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AOR Heaven are happy to announce the signing of Swedish Melodic Rock band STORMBURST! The band consisting of bass player Kent Jansson (Six Feet Under, Keen Hue, Steam), guitarist Thomas Hansson (Steam, Coastline), singer Lars-Åke ”Plåtis” Nilsson (Keen Hue), keyboardist Peter Östling (Six Feet Under) and drummer Peter ”Zeke” Ytterberg (Keen Hue, Moonshine Highway) will release their debut album “Raised On Rock” on May 26th, 2017.
The PR for this release will start tomorrow via Haulix!
Product: Stormburst – Raised On Rock
Release date: May 26th, 2017
Label: AOR Heaven
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The band STORMBURST was formed in July 2014. The original intention just was to make high quality music, have fun, and do what you believe in and without any musical compromises. No more covers, just self-composed material.
Bass player Kent Jansson (Six Feet Under, Keen Hue, Steam) and guitarist Thomas Hansson (Steam, Coastline) started with singer Lars-Åke ”Plåtis” Nilsson (Keen Hue). To get the special sound that they wanted, they sent the keyboardist Peter Östling (Six Feet Under) a demo, who believed completely into the idea and joined immediately. Later on they recruited the hard hitting drummer Peter ”Zeke” Ytterberg (Keen Hue, Moonshine Highway) to complete the line-up.
The band’s name STORMBURST has the intention of uncompromisingly doing what you believe in even if you have a headwind. Even if the wind blows hard in life sometimes, is the love of music in all conditions strong and sustainable. STORMBURST is the ability to reflect it with music and lyrics. Their style can be described as Melodic Hard Rock & AOR.
The band is based in the heartland of Sweden, Dalarna, all the songs were written by Kent, Thomas and Lars-Åke. The composing and demo recordings of all tracks were done in the home studio of Lars-Åke in Vansbro to subsequently present them to the rest of the band.
The result, the debut album “Raised To Rock”, was mainly recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio Bakery, Äppelbo by Jonas Tornemalm between January and February 2017. The recordings of strings were made at the Royal College of Music (KMH) in Stockholm during the same period of time.
"Raised On Rock" is a tribute to all musical heroes the members in the STORMBURST grew up with.
Sound clips in advance:
STORMBURST - Say You Will (Edit)
STORMBURST - Show Me The Way (Edit)
STORMBURST - Under The Gun (Edit)
The band on the web:
www.stormburst.se
www.facebook.com/stormburstoriginal
PRIDE & JOY MUSIC is happy to announce the signing of Australian Melodic Rock band THE RADIO SUN! Based in Melbourne, Australia the band consisting of Jason Old (lead vocals & guitars), Stevie Janevski (lead guitar, bass, backing vocals; Black Majesty) and Gilbert Annese (drums) is currently working on their fourth release “Unstoppable” which is planned for a release in late October 2017. This new album once again will be mixed by Paul Laine (solo, Danger Danger, Dark Horse).
The band has just completed another European tour which included an astonishing performance at Hard Rock Hell AOR Fest and very successful shows in the UK and a gig in Greece. THE RADIO SUN will return to Europe with dates in the UK, Greece & Germany at least in March 2018.
Connect with the band at: www.facebook.com/TheRadioSun
Label: www.prideandjoy.de / www.facebook.com/prideandjoymusic
PRIDE & JOY MUSIC is proud to announce the signing of German Symphonic Metal band ONCE! Based in Münster, Germany the female-fronted four-piece is currently working on their full length-debut album “After Earth” which is scheduled for a release in January 2018!
Formed in the year 2012, ONCE first started to work on creating a fully orchestrated Metal project. This process resulted in the release of a first demo EP and two video clips in the year 2015 which were recorded and filmed at the conservatory in Enschede, The Netherlands. Singer Alina Lesnik is now already known for her popular Youtube cover channel and her participation in our best selling release the VIVALDI METAL PROJECT. The line-up next to Alina consists of Frank Wypchol (keys), Alexander Hey (drums) and Marco Paulzen (male vocals, guitars).
In late 2016, ONCE caught the attention of PRIDE & JOY MUSIC with their demo and met up with the label to work on ideas on how to realize the concept together. In January 2017, the four-piece group finally signed a record deal with the label.
Earlier this week, ONCE have started an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to complete the album production. Please read the complete story about the group, watch & share their videos and support ONCE at this link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/once-after-earth-debut-album-metal#/
Further band links:
https://www.youtube.com/once-official
https://www.facebook.com/pg/once.official.music
https://www.instagram.com/once.official.music/
https://twitter.com/official_ONCE
Band pic in hi-res: www.germusica.com/pics/once-hires.JPG
Label: www.prideandjoy.de
German label AOR Heaven will release the new album by Swedish Melodic Hard Rock band BAI BANG, “Rock Of Life”, and the debut by fellow Swedish rockers ROCKETT LOVE, “Grab The Rocket”, on April 28th, 2017!
The basic facts about both releases are found below. The Haulix PR mailshot for both was done yesterday. Please get in touch if you haven’t received your download yet!
