happy to announce the latest video for the song "SOS" from our new album "Theories Of Flight"! The video was recorded at Carriage House Studios in Stamford Connecticut, where we have recorded a number of albums over the years. It was great to be back there again! So many memories...We hope you enjoy the video, and we look forward to seeing you on tour soon!"
 
FATES WARNING will embark on a first European tour for "Theories Of Flight" in January/February 2017, but have also been confirmed to appear at two of Germany's most prestigious open air festival events next year: Wacken Open Air and Rock Hard Festival.
 
Here is a list of all upcoming live dates (Including updates for Munich and the two Italian shows of the tour!) for FATES WARNING announced so far:
 
FATES WARNING - "Theories Of Flight" Tour 2017 + Armored Dawn:
24.01.2017 Hamburg (Germany) - Logo
25.01.2017 Cologne (Germany) - Underground
27.01.2017 Essen (Germany) - Turock
28.01.2017 Uden (The Netherlands) - De Pul
29.01.2017 Haarlem (The Netherlands) - Patronaat
30.01.2017 Aschaffenburg (Germany) - Colossaal
01.02.2017 Brno (Czech Republic) - Metro Music Bar
02.02.2017 Budapest (Hungary) - A38
03.02.2017 Bratislava (Slovakia) - Majestic Music Club
04.02.2017 Munich (Germany) - Strom
05.02.2017 Stuttgart (Germany) - Universum
07.02.2017 Nuernberg (Germany) - Hirsch
08.02.2017 Aarau (Switzerland) - Kiff
09.02.2017 Brescia (Italy) - Circolo Colony
10.02.2017 Bologna (Italy) - Zona Roveri
12.02.2017 Athens (Greece) - Gagarin205
 
FATES WARNING - Live at festivals 2017:
02.-04.06.2017 Gelsenkirchen (Germany) - Rock Hard Festival
03.-05.08.2017 Wacken (Germany) - Wacken Open Air
 
FATES WARNING's 12th studio album, "Theories Of Flight", was released worldwide via InsideOutMusic and not only gathered critical acclaim (Some soundcheck results being: 
Deaf Forever / Germany - # 1, Metal Hammer / Germany - # 2, Rock Hard / Germany - # 2, Aardschok / The Netherlands - # 2, Eclipsed / Germany - # 4, Powermetal.de /Germany - # 1), but also entered the sales charts in several countries across the globe with the following highest positions: Germany: # 12, Italy: # 80, The Netherlands: # 70, Belgium (Flemish): # 175, 
USA: # 2 Billboard Heatseekers / # 62 Current Top 200 Albums
 
Here are some other previously launched album online samples:
"Seven Stars" video clip: https://youtu.be/0hguUU-VYug
"White Flag" (Guitar play-through video):https://youtu.be/oIGnVSX1sT0
"White Flag" (Drum and bass play-through video): https://youtu.be/dwtknUNsCx0
"From The Rooftops" (Lyric video): https://youtu.be/8kkJ8qtgLBY
Album teaser clip (excerpts of all songs): https://youtu.be/q1O7W9PKMEE 
 
Next to the standard CD and Digital Download, "Theories Of Flight" is also available as limited Mediabook 2CD (with 6 acoustic bonus tracks) and as Gatefold 2LP (with full standard album on CD and the 6 acoustic tracks as bonus on Side D!). All physical are available from the IOM webshop here:
 
FATES WARNING Line-Up 2016:
(from left to right on photo)
Jim Matheos - Guitars
Bobby Jarzombek - Drums
Ray Alder - Vocals
Joey Vera - Bass 

FATES WARNING Online:
 
INSIDEOUTMUSIC online: 
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New Book By Douglas Harr “Rockin' The City of Angels” Feat. Stunning Images & Memorabilia of Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Who, Yes and Others!

Celebrates incredible performances by Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Heart, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Who, Yes!


London - Concert culture in Los Angeles, the City of Angels, in the 1970s had all the lush opulence of theater, the virtuosic chops of a classical performance, and the edge-of-your-seat excitement of rock n' roll. First-time author, and lifelong music fanatic, Douglas Harr's Rockin' The City Of Angels: Celebrating the Great Rock Shows of the 1970s In Concert, On Record and On Film brings to life all the classic majesty in real time. This collection of over 500 stunning images is carefully culled from the premiere practitioners of fine art photography, covering a refreshingly broad cross section of 1970s iconic artists.

