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TWO OF A KIND 'Rise' With Second Album

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Friday, July 13, 2018
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TWO OF A KIND's self-titled debut album was released by the Frontiers label back in 2007. Fred Hendrix, best known as the main songwriter and singer for the Melodic Rock masters TERRA NOVA, heads up the band and back at the turn of the century, Fred had become more and more interested in production and songwriting. He started looking for new and fresh talent to develop and following several suggestions from Frontiers Records’ President and A&R Director, Serafino Perugino, Fred hooked up with not one but two female singers, Esther Brouns and Anita Craenmehr.
 
After a few writing sessions, Fred submitted the plan for a new band with a great melodic rock edge in the style of Boston​ meets Heart​ to Frontiers, who liked the material and signed the band in late 2005. Recording of the self-titled debut album was completed during the summer of ‘06 with Fred’s TERRA NOVA bandmates Gesuino Derosas (guitar), Hans in't Zandt (drums, also drummer for Praying Mantis), and Fred's brother Ron Hendrix (keyboards) joining the proceedings.
 
“TWO OF A KIND” was met with a warm reception from fans and critics alike and now the whole gang is back together for another album. The result is “Rise”, a record chock full of splendid melodic rock songs! “I wrote like I did on the first album, all songs on my own. I produced the album but I always leave the rest of the band free to bring in their own ideas,” says Fred Hendrix. “Sometimes it is tricky to create songs for two different singers because they have a different range and colour, so I have always to take into account the fact that Esther has a high pitched smooth voice, whereas Anita has a lower rough voice. However, they match very well together and I hope the fans will like the final result again!”
 
The long overdue follow-up to their debut album is sure to please melodic rock fans around the globe with the performances of all members even more electric than on the debut.
 
Tracklisting includes:
1. Here Is The Now
2. Rock Your World
3. Wheel Of Life
4. Naked
5. Rise
6. Touch The Roof
7. Higher
8. Alienation
9. It Ain´T Over
10. Without You
11. Run Girl
 
TWO OF A KIND:
Esther Brouns - Vocal
Anita Craenmehr - Vocal
Gesuino Derosas - Guitar
Hans in´t Zandt - Drums
Ron Hendrix - Keyboads
Fred Hendrix - Bass guitar
 
 
 
Fri
18
May

CREYE Self-Titled Debut Arrives October 12

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Friday, October 12, 2018
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CREYE was put together by guitarist Andreas Gullstrand in early 2015. After playing in different bands over the years, including Grand Slam, Andreas felt that it was about time to turn it up a notch. His vision was to start a new Swedish pop/rock sensation that would take listeners on a journey back to the glory days of the eighties, both musically and visually. After spending nearly two months experimenting with the sound of the band, Andreas settled on what could best be described as a slick melodic rock sound with a touch of 80's retro in the mix.
CREYE debuted in late 2016 with the single "Never Too Late", which caused a stir in the international AOR scene with outstanding reviews and immediate talk of Creye potentially being the “next big thing” to come out of Sweden. In March 2017, the three song EP, "Straight To The Top" was released, showcasing a more mature and evolved sound. Andreas continued working more and more on the songwriting and crafting of new, more ambitious melodic rockers with thoughts of what would become the band's self-titled debut in mind.
 
“Both the sound and the writing has matured quite a lot over this past year, and of course we’ve also discovered some new sides to our music as well that might not be present listening to the EP,” says Andreas. "I’m extremely proud of every song on the whole album. If you are a fan of the EP then you will definitely enjoy this since it is by far the best we’ve ever sounded."
 
While CREYE’s music is clearly influenced by the sound of the 80’s, Andreas is no stranger to more modern production techniques. "I’m personally a 90’s kid, so I guess the 80’s was still pretty relevant in mainstream media and pop culture when I was growing up,” continues Andreas. "But something has always been very appealing to me about the 80’s for as long as I can remember and that is subconsciously expressed through the music I guess. But to sum it up, we’re more just re-introducing the components of a 80’s song to a 2018 production with our own touch to it rather than trying to actually write a 80’s song, plus we have been working hard to write songs that we truly liked, before everything else."
 
If you are into bands such as Work of Art, Art Nation, One Desire, and early H.E.A.T, then this band is for you! CREYE are more than ready to live up to the initial hype generated by their first single and EP!
The band will appear at MelodicRock Fest - Scandinavia in Malmö on June 2 and at Rockingham Festival 2018 on October 21st with more shows planned and to be announced soon!
 
