The Swedish rockers from CONFIDENCE have just announced that they will celebrate their first release on Facebook with a full streaming of the entire debut-album “Prelude”.

This Online Release Party on Facebook for “Prelude” has been scheduled for May 22 from 11:00am CET till 23:00pm CET through www.facebook.com/confidenceofficial

CONFIDENCE will release their first digital release “PRELUDE” on May 23, 2012 through all popular download platforms.

Track List “PRELUDE”:

1. Flesh and Skin

2. War Torn Skies

3. Never Meant To Be

4. Poison Lies

This 4-track release is presented as a “digital release” and not as an EP.

Lead singer Emil Kyrk about the concept behind the band concerning releases : “It is a new world we live in, the old world of record companies, album releases and CD’s are dying. Internet has effectively worn down the old dinosaurs in the music industry, it’s time to embrace the new technology instead of trying to get the old days back.

This is the reason why CONFIDENCE will not release our material on a traditional label or on physical media. Instead, we will use the digital channels that exists today. And why release a full length album where half of the songs are poorly produced because of the very slim budget todays record companies can offer, when you can release songs whenever you want, when they are done, through digital channels ?

As with our music, we will go our own way as it comes to releasing songs. Each digital release will contain four or five songs, with at least two releases a year. Our fans will always be able to enjoy new and fresh CONFIDENCE songs.”

The band has already uploaded a serie of YouTube clips to back up the concept of the band in a visual way :

- A teaser about what is coming up soon

- Lead singer Emil Kyrk introduces the band and you get a first insight of the concept of the band

- The concept behind the song Flesh and Skin is introduced

- Full song “Flesh and Skin” is uploaded on YouTube for streaming

- Behind the scenes footage for the 2nd release !

- The concept behind “Never Meant To Be” is introduced

- The concept behind “Poison Lies” is introduced

- The concept behind “War Torn Skies” is introduced

- Full song “Never Meant To Be” is uploaded on YouTube for streaming

The band will keep uploading YouTube clips on a very regular base, as there is a lot to tell about the concept of the band and the stories behind the songs.

Heaven’s Basement have just announced a run of warm up shows leading up to their performance at Download Festival and a support tour with Halestorm.

Drummer Chris Rivers took time out from the studio where the band are working on their first full length to send this update:

“As everyone knows we’ve been working on our debut. The finishing line is getting closer for us so when the offer came through for us to go on tour with our friends Halestorm, we only had one answer. It’s the perfect way for us to get back on the touring circuit; we’ll be hitting a lot of places we’ve not been to in 2 years! In the meantime, we’ve got some serious damage to do at Download Festival on Sunday 10th June! We’ll be making our debut electric appearance there, we can’t wait!!”

You can catch Heavens Basement on the following dates in the UK

Warm Up Shows

Thursday 31^st May – Inverness – Madhatters

Friday 1^st June – Aberdeen – The Moorings

Saturday 2^nd June – Inverness – Crofter Bar

Sunday 3^rd June – Glasgow – Ivory Blacks

Sunday 10^th June – Download Festival – Donington Park

Supporting Halestorm

Friday 21^st September – Birmingham – O2 Academy

Saturday 22^nd September – Nottingham Rescue Rooms

Sunday 23^rd September – Glasgow – Cathouse

Monday 24^th September – Manchester Academy 3

Wednesday 26^th September – Newcastle O2 Academy

Thursday 27^th September – Leeds – Cockpit

Friday 28^th September – London – Islington Academy

Sunday 30^th September – Portsmouth – Wedgewood

Monday 1^st October – Bristol Fleece

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Flying Colors, the hot new virtuoso prog rock supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple), and Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard), follow the release of their eponymous debut album with a rare European tour taking in London’s prestigious Shepherd’s Bush Empire on September 21^st.

Tickets for all the European tour can be ordered online via the official European press page here.

Flying Colors: September 2012 European Tour
* Hamburg / Markthalle / Sept 9
* Berlin / C-Club / Sept 10
* Munich / Theaterfabrik / Sept 11
* Milan / Alcatraz / Sept 13
* Zurich / Volkshaus / Sept 14
* Stuttgart / Longhorn / Sept 15
* Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal / Sept 16
* Cologne / Gloria / Sept 17
* Paris / Le Trianon / Sept 19
* Tilburg / 013 / Sept 20
* London / Shepherd’s Bush Empire / Sept 21

Flying Colors showcases Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Dave LaRue (bass), Neal Morse (keyboards, vocals), Casey McPherson (lead vocals, guitar), and Steve Morse (lead guitar). “The album has bits and pieces of what you’d expect from each of us,” says Portnoy. “The sum of all its parts led to brand new, unchartered territory for everyone involved.”

Flying Colors began with a simple idea: virtuoso musicians and a pop singer joining together to make new-fashioned music the old fashioned way. Refreshing, classic, old and new, the songs are saturated with the many styles, tones and hues of the players who in becoming a band have delivered a unique fusion of vintage craftsmanship and contemporary music.

“It was quite an experience making the album,” recalls Dave LaRue. “It’s been an inspiring challenge melding folk, prog, pop and metal into one big recording.”

Mike Portnoy was the co-founding member and drummer for the world’s biggest prog metal band Dream Theater. Neal Morse is the co-founding member of the prog rock bands Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. David LaRue is the bassist for the Dixie Dregs and has worked with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Steve Morse is the lead guitarist for Deep Purple. Casey McPherson is the lead singer for Alpha Rev, who has experienced success on US radio with numerous hit singles including “New Morning”.

