Scottish
drummer Ted McKenna, who played with a range of artists including
Rory Gallagher, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Ian
Gillan and Michael Schenker, has died at the age of 68.
The
news was confirmed on Facebook by Gerry McAvoy, a close friend, who
wrote ... "I'm lost for words creating this post. I lost my
friend and comrade this morning. After what should have been a
routine operation, there were complications, meaning Ted started
hemorrhaging blood. Sadly the surgeons could not stop the bleeding.
I
spoke with Ted on Thursday, wished him good luck and told him we will
speak on Saturday. I'm devastated. Ted was one of the nicest guys
you could ever meet. A brilliant musician. He was a big man
with a big heart, and he has left us all with a big hole in our
lives. My thoughts are with Laura, Casey, Heather and Claire, and
everyone who's lives were touched by the big man. RIP Ted from
myself, Marcel, Davy, and all those musicians who had the pleasure of
playing with one of the finest drummers of all time."
Tributes
to the great man have since flooded the internet with fond memories
shared by many who had performed with him over the years, seen him
perform, or met him in person after a show.
Michael
Schenker wrote on Facebook ... "We are totally heartbroken
to hear about Ted McKenna, our amazing drummer and dearest friend,
passing away this morning. Its a massive shock and a huge loss to
lose Ted so suddenly. He always had a smile on his face and
was one of the most sincerely genuine people you could ever have the
pleasure of meeting. One of the great rock drummers, he always
played from the heart and his heart was music. Rest in peace,
Ted. We will miss you."
Former
MSG bass player Chris Glen wrote ... "Awoke this
morning to the terrible news that our beloved brother Ted has left
us. Seemingly he passed away during complications with his operation
for his hernia. My most heartfelt condolences to all his friends and
family... Just can't believe it."
Ex-MARILLION
frontman Fish wrote ... "I just heard the tragic news today
that my dear friend Ted McKenna passed away this morning. A fabulous
musician and one of the all-time greats who inspired so many rock
drummers across generations he was a truly legendary stick man who
graced so many kits behind so many world-famous bands. I had the
enormous pleasure of not only working in the studio with him but
also sharing stages in various incarnations over the years. He was a
monster drummer with endless energies who played with so much soul
and passion and drove songs with a power and grace like no other.
But
it wasn't only his playing that made him such a legend. He was a
beautiful man who could drift from the comic to the serious, abound
with stories and anecdotes, a perpetual smile despite all the
difficulties he encountered and suffered over the years with never a
bad word to say about anyone. I loved his bear hugs and his
enthusiasm for everything. Always positive and always there for you
if you needed him. He was a man's man and I am honoured to have had
him as a true friend.
My
heart goes out to his family and his friends, of which he had so
many and to all the people he touched with the music over his long
years with us. He will be deeply missed and never replaced.
"Love
you, Ted. RIP brother."
Robin
McAuley wrote ... "I’m
only now reading this terribly sad news about our very own Ted
McKenna. A most wonderful and kind man and one of the greatest
drummers in the business. I spent many hours chatting with Ted while
on the tour bus or in the dressing room at whatever city we played.
He told me so many stories about his time in SAAB and also with Rory
Gallagher. Great stories great laughs. He told me about his teaching
and his many students. He had his Son Casey at our last London show
and how proud he was to have him
there.
He had mentioned several times to me about finding the time to have
this hernia surgery.. it bothered him he told me and was
uncomfortable while playing sometimes. Now this devastating news
from what is generally a routine surgery. I absolutely loved
sharing the stage with this lovely man! This incredibly solid
experienced man! So much more than just a great drummer.
This is very upsetting news indeed. I loved you Ted McKenna and will
miss you dearly my friend and Brother. Our heartfelt
condolences and prayers to all Ted’s family at this time.
Rest In Peace!
We
truly have lost someone very special! I just hope you laid down
all your drum tracks before taking off Mister".
Tributes
continue to flood in as the world mourns the loss of both a very
talented musician, but an all round top bloke too.
