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As announced in February, Metal Mind Productions will release the first DVD of German masters of ambitious rock, RPWL. This DVD, “The RPWL Live Experience”, features an impressive performance, filmed in mid February at the Wyspia?ski Theatre in Katowice, where RPWL played as the headliner on the second day of the ProgRock festival. The band's music definitely has its own style – modern, yet also drawing from the best traditions of the prog-rock genre. All in all - brilliant compositions, catchy melodies, mature and intriguing sound! The set-list included RPWL’s greatest hits such as “Hole In The Sky”, “Breathe In, Breathe Out”, “Three Lights”, “Trying To Kiss The Sun” or “Roses”. The DVD also features an interview with Yogi Lang and Kalle Wallner, “Breathe In, Breathe Out” video clip, Tour Footage 2006 (incl. Sleep Demo Version), photo gallery, desktop images, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound and much more! “The RPWL Live Experience” will be available in the following formats: DVD, 2CD, and in a limited DVD+2CD edition. Metal Mind Productions will release “The RPWL Live Experience” on 15th June in Europe and 14th July in USA (via MVD).

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Tinyfish revealed the cover artwork of their “One Night on Fire” DVD. It was designed by Jim Sanders, Tinyfish’s guitarist, who for his day job works as a graphic designer. Jim was also responsible for Tinyfish's album artwork and designed the logo for Marillion’s fanclub ‘The Web’. The DVD was recorded during the band’s appearance at the progressive rock festival, Progrock 2009, which took place in Katowice, Poland in mid February. It will feature a selection of the band’s best songs taken from their previous releases as well as of the tracks which will appear on their forthcoming album “The Big Red Spark”. The band is currently working on extra features for the DVD. Metal Mind Productions will release “One Night On Fire” on 29.06 in Europe and 11.08 in USA (via MVD).

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Metal Mind Records is proud to present a live album by Galahad, one of the most important bands on the global progressive scene and the unquestionable icon of the new wave of prog rock from the ‘80s. The band, formed in 1985, released many albums and performed hundreds of live shows throughout their career. They shared stages with other prog giants such as Pallas, Magnum, Ray Wilson, Pendragon and IQ. Although they've never achieved mainstream success, the band has a loyal underground following all over the world. “Resonance – Live in Poland” is a live album featuring the band’s first ever gig in Poland, which took place at Wyspia?ski Theatre in May 2006. The tracklist is comprised mainly of songs taken from their most recent full-length album "Empires Never Last", but the band also performed a couple of songs from their older records. Metal Mind will release “Resonance – Live in Poland” CD on 20th April In Europe and 14th July In USA (via MVD).

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Tinkicker is back in the studio to record a follow-up to their debut album “The Soliloquy of the Transparent Boy" (a MALS Records output).

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The Brazilian prog rock/metal band Deventter will release its new album within a month.

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A couple of weeks ago Hatesphere released their latest album “To the Nines" (via Napalm Records).

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The new album of the Dutch power sympho band Knight Area will be entitled "Realm of Shadows". The CD will be released at the end of September by The Laser's Edge USA.

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As previously announced Metal Mind Productions will release the first DVD of the British prog-rock band Final Conflict. The DVD entitled “Another Moment In Time” includes footage documenting a great concert at the Wyspia?ski Theater (October 2008), featuring a selection of some of the best songs from the band’s musical career. “Another Moment In Time” DVD will be available in 3 formats: DVD, limited DVD+CD edition, including bonus audio CD with songs recorded during the gig at the theater, and a limited CD digipak. The release date is set for 4th May in Europe and 5th May in USA (via MVD).

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The upcoming album by the Swedish instrumental quartet Gosta Berlings Saga, titled “Detta Har Hant will be released worldwide on Transubstans Records in May/June. The album was recorded during winter ‘08/’09, partly assisted by Mattias Olsson of Anglagard and represents the evolvement the band has taken since the release of the critically acclaimed debut album “Tid ar Ljud” (2006). While the previous album dealt with the interaction between nature and city, “Detta Har Hant” focuses entirely on the latter with eight stories of industrialism and love.

