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BLACK MIRRORS RELEASE – Look Into The Black Mirror

30 Monday Jul 2018

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'77, Anouk, Black Mirrors, Debut Record, Funky Queen, Gateways Tour, Günther Kimmich, Horisont, Jack White, Janis Joplin, Jex Thoth, Krautrock, Look Into The Black Mirror, Napalm Records, Pierre Lateur, Pitcher, Psychorizon Anniversary Event, Queen of Doom, Queen Of Spades Photography, Queens Of The Stongeage, The Vintage Caravan, Wucan

Hailing from Brussels, Belgian four-piece BLACK MIRRORS offers a great blend of groove enthused Garage Rock, taking inspiration from the likes of Janis Joplin, Jack White, Anouk, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age – this is pure, raw Rock-entertainment. Vocalist Marcella Di Troia impresses with her vigorous and well-trained voice, looking like a younger version or younger sister of Jex Thoth. Their eponymous first EP came out March 3rd 2017 via Napalm Records. Just a month from today, BLACK MIRROS will release their much anticipated full-length debut entitled “Look Into The Black Mirror”. 

An endless amount of influences which have been ruling within the Rock music universe for decades. With songs like the funktastic “Funky Queen” and their latest uptemto track “Günther Kimmich”, BLACK MIRRORS will stand prove that they are here to stay. Furthermore they will be joining Iceland’s powerhouse trio The Vintage Caravan and German Krautrockers Wucan this fall for the 2018 Gateways Tour. After my first encounter with them was at a sold out  sweaty show at Pitcher Duesseldorf, when they opened up for Horisont und ’77 in March ’17. So it does not come as a surprise it only took me a split second to decide which band to book as a headliner for the Psychorizon anniverary last year!

Be sure to check out this awesome package at any of the dates below!

Live picture courtesy of Queen Of Spades Photograpy!

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BLACK MIRRORS, ’77 & HORISONT – We Need More Cowbell

20 Monday Mar 2017

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'77, About Time, AC DC, Andy Cobo, Anouk, Armand Valeta, Axel, Black Mirrors, Break The Limit, Century Media, Charles, Crusher Records, David, Debut, Funky Queen, Guillem Martinez, High Decibels, Horisont, Jack White, Janis Joplin, Jex Thoth, LG Valeta, Magnus, Marcella Di Troia, Metal Blade Records, Napalm Records, Nightrider, Nirvana, Nothing's Gonna Stop Us, Odyssey, Pierre Lateur, Pitcher, Pontus, Queen Of Spades Photography, Queens Of The Stongeage, Rise Above Records, The Unseen, Två Sidor Av Horisonten

Early on in promoting their About Time Tour 2017, Swedish Classic Hard Rockers Horisont announced a first date as sold out. What to expect from a show in a rather tiny venue, selling out on a Saturday night to host the third day of their European leg with special guests ’77 and Black Mirrors: Nothing but one of the best live packages of early 2017, maybe the entire year.

Starting off with a slight delay of about ten minutes and a strict curfew to be done by 10pm sharp, opening act Black Mirrors enters the small stage of Pitcher – Rock’n’Roll Headquarter Düsseldorf. The Belgian four-piece offers a great blend of groove enthused Garage Rock, taking influences from Janis Joplin, Jack White, Anouk, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age, this is pure, raw entertainment. Guitarist Pierre Lateur gives in to the power of the moment as if there was no tomorrow, laying on his back, bending his knees as much as the strings on his white stratocaster. While vocalist Marcella Di Troia impresses the audience with her vigorous and well-trained voice, looking like a younger version or younger sister of Jex Thoth. Their self-titled debut EP has been released on March 3rd via Napalm Records and with songs like the funktastic “Funky Queen” a full-length record is only a matter of time.

Won’t You Take Me To Funky Town?

With both founding members, brothers Valeta well in their 30s and their minds set somewhere in the 70s, Spanish Powerhouse ’77 saw quite a rejuvenation right after I’ve last seen them in early 2013. Adding youngsters Guillem Martinez and Andy Cobo to the lineup, the new face of the band is vivid and rough. Though Armands lead vocals seem a bit frail at first, each member delivers all the way through from the introductory part to the final tone. My personal fave “High Decibels” comes in second and as I changed my position from stage left to merch right, this proves to come in handy mid through the set, as lead guitarist LG climbs up the bar the present his entertainment skills. No need to warm up the audience for the main act with sweat literally dripping from the ceiling, ’77 take the title of their most current record literal as there is no stopping them – “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us” released 30.10.2015 via Century Media. And no need to compare this act with AC/DC during the Bon Scott era, as they rock and roll a niche entirely of their own.

