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BATHSHEBA – Servus

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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Ain Soph, Album Release, Bathsheba, Belgium, Burning Moon, Caro, Chelsea Wolfe, Coven, Death Penalty, Debut Album, Disinterred, Dragonfest, Dwight Goossens, Glimpse Of The Unseen, Into The Void, Jelle Stevens, Jinx Dawson, King Woman, Leviathan Speaks, Michelle Nocon, Oathbreaker, Raf Meukens, Rheia, Roadburn, Rock Hard Magazin, Rodeo Fest, Sardonis, Serpent Cult, Servus, She-Wolf, Slave, Svart Records, Tourdates, True Widow

Inhale heavy riffs, obey the witch and stare in the eternal black void of ‘Servus’! Released one week and two days ago, this is not only a good reason to take a closer look at the debut full-length of Belgian Doomsters Bathsheba, but also to celebrate my first encounter with the wonderful Michelle Nocon. ‘Servus’ much notably and rightfully has gained a massive media echo and shall pave the way for further touring efforts outside their native territory.

bathsheba-burning-moonPhoto by Burning Moon

‘Servus’ is a very spiritual album. It’s about deep feelings and experiences that are very abstract. There are other feelings like ‘saudade’ which is also very deep and hard to grasp for some people, but they are more concrete. ‘Servus’ is about things that are hardly on earth anymore. During the process of ‘Servus’ I had a lot of dialogues with myself, I went through a lot of weird things, also demonology related somehow, as the talented vocalist recalls about the progress of creating the album, which was released on February 24th, 2017 by Svart Records. And while they were only just an opening act at the joint venture of Occult Sabbath and Feverdance Rituals, it certainly will only be a matter of time till the four-piece will do a headlining tour. Being amongst those who have been chosen to appear at prestigious Roadburn Festival and sharing stages with the likes of legendary Coven & Jinx Dawson, Chelsea Wolfe, Oathbreaker, King Woman or True Widow, to name but a few, will clearly up the ante for them. If you’re not yet fully convinced of the greatness of Bathsheba and ‘Servus’, you might give yourself and the band a chance by streaming the album in its entirety via German Rock Hard Magazine!

bathsheba-burning-moon-iiShe-Wolf And The Faceless Ghouls: Bathsheba MMXVII – by Burning Moon

09/03 Amsterdam (NL) – OT301

30/03 Brussels (B) – Botanique (CD Release)

01/04 Genk (B) – Hammer Of Thor Fest

20/04 Tilburg (NL) – Roadburn Fest

28/05 Leuven (B) – JH Sojo

24/06 Antwerp (B) – Rodeo Fest

01/07 Bradford (UK) – Dragonfest V

21/10 Leeuwarden (NL) Into The Void

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COVEN – To Headline Roadburn Festival 2017

06 Thursday Oct 2016

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Billy Jack, Black Sabbath, Blood Ceremony, Blood On the Snow, Buddah, Chris Neilsen, Coven, Farida Lemouchi, Ghost, Goth Queen: Out of the Vault, In Solitude, Jex Thoth, Jinx Dawson, King Diamond, Mercury, Mercyful Fate, MGM, NEVOC-All, Occult Rock, One Tin Soldier, Ozzie Osborne, Rick Durrett, Ricktor Ravensbruck, Roadburn, Roadburn 2017, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2017, Selim Lemouchi, Steve Ross, The Devil's Blood, The Oath, Venom, Warner Bros., Watain, Wicked Woman, Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls

The Netherlands-based festival comes out of the gate with its first announcements for Roadburn 2017 and immediately proves why it’s like nothing else happening on this poor pitiful planet we happen to occupy. To bring Coven back to the stage for the first time in untold decades and for their first European show ever? Come on. I don’t care where you live, that’s worth getting on a plane for.

Coven will play their first show in decades, and for the first time ever on European soil. Devil Horns, the Left Hand Path, Satanic Rituals, Black Magick, Sexuality, and a seminal debut-album that has had a lasting appeal since 1969.  Coven’s Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls was not only ahead of its time, the iconoclastic troupe – helmed by high priestess, and the original wicked woman, Jinx Dawson – heavily influenced future generations of musicians, from Ghost to The Devil’s Blood, from Witchcraft to In Solitude, from Blood Ceremony to Lucifer, and even our festival.

