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DIMMU BORGIR Drummer Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski Signs Worldwide Artist Deal with ALPHA OMEGA Management

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ALPHA OMEGA Management is truly excited to announce the signing of DIMMU BORGIR drummer Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski, who now takes part of Alpha Omega’s new Service Branch, dedicated to the needs and interests (Booking, media, communication, promotion) of session musicians and solo artists!

Watch Daray’s video announcement here:

ALPHA OMEGA‘s Owner and General Manager, Alex Azzali, adds:
“We are truly pleased to welcome my long-time good friend and uncompromising drummer, DARAY, to our Artist Roster! While Daray has many engagements with DIMMU BORGIR and VESANIA, we will concentrate on his career at 360 degrees. We are looking forward to work with and for him worldwide, in several occasions, as studio sessions, drum clinics, as well as session drummer for tours, whenever his other engagements allow it. Stay tuned for next news and announcements!”

(For further information and requests, please contact via email: alexalphaomega@gmail.com – robertoalphaomega@gmail.com)

Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski is one of the most recognized drummers within the metal scene. Well known for his extreme drumming, blastbeats, precision and supersonic speeds, he earned his reputation through the years and was repeatedly valued for his achievements. Extensively touring the world with his bands. He played over a 1000 shows.

Born in 1980, he got his first kit at the age of 14. His story began with the band Vesania, and was continued in Vader, Masachist, Hunter, Black River. He’s also a session musician for multiple bands. Today, drumming for Vesania and Dimmu Borgir and being an active clinician and educator, he remains in the lead of worlds‘ uncompromising drummers.

Watch Daray Brzozowski (Meinl cymbal artist) performing “Dimmu Borgir“ off of Dimmu Borgir’s album “Abrahadabra“ at the 2016 Meinl Drum Festival

Please Note, DARAY is available for studio sessions, drum clinics, as well as session drummer for tours etc. For further information, please contact via email: alexalphaomega@gmail.com – robertoalphaomega@gmail.com.

More information at:
DARIUS “DARAY” BRZOZOWSKI: https://www.facebook.com/DarayOfficial – https://www.facebook.com/dimmuborgir/
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

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SURVIVE Announce “Immortal Warriors Tour” Premium Show

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 20, 2017
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Tokyo based “Samurais from Hell”, SURVIVE have announced a special Premium Show, taking place on October 22nd at Shibuya CYCLONE, which is also the final show of their ongoing 15-dates “Immortal Warriors Tour” in Japan and Russia, including also two shows with AMON AMARTH!

Sharing the stage with SURVIVE on October 22nd at Shibuya CYCLONE, are INCEPTION OF GENOCIDE and HONE YOUR SENSE. Each of three bands will play a 60 minutes set! The Premium Show will celebrate also Nemo‘s (vocalist/guitaris) full return to stages, after having health issues earlier this year.

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Remaining “Immortal Warriors Tour 2017” shows are:

September 23 – Koriyama PEAKACTION
September 24 – Sendai BIRDLAND
September 29 – Matsuyama SALONKITTY
September 30 – Kochi CARAVAN SARY
October 8 – Fukui CHOP
October 9 – Shiga U ☆ STONE
October 22 – Shibuya CYCLONE – Premium Show

Just recently SURVIVE released a tour documentary, supporting the Swedish heavy metal Vikings AMON AMARTH on the selected shows (August 31st and September 2nd) during the “Jomsviking Tour 2017”, watch it here:

Japan, Tokyo based Thrash Heroes SURVIVE was formed in 1998 releasing so far 9 albums, 1 DVD and playing several festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc). SURVIVE has toured all over the world with BEHEMOTH, UNITED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, DOPE, PULLING TEETH, TESTAMENT, OUTRAGE, ANTHRAX, HATEBLEED, NAPALM DEATH, AMON AMARTH just to name a few of them. SURVIVE released their latest album “Human Misery”, on September 30th, 2015 via Rebel Recordings. Check out “Shred them All” video from the album:

More information at:
BAND: http://www.rebel-survive.com – https://www.facebook.com/survive333
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

PARADISE LOST: Enter Charts Worldwide; Unveil 360° Tour Trailer

Posted by aliblackdiamond on September 20, 2017
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On September 1st, PARADISE LOST unleashed their 15th studio album in collaboration with Nuclear Blast and the reaction to the eagerly awaited “Medusa” were brilliant, both among fans and press. The full-length release entered the charts worldwide and here are the best results of the Gorgon’s first week out:

#6 Germany
#7 Finland
#8 Poland
#14 Switzerland
#15 Austria
#19 Czech Republic
#20 Belgium VL
#24 Hungary
#25 Belgium WA
#30 Spain
#38 Sweden
#56 UK
#5 USA – Top Current Hard Music Albums
#7 USA – Top New Artists/Heatseekers
#32 USA – Top Current Rock Albums
#100 USA – Top Current Albums

