March 2012
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Tracklist: Sat 31 Mar 2012
HOUR 1
Artist: Rush
Title: Crossroads
Composer: Robert Johnson
Album: Feedback [EP]
Year: 2004
Artist: Marillion
Title: Market Square Heroes [B'sides Version]
Composer: Derek William Dick/Mark Kelly
Pete Trewavas/Steve Rothery
Album: The Best of Both Worlds
Year: 1998
Artist: Pretty Maids
Title: Little Drops Of Heaven (Live)
Album: It Comes Alive
Year:...
Show Preview: 31 Mar 2012
On tonight’s show the first radio play of Oxygen by the Tameside band Stop The Blackout.
Capitalising on the success of debut single ‘Headlights!’, Tameside-based rockers Stop the Blackout release their brand new single, ‘Oxygen’ on ifm records on the 30th of April 2012.
Don’t forget we stretch to two hours from now on. New releases in the first hour, and Classic Rock and Album...
New Video: Collisions - Scuzz
Recorded at Black Hangar Studios with Metal Wasp Media [Protest The Hero, Acoda] and Digby Milner [Harry Potter, Star Wars], “Believe in This” by DnB-metallers Collisions has been released online, following a highly successful run on Scuzz TV, reaching No 8 in the charts.
The band are currently on tour with HED PE in europe. They played Brighton on 18th March and have travelled...
New Album: Frames - In Via
Release Date: 23 April 2012
Celebrated German Art Rock newcomers Frames have confirmed the release of their superlative, subtly irresistible and totally inspired second album, ‘In Via’, on April 23rd on Steamhammer / SPV.
‘In Via’, the developmental follow-up to 2010’s hugely acclaimed debut album, ‘Mosaik’, is a very interesting listen. Totally instrumental, the contrast between the light...
All change for The Power Hour
Don’t worry. It’s change for the good. Starting this Saturday, Tameside Radio’s weekly rock show, The Power Hour, gets a whole new lease of life by doubling in length.
This week the show celebtares it’s fourth anniversary. When it started, it concentrated solely on Classic Rock. Over the past couple of years it has grown to include local concert news and interviews with...
New Album: Absolace - Fractals
Release Date: 26 March
‘Fractals’, the hauntingly beautiful second album from Dubai based progressive rockers ABSOLACE, will be released worldwide on March 26th. The release is a ten track, emotionally rich journey, mixing soaring melodies, crunching riffs and atmospheric soundscapes akin to bands such as Karnivool, Porcupine Tree and Tool. It’s a rich mix or jazzy, funky, progressive...
New Single: Stop The Blackout - Oxygen
Release Date: 30th of April 2012.
Capitalising on the success of debut single ‘Headlights!’, Tameside-based epic rockers Stop the Blackout release brand new single, ‘Oxygen’ on ifm records on the 30th of April 2012.
Although still a young band Stop the Blackout have supported the likes of Editors, Oceansize and One Night Only and been praised for their ‘stadium sized’ sound which takes...
Gotthard - New Singer
Swiss-born Nic Maeder has been confirmed as Gothard’s new vocalist - and here is a video of him with the band. I’m sure their previous singer Steve Lee - who was killed in a tragic accident over a year ago - would be proud of his replacement. Nic was born in 1971 in Lausanne and lived in Melbourne, Australia.
The Hype Theory announce international record...
Essex Pop-Punkers The Hype Theory announce Japanese and Australian record deals and release ‘You’re Going Home Alone’ making of video
Essex Pop-punk/power-pop outfit The Hype Theory have announced that their debut album, “Glory Days”, is to receive full release in both Japan via Twilight Records and Australia via Takedown Records.
Twilight Records boast an impressive back catalogue,...
Tracklist: Sat 24 Mar 2012
Artist: Skid Row
Title: 18 And Life
Album: Forty Seasons The Best Of
Year: 1998
Artist: Iron Maiden
Title: Infinite Dreams
Composer: Steve Harris
Album: Edward the Great: Greatest Hits
Year: 2002
Artist: Dio
Title: Hungry for Heaven
Composer: Dio/Jimmy Bain
Album: Collection
Year: 2003
Artist: Scorpions
Title: Sting In The Tail
Album: Sting In The...
Show Preview: Sat 24 Mar 2012
On tonight’s show, classics by Skid Row, Journey, Deep Purple, Yes, Dio, and Iron Maiden to name just a few. 6pm @tamesideradio on 103.6FM and online at www.tamesideradio.com
New Album: Fair Warning - Best And More (20th...
Release Date: 26th March
Label: Steamhammer /SPV
Germany’s first class Melodic Hard Rockers Fair Warning, who have released six studio albums and 3 live albums since their inception, have confirmed the release of ‘Best And More’, a double, 20th Anniversary CD, packed 32 songs on to two CD’s. This is a fantastic album. It includes all the Fair Warning classics, various unreleased and rare live...
