Last month, the Norwegian Blackjazz outfit Shining surprised the ever growing international jazz-metal scene by taking home the fabled “A-ha Grant”, after first shocking the living shit out of the audience of 80’000 people and about 1 million tv-viewers.

Even more shocking was the fact that A-ha, the most successful pop act every to come out of Norway (remember “Take On Me”?), themselves chose Shining as their favorite band. In addition to giving Shining 1 million Norwegian Kroner, A-ha have even invited them to open up for them on their big Farewell Arena Concert on Aug 21st in Oslo, Norway.

This famed performance of their single “The Madness and the Damage Done” is now finally available on YouTube. See what happened when Shining won 150’000 USD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M3YK4YMpA0

Shining’s Jørgen Munkeby comments on this special event, including being denied the opportunity to perform live: ” Due to extreme time restrictions from the TV station, we were denied playing live. We argued until our heads almost fell off, to no avail. But since we play live shows all the time, this was actually a very fun thing for us to do! Then we could instead concentrate on what we were going to have for breakfast the next morning.”

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The official and great music video for the Kvelertak track “Mjød” is available now on the Kvelertak Youtube channel. The song is taken from their debut self-titled album which will be released on June 21 on Indie Recordings. The debut album was produced and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge), the artwork was done by John Baizley (Baroness). Guests on the new album are Hoest (Taake), Andreas Tylden (JR Ewing & Altaar), Ivar Nikolaisen (Silver) & Ryan McKenney (Trap Them).

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French website FrenchPussyTime has uploaded video footage of Nashville Pussy performing the song ’Good Night For A Heart Attack’ on February 27, 2010 in Lyon, France. Watch the clip here.

A review of the concert is available on the French webzine U-zine.org.

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Nice one – Check out the brand new Shining video for ‘The Madness and the Damage Done’ of their latest album “Blackjazz”.

The video is available on Youtube, Vimeo and on the Shining myspace page – or watch it below!

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American progressive metal giants Shadow Gallery are premiering their new video for ‘Gold Dust’ (in its radio edit version) today on the InsideOut Music Youtube channel.

The song comes from their new album “Digital Ghosts”, released October 26th, 2009 via InsideOutMusic in Europe, which features the line-up of Brendt Allman, Carl Cadden-James, Gary Wehrkamp, Joe Nevolo and new addition Brian Ashland. The album shows the group focuse their powerful energies on creating a seamless blend of progressive, metal, and symphonic rock.  The clip includes both live and location footage and features a cameo by Will Smith Sr. father of movie actor Will Smith. The video, which was filmed by Rick Berk and directed by Shadow Gallery bassist Carl Cadden-James, marked an ambitious step into exciting uncharted waters for the band and can be viewed here or below.

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Pain of Salvation have just completed a video clip for the title track of their current release, “Linoleum”, directed by Owe Lingwall of Village Road Film (The Rasmus, Amorphis, etc.). Check it out below!

After promoting the release of the “Linoleum EP” MCD with shows in Russia and their first ever visit to Australia supporting Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation also played a string of selected headline shows in Central Europe at the end of 2009 and will next be traveling to Greece to perform two shows at the end of January as follows:

Pain of Salvation + Lake Of Tears, Agua De Annique, Disillusion & Scar Of The Sun:
23.01.2010 Athens / Greece – Gagarin 205
24.01.2010 Thessaloniki / Greece – Principal Club

More live activity for Pain of Salvation in Europe is being worked on right now and should be revealed soon…

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On the back of promoting their highly acclaimed “Linoleum EP” MCD released via InsideOutMusic on November 16th, 2009, Swedish Pain of Salvation have been confirmed to join the national Swedish competition for the Eurovision song contest, Melodifestivalen. The contest’s first round will be taking place in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden on February 6th, 2010 and will be broadcasted live by National TV-Station SVT. Pain of Salvation will be appearing in the contest with their song “Road Salt”.

Pain of Salvation’s frontman Daniel Gildenlöw comments the event as follows: “For those who don’t know what Melodifestivalen is, it is the biggest thing in the Swedish music industry. A huge machinery built to single out the Swedish contender for the Eurovision Song Contest. Out of thousands and thousands of sent in songs, 30 are selected by a jury to participate in this national contest, viewed by half the population when it’s on TV. It’s a big thing, to say the least!”

Pain of Salvation have just completed a video clip for the title track of their current release, “Linoleum”, directed by Owe Lingwall of Village Road Film (The Rasmus, Amorphis, etc.). A teaser for the powerful clip can be viewed at this location. The full clip for “Linoleum” will be launched on January 20th, so watch out for that one!

