Hellish Rock Part II:
HELLOWEEN & GAMMA RAY
with ShadowSide
Pakkahuone Tampere Finland
The 30th of March 2013
The leading names in German power metal conquered Finland yet again with Hellish Rock Tour Pt II. Hellish Rock Pt II will be crisscrossing the global the whole year, in Europe, Asia, etc. All the three gigs on the Finnish soil were totally packed as over 4000 people had arrived to witness Gamma Ray and Helloween on the stage again. Both the bands truly enjoy a loyal and even a bit of a fanatical following amongst the Finnish metal fans. That could be witnessed at the Tampere show, when the venue was nearly to explode when over 1000 fans had crawled in. Therefore, moving to any side was more or less a “mission impossible” task. The night was definitely full of triumphant power metal as both Gamma Ray and Helloween delivered a fistful of power metal with catchy melodies.
Female fronted mix of power/thrash metal band Shadowside, one of the rising stars of Brazilian Metal music, has just added an important international award to their career. The fans have spoken and the band is the winner of the 11th Annual Independent Music Awards on the Best Metal/Hardcore album category, in the Vox Pop poll, the fan-determined portion of the influential international awards program for independent bands and fans. The quartet competed against Asking Alexndria, 16 Second Stare, Hemoptysis and Scarab.
“We are absolutely stoked! We really did not expect to win, the guys in the band thought I was joking when I broke the news to them. All we can say is thank you to all the fans that took the time to vote for us, you guys rock!”, says lead singer Dani Nolden.
More than 60000 music fans from all around the world have voted online for their favorite self-released and independent label artists. This year’s Vox Pop winners represent more than 350 Nominees in more than 70 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories.
Artist and industry judging pannel included Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, Tori Amos, Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), Gwar, Benji Madden (Good Charlotte), Kevin Lyman (Mayhem Festival), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone Magazine), Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Suzanne Vega, Alan Light (Live From Artists Den), Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour) and Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center), among many other artists and industry professionals.
“The IMAs celebrate artists who follow their own muse and the music fans who support them,” said Executive Director, Martin Folkman. “The Vox Pop award is one of the many ways the program motivates fans to discover and support incredible independent talent, which is the purpose of The Independent Music Awards,” Folkman said.
Bands such as Lacuna Coil, All that Remains, Diablo Swing Orchestra and Vixen have also participated in the Independent Music Awards in previous editions.
At this very moment, Shadowside is on tour in support of their latest album Inner Monster Out, produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Hammerfall and more) and features special guest appearances of Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil) on the title track.
Promoters interested in booking the band that has toured 21 countries so far should contact the band’s booking agency B. Musik Management at info@b-musik-management.de
Band will perform at the festival in April; “Inner Monster Out” is a sales and critics success in Brazil
Brazilian Metal band Shadowside are scheduled to perform on Metal Open Air, festival that takes place in São Luís, Brazil, from April 20 to 22. The lineup consists of bands such as Anthrax, Blind Guardian, Megadeth, Venom, Symphony X, Andre Matos, Korzus, Torture Squad and many others.
Recognized by media and fans as one of the hottest new Heavy Metal bands, Shadowside recently released the album “Inner Monster Out” in Brazil, which was chosen best album in 2011 according to several websites, magazines and respected journalists in the country. The material was produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Evergrey, Hammerfall, Bring me the Horizon) at Fredman Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. Inner Monster Out features special guest appearances of vocalists Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork) and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil).
The success of “Inner Monster Out” opened doors to other parts of the world. Recently, Shadowside signed with japanese label Spiritual Beast for the release of the album in Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South Korea on March 14. European and USA release dates will be announced soon. Two bonus tracks are on the japanese edition of the album: previously unreleased track Virtual Pain and a cover version of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades.
Also, the band recently won the “2011 Rock Show Awards” as Metal band of the year. “Rock Show Awards” is one of the most important music awards in Brazil with focus on Rock and Pop music.
A video for “Angel with Horns”, first single of the new album, is available on YouTube and has already surpassed the 117,000 views mark. Check it out at www.youtube.com/ShadowsidePress7.
The band has released one of the best albums of 2011 according to Metal media and fans….
Shadowside fans who are looking forward to a show in their area have now an opportunity to check out the band’s high energy live performance. One of the most praised bands in Brazil and rising in the worldwide Metal scene, Shadowside will play live on Thursday, at 3pm GMT -3, on Showlivre channel. To watch it, visit http://www.showlivre.com
At this moment, Dani Nolden (vocals), Raphael Mattos (guitars), Fabio Buitvidas (drums) and Ricardo Piccoli (bass) are working hard promoting their brand new album “Inner Monster Out” which was produced, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil, Bring me the Horizon, Hammerfall and more). The album features special appearances of Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork) and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil) on the title track.
