LION MUSIC - the progressive, neoclassical & hard rock label

It's with great excitement that Lion Music announce the release party for Seventh Wonder's third album “Mercy Falls”.

The release party will take place in Stockholm on Thursday 11th September at Pub Anchor (Sveavägen 90, T-bana Rådmansgatan). The venue, famous for being one of the premier rock/metal hangouts in Stockholm was also the venue for the release party for the bands debut album “Become” as well as the location of Tommy's first gig with the band; so its quite fitting the band see in another chapter of their history at this location.

Doors open around 20:00 (8 pm CET) and that the entrance fee will be minimal around 50-60 SEK ($10 / €6).

There will be a (rather short) live performance by the band and very cheap deals on all the bands CDs including both versions of Mercy Falls along with opportunity to meet the band and get any thing signed.

Pub Anchor also guarantees that you can purchase cold beer throughout the night so we look forward to seeing you all there.

Following on from the praise for the video for Alberto Rigoni's “BASSex” taken from the album “Something Different”, you can now take a behind the scenes look at the video's creation at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRL0TX63iM

Alberto's debut album “Something Different” has been picking up acclaim around the globe from numerous online sites and printed press including Bass Magazine Japan, Bassiste Magazine (France) amongst others. For review visit www.albertorigoni.net

After a fruitful collaboration started in 2006 and the release of the first full-length album "The Music That Will Heal The World" (Lion Music), Twinspirits part ways with the Danish singer Søren Adamsen. The band recruited the great Swedish talent of Göran Nyström to complete the new line-up.

The recording sessions for Twinspirits new album are currently in progress and the record will be probably released in the first semester of 2009.

The band already played a couple of gigs during summer festivals in Italy, with the new line-up. Some video footage about it can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMglGlOJos

ITA
Dopo un'intensa collaborazione di 2 anni con il danese Søren Adamsen e la pubblicazione del debut album "The Music That Will Heal The World" (Lion Music), i TWINSPIRITS cambiano formazione.

Il nuovo cantante della band è lo svedese Göran Nyström.

Le registrazioni del nuovo album sono in corso ed e' prevista la pubblicazione nella prima meta' del 2009.

Una breve anteprima (live) di alcuni dei nuovi brani può essere vista su YouTube al seguente indirizzo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMglGlOJos

Out Now

"STEP INTO THE FUTURE" WITH GEORGE BELLAS IN JANUARY 2009

The new album "Step Into The Future" by George Bellas will be released in January 2009.

This new album consists of one song that is 76 minutes long.

The album will be available worldwide on Lion Music.

For more information visit:

www.GeorgeBellas.com

RUSTY COOLEY APPEARING IN DEAN GUITARS ADVERT

Critically acclaimed shredder Rusty Cooley is appearing in guitar magazines worldwide advertising his new signature Dean Guitars artist model. Be sure to check our the new extended special edition of Rusty's self titled debut album coming on September 12th 2008. To get the low down on the release click here.

LORD OF MUSHROOMS have been invited to perform at the MIDI MUSIC FESTIVAL which will be held from the 29th September to the 2nd October 2008 in Beijing. This manifestation has become one of the biggest live music events in Asia.

LORD OF MUSHROOMS have already taken part in the 2005 Festival, playing to 15000 people who were able to discover their dynamic, virtuoso and melodic rock sound. This year the festival will be held in the National Olympic Sports Center Stadium, where the Olympics Games have been held.

The band will take this opportunity to film its first live DVD presenting original titles from their forthcoming album. On the occasion of this exceptional event, very few French bands have had the chance to participate in a Festival of such large scale impact, moreover in China. LORD OF MUSHROOMS are on the look out for various forms of partnership.

With their performance in China, especially after the worldwide press exposure brought about by the Olympic Games, the band will be much in the limelight. This event constitutes a major event on the French Rock scene.

If you are interested in this project and would like to support this band on their musical journey, please don’t hesitate to contact band manager Patricia Panton to discuss various forms of partnership.

Contact Manager : Patricia Panton
patriciapanton@hotmail.com / +33 (0)661035434

Web Sites
http://lordofmushrooms.com
http://myspace.com/lordofmushroomsprog

Currently riding high on the success of their current album "Modern Hippie", Errorhead led by guitarist Marcus Deml can be caught live at numerous locations over the coming months. The current tour dates are as follows with more details available by clicking on specific event names.

In the wake of his successful Spring 2008 tour of Italy, Grammy® nominated uber guitarist Alex Masi is planning to go back on tour in late fall 2008. A few stops on his multiple-city European tour will include personal appearances and guitar clinics for Ernie Ball® / Music Man®, who recently inked an endorsement agreement with Masi. Los Angeles tour dates are in the works and will be announced in Sept. 2008.

[Ernie Ball / Music Man™ Guitar Clinics will coincide with Masi’s Itinerary]

Masi is back at work in his Haunted Hill Studio, with three projects lined up. He’s known as much for his classical opuses as he is for his instrumental rock and metal compositions.

