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September 30, 2002
Spektrum
A new project has just been put together in Sweden.
The new project, SPEKTRUM, has the following
members:
Lizette von Panajotte (Lizette&) - lead vocals
Olov Andersson (Grand Stand) - keyboards, backing vocals
Hansi Cross (Cross) - guitars, backing vocals
Göran Fors (Galleon) - basses, taurus, backing vocals
Göran Johnsson (Grand Stand) - drums, backing vocals
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Artrach
Artrach, a new Belgian (progressive inspired) power metal-band, has released
its debut: the demo-CD 'Through Archways of Dark' contains 6 tracks plus
intro and can be ordered for € 8 via Guy Commeene (+32498/69.61.04 or
artrach@pandora.be).
King Crimson
“Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With” is King Crimson's latest
lesson in how to be shaken, stirred and stunned all in one sitting.
Following their sell-out tour with TOOL in 2001, the band have been
busy in the studio recapturing the clamour and the calm, and writing
new material for next year's big album release: The Power To Believe
(Jan 2003).
Happy., the new EP, introduces two momentous new tracks from the
forthcoming album, samples classic Crimson material, and is craftily
fastened together with haunting haiku. There is also a hidden track to
further intrigue Crimson devotees. An extensive world tour in support
of both releases is planned in March 2003
Featuring Robert Fripp
(guitar), Adrian Belew (guitar, vocals), Trey Gunn (warr guitar,
rubber bass, fretless warr) and Pat Mastelotto (drums), the EP has
been engineered by Machine (Hed: Pe, Pitchshifter, Clutch) with
additional production mastering by David Singleton at DGM.
To be released in early
October by Sanctuary Records, fans and new listeners are guaranteed to
be Happy With...
01 Bude
02 Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With *
03 Mie Gakure
04 She Shudders
05 Eyes Wide Open °
06 ShoGaNai
07 I Ran
08 Potato Pie
09 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part IV)
10 Clouds
Total time: 33 minutes
* a Tone Probe edit from the
forthcoming album The Power To Believe
° acoustic version
www.king-crimson.com
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Uriah Heep
The first ever official history of Uriah Heep, written by veteran rock
journalist Dave Ling, will be unveiled at Trenton. Dave will be at the
festival and will be signing advance copies along with the band. If
you want to avoid queues, you will be able to pre-order your signed
copy for collection at Trenton. This is the warts and all Heep story
the fans have been waiting for, do not miss it. Price 19.99 €
www.uriah-heep.com
www.uriahheepholland.com
www.classicrockproductions.com
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The John Lawton Band.
Don’t forget:
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Marillion
3 New releases
A Shot In The Dark
The first live concert video from Racket Records - and the first
full-length concert video since 1990! Recorded at the 1999 Web UK
Convention, 24-27 July, Oxford Zodiac
The DVD version is presented in 4:3 letterboxed format (with selected
bonus portions in 16:9), with a 2-channel stereo soundtrack
Track list:
Rich - Uninvited Guest - Goodbye to All That - Afraid of Sunlight –
Easter – Deserve - Beyond You (Acoustic) - The Space (Acoustic) -
Sugar Mice (Acoustic) - Answering Machine (Acoustic) – Berlin -
Waiting to Happen - Cathedral Wall - Garden Party - Abraham Martin and
John (Bonus Track (after final credits))
DVD Extras
The Bell in the Sea (Live
at the Zodiac) - The Great Escape (Live
at the Zodiac) - Memory of Water (Live
in Germany 1999) – King (Live
in Germany 1999) - 80 Days (Acoustic)
(Hamburg In-Store Appearance) -
Blackbird (Acoustic) (Live
in Aachen 1999) - Cover My Eyes (Acoustic)
(Live in Aachen 1999) -
Hey Jude (Acoustic) (Live in Aachen 1999)
– Rich (Acoustic
Rehearsal Footage) - marillion.com EPK
- On the Road Out-Takes (marillion.com
Tour 1999)
A Piss-up in a Brewery.
