DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT and the SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR in Dinkelsbühl, Germany are announcing a special release show, advance album sales, and a competition to win a special Meet & Greet with the German black metal innovators, which can be entered at the link below.
Frontman Nikita comments: “We were really stoked about our previous invitations to perform at Summer Breeze Open Air in 2011 and 2013 and were also particularly satisfied with those two performances. Therefore, we are now more than proud to announce that we will be celebrating the official ‘Finisterre’ release show at this year’s edition! It has been a long tradition for DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT to attend this great festival in our local Northern Bavarian neighbourhood for more than a decade. This means that we are obviously playing at home in beautiful surroundings and in front of more than 40.000 metalheads. Of course, we have prepared a very special show for this occasion, which you should not muss and we can hardly wait to finally present our new album in full!”
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT will release their forthcoming album, ‘Finisterre’ on August 25th, which is exactly one week after SUMMER BREEZE. Therefore, the Franconian band has teamed up with the festival to perform a special album release show with an exclusive premiere of their brand new tracks.
As if that wasn’t enough, the band will be selling their new full-length exclusively at the Season of Mist stand at SUMMER BREEZE, which means their fans will be able to purchase ‘Finisterre’ at the festival one week before its official release!
Russian modern melodic metal band Drops of Heart released their new maxi-single “В Сиянии Звезд”(“Starlight”), which was recorded featuring singer of swedish band Soilwork Bjorn “Speed” Strid. “В Сиянии Звезд” is the first single from the upcoming album, the work on which has already begun.
LA based Alternative Metal Band Raven Black has announced that they will be hitting the road for their Hex O’Clock Tour. Launching July 8th in Guadalajara, MX, the tour winds through the Midwest and up the East Coast before finishing up in Las Vegas, NV.
The Hex O’Clock Tour Dates:
07/08 @ Voodoo Roadhouse Bar – Guadalajara, MX
07/14 @ Jack’s Patio Bar – San Antonio, TX
07/15 @ Dirty 30 – Dallas, TX
07/16 @ Thunder Alley – Oklahoma City, OK
07/17 @ The Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
07/18 @ Phoenix Lounge – Sioux Falls, SD
07/19 @ Lookout Lounge – Omaha, NE
07/20 @ The Back Bar – Janesville, WI
07/21 @ Top Fuel Saloon – Chicago, IL
07/22 @ The Token Lounge – Detroit, MI
07/23 @ MUSIC LYNX (NEW) – Mentor, OH
07/25 @ The Autograph Rehearsal Studio – Murfreesboro, TN
07/26 @ Hi Ton – Memphis, TN
07/27 @ Purgatory in The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
07/28 @ The Haven – Orlando,FL
08/01 @ RiffHouse Pub – Chesapeake, VA
08/02 @ The Depot – Baltimore, MD
08/04 @ Blackthorn 51 – New York City, NY
08/05 @ Pineapple Jack’s – Rochester, NY
08/06 @ Fete Music Lounge – Providence, RI
08/08 @ Opinion Brewery – Minneappolis, MN
08/10 @ Moon Room – Denver, CO
08/11 @ Club X – Salt Lake City, UT
08/12 @ Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Track List:
1. twinkle twinkle little scars
2. still healing
3. voices
4. blackening
5. damaged
6. seven sins
7. 13
Bloody Times have published a lyric video for the track “Introduction To War” (feat. Iced Earth’s John Greely), which is taken off from the band’s upcoming effort “Destructive Singles”, a two-track record scheduled to be released on July 21st, 2017.
Featuring former Iced Earth’s singer John Greely on vocals, the lyric video for this heavy metal anthem is available below or at this location:
“Destructive Singles” will be available on all major digital outlets on July 21st, and also on CD format, with this last featuring two exclusive bonus tracks.
Anneke van Giersbergen’s VUUR are pleased to announce the release of their debut album ‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’ for the 20th October 2017 worldwide through InsideOutMusic. Each track on the new album is named after a city that made an impression on Anneke while touring the world, and to celebrate the release they have launched a contest where fans can guess each of the locations featured on the album, and win exclusive and rare merchandise.
Anneke comments: “Often I have a strong feeling for a city where I perform. It can be anything, sometimes I visualize a city as a man or a character, or sometimes something happened in that city that I want to write about. All 11 songs on the album pay tribute to a certain city and with this contest we’d like to give our fans the opportunity to guess which cities will be featured on the album and win some unique items.”
The band also recently announced they will team up with Scar Symmetry for a short co-headline tour in December. Opening act for these exclusive shows will be My Propane.
Anneke had this to say: “We’re very excited to present our debut album live and hit the road this December. Scar Symmetry and VUUR will each be playing full sets every night. VUUR’s setlist consists of mostly new material, but the audience will get to hear some of my previous outings and collaborations as well”.
