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Dear press & radio,
below you find the key information about AOR Heaven’s February release from LAST AUTUMN’S DREAM. “Level Eleven” is the Swedish band’s 11th studio album and will be released in Europe on February 20th, 2014.
As always, AOR Heaven releases are promoted digitally via Haulix. Download links will be provided after our holiday. UK contacts please shall get in touch with Mike Exley @ ME PR.
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Product: Last Autumn’s Dream – Level Eleven
Release Date: 20.02.2015
Label: AOR Heaven
PR territory: Europe (without UK)
PR contact: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! (Europe) / Mike @ ME PR (UK)
Mikael Erlandsson from Gothenburg is one of the best singers/ songwriters in Sweden today. Beside LAD he has since 2006 been the front man in the Swedish super group Secret Service on live tours all over the world.
He has recorded four successful solo albums and his Japanese record company together with XTC Productions came up with the idea of putting him together with the fantastic guitar player Andy Malecek from the successful German hard rock band Fair Warning for an album project.
Mikael and Andy were both hooked by the idea and a plan for the album began to grow. Ian Haugland, Mic Michaeli and John Leven of Europe-fame were asked if they were interested to join, which they did and the band LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM was born!
Their self titled debut album resembled the best Scandinavian melodic rock heritage, but also added a distinctive Fair Warning influence coming from Malecek’s guitar playing.
The band lost 3/5's of their members due to the comeback of Europe. So from their second album great musicians like bassist Marcel Jacob (Talisman) tragically died and was replaced by Nalley Påhlsson (Treat, Therion) and finally drummer Jamie Borger (Talisman, Treat, Secret Service) joined the band.
Andy Malecek unfortunately decided to leave the band in 2014 because of personal reasons and is now replaced by Peter “Pac” Söderström, a genius guitar player that earlier used to add rhythm guitars to the band’s previous albums.
Album number 11 “Level Eleven” will be released in Japan in December 2013 and in Europe in February 2013 and proposes as usual the combination of classic rock references with modern sound.
All albums recorded at XTC Studios in Stockholm. Executive producer Ulf Wahlberg (Secret Service).
Track list: 1. Kiss Me, 2. Follow Your Heart, 3. Fight The World, 4. I’ll B There 4 U, 5. Losing You, 6. Go Go Go - Get Ready For The Show, 7. Delirious, 8. Made Of Stone, 9. Stick Around, 10. Star, 11. PLZ (+ hidden track)
Line-up: Mikael Erlandsson – vocals, Jamie Borger – drums, Nalley Pahlsson – bass, Peter Söderström - guitars
Sound clips in advance:
LAST AUTUMNS DREAM - Follow Your Heart (Edit)
Dear press & radio,
below you find the key information about the upcoming album from Swedish Power Metal band THE STORYTELLER. “Sacred Fire” will be released on Black Lodge/ Sound Pollution on February 27th. We’re in charge for the PR in Europe will start with the PR tomorrow.
The video clip for the song “One Last Stand” is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT_ylq92nlI
Please send us your requests!
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Product: The Storyteller – Sacred Fire
Label: Black Lodge
Release date: 27.02.2015
PR: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! (in Europe)
When you hear the name THE STORYTELLER - you become curious and full of expectations. It´s a name that obligates and demands a lot from the bearer.
This majestic Swedish metalband, formed in the city of Gävle at the end of the 1990´s, hasn´t failed in either fulfilling all expectations or delivering the goods. THE STORYTELLER´s musical style can, a bit simplified, be described as "Traditional Power Metal, with influences from medieval folk music". The debut album came in the year of 2000, and was instantly in the top 3 of Japan's importlist. It also did very well at home in Sweden. A good rating. Raving reviews from all magazines / websites were received and as the icing on the cake - Japans greatest Metal-Magazine "Burrn!" gave THE STORYTELLER the best possible review!
