‘Nobel Peace Prize Concert’ with STEVEN TYLER And NUNO BETTENCOURT among others

Many popular artists were invited to perform at this year’s ‘Nobel Peace Prize Concert’ in Oslo and rock’n’roll played it’s part as well through Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler that sang alongside Nuno Bettencourt.

  • “We are thrilled to have these great artists at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert. This year we will focus more than ever before on the Prize winners. The reason for the Concert is to honor them and we have two such eloquent winners with such dramatic stories to tell! We will showcase music from their home countries with a Bollywood celebration in addition to our major international stars Queen Latifah and Steven Tyler.”Geir Lundestad, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute

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Professor RICHARD DAWKINS to feature in Nightwish’s new album

The Finish band proudly announced a surprise appearance on their eighth album of the renowned and controversial ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

On their Facebook page pictures from the studio were uploaded to mark the event. The mastermind behind Nightwish Tuomas Holopainen is a declared fan of the scientist and has mentioned he is reading his books avidly.

  • “I’m reading them at the moment. I was just reading it an hour ago,” he told Roadrunner Records. “‘The Magic Of Reality’ it’s called, and it has the most beautifully written introduction to science ever. Just full of thought plays. It’s great.”
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Amon Amarth launches new video

The title track from Amon Amarth’s  ninth studio album “Deceiver Of The Gods” has an official video that features clips from the upcoming film “Northmen – A Viking Saga”. Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, and frontman Johan Hegg star in the movie.

  • Valli (Johan Hedd’s character) is a very experienced warrior and has a strong bond with his younger brother Bjorn. Valli looks brutal with his broad back and leather-dominated clothing. He has already experienced and survived a great deal. His face is full of scars

Opeth announces an exclusive concert in Stockholm in November and their European Tour

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It is far from an exaggeration to say that Opeth has become one of Sweden’s most renowned and influential bands in the world. In all categories. With the new album “Pale Communion” just around the corner, we can now announce that the band will also perform a concert in Stockholm, Sweden at Münchenbryggeriet on Saturday 15th November. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, August 15 at 9:00 am.

Sweden’s true pride in Opeth is that they have always been steps before the rest of the metal world. They never cease to challenge themselves through difficult and experimental ways. Without ever losing themselves. Opeth stands in a class of its own with their heavy, progressive metal and elements from many other genres. Timeless, yet constantly evolving. In June the “Metal Hammer GodsAwards” took place in London where Mikael Åkerfeldt, the frontman, songwriter and singer of Opeth received the prestigious award “The Golden God Award”.

Opeth was formed back in 1990, but with the acclaimed album “Ghost Reveries” from 2005, it is clear that the band took to a whole new level and won new fans worldwide. Three years later, this was followed up with the masterpiece “Watershed”. An album that became an obvious success in the USA, but also in the rest of the world, reaching the top 20 in the charts in Japan, Australia and Canada. This was followed up with the band’s tenth album, “Heritage” released in 2011. Once again they outperformed themselves with their most successful creations so far. In the United States the album went straight to number 19 on the Billboard chart.  Such an achievement was for many years the best a Swedish artist reached.

Next year is the 25th anniversary of Opeth as a band. However, there is no reason to wait with the party so long since Opeth will release the highly anticipated album “Pale Communion” on the 25th of August this year. This fact together with the joyful news that we now have the chance to see the band live in Stockholm, in the autumn, makes us start the celebration immediately.

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Date

11.15 – Stockholm, Münchenbryggeriet

European  Tour

10 OCT – O2 Academy Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom

11 OCT – The Roundhouse
London, United Kingdom

12 OCT – Rock City
Nottingham, United Kingdom

14 OCT – O2 ABC
Glasgow, United Kingdom

15 OCT – Manchester Academy
Manchester, United Kingdom

16 OCT – The Institute
Birmingham, United Kingdom

24 OCT – LKA Longhorn
Stuttgart, Germany

25 OCT – Live Music Hall
Cologne, Germany

26 OCT – Huxleys Neue Welt
Berlin, Germany

27 OCT – Progresja
Warsaw, Poland

29 OCT – Roxy
Prague, Czech Republic

30 OCT – Arena
Vienna, Austria

31 OCT – Theatrefabrik
Munich, Germany

1 NOV – Komplex 457
Zürich, Switzerland

3 NOV – Alcatraz
Milan, Italy

5 NOV – Le Bataclan
Paris, France

6 NOV – AB
Brussels, Belgium

7 NOV – Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam, Netherlands

8 NOV – Grosse Freiheit
Hamburg, Germany

9 NOV – Store Vega
Copenhagen, Denmark

11 NOV – Pakkahuone
Tampere, Finland

12 NOV – The Circus
Helsinki, Finland

14 NOV – Sentrum Scene
Oslo, Norway

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Einherjer new single and video – Nidstong

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To get a taste of their upcoming album the Norwegians from Einherjer have just made available for listening via Indie Recordings “Nidstong” their new single that can be purchased starting 25th of August as limited edition 7-inch. The new album is set to be released on 28th of October so keep an eye on it!

In the meanwhile check-out the video or listen to it on Spotify.

 

 

 

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