"From hell we come, from a small town in Italy called Lodi. It was there,
at the dawn of the horror in fall of 2007, that the Dead &
Breakfast were born. Taking for our name
from the title of a Frankenstein Drag Queens' song, or from the title
of a horror movie, or whatever you want, we set out to break your bones. Jack Daniel's drinkers, bass players eaters, we are here to play our fuckin' scary horror punk.
3 Albums, a thousand gigs, doubling the stage up with bands like Raw
Power, Warmblood, Gerson and many more, we're ready to shock you and
drag you into the worst case scenario you'll ever live, again and again. That's all. This is us. Fuck you, we're DEAD & BREAKFAST! Welcome to the Zombie Show..."
After 10 years of record absence Steamroller Assault are coming back with their 3d album
entitled Dead Man’s Hand and will hit the streets by Eat Metal Records in April 2017.
The album has 8 songs in the familiar raw, filthy and obscene attitude of the band.
Tracklist:
1. Dead Man’s Hand
2. Evil Is My Middle Name
3. Kill After Kill
4. Midnight Blues
5. You Ain’t So Pretty When I’m Sober
6. When A Girl Loves A Woman
7. Suicide (Wild Machine Cover)
8. Skull Island
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Entasis Studios by Nick Papakostas and his (too numerous to
mention) personnel.
Layout and artwork by Semitone Labs.
After 3 years from the previous release, epic/power metallers
Kaledon are back with the bombastic, epic and majestic album 'Carnagus -
Emperor of the Darkness'.
With a renewed line-up, enhanced by Michele Guaitoli's (Overtures,
ex-Future is Tomorrow) powerful vocals and Manuele di Ascenzo's
(ex-Secret Rule) amazing drums skills, mastermind Alex Mele (guitars)
has finally forged a new chapter of the 'Legend of the Forgotten Reign'
saga reaching the perfect mix of modern riffs, classic power metal
speeds, epic choirs and epic symphonic arrangements. Together with Paolo
Campitelli (keyboards) and the founding members Tommy Nemesio (guitars)
and Paolo Lezziroli (bass guitar) Kaledon are back, stronger than ever.
CARNAGUS: EMPEROR OF THE DARKNESS
01 Tenebrae Venture Sunt
02 The Beginning Of The Night
03 Eyes Without Life
04 The Evil Witch
05 Dark Reality
06 The Two Bailouts
07 Trapped On The Throne
08 Telepathic Messages
09 Evil Beheaded
10 The End Of The Undead
Where The Sun Comes Down it's a new project between Thomas Hand Chaste
(Death SS founding member) And Alex Scardavian (Paul Chain Violet
Theatre-Strange Here).As special guest we have Claud Galley (Death SS
founding member and Paul Chain V.T.) on Bass.
Where the Sun picks up where Violet Theatre left off, with a distinct
and unique Paul Chain sound made even more evident with Galley on bass
on two tracks, and an exhumed recording of Gorham's vocals on one of the
tracks. This is as close to a new Violet Theatre album that we will
ever get. Thomas Hand Chaste, Alexander Scardavian, Claude Galley,
Sanctis Gorham -- it doesn't get any better than this.
A group was founded in 1995(1994...?) in L'viv city: the cultural
capitol of Western Ukraine.Oleksandr Melnik(singer) and Andrii Gurniyak
"Manuna":guitar)was found a group... Later joined: bass guitarist Mykola
Bilozor and drummer Andrii Yanovskiy"Kaban"...to enumerate all
collectives in which, these musicians participated, there simply is not
sense. It is enough to remember L`viv city bands:"Second Quarantine",
"999", "Lazareth","+GG+" "Drugline" and "Inward
Path":.http://www.gepr.net/i.html#INWARDPATH
However ..after a few rehearsals of Misty Gates divided on the different L`viv bands..up to 2002 years.
Place after drums in this incarnation of Misty Gates was taken the by Illya Lypnitskiy
Thus - will remember ...the First real shot of Misty Gates took
place in April, 2002, in "Granny" club(L`viv city, Railpalace
squear..)....Band prepare for the set....Prevous band drummer - whether
that "Oratanya" whether "Verkhovna zrada" - kicks in a cimbal - a bar
wth cimbal falls - and, like an axe - will cut in a power cable - a
right portal burns out.but But "Misty Gates" by chance grabbed with
itself tube power amplifier...And show will begin. And it was a great!