This DVD is intended as a souvenir of a rare evening, rather than a
first-rate movie of a live show. This material was never intended to
be released on DVD, but due to popular demand it was obvious that a
video recording of this unique occasion would be appreciated!
Recorded 17 November 2000 at the Bass Museum, Burton-on-Trent,
England. Features performances of 'Sympathy', 'Number One', 'Dry
Land', and 'How Will You Go' with Stephanie Sobey-Jones on Cello.
Also included is a DVD photo gallery, and an exclusive acoustic
version of 'Map of the World'
This DVD is presented in 4:3 format, with a 2-channel stereo
soundtrack
Track list
After Me - Alone Again in the Lap of
Luxury - Cinderella Search -
The Space - A Collection
– Beautiful -
Afraid of Sunrise – Sympathy -
Number One - Dry Land
- Sugar Mice – Gazpacho – 80 Days –
Answering machine – How Will You Go – Cannibal Surf Babe – Way Over
Yonder – Let It Be
Caught In The
Net
Volume 4 in the
From Dusk 'til Dot
series of Racket Club Demos, featuring the making
of marillion.com.
www.marillion.com
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H-band.
You can now see the show of the H-band in Paradiso, Amsterdam on
September 11, on
www.fabchannel.com
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September 22, 2002
The Flower Kings.
Artwork for the new album.
As you could already read on this newspage before, “Unfold The Future”
will be released on november 4 , 2002.
Here’s the artwork for the album.
Flower Kings on Nearfest.
NEARfest Press Release
September 18, 2002
THE REIGN OF THE FLOWER KINGS
Swedish symphonic progressive giants added to the NEARfest 2003 lineup...
NEARfest is extremely happy to be able to announce the signing of the
renowned Swedish symphonic prog band The Flower Kings as the 4th band
on the NEARfest 2003 bill. Featuring the stunning guitar work and
solid lead vocals of bandleader Roine Stolt along with the ample
talents of keysman Tomas Bodin, bass maestro Jonas Reingold, young
powerhouse drummer Zoltan Czorsz, and the silk-voiced Hasse Froberg,
The Flower Kings are one of the most popular new progressive rock
groups since the "big 5" of the 1970s.
Classic symphonic prog fans will find tremendous delight in the Flower
Kings' rich sound full of memorable vocal lines and instrumental
melodies with extended instrumental sections showing an unmistakable
psychedelic influence. Devoted Flower Kings fans will finally have the
opportunity to see the band in a splendid theater instead of in a
small club setting. We are very pleased to be able to host The Flower
Kings as one of the linchpin artists at NEARfest 2003!
http://www.nearfest.com
Visit Flower Power, the official TFK fan website
http://www.flower-power.org.uk/
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Already on the 2003 lineup:
Magma, High Wheel and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
There’s an mp3 of these bands
on the nearfest site.
Nearfest takes place on June
28 and 29, 2003.
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Progpower Europe 2002
Everon who cancelled last week, will be replaced
by:
ANTARES (HOL)
In the year 2000, Januari 15th to be
precise, five Dutch musicians from the province Groningen got together
to play as a spin off of 'The Frigus Project'. Not agreed upon a
musical direction, it soon came clear that it would be a blend of
symphonic rock, progressive metal and sing/songwriter style. Antares
is not based on any band, but comparisons can be made with bands like
Arena, Jethro Tull, Marillion, IQ, Camel, Spocks Beard, Yes, Dream
Theater, Toto & Van der Graaf Generator. After half a year six songs
were ready to be recorded. The recording sessions took place at Square
Wave studio Groningen in the summer of 2000. The mixing process took
place in the spring of 2001. These sessions resulted in the album
'Choking The Stone' which has been released in July 2001.
