PROGPOWER USA X UPDATED POSTER!!

CALLIN OUT ALL PROGPOWER FANS!!! TAKE THIS POSTER AND POST IT WHEREVER YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT!!! ONLY LESS THEN 200 TICKETS REMAIN!!!


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JORN IS BACK IN MASTERPLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After months of rumours and speculations it is now official:

JORN LANDE will once again join forces with his old bandmates, and work on what is expected to be yet another MASTERPLAN Masterpiece.

The new album is already in the works and JORN is right now in Roland Grapow Studios in Slovakia recording his vocals.

The release date is not yet decided, but the album is scheduled to hit the market sometime in early 2010.

(Courtesy of: www.master-plan.net/index2.htm)

FEELGOOD'S PREVIEW

Last night my roommate Leah got a call that Feelgoods would be having a band play. So we got ready quickly and headed out. Feelgoods is owned by Danny "The Count" Koker & lead singer for Motley Crue Vince Neil. I had only seen the place in the daylight so I wonder how the vibe would be at night. Would Feelgoods hold up to the much anticipated hype?

When you walk into Feelgoods the first thing that hits you is the mural of ZZ Top's ELIMINATOR album. When you step inside there are more murals all done by artist Mike Henry who works at Count Customs for Danny. It must have been nice for Mike to have some room to work with instead of doing a motorcycle gas tank. Besides the murals there is some impressive rock & roll memorabilia including a wonderful "Dimebag" Darrell display. So far I was thrilled about this place but would it sound good. We would find out as soon as the band took the stage.

The band that took the stage included Slaughters bassist Pete and guitarist Jeff Blando. Jeff is also Feelgoods entertainment director. Last but not least was Vince Neils drummer Zoltan Chaney. This would be the first test of the equipment is front of a live audience. They got off and running with "ARE YOU READY" with Blando singing. Jeff did a very good job on Soundgardens "OUTSHINED" while Zoltan was doing every trick in his book. Blando showed off his ample guitar skills on Ted Nugents "STRANGLEHOLD". Black Sabbaths "PARANOID" was next and segued into Queens "WE WILL ROCK YOU" which was soon turned into pure heavy metal by these three men.

The Who's "BABA O'RILEY" gave drummer Chaney to pound his skins hard and also sing the Pete Townsend part. A little tease of Wild Cherry's "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOY" was fun. The band ended their blistering set with a Led Zeppelin medley. This medley included "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE", "GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES" and the hard rocking end of "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN". I was very impressed by these guys and couldn't wait for the second set.

The band got the second set going with "STAY WITH ME" from the Faces. Drummer Zoltan took a break as Timbo got behind the kit for a little "FOLSUM PRISON BLUES" tease. That lead into an inspired version of "HEAVEN & HELL" from the band with the same name. Timbo departed as the guys did "BLURRY" by Puddle of Mudd. Peter Framptons "DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO" was great with Blando now adding the Golden throat to his already heavy work load. Chaney had plenty of time to go wild on this song including licking his drum stick without missing a beat. Vine Neils son took the stage to sing LIVE WIRE" to finish up this fun night.

Good food and drinks at reasonable prices. Now with some good Rock & Roll and Feelgoods just might be the best new club since Pink E's to hang out.

We'd like to thank Danny Koker for all his help.

Feelgoods website. at Feelgoods copyright 2009 Brown Ink

Photography by Leah Burlington. See more great photos at Leah Burlington copyright 2009 Brown Ink

( REVIEW TAKEN WITH COURTESY OF www.goecities.com/caughtlivetoo.com)

EVERGREY,CIRCLE2CIRCLE,SEVEN WITCHES CONFIRMED FOR TRITON POWER CRUISE!

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will headline the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed "Triton Power Cruise". The cruise will set sail Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). Also scheduled to appear are SEVEN WITCHES (featuring vocalist James Rivera of HELSTAR), CIRCLE II CIRCLE (the band led by ex-SAVATAGE singer Zak Stevens), recently relocated Brazilians VOUGAN (featuring ex-OUTWORLD singer Carlos Zema) and Bobby Williamson's (ex-OUTWORLD) new band EUMERIA.

