Rock Feeder

The DVD film documents the band’s first activity following the extended hiatus that followed the cycle of second album, ‘Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow’ (2002).  The band’s iconic frontman, Phil Anselmo describes the film thus; “The idea of reforming Down had been stirring in our collective guts since the Spring of 2005.  There wasn’t a member of the band who hadn’t felt the pull…we just needed to get together and jam.  It’d been four years since we’d all stood in the same room, let alone played music together.  With no record label, no publicity, no opening band, nothing (!), we decided to test ourselves by basically doing a ‘word of mouth’ 6-week tour of Europe.  Adding more fire in our bellies was that the tour would be capped off by playing an ‘unannounced guest’ opening slot on the main stage at the Download Festival.  Down had never been overseas in the band’s existence.  The film is documented footage of the tour, screw ups and sour notes included.  It’s raw and real and shows the re-rebirth of a little ‘side project’ from New Orleans that’s managed to stand the test of time for damn near two decades.”   The main feature runs for two hours and incorporates the documentary footage, interspersed with live performance tracks as follows:

Intro / Lysergic Funeral Procession / Lifer / Losing All / Rehab / New Orleans Is A Dying Whore / Ghosts Along The Mississippi / Learn From This Mistake / Underneath Everything / Temptations Wings / Something On My Side / Hail The Leaf / Lies / Perfection Of The Seed / Eyes Of The South /  Jail / Stone The Crow / Bury Me in Smoke

As well as the DVD, there’s a twin audio CD set that includes a full ‘never-before-released’ live set from that same European tour.  Tracklisting runs as follows:

CD 1
Losing All / Lifer / Lysergic Funeral Procession / Rehab / Temptations Wings / Ghosts Along the Mississippi / Learn From This Mistake / Hail the Leaf / New Orleans Is a Dying Whore

CD 2
Lies (I Don’t Know What They Say But….) / Underneath Everything / The Seed / Eyes of the South / Jail / Stone The Crow / Bury Me In Smoke

Swedish satanic Death Metallers AEON are looking for a new drummer! If you have the guts and skills make sure to submit! Read the statement from AEON below for details on the vacant spot and why Nils has left the band.

“Our drummer, Nils Fjellström has decided to leave the band on a very short notice. The reason for this is personal / private and Nils has chosen not to speak his mind out to the public about this. We will respect his wish not to do so, and therefore we will not reveal any details nor answering questions about this. As you may know, this is not the first time Nils is out of the band, but it’s most certain the last. How strange this even may sound, I really think that we will be better off without him in the long run. We need a drummer who we can rely on at all times, someone who can be there for us when opportunities show up etc. To take this band any further, we need a line-up where everyone has the same visions and goals.

If you are a drummer and think that you have what it takes to replace Nils in Aeon don’t hesitate to send us an application with some audio / video of you playing drums to: aeon_666@hotmail.com <mailto:aeon_666@hotmail.com> mark the subject with “Drummer application”. You don’t really need to be able to play exactly every little detail Nils is doing on the albums. The most important is that you are able to play the basics in the songs and the rest can be worked out from there. Naturally, we would prefer a drummer who lives in Sweden, but we are also open for distant / foreigner drummers as far as Europe goes, at least.”

http://www.aeon666.com/ <http://www.aeon666.com/>
http://www.myspace.com/aeon666

Worldwide Cult sensation Lesbion Bed Death will be releasing their second album ‘Designed By The Devil, Powered By The Dead’ on Halloween, the band have also launched two rocking videos to spotlight the throbbibng diverse music that the band play..

You can check out the bands videos on their youtube page

http://www.youtube.com/user/LesbianBedDeath

Tweak Bird have released the video to ‘Lights in Lines’. The track is taken from their self-titled debut album which is out now on Souterrain Transmissions.

Tweak Bird – Lights In Lines (Official Video) from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Having released one of this year’s most critically acclaimed albums, Diamond Eyes, Sacramento’s finest return to our shores this November for a UK tour.  Not only are Deftones one of the most important bands in modern rock, they are also one of the most explosive, passionate live bands you will ever see.

Deftones frontman Chino Moreno: “We’re excited to be returning to the UK and Europe this Fall for our first proper headline run for Diamond Eyes. The new stuff is sounding huge live and has been a blast to perform, as well as the oldies but goodies we plan to sneak in the sets. It’s gonna be rad!

Little Fish

Autumn Dates announced

Debut album ‘Baffled And Beat’ in stores now

(Custard/Island Records)

www.myspace.com/littlefishmusic

Juju Sophie (Vocals/Guitar) | Nez Greenaway (Drums)

‘Soulful, groove-laden and yet voluminously abrasive’ Rock Sound

‘Strong stuff indeed’ Total Guitar

‘A gloomy but visceral post-punk thunderstorm’ Music Week

‘Little Fish has the raw rock spark that doesn’t depend on fame’ New York Times

http://www.myspace.com/littlefishmusic

Onstage, Little Fish are sensual thunder, drawing you in with dangerous warmth. Juju’s self taught guitar style blazes through as Nez vigorously propels himself and beats his way through the songs. The band’s visceral live show is intensified by the addition of a Hammond organ which helps the band to convey more fully what they laid down on the album with producer Linda Perry at the helm. Listening to their music, either live or on their debut album, you can really hear the band’s intense creativity in all its glory. JuJu explains the process – “I have to be by myself in a room when I’m writing so no one can hear me shouting and screaming like an exorcist. Some people can write in public, but not me. For me it’s a solitary experience, so I can unlock my lyrics and bare my soul and inspiration.”

