Portugese metal pioneers in MOONSPELL have set to release a brandnew masterpiece in early March 2015 on Napalm Records. 'Extinct', the hotly anticipated album by MOONSPELL will be coming out March 6th in G/A/S, on March 9th in the UK + Europe, March 11st in Sweden & Spain, as well as on March 17th in North America & Canada.
To celebrate the band's upcoming album, MOONSPELL will be hitting the road in March 2015 for an extensive European tour including a UK – London date, and will be followed by a massive US tour in April & May 2015.
Catch MOONSPELL live on their European “Road To Extinction – Part I“ tour:
w/ Septic Flesh!
12.03.15 NL - Nijmegen / Doornroosje
13.03.15 NL - Haarlem / Patronaat
14.03.15 BE - Vosselaar / Biebob
15.03.15 DE - Heidelberg / Halle02
16.03.15 DE - Essen / Turock
17.03.15 DE - Hamburg / Knust
18.03.15 DE - Berlin / K 17
19.03.15 DE - Munich / Feierwerk
20.03.15 CH - Pratteln / Z 7
21.03.15 CH - Vevey / The Rocking Chair
22.03.15 IT - Romagnano Sesia / R'n'R Arena
23.03.15 FR - Lyon / Ninkasi Kao
24.03.15 FR - Toulon / Vox
25.03.15 ES - Barcelona / Razz 2
26.03.15 ES - Madrid / Shoko
27.03.15 PT – Lisbon / Coliseum
28.03.15 PT – Porto / Hard Club
29.03.15 ES - Santiago de Compostela / Capitol
30.03.15 FR - Toulouse / Metronum
31.03.15 FR - Paris / Trabendo
01.04.15 LU - Esch sur Alzette / Kulturfabrik
02.04.15 UK - London / Underworld
Conqueros of the World III – US Tour:
w/ Septic Flesh + Deathstars!
24.04.15 MEX – Mexico City / Circo Vulador
25.04.15 TX – Austin / Dirty Dog
26.04.15 TX – Fort Worth / The Rail Club
28.04.15 AZ – Phoenix / Joe's Grotto
29.04.15 CA – Ramona / Ramona Mainstage
30.04.15 NV – Las Vegas / LVCS
02.05.15 CA – Oakland / Metro Opera House
03.05.15 OR – Portland / Tonic Lounge
04.05.15 WA – Seattle / Studio Seven
05.05.15 WA – Spokane / The Pin!
06.05.15 CAN – Vancouver/ Rickshaw Theatre
09.05.15 IN – Indianapolis / Emerson Theater
10.05.15 MO – Kansas City / Riot Room
11.05.15 IL – Chicago / Reggie's
12.05.15 OH – Cleveland / The Agora Theatre
13.05.15 CAN – Toronto / The Opera House
14.05.15 CAN – Montreal / Theatre Corona
15.05.15 NY – Rochester / Montage Music Hall
16.05.15 PA – Worcester / The Palladium
17.05.15 NY – New York / Gramercy Theatre
18.05.15 VA – Springfield / Empire
19.05.15 GA – Atlanta / The Masquerade
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) & Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project) are set to release the debut album The Diary from their new band The Gentle Storm on March 23, and following the release of the track ‘Endless Sea’, they are pleased to launch the video for the track ‘Heart of Amsterdam’
Anneke had this to say: “Heart Of Amsterdam is a tribute to the city of Amsterdam, the home town of the story’s leading character Susanne. Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was a centre of shipping, shipbuilding, and trade. Amsterdam flourished, and a wonderful city was the result. We shot the video in the centre of Amsterdam. It was freezing cold and I couldn’t move my fingers anymore during the last shots, but it was all worth it. I love how the video turned out!”
A full all-star band will go out without Arjen in March and April, and the confirmed dates and band line-up can be found below.
March 26 2015 - Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
March 28 2015 - ROCK ITtervoort Festival, Ittervoort NL
April 03 2015 - Hedon, Zwolle NL
April 05 2015 - Paaspop, Schijndel NL
April 11 2015 - Paard van Troje, Den Haag NL
April 15 2015 - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg DE
April 16 2015 - Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen DE
April 22 2015 - Divan Du Monde, Paris FR
April 23 2015 - The Garage, London UK
April 24 2015 - The Musician, Leicester UK
April 25 2015 - The Roadhouse, Manchester UK
April 26 2015 - Prog-résiste Convention, Soignies BE
June 19 2015 - Dokk’em Open Air, Dokkum NL
July 09 2015 - Masters of Rock, Vizovice CZ
July 17 2015 - Night of the Prog Festival, Loreley DE
July 30-Aug 01 - Wacken Open Air, Wacken DE
October 17 2015 - FemME Festival, Eindhoven NL
The Gentle Storm live:
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) - vocals
Merel Bechtold (Purest of Pain, MaYaN) - guitars
Ferry Duijsens (Anneke van Giersbergen, ex-Dreadlock Pussy) - guitars
Ed Warby (Hail of Bullets, Ayreon, ex-Gorefest) - drums
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) - bass
Joost van den Broek (producer, ex-After Forever) – keyboards
Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion) - background vocals
Out on 18th March on Lumière: La Prochaine Vois Je Viserai Le Coeur
Director: Cédric Anger
Stars: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot
For several months during 1978-1979 inhabitants of Oise region live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet.
