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What happened in the world of Hold Tight! PR this week - we bring you a brief look at what our clients have been up to.

The entire team at Hold Tight! PR are working non stop to keep up with the amount of releases, festivals and press that we’re working on. You’ll find our bands have major features in all of the mags this month and next month - we’re really packing in some awesome music.  We’ve been on tour with TesseracT for the Lowering the Tone tour and enjoying catching Between the Buried and Me / Animals as Leaders as they hit UK shores. Check out news about our bands below and keep your eyes peeled - October/November are looking to be our busiest months yet with a lot of new clients coming on board, major releases set to drop from the labels we work with and all this before we even get time to start thinking about our Christmas shopping!

Lowering the Tone Tour - Tesseract / Chimp Spanner / Uneven Structure

Kerrang! - Check out the Lowering the Tone tour preview!

REVIEWS! Leeds || Cardiff || London || Manchester || London || London || Manchester ||  Birmingham || Glasgow || Birmingham

7 Horns 7 Eyes - Seattle, USA (Basick Records / Century Media)

Seattle Tech Deathers release their debut single ‘Convalescence’ on iTunes

REVIEW!  7 Horns 7 Eyes single review by Ringmaster Reviews - “Convalescence is a strong and pleasing release that increases anticipation for the band’s debut. “

REVIEW! 7H7E reviewed by Mind Equals Blown zine - “With slow, epic buildups and devilish vocals, how can anyone not like this? Haunting guitars, unrelenting bass, and spot-on drumming will keep this track forever in my head.”

REVIEW! 7H7E reviewed by Battlehelm - “As a three track taster this works like a charm. Can’t wait to hear a full album”

NEWS! 7 HORNS 7 EYES Release Digital EP & Posts Album Trailer

Acoda - Midlands, UK (Small Town Records)

LIVE REVIEW! Check out the current issue of Kerrang! for a 4K live review for the band 

TOP 10 Best Unsigned! Kerrang! place the band in their top 10 best unsigned acts

Aliases - Manchester, UK (Basick Records)

On tour in Sept! Check here for dates…and find out more about the tour here

FEATURE! Pick up this months Metal Hammer for a double spread feature on Aliases

Choice Cut! - Pick up this months Terrorizer for a half page interview with the band 

TOUR! Cack Blabbath report on the forthcoming Aliases and Visions tour

INTERVIEW! Thrash Hits catch up with the band before they head off on tour

INTERVIEW! Guitaris Pin is interviewed by The Charge Metal show, listen in to the podcast

REVIEW! Battlehelm looks over the latest release from Aliases

REVIEW! Planet Loud review the latest release from Aliases ”..Aliases, on Safer Than Reality show young pretenders exactly how to sound chaotic and mesmerizing at the same time.”

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘What’s Left for Us?’ now on Scuzz TV

TOUR! Get tickets for the forthcoming Aliases / Textures / The Ocean Tour

FREE TRACK! Basick Records give away a free track from Aliases new album

BETRAEUS- Manchester, UK (Siege of Amida Records)

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

NEWS! Siege of Amida Digital to release debut EP from UK progressive metal outfit BETRAEUS

PHOTOS! BETRAEUS release photos from their forthcoming video for ‘Towards The Sun’

Chimp Spanner - UK (Basick Records)

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure ahead of their tour.

INTERVIEW! The band members from Chimp Spanner discuss their recent tour on the Basick Records blog

INTERVIEW! One Metal chat to Chimp on the Birmingham leg of his UK tour

LISTEN FOR FREE! Check out Chimp’s last release - At the Dream’s Edge, free on the Basick bandcamp

Circles - Melbourne, Australia (Basick Records)

Australian metallers Circles continue to wow with their latest release ‘The Compass’

REVIEW! Ringmaster Reviews say: “It is basically simple, The Compass is easily one of the very best releases so far this year and Circles will be one of the most respected bands of all time in what could be on this evidence, the very near future.”

SPOTIFY! Listen to the album ‘The Compass’ for free on Spotify

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Clouds are Gathering’ on Scuzz TV

Ghost Music - Leeds, UK

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE!

New Record label launched Read more…

Ghost Music announces first signing Read more…

NEWS! Metal Underground: Silent Screams sign to Ghost Music

NEWS! Heavy Petal discuss Ghost Music’s latest signing

TOUR! Ghost Music announces recent signing Silent Screams to tour - check out dates here

Jerzey Street Band - Manchester, UK

REVIEW! “Having listened to this I can’t wait for their new abum, Breaking Radio Silence to be released this autumn.”

REVIEW! “…a glorious homage to vintage Americana, the kind of music they just don’t make any more.”

RADIO! JSB were featured on Radio 2 with Bob Harris.

Mishkin - Leeds, UK

LIVE REVIEW! “I’m still baffled why Mishkin are still unsigned and on this showing I guess the only answer is to keep going until someone signs them up.” 

INTERVIEW! Mishkin interview with Ringmaster

INTERVIEW! 4 page feature with Elite magazine 

RED ENEMY - Dublin, Ireland

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

FEATURE! Check out Rock Sound magazine for an Exposure article and track on the current covermount CD

INTERVIEW! Planet Loud catch up with Red Enemy

REVIEW! Planet Mosh review the new EP 

REVIEW! Live Music Scene review “..this is some of the best hardcore the UK has to offer.”

REVIEW! Room 13 review the new EP ”..these Irishmen are bound to build a UK following to rival the following they have back home.”

TesseracT London, UK (Century Media)

Progressive metallers TesseracT gear up for their October European tour with Chimp Spanner

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure

FEATURE! Pick up this month’s Terrorizer for a double page spread on Tesseract

LIVE REVIEW! Pick up this month’s Kerrang! to read a 4K live review

INTERVIEW! One Metal catch up with TesseracT on their recent UK tour

INTERVIEW! Brit Events catch up with TesseracT on tour

INTERVIEW! Jay and James speak to Deaf by Dawn 

INTERVIEW! Soundshock catch up with new frontman Elliot Coleman

REVIEW!Sonic Shocks caught TesseracT’s secret show

GOOGLE!TesseracT are featured on Google Music’s first ever Metal Scanner sampler! Sign up and get it for free.

The Hype Theory - London, UK (Small Town Records)

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE! Read more…

VIDEO! Rock Industry look over the new video ‘Kid at Heart’

INTRODUCING! Planet Loud interview the band to find out more

Threads - London, UK

RADIO! Threads track ‘Surgery’ appears on BBC Introducing playlist

Uneven Structure - France (Basick Records)

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure

INTERVIEW! Brit Events caught up with the band on their recent UK tour

RADIO! Uneven Structure were interviewed on the Metalheadz show for Calon FM

ALBUM! The band announce full details for their forthcoming debut album ‘Februus’

ALBUM! Information on the forthcoming debut release ‘Februus’

Visions - Peterborough, UK (Basick Records)

UK tech metal rising stars Visions get ready for their ‘Safer than Home’ tour with Aliases - find out where to catch them

DJENT!  Got Djent take a look at the playthrough from Visions guitarist, Jake. 

NEWS! Planet Mosh post news about Visions forthcoming tour

INTERVIEW! Thrash Hits catch the  band before they head out on tour

REVIEW! Deaf By Dawn review the debut album from Visions “The young band’s grasp of how to shape their mind boggling technical skills into enjoyable pieces of music is an incredible accomplishment.”

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Desinent’ on Scuzz TV

LISTEN FOR FREE! Check out the debut album, for free!

What happened in the world of Hold Tight! PR this week - we bring you a brief look at what our clients have been up to.

Another busy week in the office for all of our clients. We’ve helped to launch a new record label, Ghost Music, we’ve been booking our touring clients with tour press all across the globe for their autumn and winter schedules and we’ve been falling heavily in love with the forthcoming release from Uneven Structure which we think will hit many of the albums of the year lists, because it geniunely is that epic. Floyd meets Meshuggah via a small cuddle from Devin T. All this and we’ve still found plenty of time to seek solace at the bottom of a barrel of Jagermeister, get some old school surfing in and also do epic shit like playing the Top Gun theme tune whilst heavily drunk at a wedding. Yeah, you heard. Here’s James HT!PR sozzled out his twang and pulling many Vai faces.

Acoda - Midlands, UK (Small Town Records)

LIVE REVIEW! Room 13 catch up with the live final of the Red Bull Bedroom Challenge “The quartet impress with conviction.”

HEVY FEST! Bring the Noise cover the band at Hevy Fest.

VIDEO! Live coverage at Planet Loud of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Final - Acoda kick off about 3 mins in.

Aliases - Manchester, UK (Basick Records)

On tour in Sept! Check here for dates…

REVIEW! ALT SOUNDS (UK) review 81% -“Each listen reveals new subtleties to the playing, a cheeky little guitar trick here, a piano line there, sweeping and haunting atmospherics underlying the whole thing which you probably won’t notice on the first listen as you’ll be pinned against the wall with your face melting.”

REVIEW! - DON’T COUNT ON IT review 7/10 

REVIEW! THE WHITE WALL review 5/5 “Bottom line is that Aliases kick insurmountable amounts of ass and Safer Than Reality is a strong contender for album of the year.”

TOUR NEWS! Aliases announces UK Tour Dates with Visions

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘What’s Left for Us?’ now on Scuzz TV

TOUR! Get tickets for the forthcoming Aliases / Textures / The Ocean Tour

FREE TRACK! Basick Records give away a free track from Aliases new album

Chimp Spanner - UK (Basick Records)

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure ahead of their tour.

INTERVIEW! got-djent.com catch up with the band exclusively online with a pre-tour interview as they get ready to hit venues across the UK with Uneven Structure and TesseracT

LISTEN FOR FREE! Check out Chimp’s last release - At the Dream’s Edge, free on the Basick bandcamp

SHOWS! Find out where to see Chimp Spanner on tour

Circles - Melbourne, Australia (Basick Records)

Australian metallers Circles continue to wow with their latest release ‘The Compass’

INTERVIEW!  THRASH HITS (UK) catch up with Perry Kakridas from Circles

RADIO! Circles - The Clouds are Gathering was played on Triple J - Australias national radio station on the Home and Hosed show

FEATURE! ROCK SOUND (DK) - Pg 32 - check out this month’s issue of Rock Sound Magazine to read an ‘Exposure’ feature on Circles and turn to pg 78 for a review (8/10) “Whether it’s the deep girth of the djent sound, or the soaring melodies, Circles are here to make a point.”

REVIEW! MASS MOVEMENT MAGAZINE (UK) - “Six amazing landslide inducing songs that could change the genre known as rock.”

SPOTIFY! Listen to the album ‘The Compass’ for free on Spotify

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Clouds are Gathering’ on Scuzz TV

Ghost Music - Leeds, UK

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE!

New Record label launched Read more…

Ghost Music announces first signing Read more…

NEWS! Metal Underground: Silent Screams sign to Ghost Music

NEWS! Heavy Petal discuss Ghost Music’s latest signing

Jerzey Street Band - Manchester, UK

REVIEW! 4 star review in Maverick Magazine for Haigy’s Girl / Wasting Time single

Mishkin - Leeds, UK

INTERVIEW! Mishkin interview with Room 13 (UK)

PHOTOS! Live at Metal Fringe

TesseracT London, UK (Century Media)

Progressive metallers TesseracT gear up for their headline UK tour

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure ahead of their tour.

INTERVIEW! Bass player Amos Williams talks to Metal Sucks about the future of the music industry and Spotify.

STUDIO FOOTAGE! Metal Hammer discuss the new footage as TesseracT hit the studio

REVIEW! ONE METAL (UK) 4/5 - have clearly been living in a cave and only just gotten around to reviewing the release from the band. Phil W we love you, we really really do! ;) “Tesseract’s debut stands as a powerful, absorbing and engrossing entry into the modern progressive/technical metal canon.”

NEWS! Blabbermouth bring news from the Studio.

GEAR! Guitarist James Monteith discusses his favourite gear, guitars and geekdom with Thrash Hits.

VIDEO STUFF! Dat Metal Youtube show discuss Dan leaving Tesseract.

The Hype Theory - London, UK (Small Town Records)

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE! Read more…

VIDEO! Dead Press look over the new video ‘Kid at Heart’

INTRODUCING! Planet Loud interview the band to find out more

NEWS! New album and tour news from Rock Realms

Uneven Structure - France (Basick Records)

FEATURE! Pick up Classic Rock Presents Prog this month - they have a 3 page feature on TesseracT, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure ahead of their tour.

INTERVIEW! got-djent.com catch up with the band exclusively online with a pre-tour interview as they get ready to hit UK shores with Chimp Spanner and TesseracT

Visions - Peterborough, UK (Basick Records)

UK tech metal rising stars Visions get ready for their ‘Safer than Home’ tour with Aliases - find out where to catch them

DJENT!  Got Djent take a look at the playthrough from Visions guitarist, Jake. 

VIDEO! Guitar Noize webzine feature the latest playthrough video from Jake Monson.

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Desinent’ on Scuzz TV

LISTEN FOR FREE! Check out the debut album, for free!

What happened in the world of Hold Tight! PR this week - we bring you a brief look at what our clients have been up to.

WOW! It’s been a week full of drama, tears, tantrums, break ups, wars and internet implosions. We kicked off the week watching the Internet rumour mill going into warp drive with the shock appearance of Elliot Coleman at TesseracT’s show in Milton Keynes, cue the Internet exploding in conspiracy theory, by Tuesday it became clear that the beautiful Dan Tompkins had left, leaving a giant hole to be filled by none other than Haunted Shores own Elliot Coleman - cue mass fan hysteria, then we watched as Metal Sucks vs Century Media vs Sumerian Records back and forth war of words erupted around the Spotify debate, meanwhile Storm troopers, rebels, Klingons,  and the fashion police hunted rubber faced dicator Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya - it’s all going on. Luckily we were face down in the Dillinger Escape Plan and Scale the Summit, busy working on tour press for all our Autumn tours, booking some fab new clients and generally figuring out that if you mix ginger beer with a cosmopolitan cocktail it becomes the stuff that legends are made of. So internet, chill out a bit, it’ll be ok. It’s Friday, chow down on our bands, get a ginger cosmo on the go and just relax.

