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Our inhouse-label PRIDE & JOY MUSIC is proud to announce the signing of Italian bass player and composer ALBERTO RIGONI! “BASSORAMA” is his fifth solo album and once again combines the finest elements from the genres Funk, Electro, Pop, Rock and experimental.
Video clips for the tracks “Bass Guy” and “Future Funk“ are available at these links in advance:
https://youtu.be/Rk4bzXco6HY (FutureFunk)
https://youtu.be/YWckLdjoLJk (Bass Guy)
This album features guest appearances by bassists Doug Wimbish (Living Colour), Divinity ROXX (Beyoncé), Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani), Nik West (Prince), Steve Lawson , Anna Sentina, Lars Lehmann (UFO, Vinnie Moore) and Remco Hendrix.
Please find the key information on the band below. The PR for this release will start in week ~ 2 weeks from now. Please send us your requests!
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Product: Alberto Rigoni - BASSORAMA
Release date: April 15th, 2016
Label: Pride & Joy Music
Territory: world
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Alberto Rigoni is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the progressive rock band TwinSpirits, Lady & THE BASS and co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project.
His solo albums (Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys and Overloaded, worldwide released between 2008 and 2014), between progressive rock metal and fusion, also feature legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring and many others.
Alberto has been featured on the cover of magazine such as Bass Magazine Japan, Bass Musician Magazine (Japan), Bajos Y Bajistas (Spain) and Basista (Poland). Moreover, On March 2015 the prestigious Bass Guitar Magazine (UK) released Alberto’s CD anthology called “Into THE BASS”.
Alberto has also recorded for several international artists such as Italian pop singer Alexia and is now playing bass with Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (Nelly Furtado), The Italians and the Crystal Music Project, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parsons, Jørn Lande, Paul Gilbert and others.
Rigoni is now releasing his fifth solo album BASSORAMA which will also feature Doug Wimbish, Divinity ROXX, Stu Hamm, Nik West, Steve Lawson, Anna Sentina, Lars Lehmann and Remco Hendrix.
Line-up: Alberto Rigoni (all instruments), Divinity ROXX (Beyoncé, bass on #5), Nik West (Prince, bass on #10), Stu Hamm (Satriani, Gambale, bass on #3), Lars Lehmann (Vinnie Moore, UFO; bass on #6, ), Doug Wimbish (Living Color, bass on #4), Anna Sentina (bass on #2), Steve Lawson (bass on #6), Remco Hendrix (bass on #7 & 9)
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbertoTHEBASSRigoni
Label:
ALMANAC, the new band formed by Victor Smolski (ex-RAGE) will release their debut album »Tsar« on March 18th via Nuclear Blast. Ahead of its release, the band premiered their new video for 'Self-Blinded Eyes' last week and the track is now available digitally.
Get it here: http://nblast.de/AlmanacDownloads
Watch the fitting music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGe8SslnyvI
ALMANAC have also created three fascinating studio episodes, telling you more about the making of »Tsar« - watch them here:
Episode #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJME_1_YAE
Episode #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNXlSDj5HT0
Episode #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLTjh1NOtek
Today, the new ALMANAC homepage went online - check out www.almanac.band for further news!
Pre-order »Tsar« here: http://geni.us/AlmanacTsarNB
»Tsar« - Tracklist:
01. Tsar
02. Self-Blinded Eyes
03. Darkness
04. Hands Are Tied
05. Children Of The Future
06. No More Shadows
07. Nevermore
08. Reign Of Madness
09. Flames Of Fate
Bonus DVD - Chapter Overview:
01. Self-Blinded Eyes
02. Tsar (Lyric video)
03. Making-of »Tsar«
Extras
04. The Making Of 'Self-Blinded Eyes'
05. Winter Masters Of Rock
06. Instruments & Techniques
07. Band interview
08. Outtakes
09. Studio Bits
10. B-Roll
11. Unity Music School
12. Credits
After 15 years and 10 CDs as guitarist, producer and composer for the German heavy metal institution RAGE, Victor Smolski now continues his musical career with his new group ALMANAC; a new musical concept combining heavy metal with classical music, songs written especially for a band and orchestra plus several male and female singers sharing the lead vocal job. The Belarus-born guitarist Smolski is joined in this new group by former LMO band members Jeanette Marchewka (vocals) and the symphony orchestra Orquestra Barcelona Filharmonia. New in the line up are bass player Armin Alic, drummer Michael Kolar and keyboardist Enric Garcia. Two high-class singers David Readman (PINK CREAM 69) and Andy B. Franck (BRAINSTORM) complete the extremely prominent line up. For all the members of ALMANAC, »Tsar« is a new, exciting, and very interesting chapter. Traditional metal in conjunction with classical music, world music and elements of Russian folklore with a modern sound all make ALMANAC a compelling and absolute listening experience.
