STORMCLOUDS NEWS
Welcome to the news section on various Stormclouds activities. This will be updated as and when we have any news, vile rumour, gossip or information to pass on.
RAIN PARADE - PERFUME RIVER CD We are please to announce that the latest Rainfall Records CD, CLOUD6, is an archive release by one of our favourite bands, the Rain Parade. FUTURE RAINFALL PROJECTSThere are several exciting projects coming soon from Rainfall Records and Books. We have the long awaited anthology The Derelict of Death edited by John B. Ford & Steve Lines with a full colour cover and b/w interior paintings by Steve Lines. Also, early in the New Year, expect Nightmares From Infinity a paperback collection of the lyrics of Steve Lines and The Haunted Ocean by John B. Ford. Beyond this plans are a little vague, but watch this space for details.
RECENT RAINFALL PROJECTS
Rainfall Records & Books have published three paperback collections over the past six months these are: Nocturnal Products by Eddie Angerhuber, A Small Collection of Mediocre Stories by Simon Logan and Touching The Flame by Paul Kane. So far 2002 has been quite a year for Rainfall records & Books and we have even bigger plans and ideas for 2003. Watch this space!
ARTWORK
Steve has recently had two paintings published on the covers of the two British Fantasy Society publications Dark Horizons and Prism. At the moment he is currently working on a full colour cover painting for a collection of John B. Ford’s collaborations titled The Evil Entwines, five black and white painting, plus a full colour cover painting for The Derelict of Death anthology and a full colour cover painting for his collection of song lyrics Nightmares From Infinity. He is always on the lookout for more work, especially book and CD cover work. get in touch with Steve at the Rainfall address if you like his work.
Steve has now finished the painting for The Evil Entwines and hopefully the book will be published very soon.
STORMCLOUDS
Steve and Ken Flynn have been working on completing the unfinished songs left by Louise Allen when she parted company with the band a few years ago. Most have been completed, with only two to go. The album, The Darkest Hour (the alternative Nightmares in the Sky) should be released on Rainfall early in 2003. A similar album of material featuring Melanie Townsend is also in production. Steve is also working on his King in Yellow project and is also searching for contributors to Lost Worlds in Space & Time, the follow up to Strange Aeons.
Another project which Steve will be starting in the New Year is an album of swamp/punk/horror songs with vocalist Mike Humphries under the name of The Doctor’s Pond.
FUTURE RAINFALL PROJECTS
There are several exciting projects coming soon from Rainfall Records and Books. Planned for late December is the second hardback, edited by John B. Ford & Steve Lines and titled The Derelict of Death & Other Stories. It is an anthology of macabre fiction in the traditional style and will feature such authors as Simon Clark, Michael Pendragon, Paul Finch, Sue Phillips, Paul Kane, Eddie Angerhuber, Ann K. Schwader, Joseph S. Pulver and others. Again a signed, limited edition with cover by Steve Lines. We also have a paperback collection or two planned, but more about them later. Keep watching the skies!
TALES OF DEVILRY & DOOM
Rainfall Records have branched into the world of publishing with this debut collection of macabre fiction from John B. Ford. Published in hardback in a signed and limited edition of 250 with dustjacket painting by Steve Lines. This is sure to become a collectors item. £15.00 inc. p&p
STRANGE AEONS DOUBLE CD RELEASED
The Various Artists Strange Aeons is out now. Over two hours of music and poetry in a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulu Mythos. Check the Strange Aeons section from the menu for full details.
SLEEP NO MORE CD RELEASED
The CD version of Sleep No More is now available; it has three more tracks than the LP and a 16 page CD sized booklet.
SLEEP NO MORE LP RELEASED
The new Stormclouds LP Sleep No More is now available; see the Ordering page for information on how to get a copy. This time it features a full colour cover and a 16 page A4 booklet.
NOVEMBER RAIN 7" EP
Some of you may be interested to know that at the same time as we pressed up the vinyl release of Nightmares in the Sky, Paul Ricketts of the defunct magazine Unhinged, pressed up 500 copies of a single which was going to be included with a new magazine he proposed starting, titled WOW!. This single features a song by the excellent Marshmallow Overcoat on one side and two alternative versions of songs from Nightmares in the Sky album on the other. November Rain was yet another version of the song with yet another set of lyrics (version 1 being on the vinyl Nightmares and version 2 on the CD) There was also a slightly different version of Drifting Away. So where is this single? You may well ask. Well, for the past three years or so it's been sitting in boxes somewhere in Paul's house, with no sign of ever appearing. If you want a copy of this single, write to Paul Ricketts, the Old Schoolhouse, Yatesbury, Nr. Calne, Wiltshire. SN118YE. UK. and ask him what the hell's going on.