We are equal measures excited, proud and overwhelmed to be able to announce that Coven will thrill Roadburn Festival to it’s darkened core on Thursday, April 20 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Jinx Dawson, and her unholy union will take their cult-ritual to the stage for the first time in decades – and for the first time ever on European soil.

Jinx Dawson commented: “Roadburn Festival’s intrepid ring master, Walter, hath stirred us from our Coven lair. We shall be performing a musickal ritual for the first time in many ages. We are wickedly delighted to travel to the Netherlands for this very special festival concert, and to bring our musickal form of Witchcraft once again to the live stage.”

Known by many classic rock fans for Jinx Dawson’s early seventies hit, ‘One Tin Soldier’, from the counter culture flick Billy Jack, the song was an anthem for hypocrisy and added more mystery to Coven’s occult imagery and aesthetics that laid the groundwork for hard rock and heavy metal.

The band’s diabolical mix of proto-metal paired with dark psychedelica and prog was dabbed in deeply occult lyrics, and has always been a celebration of all things Left Hand Path. Whether it’s the much sought after and talked about Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls, or the band’s third album Blood on the Snow, Coven’s output has terrified peers and audiences, as well as the moral-elite since their incarnation. Their extreme dark and shocking rites, thriving on a strong woman’s sexuality, was unheard of at the time.

Though Coven went clandestine not long after the release of Blood on the Snow, Jinx Dawson, and the band always remained a landmark within the metal community, and hailed as one of the 10 greatest heavy metal front women. Having battled with record companies, management, opposing religious organisations and law officials has only added to Jinx’s legacy to stay genuinely true to her own firm beliefs, based upon a very long lineage of Occult Adepts and Practitioners of the Ancient Arts.

With the release of 2003’s Goth Queen: Out of the Vault, and 2013’s album, Jinx, Dawson rightfully regained her throne as ‘the originator’ of the burgeoning occult rock scene – a movement that we have wholeheartedly embraced at Roadburn over the years, while offering a platform to her children of the damned.

Having the mysterious Jinx Dawson / Coven at Roadburn isn’t only a thrilling once in a lifetime event, it is also our way of paying a humble tribute to a woman that has been such an integral influence on the festival since its incarnation in 1999, and an inspirational heroine to many bands that graced our stages over the years. We couldn’t think of a more fitting ceremony, and welcome all of you to Jinx’s lair on Thursday, April 20 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands  – don’t break the circle, and join us.

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DOWNFALL OF GAIA – announces European dates with HOPE DRONE

04 Saturday Jun 2016

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Aeons Unveils The Thrones Of Decay, Amplifest, Der Wer Einer Freiheit, Dion Boucicault, Downfall Of Gaia, Europrean Tour, Florian Fassbinder, Fuze Magazine, Hope Drone, In the Rivers Bleak, Marco Mazzola, Metal Blade Records, Relapse Records, Rising Talent Agency, Roadburn, Summer Breeze, Tourdates

German extreme metallers Downfall of Gaia have just announced a round of live dates for the summer! They will be joined by Australian Hope Drone! This tour marks the first tour for new guitar player Marco Mazzola.
It is always tough to replace a member of a band, particularly someone who has been with us for so many years, but Marco convinced us in every way! No big words needed for this – We are looking forward to the next chapter of Downfall of Gaia and leave the last words to Marco!

Marco: “We met in Italy, back in 2012, while I was touring with my band Caino and we opened a couple of gigs for Downfall Of Gaia. Me and Dominik stayed in contact during the following years and I immediately wrote him once I saw the announcement that the band was looking for a new guitarist. I always held Downfall Of Gaia in high regard, and I’m now honored to take part of it. I’ll do my best to keep alive what they previously built with Peter.”

