Glenn Hughes needs to postpone his upcoming ‘Performs Classic Deep Purple Live’ due to illness. He sends his regrets that he is unable to perform his UK tour which was due to start May 14th through May 24th.
He needs to be treated for an illness that while not life threatening, must be dealt with immediately in order for it to not become a serious problem. He is expected to make a full recovery and be back on the road in June.
Ticket purchasers are kindly asked to wait for further information and will be updated as soon as possible.
The former bassist and singer of Deep Purple, known to millions as the ‘Voice of Rock’, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the current front man for rock super group Black Country Communion, was scheduled to kick off the second leg of his ‘Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple’ UK Tour at the Holmfirth Picturedrome on Tuesday 14th May with special Laurence Jones. The first leg of his UK received rave reviews.
Further information will be released as soon as possible.
Polish death metal unit HATE will be touring across North America with Belphegor, Dark Funeral, Incantation, Vale Of Pnath and Nightmarer as part of the annual Devastation On The Nation tour. Set to commence on May 17th in San Diego, California, the trek will wind its way through over two-dozen cities upon its conclusion June 15th in Los Angeles, California. See all confirmed dates below.
The band’s latest journey comes in advance of their eleventh full-length, Auric Gates Of Veles, set for release June 14th via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Auric Gates Of Veles, view the band’s newly-issued video for “Sovereign Sanctity”. Produced by 9LITER FILMY and filmed by Błazej Jankowiak, the clip can be viewed here:
Comments HATE frontman ATF Sinner, “Well here it is, the first visual to our new album, Auric Gates Of Veles, for the song, ‘Sovereign Sanctity.’ We feel the video and the song together pass a story that at once conveys our message universally and yet is full of details and symbolism that tell a deeper story. So instead of me telling you about it, I’ll present it to you all with no preface. Just a quick thanks to Błazej Jankowiak and 9LITER FILMY for the massive work done bringing our united vision to life.”
HATE – Devastation On The Nation w/ Belphegor, Dark Funeral, Incantation, Vale Of Pnath, Nightmarer:
5/17/2019 Brick by Brick – San Diego, CA
5/18/2019 Oakland Metro – Oakland, CA
5/19/2019 Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
5/20/2019 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
5/21/2019 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
5/23/2019 Metro Music Hall – Salt Lake City, UT
5/24/2019 Roxy Theatre – Denver, CO
5/25/2019 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
5/26/2019 Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
5/28/2019 The Phantasy – Cleveland, OH
5/29/2019 Lee’s Place – Toronto, ON
5/30/2019 Maverick’s – Ottawa, ON
5/31/2019 Imperial Bell – Quebec City, ON
6/01/2019 Middle East – Boston, QC
6/02/2019 Brooklyn Bazaar – Brooklyn, NY
6/04/2019 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
6/05/2019 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
6/06/2019 The Loft at Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
6/07/2019 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
6/08/2019 Zydeco – Birmingham, AL
6/09/2019 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
6/10/2019 Come and Take it Live – Austin, TX
6/11/2019 Gas Monkey Bar and Grill – Dallas, TX
6/13/2019 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
6/14/2019 Club Red – Mesa, AZ
6/15/2019 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
Cult black metal band ENTHRONED have released the third and final track from their upcoming record ‘Cold Black Suns’. The song “Vapula Omega” is streaming at the official Season of Mist Youtube Channel below. The new album will be released via Season of Mist on June 7, 2019.
The band comments: “Stone by stone we reveal the temple that is “Cold Black Suns”. “Vapula Omega”, the third facet of the prism, is the scrying mirror that shows the face one does not want to see within our modern culture, where labour and careers are being worshipped as the icons of old. With this one, we want to show that Satanism and demonology also have their place in our contemporary culture.”
ENTHRONED will celebrate the release of ‘Cold Black Suns’ on Thronefest in Belgium in June. Find all confirmed tour dates below.
ENTHRONED
02 Jun 19 Kharkiv (UA) Art Plant Mechanica
08 Jun 19 Kuurne (BE) Throne Fest 2019 (Exact date tba)
20 Jul 19 Volyne (CZ) ETEF
DEATH SS, the Italian pioneers of Horror Rock / Metal, teamed up with Skol Records, and will reissue their classic early recordings in the form of four double CD albums. The limited edition series will include the following releases: “The Story Of Death SS 1977-1984” coupled with “The Horned God Of The Witches” (both recorded by the first line up of the band), “In Death Of Steve Sylvester” coupled with “Black Mass” (both recorded by the second line up of the band), and “Heavy Demons” coupled with “The Cursed Concert” (both recorded by the third line up of the band). Fourth in the series will be a double disc collection of all the original single and EP releases that DEATH SS published in the ’80s and in the ’90s. All the recordings will be mastered from the original sources by Bart Gabriel (CIRITH UNGOL, PAGAN ALTAR, SORTILEGE).
DEATH SS was founded in 1977 by Steve Sylvester, with the aim of forming a group that encompasses all its particular interests for occultism, horror films, erotic comics and rock music, in an original way. The singer, then just a teenager, decided to apply the concept of “glamor” with a strong visual characterization to five characters inspired by stories of terror: the Vampire (the singer), the Mummy (the bass player), the Werewolf (the drummer) , the Zombie (the guitar player) and the Phantom Of The Opera (the keyboard player). DEATH SS literally means “in DEATH of Steve Sylvester” – name chosen to mean the symbolic “DEATH” of the human state of Steve Sylvester (SS) and its rebirth from the beginning under the light of the Occult, without any political reference. Immediately considered a cult band for their shocking and theatrical live shows, they have influenced generations of other bands all over the world, being in fact to be considered as the progenitors of Black Metal, even if musically their formula has always been marked from a constant stylistic evolution record after record.
