KRAAN:
01.08.2009: Leverkusen, Streetlife
17.09.2009: Duisburg, Steinbruch
18.09.2009: Speyer, Alter Stadtsaal
19.09.2009: Bremen, Kulturbahnhof
24.09.2009: Ingolstadt, Paradox
25.09.2009: Passau, ProLi
14.01.2010: Krefeld, KuFa
15.01.2010: Dortmund, Piano
16.01.2010: Bocholt, Alte Molkerei
12.03.2010: Beverungen, Stadthalle

Deep Dive Corp:
05.09.2009: Bremen, Licht- & Luftbad

Siyou’n’Hell (feat. Siyou Ngnoubamdjum, voc & Hellmut Hattler, bass):
31.07.2009: Ulm-Wiblingen, Klosterhof
22.08.2009: DK-Ebberup, MikroFestival

HATTLER:
04.09.2009: Bielefeld, Ravensberger Spinnerei
03.10.2009: Neu-Isenburg, Treffpunkt
07.10.2009: Bocholt, Alte Molkerei
08.10.2009: Krefeld, KuFa
09.10.2009: Leverkusen, Topos
10.10.2009: Idstein, Die Scheuer
15.10.2009: Bonn, Harmonie
16.10.2009: Eschweiler, Talbahnhof
17.10.2009: Klein-Winternheim, Jazz in der Garage
20.10.2009: Marburg, KFZ
23.10.2009: Wuhan/China, Deutschland-China-Festival
25.10.2009: Wuhan/China, Deutschland-China-Festival
27.10.2009: Kassel, Schlachthof
28.10.2009: Hannover, Musikzentrum
29.10.2009: Soest, Schlachthof
30.10.2009: Hamburg-Bergedorf, Lola
05.11.2009: Ulm, Roxy
06.11.2009: Kirchheim/T., Club Bastion
07.11.2009: Geislingen, Rätschenmühle

The premiere of the new album by the progressive rock band Believe is just around the corner. The band’s third full-length album entitled “This Bread Is Mine” will be released by Metal Mind Productions on 31st August in Europe and 6th October in USA (via MVD).
Just to give you a foretaste of the new material, the band posted on their official Myspace site a full version of the title track – “This Bread Is Mine”: www.myspace.com/believeartrock

Mirek Gil: “The guitar riff is the quintessence of this track. I think I do not have to add how important the riff was in the history of rock music. You know – Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and so on… It was the riff that showed the direction for the track “This Bread Is Mine”. I think it is a key element of this song.”

Believe promotes the new album “This Bread Is Mine” with the title track and the choice was not accidental. As the band says this track not only best represents the content of the album but it also emphasizes the possible breaking point in the band’s musical career.

Karol Wróblewski: “I do hope this track will let you feel the essence of yourself and will let you see all the elements that are shaping you. Just like I discovered them for myself co-writing this song. You need to discover yourself if these are bad or good elements”.

Believe’s current line-up:

Karol Wróblewski - vokal
Mirek Gil – guitars (ex-Collage, ex-Satellite)
Przemas Zawadzki – bass guitar (ex-Collage, ex-Satellite)
Satomi - violin
Vlodi Tafel – drums (ex-Mr.Gil)

Guest musician:
Paulina Druch (cello)

“This Bread Is Mine” will be available in two versions. The standard edition will feature 11 tracks. A bonus track will be added to the digipak edition.

Ambient progressive metal band, Oceans of Night, release their debut CD, The Shadowheart Mirror, available immediately via www.oceansofnight.com

Oceans of Night is a heavy rock/metal band that synthesizes a diverse range of musical influences under the deceptively descriptive title of “ambient progressive rock”. As the enigmatic and mysterious name suggests, Oceans of Night forge a powerful, modern and dynamic musical experience that demands your undivided attention.

Consisting of musical mastermind Scott Mosher and vocal powerhouse Scott Oliva, the debut Oceans of Night CD, The Shadowheart Mirror, was released in June of 2009. Equal parts progressive metal and modern rock served with a distinct ambient flavor, The Shadowheart Mirror is a dark, haunting and cinematic musical statement that resonates with emotional impact.

