Update September 2006

The Last Embrace

Newly signed to the LDR roster, the french band The Last Embrace will see its first full length released on october 2006.

Formed in 1998, the band choose during their formative years to experiment and work on his own sound, giging as much as possible (clubs and festivals such as The Festival de la Rotonde at Hirson with Paradise Lost, Saxon, Shaman, Sonata Artica, After Forever, Misanthrope, The Old Dead Tree or the Metal Female Voices Festival in Brussels with Epica headlining).

After a praised by french medias eponymous self-produced cdep and noticed opening slot for The Gathering at the Elysée Montmartre in 2004, the band still looking for the appropriate line-up finally found the right formula in mid 2005 prior recording just announced first full length with Stephan May (who previously worked with The Old Dead Tree).

		*Tracklisting:* Introspection Mother Somewhere in the Dark Rain Inside Can You ? Broken It Says Eclipse To Dispel Inner Fears
LDR006

Some concerts are already confirmed, more to come in the coming weeks/months:

october 14, Paris @ La Cantada (acoustic gig)

october 24, Paris @ La Scène Bastille (with In Terria, Hevius)

december 9, Festival Metal @ Avréchy (with Anthemon, Evil One, Neurosphobia, ...)

january 20, Montdidier (with Syren's Call, Revenge)

More informations and mp3's on these websites:
www.thelastembrace.com
www.myspace.com/thelastembracefr

Rite

New bass player is now fully confirmed: welcome aboard mr Daniel Stuka (Babylon Whores, Outcast Crew).

As a reminder, next gig is on september 29 in Mikkeli.

www.riteband.com
www.myspace.com/riteband

Buzzfest second edition due this october, bill is as follow :

Saturday 28 October 2006

BuzzFest Warm-Up Night
Negasonic, Aalst (B)

Bands: Bible Of The Devil (USA), Glowsun (F), Casa Grande (B)

Doors: 19.00
Start: 19.30

Sunday, 29 October 2006

BuzzFest 2006
JH Nijdrop, Opwijk (B)

Bands: Dozer (S), Generous Maria (S), 3Speed Automatic (NL), Royal Bubble Orchestra (F), Kube (B)

Doors: 17.30
Start: 18.00

Update August 2006

Honcho is back !!!!!

Pure Swingin' Black Sabbath on acid. Gibson Fuelled 70's inspired riffs, attitude and groove. Rock n Roll is not dead, neither is heavy psychedelic blues with a groove !

After two praised albums in France, Europe and USA, the norwegian masters of heavy psychedelic blues aka the missing link between Free, Cream, QOTSA and Soundgarden, finally hit the road on their first tour outside Scandinavia thru Belgium, France and United Kingdom in november 2005. The Paris gig was filmed with 6 cameras.

"Honcho, Live in Paris, France" captures their onstage presence and presents some of their best songs such as a new version of "Industrial Lane" as well as cover songs as the appropriate "Viking" (Los Lobos) and "Watching You" (Kiss).

The perfect release which will help wait for their new studio record.

Description:

Format: ltd ed dvd 5,
Region code: all zone
Audio format: stereo
Running time: 80 mins approx.

-tracklisting:

Intro: Oh Well
Viking (Los Lobos cover)
Some Say
Falling Behind
Hangover Blues
Holy
Industrial Lane
Silly
Watching You (Kiss cover)
Lost & There
Seeing You
Messenger Messiah

- bonus:
song selection
discography
live pictures gallery
making of

- Excerpts from Lars Erik Si tour diary

You can already watch the trailer and Messenger Messiah full live video on google video.

Honcho Live in Paris, France will be released on september 18, 2006 but is already available thru our mailorder !!!

Rite

Upcoming gigs with new bass player. Name of the mysterious new member to be revealed any time now.

