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New music releases, 27th April 2015

27/04/201527/04/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases this week, 27th April 2015:

The Magic Whip, Blur

Lucky Or Strong, Caleb Sweazy
Trilogy, Emerson Lake & Palmer
Jekyll + Hyde, Zac Brown Band
Night Of The Demon, Gazpacho
True Brew, Millencolin
Marvelous Missing Link (Lost), Insane Clown Posse
Back For The Attack, Dokken
Irishman In New York, Rory Gallagher
Dawn Of The Nine, Unleashed
Dear Silence Thieves, Dan Patlansky
The Essential Rob Halford, Rob Halford
The Essential Judas Priest, Judas Priest
Extermination, Raven
Skulls Skulls Skulls Show Me The Glory, Baby Chaos
666 Weeks Beyond Eternity, Freedom Calls
Battlecry, Two Steps From Hell
Supermoon, Sophie Hunger
Transformation, FM
Four Phantoms, Bell Witch
Upper Hell, Ela Orleans
Malefic Miasma, Ages
Blood Of Celestial Kings, Ninkharsag
Old World Underground Where Are You Now? (Re-release), Metric

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

New Judas Priest LP ‘Redeemer Of Souls’ enters UK Top 20

21/07/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

British heavy metal legends Judas Priest have entered the official UK Top 20 with new album, Redeemer Of Souls.

Their 17th studio album currently sits at No.12 in the chart, their third best placing of their entire career. Only their 1980 classic album British Steel and it’s follow up Screaming For Vengeance have placed higher.

Speculation was rife that Priest might split up following departure of guitarist KK Downing in 2011, but speaking in interview on Nikki Sixx’s Sixx Sense radio show, frontman Rob Halford said Redeemer… wouldn’t be the band’s last LP: “No. Absolutely not,” he replied when asked.

He also revealed that Redeemer Of Souls’ title track is his current favourite, explaining: “It’s very precise, articulate song and it carries all the classic vibe of Judas Priest.”

You can listen to the title track from Redeemer Of Souls below:

Anthrax, Metallica, Motorhead for Dio tribute album

06/03/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Anthrax, Motorhead, Metallica and Corey Taylor are amongst the line up of artists set to feature on a forthcoming Ronnie James Dio tribute album.

This Is Your Life will be released on 31st March and features cover versions of songs by Dio, who died in 2010 following a battle with cancer.

The album will raise money for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund, and was produced by his wife and manager, Wendy. Other artists appearing on the LP include Scorpions, Rob Halford and Killswitch Engage. The album closes on a recording of Dio himself performing a piano-led version of the title track, which originally appeared on the 1996 album Angry Machines.

The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund raises money for the TJ Martell Foundation for Cancer, AIDS and Leukemia Research and the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where Dio was treated during his illness.

The full tracklisting for the album is as follows:

‘Neon Knights’ – Anthrax
‘The Last In Line’ – Tenacious D
‘The Mob Rules’ – Adrenaline Mob
‘Rainbow In The Dark’ – Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher
‘Straight Through The Heart’ – Halestorm
‘Starstruck’ – Motörhead with Biff of Saxon
‘Temple Of The King’ – Scorpions
‘Egypt (The Chains Are On)’ – Doro
‘Holy Diver’ – Killswitch Engage
‘Catch the Rainbow’ – Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren
‘I’ – Jimmy Bain, Oni Logan, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy
‘Man On The Silver Mountain’ – Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren
‘Ronnie Rising Medley’ (featuring ‘A Light in the Black’, ‘Tarot Woman’, ‘Stargazer’, ‘Kill the King’) – Metallica
‘This Is Your Life’ – Dio