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Hess is an Argentinian band, that plays a classic brand of Heavy Metal. With influences that range from King Diamond to Dio, the band wears their influences on their sleeves without sounding like a tribute band. The wildcard is the vocalist, whose name , More»


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It's been a while since we've had any news for you. Work has stalled a little bit but we are still working on the new album. In the meantime in case you missed it for the second year we have released a Xmas song. Written and recorded in just 4 hours it really summed up the festive season for us! More»


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This excellent broadcast recording catches Queensryche at an early but crucial formative stage in their development. Within a few short years, the band would go on to even greater critical and commercial success and sell multi-million copies of every record, including the concept album ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ (1988) and ‘Empire’ (1990) in a career that continues to this day. More»


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Female fronted southern hard rock!
The Violet Hour is Alli Chastain (vocals), Instigator Jon Chastain (lead guitar), Jake Gibson (drums), and Eric Blythe (bass). All songs except #3 were recorded and mastered at Blackwater Studios by Producer Michael Sharpe and Assistant Producer Mark Claybrook. More»


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Italy.This is our first EP, self-recorded, self-produced, self-mixed and self-mastered. We had tons of fun writing and recording it, even though half the tracks are covers, and learned a lot of valuable lessons.
Except that at the end of the day it's all about rock! More»


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"Legacy Of The Beginning is a band with local roots in Hamar and Stange. We play our own songs and call it "old school metal rock" with audible inspiration from both ends of the hard rocks history. More»


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CD in sleeve. Awesome artwork done by Brett Randall, with photography by Katie Bell. Includes bonus track 'Bridge Of The Hedon', recorded live in 2014 at The Townie, Newtown NSW. More»


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Live performance by English singer-songwriter Sting. Recorded at The Public Theater in New York, Sting plays songs from his latest album 'The Last Ship' including the title track, 'Practical Arrangement' and 'Sky Hooks and Tartan Paint'. More»


Bloodbound5_nTwo years after IN THE NAME OF METAL and touring in support of the album (with U.D.O. and Brainstorm), the band now returns with their most bombastic and well-produced effort to date. Swedish Power Metal force Bloodbound give expression to their love for traditional heavy metal.

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The Australian metal band Divine Ascension announced a few days ago that on November 21 will be releasing a new album under the name "Liberator". As a producer, you can find Jens Bogren (James LaBrie, Soilwork, Symphony X, Devin Townsend, Opeth).
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Meet Linus Abrahamson, a musician from Sweden who never seems to sit still and has certainly accomplished quite a lot in his musical career: three separate projects happening right now (with his fourth on hiatus due to “people having babies”), a double master’s degree in music education, and more. More»


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Gunbridge is the solo-project of Masahiro Yamaguchi/Yama-B, former vocalist of popular Japanese power metal band Galneryus. Following his departure from Galneryus, Yama-B returned his attention to Gunbridge. More»


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The band QUEENSRYCHE will release their new CD entitled "Frequency Unknown (Deluxe Edition)" on 2014-11-24 via Cleopatra Records."Frequency Unknown", the only album released the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE following his dismissal from the band featuring guitarists Michael Wilton and Parker Lundgren, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield, arrived in April 2013 amidst a swarm of controversy. More»


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