Monthly Archives november 2012

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Swedish Industrial Metal overlords PAIN return to the UK for a headline tour in 2013!

Following their recent well-received support slot with labelmates Nightwish, PAIN , headed up by the never sleeping, creative genius, Peter Tägtgren (producer of the likes of DIMMU BORGIR, CHILDREN OF BODOM and SABATON) will be embarking on a headline tour of the UK. Support comes from Neosis!

The band’s brand new live DVD/Blu-Ray, ‘We Come In Peace’, is out via Nuclear Blast on November 19th ’12. You can check out a live clip of the song ’Dirty Woman’, recorded at the ’Masters of Rock’ Festival 2012 here:

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The silver eagle has finally landed for audiences worldwide!

After enjoying a limited “Fan Club Only” UK release, Heavy Metal Thunder – The Movie, Saxon’s wonderfully unfiltered and intimate account of their ascent to the upper echelons of heavy metal, will finally enjoy an international release this December. The double-disc set features the soon-to-be-celebrated story of Saxon, while the second disc is packed with bonus features including a full-length performance (on St. George’s Day) from April 23rd, 2008...

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Blackmore’s Night – The Beginning“ is a documentation about the early period of a musical legend.

In the lavish velvet-box you will find the first two Blackmore‘s Night albums “Shadow Of The Moon“ and “Under A Violet Moon“ as well as rare video footage of their early tours “Live In Germany 1997-1998“ and “Under A Violet Moon – Castle Tour 2000“. Available for the first time on DVD and only in the “The Beginning“ box.

The footage from various concerts from the “Shadow Of The Moon“ and “Under A Violet Moon“ tours is enriched by interviews with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, as well as backstage footage, rehearsal footage and medieval fight shows...

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Never tired of the road, Saxon announce the UK leg of their Sacrifice World Tour in support of the upcoming album of the same name. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends will play 9 dates in April 2013 and they can’t wait to share their new material on stage. Tickets go onsale at 9.00am on Friday 2nd November – full details below.

Throughout the years, Saxon have been touring relentlessly and earning an excellent reputation for the quality and energy of their performances. This is documented in their ‘Heavy Metal Thunder – The Movie’, which is released on 7th December. As UK fans await ‘Sacrifice’ with the same anticipation reserved for Saxon’s previous work, they know the spring shows will be – as always – a treat not to be missed.

Biff Byford says “People have bee...

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LEGENDARY GERMAN ROCKERS CONFIRM THE RELEASE OF NEW STUDIO ALBUM, ‘STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL’, FOR JANUARY 21st 2013 VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS + ONE-OFF UK HEADLINE SHOW AT THE LONDON FORUM ON APRIL 16th!

THE FOLLOW-UP to their 2010 ‘7 Sinners’ release, ‘Straight Out Of Hell’ is the latest studio album to be issued beneath the celebrated Helloween banner – a banner first unfurled back in 1985.

Set for release via Spinefarm Records on January 21st 2013, ‘Straight Out Of Hell’ has been produced by Charlie Bauerfeind, who also worked on ‘7 Sinners’, and sees the five musicians maintaining a rawer edge throughout, working quickly in the studio (MiSueno Studio in Tenerife) and delivering 13 brand new compositions that, in the words of founding member, guitarist Michael Weikath, will “kick ...

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3 DOORS DOWN TO RELEASE THE GREATEST HITS NOVEMBER 19

Collection Features Three New Songs and Nine US #1 Remixed and Re-Mastered Hits Including

BAND OFFERS FREE DOWNLOAD OF LEAD SINGLE ‘ONE LIGHT’

3 Doors Down will release The Greatest Hits via Universal Records on November 19, 2012. The collection features nine US #1 hits that have been remixed and re-mastered, alongside three new songs.

On October 3, the Billboard cited the Top 100 Songs over the past two decades based on actual airplay. 3 Doors Down was honored with inclusion of two tracks in the Top 25, with ‘Here Without You’ at #8 and ‘Kryptonite’ at #25. The lead single from The Greatest Hits is ‘One Light’ and impacting radio now.

The full track-listing includes:
Kryptonite
When I’m Gone
Here Without You
It’...

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NEW ‘ANCIENT SECRETS’ EP PRIMED FOR RELEASE + UK DATES WITH CANCER BATS

LONDON-BASED rockers, Turbogeist, will release their ‘Ancient Secrets’ EP on January 14th 2012 via Spinefarm Records.

Co-produced by the band & Chris Sheldon (who has previously worked with Pixies, Radiohead & Foo Fighters, amongst others), ‘Ancient Secrets’ was recorded at Livingston Studios in North London, and will be available as a digital download plus a numbered, coloured vinyl 10”.

Inspired in part by Apocalyptic times, ‘Ancient Secrets’ includes five ripping tracks, with man’s stuttering evolution at the core of the action; the featured songs include ‘Mermaid’s Revenge’ (about our ill-fated attempts to conquer nature), for which a video has just been filmed, and ‘Zero Friends’ (society’s sl...

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VON HERTZEN BROTHERS ANNOUNCED TO PLAY INAUGURAL HRH PROG FESTIVAL IN APRIL 2013!

VON HERTZEN BROTHERS, Finland’s number 1 rock band, will return to the UK in spring 2013 for an appearance at the first ever HRH PROG festival.

This event will take place at MAGNA Science Adventure, a spectacularly renovated Steel Works in Rotherham on April 6th / 7th.

The festival line-up reflects the full range of Prog in 2013, bringing together new faces and established names, from Tesseract & Touchstone through to Caravan & The Enid.

Von Hertzen Brothers’ vocalist/ guitarist Mikko is especially pleased to be sharing stage space with headliners, Hawkwind…

“When I was growing up in Finland, Hawkwind was one of my favourite bands...

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First crazy video of Swedish metalband, The Embodied is recently published on Youtube, around the music-world. That „movie” is their really first, official muic video. By the network, video was visible from last Thursday, but already almost more than a thousand people checked it. Seems like, these guys just go upper and upper. So, as they always say: STAY METAL!

The Embodied band from middle-Sweden was formed in 2006 in the city of Jönköping. During these first 6 years, they have played with Amon Amarth, Engel, Bullet, and Arch Enemy, and their Hungarian-born drummer has stimulated tours in Central Europe.

In the autumn of 2011 after some really successful EP, they published their first album, cooperating with the well-known producer Andy La Rocque...

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Massacre/Sound Pollution

Once bitten absolutely not twice shy, the band of FIREWIND drummer Michael Ehré (also GAMMA RAY, METALIUM etc.), LOVE.MIGH.KILL, returns with their second effort in two years. Their debut “Brace for Impact” came highly recommended by yours truly, can they top that?

One half-hearted intro of more length than usual later this album moves into high gear. I actually think they have topped their debut...