Haken are pleased to announce the release of Affinity, their fourth full-length studio album and the follow-up to their acclaimed 2013 album The Mountain, on April 29th, 2016. Head over to the band's website to discover a teaser for the album: http://hakenmusic.com/haken-album-four-press-release
Since releasing their highly praised EP Restoration in 2014, Haken have been making waves on the live circuit, including appearances at high-profile festivals such as Hellfest, Ramblin' Man Fair, Be Prog! My Friend and Cruise to the Edge as well as supporting the likes of Between The Buried & Me and The Neal Morse Band, a double headline UK tour with Leprous, and their first North American headline tour.
Like much of Haken's previous music, Affinity is full of surprises and The Architect, the album's centrepiece, is no exception. Blasting through a dizzying array of instrumental insanity coupled with down-tempo atmospheric tenuity, Haken welcomes friend and Leprous frontman Einar Solberg mid-song for a spot of guest vocals! Just one of many twists and turns throughout this 60-minute musical lobotomy, Haken's Affinity will open up a new dimension in this UK sextet's trajectory. Affinity will arrive as a Limited Edition Digipak (incl. bonus disc with instrumentals), 180g Gatefold 2 LP Edition (incl. album on CD), Standard CD Jewel Case, Digital Download and Deluxe Digital Download (incl. instrumental version of the album as bonus).
Affinity full track-listing: 1. affinity.exe [1:24] 2. Initiate [4:16] 3. 1985 [9:09] 4. Lapse [4:44] 5. The Architect [15:40] 6. Earthrise [4:48] 7. Red Giant [6:06] 8. The Endless Knot [5:50] 9. Bound By Gravity [9:29]
The band have also confirmed their first European tour dates, and you can find those below:
26.05.16 London, The Garage [UK] 27.05.16 Zoetermeer, Boerderij [NL] 29.05.16 Paris, Divan du monde [FR] 30.05.16 Pratteln, Z7 [CH] 31.05.16 Lyon, Marché Gare [FR] 02.06.16 Barcelona, Razz 2 [ESP] 03.06.16 Madrid, Caracol [ESP] 04.06.16 Minnuendo Festival [ESP] 06.06.16 Milan, Legend Club [ITA] 07.06.16 Munich, Backstage [GER] 08.06.16 Karlsruhe, Substage [GER] 09.06.16 Aschaffenburg, Colos Saal [GER] 10.06.16 Berlin, Maschinenhaus [GER] 11.06.16 Warsaw, Progresija [POL] 14.06.16 Stockholm, Bryggarsalen [SWE] 15.06.16 Oslo, John Dee [NOR] 16.06.16 Copenhagen, Spillestedet Stengade [DEN] 17.06.16 Hamburg, Logo [GER] 18.06.16 Cologne, Gebäude 9 [GER] 19.06.16 Stone Free Festival [UK]
Look out for more information in the coming weeks.
German Post/Math rockers Long Distance Calling have recently announced that their new album TRIPS will be released on April 29th 2016 via InsideOut Music. The album will be released as a limited mediabook CD with one bonus track, as a gatefold 2LP with etching, and as digital download with two bonus tracks.
The full track-listing for TRIPS is as follows: 1. Getaway 2. Reconnect 3. Rewind 4. Trauma 5. Lines 6. Presence 7. Momentum 8. Plans 9. Flux
Further to this, the band would also like to announce the first European tour dates in support of the new album, and you can find those below:
28th April - Skater's Palace, Münster, Germany 29th April - Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg, Germany 30th April - Mau Club, Rostock, Germany 2nd May - UT Connewitz, Leipzig, Germany 3rd May - Musik & Frieden, Berlin, Germany 4th May - Kulturkirche, Köln, Germany 5th May - Backstage Halle, München, Germany 6th May - Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany 7th May - KiFF, Aarau, Switzerland 9th May - 013, Tilburg, Netherlands 10th May - Boston Music Room, London, UK 11th May - Exchange, Bristol, UK 12th May - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK 13th May - Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK
Headspace, the band featuring Damian Wilson (Threshold) & Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne, Snakecharmer), recently announced the release of their second album All That You Fear Is Gone on February 26th, 2016.
