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POLYDOR RECORDS & UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL MARK THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF
ERIC CLAPTON’S “SLOWHAND” WITH MULTI-FORMAT RELEASE FOR 26th NOVEMBER 2012

Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry is a complex one – from his early days as a guitar icon to a songwriter of great sensitivity, as well as an interpreter of everything from blues and jazz to rock and country music. He has fashioned albums in many different styles and with many different themes, yet few have the sense of oneness that pervades Slowhand.

Slowhand was recorded at Olympic Studios in South West London in May 1977 and was produced by Glyn Johns. Released in November 1977, Slowhand was the most successful album of Clapton’s 70s studio recordings...

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When your first single from “Grease”, the biggest movie musical of all time, is the chart-topping “You’re the One That I Want,” and it becomes the best-selling duet in pop music history – that’s a tough act to follow. Almost 35 years later, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have combined their iconic voices for This Christmas, a newly recorded album featuring Christmas favorites with guest artists such as Barbara Streisand, Tony Bennett, and James Taylor! All of the songs are Christmas standards except for “I Think You Might Like It,” which is a newly penned song by John Farrar (Olivia Newton John’s long standing writer)...

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London, Friday 12 October – KISS, Universal Music and Aurasma proudly launch an epic bonus to the band’s brand-new album Monster using 3D Augmented Reality technology.

Celebrating the release of KISS’ landmark 20th studio album, fans are invited to download the free uView app now to bring the Monster artwork to life with a one-of-a-kind performance in awe-inspiring 3D animation.

In a truly unique and immersive digital experience, this exclusive album extra unlocks a new dimension to KISS as fully-3D digital Bobble Heads rocking out to radio hit “Hell or Hallelujah”, defying the laws of physics by performing in your hands, on your wall, or anywhere you need a Monster-good time, simply by using the Monster album artwork and the free uView app.

Four decades ago Gene Simmons and Pau...

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German legendary thrash metal icons DESTRUCTION just released the lyric video for their track ’Cyanide’, taken from their upcoming masterpiece ’Spiritual Genocide’.

Also get it as a free download here: http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/about/70956.destruction.html

Be assured: When DESTRUCTION sound the charge once again before the end of the year, no thrash metal disciple will be able to escape from the fanned inferno.
No matter how fast you’ll run – the Mad Butcher will eventually get you all!

Check out the studio trailers:
Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/cjly8yn
Part 2: http://tinyurl.com/crczo9f

’Spiritual Genocide’ is set to released November 26th, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

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The Apostates – Wide-Eyed & Determined
December 10th on Wolves of Suburbia

www.theapostates.co.uk

The Apostates, formed in 2006, are vocalist and guitarist Adam, bassist Steve and drummer, Mike. They have a determination and clear vision that sees them taking on all aspects of their creative output including building the sets and props for their debut single’s music video.

Having played well over 400 live shows, as well as a session for the Radio 1 Punk Show, The Apostates have become widely regarded as one of “London’s best kept secrets”, choosing hard work and songwriting over gimmicks and the all too common style over substance they see coursing through the scene...

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JETTBLACK’S WILL STAPLETON JOINS ALL-STAR CAST

IN THE ROLE OF THE VOICE OF HUMANITY

Will Stapleton, front man of the fast-rising British rock band Jettblack will join the cast of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of The Worlds – Alive on Stage!’ for The New Generation tour.

Fresh off the back of a headline tour with Jettblack, Will is looking forward to hitting the stage alongside a new and exciting cast performing the role of The Voice of Humanity.

Will says, “It’s an honour to even be considered for a role like this let alone getting the part. I can’t wait to put my own stamp on the role of The Voice of Humanity whose track ‘Thunder Child’ is the climatic song that ends Act 1. I’m raring to get on stage”

Will joins an all-star cast including Marti Pellow as ...

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15th October 2012
Navigator Records via Proper Records

The Guardian ****
The Observer ****
Metro ****
Evening Standard ****
Financial Times ****

http://www.bellowhead.co.uk/

Bigger, bolder, brassier and more brazen than ever, Bellowhead blaze back with their mighty new album, Broadside.

While all things Bellowhead tend to be an event, Broadside is a positive spectacular, taking some of the wildest, most joyous and iconic songs in the richly colourful canon of the folk song tradition… and turning them upside down and inside out with the unique sense of drama and theatre, instrumental virtuosity, verve, humour and blind cheek that has seen them spearhead the new folk boom.

Their third album Hedonism was the highest-selling independently released traditional folk album of all time, yet t...

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Formed in 2008 and hailing from Pasadena in Southern California, North American up-and-comers HOLY GRAIL offer a unique blend of the legendary NWoBHM scene with influences of several contemporary heavy metal sub-genres.
After numerous celebrated festival appearances (including ’Wacken-Open-Air’ & ’Download Festival’) and extensive touring with bands such as BLIND GUARDIAN, EXODUS and ELUVEITIE, the time is right for this promising quintet to hit the next level. In that regard, Nuclear Blast Records are proud to announce the Europe-wide signing of HOLY GRAIL!

Nuclear Blast A&R – Jaap Wagemaker comments:

“Already after we’d listened to their debut EP »Improper Burial«, it became pretty obvious that HOLY GRAIL – offering a modern version of the old-school heavy metal we’ve grown up with &#...

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VIDEO FOR FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’S ”THE PRIDE”
From Gold-Certified American Capitalist Album

Las Vegas, NV – Five Finger Death Punch’s video for ”The Pride” premieres on Vevo TODAY, and can be viewed here:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/five-finger-death-punch/the-pride/US5Z51200276.

The clip is the first wherein the band has presented live footage from the road within the short-form music video medium. Footage was selected from the band’s successful Metal Hammer Presents Trespass America Tour over this past summer, and the band’s critically acclaimed set at Rock On The Range.

Five Finger Death Punch singer Ivan Moody shares, ”One of the best parts of being in this band is that we have the chance to design and build bigger and bigger live shows...

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Following the release on 22nd October of legendary guitarist Steve Hackett’s newest album, Genesis Revisited II which comes in a limited edition 2CD Media-book, as well as a 4LP & 2CD version, Steve is proud to announce details of his forthcoming 2013 world tour. The tour will be a special production and something of a departure from his recent live shows.

This will mark the first time any original former member of Genesis has toured the band’s repertoire solely from the 1971 – 1977 period and will comprise songs co-written by Steve from that period, including such classics as Supper’s Ready, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and The Musical Box. The line-up will feature the addition of Nad Sylvan as principal vocalist on several songs...