French band Children in Paradise creates a fusion of prog rock/Celtic folk music that I wasn’t even aware I was missing. Their debut albumEsyllt (Isolde) is a richly layered composition. The lyrics are poignant & tell a human story while the music is filled with beautiful progressions. No cookie-cutter music here.
Kathy Millot aka “Dam Kat” has a voice like dark honey. Think Tori Amos, Enya, and Ani DiFranco with a side of Amy Lee & Pink. On Little Butterfly her voice creates such an aching atmosphere you can almost feel your heart break. The guitar progressions are electric blues–dirty, pining notes that strip my soul.
Gwalc’hmei‘s guitar flies through the melancholy of King Arthur’s Death. Vocals that speak of longing & promise balance the atmospheric prog.
I get comfortable with the music & mood when the delightful surprise of Loic Bléjean‘s uilleann pipes lilt into My Son. Countering this traditional Irish instrument is Gwalc’hmei’s blistering guitar riffs. This is honest-to-God rock n roll. Eddie Van Halen on his best day would find this challenging.
The Battle is a good piece but it rockets to the stratosphere of epic at 4:18- Guitar & uilleann pipes intertwine into an animal like no other. My jaw is on the floor…this ain’t your grand-pappy’s Celtic folk music.
Overall this is a remarkable debut album. The entire album is filled with soul–living, breathing music that will reach your innermost being. There are moments of pure prog bliss in these songs. I do find that the songs become just a mite formulaic by the end of the album. I know that about halfway through any particular song I’m going to find the heavy electric guitar solos. While this isn’t a bad thing I think that mixing up the song structure would have elevated this album to instant classic status. I recommend you grab this record; put it on & fall into the ancient Celtic world with a prog rock twist.
Band Children in Paradise Info: Esyllt Years: 2012 Info: France Style: Progressive Rock Tracklist: Mp3 VBR~230kbps Info: 108 MB
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1.Little Butterfly
2.King Arthur’s Death
3.My Song
4.The Battle
5.Esyllt
6.Silent Agony
7.Don’t Forget Me
8.I’m Not Scared
9.Look Around You
10.I’m Alive Gwalc’hmei : guitar
Dam Kat : vocals
Patrick Boileau : drums
Hilaire Rama : bass
Loic Bléjean : uilleann pipes & low whistle
Philippe Turbin : piano, keyboards
+ Guest : Pat O May, Guitar & Clotilde Trouillaud, harp
Silver Dragons is a Mexican band founded by Tenryu on January 20, 2007. Along withSamX and began work Jyllan musical based on music from famous games like FinalFantasy, Castlevania, Guilty Gear, Chrono Cross, etc.. Performing in major conventionssuch as TNT
Genre: Melodic Power Metal Origin: Mexico
129 mb | Mp3, CBR 320 kbps
01. First Page
02. Beyond
03. The Promise
04. Glass Door
05. Under The Cold Rain
06. Life
07. Despair
08. Leaving The Light
09. In My Soul
10. Paper World
11. The Day That Won’t Arrive
12. Last Page
Austria’s Crimson Cult entered the scene in 2008 with a very well respected self-titled debut. The band has returned with “Tales of Doom” and there is absolutely no sign of a sophomore jinx. With the crushing groove laden traditional metal riffs of Günter Maier (Ex-Stygma IV/Ex-Flood Of Ages) and Dio-esque vocals of Walter Stuefer, this band represents one “cult” that I am ready to join, drink the kool-aid with, and die to find the mothership hidden behind a metallic comet!
So many newer bands try to capture the pure essence of traditional metal, but few succeed at doing what Crimson Cult has done in such a short time. By toning the traditional metal sound down slightly to add a brush of doomy glare (similar to Grand Magus) and adding great, albeit slightly raw, production, the band pulls off a winner. It doesn't take long for opener “State of Fear” to knock you in the jaw with a heavy up-tempo riff that throttles you and heightens the senses of what you can expect with the rest of the album. The grooves on tracks like “Behind the Curtain,” “Institution Christ” and “Choshinja” are firmly entrenched in Iommi with a tad less doom, but with just as much punch. "The Inquisition" adds a keen Spanish flair as I half expected Antonio Banderas to provide guest vocals.