August 19, 2006 @ Sam's Pub, Karhula (Finland)

August 28, 2006 @ Torvi, Lahti (Finland)

September 29, 2006 @ ZicZac, Mikkeli (Finland)

Sparzanza still working on new album

Another new Sparzanza song on myspace website. After "Dead Rising" with Peter Dolving from The Haunted guesting on vocals, this time it is "Going Down" that the fans discovered live on their last tour.

Sparzanza are still in the studio working on forthcoming album "Banisher of the Light". it should be completed in early september, then mixed and mastered. Ralf from swedish band Mustasch is guesting on one track.

There is also a new Sparzanza website under construction at the moment to be online at the time of the release of new album.

Update July 2006

Very fine reviews of the Rite new album, "Hobo Metall", still coming !!! Some interviews as well. Here's a sum up:

"aussi efficace qu'un "Strength Beyond Strength" de Pantera, "Of Shit and a Fan" ouvre de manière radicale cet album de Heavy Rock, Trash/Punk/Hardcore musclées Finlandais de Rite. (...) Outre la production qui est excellente, une autre chose est réellement agréable ici: le chant. Sans beugler à tout bout de champ, Jarrko montre qu'il est possible de commbiner lignes vocales mélodiques et aggressivité. Une belle surprise pour ma part !"
Deadstar / vs-webzine (France)

"combinant assauts punk et charges métal avec tout l'à propos nécessaire au genre. Rien d'onctueux chez Rite et du chant hasséré tessons de bouteilles aux guitares lance-flammes, le mot d'ordre c'est pas de prisonniers! Jamais une baisse la garde, envoyant tout du long une pulsion classée zone orange. De ce point de vue lଠle fortifiant "Ode to Nothing" est quelque chose comme l'oeil du cyclone."
AF / Abus Dangereux (France)

"un son massif, lourd, cher à de nombreuses formations scandinaves, de Nine à Entombed. Ce dernier apparait d'ailleurs comme une référence logique, ajouté aux premiers Turbonegro et Motorhead. (...) N'ayons pas peur des mots, Hobo Metall est une sacré réussite, un déluge de grattes et un groupe terrifiant d'efficacité. Trop puissant pour nous, simples mortels."
François / tousentong.free.fr (France)

"entre metal et punk, les finlandais sortent un Hobo Metall incandescent et jouent sur les plates-bandes de leurs voisins nordiques. La musique des Finlandais fait aussi mal qu'un upercut balancé sans retenue en plein menton. Une bonne tarte dans la tronche comme ont su si bien les distribuer Motorhead et Entombed auxquels il est difficile de ne pas penser quand résonnent encore les dernières notes du Hobo Metall de Rite"
GLey / Rocksound # 147 (France)

"A coup de titres dépassant rarement les trois minutes, Rite nous fait le coup du groupe de rock'n'roll ayant d飩d頤e foutre le feu à tout ce qui dépasse. Et ça marche!"
Gilles Mollet / Rock You #3 (France)

"Incandescent, incisif et percutant (la liste peut être très très longue), Hobo Metall l⣨e les chevaux ("Blowflies", "In Need of Discipline"), empile les parpaings sonores et nous explose en plein visage ("Bullet Rush"). Prod bien grasse, trempée dans l'acide et la sueur, le rouleau compresseur Rite rase tout sur son passage, pratiquant par la même la tactique de la terre brûlée pour mieux marquer son territoire. (...) Hobo Metall est un vértable manifeste de furie stoner metal, brut de décoffrage. (...) une véritable charge toute en furie, plus près de la Horde Sauvage que de la chevauchée Fantastique, le troisième album studio de Rite brutalisera sûrement les tympans des moins avertis."
Aurélien / W-fenec.org (France)

"A la fois fils de Motorhead et neveu d'Entombed, Rite lâche les watts comme un groupe de sauvages et explose tout en à peine plus d'une demi heure. La durée parfaite pour un album de cet acabit. Juste ce qu'il faut avant d'appuyer sur replay. Wild!"
GLey / Rocksound # 146 (France)

