May 2004 News Archive
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Wednesday 19th May |
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Slipknot Set
For London Date
According to
www.nme.com
Slipknot are due to play a 'club' show in London to coincide
with the release of their new album ZILLION
Frontiers Records is pleased to
announce the signing of a new phenomenal German hard rock trio
called ZILLION !
Eldritch Italian metal band Eldritch are set to unveil their latest album, entitled Portrait Of The Abyss Within' through Inside Out on 24th May. According the band's bio the album "is not only a well done mixture of all their former creative phases but a perfect balance between aggressive and progressive parts and a lot of catchy tunes. Songs like "Forbidden", "The World Apart" or "Lonesome Existence" are timeless Metal pieces - they won´t leave any longtime or new fans untouched. At the beginning, you are under the spell of the beautiful melodies and groovy parts, but you will discover new fascinating facets of this breath-taking sound creation each time you listen to the album, whether it be the regular or the limited Digipak version(including the bonustracks "Shallow Waters" and "Quite Hope" -a re-recorded version originally found on their "Promo Tracks 93" demo- as well as a video for "Lonesome Existence" plus poster & sticker)"
Casanova Escape Music are delighted to announce the recent signing of
Casanova. The band have returned, with the original line-up, to
the forefront of classy melodic hard rock with a brand new album
"All Beauty Must Die". Casanova released three great albums in
the early nineties (Casanova, One Night Stand, Some Like It
Different) so this should be a welcome return for fans old and
new. "All Beauty must die" features twelve tracks of killer
melodic hard rock, featuring a liaison with Russ Ballard (Kiss,
Rainbow) in the track "Would I lie to you". Z Rock 2004 Z Rock have revealed the final band for this years Z Rock Festival in Liverpool on September 19th. The final addition are Canadian act Gypsy Rose. The fully confirmed line up for Z Rock 2004 on September 19th in Liverpool is as follows: War & Peace
[feat Jeff Pilson of Dokken]
Whitesnake Tour Dates Remember how HardRockHouse.com mentioned last week that Whitesnake were likely to be touring the UK this autumn, well we have been proved right. Below is a list of the prospective dates for the tour. 7th October- Glasgow |
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Monday 17th May |
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Site Updates Hi, sorry there are no site updates at the minute. Unfortunately the pressures of the proper job have kept me busy. Hopefully things will get back to normal over the next day or two, so keep checking back for all the latest UK rock and metal updates. I have managed to post the new UK rock charts for W/C 16th May however and these can be viewed here. Steve |
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Saturday 15th May |
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Bal-Sagoth Nuclear Blast records have put out the following press releases about UK based Death Metal band Bal Sagoth "UK-based
Black/Death quintet BAL-SAGOTH has nearly finished the writing
of the long awaited sixth studio album and will enter the studio
soon. The yet untitled record shall be released during the
fourth quarter of 2004 through Nuclear Blast. Insision Recently
announced as main support to Suffocation's European Tour,
Swedish Death Metal killing machine INSISION have completed work
on their brand new album due via Wicked World on July 12.
Artwork For New Motorhead Album Revealed The album artwork for the new Motorhead album, 'Inferno' has been revealed on the official band website at www.imotorhead.com. The album which is due for release on June 21st via Steamhammer in Europe and June 22nd through Sanctuary offshoot label Metal-Is in American will contain 12 tracks, one of which (Terminal Show) features the talents of Steve Vai on guitar. The album artwork was supplied by Joe Petagno.
RUSH TURNS UP THE “FEEDBACK”; Rush are to release an album of cover versions on June 29th as part of the celebrations of their 30th anniversary. The record will be entitled 'Feedback' . The press release for this album reads as follows: "BAND
MARKS 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FIRST COVERS COLLECTION,
Lenny Kravitz has added a further two dates to his UK tour and as well as the London show now appears at Manchester Apollo on Thursday 8th July and Birmingham NEC on Saturday 10th July. Machine Head play a one off date in Belfast at the Mandela Hall on the 2nd June just prior to playing the Download festivals in Scotland and at Donington Jeff Beck,
the legendary guitarist will be touring the UK in June. Joining
Beck on the tour will be Jan Hammer. Although Hammer has
contributed to most of Jeff's albums since 'Wired' and they have
toured together many times in the USA and Japan, they only ever
played one date in the UK. Probably best known for his 90
episodes of Miami Vice music, he burst into the limelight with
The Mahavishnu Orchestra, also featuring John McLaughlin and
Billy Cobham, and went on to be a major film composer as well as
writing for Jeff ( they won a Grammy for the track 'Escape').
