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Uli Jon Roth announces “50th Anniversary” November & December 2018 UK Tour

Submitted by newseditor on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 01:09

Fresh off his G3 European and UK tour with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci, former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players ever.

He is one of the last greats who is still around to present his magical style of playing which he already forged in the late Sixties when he was still in his teens. Uli played his first ever show in December 1968 - at the age of 13 - and to celebrate his upcoming 50th Stage Anniversary, he will play 6 very special UK concerts.

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Manowar announces April 2019 Norway Tour

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 06/22/2018 - 13:09

Vikings, behold! Manowar have confirmed six shows in Norway for 2019.

Norway Trour dates 2019:
Tue, April, 09, 2019 – Scandic Scene – Hamar, Norway
Wed, April 10, 2019 – Scandic Scene – Hamar, Norway
Fri, April 12, 2019 – Konserthuset – Stavanger, Norway
Sat, April 13, 2019 – USF Verftet – Bergen, Norway
Sun, April 14, 2019 – USF Verftet – Bergen, Norway
Tue, April 16, 2019 – Kulturhuset – Longyearbyen, Norway

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Pamela Moore - Behind the Veil

Submitted by rockavlon on Sun, 05/13/2018 - 05:11

Pamela Moore is best known to the metal crowd as Sister Mary due to her involvement in Queensryche’s monumental concept album “Operation: Mindcrime”, as the eponymous character. Since, but also before that she has a rather unspectacular solo career and did some guest performances.

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Týr announces May 2018 North American Headlining Tour

Submitted by newseditor on Mon, 03/26/2018 - 23:57

This May, Týr will headline a North American tour with Orphaned Land, Ghost Ship Octavius, and Aeternam!

See below for all confirmed dates, with more to be added soon.

Týr front man and founder Heri Joensen comments: “It’s been waay too long since we visited Vinland, and we’re Helbent on having a blast of a time on this trip!”...

North American Tour Dates 2018:
May 5 – Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
May 6 – Providence, RI – Alchemy
May 7 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre

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Michael Schenker Fest - Resurrection

Submitted by rockavlon on Sat, 03/17/2018 - 13:11

Michael Schenker, guitarist extraordinaire and former wildman, has seemingly mellowed and sobered down in the past few years and was even able to build up from the ruins of his latest exit from UFO, with the Temple Of Rock vehicle, which did release a number of pretty solid albums, with Doogie White (ex-Rainbow, etc.) at the vocal helm.

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Öblivïon to release debut album “Resilience” on February 23rd 2018

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 01/05/2018 - 14:31

French Power Metal band, Öblivïon, (feat. former Nightmare members) will release their debut album “Resilience” + DVD “Live at Leym'Fest” on February 23rd, 2018, via ROAR Rock Of Angels Records.

The DVD contains the live performance of the band at the Leym'Fest (France) on September 2nd 2017. The DVD features the full show (including 7 brand new Heavy Metal hits & 3 Nightmare songs), a bonus section with interviews of each members and also a trailer section.

The album was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Pat “Magician” Liotard (Nightmare, Now Or Never) at Peek Studio in South of France.

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Ghost Ship Octavius

Submitted by thanos on Sat, 06/06/2015 - 18:05

Hi Matt. First of all, congratulations on your self-titled debut album. It came out of nowhere and took us all by surprise! Kudos!

M: Thank you so much! We have been working on it for a long time so it’s really nice to finally have it out there.

Do tell me… when did Ghost Ship Octavius take shape and which were the music kinds that you wanted to combine with this new band?

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Ghost Ship Octavius - Ghost Ship Octavius

Submitted by thanos on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 14:27

Ghost Ship Octavius is a newcomer that was formed a few years ago by the well-known Matt Wicklund (God Forbid, Himsa, Warrel Dane) and Van Williams (Nevermore, Ashes of Ares) on guitars and drums respectively. After a while they found the young and gifted vocalist Adon Fanion and they started working on their debut album.

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Shy - Unfinished Business

Submitted by thanos on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 02:17

I was really thrilled when I listened to “Unfinished Business” for the first time back in 2002 and writing a review was the least I could do for this magnificent album. Of course, I made a mistake back then… I should have rated the album with half a point more but I wanted time to tell whether my judgment was right or if I was just overexcited because I hadn’t heard from the band for over ten years plus, they had been and still are one of my beloved hard rock bands.

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Shy - Unfinished Business

Submitted by thanos on Thu, 08/22/2002 - 00:13

Who would believe that Shy would be back again after so many years with the original singer, Tony Mills, in the band again? Who said that hard rock music is not on the rise again? Only a fool can believe such a thing, especially after listening to Shy’s new comeback album! And for those who don’t know Shy, it’s better to stop dealing with rock/hard rock music. I can only say they are missing an important part of hard rock music and that’s a pity!