OGRE: "The Last Neanderthal" erscheint im März auf Minotauro Records / "The Last Neanderthal" will be released on Minotauro Records in March

OGRE

"The Last Neanderthal"

Minotauro Records

Release: 8 March 2014

Recharged Italian label Minotauro Records has announced the upcoming release of "The Last Neanderthal" from Portland, ME’s Heavy Metal Doom Rockers OGRE on February 21 in Europe and March 8 in North America. The band’s fourth full-length release continues OGRE’s splendid combination of classic proto-metal (BLACK SABBATH, BUDGIE, DUST), a touch of 70s prog rock (most notably RUSH), and a heaping dose of vintage doom (SAINT VITUS, PENTAGRAM). The Last Neanderthaleven includes a cover of “Soulless Woman” by a different OGRE, a 70s bar band from the Pacific Northwest.

Track List:
1. Shadow Earth
2. Nine Princes in Amber
3. Bad Trip
4. Son of Sisyphus
5. Soulless Woman
6. Warpath
7. White Plume Mountain
8. The Hermit

BIO:
OGRE formed in 1999 when Ed Cunningham (bass/vocals) joined forces with Ross Markonish (guitar) and Will Broadbent (drums), who had been playing together in several bands in the Portland, Maine music scene. Together, Ed, Ross, and Will quickly wrote and recorded a 4-track demo cassette that garnered high praise in the underground doom metal and stoner-rock community. In 2003, the band self-released its first full length, Dawn of the Proto-Man, to critical acclaim. The disc created enough buzz to get noticed by Japan's Leafhound Records, who put out the band's second and third albums, Seven Hells in 2006 and Plague of the Planet in 2008, the latter album being reissued by Shadow Kingdom Records (US) in 2009. After a decade of playing shows up and down the East Coast as well abroad (Japan Tour with Church of Misery and Blood Farmers in 2008), OGRE returned to its cave in September 2009. Coaxed out of hibernation after several years, the band played a handful of local shows and began writing new material that would eventually comprise its fourth album, The Last Neanderthal, to be released by Minotauro Records (Italy) in March 2014. As one of the first currently active bands to be signed to the newly-recharged Minotauro, OGRE is ready to stampede into the next phase of its career.

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MOTHERSHIP to tour with SCORPION CHILD & KADAVAR

The Dallas-based badasses in MOTHERSHIP are about to hit the road with a new wave of retro minded rockers - SCORPION CHILD and GYPSYHAWK - this Fall, and will weave their way across the U.S., also making their very first visit to Canada! It was recently announced that the trio were added as the support slot for the Scorpion Child and KADAVAR tour; which kicks off in Denver, CO with the Snowboard on the Block Festival on September 14th. Also added to the tour package is Wilson and Metal Blade recording artists, Gypsyhawk, with whom Mothership toured with earlier this Spring. This will mark the third tour that Mothership will embark on in 2013, however, this will be the first time that the boozing bruisers have ventured away from the western half on the U.S.

When asked about their thoughts on this latest road trip, Kyle Juett (vocalist/bassist) had this to say, "We could not be more stoked that our Scorpion Child brothers asked us to join them on what will be one of the top, if not, the best touring Rock & Roll shows taking place this Fall. Personally, I'm looking forward to watching all the bands jam and to welcome aboard any and all new brothers and sisters every night."

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Mothership is opening every night, so join the band early and stay late through the night as each band rocks you to the core!

MOTHERSHIP w/ SCORPION CHILD, KADAVAR, GYPSYHAWK  and WILSON

09/13/2013 The Blue Note - Oklahoma City *
09/14/2013 Snowboard on the Block Festival - Denver, CO #
09/15/2013 Club 906 - Kansas City, MO *
09/16/2013 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL #
09/17/2013 Skyway Theater - Minneapolis, MN #
09/20/2013 The Astoria - Vancouver, B.C., Canada
09/21/2013 Neumos - Seattle, WA
09/22/2013 Analog Cafe - Portland, OR *
09/23/2013 Slim's - San Francisco, CA
09/24/2013 Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, CA
09/25/2013 Rocky Point Cantina - Tempe, AZ
09/27/2013 Red 7 - Austin, TX
09/28/2013 Tomcats - Ft. Worth, TX
09/29/2013 Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX
10/01/2013 The Firebird - St. Louis, MO #
10/02/2013 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
10/03/2013 Hard Luck Bar - Toronto, ON, Canada
10/04/2013 II Motore - Montreal, QC, Canada
10/05/2013 Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY

# SCORPION CHILD, Kadavar, Gypsyhawk, and Mothership only

* Mothership only



With their self-titled debut, MOTHERSHIP masterfully delivers 70's-tinged U.S. hard rock with a sound that satisfies like a steaming hot stew of UFO and Iron Maiden, blended with the southern swagger of Molly Hatchet and ZZ Top, MOTHERSHIP's goal from the beginning has been to carry on the tradition of the classic rock style; updated and amped up for the modern day. Originally self-released in 2012, MOTHERSHIP and Ripple Music have joined forces to re-release this stunning debut record on CD and LP.

Mothership is available at www.ripple-music.com.

"Been listening to Mothership all day now and if feels like UFO and Orange Goblin got drunk with St. Vitus, smoked some weed with Blue Cheer and spewed out the tuffest blues-drenched, no frills love child I've heard all month. Some ridiculously badass guitars. And heavy above all else!" -- Sword of Doom

Mothership Bio

Rock n' Roll history is rife with brothers working together to create their artistic vision. But rarely do we hear about a full-fledged family unit embarking down the treacherous path of a musical career. In the case of Texas based Mothership, the Brother Juett (Kyle on bass, younger brother Kelley on guitar) enlisted the aid of their father, John Juett, to help get the 'ship off the ground. Raised on a healthy dose of their father's 70's-era record collection, the brothers began crafting songs fueled on the raucous and raw good time vibe when music seemed to know no bounds. Lifting off the pad for the first time in 2010, the band began to gain momentum and notoriety with their unabashed live shows. Knowing that the service of the family patriarch was temporary, Father Juett actively helped his boys find his replacement, and in late 2011, enter the mighty Judge Smith to hammer away on the skins. In early 2012, Mothership entered Crystal Clear Studios with Wo Fat mastermind Kent Stump manning the boards and by mid-year, the band self-released their debut album. It was the combination of the 70's-era heavy rock fuzz and fury mixed with the blistering guitar solos of the NWOBHM-era that drew the bands attention to California-based Heavy Rock label, Ripple Music. In the waning months of 2012, after a successful year of traveling regionally throughout Texas and opening for national acts such as Prong, Red Fang, Gypsyhawk, Earthen Grave, and Lo-Pan, Mothership officially dubbed Ripple Music as its Home Port and began plotting a course for their first U.S. Tour in early 2013.

Kells Juett- Guitars/Vox
 Kyle Juett- Bass/Vox
Judge Smith- Drums

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SATAN'S SATYRS: Merging the riffing, the tone, the fuzz, and the cult-horror worship of the ultra-doom underground with lo-fi production and fuck-you attitude - Album out in September

From Herndon, Virginia, something wicked this way comes. Raised on riffs and cult VHS flicks, SATAN'S SATYRS combine the super-fuzz garage sensibilities of Detroit in ’65 and the heaviness of contemporary Doom, and through a series of ultra-limited singles and EPs have become one of the most talked up underground bands of recent years and now; following limited pressings on vinyl LP, Cassette & Compact Disc, their 2012 debut album 'Wild Beyond Belief!', a ripping deluge of blasphemous scuzz-rock workouts, will see it's first commercial UK / European release via the Bad Omen Records label this autumn.