The nine plus minute epic “The Long Way Home” is packed with blistering crunchy riffs that command headbanging glory. In all that time it rarely lags, save for the slight slowdown and apparent nod to Pink Floyd with lyrics “Hello, is there anybody out there” and “Dark Side of the Moon” and the final minute acoustic interlude with the screaming baby. The majority of the song punishes the listener like a bat to the skull. Same can be said for “Crimson Empire” and the Saxon like “Second Life.”
With all that said, the track that will get an instant nomination for song of the year from yours truly is the great “Warrior Son.” The song is like a ritual that summons the forces of Dio, Saxon, and Grand Magus into one massive groove riff that lives on in my head from the very first listen. Here, Stuefer sounds creepily familiar to the late Ronnie James Dio.
Equally as great, but in a much different way is “On the Edge,” which is as close to a ballad as “Tales of Doom” allows. It’s a highly enjoyable contrast to “Warrior Son,” especially in its placement just after. The sound has an overtone that reminds me, oddly enough, like a combination of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb.” When I hear the melody, I cannot stop my mind from singing “Here I am…sitting in a tin can.”
All in all, metalheads should give Crimson Cult some high praise for this really enjoyable traditional metal release. With any luck, this new-new wave of traditional metal, when done as properly as “Tales of Doom,” will catch on and reinforce what was truly lost years ago for many years to come.
01. State Of Fear (05:08 )
02. Behind The Curtain (05:27)
03.Institution Christ (05:21)
04. Coshinja (06:49)
05. The Long Way Home (09:07)
06. Warrior Son (06:26)
07. On The Edge (04:12)
08. Second Life (03:32)
09. Crimson Empire (04:48 )
10. The Inquisition (06:29)
The new Rasmus album simply entitled “The Rasmus” will be released around April 20th by Universal Music in several countries. However we wanted to make the album available to our fans also in the countries where you can’t find it in stores or download from iTunes or Amazon. We teamed up with Pledge Music and made a campaign to pre-order or download the cd. You can order from Pledge and the cd’s will be shipped directly to you from the UK at the same time as the Universal release.
(This is a limited time campaign and we will NOT take orders or ship to the following countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Japan, Mexico and Central and South America. In these countries the album is distributed by Universal Music. Please ask your local record store or download services.)
01. Stranger (3:59)
02. I'm a Mess (4:13)
03. It's Your Night (3:37)
04. Save Me Once Again (4:36)
05. Someone's Gonna Light You Up (3:44)
06. End Of The Story (4:10)
07. You Don't See Me (3:13)
08. Somewhere (5:29)
09. Friends Don't Do Like That (4:27)
10. Sky (3:59)
FATAL SMILE – Welcome to the Freakshow (2012) single
Apr 13, 2012 12:40
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"Welcome To The Freakshow", the new single from Swedish hard rockersFATAL SMILE, can be seen below.
"Welcome To The Freakshow" is the first single from FATAL SMILE's new album, "21st Century Freaks", which will be released on May 7 viaFS Records/GMR Music Group. The CD was produced by Mr. Y, engineered/recorded by Philty and mixed by the two of them together. The mastering duties were handled by Mats "Limpan" Lindfors atCutting Room Studios.