18th June
Manchester, UK Carling Apollo MUDVAYNE TAPS PRODUCER DAVE FORTMAN FOR NEW ALBUM Mudvayne will
begin pre-production for the quartet's third, as-yet-untitled,
Epic Records release with producer Dave Fortman (Superjoint
Ritual, Evanescence). Singer, Chad Gray; guitarist, Greg
Tribbett; bassist, Ryan Martinie and drummer Matt McDonough
chose Fortman because they felt Dave could combine the band's
extreme elements. |
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Friday 14th May |
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More Magnum
Tour Dates For September In addition to the previously announced tour dates for Magnum in September, the band have confirmed three more dates to promote the Brand New Morning album due for release on August 30th September 25th 2004 Rio's Bradford More tour dates will be announced in the near future and these will be posted once confirmed. Shadows Fall Album Update Shadows Fall, who are undertake a UK tour alongside Killswitch Engage and Chimaira in June, have just posted the following update with regards to their new album currently scheduled for release in the autumn through Century media "We hope all of you are doing well. We are currently in the studio at Planet Z finishing up the recording of our new album with our good friend Zeuss. If you haven't heard yet, it is called The War Within. Confirmed song titles include "Stillness," "The Power Of I And I," "Enlightened By The Cold," "Eternity Is Within" and "The Timeless Practice Of Elevation." We are all really excited about getting the new songs in your hands... Hopefully, so are you!" Mitch Malloy UK Tour In a post on the Melodicrock.com noticeboard, Mark from RPM music has confirmed that Mitch Malloy will be touring the UK in September, to go alongside his previously announced appearance at the Z Rock festival in Liverpool. The full post reads as follows:
"Mitch
Malloy will be playing acoustic shows in Europe throughout Sept
and Oct. Although not all dates
are confirmed here's what we have so far: |
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Thursday 13th May |
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Yet More
Status Quo Dates Status Quo have confirmed more dates on their November/December UK indoor trek. The full list of dates are as follows: 15th November
Halifax Victoria Theatre Whitesnake In The UK TotalRock.com are reporting that, although nothing is confirmed as of yet, it appears likely that Whitesnake will be hitting the UK for some live dates in October of this year. Pitchshifter Pitchshifter will be breaking their indefinite hiatus to be
performing LIVE at a handful of UK 'DVD Release Party' shows in
support of their 'P.S.I.entology' DVD. The DVD is set to be
released on October 11th on the band's own record label. Main comes support
from
SiKth The tour dates run as follows. Oct. 06 – Portsmouth, UK @ Pyramids Further information can be found on the band's website at www.pitchshifter.com M3 Announce New Vocalist M3, the band formed around the former Whitesnake members, Mick Moody, Bernie Marsden & Neil Murray, have announced the vocalist who will replace the recently departed Tony Martin. Thus according to the official website at www.classicwhitesnake.com "Stefan Berggren, lead singer with Snakes in Paradise and former Company of Snakes frontman will be stepping into the spotlight for the forthcoming M3 dates in June. You all know Stefan's pedigree; he is an excellent blues rock vocalist who knows the Classic Whitesnake material inside out, so will be an excellent addition to the band for these shows. M3 are keen to point out however that this is not a permanent arrangement; the concept that M3 will feature revolving guest players around the core of Moody, Marsden and Murray is still valid." JEFF SCOTT SOTO Jeff Scott Soto,
currently on tour in the UK, has sent an update out via
Frontiers Records in respect of his upcoming solo album 'Lost In
The Translation' You can catch Jeff over the next couple of days in the UK at the following shows: May 13 - London,
UK - Underworld (with Bob Catley) Slipknot Gear Up For 3rd Album Release According
to Roadrunner Records UK, the Slipknot Street Team have been
busy the past few weeks! The maggots are planning to descend on
major cities on the 15th and 22nd of May to spread the (sic)ness
armed with new Slipknot tracks, stickers, money off vouchers for
'Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)' and a strong desire to cause
some mayhem!!! |
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Wednesday 12th May |
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Frontiers
Press Release - Hodson
Frontiers Records
are excited to announce all the details of the release of the
anticipated debut album from the British band Hodson entitled
"This Strange World".