New Album: Running Wild - Shadowmaker
Release: 23 April 2012
Label: SPV/Steamhammer
German Power Metal flagship Running Wild, who invented the unique ‘Pirate Metal’ genre a quarter of a century ago, have signed to Steamhammer / SPV worldwide to release their brand new album, ‘Shadowmaker’ on April 23rd.
‘Shadowmaker’, the first new studio album since 2005’s ‘Rogues On Vogue’ release, contains ten mighty slabs of irresistibly...
New Track and Tour News: Collisions - Believe In...
Brighton’s electro-metal fusionists COLLISIONS are set to storm Europe this March with their hybrid of drum & bass, metal, punk and electronica, when they hit the road with the legendary (hed) PE.
Since forming in 2011, COLLISIONS have been filling dance-floors across their home town with a refreshingly unique, high-octane fusion of metal, punk and drum & bass. Support slots with...
New Album: Jack Blades - Rock N Roll Ride
Release Date: 23 March 2012
Jack Blades haas made a tremendous contribution to Rock ‘n’ Roll over the past two decades. He initially came on the scene in the early 80’s as the frontman and lead vocalist of Night Ranger. He was responsible for writing or co-writing the majority of the group’s major hits including “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”, “(You Can Still) Rock In America”, “Sentimental...
New Album: Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
Release Date: 23 March 2012
Label: Frontiers Records
Damage Control marks the fifth official solo album by Rock veteran Jeff Scott Soto. The artist, who has more than 60 albums under his belt along with numerous collaborations and recordings around the World, has established himself as a consummate professional who manage expertly all musical genres, from Metal and Hard Rock to Funk and...
New Album: Pretty Maids - It Comes Alive
Release Date: 23 March 2012
Label: Frontiers Records
Pretty Maids are celebrating their 30th anniversary as a band with their first Live CD/ DVD release ever.
After their successful and highly acclaimed 2010 album “Pandemonium” Danish melodic hard rockers, Pretty Maids are now releasing their debut visual release, with the new DVD/CD recording “ IT COMES ALIVE “ ( Maid in Switzerland ).
...
Tracklist: Sat 17 Mar 2012
Artist: Thin Lizzy
Title: Dedication
Composer: Laurence Archer/Phil Lynott
Album: Greatest Hits Disc 1
Year: 2004
Artist: Black Stone Cherry
Title: In My Blood
Album: Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Year: 2011
Artist: Jeff Scott Soto
Title: Look Inside Your Heart
Album: Damage Control
Year: 2012
Artist: Furyon
Title: Disappear Again
Album: ...
New Track: Deprevate - The Last Time
Hear it on tonight’s Power Hour. 6pm @TamesideRadio.
Deprevate are a London based melody infused thrash rock band. Born from a shared passion for all things that are tastefully heavy, they write powerful and catchy songs with heavy, raw breakdowns. A strong yet relatively clean vocal approach allows the band to transend genres and attract a much wider fan base. This is metal with mass...
Album and Concert News: Europe - Bag Of Bones
The Swedish album-oriented rock band, Europe hit the road in November for their nine date Bag Of Bones UK Tour.
Europe rose to international fame in the 1980s with their third album The Final Countdown (1986), which became a substantial commercial success and sold over three million copies in the United States. Europe was one of the most successful rock acts of the 80s and sold over 20 million...
Joe Bonamassa and Paul Rogers video
Festival News: Steel House Festival
Date: 27-29 July
Venue: Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm in Ebbw Vale
For the second annual bash, Feeder will headline on Saturday night at the festival while The Answer will be special guests to the as-yet-unnamed Sunday night headliner.
Other acts on the bill include Gentlemen’s Pistols, Revoker, The Dirty Youth and Sons Of Icarus.
The final headliner is due to be named on 16 March, and we are being...
New Album: Lunar Path - Memento Mori
Release Date: 16th of March 2012
Label: Inverse Records
Melodic Metal from Finland! “Memento Mori” is a concept album about a downward spiral in depression and death, set out to stretch the boundaries of traditional melodic/gothic metal with its dark and brooding atmosphere. This nightmarish journey through hell and back was inspired by arson, mishaps, bad luck as well as the...
New Album: Firewind - Few Against Many
Release Date: 21 May
Label: Century Media
Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, lead by guitar wizard and Ozzy Osbourne band-member Gus G., have recently finished working on their newest studio effort “Few Against Many”. Mixed by Jason Suecof & Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (Trivium, All That Remains, Death Angel, etc.) in Orlando, Florida, the European release date for the album has been...
