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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Featured December Interview with Hannu Lepisto
Hannu Lepisto is his name and he comes back with his debut full length album entitled "Have A Beautiful Life". The highly anticipated album was released on the Tuesday 10th of December with the single 'I Wanna Walk All Night' being release weeks before the album dropped.
Since his EP back March 2011 "Run Away With Me" he's generated a lot of buzz with the style of his music and lyrical content. And with the single from that EP 'Run Away With Me' he has clearly caught the attention of some well know music producers as well as gaining a growing fan base outside of Helsinki, Finland. With the latest release of "Have A Beautiful Life" you will not be disappointed, you will hear in this album a very true and more confident Hannu as he sings about life, love and over coming hardships of many kinds. Also it is proof that not only can you compare him to other influential musicians of the same genre but that it is also safe to say that the very name Hannu Lepsito can stand in its own right among such talents as Finnish rock band HIM, Leonard Chen, Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen, just to name a few.
The Interview:
December 2013
Ava/Invaders Asylum: First off I would like to say Hello. And to also congratulate you on your newest album "Have A Beautiful Life" and for breaking records on iTunes and Reverbnation.
Hannu Lepisto: Ava!!! *hugs* and thank you! And thanks for wanting to do an interview, a true pleasure to talk with you again! And thank you for congrats - yeah it was kind of a surprise and a little shock that ”Have A Beautiful Life” broke into top-ten in Finnish iTunes Album charts and went straight to number one on Finnish iTunes Alternative Album charts on the release date! And it feels great, as well, that fans didn't abandon me on Reverbnation while I was fully concentrated on working on album. Big thanks to Victorian Underground Music and Homeward Records, Oy - they got my back. And thanks to my online Street Team for support! :-)
Ava/IA: So, what have you been doing since your last EP "Run Away with Me" and recording this new full -length album "Have A Beautiful Life" ?
Hannu: Well, after the EP - I started to write new material and play-around with some "old" half-recorded songs and I ended up working as the main producer, plus mixing, and as recording engineer; a little over two years went quite quickly rocking by, working on ”Have A Beautiful Life”. As a perfectionist, it was hard to let go of the album and release it. But finally I realized that I can’t make anything any better and that the songs were ready because colleagues kept repeating to me to release it. (I listened to the material in several different good studios asked opinions from colleagues and from co-producer Aqualyra) - Then it was time to pick the best mastering engineer for the job: Matthew Agoglia (James Taylor, Emmy Lou-Harris…). And he was very enthusiastic to be working with me again. It was my dream that he would master the release because he is so awesome. I knew just what to expect 'cos had worked with him before. He had worked with Howie Weinberg on mastering my EP, ”Run Away With Me”, at Masterdisk Studios, NYC. But now he has his own mastering studio. So ”Have A Beautiful Life” was mastered there, at The Ranch Mastering Studios, in Hudson Valley, New York.
Ava/IA: I must say with this new album I get a sense of not only musical progression but also but a personal one. Any new milestone within your career as a musician and or personal life that has garnered this fresh new amazing sound?
Hannu: Oh, thank You for the great compliment! Yes, hard work (playing, singing, writing, rehearsing, arranging…) progresses in music. But I am very glad here that You noticed something else has happened as well. :) Being the album's producer (and all that is happening in my personal life) has directed me to a path where I ”accept” myself more and understand myself much better. Still, I’m an existentialist to death. Don’t wanna say I've grown up...Lol. But I can stand straight better about what -and who- I am; and I'm more confident of what I do when facing difficulties and hard times. Now feeling a lot more capable dealing with them.
Ava/IA: For the first single off of "Have A Beautiful Life" titled 'I Wanna Walk All Night' you did an awesome music video of just you basically holding a video recorder walking around town in Helsinki, Finland. Who's idea was it to do this?
Hannu: Oh, thank you! Actually, it was my idea. My label went along with it - they got me this tiny Sony Action Cam with a head band and I walked etc. lol - and gathered material for over 16 hours and edited it down to 3 mins. And I’m not a video-editor in any case, for God's sake - but I think I got the song’s mood captured there. And learned a bit of Final Cut Pro and video editing, at the same time.
Ava/IA: Do you remember what the song writing process was like for this album in particular?
Hannu: I wanted to make a good album, concentrating on the "Have A Beautiful Life" concept-wise, but I didn’t do songwriting in a way that "now this needs this kind or that kind of song". I wrote a bunch of songs, a lot of good ones were dropped out from this album. But I wanted the album to be a rock’n’roll journey for the listener, with different moods to relate to, like all my favorite albums have done, but most of all I had to be satisfied with the album. So others could enjoy it, as well.
Ava/IA: How has the feedback been about the release of "Have A Beautiful Life"?
Hannu: There has been a lot of raving! And I feel very taken about that, and it makes me feel humble, and at the same time I feel that Team Hannu has succeeded.
Ava/IA: Finally, how do you feel about the comparisons that have been made about the style of music you've created? (For Example: Artists such as Steve Earle, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen and HIM.)
Hannu: I take that as a huge compliment. After all, these artists all are my influences so it feels great! But mostly it's important that everyone is saying my sound is unique and every one of those great songwriters has their own influences and uniqueness, as well. So continuing keeping doing my own thing is the most important for me, as a singer-songwriter and producer.
Ava/IA: Any tours that we should be made aware of, at home or abroad?
Hannu: No, not really. Yet. *laughing* But there are some shows scheduled, like Suomi Sound Fest in Poland next summer, but we are just getting there planning gigs… And we are planning this worldwide web online streaming gig on iBroadcast.tv - and I hope it will happen sometime in the near future.
Ava/IA: Any words for your fans that are scattered all over the world?
Hannu: I want to thank each and everyone for your amazing support and hope that you guys continue to share, stream and tell friends, and spread the word - and support by buying my music as well, so we get more options in releasing new material! BTW. I've started working on a new LP already. :) If people haven't gotten them yet there are some free downloads of songs on the website www.hannuofficial.info .
And thank You, Ava for this, always a pleasure! Take care everyone and greets from Helsinki!