Masi explains, “Continuing in the same tradition as ‘In The Name of Bach,’ I’m doing a Vivaldi album. It’s my personal homage to the composer who represents the city of Venice to the world, my fellow Venetian, Antonio Vivaldi. I’m choosing excerpts from the Four Seasons to some more obscure pieces...two musicians from Venice meet across the centuries...”

Inspired by the ongoing organic connections between Jazz, Fusion and Rock, Masi is also mixing it up with “Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.” He continues, “A heavily groove oriented electronica that features massive amounts of orgiastic guitars. I’m not afraid to venture into the world of dance music, I like the idea of electronic sleaze shred.” While many of Masi’s albums are instrumental, he will include vocals on this project. Adds Masi, “The third project is a rock album based on more traditional instrumentation but no less daring in terms of envelopes being pushed and cliches thrown out the window - Hendrix, Cream, Zeppelin, etcetera, but with a 21st century twist.”
All the projects will be tracked and produced at Haunted Hill Studio.

O.T.R is just such an idea: a new multinational rock group which has brought vocalist John Lawton (ex Uriah Heep/Lucifers Friend) and guitar player Jan Dumee (ex-Focus), together with renowned Brazilian musicians!
John Lawton comments, “In April 2006 Jan contacted me, after leaving Focus, with the plan to lock together his love for melodic rock and my blues/rock influences… I liked what I heard. With Jan making my inexpensive guitar sound like a very expensive one, I knew we were on the right track."

OTR recorded its debut album 'Mamonama' in Rio de Janeiro and the Netherlands. The mixdown was done in Brazil's foremost cd/dvd recording studio 'Mosh' in Sao Paulo with a release set for October 10th 2008 on Lion Music.

Fresh from the success of his debut solo album “Something Different”, bassist Alberto Rigoni has completed the promotional video for the track “BASSex”. The video, directed by Elia Cristofoli and produced by Solingo Visual Arts (www.solingo.it), emphasises the sexy commercial nature of “BASSex” with a hot and humorous video set in a lap dance bar that is sure to make the tracks catchy and sensual vibe appreciated by music fans from every genre. The video for the track, one of two vocal tunes on the mostly instrumental “Something Different”, has already been winning praise from viewers worldwide via YouTube and MySpace.

TV Networks wishing to air this video please contact us at "promo@lionmusic.com".

The new album "Step Into The Future" by George Bellas is complete and in the final stages of production. This new album is the most massive body of music that George will have ever released. It was composed in an intense frenzy of inspiration between December 9th, 2007 and January 12th, 2008. The writing process took place every single day with George frantically composing note by note with only paper and pencil. The album once again stretches the boundaries of the composer's prolific abilities and utilizes compositional elements not found on any of his other releases.

"Step Into The Future" is ultra-modern and progressive in style and very elegantly displays a vast dynamic range of sound. It is an extreme showcase of George's penchant for highly unique, creative writing. There are melodies on the album that are pin-drop soft, subdued and spine-shivering, and then there are moments of bombastic explosiveness that reveal an entirely different madman type character. Polymeters, Interval Sets, Twelve-Tone Serialism, Polychords and Bellas's drenched in feeling solos all contribute in setting him apart from the horde and very much put him in a league of his own. There is also a big surprise to the album that will be revealed just prior to its release and will instantly set it apart from the current trend.

"Step Into The Future" will be released worldwide on the Lion Music record label.

Italian prog metallers Twinspirits have just made available a "behind the scenes video" for the making of the "Fire" video which can be viewed below and at http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ajul0MO3elk. The track taken from the bands debut album "The Music That Will Heal The World" has been recieving critical praise with its original theme

June 11th 2008 - Live @ Tribano Zona Rock Festival (Tribano, Padova, IT)
July 20th 2008 - Live @ Metal On Earth ( + STRANA OFFICINA) (Pernumia, Padova, IT)

To tie in with the release of his new album "First Touch", John Jeff Touch has just unveiled the debut video from the album for the track "Message" which can be viewed below. To learn more about the album visit the "First Touch" promo page HERE.

Seventh Wonder are currently in the studio recording their third album "Mercy Falls". A full studio diary can be read at http://www.seventhwonder.nu/news_flash.htm Some pictures from the sessions can be seen below.

Hailing from the industrial wastes of the North East of England, Vendetta are building a loyal following amongst metal heads across the globe with their potent brand of traditional metal and screaming guitars. Now the band has just completed their debut promotional video for the track “I Executioner” taken from their debut album “Tyranny Of Minority” out now on Lion Music.