Ticket cost ranges from $650 to $725. Early-bird discounts are available through September 1, 2009 of $75 off per person per cabin booked up to quad occupancy (minimum double occupancy required). Fee of $55 per person for taxes and prepaid gratuities required for all cruisers. Payment plans are available.

Ticket prices include: cabin, all food on the cruise, concerts, pre-party, beach party, and a meet-and-greet. No admittance will be honored without confirmed cruise credentials.

For more information, visit www.tritonpowercruise.com.

TRITON POWER CRUISE NEWS!!!

Cruise info- for now:

Here's the scoop since I soft announced this yesterday on IRR (my beloved net radio station). If you read here, you're getting what is going up on the http://www.tritonpowercruise.com web site this weel. Ready? Willing? Let's get down. 1. Evergrey is a CONFIRMED headliner. Always pray for no visa issues, but I'm outsourcing this- so there better not be! ha. 2. Not only do we have Evergrey- I'm bringing at least one other MAJOR headliner of Evergrey's stature. Not to diminish any other band as that is NOT the case. I LOVE! each of these bands so much it's sick. As a fan to the Prog/Melodic/Power base I have to say it's a strong lineup and we're only at the SO-FAR stage!!!! 3. Who else? Get this....... Seven Witches- (Jack Frost, Mike LePond, Taz Marazz and James Rivera on vox), Circle II Circle (Zak Stevens- hellloooo Savatage x 2 with Jack, Mitch Stewart, Tom Drennan, Andy Lee and Bill Hudson) Sick already? Welllllllll- we've got Vougan- Carlos Zema of ex-Outworld, Heaven's Guardian fame along with the rest of the band- you'll be sick to hear them live, plus! Eumeria- Bobby Williamson (ex Outworld keys also) and Shawn Kascak (ex Outworld bass) Adam Sagan (drums-Into Eternity), Jonny Tatum on vox and Reece Fullwood on guits- BOTH out of the UK and independently known! AND!!! The Element- wanna hear that infamous net wonder Kashmir cover live? You will on the cruise. 4. There will be included: a preparty, a beach party (locales tba), a meet n greet w/ an optional (and reasonably priced) badge upgrade for an OPEN BAR MnG w/ the bands, clinics, and several shows, plus room, plus food, all included for a very fair price? Yep. I'm not willing to skimp to make a buck... anyone who knows me can vouch for this fact. This will rock and as long as I can meet the arrangements WILL translate ALL savings to the fans....... always. Why? Coz I'm a fan before a promoter myself. Count on that. 5. This is VERY exclusive. I fought this sucker to the very very very VERY! top of Carnival Cruise Lines. I called all the people I know to beg for support. The prog fan-ship is respectful and sophisticated. They WON'T be throwing chair thru windows... and that has happened on 'other' metal cruises. This event is honestly a probationary event. We nail it- we're cruisin for life. Different locales every year. Sadly- Carnival has a limit for what they will give to the metal world (for now). 200 cabins- 500 people. That is the max, this will not change- at all. NO expansion will be given. I'm sorry- I worked it to the top to make it happen- it's up to the group to see it to the next level. Sold out means just that. Wait lists will be imposed and adhered to- strictly. 6. Buying the regular cruise gives you negative zero chance of coming in to or sneaking in to the events. It WON'T happen. External security will be on site- as will Carnival. You must book via TPC to cruise TPC style. 7. Gambling, most liquor, excursions and souvenirs are your responsibility. 8. Who did that badass logo? Carlos Zema of Vougan. Sick, isn't it? Too much talent in one person? I'm jealous... working to get over it. 9. Cabin space. Double occupancy is required. Discounts are per cabin- pricing is per person. Up to !!! Quad occupancy till it runs out will be honored. 3rd/4th peeps get a slight discount. Work it out amongst yerselves. 10. YES! There is an early bird paid in full discount. This applies to all in the cabin- not individuals. 11. YES! There will be a payment plan. 12. YES! This is VERY fairly priced for all that is included. Starts at $650 (reg price) and goes up to $725 and this may change with time without notice. 13. YES! All the bands will be onboard for the entirety of the event. 14. This spells a LOT of it out now- all the rest will go up on www.tritonpowercruise.com within 14 days (or less). check frequently as it will change and updates will be coming as they happen. 15. I cannot WAIT to bring yall the FIRST!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!! cruise of this kind. The talent, the people, the everything. I truly want to honor the bands, the fans and the cruise line equally to show what we are all made of... have a kick ass time and be respectful and we cruise forever n ever. Questions? Save em or send em. I don't care. FAQs are being addressed. There is a MS pg coming for TPC, it's being prettied up for your viewing pleasure as I type. For now- check the TPC web site for all updates. Make sure you read the Terms n Conditions to fully get the gist of this- but otherwise you've got it. Looking forward to April 29th-May 3rd 2010 more than ANYONE else.
Much love and respect. TxB

