RHAPSODY/21OCTAYNE‘s Alex Landenburg has checked in with the following update:
Tomorrow night (Tuesday Nov 19th) between 7.30pm and 8pm (CET) you can listen to the full our song for the first time on this german web radio station! So don’t miss it and tune in here:http://radio.ulmate.com/um_site/app/radio/
21 OCTAYNE announced recently that the band’s first single “The Heart (Save Me)” will be released on Nov 29th. Preorders at ITunes, Amazon etc.
Alex Landenburg (LUCA TURILLI’s RHAPSODY) has checked in with the following announcement:
I’m proud to announce that I’ll be the drummer for Viv Lalu’s latest band/project Dragonir! Together with me joins Symphony X bass player Mike LePond! Viv’s and I are longtime friends and I’m happy that we finally get to work on an album together! I also can’t wait to hear Henrik Båth’s vocals on it (Henrik and I just recently worked on the Universal Mind Project together and I was blown away by his vocals there) and last but not least it’s great that I’ll also get to play with Joop Wolters, someone I always considered a truly fantastic guitarist!
Alex Landenburg
Here’s a snippet from the preproduction:
Read Viv’s statement below!
Viv Lalu comments: ”I am completely stoked about this! I’ve known Alex for 10 years already. In fact, this is thanks to him if I know Martin LeMar today, if LALU has a vocalist…I did an audition for Alex’s band 10 years ago and Martin was the singer, but they disbanded and I ended up working with Martin on my own band. I am really thrilled that Alex & me are going to work on something together – it means a lot to me – same for Mike. I worked with Mike on Atomic Ark and I felt that given his tremendous contribution to that album, and his work with his band Symphony X, he was the perfect choice for Dragonir.”
Dragonir, Lalu’s new “Orchestral Metal” band/project, consists of:
Alex Landenburg – Drums
Henrik Båth – Vocals
Joop Wolters – Guitars
Mike LePond – Bass
Vivien Lalu – Orchestrations & composition
MASTERPLAN announced that drummer Martin “Marthus” Skaroupka will be unable to perform at the band’s performances on the upcoming Full Metal Cruise, which sets sail on May 5th-12th, 2013. To fill in, the band has tapped Luca Turill’s RHAPSODY‘s drummer Alex Landenburg (21 Octayne/Mekong Delta).
Masterplan is about to release the new LP “Novum Initium” on May 17, 2013 through AFM Records. The band welcomes new members: Jari Kainulainen (Ex-Stratovarius) on bass, Skaroupka (Cradle of Filth) on drums and new vocalist Rick Altzi. Landenburg played with Altzi in At Vance, which is how he came to be contacted:
“Rick called me to ask whether I had some time and wanted to do it. I said yes, and later Roland [Grapow] called me and we spoke about the details. Obviously, Rick [with At Vance] and Jari [with Symfonia] are friends of mine, who I have played with before” explains Landenburg.
The Full Metal Cruise starts in Hamburg and will call at three ports: Southampton in the south west of England, La Havre at the French coast of the English Channel and Amsterdam in the Netherlands before returning to Hamburg. Bands scheduled to appear are:
Bembers, Betontod, Blaas Of Glory, Circle II Circle, Devil’s Train, Dew-Scented, Doro, Eric Fish, Eskimo Callboy, Firewind, Gamma Ray, Heaven Shall Burn, In Extremo, Kreator, Mambo Kurt, Masterplan, Mutz Unplugged, Onkel Tom, Sabaton, Santiano, U.D.O., Van Canto.
Check out footage of Alex playing “Dawn of Victory” with Rhapsody in Cologne, Germany on March 12, 2012:
RHAPSODY/21OCTAYNE drummer Alex Landenburg has posted online a new video clip where he is showing his drum setup for 21OCTAYNE studio recordings 2013. Check out the video below.
LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY drummer Alex Landenburg has checked in with a new drum solo video footage, filmed in Paris on December 9th. Watch the video below.
As previously posted, Metal Shock Finland presented The GuitarMasterClass Competition, in which you had the chance to win one of three memberships for six months on GuitarMasterClass.net. We had a big response from Metal Shock Finland readers with lots of votes. We would like to thank everyone who participated and can now announce the winners.
Mohsen Fayyazi and Ali Blackdiamond had a chat with Niklas Stalvind (WOLF) and Alex Landenburg (RHAPSODY) who helped choose our winners. If you would like to find out the results listen to the audio clip below:
GuitarMasterClass, often called GMC, was founded March 12th 2006 by Kristofer Dahl a professional guitarist, instructor, and resident of Stockholm, Sweden. GMC is run by the Swedish company Rock My Web AB, owned by Kristofer Dahl and Maria Gasch. From the beginning, the GuitarMasterClass website has been developed in close cooperation with Henrik Skotth Konsult AB.
* Metal Shock Finland would like to thank Niklas Stalvind and Alex Landenburg for the help and continued support. We wish you all the best and success in your Metal awesomeness.
