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*** NEWS/RUMORS ***
*
-Annihilator's CD/DVD LIVE AT MASTER OF ROCK is out now on
Steamhammer. Track list: "Intro," "King Of The Kill," "Blackest Day,"
"Operation Annihilation," "Clown Parade," "Set The World On Fire," "I
Am In Command," "Never, Neverland," "Fun Palace," "Phantasmagoria,"
"W.T.Y.D.," "Wicked Mystic," "Alison Hell," "Shallow Grave." See
http://www.annihilatormetal.com/ for more.

-In a chat with HeadbangerNYC.com Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante said
the band is "in the process of regrouping with" singer John Bush.

-Check out an e-card for The Atlas Moth's A GLORIFIED PIECE OF BLUE
SKY, out now on Candlelight Records, at
http://www.candlelightrecords.co.uk/digital/ecard/atlasmoth_ecard/atlasmoth_ecard.html
.

-The soundtrack to the film "Extremely Sorry" (Flip Skateboards)
features Motorhead's Lemmy and Slayer's Dave Lombardo covering Ben E.
King's "Stand By Me." Check it out at
http://soundcloud.com/volcoment/stand-by-me-baron-featuring-lemmy-kilmister-dave-lombardo
.

-Fire's THRILL ME is out now via Avenue Of Allies. Hype: "Energetic
melodic Hard Rock done the good old fashioned way with a strong lead
vocalist, powerful guitar riffs and a dynamic rhythm section are the
trademarks of Fire, a smokin' hot band hailing from the Mediterranean
island of Malta. The straight ahead Rock anthems of the band's second
album impress with a powerful production of international standard and
will win over friends of Thunder, Sammy Hagar, Krokus, FireHouse, Y&T,
Gotthard and Whitesnake." Track list: "Thrill Me," "Get It On," "That
Kind Of Woman," "Come With Me," "Always There," "Hollywood," "Crazy
Lovin'," "No More Pain," "Where Are We Goin'," "Lost Without You,"
"Back Home." Check out three song clips and the "Thrill Me" video at
http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=29120 . See http://www.firemalta.com/ ,
http://www.myspace.com/firemalta ,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FIRE-Malta/70582425980 , and
http://www.reverbnation.com/firemalta for more.

-Lita Ford's WICKED WONDERLAND is out now in Europe and the U.S.
Ford's husband, Jim Gillette (Nitro), sings lead and backing vocals
and Stet Howland (ex-W.A.S.P.) plays drums. Track list: "Crave,"
"Piece (Hell Yeah)," "Patriotic SOB," "Scream," "Inside," "Wicked
Wonderland," "Indulge," "Love," "Betrayal," "Sacred," "Truth,"
"Everything," "Bed," "Garden," "Push." Check out the video for "Crave"
at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=29121 , and see http://www.litaxx.tv/ and
http://www.myspace.com/litaford for more.

-Grimmstine, featuring Steve Grimmett, is hoping to tour next year.
The tentative plan is to hit the U.S. in the spring and then the U.K.
and Europe in late summer/early fall.

-Halford's new video for "Get Into The Spirit" from WINTER SONGS is
available exclusively at MetalGodShop.com. HalfordMusic.com has the
album's first single "Christmas For Everyone" available as a free
download, and the other singles "Get Into The Spirit," "We Three
Kings," "Oh Come O Come Emanuel," and "Winter Song" for sale. See
http://www.RobHalford.com/ for more.

-Hazy Hamlet from Brazil has contributed the tack "Rebel In The
F.D.G." to the upcoming W.A.S.P. tribute, THE CRIMSON COVERS, due out
on Remedy Records. See http://www.myspace.com/hazyhamlet for more.

-Rush's new live set WORKING MEN compiles "greatest hits" tracks from
RUSH IN RIO, R30, and SNAKES & ARROWS LIVE plus the previously
unreleased "One Little Victory." Track list: "Limelight," "The Spirit
Of Radio," "2112," "Freewill," "Dreamline," "Far Cry," "Subdivisions,"
"One Little Victory," "Closer To The Heart," "Tom Sawyer," "Working
Man," "YYZ."

-Organizers for the Sweden Rock Cruise -- set for next April 8-9 --
announced Death Angel is confirmed to participate, and five more bands
will be announced soon. Check out a video from the 2009 cruise at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qp6ADjt5Hw . See
http://www.swedenrock.com/ for more.

-X-Sinner -- featuring Rex Scott on vocals, guitars, and drums, Greg
Bishop on guitar, and Rob Kniep on bass -- has released WORLD COVERED
IN BLOOD. Track list: "Back In Red," ""What Rock Is For," "Holy Ghost
& Fire," "World Covered In Blood," "Storm On The Horizon," "Ready To
Go," "Forgive Them," "Wanna Be Set Free," "Got Something To Say,"
"Who's Your Friend," "That Ain't Me." Check out clips of three songs
at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=29117 , and see http://www.x-sinner.org/
and http://www.myspace.com/xsinnernews for more.

Thanks to Music Buy Mail, Earsplit PR, and RockRealms.com for help
gathering some of this information.

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*** ROCK HARD RIDE FREE ***
*
by Tim Wadzinski (tsw512@yahoo.com)

-It's fun to have Kiss in the spotlight again. My kid's almost five
and likes "The Catman," and since we've been listening to SONIC BOOM
and KISS KLASSICS quite a bit we hear "Shout It Out Loud" being sung
around the house a lot. So we made a spur-of-the-moment decision last
Friday to carve our Halloween pumpkins like Kiss faces. I must say, I
did a remarkably decent job on Gene Simmons, doing it free-hand with
virtually no prep time. (I am *not* artistic so please indulge me
while I crow a bit.) My wife handled Paul Stanley and Peter Criss very
well, using the DYNASTY cover as a model. Alas, we didn't have a
fourth gourd for Ace Frehley... But when we displayed our handiwork on
the front stoop I sat the Catman on an upside down Ace Hardware pail,
so at least he was there in spirit. (And now that I think about it,
having "Ace" prop Peter up was actually a nice little homage to what
those guys did back in the '70s...) And besides all this, my wife got
me a musical Halloween card that plays "Rock And Roll All Nite" and my
kid's friend's mom bought us a pack of those Kiss M&Ms from Walmart.
Now tomorrow night Kiss plays Chicago, prompting a Chicago Tribune
article a few days ago that mentioned how Gene Simmons recently turned
60. It's crazy and admirable how long these guys have been at it.
Kudos.

-More on the new Lita Ford stuff... Check out a recent (and
unflattering) "You Again?" feature at Popdose, by Jeff Giles, at
http://popdose.com/you-again-lita-ford-wicked-wonderland/ , and get a
free MP3 of the track "Scream at Amazon.com.

-My new favorite album cover is for Fire's THRILL ME, mentioned above
in "News/Rumors." Check it out -- you'll laugh.

-In my current playlist: Halford - WINTER SONGS (Metal God Records),
Pretty Wild - ALL THE WAY (Swedmetal Records), S.E.X. Department -
ROCK N ROLL SUICIDE (Perris Records).

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*** REVIEWS ***
*
BELLEVUE SUITE - SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (B+) indie, 2009
4 tracks, RT: 13:40
[ http://www.myspace.com/bellevuesuite ]
[ http://www.sonicbids.com/bellevuesuite ]
Will someone wake up and sign this band already? The latest by
Bellevue Suite has been released with little fanfare, and I'm still
amazed that no one has been smart enough to take this band under their
wings to let more people know what they are missing. Lead singer/
songwriter Michael Sean still hits the stage with Jeremy Kletzien on
guitar, Barry Jaeger on drums, and Dann Walters on bass, which seems
to be the best lineup since Tony Lentz was in the band. Local fans
have been waiting a long time for this latest release and will be
nearly perfectly satisfied with the results. "Somewhere Along The Way"
is a live show treat that showcases how the new blend of voices will
carry on the rich tradition of harmonies against the driving beats.
"Exorcism" is an offbeat acoustic ditty, and "Rich And Famous" again
showcases Sean's introspective wisdom. The only song that seems to be
a slight misstep on this E.P. is the revamped version of "Burn."
Formerly an intense statement with a deadly beat, "Burn" has been
toned down somewhat. This is not to say that it has been changed for
the worse, it is just different than what the Suitehearts (nickname
for the band's regular followers) have become accustomed to hearing.
Still, the writing is incredible and intelligent, and the band is
tight; this is a great follow-up effort without label support.
Bellevue Suite now needs some real backing to flourish. If you are
already a fan, pick up this CD and support the band -- it's a steal at
only $5. If you are new to Bellevue, get their first release, THE DARK
SIDE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, from CD Baby to introduce yourself to the
party.
- Jan W. (jw4jzon@hotmail.com)

CRASH STREET KIDS - TRANSATLANTIC SUICIDE (C-) Hot City Recording
Company, 2008
CD: 11 tracks, RT: 47:11
DVD: RT: 37:40
[ http://www.crashstreetkids.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/crashstreetkids ]
[ http://www.ryanmckay.com/ ]
If you are looking for a glam/punk/rock mix, then Crash Street Kids
may be the band for you. But, TRANSATLANTIC SUICIDE appears to be
either a concept album along the crazy lines of The Who's TOMMY, or a
storytelling album like Queensryche's OPERATION: MINDCRIME -- though
it is far from having as much clarity as either of those classic
albums. According to lead singer and songwriter Ryan McKay, the story
centers around "The Kid" who leads a glam band and who also is
supposed to portray the Everyman of both band members and fans --
which is a confusing conundrum. The CD booklet attempts to lay out the
story by including a lengthy missive from The Kid to the fans that
reads much like a suicide note (hence the title, as The Kid is last
seen in Germany, if I read this right). The lyrics for the songs are
in the booklet but lend little help in clarifying the concept; there
are sidebars/notes telling us who is conveying the parts of the story:
The Kid, the band, the engineers, the press, and the fans. The worst
of the lot is "Dressed In White" which is not only divided into four
different parts, but it also includes different narrators -- maybe
reading the lyrics is information overload? It's not an easy task to
find them, but there are two songs to on this CD that could be singles
even if you don't understand the rest of the mess. "Do You Still
Believe In Rock And Roll?" and "Cigarettes And Starf*ckers" are both
upbeat with hooks that could grow on you -- and there are CDs out
there that have sold millions with less viable material. Drummer AD
Adams, Ryan Gregory, and Ricky Serrano round out the band, but nothing
outstanding from any of the three shows up anywhere on the release. A
DVD of the band was paired with this release. In a smart marketing
move (since the band is well liked in Germany) one side is programmed
for U.S. viewing and the other is adapted for European players. The
DVD does not shed any light to the story from TRANSATLANTIC SUICIDE;
it is simply a handful of live songs and a bio of the band with a few
interviews. The live song tracks on the DVD have fairly poor sound
quality, although the visual is okay and there are a couple basic
effects that lend nothing to the experience. Would having their
previous release CHEMICAL DOGS help a listener understand the story?
Possibly -- but that would just mean that this CD cannot stand on its
own and the Kids should have gone back to the drawing board with this
one. There is another band on MySpace calling themselves the Crash
Street Kids, so if you are looking for this particular band, be sure
their hometown/home base is listed as Phoenix, Arizona. Most of you
aren't going to care enough to worry about the confusion anyway --
this is a CD (and DVD) to pass over without any regret.
- Jan W. (jw4jzon@hotmail.com)

ANDREAS KISSER - HUBRIS I & II (B) Mascot Records U.S.A., 2009
Disc 1: 10 tracks, RT: 39:02
Disc 2: 11 tracks, RT: 32:38
[ http://www.andreaskisser.com.br ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/andreaskisser ]
[ http://www.andreaskisserfanclub.com.br ]
[ http://www.sepultura.com.br ]
[ http://www.mascotrecords.com/ ]
[ http://www.mascotrecordsusa.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/mascot ]
Listening to the first disc of Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser's
solo album HUBRIS immediately brought to mind the intro music to the
excellent TV cop drama "The Shield," with its metal meets world music
dynamic; indeed, Andreas has written music for Brazilian movies and
that flavor is definitely found throughout HUBRIS. Split between
electric and acoustic stylings, HUBRIS is an often fascinating journey
into unusual rhythmic and melodic territory; check out the first disc
and you'll find interesting things like "Eu Humano," "Virgulandia,"
"God's Laugh" and "A Million Judas Iscariotes," the pieces often
heavily infused with Latin folk influences mixed with metal and
alternative rock ideas. To my ears the second disc is even more
absorbing, with some very nice acoustic moments that just sit well on
the ears. "World's Apart" is a highlight, this one featuring a
nuanced, sensitive performance, while "Vivaldi" moves along with the
virtuosity and melody befitting its namesake, Andreas mixing in a bit
of electric flash on the title track. HUBRIS I & II is a long,
involved listen, and suffice it to say it's not for everyone;
approaching this like you would a movie soundtrack might just be the
best way to enjoy it, as you'll need to spend some time here and be
open to some odd juxtapositions, but HUBRIS is to be commended for
taking a distinctly different path than most solo albums you hear from
guitarists these days. Curiously engaging...
- Neal Woodall (MysticX9@gmail.com)

POWERMAN 5000 - SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE (B+) Mighty
Loud!/Fontana, 2009
11 tracks, RT: 33:51
[ http://www.powerman5000.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/powerman5000 ]
[ http://www.mightyloud.com/ ]
[ http://www.fontanadistribution.com/ ]
[ http://www.megatronicrecords.com/ ]
I wrote these guys off years ago when they came out, dismissing them
as gimmicky White Zombie clones and/or nu metal goofballs with a silly
name. Perhaps I acted hastily -- I have to admit I really dig this new
album! Main man Spider has a great thing going here, basically
uncorking a fun blend of Shotgun Messiah's 1993 cyber-metal
masterpiece VIOLENT NEW BREED, Lordi's driving theatrical rock vibe,
and some way danceable grooves, peppered with a few movie dialogue
snippets/samples. Addictive tracks like "Do Your Thing," "Show Me What
You've Got," "Super Villain," and "Time Bomb, Baby" will get your
sorry butt up and jumping around, guaranteed. "Make Us Insane" is
another highlight, with its Nuno Bettencourt/Extreme-styled jittery
guitar riff, and "Get Your Bones" throws in some Nine Inch Nails-ish
bits to nice effect. I could do without the fairly straightforward rap
song "Horror Show," and the slow, spooky title track is too lifeless
for my taste, but otherwise SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE is
a fine collection of punchy, hooky techno/cyber-rock tunes. But I
still think the band's name is silly!
- Tim Wadzinski (tsw512@yahoo.com)

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-truTV Gets Sturgis Fever At World's Largest Biker Bar In New Series
"Full Throttle Saloon"

One-Hour Series Premiering Tuesday, Nov. 10, At 10 p.m. (ET) Goes
Behind The Scenes At Michael Ballard's Biker Haven

Engines, leather, tattoos and beer. They're all on tap as truTV heads
to the legendary Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D., in the
wild new series "Full Throttle Saloon." The show, which takes viewers
behind-the-scenes at Michael Ballard's legendary biker watering hole,
is set to premiere Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 10 p.m. (ET).

The Throttle is the "World's Largest Biker Bar," a 30-acre enormous
indoor/outdoor bar with several large stages, a burn-out pit, a tattoo
parlor, zip lines, a wrestling ring, restaurants, dozens of stores,
hundreds of cabins for rent and parking for thousands of bikes.
Because it is only open two weeks a year during the infamous rally,
owner Michael Ballard and his team have to pull in a year's worth of
receipts in these two wild weeks. He gambles that the country's most
beautiful bartenders and biggest music acts will bring in the
thousands of patrons he needs to make his number.

This year, Michael can add the recession to his list of unpredictable
factors, which also include weather, biker gangs, the egos of some of
the country's biggest musical acts, and local law enforcement. All
these gambles pile the stress on the team, but they must hold it all
together for two weeks, or the Full Throttle Saloon could go bust.

"Full Throttle Saloon" is executive-produced by Arthur Smith, Kent
Weed and Frank Sinton of A. Smith & Co.; Jesse James Dupree of Mighty
Loud Entertainment; and Arnold Rifkin of Cheyenne Enterprises. The
project emerged from a newly formed partnership between Dupree and
Rifkin. Dupree is the chainsaw-wielding leader of the Southern rock
group Jackyl who built Mighty Loud into a multimedia empire and counts
among his credits MTV's hit series "Two-A-Days: Hoover High." After
selling Triad Artists to the William Morris Agency in 1995, Rifkin
became President of WMA. In 2000, Rifkin left WMA and formed Cheyenne
Enterprises with Bruce Willis. He has since produced such feature
films as "Hart's War," "Tears Of The Sun," "The Whole Ten Yards," "16
Blocks," "Live Free Or Die Hard" and the mixed martial arts film
"Blood & Bone."

Founded by Arthur Smith and Kent Weed in 2000, A. Smith & Co.
Productions generates some of the most innovative, highly-rated and
high quality unscripted programming for the domestic and international
television marketplace. Since its launch the company has created over
600 hours of programming and developed and produced the number one
show in America an astonishing 12 times and a top 5 show over 50
times. The company's current production slate includes the Emmy®
nominated hit show "Hell's Kitchen" as well as "Kitchen Nightmares
With Chef Gordon Ramsay"; "I Survived A Japanese Game Show"; "Crash
Course"; the critically acclaimed documentary series "American
Gangster"; "UFC Countdown"; and "Pros Vs. Joes 4: All-Stars." A. Smith
& Co.'s highly rated programming and executive team have been
nominated for several awards including a DGA Award, a NAACP Image
Award and a Rose d'Or of which they won two in 2009 for "I Survived A
Japanese Game Show."

truTV is television's destination for real-life stories told from an
exciting and dramatic first-person perspective. Currently seen in 91
million U.S. households, the 17-year-old network is enjoying its best
deliveries ever in key demographics. truTV features high-stakes,
action-packed originals that give viewers access to places and
situations they can't normally experience. truTV's primetime fan
favorites include the original series "Black Gold," "Operation Repo,"
"The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...," "Speeders" and
"Forensic Files." During the daytime, the channel features expert
trial coverage under the name In Session.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and
programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media
environments on television and other platforms for consumers around
the world.

Additional materials and artwork available at http://news.turner.com .

Follow truTV public relations on Twitter at http://twitter.com/trutvpr
.

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-Devin Townsend Project Hits The Road With BTBAM And Cynic Early 2010;
Posts New Track Online!

Devin Townsend triumphantly returns with a greatly ambitious new
endeavor under the DTP (Devin Townsend Project) moniker. The new,
mind-blowing disasterpiece takes the man's genius to unprecedented
levels as he embarks on a massive four-part album series, which kicked
off with KI and is followed up with the ADDICTED album that is set for
a November 17th release throughout North America via Inside Out Music.

Townsend, easily one of metal's most intriguing, ominous and immensely
talented figures is taking this project to the masses as he will join
genre visionaries Between The Buried And Me, Cynic and Scale The
Summit for a massive North American trek which kicks off January 8th.
Be sure to head over to Devin's MySpace now to crank the very
interesting "Bend It Like Bender" track.

Townsend states: "Oh ok...here it is. 'Bend It Like Bender'

"(You! ...in the Nasum shirt! ...look away!!!)

"I know...I know...it's a pretty bippy-boppy-Euro-type dance track,
but you know? Guilty as charged when it comes to loving that stuff. I
remember hearing The Vengaboys 'We Like To Party' back when it came
out and it nearly brought me to tears (I was cutting onions at the
time...) something about EASY, FUN music that takes very little effort
to enjoy...or detest as the case may well end up being.

"So yeah, I wrote a song like that.
ppppttthhhhhhhhhpppppppphhhhhhhh.....

"I'm working on album three of the DTP quartet right now,
DECONSTRUCTION. And it's such brained out, complicated nonsense, that
while I was writing it (all four albums were written during the same
period) I remember just finishing the track 'Traestorz'
(DECONSTRUCTION) and my brain was reeling. Super complicated metal
madness, and I was like, 'ENOUGH!!!' and threw my lube down in
revulsion and laid into Bender with a 'phat ass beat' y'all.

"'We are one and we have found they only wanted you around
To hold it down, so hold your ground,
We won't be here forever!
We are young and we have fun and all we've found in being around is
'All and all' and 'Holy cows'
While things keep getting heavy!
Hang on to your man and
Hang on to your woman and
HANG ON!!!'

"What's it about? Ah, indeed young knave, gather ye round and I shall
despense the benevolent meaning of this cosmic connundrum upon thee:
ready..?

"It's a play on the title 'Bend It Like Beckham' and the robot from
'Futurama' named 'Bender,' because he's into partying, and the
record's called ADDICTED. Yup. Oh...and 'Bender' and 'Beckham' both
start with the letter 'B.'

"Anneke VanGeirbergen ladies and Germs...Anneke VanGeirbergen. Did I
mention I love Abba as well? Well I do. AND we're still metal.

"Again, all four records were written together...which was good for
me, because when I would get all antsy with KI, I would unload with
DECONSTRUCTION, then get offended by my own pretension and rock some
good vibes with ADDICTED, then when I would feel like it was ALL
stupid, I'd write for GHOST, and make some dead country voices.

"So yeah, enjoy. Or don't. I do.

"Lastly, There's a time and a place for fat, shirtless men with head
tattoos to bump into each other and yell, and a time and a place for
women to move like the beautiful creatures they are."

Listen to "Bend It Like Bender" by Devin Townsend Project:

http://www.myspace.com/devintownsenddtb

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-Leaves' Eyes Exclusive On Deciblog: Liv Kristine's Top 5 Vegetarian
Recipes!

Exclusive to Decibel magazine's Deciblog this week, Leaves' Eyes
vocalist Liv Kristine gives her Top 5 Vegetarian Eats, and their
recipes, here:

http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=340577

Having been a dedicated vegetarian for many years, Liv Kristine knows
a thing or two about what vegetarian foods are "yuk" and which ones
are "yum." Fortunately for us, today Liv gives us the exclusive word
on the "yums." Decibel is North America's premiere extreme-metal
authority, and its Deciblog counterpart specializes in exposing the
unique (and often off-the-wall) underbelly of extreme metal. For more
info, consult http://www.decibelmagazine.com/blog and
http://www.napalmrecords.com/ .

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-Rob Zombie Unexpectedly Switches Labels

Moves To Roadrunner Records' Loud & Proud Imprint To Release HELLBILLY
DELUXE 2 In Early 2010

HOLLYWOOD, CA -- In a sudden and unexpected move, multi-platinum hard
rock artist Rob Zombie has inked a new worldwide deal with leading
rock label Roadrunner Records through its Loud & Proud imprint.

This shocking announcement comes as Zombie exits his former label and
of 18 years, where he sold 15 million records as a solo artist and
with his former band White Zombie. Zombie's new album, HELLBILLY
DELUXE 2, previously set for release on November 17 will now be
released by Roadrunner / Loud & Proud Records in early 2010.

"It certainly wasn't an easy decision to make after all this time, but
it had to be done," states Zombie. "I love this new record and wanted
to surround myself with an excited new group of people who can
reignite my enthusiasm for working within a hard rock record label.
Roadrunner seems to be the perfect place."

"Roadrunner is thrilled to be involved with Rob Zombie on a worldwide
basis as he is a multiple-threat artist whom we've admired for many
years," said Roadrunner president Jonas Nachsin.

Tom Lipsky, founder and president of Loud & Proud echoed Nachsin's
sentiment, "Rob Zombie hits hard on HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 and the fans
expect nothing less. We are excited about the monster mayhem that he
is certain to create!"

The first single from the new album, "What?" recently launched at all
rock radio formats and is quickly climbing the charts. This latest
album marks the follow-up to 1998's triple platinum HELLBILLY DELUXE.

The track listing is as follows:

1. Jesus Frankenstein
2. Sick Bubblegum
3. What?
4. Mars Needs Women
5. Werewolf, Baby!
6. Virgin Witch
7. Death And Destiny Inside The Dream Factory
8. Burn
9. Cease To Exist
10. Werewolf Women Of The SS
11. The Man Who Laughs

In support of this release Zombie, will kick off his first headline
tour since 2007 in Phoenix, AZ on October 29th. Shows in Las Vegas, NV
on the 30th, and a very special Halloween event on October 31st in
Hollywood, CA are set to follow. Zombie will be accompanied by his
longtime band mates -- guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D and drummer
Tommy Clufetos.

Visit http://www.RobZombie.com/ for HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 World Tour
updates, including the official blog, Twitter feed, photos, and videos
directly from the road. HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 World Tour tickets are on
sale now; tour dates are as follows:

TOUR DATES:

Oct 29 - Dodge Theater - Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 30 - The Pearl - Palms Concert Theater - Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 31 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, California

Nov 1 - The Grove - Anaheim, California
Nov 3 - San Jose Events Center - San Jose, California
Nov 5 - The Great Salt Air - Magna, Utah
Nov 6 - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, Colorado
Nov 8 - The Brady Theater - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 10 - Austin Music Hall - Austin, Texas
Nov 11 - Verizon Wireless Theater - Houston, Texas
Nov 13 - Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, Texas
Nov 14 - Uptown Theatre - Kansas City, Missouri
Nov 15 - The Pageant - St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 16 - Murat Theater - Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov 17 - Akron Civic Center - Akron, Ohio
Nov 19 - Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 20 - Roy Wilkins Auditorium - St. Paul, Minnesota
Nov 21 - Val Air Ballroom - Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 22 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, Illinois
Nov 24 - Broadbent Arena - Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 25 - The LC Pavilion - Columbus, Ohio
Nov 27 - The Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, Michigan
Nov 28 - The Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario
Nov 29 - Metropolis - Montreal, Quebec

Dec 1 - Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, New York
Dec 2 - House Of Blues - Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 3 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Connecticut
Dec 4 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 5 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

In addition to his illustrious recording career, Zombie has also
written and directed five feature length films. Most recently was the
animated cult favorite "The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto" based on
his successful comic series. This season's "Halloween 2" (August 2009)
followed up Zombie's record breaking blockbuster re-imagining of
"Halloween" in 2007. In 2005, Zombie assaulted the film world with the
critically-acclaimed "The Devil's Rejects" (Lionsgate), the follow-up
to his already cult classic "House Of 1000 Corpses" (Lionsgate 2004).

For more information visit http://www.robzombie.com/ or
http://www.myspace.com/robzombie .

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-In This Moment And Revolver Magazine Present "A Winter To Remember"
North American Headlining Tour; New App For iPhone And iPod Touch

In This Moment have teamed up with Revolver Magazine to bring you the
a massive, headlining, North American tour dubbed "A Winter To
Remember" this fall. This is the band's first headliner in support of
their highly acclaimed album, THE DREAM, and it officially marks the
end of the campaign's successful, worldwide touring cycle. The trek,
which kicks off on November 6th, features a very diverse list of
supporting acts such as In Fear And Faith and Motionless In White, so
there is definitely something for everyone here. Be sure to visit
their MySpace to view their complete tour itinerary.

In This Moment are also extremely proud to launch their new official
app for the iPhone or iPod Touch. This app is a must-have for all ITM
fans as it features a slew of unique content, latest videos and photos
and updated news blogs. Click here to check it out.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321411752&mt=8&uo=6

Chris Howorth (guitars) further comments: "We are extremely excited to
announce this tour! We've spent the last three years as an opening
band trying to reach as many new people as we could, connecting with
people and building our fan base, but now it's finally time for us to
do a tour that is just for our fans. We will be playing a long set
comprised of songs from both our albums and are planning some really
cool surprises for everyone attending. Our manager and booking agent
have spent the last few months putting together a tour package that
will bring something new and exciting on the road for our old and new
fans alike to enjoy.

"Revolver Magazine (the baddest metal/hard rock magazine on the
planet) is on board as our sponsor and we have assembled a package of
heavy and melodic bands to bring out with us that will kick everyone's
ass. In Fear And Faith and Motionless In White are all really talented
and diverse bands that we think the In This Moment fans will enjoy.
With the tour taking place during the fall/winter months we decided to
give the whole thing a holiday feel. So bring your Christmas cheer and
merry mayhem or if you wanna be a Scrooge or the Grinch, that's fine
too, but come out to a show and rock with us. Let's make it 'A Winter
To Remember!'"

In an ever continuous quest to defy the odds to break down barriers
between the metal and hard rock community, Southern California's In
This Moment took their heavy brand of metallic, pure, rock fury and
captivated audiences across North America on this past summer's entire
Warped Tour festival. The band won over a slew of unsuspecting masses
with their charismatic, intense and overly dynamic stage show. This
band has proven that they can stand tall with anyone. Whether it's
performing alongside such metal titans as Ozzy Osbourne and Megadeth
or such hot new bands as Aiden, Saosin and Underoath. Check out video
of In This Moment getting the circle pits going at Warped Tour this
year, and you can see it by clicking here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flYyaIJJZLQ

http://www.myspace.com/inthismoment

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-Slik Helvetika Return With The Ass-Kicking HAFNIUM Out Now And
Available On iTunes

Debut Video For First Single "Wide" Posted Now On YouTube

(WEST PALM BEACH, FL) The roaring sounds of vintage metal blended with
modern rock are on display throughout HAFNIUM -- the third release
overall by the Pennsylvania-based outfit, Slik Helvetika, and their
new video, for the lead-off single, "Wide."

"..And now the science paper: Hf/Hafnium is within a periodic element
group of science that has some unique characteristics regarding
molecular structure, occasional radioactivity and sorts of morphing
states," explains Slik Helvetika's singer/guitarist Mikhall Myers.
"It's discovery, and the studies of its properties challenged Albert
Einstein and top scientists to start thinking in new directions about
alternate universes and incorporating further theorization on life and
death states, and continually questioning, 'What is time?' The HAFNIUM
concept also tied in with some overwhelming feelings I felt when I
lost my father -- [which is what the title track is about]. It seemed
as though his energies were within me as much, or more than when he
was alive, hence the mark we leave on time stays here strong even
after we are gone. So, do we really go away at all, or are we still
existing in each past moment individually and situations we created in
this consciousness as we know it? Is that possibly what a ghost is? Do
we really ever die or are we still existing in a different plane of
consciousness and could this be what religion calls heaven? How's that
for a heavy element?!"

Myers also offered to discuss the background of their new ass-kicking
video clip. "What is 'Wide' about? I was on some nutso sick adrenaline
rush roller coaster, and I noticed most people were sh*tting their
pants and had their eyes closed when it got to be too much, and I my
eyes got wider open the crazier the ride got. Same is life. When you
live on the edge there is a fine line between living at the max and
capsizing. This song seemed to capture both the diabolical over the
top energy as well as the whole catchy anthem motif. Shot at Mik's
house, so he couldn't be late for the shoot!"

While Myers is the group's undisputed leader, he is joined in the band
by two other rock steady musicians, bassist Kjell Benner and drummer
Mark [Truk] Bennett, both of which provide a killer rhythm section to
Myers' red hot guitar work. Myers: "HAFNIUM really showcases the band
with way more mature songwriting, and with more diversity -- without
sounding like a different band. It features different grooves, a
broader selection of instrumentation, and more soul. The debut was a
lot more like driving '80s metal melody and ripping guitars 24/7." And
how does Myers feel Slik Helvetika fit in with the modern metal scene?
"Slik Hel's music has that cool bottom-end groove and rhythm that a
lot of the new metal features but merges a lot of the melody from the
'70s, '80s, and '90s that some people are starting to miss. We don't
rap or cookie monster growl through all the verses and wait for the
chorus for the hook...we're giving you melody and energy through the
whole song."

This is especially evident on such standout tracks as "Burnt" and
"Heal Me," while Myers has a few personal favorites. "We have to
really like the songs for them to be on the album to start with, so
these are our favorite 10 out of 20. But if I have to pick some,
'Money Tree,' because it grabs you right away with hooks everywhere.
It comes off a lot heavier and guttural when we play it live -- it's
about sex and if you are gonna be cheesy, this is the way to do it!
'Hafnium' was a favorite right away -- it is an epic song and gut
wrenchingly emotional for me, since it's written about losing my
father and it seems to translate to the listener as well. Also, fan
reaction to 'Reign' during the shows leads me to believe it is a
favorite among listeners." And it shouldn't be long until fans can
experience Slik Helvetika live on a concert stage, as their plan for
world domination is to play "As many festivals, tours, and shows as we
can get." With the release of HAFNIUM, Slik Helvetika gives this
scientific structure a whole new meaning of heavy.

Confirmed track listing for HAFNIUM

Misery
Money Tree
Heal Me
Burnt
Yourself
Hafnium
Reign
Wide
Fremd Gehirn Fressen
Cadaver
King of Nowhere

For more information, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/slikhelvetika
http://www.slikhelvetika.com/

Link to video for the track "Wide":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFEkiTzNqSU

Link To iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=hafnium

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-Two Side Moon/SLW Promotions Update

Band: Santa's Misfits
Album: CHRISTMAS FRENDZY
Genre: Rock
Release Date: Out Now

For More Details:
http://www.santasmisfits.com/
http://www.myspace.com/kaptainsrockinmisfits

For Endorsement info:
http://www.myspace.com/steveburrows
http://www.myspace.com/boomerjnk
http://www.myspace.com/kaptainkirkguitarist

Santa's Misfits Produced by Kirk Bartholomew.