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LACUNA COIL: NEW TOUR BLOG!!

Italian hard rockers LACUNA COIL have launched a tour blog at GuitarWorld.com.

Fans can read about the day-to-day happenings on the band's first U.S. headlining tour in over two years via weekly blog posts from guitarist Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore.

"It's great to be back to the U.S. and everyone seems to know every song we play, including the new stuff," comments Migliore. "When we play 'Spellbound', the first single off 'Shallow Life', people literally start freakin' out! We certainly didn't expect such a great reaction."

Video footage of LACUNA COIL's performance (with soundboard-quality audio) at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium, can be viewed below.

LACUNA COIL's latest album, "Shallow Life", has sold 59,000 copies in the United States since its April 21 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was recorded in September/October at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore, who has previously worked with LINKIN PARK, TRAPT, AVRIL LAVIGNE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE VERONICAS, PEARL JAM, TRUST COMPANY and DURAN DURAN.

LACUNA COIL kicked off its headlining "American Spellbound Tour" on July 4. Support on the trek is coming from KILL HANNAH, SEVENTH VOID and DOMMIN. The "American Spellbound Tour" marks LACUNA COIL's first U.S. headlining run in more than two years and the first tour the band has been on since they rocked the main stage of the Music as a Weapon Tour IV this past spring alongside DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and CHIMAIRA.

Following the completion of these headlining dates, the band will jet home to Europe to play a few festivals, including the legendary Wacken Open Air (July 30), before returning Stateside to captivate the U.S. yet again beginning on August 7.

MASTERPLAN: ITS COMING!

Masterplan News UPDATE: July 17 2009 Jorn talks Masterplan new album: "These are not just rumours." In an interview held on 1st June 2009 for the German Rock Hard magazine, Jorn - according to his own words - will be the singer on the next Masterplan album. "These are not just rumours," says the former Masterplan frontman. "The truth is, that we've discussed the recording of a new album and that I've got some songs that I wrote for Masterplan a few years ago. It looks good, it's going to work. We always used to get along well, but from the professional point of view, we decided to go separate ways in the past. Now I'm gonna focus on promoting my new solo album, I'm gonna play some more gigs etc. and after, we will decide how and when we'll start producing the new Masterplan album, we'll also see what the reaction of fans will be. There'll be another Masterplan CD but regarding a further cooperation nothing has yet been decided." "I think it's good that we've started working together again," adds Jorn, "mostly because of the fact that Masterplan's music with me on vocals is being considered something special."

(with courtesy of http://www.jornlande-fansite.wz.cz/eng/main_eng.html)

CAGE: NEWS!!

