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Austrian heavy metal act
SPEED LIMIT
will release EP
‘New Horizon’
track-list:
New Horizon (Album Edit)
Eye On You
New Horizon (Radio Edit)
Dead Eyes (Live At Seeham)
Lady (Live At Seeham)
New Horizon (Live at Rockhouse Salzburg)
discography:
1986 Unchained Album
1988 Prophecy EP
1992 Perfect Inspiration Album
2010 Moneyshot Album
2017 Anywhere We Dare Album
2023 Hit The Wall EP
2023 Cut A Long Story Short Album
2023 Shine Brighter Than The Sun Mini-EP
2024 The Broken Record Album
2024 New Horizon EP
videography:
1986 Burning Steel Official
1988 Dead Eyes Official
1988 Lady Official
2017 Step Out Of The Line Lyric
2020 Ways & Means Lyric
2023 Hit The Wall Official
2023 Shine Brighter Than The Sun Official
2024 New Horizon Official
Humans are creatures of habit, and often we find it difficult to venture into new territories and break out of familiar patterns.
This tendency can particularly hinder us in challenging situations, preventing us from escaping misery.
Frequently, we cling to the past, seduced by a deceptive sense of security, failing to recognize that this psychological mechanism ultimately deceives us.
It is essential to leave the past behind, expand one’s horizons and strive for personal development.
This theme of advancement is precisely what ‘New Horizon’, the new single by the Austrian melodic heavy metal and hard rock band Speed Limit, revolves around.
The single will be released on Friday, May 3, 2024, via NRT-Records.
The band from Mozart’s city, Salzburg, celebrates its fortieth anniversary on stage this year and presents ‘New Horizon’, the third single-release from their current studio album ‘Cut A Long Story Short’, with which the band successfully celebrated their comeback last year.
With this album and the previous singles ‘Hit The Wall’ and ‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’, Speed Limit has convinced both the media and fans of metal and hard rock.
The band reached the top 10 of the official rock and metal charts multiple times and also managed to hold positions for several weeks in the iTunes and Amazon sales charts.
For their anniversary, the band Speed Limit, consisting of Hannes Vordermayer (lead vocals and drums), Christian Angerer (guitar), Joe Eder (guitar) and Christian Pawlak (bass), has prepared several surprises.
In addition to the recent debut release of their long-lost studio album ‘The Broken Record’, Speed Limit with ‘New Horizon’ is once again focusing on their present and future.
Speed Limit presents a comprehensive audiovisual work that includes not only the main single but also other songs.
This includes the melodic hard rocker ‘Eye On You’, which deals with themes of loyalty and connection, as well as live versions of ‘New Horizon’ and the legendary songs ‘Lady’ and ‘Dead Eyes’, recorded during a concert in Seeham in 2019.
Each song is also accompanied by a custom-made video.
The band directed the clip for ‘New Horizon’ themselves, led by Joe Eder, who developed the concept.
They were assisted by Joe Eder’s daughter, Jeanne Eder, who was responsible for the cinematography.
She managed to give the video a distinctive retro flair.
The video combines cinematic sequences shot during a trip by the band in Dublin with footage of their performance.
The live versions of ‘Dead Eyes’, ‘Lady’, and ‘New Horizon’ offer authentic concert recordings in both video and audio.
The song ‘Eye On You’ was compiled from live footage but uses the studio version of the song as the audio track.
As part of the new release of their EP ‘New Horizon’ on May 3, 2024, Speed Limit will perform a live concert at Explosiv club in Graz (Austria).
This performance will not only serve as the stage for presenting the EP but will also include exciting announcements for the years 2024 and 2025.
The EP ‘New Horizon’ offers not only new video material but also a preview of the band’s first comprehensive live album, which will soon be released in both audiovisual and pure audio formats.
In addition to the concert at Explosiv in Graz on May 3, 2024, the release day of ‘New Horizon’, further performances are planned, including the Speed Limit anniversary concert at Rockhouse Salzburg on October 3, 2024.