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Simple Minds, The Pigeon Detectives, The Script, Goldie Lookin Chain, Judy Collins and Arno Carstens join the immense main stage bill for Sunday 14th June at the Isle of Wight Festival 2009. This year’s line up is guaranteed to kick off the festival season in sensational style, also featuring Neil Young, Stereophonics, Razorlight, The Prodigy and Basement Jaxx to name but a few.

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As previously announced Metal Mind Records will release a new DVD by the legendary SBB. The band returned in late January 2009 with a brand new studio album entitled “Iron Curtain”. The LP was supported with an extensive tour around Poland, with its highlight at Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, where SBB headlined the first day of the ProgRock Festival. The band’s performance was recorded and will be released as “Behind the Iron Curtain” DVD. Apart from the live show, the DVD will also include bonus video features: "Camelele" video clip and a studio documentary shot at the famous Zbigniew Preisner’s Studio (Preisner is a well known Polish composer; in 2006 he was invited by David Gilmour to collaborate on his album "On An Island"). “Behind the Iron Curtain” will be available in three formats: standard DVD, limited edition DVD+2CD and limited 2CD. The release date is set for 25th May in Europe and 14th July in USA (via MVD).

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Artillery - one of the best thrash metal bands around returns with a brand new studio album! New material entitled “When Death Comes” will be their first studio release since the 1999’s “B.A.C.K”! Denmark’s Artillery is one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal and the band’s contribution to the bourgeoning genre is difficult to ignore. The Danish quartet successfully managed to fuse an abrasive brutality with technicality and good melodies, with the noteworthy guitar leads of the St?tzer brothers as well as the remarkable vocals from Flemming R?nsdorf serving as highlights. Due to Artillery’s demos being well distributed, the band gained worldwide recognition even before the release of their first official album; and the band’s first three studio albums, “Fear of Tomorrow”, “Terror Squad” and “By Inheritance”, all assumed the status of classics in the thrash genre. However, due to lack of support from labels and internal band disputes, Artillery never really achieved their big breakthrough and thus split up in 1991. In late 1999, Artillery reunited and released the critically acclaimed album “B.A.C.K.”, but they never really took off as a band again. A few live appearances came in the wake of the release, only to be followed by silence. However, in 2008 the classic core of Artillery, consisting of Morten and Michael St?tzer as well as Peter Thorslund and Carsten N Nielsen rejoined forces and subsequently employed new vocalist S?ren Adamsen. New material was recorded between March and April 2009 at Medley Studios in Denmark with S?ren Andersen as the producer. Metal Mind will release “When Death Comes” on 15th June in Europe, 23rd July in Japan (via King Records) and 11th August in USA (via MVD). In anticipation for the new Artillery album “When Death Comes”, Metal Mind will release the band's first live album. The DVD entitled “One Foot in the Grave, the Other One in the Trash” features a fantastic gig the thrash veterans of Artillery gave at Metalmania Festival 2008. “One Foot in the Grave, The Other One in the Trash” will be released on 25th May in Europe and 11th August in USA (via MVD).

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Metal Mind will release “Agenda/Amorata/Amata” box by John Wetton in late May. This legendary vocalist, guitarist, bass player and producer is known from his cooperation with King Crimson, Asia, Roxy Music, UK, Uriah Heep, Phil Manzanera and Geoff Downes - just to name a few - as well as from his solo projects. The tracklist of “Amata” includes compositions such as "Heat of the Moment" (recorded with Asia) or "Book of Saturday" (recorded with King Crimson), all in new, unique acoustic versions! “Agenda” and “Amorata” DVD feature concert recorded in the following line-up: John Wetton - lead vocal, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, John Mitchell - guitar, harmony vocal, Martin Orford - keyboards, harmony vocal, Steve Christey - drums. The tracklist includes such classics as "Starless", "Red" or "Book of Saturday” (recorded with King Crimson), "In The Dead Of The Night" and "Rendezvous 602" (recorded with UK), "Heat of the Moment" (recorded with Asia). The DVD also includes an interview with John Wetton, Artist's biography plus individual members' profiles, discography, photo gallery, desktop images, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. “Agenda/Amorata/Amata” box will be released on 25th May in Europe and 14th July in USA (via MVD).

