Adler's Appetite, the band put together by former Guns 'N Roses drummer Steven Adler return to the UK for a series of live shows in February. The confirmed dates for the trek are:

Feb 1st - Falmouth Princess Pavilion
Feb 2nd - Cleethorpes Beachcomber
Feb 3rd - Belfast Rostetta Bar
Feb 4th - Dublin Whelans
Feb 5th - Bradford Bradford Rio
Feb 8th - Crewe Limelight
Feb 9th - London The Underworld
Feb 10th - Liverpool The Cavern
Feb 11th - Paignton Half Moon

 

Crowbar and Will Haven are joining forces for a UK tour in March 2006. The two band will play the following shows:

Mar 12th - Nottingham Rock City
Mar 13th - Liverpool University
Mar 14th - Manchester Academy 2
Mar 15th - Glasgow Garage
Mar 16th - Newport TJ's
Mar 18th - London Mean Fiddler
Mar 19th - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Mar 20th - Oxford Zodiac
Mar 21st - Colchester Arts Centre

 

Iron Maiden have now confirmed the release date of their much anticipated DVD release Death On The Road for 6th February 2006 through EMI Records. This will initially be available as a limited edition special digipack.

The DVD package contains the full performance of their ‘Dance of Death Tour’ in December 2003. Filmed at the Westenfalenhalle Arena, Dortmund the show has been personally edited by founder band member Steve Harris, to fully capture the magnificent stage production and to cut right to the heart and the electricity of the bands’ performance. Over a four month period Steve made thousands of edits, thus ensuring he was personally happy with every single shot included!

Says Steve Harris, 'We realise that the fans have been made to wait a little longer than planned for the DVD to come out but as they know - we won't settle for anything but the best and the extra time and effort spent in the final production of this DVD should be apparent. I can safely say that when people see songs like 'Paschendale' and 'Dance Of Death' their jaws will hit the floor as mine did when I saw the final product on my TV at home. With visuals like this and the show played in 5.1 on a decent system it's just like being in the front rows of the show.'

To ensure top quality and to avoid any compromise in reproducing the very best possible sound and picture quality, the band have taken the unprecedented step of making the full concert available on two separate discs – one with full traditional stereo soundtrack and the other with specially mixed 5.1 sound by Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley – which along with the special features disc makes three discs in all.

Says Harris, 'I felt it important that this was done as we didn't want to be restricted. By having two seperate discs I was happy in knowing that neither picture nor sound quality would be compromised in any way. We are aware that many fans don't yet have access to 5.1 sound and still use stereo but if you put both sound beds on one disc with the concert a fair amount of visual quality can be lost due to the massive amount of information that needs storing. As this was quite a dark and theatrical show we refused to allow this to happen! However, so our fans aren't paying extra for a disc they may never use, we have arranged with EMI that the pricing will be the same as ‘Rock in Rio’ which was a 2 disc package. This way everyone gets the best possible quality show visually with the sound fully compatible for their system at no extra cost at all.'

The special features disc contains an exclusive documentary directed by Matthew Amos who also directed the bands’ award winning ‘Early Days’ documentary. It's an insight into the production of the ‘Dance of Death’ album from its writing and recording through to the detail in what it takes to get a massive show like Maiden on the road.

Says manager Rod Smallwood, 'The documentary is something quite special for the fans as it really is a very revealing portrait of how Maiden work together during recording, and it took me weeks to persuade them to let the cameras into the recording studio. Previously they'd never allowed any of this to be filmed but this time we decided to have a camera floating around to try and capture the Maiden recording process. A lot of it was filmed by Kevin Shirley and the band themselves. I think it's a great representation of the talent, effort and humour of a Maiden recording session. The documentary also covers what it takes to set up a major world tour and has various interviews with our Killer Krew and hopefully it will be as insightful and interesting as the well received ‘Early Days’ documentary footage which Matthew also directed.

As usual we have crammed as much as possible into the DVD with a host of extras including all of the promo videos from the album, background interviews with members of the production crew and fans during the tour, artwork, design sketches and photo galleries. Many hours of Maiden mayhem with a total running time of over three hours – and that's just the special features'.

