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27.IX+ Earthside
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27.IX+ Brain Connect
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27.IX+ Comedy Of Errors
27.IX+ Ear Music
27.IX+ Kscope Music
27.IX+ Metal Mind Records
27.IX+ Golden Core Records
27.IX+ International Anthem Records


BANDS & PERFORMERS:

Earthside
(USA) / September 27, 2015

Forthcoming release:

The US progressive metal/rock band Earthside has finished working on their new album, “A Dream in Static”. Release date: October 23, 2015. Format: CD, vinyl LP, digital. Tracklist: 1. The Closest I've Come, 2. Mob Mentality, 3. A Dream in Static, 4. Entering rhe Light, 5. Skyline, 6. Crater, 7. The Ungrounding, 8. Contemplation of rhe Beautiful. Line-up: Jamie Van Dyck – guitars; Frank Sacramone – keyboards Ryan Griffin – bass; Ben Shanbrom – drums; with: several guest singers & The Moscow STD-Symphony Orchestra.

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Iron Maiden
(UK) / September 27, 2015

New release:

Back on September 4, 2015, the great heavy/progressive metal band Iron Maiden released its brand new album ”The Book of Souls”. This, their first double studio outing, is their most ambitious album to date. Tracklist: CD 1: 1. If Eternity Should Fail (8:28), 2. Speed of Light (5:01), 3. The Great Unknown (6:37), 4. The Red and the Black (13:33), 5. When the River Runs Deep (5:52), 6. The Book of Souls (10:27). CD 2: 1. Death or Glory (5:13), 2. Shadows of the Valley (7:32), 3. Tears of a Clown (4:59), 4. The Man of Sorrows (6:28), 5. Empire of the Clouds (18:01). Line-up: Steve Harris – bass, keyboards; Bruce Dickinson – vocals, piano; Adrian Smith – guitars; Dave Murray – guitars; Janick Gers – guitars; Nicko McBrain – drums; with: Michael Kenney – keyboards; Jeff Bova – orchestrations. Label: Parlophone Records.

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Brain Connect
(Poland) / September 27, 2015

New release:

Brain Connect, a band from from Poland, released their new full-length CD “Think Different” on September 21, 2015. The album will be available at online music stores and streaming media worldwide. Tracklist: 1. Prognose, 2. Message from Lyra, 3. Brain onto This, 4. Liberate Your Life, 5. Eridanus, 6. Losing Support, 7. Heroine is Hidden in Ochodzki's Luggage, 8. Beyond the Stars. (Track 8 is dedicated to the memory of Jon Lord.) Line-up: Jan Mitoraj – guitars, guitar fx, synthesizer; Marcin Szlachta – bass, synthesizer; Krzysztof Walczyk – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizers, vocoder; Przemyslaw Calus – drums.

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Wishbone Ash
(UK) / September 27, 2015

Latest news:

Wishbone Ash has launched a straight-to-vinyl live album, recorded as it was played, with just 750 copies available, and Andy Powell and Co have confirmed a UK tour for October and November. The vinyl record, “Live at Metropolis”, was recorded at the London venue in May. The band explains: "As soon as the cutting needle hit the acetate, we started performing side A, and didn't stop until the needle was lifted. The process meant that even the gaps between songs were live". Andy Powell, who won a legal battle with Martin Turner over the band's name last year, says of the tour: "We're looking forward to reconnecting with fans from the past who are just catching on that we've been touring non-stop for 46 years. And for our faithful fans who've walked with us consistently, we have some special things in store".

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Comedy Of Errors
(UK) / September 27, 2015


RECORDING COMPANIES:

Ear Music
(Germany) / September 27, 2015

New release:

  • The AndersonPonty Band – “Better Late Than Never”

    EarMusic presents: “Better Late than Never”, the first CD by The AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson (Yes, solo) and Jean Luc Ponty (Mahavishnu Orchestra, solo). “Better Late than Never” is the new studio album taken from a live performance and enhanced with innovative production. The package includes a bonus DVD featuring outstanding performances by the band, captured in September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, USA. Release date: September 25, 2015.

