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Lamb Of God ripped through “Grace” for the first time since 2010 alongside some cuts from their new album, Into Oblivion.

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Peaky Blinders creator stokes anticipation for Oasis documentary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ember Sea Unleash First Live Album “ Live at Sturmfest 2025”
Melodic Metal Act Captures the Raw Power of Their Tour Finale on New Live Release
Hanover, Germany – Melodic metal band Ember Sea have released their first- ever live album, Live at Sturmfest 2025 , now available on streaming platforms and Bandcamp as of March 16, 2026 . Recorded during the band’s 2025 Sturmfest tour stop at Exil in Göttingen, the nine- track album captures the electrifying energy of Ember Sea’s live performance and the powerful connection between the band and their audience.
Featuring a dynamic selection of songs from the band’s catalog, Live at Sturmfest 2025 presents Ember Sea in their most unfiltered form. The album includes live renditions of newer tracks such as “ Shine ( My Dying Star),” “ Kaleidoscope,” and “ Ahab,” all appearing for the first time on a live release. The band also delivers a bold reinterpretation of “ Moonlight Shadow,” the classic originally recorded by Mike Oldfield , reimagined with Ember Sea’s signature heavier and more metallic edge.
Formed in 2010, Ember Sea have built a reputation for their distinctive blend of melodic metal and rock. Their sound combines powerful guitar riffs, driving rhythms, and atmospheric synthesizer layers to create music that moves between epic cinematic soundscapes and direct, high- energy choruses. Lyrically, their songs explore themes of adventure, untamed nature, and human passion.
The live album arrives alongside the band’s ongoing “ Sturmfest – The Tempest Roar” tour, which will conclude on March 21, 2026 in their hometown of Hannover, bringing the tour full circle.
Fans of Epica , Evanescence , and Within Temptation will find plenty to love in Ember Sea’s melodic yet powerful sound.
“ Sturmfest 2026 – The Tempest Roar” Tour Dates

Feb 27, 2026 – Goettingen, Exil
Feb 28, 2026 – Hamburg, Marias Ballroom
Mar 07, 2026 – Wolfenbuettel, Kuba- Halle
Mar 14, 2026 – Clausthal- Zellerfeld, Kellerclub
Mar 21, 2026 – Hannover, Subkultur
Band Lineup:
Eva Gerland – Vocals
Stefan Santag – Guitar
Pablo J. Tammen – Bass
Dirk Marquardt – Keys
Stef Möhle – Drums
Listen to Ember Sea:
https://ffm.to/we_are_ember_sea
Download:  https://embersea.bandcamp.com/
Location: Hanover, Germany
For fans of melodic and symphonic metal, Live at Sturmfest 2025 delivers a front- row experience packed with soaring vocals, crushing riffs, and the unmistakable atmosphere of Ember Sea’s live performances.
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Contact: info@ember-sea.de

Next month, the giddy Albany pop-punk crew Prince Daddy & The Hyena will release their new album Hotwire Trip Switch. They recorded it with their longtime producer Joe Reinhart, a member of Hop Along and Algernon Cadwallader, and they’re calling it their “singles” record. Lead single “Big-Box Store Heart” is indeed extremely catchy, and now…

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The British “slacker twang” band Brown Horse announced their album Total Dive in January, and now it’s almost here. They’ve since followed lead single “Twister” with opening track “Sorrow Reigns.” Today they add one more preview, “Wreck.” Although the group’s handy genre descriptor suggests they’re imbibing our nation’s Wednesday/Lenderman supply and selling it back to…

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Where they from?
Washington D.C. Last Sunday was the Oscars. I hadn’t seen any of the movies nominated and FanDuel wouldn’t let me bet on any of it so I switched over to watch the Seattle Kraken beat the Florida Panthers. You are now talking to the winner of a freshly minted $30 because. You can refer to me as Sir Money Bags from now on.

Why the hype?
No/Más have been churning out their ferocious blend of grind, hardcore and death metal for nearly a decade now! Such a pleasure to watch this band grow under our very eyes, they grow up so fast! The band’s sound continues to evolve the dirty and rapacious first EP Raiz Del Mal to the tight and kinetic most recent full-length No Peace, which features twisted blends of mind-period Napalm Death and Machine Head-style breakdowns that make every track a rollercoaster…OF DEATH!

Latest Release?
No Peace on Redefining Darkness, which you can acquire right here. This is definitely my favorite production of this band’s discography, everything is razor-tight with ultra-burly vocals and a nice definitive bass tone to add a sense of heft to the mayhem. The band pulls deep from its bag of tricks here with memorable melodic passages on ‘Leech’ and the stunning Decapitated-style bombast of ‘Act of Killing.’ This is one of the most complete albums of this young year and certain to end up on a plethora of best of 2026 lists. Sir Money Bags approves.