STORMCLOUDS: ACID TAPES RELEASE ON CD.
Rainfall Records and Acid Tapes plan to release all the Stormclouds cassette releases on CD. This will be on domestic CDR and will they will retail for about £8.00 (the cost of two Acid Tapes). As well as a re-mixed version of the original album, the CD will also contain, alternative mixes, various outtakes, demos and live tracks from the same period as the album in question. The first releases will include Raindrops, Lost in Space, Nightmares & Daydreams, Christmas With Stormclouds and Psychotronic. Watch this space for news of the first release.
SLEEP NO MORE (The difficult third album!)
At the moment Stormclouds are putting the finishing touches to the material for their third album and mixing down songs at Thunderhead Studios, Calne. The album should see release on the band's own Rainfall Records in the Spring or early Summer. There will be a vinyl release and a CD release (with extra songs and different mixes). The album cover will be designed by Steve Lines and painted by Lorretta Mansell. There will also be an illustrated A4 lyric book, featuring lots of artwork and the lyrics to all the songs (including the extra tracks on the CD). This lyric book will only be available with the vinyl release.
Track listing
:The Sleepy Tree, The House On The Borderland, Nightwinds, The Strange Inventor, White Horse, Sandman, What Do They Say?, Eqyptian Queen, When The Dream fades, Sacrifice, A Single Tear (acoustic), The Sleepy Tree (sleepy version) and extra tracks on the CD: Gray, A Single Tear (electric version), The Nine Million Names Of God.
The band:
Musicians who join Steve Lines and Melanie Townsend on this album include Ken Flynn, who played on and engineered their previous release Nightmares in the Sky; Childe Roland, who contributes his distinctive lead guitar to many of the tracks plus the song Sacrifice; Dave Seal, who adds guitar to What Do They Say? and who will be featured heavily on the next Stormclouds album and, guesting on vocals on a couple of songs, is Mark Angell, joining Stormclouds for the first time.
DARKNESS WEAVES is the title of the fourth Stormclouds album but details are vague at the moment. Tentative songs titles include I Hear Bells, Your Time is Coming and I'll Be There. The album should feature guest guitarist Dave Seal on most of the tracks.
STRANGE AEONS is the title of the next project which Steve Lines and Stormclouds will be working on. This is a planned double album (and CD) of music inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. It will feature a number of guest musicians and writers. There will be poetry/prose sections read by Lovecraftian authors and Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark and John B. Ford have already agreed to contribute to the project. Cary Wolf of The Petals (one of the USA's best psych bands) is currently working on a collaboration with Steve Lines on a song titled The Maze of Maal Dweb, based on the stories of Clarke Ashton Smith. The main bulk of the songs will be written by Childe Roland and Steve Lines; musicians will also include Melanie Townsend, Mark Angell, Dave Seal and Ken Flynn amongst others. Watch this space for news as it happens....
STEVE LINES: ARTIST:
Over the past year or so Steve has been illustrating for a number of small press magazines which specialise in horror/fantasy and macabre fiction. He has contributed to many magazines and has also illustrated complete collections of stories by a single author. He also continues to create album covers on a regular basis and is the resident artist for Belgian psychedelic magazine Crohinga Well. If you need an artist for your next album cover, why not get in touch with him via this web site or write to Steve Lines, 28 Churchill Close, Calne, Wiltshire. SN11 8EN. UK.
RECORD COVERS:
The Chemistry Set - Wake Up Sometime!
The Boys From County Hell - So Far....So What!
Darxtar - Daybreak
The Unheard Of - Lonely Teardrops
Ethereal Counterbalance - Mellifluous Confluence
Stormclouds - Nightmares in the Sky
Stormclouds - Not of This Earth
Stormclouds - Lost in Space
Stormclouds - 3D EP
Stormclouds - The Creature From Galaxy X
MAGAZINES:
Crohinga Well #2 to #14 (resident artist)
Astro Zombie #1 (full colour cover forthcoming on #2 if it ever arrives!)
Ghouls & Gore & Twisted Terrors by John B. Ford. (illustrated collection of
macabre stories. 11 illustrations plus front and back cover and decorated headings)
Within The Sea of The Dead by John B. Ford. (Front and back cover)
The Derelict of Death by John B. Ford & Simon Clark. (Front & back cover
and 3 interior illustrations.
The following magazines also contain Steve's work:
Terror Tales #'s 2, 3 and 4 (#3 has front and back cover by Steve)
Enigmatic Tales 2 and 3
Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque 1, 2, and 3
Sierra Heaven #4 1/2 (cover).
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