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27.07.2010 - Recording of RAGE performance at RockHard festival online - Everybody, who was present at the RAGE headliner show together with the Lingua Mortis orchester at the RockHard festival in Gelsenkirchen Amphitheater, will be surely excited of this fantastic concert. For all those, who missed this extraordinary show, check the link below to see the show, recorded for RockPalast by WDR television.... www.wdr.de/tv/rockpalast/ 
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11.07.2010 - Victory at first race in Porsche - - Story about the Viper during 24h race - His first race in a Porsche 911 GT3 Victor has succesfully finished. Information and photos of the fourth RCN event 2010 you can find in the motorsport's section........ 
In the current issue of the "Chrom & Flammen" magazine 08 / 10 is a story about Victor's start with the Titus Viper during 24h race on Nürburgring circuit... 
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13.06.2010 - News from Victor - Hello to all visitors of my website! Sorry that it took me so long for putting up an update on my website, but to be honest with you I am so busy and I have so much work to do that during the recent time I did not find the time to do this. I would like to thank my good old friend and webmaster Joe for always taking care so lovely of my history on my and the Rage website. Furthermore I would like to thank all fans who supported us during our latest Rage-Tour. With the package "Seven" and "Jaded Heart" on board this tour had been one of the "most relaxed" tours during the last years. Just recently we had a fantastic experience: "Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchester" at Rock Hard Festival as headliner! This meant to me weeks of sleepless nights, writing orchestra sheets and the rehearsel with our new orchestra line-up from Dortmund. Those few new grey hairs on my head had been worth it - the concert was fantastic! I would like to thank all our guests of stage, because without any soundcheck and by having a bad monitor sound it was not easy to deliver a good performance. I really hope that the WDR has catched some nice recordings so that all who have missed the concert will have the chance to see it later on TV. On my photo-section you can find many new live pics and on my motorsport's site there are some news too. Unfortunately I had a bad crash this year on the racetrack, which caused me two broken ribs, but we also had many reasons to celebrate like f.e. after the 24h race. For the upcoming time there's again a lot of work before me: I would like to publish the DVD "School Of Metal" in English and compose further songs for my upcoming soloalbum. On 15th of October 2010 I will be on stage as special guest at the jubilee show of Saltatio Mortis. 
So we'll see each other again either somewhere around the racetrack or on one of these many festival concerts we'll have with Rage until the end of this year.  In the current Japanese Young Guitar Magazine there is a story about the Gamma Ray / RAGE Japan tour. |
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08.05.2010 - Victor starting at the 24h race with a Dodge Viper - Dear motor sport friends, Again, Victor will take part at the legendary 24h-race at the Nürburgring - this time with one of the most spectacular car of the whole starting field: a Dodge Viper with the start number 58, prepared by Titus Dittmanns skate-aid-Team - www.titus.de. Viper is a wellknown term at all motor sport enthusiastics, as this car won the 24h race already 3 times. Everybody who will visit Victor during the exciting race weekend is welcome at box 5 any time. 
Furthermore, Victor is going to start at 2 other races with his BMW M3 E30, which are organized inbetween the 24h race weekend: The RCN series on Thursday, 13th of May (start number 25), as well as the 24h-classic race on Friday, 14th of May (start number 336). 
The spectacle will be broadcasted on TV by DSF / Sport 1 channel. |
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08.05.2010 - Victor starting at the 24h race with a Dodge Viper - Dear motor sport friends, Again, Victor will take part at the legendary 24h-race at the Nürburgring - this time with one of the most spectacular car of the whole starting field: a Dodge Viper with the start number 58, prepared by Titus Dittmanns skate-aid-Team - www.titus.de. Viper is a wellknown term at all motor sport enthusiastics, as this car won the 24h race already 3 times. Everybody who will visit Victor during the exciting race weekend is welcome at box 5 any time.
Furthermore, Victor is going to start at 2 other races with his BMW M3 E30, which are organized inbetween the 24h race weekend: The RCN series on Thursday, 13th of May (start number 25), as well as the 24h-classic race on Friday, 14th of May (start number 336).
The spectacle will be broadcasted on TV by DSF / Sport 1 channel. |
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09.04.2010 - Victor supporting different projects - - Kill Pot available for pickups - Musician and race driver Victor Smolski has been the force behind a project against racism, which was started by students from the Thomas-Morus-Gymnasiums in Oelde lately.  Foto: Stefanie Helmers - "Die Glocke" Oelde For the benefit of 'BREAKCHANCE' action, Victor lately produced a charity song at the Gernhart studio of Perzonal War drummer Martin Buchwalter. www.breakchance.de 
The SH 124 Kill Pot is a unique potentiometer with a momentary push switch for electric guitar and bass, which momentarily kills the sound by pushing it in and out. By pushing it in and releasing it quickly it creates an extraordinary sound effect which is known from numerous guitar legends, e. g. Victor Smolski (Rage) and many others. Now, the Kill Pot is available for humbucker, single coils and active pickups. 
