June 2008 News Archive

 

Jun 27th Edguy - New Album On The Way Edguy have entered Gate Studios in Wolfsburg to begin work on the follow-up to their last albumn album "Rocket Ride". The new CD, which will be produced by Sascha Paeth, is scheduled to be released in November 2008 and has been christened "Tinnitus Sanctus" Vocalist Tobias Sammet has issued the following update on how the album is coming along: "The title just refers to the wall of sound that will bulldoze you. Let’s be modest: We have ten extraordinary songs and this new album is gonna be our ticket to the hall of fame alongside with LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH and AC/DC. There won’t be a hit-single this time, not even a flop-single, haha; not only because most songs are too long for a single, but also because for a single we had to produce way more stuff, lose money and need a time frame to release it. The album would come later then and that would suck. For the record: Musically, we don’t go back to the roots. It’s not the "Legacy of Mandrake part 2" and it’s not a little brother of Rocket Ride either. It’s a new album and we’ve set off to new horizons once more! The stuff sounds really broad, very anthemic, heavy and ballsy. We’ve kept our trademarks and still there are a lot of elements that are different to anything we’ve done before. I know what some fans may think, because if my favourite bands would have come up with statements like that I would have been scared to death, but in our case I am sure this could be the album we’ll be measured by in the future." Jun 27th Bring Me The Horizon Finish Up New Album & Announce Tour Bring Me The Horizon have completed work on their new album, entitled Suicide Season, and the record is currently being in the mixing stage. The provisional release date for the CD is 29th Sept for the Digital Download version and 6th Oct 08 for the physical release. Some confirmed track titles set for inclusion on Suicide Season include Chelsea Smile, The Comedown and Football Season Is Over. The band have also started a blog, @ www.bmthisdope.blogspot.com  where news and updates direct from the boys will be available in the run up to the release dates. In support of the  album Bring Me The Horizon have also announced details of their  extensive UK tour yet and the full list of confirmed dates is as follows: October 08 16 Newcastle - Academy 17 Dundee - Fat Sam's 18 Glasgow - Garage 19 Stoke - Sugarmill 20 Sheffield - Academy 21 Oxford - Academy 22 Nottingham - Rock City 23 Norwich - Waterfront 24 Liverpool Academy 25 Wrexham - Central Station 26 Brighton - Concorde 2 27 Leeds - Cockpit 28 Cardiff - Ifwor Bach 29 Yeovil - Orange Box 30 Bristol - Academy 31 Southampton - University November 08 1 London - Astoria 2 Manchester - Academy 3 Birmingham - Academy Jun 27th Subway To Sally - Live CD/DVD Package German Folk Rock/Metal masters Subway To Sally have just announced the release of their new live DVD/CD "Schlachthof!". The extensive DVD and CD package will document the band's highly acclaimed gig in Dresden, venue "Alter Schlachthof", on December 28th, 2007 while playing the first leg of their "Bastard" tour. Expect an awesome show full of energy, Rock, pyros and, of course, a lot of emotion. The double feature will be available as a limited DVD digi plus CD, limited CD digi plus DVD as well as on blue ray disc. "Schlachthof!" is set to be unleashed on September 5th via Nuclear Blast. In addition to the live pacakage the band will alsore-issue the two highly successful albums "Herzblut" (2001) & "Engelskrieger" (2003)  together in a noble, embossed double digipack with re-done cover art. The package will also be released on September 5th. Jun 27th Paganini - new Album Details Paganini are to release a new album, entitled Medicine Man, on July11th via PaZouZou/ NL Distribution In the early 1980's, Marco Paganini was the lead vocalist in the Hannover based rock group Viva. At the time he was singing in the pioneering English metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, when he was discovered by Barbara Schenker at a double bill with The Scorpions. Rudolph Schenker invited him to join them on their return to Germany and taking them up on the offer Marco and Barbara formed Viva together. Being one of the top European acts at the time, Marco recorded 2 LP's with Viva, before embarking on a solo career. Along with Viva guitarist Ralph Murphy, Marco returned to Switzerland to form the group Paganini. Their first release "Weapon of love", spawned the hit "Berlin by night", which reached the charts in Germany thru, and as well landed on the movie soundtrack for "Alpha city". The follow-up album "It's a long way to the top" saw chart action again and earned them the offer of support act for Motley Crue on their "Theater of