Angel with Horns video, the first single off the new album, overcame the 103000 views mark on YouTube. The video, as well as live footage from the European tour are available at http://www.youtube.com/user/ShadowsidePress7.
Next show: November 12 at Calabouço, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Inner Monster Out” available digitally next week on SHP Records
BRAZIL – Brazil’s emerging heavy metal act, Shadowside, has posted a brand new track, “Waste of Life,” from the band’s forthcoming record, Inner Monster Out, on the official Shadowside Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/shadowsideband. “Waste of Life” is just the second song to be revealed from the band’s third full-length record, which is slated for a digital release on August 30th through SHP Records.
Inner Monster Out can be pre-ordered now exclusively through PledgeMusic.com: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shadow-side. Fans that pre-order the record this week will receive an advance download of “Waste of Life,” as well as an exclusive bonus cover track of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” when the record releases next week.
PledgeMusic.com pre-order packages include autographed CDs, stage-worn clothing, signed lyric sheets and even personal VIP concert experiences. A portion of the proceeds from the campaign will benefit the Japanese Red Cross.
The track list f Inner Monster Out is…
1. Gag Order
2. Angel with Horns
3. Habitchual
4. In the Name of Love
5. Inner Monster Out (featuring Björn “Speed” Strid, Mikael Stanne, and Niklas Isfeldt)
6. I’m Your Mind
7. My Disrupted Reality
8. A Smile Upon Death
9. Whatever Our Fortune
10. A.D.D.
11. Waste of Life
12. Ace of Spades (PledgeMusic.com bonus track)
Inner Monster Out was produced, mixed, and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames), and features guest vocals from the likes of Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility), and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil).
The project will be distributed and marketed via the powerful INgrooves system, the exclusive digital distributor for the Universal Music Group and the largest digital music distributor in the world.
Artwork comes courtesy of Felipe Machado of New Dimensions Art (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Jorn Lande, Pagan’s Mind).
Audio samples of each of the tracks from Inner Monster Out can be streamed on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shadowsideband, MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/shadowsideband, Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/shadowside and PledgeMusic.com: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shadow-side.
A teaser video for the forthcoming “Angel with Horns” music video can be seen on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywkiVECjFkw. The video, which was directed by Thiago Pinheiro of Studio Kaiowas, will premiere in the coming weeks.
Inner Monster Out is the follow up to 2009′s Dare To Dream (SHP Records), which is available on iTunes at: http://bit.ly/SHADOWSIDE_DareToDream_itunes and all digital music stores.
Shadowside’s debut Theatre of Shadows released in 2007.
Stay tuned for more information on Shadowside and Inner Monster Out.
Brazilian female-fronted band Shadowside has partially ended the fans expectations, after all requests on their social networks. One of the main representatives of Brazilian Metal music nowadays, the quartet has posted samples of all songs from the upcoming album “Inner Monster Out” on their MySpace, Reverbnation, Facebook and PledgeMusic.com, website responsible for the album pre-sales as well as unique items and the Pledge Music-exclusive song, a version of “Ace of Spades” originally by Motörhead. Also available for preview is “Inútil”, bonus track in Portuguese for Brazil.
The third Shadowside album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström at Fredman Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. The title track “Inner Monster Out” features guest appearances of Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil) and “Inútil” features Roger Moreira, leader of the platinum selling Ultraje a Rigor band in Brazil.
“Inner Monster Out” is set to a digital release on August 30 via SHP Records. A CD release will follow after that.
The tracklist is:
1. Gag Order
2. Angel with Horns
3. Habitchual
4. In the Name of Love
5. Inner Monster Out – featuring Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity) e Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil)
6. I’m Your Mind
7. My Disrupted Reality
8. A Smile Upon Death
9. Whatever Our Fortune
10. A.D.D.
11. Waste of Life
Bonustrack: Ace of Spades – PledgeMusic.com ONLY!
Pre-sales are available at www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shadow-side. Part of the money raised on this campaign will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
The band has also posted a teaser video for the forthcoming “Angel with Horns” music video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywkiVECjFkw. The video, which was directed by Thiago Pinheiro of Studio Kaiowas, will premiere in the coming weeks.
Inner Monster Out, Shadowside’s third studio album,is slated for a digital release on August 30th through SHP Records.
The project will be distributed and marketed via the powerful INgrooves system, the exclusive digital distributor for the Universal Music Group and the largest digital music distributor in the world.
