July 11 : Thomas
Zwijsen covers KISS again on “Nylon Metal II” From
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Thomas Zwijsen
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KISS Related Recordings
Award winning classical guitar virtuoso Thomas Zwijsen will release
his eight solo album “Nylon Metal II” on August 31st this year.
The CD contains 16 classical guitar arrangements of metal and rock
songs by Iron Maiden, System Of A Down, DIO, Black Sabbath, KISS,
Deep Purple, Van Halen, The Scorpions, Blind Guardian, Helloween and
more. Thomas performs his favourite metal hits in his signature
style combining baselines, guitar melodies and vocal lines
simultaneously on one guitar, using a wide spectrum of innovative
fingerstyle techniques.
Zwijsen states: “My mission is to bring Heavy Metal to the Classical
Guitar world and vice versa, combining the greatness of heavy metal
compositions with the beautiful tone of the classical guitar.”
Track listing:
Ecstasy Of Gold (Ennio Morricone)
Chop Suey! (System of a Down)
Jump (Van Halen)
The Number Of The Beast (Iron Maiden)
Wind Of Change (The Scorpions)
Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath)
Holy Diver (DIO)
A Tale That Wasn’t Right (Helloween)
Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
Mirror Mirror (Blind Guardian)
Alexander The Great (Iron Maiden)
Forever and One (Helloween)
I Was Made For Loving You (Kiss)
Phantom Of The Opera (Iron Maiden)
Bonus Tracks:
Take On Me (A-ha)
Wasted Years 2019 (Iron Maiden)
Last Year Thomas Zwijsen released a 2CD set entitled “Nylon
Metal” which features two KISS cover songs; "Forever" (featuring
Bruce Kulick) and "Detroit Rock City".
July 10 : JESSE
DAMON (Silent Rage)
interview about working and demoing with Gene Simmons From
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SleazeRoxx.com/
Jesse Damon
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KISS Related Recordings Tyson
Briden of SleazeRoxx.com recently interviewed
SILENT RAGE lead vocalist / guitarist Jesse Damon.
June 2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of SILENT RAGE's 2nd album "Don't
Touch Me There", which was one of the first releases on Gene
Simmons then new label Simmons Records.
Topics include : Gene Simmons phonecall for meeting with the band,
signing them for Simmons Records; writing songs as well as Gene
Simmons suggestions to cover E.L.O.'s “Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind”
and to re-write and re-record "Rebel With A Cause”, which song was
already on Silent Rage debut album "Shattered Hearts" (1987);
writing and demoing songs with Gene Simmons for KISS' "Revenge"
album, as well as writing and demoing songs with Gene Simmons after
"Revenge" was released. Many of these recording sessions with Jesse
Damon / Silent Rage ended up on "Gene
Simmons - The Vault".
July 8 :
GENE SIMMONS Reveals KISS have unreleased material Ready to Roll From
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Three Sides Of The Coin
This week’s edition of
Three
Sides Of The Coin features an interview with The Demon himself,
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, in conversation with British
rock writer (Record
Collector magazine) and musician (with UK metalheads Black
Sheets Of Rain) Rich Davenport.
Simmons discusses what KISS have in store for fans once the current
End Of The Road tour concludes, revealing that the band have
unreleased material ready to roll in the vaults, and plans for other
projects including a movie and “…all kinds of stuff that makes
purists furious.”
Says Davenport: “I was offered the chance to interview Gene for
Record Collector magazine as the band hit Europe for a series of
shows, and as a fan of the band since I was 12 years old, I aimed to
ask questions that would appeal to long-serving members of the KISS
Army. Gene was cordial and candid about such topics as the band’s
reasons for making this tour their last, the possibility of an
all-new lineup carrying on the KISS name, his relationship with
former guitarist Ace Frehley since Ace got sober, the origins of the
bands vast range of collectible merchandise, the early days of
Casablanca Records, and the different ways in which KISS is
perceived by audiences in different countries around the world. I
had a lot more material from Gene than it was possible to include in
the feature I wrote, so I contacted the guys at Three Sides Of The
Coin, and on this week’s show, they’re airing the full-length audio
version, giving you the unexpurgated Thoughts Of Chairman Simmons,
on everything from Stevie Wonder to Scooby Doo.”
July 2 : The CULT
demo's featuring Eric Singer on
"Sonic Temple 30th anniversary expanded sets" From
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KISS Related Recordings/
superdeluxeedition.com The
CULT‘s 1989 album "Sonic Temple" is getting the 30th reissue
treatment in September 2019 with a series of expanded physical sets.
Their fourth album, "Sonic Temple" was produced by Bob Rock and
delivered three top 40 hits in the UK (‘Fire Woman’, ‘Edie (Ciao
Baby)’, ‘Sun King’) and sold over 1.5 million copies in the US
alone.
Beggars Arkive will reissue this album in three physical variations
including a 5CD super deluxe box set with the album, B-sides,
remixes, demos and live tracks and a 3LP+cassette box set which
covers similar ground. An expanded 2LP vinyl edition (featuring six
B-sides) is also available.
