As with many rock bands, Catalina Shortwave’s story starts in a basement. So what’s special here?
Well, for starters, this was a basement in New England, in winter. Unless you’re well heeled, that means it was very, very cold. And very, very wet. That is how Catalina Shortwave started. Cold, wet, and penniless. Their first release, 2014’s Repeater, was produced in a chilled basement on the barest of budgets, which is a nice way of saying that everything they used to make it was begged for, borrowed, or stolen. Repeater was lo-fi and raw, but the band’s songwriting and its strong performances shined.
Now comes Catalina Shortwave with its second release, Radio Voodoo: Songs from the Dark End of the Dial, an offering that brings together the pluses of professional production with the immediacy and honesty of the best of DIY.
Catalina Shortwave is based in western Connecticut, U.S.A. Radio Voodoo is a collection of 7 new songs delivered with the band’s characteristic emotional intensity, exploring dark themes of love and betrayal, longing and loss in a manner that is both intelligent and accessible – such as with `Anne Boleyn,’ a punkish rocker told from the perspective of Boleyn’s jilted lover, who mourns her decision to marry King Henry but is not too unhappy that things haven’t worked out for her as planned. It is a familiar story, but the band turns to history to tell it.
David Rizzo (words and vocals), Martin Stauffer (guitars), Keith Morey (guitars), Roy Scaturo (bass guitar) and John Garvey (drums) all live in or around hilly Ridgefield, Connecticut, where for the past two years they have been creating, rehearsing and recording their music in a roomy log cabin-looking studio in the New England woods. And when not there, Catalina Shortwave can be caught playing clubs all over their home state and just-within-reach New York City, with occasional junkets elsewhere, bringing their supercharged and riveting live shows to the growing base of rockers, punks, metalheads and even lovers of the blues and soul that are drawn to something fresh and yet familiar in their sound. To the initiated this comes as no surprise, for Catalina Shortwave are veteran musicians who’ve played in touring disco bands in the 70s (Roy), thrashcore bands a bit more recently (John), and a slew of other known or obscure outfits spanning punk to country-rock to power metal (everyone else).
As Catalina Shortwave continues to tour the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States to promote Radio Voodoo, they have been hard at work recording their next release, due early 2016. New avenues will be explored, they say, both as to themes and to their songwriting. Radio Voodoo can be purchased online at Amazon.com, iTunes, CD Baby and all other major distribution outlets. Physical copies of their releases are available at Amazon, CD Baby and at their performances.
REDWOLVES is a four piece rock band from Copenhagen, playing modern Scandinavian power rock.
REDWOLVES (formerly Awesome Mr.
Powerwolf) was formed by guitarist Simon Stenbæk and vocalist Rasmus
Cundell in 2008 in Sorø. The aim was to play rock’n’roll with modern
inspiration, and just having a good time hanging out. The band stopped
being active after a year, when the members started playing in other
projects.
The band was revived in late 2011 when Simon and
Rasmus started writing new material and in April 2012, 3 new members
were brought in. With the new line up in place it was time to rock, and in December 2012 the band played their first concert.
The first release from the band was “Wake Up!”, a demo from 2013, and
in 2015 the band released the single “Letting You Go”. Both releases got
some very good reviews from international music magazines and blogs.
In late 2014 the band had to change their name from Awesome Mr.
Powerwolf to REDWOLVES, due to a controversy with a record label which
owns a part of the name.
In August 2015 guitarist Jonathan
Lemoine decided to leave the band after considering the high level of
ambition the band had reached through the last three years. The band
continues as a four-piece rock band.
Grenouer, the band that incorporates creative endeavor and unassailable quality, comes from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Fronted
by lead signer Andrey ‘Ind’ in liaison with guitarist Alexander ‘Motor’
Grenouer shifted from a conventional extreme metal combo to a brilliant
alternative metal& rock outfit, no member of the metal pantheon
changes so much and stays true to the score. Seven full-length albums
released worldwide, thousands of miles spent on tours, not a single day
on hold in about twenty years - today Grenouer is easily recognized by
the offbeat balance between low pumping guitar riffs and eloquent
delicate vocals with a large harmonic vocabulary. Those tunes are only
superficially easy, since songwriting ideas are designated and
embellished in different ways to hook up listeners with vibe, allegiance
to the melody and artistic sincerity.