Ted
McKenna RIP - 10.03.1950 – 19.01.2019
Tygers of Pan
Tang receive gold disc
Tygers
Of Pan Tang
has sold an impressive amount of 10.000 copies of their 2016 self
titled come-back album. This weekend, gold discs were presented to
the band by Mighty Music CEO Michael H. Andersen while visiting
the band in their hometown Newcastle to discuss the album plans
for the upcoming album.
Tygers
Of Pan Tang will enter the studio with producer Fred Purser
(previously a Tygers Of Pan Tang member himself) in April to
record the upcoming album and again Soren
Andersen/Medley
Studios (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp) will be handling the mixing
duties.
The
album is expected to be released in November and a first single
in the late summer. In Spring-time the band will perform a
handful of European shows, including the prestigious Rock
Hard Festival 2019 in Germany and Nordic
Noise Rock Festival in Denmark.
Robb
Weirr "The dial goes to ten but the Tygers push it to
eleven! Eleven new ferocious tracks waiting to be captured on
tape in April! You're gonna love this one....".
Photo
L-R:
Gav Gray (bass), Micky Crystal (guitars), Tom
Noble(manager), Michael
H. Andersen (CEO/Mighty Music), Craig Ellis (drums) &
Robb Weir (guitarts and founding member). Newcastle, UK, January
2019.
Check
out the video to the band's biggest hit in recent times
"Only The Brave" which has now been streamed and
viewed over 2 million times (850.000 plays on Spotify alone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHIw_Ptf7g
Statement release
new album, "Force Of Life", March 1st via Mighty Music.
Statement
DK,
one of the most hard-working bands in Denmark, release their third
opus, "Force Of Life", on March 1st on Mighty
Music. The record was produced and mixed by Soren Andersen (Mike
Tramp Official, Glenn Hughes) and features 10 songs of melodic
rock/metal for fans of Disturbed, Metallica & Pretty Maids.
Artwork was done by Jobert
Mello/Sledge Hammer (Sabaton, Primal Fear).
The
Copenhagen based hard rock band Statement is a living proof that
raw talent, ambition and honesty can still prevail in an ailing
music industry. The backbone of their work? Old school Hard Rock
songs with a new twist.
Statement
recently returned home after a European tour with British metal
legends Diamond
Head. “This tour was the first real tour for us and we met
new friends and had a good spirit between all four bands.
Diamond Head (UK) was the Headliner act, and Gin Annie (UK)
Statement (DK) and Blinding Sparks (F) were the three support
bands the tour. We have been playing a lot of shows in these
last 5 years but never so many in a row, but we are sure that
this tour was just the beginning and one out of many more. Tour
life is focus on only one thing, and that’s your performance
and that is what we are there for”, says Niels
Alex Larsen (lead guitars, vocals).
The
first two albums were recorded and mixed by Tue Madsen/ Antfarm
Studios (Sick Of It All, Moonspell etc.) The new album “Force
Of Life” has been produced and recorded by Soren Andersen at
Medley Studio (Glenn Hughes/Mike Tramp/Artillery). “Force of
Life” was recorded in Medley Studio in two sessions. The first
session was tough and a “feel kinda thing” to see if we
should continue the new work with Soren Andersen behind the
desk. We quickly found out that our minds melted into one, and
it totally changed the sound of Statement to something we never
expected”, adds vocalist Jannick
Brochdorf.
Niels
Alex concludes: “On the Diamond Head tour we found ourselves
some very good friends in Gin Annie from the UK. They have an
album recorded and are doing a release tour in the UK and
Statement is invited to play all the shows together with them.
We are looking forward to play in UK – it’ll be the first
time for us! We’ll be playing 10 shows and we are looking
forward to meeting the British audience”.
Frontiers Music
Srl welcome Seven Spires to their label
Frontiers
Music Srl is excited to announce the signing of American metal
quartet Seven
Spires for a multi-album deal.
Seven
Spires is an American metal band from Boston, specialising in
melancholic tales and tenebrous grandeur. Part bittersweet
melodic metal anthems, part apocalyptic melodic death and
black metal, and part romantic classical poets, they are
storytellers who draw from across the traditional spectrum of
metal and beyond to weave tragedies of demons, death, love,
and the peculiarities of the human condition.
