Last month, the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT released The Retinal Circus, an epic recording of Hevy Devy's sold-out show at the Roundhouse in London in 2012. On Black Friday (Nov. 29th), a white 10" with two tracks from this special live extravaganza will be available at participating retailers in the USA. Entitled Lucky Animals "Live From The Retinal Circus", the 10" features hand-drawn cover artwork by Devin himself and the following track-listing:
Lucky Animals "Live From The Retinal Circus" track-listing
Side A
1. Lucky Animals
Side B
1. Truth
Limited to 1000 copies, this exclusive 10" will disappear fast. To find a store that carries Lucky Animals "Live From The Retinal Circus", please visit:www.recordstoreday.com
For a preview of The Retinal Circus, fans can watch the previously released DVD clips for "Kingdom", "Grace", and "War". To purchase The Retinal Circus, please visit iTunes for a digital copy or CM Distro for a variety of physical formats.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: limited Lucky Animals "Live From The RetinalCircus"10" available on Black Friday (Nov. 29th)
CLUTCH Earth Rocker Live Double Vinyl Picture Disc - In Stores Now
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
GRAMMY-AWARDS WINNING JARS OF CLAY GIVES AWAY “FALL ASLEEP” FROM INLAND TO BENEFIT PHILIPPINES
“Fall Asleep” Video Filmed In Philippines, Stars Filipino
Super-Model/Actress Rhian Ramos, Directed by Luis Tabuena
“Inland Christmas Tour” Launches Dec. 4, Features Special Guests
John Mark McMillan, Lainey Wright
Multiple Platinum and GRAMMY-Awards winning band Jars of Clay is giving away the song, “Fall Asleep,” from its acclaimed album, Inland, through a special NoiseTrade offering beginning today to raise money for relief efforts in the Philippines. All of the proceeds from the single will be used to support The Red Cross in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, claimed to be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history.
The official music video for “Fall Asleep,” which premiered on USAToday.com and is now being promoted in various video channels, was created in Manila, directed by Luis Tabuena and stars Filipino super-model/actress, Rhian Ramos.
“The video was done for us entirely for free, as a gift,” says Jars of Clay lead vocalist, Dan Haseltine. “We are so grateful for the gift of such a stunningly beautiful music video. By using the video and the song as a means to raise funds to help in the clean up and restoration efforts currently taking place in the Philippines, we felt it would be a wonderful way to respond in kind.”
People are encouraged to watch the video, and then go to NoiseTrade and download “Fall Asleep,” leaving a tip for the relief efforts.
“I incorporated the sun and stars from the Filipino flag, as well as the skyline of Manila,” says Haseltine of the artwork created for the single. “We are hoping to raise $50,000 to help serve the amazing people of the Philippines and will be working with The Red Cross to insure the funds are used properly and efficiently.”
“Fall Asleep,” the band’s first piano ballad, is a showcase for Haseltine’s vulnerable singing and band member Charlie Lowell’s contemplative piano. “It’s about a relationship that can’t last and asks if we can accept the grace of a single moment,” Jars of Clay’s rhythm guitarist, banjo player and harmony vocalist Matt Odmark explains. “It’s a narrative of impermanence and sums up the themes of the record. Since nothing lasts forever, is there a way to live in the present and find peace with the knowledge of limitation?”
Playing “Fall Asleep” and other selections from its current album, Inland, along with its fan favorites and Christmas classics, Jars of Clay launches its “Inland Christmas Tour” in Waco, TX Dec. 4 with special guests John Mark McMillan and Lainey Wright. The tour benefits Blood:Water Mission and promises to be a multi-instrumental and musically collaborative experience. All of the upcoming Jars of Clay tour dates can be found at www.jarsofclay.com.
“Our Christmas concerts tend to be the most creative events of the year for Jars of Clay,” says Haseltine. “We incorporate toy pianos, concert bass drums, mini-bass, xylophones, strings and bells, along with all the usual instruments, lights and presentation to shine a warm light on a season of peace and joy.”