"The 1970s were a time when rock bands made expansive concept records with sweeping themes," recalls author Douglas Harr. "Rock albums back then promised 'theater of the mind,' and their creators were inspired to mount elaborate stage shows that brought these dreams to life. I caught many of these concerts in Los Angeles. They were almost religion to me and masses of fellow concert-goers."

RTCOA celebrates more than thirty incredible performances, including key tours by bands such as Led Zeppelin, Queen, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Heart, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, The Who and Yes. These myth-making moments are presented here by a hand-picked collection of brilliant images by the best photojournalists of that time, including Richard E. Aaron, Jorgen Angel, Fin Costello, Armando Gallo, Neal Preston, Jim Summaria, Lisa Tanner and Neil Zlowzower among many others. "I spent 2 years in basements, agencies, and sometimes bands' homes, combing through hundreds of slides to find the best concert photos from that time, now so long ago," Harr shares. In addition, RTCOA includes written commentary reflecting on these legendary concerts with reviews of the best concert video documents filmed during the era.

This 396-page book is thoughtfully divided into three sections. "Rock Gods & Entertainers" features bands like The Who, Stones, Zep, Tull, Bowie, Queen, and AC/DC. "Shamans, Storytellers, and Mellow Rockers" explores the concerts of Genesis, Yes, Cat Stevens, Eagles, Heart, Supertramp, Kansas, and more. Lastly, "Virtuosos & Classic Rockers" brings to life performances by ELP, King Crimson, ELO, Dixie Dregs, Kate Bush and many of their peers. This is the perfect gift for those who were there—or wish they were there—for that magical time.

Harr is a staff writer for Gonzo Weekly magazine, part of the Gonzo Multimedia label in England. In addition, he has contributed articles and photographs to Expose Magazine and Something Else Reviews in the U.S. His writings and photos are also captured in his weekly blog at diegospadeproductions.com. He is an aficionado of progressive and classic rock music from the early 1970's and a frequent concert patron who has attended more than 400 shows during his lifetime. He was classically trained on the piano for seven years before transitioning to college and full-time "music patron" status. Besides music publications, Harr's written work is also featured in technology books, including CIO Perspectives and Data Insights: New Ways to Visualize and Make Sense of Data, and in his blog on music and technology Alternative IT. All this has been a part of a 30-plus year career as a technology executive and patron of the rock 'n' roll arts.

This coffee-table book is nearly the size of an LP album cover, 396 pages, over 500 images, written by Douglas Harr, designed by Tilman Reitzle. Foreword by Armando Gallo.

Customers pre-ordering before December 20 will receive a signed commemorative postcard which can be used as a gift, just in time for the season.

Release Date: 13th January 2017

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segunda-feira, dezembro 12, 2016

Drum Legend Terry Bozzio's “Composer Series” The Music & Art of Terry Bozzio Now Available in North America & Europe



Los Angeles - Legendary & award winning melodic drummer Terry Bozzio released worldwide what he calls a "Life's Work" project of Art & Music on the Japanese label Ward Records in September 2015. The set is now available in the US, Canada and Europe! Bozzio embarked on a world tour to promote it starting in Japan and Europe in the fall of 2015 & continuing throughout the US & other territories in 2016.

Terry has worked with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Korn, UK, Missing Persons, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Alan Holdsworth, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, Quincy Jones, Ken Scott, Metropole Orkest, SMAP, Loudness' Munetaka Higuchi & "X" Japan's Hide - as well as Film score composers Basil Poledouris, Mark Isham & Patrick O'Hearn - see more at www.terrybozzio.com - Grammy winner, RockWalk Honoree, Modern Drummer magazine's Hall of Fame Award, Rolling Stone's Top 5 Drummers of All Time!

