CORNERSTONE news: After a phenomenal appearance at the BRIEFLOS-SHOW with Peter Rapp and the (rather unintentional) short feature at Stermann & Grissemann's WILLKOMMEN OESTERREICH the band had its third performance at nationwide TV ORF in just one month.On Friday, 06/08 at around 6:30 am (CET+1) Cornerstone were guests at GUTEN MORGEN OESTERREICH! The show was sent from Zwettl in Lower Austria! Beside of this, the band has a few concerts to do till the end of the year, 43 gigs in three countries so far (United Kingdom, Germany, Austria), more dates added soon!
06/22 AT – Wien, Donauinselfest
06/23 AT – Ternitz, Petersberg
06/30 UK – Grantham, Knipfest
07/05 AT – Wolfsberg, Orpheo
07/06 AT – Zeitlos Herzogenburg
07/07 AT – LeoLeoben, Das Habakuk
07/18 DE – Soegel, Haus Elke
07/19 UK – Northrthampton, The King Billy
07/20 UK – Caerphilly, The Patriot
07/21 UK – The Iron Road, Evesham
07/22 UK – Newark-on-Trent, The Flying Circus
07/23 UUK – Hull, O'Rileys
07/24 UK – Newcastle, Trillians
07/26 UK - Bristol, The Red Lion
07/27 UK – Leeds, Hungry Horse
07/28 UK – East Gt Grinstead, The Sussex Arms
08/25 AT – Mariazell, Strandbuffet am Erlaufsee
09/01 ATT – Langenwang, Barletti
09/14 AT – Salettl Lilienfeld
09/16 AT – Musikfest Grabern
09/22 AT – Neunkirchen, Flavour Bar
09/29 AT - Wien, Saloon Donauplex
10/26 AT – Ybbs/Donau, Danis Milchbar
11/223 AT – Sankt Gallen, Kaffeehaus Purkowitzer
11/31 AT – Villach, Jibis
12//14 DE – Straubing, The Raven
12/15 DE – Maulburg, Ochsen
HANK ERIX, the frontman of the Swedish AOR band HOUSTON, has announced the release of his first solo album 'Nothing But Trouble' on October 5th, 2018 via Livewire/Cargo Records UK and released an audio teaser for the upcoming music video for 'Fortune Hunter', the first single from his new album. The audio teaser can be streamed here:
As Hank reveals: “They say that life is not about being who you are; it’s about becoming who you want to be. After almost a decade with Houston I’ve learned a lot about myself and the music that I love. These songs are me, all me, singing my heart out for the world to hear and this album has been a dream of mine, something to cross off the bucket list if you will”.
The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Mats Ericsson at BoomBridge Studios. Recorded at BoomBridge Studios & Erix Music & Production Studios. Executive Producer - HANK ERIX.
Line-up:
Hank Erix - Lead & Backing vocals
Michael Palace - Lead Guitars & Backing vocals
Soufian Ma’Aoui - Bass
Daniel Johansson - Rhythm Guitars
Mats Ericsson - Drums
Micke Jansson - Keyboard / Synth
Additional guests:
Linnea Vikström - Lead vocals & Backing vocals on ‘Affair Of The Heart’
Alexander Hagman - Lead guitar on ‘Affair Of The Heart’
Sam Söderlind - Guitar solo on ‘Last Chance To Love’
Michael Palace - Additional guitars on ‘Last Chance To Love’
Victor Lundberg - Backing vocals on ‘Shadowdance’
HANK ERIX is the frontman of the Swedish AOR band HOUSTON. A band that have been a bright star in the AOR / Melodic rock sky over their last five releases. The band received the best AOR album 2010 accolade in Classic Rock Magazine and have appeared on several impressive festivals throughout Europe such as Sweden Rock and Download Festival. Over almost a decade with HOUSTON, HANK ERIX has made quite a name for himself in the melodic rock world and it’s finally time for the release of his solo debut ‘Nothing but Trouble’.
The album features songs that has been marinating for years and sees the band leader of HOUSTON taking a bold step forward from the expected HOUSTON sound and sees Hank flexing his more hard rocking muscles. Tagging along with HANK ERIX on this 1700cc motorcycle ride of an album are members of Therion, Degreed, Art Nation, Wildness, Kryptonite, Palace, Gutterdämerung & Adrenaline Rush.