The band are now taking a well deserved break following their hugely successful touring schedule this year, having headlined virtally every major festival in Europe including Reading and Leeds here in the UK, as well as taking the USA by storm on this year's Ozzfest bill. Preparations for the next studio album (their 14th) will begin in February next year with recording commencing in the Spring of 2006.

The full set list from the show is:

Wildest Dreams, Wrathchild, Can I Play With Madness, The Trooper, Dance Of Death, Rainmaker, Brave New World, Paschendale, Lord of The Flies, No More Lies, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden, Journeyman, The Number Of The Beast & Run To The Hills

You can read a review of the audio CD release of Death On The Road via this link

In Flames, who have recently finished a UK tour with Motorhead, will release their new album, entitled 'Come Clarity', through Nuclear Blast Records on February 6th.

The album, which was mixed at Tonteknik studio in Umeå, Sweden will come with a free bonus DVD that features the band in rehearsal playing through the full album in a similar vein to what Metallica did with their St. Anger release

The full track listing for 'Come Clarity' is as follows:

Take This Life, Leeches, Reflect The Storm, Dead End, Scream, Come Clarity, Vacuum, Pacing Death's Trail, Crawling Through Knives, Versus Terminus, Our Infinite Struggle, Vanishing Light and Your Bedtime Story Is Scaring Everyone
 

Children Of Bodom, who were to have played Dudley JB's in January, have now switched dates and venues and will instead play Bradford Rio's on 25th and London Astoria a day later on January 26th.

Former Asia colleagues John Wetton & Geoff Downes have lined up a UK show that will take place at London's Mean Fiddler on March 3rd 2006.  The duo released their Icon album earlier this year through Frontiers records.

Wildhearts vocalist Ginger will release his new solo album, 'Valor Del Corazon' on December 19th. The album, which looks set to be a double release, will initially be available through internet based outlets such as Amazon before being available exclusively through HMV from January.

Guitarist Vince O'Regan & Andy Mills have left UK band Pulse. O'Regan is currently involved in the Eden project with Kick's Nick Workman and has also put together a new outfit called Alibi with former Double Cross frontman Rick Chase.

Fresh from their appearance at the Firefest Pre-Show in Nottingham last Friday Spanish rockers Nexx have announced they have inked a deal with new UK based label Angel Milk Records for the release of their sophomore album.

Label proprietor Andy Bramhall confirms the following…..

" I am proud and fortunate to be in a position to give these guys a well deserved break in getting this new album out into the market place, these guys are my first signing and there's a genuine "buzz" around the office's with the news. The band are a close knit family, the vibe is great, the band are hardworking and the songs are fantastic! I am truly proud to be associated with the NEXX family. The new album will sound sonically profound and will show the band off to their truest potential. The bands first album "Colours" sold over 4,500 copies and was well received within the community, this new album we are all hoping will sell many more units, the band really deserve to do well, and I'll say once again that I am very fortunate to be involved in helping these extremely talented and humble people really "Step up a gear "in 2006."

The new album will be mixed and produced by Pete "Peewee" Coleman at the famous "Jellyjam Studios" in the UK. Recording starts early December 2005 for an early Feb/March 2006 release.

 

Dragonforce have inked a deal with Roadrunner Records which will cover releases  for the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand.

The truly multi-national London-based outfit is fronted by South African-born frontman ZP Theart and completed by drummer David Mackintosh, Ukrainian keyboardsman Vadim Pruzhanov and the twin-guitar assault of Herman Li and New Zealander Sam Totman. Hong Kong-born Li was the recent winner of 2005's Metal Hammer Awards' Dimebag Darrell Award for Best Guitarist.

"We are very excited about signing to Roadrunner and look forward to working with one of the most respected rock labels in the world" said Li. "This will give us the opportunity to take the band to the next level and beyond!"

2005 was a stellar year for Dragonforce in their mission to take on the world and establish themselves as one of the UK's most successful and notorious metal bands. They shared festival stages with Iron Maiden and played a sell-out headlining tour of the UK, generating scenes of utter pandemonium. Bouts of intensive touring to accompany the band's two albums to date - 'Valley Of The Damned' in January 2003 and 2004's 'Sonic Firestorm' - saw their fan-base escalate dramatically and the word spread like kerosene-fuelled wildfire across the press. The band have been swamped with accolades from all the respected metal titles with many journalists falling under the band's spell.

