HW: OFF: Black Widow news, sci-fi tribute

[K Henderson]

Passing along the info....

BLACK WIDOW RECORDS NEWSLETTER #5 – MAY 2002

SIMON HOUSE/ROD GOODWAY: the release of the long awaited "House of
Dreams" album has shifted until JUNE. Stay tuned for that!

SAD MINSTREL: The new album from ex-Malombra keyboardist Fabio Casanova,
whose title hasn't still been revealed, is next to a release! All fans of
magic, folk and vintage sound, watch out for YOUR release for 2002! Fabio
has composed for
you a spellbinding symphony , ranging from soft vocals parts to more rock
and folkish elements. Sad Minstrel will be unleashed in JULY!

IL SEGNO DEL COMANDO: we noticed sadly that Raniero Costa, webmaster
of the TV Movie's Website and author of a wonderful interview to the band,
ranging from musical to philosophical topics, was forced to shut down the
site by RAI legal offices. The given reason was that Raniero didn't respect
the TV Movie copyrights.

What really happens is that all his great work risks to be fucked up. To
help him supporting his cause, write to Raniero at ragnero at tiscalinet.it.

MALOMBRA: here you are a short press-check about the response of "The
Dissolution Age" - it looks out to have had quite good success worldwide!!!

FLASH MAGAZINE [ITA] issue 155: 100/100
ROCKERILLA [ITA] issue 256: high-mark review
METAL HAMMER [ITA] issue 12 2001: 5/6
RUMORE [ITA] issue 123: HIGH
LEGACY [GER] issue 18: 12/15
MONSTER [NOR] issue 5: 3/6
METALLUS [ITA]: 8.5/10
BABYLON [ITA]: 8.5/10
SUBURBIA [ITA]: 4/5
ORION [ITA]: 5/6

NOT OF THIS EARTH is at the moment our turning point for 2002! An incredible
amount of energies has been spent on this release, which will shaped in a 3
CDS BOX with an ENHACED BOOK featuring a comic and some writings by, among
the others, writer Valerio Evangelisti. This release is intended to be a
tribute to sci-fi movies, ranging from music to art and literature, and
features Hawkwind,
Sun Dial, Pete Pavli, Adrian Shaw, Kirlian Kamera, Malombra, Death SS,
Malleus, The Soil Bleeds Black, Standarte, Versailles, ST 37, Paul Chain,
Count Raven, Candlemass, Architectural Metaphor, and many more!

We're still dealing with hard work on this release, and the release will
probably
shift until AUTUMN.

LIVE GIGS: STANDARTE and ABIOGENESI will be playing at MONASTEROCK
Festival in VAPRIO D'ADDA (Milano – Italy) in late May/early June.
Here you are the confirmed dates:
STANDARTE: Thursday 31/5 h. 21.30
ABIOGENESI: Thursday 6/6 h. 21.30
More info about how to get there could be asked to ilguado69 at tin.it.

UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA, STANDARTE and ABIOGENESI will participate
to the OPEN AIR FESTIVAL in Herzberg (Germany) on July 18th.

MALOMBRA are managing a live show as headliners at a festival in northern
Italy around June/July. Stay tuned, more info will follow soon...

FORTHCOMING BLACK WIDOW RECORDS RELEASES

SIMON HOUSE/ROD GOODWAY – "House of Dreams". COMING IN JUNE.
SAD MINSTREL – "T.B.A.". COMING IN JULY.
VARIOUS ARTISTS – "Not of This Earth". COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
CRYSTAL PHOENIX – "Twa Jørg-J-Draak Saga". COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
ST 37 – "Insect Hospital". COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
PENTAGRAM – "A Keg Full of Dynamite" [Live Album].  COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
ANTONIUS REX – "Neque Semper Arcum Tendit Rex" [Reprint]. COMING IN AUTUMN.
ANGE – "Ton 87" [Live album released in vinyl only]. COMING IN AUTUMN.
AKRON – "Il Tempio di Ferro". COMING IN LATE AUTUMN.

Grakkl (FAA), one a, two k's Doug.  :)  In latin, Quiscalus Quiscula.