The Mission XXV: Athens, Greece plus info for the European shows

Mission live in Greece

20/10/2011

Fuzz Club

22 Vouliagmenis Avenue

Athens, Greece

OK, so we promised you some Mission 25th anniversary continental European shows for Oct-Nov and that’s what we have for you. In addition to the previously announced UK shows at London’s Brixton and Leed’s O2 Academy’s (on Oct 22nd and 28th respectively) we are pleased to be able to confirm additional shows in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. The dates in full are below. Tickets for all shows go on sale tomorrow, Friday 10th June, from all usual outlets and the following websites:

Portugal – http://www.ticketline.pt
Spain – http://www.ticketmaster.es and Sunrecords, Madrid.
Greece – http://www.ticketarena.gr
Holland – http://www.melkeg.nl
Belgium – http://www.sinnersday.com
Germany - http://www.fkpscorpio.com/tickets_konzertsuche.asp

Oct:

Fri. 14th: Hard Club, Porto, Portugal
Sat. 15th: Santiago Alquimista, Lisbon, Portugal
Sun. 16th: Mirror, Valencia, Spain
Mon. 17th: Bikini, Barcelona, Spain
Tues. 18th: Heineken, Madrid, Spain
Thurs, 20th: Fuzz Club, Athens, Greece
Sat. 22nd: Brixton O2 Academy, London, UK*
Fri. 28th: O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
Sat. 29th: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherland
Sun. 30th: Sinners Day Festival, Belgium

Nov:

Tues. 1st: Stollwerck, Cologne, Germany
Wed. 2nd: Guenspan, Hamburg, Germany

(*Besides London where we have already announced FOTN and GLJ as our very special guests,

support and special guests for the other shows will be announced at a later stage.)

Merciful Nunns - Infinite Visons - Out 12-08-2011

Well new stuff is coming out from Merciful Nuns. The Infinite Visions DVD and CD will be out on 12-08-2011 through Solar Lodge.

Here is the tracklist:

INFINITE VISIONS
a full concert recorded at SO36, Berlin - 23.04.2011

DVD

1. The Portal
2. Hypogeum II
3. Body Of Light
4. Nunhood
5. Evolution
6. The Eclipse
7. The Seal
8. Sanctuary
9. God / Aeon
10. Ancient Astronauts
11. Megalithic Dreams

CD

INFINITE VISIONS
a ritual soundtrack for our darkest moments

part I: the sound of Nibriu
part II: the 12th planet
part III: the Anunnaki

INFINITE VISIONS DVD/CD is a full concert on DVD recorded at SO36, Berlin plus "a ritual soundtrack for our darkest moment" on CD!

Pre-order "Infinite Visons" 6panal DigiPak under http://www.MercifulNuns.com.

Watch the trailer here:

Angels of Liberty

If you are somehow missing the classic Gothic Rock of the 80s and 90s, I guess this new band from the United Kingdom is totally for you. It is not only their great music included on their debut Mini CD "The Monster In Me", it is their general attitude that re presents Gothic Rock the way it was the classic, good old days. Here is the band's statement from their website:

Formed in 2011 in the UK, Angels of Liberty are a brand new UK Gothic Rock band. Our aim is to create Gothic Rock for the elite few left who are still proud to call themselves Goths, those who, with their passion and will, tend to the Black Flame. So, More than a little fashionably late, showing clear signs of erotic crystalization inertia and with moth eaten frock coats, here we are.

The first few drops from our blood stained chalice have just become available from Secret Sin Records in the form of the 'Monster In Me' EP. Less of a Band more of a Serpent Cult, we have our sights on creating an alchemy between us and fans of Gothic Rock on a small and personal scale for the purpose of re-creating some of the magic we felt so long ago.

While the bloodlines tighten their grip in a bid for control of the New Dawn, Angels of Liberty have laid out their agenda in their zine 'The Hidden Hand". Perhaps after listening you will join us as a co-conspirator and help us raise up this Empire of Decay and birth a new generation of Goths to be baptised in the blood of the old sound?

This video showcases the songs on the Angels of Liberty fan tape. The tapes are all gone with all numbered and signed copies now reserved for goths whove become fans and helped spread the word. The tape unleashes five gothic rock tracks on a signed numbered tape. The tape itself is a plastic tamper proof cassette where the label is parchment inside the cassette itself. The inlay card is also parchment and signed by the band. They will go out to an elite few Goths who have made all the effort worth while. They will receive the tape along with the forthcoming realease on CD along with a wax sealed parchment scroll and other goodies.