More pictures, covers & logos in hi-res as always for AOR Heaven’s releases available at this link: www.metalheaven.net/press
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Product: Bai Bang – Rock Of Life
Release date: 28.04.2017
Label: AOR Heaven
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Bai Bang is a powerful Hard Rock act from Sweden featuring Diddi Kastenholt on lead vocals, Oskar Wennberg on drums, Filip Wilhelmsson on guitar and Christoffer Svensson on bass. Being a touring band, the Swedes have played many tours in Europe, Canada, Japan and the USA and big festivals including Wacken Open Air in Germany, Sweden Rock festival & Rocklahoma in the USA. Bai Bang appeared as special guest to Alice Cooper, DIO, Ratt, Bai Bang and shared stages with bands like Saxon, Axel Rudi Pell, Pretty Maids, LA Guns, Pretty Maids and many more.
Due to a lot of shows and tours during the last years it took some time to finish the new album. In 2015, Bai Bang played shows in nine countries and in 2016 in eight countries to promote the 2013 release “All Around The World”.
The brand new album and 8th studio release in total, “Rock Of Life”, will be out on AOR Heaven in April 2017. “Rock Of Life” was produced by Diddi Kastenholt and Pontus Assarsson and recorded at Sunshine Explosion Studios except for the drums which were recorded at Sound Center Studios in Helsingborg, Sweden and engineered by Lala Larsson and Micke Larsson. Martin Kronlund at JM Studios was again in charge of the mastering.
Soundfiles in advance:
BAI BANG - Heart And Soul (Edit)
BAI BANG - Stop Messing Around (Edit)
Live dates:
28.04. N-Oslo, Hard Rock Café
03.08. D-Wacken, Wacken Open Air
25.-26.08. S-Engelholm, Rock It Festival
02.-03.09. UK-Sheffield, Academy, Hard Rock Hell
Discography: Enemy Lines (1988), Cop To Con (1992), Riding High (1996), Attitude (2001), Best Of Bai Bang (2006), Are You Ready (2009), Living My Dream (2011), All Around The World (2013), Rock Of Life (2017)
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Product: Rockett Love – Grab The Rocket
Release date: 28.04.2017
Label: AOR Heaven
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After only one song on iTunes and Spotify and without any commercial backup, Swedish Melodic Rock band ROCKETT LOVE received a great deal of radio time and a fully seated venue playing their debut gig. The song “Rocket Love” had a big viral spin when Beau Hill took the song to his studio and produced it.
The band started in early 2015 when singer/songwriter Daniel Samuelsson met guitarist Stefan Westerlund at a local reunion concert. Fueled by mutual interest in 80’s rock, the two began recording original material in Daniel’s studio. ‘It became clear right away that we had something worthwhile after the first couple of songs’ says Daniel, ‘Stefan and me just clicked, and we knew the time was right to bring back this classic sound with a touch of modern production. The two began working on the EP “The best is yet to come” and contacted lead guitarist Gustav Eklund. He gave ROCKETT LOVE the tone and energy with his magic fingers that you only here in the great masters such as Michael Schenker and Gary Moore. Four songs were recorded, and the project emerged into a band. Bass player Dennis Vestman (Grand Design, Steel Attack) and drummer Fredrik Ahlin completed the group’s line-up. Fredrik and Daniel had a history as musical friends in both Sour System and Slip Into Silk.
With the band being complete and some new songs recorded ROCKETT LOVE entered the stage at Rockland, Sweden. Together with Grand Design they sold out the venue and the viral spin began. They had a really great song and sound in form of the track ‘Rocket Love’. The song traveled to the USA and was mixed there by Beau Hill. ROCKETT LOVE released ‘Rocket Love’ on various digital platforms in June 2016. With several gigs and a fast-growing audience the Swedes hit the studio to record their full debut album “Grab The Rockett” in Autumn/ Winter 2016. Halfway through the studio session ROCKETT LOVE contacted Studio Haga and met up with the young producer Christian Svedin. He had the ears, the courage and the stamina to lift the band even more. The process in the studio shaped the tone of the band to what and where ROCKETT LOVE is today, and after almost a year of writing, recording and producing the album “Grab The Rocket” now is ready to show the world what good Hard Rock music is all about.
https://www.facebook.com/rockettlovesyou
Soundfiles in advance:
ROCKET LOVE - Never Surrender (Edit)
ROCKET LOVE - Rev It Up (Edit)
ROCKET LOVE - Rocket Love (Edit)
Label: www.metalheaven.net
Das in Schweden ansässige Label INNER WOUND RECORDINGS veröffentlicht in Form der neuen Album von PYRAMAZE und VANDROYA am 28.04.2017 zwei weitere hochkarätige Werke aus den Bereichen Melodic Metal/Progressive Metal. Weitere Details zu diesen VÖs und Bands findet Ihr unten.