Roxy Saint As well as playing the Barfly Stage at Download on June 6th,Roxy Saint, the musician, artist and guerrilla filmmaker, has confirmed a further six live dates in the UK during June. As her bio states "Straight off of Fairfax and Santa Monica Blvd, Roxy Saint is an un-deterred creative energy navigating her star through the flourishing Los Angeles underground scene. She is the salacious musical progeny of Iggy Pop, carried to term in the womb of Marilyn Manson"
June 8th Brighton
Concorde 2 For further details check out www.roxyroxy.com WASP WASP, who finished their UK tour at London Astoria on May 9th, return to play June further shows in June. The two shows are scheduled for 16th & 17th June at Norwich Waterfront and Bristol Bierkeller respectively.
Earache New Signing:
Municipal Waste Tour Dates Waysted - Save Your Prayers This just in from Majestic Rock
Waysted's awesome
melodic rock classic `Save Your Prayers` - featuring the vocals
of Danny Vaughan, later to gain fame as Tyketto's vocalist -
finally gets a ridiculously long overdue CD release this month
via Majestic Rock. All of these releases are available from the 31st May and further details can be found at www.majesticrock.com Bowes & Morley Cancel Gigs In an announcement today on the official Thunder website (www.thunderonline.com) Danny Bowes has confirmed that the Bowes & Morley tour, which as set for June has now been cancelled. Currently none of the scheduled Thunder shows are affected. Danny posted the following on the site in regard to the cancellation.
"It
is with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation of
the Bowes & Morley shows in June. I've decided to be as
comprehensive as possible in my explanation, in an attempt to
provide answers to the inevitable barrage of questions that
would otherwise follow this announcement. |
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Tuesday 11th May |
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Danny Vaughn & Tyketto Danny Vaughn has just posted the following update on his website with regard to the upcoming Tyketto reunion tour in November.
"TYKETTO
REUNION TOUR DATES!! More info and band details can be found on www.vaughn.de Kevin Dubrow Former Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin Dubrow is all set to release his debut solo CD in the US on May 17th via Shrapnel Records. Entitled 'In For The Kill' the album will hit Europe shortly after through Mascot Records. The tracks on the record are made up of covers from the 1970's originally recorded by some of Dubrow's favourite artists including Deep Purple, The Faces & Humble Pie.