ALMANAC live 2016:
03.06. CZ -Plzen - Metalfest Open Air
17.08. D-Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze
More dates to be announced soon...!
ALMANAC are:
Andy B. Franck - vocals
David Readman - vocals
Jeannette Marchewka - vocals
Victor Smolski - guitars
Armin Alić - bass, fretless bass
Michael Kolar - drums
Enric Garcia - keyboards, piano
feat. Orquestra Barcelona Filharmonia
More info:
www.almanac.band
www.victorsmolski.de
www.facebook.com/almanacvs.band
www.facebook.com/officialvictorsmolski
www.youtube.com/c/AlmanacOfficial
www.nuclearblast.de/almanac
Our inhouse-label PRIDE & JOY MUSIC is happy to announce the signing of Italian Melodic Rock band DANGER ZONE! The band most recently has completed their third album entitled “Closer To Heaven”. The release date is scheduled for April 15th, 2016.
At this link, you can listen to some excerpts of the album:
https://soundcloud.com/germusica/danger-zone-closer-to-heaven-pr-sampler
Please find the key information on the band below. The PR for this release will start in week ~ 2 weeks from now. Please send us your requests!
Product: Danger Zone – Closer To Heaven
Release date: April 15th, 2016
Label: Pride & Joy Music
Territory: world
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When guitarist Roberto Priori started the Italian band DANGER ZONE in the early 80s a long hard road lay ahead of them. In 1984 they released the LP “Victim Of Time”.
In the spring of 1988 DANGER ZONE eventually opened up for Heavy Metal legends Saxon in Verona, Italy and following the performance promoter and manager Francesco Sanavio offered DANGER ZONE a production deal which included the plan to break into the US market. Almost a year later in May 1989 the new album "Line Of Fire" began to take shape when executive producer Stephan Galfas (Meat Loaf, Savatage, Stryper, John Waite and Saxon) got involved and his colleagues Jody Gray and Mark Cobrin, both successful with the Japanese Hard Rock outfits Loudness and EZO, took over the production duties.
Due to adverse circumstances the finished album got shelved at first, but as the years went by "Line Of Fire" reached an underground cult status when Rock magazines, fanzines and dedicated fans of the band continuously demanded its release. Finally in 2011 the "Line Of Fire" CD saw the light of day through a German label. The band already got back together in 2010.
In the year 2012, the guys released their follow-up album “Undying” and played several gigs in Italy. To promote this release, the group played several shows in Italy and some Summer Festivals.In March 2014 they released a single and a video of the E.Z.O.'s song "Fire Fire", a tribute to a legendary Japanese band of the 80's, now featuring new bass player Matteo Minghetti. While keeping playing live, the Danger Zone started to work on the compositions for a new album. The sound now turned out to be more melodic than before so they decided to add Pier Mazzini (Perfect View) and Whitesnake's Michele Luppi on keyboards.
In Summer of 2015 the Italians started the recordings with Roberto Priori and Jody Gray producing at the PriStudio in Bologna; as before the engineering duties were handled by Roberto himself. The whole album has a very positive energy and attitude. Hard Rock and AOR were mixed together and as a result, the band feels even better presented than it was never before. That’s why they decided to call the album "Closer To Heaven", it marks a step towards their own identity and sound. The band is currently rehearsing with the added guitar player Danilo Faggiolino to get ready to bring this new chapter of the band on the road. Stay tuned!
Links: http://www.dangerzoneweb.com
www.facebook.com/DangerZone-112242658845853
Liebe Medienpartner,
am 25.02.2016 erscheint bei Bad Reputation das neue Album der australischen Rocker BLACK ACES. Es heißt „Shot In The Dark“ und wird von uns ab heute bemustert. Anfragen aus Deutschland und Österreich nehmen wir gerne entgegen!
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Produkt: Black Aces – Shot In The Dark
Label: Bad Reputation
EVT: 25.02.2016
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Hailing from country Victoria, Black Aces had a longing to hear the kind of music that had once forged this great country's musical back bone. They set about crafting such a band; a true blue, fire breathing, chest beating, riff n roll band! Drawing much of their inspiration from the Aussie greats in AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs, The Angels and Cold Chisel, they cut their teeth on their local scene. Developing their sound, and earning a reputation, they built a line-up capable of delivering a powerhouse rock'n'roll show.
Eventually settling with the four misfits you can see today. Never afraid of a beer, and a biff, is Tyler Kinder on lead vocals and lead guitar, then there's resident locksmith Rhys Collier on rhythm guitar, and the ironically unrelated rhythm section of Alex McMillan on bass, and Pete McMillan on drums.
