February 23, 2009
February 22, 2009
February 20, 2009
BULLET
BULLET is a band hailing from Sweden and this is their second album. These hard rockers have created a new record which will really turn you on and make you stand up and dance. These five guys from Scandinavia have indeed done a very good job both in the production and in their general playing and "Bite the Bullet" is an album that shouldn’t be missed. Heavy guitar riffs and solos, mid tempo drums, catchy tunes and amazing melodic vocals are some elements that one will experience while listening to this album. Containing both heavy and slow songs "Bite the Bullet" is a record that will stay in your player for more than one push of the play button. Not to be missed if you want to rock ‘n roll!
Sotos "D.T Ace" Koukidis
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Bullet - Dusk Til Dawn
"Hammerfall - No Sacrifice, No Victory" new album out Feb 20
Formed in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1993 by guitarist Oscar Dronjak. Early line-ups included members from In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, most notably Jesper Strömblad, who continued to write songs together with Oscar and singer Joacim Cans despite leaving before the first album was released. "Glory To The Brave" (1997) and "Legacy Of Kings" (1998) cemented the band as the pioneers of modern Eighties heavy metal.
Often credited with bringing back the melodies and honesty in music, the world-wide crusade continued with "Renegade" (2000), an album that generated a breakthrough for HammerFall and metal music in general in the mainstream media in Sweden.
The line-up was now complete with drummer Anders Johansson, formerly of Rising Force fame, Stefan Elmgren on guitar and Magnus Rosén on bass guitar. The latter two joined HF before the release of the inaugural record, with Stefan even being a session player on "Glory To The Brave".
" Crimson Thunder" (2002) was next, followed by a live album and DVD - "One Crimson Night" (2003) - recorded in their home town in front of a capacity crowd. The fifth album, aptly titled "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken" (2005) further planted the name HammerFall in the minds of households in Sweden, as well as metal fans all over the world. The band's fourth world tour on as many albums was an even bigger success than before, headlining the U.S. for the first time (after supporting Death and Dio in 1998 and 2002 respectively).
Two sportsrelated videos were recorded in 2006, a remake of "Hearts On Fire" for the Swedish Olympic Women's Curling Team and a brand new song specifically written for Kajsa Bergqvist and a couple of other Swedish track & field superstars, culminating in a performance at the opening ceremony at the European Athletics Championships in August, bringing HammerFall into the home of 250 million people around the world. Threshold (2006) saw the light of day at the end of the year, and virtually the entire 2007 was spent on the road promoting it.
Magnus Rosén left the band in March. Without skipping a beat, original basist Fredrik Larsson was brought back into the fold, elevating the musical side with his steady brilliance. Celebrating its ten year anniversary as a record-releasing artist, HammerFall released "Steel Meets Steel - Ten Years of Glory" (2007). The album features two brand new tracks, a re-recording of an old classic plus some bonus material for the true fans.
Surprising to all, Stefan got a job as an airline pilot in the spring of 2008, and after careful consideration decided to pursue that dream instead. Pontus Norgren of The Poodles fame replaced Stefan and made his on stage debut with the band at the Heavy MTL Festival in Montréal, Canada.
Sometimes hailed as the leaders of the new heavy metal movement, "the new and improved" HF is currently finished working on a new studio album – „No Sacrifice, No Victory“ will be released on February 20, 2009.
The cover was made by Sam Didier and Thomas Ewerhard did all the layout of the record, which was produced, mixed and mastered by Charlie Bauerfeind
The European Tour kicks off February 26th and the band is also confirmed to play Wacken Open Air 2009!
Tracklist:
1.
Any Means Necessary
2.
Life Is Now
3.
Punish And Enslave
4.
Legion
5.
Between Two Worlds
6.
Hallowed Be My Name
7.
Something For The Ages
8.
No Sacrifice, No Victory
9.
Bring The Hammer Down
10.
One Of A Kind
11.