Love,
Hannu
I Wanna Walk All Night (Music Video) \
YouTube (Slides version)-
Vimeo Version (Full Video)
Link Below-
https://vimeo.com/80969931
**To read the October 2012 Interview for Hannu Lepisto's EP "Run Away With Me" click HERE!
Hannu Lepisto
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Website
Reverbnation
iTunes
Ava @ Invaders Asylum
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Since his EP back March 2011 "Run Away With Me" he's generated a lot of buzz with the style of his music and lyrical content. And with the single from that EP 'Run Away With Me' he has clearly caught the attention of some well know music producers as well as gaining a growing fan base outside of Helsinki, Finland. With the latest release of "Have A Beautiful Life" you will not be disappointed, you will hear in this album a very true and more confident Hannu as he sings about life, love and over coming hardships of many kinds. Also it is proof that not only can you compare him to other influential musicians of the same genre but that it is also safe to say that the very name Hannu Lepsito can stand in its own right among such talents as Finnish rock band HIM, Leonard Chen, Steve Earle and Bruce Springsteen, just to name a few.
Since the release of "Have A Beautiful Life" the album has soared to the Top Ten on iTunes for Finland and was the #1 downloaded iTunes Alternative genre album for Finland on December 10th and the 11th. And is ranked #1 on Reverbnation Finnish charts!
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| Hannu Lepisto Have A Beautiful Life December 2013 Finland |
The Interview:
December 2013
Hannu Lepisto: Ava!!! *hugs* and thank you! And thanks for wanting to do an interview, a true pleasure to talk with you again! And thank you for congrats - yeah it was kind of a surprise and a little shock that ”Have A Beautiful Life” broke into top-ten in Finnish iTunes Album charts and went straight to number one on Finnish iTunes Alternative Album charts on the release date! And it feels great, as well, that fans didn't abandon me on Reverbnation while I was fully concentrated on working on album. Big thanks to Victorian Underground Music and Homeward Records, Oy - they got my back. And thanks to my online Street Team for support! :-)
Hannu: Well, after the EP - I started to write new material and play-around with some "old" half-recorded songs and I ended up working as the main producer, plus mixing, and as recording engineer; a little over two years went quite quickly rocking by, working on ”Have A Beautiful Life”. As a perfectionist, it was hard to let go of the album and release it. But finally I realized that I can’t make anything any better and that the songs were ready because colleagues kept repeating to me to release it. (I listened to the material in several different good studios asked opinions from colleagues and from co-producer Aqualyra) - Then it was time to pick the best mastering engineer for the job: Matthew Agoglia (James Taylor, Emmy Lou-Harris…). And he was very enthusiastic to be working with me again. It was my dream that he would master the release because he is so awesome. I knew just what to expect 'cos had worked with him before. He had worked with Howie Weinberg on mastering my EP, ”Run Away With Me”, at Masterdisk Studios, NYC. But now he has his own mastering studio. So ”Have A Beautiful Life” was mastered there, at The Ranch Mastering Studios, in Hudson Valley, New York.
Ava/IA: I must say with this new album I get a sense of not only musical progression but also but a personal one. Any new milestone within your career as a musician and or personal life that has garnered this fresh new amazing sound?
Hannu: Oh, thank You for the great compliment! Yes, hard work (playing, singing, writing, rehearsing, arranging…) progresses in music. But I am very glad here that You noticed something else has happened as well. :) Being the album's producer (and all that is happening in my personal life) has directed me to a path where I ”accept” myself more and understand myself much better. Still, I’m an existentialist to death. Don’t wanna say I've grown up...Lol. But I can stand straight better about what -and who- I am; and I'm more confident of what I do when facing difficulties and hard times. Now feeling a lot more capable dealing with them.
Ava/IA: For the first single off of "Have A Beautiful Life" titled 'I Wanna Walk All Night' you did an awesome music video of just you basically holding a video recorder walking around town in Helsinki, Finland. Who's idea was it to do this?
Hannu: Oh, thank you! Actually, it was my idea. My label went along with it - they got me this tiny Sony Action Cam with a head band and I walked etc. lol - and gathered material for over 16 hours and edited it down to 3 mins. And I’m not a video-editor in any case, for God's sake - but I think I got the song’s mood captured there. And learned a bit of Final Cut Pro and video editing, at the same time.
Ava/IA: Do you remember what the song writing process was like for this album in particular?
Hannu: I wanted to make a good album, concentrating on the "Have A Beautiful Life" concept-wise, but I didn’t do songwriting in a way that "now this needs this kind or that kind of song". I wrote a bunch of songs, a lot of good ones were dropped out from this album. But I wanted the album to be a rock’n’roll journey for the listener, with different moods to relate to, like all my favorite albums have done, but most of all I had to be satisfied with the album. So others could enjoy it, as well.
Ava/IA: How has the feedback been about the release of "Have A Beautiful Life"?
Hannu: There has been a lot of raving! And I feel very taken about that, and it makes me feel humble, and at the same time I feel that Team Hannu has succeeded.
Ava/IA: Finally, how do you feel about the comparisons that have been made about the style of music you've created? (For Example: Artists such as Steve Earle, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen and HIM.)
Hannu: I take that as a huge compliment. After all, these artists all are my influences so it feels great! But mostly it's important that everyone is saying my sound is unique and every one of those great songwriters has their own influences and uniqueness, as well. So continuing keeping doing my own thing is the most important for me, as a singer-songwriter and producer.
Ava/IA: Any tours that we should be made aware of, at home or abroad?
Hannu: No, not really. Yet. *laughing* But there are some shows scheduled, like Suomi Sound Fest in Poland next summer, but we are just getting there planning gigs… And we are planning this worldwide web online streaming gig on iBroadcast.tv - and I hope it will happen sometime in the near future.
Ava/IA: Any words for your fans that are scattered all over the world?
Hannu: I want to thank each and everyone for your amazing support and hope that you guys continue to share, stream and tell friends, and spread the word - and support by buying my music as well, so we get more options in releasing new material! BTW. I've started working on a new LP already. :) If people haven't gotten them yet there are some free downloads of songs on the website www.hannuofficial.info .
And thank You, Ava for this, always a pleasure! Take care everyone and greets from Helsinki!