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    Kscope Music
    (UK) / September 27, 2015

    Forthcoming releases:

  • Gazpacho – “Molok”
  • Anathema – “A Sort of Homecoming”

    Kscope Music presents: “Molok”, the new album by the Norwegian progressive rock band Gazpacho. Tracklist: 1 - Park Bench, 2 - The Master's Voice, 3 - Bela Kiss, 4 - Know Your Time, 5 - Choir of Ancestors, 6 – ABC, 7 – Algorithm, 8 –Alarm, 9 - Molok Rising. Line-up: Jan Henrik Ohme – vocals; Thomas Andersen – keyboards; Jon Arne Vilbo – guitars; Mikael Kromer – violin, mandolin; Kristian Torp – bass; Lars Erik Asp – drums. Formats: 4-disc box set: 2 CD, DVD, Blu-ray disc; Blu-ray disc; LP; Digital. Release date: October 23, 2015.

    Anathema, one of the UK's most cherished and critically acclaimed rock bands, will release a live Blu-ray/audio collection entitled “A Sort of Homecoming” on October 30 via Kscope Music. Directed by Lasse Hoile (Steven Wilson, Opeth), “A Sort of Homecoming” is a stunning concert film of Anathema's homecoming show on March 7, 2015, in the spectacular setting of the Liverpool Cathedral. Format: 2CD + DVD-V; LP; Digital. Release date: October 23, 2015.

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    Metal Mind Records
    (Poland) / September 27, 2015

    New & forthcoming releases:

  • Tank – "Valley of Tears"
  • Cochise – "The Sun Also Rises for Unicorns"
  • Kruk – "Beyond Live"

    Metal Mind Records releases "Valley of Tears", the new album by the British heavy metal legend Tank, on September, 25, 2015.

    The Polish rock/metal band Cochise releases in early October their new studio album entitled "The Sun Also Rises for Unicorns". The follow-up to the “118” album, this is their fourth full-length album. All guitars, bass and drum parts were recorded in just one take at The Rolling Tapes studio. All vocals were recorded at Nagrywatornia Studio in their hometown Bialystok. "The Sun Also Rises for Unicorns" will be released on October 2 (November 13 in North America), 2015, by Metal Mind Records.

    On April 18, 2015, at the studio of Radio Katowice, the Polish hard rock band Kruk played a very special concert. With the auditorium packed tight, the band performed a two-hour-plus set, which included their greatest hits as well as a couple of interesting surprises, such as Black Sabbath's ‘Heaven & Hell’ and Deep Purple's ‘When a Blind Man Cries’ and ‘Burn’. The band was accompanied on stage by wonderful guest musicians: Piotr Luczyk, Grzegorz Kupczyk and, for the grand finale, Jozef Skrzek from SBB. Another surprise was an additional acoustic set prepared by the band, presenting Kruk's songs in unique arrangements. The entire concert was filmed and recorded for the purposes of a CD and DVD album "Beyond Live", which will be released by Metal Mind Records in November, 2015.

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    Golden Core Records
    (Germany) / September 27, 2015

    Forthcoming release:

  • Subsignal – “The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime”

    Golden Core Records is pleased to announce “The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime”, the new album by Subsignal, a progressive rock / metal supergroup, consisting of five well-known German musicians. Line-up: Markus Steffen (Sieges Even) – guitars; Arno Menses (Sieges Even) – vocals; Ralf Schwager (Dreamscape) – bass; Dirk Brand (Geoff Downes & John Wetton) – drums; Luca Di Gennaro (Soul Secret) – keyboards; with: Peavy Wagner (Rage) – vocals; Albert Clemente – piano; Jana Urbanova – flute. Tracklist: 1. The Calm - 1:39, 2. Tempest - 6:57, 3. A Time Out of Joint - 6:37, 4. And the Rain Will Wash it all Away - 7:25, 5. Ashes of Summer - 6:18, 6. A Myth Written on Water - 5:01, 7. Everything is Lost - 8:36, 8. The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime – 23:19, 9. Swansong (b/t) - 2:19. Formats: CD, vinyl LP, digital. Release date: October 30, 2015.

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    International Anthem Records
    (USA) / September 27, 2015

    Forthcoming release:

  • Ahleuchatistas – “Arrebato”

    Ahleuchatistas is a math rock / avant-garde prog project, hailing from the United States of America. “Arrebato”, their new album, will be released by International Anthem Records on October 30, 2015. Formats: CD, vinyl LP, digital. Tracklist: 1, Sundowning, 2. Rincon Pio Sound, 3. La Faena, 4. Power With, 5. Shelter in Place, 6. Erosion. Line-up: Ryan Oslance – drums; Shane Parish – guitar.

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