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The Athens, Georgia-based melodic metal band THEOCRACY will release their new album "Ghost Ship" on October 28th in Europe and North America through Ulterium Records. An album teaser video was just posted at YouTube.
Link: https://youtu.be/9gbecZlmiMc
"Ghost Ship" will be available on CD, 2LP and digital. The 2LP edition is strictly limited to 1001 copies worldwide. 750 copies comes with black vinyl discs and 251 copies comes with white vinyl discs.
With Ghost Ship, Theocracy perfects the lively and fully-realized sound of As the World Bleeds, delivering 10 muscular and streamlined tracks that never lose focus and combine for one memorable journey. You like midtempo singalong anthems? Try the “Ghost Ship” title track. Thrashy rhythms and intensity? “The Wonder of It All” should be to your liking. Emotional ballads with huge melodic hooks? Go “Around the World and Back.” Or if you prefer epic, progressive tracks that do all these things and more, 10-minute album closer “Easter” is sure to be a favorite. Each song on Ghost Ship stands alone and has a unique signature, but every moment sounds unmistakably like Theocracy.
“So many kids were coming up to us after shows and telling us their stories,” says Theocracy vocalist Matt Smith. “A lot of them were searching for purpose and a place to fit in, and having grown up as an awkward and unpopular kid myself, their words really stuck with me. I started thinking about what a band of misfits Jesus’ disciples were: fishermen, tax collectors, and people of little consequence in the eyes of the world. Sometimes the ones most people don’t see, or choose to look straight through—the ghosts of society, as it were, dead to the world—end up having the biggest impact. That’s where the title and idea for Ghost Ship came from: all the misfits, the uncool, the outcasts, there is a place where you do fit in. Although Ghost Ship is not a concept album, this is a recurring theme, particularly in the title track and ‘Castaway.’”
"Ghost Ship" track listing
01. Paper Tiger
02. Ghost Ship
03. The Wonder Of It All
04. Wishing Well
05. Around the World and Back
06. Stir the Embers
07. A Call To Arms
08. Currency In A Bankrupt World
09. Castaway
10. Easter
"GHOST SHIP EUROPEAN TOUR" confirmed dates:
Fri 4/11 - Hall of Fame - Wetzikon, Switzerland
Sat 5/11 - Kreatief - Neckarsulm, Germany
Sun 6/11 - Exit-US - Prague, Czech Republic
Tue 8/11 - Collosseum - Kosice, Slovakia
Thu 10/11 - Melodka - Brno, Czech Republic
Fri 11/11 - DGH Niederaula - Niederjossa/Hessen, Germany
Sat 12/11 - Brainstorm Festival - Apeldoorn, Netherlands
"Ghost Ship" artwork: http://www.ulterium-records.com/promo/ghost_ship_web.jpg
Theocracy band photo: http://www.ulterium-records.com/promo/theocracy_2016.jpg
Tour poster: http://www.ulterium-records.com/promo/theocracytour2016.jpg
Theocracy online
Official website: http://www.theocracymusic.com
Official facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/theocracyband
Deutschlands Vorzeige-Hardrock-Band, die SCORPIONS, veröffentlicht am 30.09.2016 über Eagle Vision/ Edel ihre neue Live-DVD und –Blu-ray „Forever And A Day – Live In Munich 2012“.
Wir betreuen dieses Thema für Print-Presse aus Deutschland und Österreich und beginnen ab Montag mit der Bemusterung. Anfragen nehmen wir gerne entgegen!
Scorpions – Live In Munich 2012
“Live In Munich 2012” präsentiert das letzte Konzert der Scorpions während ihrer “Sting In The Tail” Welt-Tournee und wurde in der Münchner Olympiahalle am 17.12.2012 aufgenommen. Diese Show geht Hand in Hand mit der Dokumentation „Forever And A Day“, die im Jahr 2015 erstmals veröffentlicht wurde. Für die Dokumentation wurde die Band auf dieser Tour begleitet. Die Scorpions sind eine der größten Rockbands aller Zeiten und Deutschlands Exportschlager in Sachen Heavy Music. Das Konzert beinhaltet insgesamt 21 Songs und enthält natürlich alle Hits wie “Wind Of Change”, “Rock Me Like A Hurricane”, “Send Me An Angel”, “Still Loving You”, “The Zoo”, “Big City Nights”, “Is There Anybody There?”, “No One Like You”, “Sting In The Tail”.
Zusätzlich zur Standalone DVD bzw. Blu-ray-Veröffentlichung „Live In Munich 2012“, wird auch das Doppelpackage „Forever And A Day (Doku) & Live In Munich 2012“ veröffentlicht.
