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GRAVE PLEASURES – Announces New Drummer Uno Bruniusson & Inks Deal With Sony

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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Apocalyptic Death-Rock, Beastmilk, Beyond the Gates, Climax, Grave Pleasures, Hellfest, Hexvessel, Ilosaarirock, In Solitude, Johan Snell, Juho Vanhanen, Killing Joke, Linnéa Olsson, Mat McNerney, NME, Oranssi Pazuzu, Pitchfork, Procession, Provinssirock, Reverence Festival, Rock im Revier, Rockavaria, Royal Blood, Ruisrock, Sonic Ritual, Sweden Rock Festival, The Guardian, The Oath, Tom Dalgety, Uno Bruniusson, Valtteri Arino

GRAVE PLEASURES (ex-BEASTMILK) announces new drummer Uno Bruniusson (IN SOLITUDE) and inks a deal with Sony!

Uno Bruniusson of Swedish metal pioneers IN SOLITUDE joins GRAVE PLEASURES, the band formerly known as BEASTMILK. The band have signed a record deal with Sony. They head into the studio this may with award-winning producer Tom Dalgety (ROYAL BLOOD, KILLING JOKE) and will release their new album in September 2015.

Grave PleasuresGRAVE PLEASURES now complete their impressive and illustrious lineup with new drummer Uno Bruniusson (co-founding member of now laid to rest Swedish band IN SOLITUDE, drummer for PROCESSION) who has joined their ranks in April 2015. Bruniusson’s vast experience, accomplished drumming flair and eclectic range of styles consummates the GRAVE PLEASURES lineup into a formidable force to be reckoned with.

Bruniusson marries his metal to singer/songwriter and founding member Mat “Kvohst” McNerney (also of HEXVESSEL), original Beastmilk bassist Valtteri Arino, guitarist/song-writer Linnéa Olsson (founding member and song-writer of THE OATH and SONIC RITUAL) who had joined BEASTMILK earlier in 2014, and new live/studio guitarist Juho Vanhanen of well-known Finnish blackmetal titans ORANSSI PAZUZU.

As self-styled apocalyptic post-punks, BEASTMILK were one of the most talked-about bands in recent times. Their “painful war-cry of the eternally doomed,” as one journalist described it, resonated with fans of all genres. They were instantly picked up on by Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian with raving reviews, and took the music scene by storm.

In early 2015 they announced that co-founding guitarist Johan Snell had departed their ranks, and the band will continue under the new moniker of GRAVE PLEASURES. But the rumbling grassroots momentum which built up behind them, has now transformed into something much, much bigger as GRAVE PLEASURES announces that they have inked a deal with Sony. Heading into the studio with Tom Dalgety, frontman Mat McNerney proclaims that we can “expect a recording of raw, wild, intense and desperate punk that could ignite any dank bunker or collapse a stadium.”

McNerney expands on their vision by describing the debut album “Climax” as a “brief introduction.” He claims that “The new songs are so raw and so vital, that they delve much deeper. We’re not stopping at a prologue, we’re heading straight for the zenith of our sonic love affair with the apocalypse.”  The future of this band is surely going to be as unprecedented and extraordinary as its inception.The end has only just begun.

Grave Pleasures Live
GRAVE PLEASURESLineup:

Mat McNerney – Vocals
Linnéa Olsson – guitar
Uno Bruniusson – drums
Valtteri Arino – bass
Juho Vanhanen – guitar (live/studio)

Upcoming GRAVE PLEASURES shows

2015

May 29, Rock im Revier, Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany
May 31, Rockavaria, Olympiapark, München, Germany
June 6, Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg, Sweden
June 12, Sideways, Helsinki, Finland
June 21, Hellfest, Clisson, France
June 27, Provinssirock, Seinäjoki, Finland
July 5, Ruisrock, Turku, Finland
July 19, Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, Finland
Aug 28, Reverence Festival, Parque de Medendas, Valada, Portugal
Aug 29, Beyond the Gates IV, Bergen, Norway

+ more dates to be announced, and a full European tour during Sept/Oct 2015

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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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SPIDERS – Confirmed To Play Rock Hard Festival 2015