Electric Revolution is: David Lawson Lead Vocals Guitar. Steve
Crucianelli - Bass guitar, Vocals. Josey G. - Guitar. Billie Pulera
Drums Vocals. Based in Kenosha, WI, Electric Revolution takes the finest
parts of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad, Mountain,
Montrose, Y&T mixed up into a tasty blend that makes their music
uniquely current and definitely a sound to call it's own, Prepare for
the revolution... the ELECTRIC REVOLUTION!
Neferlight is a Rock Band founded on 2013 by Jose Ramón Sanchiz and Xavi Roncero. Their music is somehow defined by a contrast
between light and darkness, with chords full of colours, melodic and
deep ambiance parts versus rhythmic riffs and bright powerchords, what
confer a characteristic and distinctive sound overall, adding a wide
vocal range performance and very defined guitar solos.
Stories
in the songs are sometimes like tales, like movies, and others are
direct messages about life, and own experiences, with rage, sadness,
happiness, hope… and of course, love, everywhere… some others are
cryptic metaphors to be interpreted by the listeners.
JR and
Xavi met in a covers band in 2009, and soon they felt a depth musical
link, and started to compose and write together, so in 2013 they founded
Neferlight as a band with all this growing own repertory.
They
started to gather some of their compositions to bring out a new album.
In 2014 they presented to the Global Rockstar Contest 2014, with more
than 4000 worldwide contestants, with the song "Regrets No More". After
the clasification stage, they won the countries stage of the contest,
and was nominated as the National Winner for Spain, and announced with
the rest of the winners as part of a live show on 4 November at the ORF
Radiokulturhaus in Vienna, which was shown worldwide via webcast.
Along the 1st half of 2015, they were working hard in composing,
recording, mixing and producing their album debut, with the title of
"Beyond Imagination", under their own record label DarkSight Studios.
The album was officialy released worldwide in digital format on May 27th
2015, on the channels iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and Youtube, and
later, in June 16th in physical format.
Xavi is from Elda, and
JR from Monovar, two neighboring and close small towns in Alicante
(Spain), a place where music is a big and ancient tradition, and they
both were born in families with older musicians. Influenced by that
baggage, each one began as musicians since childhood, and now they work
together to bring the world a tiny touch of light among the darkness, a
truly “Nefer” light that comes from the depth of their souls.
SUPER VINTAGE is a classic rock band from Kavala city, Greece. Formed in February 2012 under the name HUSH 'n RUSH THEY started as a cover band playing songs of classic rock bands from the 70 's.
After many live performances in the local area they started recording their own songs in May 2013.
Stavros Papadopoulos,lead singer,guitarist,songwriter and producer had
already written and published many Classic rock/Hard rock songs recorded
at his FREEROCK RECORDING STUDIO Panagiotis Zabourlis on the guitar, Lazaros Simitsis on the drums-percussion and Panos Karathanasis on the bass,experienced musicians who already had played with many greek bands,boosted songwriting with their high class playing so there were 3 disc releases until September 2014
in BANDCAMP: KICK OVER THE TRACES-July 2013 DOGS 'N VULTURES-June 2014 TALES NEVER TOLD(Acoustic)-September 2014 In September 2014 George Filopelou joined the band playing the bass and they recorded and RELEASED
WELCOME TO THE SLUM in November 2014. In June 2015 the band signed a contract with GROOVEYARD RECORDS NY USA changed their name TO SUPER VINTAGE and their new albums are gonna be released by the company in the mission of keeping CLASSIC ROCK ALIVE!
SUPER VINTAGE is considered one of the most productive-high class classic rock bands ever formed in their country.
They have been described from many European rock WEB-ZINES as the greek revival of bad-ass old school Classic rock/Hard rock and IN 2013 they have been noticed by CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE UK which included a song from their first album in April's 2014 issue CD compilation mentioning: ''A young,unknown band from Greece,they effortlessly channel classic hard rock heroes of the 70's.''
unleash the beautifully dominant brand new "IV"album
Winter's Verge formed in the year 2003 on the small but majestic island
of Cyprus. Their prevailing sound consisting of epic atmospheric, bold
riffs and authoritative vocals has gained them fans worldwide, secured
them spots on multiple Europe tours and international album releases.
"IV" is their fifth studio album and it has blown the minds of the fans
and the press.
