Disturbed ‘The Lost Children’
Disturbed release first b-sides and rarities compilation ‘The Lost Children’ on November 7th 2011 on Warner Bros. Records
After four consecutive Billboard #1 albums, 12 million album sales and a further 6 million digital downloads, Disturbed will release ‘The Lost Children’, their first ever b-sides and rarities compilation, on November 7th on Warner Bros. Records.
‘The Lost Children’ compiles b-sides and bonus international albums tracks covering their entire career, from their debut album ‘The Sickness’ (2000) to 2010’s Gold-certified ‘Asylum’. It also includes ‘3′ which was released exclusively on the band’s website in April with all proceeds donated to the Damien Echols Defense Fund benefiting the West Memphis Three, the previously unreleased ‘Mine’, ‘This Moment’ from the soundtrack to Transformers and two fascinating covers: Faith No More’s ‘Midlife Crisis’ and ‘Living After Midnight’ by Judas Priest. Lead track ‘Hell’ can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAmUKgH7HI
Disturbed spent the summer headlining the fourth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival which also included the likes of Megadeth, Machine Head and Trivium and recently performed their first-ever shows in South America. When ‘Asylum’ went to the top of the Billboard album charts they became the third rock band to achieve four consecutive #1 albums after Metallica and the Dave Matthews Band.
‘The Lost Children’ is available for pre-order now, full tracklisting is:
1. Hell
2. A Welcome Burden
3. This Moment
4. Old Friend
5. Monster
6. Run
7. Leave It Alone
8. Two Worlds
9. God of The Mind
10. Sickened
11. Mine
12. Parasite
13. Dehumanized
14. 3
15. Midlife Crisis
16. Living After Midnight
Adams & Hannigan Albums
Lisa Hannigan PASSENGER. Pias
Lisa Hannigan is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. For several years she was a member of Damien Rice’s band before beginning her solo career in 2008. She has been the recipient of various award nominations and critical praise both in Ireland and the USA. Hannigan has performed and been associated with Cathy Davey, Mic Christopher, Mick Flannery, David Kitt and members of Snow Patrol, The Frames and Bell X1. She has performed at the Glastonbury Festival both as a solo artist and with Damien Rice.
Hannigan has pursued her own solo career, releasing her first album Sea Sew in Ireland on September 12th 2008, debuting at number 4 and earning her a Choice Music Prize nomination, two Meteor Music Award nominations and has been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2009. The album’s first single was Lille followed by I Don’t Know. Sea Sew got an official US release on February 3rd 2009 and a UK release in May 2009. In July 2009, two days after a triumphant performance in torrential rain at the Latitude Festival, it was announced that Sea Sew had been nominated for the prestigous Mercury Music Prize in the UK.
I first saw Hannigan in Ireland back in 2001 when she provided backing vocals to Damien Rice during the Witnness Festival. This is her second album and it’s taken a few listens for me to appreciate it - in part. Opening track ‘Home’ stands head and shoulders above every other song her with its super-strong melody, originality and quite epic scale. It’s excellent modern folk with Hannigan’s delicate voice shining through. Next song ‘A Sail’ is a swooning, dreamy affair with a decent melody, some beautiful string and piano moments pulling it through. ‘Knots’ is pretty much the same but provides Hannigan with more space for her vocals which are some of the most expressive and emotional on the album.
Other highlights include the lovely banjo-dominated ‘Passenger’ and highly reflective ‘Safe Travels, (Don’t Die)’, however, I would have liked to see some stronger/more consistent song-writing; with a little more passion; which her distinctive and expressive voice deserves. That said, there’s just enough here to satisfy her fans and perhaps even win over some new ones.
3.5/5
Ryan Adams ASHES & FIRE. Sony
Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, poet and painter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000. He has released six additional solo albums and five albums with The Cardinals.
Adams has produced albums for Jesse Malin and Willie Nelson and collaborated with the Counting Crows, Weezer, Norah Jones, America, Minnie Driver, Cowboy Junkies, Leona Naess, Toots & the Maytals, Beth Orton and Krista Polvere. He has written two books of short stories and poems, entitled Infinity Blues and Hello Sunshine. In 2009 Adams married actress Mandy Moore, left The Cardinals and announced that he was taking a break from music.
