NEWSDESK, 3rd February 2010
> ETERNAL DESCENT COMIC PRE-SALES AVAILABLE
IDW Publishing is offering pre-order sales for the first issue of the Gothic comic book series Eternal Descent available at numerous web sites. The first official Eternal Descent issue hits retailers' shelves March 31st, 2010.
The comic book series is inspired by the music of and features cameos from a host of metal bands and guitarists including Atreyu, God Forbid, Static X, and Firewind, among others.
Issue one kicks off the series by introducing Llexi Leon’s original characters and sets the stage for their epic battle. The metal bands mentioned above will appear in issue two and onward, with corresponding interviews included in each comic.
High definition animated trailer:
Additional samples of the Eternal Descent comic book artwork are available for viewing at http://tinyurl.com/ybpsgle.
Leon began making noise in London, England in 2005. His highly intricate guitar style exhibits the many influences corralled to create his intense sound - from classical, flamenco, electronica, and ambient genres to the more prominent genres of rock and metal. All of these genres infused to one, Leon has built a cinematic metal fantasia with his music, which has branched out to a comic book series. His main aspirations are bringing stories to life through escapism.
Leon utilizes everyday events and his vivid imagination to drive him to create more avenues for his multimedia enterprise. To prove its tangibility, Leon, who is responsible for the basic concept artwork, story boards, and character design/creation, has assembled a team of artists through Space Goat Productions, including: ~ Jason Metcalf on pencils and inks, and a driving force behind detailing the Eternal Descent world, who previously worked on The Darkness and Magdelina.
David Rivera will begin inking over Jason’s pencils from issue two and beyond, while Javier Tartaglia and Joel Chua, both veterans of many Marvel and DC comics titles, provide stunning colours.
Leon also began his own production company, Incendium Records, to release his first concept album Losing Faith and the EP The Phantom of the Opera. This fulfilled Leon's dream of having all Eternal Descent media developed with the highest standards under one roof. Leon recently began recording his third CD release with producer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, KISS) at the helm.
An ongoing list of additional retailers is located at http://www.eternaldescent.com/events/eternal-descent-1-hits-stores-worldwide.
http://www.eternaldescent.com/
http://www.myspace.com/eternaldescent
> NEW M.I.C. RELEASE
M.I.C. is back with a new lineup and new album. In early 2009 they put their new material to the test by pounding it out in nightclubs in and around Chengdu. By May they had thirteen worthy songs that were recorded in the studio and set to go.
The new lineup boasts two new Chinese members: Huang Hongliang on bass, and Zhao Qian on drums. Both are long-time veterans of the Chengdu music scene, and together won first prize at the Red Iced Jazz Festival with their jazz-fusion band, Tian Fang Ye Tan.
The newest addition to the group is Angela Renzetti. Hailing from Seattle Washington U.S.A., she provides rhythm guitar, backing vocals, and much-needed enthusiasm to the group. Having toured China the last year, she also brings some theatrical experience to the band’s live show.
Yvon Serre has 5 albums to his credit. Signing his first record deal at the age of 23, he appeared on many TV shows and received considerable airplay on various radio stations. In the mid-90’s, Serre went all-out, dressing up as a clown, wearing stilts and more!
M.I.C. has been playing in China since 2004. The band boasts performances on various TV shows. One show worthy of mention is one where M.I.C. represented the city of Chengdu in 2007 broadcast to millions all across China. They recently opened a show for renowned Chinese Pop Stars: Wang Feng, An Youqi & Xian Zion on a live TV broadcast .
Track list: 1. Sit On You, 2. Who Do You Love, 3. Out In The Rain, 4. Hot Summer Day, 5. Forever in Your World, 6. Can't Live This Way, 7. Something To Say, 8. Tell The Lies, 9. Rockin' Lucille, 10. Can You Hear Me, 11. Can't Let You Go, 12. What You Doing, 13. Between The Eyes
> NEW HELIX VIDEO
The new video for 'Make 'em Dance' has been launched on Youtube. From the newest Helix CD, Vagabond Bones, the video including Canada's top model, Rebecca Hardy.
> BLACK CANDY STORE'S BACK TO THE WALL
Following the trace of bands like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Stone Temple Pilots, Black Candy Store hails from southern France. The founding members Arno and Julien have been playing together since they were 16 years old and were driven by the Seattle sound. After adventures and albums together in other projects, they started writing their own material. Black Candy Store was born in October 2008. After finding the perfect rhythm section, and having selected 10 of their songs, the band recorded their first album in August 2009. Back To The Wall was produced by the band and mastered by Dave Collins who has worked with well known bands like Linkin Park, Soundgarden, Ben Harper.
Bursting with tight rock grooves and rich melodies, Black Candy Store’s music is a link between past and modern rock. Direct and efficient guitars and distinctive emotional vocals create a sound that builds on the tradition of rock, while establishing their own unique sound. BCS crafts their music by taking the impact of their life experiences to create new ideas, while the underlying sound of the tracks stays familiar and connects directly with the audience. Discover some of the songs of the album Back To The Wall on their MySpace with stand out tracks like 'Someday', 'Recall' or the catchy 'Wounded'.
The band is continuing to grow artistically and hopes to break new ground as their music evolves to new artistic levels. They are currently preparing a tour and the release of the album, so they are able to connect with their fans and feed off the growing energy of the people who have come to love their vision of rock and roll at the end of the decade.