Against all the odds, Dragonforce have single-handedly revitalised power metal in their UK homeland, awarding credibility to a genre that 'til their arrival was regarded was little more than a joke. Their third and most accomplished album the faster, bolder, heavier 'Inhuman Rampage', which is set to be released on 9th January, will be accompanied by a UK headlining tour, for which tickets are already selling fast.

The album CD also includes an enhanced section that features exclusive 'behind the scenes' footage shot in Japan and at 2005's European festivals, plus a Windows theme package that includes screensavers, mouse icons, wallpaper, etc.

The final track listing for 'Inhuman Rampage' is as follows:

Through The Fire And Flames, Revolution Deathsquad, Storming The Burning Fields, Operation Ground And Pound,  Body Breakdown,  Cry For Eternity, The Flame Of Youth and Trail Of Broken Hearts.

Dragonforce's UK headline tour runs as follows:

27th Jan – Manchester Academy 2
29th Jan – Nottingham Rock City
30th Jan – Leeds Metropolitan University
31st Jan – Glasgow Carling Academy
1st Feb – Newcastle University
3rd Feb – London Astoria
 

German melodic metallers Edguy have finalized the track listing for their new album, 'Rocket Ride', which is scheduled for release on January 20, 2006 through Nuclear Blast records
 

The track listing for ' Rocket Ride' is as follows:

Sacrifice, Rocket Ride , Wasted Time, Matrix, Return To The Tribe, The Asylum, Save Me, Catch Of The Century, Out Of Vogue, Superheroes, Trinidad and Fucking With Fire

Following on from the story above Edguy will be the support act on the Dragonforce UK tour beginning in February

 

With only 4 days to go before the second Firefest II opens it's doors at Rock City in Nottingham there is still a chance to get tickets at the advance price of £40 , however tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd November) is the last day on which you can E-Mail And Reserve Tickets. If you are intending to reserve your tickets at the advance rate please do so on or before Wednesday Nov 23th . Any e mails asking for reservations after that date will not be seen as the organisers will be unable to check e mails after that date.Paypal purchases will not be available after Thursday Nov 24th, so once again if you do intend to purchase at the advance rate, please do so on or before Nov 24th...

Firefest T-Shirts
As an added bonus Firefest will be offering a FREE 15 track CD from AOR Heaven with every Firfest shirt purchased at Firefest. This offer is limited to the first 100 people who purchase shirts on the day. The Free cd includes brand new as of yet unreleased tracks by Blue Tears, Frontline, Mad Max and Platitude as well as new tracks from Legs Diamond, S.I.N., Dark Sky, Eden Lost, and Audiovision.

The Firefest merchandise stall will be located in the back of the main room at Rock City, so please check us out there. We will also have a number of new CD releases for sale on the day including Journey, The Mob, Place Vendome and many more. The Firefest merchandise desk will also be carrying the full range of all t-shirts and CD's by all the bands playing on the day.

Please also note the merchandise desk will close shortly after House of Lords begin their set, due to the curfew in place at the venue. If you wish to purchase shirts or cd’s please do NOT wait until after the show as the desk will be closed.

With one of the best line-ups put together in the UK for years, including the likes of House Of Lords, Harem Scarem, Danger Danger, Vaughn, Shy, Balance Of Power & Power Quest, there is simply no reason not to get along and enjoy what will be a great day of music.

 

Newman have completed recordings for the follow up to 2003’s “Sign Of The Modern Times”. The new album, titled “Heaven Knows” will be released through Escape Music in 2006. Songs set for inclusion are “Heaven Knows”, “Higher”, “Aint Gonna Cry Forever” and “Sport Of Kings” co-written with Anders Rydholm, (Grand Illusion).

Steve Newman has also written an acoustic song in remembrance of the terrible events in Asia last year. Entitled “On Any Other Sunday” which is available for download via the Escape Music website at www.escape-music.com  to raise awareness of the 200,000+ people who lost their lives in the Tsunami tragedy almost 12 months ago this coming December.