Discography
Choking the Stone (2001)
Website:
http://members.home.nl/h.j.uil/
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Focus
As announced in our last
week’s news, the new Focus album “Focus8” will be released by Musea
during the month November. The new artwork for the cover has been
revealed.
www.musearecords.com
www.officialfocushomepage.nl
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IQ
IQ have now started work on writing the follow-up to "The Seventh
House". Although it's early days yet, they are off to a promising
start, and a release in Autumn 2003 is planned, with a likely European
tour to promote the CD. Most of the band members are getting kitted
out with the amazing Pro Tools hard-disk recording software for Apple
Mac computer, and this will enable writing ideas to be exchanged much
more easily and quickly.
Since reaction to the proposed re-recording of "Tales From The Lush
Attic" has been overwhelmingly in favour, Martin Orford has begun the
pre-production work on this project. Martin reports that "it's already
starting to sound great, just with keyboards and guide tracks, so it
should be phenomenal when the rest of the band get involved. I have
already done most of the work on The Last Human Gateway and The Enemy
Smacks". There is currently no definite time-scale for the
re-recording of "Tales", but the band members are likely to fit it in
with their other commitments whenever possible. There are no plans to
withdraw the original version of "Tales" once the new recordings are
available.
Mike Holmes is continuing to make good progress with the proposed "IQ
20" DVD. Mike is sifting through video footage taken from the 20th
anniversary show in London last year, and also from this year's
European tour, and he is confident that a great DVD can be compiled
from the material he has. A release date around Easter 2003 seems
realistic.
Huge congratulations are in order to John and Kate Jowitt on the birth
of their son Louis James in August. Kate and John already have a
daughter, Ellen.
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September 16, 2002
Focus
8
John "Bobo" Bollenberg,
representative of the Benelux for Musea, made it possible that the new
Focus album "Focus 8" will be released by Musea. After the limited
edition, there will be a normal release.
(see the news of September 09, 2002 about
The
Bollenberg Experience.)
Focus in Canada.
FOCUS
with Existence and Hamadryad.
3 dates only
in Canada :
Montreal @ Le Medley / Oct. 10
Quebec @ Le Theatre du Capitole / Oct. 11
Sherbrooke @ Theatre Granada / Oct. 13
info :
www.tsmgo.ca
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Symphony X
At guitarist Michael Romeo's Haslet, NJ home
studio, the progressive metallers are putting the finishing touches on
'The Odyssey', nine tracks, including an 18 minute opus based on
Homer's epic sequel to "The Iliad." The story traces Odysseus'
perilous, decades long return from the Trojan War, including
encounters with all sorts of mythological creatures. Romeo claims,
"The new CD is much more focused and quite a bit heavier than a lot of
our past work." 'The Odyssey' is tentatively scheduled for an October
release, through InsideOut Music.
European Release Date: October
28, 2002
USA Release Date: November 05, 2002
Here's the upcoming track
listing for Symphony X's 'The Odyssey':
01 - The Odyssey
02 - King of Terrors
03 - Awakenings
04 - Incantations of the Apprentice
05 - Inferno (Unleash the Fire)
06 - Wait with the Wicked
07 - Accolade II
08 - Frontiers
09 - The Turning
Symphony X will be supporting
Stratovarius on all dates of the European tour, except the plans for
them to also play in Finland are still being negotiated.
So, Europe is a done deal, except Finland, but they are working on
that.
www.symphonyx.com
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Pallas
www.pallas-uk.com
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Uriah Heep.
A campaign is starting, asking
for Heepsters to send e-mails suggesting that Uriah Heep should play
live at the "Later with Jools Holland" TV show! This would surely
give the band some exposure if we manage to include the band there...
only problem is that the other bands playing at the same night would
be overshadowed! This is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/later
(click on "Contact Later" and ask for
Uriah Heep!!!!). "The plan" is to generate a huge traffic of e-mails
this week, all asking for Heep!
