The Mute Gods, featuring Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson, Steve Hackett), Roger King (Steve Hackett) & Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, The Sea Within), recently announced the release of their third studio album ‘Atheists and Believers’ for March 22nd, 2019.
Today they are pleased to reveal the titled track of the album, which you can listen to here
Nick Beggs comments: “Atheists & Believers is a song about how the media has historically spun certain types of news stories, employing a journalistic style that reduces eye witness accounts to mere hokum.”
‘Atheists and Believers’ will be released on Limited CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP + CD & as a digital album. Pre-order now here: www.insideoutmusicshop.com
Arriving just over 2 years after its predecessor ‘Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth’, Beggs once again turns his attention to the state of the world as we know it now, focussing on universal topics such as politics, humanity & love over the course of 10 tracks that run from turbulent rock compositions to more sentimental pieces of music.
Nick comments: “The album’s key message is that we now empower stupid people and don’t listen to educated, informed experts anymore because truth is no longer fashionable.”
For ‘Atheists and Believers’, Beggs has enlisted some very special guests, including Alex Lifeson, Rush’s legendary guitarist; Craig Blundell, renowned drummer currently playing with Steven Wilson’s band; multi-instrumentalist Rob Townsend with whom Beggs worked in Steve Hackett’s band and his vocalist daughter, Lula Beggs.
1.Atheists and Believers 2.One Day 3.Knucklehead 4.Envy the Dead 5.Sonic Boom 6.Old Men 7.The House Where Love Once Lived 8.Iridium Heart 9.Twisted World, Godless Universe 10.I Think Of You
The Mute Gods is the musical vehicle Beggs created in 2015 to channel his song writing. It was conceived while he was embarking on an intensive period of almost continuous touring, firstly with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and then latterly, Steven Wilson, the prolific, widely-acclaimed composer, musician and record producer with whom Beggs still records and tours.
Beggs’ career spans nearly four decades, working with artists across a broad musical spectrum. Bassist, stick player, composer and vocalist, Beggs has sold more than three million records with his own groups, including Kajagoogoo, as well as contributing to genres such as pop, rock, funk, soul, Celtic and latterly, progressive rock.
Among the artists with whom he has collaborated are rock and pop legends John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde, Gary Numan, Seal and Engelbert Humperdink, as well as progressive rock’s Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Iona and Lifesigns.
Alongside Beggs in The Mute Gods are his regular collaborators Roger King and Marco Minnemann. King is the keyboards player, guitarist and producer of Atheists and Believers, and Steve Hackett’s right-hand man for more than 20 years. Minneman, who has also played with Joe Satriani, is regarded as one of rock’s most exciting drummers and has worked with Beggs on Wilson tours and recordings
Experimental beyond expectations, HOIA is an infusion of musical interests by Prateek Rajagopal. Popularly known for being a virtuoso guitarist, budding film composer and writer/producer for death metal legions “GUTSLIT” & Indian/Amercian prog metal supergroup “The Minerva Conduct,” his interest in genres and art forms beyond metal gave rise to HOIA, inspired by Avant-garde, progressive rock, experimental and industrial music.
After releasing two EPs with HOIA, Prateek is all set to release his debut album titled “Scavenger.” The record has a more sophisticated songwriting approach compared to his previous releases, albeit still very ‘prog,’ and also features Prateek as a vocalist for the first time. The instruments used on the album are unlike his other projects, using samples of rotating fans and vehicle sounds, analog synthesizers and digital manipulation along with organic instruments like guitars (acoustic, electric), piano and strings.
Says Prateek, “The album deals with human-sentimentality concepts like nostalgia, demise, anxiety and the need to ‘scavenge’ to survive, bubbled in fictitious concepts as individual stories. It isn’t a concept album, but there’s a loose relation across the individual stories.”
Although he is the primary songwriter, Prateek approached Colin Edwin of “Porcupine Tree” & Wojtek Deregowski (a reputed session musician from Poland) to perform bass and drums respectively.