Bozzio said, "I've been composing, (not just song writing, like for Missing Persons & Jeff Beck) since the '70s. I compose in all styles (as one might classify them), from classical to ambient, electronic, film-like to fusion/rock or jazz. I have my own character or personality, it's unique. I work with many different processes from writing notes on paper, to recording live, to several different computer software applications that are suited to the particular result I am trying to achieve. Both Zappa & famed musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky encouraged me to compose & I have had my Chamberworks performed at the Vienna Jazz Festival & in Holland w/Metropol Orkest."

He continued, "I first got interested in Art & Sketching at the encouragement of renowned artist Don Van Vliet (aka: Captain Beefheart) who I played with on my first Zappa/Mothers of Invention tour in 1975. Don was always carrying markers & paper & it looked like fun, so I bought some myself & started. He was very encouraging. Last year, I released my first project called Rhythm & Sketch in collaboration with the art group Scene Four. It's been successful & inspired me to do more." (available at www.terrybozzioart.com)

Bozzio fulfilled major two and a half month US solo tours in 2014 and 2016 in which he displayed his artwork as the stage set while performing melodic, tuned melodies on his strikingly large drum set, to sold out crowds.

"I thought it would be great to share this music which I've been working on & keeping to myself for so long. I hope to show a different side of my expression from what people are used to seeing from my solo drumming. And, I wanted to have an abstract painting to represent & be paired with each title to create this hybrid project of music & art," Bozzio explained.

It is over 70 individual pieces or movements of compositions with a painting in a booklet for each title, along with detailed liner notes for each piece, explaining his concepts, feelings, processes and approach for each. It will be available in a large vinyl-sized box set which includes the book of Artworks, 3 audio CDs & a solo drum performance DVD shot in Japan in 2015. (w/bonus footage, interviews, audio tracks and more). The material will also be made available in a smaller CD size package for record stores, as well as in many or individual downloadable formats online.

For more information:


To purchase Terry Bozzio's "Composer Series" The Music & Art of Terry Bozzio: https://www.amazon.com/Composer-Terry-Bozzio/dp/B01M301W4F?tag=smarturl-20

Terry Bozzio's official website: www.terrybozzio.com
Terry Bozzio biography: http://terrybozzio.com/biography/
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sexta-feira, dezembro 09, 2016

Pervy Perkin first videoclip

We just released our first videoclip, for the song KountyKuntKlub. It is as crazy and cool as it should be!!

CERNUNNOS PAGAN FEST 9 is proud to announce its headliner !

CERNUNNOS PAGAN FEST 9


We are proud to announce to all pagan and folk metal fans the 9th edition of Cernunnos Pagan Festival and its headliner  TYR

The others band are :  Grimner, Griffon,  Naheulband, Fejd, dordeduh,  Dalriada,  Baldrs Draumar, PerKelt, Möhrkvlth 

More than a classic festival, CERNUNNOS PAGAN FEST  Is a true medieval fair. Next edition is Saturday 11 february 2017 at Noisiel(77) - La Ferme du Buisson 

Feel free to share it !

You can find more informations on their facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/cernunnos.festival/?fref=ts
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer Legend Greg Lake - RIP - December 7, 2016


London, UK - Legendary Greg Lake sadly passed away on Wed. Dec. 7th. As a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake has been a major force in music for over 40 years. He has long been considered a legendary voice and musical powerhouse whose impact changed the landscape of rock and roll. Many simply refer to him as "The Voice".

Greg was just finishing his autobiography titled "Lucky Man", which is  scheduled for release in 2017.

Says his long time manger and friend Stewart Young, "Yesterday, December 7th, I lost my best friend to a long and stubborn battle with cancer. Greg Lake will stay in my heart forever, as he has always been. Despite his illness which he knew to be terminal he always took the view about his life, career and family that he was indeed a lucky man... His family would be grateful for privacy during this time of their grief. Many thanks."

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quinta-feira, dezembro 08, 2016

The Endless Mile - Reimagining Beginnings

When you put on Dead Letter Circus' eponymous debut EP, it is still as fucking amazing as it was 10 years ago... and, in true testament to its enduring relevance, feels like it could have been recorded 10 minutes ago. The sound it created is iconic, and the bands it inspired are dotted across the Australian landscape. It is legacy. Timeless.



