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28.VII+ Jeremy & Progressor
28.VII+ Metal Mind Records
28.VII+ Esoteric Recordings
28.VII+ Jazz Promo Service
28.VII+ Moonjune Records
28.VII+ Noble Agency


BANDS & PERFORMERS:

Trouble
(USA) / July 28, 2013

New release:

"The Distortion Field", the first studio album in six years from the Chicago doom-metal legend Trouble, sold around 760 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No 25 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

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Newsted
(USA) / July 28, 2013

Forthcoming release:

"Heavy Metal Music" is a new album by Newsted, which is led by bassist Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica, Voivod and Flotsam & Jetsam). The CD will be released on August 6 in North America via Chophouse Records/Collective Sounds and August 5 in Europe through Spinefarm Records.

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Dreadnaught
(USA) / July 28, 2013

Latest news:

Dreadnaught has released 2 new tracks for free download, “Trophy Bride” and “The Bear.” These are Dreadnaught’s first new recordings in 6 years, and they have another dozen-plus pieces in the works, to be released one per month. Check the band’s website (below) to listen to the songs. In August the band will perform at the ProgDay ‘pre-show’ in North Carolina, and they’ll collect the released tracks with some new ones on an EP. Next year they will release all the tracks together as a proper album.

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Michel Langevin
(Canada) / July 28, 2013

New release:

"Cities", the first solo album from drummer Michel Langevin (of the Canadian prog-metal innovators Voivod) will be released on July 28 via Utech Records. The CD, which will be made available in a limited edition of 500 copies in heavy black jacket screen printed with silver and white ink, is described in a press release as "a journey into the life and thought process of an itinerant musician." Recorded in and around Montreal and on the road with Voivod, "Cities" is an experience in travel via sound, capturing both the geography and the music of the locations visited. The album is a rapid journey across the globe, via a first-ear account from an artist like no other.

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Jeremy & Progressor
(USA/Uzbekistan) / July 28, 2013


RECORDING COMPANIES:

Metal Mind Records
(Poland) / July 28, 2013

Forthcoming release:

  • RPWL – “A Show beyond Man and Time” DVD

    The German art/prog rock band RPWL returns in September with a brand new release. Their new live DVD features a special show recorded earlier this year at Wyspiañski Theater in Katowice, Poland, which was also the last complete performance of their most recent album "Beyond Man and Time" in Europe. The title of the album was inspired by Nietzsche's famous words “6000 feet beyond man and time”, taken from his opus magnum “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. The protagonist of RPWL's story is on a journey and meets various characters, partly adapted from Zarathustra, as means towards new insight. The basic idea behind it is a so-called “revaluation of values” in terms of a new way of thinking. In this world beyond man and time there already are creatures of higher knowledge that the protagonist meets allegorically along his way: the keeper of the cave, the willingly blind, the scientist, the ugliest human, the creator, the shadow, the wise man in the desert, and the fisherman. The multimedia live presentation of this concept album with its stunning show elements and musical virtuosity will make for an outstanding experience! In addition to the songs from „Beyond Man and Time“, the show includes several „RPWL classics“ and some surprises in the band's live set, one of them being "Roses" - one of the band's most popular songs performed together with Ray Wilson (ex-Genesis, Stiltskin). Today RPWL revealed the title of the DVD: „A Show Beyond Man and Time”. The DVD will be released by Metal Mind Productions in September. Apart from the show recorded at the Theater, the DVD will include bonus materials such as an interview with band members. Full details to be announced soon.

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    Esoteric Recordings
    (UK) / July 28, 2013

    Forthcoming releases:

  • Robert Calvert – “Lucky Leif and the Longships”
  • Gordon Giltrap – “Live at Oxford ‘79”
  • Climax Blues Band – “GoldPlated”
  • Climax Blues Band – “Stamp Album”
  • Climax Blues Band – “Sense of Direction”

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    Jazz Promo Service
    (USA) / July 28, 2013

    New releases:

  • Global Noize – "SLY Reimagined"
  • Craig Hartley – "Books On Tape Vol. 1"

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    Jazz Promo Service

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    Moonjune Records
    (USA) / July 28, 2013

    New releases:

  • Beledo – "Montevideo Jazz Dreams"
  • Beledo – "On Mission"

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    Noble Agency
    (UK) / July 28, 2013

    Latest news:

    Sammy Hagar has enlisted three legendary musicians - Toby Keith, Mickey Hart and Taj Mahal - to round out the final three tracks on his first-ever rock collaborations album: "Sammy Hagar and Friends". Previously confirmed musicians featured on the new album include Michael Anthony, Nancy Wilson, Neal Schon, Kid Rock, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Denny Carmassi, Bill Church, and many more. The Red Rocker’s first solo album in 5 years, “Sammy Hagar and Friends”, is set for release by Frontiers Records on September 24th in North America, September 27th in Europe, September 29th in the UK, and will be preceded by the album’s first single and video for the high voltage track "Knockdown Dragout" featuring Kid Rock, Joe Satriani and Denny Carmassi. In addition to the 10-track standard edition album, fans will also have an opportunity to purchase a Deluxe Edition of "Sammy Hagar and Friends", packaged in a high-gloss Digipak. The Deluxe CD/DVD package includes an exclusive bonus audio track "Space Station #5" recorded live at the Ronnie Montrose Tribute Concert held on April 29, 2012 in San Francisco, as well as the "Making of” album documentary which includes bonus video of the first single "Knockdown Dragout" and more.

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