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LACUNA COIL Begin Recording New Album With Producer Jay Baumgardner

Posted in All Metal, Featured, New Music, News, Releases, Reviews with tags on September 13, 2013 by Randy
Band To Tour Europe With PARADISE LOST in Fall; 
Set Sail On SHIPROCKED In January 2014

LACUNA COIL have officially begun work on their upcoming new studio album, the highly-anticipated follow-up to ‘Dark Adrenaline,’ which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour North America not only as headliners, but also on support runs with MEGADETH, MOTORHEAD and VOLBEAT, then SEVENDUST and COAL CHAMBER.

Joining LACUNA COIL in Italy to record the album is acclaimed producer Jay Baumgardner, whose credits include P.O.D., SEVENDUST, EVANESCENCE, PAPA ROACH, OTHERWISE and more.

Says frontwoman Cristina Scabbia of the new album: “I am so excited to work on new stuff… I am sure a lot of people will be mesmerized by the cinematic vibe of the new album that’s underway. I’m very happy to have the chance to work with Jay. Not only is he a pro in what he does, but I am just loving the fact we are going to experiment with new sounds and are getting a different point of view about our art. We’re swamped with the music already… LACUNA COIL is back baby!!!”

Adds frontman Andrea Ferro: “We met Jay a few years ago in L.A. and had a really positive feeling about him, as he has produced and mixed some of my favourite records and some very relevant rock/metal albums. We have decided to work with him, because he has the ability to work together with the band towards a common vision without driving the band away from their sound.  In the studio there is the right energy that allows common people to achieve uncommon results!”

The band plans on completing the recording process before embarking on the upcoming “Tragic Illusion Tour” in Europe, which will celebrate Paradise Lost’s 25th anniversary as a band. The tour kicks off October 30 in Wolverhampton, UK, and concludes November 13 in Solothurn, Switzerland.

 

From January 26-30, 2014, LACUNA COIL will set sail on the SHIPROCKED cruise out of Miami, FL, to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. They will join a lineup that includes FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PAPA ROACH, THREE DAYS GRACE, DEVICE, SEVENDUST, Century Media label mates IN THIS MOMENT, BUTCHER BABIES and many more.

 

LACUNA COIL online:

www.lacunacoil.it

facebook.com/lacunacoil

myspace.com/lacunacoil

twitter.com/lacuna_coil

www.emptyspiral.net

LACUNA COIL are (L-R in picture above):

Andrea Ferro – vocals

Cristiano “Pizza” Migliore – guitar

Marco “Maki” Coti Zelati – guitar

Cristina Scabbia – vocals

Cristiano “Criz” Mozzati – drums

Marco “Maus” Biazzi – bass

GIRL ON FIRE Release ‘NOT BROKEN’ – Debut Album Out Now!

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Shows with tags , on September 13, 2013 by Randy

Seattle rockers GIRL ON FIRE released their debut album ‘NOT BROKEN’ yesterday, and fans and critics alike are already praising the album as one of the year’s finest debuts.

Taking Story Of The Year’s anthemic punch, Trust Company’s vocal melodies, later Eighteen Visions’ swagger, and a bunch of early Linkin Park sneer, this is big shiny rock purposely built for the radio… they are damn effective at what they do.” –Outburn

This album is everything you could want in a rock album and more… The album’s debut single ‘The Takedown’ could stand high atop the pedestal with the likes of many of the active rock hits from the past decade.” –New Transcendence (10/10)

“‘The Takedown’ comes at you with everything it’s got. These guys can rock, and they’re not shy about letting you know it.” –Amps And Green Screens (8.5/10)

The first single from ‘NOT BROKEN’ is “The Takedown” and is currently rising the charts at SiriusXM OCTANE and terrestrial radio, to watch the music video click here. GIRL ON FIRE also recently released behind-the-scenes video reports offering a look at the album’s recording process – click to watch the reports on drumsguitar and bass. You can also watch a five-track album sampler and lyric video here.

Currently on the road with BUCKCHERRY, GIRL ON FIRE will wrap their summer tour with a performance at MONSTER ENERGY AFTERSHOCK in Sacramento, CA, September 14, where they will join CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS labelmates BUCKCHERRY, IN THIS MOMENT, OTHERWISE and the BUTCHER BABIES on a two-day festival lineup that also includes KORN, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SHINEDOWN, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, VOLBEAT and a host of others. The band will then return home for two dates with HALESTORM September 20-22, with a new fall tour to be announced shortly.

 

Produced and mixed by Jay Baumgardner [PAPA ROACH, EVANESCENCE, SEVENDUST] and mastered by Howie Weinberg [NIRVANA, AEROSMITH, THE WHITE STRIPES], ‘NOT BROKEN’ is a combustible combination of crisp riffs and body-shaking rhythms, a guitar-driven thrill ride primed to take radio by storm and leave the world rocking in its wake.

Released September 3 on Century Media Records, the debut album is available now in exclusive bundles via CMDistro.com.

