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The gigantic appetizer to an iconic album comes on August 1st
„BLACKOUT“ Munich, August 1st. Above all, there was a wild night of partying with the guys from Def Leppard and Judas Priest, the details of which the SCORPIONS couldn’t remember the next day, even with the best will in the world.
A total blackout.
Such a merciless moment, which no one who was actually there can remember, laid the musical foundation for one of the SCORPIONS’ most triumphant successes – Blackout. The next day, “Blackout” was created, the title for a new song. And this song is not only the first single from the upcoming iconic album Coming Home Live – but also conveys to fans the power, the virtuosity, the epic moments of that unforgettable night on July 5th, 2025, when the band performed their magical concert on the stage of the Hanover stadium. In front of an impressive stage set – and the backdrop of more than 45,000 enthusiastic fans.
While the SCORPIONS have performed countless times in huge stadiums around the world, this was the first time the five rockers performed a stadium concert in Germany, and in the hometown of Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, and Matthias Jabs. The occasion: the 60th anniversary: Coming Home. And that will also be the title of the unique album – Coming Home Live.
With “Blackout” and the other legendary songs from their Coming Home concert on the memorable July 5th in the Hanover stadium, the band bridged the gap between yesterday and tomorrow. “Scorpions,” wrote one of Germany’s most important news portals, t-online, about it, “celebrate the biggest home game of their career.” “A thrilling anniversary concert,” stated NDR, and Hannoversche Allgemeine newspaper noted: “The Scorpions’ stadium concert will be a triumph.”
60 years of the Scorpions. Coming Home Live.
The single “Blackout Coming Home Live” will be released on August 1st, 2025, by Vertigo/Universal and you can listen here: https://scorpions.lnk.to/blackoutcominghomelive
The live album “Coming Home Live” can be pre-ordered here:
https://scorpions.lnk.to/ComingHomeLiveThe world premiere of the music video for the single “Blackout – Coming Home live” will take place on Thursday, July 31st, at 5.15 p.m. and on Friday at 8.50 pm at Wacken Open Air. It will be available on Saturday 2.00 pm on the you tube band channel:
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Omni Part 2 (Karfagen, 2025)
Antony Kalugin, the ukrainian multi-instrumentalist behind Karfagen, is a man of many talents and his 2025 album “Omni” is another good example of his stunningly prolific vein (you’ll find more elsewhere in this blog).”Omni” Part 2 is a well built suite, a 22 minute one divided into 4 movements, also enjoyable as stand-alone songs, many of them in a rather slow tempo, but with some welcome accelerations and many, unpredictable changes.
As usual, an inspiring cover art
As always, there are very good melodies and beautiful solos, and this time the vocals, provided by the kinds of Marco Glühmann, Richard Sinclair, Jean Pageau, Bartosz Kossowicz plus, of course, Olha Rostovska and Antony Kalugin himself, play an essential role in the great picture, something we don’t easily find in Karfagen’s discography. All those different and sensitive voices fit perfectly in such a rich musical texture. Among other guest musicians, Michel St-Père’s (of Mystery fame) guitars and John Hackett’s flute need no introductions and are two more bonuses added to this musical pearl. This is Neo-Progressive rock & Symphonic Rock at their best and I’m glad to loose my mind in this flowing, lush musical river.
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Omni Part 2 (Karfagen, 2025)
Antony Kalugin, the ukrainian multi-instrumentalist behind Karfagen, is a man of many talents and his 2025 album “Omni” is another good example of his stunningly prolific vein (you’ll find more elsewhere in this blog).”Omni” Part 2 is a well built suite, a 22 minute one divided into 4 movements, also enjoyable as stand-alone songs, many of them in a rather slow tempo, but with some welcome accelerations and many, unpredictable changes.
As usual, an inspiring cover art
As always, there are very good melodies and beautiful solos, and this time the vocals, provided by the kinds of Marco Glühmann, Richard Sinclair, Jean Pageau, Bartosz Kossowicz plus, of course, Olha Rostovska and Antony Kalugin himself, play an essential role in the great picture, something we don’t easily find in Karfagen’s discography. All those different and sensitive voices fit perfectly in such a rich musical texture. Among other guest musicians, Michel St-Père’s (of Mystery fame) guitars and John Hackett’s flute need no introductions and are two more bonuses added to this musical pearl. This is Neo-Progressive rock & Symphonic Rock at their best and I’m glad to loose my mind in this flowing, lush musical river.
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WITCH HOUND ~ STARTING A COVEN … review
Witch Hound, JC (lead vocals); Wicked Willy (rhythm guitar/vocals); Jo-Jo (lead guitar); Sir Jay (bass) and Naeltag (Nate Driggs) (drums), cordially invite you to join their coven. We at Desert Psychlist are not quite sure what exactly this coven requires of its members but if activities are just restricted to listening to the type of dank dark stoner doomic noises that can be found on the bands appropriately titled debut EP ” Starting A Coven” then show us where we sign.