Adams resumed performing in October 2010 and released his thirteenth studio album, Ashes & Fire, on October 11, 2011. And here it is…
The first thing that hit me, even before the musical content, was the superb production quality with its sharp definition that renders Adams’ voice as clear as a bell. ‘Dirty Rain’ opens proceedings with arguably the best song on the album. The mood is solemn, the pace glacial, the melody powerful, and the voice more expressive than I can remember from this great singer/songwriter. ‘Ashes & Fire’ ups the pace while providing a strong
steer as to what’s on the rest of the album. The country narrative style is quite strong with piano and guitars giving good account of themselves. ‘Come Home’ slows pace dramatically with mournful fiddles underpinning a very moving and beautifully interpreted song.
There are hints here of his first album, HEARTBREAKER, but this is a more reflective Adams with a feeling given that he has created music which is closer to his heart and soul. It’s also effortless, generally understated with some of his finest ever vocals - a welcome
quality return from this young, accessible genius.
4/5
Chickenfoot & Tracer: New Lps
Tracer. SPACES IN BETWEEN. Cool Green Recordings
Fine heavy rock recordings have been thin on the ground in 2011, so this album is very welcome. Adelaide, Australian based band Tracer is made up of Michael Brown (guitar and vocals), Leigh Brown (bass, keyboards and vocals), and Andre Wise (drums and percussion).
If Robert Plant and Jimi Hendrix made love to the sounds of Audioslave, they’d probably sound similar to the likes of Tracer. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the trio embodies a sound steeped in epic guitars, clever hooks and raw, uncompromising vocals. Tracer’s unique blend of 90’s stoner and 70’s classic rock is winning them over new fans, and landed them with an international record deal. Rising from the ashes of blues prodigy band The Brown Brothers in 2004, Michael (vocals, guitar) and Leigh Brown (vocals, bass) teamed up with drummer Andre Wise to form Tracer.
The following years have seen the trio find success with two independent releases; two international tours, including support slots for Little Red, Children Collide, The John Steel Singers and Cassette Kids; and most recently, a record contract with highly respected Dutch label Mascot Records.
Following their successful debut European tour in late 2009, Tracer returned overseas in September 2010 to take a showcase slot at Germany’s PopKomm Music Conference in Berlin. The band then set off on a string of dates throughout Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK, taking time off to sign a long term record deal with Cool Green Recordings, a sub label of Mascot. Upon returning to Adelaide, the band headed straight into the studio, and recorded SPACES IN BETWEEN which is to be released in October 2011.
Using Aussi vernacular, this is a ripper of an album! It opens with ‘Too Much’ and an explosion of guitar riffs underpinned by a killer rhythm and tangible melody. Michael Brown possesses a classic heavy rock voice modelled perhaps on the likes of AC/DC and Iron Maiden leadmen. Superb! And it never lets up… ‘Push’ drops the pace as it ploughs a telling blues path. ‘Walk Alone’ tricks you into believing it’s going to be a quiet tune but then opens out with a vocal that sounds a little like the late lamented Kurt Cobain, and tradional rock sound. ‘Louder Than This’ opens with a deathly paced drum rhythm and is one of several album highlights. Great melodies, excellent lyrics, diverse pace, fabulous performances make this one of the best rock albums of 2011…
4.5/5
Airship’s New Album & UK Tour
Airship Announce Debut Album And UK Tour Details
The Manchester quartet will release ‘Stuck In This Ocean’ on the 5th September through Play It Again Sam. Produced by Doves/Cherry Ghost producer Dan Austin at Rockfield Studios, the album was aided by Doves’ ambient programmer Rebelski, and Editors’ guitarist Chris Urbanowicz.
The album features recent 6Music playlisted debut single, ‘Kids’.
