Stealing Axion presents an interesting case study in just what exactly is meant by the term “progressive” with the band’s debut full-length “Moments.” Does combining different styles make a band progressive? Is it throwing in ‘70s rock vibes, or is it meshing clean and harsh repeatedly? Is djent the new prog? “Moments” ends up an album that will likely have many die-hard supporters, but just as many die-hard detractors, as it loses its own identity in the quest to be “progressive metal.”
This is an album that is amazing on a strictly musical and technical proficiency level, but overall is still a bit of an aimless mess. The style and atmosphere changes at the drop of a hat, and each song is massively different from any other. There’s power metal, death metal, a whole lot of Meshuggah worship, and yes, even some mallcore from time to time. Opener “Mirage of Hope” has a quasi-hardcore vibe, along with breakdowns and electronic elements. “Sleepless” starts out with a creepy mix of black and death, while “It’s Too Late Now” drops the metal and plunges into soft and clean territory.
n recent years, the word "change" or "revolution" often came to our ears, almost to be used too lightly. Many of those who appear on television screens, radio broadcasts, or simply on the printed pages of the newspapers in my long lost sight of what they want to say those words. What we must realize is that instead of a change we need in these times darker than ever, but it must be a desire to start from scratch, tear down the pillars on which up to now have been resting the basics of how to common life, and groped by all means to create a new reality, in which every individual that is part of has exactly the same rights and duties of man standing next to him.
Throughout history, artists have generally tried to give the greatest contribution to the various causes that could have taken place, and even today, the way in which we should all go seems to have become a point so far, there are people who struggle these injustices in their own way, through music, for example, consuming their fingers and vocal chords to impress upon the minds of those who govern this system to their message.
Place Called Rage – Place Called Rage 1995 (Escape Music 2012) Lossless
Sep 13, 2012 10:20
Hard Rock
Band Place Called Rage (ex-Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Savatage, Blue Oyster Cult) Info: USA Info: Place Called Rage Style: Hard Rock Years: 1995/2012 Info: Lossless/APE (image+.cue, scans) Rip By: slayer19/griffonnest Info: 453 ?b
Sep 12, 2012 12:43
Hard Rock Heavy Metal |Power Metal
British hard rocker TYGERS OF PAN TANG will release their new album, Ambush, on September 24th via Rocksector Records.
01 Keeping Me Alive 05:27
02 These Eyes 04:10
03 One of A King 04:14
04 Rock & Roll Dream 04:07
05 She 04:49
06 Man on Fire 04:10
07 Play to Win 04:51
08 Burning Desire 04:56
09 Hey Suzie 04:18
10 Mr. Indespensable 04:23
11 Speed 03:41
Nostra Morte is a symphonic rock group from Mexico, known
for its unique rhythm, the perfect orchestrations and lyrical voice.
After several lineup changes currently Nostra Morte
formed by the beautiful soprano vocalist Dollette, Eiven baritone voice, Voice
Alferis guttural, Pier Lead guitar, rhythm guitar Malek, Under Enhell and
Arcan on drums.
This project was born from the imagination of Pier and Alferis late 2006 from
a book of his own authorship with the intention to be giving to music
resulted in their first album "A Story Before Dying" by taking them to
presentations at major festivals around the republic
as the Hell & Heaven, Rockstk, Mortal Fest, Morbid Fest, The Battle of the
bands (Wacken) among others, have achieved great goals and his music
has become known worldwide.
Try keeping up with Neal Morse and you may have to catch your breath. The gifted musician and prolific composer is in full stride, seemingly unstoppable. Certainly, that's what his seventh solo album of progressive of rock, Momentum, would suggest.
Momentum once more proves that Morse, in the company of longtime friends Mike Portnoy and Randy George, is a master of progressive rock. His music is as much as easily identifiable with him as it is also creative and fresh. This is notable on Weathering Sky where heaviness is juxtaposed against a soaring, melodic, vocal arrangement. But also on the following song Freak, which is as much prog as it is accessible melodic rock. It's also a fine example of how Morse explores his Christian faith with honesty and gentleness. Then there's the lighter, acoustic driven, Smoke & Mirrors, which takes a page from early English prog.
Sep 11, 2012 22:43
Doom|MDM|Black Heavy Metal |Power Metal
1. Saturn's Hellucination 07:10
2. High Resolution God 04:31
3. Crimson 06:21
4. Windowpane 04:24
5. The White Disease 01:18
6. Thin Ice 04:18
7. The Darkside of Life 06:30
8. Banished from Heaven 07:25
1. Dark Spell
2. Lost My Mind
3. Dependance
4. Night Of Death
5. Neverending Story
6. Runaway
7. An Elfik Man
8. Light Under Me
9. Last Breath
10. Musical Box
Sep 11, 2012 13:20
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In the debut EP Scotty Dunbar'a, "In A Mellow Mood", as special guests included the following musicians: Michael Sweet of STRYPER (solo in "Memories Never Fade"), Louis St. August of MASS (duet "Pillar Of Strength"), AMJ (duet "Tears In The City" and "Something So Wrong"), Jeremy Heussi of MASS and FORTUNE (all the piano, keyboards and orchestrations), Jonathan Roketenetz (acoustic guitar ). Exit EP took on the label Down Boys Records, owned by Jerry Dixon and Erik Turner from WARRANT.
Even though this track list hasn't been officially announced in this order, I'm going with this, as there are many who've heard it, the below video shows the songs in this order, plus the story below it shows it as well.
The British band Marillion has released the first song from its September album, Sounds that Can't Be Made. The new song, "Power," is a mid-paced rocker with a prominent burbling bass line, lock-step drums and an intricate lace of chiming guitars and keyboards. Singer Steve Hogarth delivers an anguished vocal about the perplexing ways a lover casually wields power over him. The song's quiet, rain-sodden middle-eight suddenly shifts into a surging tsunami of an outro, which features torrid soloing by guitarist Steve Rothery. (Hear it, below.) More»