Perennial denim clad rockers Status Quo have lined up a series of UK dates throughout the summer and into the autumn. The band play a whole bunch of outdoor dates in June and July before returning to indoor venues just before Christmas. The tour dates so far confirmed are:
June 27th Ragley
Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
13th Nov Octagon Sheffield Suffocation Suffocation release a new album, entitled 'Souls To Deny' through Relapse Records on May 17th. The band then team up with Insision, Dementor and Disgorge for a European tour that sees them hit the UK for a one off date at the London Garage on 29th June. The press rlease for the new album states that Suffocation are the "Highly influential death metal legends Suffocation return with Souls To Deny, their first full length album in nearly a decade. Masterfully controlled yet frightenly intense, Souls To Deny is a truly devastating display of technical death metal. Maniacally complex lead and rhythm guitar acrobatics intermix with dizzyingly proficient drum work, creating complex, savage riff collages. Often copied but never duplicated, Suffocation remains at once intricately technical and immaculately heavy"
The band's line up for the album and tour has Frank Mullen on voclas, Guy Marchais & Terrance Hobbs on guitars, Bassist Derek Boyer and Drummer Mike Smith. Further info on the band can be found at www.suffocation.us Electric Eel Shock Electric Eel Shock, the Japanese garage rock band, who recently completed a UK tour alongside Antiproduct, release their debut full length CD 'Go Europe' through Demolition Records on May 17th. The band, featuring Aki Morimoto - Guitar & Vo, Kazuto Maekawa - Bass and Tomoharu 'Gian' Ito - Drums, are currently taking a short break before returning to touring duties. The band reappear in the UK at London Infidelity on June 8th before playing the Scarborough Beached Festival on July 17th and Oxford Truck festival on July 24th. Further details can be found on www.electriceelshock.net
Primordial Primordial, the Irish dark metal band, have inked a new recording deal with Metal Blade records. The band has released the following statement regarding the signing: “We are proud to announce we have signed a world wide deal with Metal Blade Records. After thirteen years in existence this will be our fourth record label and hopefully our last. Some may find Primordial and Metal Blade a strange combination as we have musically relatively little in common with many of the bands on the roster but that’s what makes it such an interesting and challenging combination on so many levels. We had other offers and interest from various labels and it was clear to us we had to step things up with a bigger label . When we looked at things in the cold light the Metal Blade offer was by the far the best and it became clear to us that we were dealing with a genuine label run by Metal fans for Metal fans with a vast Metal legacy over three decades and not with one eye always on the profit margin. We hope to record our next (fifth) album during the Summer/Autumn with famed engineer/producer Billy Anderson here in Ireland for an early Winter release. We have a few European shows here and there before then so until then…vae victis" Further details on the band can be found at www.hammerheart.com/primordial Download 2004 The full Line-Up for the Download Festival at Donington on Saturday & Sunday 5th & 6th June is now available and runs as follows:
Full details on travel, campsite arrangements etc can be found at www.downloadfestival.co.uk Quickies Blabbermouth.net reports that American based thrash band Shadows Fall have set 'The War Within' as the title for the new album due in September through Century Media. The review for the WASP/Dragonforce gig at Nottingham Rock City on 8th May has been uploaded and can be viewed here |
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Monday 10th May |
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Twelve Tribes Roadrunner Records release the debut album from Twelve Tribes on May 31st. The band, who hail from Dayton Ohio, feature vocalist Adam Jackson, guitarists Andrew Corpus and Kevin Schindel, Matt Tackett on bass and drummer Shane Shook and their debut album will be called 'The Rebirth Of Tragedy' The record company Bio on the band states that 'Twelve Tribes is a form of opposition. Their music challenges the proposition that we should become the epitome of high society. They employ the philosophies of hardcore, metal, hip-hop, and rock in attempt to create something unique. Inspired by the revolutionary sounds of bands like Faith No More, Metallica, Bloodlet, Candiria, Public Enemy, Converge, and Rage Against the Machine, they acknowledge the need for innovation. Twelve Tribes are not here to fill a void in the market place, but to expand the limitations and the expectations of the industry. They demand more from their music. And unlike the course of stale, commercially driven trends, there is a message here that is not overpowered by its own absurdity. There are no love songs there are true expressions about the trials of relationships. There are no cries for help, but calls for change and individuality. The complexity of life, and our ability to render it, is captured both musically and lyrically. Twelve Tribes sound is their own. And as the story began, it will continue, with music that defies conventional thinking and relies on its own integrity."
The band are spending the rest of May and June on the road in the USA and at present no European or UK dates are scheduled. Further information can be found either via the bands official webiste at www.twelvetribesmusic.com or via Roadrunner Records UK website. Century Media Records Century Media have a busy period coming up at the end of May, as along with the previously reported releases from Dream Evil & Exodus, the label issues albums from Dark Tranquillity, Skinlab and Unholy Ghost on the 31st May.
Dark
Tranquillity's release, entitled 'Exposures In
Retrospect And Denial' is in celebration of the band's
is a double CD that contains rare and previously unreleased
material. With regard to this release the band state "For
many years, we've received lots of questions regarding the
possibility of our pre-album material ever being released on
CD, and we're very happy to provide old and new fans that
are interested in the first chapter of our history with a
viable alternative to forking out a small fortune on Ebay
for a worn-out original copy of the demo or 7" EP.
