CD/DVD Releases: News Bits: Evil Wings, Spiral Architect, BCC, Android Meme, England...
You can list to a preview track to the new Dream Theater album here A Dramatic Turn Of Events will be released on September 13 via Roadrunner Records. This is, of course, their first release post-Mike Portnoy. Or, rather the first with Mike Mangini. It is their 19th overall, when you take in EPs, live releases, DVDs, etc. [Source: Dream Theater newsletter, website]
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Infinity Overture have just unveiled a web video for their contribution "Do You Care?" for the Embrace The Sun - The Lion Music Japan Benefit Project album, which saw release on 17th June 2011. View the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thTx75PIv8. [Source: Lion Music]
Evil Wings, the Italian hard prog band, announce the release of their 6th album, Kaleidoscope, due out October 2011. The sound recalls Genesis, Hendrix, Rush, Deep Purple, Dream Theater and so much more, say LeParc. Tracklist: "Kaleidoscope," "Here And Now," "Farewell On Planet F19," "More Than Reality," "Rygma 12 The Wisdom Of The Sea," "Filthy Invaders Dawn," and "The Oak Tree."
Evil Wings are: Franco Giaffreda: vocals and all guitars; Walter Rivolta: drums; Ricky Zanardo: bass; and Joseph Ierace: keyboards with guests Maggie Giaffreda: backing vocals on Rygma 12... and Filthy Invaders' Dawn; Rick Ostidich: first organ solo on Filthy invaders' Dawn; Giovanni Bellosi: Stick bass on The Oak Tree; Carlo Guidotti: violin and last voice on The Oak Tree. [Source: Richard Milella/LeParc]
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Drummer Asgeir Mickelson of Norwegian progressive metallers Spiral Architect has issued the following update on the band's current status:
"Some time ago Blabbermouth picked up 'news' that we were working on a new album. Fact is that we’ve been doing that since we recorded the last album in 1998/1999. [Sceptic's Universe-ed.] However, not very often... We got lots of material but since most of it is old by now we'll have to see what survives. We also need to write a lot of new stuff. Unfortunately, the album is still years from release."[Source: Blabbermouth.net]
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According to a new Twitter post from bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath), the shows on the current Black Country Communion tour are being professionally filmed for Blu-ray release in October. BCC's sophomore release, 2, was released in Europe on June 13 via Mascot Records and in the U.S. on June 14 through the J&R Adventures label. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]
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French art-rockers Demians have just started working on their much anticipated third album.
According to frontman Nicolas Chapel, the band will spend this Summer "recording more material than we'll use on the album," so expect a lot of new music from Demians in 2012. The band also have plans for shooting a DVD next Fall, both would be available on InsideOut Music / EMI Music in the Spring of 2012.
Touring members Gaël Hallier (drums), Antoine Pohu (bass) and Fred Mariolle (guitar) will make their debut on record with this new album, produced by Nicolas Chapel. The sessions will take place in Normandie at the Wood&Wire recording studios created by Nicolas Chapel following the release of the critically acclaimed album Mute, where he spent the last few months producing music for other artists. [Source: InsideOut Music]
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The Android Meme, whose Ordo Ab Chao was released on June 28, are currently playing a few summer dates in Canada: July 15, Revolutions, Kingston, ON; July 24, Cafe Campus, Montreal, QC; July 28, Norma Jean's, Tillsonburg, ON; July 30, Downtown Barrie Community Theatre, Barrie, ON; and August 4, The Playhouse, Montreal, QC. Watch a video of The Android Meme here. [Source: Magna Carta/Barbara Lysiak International]
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New Red Masque Video Now Available! TRM's drummer Steve Craig has edited together a new more pro video of the song "Polyphemus" from the band's recent gig at Pyramid Atlantic in Washington DC. Video footage provided by Debi Byrd and Brandon Ross. Steve will be editing together more videos from this show soon. In the meantime, you can see the video here at their Reverbnation page. "Currently the video is hosted on Steve's YouTube channel," the band note, "but we’ll add it to TRM’s official YouTube channel in a bit as well."
COMING SOON! 08.06.2011: Elephant Talk Music Festival at The Boneyard, 20 South Virginia Ave., Atlantic City, NJ. Mutli-day music festival at three venues / stages. The Red Masque are slated to be at the Boneyard (indoor stage) at 8:15 PM. Link to the Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132032213535749. [Source: The Red Masque]----------
Brazilian progressive power metal band Almah -- the side project of Angra members Edu Falaschi (vocals) and Felipe Andreoli (bass) -- has set Motion as the title of its third album, tentatively due this fall via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Norcal Studio in São Paulo, Brazil. 10 songs were tracked for the effort, which was composed by the entire band and is described in a press release as "really heavy and up-to-date with less influences of typical melodic metal."
"This CD will affirm the identity of the band. It will be a style which I love and adore! I've been looking for this kind of satisfaction as a musician and as a person over the years," said Falaschi. [Source: Blabbermouth.net]
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The Italian prog-metal band Daedalus released their first official video for the song :Until You're Here," taken from the brand new album Motherland. You can watch it following this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=knMn0j-NpWw
Motherland was released by Galileo Records, contains 11 tracks of fresh and powerful metal and has some special guests: Roland Grapow (Helloween, Masterplan), Trevor (Sadist) and Elisa Montaldo (Il Tempio delle Clessidre).
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Robert Webb of the band England writes, "Firstly, a big warm welcome to new fans (your active support inspires!).
"I've posted up a new England track 'The Fortunate Wheel.' Many of our fans enjoy our instrumental music and so I've done a mix of 'Wheel Of Fortune' without vocals. The instrumental version will not be on the final album, and so its a rare chance to hear a very creative piece. Yutaka said he thinks its England's greatest track yet! (Feedback please!).
"Some fans will know that I have played Mellotron on the new and yet to be released Riversea album. This talented band are surely destined for great success: deeply interesting chord structures coupled with stunning vocals and lyrics. Facebook [Source: England]
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Wojtek Szadkowski, one of the most brilliant artists on the progressive rock scene and the leader of the renown prog-rock band Satellite, returns this September with a DVD release of his outstanding and surprising project Strawberry Fields! And today [July 11] Metal Mind revealed the artwork and tracklist of Live Strawberry Fields DVD (click image to view larger). [Source: Metal Mind]
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Other news/rumours floating about the internet: Queensrÿche are already working on material for their next album; Tate says so in an interview with Australia's Loud, read it here. ... ... Aeon Zen relased a new video, which can be viewed here. The video is for the track "Redemption Shadow" and features footage from Aeon Zen's 2011 European Tour...