Love,
Hannu
I Wanna Walk All Night (Music Video) \
YouTube (Slides version)-
Vimeo Version (Full Video)
Link Below-
https://vimeo.com/80969931
**To read the October 2012 Interview for Hannu Lepisto's EP "Run Away With Me" click HERE!
Hannu Lepisto
Website
Reverbnation
iTunes
Ava @ Invaders Asylum
Website
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
New Metal Music Release for Tuesday, March 19th 2013
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| CANNIBAL CORPSE - Dead Human Collection: 25 Years of Death Metal Box Set (Metal Blade) |
Anthrax - Anthem EP (Megaforce)
Batillus - Concrete Sustain (Seventh Rule)
Black Crucifixion - Coronation of King Darkness (Spinefarm)
Call Of The Void - Dragged Down A Dead End Path (Relapse)
Cannibal Corpse - Dead Human Collection: 25 Years of Death Metal Box Set (Metal Blade)
Clutch - Earth Rocker (Weathermaker)
Davey Suicide - Davey Suicide (Standby)
Deathwolf - II: Black Armoured Death (Century Media)
Epicrenel - The Crystal Throne (Inverse)
The Eye - Supremacy Re-Release (Debemur Morti)
Globe and Beast - Grandfather's Axe (Melotov)
Goatcraft - All For Naught (Forbidden)
Thehappymask - Ruines (Domestic Genocide)
Hundredth - Revolt EP (Mediaskare)
Imperium Dekadenz - Meadows of Nostalgia (Season Of Mist)
Inter Arma - Sky Burial (Relapse)
Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones) (Century Media)
In Utero Canibalism - Sick (Sleaszy Rider)
Iron Reagan - Worse Than Dead (A389)
Jungle Rot - Terror Regime (Victory)
Ken Mode - Entrench (Season Of Mist)
Lecherous Nocturne - Behold Almighty Doctrine (Unique Leader)
The Lidocaine - On the Road to Miero (Inverse)
Lordi - To Beast Or Not To Beast (The End)
The Modern Day Slavery - Requiem For Us All (Pavement)
Nails - Abandon All Life (Southern Lord)
Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte (Prosthetic)
The New Black - III: Cut Loose (AFM)
October Falls - The Plague Of A Coming Age (Debemur Morti)
Ov Hollowness - The World Ends (Code666)
Panikk - Unbearable Conditions (Metal Tank)
Radiance - Undying Diabolyca (My Kingdom)
Reign Of Vengeance - The Final Solution; The Final Rebellion (Synister Empire)
Reign Supreme - Sky Burial (Mediaskare)
Resonance Room - Untouchable Failure (My Kingdom)
Satanic Threat - In To Hell (Hells Headbangers)
Seven Sisters Of Sleep - Opium Morals (A389)
Six Feet Under - Unborn (Metal Blade)
The Solemn Curse - Gateway to Eternity (Mordgrimm)
Tear Out The Heart - Violence (Victory)
Throw The Fight - The Vault EP (Bullet Tooth)
A Transylvanian Funeral - Gorgos Goetia (Forbidden)
Vanna - The Few And The Far Between (Artery)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Latest from: BAKERTEAM RECORDS - KRUNA & CARVED
Via - Scarlet Records (Italy).....
KRUNA
Last Century
BakerTeam Records
Release Date: March 26 2013
Kruna made a big buzz on the net with their 2007 demo called 'Fragments Of Memories', mixing their early influences (Sepultura, Slayer, Black Sabbath) with the new sounds of bands such as The Black Dahila Murder, Soilwork and hatesphere among others. The band spent the last few years refining their songwriting skills and playing live incessantly and they are now ready to deliver their long-waited debut album, which stands as a true statement of Kruna's own vision of Metal, made of powerful guitar riffs, groovy rhythms and abrassive vocals linked by a natural and dynamic sound. Last Century was produced by Riccardo Pasini (Ephel Duath, Slowmotion Apocalypse, Extrema) and features a very special guest appearance by Alberto Zannier (Slowmotion Apocalypse) on the song 'Phoenix'.
CARVED
Dies Irae
Bakerteam Records
Release Date: March 26 2013
Carved. The name of the band is the best calling card for these six angry metal heads. Carving the emotions of their audience with the most violent performance they could possibly deliver is, as a matter of fact, their most notable trait.
The band made an impact with their 2010 three tracks EP, which was reviewed enthusiastically by many international extreme metal zines and attracted the interest of legendary black/thrashers Necrodeath, who consequently decided to take them on their 25th Anniversary European tour. Gigs with many others notable acts followed, cementing the band's reputation and leading them to some new musical ideas for their debut full lenght release, 'Dies Irae', Which was finally completed at the beginning of 2013. Recored and mixed in Italy and mastered at Chartmakers Studio (Rammstein, Volbeat, Apocalyptica), Finland, 'Dies Irae' mixes powerful guitar riffs, massive grooves and brutal vocals with beautiful melodies and refined classical passages. The album will be released March 26th 2013 on Bakerteam Records.
Friday, March 8, 2013
The Latest from: SCARLET RECORDS - KALEDON & EMPYRIOS
Via Scarlet Records (Italy)....
KALEDON
Altor: The King Blacksmith
Scarlet Records
Release Date: April 23 2013
Veteran Power Metallers Kaledon have announced their new studio album, the first following the celebrated 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign' saga, which was introduced in the song 'Steel Maker', from the band's 2012 "best of" album 'Mightiest Hits. 'Altor: The King's Blacksmith' narrates the life of the man who forged the sword that killed Mozul, the evil creature that upset the peace and tranquility of the kingdom in the last chapter of the saga. With this new album, the seventh in their career, Kaledon deliver another power metal masterpiece, with plenty of Classic Metal influences and majestic Sypmhonic parts. The band have also announced a very special guest appearance by renowned singer Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire, Kamelot, Labyrinth, Vision Divine) in the song 'A Dark Prison'. Videos for the last song and the monumental 'Childhood' are also in the making.
EMPYRIOS
Zion
Scarlet Records
April 23 2013
"The World to Come is here, now. mankind awakes from a deep state of unconsciousness only to realize that the current age is cursed and it's time to move on. Belief is the original sin, the source of all evil, the force pulling us down a spiral of consternation. But just as the universe can slowly decrease its expansion speed and start contracting to finally collide in a Big Church, humans have to redeem and travel back to their origin. enter the realm of ZION."
