THEATRES DES VAMPIRES To Tour South America In October

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 18, 2017
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TheatresDesVampires-SouthAmericanTour

ALPHA OMEGA Management‘s ALPHA OMEGA Tours have a huge pleasure to announce THEATRES DES VAMPIRES‘ South American Tour, kicking off on October 4th in Medellin, Colombia! See the full tour trek below.

October 4th – Medellin, Colombia – Sala Bombay
October 5th – Bogota, Colombia – Coven Fest
October 6th – Quito, Equador – La Industria
October 7th – La Paz, Bolivia – Salon De Oro
October 8th – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Museo Rock
October 10th – Montevideu, Uruguay – Sala BJ

Just recently THEATRES DES VAMPIRES released the video for their new single ‘Resurrection Mary’ taken from the band’s latest album ‘Candyland’ (out on Scarlet Records). The video is directed by Patrizia Cogliati Musicphoto (www.musichphoto.it). Watch “Resurrection Mary” here:

THEATRES DES VAMPIRES is an Italian Gothic Metal band with strong symphonic influences, formed in 1994 and renowned for the predominant theme of vampirism in their lyrics. ‘Candyland’ has been inspired by a room of the infamous Pennhurst asylum in Pennsylvania, a room which was different from all the others, with colored walls and bars on the windows, described as hell on earth by the patients of the facility, where adults and children with severe mental problems have been hidden from the public eye for decades. ‘Candyland’ was the name of that room. Obsession and madness characterizes Theatres Des Vampires’ latest work, their sound is forceful and sensual at the same time, pervaded with those wistful and melancholic bursts which the band is renowned for. “Candyland” sees a very special guest appearance by legendary MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro on the song ‘Seventh Room’.

Buy your “Candyland” copy:

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Watch “Morgana Effect” here:

More information at:
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/TheatresDesVampires
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
LABEL: http://www.scarletrecords.it

MOONSPELL Unveil First Details Of Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 18, 2017
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Moonspell-2017

[pic by Paulo Mendes]

Portugal’s Dark Metal pioneers in MOONSPELL are finally back with a brand new and hotly anticipated album, titled ‘1755‘. Set to be released on November 3rd 2017 on Napalm Records, this record will outclass all standards you have ever heard from MOONSPELL before!

From the first second the conceptual dramaturgy MOONSPELL have created feels like a detonation of the mind. ‘1755‘ is more than just the band’s new magnum opus: It’s the musical version of the year of horror where a giant earthquake wrecked their home Lisbon. Naturally this album comes and is sung in Portuguese. The album, produced by Tue Madsen ( (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquility, Dir En Grey, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter ) also features Paulo Bragança, supplying a hauntingly voice of a Fado fallen angel who is a big part of the Portuguese culture. His fascinating vocals are featured in “In Tremor Dei” (eng.: “Fear Of God”).

Now the band fronted by the soul of dark art and visionary Fernando Ribeiro unveiled first details about ‘1755‘ and unleash the stunning cover artwork as well as the album track list!

Says Fernando:
“I have been fascinated with Portuguese history since I can remember. The year of 1755 marked the birth of a new Portugal. Much more than just the greatest natural disaster ever to occur on European soil, the great Lisbon Quake, shockwaves can not be reduced to a dramatic death toll. From absolute tragedy, a new city was born, giving way to a new time where Portuguese relied more on themselves than on the crown or the cross, granting us, much of the city, the lay country, the free will that we enjoy today. This is not just another album from us. It’s a musical and lyrical History document, a homage we pay to our legacy and to the amazing skills and resilience of our fellow Portuguese back then, of all mankind when brought down to the knees by the violent forces of Nature and Reason. Whatever is, is right… yet the earth shakes.”

Moonspell_cover

[cover artwork by: João Diogo]

The track list of ‘1755‘ will read as follows:

1. Em Nome Do Medo
2. 1755
3. In Tremor Dei ( featuring Portuguese guest vocalist Paulo Bragança! )
4. Desastre
5. Abanão
6. Evento
7. 1 De Novembro
8. Ruínas
9. Todos Os Santos
10. Lanterna Dos Afogados

‘1755‘ is a dark adventure in medieval landscapes – emotionally, technically and completely earthshaking! The album will be available for pre-order soon.

