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  Tuesday, November 03, 2009 LION MUSIC ARTIST UPDATE: The Latest Artist News & Release Information from Lion MusicThe DreamsideLunar Nature (Released 4.12.09) - Lion Music is pleased to announce the release of the new album from The Dreamside entitled Lunar Nature on December 4. The Dreamside have been on the gothic rock scene for now 15 years. Blending elements of gothic and metal music with female vocals and lyrics commonly centred on themes like the supernatural. The band have built a strong fan base thanks to their four previous albums. The music of Lunar Nature can be described as atmospherically gothic rock with a good mixture of heavy guitars, electronic elements and a proper shot of alternative rock. All this interwoven with the remarkably voice of Kemi Vita (Satyrian) and her unique way to express emotions in very personal lyrics. Lunar Nature continues were the predecessor Spin Moon Magic ended. The album is full of diversity and therefore once more a typical output from The Dreamside. The album was recorded at the Excess studios in Rotterdam (After Forever, Gorefest) and contains 15 tracks including Seeds of pain, a collaboration with the US act Information Society and Unspoken, again with guest appearances by guitarist Karl Fieldhous of Born from Pain and Kenji Siratori. The album has been mastered by Kai Blankenberg at the Skyline Studio's in Dusseldorf/Germany (Paradise Lost, Doro). Together with Eva de Winkel, The Dreamside have produced a animation video to the track Sternenkind. Lunar Nature track listing: 01. Everlasting. 02. Silently Awake. 03. When Stars Fall. 04. Higher Ground. 05. Sticks And Stones. 06. Carry On. 07. Lunar Nature. 08. Hush. 09. In Longing. 10. Sternenkind. 11. Serpents Kiss. 12. Seeds Of Pain. 13. Willing To Learn. 14. Unspoken. 15. Vlindertje. Musicians: Kemi Vita, Voices; Roman Schoensee, Bass; Fried Bruggink, Guitars; Cees Viset, Guitars; Merijn Mol, Drums. WebLinks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLVWbeMknDAwww.dreamside.nl / www.myspace.com/dreamside Borislav MiticThe Absolute (4.12.2009) - Lion Music is pleased to announce the release of the new album from Borislav Mitic entitled The Absolute on December 4. Borislav Mitic returns with a majestic new album The Absolute. The virtuoso Shredmaster delivers his strongest musical statement as of yet for Lion Music. The idea behind this concept album was to take the instrumental guitar format and give it a new dimension infusing it with pure uncompromising Metal attitude but with primary focus on song quality content. Playing wise Borislav takes the gloves off this time and brings into the musical arena a wide arsenal of dazzling guitar techniques. He unmercifully unleashes them throughout the album with blinding speed and precision while retaining a sense of melody, reason and phrasing intelligence that he is known for. Each out of the ten songs featured on the album explores a different aspect of Metal music taking the listener on a quest toward the essential passion that lies within all true artistic effort - the perfection of creative expression. Borislav draws inspiration from many players that walked the path of guitar greatness before him and summons these echoes of the past forging them into a stunning new styling all of his own. "The Absolute" is an album whose mission is to shine brightly as a new rising star in a constellation of legendary classic albums of the Metal virtuoso genre. The Absolute track listing: 01. The Absolute 02. Secret Of Life 03. Hidden 04. Within All Existence 05. Promises 06. The Prize Of Eternity 07. For The Chosen 08. Fighter Of Glory 09. Walking The Path 10. To One Truth. All instruments played by Borislav Mitic. WebLinks: www.borislavmitic.com / www.myspace.com/borislavmitic New Signing - Acacia Avenue - Lion Music is pleased to announce the signing of Acacia Avenue for their self titled debut album set for release on Lion Music in January 2010. Led by Danish guitarist and songwriter Torben Enevoldsen (Section A, Fatal Force) the initial idea for the album came about from Torben writing in a more melodic hard rock nature than his other bands. Quickly the idea emerged to do a whole album in this style but to spice things up Torben called in a few good friends to participate as singers and co-writers.Tony Mills (TNT, Shy) was the first to join in and together they wrote and recorded Don't