pain" tour. Several releases followed thru the years including the album "Detox" which Marco recorded together with Angie Schiliro, one time guitarist with Kingdom Come . Two singles entitled "My life" and "Follow the sun" saw Marco reunited with his old producer Vic Vergeat of the rock group "Toad" In 2003, the current incarnation of Paganini was formed and recorded the Long Play CD "Esoterrorism" and the follow up CD "Resurrection". After touring in support of those CD's they teamed up with Gerhard Magin (Crematory, Mystic Circle, etc) to record a full length CD of new original material entitled "Medicine Man". This new release will be their second on their own label "PaZouZou Records", which is distributed worldwide by NL Distibution of Germany. Jun 27th Envy On The Coast Envy on the Coast are returning to the UK in September for a full UK tour with Underoath after a successful stint in May performing at Give it a Name and supporting Finch. The band will also be releasing their debut full-length album ‘Lucy Gray’ on 15th September through Verse One/Photo Finish records. September tour supporting Underoath Saturday 6 Academy 3 Manchester Sunday 7 Garage Glasgow Monday 8 Academy 2 Birmingham Wednesday 10 University Solus Cardiff Thursday 11 Waterfront Norwich Friday 12 Astoria 2 London Saturday 13 Cockpit Leeds Sunday 14 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth Jun 26th House of Shakira - III + Live At Sweden Rock DVD Hot on the heels of last years "Retoxed" comes the long awaited reissue of Swedish melodic rockers House Of Shakira's long out of print yet highly sought after third album "III". Regarded at the time of release as an essential slice of melodic rock scoring a massive 98% at melodicrock.com its reputation has only increased over the subsequent years. "III" saw the early House Of Shakira sound as displayed on the bands classic debut "Lint" and follow up "On The Verge" pumped up a little more with even more infectious songs delivered with world class precision, passion and energy that have since gone on to be the bands trademark. Many of these tracks heard on "III" have gone on to be HOS live favourites and now thanks to demand from fans worldwide the album is available once again with the added bonus of a "limited edition" 11 track multi camera live DVD "Live At Sweden Rock Festival 2006" featuring a "best of" song selection from the bands catalogue of work on July 18th 2008 via Lion Music. On the album bassist Per Schelander comments, "III has always been a favourite by everybody in the band. We had a lot of time in the studio and we were well prepared and knew exactly what we should do. This is also our only record where Mikael Eriksson (the bands original vocalist) didn't do background vocals cause he was busy with his own career. Listening to it today I think it contents the ultimate mix between very radio friendly songs and more odd ones". When quizzed on his memory of the Sweden Rock Festival gig documented on the DVD Per reminisces, "Around 7 a clock in the morning on the 6th of June we jumped the van that was going to take us to Sweden rock festival. We arrived about one hour before the show and checked out our catering and became very happy as someone by mistake had put a bottle of vodka there! It is not in our rider so it must have been placed there for the band after us… Never mind… we hooked up our gear and by the time that was done the stage manager shouted "SHOWTIME". So without even changing clothes from the bus ride we ran on stage and performed. The crowd was fantastic and after the show we got all thumbs-up from the stage crew. Anders saw that the bottle of vodka was still in the catering so he told me to pack his gear took the bottle and ran away. We didn't see him during the rest of the festival". Going by the live footage such a celebration is well deserved. III & Live At Sweden Rock will be released via Lion Music on July 18th and features the following track listing: III Pellucid Part.1, Alien, Wings, In Your Head, Nearly Orgasmic, Black & Blues Skies, Splitted Hairs, Miracle, Rainbows & Butterflies, Time That Passed, Unspoken, I Am, Unforgiven and Pellucid Part.2 Live At Sweden Rock The Song Remains, Uncontrolled, In Your Head, Hey Lord, Best Of Times, Wings, Seven Bridges Road, Morning Over Morocco, You Are, Method Of Madness and Pellucid Part.2 Jun 26th Blessed By A Broken Heart Head To The UK Canada's Blessed By A Broken heart will embark on a UK headlining tour in December when they will be joined by I Am Ghost, Devil's Gift & Fei Comodo Bassist Tyler comments: "Expect smoke, lasers, fanny packs, hot chicks, teased hair and the kinds of things you’ll be embarrassed to remember the morning after. We wrote killer songs about the art of getting down, dangerous females, school being out and other cool stuff so we'll be whipping out new material from our upcoming Century Media debut, 'Pedal To The Metal', throughout the tour. We hope to see all y'all at our shows. Don’t be shy to come talk to us 'cuz we love all our fans and we care about what you have to say."  "Pedal To The Metal" is set for release all across Europe on August 18, 2008 Blessed By A Broken Heart's unique, infectious brand of '80s madness is undeniable, and they deliver a plethora of balls-out, party rock anthems that are so catchy and infectious, they will soon be your new guilty pleasure. This Montreal-based six-piece have put the pedal to the metal and will storm over the Atlantic to steal all the booze and women while having the times of their lives. Dec. 04 - Cardiff, UK - Barfly Dec. 05 - London, UK - University Of London Dec. 06 - Poole, UK - Mr C's Dec. 07 - Wrexham, UK - Central Station Dec. 08 - Liverpool, UK - Barfly Dec. 09 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse Dec. 10 - Birmingham, UK - Barfly Dec. 11 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Dec. 12 - York, UK - Fibbers Dec. 13 - Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 Jun 26th All Shall Perish - New Album & Tour Oakland extreme metal outfit All Shall Perish have just announced the title & release date of their new album. The band have finished the recording, mixing & mastering of their new baby and baptized it with the name "Awaken The Dreamers". The album is scheduled to be  released on September 8th via Nuclear Blast Records. In addition to the release of the new album Nuclear Blast will also re-issue the band's classic debut Hate.Malice.Revenge as part of the Nuclear Blast Reloaded series on September 8th. In support of the album All Shall Perish hit the UK for a series of dates in August alongside Sworn Enemy. The full list of dates is as follows: Aug. 25 - Cardiff Barfly Aug. 26 - Manchester  Music Box Aug. 27 - Glasgow Ivory Blacks Aug. 29 - Peterborough The Park Aug. 30 - Plymouth White Rabbit Jun 26th Pendulum - New Single Announced With their current album release ‘In Silico’ having debuted at #2 in the album charts reaching Gold status in the process, Pendulum continue their upwards trajectory with the confirmation of a new single release ‘The Other Side’ that is due out on July 28th . They will follow the release with a special iTunes Festival gig at London’s Koko on July 28th. ‘The Other Side’ continues Pendulum’s exploration of the outer reaches of eclectic, crossover dance following the prior singles ‘Granite’ and the Radio 1 A-listed ‘Propane Nightmares’. The single is available as a maxi digital download, CD single and screen-printed 12” vinyl. All formats feature VIP and Dubstep mixes, the digital and CD singles add album and single edit versions of the lead track while the digital format is completed by a live version of ‘Showdown’ recorded live at Brixton Academy. Tickets for Pendulum’s iTunes Festival gig are available exclusively to competition winners through the festival website www.ituneslive.co.uk/win-tickets/?date=2008-07-28 . Support comes from InMe. Having recently sold-out two consecutive London dates, the iTunes Festival show is an integral part of Pendulum’s summer touring schedule that also includes dates at Linkin Park and Jay-Z’s Projekt Revolution, Download, Creamfields, Reading / Leeds and T in the Park. They will return to the live circuit in November and December to play their biggest UK tour to date that features fourteen shows and includes two nights at Brixton Academy. Headline shows: live band performances November 27th – Newport, Centre 28th – Portsmouth, Guildhall 29th – Swindon, Oasis 30th – Plymouth, Pavilions December 2nd – Leeds, Carling Academy 3rd – Birmingham, Carling Academy 4th – London, Brixton Academy 5th – London, Brixton Academy (9PM-3AM) 7th – Manchester, Apollo 8th – Liverpool, University 9th – Glasgow, Carling Academy 10th – Sheffield, Carling Academy 12th – Bournemouth, BIC 13th – Llandudno, Venue Cymru Jun 26th Curved Air - Press Release The newly reformed legendary progressive art-rock band Curved Air have released a new CD entitled 'Reborn" recorded during preparation for their international concerts that commenced with a highly successful concert on June 13th 2008 at Isle of Wight festival.  