“In a world full of guitarists, I am lucky enough to somehow work with a steady flow of really interesting and unique players, so I am very happy to be involved with Prateek Rajagopal’s new HOIA album, a solid collection of inspiring tracks across an ever-evolving deep sonic landscape. Lots of unexpected elements which fuse together really well, with a some great twists for the adventurous listener, top stuff.” – Colin Edwin
“Even though I know all the tunes from the new HOIA album really well, I like to come back and listen to them again. It’s just a very good music in which you may always find something new that surprises and catches your attention. Fresh sounds, a lot of space and emotions at the same time. I’m really happy that I could contribute to the music by recording drum parts. Prateek gave me a lot of freedom in expressing my own style of playing so I improvised much hoping to give the music even more feelings and interesting ideas.” – Wojtek Deregowski
HOIA’s “Scavenger” has been in the works for over 2 years and clocks in at 33 minutes. The track-list is as follows
1. Write Across 2. Escape Orb 3. Electric Wizard 4. Part II 5. Scavenger
“An all-out prog fest, going from intricate chilling melodies to odd-time riffs and shattering drum-work.” – Rolling Stone (India)
In support of the release Prateek has plans to tour and the members are also willing to perform, but his multiple commitments in Mumbai and other projects are holding it back. A music/visualization video (by illustrator/director Aniruddh “Thebigfatminimalist” Mehta) for “Write Across,” a drum play-through of “Electric Wizard,” and an album stream video are all ready.
In closing Prateek has this to say, “The album deals with simple human emotions. However, writing them as stories felt natural and subtle, and thinking about characters/plots made the process very enjoyable. I hope that people understand the metaphors and Easter eggs too, since everyone goes through similar human emotions. So if people relate with the stories, they might feel better and less lonely, and in turn feel hopeful about life and this world.”
DETERMINUS Will BE RELEASED ON FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL ON APRIL 26TH | FIRST SINGLE & VIDEO “BURN LOVE BURN” OUT NOW
Finnish heavy rockers Leverage finally put an end to their 10 year hiatus between studio albums with the announcement of the release of their highly anticipated new album, “Determinus”. Preceded by the release of the 2018 (digital only) EP “The Devil’s Turn”, Leverage are set to retake their place in the standings of the heavy metal/hard rock community with this new album. First single and video, “Burn Love Burn” is out today and you can see/hear it below:
Leverage is not a power metal band, nor an AOR band, and definitely not a throwback to the 80’s band. Leverage don’t fall into an easy category. Leverage developed their own style of heavy rock in the 2000’s. For the band, it has always been about making and playing music with all of their hearts and souls while having a blast doing it. Their sonic stamp says “Leverage”. That’s it. “The new album is the same but different,” says guitarist and founder Tuomas Heikkinen. “This is the way I write. It is heavy rock and draws from a variety of influences, mine or the other members. I used to make demos that had every bass, drum and keyboard note MIDI programmed to detail and then just asked the guys to reproduce that exactly, but now I only underline the passages that I feel are essential and let them have a go at expressing themselves as musicians. And just as importantly, I always try to hear the vocalist in my head when writing. Pekka and Kimmo are two different singers, that definitely guides the process.”
Leverage landed on the scene in 2006 with the independent release of their debut album, “Tides”. With their blend of symphonic and melodic hard rock combined with some progressive metal twists, Leverage created a buzz on the scene and were signed by Frontiers for the release of their second album, “Blind Fire” in 2008. Spinefarm/Universal picked the band up for their next album, “Circus Colossus” (2009), but the band became inactive not too long after. “People that have heard the music say that it definitely has the Leverage vibe, but also covers new ground. It has variety, ranging from pretty damn heavy to all kinds of far ends at times. This album sounds like a band playing and there’s movement where we didn’t use to have it. There’sless overdubs, not too many huge hired choirs, very little MIDI orchestrations and less tracks all together,” continues Heikkinen.
“Determinus” also introduces their amazing new singer, Kimmo Blom (Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua) and a new guitar player, Mikko Salovaara. “Kimmo is a phenomenal and very versatile singer. He draws pictures in front of you the way he sings,” concludes Tuomas. “He has a huge presence, both seen and heard and is not the most typical vocalist in this scene. He approaches each song as a short story and really throws himself in there. Mikko is a monster guitar player with a background of very heavy and complex metal with a band called Kiuas. It was like “I am going to get him or Leverage will have only one guitar”. I am happy he wanted to join the band. I have been blessed to get to work with outstanding guitar players in Leverage, first with Torsti and now with Mikko.” “I’m really excited about all this, getting back to making Leverage music with a great group of people, old and new. And getting it out through a solid label to the fans,” concludes Tuomas. “DeterminUs” promises to be one of the highlights of the melodic metal genre in 2019.
