Spirit Black snippets from Frontiers.it Coming June 5th in Europe and June 14th in the States!! ORDER now!!! www.cdinzane.com
In a career spanning over 30 albums releases and as frontman for Millennium, Ark and Masterplan, Jorn was recently featured on spectacular projects such as Tobias Sammet's “Avantasia”, along with stars like Alice Cooper and Eric Singer (KISS), Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions), Bob Catley (Magnum) and in Arjen Lucassen's recent concept album “Ayreon”. “If you buy a Jorn album today, you know what you will get. True classic Hard Rock music” states the Norwegian Viking and you can definitely believe what he says! You are guaranteed to get your adrenaline going, with a riveting sound that has solid roots in classic hard rock/heavy metal music, such as Dio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake. Jorn is getting ready to tour the world after the end of the summer 09 with his band formed by Jgor Gianola and Tore Moren on guitars, Nic Angileri on bass and Willy Bendiksen on drums.
ROB HALFORD ON PLANETOUT.COM TALKING ABOUT NEW CLOTHING LINE!
PlanetOut, the leading gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender online community, recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
PlanetOut: Rob, you're such a style icon. How did you first develop what would become the metal "uniform?" Rob Halford: A lot of it was out of experimentation. As I recall, the whole imagery came out of a song called "Hell Bent for Leather". We had an idea of bringing a motorcycle on stage and it made sense that if I ride a bike, I should wear a biker's jacket. It felt right. Elvis was doing it, and he was Mr. Rock 'n' Roll. It was a tough thing, a macho thing. And we had things around at the time that I felt should be utilized, like our fashion designers at the time, who took a jacket and vest and put studs on them all over the place. The sound was there, loud, brash and aggressive, but the look was not yet in place. That's what's so wonderful about the journey we've been on. Once we established a look, you just looked at yourself in the mirror before going on stage to make sure your fly was zipped. We finally looked like the music sounds, and everyone picked up on it and it became the look. PlanetOut: Why did you decide to launch an apparel collection [Metal God Apparel]? Rob Halford: In my golden years I'm looking to fulfill a lot of dreams and ambitions that I still have. One was to be in the world of apparel. I have to confess that I'm not like "The Real Housewives of Orange County" — I'm not in Neiman Marcus every two seconds. But I love fashion. I think it's fun and important, culturally, and I have my eye on that side of the world. Being connected to rock 'n' roll life, I can see how you can go from the roots of cowboy boots and that Ralph Lauren thing to some of the extremely flamboyant displays like the Elvis outfit last night on "American Idol". It's what we're all about. Also, we need to wear clothes, so there's a natural interest to explore that. I've always had fun with costume changes with JUDAS PRIEST and my solo work and I wanted to see what would happen with this new venture. It's just another project with my company; I got my record company up and running, a clothing line about to launch, with even more things on the back burner as we speak. Life is great… I love life… I just wanted to see how much I can get out of it really. And it's a good feeling to have that contact, musically, with people. PlanetOut: What has been the reaction so far to the clothing collection? Rob Halford: I've shown designs and samples to my guy friends, and they're always saying, "I'll take six of them, I'll take four of those." It definitely fits the niche for that type of look. So far the reaction has been encouraging, so I'm fingers crossed that when we hit the official launch, it will be successful.PlanetOut: Do you think that gay audiences will be drawn to these designs?Rob Halford: I think so. I think the gay community is just as open minded as the rest of society is... but I know what you're saying... A t-shirt is a t-shirt, and in terms of visuals, the gay crowd, as can we, can also relate to it. I think that as long as it's cool and edgy, it's got a place.PlanetOut: Along those same lines, I love metal, but I rarely meet mo's that are METALLICAheads. So I'm curious, do you think that heavy metal is still a straight man's arena? Rob Halford: First, I think it's great that you're a metalhead. I also think that we go as far as stereotyping ourselves, like if you're gay, you've got to be into leather or the white party circuit. I don't understand that because we already have a lot of difficulties. At the end of the day, it's freedom of choice, but we shouldn't be pecking away at each other. There's no doubt that there are LGBT metalheads all over world, because I see them throwing up the devil sign at my shows. Yes, we're a minority within a minority, but metal is for everyone. It's a great kind of rock 'n' roll music. Read the entire interview fromPlanetOut.
GO TO http://www.metalgodapparel.com/FOR HIS NEW CLOTHING LINE WEBSITE!!!I ordered my shirts already!!!The prices are cheaper until June15th so get your Metal God's Apparel today!!!
NEW CD FOR THE SWEDISH ROCKERS THE POODLES CLASH OF THE ELEMENTS WAS RELEASED MAY 20TH.
The Poodles will appear at the following locations to meet their fans and sign their new release "Clash Of The Elements" in Sweden!