Disconnected Genius is
an eclectic 3 piece Punk Rock band who generally utilize a Loud Chorus /
Soft Verse dynamic, whilst going down melancholic piano alleys almost
as often as delving into punk rock slices of pi.
Disconnected Genius' eagerly unanticipated 2nd LP Nirvikalpa Meow will be out later this year.
| Nirvikalpa Meow Tracklisting | 1. About Nothing 2. It's A Curse I'm A Saint 3. Vertruvian Men 4. Just Stay Don't Go 5. We're All Watching Everything 6. Kings & Queens 7. One Fine Day 8. Quietly Into The Night 9. The Little Don 10. The Diamonds In The Poor 11. Arkane Bliss
Off Orbit is a rock n roll band that mixes Blues, Jazz and
Psychedelic sounds to create something that sounds familiar and new at
the same time. The band has been active since 2012, this will be the
bands fourth release. The brain child of brother Marcos and Mo Jimenez,
Off Orbit is a band that prides itself in their live sound. This is why
the band has chosen to record this EP live in studio. Experience the
live sound of Off Orbit with their latest release titled "Plug n Play"
Ep, recorded live in studio in Miami. "Lil B" is the first single and it
features bluesy grooves, soulful vocals and melodic guitars and keys.
The song is about the monotony of the every day worker and the futility
of being a dreamless person. The song features bluesy grooves, soulful
vocals and melodic instrumentation.
Craving
Angel was formed in 1984 By Scott Nelson aka Scott T. Schleen (Guitar),
Joey Zimilich aka Joey Layte (bass) and Phill Coffman (Drums). The goal
was to entertain with high energy cover tunes (AC/DC, Led Zep, UFO,
etc) as well as establish original compositions. Craving Angel played
the Minneapolis/St. Paul club circuit for six months with a female
singer. To my knowledge she was terminated for reasons I cannot describe
here. They continued to play for a couple years as a three piece and
then I (Buddy Hughes) came along to fill the lead singer spot.
I immediately got us in the studio and produced our first demo with
songs from the first CA CD with songs like Match the Power and Dark
Horse. We continued to play and recorded a second demo and produced a
video for the anthem Lust for Lust. What a great era in music. With the
demo and video in hand, we headed west to LA. In 1988-1994, we played
and ROCKED the sunset strip. The scene was great. Imagine a kaleidoscope
of all the colors shapes and sizes of flyers from bands everywhere.
From the whiskey a g0-g0 to Gazzarri’s the streets were paved with them
and people everywhere and ready to party.
Party we did. Playing clubs like the aforementioned along with The
Troubadour, The Roxy, Filthy McNasty’s (FM Station), Metal House and on
and on. It was probably the best time of my life and the other’s as we
lived, breathed and played music. We did a lot of recording Scott and I.
At one point changing the name to Straight Jacket after a falling out
with the rhythm section.
We received great reviews in Music Connection and we were offered
contracts. Capital records, Geffen loved the Tune Craving Angel as I
entertained and talked with them trying to get a deal. between the sex,
drugs and music at one point firing a bass player because he wouldn’t
sign the deal with Statue Records. Scott and I parted for a while. I
headed back to Minneapolis to connect with family and the music scene
back home.
Eventually Scott did the same thing. I compiled The music we recorded
during 1986-1994 and secured a distribution deal with Minotauro Records.
They were looking to re-release the” Dungeon Fortress of Rock” record. I
couldn’t secure it with the members of Dungeon so Scott and I worked on
the material for Craving Angel and was released in 2014. It is great
working with Glenn and Marko, much thanks you fucking ROCK!!!! The album
is still selling and getting great reviews and you can get it just
about anywhere. Minotauro wanted another album. I met with Scott again
and hooked up with Erick Wright. Erick is a great musician and friend
and just happened to have a studio using a Windows based app called
Reaper. Unfortunately, when Scott was doing some plumbing work he
smashed his guitar finger. It never healed right and he had to have
surgery. Between that and his family and work obligations we never got
it together.
Timing, timing, timing. Insert Jimmy Cassidy (Guitar). Jimmy and I had
worked together in a band called Ripface. We connected again and this
man is a writing machine. Bringing to my attention that he had a few
albums of material. We wasted no time. We had tried out a few drummers.
We worked with one guy and he never showed up to record. His mother was
always sick and he needed to drive her to the Dr. coincidentally every
time there was a session booked.