Skinlab's new album, 'Nerve Damage' is a collection of rare and unreleased material that includes a full live set as well as demo versions, re-mixes and alternate mixes of songs that span the band’s entire career. A total of over 2 ½ hours of material is represented here on 2CDs. The band see this release as " a little something to hold fans over" as they write and record a follow up to their last studio album ReVolting Room.
Unholy Ghost, who release their debut album in the form of 'Torrential Reign' on 31st may, are a Florida based band who were formed in January 2003 by drummer Aantar Lee Coates, bassist/vocalist Paul Ouellette, guitarist Jerry Mortellaro (all formerly of Diabolic) and Kelly McLauchlin, founder/guitarist of Pessimist. The musicians in Unholy Ghost bring together an awesome display of talent and creativity...the music is extreme and cutting edge, with catchy hooks yet firmly planted in the black/death metal vein.
Blind Guardian, the German metal band have revealed the artwork and track listing for their forthcoming DVD release 'Imaginations Through The Looking Glass'. This will be a two disc release, with the first disc containing a complete live set from the band, whilst the second disc contains bonus material including backstage footage, interviews and four additional live tracks filmed in 2002. The package is set for a June 14th release in Germany with dates other territories to be confirmed shortly. It should be noted for anyone in the UK thinking of purchasing an import version of the DVD that it will not be region free and that appropriate PAL and NTSC releases with coding appropriate to each country will be available.
For more information on Blind Guardian, the offical website of the band is located at www.blind-guardian.com Motorhead SPV Records have posted the following on their website with regard to the upcoming Motorhead album 'Inferno' due through the label on 21st June.
"Inferno
is another uncompromising Motörhead statement, featuring
twelve catchy new tracks and the band’s typical rock riffs,
rousing solos, thundering drum grooves and Lemmy’s hoarse
voice. “Most of the material on Inferno was written by Phil
and Mikkey. I contributed the lyrics, almost in a fit of
panic, and went on to spoil their ideas as well as I could,”
Lemmy explains with his typically British sense of humour.
“That’s how it always works with us. If you know Motörhead,
you know what we’re about.” The band hit the UK for a full tour in November of this year and the following dates have been confirmed:
03.11. Ulster
Hall Belfast, Ireland Sebastian Bach Sebastian Bach, the former lead singer with Skid Row, plans on releasing a solo DVD in the USA, entitled 'Forever Wild' on June 15th. The DVD contents will include a live show recorded at the Whiskey A Go Go club in Los Angeles as well as the ubiquitous DVD extras that will include footage from Bach's US TV show Forever Wild (hence the name of the DVD I guess), , an interactive discography and a previously unreleased song in the form of 'Always & Never The Same'. Bach is also returning to Europe to play two gigs in late June in Switzerland & Germany, although no UK dates are planned at the minute.
Further details on all Sebastian Bach activity can be found on his website at www.sebastianbach.com Quickies The new UK rock charts for week commencing 9th May have been posted and can be viewed here I have been asked to remind everyone that Magnum vocalist Bob Catley and guitarist Vince O'Regan are playing an acoustic show at the London Underworld on May 13th in support of Jeff Scott Soto. Richie Sambora has just been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Kean University in his home state of New Jersey. Sambora, who once attended the college for a short time received a Doctorate In Humane Letters. In his acceptance speech the Bon Jovi guiatrist quipped that everyone should now call him Dr. Sambora and that he has already bought wife Heather Locklear a nurse's uniform so they can play doctors and nurses at home. The full text of Richie's speech can be found at www.bonjovi.com |
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Saturday 8th May |
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Y&T
Y&T, last seen in this country opening up the Monsters Of Rock Tour with Whitesnake in 2003, will release a new album entitled 'Unearthed' through Dream catcher Records on 7th June. The record consists of previously unreleased demos and other material that the band recorded from 1974 through to 2003. According to the bands website the 17 songs on the album will have a running time of over 74 minutes.
