Check out below, the trailer for Sabrina Sabrok’s new video Welcome To The Human Race, available July 2013! Metal be thy name!
Photo Credits:
Sabrina Sabrok Productions
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* For more info on SABRINA SABROK, click on the links below!
Facebook: Sabrina Sabrok
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Original DIO Drummer Vinny Appice will be performing with Dio Disciples at the following shows:
7/18 Toronto, Canada, The Rockpile
7/19 London, Canada, Eastside Bar & Grill
7/20 Silver Creek, NY, Willow Creek Winery
7/21 Poughkeepsie, NY, The Chance
7/22 Teaneck, NJ, Mexicali Live!
Vinny Appice
Come celebrate Ronnie James Dio with Dio Disciples featuring Ronnie’s Band Mates and Friends! Be sure to get your tickets now at the venue box office or wherever tickets are sold!
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(Source: The Official Ronnie James Dio Fan Page)
Facebook: Dio Disciples
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Left to right: Carlos Cavazo, Kevin DuBrow, Kenny Hillary and Frankie Banali
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Legendary classic member & drummer of QUIET RIOT, Frankie Banali, wrote on the QUIET RIOT Facebook, on June 5, 2013:
“TODAY I HONOR THE MEMORY OF QUIET RIOT BASSIST KENNY HILLARY ON THE 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING. KENNY WAS THE BASS PLAYER ON THE FIFTH QUIET RIOT RELEASE “TERRIFIED” AND THE TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THAT 1993 RECORD. KENNY WAS A FANTASTIC BASS PLAYER AND SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON. MAY HE REST IN PEACE KNOWING THAT HE IS REMEMBERED AND LOVED.”
SINCERELY, FRANKIE BANALI
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QUIET RIOT – TERRIFIED (1993)
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(Band Photo Credit: QUIET RIOT Facebook)
* For more info on QUIET RIOT, click on the links below!
Facebook: Quiet Riot
http://www.officialquietriot.com
http://www.twitter.com/quietriot
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SATAN has returned to North America! The NWOBHM legends are back in action with the stateside release of the highly anticipated Life Sentence.
Out now on Listenable Records and available wherever quality metal is sold, Life Sentence is also streaming in full, courtesy of the folks at Terrorizer Magazine, at this location: http://www.Terrorizer.com
Life Sentence, SATAN’s first full-length since 1987’s Suspended Sentence, will mark the 30th anniversary of the band’s highly acclaimed 1983 debut Court In The Act. The album features the same line-up that appeared on that now-classic piece of Metal history.
The cover art for the album (pictured below) was drawn by famed artist Eliran Kantor (SODOM, TESTAMENT, HATEBREED – http://www.elirankantor.com) and depicts a similar graphic concept as Court In The Act. Mixed by Dario Mollo at Damage Inc. Studio in Italy and tracked late last year at First Avenue in Newcastle, Life Sentence is a very strong uptempo Heavy Metal album that will undoubtedly become a Metal classic.
“The 80s NWOBHM legends return with an absolute beast of a comeback” – Metal Hammer
“With the original lineup all in place, Satan’s high-flying, expertly phrased melody lines and riffing have returned as if reappearing, modified DeLorean-style, from the past.” – Worm Gear Zine
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SATAN are a heavy metal band originating from Newcastle, England in 1980, known as part of the NWOBHM movement. Though generally obscure throughout their career, the band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s. SATAN remained inactive until re-assembling for a one-off gig at Germany’s Wacken Open Air in 2004, and finally reunited in their original Court In The Act line-up for 2011’s Keep It True festival. The band performed at several European festivals in 2011 and 2012 and have announced more festival shows and new album for 2013, to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut release.
Brian Ross – vocals
Steve Ramsey – Guitar
Russ Tippins – Guitar
Graeme English – Bass
Sean Taylor – Drums
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(Source: ClawHammer PR)
* For more info on SATAN, click on the links below!
facebook: Satan (Band)
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Today, Germany’s AFM Records released the first single and official music video, METAL MACHINE, from the ever legendary U.D.O. and their forthcoming studio album: STEELHAMMER.
Take a listen and look below to METAL MACHINE… a 100% Metal potent offering, from one of Germany’s greatest of Metal bands!