All this was of course very promising for the future. THE STORYTELLER almost took off before they had started! Everything just went on, with another three albums and one minialbum. Each one building the band's reputation and while ensuring that the old fanbase was still there, it also secured the regrowth of a new and larger audience.
During 2000-2006 THE STORYTELLER played and performed frequently and was a highly esteemed name at most big national festivals, such as Sweden Rock Festival, Gates Of Metal, Umeå Open Metal Festival, 2000 Decibel, Motala Metalfestival etc. The band was headlining the event "Gävle Cityfest" in 2006, right at their hometurf. A huge success of course.
THE STORYTELLER has during the years toured with bands like Helloween, Hammerfall, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Bruce Kulick, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius, among many others.
Between 2006-2012, the bands indisputable leader and frontfigure - L-G Persson - put THE STORYTELLER on hold. Eventually he felt the time was right to reunite the band for a few shows. This brought the urge and inspiration back to the band, and a decision was made that the reunion would be permanent . Just before the preparations for THE STORYTELLER´s fifth album, one of the founding members decided to quit, and a new line-up was born:
L-G Persson - Vocals
Martin Hjerpe -Drums
Jacob Wennerqvist -Guitar
Marcus Backlund -Guitar
Hank Branneryd - Bass
The album "Dark Legacy" came as a proof of the reunion and was very well received. It did really prove that the fans from before were still "safe & sound", and also that a totally new wave of fans had appeared. During 2014 THE STORYTELLER has recorded their next grand studio album - "Sacred Fire" ! This record comes as a statement: THE STORYTELLER is now here to stay! To reclaim their well deserved position as one of the top-acts in Swedish Powermetal. The fairytale that THE STORYTELLER started to tell fifteen years ago, seems to be a never ending story - so hold on, because this is the time for the fantastic continuation!
Our office will be closed from Dec. 23rd until January 6th included.
We would like to use the occasion and thank all of our business partners for the continued, massive support. The year 2014 – just like the years before – again was a year that broke all the records we previously had achieved. This includes the trading results for our company, the amount of Golden and Platin Awards we received during the past months and an amazing amount of 29 official chart entries for your products which would have not been possible without your massive support. Thank you very much!
The coming year will bring a couple of new ideas, new PR partners to work with, and we’re looking forward to working with you again in 2015!
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Liebe Medienpartner,
das französische Label Bad Reputation beginnt das kommende Jahr mit der Veröffentlichung des neuen Soloalbums von TODD GRIFFIN (ex THE GRAVEYARD TRAIN). Das Werk heißt „Mountain Man“, erscheint bereits am 10.01.2015 und wartet neben dem Bandchef selbst mit einem hochkarätigem Line-Up auf: Mitch Perry (U.F.O.), Jorgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams) und Arlan Oscar (Joe Bonamassa Band) sind mit an Bord.
Wir bemustern mit diesem Blues-Rock-Album in sehr limitierter Stückzahl Presse, Onliner und Radios in Deutschland und Österreich – rein physisch mit Promo-Cardsleeves.
Bitte bei Interesse unbedingt anfragen – die verfügbaren CDs reichen voraussichtlich nicht für alle Interessenten!
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Produkt: TODD GRIFFIN – Mountain Man
Label: Bad Reputation
VÖ: 10.01.2015
PR-Gebiet: Deutschland & Österreich
PR-Kontakt: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!
Todd Griffin was signed by Geffen Records in the 90's as the lead vocalist of The Graveyard Train. Today Griffin has broken away from the major labels and is in total control of driving his solo career in his chosen direction away from the darkness style of The Graveyard Train. Griffin's debut solo album "Trial By Fire" on the Northern Mechanical label shows his blended mystical spiritual hard rock style that has a calming effect filled with lightness which is about this artist reinventing himself not trying to make it in the business in a commercial sense. With credits such as being the vocalist for "That 70's Song" during the opening season of "That 70's Show," and also working as a music director, Griffin's future looks promising as he further develops his solo career.To follow his well-received debut solo album ‘Trial By Fire’ and inspirational sophomore album ‘Griffin’ (both CD’s to be reissue and issue in 2015 with bonus tracks on Bad Reputation), Todd Griffin has joined in continued music fusion of Black Sabbath meets Led Zeppelin with influences including timeless artists Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Neil Young.