The Calling As reported by HardRockHouse.com last month, Californian rockers The Calling are all set to release their second album, appropriately called 'Two' . The release date for the record has been pushed back to the 31st May, with the lead off single 'Our Lives' now appearing on May 17th. The band have also now revealed the full track listing that will appear on the CD.
In addition to the bands earlier confirmed shows in the UK, The Calling have also been added to the line up for London's Party In The Park show on July 11th. Further information can be found at www.thecallingband.com Lion Music Lion music have just announced their release schedule for May. They have four albums planned for simultaneous release on May 28th. Tears Of Anger, Metal Majesty, Vision and MCM as well as an all instrumental tribute album to Shawn Lane.
Tears Of Anger will be releasing their debut album, which is entitled 'Still Alive' . The Swedish band are described as a melodic metal act featuring Benny Jansson-Guitars, Björn Jansson-Vocal, Daniel Flores-Drums and bassist Johan Niemann. Further details can be found at www.tearsofanger.com Metal Majesty is the metal side project of Dutch born vocalist Valensia. The debut album credited to Metal Majesty has been titled 'It's Not A Drill' and was originally released in Japan in late 2003. The European release features 3 additional tracks and is also fully remastered. The press release supporting the album claims that "The music of this album features some of the best harmony vocals since Queen's A Night At the Opera" The track listing for the record includes 'Grim Reeper', 'Metal Majesty', 'The Extra Terrestrial', 'Wonderful Life', 'Magic Chemistry', 'His Highness Hybris', 'Maiden Head', 'Licence To Chill', 'Everytime It Rains Again', 'Hope & Glory', 'Deborah', 'The Moon', 'Bulgarian Queen / Symphony In V- Minor', 'Rock N' Roll' and 'Stars Tonight' MTM describe the new Vision album, called 'On The Edge' as "AOR and classic melodic hard rock fused by singer extraordinarie John Jeff Touch, a new talent with an incredible range". Finally the MCM release, 'Ritual Factory' features Italian guitarist Alex Masi alongside Randy Coven and John Macaluso Details on all of these releases can be found on the Lion Music website at www.lionmusic.com New Dream Evil Sweden’s most impressive new generation act DREAM EVIL continue their unstoppable attack towards the throne of Heavy Metal with their third full album in three calendar years, suitably entitled “The Book Of Heavy Metal”. For this recording, the band has kept their original line-up intact. Back for the battle are star-producer Fredrik Nordström (HammerFall, In Flames, Arch Enemy, etc.) and young Greek guitar hero Gus G. (Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, etc.) on guitars, ultra power-melodic vocalist Niklas Isfeldt, pounding bassist Peter Stålfors and drummer-extraordinaire Snowy Shaw (ex-King Diamond / Mercyful Fate, Notre Dame, etc.). The group’s previous two releases, “DragonSlayer” and “Evilized”, have seen them grow as a creative entity, receiving ecstatic praise for their high-quality deliveries by both media and fans and thus becoming one of the leading forces behind the resurrection of Hardrock influenced melodic Metal. After leaving a positive mark with audiences all over Europe for last year’s participation on the HammerFall / Masterplan tour as well as a victorious return to Japan for a co-headlining tour with Kamelot to promote their acclaimed release “Evilized”, DREAM EVIL wasted no time and entered their traditional Studio Fredman location in Gothenburg, Sweden throughout Winter of 2003 / 2004 to record their ultimate offering: “The Book Of Heavy Metal”. The album will hit the shops on May 24th through Century Media
Quickies A new Gig review is up for the Whole Lotta Metal tour featuring Tony Martin and can be viewed here. There will be no updates to the site until Monday 10th May due to gig commitments over the weekend as we go to see WASP & Dragonforce in Nottingham. Look for a review early next week. Magnum have confirmed a second date on their September tour to promote the new album 'Brand New Morning' released on 30th August. The new date is on September 24th at Glasgow Garage. The rest of the tour dates should be available in the near future. According to www.nme.com Brit rockers The Darkness have enlisted the help of a legendary rock producer for the follow-up to their mega selling debut album 'Permission To Land' AC/DC producer Robert ‘Mutt’ Lange (the husband of Shania Twain) will work with the Lowestoft four-piece when they return to the studio, reports the BBC. The veteran has also worked with Bryan Adams, Def Leppard and Foreigner. |
