ECHOES - The 'Dissonance Productions' Heavy Metal Newsletter!AGENT STEEL, VENOM, ATOMKRAFT E
No.14 October 2019
Welcome!
We’ve got two lengthy interviews this month, both of which continue in Echoes 15 next month. Firstly, the legendary John Cyriis talks about his band Agent Steel and the new album ‘No Other Godz Before Me’. Following that, Atomkraft’s drummer Ged Wolf tells the story behind the formation of the band and their 1980s’ releases ‘Future Warriors’, ‘Queen Of Death’ and ‘Conductors Of Noize’, as well as supporting Slayer for their debut gig. This month’s Classic Album is Cloven Hoof’s self-titled debut, and we also take a look at the history of Venom’s ‘Assault’ albums. See you next month! John Tucker
John Cyriis And The Return Of Agent Steel...
“My goal as far as ‘No Other Godz Before Me’ was to create a continuation to the story of ‘Unstoppable Force’; to bring about the exposure of different research I’ve stumbled upon spanning over the past thirty years. Musically speaking, I have onboard the line-up / space capsule a team of very competent,
professional musicians, who have tackled a major challenge – and that is to create music that would not only serve as a bridge to the ambience and original concepts created by former line-ups and myself but in reality also serve as an all-out manifest transcendence of all that has been previously released as Agent Steel.
THE KRAFTSMEN
Atomkraft’s Ged Wolf tells the story behind the band’s three Eighties’ releases, now being made available once more by Dissonance Read More
VENOM – THE ‘ASSAULT!’ BOX SET
How a semi-official set of releases attained legendary status Read More
CLASSIC ALBUM
The story behind Cloven Hoof’s self-titled debut album – the truth about the Hoof, as it were... Read More
UPCOMING RELEASES
There’s some great stuff out this month, headed up by the hotly-tipped new album from Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper and the collaboration between Pungent Stench and Dr Heathen Scum. Also released is the entire Neat Records’ Atomkraft back catalogue and –again featuring Mr Grimmett – the long-awaited Lionsheart retrospective set.
Lionsheart 'HEART OF THE LION’ - 4 Oct 5 CD set with ‘Lionsheart’, ‘Pride In Tact’, ‘Under Fire’, ‘Abyss’ and ‘Rising Sons – Live In Japan 1993’ Atomkraft 'FUTURE WARRIORS' - 4 Oct Re-issue of the band’s debut album with bonus live track Atomkraft 'CONDUCTORS OF NOIZE' - 4 Oct The final release from the band for Neat, with bonus live tracks from The Longest Day Atomkraft 'QUEEN OF DEATH' - 4 Oct The follow-up to ‘Future Warriors’ with rare bonus track Grim Reaper 'AT THE GATES' - 11 Oct Long-awaited new release from the masters of metal Pungent Stench & Dr Heathen Scum Of The Me... '#RAPE ME TOO' - 11 Oct The Austrian death metallers’ final recordings from 2006, with The Mentors’ Dr Heathen Scum
Tour & Gig Dates
There’s no rest for the wicked – nor for Dissonance signings! Confirmed tour dates are listed here, but don’t forget to keep an eye on each band’s page on the Dissonance Productions website.
ACID REIGN 5 Dec - SCARBOROUGH Market Hall, UK 6 Dec - GLASGOW Audio, UK 7 Dec - DUBLIN Grand Social, Ireland 8 Dec - BELFAST Voodoo, UK DESOLATION ANGELS 10 Nov - LONDON New Cross Inn Classic Rock Weekender, UK (with Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper and Toledo Steel) TOLEDO STEEL 24 Oct - MARBURG Szenario, Germany 25 Oct - KOBLENZ Florinsmarkt, Germany 26 Oct - OBERHAUSEN Helvete Club, Germany 3 Nov - ILFRACOMBE Ilfracombe Rocks Festival, UK 9 Nov - BARCELONA Metalcova Metal Festival, Spain 10 Nov - LONDON New Cross Inn Classic Rock Weekender, UK (with Steve Grimmett’s Grim Reaper and Desolation Angels) 6 Dec - ATHENS Remedy Live Club, Greece SATAN’S EMPIRE 23 Nov - AALST Negasonic, Belgium 29 Nov - GRANTHAM Metal Mayhem, UK
AGENT STEEL 6 Dec - FIRENZE Circus Club, Italy 7 Dec - ERBA Central Rock Pub, Italy BARBE-Q-BARBIES 6 Sept - JYVÄSKYLÄ Hemingways, Finland 7 Sept - IISALMI Graceville, Finland ELIMINATOR 10 Nov - LONDON The Black Heart, London, UK (with Seven Sisters) HERETIC 2 Nov - LOS ANGELES, CA Blood Feast, USA SEVEN SISTERS 10 Nov - LONDON The Black Heart, London, UK (with Eliminator) PRIMITAI 14 Dec - ABERTILLY Rock And Roll Circus, Dolls House, UK STEVE GRIMMETT’S GRIM REAPER 10 Nov - LONDON New Cross Inn Classic Rock Weekender, UK (with Desolation Angels and Toledo Steel)
Full tour dates at dissonanceproductions.co.uk
