Dazzling Spanish melodic hard rockers Airless led by the
soulful vocals of Iñaki Lazkano and the fleeting tapping
fingers of guitarist Robert Rodrigo return with their new
album "Fight" on
December 5th 2008.
The album delivers what long-time fans have come to know and love
and sees the four piece deliver even stronger songs and musicianship
than those heard on "2nd Round" (2005 - Lion Music).
"Fight"
is sure to please anyone that appreciates classy melodic rock in the
vein of Hagar era Van Halen and classic White Lion - in short big
hooks, great guitar work and bags of melody.
More details on the album will follow shortly but in the meantime
check out this video clip of "Now Or Never" taken from the
forthcoming album and look out for full album details very soon.
TOMORROW'S EVE - TALES FROM
SERPENTIA VIDEO TEASER
In
the run up to the October 10th release of the sensational
new Tomorrow's Eve album "Tales From
Serpentia", the band have uploaded a teaser video
(below) for the track "Succubus".
Please
note this is not an official video from the band but just a
chance for you the fans to get a little insight into the new album.
For
more information on the album and the chance to download an album
sampler mp3 visit the Tales From Serpentia promo page.
MOONLIGHT COMEDY DUO SCORE
ENDORSEMENT WITH RASH GUITARS
Simone Fiorletta and Armando Pizzuti of
Moonlight Comedy have just become official "Rash
Guitars" endorsees. Look out for preliminary details soon on
the Italian progressive metallers third album coming in 2009 on
Lion Music.
SEVENTH WONDER 'MERCY FALLS' RELEASE
PARTY DETAILS
ALL WELCOME
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
TWINSPIRITS ANNOUNCE NEW
VOCALIST
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.
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 LIVE CONCERT IN THE OLYMPIC STADIUM BEIJING (CHINA)
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 CenterStadium,
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.
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.
ALEX
MASI ANNOUNCES HIS NEXT THREE ALBUMS
ALONG WITH ANOTHER TOUR OF EUROPE IN 2008
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.
Every
now and then an idea comes along, which sounds and feels good……
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.
GO
BEHIND THE SCENES OF TWINSPIRITS "FIRE" VIDEO SHOOT
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
Italian
fans can also catch the band live on the following dates.
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.
IF
VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW ABOVE VISIT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBLuYT5QAg
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.
"Mercy Falls" is
currently set for release in September 2008 (TBC).
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
SUN
CAGED "ARTEMISIA" DIGIPACK SOLD OUT
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.
The band are also playing a few gigs over the coming weeks at:
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".
"Hybrid" is home to 10 new songs on the album:
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
ANNOUNCES FIRST LIVE GIGS IN SUPPORT OF "SEVDAH METAL"
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:
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!!!".
SATURDAY
NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR A JOHNNY MAC PROG ROCK FIGHT!
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 ABOUT TO ENTER THE STUDIO
TO RECORD "MERCY FALLS"
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."