WOW, Jimmy knows how to play drums to!!!! Jimmy already had the tunes
with the guitars, bass recorded. We dumped them on Erick’s computer and
began the recording process. Jimmy and I worked on the lyric’s and
melody’s over the summer and came up with some killer tunes that I hope
you will enjoy as much as we do.
We worked with Erick as he did the production and as we watched Jimmy
playing the drums asking him, why didn’t you tell us three months ago
that you could play drums! Fucking hilarious.
This was a blast to make and Jimmy, Erick and I will remember the summer
of 2016 and how cold it is now January 2017 as I am going tonight to
master this CD.
I (Buddy Hughes) am the only original member from the inception of
Craving Angel. Working with some of the best people and friends a guy
could ask for. Maybe in the future and who knows, maybe all the original
members can get together and love, laugh and create another Craving
Angel release.
HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAMS!!!!!! Buddy Hughes (ou81hughes@msn.com)
Twin Earth Records is pleased
to announce that they will release "Black Magic" the debut EP by
Swedish doom merchants ALASTOR. The band are cryptic about their
background and have revealed little info about who they are, preferring
only to state "DIE IN FIRE!"
Salt
Lake City’s RIKSHA have inked a worldwide deal with Zombie Shark
Records, the new record label from Noah “Shark” Robertson (Motograter,
Ex-The Browning). The band’s latest album ‘Five Stages Of Numb’ was
recorded at Elevate Studios by notable producer and drummer for Chelsea
Grin, Pablo Viveros. Album art was provided by Die Elster.
‘Five
Stages of Numb’ will be available worldwide on May 12th, 2017. The band
has released a computer animated music video for the title-track “Five
Stages of Numb” produced by Vladyslav Tsarenko which can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/g3Vyz8OkTEE
Riksha’s
sound is affectionately known as “throg”, a mixture of “thrash” and
“progressive”. The band can best be compared to groove metal and nu
metal bands such as Mudvayne, Tool, Pantera, Coal Chamber, Soulfly,
Nothingface, and American Head Charge.
Riksha
frontman Palmer states, “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with
Zombie Shark Records and the great bands they represent.”
Riksha
have released 2 previous studio albums recorded by Bruce Kirby at Boho
Digitalia Studios - ‘Dream Drops Red’ released through Dark Harvest
Records and the independently released ‘Night Begins’. Riksha burned up
the underground metal scene in 2012, winning Project Independent’s
“Industry Panel Favorite” voted on by a panel of producers, A&R
reps, and record company owners. Since then, the band has purchased a
1973 Eagle Tour Bus and has hit the road throughout the US. Riksha is
currently making plans to tour the U.S. in support of their upcoming
release.
Zombie
Shark Records label manager Michael Boodagh states, “Riksha is a
growing artist that is continually perfecting their craft. I am pleased
to welcome them to the ZSR team! I can't wait to see what comes next!”
Riksha
takes four guys and squeezes out as much sound and energy as possible.
With a combination of both melodic and in your face vocal and guitar
styles, Riksha hammers away with a musical montage of aggression, power,
and strength to create a new and bold sound.
Featuring
lead vocalist Dean Ortega (Interscope Records, RCA Victor, protégé
of Jimmy Iovine, Tim Palmer, Peter Frampton) newcomer virtuoso
guitarist Andrré Makina, Joey Cotero on drums and Kurt Barabas (Roswell
Six, Amarans Plight,) on bass. Combining complex arrangements and
blistering melodic guitar their music is indisputable unassailable pure
passion.
RESURRET THE MACHINE are less a band - and more of an experience.
Meticulously developing and an intense musical combined force made to spew thunderous rhythms and syncopated high energy .
Resurrect The Machine new CD UNCOVER THE TRUTH is on a mission to
revitalize "Rock" music with a thunderous rhythm section comprised of
Joey Cotero on drums and Kurt Barabas on bass, combined with the
blistering melodic guitar work of Andre Makina and the powerful lyrics
and vocals styles of Dean Ortega this combination creates a unique and
exhilarating cocktail. RTM appeals to rock neophytes and to those who
never before called themselves rockers. Prepare yourself RTM will grab
your soul and takes you for a ride.
As the lyrics from their self titled track declares, "Music is what
fuels the fire" and no words could better describe this bands
philosophy. Every member is a passionate artist that brings something
unique to the mix, these brothers-in-arms combine all their creativity
and experience to create an intense harmonic convergence.