"Hobo Metall est destiné à tous les amoureux de gros riffs gras et de tempos qui font bouger la tête. Ainsi qu'à tous ceux qui n'auront pas peur de claquer la porte à la tronche de leur voisin en hurlant simplement "Fuck off, it's just rock n roll!"
RDoucet / Hard n Heavy # 122, rating: 4/5 (France)

"Rite booste son heavy rock d'une redoutable efficacité flirtant dangereusement sur les limites straight-edge du punk-rock et des parrains pustuleux de Motorhead"
JC / RockOne #20, rating: 7/10 (France)

"quelque part planté entre Motorhead, Turbonegro, et le Entombed de Uprising, ce nouvel opus de Rite est une sévère descente dans une piscine de cambouis. Les rythmes y sont pluttôt speed, limite punkies. Les compositions sont calibrées comme des coups de rangers dans le fion. Sans oublier ce côté bien graisseux, idéal pour colmater les entrées d'air entre deux riffs. Comme son nom de baptème le laisse supposer, cet album est avant tout un hommage au metal. Mais pas à n'importe lequel. Celui des masses laborieuses et des basses classes qui en chient, qui s'usent la santé au turbin en attendant la biture programmée du week-end."
BBages / Rock Hard #? 54, rating: 7,5/10 (France)

Versus magazine: 7,5/10 (France)

Lords of Metal ezine (Benelux), rating: 78/100

Daredevil (Germany), rating: 8/10

"This album just rocks from beginning till end with infectious songs. Surely a band for fans of Danko Jones and Peter Pan Speedrock"
Brutalism.com (Benelux)

"if you enjoy music in the style of Superjoint Ritual, Crowbar, if you enjoy hardcore, you will be AN INSTANT FAN. Because this stuff is terrific. It's loud as hell, it's overwhelming and it will most definitely annoy your neighbor, which is a good thing. Rite have delivered an album that can only be compared to a monster truck that lacks brakes, and is pllowing it's way through an audience of decadent stupid hotdog poodle owners"
Metalrage.com (Benelux), rating: 88/100

And last but not least, Rite "Hobo Metall" album of the week on stalkermusic.com (Finland) !!!!!!!?

You can also read some interviews (in french) on these following webzines

http://www.vs-webzine.com
http://www.bokson.net/rock/inter/179.html

http://www.zicazic.com/zicazine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3982&Itemid=64

Update June 2006

Thanks to all supporters and fans who came to the Longfellow Deeds festivals last may !! Mighty fun and worth the work. Rite had the opportunity to play France for the first time and offered a setlist mixing new songs from their very fine new opus "Hobo Metall" which is having very fine reviews and older ones. They proved to the audience that even if their long standing bass player and friend decided a few hours prior taking their flight to France to quit the band, they can deliver on stage !!!! For the occasion Janne played the bass, Sami took care of all guitar works. Nevertheless, fast, trash, explosive and with no mercy, could be some of the words best describing their stage presence.?It was not an easy task to open the nights, especially under these circumstances, but they did it with taste, energy: many thanks to Janne, Jarrko, Juha and Sami ! It is maybe a bit early, but if everything goes as planned, Rite should be able to announce officially the name of their new bass player very shortly. For the time being, the band is rehearsing for upcoming gigs in Finland (see tour dates section) with mysterious replacement.

Regarding Honcho & Sparzanza, France is no news for them as they already played twice before last november, but they were delighted as well to see and meet you again. Sparzanza played some more songs from their forthcoming third album "Banisher of the Light", planned for release in Europe this autumn, such as "Dead Rising" (the studio version will have Peter Dolving from The Haunted as guest vocal!), "Going Down", "Music to Interrogate By", "Chasing the Dragon".?

It seems, Honcho are back at work and eager to rehearse new songs for upcoming album; They played one new instrumental to start with in Paris and did 2 new numbers the next day in Strasbourg!! Holy ................ ! The least we can say, is: the band's new material is even more groovy and atmospheric and on top of that there is THE VOICE of Lars Erik Satheren !!!

