KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino and his son, 20-year-old Danish rock singer Maryann Cotton (born Jackie Patino), have teamed up with legendary Danish movie director Martin Miehe-Renard to write a Christmas song. The track, titled “Cruel Christmas”, is dedicated to all the deployed soldiers that may never get to celebrate Christmas with their families again. Hal Patino recently donated his trademark skeleton pants, skeleton shirt, top hat and cream Warwick bass to the Danish Rock Museum, which will open in 2014 in the newly developed creative urban area, Musicon, situated next to the Roskilde Festival site in Roskilde.
Patino used the cream Warwick bass to record everything he has done since 2000, including the upcoming album from his son.
Hal‘s clothes and bass will be displayed in glass cases where visitors will be able to view the items and listen to an audio track on headphones highlighting the musician’s 35-year career.
Uddevalla, Sweden-based metallers HELLENNIUM have inked a deal with Gothenburg, Sweden’s Rambo Music, a division of Gain Music Entertainment (which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music). The band’s self-titled debut album was mastered at Andy La Rocque‘s (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
In a recent interview with TheUnderground.in, HELLENNIUM bassist Linus Palmqvist stated about the band’s upcoming CD, “The theme, though, is already chosen, and was probably the easiest decision we’ve ever taken, seeing as it never was a decision. The songs sort of wrote themselves and united around the common theme that our values create. It’s the soundtrack to the battlefield of life! To have a record about anything else would be to go against all of the things that we and HELLENNIUM stand for.”
HELLENNIUM is:
Khaled El Tayara: Vocals Martin Lindberg: Guitar David Borg-Hansen: Guitar Linus Palmqvist: Bass Dave O’Neill: Drums
Los Angeles-based traditional metallers WHITE WIZZARD have been forced to drop off the ICED EARTH European tour and return home.
Commented WHITE WIZZARD in a statement: “Due the harsh economic realities in Europe, we have to cut our tour a bit short. We financed this all ourselves and in the end we have to make the tough choice to stop. We played many amazing shows and want to thank ICED EARTH for being so good to us. Sorry to miss those last shows, but we will be back. Thanks to so many wonderful fans that came out!!!”
WHITE WIZZARD released its new album, “Flying Tigers”, on September 19 via Earache Records. The CD features twelve new tracks and expands on the band’s traditional heavy metal blueprint, with songs ranging from fist-pumping NWOBHM-style anthems, through the arena rock power of “Starchild”, to a six-track epic concept piece featuring science-fiction and philosophical elements tied together with a progressive vibe.
“Flying Tigers” features the core WHITE WIZZARD lineup of bassist, songwriter and founding member Jon Leon, drummer Giovanni Durst and studio vocalist Wyatt Anderson, who featured on the band’s debut album, “Over The Top”. The album was once again recorded with producer Ralph Patlan in Phoenix, Arizona.
Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE SCREAM, UNION), and Bruce‘s brother and Grammy Award-winning producer/guitarist Bob Kulick (whose credits include KISS, MOTÖRHEAD, W.A.S.P. and ALICE COOPER), appeared at the third annual Helsinki KISS Expo on November 26, 2011. Bruce, John and Bob played an unplugged set and took part in question-and-answer and signing sessions.
Check out video footage below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Official website of legendary Rocker Ace Frehley (ex member of KISS) has announced that Ace has been forced to cancel his three upcoming UK tour dates due to a fractured left wrist resulting from a fall in his home yesterday. Doctors applied a fiberglass cast to Frehley’s hand and arm, and he has been instructed not to play guitar or use his wrist for a minimum of ten days. Ace would like to convey his deepest heartfelt apologies to all of his UK fans and to make it up to them, has already signed on to headline Hard Rock Hell 2012 next December. He hopes to be able to announce the additional rescheduled dates soon.
PATHFINDER “Beyond the Space, beyond the Time” (2010 with reissue march 2011)
Autoproduction
Tracklist:
01. Deep Into That Darkness Peering…
02. The Whisper Of Ancient Rocks
03. Vita Reducta Through The Portal
04. Pathway To The Moon
05. All The Mornings Of The World
06. The Demon Awakens
07. Undiscovered Dreams
08. The Lord Of Wolves
09. Sons of Immortal Fire
10. Stardust
11. Dance Of Flames
12. The Island Of Immortal Fire
13. Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time
14. What If…
EVERY LITTLE THING THEY DO IS MAGIC
Just stroke the time in the direction of the wind, and try to take a few steps backward…
Sept 2010, in the rush and the hubbub, thousand banners wind the hungry groups cross with crashing the drawbridge, and to grant in this ultimate looting gold and tapestries, chickens and rusty blades.
But there is only a throne…
No doubt, this victorious warlord assault will be valiant to PATHFINDER, taken by the talented Polish and luminous Szymon Kostro (vocals), enchanting Pearl who often touches the angels (like Fabio Leone or Ben Sotto of the recommended Heavenly Frenchies), a “Dantesque” heavy-metal Symphony and a hair-raising melodic power metal (who often reminds us the best of Sonata Artica, Rhapsody Of Fire, Dragonland and Kamelot). Adding to this the exceptional metal Symphony soprano Agata Lejba-Migdalska, she tears away the stars, by the honey flows of her voice, the beauty and innocence that could even rule the soul of the most hardened of the warriors.
We walk here with dungeons and dragons, but also the shadow of Edgar Allan Poe hangs over the moat… 70 minutes’ bombastic which you embrace deeply, the minutes that have never been as valuable as a travel initiative in the land of absolute purity, where everything is calm, luxury and pleasure. Music for Angels made by angels, because this music breathes the goodness and love, enlarged here and there by some tambourines, Merry and frenzied violins. Guitar solos, formidable keyboards and sharp service [inspired by collaborations of Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth), Bob Katsionis (Firewind) and Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius)], this heavy-power metal is exhilarating, regeneration, a bath of sensual midnight in the depths of a magical Lake…
Take here some time to breathe this invigorating air, and thank the gods to grant us so much happiness while listening to these incredible pieces, today the sacred parchment has been unveiled to the world, which was ignoring for too long time this unexpected band, which, with this first self-produced test is surprising the listener with its wonderful strong metal. (you must hear it to believe, what correctness in production, it’s ample and precise!)
Myths and mystical quests, sonatas in the moon light of Beethoven, ghostly whisper, Wolf howling on Crescent luridus, princess waiting after his valiant knight, no doubt, the take is ensured.
Now, take this Time, caress it, smell the bise while resonnent to the distant these piano notes… The Heavy-Metal Symphony has new arms. On the flag fleet this quest, a promise: PATHFINDER.
Nothing will ever be as before…
A new era-
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 