Steve Newman comments about the track: “I had the fortune of visiting Sri Lanka only a few months before the devastating events that took place, During my stay I was very moved by the people’s warmth and the way of life on the island. When I saw the pictures on TV last December I was horrified and felt powerless as I’m sure most of us did at that time. The song “On Any Other Sunday” although originally written as a love song , seems to be very apt in it’s lyrical content. Unfortunately, although out of the news, the plight for many of these people will go on for years to come. Thanks for taking the time to listen and remember.” .

 

MTM Music is pleased to announce the signing of all star band Liberty N' Justice!


Liberty N' Justice was founded in 1991 by Justin Murr and Patrick Marchand. Just out of high school, they recorded their first album, "Armed With The Cross," in 1992 on independent label Glory Rock Records. With the music of one and the voice of the other, they embarked on a six month tour to support it. Liberty n' Justice played everywhere: churches, youth events, children's homes, concerts, and elderly homes. "Armed with the Cross" went on to sell very well.

Along the way, Liberty N' Justice added new band members Robert Sliger, Angie Beckett, James Beckett, Sarah Day, Bob Bacon, and Kim Todd. The band members thought they were building momentum and decided to go back into the studio in 1994 to record "Big Guns". The album "Welcome to the Revolution" featured 18 known singers, including Lou Gramm of FOREIGNER, Michael Sweet of Stryper and was released in 2004.

(Left to right: Justin Murr, Tony Harnell (TNT), and producer Mike Layne)

"I have a dream and I know God put this dream in my heart," Justin Murr said. "For this new record, I expanded on the original idea. I thought how cool and what kind of ministry would it be to have 'known' rock singers singing Christian songs."

Murr wanted to go in a new direction with this CD as well. So he hired a producer named Mike Layne best known for his work with Leaderdogs and Mudvayne.

Justin: "I am happy to find a home at MTM and look forward to great success with Mario and Sebastian. As you already know MTM is one of the premier Melodic/Hard Rock labels in Europe and to be on a label that boasts a talent pool like TNT, Stryper, Tony Martin and many others is a dream come true. This CD is a great hard rock record and I am looking forward to the fans of these singers hearing them on new songs! I just want to thank MTM for making this possible."

So here for your listening is a soundtrack … a "Soundtrack Of A Soul" which is scheduled for February 2006.

Line-Up:
Ez Gomer of Jet Circus, Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, Russell Arcara of Prophet/Arcara, Jamie Rowe of Guardian/Adriangale, Dale & Troy Thompson of Bride, Oni Logan of Lynch Mob, Josh Kramer of Saint, Scott Wenzel of White Cross, Tony Harnell of TNT, Jani Lane of Warrant & Pete Loran of Trixter, Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Joe Cerisano of Silver Condor, Ted Poley of Danger Danger, Phil Naro of Talas, Mike Lee of Barren Cross. More notable guest musicians include Mikkey Dee of Motorhead, Tim Gaines of Stryper, Keri Kelli, Tommy Denander of Radioactive, Harry Hess of Harem Scarem, Tim Bushong of Love WarR, John "JD" DeServio of Black label Society and Charlie Calv of Shotgun Symphony

(Left to right: Tommy Denander, Ez Gomer (Jet Circus), Mikkey Dee (Motorhead)

The Final track listing for 'A Soundtrack Of A Soul' is as follows: (featured vocalists on each track shown in brackets)

Intro,  Kings Of Hollywood (Ez Gomer), Another Nail (Sebastian Bach), State Of Grace (Russell Arcara), Malice In Wonderland (Jamie Rowe), Grenade (Dale & Troy Thompson), Show Me The Way (Oni Logan), Sight Unseen (Leif Garrett), Up That Hill (Josh Kramer). Surreal (Scott Wenzel), Flinch (Tony Harnell), Thy Will Be Done (Jani Lane & Pete Loran), Killer Grin (Stephen Pearcy), If The World Could Be Mine (Joe Cerisano), Always Tomorrow (Ted Poley), Hope & Pray (Phil Naro), Make Believe (Mike Lee) and Outro

For those of you attending the Melodci Rock Xmas Bash on Dec 4th at the Ruskin Arms in London, the schedule of events for the day has just been released. The running order for the show looks like this:

Doors 2pm with ARFM DJ's spinning the tunes between bands
Escape (acoustic) 2:35pm - 3:10pm.
The Dregs Of Society 3:25pm - 4:05pm
Crimes Of Passion 4:30pm - 5:25pm
Sacred Heart 5:50pm - 6:55pm.
Paul Hodson( acoustic) 7:10pm - 7:45pm.
Lost Weekend 8:05pm - 9:10pm.
Pride 9:30pm - 11:00pm. The Final Ever Show From One Of The UK's finest melodic rock bands of the last few years

And for those of you not going to the show - Then Why Not. Tickets are still available priced at £8 + booking fee and can be bought via Seetickets.