May 23, 15.00 - Eskilstuna, Fristatorget May 23, 18.00 - Linköping, Stångebro Sportfält May 28, 17.30 - Västertorp Centrum
May 28, 20.00- Sundbyberg, Vårmarknad, Sundbybergs Centrum
May 29 18.00 - Nyköping, Pål Jungs Handelsplats
May 30 12.00 - Åkersberga, Åkersberga Centrum
May 30, 15.00 - Gävle, Valbo Köpcentrum
Here is the complete tracklist with previews of "Clash Of The Elements", our brand new album that was released May 20th! (Click on the links to listen!!)
The Poodles:Streets of Fire(from last cd Sweet Trade)
My input on this band is this: They are a killer and talented melodic rock band that get a lot of shite for their name. Put that aside and listen to "Sweet Trade" and hear how kick ass they truely are! I love their sound and positive messages in their lyrics!Their vocalist Jakob has a excellent voice and he is a rockin frontman! This band is one to be watched. They are going to go far!!!
The German Metal Commando is back - 16.6 (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) If your talking about today..s European top metal acts, the discussion is heading straight towards Primal Fear. If you don..t think so, here are the facts: the debut album "Primal Fear", "Jaws Of Death", "Nuclear Fire", "Black Sun", "Devils Groud" and their latest album "Seven Seals" all entered the Germnan album charts on Top 60 positions, plus chartentries in a lot of other European countries and in Japan. Their worldwide shows & tours became a huge success! Sold out locations everywhere and aside of their homecounty Germany, especially in places like Brazil, Spain and Japan! Packed venues and astonished, surprised Metalheads which could not understand what kind of thunder was raging above them. At the peak of their career, Primal Fear ended up the longtime partnership with Nuclear Blast & JVC Records iun 2006 and signed a worldwide multi album deal with Frontiers Records. Both Nuclear Blast and JVC released a final BEST OF album Metal Is Forever, which was a huge success in Japan and stayed for three month in the Burrn Album Charts. Primal Fear started the songwriting for their seventh bw first studio album for Frontiers Records in October 2006 and the recordings started shortly later, again at the House Of Music studio with engineer & co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Saxon, Hammerfall) and longtime producer and bandmember Mat Sinner. The band improved their sound with a lot of new ideas and a lot of courage. The album will be released worldwide on September 21st 2007 by Frontiers Records and charted in 4 major countries incl. 65 in Germany and 60 in Sweden. Frontiers Records proudly announces the release of PRIMAL FEAR new studio album 16.6 (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead) on May 22nd in Europe and June 9th in the USA. Anticipated by a successful listening session held in Cologne, Germany, attended by the cream of the European Metal press, the new album is about to bring back Primal Fear to the throne of Heavy Metal. 16.6 is easily the most powerful, ambitious and interesting album in the band’s history. The vibe of songs like the opening track “Riding The Eagle”, “Killbound” or “Under The Radar” are reminiscent of the “Nuclear Fire” album but eh whole album features all the trademarks of the Primal Fear sound a the total dedication to pure Metal. There is also a new approach mixed with the trademark PF riffs in tracks like “Six Times Dead (16.6)”, “Soar”, “Smith & Wesson” as well as the epic stories, consummate musicianship, courage and fantastic melodies in songs like “Black Rain”, “No Smoke Without Fire”, “Torn” and the stylistically new ballad “Hands Of Time” with 4 band members all sharing the lead-vocals.
“Our target was to write and produce the most diverse and interesting album in the history of Primal Fear and combine our past with the future” says Mat Sinner. ”The result went truly beyond our expectations and it will be a huge challenge to play these new songs on stage! The entire band is very proud of 16.6 and we hope all our old and even new fans will be totally satisfied!”
After the Primal Fear / Sinner show in Moscow on April 4th, the band will appear in Norway on April 25th at the Haugesund Festival and in some summer Festivals. More shows are being booked in South America (with Sinner) in August, USA/Canada incl. PPX and the UK in September, followed by Europe kicking off at the end of in October(with Brainstorm) plus Japan & Asia t.b.a.
Saxon playing the Meridian club in Houston,Texas this sat the 23rd!
