With over 830M all-time streams, #1 charting albums, multiple sold-out headlining tours across the globe, appearances at major festivals worldwide, recognition from top government agencies and officials, and collaborations with some of rock’s biggest names, THE HU have brought Mongolian music to the forefront with their innovative brand of ‘Hunnu Rock.’ They will now bring their unparalleled and immersive performance to audiences across North America as they join forces with rock legends Iron Maiden as direct support on their “Future Past” arena tour started yesterday, October 4 in San Diego, CA. THE HU have paid tribute to Iron Maiden releasing a cover version of one of the band’s most popular songs, “The Trooper,” which AllMusic described as “an all-time genre classic.”
Founding member, Lead Throat Singer, and Morin Khuur musician GALA excitedly states: “The Hu is thrilled to be on Iron Maiden’s Future Past Tour in North America. For us, this tour represents an important milestone for the Mongolian music industry and a historical step towards world stage. As a special thank you, and out of huge respect as fans of the band, we covered their legendary song ‘The Trooper’ and are happy to be sharing that with you ahead of this tour!”
Stream THE HU’s version of “The Trooper” now across all digital platforms HERE. Watch the music video streaming below or via YouTube HERE.
THE HU will also perform a series of headlining shows throughout the tour with special guests The Funeral Portrait.See all upcoming dates below. Tickets and VIP upgrades are available now at https://www.thehuofficial.com.
THE HU released a live recording of their groundbreaking debut performance at the legendary Glastonbury festival in Somerset, UK in 2023, THE HU LIVE AT GLASTONBURY, earlier this year via Better Noise Music It includes popular tracks from their 2019 breakthrough debut The Gereg—which debuted at #1 on the World Album and Top New Artist Charts—and its 2022 follow-up album Rumble Of Thunder, both released via Better Noise Music.
THE HU have received critical acclaim from the likes of Billboard, NPR, GQ, The Guardian, The Independent, Revolver, and even Sir Elton John himself. In addition to collaborations with some of rock’s top artists such as Serj Tankian (System of a Down), William Duvall (Alice In Chains), Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) and DL (Bad Wolves), THE HU has also explored eclectic ways to reach audiences with their sound including recording music for EA Games’ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and being featured in its soundtrack as well as being in the soundtrack for the horror-thriller The Retaliators along with appearing in the film.
THE HU Upcoming Tour Dates 10/4 San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre & 10/5 Las Vegas, NV – Michelob ULTRA Arena & 10/8 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum & 10/9 Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center & 10/12 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst ^ 10/14 Portland, OR – MODA Center & 10/15 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory ^ 10/16 Tacoma, WA -Tacoma Dome & 10/18 Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center & 10/19 Denver, CO – Ball Arena & 10/21 West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom ^ 10/22 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center & 10/24 Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena & 10/25 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues ^ 10/26 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena & 10/27 Quebec, QC – Videotron Centre & 10/28 Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre ^ 10/30 Montreal, QC – Centre Bell & 10/31 Buffalo, NY – Electric City ^ 11/1 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center & 11/2 Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center & 11/4 Albany, NY – Empire Live ^ 11/6 Worcester, MA – DCU Center & 11/7 Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center ^ 11/8 Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena & 11/9 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center & 11/12 Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena & 11/13 Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center & 11/15 Houston, TX – House of Blues ^ 11/16 Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena & 11/17 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center & &with Iron Maiden ^with The Funeral Portrait
Claus Larsen, known to 30-plus years worth of industrial fans as Leæther Strip, is back with a brand new single drawn from his upcoming Halloween album All Hallow’s Eve.
Following a tempestuous reading of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” with the even heavier-hitting “Massaker,” Larsen not only reawakens old memories, he paints fresh textures across one of the key industrial dance club hits of the early 1990s.
A major, manic European club hit for composer Tommi Stumpff in 1991, just as Larsen himself was stepping up to dominate the dancefloor, “Massaker” was a BPM behemoth, as dynamic as it was doom-laden, a swirling sweatbox that retains all its original power… and then some… in Leæther Strip’s hands.
Indeed, “Massaker” has already established itself as a firm audience favorite in Larsen’s current live set, yet it is scarcely alone in driving All Hallow’s Eve into vivid new landscapes.
Depeche Mode, the Cramps, the Human League and Siouxsie and the Banshees all receive a classic Leæther Strip lashing across this remarkable album – itself the seventh volume in Larsen’s long-running Æppreciation series of truly immolative covers.