Following
a highly successful crowdfunding campaign and the release of
their debut album “Solveig", Seven Spires performed
live extensively in the U.S., Canada, and at festivals such
as MetalDays, 70000tons
of Metal, and ProgPower
USA. They are in the final production stages of their
second full length record, which will once again be mixed
and mastered by Sascha
Paeth (Avantasia, Kamelot, Epica, etc), and will be
released later in 2019.
Singer
Adrienne Cowan says, “We've been searching for a label
partner who not only believed honestly in our vision, but
could also support us in the ways that we needed. Frontiers
is exactly that, and we are thrilled to be on board with
them! They have been nothing but helpful and respectful
regarding our moves for our next album, and you can expect a
release that is highly emotional, dark, and theatrical. The
future is shining emerald green, and we elatedly anticipate
the next chapter in our voyage. Lastly, we extend our
endless thanks to our Seventh Brigade and everyone who has
supported us in our endeavours since our creation in '13. We
could not have made it here without you.”
In
related news, Adrienne was recently chosen by Sascha Paeth
to front his new band, Sascha
Paeth's Masters Of Ceremony and she was handpicked by
none other than Tobias Sammet to perform with Avantasia
on their upcoming tour, which starts this March.
The
band also kicks off a U.S. tour next week. See all dates
below.
Seven
Spires continue the Frontiers' tradition of identifying and
signing the most promising talents to ensure that the future
of hard rock and metal music is in good hands. #NewBreed#RockAintDead
Adrienne
Cowan - Vocals + Orchestrations
Jack Kosto - Guitar
Peter Albert de Reyna - Bass
Chris Dovas - Drums
17th
Jan Herman’s Hideaway – Denver, CO
18th Jan The Loading Dock – Salt Lake City, UT
20th Jan Substation – Seattle, WA
21st Jan Old Nicks – Eugene, OR
22nd Jan Shea’s Tavern – Reno, NV
24th Jan Viper Room – Los Angeles, CA
27th Jan Bancroft – San Diego, CA
28th Jan The Rogue Bar – Scottsdale, AZ
29th Jan The Rockhouse – El Paso, TX
30th Jan The Deadhorse – San Angelo, TX
31st Jan Acadia – Houston, TX
1st Feb Fitzgerald’s – San Antonio, TX
2nd Feb Doublewide – Dallas, TX
MERIDIAN
ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "MARGIN OF ERROR" TO BE RELEASED ON
MARCH 22ND 2019
Denmarks
melodic heavy metal band MERIDIAN are releasing their third album
“Margin Of Error” as the follow-up to the critically acclaimed
“Breaking The Surface” from 2016. It's the bands third album,
but it contains a couple of firsts. It's the first full album made
with guitarist and producer Marco
Angioni, and it's the first album written and recorded with a
stable line-up, all sharing the same musical vision.
Work
on the album began in 2017 where various writing sessions
resulted in the basic foundation for eight new tracks. The band
went straight into Death
Island Studio to try out, and test drive the new working
relationship with Marco at the helm. Four songs where recorded
and released as the digital EP “The Fate Of Atlantis” in
March 2018. In early 2018 Martin and Marco took some time off to
write and record a new album with former ACCEPT
singer REƎCE.
The album “Resilient Heart” is a big success and showcase,
apart from Reece as the great singer he is, also Martin and
Marco as the talented songwriters and performers they are. In
the summer of 2018 the band finished off the songwriting and
headed back into the studio to record the remaining seven songs
for the album.
Musically
the songs varies from melodic rock like the first single
“Second Best”, over hard hitting metal anthems and slowpaced
heavy monsters to the all out thrashy “Disconnect”, which
contains guest appearance from Steve
Smyth (One
Machine - official, Nevermore,
Testament
etc.) on lead guitar. It's a varied musical landscape, but all
11 tracks are well crafted songs with strong vocal melodies and
memorable choruses you can sing along to.
