WORLD PREMIERE: BEARDFISH LAUNCH “HOLD ON”. FIRST TRACK FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM “+4626-COMFORTZONE”
Swedish progressive-rockers Beardfish recently announced the release of their new album ‘+4626-COMFORTZONE’ for the 12th January 2015 in Europe. Now the band are pleased to reveal the first track to be taken from the album in the shape of ‘Hold On’ which you can listen to exclusively here: http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-12-03/beardfish-premiere-hold-on
The band had this to say about the track: “Hold On was one of the first songs that came along for +4626-COMFORTZONE and it sort of set the mood for the rest of the album with the rhythm and the intertwined guitar riffs and melodies. The lyrics deal with trying to hang on to something that is slipping out of grasp and not being in connection with your inner self, to the point that you don’t recognize yourself in the mirror. A song that felt great right from the start and it still keeps getting better every time we play it live! Hope you’ll like it!”
The full track-listing for the album is as follows:
1. The One Inside Part 1 – Noise In The Background
2. Hold On
3. Comfort Zone
4. Can You See Me Now
5. King
6. The One Inside Part 2 – My Companion Throughout Life
7. Daughter Whore
8. If We Must Be Apart (A Love Story Continued)
9. Ode To The Rock’n’Roller
10. The One Inside Part 3 – Relief
Look out for more information in the coming weeks!
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW SONG!! “DYING ROSE” OF SWEET & LYNCH
“Dying Rose is the perfect representation of this album. It’s heavy yet dynamic with a riff and melody that reminds you of the greatest era in rock. George and I are proud of this song and excited that you all have the opportunity to finally hear it in it’s entirety and to see it as well!” exclaims Michael Sweet
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW SONG!! “THE WISH” FROM SWEET & LYNCH’S UPCOMING ALBUM “ONLY TO RISE”
Sweet & Lynch are releasing the first official video from their upcoming debut album, Only To Rise. The video is for the album opener “The Wish”. The video shows Michael Sweet and George Lynch performing the song together amongst imagery that corresponds with the song’s lyrics. The video was shot in Los Angeles and was directed by Devin DeHaven, known for his work with Rick Ross, Whitesnake, Kiss and R. Kelly to name a few.
“After almost a year of talking about the Sweet & Lynch album we’re extremely proud to premiere the first music video, The song takes you back to a time when guitar heroes ruled the airwaves and melodies soared. The thought was to bring back the late 70’s/early 80’s with a modern twist and remind people of one of the best eras in hard rock/metal. George and I are proud of how this album turned out and we’re counting the days for the release, We’re equally as proud of the fan base out there. So many people have been there through thick and thin and this album is a testimony to the perseverance of working hard and working even harder. George, Brian, James and myself gave 110% to every note played and sung and we hope that it shows.”
「ほぼ一年に渡って SWEET & LYNCH の話をしていたんだけど遂に初のPVを公開できて誇らしく思うよ。この曲は君達をギターヒーローの時代に誘うだろうね。HR/HM が輝いていた 70’s 後半から 80’s 前半のヴァイブにモダンな感覚を加えたような感じさ。GEORGE も僕も発売が待ちきれないよ!ファンのみんなにも感謝しているんだ。GEORGE, BRIAN, JAMES そして僕は全ての音に100%を注ぎ込んだからね!」 MICHAEL SWEET
Only To Rise is scheduled for release on January 23rd in Europe and January 27th, 2015 in the United States via Froniters Music SRL. Backing up Sweet & Lynch on this new musical adventure is bassist James Lomenzo and drummer Brian Tichy. Sweet & Lynch recently launched a pre-order for the new album via PledgeMusic. The pre-order features various bundle packages for fans and is live at: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sweetlynch. The album is also available via Amazon at: http://geni.us/SweetLynchAMZ.
WORLD PREMIERE: “THE GRAND EXPERIMENT” FROM NEAL MORSE’S UPCOMING ALBUM !!
“I am thrilled with how this song came out. During the recording sessions for the album, I remember waking up one morning wondering what was going to happen that day and not having a clue what direction the album would take… and I was thinking, “Man, this is a grand experiment!”. And as I was lying there I thought of the chorus, but my original version was slower and more of a keyboard thing…then the band got to it and Mike had the rockin verse idea and it developed from there. The video was shot and edited by my son Chad. Hope you all like it!”