Established in Pop-Rock, 7th heaven is from a 5-member Chicago act. 7th heaven plays over 200 shows a year, has sold over 100,000 CDs, has a Worldwide fan base and plays to over one million people each year.
In 2014, 7th heaven charted on the Billboard Charts for 17 weeks, and went #1 in the East North Central Region with "Spectrum".
In 2011, 7th heaven charted on the Billboard Charts for 21 weeks, and went #1 in the East North Central Region with "Pop Media".
In 2010, 7th heaven charted again on the Billboard Charts, and went #1 in the East North Central Region with "Jukebox". Also that year the band charted with "U.S.A. - U.K." and "Merry Christmas in Chicago".
7th heaven has been able to develop their own unique brand of rock music that proves that the fundamentals of great pop rock song still ring true with their new release.
Track Listing:
01. This Is Where The Party's At
02. Wonderful World
03. Say It Already
04. Time And Again
05. Better Luck Next Time
06. I See You Smile
07. Make You Love Me
08. Happy Now
09. Picking Up The Pieces
10. Closest Thing
Line-up on this CD:
Adam Blair Heisler (Lead Vocals)
Richard Hofherr ( Lead Guitar / Keyboards / Vocals)
Nick Cox ( Guitars / Vocals)
Mark Kennetz ( Bass / Vocals )
Mike Mooshey ( Drums )
Produced & Engineered by: Richard Hofherr & Adam Blair Heisler
CITA - CD1 Relapse of Reason and CD2 Heat of Emotion as Double Deluxe Digipack CD Remastered. Limited to 1000 units only!!
Release date: 20th July 2018
CITA: is
Danny Martinez - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Antz Trujillo – Guitar, Keyboards & Vocals
Troy Benson - Drums, Percussion & Vocals
Joe Marone - Bass & Vocals
Relapse of Reason CD 1
Everytime (I Close my eyes) 4.25 / Through the Years 3.50 / These Eyes 4.04 / Stand or Fall 4.46 / Two Hearts 5.26 / Steal Another Fantasy 4.20 / Relapse of Reason 4.46 / The Fall 4.29 / No Heroes 5.43 / Who will you run to 4.43 / Changes 4.48 / Silent Soldier 5.43
Bonus Tracks: Heat of Emotion (live) 5.01 / Through the Years (live) 4.08 / Relapse of reason (live) 4.48 / These Eyes (live) 4.11
Produced by Bobby Barth for N.E.H. production engineered by Ian Gilchrist
Mixed by Mark Pinske, Ian Gilchrist and Bobby Barth recorded at Big Bug Studios, Denver, Colorado
13~15 recorded in Germany during the summer of 1997 Mixed at N.E.H. Studios in Colorado, USA
Keyboards by Bob Harris
Additional keyboards by Eddie Guion and Anthony “Antz” Trujillo Background vocals by C.I.T.A.,
Bob Harris, Bobby Barth and Matty Mastered by Mark Pinske
Mastered by: JK Northrup at Alien Productions
Heat of Emotion CD2
Far Behind 4.57 / Heat of Emotion 4.32 / Life Goes On 4.27 / Endless Summer / 4.38 / Livin’ 4 Somebody Else 3.48 / Fly Angel Fly 4.09 / Miles away 5.10 / Say a Prayer 4.59 / Can’t we make it 4.38 / I’ll cry no more 5.29 / Find my way 6.46 Bonus Tracks: Cold Sweat 3.09 / Far Behind (live) 4.42 / Can’t we make it (live) 4.43 / Say a prayer (live) 6.22
Produced by Bobby Barth / Engineered by Robert Reents, Ian Gilchrist & John Kibble
Mixed by Bobby Barth & Lior Zelmanowicz
Recorded & Mixed in Denver, Colorado June 94 to Feb 95.
