Archive for May 10, 2012

VESPERIA – Offer Free Download From New Demo ‘The Swordsman’, Plus Tour Dates Announced!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on May 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Vesperia formerly known as Bolero as it was previously announced last week are proud to release the title track from their new demo ‘The Swordsman’ as the first of four free downloads set to be unleashed over the month of May.

FREE download at the following link here.

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Vesperia will also be on tour with fellow Metal warriors Crimson Shadows playing the following dates in Ontario.

‘For the Glory of the Swordsman’ Tour Dates:

May 18, 2012 – The Port – Barrie, ON w/ Crimson Shadows, Goliath, The Isosceles Project

June 1, 2012 – The Granite Club – North Bay, ON w/ Crimson Shadows, The Killing Field, Face the Hate, Sign of the Raven

June 2, 2012 – The Serbian Centre – Sudbury, ON w/ Crimson Shadows, Before the Black Gates

June 8, 2012 – The Corktown Pub – Hamilton, ON w/ Crimson Shadows, Deathmarch

June 9, 2012 – Dominion House Tavern – Windsor, ON w/ Crimson Shadows, Aeron’s Wake, Final Stage, Nepenthe

June 22, 2012 – The Atria – Oshawa, ON w/ Crimson Shadows

June 29, 2012 – The Brass Monkey – Ottawa, ON w/ Sonburst, Crimson Shadows, Signs of Chaos

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VESPERIA:

Morgan Rider – vocals, bass & keys

Tim Ferriman – guitar, vocals & mandolin

Casey Elliot – guitar

Cory Hofing – drums

The Swordman – Track Listing:

1. The Swordsman 04:42

2. Huntress 03:28

3. To Times End We Ride 07:47

4. A Silence Prolonging (In Longing) 04:58

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ABOUT VESPERIA: After several months of deep thinking and more than half a decade of live shows, line-up changes and the constant shake-ups in the music industry, the four musicians behind Bolero decided it was time for a big move – a change in name and mentality. Ladies, gentlemen and metal Vikings, we present to you, VESPERIA formerly known as Bolero.

Continuing to derive influences from thrash, black metal and traditional folk music, Vesperia are not leaving their epic orchestrations, throat-crushing speed nor ear-piercing guitar riffs behind, rather, they’re intensifying each element, adding more energy to their live shows just when fans thought they couldn’t get any more amped up and prepping to release their new demo as Vesperia, entitled ‘The Swordsman’.

Converting listeners and critics across the globe into believers and preachers of symphonic Celtic death metal since 2007, it’s clear VESPERIA has no plans of slowing down.

VESPERIA (Official) ‘PINTS HELD HIGH’ Music Video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlaCcVvVfVY

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(Source: Asher Media Relations)

LONG LIVE VESPERIA.

Stone.

ROYAL THUNDER “CVI” – Unreal Is The Word And This Heavy Album MUST Be Heard!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, stoner metal with tags , , , , , , on May 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

ROYAL THUNDER – Ann Wilson of Heart. (the late) Janis Joplin. Melissa Etheridge. Bonnie Raitt. Joan Jett. Mlny Parsonz. These women of Rock all have one essential talent in common; they all sing from the heart and Rock ‘N Roll soul, while singing with believable passion. I also revere each of their voices too. Who is Mlny Parsonz your asking? Mlny is the vocalist and bassist for Royal Thunder. Mlny and Royal Thunder will be bigger than they probably ever fathomed… so they better get used to the accolades that will be coming their way.

I seriously believe a band like Royal Thunder only comes around every several years. Their debut full-length album, CVI, is easily one of the best albums I’ve listened to in years; crossing all Rock genres. Royal Thunder’s sound weaves Hard Rock, Metal, some psychedelia and meaty Stoner Metal with a thunderous vibe of Classic Rock. If there is that one can’t miss band you need to catch onto in 2012, it’s Royal Thunder; and that’s a sincere fact I am delivering to you.