TRACKLIST: 1) Sting In The Tail 2) Make It Real 3) Is There Anybody There 4) The Zoo 5) Coast To Coast 6) Loving You Sunday Morning 7) We’ll Burn The Sky 8) The Best Is Yet To Come 9) Send Me An Angel 10) Holiday 11) Raised On Rock 12) Tease Me Please Me 13) Hit Between The Eyes 14) Kottak Attack 15) Blackout 16) Big City Nights 17) Still Loving You 18) Wind Of Change 19) No One Like You 20) Rock You Like A Hurricane 21) When The Smoke Is Going Down
Formate: DVD und Blu-ray
Label/ Vertrieb: Eagle Vision/ Edel
DVD Format: NTSC Region 0
Screen Format: 16:9
Sound Formats: DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
Running Time: 109 mins approx
Subtitles: None
Angels or Kings return with their infectiously melodic new album “Go Ask The Moon”, continuing where they left off with an AOR treat for fans of the genre.
Please find more details and sound clips for this release below.
Our PR territory will be “Europe” and Haulix links for downloads will be available from Monday.
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Product: Angels Or Kings - Go Ask The Moon
Label: AOR Heaven
Release date: Oct. 28th, 2016
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They were first formed in Manchester in the late 80’s and were well known to those in the UK AOR scene. The band recorded various demos and played shows the length of the country with artists such as Dare and Danger Danger. Although there had been some interest expressed by various record companies, AOK as they were then known, ultimately disbanded unable to secure a deal in a changing musical environment. Three of the original members reformed in 2011, recruited a new vocalist and subsequently began to write songs for what would become their debut album. The album was written over a period of a couple of years with the band managing to attract a good deal of attention along the way. Various radio stations had started to air the demos and one of the songs was entered into a competition and the newly renamed Angels Or Kings subsequently won the chance to open the last ever Firefest in 2014. The album Kings of Nowhere was released to coincide with this high profile festival appearance.
A wealth of positive reviews of Kings of Nowhere offered comparisons to Foreigner, Journey and Harem Scarem plus British acts FM, Strangeways and Dare. It appeared in many people's top ten albums of the year and in some cases topped the pile. Rob Evans of Classic Rock /AOR, Powerplay magazine and AOR Underground made it his album of the year in 2014. Further successful shows including an appearance at HRH AOR festival followed in 2015.
Building on this success, the band has returned to AOR Heaven to release their second album entitled Go Ask The Moon. Writing for the album started straight after Kings of Nowhere and 11 new songs have been written with the final song completed in July 2016. Again, the album was produced by Steve Kenny at his own Shabby Road studio and Mad Hat Studio in Wolverhampton. Mixing, mastering and engineering duties were performed by Sheena Sear and Mark Stuart from Mad Hat who are both well known for their work with Magnum.
The band are hopeful that a video will be released to support the album which is due out at the end of October and you can catch Angels or Kings on the final day of the Rockingham festival in Nottingham UK in October 2016.
Angels or Kings are delighted to announce that Dave Ellis (keyboards) and Daniel Bate (bass) have joined the band for live dates. They will join Baz Jackson (vocals) Tony Bell and Steve Kenny (guitars) and Andy Chemney (drums) to complete the lineup.
Discography:
- Kings Of Nowhere (2014), Go Ask The Moon (2016)
Soundclips in advance:
ANGELS OR KINGS - Ancient Fires (Edit)
ANGELS OR KINGS - No Alibi (Edit)
ANGELS OR KINGS - No More Faith To Lose (Edit)
Website: www.angelsorkings.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/angelsorkings
Label: www.metalheaven.net
In the realms of melodic metal, Sweden's Lion's Share has been synonymous with class and quality for over two decades. Not least thanks to a succession of great vocalists: Andy Engberg (220 Volt, Sorcerer, Section A), Nils Patrik Johansson (Astral Doors, Wuthering Heights, Civil War et al)... and who else? Oh yes – Tony Niva, the vocal powerhouse from Lion's Share's seminal fourth album ”Entrance” (2001).
NIVA MUSIC GROUP in co-operation with AOR Heaven now will release the new and sixth album by NIVA on October 28th, 2016! We will handle the PR for this release in Europe and will have Haulix download links available from Monday.
