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19.VIII+ Kruk
19.VIII+ Day Six
19.VIII+ Neal Schon
19.VIII+ Hellish War
19.VIII+ Alberto Rigoni
19.VIII+ Metal Mind Records
19.VIII+ MoonJune Records
19.VIII+ Parma Recordings
19.VIII+ Trail Records
19.VIII+ Freia Music


BANDS & PERFORMERS:

Kruk
(Poland) / Agst 19, 2012

Forthcoming release:

Kruk, a Polish hard rock band, is currently in the studio working on the material for their new release. Their third, as yet untitled, album is scheduled for release in October.

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Metal Mind Records

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Day Six
(Netherlands) / Agst 19, 2012

Latest News:

The Dutch progressive rock/metal formation Day Six will release a compilation album on the Freia Music label. The album is titled "Samples of Genetic Wisdom Captured to Survive". The album contains tracks from the first three albums by Day Six. The album will be released as a strictly limited edition of 500 copies, the luxe edition containing 2 HQ-vinyl LPs and one CD. The release is planned for November 2012.

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Day Six

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Neal Schon
(USA) / Agst 19, 2012

Forthcoming release:

Taking a detour from his main job as lead guitarist for Journey, multi-talented Neal Schon has put the finishing touches on his latest solo album, “The Calling”, released by Frontiers Records in the UK on 22nd October. Produced by and featuring Schon on all guitars and bass, “The Calling” reunites Schon with former Journey bandmate, drummer Steve Smith. Igor Len, an accomplished classical, jazz and film composer from Russia, who had previously collaborated with Schon, is featured on acoustic piano throughout the album. Grammy Award-winning special guest Jan Hammer (ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra) recorded Moog synthesizer solos on two tracks – Fifty Six and Tumbleweeds. Recently, Schon teamed up with Dan Barnett (Journey: Live In Manila) to produce the video for the first single and title track from the album. While celebrating the release of The Calling, Schon will be back on the road with Journey as the band’s 2012 tour kicked off July 21 in Southern California and is scheduled to run through December, with most dates featuring special guests Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and Loverboy.

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Neal Schon

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Hellish War
(Brazil) / Agst 19, 2012


RECORDING COMPANIES:

Metal Mind Records
(Poland) / Agst 19, 2012

Forthcoming releases:

  • Steel Vengeance – “Call off the Dogs”
  • Steel Vengeance – “Second Offence”
  • Steel Vengeance – “Prisoners”

    Metal Mind presents the exclusive re-reissues of three albums by the US heavy metal band Steel Vengeance, “Call off the Dogs”, “Second Offence” and “Prisoners”, originally released in 1985, 1986 and 1988 respectively.

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    MoonJune Records
    (USA) / Agst 19, 2012

  • Bakker & Richards – “Seeking & Finding”
  • Elaine Huckle – “Toward the Light”
  • Kim Halliday – “Birdsong in Mist”
  • Mark Vigil – “The Palest Rose”
  • Gooch & Others – “Paradigms”
  • Andy Malloy – “Paper Clips”

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    Parma Recordings

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    Trail Records
    (USA) / Agst 19, 2012

  • Various Artists – "Dutch Exposure"

    During the last few months over 30 bands from the Dutch progressive scene have applied for participating in the "Dutch Exposure" project. Freia Music has selected 8 bands in close collaboration with three organizations active in the Dutch progressive rock scene: Background Magazine, iO Pages magazine and ProgWereld. Each of the selected bands will record one track for the album. Here are the bands that will participate on it: 

    Thirteen and Trip Trigger, sponsored by Freia Music
Incidense and Summer Breeze Project, sponsored by Background Magazine
Armed Cloud and Sylvium, sponsored by ProgWereld
Profuna Ocean and a 'band withou a name', sponsored by iO Pages
    Later, one of the selected bands will record a full album for the Freia Music label.

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    Freia Music

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