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YES Launch Video For First Track ‘The Ice Bridge’ From Forthcoming New Album

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YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, recently announced they will release their new studio album The Quest on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on 1st October 2021. The album was produced by Steve Howe. “Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020. We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall sound of these fresh new recordings, hoping that our emphasis on melody, coupled with some expansive instrumental solo breaks, keeps up the momentum for our listeners,” said Steve.

The Quest was recorded across the globe. The sessions took place in the UK with Steve Howe, Geoff Downes & Jon Davison, while Alan White & Billy Sherwood got together in the studio in the US. “Billy Sherwood and myself did all the rhythm sections, bass and drum, in America,” says Alan White, “down in Los Angeles at Uncle Studios, where he works a lot. It helps when you’ve got a good place to work,” Alan laughs, “and Billy’s really good on the recording desk, so we got things down relatively quickly.  I spent quite a while studying the music before I went down to LA so I was prepared.”

YES are pleased to reveal the first track to be taken from the album – “The Ice Bridge” – watch the video HERE

The Quest is also now available for pre-order on various formats, including a Limited Deluxe Box-Set that features a Gatefold 180g 2LP on exclusive colored vinyl, 2CD+Blu-ray Digipak (featuring 5.1 mix & backing tracks), 36-page perfect-bound booklet, enamel pin badge, 60x90cm poster, slipmat & hand-numbered certificate of authenticity, all housed in a rigid lift-off box. 

Containing 11 songs, 8 on the main CD with 3 extra tracks on a bonus CD, The Quest will also be available as Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook, 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP+2CD & as Digital Album.

PRE-ORDER NOW.

JETHRO TULL Sign with InsideOutMusic /Sony Music, New Album Coming in Early 2022

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InsideOutMusic/Sony Music are extremely pleased to announce the signing of progressive rock legends JETHRO TULL to the label.  The band has already completed a new album titled ‘The Zealot Gene’, which can be expected in early 2022.

Ian Anderson had this to say about the new signing – “After 54 years in the world of music recording, it is with great pleasure that I now sign Jethro Tull to a record company which reminds me, in many ways, of the old Chrysalis label – both as an independent and in its later years in partnership with EMI. Here are real music guys with a passion for the best and most creative in rock music. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship and more releases to come.”

InsideOutMusic Label Manager Thomas Waber states, “Adding Jethro Tull to the roster is an incredible honour for us. The band are true innovators of the genre and we are looking forward to working with them on their new album. We are sure their countless fans will be as excited about it as we are!”

With more than 30 albums to their credit and sales totaling more than 50 million, Jethro Tull are one of the most successful rock bands of all-time with a catalog that contains classics that still resonate today. Led by Ian Anderson, Tull still continue to tour throughout the world, entertaining audiences of all ages.

HOODED MENACE Share Music Video for New Song “Those Who Absorb the Night”

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Death doom masters HOODED MENACE will be releasing their new full-length album, ‘The Tritonus Bell,’ on August 27 via Season of Mist! The band is now sharing the official music video for the third and final single, “Those Who Absorb the Night” via Inferno Magazine (Finland). The video is also available via the Season of Mist YouTube at THIS LOCATION.

Guitarist Lasse Pyykkö comments on the new track: “We´re excited to unleash the video for “Those Who Absorb The Night” off the new album “The Tritonus Bell”! The rather catchy track has different moods and vibes to it, going from gloomy melancholy to bursts of aggressiveness and back, and I think the atmospheric and spider-webbed visuals support the music quite perfectly.“

Pre-orders are now live HERE

Track-list 
1. Chthonic Exordium (1:16)
2. Chime Diabolicus (8:10) (LISTEN)
3. Blood Ornaments (9:01) (WATCH)
4. Those who absorb the Night (5:52) (WATCH)
5. Corpus Asunder (7:17)
6. Scattered into Dark (9:05)
7. Instruments of Somber Finality (2:45)
Bonus
8. The Torture Never Stops (W.a.s.p. cover) (4:07)
Total: 47:40

FROM THE DEPTH Release New Single “Catch the Fox”

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Recently Italian power metallers FROM THE DEPTH announced the release of three new singles: “Catch The Fox” (Den Harrow), “What is Love” (Haddaway) featuring Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth) and “Sweet Dreams” (Eurythmics) which features Giorgia Colleluori (IT’sALIE, Rock Meets Classic).

