February 25, 2009
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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
http://behindtheveil.freehostia.com/
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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 gearing up for Hellfire Festival; new songs in the making!
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
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
The band was formed in the 27th of July,2006 by members of the well-known greek band PYR KAI MANIA (Marios,Jim,Chris) and ANOTHER LIFE (Tony,il).After continuous rehearsals came the first live performance at Ston Aera,Petroupoli.There we played 3 songs of ours and some covers.We are going to record a demo in spring.In the meantime we wish to perform as many lives as we can stand in Athens and outside Athens
Land of Tales
Land of Tales is a brand new band masterminded by two guys, Kristian (vocals and guitar) and Palle (keyboards). They have been playing together for fifteen years in a band called Naiskala. However all the time, there has been a constant urge to make more adult oriented rock music, sung in English.
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!
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!
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