Fans can look forward to a series of high-energy shows that celebrate the musical heritage and innovative spirit of Speed Limit.
With the EP ‘New Horizon’, the four standout rockers from Salzburg reflect on their present and future, presenting an impressive mix of their qualities as both a studio and live band.
This release from their current full-length album ‘Cut A Long Story Short’, which will be released through on NRT-Records, also includes an Easter egg in the accompanying video playlist.
Hard rock fans and metalheads are warmly invited to dive into the world of Speed Limit starting Friday, May 3, 2024.
The live versions and videos provide a taste of the upcoming first live album and the accompanying concert film.
Austrian heavy metal group
SPEED LIMIT
will release album
‘The Broken Record – Chorus Sound Tapes’
cover artwork by Joe Eder
track-list:
Back In Black
Rock ‘N’ Roll Insanity
Telling A Tale
Black Dessous (1990 Version)
After Midnight
Fly With The Eagle (1990 Version)
Higher and Higher (1990 Version)
It Ain’t Easy
Nights Alone (1990 Version)
Head Over Heels (1990 Version)
Don’t HaHa (Cover) (1990 Version)
Beat It (Cover) (1990 Version)
produced by Walter l. Huber & Peter Hacker at Chrous Sound Studio
Time capsules are mysterious treasure chests of history, captivating with their often enigmatic and curiosity-piquing nature, stirring the imagination and exploratory desire of future generations.
They act as bridges between eras, containing carefully selected objects, information and messages that provide insights into the life, culture and aspirations of their time.
Such a musical time capsule is represented by The Broken Record:
‘Chorus Sound Tapes 1990’ from the Austrian heavy metal, or rather hard rock band Speed Limit, which will be officially released for the first time in 2024 after remaining hidden for nearly thirty-five years.
In the opening track ‘Back in Black’, Speed Limit tells the story of a young person breaking free from societal conventions and finding their identity in music.
This song serves as a clear homage to the rock icons AC/DC.
Lyrically, Speed Limit presents themselves from a particularly profound perspective.
The heavy hard rocker ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Insanity’ deals with freedom on one hand and the love for music and the life of a musician on the other, while the up-tempo metal song ‘Telling A Tale’ addresses the hypocrisy of Christianity, criticizing dogmatism by questioning the futility of blind faith rules and the preaching of a priest as merely telling stories.
In contrast to the speed of this piece is then the moderate hard rocker ‘Black Dessous’.
First released in 1992 on the official album ‘Perfect Inspiration’, the original version also deals with passion and desire.
A topic that is also explored in the fast heavy metal banger ‘After Midnight’.
The song discusses the interplay of attraction and rejection between two people, intensifying in a nocturnal setting.
The hard rocker ‘Fly With The Eagle’, which was first released in a revised form on Speed Limit’s 2010 album ‘Moneyshot’ as ‘Fly Like The Eagle’, addresses the desire for boundless freedom.
The original version of ‘Higher & Higher’ deals with the theme of a fleeting romance, seeking a continuous escalation of passion.
‘It Ain’t Easy’, another relatively unknown title from Speed Limit’s repertoire, comes at a moderate pace and explores the hurdles and sacrifices that come with being a musician.
With the hard rock song ‘Nights Alone’, typical of its time, Speed Limit addresses the themes of loneliness and longing, while the original version of the fast hard rocker ‘Head Over Heels’ tells the story of a woman desperately searching for love, only to face disappointments repeatedly and lose herself in a vicious cycle of despair and longing.
The cover versions of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ and Huey Smith’s ‘Don’t HaHa’ in their original versions provide a fitting conclusion to ‘The Broken Record: Chorus Sound Tapes’.
Austrian heavy metal band
SPEED LIMIT
will release single/video
‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’
cover by Joe Eder
track-list:
Shine Brighter Than The Sun
Destiny´s Calling
recorded and mixed by Joe Eder
mastered by Christoph Stickel
videoconcept and editing by Walter Fanninger, Joe Eder and Philipp Gottfried
Speed Limit are returning with their video single ‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’ and performing the Wildstyle & Tattoofair with U.D.O in Salzburg.
