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DEEP PURPLE: 'Leaked' Album Artwork Was Rejected
DEEP PURPLE's official web site, Deep-Purple.com, has been updated with the following message:
"The Internet is a brilliant thing but can also spread rumors that are untrue.
"At the moment there is a rumor regarding the artwork of the upcoming [DEEP PURPLE album] 'Rapture of the Deep', including an image ( http://www.thehighwaystar.com/hs-pics/covers/rapture.jpg ). However, this artwork is not repeat, not what the album will look like. The artwork in question is also not made by Ioannis. The artwork in the rumor is one that was proposed to the band by someone else which they rejected.
"The real artwork is being finetuned as we speak."
As previously reported, DEEP PURPLE have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Rapture of the Deep", due on October 21 via Edel Records.
DEEP PURPLE spent five weeks at a Los Angeles studio earlier this year recording the follow-up to 2003's "Bananas" with producer Mike Bradford. The album is described by keyboardist Don Airey as "a lot heavier" than "Bananas". Airey said: "It's got a real, immediate drum and organ sound. I was really happy working in there."
"Rapture of the Deep" track listing:
01. Back to Back
02. Before Time Began
03. Clearly Quite Absurd
04. Dont Let Go
05. Girls Like That
06. Rapture of the Deep
07. MTV (European bonus track)
08. Money Talks
09. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
10. Junkyard Blues (Japanese bonus track)
11. Things I Never Said
12. Wrong Man
"Rapture of the Deep" will be the group's first release since their split with the EMI label.
ATTACKER: Original Bassist Returns To The Fold
Reunited New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have announced the return of original bassist Lou Ciarlo. Lou will perform on the band's upcoming album, "The Unknown".
Ciarlo was the member responsible for penning the band's power metal classic "The Second Coming" as well as co-writing most of the highly successful comeback "Soul Taker" album. Ciarlo will enter the band's rehearsal studio to begin refining, then adding, his musical character to the upcoming album.
After the completion of the album, the band plans on a special performance of the entire "Battle At Helm's Deep" album in the U.S. in celebration of the returned bassist later this year. Venue, date, time and special guests will soon be announced. Much like their previous performance in Hamburg Germany, they will perform the entire "Battle" album as well as current favorites and other ATTACKER classics.The band are also said to be in the negotiating stages of planning their European tour for 2006. There will also be more U.S. dates for 2006 as well, mostly consisting of festival appearances with some regional shows in between.
SKYCLAD Start Writing New Album
In a recent update at SKYCLAD's official website, the band confirmed that both their gigs at the Rocktown festival at Bebra, Germany and at the Dominion festival in Hull, U.K., will NOT be affected by the postponement of the band's European tour.
"Once [guitarist] Steve [Ramsey] is fixed up again he will not be getting too much time off as we have lined up these two festivals for September and October," the group write. "We had planned to try and fit another short tour in late October but because of Steve's broken arm we will be now putting this into early next year so that we can use our time this year to start writing for a new album."
As reported earlier, SKYCLAD guitarist and mastermind Steve Ramsey suffed a serious shoulder injury in a recent accident.
New PHIL LYNOTT Radio Special Available Online
To coincide with the unveiling of the Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY) statue in Dublin last week, the RTÉ (Ireland's national public service broadcaster) radio arts show "Rattlebag" broadcast a special program devoted to Phil Lynott and THIN LIZZY. It features archive interviews and a new interview with Gary Moore and can be listened to using Real Player at http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0818/rattlebag.html
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Name New Album
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the band featuring former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancée Candice Night, have set "Village Lanterne" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via SPV Records. A single, "I'll Be There (Just Call My Name)", will precede the album on September 5. Check out a preview of "I'll Be There (Just Call My Name)" at http://www.spv.de/SoundsE/9/99693%7E0001001.mp3 and the B-side cut "Old Mill Inn" at http://www.theoldmillinn.net/blackmore.htm
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT will release their DVD, "Castles and Dreams", in North America on October 11. Featuring the entire beautifully-shot concert at Burg Veldenstein/Neuhaus in Germany, the program also includes over four and a half hours of material, including TV appearances, music videos, and movie archives from Ritchie Blackmore (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) and Candice Night. A trailer can be viewed here: http://www.spv.de/ra/trailerblackmore.ram
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT have announced their only three holiday performances in the U.S.:
Dec. 08 - The Concert Hall (New York Society for Ethical Culture) New York, NY
Dec. 09 - The Strand Theater Lakewood, NJ
Dec. 10 - Scottish Rite Theater Collingswood, NJ
DEEP PURPLE's official web site, Deep-Purple.com, has been updated with the following message:
"The Internet is a brilliant thing but can also spread rumors that are untrue.