Downfall of GaiaPicture by florianfassbinder.de

Comments Downfall of Gaia: “We are very happy to announce our upcoming European tour with Hope Drone from Australia! Got to know these amazing guys in late 2015 while touring together through Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They showed us a great time and took care of us in the best possible way and now it is about time to give something back. Looking forward to the ride!“

Downfall of Gaia
+ Hope Drone
17.08. (DE) Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze*
18.08. (DE) München – Backstage*
19.08. (CH) Zürich – TBA*
21.08. (PT) Porto – Amplifest
23.08. (FR) Pugent-Sur-Argens – Le Rat’s
24.08. (DE) Siegen – Vortex
25.08. (NL) Utrecht – dB’s
26.08. (DE) Hannover – Bei Chez Heinz
27.08. (DE) Stuttgart – Juha West
28.08. (DE) Saarbrücken – Garage
29.08. (DE) Frankfurt – Elfer
30.08. (DE) Mülheim – AZ
31.08. (DE) Erfurt – From Hell
01.09. (DE) Berlin – Tiefgrund**
02.09. (DE) Hamburg – Hafenklang**
* Downfall of Gaia only
** Hope Drone only

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS – New Album & North American Tour Part I Announced

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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Album Details, Dean Millar, Death's Door, European Tour, I'll Cut You Down, Itamar Rubinger, K.R. Starrs, Lee Dorrian, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Monster Fotografien, Mount Abraxas, New Album, North American Tour, Poison Apple, Rise Above Records, Roadburn, Sharon Tate, The Night Creeper, Tour Dates, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Yotam Rubinger

Imagine the original Alice Cooper band jamming in a cell with early BLACK SABBATH and the STOOGES, whilst sitting on murder charges and you may get a glimpse into their fuzzed up world of exploding tube amps and cymbal smashing mayhem. However, this enticing act of musical manipulation is merely the icing upon a very sick cake. From humble beginnings in the witchy flat lands of Cambridgeshire, England, UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS have devolved into an international band of street creeps, burnouts and draft dodgers. Since unleashing the monumental, internationally feared and revered set of blood-curdling chainsaw anthems known as “Blood Lust”, they have been locked away in the barn ignoring all the ensuing hype and publicity, whilst preparing to deliver their own new nightmare message of madness.

Uncle Acid North America Tour Part INow the British four-piece has announced a new studio encounter, called “The Night Creeper” which will released on September 4th via Rise Above records. The celebratory THE NIGHT CREEPER TOUR will kick off with the following shows in North America before the band heads back to Europer later this year. Please check out here for all confirmed European tour dates.

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS – European Tour Announced

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Black Moth, Dave Vachon, Dean Millar, Death's Door, Dom McCready, European Tour, Harriet Bevan, I'll Cut You Down, Itamar Rubinger, Jim Swainston, K.R. Starrs, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Monster Fotografien, Mount Abraxas, Nico Carew, Poison Apple, Rise Above Records, Roadburn, Sharon Tate, Sigiriya, The Killing Jar, Tour Dates, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Yama, Yotam Rubinger

After a most successful European tour with British Post-Grunge four piece BLACK MOTH and Dutch Stoner Rockers YAMA in late 2014, UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS will return to the mainlands in October and November. The band will be touring in support of their upcoming new album, which is set for an autumn release via Lee Dorrian’s very own Rise Above Records.

Check out the flyer below for all confirmed dates.

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DOWNFALL OF GAIA – Additional Tourdates Announced

27 Friday Feb 2015

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Aeons Unveils The Thrones Of Decay, Der Wer Einer Freiheit, Dion Boucicault, Downfall Of Gaia, Europrean Tour, In the Rivers Bleak, Metal Blade Records, Roadburn, Tourdates

DOWNFALL OF GAIA announces more shows after end of tour with DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT in April! In connection to their European run with DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT, DOWNFALL OF GAIA have just announced seven additional headlining shows in April.

Downfall Of GaiaDOWNFALL OF GAIA
10/04/15 NL – Tilburg – Roadburn
12/04/15 SK – Bratislava – Refresh Club
13/04/15 RO – Bucharest – Question Mark
15/04/15 RO – Cluj-Napoca – The Shelter
16/04/15 HU – Budapest – KVLT
17/04/15 DE – Nürnberg – Artischocken
18/04/14 DE – Jena – Cvlt Of Witches Fest

DOWNFALL OF GAIA
+ Der Weg Einer Freiheit
19/03/15 DE – Berlin – BiNuu
20/03/15 DE – München – Feierwerk
21/03/15 DE – Osnabrück – Bastard Club
22/03/15 DE – Hamburg – Hafenklang
24/03/15 NO – Oslo – BLÅ
25/03/15 DK – Lyngby – Templet

