|
GREAT
WHITE
Frontiers Records is proud to announce the signing of GREAT WHITE
for the release of the band’s forthcoming 25th Anniversary / Reunion
all-original studio album in august 2007 !
The Southern California blues-rock band first took a bite out of the
rock scene in 1984 and since then has achieved worldwide success,
encompassing sales of over six million records. They received a Grammy
Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "Once
Bitten, Twice Shy" and earned a double platinum certification
for the album “…Twice Shy”.
The soulful, blues-based signature sound that turned songs like "Face
The Day", "Rock Me" and "Save Your
Love" into international hits, can also be found on the new
songs which are currently being mixed by the band’s keyboard player Michael
Lardie.
“I don't feel it's a record where we have tried to reinvent
ourselves”, says guitar player Mark Kendall, “It's like
everything you have liked or disliked over our entire career rolled into
1 record and then some. But everyone has grown musically and I think
that will show through”.
The - still untitled - new album, is the first all original in 8 years
and was recorded in just three weeks during March ’07. The process was
very spontaneous. According to drummer Audie Desbrow: “The
recording experience was a blast. We had a lot of fun doing this one”,
while Michael Lardie adds: “The one thing I wanted to make
sure of, was that FUN was the signpost for every bit of recording we did,
no stress, loose, upbeat, mission accomplished! Egos have been checked
at the door and decisions are made as to what is best for each song”.
Bassist Sean McNabb comments: “I think we had creative control
on this one and everyone got to give ideas, that made it a band thing”.
Michael Lardie concludes: “The new songs sound fresh to me, very
Great White but with an approach of what we sound like in a live
performance situation. Kendall and I are having fun channeling our
Stones roots and playing off each other in the Richards/Woods tradition”.
Great White has been churning out memorable songs since the early
80's, when singer Jack Russell and guitarist Mark Kendall
joined forces and adopted a blues-based sound that went against the
era's glam rock grain. Their independently released EP “Out of the
Night” sold 20,000 copies and brought Great White to sign a deal
with EMI America, which issued the eponymous “Great White” in
1984.
“Shot in the Dark”, their follow-up independent release,
marked the arrival of drummer Audie Desbrow. By the time Capitol
Records signed the band and reissued “Shot in the Dark”,
keyboardist-guitarist Michael Lardie had come aboard. Great
White then hit the road with Dokken and was on the verge of even
bigger success. The 1987 follow-up “Once Bitten…”, which featured
the hit tracks "Rock Me", "Lady Red Light",
and "Save Your Love", went platinum. Their next album
“…Twice Shy”, which featured the Top 5 hit "Once
Bitten, Twice Shy", more than doubled that tally.
The late 80's were boom years for the band, marked by non-stop touring
with some of the biggest bands of the era and playing also in Europe and
Japan. Great White recorded two more albums for Capitol — “Hooked”,
which was certified gold and “Psycho City”.
Although Capitol issued a Best Of compilation in 1993, Great White
had already departed the label to begin work on their next studio
release, “Sail Away”, released on Zoo Records in 1994
supporting it with relentless touring. Their next release, “Let It
Rock” in 1996.
Great White then signed with Portrait Records, an imprint founded
by A&R guru John Kalodner that featured fellow hard rock
acts such as Ratt. “Can’t Get There from Here” was released
in 1999 and is the band’s last studio opus thus far.
Frontiers Records plans to release the newest album at the end of August
2007. More details will be released at a later stage.
Weblink: www.mistabone.com
TRW
 Frontiers
Records is delighted to announce the signing of TRW for the
release of their debut album “Rivers of Paradise” !
Behind the TRW acronym hides a trio made up of the most
incredible musicians/session players that have literally played the
history of Rock and Pop music !
T stands for Michael Thompson. A stunning guitar player,
Michael is well known to the Melodic Rock crowd for his M.T.B.
album “How Long” released in 1989. He has also released two
solo albums titled, “The World According To MT” and “MT
Speaks”. But he built his reputation playing with such megastar
names as Shania Twain, Michael Bolton, Lionel Richie, Madonna, Cher and
many many more. He is nowadays one of the leading names in the guitar
world and is playing is instantly recognizable and full of technique and
feeling.
R stands for John Robinson: a real legend in drumming. He
released one solo album titled “Funkshui” and played with an
impressive list of artists. Some names include: Michael Jackson, Lionel
Richie, Eric Clapton, Seal, Steve Winwood and of course Barbra
Streisand. His discography (579 credits!) can be found following this link.
Last but not least, is Mark Williamson, the singer and bass
player in the line-up. He came to the attention of the Melodic Rock fans
- together with Robinson - on the superb TOTO-flavoured album as BRIDGE
2 FAR. Later he released one solo album for GRP, entitled “Time
Slipping By”, collaborated with Mike Oldfield and worked in
sessions or live dates with many artists, including: Freddie Mercury,
George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Elton John,
Peter Frampton.