The John Lawton Band will play
at The Spirit of 66 in Verviers, Belgium,
on October 2nd. Details:
http://www.spiritof66.com
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Progpower 2002
Sadly we have to announce that
Everon had to cancel this year's ProgPower edition. The band
did not find a keyboard player for the live gigs,
in time, they cannot take the risk to give us an unprofessional show.
We hope to announce the replacement next week. We are not sure yet,
but probably it will be a local band that will be added to the
line-up. We hope to announce it as soon as possible
Progpower Europe 2002
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Glass
Hammer
New CD “Lex Rex”
The release of the new CD “Lex
Rex” from Glass Hammer will be on October 1, 2002. It will be their
seventh album. “Lex Rex” tells the tale of a Roman soldier, beset by
ancient gods and goddesses, lured on a quest for something
unattainable -- something powerful and tantalizing. He calls it glory,
and he searches for its source. His quest leads him from barbaric
battles in the frozen forests of ancient Europe, to the demon-haunted
temples of Rome, even into the arms of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love. But
that is just part one of the epic tale! Guests on this CD are Charlie
Shelton from Somnambulist and Bjorn Lynne.
New Video “This Way To
Evermore”
Concert video,
behind-the-scenes footage, unreleased tracks, Wyzards, Elven maidens
and love-stricken Rangers. This Way To Evermore is a brand new
Adventure for Glass Hammer enthusiasts. This one hour Glass Hammer
video documentary features rare clips, behind-the-scenes footage,
concept videos and more.
You can order both on their
website. You’ll also find mp3’s and video footage of their new and
older CD’s.
www.glasshammer.com
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Steve
Howe
Seems like getting ready for
the YES tour didn't prevent Steve Howe from completing work on a solo
album. "Skyline" featuring also Swiss piano player Paul Sutin who the
guitarist released two records with, is out on November 4th. No
Roger Dean's artwork this time...
Tracklist
1. Small Acts Of Human Kindness -
2. Meridian Strings - 3.
Secret Arrow - 4. Moon Song -
5. Shifting Sand - s 6.
Avenue De Bel Air - 7. Resonance -
8. The Anchor - 9. Moment
In Time - 10. Simplification - 11. Camera Obscura - 12. Small
Acts
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September 10, 2002
Classic Rock Productions
organises, together with Eclipsed Magazine, in Germany, three Mostly
Autumn gigs. (HAMBURG, KEULEN and FRANKFURT)
September 25
HAMBURG, Logo
Ticket hotline: +49 (0)40-433039
September 26
KEULEN, Buergerzentrum Ehrenfeld
Ticket hotline: +49 (0)221-542111
September 27 FRANKFURT, Nachtleben
Ticket hotline: +49 (0)69-91397621
www.batschkapp.de
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CLASSIC ROCK FESTIVALS TRENTON USA OCTOBER 5 AND 6 & LONDON
UK NOVEMBER 29 AND 30
Trenton:
Uriah Heep, Asia, Nektar, Focus, Mostly
Autumn, Karnataka
The festival is held in the Patriot
Theatre where you also find the successful Nearfest.
London:
Uriah Heep, Asia, Nektar, Focus,
Karnataka, John Lawton Band.
This Festival, The Magicians Birthday
Party 2 mainly happens in the Shepherds Bush
theater.
You find all info at
www.classicrockfestival.com
Thanks to:
Louis Rentrop
Classic Rock Productions Holland
www.classicrockproductions.com
Webmaster of:
www.uriah-heep.com
www.uriahheepholland.com
www.uriahheepdeutschland.com
www.uriahheep.info
www.waterput.nl
www.mostly-autumn.tk
www.paperlate.net
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The
Bollenberg Experience
Wow ! This looks like an "all-star project"!