Stuck In This Ocean Tracklisting: Algebra, Invertebrate, Kids, Gold Watches, Spirit Party, The Trial Of My Riddle, Organ, Test, Vampires, This Is Hell, Stuck In This Ocean
To coincide with the album’s release, the band head out on a huge 24 date UK tour, kicking off at Glasgow’s Nice’N’Sleazys on the 11th September, and concluding at Peterborough’s MET Lounge on the 11th November. The tour follows Airship’s recent support tour with The Joy Formidable.
Tickets for the tour are on sale now through Seetickets.com
Airship Live:
Thu 27 Oct - Cardiff Ten Feet Tall
Sat 29 Oct - Dundee Beat Generator
Sun 30 Oct - Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Tue 1 Nov – Aberdeen Cafe Drummonds
Wed 2 Nov - Inverness Mad Hatters
Thu 3 Nov - Carlisle Brickyard
Fri 4 Nov - Newcastle Other Rooms
Sun 6 Nov - Sheffield Harley
Mon 7 Nov - York Stereo
Tue 8 Nov - Nottingham Bodega
Wed 9 Nov - Leeds Nation of Shopkeepers
Fri 11 Nov - Peterborough Met. Lounge
Jagermeister: Ice Cold In The UK!
Jägermeister announced two more ‘Ice Cold’ live events. Following on from the success of the first Jägermeister ‘Ice Cold’ event at Battersea Power Station in May 2011, featuring rock legend Alice Cooper in the UK’s first ever 4D holographic gig, Jägermeister has teamed up with promoters Academy Events to present 12 bands at two more spectacular ‘Ice Cold’ events this autumn.
Jägermeister ‘Ice Cold in Birmingham’ ft. Skindred + Therapy? + Rolo Tomassi + Yashin + The Treatment + Malefice
On Monday 31st October, Jägermeister hosted ‘Ice Cold in Birmingham’ at O2 Academy Birmingham featuring reggae-rock headliners Skindred, alongside metal legends Therapy?, Glasgow five-piece Yashin, the notoriously hardcore Rolo Tomassi, plus The Treatment and Malefice. “This show may have been on Halloween but to us its more like Christmas has come early .To get the opportunity to see one of the best live acts in Britain, Therapy?, plus Rolo Tomassi who are awesome, plus Yashin and The Treatment all for free and for us to headline; we could not wait! “ says Skindred drummer Arya Goggin.
Jägermeister ‘Ice Cold in Hatfield’ ft. The King Blues + Rolo Tomassi + Skints + Turbowolf + Crowns + Hawk Eyes The Forum Hertfordshire, University of Hertfordshire – Tuesday 29th November. Doors open at 6.30pm
Stage times:
Main room: 20.00 - 20.30 Crowns / 21.00 – 21.30 The Skints
22.00 – 23.00 The King Blues
Room Two (Attic) 19.30 – 20.00 Hawkeyes / 20.30 – 21.00 Turbowolf
21.30 – 22.00 We are the Ocean
Subsidised tickets (£5): http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=471833
Win VIP tickets from www.jagermeister.co.uk OVER 18s ONLY
On Tuesday 29th November, Jägermeister heads to Hertfordshire for ‘Ice Cold in Hatfield’ featuring six bands spread across two rooms at The Forum Hertfordshire. Main room headliners The King Blues will bring their raucous blend of punk and reggae to the masses, with a blistering live performance of tracks from their latest album, ‘Punk & Poetry’. In support are reggae-punks The Skints and Crowns. Headlining the second room will be Sheffield’s ‘mathcore’ heroes, Rolo Tomassi, with support from Turbowolf and Hawk Eyes, who will make for a seriously noisy night of metal.
Tickets for ‘Ice Cold in Hatfield’ are just £5.00 (adv) per person thanks to Jägermeister subsidising admission so that fans can see six of their favourite bands for an incredible one-off ticket price. All of the bands performing at the ‘Ice Cold’ events are part of the JägerMusic programme, which supports both new and established signed and unsigned bands from across the UK.
Want to know more about JägerMusic?
