Monday, April 23, 2007

ANTERIOR - Artist of the Week @ RockWorld Online

ANTERIOR has recently signed with Metal Blade Records
and is currently in the studio working on their first release.
The New CD is scheduled to be out in June!

Hailing from the U.K., the band's influences include In
Flames, Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Iron Maiden,
Metallica, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Racer X.

The band formed in late 2003, as a group of individuals
inspired by their passion for metal. At the mere age of 17
they began to create the epic sound that they wield
today. Combining thunderous riffs, technically exceptional
guitar work, relentless drive, and an abundance of melody,
they forged a unique style that captures an ever growing
army of fans!

During their short yet illustrious career, they have risen
above all, to share stages with household names:
DragonForce, The Black Dahlia Murder, Himsa, 3 Inches Of
Blood and Mendeed to name but a few. Together with
these high profile shows and extensive local radio play
Anterior have proven that they push the boundaries of
modern musicianship to a new level, competing with bands
much older and more established than their selves.

Matured musicianship and the sheer determination and
ambition to succeed, helped the band create their first
studio recording “This Age Of Silence” proving technical
dexterity and remarkable creativity, that transcends the
boundaries of bands today.

The future looks bright for Anterior, their style is original
and technically inventive yet surprisingly memorable…


Click here to visit the Official ANTERIOR Profile @ My
Space!

Contact the Band at:
Anterior@hotmail.co.uk


Source: Metal Blade Records.com

Friday, April 20, 2007

PROJECT INDEPENDENT - Helping Unsigned Metal Bands Get Discovered!

Since the Spring of 2006, PROJECT INDEPENDENT has been dedicated to helping Metal Bands get discovered!

From their Website:
"PROJECT INDEPENDENT is a touring, band showcase program specifically designed for the discovery and development of independent metal artists.
During the spring and fall of each year, we select 18 cities nationwide to host a series of multi-level artist showcases. We then coordinate with local promoters to find the four best, independent metal bands in the area. We bring them all together for one night and put them on stage to perform in front of their peers, and in front of our talent scouts. At the end of the night, we select one of these bands to be included on a future Project Independent compilation. Once selected, that band will become 1 of 18 bands with a chance to become the next Project Independent Featured Artist."

"The services and prize packages offered by Project Independent are designed to provide artists with replication services, retail distribution, promotional touring, equipment upgrades and tech support."

PROJECT INDEPENDENT is on Tour NOW! Check out the schedule below for a city near you!

Click here to register your band now!

Click here for Artist Rules and Regulations.

For lots more information or to Show Your Support for this great project, visit the following sites:

PROJECT INDEPENDENT WEBSITE!

PROJECT INDEPENDENT on MySpace!


RockWorld Online fully supports PROJECT INDEPENDENT for keeping METAL alive!