Dec 07, 2017 Le Trabendo Paris (FRA)
Dec 08, 2017 Biebob Vosselaar (BE)
Dec 09, 2017 The Dome London (UK)
Dec 10, 2017 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht (NL)
As well as this, in May 2018 Residentie Orkest The Hague will host an encounter with Anneke van Giersbergen. Both nights will feature a career-spanning concert with orchestral arrangements. The song selection will even include material from her yet to be released VUUR album.
Anneke comments: “It’s such an honor to be backed by these grand classical musicians with strings and brass interpreting my music. The material will be an interesting cross-section of my career. Some reworks will be a contrast from the original and some, for instance like the song ‘Travel’, will be given a treatment that is a logical extension of the The Gathering’s original album arrangement. “
May 18, 2018 013 Tilburg (NL)
May 19, 2018 Paard The Hague (NL)
VUUR recently released ‘Days Go By – London’, the first track taken from their forthcoming debut album out later this year.
VUUR begin playing live this Summer, and have also been confirmed as main support to EPICA in late 2017. You can find the full list of confirmed live dates below:
14th July – Masters of Rock, Vizovice – Czech Republic
15th July – Dynamo Metal Fest, Eindhoven – the Netherlands
VUUR as main support to EPICA
9th November – Klub Studio, Krakow – Poland
10th November – Masters of Rock Café, Zlín – Czech Republic
12th November – Kesselhaus, Berlin – Germany
13th November – Markthalle, Hamburg – Germany
14th November – Essigfabrik, Cologne – Germany
15th November – La BAM, Metz – France
17th November – Stereolux, Nantes – France
18th November – Krakatoa, Bordeaux – France
20th November – La Riviera, Madrid – Spain
24th November – Razzmatazz, Barcelona – Spain
25th November – Le Moulin, Marseille – France
26th November – Le Transbordeur, Lyon – France
29th November – Backstage Werk, Munich – Germany
1st December – Estragon, Bologna – Italy
2nd December – Z7, Pratteln – Switzerland
3rd December – L’Aéronef, Lille – France
VUUR are:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) – vocals
Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) – drums
Jord Otto – guitars (My Propane, ex-ReVamp)
Ferry Duijsens – guitars
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) – bass
Look out for more information in the coming weeks!
Welcome back the sweet scent of freedom. Breath in the greeheen! BRANT BJORK has come to revive your spirit: The Kyuss- and Fu Manchu legend has just announced his first live record ever!
From the opening guitar riff of “Europe ’16”, recorded in Berlin, one can sense the buzz of classic rock electricity that transcends into new spheres. This is controlled madness between trippy and doomy, groovy and sludgy!
Set for release September 22nd on Napalm Records, BRANT BJORK has now revealed the cover artwork and track list of his first and highly anticipated live record.
“This record is live. Live records are ugly and they should be. When a band plays live, they let their hair down. Live is all that really matters. There are those moments in life when everything is ok and these are the moments when you are doing exactly what your here on the planet to do. You’re right where you are supposed to be with no shame, no fear, no regret, no envy, no hatred and no apology. I always say this band brings a feeling. The feeling is always primary and the sound, secondary. At least to me. In the book of Tao, there is a passage…”naming is the origin of all particular things”. I use here the term ugly to refer to my naming of my particular relationship with my soundscape. my my my. Why the term ugly? Because its the opposite of pretty. As the popular saying goes, “It is what it is”. As for my music, my band and this live record, I prefer to say, “it is what it isn’t”.” – Brant Bjork on Europe ’16.
The track list reads as follows and will surely make every low desert punk heart beat faster:
1. Buddha Time
2. Controllers Destroyed
3. Humble Pie
4. Stakt
5. The Gree Heen
6. Lazy Bones-Automatic Fantastic
7. Stokely Up Now
8. Dave’s War-Dave’s Peace
9. Biker No. 2
10. Freaks Of Nature
11. Low Desert Punk
12. Let The Truth Be Known-Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Whenever BRANT BJORK turns on his fuzz pedals on stage, you can always count on him, as he delivers lush Stoner Rock with balls of steel, winged by vivid guitar solos and his creaking whiskey tinged voice. His psychedelic melodies raise to huge groove monsters. The air feels dry from the dust; the inner eye witnesses the setting sun morphing the desert sand into a glowing sea. “Europe ’16” lives from exquisite Desert Rock grade A. Live and pure!
And to also celebrate his first live record ever, BRANT BJORK has just announced many more tour dates for this year! Catch the king of the desert live in Europe here:
04.08.17 GR – Almiros Magnisias / Los Amiros Festival
05.08.17 AT – Waldhausen / Lake on Fire
06.08.17 HU – Budapest / Tixa
08.08.17 DE – Hamburg / Sommer in Altona
09.08.17 DE – Stuttgart / Universum
10.08.17 CH – Duedingen / Bad Bonn
12.08.17 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz Festival
14.08.17 CH – Martigny / PALP Festival
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