"At the moment there is a rumor regarding the artwork of the upcoming [DEEP PURPLE album] 'Rapture of the Deep', including an image ( http://www.thehighwaystar.com/hs-pics/covers/rapture.jpg ). However, this artwork is not repeat, not what the album will look like. The artwork in question is also not made by Ioannis. The artwork in the rumor is one that was proposed to the band by someone else which they rejected.
"The real artwork is being finetuned as we speak."
As previously reported, DEEP PURPLE have set the tentative track listing for their new album, "Rapture of the Deep", due on October 21 via Edel Records.
DEEP PURPLE spent five weeks at a Los Angeles studio earlier this year recording the follow-up to 2003's "Bananas" with producer Mike Bradford. The album is described by keyboardist Don Airey as "a lot heavier" than "Bananas". Airey said: "It's got a real, immediate drum and organ sound. I was really happy working in there."
"Rapture of the Deep" track listing:
01. Back to Back
02. Before Time Began
03. Clearly Quite Absurd
04. Dont Let Go
05. Girls Like That
06. Rapture of the Deep
07. MTV (European bonus track)
08. Money Talks
09. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
10. Junkyard Blues (Japanese bonus track)
11. Things I Never Said
12. Wrong Man
"Rapture of the Deep" will be the group's first release since their split with the EMI label.
ATTACKER: Original Bassist Returns To The Fold
Reunited New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have announced the return of original bassist Lou Ciarlo. Lou will perform on the band's upcoming album, "The Unknown".
Ciarlo was the member responsible for penning the band's power metal classic "The Second Coming" as well as co-writing most of the highly successful comeback "Soul Taker" album. Ciarlo will enter the band's rehearsal studio to begin refining, then adding, his musical character to the upcoming album.
After the completion of the album, the band plans on a special performance of the entire "Battle At Helm's Deep" album in the U.S. in celebration of the returned bassist later this year. Venue, date, time and special guests will soon be announced. Much like their previous performance in Hamburg Germany, they will perform the entire "Battle" album as well as current favorites and other ATTACKER classics.The band are also said to be in the negotiating stages of planning their European tour for 2006. There will also be more U.S. dates for 2006 as well, mostly consisting of festival appearances with some regional shows in between.
SKYCLAD Start Writing New Album
In a recent update at SKYCLAD's official website, the band confirmed that both their gigs at the Rocktown festival at Bebra, Germany and at the Dominion festival in Hull, U.K., will NOT be affected by the postponement of the band's European tour.
"Once [guitarist] Steve [Ramsey] is fixed up again he will not be getting too much time off as we have lined up these two festivals for September and October," the group write. "We had planned to try and fit another short tour in late October but because of Steve's broken arm we will be now putting this into early next year so that we can use our time this year to start writing for a new album."
As reported earlier, SKYCLAD guitarist and mastermind Steve Ramsey suffed a serious shoulder injury in a recent accident.
New PHIL LYNOTT Radio Special Available Online
To coincide with the unveiling of the Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY) statue in Dublin last week, the RTÉ (Ireland's national public service broadcaster) radio arts show "Rattlebag" broadcast a special program devoted to Phil Lynott and THIN LIZZY. It features archive interviews and a new interview with Gary Moore and can be listened to using Real Player at http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/0818/rattlebag.html
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Name New Album
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the band featuring former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancée Candice Night, have set "Village Lanterne" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via SPV Records. A single, "I'll Be There (Just Call My Name)", will precede the album on September 5. Check out a preview of "I'll Be There (Just Call My Name)" at http://www.spv.de/SoundsE/9/99693%7E0001001.mp3 and the B-side cut "Old Mill Inn" at http://www.theoldmillinn.net/blackmore.htm
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT will release their DVD, "Castles and Dreams", in North America on October 11. Featuring the entire beautifully-shot concert at Burg Veldenstein/Neuhaus in Germany, the program also includes over four and a half hours of material, including TV appearances, music videos, and movie archives from Ritchie Blackmore (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) and Candice Night. A trailer can be viewed here: http://www.spv.de/ra/trailerblackmore.ram
BLACKMORE'S NIGHT have announced their only three holiday performances in the U.S.:
Dec. 08 - The Concert Hall (New York Society for Ethical Culture) New York, NY
Dec. 09 - The Strand Theater Lakewood, NJ
Dec. 10 - Scottish Rite Theater Collingswood, NJ