Tracklist: 1. Burn Love Burn 2. Wind Of Morrigan 3. Tiger4. Red Moon Over Sonora (album version) 5. Mephistocrate6. Afterworld’s Disciple 7. When We Were Young 8. Heaven’s No Place For Us 9. Hand Of God 10. Rollerball 11. Troy
Line-up: Kimmo Blom – vocals Mikko Salovaara – guitars Tuomas Heikkinen – guitars Sami Norrbacka – bass Valtteri Revonkorpi – drums Marko Niskala – keyboards
Debut Full Length Album To Be Released Late Summer 2019 The Band Is Latest Addition to Label’s New Breed Roster
Formed in Kuopio, Finland by brothers Aarni & Jaakko Metsäpelto while they were still in junior high, Block Buster spent their teenage years honing their sound and identity. While still in the midst of not being of legal age to play clubs and instead of tearing it up at local backyard and basement parties to their sixteen – seventeen year old friends, the band suddenly found themselves being chosen to open for Bon Jovi at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Since then, Block Busterhave been honing their craft playing gigs at festivals and those clubs they are now legally allowed to enter, while also releasing an EP and two singles which have created a nice buzz in the Finnish rock scene and drew the interest of Frontiers.
“All of us in Block Buster feel totally energized to have signed a worldwide deal with one of the truest ROCK labels on the planet, Frontiers Music. It’s taken years of hard work to have built up a great team around the band and now we have all the right machinery behind us to push us to the next level. Our first album, “Losing Gravity” will be released on Frontiers worldwide in 2019 and it is going to be a great year for Block Buster. Please join us on the next stage of our rock ‘n roll journey!” Inspired by the sounds of classic hard rock pioneers while adding a modern “retro” approach, Block Busterare ready to break out from their Nordic homeland on to the world stage.
Line-up:Aarni Metsäpelto – Lead vocals & Guitar Jaakko Metsäpelto – Drums & Vocals Joonas Arppe – Bass & Vocals Elias Salo – Lead Guitar & Vocals
We are happy to announce that our “Complete Studio Recordings” vinyl box set will be released on Varèse Sarabande in the US and Canada on Feb. 22nd!
“For the first time, the essential studio recordings of Britain’s legendary Zombies are assembled in one place on vinyl. This set includes their two original US albums: She’s Not There/Tell Her No and Odessey & Oracle; two important compilations: I Love You and R.I.P.; as well as a bespoke collection of rare singles and UK-only album tracks: Oddities & Extras. It’s five albums on 180gm vinyl.”
Disc: 1
1. She’s Not There (Side One) 2. Summertime (Side One) 3. It’s Alright With Me (Side One) 4. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me / Bring It On Home To Me (Side One) 5. Sometimes (Side One) 6. Woman (Side One) 7. Tell Her No (Side Two) 8. I Don’t Want To Know (Side Two) 9. Work ‘n’ Play (Side Two) 10. Can’t Nobody Love You (Side Two) 11. What More Can I Do (Side Two) 12. Got My Mojo Working (Side Two)
Disc: 2
1. The Way I Feel Inside (Side One) 2. How We Were Before (Side One) 3. Is This The Dream (Side One) 4. Whenever You’re Ready (Side One) 5. Woman (Side One) 6. You Make Me Feel Good (Side One) 7. Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself (Side Two) 8. Indication (Side Two) 9. Don’t Go Away (Side Two) 10. I Love You (Side Two) 11. Leave Me Be (Side Two) 12. She’s Not There (Side Two)o
Disc: 3
1. Care of Cell 44 (Side One) 2. A Rose for Emily (Side One) 3. Maybe After He’s Gone (Side One) 4. Beechwood Park (Side One) 5. Brief Candles (Side One) 6. Hung Up On A Dream (Side One) 7. Changes (Side Two) 8. I Want Her She Wants Me (Side Two) 9. This Will Be Our Year (Side Two) 10. Butcher’s Tale (Western Front 1914) (Side Two) 11. Friends of Mine (Side Two) 12. Time of the Season (Side Two)
Disc: 4
1. She Loves The Way They Love Her (Side One) 2. Imagine The Swan (Side One) 3. Smokey Day (Side One) 4. Girl Help Me (Side One) 5. I Could Spend The Day (Side One) 6. Conversation Off Floral Street (Side One) 7. If It Don’t Work Out (Side Two) 8. I’ll Call You Mine (Side Two) 9. I’ll Keep Trying (Side Two) 10. I Know She Will (Side Two) 11. Don’t Cry For Me (Side Two) 12. Walking In The Sun (Side Two)
Disc: 5
1. Kind Of Girl (Side One) 2. She’s Coming Home (Side One) 3. I Must Move (Side One) 4. I Want You Back Again (Side One) 5. I Can’t Make Up My Mind (Side One) 6. I Remember When I Loved Her (Side One) 7. I’m Going Home (Side One) 8. Remember You (Side Two) 9. Just Out Of Reach (Side Two) 10. Nothing’s Changed (Side Two) 11. Goin’ Out Of My Head (Side Two) 12. She Does Everything For Me (Side Two) 13. A Love That Never Was (Side Two)
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