Today FROM THE DEPTH unveil the first single “Catch The Fox”, which features their former keyboards player Davide Castro.

STREAM/PURCHASE THE SONG HERE: https://bit.ly/3kSj3gR

“Here is the first single from our Summer EP: ‘Catch The Fox’ is an incredible song which represented the undisputed quality of Italian disco in the 80’s worldwide.
We had so much fun rearranging it, we felt like it was written for us. We hope we did justice to it!“, explains the band.

The songs were mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio. Exclusive artworks were created by Jen Scarlet.
The three singles will be available also as 7” vinyl (limited to 50 copies worldwide), titled “Nights of Summer Side”. Pre-order your copy now: https://fromthedepth.it/summer-lp

“Even if Covid-19 pandemic forced us to stop our live and rehearsal activities, we decided to keep us busy. We started recording a cover for the production of the upcoming album. Shortly the project became bigger, and we recorded 3 singles just for fun. Everybody loves those songs and we still headbang when we listen to them! It was really funny, and we hope the listeners will love them as much as we do. And if you are looking for some real heavy metal, don’t worry you won’t have to wait too much…”, comments the band’s singer and leader Raffaele “Raffo” Albanese.

FROM THE DEPTH is a power metal band formed in Parma (Italy) in 2008. With the first stable line-up they released the first demo “The Will To Be The Flame” which let them get their first label deal to release the first worldwide distributed album “Back To Life”. With the album going sold out quickly after the release, they toured among many European festival alongside bands like Megadeth, Sonata Arctica, Overkill, King Diamond, Iced Earth, Moonspell, Lordi, Sabaton, Rhapsody Of Fire, DragonForce and more. The band underwent a series of line-up changes that brought the latest members with two guitars and no keyboards, giving the band a more “aggressive” approach.
FROM THE DEPTH is currently signed to Rockshots Records and they’re endorsed by Solar Guitars.

BLOOD INCANTATION Re-Release “Interdimensional Extinction” And “Starspawn”

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Cosmic Death Metal crew BLOOD INCANTATION from Denver finally re-release their fan-hailed 2015 EP “Interdimensional Extinction” as well as their first full length album “Starspawn” on Vinyl and CD.

The first studio EP “Interdimensional Extinction” from this twisted Colorado death metal legion has been remixed and mastered by Damian Herring (Subterranean Watchtower) and will be available as 180-gram LP in various colors such as “Glow in the dark” (see below) including an exclusive poster + etching on Side B and as CD Digipak on Aug 6th.

The debut LP Starspawn is an album that leaves the listener feeling transcendentally disembodied at the end of an unknown dimension, with its intense and otherworldly technical/ambient/funeral Death Metal being produced entirely in analog. This monumental Death Metal masterpiece will be available as Gatefold 180-gram LP including an exclusive poster and as CD Digipak on Aug 6th.

The presale has already started – be quick and get one of the strictly limited colors before they are sold out!

“Interdimensional Extinction – EP”, Get your copy here https://bloodincantation.lnk.to/InterdimensionalExtinction

“Starspawn”, Get your copy here https://bloodincantation.lnk.to/starspawn

CELTIC HILLS Announce New Album, Start Recording End Of Summer 2021, New Band Logo Unveiled

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While ‘Mystai Keltoy‘ continues to have great reviews around the world, today band leader Jonathan Vanderbilt from Italian legendary Speed/thrash metallers CELTIC HILLS announces that the band is already working hard on the preparation of the new album.

Jonathan Vanderbilt said that some songs have already been written and defined and that he is recording the demos to start real recording with the whole band at the end of the summer.