Join this band on their journey as they Resurrect the Machine.
EVYLTYDE have announced the release date of their forthcoming album
‘Rising’ as Monday 27th March 2017. ‘Rising’ will be available from all
major digital platforms including iTunes and Spotify from this date,
with the CD version available soon after. Pre-orders of the album are
available from http://www.evyltyde.com
Artwork for the album was designed by Bristol artist Lewis
Moorhead and features an alien-type humanoid rising from up from the
earth.
‘Rising’ includes ten new tracks, including ‘Monster’, a song
that many may be familiar with from the bands live shows. The CD version
also includes ‘Bullet In The Head’, EVYLTYDE’s most recent single as a
bonus track.
UFORIA has been a force in the GTA and southern Ontario over the years. Their third EP was released during July of last year and was produced plus co-written with Finger Eleven drummer Steve Molella. The title
track has been a common sound being played regularly at the Rogers
Centre during the Blue Jays games throughout the 2016 season.
“Steve has had a massive influence on myself and Uforia,” says Ursini. “He
worked his butt off to make each song reach its maximum potential. I’ve
learned more about songwriting and recording in the last year than ever
before because of his talent and energy.”
The aggressive and riff-laden title track, which is also the lead single is about the struggle of making difficult decisions. “It was originally conceived after Adam Adam Brik, our lead guitarist hit a tree and dislocated his thumb in a snowboarding fall,” explains Ursini. “He
was in so much pain and didn’t feel he could wait to be rescued. In
that moment he made the choice to get himself down the mountain and seek
the medical attention he needed.”
The
EP continues with “Radiation”, a warning that ecological change is
inevitable and we must embrace it and evolve in order to survive. “Wake
Me” is about the struggle to wake up and escape the darkness of a dream
world, while “Overthrow” encourages listeners to be patient and to take
control of their own destiny when the moment is right. The EP closer “Is
Anybody Living” is a track about facing your fears, particularly the
fear of change.
Uforia’s
previous releases include the debut EP Imagining (2012) and the
fan-funded follow-up Transmutation (2015). The band has won a number of
contests including the Hard Rock Rising Canada contest (2013), the
opportunity to open for hometown heroes Billy Talent (2014) and the Jack
Daniel’s Supporting Act contest (2016). “Fight or Flight” ranked #4 on
the best songs of 2016 at CJIM Montreal’s Rock Station and 91X in
Belleville. Oshawa’s 94.9 The Rock FM featured Fight or Flight (EP) on
the Best of Generation Next 2016.
UFORIA
first began as a solo project by front man Michael Ursini
(Singer/Songwriter/Rhythm Guitar), which over the years has morphed into
a talented four-piece of hard rock that has released three EPs since
2012. Influenced by bands like Billy Talent, Incubus, Finger Eleven and
Our Lady Peace, among others, the group also consists of Adam Brik (Lead
Guitar), Daniel Salij (Bass) and Dylan Piercey (Drums).
Release: 28 April 2017 KINGS OF BROADWAYwere originally formed in 2011 when guitarist Aldo Lonobile (one of the most recognized guitar players/composers from the Italian metal scene, founder member of bands likeSecret Sphere, Civilization One and Shadowspell) started gathering musicians and friends to fulfill his desire to create a Hard Rock band.
After a year of writing songs, making demos with his longtime friends Luca Cartasegna (ex-Secret Sphere) on drums, Ricky Messeri on guitar and JJ Andreone (Odd Dimension, A Perfect Day) on bass, the showed the ability to create amazing rock songs for the masses, once sung by the right singer!
After trying out some different options, JJ suggested his long time friend Tiziano Spigno (that later became the singer of Lucky Bastardz); Tiziano has a unique vocal tone and an amazing ability in writing rock melodies that give its best melted with KINGS OF BROADWAY!
This was 2012 - and the band then really started!From 2012 to 2015 they
worked in the shadows, composing the whole debut album and recording it
in the best way possible, with the aim to deliver an outstanding sound
able to play the game with the rock giants out in the market!
Among the great words received by the representatives of the musical industry, the band signed a record deal with German label Pride & Joy Music in early 2017. The group’s self-titled debut album “Kings Of Broadway” is set for a release on April 28th, 2017 which also includes an amazing Rock version of One Republic's smash hit "Counting Stars"!