この曲が発表できてぞくぞくするほど嬉しいよ。アルバムのレコーディング中は朝起きて今日は何か起こるんだろうか、方向性の手がかりもないし・・・って思ったのを覚えているよ。それで考えたんだ、「これこそが A GRAND EXPERIMENT じゃないか!」ってね。横たわってコーラスを考えた。だけど私のオリジナルバージョンはスロウでもっとキーボード向きの曲だったんだ。バンドに渡したらマイク(ポートノイ)がロックなアイデアを加えて改良してくれたよ。このビデオは私の息子チャドが撮っているよ。気に入ってくれるといいね!
NEAL MORSE
INSIDE OUT NEWS: NEAL MORSE BAND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “THE GRAND EXPERIMENT” ON 2/16
The Neal Morse Band are extremely pleased to announce the release of their new album ‘The Grand Experiment’ for the 16th February 2015 as well as a European tour for March 2015. For the first time ever prog icon Neal Morse came into a recording session with his long-time friend and collaborator Mike Portnoy, Randy George, Bill Hubauer and Eric Gillette…with NOTHING! He had no prepared material at all.
THE NEAL MORSE BAND は新作 “THE GRAND EXPERIMENT” を 2/16 にリリースします。参加メンバーは彼の長年の盟友 MIKE PORTNOY をはじめとして RANDY GEORGE, BILL HUBAUER, ERIC GILLETTE。レコーディングをセッションで行います。
Neal comments: “I wanted to see what it would be like to create freely in the room with no preconceived notions. It was quite a risk!” On previous albums, like the Testimony album for example, Morse had the entire album written in advance. “I used to be rather paranoid about whether things would turn out in the short space of time we had available…so I would fill all the space in advance!” This album was totally different. “I made a lot of room for the other guys to create and express themselves and the result is outstanding! We wanted to experiment, do something a bit different, and see what everyone is capable of…we found out…in SPADES!” The results are obvious! This was a “grand experiment” that produced something far beyond anyone’s expectations! The main disc, containing 5 tracks, 2 long prog epics that are sure to be favorites for years to come, as well as 3 shorter songs including the catchy rocking title track “The Grand Experiment” is sure to blow the minds of all prog fans and appeal to anyone who loves hooky song writing with virtuoso performances from some of the best musicians in the world. The Grand Experiment was mixed by Rich Mouser.
「何の準備もなく全てセッションでアルバムを作るのは結構なリスクだよね。」 NEALは前作 TESTIMONY では前もって全てを書き終えていました。「前もって準備している方がしっくり来ていたんだ。」今回は全く違うようです。「今回は他のメンバーにも自由にやってもらうことにしたんだ。結果は最高だったよ!ちょっと違う事をやりたかったんだけど上手く行ったようだね。」 “THE GRAND EXPERIMNT” は5曲から成ります。2曲の大曲、プログエピックと3曲のキャッチーな小曲が収録されていますよ。 NEAL MORSE
The band will hit the road in Europe next year in support of the album, and the full list of dates can be found below. Swedish progressive-rockers Beardfish will support on all dates, playing music from their forthcoming new album ‘+4626-COMFORTZONE’ which is due out 12th January 2015.
同時にスウェーデンのプログバンド、 BEARDFISH とツアーを行う事が発表されました。
Tourdates: 5/03/15 Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
6/03/15 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
7/03/15 Islington Assembly Hall, London
8/03/15 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
9/03/15 Divan du Monde, Paris, France
11/03/15 Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
12/03/15 Alte Seilerei, Mannheim, Germany
13/03/15 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
14/05/15 Matrix, Bochum, Germany
The Neal Morse Band is: Neal Morse: Vocals, Guitar and & Keyboards
Mike Portnoy: Drums
Randy George: Bass
Eric Gillette: Guitar and Vocals
Bill Hubauer: Keyboards and Vocals
WORLD PREMIERE: “TWILIGHT OF THE GODS” FIRST SINGLE OF BLIND GUARDIAN’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM “BEYOND THE RED MIRROR”!!!
来月発売、BLIND GUARDIAN の新作 “BEYOND THE RED MIRROR” からファーストシングル “TWILIGHT OF THE GODS” を世界初公開です!!
NUCLEAR BLAST NEWS: TRAILER OF BEYOND THE RED MIRROR OF BLIND GUARDIAN
“We do have a really great pre-production, very precise and rich in details,” shares BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Frederik Ehmke. “We completely separate the creative part from the purely performance part of recording. This means that my head is clear and I can focus 100% on the performance.”
Guitarist Marcus Siepen adds: “We like to keep our options open to the very end. We do not record just two rhythm guitar tracks; we add several tracks, also with different tunings… we enrich the sound with down-tuned guitars. A wall of sound!”