Rock / British Metal: Saxon was one of the early leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, along with Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. The band was formed in Barnsley in 1977 by vocalist Biff Byford, guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson, and drummer Pete Gill. Originally calling themselves Son of a Bitch, they soon decided to find a more subtle name, settling on Saxon. Like many young metal bands of the day, Saxon found it difficult to land a record deal in post-punk England, but eventually signed with French-based Carrere Records, releasing their self-titled debut in 1979. They band built a strong following touring Britain as support group to Motörhead and Nazareth and capitalized on this exposure with their sophomore effort the following year. Wheels of Steel featured a much heavier, metallic sound which finally did their songs justice. The album was immediately heralded as a NWOBHM classic by fans and critics alike and the band was apparently on their way. They released two more fine albums, Strong Arm of the Law and Denim and Leather, over the next year while touring relentlessly across Britain, Europe, and the U.S. Even the loss of founding drummer Pete Gill to Motörhead (replaced by Nigel Glockler) didn't slow their momentum, and a live album, The Eagle Has Landed, capped their hot streak in 1982. After experimenting with style and production overe several albums, they returned to their British metal roots. This resulted in their strongest material in years: 1992's Forever Free; 1995's excellent Dogs of War (after which guitarist Graham Oliver departed to re-form Son of a Bitch with Pete Gill and Steve Dawson); 1997's Unleash the Beast; 1999's Metalhead; and 2001's Killing Ground. The band even managed to land a new U.S. record deal with CMC International for the latter two discs, which also led to their first American tour in almost a decade. Byford and Quinn returned in 2004 with Lionheart, a pure metal blast that echoed earlier classics like Denim & Leather and Power & the Glory, followed by the similarly themed Inner Sanctum and Into the Labyrinth in 2007 and 2009, respectively.
Adapted from AllMusic.com
ONLY SECOND CLUB GIG IN THE USA THIS TOUR!!
With Special Guests:Mercenary X And "Camaro" DJ Mr. Castillo ..:: Admission ::.. Advance: $18 :: Day of Show: $20 ..:: Restriction ::.. 16+ Only ..:: Times ::.. Door: 7:00 PM ..:: Tickets On Sale::..
I have VERY good news! We'll be back to the US soon with our own tour! The AMERICAN SPELLBOUND TOUR will have some very special guests as well:KILL HANNAH, SEVENTH VOID and DOMMIN!!!I will see you ALL there!!!!! Rock on, always! Cristina Here the list of the dates, get your ticket now!
7/04 El Paso, TX – street festival, (The Cult headlines)
Sorry for the silence on this page, but we really don't try to create any hype out of it. We would love to tell you the new line-up already some month ago, but we promised not to say anything so far. It has reasons, which doesn't have anything to do with Masterplan or the current line up. It is more a contract or a business kind of thing ! So don’t blame me or the Band for it!
The new line-up had already a meeting 9 weeks ago and finally again last week for checking and working on the new song material. We had also many nice talks and ideas for the future.
Recording start is finally this weekend in my studio in SK! Album mix is planned for the beginning of August. We're expecting the album release in late Autumn, or let’s say...when it’s finished :O)
Concerning the Forum, we know it has problems we had some issues concerning the servers. A new one will be available.
Hope this helps for the moment and we’ll promise to get the main news out A.S.A.P.
PROG/POWER X TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE BUT GOING FAST!!! SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED PROG/POWER BANDS ARE JOINING TOGETHER IN ATLANTA GEORGIA FOR THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS WORLD CLASS FESTIVAL AT THE CENTER STAGE THEATER! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AT WWW.PROGPOWERUSA.COM BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!! GET ALL THE LATEST INFO AT http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa-120/ GLENN HARVESTON THE PROMOTER OF THIS FEST POSTS UPDATES OFTEN! THIS SHOW IS A MUST SEE!!!! GO BACK A BIT AND SEE MY PP8 REVIEW AND SEE WHAT THE BUZZ IS ABOUT!
One of my fave Prog/Power bands from Norway,Pagan's Mind will be opening for Power Metallers Stratovarious on a tour of USA and Canada this year!! Pagan's Mind will also be one of several returning hero's to the famous Prog/Power USA Fest in Atlanta Georgia on Sept9- 12th at the Center Stage Theater with good friends and also one of my other fave bands,Circus Maximus.
Here are the tourdates that I got from the Stratovarious website:
Norway does not only boast a unique, impressive nature – this country also has a lot to offer musically. Norway has been considered the breeding ground of Black Metal for years – but knowing that, many tend to forget that the land of unaffordable alcohol has hatched a handful of top-class, unmistakable progressive Metal bands. Throughout the eighties and nineties, bands like TNT, CONCEPTION and TRIVIAL ACT catapulted Norway into the daily Metal news with their skillful and often genre forming outputs, but by the turn of the new millennium; a new innovative scene evolved. In the year of 2000, the Norwegian scene brought up PAGAN'S MIND, whose latest album is the progressive masterpiece God's Equation,released in November 2007. The Norwegian quintet put all its musical experience so far into the album. God's Equation is a musical giant consisting of groove, melody, intelligent heaviness and ambitious song writing. Skillfully and cleverly, all musical essences of what constitutes progressive Heavy Metal, are joined here. But not only progressive for the sake of it – God's Equation sees the band combine riffs that hit you in the face as well as catchy melodies and keyboard magic, with a production and mix that gives the band a unique sound. www.pagansmind.com
Music is LIFE!! Its the reason I breath. Shooting photos at concerts is my biggest thrill. That and traveling to concerts abroad(Wacken Germany!!)Love movies and a good book.
Spirit Black snippets from Frontiers.it