After promoting the release of the “Linoleum EP” MCD with shows in Russia and their first ever visit to Australia supporting Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation also played a string of selected headline shows in Central Europe at the end of 2009 and will next be traveling to Greece to perform two shows at the end of January as follows:

Pain of Salvation + Lake Of Tears, Agua De Annique, Disillusion & Scar Of The Sun:
23.01.2010 Athens / Greece – Gagarin 205
24.01.2010 Thessaloniki / Greece – Principal Club

More live activity for Pain of Salvation in Europe is being worked on right now and should be revealed soon…

In related news, Daniel Gildenlöw is confirmed to join progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic for tour dates in April/May throughout North America and Europe. Gildenlöw previously toured with Transatlantic across Europe in 2001 and Transatlantic, featuring Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy, Marillion’s Pete Trewavas, The Flower Kings’ Roine Stolt and Neal Morse (ex-Spock’s Beard), will now be touring in support of their third album “The Whirlwind”, released on InsideOutMusic in Europe on October 26th, 2009. For exact tour dates, please visit: www.myspace.com/transatlanticprog

More details on Pain of Salvation’s activity and current work on their next studio album “Road Salt”, which is expected to be released before the summer via InsideOutMusic, can be found here:

www.painofsalvation.com
www.insideout.de
www.myspace.com/insideoutlabel
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.myspace.com/insideoutamerica

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In Vain has just released their new music video to the track “Captivating Solitude” – taken from the new album “Mantra” (out now). The music video can be seen here, and also on the bands MySpace profile.

With their new epic masterpiece “Mantra”, In Vain takes the step up amongst the heavyweights of the genre. With extreme, brutal passages, progressive guitar riffs, beautiful melodies and a diverse use of vocal styles, the album continues the progression from previous album “The Latter Rain”. This album proves that the band is in it for the long haul. It is safe to say that this is the best In Vain album to date.

Founder, guitarist and song writer J. Haaland notes: “Hope you enjoy the new album, an album we put and extreme amount of energy and work into. An album which has given us a lot of frustration, but in the end an album we are extremely proud of.”

“One of the most compelling, absurd and utterly brilliant progressive metal releases since Opeth’s ‘Watershed’.” 9/10 Rocksound magazine

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LEMMY, the eagerly-anticipated documentary film delving into the private and public lives of rock icon and Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, will make its world premiere this March at the 2010 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film
Festival in Austin, Texas.

For nearly three years, directors/producers Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski have captured the life and career of the pioneering singer/bassist. LEMMY follows Kilmister from his Hollywood home to the hockey arenas of Scandinavia and Russia, and gives fans more access than ever before to his life. The film features appearances by such high-profile Kilmister friends/peers as Metallica, Dave Grohl, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Billy Bob Thornton and pro wrestler Triple H.

LEMMY, for which Olliver & Orshoski are seeking distribution, will make its formal premiere during the SXSW Film Festival, which runs Friday March 12-16, 2010, in Austin. The film will also screen during the South by Southwest Music Festival, to be held March 17-20. Locations for all screenings are TBD. Details on screenings and promotional events in Austin, will be posted in coming weeks on the movie’s official website, www.lemmymovie.com.

Of the film’s impending release, Kilmister quipped: “Amazing! See Lemmy breathe in and breathe out!! See him move his fingers independently!! All singing and dancing!! Give generously!!!”

Hailed as a godfather of heavy metal, 64-year-old Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister has established himself as the living embodiment of rock and roll over the past four decades. After stints with popular Mersey beat band The Rockin’ Vickers and influential psychedelic rockers Hawkwind, and even a brief time spent as a member of Jimi Hendrix’s road crew, Lemmy formed Motörhead in 1975.

Going on to record such influential metal classics as “Overkill,” “Ace of Spades” and “Bomber,” the Grammy Award winning Motörhead and Kilmister’s fusion of punk and metal registered a major influence on such bands as Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana.

Says Foo Fighters leader and ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, “If anyone deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it’s Lemmy. Give me a fuckin’ break!”

For more information on LEMMY: www.lemmymovie.com & www.sxsw.com

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In January 2010 Roadrunner records will release the new Dommin album “Love Is Gone” in Europe. Below you can watch the video for the great song ‘My Heart, Your Hands’ of the Roadrunner debut. Great music for fans of Type O Negative, Life Of Agony, HIM and Danzig.

Dommin info on Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and their own website

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