It's hard to read that the American Sci-Fi power metal band Helion Prime has parted ways with vocalist Kayla Dixon. Having released the excellent "Remnants of Stars" single I had hopes that this would be the end of the search.
But this situation of a band looking for a new voice is also a chance for others who would like to join a professional band with their talent. The band has set up a online audition to find the proper person behind the microphone. Here's how you can seize your chance:
Location is not important.
All submissions must be a video performance.
The open auditions run until November 5th. (Ignore the deadline from the video)
The way to audition is simple:
1 - Download instrumental versions of "Life Finds a Way" and "Remnants of Stars" at this link.
2 - Record/film yourself performing "Life Finds a Way". Please include all that you can (harmonies, layers, etc). For those who wish write your own lyrics and melodies for "Remnants of Stars". Remnants is optional.
3 - Send video submissions to auditions@helionprimemetal.com and make sure to include your full name and contact information.
Please share this info with anyone and everyone so the band has a chance to find a new vocalist.
There's also a video that is a call to action to all the vocalists out there:
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5/01/2017
Helion Prime let the stars explode with new single
Here comes more positive power! This brand new single of Helion Prime comes along like a energy boost. Great performance on vocals and maximum power on all instruments. It's unbelievable how much energy the band breathes on this one. The band underwent some changes (new female vocalist) and also signed a record deal with AFM Records in the recent months and these changes seem to have a positive effect on the band and given them motiviation to kick in even harder.
You can purchase the track at http://helionprimemetal.com/new-single-remnants-of-stars/
The song will also be part of the next album, working title "The Terror of Saibot". The band aims to release the new full legth late 2017/early 2018.
Make sure to see the band live on their US West Coast Tour. Here are the dates, check the links to be notified via Facebook when the show draws near and/or invite your friends and pick the tickets on time. For all those missing links check the band's touring subpage. I think those will be added shortly.
June 16th - Modesto, CA - Shadow Lounge
FB: NOT YET AVAILABLE
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 18th - Portland, OR - Twilight Cafe & Bar
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/660569050808952
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 20th - Seattle, WA - Highline Bar
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1471267299560710
TIX: http://www.highlineseattle.com/event/1468627
June 22nd - Boise, ID - The Shredder
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/126781781201153
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 23rd - Salt Lake City, UT - Beehive Social Club
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1322632397830968
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 24th - Denver, CO - Streets of London Pub
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/817782765056424
TIX: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1470449
June 25th - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/226544857828817
TIX: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1478278
June 27th - Dallas, TX - Renos
FB: NOT YET AVAILABLE
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 29th - Phoenix, AZ - Joe's Grotto
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1259007547545723
TIX: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2934948
June 30th - Glendale, CA - The Complex
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/286866851754237
TIX: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1477591
July 2nd - Sacramento, CA - Starlite Lounge
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/2254318648127679
TIX: https://atlanteancollective.queueapp.com/events/32453
You can purchase the track at http://helionprimemetal.com/new-single-remnants-of-stars/
The song will also be part of the next album, working title "The Terror of Saibot". The band aims to release the new full legth late 2017/early 2018.
Make sure to see the band live on their US West Coast Tour. Here are the dates, check the links to be notified via Facebook when the show draws near and/or invite your friends and pick the tickets on time. For all those missing links check the band's touring subpage. I think those will be added shortly.
June 16th - Modesto, CA - Shadow Lounge
FB: NOT YET AVAILABLE
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 18th - Portland, OR - Twilight Cafe & Bar
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/660569050808952
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 20th - Seattle, WA - Highline Bar
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1471267299560710
TIX: http://www.highlineseattle.com/event/1468627
June 22nd - Boise, ID - The Shredder
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/126781781201153
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 23rd - Salt Lake City, UT - Beehive Social Club
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1322632397830968
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 24th - Denver, CO - Streets of London Pub
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/817782765056424
TIX: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1470449
June 25th - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/226544857828817
TIX: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1478278
June 27th - Dallas, TX - Renos
FB: NOT YET AVAILABLE
TIX: NOT YET AVAILABLE
June 29th - Phoenix, AZ - Joe's Grotto
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1259007547545723
TIX: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2934948
June 30th - Glendale, CA - The Complex
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/286866851754237
TIX: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1477591
July 2nd - Sacramento, CA - Starlite Lounge
FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/2254318648127679
TIX: https://atlanteancollective.queueapp.com/events/32453
7/22/2014
Urban Breed's new project Serious Black releases first trailer and tourdates
These days a lot of so called supergroups form together. They mostly consist out of ex-members that once played in bigger, well known bands.
