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April 16, 2009
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April 15, 2009
TESLA - European tour dates and videoclip
TESLA have announced the Summer European Tour dates in support of the release of their successful come back album “Forever More”
June 11 Belfast, UK - Spring & Airbrake
June 13 Dublin, Eire - O2 (Classic Rock Festival)*
June 14 Donington, UK - Download Festival
June 15 Newcastle, UK - Academy
June 17 Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
June 18 London, UK - Islington Academy
June 20 Paris, France - La Boule Noir
June 21 Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
June 23 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
June 24 Madrid, Spain - Heineken
June 26 Zaragoza, Spain - Metalway Festival
June 27 Balingen, Germany - Bang Your Head/Milan, Italy - Gods of Metal Festival**
June 30 Bochum, Germany - Matrix
July 01 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
July 07 Aschaffenberg, Germany - ColosSaal
July 08 Munich, Germany - Metropolis
July 10 Kerkade, Holland - Rocktemple
July 11 Zoetermeer, Holland - Boerderij
July 12 Bospop Festival, Holland
* With Whitesnake, Journey and Def Leppard
** Two shows in one day
In the meanwhile the band has just completed the new videoclip for the awesome song “Fallin’ Apart”.
Frontiers Records is delighted to announce the European release of THE LOU GRAMM BAND Self Titled album on June 5th 2009
Powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Lou Gramm can be heard each and every day, all over the world, on radio, ipods, CD players, television commercials, music videos, and of course... jukeboxes. Gramm – the former lead vocalist and co-writer of the multi-platinum band Foreigner - has become the voice of a generation. Among the most distinctive and powerful voices to emerge from Rock and Top 40 radio, Lou Gramm is also a successful solo artist in his own right and remains one of the most recognizable performers in music today.
Lou Gramm, the vocalist on 20 Top 40 singles, which continue to drive sales of nearly 80 million albums worldwide, exploded onto the international music scene with Foreigner on the chart topper, "Feels Like The First Time" in 1977. The stats are impressive: eight Top 5 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and five Top 5 Albums on the Billboard Album chart in the U.S. alone plus a solid history of chart entries in several European territories and Japan ! Lou Gramm is in a class by himself.
Now, nearly three decades after the debut of Foreigner and chart-topping success as a solo artist, Lou Gramm returns withThe Lou Gramm Band, a powerful new CD featuring his own unique brand of Rock'n Roll. “The feeling is wonderful and liberating, to be able to once again record an album of songs that I really care about, with my brothers and my friends making up the band” says Lou. The Band is formed by Gramm’s brothers Ben and Richard on drums and bass respectively with Andy Knoll on keyboards and Don Mancuso on guitars.
“I've always tried to be down to earth lyrically and write songs through experience and with emotion” continues Lou, “Musically, I am really fortunate enough to have creative and expressive musicians around me. When I hear a guitar or keyboard riff from my brother Richard, Don or Andy, a story begins to form lyrically and melodically and the band and I work these ideas. Sometimes very painstakingly, until we have the bare bones of something that we can be proud of ”.
The Lou Gramm Band album will include the following tracklisting:
Baptized By Fire; Made To Be Broken; Willing To Forgive; That’s The Way God Planned It; (I Just Wanna) Testify; So Great; Redeemer; Single Vision; Rattle Yer Bones; You Saved Me; It’s Not Too Late (Exclusive Bonus Track for Europe).
Whether they are rocking out on classics like "Hot Blooded" or "Jukebox Hero", rolling out a new extended groove on Gramm's massive solo hit, "Midnight Blue," or bringing to life "So Great" and "Baptized By Fire" from their new self titled CD, Lou and his band have been pleasing enthusiastic audiences with a show that captures the essence of Gramm's talent “We would love to tour Europe and the rest of the world playing both new songs and select songs from my thirty year career” concludes Lou, who in the meanwhile gives an appointment to his European fans on June 5th in all the finest record shops for the release of the LOU GRAMM BAND album !