For full details on the Melodic Rock Xmas Bash then you can click here
 

Clawfinger are to play the following UK shows during February: Feb 25th - Nottingham Rock City, Feb 26th - Glasgow Cathouse, Feb 27th - Newcastle Carling Academy

Fozzy have confirmed two UK shows early next year. The band, which features WCW wrestler Chris Jericho play Nottingham Rock City on Jan 30th and  Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on Feb 1st.

Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno plays three dates in SCotland during December. These take place at Aberdeen Cafe Drummond (21st), Edinburgh Exchange (22nd) and Glasgow Cathouse (23rd)

The Black Crowes have added a third night to their London appearances in March. The band now play Shepher's Bush Empire on 18th, 19th & 20th March 2006

 

Classic Rock Society have added Payola to the line up for the  Winter Rokfest which will be held on Saturday 10th December 2005 at the Montgomery Hall, Wath on Dearne in Rotherham. The addition of Payola to the line up brings the number of bands playing the  "Winter Rokfest" to 6 bands: Vaughn, Pulse, Deadline, Payola, Gaia and The Strangedays.

Tickets are selling very quickly and we would suggest that you buy in advance to guarantee entry to this 250 capacity venue!

Tickets are priced at £14 and are available online now from www.classicrocksociety.net  or from our box office 01709 702575

For more details about the Winter Rokfest then you can check out this link.
 

Castle Music/Sanctuary Records are proud to announce the release of the first ever 2-Disc career-spanning anthology by UK premier melodic rockers, Shy containing  previously unreleased demo’s, fan favourites and material from the band’s most recent releases. Shy will be undertaking dates to promote the release this Winter. 

About The Band:

Formed in Birmingham in 1982 by singer Tony Mills who together with guitarist Steve Harris (no, not the Iron Maiden bassist), keyboardist Pat McKenna, bass player Mark Badrick and drummer Alan Kelly, created a sound that belied their Midlands roots. The band’s Stateside AOR leanings perfectly suited Mills’ high register vocalising which could be heard to great effect on the band’s debut album, Once Bitten, Twice Shy released on Ebony Records in 1983. Roy Davis replaced Badrick on keyboards and the band signed to RCA Records for their second album, Brave The Storm (1985) which refined Shy’s solid approach to their songwriting. However, it was the RCA follow-up, Excess All Areas which is regarded as the band’s most consistent work and gained much critical acclaim within the Rock press upon its release in 1987. Shy released a further album in the 80’s entitled Misspent Youth, this time through MCA Records but due to changes in musical focus, Tony Mills left in 1990 to pursue session work and enjoyed artistic freedom through several solo releases. Just over a decade later, Mills re-joined for the Unfinished Business album released in 2001, thus opening a new chapter in Shy’s career.

About The Album:

Break Down The Walls is the first fully comprehensive collection from the Shy canon and covers the band’s entire career from their ‘83 debut album, Once Bitten, Twice Shy right up to the present day. Disc 1 gathers together a selection of tracks from the band’s first three albums and also includes the bonus track, ‘All On You’ which was recorded at the time of the band’s debut but only later surfaced on the CD re-issue in ‘98. Disc 2 continues with tracks from the Brave The Storm album from ‘85 before venturing into a selection of demo’s and two tracks from the Welcome To The Madhouse album from 1994. Following an acoustic treatment to the track, ‘Young Heart’, we round-off the anthology nicely with tracks from Shy’s more recent studio albums and include two from 2001’s Unfinished Business and two from Sunset And Vine which was released earlier this year. 

