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The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show 11/11/22 – Live and Direct
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Bloodstock Festival Adds More Bands, Tickets On Sale Now
Bloodstock Festival (aka Bloodstock Open Air or BOA) has added five more bands to its already stacked line-up for 2015. New to the bill are reformed sludge metallers Raging Speedhorn, prog-metal exports Xerath, Trepalium, Villainy and Godsized. Taking place August 6th – 9th at Walton on Trent, Derbyshire UK. Tickets are on sale now by phone (24hr ticketline at 0871 230 5584 )or online and include an array of camping and VIP ticket options. Camper van pitches are now all sold out.
Already announced to the bill over four massive stages are major acts such as Friday’s headliner Trivium and special guests Sabaton, Saturday’s headliner Within Temptation and special guests Opeth, Sunday’s headliner Rob Zombie and special guests Black Label Society, also Cannibal Corpse, Ihsahn, Sepultura, Orange Goblin, Death T.A, Nuclear Assault, 1349, Napalm Death, Dark Angel, Armored Saint, Belphegor, Overkill, Ensiferum, Agalloch, Korpiklaani, Pro-Pain, Enslaved, Wolf, Delain, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Godflesh, Lawnmower Deth, Mordred, Ethereal, Onslaught, Oaf, Pritchard Vs Dainton, Conan, Planet Of Zeus, Bast, Saille, Batallion, Destrage with more bands to be announced in the coming weeks.
Nightwish Launch Elan Cover Video Contest
Nightwish have announced a video contest for their fans to cover their new single ‘Élan’. The song is from their forthcoming album Endless Forms Most Beautiful, releasing on March 30th from Nuclear Blast.
The contest encourages any conceivable format for a self-made fan video performing the song Élan. Sign language speakers/interpreters, jazz flutists, cellists, ukulele & theremin players, expert whistlers, vocalists, guitarists, bassists, drummers and keyboard players are all invited to create a video and enter.
Prizes for three Grand Prize Winners & two Runners Up include Nightwish t-shirts, posters and autographed photo cards. For contest information and rules, visit: http://bit.ly/nightwish-elan-contest.
This contest ends on Thursday, April 10th. Winners will be announced on April 16th, 2015.
Korpiklanni Streams First Single From New Album
Pagan metal masters Korpiklaani are streaming their first single, ‘Lempo’, from their highly-anticipated ninth album Noita, due out on May 4th from Nuclear Blast. The single can be heard below:
Maybeshewill Release New Video For Sanctuary
Instrumental Post-Rockers Maybeshewill have released a new video for their track ‘Sanctuary’. Filmed on their recent tour, it is the second video off of the recently wide-released Fair Youth (Superball), which first came out in Europe last fall. The video can be seen below:
Commenting on the making of the video the band released a statement:
“Last year we embarked on the most ambitious tour of our lives across Europe, Asia and Australasia. We took a bunch of cameras with us an attempted to document it in some meaningful way that captured what was one of the most incredible experiences of our lives. This video for ‘Sanctuary’ is the result of that.“
The band is currently booking more live dates in Europe for may with two booked and announced already being the UK and Belgium.
Metal Tribute to The Bee Gees Post Single, Touring the UK This Week
Tragedy the Metal tribute to disco act The Bee Gees have posted a new single, a cover of the anthem from the musical film Grease, ‘Your the One That I Want’. See the video below:
The video has over 150,000 hits on YouTube in the first week. The band have also booked a UK tour, kicking off later this week.
Tragedy is;
Barry Glibb — lead vocals, lead back-up vocals, lead rhythm guitar
Mo’Royce Peterson — lead vocals, lead back-up vocals, lead lead guitar
Disco Mountain Man — lead vocals, lead back-up vocals, lead keyboards, lead cowbell
Andy Gibbous Waning — lead bass, lead vocals, lead back-up vocals
The Lord Gibbeth — lead drums
Black Metal Masters Carach Angren Stream Entire New Album
Dutch Symphonic Black Metallers Carach Angren are streaming their entire new album This Is No Fairytale (Season of Mist) at this location. Due for release next week on February 24th, the album was recorded by Patrick Damiani and the band last June and is was mixed by Peter Tägtgren and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren. The album is said to be a concept album the origins of which the band commented:
“(It is an) Utterly dark tale of two desperate children on a terrible quest to escape total darkness. As music and lyrics take you from chapter to chapter you will learn about the inevitable outcome… This Is No Fairytale”
Documentary About Prog Legends Kansas Streams New Clip
Kansas, known as “The Greatest American Progressive Rock Band” has a documentary film titled Miricles Out of Nowhere, telling the bands “untold story” coming soon. Watch a clip here: http://bit.ly/1L7pd00. The band which celebrated their 40th Anniversary in 2014, recently attended the film’s premiere at the the 2015 Santa Barbara Film Festival. It will be officially released on March 24th and is available for pre-order at this link: http://bit.ly/1DOVCsj. You can also pre-order Miracles Out Of Nowhere on Amazon here: http://amzn.to/1KsNbTh.
Sweet Cobra Signs To Magic Bullet, New Album Soon
Chicago’s Sweet Cobra have signed to Magic Bullet Records and they have also completed their long-awaited new album, Earth, due out later this spring. The album was created with producers Matt Talbot of Hum and Kurt Ballou of Converge. Recorded at Talbot’s studio Earth Analog Studios near Chamapign Illinois, and mixed at Ballou’s Godcity Studios in Salem MA, Earth also features guest musical contributions from each producer/artist. This will be the first album of new music from the group since 2010’s acclaimed Mercy album.
Magic Bullet Records Owner Brent Eyestone commented on Earth:
“Holy hell… it’s completely badass! Kind of a new sound for the band; catchier, and I can see the appeal of the sound being much broader than their previous output. I get similar feelings from the best Queens of the Stone Age, Quicksand, and Young Widows records… super catchy slabs of heaviness.”
Sweet Cobra Tour Dates
March 27th Drunken Donut – Joliet, IL
March 28th Melody Inn – Indianapolis, IN w/ Kvlthammer
April 4th The Burlington – Chicago, IL w/ Auxes
April 25th Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Hum, Cloakroom (SOLD OUT)
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