The highly successful JägerMusic programme supports signed and unsigned bands in the UK. The current roster notably includes exciting talent such as Skindred and The King Blues. Additionally, the Jägermusic programme is supporting many up and coming UK bands that will be big in years to come.
Want to know more about Jägermeister?
Jägermeister packs in at number 8 in the league of Impact Top Spirits Brands Worldwide 2010 and continues to show significant growth year on year (A C Nielsen/CGA, 10) within the UK market. The unique German herbal spirit is made from a blend of 56 herbs, roots and fruits. Consumed mostly as an ice cold shot, Jägermeister has become the fastest growing shot brand in the UK. As a long drink, it is often mixed with cola or an energy drink.
The innovative Jägermeister tap machine ensures ice cold shots at sub zero temperatures for three bottles at a time and is a resident fixture in some of the UK’s biggest and busiest music venues and festivals. Highly coveted also for personal at-home bars, the Jäger-tap machine has even been known to change hands as a wedding gift for rock royalty. Beyond its iconic status in its heartland of rock, Jägermeister gains numerous press credits as a rider-request by artists as diverse as Bullet for my Valentine and Tiesto.
How To Promote A Show!
How To Promote A Show. You may not like what you’re about to read….
This guest post comes from Chris “Seth” Jackson, who blogs at How To Run A Band. Chris experiments with music marketing on his own band Shiplosion and shares the results.
After having a poorly attended show, it’s easy to point the fingers at everyone else. The bottom line: the turn-out is entirely your responsibility. When trying to promote your show, you would expect there to be a team of people to help out: the club, the booker, the other bands, and the promoter. And, yes, they sometimes do help out. However, more times than not, that level of support just isn’t there.
“How about the other bands on the bill? Can’t we get them to help flier and promote?”
Sadly, no. You can’t rely on other bands to promote the show. However, you can rely on them to make outrageous demands at the show, despite having done no promotional work whatsoever.
The bands that actually do help out, you want to work with them forever. Treat them like gold, pitch their shows, and always keep in contact with them. Those are the contacts you need in this industry.
Also, what if the other bands are from out-of-town? They can’t physically promote at all in your city. They rely on YOU. If the band is new, they may not know how to promote. Again, they need to see how you do it!
“How about the booker and the club? Aren’t they supposed to promote this?”
No. The booker has done her job by booking the show. She, now, has to book the other four months worth of shows, all the while dealing with cancellations and flakey bands.
The club itself is usually in the business of selling alcohol and trying desperately to keep its doors open. Most clubs I’ve seen at least run ads in the local papers. That’s about all you’re getting with the club dealing with shows just about every night of the year.
“Well, the promoter for this show is going to promote this, right?”
No. The promoter does drugs and steals your money from the door. So far, all the people I’ve seen that have the title “promoter” are the least capable of promoting. Not to say good promoters don’t exist; just don’t bet on it and protect your ass.
Rely on Yourself
In this biz, you are the only one you can rely on. Of course, this doesn’t mean you can’t build a team. As your band grows, you will need to bring in others to help you out.
However, this doesn’t mean trusting them implicitly. In the software testing field, we have a saying: “Trust, but Verify.” Just because you have an entertainment lawyer doesn’t absolve you of double checking what the lawyer has written up for you. Just because you have an accountant doesn’t mean that accountant is handling your money correctly. Having a manager doesn’t mean your career is being handled appropriately.
And with promoting a show, you need to verify that those also “helping” promote are doing their job. For this very reason, starting your show promotion as early as possible will help you identify the slackers or the scammers.
If you do rely on someone else to help out your band, make sure to have a backup plan. Just like bringing an extra guitar and drum sticks to your gig, you should have a backup plan in case someone falls through. And in the music biz, people fall through a lot.
Though this post sounds a bit negative, I’m only trying to make you aware of the reality of the situation. Sometimes you have great shows where everyone promotes, and you don’t have to worry about all the other people. Then, you have shows where you can’t even rely on your own bandmates to help with anything.
That’s just how the biz goes. If you plan for the worst, you will be prepared against most surprises. Your show will still get promoted, even if it’s only you.