10 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Alan Forbes, Ann-Sofie Hoyles, Avatarium, Axel Sjöberg, Blood Ceremony, Crusher Records, De:Nihil Records, Don Ahlsterberg, Graveyard, International Noise Conspiracy, John Hoyles, Josefine Larsson, Kemado Records, Kvelertak, Mad Dog, Motorjesus, Olle Griphammar, Pentagram, Ricard Harryson, Rock Hard Festival 2015, Shake Electric, Spiders, Sweden Rock Festival, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Vader, Valley King Records, Way Out West

SPIDERS was formed in Gothenburg in February 2010. A few months later the band appeared at one of Sweden’s most successful music festivals, Way Out West. It was around this time SPIDERS for the first time as a band stepped into the studio with producer Don Ahlsterberg (THE SOUNDTRADK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NISE CONSPIRACY) and started recording.

SpidersPhoto by: Josefine Larsson

By the end of January 2011 SPIDERS released their debut record, a 10” vinyl EP on Crusher Records containing four tracks. The self-titled release was very well received and noticed in Record Collector as well airplayed on Sweden’s largest radio channel P3. In March 2011 those four previously released tracks came to be released in the USA as two separate 7” singles, one on Kemado Records the other on Valley King Records, the latter with an artwork made by well-known artist Alan Forbes.

Around this time drummer Axel Sjöberg, former drummer, left SPIDERS to work full time on GRAVEYARD and came to be replaced by Ricard Harryson. In May 2011 SPIDERS stepped into the studio for the second time recording a two track single to be released on vinyl by De:Nihil Records in August and digital by Crusher Records in September.

Spiders Shake ElectricIn June 2012 SPIDERS began recording songs for their debut album. In early October the very same year the album, entitled “Flash Point”, was released. The album immediately reached the Sverigetopplistan, the Swedish Sales Charts of most sold albums. In November and December SPIDERS went on European tour together with GRAVEYARD. By the end of the same year SPIDERS’ debut album was nominated by P3 Gold (Swedish Radio Award) for best Rock/Metal of the Year. In 2013 the band appeared on Sweden Rock Festival, toured Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal. Enter 2014 – On May 27th the new single “Mad Dog” was released on Reaktor Recordings / Universal Music. After touring in support of KVELERTAK in Scandinavia and BLOOD CEREMONY throughout Europe, SPIDERS have now been confirmed to play at Rock Hard Festival 2015, alsongside PENTAGRAM, AVATARIUM, VENOM, MOTORJESUS and many more!

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THUNDERMOTHER – Rock’n’Roll Disaster

25 Friday Apr 2014

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AC/DC, Artwork, Cheers, Clare Cunningham, Deranged, Filippa Nässil, Giorgia Carteri, Linda Ström, Man With Blues, One For The Road, Please Me, Rock'n'Roll Disaster, Saturday, Shoot To Kill, Sweden Rock Festival, The Dangerous Kind, Thundermother, Thunderous, Tilda Stenqvist, Tourdates, Warner Music Sweden

If AC/DC were twenty years younger, female and located in Sweden, they’d be THUNDERMOTHER, period! Of course it’s not all that simple doing a review on the impatiently awaited full-length debut of the fierce five-piece. After an intense line-up chance, leaving only the axegrinding founders, THUNDERMOTHER are “back” (odd to say this about a band, that is just getting really started right now) with a blast! The ten tracks on their freshman attempt with the witty title “Rock’n’Roll Disaster” turn out to be everything BUT a disaster: Catchy choruses, classic and flawless riffage, a grooving rhythm section with new members Tilda Stenqvist on drums, Linda Ström on bass and above all the outstanding rocking voice of Irish vocalist Clare Cunningham.

The lyrics bounce between heartache, true-to-life experience and whatever you see and live through as a musician – just like any other band. The title track ‘Rock’n’Roll Disaster’ and ‘Shoot To Kill’ have already been recorded and released with the previous line-up and now give this new record a sort of familiar feeling to it. Not to mention that every single song is a hymn for itself and with an average duration of about three minutes, you won’t even know what hit you!

All songs are composed or at least co-written by guitarist Filippa Nässil, who also made her way producing “Rock’n’Roll Disaster”, furthermore the artwork has been handled by second guitarist and co-founder Giorgia Carteri. That’s taking care of business for you.  THUNDERMOTHER are not just another All-female Rockband, but the next mark on the international music landscape.