Rick Wakeman (Yes), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Pär Lindh, Heather
Findlay and Bryan Josh (Mostly Autumn), Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings,
Transatlantic) playing on the same album! John Bollenberg is a
freelance rock journalist and singer (in the
band Quies) who composed with guitar player Bjorn Johansson and
performed vocals of this "musical journey through myths and legends of
medieval Brugge". Mixing a medieval feeling as to melodies, and
authentic progressive rock for arrangements, guitar and keyboard solos,
musical structures, this "experience" is a worked-out and well
produced concept
album, a visit worth to be made !
Listen to the mp3 sample of
Holy Blood.
Track list:
-
If Only Stones
Could Speak
-
Holy Blood
-
Minna
-
Ursus Brugghia
-
Café Vlissinghe
-
No Words
-
Anna From The
Well
-
The Story Of
Three
-
The Goodnight
Knight (Bonus)
Released by
MUSEA
Info
bobo@prog-nose.be
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Cirrha
Niva
Cirrha Niva tours in October
as support act of the Swedish progressive metal band Pain Of Salvation
for a short tour of the Benelux!
Date
Venue Location Country
October 10
Boerderij Zoetermeer NL
October 11
Biebob Vosselaar
Bel
October 12
Plato Helmond
NL
October 13
Hedon Zwolle
NL
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Kalevala
Musea & Colossus Ry Proudly presents
"Kalevala"
A Finnish Progressive Rock Epic
based on the Finnish National Epic KALEVALA
After the successful co-operation of The Finnish
Progressive Music Association COLOSSUS together with Mellow Records in
releasing a tribute album for Finnish progressive rock "Tuonen Tytär"
(MMP 385 AB) COLOSSUS proudly presents its new project - now with
MUSEA: a concept
album based on the Finnish National Epic KALEVALA.
COLOSSUS has been in contact with progressive
bands and artists all around the world and the final line-up of this
monster release (a triple CD) is now ready. The idea of the project is
to divide the poems of KALEVALA into 30 parts. Each band participating
has chosen one part and will make their music inspired by it. The
songs can be either instrumental or with vocals and all vocals should
be in the native language of the band. All keyboards used on the songs
should be original 70's instruments (Hammond, Mellotron, Minimoog,
Clavinet, Fender Rhoades etc.) or be emulated with the best technology
of today and no drum machines or programming is allowed.
The deadline for the recordings is September
2002 and the final release is planned to be out by the end of 2002 and
it will be released by
MUSEA for worldwide
distribution.
COLOSSUS RY
"Kalevala Project"
P.O.Box 22
FI-00581 Helsinki
Finland
KALEVALA in English can be found at:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/index.htm
The bands on this project: (click on the bands name for more
information)
Disc1:
HAIKARA(Finland) -
OVERHEAD(Finland) -
SIMON SAYS(Sweden) -
SINKADUS(Sweden) -
MOONGARDEN(Italy)
-
IL CASTELLO DI ATLANTE(Italy)
-
MAGENTA(Uk) -
SUBMARINE SILENCE(Italy)
-
METAPHOR(Usa) -
CLEARLIGHT(France/Usa)
Disc2:
ORCHARD(Norway) -
GREENWALL(Italy) -
REVELATION(Italy) -
SCARLET THREAD(Finland) - MAD CRAYON(Italy) -
MUSEO ROSENBACH(Italy)
-
LEVIATHAN(Italy) -
MALIBRAN(Italy) -
SOFIA BACCINI(Italy)
-
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY(Uk)
Disc3:
QADESH(Uk) -
YOU & I(Hungary) -
GRAND STAND(Sweden)
-
GERMINALE(Italy) -
AARDVARK(Finland) -
THONK(Switzerland) -
GROOVECTOR(Finland)
-
WHOBODIES(Finland) -
ARTSRUNI(Armenia) -
CAFEÏNE(France)
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PRONG
The reunited PRONG — now
consisting of singer/guitarist Tommy Victor, drummer Dan Laudo,
bassist Brian Perry and touring guitarist Monte Pittman — will issue
their first live album, entitled "100% Live".