Lyrically
the songs deals with important topics like war (Off To War),
death (Circle The Drain), global warming (The Fate Of Atlantis),
over personal topics like mental illness (Fragments Of A Life)
and fighting inner demons (The Devil Inside Us All), to dealing
with modern day life where everybody is constantly online
(Disconnect). “Margin Of Error” is the new album from
Meridian. It's the most coherent and well crafted collection of
songs from a band that's better than ever. Meridian is heading
out on the road in 2019 to support the album.
"Stray
From The Flock" is the new studio album from Mike Tramp.
Released on the 1st of March on CD, double gatefold LP on black
140G vinyl, LTD double gatefold LP on orange colour LP 180G (500
copies only) digital and cassette.
All
formats can be pre-ordered at the official Trampshop www.targetshop.dk/miketramp
- and all orders placed before 1st of February will be personally
signed by Mike Tramp.
With
100+ shows planned in 2019 to support the new album - starting
off in the US in February and March with 22 shows - and a first
single, titled "Dead End Ride", ready to drop on
January the 25th (together with a top-notch video), this will be
another great year for Mike Tramp.
Stadium
concerts. Number one top charts with solo releases. History of
rock'n'roll written all over him. Mike Tramp has had it all.
Right now, however, after spending the last two decades
studiously carving out a solid solo career for himself, Mike
Tramp is happy being Mike Tramp. “Many years ago I realized
that going back to basics, demanding nothing and being surprised
if there was a tray of sandwiches in the dressing room was the
way forward,” he smiles.
"Stray
From The Flock" is the latest in a stellar collection of
records written and released by Tramp since 1997. From the
excellence of his solo debut "Capricorn" till the No.
1 charts catapulted "Maybe Tomorrow", the Danish
singer has been on a distinctive, solo journey that have seen
him reinventing himself and reach a consistency in look, feel
and a sound that although centres on some of the finest,
acoustic based yet hauntingly melodic songs you’ll ever hear
also – refreshingly so - make the odd diversion into
previously unexplored territory.
Recorded
at Ark Studio in Denmark and mixed in Sweden by Peter Masson,
"Stray From The Flock”, essentially takes the 2013
release “Cobblestone Street” template one step further.
It’s also an album that pretty much wrote itself. “I picked
up the guitar and the songs just started flying out of me. I
thought ‘fuck! There’s an album that wants to come out of
here!’”, Tramp laughs. Mike will, of course, be touring in
support of “Stray From The Flock”, but as with his previous
solo excursions, there won’t be any explosions, moving drum
risers or confetti bombs on stage. There will just be a guy
standing in the middle being the real deal. That guy is Mike
Tramp.
USA
TOUR - February & March - 2019
2/14: Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, CA
2/15: TBA - Las Vegas, NV
2/16: TBA - Salt Lake City, UT
2/17: The Venue - Denver, CO
2/20 TBA - Texas
2/21: Bonny Blair's - Brandon, MS
2/23: Five O'Clock Club - Sarasota, FL w/ John Corabi
2/24: Monsters Of Rock Cruise - Miami, FL
2/25: Monsters Of Rock Cruise - Miami, FL
2/26: Monsters Of Rock Cruise - Miami, FL
2/27: Monsters Of Rock Cruise - Miami, FL
2/28: Monsters Of Rock Cruise - Miami, FL
3/2: Mike’s Lounge - Melbourne, FL
3/4: 37 Main - Buford, GA w/ John Corabi
3/5: The Square Room - Knoxville, TN
3/7: Hot Spot - High Ridge, MO
3/8: The Rockhaus- West Dundee, IL
3/9: The Firehouse - Richmond, IN w/ John Corabi
3/10: The Machine Shop - Flint, MI
3/12: Coda - Cleveland, OH
3/13: Three Flags Ballroom, Warren, PA
3/14: Hopewell Theatre - Hopewell, NJ w/ John Corabi
3/15: River Rock Tavern -Derby, CT w/ John Corabi
3/16: The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY w/ John Corabi
3/17: Debonair Music Hall - Teaneck, NJ w/ John Corabi
3/19: The Vault - New Bedford, MA
3/20: Sharkey’s - Liverpool, NY
3/21: CH Stage & Grill - Pittsburgh, PA w/ John Corabi
3/23: Penn’s Peak - Jim Thorpe, PA w/KIX
The
Treatment
have announced the "Power Crazy Tour", a UK headlining
run scheduled for May-June 2019.