Tracklisting:
Holding On
Nothing To Lose
Different State Of Mind
Never Too Late
All We Need Is Faith
Miracle
Christina
Straight To The Top
Love Will Never Die
Still Believe In You
City Lights
Desperately Lovin’
A Better Way
 
Produced By: Erik Wiss At Wiss Music Productions
 
Band Members:
Robin Jidhed - Lead Vocals
Andreas Gullstrand - Lead Guitar
Fredrik Joakimsson - Rhythm Guitar
Gustaf Örsta - Bass
Joel Rönning - Keyboards
Arvid Filipsson - Drums
 
 
 
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Fri
18
May

KING COMPANY Return With 'Queen Of Hearts' August 10

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Friday, August 10, 2018
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King Company was formed in 2014 by drummer Mirka ‘Leka’ Rantanen (Raskasta Joulua, Warmen, ex-Thunderstone, ex-Kotipelto) together with a number of well known musicians from the Finnish hard rock and metal scene: Antti Wirman (Warmen), Jari Pailamo (Kiuas, Ponies To Kill), Timo Schleifer (Enfarce) and original singer Pasi Rantanen. The band released their debut album, ‘One For The Road’, in August 2016. It was well received with multiple great reviews worldwide, plus the band earned the no. 7 rank in the well-known Japanese magazine BURRN in the Brightest Hope category for that year. 
 
The band toured their home territory in 2017, but Pasi Rantanen wound up having severe vocal cord problems and eventually could not sing at all. With a tour of Spain already booked, a high pressure search for a replacement singer resulted in the band finding the perfect candidate on YouTube! Italian-Argentinian Leonard F. Guillan accepted the job and, proving to be a great live performer, ended up joining the band as their permanent lead vocalist. "He gives 110% for the band and his enthusiasm is easily transmitted to everybody. Also, he’s a great showman. I had never before seen a guy who runs to the top of the bar and sings there for the audience!” says Mirka Rantanen. Leonard was stoked to join the band and the vocal recordings for the band's new album were finally able to begin.
 
"I think the most relevant progression on this album is that this time pretty much all the songs were written after the first album came out,“ continues Mirka. “On that record, you can hear a few very old songs, but the new material is really fresh and the new record will give the listener a much better picture of what kind of band we have become. Also, we have grown up a lot as a band, which means that we play better and are more relaxed together - and it of course affected the songs and feelings when we were recording the album."
 
The new album, ‘Queen Of Hearts’, will be released on 10th August, following which King Company will tour to promote it, beginning in Finland, followed by a festival appearance in Spain and further shows in the works for the remainder of the year and well into 2019.
 
'QUEEN OF HEARTS’
TRACKLISTING
1  Queen Of Hearts
2  One Day Of Your Life
3  Stars
4  Living In A Hurricane
5  Under The Spell
6  Never Say Goodbye
7  Learn To Fly
8  Berlin
9  King For Tonight
10  Living The Dream
11  Arrival
12  Good Thing (Bonus Track, Digital)
 
 
KING COMPANY 
Leonard F. Guillan - vocals
Antti Wirman - guitars
Jari Pailamo - keyboards
Time Schleifer - bass

Mirka Rantanen - drums

 

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17
May

SPACE VACATION Ready For 'Speed Of Sound' Tour

 
SPACE VACATION, the San Francisco, California (Bay area) true metal champions featuring ex- Vicious Rumors guitarist Kiyoshi Morganare are proud to announce their upcoming California "Speed of Sound tour" during May / June 2018.
 
Space Vacation lead singer / guitarist Scott Shapiro has checked in with the following comment:
 
“Initiate countdown. We are getting ready to blast off. Its been a while since we hit the road but the landing module is ready and Petaluma, Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim and Oakland should brace for impact. We're super hyped to take the show on the road and this California tour should be the start of some bigger things to come. If we're not landing in your town this time, be on the lookout because we are planning to explore the Pacific Northwest toward the end of the summer ending in Ukiah, CA where we will be headlining the Redwood Metal Fest and then on to Europe in the Fall. Looking forward to drinking all your beer, smoking all your herb and leaving a wake of bangovers as we shred our way across time and space. Tootles.”
 
In other news, our new upcoming video is finally in production with an estimated mid summer release date, our guitarist Kiyo finally lost enough weight to fit into his leather pants again and our latest album "Lost in the Black Divide" is our best selling album to date.
 
Space Vacation upcoming tour dates:
May 30 - Phoenix Theater - Petaluma, Ca
(supporting Anvil, ShadowSide, Metalfier and Tempest)
May 31 - Five Star Bar - Los Angeles, CA
(alongside Ed Guage’s Steelwitch, Tzinami)
June 1 - The Bancroft - Spring Valley, CA (San Diego county)
(alongside Tzimani and Solar Haze)
June 2 - The Doll Hut - Anaheim, CA
(alongside Tyranis, Tzinami, Solar Haze, Meltdown)
June 5 - The Golden Bull - Oakland, CA
(alongside Railgun, Ninja Ghandi and Trecelence)
 
Space Vacation band line-up:
Scott Shapiro - Lead Singer / Guitars
Kiyo Morgan - Shredding Guitars
Kai Sun - Lead Bass
Cubby Baumann – Thunder
 
Space Vacation is highly recommended for fans of Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, early Def Leppard and Diamond Head.

 

 
Thu
17
May

Reverence - "Phoenix Rising"

 
US power metal band REVERENCE have released a new lyric video for 'Phoenix Rising', the track is taken from their latest EP 'Foreverence'. The video was edited by Tracy Holland. The video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/J4lXIKe1fKU
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