Within each of us lies the potential to rise above the average, to spread our wings, and to give our very best.
While life has its challenges, it’s up to us not to merely settle, but to constantly strive to achieve our full potential.
This message of self-determination and aspiration is essential to ‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’, the latest video single from the Austrian heavy metal crusaders, Speed Limit.
On Friday, October 27th, this inspiring message will be released by NRT-Records, both in video and single formats.
Derived from their successful album ‘Cut Along Story Short’, which was released on June 17, 2023, through NRT-Records, the new single ‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’ shines with the familiar powerful brilliance that Speed Limit is known for, especially in their hometown of Salzburg.
It oscillates between Hard Rock, Heavy Metal and Melodic Metal, centering its theme on motivation.
The concept is further explored in the B-side ‘Destiny’s Calling’.
The videos for both songs feature live footage from two distinct concerts, showcasing the unrestrained energy of Speed Limit.
With ‘Cut Along Story Short’, Speed Limit dominated the Top 10 of the official German Metal & Rock charts for several weeks and also reached the Top 10 of the official Amazon Sales Charts with the album.
On October 27, 2023, right on time, Speed Limit will release the second single ‘Shine Brighter Than The Sun’ from ‘Cut A Long Story Short’.
This comes just in time, as two days later, they’ll be heating up the stage alongside the Accept legend, U.D.O., performing for the audience at the Wildstyle & Tattoo Fair in Salzburg.
This year, Speed Limit can reflect on a nearly forty-year band history.
Everything began in 1984 when the two metal bands, Ampere and Speed Limit, merged, quickly agreeing on the more appealing name, Speed Limit.
Austrian heavy metal veterans
SPEED LIMIT
will release album
‘Cut A Long Story Short’
track-list:
Shine Brighter Than The Sun
New Horizon
Eye On You
The Lady Is On Fire
Notorious
Destiniy’s Calling
The Wind Blew In A Memory
Hit The Wall
Sweet Morphine (Live At Seeham)
Retired Hero (Live At Seeham)
Ways And Means (2019 Version)
Head Over Heels (Re-Recording)
Recorded and mixed by: Joe Eder
Mastered by: Christoph Stickel
All Songs are written, composed and recorded by Speed Limit
Photos: Sven Kristian Wolf
Cover Artwork: Joe Eder
Concept of videos: Walter Fanninger & Joe Eder
line-up:
Hannes Vordermayer – lead vocals & drums
Chris Pawlak – bass guitar & vocals
Chris Angerer – guitars & vocals
Joe Eder – guitars & gesang
former members:
Hans Huthmann – lead vocals
Jocky Brunner – guitars
Andy Rethmeier – drums
Chris T. Ebert – lead vocals
Ritchie Krenmaier – lead vocals
Manuel Brettl – lead vocals
Hel Lennart – guitars
Kurt Rumpf – drums
Fred Forester – drums
Wolf Krug – drums
live-shows (current dates):
June the 17th, 2023 Rockhouse (Salzburg)
August the 2nd, 2023 InnRock Reloaded (Radfeld)
October the 28th, 2023 Wildstyle & Tattoomesse /w. U.D.O
Paul van der Burght, Manic Mosh Magazine Metal – UK:
“[…] There’s some tasty guitarwork running through the entire set, and the vocalage of Manuel Brettl is another asset to the musical performance, delivering a great powerhouse voice that is both melodic and rough edged with a strong vibrato and up-tone siren yells.”
Justin Hulford, The Rocktologist – UK:
“[…] As the tracks continue they continue to demonstrate that they are very good at heavily tweaking arrangements and at throwing in plenty of flourishes.”
Craig Hartranft, Dangerdog – US:
“[…] All in all Speed Limit’s Any Where We Dare is a refreshing return to ist NwoBHM melodic metal origins.”