Tracklist:

01. Man With Blues

02. Deranged

03. The Dangerous Kind

04. Rock’n’Roll Disaster

05. Thunderous

06. Please Me

07. Shoot To Kill

08. One For The Road

09. Cheers

10. Saturday

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THUNDERMOTHER - Rock'n'Roll Disaster

 

THUNDERMOTHER – Official Video For ‘Shoot To Kill’ Online

04 Friday Apr 2014

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Clare Cunningham, Filippa Nässil, Giorgia Carteri, Linda Ström, Rock'n'Roll Desaster, Shoot To Kill, Sweden Rock Festival, Thundermother, Tilda Stenqvist, Tourdates, Warner Music Sweden

After signing with Warner Music Sweden Swedish all-female Rock’n’Roll explosion THUNDERMOTHER have now released their full-length debut “Rock’n’Roll Disaster”, which is out since April 02, 2014. The original line-up chanced after the first three years in 2013, leaving only guitarist and founder Filippa Nässil and her fellow axe lady Italian Giorgia Carteri behind. A new crew, featuring Karlstad-based drummer Tilda Stenqvist, bassist Linda Ström from the Smålander woods and Irish singer Clare Cunningham, who lives in Dublin nowadays, was luckily found in the same year and now the band is stronger than ever and ready to conquer the Rock scene beyond the borders of Sweden.

Thundermother 2014

Along with the release of their album “Rock’n’Roll Disaster” the quintet also put out the official video for the song ‘Shoot To Kill’. The video is available to watch on the YouTube channel of Warner Music Sweden.

Furthermore THUNDERMOTHER will be embarking on an extended tour circle through Sweden, Spain and will be performing at this years’ Sweden Rock Festival.

THE ROCK’N’ROLL DISASTER TOUR
April 4 – TROLLHÄTTAN, Backstage Rockbar, SWE
April 5 – MOTALA, Brygget, SWE
April 11 – MALMÖ, Moriskan, SWE
April 12 – KARLSTAD, Nöjesfabriken, SWE
April 20 – VÄXJÖ, Kafé de luxe, SWE
April 25 – NORRKÖPING, Stopet Rockbar, SWE
April 26 – GREBBESTAD, Granitrock, SWE
May 1 – BARCELONA, Sala Rocksound, ES
May 2 – ZARAGOZA, Sala Utopia, ES
May 3 – SAN SEBASTIAN, Sala Doka, ES
May 4 – MONZON (HUESCA), Sala Serjos Rock, ES
May 6 – LEGANES (MADRID) Sala Twister, ES
May 7 – MADRID, Sala Cadillac Solitario, ES
May 8 – ALCALA DE HENARES (MADRID), Sala Ego Live, ES
May 9 – JAEN, Sala Mambo, ES
May 10- ESTEPONA (MALAGA), Sala Loui Loui, ES
May 23 – TRANÅS, Pub Babar, SWE
May 24 – ÖREBRO, Metallsvenskan, SWE
June 06 – SÖLVESBORG, Sweden Rock Festival, SWE

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BLUES PILLS – Broadcasting On German Rock Palast Tonight

19 Sunday Jan 2014

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Blast!, Blues Pills, Burg Herzberg Festival, Classic Rock, Cory Berry, Crossroads Festival, Dorian Sorriaux, Elin Larsson, European Tour, Freak Valley Festival, Hellfest, Live At Rockpalas, Metalfest Loreley, Metalnews.de, Out & Loud Festival, Rock Hard, Rock Hard Festival, Sweden Rock Festival, This Is Rock, Tourdates, Visions, WDR Rockpalast, Zack Anderson

Up and coming multi-cultural blues rockers BLUES PILLS’ gig at last years Crossroads Festival in Bonn, Germany will be broadcasted tonight at 1.45am CET on German TV station WDR as part of the renowned „Rockpalast“ show. Four songs of this concert will be released on the upcoming live EP »Live At Rockpalast« on Februar 14, 2014 and will be made available as a lavish slipcase MCD as well as on high quality 10“ vinyl in various colours.