Re-imagining the EP to honour its anniversary, Dead Letter Circus will be touring Australia in 2017, playing the iconic tracks with a unique new interpretation. By no means the first time Dead Letter Circus have stretched the creative boundaries of their own work, The Endless Mile is in part a response to fan demand from the success of DLC's 2014 Reimagined tour. This band – whose original conquest a decade ago was to create a new sound – prove yet again why they are one of Australia's best, most artistically fearless bands.

Where were you a decade ago that you aren't now? Where are you now that you weren't a decade ago? The music we carry with us is a mixtape for our very existence – intertwined with our own memories. After 10 years on the road, three ground-breaking albums and multiple ARIA nominations, Dead Letter Circus are not the band they were at the beginning. They are a band at their peak... and The Endless Mile is a celebration of their utterly remarkable story.

"I literally can't wrap my head around that this crazy ride has been going for nearly 10 years," frontman Kim Benzie recalls. "I still remember pulling over the car yelling and screaming when I heard Disconnect and Apply on JJJ for the first time. The fact that people connected so deeply with our frantic hyper rock to this day still blows my mind."

"We thought the most fitting way to honour the 10-year anniversary of the EP and the people in the audience who became our road family, was to completely re-invent and invert the songs in a new studio form, and take them on road to some of our favourite venues. We can't wait to show you the new versions of the songs."

The Endless Mile will take DLC to Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide in March 2017. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, December 14 at deadlettercircus.com for $35+BF.

The band will be releasing a limited edition recording of the reimagined EP, available at all shows on The Endless Mile.


THREE FOCUS TITLES AVAILABLE FOR CHRISTMAS!

FOCUS 8.5 / Beyond The Horizon OUT NOW!



After the reunion of Focus and the release of the Focus 8 album, the band toured the world and was introduced to new musical styles and influences. The line-up on this album features THIJS VAN LEER, PIERRE VAN DER LINDEN, BOBBY JACOBS and JAN DUMÉE.

The sessions for the album were all recorded in between South American tour commitments during 2005, and every track is a previously unreleased composition by the members of Focus or producer MARVIO CIRIBELLI.

Thijs van Leer said of the album: "For Focus it was a thrill to first jam with Marvio and Marcio in a club in Niteroi and then end up in Rio de Janeiro in order to compose and record these beauties.  Having one of the best drummers in Europe with Pierre van der Linden and one of South America's best drummers with Marcio Bahia on the same album makes the world a better and happier place!  Here they are!"

The album features all-star Brazilian musicians including ARTHUR MAIA and MARIO SEVE joining Focus on new recordings, and vice versa, plus a drum duet with MARCIO BAHIA…as musicianship once again goes Beyond the Horizon…



Live in England 2CD/DVD and Europe 2CD.  OUT NOW!
 
The recordings were made when the band was touring to promote the Focus 9 – New Skin album and features the last line-up of the band, which was Thijs van Leer, Pierre van der Linden, Bobby Jacobs and former guitarist Niels van der Steenhoven. 

The Live in Europe 2CD/DVD set includes 45 minutes of previously unreleased performance not included on the merchandise edition.  The DVD is playable worldwide.

These titles are now available via mainstream retailers, distributors, Amazon and iTunes for the first time as will remain available for new fans collecting all of the band's albums in the future.

FOCUS LIVE IN ENGLAND 2CD/DVD 

FOCUS LIVE IN EUROPE 2CD 
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LA MALASANGRE Release trippy new video for “Contracorriente”

LA MALASANGRE
Release trippy new video for 
"Contracorriente"

 

Colombian band La Malasangre has shared their brand new video for "Contracorriente" (Countercurrent), the first single for their newest homonymous album, due for release in 2016. For lovers of bands like Tool, Porcupine Tree, Anathema and Opeth, they blend some of the common elements of progressive sound with some latin rhythms that allows them to explore and reach new limits into their sound.

"Contracorriente" features guest vocals by Argentinian rock band Eruca Sativa's singer Lula Bertoldi, making this effort an excellent glimpse of the current South American music scene. Starring female lead singer Karen Castiblanco, this trippy video was made as a collaboration between photographer & filmmaker Nicolás Caballero Arenas (48 Hour Film Project's Winner for "Avril" Short Film) and the Jiménez Brothers from SHARPBALL (Los Angeles-based Charming Liars' latest video among others).