Weblinks: www.lougramm.com / www.myspace.com/lougrammofficial / www.frontiers.it / www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords
PRAYING MANTIS to release their new album "Sanctuary"
PRAYING MANTIS are one of the prime movers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Founded by brothers Chris(bass, vocals) and Tino (guitar, vocals) Troy in the UK, the band debuted in 1981 with the release of “Time Tells No Lies” an album that still today is considered one of the best expressions of that musical period, even if it did not meet with much commercial fortune.
In 1990 Praying Mantis finally reformed with a new line-up featuring two ex-Iron Maiden cohorts: Paul Di'Anno (on vocals) and Dennis Stratton (on guitar), with Bruce Bisland on drums, thanks to the interest of some Japanese promoters releasing a live album ("Live At Last") in 1990 recorded during that tour. The success gained in the Eastern lands, convinced the band about the possibility of a permanent reunion and with a renewed line-up (the band featured in this time ex MSG singer Gary Barden, then Mark Thompson-Smith and later Tony O’Hora on vocals) they went on to release six studio and one live album.
After 2003’s “The Journey Goes On”, an album that featured different singers, most notably John Sloman (ex Lone Star) andDougie White (Malmsteen, Rainbow), the band entered a hiatus period, which was finally broken in the summer of 2007, when a new incarnation of the band - formed by the Troy brothers with Benjy Reid on drums, Andy Burgess on guitars andMike Freeland on vocals - appeared at the Bang Your Head festival and later - in the summer 2008 - at the Headbanger’s Open Air Festival in Germany and at the Bloodstock Festival in the UK, while writing a brand new stunning studio album.
Entitled “Sanctuary” the new Lp was recorded in Atlanta, USA under the direction of producer/engineer Andy Reilly (Asia, The Cult, Bruce Dickinson, FM etc). The music is instantly recognizable and features plenty of great melodies and songs. “Hard to believe but Mantis have been in existence for over thirty years. Quite incredible really that we are still there releasing albums and maturing nicely” says Chris Troy. “This also coincides with the 30th anniversary since the inception of NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal). Iron Maiden have obviously made it and just as importantly have managed to stay up there for this long time. Well done lads! By the way the album title " Sanctuary "has no relationship to them!! However we do share some history and maybe this album will put us up there with them”.
“I know its probably a cliché statement used by so many bands, but I do honestly believe it is by far the best thing we have ever done”, continues Chris “The lyrics on most songs are quite deep and in some ways dark but I think these suit the music which is intrinsically based on minor chord structures (the saddest chords !). There are some real epics and duelling guitar harmonies in the standard Mantis style and all the fans who have heard it so far have been giving us some great feedback”.
Final tracklisting includes: In Time, Restless Heart, Tears In The Rain, So High, Lonely Way Home, Touch The Rainbow, Threshold of a Dream, Playing God, Highway, Sanctuary.
What we have on “Sanctuary” is a band that contains some very fine and experienced musicians who have put together a collection of songs that create a really classic album. “To those have remained with Mantis through the highs and lows of our career we salute you!” concludes Chris Troy “We hope you enjoy the new album and we dedicate it to you. Very special thanks!”
The album will be exclusively presented at the Bush Hall in London, UK on May 3rd 2009 with a special pre-listening session and “Welcome back” concert. More dates and festivals are in the works!
Weblinks: www.myspace.com/prayingmantisrock / www.praying-mantis.com / www.frontiers.it / www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords / www.myspace.com/frontiersrecordsusa
April 14, 2009
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THE VISITOR
The new studio album from SPV
Release dates
Germany Austria Switzerland: 29th May
Rest of Europe, USA & Canada: 2nd June
Japan: tba
The new studio album from SPV
Release dates
Germany Austria Switzerland: 29th May
Rest of Europe, USA & Canada: 2nd June
Japan: tba
01. Saving Me
02. On The Waterfront
03. Hell Driver
04. Stop Breaking Down
05. Rock Ready
06. Living Proof
07. Can't Buy A Thrill
08. Forsaken
09. Villains & Thieves
10. Stranger In Town
Bonus track for the Digipack - 11. Dancing With St. Peter (2009 Edition)
April 11, 2009
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