Fair Warning to Release "Best and More" 20th Anniversary Double CD

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STYX released their double-disc REGENERATION, VOLUME I & II on October 24 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.  In addition to thirteen STYX classics and a brand new song, “Difference In The World,” the collection also includes interpretations of “High Enough,” and “Coming Of Age,” originally recorded by Damn Yankees, which featured Tommy Shaw, along with Night Ranger’s Jack Blades, Ted Nugent and drummer Michael Cartellone.  The band had originally re-recorded these acclaimed anthems to sell only at their live shows, as they continued to tour the globe and introduce a new generation of fans to their chart-topping hits.  Now, for the first time, this music has been made commercially available.

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A SOUND OF THUNDER - Exclusive Song Premiere

Less than a year after self-releasing their first album, "Metal Renaissance", A SOUND OF THUNDER will release their second full length album, Out of the Darkness, on March 27, 2012. The 10 track album is being released through Nightmare Records. Today Noisecreep is hosting an exclusive premiere of the song "The Day I Die". Get a first listen HERE.  

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TOMBS Announce New North American Tour Dates

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British rock institution Feeder return with ‘Generation Freakshow’ - their 8th studio album on March 23rd.Classic Feeder with an updated twist, the album is twelve tracks of masterfully-crafted, fresh sounding strong songs, drawing from metal, grunge, punk and classic rock - absorbed and melded together as unmistakably Feeder.

Every track is immediate, concise and never guilty of style over substance. Album opener ‘Oh My’ is a case in point for Grant Nicholas’ overdue recognition as a truly great songwriter: this big song blasts you with an arrangement that constantly elevates, twists and turns. An invigorating rock anthem dedicated to freedom and escape, the album’s first single ‘Borders’ is bolstered with Feeder’s trademark irrepressible choruses and huge tidal wave guitars.

The hard-rocking ‘Idaho’ has an equally massive chorus, although the band is also comfortable flipping the script: as the title suggests ‘Quiet’, is a more introspective moment, which glides with restraint, teasingly suggesting a crescendo which never materializes. Equally versatile is ‘Headstrong’ - Feeder’s supercharged take on rock and roll, with its dissonant guitar riff and driving energy.

Feeder’s last, heavily-praised album ‘Renegades’ saw the band reinvigorated by recording and releasing on their own imprint - Big Teeth Music.  This refreshing set of working conditions resulted in a return to their earlier, more raw and heavy days.

Back to the present and ‘Generation Freakshow’ is an amalgamation of the best bits of Feeders’ various aural incarnations over the years, which sees the band at a vital, energised and passionate new peak.

Following 25 hit singles, 5 million record sales and a double platinum singles collection, the Feeder juggernaut thunders on, with no intention of slowing down.Feeder is Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose.


FEEDER | ‘GENERATION FREAKSHOW’ | RELEASED MARCH 23

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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of ‘Thick As A Brick’, Ian Anderson will release a sequel to the original album, titled ‘Thick As A Brick 2’ on March 30th.

In 1972, Ian Anderson wrote and recorded the Jethro Tull Progressive Rock classic album ‘Thick As A Brick’. The lyrics were credited at the time to the fictitious child character, Gerald Bostock, whose parents supposedly lied about his age.  The record instantly became a number one Billboard Chart album and enjoyed considerable success in many countries of the world.
So, forty years on, what would Gerald Bostock – aged fifty in 2012 – be doing today? What might have befallen him?  The anniversary “part two” album will examine the possible different paths that the precocious young schoolboy, Gerald Bostock, might have taken later in life through alter-ego characters with song-section identities illustrating the hugely varied potential twists and turns of fate and opportunity.  Not just for Gerald but to echo how our own lives develop, change direction and ultimately conclude through chance encounters and interventions, however tiny and insignificant they might seem at the time.
Ian Anderson says of the album, “As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what-if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?,”  Adding, “and those of more tender years - the social media and internet generation - may choose to ponder well the myriad of chance possibilities ahead of them at every turn.....”
To coincide with this groundbreaking release, for the first time since 1972, Anderson and fellow musicians John O’Hara (keyboards), David Goodier (bass), Florian Opahle (guitar) and Scott Hammond (drums) - as well as some guest performers - will take to the road in the UK to perform the album in its entirety and, it can now exclusively be revealed that, in addition there will be a second part to the show where Anderson and the band will also perform the sequel.

‘TAAB2’ tracklist:

1 From A Pebble Thrown
2 Pebbles Instrumental
3 Might-have-beens
4 Upper Sixth Loan Shark
5 Banker Bets, Banker Wins
6 Swing It Far
7 Adrift And Dumfounded
8 Old School Song
9 Wootton Bassett Town
10 Power And Spirit
11 Give Till It Hurts
12 Cosy Corner
13 Shunt And Shuffle
14 A Change Of Horses
15 Confessional
16 Kismet In Suburbia
17 What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens
‘Thick As A Brick 2’ will be released in three formats: a standard jewel case CD and digital download, and a Special Edition 2-disc format with DVD featuring 5.1 stereo mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, video of the making of the album, interviews with the musicians and Ian Anderson reading  the lyrics in various locations.
After 44 years of leading Tull to 54 countries worldwide and over 60 million albums sold, Ian Anderson celebrates a true progressive rock classic with old and new fans across the UK for a whole three weeks. Anderson is known as the flute and voice of the legendary Jethro Tull, formed in the North of England in 1968 from the amalgamation of blues-based John Evan Band and McGregor’s Engine. Since their first performance at London’s famous Marquee Club in 1968, the band has released 30 studio and live albums and earned a prominent place in rock history.
 
IAN ANDERSON | ‘THICK AS A BRICK 2’ | AVAILABLE MARCH 30

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Anathema To Release Weather Systems

Anathema will return in April with Weather Systems, their brand new studio album.  Weather Systems is the follow-up to 2010’s We're Here Because We're Here, which has been featured prominently in numerous end-of-year polls and the producer, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), has described it as ''definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.''

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GRAFFITI6 DEBUT ALBUM ‘COLOURS’ MAKES A SPLASH ON THE CHARTS WITH FIRST WEEK SALES LANDING AT  #13 ON THE ALTERNATIVE ALBUM CHART AND #31 ON THE DIGITAL ALBUM CHART

British newcomers Graffiti6 make a splash on the charts with the release of their debut album Colours (Capitol Records), landing at #13 on the Alternative Album Chart and at #31 on the Digital Album Chart.  The album’s first single “Free” is the current iTunes Single Of The Week.  The song can be downloaded for free on the iTunes store at: http://goo.gl/FMqAM.  Along with Single of the Week fans can get to know the artists behind the song through "Meet the Artist" exclusively on the iTunes Store.  In the video Graffiti6 duo Jamie Scott and TommyD talk about how they came together to form Graffiti6 and make their debut album.

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