The
Treatment returned in late 2018 with a brand-new singer Tom
Rampton, a single ‘Lets Get Dirty’, and a sold out September
co-headline tour with Airrace. See the video for ‘Let’s Get
Dirty” here: https://youtu.be/-7v88lCz-SI
The
band have now finished their forthcoming new studio album, out
this spring via Frontiers Music Srl, and announced a full UK
tour in May/June. This tour will follow four extra dates with
Airrace in March.
The
hard-hitting five-piece based out of Cambridge, invoke the
good-time swagger of band’s like AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, The Cult,
and Guns N’ Roses. Formed in 2008, the band released its debut
LP, "This Might Hurt" in 2011. Since then the band
have released two long players "Running With The Dogs"
(2014) and "Generation Me" (2016). The Treatment are
renowned for their high energy live shows and have toured with
the likes of Alice
Cooper, Steel
Panther, Thin
Lizzy, KISS,
Motley
Crue, and Slash
as well as gracing the stages at Download
Festival and Hellfest
Open Air Festival.
2019
UK tour dates:
Co-headline
with Airrace
Thurs 21st March 2019 - 02 Academy, Oxford
Fri 22nd March 2019- The Iron Road, Pershore
Sat 23rd March 2019 - Queens Hall, Nuneaton
Sun 24th March 2019 - The Waterloo, Blackpool
“Power
Crazy Tour” with special guests Bigfoot
Wed 22nd May 2019 - The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
Thurs 23rd May 2019 - Hanger 18, Swansea
Fri 24th May 2019 - The Underworld, London
Sat 25th May 2019 - The Waterfront, Norwich
Mon 27th May 2019 - The Portland, Cambridge
Wed 29th May 2019 - Corporation, Sheffield
Thurs 30th May 2019 - Rebellion, Manchester
Fri 31st May 2019 - Stereo, Glasgow
Sat 1st June 2019 - The Brickyard, Carlisle
Sun 2nd June 2019 - The Cluny, Newcastle
THE
TREATMENT ARE:
TOM RAMPTON – VOCALS
DHANI MANSWORTH – DRUMS
TAGORE GREY – GUITAR
TAO GREY – GUITAR
RICK NEWMAN – BASS
”Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year, dear Friends, Brothers, and
Sisters!
We
want to take the opportunity to announce the end of The Poodles
journey together as a band, and what an amazing experience it has
been!
Over the last 12 years we have travelled the roads together,
created beautiful music, faught, laughed, loved, and dreamed!
Alas, every ship must find a port e no matter how great the
journey!
We have cherished every moment and every encounter along the way.
We want to thank the many people who helped and collaborated with
us, some only briefly, others for longer periods of time; all in
the service of rock! You know who you are!
Also a very special THANK YOU to our fantastic fans and audiences
for following us on the road, appreciating our music and for
supporting us in every way! Without you, nothing of this would
have been possible, we wish you all the very best!!!
Now, the future is yet to be written and we hope to see you soon,
somehow, somewhere!
Salute
and Farewell for now!”
Korpiklaani tour
news & beer details!
For
our forthcoming »Wayfarers & Warriors Tour 2019« with
TURISAS and TROLLFEST, we will release a special limited tour
edition, which will include a bonus CD titled »Beer Beer«,
This will only be available in this physical package. It
includes 14 versions of 'Beer Beer', graced by the likes of
Christopher Bowes (ALESTORM), Steve "Zetro" Souza
(EXODUS), Andreas "Gerre" Geremia (TANKARD), Jesper
Anastasiadis (TURISAS), TROLLFEST, HEIDEVOLK and many more of
our friends. A first taster (pun intended) will be revealed very
soon.