MELODIC, PROGRESSIVE, MODERN: AVELION aims to overpower genre
classification thereby creating a new form: Modern Metal mixed with
Progressive influences and Melody becomes momentum and expression as a
whole which reaches the listener directly. The band was founded in Parma
(Italy) in 2008 and, after some line-up adjustements, in 2011 released
their first studio work: the EP "Cold Embrace". Following the widespread
approval from the critics and the fans, the following year AVELION
started an incessant Live activity, also having the great opportunity to
play as opening act for Seventh Wonder (with Tommy Karevik, Kamelot),
while at the same time a strong and ever-growing fanbase has developed
worldwide. In 2012 the band also released the promotional single
"Falling Down" which sees the collaboration with guitarist Olaf Thorsen
(Labyrinth, Vision Divine). AVELION's second EP, "Liquid Breathing", was
published in November 2013, followed by a mini-tour in Austria, Czech
Republic and Slovakia. The EP delivers a more personal, modern and
mature sound: here we can find, in fact, a Melodic Progressive Metal
mixed with Djent influences, all combined with a strong Electronic
personality. In 2015, with Oreste Giacomini and William Verderi as
masterminds and main composers, the band entered Domination Studio of
Simone Mularoni (DGM) to record their first full length album: “Illusion
Of Transparency”. “Illusion Of Transparency” will be out on April 7th,
2017 via Revalve Records.
New Zealand basedrock band HANGAR 18 are about to release their new single IDKY.This
infectious, well-crafted rock track is getting very positive feedback from
taste-makers around the globe.
The
single was written by HANGAR 18 with
the collaboration of award winning, multi platinum selling recording artist Jason Kerrison who was best known as
the front man & songwriter for OpShop
& The Babysitters Circus. The
song was recorded at Red Room Studios & Show Pony Studios in Auckland then
mixed in Brisbane, Australia at Red Engine Studios by ARIA Award winning and
Grammy nomineeproducer Steve James (Sex Pistols, Monty Python,
The Screaming Jets, Weta, The Rumjacks).
HANGAR 18 have toured
throughout their career including performing with such acts as No Doubt (US), Collective Soul (US), Ocean
Colour Scene (UK), Silverchair
(AUS), Everclear (US), as well as performing
at “The Unity Music Festival” in Hong Kong alongside Grace Jones (JA), Boy George
(UK), Gene (UK) and many more. This
show saw HANGAR 18 perform live in front of 10,000 fans in the stadium plus it
screened on live TV to over 680 million people on Channel V & CCTV and to
over 1.1 billion people worldwide.
Amazed by guitar hero Randy Rhoads, Stefano Viana takes up the guitar at
age of 16, when the glorious 80's Hard Rock was at its highest
splendor. Influenced by artists just
like Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne and Y&T,
Stefano started recording his first songs in 1996, fascinated by
recordings' process techniques. He self-produced two unreleased Cds and,
during the works on the second one, he met Alessandro Del Vecchio,
asking him to get inolved in the production of his first official solo
album. Works started back in 2009: Del Vecchio wrote the lyrics, handled
also the vocal duties; the other session musicians were chosen among
the best ones of the Italian scene: Anna Portalupi on bass, Alessandro
Mori on drums, Gabriele Gozzi on backing vocals and Pasquale India on
keyboards. His lifelong aspiration seems to become reality, rewarding
many years of hard work and sacrifices in the underground scene;
however, just like in the worst of nightmares, serious personal problems
tore apart Stefano's dream, forcing him to give absolute priority to
his family issues. He kept his album in standby until April 2016 when,
regained a stable serenity, he tasked once again Alessandro Del Vecchio,
meanwhile become a long-time reliable friend, with resuming the working
process on the album. Listening together to the recorded material, they
decided to hire an additional guitarist and opting for the talented
Francesco Marras. Stefano's sharp songwriting, Alessandro's astounding
skills as arranger and producer, and session players' amazing
performances in the recording studio gave life to ten captivating
melodic rock tracks, composing an album that is going to be definitely
appreciated by all the long-time fans of this kind of music. Viana is
the moniker chosen both for the project and the album title, that will
be released worldwide by Street Symphonies Records on March 24th, 2017;
in Japan, the release is scheduled in April under AnderStein Music.
Artwork and graphics are provided by renowned artist Antonella Astori /
Aeglos Art (Room Experience, Raintimes, Charming Grace).
Follow No One is the intellection of The Last Rich Hall & Pedro Murino Almeida.