Watch the video HERE: 

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BRIEG GUERVENO : Their new album " Valgori" is out

BRIEG GUERVENO just released his new album " Valgori' 


Brieg Guerveno is the project of one man, that of Brieg Guerveno, Breton author, composer and performer, with a passion for progressive music, the rock of the seventies, extreme music, and last but not least, his culture, his region and his second mother tongue: Breton.Brieg writes, composes and sings his texts in Breton, and this he does from the heart. Dark and melancholy, like the Breton gwerz, those poems carried by the oral tradition. Such tunes and texts have, across the centuries, built, layer by layer, the vast repertoire of traditional Breton songs.
This is the project of one man, but also that of a trio. the Brieg Guerveno trio has performed a lot in their native region but also  beyond the borders in England and Japan. These three believes in what they do. They have an unwavering faith in what makes Brieg's music a truly unique and unclassifiable project: progressive rock, raging, highly melodic, yet raw and concrete.

This uniqueness is confirmed once more by the third album "Valgori" presently in the making. Darker, rawer and colder than the former, the new album is custom-made for live performance, it will also be more modern and close the folk period that started back in 2006. The release is planned for 2016, and the Breton trio is preparing once again to scour the venues and scenes of France and of Europe at large.
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ADAGIO Returns with "LIFE" Next Spring; "Subrahmanya" Single Available Now

ADAGIO Returns with "LIFE" Next Spring; "Subrahmanya" Single Available Now

Taking their time to create their unique and highly personal fifth full-length album, it has been 7 years since Adagio's last studio release Archangels in Black. "The impetus behind the band's dormancy spanning almost a decade was our commitment to doing justice to our material," says guitarist Stéphan Forté. "To release the album in an incomplete or premature state would be a disservice to the music, the band, and most of all, to the fans."

With LIFE, Adagio pushes the experience past just music, plunging the listener into a powerful introspective experience. "Fear, joy, sorrow, love, pain, ecstasy... What if we could visit each of these emotions like exhibits in a museum? 'LIFE' takes you on contemplative journey, exploring the complex yet beautiful contortions of the subconscious mind." Each track is like a portrait in a gallery giving the audience a glimpse into the minds of the band members.

Stylistically, LIFE brings Adagio back to their progressive roots while expanding their musical boundaries. From the heavy "Subrahmanya" which is available as the first single now, and which combines traditional Eastern Ethnic and Djent influences, to the dark and mesmerizing "I'll Possess You," LIFE is an epic canvas of atmospheres which will take the listener back to the ethereal places they had once visited but never managed to find again.

This album features several lineup changes for Adagio. LIFE marks the return of singer Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter, who had previously performed live vocals for the band. It also brings us the new addition violinist Mayline, adding new ethnic textures and dimensions to the band's sound.

LIFE will be released worldwide in early spring 2017 through Zeta Nemesis, funded through a highly successful crowdfunding campaign. "The crowdfunding campaign was a great accomplishment for us; we're incredibly thankful that our fans had such great faith in us, even after our long absence from the scene. This organic grassroots process has yielded the purest results and we are confident that this release will be heralded as the band's finest effort yet."

LIFE will be released in Spring 2017; pre-order it here. The first single "Subrahmanya" is available for streaming now officially via the band's Facebook page. The single is also available from the Zeta Nemesis store.

Adagio line-up:

Kelly Sundown - Singer
Stéphan Forté - Guitar
Franck Hermanny - Bass
Kevin Codfert - Keyboards
Guillaume Bergiron - Drums
Mayline - Violin

ItalianProg book - New updated English edition



As most of you know, the first edition of this book, taken from my website www.italianprog.com, was published many years ago, in 2008 and has long sold out since last year. During these years the site has been constantly updated, adding more than 50 new artists and groups entries and lots of details on records and existing biographies. 

The new book contains 536 pages, in the large 8.5x11" format,  with over 600 groups and solo artists which all played in Italy during the Seventies. Biographical notes, detailed discography, collectors' notes and rarity/value rating (LP's only) are supplied, with black and white photos of some of the pictures. A separate section is dedicated as usual to the record companies that were involved in the Italian music scene. The new edition has been fully revised. 