Winter's Verge was founded by frontman George Charalambous and master of
the keys Stefanos Psillides in the city of Nicosia. Their line up
gradually became bigger with guitarist Pericles Mallopoulos joining the
ranks and from that point on they new exactly what their musical destiny
was.
Their latest addition to their discography titled "IV" will secure this
legacy for the renowned Power Melodic band from Cyrpus. In this album
you can hear the big Symphonic stylings of Nighwish, the
Stratovarius-esque melodies and the powerfulness of Blind Guardian.
Methane
formed in 2012 by brothers Tim Scott (Revenant/HatePlow) and Dylan
Campbell and Tim's long time friend and guitarist Jimi Masterbo. They
quickly recruited drummer Andreas Strom and released an E.P. single
,entitled 'Southern Metal' , in 2014.
Methane spent 2014 /15 touring for it's 'Southern Metal' EP single.
Playing in Sweden, Norway and the U.S.A. including The Rage of
Armageddon thrash festival in Brooklyn NY and headlineing Metal Inferno
festival in Kramfors Sweden.
Methane is now touring for it's single entitled 'Spit on Your Grave '. The single is
available for download and streaming on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify ect.
The single is a precurser to a full legnth album that the band is
currently recording.
The Monarch Slaves were founded in the summer of 2014 in Kansas City MO
with the remaining members of The Broken Divide joined forces with the
lead vocalist of Branded Fate. With the addition of a couple of key
members began writing melodic hard rock/metal music. With the release of
their debut album "Writing on the Wall" the Monarch Slaves are ready to
share their music with the world!
Aftereffect were found in 2009 in Greece by Alexander and Nicolas. Back then the band's name was Pitch Black Rosa under which
they played couple of live shows. Due to being envolved with other
projects at the time, the band wasn't very active but they kept writing
and evolving the songs and the style recording some demos.
In 2013 began a new era for the band. Maria was added to the band's
line-up as the lead singer and Constantine had taken the drummer's
position and the band decided to change the name into something more
suitable for their current style that had evolved into a more electronic
oriented rock/metal. And so the band was reborn under the name
Aftereffect.
Straight after the band started the production of two songs for the
upcoming single "Free Your Mind" at Soundscape Studios in
Limassol,Cyprus with Chris Charalambides as the producer. The single has
been released digitaly in May of 2014 together with the video clip for
"Free Your Mind".
Recently the band started the production of their first debut album and filmed a new video for the song "Heart On Frenzy".Now they are producing their first album which it will gonna be realeased in the middle of 2016.
Scarecell
is releasing their first extended play ’New Horizons’ on 4th of
December. The 5-man band from Helsinki, Finland is combining aggressive
metal with melodic arena rock. Catchy melodies and strong electric
influences are helping Scarecell to stand out from other metal bands in
the scene.
’New
Horizons’ is taking another step on the group’s journey and is the 2nd
release after ’Empire Falls’, a single from earlier this year. The EP is
introducing different sides of the band and it is mastered by Pontus
Helm (Dead By April).
Vocalist Petja Haapaniemi commented on the tracks:
#1 Buried Alive
This
is probably the heaviest track of the album. It’s one of the first ones
I wrote since we founded Scarecell. At the time I was quite frustrated
with my composing and analyzing too much of it. The song turned out to
rely much on it’s simpleness and aggressive sound. Lots of energy to
start off the album.
#2 The Fire (We Start)
I
think this one sums up pretty well the idea of our band and what our
music is about. We did a lot of work with the mixing and the atmospheric
parts of the song. The energy also stays there with some nice melodies.
The song is about emotions and having the courage to brace them in our
lives. We should take the chances before it’s too late.
#3 Lay Down Forever
Definitely
the ”radio song” of the EP. It should be clear why after listening to
it… We wanted to bring out the vocals on this one while keeping it still
quite heavy. The song tells about someone I lost some time ago. It’s
one of my favorites.
#4 Reach
We
worked on this song for quite a while and it has grown really well
since the first versions. Fast paced, huge energy from the beginning
till the end. Really keeps it going and is much fun to play. The song
tells about finding the place in your life where you can feel free and
look forward. It’s a good ending for the album.
Bloodlash
was founded in late 2011. Formed in Morelia, México when the rule of
thumb leaned towards thoughtless violence, and dedication and creativity
marked the exception, Bloodlash began as an act of rebellion within
that context. While Bloodlash’s music displays aggression, they try
their hardest to make it a force for creation and to build awareness
rather than for the mere purpose of aimless destruction.
