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THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE Release Live Performance Video for ‘Back With A Vengeance’

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: The Chris Slade Timeline. Leave a comment

THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE release a performance video for the single “Back With A Vengeance” from their recently released new album “Timescape” on BraveWords Records. “Timescape” contains completely original new tracks and some of Chris Slade’s favourite covers. The video can be viewed below.

THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE album Timescape can be purchased or streamed at: https://smarturl.it/ChrisSladeTimeline

This is a must have album that documents an incredible career. POWERPOINTS: 10 – Powerplay Magazine

t’s an absolute delight to hear so many different kinds of music… good god it’s great! – Steve Swift’s Rambling Music Reviews

For the headbangers, there’s plenty to enjoy in heavy rockers like “Sundance”, “We Will Survive”, and the strongest of the bunch, “Back with a Vengeance”, which shines with its uptempo drive and shrill Brian Johnson-esque vocals. – Defenders of the Faith

If you tend to enjoy hard rock and a little bit of metal in general, and hard rock explored with an orientation towards progressive rock ideals and ethos in particular, then this is an album that will be of interest. Especially if you also enjoy hearing the skills of a quality, veteran drummer. – Progressor.net

Chris Slade recently spoke with BraveWords.com about recording a album, “Well, I’m a bit old-fashioned I’m afraid,” he admits. “It’s probably down to my age, but I’m of that generation that an album is the culmination of a previous time in the business. And this album has been that. It has two CDs as you know, one full of originals and the other features covers of all sorts of things that I’ve played on. So it’s a good mixture and it’s also the way that we do our shows. But the original album is very diverse. There’s some heavy rock in there, some prog and there’s actually a ballad. And I’m afraid that’s my taste. I can’t apologize for it because that is what I wanted to do. It wasn’t intentional, those were just the strongest songs that came out of our writing. But the guys were an enormous help, because I don’t play a chordal instrument or any instruments apart from the drums. I can hum pretty good though!”

The physical order includes a limited edition postcard autographed by Chris Slade. Order at https://www.thestoreformusic.com/#!/The-Chris-Slade-Timeline-Timescape-Exclusive-Pre-Sale-The-First-200-Orders-Will-Also-Receive-A-Signed-Card/p/671259691/category=10531011

Chris Slade Timeline Tour Dates: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/5974162

Album Credits:
All songs and melodies written and arranged by Chris Slade except song 2.
With great chordal and musical assistance from Professor Michael J. Clark

JOYBRINGER: Writers, Gustav Holst,Slade, Mann, Rogers
WE WILL SURVIVE: writers Stevie Gee,Cornford, Clark.
QUESTIONS: writers Mann, Slade. Based on Schubert’s 3rd racket.
END OF ETERNITY: Writers Cornford, Clark, Slade.

Tracklisting:

  1. SUNDANCE
    Writer: Slade​​ Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Vocals: Paul “Bun” Davis
    Backing vocals: Gee, Slade, Cornford, Clark
  2. WE WILL SURVIVE
    Writers: Gee, Cornford, Clark​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Vocals: Stevie Gee
    Bv’s: Gee, Cornford, Clark, Slade
  3. JOYBRINGER
    Writers: Gustav Holst, Mann, Rogers, Slade.​Publisher Earthly Music
    Vocals: Stevie Gee
  4. LIVING THE DREAM
    vocals: Stevie Gee​​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Bv’s: All band members plus Hannah Noonan
  5. FREEDOM SONG
    Vocals: Stevie Gee​​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Bv’s: All band members plus Kelly Bourne, Nicola Tee, Beth Hunt, Kyanna Hayes, Hannah Noonan
  6. BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
    Writer: Slade​​​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Vocals: Paul “Bun” Davis and James Cornford
    Bv’s: All band members
  7. QUESTIONS
    Writers: Slade, Mann​​Publisher: Earthly music
    Vocals: Stevie Gee
  8. TIME FLIES
    Writer: Slade​​​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Vocals: Chris Slade
    Bv’s. Gee, Cornford, Clarke, Slade, Bourne
  9. END OF ETERNITY​​
    Writers: Slade, Cornford, Clark.​Publisher: Bucks Music Group
    Gtr. James Cornford
    Bv’s: Kelly Bourne, Nicola Tee, Beth Hunt, Kyanna Hayes

THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE is:
Paul “Bun” Davis vocals
Stevie Gee vocals, Bass
James Cornford guitar, vocals
Mike Clarke Keyboards, guitar, vocals
Chris Slade Drums, vocals

Andy Crosby Bass on Sundance, Vengeance, Questions
Mark Veich Godden was playing bass liveshows for 2022

Chris Slade launched the band ‘THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE’ in 2012 to mark 50+ years as a professional rock drummer. For this project, Slade took on phenomenal vocalists STEVE GLASSCOCK and PAUL “BUN” DAVIS with the added stunning musical techniques of guitarist JAMES CORNFORD along with keyboard and guitar player MICHAEL J. CLARK you most certainly have a band to be reckoned with and worthy to mark Slade’s illustrious musical career.