First formed in 2009, during a summer spent immersed in horror movies, weed, sixties Rolling Stones, Black Flag, Electric Wizard, Black Sabbath and the first High Tide LP, the band has shifted from being a duo comprising bassist, vocalist & drummer Clayton "Claytanas" Burgess and a mysterious guitar player known only as The Ghoul, down to a one man unit solely comprising Clayton himself (who sang, played all the instruments and even handled the recording on 'Wild Beyond Belief') then back up to it's current power-trio status which is completed by drummer Stephen Fairchild and Jarrett Nettnin on guitar.   It was this deadly three piece which took to the road in the US this summer, sharing the stage with everyone from Los Angeles’ own scumdogs The Mentors to Cleveland, Ohio's filthiest export Midnight, as well as making the trip across the Atlantic to deliver two sets at the annual Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, where they were personally invited by Electric Wizard to play their Electric Acid Orgy and stuck around for a couple of days more to wow the assembled faithful once more with a full set of Blue Cheer covers.



Satan’s Satyrs are currently, switching between song crafting for their second full length LP and bouts of touring the US where they are honing their live show for the inevitable return to the European stage.

Merging the riffing, the tone, the fuzz, and the cult-horror worship of the ultra-doom underground with the unbridled energy, lo-fi production, and fuck-you attitude of garage punk seems like such a natural fit that it’s impossible to believe that Satan’s Satyrs are the first band to accomplish it, but on 'Wild Beyond Belief!' the band have pulled it off almost flawlessly and deliver a refreshing blast of youthful energy in the staid wasteland of modern heavy metal. This latest pressing has been fully mastered from the source files to qtr inch tape by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Cathedral, Hexvessel, The Gates of Slumber etc...) for maximum warmth, volume and thickness of sound and will be released on September 23rd 2013.

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HORISONT: 3rd album, "Time Warriors", to be released on the 27th of September

Wir wetten, dass jeder geschmackssichere Mensch auf seiner Liste diese schwedische Band hat, die wir Euch heute mit ihrem neuen Album schwerstens ans Herz legen wollen:

HORISONT

Zudem wurde HORISONT nie vorgeworfen, auf einen Trend aufzuspringen (und genau das ist das ganze Retro-Zeux nun mal innerhalb kürzester Zeit geworden, inkl. all der üblichen Trittbrettfahrer; man kennt das ja).

Echter, herzblutiger Rock´n´Roll kann jedoch nicht vorgetäuscht werden.
Power, Lautstärke, Schweiß, Adrenalin, Seele:
HORISONT sind echt und man hört es ihnen zu jeder Sekunde an.
Das dritte Album "Time Warriors" verleitet einen fast zu dem ausgelutschten "Make it or break it"-Spruch, der der dritten Scheibe einer Band gern angehängt wird.

Denn HORISONT "maken" es hier mit einer atemberaubenden Deutlichkeit.
Proto-Metal, Swagger´n´Stroll, Lizzy-gone-Psych-Strut kann man fachsimpelnd in die Runde werfen, wenn man den neuen Hitreigen hört.
Man kann aber auch einfach sagen, dass "Time Warriors" von vorn bis hinten mitreißend heavyrockt und einer der Aspiranten auf den Classic-Rock-Thron 2013 ist!

HORISONT - "Time Warriors"
Rise Above / Soulfood
VÖ/Release: 27.09.2013

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BLOOD CEREMONY: New album "The Eldritch Dark" is coming in May

BLOOD CEREMONY
The Eldritch Dark
Rise Above / Soulfood
VÖ/Release: 31.05.2013

Yes, the unholy flute in the history of Rock is back again!!!

BLOOD CEREMONY sind zwar für 'ne Menge Leute der neueste hot shit, aber viel mehr als das eine Band mit immenser Langzeitwirkung: etwas verschroben und kauzig, aber schlicht und ergreifend atemberaubend toll.  Die KanadierInnen haben etwas gänzlich Eigenes. Man mag sie ein bisschen schrullig finden, doch sie sind authentisch, mitreißend, unter die Haut gehend und durch und durch ECHT. Produziert und abgemischt von Ian Blurton (Cauldron, Cursed) und gemastered von dem großartigen Nick Blagona (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Crazy World Of Arthur Brown), zeigt "The Eldritch Dark" BLOOD CEREMONY in den düstersten Winkeln klassischer Rock-Folklore.

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