Markus, Heavy Music Blog – FR:
“[…] The new longplayer became a solid metal album. The band is best when they unveilthe uptempo rockers.”
Stef/Officer Nice, Metal To Infinity – BE:
“[…] I hear a band that knows how to write and perform good Metal, with all ingredients this kind of music demands. This kind of music stays forever good if you’re a real metal fan!.”
Some stories are excessively debaucherous and seem to lead to nowhere.
Details and single aspects run the risk of becoming too lengthy and long winded.
The Austrian heavy metal veterans of Speed Limit know all about this and release their 6th studio album ‘Cut A Long Story Short’ on June, 16th 2023 on NRT-Records with a line of live shows (including support shows with U.D.O. amoungst others).
Referring to the history of the metalband with founding members Chris Pawlak (bass), Chris Angerer (guitar) as well as Joe Eder (guitar) and Hannes Vordermayer (drums & lead vocals) formed in 1984 in Salzburg/Austria the title of the new album could not have been a better choice:
Speed Limit offers on ‘Cut A Long Story Short’ 8 new songs that convince with lyrical variety and a powerful mix of styles.
Speed Limits ‘Cut A Long Story Short’ easily switches between hard rock, melodic metal and classic heavy metal involving bits and pieces of the so-called New Wave Of British Heavy Metal using a notebook full of exiting topics and fatefull memories: Opening with the galloping rhythms of ‘Shine Brigther Than The Sun’ with it´s optimistic prospect to a brighter future Speed Limit is hopping to the mid tempo battle cry for change of New Horizon. The melodic ‘Eye On You’ deals with loyalty in a heavy duty and catchy oath of love before the hot 70ies inspired ‘Lady Is on Fire’ delivers Rock ´n Roll with it´s rough and ready boogie flair.
The merciless heavyweight ‘Notorious’ emerge to a masterpiece of melodic power metal.
A dramatic loss of friendship ending in a pleasurable journey celebrated with a chorus that definitely goes under your skin.
There are times when ‘Destiny´s Calling’ with no chance of compromises and blind excuses, articulated in a moving story with tons of passionate guitar leads and straight forward beats.
But Speed Limit is also capable of a quieter shade with the temperate but flaring up power ballad ‘The Wind Blew In A Memory’.
Starting softly with emotional piano and clean guitar seasoning developing to a heart-pounding climax with a main character revisiting a long lost love.
‘Hit The Wall’ – according to expectations – clarifies that stretching to your limits often means that you simply have to hit a wall before you find yourself on solid ground again – all packed up in a rocker that leaves you humming the chorus line for days.
Live cuts of ‘Sweet Morphine’ and ‘Retired Hero’ (both from album Anywhere We Dare) – recorded at Seeham/Austria in 2021 – and two additional studio recordings – ‘Ways & Means’ (studio outtake 2020) and the all time classic ‘Head Over Heels’ (originally released on album ‘Perfect Inspiration’) – complete Speed Limit´s newest studio output ‘Cut A Long Story Short’ as bonus tracks.
In 2023 Speed Limit overlook nearly 40 years of an excitingly touching and eventful band history with cross country chart entry, live touring – sharing stages with Uriah Heep, U.D.O, Nazareth, Manfred Mann´s Earthband amongst others.
It all started in 1984 when the bands Ampere and Speed Limit allied their forces to fire the starting pistol for this new band.
They choose the name Speed Limit for it´s better sound taken from Bon Scott´s lyrics to ‘Highway To Hell’.
The line up of those days – bassist Chris Pawlak, guitarists Chris Angerer und Jacky Brunner, drummer Andy Rethmeier and singer Hans Hutmann – managed to collect a reasonable amount of fans and Speed Limit gigs in turned out to be a melting point for the upcoming hard rock- and metal-scene of the mid 80ies.
Encouraged by the positive feedback the band had gathered, they dared the next big step to produce the first album ‘Unchained’ released over Die Muehle Recordings in 1986.