Hello all Prog Power USA festival metal fans / supporters. It has been a long time watching from the sidelines waiting for the day that CAGE would be given the honor to perform at the PROG POWER USA festival in Atlanta, Georgia. Well the day has arrived and CAGE is 200% confirmed to play on Friday, September 11, 2009. CAGE is currently putting together the most potent and incendiary 45 minute music set of power metal music that will be unleashed upon the masses. The set that the band will have the honor of playing for all of you will include songs from all 5 CAGE cds: UNVEILED (1999), ASTROLOGY (2001), DARKER THAN BLACK (2003), HELL DESTROYER (2007) and their latest masterpiece SCIENCE OF ANNIHILATION (2009). CAGE's music will appeal to all heavy / power metal music fans of legendary bands such as Judas Priest - Iron Maiden - King Diamond - Savatage - Metal Church - Malice - Iced Earth - Queensryche - Halford. As a gesture of our generosity and goodwill, CAGE is making available an exclusive CAGE PROG POWER USA X festival FREE full song music mega-pack download featuring the following 9 full length mp3 songs from all 5 cds: SHOOT TO KILL - "Unveiled" cd (1999) NOMAD - "Unveiled" cd (1999) FINAL SOLUTION - "Astrology" cd (2001) THE EDGE - "Astrology" cd (2001) KILL THE DEVIL - "Darker Than Black" cd (2003) DOOR TO THE UNKNOWN - "Darker Than Black" cd (2003) HELL DESTROYER - "Hell Destroyer" cd (2007) KING DIAMOND - "Hell Destroyer" cd (2007) PLANET CRUSHER - "Science of Annihilation" cd (2009) The CAGE FREE full song music mega-pack can be downloaded at the following link: https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.p...U1BmVFozZUE9PQ In addition, CAGE will be arriving on Thursday, September 10, 2009 and will be in attendance at the PROG POWER USA X Pre-Party where they hope to meet each and every one of the PP USA X festival attendees. CAGE will have all 5 cds and exclusive t-shirts available for sale at the festival. Other exciting CAGE PP USA X news will be revealed in the coming weeks. www.cageheavymetal.com

www.myspace.com/cageheavymetal

www.sonicbids.com/cageheavymetal

ROSTERS CHANGE FOR PPUSAX!!!!!

After nine shows, I think I have earned everyone's trust and the right to speak brutally honest. In fact, I think this is what most fans want to hear: the truth. Nobody wants to hear another lame two sentence explanation about “visa problems.” I will not hide behind anything.

I have been doing my own visa applications since ProgPower USA IV for 75% of the roster. Hiring a professional company to do the visas for a single performance is prohibitive due to costs. Imagine paying $36,000 just for visas up front before any other expense is incurred. The process has become so convoluted and intricate that it pushes me to insanity’s edge at times. However, I have had no choice but to suck it up and deal with it in order to maintain the festival. I have never had a problem prior to this year with obtaining visas for bands that I have applied for myself. Think of how many bands that is over the last six years. This is the same model used by other successful festivals such as NEARfest. However, this year has left me questioning whether or not to continue with the festival after 2010.


We started the visa application process back in early May. It takes three weeks to obtain approval from AFM (American Federation of Musicians). Once that approval is obtained, you send it in along with your 40+ pages of paperwork for governmental processing. There is a 90 day window for this decision process. I received approval for the majority of the bands in early June. The process was moving regularly. I then received a request for “further information” on the remaining four bands in mid-June. That has happened once before about four years ago and I resolved it quickly. I scrambled and sent in an additional 25 pages of documentation including peer letters, reviews, etc. for each band in order to prove the designation request that I have always used.

I just received notification on Monday that the visa applications for Andre Matos, Vanden Plas, Tomorrow's Eve, and Power Quest were denied.

Each individual case is reviewed by one person at the visa processing center. Evidently, if you get the right person, you have no problems. You get the wrong person and you get rejected. It’s as simple as that. There is no possible way to speak to any officer directly involved with your case to clarify, ask questions, etc. There is absolutely no method to the madness. How else can you explain how the remaining bands were approved with the standard documentation compared to the other bands that with more that failed? How else can you explain that I have never had a problem in the past using the exact same process and documentation? I have even had a situation in the past with half of a band approved (different nationality/consul) and the other half rejected initially based on the exact SAME documentation. Yes, you read that correctly. That proves that no two screeners follow the same reviewing standards.

