Composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen has firmly established himself worldwide as driving force in progressive rock. While best known for his rock opera project AYREON, the multi-talented Dutchman also regularly embarks on musical side projects, which explore different aspects of Lucassen's musical personality. As his previous project (GUILT MACHINE's "On This Perfect Day", 2009) was ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (also ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) has completed work on a new STAR ONE album, entitled "Victims Of The Modern Age", for an October release. The CD cover artwork, along with a short video message from Lucassen, can be viewed below. STAR ONE's 2002 album, "Space Metal", debuted at position No. 3 on the ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (also ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE) is hard at work on what will become a new STAR ONE album. The instrumental demos are completed, and Arjen is now working on lyrics and melody lines. A few weeks ago, Arjen's former manager Yvette graciously hosted a demo listening party for the people on Arjen's message ...
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Dutch symphonic metal act MAGION has just released its long-awaited debut album, "Close to Eternity". The CD was recorded in 2008 at Excess Studios (AFTER FOREVER, GOREFEST, AYREON, EPICA) in Rotterdam and was mastered by Dan Swanö. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Tabula Rasa (2:38) 02. Thirteen (5:36) 03. Murder ...
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Lori Linstruth and AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen recently spoke to U.K.'s Ragnarok Radio about their new project, GUILT MACHINE. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. GUILT MACHINE's debut album, "On This Perfect Day", was released in August via Mascot Records. The artwork was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a ...
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Norwegian powerhouse hard rock singer Jorn Lande has scheduled the following solo dates: Nov. 26 - Logo - Hamburg, Deutchland Nov. 28 - Masters of Rock Novesta - Zlin, Czech Republic Nov. 29 - Zoe Club- Milan, Italy Nov. 30 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland Dec. 01 - Splendid - Lille France Dec. 03 - ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen recently spoke to Rock My Monkey about his new project, GUILT MACHINE. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. GUILT MACHINE's debut album, "On This Perfect Day", was released in August via Mascot Records. The artwork was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a talented new artist ...
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A four-minute video trailer for "On This Perfect Day", the debut album from AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's new project, GUILT MACHINE, can be viewed below. The CD will be released via Mascot Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: August 28 Rest of Europe: August 31 North America: September 29 The artwork was created ...
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AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the Dutch band led by ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen, has set "In Your Room" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this fall. Anneke says, "URBAN DANCE SQUAD drummer Michel Schoots helped me organizing all of my ideas (I've seen an awful lot of URBAN DANCE SQUAD shows ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's new project, GUILT MACHINE, will release its debut album, titled "On This Perfect Day", via Mascot Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: August 28 Rest of Europe: August 31 North America: September 29 The artwork was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a talented new artist whom Arjen discovered (quite by ...
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AFM Records has set an August 28 release date for "Dukebox", a 16-track best-of from powerhouse Norwegian hard rock vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, MILLENIUM, ARK). The CD will contain "many highlights" from Jorn's previous solo albums and "will be an interesting item for all die-hard fans and 'newcomers' as well," according to a press release. ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's new project, GUILT MACHINE, will release its debut album, titled "On This Perfect Day", via Mascot Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: August 28 Rest of Europe: August 31 North America: September 29 The artwork was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a talented new artist whom Arjen discovered (quite by ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's new project, GUILT MACHINE, will release its debut album, titled "On This Perfect Day", via Mascot Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: August 28 Rest of Europe: August 31 A U.S. release date has not yet been announced. The artwork was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a talented new artist ...
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AGUA DE ANNIQUE/ex-THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen has issued the following update "It's been one hell of a week. "As you may know, I was in Canada, writing and recording with [Canadian multi-instrumentalist/producer] Devin Townsend [STRAPPING YOUNG LAD]. Forgive me if I speak too much about it, but that was absolutely a great experience. ...
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An audio sample of JORN's cover version of TARJA TURUNEN's "I Walk Alone" is available for download at this location (courtesy of MelodicRock.com). The track comes off JORN's brand new studio album, entitled "Spirit Black", which is being released today (June 5) in Europe and July 14 in the USA via Frontiers Records. ...