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02.04.2010 - Workshop to "Strings To A Web" added - The third and last part of the track examples to the "Strings To A Web" workshop has been added to the "Workshop" section. 
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14.03.2010 - RAGE tourstory online - Victor Smolski is writing down his impressions of the RAGE European tour, which leads the band through Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain. So have a look at the "Live" section of the official RAGE webpage at www.rage-on.de regulary. 
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16.02.2010 - Workshop in Young Guitar Magazine - - Excellent charts position - - Workshop to "Strings To A Web" - - Autograph session at music fair - - Guest musician and producer - Hi everybody Many thanks to all new and old RAGE fans who showed interest in our new CD "Strings To A Web". You made it possible to reach a chart position #27. That's a good award for us as a band, for the record company and all further involved people, who had worked hard at this album. We are realy thankful for your support and we are looking forward, presenting the new material live on tour. See you on stage - RAGE ON! Victor 
In the current japanese "Young Guitar Magazine" you can find a full workshop to "Strings To A Web". 
Part 3 of the workshop to the new RAGE album "Strings To A Web" is available at the current issue of the "guitar" - magazins (03/10). The second part of the track examples you can find here at the "Workshop" section.
On Thursday, 25th of March, Victor is going to give autograph sessions at the Frankfurt music fair: Siggi Braun - fine young guitars booth - hall 4.0 / J09 at 12:00 am. ENGL booth - hall 4.0 / J44 at 2:00 pm. 
Below you can find some CDs, Victor has been guest musician (Van Canto and Pandea) and producer (Dmitry Smolski). 
Van Canto (Napalm Records) "Tribe of Force" release dates: 24.02.10 - Finnland, Spain 26.02.10 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden 01.03.10 - Rest of Europe 09.03.10 - USA/Canada 
Pandea (Pure Steel Records) "Soylent Green" - release date - 26.02.2010 
Dmitry Smolski (CD Maximum) Best Of Dmitry Smolski - release date - April 2010 |
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09.02.2010 - Interview with "rockinvasion" online - As RAGE presented their new album „STRINGS TO A WEB“ to an international group of media people on Nürburgring in October 2009, also "rockinvasion" did an interview with Victor. Exactly fitting to the release date of "STRINGS TO A WEB", the interview will be broadcasted and added to the "rockinvasion" webpage. You will see racing scenes, shots of the BMW, photos of the Mitsubishi-Snow-Rallye-Training as well as lots of additional infos. The TV-version shows 2 interview parts of 5 minutes duration each time plus the live clip of „From The Cradle To The Grave“. The online version shows the complete interview with a duration of 19:13 minutes and can be watched anytime at www.rockinvasion.de! The broadcast dates are on 8th, 11th, 15th, and 18th of Februar from 11:00 pm up to 0:00 am on digital station iMusic1. iMusic1 is receivable at Astra (Frequency: 12460 MHz, Polarisation horizontal), Eutelsat, Kabel Deutschland, Kabel BW and Unity Media. Infos at www.im1.tv 
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01.02.2010 - Workshop to "Strings To A Web" added - - Special guest at benefiz concert Headbangers Ball - - Victor signs race contract at Boes - Motorsport - - "Empty Hollow" on MySpace - - New photos added - The hard studio work for the new RAGE album "Strings To A Web" was worth it. The complete guitar riffs and soli of the new RAGE CD will be published worldwide in guitar magazines, such as the German issue of the "guitar" - magazine (issue 12/09 , 02/10 and 03/10), at the upcomming issue of the Italien "Axe" magazines, as well as the current Japanese "Young Guitar magazine" and some more. The first part of the track examples you can find at the "Workshop" section. 
On 5th of June 2010, Victor is going to take part as special guest at the Headbangers Ball, a benefit event for cancer suffering children, at the "Szene" club Vienna. 
For 2010, Victor will sign a new racing contract with Boes Motorsport. More infos and photos of this fantastic car you'll find at the "Motorsport" section.
Another song "Empty Hollow" of the upcoming new RAGE CD "Strings To A Web" (VÖ: 05.02.2010) is available for listening on MySpace: www.myspace.com/rage 
At the "Foto" section, some new shots are available. 
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22.01.2010 - Short audio samples of all songs - On February, 5th 2010 the new RAGE album "Strings To A Web" will be released. On 7digital you now can listen to some short audio samples of all songs of the upcoming album. www.7digital.com
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