STOP THE PRESS….STOP THE PRESS…..STOP THE PRESS…..

Basick Records / Hold Tight! PR token girl member Lisa was featured in this month’s Metal Hammer on page 24 alongside Blasko (Rob Zombie/Ozzy Osbourne) and Daniel Regan (Textures Manager) - see below for a sneaky peak of Lisa discussing which current band she has her eye on.

STOP THE PRESS….STOP THE PRESS….STOP THE PRESS…

SCUZZ TV are sponsoring the upcoming ‘Lowering the Tone’ tour featuring Tesseract, Chimp Spanner and Uneven Structure. To win tickets to the tour, an Ibanez 7 string and bags of merch watch the video below and get involved.

Acoda - Midlands, UK (Small Town Records)

LIVE REVIEW! Hit the Floor magazine catch up with the live final of the Red Bull Bedroom Challenge “Leading man Damon Tang owned the crowd, with his flawless vocal and his band mates surrounding him, they  were utter perfection.”

VIDEO! Live coverage of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Final - Acoda kick off about 3 mins in.

Aliases - Manchester, UK (Basick Records)

REVIEW! ROCK SOUND (UK) review 7/10 -“a promising start for a potentially excellent band.”

REVIEW! - METAL HAMMER (UK) review 8/10 - “Graham Pinney has returned to show the young pretenders how it’s done…..it’s as if SikTh never went away.”

INTERVIEW! FEMALE FIRST (UK) catch up with guitarist Leah Woodward to discuss the bands new release, metal being a male dominated genre and the mercury music prize. 

TOUR NEWS! Aliases announces UK Tour Dates with Visions

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘What’s Left for Us?’ now on Scuzz TV

TOUR! Get tickets for the forthcoming Aliases / Textures / The Ocean Tour

FREE TRACK! Basick Records give away a free track from Aliases new album

Circles - Melbourne, Australia (Basick Records)

Australian metallers Circles continue to wow with their latest release ‘The Compass’

RADIO! Listen in to the White Noise Podcast to hear Dave and Ted from Circles discussing their current release, tours and future plans for a full length release.

FEATURE! ROCK SOUND (DK) - Pg 32 - check out this month’s issue of Rock Sound Magazine to read an ‘Exposure’ feature on Circles and turn to pg 78 for a review (8/10) “Whether it’s the deep girth of the djent sound, or the soaring melodies, Circles are here to make a point.”

SPOTIFY! Listen to the album ‘The Compass’ for free on Spotify

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Clouds are Gathering’ on Scuzz TV

Ghost Music - Leeds, UK

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE! Read more…

NEWS! GhostFest founder launches new record label: Ghost Music

NEWS! New record label launched by GhostFest

Mishkin - Leeds, UK

INTERVIEW! Mishkin interview with Room 13 (UK)

NEWS! The Yorkshire Evening Post reviews Metal Fringe Festival

LIVE! Video footage of Mishkin from Metal Fringe, Leeds 2011

REVIEW! Rock Industry review Metal Fringe, Leeds 2011

TesseracT London, UK (Century Media)

Progressive metallers TesseracT announce new vocalist

Official Press Release! Read here…

INTERVIEW! Bass player Amos Williams talks to Metal Sucks about their new vocalist and forthcoming tours.

RADIO! Got Djent have a copy of the band’s interview with Maz Star from Total Rock where new vocalist Elliot Coleman is introduced to the world.

NEWS! Metal Hammer reveal details of the bands new singer

WIN! Scuzz TV give away an Ibanez and tickets to Tesseract’s Lowering the Tone tour

GEAR! Guitarist James Monteith discusses his favourite gear, guitars and geekdom with Thrash Hits.

The Hype Theory - London, UK (Small Town Records)

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE! Read more…

NEWS! Rock Industry look over Glory Days and discuss tour dates

INTRODUCING! Planet Loud interview the band to find out more

NEWS! New album and tour news from Newlyfresh

Visions - Peterborough, UK (Basick Records)

UK tech metal rising stars Visions release debut album ‘Home’

REVIEW!  THIS IS NOT A SCENE (UK) take a look at the bands debut album - “A young British band on a forward-thinking independent label, with involvement from members of other notable bands from the scene all points to a bright future for UK metal. “

INTERVIEW! Italian website Fire Alive catch up with Visions

SCUZZ! You can request the video ‘Desinent’ on Scuzz TV

LISTEN FOR FREE! Check out the debut album, for free!