RÉVEILLON @ CHILL OUT BAR!! Anos 80 & 90 c/ Dj MrKool‏

RÉVEILLON @ CHILL OUT BAR!!
Se ficas por Faro, vem passar o réveillon connosco e com o melhor Dj de anos 80 e 90 que alguma vez passou pela Capital do Algarve!!
Dj MrKool, o eterno residente do BA - Bar da Associação apresenta-nos uma noite com som DIFERENTE de praticamente tudo o resto que se passa na noite de Faro.. uma noite com muitas recordações e boas memórias com algumas das músicas que marcaram a história!...
Das Bananarama aos Pet Shop Boys... dos Boney M aos Kool & The Gang, do Vanilla Ice aos House Of Pain, do Bryan Adams aos Dire Straits...dos Bon Jovi aos Whitesnake... É preciso mais?? :)
RÉVEILLON @ CHILL OUT BAR!! 31 DEZEMBRO!! DAS 22H ÀS 6 DA MANHÃ! (Sim, vamos até as 6h da manhã nesta noite...uma cortesia da Câmara Municipal de Faro)

PACKS DE BEBIDAS!!

PACK CRISE - Paga o que consome
PACK BIRRA - 15€ e a imperial é CHILL *l
PACK ALCOOLIZER - 25€ e o vodka e whisky são CHILL*
PACK GOLD - 45€ e o bar... é CHILL

CHILL = GRÁTIS!!

Contamos contigo!! 

--
MrKool a.k.a. Pedro Gonçalves

Resident Dj: BA - Bar da Associação & B.A. Caffé (Faro)

Resident Dj: Vagos Open Air Festival (Vagos, Aveiro)

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Tarantula - Spiral of Fear - Edição especial para o mercado germânico

O disco "Spiral of Fear", produzido em 2010 por Luís Barros nos estúdios Rec 'n' Roll em Valadares, (VN Gaia/Porto) foi recentemente licenciado para o mercado germânico.
A editora IceWarrior Records, vai lançar durante o primeiro trimestre do próximo ano [2012], uma edição especial, limitada a mil cópias, do oitavo álbum de originais de Tarantula, que incluí como bónus o vídeo "Dark Age".
A edição especial e limitada de "Spiral of Fear" será distribuída pela Rock It Up Records; uma divisão desta companhia independente alemã.

[English]
"Spiral of Fear", produced by Luís Barros at Rec 'n' Roll Studios, Valadares (VN Gaia/Oporto) - Portugal, was licensed byIceWarrior Records.
Tarantula's eighth album is planned to be released as a special edition during the first trimester of 2012.
"Spiral of Fear" special and limited edition of one thousand copies includes "dark Age" video clip as a bonus and will be distributed by Rock It Up Records a division of IceWarrior Records.

Lusitania OldSchool - IBERIA + TARANTULA + GARGULA‏

Lusitania-OldSchool

Iberia + Tarantula + Gargula
A Notredame Productions apresenta;

Lusitania-OldSchool: Ibéria, Tarantula e Gargula.

Dia 4 de Fevereiro (2012) na Caixa Económica Operária em Lisboa e dia 18 de Fevereiro na Sala 2 do Hard-Club, no Porto.
Um cartaz, duas datas e três propostas bem distintas. Do hard rock ao heavy metal mais tradicional, três bandas portuguesas apresentam em concerto os seus mais recentes trabalhos.

Dia 4 de Fevereiro de 2012, sábado, a Caixa Económica Operária em Lisboa, recebe Lusitania-OldSchool.

Os Iberia, referência incontornável da cena hard rock nacional, apresentam; "Revolution", o terceiro disco de originais do quinteto da margem sul do tejo, reunificado em 2009. A banda de João Sérgio Reis é cabeça de cartaz na capital.

Antes, sobem ao palco os Tarantula, a mais antiga formação de heavy metal portuguesa com perto de 30 anos de ininterrupta actividade. O quarteto dos irmãos Paulo e Luís Barros, estabelecido em Valadares no início da década de oitenta, traz à capital "Spiral of Fear", o oitavo álbum, recentemente licenciado para o mercado internacional.

Os Gargula, colectivo composto por elementos dos saudosos Alkateya, dão a conhecer o seu EP "Devil's Work". Ao comando do quinteto olisiponense, o mestre de cerimónias João Pinto fará as honras da casa na abertura deste programa 100% made in Portugal.

Dia 18 de Fevereiro, também um sábado, Lusitania-OldSchool ruma à cidade do Porto. Pelas 21H30 o palco da Sala 2 do Hard-Club acolhe este cartaz com uma variante; os Tarantula encerram a noite na Invicta.