'Reborn' is initially only available from the band's official website www.curvedair.com or at Curved Air's concerts. Dates for Curved Air are still coming in and include Malta's Jazz-Rock Festival in Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta on July 20th., and the Rock and Roots Festival at Ross on Wye UK on Saturday August 24th. Further Scandinavian, UK and Italian dates are being set for a European tour in October /November and the band are planning to visit Japan and the US in 2009. Curved Air's current line-up features three original members - the pioneering rock violinist, Darryl Way, with drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa plus new members Andy Christie on Guitar and Chris Harris on Bass - and of course iconic vocalist Sonja Kristina. Sonja's extravagant and flamboyant stage presence led to her being nicknamed at one point, 'the female Jagger'. The first female lead singer of a rock band in the UK she blazed the way for bold rock icons from Siouxie Sue to Amy Winehouse. She was regularly voted 'Top British Female Vocalist' in music weekly annual polls and has lived the rock life to the full, with all the trappings and pitfalls that life as a female rock star entails. Her ex husband, drummer Stewart Copeland, is the whirlwind energy that drives The Police. During their sixteen year relationship, Sonja's artistic explorations and Stewart's mega stardom catapulted them both into fantastic adventures on and off the road. Sonja has toured and released a series of critically acclaimed albums over the decades. Her latest recordings are collaborations with Marvin Ayres, the respected left-field composer and producer. Darryl Way has written operas and TV soundtracks and released albums of classical and rock compositions as well as being in demand as a top orchestrator and arranger. Sonja Kristina , Darryl Way and the other Curved Air members are thrilling audiences as they revisit the Curved Air favourites and new compositions from the perspective of the present moment. Jun 26th Feeder Fresh from the hugely successful live performances at the Isle of Wight Festival and Xfm FM All Day Breakfast, Feeder will kick off a full UK tour this October and November. Tickets for the shows will be available from Friday 27th June. This will be the band's first proper tour in almost three years and these autumn dates will be the first chance to see the full new Feeder live show which will feature tracks from the band's 16 year history. The full list of dates is as follows: 20 October - Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent 21 October - Apollo, Manchester 23 October - Academy, Newcastle 24 October - Barrowlands, Glasgow 26 October - Engine Shed, Lincoln 27 October - Rock City, Nottingham 29 October - University, Liverpool 30 October - Academy, Sheffield 1 November - University, Loughborough 2 November - Centre, Newport 4 November - Academy, Birmingham 5 November - Arena, Llandudno 7 November - Academy, Leeds 8 November - Colston Hall, Bristol 10 November - Corn Exchange, Cambridge 11 November - Dome, Brighton 14 November - University, Exeter 15 November - Guildhall, Southampton 17 November - Brixton Academy, London Jun 26th Tonight Is Goodbye Buckinghamshire based pop-rockers, Tonight is Goodbye, have uploaded  the video for 'Brain', taken from their forthcoming mini-album,  'Castles', out on the 7th of July though Banquet Records. The video, directed by Lawrence Hardy (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six),  sees the band covered in paint, having their equipment run rings around them and is generally a bit of a party. You can now view the video online here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPsYi5BdkeQ   Tonight Is Goodbye are currently on tour with You Me At Six, for dates and ticket details, please see - http://www.myspace.com/tonightisgoodbye Jun 26th Biloxi Originally known for their first 2 releases: “Let the Games Begin” and “Right the Music”, Biloxi are back. After the untimely departure from life of the founding member, Clyde Holly, the remaining members took to the studio andfinished the final chapter of the Biloxi legacy and forged forward with their third release, In the Wake of the Storm”. This third release from the band is now available via distribution thru RetroSpect Records (www.retrospectrecords.com)  and the band will be supporting the release with an appearance at ROCKLAHOMA in July and to 20,000 fans for Hurricane Katrina Relief in Mississippi. Jun 23rd GMT Line Up July Live Dates GMT, the band featuring Bernie Torme, John McCoy and Robin Guy have lined up a series of live shows during July leading up to their appearance at this year's edition of the Rock And Blues Custom show which takes place at Pentrich, Derbyshire on July 25th. The full list of confirmed shows are as follows: 4 Jul - Black pool Riffs 5 Jul - Bury Hark To Towler 6 Jul - Southend Riga 17 Jul - Nuneaton Queens Hall 18 Jul - Grimbsy Yardbirds Rock Club 25 Jul - Rock and Blues Custom Show Pentrich Derbyshire Ahead of the release of the band's second album, which will be entitled Evil Twin, the trio also release a new EP which has been christened Punko Rocco and will be available for digital download via iTunes from July 7th. The EP features two new tracks in the shape of Punko Rocco and Wheel Of