RATED X is an exciting and fresh new band built around the talents of four heavy-hitters of American hard rock. Comprised of vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (#Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen), guitarist Karl Cochran (Ace Frehley), fretless-bass monster Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder, #Whitesnake) and iconic drummer Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Rod Stewart, #Ozzy Osbourne, Blue Murder, King Kobra), RATED-X came about when Frontiers Records’ President Serafino Perugino suggested to Turner that it was time to put together a band that could highlight his abilities in the #classic hard rock musical setting. Appice was the first one who was called in to be part of it, given the long history of friendship and musical camaraderie with Turner. After a quick search, Tony Franklin soon agreed to be part of the band – thus reuniting the rhythm section that was featured on the legendary debut album by Blue Murder. The last step was to find the right guitarist and who could be better than long time Joe Lynn Turner collaborator, Karl Cochran: a flamboyant #guitar player that can masterfully handle the Arena #Rock style, with a Classic Hard #Rock sensibility second to none.
Under the executive direction of Perugino and the watchful eye of Frontiers in-house producer Alessandro Del Vecchio (Hardline, Livin’ Out Loud, Voodoo Circle), demos were laid down during the last months of 2013. With ties to some of heavy rock’s most seminal bands – Rainbow, Deep Purple, Blue Murder and Vanilla Fudge – RATED X is the definition of a supergroup. Order Rated X's album on Amazon: http://geni.us/RatedXAMZ and iTunes: http://geni.us/RatedXiTunes https://www.facebook.com/RatedXRocks
Foreigner presents official video of legendary song "Juke Box Hero" #Live from "The Best of Foreigner 4 And More" now available thru Frontiers Records. #Foreigner #rock #hardrock #usa #digital #video https://www.facebook.com/Foreigner
The Blonde Brothers presents a succesful Official Video titled "E' sera" over 60.000 views in only three weeks on Youtube channel! and various golden prize in other video channels!
Blonde Brothersis a musical project by Francesco and Luca Baù, two brothers coming from #Asiago (Vicenza) Italy, they are both singers and guitarists. They write #songs with lyrics in English, Italian and Spanish and in 2012 released their first #album entitled "Lights and Shadows", where the lights and the shadows are the metaphor of life, love and society. In the summer of 2012 the Blonde Brothers win the competition "Vociferando Festival" in #Bologna and accessing the final stages of the Festival of the arts, invited by famous singer-songwriter Andrea Mingardi. In March 2013 The Blonde Brothers are called to present the album "Lights and Shadows" in Melbourne,#Australia, in a important venues including the #Veneto Club. During the Australian tour they are interviewed from #Italy Melbourne Network (radio that airs on all Australia, New Zealand, parts of Asia and in Tasmania) and several radio stations in the State of Victoria. Interviews can be found on the Web as many Video "on the road" and the professional Australian experience. In September 2013 participate in "#Sanremo Area" where the band encounter various record producers, and music industry professionals. In February 2014 The broothers released a new album titled "Brucia", In May they singing and playing in "Hey Joe" very important event in Bologna. In July they are selected at the national contest "Wave Music Awards" as the opening act for Big Italian music artists as #Alexia, Moreno (winner of "Amici") Nathalie (winner of xfactor a few years ago), the Anonimo Italiano, and Manuel Moscati . They have a song in the drawer with Dj Aletanz and a song written together with Alessandro Margozzi and Gloria Bonaveri and many new songs to give to those who love their positive message. Contact:
SWEET & LYNCH is a brand new band centered around the talents of guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers #STRYPER and iconic guitarist George Lynch (LYNCH MOB, ex #DOKKEN) along with bassist James Lomenzo (ex #MEGADETH, #WHITE LION, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Brian Tichy (ex #WHITESNAKE).
“SWEET & LYNCH was born as the brainchild of Serafino Perugino, President of Frontiers Music”, recalls #Sweet. “He asked me to basically sing on this record and then I suggested producing it and co-wrote the songs with George”, continues the singer. Brian Tichy and James Lomenzo were then called in to complete the lineup. Now a complete a band, plans are being formulated to rehearse and book a tour to play the music included on this amazing debut #album “Only to Rise” to the fans in a live setting.