Entrada €10,00 (Dez Euros).
Bilhetes à venda na Carbono Amadora, Carbono Lisboa, Xaranga Lisboa, Gothic Angels Shop V.F. Xira, Side B Benavente, Hard-Club Porto. (À VENDA APENAS A PARTIR DE DIA 9 JANEIRO)

Lusitania-OldSchoolIberia + Tarantula + Gargula4 FEV 2012 | SAB 21H30 LIS
Caixa Económica Operária
Rua Voz do Operário, 64
1100-621 Lisboa
Bilhetes €10,00 (Dez Euros)
Início 21H30 . Abertura 21H00

Tarantula + Iberia + Gargula18 FEV 2012 | SAB 21H30 OPO
Hard-Club, Sala 2
Mercado Ferreira Borges
4050-252 Porto
Bilhetes €10,00 (Dez Euros)
Início 21H30 . Abertura 21H00

+ info
Notredame Productions
e-mail: notredame.promo@gmail.com


Iberiahttp://www.iberiarocks.com/

Tarantulahttp://www.tarantula-music.com

Gargulahttp://band.to/gargula

Alexandre Cthulhu em destaque na Cripta TV

A Cripta TV irá passar um “especial talento” na sua programação, sexta feira dia 30 de Dezembro pelas 21 horas, sendo o destaque, o guitarrista Alexandre Cthulhu.A cripta TV é uma TV interactiva, de entretenimento, que faz promoção de artistas Portugueses, passa concertos e filmeshttp://www.livestream.com/criptatv

Cartaz Final Lusitanos D'Armas 2012‏

Apresentamos o cartaz final do evento, I Festival Lusitanos D`Armas, a decorrer no Hard Club, nos dia 14/01/2012, 04/02/2012 e 14/03/2012, que conta com as seguintes bandas:

 Dia 14/01/2012: The Ransack, Painted Black, Anonymous Souls, Haven Denied

Dia 04/02/2012: Attick Demons, Mindfeeder, Dream Circus

Dia 10/03/2012: Shadowsphere, Gwydion, Thee Orakle

 Vejam o video de promoção em HD do festival, no youtube em: http://youtu.be/ceB1-YAyOAQ.

 Blog http://lusitanodarmas.tumblr.com/ , tem toda a informação e novidades do festival.

 No facebook em: https://www.facebook.com/events/127868473989077/, com actualizações e divulgação constante.

 O preço do passe 3 dias é de 22 Lusitanos até ao fim do ano, após essa data passa para 25 lusitanos, com oferta da tshirt oficial do festival para os primeiros 100 a adquirir o bilhete

O preço do bilhete diário é de 8 Lusitanos, e no dia do concerto 10 Lusitanos.

 Bilhetes à venda no Hard Club, e na Loja Piranha (CC Italia - Boavista)

 Excursão de Lisboa – Hard Club, preço da viagem ida e volta com bilhete do concerto incluído: 20 Lusitanos

Dia 04/02/2012 – Attick Demons + Mindfeeder + Dream Circus: Reservas e Informações: lusitanosdarmas@gmail.com, mindfeeder.mail@gmail.com,luisfigueira77@gmail.com, dreamcircusbooking@gmail.com

Dia 10/03/2012 – Shadowsphere + Gwydion + Thee Orakle: Reservas e Informações: lusitanosdarmas@gmail.com, shadowsphere.metal@gmail.com

GRASPOP METAL MEETING 2012 @ 22, 23 e 24 Junho‏

It's Official: VAN HALEN To Hit The Road - Dec. 26, 2011‏

It's Official: VAN HALEN To Hit The Road - Dec. 26, 2011

VAN HALEN has released a video trailer confirming that it will tour later in the year, with the first tickets set to go on sale on January 10. The two-minute clip (see below) — which was shot on November 14 at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California — apparently features visuals of theVAN HALEN bandmembers performing a brand new song (from the yet-to-be-released track's official video) set to the audio of several David Lee Roth-era VAN HALEN classics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7kp2zzcs4&feature=player_embedded

VAN HALEN's new record deal with Interscope was finalized last month and marks the first time the band has recorded away from Warner Bros. Records, which signed the group in 1977.

The new VAN HALEN album, its first with Roth since "1984" was released on the last day of 1983, will reportedly come out in 2012, possibly in February.

ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti recently said in an interview that he had gotten an opportunity to hear new VAN HALEN music through his friendship with bassist Wolfgang Van Halen (guitarist Eddie Van Halen's son), saying it sounded like "vintage VAN HALEN."

Producer Ross Hogarth spoke with Ultimate-Guitar.com about the work he did on the project, saying, "The whole VAN HALEN record has been recorded and we're all excited. I'm really stoked about it, as it is the original band, Eddie and Alex with Wolf playing bass, and David Lee Roth singing, it's the killing side of VAN HALEN at the top of their game again with Diamond Dave, and the band on fire."

VAN HALEN reunited with Roth in 2007 for a successful year-long reunion tour — minus original bassist Michael Anthony, who now plays with ex-VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar in CHICKENFOOT.

THE MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP regresa a España

El guitarrista Michael Schenker ha confirmado tres fechas en directo en España para el próximo mes de mayo con suMichael Schenker Group, conciertos en los que aprovechará, además de para tocar todos los éxitos de su carrera tanto con UFO, como con MSG y Scorpions, para presentarnos las canciones de su nuevo disco en solitario, “Temple Of Rock”.