 

‘NOT BROKEN’ Track Listing:

1. The Takedown

2. Reminds Me Of You

3. Losing My Identity

4. One Step Away

5. Monster

6. Automatic Hurt

7. Believe

8. Ready To Fight

9. Break These Chains

10. Cut

11. Not Broken

12. Run

GIRL ON FIRE with BUCKCHERRY:

SEPTEMBER

04: Tulsa, OK – Caine’s Ballroom

06: Houston, TX – Scout Bar

07: Tyler, TX – Click’s

08: Dallas, TX – Tree’s

10: El Paso, TX – Speaking Rock Entertainment Center

12: Chandler, AZ – Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino

13: San Juan Capistrano, CA – Coach House

MONSTER ENERGY AFTERSHOCK

(with KORN, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SHINEDOWN, 5FDP, VOLBEAT and more)

SEPTEMBER

14: Sacramento, CA – Discovery Park

 

GIRL ON FIRE with HALESTORM:

SEPTEMBER

20: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

22: Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market

 

GIRL ON FIRE online:

facebook.com/girlonfiremusic

twitter.com/girlonfiremusic

instagram.com/girlonfiremusic

GIRL ON FIRE are (L-R in picture above):

Harry MacDonald – drums

Nicholas Wiggins – guitars

Austin Held – vocals

Nick McMahon – guitars

Josh Mouser – bass

EYES SET TO KILL premiere official music video for “INFECTED” The debut single from MASKS due September 17

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, Featured, New Music, News, Previews, Releases, Reviews, Videos with tags , , on September 13, 2013 by Randy

Phoenix Arizona rockers EYES SET TO KILL have just released their new music video for the first single “Infected” from the forthcoming album MASKS.  The song is a battering guitar driven groove that gives way to a soaring refrain from front woman Alexia Rodriguez. It’s an unforgettable and unshakable introduction to the next phase of EYES SET TO KILL. The video captures the story and emotion of the song perfectly. Our friends at Revolver Magazine have the exclusive premiere.

Check it out here:

http://www.revolvermag.com/?p=52078 

 

 

Multi-Platinum Selling Band ORGY Is Back and Calling Upon the Fans For Support!

Posted in All Metal, Artist Watch, New Music, News, Releases, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized with tags , on September 4, 2013 by Randy

ORGY has officially launched their Indiegogo campaign just over 24 hours ago to help raise funds and awareness that ORGY is back and bigger than ever! With a goal set of raising $100,000 in 60 days we need ORGY fans to come together like never before and help “crowdfund” the band back to stardom. Money raised will be spent on recording, production, distribution, music videos, touring and even starting a new record label to bring new music to the rest of the world. This is a huge opportunity and an extreme undertaking, which is why ORGY is calling upon their fans for help and support. “Without the fans, we are nothing… This is why we need our fans to become something” – Jay Gordon

Why We Need You – The music industry today is very different from what the music industry was, what used to be a thriving industry of large labels has now dwindled down to just a few and has made it extremely difficult to be successful. As much of a disappointment this is, it has also opened a door for us to start a brand new label, and with your help, we can achieve ground breaking results with not just ORGY, but giving other bands an opportunity and chance in the industry with us. Without a major label backing and funding us it makes it very difficult and expensive to record, produce and distribute our music to the fans. Once we do that we need to hit the road and tour, not just nationally, but internationally as well (can you believe we have never toured Europe or Japan?). Essentially we want you guys, the fans, to help get the new band and label off the ground, that way we can maintain creative freedom and do what WE want to do and not what another label tells us to do.

 

We have been funding ORGY from our own pockets and have reached a point where we have taken it as far as we possibly can by ourselves, and the wells run dry. This is where we need your help, without proper backing we are unable to bring our music to the fans, so we are asking everyone to come together and back us, be our supporters, and enable us to bring our music and other artists to you and the rest of the world.

 

The Impact – The impact from what could come from this is enormous. With your support and backing we can launch ORGY into a national and international name once again. We have more dedication and drive to make this a success than ever before, not only with the music but with the label as well. This will give new bands the opportunity to be heard and succeed as well as ORGY. We just simply can’t continue out of our pockets anymore and going after a major label just isn’t the right path for us. We ask that you be a part of something new, something big, help revive ORGY and help bring new music to the world.

 

Other Ways to Help – We understand that not everyone is able or willing to support us financially, but there are many ways that you can help us and support us. Spread the word! Just as important as money is letting people know that we’re back, you can share our facebook page, tell your friends, blast social media sites and anything else you can think of to get the name of ORGY back out there! You are all amazing and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for checking out our campaign, supporting us and getting our name back out there! Get ready for the new ORGY!

 

History of ORGY – Originally formed in 1997, ORGY was signed to Korn’s label Elementree Records and released their debut album Candyass in 1998. Featuring their two hit singles, a cover of the New Order song “Blue Monday” and “Stitches” along with the song “Revival” featuring Jonathan Davis of KORN, the album went on to sell almost two million copies. ORGY appeared on the Family Values Tour with Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Incubus and Rammstein and were featured on the live compilation album from the tour released in 1999. Their second album, the science fiction-themed Vapor Transmission, was released in 2000 featuring the singles “Fiction (Dreams in Digital)” and “Opticon” and the band later released the song “Faces” for the soundtrack to the movie Zoolander.

 

As the demand from fans for new music and a tour continued to grow over the past few years, founding member Jay Gordon (vocals) hand-selected guitarist Carlton Bost (former of Deadsy), guitarist Ashburn Miller (also from Deadsy), bassist Nic Speck (from Run-Run-Run and George Lynch) and drummer Bobby Amaro (from Nude) to come together and carry on the ORGY name. The guys, who’ve all known each other from their previous projects, have mutual respect both professionally and creatively for one another and are excited to be working together to bring ORGY back to the top.

To get involved and contribute, please check out the ORGY Music Indiegogo campaign http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/orgy-music

Official ORGY Music Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/OrgyMusic/177885225646095