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Thu
18
Aug

THEOCRACY New Album ‘Ghost Ship’ Announced

Artist: 
Theocracy
Friday, October 28, 2016
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The Athens, Georgia-based melodic metal band THEOCRACY will release their new album "Ghost Ship" on October 28th in Europe and North America through Ulterium Records. Information on different editions and formats will be announced soon.
 
With Ghost Ship, Theocracy perfects the lively and fully-realized sound of As the World Bleeds, delivering 10 muscular and streamlined tracks that never lose focus and combine for one memorable journey. You like midtempo singalong anthems? Try the “Ghost Ship” title track. Thrashy rhythms and intensity?  “The Wonder of It All” should be to your liking. Emotional ballads with huge melodic hooks? Go “Around the World and Back.”  Or if you prefer epic, progressive tracks that do all these things and more, 10-minute album closer “Easter” is sure to be a favorite. Each song on Ghost Ship stands alone and has a unique signature, but every moment sounds unmistakably like Theocracy.
 
“So many kids were coming up to us after shows and telling us their stories,” says Theocracy vocalist Matt Smith. “A lot of them were searching for purpose and a place to fit in, and having grown up as an awkward and unpopular kid myself, their words really stuck with me. I started thinking about what a band of misfits Jesus’ disciples were:  fishermen, tax collectors, and people of little consequence in the eyes of the world. Sometimes the ones most people don’t see, or choose to look straight through the ghosts of society, as it were, dead to the world end up having the biggest impact. That’s where the title and idea for Ghost Ship came from: all the misfits, the uncool, the outcasts, there is a place where you do fit in. Although Ghost Ship is not a concept album, this is a recurring theme, particularly in the title track and ‘Castaway.’”
 
"Ghost Ship" track listing:
01. Paper Tiger
02. Ghost Ship
03. The Wonder Of It All
04. Wishing Well
05. Around the World and Back
06. Stir the Embers
07. A Call To Arms
08. Currency In A Bankrupt World
09. Castaway
10. Easter
 
Theocracy online:
Official website: http://www.theocracymusic.com
Official facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/theocracyband
 
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Thu
18
Aug

FAIR WARNING Go Back To The Start With 'Pimp Your Past'

Artist: 
Fair Warning
Friday, October 28, 2016
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If anybody really needed additional proof that all of their songs are timeless, classic and independent of trends and fashions, then Fair Warning provide that proof incontestably on Pimp Your Past. The current album by the band from Northern Germany features 2016 versions of the most important tracks from their first three studio albums Fair Warning, Rainmaker and Go!, originally released between 1992 and 1997. Every single note sees Fair Warning underline the motto which they have chosen for themselves: a good song will always remain a good song (at this point we will save ourselves a decisive 'full stop' as an expression of absolute conviction).
 
At the same time, it's an integral part of the Pimp Your Past concept that the arrangements of some of the new versions differ significantly from the originals. As bassist Ule Ritgen puts it so aptly: 'When our Japanese record company approached us with the request for this kind of album, we were skeptical to start with. But once we had made up our minds to not simply rerecord the material but furnish it with a few fresh arrangements, the project gained momentum and we were gripped by a kind of eagerness to explore the possibilities. Especially since the new recording are very energetic and sound excitingly different in parts while their essence has remained the same. You can tell that the originals have a lot of substance and that their quality is extremely robust.'
 
So it comes as no surprise that the unmistakable spiritedness of this band, which has been on the scene for 25 years and is now throwing a new light on the beginning of their career with Pimp Your Past, is also reflected in the album's unusual cover artwork. 'We've run out of dragons, unfortunately they're extinct,' jokes Helge Engelke and gets to the serious core of the matter: 'Of course people may wonder what this 'arty stuff' is all about. In view of the term 'pimp', a cover featuring old cars would probably have been the logical thing to go for. But honestly: who wants something normal? And after all, monkeys also stand for an early stage of the evolution of man, so the album title and the cover fit together really well. To put it in a nutshell: we played with our origins on Pimp Your Past, which was not only a lot of fun but is also expressed in this particularly humorous artwork.'
 
Pimp Your Past will be release worldwide (ex-Japan) on October 28th, 2016 as CD through Steamhammer/SPV.
 
Tracklisting:
01. Longing For Love 3:50
02  One Step Closer 3:58
03. Out On The Run 3:59
04. When Love Fails 4:37
05. Long Gone 4:39
06. Burning Heart 4:13
07. Picture Of Love 4:44
08. Angels Of Heaven 5:34
09. Rain Song 4:46
10. Save Me 5:34
11. Don't Give Up 6:43
 
From left to right: Helge Engelke (guitars), Tommy Heart (vocals), Ule W. Ritgen (bass), CC Behrens (drums)

www.fair-warning.de
www.facebook.com/FairWarningMelodicRock
www.facebook.com/steamhammerofficial
 