Pero lo mejor de todo es la increíble formación que Schenker ha reunido para acompañarle en esta próxima gira. Abrid bien los ojos:

- Michael Schenker: guitarras
- Herman Rarebell: batería (ex Scorpions)
- Francis Buchholz: bajo (ex Scorpions)
- Doogie White: voz (ex Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Cornerstone, etc.)
- Wayne Findlay: teclados y guitarra (Michael Schenker Group, Slavior, Vinnie Moore Band, etc.)

Aquí tenéis las fechas confirmadas:

Jueves 3 mayo - Madrid (Sala Arena)
Viernes 4 mayo - Santiago de Compostela (Sala Capitol)
Sábado 5 mayo - Navarra, Villava (Sala Totem)

Happy Metal Christmas and a Heavy New Year‏

GEOFF TATE WEST COAST ACOUSTIC SHOWS

QUEENSRYCHE FRONT MAN GEOFF TATE "AND FRIENDS" TO PERFORM SELECT, ALL-ACOUSTIC DATES ON THE WEST COAST BEGINNING IN JANUARY

After touring extensively in 2011 with his band, Queensryche, lead singer Geoff Tate has announced that he will be doing a handful of acoustic solo dates billed as "Geoff Tate and Friends" beginning on Friday, January 27 at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California.

What can fans expect on the brief run of dates?

According to Tate, he'll be "playing acoustic renditions of songs from my solo album as well as some of my favorite Queensryche songs." And that certainly gives him a lot to choose from...

Not one to remain idle, Tate is anxious to hit the road again next year despite an incredibly busy 2011 that found the band performing over 75 dates along their 30th Anniversary tour primarily in support of their 12th studio album, Dedicated to Chaos (Roadrunner Records/Loud & Proud), that was released in the summer.

Towards the end of the tour, Geoff and the band pulled out "all the stops" by performing Rage for Order in its entirety for the first time ever (New York City on Halloween) and Operation: Mindcrime from beginning to end on this year's ShipRocked Cruise (with In This Moment's Maria Brink handling vocal chores as "Sister Mary") for the first time in three years. Both shows were a pure treat for fans!

"Mindcrime" (1988) is universally respected as a classic concept release about rock, revenge and redemption and, ultimately, regarded as one of the most important and essential hard rock records in the genre's expansive canon. 1990's follow-up, Empire, yielded a number one single, the Grammy-nominated ballad "Silent Lucidity," which Queensryche performed at the 1992 Grammy Awards accompanied by a supporting orchestra.

In 2006, the band released Operation: Mindcrime II, a scorching sequel to their original. The band then hit the road performing both albums Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II back-to-back in their entirety in an incredible theatrical presentation throughout the year. The final performance was recorded at The Moore Theatre in Seattle that October and the Mindcrime at the Moore double CD/DVD release debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Music DVD Chart and eventually reached gold status.

It's hard to believe it's been 30 years and more than 20 million albums sold worldwide later...

For 2012, Queensryche has plenty up its sleeve...

Geoff's acoustic performances are just the beginning of what promises to be another exciting year.

For more information, please view the official Queensryche website at www.queensryche.com.

Happy Holidays.

Jan-26 Thu San Diego, CA        Anthology

Jan-27 Fri Agoura Hills         Canyon

Jan-29 Sun San Juan Cap         Coach House

Jan-31 Tue Grass Valley, CA     Center for the Arts

Feb-01 Wed Chico, CA            El Rey

Feb-02 Thu Napa, CA             Uptown

Feb-04 Sat Snqoualmie, WA       Finapalooza

Frontiers Records - Last Announcement of 2011

Merry Xmas and happy new year!!!

JEFF SCOTT SOTO

"Damage Control", the new album by Jeff Scott Soto, is near completion and promises to deliver a one-two punch in the standard that is expected from the artist who has mastered the world of Melodic and Hard Rock music through the ages! The album is completed with appearances and co-writing by his current and former live line ups as well as guests such as Dave Meniketti (Y&T), Jamie Borger (Talisman/Treat), Casey Grillo (Kamelot) and Joel Hoekstra (Night Ranger). There will be an 11 song single CD release of the album, as well as a 14 song Digipak version along with a bonus DVD which includes videos and EPK. Get ready for Damage Control, it will rock your World!

CRAZY LIXX

Crazy Lixx are busy in the studio recording their third album that will be entitled "Riot Avenue". According to singer Danny Rexon: "This time the music is a little more riff-based and straight-forward. We wanted to make real a hard rock album, so we decided to have a little more raw feeling in the production, sound and songwriting compared to our previous albums and there's a lot more up-tempo songs than we had on New Religion. Also, the addition of a second guitarrist, Edd Liam, has made it possible to add some twin guitar playing and other interesting musical stuff that we've used on the album". Some of the song titles are "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", "Young Blood", "Riot Avenue", "Church of Rock", "Fire it Up", "Only the Dead Know" and more. The album is planned for a worldwide release in April 2012 and will be followed by the usual string of live dates around the World.