Through the course of 4 CD’s, multi-instrumentalist Scott Mosher has bridged the worlds of progressive metal, melodic hard rock and ambient music to create an experimental yet complimentary style of ambient metal that is at once as subtle as it is powerful, aggressive as it is dynamic and timeless as it is modern. Scott Oliva continues to perform in the legendary NY Iron Maiden tribute band, Live After Death and has played with Wind Wraith, Inner Strength, Last Vision Black and Driven. The Scott’s have previously worked together on Mr. Mosher’s 4th CD release, Deep Horizon, in 2006.

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Phil Miller, Brian Hopper, John Etheridge and Mike Ratledge carrying the coffin.

This is a montage of the footage I shot at Hugh’s funeral on
Thursday… A little souvenir for those who were there, and those who
couldn’t make it…

http://www.dailymotion.com/canterburyscene/video/16307118

Syzygy CD Release “Realms of Eternity”

Syzygy just released their long awaited, and one of their most ambitious works to date, Realms of Eternity. The heartfelt and spiritually-themed Realms of Eternity deals with various aspects of the afterlife and mines emotionally rich terrain. The band most ably handled all vocals on previous releases but felt their latest required some added depth. Despite an exhaustive search they came up empty handed until Dena Henry - Artist Representative, suggested they audition seasoned session vet Mark Boals (Ted Nugent, Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth, Erik Norlander, et al).

Syzygy plans on having a CD release concert on Saturday August 1st at The Beachland Ballroom located in Cleveland, Ohio. Also appearing on August 1st will be Black Key Projekt and Gravity. Syzygy’s live performances will culminate with a special showcase appearance at Three Rivers Progressive Rock Festival (www.3rprogfest.com ) in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania (just outside Pittsburgh) on Sunday August 9th, 2009.

For more information and to preview (2) songs from their new CD “Realms of Eternity”, please visit Syzygy’s MySpace website at:

www.myspace.com/syzygymusicenterprises

You could order the new CD “Realms of Eternity” through Syzygy’s website:

http://www.syzygymusic.com/

To purchase tickets for August 1st CD release party visit The Beachland’s website at:

http://www.beachlandballroom.com/index.asp

6th Annual CalProg Progressive Rock Festival
Date: Saturday October 10, 2009
Place: The Center Theater in Whittier, California

LineUp:
It Bites (UK)
Karmakanic (Sweden)
Touchstone (UK)
Agents of Mercy (Sweden)
Plus Tom Brislin (Jersey) Solo on the Patio

If you are not familiar with these bands, please take a moment to visit the CalProg web site to read about them and to listen to audio samples of their music. Even if you don’t know the bands, you may be familiar with some of their members: John Mitchell, Roine Stolt, Jonas Reingold, Nad Sylvan and Nick D’Virgilio to name a few. This year promises to be yet another incredible day of great progressive music.

Tickets go on sale THIS SATURDAY morning (June 27) at 8AM. All seats are reserved. Prices: $100 (1st 8 rows) and $80 for the rest of the house.

http://www.calprog.com

Statement from Joe and William Kopecky on the passing of brother Paul:

Paul Kopecky (1971-2009)

We are deeply saddened to announce that our brother Paul James
Kopecky passed away on June 22, 2009 due to complications related to juvenile
diabetes. He was only 37 years old.

For the past two years KOPECKY was unable to play because of Paul’s
deteriorating health. We hoped beyond hope to play together again,
but unfortunately it was not to be.

Paul was an exceptional drummer whose unique style shaped and helped
define the KOPECKY sound. His drumming was powerful but precise,
innovative but instinctive, and always, always tasteful. He played
selflessly, crafting his parts to suit the song, not his ego. We were
always suprised by his phenomenal talent, and we often marveled
at how he could, with a minimum of practice, play extremely
complicated tracks in just one or two takes in the recording studio.
And in concert, Paul was solid as bedrock and played his
absolute best despite being frequently ill on stage.

His excellent drumming can be heard on all five KOPECKY CD’s: Kopecky
(Mellow, 1999), Serpentine Kaleidoscope (Cyclops, 2000), Orion
(M.A.C.E., 2001), Sunset Gun (Musea, 2003), and Blood (Unicorn
Digital, 2006).