One
could describe Bloodlash as Progressive Post-Metal, but the label
hardly does justice to the experiment. Their directive is to always
challenge themselves as musicians and artists, trying to make
well-crafted music that feels fresh. Playing in-your-face energetic live
shows, the plan is to challenge indifference and inspire others in the
same way that the bands and idols they grew up with inspired them.
Bloodlash feeds from the influence of bands like The
Ocean, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Karnivool, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Opeth,
Dog Fashion Disco, Intronaut, Ghost, Children of Bodom and various Soundtracks. Having received encouraging reviews from media outlets such as MetalSucks regarding the future of Bloodlash, and receiving comparisons to Between the Buried and Me, they have all the fire within and the dedication to their craft to get far.
Rain EP is released digitally December 21st 2015 by Inverse Records.
Founded in 2007, Spartan is a one of a kind band. Influenced by various
styles of metal, they bring forth powerful and pounding yet melodic
tunes. Inspired by tales of ancient Greek mythology, their songs are
themed with heroic battles, heroes, gods and demi-gods, and rich with
symphonies of times past. They are characterized by the strong vocal
lines, in which epic storytelling plays a major part. This is what makes
Spartan stand out among other current metal bands, and an experience
you won't soon forget!
YEE HAW ! The Thrash Cowboys are coming ! The three villains
look like they just crawled out from a filthy hole in the middle of
texas , although they have nothing to do with western as you know it !
The selftiteled „ROCK ´N ´WESTERN ROLL METAL „ might have
blown billy the kid or even jesse james out of their worn out boots !
Groovie sounds paired with hard as a rock riffs and growled vocals ,
this combination will kick everyones ass . The guys can offer special
kind of a live western-show . The three whisky soaked dudes not only
fascinate with their right in your face attitude , they will bring heat
into the crowd with their smoking hot saloon girls who will drive the
audience crazy !
With some thrashed up classic western tracks like the right
and the left hand of the devil , the four humanized jack daniels
drinking machines , offer a awesome western sound in metal clothes to
their audience ! The first official music video to HEADSHOT was released
in february 2013 their 10 track debut cd AND WESTERN BLOOD RUNS
followed on November the 22nd, 2013 and was sold via Recordjet.
After a long search , the cowboys signed a recorddeal with
the german independent label NRT-RECORDS , and agreed to a longtime
cooperation . To get a sneak peak of the upcoming album Horseflesh BBQ ,
NRT-RECORDS released the EP FUCKING TROUBLEMAKER in summer of 2015 ,
and a related musicvideo aswell.
Finally: Dezember will be the month for all their loyal die
hard fans to get the second LP Horseflesh BBQ ! The new album will be
performed live for the first time at a release concert on December the
11th. the album was mixed and mastered by danish producer Tue Madsen ,
who also worked with bands like EKTOMORF or SICK OF IT ALL . HORSEFLESH
BBQ will be in stores in january 2016 .
Get ready for a Trip
... From Texas To Hell and Back !
Proll Guns:
Evil Ed – Lead Vocals & Bass Guitar
The Burner – Vocals & Guitar
Cra „“Y“ Maker - Drums
Saloon Girls:
Miss Candy Rose & Miss Sherly Colt
Style:
Thrash Metal Western Thrash ‚N’ Roll
Releases:
And The Western Blood Runs (Album) 2013 (Selfreleased)
Fucking Troublemaker (EP) - May 2015 – NRT-Records
Horseflesh BBQ (Album) 2016 NRT-Records
Where bands like Graveyard or Rival Sons
explore and reinvent the heavier stuff from the 70′s, old school
rockers The Gloria Story focuses on the more party oriented sounds of
that same decade. The Gloria Story is a mashup of punk rock attitude
with hard rock energy – always with an analouge feeling, a humorous
twist and a dark soul. The Gloria Storys debut album “Shades of White”
instantly hit the #1 spot on Swedish rock charts upon it’s release in
june 2011. The band has also been awarded with a platinum disc for
20.000 sold copies of “OH NO (2010)”.