PRIDE OF LIONS

Pride of Lions is carrying on their proud heritage working hard on their as yet untitled fourth studio album. Jim Peterik says: "Our self titled debut released in 2002 is still many of our fans favorite albums. So this album is a bit of a return to form. Of course there will be a few surprises and Toby Hitchcock is singing stronger than ever. I've hit a stride on the songwriting with songs such as "Tie Down The Wind" and "Coin of the Realm". I needed the time since The Roaring of Dreams to regroup and get reinspired. If you can't make a great record that will last the test of time - why even bother. This time Toby and me wanna take Pride of Lions on the road to promote this new one and spread the word". This new Pride of Lions from what we've heard so far promises to be both more melodic and harder edged. Release is planned for early summer 2012.

HARDLINE

Hardline will be back in 2012 with a brand new album and a new lineup which will mark the beginning of a new cooperation between singer Johnny Gioeli and the italian producer/keyboardist Alessandro Delvecchio (EDGE OF FOREVER, EDEN'S CURSE). The US singer says: "I'm really excited to be working with Frontiers on a new Hardline record! We have slated the release for mid 2012...This CD is filled with melody and class...I'm digging it. I hope the Hardline fans enjoy this CD as much as I have enjoyed creating it... Happy Holidays All!"

ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE are putting their finishing touches to their anticipated fourth studio album that will be entitled "Bleed And Scream". Musically the band is taking off the new release where the last album finished, yet with more refined and progressed songwriting. It will be a 100% Eclipse-sounding album with big hooks, melodies and powerful riffs but it leans towards a more darker, moody and epic side of the band. Songs like the title-track, "Battlegrounds", "A Bitter Taste" and "After the End of the World" will show an exciting new side of the songwriting of the band. There will also be the first ballad in the history of the band entitled "About to Break". Singer Erik Martensson tells: " This album was the hardest to write for us so far. On the other hand the most rewarding. We don´t know at this point how we are going to top this one. We have tweaked everything from quality of the songs, melodies, hooks, arrangements, guitar-riffs, vocal performances, guitar solos, drumming and the variety in the songwriting in general. No stone is left unturned this time." Frontiers plans to release the album in the first half of 2012.

FIND ME

Singer Robbie LaBlanc of BLANC FACES and Swedish producer/songwriter Daniel Flores (MIND'S EYE; THE MURDER OF MY SWEET) have started working together on an exciting new project entitled FIND ME. Musically it will have an heavier edge compared to BLANC FACES and Robbie sings louder and stronger than ever ! Daniel Flores says "This cd is some of the best AOR songs I've ever worked on, there are songs for everybody here, it is going to be a monster. Robbie has one of the best voices in the business and I'm proud to be working with him, he reminds me of the soulfulness of Martin Page and Lou Gramm's singing. I have given every song on FIND ME its own identity for Robbie to showcase his great vocal diversity, all arrangements are carefully produced to fit his voice. The sonic impact will knock the socks out of you for sure! There are some great musicians involved on this Cd, starting with the amazing solos from guitar wizard David Sivelind, the rhythm guitars of Daniel Palmqvist and the very tight and inventive bass playing from Jonny Trobro. The amount of time put into keyboards was really a lot and will instantly remind the listener of the greats like Boston and Foreigner. All done with real vintage keyboards to give the album the organic feel, that unfortunately so many albums lack of these days. I have never been this satisfied with the keyboards and synthesizer arrangements like on this album!" Release is planned for the summer 2012.

PRIMAL FEAR

METAL NATION 2012 Tour including PRIMAL FEAR + Brainstorm + Special Guests!

30. März 2012 CZ – Zlin – Masters of Rock Cafe
01. April 2012 CZ – Prag – Metrix
03. April 2012 AUT – Wien – Szene
04. April 2012 HU – Budapest – Club 202
07. April 2012 BUL – Sofia – tba
08. April 2012 ROM – Bukarest – tba
10. April 2012 D – Berlin – C-Club
11. April 2012 D-Ludwigsburg – Rockfabrik
12. April 2012 NED – Kerkrade – Rock Temple
13. April 2012 D – Burglengenfeld – VA Zentrum
14. April 2012 D – Bochum – Matrix
15. April 2012 BEL – Genk – Rondpunt 26
17. April 2012 CH – Pratteln – Z7
19. April 2012 ES-Gijon – Sala Albeniz
20. April 2012 ES-Pamplona – Sala Totem
21. April 2012 ES-Huesca – Sala Jai Alai
22. April 2012 ES-Madrid – Sala Ritmo y Compas

NEW SIGNINGS

Two very exciting new bands have joined or are about to join the Frontiers Records roster. One is a new Metal band from the UK which has already gathered a vast critical acclaim with their independently released debut album and that will finally have a worldwide release on Frontiers and another is a new Melodic Rock band from Sweden sounding like an exciting mix of Work of Art and H.E.A.T ! Stay tuned for more news in early 2012 - more and more surprises are in the works !! Merry Christmas and Happy Rocking New Year !!