Songs like ‘Burning Steel’, ‘Vanishing Angel’, ‘Fight To Survive’, ‘Marriage In Hell’ or ‘Slave Of Desire’ developed to classics in live shows.
Unchained remains to the present a rare collector´s item in the melodic hard rock/metal scene gaining maximum prices in auctions worldwide.
After a line of gigs in Austria and Bavaria Speed Limit parted with Hans Hutmann and recruited Bavarian Steven Hogger (ex Cannon), a singer with abilities, that could fulfill the international approach of the band.
Soon followed the replacement of guitarist Jocky Brunner by Hel Lennart.
The new lineup entered the legendary Hoernix-Sound Studios in Gottsdorf to record the blueprint album ‘Prophecy’ produced by Peter W. Kevin and released by Breaking Records which marked Speed Limit´s final breakthrough.
Not least the video clip to ‘Lady’ gave way to cross country chart entry, extensive touring Austria, Germany, Italy and Hungary and strong promotion activity such as video airplay, TV-appearances, tracks on compilations.
Activities that helped to expand the efficiency to Japan, Scandinavia, Canada and USA.
Unforgotten the homecoming gig at the Stadtkino in Salzburg, September 1988 where the footage to the video clip ‘Dead Eyes’ had been filmed, which beneath ‘Lady’, ‘No Lies’ and ‘1000 Girls’ from the album ‘Prophecy’ turned to live classics.
In this period they had to part with Hel Lennart and guitarist Joe Eder (ex Torso) stepped in.
In 1989 the Austrian music magazine Rennbahn Express voted Speed Limit best national metal act (Jury: Gene Simmons/Kiss and Bruce Dickinson/Iron Maiden).
In 1990 Speed Limit started recording what was to become the follow up to ‘Prophecy’.
As the recordings didn’t find an end, the band interrupted studio work occasionally to hit live-stages (as they did with U.D.O., Maniac, Chroming Rose).
After having finished recording and mixing the date of release had been delayed several times and was finally canceled by the record company without giving suitable reasons.
In this unsatisfying situation singer Steven Hogger quit the band.
Soon the band had reassembled having recruited new singer Chris T. Ebert.
Armed with unbroken motivation they hit stages again (supporting Nazareth, Uriah Heep, Girlschool etc.) before they pulled all strings to finally have a new album out.
What was to happen in 1992?
This time around ex U8-legend Peter Wehrhan and again Peter W. Kevin teamed up and took responsibility for producing and recording.
The band entered the Kick-Sound Studio in Salzburg and didn’t leave until the album ‘Perfect Inspiration’ was ready to being released.
Fortunately the interest in Speed Limit hadn’t lost it´s strength after four years.
Again TV-appearances, radio interviews, airplay and intense live-aktivity (Germany, Austria, Italy) followed the album release.
It didn’t take long until the line up – ‘merry go round’ started turning again.
This time the drumsticks where passed to ex U8-drummer Kurt Rumpf after Andy Rethmeier had left.
A year later Fred Forester (ex Boogie Stuff) followed Rumpf.
In the meantime Speed Limit had finished a highly successful ‘unplugged’-tour, but the album ‘Perfect Inspiration’ could not prolong the successful path of ‘Prophecy’ inspite of new outstanding good songs like ‘Head Over Heels’, ‘Love is a Stranger’ or ‘Nights Alone’ on board.
But as the 90ies weren’t the high time for heavy metal, there was no wonder that it got quieter for Speed Limit.
November 1994 saw the last concert in a then new Rockhouse Salzburg.
In 2008 Speed Limit reunited the successful line-up of 1989 (except Drummer Andy Rethmeier) with singer Steven Hogger, bassist Chris Pawlak, the guitarists Chris Angerer and Joe Eder and neo-drummer Wolfgang Krug.
“This is no comeback – this is a new beginning!”
the five agreed.