Mastered by: JK Northrup at Alien Productions
Forged from what was left of the hairspray and decadence of the 1980’s hard rock scene, four high school friends were hell-bent on carving their name in the annals of rock n’ roll Their roots extend back to 1989 when the band was named “Caught in the Act”. These four were Danny Martinez, Anthony Trujillo, Joe Marone and Troy Benson. Through hard work and determination they became one of the most popular bands on the Denver rock scene. Despite being caught up in the grunge movement the band pressed on and were noticed by Bobby Barth of the band “AXE”. Eventually a deal was struck with a swedish label and the first release “Relapse of Reason” hit the streets. The result was explosive and put the band on the map. Soon after the follow up “Heat of Emotion” was released in Germany to critical acclaim. As success grew a boy band with the same name sued the band and so they changed their name to a more catchy “CITA”. By this time Marone and Benson had left and were replaced by Lostetter and Stuntz. CITA eventually became Guild of Ages but they had already made their mark with two classic melodic rock albums. Timeless Music.
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of new project featuring singer Steve Overland of FM and Robert Säll of Work of Art & W.E.T. under the moniker GROUNDBREAKER.
The self-titled debut will be released on September 14th. First single and video, "Over My Shoulder” available now!
The album is simply everything that a melodic rock fan could hope for: soaring hooklines, magnificent melodies, amazing musical performances, and in Overland, a stunning vocalist. Mixing the British and Swedish melodic rock/AOR styles, Groundbreaker is truly the best of both worlds and surely destined to be one of the highlights of the year in an already stellar year for melodic rock!
GROUNDBREAKER came about when a conversation between Frontiers’ President Serafino Perugino and Overland revealed that the latter was eager to collaborate with new and exciting musicians from the European melodic rock scene. The idea was immediately brought up to involve Robert Sall of Work of Art and use Alessandro Del Vecchio’s production abilities. Overland loved the initial material that was submitted and consequently, they all started to work on songs. The process was very smooth and the final result was so good that everyone thought that the name “GROUNDBREAKER” was the right way to describe the power and the vibe of the music.
"I’m the main composer for about half of the songs, but Ale and Steve wrote a lot as well,” tells Robert Sall. “I had to write songs with Steve´s voice in mind and that was new, but very inspiring to me. But for any fan of FM or Work of Art, I think they will be very familiar with the sound of this record!”
“The idea for the album was to make a classic AOR album and I think between Robert, Alessandro, Pete Alpenborg and myself, we came up with a great collection of songs,” adds Overland. "I think this is some of the best material I've worked on in a while and all of the musicians on the record are fantastic, not only as players, but to work with. I knew of Robert's writing talents on the Work of Art records, but it really turned out to be a great collaboration and I'm so proud of the results! My personal favourite song on the record is "Will It Make You Love Me.” We’ve shot a video for it and I think it's truly a future classic!"
If you like, no LOVE melodic rock, then this is simply a must hear album!
Ever since they got together in the second half of the Eighties, Chinawhite have been entertaining their audiences with a vivid mix of melodic, hard and progressive rock. You are now invited to check out their new album. In a way only Chinawhite can pull off, they deliver another blistering set of rock solid drums, thumping bass, guitars, guitars, more guitars and some keyboards to lift the mood. And let's not forget the amazing vocals!
No doubt this is Chinawhite at their most melodic and powerful ever.
2018 Line Up:
Peter Cox - orchestrations, keyboards and all guitars (Forest Field)
Sander Stappers - bass (Souls Of Deaf, Tributor)
Phil Vincent - all vocals (Tragik, D'Ercole, CranstoN)
Hans In t Zandt - drums (Praying Mantis, ex Vengeance and Mad Max)
with Rolf Vossen adding organ, piano and keyboards to some tracks.
Australian melodic rock band The Radio Sun will release their new album titled 'Beautiful Strange' on August 24 via Pride & Joy Music Germany and Anderstein Music Japan, with pre order details to be announced shortly.
This will be the fifth full length album released by the band, their fifth album in five years. Produced by the band, the album was mixed by Paul Laine (solo, Dark Horse, The Defiants) and mastered by Bruno Ravel (Danger Danger, The Defiants).
The Radio Sun recently returned from shows at MelodicRock Fest in the United States and Sweden Rock Fest to glowing reviews.
The Radio Sun has already been confirmed for next year's HRH AOR Fest in the U.K with shows in Japan t.b.a.
Vocalist Jase Old & guitarist Stevie Janevski have written their strongest album to date with a focus on catchy songs, layered vocal harmonies with a guitar edge. The band is rounded out by Anthony Wong on bass & Gilbert Annese on drums. Look out for the first single 'Hold On Tight' which will be released next month.