The alternative when relying on everyone else? No promotion occurs, and you have zero people at your show.
Hard Rock Night! Live & Livid!
Wrexham Rock Extravaganza: Puddle Of Mud, Soil, Dear Superstar, Verses.
Wrexham Central Station, 16 October 2011
Up here at our home base it’s unusual to experience a single night of class heavy rock, but that’s precisley what happened here tonight. Soil, Puddle Of Mudd, Dear Superstar and Verses arrived in town to be greeted by a sellout, enthusiastic audience.
Brighton based Verses are not about big egos and gimmicks, it’s a band that let its music speak. Under previous names and formations the four old school friends have shared stages with Taking Back Sunday, Alexisonfire and Underoath at Taste Of Chaos, as well as the likes of Enter Shikari, Exit Ten, Young Guns and Bury Tomorrow. The band entered the studio at the start of 2010 with Wellerhill (Young Guns, Bury Tomorrow) to record their debut self-released EP ‘Shield Your Eyes, See The Future’, and with a new found pride in their music and a solid line-up, Verses consider this year to be the true start of their career. Band members are Jason Danzelman (vocals, guitar), Joe Welsh (guitar), Joe Gale (bass), and Dan Freese (drums).
The band had the difficult task of opening proceedings ahead of the bigger guns, and made a good fist of it. The audience seemed to be in a deep slumber while the guys performed with powerful melodies and performances that would have shamed some fully signed bands. Danzelman’s vocals were pitch perfect while his attempts to wake that slumbering audience were nothing short of heroic. Ultimately, the crowd woke up and provided the level of support and praise these young men deserved.
Next up a band whose original album I found amongst cds someone threw away!HEARTLESS was released back in 2008 and it’s good enough for me to have played several tracks from it on my radio show. So I was looking forward to putting some ‘meat on the bones’and hear some new tracks from the latest album. I was not disappointed…
Hailing from the Manchester, Dear Superstar combine their passion for classic hard rock with the power modern metal. The band burst onto the live circuit alongside rock ‘n’ roll giants such as Motley Crue, Metallica, Iron Maiden, KISS and Aerosmith as well as UK and European tours in support of Papa Roach, Buckcherry and Bullet For My Valentine to name just a few. After wowing crowds on the sold-out tours, they signed to esteemed boutique booking agency TKO, which quickly lead to appearances at Download Festival, Sonisphere UK and Switzerland, and Graspop Festival which ultimately kept the band on a relentless touring schedule throughout 2010 and 2011.
Dear Superstar opened their own Superstar Studios to the public and started recording their definitive album DAMNED RELIGION between March 2010 and August 2011. Produced by David Jones and mixed by legendary producer Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Atreyu), the new album is a darker heavy-rock affair, dripping with swagger, anger and killer hooks.
Micky describes the album, “After being blessed with such an incredible touring history, we owed it to everyone to come back with a world class record. David really pushed us creatively, emotionally and physically to literally rip open up our souls on every track. With Bob Marlette putting all the pieces together, the end result still sounds like a Dear Superstar record but darker, more defined, and something we are all unbelievably proud of.”
As far as British heavy rock bands go Dear Superstar, on this showing, are up there with the very best. The songs played seemed much heavier and darker than those from the first album but even more impressive was the performance from leadman Micky and his band members. Heavy rock is nothing without a solid rhythm section, and this one delivered in spades. Mickey proved to be not only an excellent vocalist but a charismatic frontman able to connect with his audience big-time. Top set!
Serge Gainsbourg Classic Release
Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson UMC: 7th November 2011
Super Deluxe Edition – 2CD/2LP/DVD (Limited Edition)
Deluxe Edition – 2CD/DVD
Vinyl Picture Edition- 1 LP
Serge Gainsbourg’s groundbreaking concept album released in Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions with considerable new and unreleased material.
Originally released in March 1971 this concept album, Histoire De Melody Nelson, from the iconic French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is a delicate and modern masterpiece of orchestral pop. Created as an adult tale, each of the seven tracks tells the story of a teenage English girl named Melody Nelson (sung by Jane Birkin) who meets a forty year old French man (sung by Serge Gainsbourg).