The full track listing for the effort is as follows:
01. Another Worldly Device
02. Disbelief
03. Beg To Differ
04. Initiation
05. Broken Peace
06. Prove You Wrong
07. Close The Door
08. Rude Awakening
09. Controller
10. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
11. Cut Rate
12. Unconditional
13. Dark Signs
14. Whose Fist Is This Anyway
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Guy
Manning
Guy Manning:”I have uploaded a track from the forthcoming CD to the
website so check it out and let me know! The CD is with CYCLOPS and
will be available from them/me in October and the rest of the World
Jan 2003. I am very excited about this release as I think it is the
best one produced so far,.but you'll have to wait to hear the 26
minute tour de force that is the title track.”
www.guymanning.com
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Lion
Music
Coming releases, October 2002:
King of Darkness - Triple Whammy
King of Darkness is our second Japanese act after the successful
introduction of Kelly Simonz. King of Darkness is a trio with a
powerful classic heavy guitar sound.
Dave Martone - A Demon's Dream
Dave is probably the best guitar player to come out of Canada until
this date and he already has a strong following thanks to his
extensive touring and his two previous independent releases. A
Dremon's Dream sees Dave experimenting more with an ultra modern
production and even contains a killer cover of ...
Star Queen - Faithbringer
Epic Power metal with gothic vocals from our new super group. Singer
and composer Stella Tormanoff is joined by Thorbjorn Englund and Erik
Tornberg (Winterlong) and keyboard ace Bob Katsionis. This band is
expected to become HUGE!
Edward Box - Plectrumhead
Edward Box is a fabulous guitar player from UK. His style is very
melodic and his debut album contains some really good songs.
For those of you who have been waiting for the second volume of
Warmth in the Wilderness - A Tribute to Jason Becker part II we
can announce that it will be out in December or January. The album
will be a double dose of high quality shred from guys such as: : Marty
Friedman, Steve Vai, Ronni Le Tekro, Slav Simanic, Lars Eric Mattsson
and many more. Expect another press release about this album shortly.
For more info about
these releases just check the Lion Music website:
www.lionmusic.com
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Regenesis
After “The Lamb” tour
Regenesis is now going on a tour of England with a performance of
“Selling England By The Pound” in its integrity.
Support act is the band
Melbourne. (with ex-Regenesis Doug Melbourne on keyboards)
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Platitude
Hailing from Sweden, this young 7-piece band is
ready to take over the world with their long-awaited debut album
"Secrets Of Life". Inspiration comes from bands such as Malmsteen,
Stratovarius, Symphony X and Sonata Arctica and it's to be heard on
this fantastic debut. From the fast openers "Deception" and "Just One
Try" through the brilliant "Raining Tears", the beautiful ballad "Love
Lost" to the grandiose title track, Platitude engulf their
predecessors and exceed them. The band is only between 16 and 22 years
of age, nevertheless they attach the song writing as super-skilled and
experienced musicians. Brilliant guitarists, heavy rhythm section, two
keyboard players and one heck of a great vocalist, often reminding of
a young Jeff Scott Soto. "Secrets Of Life" is recorded and mixed at
Jailhouse Studios in Denmark, with well-known producer Tommy Hansen
(who a.o. has produced Helloween, Pretty Maids, Beyond Twilight etc.)
turning the knobs and putting the final touches to Platitude's great
debut. (source:
www.rockreport.be
)
http://platitude.sida.nu
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Short
News
- The songs 'Blackest Eyes' and 'Train' from Porcupine
Tree are available from
mp3.com
- In the Music Maker issue of October ( in the
shops 20 September) there will be a story
of five pages about Sun Caged.
-
Composer of After Forever, Mark Jansen
has a new band: Sahara Dust! They are going to sign
with Transmission records of After Forever. In the beginning of next
year, they are going to record the debut
www.saharadust.com
is only a forum for now but it will be a complete
homepage soon.
