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Published: 06 August 2012

'Move In The Right Direction' could also be the motto for the story of success of the band around style and pop ikon Beth Ditto during the past months and years. The rise of the band was highlighted by the release of the album 'A Joyful Noise' in May 2012, climbing up the top of German charts, peaking at position 2. The first single release out off the album, 'Perfect World' made it to rank 3 of German Aurplay charts. With 'Move In The Right Direction', a second single out off the album will be out on 17th August presenting catchy hooklines and pop, spiced up with Beth's extraordinary voice.

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The production of the bonus-DVD for the limited edition of “Ave Maria” has been delayed because the original cut of the video clip for “Ich Liebe Es” was deemed too hot for the German film rating authorities to give it an “18+” rating. This meant that the cutter had to revisit the material and do a more “tame” cut in an overnight guerrilla action to ensure the material to not be too offensive for German adult audiences. The new cut is now rated “18+”, but the band also had to redo the DVD master which made them fall behind slightly in their time schedule. They will try to keep the original release date of August 10th, but it might be that the “Ave Maria” limited edition will be delayed with some retailers. They are also working on finding channels to bring the uncensored version of the clip to you.

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Published: 06 August 2012

With 'Screaming For Vengeance', JUDAS PRIEST released ther 8th studio album in 1982 and until now, this album counts to the strongest Metal album of all times. Now, the band will re-release this album as a 30th Anniversary Special Edition on 31st August 2012 via Sony Music. With hymns like 'Electric Eye', 'You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'' or the albums title track, the band got immortal. The re-release was again produced by Tom Allom, who produced already the albums 'Unleashed in the East', 'British Steel' and 'Point of Entry'.

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Published: 06 August 2012

You can rely on THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE. It took two years before band's third record for LIFEFORCE RECORDS sees the light of day. Another two years before "Haunt What's Left" there was their commercial debut "Monuments". Always there: troubled, heavy and emotive songs in between metal and melodic hardcore. This is exactly what you can expect from "Dead Years", but this time singer Ricky is truly pissed and you can hear that! The quintet from Lancaster, PA combines agile catchiness, striking technical ability and a good amount of Metalcore ingredients along with dense rock grooves. Producer Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, HASTE THE DAY) just had to record the enormous intensity and vigor the songs from THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE are based on. So he did. "Dead Years" consists of ten hymns exploring the fields of metal, hardcore and rock in their own way. The quintet does not think too much. The guys just play what feels right and follow their gut instinct. This is the way THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE succeeds.

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On August 6th 2012, afmusic’s new compilation ‘Quintessenz’ is released as a free download exclusively on bandcamp. The compilation forms, with 63 bands from 16 countries, a broad overview of the still short history of afmusic, which was formed as a net label in 2008 and is still, next to commercial releases, releasing net label releases under a free license as free downloads.

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