My Sharona (The Knack Coverversion)
new video
Any Means Necessary video clip
FIREWIND gearing up for Hellfire Festival!!
FIREWIND will be returning to the UK this Saturday for a killer show in London as part of the Hellfire Festival.The festival will take place @ the Islington Academy.
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, get them NOW simply by clicking http://www. hellfirefestival. com
Here's a list of upcoming FIREWIND tourdates - more to be announced soon!
FIREWIND @ Festivals 2009:
Feb.21 - London, UK - Hellfire Festival
April 11 - Lübeck, GER - Rocktower Festival
May 22 - Pratteln, CH - Metal Dayz Festival
May 31 - Gelsenkirchen, GER - Rock Hard Festival
Jun.26 - Dessel, BEL - Graspop Metal Meeting
Jun.27 - Helsinki, FIN - Tuska
Aug.14 - Dinkelsbühl, GER - Summer Breeze
UK Tour w/ STRATOVARIUS:
May 15 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
May 16 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
May 17 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
May 18 - London, UK - Islington O2 Academy
May 19 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
May 20 - Dublin, IRE - Button Factory
February 19, 2009
Silent Wedding
Land of Tales
Kristian started writing songs in November 2006, meanwhile Petri Lahtinen and Mika Mäkiranta wrote the lyrics for the tales. They uploaded them on their Myspace page getting a fabulous response from all over the world. International fan clubs have been already founded in Germany and overseas. Land of Tales therefore started shopping their music around, until they caught the interest of Frontiers Records
The Land of Tales sound is an equal union of keyboards and guitar, crafted with catchy melodies and BIG choruses! The result is a somewhat original and peculiar approach to songwriting and music that makes them stand apart from many other bands of the Melodic Rock genre.
In the summer 2007 long time musical friends Sami Rajala on bass and Sami Ojala on drums joined the band during the recording sessions.
Land of Tales are now geared up to take the Melodic Rock world by storm. Get ready for their exciting slice of class, melodies and Rock!
February 18, 2009
DEATH PILOT
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The Dana Fuchs Band
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
3-27-09 First State Bluesfest '09 at Dover Downs Casino - Dover, Delaware, USA (FULL BAND SHOW) 9pm
NEW 2009 SPRING EUROPEAN TOUR: (New Dates to be added so please check back soon ! )
4-24-09 Ottos Welcome - Erfurt-Schwerborn, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 10pm
4-25-09 Die Halle - Reichenbach, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) Doors-8pm/Show-9pm
4-28-09 New Orleans Music Festival - Wendelstein, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 7:30pm
4-30-09 Vienna Blues Spring Festival - Vienna, Austria (FULL BAND SHOW) 8:30pm
5-02-09 Moulin Blues Festival - Ospel, The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
5-06-09 Quasimodo - Berlin, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 10pm
5-08-09 Charly's - Oldenburg, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 9pm BUY TICKETS
5-09-09 Blues Garage - Hannover, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 9pm
5-12-09 Schlachthof - Kassel, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
5-13-09 Siebenklang - Bernau/Berlin, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 8pm
5-15-09 Jahnhalle - Nordenham, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 8pm
5-16-09 Cafe Scheune - Wredenhagen, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) 8pm
5-17-09 Effenaar - Eindhoven, The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) 7:30pm
5-21-09 Klomppop Festival - Ovezande, The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) 9:30pm
5-22-09 De Kade - Zaandam, The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) 9pm
5-23-09 Festival - The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) Time & Details TBA
5-27-09 Club Baladin - Piozzo, Italy (DUO SHOW) Time TBA
5-28-09 Maison Musique - Turin, Italy (DUO SHOW) Time TBA
5-30-09 Schoppingen Bluesfest - Munster, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
5-31-09 Ribs & Blues Festival - Raalte, The Netherlands (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
8-11-09 CHIRP Outdoor Concert Series- Ballard Park- FREE SHOW! - Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA (FULL BAND SHOW) 7pm