"ItalianProg: The comprehensive guide to the Italian progressive music of the 70's" is printed and sold by Amazon.

It's already available on the Amazon US site (and other countries' Amazon site) at the price of $ 27.50 and will be available in a few weeks from other online sites.

Due to the printing and distribution method chosen, I don't have copies of the book to sell and I can't send sample copies for reviews, but here's a small extract (in PDF format) that can be downloaded by anyone from the following link:


I hope that all the people that followed my work and visited the site during all these years will appreciate the effort, many of them repeatedly asked about a new edition of the book.

I also hope to have, if possible, a small help for its diffusion through every channel (word of mouth, Internet sites, Facebook, music magazines).  

Thanks! 

** Augusto Croce - Perugia Italy

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Spirits Burning & Clearlight Feat. Members of GONG, Hawkwind & Clearlight To Release New Album “The Roadmap In Your Head”


London, UK - "The Roadmap In Your Head" is the 13th studio album from the Spirits Burning space rock collective, and the second to feature keyboardist Cyrille "Clearlight" Verdeaux. The album has a strong Gong presence, as it includes performances by four musicians from Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy (Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe), and four members of the current Gong (Ian East, Fabio Golfetti, Dave Sturt, Kavus Torabi). Clearlight is a project of French songwriter and composer Cyrille Verdeaux that blends classical romanticism and prog-rock experimentation. The first Clearlight album was released under the name "Clearlight Symphony," in 1974, by British major label Virgin Records. The most recent release was 2015's "Impressionist Symphony."
 
"Spirits Burning is a musical collective overseen by American composer/producer Don Falcone that has released a pluralistic combination of ambient, jazz and full-on space-rock with input from many of the genre's luminaries. Spirits Burning has become a respected melting pot of the space-rock fraternity." Ian Abrahams, Rock N Reel, July-August, 2008.
 
Says founding member and band leader Don Falcone, " 'Roadmap' is a musical journey from the beginning of one possible day to the next, touching different styles of music along the way. Like the previous Spirits Burning & Clearlight album, the songs are primarily instrumental. The new album is also a salute to Daevid and what he has meant to Spirits Burning, as he has been part of every release, except one." Gong legend Daevid Allen, who sadly passed away in 2015, co-wrote two songs on this release. He sings on the closing track "Roadmaps," and plays guitar on this track and the opening title track.
 
There are thirty-five musicians on Spirits Burning's "The Roadmap In Your Head." Besides members of the Gong global family, there are some special new crewmembers: Paul Booth (who recorded his part while touring with Steve Winwood), Theo Travis (who has played with David Gilmour, Porcupine Tree, and Gong), Judy Dyble (who provided some autoharp flourishes), and Jonathan Segel from Camper Van Beethoven (who Don invited after discovering he was a Gong fan). Returning crewmembers include: Hawkwind family members Steve Bemand, Nik Turner, and Bridget Wishart, plus Albert Bouchard (BÖC). "The Roadmap In Your Head" was mastered by well known ambient recording artist Robert Rich.

Titles:
1. The Roadmap In Your Head 3:56
2. Sun Sculptor & The Electrobilities 3:50
3. The Birth Of Belief 8:38
4. Coffee For Coltrane 6:58
5. Isolation In 10 80 2:55
6. Mrs. Noonness 4:12
7. The Old College Sky Is Where We Left It 1:28
8. Fuel For The Gods 13:05
9. Early Evening Rain 3:31
10. Black Squirrel At The Root Of The Staircase 7:34
11. Outsiders Parachute In 5:48
12. Déjà Vu 2:25
13. La Rue Inconnue 4:48
14. Roadmaps (The Other Way) 5:59


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Audio Fidelity To Release Legendary Santana Live Album “Lotus” 2-CD On Limited Edition Hybrid SACD



"...one of the greatest live albums ever recorded and one of the supreme achievements in guitar playing."

Camarillo, CA – Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity will be releasing Santana's critically acclaimed live album Lotus on limited edition hybrid SACD. Lotus is a 1974 live album by Santana, recorded at the Osaka Koseinenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan in 1973. It was originally released in 1974 as a triple vinyl LP in Japan only. The first U.S. release was in 1991 as a 2-CD set. It features the "New Santana Band" and combines that group's jazz and spiritual influences. Some of the band's biggest hits are performed, such as "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va," but it is the extended, intense instrumentals that are the order of the day such as the breathtaking "Incident at Neshabur," "Every Step of the Way," and "Toussaint L'Overture."

