NEWSDESK, 12th January 2010
> BEHEMOTH TO SWEDISH ROCK
Polish Behemoth is a band that lives up to its name. The band's hybrid of death and black metal truly sounds like a beast, especially on stage: the quartet's touring schedule is constantly filled to the brim, so it is a well-oiled machinery that comes to set our stage on fire.
The band last visited Swedish Rock in 2005, and has since released the critically acclaimed albums The Apostasy (2007) and Evangelion (2009). Behemoth recently won a massive nine (!) categories in the British magazine Terrorizer's yearly readers' poll - including the category of best live band of 2009. According to the interview with front man Nergal in Sweden Rock Magazine #68, there's a logical explanation to the band's constant hunger for being on stage: - "We're addicted to the touring and the adrenaline. We can't help it. We feed off the energy of the audience."
Prepare to be mauled.
> FURY UK CONFIRMED FOR HAMMERFEST
British metal band Fury UK has been confirmed to play Hammerfest II at Pontins Holiday Village, Prestatyn, North Wales.
During the past 2 years the band has played Bloodstock Open Air, Hellfire Fest, Bulldog Bash, Rock Of Ages, SOS Festival & more. Lead vocalist/guitarist Chris Appleton says “We've just completed our gig commitments for 2009 & the final gig in Manchester was a real celebration of a happy year for the band, when we've toured & played with some great names such as Blaze Bayley, Michael Schenker, Saxon, UFO &, Motorhead, as well as playing international dates in Greece & Switzerland & releasing our best music so far with the album “VR”. We're looking for more of the same in 2010 & it's a great boost to straight away be confirmed for an event such as Hammerfest”.
Fury UK plays the Saturday at Hammerfest, that's March 13th.
The band takes a short rest from tour dates in January before embarking on the following:
February 6th Dudley, JB's
February 11th Manchester, Grand Central
February 12th Boston, Axe & Cleaver
February 18th Swindon, 12 Bar
February 20th Belgium, Wizzfest
March 13nd Prestatyn (N.Wales), Hammerfest
March 26rd Newcastle, Trillians
March 27th Grimsby, Yardbirds Club
March 30th Camden, Purple Turtle
More dates to be added soon.
> NEWMAN RETURN WITH THE ART OF BALANCE
One of the UK’s top melodic rock acts Newman will return with their eighth album in March. Entitled The Art Of Balance the album will be released through the Chrome Dome label and will include the following tracks: Hero To Zero, Edge Of The World, Endless, The Miracle, Stay With Me, Tumble Down, Wish You Well, Find My Heart, Your Surrender, Break It Again, Forever, Stronger.
For the past 11 years, since the 1998 debut, Newman has continued to release consistently high quality albums and gained a reputation for producing hard rockin’ melodic anthems. They also proved to be a live force to be reckoned with when they returned to the stage in 2009 playing the Z Rock Festival and supporting the legendary John Waite on his recent UK Tour.
This album should appeal to existing and new fans alike. Once again, the emphasis is on big guitars, massive hooks, and The Art Of Balance has this in abundance. The songs 'Edge Of The World' and 'Endless' are already receiving extensive airplay on The Steve Price Show over at ARfm - http://www.arfm.co.uk/.
The album was once again recorded at The Blue Room and produced by Steve Newman. The Art Of Balance will be available from all the usual online distributors and pre-order from the official Newman website.
