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Mitt ute på landsbygden, några mil utanför Växjö, ligger Säljeryd. Den plats där Sveriges, enligt mig, mysigaste festival anordnas varje år. Det är rödmålade ladugårdar, traktorer och åkrar.Det är öppna eldar och utedass. Det är Säljerydfestivalen Love&Peace.

Med 180 akter av olika slag fylls den nio dagar långa festivalen upp med glädje och kärlek. Det är death metal och det är vissång, poesi och muskelrock, irländsk folkmusik och reggae samt allt däremellan. Säljerydsfestivalens breda utbud har någonting för alla.

Besökarna som kommer till Säljeryd är extremt varierande. Mycket beroende på att de har olika temadagar. I år hade de bland annat progg-, reggae-, hårdrocksdagar med flera...

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Leave’s Eyes singer Liv Kristine is back with her latest solo album. Libertine is her fourth solo album. Liv has an impressive track record, first as the singer with Trail of Tears and then with Leaves Eyes. While she’s known as a rock/metal singer, her solo albums are more pop/rock. In other words if you’re hoping this is another Leave’s Eyes album under a different name, then think again – it’s quite different but is definitely going to be of interest to a lot of Leaves Eyes fans.

Brief comments on a few of the tracks..

”Solve me” is a fast paced pop-rock song.

”Vanilla skin delight” is a duet with Tobias Regner – a former winner of the German series of Pop Idol. It’s a great track and is an obvious choice to be released as a single at some point.

”Paris Paris” has a definite Blondie ...

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Northampton band, Sacred Mother Tongue may have only released their debut album in 2009, but since then they’ve played both Download and Sonisphere festivals along with a whole load of tour dates, and have built up a great reputation. With their second album expected for release in late 2012 or early 2013, they’ve released a new EP to keep the fans happy. Although signed to Transcend media, the album is being released in conjunction with EMI which should give the band some extra exposure

What you get here is three new studio recorded tracks plus one live track.

”The city is crying” was recorded on the band’s recent tour of China which included performing at the Hang Zhou West Lake Music Festival

I really can’t understand why Sacred Mother Tongue aren’t much better known and playing much ...

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Night By Night – the five-piece hard rock band from London – will be guest support for JETTBLACK’s debut UK headline tour, set to take place in October of this year.

“This run of dates is something we’re 100% geared up for, as it’s our first ’proper’ headline tour of the UK;
meaning we can deliver a set which represents both albums, ‘Get Your Hands Dirty’ (2010) and ‘Raining Rock’ (2012). We’ve got more flexibility to put on a show, and not fire through the set at 100mph! It’s all about entertaining and leaving (hopefully) with a smile ear to ear, sweaty locks, and a stiff head-bangin neck! The last London date was a sell-out, so get in there quick! Hands shall be Dirtied & Rock will Rain! Can’t wait to see ya!” – Matt Oliver, Jettblack.

Night By Night guitarist B...

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SHINING LAUNCHES BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR ‘TILLSAMMANS ÄR VI ALLT’…

Sweden’s Shining release their highly anticipated second video for ‘Tillsammans Är Vi Allt’ from their seventh full length album ‘VII / Född Förlorare’.

The video focuses around themes of addiction and obsession; a collaborative effort from Shining’s frontman Niklas Kvarforth and director Martin Strandberg.

Swedish model December Wiklund features through-out, as well as guest vocalist, the famed Swedish singer Håkan ”Nordman” Hemlin, who delivers a captivating performance with his anguish-fuelled rough vocals.

You can watch it here:

Shining’s eighth album ‘Redefining Darkness’, is due for release through Spinefarm Records on October 29th.

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REDLIGHT KING
CANADIAN ROCKERS LAUNCH VIDEO FOR ‘BULLET IN MY HAND’ IN THE UK…

REDLIGHT KING, the touring and recording project centred around vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mark Kasprzyk, release their second single/video ’Bullet In My Hand’ in the UK via Spinefarm Records.

RLK will join Shinedown on their extensive European tour featuring seven UK dates. Tickets are on sale now.

The dates are as follows:
14/10 – Prague
15/10 – Hamburg
17/10 – Berlin
18/10 – Warsaw
20/10 – Cologne
21/10 – Frankfurt
22/10 – Tilburg
24/10 – Southampton
25/10 – Exeter
27/10 – London
28/10 – Birmingham
29/10 – Manchester
31/10 – Edinburgh
01/11 – Sheffield
02/11 – Cardiff
04/11 – Norwich

Redlight King recently released their debut album in the UK via Spinefarm Records.

Titled ‘Something For The Pain’ an...

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Black Country Communion the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, release their third album, ‘Afterglow’, via Mascot Records on Monday October 29th.

Like its two predecessors, ‘Afterglow’ was produced by Kevin Shirley, whose catalogue of hit records for Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith and the Black Crowes has made him the hottest producer that rock music has to offer. Shirley – who had the idea of putting Hughes and Bonamassa together in a band after seeing them jam onstage back in 2009 – is the group’s unofficial ‘fifth member’.

The additions of Jason Bonham, es...

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Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and harp player, Sandi Thom, will release her Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) produced new studio album “Flesh And Blood” on Monday Sept 17th.

Released by Sandi’s independent record label Guardian Angels, “Flesh And Blood” is her fourth solo album, and was recorded at 16 Tons Studios in Nashville. As well as producing the album, Robinson also plays guitar, heading-up a stellar backing band comprising Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman and guitarist Audley Freed alongside legendary Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys. The album includes a duet with the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie (one of Sandi’s all time favourite artists) on Buffy’s classic “The Big Ones Get Away”.

To celebrate the album’s release, on Thursday September 20th, Sandi w...

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Revolver Entertainment are pleased to announce that “ill MANORS” – the critically acclaimed directorial debut film by Ben Drew (aka award-winning British recording/performing artist Plan B) – will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray, Download and On-Demand from Monday 8th October 2012.

This critically acclaimed thriller is a visually stunning and gripping experience, woven together by original music from Plan B. Revolving around eight main characters living in East London, over the course of a few days, their stories interlink during their day to day survival on the streets, portraying a violent world that is on the brink of self-destruction.

ill MANORS boasts an array of rising British stars including Riz Ahmed (Shifty, 4 Lions), Ed Skrein (Piggy, The Sweeney), Natalie Press (My Summer Of Lo...

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Live today – die tomorrow! The opener of the new album of Hamburg-based Glam-Goth-shooting-stars Lord Of The Lost is like a battle cry that runs like a thread through all the new songs: honest, direct, energy-laden, prone to experimentation, raw and as catchy as never before!
Vocal acrobat Chris “The Lord” Harms and his lads are performing their new material as if there is no tomorrow while unleashing all of the verve that makes them an unrivaled live act in a collection of tunes that defy conventions.
On ’Die Tomorrow’, Death Metal flirts with Disco, Industrial with Electronica, Goth with Pop, only to culminate in a Art-Rock-esque grand finale, while fusing this diversity of styles like it is the most natural thing in the world.
In the middle of all this mayhem, Chris Harms delivers...