In support of MOONSPELL‘s upcoming release, the band will be heavily hitting the road this year! Make sure to catch the masters of dark art on the following dates:

17.08.17 DE – Dinkelsbuehl / Summer Breeze
19.08.17 PT – Góis / Concentração Internacional de Motos de Góis

23.08.17 PT – Corroios / Festas de Corroios

02.09.17 DE – Markneuenkirchen / ReeveLand Festival
09.09.17 DE – Santarém / Parque da Ribeira
10.09.17 IT – Milano / Metalitalia Festival 2017
30.10.17 PT – Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo (Special album release show)
31.10.17 PT – Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo (Special album release show)
01.11.17 PT – Porto / Hard Club (Special album release show)
03.11.17 ES – Santiago / Malatesta
04.11.17 ES – Bilbao / Santana 27
05.11.17 ES – Valencia / Rock City
06.11.17 ES – Barcelona / Salamandra
07.11.17 ES – Zaragoza / CC Delicias
08.11.17 ES – Madrid / Sala Caracol

More dates to be announced soon!

ACCEPT: Wacken Performance Review From Fan Perspective

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 18, 2017
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Review By Martin Curtis
Arrangement By Alison Booth

Accept Wacken Crowd Shot 2

Heavy metal giants ACCEPT recently performed at Wacken Open Air’s “Night To Remember” in front of 85,000+ fans. One of the crowd was long time English ACCEPT fan Martin Curtis, who kindly reviewed the show for us at Metal Shock Finland:

As a festival, Wacken is second to none. One of the reasons for going is because the organisers have an innate ability to make shows special, so that you feel privileged to have been there. In recent years, I have seen them do this with Doro and with Saxon, but this year’s Accept show was arguably the best yet.

Accept Wacken Stage

Accept are a band that are on an absolute high at the moment – and I am old enough to remember the Udo years. Their song writing is first class, Mark Tornillo is a vocalist with a great sound and immense energy and Wolf Hoffmann is a legend who seems to be enjoying himself more than ever. It is true that you get that combination from any show, but throw in an orchestrated set and the pleasure of seeing Wolf playing stuff from his excellent classical albums and you get some thing to be relished, all made better by that very special Wacken crowd that were lapping up every minute.

Afterwards, there was talk that the classical set was too long, or that the orchestrated set lost a bit of excitement; I disagree but, anyway, who cares?

I could write a track by track, minute by minute analysis, but that is not my style. Anyway, that is not what I will remember. My lasting memory will be of seeing a unique set by a band that are on an absolute high and at one of the world’s great festivals.

Accept Wolf Wacken Stage Shot

Photos from the official ACCEPT YouTube footage.

ELUVEITIE: “Evocation II – Pantheon” Out Now

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 18, 2017
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Eight years after melodic death/folk metal masters ELUVEITIE released their acoustic album “Evocation I”, the Swiss musicians have stored their electronic instruments again in the rehearsal room. “Evocation II – Pantheon” is finally out today!

Get your physical copy of the album, here.

Or order the digital version, here.

‘Lvgvs’ official video:

Shortly after the tourdates being announced lots of requests kept coming in from ELUVEITIE fans if it would be possible to have “Meet & Greets” with the bandmembers on this tour like on previous ones before. ELUVEITE is happy to offer the following VIP Package for every show on the “MAXIMUM EVOCATION Tour”! The package for € 50,- includes:

– Meet&Greet (including a performance of two brandnew acoustic songs)
– Tour shirt
– Early entry into venue (15 minutes)
– Keychains + Tour Laminate
– Picture with all VIP guests and the whole band (will be sent to you by mail)
Exclusive VIP experience: http://merch.booyamusic.net/eluveitie/tickets-and-vip.html

ELUVEITIE
w/ AMARANTHE, THE CHARM THE FURY
Presented by: Metal Hammer, EMP, Orkus, Legacy, Musix, Metal.de, Nuclear Blast, RTN-Touring
25.10.  I           Parma – Campus Industry
26.10.  H         Budapest – Barba Negra
27.10.  PL        Warsaw – Progresja
28.10.  CZ        Zlin – Masters of Rock Café
29.10.  A         Vienna – Simm City
30.10.  D         Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
31.10.  SLO      Ljubljana – Kino Siska
02.11.  F          Paris – Cabaret Sauvage
03.11.  UK       London – Islington Assembly Hall
04.11.  NL        Eindhoven – Effenaar
05.11.  B          Antwero – Trix
06.11.  D         Frankfurt – Batschkapp
08.11.  D         Berlin – Kesselhaus
09.11.  D         Munich – Backstage
10.11.  D         Leipzig – Hellraiser
11.11.  D         Weissenhäusser Strand / Ostsee – Metal Hammer Paradise*
12.11.  D         Bochum – Zeche
*no TCTF

