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CHRIS DALE'S METAL THE TIRITH RELEASE NEW ALBUM, ‘TALES FROM THE ERIC CLAPTON 'SLOWHAND AT 70 - LIVE MELTDOWN TOWER’ ON SEPTEMBER 30TH AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL' IS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 18th September 2015 The landmark release will come in five formats Share 0 including a Deluxe edition... | 0 GENTLEMANS PISTOLS' BILL STEER TALKS UNDISCOVERED ABOUT JOINING THE BAND KISSTORY: THE KISS The Carcass guitarist brings us up to speed DRUMMER about his membership... AUDITIONS OF 1980 - UPDATED... DAN REED WILL PERFORM ACOUSTIC SET IN LIVERPOOL IN OCTOBER TONY MOTTRAM'S Sefton Park Palm House is the special setting for SHOT OF THE MONTH this eclectic show...

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THE TIRITH RELEASE NEW ALBUM, 'TALES FROM THE TOWER' ON SEPTEMBER 30TH A rare album of real songs performed, 'Tales From The Tower' is a rare album of real songs interpreted and recorded in the modern This is where you will performed, interpreted and recorded in the modern progressive idiom... find shorter news progressive idiom, and features the songs of Tim Cox and items, the very latest Richard Cory. Most of the songs on this album are from the DEF LEPPARD ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO videos and more... ALBUM FOR 30TH OCTOBER 2015 time of the first incarnation of The Tirith, the songs of youth. The self-titled album is released before the string of UK Arena Dates, many of which are Those songs have been taken, rearranged in some cases, sold out... Johnny Main lyrics have been supplemented, and the songs have been Jools Green reinterpreted and presented for a new century and audience. ROCKINGHAM FESTIVAL IS READY FOR A Sean Cameron FEAST OF MELODIC ROCK IN NOTTINGHAM'S ROCK CITY Anne Johanna Article continues below... The successor to Firefest will be held on 23rd- Ian Sutherland 25th October 2015... Luke 'Loki' Milne Andy Rawll FORMER IRON MAIDEN MEMBERS COMMENT ON 'THE BOOK OF SOULS' PART Scott Adams ONE Liz Medhurst Have you ever wondered what former members of the band think of Maiden's latest offering...? Daryl Soar Tony Conley LESLIE WEST TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM Mark Taylor 'SOUNDCHECK' FEATURING BRIAN MAY, Steve Goldby JACK BRUCE AND PETER FRAMPTON Joe Geesin The sixteenth solo album from the Mountain guitarist will be available on 4th December... John Oakley Brian Boyle Sonia Waterfield Andy Hodge METAL ALLEGIANCE STREAM VIDEO FOR 'GIFT OF PAIN' FEATURING RANDY BLYTHE DJ Angel Catch up with the latest offering from the all- Umar Rachman star Metal band... 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Fernando Souza “Song of all Ages follows this theme, it tells of what we saw WEAPON (UK) ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN when that door drew back, the lone figure standing there, TOUR DATES FOR OCTOBER with the two moons in the sky, a witness for a lost alien race Meanwhile Weapon (UK) are also in the process of setting up a British tour for February and and the subject of these two songs is reflected in the cover March 2016... art. LIFE OF AGONY ANNOUNCE RETURN TO UK “Lost and Monday Evening, are both early Tirith material "We cannot express just how excited the whole have been re-invented within this framework, as Lost and band is to see all of our friends again this March Pioneers of the Outer Arm. The former a tale of lost love on for three special nights..." a galactic scale, and Pioneers...a tale of a hapless band of privateers (probably us) bungling their way across the GLORYHAMMER PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO FOR TRACK 'RISE OF THE CHAOS WIZARDS' galaxy (in a ship too old to be for real). The track rewrites history and future alike and raises the Astral Hammer to smash the evil “Lost is seen as the epic track, it brings the album to a Chaos Wizards... climactic finish with its big build up and slow epic end section.” THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND TOUR DATES "White Bear is a real step on for us sonically and The album took three years to complete and has been artistically. Playing so many shows together expertly produced and mixed by Tim Cox bringing all of his over the last 3 years allowed us to develop a production experience to bear on the tracks. really clear idea of where we wanted to go with our next record..."

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