Their most recent studio album entitled “Rock ‘N’ Roll Armageddon” was released in 2018. Last year Italian label Black Widow Records released a triple CD compilation entitled “Terror Tales – A Tribute To Death SS”, that includes DEATH SS classics performed by bands such as WATAIN, SIGH or BULLDOZER.
Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley at the Piranha Bar on May 12 2019 in Montreal, Quebec ,Canada. Bayley spoke about his upcoming 25 year anniversary special Iron Maiden set list at their upcoming Summer festivals. Plus the songwriting sessions in his era of Iron Maiden, as well is his new Live in France album.
Watch the interview here:
When asked about his new Live in France album
“Most of the set revolves around my trilogy, the three albums, one story, it’s about a man called William Black. The Live in France cd has songs from the trilogy as well as songs from my Iron Maiden era. Also what I would like to do over the years is, record a studio album, then tour and then at the end of the tour record the set list and put it out as a live album . This is what I would like to do on future tours and this is what the Live in France is all about. ”
When asked what will he do next in terms of a new studio album
“I’m letting the dust settle creatively and see how I feel.The trilogy is over so I am going to see how I feel and go from there on the next studio album but the tour goes on.”
When asked about his special 25 year Iron Maiden anniversary tour set list
“This summer I am doing a special set at all my festival appearances, it’s 25 years since I joined Iron Maiden. I wanted to celebrate this because it’s a real positive anniversary. I really loved being in the band and I’ve learned so many positive things. The songs in the set list will be my era in Iron Maiden from Virtual XI and the X-factor which will be played at festival in the summer. This will be the last time I’ll do that so many Iron Maiden songs together. ”
When asked about the songwriting process of the Iron Maiden songs in his era
Virus
“It was very unusual from all the songs we wrote that the whole band all five of us contributed to the song Virus. Everyone in Iron Maiden contributed to writing of that song and then we recorded it, like we rehearsed it. However we never played that song live with Iron Maiden. Today I do my own version of Virus, my own arrangement that suits me and the band and it is on the new Live in France Album. ”
The Sign of the Cross
“That songs was a huge challenge at the time because it’s such an involved song that no one could remember how the song went.That was the only song we did together where we said we are going to have to piece this together. We recorded this part and then we record the other parts and then we put it all together. And it wasn’t until we actually heard all the song put together that we knew the song was completely fantastic. We played that song live with Iron Maiden many times and it was incredible, it just has such a great atmosphere and vibe to it.
The Clansman
“That’s huge, in so many ways because I remember Steve Harris coming into studio with a bit of paper and he said what do you think of this idea and he just sang it to me very quiet. I said it was amazing and that was the Clansman. Then we rehearsed it all together and it had a real magic about it. I think because of the subject of the song there were a lot of things against Maiden at that time. A lot of promoters had lost confidence, CD sales were down at that time and to be singing that song and the spirit of that song being about freedom and holding on and not knuckling down felt right. Not changing direction. We would really stay true to quality. Sort of stay true to yourself and that was really special and you could never predict the impact of that now, I’m now fascinated. ”
Futureal
“Steve came to me and said he had his fast tempo song idea and if I had any lyrics for it? And I did had these lyrics I had been working on which were based around paranoia and that’s what the lyrics were about. It was fantastic and it was a set opener on the Iron Maiden set list.”
Man on the Edge
“For Man of the Edge I went to Janick Gers home studio where we sat down and we were going through things. That song is based on the movie Falling Down with Michael Douglas. The movie is about a guy pretending to go to work every day because he is ashamed that he’s been fired from his job he’s been let go from his job. It was similar to my life when I was a very young man and I had a paper route every day and I was fired. I was scared of my stepfather and what he would say if he found out it that I didn’t have my paper route anymore. I was scared sick of my father that I went every day at 7 a.m. to give the appearance I was still working. So when I saw the movie Falling down it really resonated with me and my life. It was the first single chosen from the album and the video was great, for me that was the first hit song, top 10 and it was incredible that I had been a part of it. “
Albanian CROSSBONES will release their new album “The Awakening” still before Summer on ALPHA OMEGA Records. Now the band has revealed the album tracklisting.
“The Awakening” tracklist:
1. Under My Scars
2. Enlightened Fury
3. Realigning The Truth
4. The Awakening
5. Face Off
6. Facing My Fears
7. Shine
8. Man-Made God
CROSSBONES is the most recognized metal act in Albania and the only band from the mid 90’s that still keeps going, today stronger than ever. Their new album “WWIII” is making quite a buzz since its launch in January 13th 2017. The news has spread throughout 3 continents, Europe, USA and Australia in about 100 webzines and portals with great reviews. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Tommy Talamanca (Sadist) at Nadir Music Studios. “WWIII” combines American thrash metal influences with a dark sound and typical Est European sonorities. The result is an album created with the intention of hit hard the ears of the listener without losing melodic passages and “catchy” riffs, and where the recurring use of both English and Albanian languages marks a new way in the European post-thrash genre. Among countless gigs and performances, CROSSBONES have played with Rock and Metal giants such as Ian Paice, legendary drummer of Deep Purple and as a direct support act for Greek Black Metal legends of Rotting Christ. Furthermore the band has headlined many concerts and festivals in Italy, Greece, FYROM, Montenegro, Kosovo, toured in Baltics (Estonia and Latvia), Ukraine and headlined Balkan Metal Meeting 4 Tuzla/Bosnia, April 27-28 2018, and more.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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