The concept of mixing
flamboyant posing with high energy rock and roll and pure entertainment
has made The Gloria Story into one of the most promising Swedish
touringmachines in recent years. With 200+ shows opening for bands like
Thin Lizzy and Gilby Clarke, and touring festivals like Sweden Rock
Festival and clubs all over Europe The Gloria Story is on the edge of
making it big. All the way, from their humble beginnings in 2009, TGS
has had a genuine and honest lo tech, old school sound that has amazed
audiences wherever the band has played. This is truly re-invented and
re-grooved 70′s rock. The Gloria Story is a quick fix that probably
won’t save the whales or the rain forrest – but most likely your next
party!
THREEPEACE is an American Alternative Reggae Rock Band Formed in 2005 by
Leftee and Big R . Their influnce is guitar and drum driven with their
sound rooted in the Reggae Rock Genre. Likewise, the influences of the
band draw from different facets of Classic Rock and Reggae including the
sound of The Police and Bob Marley.
The Band’s first album “Empire of the Sun” (2006) established the band
in the mold of their Reggae Rock heritage and was recorded after near
death experiences for Leftee and Big R . The album was recorded in
Empire, Michigan in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where
they recorded the video for the single "Empire of the Sun". The band
received World Wide airplay on their first album where the band began to
develop the idea spreading World Peace through their music. The “Empire
of the Sun” album received many positive reviews including
HussieSkunk.Com , Ear Candy Magazine and others.
The Bands second album “For the Love of the Rastaman” (2007) was an
album dedicated to their heroes Bob Marley and The Police. The bands
topics on this album established the band as social critics. The bands
MySpace following quickly grew the exposure for the band and they were
picked as one of twelve artists featured on the 2008 MySpace Music
Calendar for the month of July. The band was also featured on
www.StingUs.net in the bands influenced by Sting and The Police section
of the site. The bands album sales continued to grow around the World.
Crystal Pyramid Video Productions of San Diego, California commissioned
the band for the use of their song “Gone Away" ,edited by Patty Mooney,
to further promote World Peace through the creation of a YouTube music
video dedicated to the cause.
ThreePeace continued to write and develop new songs and released “Messengers of Thyatira” (2008) . On this album the band combined
current World events against the backdrop of 1st century A.D. prophecy.
The ThreePeace message of peace and acceptance among all people of all
faiths continues to bolster the success of the band around the World.
They continue to focus their musical energy on the many things shared by
all people, and less on the few things which divide the masses. Soon
after the release of the "Messengers of Thyatira" album, ThreePeace was
added to the Clear Channel Communications Family of websites at
iheart.com, and listed on over 350+ radio stations websites in the
United States.
Greatest Hits - Pieces of Three is a compilation of the best ThreePeace
songs remastered from the albums "Empire Of The Sun", "For the Love of
the Rastaman" and "Messengers Of Thyatira. All songs on this Greatest
Hits compilation have been digitally remastered from the original
recordings. This process was done by the professionals at Channel Fuse
Media in Memphis, Tennessee. ThreePeace fans have long been asking for a
greatest hits compilation. The band excited to get back to their
mission of promoting One Love and Unity among all the brothers of man.
In order to restore a collective unity to the three albums these tracks
are taken from great effort was done during mastering to make them a
collective unit by sonically improving all the tracks, while also making
this a collection of great songs which stand on their own as one unit.
THREEPEACE - Positive Vibration Session was recorded in 2007 at Positive
Vibration Studios in Grand Blanc, Michigan. ThreePeace Music is rooted
in the cause of moving our World forward with Peace, Acceptance and One
Love, as the great Bob Marley did before them. The band is going through
a revival of sorts finding that the sounds of analog tape and
spontaneous recordings made for the some of the best jam sessions. While
sessions like these lend themselves to musical mistakes at times, it
also that atmosphere which creates the best space for being in the
spirit, going with the flow. This was the initial concept of the "Empire
of the Sun" album itself. Often when you overdo the perfection with
countless overdubs, you kill the spirit of the recording.
This project is a collection of Reggae Rock with a Punk edge which
ThreePeace is known for. On this 6 song compilation the band covers the
Bob Marley Classics "Stir It Up" and "War" and a punk version of The
Police "Walking in your Footsteps". Also featured are songs from the
ThreePeace album "Empire of the Sun". ThreePeace influences musically
are many and include the likes of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and other
Classic Reggae artists, as well as Classic Rock and New Wave influences
like The Police and The English Beat. The band believed that this
project sounded like a an old vinyl album bootleg and thus that is
exactly how it will be released in limited edition.