On Your Knees And Play!

A century into their career, Horisont take the headlining position serious enough to choose tracks from all phases of the past ten years. Epic timelessness flows from tracks such as “Electrical” off their most recent release “About Time” (out on 03.02.2017 on Century Media) or “Writings On The Wall” & “Diamonds In Orbit”, both off “Time Warriors” (out on 27.09.2013 via Metal Blades Records). The night clearly peaks with the uptempo masterpiece “Break The Limit” from the fourth full-length “Odyssey” (out on 18.09.2015 through Rise Above Records), that has main parts of the crowd singing along with the chorus. But my personal highlights are the two beautiful bluesy pieces from their debut “Två Sidor Av Horisonten” (out on 25.09.2009 on Crusher Records) “Nightrider” and my all-time fave “The Unseen”. Needless to say that the with its current incarnation featuring vocalist Axel, guitarists Charles and David, bassist Magnus and drummer Pontus, the band is as strong as ever.

All pictures courtesy of Queen Of Spades Photograpy!

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HONEYMOON DISEASE – “The Transecendence” Out Today!

20 Friday Nov 2015

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Acid Disease, Admiral Disease, Avatarium, Bellvue Groove, Branca Studio, Brian James, Chris Common, Debut Record, Deep Purple, Gotta Move, Honeymoon Disease, Jenna Disease, Jimi Disease, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Music A Matic Vintage Recording Studio, Napalm Records, Neat, Neat Neat, Nicke Andersson, Ola Ersfjor, Rainbow, Revolver Magazine, Rock Music Co Ltd, The Damned, The Honk Palace, The Transcendence, The Vintage Caravan, Thin Lizzy, Tour Dates, win Hills Mastering

Celebrating the worldwirde release of their debut album “The Transecendence”, Swedish groove-rock act HONEYMOON DISEASE recently premiered the official lyric video of the track “Gotta Move” via Revolver Magazine.

Honeymoon Disease IIIPhoto by Anders Bergstedt

Additionally, the foursome is currently on the road along with Icelandic Classic Rockers, THE VINTAGE CARAVAN. On July, 3rd 2015, the first single track called “Bellvue Groove” was already released. Recorded at Music A Matic Vintage Recording Studio, Gothenburg and The Honk Palace, Stockholm in 2015.  Produced, recorded and mixed by Ola Ersfjor, with co-producer Nicke Andersson, “Bellvue Groove” was mastered by Chris Common at Twin Hills Mastering, El Paso, TX, USA, with the in-your-face artwork by Branca Studio.

The B-Side features the track “Neat, Neat Neat” is originally performed by THE DAMNED – Written and composed by Brian James and originally published by Rock Music Co Ltd (1977).

Remaining tour dates in November:
20 – Essen, Germany – TuRock
21 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Speedfest
22 – London, England – Underworld
23 – Frankfurt, Germany – Das Bett
24 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z-7
25 – Munich, Germany – Backstage
26 – Leipzig, Germany – Moritzbastei
27 – Wien, Austria – Szene
28 – Innsbruck, Austria – Weekender
29 – Berlin, Germany – Bi-nuu

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HONEYMOON DISEASE – To Release Debut Record & Tour Alongside THE VINTAGE CARAVAN

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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Acid Disease, Admiral Disease, Avatarium, Bellvue Groove, Branca Studio, Brian James, Chris Common, Debut Record, Deep Purple, Honeymoon Disease, Jenna Disease, Jimi Disease, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Music A Matic Vintage Recording Studio, Napalm Records, Neat, Neat Neat, Nicke Andersson, Ola Ersfjor, Rainbow, Rock Music Co Ltd, The Damned, The Honk Palace, The Transcendence, The Vintage Caravan, Thin Lizzy, Tour Dates, win Hills Mastering

Just in time for the release of their highly anticipated debut record “The Transcendence”, Swedish Groove Rockers HONEYMOON DISEASE WILL roll over Europe together with Icelandic breakthrough trio THE VINTAGE CARAVAN and their countrymates AVATARIUM.