The world of progressive rock has lost an amazing drummer, and
this planet has lost one of the kindest, most warm-hearted souls that
ever walked the earth. He will surely be missed by many.

Thanks to all friends and fans who have offered their condolences.
Your kind words are deeply appreciated.

With love and respect,
Joe and William Kopecky

p.s. Please feel free to forward this to anyone in the prog community
who may be interested. Thank you.

www.kopecky.8m.com
www.myspace.com/kopeckymusic

ProgDay 2009 will get off to a rousing start as the outstanding melodic progressive metal band BRAVE take the stage. Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, their performances with bands like FATES WARNING, ASIA, LACUNA COIL, SPOCK’S BEARD, OPETH and SYMPHONY X have earned them a reputation for atmospheric, powerful and soulful music. With the heartfelt, passionate vocals of MICHELLE LOOSE, lyrical metal guitars, and a violin that is sometimes songbird-like and other times symphonic, they have created a unique, rich sound that sets them apart from the expected.

“The first thing to hit you is the melancholy voice of lead singer Michelle Loose, with a delivery that makes me think of the old group Renaissance fronted by the multi-octave vocals of Annie Haslam. Now take those vocals, put in a duel heavy metal guitar attack and then to top it off, add a violin similar to the group Kansas. There you have Brave…This band is really Beauty and the Beast. With the gorgeous vocals of Michelle Loose swirling all around you, the beast of a band behind her, hits you like a ton of bricks. The combination is something to behold.” - Scott Ward, SEA OF TRANQUILITY

ProgDay is the world’s longest running progressive rock event. The 15th edition will take place on September 5th & 6th, 2009, at beautiful Storybook Farm near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BRAVE (US) join LA MASCHERA DI CERA (Italy), OZRIC TENTACLES (UK), MÖRGLBL (France), QUI (Japan), FRENCH TV (USA), 3RDEGREE (USA) and DELUGE GRANDER (USA) for another great weekend of the best in progressive music! For more information and to hear music from all of this year’s ProgDay bands, please visit us at www.progday. net.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ProgDay has changed it’s domain name. We are now “Progday.net” instead of “.com.” If you are one of ProgDay’s supporters, please be sure to make the change to “.net” in all of your links and bookmarks.

STS9’s RECORD LABEL, 1320 RECORDS, RELEASES STS9’s
PEACEBLASTER : THE NEW ORLEANS MAKE IT RIGHT REMIXES
TODAY

FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE PRETTY LIGHTS, THE GLITCH MOB, COUNT BASS D, RICHARD DEVINE, ESKMO, ALEX B., RONALD JENKEES AND MANY MORE

100% OF THE ALBUM’S PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION

LOOK FOR STS9 ON THE ROAD THIS SUMMER,
INCLUDING LOLLAPALOOZA’S MAIN STAGE
AND AN AFTERSHOW AT CHICAGO’S HOUSE OF BLUES

STS9’s boutique record label, 1320 Records, offers up STS9’s Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes featuring 30 artists including Pretty Lights, The Glitch Mob, Count Bass D, Richard Devine, Eskmo, Alex B, Ronald Jenkees and many more. 100% of the album’s proceeds will go to benefit the Make It Right Foundation.

Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes features 30 of today’s hottest djs, bands, and producers remixing original material from STS9’s highly acclaimed recent studio release, PEACEBLASTER. The release will be available at www.1320records.com and at iTunes beginning today.

The Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes track list is as follows:

1. Hidden Hand, Hidden Fist (Lazer Sword Remix)
2. Shock Doctrine (Eskmo Remix)
3. Empires (Big Gigantic Remix)
4. Beyond Right Now (The Glitch Mob Remix)
5. Shock Doctrine (Welder Remix)
6. STS9 vs Prefuse 73 (Megaloid MPC Vet Mixxx)
7. First Rays of the New Soma Sunrise (Calmer Remix)
8. Oh Little Brain (Bluetech ‘Spaze Gaze Mix’)
9. Metameme (Alex B ‘Concepts Remix’)
10. Peaceblaster ‘68 (Telepath Remix)
11. The Spectacle (Ott Remix)
12. ReGeneration (John Hughes Remix)
13. The Spectacle (Richard Devine Remix)
14. Empires (Nosaj Thing Remix)
15. The Last 50,000 Years (Deru Remix)
16. Beyond Right Now (Pretty Lights Remix)
17. Hidden Hand, Hidden Fist (The Flying Skulls Feat. Abstract Rude Remix)
18. Peaceblaster (sub-ID ‘Stay Blastin ‘88 Remix’)
19. Shock Doctrine (Eliot Lipp & Leo 123 ‘Dark Party Remix’)
20. Late for Work (Count Bass D Remix)
21. The New Soma (Daedelus Remix)
22. Peaceblaster ‘08 (Captain Crunk Remix)
23. The New Soma (Bass Science Remix)
24. Oh Little Brain (Metrognome ‘On the Sea Remix’)
25. Hidden Hand, Hidden Fist (Da Ticklah Remix)
26. Shock Doctrine (Dharmatronix Remix)
27. Hidden Hand, Hidden Fist (Lowpro Lounge Feat. Lateef & Souleye ‘$700 Billion Remix’) 28. Hidden Hand, Hidden Fist/Beyond Right Now (GFE ‘Put it Back Together Remix’)
29. Beyond Right Now (Ronald Jenkees Remix)
30. Late for Work (Pnuma Trio Remix)

All of the artists featured on STS9’s Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes, and even the majority of the behind-the-scenes business services required to put the album together, donated their contributions to the project. 100% of the album’s proceeds will go to the Make It Right Foundation, who has been chosen by the band to be the sole beneficiary of all of STS9’s 2009 charity programs. It is the band’s goal - with the support of their fan community and the involvement of the Make It Right Foundation - to build a home in New Orleans, raising money via the Peaceblaster : The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes album proceeds, a $1 charity donation on every STS9 concert ticket sold during 2009, special STS9 charity raffles, and other initiatives throughout the year still to be announced.

STS9 is on the road this summer for a short list of big plays. In addition to some high profile festival stops - including the main stage at Lollapalooza, ROTHBURY, Summerfest and Austin City Limits - STS9 will host some huge events in Colorado and Atlanta this summer. Both events promise STS9 and many special guests performing multiple shows at a variety of local area venues.

The complete list of current STS9 tour dates is as follows:
June 26 Electric Daisy Carnival Los Angeles, CA

July 1 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI

July 3 - 4 ROTHBURY Rothbury, MI 

July 11 All Good Festival Masontown, WV 

July 16 - 18 Camp Bisco Mariaville, NY 

July 24 Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO w/ Lipp Service feat. Eliot Lipp & members of Pnuma Trio

July 25 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO w/ special guests Pretty Lights, Pnuma Trio, The Album Leaf, Flying Lotus, Telepath, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Bass Science

August 7 Lollapalooza (Main Stage) Chicago, IL 

August 8 House Of Blues (Lollapalooza Late Night) Chicago, IL 

August 21 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA w/ special guests TBA 

August 22 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Atlanta, GA w/ special guests Ghostland Observatory, Bassnectar, Lotus & DubConscious 

Sept 4 The Bottom Line Nagoya, Japan

Sept 5 Metamorphose Festival Izu City, Japan 

Sept 6 Poka Stadium Kashiwa City, Japan

Sept 25 - 27 Earthdance Festival Laytonville, CA 

October 2 - 5 Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX

January 2 Revolution Live Ft. Lauderdale, FL

January 3 - 8 Jam Cruise 2010 Lauderdale, FL

Obscured By Clouds Microcosmic Tour 2009 — Laser-Light Show with Mindbender!
Greetings Sentient Beings!

Obscured By Clouds’ humble summer tour kicks off with shows in the northwest culminating in our CD party release show at the infamous Whisky a Go-Go waiting for the sun in fantastic L.A. AUG 28th Friday night. If our paths cross please come hang with us….

LASER-LIGHT SHOW: On June 26th Friday night we will be playing in Seattle at Columbia City Theater with the famed Laser-Light Show of Mindbender who designed software & lasers for many planetarium & museums laser Floyd fantasy shows across the N.W. & U.S., including Australian Floyd, Burning Man and OMSI! Hang with us and have a microbrew with extra lasers! Come claim your out of body experience – he is going to float three-dimensional astral beings over our heads. Are you experienced? Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Chris Cornell & Aimee Mann have played here…but not with freak’n lasers!!!

Honda Motors & Yahoo have selected one of OBC’s songs “Cast Close The Gate” to stream to 120 million estimated listeners via their Honda Motors Music Widget. At least we finally now know what a widget is!

AUG 28 FRIDAY: Whisky a Go-Go - Los Angeles, CA
JULY 29 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
JULY 3 FRIDAY: The Comet Tavern – Seattle, WA w/ WitchBurn & Valis
JULY 1 Dante’s – Portland, OR w/Echo Helstrom
JUNE 26 FRIDAY: Laser-Light Show Columbia City Theater – Seattle, WA w/ Echo Helstrom
Advanced Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71346
SEPT 12th TBA Portland, OR
AUG 7th or 8th TBA Portland, OR

Reviews from: Classic Rock Magazine, Shindig!, and Creem below!
Interviews in: ProgressionMagazine.com, BlogCritics, INK19, Expose.org, Cosmogaming.com links below.

RADIO: PORTLAND: KNRK 94/7 & HD and KUFO 101.1, SEATTLE: KEXP Library & KISW Interest.

NEW CD HERE: http://www.obscuredbyclouds.net/buy_stuff/buy_cd.html
Obscuredbyclouds.NET or http://www.myspace.com/obscuredbycloudsband :
http://www.myspace.com/psycheclecticrecords

“…Contemporary touchstones are Type O Negative and Mastodon’s artier moments. Floyd devotees set the controls for arty grunge. …Although obviously conversant in UK 70’s prog, Portland’s William Weikart also knows his way round a doomy riff and a grunge melody. …When they stick to the more straight forward heavy psychedelia however, the results are exceptional and impressive.”
- Classic Rock Magazine London April 2009

“Tough, fervid and intense, at various times over the course of Psycheclectic they resemble a more inspired Soundgarden with a bigger paintbox. …It’s surprising and instructive to discover how well their brawny, muscular, scruff-of-the-neck acid rock offsets and complements… It’s an aural entente between UK and US psych templates, no less…” - Shindig! Magazine London

“An ambitious prog-rock album where surface-sutured layers of trippy textures and trances melt into ominous simmering swatches of deep-seated psychotronic sensations before slowly coalescing together again.” - Creem Magazine

“There is so much going on within this album that it takes many plays to fully explore the multi layers and sometimes disguised dimensions it contains. The production…is first class. …Both psychedelic and eclectic drawing from not only Floyd influences but releasing those energies and letting them go on their own journey…not only rewarding but is also fascinating and compelling. It is a brave move… “Cast Close the Gate” which opens with strident guitar work before developing into an extraordinarily accomplished track underpinned by some clever and effective drumming. “Love’s Love” appears with a wonderfully rich opening section and highly evocative lyrics.”
- Jeff Perkins Blog Critics Magazine - Seattle Examiner Online

“…The album takes great inspiration from Pink Floyd, but really stands with its own persona. …Obscured By Clouds takes what they heard and learned from Pink Floyd and adapted it to their own play. And the thing is, these kids rock. Using “psycheclectic” as a portmanteau of “psychedelic” and “eclectic” very much describes the album itself. …Different songs (would) be described as everything from classic rock to feedback experimentation to folk to perhaps even Celtic in its epic descriptions of landscape and emotional impact. “Soft Cheeked and Worried,” …flows from stark acoustic guitar emulating the barren desert with splashes of piano and moves to electric guitar playing just on the edge of feedback. “Zoë Zolofft” works as an homage to Syd Barrett in a “song about a girl, a sitar, and modern pharmakinetics”, creating the “sonic imagery of the splintered spokes of a broken and wobbling wheel.” “Love’s Love” calls up images of love personified “with a Floydishly acoustic accompaniment.”
- Jeff Provine Blog Critics Magazine - Seattle Examiner Online