Lineup:
"Kaptain" Kirk Bartholomew - Bass, Rhythm Guitar, and Vocals
Ron Finn - Vocals
Wendy Poor - Vocals
Scott Wagner - Vocals
Guy Harvey, Darren Danielson, Steve Burrows - Guitar
Marc Soucy - Keyboards and Programing
Ray Lavigne, Joe Capobianco, Josh Hale - Drums

Recorded, mixed and edited by Terry Palmer at Dizzyland Studios,
Rochester, NH. Additional recording and editing by Kirk Bartholomew at
Koal Bin Studios Londonderry, NH.

Santa's Misfits - "We Know When You're Naughty... That's Nice"

Live touring Band:
Ron Finn - Vocals
Steve Burrows - Guitar and Backup vocals
"Kaptain" Kirk Bartholomew - Bass and Vocals
Jean "Boomer" Grenier - Drums and Backup vocals

Ron Finn:
Singer for Wildside and Easy Rider. Previous bands: Mace and Mad Jack.
Ron Finn began his music endeavors by co-founding and singing for the
Massachusetts based heavy metal band Mace. Easy Rider was a Locomotive
recording artist and as singer for the band Ron toured extensively
with the band in Spain and throughout Europe.

Steve Burrows:
Written and recorded the soundtrack music for the movie and television
industry (commercials, etc.). Steve is an "in demand" session
guitarist and has toured in a support role/jammed on stage with major
international acts, and has appeared in numerous radio broadcast/live
interviews. Steve also does instructional international guitar clinics
spanning the globe with his guitar wizardry. You can find Steve on the
road touring the globe filling in on guitar for many big name Rock,
Pop, R&B, and Metal, solo artists/bands.

"Kaptain" Kirk Bartholomew:
Before returning to Boston (Kaptain's hometown), he played the L.A.
circuit with bands Witnesses and Amasa, that culminated with his final
L.A. appearance at the Rose Bowl for an outdoor music festival.
Besides an ongoing commitment to Santa's Misfits, Kaptain has been
playing bass in original projects (El Kapitan and Spawning Echos) and
in his spare time produces and edits music. Currently he is involved
with session work and production on a couple of projects (including
the next Santa's Misfits disc).

Jean "Boomer" Grenier:
As a drummer and singer, Jean has extensive experience as both a live
and session player. Drummer for Steve Burrows Band, Bottoms Up, The
Hounds Of Hasselvander.

Track listing:
1. Father Christmas
2. Jingle Bell Rock
3. Little Drummer Boy
4. Run Run Rudolph
5. Heat Miser
6. All I Want For Christmas Is You
7. I Believe In Father Christmas

Band: Chris Vaughn
Album: ...FOR THSOE THAT HAVE EARS
Genre: Hard Rock
Release Date: November 3rd 2009

Web:
http://chrisvaughnonline.com
http://www.myspace.com/chrisvaughnofficial

Vaughn believes in his musical gifts like any artist should, but it
really comes across in everything he does, from writing, directing,
financing, to producing a piece of art that is at the least, a breath
of fresh air in a world nearly void of passion.

Chris Vaughn was raised by his single mother in a hard working town,
down at the Jersey Shore. He first auditioned for a local band right
out of high school and quickly found his home in the smokey rock bars
like the legendary Stone Pony and Brighton Bar, bars that many major
acts also got their start. His first demo AGAINST THE GRAIN got rave
reviews from young journalist for his "edgy lyrics and melodic angst"
which helped him start drawing in a regular audience.

After spending a significant amount of time doing live performances,
writing and recording, Vaughn took a break to focus on his song-
writing skills and decided to document his attempts (on film) to reach
one of his two hoemtown heroes, Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi, in
hopes of peaking their interest in his own artistic abilities, and
potentially get a helping hand from a fellow Jersey boy. Realizing the
difficulty of persuing his dreams, he put his house up to finance the
documentary film and ended up luckly landing Springsteen in the
Eleventh hour to join his film.

Vaughn hired his friend to move in and help him record his debut
album, ...FOR THSOE THAT HAVE EARS which he says has many meanings,
but the most obvious one being his respect for famed Artist, Vincent
van Gogh, who cut his ear off for love. The album was co-produced by
multi-platinum engineer, Kennan Keating, who aslo worked with artists
like, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, James Brown, Beyonce and many
more.

The single track "Fallen Angel" from the album quickly gained local
attention and was featured on the Jersey Rock Program at the WRAT
Radio station and received more calls and requests than any other
local artist before. Word spread more when the Asbury Park Press
featured him on the cover of their Entertainment Section "Like Scenes
From Hollywood" with a picture of Vaughn and Springsteen on the set of
his documentary film "Jerseyboy Hero."

"Fallen Angel" was included in the score of the major motion picture
"Stiletto" out this year starring Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, Michael
Biehn and many more. The album is being released by Vaughn's own
record label and publishing division of BMI, New Toy Music.

Track listing:
1. Relate
2. Fallen Angel
3. High Expectations
4. Speak
5. Mountains
6. Treading Water
7. Habit
8. So Alive
9. Music Writer (Alanis)
10. Still The Same
11. Lady Love
12. Nameless

Band: Orpheus
Album title: ORPHEUS
Genre: Hard rock / heavy metal
Release date: 13.06.2009

Web site:
http://www.myspace.com/orphmo

Late fall 2002, Kristian Drivenes, Audun Håberg and Thor Richard
Isaksen met at one of Norway's leading music schools. They shared an
interest in bands like Iron Maiden, In Flames and Guns N' Roses, and
started jamming with those bands as references. Håberg and Isaksen had
written some songs prior to this, and decided to revive their high
school band, Orpheus, with new members, making it a guitar-heavy band,
counting three guitarists. A drummer, bassist and vocalist were
quickly found, a handful of gigs played, and a demo recorded.

The following autumn new members were needed, and this time a female
singer was selected for vocal duties. A new bass player, and drummer,
Torgeir Nilsen, also joined the band. This lineup recorded an E.P. in
2005 which received good reviews from prestigious norwegian magazines
such as Scream magazine and heavymetal.no.

Fast forward three years, and only Drivenes and Nilsen is left from
the mkII lineup. Band members have come and gone, but the core has
persisted. Finally, what we feel like a stable lineup is in place. The
band has played over 50 gigs throughout Norway, and June 13 the debut
album was ready for release through our own record label, Sidehorn
Records.

Orpheus is known as a hard hitting band, that always gives 100% on
stage.

Ingrid Galadriel - Vocals
Kristian Drivenes - Guitars
Sivert Skaaren - Guitars
Rune Engesæter - Bass
Torgeir Nilsen - Drums

Track listing:
1. F*ck Me Over
2. Constructing
3. Bygones
4. Mr. Manipulative
5. Peepin' Tom
6. Repay
7. Bloodflow
8. The plan

TSM/SLW Promotions
http://www.myspace.com/nickyaor
http://www.slwpromotions.com/

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-Fierce Florida Metal Band 16 Second Stare Hits The Road In November
With Ace Frehley And The Double-Shot Of Don Dokken And Lynch Mob

The Rocker's Second Self-titled Album 16 Second Stare Is Due Out Soon
As Their New Single "Complicated" Picks Up Airplay And Offers Eager
Fans A Special Three-Song Download Package

Tampa metal band 16 Second Stare will heat up a cold November with a
run of tour dates that include appearances with Kiss legend Ace
Frehley and '80s rock legend Don Dokken as the group puts the
finishing touches on its second album, simply titled 16 SECOND STARE.

These ever-rising, bone-shaking, thunderous rockers just came off
Motley Crue's Crue Fest 2 tour and earlier in the year with Brian
"Head" Welch from Korn, scoring rave reviews and winning new fans.

16 Second Stare will join Ace Frehley between November 5 - 13 for
performances and then Thanksgiving weekend jaunt with Don Dokken from
his former self-named band Dokken along with former guitarist George
Lynch for Dokken / Lynch Mob November 27-29.

The upcoming sophomore work 16 SECOND STARE is slated for release
first quarter 2010. The powerful new work reflects the more aggressive
vibe of the band's recently revamped lineup. Meanwhile, the band's
latest single "Complicated" is picking up airplay at Smart Modern Rock
and alternative rock radio outlets including Sirius Satellite's Octane
channel. The group is currently offering a special 3-song single
download package in its online store for just $3.50.

16 Second Stare made its impressive debut with the 2008 indie release
RED CARPET MATERIAL, which found fans across the country thanks to
rock radio airplay for two of the album's most raging tracks, the
title song and "Ballad Of Billy Rose," both matched by Detroit-born
and raised Shanks delivering a passionate closing ballad in "Goodbye."

16 Second Stare, which brings riveting pumping fists in the air as
they unleash fine fury wherever they play. Catch them on tour as they
explode.

WHEN and WHERE:

16 Second Stare with Ace Frehley

November 5
Harrah's
2701 23 Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51502
Performance Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $25.50

November 6
Pottawatomie Casino
1721 West Canal Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Performance Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $25

November 7
Majestic Theater
115 King St.
Madison , WI 53703
Performance Time: 9 p.m.
Tickets: $25

November 9
Canopy
708 South Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Performance Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20

November 11
House Of Blues
308 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Performance Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $25

November 12
Newport Music Hall
1722 N High St., Columbus, OH
Performance Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $42

November 13
Kewadin Casino
2186 Shunk Rd., Sault Ste Marie, MI
Performance Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $28.50

16 Second Stare with Dokken and Lynch Mob

November 27
House of Blues
8430 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069
Performance Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25

November 28
4th and B
345 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Performance Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $23 - $50

November 29
House of Blues
1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 92802
Performance Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $25

http://www.16secondstare.com/
http://www.16secondstare.com/store/ (online store)
http://www.myspace.com/16secondstare

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-Omega Crom: Free Download Exclusively On PureGrainAudio.com + Tour
Dates

In support of their upcoming mini-West Coast Canadian Tour and debut
album BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE set to be released in early 2010.
Vancouver's Omega Crom are offering an exclusive download of
"Battlefield" for FREE!! on PureGrainAudio.com. In addition, Omega
Crom are offering a Limited Edition of the album available to fans via
their tour dates and pre sale at Reversed Records Online Store.

Tour Dates
November 12, 2009 - Revelstoke, BC - The Regent Inn River City Pub
November 13, 2009 - Edmonton, AB - The Rendez Vous - w/ Dead Jesus
November 14, 2009 - Lethbridge, AB - Scores North Sports Bar & Grill
November 15, 2009 - Canmore, AB - The Drake Pub

BLOOD, STEEL AND FIRE was produced by Juno award winning producer /
engineer Rob Shallcross (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, GWAR,
Darkest Hour, Fattooth) and features guitar driven songs blended with
diverse vocal styling from high falsetto wails to mid-range power and
hardcore screams. Omega Crom seamlessly combine punchy rhythms,
contrasting patches of melodic clean guitar, ripping solos, flowing
harmonies, intense bass guitar attacks alongside relentless double
kick thrash beats punctuated with inventive rolls and blast beats.

At an Omega Crom show you can expect to see over the top showmanship
from shotgunning beers, excessive head banging and intense bass and
guitar solos. Members include the likes of lead singer / shred master
Johnny K., fierce shredder Wayne Holden, insane bassist Ian "Rapid
Mutilation" Wilcke and Dan "The Rock" La Pierre who keeps it crushing
on drums. These boys are all literally foaming at the mouth with
hunger to rip and tear.

These Vancouver denizens of metal have received rave reviews for their
live performances. They have shared the stage with such acts as 3
Inches Of Blood, Zimmers Hole, Infernal Majesty, Into Eternity,
Kataklysm, Stratovarius, Divinity, Hibria, Fattooth.

Links:
http://www.omegacrom.com/
http://www.myspace.com/omegacrom
http://twitter.com/omega_crom
http://www.facebook.com/omegacrom
http://www.youtube.com/omegacromtv
http://www.last.fm/user/OmegaCromOnline
http://www.reverbnation.com/omegacrom

Buy Links:
Reversed Records Online Store
http://www.reversedrecords.com/estore.html

Omega Crom - BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE - (Releasing 2010)
Label: Reversed Records

The long awaited debut release by Canadian Metal act Omega Crom
features progressive power metal, and elements of aggressive death and
thrash. Diverse vocals range from screeching falsettos, Mid Range to
hardcore death vocals. Shredding solos, anthemic harmonies, and
crushing rhythm guitar range from old school speed thrash to 18th
century classical. Double kick thrash beats haul ass throughout
combined with off time jazz elements punctuated with inventive rolls
and blast beats.

"It's safe to say featured band Omega Crom blew away everyone in the
room, being far more intense and unique than anything experienced at
the bigger show just prior. A heavy thrash / black metal amalgamation,
these guys are ones to watch for." - Edmonton Sun

"Not afraid to play guitar or sing. Omega Crom were tight and very
professional. They had excellent stage presence and actually announced
their songs and interacted with the crowd. They had cool spoken word
intros, lots of atmosphere created by interesting song arrangements
and tempo changes. They were crushingly heavy and fast with tons of
ripping solos, but the highlight was the vocals". - Metal-Rules.com

"Just a phenomenal vocalist. That, in conjunction with the band's
overall matured, seasoned sense of confidence, amazing, energetic
stage presence, and flawless tightness resulted in a performance that
no-one in the room could ignore." - MetalEater.com

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-Tribunal Records/Divebomb Records: Uncle Slam SAY UNCLE Reissue In
Works

One of our favorite '80s crossover thrash albums is being worked on
and slated for reissue in early 2010. Uncle Slam's debut album, SAY
UNCLE, was released in 1988 on LP and cassette and featured ex-
Suicidal Tendencies drummer, Amery Smith. Before disbanding in the mid
'90s they eventually released three albums (SAY UNCLE, WILL WORK FOR
FOOD and WHEN GOD DIES).

We are excited to be releasing this long lost classic on CD for the
first time outside Japan. It has been re-mastered by none other than
Jamie King at The Basement Studios.

We will have preview track up very soon!

http://www.tribunalrecords.net/
http://www.myspace.com/tribunalrecords
http://tribunalrecords.bigcartel.com/category/divebomb-records
http://www.myspace.com/divebombrecords

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-Michael Hayes: DIAMONDS DOWN THE DRAIN

Hello dear friends -

Pardon the abrupt reappearance. Life as a father of two babies under 2
has been somewhat hectic, but definitely rewarding. It's true, I have
had my ass (among others) handed to me. {insert laugh track here}
Please find the link to DIAMONDS DOWN THE DRAIN, a 22-track
retrospective of my songs available today at the new Web site. 79
minutes of material have been compiled in order to cram onto one
compact disc. Some of my band-mates have snickered "oh, you're putting
out a greatest hits..." At warp speed I respond "this is purely
historical reference..."

It is important for me to acknowledge my respect for everyone I have
had the privilege of collaborating with throughout the years. Two
songs on the album were co-written, including "Day" (with Joe
Panzetta) and "Shuttlecocks" (with Andy Santospago). The final track
is a new release called "Symphony." It was recorded just over a year
ago at Kissy Pig Studio in Boston and features Rob Pevitts on bass,
Booth Hardy on drums, my brother Jim Hayes on outro harmony vocals and
me on guitar and vocals.

Speaking of brother Jim, though twelve years separates us, I was
fortunate to be the beneficiary of his musical tastes through
countless albums and mix tapes (i.e., Strum and Bum). A special thank
you to Jimmy for his support through the years, and his help with
compiling DIAMONDS. Final thanks goes to my wife Susan who has been
there with me through it all.

The music will become available on iTunes and other digital epicenters
sometime in late November. For now, this is a digital only release,
available by download. You are getting a free link to the album today.
Chances are, you own a previous album containing this material. Even
if you do, I would encourage you to buy the album or make a donation
through PayPal from the new Web site.

I thank you for your support, and hope you enjoy DIAMONDS DOWN THE
DRAIN. Please spread the word!!

Warmest regards,
Michael

P.S. If you live in Boston, here are three shows in November that you
should try to see:

International Pop Overthrow
Lemonpeeler goes to Church
Thursday 19 November at 10:30 p.m.
21 Kilmarnock Street
Boston, MA
$8/Doors at 7 p.m./21+
Steve Mayone CD Release Party
11/5 at Atwoods on Cambridge Street in Cambridge
Treat Her Right
11/11 at Lizard Lounge on Mass Ave in Cambridge

http://www.mahayes.com/

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-The ColourSound

The six songs on RECLAIM by The ColourSound bespeak a soiled dignity,
one that could only be attained after 18 months of painstaking work to
produce what is, ultimately, the band's career-defining statement: an
economical six tracks in 24:49, perfect pop constructions that veer
off unexpectedly into tight peripheral breakdowns before careening
back to each memorable melody. It's special, the boys in the band know
it, and so does everybody who hears it.

It all started in the college town of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Guitarist Sean Hieter and singer/songwriter Doug Batt, while
overlooking a water hole from a rocky cliff 40 feet up, made plans to
form Velvet Elvis, which rocked the bar scene and house parties in the
northeastern part of the state.

Graduation ended the band, but not the friendship. Sean and Doug soon
reunited in Motherwell. Part of a dynamic local music scene in the
late 1990s, Motherwell provided the perfect soundtrack for uncertain
post-college life in the gritty, economically struggling Allentown
area. The band packed crowds into beer-soaked bars, produced three
albums, won several local awards and generated industry interest
before calling it quits in 2003.

As Sean and Doug's music continued to evolve, they chose a new musical
direction and formed The ColourSound in 2004. Bass player Leni and
drummer Pat Wilson completed the band. All four members of The
ColourSound had been songwriters on their own, so their merger created
more diversity with layers of melodic groovy rhythms. They soon
received national attention when AMC chose "Good For Life" for a
commercial that ran during the summer of 2006. This triggered interest
internationally and BBC television used "The Doctor's In" for "The
Hustle."

Over the past three years, The ColourSound has built a strong fan base
in New York and has enjoyed residency at Arlene's Grocery. Their
Carnaby Street London-meets-1800's military look and animated stage
presence makes them the obvious choice as entertainment for the Robert
Graham launch party each year during New York's Fashion Week. They get
frequent play on WZZO (a popular rock station in the Lehigh Valley of
Pennsylvania) and have garnered favorable press in Hit Parader and
Metal Edge (despite a non-metal sound).

Without knowing what the future holds, The ColourSound now stands
poised on the edge of that rocky cliff again, this time ready to
plunge into even deeper waters.

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-While Heaven Wept To Play Hammer Of Doom III

While Heaven Wept have confirmed their presence to the third edition
of the Hammer Of Doom festival taking place in Würzburg, Germany on
the 6th of February, 2010.

With the legendary Saint Vitus headlining, the festival promises to be
one of the most remarkable live events of the beginning of the new
year featuring other great Doom acts such as Griftegard (Sweden),
Atlantean Kodex (Germany), and The Wizar'd (Austria) plus others that
will be announced shortly.

The release of While Heaven Wept's long-awaited new album VAST OCEANS
LACHRYMOSE has created much of a stir in the metal community, with
enthusiastic reactions both from the media and fans alike.

VAST OCEANS LACHRYMOSE has soon been described as one of the year's
highlights, causing much expectation previous to its release just this
week (November 3rd) in North America, and being released this Friday
(November 6th) in Europe, via Cruz Del Sur Music.

"It's a fantastic work of heavy metal that's undoubtedly deserving of
high accolades, and it just might turn out to be my album of the
year." 10/10
- MetalReview.com

"They say that you can't rush perfection, however; a turn-of-phrase
which certainly applies to the band's ambassador, guitarist/
keyboardist/vocalist Tom Phillips, whose notoriously perfectionist
nature has defied the odds and delivered here once again."
- Blistering.com

"VAST OCEANS LACHRYMOSE is heavier despite having a less of an imprint
of doom. It also reflects more AOR and progressive rock elements while
keeping the band's trademark sound intact."
- MetalPsalter.com

http://www.whileheavenwept.net/
http://www.myspace.com/whileheavenwept
http://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cruzdelsurmusic

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-Enemy Reign Confirmed For Neurotic Deathfest 2010!

Colorado extreme metallers Enemy Reign were recently added to the
illustrious Neurotic Deathfest 2010 lineup! The Neurotic Deathfest is
Europe's premier indoor death metal event. Originally known as the
Rotterdam Deathfest (2004 and 2005), the organizers changed the name
to Neurotic Deathfest in 2006 when they decided to move the
festivities to a new venue and city.

Also confirmed (in alphabetical order):

Beheaded
Beneath The Massacre
Bolt Thrower
Carcass
Defeated Sanity
Dying Fetus
Dr Doom
Enemy Reign
Insidious Decrepancy
Insision
Human Mincer
Kickback
Lock Up
Napalm Death
Nox
Origin
Revocation
Six Feet Under
Viral Load

Enemy Reign features former Skinless vocalist Sherwood Webber
alongside drummer Andon Guenther (Deadspeak; creative director,
programmer, and co-creator of Sick Drummer Magazine), guitarist Nick
Guenther (Becoming The Enemy, Masakado) and bassist Cassie Begay
(Throat Culture/Throcult, Deadspeak). The band's self-financed E.P.,
MEANS TO A DEAD END -- recorded by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio
(Cephalic Carnage, Martriden, Cobalt et al) -- continues to reap
considerable praise from the media over a year after its release. The
band is currently putting the finishing touches on their debut full-
length (label TBA).

"...death metal, the kind with big muscles and bigger T-shirts with
offensive phrases in huge letters on the back..." -- Decibel

"An admissibly ferocious, hate-filled and avenging band who have
confidently taken control of their own fate... This is a hard-hitting
metal release, which more than deserves to be checked out on its own
accord." -- Terrorizer

"These are the dudes that I'm gonna spin in the car when I'm late and
on my MP3 thingy-ma-jig when I've had a gutful of the world and the
old ladies and little children in my way need to be scattered in an
efficient and final manner... The perfect record to feed your loathing
of the world and it's worst facets." -- Mass Movement

"The tracks on this E.P. don't play, they detonate... the vocals cast
a shockwave and the music leaves a crater. From the furious opening of
'Command' to the brutal breakdowns of 'Abuse,' MEANS TO A DEAD END is
music to riot to." -- Unholy Gate

"...a debut E.P. to rival most full lengths." -- Mouth For War

http://www.enemyreign.com/
http://www.neuroticdeathfest.com/
http://www.twitter.com/deathfest
http://neuroticdeathfest.hyves.nl

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-Still eating leftover Halloween candy? Me, too. - Tim

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-JSS Live In Madrid

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Jeff Scott
Soto - ONE NIGHT IN MADRID in CD and DVD formats on December 4th, 2009
in Europe and January 12th, 2010 in the U.S.A.

This live performance will set Jeff Scott Soto's outstanding career in
context. It is a road-map through a journey spanning more than 25
years that begun with college bands and culminated as front man for
the ever popular Journey taking in Talisman, Soul SirkUS and the band
that lifted his career into the consciousness of rock fans across the
world -- Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.

His first solo album, LOVE PARADE, was released almost 15 years ago in
the mid '90s and was picked up by Frontiers Records and rereleased in
2002 to coincide with his appearance at The Gods Festival. Since then
Jeff has released three stunning albums: PRISM (2003), LOST IN THE
TRANSLATION (2004) and his latest offering BEAUTIFUL MESS produced
with Paulo Mendonça and released on download in 2008. Released as a CD
in February 2009, JSS toured BEAUTIFUL MESS across the U.S.A., Europe
and South America showing fans a brand new direction as well as a new
lineup featuring Jorge Salan on guitar, BJ on guitar and keyboards,
Fernando Mainer on bass and Edu Cominato on drums.

As a grand finale to the tour this concert in Madrid, in front of a
packed and enthusiastic audience, was taped for a release that could
portray the artist as he is today with a set list that showcases
Jeff's long and successful musical career including many favourites
from his past and present, including a cut from the motion picture
"Rock Star" as well as selections from all his solo albums including
LOVE PARADE, PRISM, LOST IN THE TRANSLATION and his outstanding work
with Talisman.

Clocking in at approximately 2.5 hours, these specially packaged CD
and DVD capture the stunning performance of the show!

CD contents include:

CD-1: Intro; 21st Century; Colour My XTC; Soul Divine; Our Song;
Drowning; Edu drum solo; Funky Jam; Jorge guitar solo; Mountain; Eyes
Of Love; Testify; Band Introductions; Broken Man

CD-2: Hey; Frozen/Crazy; Piano Medley: If This Is The End/Holding On/
Nobody Said It Was Easy/4 U/Just Between Us; Gin & Tonic Sky; JSS/
Jorge workshop; I'll Be Waiting; Encore: Stand Up; Funky Medley: We
Will Rock You/I Love Rock & Roll/Play That Funky Music/Jungle Boogie/
The Roof Is On Fire/Brick House/Shake Your Booty/Kung Fu Fighting/Yo
Baby Yo/Macho Man/The Right Stuff/Ice Ice Baby/Stayin' Alive/Another
One Bites The Dust/Walk This Way

The DVD includes:

The full show track listing plus the following extras: Video clips:
Holding On, Eyes Of Love, Believe In Me (w/ Neal Schon), If This Is
The End, 21st Century, Hey, Gin & Tonic Sky plus a Special Tribute
video "In Memory of Marcel Jacob."

The DVD will be available in NTSC Region Free format, in 5.1 mix.

http://www.jeffscottsoto.com/
http://www.frontiers.it/

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-Edguy: Work On New Music Begins Soon

The following band update has been sent in by Edguy drummer (a.k.a.
"Darth Vader's future son") Felix Bohnke:

"Hello Friends,

We are back from our U.S.A. and Canada tour. It has been a great
adventure and the shows were awesome. Edguy had a great time
travelling the States again. We've met so many kind and enthusiastic
people. We will definitely come back to the land of endless
opportunities -- and Canada -- with a new CD.

Before heading to the U.S.A., I recorded five songs for the upcoming
Avantasia CD. It was a great experience and I can tell you that the
next Avantasia CD will be a killer album! Great things await us!

Edguy are not lazy and will have much work coming their way as well.
The band will start working on new songs very soon -- we are
collecting ideas all the time.

On Saturday, October 24th we attended the 10 year anniversary party of
the Edguy Savage Union fan club. Happy Birthday! All the Edguys had
great fun at this gathering and we had a wonderful time with
everybody! We can say without a doubt: We have the BEST fans in the
world!

Finally the dates for the upcoming Australia tour in January [2010]
are confirmed:

January 1st. 2010 - Sydney - Enmore Theatre
January 3rd, 2010 - Melbourne - Billboard
January 5th, 2010 - Adelaide - Fowler's Live
January 7th, 2010 - Perth - Capitol

The last Edguy show of this year will be on December 12th in Karlsruhe
(Germany) - Europahalle. Our friends from HammerFall will play as
well.

As you might have noticed, the Sao Paulo show was not aired as
advertised on iMusic due to an internal server problem. According to
iMusic, there will be a new date and time -- check out my site, I'll
let you know.

I did not forget the web shop -- I am working on it and you will be
informed when everything is ready.

Greetings,

Felix."

http://www.edguy.net/
http://www.myspace.com/edguy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edguy/7890846826

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-Magic Circle Music Update

Magic Circle Festival IV Announced! Special Event Just Added To The
Death To Infidels World Tour 2010!

On July 11th 2010 Magic Circle Festival IV Will Be Held In Tolmin,
Slovenia.

After Germany hosting the first three Magic Circle Festivals -- with
fans from more than 44 countries attending -- Slovenia has been
nominated to be the exclusive host for 2010.

Tolmin/Slovenia is conveniently located in the heart of Europe, only
95km from Ljubljana (Slovenia), 105km from Villach (Austria), 400km
from Munich (Germany), 97km from Udine (Italy) and 240km from Zagreb
(Croatia). This partnership with Metalcamp 2010 celebrates the first
Magic Circle Festival outside German territory.

The show coincides with the final game of the FIFA World Cup in South
Africa, which will be broadcast LIVE at the event on a gigantic
screen. Immediately following the game, Manowar hits the stage! The
World Cup/concert combination promises to make "Magic Circle Festival
at Metalcamp 2010" the greatest football-meets-metal party ever for
those in attendance! In addition to Manowar, special guests include
Magic Circle Music recording artists HolyHell and Metalforce. Other
acts and program details to be announced soon.

Whether you are already planning to attend Metalcamp 2010 or not, make
sure to join in this very special event and witness the first-ever
Manowar concert in Slovenia! The Death To Infidels World Tour 2010 is
Manowar's first full-length world tour in over a decade and "Magic
Circle Festival at Metalcamp 2010" is a must-see event. As the Kings
of Metal descend upon Slovenia, they will be conquering new territory
in their ongoing pursuit of world domination!

Please note:
- Tickets for "Metalcamp 2010" (July 5 - 10) cannot be used for "Magic
Circle Festival at Metalcamp 2010" (July 11).
- Tickets for "Magic Circle Festival at Metalcamp 2010" (July 11)
cannot be used for "Metalcamp 2010" (July 5-10).

Tickets for "Magic Circle Festival at Metalcamp 2010" are on sale now.
Parking and camping are free. Click
http://store.magiccirclemusic.com/page/49/MCFIV to buy! Ultimate Fan
Packages, a must-have for die-hard MANOWAR fans, will be available
soon!

Magic Circle Festival
http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/

Metalcamp
http://www.metalcamp.com/

Magic Circle Music
http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/

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-Rush News From Neil Peart

[Note: This is from Neil Peart's Web site http://www.neilpeart.net/ .
- Tim]

"In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of
'reinvention.' We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in November, and
discuss our future. We learned many years ago that when we finish one
long project -- like a two-year tour following a year or so of writing
and recording for Snakes and Arrows -- we don't make any further plans
for a while. It's good to feel truly free for a time, and to clear
your mind to focus on what you'd really like to do next. Of course,
these are parlous times in the music business, so our time-honored
pattern of touring, recording, and touring is no longer the obvious
way to do things. The music world -- or at least the business of it --
is very different now, even since 2006, when we began work on SNAKES
AND ARROWS. The importance of 'the album' is not what it was, and
there is currently a reversion to a musical climate rather like the
1950s, when only 'the song' matters. Radio, downloads, and 'shuffle'
settings are inimical to collected works. Because of that reality,
record company advances that used to pay for album projects are a
thing of the past, so if that was what we wanted to do, we'd be on our
own......To this point, the three of us haven't even discussed what we
might discuss, so to speak -- so our ideas and shared enthusiasm for
the entity of Rush will be fresh, spontaneous, and quite likely
exciting. For myself, I'm open to anything we can all agree on (I've
pointed out before that in a three-piece band, we need consensus, not
democracy -- it's no good having one outvoted and unhappy member). My
favorite group activity is always songwriting and recording, and I've
got some lyrical ideas and those new drumming frontiers to explore.
However, those rhythmic concepts would also be inspiring for a new
drum solo, if we decided to do a tour of some kind, maybe with an
orchestra. We could write and record just a few songs, and release
them some way. Or there were a couple of film-and-music projects we
had discussed in the past. In any case, there are enough possibilities
for future collaboration, and I am curious to see what we'll come up
with."

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-Cinderella

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of Hard Rock
icons Cinderella for the European release on the LIVE AT THE MOHEGAN
SUN album on November 6th, 2009.

Featuring the all original lineup of Tom Keifer (vocals, guitar), Eric
Brittingham (bass), Jeff LaBar (guitar) and Fred Coury (drums), the
show was recorded during the VH1 sponsored "Rock Never Stops" package
tour, which Cinderella headlined, supported by Ratt, Quiet Riot and
FireHouse. The concert was held in Uncasville, Connecticut on July 21,
2005 and is being officially released in Europe as an appetizer to the
ultimate live return of the band to European soil, which is planned
for 2010!

Formed in Philadelphia in 1983 by singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom
Keifer and bassist Eric Brittingham, they quickly added guitarist Jeff
LaBar to the lineup. With Jody Cortez completing the band on drums,
Cinderella started to write and perform original material in clubs and
bars in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, until Jon Bon Jovi caught one of
the performances and alerted his record company, Mercury, who
immediately signed the band. Cinderella's debut album NIGHT SONGS, was
released in June 1986 and went on to sell over 3 million units,
sporting such singles as "Shake Me," "Nobody's Fool" and "Somebody
Save Me." Fred Coury replaced Cortez prior to the release of NIGHT
SONGS and the band has remained unchanged since.

