Kill or Cure give dance classic ‘From Paris to Berlin’ a metal makeover
Press release (Manchester, 16th Jan 2014)
Kill or Cure give dance classic ‘From Paris to Berlin’ a metal makeover
New release – metal cover version of the Infernal classic song now available on itunes, Amazon ,Spotify, Play.com
Kill or Cure are best known for big rock riffs and gravelly vocals – yet the first video off the self-titled debut album will be more familiar to a mainstream pop audience. ‘From Paris To Berlin’ was a huge hit throughout Europe for Danish dance duo Infernal.
Dan Hepner, guitarist explains the leftfield choice of cover: “From Paris to Berlin already had an irresistible groove to it – we’ve given it a metal makeover that turns the aggression up to ten without losing what made the original so catchy.”
Asked how he thought this would go down with the dance and metal audiences, Hepner said, “We’ve already had a great response from the metalheads we’ve played it to – it’s a real party song. As for the dance audience, Infernal contacted us to say they loved our version, and we couldn’t ask for a better endorsement than that!”
Watch the video ‘From Paris To Berlin’ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky3yaF2_ORE
The debut album ‘Kill or Cure’ is available in all good digital stores, or from www.killorcure.co.uk/shop
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Kill or Cure release self-titled debut album to critical acclaim
Great reviews from the critics
Press release: January 7th 2014
Kill or Cure release their debut album on January 7th. Full of crushing metal anthems, it’s a rare mix of groove, aggression and melody, combining powerhouse vocals, technical excellence and razor sharp hooks.
Feedback from the press has been extremely positive with rave reviews across the board, and one reviewer later proclaiming on Twitter that it’s the ‘best debut album I’ve ever heard’. Read all the reviews here: http://killorcure.co.uk/press-reviews/
Dan Hepner, guitarist, elaborates: “Kill or Cure are three good friends who do this for a shared love of metal. We’re based at opposite ends of the UK, so to make this happen we spend our vacation time together in the studio, writing and recording the best metal we can cook up. There’s no record company telling us what to do, so we make the metal we want to hear, and trust our own creative instincts. Now is the right time to unleash Kill or Cure on the outside world and see who shares our vision.”
Kill or Cure are currently back recording and have already started work on their follow up album. Dan explains, “Finishing off in the studio is our main priority while we’re all fired up – this way we can deliver a one-two punch within a year – but we’re also keen to recruit some extra hands so we can gig these songs around the UK.”
Listen to Kill or Cure album tracks here: www.killorcure.co.uk/music
Find the Kill or Cure album on itunes, Amazon and all other good digital outlets.
Contact Dan Hepner for press enquiries, interview requests and review copies.
Email: info@killorcure.co.uk
Web: killorcure.co.uk
About Kill or Cure
Kill or Cure’s sound is a unique and gripping take on modern metal. The music is a rare mix of groove, aggression and melody, combining technical excellence and musical flair with modern razor sharp hooks. The trio of band members are based in Manchester and Southend. Due to the geographical divide, Kill or Cure are concentrating on studio work and are currently recording their second album. A live lineup will be recruited for 2014.
- Chris Brookes – Vocals. Chris can sing, write, plays many instruments, and produces. They say those that can do, and those that can’t teach. Well Chris does that too. He’s the swiss army knife of the band.
- Dan Hepner – Guitar. Dan grew up playing 70s rock, 80s thrash, 90s grunge and modern downtuned metal – but it could still just be a phase he’s going through.
- Elena DeJesus – Bass. Len was pressganged into playing bass but started life as a classically trained violinist, sharing the stage with Robert Plant and Pavarotti – although never both at the same time.
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The great Kill or Cure album reviews keep on coming
Manchester Rocks are blown away
http://manchesterrocks.webs.com/apps/blog/show/39480351-review-kill-or-cure-kill-or-cure
“I was honestly blown away…It’s rare that I come across a new band that, in my eyes and ears, could conquer the mp3 world and share stages with the big dudes.”
There’s also a threat of metal twerking in there – great colourful review!
Get Your Rock Out are stunned!
http://getyourrockout.co.uk/wp/album-reviews/album-reviews/kill-or-cure-kill-or-cure/
“This is their first album, and for a debut album, it’s absolutely stunning. The musicianship on show is what you’d expect from a band with loads of albums under their wings, and it’s an amazing starting point. Exciting, stimulating and uplifting.”
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Two more great reviews for the Kill or Cure album!
Onslaught Radio say our album contains “outstanding songwriting and skilful musicianship” Overall verdict? 9/10 – Excellent. Read it below…
http://www.onslaughtradio.com/unsigned/unsigned-reviews/kill-cure-kill-cure/5032/
Two Guys Metal Reviews: “This band’s lead singer really knows how to rip it, be it with clean vocalled mastery or harsh growled metal madness. The choruses are to die for and just soar beyond all expectations. I see Kill or Cure really exploding in the next few years.”
http://www.twoguysmetalreviews.com/2013/12/kill-or-cure.html
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The first album review is in… FIVE STARS!
It’s full marks for our debut album! Very proud to find out our first official album review is overflowing with great comments about every track. Read what The Metal Review’s Tom Breedon has to say here…
http://themetalreview.com/albums/kill-or-cure/
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Two metal albums on the go!
This one time at bandcamp…
Well it’s been a great month for Kill or Cure – we’ve just spent a week in lockdown at our Bandcamp 2013! We missed a week and a half of fantastic weather, preferring to toil away in a humid studio one sniff away from olfactory suicide. A small price to pay to pull together our 2nd album! We’re aiming for all killer and no filler, so we took the best of the demos we were working on last August, and added new ones that we felt were even stronger. Now we have ten tracks with vocals completed, and instrumentation nearly done.
So now I have to split duties – guitar recordings I can do from home – a little bit of rhythm and most of the solos, and I’m really keen to get this second album finished while we are still buzzing from our progress in the studio.
But at the same time I have our first album all ready to launch bar a little bit of marketing shine (yes, that’s shine with an n). We want to get that debut out to you all as soon as possible – there’s 9 tracks we are extremely proud of and we’re looking forward to getting your feedback.
On the plus side, the workload makes for a nice mix of writing, recording, finalising artwork, marketing, promo and distribution. That should keep me out of trouble for the next couple of weeks!
In other news, we have some fun stuff planned to keep you entertained as the year rolls on – we’ll be previewing material from the debut album from August, and I plan to have the first album available through all good digital stores in Oct/Nov – which should tie in nicely with the video shoot we have scheduled for September.
As a wise and hairy metal sage once said, “Rock hard, rock heavy, rock animal.” And you can’t say fairer than that.
Dan
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Recording the 2nd album
In August the three of us headed into the studio for a week to record our second album. The first album’s parts had to be written, practised and recorded separately as we live at opposite ends of the country, so for our second one it’s great to be bringing all our ideas together and working them up from nothing to completion as a unit.
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