Honeymoon Disease IPhoto by Anders Bergstedt

“The Transcendence” will be out on November 20th worldwide via Napalm Records and on November 13th in Sweden. On July, 3rd 2015, the first single track called “Bellvue Groove” was already released. Recorded at Music A Matic Vintage Recording Studio, Gothenburg and The Honk Palace, Stockholm in 2015.  Produced, recorded and mixed by Ola Ersfjor, with co-producer Nicke Andersson, “Bellvue Groove” was mastered by Chris Common at Twin Hills Mastering, El Paso, TX, USA, with the in-your-face artwork by Branca Studio.

The B-Side features the track “Neat, Neat Neat” is originally performed by THE DAMNED – Written and composed by Brian James and originally published by Rock Music Co Ltd (1977).

Napalm Records:
“The Transcendence” will be a real pleasure for fans of rockers such as KISS, RAINBOW, THIN LIZZY, LED ZEPPELIN and DEEP PURPLE. To get the full live experience check out their upcoming tour dates:

November
18 – Lyngby, Denmark – Templet
19 – Hamburg, Germany – Klubsen
20 – Essen, Germany – TuRock
21 – Eindhoven, Netherlands – Speedfest
22 – London, England – Underworld
23 – Frankfurt, Germany – Das Bett
24 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z-7
25 – Munich, Germany – Backstage
26 – Leipzig, Germany – Moritzbastei
27 – Wien, Austria – Szene
28 – Innsbruck, Austria – Weekender
29 – Berlin, Germany – Bi-nuu

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THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL – Wisdom

27 Saturday Dec 2014

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Adelaide, Australia, Born For War, Church of Misery, Debut Album, European Tour, Feierwerk Munich, Gothenburg, Hans Lilja, Horisont, Japan, Lonely Kamel, Morning Sun, Morning Sun (Satanas), Napalm Records, Norway, On Black Wings A Demon, Oslo, Patrik Andersson Winberg, Promises Made To The Earth, Staffan Björck, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival, The Earth Will Deliver What Heaven Desires, The Noctuus, The Order, The Order Of Israfel, The Vow, Tom Sutton, Wisdom

From the very first few notes, that fall down soft as raindrops introducing the epic opener and title track of their debut, THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL totally caught me. As the softness vanished to give way to their heavy, slow and massive riffage, the foursome takes no prisoners. They just play Doom at its best!

If you expect this first effort to be repetitive, monotonous or sounding like so many other bands, you couldn’t be further from the truth – from the uptempo second track ‘On Black Wings, A Demon’, the fierce yet sluggish hypnotic hymn ‘The Noctuus’ to the promising invocation and final song ‘Morning Sun (Satanas)’, “Wisdom” contains an incredible variety and versatility of sound. Some to bang your head to, some to kneel down hailing the Lord Almighty – guess Tony Iommi will take this place for all disciple of Doom – and some to just have a good time rocking. Fronter Tom Sutton (best known for his previous activity in Japanese Doomsters CHURCH OF MISERY and his current Classic Hard Rock outlet, Swedish Rockers HORISONT) does not only contribute his six-string skills, but also proves to be one hell of a vocalist.

Apart from the four chapters of “Wisdom” one can enjoy both on Vinyl and CD, THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL is a pure live experience! So do yourself a favour and convince yourself that Napalm Records made the damn right choice by offering these guys a deal!

Tracklist:

Chapter I

Wisdom

On Black Wings, A Demon

Chapter II

The Noctuus

The Earth Will Deliver What Heaven Desires

Chapter III

The Order (Bonus Song)

Born Far War

Promise Made To The Earth

Chapter IV

The Vow

Morning Sun (Satanas)

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The Order Of Israfel - WisdomCover by Henk Jacobson – Art of Henk

THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL – All Of A Sutton

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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Adelaide, Australia, Church of Misery, Debut Album, Doomdogs, European Tour, Feierwerk Munich, For Those Which Are Asleep, Freak Valley Festival, Gothenburg, Hammer Of Doom, Hans Lilja, Horisont, Japan, Lonely Kamel, Morning Sun, Napalm Records, Norway, Oslo, Patrik Andersson Winberg, Pentagram, Staffan Björck, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival, The Order Of Israfel, The Skull, Tom Sutton, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Wisdom

According to the Neon Genesis Evangelion Wiki, The seventh Angel, Israfel (イスラフェル Isuraferu), has the appearance of a massive, humanoid creature (…). Israfel has a face/mask, (…) which resembles a yin-yang symbol, and has a pair of razor sharp claws and can shoot an energy beam. It has two cores located in its chest, matched on either side of its center torso by four external bone-like rib structures. How much of this is part of the bands’ name, THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL?