Tracklist

 

Disc One

Deep Water, Give Me A Chance , Think Of Me, Chained By Desire, All On You, Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Hold On (To Your Love), Reflections, Keep The Fires Burning, The Hunter, Brave The Storm, Emergency, When The Love Is Over, Can’t Fight The Nights, Just Love Me and Break Down The Walls 

Disc Two

Telephone, Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love, Young Heart, Devil Woman, Talk To Me, Give It All You’ve Got (Demo),  Burnin’ Up (Demo)  Love On The Line (Demo),  Money, What Love Can Make You Do (Demo), Crazy Crazy, Parasite, Young Heart (Acoustic),  Skydiving,  Breakaway, High Time, Soul Searching

Shy - Live U.K. Dates

Saturday 26th November – Firefest II, Rock City, Nottingham
Saturday 3rd December – The Underworld, Camden (as support to Vaughn)
Friday 9th December – The Jailhouse, Coventry
Thursday 26th January 2006 – The Limelight, Crewe 

You can find out more about Shy by visiting their official website at www.shyonline.co.uk and also read the HardRockHouse.com interview with lead singer Tony Mills via this link

Reflections is released via Castle Music/Sanctuary Records on November 21st with the catalogue number CMEDD622

 

Funeral For A Friend have lined up a UK tour for February 2006. The dates confirmed for the trek are:

Feb 05th - Exeter University
Feb 06th - Bristol Academy
Feb 07th - Liverpool University Academy
Feb 08th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
Feb 11th - Newcastle Academy
Feb 12th - Edinburgh Corn Exchange

 

AOR is back with a brand new CD called ”L.A. Attraction”, once again featuring the talents of many great AOR / Westcoast stars such as Tommy Denander, Steve Lukather, Philip Bardowell, Rick Riso, J.Lynn Johnston, Dane Donohue, Peter Friestedt,David Riggs and Michael Landau amongst others. "L.A Attraction" sounds like a mix between Toto, Survivor, Radioactive and Foreigner and is a real feast for all AOR and melodic rock aficionados! This new album, again produced by Swedish mastermind Tommy Denander, takes Westcoast and AOR music to a new level of perfection!

With a final track listing that includes, How Could I Ever Forgive Her, Don't Ever Say Goodbye, One More Chance, Like An Open Book, The House of Love, Tears In The Rain, I Won't Give Up On You, The Spark of My Soul, Chanec At Love, L.A. Winds, Give A Little Love and Lost In Your Eyes L.A Attraction will be released via MTM in January 2006.
 

Bullet For My Valentine, Hawthorne Heights, Still Remains and Aiden have signed up for Kerrang! XXV, an extra-special tour hitting the UK in January to celebrate Kerrang! magazine’s 25th birthday.

"The Kerrang! XXV tour is the perfect way to kick off what promises to be a remarkable year," says K! editor Paul Brannigan. "Kerrang! is the magazine that brought the world Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot, and this tour has been created to bring the UK tomorrow's superstars today. We're ridiculously excited about the bill, and we know that all four bands are gonna make a hell of a lot of new friends in the UK on these dates. As we enter Kerrang!'s 25th year, life just got louder!”

The confirmed dates for the trek are:

Jan 15th - Cardiff University
Jan 16th - Bristol Academy
Jan 17th - Nottingham Rock City
Jan 19th - Southampton Guildhall
Jan 20th - Norwich UEA
Jan 21st - Manchester Academy
Jan 23rd - Newcastle Academy
Jan 24th - Glasgow Academy
Jan 25th - Leeds University
Jan 27th - Birmingham Academy
Jan 28th - Brixton Academy

 

With the announcement last week of the line up for the 2006 Z Rock show to be held in April at the Limelight in Crewe, Von Groove's frontman Michael Shotton sent the following message for fans "Hey everyone, We are looking forward to rockin' with you all at Z Rock 06...It'll be great to be back!! Hopefully the PA is stacked nice and high...I love a nice view! Cheers! Michael Shotton". In the meantime Z Records will be re-issuing Von Groove's Debut CD on December 7th.

 

Korn play a one-off UK date at London's The Forum on November 25th. The show precedes the scheduled release of the bands new studio album, entitled 'See You On The Other Side', which will be available from December 5th.

