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CD/DVD Releases: News Bits: The Tangent, Epica, In The Labyrinth, Flying Colors...

Posted on Saturday, February 18 @ 20:10:00 UTC by nightowl

The Tangent are delighted to announce 2 PROGTASTIC shows in Europe with very special guests Manning!!!

Friday, June 1st at De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland and Sunday June 3rd at The Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium.

This will be a rare opportunity to see Manning play live in Europe and we are all delighted to be involved with this very exciting collaboration with ex-Tangent member and multi-talented musician/songwriter Guy Manning and his superb band. [Source: Guy Manning]

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"I'm proud to announce the official lineup for my new instrumental metal album Hands Of Fire, which will be released later this year," writes Mistheria in his latest (January) newsletter. "With me on keyboards, piano, keytar, organ, and bass-pedal, I'm truly honored to have on board three amazing musicians and friends:

Roger Staffelbach (guitars)
Steve Di Giorgio (bass)
John Macaluso (drums)

"Songwriting and arrangements are completed, recordings will start in the next weeks. The album will feature both original songs and heavy-arranged classical masterpieces (Albinoni, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Paganini, Rimsky-Korsakov).

"Songlist, artwork and label will be announced soon." [Source: Mistheria]

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In The Labyrinth's Peter Lindahl shares that The Garden Of Mysteries is finally back. The album has been out of print for more than 10 years. "Now in January, 2012 this, our first CD album, is once again made accessible through Transubstans Records, a subdivision of Record Heaven! If you find this interesting please check out more details" here or here.

"Or click on this link: In the Labyrinth – Escape From Canaan if you want to listen to the single 'Escape from Canaan' which has been extracted from the album and released on Spotify!" [Source: In The Labyrinth/Peter Lindahl]

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Drummers (and drum enthusiasts) take heed: progressive metallers The Safety Fire have now released a drum play-through of their single "Huge Hammers"! To watch the band's own Calvin Smith behind his kit, head over to Sick Drummer now for the exclusive footage. [Source: InsideOut Music]

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Italian bass player Alberto Rigoni makes available on YouTube the official video clip of "The Net," a song from his new solo album Rebirth released by Nightmare Records (via Sony/RED distribution). Short but intense, the tune is based on bass harmonics that create a unique atmosphere. "I love bass harmonics. The tune is simple but hypnotic," comments Rigoni. [Source: A.R. Press Office]

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Epica come forward with the following hot news:

"Here we are with the first official teaser of the upcoming album Requiem For The Indifferent, which will be released by Nuclear Blast on March 9th (March 13th in the US). This time however we're doing it like no one has done before, by weekly releasing an extra layer of music, giving our fans a little more insight in the complexity and the different aspects of Epica's music.

"As this is the first video in the series, you'll only hear Arien's drums. However, the next 7 weeks we will add layer by layer, and make the sample longer and longer. Through these videos we will also weekly release backstage pictures, pieces of the album artwork, tour updates, etc, to make the wait for the album just a little bit more bearable!"

Check out the first layer at bit.ly/wpAHvM and the second layer (with bass added) here [I'll note that the bass is not very prominent in the mix... -ed.]. [Source: Nuclear Blast]

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Flying Colors debut album's track listing revealed. Mascot Label Group has announced the release of the eponymous debut album from Flying Colors -- the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater) and guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple). The CD will be made available via Music Theories Recordings in the U.K. on Monday, March 26, followed by a U.S. release on Tuesday, March 27.

Flying Colors is Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Dave LaRue (bass), Neal Morse (keyboards, vocals), Casey McPherson (lead vocals, guitar), and Steve Morse (lead guitar).

"This album has bits and pieces of what you'd expect from each of us," says Portnoy. "The sum of all its parts led to brand new, unchartered territory for everyone involved."

Flying Colors track listing:

01. Blue Ocean
02. Shoulda Coulda Woulda
03. Love Is What I’m Waiting For
04. The Storm
05. Kayla
06. Forever In A Daze
07. Everything Changes
08. Better Than Walking
09. All Falls Down
10. Fool In My Heart
11. Infinite Fire

[Read our January 23 news item for more about this upcoming release. -ed.] [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Italian composer and guitar shredder Luca Turilli reports that LT'S Rhapsody's new album will be entitled Ascending To Infinity and will be released this summer in North America by Nuclear Blast [June 29 in Europe by Nuclear Blast]. Visit the band's Facebook page to view the track list and read a special message from Luca!