The band, completed by guitarist Pete Rinaldi (Hot Leg) & bassist Lee Pomeroy (It Bites, Steve Hackett), and new drummer Adam Falkner (Babyshambes, Dido, One Eskimo) have also launched the first track to be taken from the album, and you can listen to Your Life Will Change here:
Guitarist Pete Rinaldi had this to say:
"This album picks up where I Am Anonymous finishes. The process of each of us adding their creativity to the tracks has made this something we are really proud of. All That You Fear Is Gone features the debut of my good friend Adam Falkner on drums who has done a fantastic job making his mark on this record, we are all looking forward to bringing it to live audiences."
The full track-listing for the album is as follows: 01. Road to Supremacy 02. Your Life Will Change 03. Polluted Alcohol 04. Kill You With Kindness 05. The Element 06. The Science Within Us 07. Semaphore 08. The Death Bell 09. The Day You Return 10. All That You Fear Is Gone 11. Borders and Days 12. Secular Souls
All That You Fear Is Gone is the follow-up to 2012's debut album I Am Anonymous, once again produced by the band and mixed by Jens Bogren. Expect more information, including tour dates, in the coming months.
As of today The Gathering's new live album TG25: Live at Doornroosje is available for purchase.
Celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band, they recorded this album live with the help of past and present members. This release comes as a double CD and also as a triple vinyl. The CD version is a beautiful designed digi-file with 52 page booklet filled with photo's made that day, by several photographers, among them Marcus Moonen (known for The Gathering's famous Heroes for Ghost video).
The LP version consist of a triple coloured (limited) or black vinyl, in 3 separate sleeves, all fitting nicely in a slipcase. Also included with a 30x30 cm 16 page booklet with live photo material.
Tracklisting: CD1 1.Saturnine 2.Strange Machines 3.Meltdown 4.Nighttime Birds 5.The Mirror Waters 6.King for a Day 7.Even the Spirits Are Afraid 8.Broken Glass 9.Heroes for Ghosts CD2 1.Afterwords 2.Amity 3.On Most Surfaces (Inuit) 4.Paper Waves 5.Leaves 6.In Motion #1 7.Travel 8.Waking Hour 9.I Can See Four Miles
3LP Tracklisting: side A: 1.Saturnine 2.Strange Machines 3.Meltdown side B: 1.Nighttime Birds 2.The Mirror Waters 3.King for a Day side C: 1.Even the Spirits Are Afraid 2.Broken Glass 3.Heroes for Ghosts side D: 1.Afterwords 2.Amity 3.On Most Surfaces (Inuit) 4.Paper Waves side E: 1.Leaves 2.In Motion #1 3.Travel side F: 1.Waking Hour 2.I Can See Four Miles
Bad Elephant Music is proud to announce the latest addition to their lineup: Anglo-Dutch neo-progressive outfit Nine Stones Close.
Conceived in 2008 as a solo project by guitarist Adrian Jones, Nine Stones Close quickly grew into a fully-fledged band with their acclaimed second album Traces, listed among Prog Magazine’s top 20 albums of 2011. Returning with a refreshed lineup after a four-year hiatus following their last album, 2012’s One Eye on the Sunrise, the band’s fourth studio album, Leaves, puts a new twist on an already unique and distinctive sound: rich, elegant soundscapes with a subtle psychedelic edge.
Says Jones himself:
“Nine Stones Close are delighted to be joining such a vibrant and forward thinking label who are passionate about their music, their artists, and working together to deliver great music to as many people as possible. We are really excited about working together with BEM on the release of our forthcoming album!”
David Elliott of BEM adds:
“Nine Stones Close are a band that really do resist pigeonholing. I’ve been following them since the beginning and I’m excited to see this latest development in their musical evolution, and overjoyed to have them joining the Bad Elephant family.”
Leaves is scheduled for release in late spring, 2016. In the meantime a digital single, Complicated is available for purchase via Bandcamp . The single comes with a ‘B side’, an acoustic version of the title track from One Eye on the Sunrise, featuring new vocalist Aio O’Shaughnessy.