Tom: I have now heard about that character, but I didn’t know about it when I came up with the name of the band. Israfel was actually mentioned to me by a friend once as the angel of music, and that idea really captured my imagination. Music is such a positive thing, and acts almost like an angel in our lives. It seemed perfect as a symbol for a group of people who really live for music. Once I looked into it a little further, I found out that the name was used in an Edgar Allen Poe poem, and is one of the four Islamic arch angels.

The Order Of Israfel IShiny Happy People – Staffan, Tom, Hans & Patrik

Althoug some of the how, when and where you got together is published on the Metal Archives, would any of you like to recap the early stages of the four of you ending up forming a band?

Tom: The concept of the band has been around for about 10 years. I recorded the first songs I wrote for this band 10 years ago. Once I joined CHURCH OF MISERY, I felt like I didn’t have time to look for members or anything, but I knew I’d do it one day. When I worked for PENTAGRAM as a guitar tech, Patrik’s old band, DOOMDOGS played a few shows with them, and that’s how I met Patrik. When I decided to move to Gothenburg, he put his hand up and said he’d be interested in jamming. So, it was he and I at the start. He knew of Hans, but had never met him. He just knew that Hans was a SABBATH fanatic. I tried a couple of other people before we jammed with Hans, but Hans had that combination of heaviness and swing that was just right for us. We played like that for a while, just the three of us, ‘cos it took some time to find the right second guitar player. Again, we tried a couple of other people before Staffan came along. Actually, Staffan and I were house mates. He asked to hear some demos, and liked the songs, and it felt right playing together straight from the start. We’re very lucky in that we’ve found just the right people both musically and personality-wise. We’re all great friends.

Patrik, you told me in Munich quite some of the story how the band got its deal with Napalm Records – could you please share this with us again?

Patrik: Well, we had our first gig ever as suport act to UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS and the place was packed, over 400 people in the audience! A friend of mine filmed the first song wich was Wisdom and he sent it to me after the show. We looked at it and we felt really happy about it. We decided to send it out to record labels just to show them that we were around and thought that some would maybe react to it and give us some feedback? And man did they react! We got positive feedback from 6 labels who wrote that they wanted to hear more and that they might be interested in signing us, some even offered a deal from just this video. Napalm answered a couple of days before christmas last year and Sebastian A&R at the label wrote that this was among the best stuff he had heard in a long time and that he really wanted to work with us but needed to hear some more music before signing us. The fun thing was that we just started the recording of our debut album but we had no demo stuff recorded att all so we told him that he had to wait ’till the album was mixed and mastered before hearing any recordings. He told us that the owner would not allow him to sign us without hearing some proper recordings but we told him again that he had to wait ’till the album was done and i also told him that we had 5 more labels who showed really big interest in us from the live video. While recording the album we did a live recording of a full show in Gothenburg and sent it to Napalm. Sebastian loved it and took a meeting with his boss and got allowed for the first time to give a proposition to a band just from a live video. The rest is history.

How well does it work to have four people with totally different backgrounds (Tom being the Globetrotter with at least another band, currently HORISONT, Staffan so much younger, Patrik and Hans being married)?

Tom: It’s funny, but we get along amazingly well. It could be weird, but it isn’t. As long as everyone’s on the same page in terms of enthusiasm and commitment, it can work. And we are. We all love this band, and are willing to put in the time to make it something special. Hans may be almost double Staffan’s age, but the maturity level’s pretty much the same. Ha!

You just been on your very first tour supporting LONELY KAMEL in Europe – how was the experience with the new band?

Tom: it was totally great! I mean, just from the standpoint of LONELY KAMEL being really fun guys to be on tour with, it was a great time for all of us. Musically, it was a big experience for us too. I’ve done a lot of tours before, but never with a new band where I’ve been involved from the start. It was almost a bit scary to go out in front of people without the safety net of a tried and true name to fall back on. We were out there for the first time. There were always a few people in the audience who had heard the album, but most people were hearing us for the first time. We had some amazing moments where we got huge reactions from people, and that felt good. One guy in the UK saw us in Glasgow, and then followed us to two more shows, even sleeping in his car to make it possible. That kind of reaction is something you dream about.

The Order Of Israfel IIOh, that HAT again…!

Looking at 2015, THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL are announced for Sweden Rock and Gothenburg Sound already. Are there any other festivals coming up, like Freak Valley, Hammer of Doom etc and will there be another tour to look forward to?