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Former THE GATHERING and current AGUA DE ANNIQUE singer Anneke van Giersbergen has issued the following update: "Here I am in Canada, working with Devin Townsend for our new album and... for his new album ('Addicted') as well. A very interesting week indeed. "Though we had the idea of doing something together, we had no ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's new project, GUILT MACHINE, has inked a deal with Holland's Mascot Records. The band's debut album will be released later in the year. A photo of Mascot's Ed van Zijl and and Arjen formalizing the happy arrangement by signing the contracts can be viewed below. As AYREON fans have come to ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen has issued the following update on her AGUA DE ANNIQUE project: "We are busy bees here; building our studio, writing the new songs, rehearsing and preparing for the last shows we will do before we 'disappear' for a little while and record the new album. We will play ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen played a six-song acoustic set during her April 3, 2009 in-store appearance at Plato in Utrecht, Netherlands. Her setlist was as follows: 01. Beautiful One 02. Yalin 03. Sunny Side Up 04. Scorpion Flower (MOONSPELL cover) 05. My Electricity 06. Jolene Watch fan-filmed video footage of the entire ...
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Frontiers Records has announced the release of JORN's brand new studio album, entitled "Spirit Black", on June 5 in Europe and July 14 in the USA. Considered by many fans and critics as one of the finest voices in hard rock to arrive on the scene at the end of the 20th century, JORN is ...
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Netherlands-based gothic/progressive metal band STREAM OF PASSION, which is fronted by Mexican female vocalist Marcela Bovio (AYREON), has parted ways with drummer Davy Mickers. The group says, "Due to personal reasons, Davy took this step as he needs to devote more of his time to his family. Thus, he could not longer give STREAM OF ...
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Netherlands-based gothic/progressive metal band STREAM OF PASSION, which is fronted by Mexican female vocalist Marcela Bovio (AYREON), will release its sophomore album, "The Flame Within", via Napalm Records on the following dates: May 27 - Finland, Spain May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden June 1 - Rest of Europe June 2 ...
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Netherlands-based gothic/progressive metal band STREAM OF PASSION, which is fronted by Mexican female vocalist Marcela Bovio (AYREON), will release its sophomore album, "The Flame Within", on May 29 via Napalm Records. According to a press release, "The Flame Within" "leaves its predecessor in the dust, thanks to more mature songwriting. Carried by Marcela Bovio's fantastic ...
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AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the band led by former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, played a handful of concerts in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico in early March. A three-part video documentary featuring highlights from the tour can be viewed below. Anneke van Giersbergen staged two unique shows last month — at the Melkweg in ...
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AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the band led by former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, performed a stripped down cover version of MOONSPELL's "Scorpion Flower" during the group's February 23, 2009 concert in Athens, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. MOONSPELL's original version of "Scorpion Flower", which appears on the band's ...
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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen has announced the details of his new project, GUILT MACHINE. As AYREON fans have come to expect from Arjen, the music of GUILT MACHINE ranges from dark and heavy to atmospheric and melancholic. But GUILT MACHINE introduces some new twists as well, particularly when it comes to the vocals. Rather than ...
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Holland's FaceCulture recently spoke to former THE GATHERING and current AGUA DE ANNIQUE singer Anneke van Giersbergen about the track "Day After Yesterday" from her new acoustic album, "Pure Air". Watch the chat below. As previously reported, Anneke van Giersbergen staged two unique shows last week — at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen and her new band AGUA DE ANNIQUE staged two unique shows last week — at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland (Feb. 12) and at the Oosterpoort in Groningen (Feb. 13). At these intimate performances, Anneke shed some light on her compositions through personal stories. Anneke was also joined ...
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Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen and her new band AGUA DE ANNIQUE will release a new album, "Pure Air", on January 30. As well as acoustic versions of songs from her solo debut, "Air", Anneke's upcoming CD will contain some great collaborations. Besides Sharon den Adel, Niels Geusebroek and Marike Jager, Anneke will ...
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Netherlands-based gothic/progressive metal band STREAM OF PASSION, which is fronted by Mexican female vocalist Marcela Bovio (AYREON), has entered the studio to begin recording its sophomore album, due in early 2009 via Napalm Records. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, "To stick to their traditional distributed and de-centralized way of working, the ...
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