Barricades Rise release new album "All I Have Is Here."

Barricades Rise release their latest album "All I Have Is Here." With over 15 years together honing their musical partnership, Barricades Rise AKA Jonathan Coates and Michael McEntee have mastered the art of sounding like a 9-piece band encased in 2 acoustic guitars and vocals, taking the over-ripe Acoustic folk scene and turning it on it's head.

They infuse each song, each performance with that life-affirming partnership they have, effortlessly gliding from glorious harmonies to stomping, head-banging riffs. Forever involving the audience in their gigs they feel it's the most vital part of being in a band.  Michael - "It's great going to a gig and hearing new music, but if the person on stage doesn't want to have a chat and interact with the audience, they're missing a trick."



 
After going through several different musical incarnations, Jonathan, lead vocals and Michael, lead guitar fell on the acoustic scene by accident. Jonathan - "Previously we played in a 5-piece indie band but it was so much easier just the two of us playing together. We played a few open mics and instantly fell in love with it"

The rock-driven energy of their previous band was carried through to the acoustic stage, and this is what the audience absorbed. Most gigs the pair leave the stage covered in sweat and minus a few guitar strings. Since hitting the acoustic scene they have supported Roddy Woomble (Idlewild), Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Gabriella Cilmi and more.

Get more at http://www.barricadesrise.co.uk

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Fatal Smile releases new album "21st Century Freaks" in USA

During the last ten years Fatal Smile has built a strong and solid reputation internationally and achieved great success with their 2nd album "Neo Natural Freaks", mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein, Backyard Babies..).

The first single from the album "Learn, Love, Hate" landed heavy rotation on rock radio worldwide and was top three for ten weeks on national radio. The band toured massively in Europe and led them all the way to Japan.  

The guitar player & founder MR. Y changed the complete line up in 2007 and recorded their much awaited album "World Domination" that was released in 2008. The mixing duties was handled by the legendary Michael Wagener, famous for his work with Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row just to name a few.


The album did great thanks to fantastic reviews in press and media all over the world, which led to massive exposure of the videos for the singles "S.O.B." and "Run For Your Life" in USA and Europe. "World Domination" was listed top ten in the largest magazines of the main target countries. It was also nominated for awards such as "Album Of The Year" at the Swedish Metal Awards, Sweden´s largest rock magazine "Sweden Rock Magazine" listed it as "Album Of The Month" just before In Flames...

The band was invited to play festivals all over Europe and toured with a bombastic live show filled with pyro effects, smoke and fire! Since the release of "World Domination" FATAL SMILE did more than 350 shows worldwide, ... including tours with Dio - W.A.S.P. - Queensryche - Lordi - Doro - Winger and played festivals like Sweden Rock Festival, Wacken, Hard Rock Hell, Long'I'Rock, Rockalies and Rock Weekend just to name a few. The band is back with a new album "21st Century Freaks." The first single "Welcome to the Freakshow" is already causing a buzz as it gains momentum through radio airplay worldwide. 

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