Month:June 2015
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
2014 was clearly the year of Lisa Stansfield. After a long absence from the world of recorded music, the Grammy nominated, multi BRIT, Ivor Novello and Silver Clef Award winner returned in grand style: her latest studio album “Seven” charted all over Europe, in the Top 15 in both UK and Germany,… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
Emerging Boston-based hard rock band Rubikon may be about to break out into the scene with their new track “Live That Lie”, but the band is nothing but new. Nearing roughly fourteen years of performing and recording, the band broke out into the rock world with a pair of EPs in 2001 and 2002… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
Skindred are currently putting the finishing touches on their 6th studio album, entitled “Volume”, which will be the bands first release on Napalm Records and is set to see the light of day on October 30th 2015!
The album was recorded at The Strongroom studio in East London and was produced by… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
This Sunday, June 21st, on the solstice and longest day of the year, Norwegian Blackjazz collective Shining played the world’s first concert on a narrow mountain ledge 700 metres above the ground.
The band flew up a PA system and a power generator, and blasted their patented Blackjazz music to… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
Swedish old-school death metal tyrants, Demonical, along with post rock / black metal wanderers and countrymen, Hypothermia, are going to headline Sick Midsummer Festival in scenic Bäckerberg/ Scharnstein (upper Austria), on July the 4th.
In connection with this event, memebers of Demonical… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 24, 2015
Written by Roger Glover: One band, two crowds, two countries – a tale of two cities indeed. From Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival, one of the biggest metal festivals in the world – and a city unto itself – to Japan and the stately Nippon Budokan, the most revered venue in Tokyo. Each with its… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 23, 2015
Finnish symphonic metal originators Stratovarius have set the release dates for their brand new studio album “Eternal” on September 11th, 2015 (Europe) and September 18th, 2015 (USA) on earMUSIC.
The album will be released in 3 formats: Standard CD Jewelcase, Limited Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 23, 2015
Jolly Roger Records is pleased and excited to announce the signing of the contract with the italian prog-band Memento Waltz (featuring vocalist Marco Piu from Negacy), for the release of the debut album titled “Division by Zero” (self-released in September 2013) including “Antithesis of Time” as… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 23, 2015
With recent announcements of live shows in South America and Europe in August, September and October, Glenn Hughes, the legendary “Voice of Rock”, is extending his 2015 Solo Tour with new shows in the UK, spanning mid October into November.
Tickets go on sale in the UK from 10am GMT Tuesday… Read More
Submitted by newseditor on Jun 23, 2015
Swedish Dead Lord have revealed the cover artwork of their upcoming album, “Heads Held High”, which is going to be released worldwide by Century Media Records on August 21st, 2015.
Dead Lord's debut album “Goodbye Repentance” hit the scene like an airstrike out of nothing in 2013 and gained… Read More