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THE INTERSPHERE – NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE :::: “HOLD ON, LIBERTY” OUT JANUARY 31st IN NORTH AMERICA ON LONG BRANCH RECORDS/SPV

Posted in All Metal, New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , on December 10, 2011 by Randy

Germany’s THE INTERSPHERE have released the new video for their song “Sleeping God”. Metal Injection is hosting an exclusive premiere of the video HERE. The song is taken from their new album “Hold On, Liberty” which will be released on January 31st in North America via Long Branch Records/SPV.

Noisecreep is streaming the track “Sleeping God” HERE.

After playing over 350 live shows all over Europe including major festival appearances at Rock Am Ring and FM4 Frequency the critically acclaimed German alternative band THE INTERSPHERE returns with album number three. “Hold On, Liberty!” will be released in North America on January 31st via Long Branch Records/SPV.

THE INTERSPEHERE have posted a video teaser for “Hold On, Liberty” HERE

On “Hold on, Liberty” the band has developed their style between boundless energy, rigorously complex songwriting and melodic esthetics. And almost irreverently, they succeed in giving their catchy melodies and rousing songs true depth and complexity.  On top of all this, they capped their perfectionist tendencies by recording the entire album – in seven days – completely live in the studio.  No corrections and no fixed edges – making this a subtly warm and engaging listen for realists as well as dreamers alike.

“Hold On, Liberty” Track Listing

  1. masquerade
  2. we are
  3. sleeping god
  4. hold on, liberty!
  5. OPalinE
  6. capitall
  7. open end
  8. parallel lines
  9. over
  10. aurora
  11. destination

  12. For more information visit:   www.theintersphere.com   www.spv.de

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DYING FETUS: Enter Studio – Begin Work On New Album

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, News, Releases with tags , , , , , , , on December 10, 2011 by Randy

John Gallagher, guitarist and vocalist of DYING FETUS, has announced that the group has entered the studio to record their new full length album. The band will once again be working with longtime producer Steve Wright (Slipknot, Misery Index) at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore, MD.

Set to be released in mid 2012 through Relapse Records, the album will feature nine tracks and is a “return to roots” with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band’s last few works.  Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have come to know.  An official release date and album title will be announced shortly.

“The last album had some groove in it,” stated John, “but [it] was basically a lot of tech; this one is a return to form of older DYING FETUS albums, so to speak- more modern production though, of course.”  “Everything’s tight,” John adds; “…the sound is crushing, the drums are amazing”.

Additionally, DYING FETUS have announced a series of special South American shows set to take place in mid-January.  The band has also been confirmed for next year’s prestigious Maryland Deathfest and France’s Hellfest.  DYING FETUS plan to tour extensively in support of their new album and will be announcing more dates shortly.

For updates on DYING FETUS visit their Facebook and MySpace pages.

DYING FETUS TOUR DATES:

January 11 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Asbury Bar

January 12 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Underground Cultural

January 13 Recife, Brazil @ Burburinho Bar

January 14 São Paulo, Brazil  @ Manifesto Bar

January 15 Santiago, Chile @ Club 334

January 17 Bogota, Colombia  @ TBA

January 18 Armenia, Colombia  @ TBA
May 24 Baltimore, MD Sonar (as part of Maryland Death Fest 2012)

Tickets
Jun. 15-17

Clisson, France

Hellfest 2012

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2012 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN APRIL

Posted in Artist Watch, News with tags , , , , , , , on December 8, 2011 by Randy

Los Angeles, CA – Multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers will be 2012 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which honors legendary artists who have defined rock and roll and have inspired and continue to inspire a generation. To be eligible for nomination, performers must have released their first single or album at least 25 years before the year of nomination.

Formed in Hollywood, California in 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the most flamboyant, commercially successful, and musically influential bands of rock’s last quarter century. Singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael Balzary a/k/a Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons were high-school pals who combined their passions for Jimi Hendrix, ’70s R&B, and hardcore punk with sexual exuberance and local skateboard culture, immediately becoming famous for their outrageous (often near-naked) live shows and incendiary jamming. After Slovak’s death in 1988 and other personnel changes, the Chili Peppers – with guitar prodigy John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith – broke through with 1991’s BloodSugarSexMagik, a multi-platinum fusion of metal and rap that was pivotal in bringing modern black street culture and music to the Nirvana generation.

The Chili Peppers’ hits have run the melodic and emotional gamut from the fierce hip hop of BloodSugar’s “Give It Away” and the 1992 ballad “Under The Bridge,” (one of the best pop songs ever written about the grip of addiction), to the heavy riffing of “Scar Tissue” and the gorgeous melancholy of “Otherside” on 1999’s Californication. The Chili Peppers’ 2006 two-CD set Stadium Arcadium, an ambitious collection that added ’60s-pop harmonies, blazing psychedelia, and progressive-rock dynamics to their heavy California soul –  debuted at No. 1. After their longest hiatus ever, the Chili Peppers returned over the summer with 2011’s I’m With You (which debuted at No. 1 in 17 countries and has been nominated for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album), and a new tour that will take them through 2013.

The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14th, 2012, in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May. The 2012 ceremony will again be open to the public. Please visit www.rockhall.com for more information.

www.redhotchilipeppers.com

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GARY NUMAN: NEW ALBUM ‘DEAD SON RISING’ OUT NOW

Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases with tags , , , , , on December 8, 2011 by Randy
LEGENDARY NEW WAVE PIONEER CONFIRMED TO APPEAR ON
NPR’s WORLD CAFÉ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15

U.K. TOUR STARTED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7

Legendary new wave pioneer GARY NUMAN is celebrating the release of DEAD SON RISING, his new album out now via RED distribution in the U.S. and globally available through www.numan.co.uk. Listen to the full album stream of DEAD SON RISING exclusively for one week only beginning today at http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/12/stream-gary-numan-dead-son-rising/. GARY will be the special guest on NPR’s World Cafe with host David Dye next Thursday, December 15 from 2:00-4:00pm ET. Tune in to hear GARY discuss his musical influences, history and what’s coming up next for the iconic electro rocker. NPR’s World Café can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide, find your station here: http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/schedule/?prgId=39. Online and worldwide fans can hear the broadcast live directly on the WXPN Philadelphia stream on Thursday, December 15 from 2-4PM ET here: http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/xpn-stream, the show will be archived on NPR later that day: http://www.npr.org/programs/world-cafe/. GARY and his band will kick off a U.K tour beginning Wednesday, December 7. The short trek features a stop at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Minehead, Somerset on Saturday, December 20.

For DEAD SON RISING–a far more experimental and unique album than such previous releases as–Jagged, Pure and Exile–GARY teamed up with longtime collaborator ADE FENTON to co-write and produce the effort.

NUMAN continues to put the finishing touches on his new album for 2012 titled SPLINTER. This summer, he collaborated with Battles for their new single “My Machines,” out now on Warp Records, see video below which also features GARY. No doubt the renewed vigor came partly from his critically acclaimed tour last fall celebrating the 30th anniversary of his seminal album The Pleasure Principle. GARY and his band thrilled sold-out crowds across the U.S. late last year. Expect the group to announce a worldwide tour soon.

www.numan.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/GaryNumanOfficial

 

Dead Son Rising UK Tour December 2011  
Wed 12/7 Warwickshire, UK Leamington Spa Assembly Hall
Thu 12/8 Manchester, UK HMV Ritz
Fri 12/9 Southhampton, UK Guildhall
Sat 12/10 Minehead, Somerset ATP Festival
Sun 12/11 Hertfordshire, UK The Forum (Univ. of Hertfordshire SU)

 

 

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