When Todd Griffin first arrived in Hollywood he started singing for a local band called NRG that would soon play on the same bill as Guns N' Roses and Poison at the Troubadour. Soon Griffin's haunting vocals became the talk of the town and industry insiders took notice. While in NRG a tape of Todd Griffin was given by Aaron Jacobes (an A&R scout for A&M records), to the Jon Bon Jovi camp. After receiving the tape Griffin was flown by the band to London in which Jon Bon Jovi treated him like royalty by having him picked up from Heathrow airport in a white Jaguar limo and driven to a castle that was converted into a five star hotel. This was Todd Griffin's moment of breaking into the coveted rock star world in which he came with $40 in his pocket but was well taken care of in London so he didn't have to worry about spending $27 for bacon and eggs which was the cheapest thing on the menu. Shortly after, Todd Griffin was looking for a band and solely founded, The Graveyard Train, taken the name from an old Creedence Clearwater song. The band performed five shows throughout Hollywood-Ca and was quickly in the middle of a bidding war with 8 major labels. Geffen Records was the highest bidder and Todd Griffins mind was made up, The Graveyard Train would be signed to Geffen Records. Life became a constant party 24/7, and priorities became mixed up for the band with music not being the main focus and distractions taking over. Back in 2014!
Todd kept many friends in the profession as Jack Russell and Mark Kendall ( Great White) but also quite a lot of knowledge. This is the way for his third solo album, he surrounded itself with attractive sharks evolving in waters bluesy: Mitch Perry ( U.F.O). Jorgen Carlson (Gov' t mule), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams) and still Arlan Oscar (Joe Bonamassa). The voice and the play of Todd Griffin's guitar did not change. The artist adores the soul, the blues, the rock and that transpires on this album. Does not he shout his beautiful hoarse voice " Stand Up For Rock'n'Roll, Stand Up and Free Your Soul "? Glory Train and its Rolling Stone rhythmic, Mountain King and it stench of bayou in the CCR way and still Devil Women and its Animals inspiration are such beautiful firebrands. Geronimo, These Days and Voice Of The People are not outdone and are groovy as one pleases. Let us make straight: we hold here a fun, exalting and exciting album. Todd Griffin should travel Europe in 2015. Alone or accompanied, it does not matter, the man is affable and so much has to offer.
Liebe Medienpartner,
die Kölner Alternative-/Punk-/Postrock-Band ENDOKARD veröffentlicht am 16.01.2014 ihre zweite EP „SchreitenWartenEnde“.
Den aktuellen Videoclip zum Song „Wir laufen mit“ findet Ihr/Sie hier: http://www.putpat.tv/videos/endokard/wir_laufen_mit-6pnagm
Wir sind zuständig für die PR in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz und bemustern ab jetzt mit dem Digipack. Anfragen nehmen wir gerne entgegen!
Die Band steht auch für Interviews zur Verfügung!
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Band: Endokard
Produkt: SchreitenWartenEnde
VÖ: 16.01.2015
PR: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!
Videoclip: http://www.putpat.tv/videos/endokard/wir_laufen_mit-6pnagm
Zwischen Rhein, A3 und erdrückenden Aspirinwolken lernten sich Sänger/Gitarrist Franz und Schlagzeuger Tom in der Chemiemetropole Leverkusen kennen und gründeten 2010 die deutschsprachige Alternative/Punkrock/Postrock Band Endokard.
2 Bassisten später stieß das fehlende Bindeglied Marek dazu, welcher fortan als neuer Tieftöner den charakteristischen Sound von Endokard entscheidend mitprägt. Seit 2013 probt das neuformierte Dreigestirn in der Domstadt Köln. Alaaf.