"21st Century Freaks" track listing:
01. Welcome To The Freakshow
02. Nailed To The Wall
03. Raisning Hell In Heaven
04. Judgement Day
05. Broken Heart
06. My Private Hell
07. Scarecrow
08. Innocent
09. Break This Chains
10. Take It To The Limit
11. For The Last In Line
After playing 350 shows internationally during their "World Domination Tour" with such bands as DIO, W.A.S.P., QUEENSRŸCHE, DORO andLORDI in support of their last album, "World Domination", FATAL SMILEspent over a year writing and recording songs for the follow-up effort. Entitled "21st Century Freaks", the new CD was recorded in the tour buses, hotel rooms and studios all over the world before eleven songs were singled out and re-recorded during 2011.Ten top names tried out for the mixing job, all mixing the song planned as the second single of the album. The band put together a jury of friends to pick out their favorite mix, which turned out to be mix No. 5, not knowing it was mixed by FATAL SMILE's own drummer Philty and guitarist Mr. Y! According to a press release, "this time [the bandmembers] have done everything on their own to make it the ultimate FATAL SMILE album, from recording and engineering to producing and mixing the album and the result is massive, with 'in-your-face' songs and a 'larger-than-life' sound!"FATAL SMILE is:Mr. Y - Guitar Blade - Vocals Alx - Bass Philty - Drums
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Running Wild – Shadowmaker (2012)
Apr 12, 2012 20:42
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
The revival of legendary band Running Wild should come as pleasant surprise to fans. Three years ago, vocalist, guitarist, and currently the only member, Rolf Kasparek abruptly folded the band, without offering much explanation. Now he returns with Shadowmaker, the first Running Wild album in seven years.
Running Wild's Rolf Kasparek: the pirate sets sail again.
Shadowmaker will likely please fans; it's rather typical Kasparek/Running Wild. Here's melodic metal that could pass for edgier hard rock. Being labeled 'pirate metal' in the early days, these themes are revisited on Riding on the Tide and Sailing Fire, two rousing songs. Then there's some party metal rock in Piece of the Action and Me + the Boys. I can't recall ever hearing a heavy metal song about trains, but Kasparek was able to craft a good one with Locomotive. Another fine tune, is his autobiographical metal anthem, I Am Who I Am, where he sounds like Popeye the Sailor Man. Those are the best tracks here. However, I suspect fans will dig the power metal of Into the Black, maybe the lengthy and dull, Dracula, not so much.
Otherwise, Shadowmaker is simply Kasparek's Running Wild pirate ship relaunched and right back on course. Nothing extraordinary, but still entertaining. Recommended.
Artist: Running Wild Title Of Album: Shadowmaker Year Of Release: 2012 Genre: Heavy / Power Metal Quality: MP3 Bitrate: VBR 262 kbps Total Time: 50:16 Total Size: 101 MB
Tracklist:
01. Piece Of The Action (4:36)
02. Riding On The Tide (4:25)
03. I am Who I am (4:52)
04. Black Shadow (5:19)
05. Locomotive (4:40)
06. Me & The Boys (5:03)
07. Shadowmaker (4:38)
08. Sailing Fire (4:23)
09. Into The Black (4:51)
10. Dracula (7:25)
The most difficult pill to swallow when it comes to FeedForward, is that the band themselves take it all with militant seriousness, blind to the sophomoric nature of the work. It should be a huge amount of nostalgic fun, but instead, it all washes off into whimsical daftness.
Their riffing owes influence to the likes of Marillion and Whitesnake; inevitably when the vocal gets raging they sound like most progressive-cum-eighties conversions of Nightwish. They’re an ambitious collective though, with the tracks often fractured enough to warrant an arrangement slinging in early Nightwish (think “Elvenpath”) – which is much less of a complement than you might think.
Early Nightwish was haggardly under produced, and it puts into focus that aspiring progressive acts really ought to leap onto a producers shoulders to convert their big ideas into something believable; needed to create the dips in energy for the verse extensions not to wearingly drag on, and clever twists to swirl the elements in a track. Three amps, a microphone, and a drum kit, simply isn’t enough anymore.