New Album: Furyon - Gravitas
Release Date: 23 March 2012
Label: Frontiers Records
Since their inception FURYON have been a band who like nothing more than to challenge expectations. Raised on a diet of heavy metal, prog, and classic rock, FURYON mix all these components for a truly unique and contemporary sound. Delivering huge rock radio friendly songs, with technically challenging, yet infectiously catchy...
Tracklist: Sat 10 Mar 2012
Artist: Axel Rudi Pell
Title: Run with the wind
Album: Circle Of The Oath
Year: 2012
Artist: Slam Cartel
Title: Wishing Eye
Album: Handful Of Dreams
Year: 2011
Artist: Toto
Title: Don't Chain My Heart
Composer: Toto
Album: The Essential Toto [Bonus CD] Disc 1
Year: 2004
Artist: Firehouse
Title: Sleeping With You
Composer: Bill Leverty/C.J. Snare
Album: ...
Concert News: Eric Thompson
American musician, songwriter, and vocalist, Eric Johnson has been described by Joe Bonamassa as “one of the greatest guitar players of all time”. He’s heading over in July for his first UK tour to support his latest studio album, Up Close.
Eric Johnson has mastered a wide array of musical genres evidenced by the many different styles incorporated in both his studio and live...
New Album: Rush - Clockwork Angels
It’s looking as though Clockworks Angels will be released in May.
Amazon and HMV Japan have both listed the album with a release date of 23 May. If precidence is anything to go by, it’ll probably be released in the UK at around the same time.
Fansite Rushisaband.com also suggests that there will be a single release from the album ahead of its release.
UPDATE: Rush’s...
Festival News: Hard Rock Hell VI
Date: 29 November to 3 December.
Venue: Pontins in Prestatyn
The first few new acts have been confirmed on the Hard Rock Hell VI bill. Joining Ace Frehley, who pulled out of the festival last year with a broken wrist, are a couple of classic Southern Rock acts, namely, Hatchet and Blackfoot. There will also be an appearance from Dogs D’Amour and Phil Lewis’ version of LA Guns.
...
February Releases on Frontiers Records
Here’s a reminder of the albums released at the end of February on Frontiers - many of which have featured on The Power Hour recently.
Festival News: Ghostfest 2012
Ghostfest 2012 is ready to once again take over Leeds University on the 30 June / 1 July with its biggest capacity and strongest line up yet
Ghostfest, the UK’s fastest growing independent metal and hardcore festival, is back and promises to top last year’s sold-out event with over 40 bands, three stages, even bigger names and an increased capacity to 2700. Taking place on the 30 June / 1 July at...
New Single: Slam Cartel - Wishing Eye
Release Date: 13 March
Following their much praised debut album Handful of Dreams, Slam Cartel are about to release a new single from the record, guitar-driven opener ‘Wishing Eye’, on 13th March. Three days later, on Friday 16th, the band will mark the release with a prestigious slot at the sold out Hammerfest IV in Prestatyn, Wales.
Can you imagine what Joy Division would have sounded...
New Single and Video: Fatal Smile - Welcome To The...
Swedish rockers Fatal Smile have released a video teaser for “Welcome To The Freakshow”. The single and video, directed by Owe Lingwall (who has worked with Kamelot, Meshuggah, The Rasmus) will be officially released in March.
The track comes from their forthcoming album “‘21st Century Freaks” will be released on 27 April,
Tracklist: Sat 3 Mar 2012
Artist: The Who
Title: Baba O'Riley
Composer: Pete Townshend
Album: My Generation: The Very Best of the Who
Year: 1996
Artist: Slam Cartel
Title: Wishing Eye
Album: Handful Of Dreams
Year: 2011
Artist: Girlschool
Title: Tiger Feet
Composer: Chim/Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn
Album: The Collection Disc 2
Year: 1995
Artist: Axel Rudi Pell
Title: Fortunes of...
Tour News: Guns N' Roses
Guns N’ Roses have announced a UK arena tour for this May. The band, who are currently working on new material for the follow-up to ‘Chinese Democracy’, will play seven shows across the UK as part of a full European tour.
Speculation continues to mount over whether the classic line-up of Guns N’ Roses will perform together as part of their induction into the Rock And...
New Album: Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control
Release Date: 26 March
Label: Frontiers
If you are one of the fans eagerly awaiting the release of Jeff Scott Soto’s new solo album, you will be please to see that he has released a teaser for us on line. This is the video to Look Inside Your Heart.
On his forthcoming album Damage Control, Jeff Scott Soto blasts through hard rocking tracks with energy and masters the transition...
Recent Releases on Frontiers Records
This is just a reminder of some of the recent releases on the Frontiers record label which you may have heard featured on The Power Hour over the last month or so..