This was recorded after the band was selected as one of twelve artists
featured on the MySpace Music Calendar. This session was recorded during
bass player auditions in 2007 as Raul was leaving the band for Alaska.
The bass guitar is played by Michelle Hobbs who had never played any of
this material before with the band. The energy and spark of the
recording had a flow the band always loved. There were no rehearsals for
this recording so it took its own musical direction. This recording has
always been a band favorite and embodied the spirit and spark of the
"Empire of the Sun" album and the "For the Love of the Rastaman" album.
Michelle never actually played a service with ThreePeace other than this
one session. This was a jam recording recorded via a X-Y stereo
microphone setup in the studio. This Positive Vibration Session can be
considered a band authorized Bootleg Recording. A limited Edition Vinyl
Pressing was done for this recording.
Leftee - Drums, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals Track 3
Big R - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Raul - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Track 3, Backing Vocals
Michelle Hobbs - Bass Guitar
Vapor Trials the 6th Album from the Michigan Reggae Rock Trio
THREEPEACE. Over 5 years in the making. This epic album takes you on a
musical journey covering topics from a wide range of interest. The band
hailing from Michigan has long been known for their reggae / rock vibes
in the influence of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Classic Rock artists
like The Police and even dabbles into the Alternative Rock genre with
influences like Green Day and other Punk Rock legends like The Clash. If
you are into Reggae Rock Vibes that are intended to move the World into
a Positive Vibration and direction this is definitely the album for
you. THREEPEACE adds this album to their growing library of music which
continues to grow by leaps and bounds, connecting the people of the
World with concepts shared instead of things which divide us!
Drums & Lead Vocals - Leftee
Guitar & Backing Vocals Big R (Randy French)
Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals - Vdub
The band continues on the journey of World Peace through Rock and
Reggae music and the bands website at www.ThreePeace.Org has logged over
399,000 visitors since its inception in November of 2005. The band is
currently in the studio recording their new album Northern Shore due out
early in 2016. The band is Published by the Sheehan Sound Engineering
Indie Label and their music is Administered by ASCAP (American Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers).
Discography
*Empire of the Sun (2006)
*For The Love of the Rastaman (2007)
*Messengers of Thyatira (2008)
*The Positive Vibration Session (2014)
*Greatest Hits: Pieces of Three (2014)
*Vapor Trails (2014)
Louisville KY's Stonecutters: Comprised of genuine 502 metal scene veterans, battle tested; past, present and future!
Stonecutters
is led by Vocalist/Guitarist Brian Omer a veteran in the Louisville
Metal & Hardcore scene. Playing with Louisville natives My Own
Victim who issued four albums out on Century Media and did several tours
across Europe and United States. From the ashes of MOV Brian Omer put
together Stonecutters with 3 other like minded musicians, which
illustrates punishing, brutal, beautiful, soothing, and primal music for
these uncertain and turbulent times. With influences ranging from Black
Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Death, Neurosis, Motorhead, Sick Of It All &
early Metallica; Stonecutters illustrates a mixture of these influences
all rolled up into a very unique format.
Having issued 2 self
released full length albums, the self titled "Stonecutters" in 2006 and
"Christhammer" in 2009, Stonecutters have played many shows throughout
their home state of Kentucky, as well as Michigan, Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana, Georgia, Kansas, Arkansas, West Virginia & Tennessee. Some
of these shows have been opening up for national acts such as Anthrax,
Gwar, Testament, Obituary, Unleashed, Mastodon, Eyehategod, Machine
Head, Death Angel and Black Label Society, just to name a few. Both
releases have received praises from Decibel Magazine, Metal Maniacs,
& several underground zines and radio.
Now in 2013
Stonecutters has issued their 3rd full length Album "Creatio Ex Nihil"
to the masses. Displaying the same characteristics as their previous
releases but more focused & far tighter, with a massive production.
Displaying very strong musicianship & intense lead guitars, "Creatio
Ex Nihil" offers something for everyone in these uncertain and
turbulent times.
Finnish Standing Ovation releases their long awaited second album on
the 27th of November. The 2012 published "The Antikythera Mechanism" got
a good reception among both the audience and the critics at home and
abroad.
The new album presents a fused band showing its best material till now.
Their well-known trademarks are even more finely executed this time.
