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On June 9, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the "Live In Birmingham 2016" 2CD by RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW.

The revamped version of RAINBOW recently entered the studio to record band's first new music in more than two decades.

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore stepped away from his Renaissance-inspired brand of music with BLACKMORE'S NIGHT last year to perform a handful of shows with a brand-new lineup of the band he had formed after quitting DEEP PURPLE.

Although Ritchie initially said that he had no plans to make a new RAINBOW album — explaining in early 2016 that he wanted to "just get back to playing the old songs one more time" — he appears to have changed his mind. He told Japan's Burrn! magazine for its May 2017 issue that the current incarnation of RAINBOW — which includes singer Ronnie Romero, originally from Chile but now settled in Madrid, Spain — is in the process of recording two tracks. "I wrote one new song, and also recorded one of the old ones," he said, according to The Highway Star. "Ronnie, who is in Madrid now, added his vocals and sent it back. Rather than make an album, we may release as singles."

Blackmore was also full of praise for Romero, who spends some of his time fronting the Spanish metal band LORDS OF BLACK and is a member of a new project called THE FERRYMEN. "When I heard him, he seemed like the right guy to sing the [Ronnie James] Dio-era songs of RAINBOW," Ritchie said. "He is versatile, he can sing like Freddie Mercury or Ronnie James Dio or Graham Bonnet.

"The reason I did not ask [former RAINBOW singer] Joe Lynn Turner [to get involved in the RAINBOW comeback] is because I thought European fans wanted to hear the Dio lineup of RAINBOW.

"I was very surprised that tickets [to the first RAINBOW comeback shows] sold out in 15 minutes. It was nice to know so many people wanted to hear RAINBOW at this time."

2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of BLACKMORE'S NIGHT — the internationally heralded Renaissance rock band helmed by six-string extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore and his wife, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Candice Night. To celebrate, the band will release "To The Moon And Back: 20 Years And Beyond…", a two-disc collection of favorites and new material, on August 18.

"To The Moon And Back" boasts three brand new songs: "Ghost Of John", which proudly introduces the vocals of Autumn Blackmore (the 6-year daughter of Blackmore and Night) at the close of the song, Blackmore's "Land Of Hope and Glory" (a reworking of British patriotic anthem "Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1", written in 1902), and a cover of favored RAINBOW tune "I Surrender", with Night providing the vocals.

Additionally, the set includes re-recorded versions of catalog favorites "Moonlight Shadow", "Somewhere Over The Sea", "Coming Home", and "Writing On The Wall". This new material is buoyed with BLACKMORE'S NIGHT classics, such as "Shadow Of The Moon", "Ghost Of A Rose", and "Under A Violet Moon", and a live version of "Home Again", fully rounding out this best-of compilation. The included booklet displays a collage of memorabilia, showcasing live band photos, backstage passes, and tour flyers. Completing "To The Moon And Back" is a behind-the-scenes bonus video of Blackmore and Night rehearsing at a soundcheck, allowing fans an intimate glimpse of the band before a show.

After more then 20 years, our very own Ritchie Blackmore (finally) recorded a brand new rock track by the name of "Waiting For a Sign". After 10 studio albums with Blackmore's Night (between 1997-2015), Ritchie felt nostalgic and made a surprising return to rock music with 3 concerts in 2016. Although those concerts received a mixed reactions from the fans, due to lack of pre-shows rehearsals and Ritchie surgery, it was good to see The Man In Black back in action with his white Strat. Last year another 4 concerts were played (better), recorded and will be released on April the 6th under a name "Memories In Rock II", a a live album which will include this new track. Also you can see Ritchie performing live again with his latest installment of Rainbow with another five concerts in April: 2018-04-08 - Moscow, Russia 2018-04-11 - St. Petersburg, Russia 2018-04-13 - Helsinki, Finland 2018-04-18 - Berlin, Germany 2018-04-20 - Prague, Czech Republic

Today, with great pleasure, we are announcing the release of our EP “Here We Come A-Caroling” on December 4th! As the cold season approaches, let us warm your hearts and homes with four newly recorded winter carols, from ‘Here We Come A-Caroling’ to ‘It Came Upon A Midnight Clear’ and ‘O Little Town Of Bethlehem’ to the wonderful ‘Silent Night’.

On December 4th, this festive collection of new songs will become available for Download and Streaming, as well as in two strictly limited physical formats: a CD Digipak (limited to 5.000 copies worldwide) and a green 10” Vinyl Single (limited to 2.000 copies worldwide). Whatever your format of choice may be, we hope you enjoy it.

But that’s not all… here is a glimpse of the future: In Spring 2021 we will finally emerge from the cold with our new studio album “Nature’s Light”. We can’t wait to share more with all of you in the coming weeks. Until then, let us rejoice with the Holiday spirit of “Here We Come A-Caroling”.

Pre-order “Here We Come A-Caroling” here: https://blackmoresnight.lnk.to/caroling

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Personalmente la Wagakki Band no se que hace, he estado ojeando un Bluray tripe que acaban de sacar y en el foro no me lo van a querer. No digo que hagan mala música, pero metal...

De todos modos me encanta la actitud de la gente que quiere compartir sus gustos y dar a conocer bandas, esa es la filosofía con la que se creó el foro.

De la Wagakki Ban conozco el video que has puesto, (y hace poco puse uno con Amy Lee, lo buscaré), porque a las primeras de cambio te sale en youtube, lo que me llevo a echarle un ojo al Blu-ray "Dai Shinnenkai 2019 - Saitama Super Arena 2DAYS - Ryugu No Tobira" y me pareció muy folk y j-pop, bastantes suave, ya digo que no sigo la banda, es difícil abarcarlo todo, pero vamos en lo que yo he visto las guitarras estaban muy bajas y la batería lo mismo, por lo que lo descarte para el foro. Pero si tengo que cambiar de opinión cambio.
Yo los debates sobre música me los tomo siempre con buen humor, no me enfado por que otra gente no este de acuerdo con mis gustos, y los foros son para tener intercambios y descubrir nuevos grupos.