Comments
Jonne, "Whilst being in the studio, we thought what better
way to promote our own beer than by making a newer version of
'Beer Beer'! As beer is international, we decided to ask our
friends to sing in their own language and we also had the idea
of trying to make as many language versions as possible. Now we
can present you with the first 14, which we are extremely happy
and grateful for these versions. We hope you enjoy them as much
as we do."
»Kulkija
[Tour Edition]« - Track Listing:
01.
Neito
02. Korpikuusen kyynel
03. Aallon alla
04. Harmaja
05. Kotikonnut
06. Korppikalliota
07. Kallon malja
08. Sillanrakentaja
09. Henkselipoika
10. Pellervoinen
11. Riemu
12. Kuin korpi nukkuva
13. Juomamaa
14. Tuttu on tie
25.01. FIN Helsinki - Nosturi (w/ TROLLFEST, WALTARI)
26.01. FIN Tampere - Klubi (w/ TROLLFEST)
31.01. FIN Jyväskylä - Lutakko
01.02. FIN Lahti - Finlandia-klubi
02.02. FIN Turku - Apollo
07.02. FIN Kuopio - Henry’s Pub
08.02. FIN Oulu - Hevimesta
09.02. FIN Seinäjoki - Rytmikorjaamo
»Wayfarers
& Warriors Tour 2019«
w/ TURISAS, TROLLFEST
21.02. LUX Esch an der Alzette - Kulturfabrik
22.02. D Wacken - Wacken Winter Nights
23.02. NL Tilburg - 013
24.02. B Antwerp - Trix Muziekcentrum
25.02. UK London - Islington Assembly Hall
26.02. F Lille - Le Splendid
27.02. F Paris - La Cigale
28.02. F Mérignac – Krakatoa
01.03. E Bilbao - Santana 27
02.03. P Porto - Hard Club
03.03. P Lisbon - Lisboa ao Vivo
05.03. E Málaga - Paris 15
06.03. E Murcia - Garaje Beat Club
07.03. E Zaragoza - Centro Cívico Delicias
08.03. F Marseille - Espace Julien
09.03. CH Pratteln - Z7
10.03. F Bourg-en-Bresse - La Tannerie
11.03. I Trezzo sull'Adda (MI) - Live Club
12.03. HR Zagreb - Tvornica Kulture
13.03. H Budapest - Barba Negra Music Club
14.03. SK Bratislava - Majestic Music Club
15.03. PL Krakow - Klub Kwadrat
16.03. PL Warsaw - Progresja
17.03. PL Gdansk - B90
19.03. D Berlin - Huxleys Neue Welt
20.03. PL Wroclaw - Centrum Koncertowe A2
21.03. D Jena - F-Haus
22.03. D Munich - TonHalle
23.03. D Mannheim - MS Connexion Complex
24.03. D Cologne - Essigfabrik
31.05.
- 02.06. CZ Pilsen - Metalfest Open Air
03. - 06.07. D Ballenstedt - Rockharz Open Air
21. - 27.07. SLO Tolmin - MetalDays
02.08. RO Rasnov - Rockstadt Extreme Fest
03.08. FIN Tampere - SaariHelvetti *NEW*
Now
you can hope for Pyynikin
Brewing Company n, korpi beer for your k shop on the
internet form:
KANSAS
is excited to announce keyboardist Tom Brislin as the newest
member of the band. Brislin is replacing departing keyboardist
David Manion.
An internationally acclaimed musician, Brislin has performed and
toured with a variety of artists, including Yes (appearing on
Symphonic Live), Meat Loaf, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Camel,
Renaissance, Dennis DeYoung formerly of Styx, and many others. For
years he fronted the band Spiraling and produced his debut solo
album Hurry Up and Smell the Roses.