- On Sept 16, Evergrey
head into the studio to start work on their fourth album "Recreation
Day", which will contain the following songs: 'Recreation Day',
'Blinded', 'As I Lie Here Bleeding' and 'Unforgivable Sin'. Visit
the bands website at
www.evergrey.net
-
Fabchannel.Com
will be doing a live broadcast of the h
band concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on September 13th,
2002.
Fabchannel.com
is an initiative of the Paradiso that
started in the summer of 2000. The main purpose of
Fabchannel
is to create and broadcast compelling web
casts of artists playing the Paradiso.
- Djam
Karet has announced the release of 2 compilation albums with
the title of “A beginners’ Guide (Vol. 1 & 2)”. Both of them will
contain more than 75 minutes of music and
they’ll include unreleased tracks only available in these releases.
- It seems that a double CD
and DVD of It Bites from a concert that the band
offered in Japan in 1987 are being prepared. Both of them would be
available at the end of the year.
- News from Dutch band
Ricocher. At this moment Ricocher is trying to arrange
some gigs in the UK. This way Ricocher is trying to put together a
(mini-) tour around the Rotherham Rocks Festival (18th October).
Ricocher has already written two new songs. These songs, "Question
within the Answer" and "Bitter Tears" will be added to the setlist
very soon. Some ideas about a new album have been discussed. Watch
the internet site
http://www.ricocher.com/
for the
latest info about Ricocher.
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September 02, 2002
NEW CARAVAN ALBUM
The new album is now well under way
and is scheduled for a November release to coincide with the British
tour. Thirteen tracks are under consideration for inclusion, 9 by Dave
Sinclair and 4 by Pye Hastings. The working title of the album is 'The
Unauthorised Breakfast Item'. Jimmy Hastings will be guesting on the
recording.
The Hastings' tracks are:
I'll be There, Tell Me Why, Revenge, A Whole Lot Better
The Sinclair contributions are:
What Have we Done, Forever through the Years, Sancti (with vocals by
the Canterbury Cathedral Choir), The City Calls, Message to my Heart,
That Day, Nowhere to Hide, Best Life of All, And When the Sun Sets
http://www.caravan-info.co.uk/
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Sylvan
It took a long time, but now Hamburg's progressive rock band has
finally found an official release date for their new album "Artificial
Paradise". On October 7th 2002 the new CD will officially be
available!!!
Those of you who want to get a first impression
of the new material can do so on the band's homepage (http://www.sylvan.de
). A promotion video is available for download there, as well as a
sort of medley of several new songs as an MP3 file. At the moment the
homepage is being revised completely to appear in a new light on the
day of the CD-release.
SYLVAN is going to celebrate their new album "Artificial Paradise"
with a big CD release party at the Hamburg LOGO. On October 5th 2002,
which means two days prior to the official release date, one will be
able to buy the album there and - of course - hear it being performed
live. And since a CD release party should always be something really
special, one can look forward to many nice surprises and a very, very
long concert! :-)
The latest press pictures as well as information
about SYLVAN and their new album "Artificial Paradise" are available
on the internet at the following address:
http://www.sylvan.de/info
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CIRRHA NIVA
PRESENTS SPECIAL HALLOWEEN ROCK
OPERA SHOWS!
*** 31 OCTOBER ***
A magic number in divers religions.
The day when the borderline between the world of live and the death
is at it’s thinnest.
The date on which the story ‘Liaison de la Morte’, the rock opera
of Dutch theatrical rock/metal band Cirrha Niva begins…
Therefore Cirrha Niva will perform on 29, 30 and 31 October 2002
for the very first time a ‘Liaison de la Morte’ rock opera show in
Halloween style. Especially for this occasion Cirrha Niva will wrap up
her ink-black romanticism and their magical world of art and rock
music in Halloween and Horror elements, which will start right at the
front door. Once you are in? There is no turning back…
Dutch Venues Theater Romein (29 Oct) in Leeuwarden, Ekko (30 Oct)
in Utrecht and Doornroosje (31 Oct) in Nijmegen will be transformed in
a real Haunted Mansion. Cirrha Niva also dares the audience to show up
in Halloween and Horror costumes and as gothic and playful as
possible.