Tom: Yes, I believe there are already two more festivals that we have agreed to do so far. We can’t say anything until they announce the shows, sorry! Hopefully, the next tour won’t be far off too.

According to the bands’ Facebook page there is serious work on songs for the next album going on – when can we exspect the successor of “Wisdom” to be out?

Tom: It’s hard to say at this point. I guess we’ll book the studio once the shape of the album is becoming clearer. I have a lot of songs saved that we haven’t worked on yet as a band. Things usually take longer than you think they will, so I would say early 2016? Maybe? He he! I personally can’t wait to get to work on some of these songs. It will be fun on tour to be able to play a different set every night.

Talking about songwriting, how does that work, do you have one conniving dictator or actually work together with everyone?

Tom: That’s me! I’m the evil dictator! Ha ha! In The Order, it’s me who comes up with almost-finished songs, and then we work on them together, and the other guys work on the details of what they’re going to play. It really is a band feeling, though. Patrik commented on the fact that even though I come up with the songs, he feels very much that it’s his bass playing style that you hear, and that he feels free to do what comes naturally to him. Everyone in the band makes huge contributions to the sound of the band, Actually, the first sound you hear on the album is Staffan’s guitar, and it’s a guitar part that he came up with. So, the concept and songs are me, but everyone’s DNA is very much a part of what you hear.

With the end of 2014 ahead: What is your favourite album of the year?

Tom: I think Patrik and I have both said that for us, it’s THE SKULL’s ‘For Those Which Are Asleep’. It’s exactly that classic doom sound that is so close to my heart. Real songs, beautiful riffs. I can’t wait to see them play some time. And we’d love to tour with them. It seems that stylistically, we’d be a perfect match for each other.

And finally, any last words?

Thanks to everyone who has checked us out. We’ll be on tour again soon, I hope! Cheers!

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THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL – Feierwerk, Munich – September 14, 2014

14 Tuesday Oct 2014

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Adelaide, Australia, Church of Misery, Debut Album, European Tour, Feierwerk Munich, Gothenburg, Hans Lilja, Horisont, Japan, Lonely Kamel, Morning Sun, Napalm Records, Norway, Oslo, Patrik Andersson Winberg, Staffan Björck, Sweden, The Order Of Israfel, Tom Sutton, Wisdom

Once again she was calling for me, the big city – calling for big city nights as the new kids on the block were set to visit Munich during their first ever European tour, which happens to be their first tour ever. With the debut album “Wisdom” at hand, THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL bring some spicy Swedish tunes to southern Germany and I for one just could not miss out on this opportunity. Not at last for the chance to catch up with former CHURCH OF MISERY string-bender Tom Sutton (who relocated from Australia, to Japan and finally to Europe), this being his latest joint venture apart from his being the on-again-off-again or stand-in string-bender for Gothenburg-based Classic Hard Rock outfit HORISONT.

TOOI_ISmall stage, still enough room for professional posing!

To make a long introduction shot(er), after stumbling upon the title track of their first attempt – a ten plus minutes epos of such a tremendous beauty and undisputable versatility – I’ve gotten quite nutts with this new band. Only downer would have to be the fact, that THE ORDER – Tom Sutton (vocals&guitars) Patrik Andersson Winberg (bass), Hans Lilja (drums) & Staffan Björck (guitars) – was only opening for Oslo Rockers LONELY KAMEL for the run of live shenanigans. But chance has it, that my name was on the list for the night, or rather my name was the entire list at Feierwerk, Munich. Third show on the schedule and with the big city audience not quite what this foursome deserves.

TOOI_VIBoots, Clogs & Bell-Bottoms – These guys know how to dress!

After a bit of a pumpy start, the four musicians deliver fine selection of tracks from the first release “Wisdom” that add to a good half hour. Way too little time to truly enjoy all of the bands’ greatness and well-established musicianship. But that’s the thing with the opening slot. Anyway, the five songs chosen manage to represent the album well enough – from the aforementioned ‘Wisdom’, to up-tempo tracks like ‘The Noctuus’ and the grant finale with ‘Morning Sun’ – an upright invitation to all headbangers – THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL know their game and they play it in a full pro manner, remaining fans of the music themselves first and foremost.

TOOI_IIIThe Order Of Riffage – Staffan & Tom

The trip to Munich was once again all worth while and THE ORDER OF ISRAFEL is a name one should learn to spell right, cuz they sure will make their way in the long run – at least if they live up to their own Wisdom!

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