Im Innersten dem deutschen Punkrock verfallen, aber keineswegs unterworfen, bilden viel Emotion, Wut & Pathos das Fundament ihrer Musik. Dass Endokard ihr Klanggut als Ventil nutzen, spiegelt sich vor allem auch in den Texten wider. Kritisch, selbstreflektierend & hinterfragend setzen sie sich mit Beobachtungen aus dem Leben auseinander und tragen ihren Standpunkt impulsiv nach außen.
SchreitenWartenEnde. Hinter dieser Wortverkettung verbirgt sich der Titel der aktuellen EP, welcher inhaltlich zwei unterschiedliche Bedeutungen hat. Zum Einen beschreibt dieser Titel den bisherigen Werdegang von Endokard, der bis zur Fertigstellung der Platte von Höhen und Tiefen begleitet wurde. Zum Anderen bezieht er sich auf den gleichnamigen Song.
Schreiten! Warten! Ende! Ein Sinnbild für die Funktionsgesellschaft? Ein militärischer Appell an das Fußvolk, welches lethargisch Befehlen folgt? Oder einfach nur Punk? Nein!!! Hierbei geht es nicht einfach darum, die Faust zu erheben und Parolen ins Mikrofon zu schreien. Vielmehr geht es um das Festhalten von Beobachtungen und Eindrücken.
Die EP wurde in den Rock Or Die Studios Düsseldorf von Michael Czernicki aufgenommen und gemischt. Zuletzt produzierte er die Band „Tarakany“, welche auf die Nummer 1 der Russischen Charts (und Itunes Charts) stürmten und begleitete kürzlich Kraftklub auf ihrer Deutschlandtour „In Schwarz“ als Soundengineer.
Nach der ersten EP-Produktion 2010 folgten regionale Konzerte, Zeitungs-/Radiointerviews (Radio 1Live Plan B), erste Festivalerfahrungen im Ausland (Magia Rocka Festival, Polen) und zuletzt die Musikvideopremiere zum Song „Wir Laufen Mit“ (Putpat.TV Newcomervorstellung). Lama sei Dank!
Im Hinblick auf deutschlandweite Konzerte und Supportslots und der ständig wachsenden Zahl an Songs arbeitet Endokard akribisch an ihrem 2015 erscheinenden Debütalbum.
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Pressestimmen:
„Als Jury-Mitglied des Leverkusener Kultur- und Förderpreises fiel mir und den anderen Juroren eine Gruppe sofort auf: ENDOKARD. Sie wurde unser Preisträger. Wie weit wird die Gruppe kommen? Sehr weit, hoffe ich! Die Energie dazu haben die drei Musiker. ENDOKARD startet jetzt die nächste Karrierestufe.”
(Peter Rüchel, WDR Rockpalast)
"...das Trio Endokard, das seinen bissig düsteren Abgesang auf den Moloch Großstadt als zündende Mischung aus furios schepperndem Punkrock und ungestüm komplexen
Post-Hardcore aus den Boxen feuert."
Kölner Stadtanzeiger
„...wie der Urknall des Rock, wie reine Energie aus verzweifelten Hilferufen und trotziger Wut. Und die Texte,(...) jedes Wort ein Peitschenhieb auf die Ellenbogen-Gesellschaft, also ganz der Rock-'n'-Roll-Gedanke."
Kölner Stadtanzeiger
„Mit teils bissigen, teils emotionalen deutschem Postpunk und -rock trumpften Endokard auf. Sehr melodisch und mit subtilen, ausdrucksstarken Texten kehrten sie ihre persönlichen Vorstellungen und Eindrücke von der heutigen Welt nach außen und das keineswegs zurückhaltend. Der erste Pogo ließ nicht lange auf sich warten.“
Leverkusener Stadtanzeiger
Internet:
https://soundcloud.com/endokardmusik
Musikvideo „Wir Laufen Mit“:
http://www.putpat.tv/videos/endokard/wir_laufen_mit-6pnagm
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