 
The national Dutch TV station Veronica will make a report of these
evenings for their television programme Veronica Kink TV
Be inventive, creative, crazy, share the fun and give everybody the
creeps!
Step into the underworld and take a ride on Cirrha Niva´s haunted
carrousel between earthly life and death!
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Porcupine
Tree
IN ABSENTIA UPDATE
In addition to 68 minutes of audio, the forthcoming Porcupine Tree
album "In Absentia" will also include a video for "Strip the Soul"
directed by John Blackford. John's association with PT goes back to
1996 when he created the highly acclaimed cover design for the
"Signify" album.
Delerium Records releases a reissue of “Coma Divine”.
The expanded reissue of the fantastic live album recorded over
three killer nights in Rome in March of '97. Now released as a double
CD with improved sound quality, a revamped full colour booklet and
four extra tracks from the Rome shows;'Up The Downstair',' The Moon
Touches Your Shoulder', 'Always Never' & 'Isnot'. An absolutely
essential release!
www.freakemporium.com
(you can even win prizes if you pre-order)
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GENIUS
Rock Opera
Frontier Records are finally able to unveil all details concerning
the release of the hugely awaited first episode of the GENIUS Rock
Opera, written and performed by the Italian musician Daniele Liverani,
known for his work with the prog-metal band EMPTY TREMOR.
The cast of characters, in order of apparition includes:
Mark Boals (ex Malmsteen, Ring Of Fire) as "Genius", Lana Lane as
"Doorkeeper", Daniel Gildenlow (Pain Of Salvation) as "TwinSpirit n.
32", Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger) as "Stationmaster", Joe Vana
(Mecca) as "King McChaos Consultant", Steve Walsh (Kansas) as "Wild
Tribe King", John Wetton (Asia) as "McChaos King", Oliver Hartmann (At
Vance) as "Wild Tribe Consultant", Midnight (ex Crimson Glory) as "Maindream"
and Phillip Bynoe (Steve Vai, Ring Of Fire) as "The Storyteller".
Choir: Olaf Senkbeil (Dreamtime), Hachy Hackmann and Chris Bolthendal
(Grave Digger). Additional background Vocals on "The Right Place":
Rita Celli and on "All Of Your Acts" Thom Griffin (Ambition,
Trillion). On drums the incredible engine: Dario Ciccioni.
The whole concept runs around the many characters that Genius meets
during his journey in the parallel dimension where he discovers the
secrets of the creation of the human dreams.
The CD is the first part of a trilogy, which will contain 33 songs and
more then 4 hours of music.
The final track listing will include the following songs: Without Me
Today; The Right Place; Paradox; Twin Spirits Land: All Your Acts;
Dreams; My Pride; There's a Human; Father; Terminate; I'm Afraid.
The music style can be described as an exciting mixture of melodic
rock and progressive metal.
The cover artwork has been designed by Markus Meyer (Nightwish,
Grave Digger, Edenbridge).
The release date is scheduled for October 23rd 2002 for Europe on
Frontiers Records.
For more info and details on the concept and song samples, check
out the website:
www.geniusrockopera.com
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Drama
The record label “Rock Symphony” from Brazil has
just released the debut album of the South-American band Drama. Drama
is the first progressive rock band from Uruguay. Their sound goes from
the best of the classical symphonic rock bands from the US to the
melodic neo-progressive. The album can be ordered from
http://www.rocksymphony.com
and for more information about the band you
can check:
http://drama.netfirms.com
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Baja Prog 2003
It is still early to talk
about Baja Prog 2003, but the following bands already signed up:
PFM (Italy), Focus (The
Netherlands), Ange (France), Par Lindh Project (Sweden), Pig Farm on
the Moon (Venezuela) and Entrance (Chile).
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