Inner Monster Out can be pre-ordered now, exclusively through PledgeMusic.com. The PledgeMusic.com campaign: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/shadow-side offers Shadowside fans a unique opportunity to step backstage with the band and participate in the wild experience of releasing a new album. Pre-order packages include autographed CDs, stage-worn clothing, signed lyric sheets and even personal VIP concert experiences. A portion of the proceeds from the PledgeMusic.com campaign will benefit the Japanese Red Cross. Along with a digital copy of the new album, fans will get exclusive up close and personal access to the band through weekly updates, video blogs and messages. All PledgeMusic.com orders will also come with the exclusive Shadowside cover of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades.”
The track list for Inner Monster Out is…
1. Gag Order
2. Angel with Horns
3. Habitchual
4. In the Name of Love
5. Inner Monster Out (featuring Björn “Speed” Strid, Mikael Stanne, and Niklas Isfeldt)
6. I’m Your Mind
7. My Disrupted Reality
8. A Smile Upon Death
9. Whatever Our Fortune
10. A.D.D.
11. Waste of Life
12. Ace of Spades (PledgeMusic.com bonus track)
Inner Monster Out was produced, mixed, and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames), and features guest vocals from the likes of Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility), and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil).
Artwork comes courtesy of Felipe Machado of New Dimensions Art (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Jorn Lande, Pagan’s Mind).
Several behind-the-scenes videos chronicling the Inner Monster Out recording sessions can be seen on the official Shadowside YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/shadowsidepress7.
Inner Monster Out is the follow up to 2009′s Dare To Dream (SHP Records), which is available on iTunes at: http://bit.ly/SHADOWSIDE_DareToDream_itunes and all digital music stores.
Shadowside’s debut Theatre of Shadows released in 2007. Stay tuned for more information on Shadowside and Inner Monster Out.
“Inner Monster Out” is scheduled for digital release on August 30
Photo: Victor Nomoto
Brazilian Metal band Shadowside has released a version of “Ace of Spades”, Motörhead classic, on PledgeMusic.com, where the new album “Inner Monster Out” is also available.
Any item purchased on Pledge Music also includes the download of “Ace of Spades” as well as all “Inner Monster Out” tracks in mp3 plus access to exclusive material such as photos and videos. This song is a bonus track for pledgers only and its availability is limited to the portal. Part of the money raised on this campaign will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
“Inner Monster Out” will be released digitally on August 30 on SHP Records. A CD release will follow after that.
BRAZIL – Brazilian female-fronted heavy metal group Shadowside has issued the following update via Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/shadowsideband, updating fans on the progress of the band’s forthcoming third studio album Inner Monster Out, which was slated to release digitally next month on SHP Records.
“Hello Shadowside faithful! Our new record ‘Inner Monster Out’ will be released early July 2011. Everyone hang in there with us for a bit longer as we make sure the final product is absolutely perfect. We are so excited for you all to hear what we have been working tirelessly on for the past several months, and we are confident it will be worth the wait! In the meantime, keep checking back for updates. We will be debuting new songs, videos, pictures and more to hold you over until ‘Inner Monster Out’ is unleashed upon the masses!
“Our page at Pledgemusic.com will be available next week, which will allow fans to actively participate in the promotion of ‘Inner Monster Out’ with Shadowside. Fans will also, through the Pledge Music campaign, have exclusive access to personal experiences with Shadowside, ranging from signed CDs and signed guitars to recording session visits and VIP tour packages.”
In the meantime, Shadowside has updated its Facebook page with some behind-the-scenes photos from the band’s recent promo shoot for the new record. Head over to: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150199217004881.318648.26710144880 to access the gallery.
Shadowside will film a music video for the first single from Inner Monster Out “Angel with Horns” later this month in Campinas, Brazil with director Thiago Pinheiro of Studio Kaiowas.
The track list for Inner Monster Out is…
1. Gag Order
2. Angel with Horns
3. Habitchual
4. In the Name of Love
5. Inner Monster Out (featuring Björn “Speed” Strid, Mikael Stanne, and Niklas Isfeldt)
6. I’m Your Mind
7. My Disrupted Reality
8. A Smile Upon Death
9. Whatever Our Fortune
10. A.D.D.
11. Waste of Life
Inner Monster Out was produced, mixed, and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames), and features guest vocals from the likes of Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquility), and Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil).
Artwork comes courtesy of Felipe Machado of New Dimensions Art (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Jorn Lande, Pagan’s Mind).
Several behind-the-scenes videos chronicling the Inner Monster Out recording sessions can be seen on the official Shadowside YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/shadowsidepress7.
Inner Monster Out is the follow up to 2009′s Dare To Dream which is now available on iTunes at: http://bit.ly/SHADOWSIDE_DareToDream_itunes and all digital music stores.
Shadowside’s debut Theatre of Shadows released in 2007.
Stay tuned for more information on Shadowside and Inner Monster Out.
Shadowside live…
June 23 2011 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Banja Luka Rock Open Air
