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SHELTON/CHASTAIN „The Edge Of Sanity - 88 Demo Session" - LIMITED VINYL EDITION - Cover, Tracklist, releasedate: 26th October 2018
The release date of the SHELTON/CHASTAIN album „The Edge Of Sanity - 88 Demo Session“ on limited Vinyl edition is October 26th, 2018. The pre-order phase will start on October 5th, 2018 in our webshop. The Album will release in a limited Edition of 300 black copies and insert.
In search of potential bonus material for future Manilla Road rereleases, bassist Phil Ross listened to various unlabeled tapes he found in Mark Shelton's house. In addition to some exciting live material, he discovered demo recordings that David T. Chastain and Mark began in 1988. This collaboration does not surprise in retrospect. When the US distribution of Black Dragon Records from Paris got into trouble in the late eighties, David signed Manilla Road on his label Leviathan Records. The result was "Out Of The Abyss" (1988), which now was available in the US. On the solo album by Chastain singer Leather "Shock Waves" the title song was written by Mark, in 1999 the song "The Edge Of Sanity" (included here as a demo version) appeared on the CD "Symphonica Millenia" by Chastain's group Zanister. But beyond that, the friendship was cultivated over the years, which has now led to the publication of these rare recordings.
The hardness of the songs, which is interrupted again and again by epic moments, is quite understandable. Manilla Road delivered their most brutal album in 1988 with "Out Of The Abyss", which inspired David Chastain to similar excursions. It is exciting that these recordings show new facets of both participants which harmonize perfectly. Chastain, Manilla Road and elements of Thrash and US Metal meets here, creating something quite unique. "Orpheus Descending" is available in an eleven-minute and twenty-minute version and is certainly the highlight of this recordings.
Unfortunately these three songs remained in the demo stage and therefore are existing only with drum machine instead of real drums, but with this background knowledge, this does not detract from the listening pleasure and one may be glad that they now find their way on CD and LP in mastered form. It’s a perfect combination of David Chastain as a guitar hero and songwriter and Mark as the voice of Epic Metal and author of intelligent lyrics. Fans of Chastain and Manilla Road will be as thrilled as Mark himself when he heard the recordings again after many years. TRACKLIST: Side A 1. The Edge Of Sanity 2. Orpheus Descending 3. Fields Of Sorrow Side B 4. Orpheus Descending (Extended) Total Playing Time: 42:00 min LINE-UP: Mark Shelton – vocals, lyrics David T. Chastain – guitars, bass, drum programming
PICTURE „Live - 40 Years Heavy Metal Ears - 1978-2018" - Cover, Tracklist, Release Date: 26th October 2018
The release date of the of the Album „Live - 40 Years Heavy Metal Ears - 1978-2018“ by the Hard Rock Band PICTURE from The Netherlands on CD is October 26th, 2018. The pre-order phase will start on October 12th, 2018 in our webshop.
One of the first and most unique Heavy Metal bands in the Netherlands has been active again for more than a decade: PICTURE. For the 40th anniversary of the band a fantastic live album called 'PICTURE LIVE: 40 Years Heavy Metal Ears, 1978-2018' will be released through Pure Steel Records.
On the eponymous tour 17 songs were recorded, of course including many classics. These were played on the stages of Europe by the four original members we have known since their debut in 1980: Ronald van Prooijen, Jan Bechtum, Rinus Vreugdenhil and Laurens Bakker, as well as today's second guitarist Appie de Gelder. Not many bands, especially those from the 1970s, can still perform their songs in the original line-up in 2018. PICTURE celebrate this event in their best form and devote themselves mainly to the songs of the first three band works.
Meanwhile, the gentlemen have entrenched themselves in a studio and actually announced a brand new album for 2019. Until then, we must continually devote ourselves to this never-ending classic: 'PICTURE LIVE: 40 Years Heavy Metal Ears, 1978-2018'. A photo is usually only considered, PICTURE you can hear and feel. TRACKLIST: 1. You're all alone 2. Get back or you'll fall 3. Message from hell 4. Night hunter 5. The Hangman 6. Night tiger 7. No no no 8. Old Dogs New Tricks 9. Live by the sword 10. Eternal dark 11. Diamond dreamer 12. Heavy metal ears 13. Unemployed 14. Bombers 15. Lady Lightning 16. You can go 17. Spend the night with you Total Playing Time: 76:21 min LINE-UP: Ronald van Prooijen – vocals Jan Bechtum – guitars, backing vocals Rinus Vreugdenhil – bass Appie de Gelder – guitars, backing vocals Laurens “Bakkie” Bakker – drums
THE FILTH HOUNDS SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH PURE STEEL PUBLISHING
The Heavy Rock/Metal Band THE FILTH HOUNDS from the UK, have signed a worldwide deal with PURE STEEL PUBLISHING. The band, which founded in 2011 and released their debut album "Release the Hounds" in 2015, will be releasing their new album “Hair of the Hound?" in November 2018, via PURE STEEL PUBLISHING. LINE-UP: Bryan McGill – vocals, guitars John Allom – bass, backing vocals Liam Mulpetre – guitars, backing vocals Kristoffer Wylie – drums, percussion Link www.thefilthhounds.com/ www.facebook.com/TheFilthHounds/