It’s been nearly twenty years since Dan Haseltine, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell and Matthew Odmark released their debut Frail. Students at the time, Jars of Clay once again harness the youthful ambition and uninhibited creativity of their beginnings for Inland, while cultivating a maturity in sound with embellishments of violin, horns and ambient melodies that attests two decades of experience. Inland, which released amidst acclaim Aug. 27 on the band’s Gray Matters label, is available now everywhere great music is sold, including online at iTunes and Amazon.com.
Along with 16 No. 1 songs, Jars of Clay has received major television and film song placements, made appearances on all the major late night talk shows and entertainment magazines, and has shared the stage with Sting, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, GooGooDolls, Duran Duran, Jewel, EmmyLou Harris, Matchbox 20, Melissa Etheridge, Alison Krauss, The Civil Wars and many more. They have also collaborated with Mark Hudson, Greg Wells, Dennis Herring, Stephen Lipson, Joanne Cash, Art Garfunkel, Carol King and many others. The band further founded the Blood:Water Mission charity in 2002 to help combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.
For all the latest Jars of Clay tour news and more, go to www.jarsofclay.com.
BEC RECORDINGS’ ALL THINGS NEW CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION OF THEIR DEBUT RELEASE
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EPICA SCHEDULE SPOTIFY SOUNDROP CHAT
Left to right: Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Simone Simons, Rob van der Loo, Mark Jansen, Ariën V. Weesenbeek
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA have a well-deserved reputation of being close to their dedicated fans. With nearly 2 million likes on Facebook, the band is covering new grounds within the virtual world, and they’re always eager to try new ways of reaching out to music lovers from around the world. To that end, EPICA singer SIMONE SIMONS, guitarist MARK JANSENand keyboard player COEN JANSSEN are setting aside 60 minutes on Tuesday, November 19th at 10 a.m. PACIFIC / 1 p.m. EASTERN to chat with fans via Spotify’s Soundrop.
To take part in the chat, visit: http://soundrop.fm/s/epica
Install the Soundrop app into your Spotify account and follow the upper link to the chat room (chat function is in the upper right).
To take part in the chat, visit: http://soundrop.fm/s/epica
Install the Soundrop app into your Spotify account and follow the upper link to the chat room (chat function is in the upper right).
View more details on the Soundrop chat by clicking the icon below.
Celebrating their 10th Anniversary with a spectacular “One Night Only” sold-out concert at theKlokgebouw in Eindhoven, The Netherlands with five thousand fans in attendance, Retrospect,EPICA’s live 2-DVD/3-CD career retrospective, is strictly limited to 3,000 copies in North Americaand will be released in the U.S. and Canada on November 26th. It includes a 48-page booklet, exclusive interviews with all EPICA band members, and behind-the-scenes footage from their self-professed “longest & biggest show ever.”
The prima book & exclusive Retrospect t-shirt bundle (below) can be pre-ordered from theRetrospect Landing Page: http://bit.ly/epicaretrospect
The prima book & exclusive Retrospect t-shirt bundle (below) can be pre-ordered from theRetrospect Landing Page: http://bit.ly/epicaretrospect
Watch a live clip of “The Phantom Agony” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
“Unleashed” live is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
“Unleashed” live is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The pyro-filled & lightshow-studded evening also included special guest appearances by fellow Dutch metal frontwoman Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH, REVAMP) EPICA founding drummer Jeroen Simons, founding guitarist Ad Sluijter, and founding bassist Yves Huts performing on the band’s breakthrough single “Quietus” from EPICA’s 2005 album Consign To Oblivion.
In addition to the collection of EPICA of hits from their entire catalog, the Retrospect DVD also features instrumental covers of classics by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and the Oscar-winning film composer John Williams.