Metal’s most epic storytellers BLIND GUARDIAN have just released the first new album trailer for their highly-anticipated tenth studio release, »Beyond The Red Mirror«, due out in Europe on January 30th, 2015, February 2nd in the UK and February 3rd, 2015 in North America.
METAL 界で最もエピカルなバンド、BLIND GUARDIAN。遂に1/30に発売となる新作 BEYOND THE RED MIRROR からファーストトレイラーを公開です!!
“It is impossible for us to choose a song that represents the whole album. The upcoming single needs to be seen as an appetizer- ‘Twilight Of The Gods’ is perfect, because it reveals incredible dynamic and contains great melody lines”, shares BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist & lyricist Hansi Kürsch.
「アルバム全体を表現するような一曲を選ぶのは難しかったよ。前菜のような役割が求められるからね。”TWILIGH OF THE GODS” は完璧だったよ。信じられないくらいダイナミックで素晴らしいメロディーラインを有しているからね。」
HANSI KURSCH
The track listing for »Beyond The Red Mirror« is as follows:
Ninth Wave
Twilight Of The Gods
Prophecies
At The Edge Of Time
Ashes Of Eternity
Distant Memories (bonus track on limited editions + vinyl)
Holy Grail
The Throne
Sacred Mind
Miracle Machine
Grand Parade
Four-and-a-half years in the making, »Beyond The Red Mirror« was recorded at Twilight Hall Studio in Grefrath, Germany and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (SAXON, HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN). The album’s spellbinding tracks showcase BLIND GUARDIAN’s long-awaited collaborative work with three different classical choirs from Prague, Budapest, and Boston, plus two grand orchestras – each featuring 90 musicians. An endeavour demanding that attention be paid to the lyrics as much as to the music, »Beyond The Red Mirror« is a desperate search for truth, an exploration of the relativities of good and evil, a testimony of the consequences of lost opportunities, a glimpse into a distant universe’s dystopian society, and a story about a prophecy, a promise of revolution, a plot for revenge, and a miracle machine with powers far beyond what mere mortals could have dreamed possible.
前作から四年半の時間を経てリリースされる新作 BEYOND THE RED MIRROR は SAXON, HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN を手掛けた CHARLIE BAUERFEIND のプロデュースで録音されました。プラハ、ブタペスト、ボストンのコーラス隊と二つのオーケストラと共演し総勢90人のミュージシャンが参加しています。
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW SONG !! HEART OF AMSTERDAM OF GENTLE STORM !!
“Heart Of Amsterdam is a tribute to the city of Amsterdam, the home town of the story’s leading character Susanne. Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was a centre of shipping, shipbuilding, and trade. Amsterdam flourished, and a wonderful city was the result. We shot the video in the centre of Amsterdam. It was freezing cold and I couldn’t move my fingers anymore during the last shots, but it was all worth it. I love how the video turned out!”
“HEART OF AMSTERDAM” はアムステルダムという街に対するトリビュートなの。ストーリーの主役、スザンヌの故郷でもあるわ。17世紀のアムスは航海、造船、交易の中心だったの。とても栄えていて素晴らしい街だったのね。アムスの中心で撮影したんだけど寒くて寒くて最後には指を動かす事も出来なかったくらいよ。でもやったかいがあったわ。このビデオが証明するはずよ。
ANNEKE
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW SONG !! SILENT SEA OF GENTLE STORM !!
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) & Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project) are set to release the debut album ‘The Diary’ from their new band The Gentle Storm on the 23rd March 2015, and now they are pleased to reveal the first music to be taken from the record!!
“Endless Sea is the album opener and it serves as an introduction to our story-based album. Susanne, the main character, sings about her busband Joseph, who has just sailed out on another long voyage to the Far East. We are very excited to offer everybody a first taste of our forthcoming album with the release of these lyric videos. This is such a special album to the both us.”
“ENDLESS SEA” はアルバムの開幕を飾ると同時にこのアルバムのストーリーを紹介する役割を担っているんだ。主役の SUSANNE が夫の JOSEPH について歌っているよ。彼は極東へ長い航海に出たばかりなんだ。僕たちはこのビデオでみんなに新作の雰囲気を伝える事が出来て興奮しているよ。二人にとってとても特別なアルバムだからね。
The album concept is a tale of love, loss, and separation told through the story of two fictional seventeenth-century lovers. A Dutch sailor embarks on a two-year voyage, leaving his wife at home in Holland. The only way for the couple to communicate and keep their love alive during the long separation is through letters. These letters form the basis for the songs on the album.
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) & Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project) have joined forces for new band The Gentle Storm, and they are extremely pleased to announce their debut album ’The Diary‘ will be released 23rd March 2015 in Europe.