“The concept behind TRW is that myself, Michael and Mark are
true fans of classic rock and roll”, explains John
Robinson. His friendship with Thompson dates back to their years in
the Berklee College of Music when they were in classes together.
“We have so many things musically in common that it was destiny
forming TRW”, continues Robinson. “We also play
in David Foster's All-Star band. Michael and I have been writing
together for many years now and by adding such a great singer/writer as
Mark, it is just magic. We have formulated our own style with
comparisons to many rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, Bad
Company, Journey and Toto”.
The new album is everything one could expect from these monster
musicians: brilliant musicianship, immense songwriting, soaring vocals
and rocking attitude!
 “One
thing that we pride ourselves on is all our songs have melodies that
everybody will remember”, concludes Robinson: “We all
believe in great songs! Quincy Jones taught me about it and by
the way, this is definitely not a one off. We have already plans to
start writing by the end of this year for the 2nd CD”.
“Rivers of Paradise” is undoubtedly a true Melodic Rock
classic in the making which should not be missed by anyone. Songs in
streaming can be heard following this link
!
The release is scheduled for June 2007 on Frontiers Records,
with more details (including an additional very nice surprise for the
fans) to be announced at a later stage.
Weblinks: www.myspace.com/trwrock
/ www.johnjrrobinson.com / www.michaelthompson.cc
MELDRUM
 Frontiers
Records
is pleased to announce the release of MELDRUM’s
brand new studio opus entitled “Blowin’
Up The Machine” on
May
11th 2007
!
MELDRUM is – in guitarist
Mic
helle’s
own words - a “in
your face, ass kicking metal band”, combining aggressively
melodic vocals, mind bending guitar riffs, along with a rhythm section
creating fiercely bombastic grooves, giving the band their unique,
cutting edge sound.
After
the release of their debut “Loaded
Mental Cannon”, MELDRUM followed up with an intensive
touring that culminated in 2005, when the band toured for 3 months with
Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, appearing in sold out venues across
the US and Europe, as well as supporting MOTORHEAD in Europe on their
30th anniversary tour. In the fall of 2006 MELDRUM joined again
MOTORHEAD as special guests for the fifth time on their German tour.
Singer Moa
Holmsten is special guest vocalist on Motorhead’s 30th
anniversary DVD. Moa recently recorded guest vocals for Lemmy
Kilmister’s (MOTORHEAD) solo album, on a song written by Dave
Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS).
Guitarist Michelle
Meldrum started her first band Wargod, with Strapping Young
Lad drummer Gene Hoglan. She went on to form and become, lead guitarist
of hard rock band PHANTOM BLUE, originally signed to Shrapnel Records,
Roadrunner, & Geffen Records.
MELDRUM have recently completed their cd “Blowin’
Up The Machine”, including
mixes
by Toby
Wright (Korn, Fear Factory, & Alice In Chains),
featuring guest appearances by both Lemmy
Kilmister and Gene
Hoglan (Death, Strapping Young Lad).
“Lemmy
has been a big influence and a huge supporter of the band”
says
Mic
helle
Meldrum, “He
co-wrote some lyrics and was in the studio recording “Miss me when
I’m gone” and just came by and hung out a few times. We admire and
love him, he’s awesome!“
 “Blowin’
Up The Machine” boasts a shit load of energy, with modern
influences mixed with traditional metal sound. Again in Michelle’s
words “The
new album is more of a band effort and we think the songs are
heavier and that the songs represent us better. Our energy that we have
live was captured in a stronger way on this cd”.
Experience their full blast attitude and sound and you’ll be convinced
MELDRUM
is the next big thing in Rock !
“Blowin’
Up The Machine” will include the following cuts:
Purge;
Down Your Throat; Scar; Creme De La Crème; Hang Em’; Miss
Me When I'm Gone; Another
Kind; Exploited; Get Yours; Outta Here; Bite The Pillow.
The
album will be released on Frontiers
Records on
May
11th
2007
PRIMAL
FEAR
PRIMAL
FEAR
finished the basic parts of the recording of the highly anticipated new
studio album at the House Of Music studio with engineer Charlie
Bauerfeind 2 weeks ago. Since then, the band has been
recording lead guitars, some more vocal parts and the orchestra &
keyboard stuff. Last section was handled by orchestra maestro Matthias
Ulmer, who is one of the best guys for this job in
Germany
.
He worked with PF on the “Seven
Seals” sessions too.
Stefan
Leibing
played already some lead guitars. The band’s friend Magnus
Karlsson (Starbreaker, Allen / Lande) has already delivered
two outstanding solos on the album. Kai
Hansen of Gamma Ray and Henny
Wolter (former Primal Fear guitarist b/w Thunderhead) are
already working on one more spot.
 Singer
Ralf
Scheepers has to sing two more songs during the next 2 wee
ks
and then the band is moving to Belgium, to mix the album with Ronald
Prent (Scorpions, Magnum, Def Leppard), starting on April
14th – everything loo
ks
fine and in control!