Two years later Cinderella returned with their second album, LONG COLD
WINTER. The record was another huge success, selling in excess of 3
million copies with tracks like "Gypsy Road" and "Don't Know What You
Got ('Til It's Gone)" becoming soon fan favourites.

Their third album, HEARTBREAK STATION, was released in 1990 followed
by STILL CLIMBING in 1994. The latter two albums featured songs more
influenced by Keifer's love of the blues. Cinderella disbanded in 1995
but by 1998, there was interest by promoters for Cinderella to reunite
in the original lineup for a tour. Cinderella were later signed to
Sony's Portrait label by famed record executive John Kalodner, however
the lack of success of the label's initial releases brought the
cancellation of the deal as the label folded.

Nevertheless, a faithful fan base supported the continued road work by
the band, which reunited again in the summer of 2000 for a tour with
Poison, followed by a second outing by the two groups in 2002 and
regular live activity until 2006 which will be finally resumed during
next year. Get ready for the return of Cinderella!

Final track listing of LIVE AT THE MOHEGAN SUN includes: Intro; Night
Songs; The Last Mile; Somebody Save Me; Heartbreak Station; Coming
Home; Shelter Me; Nobody's Fool; Gypsy Road; Don't Know What You Got
('Till It's Gone); Shake Me; Fallin' Apart At The Seams*; Push Push*;
Still Climbing*. (*) Bonus Tracks available on the first pressing in
digi-pak!

http://www.frontiers.it/
http://www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords

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-Guitar Guru Gary Hoey Embarks On The Annual HO! HO! Hoey Tour 2009

Tour Starts November 20th in Detroit, MI

HOLLYWOOD -- Ax-slinger Gary Hoey is the brains behind the annual HO!
HO! Hoey Rockin Holiday Tour. Along with a series of Christmas CDs
Gary Hoey's on-air station visits have become a staple at hundreds of
radio stations nationwide. His live rock and roll Christmas show
continues to grow new fans each year. This tour has become so
trademark to Hoey that Hallmark's musical greeting cards features two
Ho Ho Hoey classics.

Tour dates

11/20/2009 - DETROIT, MI - BLONDIES
11/21/2009 - SCHAUMBURG, IL - CITY LIMITS
11/22/2009 - MILWAUKEE, WI - VNUKS
11/27/2009 - DES MOINES, IA - PRAIRIE MEADOWS CASINO
11/29/2009 - KANSAS CITY, MO - KNUCKLEHEADS
12/2/2009 - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - WHISKEY ROADHOUSE AT HARRAH'S
HORSESHOE CASINO
12/3/2009 - MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO - HARRAH'S VOODOO LOUNGE
12/05/2009 - MANCHESTER, NH - ROCK 101 CHRISTMAS SHOW
12/8/2009 - SELLERSVILLE, PA - SELLERSVILLE THEATER
12/11/2009 - ARCADIA, CA - ARCADIA BLUES CLUB
12/12/2009 - RIVERSIDE, CA - VOODOO LOUNGE
12/15/2009 - EXETER, CA - ORANGE BLOSSOM JUNCTION
12/16/2009 - SOLANA BEACH, CA - BELLY UP
12/17/2009 - BAKERSFIELD, CA - FISHLIPS
12/19/2009 - SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA - THE COACH HOUSE

The Ho Ho Hoey Tour is more than a Christmas Tour -- Hoey has been
raising funds for many charities along the way of his Holiday travels.
Hoey has brought joy to charities such as the Connecticut Children's
Hospital Metal Health Concerts (2006, 2007, & 2008) as well as
auctioning himself off for private guitar lessons to support the New
Hampshire Food Bank's "Lend A Helping Can" food drive four years in a
row raising over $5,000 for families in need, Toys for Tots with the
Marine Corps and his guitar auctions for the Boys & Girls Club in
Visalia, CA for 2007 & 2008 has raised over $25,000.

In 1993 Hoey launched his career and since built a collection of 16
albums and five (5) top 20 Billboard hits. It is no wonder Hoey is
listed in the top 100 greatest guitar players of all time. Whether
it's rock, blues, surf or Christmas, Hoey's command of each style
makes his live show one of the most exciting on the circuit today.

For additional information click on http://www.garyhoey.com/ or
http://www.myspace.com/garyhoey .

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-Mastedon

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the European release of the
brand new Mastedon album 3 on November 6th, 2009.

Mastedon is the hard rock band put together by ex Kansas singer John
Elefante, together with his brother Dino in the late '80s. The band's
name was a pachyderm-inspired reference to the brothers' last name.
Although John was an accomplished vocalist and performer, the first
two Mastedon albums featured multiple lead singers and performances by
other artists, creating an eclectic sound anchored by John's
songwriting. His brother Dino played a prominent role, contributing
songwriting and handling most of the guitar work. Some of the
collaborators in the band's first two albums were Dave Amato (REO
Speedwagon), Stef Burns (Y&T), bassists John Pierce (Richard Marx) and
John Patitucci plus guest vocalists David Pack (Ambrosia), David
Robbins (X-Sinner), Tom Bowes (Tower Of Power), James Dean Longacre
(Life9) and Perry Lee (Tracer Fox).

In 1996 John Elefante started a solo career that brought him to
release three successful albums more in the adult contemporary / pop
rock vein. After a few years of hiatus, John decided to go back to his
roots sound with a brand new Mastedon album that -- contrary to the
predecessors -- would only feature his amazing lead vocals. Musically,
the new album, simply entitled 3 harkens back to the best of Mastedon
and to his work with Kansas. None other than main Kansas songwriter
Kerry Livgren appears on lead guitar on this new release,
collaborating on an 11-minute piece of music that any Kansas fan will
surely love! More famed musicians and such as Dave Amato (REO
Speedwagon), Anthony Sallee (Whiteheart), Dan Needham (Michael
McDonald, Neville Brothers, Amy Grant, Garth Brooks, etc.) and of
course John's brother Dino Elefante contribute to the performance of
this superb new release.

Rich melodic harmonies and melodies are the keys to a Mastedon record
and 3 is clearly an instant winner in all its moments and will remain
as an hallmark in John Elefante's career for many years to come.

Final track listing of 3 includes: Revolution Of Mind; Slay Your
Demons; Nowhere Without Your Love; One Day Down By The Lake (See You
Real Soon); Water Into Wine (Fassa Rokka), Questions (It's About
Time); You Can't Take Anything; Lying; The Western World; That's What
You Do; Dust In The Wind (exclusive bonus track).

As a companion to this new release, Frontiers managed to acquire the
rights for the re-release of Mastedon's legendary debut album IT'S A
JUNGLE OUT THERE! Released originally in 1989, it charted at #25 in
the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Chart. To this day, this
album is still considered a classic in the genre and has reached some
amazing prices in the trades on eBay. Frontiers' new reissue includes
full lyrics and three bonus tracks: "Wasn't It Love" (from the
compilation CALIFORNIA METAL) and live versions of "Islands In The
Sky" and "Right Hand" recorded live at Cornerstone in 1991.

Full track listing: It's A Jungle Out There; Glory Bound; This Is The
Day; Love Inhalation; Islands In The Sky; Get Up; Love That Will
Survive; Innocent Girl; Shine On; Right Hand; Wasn't It Love*; Islands
In The Sky (Live at Cornerstone '91)*; Right Hand (Live at Cornerstone
'91).

http://www.johnelefante.com/
http://www.myspace.com/johnelefante
http://www.frontiers.it/
http://www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords

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-Lion Music Artist & Release News

THE DREAMSIDE - LUNAR NATURE
Genre - Gothic Alternative Rock
Catalogue - LMC274 EAN6419922002742

Lion Music is pleased to announce the release of the new album from
The Dreamside entitled LUNAR NATURE on December 4th, 2009.

The Dreamside have been on the gothic rock scene for now 15 years.
Blending elements of gothic and metal music with female vocals and
lyrics commonly centred on themes like the supernatural. The band have
built a strong fan base thanks to their four previous albums.

The music of LUNAR NATURE can be described as atmospherical gothic
rock with a good mixture of heavy guitars, electronical elements and a
proper shot of alternative rock. All this interwoven with the
remarkably voice of Kemi Vita (Satyrian) and her unique way to express
emotions in very personal lyrics.

LUNAR NATURE continues were the predecessor SPIN MOON MAGIC ended. The
album is full of diversity and therefore once more a typical output
from The Dreamside.

The album was recorded at the Excess studios in Rotterdam (After
Forever, Gorefest) and contains 15 tracks including "Seeds Of Pain," a
collaboration with the U.S. act Information Society and "Unspoken,"
again with guest appearances by guitarist Karl Fieldhous of Born From
Pain and Kenji Siratori. The album has been mastered by Kai
Blankenberg at the Skyline Studios in Düsseldorf/Germany (Paradise
Lost, Doro).

Together with Eva de Winkel, The Dreamside have produced a animation
video to the track "Sternenkind."

LUNAR NATURE track listing:

1. Everlasting
2. Silently Awake
3. When Stars Fall
4. Higher Ground
5. Sticks And Stones
6. Carry On
7. Lunar Nature
8. Hush
9. In Longing
10. Sternenkind
11. Serpents Kiss
12. Seeds Of Pain
13. Willing To Learn
14. Unspoken
15. Vlindertje

MUSICIANS

Kemi Vita - Voices
Roman Schoensee - Bass
Fried Bruggink - Guitars
Cees Viset - Guitars
Merijn Mol - Drums

LION MUSIC PROMO PAGE (with streaming audio)
http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/lunarnature.htm

YOUTUBE TEASER VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLVWbeMknDA

OFFICIAL WEB SITES
http://www.dreamside.nl/
http://www.myspace.com/dreamside

BORISLAV MITIC - THE ABSOLUTE
Genre - Shred / Neo-Classical / Guitar Instrumental
Catalogue - LMC275 EAN6419922002759

Lion Music is pleased to announce the release of the new album from
Borislav Mitic entitled THE ABSOLUTE on December 4th, 2009.

Borislav Mitic returns with a majestic new album THE ABSOLUTE. The
virtuoso Shredmaster delivers his strongest musical statement as of
yet for Lion Music.

The idea behind this concept album was to take the instrumental guitar
format and give it a new dimension infusing it with pure
uncompromising Metal attitude but with primary focus on song quality
content. Playing wise Borislav takes the gloves off this time and
brings into the musical arena a wide arsenal of dazzling guitar
techniques. He unmercifully unleashes them throughout the album with
blinding speed and precision while retaining a sense of melody, reason
and phrasing intelligence that he is known for.

Each out of the ten songs featured on the album explores a different
aspect of Metal music taking the listener on a quest toward the
essential passion that lies within all true artistic effort -- the
perfection of creative expression. Borislav draws inspiration from
many players that walked the path of guitar greatness before him and
summons these echoes of the past forging them into a stunning new
styling all of his own.

THE ABSOLUTE is an album whose mission is to shine brightly as a new
rising star in a constellation of legendary classic albums of the
Metal virtuoso genre.

THE ABSOLUTE track listing:

1. The Absolute
2. Secret Of Life
3. Hidden
4. Within All Existence
5. Promises
6. The Prize Of Eternity
7. For The Chosen
8. Fighter Of Glory
9. Walking The Path
10. To One Truth

MUSICIANS
All instruments played by Borislav Mitic.

LION MUSIC PROMO PAGE (with streaming audio)
http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/absolute.htm

OFFICIAL WEB SITES
http://www.borislavmitic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/borislavmitic

NEW SIGNING - ACACIA AVENUE

Lion Music is pleased to announce the signing of Acacia Avenue for
their self-titled debut album set for release on Lion Music in January
2010.

Led by Danish guitarist and songwriter Torben Enevoldsen (Section A,
Fatal Force) the initial idea for the album came about from Torben
writing in a more melodic hard rock nature than his other bands.
Quickly the idea emerged to do a whole album in this style but to
spice things up Torben called in a few good friends to participate as
singers and co-writers.

Tony Mills (TNT, Shy) was the first to join in and together they wrote
and recorded "Don't Call Me Tonight" and "Wait No More." Geir Rönning
(Radioactive, Prisoner) began writing with Torben immediately after
and together they penned the songs "Hold On," "No Looking Back" and
"Digging." Enevoldsen wrote the rest of the songs by himself, but
Torben Lysholm (Pangea, Mysterell) wrote the lyrics for "Just Wanna Be
With You" and sang vocals on "Can't Make You Stay" and the Japanese
bonus track "Cold." Finally Lars Säfsund (W.O.A.) performed the vocals
on "An Illusion."

Apart from playing all guitars, bass and keyboards on the album,
Torben Enevoldsen sang backing vocals on a few songs and also did the
lead vocals on "Jamie's In Love" and "Let Go." Thomas Heintzelmann
(Section A, Decoy) played drums and Carsten Neumann (Savage Affair)
helped out with the bass.

Acacia Avenue is sure to please fans of strong hard melodic rock with
each track being home to catchy vocal melodies, strong instrumentation
and a crisp clean production.

Full information to follow soon.

Current Releases

September 11th 2009

Twinspirits - THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Status Minor - DIALOG

October 6th 2009

Infinity Overture - KINGDOM OF UTOPIA
Tommy Ermolli - STEP AHEAD

November 6th 2009

Vendetta - HERETIC NATION
Missing Tide - FOLLOW THE DREAMER

Relevant Links

Lion Music Web site
http://www.lionmusic.com/

MySpace Profile
http://www.myspace.com/lionmusiclabel

YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/lionmusicfinland

Twitter
http://twitter.com/lionmusic

Contact Info:
Lion Music
Kvarteret I Tiden
Elverksgatan 10
22100 Mariehamn
Aland
Finland

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-Los Angeles Turns To NEVERLAND

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Los Angeles'
second album entitled NEVERLAND on December 4th, 2009 in Europe and
January 12th, 2010 in the U.S.A.

Los Angeles' debut album revealed to the unsuspecting international
melodic rock audience, the talents of the awesome Italian singer
Michele Luppi. He cut his teeth at the VIT Los Angeles, with Robin
Randall (co-writer of hits for FM, Mark Free, James Christian, etc.)
as one of his musical coaches. He teamed up in 2007 with bass player
and producer Fabrizio Grossi (Glenn Hughes, From The Inside, Vertigo,
etc.) to give birth to a project that could make him express his
melodic rock artistic roots.

Michele's name became known during the years in the hard rock and
metal scene, when he became the singer of the Italian progressive
metal band Vision Divine, on three studio albums and one live DVD.
More recently he became the leader and front man of a new melodic
metal band named Killing Touch.

Los Angeles' concept is to tribute the AOR greats that shaped Luppi's
singing and songwriting abilities. Contrary to the first record that
relied heavily on external songwriters, this new album sees the
songwriting collaboration between Luppi and Grossi blossomed in full,
with more contributions from Eric Ragno (China Blue), Joey Sykes
(Hugo), Roberto Priori and ex-Dokken axeman George Lynch (on "Nowhere
To Run"). There is also a stunning new version of Richard Marx's
"Nothing To Hide": another fitting tribute to one of AOR music giants
and two songs offered ("Wait For You" and "Tonight Tonight") by Tom
and James Martin (Khymera, Sunstorm, House Of Lords).

Musicians include Tommy Denander, Joey Sykes, Roberto Priori on
guitars, Eric Ragno on keyboards, Tony "AJ" Morra on drums and of
course Fabrizio Grossi on bass. While Luppi's astounding vocals can be
described as Mark Free meets Eric Martin, Los Angeles' NEVERLAND is a
true AOR beauty which is truly a must-buy for all the melodic rock
fans.

NEVERLAND track listing includes: Neverland; Nothing To Hide; City Of
Angels; Promises; Wait For You, Nowhere To Run; Tonight Tonight;
Higher Love; Living Inside; Welcome To My Life; Paradise

http://www.frontiers.it/

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-Age Of Evil Prove Age Doesn't Matter, Rock Ferociously On GET DEAD
E.P. Due November 17th, 2009!

It seems like whenever a rock or metal band comprised of still-school-
attending teenagers hits the scene, it's easy to simply write them off
as a gimmick. This certainly is not the case with the Scottsdale,
Arizona-based Age Of Evil, who easily keep pace with the big boys on
their latest release, the six-track E.P., GET DEAD. Picture vintage
crushing thrash metal with sweeping Iron Maiden-esque guitar
harmonies, and you're not far off from what the group (which is
comprised of two brother teams) -- singer/rhythm guitarist Jeremy
Goldberg (age 19), lead guitarist Jordan Ziff (18), bassist Jacob
Goldberg (18), and drummer Garrett Ziff (20) -- specialize in.

"We are so fortunate for our band to consist of two sets of brothers,"
explains Jeremy. "But anyone who knows us will tell you that it's
really four brothers. The band would be completely different if we
were all separate dudes and I think it is safe to say that Age Of Evil
would not be Age Of Evil with anyone missing." And according to
Jordan, the idea of forming Age Of Evil was a long time in the making.
"We've all known each other since we were very little, and we always
wanted to be in a band together."

If you're looking for a total ass-kicker of a recording, GET DEAD
wastes little time, as such ragers as "Cruel Intentions" and the title
track, "Get Dead," quickly prove. Add to it spot-on covers of Skid
Row's "Slave To The Grind" and Judas Priest's "Electric Eye," plus two
live tracks ("Eye For An Eye" and "Glimpse Of Light"), and you'll
understand why ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has praised the
band, saying "They have the 'new/old school' sound down to a science
and have considerably upped the ante for metal of the future." With
GET DEAD hot off the press, Jacob gives a hint as to what the group's
future plans are -- "Complete world domination and intergalactic
domination once we find some damn aliens."

For more information, visit:
http://www.ageofevil.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ageofevil

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-New Edge Of Forever In January

After their first two successful releases FEEDING THE FIRE and LET THE
DEMON ROCK 'N' ROLL, Edge Of Forever is ready to hit the hearts of
melodic hard-rock fans again with their new album ANOTHER PARADISE,
released January 15th, 2010.

This much anticipated disc shows their usual hard hitting rock style
renovated by a new and far more powerful lineup: Alessandro Del
Vecchio - vocals and keyboards, Walter Caliaro - guitars, Nik
Mazzucconi - bass, Francesco Jovino - drums, Bob Harris (Axe, Frank
Zappa, Steve Vai and former Edge Of Forever singer) - backing vocals,
Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth) - backing Vocals, Igor Gianola (U.D.O.,
Gotthard, Jorn) - guitar solo, Carsten "Lizard" Schulz (Evidence One,
Domain) - backing vocals.

The new lineup features EOF veteran keyboardist extraordinaire
Alessandro Del Vecchio stepping up his game to take over the job of
lead vocalist too. And you won't be disappointed! His intense
interpretations and melodic vocal lines will capture any rock fan's
heart and quickly conquer their soul. Comparisons with the likes of
Jon Bon Jovi, James Christian, Russel Arcara and John Sykes are the
band's confirmation that their crucial decision to make Del Vecchio
lead vocalist was the right one.

Track listing: 1. Distant Voices, 2. Another Paradise, 3. Lonely, 4.
Edge Of Life, 5. I Won't Call You, 6. My Revenge, 7. What I've Never
Seen, 8. What A Feeling, 9. Eye Of The Storm, 10. Against The Wall

http://www.myspace.com/edgeofforeverofficial
http://www.7hard.com/

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-Spin Gallery EMBRACE You

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Spin Gallery's
new album EMBRACE on December 4th, 2009 in Europe and January 12th,
2010 in the U.S.A.

The concept behind the band started in 1997, when main songwriter,
producer and musician for the project Tommy Denander together, with
singer and co-writer Kristoffer Lagerström made a few demos, which
included the song "Grace" that first was released on Tommy's
Radioactive album CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE and later re-recorded for the
Spin Gallery debut.

From that song Tommy started to develop an idea to build up a band
with multiple singers with a sound that could mix melodic rock in the
vein of Mr. Mister, Toto and Giant with a more modern high tech sound
and that would include more contemporary influences from Peter
Gabriel, Sting and Pink Floyd.

The first album entitled STANDING TALL was released in 2004 and got
some amazing responses, with legendary magazine Kerrang's Dave
Reynolds saying "The best I've heard in ten years." It also featured a
few big name guests like David Foster, Michael Thompson and Randy
Goodrum. For the new album the original members Kristoffer Lagerström
and Tommy Denander again wanted to invite just a couple of friends.
Two legendary voices sing duet with Kristoffer on the new album: Dan
Reed on the song "You Do The Things You Do" and Robin Beck on the
radio friendly "Just A Momentary Why." EMBRACE also features the great
L.A. session master Glen Marks on drums and Swedish sensation Marika
Willstedt on cello.

Kristoffer and Tommy spent 18 months working on this album to ensure
that every song is a smash and that EMBRACE lives up to the praise of
the first release as well as standing the test of time with a
masterful craft in songwriting, performance and production. Tommy
Denander says "I hold this as the best production I've done so far and
we really took every tiny little piece of the album and worked on it
until we were totally satisfied, Kristoffer does an amazing job on the
vocals and we had a fantastic, inspired and very creative time making
it," while Kristoffer adds: "This is the album I've always wanted to
make and it came out even better than I could imagine when we started
this journey."

Tommy produced the album and plays guitars, bass, keyboards and loops/
FX with Kristoffer handling all vocals.

EMBRACE track listing includes: Embrace; Stone By Stone; Just A
Momentary Why (feat. Robin Beck); Brilliance Of The Drugs; Eyes Wide
Open; Blood In My Veins; You Do The Things You Do (feat. Dan Reed);
Indulge; Without Love; Tic Toc; Everything Fades; The End

http://www.frontiers.it/

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-Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp Teams Up With Legendary Radio Personality
Denny Somach For National Led Zeppelin Song Contest

HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Denny Somach the legendary syndicated radio jock has
teamed up with Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp to pick a Led Zeppelin tune
recorded at rock camp.

Each band will have an opportunity to perform their favorite Led
Zeppelin song in honor of their 40th anniversary and with legendary
record producers of Led Zeppelin Ron Nevison and Eddie Kramer. The
chosen band's track will be played on Somach's Led Zeppelin radio show
around the country.

Somach's radio show is a nation-wide Led Zeppelin radio show featured
in over 80% of the U.S.A. It can be heard on KLOS Los Angeles or Q104
in New York or go to their Web site and see where it plays in your
local area.

For more information on Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp 888.762.2263 (BAND)
or visit http://www.rockcamp.com/ .

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-On The Rise

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of the long
awaited On The Rise second album DREAM ZONE on December 4th in Europe
and January 12th in the U.S.A.

On The Rise's debut album caused a stir among the Melodic Rock fans
community in 2003. Several magazines stated that On The Rise created
the Melodic Rock ultimate debut album, boasting influences from the
likes of Toto, Nelson and Boston with elements of the typical
Scandinavian melodic rock. Thanks to the amazing songwriting and vocal
abilities of founding member Terje Eide, On The Rise were catapulted
in a few weeks on the headlines of all the Melodic Rock press.

Hailing from Bergen, Norway, Terje Eide is now the only member of On
The Rise. His musical career started at 17 when he won a local talent
contest. He later enjoyed a stint with the band Heaven & Hell, a rock
institution in Bergen in the '80s. In 1986 he won the Norwegian
National Rock Championship on national TV with the band The Heat.
Terje went back to his Melodic Rock roots in 2000 starting a project
who later on became On The Rise. A demo was made in early 2001 which
immediately raised the interest of Frontiers Records who signed the
project in June 2002.

"I'm very happy with the new album," says Terje. "The songs are
catchy, groovy and they've got the strong choruses and melody lines
that I always want them to have. It's been a joyful musical journey.
It's an album I can support 110%. It's got the typical On The Rise
sound, but at some point it's a little rougher than what has been
written and produced before." Some songs have been written by Terje in
collaboration with Christian Wolff (who also appears playing keyboards
and some bass and guitars on the record). Christian appeared already
as songwriter in the Ambition album (featuring vocals by Thom Griffin
of Trillion) and is currently collaborating with Joe Vana on the
second Mecca record. Other musicians include Erik Engebretsen on drums
and Eric Ragno on keyboards, while Terje took care of the vast
majority of the guitar parts and all vocals, together with some
keyboards and bass.

DREAM ZONE final track listing includes:

Lifeline; Lost Your Track; Dream Zone; Edellyn; Alive; In The Line Of
Fire; Get Out Of Here; Fly Away; No Time To Lose; Why Wait Another
Day; Tomorrow Never Dies; Howling At The Moon, Find A Way (bonus
track).

Further info:
Frontiers Records
http://www.frontiers.it/
http://www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords

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-Blanc Faces

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Blanc Faces'
new album entitled FALLING FROM THE MOON on November 6th in Europe and
November 26th in the U.S.A.

In 2005 one of the brightest new stars on the melodic rock scene
appeared during the hot summer time. In July of that year Blanc Faces,
headed by the brothers duo, Robbie and Brian LaBlanc debuted with
their self-titled album showing the world that the time for big
harmonies was not over. With a stunning production and some truly
brilliant songs, Blanc Faces managed to catch the attention of the
entire melodic rock oriented press and loads of new fans. Following
the huge responses, the band appeared for the first time in Europe at
the first edition of the United Forces of Rock Festival in
Ludwigsburg, Germany where they took the crowd by storm.

Little by little the two brothers (who by the way have an outstanding
career in music including providing background vocals on music
involving Toto lead singer Bobby Kimball and legendary singer Ronnie
Spector) started putting together musical material for the second
album which they completed in the summer of 2009. "My brother wrote
most of the material, I wrote some lyrics for it," says singer Robbie
LaBlanc. "It's funny when you think back on the time period you write
something it parallels what's going on in your life at that time
whether you know it or not. When I'm listening to the new CD I can
remember what I was thinking or feeling at that moment. My brother
just likes to write melodic songs, I think the approach was pretty
much the same as the last CD."

Not wanting to touch a team that gave superb results on the debut
record, Blanc Faces worked again with Kyle Woodring (Dennis DeYoung;
Survivor; John Mellencamp) on drums, Jeff Batter (Cannata) on
keyboards, and Butch Taylor and Michael Patzig on lead guitar. "We are
real happy that it's done and sounding great," continues Robbie. "I
took a lot more time with the vocals on this CD. There were songs that
I thought were done and I'd listen back and want to do it again.
Sometimes you can drive yourself nuts with that but I usually know
when something sounds right. We hope everyone feels the same way!"

Just a few weeks after the completion of the record the sad news of
Kyle Woodring passing reached everyone, so the entire album is
dedicated to this amazing musician.

Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Place Vendome, etc.) delivered once again
a superior quality in the mixing sessions so once again the end result
is an astonishing album that restores the faith in classic AOR /
melodic rock music. If you are a fan of Journey, Foreigner and
Survivor, you will love this recording!

Final track listing of FALLING FROM THE MOON includes: I Come Alive;
Falling From The Moon; I Swear To You; Everything; It's All About The
Love; Goodbye Summer Goodbye; Deep In The Heart; Don't Take It Away;
Like A Believer; Light Of The World; I Will; Fly. Includes also:
Falling From The Moon video clip.

http://www.frontiers.it/
http://www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords

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-Two New Releases From Radiant Records!

Glass Hammer - THREE CHEERS FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED

2009's release THREE CHEERS FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED reveals a leaner,
tighter Glass Hammer; with Steve Babb and Fred Schendel once more
handling nearly all of the instrumentation and one hundred percent of
the writing and production. Still, Glass Hammer alum Susie Bogdanowicz
finds herself squarely in the spot light as the solo vocalist on seven
of the album's 11 tracks.

From song to song, the dynamics are clear and present. THREE CHEERS
FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED features melancholy ballads, psychedelic
influenced rockers and even head-banging metal tracks; all firmly
based on the band's previous progressive rock style.

While not a concept album in the traditional sense, the new album's
lyrics still carry a theme throughout. The new release shows the more
cynical, darker side of Glass Hammer -- a band usually noted for its
optimism. "It's still there," says GH co-founder Steve Babb. "But only
revealed in places; certainly harder to find than in lyrics from
earlier albums. But while this album has given us a needed break from
the out-right storytelling we usually attempt, when taken as a whole,
THREE CHEERS starts in a pretty dark place, then gradually leads you
back home again. Even without the time-honored concept, our fans will
definitely still find themselves on a journey."

Track Listing:

Come On, Come On
The Lure Of Dreams
A Rose For Emily
Sleep On
The Mid-Life Weird
A Bitter Wind
The Curse They Weave
Sun Down Shores
Schrodinger's Lament
Hyperbole
Falling

Glass Hammer - THE COMPILATIONS

A rare collection of Glass Hammer music never before included on an
official Glass Hammer recording. All tracks included on THE
COMPILATIONS, 1996 to 2004 either never made their way to an official
album, were recorded for tribute albums, or were part of compilation
projects that included many prog artists. Originally released in a
cardboard sleave with a limited pressing of only 1,000 copies, THE
COMPILATIONS has been out-of-print for well over a year. Back in stock
now (in a standard jewel case), and timed to release along with the
new studio album THREE CHEERS FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED, THE COMPILATIONS
is a must-have for fans of Glass Hammer.

Featuring the 21-minute epic, "In The Court Of Alkinoos," a cover of
the Camel classic "Air Born," and performances by former Glass Hammer
members such as Walter Moore, David Carter along with Fred Schendel,
Steve Babb, Susie Bogdanowicz and The Adonia String Trio; fans of
symphonic prog will find plenty to enjoy on this re-release of THE
COMPILATIONS.

Track listing:

Time Marches On (Live)
Air Born
The Narrow Way
The Morning Song
Heroes and Dragons (Symphonic)
In The Court Of Alkinoos
Through The Glass Darkly (Live) (Bonus Track)

Release Date for both new Glass Hammer CDs is November 3.

SPECIAL OFFER: Buy both the new Glass Hammer CDs for one low price!
Come check it out!

Order now at http://www.radiantrecords.com/ .

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-Chinawhite Update

This time we have:

1. The artwork didn't meet quality standards so we gave it a new try.
Thanks to John Korsten for solving a lot of ehhhrrr Challenges... Take
a quick view:

http://www.chinawhite.nl/pictures/chinawhite-challenges-front300.jpg

2. Next is the news that the CD and artwork are at the manufacturer
now! So fingers crossed! We are aiming for a release on November 25.

As a special introduction for this new album, we will release a single
from it. And the best part is; you can download it for free... in high
quality... It serves as a thank you for all your support over the
years. Here's the picture for it:

http://www.chinawhite.nl/pictures/chinawhite%20-%20my%20venus%20rising%20(single).jpg

The song is a edit from the third track on the album called "My Venus
Rising."

http://www.chinawhite.nl/audio/challenges/Chinawhite%20-%20%20My%20Venus%20Rising%20(single%20edit).mp3

Also the download for CHALLENGES is already operational at the site,
http://www.chinawhite.nl/ !

3. Besides on MySpace, we are also on Hyves now. Why not join?

http://www.myspace.com/chinawhitenl
http://petercox.hyves.nl/

4. And last but not least; for all things regarding publicity we will
be working with Nick Baldrian from Two Side Moon. Nicky is a scene
veteran, so we are very pleased about working together.

We will be back when CHALLENGES is ready to go! Thanks for reading and
have a great rocking weekend.

Rock Company
Neerseweg 60
5988 DA Helden

http://www.chinawhite.nl
http://www.rockcompany.nl
http://www.myspace.com/chinawhitenl

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-Two Side Moon/SLW Promotions Update

Band: Black Sand
Album: COME OUT
Genre: Hard Rock
Release Date: Out Now

For more details:
http://www.blacksand.at/

Black Sand composes in different music styles.

They have played successful gigs in Liverpool,London, Newcastle under
lyme & Southport. At these gigs original Black Sand Rock Music was
played, except in Southport Art Centre where they played with members
of the London Symphonic's "classic rock" musicians. They found that
this style of fusion rock and classic music proved very popular too.

Daniela, Walter and Richard have played their Eurosong on a TV show in
Munich followed by a two-hour Radio programme. This all inspired them
to compose and produce a Hard Rock CD, working in the studio with
great musicians was a great buzz!

Their music is created from all their personal ideas and dreams and
produced in their own studio. They are lucky enough to be able to work
with some great lyricists such as Brigitte Senn, Daniela Haag from
Vienna and Peter Wolf from Liverpool, although naturally they
sometimes are inspired to write their own. The last of the five albums
they have produced is NEVER FORGET; they have achieved success in
Texas with this album appearing in the magazine Rocknation and with
two songs on the sampler. Orders have come in from Italy, Spain,
France and Brazil and in England they are on the sampler with TSM
Promotions with one song. Always looking to the future, never back,
they have composed the song "Abbey Road" with lyrics by Peter Wolf,
and they love creating new tracks!