Vanaf 18 maart op Lumière : La Prochaine Vois Je Viserai Le Coeur
Een film van Cédric Anger (L'avocat), met Guillaume Canet (Jeux d'enfants, The Beach), Ana Girardot (Simon Werner a disparu..., Le beau monde) Jean-Yves Berteloot (The Davinci Code, Die Flucht).
De Franse steracteur Guillaume Canet levert een stevige acteerprestatie in deze opzienbarende psycho-thriller, gebaseerd op het waargebeurde verhaal van Alain Lamare, de “tueur de l’Oise”.
In 1978 en 1979 werden de inwoners van het Franse departement van de Oise opgeschrikt door een reeks moorden die angst en terreur zaaide over heel de streek. De maniak in kwestie had het telkens gemunt op jonge vrouwen, geheel willekeurig gekozen. De dader is overal en nergens, ontsnapt met gemak aan de klauwen van de rechercheurs en ontloopt alle wegcontroles. Niet zo vreemd aangezien de moordenaar in realiteit een jonge, timide gendarme is met een smetteloos blazoen en een schijnbaar doodsaai privéleven.
Technische specificaties DVD
Frankrijk, 2014 | Duur: 111 min. | Taal: Frans | Ondertiteling: Nederlands | Formaat: 16:9 | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA available on 4th March on DVD and Blu-ray
An old man makes a living by selling bamboo. One day, he finds a princess in a bamboo. The princess is only the size of a finger. Her name is Kaguya. When Kaguya grows up, 5 men from prestigious families propose to her. Kaguya asks the men to find memorable marriage gifts for her, but the 5 men are unable to find what Kaguya wants. Then, the Emperor of Japan proposes to her.
Director: Isao Takahata
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
DVD en Blu-ray release op 4 maart
De nieuwste animatiefilm van Studio Ghibli (Souvenirs de Marnie, When the Wind Rises), geschreven en geregisseerd door Isao Takahata (Grave of the fireflies)
Oscarnominatie voor beste animatiefilm
Voor deze magische Studio Ghibli animatie grijpt regisseur Isao Takahata terug naar een 10e-eeuws Japans sprookje over een maanmeisje dat op aarde terechtkomt.
Een oude bamboesnijder vindt op een dag een miniatuurmensje in een lichtgevende bamboestok. Hij beslist om het meisje mee te nemen en samen met zijn vrouw op te voeden. Het meisje, Kaguya, groeit al snel uit tot een bijzondere jongedame die begeerd wordt door menig jongeman. Maar, terwijl verschillende minnaars naar haar hand dingen wordt prinses Kaguya met haar onvermijdelijke lot geconfronteerd.
Technische specificaties DVD
Japan, 2014 | Duur: 132 min. | Taal: Japans of Frans |Ondertiteling: Nederlands | Formaat: 16:9| Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
Technische specificaties Blu-ray
Japan, 2014 | Duur: 132 min. | Taal: Japans of Frans | Ondertiteling: Nederlands | Formaat 1080/24p 16/9 1.85:1 | Audio: dts-hd Master Audio 5.1
Arrow Films, the distributors of The Hunt, A Hijacking and Love Is All You Need, are pleased to announce the DVD release of the acclaimed Austrian feature, Amour Fou, which debuted in the Un Certain Regard strand at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival to a host of positive reviews. Amour Fou is the follow up to director Jessica Hausner’s acclaimed 2009 picture Lourdes and will be released on DVD from 9th March 2015.
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich (Christian Friedel, White Ribbon) wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his sceptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin's insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette (Birte Schnoeink), the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrich's subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness. AMOUR FOU is a "romantic comedy" based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.
ON DVD 9th MARCH 2015
A complex and exquisitely filmed exploration of a man's desire to find a woman willing to die with him.
The Hollywood Reporter
A dryly amusing and ambiguously layered account of the famed double suicide of Heinrich von Kleist and Henriette Vogel.
Variety