Shortly after the first rehearsals Speed Limit had been invited to open for Nazareth in Austria.
The first live appearance after nearly 14 years took place on April 12th, 2008 at Gusswerk/Salzburg.
The overwhelming reaction of some 1300 rock fans washed away the last doubts of this reunion.
For a thunderous Reunion Party the Rockhouse Salzburg was packed on 27th of October 2008 before Speed Limit embarked on a brief tour with Uriah Heep in November 2008.
They also co-headlined the Austrian Rockfestival in Klagenfurt together with bands like No Bros and Blind Petition earlier that year.
In 2009 the reunion tour continued (i.e. headlining the Celtic-Metal-Festival/Hallein) bevor playing some highly rewarding shows with Manfred Mann´s Earthband in Germany.
Midsummer the band stopped their live-activity to start working on a new album ‘Moneyshot’.
The release of ‘Moneyshot’ (Pure-Steel Records) marked the reappearing on the world map of melodic/classic metal.
Countless positive reviews from all over the globe (USA to Japan, Paris to Jakarta, UK to Bulgaria) brought Speed Limit back into Rock and Metal magazines and web zines.
In Germany ‘Moneyshot’ entered TOP 30 of „German Metal Rock Charts“ – stayed for 7 weeks.
In 2011 the record company (Pure Steel Records´sublabel Kartago) was busy re-releasing the 1980ies vinyl-records ‘Unchained’/’Prophecy’ on CD.
Beneath a number of appearances (festivals, clubs, support-slots) the self established annual Classic Metal Summit (together with genre-heroes such as: Pink Cream 69, Pretty Maids, Bonfire, Kissin` Dynamite, Shakra) turned out to be the highlight of Speed Limit´s live activities.
Most surprisingly Steven Hogger quit the band in the fall of 2012 in the period of preparing for pre-production for the next album.
The band started a collaboration with Ritche Krenmaier formally working with Austrian power metal cracks Stygma IV.
After months of lacking power and inspiration the summer of 2014 resulted in the end of cooperation with singer Ritchie Krenmaier and drummer Wolf Krug.
This seemed to be the end of Speed Limit.
A meeting of longtime mates and members Chris Pawlak, Chris Angerer and Joe Eder in October 2014 gave way to a powerful and proud restart with singer Manuel Brettl and drummer Hannes Vordermayer.
In 2017 ‘Anywhere We Dare’ was released by Pure Steel Records and could easily convince new and old fans and the international media with songs like ‘Sweet Morphine’, ‘Retired Hero’, ‘Bridges’ or ‘Sign Of The Times’.
Manuel Brettl left the band shortly after the release of ‘Anywhere We Dare’ for personal reasons.
After an inefficient search for a suitable lead singer drummer Hannes Vordermayer – a talented and experienced singer in previous bands – took over the lead vocals.
2019 saw a successful 35 years anniversary tour stopping in Graz, Innsbruck, Vienna and Salzburg before Speed Limit started pre-production of what was to become the follow up to ‘Anywhere We Dare’.
December 2022 Speed Limit signs a long-term record deal with German independent label NRT-Records resulting not only in the release of the new album ‘Cut A Long Story Short’ (June, 16th 2023) but also the full back-catalogue digitally.
For the first time the 1992 album ‘Perfect Inspiration’ will now be available again.
Tobias Schoenbeck from HOEVER Film remastered Speed Limit´s Video Clips re-released by NRT-Records.
With the new single/video ‘Hit The Wall’ and the live presentation/release party on June, 17th 2023 at Rockhouse Salzburg Speed Limit will start this new chapter of the story.
Aside this special release party, Speed Limit will start touring with highlights at INNROCKreloaded Festival Tirol and Wildstyle Tattoo Messe/Salzburg (supporting Accept-legend U.D.O).
All friends and supporters of melodic hard rock and metal ought to put a red mark to the release date (June 16th 2023) of Speed Limit´s long awaited 6th album ‘Cut A Long Story Short’.