AYREON で知られるオランダの長身元貴公子 ARJERN LUCASSEN と DEVIN TOWNSEND, THE GATHERING の美声ボーカル ANNKEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN が組んだ新バンドGENTLE STORM のデビュー作、 “THE DIARY”の発売が来年の 3/23 に決定しました!!
They are also pleased to announce that in advance of The Gentle Storm full band shows, Arjen will join Anneke for a select few European live acoustic dates in what will be quite a rare and special occasion.
同時に ARJEN がヨーロッパで行われるアコースティックライブに数回参加する事も発表されました。
Anneke had this to say:
“I’m very excited that Arjen has agreed to join me for these acoustic shows. I will play a solo set and halfway through the show Arjen will join me on stage. We’ll perform some Ayreon classics together and premiere a couple of songs that will be on our upcoming The Gentle Storm album. This will be a unique opportunity to catch us performing together and I look forward to sharing the stage with Arjen a lot!”
26/3/15 Melkweg, Amsterdam – Netherlands
28/3/15 ROCK Ittervoort Festival, Ittervoort – Netherlands
3/4/15 Hedon, Zwolle – Netherlands
3-5/4/15 Paaspop Festival, Schihndel – Netherlands
11/4/15 Paard van Troje, Den Haag – Netherlands
22/4/15 Divan Du Monde, Paris – France
23/4/15 The Garage, London – UK
24/4/15 The Musician, Leicester – UK
25/4/15 The Roadhouse, Manchester – UK
26/4/15 Prog-résiste Convention Festival, Soignies – Belgium
The Gentle Storm live:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) – vocals Merel Bechtold (Purest of Pain, MaYaN) – guitars Ferry Duijsens (Anneke van Giersbergen, ex-Dreadlock Pussy) – guitars Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) – drums Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) – bass Joost van den Broek (producer, ex-After Forever) – keyboards Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion) – background vocals
JAPANESE VIDEO PREMIERE: “LOVE IS NOT MONEY” BY RONNI LE TEKRO OF TNT
NORWEGIAN GENIUS RONNI LE TEKRO OF TNT RELEASED WONDERFUL MUSIC VIDEO FROM HIS LATEST ALBUM “MEIN AMPF” !!
ノルウェーが誇るギターの魔術師、RONNI LE TEKRO。当然彼のバンド TNT での活躍は広く知られるところですが、ソロ活動も時折行っています。彼の代名詞でもあるマシンガンピッキングを筆頭に、奇術のようなギタープレイは高く評価されていますし勿論素晴らしいのですがソングライターとしての彼ももっと評価されるべきではないでしょうか。今回紹介するのは RONNI の不思議で素敵な POP センスがいっぱいに詰まったソロアルバム “MEIN AMPF” から新 PV “LOVE IS NOT MONEY” です。彼のアメリカ、資本主義嫌いは有名ですがそれを体現したような曲名ですね。アルバムタイトルはヒトラーの「我が闘争」を文字って「我がアンプ」にしていますしこの PV はチャップリンへのオマージュ。彼の敬愛するBEATLES 的メロディーが秀逸ですね。全く一筋縄では行きませんがそこが彼の魅力でもあります。
【MESSAGE TO JAPAN】
I really enjoyed playing japan with TNT again and meeting so many devoted fans. I love you all. Here’s the video for my new single Ronni Le Tekrø. …’Love is not money’ from my album MEIN AMPF released in japan early summer.Please check it out. Do also check out the video for ‘The way we feel’ on Youtube and Vimeo….Love and respect, Ronni
TNT としてまた日本でプレイ出来て、多くの熱心なファンに会う事が出来て本当に楽しかったよ。みんなを愛しているよ。このビデオは僕のニューシングルなんだ。日本では晩春にリリースされたソロアルバム “MEIN AMPF” から “LOVE IS NOT MONEY”って曲だよ。ぜひチェックして欲しいな。併せて以前公開した “THE WAY WE FEEL” のビデオもチェックして欲しい。愛と尊敬を。
TNT 目下の最新ライブ動画。JSS にも言える事ですが TONY の衰えなさが異常。見た目もそうですがボーカルの伸びも声量も素晴らしいの一言。ベーシストが近所のオバハンみたいですがモーティーもオバハンみたいだったから大丈夫。往年の多毛症軍団を貼っておきますね。
TNT: FIREFLY
発売当時、日本では駄作として散々こき下ろされた作品。全くそんな事はないです。グランジっぽいのは頭の FIREFLY くらいであとは高品質なオルタナ POP を集めた優れたアルバムなのになぜかグランジ化したと頭ごなしに否定された悲しい作品。TNT がやらなくてもという声もありますが RONNI の変態ギターは より広いフィールドで水を得た魚のように冴え渡っていますし TONY の甘く切ないメロディーはこういった音楽にも素晴らしく映え、どう考えても彼ら二人でないと作り得ない作品です。特にアルバム中盤は強力!加えてアルバムラストを飾る “SOLDIER OF THE LIGHT” は ”TNT らしい”名曲です。某中古店などでは割と安い値段で見かけるのでピックアップしてみては?