This is a concept for Slade that will include performances from a varied set list from Tom Jones, Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Uriah Heep, The Firm, ASIA, MSG, David Gilmour, Gary Moore along with a fair degree of AC/DC numbers and many surprises to be unwrapped along the way.

“After all these years recording and playing with some of the world’s greatest rock musicians such as Tom Jones, Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Gary Moore, Gary Numan, Denny Laine, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, David Gilmour, Uriah Heep, Asia and of course AC/DC

About Chris Slade:

Slade started his career at the age of 16 with Tom Jones before he changed his name to Tom Jones, this included World tours and recording throughout the 60’s.

Chris Slade was a founding member of ‘Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’ in January of 1971. He was to spend seven years with the band, recording eight albums and achieving three UK Top Ten singles in the process: ‘Joybringer’ (No. 9, October 1973), ‘Blinded By The Light’ (No. 6, September 1976 & a multi million selling #1 in the USA) and ‘Davy’s On The Road Again’ (No.6, June 1978). After ‘Earthband’ he spent 2 years with ‘Uriah Heep.’ A Year with Gary Numan and a year with David Gilmour in 1984.

He later teamed up with Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers and bassist Tony Franklin to form ‘The Firm’. They produced two excellent albums for Atlantic in 1985 and 1986 that gave them a few radio hits including ‘Radioactive’ and ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed.’

Then Chris joined Gary Moore, taking over from Cozy Powell just four days before the start of the 1989 ‘After The War’ tour. It was at one of Gary Moore’s gigs in The UK that Malcolm Young saw Chris Slade play. After the tour it was Chris’s intention to put together a band with ex-Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. But the call from AC/DC scuppered those plans as he was destined to tour and record with them over the course of the next five years, playing on their acclaimed ‘Razors Edge’ Album, and giving a killer performance on their concert DVD “Live from Donington”.

After his stint with AC/DC Chris joined the prog-rock band ‘Asia’, who (even with the many personnel changes over the years) had still been managing to churn out some excellent music. Chris recorded with them on their 2000-2004 studio recordings, ‘Aura’ and ‘Silent Nation’ , and put forth his ‘trademark’ energy-filled live performances on all the subsequent tours that ensued over five years in total.

In the 21st Century, for a period of 5 years, Slade played drums for German guitarist Michael Schenker before forming THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE in 2012.

https://chrisslade.com
https://www.facebook.com/ChrisSladeACDC
https://www.instagram.com/chrissladedrums
https://x.com/ChrisSladeDrums
https://www.instagram.com/the.chrisslade.timeline
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/5974162

http://bravewordsrecords.com
http://www.facebook.com/BravewordsRecords
http://www.instagram.com/BravewordsRecords
http://www.twitter.com/BravewordsRec
http://bravewords.com

WAKE THE NATIONS Release Straightforward Rock Single ‘Seven’

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: WAKE THE NATIONS. Leave a comment
Photo by Janne Granfors

Finnish melodic hard rock / AOR band Wake The Nations released the third and last single ‘Seven’ from their upcoming third studio album Heartageddon which will be released on September 13th 2024 via Inverse Records. A music video is also done and it can be seen below.

The band comments:
“Relatively straight forward rock pulse! Text originates from Gekko’s trip into hospital where he was having a surgery. Nobody knows whether they removed or added something on him but what we do know is that all good surgeries start with sedatives. So, these lyrics were partly written intoxicated. Nevertheless, our singer Krister absolutely loves the song and especially singing these crooked lyrics. Nice carpet you have, can I take a ride? Of course you can, everybody´s invited to this rock party!”

LISTEN to SEVEN on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/wtn-seven

  • Composed by Risto Tuominen
  • Lyrics by Janne Granfors
  • Single cover by Janne Granfors

PRE-ORDER Heartageddon CD

Track list: 
01. Alive
02. Don’t Call Me Tonight
03. Never Say
04. Bulletproof
05. Wheel Of Fortune
06. Lifesaver
07. Seven
08. Crossroads Of Love
09. I Can Take It All
10. The Shadows
11. Cowboyz & Call Girlz
12. Hey
13. Street Of Fire

Album cover by Janne Granfors

Line-up:
Krister Stenbom (vocals)
Risto Tuominen (guitar)
Janne “Gekko” Granfors (bass)
Tuomas Pelli (drums)

https://wakethenations.com
https://www.facebook.com/WakeTheNations
https://www.instagram.com/waketnations
https://twitter.com/WakeTNations
https://www.tiktok.com/@wakethenations
https://www.youtube.com/@WakeTheNationsOfficial
https://wakethenations.bandcamp.com

WEEDEATER Announce North American Tour with HIGH ON FIRE

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: HIGH ON FIRE, WEEDEATER. Leave a comment

Photo credit: Scott Kinkade

Their home-brewed metallic sludge has only gotten heavier with age, but when it comes to blazing the old dusty trail, there’s no slowing down Weedeater. The veteran Coastal Carolina  stoners are fresh off an uproarious East Coast run with GWAR and a trippy European tour. Now, the band are ready to take the high seas by storm later this year with High on Fire. 

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 2nd @ 10 a.m. local time
Get tickets: http://tonedeaftouring.com/weedeater

Cometh the Storm North American Tour with High on Fire 

August 30 – Cookeville, TN @ Muddy Roots [TICKETS]
August 31 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom [TICKETS]
October 2 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater [TICKETS]
October 4 – Dallas, TX @ The Granada Theater [TICKETS]
October 5 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk [TICKETS]
October 6 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall [TICKETS]
October 8 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipatinas [TICKETS]
October 9 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum [TICKETS]
October 10 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade [TICKETS]
October 12 – Asheville, NC @ HalloWolfbat [TICKETS]

Weedeater aren’t coming down after this voyage with High on Fire, either. Come November, they’ll roll through Australia on a co-headlining tour with King Parrot. 

When the Weed Meets the Speed Australian Tour
with Astrodeath and Choof

Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 1. https://kingparrot.oztix.com.au/

November 6 – Gold Coast, QLD @ Mo’s Desert Clubhouse
November 7 – Brisbane, QLD @ The Triffid
November 8 – Newcastle, NSW @ King St. Warehouse
November 9 – Sydney, NSW @ Manning Bar
November 10 – Canberra, ACT @ The Basement
November 12 – Ballarat, VIC @ Volta
November 13 – Geelong, VIC @ Barwon Club
November 14 – Frankston, VIC @ Singing Bird Studio
November 15 – Melbourne, VIC @ Max Watts
November 16 – Adelaide, SA @ Lion Arts Factory
November 17 – Perth, WA @ Magnet House

Photo by Bryan Greenberg

Line-up:Dixie Dave: Bass, vocals
Shep: Guitar, vocals
Ramzi Ateyeh: Drums

Follow Weedeater
http://www.weedmetal.com/
https://weedeater.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/weedmetal
https://www.instagram.com/weedeaterband/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/40uWyieMnDCdIlba6Pr7xL
https://twitter.com/weedmetal

VK LYNNE Releases New Single + Lyric Video ‘Slam the Rock Back Down’

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
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VK Lynne, renowned for her work with stOrk and The Spider Accomplice, released her seventh single of the year, “Slam the Rock Back Down”, yesterday, July 31, 2024. The single was co-written, produced, and mixed by Cody Johnstone (Lindsay Schoolcraft, Vicky Psarakis). The power metal track is an examination of the poisonous discourse in American politics and culture.

Mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Sabaton, Halford, Faith No More, etc.), the song is being released with a lyric video created by Ayeyusif.

STREAM “Slam the Rock Back Down” at https://ffm.to/qynaqoz

The LA- based singer/songwriter/frontwoman brings her plethora of eclectic musical experiences together on The Spider Queen. In the 2000’s she churned out 3 full-length blues rock records The Key of V, Black Halo, and Whiskey or Water. After the release of the latter, Lynne spent from 2010-2023 developing, writing, and singing with symphonic metal project Vita Nova, writing and singing for prog metal juggernaut stOrk, and finally, forming, writing, and performing with symphonic rock duo The Spider Accomplice.

The diverse genres of these endeavors come together on The Spider Queen to create a sound that she has dubbed ‘blues metal.’

In 2023, she toured North America and Eastern Europe with the The Spider Accomplice, supporting symphonic metal act Visions of Atlantis and rock/glam metal duo Hoekstra Gibbs, respectively.

The Spider Queen is being released, one track per month with its accompanying video, the entire year of 2024.

Link to all songs from The Spider Queen so far:

  • https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53INeSDihyGSKgEJLKnWto?si=87fef0e3fb954e6b

Link to all the videos from The Spider Queen so far:

  • https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM5xorfdKGHqk_-CrwLkL2riYuBWkb0Ys&si=vMFvVI2BgzkLPKLb

For More Information Please Visit: Official Website – Spotify – Instagram – Facebook – TikTok – Patreon

ROT COVEN Stream ‘Accretion Disk Necropolis’ from Upcoming Album

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
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Echoes and Dust is hosting an exclusive premiere of an excerpt from the track “Accretion Disk Necropolis“. This is the third preview of ROT COVEN‘s debut album “Nightmares Devour The Waking World“, due out August 15th 2024 via Aesthetic Death. Stream the track at THIS LOCATION.

ROT COVEN is a 2-piece, noise-drenched industrial death metal/sludge band.

