Primal Fear has posted the following message on their website regarding to their new album update:

"Back from Brazil, we've already started the songwriting and pre-production for the forthcoming Primal Fear album and we 're in negotiations with engineers and recording studios.

Three songs are already written, 'Save Me', 'Torn' and 'Every Times It Rains', and they sound very very promising.

We will exactly follow the path of Seven Seals for our debut album for Frontiers Records.

Source Primal Fear

Escape Music announced the reissue of the post rock band "Phenomena". The reissue will feature triple CD digipack which combines the first three Phenomena albums - these three classic recordings include an all star cast of musicians that include GLENN HUGHES (ex-BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE), BRIAN MAY (QUEEN), RAY GILLEN (ex-Black Sabbath, BADLANDS), SCOTT GORHAM (THIN LIZZY) and DON AIREY (DEEP PURPLE) plus many others. All three albums are of the highest quality, and the remastered package will include six bonus tracks, three brand new songs and three rerecordings.

The full recording line-up on Phenomena:
Phenomena I: vocals - Glenn Hughes, guitar - Mel Galley; bass - Neil Murray; drums - Cozy Powell; keyboards - Don Airey, Richard Bailey. Producer - Tom Galley. Production and concept consultant - Wilfried F. Rimensberger.

Phenomena II - Dream Runner: vocals - Ray Gillan, Glenn Hughes, John Wetton, Max Bacon; guitar - Kyoji Yamomoto, Mel Galley, Scott Gorham, John Thomas bass Neil Murray, John Wetton; drums - Michael Sturgis, Toshihiro Miimi; keyboards - Leif Johansen, Richard Bailey. Producer - Tom Galley. Project Director/Co-Producer - Wilfried F. Rimensberger.

Phenomena III - Inner Vision: vocals - Keith Murrell; guitar - Brian May, Mel Galley, Scott Gorham; drums - Michael Strugis; keyboards - Leif Johansen. Producer - Tom Galley. Project Director/Co Producer - Wilfried F. Rimensberger. Co-Producer - Leif Johansen.

The release date is set for December 7.

Source Escape Music

The negative feedback to the ex-helloween, Michael Kiske about his announcement that he will rearrange and re-record all of the songs that he wrote with his former band for an upcoming CD became the main topic in some website.

Deborah Schwichtenburg, his fan, has took this topic seriously and asked Kiske for his response. Some excerpts are follow:

Schwichtenburg:" I'm still angry after hours and hours!
Many persons (the major part) used to blame and critic you in every ways possibles, people who say: " Mr.Kiske You used to eat from Helloween's songs, then you criticized them and metal music, and now you want to record Helloween's songs and go to EAT again from them? " " What do you think about it? Wanna reply to them?"

Kiske: " Don't worry. I don't give a hack about this! Unfortunately the metal-world is full of people who bark and complain and bark and complain forever
anyway, no matter what I do. They will always search for reasons to cry."

"I was part of that band, so I didn't just 'eat' from them. That's a very weird way of thinking. I was BUILDING the band together with the original members, and no one can forbid me to re-record acoustic versions of MY OWN music. I don't think I have to ask 'metal popes' for their permission to do that at all. Those are MY songs — if I feel like doing this, I do it anyway!

"The good first HELLOWEEN years (with Kai Hansen ) were also absolutely great; I don't reject them at all! And I think it was a good idea from Serafino ( Frontiers Records ) to give my songs of the past a new acoustic sound that fits me today. Because on one hand this shows that I don't reject my past; and on the other hand, it can also give some (more open and intelligent) people another perspective at those songs. And if anyone doesn't like that idea. no one forces him or her to listen to it! These new recordings will NOT AT ALL sound like HELLOWEEN or metal, so it is VERY stupid to put it the way some do. I have already started to go through some arrangements, and it's big fun; I'm really excited about it. Those early songs of mine were not so bad at all, and they work great as acoustics.

"Unfortunately, Deborah , metal these days means a lot of negativity, dogmatism and art-enemy mentalities. They really believe THEY have to tell musicians what they are 'allowed' to do or not (as you can see again). And they can also only look at everything from a negative and destructive angle; they will always put everything in a way so they can slander around about it. They just can't help it! And a lot of them don't even understand what I am talking about, when I'm explaining my ways of thinking. They also intentionally mix things up which are separate issues.

"I don't really say anything bad about Helloween. I had my problems with one particular person in there, and sometimes I have to defend myself a bit because of things this particular person (successfully) likes to spread about me, but I enjoyed the first years a lot! The reason for this hatred is that I name what is wrong and sick about today's heavy metal scene; and THAT'S really what many are so pissed about! The metal spirit tries to dictate laws for thinking and music, and if you don't follow those laws, you 'betray' them. But that spirit IS a pure betrayal of freedom in itself. So to be true to yourself, you've got to 'betray' that dogmatism sooner or later.

"This is actually a big part of WHY I can't stand this scene anymore. They can't handle someone like me anyway. I disagree with the typical metal ideologies in so many ways, and I'm not afraid to speak my mind about it; and that's enough for many to go against someone like me. They simply don't LIKE how I think, Deborah , so they will always find reasons to talk dirty against me. Who cares! But I'm always newly surprised again about the reactions of certain smart-asses there; about what they cherish and what they condemn. I can't see at all where my 'crime' is supposed to be here? I thought (think) this acoustic album of my past is a nice idea, which should cause some excitement and maybe even some peace, but many minds obviously function in different ways. But they won't have any effect on what I am doing anyway; that's for sure; I won't allow that. And my friends are going to enjoy this.

"I am slowly building my own fan base now, and I don't really need to know about all the nonsense certain jerks like to spread about me. They can fuck off! And you shouldn't let this get to you either, Deborah . Believe me: it ain't worth it! I'm trying to lead a pretty clean life. I'm not a perfect man, but I'm always straightforward and honest; so who are those a-holes to teach me morals?! ... They certainly don't stand for MY morals!"

Source Michael Kiske