Founded by guitar virtuoso and acclaimed producer Simone Mularoni (DGM), Empyrios were able to push forward the boundaries of Progressive Metal with two critically acclaimed albums, '...And The Rest Is Silence', 2007, and 'The Glorious Sickness', 2008, built on extreme musicianship and strong feeling, mixing some of the heaviest riffs in Metal with refined guitar and keyboard solos and symphonic orchestra passages, 'The Glorious Sickness' granted the band a mention in Metal Hammer's "Best upcoming metal band of 2008" section and in the past few years every single member of Empyrios has been busy touring and making music around the globe. Simone Bertozzi joined the danish metal machine Mnemic for an extensive tour of Europe and Australia, Simone Mularoni packed his guitars and lead DGM through a European tour with Symphony X and Dario Ciccioni kept hitting the stage with Oliver Hartmann's solo project Hartmann. At the same time, countless guitar riffs and drum parts have been exchanged between home studios and dressing rooms to magnificently craft their unique blend of melody, rhythm and sound pressure into a new Empyrios masterpiece. Produced by Simone Mularoni himself at Domination Studios, 'Zion is the confirmed title for Empyrios long-awaited new album, an exciting chapter in the band's career, in which once again these four musicians put on tape their incredible technical abilities and impressive mix of melodic and brutal heavy metal, in the vein of bands such as Strapping Young Lad, Nevermore, Symphony X, Fear Factory, Yngwie Malmsteen and Mesguggah to name a few.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
New Metal Music Release for Tuesday, March 5th 2013
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| ROTTING CHRIST - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Seasons of Mist) |
Altaar - Altaar (Indie)
Coilguns - Commuter (Pelagic)
Enforcer - Death By Fire (Nuclear Blast)
Eremite - Dragonarious (Taxi Driver)
Hatchet - Dawn Of The End (The End)
Jolly - The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 2) (InsideOut)
Kamala - Kamala Akka (Inverse)
Krokus - Dirty Dynamite (The End)
Lifeless - Godconstruct (FDA Rekotz)
Long Distance Calling - The Flood Inside (Superball)
Neaera - Ours Is The Storm (Metal Blade)
Okular - Sexforce (Self)
Omnium Gatherum - Beyond (Lifeforce)
Paganland - Wind Of Freedom (Svarga)
Pathogen - Miscreants of Bloodlusting Aberrations(Dunkelheit)
Pyro Ohio - Before The Sun Sets EP (At Your Command)
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Season Of Mist)
Shannon - Circus Of Lost Souls (Mad Association)
Soilwork - The Living Infinite (Nuclear Blast)
Upon Wings - Afterlife EP (Sword Of The Spirit)
Valor - The Yonder Answer (Pitch Black)
Vreid - Welcome Farewell (Indie)
White Widows - White Widows (Sacrament)
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Latest from: SCARLET RECORDS - GODYVA
GODYVA
Alien Heart
Southern Brigade Records
March 11 2013
Godyva was formed in Bari, Italy in January 2000. In September 2002 the band recorded their first EP 'Advent' and soon began performing numerous live shows in the South of Italy throughout 2002 and 2003, including festivals such as The God Bless the Metal Festival, Rock Targato Italia, Gothic Rave (with Theatres des Vampires and others) and Harder Fest (with Panic Cell and others).
In the summer of 2005, the American label Sorcery Studios/Razar Ice Records signed the band for a two album deal.
'In Good And Evil', Godyva's debut album, was released in 2006, giving the band a big exposure both in the press (with features in all the relevant metal magazines) and in terms of their live activity (including an appearance at Total Metal Festival with Dark Funeral and Rage among other).
With a renovated line-up, Godyva recorded their sophomore album 'Planetarium', which was released in 2008. More shows in Italy and many countries in Europe followed, including appearance at Prestenice Open Air Music Fest (with The Rasmus among others) and Metal Female Voices Fest in Belgium (with Arch Enemy, Tristania and Epica among others).
In June 2012 the band entered the studio to record the new album 'Alien Heart', which will be released March 11th 2013 on Southern Brigade Records and marked and distributed by Scarlet Records.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
HIM sign to Universal Music Germany
....from Kelly Crawford Hitt - Lead HIM Street Team Member & Euro Rock Radio Host
Godfathers of Love Metal release new album “Tears On Tape” internationally on April 29, 2013
HELSINKI/BERLIN, February 20, 2013 – Finnish rock superstars HIM have signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Germany’s Vertigo Berlin imprint. The deal – for all territories excluding North America, UK & Ireland, China and India – will govern the release of the highly anticipated new album “Tears On Tape” due out on April 29.
The follow-up to 2010’s “Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice”, “Tears On Tape” is nothing less than a face-punching, heart-tugging 13-track monster of an album, and if it recalls the glories of albums like 2003’s “Love Metal”, then it’s no accident – rejoining forces with longtime producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, “Tears On Tape” is a love letter scrawled in large, block capitals.
Formed by high school friends obsessed not only with the immortal refrains of Black Sabbath but also the gloom-laden, sardonic wit of Type O Negative, HIM have become national icons in their native, rock and metal-loving Finland. Their trademark Heartagram symbol has left its indelible stamp on the globe and, with sales of more than 8 million records, HIM are a force like no other. They also have the distinction of recording the best-selling single of any Finnish artist to date with “Join Me In Death” from 1999’s “Razorblade Romance”, as well as being the first Finnish band to receive gold certification in the United States with 2005’s “Dark Light”.
“We wanted the heaviness without losing the sentimentality,” says frontman Valo. “Imagine Rambo meets The English Patient and you’re almost there. It’s got these big knucklehead riffs without forgetting the emotions behind them.”
Recorded in Helsinki and mixed at Assault And Battery Studios in London by longtime “masterer” of ceremonies Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne, U2, Pearl Jam), “Tears On Tape is, according to Valo, the result of working with longtime friends: “We’ve so much history that it enabled us to concentrate on the essential, which is making good songs sound as good as possible and turning them into something massive.”
Discography
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997)
Razorblade Romance (1999)
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001)
Love Metal (2003)
Dark Light (2005)
Venus Doom (2007)
Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010)
Tears on Tape (2013)
Live Dates
April
22 Berlin, Postbahnhof
24 Cologne, Gloria
26 London, Dingwalls
May
3 LA, House Of Blues
4 LA, House Of Blues
5 SanFrancisco, Fillmore
8 Chicago, House Of Blues
9 Toronto, Danforth Music Hall
10 New York, Irving Plaza
11 New York, Irving Plaza
12 Philadelphia, Theatre Of Living Arts
June
1 Warsaw, Usrynalia Student Fest
12 Moscow, Maxidrom
14 UK Download Festival
15 Austria, Nova Rock
July
6 Turku, Ruisrock Festival
27 Oulu, Qstock Festival
August
10 Germany, Mera Luna Festival
More live dates to be announced shortly!
