ENTER SHIKARI - ‘THE MINDSWEEP’ PRE-RELEASE ALBUM STREAM / RELEASE WEEK INSTORE SIGNINGS

Enter Shikari have today released a stream of their forthcoming album ‘The Mindsweep’ (out in the UK properly in one week’s time. January 19th 2015), via their site www.entershikari.com.

Featuring the singles ‘The Last Garrison’ and ‘Anaesthetist’, as well as the track ‘Never Let Go Of The Microscope’, which the band streamed via their Youtube channel recently, ‘The Mindsweep’ is the 4th full-length studio album by Enter Shikari and comes almost exactly three years to the day after the release of the band’s last album, ‘A Flash Flood Of Colour’.

Enter Shikari lyricist / singstress, Mr Rou Reynolds of Hertfordshire, had this message to share on the subject of making the album available to hear: “This limbo period... this purgatory… is finally over. We can present to you all the fruits of adversity. This bastion. This new limb. This lasting record of who we are, and what we stand for, in the year 2015AD. I hope it makes your Tympanic Membrane vibrate and your neurons fire like nothing else before.”

Pre-orders for the album are available now from www.entershikari.com, including a pair of rather lavish super-limited-edition formats and exclusive coloured vinyl available only via the band’s own webstore.

The band have also announced a short run of UK album signing sessions in record shops, as well as a special ‘album launch’ show at Kingston’s Rose Theatre in association with Banquet Records on Sunday 18th Jan, and have plans for something a bit special for London on the Monday of release on 19th.. the details for which will be forthcoming in the next day or so.

The dates, towns and timings are:

Album launch show

SUN 18 - Kingston. Rose Theatre - 7pm

Instore album signings

MON 19 - London (details soon) WED 21 - Southampton HMV - 12 midday WED 21 - Brighton HMV - 5pm THUR 22 - Birmingham HMV - 12 midday THUR 22 - Manchester HMV - 5:30pm FRI 23 - Bristol Rise Records - 5:50pm (?)

Enter Shikari are currently on mainland Europe playing the first dates of 2015’s extensive ‘Mindsweep Tour’, taking in the UK & Europe, Australia, Russia, North America and many destinations far and wide.

The band have also announced two high-profile UK festival headline slots - the first of which sees them headlining the Second Stage at Download Festival in June, and then headlining Somerset’s Nass Festival in July - as well as several in Europe.

Tickets for all shows at : WWW.ENTERSHIKARI.COM/SHOWS

JANUARY 2015

FRI 09 BRUSSELS, BE - AB BOX - *SOLD OUT* SAT 10 AMSTERDAM, NE - MELKWEG - *SOLD OUT* SUN 11 BIELEFELD, DE - RINGLOKSCHUPPEN TUE 13 PRAGUE, CZ - LMB - *SOLD OUT* WED 14 NUREMBERG, DE - HIRSCH THU 15 BERLIN, DE - KESSELHAUS SUN 18 KINGSTON, UK - ROSE THEATRE

FEBRUARY 2015

MON 02 PARIS, FR - LA CIGALE TUE 03 SOLOTHURN, CH - KOFMEAL WED 04 LYON, FR - TRANSBORDEUR THU 05 MILAN, IT - MAGAZZINI GENERALI SAT 07 LEIPZIG, DE - HELLRAISER SUN 08 VIENNA, AUT - ARENAN MON 09 MUNICH, DE - MUFFATHALLE TUE 10 WUERZBURG, DE - POSTHALLE WED 11 COLOGNE, DE - LIVE MUSIC HALL FRI 13 HAMBURG, DE - DOCKS SAT 14 FRANKFURT, DE - BATSCHKAPP MON 16 PORTSMOUTH, UK - PYRAMIDS - *SOLD OUT* TUE 17 CARDIFF, UK - YPLAS - *SOLD OUT* WED 18 WOLVERHAMPTON, UK - CIVIC FRI 20 MANCHESTER, UK - ACADEMY - *SOLD OUT* SAT 21 GLASGOW, UK - BARROWLAND - *SOLD OUT* SUN 22 MIDDLESBROUGH, UK - TOWN HALL TUE 24 CAMBRIDGE, UK - CORN EXCHANGE WED 25 NORWICH, UK - UEA - *SOLD OUT* THUR 26 LONDON, UK - ROUNDHOUSE - *SOLD OUT* FRI 27 LONDON, UK - ROUNDHOUSE

