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The magical UK supergroup that is The Darkness revealed the North American dates on their Blast of Our Kind tour launching October 9th in Pomona, CA in support of fourth album Last of Our Kind – released June 2ndvia Kobalt Label Services. Last of Our Kind‘s title track features audio clips from over 500 Darkness fans, 15 of whom […]
Roger Waters The Wall, the eponymous soundtrack to the globally acclaimed feature film by Roger Waters and Sean Evans, will be released by Columbia / Legacy Recordings on November 20, 2015. Available physically on 2CD, 3LP vinyl, and digitally, the set captures Waters’ sold-out 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour, the first complete staging of the […]
21OCTAYNE – second round! Tentatively titled „2.0“, the highly-anticipated sophomore album by THE new rock band is a feast for all lovers of quality music. Fronted by powerhouse vocalist Hagen Grohe (The Joe Perry Project), guitarist Marco Wriedt (ex-Axxis) and drummer Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody) unleash a broad variety of ideas, sounds and songs, ranging from […]
Thrash metal genre pioneers MEGADETH will kick off the new year with the release of their 15(th )studio album Dystopia on Universal Music Enterprises /Tradecraft / T-Boy Records on January 22, 2016. With musical architect and band visionary Dave Mustaine at the helm, Dystopia was recorded in Nashville, TN, and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb […]
Art, invention, creativity and one-of-a-kind fashion converge at Strasburg Rail Road as the tourist destination kicks up its heels to host the 3(rd) annual Steampunk unLimited, October 16 – 18. Billed as an edgy and emerging subculture, Steampunk enthusiasts pay homage to the Victorian Era and Industrial Revolution as they celebrate yesteryear with a modern […]
Hughes & Kettner’s TriAmp Mark 3 delivers brutal tonal intensity, with more sheer energy bubbling under your fingertips than you’ve ever experienced before. This is what you get when 30 years of tube amp expertise combine with an absolute freedom of engineering. The result is an amp boasting a range of professional sounds not offered […]
December 24, 1975. London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Onstage at this legendary venue the four members of Queen are bringing to a close a ground-breaking show, transmitted live on BBC TV, and bringing to a climax the most eventful and exciting year in their careers so far – one that has taken them from the UK to […]
“Chronicles Of The Immortals – Netherworld II” is a fascinating symbiosis of art forms with which the German Prog-Metal Band Vanden Plas can clearly justify its exceptional status. Following the previously released “Chronicles Of The Immortals – Netherworld, Path 1” (2014), the listener can expect elaborate arrangements, sensitive piano melodies, and epic instrumental passages, paired […]
In November 1965, The Beach Boys released Beach Boys’ Party!, a creative and well-loved album of covers mixed with separately recorded party sounds created by the band members, their families and friends. ‘Party!’ was a Top 10 Billboard hit, quickly going Gold and spawning the timeless No. 2 smash hit, “Barbara Ann.” To celebrate the […]
In August 2013, Oskar Jacobsson (vocals), Olof Engkvist (guitars), Adam Hagelin (guitars), Ludwig Sjöholm (bass) and Linus Fritzson (drums) issued their first demo tape (forming the basis for their deal with High Roller Records). Ambush’s first 7“ single »Natural Born Killers« (with “Heading East” on the B-Side), was released on Hig h Roller in 2014, […]