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Steve Hackett, a master songwriter as well as being a supreme musician will be guest at SAE's renowned series "Meet the Professionals" on January, 23rd. The event will be broadcasted via Internet-stream and includes a special interactive part: Steve Hackett will be answering the question from his audience live! Check whether your local SAE Institute... Read More
On Friday 22nd February, inakustik will release a compilation of three rare and previously unreleased German concerts recorded and filmed in 1989, 1995 and 2000, from the Canadian blues rock guitarist, Jeff Healey.
Entitled “Jeff Healey - As The Years Go Passing By: Live in Germany 1989 - 1995 - 2000”, the concerts will be released as a 3 CD-... Read More
Prepare for a thrashing with the return of COLDSTEEL! New EP "America Idle" breaks the 20-year hiatus of this New York City Underground Thrash Metal band. "America Idle" will be released on February 20th on Stormspell Records. Conceptually, "America Idle" expresses current societal anxiety and proclaims an anthem to rouse the... Read More
After more than 100 gigs all over Europe since the debut album release it was time for the new album "Hail the Black Sky". Recorded during the early months in 2009 in Malmoe, Sweden by Markus Nilsson and produced by Deville. The band has taken a step to a more straight forward songwriting and this album has more of an album feeling than the last one... Read More
Melodic Metallers FIREWIND have announced Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Darkology, Outworld, Adagio, Beyond Twilight etc.) as new vocalist for their upcoming North American touring activities, after longterm vocalist Apollo Papathanasio parted ways with the band. Even though Papathanasio has been temporarily replaced for some touring activities in the past, he has... Read More
A while ago, restless Finnish folk metal pioneers KORPIKLAANI announced the first dates of their upcoming “Manala European Tour 2013”, starting end of January, with support coming from Estonian fellow folk metallers METSATÖLL.
Now it’s time to unveil more cities that will get the chance to follow the sextet to the wondrous realms... Read More
Despite having planned his career meticulously over the past 25 years or so, even in the camp of German hard rock master Axel Rudi Pell surprises cannot be ruled out: Before playing in front of a sold out Cologne crowd on the second leg of his wildly successful “Circle Of The Oath“ - tour the opportunity arose for taping the whole show, with cameras... Read More
The Cult is Alive… and Chilean Mega-cult PENTAGRAM CHILE have at least almost completed work on their FIRST EVER album with the title "The Malefice" to be released sometime later this spring via CYCLONE EMPIRE!!!
PENTAGRAM CHILE are nearing completion of their first-ever studio album, which will be titled "The Malefice". Drums... Read More
Much to the anticipation of music aficionados around the world, French avant garde music troupe Sidony Box have released their third album "Sidony Box Rules". Award-winner of the “Rezzo Jazz a Vienne 2010” showcase and selected for the AFIJMA's “Jazz Migration 2011” tour, Sidony Box has earned its scenic reoutation through... Read More
After their successful and highly acclaimed 2010 album “Pandemonium”, Danish melodic Hard Rockers, Pretty Maids celebrated their 30th anniversary with their debut visual release “It Comes Alive (Maid in Switzerland)”.
Founded in early 1982 by guitarist Ken Hammer and singer Ronnie Atkins, Pretty Maids soon established themselves... Read More