BLACK STAR RIDERS - Damon Johnson & Scott Gorham discuss the new album

Fresh from the critically acclaimed debut album All Hell Breaks Loose in 2013, Black Star Riders are set to release a new studio album, The Killer Instinct, in February 2015. The band entered the studio with heralded producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, THE FOO FIGHTERS, ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON) this time round and in the first album trailer, Damon Johnson and Scott Gorham explain how the guys came up with the album title and the general theme.



The artwork for the new album was recently revealed, which frontman Ricky Warwick describes as ‘...a bit of a continuation from ‘All Hell Breaks Loose,’ people will see the link - it’s very Rock N Roll. It’s going to look cool’.

The release of The Killer Instinct will be followed by a full UK and Eire co-headline tour with Europe throughout March 2015. The dates rack up as follows:

March 2: Olympia Theatre, Dublin
March 3: Ulster Hall, Belfast
March 5: o2 ABC, Glasgow
March 6: o2 ABC, Glasgow
March 7: o2 Academy, Newcastle
March 8: o2 Academy, Leeds
March 10: Rock City, Nottingham
March 11: Corn Exchange, Cambridge
March 13: Academy, Manchester
March 14: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
March 15: University, Exeter
March 16: o2 Academy, Bristol
March 18: o2 Academy, Bournemouth
March 19: UEA, Norwich
March 20: o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
March 21: o2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London


THE AMORETTES are support on all dates except Glasgow March 5th and London March 20th – support on these shows is TBC.

Vise Versa - Jon Howard ( Vise Versa / Threat Signal ) talks about their debut cd "Living A Lie" RD: 19.01.2015

Jon Howard ( Vise Versa / Threat Signal ) talks about their debut cd "Living A Lie", this is the first album of their new band Vise Versa. The album will release worldwide on January 19th, 2015.





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MYRKGRAV (Finest FOLK METAL from Norway) - New Single "Vonde Auer"

Lars Jensen and his one-man FOLK METAL project MYRKGRAV is finally out with new material – the independently released digital exclusive single „Vonde Auer“:

„Vonde Auer“ continues where „Sjuguttmyra“, the band’s most recent musical effort from 2013, left off. In other words: old-fashioned Folk Metal in which Jensen blends old and new in a manner distinctly Norwegian – including extensive use of Norway’s national instrument: the Hardanger fiddle, masterfully executed by renowned folk musician Olav Luksengård Mjelva.

Continuing the conceptual lyrical and visual tradition of MYRKGRAV, „Vonde Auer“ features lyrics based off of folklore from Ringerike in Norway, Lars Jensen’s homelands.

In addition to the regular „Vonde Auer“ version (though there is very little regular about it), the release also features a genuine folk music twist wherein the song has been broken down, rewritten and rearranged for the Hardanger fiddle.

If one wouldn’t know better, one’d probably think it a centuries old traditional piece of music from a faraway Norwegian fjord village. Alas, it’s simply Jensen and MYRKGRAV continuing with 1000 mile steps towards the most genuine blend of folk music and Metal possible.

New Voice of the Soul Song Streaming Now

Dubai extreme metallers Voice of the Soul have today released a brand new song entitled 'Pendulum' from their forthcoming debut album 'Catacombs'. The album will be released on 27th March 2015 distributed via UK label Hell's Hammer & India's Transcending Obscurity.



Vocalist and guitarist Kareem Chehayeb talks about the song, "This is song was inspired by the mass suicide of Jonestown that took place in 1978, but the lyrical content applies to so many political groups and cults whose leaders exploit the poor and disenfranchised for their own gain.”

The artwork (as seen below) was designed by Syrian Dubai-based artist Hamood Hallak of MHD Graphics, and was inspired by the concept of 'Pendulum'.