OSI the progressive metal band was formed in the aftermath of the 9/11 arracks, the bands first album was released in 2003, and now after recently signing to Metalblade records and interest from a larger audience the album is been re-issued

The band & album is named after the Office of Strategic Influence, an organization set up after the September 11 attacks to spread misinformation and plant false news items in the media, among other functions. The Office was shut after The New York Times published a story on it; many of its operations were transferred to the Information Operations Task Force.

Office of Strategic Influence is the first album by American progressive rock band OSI, originally released on February 18, 2003. The album was recorded in June 2002 and mixed in August 2002 at the Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut.

Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos originally recruited Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy to work on a progressive metal album. When keyboardist and vocalist Kevin Moore (founder of Chroma Key and former Dream Theater member) joined the project, the musical direction of the album changed to become more focused on sound-scapes and composition than musicianship. Sean Malone (of Cynic and Gordian Knot) and Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) also performed on the album.

The album is named after the Office of Strategic Influence, an organization set up after the September 11 attacks to spread misinformation and plant false news items in the media, among other functions. The Office was shut after The New York Times published a story on it; many of its operations were transferred to the Information Operations Task Force. The album’s lyrics were written by Moore in reaction to the September 11 attacks.

OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE (originally release 2003)

1. The New Math (what he said)
2. OSI
3. When You’re Ready
4. Horseshoes And B-52′s
5. Head
6. Hello, Helicopter!
7. ShutDOWN
8. Dirt From A Holy Place
9. Memory Daydreams Lapses
10. Standby (looks like rain)

Limited Edition (CD above + extra CD with 3 more tracks and 3 videos)

1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (08:49)
2. New Mama (02:22)
3. The Thing That Never Was (17:21)

“Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun” is a Pink Floyd cover performed by Kevin Moore and Mike Portnoy. “New Mama” is a Neil Young cover performed by Kevin Moore. “The Thing That Never Was” is the original “Looks Like Rain” demo performed by Jim Matheos and Mike Portnoy.

The Multimedia Section is approximately 19 minutes long and includes a concept piece directed and edited by Kevin Moore for “Horsehoes and B-52s” as well as two separate documentary style clips shot at Carriage House Studios during the recording of the album.

OSI released an album in 2009 ‘BLOOD’

Rock act Union Sound Set will be releasing their first single from the forthcoming debut album STOP START,
The single is available on Video and you can buy it from their gigs or download fron the 27th September

Union Sound Set recently grabbed the BEST OF MYSPACE award, from the social media music site,
after announcing some UK gigs to coincide with the single release
27th September – Barfly, London w/Ex Libras + Burning Codes
28th September – Home House Live

Union Sound Set will also start their UK tour on the 15th October to support the release of their debut album.

http://www.myspace.com/unionsoundset

Video with full lyrics released!

You can watch a pre-release video of the new track with all the lyrics on the band’s YouTube and Facebook pages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KM3pJOPgOc

The single Murdocracy will become a new word in the English language for uncaring Greed

illuminatus on Tour!

illuminatus will be playing a few exclusive shows with Vancouver-based metallers CITY OF FIRE in October 2010.

4 October 2010 – Nottingham Rock City
5 October 2010 – Manchester Academy
9 October 2010 – Bristol Thekla
10 October 2010 – London Underworld

Pre-sale copies of the new album GLASNOST will be available to buy at each show.

Alerternative Progressive Metal Band Illuminatus continue their quest with more superb quality metalwork

QUEENSRYCHE SIGNS TO ROADRUNNER/LOUD & PROUD RECORDS

Four-time Grammy nominees QUEENSRYCHE have signed a multi-album, worldwide deal with Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records. The band’s label debut –their twelfth studio album- is tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2011 release. Singer and founder Geoff Tate remains the creative nucleus of the band, which continues to make against-the-grain hard rock. Since their inception over 25 years ago, Queensryche have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have performed in over 22 countries.

“We are very happy to be signing with Road Runner/Loud and Proud. This is the rock label and a place where they are as excited about our music as we and our fans are,” Tate said.

“We are excited to welcome Queensryche to the label,” stated Loud & Proud President Tom Lipsky. “They have earned global acclaim for their distinctive approach to music and we are confident of a successful partnership with them.”

Queenryche’s 1988-issued album Operation: Mindcrime is universally respected as a classic concept release about rock, revenge, and redemption. The album is regarded as one of the most important hard rock records in the genre’s expansive canon. 1990’s follow-up, Empire, yielded a #1 single in the USA, the Grammy-nominated ballad “Silent Lucidity,” which the band performed at the 1992 Grammy Awards accompanied by a supporting orchestra.

In 2006, the band released Operation: Mindcrime II, a scorching sequel to their original. The band then hit the road performing both albums Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II back-to-back in their entirety in an incredible theatrical presentation throughout the year. The final performance was recorded at The Moore Theatre in Seattle that October and the Mindcrime at the Moore double CD/DVD release debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Music DVD Chart leading to Gold status.

http://www.queensryche.com/