Call Me TonightWait No MoreGeir Ronning (Radioactive, Prisoner) began writing with Torben immediately after and together they penned the songs Hold On, No Looking BackDigging. Enevoldsen wrote the rest of the songs by himself, but Torben Lysholm (Pangea, Mysterell) wrote the lyrics for Just Wanna Be With You and sang vocals on Can't Make You Stay and the Japanese bonus track Cold. Finally Lars Safsund (W.O.A.) performed the vocals on An Illusion Apart from playing all guitars, bass and keyboards on the album, Torben Enevoldsen sang backing vocals on a few songs and also did the lead vocals on Jamie's In LoveLet GoThomas Heintzelmann (Section A, Decoy) played drums and Carsten Neumann (Savage Affair) helped out with the bass.Acacia Avenue is sure to please fans of strong hard melodic rock with each track being home to catchy vocal melodies, strong instrumentation and a crisp clean production. Full information to follow soon. A NEW RUSH LIVE COMPILATION:Anthem Entertainment has announced the release of 'Working Men', the first 'best of' live performance compilation from renowned rock trio Rush. Released in the UK on Monday November 16th, this outstanding live collection is available on CD and digital download by Atlantic Records Culled from Anthem Entertainment and Zoë Vision's three other Rush releases ­ 'Rush in Rio', 'R30' and 'Snakes & Arrows Live' - the Working Men album features live recordings of the band's greatest hits as well as one previously unreleased track, 'One Little Victory' 'Rush' - Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar, vocals), and Neil Peart (drums and percussion), are one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock and roll, equally famed for both their virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting. Track Listing: 1. Limelight (S&A live) 2. The Spirit of Radio (R30) 3. 2112 (Rush in Rio) 4. Freewill (S&A live) 5. Dreamline (R30) 6. Far Cry (S&A live) 7. Subdivisions (R30) 8. One Little Victory (previously unreleased, R30) 9. Closer To The Heart (Rush in Rio) 10. Tom Sawyer (S&A live) 11. Working Man (R30) 12. YYZ (Rush in Rio). IMPULSIA FEATURES LAST MARCEL JACOB PERFORMANCE: The last studio recording involving bassist Marcel Jacob is the debut studio album from Swedish hard rock band Impulsia and their album Expressions. Impulsia was formed by Uno Sjöström (main composer and acoustic guitars), Johan Längquist (Vocals - ex-Candlemass) and Marcus Jidell (Producer and guitars - Royal Hunt). The recording was released via digital download on July 1, 2009 and as CD on September 24, 2009 via Impulsia Music and under Riverside Records and it included a cover version of Derek and the Dominos's "Layla" This is the last studio recording from Marcel Jacob, who was found dead in his own house on Tuesday July 21, 2009. Marcel took his own life after many years of personal and health issues he was battling. Check out the band at: www.myspace.com/impulssweden MELODIC BRIEFS:No bonus tracks for any release of the new album . Yes...you read correctly. No territory is getting bonus tracks. Looks like unused tracks will be held over for the band's next release in 2010 - a Greatest Hits record.Mr. Big's new Back to Budokan Live DVD took 10th place in the Italian Overall Music DVD chart.Foreigner in NYC, as covered by: piercingmetal.com/wordpress/?p=1946 and Kisspiercingmetal.com/wordpress/?p=2004Billy Idol's new SoundStage DVD is available now: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N7W3OE/ref=ox_ya_oh_productBon Jovi on X Factor UK - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5lw9wC12NA. A new interview has been posted with former Europe guitarist Kee Marcello at: www.rockeyez.com. Aussie pop/rock outfit Mi-Sex will reform with its orginal members (minus vocalis Steve Gilpin - RIP) for a one-off concert as part of The Radiators' 30th anniversary bash at Revesby Workers Club in Sydney, Australia in Dec 09.The Soft Rock Classics Show is a radio show playing a very wide variety of rock music and featuring big name interviews (the Quireboys and Marillion most recently). They are currently giving away a custom made guitar from Waterstone guitars in Nashville for the best guitar solo submitted by a listener. The show is also at the forefront of a campaign to get the Who their first number one single in the UK. Tune in: www.softrockclassicshow.co.nr.POWERAGE "TOURING" FESTIVAL 2010:Powerage Agency in London are proud to