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XV | HAVE A SWEET STEEL X-MAS!‏

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XV | 26-30 APRIL 2012 | BARROSELAS | PORTUGAL
SWR barroselas metalfest XV, set to take place from April 26th to 30th 2012 at the small village of Barroselas, in the north of Portugal, gets ready to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary with a five days special edition. With names like Venom, Napalm Death, Brujeria, Katatonia or Kreator on its history, SWR barroselas metalfest XV features two indoor stages and an outside free entrance area featuring some performances and concerts. A forest campsite with toilets and hot shower facilities opens for free usage during the entire festival.

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XV | CONFIRMED ARTISTSNorwegian black metallers Immortal are expected to make history on the first stage of SWR barroselas metalfest XV presenting an exclusive show built at the own image of Abbath’s Nordic legions. Suede’s doom metal classics Candlemass are also among the greatest attractions in this special anniversary edition of the festival. North-american thrashers Whiplash and Hirax, Norwegian satanic black metallers Tsjuder, grind & roll freaks Malignant Tumour or Japanese doomsters Coffins are some of the greatest highlights in a festival that welcomes more than fifty acts from all over the world.

IMMORTAL | Norway | www.immortalofficial.com
CANDLEMASS | Sweden | www.candlemass.se
WHIPLASH | USA | www.officialwhiplash.com
TSJUDER | Norway | www.tsjuder.com
HIRAX | USA | www.myspace.com/hirax
COFFINS | Japan | www.coffins.jp
ARTILLERY | Denmark | www.artillery.dk
AVULSED | Spain | www.avulsed.com
MALIGNANT TUMOUR | Czech Republic | www.malignanttumour.com
GOROD | France | www.myspace.com/gorod
ONDSKAPT | Sweden | www.ondskapt.com
SCD | France | www.myspace.com/sublimecadavericdecomposition
CORPUS CHRISTII | Portugal | www.myspace.com/corpuschristii666
WARHAMMER | Germany | www.myspace.com/warhammerdeathmetal
JUCIFER | USA | www.jucifer.com
FOSCOR | Spain | www.foscor.com
SIMBIOSE | Portugal | www.myspace.com/simbiose
DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT | UK | www.draggedintosunlight.co.uk
PURGATORY | Germany | www.purgatory666.de
OMISSION | Spain | www.omission.es
BLOODSOAKED | USA | www.facebook.com/bloodsoaked666
CONCEALMENT | Portugal | www.myspace.com/concealment
IRAE | Portugal | www.myspace.com/irae666
HAMMERCULT | Israel | www.hammercult.com
WOSLOM | Brazil | www.woslom.com
APHYXION | Denmark | www.aphyxion.com
EASE OF DISGUST | Russia | www.myspace.com/easeofdisgust
+ much more to be announced!

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XV | TICKETS
x-mas special pack: 75€ [limited stock until 31 January!] order at www.swr-inc.net!
including: full pass + x-mas card + special edition t-shirt + cup + 5 steels + bag + ear plugs + lighter + pin + sticker.

5-days tickets: 75€ [pre-sale until 15 April] | 85€ [at the box]
daily tickets: thursday FREE ENTRANCE | friday 35€ | saturday 38€ | sunday 35€ | monday 35€

ticket stores:
TICKETLINE [ 1820 | FNAC ABREU WORTEN DOLCEVITA MEGAREDE ELCORTEINGLÊS ] CTT METALTIX
TICKETMASTER [ 902 15 00 25 | FNAC CARREFOUR HALCÓN VIAJES ] LABOLETERIA BREAKPOINT
BEAT RECORDS GALÁXIA PIRANHA RIBEIRINHO VOMIT YOUR SHIRT LOITA UNDERGROUND

trip&ticket expeditions:
METALHEAD EVENTS | PT | LISBOA > LEIRIA > COIMBRA > AVEIRO
TRUE SPIRIT'S ALIVE | PT | PORTO > GUIMARÃES > BRAGA > BARCELOS
METALTRIP | ES | MADRID > ÁVILA > SALAMANCA
BREAKPOINT | ES | A CORUÑA > SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA > VIGO

location: SWR barroselas metalfest | Barroselas | Av. São Paulo da Cruz | GPS 41.643836; -8.686147
web: www.swr-fest.com | www.swr-inc.net
myspace: www.myspace.com/swr_fest | www.myspace.com/swr_inc
facebook: www.facebook.com/SWR.barroselas.metalfest / www.facebook.com/SWR.inc.pt
forum: www.metalunderground.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=39238
info: info@swr-inc.net | +351 961958558 | +351 919895651

ORG: SWR inc. - www.swr-inc.net

JOE LYNN TURNER’s NEW SUNSTORM album pays tribute to his 80’s vocal sessions

“Emotional Fire” out on Frontiers on February 24th in Europe and February 28th in North America

Joe Lynn Turner’s popular AOR side project with German/American producer Dennis Ward, SUNSTORM, will release the third album entitled “Emotional Fire” on February 24th 2012 in Europe (February 28th in North America) on Frontiers Records.

Born after Turner met with Frontiers Records’ President Serafino Perugino, the SUNSTORM project was a way to dig up some old gems, written by the former Rainbow, Deep Purple and Yngwie Malmsteen singer during the mid 80’s. The task was to create an ultimate Joe Lynn Turner Melodic Rock “dream collection.” This brought on the release of the first SUNSTORM album in 2006 –which met with much critic and fan approval - and the follow up “House of Dreams” three years later.