The length of the album will be around 65 minutes. The limited edition will include 2 additional bonus tracks for 75 minutes of music plus many exclusive gifts to be revealed very soon.

In autumn 2012 the Ascending To Infinity worldwide headliner tour will follow.

Please check the official band’s website on FEBRUARY 27, 2012 for more news and the exclusive presentation of the new LT’S Rhapsody's outstanding singer!

[Source: Nuclear Blast USA & Nuclear Blast]

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Norwegian extreme, progressive metallers Ram-Zet have reached an agreement with Buil2Kill Records/Nadir Music for the release of their new album, Freaks In Wonderland. The effort will be out with physical and digital worldwide distribution later this month (February).

Ram-Zet's fourth album, Neutralized, came out in 2010 via Ascendance Records. The band's third CD, Intra, was released in July 2005 via Tabu Records. The follow-up to 2002's Escape (Spikefarm Records) was mixed in Sweden with producer Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad, Darkane, Meshuggah). [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Ainur were working on two projects. "While working on our 4th album (Wars Of Beleriand [yet to be released]), [... we began] recording Lays Of Beleriand - An Acoustic Journey In Middle-Earth (this probably will be the title), an acoustic review of 3 previous albums of the band. This choice is based on last two years [of touring] that basically were acoustic ones.

"Actually Lays Of Beleriand will be probably composed by about ten songs plus one or two new songs and other one or two live ones.

"Album will be published probably in June 2012." [Source: Ainur]

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Adrenaline Mob has announced the addition of Disturbed bassist John Moyer to the group's ranks. Moyer will make his live debut with Adrenaline Mob on March 12 at Hiro Ballroom in New York City.

Said Moyer in a statement: "Mike Portnoy called me about auditioning for his new band Adrenaline Mob. He had heard through the grapevine that I was looking to stay busy while Disturbed is on hiatus. After jamming with Russ, Mike Orlando, and Portnoy, the chemistry as musicians was undeniable. I am super stoked about joining 'The Family' and I can't wait to hit the road with these guys and see what kind of musical mayhem we can create!"

Omert´ will be released March 19 in Europe via Century Media [Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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Even briefer notes:

Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland, the latest DVD from the legendary rock band Rush, has been nominated in the "Music DVD Of The Year" category at this year's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards), set to be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 26 - April 1. [Go Rush! -ed.] [Source: Blabbermouth.net] ... ... ... ... Kingcrow writes to let us know they have updated the blog diary kingcrow-band.blogspot.com about the recording sessions for the new album InCrescendo. You can hear some fragments of a new song in the video included in the new blog or at www.facebook.com/Kingcrowband. [Source: Kingcrow] ... ... ... ... Spiritual Beggars -- the Swedish band featuring Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind) -- is busy in the studio all this week, writing "new riffs" and coming up with "new songs," according to Amott. [Source: Blabbermouth.net] ... ... ... ... Speaking of Sharlee D'Angelo, he and Björn Strid of Soilwork have signed their "classic rock" project The Night Flight Orchestra to Coroner Records for the worldwide release of their debut album, currently being recorded and due in June 2012. The goal was to reclaim the 70's/early 80's sense for classic melody, the forgotten recipe to a timeless song, preferably a song mentioning a city, street name or an exhilarating alcoholic beverage. Anything that will have you spitting out the word "classic." Also part of the project are Richard Larsson (Von Benzo, keys) and Jonas Källsbäck (Mean Streak, drums). (Pre-production songs at Facebook. [Source: Coroner Records] ... ... ... ... Paul Foley of Brainstorm, the Australian band, wrote to say: "Just thought you might be interested in new Brainstorm song ["Fortress First World"] just loaded onto band website; have a listen... The direct link is on page: www.brainstormoz.com/post-2005-new-album-pending.html." [Source: Paul Foley/Brainstorm] ... ... ... ...

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