The track listing for Retrospect is:
01 – Introspect
02 – Monopoly On Truth
03 – Sensorium
04 – Unleashed (live clip here)
05 – Martyr Of The Free Word
03 – Sensorium
04 – Unleashed (live clip here)
05 – Martyr Of The Free Word
06 – Chasing The Dragon
07 – Presto
08 – Never Enough
08 – Never Enough
09 – Stabat Mater Dolorosa
10 – Twin Flames
11 – Serenade Of Self-Destruction
12 – Orchestral Medley
13 – The Divine Conspiracy ~Anniversary Edition~
13 – The Divine Conspiracy ~Anniversary Edition~
14 – Delirium
15 – Blank Infinity
16 – The Obsessive Devotion
17 – Retrospect
18 – Battle Of The Heroes & Imperial March
19 – Quietus
20 – The Phantom Agony (live clip here)
21 – Cry For The Moon
22 – Sancta Terra
23 – Design Your Universe
24 – Storm The Sorrow
25 – Consign To Oblivion
26 – Outrospect
Visit EPICA online at www.EPICA.nl.
HELL GUITARIST KEV BOWER DIGS DEEP ON CURSE & CHAPTER TRACKS
With a little over a week left until the November, 26th North American release of the secondHELL album, Curse And Chapter, HELL guitarist, main songwriter, and keyboard player Kev Bower shares the following about the album and then digs a little deeper into each song.
“Following up Human Remains was never going to be an easy task. The multiple 'Album Of The Year' awards, the amazing reaction from fans and the media alike - we always knew that our second album was going to have to be something quite special. And so it was with this in mind, that work started seriously almost two years ago, with myself and [guitarist] Andy Sneap laying down the first rough song studio demos - songs which the band would take out on the road, playing some of them at selected shows throughout 2012 and early 2013 to try them out on audiences first, before committing them to a proper recording. That proved to be a valuable experience, with the songs evolving, changing and developing into what everyone will hear on the finished album. Here's a short resume of the track list, and how everything came together…”
Track 1 - GEHENNAE INCENDIIS
“You only get one chance to make a first impression' someone once told me. They were right. Many people were fascinated at how Human Remains ended, with the sound of a huge door being slammed shut. But what could possibly be on the other side of that door - and what unspeakable nightmares lay in wait there? We open that door once again, and now reveal the answer. But be warned that this is no ordinary door - this is a gateway. A portal to another world...”
Track 2 - THE AGE OF NEFARIOUS
“The album's opening track was originally brought to the studio by me sometime early in 2013, and the music was written around a killer set of lyrics from David [Bower, vocalist], who has become responsible for a substantial proportion of the lyrics and vocal arrangements on this album. It makes perfect sense - he has to deliver these lines with passion, and what better way to ensure this than to deliver words from his head and his heart. Andy's massive skill and experience as a producer helped me to arrange this into a song which twists and turns numerous times before reaching its inevitable conclusion.”
Track 3 - THE DISPOSER SUPREME
“The first of Curse And Chapter's 'old' HELL songs which we have re-worked from the 1980s. What can one say about a song which changes key 17 times and time signature 12 times all within the first 3 minutes? Like many things which we do, it shouldn't work - but it does. This song very nearly made it onto the first album, and it's a total pleasure to present this updated version now. With this, and some other songs on the album, I especially enjoyed revisiting and recreating some of the vintage analog synthesizer sounds which I originally used. Digital is fantastic for soundscapes, orchestration and choirs, but for good old searing lead lines, you just can't beat the warmth of oscillators, ADSR's and filters...”
Track 4 - DARKHANGEL
“A song written about Aleister Crowley's infamous attempts to raise the demon Pan in a Paris hotel room in the 1930s. This track evolved in exactly the same way as 'The Age Of Nefarious,' with Andy helping to rearrange and structure my original music into something more coherent, and with David taking my original lyrical ideas and transforming them into a great story about one of the most notorious occult events in history. The intro soundscape features the voice of Crowley himself, lifted from an old wax cylinder recording.”