Die Bemusterung beginnt voraussichtlich Ende dieser Woche. Bitte schickt uns Eure Anfragen. Unser Zuständigkeitsbereich: Deutschland, Österreich & Schweiz (alle PR-Bereiche).
Produkt: Pyramaze – Contingent
VÖ: 28.04.2017
Label: Inner Wound Recordings
Vertrieb: Alive (D, A); Non Stop Music (CH)
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Mit ihrem fünften Album “Contingent” fügen PYRAMAZE ihrer Diskografie einen weiteren Meilenstein hinzu, mit dem sie untermauern, dass sie sowohl ihre treuen Fans als auch neues Gebiet erobern können. Die Einbindung moderner Filmmusik-Elemente, welche mit progressiven Metal-Riffs und Melodien gemischt werden, rauben dem Hörer den Atmen. "Contingent" bietet ein episches, post-apokalyptisches Konzept, inspiriert durch aktuelle Ereignisse, den menschlichen Geist, den Kampf und die Vielfalt zu überstehen, und die Brüderlichkeit zu erkennen, die darin liegt. Produziert, gemischt und gemastert von Jacob Hansen [Volbeat, Amaranthe, Epica, Evergrey].
Tracklist: 01. Land Of Information, 02. Kingdom Of Solace, 03. Star Men, 04. A World Divided, 05. Nemesis, 06. Contingent - Part I: The Campaign, 07. 20 Second Century, 08. Obsession, 09. Heir Apparent, 10.Contingent - Part II: The Hammer of Remnant, 11. Under Restraint, 12. The Tides That Won't Change, 13. Symphony of Tears
Pyramaze Diskografie:
2017: Contingent [Inner Wound Recordings]
2015: Disciples of the Sun [Inner Wound Recordings]
2008: Immortal [Locomotive. Re-issue: Inner Wound Recordings 2014]
2006: Legend of the Bone Carver [Massacre/Nightmare]
2004: Melancholy Beast [Replica/Nightmare]
Produziert, gemischt und gemastert von: Jacob Hansen [Volbeat, Amaranthe, Epica, Evergrey]
Cover Artwork und Illustrationen von: Felipe Machado Franco [Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Iced Earth]
Additional Artwork und Design: Jan Yrlund [Apocalyptica, Korpiklaani]
Female Vocals bei "The Tides That Won't Change" by: Kristen Foss
Pyramaze online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pyramaze
Website: http://www.pyramaze.com
Produkt: Vandroya – Beyond The Human Mind
VÖ: 28.04.2017
Label: Inner Wound Recordings
Vertrieb: Alive (D, A); Non Stop Music (CH)
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2001 gegründet, begannen Vandroya als eine Gruppe von jungen Musikern, die alle sehr leidenschaftlich auf Heavy Metal standen. Anfänglich konzentrierten sie sich auf das Spielen von Coverversionen der Bands, die sie inspiriert hatten. Dadurch erlangten sie eine zunehmende Bedeutung in der Metal-Szene in Brasilien und führte zu ihrem ersten Demo. Die EP "Within Shadows" wurde 2005 veröffentlicht und steigerte den Bekanntheitsgrad von Vandroya in ihrem Heimatland immens.
Beim schwedischen Label Inner Wound Recordings unterschrieb die Band einen Plattenvertrag für Europa und Nordamerika und bei Spiritual Beast für Japan. Das Debütalbum "One" wurde Anfang 2013 veröffentlicht. Es erhielt in Brasilien und weltweit hervorragendes Feedback und wurde oft als eine perfekte Mischung von Bands wie Angra, Kamelot und Symphony X tituliert.
Das langersehnte neue Werk, "Beyond The Human Mind", soll am 28. April erscheinen. Mit einem klareren progressiven Einfluss, aber ohne das Gewicht und die Virtuosität des Power Metal aufzugeben, zeigt die CD eine ausgereiftere Band, bietet einen ausgewogeneren Sound und spiegelt die technische und künstlerische Weiterentwicklung der Musiker seit "One" wider.
Das Albumkonzept thematisiert die Reise, die wir alle auf der Suche nach Fülle, innerem Frieden und uns selbst durchmachen. Das Album-Artwork wurde wieder von Felipe Machado Franco [Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Iced Earth] erstellt.
Daísa Munhoz und Vandroya sind bereit, den nächsten Schritt zu machen und in der Metal-Szene mit "Beyond The Human Mind" ein Zeichen zu setzen!
Vandroya Line-up:
Daísa Munhoz - Vocals
Marco Lambert - Guitar
Rodolfo Pagotto - Guitar
Giovanni Perlati - Bass
Otávio Nuñez – Drums
Vandroya Diskografie:
2017: Beyond The Human Mind [Inner Wound Recordings]
2013: One [Inner Wound Recordings]
2005: Within Shadows EP
Produziert, gemischt und gemastert von: Marco Lambert
Artwork: Felipe Machado Franco [Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Iced Earth]
Additional Design: Jan Yrlund [Apocalyptica, Korpiklaani, Leah]
Vandroya online:
Website: www.vandroya.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vandroya
Label:
Website: www.innerwound.com
