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WATCH! KISS share video of Momoiro Clover Z track

20/01/201520/01/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Legendary US rockers KISS have released the video for track “Yume No Ukiyo Ni Saitemina”, their collaboration with Japanese pop group Momoiro Clover Z.

The song was written by Paul Stanley with Greg Collins, co-producer of KISS’s 2012 album Monster, while the lyrics were penned by Yuho Iwasato. The band have also filmed an 80-minute documentary about the collaboration.

The single will be released in two versions – a KISS Edition and a Momoiro Edition – on the 28th of January, the same day as the release of the Japanese version of the KISS compilation album Best Of KISS 40.

Momoiro Clover Z are set to support Kiss at their show at the Tokyo Dome on the 3rd of March.

You can watch the video for “Yume No Ukiyo Ni Saitemina” below:

Kiss, Motley Crue and Slash confirmed for Download 2015

19/11/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

So the rumours are true! Legendary US rockers Kiss are the final headline act confirmed to close out 2015’s Download Festival.

Playing on Sunday the 14th of June, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s crew will immediately follow the equally notorious Motley Crue who are set to end live touring for good at the end of next year. Also confirmed for the bill are guitar legend Slash, and UK stalwarts Enter Shikari.

Says Paul Stanley of the news: “Download has become a tradition of stature that separates the pretenders from the contenders and the champs from the chimps. It will be an honour to take our turf and leave no doubt why we wear the crown.”

Simmons added: “To all our fans – our intention is to get on that stage, blow the heavens to smithereens and take no prisoners.”

Said Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx: “Download is a very special event for me. It’s been a major destination since I started and I’m always excited to be a part of it.”

Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari says: “The thing I love more than anything is playing outside at night. We thank Download for the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the great outdoors and engulf and deluge festival-goers with our noise. It is an honour to be closing the night – and because of this we will bring illuminations with us. Do attend.”

Tickets for Download 2015 go on sale tomorrow, Thursday 20th of November, via www.downloadfestival.co.uk

New music releases, 27th October 2014

27/10/201424/10/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 27th October 2014:

Black Lotus, Sister Sin

Black Veil Brides, Black Veil Brides
Walking On A Flashlight, Lunatic Soul
Inked In Blood, Obituary
Vervain, Liv Kristine
Best, Roger Taylor
The Wreckage Of Stars, Black Crown Initiate
IV (Remastered Edition), Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy (Remastered Edition), Led Zeppelin
Tell ‘Em I’m Gone, Yusuf
Honor Is All We Know, Rancid
Unleash The Fire (Ltd Edition), Riot
Z2, Devin Townsend Project
Curse Of Love, The Coral
No Mercy – Widespread Bloodshead, Suicidal Tendencies
Into The Slaughter, Blindeath
Peepshow (Remastered Edition), Siouxsie & The Banshees
Live At The Barbican (Expanded Edition), These New Puritans
Love Gun (Deluxe Edition), Kiss
Super Critical, The Ting Tings
Planet Satan, Mysticum
The Enemy Within, Mindwars
At War With Reality, At The Gates
Earthborn Evolution, Beyond Creation
Obsolescence, Abysmal Dawn
The Science Of Things (Remastered Edition), Bush
The Complete Studio Albums (Box Set), Creedence Clearwater Revival
Blood I Bled, The Staves
KaLIVEascope, Transatlantic
Desideratum, Anaal Nathrakh
Taking On The World (25th Anniversary Edition), Gun
Memoria Vetusta Iii Saturnian Poetry, Blut Aus Nord

All of the above albums – and many more besides! – are available via the Skin Back Alley Music Store, powered by Amazon.

Watch Kobra and The Lotus’ video for new track “Soldier”

30/06/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Kobra and The Lotus have released a video for new track “Soldier.” The song is taken from their new album, High Priestess.

You can watch the video below:

High Priestess is out today in the UK, and the band are also touring in support of Kiss and Deff Leppard on their co-headline US tour. The tour runs through July and August, finishing on the 31st at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Texas.

New music releases 26th May 2014

26/05/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for week commencing 26th May, 2014:

Are We There, Sharon Van Etten

A Letter Home, Neil Young
Common Linnets, Common Linnets
Meteorites, Echo and The Bunnymen
Do It Again, Royksopp & Robyn
Kiss 40, Kiss
Runes, Bury Tomorrow
Symmetry In Black, Crowbar
The Feast of the Broken Heart, Hercules & Love Affair
Mongol Horde, Mongol Horde
Decline and Fall EP, Godflesh
Eyehategod, Eyehategod
The Vaulted Shadows, My Dying Bride

All of the above and many more are available via the Skin Back Alley Music Store.