announce that they have put together a 40-date touring festival that will take place across the whole of the UK and Ireland. Among the dates on the touring fest (which are all Saturdays and Sundays) are shows at The Cavern in Liverpool, the Garage in Swansea, Barfly in Cardiff, The Warehouse in Aberdeen, Venuu in Hastings, The Croft in Bristol, The Asylum in Birmingham, Ruby Lounge in Manchester, Seven in Nottingham, The Gaff and The Bridgehouse 2 in London, Trinity Rooms in Limerick, Roisin Dubh in Galway, The Command House in Kent, Pavillion in Belfast, The Snooty Fox, Riverside Bar and Camelot's in Yorkshire and a number of other venues. The event is a massive publicity-based opportunity for bands who are seeking additional publicity, and who are either unsigned or independently signed to partake. Please contact Powerage Agency via the email address powerageagency@googlemail.com or via our myspace page www.myspace.com/powerageproductionservicesagencyltd - bands working in most rock and metal styles will be considered although the mainstay of the shows will be Classic and Progressive metal. The structure of the shows is proposed as follows, however, is subject to change if there is not significant demand by the end of this week. The Plan – all shows will compromise 10 bands. 8 bands will play at a show in their catchment area – the remaining two slots will be allocated to bands who will perform multiple shows – the 9th band on the bill will be one of two bands who will do 50% of the shows, and the 10th band on the bill shall play all 40 shows. In the event of there not being a significant enough demand from bands for this event in terms of filling most of the spots within the next couple of weeks, the structure of the fest wil change to suit the needs of the event. There will be significant publicity backing these events which will be of benefit to all who perform and who are prepared to show 100% commitment to a massive publicity drive throughout 2010.M.ILL.ION - NEW KEYBOARDPLAYER WANTED!:Johan Bergquist is stepping down from the keyboards in M.ill.ion and the band are now seeking his replacement. B.J Laneby comments: “This has been decided several months ago and is no drama. We thank Johan for great contributions to the band since 2003 and wish him the best of luck. Remaining friends for sure, we´ve gone through a lot together. We did the final gig on the Thrill of the Chase album in Switzerland last weekend (it was great, we ended the show with Deep Purple´s Stormbringer and The One Above, a track Johan wrote) but now it´ s time to move on with a new album. We want the new guy to be involved as a bandmember and join this process as early as possible. M.ill.ion intend to make one hell of an album for 2010!” If You think You got what it takes: -Recording and touring experience -Backing vocal capability -Rock´n Roll attitude -Living in, or could move to, the Gothenburg area /western part of Sweden (this is a band, not a project!) Then get in touch through www.myspace.com/millionized or send info/biography/photo and music to: million_bj@hotmail.com.KANSAS GUITARIST TO APPEAR ON DEBUT OF NEW TALK SHOW 'LONG LIVE ROCK' ON BLOG TALK RADIO: guitarist Rich Williams has been confirmed as the first guest for a new rock music talk show called Long Live Rock. The debut episode will air Sunday, November 8th at 8 PM EST (7 Central) on Blog Talk Radio.Long Live Rock is a live call-in show featuring interviews with some of the greatest rock musicians in the world. The show is a joint venture between two hosts who are already familiar to classic rock fans. Sterling Whitaker is a music journalist and the author of two books; Unsung Heroes of Rock Guitar in 2003, and 2007's The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx, which was an Amazon bestseller and garnered rave reviews in Classic Rock magazine, Goldmine, Record Collector and many online media outlets. Whitaker has appeared as a guest on VH1, BBC Radio, and radio all over North America, and also hosts the popular podcast We Will Rock You (www.wewillrockyoublog.com). Jeb Wright is one of the best-known and most respected interviewers in the genre. As the founder and editor of Classic Rock Revisited (www.classicrockrevisited.com), over the last ten years Wright has interviewed a Who's Who of Rock and Metal artists. He conducts the Jumbotron interviews for the Moondance Jam every year, and in 2009 Wright celebrated the first decade