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This coming Tuesday is the US release date for the Black Sabbath, uh, "Heaven & Hell" new studio album, "The Devil You Know". If you've been living under a rock, then you don't know this is the first full studio album by the Dio incarnation of Black Sabbath since 1992, and the first full new album of music by Black Sabbath (yeah, yeah, yeah) since 1995's “Forbidden”. In-between we got two new studio tracks with Ozzy in 1998, one live track in 2001 on the Ozzfest tour, and three new tracks with Dio in 2007. But this is the first full studio album by whatever the frig this band wants to call itself in way too long.

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This updates Dream Theater's June/July European schedule to include the following festivals and headlining shows with special guests as follows:
Sat Jun 06, 2009 - Solvesborg, Sweden - Sweden Rock festival Festival with Heaven & Hell, Marillion, ZZ Top, Twisted Sister, Journey, Europe, Foreigner, Motorhead, UFO and many more.
Wed Jun 10, 2009 - Moscow, Russia – Luzhniki: Headlining show with special guests TBA.
Fri Jun 12, 2009 - Leeds, UK - O2 Academy: Headlining show with special guests Frost.
Sat Jun 13, 2009 - Southampton, UK – Guildhall: Headlining show with special guests Frost.
Sun Jun 14, 2009 - Castle Donington, UK - Download Festival with Def Leppard, Whitesnake, ZZ Top, Trivium, Journey, Faith No More, Slipknot, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Limp Bizkit, Down, Chris Cornell, Dragonforce, Opeth, Anvil, Meshuggah, Tesla and many more.
Tue Jun 16, 2009 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Exhibition Grounds: headlining show with special guests Ephrat.
Thu Jun 18, 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum de Lisboa: headlining show with special guests Frost.
Sat Jun 20, 2009 - Bilbao, Spain - Kobetasonik Festival with Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, Anthrax, Machine Head, Dragonforce, In Flames, Journey, Thin Lizzy and many more.
Sun Jun 21, 2009 - Clisson, France - Hellfest Festival with Heaven & Hell, Queensryche, VoiVod, Hatebreed, Suicidal Tendencies, Manowar, Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, Machine Head, Anthrax, Pain Of Salvation, Down, Stratovarius, Dragonforce, WASP and many more.
Tue Jun 23, 2009 - Munich, Germany - Tollwood Musikzelt: headlining show with special guests Frost.
Wed Jun 24, 2009 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Amphitheater: Headlining show with special guest Neal Morse.
Fri Jun 26, 2009 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting Festival with Heaven & Hell, Slipknot, Korn, Motley Crue, Journey, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon, Lacuna Coil, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Down, Exodus, Soulfly, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, WASP, Death Angel and more.
Sat Jun 27, 2009 - Wettingen, Switzerland – Sportzentrum: Headlining show with special guests Cynic.
Sun Jun 28, 2009 - Monza (Milan), Italy - Gods of Metal Festival with Heaven & Hell, Slipknot, Motley Crue, Queensryche, Down, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Cynic, Tesla, VoiVod, Blind Guardian and more.
Tue Jun 30, 2009 - Prague, Czech Republic - Tesla Arena: Headlining show with special guests Cynic.
Wed Jul 01, 2009 - Budapest, Hungary – Sportarena: Headlining show with special guests Cynic.
Fri Jul 03, 2009 - Kavarna, Bulgaria - Kaliakra Rock Festival - lineup TBA.
Sat Jul 04, 2009 - Istanbul, Turkey – Kucukciflikpark: Headlining show with special guests Cynic.
Sat Jun 20, 2009 - Bilbao, Spain - Kobetasonik Festival with Motley Crue, Marilyn Manson, Anthrax, Trivium, Dragonforce and more.
Sun Jun 21, 2009 - Clisson, France - Hellfest Festival with Heaven & Hell, Manowar, Anthrax, Stratovarius and many more.
Tue Jun 23, 2009 - Munich, Germany - Tollwood Musikzelt: Headlining show with special guests Frost.
Wed Jun 24, 2009 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Amphitheater: Headlining show with special guests TBA.
Fri Jun 26, 2009 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting Festival with Heaven & Hell, Motley Crue, Papa Roach, Down, Buckcherry, Exodus, Blind Guardian, WASP and more.
Sat Jun 27, 2009 - Wettingen, Switzerland – Sportzentrum: Headlining show with special guests TBA.
Sun Jun 28, 2009 - Monza, Italy - Gods of Metal Festival with Heaven & Hell, Slipknot, Motley Crue, Queensryche, Down, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Cynic, Blind Guardian and more.
Tue Jun 30, 2009 - Prague, Czech Republic - Tesla Arena: Headlining show with special guests TBA.
Wed Jul 01, 2009 - Budapest, Hungary – Sportarena: Headlining show with special guests TBA.
Fri Jul 03, 2009 - Kavarna, Bulgaria - Kaliakra Rock Festival - lineup TBA.
Finally, Dream Theater will take their Progressive Nation tour overseas for the first time with a run through Europe and the UK throughout Sept, Oct and Nov 2009.

