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August 31st, 2010
August 27th, 2010
The Natural Born Sinners Tour 2010 is drawing closer and for all shows supports have now been confirmed. This behemoth of a Rock’n Roll tour is not to be missed, so get your tickets now and get ready to be infested by the NEMHAIN plague.
Here are all the dates with the supporting bands:
(dd.mm.yyyy)
08.09.2010 – UK – London, Borderline /w Generation Graveyard & Kain
13.09.2010 – DE – Bremen, Römer /w Unzucht & The Iron Fist of Fu
14.09.2010 – DE – Nürnberg, Cult /w Border of Insanity
15.09.2010 – DE – Berlin, K17 /w Berliner Bomben Chor
16.09.2010 – DE – Hamburg, Markthalle /w Unzucht & der Schulz
17.09.2010 – DE – Aachen, Musikbunker /w The Very End & encypher
19.09.2010 – BE – Antwerpen, De Rots /w Stallion
August 27th, 2010
August 14th, 2010
Hey there, everyone!
The raffle
Some days passed by but now I’m back and I have once again prepared some more or less profound news from the Julien-K tour headquarter for you. Let’s start with a few visual allurements… As you know, the winners of the meet & greets are being announced daily, and I wanted to give you a look into how Tiefdruck-Musik selects the lucky winners:
Your responses to the contest are great, by the way – we get more and more entries day by day, and we are pleased about the fact that it is received well! So yeah, let’s keep the photos coming!
Elias' rehersal drums
Furthermore, Elias was so kind to provide us with a pic of the drumkit that he uses to rehearse for the tour. In addition, he also sent us a picture of himself joking around at the kit! Typically Elias ;D
Elias being silly 
In other news, the guys have just decided on the final setlist for the tour. Of course we won’t give away the real deal because we want to keep up the excitement But as the guys have already stated on Twitter, Julien-K are gonna present two to four entirely new songs on tour, and this means we Europeans are gonna be the first lucky people to listen to the new stuff!
At the moment, the guys are busy with some more tour preparations and are currently hiding in the studio programming the keyboards. Amir and Fu have taken some pics of them working that I also want to share with you here in this blog:
Amir in the studio
And some more cool news that I’m sure will please many of you (me included): There will be new merchandise for sale which will enable us to get ourselves some new cool shirts, etc. So far, we had only been able to import the stuff from the USA. Reliable sources have also reported that the designs are gonna be really amazing
Fu at work
Regarding my personal touring plans, I can tell you that I’ve taken some huge steps forward. And sometimes it drives me crazy. My flight for London is booked now, by the way, so in the morning of September 11 I will fly out there from Frankfurt-Hahn, and will land only 20 minutes later, thanks to the lack of a daylight saving time in Great Britain – ha! Unfortunately, it was a bit more expensive than expected, but you know Ryan Air is the king of charges… and yet cheaper than their competitors. I’m actually quite nervous because this will be my first flight ever!
Amir and an Orange amp
Besides, I’ve finally booked all my hotels and hostels for quite tolerable prices, and I’ve even survived the service jungle of the Deutsche Bahn in order to get myself train tickets for Holland and France. Not so easy – especially if you want special conditions. On top of that, you also have to struggle with rude and incompetent staff at times. But after all, I’m now the proud owner of (almost) all train tickets, and the last one should arrive within the next days. Hopefully. If the Deutsche Bahn makes it. Then I’m done with the transport issues, at least.
Lots of fancy electronics
What I need now is an endless packing list that I can work off, and I need to make a new JULIEN-K GERMANY flag. The old one was stolen after this year’s Dead By Sunrise show in Berlin and unfortunately hasn’t resurfaced until now.
So long!
Laura
August 13th, 2010
From now on you can get the MY RUIN song LONG DARK NIGHT as a first appetizer of the upcoming album GHOSTS AND GOOD STORIES FOR FREE!
HERE you can download the song for a short time!