U.D.O. is Heavy Metal personified! Metal be thy name!
* BUY THE MP3 FOR METAL MACHINE HERE:
http://afm.musiclogistics.net/releases/52304?lang=en
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May 24th, 2013 (May 21st in USA)
U.D.O. – STEELHAMMER
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(Source: AFM Records)
* For more info on this forthcoming U.D.O. album release, click on the link below! Whoa!
U.D.O. “STEELHAMMER” – Releases On May 21st In USA, Via AFM Records
The above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on April 16, 2013.
Francesco Jovino, Andrey Smirnov, Udo Dirkschneider, Kasperi Heikkinen, Fitty Wienhold
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* For more info on U.D.O., click on the links below!
A first album teaser is available here.
facebook: U.D.O. (official)
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Dave Mustaine recently gave the honor to radio host, Full Metal Jackie to be the first to announce that the band Death Division will be the openers for Gigantour 2013.
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Death Division is the new Heavy Metal band founded by Bassist – Jerry Montano (Hellyeah / Danzig / Nothingface / Down & Dirty), Drummer – Tim Yeung (Morbid Angel / Divine Heresy / Hate Eternal / Nile), Vocals / Guitar – Sean De La Tour, and Lead Guitar – Rick Di Marco. The band is managed by Dave Mustaine’s son, Justis Mustaine.
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Click on the link below to experience the NEW single from Death Division: I’ve Had Enough
https://soundcloud.com/death-division/ive-had-enough
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(Source: facebook: Gigantour)
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As reported on the facebook page of Jason Newsted:
What’s up METALHEADS? The debut of the NEWSTED band live is happening this weekend (at) Red House in Walnut Creek, CA!!! There are a few tickets available for the Friday 19 show & a second show has just been added on Saturday 20!!!! I’m looking forward to seeing your horns
and smiling faces again!!! LET”S FUKKIN ROCK MAN!!!! Keep the Metal Alive!!! Cheers J
Click here to purchase tickets:
http://newstedheavymetal.com/tour-dates.php
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* For more info & complete tour dates on NEWSTED, click on the links below!
facebook: Jason Newsted
http://www.twitter.com/jasoncnewsted
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JUDAS PRIEST CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL DOMINANCE WITH EPITAPH, 23-SONG LIVE CONCERT BLU-RAY/DVD
CLOSING NIGHT OF “EPITAPH WORLD TOUR” – THE BAND’s FINAL WORLD TOUR – RECORDED AT LONDON’S HMV HAMMERSMITH APOLLO IN MAY 2012
BLAZING LIVE VERSIONS OF AT LEAST ONE SONG FROM EACH OF JUDAS PRIEST’S 14 CLASSIC ALBUMS FROM 1974 TO 2008
Blu-ray or separate DVD available everywhere May 28, 2013, through Legacy Recordings
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Judas Priest, the heavy metal legends whose influence on generations of musicians and metalheads is incalculable, celebrate their 40th year as recording artists this year with the release of the live concert EPITAPH. A unique live career retrospective, EPITAPH will be released on Blu-ray and separate DVD on May 28th through Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. This release precedes a new studio album by Judas Priest which the band are working on now.
Judas Priest’s current lineup comprises lead singer Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis.
Heavy metal historians will regard EPITAPH as the most far-reaching live concert recording in the band’s career. The set revisits the climactic closing date of the 50-week “Epitaph World Tour,” captured live at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012. Adding to the drama is the fact that this was Judas Priest’s final large-scale world tour ever. EPITAPH’s 23 tracks represent at least one song from every one of the band’s 14 studio albums, from 1974’s Rocka Rolla (“Never Satisfied”) to 2008’s Nostradamus (“Prophecy”).
In the special case of British Steel, four songs are featured: “Rapid Fire,” “Metal Gods,” “Breaking The Law,” and perennial set closer, “Living After Midnight.” Others exempted from the one-song-quota are the LPs which appeared before and after British Steel. The first of these is 1979’s Hell Bent For Leather (UK title: Killing Machine) which lends the title song as well as “The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown).” The other LP is 1982’s Screaming For Vengeance, source of “The Hellion,” “Electric Eye,” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.”