Godfathers of Love Metal release new album “Tears On Tape” internationally on April 29, 2013
HELSINKI/BERLIN, February 20, 2013 – Finnish rock superstars HIM have signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Germany’s Vertigo Berlin imprint. The deal – for all territories excluding North America, UK & Ireland, China and India – will govern the release of the highly anticipated new album “Tears On Tape” due out on April 29.
The follow-up to 2010’s “Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice”, “Tears On Tape” is nothing less than a face-punching, heart-tugging 13-track monster of an album, and if it recalls the glories of albums like 2003’s “Love Metal”, then it’s no accident – rejoining forces with longtime producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, “Tears On Tape” is a love letter scrawled in large, block capitals.
Formed by high school friends obsessed not only with the immortal refrains of Black Sabbath but also the gloom-laden, sardonic wit of Type O Negative, HIM have become national icons in their native, rock and metal-loving Finland. Their trademark Heartagram symbol has left its indelible stamp on the globe and, with sales of more than 8 million records, HIM are a force like no other. They also have the distinction of recording the best-selling single of any Finnish artist to date with “Join Me In Death” from 1999’s “Razorblade Romance”, as well as being the first Finnish band to receive gold certification in the United States with 2005’s “Dark Light”.
“We wanted the heaviness without losing the sentimentality,” says frontman Valo. “Imagine Rambo meets The English Patient and you’re almost there. It’s got these big knucklehead riffs without forgetting the emotions behind them.”
Recorded in Helsinki and mixed at Assault And Battery Studios in London by longtime “masterer” of ceremonies Tim Palmer (Ozzy Osbourne, U2, Pearl Jam), “Tears On Tape is, according to Valo, the result of working with longtime friends: “We’ve so much history that it enabled us to concentrate on the essential, which is making good songs sound as good as possible and turning them into something massive.”
Discography
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997)
Razorblade Romance (1999)
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001)
Love Metal (2003)
Dark Light (2005)
Venus Doom (2007)
Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010)
Tears on Tape (2013)
Live Dates
April
22 Berlin, Postbahnhof
24 Cologne, Gloria
26 London, Dingwalls
May
3 LA, House Of Blues
4 LA, House Of Blues
5 SanFrancisco, Fillmore
8 Chicago, House Of Blues
9 Toronto, Danforth Music Hall
10 New York, Irving Plaza
11 New York, Irving Plaza
12 Philadelphia, Theatre Of Living Arts
June
1 Warsaw, Usrynalia Student Fest
12 Moscow, Maxidrom
14 UK Download Festival
15 Austria, Nova Rock
July
6 Turku, Ruisrock Festival
27 Oulu, Qstock Festival
August
10 Germany, Mera Luna Festival
More live dates to be announced shortly!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
New Heavy Metal CD Releases for February 19, 2013
The Acacia Strain - Money For Nothing EP (Prosthetic)
As They Burn - Will, Love, Life (Victory)
Baptists - Bushcraft (Southern Lord)
The Beyond - Frostbitepanzerf–k (Horror Pain Gore Death)
Black Boned Angel - The End (Handmade Birds)
Botanist - IV: Mandragora (The Flenser)
Coldsteel - America Idle (Stormspell)
Complete Failure - The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault (Season Of Mist)
Dark New Day - Hail Mary (Red)
Devourment - Conceived In Sewage (Relapse)
Disperse - Living Mirrors (Season Of Mist)
Edge Of Attack - Edge Of Attack (Spread The Metal)
Eight Bells - The Captain’s Daughter (Seventh Rule)
Enshadowed - Magic Chaos Psychedelia (Pulverised)
Eternal Solstice/Mourning - Split Re-Release (Vic)
General Lee - Raiders Of The Evil Eye (Play The Assassin)
Godflesh - Hymns Re-Release (The End)
Kingcrow - In Crescendo (Sensory)
Kongh - Sole Creation (Agonia)
Krypts - Unending Degradation (Dark Descent)
Manilla Road - Mysterium (Shadow Kingdom)
Misery Index - Live In Munich (Season Of Mist)
Nepente - Suffering Is The Seed (Sonic Blast)
Polluted Inheritance - Ecocide Re-Release (Vic)
Portal - Vexovoid (Profound Lore)
Puscifer - Donkey Punch The Night EP (Puscifer Entertainment)
Raven Black Night - Barbarian Winter (Metal Blade)
Sacred Steel - The Bloodshed Summoning (Cruz Del Sur)
Sannhet - Known Flood (Sacrament)
Sceptre - Age Of Calamity (Demonstealer)
Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun (Metal Blade)
Skineater - Dermal Harvest (Pulverised)
Spektr - Cypher (Agonia)
Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam (Nuclear Blast)
Terminate - Ascending To Red Heavens (Selfmadegod)
Tsjuder - Desert Northern Hell Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Ulcer - Grant Us Death (Pulverised)
As They Burn - Will, Love, Life (Victory)
Baptists - Bushcraft (Southern Lord)
The Beyond - Frostbitepanzerf–k (Horror Pain Gore Death)
Black Boned Angel - The End (Handmade Birds)
Botanist - IV: Mandragora (The Flenser)
Coldsteel - America Idle (Stormspell)
Complete Failure - The Art Gospel of Aggravated Assault (Season Of Mist)
Dark New Day - Hail Mary (Red)
Devourment - Conceived In Sewage (Relapse)
Disperse - Living Mirrors (Season Of Mist)
Edge Of Attack - Edge Of Attack (Spread The Metal)
Eight Bells - The Captain’s Daughter (Seventh Rule)
Enshadowed - Magic Chaos Psychedelia (Pulverised)
Eternal Solstice/Mourning - Split Re-Release (Vic)
General Lee - Raiders Of The Evil Eye (Play The Assassin)
Godflesh - Hymns Re-Release (The End)
Kingcrow - In Crescendo (Sensory)
Kongh - Sole Creation (Agonia)
Krypts - Unending Degradation (Dark Descent)
Manilla Road - Mysterium (Shadow Kingdom)
Misery Index - Live In Munich (Season Of Mist)