Black Candy Store is Arno on vocals, Julien on guitars, percussion, keyboards and backing vocals, Marco on bass and backing vocals, and Flo on drums and percussion.
Track list: 01. Back To The Wall, 02. Someday, 03. Swine Seed, 04. Recall, 05. Wounded, 06. Hollow, 07. Humility, 08. Bittersweet Euphoria, 09. The Pledge, 10. Upward Spiral
http://www.myspace.com/blackcandystore
> TIMESWORD'S CHAINS OF SIN
The new – unique high quality album Chains Of Sin comes in early 2010 and features bassist Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Mike Keneally, Dweezil Zappa) on 2 tracks!
Timesword is a musical project born in December 2005 from the mind of Dan Logoluso, guitarist and founder of the group, and features players such as drummer Alex Galanti, bass player Luca Prederi, keyboardist Alberto Sonzogni, and singer Mark Pastorino.
Track list: 1. Thousand Year Kingdom, 2. Highway to Paradise, 3. A New Way, 4. World Confusion, 5. Skyland, 6. Real Mistery 19.46
http://www.myspace.com/timeswordband
> HELLFIRE EARLY BIRD TICKET EXPIRES TODAY
The Hellfire Club early bird ticket offer expires on 3rd February - today. Don’t miss out - get your tickets now before the price goes up!
Special Early Bird Offer: Friday: £7.00, Saturday: £9.00, Sunday: £9.00, Weekend: £22.50
> NEW TOBY HITCHCOCK ALBUM ON THE WAY
Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T) has been busy writing songs for the first solo album of the fantastic American vocalist Toby Hitchcock. Toby sang on three studio albums and one live album with Pride Of Lions, the band put together by Jim Peterik: founding member of the legendary AOR band Survivor. The whole album will be produced at Martensson's Blowout Productions Studios in Sweden. Musically it will explore some heavier and more contemporary material for Toby, but will still keep some incredible melodies very close to the most recent Journey sound. You can expect a true Melodic Rock gem for the second half of 2010.
> THE MAGNIFICENT...
Circus Maximus singer extraordinaire Michael Eriksen and finnish producer/guitarist Torsti Spoof (Leverage) have decided to join forces together in a new band project under The Magnificent moniker. Other musicians scheduled to appear on the album include Kalle Torniainen of Brother Firetribe on drums and Pekka Lampinen of Leverage on bass.
Songwriting is well underway and sees contributions also from Pekka Heino (Brother Firetribe, Leverage), Tomppa Nikulainen (Brother Firetribe), Tuomas Heikkinen (Leverage), Sami Hyde and others. Sound wise the album will sound like a cross between the heavier approach of Leverage with the hooks and melodies of Brother Firetribe. The recording will be completed during the winter, with Frontiers looking to release the debut album after the summer 2010.
> OUTLOUD VIDEO
Outloud announce the release of their second video clip 'Tonite' (http://www.youtube.com/frontiersrecords), which was directed by Bob Katsionis for his own Progressive Vision Group.
In December 2009 the band completed their first 6 successful headline shows in Greece which was supported by Jack Daniel's. The content and concept of 'Tonite' is based on the tour's footage on and off stage and simply shows the energy on stage, character and fun the band has!
Outloud will soon announce their touring schedule for 2010 and plans for their second album. Their highly acclaimed first CD and video clip of their hit single 'We Run' was released by Frontiers Records on August 28th in Europe, September 15th in North America and September 30th in Japan and has received outstanding reviews from the international press and fans. Both clips were directed by Bob Katsionis. Bob also directed Firewind's 'Head Up High' and the new video of Iron Maiden's Steve Harris' daughter Lauren Harris.
http://www.myspace.com/outloudtheband
> WINGER EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
19/03/10 Leknes, Norway - Lekneshallen (small sports arena)
20/03/10 Norway/Denmark - Rock the Boat
22/03/10 Bristol, England - Academy 2
23/03/10 Portmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
24/03/10 Manchester, England - Academy 3
26/03/10 Dudley, England - JB's
27/03/10 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring & Airbrake
28/03/10 Glasgow, Scotland - Cathouse
30/03/10 Newcastle, England - Academy 2
31/03/10 Leeds, England - Rio's
02/04/10 Sheffield, England - Corporation
03/04/10 Nottingham, England - Rock City
04/04/10 London, England - Islington Academy
06/04/10 Bochum, Germany - Matrix
07/04/10 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
08/04/10 Munich, Germany - Backstage
10/04/10 Achaffenburg, Germany - Colos Saal
> MELODIC ROCK FANZINE
Frontiers Records is proud to present the new issue of Melodic Rock Fanzine. The 36th release of our successful magazine is available for free all over the world through record shops, mail orders and every fine dealer carrying the Frontiers Records releases.
This new issue includes reviews and interviews of Giant, Keel, The Murder Of My Sweet, Sora, Angels Of Babylon, Brian Howe, The Fire, Jon Oliva's Pain, Orden Ogan, Heavenly, Rick Springfield / Jeff Silverman, Stage Dolls, Wig Wam, Bruce Kulick... and more!
An electronic readable version of the magazine is available on the Frontiers official site.
> WIG WAM STORM THE CHARTS
The new Wig Wam album, Non Stop Rock 'N' Roll has climbed up to number 5 in the charts in Norway. This is the best placing for any Wig Wam album so far, beating the number 10 achieved by Hard To Be A Rock And Roller.