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Transcend Records announce a clutch of exciting new signings to bolster their already impressive artist roster. New deals have been signed with the following acts Cinders Fall, Idiom and Warrior Soul.
Warrior Soul: Iconic frontman Kory Clarke's vision permeates the proceedings: The band he created, Warrior Soul, which started from his spoken word performances on New York City's Lower East Side. From the trippy Doors-influenced debut to some of the punk-oriented and metal material, Kory is a man on a mission, combining tradition with avant-garde creativity.
Cinders Fall: It’s always good to see a British band with so much promise, and Cinders Fall has that in spades. For a young band, they spew forth one hell of a cultivated sound that could easily be confused for In Flames or Dark Tranquility when they were more metal and less progressive. They really understand what makes a great song, and they know how to use a great riff and garnish it with all the right harmonies and solos...these boys will go a long way.
Idiom: This band is a breath of fresh air for the Metal scene. Formed in Devon in 2005, the hard-working collective takes influence from bands as diverse and eclectic as Incubus, Rage Against The Machine, SiKth, System Of A Down and Deftones.

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2 years after their international debut, live album “Patahan”, and 6 years after their last studio album “Trance/Mission”, SimakDialog is ready with their outstanding blend of electro-acoustic, groove driven progressive-ethno-fusion. “Demi Masa” is the fifth album from Indonesian progressive jazz ensemble SimakDialog. Led by keyboardist and composer Riza Arshad, the band also features guitarist Tohpati and bassist Adhitya Pratama, working alongside the twinned percussion thrust of Endang Ramdan and Erlan Suwardana. The latter pair are specialists in traditional Sundanese kendang drumming. Arshad's compositional approach opens up from a jazz-rock palette, but his Fender Rhodes electric piano is clearly influenced by the crisp ring and shimmer of the Indonesian gamelan's array of gongs, metallophones and double-headed drums. We can immediately hear the similarities between the keyboard's percussive crackle and the sharp detonations of tunefully struck metal. The percussionists soon enter, clattering out their heavily organic patterns with roundly slapped skins, shaker bells and handclaps. Arshad frequently pushes his solos (or are they ongoing themes?) up to continually higher levels, urging repeated climaxes as each piece steadily amasses intensity. Tohpati is also attracted to resonant trebly zones, journeying from acoustic delicacy to a subtly distorted friction. The guitarist's presence has a significance beyond his role on this album, as Tohpati is one of the Indonesian music scene's most successful (and ubiquitous) players. Another element is tipped in later, with the percussionists chanting along to emphasise their dense structures. Arshad might recline in a hazy contemplation, but it doesn't take him long to develop an insistent pulse, invariably reaching a frenzied state. There's a clear recalling of the classic moves made by Chick Corea and Terje Rypdal in the 1970s, but this is laced with authentic gamelan elements utilised as part of this jazz-rock vocabulary. The result sounds both natural and fully integrated. This is a particular realm that couldn't be reached either by Western progressives or a traditional gamelan ensemble. The SimakDialog involves a unique combination of both spheres, without making the commercially tempting mistake of cultural dilution.

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