Blues Pills

The tracklist for »Live At Rockpalast« reads as follows:
01. In The Beginning
02. Black Smoke
03. Little Sun
04. Mind Exit

Commented the band: “Thanks to Rockpalast for letting us release some of the material from the show we did back there in October 2013. We wanted to give our fans a piece of the BLUES PILLS live experience to have on vinyl or CD.“

BLUES PILLS live:

Norwegian Dates
20.03. NO Trondheim, Familien
21.03. NO Nesbyen, På Hjørnet
22.03. NO Bø, Kroa

European Tour 2014
presented by ROCK HARD (FR), THIS IS ROCK (ES), BLAST! (GER), CLASSIC ROCK (GER), VISIONS (GER), METALNEWS.DE (GER)
01.04. FR Lille – La Peniche
02.04. FR Angouleme – La Nef
03.04. FR Nantes – La Scéne Michelet
04.04. FR Bordeaux – Le Bootleg / Make It Sabbathy
05.04. ES Barcelona – Razzmataz 3
06.04. ES Murcia – Garaje
08.04. PT Lisbon – Stairway Club
09.04. ES Madrid – Lemon
10.04. ES Bilbao – Sonora
11.04. FR Bayonne – La Magneto
12.04. FR La Roche Sur Yon – Le Fuzz Yon
13.04. FR Paris – Le Point Ephemere
16.04. FR Mulhouse – Le Noumatrouff
17.04. FR Chambery – Brin d´Zinc
18.04. FR Lyon – Stone Rising Festival
19.04. CH Zürich – Mascotte
25.04. UK London – Desertfest
26.04. BE Antwerpen – Trix
27.04. NL Drachten – Iduna
29.04. DE Brilon – Kump
30.04. DE Osnabrück – Bastard Club
02.05. DE Leipzig – Moritzbastei
03.05. DE Weil der Stadt – JH Kloster
05.05. AT Salzburg – Rockhouse Bar
06.05. AT Innsbruck – Weekender
07.05. DE Augsburg – Spectrum
08.05. IT Bologna – Freak Out Club
09.05. IT Montecchio Maggiore (VI) – E20 Underground
10.05. IT Milano – Lo Fi Club
11.05. AT Graz – Explosiv
13.05. PL Warsaw – Progresja
14.05. PL Gydnia – Desdemona
16.05. DK Aalborg – 1000 Fryd
17.05. DK Lyngby – Templet

FESTIVALS 2014
29. – 31.05. DE Out & Loud Festival, Geiselwind
29. – 31.05. DE Freak Valley Festival, Netphen-Deutz
05. – 07.06. SE Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg
07. – 08.06. DE Gelsenkirchen, Rock Hard Festival
19. – 21.06. DE Metalfest Loreley, St. Goarshausen
20. – 22.06. FR Hellfest, Clisson
31.7. – 3.8. DE Burg Herzberg Festival, Breitenbach am Herzberg

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VIXEN – Full Female Throttle

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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80s, All- Girl Rockband, Cryin, Demolition Records, Edge of a Broken Heart, EMI, Full Throttle, Gina Stile, Jan Kuehnemund, Janet Gardner, Jenna Sanz-Agero, Kat Kraft, Live & Learn, Love Is A Killer, Lynn Louise Lowrey, Macime Petrucci, Mötley Crüe, Rana Ross, Rev It Up, Roxy Petrucci, Scorpions, Share Pedersen, Sweden Rock Festival, Tangerine, Unplugged, Vince Neil, Vixen

Facing the sad loss of one of our leading ladies of Rock & Metal, guitarist and founding member of Vixen, Jan Kuehnemund it seems about time to take a look back on the history of this female powerhouse: The Queens of Metal, the Female Bon Jovi, however you have heard Vixen described, one of the things you will definitely know is that they were one of the most successful female rock bands in the world. Massive hits like ‘Edge Of A Broken Heart’ and ‘Love Is A KillerÄ heralded their position in the rock charts, and made them a permanent fixture on all the most popular rock compilation albums of the 90s. Vixen was founded in Minnesota by Jan Kuehnemund, and brought to Los Angeles in the mid 80s where they continued to gig and build up an impressive following, finally cracking the big time in the late 80s.