Nepente - Suffering Is The Seed (Sonic Blast)
Polluted Inheritance - Ecocide Re-Release (Vic)
Portal - Vexovoid (Profound Lore)
Puscifer - Donkey Punch The Night EP (Puscifer Entertainment)
Raven Black Night - Barbarian Winter (Metal Blade)
Sacred Steel - The Bloodshed Summoning (Cruz Del Sur)
Sannhet - Known Flood (Sacrament)
Sceptre - Age Of Calamity (Demonstealer)
Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun (Metal Blade)
Skineater - Dermal Harvest (Pulverised)
Spektr - Cypher (Agonia)
Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam (Nuclear Blast)
Terminate - Ascending To Red Heavens (Selfmadegod)
Tsjuder - Desert Northern Hell Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Ulcer - Grant Us Death (Pulverised)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
New Heavy Metal CD Releases: January 22, 2013
Aeon Zen - Enigma (Nightmare)
Andy Winter - Incomprehensible (The End)
Black Rose - Turn On The Night (Doolittle)
Blockheads - This World Is Dead (Relapse)
Clamfight - I Versus The Glacier (Maple Forum)
Cloud Rat - Moksha (Halo Of Flies)
Continents - Idle Hands (Victory)
Corsair - Corsair (Shadow Kingdom)
Crashdiet - The Savage Playground (Frontiers)
Deceptor - Chains Of Delusion EP (Shadow Kingdom)
Denouncement Pyre - Almighty Arcanum (Hells Headbangers)
Fall City Fall - Victus (Victory)
Fen - Dustwalker (Code666)
Giant X - I (SPV)
Golden Resurrection - One Voice For The Kingdom (Doolittle)
Head Of The Demon - Head Of The Demon (Ajna Offensive)
Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell (The End)
Holy Grail - Ride The Void(Prosthetic)
In Solitude - In Solitude Re-Release (Season Of Mist)
Jorn - Symphonic (Frontiers)
Koldbrann - Vertigo (Season Of Mist)
Kromosom - Live Forever (Southern Lord)
Lancer - Lancer (Doolittle)
The Last Stand - The Time Is Now (Eulogy)
Lightning Swords Of Death - Baphometic Chaosium (Metal Blade)
Love & Death - Between Here And Lost (Tooth and Nail)
Nervochaos - To The Death (Greyhaze)
Nightfall - Cassiopeia (Metal Blade)
Otep - Hydra (Victory)
Phinehas - The Bridge Between EP (Red Cord)
Pink Cream 69 - Ceremonial (Frontiers)
Rivera Bomma - Infinite Journey Of Soul (Retroactive)
Rotten Sound - Species At War EP (Relapse)
Royal Hunt - 20th Anniversary Box Set (Frontiers)
Saille - Ritu (Code666)
Sammal - Sammal (Svart)
Septicflesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn (Season Of Mist)
Snakecharmer - Snakecharmer (Frontiers)
Sons Of Aeon - Sons Of Aeon (Lifeforce)
Tellus Requiem - The 11th Hour (Nightmare)
Vandroya - One (Inner Wound)
Thy Art Is Murder - Hate (Distort)
Viisikko IIII (Svart)
Voivod - Target Earth (Century Media)
Void Of Sleep - Tales Between Reality and Madness (Aural)
Vomitor - The Escalation (Hells Headbangers)
Wartorn - Iconic Nightmare (Southern Lord)
Yayla - Nihaihayat (Merdumgiriz)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Heavy Metal Release for Tuesday, January 8th 2013
Here’s the first batch of metal releases for the year!
Æther Realm - One Chosen by the Gods (Primitive Ways)
Black Veil Brides - Wretched and Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones (Lava)
Corpus Mortale - FleshCraft (Deepsend)
Entrapment - The Obscurity Within (Soulseller)
Heaven’s Cry - Food For Thought Substitute Re-Release (Prosthetic)
Heaven’s Cry - Primal Power Addiction Re-Release (Prosthetic)
Kontinuum - Earth Blood Magic (Candlelight)
Nine Covens - On the Dawning of Light (Candlelight)
Pagan Altar - Judgement Of The Dead (Shadow Kingdom)
Philip Anselmo and Warbeast - War of the GargantuasSplit (Housecore)
Wallachia - Shunya (Debemur Morti)
Zatokrev - The Bat The Wheel and the Long Road to Nowhere (Candlelight)
Æther Realm - One Chosen by the Gods (Primitive Ways)
Black Veil Brides - Wretched and Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones (Lava)
Corpus Mortale - FleshCraft (Deepsend)
Entrapment - The Obscurity Within (Soulseller)
Heaven’s Cry - Food For Thought Substitute Re-Release (Prosthetic)
Heaven’s Cry - Primal Power Addiction Re-Release (Prosthetic)
Kontinuum - Earth Blood Magic (Candlelight)
Nine Covens - On the Dawning of Light (Candlelight)
Pagan Altar - Judgement Of The Dead (Shadow Kingdom)
Philip Anselmo and Warbeast - War of the GargantuasSplit (Housecore)
Wallachia - Shunya (Debemur Morti)
Zatokrev - The Bat The Wheel and the Long Road to Nowhere (Candlelight)
Monday, December 24, 2012
STRIFE Guitarist Issues Year End Update, First Show of 2013 Supporting Cro-Mags at Key Club February 1st
Via - Rei Nishimoto
December 23, 2012 (Los
Angeles, CA) – Completing a successful year with their long awaited return to
the hardcore scene with Witness A
Rebirth (6131 Records), Los Angeles hardcore band STRIFE guitarist Andrew
Kline issued a year end message:
I want to personally
thank everyone that has support Strife throughout 2012... Every blog post, every
interview, every tweet, every friend that was told to listen to our new
record... It all helps. We put alot of hard work into Witness A Rebirth and I want to thank
all of you for helping it be a success!
As we a wrapping up
2012, we are definitely looking towards the future, and we cant be more excited.
We will be hitting the road as much as we can, and we can't wait to play some of
the new songs live and hang out with friends all over the world. Next year you
can catch as in Europe... Playing Groezrock for the first time, as well as
playing countries like Portugal and Poland for the first time ever! We will also
be touring Scandinavia for the first time since 1995!
We are working on
returning to some of our favorite places including Japan, Mexico, Australia, and
South America... Of course we will do our best to return to Brazil, where we
tracked a lot of Witness a Rebirth as
well!
Thanks again for
making 2012 a year to remember!
