Rough Silk back with new video and tourdates

Rough Silk ran across my way many times. First of all way back in 1994 when the band opened up for Helloween. I didn't knew the band before at all but was positively surprised of their sound. Most of all the song "Walls Of Never" left behind something in me.

I kept a eye on them the following years, bought the double best of CD "Wheels Of Time". The german progressive rockers kept changing line up and also the sound changed from lenghty and epic tunes to compact riff rockers.

These days the band sounds more tight and straight fowards than ever before. In addition to putting out a new album "Progressive Oi! Pop" they've put out a decent video showing the new formed band in action in the studio. Besides the work it also captures a lot of the fun moments of those days.

Rough Silk will hit the road on a good many of shows throughout 2019, most of them are located in Germany. Here's the exact list of dates starting already the coming weekend:

19.01.2019 Schänke / Haltern am See
01.02.2019 Café Prinzregent / Ansbach
02.02.2019 Raldy´s Wirtshaus / Pülfringen
09.02.2019 Dublin Road / Rheda Wiedenbrück
16.02.2019 BarRock / Hamburg
08.03.2019 Altberliner Destille / Kassel
09.03.2019 Subkultur / Hannover
15.03.2019 Klimperkasten / Stelle
29.03.2019 Matze's Rock Bar / Bad Wildungen
30.03.2019 Weißes Ross / Immelsdorf
26.04.2019 Teufels / Bargteheide
27.04.2019 B6 / Goslar
18.05.2019 Kapovaz / Bremerhaven
30.05.-01.06.2019 Metal Meeting Festival / Werder
01.06.2019 Kaiserkeller / Hamburg "Punk op de Deel-Festival"
22.06.2019 BarRock / Langenholzhausen / Open Air
07.09.2019 Janja's / Cuxhaven
14.09.2019 Crazy / Hameln
21.09.2019 Mikrofon / Obernkirchen
26.10.2019 ASB Bahnhof / Barsinghausen
01.11.2019 Tonelli´s / Leipzig
02.11.2019 Ranch / Plauen
09.11.2019 Schabreu / Braunschweig
16.11.2019 Gnasteiners / Lauenburg
23.11.2019 Fabrik / Braunsbedra
30.11.2019 Frosch / Limmer
07.12.2019 Muziekcafe / Helmond (NL)

Make sure to check the homepage for further updates.

Senate of Prevail look back on the past time with new video

Memories can be sweet gifts. Sure they also can be bad and often we tend to look upon the bad those. It's so easy to forget the good things that happened in a world that is filled with problems.

Anyway, the swedish band Senate of Prevail currently is on hold after having powered all around for nearly a full year with recordings and live performances. They gathered some fans during that process including me and I've posted many of their stuff here on my blog. Just click this link to get a fast overview on those posts. I miss those days...

Happily the guitarist Peter Jonsson recently looked through the band's video archives and compiled a clip showing some nice scenes of the band's history. He also mixed a older track of Senate Of Prevail called "October Sky" and put both things together. The video shows material that has never before seen in any of the band's videos that came out during the last months.

It's well worth checking out. It's the music but also the memories that got me so quickly. My favoite scene is Anton Forsman playing the drum kit at the start of the video and looking like the "Wasn't I supposed to do this?" look at the end and then Pecka Wexell (the drummer of the band) comes rushing in with the forklift as some sort of reaction. :-) 

Enjoy these sweet memories and keep an eye on the band's Facebook page. Who know's maybe one day they'll be back? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that!

Divides talk about being trapped in the past in new video

I've talked already in a previous post about the band Divides and their ability to bring on topics related things happening in our lifes and the ongoing changes in them through their music and videoclips. The newest output, the second single from the upcoming album "Brokentooth" is no exception from that.

This time they focussed on the danger of being trapped in the past by things that happend in those days of your life in the song "Echoes Fade". "The lyrics for this song were written in pieces since we moved down from Alaska," says bassist Joe Jackson. "Transitions anywhere can be hard, but the worst part is being away from the people you love. These lyrics in particular were really therapeutic for me to write, I'm reminded of that every time we play it. I wanted it to be less about the tragedy of absence and loss, and more so about not letting yourself get trapped in the past and the memories that hold you there. Having our friend Chris add vocals to the song really helped convey that message."

The expression of the face of Chris James, all the desperation and sadness makes it clear what the lyrics want to say. I also like the way the memories are shown in there with the use of the polaroid pictures hanging everywhere he goes. It's like the past that can follow you everywhere you go. Happily there's a way to get around that...



You can pre-order the album through itunes.

Also don't miss out the chance to catch the band live on the upcoming shows in the USA.

Upcoming Tour Dates:

Sat Jul 18th – The Viking Bar, Spokane, WA

Wed Jul 29th – The Analog Cafe, Portland, OR

Wed Aug 5th – The Charleston, Bremerton, WA

with The Quiet Cull

Thu Aug 6th – The Town, Tacoma, WA (21+)

with The Quiet Cull

Fri Aug 7th – Vans Warped Tour @ Portland Expo Center, Portland, OR

Sat Aug 8th – McCoy’s Tavern, Olympia, WA (21+)

with The Quiet Cull

Thu Aug 13th – The Ash Street, Portland, OR (21+)

with The Quiet Cull

Fri Aug 14th – The Fun House, Seattle, WA (21+)

with The Quiet Cull

(c) by Divides, used with kind permission

Make sure to stay in connection with the band on Facebook, Twitter or through the band's website.