HARDNEWS Quick & concise
News bullets Pivitplex has released a new single, “Hope Killed the Shadows,” inspired by The Dead Whisper On, the latest release by suspense author T.L. Hines.
MICHAEL SWEET
STAVESACRE
“STRYPER VOCALIST FRONTS BOSTON
FUTURE NOT SO CERTAIN
August 19th’s “Come Together” will celebrate the life of Brad Delp at The Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, MA. Stryper’s Michael Sweet has been chosen as one of the few musicians who will perform with the legendary classic rock band that night. Delp, the voice of Boston since 1969, died in his home on March 9, 2007. “Brad Delp will always be revered as one of the greatest vocalists in rockn-roll history. I am humbled to share the stage with Tom Sholtz and the members of Boston in a tribute to such an incredible singer”, says Sweet. The lineup also includes: Godsmack, Beatlejuice, Farrenheit with guests Mickey Thomas, Sammy Hagar, and more. It has been confirmed that Sweet will perform at least 2 to 3 songs as lead vocalist for Boston. Ironically, it was another Bostonian, Gary Cherone, that wowed the audience fronting Queen for the ‘92 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley.
As anyone that’s been visiting their myspace page will know, the Stavesacre saga has had some serious on-again/off-again drama. The latest bit of news posted, however, seems to indicate another burst of life within the band: “Writing is underway for the next Stavesacre record,” posts drummer Sam West, “with our long lost Jeff Bellew back in the fold. We are sifting through and recording demos of all the ideas right now, and hope to be recording the album by summer. Look for us to get out and play some shows after the project is finished.” The band also posts that it’s working on a documentary of the band, spanning its long career.
Disciple re-releases Scars Remain
Scars Remain Special Edition will release on August 28 with four additional acoustic tracks (“Love Hate,” “My Hell,” “Things Left Unsaid” and “After the World”), two music videos and a free ring tone. The Scars Remain Tour will follow, including Fireflight, Dizmas and Wavorly. The exclusive video content will feature videos for “Scars Remain” and “After the World.” Their single, “After the World,” received lots of Christian radio airplay in multiple formats (Rock, CHR, and even AC). “Game On” has also received massive placement in sports shows across the country, including Best Damn Sports Show, NFL’s Total Axxess, WWE’s Cyber Sunday and Speed TV’s Speed Report. The single was also used in promotion for Criminal Minds and CSI Miami. To make the song even more widespread, when recording the song, vocalist Kevin Young laid down bonus tracks for each professional sports team. Listeners to the HM Magazine Podcast might’ve heard the homage to the Chicago Bears last January.
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Nodes of Ranvier will be releasing their new record, Defined by Struggle, at the end of July. They will play a few shows with From First to Last at the end of July; then they will be heading out with for the HM Magazine sponsored tour with Inhale Exhale all of August. The Devil Wears Prada will accompany Chiodos along with Alesana, Pierce The Veil, Simcoe Street Mob, and Underminded on The I’m A Mathlete Not An Athlete Tour this fall. Rise Records has announced the signing of Burden Of A Day, For The Fallen Dreams and American Me. The Flyleaf song “I’m So Sick” appeared in the motion picture, Live Free, Or Die Hard this summer. Ironclad will be re-releasing Aletheian’s 2005 Hope Prevails Productions release Dying Vine. The re-release will also include an additional track and will be out this fall. Both IronClad Recordings and Aletheian have agreed that Dying Vine is too strong of an album to remain buried in obscurity forever. Both the band and label hope to use it as a springboard from which to launch a new future for the band. Aletheian promises fans a new release in late 2008. Bombworks Records has acquired the rights to release the demos from Indonesian cult underground black metal band Bealiah. Originally released on a series of cassettes, most of the original copies never left the Asian continent, and outside of 1 song that appeared on a compilation, none of the songs have ever appeared on CD before. Anthology of the Undead will collect 13 songs from the Bealiah demos onto 1 CD, completely re-mastered for maximum brutality. Bealiah will be released worldwide September 11, 2007.
7/26/2007 4:13:11 PM