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Live today – die tomorrow! On their new album “Die Tomorrow“, Hamburg-based Glam-Goth-shooting-stars sport a more versatile, raw, massive and catchy sound than ever! The album contains a collaboration with Ulrike Goldmann (Blutengel) and Martin Engler (Mono Inc.) Also available as a limited double CD edition with bonus disc (featuring guest stars Alex Wesselsky (Eisbrecher) and Erk Aicrag (Rabia Sorda, Hocico)) and as a strictly limited wooden box containing the 2CD version, a live DVD, a classy photo book and a flag.
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1. Who (3:50)
2. Weekend in the Dust (3:05)
3. Dinner for Two (3:43)
4. Ice Age (3:13)
5. I Am an Ape (3:05)
6. The Forest Awakes (4:52)
7. I Should Watch TV (3:08)
8. Lazarus (3:13)
9. Optimist (3:49)
10. Lightning (4:15)
11. The One Who Broke Your Heart (3:46)
12. Outside of Space & Time (4:34)

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Guitar driven melodic hard rock. If you like crunchy guitars and undeniable hooks then this Detroit based band is for you.My Black Heart is a combination of 3 of Detroit's best rock bands all rolled up into one. Scott Christy (Ballz Deluxe) on guitar, lead singer Kevin Kanka and lead guitar Tommy Furbacher (Panic Trigger)...bassist Michael Massie and drum god Zo (Overloaded, Choking Susan, JoCaine) unite to form a Motor City super rock extravaganza! Their debut self titled E.P. was produced and mixed by Chuck Alkazian (Pop Evil, Trust Company, Bobaflex) and features 5 undeniable radio ready hits. Sit back and enjoy the magic of ROCK!

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I'm a long time of Texas metal band Phantom-X. If for any reason is that they're honest about their music. Vocalist Kevin Goocher has noted on their website that their music reflects their chief influences: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Dio. It's not that they sound like them but, rather, it's there frame of reference. It's all good.

Here's what you need to know about their fourth album The Opera of the Phantom: it's a concept album that attempts to finish what they began over the last three albums. Previous albums included 'chapters' of a concept (whatever that may be is anyone's guess) that finishes here. Therefore, the first 10 songs here are re-recordings of those previous songs. The album rounds out with six songs, with one, Your Majesty, being a tribute to Ronnie James Dio.

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With a stranglehold on the title for coolest band name, ever, Lesbian Bed Death are set to unlock the casket and unleash their third album, Riot of the Living Dead – plus, it’s also the first album to feature new singer, Kittie Racchea.

A little bit of horror, a dash of goth, a splash of punk, and a whole lot of rock – that’s pretty much Riot of the Living Dead in a nutshell, folks. Splattered with blood, guts, ectoplasm and a sense of humour, the album consists of 13 wicked tracks about the macabre side of life.

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01. Six Minutes To Fear 05:39
02. At First I Hate 05:30
03. Frozen Throne 04:11
04. We Bury Our Dead Alive 04:37
05. Face The Blade 04:40
06. Fury 05:46
07. In A Cage 04:42
08. Coming Back 04:30
09. The Holy Rape 04:27
10. Stabbed Again 05:43

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The album title befits the man. Joe Stump can shred and shred some more.Revenge of the Shredlord is Joe Stump's ninth solo album. The Berklee College of Music Associate Professor lets it rip in the neo-classical heavy metal style.

Essentially, except for a short reprieve in Master's Prelude, Stump bursts from the gates and never looks back. He rattles your ears with his electrifying speed and dexterity. While some past material showed extensive diversification of guitar styles, there's no question that his is a heavy metal shred album. The tone may also feel a little more dark and foreboding. At the very least the song titles reflect it: Enter the Coven, Evil Beasts Below, or The Black Knight's Castle.

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01. Charon (2:19)
02. God Of Terror (4:19)
03. Hell Dog (4:28)
04. Medusa (5:39)
05. Clash Of The Gods (4:53)
06. Death Angel & The Grave Digger (4:22)
07. Walls Of Sorrow (4:43)
08. Call Of The Sirens (5:30)
09. Warriors Revenge (4:00)
10. ...With The Wind (0:48)
11. Home At Last (3:57)

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San Diego street punks Rat City Riot will be releasing a new album titled “Highway Hymns” through Knock Out Records on July 6th and to give you a taste of what’s to come the band is streaming “Sons Of The Republic,” a new song from the album right here.

Rat City Riot will soon be kicking off the “Highway Hymns Tour 2012? in Europe which will include a return to Rebellion Fest, 4 dates opening for Rancid, and a first visit to Mighty Sounds festival in the Czech Republic, Back to Future Fest, and Endless Summer Fest. The full schedule can be seen here.

For those of you in So Cal, the U.S. CD release party will be Saturday, June 30th at Til Two club in San Diego.

01. Sons of the Republic
02. Highway Hymns
03. Open Road
04. The Age
05. Cut Short
06. Signs of Distress
07. When we Come Back
08. Rat Race
09. Break Us Down
10. I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight (Jerry Jeff Walker Cover)
11. So Sick
12. Time
13. One of the Living (Tina Turner Cover)
14. Open Road - Rat City Quiet

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This is Exile's first full length album. You will experience the old school Thrash metal riffs along with the oriental touch. Watch out, it is Aggressive, Fast and it will break your necks.

1. Intro (Forthcoming of Terror)
2. Legion of Death
3. World of Guilt!
4. The Damned
5. W.T.F (Outro)
6. Suspended society / Mutilated Variety
7. Iron hands
8. 1536c (Outro)
9. Absolute Evil
10. A Man with Power
11. Coronation of Disgrace

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“This band had a very high production to their sound and an almost movie soundtrack like feeling to the set”
Live Music Weekly

Butterfly Stone is a five piece band originally formed by Emmy Award winning composer and producer Mark Willott. The original idea was to create music without compromise, beyond the limitations of what a standard rock band can deliver. A unique combination of Guitars, horn sections, full orchestrations & dirty underground synths are just part of the collaboration that Butterfly Stone call upon to create their truly original sound.


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Hailing from West New York and New Jersey is Pyramada with their debut disc, Now Is The Time. Brothers Paul (Bass) and Pete Pollio (Vocals/Guitar) started out as a garage band doing covers and later developed into a tribute band. These experiences likely account for the depth of Pyramada's songs.

The larger canvas is classic melodic hard rock, yet with notes of heavy metal. Madman, People Talk or Mind Abuse easily fit this category. Then there's also some modern nuances, perhaps a taste of post-grunge rock, with Walk Away, If I Should, and Wild Child. Yet that last song easily straddles the fence between both old and new school rock. And I think that's what Pyramada is going for throughout this album.

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Year Of Release: 2011
Genre, Style: Blues Rock
Country: USA

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