The darkest movie themes, too, swirl within the smoke, as All Hallows Eve aligns itself alongside Cleopatra’s other seasonal classic of the year, Gothic Halloween – home to Larsen’s own self-penned horror classic “Strap Me Down” – to guarantee a super-scarifying time for all.
Larsen says, “This is a collection of covers of songs that I connect to my own Halloween. Songs that I would have on a October 31st playlist. Something to enhance the mood of my favorite time of year. They are all songs that I love, songs that I find timeless and very inspiring. Enjoy and celebrate this wonderful time of year.”
“‘The Holy Gift’ is not a documentary about Tool, but inspired by Tool’s music.”
As newest addition to its list of programs, THE PIT VOD platform presents ‘The Holy Gift’ : a documentary about the band Tool, produced in the USA, France, and Chile, without involvement from the band members.
It explores the broader impact of their music, appealing not only to Tool fans but to a wider audience of music lovers and anyone curious about how and why music can move us deeply.
“Listening to the ‘Lateralus’ album was a shock to me, and I now consider it perhaps my greatest musical encounter. I had always described this music as ‘different’, without ever being able to put a word to that difference.
This music questioned me more and more, and that’s why, in 2005, I started writing a film without suspecting that it would take me 14 years to finish it.” (Stéphane Kazadi, director of ‘The Holy Gift’)
35 years ago today Babylon A.D. released their self-titled debut album. Lead singer Derek Davis looks back on getting signed and their showcase performance for Arista Records Clive Davis…
Getting a record deal and releasing our first record was one of the greatest highlights of my life. I had dreamed about getting “The Deal” and being in a recording artist since I was 8 years old. It just proved to me dreams can come true.
I remember it like it was yesterday, The band had just moved to Hollywood in a one bedroom apartment at the infamous “Saint James” off Hollywood Blvd. There was 6 of us living there for less than a week when our manager called and said that Clive Davis the President of Arista Records wanted to see the band on that Saturday and they had arranged a showcase for us at SIR studios on Sunset Blvd. We had not practiced in a while do to the move from the Bay Area but we were ready! I mean this is “Clive Fukin Davis” The Music Mogul” the man who signed “Janis Joplin”, “Aerosmith”, Simon and Garfunkel”, “The Grateful Dead”, “Santana”,“Whitney Houston” and many more world renown artists and he wanted to see – US!!! WTF??????????
That Saturday morning we practiced a 7 song set and Clive showed up around noon with two New York A&R guys and Randy Gerston the head of the West Coast A&R department. Our manager Jay Malla was there also and that was it! Five guys wearing suites, sitting on a big long couch right in front of the band. We were on stage and we blew through our set and nailed it, and the second we finished the last song “The Kid Goes Wild”, ‘Clive Davis’ jumps up off the couch and opens his arms real wide and says, “Welcome To The Family Boys”! I will never forget the rush of that moment, We had been working for a moment like this our whole career. We signed a 10 album deal and the dream began with our first album the self titled “Babylon A.D.” which was released 35 years ago on October 3rd 1989!
What a fantastic ride it has been and we plan to keep on going. There is no stoping us, “Babylon A.D.” is creating new music and we still get that rush every time we play together on stage and in the recording studio. The music and the fans keep us alive and let us live the dream we still have! We are truly grateful and blessed to be able to still do what we love!
Stay tuned because we are just warming up!!!
Babylon A.D. recently released their latest album “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day”. The third single “Sometimes Love Is Hell” is active right now on radio.
Formed in 1987, Babylon A.D. hail from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Original members, Derek Davis vocalist/songwriter, guitarist’s and music writers John Mathews and Ron Freschi drummer James Pacheco and bassist Rob Reid met in high school before they began playing together as “The Persuaders” making a name for themselves with their powerful live performances and catchy songwriting skills becoming one of the top drawing original Hard Rock bands in the Northern CA.