Upcoming Shows
( view all )
Apr 20 2007
8:00P
UTAH STATE INVITATIONAL / SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Club Vegas
Salt Lake City, Utah
Apr 21 2007
7:00P
COLORADO STATE INVITATIONAL / COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- Union Station
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Apr 23 2007
7:00P
NORTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL SHOWCASE (Day 1) / LUBBOCK, TX.- Lone Star Events Center
Lubbock, Texas
Apr 24 2007
7:00P
TEXAS STATE INVITATIONAL / SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Bonds 007
San Antonio, Texas
Apr 27 2007
7:00P
GEORGIA STATE INVITATIONAL / ATLANTA, GA.- Breakers Music Hall
Jonesboro, Georgia
Apr 28 2007
7:00P
FLORIDA STATE INVITATIONAL / CLEARWATER, FL.- The Junction
Clearwater, Florida
May 3 2007
7:00P
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / RALEIGH, NC.- Volume 11 Tavern
Raleigh, North Carolina
May 4 2007
8:00P
NORTH CAROLINA STATE INVITATIONAL / HICKORY, NC.- Wizard Saloon
Hickory, North Carolina
May 5 2007
8:00P
PENNSYLVANIA STATE INVITATIONAL / CAMP HILL, PA.- Gullifty's Underground
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
May 6 2007
2:00P
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / LEMOYNE, PA.- ChampionShip
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
May 6 2007
7:00P
NORTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL SHOWCASE (Day 2) / LUBBOCK, TX.- Jake's SportsCafe
Lubbock, Texas
May 8 2007
6:00P
NEW ENGLAND INVITATIONAL / BERLIN, CT.- Ultimate Billiards
Berlin, Connecticut
May 9 2007
7:00P
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / PITTSBURGH, PA.- The School
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 10 2007
7:00P
NEBRASKA STATE INVITATIONAL / OMAHA, NE- The Warehouse
Omaha, Nebraska
May 10 2007
8:00P
OHIO STATE INVITATIONAL / CLEVELAND, OH.- Hi-Fi Concert Club
Lakewood, Ohio
May 11 2007
4:00P
MILWAUKEE METALFEST
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 12 2007
2:00P
MILWAUKEE METALFEST
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 16 2007
7:30P
KANSAS STATE INVITATIONAL / WICHITA, KS.- JC's House of Rock
Wichita, Kansas
May 18 2007
7:00P
CENTRAL WYOMING REGIONAL SHOWCASE / CASPER, WY.- Eagles Lodge
Casper, Wyoming
May 19 2007
7:00P
MONTANA STATE INVITATIONAL / BILLINGS, MT.- The FOE
Billings, Montana
May 20 2007
8:00P
CENTRAL MONTANA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / HELENA, MT.- The Jester's
Helena, Montana
May 21 2007
8:00P
NORTHERN MONTANA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / GREAT FALLS, MT.- The Loading Zone
Great Falls, Montana
May 23 2007
7:00P
IDAHO STATE INVITATIONAL / COUER D'ALENE, ID.- The Grail
Couer D'Alene, Idaho
May 25 2007
7:00P
WASHINGTON STATE INVITATIONAL / YAKIMA, WA.- The Zone
Yakima, Washington
May 26 2007
8:00P
OREGON STATE INVITATIONAL / PORTLAND, OR.- Outlaws Bar & Grill
Portland, Oregon
May 27 2007
10:00A
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL SHOWCASE / SANTA ROSA, CA.- Dream Machine Studios
Santa Rosa, California


*Source: PROJECT INDEPENDENT WEBSITE

Monday, April 16, 2007

VOUGAN - ARTIST OF THE WEEK @ ROCKWORLD ONLINE!


Vougan, from Brazil, is a band of Progressive Metal Musicians which formed in July 2005. According to their Bio, "The group has tried to bring to their music elements of Heavy Metal, Melodic Metal, Brazilian Music, Classical Music, Power Metal, Progressive Rock and even Thrash Metal."

"Vougan then started to spread their songs abroad. By creating their official Myspace, they started to receive messages from Europeans and Americans. With this, the music of the band ended up on the Texas KWTF radio station daily broadcast. It was when the renowned guitar player Rusty Cooley – who had been searching for a singer for his band, Outworld – had a crush on the Music of Vougan and, mainly, on Zema's voice, who ended up being chosen for the singer position in Outworld, among about 300 other vocalists who applied for the job."

"Even being announced in Outworld, Carlos Zema will record the vocals for Vougan's debut CD."

Official Vougan Website: www.vougan.com
My Space Profile: www.myspace.com/vougan

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

OZZFEST TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT!

OZZFEST ANNOUNCES HOW FANS CAN
OBTAIN THEIR FREE TICKETS
TO THIS SUMMER’S GROUND-BREAKING EXTRAVAGANZA

You’ve heard about how OZZFEST is boldly redefining the concert industry this year by making all the tickets to the summer’s premiere touring concert festival entirely free for fans.

Well, Ozzfest fans have a number of ways to score a pair of tickets to “FreeFest”--which will rock mightily with festival’s namesake OZZY OSBOURNE and Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Lordi, Behemoth, Mondo Generator, Nile, Ankla, Circus Diablo, The Showdown, 3 Inches of Blood, Daath, Chthonic and In This Moment.

Ticket codes will be distributed through sponsor websites beginning May 12. Details on these programs are available on ozzfest.com, livenation.com, monsterenergy.com, jagermusic.com and fye.com. In the meantime, various sponsors will have offline initiatives, details of which will also be available via their respective websites.

These codes can be redeemed for tickets beginning June 12--exactly one month before the first OZZFEST 2007 show in Seattle. Fans will return to the site where they registered or www.livenation.com/ozzfest, enter their code and download two tickets to the show of their choice. Note: To ensure that everyone gets the chance for free tickets, there is a limit of two tickets per customer.