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Wed
17
Aug

HARTMANN Delivers 'Shadows & Silhouettes' Sept 30

Artist: 
Hartmann
Friday, September 30, 2016
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After numerous tours as part of Avantasia, Rock Meets Classic and as mastermind of the successful Pink Floyd Tribute Echoes the exceptional singer and guitarist Oliver Hartmann now presents his new fifth studio album "Shadows & Silhouettes" with Hartmann after nearly four years break since the latest release "Balance". The new album will be released on 30th of September on the artist owned label SONIC11 in cooperation with Pride & Joy Music.
Supported by guest musicians as the well-known session keyboarder Jimmy Kresic (Rock Meets Classic, The Roots, Soundtopia), Miro Rodenberg (Avantasia) and also the Prague cellist Irena Morisáková and violinist Adéla Peckováthe album contains 12 extra class songs combining modern melodic Rock ("Irresisitible", "Glow" "High on you", I would murder for you") with many acoustic ("The letting go", "Shadow in my eyes", "Still the same") and partly very intimate moments ("Jaded heart", "Last goodbye") pointing up the broadness and complexity of Hartmann. The catchy single "When your mama was a hippie" will also be released as video clip.
 
The album has been co-produced again by Sascha Paeth (Avantasia, Edguy, Kamelot, Beyond The Black, etc.) and mixed/mastered at Gate Studios Wolfsburg/Germany. 
 
Line-up: Oliver Hartmann (guitar/vocals), Mario Reck (guitar), Armin Donderer (bass), Markus Kullmann (drums), Jimmy Kresic (add. keys)
 
Web: www.oliverhartmann.com // www.facebook.com/HartmannBand
 
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Tue
16
Aug

DAMIAN WILSON Solo Outing 'Built For Fighting' Due Sept 9

Artist: 
Damian Wilson
Friday, September 9, 2016
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Threshold and Headspace frontman Damian Wilson has announced he will release his new solo album Built for Fighting on 9th September which will be preceded by new single Thrill Me, available to download from 9th August.
 
The album, produced by Andrew Holdsworth, is Damian’s first solo album in more than 10 years. Following suit with his previous solo releases, Built for Fighting is a singer-songwriter album containing 11 new original songs and a cover of Depeche Mode’s Somebody.
 
The album was recorded over the last 12 months in studios in London (UK), Dublin (IE) and Tilburg (NL) with a group of talented musicians, including Bill Shanley (Ray Davies), Lee Pomeroy (Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Take That), Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath) and Brian Willoughby (The Strawbs).
 
Built for Fighting was mixed and mastered in Sweden by the Fascination Street duo Jens Bogren and Tony Lindgren, who have worked with acts such as Opeth, Devin Townsend and Haken, but also handled Taylor Swift’s latest live album.
 
Built for Fighting will be available as digipak CD, 12” Vinyl and as digital download on all major platforms, including a special ‘Mastered For iTunes’ version.
 
For tour dates and more information visit:
Official website: www.damian-wilson.net
 
Label: Blacklake
Formats: CD / Vinyl / Digital / MFiT
Release date: 9 September 2016
 
Track listing:
Thrill Me
When I Was Young
Impossible
Fire
Somebody
Sex & Vanilla
Can’t Heal War
What Have We Done
Written In Anger
All I Need
I Won't Blame Life
Battlelines
 

 

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Tue
16
Aug

KEE MARCELLO 'Live From The 3rd Rock' DVD/Stream Due

Artist: 
Kee Marcello
Release Year: 
2017
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A new KEE MARCELLO UK tour Promo video can be seen below. Dates are for this coming September in England, Scotland and Wales.

The live footage is taken from the forthcoming Live concert film The Kee Marcello Band - Live from the 3rd Rock which was shot during the band's extensive UK tour in October 2015. 

Kee will be releasing this film through Variant Music in early 2017 and will stream it over the internet as well as provide hard copies on DVD.
 
 
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Tue
16
Aug

Disney Japan Takes On The BabyMetal Fad

Artist: 
D-Metal Stars
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Dear Japan, WTF is going on? I think we might have a problem here....
For those puzzled at the whole Baby Metal fad craze cult phenomenon, those trusty metal-loving folks at Disney have come up with this new gem of an idea - the D-Metal Stars!
 
D-Metal Stars present "Metal Disney" out October 5 via Walt Disney Records Japan.
 
Line-up:
Michael Vescera - Vocals
Rudy Sarzo - Bass
BJ Zampa - Drums
John Bruno - Guitars
 
Track listing:
  1. Introduction (The Wish Upon A Star) [Pinocchio]
  2. Mickey Mouse March [Mickey Mouse Club]
  3. Glorious Future (Featuring: Daemon Excellency & Jeff Watson) [Tangled]
  4. A Whole New World [Aladdin]
  5. Small World [The New York World's Fair]
  6. Beauty And The Beast [Beauty And The Beast]
  7. Under The Sea [Little Mermaid]
  8. Go The Distance [Hercules]
  9. I Feel The Love [The Lion King]
  10. Disney Medley
  11. Star To The Wishes [Pinocchio]
 
This is going to have to be heard, right?!
 
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