Unisonic - Exceptional

With their 2012 self-titled debut album UNISONIC unleashed a storm of enthusiasm. For the first time in 23 years, the two former members of Hamburg’s metal institution HELLOWEEN - Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen – reunited to play in the same band. More than a few metal fans might have shed a tear.

After the successful follow-up album "Light Of Dawn" (2014) a worldwide tour followed with memorable gigs in South America, Europe and Japan until Unisonic, still at full speed, brought their energy to the small village of Wacken where one of the biggest and most spectacular metal festivals in the world takes place every year.

The international all-star act consisting of Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN) on vocals, Kai Hansen (HELLOWEEN, GAMMA RAY) on guitars, Mandy Meyer (ex. ASIA, ex. GOTTHARD, KROKUS) on guitars, Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69 and successful producer of many top class hard rock acts) on bass guitar and Kosta Zafiriou (ex-PINK CREAM 69) on drums entered the stage at last year’s Wacken festival and made the night ablaze with glorious metal. For the band it was a remarkable experience.

On stage the band showed their class and diversity; their sound is spiked with remarkable riffs and guitar solos, thundering grooves, classic metal hymns and hooks other bands would be dying to write. And on top the anthemic vocals of Kiske, whose “out-of-this-world” voice is so extraordinary and strong, he is often mentioned in the same breath with Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Geoff Tate.

Like the studio albums, "Live in Wacken" was mixed and mastered by the band’s own Dennis Ward. This show was a very special occasion for the whole band, but possibly it was “the show of the life” for one band member… Kosta Zafiriou had in fact decided to focus only on the management side and to leave his drummer seat forever, after a lifetime spent between management duties and being a professional drummer.

2017 and 2018 will see Kiske and Hansen reunite with HELLOWEEN for the Pumpkins United World Tour.

The UNISONIC show will be available on a limited CD+DVD (Digipak) and digital version. The bonus DVD includes the video recording of six songs from their spectacular performance.

TRACKLIST

CD
1. Venite 2.0
2. For The Kingdom
3. Exceptional
4. My Sanctuary
5. King For A Day
6. A Little Time
7. Your Time Has Come
8. When The Deed Is Done
9. Star Rider
10. Throne Of The Dawn
11. March Of Time
12. Unisonic

DVD:
1. For The Kingdom
2. Exceptional
3. Your Time Has Come
4. When The Deed Is Done
5. March Of Time
6. Unisonic

Today’s tune ”Exceptional” is record Live at Wacken Open Air 2016 and will be on the record ”Live In Wacken”, set to be released July 21st. The sound is brilliant and the voice, oh my freaking god.



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Unisonic - Exceptional

German heavy metal/hard rock supergroup ”Unisonic", founded in November 10, 2009 by former Helloween singer Michael Kiske alongside Dennis Ward and Kosta Zafiriou from Pink Cream 69. Mandy Meyer, formerly in Asia and Gotthard was soon added to the line-up, while in 2011 the band was joined by Gamma Ray leader and one of the Helloween founders, Kai Hansen.

The band released the EP Ignition and their first studio album Unisonic in 2012. The EP For The Kingdom and the second album Light of Dawn came out in 2014. Both studio albums have scored high entries in several international music charts. Unisonic is the first full studio collaboration between Kiske and Hansen since Helloween's seminal albums Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. I and Pt. II.

The latest release "Light Of Dawn" is the second album. It was released on 1 August 2014, with cover art credited to Martin Haeusler. The majority of the songs were written by Dennis Ward, with further input from Michael Kiske and Mandy Meyer. A music video was filmed for the song ”Exceptional”(todays tune). This sounds really good, reminds me of the old days with Helloween and Kiske’s vocals is amazing.

The album was released in four different configurations:

- Standard CD featuring 12 tracks
- Deluxe digipak edition CD which contains 13 tracks
- Gatefold double vinyl (also feat. 13 tracks plus a download code)
- A strictly limited boxset.
The boxset included a Exclusive 7inch Vinyl single.
A1. Exceptional (Karaoke version)
B1. We Rise (Live 2012)
exclusive T-Shirt
6 brand new pictures
exclusive poster

TOUR 2014

27.09.2014 -- Bremen, GER, Aladin *
28.09.2014 -- Oberhausen, GER, Turbinenhalle *
30.09.2014 -- München, GER, Backstage *
02.10.2014 -- Bamberg, GER, Brose Arena *
03.10.2014 -- Filderstadt, GER, Filharmonie *
04.10.2014 -- Kaufbeuren, GER, All Kart Halle *
06.10.2014 -- Rome, Italy, Orion *
07.10.2014 -- Milano, Italy, Live Club *
09.10.2014 -- Saarbrücken, GER, Garage *
10.10.2014 -- Fulda, GER, Wartenberg Oval *
11.10.2014 -- Langen, GER, Stadthalle *
13.10.2014 -- Pratteln, CH, Z7 *
13.12.2014 -- Karlsruhe, GER, Knock Out Festival

(* /w Edguy)

Todays tune ”Exceptional” is taken from the latest and second album "Light Of Dawn”, released August 1st 2014.



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Birth Control - Gamma Ray

Sunday, classic time. Today I find myself in Germany so it suits to dig out something from this country.

Birth Control was a German rock band known for their progressive hard rock sound and provocative album covers.

Birth Control formed in 1966 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents. The band was founded with a lineup consisting of Bernd Koschmidder (bass), Reinhold Sobotta (organ), Rolf Gurra (saxophone, vocals), Fritz Groger (vocals), Reiner Borchert (guitar), Hugo Egon Balder (drums), and Klaus Orso (guitar). Within five years of the band's formation all seven of the original members had departed, but the band continued under the leadership of long-standing members drummer (and later lead vocalist) Bernd Noske (who replaced Balder in late 1968) and guitarist Bruno Frenzel (who replaced Borchert in 1969).

Following the death of Frenzel in 1983, the group disbanded, but reunited in 1993 with only Noske remaining from the previous lineup. Other members of the reformed band included returning bassist/vocalist Horst Stachelhaus, as well as guitarist Rocco Zodiak and keyboardist Xaver Fischer.

Despite the death of mainstay Stachelhaus in 1999, the band continued under Noske's guidance, touring Germany and release new albums periodically following the turn of the century. In later years, former members Peter Föller (bass, vocals) and Zeus B. Held (keyboards) both returned to the fold as guest musicians at occasional concerts. The band came to an end on February 18, 2014 with the death of Noske. The final lineup of the band consisted of Noske, bassist Hannes Vesper, keyboardist Sascha Kuhn, and guitarist Martin Ettrich.

Todays tune "Gamma Ray" is taken from the 4th album "Hoodoo Man" (1972)



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Soundgarden - Spoonman

Here are some pictures and a short recap from Sweden Rock Festival:

10 CC

 Old guys but still rockin!

10 CC

Adrenaline Mob

The band did a pretty decent performance!

Mike Orlando

Amorphis

 Better than i thought it would be live, Amorphis rocked.

Axel Rudi Pell

 A man who has plenty of his own material plays covers, wtf, really boring.

Danko Jones

 Good live as always, never get disappointed on these guys.

Danko Jones "JC"

Dimmu Borgir

 Mmm sounded really good.

Gamma Ray

 Well, i prefer Helloween.

Graveyard

This was prolly the 5,11th time i have seen Graveyard live, good oh yes.

Little Angels

 Nice meeting with this guys, got swing live.

Mastodon

 Great, great, great.

Michael Schenker Group

 Well, could have been more fun.

Pentagram - Bobby Liebling

 This is a really cool dude, chatted with him at the hotel, to bad that i missed the gig.

Rival Sons

 Oh, never can get enough of this live.

Sebastian Bach & Dee Snider

 Kinda cool live, nice mix when Dee arrived.

Sepultura

 Heavy, but that's about it.

Steel Panther

 Hmm, not really my cup of tea. But a lot of sex, tits and pussy.

Steel Panther

Soundgarden was the main act on Thursday night. With a sneaking intro, great lighting and an ok sound, do the guys step on stage. Sounds great, but feels dark, slightly depressive vibe I get. But really fun to experience them live, I'm happy. Do not watch the entire show because I had other things to do, more on that tomorrow.

Soundgarden is an American grunge band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band's full time drummer in 1986, while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990.

Todays tune "Spoonman" is a song written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Spoonman" was released on February 15, 1994 as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). "Spoonman" is often credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden's career into the mainstream.



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