Flying Colors: Official Website
www.flyingcolorsmusic.com

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Frontiers Records is excited to present the debut album from WIGELIUS entitled “Reinventions” due for release on June 29th in Europe and July 2nd in North America.

WIGELIUS is a sensational new AOR band from Sweden built around the talent of Anders Wigelius, a gifted young vocalist who came to the attention of producer Daniel Flores (ISSA, THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, MIND’S EYE) after he sung the popular Journey song “Don’t Stop Believin’” in a contest on the national Swedish TV.

A true Melodic Rock / AOR music fan, Anders grew up with music from Richard Marx, Toto, Journey and Foreigner and played AOR songs covers in a band called GAMBLERS, before going his own way with his own thing. “Since I discovered the joy in writing my own songs and I have been doing it since then” says Anders. “The music of Wigelius is powerful and big: it’s a guitar and drums driven sound, with a strong melodies on top. The arrangements are intricate with some theatrical modern parts, and there’s also a more downscaled side to it with emphasis on an acoustic feel. You can hear influences from Toto, Journey, Van Halen and Whitesnake.”.

Anders is in his early 20′s, which is an advantage when creating new ways of marketing modern AOR. He plays guitars and keyboards and also writes music for other bands and has been quite successful with that. His older brother Erik Wigelius, plays drums. This is a hit, hungry, horny and amazingly talented new band, plus they look amazingly good. “I was fortunate to meet some great guys for this band” continues Anders, “but without Daniel Flores, there wouldn’t be Wigelius. We had a blast recording the album and with his experience the songs just kept getting better and better”. The line-up is rounded up by Jake Svensson on guitars and Chris Pettersson on bass.

Wigelius is also all about having fun! Without the enthusiasm for the music and lots of laughs during the process, “Reinventions” would have never sounded as energetic and “big” as it does. The collaboration turned out to be a perfect match of people sharing the same vision in making music together. The best still lie ahead! Everyone in the band is very excited to be a part of it! Harry Hess (ex HAREM SCAREM) mastered the album.

“Reinventions” tracklisting includes: Angeline; Talking About Love; Do You Really Know; Next To Me; My Cassandra; Piece Of The Action; Too Young To Fall In Love; Right Here, Right Now; Love Can Be That Much; Hold On To Love; There Is No Me Without You; I Reach Out

You can stream now in full the first single “Angeline” on Frontiers Records webradio www.frontiers.it/webradio and look forward to the band’s videoclip to be launched sometime in June.

WIGELIUS
Anders Wigelius (Vocals)
Erik Wigelius (Drums)
Jake Svensson (Guitars)
Chris “Wielbass” Pettersson (Bass)

Website: www.wigelius.net / www.frontiers.it

The Black Saints will release their 2nd album “Hellbent & Heartless” on June 12th. Hard Rock Nights is proud to team up with the Black Saints and offer all of our fans an exclusive first listen to the album’s first single “Top Notch Lady”. You’ll find the song to your right under “Featured Artist” Enjoy

Hot off their UK tour with Black Veil Brides and D.R.U.G.S, Finnish rockers Reckless Love have just announced that they will return to the UK in October for a headline tour which includes a residency slot at London’s Barfly.

The band will perform every Thursday in October at London’s prestigious Barfly venue in Camden, harking back to the years when legendary acts such as Guns N’ Roses and Hanoi Rocks would regularly take over London’s marquee club.

Touring the rest of the UK while basing themselves in London, the self-styled Merry Metallers will put on a special weekly show in Camden Town, with each set a unique celebration in its own right.

“We are very exited about this!!” says lead singer Olli Herman. “Our reception in the UK has always been over the top, but because of the busy situation in Finland we’ve felt that the party’s been cut a wee bit short every time we’ve been over. So, we decided to stay a little longer this time and treat our fans with a chance to catch us live all over the UK for four weeks in a row!!! Every Thursday we also get a chance to do special shows at Camden’s own Barfly, which was the very 1st place we ever played in the UK and therefore it’ll always be a special venue for Reckless Love. It’s gonna be one hell of an October and we can’t wait to kick it off already. Stay Reckless.”

You can catch them at the following dates, tickets go on sale 9am Friday 11^th May.

October

4^th – Barfly – London – www.ticketweb.co.uk

5^th – The Corporation – Sheffield – www.corporation.co.uk

6^th – Academy 2 – Newcastle – www.ticketweb.co.uk

7^th – Cathouse – Glasgow – www.triplegmusic.com

9^th – The Cellar – Southampton –www.seetickets.com

10^th – Sugarmill – Stoke – www.thesugarmill.co.uk/tickets.htm

11^th – Barfly – London – www.ticketweb.co.uk

12^th – The Waterfront – Norwich – www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk

13^th – Rock City – Nottingham – www.alt-tickets.co.uk

15^th – Club Academy – Manchester – www.kililive.com

16^th – The Fleece – Bristol – www.bristolticketshop.co.uk

17^th – Sub 89 – Reading – www.wegottickets.com

18^th – Barfly – London – www.bristolticketshop.co.uk

20^th – Cockpit – Leeds – www.lunatickets.co.uk

21^st – Academy 2 – Oxford – www.bristolticketshop.co.uk

23^rd – Cavern – Exeter – www.seetickets.com

24^th – The Haunt – Brighton – www.seetickets.com

25^th – Barfly – London – www.ticketweb.co.uk

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