of Classic Rock Revisited by releasing his first book, From The Vaults Series I: Stadium Rock.Richard Williams is the only member of the superstar rock group Kansas to appear on every album and at every concert of the band's three-decade career. Best known for multi-platinum albums like Leftoverture and Point Of Know Return, as well as classic hits like “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust In the Wind”, Kansas recently celebrated its 35th anniversary by releasing There's Know Place Like Home on CD, DVD and Blu-ray. Recorded live in the band's home state, the show features a cross section of Kansas classics augmented by a full orchestra, with guest appearances by Kansas alumni Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse. The DVD debuted at #5 in Billboard. Rich Williams will be calling in to Long Live Rock to discuss There's Know Place Like Home and his career with Kansas, and taking some listener calls."This is gonna be awesome!” Jeb Wright exclaims. “Kansas is my favorite band, and I was actually at this show. I love this DVD, and to have Rich Williams as the first guest on our first show is perfect.”“This is definitely a show fans won't want to miss,” Whitaker promises. “Rich is a blast, and Jeb and I have both interviewed him before, so this is like a homecoming of sorts. There's Know Place Like Home is great, and it's doing really well. I can't wait to see what questions fans will have for Rich. I know this is going to be a really special night.” The debut episode of Long Live Rock will air live Sunday, November 8th at 8 PM EST (7 PM Central) at www.blogtalkradio.com/longliverock, and will be available for download thereafter. Fans can call in at (347) 637-3446 with questions. Those without Internet access can call that number and listen to the show via phone.ROXX PRODUCTIONS - NEWS:Roxx Productions is proud to announce the signing of Pastor Brad to their roster! After 5 consecutive instrumental shred albums, Pastor Brad is back with a full-length vocal album!  And while the old-school guitar shred influences are still here, this album will hit you square in the face with some of the heaviest sounding riffs ever recorded on any Pastor Brad album!  This album will also feature three very special guest vocalists: Rachael (of Ravenshead), Richie Z (of Blind Seven), and "Ski" (of Faith Factor)! And a very special guest appearance from original Stryper keyboardist, Kenny Metcalf! If that's not enough for you, you will also get plenty of shredding from Pastor Brad himself as he will be handling all of the guitar work for this his debut Roxx Records release 'Break Out' coming in Spring 2010. As an introduction to the Roxx Productions family, Pastor Brad is teaming up with Roxx Productions and JBM Designs to provide you a very special Limited Edition Christmas CD entitled Pastor Brad's 'Christmas Shred'! This very special limited edition CD is being offered at $7.77 with free shipping world wide!! This special CD is being offered exclusively through Roxx Productions and Pastor Brad as both a Christmas Present and an Introduction of what's to come from Pastor Brad and Roxx Productions! This limited edition promotional release is limited to only 100 copies and will only be made available for a very limited time in November and December. Shipping in late November 'Christmas Shred' will be in your hands in plenty of time to play around the Christmas tree! Merry Christmas from Pastor Brad, JBM Design and Roxx Productions! For full details and order information visit www.roxxproductions.com.CANADIAN CARNAGE TOUR POSTPONED:Gillett Entertainment Group is regretfully announcing that the Canadian Carnage Tour featuring and Slayer has been postponed due to a health-related issue with Slayer's Tom Araya. Slayer's Tom Araya is currently under the care of a specialist for a back injury, thought to be related to his on-stage activity, and the physician has ordered an immediate surgical procedure to take place in Texas November 3rd."What is foremost in our minds right now is that Tom do whatever he needs to get this taken care of," said Slayer's Kerry King. "While all four of us are disappointed that we won't be able to see through all of our commitments set for the next few weeks, the most important thing is Tom's health. We thank the fans in Canada, says the Megadeth camp. We look forward to seeing you all soon."

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