One of these bands just surfaced some days ago of Facebook. They are called Serious Black and feature Roland Grapow (Guitar/Masterplan, Ex-Helloween), Thomen Stauch (Drums/Savage Circus, Ex-Blind Guardian), Mario Lochert (Bass/Emergency Gate), Jan Vacik (Keyboards, Ex-Dreamscape) and Dominik Sebastian (Guitar/Edenbridge), together with the well-known vocalist Urban Breed (Trail of Murder/ex-Tad Morose).
The debut album will be released via AFM in the beginning of 2015 but the band has put out a first trailer so we can already have a idea of what is to come.
The band has also been confirmed to play a long list of live shows as a support on the upcoming Hammerfall tour in Europe along with various festivals in 2015. Just check out the trailer to see the exact dates.
Update 2015/01/17: The album should be out now. The first videoclip has been released.
Update 2014/12/13: The second full song called "Sealing my fate" has been uploaded.
Update 2014/11/21: The first full song of the record has been released as a lyric video online.
Update 2014/11/07: More details about the album have been released!
You can preorder the album "As Daylight Breaks" on Amazon, Nuclear Blast Shop, Emp or in each record store world wide already!
Limited Edition (14 Songs): http://amzn.to/1xcrSRl
Standard Edition (11 Songs): http://amzn.to/10DWorV
and as Special Box Set - Limited to 100 pieces (Limited Edition, 3 guitar picks, handsigned autograph cards, T-Shirt - M, L or XL and a merch pass which will get you 10 % discount on tour. Everything will come in a metal box.
Size M: http://amzn.to/1xoxjfk
Size L: http://amzn.to/10xDcf7
Size XL: http://amzn.to/1xcrwdC
One of these bands just surfaced some days ago of Facebook. They are called Serious Black and feature Roland Grapow (Guitar/Masterplan, Ex-Helloween), Thomen Stauch (Drums/Savage Circus, Ex-Blind Guardian), Mario Lochert (Bass/Emergency Gate), Jan Vacik (Keyboards, Ex-Dreamscape) and Dominik Sebastian (Guitar/Edenbridge), together with the well-known vocalist Urban Breed (Trail of Murder/ex-Tad Morose).
The debut album will be released via AFM in the beginning of 2015 but the band has put out a first trailer so we can already have a idea of what is to come.
The band has also been confirmed to play a long list of live shows as a support on the upcoming Hammerfall tour in Europe along with various festivals in 2015. Just check out the trailer to see the exact dates.
Update 2015/01/17: The album should be out now. The first videoclip has been released.
Update 2014/12/13: The second full song called "Sealing my fate" has been uploaded.
Update 2014/11/21: The first full song of the record has been released as a lyric video online.
Update 2014/11/07: More details about the album have been released!
You can preorder the album "As Daylight Breaks" on Amazon, Nuclear Blast Shop, Emp or in each record store world wide already!
Limited Edition (14 Songs): http://amzn.to/1xcrSRl
Standard Edition (11 Songs): http://amzn.to/10DWorV
and as Special Box Set - Limited to 100 pieces (Limited Edition, 3 guitar picks, handsigned autograph cards, T-Shirt - M, L or XL and a merch pass which will get you 10 % discount on tour. Everything will come in a metal box.
Size M: http://amzn.to/1xoxjfk
Size L: http://amzn.to/10xDcf7
Size XL: http://amzn.to/1xcrwdC
If you want to stay up to date on the further activities of the band just check in here from time to time or follow the band on Facebook or through their official homepage.
3/05/2014
Free download of songs at AFM V.I.P. Area
Wow, a new month has already begun! So that means checking out what should be up next. It also means looking for what to spend on the money. The costs for life have increased in my eyes over the last years. But surely no one wants to live without music, right? ;-) So what to do if you want to listen to some new stuff?
One solution I ran across is the V.I.P area on the AFM-Records website. The label is well known for having a lot of bands under their banner that are smaller or are on the way to get bigger including acts like Brainstorm, Fear Factory, Mob Rules, Sinner and the like. So clicking on the link will take you to the mentioned V.I.P. area. All you need to do there is to register shortly with a valid Email adress and the activation code that is displayed at the welcome page. Once registered by verifying the registration by clicking the activation link in the email you'll receive you're in!
