by blake | Mar 17, 2017 | Prog Report
The new album from Mastadon – Emperor of Sand is due out on March 31st. Now comes the hilarious new video for the straight forward rocker “Show Yourself” which shows death in a spoof of Glengarry Glen Ross as he has to try and kill the band. Check it out here.
The band hit North America with the Eagles of Death Metal in April and then head to Europe in June.
For dates visit: http://www.mastodonrocks.com/tour
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by blake | Mar 17, 2017 | Prog Report
Anathema are set to visit Latin America for a series of shows this summer in August. The band are scheduled for shows in Mexica, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.
Dates & ticket links:
Aug-03 Café Iguana, Monterrey, Mexico http://bit.ly/2nIjRnF
Aug-04 C3 Stage, Guadalajara, Mexico http://bit.ly/2nIjRnF
Aug-05 El Plaza Condesa, Mexico City http://bit.ly/2nHW1s0
Aug-07 Teatro Ecci, Bogota, Colombia – *Tickets via local music stores*
Aug-09 Teatro Capriola, Santiago, Chile http://bit.ly/2nIh9yp
Aug-11 Groove, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://bit.ly/2nI1mzU
Aug-12 Carioca Club, Sao Paulo, Brazil http://bit.ly/2nIi2Hj
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by blake | Mar 17, 2017 | Prog Report
John Mitchell is back with Lonely Robot, his own musical project now getting ready to release the much-anticipated second studio album ‘The Big Dream’ on April 28th, 2017. Now you can check out the stellar new track ‘Everglow’ here:
John Mitchell had this to say: “Everglow is the first track I wrote for The Big Dream, it encapsulates the still present feeling that despite being surrounded en masse, we are a synthesised society barely truthfully communicating with each other on a less than superficial, soap box sermon level. Everglow is the hopeful ray of light when the phones go away and the eyes finally make contact. Coming from me, that’s almost ironic!”
Following 2015’s acclaimed debut ‘Please Come Home’, ‘The Big Dream’ has a core theme running through it – one that sees The Astronaut, the central character in the Lonely Robot adventure, emerging from a long period in stasis.
Mitchell explains: “The Astronaut wakes up from a cryogenic sleep but finds he’s no longer in space, and is instead in a woodland area surrounded by a group of strange people with animal heads! It’s a little surreal, a little ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to some extent. This is something of a solipsistic haze, for want of a better description!”
Mitchell explains more about his Lonely Robot concept: “I have always envisaged the storyline of The Astronaut’s journey evolving over the course of three albums. And I always knew where I wanted to go with the second album – taking The Astronaut away from space and into a strange and unfamiliar environment. Right now, I have no thoughts of what will happen for the third one but I’d better start thinking about it now!”
“The key inspiration for Lonely Robot comes from my love of science fiction films, and the atmospheric soundtracks that often accompany them – such as Alan Silvestri’s compositions for ‘Contact’ and Clint Mansell’s work for ‘Moon’.”
The album once again features drums by Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson), with all other instrumentation on the album delivered by Mitchell himself.
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by blake | Mar 16, 2017 | Prog Report
Scale the Summit are prepping to release their new album, In a World of Fear. The album is due out on May 19th, 2017 and is available for pre-order now. The new album features band leader Chris Letchford on guitar, joined by Charlie Engen on drums and Kilian Duarte on bass. Now comes the first song to be revealed from the album with “Royal Orphan”.
Check out the song here. Pre-order it here: https://scalethesummit.bandcamp.com/
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by blake | Mar 16, 2017 | Prog Report
Nad Sylvan, vocalist with Steve Hackett and Agents Of Mercy, has announced the release of his new solo album ‘The Bride Said No’ for May 26th, 2017, on digipak CD, gatefold 2LP + CD & digital download. The album sees Nad joined by a myriad of guests including Roine Stolt, Steve Hackett, Guthrie Govan, Tony Levin, Jonas Reingold, Nick D’Virgilio, Doane Perry & more.
Nad comments: “Last year, I was lucky to find a gap from all the hectic touring with Steve Hackett so that I could write and record a new album, all done in only six months. The music came very easily for me this time, which gives the album a slightly more coherent feel than that of my previous releases. Surrounded by top notch musicians, the delivery is more than one could ask for. They truly put their heart and soul into every single note sung and played. And so the Vampirate’s journey continues into modern times.. Hope you will enjoy this one as much as I did creating it!”
The full track-listing for the album is as follows:
1. Bridesmaids
2. The Quartermaster
3. When The Music Dies
4. The White Crown
5. What Have You Done
6. Crime Of Passion
7. A French Kiss In An Italian Café
8. The Bride Said No
In 2015, Nad Sylan impressed everyone with his fine conceptual solo album ‘Courting The Widow’. A vampiric tale wrapped in a 17th century atmosphere, this definitively marked out the talented Swede as a surging star in the progressive rock world.
Now, Sylvan is back with ‘The Bride Said No’, an album that continues the fascinating plot, albeit with a far more extravagant musical palette. “I didn’t originally have the idea of going on with this story on the new album. But what happened was that I revisited a song called ‘The Bride Said No’, which I began to write in 1989. I kept a few of the early ideas I had for the verses and also that title, but the rest of the song is brand new. However, the title itself got me thinking that it made sense if this were used in relation to the vampirate character from ‘Courting The Widow’. And the whole thing developed from there.”
On the creative side, what the new album does is to expand Sylvan’s horizons, as he explains. “Musically, the previous record was very much located in the 1970s, and you can still hear a little of that here. But this one is a lot more modern sounding and diverse. In fact, I would say it’s closer to musical theatre than anything else.”
‘The Bride Said No’ takes what Sylvan has done before and elevates it with a new creative sensibility. He has plans for a final chronicle of this ‘vampirate’ trilogy. But that’s for the future. Right now, we can all revel in the delights of this eight track masterpiece.
“I set out to take things even further than before. I believe I have succeeded.”
Nad has most recently been seen performing alongside the legendary Steve Hackett as part of his Genesis Revisited with Classic Hackett tour, which continues across the world during 2017.
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