Årets upplaga av Copenhell, den tredje i ordningen, blev en formidabel succé för såväl arrangörer som besökare. Allt som mänskliga krafter kunde råda över fungerade helt fantastiskt och var ett typexempel på hur det danska gemytet ter sig när det är som gemytligast. Mest hela tiden spatserade vi mellan scenerna och suckade vällustigt över hur trevligt allting var. Vi förundrades dessutom storligen åt vilka låga priser som gällde på mat och dryck. För oss svenskar var det rena reapriserna och för tillresta norrmän var det typ gratis. Ingen behövde gå hungrig eller törstig och sedan förra året hade utbudet både breddats och förbättrats...
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Liljegren Records/Sound Pollution
Norwegian rocker Pelle K first rose to recognition on the Norwegian national TV show “The X Factor”, performing German and Italian power metal songs. Via Youtube videos he became lead singer for both DAMNATION ANGELS and THE ANABASIS, plus got signed with DooLittle. An album with lyrics of love, fear and trust/strengths is promised. Guests like Tommy ReinXeed, Tommy Karevik (SEVENTH WONDER), Oliver Hartmann and Amanda Somerville help out to reach the heights of a band like AVANTASIA. This is the first installment, will there be more?
The pompous intro “Entrance” sets the trend. With the featured guests there can be no doubts what you´re about to hear...
Read MoreMassacre/Sound Pollution
69 CHAMBERS may not say much, but the name Tommy Vetterli has a fine ring to it. If anyone doesn´t know he is back in the revived CORONER again and has been in KREATOR too. The rest of the band is Tommy´s wife Nina Vetterli – Treml on bass and vocals and drummer Diego Rapacchetti. The band has marketed their metal/rock with tinges of gothic since circa 2008. They apparently make good use of the term crossover and are not a fraid to throw in some pop. Well, well, that sounds far off from CORONER…
Opener “Cause and Effect” features Chrigel Glanzmann from ELUVEITIE on vocals. The tracks combines pop with force and a heavy guitar sound...
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Since his first days in STEELER AXEL RUDI PELL has been high in the ranks of the world of music. In 1989 he started his solo career and has since played with the likes of Charlie Huhn, Rob Rock, Jeff Scott Soto, Jörg Michael, Mike Terrana and Johnny Gioeli. Today Axel´s band consists of Johnny Gioelli on vocals (HARDLINE), Ferdy Doernberg (HELLOWEEN, THERION), Volker Krawczak (STEELER), and the long-serving Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, RAGE). Axel has been successful with his many “The Ballads albums”, with the fourth appearing in 2011, and all in all this is his fourteenth album!
The amount of sheer routine sees AXEL RUDI PELL deliver yet another album of mostly above average catchy yet heavy tunes...
Read MoreTonight was to be Jettblack’s album launch party, held less than a week before the album goes on sale. The gig sold out very quickly, such was the level of expectation. However this wasnt just going to be Jettblack playing a few songs, this was a full gig with four bands playing.
First up were Night by Night, who came on stage just 15 minutes after the doors opened. Normally doors open at 7, but tonight it was 6.30 to give extra time so all the bands could play a decent length set which was nice – there’s nothing worse than finding a great support band and seeing them limited to a 20 minute set. The downside of an early start is that a lot of people don’t check the times and assume the first band won’t be on till 7.30 or 8pm so miss the first bands.
Despite the very early start there w...
As the voice of Blackmore’s Night and wife of erstwhile Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Candice Night is one of the most charismatic personalities on the contemporary music scene. Her first solo album Reflections presents her as a confident travellerbetween the worlds of pop, folk and epic songs. The album spans a long period of different inspirations, emotions and mythical moments. Reflections will delight not only fans of Blackmore’s Night, but also all friends of contemporary pop music.
Track Listing:
01 Wind Is Calling (Hush The Wind)
02 Gone Gone Gone
03 Black Roses
04 Now And Then (2011)
05 Dangerous Smile
06 For You
07 Call It Love
08 Robin Red Breast
09 Alone With Fate
10 In Time
F O R M A T S
• CD Jewel case – UDR 0215 CD
• Digital Download – UDR 0216...
Ritchie Blackmore’s musical career is branded by an uncompromising faithfulness to his own musical ideals: he already distinguished himself as an ambitioned rock musician in Deep Purple and Rainbow. For the past 15 years, Blackmore‘s Night has shown a marked contrast to his two previously successful bands, making him one of the few musicians who has successfully formed and performed in three different musical genres. With “A Knight In York“, the third Blackmore’s Night DVD release, Ritchie, Candice Night and their band of minstrels take their devoted audience on a musical journey through the ages.
Recorded live on 30th September 2011, “A Knight In York“ will be out on 2nd July on UDR/EMI and features identical track listings in the following formats: Special DVD + CD digipack de...
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HARDLINE´S history dates back to 1991. The term supergroup was immediate as it was formed by JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon, brothers Joey and Johnny Gioeli on guitars and vocals respectively, bassist Todd Jensen (ex SEQUEL) and drummer Deen Castronovo. The circulation of musicians was fierce of cause, with Neal returning to JOURNEY and Tod and Deen joining OZZY. Geezer Butler has been in the band, which also goes for Rob Rock, and a good few more. Today the band is centered around sole remaining original member Johnny, who has enlisted the aid of keyboardist Alessandro del Vecchio (EDGE OF FOREVER), guitarist Thorsten Koehne (EDEN´S CURSE), bassist Anna Portalupi (MITCH MALLOY) and drummer Francesco Jovino (UDO).
Opener “Fever Dreams” had me going for the medicine box...
Read MoreTHE TREATMENT – NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR… PASSPORTS!
UK ROCKERS CONFIRM FINAL UK HEADLINE SHOW BEFORE LEAVING TO JOIN KISS & MOTLEY CRUE ON BIGGEST US ROCK TOUR OF THE SUMMER…
Venue: Craufurd Arms
Address: Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5LT
Date: 17th July
Doors: 19:30
Tickets: http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-TREATMENT/The-Craufurd-Arms/643998
Price: £5
“This show in Milton Keynes will be the last time we play on UK soil for what could be three months, depending how long the US tour runs for. So it goes without saying that we are going to make it a special night.” – Matt Jones, The Treatment.
THE TREATMENT, the Cambridge five-piece who recently completed a full European tour with Steel Panther, will play a final UK headline show before leaving for the US to join Kiss & Motley C...
Read MoreTURBOGEIST TO HEADLINE ROCK CLUB NIGHT ‘JUBILEE’ AT THE LONDON BARFLY ON 15TH JUNE 2012…
TURBOGEIST WILL play a headline show at the Barfly in North London on June 15th.
This is part of club night ‘Jubilee’, an event curated by Carl Barat (Libertines/Dirty Pretty Things), Chris McCormack (ex – 3 Colours Red/Gary Numan guitarist) and Alan ’Cherry Cola’ (of London Rock ’n’ Roll club night ’Cherry Cola’).
London-based Turbogeist will be supported by The Broxton Hundred and Filthy Whisky.
SINCE COMING together, Turbogeist’s multi-hued musical approach has been described in many ways, from ‘weirdo punk’ sounds through to ‘heavy alternative rock’, with phrases such as ‘more macabre fantastic aural imagery’ thrown in for good measure.
The four-piece outfit are currently...
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