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Product: Niva – Atmospherical
Label: Niva Music Group/ AOR Heaven
Release date: Oct. 28th, 2016
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Tony Niva started singing as a young boy in the mid-80s, inspired by the likes of Dio, Joe Lynn Turner and Geoff Tate. After cutting his teeth in classic acts like Swedish Erotica and Axia, Tony formed his own outfit NIVA whose debut album ”No Capitulation” arrived in 1994 (featuring Ian Haugland of Europe/Glenn Hughes fame behind the kit). Despite the quality of this melodic affair, NIVA folded shortly afterwards. After graduating from the university, Tony joined Lion's Share long enough to record the aforementioned ”Entrance”– and left the music scene again shortly afterwards. However, in 2011 Tony tried out for the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest with the song ”Janitor of Love”. With limited success, on paper. Creatively the result was so satisfying that Tony extended his collaboration with his new songwriting team. NIVA's comeback album ”Gold From the Future” was released in Japan in the fall of 2011. (On the European and American market, the album was released under the moniker Oxygen and entitled ”Final Warning”.)
– I've been focusing on my career in the IT business, so I didn't make much music between 1994 and 2011, says Tony. But after that second NIVA album, I made two more: ”Magnitude” in 2013 and ”Incremental IV” in 2014. And after that, I thought I might as well release what I recorded in 1995 as the intended follow-up to ”No Capitulation”: ”Relievin' Rain” (2015). Now, however, I'm back with a whole new incarnation of NIVA. On this new album, I wanted to broaden my horizons. Different production, a heavier sound. So I've been working with Lars Chriss, my old pal from the Lion's Share days.
Lars Chriss, now a highly renowned producer with the likes of Overland, Chris Ousey, Radioactive, Seven and Lugnet on his resumé, has lent his producing, song-writing and guitar-playing skills to NIVA's sixth outing, ”Atmospherical”. Don't let the title fool you – NIVA has definitely moved away from the AOR-ish, comparative softness on previous works.
– This is more of a melodic metal sound, Tony agrees. It rocks harder, it's more riff-based and the keyboards are less prominent.
Obviously. Besides Lars and Tony himself, former Lion's Share luminaries Kay Backlund (keyboards) and monster bassist Andy Loos (also of Glory, Seven, Covered Call fame – to name but a few) have also lent their considerable skills to the creation of ”Atmospherical”. The album even includes a stellar remake of Lion's Share 1988 debut single, ”I'm on a roll”. So the Lion's Share reminiscence is very much intentional.
Line-up: Tony Niva – Lead vocals; Lars Chriss – Lead and rhythm guitars, Drums; Andy Loos – Bass; Kay Backlund – Keyboards (Dressed To Kill, Wall Of Bricks, Spirit Of The Night, Déjà Vu, I’m On A Roll, Evil Rose, Raise Your Voice); Fredrik Bergh – Keyboards (The Mountain, Play Our Songs, Forbidden Lover); Nigel Bailey – Backing vocals (appears courtesy of Frontiers Records Srl); Mick Devine – Additional backing vocals (Evil Rose, Wall Of Bricks); George Bailey – Additional backing vocals (Dressed To Kill)
Sound clips in advance:
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Eagle Vision veröffentlichen am 16.09.2016 die neue Live-DVD, -Blu-Ray und -CD „Live At Montreux 1991“ der Ausnahme-Rockband TOTO.
Wir nehmen Anfrage für Muster gerne entgegen! Bemusterungsgebiet: Deutschland & Österreich; Print und Onliner.
Toto – Live At Montreux 1991
Toto haben während ihrer langen Karriere viele Bandmitglieder willkommen geheißen, aber in den frühen 90er Jahren gab es ein kurzes Zeitfenster, in dem sie – wie viele sagen – eine ihrer besten Besetzungen mit den Musikern Steve Lukather (Gitarre & Gesang), David Paich (Keyboard & Gesang), Jeff Porcaro (Drums) und Mike Porcaro (Bass) hatten. Mit diesem Lineup, angereichert mit einigen Live-Musikern, spielten sie das nun vorliegende Konzert im Juli 1991 auf dem Montreux Festival. Die Montreux-Show wird nun zum ersten Mal überhaupt veröffentlicht und bietet einen Mix aus Songs vom 1992er Album „Kingdom Of Desire“, sowie viele Klassiker und Coversongs z.B. von Jimi Hendrix und Sly Stone. Das Konzert wird als DVD, Blu-ray und Audio-CD veröffentlicht und enthält insgesamt acht Tracks, die kein Toto Fan missen sollte.
TRACKLIST: 1) On The Run 2) Kingdom Of Desire 3) I’ll Be Over You 4) Africa 5) Jake To The Bone 6) Red House 7) Rosanna 8) I Want To Take You Higher
Format: DVD u.a.
Cat No: EREDV1253 (DVD)
DVD Format: NTSC Region 0
Screen Format: 16:9
Sound Formats: DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
Running Time: 70 mins approx.
Subtitles: None