While the first two albums’ basic inspiration came from the Melodic Rock catalogue of songs that Turner penned for himself or other artists of the genre, for this third album, Frontiers and JLT decided to look at Turner’s numerous vocal sessions he did in the 80’s as a background vocalist for other artists. This brought on a resurrection of some of Michael Bolton’s Melodic Rock gems such as “Gina,” (originally included on “The Hunger” album, where Turner contributed with background vocals), “You Wouldn’t Know Love” and “Emotional Fire,” which Bolton penned for the “Heart of Stone” album by Cher (in which Turner also appeared as background vocalist). “I sang background on the original ‘Gina,’” says Joe, “Michael and I did all of the parts but I tried to rock it up a bit more than the original... not so pop! Good song though! It's funny...I heard ‘Emotional Fire’ from Desmond Child during a writing session and then he asked me to sing background vocals on it! Crazy! It's like one big circle!”

With production and mixing once again under the expert hands of Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Place Vendome, Angra etc.) and a tracklisting rounded out by some amazing songs written by the likes of Soren Kronkvist (Crash the System, Issa), Tom and James Martin (Vega, Sunstorm, Khymera) and Daniel Palmqvist (Xorigin, The Murder of My Sweet), the third Sunstorm album, “Emotional Fire,” is destined to reignite the Melodic Rock passion in every fan. “I think this record has a good mix of songs,” concludes Joe, “Just what ‘Sunstorm’ is supposed to be! Dennis Ward is a great producer and the players are amazing. I have to say I am pleased with the work we did and hope that everyone else will be pleased as well...enjoy!”

SUNSTORM’s “Emotional Fire” will include the following songs: Never Give Up, Emotional Fire, Lay Down Your Arms, You Wouldn’t Know Love, Wish You Were Here, Torn In Half, Gina, The Higher You Rise, Emily, Follow Your Heart, All I Am.

Weblinks: www.joelynnturner.com / www.frontiers.it 
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Joe Lynn Turner’s career spans over 60 album credits has had a number of highlights. From his early days with Fandango to the success he later enjoyed with (Ritchie Blackmore’s) RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and an 11-album solo career, the New Jersey-born singer has covered a wide number of musical styles with his inimitable vocals. He also appeared as lead singer in several projects since 1992 including BRAZEN ABBOT, THE HUGHES – TURNER PROJECT (with ex-Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes), MOTHER’S ARMY, the “all star” group BIG NOIZE and many others.

Epica // 21 de Abril - Incrível Almadense e 22 de Abril - Hard Club‏

EPICA REQUIEM FOR THE INDIFFERENT TOUR

21 de Abril - Incrível Almadense 22 de Abril - Hard Club 1ª parte: TBA Abertura de Portas - 19h30 Inicio do Espectáculo - 20h00