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Friday 7th May |
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Praying Mantis Frontiers Records is pleased to announce to have secured the rights for the European release of PRAYING MANTIS "The Best of Praying Mantis" album for a release on June 17th 2004
The album
encompasses all classic of a more than 20 years long career for
one of the prime movers of the N.W.O.B.H.M scene, including
timeless classics such as "Cheated" (in a driving live version),
rare cuts - such as "Turn The Tables" only previously available
on a rare single released on 1982 - through to more recent songs
taken from their Frontiers releases "Nowhere To Hide" and "The
Journey Goes On". Token & Human Temple As promised yesterday below are details for two new MTM releases due in June MTM release the second album from Swedish melodic rock band Token on 14th June. The record, entitled 'Punch features Johan Sjöberg on guitars, Mikael Rosengren on keyboards, bassist Niclas Holmkvist, drummer Patrik Johansson and vocalist Mattias Ahlén. Ahlén replaces the previous singer HB Anderson who appeared on the band's debut album 'Tomorrowland'. According to the record company "The songs on “Punch” are in the same vein as those on “Tomorrowland” but at the same time TOKEN takes you to a modern, sometimes heavier level without losing the feel for catchy and strong melodies that will surely convince the listener." The album also features a video bonus track of ”Punch”.
On June 21st MTM also release the debut album from Finnish band Human Temple, entitled 'Insomnia'.
The
label gives the following information with regard to the band and
the album "Human Temple was formed in 1998. During 2002 a first demo
found its' way to a few magazines, websites and record labels. The
response was very encouraging, not only from the press and labels,
but also from the music fans.
Further details on both of these albums can be found via the MTM website. Quickies Rose Tattoo have confirmed another show on their upcoming visit to the UK. This time it is at Dudley JB's on Tuesday 20th July Melodicrock.com reports a rumour that the upcoming AC/DC album will be called 'Strap It On' As yet there are no details available as to when the album is likely to be released or any song titles. Dave Mustaine has recently posted the following announcement on the Megadeth website with regards to the band's upcoming remixed album releases and also the new record.
"From my calendar,
barring there are no surprises, the remixes will be in your
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MTM Announce
Details Of The New Dare Album MTM Music has today released the details on the forthcoming release from British hard rock band Dare. The album, entitled 'Beneath The Shining Water' will hit the shops on 7th June and contain 10 new tracks. Although Dare have a couple of European summer festival dates planned, at this time no news on any possible UK shows is available.
Further details on the new Dare album can be found via Darren Wharton's official website (here) or via MTM Music In other MTM news the label also releases new albums from Swedish melodic rock act 'Token' on 14th June and Finnish hard rock band 'Human Temple' on the 21st June. Further details of these two releases will be posted when they become available. New Albums From Lenny Kravitz & Avril Lavigne Lenny Kravitz is to release a new album called 'Baptism' through Virgin Records on May 17th. To promote this Kravitz plays a one off UK date at London Wembley Arena on July 7th.
Kerrang Channel and little boys favourite 'rock star' Avril Lavigne is set to unleash her second album on May 24th. The record, entitled 'Second Skin' will emerge through Arista records and will be preceded by a single on 10th May called 'Don't Tell Me'. The album was in part produced by Butch Walker ex of 80's metal band Southgang and later of Marvelous 3. Other producers involved in the project include Don Gilmore of Linkin Park and Pearl Jam fame and Raine Maida
Quickies Thunder are planning to release a live DVD in June. Entitled 'Plug It Out' the disc records the bands two show at the Bedford Arms on 16th & 17th December 2003. Tracks set for inclusion include 'Low Life In High Places', 'Higher Ground' & 'Everybody Wants Her' along with the normal extra bonus features that normally accompany DVD releases. More details will be posted as they become available. To celebrate this years Download Festival, Roadrunner Records releases a brand new 'Download 2004' CD compilation on May 28th exclusively through |
