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New music releases, 6th November 2015

06/11/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 6th November 2015:

Perfectamundo, Billy Gibbons & The BFG’s

Horse Dance, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation
7, Seal
Extreme Noise Terror, Extreme Noise Terror
Cadillac Three, Cadillac Three
Stacie Collins, Roll The Dice
Juggernaut: Alpha/Omega (Double CD), Periphery
Fear Beyond Lunacy, Hatchet
Spirited Away, Asylum Pyre
Episodes Of Solitude, Atropas
End Of An Empire, Celldweller
They Bleed Red, The Devil You Know
The Best Of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, Bob Dylan
Delirium, Ellie Goulding
Aeons In Tectonic Interment, Tyranny
Highly Deadly Black Tarantula, Teeth of the Sea
The Keith Emerson Trio, The Keith Emerson Trio
Citizen, Billy Sherwood
Music in Exile, Songhoy Blues
Making Time, Jamie Woon
Love Drive (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Blackout (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Love At First Sting (Deluxe Edition), Scorpions
Fragile (Deluxe Edition), Yes
Heart Blanche, Cee-Lo Green
Vulnicura Strings, Björk
Emperors Of Medieval Japan, Lisa Ronson
Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 2), Vanden Plas
West Kirby County Primary, Bill Ryder-Jones
Dystopian Dream, Nitin Sawhney
Electric Blend, The Family Silver
The Turn Of A Friendly Card (35th Anniversary Edition), Alan Parsons Project

New music releases, 23rd February 2015

23/02/201520/02/2015 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are this week’s new and notable music releases, 23rd February 2015:

The Killer Instinct, Black Star Riders

Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition), Led Zeppelin
Return To Forever, Scorpions
One Man Army, Ensiferum
The Race For Space, Public Service Broadcasting
Restoring Force: Full Circle, Of Mice & Men
Eye Of Providence, The Agonist
A Conspiracy Of Stars, UFO
Revolution Saints, Revolution Saints
Frantic, Gun
Lost Isles, Oceans Ate Alaska
Of Beauty & Rage, Red
Monument, Angels & Agony
This Is No Fairytale, Carach Angren
Armageddonize, Eclipse
Please Come Home, Lonely Robot
Just Like You, Falling In Reverse
Spookshow International Live, Rob Zombie
The Order Of Things, All That Remains
Tormenting The Innocent, Bio-Cancer
Valley Of The Snake, Ruby The Hatchet
The Tracks We Leave, Tempest
Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute, Various Artists

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

Scorpions announce epic 50th anniversary world tour

18/12/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Legendary German rock band Scorpions have announced that they are to embark to an extensive world tour to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Making the announcement via their Facebook page the band said: “The SCORPIONS invite you to a extensive 50th-Anniversary-World-Tour, beginning in spring 2015 well into the year 2016 to celebrate with their fans from all over the world unforgettable Rock’n‘Roll-Parties.”

Current confirmed dates include:

2015
May 08th: Pardubice, Czech Republic – ČEZ Aréna
May 09th: Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena
Jun 20th: Clisson, France – Hellfest
Jun 21st: Dessel, Belgium – Graspop
Jul 18th: Sion, Switzerland – Plaine de Tourbillon
Jul 19th: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France – Guitare En Scene
Jul 25th: Maidstone, United Kingdom – Mote Park (Ramblin’ Man Fair)
Aug 15th: Eckernförde, Germany – Rock am Strand
Aug 21st: Coburg, Germany – Schlossplatz
Nov 28th: Zürich Switzerland – Hallenstadion

2016
Mar 14th: Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyer-Halle
Mar 16th: München, Germany – Olympiahalle
Mar 18th: Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle
Mar 19th: Mannheim, Germany – SAP Arena
Mar 21st: Hamburg, Germany – O2 World
Mar 23rd: Berlin, Germany – O2 World
Mar 24th: Leipzig, Germany – Arena
Mar 26th: Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle

Many more dates are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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