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
Detroit-based electronic rock powerhouse Celldweller has released his explosive new single, "Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)" via FiXT Online. The single, which is the first track released from Celldweller's highly anticipated new release, End of an Empire (Chapter 03: Dreams), shows Celldweller at his finest — harnessing a potent mixture of industrial-punk rock and industry-defining electronics.
Klayton, the mastermind behind Celldweller, said the song came to flourishion while writing a movie script with Grant Mohrman. The original idea of the script surrounded a character who fronted an electronic punk rock band — thus "Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)" is born. Klayton said this aspect of the story exists, but the song, which he wrote in a day, made the cut.
"I took a moment to shed the concept of being Celldweller and instead, I wrote from the perspective of someone else," said Klayton. "I reproduced the song from the ground up and it became a Celldweller track that naturally fits alongside everything else in the End of an Empire universe."
Alongside "Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)" End of an Empire (Chapter 03: Dreams) features another new track, "Just Like You," and remixes from a team of the best electronic and rock artists in the industry. Industrial rock giant Combichrist, elite composer Tom Player, renowned German-based artist Hecq, and creative electronic musician Mobthrow all provide their unique takes on the new Celldweller tracks. The record is due out March 13 on FiXT.
About Celldweller:
Klayton is Celldweller. Personifying the sound of the iPod generation, he creates a hybrid fusion of digital and organic elements: intricately designed soundscapes constructed from Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Electro, woven together with aggressive Rock/Metal and Orchestral elements. Celldwellerignores genre boundaries and creates a pioneering vision of the future of electronic music.
Listen to "Good L_ck (Yo_'re F_cked)":