Track listing:
1. Running
2. Try It Out
3. I Hold On
4. Little Witch
5. Dancing Star
6. Come Out
7. Better You Don't
8. Don't You Know
9. Love And Understanding
10. Don't Make Me Feel
11. Our Team
12. We Are Free

Band: Margate
Album: ON THE OTHER SIDE
Genre: Rock / Powerpop / Punk
Release Date: Out Now

Web site:
http://www.margatemusic.com/

"Really like the Margate album -- it is a melodic romp" - Graham
Clark, Maximum FM, UK

Margate is a three-piece rock band in the vein of Foo Fighters, Jimmy
Eat World, Bad Religion and Weezer currently rocking in and around Los
Angeles, California. Seasoned veterans of the music scene, all three
members of the band have played in rock bands on both coasts for over
a decade. Margate formed in 2003 and has been steadily gaining fans in
the Southern California area and beyond ever since. The band has
played the top clubs in L.A., including the Viper Room, Roxy, House Of
Blues, Knitting Factory, Derby and Hard Rock Café in addition to
performing at street festivals, special events, Vans Warped Tour (2009
- San Diego) and on the Comedy Central stage as the house band for a
sketch comedy show. Margate's first self-produced full-length album,
SONGS IN THE KEY OF AWESOME, was released in 2006 and quickly became a
fan favorite. The album was recorded at Westbeach Recorders in
Hollywood (The Offspring, Blink-182, Sublime) and highlights the
band's unique blend of hard rock and melody and their creative
approach to songwriting. In 2007, Margate performed on live syndicated
radio on the "Frosty, Heidi And Frank Show" (97.1 FM Los Angeles) as
part of a segment entitled "Should I Stay Or Should I Go." The band
garnered a "stay" vote from listeners and the in-audience crowd.

Margate has also received airplay on UCLA campus radio and on the
world famous KROQ (106.7 FM Los Angeles) as part of the "Locals Only"
radio show. The Margate song "Rising" is featured prominently in the
independent feature film "Outside Sales," which was picked up in 2008
for major video distribution. The Margate song "Time And Time Again"
is featured in the independent feature film "George's Intervention"
(film festival circuit 2009). Margate is currently promoting the
release of their sophomore album, entitled ON THE OTHER SIDE, released
in August 2009 on their own Room57 Records. The new record showcases
the band's progression over the years and newfound gravitation towards
incorporating melody, counterpoint, complex harmonies and time
signatures into pop rock masterpieces.

Margate is:
Alex - Drums, Lead Vocals
Doug - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Steve - Bass, Backing Vocals

Track listing:
1. In My Life
2. Time & Time Again
3. Saved It
4. Believe In Steve
5. It Is What It Is
6. A New Hope
7. Circles
8. Unchecked Aggression
9. My Dog Duke
10. On The Other Side

Band: MusicSpeak
Album Title: ROOM TO SUSTAIN
Genre: Rock (modern, classic, melodic)/AOR/Power pop/Female Vocal
Release Date: Available NOW!

Web Links:
http://www.musicspeak.net/
http://www.myspace.com/musicspeak

With innovative, expressive communication -- done through sound --
MusicSpeak offers a progression of dynamic rock inspired by various
energies and emotions. Original music with thoughtful lyrics.
Intricate -- yet natural orchestrations. Interesting arrangements full
of twists for a unique approach to song writing. "Infectious hooks
with depth" get better with each listen. Ranging influences mix
together to bring a new, fresh sound to fans of timeless rock! This
special debut has years of blood, sweat, and tears -- and total glory
within!

Musicspeak is:
Gary Williams (guitar, bass, drums, percussion; live guitar)
Suzanne Tremblay (vocals)
Joined on-stage by live rhythm section (Shaun Varney, Ash Barnes)

Track listing:
1. Tomorrow
2. Why Can't I Follow?
3. A Hundred Thousand Million Steps (Without You)
4. Objects
5. Spin Around
6. Solid Ground
7. Omen
8. Overcast (Instrumental)
9. Listen

Band: To Cast A Shadow
Album: ALL ALONE
Genre: Metal/Punk/Goth/Rock
Release Date: Out Now

For more details:
http://www.myspace.com/tocastashadow
http://www.tocastashadow.com/

From the dark and icy cold depths of the Norwegian heartlands, comes
the story of four tormented and musically attuned souls who joined
forces to make the type of music they live and breath for. The tale
begins with a band of three friends coming together in a basement to
try and bring the house down with loud, pounding grooves, and
continues through epochs of experimenting within a range of heavy
musical stylings. A diverse assortment of artists to have influenced
and contributed to shape the current sound of the band, includes such
names as The 3rd And The Mortal, My Dying Bride, Type O Negative,
Satyricon, Anathema, Tool, Paradise Lost and of course Black Sabbath.
Just a few years back, the band's musical expression had landed firmly
within the domain of melodic doom/goth metal. The sound was complete
with the adding of a female singer to the mix. The release of the
band's debut album; ALL ALONE, which is distributed throughout Europe
by Indie Dist and Plastichead. The album featured artwork by Matthew
Vickerstaff (My Dying Bride), and recieved a number of great reviews.
The entity in question goes by the name "To Cast A Shadow" tracks!!

Marcus Granlien: Guitar
Stian Dalslåen: Bass
Kent Helset: Drums
Gunnhild Huser: Vocals

Track listing:
1. Erzsebet
2. All Alone
3. The Death Of Me
4. Agonised
5. Beast Within
6. Unjust
7. A Suicidal Mind
8. Pretty Dark
9. The Neverending Decay Of Love

TSM/SLW Promotions
http://www.myspace.com/nickyaor
http://www.slwpromotions.com/

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-3 Inches Of Blood Team Up With BloodyDisgusting.com To Present A
Massive Headlining North American Tour; Post New Video Teaser Online

The biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal, 3 Inches Of Blood,
are currently preparing for their massive, BloodyDisgusting.com
sponsored headlining North American fall trek with Saviours and Holy
Grail in the support slots. This kicks off on Nov. 13th and will be
the last U.S. run until the spring of 2010, so you won't want to miss
out on this. Head over now to their MySpace to view their complete
touring itinerary.

3 Inches Of Blood are back with a vengeance on their amazing new
album, HERE WAITS THY DOOM, and with a massive worldwide touring
schedule. The group recently completed a lengthy, highly successful
North American tour alongside In Flames, Between The Buried & Me and
The Faceless. They also shot a video for the album's vicious lead-off
cut, "Battles And Brotherhood," that was produced and directed by the
acclaimed Rick Podd, who has worked on such movies as "The Watcher" &
"Hellraiser." The clip features the band set in the middle of a
medieval battle and also showcases their acting abilities.

This video is definitely going to stand out from the pack with its
big-budget look and old school settings. Stay tuned to
BloodyDisgusting.com over the next week for the full-length exclusive,
worldwide debut, but for now be sure to check out the link below to
give you a little taste as to what's to come.

Check out this 3 Inches Of Blood video at BloodyDisgusting.com!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txd_Rf1vZ7s

http://www.myspace.com/3iob

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-Omega Crom Pillage More West Coast Canadian Tour Dates

Announcing last week tour dates in Edmonton and Lethbridge, Alberta,
Vancouver's Omega Crom (Reversed Records) are raising their horns high
as they announce more tour dates on the Canadian West Coast that will
see the metal warriors pillaging added venues in British Columbia and
Alberta on the following dates.

October 31, 2009 - Vancouver BC - The Fall Tattoo & Artist Gallery
sponsored by Abort Magazine - w/ Divinity & Maliced Plagued
November 12, 2009 - Revelstoke BC - The Regent Inn River City Pub
November 13, 2009 - Edmonton AB - The Rendez Vous - w/ Dead Jesus
November 14, 2009 - Lethbridge AB - Scores North Sports Bar & Grill
November 15, 2009 - Canmore AB - The Drake Pub

Recently completing their debut album BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE set to be
released in early 2010, Omega Crom are offering an exclusive Limited
Edition of the album to fans via their tour dates and pre-sale at
ReversedRecords Online Store (
http://www.reversedrecords.com/estore.html ).

"We're in battle mode and we're really excited to have these dates
added to our west coast tour," says vocalist and guitarist Johnny K.
"We want to invite all the high horn fans to come out get an exclusive
live set of our upcoming album BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE that'll be a
limited edition at shows until we release it officially next year."

BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE was produced by Juno award winning producer /
engineer Rob Shallcross (Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, GWAR,
Darkest Hour, Fattooth) and features guitar-driven songs blended with
diverse vocal styling from high falsetto wails to mid-range power and
hardcore screams. Omega Crom seamlessly combine punchy rhythms,
contrasting patches of melodic clean guitar, ripping solos, flowing
harmonies, intense bass guitar attacks alongside relentless double
kick thrash beats punctuated with inventive rolls and blast beats.

At an Omega Crom show you can expect to see over the top showmanship
from shotgunning beers, excessive head banging and intense bass and
guitar solos. Members include the likes of lead singer / shred master
Johnny K., fierce shredder Wayne Holden, insane bassist Ian "Rapid
Mutilation" Wilcke and Dan "The Rock" La Pierre who keeps it crushing
on drums. These boys are all literally foaming at the mouth with
hunger to rip and tear.

These Vancouver denizens of metal have received rave reviews for their
live performances. They have shared the stage with such acts as 3
Inches Of Blood, Zimmers Hole, Infernal Majesty, Into Eternity,
Kataklysm, Stratovarius, Divinity, Hibria, Fattooth.

Omega Crom - BLOOD, STEEL & FIRE (Releasing 2010)
Label: Reversed Records

The long-awaited debut release by Canadian Metal act Omega Crom
features progressive power metal, and elements of aggressive death and
thrash. Diverse vocals range from screeching falsettos, Mid Range to
hardcore death vocals. Shredding solos, anthemic harmonies, and
crushing rhythm guitar range from old school speed thrash to 18th
century classical. Double kick thrash beats haul ass throughout
combined with off time jazz elements punctuated with inventive rolls
and blast beats.

"It's safe to say featured band Omega Crom blew away everyone in the
room, being far more intense and unique than anything experienced at
the bigger show just prior. A heavy thrash / black metal amalgamation,
these guys are ones to watch for." - Edmonton Sun

"Not afraid to play guitar or sing. Omega Crom were tight and very
professional. They had excellent stage presence and actually announced
their songs and interacted with the crowd. They had cool spoken word
intros, lots of atmosphere created by interesting song arrangements
and tempo changes. They were crushingly heavy and fast with tons of
ripping solos, but the highlight was the vocals." - Metal-Rules.com

"Just a phenomenal vocalist. That, in conjunction with the band's
overall matured, seasoned sense of confidence, amazing, energetic
stage presence, and flawless tightness resulted in a performance that
no-one in the room could ignore." - MetalEater.com

http://www.OmegaCrom.com/

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-Rob Zombie's "Ultimate Fan Package" Available Now!

HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 Tour - Beginning October 29th

HOLLYWOOD -- The Hellbilly Returns and has partnered with I Love All
Access to provide "Ultimate Fan Packages" on his upcoming tour. These
"Ultimate Fan Packages" are selling out so check for your concert city
by going to http://www.iloveallaccess.com/ .

Each Rob Zombie Ultimate Fan package includes:

· One general admission ticket, with priority access*
· A meet & greet with Rob Zombie
· A pre-show party
· Exclusive Rob Zombie gift bag
· Crowd-free merchandise shopping
· Ultimate Fan souvenir laminate
· Parking**

***If you already have your tickets there is an upgrade option to
still get the same experience without purchasing another ticket.

This will be Zombie's first headline tour since 2007 and will have
other ghoulish delights in tow including openers Nekromantix and
Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures last seen rocking Haddonfield and
Michael Myers in Zombie's new film "Halloween 2." "I am bouncing off
the walls like a mental patient," says Zombie "That tells me it's time
to take it to the stage and let the demons loose."

DATE - CITY - VENUE
10/29/2009 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
10/30/2009 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl
10/31/2009 - Hollywood, CA - Palladium
11/1/2009 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
11/3/2009 - San Jose, CA - Event Center
11/5/2009 - Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Air
11/6/2009 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore
11/8/2009 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
11/10/2009 - Austin, TX - Austin City Music Hall
11/11/2009 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless
11/13/2009 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
11/14/2009 - Kansas City, MO - The Uptown
11/15/2009 - St. Louis, MO - The Pagent
11/16/2009 - Indianapolis, IN - Murrat
11/17/2009 - Akron, OH - Civic Center
11/19/2009 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Auditorium
11/20/2009 - Minneapolis, MN - Wilkins
11/21/2009 - Des Moines, IL - Val Air Ballroom
11/22/2009 - Chicago, IL - Aragon
11/24/2009 - Louisville, KY - Broadbent Arena
11/25/2009 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyles Pavilion
11/27/2009 - Detroit, MI - Fillmore
11/28/2009 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
11/29/2009 - Montreal, PQ - Metropolis
12/01/2009 - New York, NY - Hammerstein
12/02/2009 - Boston, MA - House Of Blues
12/03/2009 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
12/04/2009 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
12/05/2009 - Washington, DC - 9:30

For more information go to http://www.robzombie.com/ or
http://www.myspace.com/robzombie .

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*** PRESS RELEASE #16 ***
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-Of The Archaengel: Artwork Cover Signed By Septicflesh's Vocalist

The artwork cover of THE EXTRAPHYSICALLIA, Of The Archaengel's debut
album, was revealed. The art is signed by Seth Siro Anton,
Septicflesh's vocalist and bassist. Among his recent works are arts
made for bands like Exodus (THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION), Paradise Lost
(PARADISE LOST, THE ENEMY, REQUIEM), Moonspell (NIGHT ETERNAL) and
Soilwork (SWORN TO A GREAT DIVIDE).

As previously reported, the album has nine songs and features guest
vocals by Sakis Tolis, Rotting Christ's vocalist. According to the
band, the album "sounds like a movie soundtrack, where you can hear
the evolution of a story in each track and new details are noticed on
each hearing."

After being delayed, THE EXTRAPHYSICALLIA has a new release date,
scheduled to the second half of November, available in Europe by
Sleaszy Rider Records.

More information about Of The Archaengel and their upcoming album are
available at http://www.ofthearchaengel.com/ and
http://www.myspace.com/ofthearchaengel .

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-Mortiis To Play Dutch And Belgian Shows In December

FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY -- Mortiis will be unleashing their collective
demons on Holland and Belgium during a four-show jaunt to continental
Europe.

"We're all looking forward to going back to Holland," said band
namesake Mortiis. "We haven't played there in a long time and we
always had a great time there. We're also doing a couple of towns
there we haven't played before, so that will be interesting as well."

Following the three Dutch shows, the band will head to Belgium for the
Hermes Project Event, where they will play with Clan Of Xymox.

Mortiis has been putting the finishing touches on THE GREAT DECEIVER,
the group's long-awaited follow-up to 2005's THE GRUDGE. Tracks from
the record can be heard -- and seen -- via the videos for
"Doppelganger" and "Zeitgeist" on Mortiis's YouTube channel. Mortiis
also promises to preview several new songs during the live shows.

"We're gearing up to release THE GREAT DECEIVER at long last, and it
felt like it would make sense to do a few shows before 2009 comes to
an end," Mortiis said. "Shake the dust off and get back into the 'live
mode,' so to speak. We obviously plan on coming back to Holland/
Belgium and as many other countries as possible during 2010."

Live dates are as follow:

12/16/09 Wed. Zaandam, Kade - NL
12/17/09 Thu. Basement, Watt - NL
12/18/09 Fri. Leeuwarden, Gloppe - NL
12/19/09 Sat. Hermes Project Event, O C DeVonke, Heule - BE

http://www.mortiis.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mortiis1
http://www.youtube.com/officialmortiis
http://www.twitter.com/mortiis
http://www.reverbnation.com/mortiis
http://www.myxer.com/mortiis
http://...com/Mortiisfacebook
http://mortiisnews.blogspot.com/

Mortiis webstore: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Mortiisbay

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*** PRESS RELEASE #18 ***
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-A Storm Of Light Kick Off European Tour

Brooklyn, NY's doom/post rock experimentalists A Storm Of Light have
begun their trek through Europe with Relapse recording artists Minsk.
Touring in support of their recently issued FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES
full-length (Neurot Recordings), the festivities will kick off at
Damnation Festival in Leeds. Joining A Storm Of Light will be Will
Lindsay from Wolves In The Throne Room on second guitar and Geoff
Summers of Batillus on live drums.

In related news, the band will perform a special N.Y.C. CD release
party when they return to the states in November. Originally slated
for Monday, October 12th at the Ace Of Clubs, the show has been
officially rescheduled for Wednesday, November 18th. Vocalist Nerissa
Campbell (Primitive North) will be joining the band for the show.
Details below:

A Storm Of Light Record Release Show
Wednesday - November 18, 2009
Ace Of Clubs
9 Great Jones St
New York, NY 10012-1128
Doors 7:30 - Free Admission
http://www.aceofclubsnyc.com/

A STORM OF LIGHT/MINSK

10/24/2009 Damnation Festival at Leeds University - Leeds
10/25/2009 Ivory Blacks - Glasgow, Scotland
10/26/2009 Trillians - FREE SHOW - New Castle
10/27/2009 Corporation - Sheffield
10/28/2009 Bar Academy - London
10/29/2009 Freebutt - Brighton
10/30/2009 Simplon - Groningen
10/31/2009 Cafe Nova - Essen
11/01/2009 Baroeg - Rotterdam
11/03/2009 Ikra Cub - Moscow
11/04/2009 Cassiopeia with Minsk - Berlin
11/05/2009 Usine - Geneva
11/06/2009 Ebullition - Bulle
11/07/2009 W2 - Bosch
11/08/2009 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden
11/09/2009 Hafenklang - Hamburg
11/11/2009 Init Club Rome
11/13/2009 Ritmo Y Compas - Madrid
11/15/2009 Revolver Bar - Lisbon

http://www.myspace.com/astormoflight
http://www.astormoflight.com/
http://www.neurotrecordings.com/

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*** PRESS RELEASE #19 ***
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-Ihsahn New Album; American Release Date Confirmed

Candlelight Records today confirmed January 26th as the American
release date for AFTER, the new album from former Emperor vocalist/
guitarist Ihsahn. Recorded during the first half of 2009, AFTER
completes the musician's planned trilogy of initial recordings. The
album showcases the Norwegian icon with drummer Asgeir Mickelson
(Spiral Architect), bassist Lars K. Norberg (Spiral Architect), and
saxophonist Jorgen Munkeby (Shining).

"This is my first album written with 8-string guitars as basis which
has been both challenging and inspiring," he comments when discussing
the creative process. "I also decided early on that I wanted to mix
this album with Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia) and recorded the album
with that in mind. Asgeir and Lars have again delivered superb
performances. I've always wanted to implement the saxophone in my
music; Jorgen's contributions truly added a silver lining to the
album."

Again working at his own Symphonique Studio, with additional work at
Toproom Studio (co-engineered by Borge Finstad), AFTER was
meticulously laid out over an eight month period. The intensity of the
project has more than paid off with early listenings already
proclaiming it to be the most poignant creations of his solo efforts.
"I have felt more confident and more at ease with the material,"
relays Ihsahn. "In letting the songs themselves lead the way I just
followed the natural impulses."

After the demise of Emperor in 2001, Ihsahn continued his work with
Peccatum, the band he formed in 1998 with life-partner Ihriel (Heidi
Solberg Tveitan). After the release of 2005's mini-album, THE MORIBUND
PEOPLE, his first writings of solo material began. Ihsahn's first
recording, THE ADVERSARY, found the musician composing and performing
all instruments and immediately struck a chord with his hordes of fans
worldwide. The album afforded Ihsahn the opportunity to embrace more
expansive sonic textures previously untouched in Emperor. The album
also saw a return of his various lyrical muses. "Icaros, Lucifer,
Prometheus, Zarathustra are all persons of history who challenged
commonly accepted, most often enforced 'truths,' despite
civilization's persecution of them and their followers," he comments.
"Their stories are inspirational. ANGL would follow in 2008. Metal
Maniacs said, "Whereas THE ADVERSARY was a sonic coping mechanism --
all aspects of the album were tightly controlled -- ANGL finds the
visionary widening and deepening the canvas." Decibel Magazine called
the album "as compelling as Emperor's best; Ihsahn sounds as fresh as
he did fifteen years ago, but with the hindsight of a grown man." ANGL
featured a musical collaboration with Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt for the
song "The Unhealer."

Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) Award Nominee Ihsahn (born Vegard
Tveitan) began playing music at a very early age. As a teenager, his
friendship with Tomas Haugen (a.k.a. Samoth) would trigger the start
of his music career -- one that to date includes over fifty individual
recordings, five high-profile Emperor European tours (the band
reaching U.S. shores on only three occasions) and the respect of fans
and peers worldwide. "Emperor is still one of my favorite bands. I
count their compositions among some of the finest and most inspired
that metal has ever produced," says Teeth Of The Divine (formerly
Digital Metal).

In mid-2009, Ihsahn gave his first live performance selecting material
from his first two solo albums; the performance in Oslo supporting
Opeth. Early discussions in regards to AFTER are indicating more live
activities but where and when currently remains a secret.

Confirmed track listing for AFTER is:
1. "The Barren Lands"
2. "A Grave Inversed"
3. "After"
4. "Frozen Lakes On Mars"
5. "Undercurrent"
6. "Austere"
7. "Heavens Black Sea"
8. "On The Shores"

http://www.ihsahn.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ihsahnmusic
http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com/

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-The Fallen Within Signs With Coroner Records!

Greek modern melodeath metallers The Fallen Within signed with Coroner
Records for the release of their debut album entitled INTOXICATED. The
album, presented as an avant garde melodic death work with many dark
and athmospheric influences, was recorded and produced by Bob
Katsionis from Firewind, and mixed and mastered by Ahti Kortelainen at
Tico Tico Studio in Finland.

The album will be released in December via Coroner Records.

http://www.coronerrecords.net/
http://www.myspace.com/coronerrecordsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thefallenwithin

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*** NEWS/RUMORS ***
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-Check out About Heavy Metal's "Best Heavy Metal Albums Of The 1980s"
list at http://glclk.about.com/?zi=1/7yw2 .

-Angel House's THE GUN, THE LOVE & THE CROSS is due November 20 from
Escape Music. The disc was produced by Mark Stuart (Magnum).

-Carmine Appice will make an in-store appearance at a Best Buy in
Pasadena, CA (located at 3415 E. Foothill Blvd.) on November 7. He
will sign CDs, perform, and participate in a drum off contest. The
appearance is to promote his Guitar Zeus project's new release,
CONQUERING HEROES. See http://www.carminappice.net/ ,
http://www.myspace.com/guitarzeus , and
http://www.myspace.com/officalcarmineappice for more.

-Brainstorm's MEMORIAL ROOTS is out now on AFM Records. Track list:
"Forsake What I Believed," "Shiver," "The Conjunction Of 7 Planets,"
"Cross The Line," "Nailed Down Dreams," "Blood Still Stains,"
"Ahimsa," "The Final Stages Of Decay," "Victim," "When No One Cares,"
"Would You," "Seems To Be Perfect" (digi-pak bonus track), "Too Late
To Deny" (digi-pak bonus track), "Nothing" (vinyl bonus track). Check
out clips of three songs at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=28818 .

-Century Media is now on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/centurymedia and Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/centurymedia , and a new MySpace page is
coming soon. CMDistro is also now on Facebook, at
http://www.facebook.com/cmdistro .

-Aussie rockers Contrive will release their second album THE INTERNAL
DIALOGUE early next year. The band was chosen by Open to open three
shows next month:

11/22 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
11/23 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
11/25 - Palace Theatre, Melbourne

See http://www.myspace.com/contriveaustralia and
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CONTRIVE/16792407242?ref=ts for more.

-Denial Machine is giving away a free download of the title track to
its next album at http://www.denialmachine.net/fr_freemusic.cfm . The
track is a demo version of "This Burden (Tortured)."

-Online reports indicate Ozzy Osbourne and Ray Davies (The Kinks) will
join Metallica at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October
30, for a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25th anniversary celebration. In
related news, About Heavy Metal posted photos from Metallica's October
18 concert at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC at
http://glclk.about.com/?zi=1/7yw0 .

-Savage Circus' OF DOOM AND DEATH is out now on Dockyard. Track list:
"Of Doom And Death," "The Ordeal," "Devil's Spawn," "Chasing The
Rainbow," "Empire," "Ballad Of Susan," "Legend Of Leto Ii," "From The
Ashes," "Dreamland." Check out clips of three tracks at
http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=28934 . Hype says the disc features
"progressive and powerful songwriting combined with elaborate
arrangements, tons of melodies and harmonies, raging guitars rounded
up with the trademark vocals towering on the music."

-Trans-Siberian Orchestra's NIGHT CASTLE is out now on Atlantic. Track
list: CD 1 - "Night Enchanted," "Childhood Dreams," "Sparks," "The
Mountain," "Night Castle," "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow," "Mozart And
Memories," "Another Way You Can Die," "Toccata - Carpimus Noctem,"
"The Lion's Roar," "Dreams We Conceive," "Mother And Son," "There Was
A Life." CD 2 - "Moonlight And Madness," "Time Floats On," "Epiphany,"
"Bach Lullaby," "Father, Son & Holy Ghost," "Remnants Of A Lullaby,"
"The Safest Way Into Tomorrow" (reprise)," "Embers," "Child Of The
Night" (bonus track), "Believe" (bonus track), "Nutrocker" (bonus
track), "Carmina Burana" (bonus track), "Tracers." Check out an album
trailer at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=29096 .

Thanks to Sandy Serge, Andrew Haug, Chad Bowar, Music Buy Mail,
Sebastian Eder, and HeadbangerNYC.com for help gathering some of this
information.

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*** ROCK HARD RIDE FREE ***
*
by Tim Wadzinski (tsw512@yahoo.com)

-I'm still digesting the new TSO 2-disc set, NIGHT CASTLE, which has
all the WAKE OF MAGELLAN-era members of Savatage, plus Paul O'Neill,
Alex Skolnick, Bob Kinkel, Jeff Scott Soto, Kelly Keeling, Greg Lake,
and John O. Reilly, among many others. (FYI, Best Buy has the set on
sale this week for a mere $7.99.) I say "digesting" because, let's
face it, there's a lot of music here and the booklet is a whopping 68
pages, with a few cool illustrations and tons of story and lyrics.
Interestingly, TSO has once again pillaged the Savatage back catalog,
as (among other things) this release features reworked versions of
"Prelude To Madness" (from HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING; here, sporting a
new 1:00 coda and rechristened "The Mountain") and "Believe" (from
"STREETS" A ROCK OPERA). Also be sure to check out the graffiti in the
N.Y.C. illustration for another "STREETS" reference. It's cool to hear
Soto sing on a handful of tracks, and the disc seems heavier than past
efforts, but man, it's just *weird* to hear someone other than Jon
Oliva singing "Believe." Unexpected timely bonus: The bonus track
"Carmina Burana" makes for excellent spooky Halloween party music!
Check out the sites http://www.trans-siberian.com/ and
http://www.trans-siberianexpress.com/ for more information.

-Lots of free stuff this week. I went ahead and grabbed my free MP3s
of Halford's "Christmas For Everyone," Chinawhite's "My Venus Rising"
(single edit), and Metalforce's "Halloween" (see "News/Rumors" above
for details on all). Not sure why I didn't also grab the Denial
Machine track... Slipped my mind I guess.

-In my current playlist: Trans-Siberian Orchestra - NIGHT CASTLE
(Atlantic), Powerman 5000 - SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE
(Mighty Loud!/Fontana), Praying Mantis - SANCTUARY (Frontiers), Age Of
Evil - GET DEAD E.P. (indie).

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*** REVIEWS ***
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SURVIVE THIS! (DVD) (D) Regain Records, 2008
RT: 1:30:00
[ http://www.survivethisfilm.com/ ]
[ http://www.regainrecords.com/ ]
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMceD__lc4E (trailer)]
Detritus' Halloween Horror Hootenanny continues!! Well, sort of. Last
week I reviewed a new, metal themed direct-to-DVD horror flick
("Gothkill") that made its way to my B-Movie compound, and now I've
got another entry to review, "Survive This!" (not to be confused with
the Canadian reality TV show that aired briefly on Cartoon Network
over the summer). So how does "Survive This!" stack up against
"Gothkill?" Lemme put it to you this way: "Gothkill" was not a great
flick, but compared to "Survive This!," it looks like "Citizen Kane."
A quick look at the "Survive This!" listing on IMDB didn't show much
promise for this flick, which was directed by Ed Wahl. IMDB lists it
as a 2005 release, but the DVD's copyright date is 2008, (and I didn't
receive it to review till mid-2009) which means this baby has been
gathering dust on a shelf for quite awhile... never a good sign. The
cast list is a mix of unknowns and D-list celebrities like porn queen
Gina Lynn, former Jerky Boy Kamal Ahmed, and that "Naked Cowboy"
street performer nut-bag who hangs around Times Square in New York
City. I sat down with DVD remote in hand wondering what exactly I was
in for when I rolled this one. Mind you, I'm the kinda guy who
actively seeks out and enjoys bad movies, but sadly, "Survive This!"
is not the "good" kind of bad. In fact, it's so bad that it's almost
completely unwatchable. Was "Survive This!" supposed to be a comedy?
If so, it failed miserably. Is it supposed to be a horror movie? If
so, it failed miserably at that too. This may not be the worst movie
I've ever seen, but it comes pretty damn close. Plot-wise, "Survive
This!" tells the tale of wanna-be reality-TV show producer Cory Lodge,
who is struggling to get the cameras rolling on his latest show idea.
He manages to get a local mobster-looking guy to bankroll his
fledgling production, which is then saddled with endless problems
before shooting begins. The idea for his show (also titled "Survive
This!") is that a group of regular folks will compete in various
challenges against a group of celebrities for a half-million dollar
prize. The show is to be shot on "Pirate Island" (the end credits show
that the film was actually shot on the beaches of Massapequa, Long
Island, which is a pretty piss-poor substitute for what's supposed to
be a tropical paradise, by the way!), and as the cast and crew soon
find out, Pirate Island is so named because it's haunted by the
murderous ghosts of a pirate ship crew. That's your set up, but
unfortunately not much is done with it. The "celebrities" promptly get
lost when their boat arrives on Pirate Island and spend a big hunk of
the movie wandering around the forests and bickering, until they
eventually get killed (off screen!) by the ghostly pirates (who look
as if their costumes and make up were purchased at the local Party
City Outlet Store) before they ever get to interact with the "regular"
cast members. Meanwhile, the rest of the cast and crew drink, party,
and play volleyball till the ghostly pirates show up late in the
running time and murder pretty much everybody before the Virginal Nice
Girl (every horror movie has to have one, y'know) figures out how to
send them back to their underwater resting place. I'm sorry if this is
not the most detailed plot description but seriously, "Survive This!"
gave me very little to work with. It's annoyingly random, totally
unfunny, and not scary or suspenseful in the least. I honestly am left
scratching my head as to why this movie was sent to Detritus for
review. There are literally hundreds of bad-movie Web sites that
probably would've creamed their jeans over this thing. Why us? Other
than the fact that Regain Records, a heavy metal record label, is
distributing this DVD, there's nothing music related in the movie,
aside from a brief cameo by Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed (yes, FREAKIN'
HATEBREED!!) whose character gets a quick battle axe in his back, and
some annoying Creed-style modern rock band whose songs are played in
the background throughout the movie. Honestly, the only saving grace
of this made-for-video production (and the only thing that kept it
from receiving my first-ever "F" grade) is that the female cast
members are all totally hot and they spend the majority of the movie
either in swimsuits or topless. That said, if I wanted to watch a
movie starring hot chicks in various states of undress, I would've
rented a porn. To add insult to injury, the DVD cover proclaims that
this movie is "So Graphic, You Will Want More," which is totally false
advertising. What little blood/gore there is in this movie is far from
"graphic," and cheaply done to boot. In short, a better title for this
movie would have been "Avoid This!" or "Ignore This!" I've bought DVDs
at the Dollar Store that had more entertainment value. In case you
care, the DVD's "bonus features" include a bunch of deleted scenes
featuring more half naked girls, a photo gallery of the half naked
girls, a bonus clip of the half naked Gina Lynn rubbing up against one
of her female co-stars (noticing a pattern here?), and a 24-page comic
book adaptation of the film included in the DVD case. I liked the
comic book better than the actual movie, because it took less time to
read the comic than it did to watch the DVD. This flick is recommended
only for insomniacs, the terminally out-to-lunch, or the friends and
family members of the cast and crew. Everyone else can safely skip
"Survive This!"
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

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-Get ready for Halloween! I'm coming to your house on Saturday and I
want a full-size candy bar. Nothing else will do. - Tim

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-New Free Single From Halford III - WINTER SONGS Now Available

Hello,

After listening closely to our distribution partner's requests; we
have agreed to the following revised release dates:

North America - November 3, 2009
U.K. & E.U. (Except Germany) - November 9, 2009
Germany - November 13, 2009

Halford - WINTER SONGS will begin shipping from www.MetalGodShop.com
November 3, 2009. A Limited Edition Radio Promo will be included in
all orders while supplies last.

