Monthly Archives mars 2012

Posted in Press Releases

Following the brilliant PEEP EP, the spectral Pinkunoizu are set to release their debut album, Free Time!, on Full Time Hobby. Named after the Japanese word for “pink noise” and based in Copenhagen and Berlin, multiculturalism is at the forefront of this band’s world – they play an exotic mixture of lo-fi, high-life, nu-folklore, ’60s Asian pop and post-apocalyptic future rock. “Most of what I write comes from picking up exciting words or phrases from wherever I stumble upon them,” says chief songwriter Andreas Pallisgaard. “Or maybe it simply comes from floating around like some empty receptor, open to letting the language of the world flow through me.”

Self-recorded in the rehearsal rooms in the German and Danish capitals, Pinkunoizu’s debut album is a meditation on the...

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Electronic pop singer/songwriter Howard Jones has today announced that he will host a new 4-part radio series entitled Electronic 80s with Howard Jones for the UK’s premiere 80s music radio station Absolute 80s. The hour-long show starts Sunday 4th March at 8pm, with subsequent shows airing on 11th March, 18th March and 25th March.

Electronic 80s With Howard Jones dovetails Howard’s highly anticipated April 2012 UK Tour, which begins at the O2 Academy Bristol on Wednesday 11th April. This marks the first time Howard will perform his first two studios albums Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action, back-to-back in their entirety on a nationwide tour...

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Provogue Records are pleased to announce the UK Blu-ray & DVD release of “Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre – Live From New York “on Monday 26th March 2012.

The follow-up DVD to 2009’s hugely successful Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Bonamassa kicks off proceedings with Slow Train, from his 2011 album Dust Bowl, followed by the fan-favourites Cradle Song, Dust Bowl, Blue & Evil, Mountain Time, and many more. The landmark concert features a string of special guests, including Beth Hart, John Hiatt, and Paul Rodgers.

Beth Hart joins Bonamassa for the soulful duets I’ll Take Care of You and Sinner’s Prayer, taken from the recently released Don’t Explain album – a collection of soul covers the pair recorded together...

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Eric Johnson, the celebrated American electric guitarist, hailed by Joe Bonamassa as “one of the greatest guitar players of all time”, will embark on his first ever UK tour at the Holmfirth Picturedrome on Friday 5th July. The 5-date tour will showcase material from his current album “Up Close”, and from his rich back catalogue.
Planet Rock will start at ticket pre-sale on Wednesday 7th March, followed by a ticket pre-sale from Ents24 on Thursday 8th March. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 9th March via the 24 hour box office: 0844 478 0898, www.thegigcartel.com.
Johnson is also a respected acoustic, lap steel, resonator and an accomplished pianist and vocalist...

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earMUSIC, rock leg of the Hamburg, Germany, based full entertainment company Edel, is thrilled to announce the new album of THE Swedish rock supergroup, EUROPE. The long player, set for UK release on Monday 30th April 2012, is entitled Bag of Bones.

The new record was produced by one of the world’s most prestigious producers, Kevin Shirley. No stranger to the crème de la crème of iconic rock, Shirley has produced albums for Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Black Country Communion, Black Stone Cherry and Journey. Bag of Bones features 11 brand new tracks, including the first single, Not Supposed To Sing The Blues, which will be serviced to radio this Friday, March 2nd and will be released digitally March 9th.

The band recently unveiled the album artwork and now is ready to confirm the track l...

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SCUM, the classic 1987 album from grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH, has been remastered with Full Dynamic Range and is out now on CD. The album will also be available on limited edition coloured vinyl LP in the coming weeks.

SCUM was originally released 25 years ago to little fanfare but, unknowingly at the time, would go on to spawn an entire genre, influencing others for decades to come. To this day, the album is still widely hailed as the most important grindcore album ever made, and regularly features in charts listing the best metal albums of all time.

SCUM has been remastered especially for this release from the original tapes with Full Dynamic Range (FDR), allowing the music’s nuances to shine through, giving the whole album a more ferocious and dynamic sound, and enabling the list...

Posted in Gig/Festival Reviews

House of metal 2012
Vilken comeback och dundersuccé!

Festivalen utvecklas från år till år. Drivna och erfarna festivalmänniskor som vet vad de ska göra. Organisationen lärde sig av förra årets debacle! Trots stora namn som ”T.N.T”, ”U.D.O” och ”Triptykon” mfl så gick det kräftgång. Visst levererade banden men publiken svek. Det var egentligen bara ”Ghost” och ”U.D.O” som drog storpublik på sina respektive scener.

Jag var lite skeptisk till årets line up men de som jobbar med festivalen visste vad de gjorde. ”Immortal” och ”Amon Amarth” var de stora dragplåstren. Support kom från bla ”Nocturnal Rites”, ”Amaranthe” och ”Entombed”. Alla banden fyllde golvet och stolarna framför den stora scenen i Idun. Jag såg delar av allt och det blev stor succé...

Posted in Cd Reviews

Artist: Eluveitie
Album: Helvetios (Nuclear Blast)
Genre: Melodic death/folk metal

Femte fullängdaren från Schweiziska Eluveitie är här i form av Helvetios, ett konceptalbum under vilket man får följa historien om Kelternas krig mot Romarriket.

Eluveitie behåller sitt säregna sound där de kombinerar det klassiska Göteborgsdödssoundet med keltisk folkmusik. Flera låtar är lite agressivare och lite torrare än på tidigare album och jag skulle vilja påstå att det melodiska spelar en lite, lite mindre roll på Helvetios, exempelvis är verserna ofta helt fria från folkinstrumenten och helheten är hård metal med inslag av folkmusik istället för tvärtom (som på 2009 års misstag)...