Track 5 - HARBINGER OF DEATH
“Every HELL album will feature a pure cover of a RACE AGAINST TIME song. Last time we did 'The Oppressors' - but this one was always my all-time RAT favorite. It's our way of paying tribute not only to the sadly missed Dave Halliday and keeping his memory alive, but also to acknowledge the outstanding talents of Alan Short, RAT's bass player and joint songwriter. We're honored to feature Alan himself and Geoff Green (former RAT drummer) guesting on backing vocals for us on this one. A total dark joy.”
Track 6 - END OV DAYS
“One of the advantages of having another talented songwriter in the band is that he will come up with something like this. Deceptively simple, but epic in arrangement and execution, this Sneapcreation once again features David's apocalyptic lyrics and vocal arrangements. Surely destined to become a live favorite. The word 'Ov' incidentally refers to witchcraft in Hebrew...”
Track 7 - DEATHSQUAD
“Who still does instrumentals these days? We do. This was originally the B-side of our original 1983 vinyl 7-inch, and I used some of the themes to create the intro music for the Human Remains album, which has subsequently used as our live show intro ever since. Here it is again, now in its full-on reworked final 2013 version, with a new intro soundscape I created as a metaphor to show what I think religion really contributes to our world...”
Track 8 - SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
“This was actually the first song I wrote for the album, and we jammed it through many times as a 4-piece band during one of Andy's lengthy production absences in the USA. We played it live and tried it out at shows as long ago as December 2011, and despite a few small changes, it's remained more or less as written. It perfectly demonstrates how this band isn't afraid to be musically different, combining driving heavy riffing with elements of progressive keyboard-driven melody, all set against a backdrop of dark and twisted lyrics. Once again - it shouldn't work, but it does...”
Track 9 - FAITH WILL FALL
“Another new song written by Andy and David. Total heavy metal thunder. Whilst Tony Speakman (bass) and Tim Bowler (drums) don't get involved in the songwriting process, their contribution to the overall and unique sound of HELL can never be underestimated, and the solid rhythmic bedrock which supports a song like this is perfect testament to their ability as one of the tightest rhythm sections in metal.”
Track 10 - LAND OF THE LIVING DEAD
“We had so many fans disappointed that this song didn't make the final cut of Human Remainsthat we didn't really have any choice but to include it this time. As with all original 1980's HELLsongs, it's remained almost completely true to the original version, but more precisely played and with modern keyboard technology being used to drive it along even better than the first time around. Probably the nearest we ever got to writing a song which could become a surprise million-selling hit single...”
Track 11 - DELIVER US FROM EVIL
“So shall we include this one on the album - another 1980's HELL live favourite - or not? One of the challenges facing an intensely theatrical live band is that songs which are live favourites (thanks largely to the insane antics which accompany their live performance) sometimes don't necessarily translate into good recorded songs. So we recorded it anyway, and planned to maybe use it as an audio-bonus track on the DVD. Then we listened to it again, whilst subconsciously stamping our feet, waving our arms around and banging our heads in unison, and thought'Hmmmm... Yes, we should...'”
Track 12 - A VESPERTINE LEGACY
“The closing track, and a re-telling of the FW Murnau 'Nosferatu' masterpiece movie story from 1922, but told from an entirely different perspective - that of the sad creature himself, and the husband of the girl for whom the creature's fascination eventually seals his fate. I've gone to town on the keys for this song, using a whole variety of ethnic sounds of instruments such as the Djembe, Santur, Yayli and Zurna, to create a dark musical landscape for the darkest of all stories. And if anyone can create a heavier riff than one used in here, I'd really love to hear it.”
Pre-order Curse And Chapter here: http://smarturl.it/HellCurse Curse And Chapter is also available on iTunes: http://georiot.co/44Sq
Watch HELL perform the track “Darkhangel” live at this year’s Bloodstock Festival in the U.K.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
HELL is:
· David Bower – Vocals
· Kev Bower - Guitar & Keyboards
· Andy Sneap - Guitar
· Tony Speakman – Bass
· Tim Bowler - Drums
Visit HELL online at www.HELL-METAL-BAND.com
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