Please check the picture section for pictures of the may 2006 Paris gig. Some other pictures following that link:
http://chaosbc.free.fr/chaosbc/Honcho.html

Two live reports of the Longfellow Deeds Festival (second edition) available in the french issues of Rock Hard and Hard n Heavy.?

Work on the Honcho and Sparzanza live dvd is nearly done, expect releases before end of 2006. The Paris november gig was filmed with 6 cameras.

Update may 2006

Buzzville Records new releases :

Generous Maria goes Electricism!
Retro-rockers Generous Maria just released their new album "Electricism" . It is the second full album for these 5 guys from Gothenborg, Sweden. "Electricism" was produced by guitarplayer Dan Johansson and was mastered at the Mastering Room in Gothenborg, Sweden by Goran Finnberg (e.g. Spiritual Beggars, The Quill, Opeth, Blind Dog, The Haunted,?).

Christian Smedström (The Awesome Machine) plays additional guitar on the track "Precious And Grace" and the Italian cult-artists collective Malleus were - again, as they also made the one for "Command Of The New Rock" release - responsible for the album artwork.

Generous Maria played a selected amount of gigs in the Netherlands, Belgium & Germany to start the promotion for the new album and will be back with an extended Euro-tour by the end of the year.

Some quotes:

Metal-Nose:

"Nothing but praise for "Electricism"..." score: 9/10

Stoner Rock Chick:
"So for anyone who misses good old days of rock and roll that almost necessitates consuming large quantities of alcohol (among other things) than this should be your next purchase."

NineHertz:
"Opening number 'The Chilling Effect' grabs you by the proverbials and throws you around the room with a riff akin to falling under a Eurostar train and not being dropped until Paris. This is bloody brilliant!"

Sengir ready for Metal Female Voices Fest Vol. 4... and Beautiful Voices Vol. 2

Belgium's N. 1 goth rockers Sengir are confirmed for the Metal Female Voices Fest IV on October 21. The band will perform on the famous MFVF festival for the 3rd time and they will share the stage with Midnattsol, Skeptikal Minds, Lullacry, Theatres des Vampires, More details & bands will be confirmed soon. The band just played the 2006 edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, together with bands like e.g. Leaves' Eyes, Stream Of Passion, After Forever, and Lacuna Coil. Also in 2005 Sengir played at the biggest metal festival in Belgium.

Earlier this year the band released the follow up for their critically acclaimed debut album. For Sengir the release of "Guilty Water" (in February 2003) was the beginning of a more than successful series of gigs and tours (together with e.g. After Forever, Orphanage, Autumn, Trail Of Tears, Epica, Nightwish) in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.

On September 8th, the song "Calling" will be part of "Beautiful Voices Vol. 2", a audio + video collection featuring bands like e.g. Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Moonspell, Therion, Tapping The Vein, Sirenia, Edenbridge, Luca Turilli, and of course Sengir. The video part will include other female fronted bands like e.g. L' Ame Immortelle, After Forever, Epica, Xandria, Visions Of Atlantis, Lullacry, Arch Enemy, Crucified Barbara, and Doro. The ?Beautiful Voices Vol. 2? collection will be released as a cd + dvd package via Nuclear Blast Records.

In the meantime, Sengir "Sign of Devotion" was album of the week on the Nocturnal Tears radio show (june 14) in France, the show plays Sengir's new songs on a very regular basis, thanks to Ludo !!

Some nice reviews as well in the french medias such as Rock One, Les Accros du Metal

From Brussels with love! ...and groove!

The first release on the new Buzzville-imprint BuzzTown (yep... they confess...the Buzzville guys had some drinks before they discussed the name...) will be Stockholm Syndrom of Kube. Hailing from the centre of Belgium, Kube was born on a gloomy night of the year 1997. After a bunch of gig's with band's like Hulk and Ufomammuth they recorded and mixed their first album "Stockholm Syndrom" at the Indie-R studio (Hulk, Yel, Bai kamara Jr). Their common influences were and still are: Kyuss, Motorpsycho, Black Sabbath, the Melvins, QOTSA? Their style and universe: twisted love, vicious humour, contained hatred and outrageous violence are their favourite themes.