01. The Man Among Two Worlds
02. Vainglory
03. Sailing Like The Gods Of The Sea
04. Soliloquy Of The Sentenced
05. In Sign Of Brenno
06. Victimula's Stone
07. Solstice Of Burning Souls
08. L'Eresiarca
09. The Oak And The Cross
10. Under Flag Of Seprium
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Dio – Sacred Heart (2CD DeLuxe Edition) (2012)
Apr 12, 2012 16:07
Hard Rock Heavy Metal |Power Metal
Tracklist:
01. King Of Rock And Roll
02. Sacred Heart
03. Another Lie
04. Rock N Roll Children
05. Hungry For Heaven
06. Like The Beat Of A Heart
07. Just Another Day
08. Fallen Angels
09. Shoot Shoot
CD2:
01. Hide In The Rainbow (Dio EP) (Bonus Track)
02. We Rock (Live B-Side) (Bonus Track)
03. Last In Line (Live B-Side) (Bonus Track)
04. Like The Beat Of A Heart (Live B-Side) (Bonus Track)
05. King Of Rock And Roll (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
06. Rainbow In The Dark (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
07. Sacred Heart (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
08. Time To Burn (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
09. Medley: Rock N Roll Children / Long Live Rock N Roll /
Man on the Silver Mountain (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
10. We Rock (Intermission, Live 1986) (Bonus Track)
The buzz has been building and word of mouth rife about a new force in UK metal; a band that is turning heads and receiving increasing focus upon them, amidst claims thrown that they are destined to be the next big thing. Of course, being signed by Roadrunner Records mid 2010 did not exactly hold back the intensity and pressure placed upon them. Now, with the release of their debut album,“Revenge For The Ruthless”, we get to find out if there is any substance to the hype surrounding Welsh band Revoker. The quartet, having been friends at school and a musical unit since 2006, show a tightness that many bands struggle ever to achieve and each member is exceptional in their own right and fit seamlessly in the beast that is Revoker.
Band Revoker
Info: Revenge For The Ruthless
Years: 2011
Style: Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: United Kingdom
Time: Roadrunner Records
????? Tracklist: 46:03
Info: 105 Mb
Tracklist:
01 Time To Die (3:55)
02 Stay Down (3:29)
03 Psychoville (3:40)
04 All Rise (3:52)
05 Hate Inside (3:22)
06 Thief (4:09)
07 Cold Embrace (4:53)
08 The Great Pretender (3:44)
09 Nature Of The Beast (3:47)
10 Don’t Want It (2:42)
11 Not Be Moved (3:40)
12 Born To Be At Outlow (4:50)
Jamie Mathias - Voc/ Guitar
Chris Green - Lead Guitar
Shane Phillips - Bass
Jack Pritchard - Drums
The Twisted Sister frontman is no stranger to Broadway, having performed in Rock Of Ages onstage back in 2010. Still, the last thing you’d expect to hear Dee Snider singing are songs like “Big Spender” or “Luck Be A Lady.” Yet that’s exactly what he did withDee Does Broadway, an album full of Broadway covers sung by Snider himself.
Of course, there have been some great rock operas/ musicals to grace Broadway. However, Snider purposefully chose not to sing songs from a few obvious titles, saying:
“Over the past year I have worked closely with my team and collaborators picking from decades of musical hits with only two rules: The song had to speak to me as a singer on some level, and it could not be a rock song to begin with. No Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Hair, Rent, Rocky Horror, etc. What would be the challenge in that? There are many who think doing an album of rocked out show tunes is pure insanity on my part. Apparently, they haven’t seen any photos of me from the 70’s and 80’s. Could I have been in a more theatrical band? Ever since I was a kid, I’d heard the real power inherent in a lot of songs from musicals and this record gives me the chance to show it.”
Dee Does Broadway features Snider singing songs from musicals like Cabaret, Chicago,West Side Story, South Pacific, Guys And Dolls and many others. As if that wasn’t odd enough, though, the album also features guest appearances from the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti LuPone, and many others. While we can’t blame Snider for doing something he’s always wanted to do, it’s still a little hard to imagine him in the studio recording rock versions of musical hits. Then again, we’ve gotten use to the idea of Twisted Sister recording Christmas songs.
The album comes out on May 8 via Razor & Tie, which coincides with the release of his autobiography Shut Up and Give Me The Mic. However, Snider’s rendition of the song “Cabaret” has been made available for stream and can be heard after the jump.