Histoire de Melody Nelson is considered by many critics and fans to be Gainsbourg’s most influential and accomplished album. It’s unique blend of guitar, psychedelic pop, funk, bass and near spoken word vocals was framed by Jean-Claude Vannier’s lush orchestral and choral arrangements. Vannier, once dubbed the French George Martin, composed most of the music for the album in collaboration with Gainsbourg where each track is more like a movement of the music than just a simple song. In addition to the remastered original album a second disc/LP features previously unreleased alternative vocal takes and instrumentals.
After the release of the album, a music video was filmed for each song, released together as a short musical. These films feature in a new documentary included on the DVD disc. The documentary uses French National TV (INA) Archives and has exclusive interviews with Jane Birkin, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jean-Claude Charvier (sound engineer of the album) and Tony Frank (photographer of the front cover of the album).
The DVD disc also includes a 5.1 version of the original album.
In October 2006, Jean Claude Vannier performed the album live in its entirety at London’s Barbican with guest vocalists Jarvis Cocker, Badly Drawn Boy, Brigitte Fontaine, Mick Harvey of The Bad Seeds’ and Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals. Vannier has since performed the album with an alternative cast in Paris and, in August this year, at the Hollywood Bowl as part of a tribute to Serge Gaisnbourg, guests that evening included Beck and Sean Lennon.
Beck once commented that Histoire De Melody Nelson was: “One of the greatest marriages of rock band and orchestra that I’ve ever heard.”
Track listings for the new editions of Histoire De Melody Nelson are as follows.
CD 1 : ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. MELODY
2. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON
3. VALSE DE MELODY
4. AH ! MELODY
5. L’HÔTEL PARTICULIER
6. EN MELODY
7. CARGO CULTE
CD 2 : BONUS ALBUM
1. MELODY (Complete take – unreleased)
2. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON (Alternative voice take – unreleased)
3. VALSE DE MELODY (Alternative voices take – unreleased)
4. AH ! MELODY (Alternative voices take – unreleased)
5. MELODY LIT BABAR (Voice version – unreleased track)
6. MELODY LIT BABAR (Instrumental version – unreleased track)
7. L’HÔTEL PARTICULIER (Complete take – unreleased)
8. EN MELODY (Alternative take – unreleased)
9. CARGO CULTE (Instrumental version – unreleased)
LP 1 : ORIGINAL ALBUM
Side a: 1. MELODY
2. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON
3. VALSE DE MELODY
4. AH ! MELODY
Side b: 5. L’HÔTEL PARTICULIER (Complete take – unreleased)
6. EN MELODY (Alternative take – unreleased)
7. CARGO CULTE (Instrumental version – unreleased
LP 2 : BONUS ALBUM 34’04 180gr COMPLETE AND ALTERNATIVE TAKES – UNRELEASED
Side a: 1. MELODY (Complete take – unreleased)
2. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON (Alternative voice take – unreleased)
3. VALSE DE MELODY (Alternative voices take – unreleased)
4. AH ! MELODY (Alternative voices take – unreleased)
5. MELODY LIT BABAR (Voice version – unreleased track)
Side b: 6. MELODY LIT BABAR (Instrumental version – unreleased track)
7. L’HÔTEL PARTICULIER (Complete take – unreleased)
8. EN MELODY (Alternative take – unreleased)
9. CARGO CULTE (Instrumental version – unreleased)
DVD
ORIGINAL ALBUM 5.1 VERSION
1. MELODY
2. BALLADE DE MELODY NELSON
3. VALSE DE MELODY
4. AH ! MELODY
5. L’HÔTEL PARTICULIER
6. EN MELODY
7. CARGO CULTE
EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED DOCUMENTARY 30’
Based on French National TV (INA) Archives and exclusive interviews of Jane Birkin, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jean-Claude Charvier (sound engineer of the album) Tony Frank (photographer of the front cover of the album), and Andrew Birkin (actor, scriptwriter, Jane’s Birkin brother, privileged witness of the relation between Jane and Serge).
