Heavy metal titans ACCEPT have blown fans away with the event of their new album release “Blind Rage”. The excitement was palpable as fans geared up for the Blind Rage tour, which started on 11th September in California, USA. Check out the full list of tour dates at this location.
Again Finnish axe wielders will be play a stormy role on the Teutonic heavyweights tour, starting from the 24th September in Seinajoki. There will be four nights of thunder, earthquake, flames, typhoon and heavy metal awesomeness.
The third show in Finland on 27th September will be at Tampere, which is a city in Pirkanmaa, Southern Finland and is situated between two lakes. The show will take place at the Pakkahuone venue which is used for music shows as well as theatre and exhibitions, with a capacity for 1200 people. Past metal acts appearing onstage there include Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
Wolf Hoffmann and Peter Baltes have the following message for the fans in Tampere:
The award-winning, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker will embark on a nationwide UK tour at the Newcastle O2 Academy on Wednesday 10th December. Tickets are available from the 24 hour box office on 0844 478 0898 or from thegigcartel.com. Four days before his UK tour kicks off, Schenker will headline Planet Rockstock at Trecco Bay in South Wales on Saturday 6th December.
Schenker will perform songs from the new album, which features the new single, “Lord Of The Lost And Lonely,” plus all the MSG, UFO and Scorpions rock classics. The Bridge The Gap UK tour will feature Schenker’s “Temple of Rock” band, comprising ex-ScorpionsHerman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards), and ex-Rainbow vocalist Doogie White.
Following on from their epic performance at Bloodstock Festival 2014 to upwards of 12,000 people at 11am, EVIL SCARECROW are now gearing up for the release of their long awaited 3rd album (the first recorded with their current line-up) “Galactic Hunt” with the legendary producer Russ Russell (Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, The Wildhearts, Exploited, Evile, Sikth, Oaf etc) at the helm.
Check out the new video for ‘Crabulon’ below:
As ever the album will include influences from across the metal genre melded together with the inimitable Evil Scarecrow humour and just a smattering of some rather more imitable dance moves!
“Galactic Hunt” was produced and mixed by Russ Russell at Parlour Studios, Kettering, UK
Mastered by Dexter Russell in the garden.
Dr Rabid Hell has some “words of wisdom” on the making of the album and their 7 foot robot, Whitaker 5:
“We worked with some incredible people to bring this album together; a world class producer in Russ Russell, a guest accordion player and very special guest Hugo Myatt. You might remember him as Treguard from the classic cult TV show Knightmare. We thought it’d be great to get him to do some voiceover for our track that pays homage to the show. Famous for playing Treguard in the cult, classic tv show Knightmare, we thought it would be great to get him to voice over for our track which pays homage to show. He also added some extra layers to some other tracks, most notably Space Dementia! He was a total legend, and his missus was bloody lovely too! Space dementia is sounding super War-of-the-Worlds-epic because of his contribution”
“With Brother Pain being a time traveller and a bit of a kleptomaniac we occasionally find some gems in his massive horde of collected trinkets. We’ve had Whitaker 5 for a while, knocking about in our giant gothic sky castle in Norway. He was getting cranky just wandering around bringing us the occasional packet of Space Raiders and cartons of his special moon juice, so we thought if we wrote a song featuring him [Space Dementia] we could probably just pretend he was prop and let him on stage to bust his moves. It gets him out in the open for a bit of a dance, keeps his mind off world domination for a while. The earth owes us big time really. The sheer power of our music must have saved humanity a thousand times over. You’re welcome by the way!”
Upcoming live shows:
Saturday 20th September – WRONGSTOCK, The Underworld, London
Saturday 11th October – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
Wednesday 12th November – The Waterfront, Norwich – Supporting Diamond Head
Thursday 20th November – Warehouse 23, Wakefield – Supporting Diamond Head
Saturday 13th December – The Underworld, London – With Lawnmower Deth
Saturday 3rd January – Yardbirds, Grimsby
Saturday 14th March – Hammerfest, Wales
Previous releases:
‘Sixty Six Minutes Past Six’ Album
‘Helldog’ EP
‘Crowcifiction’ Album
Videos – Robototron, Blacken The Everything
UK rockers HEAVEN’S BASEMENT will round off a triumphant year as special guests to THE PRETTY RECKLESS. The four piece appear as the main support act on the ‘Going To Hell UK’ tour, which also features Nothing More.
“We can’t wait to get out there and tear up the UK with The Pretty Reckless on their Going To Hell tour.” Says guitarist Sid Glover. “It’s gonna be a loud as fuck, all out rock n’ roll monster of a tour and the perfect send off for Filthy Empire”.
Dates are as follows:
17.11.2014 – NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
18.11.2014 – LEEDS O2 ACADEMY
19.11.2014 – MANCHESTER ACADEMY
20.11.2014 – GLASGOW O2 ACADEMY
22.11.2014 – OXFORD O2 ACADEMY SOLD OUT!
23.11.2014 – BRISTOL O2 ACADEMY SOLD OUT!
24.11.2014 – BIRMINGHAM INSTITUTE
26.11.2014 – LONDON O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON
Announcing their addition to her band’s tour last week via Twitter, The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen also exclusively shared the band’s new video for ‘Lights Out In London’
“Shooting the Lights Out In London video was awesome” says Sid. “We took over Brick Lane in London, threw a few parties and raged through until daybreak, capturing certain things as we went. Considering the sinister undertones of the song it was actually a really fun night.”
Kristine Osorio of American Idol fame has joined forces with Guymon, Oklahomans BIPOLAR ECHO as new lead vocalist for the band.
According to founding member, guitarist Kevin Wale, co-founding member Amber Fesmire has decided to step down as lead vocalist and focus on family related goals: “Change is always a little scary. Especially when it involves replacing someone not only so key to the sound of the band, but also who is such a good friend with whom you’ve been through so much. However, change also introduces new opportunities to make new friends, and since life doesn’t ask permission, we’re very happy to have Kristine on board.”
Kristine is very excited about this new musical journey as the band begins writing new material for their next release.
Bipolar Echo is a modern rock band hailing from Amarillo, Texas and Guymon Oklahoma, fusing pop, anthemic melodic hard rock, metal, and a touch of prog. The band was formed in 2007 by Kevin, Amber, and former drummer Brad Duren. Ramiro “Tiny” Rosalez Jr. joined on bass in 2008, and drummer Michael Kennedy joined in 2013.
Fans of Teutonic giants ACCEPT are some of the most dedicated around. This has again been demonstrated in a new fan video set to the track ‘Stampede’ from the band’s latest album “Blind Rage.”
The video features pictures of fans worldwide, including Metal Shock Finland team members Chief Editor Mohsen Fayyazi, Senior Manager Ali Blackdiamond and Authors Teresa Hopkins and Di Parkes. Check out the video, created by Crue Head below:
ACCEPT have just started their “Blind Rage” world tour and tonight (Monday) the show will be taking place at the Gramercy Theatre, New York, USA. For the full list of dates, visit the official ACCEPT website at this location.
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