ASCHEREGEN - New Video / BLACK ALICE - Book and DVD Info / BLACKSLASH VINYL - Releaseinfo
ASCHEREGEN - video for "Untot" released
ASCHEREGEN has released a video for the song "Untot". That song is on the new album "Untot", which will be released 2019 on CD via PURE UNDERGROUND RECORDS.
The band ASCHEREGEN was founded 2017 and is oriented to oldschool Heavy Metal from the 80s. Because of the German lyrics, they call it „Deutsches-Metal“ (German-steel). The music sounds like Metalbands from the 80s and been influenced by from Ozzy Osbourne, Dio or Accept. The reason of that sound is most of all the guitar work by Kratos P. The lyrics are presented in German language by Lilith Frost and Kaleun Cronos. The female and the male voice provide for the varied sounds of the songs. Daniel van Helsing´s keyboard gives main points and represents the Hard Rock of his earlier years. The pressure is based on the drums of Leroy Blanche and Herbert Maul´s bass guitar. On top of that ASCHEREGEN does not to sound like Rammstein or Böhse Onkelz, in contrast to many new bands which try to copy their sound. ASCHEREGEN create their own style of music and present German Heavy Metal with their first album “UNTOT”.
With „tunes of war“-songwriting-supporter A. Püschel & Kaleun Debus from Promoportal Germany. LINE-UP: Kaleun Cronos - vocals, guitars Lilith Frost - vocals Kratos P. – guitars Daniel van Helsing - keyboard, piano, backing vocals Leroy Blanche – drums Herbert Maul - bass Youtube ASCHEREGEN - "Untot" @ Youtube
AUSSIE HM BAND BLACK ALICE SPAWNS A SERIES OF HEAVY METAL SCI-FI BOOKS
In 1984 Kerrang! featured a review that stated Perth HM band Black Alice was the next best thing to come out of Aussie since AC/DC. It was a huge wrap. The review was of the band’s debut album Endangered Species. Produced by Gary Keady and Steve James it was released by StreetTunes UK and then later the same year in Australia by Big Island Records. It subsequently went on to become a cult classic.
The story that followed is equally as fascinating as the album. After Endangered Species was released the band split up for personal reasons. Later in 1985 Gary Keady tried his hand at writing and directing a short film for cinema release called Knightmare, in which he starred the former lead singer of Black Alice, Rob Hartley. Rob’s incredible vocals and the strange story of the short film soon attracted interest in a feature film version that Gary Keady went on to write.
Two years later in 1987, Gary Keady and Rob Hartley put together version two of Black Alice, with the original guitarist Jamie Page and the addition of Scotty Johnston on kit and Andy Cichon on bass. Armed with a bunch of new songs they went into a Sydney recording studio with previous producers Gary Keady and Steve James and came out with the album Sons of Steel. Later that year cameras rolled on the Aussie science fiction heavy metal musical motion picture Sons of Steel starring Rob Hartley and Jeff Duff written and directed by Gary Keady. The movie was distributed in 32 countries and just like Endangered Species became a HM cult classic. The album of Black Alice tracks featured in the movie was released in Australia only in 1988.
Thirty years later: In September 2018 Puresteel Records will re-release Endangered Species with bonus tracks, and then in October they will release the Sons of Steel album worldwide for the very first time. These are the only two albums ever recorded by Black Alice. At the same time USA film distributor Phantom Pain Films will release for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray the HM sci fi movie Sons of Steel starring Rob Hartley and Jeff Duff, written and directed by Gary Keady.
Now that might sound like an awesome amount of things spawned from the recording in 1983 of a heavy metal band from Perth, Western Australia. A band originally called Gypsy and later renamed Black Alice, a title that now lives on as the name of the lead character played by Rob Hartley in the movie Sons of Steel … but there’s a shit-load more. Gary Keady has now written a heavy metal time travel saga called Sons of Steel and book 1 of the series will also be launched in September this year. So far he has written five books in the series and still the time travelling heavy metaller rages on saving the world and vanquishing all that is evil and unjust.
Check it out on the new official website www.sonsofsteel.rocks
BLACKSLASH „Lightning Strikes Again" - Limited Vinyl Edition - Cover, Tracklist, release date: 5th October 2018
The release date of the of the Album „Lightning Strikes Again“ by the German Heavy Metal Band BLACKLASH on limited Vinyl edition is October 5th, 2018. The Album will release in a limited Edition of 300 black and 100 turquoise/white Splatter copies with Bonustrack and insert.
Blackslash are founded in 2007 at Donaueschingen, Black Forest, Germany. They play the music your parents used to listen to!
Old-School-Heavy-Metal, that’s what the five guys around bass player Alec Trojan stand for. And by playing neckbreaking concerts they give evidence to that. At this a galloping bass reminds you on Iron Maiden; two-part guitars let you travel time into the golden era of Thin Lizzy, while the melodious singing of front man Clemens Haas takes control over your mind.
A faithful and steadily growing fan crowd is astonished every concert by the ease Christian Haas is stroking the strings with, to push his amps to the limit supported by a second guitar Daniel Hölderle. Meanwhile David Hofmeier tortures his drums to end up in a climax of dynamic and speed.
The fact that Blackslash is not about smooth-edged pop music is approved by their fans since the release of their “Blackslash EP” in 2011. The rough and edgy Heavy-Metal disc seemed to have the finger right on the pulse and touched the nerve of the bored lunatics and winos around the South of Germany. After just a few concerts the record was sold out and therefore Blackslash started planning their debut album (“Separate But Equal”) that winter.
By the release of 2nd album “Sinister Lightning” they succeeded in becoming the most charismatic Heavy Metal act in their region and was a great step forward. Now it's time for the third full-length album as limited Vinyledition via Iron Shield Records. TRACKLIST: Side A 1. Lightning Strikes Again 2. Night City Street Lights 3. Skyline Rider 4. Eyes Of A Stranger 5. Illuminate The Night 6. It’s Got To Be Love (Bonustrack) Side B 7. Steel Held High 8. Save My Heart 9. Shine On 10. Unknown Heroes 11. Right To The Top Total Playing Time: 53:26 min
LINE-UP: Clemens Haas – vocals Christian Haas – guitars Daniel Hölderle – guitars Alec Trojan – bass David Hofmeier – drums