Maybe we should be a little concerned about throwing our lot in with Witch Hound’s new coven given that they kick off their EP with “At The Stake” a song that describes in some detail what will happen if you are exposed as a witch (warlock in our case), oh well we’ve signed up now and we have to admit that those deeply echoed vocals resounding over vibrant thrumming doomic riffage and powerful strident rhythms does seem to have stared something stirring in our blood. Having explained that being burnt is one of the perils of joining their club Witch Hound now ask us to “Face The Wheel” now what “facing a wheel” actually entails is not best explained but let’s be honest it doesn’t sound that pleasant. The actual song though does have its merits, its pounding percussion and low level growling bass lines support some seriously crunching riffage and dank swirling lead work and those gothic laced vocals telling us to expect not just “searing heat” but “searing heat with misery” are pretty damn impressive. Final number “Black Talisman” tells us that death might be the least of our worries and that having joined Witch Hound’s cabal we can now expect to travel on “a path too dark to see”, not exactly selling it are they, but having said that those thick monstrous refrains, those thundering rhythms and those reverberating monastic vocals are so damn good you’ll be selling your soul before you can say “get behind me Satan“
As a recruitment tool Witch Hound’s “Starting A Coven” could do with a little work, the prospect of being burnt at a stake, facing a nasty sounding wheel or losing your soul could possibly hinder membership numbers somewhat, however as a debut EP from a fairly new doom orientated band this three tracker takes some serious beating.© 2025 Frazer Jones -
WITCH HOUND ~ STARTING A COVEN … review
Witch Hound, JC (lead vocals); Wicked Willy (rhythm guitar/vocals); Jo-Jo (lead guitar); Sir Jay (bass) and Naeltag (Nate Driggs) (drums), cordially invite you to join their coven. We at Desert Psychlist are not quite sure what exactly this coven requires of its members but if activities are just restricted to listening to the type of dank dark stoner doomic noises that can be found on the bands appropriately titled debut EP ” Starting A Coven” then show us where we sign.Maybe we should be a little concerned about throwing our lot in with Witch Hound’s new coven given that they kick off their EP with “At The Stake” a song that describes in some detail what will happen if you are exposed as a witch (warlock in our case), oh well we’ve signed up now and we have to admit that those deeply echoed vocals resounding over vibrant thrumming doomic riffage and powerful strident rhythms does seem to have stared something stirring in our blood. Having explained that being burnt is one of the perils of joining their club Witch Hound now ask us to “Face The Wheel” now what “facing a wheel” actually entails is not best explained but let’s be honest it doesn’t sound that pleasant. The actual song though does have its merits, its pounding percussion and low level growling bass lines support some seriously crunching riffage and dank swirling lead work and those gothic laced vocals telling us to expect not just “searing heat” but “searing heat with misery” are pretty damn impressive. Final number “Black Talisman” tells us that death might be the least of our worries and that having joined Witch Hound’s cabal we can now expect to travel on “a path too dark to see”, not exactly selling it are they, but having said that those thick monstrous refrains, those thundering rhythms and those reverberating monastic vocals are so damn good you’ll be selling your soul before you can say “get behind me Satan“As a recruitment tool Witch Hound’s “Starting A Coven” could do with a little work, the prospect of being burnt at a stake, facing a nasty sounding wheel or losing your soul could possibly hinder membership numbers somewhat, however as a debut EP from a fairly new doom orientated band this three tracker takes some serious beating.© 2025 Frazer Jones -
Mike Zogaria and Runaway Train- Buffalo, NY
Mike Zogaria and Runaway Train – Buffalo, NY
Mike Zogaria – Almost Worth The Wait CD review
Almost Worth The Wait kicks off with Someone To Sing To. This song is a upbeat and catchy rock tune with a strong vocal line. This song beat out 30 other songs to win a free video shoot through the website Promoting Buffalo. The song has a 90’s sound and is my favorite on the CD.
Check out the very cool video https://youtu.be/mJy_LZyLwkE
Gray is up next and features Mike on harmonica and Mick Hayes on slide lead guitar. The song has a classic rock feel. I really liked the cool harmonica outro.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/M9SGd-pHRfo
Make It Up To You is a smart, mid-tempo rocker that features Mike Vealey on drums and keyboards. Mike keeps the groove flowing with some sweet acoustic guitar playing.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/7N1tBEvo7R0
Pistol starts off with some melodic harmonica playing by Mike. Pistol is a acoustic rock love song with plenty of sexual innuendo thrown in to keep the lyrics interesting.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/NjLHxs4EL3I
Rock Star Parking is a all out hard rocker that features a ripping guitar solo and a sweet rock guitar outro.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/er_b9mVNsr4
My Misery is a ballad that highlights Mike on a great acoustic guitar intro. Heartfelt lyrics carry the song through a couple of cool rocking parts that keep the energy flowing.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/BI53rs2AQE8
Come Home is a uplifting and well composed acoustic rock song.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/xb84A2hObtE
Something More continues in the same vein as My Misery as Mike carries the song through with some nice acoustic guitar playing combined with soulful lyrics.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/y0NoizTwx-Q
When Goodnight Means Goodbye is a uptempo rocker that packs a punch.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/ozu4SIrixuc
Goodnight has a different mix than the rest of the songs and another acoustic rock song that includes a bongo track to keep the beat. Mike and his brother Mark wrote this song together.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/reTrJPeHx5I
The bonus track Time also has a different sound than the rest of the CD. Time also features Mike’s brother Mark on bass and lead guitar and Mike Argento on drums, piano and he also engineered the song.
Youtube link https://youtu.be/pbEqiEHlaPQ
Mike Zogaria is a singer/songwriter from Buffalo, NY whose catchy songs, unique voice & relatable lyrics are quickly becoming fan favorites at shows and online. Mike is currently performing acoustic shows and has just released his first full length CD “Almost Worth The Wait”, which is available now at his shows and on all major digital download sites including iTunes, CD Baby, Emusic, Amazon, etc.
For more about Mike Zogaria visit any of the links listed below !
https://www.facebook.com/Mike-Zogaria-140850779298414/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/come-home/id379383031?i=379383045&ign-mpt=uo=4
https://www.reverbnation.com/mikezogaria
https://www.youtube.com/user/Mamasfool/
https://myspace.com/mikezogaria
https://twitter.com/MIKEZOGARIA
www.mikezogaria.com
Mike Zogaria – come home ep
I found this CD in a Lockport coffee shop…
