Silence of The Wolf

Legendary Italian heavy metal pioneers ASTAROTH have announced the release of their first ever full-length album, entitled The End Of Silence, through She Wolf Records on December 21st. Produced by the band's bassist, Saverio 'Shining' Principini, and engineered by Michael Tacci (METALLICA, WHITESNAKE) in Los Angeles, The End Of Silence marks the band's first new output since their 1985 cult classic, The Long Loud Silence mini-LP, and reunites original members Principini, guitarist Max Cipicchia and drummer Jan D'Amore, with American born newcomer Ace Alexander handling vocal duties in place of original frontman Bob Cattani.

The Chinese pianist Chen Sa has received much acclaim for her interpretations of composers such as Chopin, Rachmaninov and Ravel, but on the present disc she makes something of a return to her roots, in a (mostly) Chinese programme of solo and concertante works.