Andrew
Top 10
Agnostic
Front – Live at CBGB’s (Re-issue)
Bad
Brains – Into The Future
Black
Breath – Sentenced to Life
Converge
– All We Love We Leave Behind
Expire
– Pendulum Swings
Fire
and Ice – Not of This Earth
Stick
to Your Guns – Diamond
Take
Offense – Under the Same Shadow
Vision
of Disorder – The Cursed Remain Cursed
Xibalba
– Hasta La Muerte
They will be doing
their first show of 2013, opening for CRO-MAGS at the Key Club in Los Angeles,
CA on February 1, 2013.
STRIFE was recently
added onto rotation on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal Channel. Andrew was recently
interviewed by host Zeena Koda and “Torn Apart” was debuted on their channel.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
STRIFE To Appear On Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal Thursday, December 13th 10 AM EST, ‘Torn Apart’ On Rotation
Via - Rei Nishimoto
December 12, 2012: Los
Angeles hardcore band STRIFE will be
appearing on SIRIUS XM’s Liquid Metal Show Channel 40 with host Zeena Koda. The
interview will be running on Thursday, December 13th at 10 am EST and
Saturday, December 15th at 12 noon EST.
Guitarist Andrew Kline
will be appearing on the show to speak about Witness A Rebirth, and will be playing
songs from the record including ‘Torn Apart,’ which is now airing on Liquid
Metal.
To request Strife on
Liquid Metal, call 877-87-HEAVY or email liquidmetal@siriusxm.com.
Strife recently completed
a string of East Coast dates, giving fans their first taste of their latest
album, as well as older favorites.
El N Gee in New London, CT
recorded the band’s complete set from their November 30th show and
made it available for viewing at http://vimeo.com/55325214?action=share&post_id=757070228_305744942876266#_=_
The band’s set at the
Armory in Philadelphia, PA from December 1st is also available at
Saturday, November 24, 2012
EXODUS, HAVOK, NECRONOMICON, SEITA, And HEADCRUSHER Announced For BARGE TO HELL!
Let the world-wide EXODUS for BARGE TO HELL begin! Paying tribute to their global customer base, they've also added: SEITA from Brazil and The Netherlands, HAVOK from the USA, NECRONOMICON from Germany and HEADCRUSHER from Colombia!
BARGE TO HELL's customer service team is working around the clock to get everything ready for those that are booked to perform online check-in. Booked passengers can expect to receive their online check-in invitation on Monday.
The madness begins on December 3rd, when 40 of the most extreme Metal Bands and 2,000 headbangers from all over the world will go to the Caribbean to take over a luxury cruise ship for a 5 day and 4 night trip to the undead! See each of the 40 bands play two live shows on two different days. That's 80 shows with unrestricted festival access to the three stages, each with it's own unique atmosphere:
- The luxurious "A Chorus Line" theater where they spare no expense to have the benches removed on the floor. Because at a Metal show, who actually wants assigned seating in front of the stage?
- The cozy "Spectrum" that gives you the real club feeling.
- And their jewel: The open air stage on the pool deck. The biggest festival stage to sail the Oceans.
You can also get all your memorabilia signed at the Meet& Greet sessions. Be part of their infamous Metal Karaoke and many other special activities with the Artists. And last, but not least: Don't forget that they have bars on board that never close! What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done.
BARGE TO HELL: The World's Most Extreme Metal Cruise!
The following 35 of 40 bands are known. Who will be the last 5?
ARTILLERY
AT THE GATES
BEHEMOTH
BONDED BY BLOOD
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
ENSLAVED
EXODUS
GRAVE
HACKNEYED
HAVOK
HEADCRUSHER
HOLY MOSES
HYPOCRISY
KAMPFAR
KRISIUN
LOCK UP
LOUDBLAST
MAYHEM
MOONSPELL
MORGOTH
MUNICIPAL WASTE
NACHTMYSTIUM
NAPALM DEATH
NECRONOMICON
PARADISE LOST
POSSESSED
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SANCTUARY
SEITA
SEPULTURA
SIX FEET UNDER
SODOM
SOILWORK
SOLSTAFIR
BARGE TO HELL will sail Monday, December 3, 2012 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and will not return you to the real world for five days until Friday, December 7, 2012.
Ticket prices start at US$666 plus US$289 taxes and fees per person and include all on-board entertainment, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, all meals at the dining rooms, most on-board restaurants and even 24 hour room service!
What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done! Less than one month until sailing! Don't miss out and grab the last few cabin NOW!
BARGE TO HELL's customer service team is working around the clock to get everything ready for those that are booked to perform online check-in. Booked passengers can expect to receive their online check-in invitation on Monday.
The madness begins on December 3rd, when 40 of the most extreme Metal Bands and 2,000 headbangers from all over the world will go to the Caribbean to take over a luxury cruise ship for a 5 day and 4 night trip to the undead! See each of the 40 bands play two live shows on two different days. That's 80 shows with unrestricted festival access to the three stages, each with it's own unique atmosphere:
- The luxurious "A Chorus Line" theater where they spare no expense to have the benches removed on the floor. Because at a Metal show, who actually wants assigned seating in front of the stage?
- The cozy "Spectrum" that gives you the real club feeling.
- And their jewel: The open air stage on the pool deck. The biggest festival stage to sail the Oceans.
You can also get all your memorabilia signed at the Meet& Greet sessions. Be part of their infamous Metal Karaoke and many other special activities with the Artists. And last, but not least: Don't forget that they have bars on board that never close! What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done.
BARGE TO HELL: The World's Most Extreme Metal Cruise!
The following 35 of 40 bands are known. Who will be the last 5?
ARTILLERY
AT THE GATES
BEHEMOTH
BONDED BY BLOOD
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
ENSLAVED
EXODUS
GRAVE
HACKNEYED
HAVOK
HEADCRUSHER
HOLY MOSES
HYPOCRISY
KAMPFAR
KRISIUN
LOCK UP
LOUDBLAST
MAYHEM
MOONSPELL
MORGOTH
MUNICIPAL WASTE
NACHTMYSTIUM
NAPALM DEATH
NECRONOMICON
PARADISE LOST
POSSESSED
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SANCTUARY
SEITA
SEPULTURA
SIX FEET UNDER
SODOM
SOILWORK
SOLSTAFIR
BARGE TO HELL will sail Monday, December 3, 2012 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and will not return you to the real world for five days until Friday, December 7, 2012.
Ticket prices start at US$666 plus US$289 taxes and fees per person and include all on-board entertainment, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, all meals at the dining rooms, most on-board restaurants and even 24 hour room service!