“They have epitomized the genre with their Harley riding frontman, rapid-fire guitar assaults, and spectacular stage shows,” wrote journalist Bryan Reesman in his liner notes for 2004’s leather-bound, metal-spiked Metalogy box set. “Influential, innovative, and exuberant in expression,” he wrote, “they are the true Metal Gods who have been as unwavering in their desire to expand the boundaries of their music as they have been in crossing international borders to deliver it to their disciples.”
“Unabashedly committed to their cause, and unrepentant in proclaiming themselves a true heavy metal band even when others have shied away from the term, Judas Priest have forever been defenders of the faith.”
(Columbia/Legacy: Blu-Ray 88765481119, DVD 88883715539)
Selections: 1. Battle Hymn (L) • 2. Rapid Fire (F) • 3. Metal Gods (F) • 4. Heading Out To The Highway (G) • 5. Judas Rising (M) • 6. Starbreaker (C) • 7. Victim Of Changes (B) • 8. Never Satisfied (A) • 9. Diamonds And Rust (C) • 10. Prophecy (N) • 11. Night Crawler (L) • 12. Turbo Lover (J) • 13. Beyond The Realms Of Death (D) • 14. The Sentinel (I) • 15. Blood Red Skies (K) • 16. The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) (E) • 17. Breaking The Law (F) • 18. Painkiller (L) • 19. The Hellion (H) • 20. Electric Eye (H) • 21. Hell Bent For Leather (E) • 22. You’ve Got Another Thing Coming’ (H) • 23. Living After Midnight (F).
Album Index:
A – from Rocka Rolla (originally issued 1974, on Gull Records)
B – from Sad Wings Of Destiny (originally issued 1976, on Gull Records)
C – from Sin After Sin (originally issued 1977, on Columbia Records)
D – from Stained Class (originally issued 1978, on Columbia)
E – from Hell Bent For Leather (originally issued 1979, on Columbia; aka Killing Machine in UK)
F – from British Steel (originally issued 1980, on Columbia)
G – from Point Of Entry (originally issued 1981, on Columbia)
H – from Screaming For Vengeance (originally issued 1982, on Columbia)
I – from Defenders Of the Faith (originally issued 1984, on Columbia)
J – from Turbo (originally issued 1986, on Columbia)
K – from Ram It Down (originally issued 1988, on Columbia)
L – from Painkiller (originally issued 1990, on Columbia)
M – from Angel Of Retribution (originally issued 2005, on Epic Records)
N – from Nostradamus (originally issued 2008, on Epic)
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(Source: http://www.JudasPriest.com/)
* For more info on JUDAS PRIEST, click on the links below!
facebook: Judas Priest
http://www.youtube.com/JudasPriest
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Legendary British band SATAN have released a brand new track off their forthcoming new album Life Sentence. The song, Siege Mentality, is now streaming! Check it out below!
Life Sentence, SATAN’s first full-length since 1987’s Suspended Sentence, will be available in North America on May 21st via Listenable Records. The album will mark the 30th anniversary of the band’s highly acclaimed 1983 debut Court In The Act. Life Sentence will also feature the same line-up that appeared on that now-classic piece of metal history.
The cover art for the album (pictured below) was drawn by famed artist Eliran Kantor (SODOM, TESTAMENT, HATEBREED – http://www.elirankantor.com) and depicts a similar graphic concept as Court In The Act. Mixed by Dario Mollo at Damage Inc. Studio in Italy and tracked late last year at First Avenue in Newcastle, Life Sentence is a very strong uptempo heavy metal album that will undoubtedly become a metal classic.
Pre-orders are available at http://shop.listenable.net.
“The 80s NWOBHM legends return with an absolute beast of a comeback” – Metal Hammer
“With the original lineup all in place, Satan’s high-flying, expertly phrased melody lines and riffing have returned as if reappearing, modified DeLorean-style, from the past.” – Worm Gear Zine
SATAN are a Heavy Metal band originating from Newcastle, England in 1980, known as part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement. Though generally obscure throughout their career, the band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s. SATAN remained inactive until re-assembling for a one-off gig at Germany’s Wacken Open Air in 2004, and finally reunited in their original Court In The Act line-up for 2011’s Keep It True festival. The band performed at several european festivals in 2011 and 2012 and have announced more festival shows and new album for 2013, to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut release.
Brian Ross – vocals
Steve Ramsey – Guitar
Russ Tippins – Guitar
Graeme English – Bass
Sean Taylor – Drums
(Source: ClawHammer PR)
* For more info on SATAN, click on the links below!
facebook: Satan (Band)
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Australia’s traditional Heavy Metal quartet ELM STREET has introduced its new bassist! Anthony Longordo has recently joined the band as he replaces Brendan Farrugia.
The band commented:
“A massive Metal welcome to the new member of our family, Anthony Longordo on the thumping bass! A HUGE Metal salute to our brother Brendan Farrugia for the kickass bass skills he gave us over the years and we wish him all the best for the future!”
If you’re living in Australia, you’ll have the chance to see Anthony live soon:
11.05.2013 AU Fitzroy – The Evelyn Hotel – www.facebook.com/events/474861242579727
01.-02.11.2013 AU Sydney – The Wall – www.facebook.com/events/572942722716094
ELM STREET released their debut album Barbed Wire Metal in November 2011 via Massacre Records. It was produced by Ermin Hamidovic and was mastered at Panic Room Mastering in Sweden. The artwork was created by the well-known artist Ed Repka.
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Ben Batres – Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Aaron Adie – Lead Guitar
Tomislav Perkovic – Drums
Anthony Longordo – Bass Guitar
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You can read the review Stone wrote for Barbed Wire Metal, featured on Metal Odyssey back on November 8, 2011: click on the link below!
ELM STREET – Raises Some Impressive Hell With Their Debut METAL Assault: Barbed Wired Metal
Above link is for a post featured on Metal Odyssey, on November 8, 2011.
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Source:
* For more info on ELM STREET, click on the links below!
facebook: Elm Street
http://www.massacre-records.com
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GAMMA RAY – The iconic Kai Hansen and his legendary Power Metal force from Germany, known and celebrated world-wide as GAMMA RAY, will be seeing their Master Of Confusion album release on March 15th, via earMUSIC.
GAMMA RAY are currently on tour with Power Metal pioneers/legends HELLOWEEN, on the Hellish Rock Part II Tour!
A Side
1. Empire Of The Undead (new studio track)
2. Master Of Confusion (new studio track)
B Side
3. Death Or Glory (Holocaust studio cover version)
4. Lost Angels (Sweet studio cover version)
C Side*
5. The Spirit / 6. Wings Of Destiny / 7. Gamma Ray
8. Farewell / 9. Time To Break Free / 10. Insurrection
*Recorded live in Bochum.
Kai Hansen – vocals & guitar
Henjo Richter – guitar & keyboards
Dirk Schlächter – bass
Michael Ehré – drums
* For more info on GAMMA RAY, click on the links below!
facebook: GAMMA RAY (Official)
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January 8 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 3
January 9 – Bristol, UK – Fleece
January 10 – London, UK – Underworld
January 12 – Antwerp, Belgium – Muzickcentrum Trix
January 13 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
January 14 – Cologne, Germany – Underground
January 15 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet Club
January 16 – Hamburg, Germany – LOGO Hamburg
January 18 – Goteborg, Sweden – Sticky Fingers
January 19 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Slussen
January 21 – Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
January 22 – Tampere, Finald – Klubi
January 24 – Oslo, Norway – John Dee
January 25 – Karlstad, Sweden – Rockbaren
January 26 – Malmo, Sweden – Debaser Malmo
January 27 – Vesterbro, Denmark – Lille Vega
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* For more info on THE SWORD, click on the links below!
facebook: The Sword
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Back on September 15, Metal Blade Records and Scion A/V teamed up to bring you the label’s showcase featuring SIX FEET UNDER, CATTLE DECAPITATION, BATTLECROSS, GYPSYHAWK, and PILGRIM for a free matinee show at the Glasshouse in Pomona, Calif. As if the free showcase that celebrated 30 years of Metal Blade Records wasn’t cool enough, Scion A/V had a crew on hand to conduct interviews with each of the bands for a series of video interviews and record the showcase for a free limited 7″ release and digital download/stream featuring a track each from GYPSYHAWK and PILGRIM.
Head over to AOL Music to download (or stream) the digital copy of the 7″ and to check out the video interviews with all of the bands that performed the showcase as well as interviews with members of Metal Blade’s staff who offer some insight into the world of the heavy metal music industry.
* Download your FREE digital copy here as well: http://scionav.com/
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More Info:
http://www.facebook.com/sixfeetunder/
http://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation/
http://www.facebook.com/Gypsyhawkusa/
http://www.facebook.com/hailthepilgrim/
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(Source: Metal Blade Records)
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ORANGE GOBLIN – Check out below the 2013 touring schedule for ORANGE GOBLIN! These dates cover January through March. ORANGE GOBLIN kicks Metal ass. Metal be thy name.
* All tour info as reported on ORANGE GOBLIN Facebook.
Sat 26 – Workmans Club, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland
Sun 27 – Limelight 2, Belfast, N. Ireland
Wed 30 – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wales
Thu 31 – The Haunt, Brighton, England
Fri 1 – Talking Heads, Southampton, England
Sat 2 – White Rabbit, Plymouth, England
Sun 3 – The Fleece, Bristol, England
Tue 5 – Waterfront Studio, Norwich, England
Wed 6 – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, England
Thu 7 – Corporation, Sheffield, England
Fri 8 – The Duchess, York, England
Sat 9 – NQ Live, Manchester, England
Mon 11 – King Tuts, Glasgow, Scotland
Tue 12 – o2 Academy 2, Liverpool, England
Wed 13 – Rock City, Nottingham, England
Fri 15 – o2 Islington Academy, London, England
Sat 23 – Soundwave Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Sun24 – Soundwave Festival, Sydney, Australia
Fri 1 – Soundwave Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Sat 2 – Soundwave Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Mon 4 – Soundwave Festival, Perth, Australia
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Straight after Australia the band will fly to North America for a full, extensive tour of the US and Canada.
Following this the band will be doing a FULL EUROPEAN TOUR throughout June, July and August.
We will then return to North America in September and October with plans also being made for Mexico, South America and Asia.
Keep checking the OG sites for more details.
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Click on the link below for tour dates & info on the 2013 CLUTCH Earth Rocker World Tour; ORANGE GOBLIN will be main support for CLUTCH!
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To read the Metal Odyssey album review for A Eulogy For The Damned, click on the link below!
ORANGE GOBLIN – ‘A Eulogy For The Damned’: This Album Is Mandatory Metal, My Metal Brethren
* For more info on ORANGE GOBLIN, click on the links below!
facebook: Orange Goblin
http://www.youtube.com/orangegoblinofficial
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John Baizley of Baroness
Oct. 2, 2012, Philadelphia — Baroness, in a letter to their fans, have issued their first post-accident update since August. The statement, with new photos, is available via baronessmusic.com.
The four band members and five person crew suffered a variety of injuries in the harrowing Aug. 15 accident which saw the band’s bus plummet 30 feet down off of a viaduct outside of Bath, England. The East Coast-based band were in the final week of an extensive European tour following the release of their critically acclaimed double album, Yellow & Green.
Singer/guitar player John Baizley broke his left arm and leg, drummer Allen Blickle and Matt Maggioni each suffered fractured vertebrae while guitar player Pete Adams was treated for minor injuries.
Baroness previously announced all remaining 2012 tour dates are cancelled.
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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)
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2012-09-28 – German Heavy Metal band ACCEPT, after kicking off their tour, are launching a new fan community on Mobile Backstage to connect with their true fans. ACCEPT Mobile Backstage is a community for the most loyal fans of the band. It allows the band and their fans to interact and share their experiences in an intimate and personal environment, far from the noise and clutter of other social media.
Fans can post content, send messages to other fans, find and check into gigs, see the location of other fans and their online posts, track the band when on tour, play music, and purchase tracks and tickets. Using Mobile Backstage, ACCEPT will be able to open a dialogue with fans and build a strong and vibrant fan community.
ACCEPT Mobile Backstage is now available on iPhone, Android, Facebook and the web.
