January 29, 2008 – 12:47 am
ProgRock Records has signed the Italian “melodic progmetal” outfit Soul Secret, and they’ll be releasing their debut album, Flowing Portraits, as well. Says ProgRock Records president Shawn Gordon:
I always like to discover new talent, and I’m fortunate to have a network of friends that refer promising material to me, which is how Soul Secret came to my attention. I’ve really been enjoying this release and I think you will too.
Flowing Portraits is available for immediate order and will ship in early February. Presales are discounted $2 on the ProgRock Records site until the album starts shipping.
Visit the official Soul Secret MySpace page here.
January 29, 2008 – 12:28 am
Animenewsnetwork.com has posted a story on Dream Theater’s new anime video for the track “Forsaken”. The clip premiered recently on MTV2′s Headbangers Ball on Saturday, January 26th.
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January 29, 2008 – 12:20 am
iVideosongs.com is a new website that sells virtual music lessons, featuring video downloads of guitar pros demonstrating their playing technique, including Alex Lifeson. Lessons include how to play Limelight, The Spirit of Radio and Tom Sawyer. Each downloadable video is shot in high definition, is around 35-45 minutes long, and costs $9.99.
Learn more at the iVideosongs website.
Download link
January 28, 2008 – 2:24 pm
Queensryche is organizing a meet-and-greet charity brunch on Saturday, February 2 at 12 noon at Chicago’s Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Banquet Room. All proceeds will be donated in full to a food bank. Everyone at the brunch will have time to spend with the band. Queensryche’s official web site is selling the following:
- Nine tickets at the Geoff Tate table
- Nine tickets at the Eddie Jackson table
- Nine tickets at the Michael Wilton table
- Nine tickets at the Scott Rockenfield table
- Nine tickets at the Mike Stone table
- 55 tickets at nearby dining tables
Each ticket includes a Queensryche memento and goodies. Click here to buy now.
January 28, 2008 – 1:23 pm
Kraftwerk will appear at the Coachella Festival, on Saturday April 26. The bill also includes Portishead, Hot Chip and Rilo Kiley. Jack Johnson will headline Friday April 25, while ex-Pink Floyd man Roger Waters will top the bill on Sunday April 27 with a reprise of his former band’s 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon.
Further information can be found at: www.coachella.com
January 28, 2008 – 3:03 am
Press Release
Tigermoth Records are proud to announce the release of Metamorphosis, the fourth studio album from Magenta on April 21st.
Without abandoning the sense of melody and dynamics that remain the Magenta trademark, Metamorphosis sees the band taking a darker, more intense path with powerful, sometimes disturbing subject matter.
“I think this album is going to surprise a lot of people, “says Rob Reed “It will challenge many people’s preconceptions of what Magenta are, and what we are capable of musically. Most of it was written on guitar, so some of the material is heavier than before, whilst retaining most of the elements of the Magenta sound.â€
The album also marks the band’s return to long-form pieces of music, with two 20 minute-plus songs, namely Metamorphosis, the title track, a disturbing tale of a serial killer with a split personality, and the album opener The Ballad of Samuel Layne, which follows the thoughts of a soldier in the World War One trenches as he prepares to go into battle.
Rob also comments that with guitars and real strings dominating the arrangements there are fewer keyboards than previous albums: “Watch out for some brilliant performances on the record.†He says. “Christina’s vocals are just astonishing, Tim Robinson delivers a virtuoso performance on drums and Chris Fry has pushed the bar even higher than usual with some amazing lead guitar. I have no doubt that this is, by far, our finest album to date.â€
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January 28, 2008 – 1:54 am
Billboard.com reports that Todd Rundgren’s next album will be an “arena rock record … something between prog rock and pop music”.
It’s very hooky songs, big, sing-along choruses and melodic guitar solos and essentially the kind of music that works well in an arena. Everything has to be very deliberate and there’s often a lot of air in it to allow it to spread out and fill the space.