Utilizing a visual writing approach, each series of creations are meant to tell a unique tale, without the limitations of any specific Musical Genre. The first series of releases will highlight the Rock Influences of Pedro & Rich.
Self-described "swamp master
generals" MORASS OF MOLASSES will release their new album These Paths We
Tread on May 19th 2017 via HeviSike Records. The album's 7 tracks
blend fuzz, sludge and doom and will undoubtedly be remembered as one of
the best records of 2017.
Morass Of Molasses create the kind of lumbering heavy blues riffs which
induce involuntary head nodding and a deep stirring of the loins. The
band's short life so far has also seen them sharing stages with such
luminaries of the scene as Orange Goblin Ohhms, Vodun, Elephant Tree,
Desert Storm, Space Witch,, Sea Bastard, Limb, Gurt and many more. Their
gutsy Jagermiester stage performance at Bloodstock helped propel them
into a relentless schedule of touring during which they released their
debut EP ‘So Flows Our Fate’.
The new album, These Paths We Tread is a veritable melting pot
of ideas, blended together, forming a thick stew of heavy blues with
side of doom for good measure. As in the EP before, the band uses the
album as a vehicle to explore concepts of mythic sin and ancient
archetypes. The Journey we take through life as humans is ever at the
forefront, and drives the songwriting.
Track Listing:
1. My Leviathan
2. So They Walk
3. Serpentine
4. The Ritual
5. Centralia
6. Maenads
7. Wrath Of Aphrodite
Morass of Molasses is:
Vocals/Baritone - Bones ‘The Beard’ Huse
Lead Guitar - Phil ‘The Mountain’ Williams
Drums - Chris ‘The Beast’ West
Engineered, Produced & Mixed By Matt Bew at Whitehouse Studios
London based heavy rock band THE RIVEN will release their debut EP Blackbird
on April 14 2017. The album's five tracks recall the glory of 70s hard
rock and is influenced by bands such as Grand Funk Railroad and Deep
Purple.
The band's first single "One Last Time" has already created a massive buzz around the band.
The Riven is all about raw, soulful, heavy rock with lots of hot sauce
and cheap beer. Formed in West London after an alcohol-fueled
songwriting session between guitarist Arnau Diaz and bass player Max
Ternebring, they were soon to be accompanied by Charlotta Ekebergh on
vocals and Olof Axegard on drums.
With a love for bands like Rush, Grand Funk Railroad and Deep Purple in
common they started writing and recording songs together. Recording and
mixing was done by JB Pilon at his studio Buffalo Studios in East
London in November 2016.
Space Witch are a psychedelic stoner/doom band that draw on influences
from 70's prog and psychedelia.The band formed in Stoke-on-Trent,
England, UK in 2007 and consist of Darren Lee Rowlands (Guitars and
founder member), Daniel Mansfield (drums), Peter Callaghan (Vocals and
Electronics) and Tomas Cairn (Bass)
In 2008 they released their first demo, a 2 track self-titled affair
and quickly followed it up with a stream of gigs in the UK underground.
The demo was followed up in 2011 with 'Resurrection' a 7 track demo
which included 3 live recordings. In 2013 they released their first EP
'The Alchemy Paradox'-A 3 track mini album which was released by defunct
Bristol based label Cosmic Tomb
The band followed this up with a number of shows and festival
appearances across UK and saw them embark on the 'Hang the Witch' tour.
In 2014 the band relased a split with the UK Doom band Trollkraftt
called 'Wytchkraft' and their self-titled first full length (a double
album) released as a joint venture with labels HeviSike Records, Fear Me
Music and Orchestrated Dystopia Records. The album was critically
accliamed and was chosen as Roadburn Festival's album of the day.To
follow the album up, the band toured the UK as well as playing Norway
and headlining a festival in Edinburgh which featured on a underground
documentary about the Edinburgh scene. Since that time Space Witch have
supported bands such as Conan and Mars Red Sky before taking time to
write their 2nd full length, 'ARCANUM' which will be released in Spring
2017 on HeviSike Records.
Well-known rock vocalist Titta Tani (Takayoshi Ohmura, ex DGM, CS's Goblin), metal bassist Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, Vivaldi Metal Project, TwinSpirits), guitarist Alessio "Lex" Tricarico (HorsePowerOverload, Four Roxx Down) and amazingly talented drummer Denis "Denzy" Novello teamed up to create the outstanding new metal band BADASS! "More Pain, More Gain" is the name of their debut album
which offers powerful vocals, killer heavy bass, massive rhythm guitar
riffs, drums from hell... isn't that perfect to kick your butt??