In 1989 the band changed their name to “Babylon A.D.” and caught the attention of Arista Records President and industry music mogul “Clive Davis”, who signed them at a live showcase in Los Angeles thanks to their impressive three song demo and a home made video. John Mattews departed the band and was replaced by another high school friend Dan De La Rosa just before their self-titled album “Babylon A.D.” was released in 1990. The album included their hard rock classic hits “Bang Go The Bells”, “Hammer Swings Down” and “The Kid Goes Wild”, which featured Screaming “Sam Kinison” and was the trailer song and promotional video for Orion Pictures (ROBO COP 2). The band scored three #1 songs at Metal Radio and reached Gold status on their first release, which spent 38 weeks on the Billboard top 200, peaking at # 46. Their sophomore effort (Nothing Sacred) was produced by the legendary “Tom Werman” and released in 1992, it produced two more top-ten metal rockers. “Bad Blood” and “So Savage the Heart”. Constant touring throughout the early 1990s and several MTV videos made them one of hard rock fans favorite bands.
In 1999 the band and released “Live In Your Face” on Apocalypse Records, a compilation of live tracks recorded at various cities’ across America. Their next release “American Blitzkrieg” soon followed in 2002 and both records were well received by critics and fans alike. In 2008 the band released Babylon A.D. “In The Beginning” on Perris Records, a compilation of songs from the original demo tapes that secured them their recording contract with Arista Records.
After a long hiatus the band started playing and recording again in 2014. Touring across the States and Europe releasing the four song E.P “Lost Sessions”. in 2018 John Matthews rejoined the group and the band signed with Frontiers Records for their forth studio release “Revelation Highway” Four singles/ videos and more touring followed through the beginning of 2020. In 2022 original members James Pacheco and Robb Reid left the band for other pursuits remaining connected to the bands legacy and part of a brotherhood of friendship that has lasted for over 30 years!
PRESENT DAY… Fast forward to 2023, BABYLON A.D. announced new members Craig Pepe (bass) and Dylan Soto (drums) and a new live concert album “Live Lightning” from Perris Records. The new album included their top-ten rock-radio classic hits from their debut album as well as songs from “Nothing Sacred”, “American Blitzkrieg”, and “Revelation Highway”.
May 2024 the band released their 5th studio album on Perris Records titled “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day”. The 11 track album is classic Babylon A.D. firing on all cylinders, showcasing great songwriting talent, performances and the hard rock sound the band is known for. Three new videos and singles have been released from the album. The band is currently booking and playing select live shows across the states in support of the new album.
Japan’s Melancholic Gothic Metallers ELEANOR have released their new video ‘Insomnia’, taken from the band’s 5th album “Effigy Of The Flowing Tears”. The album is a collection of singles [2019-2021], released digitally in 2024.
Shiori Vitus (vocals) and Ippei J.M (guitars) formed ELEANOR in Osaka called “eleanor” in 2006, mixing the influence from European bands such as “The Gathering”from which Eleanor was affected its name, “Sentenced” “Amorphis” and Japanese sensibility.
Current Line up Vocals : Shiori Vitus Guitars : Ippei J.M Guitars : Naoki Drums : Masaki Chorus & Percussion : Jet Rumi
Discography 2006 CDR demo [eleanor] 2007 CDR demo [The Second Dawn] 2008 CD 1st full album [A Circle Of Lament] 2009 CDR demo [Fragments / Rise above (revive)] 2013 CD 2nd full album [Breathe Life Into The Essence] 2016 CD 3rd full album [Celestial Nocturne] 2017 CD single [Mellow Songs (Unplugged and the others)] 2018 CD full album [Celestial Nocturne] (Euro press) 2019 digital single [Greed / Name] 2019 digital single [Elegy / Sorrow] 2020 digital single [Calendula / Glitter] 2021 CD 4th album [Downhearted] 2024 digital single [Insomnia] 2024 CD 5th album [Effigy Of The Flowing Tears] 2024 digital album [eleanor WORKS 2019-2021]
Atlanta-based American guitarist Eddie 9V is pleased to announce his new album Saratogareleased by Ruf Records on Friday 22nd November 2024. Pre-order the album HERE.
The album features the new single “Halo” released Friday 4 October 2024. The single is available on all streaming platforms HERE.
The announcement of the new album, dovetails Eddie’s November and December UK Tour where he will support Robert Jon & The Wreck at Oxford, Academy 2 (Nov 30) and Nottingham, Rock City (Dec 1), followed by headline UK club shows Newcastle, Cluny 2 (Dec 2), Edinburgh, The Caves (Dec 3), London, The Black Heart (Dec 4), and Manchester, Retro Bar (Dec 5).
Eddie 9V has an endless stockpile of cool stories – and you’ll find twelve of them on new studio album Saratoga. It’s a record that will thrill both newcomers and fans who have trailed Eddie since the start, showcasing his fresh, fiery spin on Southern soul, blues, rock and funk, with his signature wit and sharp observations of modern America placing him squarely in the here-and-now. “I do think it’s a wonderful road trip album,” he nods.