Carlos' superpowered guitar is mesmerizing, the entire atmosphere is otherworldly, beautiful, modern jazzy and most of all, electrifying. His guitar tone is perfect, each solo has a central rhythmic and melodic structure that was used to express in a moment what can never be repeated. The greatness of Lotus is its ability to take all of Carlos' beautiful melodies and expand them each into a whole new creation.

Santana fans know there are "several different Santanas." This was the MILES Santana, the COLTRANE Santana. This is intense and awe-inspiring music played with so much mind-numbing passion. Carlos' guitar speaks notes on this recording that are nothing short of extraordinary. He manages to imbue a vibration that cuts right through your soul. Even on the familiar hits, the jazz fusion makes its way into the notes and Carlos delivers a new message. This was the top of Santana's spiritual-fusion era. Lotus is the Live Santana album that gives other Live albums a bad name. Spectacular, breathtaking, emotional, spiritual...and it rocks!

Disc one
Going Home
A-1 Funk
Every Step of the Way
Black Magic Woman
Gypsy Queen
Oye Como Va
Yours Is the Light
Batuka
Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba)
Stone Flower (Introduction)
Waiting
Castillos de Arena Part 1 (Sand Castle)
Free Angela
Samba de Sausalito

Disc two
Mantra
Kyoto (Drum Solo)
Castillos de Arena Part 2 (Sand Castle)
Incident at Neshabur
Se a Cabo
Samba Pa Ti
Mr. Udo
Toussaint L'Overture

Produced by The New Santana Band
Mastered by Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh at Marsh Mastering
SACD Authoring: Stephen Marsh at Marsh Mastering

For more information: www.audiofidelity.net
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The Mute Gods announce second studio album 'tardigrades will inherit the earth'




Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson, Steve Hackett), Roger King (Steve Hackett) and Marco Minnemann (Joe Satriani, Aristocrats) will return as The Mute Gods with their forthcoming second album '...tardigrades will inherit the earth' set for release on the February 24th, 2017. Following the release of 2016's debut album 'do nothing till you hear from me', and a Progressive Music Award 2016 win in the Vanguard category, the trio deliver adventurous rock effort infused with timely perspectives on the state of religion, politics, media, and the environment. 
 
The Mute Gods examine these and other major queries facing our planet on its second album for InsideOut Music. It's a darker, deeply thought-provoking follow-up to its acclaimed 2016 debut recording 'Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me'. It picks up from where the first album left off, with its examination of societal control mechanisms, and looks at the inevitable outcomes should we continue down dark, dogmatic pathways. Musically, the album is an expansive rock effort with a heavier, more metal-oriented focus than its predecessor, yet steeped in melodicism and addictive hooks.
 
Nick Beggs had this to say:
 
"I know I'm not the only person who feels the way I do," says Beggs. "Other people understand the state of the world and what's at stake as we make one terrifyingly bad decision after another. This album asks people to take off their rose-tinted spectacles and consider the reality facing us. At this point in my career, I feel strongly that it's important to use music as a vehicle for truth, not just feel-good entertainment." 
 
The album will be available as a limited edition CD digipak (with bonus track), gatefold 2LP + CD & digital download. 

The full track-listing is below:
1.    Saltatio Mortis
2.     Animal Army
3.    We Can't Carry On
4.    The Dumbing Of The Stupid
5.    Early Warning
6.    Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth
7.    Window onto the Sun
8.    Lament
9.    The Singing Fish Batticaloa
10.  Hallelujah (bonus track)
11.  The Andromeda Strain
12.  Stranger Than Fiction

The Mute Gods was founded in 2015 by Beggs, a celebrated bassist, Stick player, songwriter and vocalist who has sold more than three million records with his own groups. His contributions also grace the work of myriad artists and genres, including progressive rock, pop, Celtic, funk, and soul.
 