Recently, there have been numerous articles on this same problem that all promoters are experiencing. I invite you to read the following article that describes this nightmare process:

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/63473-Immigrant-song/?page=2

I could appeal the cases. That costs an additional $700 per case and has a 30-60 day time frame for a decision. That would probably be money wasted as it is too close to the festival date with absolute no guarantees. In the case of Matos & Vanden Plas, I did seek out a professional consultation and was willing to pay the additional costs to get the processing completed within 30 days. They would seek out the a different designation that is used in all touring situations. I was going to do whatever it took to get them here. However, I just heard back from them and they do not believe it would be a quick and easy case based on the previous denial of the designation that I have been using for the past six years! The visa consultants told me I have been "lucky." Evidently, I have been lucky for six years straight? If someone would have failed me previously, I would have done things a different way this year. I had no reason to believe otherwise. Even if the band was approved, there is no guarantee the visas would be received until mid-August. That would leave the bands only 2-3 weeks to complete their interview processes in their own country. In most countries, you must have the approval in hand before you even schedule your interviews. Once again, there would be no guarantees even if I spent an additional $5,000 per band on every possible last ditch attempt.

These bands did nothing wrong. I attempted to play by the rules and the government’s process failed me. A quick google search will find that I am not alone. I cannot wait until the last minute to fix this and risk further cancellations; nor will I do anything illegal to get a band in the country. That is not fair to the bands or to the fans. Each of these bands will be brought back in the future using a different process and designation. That is the only fair thing to do. I do not see this as a problem for the bands in the future. We are simply out of time for this year.

I take pride in my work. I take pride in doing things the right way. I take pride in this festival. I take pride in being honest with the fans who are family to me. This situation has hit me hard and caused me many sleepless nights. I sincerely apologize to everyone. All I can say is that I promise to do my best in the future to prevent this from happening again. I will make a decision on continuing the festival in 2011 based on how smoothly 2010 goes. I simply cannot have this happen again.

That said, the show must go on…

Crimson Glory has been selected as the new headliner for Friday night. This will be the band's tribute show to honor and commemorate the musical legacy left behind by their recently departed brethren, Midnight. Wade Black, along with several guest vocalists, will join the band on stage to perform classics from the band's entire career. The band promises to make this a once in a lifetime show.

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Brazil's MindFlow (with approved visas!) will take over the second slot on the first night of the show. The critically acclaimed progressive metal band will be debuting material from their upcoming release at the show.

You Tube

American power metallers, Cage, will bring their crushing style of metal to the opening slot of the festival. Their most recent album, "Science of Annhilation," continues to draw rave reviews from media all over the world.

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Shane Dubose will announce his replacement for Vanden Plas within the next two weeks.


Thank you for all of your support and understanding.

Glenn
(Posted with courtesy from:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa-120/)

MORE NEW ON MIDWEEK MAYHEM ROSTER CHANGE:

We just received word that due to the time commitments involved with the Stratovarious tour, Pagan’s Mind will not be arriving to Atlanta until Friday afternoon.

The acoustic Pagan’s Maximus show has been changed as a result. Circus Maximus will now play a full electric set consisting of cover tunes and Circus Maximus songs that will NOT be performed on the main stage on Saturday.

Both Pagan’s Mind and ProgPower USA apologize for the change in plans.

( I was really excited over this and and bummed it wont happen....bah! )

PROGPOWERUSA FLYERS FOR ROSTER CHANGE!

PPUSA Street Team Flyer

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So, the economy sucks, and sales are slow this year with about 200 tickets to go. Glenn has put out a call for a Street Team to get the word out, and I think we need to answer.