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“Especially the bottom end — the bass and drums, rhythm section”

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The Soul Sisters were an American soul duet consisting of Thresia Cleveland-Fitch and Ann Gissendanner, who recorded for Sue Records. They first toured Britain in 1964 and then returned in 1965 followed by three tours between late 1966 and late 1967.

Record Retailer and Music Industry News’ 3 September 1964 issue reports that Sue recording artistes The Soul Sisters will visit Britain on 10 November for a week of TV, radio and club dates. The music paper says the duo toured with Manfred Mann from 17-23 November and were backed by The Spencer Davis Group.

Melody Maker reports that The Soul Sisters arrived in Britain on 28 May 1965 for their second tour and were backed on all dates by The Brian Auger Trinity (there is a CD of recordings).

The following tour dates are incomplete

Tour dates:

28 May 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band (two sessions, including an all-nighter) (Melody Maker)

2 June 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley Hill, southeast London (Melody Maker)

5 June 1965 – Cromwellian, South Kensington, west London (Melody Maker)

5 June 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (two sessions including an all-nighter) (Melody Maker)

16 June 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Says last London appearance

 

In late 1966, The Soul Sisters returned to Britain for their third tour, booked by promoter Roy Tempest.

It looks like Tempest used a number of bands to support the duo, including the Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia outfit, The Canadians who at the time comprised: Bobby Faulds (vocals); David Foster (keyboards/vocals); Mike Stymest (bass); Wes Chambers (sax); Rich England (sax); Billy Stewart (trumpet/trombone); and Barry Casson (drums).

During December, The Canadians backed The Original Drifters on a tour, so it’s not clear whether they would have been available for the first three London gigs and the Manchester show below.

The following tour dates are incomplete

Tour dates:

30 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, Artillery Passage, Bishopsgate, east London (Melody Maker)

30 December 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Broodly Hoo (Melody Maker)

30 December 1966 – Cue Club, Praed Street, Paddington, west London (Melody Maker)

31 December 1966 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester with The Alan Bown Set and Cock a Hoops (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle)

31 December 1966 – Cavern, Liverpool with The Prowlers, The Beechwoods, The Tatters, The States, The Klubs, The Kids, The Signs, The Times, The Hideaways, The Shades and The Canadians (Liverpool Echo) Most likely backed by The Canadians

 

1 January 1967 – Oasis, Manchester with Steve Aldo & The Fix (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Possibly backed by The Fix

1 January 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Chester Chronicle) Possibly backed by The Canadians

6 January 1967 – Princess Theatre, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Backed by The Statesiders (not the west London group)

6 January 1967 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Backed by The Statesiders

7 January 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Lincolnshire Echo) Possibly backed by The Canadians

8 January 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Backed by The Canadians

11 January 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Possibly backed by The Canadians

12 January 1967 – Carlton Ballroom, Erdington, West Midlands with Erskine The T (Birmingham Evening Mail) Possibly backed by The Statesiders

13 January 1967 – Il Rondo, Leicester with The Puppets (Leicester Mercury) Possibly backed by The Statesiders

14 January 1967 – Plebians, Cheapside, Halifax, West Yorkshire (Halifax Evening Courier & Guardian)

14 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (all-nighter) (www.kingmojostory.com)

15 January 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)

 

The Newham & Stratford Express newspaper’s 28 April 1967 issue notes that The Trend are backing The Soul Sisters on a two-week tour (their fourth British tour), arranged by Roy Tempest. It’s most likely they provided backing on most of the tour although they did leave for West Germany before the tour ended.

At this point, The Trend comprised Norman Cummins (lead guitar/vocals); Michael Claxton (keyboards/vocals); Phil Duke (bass); and Frankie Morgan (drums).

It’s possible that west London group, The Sovereigns completed the tour after The Trend left Britain. An advert in the Nottingham Evening Post for The Sovereigns’ gig at the Dungeon in Nottingham on 16 July lists them as Soul Sisters’ backing group.

Originally from Hillingdon, The Sovereigns comprised Roy St John-Foster (vocals); Pip Williams (lead guitar); Mick Tomich (bass); Brian Johnston (keyboards); Freddie Tillyer (sax); and Keith Franklin (drums).