Except for the music the band is working on some other interesting project, for example they are preparing their own Fanzine entitled The Hidden Hand. There is also a very interesting booklet produced by the band that feature lyrics of the Mini CD plus some more art. You can visit their website and grab all the latest information about the band. I guess that everyone seriously involved into Gothic Rock music should pay attention to this new band on their first steps, I am sure that they are going to make their own very special saga into the pantheon of Gothic rock music and that we shall hear many more by them in the future.

The band is already answering their first interview for AD.

GOTHLAND

With this post we want to express our total brotherhood, union and respect to Gothland. Gothland (Real Goth Greece) is a promotional movement started on the Internet many moons ago to promote Gothic Rock music. This movement is using popular social networks and other Internet places to promote Gothic Rock music mainly through videos. Gothland includes a MySpace webpage, a YouTube chanel and a FaceBook Page and there you can find a wide section of official and unofficial Gothic Rock videos. All this stuff gives the chance to everyone interested to check out some great Gothic Rock bands. Gothland keeps an absolute close minded and pure artistic background promoting only the REAL Gothic Rock Stuff. No fake stuff, not EBM, Industrial or pseudo-electro, only worth checking Gothic Rock bands at its best songs on Gothland.

http://www.myspace.com/gothland667
http://www.youtube.com/user/Abominations
http://www.facebook.com/pages/-Gothland-Real-Goth-Greece-/152360114812824?sk=wall

THE MISSION UK - The Crystal Ocean (Live 1987)

The Mission
Crusade Live Aylesbury Friars
The Crystal Ocean
1987

THE MISSION - 25h Anniversary Celelbration

The Mission celebrate their 25th anniversary by reforming for a show at London’s Brixton O2 Academy on Saturday 22nd October and we are very pleased to be able to announce that joining us in the festivities for the evening will be very special guests, Fields Of The Nephilim. Also just confirmed for the opening slot are are Gene Loves Jezebel. The Mission’s vocalist Wayne Hussey says:

“So, when I was asked if I would like to play a London show celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Mission my immediate thought was how can I make this more memorable and more of an event than the four sold out Shepherd Bush shows we played back in early 2008? What, exactly, would our audience really like to see? My first thought was to try and persuade the original line-up of the band to get together again - so, with reluctant promises of no sex and no drugs and a treadmill on the tour bus I managed to persuade Craig Adams and Simon Hinkler to join me for the show. And we’ll only be playing songs from the albums we actually recorded together so it’ll be all the early ‘hits’ and more, and none of any of that recent bollocks and I promise, no new songs. If you want new songs then get yourself along to one of my solo shows next time I’m on tour. Yeah, this Mission show, it’s gonna be all about nostalgia.

Then I turned my mind to the issue of who could I ask to join us that would elevate the evening from merely a wondrous celebratory occasion to one of complete nirvana for the average Mission fan. A band that our audience would love to see play with us. A band that has a history and musical legacy as rich as ours, a band that invokes a dedication and attracts zealots just as The Mission does. A band that mean’t something in 1986 when we started and still does today. A band that, amazingly, we’ve never ever shared a stage with before. Got it. Only one answer. Fields Of The Nephilim. Perfect.”

It promises to be a night never to forget and an exciting way to celebrate 25 years of The Mission with two of the very best British bands of that period and will be the hottest ticket of the season. And to commence the proceedings for the evening will be the venerable and evergreen Gene Loves Jezebel.

http://themissionuk.com/wp/

'Sense' new single by Adoration

This is the return of this great Gothic Rock baad from United Kingdom. "Sense" is their new single and this is the promo video. It was released on 4/6/11 and it is available through itunes and other digital online stores.

Adoration formed in London in 2003 by Stephen Carey (formerly of Ireland’s This Burning Effigy) together with vocalist John Stone. After an initial flurry of activity during which the band supported bands such as Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and All About Eve, they decided to cocoon themselves in the studio to write and record their first album, with Lee-Anne Burgess joining them on bass in 2006. Owing to Steve’s other musical commitments (NFD, Eden House) this was a lengthy process.

In September 2008 the 3 piece finally released their long awaited debut studio album ‘Sleepwalking’.

http://myspace.com/adorationuk
http://facebook.com/adorationuk