Touring across the width and breadth of Australia soon followed, all the while winning new fans in city and country alike. Not stopping there though, the lads hopped a plane to the mother land. A non-stop, beer fueled, 2 week tour of the UK ensued, exciting many a punter with vicious Aussie rock'n'roll the likes they hadn't seen since AC/DC's first foray in the mid 70's. Along the way they have had the pleasure of appearing alongside Aussie greats such as Cosmic Psychos, Dallas Crane, Bodyjar, Stand Alone, Kings Of The Sun, Something For Kate and Black Label, as well as with Australia's next generation of rock royalty such as Dead City Ruins, The Deep End, The Lazys, Massive, and The Delta Riggs.
2014 has seen Black Aces continue the momentum they have built, releasing their brand new 'Hellbound' EP, chock full of ripper tracks. They subsequently released the manic film clip for lead single 'On The Rocks’.
2016. This is the year of Black Aces, comin up with its first album : Shot in the Dark. 13 rock’n’roll anthems (just 10 on download) including AC/DC’s cover ‚’Girls Got Rhythm’. Jarrad Morice (ex-The Deep End) remplaced Rhys on rhythm guitar. The album is produced by Craig Harnath who was the engineer and mixer on Runnin’ Wild by Airbourne, The Casanovas first album and Look What you’ve Done and Cold Hard Bitch by Jet.
Pounding out blistering rock'n'roll that you can’t help but bang your head and punch the air to, you will find it hard to leave a Black Aces show without a smile from ear to ear.
facebook.com/blackacesrock
Munich based label AOR Heaven is proud to announce to the signing of Finnish Melodic Hard Rock heroes RECKLESS LOVE for a release in the following countries & territories: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, BeNeLux & Sweden!
More information on the product can be found below.
To accompany the tour dates starting March 15th in Zurich, the album “InVader” will already be released on March 11th, 2016. The band will be available for PR activities such as interviews, photo sessions and meet & greet activities at all shows on request! Please contact us!
We will send out Haulix links tomorrow to press & radio in the aforementioned territories.
Tour dates (with support Santa Cruz):
15.03.2016 Dynamo – Zurich, Switzerland
16.03.2016 Szene – Wien, Austria
17.03.2016 Das Cann – Stuttgart, Germany
21.03.2016 Ampere – München, Germany
22.03.2016 Nachtleben – Frankfurt, Germany
24.03.2016 Luxor – Köln, Germany
27.03.2016 Rock Café – Hamburg, Germany
28.03.2016 Comet – Berlin, Germany
29.03.2016 Zeche – Bochum, Germany
30.03.2016 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Product: Reckless Love – InVader
Release date: 11.03.2016
Label: AOR Heaven
Territory: D, CH, A, NL, B, LUX, SE only
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Finlands own merry metallers, Reckless Love are carrying the torch of fun loving melodic hard rock and boy oh boy, they are doing it right. The band has been churning out insanely catchy anthems of wild parties, crazy nights and of course, girls girls girls for a better half of the decade now. There is simply no stopping this four piece.
Since day one, this brilliant quartet has been known for their shameless, colourful and high energy live performances which they have taken all over the world. Relentless touring in their home territory Finland, and also in the United Kingdom has helped them reach a steady following in both countries. In fact, the British fans showed their love in 2013 by raising their previous album "Spirit" on 11th place on the british rock charts. In Finland, their fans went a little further and made Reckless Love a gold selling artist.
March 11th marks the day Reckless Love will release their fourth studio album titled "InVader”.
Pepe Reckless, the bands guitarist, describes the album as their boldest and most versatile so far. He also adds that this time the results didn't come easy and it really meant shedding some blood, sweat and beers.
The band says: "We took a break from extensive touring in order to focus all our time and energy in songwriting. We wanted to stretch our musical muscles and genre limits more than ever before and experimented outside the box of our comfort zone. This way we wrote the greatest batch of songs we’ve ever written. In the end we came back to the core of our joyous brand of rock n roll and the results are fresh and original."
Reckless Love truly has an extraordinary talent for intertwining completely different musical worlds together as one intriguing fresh sound. A perfect example of this can be heard in their latest single "Monster". An ode to modern kind of female figure, in all its glory and gory.
Reckless Love will start their 2016 European/UK tour on 3rd of March from Bristol UK, with their fellow Finns Santa Cruz as their opening act, finishing off at Moscow Russia on 4th of April.
Soundbytes in advance:
RECKLESS LOVE - Destiny (Edit)
RECKLESS LOVE - Monster (Edit)
RECKLESS LOVE - We Are The Weekend (Edit)
Web: www.recklesslove.com
Label: www.metalheaven.net