Simone
Simons
of Epica joined Primal Fear for some sensational vocal work and for the
first time in Primal Fear's career a vocal duet with a female singer on
the song "Everytime
It Rains".
Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2005's "Seven
Seals" include "Save
Me", "Fighting
The Darkness", "The
Curse Of Sharon", "Psycho",
"The
Final Word", "Every
Time It Rains" and more. The music will follow the
path of '”Seven
Seals'” with orchestral arrangements, but will include some
real shredding heavy metal tunes! Stay tuned for more updates !
ALLEN
/ LANDE
 Frontiers
Records is proud to announce the release of "The Revenge"
the greatly anticipated second charter of the ALLEN / LANDE
musical alliance on May 11th 2007!
The first result of Jorn Lande and Russell Allen's
collaboration, "The Battle" was unleashed in September 2005
with unanimous acclaim from fans and critics alike. Many websites and
magazines named it "Record of the Year". Its success made it
one of the most popular releases ever in Melodic Heavy Metal, thanks to
beautiful, sweeping piano and keyboards, heavy guitar riffs, virtuoso
guitar solos, hooky choruses and the vocal talents of two of the finest
Heavy Metal vocalists around.
Russell Allen is the singer of the American Progressive Metal band
SYMPHONY X, who have released six studio albums and one live record so
far. More than once SYMPHONY X received accolades such as "Best
Progressive Power Metal Band Worldwide" or awards for the
"Best Progressive Metal Album of the Year".
 Highly
rated ex-MASTERPLAN vocalist Jorn Lande has a vocal capability
that is world class, distinctive, rich and spanning a large range. He is
in high demand and has appeared as guest or sung for such bands as
MILLENIUM, ARK, THE SNAKES and many others. He is also a well-known solo
artist with six studio albums released, since the debut "Starfire"
in 1999.
Once again songs were written by guitar sensation Magnus Karlsson
(STARBREAKER, LAST TRIBE), the second chapter aptly titled "The
Revenge" is ready to be unleashed, with cover art specifically
designed for this project by Rodney Matthews (DIAMOND HEAD,
MAGNUM, ASIA etc.)
 Heavier
and with a tighter production, thanks to the involvement of Dennis
Ward (PINK CREAM 69, ANGRA, PLACE VENDOME) at the mix, this album
will excite the many fans who loved the first chapter and everyone who
declares themselves fan of quality Hard Rock or Metal.
"The Revenge" will include the following songs:
The Revenge (vocals: Jorn and Russell); Obsessed
(Russell); Victory (Jorn and Russell); Master Of Sorrow (Jorn); Will You
Follow (Russell); Just A Dream (Jorn and Russell); Her
Spell (Jorn); Gone Too Far (Russell); Wake
Up Call (Jorn and Russell); Under The Waves (Jorn); Who Can You
Trust (Jorn and Russell); When Time Doesn't Heal (Jorn and Russell).
"The Revenge" will be out in Europe on Frontiers
Records on May 11th, with release in Japan scheduled on King
Records.
ROYAL
HUNT
ROYAL HUNT
and JOHN WEST have decided that at this time (after numerous
albums and concert tours) they are no longer able to contribute
creatively to each other's future musical development. It's been a hell
of a ride, but both parties feel like it is about time to move on and
explore different musical paths - therefore, they mutually agreed to
part ways as of March 16th, 2007.
"We're not ruling out possible future collaborations for a joint
venture or a side project" - André and John state - "but it
won't be under the RH moniker".
John had joined Royal Hunt in 1999 during the recording of the "Fear"
album and he worked with the band until our latest release - live CD/DVD
Royal Hunt 2006. We'd like to express our gratitude to John for a great
8-year run and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.
ROYAL HUNT is now looking for a new lead singer. The desired
candidate shall have the following qualifications:
1. Energetic front man with an adequate image.
2. Technically able to perform any of the songs from RH´s back
catalogue.
3. Willing to tour and is comfortable in the studio environment.
Please send your CV, recent photo(s) and a CD with 2 or 3 tracks (any
additional live video footage is a plus) to:
NorthPoint
Productions, Att. "sng search", Bagsvaerdvej 199 B, 2880
Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
www.frontiers.it
|
In
1999 CAGE won the ROCK HARD best-unsigned band contest in
competition with 600 other bands and were rewarded with the possibility
to play at the DYNAMO festival the same year. They then signed their
first record deal immediately after their ripping performance in front
of an estimated 8,000 at the 1999 DYNAMO Open Air festival. After a
brilliant performance there they were selected to play the prestigious
WACKEN Open Air Festival in Germany and the METAL DAYZ Open Air
Fes-tival in Switzerland. CAGE was able to hone their live
skills in front of huge crowds on a consistent basis by opening for IRON
MAIDEN, DIO, JUDAS PRIEST, DOKKEN, etc. "Darker Than Black” was
hailed as an instant classic by many of the metal industry leading
magazines and webzines and finished in the #1 position on the HEAVY
Soundcheck chart list.
Mike
Nielsen – Drums