After that you only need to login with your registered E-Mail adress and will have access to the possibility to download complete songs from the AFM rooster for free. There's one more good message: the label refreshes the song selection after some weeks. So as the time passes by all you need to do is to come back to the V.I.P. area, login again and you'll see a new track selection for download. Nice, right? :-) At the moment I'm typing these lines the label offers the following tracks for download:
Like the old-school sound on the Crystal Viper track while the Rhapsody of Fire track turned out surprisingply variable. Very different and more direct compared to the stuff they did put out the last time. So which tracks did you choice for download and did you enjoy listening to them?
And do you know more labels that do offer such a service? If you do, please drop me a line here in the comments section or let me know through Email. Please check out my profile to see my Email adress. Thanks!
One solution I ran across is the V.I.P area on the AFM-Records website. The label is well known for having a lot of bands under their banner that are smaller or are on the way to get bigger including acts like Brainstorm, Fear Factory, Mob Rules, Sinner and the like. So clicking on the link will take you to the mentioned V.I.P. area. All you need to do there is to register shortly with a valid Email adress and the activation code that is displayed at the welcome page. Once registered by verifying the registration by clicking the activation link in the email you'll receive you're in!
After that you only need to login with your registered E-Mail adress and will have access to the possibility to download complete songs from the AFM rooster for free. There's one more good message: the label refreshes the song selection after some weeks. So as the time passes by all you need to do is to come back to the V.I.P. area, login again and you'll see a new track selection for download. Nice, right? :-) At the moment I'm typing these lines the label offers the following tracks for download:
- Iron Savior - Burning Heart04:39
- Words Of Farewell - Beauty In Passing04:53
- Silent Force - Caught In Their Wicked Game04:40
- Crystal Viper - Prophet Of The End05:36
- Ektomorf - Numb and Sick04:42
- Lake Of Tears - Taste Of Hell (live)03:53
- Rhapsody Of Fire - Rising From Tragic Flames06:16
- Truth Corroded - They Are Horror03:22
- Black Messiah - Jötunheim06:57
- Iron Mask - Rock Religion04:38
- Epysode - The Arch05:15
- Human Fortress - The Chosen One04:55
- Eden's Curse - Break The Silence04:38
- Onslaught - Chaos Is King04:06
- Vanishing Point - Distant Is The Sun04:47
Like the old-school sound on the Crystal Viper track while the Rhapsody of Fire track turned out surprisingply variable. Very different and more direct compared to the stuff they did put out the last time. So which tracks did you choice for download and did you enjoy listening to them?
And do you know more labels that do offer such a service? If you do, please drop me a line here in the comments section or let me know through Email. Please check out my profile to see my Email adress. Thanks!
12/16/2013
Crystal Viper streaming the entire album "Possession" on youtube
Yeah, the title of this post says it pretty much it all. Crystal Viper are back with a brand-new album and have kindly set up the whole new record for free listening on youtube. Just listened to the very first track and it kicks a lot of ass. Had a lot of fun listening to this. Thankfully a youtube user made a playlist of the whole record so I put it here up for comfortable listening.
11/14/2011
Iron Saviour
Wow,good old power metal from germany! That's what Iron Saviour is all about. They keep up the old traditional sound that Helloween had back in the day when they started making music with the first EP and 'Walls of Jericho'.
The vocalist of the band is Piet Sielck,a old friend ofKai Hansen,well known through his albums with Helloween and even more today with Gamma Ray. His voice is outstanding and give the band a very own trademark along with the hard riffs and great refrains he puts together.
After a little break the band is coming back with a new album called 'The Landing'. Let's have a look into the studio and hear some fresh stuff from the band,the song you can hear is 'The Saviour' of the new album 'The Landing':
The band website can be found at
http://www.iron-saviour.com
The vocalist of the band is Piet Sielck,a old friend ofKai Hansen,well known through his albums with Helloween and even more today with Gamma Ray. His voice is outstanding and give the band a very own trademark along with the hard riffs and great refrains he puts together.
After a little break the band is coming back with a new album called 'The Landing'. Let's have a look into the studio and hear some fresh stuff from the band,the song you can hear is 'The Saviour' of the new album 'The Landing':
The band website can be found at
http://www.iron-saviour.com
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