After an intensive European tour with SABATON and BATTLEBEAST earlier this year and while the band are currently on tour in the US with NIGHTWISH, Dutch Symphonic Metal sensation DELAIN has confirmed a headlining-tour in autumn with stops in the European hot-spots of France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. This special European tour will start at the end of October and wind up in early November.
This tour will not not only enthrall Symphonic Metal fans, but also listeners new to the genre. Extremely catchy refrains, bewitching hooks and melodies, symphonic bombast and of course a good dose of Metal – that’s DELAIN and that’s how Symphonic Metal will sound in 2015!
As special guest on this run, two of Holland’s finest musicians Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen have united for a new project dubbed THE GENTLE STORM. Anneke will take The Gentle Storm including their new album on the road backed by well known Dutch talents. Arjen, however, will not be part of the live production.
Find all upcoming DELAIN headlining-tour dates below and make sure to get your tickets fast!
DELAIN
Special Guest: The Gentle Storm
28.10.15 FR – Strasbourg / La Laiterie
29.10.15 FR – Paris / Divan Du Monde
30.10.15 BE – Vosselaar / Biebob
31.10.15 DE – Andernach / Juz Live Club
02.11.15 DE – München / Backstage Halle
03.11.15 IT – Milan / Live Club
04.11.15 AT – Graz / Explosiv
05.11.15 HU – Budapest / Club 202
06.11.15 SK – Bratislava / Randal Club
07.11.15 PL – Warschau / Club Progresia
Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH have reached fantastic chart positions for their new album “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” worldwide and just kicked off their world-tour yesterday evening successfully in New York.
NIGHTWISH have revealed the 16th episode from the album-making-of-series, talking about the beautiful new album artwork. Check it out below:
The creators of cinematic metal, Luca Turilli’S RHAPSODY are finally back with their most outstanding record: “Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus”, which is set to be released on June 19th (EU), June 22nd (UK), June 30th (US) by Nuclear Blast Records.
Enjoy the first album trailer, that will give you an insight on this big epic:
“The love for the cinema and the movie soundtracks is something clear and evident in each song of the album. The epic, cinematic impact of the music is something flowing in my blood and carved in my genetics”, commented Luca Turilli, who creates every single note for each section of the orchestra by himself.
“Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus”, was recorded at the Backyard Studios of Sebastian Roeder (Bonfire) and mastered by Christoph Stickel (Michael Schenker’s TEMPLE OF ROCK) at MSM studios.
Seven months of composition, three months of production, over 50 days of mix, two choirs, several special guests, including Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR), Dan Lucas (KARO) and David Readman (PINK CREAM 69). Including 70 minutes of epic music, sounding cinematic, bombastic and dramatic as never before, the new RHAPSODY masterwork will lead the listener to an emotional and memorable journey between quantum gates, parallel dimensions, myths and legends hiding cosmic truths, ancestral secrets and spiritual revelations.
And this time it was not enough for the band to simply sound CINEMATIC. It came the time for RHAPSODY to finally “look” CINEMATIC too. Therefore, the new cover artwork and the album booklet, introducing the new cinematic graphic style of the band, were realized by the well-known amazing artist named Stefan “Heile” Heilemann (EPICA, LINDEMANN ).
Tracklist Of “Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus”:
01. Nova Genesis (Ad Splendorem Angeli Triumphantis)
02. Il Cigno Nero
03. Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross)
04. Anahata
05. Il Tempo Degli Dei
06. One Ring To Rule Them All
07. Notturno
08. Prometheus
09. King Solomon And The 72 Names Of God
10. Yggdrasil
11. Of Michael The Archangel And Lucifer’s Fall Part II: Codex Nemesis
I. Codex Nemesis Alpha Omega
II. Symphonia Ignis Divinus (The Quantum Gate Revealed)
The first single, entitled ‘Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross)’ will be released on April 24th, 2015.
The digipak version of the album will include the cinematic version of ‘Thundersteel’, the famous song of RIOT, performed by the RHAPSODY singer Alessandro Conti in duet with Ralf Scheepers.
Hot on the heels of yet another smashingly successful crowd funding campaign via PledgeMusic.com which achieved its goal in little more then a week, Irish Guitarist BernieTormé announces a New Album titled “BLACKHEART”, and a New UK Tour!
Bernie says: “We did a storming little UK tour end of last year following the release of the ‘Flowers & Dirt’ album, and I really caught the bug to play live again, so it will be great to get out there again and make lots and lots of noise! We will be doing some new stuff, but also plenty of the old classic tracks from Gillan and other parts of my nefarious past, I can’t wait to catch up with all the new friends we made in 2014!”
Dates are as follows:
Fri 16th October Portsmouth The Cellars
Thurs 22nd October Keighley TheOctagon
Fri 23rd October Troon South Beach Hotel
Sat 24th October Edinburgh Bannermans
Wed 28th October Frome Cheese & Grain
Fri 30th October Birmingham Institute
Sat 31th October London The Borderline
Sat 7th November Oxford The Wheatsheaf
Wed 11th November Newcastle The Cluny
Thurs 12th November Liverpool Arts Club
There will be opportunities to jam with the band and partake of VIP specials on these shows, available at: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/bernietorme2015 – as well as opportunities to take part in the new “BLACKHEART” album recording, such as singing along to a track which will be included on the album: budding Ian Gillans take note!
