The WHITE EMPRESS and her Royal Court have announced their live stage debut in Madison, WI.
Get ready for a high energy show, with amazing music and visuals! This intimate and exclusive event will give the audience an up-close look at the band live for the first time, EVER.
**Opening bands are Ultrea and one more TBA!**
**VERY limited amount tickets available, prices will increase after each block is sold**
Get more information at https://www.facebook.com/WhiteEmpress
On the latest episode of METALKAST (152) “The Rog” (aka Paul Rogne) talks with Paul Allender about his band WHITE EMPRESS and officially releases the finalized line up! On this episode, you can hear the entire EP that is also available for free download at this location.
Metalkast is holding an unparalleled competition to win one of Paul Allenders “Allender Ghost” Signature Paul Reed Smith SE Guitars. The information on how to win is only contained within this episode, so listen in! What’s more, there will also be five runner up prizes: signed lithographs that Paul has created for his site Vomitorium, personally signed for you.
This competition runs from 20 March – 20 April 2014 and the winners will be chosen by the members of White Empress and the METALKAST staff, so tune in for your chance to win!
White Empress
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http://www.facebook.com/WhiteEmpress
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http://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteEmpressTube
http://www.facebook.com/WhiteEmpress
http://www.whiteempress.fanbridge.com
The Rog (a.k.a Paul Rogne):
http://www.facebook.com/paul.rogne
METALKAST
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http://www.facebook.com/metalkast
http://www.twitter.com/metalkast
FREE Self-Titled EP available at http://www.whitempress.com and you can purchase a high rez version through iTunes and other sites listed on the White Empress website.
Interview By Ali Blackdiamond
“The reign of the Empress is here.” Guitarist Paul Allender (CRADLE OF FILTH) has stirred up a lot of interest with his new project WHITE EMPRESS. The band have recently released their four track EP “Obsession With The Empress,” as a taster for the fans of what is to come.
Blackdiamond recently caught up with Paul for a chat about this exciting new project and the many plans. You can read some excerpts below and listen to the audio interview in full:
Discussing the concept of the WHITE EMPRESS, Paul expressed:
“What I wanted to do, I wanted to create this complete fantasy of the White Empress. She’s a pretty mean bitch to be honest. We’ve started a comic book as well for it. The idea is to have the comic come out when an album comes out. It’s the same with the videos – every single video is going to be connected, so it tells the story of the Empress in visual form and the other one in comic book form.
But they are two alternate realities that coincide, but never cross.”
Paul went on to say:
” We’re not gonna be one of these bands that crack out albums every six months. We believe in taking our time and making sure it’s absolutely perfect.
Everyone in the band is so driven, it’s a breath of fresh air. ”
For more information on WHITE EMPRESS, see their official Facebook page here and to download a free copy of the EP, visit the official website here.
The interview was also featured on Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem radio show on http://www.totalrock.com. For more information, see Blackdiamond‘s official Facebook page here and website here.
Yesterday’s Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem show on http://www.bloodstockradio.com was a special Halloween Metal Party. All the songs were a fun celebration of Halloween, metal style! Check out the play list at this location. Blackdiamond also included three short interviews, with Paul Allender (CRADLE OF FILTH), Niklas Stålvind (WOLF) and Brian Thomas (HALLOWEEN).
The show will be repeated on Halloween, tomorrow; Thursday 31st October from 4pm GMT. Some excerpts from the interviews (which were mainly about Halloween) can be read below, along with a brief band update. Listen in full on the audio players:
Paul Allender on Halloween:
“I just like scaring people!”
After telling his story about scaring the trick or treaters last year, Paul said:
“I like to hide underneath cars that are parked, the slide out and chase people up the path!”
Discussing what is happening with CRADLE OF FILTH, Paul explained:
“We’re supporting BEHEMOTH in February in Europe. Everything’s in the air – there’s talk of a 2014 comeback type thing, but it’s just talk at the moment, nothing’s been confirmed. I’m writing music in the studio and teaching and stuff like that.”
Niklas Stålvind on Halloween:
“It took me 20 years to discover it was spelt with an ‘a,’ I thought it was an ‘e’ like in Helloween! I would dress as a toilet paper mummy, that’s my plan for the next masquerade.”
Niklas updated me with latest WOLF news:
“Exciting times! On Monday we enter the studio and start recording the new album. I have an extremely good feeling about this and we have one of our favourite producers Jens Bogren and we’re very happy about it. Hopefully it will be released in March or spring time.”
Brian Thomas on Halloween:
“I’ve always liked Halloween, as a child I used to like trick or treating and it continued into my adulthood. I love the imagery, I’ve always been a big fan of horror movies and plays on Broadway with a scary theme like Phantom Of The Opera.”
Brian explained about HALLOWEEN‘s upcoming show:
“We’re having a 30th anniversary show; we finally get to play in a theatre again. The stage show is a cemetery set up; a large crypt, a casket, tombstones and lots of smoke and lights. We’ve invited everyone who’s been in the band over the years.”
Blackdiamond has just posted on her official weblog that she is going to present a special Halloween Metal Party show on Bloodstockradio.com on October 29th at 10 AM (GMT). She also announced that metallers Paul Allender (CRADLE OF FILTH), Niklas Stålvind (WOLF) and Brian Thomas (HALLOWEEN) are to appear on this show too.
“Of course all the music will purely be based around Halloween” Blackdiamond said.
For more information:
CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Paul Allender has checked in with his new tour video diary, from Singapore. Check it out HERE.
Watch also the first two Video Diaries HERE and HERE.
Check out the upcoming COF tour shows below.
April
28 – Hammersonic Metal Festival – Jakarta, Indonesia
30 – KITEC – Kowloon, Hong Kong
May
3 – KHS Hall – Taipei, Taiwan
5 – Rolling Hall – Seoul, Korea
9 – Hifi – Brisbane, Australia
10 – Palace Theatre – Melbourne, Australia
11 – The Hi-Fi – Sydney, Australia
12 – Metropolis – Fremantle, Australia
June
15 – Novarock – Nickelsdorf, Austria
23 – Hellfest – Clisson, France
29 – Hi-Voltage – Istanbul, Turkey
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