26/03/15 NL – Rotterdam – Baroeg
27/03/15 DE – Köln – MTC
28/03/15 BE – Antwerp – Kavka
29/03/15 UK – Birmingham – The Rainbow
30/03/15 UK – Manchester – Roadhouse
31/03/15 UK – London – Our Black Heart
01/04/15 FR – Paris – Covent Garden
03/04/15 ES – Madrid – Sala Barracudas
04/04/15 ES – Barcelona – Sala Begood
05/04/15 FR – Aix En Provence – Le Korigan
06/04/15 FR – Chambéry – Le Brin De Zinc
07/04/15 IT – Milano – Lo Fi Club
08/04/15 AT – Wien – Arena
09/04/15 DE – Stuttgart – Juha West

Downfall Of GaiaDOWNFALL OF GAIA have released their second album for Metal Blade “Aeons Unveils The Thrones Of Decay” in November of 2014. “Aeon Unveils The Thrones Of Decay” is a story about time and its relentless sides. A journey to the dark sides each individual has to fight on a day to day basis. Time in its majesty is an unbeatable enemy and all of us human beings have to deal with loss, unexpected changes and dealing with unwanted circumstances. As a slave to time, mankind is marching to the beat of a ticking clock. Musically the album gives you less time to breath and a more aggressive songwriting than on their previous releases, as aggressive and relentless as time itself!

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.” – Dion Boucicault

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BLUES PILLS – Official Music Video On “No Hope Left For Me” Released!

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Kaleidobolt, Marijke Koger-Dunham, No Hope Left For Me, Roadburn, Rock Am Ring, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock im Park, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

Multinational breakthrough-band of the year, BLUES PILLS have released the official music video for the current single, ‘No Hope Left For Me’. The clip was shot by renowned director Patric Ullaeus (WITHIN TEMTPATION, EUROPE and many more.

Blues Pills 2014_NEWIn other news, the band has been confirmed to play Rock am Ring and Rock im Park 2015. Once again the band has accomplished something incredible with just their debut out: The four-piece, fronted by charismatic vocalist Elin Larsson will appear live at the two biggest and most important German festivals, taking place from June 05 to June 06 at Meding airport at Vulkaneifel as well was Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld.

The great coronation of a fairytale like story – entering the German charts at position #4, remaining in the charts for eight long weeks, playing a largely sold out tour and being praised by both fans and critics is what paved the bands daily life for the past months.

Tomorrow the foursome will kick of the French leg of their ongoing tour. All dates listed below:

FRANCE TOUR
BLUES PILLS
presented by MyRock
06.11.2014 F – Strasbourg, La Laiterie
07.11.2014 F – La Roche sur Yon, Le Fuzz Yon
08.11.2014 F – Paris, Le Point FMR

UK TOUR
BLUES PILLS
10.11.2014 UK – Bristol, The Fleece
11.11.2014 UK – Birmingham, The Oobleck
12.11.2014 UK – Manchester, Star And Garter
14.11.2014 UK – Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
16.11.2014 UK – Glasgow, Audio
18.11.2014 UK – The Dome, London

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PURSON – To Play Desertfest Belgium & Freak Valley Festival 2015

30 Saturday Aug 2014

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Astra, Black Sabbath, Blood Ceremony, Danse Macarbe, Darkthrone, Desertfest Belgium, Ed Turner, Fenriz, Freak Valley Festival, George Hudson, In The Meantime, Jack Hobbs, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Jex Thoth, Jimi Hendrix, Justin Smith, Leaning On A Bear, Purson, Rise Above, Roadburn, Rosalie Cunningham, Royal Thunder, Samuel Shove, Spiders, The Beatles, The Circle And The Blue Door, The Kinks, The Move, The Small Faces, Tourdates, UK Tour

Named after a demon and fronted by the bewitching Rosalie Cunningham, PURSON is the latest psychedelic proto-doom band with a mesmerizing female vocalist to cast a spell over everyone who hears them.

