Month: April 2010

Posted on: April 22, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NACHTMYSTIUM Debut New Track; Wrap Up European Tour

Last week a new video trailer based on the album’s dark visuals was released; view the art, trailer and more at this location: http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/?p=537 Vocalist/guitarist, Blake Judd checks in with a post-tour report, following nine and-a-half-weeks of touring (the last seven in Europe): “NACHTMYSTIUM have just completed our first full-European / UK headlining tour. The tour was amazing and we reached crowds everywhere in the UK, Scandinavia, the Baltic states…

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

CLOCK TICKS DOWN TO BEGINNING OF MERLEFEST 2010, PRESENTED BY LOWE’S, ON APRIL 29

Preparations are well underway for MerleFest 2010, presented by Lowe’s, which begins next Thursday, April 29, and runs through Sunday, May 2, on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Now in its 23rd year, MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College and a celebration of “traditional plus” music. Featuring four days of performances by over…

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: cborell Comments: 0

Holy Grail Concert Review (4/19, Peabody’s, Cleveland Ohio)

When one attends a folk-metal show it is generally expected that there will be the highly talented folk-metal headliner and prior to their set will be a collection of folk metal bands who have yet to find their niche but are trying with various folk instruments thrown into their music awkwardly.

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

ICED EARTH / SONS OF LIBERTY ANNOUNCE SELECT DATES IN NORTH AMERICA FOR 2010

ICED EARTH have confirmed 4 North American tour dates for the Fall of 2010. Meant as an “Escape From The Studio”, these exclusive dates will also get fans the chance to see Jon Schaffer’s new project SONS OF LIBERTY on stage for their first-ever live performances. Jon Schaffer: “It has been too long since we played North America and after the South American shows we felt we should bring a…

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Grammy Award-Winning Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham Returns to Her Native Texas for Role Debut as Handel’s Xerxes at Houston Grand Opera

So far this season, Susan Graham has triumphed in Berlioz’s Damnation de Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in Strauss’s Rosenkavalier at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, in Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with the San Francisco Symphony, and in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on a West Coast tour. Now the Grammy Award-winning mezzo returns to her native Texas for a climactic challenge: singing the tyrannical, flamboyant title role of Handel’s Xerxes at Houston…

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

CYPRESS HILL ANNOUNCE TOUR WITH SLIGHTLY STOOPID

CYPRESS HILL celebrated yesterday’s release of new album RISE UP with a special performance in front of a packed-house crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco. Those that couldn’t make it in shouldn’t worry; the legendary hip hop group has announced a summer tour with Slightly Stoopid that begins July 16 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA and will take them nationwide. They’ll play a string of North…

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Posted on: April 21, 2010 Posted by: John B. Moore Comments: 0

Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by Cherie Currie with Tony O’Neill (Book)

Originally released in the late 80’s Cherie Currie’s memoir Neon Angel has been repackaged and updated slightly to coincide with the biopic of her teenage band The Runaways. The movie may not have done as well as expected, but the book is still every bit as entertaining and shocking as when it was first released. Though the bulk of Neon Angel deals with Currie’s time as front woman for the…

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Posted on: April 20, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

LAUNCH OF NEW LABEL, LOVE & WAR RECORDS, TO FOCUS ON BOTH UP-AND-COMING AND ESTABLISHED METAL TALENT

It’s not very often that three long-time friends get a chance to launch a record label together, but that’s exactly what Phil Sadler, Charlie Bagarozza, and Steve Blaze have done, with the creation of Love & War Records. And with such a strong link to metal veteran act Lillian Axe (Blaze is the lead guitarist/founding member of the band, while Sadler promoted the group’s shows in the Midwest area), it…

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Posted on: April 20, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

NACHTMYSTIUM Post New Video Trailer Based On The Artwork For Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II

NACHTMYSTIUM embrace the true spirit of individuality and intolerance forming solely as an outlet to express the dark musical visions and summonings of those involved. Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II, is set for a June 8th release. The disc was recorded once again with Sanford Parker (Minsk) at Volume Studios. Group mastermind Blake Judd has enlisted the talents of Wrest (Leviathan, Lurker of Chalice, Twilight) to record all drum tracks…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

THE ENGLISH BEAT ADD NEW U.S. and CANADIAN TOUR DATES

THE ENGLISH BEAT, headed up by Dave Wakeling, have added another batch of U.S. and Canadian tour dates. The band recently finished a cross-country stint on ‘The Spring Skaward Tour’ with Fishbone as support. A series of local acts will support the upcoming gigs. Hailing from Birmingham England, The English Beat is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the release of their 1980 debut album I Just Can’t Stop It, which…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hot Cross – Risk Revival (CD)