As a result of everyone's patience, now available at
www.HalfordMusic.com free-of-charge is one NEW song from Halford -
WINTER SONGS entitled "Christmas For Everyone."

Also now debuting for purchase and preview at www.HalfordMusic.com
are: "Oh Come O Come Emanuel" and "Winter Song."

Once more, Halford - WINTER SONGS will begin shipping from
www.MetalGodShop.com November 3, 2009. A Limited Edition Radio Promo
will be included in all orders (while supplies last). Product shots
available at www.RobHalford.com.

Enjoy,

Metal God Records

http://www.robhalford.com/

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-Magic Circle Music Update

More Dates announced For The Death To Infidels World Tour 2010

More dates have been added to Manowar's upcoming Death To Infidels
World Tour 2010! Sure to be a grand testament to one of the greatest
heavy metal bands of all time, Death To Infidels World Tour 2010 is
your chance to see Manowar in all their glory as they take up the
reins for their first globetrotting assault in more than a decade.

January 16th, 2010 @ Haus Auensee in Leipzig, Germany
January 18th, 2010 @ Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany
January 19th, 2010 @ Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany
January 22nd, 2010 @ Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany
January 25th, 2010 @ Zenith in Munich, Germany
January 31st, 2010 @ Palladium in Cologne, Germany

"More dates, both in Germany and elsewhere, will be announced soon!"

Click HERE to buy your tickets through The Kingdom Of Steel:
http://store.magiccirclemusic.com/category/191/Tickets

Metalforce Gives You A Halloween Song For Free

To make this year's Halloween even more evil and dark Metalforce
recorded a song to celebrate that demonic night.

Download the song "Halloween" for free and download printable CD jewel
case cover artwork but do it at your own risk because you might awake
some creatures of the night if you play it too loud!!! Happy
Halloween.

http://web.me.com/kos09/Metalforce_Halloween.mp3
http://web.me.com/kos09/Metalforce_Halloween_Booklet.zip

And don't miss the Metalforce show on November 7th, 2009 at the
Fantasydays ( http://www.fantasydays.de/ ) in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Official Metalforce Web site:
http://www.metalforce.eu/

Magic Circle Music
http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/

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-Lion Music: The Latest Artist News & Release Information

Vendetta Unveil Second Video From HERETIC NATION

With the release of their second album HERETIC NATION just under two
weeks away (November 6th), England's hottest up and coming traditional
metal act Vendetta have unveileved the promotional video for the
second offering from the album with "New Horizon."

The video is now showing at YouTube, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9SElfrEEYg .

As mentioned HERETIC NATION is released next Friday and full
information on the album is available at
http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/hereticnation.htm .

The band also have some live dates lined up in the NE of England.

o Fri Oct 30th 2009 - The Keel Boat, Fatfield
o Fri Nov 6th 2009 - 02 Academy, Newcastle Upon Tyne (new album launch
gig)
o Fri Nov 13th 2009 - The Snooty Fox, Wakefield

In addition the band's previous promo video for "My Revelation"
continues to get constant views and positive feedback at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NGUsfslbj0 .

Also visit the band's official Web site
http://www.vendetta-theband.com/ .

Guitarists!!! Win Free T-Rex Pedals Courtesy Of Milan Polak

Milan Polak's "T-Rex Monster Pedal Competition"

Following on from the positive reviews of Milan's latest album
MURPHY'S LAW, Milan via his endorsement with T-Rex pedals is making
two pedals available for free as competition prizes. For full details
on the competition visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QW1SnlQ0a8

For your chance to win a FREE T-Rex ToneBug Overdrive, ToneBug Reverb
or copy of MURPHY'S LAW (Lion Music) follow the instructions in the
video:

1) All entries MUST subscribe to Milan Polak's YouTube channel first!
2) Download the "Torn" playback track: http://bit.ly/trex-bt
3) Record your own solo on video
4) MUST post as video response to THIS video!

The "Torn" chord progression:
Emin - D/F# - Gmaj - Cmaj 2x
Gmaj - Cmaj - Emin - Dmaj
Fmaj - Cmaj - Gmaj - Gmaj
Key: E-minor (standard tuning)

All entries must be submitted BEFORE 7th of December 2009!! Winners
will be announced 14th of December 2009!!!

Spread the word!!!!

New Releases Out Now

INFINITY OVERTURE - KINGDOM OF UTOPIA
Genre - Symphonic Power Metal
Great new band hailing from Denmark led by guitarist Niels Vejlyt. The
band also feature vocal legend Ian Parry who wrote the concept story
and all lyrics for the album as well as handling all male lead vocals.
The album also features superb female vocal performances from Lene
Peterson. If you like your metal big bold and grandiose then this is
just the ticket.

Also available as a limited edition first pressing only dual CD/DVD
version.

More information and whole track MP3 at
http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/kingdomofutopia.htm .

Select reviews excerpts:
"Whether Symphonic Power Metal is your bag or not, there are likely to
be moments in all tracks to attract even the most hardened symphonic
power metal cynic. One to be bold and brave about and check out."
86% @ www.virtuosityone.com

"I think it is refreshing to hear well played and arranged symphonic
power metal, we haven't heard much from the main contributors in this
genre for quite some time, and Infinity Overture offers us exactly all
the virtues that makes this genre so interesting and exciting. Quite
an impressive debut album."
85/100 at www.powerofmetal.dk

"Overall, KINGDOM OF UTOPIA, even with its often overwhelming
bombastic grandeur., succeeds as a powerful first work of symphonic
power metal for Niels Vejlyt and company. Recommended."
4/5 at www.dangerdog.com

"All in all a really great album that sets the listener out on their
own road to Utopia and will be right up there at the end of the year
as one of the albums of the year."
Review at www.themayfairmallzine.com

TOMMY ERMOLLI - STEP AHEAD
Genre - Guitar Instrumental
Best known for his work in Twinspirits and Khymera, Italian guitarist
Tommy Ermolli serves up his debut solo album, full of strong songs and
stunning guitar work running a variety of styles. Home to great song
led compositions with a great production.

More information and whole track MP3 at
http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/stepahead.htm .

Select reviews excerpts:
"The production is excellent, great tones, great backing from his
Twinspirits cohorts and if you are a fan of that band this will be a
welcome addition to your collection. On another level Tommy is carving
his own sound and this will do his reputation no harm at all.
Recommended."
84% at www.virtuosityone.com

"Tommy Ermolli, the young guitarist (only 21) for Khymera and
Twinspirits, brings his first solo project STEP AHEAD proving himself
to a musician with maturity beyond his age. Frankly, it's quite
enjoyable to be impressed by creativity and composition that goes
beyond mere lightning arpeggios. Quite recommended!"
4.5/5 at www.dangerdog.com

"This rounds off what is one of the best guitar albums I've heard in
ages and redefines the genre for me and will for many."
Review at www.themayfairmallzine.coml

Current Releases:

September 11th 2009
TWINSPIRITS - THE FORBIDDEN CITY
STATUS MINOR - DIALOG

October 6th 2009
INFINITY OVERTURE - KINGDOM OF UTOPIA
TOMMY ERMOLLI - STEP AHEAD

Relevant Links

Lion Music Web site
http://www.lionmusic.com/

MySpace Profile
http://www.myspace.com/lionmusiclabel

YouTube channel
http://www.youtube.com/lionmusicfinland

Twitter
http://twitter.com/lionmusic

Contact Info:
Lion Music
Kvarteret I Tiden
Elverksgatan 10
22100 Mariehamn
Aland
Finland

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-Kansas Conquer Billboard Charts With New DVD, THERE'S KNOW PLACE LIKE
HOME

Kansas delivers unforgettable live performances! Evidenced nowhere
better than on their current DVD release, THERE'S KNOW PLACE LIKE HOME
debuts at #5 on the Billboard DVD top sales chart.

Featuring guest appearances by former members Kerry Livgren and Steve
Morse, spectacular lighting, and songs previously not recorded with a
symphony, this unique concert has been captured in High Definition
video and Surround Sound audio.

Released October 13th, TKPLH has already become the highest-charting
Kansas DVD of all-time and the #1 selling DVD for RED distribution
this week.

The immediate success of THERE'S KNOW PLACE LIKE HOME should come as
no surprise, as uniting Kansas with the orchestra is a natural and
richly fulfilling experience. The result is a must-own DVD of a
performance filmed/recorded earlier this year at the Washburn
University's White Concert Hall in their original hometown of Topeka,
KS and released on co-producers Jeff Glixman and Jim Gentile's
StarCity label. Says Glixman: "I have seen many, many Kansas shows and
this one was right at the very top. The DVD contains arguably the
definitive versions of 'Icarus II,' 'Hold On,' 'Nobody's Home' and
more, as well as Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse appearing together for
the first time."

Add to the mix simply magnificent renditions of such Kansas classics
as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust In The Wind," and you have a
can't-miss recipe that has resulted in what is unquestionably one of
the finest in-concert rock DVDs of 2009.

For more information, visit:

http://www.starcityrecording.com/
http://www.kansasband.com/

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-Napalm Records News

Leaves' Eyes Exclusive On Deciblog: Liv Kristine On The Top 5 Reasons
Why Females In Metal Rule

Exclusive to Decibel magazine's Deciblog this week, Leaves' Eyes
vocalist Liv Kristine explains the top 5 reasons why females in metal
rule here:

http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=339061

Having spent the last 15 years of her life fronting metal bands --
first with Theatre Of Tragedy during the '90s, then with Leaves' Eyes
at the beginning of the Noughties, also culminating in a successful
solo career -- Liv Kristine certainly knows a thing or two on why
females in metal rule. Decibel is North America's premiere extreme-
metal authority, and its Deciblog counterpart specializes in exposing
the unique (and often off-the-wall) underbelly of extreme metal. For
more info, consult http://www.decibelmagazine.com/blog and
http://www.napalmrecords.com/ .

Van Canto Update

Great news from the vocal acrobats Van Canto: Not only did they rock
this year's Metal Female Voices Festival, but the band was also
presented with the MFVF-Award for "Best Newcomer"! A big THANK YOU
goes out to all fans and supporters!

However, Van Canto does not have the time to rest on their laurels!

Van Canto TV
On October 31, the band will be part of the SWR (Rheinland-Pfalz) show
"Landesart." The show will present the viewers with a Van Canto
portrait that includes an interview with the band, live footage and
video clips.

"Landesart" will air on SWR ( http://www.swr.de/ ) this Saturday,
October 31 at 19:15 CET.

Re-Releases
The first two Van Canto albums A STORM TO COME and HERO will be re-
released on December 12 2009! Both new editions will include extensive
bonus material. Fans should stay tuned for more info!

Live on Stage
The band will perform live at the Schlachthof in Wiesbaden on November
6! Fans should not miss this perfect opportunity to experience the
power of Van Canto live in concert. Everything about the concert can
be found at http://www.metalcon.de/geburtstag !

The band is currently providing the finishing touches to its upcoming
new full-length! Updates on the new album will be released in the next
days!

http://www.vancanto.de/
http://www.myspace.com/vancanto
http://www.metalcon.de/van-canto

The Kandidate Vs. Napalm Records

The Napalm Records crew is happy to announce that The Kandidate has
joined its ranks. The Danish Thrash Metal inferno revolving around
scene legend Jacob Bredahl signed a worldwide deal with the Austrian
label. The upcoming full-length UNTIL WE ARE OUTNUMBERED will hit the
streets in early 2010! A first glimpse of the things to come can be
found at http://www.myspace.com/thekandidate .

Fans should stay tuned for more info!

The Kandidate:

"It's a great honor to announce that we have signed with Napalm
Records, who will now be in charge of spreading the Kandidate disease
throughout the world. We have of course been a lot in contact with
Napalm for the last several months and the impression we get is that
they are extremely dedicated to what they do, very professional and
really believe in what we are doing and that UNTIL WE ARE OUTNUMBERED
will take a strong position in the modern metal scene.

"In a time of recession where lots of labels are cutting down on new
signings and releases, Napalm have shown that they have the guts and
the capabilities to grow and focus on their beliefs. We are looking
very much forward to what the future will bring for our cooperation."

http://www.myspace.com/thekandidate

Hollenthon: Additional Show

Date: Thursday 29.10.2009
Venue: Le Korigan
City: Luynes / Marseille
Address: 2422 avenue fortuné ferrini 13080 Luynes / Aix en provence

http://www.hollenthon.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hollenthonofficial

Napalm Records
http://www.napalmrecords.com/

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-Nightmare Records Update

Nightmare Records New Releases

Discounts galore on all albums during October. Try before you buy
streaming audio, choose MP3s instead of CDs and Get Loaded!

Learn more about all these releases at www.NightmareRecords.com.

EDGEND - A NEW IDENTITY
Brilliant guitar driven melodic power metal sounding like Dio meets
Symphony X, but oh so much more in there with the middle eastern
flavors added in, a VERY strong debut with mature songwriting, and
some extremely tasty technical prowess showing without over the top
pyrotechnics.

FUTURES END - MEMOIRS OF A BROKEN MAN
The most exciting tech metal album debut this year, blending Thrash,
Prog, Power, and melody into a new alloy of scorching molten metal
sounding a bit like if you tossed Testament, Zero Hour and Symphony X
and Alice In Chains into a blender with a few ice cubes possibly?

NARNIA - COURSE OF A GENERATION
Excellent vocals, Massive guitar riffs and mesmerizing song writing
makes this an absolute MUST HAVE for ALL fans of hard rock and metal,
bridging many subgenres successfully! THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING.... Truly
a brilliant album not to be missed!

LOCH VOSTOK - REVEAL NO SECRETS
This is Swedish Melodic Death Progressive Metal at its best; This CD
has it all, powerful guitars, brilliant technical passages and vocals
from hell... if you like great melodic death metal this is your cd to
get NOW. Heavy riffs and melodical (melodic + musical = melodical )
refrains build a masterpiece.

New Distro Releases

DR. GRIND - SPEECHLESS
Dual guitars, fast and intricate with crushing riffs and off-time
beats; leaving an indelible impression; McCabe, provides the finest
drumming to be found anywhere; the bass work is excellent and Allen at
his best sounds menacing, angry, brutal, and melodic, often in the
same line. This is one of the most complete, stunning releases in
metal.

SGT. ROXX - WEAPON OF MASS DISTRACTION
Featured in Metal Edge's "Rock On The Rise" and on the covers of
several Midwestern rock mags, Sgt. Roxx's smooth & sexy, full-bodied
Glam sound and dangerous air brought them a caravan of traveling fans
on a mission to fill every prime rock haunt in the area circuit
(Thirsty Whale, Stay Out West, Club Dimensions) and landing them a
showcase at New York's infamous Cat Club.

FELONY - HELLTOWN HOTEL
This powerhouse dates back to 1989 and the second great sexual
revolution of our culture. HELLTOWN HOTEL documents plenty of attitude
and gives us an unobstructed view of the evolution of Felony from
their earlier no-frills metal sound, with songs like the blood-pumping
"Mississippi Rollin'" to songs like "Well Of Souls" which chronicle
the darker, heavier version of the later day.

STRIKE TWICE - STRIKE TWICE
Strike Twice was created by vocalist Michael Hayes and guitarist Rob
Luv, two guys with a love in their hearts and souls for hot-blooded
hard rock. Fate smiled kindly on them during the '80s hair-metal
revolution as they packed out clubs everywhere they went, including
Hot Rock, Sundance, and Club Loaded.

UZI - MADHOUSE
Uzi was influenced by the metal rock wave ridden by bands like AC/DC
and Motley Crue. Their debut, a collection full of razor guitars,
piston-powered drums, and sleazy-pop hooks, displays ten extraordinary
songs unleashing a barrage of swagger. "American Dream" and "Rocker"
are soon to be classic metal anthems.

SHAKE CITY - SHAKE CITY
Fresh from his days in Warrant, Shake City was founded by a hungry,
talented singer named Adam Shore. Fueled by passion and eager to live
up to their name, chosen in part because of the group's location on
the earthquake-prone west coast, the band hit the clubs like renegade
rockets, starting with the Troubador continuing a rockin' rampage
throughout the Sunset Strip.

SEVENTH REIGN - FALLEN EMPIRES
Another Great Canadian Power Metal Band with light progressive
elements, featuring former Eidolon vocalist, Brian Soulard. If you're
a fan of Megadeth or Fates Warning or Eidolon, this band may be your
thing!

EMPYRIA - THE LONG ROAD HOME
Empyria's new release THE LONG ROAD HOME is a return to their earlier
progressive hard rock/metal roots. From more straight-ahead power
metal tracks like "The Endless Circle" and "Last Rites" to more
melodic rock oriented tracks like "No Other Way" and "Walk Away,"
Empyria remains true to their progressive leanings without being
cliché and jumping on the progressive metal formats bandwagon.

Nightmare Records, metal in progression!
http://www.NightmareRecords.com/

Nightmare Records • 7751 Greenwood Drive • St. Paul • MN • 55112

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-Attn: Lacuna Coil Fans, Introducing "Ask Cristina" On "hardDrive" And
"hardDrive XL"

Lacuna Coil co-singer Cristina Scabbia to answer fan's intimate and
personal questions about life and love.

NEW YORK, NY -- From the stages of the world, and the pages of Future
Music's Revolver Magazine, comes a new weekly feature on the United
Stations Radio Networks nationally syndicated programs "hardDrive" and
"hardDrive XL" called "Ask Cristina." The segment will be hosted by
Century Media recording artist Lacuna Coil co-singer Cristina Scabbia.
On-air, Scabbia will offer advice in response to questions presented
by listeners wherein they share their most intimate and personal
questions about life and love. The feature will debut on "hardDrive"
over the weekend of October 24th and is a Friday night feature on the
nightly "hardDrive XL" with Lou Brutus.

Listeners can call the "hardDrive" radio hotline 877MUSIC11 toll-free
to leave a message or e-mail Cristina directly via
askcristina@harddriveradio.com.

Currently, Lacuna Coil is on the hardDrive Live Tour, which features
the band with headliners All That Remains, Maylene and The Sons Of
Disaster, and special guests From Sword To Sunrise and Taking Dawn.
The Italian singer Scabbia shared, "It's with pleasure that I'm
officially entering the great 'hardDrive' family with a new program
that will connect with you 100%, 'Ask Cristina.' I have always loved
to talk and to listen to others; always felt like an auntie; willing
to try to find a solution to problems or just a positive way to get
out of troubles! That's why I'll be waiting for your phone calls and
e-mails and I can't wait to listen to what you all have to share. I'll
be supporting you guys, and I'll be on your side...at least, most of
the time. As a proper auntie, I will be completely honest with you, in
good and bad." "hardDriveRadio" producer Roxy Myzal added, "She has a
great sense of advice for fans with all kinds of troubles in their
lives. Whether it's abuse or the love-lorn, Cristina speaks to those
fans in a thoughtful, hip way. And the fact that she has this great
sexy Italian accent, doesn't hurt either! I am so pleased to be
working with her!"

More On This At Lacuna Coil's MySpace Blog Page!

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=12164571&blogId=515570828

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-Hellfire Festival Ticket Discount

Birmingham, the birthplace of heavy metal, will be transformed once
more on 6-8th November as the U.K.'s most exciting independent rock
and metal event, Hellfire Festival II explodes into the NEC for three
days of hard rock hell. Mixing some of the biggest names in the
business with the pride of the U.K. underground scene, over 100 acts
will be performing across four stages including Fields Of The
Nephilim, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Saxon, CKY, Serotonal, Blaze
Bayley, Anvil, Cancer Bats, Ted Maul, The Rotted and many more.

A groundbreaking partnership with Music Live allows two complementary
aspects of the music industry to connect with music makers and fans
alike. Visitors will be able to enjoy the Music Live equipment
exhibition and Live Stage by day with Hellfire taking over and
transforming the live area from late afternoon onwards.

Tickets will be available for each individual event or as a combined
discounted package.

Basick Records are proud to present Bury Tomorrow, No Consequence and
No Made Sense who will be appearing at Hellfire Festival II. To
celebrate this, Basick Records are offering fans a discounted rate on
tickets.

Tickets are priced at £25 per day or £55 for the whole weekend with
prices for entry to Music Live costing slightly more -- please see
site for details.

To save yourself a fiver, click this link and enter the promotional
code STU when prompted.

http://www.theticketfactory.com/Series/Hellfire0911.html

If you have any problems please visit the official Hellfire forum for
further help or check out the Hellfire Festival Web site.

http://www.ukmetalunderground.com/index.php?board=56.0
http://www.hellfirefestival.com/

See you in the pit!

Team Basick

BASICK RECORDS
PO BOX 4334
Dunstable
LU6 1JH
United Kingdom
info@basickrecords.com

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-Exciting Brand New Progressive Rock Releases From Prog Rock Records

Ajalon - THIS GOOD PLACE

Overview
Ajalon began in 1994 to create the music that they were passionate
about. With their first CD release coming just two years later,
through the efforts of Yes keyboard legend, Rick Wakeman, Ajalon
proved that they had the talent to secure rotational airplay on over
50 radio networks in the U.K. alone. Many positive reviews and
magazine write-ups followed. Band members have appeared individually
on other artist recordings with Steve Hackett, Adrian Belew, Paul
Gilbert, Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Phil Keaggy and Michael Manring
just name a few.

With their third release the band wanted to make an album that speaks
to everyone, leaving room for listeners to draw their own conclusions.
Much life-changing experiences were brought to bear on this project
making it unique and different. The performances and the songwriting
is much heavier with a great deal of impact. There are some special
guests on the CD to help round out the sound. The album was mixed by
veteran engineer Steve Smith.

Players:
Wil Henderson - Vocals
Randy George - Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Bodhran
Dan Lile - Drums, Percussion

Selling Points
• Randy George has played with Neal Morse for years and is very well
known with a lot of interest in this new release.
• Discovered by Rick Wakeman of Yes, this band is very well known and
has appeared on TV on occasion.

Track list
1. Love Is A Dream
2. Nickels And Dimes, Marbles And Stone
3. Not Man
4. Abstract Malady
5. Lullaby Of Bedlam
6. Redemption

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR041
File Under: Rock/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008040
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 8, 2009

Web
http://www.myspace.com/ajalonband
http://www.ajalon.net

AtmOsfear - ZENITH

Overview
Founded in 1996, AtmOsfear is a unique Progressive Metal Project out
of Germany. Premium class independent progressive Metal with a perfect
rhythm section and a powerful and highly melodic voice, combined with
screaming guitars and virtuous, atmospheric keyboards. Having
performed with bands such as Evergrey, Vanden Plas, Sun Caged and Pain
Of Salvation, the band is back with their third album ZENITH. The band
continues to evolve, creating fascinating soundscapes with a melodic
hook but never losing their edge.

Players
Oliver Wulff - Voices
Boris Stepanow - Guitars
Stephan Kruse - Keyboards
Burkhart Heberle - Bass
Tim Schnabel - Drums

Selling Points
• This band is historically a good seller with a large fan base
• Extremely catchy music and melodies with an edge

Track list
1. Beginning
2. Loss Of Hope
3. Generations
4. Reawakening
5. Scum Of Society
6. Spiral Of Pain

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR071
File Under: Metal/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008026
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 2, 2009

Web
http://www.myspace.com/insidetheatmosfear
http://atmosfear.net/

Dead Heroes Club - A TIME OF SHADOW

Overview
Everybody knows U2, but the next best (and big) thing out of Ireland
could be the progressive rock band The Dead Heroes Club. Their second
independently produced album, A TIME OF SHADOW, with cover by official
Tolkein illustrator Ted Nasmith, is an well-crafted and elegant work
of classic progressive rock. With a cursory listen it is abundantly
clear where DHC finds its musical inspiration; the blood of Genesis,
Yes, King Crimson, Tull, Pink Floyd and others floods their veins.
While the music is superbly composed, Dead Heroes Club is blessed with
intelligent lyrics thanks to lead vocalist, lyricist and playwright
Liam Campbell.

Within the musical composition, the emphasis seems three-fold: melody
converging with Campbell's vocals, a healthy dose of keyboards
especially reminiscent of old school Hammond organ, and a developed
structure combining varied movements and tempos over an often
atmospheric and mysterious foundation.

Players
Liam Campbell - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Mickey Gallagher - Drums, Percussion
Wilson Graham - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Gerry Mc Gerigal - Guitars, Vocals
Chris Norby - Keyboards

Selling Points
• Fits right in with the popular section of the progressive rock
movement
• A unique outing from Ireland, lots of identity with the Irish
community in the U.S.

Track list
1. Theatre Of The Absurd
2. Stranger In The Looking Glass
3. The Centre Cannot Hold
4. A Gathering Of Crows
5. The Sleepers Are Waking
6. A Time Of Shadow

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR303
File Under: Rock/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008088
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 8, 2009

Web
http://www.myspace.com/thedeadheroesclub
http://deadheroesclub.bebo.com

Factory Of Dreams - A STRANGE UTOPIA

Overview
Factory Of Dreams is a symphonic metal gothic project consisting of
Hugo Flores and Jessica Lehto. Hugo produces and creates all the music
while Jessica provides her beautiful vocals. Following their album
POLES in 2008, Factory Of Dreams are back with a new production
bringing a whole new epic and progressive feel to the sound crafted on
their debut. More complex, heavier, faster and at the same time
catchy, this is a huge album, featuring the hallmark of Factory Of
Dreams, with great melodic sense and shivering moments and a great
cast of guest singers and performers. As a highlight, the near 10
minute epic "E-Motions," and the beautiful track "Sonic Sensations"
depicting a World created by Sound and Music.

Players
Hugo Flores - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
Jessica Lehto - Vocals

Selling Points
• Has that Goth, operatic female vocal with the big orchestrations
like Nightwish that is very popular currently.
• Hugo has a fairly large fan base from his various projects making a
ready audience.

Track list
1. Voyage To Utopia
2. The Weight Of The World
3. Inner Station
4. Sonic Sensations
5. The Road Around Saturn
6. Garden Of all Seasons
7. Dark Utopia
8. Vacation In Venus
9. Chaotic Order
10. Slow Motion World
11. Destructible Destruction
12. E-Motions
13. Broken (bonus track)
14. The Weight Of The World (radio edit)

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR521
File Under: Rock/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008019
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 8, 2009

Web
http://www.myspace.com/projectcreation
http://strangeutopia.com/

Jupiter Society - TERRAFORM

Overview
Jupiter Society first launched in 2008 with the album FIRST CONTACT //
LAST WARNING. The man behind this project and also the chairman of the
Society, is Carl Westholm, previously known from Carptree, Krux and
Candlemass. The idea about this epic concept albums is far older than
that, the idea took form more then 10 years ago in Carl's mind but did
not come to life before 2007 when he was not busy with other projects.

Now in 2009, Jupiter Society releases the sequel called TERRAFORM
again with a lot of prominent fellow musicians like the last time,
slightly different crew this time with Kulle and Marcus Jidell (Royal
Hunt) on lead guitars, and Lars Sköld (Tiamat) on Drums and also
Christer Jansson (Roxette among many others) on additional Drums. Mats
Levén (Krux, ex-Therion, ex-Y. Malmsteen and others) and Leif Edling
(Candlemass, Krux) are still members of the society among others.

Players
Carl Westholm - Keyboards, Programming
Mats Levén, Nils Erikson, Öivin Tronstad - Vocals
Sebastian Blyberg, Stefan Fanden - Bass
Ulf Edelönn, Peter Söderström, Kulle - Guitars
Lars Sköld, Jonas Källsbäck, Christer Jansson - Drums

Selling Points
• Carl has a large fan base from his various projects that are very
interested in this release.
• Epic, symphonic, sweeping orchestration is a nice change from most
current material.

Track list
1. New Universe
2. Rescue And Resurrection
3. Cranial Implant
4. Into The Dark
5. Siren Song/Black Hole
6. Terraforming
7. Beyond These Walls You Are Not My Master

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR531
File Under: Rock/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008033
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 8, 2009

Web
http://www.jupitersociety.se/
http://www.myspace.com/jupitersociety

Prymary - THE ENEMY INSIDE

Overview
Prymary is a melodic progressive rock/metal band from Southern
California and consists of Jackson Heskett (Vocals), Sean Entrikin
(Guitars), Rob Young (Bass), Neil McQueen (Keyboards), and Chris
Quirarte (Drums). The band debuted on the scene in 2003 with its self-
titled album and opened for bands such as Fates Warning, Kamelot, and
King's X. 2003 also marked the first out of state performance at the
renowned ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2005, the band
travel to Amsterdam, Holland for their first European performance at
the Headway Festival.

THE ENEMY INSIDE is the long-awaited third album from Prymary. This
time around shows Prymary transcending their past achievements and
creating a collage of stories that are independent and yet united in
the themes of self-destruction and dreams unfulfilled. Musically the
band shows a further refinement of songwriting and musicianship with
songs that are more concise in musical statement, while still having
the grand arrangements that Prymary is known for. As is becoming a
Prymary trademark, the band has once again given special attention to
combining music and lyrics together to convey the mood or feel of the
song. This is simultaneously the heaviest, technical, most prog, and
emotional Prymary album to date.

Players
Jackson Heskett - Vocals
Sean Entrikin - Electric, Acoustic Guitars
Smiley Sean - Keyboards
Rob Young - 4,5,6 String Bass, Fretless Basses
Chris Quirarte - Drums, Electronic Drums, Percussion

Selling Points
• Solid and creative Prog metal with a wide appeal for fans of the
genre
• Chris Quirarte also plays with Redemption and Rocket Scientists and
has a large fan base through those bands as well.

Track list
1. The Enemy Inside (Part 1)
2. The Enemy Inside (Part 2)
3. The Enemy Inside (Part 3)
4. The Enemy Inside (Part 4)
5. The Enemy Inside (Part 5)
6. Inflicted
7. Disillusion
8. Edge Of Discovery
9. Trial And Tragedy

Street Date: November 17, 2009
Catalog: PRR351
File Under: Metal/Progressive
Format: Compact Disc
Packaging: Jewel Case
Box Lot: 30
UPC: 837792008057
List Price: $16.98
Discount: 5% thru December 8, 2009

Web
http://www.prymary.com/
http://www.myspace.com/prymary

Marketing and promotion for all Prog Rock releases:
• Will be serviced to national, regional and local rock and music/
musician oriented publications for reviews.
• Consumer advertising will be placed in popular music publications.
• Visibility on major Internet music sites with a focus on metal and
progressive sites.
• Price/positioning programs to be sought with key retail accounts.
• CD servicing to a comprehensive selection of metal and progressive
specialty radio shows and programs as well as college radio stations

More info at:
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*** LET IT BE KNOWN ***
*
-Neal "The Interviewing Machine" vs. Udo "The German Tank"
Dirkschneider. You decide who wins. - Tim

*
*** SPECIAL REPORT ***
*
by Neal Woodall (MysticX9@gmail.com)

-Interview w/ Udo Dirkschneider
October 13, 2009

There are few voices in rock as powerful and distinctive as Udo
Dirkschneider's -- you always know exactly whose it is the second you
hear it. Since founding Teutonic metal masters Accept with Michael
Wagener back in the early '70s, Udo has appeared on such classics as
"Fast As A Shark," "Princess Of The Dawn," "Metal Heart" and of
course, "Balls To The Wall." Recently, however, Udo celebrated the 20
year anniversary of his own band U.D.O. with the excellent MASTERCUTOR
ALIVE DVD, followed by a brand new studio album called DOMINATOR. I
enjoyed speaking with Udo about the new album, the possibility of a
U.D.O. tour in the U.S. and his feelings about Accept moving on
without him...

DETRITUS: First let me tell you I've been an Accept fan since 1981 and
an U.D.O. fan since '87...

UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: A long time!

D: Yeah, I go back with you a ways! Let's start by talking about the
new album. It's called DOMINATOR and has just come out here but
actually has been out in Europe since August, right?

UD: Yes, that's right.

D: Tell me about the concept and how it compares to MASTERCUTOR...

UD: Well about the concept, there is no concept! As for how it
compares to MASTERCUTOR, I think we have more different stuff on this
album so the whole songwriting is more wider, more different stuff on
this album. I think MASTERCUTOR was more in one direction, and here
you can hear more different types of songs, and yeah, it's good to see
that we can do a lot of things! (laughs)

D: Yeah, I've really been enjoying it, you have some excellent
classic-sounding stuff on there like the title track, "The Boogeyman,"
"Doom Ride," "Black And White" -- very hard hitting! How is the new
material going over live? Have you been able to play much of it yet?