With elements of ’70s progressive and heavy rock, PURSON is in league with BLOOD CEREMONY and JEX THOTH, conjuring visions of Hammer horror and pagan rituals. What sets them apart are the incredibly catchy pop-like arrangements inspired by former bassist and founding member Ed Turner and Cunningham‘s borderline obsessive love of The Beatles. It only took a couple of songs on Soundcloud / Facebook to capture the attention of illustrious Rise Above Records and DARKTHRONE’s Fenriz, one of metal’s favorite arbiters of taste, made them band of the week!

Purson UK TourFurthermore with a UK tour and the release of their new EP “In The Meantime” only a few weeks away, it is time for a gentle reminder… Tickets are available online through several ticket websites and most likely from the venues themselves. They are selling fast so snap them up now or regret it later!

A first taste of the EP is already available with the song ‘Danse Macabre’. Stated the band on its’ Facebook page: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages… We proudly present to you ‘Danse Macabre’ the first track to be taken from our forthcoming Extended Player ‘In The Meantime’. We hope you all enjoy…“

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BLUES PILLS – Presenting Home-Made Video For Home-Made Music

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

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Alexander Örn Númason, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterber, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Guðjón Reynisson, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, He-Man, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Kaleidobolt, Marijke Koger-Dunham, Mikael Akerfeldt, Roadburn, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

After entering the German Media Control Charts on a most overwhelming #4, BLUES PILLS have released a new video for their album track ‘Gypsy’ (A CHUBBY CHECKER Cover) as a way of thanking their fans.

Stated the band on their Facebook page: “We made a home-made music video to the song ‘Gypsy’ from our debut album. We wanted to give something back to the fans as a “thank you” for all the amazing support! We shot it one night on tour, in our hotel room in Frankfurt. Hope you dig it!”

Furthermore BLUES PILLS have just recently sold out the Hamburg show of their upcoming headlining run in October. The show has now been booked to a bigger venue, called Uebel & Gefaehrlich. More shows on this tour will be sold out soon!!! Be quick!

Blues Pills LiveBLUES PILLS
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN
presented by METAL HAMMER, ECLIPSED, ROCKS, VISIONS, METALNEWS.DE, BLAST!, NOIZELETTER, MUSIX & ROCK IT!
02.10.2014 DE – Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2014 CH – Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
04.10.2014 DE – Nürnberg, Rockfabrik
06.10.2014 AT – Vienna, Arena
07.10.2014 AT – Innsbruck, Weekender
08.10.2014 DE – Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
10.10.2014 BE – Antwerp, Desertfest
11.10.2014 DE – Kaiserslautern, Kammgarn International Blues Festival
13.10.2014 NL – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
14.10.2014 DE – Essen, Turock
15.10.2014 DE – Hamburg, Headcrash
17.10.2014 DE – München, Keep it Low Festival
18.10.2014 DE – Berlin, Bi Nuu
19.10.2014 DE – Frankfurt, das Bett

FRANCE TOUR
BLUES PILLS
presented by MyRock
06.11.2014 F – Strasbourg, La Laiterie
07.11.2014 F – La Roche sur Yon, Le Fuzz Yon
08.11.2014 F – Paris, Le Point FMR

UK TOUR
BLUES PILLS
10.11.2014 UK – Bristol, The Fleece
11.11.2014 UK – Birmingham, The Oobleck
12.11.2014 UK – Manchester, Star And Garter
14.11.2014 UK – Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
16.11.2014 UK – Glasgow, Audio
18.11.2014 UK – The Dome, London

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BLUES PILLS – Announce European Headlining Tour!

29 Sunday Jun 2014

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Alexander Örn Númason, Óskar Logi Ágústsson, Blues Pills, Chubby Checker, Cory Berry, Cream, Debut Album, Don Alsterber, Don Alsterberg, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Guðjón Reynisson, Gypsy, Hammer Of Doom, He-Man, High Class Woman, Horisont, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Marijke Koger-Dunham, Mikael Akerfeldt, Roadburn, Rock Hard Festival, Rock Hard Megazine, Rock Revelation Tour 2014, Solstafir, Streetclip.TV, The Beatles, The Vintage Caravan, TuRock Essen, Voyage, Zack Anderson

Up and coming multicultural Blues Rockers BLUES PILLS announced their upcoming European headlining tour in support of the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut album. The quartet will be supported by Icelandic label mates THE VINTAGE CARAVAN. Produced by renowned Don Alsterberg (GRAVEYARD, HORISONT), »Blues Pills« is set to be released July 25, 2014.