Kareem elaborates: "While it appears evident that there is a priest/figure leading sheep, the cliff that they are about to walk off is within the temple itself. We don’t specify whether it’s religious or not, because religion isn’t the sole focus. It’s political, it’s social."

First formed in Kuwait on the opposite side of the Persian Gulf in late 2007 17 year-old Kareem Chehayeb and 16 year-old Monish Shringi released their first EP, ‘Winds of Apprehension’ in July 2009 with second EP, ‘Eyes of Deceit’ seeking the light of day the following summer. After playing several shows in Dubai since January 2011, the band opted to relocate to the most popular city and emirate in the UAE before releasing their third EP, ‘Into Oblivion’, live on SOS Heavy Metal Radio in Portugal in August 2011. ‘Into Oblivion’ was undoubtedly the bands most successful record with songs receiving regular airplay across the globe.

During April 2014, the band made home at Haven Studio with producer Hadi Sarieddine in Dubai and recorded their debut full-length album ‘Catacombs’.

‘Catacombs’ Track Listing

1) Desolation 2) Perpetual Deception 3) Pendulum 4) Quarantine 5) Cold Rupture 6) The Mist 7) Perdition 8) Defiled 9) Images Subside

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electropop. series is back with it's jubilee edition - electropop.10 RD: 27.02.2015

The wait is over! On 27.2.2015 the anniversary edition of electropop compilation series from conzoom Records will be released.

In the usual style, varied and fresh conzoom again present 13 new emergent groups and artists on "electropop.10". At a low price fans of electro sounds can discover wonderful new groups with wonderful and melodic songs in stunning quality on a 70 minute journey. In addition to the normal edition of the CD there will also be a special edition of which features a Promotional-CDr with even some more interesting songs.

Anyone who purchases a electropop.10 Compilation through the labelstore of conzoom Records until 15.01.2015, gets a name entry into the CD booklet!

www.conzoomrecords.com

Track listing for electropop.10:

01. Dead Man Recovering - Dignity (Extended Version)
02. Electro Planet - Way To The Planet (Remix by Eduard Reik)
03. Electro Spectre - Your Love Is A Criminal (The Vibe Of Vice Remix)
04. Heliophile - Econocide (Extended Mix)
05. Kartagon – Rescue Me (Kartagon Club Mix)
06. Naommon - Beginning Everyday (Arôme Artificiel's Mix)
07. Pos.:2 - Only Electropop (Conzoom Edit)
08. Sinestar - Fortunes Faded (Krammix Liberator Remix)
09. The Voice And The Snake - Children Of The Sun (Ricardo Autobahn Extended Edit)
10. Vaylon - Lost (Extended Mix)
11. X-Sonic - Machine Language (128K Extended Ram Remix)
12. Zero-Eq - Discodark (Extended Mix)
13. Zoon Politicon - Mercy 2014 (Extended Version)

ONE I CINEMA Release new video for "The Mirror" - Article in German

Mit „THE MIRROR“ packen die Osnabrücker Alternative-Metaller ONE I CINEMA um Bandkopf, Sänger, Produzent und Multi-Instrumentalist Marco Meyer bereits das Video zur 2. Single vom am 23. Januar erscheinenden selbstbetitelten Debüt-Album auf den Tisch! ONE I CINEMA widmet sich den vielen Facetten der Rockmusik - zerschmetternd harte Metal-Riffs, verwoben in melodischen Led-Zeppelin-Drive-By Eskapaden, werden unterstrichen von Texten, die von dem Entkommen aus der persönlichen Hölle erzählen, vereint in Dredg inspirierten Rhythmen ohne dabei den Blues zu vergessen.



Außerdem geht der niedersächsische Vierer um Mastermind Marco Meyer im April als Support von Darkhaus auf Tour. Definitiv ein Ereignis, das euch in euren Kalendern anstrahlen sollte!

15.04.2015 FRANKFURT – Nachtleben
16.04.2015 MÜNCHEN – Backstage
17.04.2015 BOCHUM – Matrix
18.04.2015 HAMBURG – Logo