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25.VIII+ Taylor's Universe
25.VIII+ Thieves’ Kitchen
25.VIII+ Dream Theater
25.VIII+ Fates Warning
25.VIII+ Flying Colors
25.VIII+ Metal Mind Records
25.VIII+ Esoteric Recordings
25.VIII+ Ravello Records
25.VIII+ Lizard Records
25.VIII+ Noble Agency


BANDS & PERFORMERS:

Taylor's Universe
(Denmark) / August 25, 2013

Forthcoming release:

Denmark's Taylor's Universe is soon going to complete the recording sessions for their new album, "Evidence". Taylor's Universe first came to life in 1993, and the new album will become their 13th release since their selftitled debut in 1994. Taylor's Universe have a growing reputation throughout the world with many fine words in the international media. Saxophonist Karsten Vogel (of Burnin Red Ivanhoe and Secret Oyster fame) has been with the band almost all along the way, and now he's sharing duties with guitarist Claus Bøhling (also a member of Secret Oyster). No coincidence, as Secret Oyster were one of leader Robin Taylor's biggest influences in the 1970s... Still Taylor's Universe is the brainchild of Mr. Taylor, with influences from all over the musical landscape. The album will hopefully be released in October.

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Thieves’ Kitchen
(UK) / August 25, 2013

Latest News:

Following up on the success of Thieves’ Kitchen’s latest album, One For Sorrow, Two For Joy”, which was released earlier in the year, the band is releasing a limited edition Vinyl version of the record through the specialist label Plane Groovy. Renowned engineer and mixer Rob Aubrey has specially mastered this new edition for vinyl at Aubitt Studios, where the album was originally recorded, and Amy Darby has stunningly re-designed the artwork to take advantage of the formats bigger size. Each individually numbered package is presented as two 12” records each running at 45rpm for the ultimate in vinyl audio fidelity. The vinyl edition of “One For Sorrow, Two For Joy” is released on 26 August 2013 via Plane Groovy.

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Dream Theater
(USA) / August 25, 2013

Latest News:

Dream Theater has posted on YouTube the first single, The Enemy Inside, from their forthcoming eponymous album which is due for release on 24th September.

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Fates Warning
(USA) / August 25, 2013

Forthcoming release:

Fates Warning’s eleventh studio album, "Darkness in a Different Light", will be released on September 27 via InsideOut Music. Featuring founding guitarist Jim Matheos alongside classic-lineup members Ray Alder (vocals) and Frank Aresti (guitar), longtime bassist Joey Vera and drummer Bobby Jarzombek, the CD was produced by Matheos and mixed by longtime Fates Warning engineer Phil Magnotti.

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Flying Colors
(USA) / August 25, 2013

Latest News:

Mascot Label Group has revealed the cover artwork and the Monday 14th October release date of Flying Colors’ new outing “Live in Europe” on the Music Theories Recordings Label on Blu-ray, DVD, 2CD, Limited Edition 3LP Vinyl and Digital download (iTunes, Mastered for iTunes, Amazon MP3). Flying Colors features Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Dave LaRue (bass), Neal Morse (keyboards, vocals), Casey McPherson (vocals, guitars), and Steve Morse (guitars). The concert release captures the band live in Tilburg, Netherlands at 013 on September 20, 2012. Directed and edited by Bernhard Baran (Guns n' Roses, The Cure, Porcupine Tree) with Bill Evans as executive producer, the concert presents the entire studio album, alongside popular favorites performed by the individual members of the band.

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RECORDING COMPANIES:

Metal Mind Records
(Poland) / August 25, 2013

Forthcoming releases:

  • Leash Eye – “V.I.C.I."
  • Elvis Deluxe – “The Story So Far”
  • Exlibris – “Humagination”

    Metal/Southern Rock band Leash Eye is still in the studio working on their new full-length album. "V.I.C.I." is a follow up to their acclaimed album “„V.I.D.I” from 2011.

    The pioneers of Polish stoner rock scene, Elvis Deluxe, returns in a big style! The band celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and released a brand new material entitled "The Story So Far”. It’s their third studio album but the first one released by Metal Mind Productions.

    Metal Mind Productions is proud to announce the release of a brand new album by the heavy metal band from Poland – Exlibris. Combining the energy of traditional heavy metal and hard rock with melodic hooks and complex arrangements since the end of 2003, Exlibris stands for rocking guitars, distinct rhythms, epic orchestrations and powerful lead vocals. The band’s sophomore release “Humagination” was recorded in March 2013 and is scheduled for release on October, 21st in Europe and November, 5th in USA (via MVD).

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    Esoteric Recordings
    (UK) / August 25, 2013

    Forthcoming releases:

  • Spirogyra – “Bells Boots and Shambles”
  • Spirogyra – “Old Boot Wine”
  • Spirogyra – “St Radigunds”
  • Wild Turkey – “Wild Turkey”
  • Wild Turkey – “Battle Hymn”
  • Hapshash And The Coloured Coat – “Western Flyer”
  • Oliver Wakeman And Steve Howe – “3: Ages of Magick”

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    Ravello Records
    (USA) / August 25, 2013

    New release:

  • Martin Schlumpf – “Streams”

    Since the late 1980s, Swiss Composer Martin Schlumpf has been widely active in the borderlands between improvisation and composition. With “Streams”, the follow-up to his 2012 Navona Records release “Summer Circle”, Schlumpf presents three concertos that are representative of a creative period in his career marked by the influence of minimalism and jazz, new tonal concepts, a strong emphasis on rhythm, and clear-cut formal designs. These colorful concertos - Mouvements, Waves and Streams- feature stand-out performances from pianist Martin Levický, cellist Petr Nouzovski, clarinetist Matthias Miller, and bass trombonist David Taylor. The soloists are accompanies by the stellar Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra and the newly formed Parma Orchestra in their first on-disc performance. With diverse influences from Ravel, Schubert, and the ethnic music of Asia and Africa, the sonic world of "Streams" pits soloist(s) and orchestra in multi-tiered dialogues featuring an array of delicate minimalist textures, engaging improvisations, and rich harmonic colors.

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    Lizard Records
    (Italy) / August 25, 2013

    New releases:

  • L’Albero Del Veleno – “Le Radici del Male”
  • Il Giardino Onirico – “Complesso K MMXIII”

    “Le Radici del Male”: L’Albero Del Veleno is a new instrumental project, with special affinity with the horror movie sound of Goblin (more prog-rock than jazz), the looming atmospheres and the high emotional tension.

    “Complesso K MMXIII”: Another musical trip from the young band Il Giardino Onirico: a concept album with four long tracks, in a growing of emotional, visionary atmospheres in modern-prog way, with the double keyboards and a touch of heavy-prog.

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    Noble Agency
    (UK) / August 25, 2013

    Forthcoming release:

  • Leslie West – "Still Climbing"

    Leslie West, the legendary guitarist, vocalist and original founding member of Mountain, will release a new studio album "Still Climbing" on October 28th via Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group. Since his historic performance with Mountain at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, West has enjoyed a glittering career spanning over half a century, accomplished in spite of a life threatening battle with diabetes, which cost him his right leg in 2011 (shortly before the release of his “Unusual Suspects” album). Looked upon by West as a sequel to “Unusual Suspects”, which featured collaborations with the likes of Slash, Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa and Billy Gibbons, “Still Climbing” sees West joining forces with Jonny Lang, Johnny Winter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and Alter Bridge and Creed’s Mark Tremonti.

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