'See You On The Other Side' is the bands first album since guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch' left the band and features the following track listing:

Twisted Transistor, Politics, Hypocrites, Souvenir, 10 Or A 2-Way, Throw Me Away, Love Song, Open Up, Coming Undone, Getting Off, Liar, For No One, Seen It All and Tearjerker

 

Eden, the new band put together by Kick frontman Nick Workman and Bob Catley/Pulse guitarist Vince O'Regan will make their live debut at Maymies Nightclub in Cannock on Friday 27th January 2006. You can find out more about the band and what they are upto in the way of writing and recording at their official website - www.edentheband.co.uk
 

After being forced to cancel their proposed UK tour in September as a result of Hurricane Katrina hitting frontman Pepper Keenan's home town of New Orleans, Corrosion Of Conformity will finally be returning to the UK for a series of gigs in January. Joing COC on this trek will be fellow Americans Clutch.

The dates so far confirmed are:

Jan 15th - Cardiff Coal Exchange
Jan 16th - Exeter Lemon Grove
Jan 21st - Manchester University
Jan 22nd - Nottingham Rock City
Jan 29th - London Mean Fiddler
 

ANGTORIA, the Swedish/UK based orchestral metal band, as a result of their collaboration with Fortress Music And Artist Management have inked a record deal with Listenable Records.

Formed in July 2004, this  female fronted band consist of singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (known from Cradle Of Filth, Therion and Mortiis), musician/composer Chris Rehn (Abyssos) and musician/composer Tommy Rehn (Moahni Moahna).

Having already recieved numerous top rated reviews and awards for their demo in magazines all over the world, the collaboration with Listenable Records will reveal their awaited debut album scheduled to be released worldwide in spring 2006.

You can visit www.listenable.net  or www.angtoria.com  for further official information and updates.

 

To coincide with their current UK tour The Quireboys will be releasing a new single on December 19th. The single, which is a cover of Eric Clapton's 'Tears in Heaven' , is taken from the bands forthcoming covers album and will be accompanied by a video,  The B side tracks are 'Everyday' - the famous Slade song, and 'When I'm Away from You' by Frankie Miller. All artist related profits will be donated to the Drake Music Project for MS and Cancer Research UK.
 

You can find details of all of the upcoming Quireboys November/December shows in the Gig Guide
 

Escape Music / AOR Heaven have announced the signing of the British Melodic / Hard Rock legends Phenomena. The creator of the album being no other than the mastermind himself Mr. Tom Galley. The new album title "Psycho Fantasy" will be released on the 10th February 2006 with the catalogue number ESM-125. The album includes performances by lead singers such as Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple/HTP/Trepeze), Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath), Keith Murrell (Mama’s Boys/Air Race) plus Mel Galley (Whitesnake/Trapeze) and JJ Marsh (HTP / Glenn Hughes) on guitar duties.

 

Green Day will release a new live album on November 14th through Reprise Entitled 'Bullet In A Bible' is a live document of one of their most spectacular shows this year, recorded at at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Essentially the album is 'American Idiot' live, plus a smattering of older hits such as 'Basket Case' and 'Minority'. The album comes backed with a DVD featuring the full live set, interviews and behind the scenes footage and is a must for any fans of the band.

'Bullet In A Bible' will feature the following track listing:

American Idiot, Jesus Of Suburbia: Jesus Of Suburbia / City Of The Damned / I Don't Care / Dearly Beloved / Tales Of Another Broken Home, Holiday, Are We The Waiting, St. Jimmy, Longview, Hitchin' A Ride, Brain Stew, Basket Case, King For A Day / Shout, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Minority, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

 

P.O.D will release their new album through Atlantic Records on January 23rd. Entitled 'Testify' and produced by Glenn Ballard the album will feature the following track listing:

Roots in Stereo, Lights Out, This Time, Goodbye for Now, Sounds Like War, On the Grind, Mistakes & Glories, Let You Down, Strength of My Life, Say Hello and Mark My Words.

'Testify' is preceded with the release of a limited edition EP, entitled Warrior's Vol 2, which will be available from November 28th. Warriors features the following songs:

If It Wasn't for You, Teachers, Ya Mama, Why Wait, Eyes of a Stranger, Boom [Live] and Wildfire [Live]

Magnum singer Bob Catley is preparing to make his impact on the European markets with the release of his highly anticipated new studio album entitled “Spirit Of Man”. “Every album is as important to me” says Catley, who adds “the last one, 'Spirit Of Man' took over a year to make, I'm very proud of it and want it to be the very best it can be, it's my 5th solo album but the first one on my new label Frontiers, so that makes it pretty important too”.

Nearly 3 years after the successful release of “When Empires Burn”, Catley comes back with a renewed team of collaborators. “I think my three songwriters this time, Dave Thompson, Paul Uttley and Vince O'Regan have done a wonderful job for me, I'm extremely happy with it”, says the legendary British singer.

The final result “Spirit of Man” is a varied album full of well-crafted, classy great rock music as one would expect from Bob, who explains “I think the new album has got elements of 'When Empires Burn' and 'The Tower' and some of the older Magnum albums as well. That's what I'm known for, a mixture of hard and heavy, soft and melodic rock”.

  

The final track listing for 'Spirit Of Man' will include the following songs: Heart Of Stone; Moment Of Truth; In The Name Of The Cause; Blinded By A Lie; Last Snows Of Winter; Spirit Of Man; The Fire Within Me; Judgement Day; Lost To The Night; Beautiful Mind; Walk On Water and End Of The Story.

The cover art was designed by world renowned artist Ioannis of Dangerous Age Graphics (Deep Purple, Styx, UFO)

Catley concludes sending his personal message to the fans “Thank you to everyone for sticking by me all these years, cheers guys, look forward to seeing you all on tour!”.

'Spirit Of Man' will be released in Europe via Frontiers Records on January 27th 2006.

The Aftershow

For those that can’t possibly imagine going home at 10.30 after FIREFEST, we along with Rock City have something that just may appeal to you. Immediately after the House of Lords set at FIREFEST, anybody that feels like rocking into the wee small hours can enter the Rig for a feast of melodic, aor and classic hard rock FOR FREE!!!!! Yes, FREE. All you have to do when you come down stairs is make your way directly to the rig and enjoy another few hours of classic melodic hard rock. Please note: if you do go OUTSIDE the Rock City complex you will have to pay on your way back in, so once again, make your way straight into the Rig where the resident do will be more than happy to play exactly what you want. They also have promised the emphasis will be on melodic hard rock and aor for the night so be prepared for even MORE great music!

Firefest Competition

Regarding the Competition currently running re House of Lords meet and greet , please not the last day for purchase of tickets to FIREFEST 2 , which will get you an automatic entry into this draw is November 13^th. That is just 6 days away, so if you have not already purchased you r tickets and you want to have the chance of a personal meet and greet with one of the greatest melodic hard rock acts ever, please purchase now . A full list of ticketing options is available from http://friml.com/projects/firefest/index.php?view=tickets&lang=en

Simply choose the method that suits you best , order your tickets and you are in. Simple as that.

Email And Reserve

Once again, just to remind you that you can also E MAIL AND RESERVE your tickets for collection on the morning of the show. Simply e mail us with your name, address and contact details and you can collect your tickets from the box office at Rock City on Nov 26^th from 12 noon onwards. The advantage here is your tickets will be available to you at the advance ticket rate , which is cheaper than the on the day entry rate.

Merchandise

FIREFEST are delighted to offer new festival shirts for FIREFEST 2, different styles, including the much requested baseball style as well as plain black short sleeve tees. All shirts are festival commorative and feature back print with full list of bands appearing on the day. We hope to have a photo of the finished article on the site as soon as possible so you can see for yourself. We think they look great, but please note , there are a limited number only available , so if you want one please make your way to the merchandise stall inside Rock City when you enter. For those of you attending the pre show party at Via Fossa on Friday night , you will have the opportunity to get hold of these shirts first , we will have them available on the night , so you can wear the shirt at FIREFEST 2 on the day.

Site Update

www.fire-fest.co.uk is currently updated with brand new interviews with Ted Poley (Danger Danger) and Steve Williams (Power Quest) on their thoughts relating to their forthcoming Firefest appearance. Both of these interviews can be found under the Interviews section .

Please also make sure to check out what the artists that played Firefest 1 thought about the festival. Apparently we didn’t suck and everybody had a great time!! Checkout the artist comments section.

Also, for those unfamiliar with Nottingham there is a DIRECTIONS section including a map of Nottingham city centre with details of how to get to Rock City and Via Fossa as well as useful links to local transport, taxis ,hotels and more.