Most recently, Tom co-founded the progressive rock group The Sea
Within. Along with guitarist Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings,
bassist Jonas Reingold of the Steve Hackett band, and drum star
Marco Minnemann, they released their first album in 2018 on
Sony/Inside Out Music, joining KANSAS on the label’s roster. Tom
has also formed Gold Rotation, a collective of diverse musicians
and songwriters who premiered with a performance at Progstock
Festival in 2018.
KANSAS original member and drummer, Phil Ehart comments, “We are
extremely excited for Tom Brislin to be the newest member of
KANSAS. His background speaks for itself, and we are looking
forward to working with him. We cannot wait to get started, and
think KANSAS fans will really enjoy what Tom brings to the
band.”
Brislin adds, “It’s an honor to be asked to join a such
legendary band as KANSAS. Their music has been in the soundtrack
to so many of our lives, and their repertoire has enduring depth,
beauty, and power. I’m thrilled to perform the classics and
I’m equally excited to be a part of the new music that KANSAS
creates.”
Brislin’s first performances with KANSAS will be aboard the Rock
Legends Cruise in February, followed by March 1 in Baltimore, MD
at the Modell Lyric where the band will be resuming the Point of
Know Return Anniversary Tour. A list of announced 2019 KANSAS Tour
Dates can be found at KansasBand.com.
InsideOutMusic
sign SOTO
SOTO,
the modern Heavy Metal / Hardrock group featuring vocalist Jeff
Scott Soto (ex Yngwie Malmsteen / Talisman / Journey, Sons Of
Apollo, TSO, etc.), are pleased to announce the signing of a
new worldwide deal with InsideOutMusic.
Jeff
Scott Soto checked in with the following comment about the
signing:“I am proud to have SOTO working with the great
InsideOutMusic & their partners at Century Media Records and
Sony Music. Having seen what we did together with Sons Of Apollo,
I am thrilled to see what we’ll do to further my own vanity band
SOTO into the future. It‘s a very exciting time in our lives and
career!”.
SOTO
started in 2015 derived from the idea of Jeff Scott Soto wanting
to return to his heavier roots. So far they released 2 albums,
“Inside The Vertigo“ (2015) and “DIVAK“ (2016), taking a
short break while Jeff embarked on the supergroup Sons Of Apollo,
alongside Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan and
Bumblefoot.
Now
SOTO are returning under the same umbrella as Sons Of Apollo,
signing with InsideOutMusic. A new album is currently being worked
on and its material will continue to expand and move the band
towards new heights whilst following up with their brand of Power
Rock.
SOTO
– Live 2019:
17.02.2019
San Juan (Puerto Rico) – Handlebar
21.02.2019 Tampa (USA) – The Orpheum
24.-28.02.2019 Monsters Of Rock Cruise / https://monstersofrockcruise.com/
Battle
Beast - album cover and release date revealed
"No
More Hollywood Endings" to drop March 22.
Friends
around the world! Today we are are happy to share with you the
first details regarding our upcoming album. "No More
Hollywood Endings", the fifth album by Battle Beast will
arrive on March 22, 2019 thru Nuclear Blast Records. As with our
previous album, the cover art was again created by Jan "Örkki"
Yrlund.
"The
heavy songs are heavier, pop-delights brighter, rock vibes
stronger, and sounds richer than before. The emotional scale is
wider, and everything is bigger. Stay tuned for 2019!"
comments keyboardist and album producer Janne Björkroth on the
upcoming opus.
More
album info and the first musical tasters coming up shortly. In
the mean time... GET YOUR BEAST MODE ON!
FRONTIERS ROCK UK
FESTIVAL at O2 INSTITUTE, BIRMINGHAM on 2nd FEBRUARY 2019
Following
successful label festivals in Milan, Los Angeles, and Stockholm,
Frontiers Music Srl is proud to announce FRONTIERS ROCK UK, a new
event presented by Frontiers and The Academy Group which will be
held at the O2 Institute Birmingham on 2nd February 2019.
FRONTIERS
ROCK UK features some of the hottest acts signed to the label,
with six bands comprising a spectacular bill of UK based talent:
Inglorious, Wayward Sons, Vega, Bigfoot, Doomsday Outlaw and
City of Thieves!
