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Progressive hardcore band SPEAKING THE KING’S from Orange County, California, have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records!

STK’s vocalist Bobby Burap comments on the new partnership:

“Very few bands get the opportunity to take their act to an international level. That being said… we are extremely excited to announce that SPEAKING THE KING’S have signed to Nuclear Blast Records. It’s an absolute honour to be able to work with such a juggernaut in the current music scene. Having so many prominent bands on their roster, we’re striving to carry on this tradition of excellence with our desire to work hard and produce the best product possible. Thank you to everyone who has supported us from day one. This is only the beginning.”

Formed during the winter of 2011, SPEAKING TH...

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International grindcore ’Supergroup’ LOCK UP, featuring Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR), Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM CHILE,CRIMINAL), Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH,BRUJERIA,VENOMOUS CONCEPT) and Nick Barker (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, ex-DIMMU BORGIR) will undergo a brief European club tour in Febuary 2013 in support of their lastest album ’Necropolis Transparent’ on Nuclear Blast Records.

The tour, tentatively named ’Infiltrate And Destroy Europe 2013’ will see LOCK UP – primarily an open air festival band not really known for participating in usual touring cycles due to the individual band members main commitments – will play a 10 date up-close-and-personal club tour which takes the band through such territories as U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republik, Austria and Belgium.

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Legendary British progressive metal maestros THRESHOLD, proclaim the MARCH of progress!

Matching the title of their highly successful new masterpiece “March Of Progress” (out via Nuclear Blast since August 24, 2012), the band will finally return to the European stages in March, 2013.

Guitarist Karl Groom states enthusiastically: “It will be great to be back on the road with THRESHOLD – and in particular to play songs from our latest album!”

Make sure to be there when the magic happens on March 1st, 2013 – London, Underworld.

To purchase tickets please head over to:

http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/gigs/eventdetails/1-mar-13-threshold-underworld/

www.thresh.net | www.facebook.com/threshold | www.nuclearblast.de/threshold

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BACK TO THE BLACK TOUR 2013

February 2013 will be bringing Polish death-metal legends, VADER, to the UK and IRE for the first leg of their 2013 part of the Back To The Black tour.

During the tour VADER will play a special set based on their classic albums ”Black To The Blind” and ”Sothis” –over 70 minutes of total death metal massacre each evening.

Comments the band: ”The guests we invited to join the tour are: ABORTED, BONDED BY BLOOD and ADIMIRON and we welcome all VADERmaniacs to our shows!”

Check out the European Tour Trailer here.

Line Up:
Peter I Vocals
Spider | Guitar
Hal | Bass
Paul | Drums

TOUR DATES // TICKET LINKS:

03.02.2013 (UK) Plymouth / White Rabbit
http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Vader-The-White-Rabbit-Plymouth-3206938.html

05.02.2013 (UK) Glasgow / Ivory Blacks
http://...

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Breaking news: Blur comes to Sziget

The legendary British band and the winner of the Best European Major
Festival award finally joined forces: Blur is a confirmed headliner of Sziget!
The organizing team happily announces the long-awaited Sziget debut of Blur, the
iconic rock band that earlier this year also received a Brit Award for lifetime
achievements. Speaking about playing live in 2013 the band said:
“Every show next summer will be very special – we can’t wait to get out and play for
all our lovely fans who we haven’t seen for a while.”

Blur became world famous in the 90s with records including Parklife and The Great
Escape and hits such as ”Girls & Boys”, ”Country House”, ”Song 2” “End Of A
Century”, “To The End’ and “Beetlebum” making them one of the bands of the...

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DENMARK’S COOLEST rockers, Volbeat, are confirmed to appear at the Download Festival 2013, set to take place June 14th – 16th at its usual stomping ground of Donington Park.
The last VB appearance at Download (2010) saw them serving up a blistering set of slicked-back rock ‘n’ roll – a feat they duplicated in style at Sonisphere 2011; since then, the band – led into action by vocalist / guitarist Michael Poulsen – have continued to enjoy ever-growing international success, playing major headline shows around the world and selling well in excess of half-a-million copies of latest studio album, ‘Beyond Hell/Above Heaven’.
Tickets for Download 2013 are available here: http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets
Volbeat look set to release a brand new studio album in 2013.

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JETTBLACK TO APPEAR WITH THIN LIZZY AT 02 ACADEMY, LEEDS
+ CONFIRMED TO PLAY HRH AOR FESTIVAL 2013!!

UK ROCKERS, Jettblack, have been announced as main support to Thin Lizzy at the O2 Academy, Leeds; the show, on December 16th, will be a one-off opening slot as part of Thin Lizzy’s November / December UK tour.

Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/thin-lizzy-farewell-tour-tickets/11207?brand=o2academyleeds&camefrom=amg

Jettblack – recently back from a major gig in Toulouse as main support to French glam rockers, Black Rain – have also been announced to play the first ever HRH AOR Festival 2013; the event will take place on April 6th & 7th at Magna, Rotherham.

To buy tickets, go to www.hrhaor.com or ring 08700 110034.

In addition, Jettblack frontman, Will...

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UK metal legends HELL are putting on one hell of a show, to celebrate the start of the recording of album two.

This special performance coined as ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’, will be filled with “fire, brimstone and pyrotechnical madness”, with support coming from the epic ‘Winterfylleth’ and ‘A Thousand Enemies’. The show will also be filmed live and mixed in 5.1 for a special DVD release, later in 2013. Next year, on February 23rd, the UK will see HELL stage their full ’Church Of Hell’ at Derby Assembly Rooms, Darwin Suite.

”Over the last year and a half with HELL, we’ve always put on as much of a show as possible, but with limitations due to festival billings, Health and Safety and venue size”, says guitarist Andy Sneap...

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Hywel Davies – Eponymous New Album Out January 14th on ASC Records
http://www.primafacie.ascrecords.com/
http://www.hyweldavies.co.uk/

‘Nothing in the classical canon quite prepares you for Hywel Davies… the album [Natural Language] contained an invigorating collage of material, both deliberately arranged and aleatoric.’ – Louise Gray, The Wire

Hywel Davies, a composer, sonic artist and installation artist, reveals his most significant preoccupations as a composer in new album ‘Hywel Davies’ – exploring the possibilities of ‘white-note’ music (non-chromatic diatonic music) and aleatoric music. A parallel creative life as a sonic installation artist and a concert music composer has resulted in captivatingly diverse works, presented gracefully in this release.

Combining...

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NILS BECH – LOOK INSIDE out January 14th on Fysisk Format

“ethereal, hauntingly beautiful” Dazed Digital
recently featured in TIME Magazine and NY Times

Meet the Norwegian musician and performing artist Nils Bech – an unusual and acutely talented gentleman who explores the tensions between art and dance, contemporary music and pop music. His way of making connections between musical genres and across different settings sets him apart as a truly original artist.

Look Inside is the title of his second album, an album featuring arrangements and performances that range from electronic producers Ost&Kjex to the contemporary classical composers Ole Henrik Moe and Julian Skar.
”I wanted to make an album that brought together genres that may feel opposite, but still feels very close to me” N...