Desde que começou a tomar forma, a música pesada tem estado em constante evolução e as últimas décadas têm sido particularmente profícuas no que à expansão das suas regras básicas diz respeito. O surgimento de novos géneros, subgéneros e híbridos tem vindo a quebrar tabus e a alargar de forma muito significativa aquilo que é visto hoje em dia como metal. Os holandeses EPICA estão entre os mais aplaudidos e destacados representantes do female fronted metal, uma tendência que tem vindo a ganhar uma força e exposição consideráveis durante os últimos anos. Prestes a comemorar a primeira década de existência, são já uma das mais aplaudidas e bem-sucedidas propostas dentro do estilo e, com quatro discos de sucesso no fundo de catálogo, preparam-se para dar início a um novo capítulo da sua carreira. «Requiem For The Indifferent», o quinto álbum do sexteto, a editar em Março de 2012, é um registo conceptual baseado nas adversidades que a humanidade atravessa, mas que carrega uma forte mensagem de união e abertura à mudança. É essa luz ao fundo do túnel que os músicos vêm mostrar ao público nacional nos dias 21 e 22 de Abril, nos palcos da Incrível Almadense e do Hard Club. De 1995 a 2002, Mark Jansen foi a principal força motriz dos muito aplaudidos After Forever. Sentindo-se limitado em termos estilísticos, a força criativa de «Prison Of Desire» e «Decipher» decidiu dar um novo rumo à sua vida artística e, poucos meses depois de ter abandonado o grupo que tinha fundado sete anos antes, criou um novo projecto. Nasciam assim os EPICA, que se estrearam na cena com «The Pantom Agony» em 2002 e, desde então, não mais olharam para trás na sua laboriosa escalada à primeira divisão do metal moderno. Em 2006, já após terem editado um segundo álbum e recolhido aplausos unânimes por parte da crítica e do público, sofreram a primeira mudança de formação, mas não baixaram os braços nem por um instante, revelando a fibra que faz falta a muitos outros músicos da mesma geração. Foi um colectivo revigorado – e que não sofre mudanças desde 2009 – que gravou «The Divine Conspiracy» e «Design Your Universe», dois discos que os cimentaram como uma das mais consistentes propostas do peso cantado no feminino. Tendo como peças-centrais o registo mezzo-soprano da talentosa Simone Simons e as vocalizações guturais do estratega Jansen, os EPICA criaram para si um nicho muito próprio entre a agressividade do thrash/death metal, a abordagem mais ligeira do power metal sinfónico e alguns elementos góticos. Banda de contrastes, pegaram na faceta orquestral da sua música e exploraram-na com profundidade e sem precedentes neste espectro, através de arranjos verdadeiramente épicos – interpretados por uma orquestra a sério, contrastando com a tendência, à altura, para a utilização de teclados e sintetizadores na criação destes ambientes derivados da música clássica e das bandas-sonoras criadas por nomes como Danny Elfman ou Hans Zimmer. No entanto, a música do colectivo oriundo de Reuver não se faz apenas de orquestrações e ambientes cinematográficos, sendo que não abdicam um grama que seja do peso que estará para sempre associado ao metal. As guitarras mantêm um tom bem agressivo e a sessão rítmica um compasso possante, criando o contraste perfeito com a beleza contida nos arranjos sinfónicos e na voz de Simone. BIOGRAFIA EPICA Formação: Simone Simons – voz Mark Jansen – guitarra/voz gutural Isaac Delahaye – guitarra Yves Huts – baixo Coen Janssen – teclados Ariën Van Weesenbeek – bateria Depois de uma breve, mas bem-sucedida e auspiciosa, carreira com os After Forever, Mark Jansen – guitarrista e principal responsável pelo material gravado nos dois primeiros álbuns da banda holandesa – decidiu fechar esse capítulo da sua vida criativa para embarcar numa nova aventura. Inspirado pelas suas viagens pelo mundo e pelas influências que ia absorvendo no processo, o talentoso compositor e executante sentiu-se inspirado a criar música de uma forma ainda mais livre e, para concretizar os seus intentos, criou os Sahara Dust em 2002. Com vários contactos já estabelecidos no mundo do metal, começou por colaborar com a vocalista norueguesa Helena Michaelsen (dos Trail of Tears) ainda numa fase muito embrionária do processo de composição para o disco de estreia, mas quando decidiu adoptar a designação atual já tinha descoberto o sublime registo da jovem Simone Simons. Foi com ela na voz, Coen Janssen nos teclados, Ad Sluijter na segunda guitarra, Jeroen Simons na bateria e Yves Huts no baixo que os Epica gravaram o disco de estreia. No espaço de escassos meses, Jansen e os seus novos companheiros criaram «The Phantom Agony», que foi editado em 2003 e seguido por uma longa digressão. No ano seguinte, os esforços do grupo foram recompensados com a atribuição de um Essent Award (o mais importante galardão da indústria discográfica holandesa para as bandas jovens), mas os músicos não tiveram sequer tempo para parar e tentar absorver o burburinho que se estava a gerar à sua volta. Apesar de ter continuado em digressão durante grande parte de 2004, o sexteto ainda arranjou tempo para escrever e gravar música nova. Intitulado «Consign To Oblivion», o segundo longa-duração foi editado em 2005 e entrou de rompante para a posição do #12 da tabela de vendas do seu país natal. Se dúvidas faltassem, a permanência no Top 100 durante sete semanas consecutivas provou que, por esta altura, os Epica já eram um nome estabelecido na então emergente tendência do female fronted metal. Com a primeira digressão nos Estados Unidos pelo meio (ao lado dos Kamelot) e incrivelmente inspirados, os músicos gravam «The Score: An Epic Journey», a banda-sonora para o filme «Joyride», no mesmo ano. A edição de uma retrospectiva fotográfica e musical dos primeiros quatro anos de carreira deu-lhes, finalmente, tempo para pensarem e ficarem com uma noção do turbilhão de popularidade em que estavam metidos. Depois de centenas de concertos por todo o mundo – da Europa à América do Sul, passando por Israel e pela Tunísia – já se tinham transformado numa máquina bem oleada e imparável, sendo que nem o abandono do baterista Jeroen Simons os fez abrandar o ritmo. É já com Ariën Van Weesenbeek, ex-God Dethroned, na formação que gravam o terceiro álbum e assinam contrato com a Nuclear Blast, embarcando em simultâneo na primeira tour norte-americana como cabeças de cartaz. O primeiro disco conceptual do grupo, «The Divine Conspiracy», afirmou-se como um “fechar de círculo” para o seu líder e mentor, um disco ambicioso que pega num conceito já explorado em «Prison Of Desire» (dos After Forever) e que conta com uma participação de Sander Gommans, o vocalista da ex-banda de Jansen. Musicalmente mais de tudo – coros, guitarras, velocidade, berros, orquestrações e canções – o que tinham feito até ali, o álbum deu origem a dois singles de sucesso e colocou-os num patamar superior de sucesso. Prova disso é a edição do primeiro álbum ao vivo em 2008; «The Classical Conspiracy» registou um espetáculo especial, em que os músicos interpretaram os seus temas, algumas peças clássicas e temas de bandas-sonoras célebres. Apesar da saída de Ad Sluijter – rapidamente substituído por Isaac Delahaye, outro ex-God Dethroned – o colectivo não mais parou de crescer, mostrando arrojo e apoiando-se no magnânimo «Design Your Universe». Lançado em 2009, o quarto disco de originais chegou à oitava posição do Top holandês. Os músicos continuaram a tocar quase ininterruptamente pelo mundo e, mostrando que não estão nada interessados em ficar a viver dos louros já conquistados, 2012 será ano de regresso às edições. «Requiem For The Indifferent», o quinto álbum em dez anos, já tem edição marcada para Março e promete o início de um novo capítulo numa carreira meteórica e sem momentos mortos. Website oficial // Myspace

MR BIG’s « Live from the Living Room » finally made available worldwide on Frontiers Records !