What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done! Less than one month until sailing! Don't miss out and grab the last few cabin NOW!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
STRIFE Featured On BBC Radio 1’s Punk Show With Mike Davies, Witness A Rebirth Out Now
Via - Rei Nishimoto
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| Rick Rodney - Vocals, Andrew Kline - Guitar, Chad Peterson - Bass, Todd Turnham - Guitar Pepe Magana - Drums |
November 15, 2012 – Southern California hardcore band STRIFE was the featured guest on BBC Radio 1’s Punk Show With Mike Davies this week. Guitarist Andrew Kline and bassist Chad Peterson appeared on air with host Mike Davies, while playing ‘Torn Apart,’ ‘Never Look Back,’ ‘Carry The Torch’ and ‘Life Or Death’ from Witness A Rebirth, their brand new album out now on 6131 Records.
On the show, the two members discussed the making of Witness A Rebirth, the state of hardcore music, along with playing a variety of their favorite punk and hardcore songs.
Witness A Rebirth is available for streaming at http://noisey.vice.com/blog/stream-witness-a-rebirth-strifes-new-record
Listen to the show at the link below:
Strife will be playing these select upcoming shows:
November 17– Aladdin Jr – Pomona, CA
November 18 – 924 Gilman Street– Berkeley, CA
November 30– El N Gee – New London, CT
December 1– The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Diminished 7 - Hollow Haven - Album Review
Diminished 7
Hollywood, CA
Label: --
Current Sound: Gothic Rock, Rock
By Ava Mimose
On October 30th Los Angeles based Gothic rock band Diminished 7 released their second album Hollow Haven. The 10 track album encompasses everything that is ‘Ethereal’. Starting with the albums opener Absorbing Darkness. It sounds like you are being led to unchartered territory of emotions where there are not only shades of black and white but where there are areas that clearly have a spectrum of grays as well. The piano solo is the only instrument that can either lead you to happiness or forever be your tormentor.
Two new songs on this album Hours Freeze and The Room are just breathtakingly beautiful in sound and atmosphere. The piano seems to be a constant on Hollow Haven and if not that then it’s the Acoustic guitar. Especially on a cover song from A Perfect Circles ‘Orestes’
You'll also be in for a treat to find that earlier this year they released the single ‘Queen in Nuclear Rain’. It is now on this album.
And if you’ve followed the band from the very beginning then you’ll have notice familiars on this album. Tracks like Taste a Vampire, Her Bloodlust at Sunset, She Lost Her Heart in Hollywood and Midnight Divine are all performed acoustically. It’s more of a stripped down version of these song from their 2009 release Dim World and they are done beautifully. Its clear that there was no rush to do this album and for that I am glad.
The album over all is wonderfully produced. Time, love and passion was infused into Hollow Haven. All I can say right now is - Can not wait for album #3 to be mention on the bands Website and Facebook page!!!
To get more of the bands updates, interviews and tour info please checkout the following website below:
Diminished 7: Website
Diminished 7: Facebook
Diminished 7: Twitter
Diminished 7: Official Store
Hollywood, CA
Label: --
Current Sound: Gothic Rock, Rock
By Ava Mimose
On October 30th Los Angeles based Gothic rock band Diminished 7 released their second album Hollow Haven. The 10 track album encompasses everything that is ‘Ethereal’. Starting with the albums opener Absorbing Darkness. It sounds like you are being led to unchartered territory of emotions where there are not only shades of black and white but where there are areas that clearly have a spectrum of grays as well. The piano solo is the only instrument that can either lead you to happiness or forever be your tormentor.
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| Click on the Album Cover to Purchase on iTunes! |
Two new songs on this album Hours Freeze and The Room are just breathtakingly beautiful in sound and atmosphere. The piano seems to be a constant on Hollow Haven and if not that then it’s the Acoustic guitar. Especially on a cover song from A Perfect Circles ‘Orestes’
You'll also be in for a treat to find that earlier this year they released the single ‘Queen in Nuclear Rain’. It is now on this album.
And if you’ve followed the band from the very beginning then you’ll have notice familiars on this album. Tracks like Taste a Vampire, Her Bloodlust at Sunset, She Lost Her Heart in Hollywood and Midnight Divine are all performed acoustically. It’s more of a stripped down version of these song from their 2009 release Dim World and they are done beautifully. Its clear that there was no rush to do this album and for that I am glad.
The album over all is wonderfully produced. Time, love and passion was infused into Hollow Haven. All I can say right now is - Can not wait for album #3 to be mention on the bands Website and Facebook page!!!
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| Diminished 7 Photo Credits: Photo by Manu pix © 2012 at Industrial Metal Gathering V |
To get more of the bands updates, interviews and tour info please checkout the following website below:
Diminished 7: Website
Diminished 7: Facebook
Diminished 7: Twitter
Diminished 7: Official Store
Thursday, November 8, 2012
STRIFE "WITNESS A REBIRTH" DEBUTS AT #3 ON ITUNES METAL CHART
Via - 6131records.com & Rei Nishimoto
First new album in 11 years makes huge release day splash - band to appear on BBC Radio 1
First new album in 11 years makes huge release day splash - band to appear on BBC Radio 1
The long wait has ended and the world finally gotten a chance to hear the new album Witness A Rebirth from Los Angeles, California's STRIFE when it was released yesterday... and it seems people love it! In fact, the album debuted at #3 on the iTunes Metal Chart and #162 on iTunes overall.
To continue promoting their hugely successful new release, STRIFE are scheduled to appear on BBC Radio 1's Punk Rock Show with Mike Davies this coming week, airing at midnight GMT in the UK on Wednesday 11/14 / 4pm PT in the US on Tuesday 11/13.
The show can be heard live here:
Witness A Rebirth is the band's first new full length in over 11 years and was produced by Nick Jett (Terror, Rotting Out, Backtrack), with mastering handled by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed). STRIFE also recruited long-time friend and founding member of Sepultura Iggor Cavalera to perform drums for the album, plus tapped vocalists Scott Vogel (of Terror) and Billy Graziadei (of Biohazard) and guitarist Marc Rizzo (of Soulfly) to contribute to the release.
6131 Records have teamed with Vice / Noisey to offer a stream of Witness A Rebirth in entirety, available here:
STRIFE have also made a music video for the lead single from the album, "Torn Apart," which can be seen here:
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