BuzzTown Productions was created to focus on new and upcoming rock/metal bands that are based in the Benelux region .

Updated April 2006

Longfellow Deeds Festival Second edition

Two french gigs on may 10 and 11 in Paris and Strasbourg !!!

For the release of the new Rite album titled "Hobo Metall" which will be in stores starting monday april 24, it was time to plan some more gigs in France and as the first edition of the Festival last november went well ...

This time it will be a full scandinavian package, SPREAD THE NEWS:

Honcho (Norway)

Rite (Finland)

Sparzanza (Sweden)

wednesday may 10 @ Le Batofar (http://www.batofar.org), Paris (France)

Doors open at: 7.00 pm

First band on stage at 7.30 pm

Presales at FNAC, Billetel: 12.60 euros

First (paying) visitors will receive a free copy of the mighty compilation "Greatest Hits Volume 1" (featuring unreleased tracks from Honcho, Grand Magus, .....)

thursday may 11 @ Le Molodoi http://www.molodoi.net , Strasbourg (France)

Doors open at: 8.00 pm

Presales at FNAC: 7 euros

Drunk punk? Bum rock? No, it’s Hobo Metall!

Rite releases new super heavy album

This is the loudest and dirtiest piece of heavy rock finnish Rite has ever made. Hobo Metall continues with the guitar riff driven heavy rock bashing that Rite has become so well known for during the past few years. Only this time it’s all louder and heavier.

Hobo Metall consists of ten selected Rite songs written in 2004-2005. It combines heavy rock, punk rock and metal into one explosive package. The tracklisting is:

1. Of Shit and a Fan | clip |

2. Blowflies | clip |

3. In Need of Discipline | clip |

4. Bullet Rush | clip |

5. Fistrule | clip |

6. I Will Let You Down | clip |

7. Ode to Nothing | clip |

8. Bottomfeeder | clip |

9. Full Frontal Backfire | clip |

10. Hobo War | clip |

Rite spent ten days at Studio Watercastle (Jyväskylä, Finland) in October 2005 recording and mixing the album, together with Arttu Sarvanne. Right after that Hobo Metall was mastered at Finnvox studios by Mika Jussila.

Hobo Metall is produced & released through the french record label Longfellow Deeds Records.

Rite is:

Manu Kuitunen: bass

Sami Lintunen: guitar

Jarkko Laatikainen: vocals

Janne Savolainen: guitar

Juha Kivikanto: drums

Discography:

Rite "Hobo Metall" 2006, cd album, Longfellow Deeds

Rite "The Creep Had It Coming" 2004, cdep, Multiplatinium Records

Rite "Shoot Skull For Jackpot" 2002, cd album, Water Dragon / Longfellow Deeds Records

Rite "Goddamn" 2000, 7", Water Dragon / Longfellow Deeds Records

Website: http://www.riffrock.com/rite/

Updated november 2005

More news on forthcoming gigs in France. Full european tour schedule in the "tour dates" section.

Samedi 12 Novembre 2005 - Festival Longfellow Deeds www.batofar.org
Honcho (Norway) + Sparzanza (Sweden) + Monkey 3 (Switzerland)
Doors open @ 7.00 pm

First band on stage at 7.30 pm

12 Euros (presales fnac, virgin, Billetel)

Dimanche 13 novembre au Grillen, Colmar (68) www.grillen.fr.st
Honcho (Norway) + Sparzanza (Sweden) + Monkey 3 (Switzerland)
Doors open at 8.30 pm

8 Euros (presales: fnac)

First (paying) visitors will receive a free copy of forthcoming cdset compilation "Rock n Roll Bkvd Vol 1" featuring Gonzalez, We're All Gonna Die, Honcho, Sparzanza, Rite, Space Probe Taurus, Mezzanine, ...