UD: No, we just started rehearsing the songs now for live and we start
touring the beginning of November in Europe so then we will see. But I
think we will definitely play "The Bogeyman," "Dominator," "Infected,"
and "Black And White." And then we'll have to see if we want to play
also another song but we are not sure, we'll have to see how it works,
you know? Those four songs though, we definitely want to play live.

D: You could quiet things down with "Whispers In The Dark." That's a
nice ballad in the same vein as "Winter Dreams."

UD: Yeah, I think that goes with what we are trying, a little bit
different but we have to change for live a little bit the arranging so
we don't lose the keyboards on stage, and then maybe see how it works
live.

D: Beginning with 2004's THUNDERBALL you started writing the lyrics
first before coming up with the music. Was that the same songwriting
process for DOMINATOR?

UD: Yeah, it was the same. So we started writing first the lyrics and
then the music, and I think it works for us very well, so yeah, for us
it's the best way.

D: How does Stefan (Kaufmann, guitarist and producer) get that great
sound on the album? The mix is really good...

UD: Yeah, he had completely new equipment in the studio! (laughs) It
was like a nightmare for him to get used to all this stuff but in the
end I think he did a very good job on this album, a very good one.

D: "Devil's Rendezvous" is a bit different -- sounds like you had a
lot of fun with that one!

UD: That one was really easy. We had the hook line, "The Devil's
Rendezvous," so when we started singing the melody then we knew
exactly what kind of music we needed. The whole song was done music-
wise in say, 15 minutes, that was it.

D: Wow!

UD: There's some songs you know, they come out 10 minutes, 15 minutes
and they are finished 70 or 80 percent...

D: Some come together quick and others take quite awhile to get just
right...

UD: Oh sure.

D: I read you might just make it over to the U.S. this time. What are
your tour plans looking like for us?

UD: Yeah, we have a couple of offers to come over to the U.S. and the
period will be April and May next year, so our manager at the moment,
he is talking to all the promoters, how they want to do it, maybe they
want to do a package, who else is on tour with us, and on and on...

D: So you don't know if you'll be headlining or playing with another
band?

UD: Yeah, maybe we'll be coming with a bigger band or whatever, what
type of support, so that's at the moment what they are talking about.

D: I can't wait to see you because the last time was in Dallas, Texas
with Saxon, in 1984! (laughs)

UD: Oh, a long time ago! (laughs)

D: Yeah, way too long! I really love the MASTERCUTER ALIVE DVD. When
you have a DVD like that it's really like being there at the concert
because it's so well filmed, wonderfully shot, the sound is great and
the set list is incredible...

UD: Yeah it was a long show! (laughs)

D: Yeah there were 23 songs or something like that. What's the set
list going to be like on this tour? Will it be similar or are you
going to do something totally different?

UD: No, not so long, we cannot play every night for two and a half
hours!

D: No, I imagine not! (laughs)

UD: Normally we play around two hours including the encore, but as for
the set list, four or five songs off the new album, still we have to
play a couple of Accept songs and a good mix up of all U.D.O. albums.

D: Do you still enjoy playing the old Accept stuff or would you prefer
to concentrate more on the U.D.O. material now?

UD: No, sure we do three or four Accept songs. We do "Balls To The
Wall," "Metal Heart," "Princess Of The Dawn," sometimes we play "Fast
As A Shark," sometimes we play "Breaker" -- it's changing. It also
depends on which country we are in; in the south of Europe they are
more into "Fast As A Shark," (laughs) and in Scandinavia it's way
better to play "Burning" or "London Leatherboys" or something like
that.

D: What are your feelings about Accept continuing on with a new
vocalist?

UD: Yeah, what can I say about this? (laughs) They were asking me in
the first place to do a reunion, but I already did a reunion in the
'90s you know, and it didn't work out music wise. So I didn't exactly
say no but I said "Guys, we already did a reunion and when we do it
again I have to cut down U.D.O. again and we have to talk about a lot
of things. I don't want to have a situation where we do a studio
album, maybe one more tour and the whole thing is over again." I mean
I could not do U.D.O. again for the third time, you know? So we talked
about a lot of things and in the end they did not really agree with
what I was talking about so I said "O.K. guys, sorry but the risk for
me is too high to cut down U.D.O."

D: You're happy with U.D.O. now...

UD: Yeah, I'm happy with U.D.O., I think we have a very good band
together, we do very good albums, we can tour worldwide, we have
really good success and I said "Yeah, the risk is too high for me to
do this." And they were also asking Stefan Kaufmann to come back, the
guitar player, and I was also talking to him and he said "No, I don't
want to do this." Then they announce everywhere "Yeah, without Udo,
Accept will never happen again," and then two weeks later... (laughs)
Accept is back!

D: That didn't take long, did it?

UD: Yeah, that's funny. No, but what can I say? Let's take it this way
-- I think what they do is wrong, not in a bad way but maybe for me
it's the wrong singer trying to copy me, and for the second place I
think it's wrong to do it under the name Accept.

D: Yeah, maybe change the name and move on...

UD: Yeah, if they want to do music again, great, they should be
looking for a singer who is completely different to me vocal wise, and
use another name. I mean for me, when they go on tour, then they come
out with a new album -- and hopefully it's good, but I think it will
be good, good songs, they are good musicians, good songwriters -- but
that's not the only thing you need under the name of Accept. When they
go on tour maybe they can play three songs off the new album and then
the people are waiting for all this classic Accept stuff...

D: Which only you are going to sound right singing. I mean, you guys
have been going 20 years as U.D.O. and you're playing the classic
songs just like they should sound...

UD: Yeah, so what can I say? I mean, we will see what's coming up.
That's the only thing I can say. If they think they can do it in this
way, O.K.

D: Plus you've got to have two guitars and I understand Wolf Hoffmann
wanted to be the only guitarist?

UD: (laughs) Yes, so anyway...

D: (laughs) We'll move on. I hear you are working on a book?

UD: On the book, yes, but it takes awhile. I think they are planning
to put out the book in 2011.

D: So a little time before that one...

UD: Yeah, and you know I don't want to do it like a biography, I want
to do it more like, ahh... (pauses)

D: Like a novel?

UD: Yeah, more like a story, not like "I was born and..."

D: Yeah, not just the facts. I'll be looking forward to reading that.

UD: It will be interesting stuff in there, believe me! (laughs)

D: I see you guys are involved with PETA (People For The Ethical
Treatment Of Animals). How did you get involved with that?

UD: Well, not everybody in the band, but most of the members of the
band are really like against all this stuff (animal cruelty), and our
management was also thinking in the same way, so the management got in
contact with this guy and they asked if we wanted to support them and
we said "Yes, why not?" Because there are a lot of bad things going on
with animals. So if you can do something, help out a little bit, why
not?

D: Well it's been 28 years since RESTLESS AND WILD came out. That one
is my favorite and I often hear fans and musicians reference it as a
classic; did you realize it was something special back then when you
were recording it?

UD: Yes, definitely when you have songs like "Princess Of The Dawn,"
"Fast As A Shark" and "Restless And Wild" you never can really explain
it but you have the feeling that it's something special, like "Fast As
A Shark" is the first speed song ever. So yeah, we definitely had the
feeling it was something special when we recorded the RESTLESS AND
WILD album.

D: A lot of the music coming out today seems kind of "throwaway" to me
-- I doubt it will stand the test of time like RESTLESS AND WILD has.
Does it bother you that there is too much out there today, too much
marginal music, too many bands?

UD: Yeah, this is a problem we can talk about for a day! (laughs) I
think it's definitely a wrong thing the record companies did, you
know? They sign too many bands, and for me at the moment what they are
doing is like a lottery, they sign for example 10 bands, and then
maybe one is working but they don't have enough money to develop them.
So yeah, there's too many bands around, definitely. I've seen so many
bad bands, you know? I mean for example technically these days
everybody can now make an album, a very good album with all this
computer stuff...

D: In their bedroom! (laughs)

UD: But sometimes you hear the album and you say "Wow, very good!"
Then you go to the concert and see the band live and it's complete
bullsh*t! (laughs)

D: They can't play worth a damn!

UD: That's a problem, you know? What can you say?

D: Yeah, what can you do about it?

UD: Nothing! (laughs)

D: Well Udo I sure appreciate your time and hope I can see you on
tour!

UD: Yeah, hopefully everything will work out for the tour, I'm looking
forward to coming back to the U.S.!

Relevant links:

Accept
http://www.acceptworldwide.com/
http://www.myspace.com/accepttheband

AFM Records
http://www.afm-records.de/

U.D.O.
http://www.udo-online.de
http://www.myspace.com/udoonline

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*** OUT **
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*** REVIEWS ***
*
CROWN THE LOST - BLIND FAITH LOYALTY (B-) Cruz Del Sur Music, 2009
10 tracks, RT: 54:35
[ http://www.crownthelost.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/crownthelostmetal ]
[ crownthelost@hotmail.com ]
[ http://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/cruzdelsurmusic ]
[ info@cruzdelsurmusic.com ]
Crown The Lost is a technical speed metal outfit that rose from the
ashes of Pittsburgh, PA's Sinning Is Our Savior, and BLIND FAITH
LOYALTY is their second CD under their new moniker. I reviewed their
previous (self-released) disc, REVERENCE DIES WITHIN, for Detritus a
year or two back and if memory serves I found it to be a decent, but
not totally memorable, hunk of shred/metal that showed potential.
BLIND FAITH LOYALTY (their first release on the Cruz Del Sur label) is
superior to their previous release and shows that Crown The Lost
continues to refine their sound, though they still seem to be missing
that extra "special something" that would change their status from a
band that's merely "okay" in my book to a band I'm totally crazy
about. Your main reference points here would seem to be a hybrid of
Megadeth circa RUST IN PEACE and the progressive weirdness of mid-
period Nevermore; maybe with a hit of Steel Prophet thrown in for
flavor. I don't have a lyric sheet so I can't tell you what's on Crown
The Lost's collective minds, but titles like "Bound To Wrath,"
"Symbiotic," "Defame The Hypocrites" would seem to indicate that they
aren't singing about sunshine and bunnies. While the musicianship is
top notch on BLIND FAITH LOYALTY, the main complaint I have is that
they're one of those bands that has a LOT of lyrics, if you know what
I mean. By the mid point of the album it becomes hard to concentrate
on the musical goings-on because Chris Renaldi seems to be constantly
singing endless sets of complicated sounding lyrics, without ever
stopping to take a breath or let his band mates shine for a moment
until there's a guitar solo. Maybe they oughta tell him to shut up
once in a while and let the other guys jam a little more. Despite
that, BLIND FAITH LOYALTY is a decent slab of quality shred that
should find Crown The Lost more than a few fans among the power/prog
crowd.
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

DEVILS WHOREHOUSE - BLOOD & ASHES (B-) Regain Records, 2009
12 tracks, RT: 39:45
[ http://www.devilswhorehouse.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/truedevils ]
[ http://www.regainrecords.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords ]
October is here again, and as we get closer to Halloween I always find
myself listening to a lot more of my so-called "creepy" music, i.e.
early Black Sabbath, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Danzig, and of
course the Misfits. Now I've got a new band that I can add to that
annual rotation in the form of these Swedish horror punks. Devils
Whorehouse began life as a Misfits/Samhain cover band and features two
former members of the black metal band Marduk (bassist Roger Svensson,
a.k.a. "B. War," and guitarist Morgan Hakonsson) in their ranks. BLOOD
& ASHES is their third CD, though it's the first to cross my path.
Given their origins, it should be pretty obvious what these guys sound
like -- a pretty blatant mix of the Misfits' chugging punk sound and
the dark, Gothic horror themes of Danzig's first post-Fits project,
Samhain. The vocals certainly do sound a lot like the younger, angrier
Glenn Danzig, and the band blasts along nicely on tracks like "Dreams
Turn To Blood," "Werewolf," and "Shadows Never Change." No, it's not
original in the slightest but boy is it a whole heck of a lot of fun
while it's playing. The songs are short and sweet enough that the
album doesn't overstay its welcome and considering that Jerry Only now
seems content to drag the once-proud Misfits name through the mud
fronting a band with anyone he can draft from other old punk bands to
fill out the lineup, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of disappointed
Fiends started taking their loyalties over to Devils Whorehouse.
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

DOMINANCE - RESURRECTED (B+) Divebomb/Tribunal, 2009
10 tracks, RT: 43:47, multimedia section
[ http://www.myspace.com/padominance ]
[ http://tribunalrecords.bigcartel.com/category/divebomb-records ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/divebombrecords ]
[ http://www.tribunalrecords.net/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/tribunalrecords ]
Damn, this is some killer stuff! Can you say "old school thrash," boys
and girls? Uncle Keith sure can! RESURRECTED is an awesome new release
from Divebomb Records, an imprint of Tribunal Records dedicated to
reissuing "lost" rock and metal albums/demos from days gone by. For
the unfamiliar (which included me till this disc arrived in my
mailbox), Philadelphia-based Dominance was a five-piece thrash band
that rose from the ashes of local faves Anvil Bitch (who released one
album, RISE TO OFFEND, on New Renaissance Records back in '86). The
band released two demos under the Dominance name (1988 and 1990) and
were apparently quite a draw on the Philly/South Jersey/Delaware club
scene back in the day, opening for a number of big-name thrash bands
and contributing a track to a METAL MASSACRE compilation album before
the musical tides changed and the band slid back into obscurity.
However, Dominance made enough of an impact on Tribunal Records
honcho/Killwhitneydead vocalist Matthew Rudzinski's life that he has
decided to give their two demos (plus some additional live footage on
an enhanced-CD portion) a long overdue official release (limited to
1,000 copies), and what a treat it is. RESURRECTED packs a wallop,
with 10 tracks of tight, riffy thrash that should please fans of
Flotsam And Jetsam, Overkill, Testament and Exodus, with a singer that
brings back memories of the greatly missed Mike Howe of Metal Church.
In short, this band frickin' ripped!! How they weren't snapped up by
one of the big indie metal labels at the time is a mystery to me,
because they definitely had the goods. What set Dominance apart from
the hordes of other thrashin' bands of the day was their unique (for
the time period) use of sound samples in their songs. Though it's
fairly commonplace nowadays, not many bands were using clips from
political speeches, religious sermons, TV/movie dialogue, etc. in
their songs back then, except as intros to songs. Dominance sprinkled
them liberally throughout their tunes (beginning, middle, and end),
making the samples an integral part of each song, and it definitely
gives these rippin' slabs of thrash their own unique flavor. I
especially dug the amazingly catchy "This Is Only A Test," but "Dreams
Of Supremacy," "New Annihilation" and the title track got my head
bangin' and my air guitar goin' as well. Even if you've never heard
Dominance before, the combination of the killer music and the
informative CD booklet (which features a lengthy interview with
guitarists John Plumley and John Hebert about the band's history, plus
a selection of vintage concert flyers) is bound to stoke the fires of
metal nostalgia as soon as you open the CD. I am very impressed with
this release and look forward to finding out what other treasures
Divebomb Records will be unearthing in the future. Pick this one up!!
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

GOTHKILL (DVD) (C+) Wild Eye Releasing, 2009
RT: 1:15:00
[ http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/gothsite.html ]
[ http://www.wildeyedvd.com ]
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azA6yvPWwSc (trailer)]
"Gothkill" was an unusual review offering for Detritus -- a direct-to-
DVD, low-budget, unrated horror movie. We're not a horror 'zine, so
why did they pick us? I can only guess that Wild Eye Releasing must be
marketing the film to the metal crowd, as the DVD sports an impressive
cover by underground metal artist Mike Hrubovcak (who's done album
cover artwork for Mortician and Grave, and who also sings in several
death metal bands), and the press materials trumpet the fact that
metal pin-up gal Mistress Juliya Chernetsky, hostess of FUSE-TV's
"Uranium" program, makes an appearance in the film as a Satanic
minion. I'm a confirmed B-Movie lover and happen to be in the midst of
my annual "Schlock-tober" DVD marathon (a nightly horror movie event
at my home during the Halloween season), so "Gothkill" fit nicely into
the midst of my carnage-fueled, monster-n-slasher-n-zombie filled
movie playlist. An (intentionally?) campy, shoestring-budget, shot-on-
video flick written and directed by the previously-unknown (at least
by me) J.J. Connelly, "Gothkill" may not be an especially great movie
(in other words, don't expect to hear about it around Oscar time), but
it is a fast-moving, fun one. It stars a cast of New York City-based
unknowns headed by an underground pyrotechnician/performance artist
who's known only as "Flambeaux." Put it to you this way... I've seen
better but I've also seen a hell (pun intended) of a lot worse! Our
story: Back in the days of the Inquisition, Dread (Flambeaux) was a
priest who realized that people were being charged with Witchcraft and
burned at the stake merely because the Church wanted to claim their
land and fortunes for itself. Naturally he is quickly proclaimed a
heretic and put to the stake himself in order to keep him quiet.
Luckily for Dread but unluckily for the rest of the world, before
expiring he manages to make a last minute deal with Satan to serve him
instead. He then spends the next couple of centuries as a serial
murderer, collecting 100,000 souls for Lucifer in anticipation of
receiving his own Kingdom in Hell when he's fulfilled his end of the
deal. Captured and executed in present day New York City once he
reaches his murder quota, Dread awakens in the afterlife to find
himself not in a Kingdom, but alone in a dark netherworld. Needless to
say, he's pretty pissed off and swears vengeance, once he finds the
way out of Hell. His escape route comes in the form of our two
protagonists, youthful Annie and her cousin Kate, who have just moved
into an apartment together in New York City. Annie is about to begin
college and her older cousin is more than ready to introduce her to
N.Y.C.'s thriving underground "Goth" subculture. While getting
outfitted in proper leatherwear at the local Goth store, they are
invited to a party thrown by the "Scorpion Society," who are
apparently the coolest Goth group in the city. At the Scorpion party
the innocent Annie is exposed to heavy electronic/techno music, guys
dressed as vampires, hot half-dressed chicks gyrating around in
leather gear, and all the stereotypical "goth" stuff you see in
Marilyn Manson videos. The pasty-faced group's leader announces that
the girls have arrived just in time for a "special ceremony" which
turns out to involve date rape drugs. Once Annie and Kate are passed
out, he reads an incantation from a spell book, which unfortunately
brings Mr. Dread back from the dead. He takes over Annie's unconscious
body and now that he's been unleashed on Earth again, Dread/Annie
delivers a hilarious soliloquy berating the Goths for being posers who
don't know what "real evil" is before going on a comical killing
spree, dispatching everyone in the club in loving (low budget) bloody
detail and finally gaining the souls he needs for his private Hell
Kingdom. (SPOILER ALERT) The hilariously cheesy final scene, showing
Dread on a throne cackling, breathing fire, and lording over the
writhing, tortured bodies of the Goths against a cheap computer
generated flaming background is worth the rental price all by itself.
In a nutshell, "Gothkill" is a sleazy good time, loaded with plenty of
boobs and buckets of blood (none of the boobs are Ms. Chernetsky's,
unfortunately; if they were my rating would go up a few extra points!)
in its short running time (75 minutes) so if that sounds like your
bag, then feel free to rent this one. Flambeaux's performance as Dread
is an absolute hoot to watch and he obviously had a lot of fun with
his over-the-top role, which is a good thing, as the rest of the cast
-- including Eve Blackwater, Erica Giovinazzo, and Michael Day -- are
less than professional caliber. J.J. Connelly squeezes the most that
he can get out of his micro-budget, with some nice scenes shot on the
seamier side of N.Y.C. If you've ever looked down upon those snotty,
sad-faced Goth kiddies hanging around the food court at the Mall and
wished they'd get some comeuppance, then "Gothkill" should provide
some vicarious satisfaction. This is the kind of flick that could
become a cult horror/comedy in years to come, but lovers of more
serious horror will probably want to pass on it. Bonus materials on
the DVD include a Q&A with director J.J. Conelly and a commentary
track by Connelly, Flambeaux, and Eve Blackwater; a "Girls Of
Gothkill" photo gallery; some additional "Wild Eye" grindhouse-style
trailers for movies that look suspiciously fake (But if "Bloody Ape"
isn't a real movie, it should be!), and other assorted goodies that
stretch out "Gothkill's" short run time into a full night's worth of
Halloween revelry.
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

SECRETS OF THE MOON - PRIVILEGIVM (A-) Prophecy Productions/Lupus
Lounge, 2009
10 tracks, RT: 1:13:38
[ http://www.secretsofthemoon.org/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/secretsofthemoon ]
[ http://www.prophecy.cd/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/eerieemotionalmusic ]
[ http://www.lupuslounge.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/lupuslounge ]
German black metallers Secrets Of The Moon are out with their latest
album, PRIVILEGIVM. The album opens with the title track, a dark and
gloomy instrumental piece, setting you up for what lies in store. The
next track, "Sulphur" does not fail to deliver. It's more than just
black metal; it's got elements of death metal and doom metal in there,
expertly fused together to create Secrets Of The Moon's sound. The
guitars stand out at certain points, drawing you to their prominence,
and making you appreciate the song even more. Yet, the album never
fails to retain its extremely dark and morbid side which permeates
into every song. The vocal style is just what you need for an album
like this -- it's satanic sounding, yet not overly high pitched, but
has more of a growling ring to it. Songs like "Black Halo" give you an
instant feeling of melancholy and hopelessness before switching gears
and getting heavier and meaner. There is some level of catchiness to
be found here, like on the song "I Maldoror," which just adds to the
diversity of the album and shows off their creativity. I was impressed
with the album's ability to keep me thoroughly entertained from start
to finish. These guys know how to play their instruments and they know
how to create an ambiance of darkness, despair, and evil that will
leave the black metal aficionado satisfied.
- Stephanie Davison (Zatanna7@comcast.net)

VARIOUS - OUTBREAK OF METAL VOL. I (B+) Slaney Records, 2009
12 tracks, RT: 46:19
[ http://www.slaneyrecords.com/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/slaneyrecords]
[ http://www.myspace.com/savindicator ]
[ http://www.vindicator.bigcartel.com ]
[ http://www.metalwitch.de/ ]
[ http://www.myspace.com/metalwitches ]
We all know that old school thrash metal is currently enjoying a
resurgence of popularity in the underground, but for every '80s minded
retro-thrash band like Municipal Waste, 3 Inches Of Blood, or
Skeletonwitch that makes it to the so-called "big time," there are
still many more unknown acts toiling away around the world. Thankfully
there are numerous tiny-but-true upstart labels like Slaney Records to
give them an outlet. Slaney Records is a new metal label hailing from
the Emerald Isle (that would be Ireland, in case you failed Geography
101) and their debut release is the first of what I assume will be an
ongoing series of "split compilation" CDs, each featuring two unsigned
bands. (Volume II is also available -- watch for my review of it soon
-- and label head Kieran O'Loughlin is already seeking bands for
volume III, so if you're a thrasher looking to get your music heard,
shoot him an e-mail.) Ohio's Vindicator kick this first volume off
with a potent mix of Slayer/Destruction style mayhem on their half
dozen tracks, grabbing the listener instantly by the throat with the
killer opener "The Dog Beneath The Skin" and ass-kicking "Shock
Trauma." Vocalist Marshall Law (yes, really!) sounds suitably vicious
(imagine if Cronos and Paul Baloff had a love child) and the band
shows remarkable precision despite the high speed chaos they're laying
down. Vindicator has great taste in cover tunes too, as evidenced by
their rip roaring rendition of the Anti-Nowhere League's punk classic
"I Hate People" (so do I!) and a cool version of Indestroy's
"U.S.S.A." I already felt sufficiently pummeled after Vindicator's six
tracks of brutality, but then Germany's Metal Witch picked up the
spiked leather gauntlet and ran with it for another six tracks. These
Witches (not to be confused with Seven Witches, obviously) are a well
oiled machine, befitting their veteran status (according to the CD
liner notes, this band has been around in one form or another since
1985! Holy crap!!). These guys have a bit more "rock" flavor in their
music, bordering on sped-up NWOBHM (as opposed to the openly hostile,
"We just wanna kill everything that moves" vibe of Vindicator), with
choruses that are actually catchy (see "Believe In The Power Of Rock"
or "The Count Has Risen From The Grave") in a charming, cheesy, retro
sort of way. While this band is playing I imagine a beer-soaked
concert hall packed with hordes of drunken Germans giving them the
devil-horn salute! Metal Witch's last track is a hilariously obscene
live song called "Kiss My Ass" (judging from the lyrics, it's
dedicated to a former business associate), proving that this band can
throw down on stage just as well as they do in the studio. All of this
good friendly violent fun is wrapped in a cool booklet packed with
bio/background/contact information for both bands, lyrics to all the
songs, and some killer artwork to boot (even an old school "photo
collage" under the CD tray!), which is bound to gain both of these
bands more than a few MySpace hits and some new fans. OUTBREAK OF
METAL VOL. I introduced me to two bands that probably would have
passed me by otherwise, and is an excellent start to what I hope will
become a long running series of compilations. Horns up for your hard
work, Slaney!!
- Keith Abt (KeithAbt@yahoo.com)

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-Two Side Moon/SLW Promotions Update

Band: Edge Of Forever
Album Title: ANOTHER PARADISE
Label: 7Hard
Genre: AOR Melodic Rock
Release Date: January 15th 2010

Web sites:
http://www.myspace.com/edgeofforeverofficial
http://www.7hard.com/

Edge Of Forever is back stronger than ever! After their first two
successful releases FEEDING THE FIRE and LET THE DEMON ROCK 'N' ROLL
the band is ready to hit the hearts of melodic hard rock fans again
with their new album ANOTHER PARADISE. This much anticipated disc
shows their usual hard hitting rock style renovated by a new and far
more powerful lineup: Alessandro Del Vecchio - Vocals and Keyboards,
Walter Caliaro - Guitars, Nik Mazzucconi - Bass, Francesco Jovino -
Drums, Bob Harris (Axe, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai and former Edge Of
Forever singer) - Backing Vocals, Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth) -
Backing Vocals, Igor Gianola (U.D.O., Gotthard, Jorn) - Guitar Solo,
Carsten "Lizard" Schulz (Evidence One, Domain) - Backing Vocals. The
new album also features amazing performances by Bob Harris, who
contributed marvelous backing vocals on "What I've Never Seen";
Roberto Tiranti, who sang on the title track in an emotional duet with
Alessandro Del Vecchio; Igor Gianola, who played a hi-test guitar solo
and Carsten "Lizard" Schulz, who did impressive background vocal work
on the song "Edge Of Life." The album has all that an AOR record
needs: strong melodies and impressive backing vocals; sophisticated
arrangements; powerhouse drums; stunning guitars and keyboards;
bombastic production and big sing-along choruses. The new lineup
features EOF veteran keyboardist extraordinaire Alessandro Del Vecchio
stepping up his game to take over the job of lead vocalist too. And
you won't be disappointed! His intense interpretations and melodic
vocal lines will capture any rock fan's heart and quickly conquer
their soul. Comparisons with the likes of Jon Bon Jovi, James
Christian, Russel Arcara and John Sykes are the band's confirmation
that their crucial decision to make Del Vecchio lead vocalist was the
right one. Walter Caliaro, who replaced Matteo Carnio back in 2005, is
the new guitar player. He not only brought a new wave of ideas to the
songwriting but played a great role in arranging the entire record.
Edge Of Forever has seen two previous bassists (Christian Grillo and
Dimitri Oldani) replaced by one of the top bass players in Europe, Nik
Mazzucconi. His distinctive straight-ahead rock bass lines inject Edge
Of Forever's sound with a new solidity and a ripping groove. EOF
superb drummer Francesco Jovino, strong of his long-time playing with
U.D.O. (solo band of Udo Dirkschneider of Accept), is always armed and
ready to declare war at each drum fill. All members have impressing
curricula vitae with reference names such as: Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes,
Andre Matos, Eden's Curse, Carmine Appice, James Christian, Robin
Beck, Axe, Ken Hensley, U.D.O. and many others. Production of the new
record was also handled by Alessandro Del Vecchio, another crucial
step for the band, leaving him with some big shoes to fill since in
the past the band was produced by none other than the late Marcel
Jacob and Bobby Barth. The mastering was done by well-known award-
winning German producer and engineer Michael Voss from Casanova,
Bonfire, Mad Max and Voices Of Rock.

Track listing:
1. Distant Voices
2. Another Paradise
3. Lonely
4. Edge Of Life
5. I Won't Call You
6. My Revenge
7. What I've Never Seen
8. What A Feeling
9. Eye Of The Storm
10. Against The Wall

Band: Arbogast
Album: CERTAINTIES AND DOUBTS
Genre: Rock
Release Date: Out Now

Web sites:
http://www.arbogast.se/
http://www.myspace.com/arbogastrockbov

Arbogast was started by Svante Widerström, who had previously been
vocalist, bassist and drummer in various local hard rock groups in the
small town of Alingsås, not far from Gothenburg in the southwest of
Sweden. After initially calling the project "Applejack," Widerstöm
recalled the name of the private detective in the Hitchcock classic
"Psycho" and changed the name, unaware that Arbogast is a fairly
common surname in the U.S.A.

Initially Arbogast served as a vent for recording songs written by
Widerstöm, free from the influence of the bands he was playing in. The
less-than-well-produced mini-albums IDIOT BOY EFFORT and SOMETHING BIT
ME were recorded with Patrick Fransson on drums.

Widerström became increasingly engaged in his project and in 2007 the
full-length album TOO PROUD TO STICK TO WINNERS was released. Besides
Patrick Fransson who was still behind the drums, Mats Lilja and Petra
Andersson also appeared on several tracks singing backing vocals and
Erik Ljungkvist played a couple of guitar solos. Since 2004 Widerström
has also been bassist in the heavy metal band Fraise and plays on
their second CD A NEW BEGINNING.

This year (2009) has seen the release of Arbogast's second full-length
album CERTAINTIES AND DOUBTS. The original idea that Arbogast should
become a "real" band is being followed with the guitarists Jonas
Hjortstam and Fredrik Falkerstedt joining the group and providing all
the guitar solos on the album. The rhythm section (Bolivar - bass,
Gunnar Hansson - drums) have on the other hand far too much in common
with Widerstöm, both spititually and physically, for them to be viewed
as individuals in their own right. Mats Lilja is again present as
backing singer on a handful of tracks. A video has been recorded for
the song "Psychomath."

Arbogast decided early on to try to stick to a dirty and natural
sound. In terms of the character of the songs there is still quite a
broad range. But that's the point with Arbogast. Far too much music
these days is too strongly niched. In the past bands where allowed far
more room to move musically. These days you don't as a rule do that.
It is probably the vast amount of music being made these days that
forces bands to be so niched, in order to reach a defined audience. On
the other hand it must also be so that the listener only looks for
"their" style of music. The heart of Arbogast can however
unfortunately do nothing but completely ignore this new order. The
music can be summed up simply as "rock." A worn-out term, of course,
but to make things clearer it could be claimed that the music
comprises a mixture of sloppy, loud, cowboy boot rock (Stones, Guns N'
Roses) and dark hard-rock of the older type (Black Sabbath). It has a
wide emotional range, but with a clear leaning to the happier side,
musically speaking at least.

Lead Vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard: Svante
Widerström
Lead guitar: Jonas Hjortstam
Lead Guitar: Fredrik Falkerstedt
Bass guitar: Bolivar
Drums: Gunnar Hansson
Background vocals: Mats Lilja

Track listing:
1. Robbed, Stripped And Glad About It
2. Psychomath
3. Steal Me Some Luck
4. Once The Tip Of The Spear
5. Stay Up And Talk To Me All Night
6. Bitacora Club
7. Applause To You 3
8. The Other You
9. Thinking 'Bout The Boss
10. Beckomberga 1944
11. The Cholera Song

Band: Gasoline Queen
Album: GAS FOR UNDERCLASS
Genre: Rock
Release Date: Out Now

For more details:
contact@gasolinequeen.com
http://www.gasolinequeen.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thebandgasolinequeen

"Check them out for: The rumbling gutsy track 'Stalker,' girls get
ready to dance around your handbags" - Nicky Baldrian

Gasoline Queen is the name to remember if you've got a craving for
energetic, explosive straight in your face rock 'n' roll of highest
quality possible. The five-piece that's been around with its current
lineup since 2004 have made it clear that their biggest strength is
the live performance. Gasoline Queen onstage is like a steamroller on
dope with over 150 stages (from all over Sweden all the way down to
rare number of gigs in Palestine/ Israel) torn to pieces. Each and
every time onstage, with no exceptions, they deliver a rough,
explosive rock 'n' roll show time that shows no mercy. They exceed any
expectations every time, leaving the audience grasping for air and
begging for more!

Gasoline Queen - Fuel For Your Rock 'n' Roll Soul!

A self-financed E.P. named GAS FOR THE UNDERCLASS was released by the
band in Spring 2009 and is now available through iTunes, Ginza CDON,
jamba, etc. A series of live shows from Sundsvall in the north of
Sweden, to Denmark Copenhagen during the same period, showed the crowd
that Gasoline Queen is Swedens next live hope.