The engaging melodic adventure containing a flurry of addictive details
has a lot of time and recourses invested in it and figures such as Hiili
Hiilesmaa (Amorphis, HIM, Apocalyptica) have added value to the
production.
Reinforcements also arrived before the band stepped into the studio and
world renowned guitarist Samuli Federley joined the band. Founded in
2006, this unit is now in its best shape ever and prepared to take over
new territories. And never the less the band is a must see when they
perform live on stage.
Don’t miss their new catchy out of the box music video, which will surely put a smile on your face.
Release date:
Finland: November 27th
International: December 4th
My New Vice was conceived in 2007 in a garage in Portland Oregon and
since have released three full length albums and is currently working on
their fourth. My New Vice are known nationally for their live
performance as a band to be reckoned with. A perfect mixture of vocals,
two lead guitars, deafening bass & powerhouse drums. Make no mistake
about My New Vice, they are an unstoppable machine in the name of rock
& roll.
RIPIO was born in november (1998) in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1-CD "CONDENADO A VIVIR" ("CONDEMNED TO LIVE") 2001, has 8 songs.This
cd talk about sadness, loneliness, pain, etc. The hard aspects of life. The music is a mix of all heavy metal, fast songs and slow songs.
CD was recorded, mixed and mastered in "MIX", with Willy Castillo
(guitar player and singer of the legendary group "Murdock") in the
console. Recorded in 2000 and edited in 2001 by "UNDERECORDS".
In 2002/2003 RIPIO recorded and edited its second album "DURMIENDO EN LA
CAMA DE LOS VIVOS" (SLEEPING ON THE BED OF THE LIVE) in the studio
Sonosfera. Cd has 10 tracks, the music of RIPIO is a mix of all heavy
metal (power, hard, trash, etc.), the letters talk about -to be hard in
front evils acts, intimate feelings, etc.
In April 2006 was
edited its 3 cd, "EN ALGUNA PARTE DE ESTE MUNDO...VOLVERE" (IN SOME
WHERE OF THIS WORLD...I WLL COME BACK) recorded in the
studio-Sonosfera-with Juan Albariño and Daniel Ibarrart (Sound
technicals) in the console. This cd has 12 new song.
The fourth
cd came in 2009 "VENGADOR DE PERDEDORES" (AVENGER OF LOOSERS) with 11
new tracks. Cd was recorded in Sonosfera again with Luciano Perez and
Juan Albarino in the console.
This album come with DVD with images of recording, interview with the technician, photos and video clip.
(2013) New and fifth album -Marcado por la locura- (Marked by madness)
was ready, edited and available on cd with ten new songs. Juan Albariño
(Console) - Studios: El Conservatorio Gilardo Gilardi and La Casa de
Juan.
Ripio's CDs are available for purchase directly through his website.
Rising from the ashes of former local greatness, White Knuckle Black Out
established itself onto the NC music scene in 2010. Heavy melodic
powerful southern groove, insanely juicy guitar riffs, gut wrenching
bass, and a relentless beat is the only thing on the menu with these
boys. Quickly rising to the top of the local music food chain they have
established themselves as a permanent fixture in the heavy metal
underground. They have shared the stage with countless national acts,
such as: Kill Devil Hill, Straight Line Stitch, the Chimpz, Dead by
Wednesday, Unearth and Primer 55 etc. . . . W.K.B.O. released its
debut album “Commitment” in 2010 quickly selling over 500 copies at
their live shows. Hard rock/heavy metal fans will appreciate the band’s
sound and direction whose influences are deeply rooted in Black Label
Society, Pantera, Machine Head, Slipknot, Metallica and Snot. After
releasing a much anticipated single and music video Gravel, they
received an endorsement deal with DC Axes and are planning a European
tour in 2016.
The band is currently working on material for their next
album “Hate the Truth”, expected to be released in May of 2015.
W.K.B.O. is proud to say they have never lost a battle of the bands and
are now blowing up the airwaves on countless internet radio stations.
They have fan bases all over the world such as, Germany, United Kingdom,
Australia, North and South America. They are all balls and no quit and
are working hard 365 days a year to leave their mark in the music
industry. They are a powerful heavy metal train barreling down the
tracks with no signs of stopping. White Knuckle Black Out is determined
to bring their message and their music to the world one state at a
time/one country at a time.