For any of you who may not be aware of Bernie Tormé, the Irish guitarist is literally a living legend, having played for Ian Gillan, Ozzy Osbourne (standing in with Ozz in the immediate aftermath of legendary guitarist Randy Rhoad‘s tragic death), Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, and Atomic Rooster, as well as his own projects Tormé (with LA Guns singer Phil Lewis), Electric Gypsies, and GMT and much more.
Icelandic classic rock trio, THE VINTAGE CARAVAN, have released the second video trailer for the band’s upcoming and highly anticipated album, “Arrival”. Check it out below:
In other news, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, singer and guitarist for THE VINTAGE CARAVAN played a key role in new Icelandic drama movie ‘Metalhead’ which is out now and has drawn a lot of attention not only from the rock and metal community but also from the mainstream audience. In the movie directed by Iceland’s most famous director, Ragnar Bragason, Ágústsson plays the older brother of the main character that dies a gruesome death leading to his sister adopting his lifestyle. Watch this video trailer to learn more about Óskar and his participation in ‘Metalhead’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXo3Kvt2DQ
Commented the band: “We are so excited for the release of the upcoming album. It’s definitely a step forward for us musically and we are incredibly happy with how natural the recording process was and how well all of the songs turned out. Get ready for “Arrival”!”
The band recorded the follow-up to 2014’s critically acclaimed “Voyage” in an isolated fjord where they set up a studio in an old ballroom and worked with producer Axel “Flexi” Árnason who also worked with the band on their last album.
The band stated: “The songwriting sessions have been going on since around October 2012 when our album »Voyage« had been out in Iceland for a month. We immediately started writing at that point so some of the songs are quite old for us. Because of that we have a bit too many songs but we intend to make this album around 10 tracks so we can put what we think are the best tracks on the album. Right now we are doing demos, polishing the stuff and thinking of ways to nicely add to the production of the songs. We are very excited to start recording this album. It’s going to be interesting to work on. The album is a bit different from our previous album – it’s a bit darker, a bit heavier, a bit more melodic but definitely all in a good way.”
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN live:
25.04.2015 UK London – Desertfest
31.05.2015 NL Rotterdam – Baroeg
02.06.2015 D Berlin – Bi Nuu
05.06.2015 D Geiselwind – Out & Loud
06.06.2015 D Netphen – Freakvalley
07.06.2015 CZ Pilsen – Metalfest
10.06.2015 D Ulm – Ulmer Zelt
12.06.2015 NL Arnhem – Willemeen
13.06.2015 NL Waalre – Kempenerpop
13.06.2015 B Retie – Retie Rockt
05.07.2015 CH Montreux – Montreux Jazz Festival
11.07.2015 IC Eistnaflug – Eistnaflug Festival
24.07.2015 D Neuensee – Rock im Wald
25.07.2015 D Flörsheim – Flörsheim Open Air
15.08.2015 PT Moledo – Sonic Blast
23.08.2015 D Essen – Turock Open Air
04.09.2015 D Düsseldorf – Pitcher
05.09.2015 D Rockenhausen – Metallergrillen
12.09.2015 F Raismes – Raismes Fest
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider says bandmate AJ Pero didn’t have to die – and admits he’s angry at the late drummer, according to classicrock.com.
Pero suffered a fatal heart attack last month, and the band have since announced that they’ll wind up their touring career in 2016, with Mike Portnoy behind the kit.
Snider tells TMZ: “I’m going through a period of real anger about it. He was a great guy and I loved him dearly – but he had a history of heart disease.
“His family did. His father died in his early 60s of heart disease, and AJ never had himself checked out. When they did the autopsy he had 95 percent blockage. Advanced heart disease.
“He didn’t have to die, and I feel it’s basically irresponsible behaviour on his part.”
Snider underlines that Pero left two ex-wives, a girlfriend and four children, adding: “You have a responsibility as a parent, as an adult, to get yourself checked out. There’s no reason for people to die of heart disease in this day and age.”
In a separate statement the singer says: “AJ did not have a will and left behind a real mess of an estate to be sorted out. Now there’s in-fighting, mistrust and dissension among the family about how to handle life after AJ.
“This unfortunate situation should be a life lesson to take responsibility for the world we create, and will leave behind when we’re gone.”
Twisted Sister play two memorial shows in the coming months, with proceeds from the second to be given to Pero’s family to “help them out in the short term.”
The band announced details of the forthcoming shows via their official Facebook page:
New York, NY—It was with heavy hearts that Twisted Sister said goodbye to their drummer A.J. Pero, who passed away on March 20.
Today, Twisted Sister members Dee Snider (vocals), Jay Jay French (guitar), Eddie Ojeda (guitar), and Mark “The Animal” Mendoza (bass), have announced that world renowned drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Adrenaline Mob, Winery Dogs) is the replacement for their brother A.J. Pero for all shows this year.
To honor Pero’s memory, two shows will take place on the east coast and west coast. The first, on May 30th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, will be filmed for broadcast, DVD, and CD. The second, for the A.J. Pero family, is scheduled on Saturday, June 13 at The Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ.
Additionally, fulfilling all concert obligations that have been made for the remainder of 2015 (in several different countries), Twisted Sister want their fans to know all festival dates that they have been advertised as playing will happen.
Finally, Twisted Sister has made it official that 2016 will formally close the touring chapter of their illustrious and legendary career. The “Forty and F*ck It” farewell shows celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary with the core line-up of Snider, French, Ojeda and Mendoza.
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