“It’s an incredible combination of classic 70’s and 80’s”, tells Michael Sweet. “You will hear some flavors of Journey, Bad Company, Dokken, Van Halen and Stryper. James and Brian are amazing musicians. They tore it up. The drums and bass are just as impressive as the guitars. Everybody really delivered... The musicianship level on this is top notch. It sounds as if we were all in the studio playing together and we were not. Basically, George wrote some riffs about a minute to a minute and a half long. I wrote lyrics and melodies then arranged them. Then Brian and James came out and tracked the drums and bass, as well as some rhythm stuff. We then sent it back to George to add the guitars."
The combination of Sweet’s powerful, crystal clear vocals and Lynch’s unmatched guitar tone, provide the force and drive that the album needed. The result is truly a “state of the art” Hard #Rock album, with fabulous melodies played to perfection. An absolute must for all fans of Sweet and Lynch's musical stylings! https://www.facebook.com/SweetLynch
Wishing you guys a very happy year-end holiday and we are looking forward to a full, plump but snappy, rather sexy, music-crazy New Year, are we not? Oh, yes we are !! David Bowie 2014 message from DAVIDBOWIE.com
BLIND RACE has posted a new lyric video Releasing their third EP 'Come And Get It' last month on November 18th, alternative metal band BLIND RACE has posted a new lyric video for their track 'Hypocrite.
Produced by Mike Langford plus mastered by Chris Crerar at Toronto’s fame Metalwork Studios, the EP features 7 string powered tracks such as “Come and Get It” and “Hypocrite” to more eastern influenced charismatic progressions in “Truth or Dare” and Latin derived contrasts in “Hopeless”, demonstrating the diverse style of Blind Race. All the music in this EP was written using a very simple philosophy by guitar player Costas Kentros. Just play what you feel, which is showcased in this powerful, heavy, dark yet bright, five track record inspired by the many facets of life itself. The EP is the follow up to 2012's Lost and 2008's Seeing Red by the Toronto, ON award nominated band (Toronto Independent Music Awards: nominated Best Live Metal Act (2012), Best Metal Act (2010)).
NEW LYRIC VIDEO - HYPOCRITE - (lyric excerpt: "Truth, What’s the truth? I can see, I see right through you.") - http://youtu.be/fR5kXPy5ESY
EP Stream - Come And Get it Out - http://blindrace.bandcamp.com/album/come-and-get-it
NY rockers Pink Velvet Krush deliver their first on-location video for the track 'One Shot'. The band performed live in Covington, KY in November with the entire show caught on film. The video features the track 'One Shot' which is not on their recently released E.P. titled F.S.O.A. and is a close up and tightly shot style video. The video gives the viewer a look at the bands performance in concert.
Pink Velvet Krush launched less than 4 months ago, and has released 2 singles, an E.P. and played over 30 shows thus far including 2 festivals. The band will be attending NAMM 2015 and then enter the studio to begin recording a full length release before a full scale U.S. tour in March. Pink Velvet Krush is already booked on festivals for 2015.
Dave Evans, founder and original vocalist for the band AC/DC, teamed up with songwriter/mucisian David Mobley to bring you the EP "What About Tomorrow"....the latest and all new and different fusion
"What About Tomorrow Tracklisting: 1. What About Tomorrow 2. Tell Me A Lie 3. Hot Acoustic Nite 4. Be Your Last Kiss 5. Here I Come
The title track ‘What About Tomorrow’ takes the listeners straight into today’s world headlines – and where we are all headed if things do not shape up soon.
Track 2 ‘Tell Me A Lie’ is a softer and superbly blended acoustic and rock guitar ballad that shows the softer side of Dave Evans – a song that most any listener can easily relate to.
Track 3 ‘Hot Acoustic Nite’ is also a very unique and entwined blend of acoustic and rock guitar with fantasy lyrics to match –quite possibly the “sleeper” hit of this remarkable EP.
Track 4 ‘Be Your Last Kiss’ starts as a light ballad that then turns full blown rock that really sends a message from one to another. This particular track really shows Dave’s diverse style of vocals.
Track 5 ‘Here I Come’ – by far the darkest song of the EP – the type of song that Dave Evans trademark vocals are known for. The vocals in this song alone may just leave one’s skin crawling.
"What About Tomorrow" Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXc-Uyx6i8A
All 5 tracks were written by seasoned songwriter/musicians David Mobley,Cliff Turpin and Jonathan Pugh. The EP is also Produced by David Mobley.