The 24-city earth-pounding 12th annual OZZFEST will launch July 12 in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre. OZZFEST will also hit George, WA, Sacramento, CA, Mountain View, CA, Devore, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Denver, CO, Kansas City, MO, Dallas, TX, San Antonio, TX, St. Louis, MO, Columbus, OH, Tinley Park, IL, East Troy, WI, Indianapolis, IN, Holmdel, NJ, Hartford, CT, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Detroit, MI, Charlotte, NC and West Palm Beach, FL.

Stay tuned to www.ozzfest.com and www.LiveNation.com for the most up to date information on this summer’s extravaganza.


*SOURCE: OZZFEST.COM

Monday, April 9, 2007

BEGGARS BALL - ARTIST OF THE WEEK!




Beggars Ball is the Artist of the Week at RockWorld Online!

Look for their new CD soon!

If you're out in Los Angeles, check them out at the Cat Club this weekend!
14 Apr 2007, at The Cat Club, 11:00 PM
8911 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood, California 90069


From their website:

"BEGGARS BALL IS BASED IN HOLLYWOOD, CA. A PLACE WHERE THEY FIND NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THEIR PEERS. THIS IS A BAND THAT PLAYS STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART. THEIR MUSIC IS NOT FILTERED THROUGH ANY TRENDS OR COMPROMISED TO FIT IN WITH ANY MUSIC SCENE. BEGGARS BALL'S ORIGINAL SOUND IS DERIVED MAINLY FROM HARD ROCK, SOUTHERN ROCK, AND METAL. ALTHOUGH, ELEMENTS OF PLENTY OTHER GENRES SNEAK THE WAY INTO THEIR SOUND TO ENSURE A FRESH BLEND AND A TASTY GROOVE. FORMED BY GUITARIST EDDIE BRNABIC, VOCALIST DUSTIN REVELLE, & DRUMMER JAANUS SALM, BASSIST (???) HAVE COME TOGETHER TO FORM A MUSICAL BOND TO BE RECKONED WITH. THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE 3 MEMBERS IS UNDENIABLE AND UNMATCHED BY ANY ROCK N' ROLL BAND IN RECENT HISTORY. TO A GENERATION THAT HAS BEEN FED NOTHING BUT COOKIE CUTTER BULLSHIT MUSIC, A BAND LIKE BEGGARS BALL WILL BE A WELL NEEDED BREATH OF FRESH AIR. TODAY'S YOUTH WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A GOOD ROCK N' ROLL BAND IS, UNLESS THEY'VE DISCOVERED ONE FROM A DAY WHEN THEY WERE STILL POPULAR. MAJOR LABELS HAVE BEEN SELLING POLISHED TURDS TO THE KIDS FOR SO LONG THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. GIVEN THE CHANCE, BEGGARS BALL WILL CLEARLY REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD GENUINE MUSIC AND A PIECE OF SHIT WITH SOME POLISH ON IT."

Official website: http://www.beggarsball.com

My Space Profile: www.myspace.com/beggarsball

Beggars Ball Store - click here!

TO BOOK BEGGARS BALL CONTACT:
BAND@BEGGARSBALL.COM


*source: Beggars Ball.com

Monday, April 2, 2007

Selerity - Featured Artist of the Week!



Selerity is this week's Featured Artist at RockWorld Online!

They are a Band of Talented Young Musicians from Providence, Rhode Island, playing Metal/Classical/Progressive!

From their My Space Profile:

Selerity, formed in February 2007, is a New England based melodic metal band consisting entirely of virtuostic and talented musicians; singer/songwriter/guitarist Kris Sobanski (Lysander, Sweet Eve), bass player Patrick Marcoux (Lysander, Sweet Eve), solo guitarist Steffan Chace, and drummer Jesse Cambria (Meerschaum). Selerity is committed to making music that will dazzle and delight fans of all musical genres by combining elements of technical skill with memorable melodies and energetic live performance.

Influences:
Cacophony, Jason Becker, Michael Angelo Batio, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, Megadeth, Iron Madien, Alex Skolnick, Children Of Bodom, King Diamond, Paganini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Salieri, Bach, Beethoven...

To learn more about Selerity, click here!

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