Archive for January, 2013
STEVE SMYTH REVEALS DETAILS OF NEW PROJECT ONE MACHINE
EX-NEVERMORE/FORBIDDEN/DRAGONLORD GUITARIST TEAMS UP WITH BIOMECHANICAL, MNEMIC AND MERCENARY MEMBERS TO FORM INTERNATIONAL METAL BAND
ONE MACHINE is the brainchild of critically acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Forbidden, Dragonlord, Vicious Rumors).
ONE MACHINE is an international metal band with classic and modern influences, featuring members carefully selected by Smyth: Mikkel Sandager (Mercenary) on vocals, Jamie Hunt (Biomechanical) sharing guitar duties, rounded out by a powerhouse rhythm section with Tomas “O’Beast” Koefoed (Mnemic) on bass guitar and Raphael Saini (Chaoswave) on drums.
Smyth had often given thought to leading his own band throughout his distinguished career as a member of bands including Testament, Nevermore, and Forbidden, amongst others.
Smyth had written a number of songs, but the challenge of finding the right members to bring them to life remained.
He found a more than capable shredding second guitarist in Jamie Hunt, and the two began collaborating on the material Smyth had. “Jamie’s playing complements mine extremely well, and we hit it off perfectly when we got together to work on the songs” says Smyth.
A vocalist was found in the form of original Mercenary singer Mikkel Sandager. He fit the kind of singer Smyth was looking for, with his versatile ability to sing in different ways, and his readiness to be pushed into new musical territories. “When our former bands toured together, I got to witness night after night, exactly what Mikkel could do; deliver a solid performance with an incredible range, as well as multiple characters in his voice. He’s perfect for this band!”
Smyth, Hunt, and Sandager then set about refining and shaping Smyth’s original material.
Drummer Raphael Saini, formerly of Italian progressive metallers Chaoswave, whose band Smyth had previously provided guest solos for, was next to join. During the recording process, Saini lived up to Modern Drummer’s assessment of him as “a drum assassin; cold blooded, precise, and brutal”. To quote Smyth “Raph surprised me with his ability in delivering these tracks. He totally killed it!”
In 2012, bassist Tomas “O’Beast” Koefoed, formerly of Mnemic, came on board, adding his distinctive sound to the tracks. “Tomas is without a doubt one of the most solid bassists I’ve encountered in some time! He literally added an entirely new dimension to these songs that would not have been possible to be achieved without him.”
With the lineup complete, a debut album was recorded, which will be mixed shortly. The band has already been offered European festival dates, and expects to make their live debut during Summer 2013.
Check out the ONE MACHINE teaser here for a taste of what to expect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0q3r-lbZ2A&feature=youtu.be
YOUNG CLASSICS UNVEIL DEBUT SINGLE ‘DON’T YOU DARE’
Hertfordshire quintet YOUNG CLASSICS have just unveiled their first single, ‘Don’t You Dare’, which is to be released on February 25th 2013. The track is taken from their forthcoming debut album due for release later this year.
Check it out HERE
About Young Classics
With founding members achieving great success in their previous musical endeavors, Young Classics’ sound was forged through relentless gigging and touring throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. With members having already shared stages with You Me At Six, Bring Me The Horizon and Enter Shikari and support from BBC Radio 1 daytime DJ’s, Young Classics are well on course to becoming one of the most talked about new acts on the circuit.
With a debut full length absolutely crammed full of infectious, vibrant songs spanning influences from Thrice to New Found Glory and all in between, Young Classics promise huge anthemic choruses and a sense of dynamics rarely seen in this genre. The dual vocals of Lewis White and Arthur Walwin combine to forge soaring hooks that stay with you for days.
www.facebook.com/youngclassicsofficial
LETLIVE. TO SUPPORT DEFTONES ON UK TOUR
“See them now. You owe it to yourself to be part of this.” – Rock Sound
“The most exciting band in the world.” – Kerrang!
“Jason makes a case for the world’s most captivating frontman” – NME
“The live show is simply put from another planet.” – Metal Hammer
Following a whirlwind 2011, during which they captured the ears, hearts and imagination of rock fans across the globe, letlive. have been holed up in the studio working on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Epitaph Records release ‘Fake History’. The words of praise for the album were surpassed only by the reaction to the band’s thrilling live performances which regularly see frontman Jason Aalon Butler paying little attention to the fact that a stage even exists, ultimately making the letlive. live experience one of complete union with the crowd.
And now, the band will make their much anticipated return to UK shores in the lead-up to the release of a new album in 2013. They get to tick off an item from their bucket list too, seeing as their live return will come in the form of a tour with the one and only Deftones.
Says Jason of the announcement – “I once told my father that I wanted to do rock music. This was because I saw this dude with bleached hair, Dickies, and tube socks to accompany his low top Converse, jump off the PA speakers into a crowd that seemed overly eager to break his fall at a Warped Tour date at Cal State Dominguez Hills in the mid 90s. That “dude” was a man named Chino Moreno from a band called Deftones. Now I’m playing rock music for a living…and I’m going to be playing it with the man that served as a catalyst to my “career” on a tour cross the globe. Pretty fucked up.”
FEBRUARY 2013
15 Glasgow Barrowlands
16 Nottingham Rock City
18 Manchester Academy
19 Birmingham Academy
20 London Brixton Academy
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PYTHIA JOIN SONATA ARCTICA ON TOUR
PYTHIA are both thrilled and honoured to announce the latest leg in their heroic ride for glory. They will be the main support for the majestic Sonata Arctica on the Finnish symphonic quintet’s 2013 UK tour.
Fans of power and symphonic metal should be no stranger to Sonata Arctica’s scorching melodic sound, with April 2013 seeing their return to this emerald isle, in support of their latest album, “Stones Grow Her Name”.