I plan to pass out flyers at any and all metal shows I attened between now and Sept 10th. Most notably at the upcoming Judas Priest/Whitesnake concert here in Atlanta.

As great a fest ProgPower USA is, and even with it's success drawing an national audience, it's still one of Atlanta's best kept local secrets. Hopefully this will help to bring in the locals who can buy tickets without having to spend large amounts on hotels and airfare.

That said, it can't hurt to spread the word all over the country. So anyone willing to help, which is probably most who frequent this forum, could do this.

This is a flyer that's small and legible in black and white, which makes it cheap for anyone to print at home (or work if permited or if you can get away with it). There are Black on white and white on black versions. To download double versions of these flyers which make 2 per page please click here.

Thanks.
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa-120/

FUTURES END CD FINALLY DONE!!!

My God...
Twenty five months ago, Marc Pattison and I started writing a record that at times seemed would never get finished. Tonight, I write to you from my computer at home having spent the past 10 hours in the studio with Marc and Jon, mixing this thing so that we may hit our release date in October.

It is a concept album. I posted the story of it here in a previous blog, and I was a bit concerned that the spirit of the story actually came through on the record. It really works. The record is raw as hell for a power/prog album. We didn't go for the polish and shine, instead we built it from the drums and bass up and left a lot of the original grittiness of the demos in place. I am curious to see how the world is going to respond to it.

With Jon Allen pounding the tubs, and Steve DiGiorgio thumpin the low end, there is a fat element of thrash to it. Marc and I had written guitar riffs that we felt were progressive in nature but had a lot of spontaneity to them. Tons of alternate picked super tight and fast riffs instead of a lot of hanging chords. It was really just the way it happened as we had no idea what we were going to do from song to song. Yet we did leave a lot of room for Fred Marshall to bring us his inspired and dramatic melodic attitudes to the songs. In my opinion, Fred is the MVP on this thing. He has some sort of magic in his singing, his presentation, and the imagery of his lyrics. Fred has told me he has no comcept of a higher power, but man his stuff is truly inspired and unique. Well done, Fred. Well done to the whole team.

So from here it goes to our record label, Nightmare Records and into the capable hands of Lance King who is working hard at bringing it to the rest of the world.

I think the boyz and I are going to take a week or so off then start preparing to deliver this stuff to the stage. I know for me, it is going to take a hell of a lot of work to reproduce the precision playing and the sheer endurance that it takes to play the stuff that I so meticulously wrote. I think it will come off live just as it does on the record; raw, loud, imaginative, and exciting.

We need to thank Lance King for so many things. Not the least of which is his STELLAR vocal performance on 'Inner Self'. Everytime we listened to what he did on this record while we were mixing it, SOMEONE would just say, 'Wow...Lance is AMAZING'.

HUGE thanks go to our friend Lucho Silva, the singer for Magistral and his wonderful family. Lucho also contributed some incredible vocals to this record. It was also at 'El Studio Lucho' that the majority of the vocal tracks on this record were recorded. Lucho put us up at his home during the recording, made his vehicles available to us, and tirelessly helped us produce this record. Thank you, brother. There is no way this would have happened without you and your family.

I hope you all feel the same way when you hear it, and when you see us.

Thanks for all of your support and faith.

CDW
Futures End
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...Futures are Waiting to be Foretold...
FUTURES END WILL BE PLAYING THE PROGPOWERUSA SHOWCASE THURS NITE THE 8TH AT THE CENTER STAGE THEATER IN ATLANTA GEORGIA!!! DONT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE NEW BAND!!!

www.myspace.com/futuresendband
www.futuresendmusic.com
(Taken with courtesy from the www.Untimatemetalforum.com)

TRITON POWER CRUISE..................

IS COMING....KEEP WATCHING..............

http://www.tritonpowercruise.com/

BIG POWERMETAL NAME BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!!!

JORN: NEW VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE

ANOTHER KILLER VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE AND MADE BY TOURING GUITARIST TOR ERIK!! I LOVE THE WORK HE PUTS INTO THESE VIDEO'S!! GREAT JOB MAN!!!