David Mobley Productions is pleased to announce "What About Tomorrow" is now available at: Amazon & CD Baby news courtesy from Mi2n
RICHIE KOTZEN RELEASES TWO NEW SONGS AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE IN 2015 Fans of guitarist/singer/songwriter RICHIE KOTZEN anxious to hear new music before his next solo album (details of which are forthcoming) should head over to iTunes, where he just released two new singles, “You” and “Cannibals.” “You” was co-written by RICHIE’s daughter, August, who appears in the video posted on RICHIE’s official YouTube page. He explains, “It must have been four years ago and my daughter, who is now 17, was constantly playing this piece of music on the piano. I finally asked her what it was and she said she just made it up. I set up the microphones and recorded her playing for about seven minutes. Years later, I found this on my hard drive and decided to write lyrics to it over this past summer. The end result is what you see and hear in the video. It is one of my favorite things I’ve done and I’m happy to have been able to collaborate on music with my daughter.” “Cannibals” made its debut during his recent three-month solo tour, which started in Europe, taking him through Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, and Chile, and concluding with a month-long trek of the U.S. “I did something I’ve never done before on this tour,” RICHIE explains, “which is performing an original composition that has yet to be released. The only place you could hear the song ‘Cannibals’ was at the show, and it went over quite well with the fans. Rather than wait to release the song as part of the new album next year, I figured it would be cool to share the studio version now while it’s fresh in the people’s minds who attended my shows. I was able to collect live footage that was shot during the tour and compile a live video to go along with the song.” A newly released video can be found on his official YouTube page here.
official video on Youtube
RICHIE has been touring in support of THE ESSENTIAL RICHIE KOTZEN, which was released September 2 on Loud & Proud Records. It’s a two-CD and DVD career retrospective set that encompasses this iconic talent’s entire career of his most essential work: classic material; acoustic performances; bootleg material; and two brand new songs (“War Paint” and “Walk With Me”). The DVD features music videos, acoustic performances, and bootleg material. Stay tuned for new RICHIE KOTZEN album news in the coming weeks. www.richiekotzen.com www.facebook.com/richiekotzenmusic www.twitter.com/Richie_Kotzen www.youtube.com/user/RichieKotzenOfficial
New video for metallers S.B.S. band titled "Puer malus" taken from 4th album titled "Heaven can wait..." ! The history of SPICY BITS OF SCANDAL, also known as SBS, begins in the year 1979, when two guys from Vilnius, Lithuania decided to form a rock band. In the year 1988 SBS was famous enough to play not only on the Lithuania’s stages but also abroad: in the international festivals in Latvia and after a year in Poland and etc. 1991 was a significant year for the band: virtuoso guitarist Tomas Varnagiris, and the best Lithuanian hard rock vocalist Vitalis Kairiūkštis joined, and the band was on stage again having gigs in the main Lithuania’s cities. In 1996 SBS released an MC - „Mėnulio Šviesa“.The recording, containing 9 songs, was initiated by Lithuanian label „Pūkas“. Although after this record the activity of the band was slower because of the economic situation in Lithuania, the band in year 1999 had a big gig in Vilnius “Karolina” club to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SBS. After a five years pause, in 2005 the band was ready to rock again. This time – specially for the international Lithuanian festival - „Rock Nights – 2005“.The show of SBS was so successful that after the festival the band was choosen to open for ROYAL HUNT in their concert in Vilnius (October 21th 2005), sadly the show was canceled. But this year was lucky enough: heavy metal monsters JUDAS PRIEST choosed SBS to open for them in their concert in Vilnius (December 3rd 2005.). This show was recorded and in the begining of 2006, released as a double CD „Gimęs laimėti (Born to win)“, including five brand new songs (one of them - „Žaidėjas“ (The Gambler) became a mega-hit) and the concert from „Rock Nights – 2005“ festival in DVD, which was filmed by Lithuania’s National TV. In “Rock Nights – 2006” festival almost everyone waited for SBS and the show sharing the stage with John Lawton (ex vocalist of Uriah Heep and Lucifer’s friend) was a success again. In April 2007 SBS released their next album „Tik mėnulio šviesa... (Only moonlight...)“, which was well evaluated by the biggest German webzine „HardHarderHeavy“. The new release got 6 out of 7 and in the REVIEW TOP 15 with 342 votes stood in the second place, after MANOWAR, but was outrunned by PINK CREAM 69 and SAXON. In 2008 SBS presented their 3rd album “The Gambler”. This album was highly rated by the international media. “Metal to infinity” gave 84 out of 100, “HardHarderHeavy” – 6,5 out of 7 and hailed the band with the phrase “SBS, Europe awaits you !!!”.., “Metal Express Radio” – 8,5 out of 10, “Metal Observer” - 8,5 out of 10 points. Webzine “Progressive rock and progressive metal” nominated “The Gambler” to a “album of the month” award. At the moment the band ended their 4th album “Heaven can wait...” and is seeking for promotion and concerts worldwide. As the mastermind of SBS Vitalis Kairiūkštis proudly announces, this new album is „international“ – musicians from Italy – the Virtuoso keyboardist Maestro Mistheria (http://www.mistheria.com/home.cfm) - and Germany – Ferdy Doernberg (Axel Rudi Pell, Rough Silk and many many more, (http://www.ferdydoernberg.de/) did the great job with the keyboards. New album is compiled of 15 brand new songs. “Heaven can wait...”was highly rated by international metal zines. Stormbringer gave 4,5 out of 5 (with musical redactor remark that he hasn’t heard anything better at the moment), Metal To Infinity - 83 out of 100, Metal Temple - 8out of 10, HardHarderHeavy - 6,5 out of 7, PlanetMosh - 8/10.