GHOSTS AND GOOD STORIES will be released – due to production-related reasons one week later – on August 27th 2010 in Germany, August 30th in the UK as well as on August 31st in the US and contains 13 tracks of pure heavy honesty that features intimate lyrics, intense music and an identity all its own, proving that like bottle of Whisky or fine wine, MY RUIN just keep getting better with time.
Produced by Mick Murphy and Josh Lynch, ‘Ghosts and Good Stories’ is a concept album centered around scripture inked in blood, sweat and tears, a testament to the love MY RUIN share as a band and as a couple which they continue to create together against all odds and outside forces.
LONG DARK NIGHT describes an insomnia fueled struggle to find the muse lost in sleepless evenings of losing faith, awake with the inability to create. This is a heavy metal torch song if ever there was one, paying homage to those little slices of death and life after midnight where the revelation will not be televised.
Get the song NOW and spread the word: MY RUIN are back and better than ever!
MY RUIN - Ghosts and Good Stories
The first reviews are pouring in and they are smashing!
Here is the gospel according to the press:
“Ghosts and Good Stories is gracefully bone-chilling, filled with teeth-chattering terror, and leaves your unworthy soul melted in a puddle on the floor. A masterpiece! 10/10″
Sara Heitman – Blistering.Com
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“Pantera attitude, Sabbathesque seventies poison, dirt southern touch, hardcore pride and a courageous tribute to Rollins Band: this is ‘Ghosts and Good Stories’! My Ruin are back with the right dose of high-handedness and brought to us one of the most sincere, shouted loud, sexual and intense records of this year! 8/10”
Simone Sacco – Metal Hammer Italy
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“This collection of beautifully told stories that unwind and unravel before our ears has plenty of bark and a bite to match. Ghosts and Good Stories is an onslaught from start to finish that doesn’t let up; there’s no room for fluff, no room for floundering and certainly no room for questions. My Ruin are pioneers of their own brand of metal that amalgamates so many different styles it can’t be pigeonholed or categorised.”
Lynsey Wright – Thrash Hits UK
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“My Ruin have mutated into something truly monstrous in recent years, as the chemistry between Tairrie B and Mick Murphy has evolved and sprouted wicked wings. Ghosts And Good Stories picks up where 2008’s Throat Full Of Heart left off, with an exhilarating barrage of warped stoner metal riffs and blister-razing gutter-punk.8/10”
Dom Lawson – Metal Hammer UK
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“My Ruin’s sixth official full length album – is their strongest outing since A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish from 2000. On the musical front ‘Ghosts And Good Stories’ surpasses everything the band has done thus far.”
Carl Begai – Brave Words Bloody Knuckles
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“This is a powerhouse of an album. It packs a lot of power both vocally and musically
which is what My Ruin has always done well. 4/5″
Mike Grey – Soundsphere Magazine
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“Ghosts and Good Stories vocals and riffs are full of power, an intense delivery from an experienced alternative metal band. 8/10″
Hugo Countinho – Creepy Insight.Com
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“Ghosts and Good Stories their sixth volume literally has to be their most unified, binding, creative, epic whirlwind of pure velocity to date, fact.”
Nickie Hobbs – Devolution Magazine
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” ‘Ghosts And Good Stories’ is a perfect ode to the kind of grimy, smoke rock the band trade in.”
Darren Taylor – RockSound Magazine
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“My Ruin have no interest in delivering antiquated chills and thrills. Instead Mick Murphy delivers a Southern-tinged, Sabbath-y guitar assault, over which Tairrie rails against religion, more religion and, most succinctly, the current crop of vapid female pop singers! 7/10”
Kirk Miller –Decibel Magazine
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August 9th, 2010
We have some tour posters of the upcoming European tour with JULIEN-K, MY PASSION and MURDER FM here in the office left and offering you to purchase one or even more!
For
2 €, if you live in Germany
and
4 €, if you live anywhere else,
you get one JULIEN-K A1 sized, folded tour poster.
Please send an email to info@tiefdruck-musik.de, if you are interested.
Payment is only through Paypal possible.