Titta Tani is an Italian singer and drummer, worldwide
known also for his collaborations with Takayoshi Ohmura (Baby Metal,
Marty Friedman), DGM, Emir Hot, Roger Staffelbach (Artension), Arthur
Falcone, Ashent, Phoenix Rising and many others. As drummer he is
currently playing for Claudio Simonetti’s Globin and has collaborated
with bands such as Necrophagia, Edu Falaschi (Almah & Angra), Mark
Boals (Y.J.Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project).
In October 2016 joined BADASS as official singer.
Alberto Rigoni is an Italian bass player and composer,
internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of
the progressive rock band TwinSpirits, Lady & THE BASS and co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project.
His five solo albums “Something Different”, “Rebirth”, “Three Wise
Monkeys”, “Overloaded” and “Bassorama” were released world-wide between
2008-2016 are located between progressive rock metal and fusion, also
featured legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater),
Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie
Malmsteen), Michael Manring and many others.
Alberto was featured on the cover of magazines such as Bass Magazine
(Japan), Bass Musician Magazine (USA), Bajos Y Bajistas (Spain),
Basistas (Poland), TOP BASS (Poland). Moreover, in March 2015 the
prestigious Bass Guitar Magazine (UK) released Alberto’s CD anthology
called “Into THE BASS”.
Alessio “Lex” Tricaricois an Italian metal rock and acoustic guitarist, composer and guitar teacher; ex member of the progressive metal bandSynapsis. Currently, he’s playing with the hard rock band HorsePowerOverload. As a founding member of FourRoxxDown Acoustic PartyQuartet, Lex has a remarkable live activity.
Denis “Denzy” Novellois an Italian natural born rock
metal drummer, graduated at AMM (Milan) in 2015. Denis has been
playing for several Italian bands such as NeverNight and Rockdogs, and
currently is working with Kim Bingham (ex Nelly Furtado). In 2014, he played drums on Alberto Rigoni’s Overloaded album. Denis is also a live and studio session player.
“More Pain, More Gain” is BADASS’ first album and will be released on April 15th,
2017 by Cargo (physically) and Lion Music (digitally). The record was
mixed & mastered by Federico Solazzo at Pannekoek Rehab Studio (NL),
artwork by Laslzo “absurdcus” Demeter.
Tracklist:1. Intro, 2. More Pain, More Gain, 3.
Nightmares of My Youth, 4. Royal Chains, 5. Strong and United, 6. What
We Need, 7. One More Night, 8. Join Me, 9. Redemption, 10. Don't Bother
Me, 11. Outro
Return To Void, a progressive rock band, was established in Karhula, Finland in 2015. Initially started as a trio (Markku Pihlaja -voc, Saku Hakuli -gtr, Pasi Hakuli -bass), played acoustic versions of Bruce Dickinson solo material under the name of Dick & Son´s.
After couple of gigs the band wanted to try with full band so Kalle Kukkonen was summoned to take the drumming duties. The magic was immediately there like in good old days of Kaihoro. A band, where they all used to play in the past.
In
the afterglow of successful gig, the idea of a band that would play
new orginal music was born. The line-up was ready after synth-wizard Antti Huopainen was lured in.
The winter 2015-2016 was productive time. Full album of songs was composed and rehearsed with ease.
Off to the Studio Korkeakoski. There they recorded all drums with help of Studio Korkeakoski's main man Teemu Aalto. The rest was done at the singer's
Railroad Records headquarters.
List of another projects, past and present, includes varied outings like Kaihoro, Total Devastation, Manitou, Kreyskull, Gran Torino, Demonic Death Judge...
Line-Up:
Vocals - Markku Pihlaja
Guitar - Saku Hakuli
Bass - Pasi Hakuli
Keys - Antti Huopainen
Drums - Kaarlo (Kalle) Kukkonen
Drums recorded by Teemu Aalto, Studio Korkeakoski
Other stuff recorded and mixed by Markku Pihlaja, Railroad Recording Studios
Mastering: Jaakko Viitalähde, Virtalähde Mastering
Backing vocals:
- Jussi Serengil, all tracks
- Emma Häyhä, track 5. "Sight of immortal sea"
- Annileena Tulokas, track 5. "Sight of immortal sea"
- Markku Pihlaja, all tracks