The Vintage CaravanIIThe album is already being praised by pretty much every rock magazine out there and described as “the debut album of the year” (Boris Kaiser/ROCK HARD).

TOURDATES
02.10.2014 DE – Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2014 CH – Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
04.10.2014 DE – Nürnberg, Rockfabrik
06.10.2014 AT – Vienna, Arena
07.10.2014 AT – Innsbruck, Weekender
08.10.2014 DE – Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
10.10.2014 BE – Antwerp, Desertfest
11.10.2014 DE – Kaiserslautern, Kammgarn International Blues Festival
13.10.2014 NL – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
14.10.2014 DE – Essen, Turock
15.10.2014 DE – Hamburg, Headcrash
17.10.2014 DE – München, Keep it Low Festival
18.10.2014 DE – Berlin, Bi Nuu
19.10.2014 DE – Frankfurt, das Bett

Blues Pills & The Vintage CaravanThe first limited edition of »Blues Pills« will also include a special bonus DVD which will feature the band’s entire gig at 2013’s installment of renowned German “Hammer Of Doom” festival as well as a video interview with Streetclip.TV – see tracklist below.

DVD (Live @ Hammer Of Doom 2013):
01. Bliss
02. Dig In
03. Devil Man
04. Little Sun
05. Mind Exit
06. Astralplane
07. Black Smoke
+ Video interview with Streetclip.TV
The ten tracks of »Blues Pills« will also feature a cover version of the CHUBBY CHECKER classic ‘Gypsy’.

“It’s a song everyone in the band liked and we used to play it on our soundcheck. Slowly it worked itself into our set list, and now it’s going to be on our debut album as well. Back in the days lots of bands covered each other to honor the other artist, and they did it with their own touch on it. Some examples are, JIMI HENDRIX ‘All Along the Watchtower’, JANIS JOPLIN ‘Tell Mama’, ‘Summertime’ and ‘Ball and Chain’, or JOE COCKER ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’, everyone was doing it with the right reason. For us, we want to honor CHUBBY CHECKER and also bring it back to life by doing the cover version the BLUES PILLS way. Hopefully people like both versions and, yeah, it’s just a killer tune.“ – BLUES PILLS

»Blues Pills« Tracklist:
01. High Class Woman
02. Ain’t No Change
03. Jupiter
04. Black Smoke
05. River
06. No Hope Left For Me
07. Devil Man
08. Astralplane
09. Gypsy (CHUBBY CHECKER cover)
10. Little Sun

The cover art (as seen in the tour poster) was created by legendary artist Marijke Koger-Dunham (THE BEATLES, CREAM).

Commented the band: „The artwork is by the incredible artist Marijke Koger-Dunham. She painted it sometime in the late 60ies, and because we were looking for some 60ies inspired artwork, we thought “what could be better?” For us, it is a representation of the balance of life, as shown in all the symbolism of natural dualities such as darkness and light, sun and moon, life and death, etc. It shows how opposite forces are interconnected and compliment each other to form a whole. Besides that, it just looks absolutely amazing!“

Blues PillsThe band will be playing the following open air events this summer:

27.06.2014 NO Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer
04.07.2014 NO Skanevik Blues Festival, Skanevik
10.07.2014 CH Montreaux Jazz Festival, Montreaux
11.07.2014 AT Clamrock, Klam
12.07.2014 AT Lovely Days Festival, Wiesen
17.07.2014 LT Devilstone Festival, Vilnius
24.07.2014 CH Blue Balls Festival, Luzern
25.07.2014 IT Totem Psychfest, Rome
26.07.2014 DE Wilwerath Rock City, Wilwerath
28.07.2014 UK St. Pancras Old Church, London
31.07.2014 DE Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach am Herzberg
01.08.2014 DE Krach am Bach, Beelen
02.08.2014 DE Labertal Festival, Schierling
07.08.2014 NO Oya Festivalen, Oya
09.08.2014 SE Getaway Rock Festival, Gävle
14.08.2014 DE Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl
16.08.2014 PT Sonic Blast, Moledo Do Minho
22.08.2014 CH Open Air Gränichen, Gränichen
23.08.2014 NO Parken Festival, Bodo

More to be announced soon!

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