If you are interested in buying more posters or extras like shipping in a poster tube – please send us an email as well and we will try to find the best and cheapest solution for you.
Here is the poster again:
JULIEN-K tour poster 2010
August 9th, 2010
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August 3rd, 2010
Our Metalheads of M.A.N shot their video for „Don’t Wake Up“ last weekend, so it is now in editing and finishing process. To shorten the time waiting, they give us a first look how the video is going to be – it definitely promises a lot! Read the rest of this entry »
July 28th, 2010
M.A.N are going to film a video for the track “Don’t Wake Up” during the upcoming weekend, here a link to the track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTCQC1ur5bM
The video will once again be directed by the talented Gabriel Engberg.
Don’t Wake Up is taken from M.A.N latest album “Massive Audio Nerve” (release info), the album is mixed by Ulrich Wild (Deftones, White Zombie, Prong, Static-X, Limb Bizkit etc).
The band quotes: “We have something special up our sleeves as usual, as you may understand, we are not the kind of band who does these generic videos with zero points in it“.
Check out Gabriel Engbergs previous work for M.A.N right here:
Blood Vanish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzFjTFJBVU
July 27th, 2010
MY RUIN, the Los Angeles based hard rockers featuring vocalist Tairrie B Murphy and multi-instrumentalist Mick Murphy, have revealed the track list of their forthcoming 6th full length album, ‘Ghosts And Good Stories‘ which is set for release on August 20.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Diggin’ For Ghosts
02. Long Dark Night
03. Excommunicated
04. Eyes Black
05. Money Shot
06. Abusing The Muse
07. La Cuidad
08. Suicide Tuesday
09. Saviourself
10. Malediction
11. Repose
12. Turned Out
13. Deathknell
Produced by Mick Murphy & Josh Lynch, ’Ghosts and Good Stories’ is a tale of rock & roll redemption and aural abuse with a conscious. 13 tracks of pure heavy honesty that metal fans can identify with positively featuring intimate lyrics, intense music and an identity all its own, proving that like a bottle of Whisky or fine wine, MY RUIN just keep getting better with time. The new album which was recorded at Entourage Studios in North Hollywood, Ca. & Weapons of Mass Productions in Santa Monica, Ca. showcases the multi-instrumentalist talents of Mick Murphy who not only wrote and co-produced but played guitar, bass and drums.
MY RUIN’s DIY philosophy includes a 25 minute film noir style enhanced video on the CD which was shot by the band and edited by Mick Murphy capturing the visceral power of MY RUIN in the recording studio from the drum room to the ghostly atmospheric vocal booth. When asked about the albums cover art Tairrie said “While I was creating the album artwork, I wanted the feeling to be otherworldly and dark, unlike anything we have done in the past and to set the mood for the music which I think it does. The new cover art is actually a vintage portrait from my family album. It’s a real photograph of my great grandparents in front of their home taken sometime in the early 1900’s which has been slightly altered. I came across the image last year as we were recording our new album and it just sort of spoke to me in a very haunting way. I was drawn to it over and over again while coming up with the albums title which is taken from the lead track ‘Diggin for Ghosts‘.
MY RUIN have announced the following dates for the bands upcoming ‘Ghosts and Good Stories’ Tour with more European dates to be announced soon.
Sept 04 2010 – USA – The Whisky a Go Go – Los Angeles (Tickets)
Sept 24 2010 – UK – 02 Islington Academy – London (Tickets)
27.09.2010 – GER – NCO Club – Schwäbisch Hall
28.09.2010 – GER – Underground – Cologne (Tickets)
29.09.2010 – GER – White Trash – Berlin
30.09.2010 – GER – Knust – Hamburg
Who uses to be a fan of old Tairrie B hip-hop stuff, should get a look on DEATH WORK PROFESSIONALS, a side project of Tairrie, her husband Mick Murphy and fellows Rhiis Lopez and Josh Lynch who covered the hip-hop classic „Natural Born Killaz“ and shot a video for it, too!
Watch it here:
