November 7

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining until the end of the year.

This day marks the approximate midpoint of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and of spring in the Southern Hemisphere (starting the season at the September equinox).

Events

Throwbacks (The Naked Brothers Band album)

Throwbacks is the final album recorded by Nat & Alex Wolff under the name "The Naked Brothers Band" and the soundtrack to the third and final season of the show of the same name. Under the working title "Songs of Season 3," due to post-production problems, it was originally cancelled, until it was announced on September 19, 2013 to be released as a Nat & Alex Wolff album instead of a Naked Brothers Band album on October 15, 2013, under the title Throwbacks. One song that was recorded for the intended Season 3 soundtrack, "Face in the Hall", which later appeared in the iCarly soundtrack, will not be in the Throwbacks album.

Background

Writing

Nat Wolff developed a lot while writing the soundtrack. He had developed a lot as a song[-writer] since the band's second album, which was released earlier the same year. Many songs from the album had a sense that the writer(s) were inspired by old artists, such as the track "The World (As We Know It Today)" was a modern version of Billy Joel's song We Didn't Start the Fire. The song "Yes We Can" (which features Natasha Bedingfield and Leon Thomas III) was inspired by the presidency of Barack Obama.

Rock Records

Rock Records(滾石唱片) is a Taiwanese record label founded in 1980 by Sam and Johnny Duan (段鍾沂). The record label had their first multiseller in 1989 with Sarah Chen.

It is now Asia's largest independent record label.

Besides Taiwan and Hong Kong, the record label has offices in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia (acquired SCS in 1995 (Suara Cipta Sempurna, founded in the 1980s)), South Korea and the Philippines.

Distributors

Artists

Former artists

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in 1995 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have always been classified by critics as gothic metal or rock, although the "gothic" influence varies with each album. Their most prominent and well-known sound is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as debut album Enter, was mostly gothic metal.Enter even had a hint of doom metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences. In a later interview with Dutch music platform 3VOOR12, den Adel stated that "we consider ourselves more a symphonic rock band ... in my opinion, we are no gothic band".

After the release of their debut album Enter in 1997, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from their second album Mother Earth, which reached No. 2 on the Dutch charts. This was followed by the band winning the Conamus Exportprijs, a Dutch music award, four years in a row. Their next albums The Silent Force (2004) and The Heart of Everything (2007) debuted at No. 1 on the Dutch charts. In 2008, they released a live DVD and CD, Black Symphony, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This was followed in 2009 by An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, another live album.

November-7

November-7 is a Swiss-based metal band from Neuchâtel. Formed in 2005, the group is known for its mix of guitar-based metal with electro influences along with melodic vocal lines and orchestral arrangements. As of January 2012 the band are working on the followup to their first studio album, "Season 3", which received excellent reviews throughout Europe and the US.

History

Formation and EPs (2005-2008)

Guitarist Stéphane Geiser and Vocalist Annamaria Cozza formed November-7 in 2005 and quickly released their firsrt EP "Mesmerised" (2006). Recruiting guitarist Yann Berger and drummer Gil Reber that year, they started playing local venues and establishing their reputation as a live act.

While "Mesmerised" established their style, it was 2007's "Angel" and its eponymous EP that got November-7 their first media attention and local radio airplay, and spread the band's reputation further afield.

"Alive!" (2008-2010)

In 2008, a show in Neuchâtel gave the band an opportunity to record their live show. The result was the live album/DVD set "Alive!" which immediately caught the attention of specialist magazines such as Hard Rock Mag, Metal Edge Magazine and Synthetics Mag.