Lyrically personal, emotional and dark, the songs on CVI are all equally sensational; while both the vocals of Mlny and the music are an astonishing match. If there is one legendary vocalist that Mlny is channeling in, that legend would be Janis Joplin. Regardless of comparisons, Mlny’s vocals are as refreshingly new like a long-awaited rain shower, during a late Summer’s drought.

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The band plays their music with a driving passion as well, again, both vocals and music compliment each other on CVI and it’s a thrill a second to listen to. With a sonic retrospective flair being echoed throughout CVI, Royal Thunder still uncannily comes across as relevant with nary a remote hint of pretension. Even though Royal Thunder hasn’t invented the Rock ‘N Roll wheel, they didn’t try to reinvent it either on CVI; and that’s something many other up and coming bands should take note of.

Overall and (most importantly) consistently memorable throughout, CVI comes musically packaged as completeSleeping Witch and the opening track Parsonz Curse offer up substantial riffs and enough heavy texture to make any warm-blooded Metalhead jump for Metal joy. Even when Mlny and band tone things down during songs such as South Of Somewhere and Minus, they’re still heavy with the atmosphere of what’s to come next and what they’re all about.

I am very excited about Royal Thunder and their new album CVI; I imagine it obviously shows. What I’m also excited about is this band (albeit a conscientious maneuver or not) has connected the dots of Heavy Metal, Rock and Hard Rock’s past and written songs that bubbles over with admirably heavy substance in 2012. In a world of fake mainstream Rock and Pop crap that suffocates and kidnaps our youth and misinformed, real talent will always surface to the top and save us all, the crème de la crème which in this instance is… Royal Thunder.

ROYAL THUNDER:

Mlny Parsonz – bass & vocals

Josh Weaver – lead guitar

Lee Smith – drums

Josh Coleman – rhythm guitar

CVI release dates: May 22 (U.S.), May 28 (UK), June 1 (Ger/Benelux) and June 4 (World). CVI will be available on CD and 2xLP and of course digital, via Relapse Records.

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CVI – Track Listing:

Parsonz Curse

Whispering World

Shake and Shift

No Good

Blue

Sleeping Witch

South of Somewhere

Drown

Minus

Black Water Vision

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For more info on ROYAL THUNDER, click on the link below:

www.facebook.com/royalthundermusic

http://bit.ly/RoyalThunderStore

LONG LIVE ROYAL THUNDER.

Stone.

WITCH CROSS – To Perform At METAL MAGIC 5, In Fredericia, Denmark

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on May 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo Courtesy of Kev Moore)

WITCH CROSS – The reunited Danish Metallers known across the Metal land as WITCH CROSS, are scheduled to perform at METAL MAGIC 5 on July 13th, 2012, in Fredericia, Denmark. Fronted by vocalist Kev Moore, he recently shared the top photo with Metal Odyssey. This photo was taken at this year’s Keep It True Festival XV; which was held in the Metal grand country of Germany.

Kev Moore has stated that WITCH CROSS is currently writing new material for a forthcoming album! That type of Metal news is what I’m talkin’ about! Check out the METAL MAGIC 5 poster below and you’ll realize that there will be some serious Metal being played at this festival!

Many excellent Metal bands on the bill for certain; I raise the horns seeing that DAMIEN THORNE  and CRYSTAL VIPER will be sharing the stage with WITCH CROSS! Metal be thy name!

WITCH CROSS:

Mike “Wlad” Koch – guitar

Kevin “Kev” Moore – vocals


Jan “Little John” Fields – bass

Anders “AC” Hjort
 – drums

Poul Martin Nielsen – guitar

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For more info on WITCH CROSS, click the link below!

http://www.witchcross.dk

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* Metal Fast Fact: Back in 1650, Frederick III founded Fredericia, therefore, this town is named after him.

LONG LIVE WITCH CROSS.

Stone.