The opening track in “Exits and Trails” shows how intense Hot Cross can really be. The style of music that they play cannot be easily categorized. Of course, there are hints of Rise Against and Bauhaus present, but there are also hints of hardcore and metal that are strewn throughout tracks like the aforementioned “Exits and Trails”. The thing that Hot Cross first introduces to their listeners on “TRisk Revival”…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BLUT AUS NORD : A Few Shreds Of Thought

Fifteen years after its original release, Debemur Morti Productions will soon offer a vinyl version of the legendary “Ultima Thulee” masterpiece. So as not to alter the nature of this opus, the music will remain untouched and the original artwork will be used. We hereby disclose the cover of another unexpected re-issue: “The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion”. In order to achieve the original goal and to complete this ode to…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (PS3)

This collection contains The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, and does not require that an individual already has Grand Theft Auto IV to play. With these facts, it would make sense just to pick up the title – a sub-$40 price tag makes it worthwhile, but there are some other reasons that this title further builds on the GTA IV platform. First off, there are a…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Midnight Spin Live

05/07 Washington, DC @ The Bullpen 05/09 College Park, MD @ University of Maryland 05/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Public Assembly The Deli Magazine – Best of NYC Fest 05/29 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East +++ More about Midnight Spin Already named New York’s “Best Emerging Artist of 2009” by readers of The Deli Magazine, Midnight Spin recently shot their first music video for the debut single “In the Air (Revival)”…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Ane Brun Tour Dates

April 28- Montreal- Bell Centre w/ Peter Gabriel April 29- Montreal- Bell Centre w/ Peter Gabriel May 02- New York- Radio City w/ Peter Gabriel May 03- New York- Radio City w/ Peter Gabriel May 07- Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl w/ Peter Gabriel May 8- Los Angeles- Largo- SOLO May 10- NYC- Bowery Ballroom- SOLO Spending Time with Morgan Ane Brun recorded her debut album ‘Spending Time with Morgan’ while…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Adie – Just You & Me (CD)

Adie’s “Just You & Me” is one of the first Christian albums that we have had the chance to review for a few months, and our time away from reviewing the genre really acts as a cleanser to our collective palette. For those that had a similar hiatus from Christian music, Adie was part of The Benjamin Gate, and is married to similarly-famous singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp. “Where Could I Go”…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Horrorpops – Bring It On! (CD)

Aside from the annoying vocal, non-lyrical noises made by Patricia throughout the first track on “Bring It On!”, the Horrorpops make a strong case for the first major derivation from the too-similar sound achieved by all the upright-bass bands (Nekromantix, Tiger Army). There are still a number of similiarites that the Horrorpops have with the other two bands, especially since Kim Nekroman is doing eir part with the guitars on…

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Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

EULOGY RECORDINGS Signs THE WAR

Eulogy Recordings is very proud to announce the signing of Australia’s straight edge hardcore band THE WAR. They are currently touring the the U.S. on “Mission Quest To Metal Fest” tour with Death Threat, Death Before Dishonor and The Mongoloids. Their album “CONFRONT” will be re-released on Eulogy Recordings. “CONFRONT” is currently available at THE WAR’s shows and Eulogy’s webstore soon. Vocalist Mitch commented “We are stoked to be signed…

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Posted on: April 18, 2010 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

BROKEN BELLS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010, Morning Benders to support

Tue-May-18-10 San Diego – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay Wed-May-19-10 Los Angeles – Henry Fonda Theatre Fri-May-21-10 San Francisco – Regency Ballroom Mon-May-24-10 Portland – Wonder Ballroom Tue-May-25-10 Seattle – Showbox at the Market Wed-May-26-10 Vancouver – Commodore Ballroom Sat-May-29-10 Denver – Gothic Theatre Mon-May-31-10 Chicago – Vic Theater Tue-Jun-01-10 Detroit – St. Andrews Hall Wed-Jun-02-10 Toronto – Queen Elizabeth Theatre Fri-Jun-04-10 Boston – Royale NightClub Sat-Jun-05-10 NY – The…

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Posted on: April 18, 2010 Posted by: Jay NeuFutur Comments: 0

Remaindermen – Border States LP

“O’Immaculate” is a dense and nuanced track that showcases the band as tremendously capable to make a cogent narrative while working on the instrumental side of things. When the vocals finally kick in, the track is given a completely different bent. The rich, indie pop that the band crafts during this and subsequent tracks is honest and will ensure that the band snags additional listeners. “Little Gene” further allows the…

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