Gasoline Queen is:
Dee Hoffman - Vocals
Andy McQueen - Drums
Mad Dog - Bass
Mike Spider - guitar
Mart Wildheart - guitar

Track listing:
1. Down All Around
2. Young Man Burning
3. Broke, Cursed And Damned
4. Stalker

Press:
"Gasoline Queen manages to write great catchy songs with good melodies
and memorable choruses. Dee Hoffman has a great voice, the guitars are
superb and the bass and drums hit you like thunder and lightning!"
- Review from: Sleazeroxx

"GAS FOR THE UNDERCLASS - Contains four songs, that just screams rock
n roll. From the opening riff of 'Young Man Burning' to the final
phrase of 'Stalker' we're talking rock that kicks ass!!"
-Review from: Calles rockcorner Dk

Band: Preacher Stone
Album: PREACHER STONE
Genre: Southern Rock
Release Date: Out Now

For more details:
http://www.preacherstone.com/
http://www.myspace.com/preacherstonerocks

"There's a Party in the Sticks You Don't Wanna Miss." Hellfire and
brimstone guitars, soul-shaking rhythms, and songs about the common
man are the lodge poles that support Preacher Stone's tent revival of
a debut CD.

A collection of foot-stompin', guitar-slingin', Tellin'-it-like-it-is
songs about real life that is reminiscent of early Skynyrd's "rough
around the edges" bite and charm. Stories of revenge, love gone bad,
drinking, brawling, partying, and friendship delivered from the heart.
Guaranteed to move the faithful and convert those have yet to see the
light.

This rock band from The South was formed at the end of 2008 in
Charlotte, North Carolina by former members of Phantom Park and
Riddle. The fruit of their labor is a potent mixture of rock, blues
and progressive country.

Proudly bearing the influence of Skynyrd, Aerosmith, The Crowes, and
Bad Company, they are a NEW band that has captured the Classic Rock
Sound.

The guitars are diabolical, the rhythm section is powerful, and the
vocals are whiskey soaked and soulful.

Live, Preacher Stone's rompin', stompin', sing-along, party-in-the-
pasture vibe captivates every audience and takes them on a V-8 powered
Hayride of Southern culture and rockin' blues as preacher stone
delivers fist-pumpin', hell-raisin' tunes about life as they know it.

Preacher Stone's Self-Titled CD released 6/08/09.

Tracks from the CD receiving streaming airplay, broadcast radio and
weekly podcast play since February 2009 include:
"Not Today"
"Old Fashioned Ass Whoopin'"
"Blood From A Stone"
"Livin' Proof"
"Tractor Pull"

"Recommended if you like Lynyrd Skynyrd & Blackstone Cherry"

Track listing:
1. Not Today
2. Livin' Proof
3. Old Fashioned Ass Whoopin' Sum Bitch
4. That's Just The Whiskey Talkin'
5. Brother's Keeper
6. Blood From A Stone
7. Tractor Pull
8. Homegrown Hoedown
9. Southern Hospitality
10. Mother To Bed

Kinlin - "Album Of The Year" ~ Bubblegum Slut Magazine, U.K.

Band: Kinlin
Album Title: END OF DISSENT
Genre: Hard Rock
Release Date: Out Now

Web site:
http://www.myspace.com/kinlin

"I will get straight to the point and let everyone know that 10 months
into the year and this is the best album I have heard so far from
anyone, musical influences, Ozzy, Pantera, Disturbed, Soundgarden melt
into the pot and Kinlin have achieved a fresh sound as well as a
monster piece of work, gut wrenching twin guitar solos proivde the
icing on a very tasty cake" - Bubblegum Slut Magazine, U.K.

"'Ton Of Bricks' from Kinlin, a tunefull but chunky little rocker" -
Bruce Dickison (Iron Maiden), "Friday Rock Show," BBC6, UK

"The music is a modern mix of stirring metal riffs, classy breakdowns,
meaty hooks, old school finesse, take the claustrophobic sound of
Puddle Of Mudd, the robatic charm of Queens Of The Stone Age style
riffs, with the winning touch of Chris Connell means they have the
guile to connect with everyone from mainstream rockers to the heavier
end of the metal spectrum" - Powerplay Magazine, U.K.

"Another Kick Ass strong album from the States. These guys really know
how to mix it up, a journey through powerful beats and more laid back
melodies. Great musicianship with strong vocals, you won't get bored
lisening to this one" - Overloaded Radio, Wales, U.K.

TSM/SLW Promotions
http://www.myspace.com/nickyaor
http://www.slwpromotions.com/

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-Radiant Records News

News about the new Transatlantic!

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that we have the new Transatlantic Special
Editions and Deluxe Boxes in and they look incredible!

We also have the new Neal Morse SO MANY ROADS - LIVE IN EUROPE Triple
Live packages and they look great as well.

We are beginning shipping NOW. So, if you were waiting to order until
we were actually shipping... now's the time!! You can get both these
amazing releases for a great low price.

If you missed any of the info the other times, here it is again:

TRANSATLANTIC'S THE WHIRLWIND

Order at Radiant Records Now!!

http://www.radiantrecords.com/

Transatlantic -- the Progressive Rock Supergroup featuring Dream
Theater's Mike Portnoy, Marillion's Pete Trewavas, The Flower Kings'
Roine Stolt and Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard) -- will release their
long-awaited third album on October 27, 2009.

THE WHIRLWIND is a 77-minute piece of music that is sure to satisfy
the band's legions of fans that have patiently waited almost the
entire decade for the reunion of these four musicians.

Check out the Transatlantic sneak peek preview video:

http://bandwidth.csrtechnologies.com/RadiantRecords/new_trailor.php

THE WHIRLWIND is available in two formats:

A 2-CD Special Edition containing a Bonus Disc with eight newly
recorded studio tracks. (Four new Transatlantic compositions and four
Cover Songs.) The SE comes in a digi-book with a gorgeous 20-page
color booklet.

THE WHIRLWIND will also be available in a 3-DISC Deluxe Edition!! The
Deluxe edition contains the Special Edition as well as a 105 minute
long "Making Of" DVD and comes in a box with special artwork. This is
the ultimate Transatlantic experience. Watch them make the album as
you listen to it!

ANOTHER SPECIAL OFFER!!

Order any version of Transatlantic's THE WHIRLWIND from Radiant
Records and receive a FREE DOWNLOAD of their rendition of the Genesis
classic "Return Of The Giant Hogweed." (Wait 'til you hear Mike play
the ending!)

*** Get Two 3-Disc Sets for One Amazing Low Price! ***

Order the Deluxe Edition with the new Neal Morse Triple Live set SO
MANY ROADS - LIVE IN EUROPE for a nice price!

The Track Listing for THE WHIRLWIND Special Edition is:

Disc One:
The Whirlwind

Disc Two:
1. Spinning
2. Lenny Johnson
3. For Such A Time
4. Lending A Hand
5. The Return of The Giant Hogweed (Genesis)
6. A Salty Dog (Procol Harum)
7. I Need You (America / The Beatles)
8. Soul Sacrifice (Santana)

While you're in our store check out these great items:

o 3RP 2008 DVD (Featuring Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and the Flower
Kings)
o Spock's Beard Special Editions
o Transatlantic Catalogue
o And lots of great stuff for your collection!

Neal Morse - SO MANY ROADS - LIVE IN EUROPE

Track listing:

CD1
1. At The End Of The Day (16:49)
Recorded at De Reehorst, Ede (NL) on October 23, 2008

2. Leviathan (6:44)
Recorded at Zeche, Bochum (DE) on October 30, 2008

3. The Way Home (5:04)
Recorded at De Reehorst, Ede (NL) on October 23, 2008

4. Author Of Confusion/I'm The Guy (14:27)
Recorded at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) on October 25, 2008

5. That Crutch (3:20)
Recorded at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) on October 25, 2008

6. We All Need Some Light (5:40)
Recorded at Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (DE) on October 31, 2008

7. Lifeline (12:23)
Recorded at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) on October 25, 2008

total time: 64:27

CD2
1. Question Mark Medley (31:09)
Recorded at Zeche, Bochum (DE) on October 30, 2008

2. Help Me (12:13)
Recorded at Zeche, Bochum (DE) on October 30, 2008

3. Testimedley (35:29)
Recorded at Spirit Of 66, Verviers (BE) on October 26, 2008

total time: 78:00

CD3
1. Walking On The Wind (9:22)
Recorded at Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (DE) on October 31, 2008

2. So Many Roads (30:13)
Recorded at Spirit Of 66, Verviers (BE) on October 26, 2008

3. Stranger In Your Soul/Bridge Across Forever (31:30)
Recorded at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) on October 25
(Bridge Across Forever recorded at De Kade, Zaandam (NL) on October
24, 2008)

total time: 71:50

THIS IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL LIVE CD FROM NEAL MORSE! Recorded at some
of the best venues in Europe, this contains breathtaking performances
handpicked by Neal from a series of concerts with his critically
acclaimed European band. Neal says "There's some really special
moments, like Jessica singing the angelic section of Spock's Beard's
'At The End Of The Day' and of course the rockin' 'Author Of
Confusion/I'm The Guy' medley. I also really enjoy our rendition of
the Spock's Beard classic 'Walking On The Wind.' That Euro band
rules!" With a cross section of the best of Neal's career, from
Spock's Beard greats to Transatlantic classics, as well as his newer
solo work, this is a live album that will please fans to no end.

Happy Listening!
Cherie Morse
Radiant Records
http://www.radiantrecords.com/

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-EMI To Release Seven Gentle Giant Albums In Digital Format On
November 3

HOLLYWOOD, CA -- On November 3rd 2009 Gentle Giant will be digitally
releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in digital form
for the very first time via their own Alucard label through EMI
Music's Label Services unit.

This progressive rock band, which was active from 1970 through 1980,
was made up of multi-instrumentalists, and lived to expand the
frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very
unpopular. The group's dozen albums combine a range of musical styles
-- jazz, pop, classical, British soul, rock, blues, medieval, pop,
blues. Gentle Giant's legacy has become influential to a range of
artists from the arena rock, jam band, virtuoso players, and chamber
pop genres.

IN A GLASS HOUSE, THE POWER AND THE GLORY, FREE HAND, INTERVIEW,
PLAYING THE FOOL - THE OFFICIAL LIVE, THE MISSING PIECE and GIANT FOR
A DAY will become available through all digital channels.

The digital releases will also include previously unheard bonus tracks
and artwork.

The band has chosen favorite live versions of songs from each album
and some obscure radio sessions. Two of the bonus tracks "Intro 74"
and "Intro 76" have been partially re-recorded, embellished and
remixed by Kerry Minnear of the group.

Promotion includes radio, print, Internet, and mobile phone outreach.
Digital listening parties are being set up online, and will include
competitions to win special Gentle Giant gift sets.

More Gentle Giant music will be available in a variety of formats in
2010, starting with the January release of the seven CDs re-mastered
from the original 1/4 inch tapes through Hi-Resolution (24bit 96k)
transfer. First quarter of 2010 will also find box sets and Limited
Edition Vinyl LPs.

Gentle Giant Digital Releases - Track Listings

IN A GLASS HOUSE - 1973
1. The Runaway
2. An Inmates Lullaby
3. Way Of Life
4. Experience
5. A Reunion
6. In A Glass House

Digital Bonus Tracks:
The Runaway/Experience Live 1975
Way Of Life - Radio Session 1973

THE POWER AND THE GLORY - 1974
1. Proclamation
2. So Sincere
3. Aspirations
4. Playing The Game
5. Cogs In Cogs
6. No God's A Man
7. Valedictory
8. (The Power And The Glory)

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro '74
Proclamation - Live 1975
Aspirations - Radio Session 1974
Cogs In Cogs - Live 1975

FREE HAND - 1975
1. Just The Same
2. On Reflection
3. Free Hand
4. Time To Kill
5. His Last Voyage
6. Talybont
7. Mobile

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same - Live 1975
On Reflection - Radio Session 1975
Free Hand - Live 1975

INTERVIEW - 1976
1. Interview
2. Give It Back
3. Design
4. Another Show
5. Empty City
6. Timing
7. I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro '76
Interview - Live 1976
Give It Back - Live 1976

PLAYING THE FOOL - THE OFFICIAL LIVE - 1977
1. Just The Same
2. Proclamation
3. On Reflection
4. Excerpts From Octopus
5. Funny Ways
6. The Runaway
7. Experience
8. So Sincere
9. Free Hand
10. Sweet Georgia Brown (Breakdown In Brussels)
11. Peel The Paint / I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same - Radio Session 1975
Excerpts From Octopus - Radio Session 1973

THE MISSING PIECE - 1977
1. Two Weeks In Spain
2. I'm Turning Around
3. Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It
4. Who Do You Think You Are?
5. Mountain Time
6. As Old As You're Young
7. Memories Of Old Days
8. Winning
9. For Nobody

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Two Weeks In Spain - Live 1978
I'm Turning Around - Live 1978
For Nobody - Live 1978

GIANT FOR A DAY - 1978
1. Words From The Wise
2. Thank You
3. Giant For A Day
4. Spooky Boogie
5. Take Me
6. Little Brown Bag
7. Friends
8. No Stranger
9. It's Only Goodbye
10. Rock Climber

Digital Bonus Track:
Giant For A Day - Live 1980

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-Eternal Cross Radio

On behalf of Eternal Cross Radio, I would like to extend an invitation
to join our rapidly growing Christian Music station. We at Eternal
Cross Radio believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to Salvation and
that He is the way, the truth and the life. We believe in the Father,
The Son, And the Holy Ghost as one. We are more than just a station,
in fact we have an entire community of like minded Christian Music
lovers, artists, venue owners, and so much more! Please stop by and
listen to the beautiful music, meet new friends, and help us spread
the word! Thank you for reading this and may you have a blessed day!

Eternal Cross Radio
http://eternalcrossradio.org

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-Shadowside: U.S. Tour Report Available On MySpace

"A very special tour needed a special ending and it sure was! We had a
great time at every single one of the shows, met some incredible
people with great stories to tell, fans that were simply on fire and
they always make us want to fly even higher. Going home is always good
in a way but we already miss being on the road. It's our life and we
are anxious for more!" With those words female lead singer Dani Nolden
described the most recent Shadowside tour through the U.S. It closed
off at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh, PA.

The front woman recently posted on the band's official MySpace a
complete journal telling details about the shows, as well as both fun
and tough moments of the road trip. Wake Up Screaming 2009 U.S. Tour
lasted a little over two weeks and went through the States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Pictures of
several performances are available at
http://www.myspace.com/shadowsideband .

Also, Shadowside has been keeping fans updated with the latest news on
the popular network Twitter at http://twitter.com/shadowsideband . In
the coming weeks, the Brazilian metallers will be working on a brand
new video and will soon announce the second leg of the Wake Up
Screaming Tour in 2010, which should go through Brazil, U.S. and
European countries.

http://www.shadowside.ws
http://www.myspace.com/shadowsideband
http://www.myspace.com/shadowsidepress
http://twitter.com/shadowsideband
http://twitter.com/DaniNolden
http://twitter.com/costabilejr

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-D.O.A. To Release KINGS OF PUNK, HOCKEY AND BEER

D.O.A., Canada's punk legends and the originators of hardcore punk,
pummel you with a great new album, KINGS OF PUNK, HOCKEY AND BEER. A
short time ago, Canadian punk godfather Joe Sh*thead Keithley was
sourly contemplating the namby-pamby-ness of the new National Hockey
League style, as he reached for the solace of a beer, it occurred to
him, "Hey, d*mn this corporate NHL crap! Let's give the people some
real rough and tumble on the ice! The D.O.A. way!"

So that's what this is, D.O.A. go back to their roots. They invented
the "Hockey Rock" genre with their break though "Taking Care Of
Business" video in 1987, that featured BTO guitarist Randy Bachman.
(Of course all due credit going to Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne for
their "interesting" attempt at hockey rock in the early '70s.)

The band then formed their own team, The D.O.A. Murder Squad,
perpetual champions of the V.M.H.L., out scoring rival hockey bands
like Bad Religion, The Hanson Brothers and SNFU, and roughing them up
just for fun.

This album is a knock 'em down, beat 'em in the alley affair that
combines three important things in the D.O.A. world: Punk, Hockey and
Beer! The boys smash you into the corner with the anthemic
"Donnybrook," then they slash you with "Dead Men Tell No Tales," just
as you're coming back to consciousness they pitchfork you with "Beer
Liberation Army" and "Beat 'Em, Bust 'Em." The kings of high sticking
also nail you with a great version of the Stompin' Tom Conners
classic, "The Hockey Song." As you skate further back into your own
end they hit you with a powerful re-write of wrestler Freddie
Blassie's "Pencil Neck Geek."

Link to Press Photo
http://www.suddendeath.com/images/doa_new_promo.jpg

Link to Hi Res Cover Art
http://www.suddendeath.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/3efc854567f88d2688a6b84bb77d33d4.jpg

Link to Web site
http://www.suddendeath.com/

Link to Additonal Info
http://www.suddendeath.com//images//kingssheetinfo.pdf

Link to Order
http://www.suddendeath.com//index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=122&category_id=6&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=42

CWPR LLC
370 Washington Ave
Phoenixville PA 19460

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-Visit Harddriveradio.com For Your Chance To Win A Robot Mask From
Powerman 5000's New Video, "Super Villain"!

With their first new studio album in three years, SOMEWHERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE, just released (via Mighty Loud!/Fontana),
Powerman 5000 is gearing up to come back in a big way.

The first step was to recently film a eye-popping new video for the
album's lead-off single, "Super Villain," which as you'll soon see,
features some ultra-cool "space masks" in the clip.

And starting October 12th, fans will be able to enter in a contest to
win their very own robot mask that was used in the video, by visiting
harddriverradio.com.

The winner of this ultimate piece of Powerman 5000 memorabilia will be
announced on Friday, November 20th.

Directed by Robert Hall ("Laid To Rest," "Fear Clinic"), and
accompanied by award-winning Cinematographer and Director of
Photography, Brandon Trost ("Halloween II," "Crank 2"), the video also
features actor Johnathon Schaech ("Quarantine," "Living Hell," "That
Thing You Do") as the "Super Villain."

"We made this record with a clear vision and a purpose," explains
front man, Spider, about SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE. "We
wanted to reclaim a sound we created and represent certain influences
as only a band like Powerman 5000 can. While writing, we would watch
'Godzilla' or 'Ultraman' films to ensure the sonics were on point. We
knew that this record needed to sound like the footsteps of a giant
robot!" Soon, the wait will be over to experience another gnarly slice
of PM5K.

For more information, visit:

http://www.harddriverradio.com/
http://www.myspace.com/powerman5000

SOMEWHERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE Track Listing:

Intelligent Creatures
Show Me What You've Got
Super Villain
V Is For Vampire
Do Your Thing
Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere
Time Bomb
Get Your Bones
Make Us Insane
Technology Eats Its Young
Horror Show

Tour Dates:

Oct 25 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - S.B.G - Waterloo, Iowa
Oct 26 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - The Rock - Maplewood, Minnesota
Oct 27 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - The Rave - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 29 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - The Pearl Room - Mokena, Illinois
Oct 30 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Peabodys - Cleavland, Ohio
Nov 1 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, New Jersey
Nov 3 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - The Blender Theater at Grammercy - New York,
New York
Nov 4 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Jaxx - West Springfield, Virginia
Nov 5 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Peppermint Beach Club - Virginia Beach,
Virginia
Nov 6 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Hooligans - Jacksonville, North Carolina
Nov 7 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Volume 11 - Raliegh, North Carolina
Nov 8 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Headliners - Louiville, Kentucky
Nov 10 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Scouts Bar - Housten, Texas
Nov 11 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Scouts Bar - San Antonio, Texas
Nov 13 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Taquila Jungle - Lubbock, Texas
Nov 14 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Gators - Farmington, New Mexico
Nov 15 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Bluebird Theater - Denver, Colorado
Nov 17 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - The Rock - Tucson, Arizona
Nov 18 2009 - 8:00 p.m. - Mesa - Mesa, Arizona

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/powerman5000 .

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-Southern Lord's Newest Signing: Black Breath

Southern Lord Recordings is eager to announce the official signing of
Washington's Black Breath. Their riotous RAZOR TO OBLIVION MLP is set
for re-release on Southern Lord this November 10th, and their debut
full-length will see the light of day in early 2010.

Black Breath emerged from dank basements and dive bars in the belly of
Bellingham, Washington in 2005. Bored by the region's apathy towards
trenchant and punishing music, they combined elements of punk and
metal with doses of the garage rock of their hometown. Their sound is
acutely classic without being painfully retro; a ripping blend of
Bathory, Celtic Frost, Poison Idea and Discharge.

Following a series of demos and a chain of below the radar tours
across the continent, the band relocated to Seattle. Without even
unpacking the van, Black Breath churned out the RAZOR TO OBLIVION MLP
on their own Hot Mass imprint; a four song affair chock full of anger
and distortion. 2009 saw the band touring heavily in support of this
release, heading a charge across North America with Victims, Rise And
Fall, and Trap Them.

With the Northwest winter casting a dreary shadow over Seattle, Black
Breath is proud to announce their partnership with Southern Lord
Records. The band's upcoming debut LP was recorded in June 2009 with
Kurt Ballou (Converge, Trap Them, Cursed) at GodCity Studios. A much
darker beast than previous efforts, the record features equal
regiments of Swedish death metal, American heavy metal and sheer
blasphemy. Their roadshow will hit the pavement in 2010. The band have
a show coming in November with D.R.I., with more to be announced soon.

BLACK BREATH live:

11/27/2009 El Corazon - Seattle, WA w/D.R.I., Countdown to Armageddon

http://www.myspace.com/blackbreath
http://www.southernlord.com/
http://blog.southernlord.com
http://www.myspace.com/southernlordrecordings

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-Post Mortem's MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD Released

Earsplit is proud to represent one of the earliest acts to help
pioneer American death metal; Massachusetts' Post Mortem! Formed in
1982 in the outskirts of Boston, Post Mortem's early releases pre-date
virtually any of the major death metal albums often cited as the first
U.S. death metal classics. Their rampant tongue-in-cheek meets fist-
in-face style of gutsy, punk-infused death-thrash took unsuspecting
listeners by storm and the band instantly amassed countless new fans,
as well as legions of haters and enemies. With an exceedingly lengthy
roster of demos and releases, shows played and fights they've incited
over the years, Post Mortem are easily one of the most influential
godfather acts of the extreme metal world.

After several lineup changes, massive internal battles within the band
and with their fans, Post Mortem went on "indefinite hiatus" for most
of the '90s. Eventually they reformed in 2003, and began to record a
full new album with the same lineup as their classic 1986 CORONER'S
OFFICE release. Unfortunately the band's fun-loving but antagonistic
front man John McCarthy died suddenly of a massive heart attack just
two days before his vocal sessions were to begin, and the band and
album instantly ground to a halt.

After spending years on the project with McCarthy, PM guitarist John
Alexander struggled with ways of completing the album not only for the
fans who wanted more Post Mortem, but also as a final tribute to their
fallen brother. After countless ideas, and endless support and help
offered from dozens of friends and other bands, plans were finally put
into place. Utilizing the scathing vocals of Sigh's Mirai Kawashima
for the entire record, as well as guest appearances from Seth Putnam
(Anal C*nt and Post Mortem alumni), Mike Perun (Cianide), Alex Bijazic
(Devastation), Mike Keller (Sacrificial Blood) and several longtime
friends of the band, MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD was completed early this
year.

Released by the band's own Taboo Productions, MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD is
a testament to pure old-school crushing gore, still bearing the band's
trademark gory but comical lyrics atop a filthy mass of punk-
influenced circle pit tunes and slug-paced death hymns.

http://www.myspace.com/postmortem
http://www.tabootapes.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tabootapes

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-Abigail Williams Deluxe & Vinyl Editions; Touring Continues In
Support Of Debut

Candlelight Records today confirms two limited edition versions of
Abigail Williams' popular debut album, IN THE SHADOW OF A THOUSAND
SUNS. Set for release January 12, the special formats will kick off
the band's first tour of 2010, their fifth in support of the album.
The deluxe edition will feature a bonus disc containing five
previously unavailable tracks plus the band's video for the song "Into
The Ashes." Limited to 1,000 copies, the vinyl pressing has been a
request of fans since the album's late 2008 release.

Discussing the deluxe edition, vocalist/guitarist Sorceron reveals,
"The first song, 'I Am (God)' is a new song that signifies the first
collaboration between new keyboard player Alana and myself. 'In Death
Comes The Great Silence' reveals a new direction that the band has
been working towards over the last year while 'Infernal Divide' is
another new song that once again redefines that Abigail Williams
sound. This track was recorded quite raw and has a strong black metal
influence. 'Waiting For The Rain' is a somber interlude we have been
using a bit during live shows and the last track is the demo version
of 'Floods.' I felt it was important to include this track because it
captures the vibe of the song better than the album track; perhaps due
to the work of original drummer Zack Gibson."

The video for "Into The Ashes" was filmed under the famed London
Bridge in late 2008. Sorceron recalls, "We were in this dungeon-like
area that they used to store dead bodies in. We felt right at home,
minus the smell, of course." The video debuted on "Headbanger's Ball"
in early December and saw several plays on the specialty program. MTV
called the James Murphy (Testament, Death) produced INTO THE SHADOW OF
A THOUSAND SUNS "one of the finest black metal albums of 2008." Check
out the video here:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=451309518&blogId=514458612

Recently relocating to Pittsburgh, Abigail Williams have been
committed to touring since their inception in 2005. The band have
toured to date alongside Enslaved, Dark Funeral, Vader, Goatwhore,
Daath, Decrepit Birth, All Shall Perish, The Faceless, and Emperor's
2006 Reunion dates. Currently performing as a five-piece with Sorceron
recently adding guitar to his duties, the band are in the midst of a
North American tour with God Dethroned, Augury and Woe Of Tyrants.
Upon conclusion the band will head to Europe for dates alongside Arch
Enemy.

Confirmed dates for Abigail Williams with Nile are:
1/15/2010 Sonar - Baltimore, MD
1/16/2010 The Palladium - Worcester, MA
1/17/2010 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
1/18/2010 The Blender Theatre - New York, NY
1/20/2010 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
1/21/2010 Metro/Smart Bar - Chicago, IL
1/22/2010 Rave - Milwaukee, WI
1/23/2010 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
1/24/2010 The Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
1/25/2010 Bluebird Theatre - Denver, CO
1/27/2010 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
1/28/2010 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
1/29/2010 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
1/30/2010 Slim's - San Francisco, CA
1/31/2010 House of Blues - San Diego, CA
2/02/2010 Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
2/03/2010 House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
2/04/2010 U.B.'s Bar - Mesa, AZ
2/05/2010 The Rock - Tucson, AZ
2/06/2010 Gator's - Farmington, NM
2/08/2010 House of Rock - Corpus Christi, TX
2/09/2010 Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX
2/10/2010 Scout Bar - Houston, TX
2/11/2010 Trees - Dallas, TX
2/12/2010 Marquee - Tulsa, OK
2/13/2010 Headliner's Music Hall - Louisville, KY
2/14/2010 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
2/16/2010 Peppermint Beach - Virginia Beach, VA
2/17/2010 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
2/18/2010 Amos Southend - Charlotte, NC
2/19/2010 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
2/20/2010 Music Farm - Charleston, SC

IN THE SHADOW OF A THOUSAND SUNS and the band's E.P. LEGEND available
in stores and online now.

http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams

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-The Beast Of The Apocalypse Release Debut Full-length

Hear ye hear ye! The four trumpets are resounding in the fiery pits of
Hinnom! The Beast has risen! Transcendental Creations presents The
Beast Of The Apocalypse's first full-length album, A VOICE FROM THE
FOUR HORNS OF THE GOLDEN ALTAR. Primitive and primeval black metal
crowned with a deep mystical atmosphere.

Something inherently foul appears to run in the waters of the
Friesland region of The Netherlands. After having spawned an offspring
bearing the name De Magia Veterum, another creature emerged of a
similar nature, but in a different manifestation. The Beast Of The
Apocalypse take the torch of veteran black metal bands Beherit, Samael
and Archgoat and bring forth an album divided into six acts that delve
straight into the apocryphal texts of ancient times.

Check out a sample track here:
http://transcendentalcreations.com/samples/Etemenaki.mp3

http://www.myspace.com/tbota

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*** NEWS/RUMORS ***
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-Check out a new interview with Anvil's Steve "Lips" Kudlow at
http://glclk.about.com/?zi=1/7we0 .

-Axemaster's THE INNER TERROR is now "close to completion." The track
list: "Eternal Darkness," "Behold The Inner Terror," "Unresting
Place," "Techno Slave," "Your Life," "Self Human Genocide," "The
Perfect Killing Machine," "Battleground," "The Mark," "Harder They
Fall," "Immortality," "Winds Of Death." Check out "Unresting Place"
now at http://www.myspace.com/thebandaxemaster .

-Brainstorm's MEMORIAL ROOTS is out now. Clips of three tracks are
available at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=28818 .

-Online reports indicate Sharon Osbourne and Poison's Bret Michaels
were filming an episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice" in New York City
on October 19, selling hamburgers on the street. Episodes from the
upcoming third season of the show are set to being airing in March.

-Days Before Tomorrow's album THE SKY IS FALLING won "Record Of The
Year" at the Los Angeles Music Awards. The disc was produced by Ron
Nevison. See http://www.daysbeforetomorrow.com/ and
http://www.myspace.com/daysbeforetomorrow for more.

-MSN reported last week that Def Leppard was forced to cancel the last
leg of its North American tour due to "unforeseen personal matters."
Twenty-three shows in the U.S. and Canada were canceled. Pollstar
reported the prior legs of the tour were doing well, consistently
among the top 20 live acts and making around $700,000 per show.

-Gwar's AMERICA MUST BE DESTROYED CD/DVD reissue is due November 23
from Metal Blade.

-Jaded Heart's PERFECT INSANITY is out now on Frontiers. Check out
clips of all 12 songs at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=28820 .

-Kiss has added five shows to its ongoing North American tour:

12/8 - BOK Arena, Tulsa, OK
12/10 - Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
12/11 - Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, IA
12/13 - Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
12/15 - Essar Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

-Pelican's WHAT WE ALL COME TO NEED is due October 27 from Southern
Lord Recordings. The whole album is now streaming at
http://www.myspace.com/pelican . See http://www.pelicansong.com/ for
more.

-Scorpions news from Hardradio... Guitarist Mathias Jabs said the band
is working on 12 songs for an album to be released overseas in March:
"We are working on 12 songs at the moment. Great stuff. Definetely
'scorpionized' in sound and attitude. More towards the early '80s."
The band's management is working on a U.S. release. Also, MJGuitars
will open on October 31. See http://www.matthiasjabs.de/ for more.

-Winger's KARMA is out now on Frontiers. Check out clips of all 10
tracks at http://musicbuymail.eu/?i=28785 .

-The release of Rob Zombie's HELLBILLY DELUX 2 has been delayed until
sometime in 2010. See http://www.robzombie.com/ and
http://www.myspace.com/robzombie for more.

Thanks to Nancy B. Sayle, HeadbangerNYC.com, Chad Bowar, Dave Brenner,
Nicky Baldrian, Music Buy Mail, Sebastian Eder, and Joe Sims for help
gathering some of this information.

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*** ROCK HARD RIDE FREE ***
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by Tim Wadzinski (tsw512@yahoo.com)

-A buddy and I saw UFO last Friday at the House Of Blues here in
Chicago. I've seen Michael Schenker several times so I've heard UFO
stuff live before, but I'd never seen the "mothership" as it were.
They were very, very good, let me tell ya. All the musicianship was
tight and lead guitarist Vinnie Moore was most excellent. The
legendary Phil Mogg is just amazing as a singer -- at times he looked
like a hobbled old man, and at other times he looked really vibrant,
but he always sounded amazing (and had a few funny lines for the crowd
between songs). Drummer Andy Parker has got to be pushing 60 and he's
a *total* wild man; I mean, the guy looked truly nuts with his wild,
thinning hair and crazy faces. They played all the expected hits --
"Lights Out," "Doctor Doctor," "Rock Bottom," "Shoot Shoot," "Let It
Roll," "Only You Can Rock Me," "Mother Mary," "Love To Love," "Too Hot
To Handle," etc. -- a couple new ones from THE VISITOR, one from
2004's YOU ARE HERE, "Cherry," and "Mystery Train" from the lost '80s
era (from NO PLACE TO RUN). The show was good, yessiree.

Then as a weird little bonus, on the way out some dude pulled us aside
and pointed to one of the exclusive opera boxes. "That's Metallica!"
he yelled. Sure enough, we spotted James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo,
and Kirk Hammett up there. (We didn't see Lars Ulrich, but it was dark
and he probably was there.) Pretty cool.