Eddie 9V has powered up. From the day he first slung a guitar on a local stage, the Georgia-born bandleader announced himself as an artist to watch. But in the last few meteoric years, Eddie’s music has crossed oceans and airwaves, transcending his cult-hero status to become a beacon for fans of real music everywhere. “Eddie 9V is something else,” wrote the UK’s Classic Rock Magazine – “A man who genuinely inhabits golden-era American roots, playing the most instinctive blues you’ll hear all year.”
Check out the gig listings and you’ll find this rising star playing a bigger club every time he blows through town. Scan the charts and you’ll find his most recent album, 2022’s Capricorn, locking horns with the giants of rock ‘n’ roll. “Capricorn debuted at #1 and that was a cool feeling for a week, until Bonnie Raitt kicked us off,” reflects Eddie with a smile. “But hey, that’s a cool story to be able to say…”
We’ve rode shotgun with Eddie for a couple of decades now. Born Brooks Mason in June 1996, he was playing guitar by the age of six (“One of those with the speaker in it – the most bang for your buck, y’know?”). Even then, manufactured pop music held nothing for him, and his years at Union Grove High School were instead soundtracked by local heroes like Sean Costello, alongside his studies of “older cats” like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Freddie King and Rory Gallagher.
“I wanted to see what made them groove and tick,” he explains. “I’ve been making up lyrics on the spot for years. I believe that came from my Uncle Brian at our family fish fries – he taught me about what made people laugh and what kept the audience’s attention.”
Coming up on his home state’s live circuit – first with covers band The Smokin’ Frogs, then with highly rated blues-rockers The Georgia Flood – Mason soon turned heads, even representing the Atlanta Blues Society at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. But his true birth as an artist came when he buried his birth name and adopted that striking solo moniker. “A lot of people wanted me to be the Brooks Mason Blues Band, but that’s been done,” he reasons. “I wanted to start from scratch – and I ain’t never heard of no bluesman named Eddie 9V.”
From the start, Eddie’s output pricked up ears, with 2019’s “Left My Soul In Memphis” dubbed “fresh and life-affirming” by Rock and Blues Muse and the chaotic free-for-all of 2021’s “Little Black Flies” praised by Classic Rock Magazine as “like having all your best mates in the speakers”. In 2023, he got his best reviews yet for Capricorn, a record tracked at the near-mythical Macon studio of the same name, that led Classic Rock’s Henry Yates to declare: “As an artist, he sounds fully charged.”
But the great artists evolve, and in both its songcraft and execution, Saratoga finds Eddie painting with more colours from his palette. “I was shooting for a more Americana-type album this time, less blues songs and solos and more focusing on the songwriting,” he explains of the eleven originals co-written with his brother, the much-respected Southern musician, Lane Kelly. Unlike the anarchy of earlier albums, meanwhile, the sessions mostly saw the multi-instrumentalist siblings hunkered down at their own Echo Deco Studio in Atlanta, self-producing the new tracks with Patrick Meese and inviting guest players to supply horns, fiddle and lap steel.
“It was definitely more me and my brother in our home studio recording everything. There’s a lot of guests, for sure, but it was mainly overdubbing. We did the songs “Saratoga,” “Delta,” and “Halo” at Crown Lanes Studio in Denver, Colorado, and it was nice to take a break, walk outside, see the mountains, feel the fresh air. At our studio, it’s just muggy with mosquitoes. But sometimes it’s good to not have distractions.”
Likewise, the new songs of Saratoga deserve nothing less than your full attention. Eddie’s latest album announces his new groove with the crisp, purposeful beats of the opening title track, an instant favourite that gets under your skin with its almost disco-style harmonies and joust of horns and slide guitar. As Eddie says: “That song is about being in a lonely tiny town that feels impossible to escape.”
“Halo” struts from the speakers on Eddie’s falsetto howl, before the lush yearning of “Cry Like A River” and “Love Moves So Slow” (co-written by Spencer Pope) brings vintage soul into the modern age. The brittle riffs and spacey vocal of Delta mark another gearshift, flowing into “Red River’s” reflective-yet-kinetic groove. “Wasp Weather” speaks to Eddie’s love of rapid-fire streams of consciousness. “That’s my favourite lyrically ’cos I like spewing words that don’t make sense into songs. ‘I got a big mud house that I can’t keep clean, it’s useless’ – I love that line.”