Rock Local! Wrexham Central
Evile / Savage Messiah /Apollyon: 19 October 2011
Winter has arrived in North Wales in no uncertain terms and we head to its premier music venue once again to turn up the heat. Central Station has become the #1 venue to see some of the best touring acts around, along with some great ‘North Rising’ artists. As we arrive Apollyon are doing their best; they get better every time I see them; but they seem to be missing the final piece to the jigsaw, they are good, but is that good enough in this modern age…
Savage Messiah on the other hand are full of authority and are delivering the goods. They seem high on confidence and perhaps Savage are finally living the dream after being taken on by Earache records with a tour with one of the labels brightest hopes - Evile…
Savage Messiah is an English thrash metal/heavy metal band formed in May 2007 in London. The band was formed by guitarist and lead vocalist Dave Silver, The band also consists of guitarist Tom Draper, bassist Stefano Selvatico and drummer Mauricio Chamucero. Their debut album Spitting Venom was released on 1 October 2007 by SMR Productions to generally positive reviews. In January 2009 the band was signed to Candlelight Records, and entered the studio with acclaimed Grammy nominated producer Chris Tsangarides to record their second album, Insurrection Rising.
Insurrection Rising was released on October 19, 2009. It was recorded in, The Ecology Room studios in Deal, England they worked with,Grammy Nominated producer Chris Tsangarides. Famous for his production on such seminal albums as “Painkiller” by Judas Priest, “Tattooed Millionaire” by Bruce Dickinson as well as notching up production credits for bands such as Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Yngwie Malmsteen and more recently Biomechanical as well as many others. Recording for the album was finished in March and Scott Atkins (Cradle of Filth, Gama Bomb) was hired to mix the album.
It was announced on 13 August 2010 that Savage Messiah was to be signed by Earache Records, who they signed a worldwide multi-album deal. The band posted a statement on their website stating: ‘We are very proud and excited to sign with Earache Records. This is an exciting time for Savage Messiah as we are currently writing our new album, and hope to be on tour soon to present the new material’. “We would like to thank everybody at Earache for this fantastic opportunity, and we are really looking forward to getting out and thrashing with the fans.”
The Band’s third album (and first on a major label) is in the works for an early 2012 release and on their showing tonight it’s certainly something to look forward to…
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http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/index.php/gallery/?album=3253&gallery=1791
LIVE&LOUD: Near You 4U
Live&Loud - the definitive self-promotion service for up-and-coming bands… Livemusic, the UK’s leading music ticket aggregator and online community for gig lovers, launches in Autumn 2011 the Live&Loud (www.liveandloud.com) initiative - the first comprehensive online self-promotion tool and gig-booking service for up-and-coming bands.
Live&Loud matches bands to available performance slots at small to medium-sized live music venues across the UK, promotes and sells tickets to the gigs, and rewards bands with the fastest-growing social media profiles and most active fanbases, by offering them the chance to support a major signed band at a future sold-out Livemusic Student Union event. Throughout the University year, Livemusic will be staging major gigs at over 35 UK Student Unions – the inaugural September 2011 event at Kings College Student Union, London featured Miles Kane (a member of The Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys). Live&Loud - The definitive self-promotion service for up-and-coming bands. Linked to the consumer-facing Livemusic website (with its gig-listing and ticketing options), Live&Loud provides all the necessary tools for new bands to develop an online presence, and secure performance slots at venues across the UK.
Unsigned bands can register with Live&Loud for free and use the site to:
- Search by area and date for local venues with available performance slots
- Book an available slot, and immediately secure a place on the line-up
- Self-promote andsell merchandise and tickets through the Livemusic website: a gateway to over 100,000 lovers of live music gigs
- Receive payment based on the number of gig attendees (with the band receiving up to 80% of the money taken on the door)
- Benefit from the support of experienced Live&Loud road crew, assisting with aspects of promotion (posters etc.) and providing sound engineers to ensure the best sound reproduction - Benefit from a unique social media-powered reward system: receiving points for playing gigs, building-up a fan base, and getting positive online reviews.