Jorn Official website by Tor:
http://jornlande.com/news.htm

Jorn Czech website by Lucie:
http://www.jornlande-fansite.wz.cz/eng/main_eng.html

MIDNIGHT FROM CRIMSON GLORY PASSES JULY 8TH

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has learned that former CRIMSON GLORY frontman Midnight (real name: John Patrick Jr. McDonald) passed away earlier today (Wednesday, July 8) from "total kidney and liver failure." He was 47 years old.

According to JON OLIVA'S PAIN guitarist Matt LaPorte, who played on some of Midnight's recent solo recordings, the singer spent his final hours surrounded by his mother, brother, daughter as well as members of CRIMSON GLORY, SAVATAGE, and JON OLIVA'S PAIN. His death occurred at 3:45 a.m EST at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

"I will miss my partner Midnight — the greatest voice and friend I've ever known," LaPorte told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. He added, "In spite of his demons, [Midnight] was a beautiful soul who constantly changed the lives of those he met and came into contact with."

Midnight sang on CRIMSON GLORY's first three albums — "Crimson Glory" (1986), "Transcendence" (1988) and "Strange and Beautiful" (1991) — before going into self-imposed exile for almost a decade. He eventually rejoined CRIMSON GLORY in 2005 but was dismissed in January 2007 following the revelation that he was arrested in Sarasota, Florida and charged with "DUI [driving under the influence] with .20 [blood-alcohol level] or higher or having a passenger under 18" years of age. Midnight, who gave his occupation as "painter" to the authorities at the time of the arrest, was also cited for driving with a suspended/ cancelled/ revoked license.

Last fall, Midnight announced plans to release a new solo CD called "All Souls Midnight" which was to feature the "Acoustic Crimson" EP (four songs) along with the lost "Midnight Mass" recordings from the late '80s/early '90s plus some other "cool rarities."

OUTLOUD VIDEO POSTED!!!

*Frontiers Records* is pleased to launch the videoclip of “*We Run*” the
first single off the forthcoming self titled debut album from OUTLOUD! to be
released on Frontiers Records on August th 28th in Europe and
September 15th in the USA.


Or surfing to the Frontiers Records myspace site
www.myspace.com/frontiersrecords

OUTLOUD is the hottest new band is Hard Rock Music today. Formed by
guitarists *Tony Kash* and *Bob Katsionis* (Firewind) in Athens, in 2004,
the guys are now a five piece also including singer-extraordinaire *Chandler
Mogel* (ex Talon), drummer *Mark Cross* (Firewind, ex Helloween and Kingdom
Come) and bassist *Jason Mercury*. Fans of early SKID ROW, HURRICANE,
FOREIGNER and TNT watch out and request the single “We Run” to your
favourite Rock radio now !!!

“We Run” is also “Track of the Day” on CLASSIC ROCK Website
www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/track-of-the-day-outloud/

Here is what the magazine said:

“*If you like your hard rock to be bright, breezy, anthemic and hummable,
then today’s track will get your motor turning over nicely. It’s a neatly
constructed, yet spontaneously combustible song. A mighty merry melody from
a band who only got together a year ago. However, if you’re aware of
Firewind then you’ll certainly know about drummer Mark Cross and keyboard
player/guitarist Bob Katsionis. Both were associated with the mighty Greek
power metalheads, but have now decided to blow up their own type of storm,
joined by vocalist Chandler Mogel, guitarist Tony Kash and bassist Jason
Mercury.*

* *

*The beauty of what they do is that it’s not hampered by any preconceptions.
This five-piece have clearly gone out to write the best possible songs, and
have a good time while recording them. When you listen to We Run you can
almost see the smiles on their faces. This could be a big Summer time hit –
as it ticks all the boxes when it comes to fun in the sun. Watch out for
their debut album, Out Loud, which will be released next month. It does live
up to the tag of being Skid Row meets TNT, with Bon Jovi as the referee*”