The album plays out in style with the trilling alt-folk of “Truckee.” “We got high and did shrooms and camped on the Truckee river in California,” he explains of the inspiration – the wistful “Tides” and “Love You All The Way Down.” Eddie even slips in a brass-blasting take on Mac DeMarco’s “Chamber Of Reflection,” before bringing the record home with “The Road To Nowhere’s” shuddering, tremolo-drenched country lament, his trademark twang utterly transformed into a vintage croon.
Eddie 9V is right: this latest album takes us all over the musical and emotional map, while announcing that his recent career peaks are just the start. “Capricorn was a big jump for us,” he reflects. “But I’m already writing new songs, y’know?”
Album Track Listing
1. Saratoga (3:34) 2. Halo (3:03) 3. Love Moves Slow (3:29) 4. Tides (3:13) 5. Cry Like The River (3:20) 6. Red River (3:04) 7. Delta (4:10) 8. Wasp Weather (2:26) 9. Truckee (3:01) 10. Love You All The Way Down (5:39) 11. Chamber Of Reflection (3:08) 12. The Road To Nowhere (3:12)
Musicians
All songs written by Brooks Kelly & Lane Kelly, except “Halo” and “Love Moves Slow” by Brooks Kelly, Lane Kelly, and Spencer Pope, and “Chamber of Reflection” by McBriare Samuel DeMarco.
Saratoga Eddie 9V – guitar and vocals Lane Kelly – bass Chad Mason – keys Spencer Pope – keys Seef Anam – drums Noah Sills – alto sax Andy Wild from The Night Sweats – baritone sax Ethan Fogus – pedal steel
Halo Eddie 9V – guitar and vocals Kevin Scott – bass Chad Mason – keys Spencer Pope – keys Seef Anam – drums Noah Sills – alto sax Scott Box – saxophone Danny Wytanis – trombone Leah Belle Faser – background vocals Chelsea Shag – background vocals Dustin McCook – lead guitar
Love Moves Slow Eddie 9V – vocals, guitar, drums, and bass Spencer Pope – keys Leah Bella Faser – background vocals
Tides Eddie 9V – guitar, vocals, and bass Lane Kelly – Wurlitzer and organ Cody Matlock – lead guitar David Green – drums
Cry Like A River Eddie 9V – vocals and drums Lane Kelly – bass Spencer Pope – keys Noah Sills – horns Dusty Mccook – guitar Leah Belle Faser – background vocals
Red River Eddie 9V – vocals, bass, drums, guitars, and percussion Spencer Pope – Wurlitzer and organ
Delta Eddie 9V – guitar, vocals, and drums Lane Kelly – bass Chad Mason – keys Spencer Pope – keys Noah Sills alto – sax Andy Wild from The Night Sweats – baritone sax
Wasp Weather Eddie 9V – vocals, guitar, drums, and bass Chad Mason – piano Sam Baumel – fiddle Leah Belle Faser – background vocals
Truckee Eddie 9V – guitar, vocals, and percussion Lane Kelly – bass Rhett Huffman – piano and organ Dusty McCook – slide guitar
Love You All The Way Down Eddie 9V – acoustic guitar and vocals Lane Kelly – bass Chad Mason – Wurlitzer Spencer Pope – organ David Green – drums Cody Matlock – electric guitar and background vocals Scott Box – horns Ian Newberry – pedal steel
Chamber Of Reflection Eddie 9V – guitar, bass, vocals, and drums Spencer Pope – Fender Rhodes Noah Sills – horns
The Road To Nowhere Eddie 9V – vocals, drums, bass, and guitar Lane Kelly – combo organ
Production Credits
Recorded at Echo Deco Studio in Atlanta, Georgia (Jan 23 – July 24, 2022) and Crown Lanes Studio in Denver, Colorado (November 2022) Produced by Lane Kelly, Eddie 9V and Patrick Meese Engineered by Mark Anderson and Lane Kelly, except “Love You All The Way Down” (produced, recorded and engineered by Damon Moon at StandardElectric Recorders in Scottdale, Georgia, May 2024) Executive Producer: Thomas Ruf Mixing by Lane Kelly at Echo Deco Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, except “Halo” and “Saratoga” (by Gerardo Ordonez at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas) Mastered by Pauler Acoustics Cover design by Lane Kelly
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