Tickets for the German dates are available in our shop: www.nuclearblast.de/262191

More ELUVEITIE live dates:
18.08.  D         Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
20.08.  F          Saint-Nolff – Motocultor Festival
16.09.  F          Merville – Cidre & Dragon

ELUVEITIE is:
Jonas Wolf | guitars
Matteo Sisti | whistles, bagpipes, mandola
Nicole Ansperger | fiddle
Alain Ackermann | drums
Chrigel Glanzmann | vocals, whistles, mandola, bagpipes, bodhran
Fabienne Erni | vocals, celtic harp, mandola
Kay Brem | bass
Michalina Malisz | hurdy gurdy
Rafael Salzmann | guitars

More info:
www.eluveitie.ch
www.facebook.com/eluveitie
www.nuclearblast.de/eluveitie

ELUVEITIE Evocation II - Pantheon Cover Art

PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS: Enter Studio; Tour With AIRBOURNE Announced

Posted by aliblackdiamond on August 18, 2017
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PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have announced to have entered the studio in order to record their eagerly anticipated debut full-length album together with producer Romesh Dodangoda which is scheduled for an early 2018 release via Nuclear Blast.

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons
Furthermore the band have announced to support Australian rockers AIRBOURNE on their UK run in November (see tour poster below).

Commented Phil Campbell:
“I am very excited to announce that we have started recording our full length debut album for PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS. We have spent the last few days at the legendary Rockfield studios in Wales, soaking up the atmosphere and getting inspired! We hope to finish the recording by late September with an early 2018 release in mind. We know you bastards are gonna love it!

We are also even more excited to let you know we will be joining the awesome AIRBOURNE on their UK tour in November. We can;t wait to share the stage with them and hope to see a lot of our fans there too. Until then play it loud and have fun!!”

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS live
25.08. CH Granichen, Open Air Granichen
26.08. IT Bergamo, Festa Bikers
02.09. UK Durham, Stormin’ The Castle Festival

w/ AIRBOURNE
11.11. UK Bristol, O2 Academy
13.11. UK Glasgow, O2 Academy
14.11. UK Manchester, Academy
15.11. UK London, Roundhouse
18.11. UK Norwich, UEA
19.11. UK Oxford, O2 Academy
20.11. UK Sheffield, O2 Academy
22.11. UK Nottingham, Rock City

The band recently released the exclusive digital only live EP “Live At Solothurn” which is available via all download and streaming platforms.

“Live At Solothurn” Tracklist:
01. Big Mouth
02. Nothing Up My Sleeve (MOTÖRHEAD Cover)​
03. Spiders
04. Take Aim
05. R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (MOTÖRHEAD Cover)
06. Sweet Leaf (BLACK SABBATH cover)

Order the EP here.

More info on PCATBS:
Phil Campbell was the lead guitarist in MOTÖRHEAD for 32 years. He has toured the world, sold millions of albums and headlined the biggest festivals. Phil has a passion for music and it is this passion that has led to the formation of PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS.

The band is unique as it features Phil‘s 3 sons on drums, bass and guitar. The band is completed by vocalist Neil Starr.

Line-up:
Phil Campbell – Guitar 
Todd Campbell – Guitar 
Dane Campbell – Drums 
Tyla Campbell – Bass 
Neil Starr – Vocals

www.philcampbell.net | www.facebook.com/philcampbellatbs | www.nuclearblast.de/philcampbellandthebastardsons

Airbourne Tour Poster 2017

EMPEROR, XENTRIX And TERRORDOME Confirmed For Metalmania Festival 2018

Posted by Stargazer on August 17, 2017
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Metalmania, the biggest indoor metal festival in Eastern Europe, returns to Spodek Hall (Katowice, Poland) on 7th April 2018. The 24th edition of this iconic festival will be headlined by Emperor! Two more bands have just been confirmed for this event – British thrash metal Xentrix will perform at the main stage, while Terrordome, a cross over thrash metal band from Poland has been added to the small stage line-up.

Metalmania Festival, one of the most important musical events of 20178, a real treat for metal maniacs! One day, two stages, several bands from all around the world and thousands of fans! That’s what Metalmania Festival is all about! The last edition of Metalmania Festival took place at Spodek Hall in Katowice on April, 22nd 2017, with Samael, Coroner, Moonspell and Sodom on the bill!

More info: