“Return To Eden” is the third and final part of Timo Tolkki’s metal opera Avalon and it was released on 14th June by Frontiers Music. The former Stratovarius guitarist had revealed the Avalon project back in 2013 and the three albums released have featured a number of high profile singers and musicians. I included the track “Promises” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 3rd May and the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 11th June, whilst “Hear My Call” was part of the Friday NI Rocks Show on 24th May.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Return To Eden" by TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON
Back in 2015 I posted an interview with Chilean singer Caterina Nix that we had completed by e-mail following the release of the first album from Chaos Magic. Almost four years later we’ve recorded an interview to mark the release of the second Chaos Magic album “Furyborn”. The album was released by Frontiers Music on 14th June and includes guest appearances by Rainbow frontman Ronnie Romero and Tom Englund from Evergrey.
Caterina chats about the recording of the latest album, future plans for Chaos Magic, working with Timo Tolkki, the growing position of women in rock and metal and more. We also play four tracks from the new album.
The interview can be heard on the Friday NI Rocks Show from 12th July 2019 - available from our MixCloud page - https://www.micloud.com/NIRocks/interview-with-caterina-nix-from-chaos-magic-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-12th-july/
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with CATERINA NIX from CHAOS MAGIC (2019)
“Sweet Oblivion” is the self-titled debut album from a new project established to feature the vocals of former Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate. More recently of course, Tate has been fronting the band Operation : Mindcrime. The other members of Sweet Oblivion are Italian musicians brought together by Simone Mularoni from the band DGM. I featured the track “True Colors” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 12th April and on the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 21st May and then “Hide Away” on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 21st June.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Sweet Oblivion" by SWEET OBLIVION
A few weeks ago Sons of Apollo issued a press release about their upcoming album ‘Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony’ which was recorded in Bulgaria last year. The album is being released on 30th August on CD and DVD and information on where to pre-order the album is now available. The band has also now released a trailer for the album. Details are in the press release from Inside Out Music below.
I had the good fortune to interview Sons of Apollo guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal ahead of their show in Belfast last July and I recently interviewed frontman Jeff Scott Soto ahead of the release of the new Soto album by Inside Out Music.
http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/3392-ni-rocks-interview-with-ron-bumblefoot-thal.html
http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/3579-ni-rocks-interview-with-jeff-scott-soto-2019.html
Read more: NEWS UPDATE - SONS OF APOLLO Pre-Order and Trailer For New Album