Beggs records and tours with Steven Wilson, one of the best-selling alternative rock artists of this generation, as well as Steve Hackett, formerly of Genesis. In addition, Beggs has worked with legends across the pop and rock worlds, including Belinda Carlisle, John Paul Jones, Gary Numan, Kim Wilde, Englebert Humperdink and Seal. In the progressive rock realm, he's also performed with Steve Howe, Iona, Lifesigns, and Rick Wakeman.
 
Unlike the debut Mute Gods album, which included many special guests, Beggs chose to keep this release to the core trio ensuring a laser focus and consistency throughout. Roger King, the album's keyboardist and producer, also works with Beggs on Hackett's sold-out world tours. King has long been Hackett's right-hand man, serving in production, arrangement and writing capacities for the guitarist. Marco Minnemann, considered one of the most important, explosive drummers of our time, has worked with Beggs extensively on many Wilson tours and recordings.

The Mute Gods Online:
 
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Pain of Salvation - Announce new studio album "In the Passing Light of Day".




Swedish progressive rock/metal innovators Pain of Salvation have announced the worldwide release of their long-awaited new studio album 'In the Passing Light of Day' for Friday the 13th of January, 2017, via their longtime label partners InsideOutMusic.
Working together with acclaimed producer Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, etc.) at Dugout Studio in Sweden, the band have crafted an album that sees them returning to their much praised heavier sound, featuring the syncopated rhythms, glorious melodies, and intensely personal themes that Pain of Salvation fans have long loved about the band.

Inextricably linked to the near fatal illness that band-leader Daniel Gildenlöw spent much of the first half of 2014 recovering from, the album is an altogether darker and more impassioned journey. Taking the hospital bed as a narrative hub, the lyrical and musical themes touch on all the conflicting feelings that run through a person's mind when presented with the prospect of death and the passing of life. 

Gildenlöw comments: "What started off as an annoying infection has, in just hours, suddenly pivoted into the very real possibility of my actual dying." That's not to say, however, that all this record presents is blackness. "This album also shows the beauty of the transition, of the inevitable. And of the hope of a tomorrow, the hope of change, no matter how frail and naive that hope may be."

In the past 6 years since the release of 'Road Salt Two', fans hope for new Pain of Salvation output has truly been tested. But their perseverance, as well as that of Daniel Gildenlöw and his band, has been rewarded with perhaps the most stunning album of their career.

The album will be available as a special edition 2CD Mediabook (including expanded 48-pages booklet, several in-depth texts by conceptual author Daniel Gildenlöw, demo material & band commentary tracks), standard jewelcase CD, gatefold 180g 2LP vinyl plus album on CD as bonus & digital download. 

You can find the full tracklisting of the main album below:

Pain of Salvation - "In the Passing Light of Day":
1. On a Tuesday (10:22)
2. Tongue of God (04:53)
3. Meaningless (04:47)
4. Silent Gold (03:23)
5. Full Throttle Tribe (09:05)
6. Reasons (04:45)
7. Angels of Broken Things (06:24)
8. The Taming of a Beast (06:33)
9. If This Is the End (06:03)
10. The Passing Light of Day (15:31)
 
A brief album teaser can be seen here: 
Look out for the launch of the album's first single/video on November 18th, 2016.
 
Pain of Salvation - line-up 2016:
Daniel Gildenlöw - vocals, guitars
Ragnar Zolberg - guitars, vocals
Daniel D2 Karlsson - keyboards, backing vocals
Gustaf Hielm - bass, backing vocals
Léo Margarit - drums, backing vocals
 
Earlier this year, Pain of Salvation released a special reissue of their classic 2002 album "Remedy Lane" entitled "Remedy Lane Re:visited (Re:mixed & Re:lived)". Combining a remix of the original album by mixing engineer wizard Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Symphony X, Devin Townsend, Haken, etc.), as well as an intense full-album live performance from Prog Power USA from 2014, this package presents an ultimate version of the much loved record. 
Check here for all physical formats:http://smarturl.it/POSreissuesIOMshop
 
Or here:
"Re:Lived" Amazon MP3: http://smarturl.it/RLrelivedAMAZONMP3 
 
Pain of Salvation - Live:
07.-11.02.2017 Tampa (US) / Cozumel (Mexico) - Cruise To The Edge

More dates to follow soon...

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