Scott Adkins and Tony Jaa have stepped into the arena for the reboot of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 1989 actioner “Kickboxer.”
The duo is joining previously announced stars Dave Batista (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), former UFC welterweight champion George St-Pierre and Alain Moussi (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”). Stephen Fung (“Tai Chi Zero”) is directing.
The story follows Moussi’s character, who travels to Thailand where he must learn the secrets of kickboxing to avenge his brother’s death. With the addition of Adkins and Jaa, the film features stars with more than 20 martial arts disciplines. Adkins’ credits include “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “The Expendables 2.” Jaa starred in the “Ong Bak” films and “The Protector.”
Source: Variety
Formed in 2011, "Ruined Conflict" strives on developing a unique style of alternative electronic pop and orchestrated symphonies that enables them to release a diverse and dynamic sound that would separate the band from others. Influenced by Industrial Alternative rock and metal creating their first album would be challenging. The message is simple " live for yourself not for others „. While „Futurepop“ seems to be dead for some time now this outstanding new talent heading all the way from Cleveland, Ohio is about to conquer these paths! Warm melodies, a strong voice and a great production with outstanding songwriting is the trademark of Xavier Morales and Eric Holzer aka „Ruined Conflict“.
Psychopomps are a legendary electro-industrial band from Denmark formed by Jesper Schmidt and Flemming Norre Larsen. They were signed to the Zoth Ommog and all of their early records were recorded at Strip Studios by close friend and label mate Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip. Besides bands like Leaether Strip, Klute, Birmingham 6, Sloppy Wrenchbody, Lights of Euphoria or In Absentia the band was one of the driving forces of the 90s electro movement! „Infection Start 90“ is a digital remastered „best of“ of the bands electronic years again limited to only 1000 units! Be fast as this is another ‘EBM Klassiker’-CD not to be missed in any collection!
The dark brotherhood embarks into the cold. The Medieval-Electro-pioneers open up a new chapter of their saga, driving the listener on a journey into the eternal frost on a unique foundation of synthetic beats and deep sequencers, garnished with medieval instruments, walls of guitars and choral chants.
The new chapter in the fantastic journey of Ashlar von Megalon and his fearless friars seamlessly continues the story of the previous album releases of Heimataerde. On “Kaltwaerts” (= into the cold), the dark antagonist Zebaoth has captured friar Andreas and is now setting out to bring fear and horror unto the world. The brotherhood wants to stop this evil force at all costs and embarks into the cold to destroy the demon once and for all times and to rescue the friar. In this, Heimataerde manage to shake the floor yet again with a unique mix of club-compatible Electro-sounds and medieval atmosphere, while captivating the listener with an epic and moving story, at the same time.
The mix of modern sounds, fantasy and long past eras has turned out even bigger, more powerful and fascinating, this time around. And for all those who wish to delve even deeper into the saga of “Kaltwaerts”, the new Heimataerde-album is not only released as a music-CD , but also as a deluxe double disc version in a lavish double-Digipak which contains a bonus audiobook retelling of the story (German-language.) The album will also be released as a fan set, strictly limited to 250 copies, world-wide, in a classy black wooden box, containing the deluxe double CD, as well as a metal Heimataerde-signet pendant on a leather necklace, a special rosary, watercolor painted postcards of all band members, a numbered ownership certificate and a Heimataerde-flag as exclusive content. Become a part of the brotherhood! Follow us into the cold! The place where we are going will never see summer.
The first album of new material from the classic lineup of Information Society (Kurt, Paul and James) in over 20 years. After playing some festival dates in Summer, 2013 the band began to discuss working on a new album and the result, _hello world is the offspring. _hello world is rife with songs that have one foot firmly planted in their past and one foot confidently resting in the present; it is filled with classic INSOC dance floor fodder like "Get Back", soaring epics like "Jonestown", and cinematic textures like "Creatures of Light and Darkness". Embracing the many faces of synthetic music while remaining organically Information Society, _hello world isn't as much a rebirth of INSOC as it is a nuclear-powered version that ups the ante. The first single, "Land of the Blind," is a swirling, propulsive track that hearkens back to their signature sound yet infuses it with state of the art production values. Longtime InSoc hero Gerald V. Casale adds his vocals in a duet with Kurt on their cover of "Beautiful World" which adds a modern splash to the Devo classic.
The group stormed the club charts in the mid '80s with their Freestyle classic "Running". Inspired by the worldwide response to the single, the group seized the opportunity and moved to New York to record their major label debut, Information Society, for Tommy Boy/Reprise. Producer Fred Maher was brought in, fresh from his work on Kraftwerk's Electric Cafe album, and helped Robb & co. craft a tight pop sound. Initial buzz for the first single "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" was intense, and proved to be accurate; by the time the group got to its first in-store appearance, two days after the record's release, the album was sold out. 2014 is proving to be quite a year for the band. With history's tendency to repeat itself, it appears INSOC are poised for another takeover. _Hello World, indeed.