SUMMER GERMAN DATES:
8-28-09 Festival Baumburg - Altenmarkt, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
8-28-09 Festival Stadtsaal Burghausen - Burghausen, Germany (FULL BAND SHOW) Time TBA
TANIA KIKIDI
KREYSON
THE KREYSON STORY
The group called "Kreyson" was founded in 1989. Their album "Andel na uteku" (Angel on the Run) was released in 1990. It was recorded in Hannover, where both Czech and English version emerged. The frontmen of the group were Ladislav Krizek and Jaroslav Barton who participated in music creation to a great extent. For the album „Andel na uteku“ the group was awarded a Gold Disc. The next Gold Disc was awarded to them for an album called „Krizaci“ (Crusaders). In 1994 Lada Krizek, as the best selling rock music interpret after November 1989, is awarded a Diamond Disc. Kreyson met with a great success also in Germany and Japan in the 1990s. The group went for a concert tour there. Lada Krizek was invited by Running Wild to record two CDs, and he cooperated also with R. Blackmoor, Jr. Ladislav Krizek an awardee of 1 Diamond and 6 Gold Discs, founder of a group called KREYSON, representative of the first white metal group from the Heart of Europe. In 1991 we had a chance to see a few articles, which appeared in German newspapers. Here are some of them:
ROCK HARD: “The east block begins to open out to the world not only in the political sense but also some music bands try their luck in the west. One of them is Kreyson from Czechoslovakia. What they need is probably more energy but anyway, they are worth-hearing.”
METAL STAR: “Kreyson has released a golden record called “Angel on the Run” back home. Now they are trying to get to the western market in the same way. I guess by means of their white metal they can really break through. They have their style.”
BREAK OUT: “Kreyson comes from Czechoslovakia and presents their debut both in the west and in Czechoslovakia. The band plays first class metal comparable to Running Wild. This is not a surprise because the singer of Running Wild was a co-producer of Kreyson’s new album. Since December 1990 “Angel on the Run” is number 1 on the radio and TV top ten.”
Let’s go back to the events that happened one year ago. Soon after recording the band went for a tour. They played in Germany together with Udo Dirkschneider (Accept), his band U.D.O., and Supersition where Jurgen R. Blackmore, yes, the son of Ritchie Blackmore, plays the guitar. After having toured for a few months the band came to Prague where they received a golden record at their concert. There were 14 000 spectators there.
At the beginning of 1992 Kreyson gets in touch with Doug Van Pelt, the editor of the American magazine HEAVEN’S METAL. Now you have a chance to read his opinion:
“Hailing from Czechoslovakia, Kreyson is a professional band, which could hold on its own in the Hollywood circuit or anywhere else. The only thing holding them back on this tape is that it’s sung in Czech. Apparently, later the band went to a nice studio in Germany to record this album in English.
The songs here are heavy, melodic, and have good hooks and direction. The chops shown by the band are impressive, and so are vocals of Ian Kreyson. We can hear his golden throat in a tune called Upírí láska (Vampire’s Love), which starts off like a beautiful ballad and kicks in a bit, evolving into an emotion-plodding tune.
Let me just say that this is a great album. I’m thrilled to have this tape, and I can’t wait to introduce it to my friends and watch their faces when the Czech vocals come screaming through the speakers. You’re going to hear more about Kreyson.”
Above the inscription and logo of KREYSON there is the Hebrew letter “TAU”, which is the last word for a letter of the Hebrew alphabet and its shape resembles to the cross before the desk with Pilate’s inscription was nailed to it. He letter “TAU” is mentioned in the Old Testament already – when in a difficult time for the people of Israel the prophet Ezekiel accepts a command from God to cross Jerusalem and with the sign of “TAU” to mark foreheads of men who sigh and moan over all the falsities that are committed in it (Ezekiel 9,3-4). Thus, “TAU” is a sign of repentance, humility and turning to God for both an individual and people. Christians soon recognized a sign of the cross in it.
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