AWAKE
08/08/08 The Cave Amsterdam Holland
09/08/08 Dockkem Open Air Festival Dockkem Holland www.dockemopenair.nl
03/10/08 East Riding Rock Festival Beverley, England

EMIR HOT
w/ John West (vox) and John Macaluso (drums)
23rd July 2008 - Split, Croatia (Special guest MARKONEE – Italy)
Fri 25th July 2008 - Arcole - Verona - Italy
Sat 26th July - Misano Adriatico - Rimini – Italy

ENGINE OF PAIN
May 16th 2008 - Vospop Festival, Bree, Belgium
8th September 2008- Graasj Rock, De Fuego, Maaseik, Belgium

ERRORHEAD
May 17. Errorhead Concert. Wunderbar Westerstede, Germany
May 23 Errorhead + Freak Kitchen Concert: Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany
May 29 Errorhead Concert Kaiserkeller, Detmold, Germany
May 30 Errorhead Concert Kaiserkeller Detmold, Germany

SUN CAGED
June 28th 2008 - BAR Fest, San Francisco USA (debut USA show)
July 12th 2008 - Coqrock Festival, De Haan, Belgium
July 20th 2008 - Walhalla Summerfest, Deurne, Netherlands

The Sun Caged CD "Artemisia" Limited edition digipack (cat LMC200) is sold out permanently and has now been replaced by a jewel case version featuring the new addition of the previously Japan only bonus track , a cover of the Genesis song "Land Of Confusion". Catalogue numbers for the new pressing are LMC237 /EAN6419922002377 and is available for shipping from May 19th 2008.

The band is currently writing new songs for the third album. About ten new songs are written musically, singer Paul Adrian is now writing his vocal lines and lyrics. More news about this soon. Paul Adrian also recently became a father of a little boy named Samuel Felix and all at Lion Music send our congratulations to Paul.

May 9th, Fenix, Sittard, Netherlands
June 28th, BAR Fest, San Francisco USA (their debut USA live show)
July 12th, Coqrock Festival, De Haan, Belgium
July 20th, Walhalla Summerfest, Deurne, Netherlands

The new album from one of the world's hottest metal acts Venturia has just been mastered and a release is anticipated in September 2008 (tbc). The new album entitled "Hybrid" takes off from where the bands critically praised debut "The New Kingdom" left off yet shows impressive growth from the band incorporating new influences and a killer production.

Charly Sahona of the band comments, "We're extremely proud of the result: the production, the song writing and the performance of everybody is a step higher than the previous album. The musical approach is the same as before, a blend between metal, prog, pop, classical, electronic music and the technical parts are even more crazy. The title "Hybrid" , it's a good name to reflect the musical direction, influences and sounds with different styles of music".

01. Intro/Will you save me?
02. Swearing lies
03. Be the one
04. Running blind
05. Pearls of dawn
06. Sparkling rain
07. Hottest ticket in town
08. Love gamers
09. Why? / This women's life
10. Sublimated dementia

"Hybrid" was recorded at Artsonikstudios in Switzerland in the winter of 07/08 and you can check all the different steps of the recording on Venturia's official blog at http://blog.venturiaofficial.com/

Emir Hot has announced his first tour dates in 2008 to support the release of “Sevdah Metal” which is currently picking up tremendous praise worldwide. This is only a short summer tour on both sides of beautiful Adriatic Sea with a big European tour to follow a couple months after this "warm-up". The following dates are confirmed:

·         Wed 23th July: Split – Croatia (Special guest MARKONEE – Italy)
·         Fri 25^th July: Rimini - Italy
·         Sat 26th July: Verona – Italy

The line up will be:
Emir Hot – Guitars / backing vocal
John West – Vocal
John Macaluso – Drums
Ivan Cvitkovic – Bass
Muhamed Sehic – Keyboards/Accordion
Lonnie Park - Backing Vocals

Emir adds, “As you can see Mike Terrana is not playing with us on this one due to his every day music obligations. But could we have got a better replacement than John Macaluso? Probably not! We welcome one of the greatest drummers in the metal world ever. Check out www.johnmacaluso.com. In between our tour dates there will be some acoustic shows with John West and Lonnie Park. That will make this little tour even more interesting. As soon as these dates are confirmed we will let you all know. We hope to see some of you there and get ready to rock!!!".

Drum legend John Macaluso (John Macaluso's Union Radio/MCM) has become the DJ for the Saturday night prog rock radio show broadcasting every week on Solar Guitars radio. Last week John had Mike Portnoy drummer of Dream Theater on the show and this Saturday night is the legendary Drummer Rod Morganstein (Dixie Dregs, Winger, Morganstein/Rudas) with loads more names lined up for future shows.

To tune into the "The Johnny Mac Prog Rock Show" on a Saturday night at 11:00 PM (23:00 EST)
Eastern Standard visit www.solarguitars.com and listen online for great music, and great chat.

Seventh Wonder being the recordings of their third album "Mercy Falls" on May 5th as the band once again teams up with Daniel Flores in the studio. After the massive sound of "WITW" the band has also decided to hook up with
Tommy Hansen again to do the mixing and mastering at the famous Jailhouse Studios in Denmark. This is scheduled for late June. The album will be released late this summer on Lion Music worldwide and there will also be a very limited first edition with bonus material; more news on this will follow.

As soon as the actual recordings start, there will be a studio log accessible from: www.seventhwonder.nu - where you can track the progress and the making of the album. Make sure to join the new forum (link below) and make it as alive as the old one was or even more for that matter!

Andreas Blomqvist of the band states, "Updates have been scarce lately and the band wishes to thank everyone for their patience and understanding. Every minute of time has been put into the writing and producing of this
album to make sure it is the best that can be. Now we invite you to join us in this endeavour."