VAGABOND: A HUGE FAN OF LIFE
“REALIZED FANTASIES” (このアルバムも言われているほど決して悪くない)で TNT が空中分解した後RONNI が立ち上げたバンドの 2nd。今作であの JORN LANDE が渡り鳥デビューを飾っています。TONY HARNELL, JORN LANDE, TONY MILLS・・・RONNI のボーカル事情はかなり充実していると言えますね。このアルバムでは JORN の力強いボーカルを活かしながらオルタナ、HR、POP、プログといった良くも悪くもジャンルレスな音楽を披露しています。散漫と言えば散漫ですが個性的で面白いアルバムだと思いますよ。
AVANT GOTH? PROGRESSIVE EXPERIMENTAL DOOM? ABSTRACT ELECTRICACOUSTIC? ANYWAY, US MODERN GENIUS KAYO DOT RELEASED MARVELOUS NEW ALBUM COFFINS ON IO FROM THE FLENSER RECORDS !!
US 変態超常異能集団 KAYO DOT。昨年、彼らの10周年記念盤として製作され発売された二枚組みの大作 HUBARDO は各所で絶賛を博しました。弊サイトでも昨年のベストアルバムに選出、加えてKAYO DOT の頭脳 TOBY にインタビューを行う事が出来ました( INTERVIEW WITH TOBY DRIVER 2013 )。それから一年、THE FLENSER RECORDS という彼らにピッタリなレーベルに移って刺激を受けたのか驚くべき早さで新作が届きました。タイトルは COFFINS ON IO 。従来の EXPEIMENTAL, AVANT-GARDE, JAZZ, PROG 要素に加えてメタル要素を前面に押し出し、彼らの作品中で最も激しいアルバムとなった前作に対して今作はメタル要素は非常に薄めです。PROG, ELECTRONICA, NEW WAVE, その辺りをごちゃ混ぜにしてモダンな彩を加えたようなアルバムに仕上がりました。80年代と現在、そして未来を行き来しているような感覚に襲われますね。NOT MADE OF METAL, BUT HEAVY。そう表現したくなるような深みと知性に溢れたこれもまた KAYO DOT の素晴らしいアルバムです。彼らの代名詞となった SAX の使い方も相変わらず秀逸ですね。弊サイトでは初、二度目の登場となる歌に目覚めた TOBY DRIVER に話が聞けました。どうぞ。
L.A. BASED EXPERIMENTAL SULUDE/POST-METAL BAND “BLACK SHEEP WALL” SET TO RELEASE THEIR SECOND FULL ALBUM “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” ON 1/26 FROM SEASON OF MIST !
WORLD PREMIERE: “WHITE PIG” OF BLACK SHEEP WALL !!
L.A. BASED EXPERIMENTAL SULUDE/POST-METAL BAND “BLACK SHEEP WALL” SET TO RELEASE THEIR SECOND FULL ALBUM “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” ON 1/26 FROM SEASON OF MIST !!
2012年、鳴り物入りで、満を持して、SLUDGE/POST-METAL 界の救世主としてデビューを飾った BLACK SHEEP WALL。 ELECTRIC WIZARD のドロドロで混沌とした引きずり女的 DOOMY な要素と INTRONAUT のプログレッシブでお洒落な代官山アトレ的要素を混合したような音楽性はブレイクの予感を充分に感じさせました。EPを挟んでそれから2年。何か物々しいタイトルの彼らの新作 “I’M GOING TO KILL MY SELF” からだいぶ危なっかしい曲名の “WHITE PIG” が届きました。またしても10分弱という「このレーベルの人売る気あるんだろうか」と思わざるを得ない長尺1stシングルですが内容は素晴らしいです。前半の全てを薙ぎ倒すような 強烈SLUDGE からプログレッシブに神々しさすら纏って荘厳に展開していく様は実に見事ですね。というか結局ジャケが出落ち感満載なのであまり語ってもしょうがないですね。ぜひ過去作共々聴いてみてください。