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FIKE – THE MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR (2012)
Apr 11, 2012 13:26
Rock
Last year, I went to the National Worship Leaders Conference in Kansas City. As a songwriter, I always take advantage of the songwriting critique panels they offer. They usually consist of artists and record company people who give their thoughts and opinions of your song. Last year, a guy named Richie Fike was on the panel & critiqued one of my songs. It's kind of a coincidence that now I sit here critiquing his songs. He gave me a great review, so hopefully I can return the favor here. 🙂
Fike is not just Richie Fike. It's Richie and Dana Fike, husband and wife, worship pastors at Vanguard Church in Colorado Springs, and Integrity Music new artist and writers. That's a mouth full.
One of the first things that grabbed me was Richie and Dana's vocals. Very smooth and distinct. They mesh very well and easy to listen to.
My favorite track is probably Glorious You Are. Just a beautiful song of worship that will work corporately.
For me there was also a standout lyric on this album that really struck me and stuck with me. It's the opening line on the song Wait:
"It never goes like I thought it should, and that's a real nice thing, because the Lord is good."
I just thought that was a really profound and beautiful way to express that message. Great writing!
The other standout songs for me were Jehovah (also great lyrically), Be Still, and the title track, The Moment We've Been Waiting For.
Not all the songs are corporate worship friendly, but there's a lot of heart and beauty in this album. I really enjoyed listening through it. Great job Fike and Integrity!
Artist: Fike Album: The Moment We've Been Waiting For Label: Indie Extreme Genre: Christian rock Year: 2012 Format: MP3 Quality: 320 kbps Size: 130 Mb
Tracklist:
01. The Moment We've Been Waiting For (05:07)
02. Grace (04:53)
03. Jehovah (04:57)
04. Wait (02:57)
05. Song Of Sacrifice (03:47)
06. Glorious You Are (04:03)
07. Behold Our God (04:12)
08. My Savior Lord (03:42)
09. In This House (04:37)
10. Be Still (05:04)
11. Outshout The Lies (04:31)
12. Chosen (04:40)
13. That's Why I Praise (04:34)
Teodasia is a symphonic metal band from Venice, Italy, that began in 2006. The band's composer and drummer Francesco Gozzo helped organize the group which includes Priscilla Fiazza on vocals; Fabio Compagno, on guitars; and Nicola Falsone, on bass. Teodasia's first full album, 'Upwards', will be released in late 2011.
This is a fantastic debut for a new band. Solid as if they have been playing and preparing this album for years. The orchestration that the band uses to fill the sound chamber allows this debut to take on epic and majestic proportions. Unique and full of surprises, with Fiazza's voice capturing your attention early and never letting it go. One of the better heavy metal, female progressive, releases this year.
1. Intro – Spection
2. Temptress
3. Revelations
4. Lost Worlds Of Forgiveness
5. Close Call
6. A Powerful Life
7. Hollow Earth
8. Aurora
9. Pandora’s Knight
10. Eulogy
11. My Minotaur
This is the 5'th album from the Norwegian melodicmetal band. After several delays this album wasfinaly released upon the world. The best albumfrom the band so far. Cover painted by J.P Fournier.Guest musicians: Michael T.Ross from Lita Ford.Mixed & mastered by Tommy Hansen / Jailhouse.
01. Beyond The Universe 05:05
02. Hellfire 03:28
03. Lost Forever 05:13
04. Mirror Of Truth 04:11
05. Bounded By Blood 03:24
06. Ode To The Past (Instrumental) 02:52
07. Farewell 03:54
08. The Raven 03:30
09. Behind These Walls 03:34
10. Falling Into The Abyss 04:58
11. Dark Secrets 06:38
12. Last Chance 03:50
According to a press release, "this time [the bandmembers] have done everything on their own to make it the ultimate FATAL SMILE album, from recording and engineering to producing and mixing the album and the result is massive, with 'in-your-face' songs and a 'larger-than-life' sound!"FATAL SMILE is:Mr. Y - Guitar