At the end of this month, PARADISE LOST start their European tour supported by their label mates PALLBEARER and the Portuguese doomsters SINISTRO. To get an idea of what to expect from this massive return to the stages, you can now watch a 360° video snippet of the band’s release show at the LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart:

These are the upcoming tour dates:
PARADISE LOST
w/ PALLBEARER & SINISTRO

27.09.  LUX      Esch-Sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik
28.09.  D         Herford – X
29.09.  DK       Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
30.09.  S          Gothenburg – Sticky Fingers
01.10.  N         Oslo – John Dee
03.10.  FIN      Helsinki – Nosturi
05.10.  S          Uppsala – Katalin
06.10   S          Karlstad – Nöjesfabriken
07.10.  DK       Aarhus – VoxHall
09.10.  PL        Krakow – Kwadrat
10.10.  CZ        Brno – Fléda Club
11.10.  SK        Bratislava – Randal Club
13.10.  SRB      Belgrade – Dom Omladine
14.10.  HR       Zagreb – Boogaloo Club
15.10.  H         Budapest – Dürer Kert
16.10.  A         Vienna – Simm City
18.10.  D         Nuremberg – Hirsch
19.10.  D         Frankfurt – Batschkapp
20.10.  D         Saarbrücken – Garage
21.10.  CH       Geneva – L’Usine
23.10.  E          Barcelona – Razzamatazz 2
24.10.  E          Madrid – But
25.10.  E          Bilbao – Santana 27
27.10.  F          Grenoble – La Belle Electrique
28.10.  I           Fontaneto D’Agogna – Phenomenon
29.10.  D         Munich – Theaterfabrik
30.10.  CH       Pratteln – Z7
31.10.  F          Paris – Le Trabendo
02.11.  B          Antwerp – Trix *NEW*
03.11.  UK       London – Electric Ballroom
04.11.  UK       Leeds – Damnation Festival
06.11.  NL        Utrecht – Pandora
07.11.  NL        Tilburg – 013
08.11.  D         Cologne – Live Music Hall
09.11.  D         Berlin – Columbia Theater
10.11.  D         Weissenhäuser Strand / Ostsee – Metal Hammer Paradise*
12.11.  F          Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix *
(*PARADISE LOST only)

Paradise Lost Medusa Chart Positions

CORPSE GARDEN Announce New Album “IAO 269”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 19, 2017
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Latin American death metal act, CORPSE GARDEN, will be releasing their third album IAO 269 in November 2017 via Godz ov War Productions on CD, vinyl, cassette and digitally. A new track “Selenomantic Ecstasies” is streaming via the SoundCloud player below.

IAO 269 follows up conceptually on the previous album, Entheogen (2015), and takes the band into a brand new and bolder, experimental – and even trance-like – direction.

Guitarist Federico Gutiérrez comments on what influenced this direction: “Music is always a response from whatever we are feeling at the moment of its creation. It is an extension of our feelings and emotions”. The album was heavily influenced by the music the band members were listening to during the creation process of the album: krautrock, 70s and 80s post-punk and ambient music among others.

The concept of IAO 269 continues from Entheogen. Federico comments: “When we were crafting the music, it became more obvious that the concept of the album would be a continuation of the concept on Entheogen: It’s the harness of knowledge through the occult and realising its power and the abilities it descends upon one’s hands”.

IAO 269 was produced by Colin Marston and Corpse Garden. Recorded, mixed and mastered in January 2017 by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves Studio, Queens, New York.

Hailing from Costa Rica, Corpse Garden were formed in 2009. Their discography includes three full-length albums: Burnt by the Light (2012), Entheogen (2015) and IAO 269 (2017). The Central American act have successfully toured various regions, including Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and even performed a show at the legendary Wacken Open Air in 2012. Corpse Garden are one of the leading extreme metal acts in Central America, having opened for major acts such as Morbid Angel, Behemoth, Malevolent Creation, Disgorge, Gorguts and Cattle Decapitation.

Corpse Garden are:
Felipe Tencio – Lead vocals, synths, noise manipulation
Carlos Venegas – Fretless bass, aural manipulations, Icaros
Esteben Sancho – Strings, vocal emanations
Federico Gutiérrez – Strings aggression, drilling maelstrom, psychoactive soundscapes
Erick Mejia Arguedas – Drums, visions, spells from the void

Joe Satriani To Release New Album ‘What Happens Next’ On January 12th

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World-renowned guitar virtuoso, JOE SATRIANI, announces the release of his 16th solo album, What Happens Next, set for release, January 12, 2018 on Sony/Legacy Recordings.  Just a day prior to the album release, SATRIANI revives his G3 tour entity, inviting Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and Def Leppard lead guitarist, Phil Collen to join him.  The G3 tour launches on January 11 in Seattle, WA and continues across the U.S. before winding up on February 25 in Milwaukee, WI.  There is a special tour pre-sale promotion giving fans the opportunity to buy concert tickets with the new album as well as VIP packages. Visit https://lnk.to/WHN for more information, pre-sale opportunities and specific market pre-sale and on-sale dates.

The new, instrumentally electrifying album features a power trio of legendary status; SATRIANI on guitar and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple/Black Country Communion) and drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), the latter reuniting with SATRIANI for the first time since their work in the supergroup Chickenfoot. SATRIANI is once again joined by producer/engineer/mixer Mike Fraser, his frequent collaborator over the last 20 years, on What Happens Next. Fraser is well-known for recording/mixing every AC/DC album since 1990’s The Razors Edge along with his classic works with SATRIANI going back to the release of Crystal Planet in 1998.

These new tracks literally vibrate the soul with an energy rarely found these days. From the dynamic opening track, “Energy”, to the majestic crunch of “Thunder High On The Mountain”, and the easy, sensual cords of “Smooth Soul”. This unparalleled rock-rhythm section gives What Happens Next a depth of groove that sets it apart from SATRIANI’s other work.

Since its debut in 1996, SATRIANI’s G3 tour has featured the world’s greatest guitarists (everyone from Steve Vai and Eric Johnson to Steve Lukather and Robert Fripp) and has become a consistent concert hall sell-out attraction in the U.S., South America, Europe, Australia and Japan. “I could say that I’m surprised at the durability of G3 and how much it’s grown, but in a way I’m not,” SATRIANI says with a laugh, “I think part of its charm and its mojo is in the chemistry of having three top guitarists share what they do on stage. It’s fun, it’s unpredictable, it’s wild – it’s everything you could want in a show.”

In addition to this new album and exciting tour news, a new documentary “Beyond the Supernova” shot by SATRIANI’s filmmaker son, ZZ, makes its debut at the Mill Valley Film Festival this October.  The tour documentary chronicles Joe, along with his band and crew, on their last “Shockwave Supernova” tour throughout Europe and Asia.

Satriani’s Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir first released in May 2014 will now be available in paperback.  Pre-orders are available now with the official release on November 7, 2017.  The paperback version includes a new chapter focusing on SATRIANI’s last album, Shockwave Supernova. Read an excerpt from the new chapter HERE.

“What Happens Next” Track Listing:

1 – Energy
2 – Catbot
3 – Thunder High On The Mountain
4 – Cherry Blossoms
5 – Righteous
6 – Smooth Soul
7 – Headrush
8 – Looper
9 – What Happens Next
10 – Super Funky Badass
11 – Invisible
12 – Forever And Ever

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BLACKMORE’S NIGHT Deliver Christmas Wishes With “Winter Carols” Featuring Three Newly Recorded Songs

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Ritchie Blackmore has been known worldwide for his guitar shredding in Deep Purple and Rainbow, issued Bravewords.com. He has also shown hints of his penchant for medieval music in both of those bands. That 18th and 19th Century love, though, has only truly come to the fore within the acoustic context of his “renaissance rock” project, Blackmore’s Night. Together, with award-winning vocalist / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Candice Night, (often compared to Stevie Nicks and Karen Carpenter), Blackmore’s Night is currently celebrating the band’s 20th Anniversary.

Passionate about the musical melodies and styles of the past, combined with their love for the spirit of the holiday season, they recorded Winter Carols to share with their fans, friends and Blackmore’s Night families. Winter Carols is holiday music at its best, performed and sung as it was hundreds of years ago, when the peasants and royalty alike shared the jovial spirit of the holidays. For this very special re-release of their holiday album (out on digital formats on September 22nd, on CD October 13th), Blackmore’s Night included three brand new recordings of “Deck The Halls”, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, and “Oh Christmas Tree”. Each song, arranged by Ritchie Blackmore, is lovingly filtered through the Blackmore’s Night prism, given an eclectic Renaissance touch topped with Candice Night’s ethereal vocals.

It’s this love of Renaissance-based and classical melodies that endears Blackmore’s Night to hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. Their unique genre is classified as “fantasy music for all ages.”

“The holiday season has always embodied joy, love, peace and togetherness,” says Candice. “We are entranced by the magic of the season. The sentiments of the holidays are what we try to express in our music year round—so this CD is a natural progression. All the music we craft and create has always been about love, unity and friendship. These songs as a whole are beautiful unifying carols. Feel the warmth of friendship! Everyone can join in.”

“The origin of the word ‘carol’ means ‘dance’,’” adds Ritchie. “I am naturally attracted to these melodies. As a kid, I would go from house to house during the holiday time and sing them just to earn some money. As an adult, I thought I could play them and make more money!”

Tracklisting:

“Deck The Halls”
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“Oh Christmas Tree”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Come All Ye Faithful”
“I Saw Three Ships”
“Winter (Basse Dance)”
“Ding Dong Merrily On High”
“Ma-O-Tzur”
“Good King Wencesla”
“Lord Of The Dance / Simple Gifts”
“We Three Kings”
“Wish You Were Here”
“Emmanuel”
“Christmas Eve”
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas”