While with Uriah Heep John featured on the Albums Firefly, Innocent Victim & Fallen Angel. But with Lucifer’s Friend he recorded more than 14 Albums between 1969 & 2019. John passed away suddenly on the 29th June 2021.
During his many decades on the stage John has sung variations of Blues, Rock, Prog. and Classic. From sentimental Ballads to heavy Rock, his extraordinary vocal diversity made him outstanding, his distinctive voice always recognizable!
This 2 CD Anthology features a variety of 33 songs with different music styles, reflecting John’s diversity and musical career, following his journey through the times! Starting with the 70s up to 2015, highlighting his remarkable vocals, but also to emphasize the astonishing talents of his fellow musicians involved in this tribute!
This lavish digipack which has been compiled by John’s wife Iris, includes some rarities only recently discovered, also a previously unreleased live duet between John and Bernie Shaw and some trivial out–takes to add a lighthearted element….
All artist’s royalties will be donated to “The British Heart Foundation” for the research into “Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm”.
Thrash veterans STRIKE MASTER reveal the artwork for their upcoming Full-Length album “Tangram Apocalypse” and release the latest single “Prototype God”
A political religious social examination of human conduct about creating gods and idols in the search of their own salvation which at the end those inventions will end up killing them back.
Cover art of the upcoming album Tangram Apocalypse to be released in September. Art by direction Souls Crematorium Studio.
Like a stab between the eyes, Polish Warsaw trio WEIRD TALES will deliver their outrageous new full length album on September 1st via Interstellar Smoke Records.
“Second Coming, Second Crucifixion” consists of six new tracks – 40 minute riff based dance music for psychopaths.
On their most extraverted work to date, WEIRD TALES are manifesting disappointment in humanity, friendship and love. Hatred from the deepest abyss of the heart is mixed up with the creepshow stories about schizos, drug addicts and slaughter.
Starting as a stoner doom band, they incorporated proto-punk, psychedelic and noise to their music and amplified it with narcotic psychosis. Now they put it to your face straight from hell!
Harsh guitars, rapid, vigorous drums and dirty bass will fall on your head like a storm. Filled with dark psychedelic vocals and filthy lyrics it brings sardonic fun to all fans of heavy music, who are disappointed with life.
Doom power trio from Warsaw, formed in 2015. The Band consists of Dima (guitar, lead vocal), Kriss (bass, back vocal) and Smoku (drums, back vocals).
WEIRD TALES is riff worship driven by narcotic psychosis. Sick compositions and grooves stitching together riff stabs, tectonic-shifting rhythms, hypnotic melodic verses, hazy, acid-soaked interludes and psychoactive guitar soloing that eventually congeal into a Sabbath-worshiping hoe-down.
The band have released 1 Full-Length album and 3 EP’s, with the most recent – “Y’all Motherfuckers Forgot ‘Bout Good Ol’ Son of a Bitchin’ Blues“ and live-in-studio record “Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die“ having been released in 2021.
WEIRD TALES is known for varied music presented on each release and raw, energetic live performances. If anyone could capture a bad trip, that would be it.
New full length album “Second Coming, Second Crucifixion” will be released 01.09.20223 via Interstellar Smoke Records.
WEIRD TALES shared stages with such well known acts like Church of Misery, Bongzilla, Belzebong, Dopelord and Spaceslug and performed at festivals Electric Meadow, Gruzilla and Low Gravity.
The band tours frequently over Poland and Europe and played in Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia
More than 50 museums spanning 23 countries have already confirmed their participation in SABATON’s unprecedented global museum initiative entitled “History Rocks”, which revolves around the worldwide premiere of the Swedish heavy metal band’s animated film, “The War To End All Wars – The Movie” this coming November.
As word of the project spreads, more and more museums are joining the participation list every day. Hitting the 50 mark was a milestone that was anticipated by the band from the very beginning, and this number is expected to rise significantly.
Thrilled with the news, SABATON’s bassist and band manager, Pär Sundström comments: “Our team has been working hard to investigate every single museum suggested by our followers via the form on our movie’s website. We have already secured more than 50 museums, including some of the biggest names in the museum sector. Some of them have even confirmed that they will have multiple showings of the film. It means a lot to know that people are on board and believe in this unique project, and this is only the beginning. We hope that fans will take the time to visit these museums and that the museums will receive more attention because of this project!”
The confirmed museums participating in the “History Rocks” project are sorted by country below:
AUSTRALIA Army Museum of South Australia, Keswick
BELGIUM Talbot House, Poperinge
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Homeland Museum of Gradiška, Gradiška
BULGARIA Pazardzhik Regional Museum, Pazardzhik
BRAZIL Museu Militar do Comando Militar do Sul, Porto Alegre
CANADA THEMUSEUM, Ontario
CROATIA Gradski muzej Varaždin, Varaždin
CZECH REPUBLIC Military Muzeum Generála Sergěje Jana Ingra, Vlkoš Vojenské muzeum Chuchelná, Chuchelná
GERMANY Anti Kriegs Museum, Berlin Garnison Museum Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
DENMARK Mosede Fort, Danmark 1914-18, Greve Museum Skanderborg, Skanderborg
FINLAND The Parola Armour Museum, Parola
FRANCE Musée Pierre-Noël de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Musée des blindés et de la cavalerie, Saumur
UNITED KINGDOM The Tank Museum, Dorset Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Essex Heugh Battery Museum, Hartlepool Black Country Living Museum, Dudley CMSM Combined Military Services Museum, Essex Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds York Army Museum, York Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Staffordshire
LITHUANIA Vytautas the Great War Museum, Kaunas
THE NETHERLANDS Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg, Soesterberg
NEW ZEALAND Whanganui Regional Museum, Whanganui
NORWAY Tirpitz Museum Alta, Alta
POLAND Muzeum Górnośląskie / Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom Museum of Military Technology, Szczecin
ROMANIA National Military Museum, Bucharest MNIR / National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest Palace of Culture / Complexul Muzeal Național “Moldova” Iași, Jud. Iași “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Palace of Ruginoasa, Ruginoasa
SERBIA Zavičajni muzej Župe, Aleksandrovac National Museum in Leskovac, Leskovac
SLOVENIA Park vojaške zgodovine Pivka /Park of Military History, Pivka
SWEDEN Arsenalen – Swedish Tankmuseum, Strängnäs Aeroseum, Gothenburg Maritiman – Göteborgs maritima centrum, Gothenburg
USA Michigan’s Military Heritage Museum, Michigan Museum of the American G.I, Texas Military History Center of the Carolinas, South Carolina Wright Stuff Squadron Living History Museum, Ohio Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park, Mayland National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas American Heritage Museum, Massachusetts Mesa Public Library – Red Mountain Branch, Mesa Howard County Historical Society, Maryland General Robert W. Cone NTC & 11th ACR Heritage Center, California The William C. Lambert Military Museum and Archive, Ohio
MORE ABOUT THE “HISTORY ROCKS” PROJECT Launched on June 12, 2023, “History Rocks” was developed to assist museums across the globe with gaining visibility and garnering support from a new and untapped audience of heavy metal fans. Ensuring museums are coping in a somewhat challenging climate is a personal mission of each band member.
Elaborating on this, Pär declares: “I’ve spoken to multiple museums who have expressed that they are struggling because of a decrease in footfall. This news did not sit right with us, and as a band, we felt that we needed to do something. That’s where “The War To End All Wars – The Movie” came into the picture and how we developed this unusual idea, that I’m not sure has been done before. Our mission is to reignite peoples’ interest in visiting these incredible treasure troves of history and truly connect with the happenings of the past.”
Upon launch of this project, SABATON reached out to their international followers, encouraging them to suggest their local museums. They were astonished to receive thousands upon thousands of suggestions from people spanning the globe. All suggestions were submitted via the official “The War To End All Movies – The Movie” website.
For more information and insight on the “History Rocks” project and the reasons behind it, watch this video featuring SABATON’s Pär Sundström:
MORE ABOUT “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS – THE MOVIE” Following years of hard work and research, the Swedish heavy metal band has created “The War To End All Wars – The Movie” in partnership with Yarnhub, an animation studio focused on historical content. This is a 67-minute long animated musical motion picture which is being released in English but will be made available with subtitles in a number of languages to cater to audiences around the world.
The film vividly tells the World War 1 tales from Sabaton’s most recent studio album, The War To End All Wars – The Movie. Referring to the movie, Lora Vogt, National, Vice President of Education and Interpretation, from the WWI Museum and Memorial (Kansas, US) declares: “Certainly, there is artistic licence taken in the movie, but what I found so extraordinary was the team’s choice of stories. What a wonderful vehicle Sabaton has made to show the diversity of individuals and engagements of the war. Really fantastic! We look forward to sharing it with our audiences.”
Having completed a hugely successful debut American tour earlier this year with August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada, BLEED FROM WITHIN are now currently in the midst of a colossal summer tour, taking in both headline shows, some performances with Heaven Shall Burn and festival appearances at the likes of Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Summer Breeze (Germany) and Alcatraz (Belgium). This run is due to be topped off by a 13-date tour supporting Trivium across the UK and a visit to the USA for Blue Ridge Rock Fest.
To mark this energetic period of live shows, Bleed From Within have today released a new single titled ‘The Will To Resist’, taken from their Shrine Deluxe Edition which will be released on November 10th 2023.
Their stunning latest studio album Shrine was released in summer 2022, marking the band’s most groundbreaking work to-date and staking out Bleed From Within’s bold intent. The Scottish 5-piece claiming their position as the most exciting prospect in modern metal.
Ali Richardson stated, “It’s been an amazing year for us since the release of Shrine! As the touring schedule started to fill up, we truly began to appreciate the effect the album was having on our career so we put this idea in motion of releasing a Deluxe Edition for our fans. The 3 new songs that can be found here were very nearly a part of the initial release. They’re all very different in their composition and many arguments were had whilst settling on our final tracklisting. “The Will To Resist” takes the lead single here as a band favourite. I’m sure its intensity will resonate with our audience. You can visit our website to pre-order your copy of the limited edition vinyl and check out the merchandise we’ve put together alongside it. Thanks for the support!”
Catch Bleed From Within on their summer tour dates.
Bleed From Within Summer 2023 Aug 11 – ES, Villena, Leyendas Del Rock Aug 13 – DE, Kortrijk, Alcatraz Festival Aug 14 – DE, Leer, Zollhaus && Aug 15 – DE, Dortmund, Junkyard Outdoor && Aug 16 – DE, Dinkelsbuhl, Summer Breeze Aug 17 – DE, Tubingen, Sudhaus Open Air Aug 18 – CH, Vallamand, Rock The Lakes Festival Aug 19 – FR, Carhaix-Plouquer, Motorcultor Festival Aug 20 – NL, Eindhoven, Dynamo Metalfest Aug 23 – UK, Cambridge, Corn Exchange *** Aug 24 – UK, Norwich, UEA *** Aug 25 – UK, Nottingham, Rock City *** Aug 26 – UK, Oxford, O2 Academy *** Aug 28 – UK, Stoke, Victoria Hall *** Aug 29 – UK, Liverpool, O2 Academy *** Aug 30 – UK, Sheffield, O2 Academy *** Aug 31 – UK, Newcastle, NX *** Sept 02 – UK, Edinburgh, O2 Aacdemy *** Sept 03 – UK, Leeds, Stylus *** Sept 04 – UK, Bristol, O2 Academy *** Sept 06 – UK, Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall *** Sept 07 – UK, Southampton, O2 Guildhall *** Sep 10 – USA, Virginia, Blue Ridge Rock Fest ***dates with Trivum &&dates with Heaven Shall Burn
JOHAN KIHLBERG’S IMPERA will release their new live CD/DVD set “Scandinavium Alive” on October 27th at Metalville Records.
Ever since he heard “Kiss Alive” for the first time in 1975, Johan Kihlberg has been a huge fan of the US American cult band, and everything he did professionally later on has always revolved around Kiss somehow.
For example, he worked for Polygram Records in the 80s and 90s and got to know the guys from Kiss during that time. At that time he was also asked to lead their fan club.
Later, Johan Kihlberg toured with Vinnie Vincent and had some guest appearances with Bruce Kulick, who also played on the Impera debut “Legacy Of Life” in 2012.
In 2017, Johan Kihlberg published the book “Kiss Klassified”, in which he talks about his life with Kiss.
After the announcement that Kiss would be coming to Europe for some shows in 2020, it was all too understandable that Johan Kihlberg immediately tried to get his band Impera to support him at a show in Sweden. And indeed, just one week later, they were confirmed as special guests at the Kiss show in Gothenburg.
But then Corona came and the concerts were put on hold.
On 22.06.2022 the time had finally come and Johan Kilhberg’s Impera entered the stage of the sold-out Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg.
The line-up of this unique show consisted of Lars Chriss from Lion`s Share on lead guitar, Mats Vassfjord, who has been with Impera since the beginning, on bass, Magnus Ulfstedt (ex Eclipse) on drums, Jonny Lindkvist (Nocturnal Rites) as singer and Johan Kihlberg as second guitarist.
The gig was a milestone in Johan Kihlberg’s music career and also for the rest of the band, as all musicians who were on stage together that night are big Kiss fans.
The setlist consisted mainly of songs from the latest Impera album “Spirit Of Alchemy” plus a few tracks from “Age of Discovery”.
The show was filmed in full length and is, besides the audio version of the concert, part of the now released CD/DVD set “Scandinavium Alive”.
The CD also features a very special, previously unreleased bonus track. In the autumn of 2022, Johan Kihlberg was asked by the producers of the feature film “Black Hills” (an action film that will be released this fall) whether he could write the film music and whether Johan Kihlberg’s IMPERA could also contribute the title song “Fighter”, which will now be available for the first time on “Scandinavium Alive”.
TRACK LISTING
01 – Nothing Will Last 02 – Lost Your Life to Rock ´N´ Roll 03 – That´s The Way That Life Goes 04 – When Souls Collide 05 – All About You 06 – Fear 07 – In Heaven 08 – Fighter*
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