MZ sings and plays bass and drums while DD focuses more on guitar, then both members slather everything in layers of noise boxes, scrap metal, ritual drums and processed field recordings. This duo has been creating music together in various bands for around twenty years.

Born of a lifelong love of cosmic horror, heavy riffs, and creeped-out industrial noise, the band that would become ROT COVEN first saw the light of day during the COVID-19 lockdowns of spring 2020.

The initial idea was to fuse ominous dark ambient synth textures with pounding “doom” style drums, but bass, guitars, vocals, and scrap metal percussion were quickly added to the mix resulting in a room-shaking cacophony equal parts Autopsy, Chu Ishikawa and the slow crawling No-Wave dirges of early SWANS.

ROT COVEN‘s first physical release “Nightmares Devour the Waking World” pairs two full-length albums: Phase I (initally self-released through the duo’s bandcamp) and the unreleased follow-up Phase II. Phase I builds colossal sludge riffs out of lurking death industrial dronescapes with the final track erupting into a supernova of scorching psychedelic leads and almost “doomgaze” melodicism, while Phase II descends deeper into the abyss, adding elements of unrelentingly ugly death metal to their apocalyptic scum-dirge.

Both albums explore a planet ravaged by cataclysms – storms of poison ash, churning acidic seas, and deserts that spread like a sentient organism. Colony collapse disorder on a galactic scale. A world where nature is so thoroughly gutted that reality itself starts to corrode, letting something seep in from “outside.” A hostile consciousness so massive and utterly alien that the last remaining humans begin to worship it as a god:

Hideous rituals of blood and fire.
Cathedrals sculpted from scrap metal and the shattered bones of the dead.
The soul slowly, inexorably, replaced by void.

ROT COVEN draws influence from Godflesh, Coffins, Abruptum, Wallowing, Body Void, Ramleh, Pain Teens, White Mice, Throbbing Gristle, Missing Foundation, Melvins, Flipper, early Butthole Surfers, Mighty Sphincter, No Trend, Einstürzende Neubauten, Lustmord and Megaptera.

Tracklist:

Phase I:
01. Blood Pours Out of the Sun
02. Feast of the Rotted Mother
03. Antimatter Halo
04. Queen of the Void
05. Those Who Worship Fallen Stars

Phase II:
01. Inverted Chasm
02. Psychological Contamination Zone
03. Accretion Disk Necropolis

https://www.facebook.com/RotCoven
https://rusteater.bandcamp.com/

CREST OF DARKNESS Unveil “My Ghost” Album Cover And Tracklist

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 1, 2024
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CREST OF DARKNESS‘ new album “My Ghost” will be released on October 18th via My Kingdom Music and will present the heaviest, most obscure and personal music ever released by the Norwegian Black Metal veterans. Evil riffing, ritualistic atmospheres and demonic vocals will be the keywords of their 9th full length album in 30 years of career. 

Today they unveil the cover of the album realised by Roy Allan Larsen and the tracklist that is: 1. My Ghost – 2. Infected – 3. The Will Of God – 4. Call Of The Moon – 5. Satanic – 6. Sacrificed To The Sun – 7. The Awakening – 8. Under My Spell – 9. The Ultimate Truth

“My Ghost” is the result of two years worth of blood and sweat, that began with Ingar working alone to mould his very personal thoughts and beliefs into musical ideas that the band can then develop together, each contributing their own ideas to the process.

Recorded at MLP Studios with Nils H. Maehlum at the helm and mastered by Giuseppe Nicolò (aka Buzz) at Lost Soul Studio, “My Ghost” is an extremely personal journey that defines the very essence of CREST OF DARKNESS.

Here are Ingar’s words about this new creature: “Structured as a ritual, “My Ghost” is a concept album, which, from an artistic standpoint, is meant to be heard as a whole. From the album’s evocative opening, the ritual leads us to its climax, embodied by the final song “The Ultimate Truth”. This is the point at which the listener completes the initiation into the dark world of Crest of Darkness, and is thus ready to enter the “Ninth Portal”. With its varied and uncompromising lyrics underpinning its message, “My Ghost” is essentially a long journey into the darkest recesses of the mind. A place where Nature’s darkest forces breathe energy and vitality into those who have the courage, and the strength, to become their own Gods”.

“My Ghost”, out on October 18th, is now available to pre-order in LP, digipak CD and in a special bundle edition limited to 50 copies from the following: https://shorturl.at/mqf9L

More information:
Website: http://www.crestofdarkness.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/crestofdarknessofficial
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CRESTOFDARKNESSOFFIC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crestofdarkness/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrestofDarkness
BandCamp: https://crestofdarkness.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/67dTHBWfRi3CkmwdodcAxz
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/crest-of-darkness
My Kingdom Music: https://linktr.ee/mykingdommusic

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