He adds “Again this time we will talk about Friuli, and the theory is at work that the location of the American Air Force Base Aviano is used to control an ancient access to the underground world, which has been used by the pagan gods since ancient times. The magical rites of the inhabitants of the mountains and the places where elves, fairies and gnomes once lived among the people are revealed. There are already definitive titles such as The Sound of the Earth in F sharp minor. A text tells how you can use the beneficial energy of the trees at dawn to strengthen your energies, but there will be no lack of historical events that accompany every CELTIC HILLS album.”

Furthermore, the band has unveiled their new stunning long, see below, created by https://www.wappenschmied.com.

Just recently the band release their new official video ‘The 7 Headed Dragon of Osoppo’, taken from the band’s latest album ‘Mystai Keltoy’, released on May 15th 2021 via Elevate Records. In case you missed the video, watch it here: https://youtu.be/Qn4cQykiyZg

Everything “Mystai Keltoy” (which is an enigmatic name that alludes to the Eleusian Mysteries) is inspired by themes ranging from ancient alien civilizations, European pyramids, legends and historical facts of Friuli, as you can already guess from the album cover. The disc was recorded and produced at the Groove Factory in Udine by Michele Guaitoli, a prominent name for being the lead singer of Temperance, Vision of Atlantis, Era.

“Mystai Keltoy” Tracklist:
The Light
Blood is not water
The tommorrow of our sons
The 7 heads dragon of Osoppo
Landing of the Gods
Already lost
Falling stars
Battle of Frigidum
Eden (sung by Germana Noage)
Temple of love
Alliteratio (sung in Italian)

Coverart was created by Sheila Franco.

Order the album here: http://smarturl.it/zr31wj
Stream the album on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5pPqQTeqqhudestuaOr8KC

The formation of the power trio is Simone Cescutti on drums, Jacopo Novello on bass and Jonathan Vanderbilt on vocals and guitars. The cover is hand painted by Sheila Franco, the same girl who painted Blood Over Intents, and represents the myth of the ancient visitors. Jonathan Vanderbilt played and recorded the album with Panico Custom instruments, the Italian sponsor of custom lutherie of Luca Panico di Ravenna, a guitar specially created with the specifications requested by the Canadian guitarist.

Also watch/ stream the earlier videos:
‘Eden’ (Official Video), Feat. Germana Noage – https://youtu.be/5rWiTOzKdHI
‘Alliteratio’ (Official Audio) – https://youtu.be/jAG7A4G2t-E
‘The Blood Is Not Water’ (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/5SwaiwcMuho
‘The Tomorrow Of Our Sons’ (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/J6el2hinrqE
Guardian Of 7 Stars (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/odGPBPbEK6M
Blood Flows Down (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/9uDHXPp03PE
A Happy Abdicant King (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/kLaB9QfVAdU
Forum Julii (Official Lyric Video) – https://youtu.be/fMFSBhtx24U
Time (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/o-DCnVNYsbw
Warpriest (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/6kFIovUDn_c

CELTIC HILLS were born in 2010, in 2020 they sign a recording contract with Elevate Records with which they release the album “Blood over Intents” and the EP “Schrage Musik” both in 2020.
In 2021 another album is out “Mystai Keltoy” produced and recorded by Michele Guaitoli singer of Temperance, Vision of Atlantis and Era. The style played is difficult to place in a single vein of metal, as there are many influences ranging from death to power, with sound elements that can also recall a certain type of 90’s thrash. The singing is quite varied, and for some listeners it may seem unusual in a metal band. power, speed and good melodic lines distinguish the band from others. Between 2010 and 2020 they released “Horns helmet fighters” and for the Slovak Music Globalliance they came out on international compilations on volumes 2,3,4.

Celtic Hills are
Lord of the voice: Jonathan Vanderbilt
Lord of the bass: Jacopo Novello
Lord of the drums:Simone Cescutti

More information at
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/CELTIC-HILLS-OFFICIAL-279464367306 | https://www.n1m.com/celtichills/
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/SplitScreenManagement | http://www.splitscreen-management.com
LABEL: https://www.elevate2records.com/categoria-prodotto/elevate-records