Join ACCEPT Mobile Backstage – http://host.mobilebackstage.net/backstage1/p/508666 /http://bit.ly/QSqHjY
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About Mobile Backstage:
Helsinki-based Mobile Backstage is a fan relationship management service that helps artists to connect with their True Fans. Easily accessible on the web, Facebook and mobile devices, Mobile Backstage lives wherever fans are, and strengthens every artist’s most important asset – the core fan base. With Mobile Backstage, fans can send messages to other fans, invite their Facebook friends to join, find and check into gigs, and purchase tracks and tickets.
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(Source: Nuclear Blast)
* For more info on ACCEPT, click on the links below!
http://www.acceptworldwide.com
http://www.facebook.com/accepttheband
http://www.youtube.com/ACCEPTTUBE
http://www.twitter.com/accepttheband
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ATLANTA QUARTET SPIN MAGAZINE DESCRIBED AS “A BLUESY MIX OF LED ZEP AND SLEATER-KINNEY” ADDED TO FUN FUN FUN FEST
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Sept. 2012, Philadelphia – Royal Thunder, the co-ed quartet who released their acclaimed debut album CVI this Spring, embark on their first headlining tour on Oct. 21.
The Atlanta-based band has also been added to Fun Fun Fun Fest, perform two Texas dates with Valient Thorr and will join Pig Destroyer on Oct. 19 for a show in Baltimore. Royal Thunder is currently on the road with Pallbearer, with the tour wrapping up on Sunday in Lawrence, Kan.
With the June release of CVI, Royal Thunder stepped out of the Metal underground, garnering a great deal of praise from a variety of outlets including Spin (“a stunning breakthrough”), NPR ( “not only builds on the promise of a great EP, but it’s also a portrait of songs that have been painstakingly lived in”), Pitchfork (“Mlny Parsonz is a nontraditional blues-rock banshee of a woman, equal parts riot grrl and gospel diva”) and Revolver (“essential”).
Vocalist/guitar player Mlny Parsonz recently appeared on the cover of Decibel Magazine‘s inaugural Women in Metal issue. The album is currently streaming in its entirety at www.royalthunder.bandcamp.com.
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* To read my album review of CVI, click on the link below!
ROYAL THUNDER “CVI” – Unreal Is The Word And This Heavy Album MUST Be Heard!
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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)
* For more info on ROYAL THUNDER, click on the link below!
www.facebook.com/royalthundermusic
Stone.
Frontiers Records is proud to announce the return of melodic hard rockers, Dokken; the band’s 11th studio album, BROKEN BONES, has been confirmed for release on September 21st in Europe and September 25th in North America.
The album will be released in two configurations: standard CD and limited edition CD in digipak with a bonus DVD, which features a comprehensive “Making Of The Album” documentary.
BROKEN BONES is produced by Dokken frontman and namesake, Don Dokken, and is mixed by Bob St. John (Extreme, Duran Duran, Collective Soul) and Wyn Davis (Black Sabbath, Dio, Whitesnake) and mastered by famed engineer Maor Appelbaum (Halford, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sepultura). The new set features a return to the band’s signature sound of catchy melodies, hot riffs and monster production.
Don Dokken commented, “We’ve never had a #1 hit; we’ve just kept touring winning fans over one by one.” The first single from the album will be “Empire”; click here to check out a sample of the song. Please see below for the track listing for BROKEN BONES.
Dokken exploded out of the hotbed that was the hard rock and Heavy Metal scene in Los Angeles in the early ‘80s. Such classic albums as TOOTH AND NAIL, UNDER LOCK AND KEY and BACK FOR THE ATTACK were all certified multi-platinum, with songs like “Alone Again,” “Just Got Lucky,” “Into the Fire,” “It’s Not Love” and “Dream Warriors” still being regarded as amongst the genre’s finest. Dokken was one of the first groups to sell a million copies of their DVD “Unchain The Night.”
The group continues to tour the world extensively and has shared the stage with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Kiss, Scorpions, Bon Jovi and many more. To date, the band has sold upwards of 10 million albums worldwide. The group has been nominated for a Grammy as well as an American Music Award. In 1988, Don was awarded the keys to the city of Los Angeles by Mayor Tom Bradley declaring January 27th as “Dokken Day” for his charity contributions to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital.
Dokken is: Don Dokken (vocals), Mick Brown (drums), Jon Levin (guitar) and Sean McNabb (bass).