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of MR BIG’s new acoustic Live Album "Live from the Living Room" on February 24th 2012 in Europe and February 28th in North America.

At the end of January 2011, during a week long promotion trip to promote for their latest reunion album “What If” and tour, MR BIG were invited to the WOWOW TV Studios in Tokyo to perform a special show in an intimate setting.

When the talk of a broadcast first came up, the band wanted to present something different than they’ve ever done before. Thus the idea of an acoustic show came about and a string quintet was brought in to enhance the project even more, with arrangements provided by Takashi Miyazaki. Although Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan hooked up electric on a few songs, the show was still very much acoustic in nature throughout. Pat Torpey played various acoustic percussion instruments during the gig.

In Eric Martin’s words “The idea for the show came out of a quick conversation the 4 of us had after a day of interviews promoting the new “What if” CD. We did an acoustic show at the Hard Rock café in Singapore in 1996 that (till this day) is one of my favorite live recordings. It had a stripped down, up close and personal feel to it. If we were going to do something like that again it would have to be extra special. We were talking about the old days when musicians used to live together in a band house and practice day & night. Our favorite rock band posters and tapestry’s adorning the walls, family hand me down furniture, amps that doubled as lamp stands, friends hanging out and the usual cluttered mess on the floor, lyric sheets, guitar cases and chords, music stands, beer cans, Pizza boxes, wine bottles etc. “Live from the living room” was born out of that. We wanted to recreate a harmonious atmosphere and treat our fans to an informal jam session of songs from the past and present while throwing in a few surprises from our wish lists (Strings, Japanese taiko drums).

# Mr. Big Fun fact - it was recorded live in front of a small but intimate audience at Tokyo studios where great movies like Seven Samurai, Godzilla and hundreds of other legendary Japanese films were made.”

The result from that magic night in Tokyo is now here: 10 Mr Big classics in a completely new and fresh dress and a portrait from the very first ever acoustic show from the band.

MR BIG’s latest album “What If” saw the band come back in the original line-up featuring singer Eric Martin, guitarist Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan on bass and Pat Torpey on drums. The album charted in several European countries in the week of release and went gold in Japan.

 "Live from the Living Room" will be exclusively released in a glossy digipak and will include the following songs: Undertow; Still Ain't Enough For Me; As Far As I Can See; Voodoo Kiss; Take Cover; Around The World; Stranger In My Life; All The Way Up; To Be With You; Nobody Left To Blame.

Weblinks: www.mrbigsite.com / www.frontiers.it

TRIXTER are firing up the engines for their comeback album !

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of TRIXTER for the worldwide release of the band’s reunion album in the spring of 2012 !

Formed in Paramus, New Jersey during 1983, TRIXTER would learn their chops playing live in the club circuit around their hometown with the likes of SKID ROW and KIX, before eventually getting signed by Mechanic/MCA for their self-titled debut album in 1990, which spawned the Billboard Hits & # 1 MTV Videos « Give It To me Good », « One in a Million » and « Surrender » and went on to become gold. The band toured nationally during 1990-91 sold out arena tours with POISON, SCORPIONS and WARRANT. TRIXTER's second album, « Hear! », was released in October 1992, touring in support of KISS. Unfortunately the change of musical climate made it impossible for the band to keep going so, after the release of an independent covers album, the band called it quits in 1995.

TRIXTER finally announced the reunion of the original lineup in 2007. Since then the band played several shows, including a successful appearance at the Rocklahoma festival in 2008. « The band has been playing together for the last 4 years, so making a new record is the next logical step, » tells guitarist Steve Brown. « We are all very excited: the new cd will be entitled "New Audio Machine" and is a classic style Melodic Hard Rock album. All the sounds people have loved about TRIXTER will be there... Great songs, big guitar riffs, catchy vocals and a huge bottom end. A total big rock production!!! »

TRIXTER are now formed by Pete Loran on lead vocals and guitar, Steve Brown on lead guitar, P.J. Farley on bass and Gus Scott on drums. « We take pride in the fact that we are one of the few bands of our genre that have all original members, » says Brown.

With an arsenal of great new songs and a catalogue of two successful releases TRIXTER are looking forward to bring their songs on stage « We are hoping to land a support slot on one of the major summer tours, » concludes Brown. « And we finally hope to play our first European tour as well. » Get ready for the return of TRIXTER !

Weblinks : www.frontiers.it / www.trixterrocks.com