The box sets feature enhanced, rebooted artwork and the 5CD set
comes in book form. The 3LP vinyl package with the cassette is
limited to 3,000 units and comes with a host of facsimile
memorabilia including replica of original laminate, backstage pass,
original press releases, and the like. The label have confirmed to
SDE that there is no download code with either of the vinyl sets.
These will be released on 13 September 2019 and are available to
pre-order via the SDE shop by
CLICKING ON THIS LINK.
From
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KISS Related Recordings
The 3rd CD of the CD set, as well as the music cassette of the 3LP
vinyl package (probably) features
The SONIC TEMPLE DEMOS as recorded June 11 and 12, 1988 with
ERIC SINGER on drums !!!! The Cult was back down to the
original core three members and ready to try out ideas for the new
album. On 11th June they entered Track Record studios at 5102
Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood with session drummer
ERIC SINGER, to record fourteen tracks and on the following day
they laid down a further seven.
All songs recorded during the two day session are written by Ian
Astbury and Billy Duffy, produced by The Cult. (1st engineer John
Carter; 2nd engineers Edgar Garcia, Pete Magdaieno and Ken
Palakovitch.)
July 3 : ACE
FREHLEY To Release 'Origins Vol. 2' In October From
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KISS Related Recordings
Ace Frehley recently completed work on "Origins Vol. 2", the sequel
to his 2016 collection of cover songs that inspired the former KISS
guitarist. The LP, which is tentatively due in October, will feature
guest appearances by Lita Ford (singing "Jumping Jack Flash") and
CHEAP TRICK's Robin Zander (singing HUMBLE PIE's "30 Days In The
Hole").
Frehley recently told
The Weekender that "Origins Vol. 2" will once again feature a
LED ZEPPELIN tune, "Good Times Bad Times". "I'm really excited about
'Origins Vol. 2'," he said. "It's surpassed my expectations. I got
Lita Ford singing 'Jumping Jack Flash', and she's amazing. She came
to my home and I coached her for two days with vocals and she just
[expletive] killed it. I also have Robin Zander singing '30 Days In
The Hole' by HUMBLE PIE. I really wanted to do the HUMBLE PIE song,
but I just couldn't cut it, vocally, because [Steve] Marriott's just
too good of a goddamn singer. I just couldn't do justice to his
vocals. But I remembered that I had bumped into Robin Zander years
ago at a meet-and-greet and he had mentioned to me that he'd like to
sing on one of my upcoming records, so I remembered that and gave
him a call. And he killed it as well. He sounds like a young
Marriott."
June 28 : "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
performed by Rock-n-mob From
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Rock-n-Mob
Today, Moscow' Rock-n-Mob (270+ musicians) premiered an official
video for the song
"I Was Made For Lovin' You", as recorded at Gorky Park, Moscow,
Russia, May 19th, 2019.
Rock-n-Mob is inspired by a group of people from a small Italian city
Cesena, who once organized an event, getting 1000 musicians together
to perform Foo Fighter's "Learn To Fly", just to ask the American
band to come and to play a concert in Cesena!
Rock-n-Mob's format is an orchestra of more than 70 musicians:
drummers, guitarists, bass-guitarists, keyboardists, singers and and
everybody who likes to get involved.
The first rock-n-mobs performed at the famous Gorky Park in Moscow.
June 11 : Dreams in the Witch House "Sanitarium" (Bruce Kulick) From
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Dreams in the Witch House On
June 10, "Dreams In The Witch House: Sanitarium" was released and
offered as a free download for the first 200 people. The track
features former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, W.A.S.P. lead guitarist
Douglas Blair and 1980s horror icon Courtney Gains ("Children Of The
Corn", "The Burbs", "Tales From The Crypt") on lead vocals.
Produced by Chris Laney of Danish metal band PRETTY MAIDS and
executive producer Mike Dalager, the release date commemorates the
anniversary of Bridget Bishop's hanging during the Salem Witch
Trails of 1692. Bridget was the first person condemned to hang by
the court. Twenty others were executed.
"Sanitarium" is a predominantly acoustic version of the title track
from 2013's "Dreams
In The Witch House : A Lovecraftian Rock Opera", an adaptation
of HP Lovecraft's horror story from 1932. In a recent interview,
Gains noted: "To do the title track is pretty exciting… and then now
it's starting to evolve into this whole thing where Bruce Kulick is
playing lead guitar on it, Doug Blair is playing guitar on it. Every
time I hear a new version my head explodes and it's just getting
bigger and bigger and I'm really excited where this thing is going."
On September 22, an enhanced ensemble version of "Sanitarium" will
be released, titled "Dreams In The Witch House: Penitentiary". With
an added verse and a heavier dynamic, the track adds actor John
Franklin ("Children Of The Corn", "Childs Play", "The Adams Family")
on vocals, along with cello virtuoso Tina Guo, and Hans Zimmer
protégé Jon Monroe as orchestrator. The September release of
"Penitentiary" will commemorate the anniversary of Martha Corey's
hanging, the final execution of the Salem Witch Trails.
"Dreams In The Witch House: Sanitarium" is available at
bandcamp.