-This weekend (Friday and Saturday) marks the big Thirsty Whale
reunion/memorial concert at Shark City in Glendale Heights, Illinois.
Check out http://www.thirstywhale.com/ for updated lineup info. It's
crazy because a *ton* of bands are going to play both Friday and
Saturday nights, including members of Holland, O'Dette, and 7th
Heaven. Check out some great articles on what's happening:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1018-arts-thirsty-whaleoct18,0,6510285.story
http://illinoisentertainer.com/2009/09/thirsty-whale-reunion/
http://illinoisentertainer.com/2009/09/web-exclusive-more-whale-memories/

Thanks to Mark Caro, Guy C. Arnston, and Bill Kotowski for these
links.

-I guess I missed it somewhere along the way, but the Anvil craze
continues with a book! Titled "Anvil: The Story Of Anvil" (just like
the movie), the 320-page paperback is out now through Bantam Press.
Check it out at http://www.anvilbook.co.uk/ .

-In my current playlist: Jorn - SPIRIT BLACK (Frontiers), Dynazty -
BRING THE THUNDER (Perris Records), Magica - WOLVES & WITCHES (AFM
Records), Jive Mother Mary - ALL FALL DOWN (JMM Records).

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-Hidee ho, here we go with another issue. Stay tuned for Neal's
interview with the legendary Udo Dirkschneider tomorrow. - Tim

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-Metallica Comes To Blu-ray

[Note: This is from http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news/ . - Tim]

The four horsemen became "French for one night" back in July, and the
rock concert will be available on Blu-ray next month.

Universal Music is prepping Metallica - FRANCAIS POUR UNE NUIT (
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2776/metallicafrancaispourunenuit.html
) for a high-definition release on November 23.

The release will only be available on Metallica's Web site (
http://www.metallica.com/ ), Metallica Nimes (
http://www.metallicanimes.com/product_3.html ), and French retail
stores, but the disc will be region free.

There's no word on tech specs yet, but supplements will include band
interviews and fan videos. A full track listing:

1. Blackened
2. Creeping Death
3. Fuel
4. Harvester Of Sorrow
5. Fade To Black
6. Broken, Beat & Scarred
7. Cyanide
8. Sad But True
9. One
10. All Nightmare Long
11. The Day That Never Comes
12. Master Of Puppets
13. Dyers Eve
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
16. Stone Cold Crazy
17. Motorbreath
18. Seek & Destroy

You can find the latest specs for Metallica - FRANCAIS POUR UNE NUIT
linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule (
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html ), where it's
indexed under November 23.

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-Armored Saint Begins Recording New Full-Length Studio Album!

Los Angeles' sons of metal, Armored Saint, are set to enter
Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA to begin recording the band's sixth
full-length studio album. Tranzformer Studios is owned by Dave Jerdan
(Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction, etc.) who produced Armored Saint's
1991 classic SYMBOL OF SALVATION and Bryan Carlstrom who handled
engineering on the same album. The Saint will be working with Bryan
Carlstrom who will once again handle engineering duties with the
band's very own Joey Vera producing, and both Joey and Bryan mixing
the record. A partial song list for the upcoming album, which is
expected to hit streets in the spring 2010 is: "Black Feet,"
"Chilled," "Loose Cannon," "Blues," "La Raza," "Head On," "Get Off The
Fence," "Left Hook From Right Field."

Here's what Armored Saint vocalist John Bush had to say about how the
new album came together:

"About a year and a half or so ago Joey asked me if I'd be interested
in writing some songs. I was in the right mind finally, so I said send
me something. To be quite honest, I wasn't thinking in terms of
Armored Saint but more like just writing rock music. I felt pretty
free with that mentality and the ideas felt very organic. With every
passing song things improved and next thing we knew we had about eight
songs demoed. Although the idea of sparking something completely new
was appealing it became clear that if it was Joey and I the reality
was, let's not kid ourselves; this is Armored Saint. So here it comes.
Embracing my inner R&B singer and coupling that with our influence of
the great '70s hard rock bands we grew up on."

Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera comments:

"John and I began writing over 14 months ago and in the beginning we
had only a general musical direction in which we were going. Once we
decided to keep writing and with more of an intention of turning it
into an Armored Saint project, we were faced with a few questions. One
was, how does this new music we're writing fit into the current
musical styles of today? And should we care? We quickly answered the
latter. We realized we should do what we always did and that is to
write good songs. And for ourselves first. We are not unaware of our
parameters in which we have created over the past 25 years, but we are
also not afraid to take chances and simply do what we do best. The
idea of trying to continue where we left off over 10 years ago since
our last release is not very appealing to me. I have to let go of what
I did in 1991 and in 2000. Nothing at all against what we've recorded
in the past but my head is in a different place now. Trust me; I still
want to kill your senses with music, but just in a different way."

To get a taste of what the new Armored Saint album will sound like,
head over to the band's MySpace page (
http://www.myspace.com/armoredsaint1 ) where Armored Saint is
streaming the demo version of "Loose Cannon" (performed with a drum
program). "Loose Cannon" gives fans a glimpse into Armored Saint's
writing process and is also a nice taste of what's to come on the
band's forthcoming full-length studio release.

Expect the new album from Armored Saint to be released in the spring
of 2010. Plenty of studio blogs, photos, and video will be posted to
the band's MySpace page and fans can also keep up with the band in the
studio through Twitter at http://twitter.com/thearmoredsaint .

http://www.armoredsaint.com/
http://www.myspace.com/armoredsaint1

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-Magic Circle Music Update

Manowar: Death To Infidels World Tour 2010!

That's right! The Kings Of Metal are hitting the road again. Marking
Manowar's first world tour since 1998, Death To Infidels World Tour
2010 is sure to be a grand testament to one of the greatest heavy
metal bands of all time. Don't miss the chance to see Manowar in all
their glory as they take up the reins for their first globetrotting
assault in more than a decade.

Tickets for some of the shows in Germany are already on sale! This is
the first time Manowar goes on an indoor tour of Germany since 2007.
Add to this up-and-coming Magic Circle Music artists HolyHell and
Metalforce and the Death To Infidels World Tour 2010 is sure to be one
of the "don't miss" spectacles of the New Year.

MORE DATES, BOTH IN GERMANY AND ELSEWHERE, WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Keep checking the Kingdom Of Steel for updates. Tickets can be
purchased through the Kingdom Of Steel Web site for 65 Euros (all fees
AND shipping included!!!).

And, for those who are thirsting to drink from the pool of molten
metal that is filled with the blood, sweat and tears of Manowar in
honor of their fans...then PROST! The Death To Infidels World Tour
2010 Ultimate Fan Pass... is also ON SALE NOW... for a very limited
number of 50 per show!

Each Ultimate Fan Pass includes:

- Admittance into the Manowar show of your choice during the Death To
Infidels World Tour 2010
- Ultimate Fan Pass complete with laminate and lanyard
- Early admission into the venue
- Photo with Manowar right before the show
- Soundcheck experience (with Manowar present whenever possible)
- Death To Infidels World Tour 2010 T-Shirt
- Personalized, autographed Manowar signature card
- Watch the show from the pit!

Priceless for any metal fan...but for Manowar's Ultimate Fans... Only
150 Euros! Limited number of 50 Ultimate Fan Passes available per
show!

Special surprises in store for those who attend the shows! Details to
be announced. Make your pilgrimage to the altar of metal and bow down
before the mighty Manowar.

Death To Infidels World Tour 2010 - Believe. Behold. Become.

Click here to buy your tickets through The Kingdom Of Steel:
http://store.magiccirclemusic.com/category/191/Tickets

HELL ON EARTH V Available For Pre-Sale!

On November 27, 2009, Manowar will release HELL ON EARTH V (double
DVD), the first of the HELL ON EARTH series made exclusively in High
Definition. We've listened to the fans and are giving them the magnum
opus they demanded from us featuring live, full-length versions of
songs never before seen or heard on previous Manowar DVDs.

With brand new cover art by world famous artist Ken Kelly, HELL ON
EARTH V was five years in the making and shot from over 150 camera
angles, using helicopters, camera cranes, mounted cameras and hand-
held HD cameras.

Highlights include the Viking Encore set, recorded during Manowar's
2007 Demons, Dragons & Warriors European tour and featuring full-
length versions of "The Sons Of Odin," "Glory, Majesty, Unity," "Gods
Of War," "Army Of The Dead Part 2," "Odin" and "Hymn Of The Immortal
Warrior."

Other songs featured in their entirety from 2007 include "Die For
Metal," "Gloves Of Metal" and "Mountains."

In addition, HELL ON EARTH V also includes footage from the very
recent Death To Infidels Tour, during which Manowar headlined six of
Europe's biggest festivals in Finland, France, Spain, Romania, Norway
and Germany as well as the first ever open-air show in Moscow, Russia
on Gorky Park. Songs include "God Or Man," "Thunder In The Sky," "Call
To Arms," "Father," "Let The Gods Decide," "Hand Of Doom," "Sleipnir"
and "Loki God Of Fire."

The DVD covers the world premiere of "The Asgard Saga," with the
release of the "Thunder In The Sky" E.P. at the Magic Circle Festival
III in Loreley, Germany. The Asgard Saga is the first interactive
fantasy adventure by Manowar and Germany's best-selling fantasy author
Wolfgang Hohlbein.

HELL ON EARTH V also features highlights from Turkey, Spain, Czech
Republic, United States and Canada in 2005, Greece and Russia in 2007,
a full-length version of "Hail And Kill," filmed during a lightning
storm at Istanbul's fearsome Fortress of the Seven Towers, and much,
much more!!! HELL ON EARTH V... made for the fans, by the fans!

EXCLUSIVE pre-sale only at The Kingdom Of Steel. Click HERE to buy!
http://store.magiccirclemusic.com/product/1054/Manowar-DVD-Double-Hell-On-Earth-Part-V-NTSC

The Kingdom Of Steel Online Store
http://store.magiccirclemusic.com/category/191/Tickets

Magic Circle Music
http://www.magiccirclemusic.com/

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-Legendary Drummer Carmine Appice To Appear Live In-Studio On Eddie
Trunk Radio Shows October 30th & November 2nd

Popular TV/Radio Host Eddie Trunk Interviews Appice About Guitar Zeus
Project

"An influence on John Bonham, Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell, [Carmine
Appice] has shaped the role of the modern rock drummer more than
anyone before....." - UK Drummer Magazine

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Legendary drummer Carmine Appice will appear live
in the studio on two Eddie Trunk shows: the "Friday Night Rocks" radio
show on radio station Q104 at midnight Friday, October 30th; and at 7
p.m. Monday, November 2nd on the "Eddie Trunk Live" show carried by XM
Channel 53 - The Boneyard and Sirius Channel 19. Appice has ben on a
whirlwind publicity campaign supporting the August 25th Carmine Appice
Guitar Zeus CD release CONQUERING HEROES.

"Eddie has been a good friend and he does appreciate good rock music,"
states Appice. "I am happy and proud to be appearing on two of his
radio shows with Guitar Zeus!"

"Friday Night Rocks" airs live on Q104.3 (NYC, NJ, LI, CT) from 11
p.m. - 2 a.m. every Friday. This program also runs on affiliate
stations and worldwide on KNAC.com on tape delay. For a full listing
of places and ways to hear this show, see "Syndication" at Eddie's Web
site http://www.eddietrunk.com/ . It is available nationwide live or
on tape delay through KGB Radio Networks and also known as "Eddie
Trunk Rocks." For syndication info contact me through this site,
thanks. You can hear this show LIVE ONLINE anywhere in the world by
going to Q1043.com and clicking on "Listen Live" from 11 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Friday nights N.Y.C. time. On Air Call In Line - 888 872 1043.

"Eddie Trunk Live" airs every Monday from 6 - 10 p.m. EST (3 - 7 p.m.
PST) on XM Channel 53 - The Boneyard and Sirius Channel 19. Music,
talk, news, requests, giveaways, special guests and more, all live
nationwide commercial free and uncensored! For updates and more info,
check out the Radio section On Air Call In Line - 866 315 2663.

Fuel Records released the Guitar Zeus project by legendary drummer
Carmine Appice, featuring a compilation of 24 of the best Guitar Zeus
songs. CONQUERING HEROES hit the streets on August 25th. The double-
disc set showcases the prolific talents of many world renowned rock
guitarists including Brian May, Ted Nugent, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Richie
Sambora, and many more. Since that time, Appice has been on a
whirlwind publicity and instore campaign.

Author, clinician, drummer... Carmine Appice first came to prominence
as the percussionist with the late 1960s psychedelic band Vanilla
Fudge. He contributed distinctive background harmonies with bassist
Tim Bogert, adding to the group's high decibel sonic assault. After
five albums, Appice and Bogert left Vanilla Fudge to form the blues
rock quartet Cactus with vocalist Rusty Day and guitarist Jim McCarty.
Eventually, Appice left Cactus with Bogert to join Jeff Beck in the
power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice, and then later joined Rod Stewart's
backing band in 1977, co-writing hit songs such as "Do Ya Think I'm
Sexy?" and "Young Turks." In 1978, Appice played drums on Paul
Stanley's first solo album. He was a member of KGB featuring Ray
Kennedy, Rick Grech, Mike Bloomfield and Barry Goldberg, and has
recorded with Stanley Clarke, Ted Nugent, and Pink Floyd. He was the
drummer for the bands King Kobra and Blue Murder, and toured with Ozzy
Osbourne.

Appice first created Guitar Zeus in 1995 when he recruited some of the
most famous guitarists in the world to be a part of his project, from
Zakk Wylde and Ted Nugent to Brian May (Queen) and Slash (Guns N'
Roses), even tennis legend John McEnroe. Songs also included guest
vocals by Dug Pinnick and Edgar Winter. Throughout the late 1990s,
three Guitar Zeus CDs were released to worldwide critical acclaim.

"Guitar Zeus for me was an amazing experience, working with so many
great guitarists," Appice affirms. "It was fun picking out songs for
each. Each guitarist loved the songs. It was awesome. I would do it
again in a minute even though it was alot of work. I consider these
drum tracks to be some of my best drum performances in my career!"

For more information about Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, please visit
the following Web sites:

http://www.carminappice.net/
http://www.myspace.com/guitarzeus
http://www.myspace.com/officalcarmineappice

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-Brainstorm Reveals Cover Art For 2-Disc Best Of Album JUST HIGHS NO
LOWS!

After a true bombardment of essential releases with its plethora of
excellent Power Metal hymns, Brainstorm are releasing its ultimate
"Best Of" CD JUST HIGHS NO LOWS (12 YEARS OF PERSISTENCE)!

Right after the release of their new album MEMORIAL ROOTS and their
fall co-headline tour, this two-disc edition contains all their
memorable hits as well as rarities, covers, Japanese edition songs and
live tracks.

JUST HIGHS NO LOWS (12 YEARS OF PERSISTENCE)

Track list CD 1 (re-mastered):
1. Falling Spiral Down
2. Fire Walk With Me
3. End In Sorrow
4. How Do You Feel
5. Stained With Sin
6. Words Are Coming Through
7. All Those Words
8. Inside The Monster
9. Painside
10. Heavenly
11. Highs without lows
12. The Leading
13. Doorway To Survive
14. Shiva's Tears
15. Fornever
16. Soul Temptation

Track list CD 2 (re-mastered):
1. Blind Suffering
2. Hollow Hideaway
3. Shadowland
4. Under Lights
5. Tear Down The Walls
6. Maharaja Palace
7. Beyond My Destiny
8. Demonsion
9. Face Down (ltd. ed. bonus)
10. Breathe (Japan bonus)
11. Drowning (Japan bonus)
12. Crawling In Chains (Japan bonus)
13. Before the dawn (B-side)
14. Is This The Way To Amarillo (T. Christie / ST ltd.)
15. Voices (live)
16. Liar's Edge (live)

JUST HIGHS NO LOWS (12 YEARS OF PERSISTENCE) will be released for the
price of just one CD on the 6th / 9th of November 2009 through Metal
Blade Records in Europe!

http://brainstorm-web.nicowobben.com/
http://www.myspace.com/officialbrainstorm

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-Sonata Arctica: THE DAYS OF GRAYS Lands On U.S. Billboard Charts

The members of Sonata Arctica recently checked in from their North
American tour with DragonForce in support of their latest release, THE
DAYS OF GRAYS, which debuted on the Billboard Top New Artist
"Heatseekers" chart at no. 19 the week following its release date.
This industry chart lists the best-selling albums by new artists who
have never appeared on the Top 100 of the Billboard 200.

States the band:

"Thank you all who bought THE DAYS OF GRAYS already and made it out to
be our biggest chart success in the U.S. so far! You're the best!
Simply amazing for the small town boys from northern Finland. We're so
proud! We're touring North America at the moment, spreading the Arctic
sounds and having a blast, as always! This kinda news is just the
thing to give us the extra boost to continue on the path we've chosen.
See ya around, folks! Rawk!"

THE DAYS OF GRAYS also charted the following European first week
positions:

- Finland: no. 2
(Certified Gold the day of release for sales over 15,000 copies)
- Germany: no. 24
- Sweden: no. 31
- Norway: no. 46
- Netherlands: no. 50

http://www.sonataarctica.info/
http://www.myspace.com/sonataarctica
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sonata-Arctica/21128872968

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-Z Records News

Z Web Site Under Reconstruction

The official Z Web site at http://www.zrecords.net/ is currently under
reconstruction, all traffic will be diverted to our official MySpace
page where all news will be posted as usual until the new site is
launched.

Z 2-Hour Special Live On Air Saturday October 31st

Z head Mark Alger will be taking part in a 2-hour retrospective about
Z Records' history and the what's in store in the future. He will also
talk about the longest running melodic rock festival in Europe, Z
Rock, and the future plans plus also talk openly about problems in the
past. This surely has to be a not-to-be-missed show. The show will be
hosted by Chris Nelson on Phoenix radio between 5 - 7 p.m. GMT on
Saturday October 31st. It can be heard online also at
http://www.phoenixradio.co.uk/listen/listen.php .

Z Rock 2010 Update

After the sad news yesterday that yet another U.K. festival has been
cancelled we have decided to re-evaluate the costings for Z Rock 2010
and the pulling power of the a yet to be fully made public lineup.
This therefore means no press release will be made now; we hope to
make an announcement during November. Fans can rest assured that a Z
Rock festival will be staged during 2010. If you'd like to help us
regarding flying, etc., contact us at zrockfest@zrecords.net.

http://www.zrecords.net/
http://www.myspace.com/zrockrecordsuk
http://www.myspace.com/zrockfest

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-Lion's Share Members Write Intro Song For Ice Hockey Team

Lion's Share members Lars Chriss and Sampo Axelsson have, in
cooperation with Sidelake Media and Christian Rehn (Angtoria), written
the official intro song for Swedish elite ice hockey team Timrå Ik
(Red Eagles).

"The main riff was based on the song 'Shadows' from Lion's Share's TWO
(1997) album, with an AC/DC and Rammstein twist since this style works
so well in hockey arenas."

The clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T68-XG3Q-h4 is shown up on the
Jumbotron when the players enter the ice.

Related links:
http://www.lionsshare.org/
http://www.timraik.se/
http://www.sidelakemedia.com/

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-Napalm Records News

Karma To Burn U.S. Tour Dates Announced!

In anticipation of their forthcoming LIVE 2009 - REUNION TOUR DVD on
Napalm, resurrected instrumental metal pioneners Karma To Burn are
embarking upon a handful of exclusive U.S. dates across the Midwest
and East Coast. A cult band with an extensive, highly cherished back
catalog, Karma To Burn reunited earlier this year after laying dormant
for most of the decade and soon embarked upon a reunion tour,
including a coveted spot on this year's Download Festival. All this
action is captured on the LIVE 2009 - REUNION TOUR DVD, to be released
domestically on December 15th by Napalm Records, the band's new label
home. Here are the band's current confirmed dates/venues:

10.22.09 - Mechaniscsburg, PA / West Shore Hardware Bar
10.23.09 - Columbus, OH / Ravari Room
10.24.09 - Richmond, VA / Canal Club
10.25.09 - Jacksonville, NC / Hooligans
10.27.09 - Fayetteville, NC / Jester's Pub
10.28.09 - Greensboro, NC / Greene Street Club
10.29.09 - Asheville, NC / Stella Blue
10.30.09 - Huntington, WV / V Club
10.31.09 - Morgantown, WV / 123 Pleasant St.

More touring is expected before the year's out, and next year a new
studio album is expected. For more information, please consult
http://www.napalmrecords.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/karmatoburn .

Hollenthon: New Song & Live Dates

Fans may listen to the new song "Tyrants And Wraiths" at
http://www.myspace.com/hollenthonofficial ! The MCD TYRANTS AND
WRAITHS includes four exclusive songs and two live clips and will hit
the streets on October 30th!

Hollenthon live (+ Endstille & God Dethroned) - Tripe Headliner Tour
23.10.09 NL - Enschede / Atak
24.10.09 DE - Essen / Turock
25.10.09 NL - Breda / Mezz
27.10.09 CH - Pratteln / Z7
28.10.09 IT - Milano / Club 71
30.10.09 ES - Barcelona / Sala Mephisto
31.10.09 ES - Madrid / Sala Ritmo y Compas
01.11.09 ES - Vitoria-Gasteiz / Jimmy Jazz club
02.11.09 FR - Paris / Glaz'Art
04.11.09 DE - Neukirchen / Sägewerk
05.11.09 DE - Braunschweig / JUZ B58
06.11.09 DK - Aalborg / Aalborg Metal Fest
07.11.09 DE - Flensburg / Roxys
08.11.09 DE - Mühltal bei Darmstadt / Steinbruch Theater
09.11.09 DE - Köln / Werkstatt
10.11.09 BE - Vosselaar / Biebob
11.11.09 DE - Neunkirchen / Club Cäsar
12.11.09 AT - Salzburg / Rockhouse
13.11.09 AT - Klagenfurt / Kwadrat
14.11.09 DE - München / Backstage

http://www.hollenthon.com/
http://www.myspace.com/hollenthonofficial

Schelmish: The Gleemen Are On The Loose!

"Die Hässliche Kinder Tour"

30.10.09 DE - Kaiserslautern / Kammgarn
31.10.09 CH - Pratteln / Z-7
05.11.09 DE - Dresden / Scheune
06.11.09 DE - Hameln / Sumpfblume
07.11.09 DE - Berlin / Maschinenhaus
13.11.09 DE - Bochum Matrix / Bochum
14.11.09 DE - Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal
19.11.09 DE - Nürnberg / Hirsch
20.11.09 DE - Ingolstadt / Ohrakel
21.11.09 DE - Stuttgart / LKA
22.11.09 DE - Bruchsal / Fabrik
27.11.09 DE -Bad Reichenhall / Magazin 4
28.11.09 AT - Wien / Szene
04.12.09 DE - Bonn / Brückenforum 10-Jahres Show

http://www.schelmish.de/
http://www.myspace.com/schelmishband

New Videos

Karma To Burn - "20"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGD45SK08o

Arkona - "Goi, Rode, Goi"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7fuuDc2hH0

Napalm Records
http://www.napalmrecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/napalmrecords

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-Epica: FaceCulture Video Interview

Holland's FaceCulture ( http://www.faceculture.nl/artist.php?id=340 )
has uploaded video footage of guitarist Mark Jansen of Dutch female-
fronted symphonic metallers Epica discussing about the concept of the
new album, lyrics, the songs "Living A Lie," and "The Death Of A
Dream." Watch the clip here:

http://faceculture.nl/artist.php?id=340

Italian news blog Musica Metal recently conducted an interview with
guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen of the Dutch female-fronted symphonic
metal band Epica. The entire 20-minute chat can now be streamed here:

http://musicametal.blogosfere.it/2009/10/epica-an-interview-with-mark-jansen-october-2009-english-audio.html

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers Epica will perform their
entire new album, DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE, on November 6 at the first of
two shows at Elysee Montmartre in Paris, France. The band also played
all of the new CD at the sold-out record-release party on October 10
at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland. The first 200 fans who made it
through the door at Paradiso received a USB stick containing many
exclusive, rare and previously unreleased Epica tracks.

"Unleashed," the new video from Dutch female-fronted symphonic
metallers Epica is available for viewing at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGzltK_tlc . The video was shot over
an 18-hour period at a location near Berlin, Germany.

"Unleashed" comes off Epica's new album, DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE, which
was released in Europe on October 16, 2009 and will be released in
North America on November 3, 2009. The follow-up to 2007's THE DIVINE
CONSPIRACY was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany with
producer Sascha Paeth.

http://store.nuclearblastusa.com/Artist/Epica/53542

DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE track list:
01. Samadhi (prelude)
02. Resign To Surrender (A New Age Dawns - Part IV)
03. Unleashed
04. Martyr Of The Free Word
05. Our Destiny
06. Kingdom Of Heaven (A New Age Dawns - Part V)
07. The Price Of Freedom (interlude)
08. Burn To A Cinder
09. Tides Of Time
10. Deconstruct
11. Semblance Of Liberty
12. White Waters
13. Design Your Universe (A New Age Dawns - Part VI)

The song "Resign To Surrender (A New Age Dawns - Part IV)" is
currently available for streaming on JukeBoxAlive (
http://www.jukeboxalive.com/audio_play_offsite.php?mid=2337183 ) and
the MySpace page of the European branch of Nuclear Blast Records (
http://www.myspace.com/nuclearblasteurope ).

The cover artwork for DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE was done by Stefan
Heilemann.

Epica guitarist Mark Jansen previously stated about the new CD:

"It's been a great time at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg recording DESIGN
YOUR UNIVERSE. We worked with the same team and we worked for the
first time together with our new guitar player Isaac Delahaye
[formerly of God Dethroned]. This made a difference and made things
very refreshing because we could add some new elements because of him.

"We have worked harder than ever on the details. We preferred to spend
some extra money on great additions which brings our songs to a higher
level instead of leaving things like they are. The result is that we
worked so hard on this album that we hardly can listen to the album
anymore. Now it's time to let it go and release it to humanity.

"We were already very happy with THE DIVINE CONSPIRACY, but I'm sure
this new album tops that one."

He added, "The album title, DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE, deals with new
breakthroughs in quantum physics. It proves that we are all connected
to each other on subatomic level. Also, it shows that we can create or
at least influence matter with our thoughts... a very interesting
fact. Because it changes everything for us, our whole worldview
collapses once you accept these facts and integrate them in your
lives. So this had to become the new album title."

Epica will return to North America for a headlining tour in the
beginning of 2010, with Daath and Blackguard as support. Epica will
offer fans a special VIP ticket (
http://www.enterthevault.com/artist.php?id=48 ) which will grant them
access to the venue an hour before door times, a pre-show meet-and-
greet with Epica and a event poster customized for the city of the
show. Fans are urged to purchase these VIP tickets as only 50 are
being allotted for each show.

http://www.epica.nl/
http://www.myspace.com/epica
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Epica/8031842923

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-Guilt Machine Charting Radio In The U.S.A.: Week One And Moving Up

HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Week one on the radio trail and Guilt Machine is
rising up. The songs of Guilt Machine are hitting a chord in the
U.S.A. with their dark tones of unique tales. Instead of looking
outward into a world of fantasy or science fiction as expected of
Arjen Lucassen's fans, the songs look inward, exploring the
destructive psychology of guilt, regret and the darkest form of secret
-- the secrets we hide from ourselves.

Request Guilt Machine on your favorite radio today!!

Commercial Specialty:
KFLY - Eugene, OR
KMKF - Manhattan, KS
KRPM - Billings, MT
KZZE - Medford, OR
WHEB - Portsmouth, NH
WKLL/WKRL - Utica, NY
WKTA (Rebel Radio) - Chicago, IL
WLFE - Burlington, VT
WOBX - Nags Head, NC
WRIF - Ferndale, MI
WXRX - Rockford, IL

College / Community:
KKFI - Kansas City, MO
KNDS - Fargo, ND
KSJS - San Jose, CA
WEOS - Waterloo, NY
WORT - Waunakee, WI
WSUP - Platteville, WI
WWSP - Custer, WI
WXCI - Danbury, CT

CMJ Loud Rock:
25 Adds Total

FMQB Metal Detector:
23 Adds Total
Debut #80 on the charts w/ 24 spins!

For more information go to http://www.myspace.com/guiltmachine ,
http://www.ayreon.com/ or http://www.mascotrecords.com/ .

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-3 Inches Of Blood Open Up On NoiseCreep.com

"Although we didn't schedule 3 Inches Of Blood on 'Creep Show' with
the expectation that they would be especially relevant to the week's
news, the powers that be made their appearance as timely as today's
headlines.

"During the show, vocalist Cam Pipes and guitarist Shane Clark made
some of their most heartfelt and poignant comments to date about the
recent death of former bassist Brian Redman, who was killed in a motor
vehicle accident in Tacoma, Wash. on September 27 at age 31. The guys
didn't just offer the usual condolences, they reminisced about the
good times they had with Redman and told stories about their
adventures. They also talked about the tragic passing of Evile bassist
Mike Alexander, whom they had recently partied with on tour.

"Fortunately, the 3 Inches Of Blood appearance wasn't all doom and
gloom. The two Canadians joked around about Linkin Park front man
Chester Bennington's side project, Dead By Sunrise, gushed about the
more traditional metal direction they took with their new album HERE
WAITS THY DOOM, explained why they're better off with one singer
instead of two and discussed the influence of Canadian metal bands
like Voivod, Exciter and Anvil."

Click here to check out the 33-minute interview with 3 Inches Of Blood
now!

http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/16/drowning-in-blood-creep-show/

http://www.3inchesofblood.com/
http://www.myspace.com/3iob

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-Avenue Of Allies Update

It's my pleasure to present the upcoming CD releases of Avenue Of
Allies for this year's fall.

We have a very interesting collection of good "old school" U.S. AOR
and great new albums by two very promising upcoming bands, one of them
featuring members of some of Scandinavia's biggest and best Rock
bands.

To be released on the 30th of October 2009:

Fire - THRILL ME (2009)

Energetic melodic Hard Rock done the good old fashioned way with a
strong lead vocalist, powerful guitar riffs and a dynamic rhythm
section are the trademarks of Fire, a smokin' hot band hailing from
the Mediterranean island of Malta. The straight-ahead Rock anthems of
the band's second album impress with a powerful production of
international standard and will win over friends of Thunder, Sammy
Hagar, Krokus, FireHouse, Y&T, Gotthard and Whitesnake.

Please have a look at the video for the title track of the album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206ICv9Ke68

For more information please visit the band's Web site
http://www.firemalta.com/ .

Steve Grimm Band - HISTORY OF A BAD BOY (2009)

Digitally re-mastered 21-track Anthology featuring all songs recorded
by the Steve Grimm Band between 1989 and 1995. The Steve Grimm Band is
a prime example for classic U.S. AOR with Midwest and Heartland Rock
influences. Their catchy Rock anthems with strong songwriting in the
vein of Frankie And The Knockouts, Prism, Shooting Star, Cheap Trick
and early Survivor will be loved by the AOR and Classic Rock devotees.
HISTORY OF A BAD BOY includes the songs of the releases PRISONER OF
PASSION (1989), TURN THE KEY (1992) and HEAVEN'S IN YOUR HEART (1995).

To be released on the 20th of November 2009:

Stargazer - STARGAZER (2009)

Feat. Morten "Morty Black" Skaget (ex-TNT) and Steinar Krokstad (ex-
Stage Dolls)

Co-produced by Rune Nordal (TNT, Stage Dolls, A-Ha)

The Norwegian Newcomers Stargazer are ready to cause a stir with their
debut album; the band is all geared up to reach for the musical stars
up in the Rock 'n' Roll sky. Their aim is guaranteed to become a
success by the very promising combination of a modern state-of-the-art
production by co-producer Rune Nordal, with "Old School" Hard Rock and
Melodic Rock and with the participation on all songs of Morten "Morty
Black" Skaget (ex-TNT) on bass and Steinar Krokstad (ex-Stage Dolls)
on drums.

Stargazer's Tore André Helgemo and William Ernstsen take off their
hats to the big names like Van Halen, Whitesnake and Ozzy Osbourne and
based on their legacy, Stargazer are creating their own signature rock
sound, leaving nothing left to be desired.

For more information please visit the band's Web site
http://www.stargazertheband.com/ .

In case you haven't heard about our September releases, please check
them out by clicking on the CD covers:

Fab Box - MUSIC FROM THE FAB BOX (2009)
CD info: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fabbox
The "Always" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvdyVVFa6rA

ToJa - TRAIN OF LIFE (2009)
CD info: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/toja

Best regards from Germany,
Gregor Klee

Avenue Of Allies Music
http://www.avenue-of-allies.com/