vixenVixen – Striking The Pose

After the birth of Vixen around 1980/81 many changes followed until the line up of Janet Gardner (Vocals), Jan Kuehnemund (Guitar), Roxy Petrucci (Drums) and Share Pedersen (Bass) was reached. Their debut album ‘Vixen’ in 1988 which went Gold in the US and sold in excess of one million copies worldwide. They followed that up with an even better album – both on their record deal with EMI – , ‘Rev It Up’, in 1990 but then in 1991 Share and Janet split off from the band to pursue a different musical direction. The band toured constantly, including some prestigious supports to the Scorpions and Bon Jovi amongst others.

Former band members of Vixen pursued various other projects until eventually Roxy found guitarist Gina Stile and hooked back up with Janet for a Vixen reformation, touring the States in 1997 with Rana Ross on bass. As a 3 piece, Janet, Roxy and Gina recorded ‘Tangerine’ (released May 1998), which was a departure from Vixen’s previous sound, but is still an album of the highest quality.

They added Roxy’s sister Maxine (who played with Roxy in Madam X) on bass, and toured for a while after the album’s release.
98 tour line up :

Janet Gardner – Vocals
Gina Stile – Guitar
Roxy Petrucci – Drums
Maxine Petrucci – Bass

The band called it a day in 1991, although Jan reformed the band in 2001 to undertake the Voices of Metal tour with Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe fame. A few problems beset the band, not least the fact that the line up changed completely mid tour. Once sorted though, this line up remained strong and is the same line up that have just recorded their new studio album, the follow-up to ‘Rev It Up’, called ‘Live & Learn’. Vixen is Jan Kuehnemund (Guitars), Jenna Sanz-Agero (Vocals), Kat Kraft (Drums) and Lynn Louise Lowrey (Bass).
In 2004 the EMI era line-up got back together for VH1’s Bands Reunited program. Jan, Share, Roxy and Janet were ‘ambushed’ and asked if they would participate in a reunion. After some persuading they all agreed to do so and met up for the first time in many years. Following brief rehearsals, they performed a special one-off show on August 3rd at SIR Studios in Hollywood. The program was initially aired on VH1 in the US on November 9th.

vixenIIWhilst recording the new album, the band took a trip over to Europe, to give the fans a chance to not only see the classic songs performed, but also to gauge how the fans would accept the new songs. The result; a resounding success, which culminated in the recording of the band’s first live album and DVD at their stage headlining show at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2005. This live album was released in the US by Sony/BMG on July 18, 2006.

‘Live & Learn’ was released in Europe by Demolition Records in November 2006, and in the US in January 2007.

vixenIIIHell On High Heels!

Inspired by: Vixen Homepage & Neil’s Vixen Page

CRUCIFIED BARBARA – The Midnight Case European Tour 2012

20 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by psychorizon in Live

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Arch Enemy, Crucified Barbara, Ditmarschen Rock Festival, European Tour 2012, Ida Evileye, Klara Force, Mia Coldheart, Nicki Wicked, Nitro Dive, Stockholm, Studio Album, Sweden Rock Festival, The Midnight Chase, Tourdates

To promote their third Studio Album, Stockholm based Hardrock Babes CRUCIFIED BARBARA will be touring Europe this Fall.

The four musicians already hit stages in France earlier this year and played some Festival Shows, including the world famous Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg and the Dithmarschen Rockfestival in Marne, Northern Germany.

Joining in for The Midnight Chase European Tour 2012 will be Special Guests NITRO DIVE.
05.10.12 Torgau, Bastion
06.10.12 Hamburg, Ballroom@Rock´n´Roll Warehouse
09.10.12 Wien (AT), Escape
10.10.12 München, Garage
11.10.12 Tübingen,Sudhaus
12.10.12 Aarburg (CH), Moonwalker
13.10.12 Bulle (CH), Ebullition
14.10.12 Pratteln (CH), Z7 (Very Special Guest of ARCH ENEMY)
16.10.12 Osnabrück, Bastard Club
17.10.12 Mannheim, 7er Club
18.10.12 Siegburg, Kubana

MORE DATES WILL BE ADDED!

Crucified Barbara Homepage

Nitro Dive Homepage

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