One of the biggest SBS projects will be „Diagnosis: SBS“, a rock mystery with a symphonic orchestra that might become a big suprise to the music industry and all SBS fans worldwide.
They're young, have talent, and they origin from a music scene with a long history in Hard Rock, United Kingdom! What else could you ask from a Hard Rock Band? Kick ass stuff!
KATATONIA Last Fair Day Gone Night’ Special 4-disc cd/dvd set
Recorded at London’s Koko & features full audio, footage plus extensive band documentay Released on 15th September 2014 'Last Fair Day Gone Night' features the Swedish dark rock/metal masters at their glorious best with this electrifying set from London’s esteemed Koko venue, with the band’s captivating performance captured on DVD with accompanying double audio disc of the whole concert. This special 4-disc set, released 15th September, also includes a full & extensive (136 minutes) documentary charting the early days and subsequent rise of the prolific Swedes, as told in the words of band masterminds Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. Recorded during a series of special celebratory shows to mark the band’s 20th anniversary during 2011's ‘Last Fair Day Gone Night’ tour, founding members Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse are joined by drummer Daniel Liljekvist, plus guitarist Per Eriksson and bassist Niklas Sandin, for an exhilarating evening fuelled by a rich & extensive set of Katatonia tracks both past & present. Also includes a special 10th anniversary performance of the landmark 2001 album 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ in its entirety. Sleeve artwork comes courtesy of long-time collaborator Travis Smith.
This edition of 'Last Fair Day Gone Night' is presented in deluxe mediabook packaging, including an additional 20 page booklet. Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’ which is widely regarded as the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia. ‘Last Fair Day Gone Night’ TRACKLIST CD 1 – Audio from Koko set I DISPOSSESSION CHROME WE MUST BURY YOU TEARGAS I TRANSPIRE TONIGHT’S MUSIC CLEAN TODAY THE FUTURE OF SPEECH PASSING BIRD SWEET NURSE DON’T TELL A SOUL
CD 2 – Audio from Koko set II BRAVE RIGHT INTO THE BLISS THE PROMISE OF DECEIT NEPHILIM THE LONGEST YEAR JULY NEW NIGHT MY TWIN I BREAK WAIT OUTSIDE DISSOLVING BONDS FORSAKER
DVD 1 Last Fair Day Gone Night Concert Film
DVD 2 – Katatonia Documentary – 136 minutes A 20th Year Flashback Documentary
The Gothic/Symphonic metal band RIZZI launch the new video! The video is titled "Rain" and produced by Esequiel Lima, K2 Pro Studio in Curitiba, this song will be available early 2015 on the debut EP. RIZZI formed in Espera Feliz, Minas Gerais, #Brazil with the Rizzi's brothers (with italian origin), Milady, Gergory and Taty, the sound is Gothic Metal influenced by Within Temptation, Evanescence, Lacuna Coil and Nightwish. The first EP will be released in early 2015, probably with an Italian Record label, the single "Tears Fall Down", recently published is available on the page of the band on Uol, #Facebook and #Soundcloud. The band performed at the "Night of Shadows Festival" Halloween edition in the city of Carangola, Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, at the Club Campestre Carangola, sharing the stage with several Brazilian bands, the well known SILENT CRY, the PETITE MORT (Black Metal, ES), SPECTRUM (Heavy Metal, Cataguases-MG) and CONTEMPTY (Doom / Death Metal, Dove MG-Rio).
Consolamentum fourth album out now!
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