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Since the release of their EP, ‘The 33 Sessions’ back in April 2010, Visions have stood out as one of the UK’s most...

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!