The following tour dates are incomplete

Tour dates:

30 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) This date seems unlikely considering the gap between it and the second show

 

14 April 1967 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey (Aldershot News/Reading Evening Post) Most likely backed by The Trend

15 April 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Symbols, Root and Jenny Jackson, The Hightimers and The Caribbean Steel Band (Nottingham Evening Post/Spalding Guardian) Most likely backed by The Trend

18 April 1967 – Dungeon, Nottingham with supporting group (Nottingham Evening Post) Most likely backed by The Trend

21 April 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Love Affair (Newham & Stratford Express) Definitely backed by The Trend/confirmed by Michael Claxton’s picture of the band with the two singers at the club

22 April 1967 – Birdcage, Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire with The Bizarre (David Allen Research) Allen confirms The Trend were backing band but originally The Senate were billed

22 April 1967 – Speakeasy, Margaret Street, central London (Newham & Stratford Express) Backed by The Trend

26 April 1967 – Sibyllas, Swallow Street, central London (Newham & Stratford Express) Backed by The Trend

27 April 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with The Toggery and The Canadians (Evening Sentinel) Final gig backed by The Trend who drive to West Berlin after the show, according to Michael Claxton

28 April 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Barry Noble & The Sapphires (Melody Maker/http://www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Possibly backed by The Sovereigns

29 April 1967 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Worcester News) Possibly backed by The Sovereigns

29 April 1967 – New All-Star Club, Artillery Passage, Bishopsgate, east London (Melody Maker) Possibly backed by The Sovereigns

30 April 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire with American backing band and Harry Brown Sound (Chester Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) Possibly backed by The Sovereigns

 

For The Soul Sisters’ fifth British tour, it looks like The Clockwork Oranges, who’d previously backed The Fabulous Temptations (aka The Fantastics) and Garnet Mimms did most of the backing. However, The Trend did play some shows.

Pip Williams, guitarist with The Clockwork Oranges (previously The Sovereigns) confirms they backed The Soul Sisters.

By this point, The Clockwork Oranges comprised Roy St John-Foster (vocals); Pip Williams (lead guitar); Ron Thomas (bass); Brian Johnston (keyboards); Freddie Tillyer (sax); and Keith Franklin (drums)

At this stage, The Trend had also undergone some personnel changes. The line-up now comprised Norman Cummins (lead guitar/vocals); Cliff Reuter (keyboards); Pete Cole (bass/vocals); and Frankie Morgan (drums). It’s also possible that Bob Mather (sax) from The Senate may have joined by this point or during the tour.

The following tour dates are incomplete

Tour dates:

5 October 1967 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull, Humberside with Clockwork Orange, Duane Eddy, Bobby & The Rebels, Garnet Mimms and The Senate (Hull Daily Mail) Backed by The Clockwork Oranges

6 October 1967 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Lancashire with Earl Preston’s Reflections and The Millers (Liverpool Echo)

7 October 1967 – Royal Lido, Prestayn, Wales with The Raynes (Chester Chronicle)

7 October 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Manchester with The Clockwork Oranges (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Backed by The Clockwork Oranges

8 October 1967 – Vaudeville & Georgian, Salford, Greater Manchester with backing group (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) The Clockwork Oranges backed Garnet Mimms in Barnsley on this date

10 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Silverstone Set (Evening Sentinel)

11 October 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with The Clockwork Orange (Leicester Mercury) Backed by The Clockwork Oranges

12 October 1967 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Melody Maker) Pip Williams confirms that The Clockwork Oranges backed the singers at this show

13 October 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Crew (http://www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)

14 October 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Tages, The Amboy Dukes and The Clockwork Oranges (Lincolnshire Echo) Backed by The Clockwork Oranges

The John Peel Wiki page notes that The Soul Sisters backed by The Clockwork Orange(s) recorded a Peel session on 16 October, which was first broadcast on 22 October. The Clockwork Orange(s) cut two tracks separately: “Three Time Loser” and “Bring Me Home Love”. Five other tracks were cut with The Soul Sisters – “You Got ‘em Beat Baby”, “Hold On”, “Blueberry Hill”, “Soulful Dress” and “I Can’t Stand It”.

17 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)

20 October 1967 – Princess Theatre, Chorlton, Greater Manchester with The Trend, The Isley Brothers and Clockwork Oranges (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Backed by The Trend unless they backed Isley Brothers

20 October 1967 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester with The Trend, The Isley Brothers and Clockwork Oranges (Manchester Evening News & Chronicle) Backed by The Trend unless they backed Isley Brothers

21 October 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Ben E King (Melody Maker) Backed by The Trend unless The Clockwork Oranges backed both Ben E King and The Soul Sisters

22 October 1967 – The Hub, Barnsley, West Yorkshire with The Pitiful Souls (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) Backed by The House of Orange (aka The Clockwork Oranges)

22 October 1967 – The Place, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Barnsley Chronicle & South Yorkshire News) Backed by The House of Orange (aka The Clockwork Oranges)

We’d welcome any further information that readers can provide in the comments below

Metalcore outfit adds extra dates alongside Thornhill tour run, some featuring fellow openers Fox Lake.

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Nashville’s John Hollier explains why he changes guitar strings after every show and why he disgrees with a mentor’s advice.