BROKEN BONES Track Listing:
Weblinks: www.dokkencentral.com / www.frontiers.it
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(Source: Frontiers Records)
Stone.
QUIET RIOT – This morning I stumbled upon this Quiet Riot Greatest Hits CD at my local Super Walmart. It was released back in 1996 via Epic / Pasha. This CD cost me $5 (U.S.) and that’s not too shabby. What inspired me most (besides being a QR fan) to buy this CD are the two previously unreleased (live) tracks: Bang Your Head (Metal Health) and Let’s Go Crazy. Within the liner notes, there’s no mention as to where these two live tracks were recorded. That’s a shame.
I already own the Super Hits CD of Quiet Riot. The Super Hits was originally released back in 1999 via Sony Music. (See photos of alternate CD covers below). The only songs that are common between these two CD’s I’m discussing here are: Cum On Feel The Noize, Bang Your Head (Metal Health), Slick Black Cadillac and Mama Weer All Crazee Now.
You know how it is. Being loyal to a (huge) group of bands you grew up with can make you want to own every one of their CD titles that’s out there. The way I operate, I grab the greatest hits titles too; especially if the CD covers are different. I’m probably considered a Heavy Metal CD hoarder. I think I’ve mentioned this once or twice in the past about myself. Life goes on regardless…
I’m quite psyched that I finally bought this Quiet Riot Greatest Hits CD. All these years I’ve never realized two previously unreleased (live) tracks were on it. Yes, both live tracks sound very, very cool. I’ll add that both live tracks don’t sound like the (also very cool) 1983 US Festival tracks.
The Heavy Metal of Quiet Riot has lifted my spirits for decades now… and that is something I can never put a price on. Metal be thy name.
Cum On Feel The Noize
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Slick Black Cadillac
The Wild & The Young
Mama We’re All Crazy Now – (as it’s spelled on the liner notes)
Party All Night
The Joker
Stay With Me Tonight
Callin’ The Shots
Bang Your Head (Metal Health) (Live)
Let’s Go Crazy (Live)
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Here is what the Super Hits CD (the cover version I own) looks like:
Cum On Feel The Noize
Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
Slick Black Cadillac
Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Don’t Wanna Let You Go
Condition Critical
I’m Fallin’
Empty Promises
Don’t Wanna Be Your Fool
Sign Of The Times
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Here are 2 alternate covers for the same Quiet Riot Super Hits CD:
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* For more info on QUIET RIOT, click on the links below!
http://www.officialquietriot.com
http://www.twitter.com/quietriot
Rest In Peace, Kevin DuBrow.
Rest In Peace, Randy Rhoads.
The word “shabby” was used in this post.
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JUDAS PRIEST – Back in July of 1982, the eighth studio album, Screaming For Vengeance, from Judas Priest was released. This album was an instant Metal classic. Now, in 2012, this album is iconic. On September 4th, Screaming For Vengeance – Special 30th Anniversary Edition (CD/DVD) will be released via Legacy.
I remember this album being released in ’82 like it was yesterday! I just cannot believe it’s been 30 years though. Screaming For Vengeance is exhibit #1 of what timeless Heavy Metal sounds like. Multi- Platinum and incredibly influential to the world of Metal. I knew back in ’82 that this album was sensational; little did I know that I would look upon it now with such immeasurable Metal reverence. Metal be thy name.
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* The CD includes 6 bonus tracks, 4 of which are previously unreleased live tracks (Electric Eye, Riding On The Wind, Screaming For Vengeance and You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’), recorded live on September 10, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas on the Screaming For Vengeance Tour.
* Includes Judas Priest’s historic 1983 US Festival performance, available for the first time on DVD.
* Included are never before seen photos and new liner notes written by That Metal Show’s, Eddie Trunk.
Judas Priest, as they appeared on the original 1982 Screaming For Vengeance album:
Rob Halford – vocals
Glenn Tipton – guitar
K.K. Downing – guitar
Ian Hill – bass
Dave Holland – drums
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* Back on July 28th, 2009, I wrote about how much this Screaming For Vengeance album means to me. You can read all about it, by clicking that cool link below!
Judas Priest “Screaming for Vengeance” Still Screams Metal Today
* For more info on JUDAS PRIEST, click on the links below!
http://www.youtube.com/JudasPriest
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