Following on from the rapturous response to their second critically acclaimed album ‘The Serpent’s Curse’ and a run of successful live shows, Pythia have answered the call to proudly join Sonata Arctica in spreading the word of epic metal around the UK, taking the fight to Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham and London. Pythia have a busy 2013 ahead, with lots of exciting endeavours in the pipeline, so this will be a rare opportunity to catch them on the road in their homeland. As if there wasn’t enough reason already, this is clearly a must-see tour.
Onward Pythian hordes! Meet us on the field…
Sonata Arctica + PYTHIA + NeonFly
14th April – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
15th April – Manchester Club Academy
16th April – Birmingham HMV Institute
17th April – London | The Garage
http://www.pythiamusic.com
WITH ONE LAST BREATH POST VIDEO FOR ‘UNTIL THE END’
York’s WITH ONE LAST BREATH have posted a video for ‘Until The End’. Taken from their forthcoming EP, ‘Wake The Dead’, which will be released via Small Town Records on February 25th 2013, the video is a chance for fans to see the new look WOLB.
Explains frontman Sam Graves:
“With this video, we are going to be revealing a hell of a lot more than just a 3 minute performance. This is the improved line-up performing what we consider to be the sound we have been looking for a long time. This video is intentionally performance based rather than story line, unlike the last video ‘After The Suffering’. We just want people to get a feel of the energy they will witness live from us in 2013. The song ‘Until The End’ is representing a re-release of old material that we have taken into the studio, cut up and pieced together with a sound that we really want to drive into the heads of everyone this year and we felt that this song is what is going to catch people quickly. We like chorus’s and we like driven shouting parts so with that in mind, we feel we have created something special for the EP that follows the video. Keep your eyes peeled for the 25th Feb… You’ll be surprised what we have done to these songs.”
Check out ‘Until The End‘ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z6wFFXDq6E
‘Wake The Dead’ is released via Small Town Records February 25th 2013.
MEMBERS OF PAIGE LAUNCH NEW PROJECT
The Noise Cartel are proud to present one of the most exciting new acts to arrive on the Pop Punk circuit in the UK- Hertfordshire based YOUNG CLASSICS.
With founding members achieving great success in their previous musical endeavors, Young Classics’ sound was forged through relentless gigging and touring throughout the UK, Europe and Japan. With members having already shared stages with You Me At Six, Bring Me The Horizon and Enter Shikari and support from BBC Radio 1 daytime DJ’s, Young Classics are well on course to becoming one of the most talked about new acts on the circuit.
With a debut full length absolutely crammed full of infectious, vibrant songs spanning influences from Thrice to New Found Glory and all in between, Young Classics promise huge anthemic choruses and a sense of dynamics rarely seen in this genre. The dual vocals of Lewis White and Arthur Walwin combine to forge soaring hooks that stay with you for days.
From the band:
“As a band, we have gone through a lot of changes over the past year. We have lost and gained members, and with that being said our sound has changed dramatically. We decided it was time to call it a day as Paige and start a fresh with something new and exciting.”
Young Classics are:
LEWIS WHITE – BASS, VOCALS
ARTHUR WALWIN – GUITAR, VOCALS
ALEX TILLBROOK – DRUMS
AARON HUNT – GUITAR, VOCALS
YOUNG CLASSICS will debut their sound this coming Saturday 26th January on BBC 3 Counties with a live session between 8-9pm.
You can listen online at www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio or tune in locally on;
98 FM (High Wycombe)
104.5FM (Bucks)
103.8FM (Herts)
95.5FM (Beds)
94.7FM (Aylesbury Vale)
92.1FM (South Herts)
90.4FM (East Herts)
Young Classics debut single ‘Don’t You Dare’ will be played live & exclusively on the show and released on the 25th February 2013.
www.facebook.com/youngclassicsofficial
CROSSFAITH RELEASE “ZION” EP AND UNVEIL VIDEO FOR JAGERBOMB
Japanese Electro Metalcore outfit Crossfaith have announced the official UK release of their ‘Zion’ EP. The groundbreaking 6 track EP sees the light of day here on Feb 4th via Sony’s Search & Destroy imprint.
Frontman Kenta Koie comments:
“We’re very excited to finally release our Zion EP in the UK and Europe! The fans there have made us feel very welcome, and we promise that we’ll be back very soon.”
The band have also revealed the video for their new single ‘Jagerbomb‘, which is available to view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4env-Tw2o
Having laid waste to the UK last year at the mighty Vans Warped Tour, the band are already plotting their return to the UK, with some exciting news to be revealed soon.
Til then, see what the guys get up to on the road with the latest instalment of their tour diary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUXncBScjk
Praise for Zion:
KERRANG – KKKK ’Crossfaith are hotter than a dragon’s wisdom tooth right now. The Japanese mob show why they’ll 2013′s breakout stars’
FRONT – 4/5 ‘The best use of electronics since Shikari broke through.. Zion is what the London riots would have sounded like if everyone had of been mucnhing down disco biscuits’
METAL HAMMER - 9/10 ‘On record, their perfectly executed blend of electronic elements with balls-out, heavy-as-sin groove metal is already impossible to resist, but in the flesh? We’re looking at one of the best live bands to break in the past ten years’
METAL EXILES (USA) – ‘Crossfaith have released the most important EP of the year with Zion’
http://www.crossfaith.jp | https://www.facebook.com/crossfaithofficial
ASKING ALEXANDRIA SELL OUT BRIXTON ACADEMY
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SACRED MOTHER TONGUE TO SUPPORT HALESTORM ON MARCH UK TOUR
SACRED MOTHER TONGUE
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MALEFICE REVEAL DETAILS & ARTWORK FOR NEW ALBUM
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