Bands that accrue the most points can win the opportunity to perform at larger venues, playing support slots for headlining acts at future sold-out Livemusic Student Union events or showcase gigs (such as at the Brighton Great Escape), with Livemusic ensuring that industry professionals are in attendance. Over 2000 unsigned bands have already signed-up to the service, purely through word of mouth. To provide logistical support to the Live&Loud initiative, Livemusic has launched a nationwide programme of road crew recruitment and training, with 200 individuals now signed-up to provide support to regional Live&Loud gigs: many of them students, with incentivisation for their participation including free tickets, and the opportunity to win the chance to attend larger concerts.
According to a September 2011 analysis by The Guardian, since 2003, there has been a 5% decrease in the amount of music played in pubs, clubs and other so-called ‘secondary music venues’, with many famous independent venues shutting their doors, or at risk of closure. Live&Loud has so far recruited over 500 small-to-medium sized venues across the UK to take part in the Live&Loud initiative, which promises to not only benefit new acts, but also contribute to the restoration of the UK’s vibrant live music scene. Live&Loud puts bands on the scene. When you register your band with Live&Loud you give yourselves a great chance to get gigs, get paid and get noticed. The only thing we care about is helping bands get more out of playing live. Live&Loud has hundreds of venues for thousands of up and coming bands who just want to get out there and grow a fan base.
Your band’s job now is to bring in the punters, and the more people who come to see you play, the more you get paid, which can be as much as 80% of the money made on the door. So it’s really down to you and your determination to build a local fan base. When you’re starting out you have to prove to them – and to us - that you can cut it live, over and over and over. Keep playing great Live&Loud gigs and growing your fan base and we’ll get you bigger and better gigs to play outside your own backyard. Kill it live and you can look forward to your next big break – the chance to support a signed band at a top venue.
Playing sell-out gigs, collecting hundreds of fans and getting great reviews - that’s when the A&R people sit up and start to take notice. With Live&Loud’s extensive music business experience and your sheer hard work, think how far Live&Loud can take you …Watch our videos to find out how bands use Live&Loud to get gigs at good local venues, network with other bands, get known in the local area and get noticed by the people who matter. Smash it live, and keep doing it, and Live&Loud can get you supporting a signed band at a top venue near you. You have to start somewhere, so get started with Live&Loud and give your band the edge, online and onstage. Watch all our videos to find out how Live&Loud’s unique service puts bands on the scene.
For more information please contact info@liveandloud.com / www.liveandloud.com
Livemusic – the UK’s fastest-growing music community and online destination for lovers of live music
Livemusic (www.livemusic.fm) is the UK’s leading online gig listings service and music ticket aggregator – providing music-lovers with the chance to compare prices offered by every major ticket agent, and book the best seats at over 25,000 forthcoming gigs of all sizes across the UK. In 2011, an estimated 10 million music tickets will be processed by Livemusic. With over 100,000 unique visitors each month, Livemusic has become established as the UK’s fastest-growing online community for gig-goers: offering informative blogs, 40,000 pages of band and artist profiles, concert alerts for their favourite artists, unique video content and interviews with leading bands, and first-hand gig reviews.
Livemusic– Company Profile
Mick Newton, the CEO and Co-Founder of Livemusic, is a respected figure within the UK music industry, with a 30 year career that has included the management of Grammy Award winner Steve Winwood and eighties pop icons Bros, and work alongside leading graphic designer Mark Farrow. Mick works with his son, Ben Newton – COO and Co-Founder – and a team of 18 staff at the Livemusic head offices based within the ‘Silicon Roundabout’ creative hub of London’s Shoreditch.
Livemusic was founded in 2007. In 2011, Livemusic announced the appointment to its board – and investment from – Nick Gatfield (Chairman & CEO of Sony Music UK & Ireland), Giles Thorley (former CEO of Punch Taverns plc), and Peter Bond (Chairman - Bond Aviation Group, the UK’s largest independent emergency and mission critical helicopter operator).
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