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Joining Forces: KING DIAMOND’s Andy La Rocque And Producer Bart Gabriel

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 13, 2012
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The Grammy nominated guitarist Andy La Rocque, mainly known for his cooperation with the legendary KING DIAMOND band, who is also a well known and respected sound engineer and producer, and who is owner of the famous SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS (located in Varberg, Sweden), joined forces with freelance producer, band manager and A&R specialist Bart Gabriel (CEO of GABRIEL MANAGEMENT), and launched a special promo action dedicated to Metal bands and artists.

“When you start a band, and you know you want something more than just playing in a garage or local pub, you realize that you not only need a good sounding record, but you need to make the right decisions and plan everything very carefully, as the first years of the band are like walking on a minefield: one wrong move, and your plans are ruined” says both. “New bands often make terrible mistakes, they don’t know how to sell their music, how to generate interest around them, how to approach the labels and so on. So we are here for them” they add. Every new band that will book a recording session at the SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS in 2013 – be it recording full length debut album or EP – have an opportunity to work with GABRIEL MANAGEMENT specialists on the band’s marketing plan for free.

What many people doesn’t know is that Andy La Rocque has been working as a sound engineer & producer for more than 15 years, and his SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS has already hosted bands such as: KING DIAMOND, HAMMERFALL, EVERGREY, SHINING, KING OF ASGARD, FALCONER and many others – while Bart Gabriel produced more than 50 albums from bands such as: SACRED STEEL, JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR, MORTICIAN and many others, and worked as a manager or tour manager with bands like SABATON, CRYSTAL VIPER, SABBAT and LONEWOLF. La Rocque and Gabriel produced 2 albums together: CRYSTAL VIPER‘s “Metal Nation” and LONEWOLF‘s “The Dark Crusade”, both released in 2009. In other news, SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS recently teamed up with Pro Tools certified sound engineer Olof Berggren, with an extended hardware park and knowledge.

Check out the promo video clip:

Visit SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS @ www.sonictrainstudios.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sonictrainstudios

Twitter: www.twitter.com/andylarocque

 

Visit GABRIEL MANAGEMENT @ www.gabrielmanagement.eu

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bartgabrielofficial

Twitter: www.twitter.com/bartgabriel

 

 

SHINING To Continue Collaboration With ANDY LA ROCQUE’s SONIC TRAIN STUDIOS

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 24, 2012
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Swedish extreme metallers SHINING will continue their highly successful collaboration with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque‘s Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden,

Both the SHINING EP “Lots Of Girls Gonna Get Hurt” and the band’s soon-to-be-released full-length album, “Redefining Darkness”, were produced and recorded by Andy at Sonic Train.

Pre-production for the next SHINING album will happen in September 2013 and the recording will start around November 2013.

Originally planned for January-February 2013, the pre-production has been postponed as SHINING is busy with promotion and tour plans. This also means that Sonic Train Studios still have some highly sought-after studio time available for 2013.

SHINING‘s eighth album, “Redefining Darkness”, is due out on October 29 through Spinefarm Records.

SHINING recently announced the addition of two new touring members — Euge Valovirta on guitar and Rainer Tuomikanto on drums.

SHINING in May released an EP of cover songs with a choice of material that came as a surprise to many of the band’s fans. The four-track EP, titled “Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt”, included tracks from KATATONIA, KENT, IMPERIET and POETS OF THE FALL.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

HELLENNIUM Taps KING DIAMOND Guitarist For New Album Recordings

Posted by aliblackdiamond on September 17, 2012
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Uddevalla, Sweden-based metallers HELLENNIUM have tapped Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) to produce their second album at his Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden.

La Rocque previously worked with HELLENNIUM on their self-titled debut CD, which came out in May via Gothenburg, Sweden’s Rambo Music, a division of Gain Music Entertainment (which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music).

Commented the band: “This time around the band has decided to record the album in live studio sessions. Modern-day studio technics with one-on-one recordings just kills too much of the magic. The idea came from that our fans kept telling us how different the magic is when we play live.”

Added La Rocque: “The first album was great, but if we could just feed on the full potential this band has for the second album.”

HELLENNIUM has completed most of the songwriting for the next CD and is planning on hitting the studio during the coming months.

HELLENNIUM is:

Khaled El Tayara: Vocals
Martin Lindberg: Guitar
David Borg-Hansen: Guitar
Linus Palmqvist: Bass
Dave O’Neill: Drums

 

Source: Blabbermouth.net