For more informations please contact us at longfellowdeeds@longfellowdeeds.com

http://www.honcho.no
http://www.sparzanza.com
http://www.monkeythree.com

Updated October 2005

- Longfellow Deeds Records / Buzzville Records Festival

To announce and celebrate our new partnership with Belgian record label Buzzville Records (http://www.buzzville.be), we are proud to present our first festival in France HONCHO, SPARZANZA and MONKEY3.

The event will take place on November 12 @ the Batofar, Paris - France ( http://www.batofar.org ).

Doors open at 7.pm

First band on stage at 7.45 pm

Tickets at 12 euros, these are already on sale ( FNAC and at the Batofar ).

More dates to be confirmed soon.

- Artimus Pyledriver and Monkey3

First french releases from the Buzzville catalogue available in France starting this october thru Longfellow Deeds / Overcome Distribution. More to come in november.

http://www.artimuspyledriver.com

In 2002, Artimus Pyledriver released their very first 5 track EP “Southern Fried Rock” which the band dishes out an angry, soulful, almost Southern blues riff-rock, bottom-heavy like COC and driving at high energy consistently from start to finish. Vocals are gritty and angry but nice and melodic throughout. The guitars are of chunky overdriven monster tone and thick chord progressions....that was 2002.
In 2004 the band not only did 3 weeks US tour as support of local heroes Nashville Pussy, but also recorded their debut album, simply titled "Artimus Pyledriver".
The album was produced by the band, together with Matt Washburn and Dave Angstrom (from Supafuzz and Hermano fame) and features the best songs the band wrote the past years and is ass kickin' once more. Only this time, Artimus Pyledriver kick hard. Very hard !
In April 2005 the Artimus boys hooked up with Hank Williams III for 6 weeks US Tour.

Artimus Pyldriver is equal part Southern Rock and Jack Daniels : straight, no ice, no glass, just leave the bottle ! Hell Yeah !

"Artimus Pyledriver are masters of the moonshine-stained riff.... Redneck anthams with the true spirit of bullshit-free rock'n'roll at its finest. Glorious stuff" KKKK-review, Kerrang, UK

“Not only does their live sound hit like a thousand anvils, these Atlanta boys delivered stunning visual performances as well. Their spastic singer was gifted with an explosive stage presence and a seriously evil voice. Sandpapery and shrill, the last time I heard a demonic voice like that was on Skinny Puppy's "Tin Omen", and even Nivek Ogre needed a voice processor to create such an effect. With water dramatically splashing off his drums and a maniacal smile, the drummer brought his share of raving kinesis to the performance as well. And seen live, their sledgehammer guitar work was much more technically demanding than one would expect. Kick ass, just plain kick ass.”
-Bao Le-Huu Music Columnist OrlandoCityBeat

“I hate going on after these guys”:-Ruyter Suys Nashville Pussy

”No matter what you call it, Artimus Pyldriver's sound takes the blues-inflected sludge of its influences and adds a dose of ass-kickin,' monster truck fury.”
-Jonathan Williams, Music Editor Prick Magazine

”Artimus Pyledriver is jamming the beer-drinking, hell-raising, high-octane redneck rock in the tradition of Mountain and modern rippers Bad Wizard. I turned this up until the police came by and wanted to know who in the hell that band was.”
-H. Barry Zimmerman Scratch Magazine

”This is Southern Rawk at it´s best. The music of Artimus Pyledriver is pure energy, bluessoaked riffs with a lot of Metal in it and a raw voice which fits fucking great to the music and gives the whole thing a damn good groove”
-RB Daredevil Magazine

http://www.monkeythree.com

Monkey3 started in January 2000 in Lausanne (Switzerland). After a long period of jam sessions, the band decided to create their own material. In the beginning there was only Gioconda (guitar), Picasso (Bass) and Walter (Drums&Percussions). In 2001 Darkmann (keyboard's) joined the band for some live performances and the recording of the first demo in 2001.