Two Blokes From Southern Sydney Australia decided they had had enough
of the current music scene and decided to Put a Pub Hard Rock PRoject
Togther called THE GUILTY and bring back Hi Energy Hard Rock back to the
Pubs again.
The Guilty Are
Alex Atic: Lyrics and Lead Vocals
Scotty Gregory:Music/ All Instruments/Background Vocals & Shouts
Our Debut Album
The Guilty-Guilty As Charged
Was Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Scotty Gregory
Denmark has a new rock-act with a badass flavor and a unique heavy sound – We bring you Black Income!
The best way to describe Black Income, is a new rock identity emerged
from the grunge-wave in the 90s, combined with elements from today's
Fuzz-Rock. Black Income may be inspired by acts like Queens of the Stone
Age, Tool, Fu Manchu, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Stone Temple
Pilots, but the sound and feel is their own.
Black Income was formed in 2012 by four guys with an ambition to create
rock music; honest rock music inspired by the early 90’s when grunge
was the sound. After only one year together, in 2013, Black Income
teamed up with producer Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp, D-A-D)
and entered the legendary Medley Studio in Copenhagen, where bands like
Radiohead, D-A-D and Kent has recorded some of their best albums.
The Debutalbum 'Noise Pollution' tells the story of a world in chaos,
where everybody knows best and dosn't listen to each other. A World
where shouting out your own views and opinions while being deaf to other
people - That's Noise Pollution! The lyrics is about the massive impact
the social medias has on us and about the materialistic world we all
are a part of. It's about true feelings like love and hate.
‘Noise Pollution’ is twelve hard-hitting and extremely well-written
rocktunes with focus in the riff and the catchy melody, from four guys
who are smitten by the melodic grunge of the 90’s. Without repeating the
history, Black Income brings a new dimension and a new level to the
genre!
Endomain were founded in 2011 in Athens. The band consists of four members of Airged Lamh. – George Thanasopoulos (Drums), John
Luna Tsimas (Bass), George Sofikitis (Guitars) and Stratis Steele
(Vocals). Dimitris Kourmousis (ex-Illusory) joined the band as the new
lead guitarist.
In 2014, the band recorded their debut album ”Step in the machine” at
DevaSoundz Studios. The production was concluded in early 2015. The band
signed with Steel Gallery Records and the cd is available from October
5th 2015.
Anguish Sublime is an atmospheric death metal band from Novi Sad (Serbia), founded as a project by Aleksandar Crnobrnja (guitarist, composer) and Árpád Takács (vocalist, lyricist) in October ‘98.
The band filled all necessary crew slots in 2003 and started rehearsing with a full line-up. In May 2004, Anguish Sublime put out their first (and only) demo record, named "Among the Raven Skies" consisting of 7 tracks, and for the first time AS played live. The promotional gig took place at "NS Riders" club in Novi Sad, in front of about 150 people who accepted this burst of melodic and atmospheric death metal with obvious thrill and enthusiasm.
Anguish Sublime maintained performing live shows until the end of 2007 and had played on numerous gigs and festivals, like EXIT Fest 2007, many guitar band competitions in Serbia (won 1st place on one in 2006), “Demo Masters” competition of demo bands held by the national radio “Beograd 202” - year 2005 (where Anguish Sublime took 3rd place in the super-finals), WOA Ex-Yu Metal Battle 2007 (made it to the finals), etc.
In the beginning of 2008, several members had left the band, and the band struggled to maintain its live presence. András Ispán Bandi had joined AS in 2009 as the bass player, and remains in the line-up to these days. With the positions of both the second guitarist and the drummer being still empty, Anguish Sublime metamorphosed back to project status, with 3 remaining band members (Aleksandar, Árpád and András). The band continued doing some occasional work on old and new songs and new releases in the following years.
Finally, after 10 years of slumber, in May 2014, Anguish Sublime released a new five-track EP titled "Unveiling the Origin" - which is also available on the band’s official website, bandcamp or reverbnation - all songs are free for download and distribution.
A bit more than a year after “Unveiling The Origin” was put out, on the 4th of july Anguish Sublime releases another EP titled “Thornwinged”, this time with 4 tracks on it, coloured with some darker nuances compared to the previous EP. It is a digital release only, but a limited CD release is expected later this year. “Thornwinged” is available at the band’s official website, Bandcamp, Reverbnation, Soundcloud, Facebook and on Youtube. All songs are free for download and distributioin.