Fortune as well as a live version of Wild West Jun 23rd Iced Earth - New Album On The Way SPV will release the new album from Iced Earth, entitled The Crucible Of Man on Sept 8th. "The Crucible of Man" features the return of frontman Matt Barlow who was Schaffer’s original voice of choice to introduce the "Something Wicked" saga back in 1998 as a trio of songs which concluded their album, "Something Wicked This Way Comes." While the 1998 album provided a general overview of the story Schaffer has been conceptualizing for well over a decade, the saga is being fully brought to life with the release of the back-to-back conceptual albums "Framing Armageddon" and "The Crucible of Man." While both albums provide answers to mysteries the previous releases would create, the timeliness of the story in today’s world is guaranteed to keep people thinking and guessing. Schaffer’s ability to convey the central themes and events of the story without always revealing exactly “why” characters’ decisions are made and “how” events come to pass, will keep fans of the saga coming back as future mediums for the "Something Wicked" storyline are revealed. Jun 23rd Bison Sign To Metal Blade Metal Blade Records is very pleased to announce the signing of Vancouver Canada’s BISON, a band just as heavy as the beast they are named after. When BISON took its first step amps were scorched and drums were smashed. Born of the ashes of seminal Vancouver skate-thrash band S.T.R.E.E.T.S., BISON are every headbanger’s dream. Their riffs are colossal and flow like a mighty river into a sea of fuzzed out shredding. Their message is punk rock angst and revolution, with the occasional nod to white wizards, the king of swine and a mythical beast called the "Stokasaurus". Their debut album ‘Earthbound’ captured their massive live sound on tape, garnering international recognition and a deal with Metal Blade Records. BISON is currently recording their Metal Blade debut ‘Quiet Earth’ with Jesse Gander (3 Inches of Blood, Subhumans, Mass Grave, S.T.R.E.E.T.S.) at The Hive Studios in Burnaby, BC and are currently slated for a fall 2008 release. Here’s what BISON has to say about their new deal with Metal Blade: "We are pleased that our newly forged alliance with the dark lords of the blade has come to fruition. We shall slay with honor and wasted servitude. Using the awesome power of the riff, we shall lay waste, in solidarity with the legions of the righteous soldiers of metal. Now as one, we look to the future to conquer for generations to come." “BISON has all the ingredients we look for in a successful band; strong work ethic, great live band, good support team and a sound straight out of a BISON stampeded, thundering and brutal” Jun 23rd Heavy Heavy Low Low Forget everything you thought you knew about Heavy Heavy Low Low. On August 18th HHLL will release "Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock" a record that is bound to be a pinnacle of their recording career. Taking the direction of, but not limited to an early release on SST, Dischord, or Touch and Go, HHLL thrives on a formula of minimalist punk energy, choppy tempos and the most bastardized take on prog rock you’ve probably ever heard. With sprinkles of glitchy keyboards, slabs of noisecore and frantic lyrics tossed in the mix, Turtle Nipple will get the rocks off for HHLL's endless legions of fans and usher in a throng of new ones. When asked to describe the band's current direction, drummer Christopher Fritter states "I'd say this new CD brings my mind to another level. At times I just want to cry while listening to it. Then randomly I just want to hit a fool in the face." Spoken like a true craftsman who took part in creating this bipolar cacophony of an album. Yes, it will mess with your head but it'll prove to be the most exhilarating mind fuck you'll probably ever have. Tracklist for Toxic Shock: 1. Hahahahahahaha 2. Giant Mantis VS. TURT nip 3. How Many Dad's Must Eat Themselves? 4. 3000, 100 Points, 100pts, Gummy Octopi 5. H.D.EYE Hybrid Cyborg 6. Trot Line Beer Can 7. The Toxic Shock Mountain Blues 8. R4TB3LLY 9. Eagle Mewnadria 10. Supernova Ninja Surfers 11. Is This Your Homework? 12. Green Genes 13. Wasted (Black Flag Cover) 14. Rotten Church / Mall / Parking Lot 15. Please, That Bitch Will Outlive us All Secret Track - Longterm Exposure, Short Term Damage Also, coming on June 24th is a self-titled digital-only EP that will feature 2 new songs along with the "Fuck It" EP that was never released digitally and features the following track listing: 1. H.D.EYE Hybrid Cyborg 2. Wasted (Black Flag Cover) 3. Are You Ok Kiddo? (F**k It Version) 4. Inhalent Abuse 5. Pizza Party 6. Tragic Tragic Track Jacket 7. Texas Chainsaw Mascer-Uh (F**k It Version) 8. Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready