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2. Break the deamon's seal
3. Cemetery
4. Unknown sailing
5. Nature dominance
6. Ghost in the other world
7. Undead will unmove
8. Endless dowsing

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01. Orchestra Intro
02. Highway Star
03. Hard Lovin' Man
04. Maybe I'm A Leo
05. Strange Kind Of Woman
06. Rapture of the Deep
07. Woman From Tokyo
08. Contact Lost - Steve Morse Solo
09. When a Blind Man Cries
10. The Well Dressed Guitar
11. The Mule (inc. Ian Paice Solo)
12. Lazy
13. No One Came
14. Don Airey Solo
15. Perfect Strangers
16. Space Truckin'
17. Smoke On The Water
18. Going Down
19. Hush
20. Roger Glover Solo
21. Black Night

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"Euphory Amplified", the second EP from Finnish power metallers SERAPHIEL, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The effort was produced by Vili Itäpelto, Samuli Hyttinen and Pekka Posio, who also took care of mixing duties. The cover artwork was created by Timo Paananen while the logo ws handled by Annimari Pasanen.SERAPHIEL's first EP, "Opposing Existence", came out in 2008. It featured the band's former vocalist Kirill Shevchenko

Band Seraphiel
Info: Euphory Amplified [EP]
Years: 2011
Info: Finland
Style: Melodic Death / Power Metal
Tracklist: mp3@CBR320kbps
Time: 00:17:45
Info: 41 Mb

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Tracklist:
1. Blind Seer
2. In Vain
3. Euphory Amplified

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Melodic Progressive Metal from Spain

Tracklist:

1. No Matter What
2. Fly To The Sun
3. As The Rain Falls
4. The Healer Talks
5. Bad Dreams
6. Living On The Edge
7. All Along The Everglades
8. Battlefield Blues
9. Battlefield Blues (Acoustic)
10. Shadows In The Rain
11. Die Hard

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BandRata Blanca
Info: Magos, Espadas y Rosas (XX aniversario)
Style: Hard Rock\Power Metal
Years: 2011
Info: mp3 ?BR 320
Info: 98mb
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Info: :Argentina

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01-La leyenda del hada y el Mago (En Vivo)
02-Mujer Amante (En Vivo)
03-El beso de la Bruja (En Vivo)
04-Haz tu Jugada (En Vivo)
05-El camino del Sol (En Vivo)
06-Días Duros (En Vivo)
07-Por qué es tan difícil Amar (En Vivo)

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Band Demetori
Info: Begierde Des Zauberer
Years: 2011
Time: Instrumental Speed / Power Metal
Info: Japan
Info: mp3 VBR 267 kbps
Info: 83 mb

Tracklist:
1. Introduction 03:03
2. Alice in Underground 06:24
3. Dawn of the Dead 05:55
4. Final Sorcery 04:46
5. U.N. 04:55
6. Frenzy Night 05:05
7. Desire Dream 06:48
8. The Endless Deadly Sins 01:27
9. Strawberry Crisis!! 03:42

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Band Strangeways
Info: Age Of Reason
Info: England
Style: Melodic Rock/AOR
Years: 2011
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps
Info: 127 ?b
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01 - The Sentinel
02 - Run
03 - Playin' It Over
04 - As We Fall
05 - Call
06 - End Of The Day
07 - Alive Again
08 - Silver Moon
09 - Frozen
10 - Long Road

Info:
Terry Brock (vocals)
Ian James Stewart (guitar)
David Stewart (bass, backing vocals)
Dave Moore (keyboards)
Jim Drummond (drums)

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HUNTED hail from Wales, UK, they’ve started as a cover band but went to develop their own sound, influenced by such bands as IRON MAIDEN, BLIND GUARDIAN, SAXON, DIO, DREAM THEATER, ICED EARTH to name just few of the prominent ones. They also fuse some marks of Progressive into their sound, some thrash and power touches also, which makes for an interesting sound - at once classically Heavy Metal yet enhanced by embracing the other subgenres. They’ve released a demo EP ‘Alone’ before and tested themselves live in many venues. ‘Welcome The Dead’ is their first album, at first self-produced, but now under Massacre Records. The album has a very promising intro, and builds up with a great strength and the sequences of songs are well assembled. Some of the most remarkable tracks were ‘Aria (In Memoriam)’ - grand song opening with beautifully strummed and picked guitars with an acoustic sound that will come in and out during the song, bursting into the powerful melody, epic song with many layers, showing their fusion of the Metal genres truly well, even some Doom metal between its more audible / noticeable Progressive references.

Not to mention it shows of their musicianship in ample measure, the guitars squeeze in a lot of emotion, the vocals are to be commended throughout. ‘The Incident’ which is a sample track atmospherically introduces the next song, ‘Impaled’, the dramatic culminating song with a great narrative with an emotive story of child witnessing murder of his parents. It demonstrates a great use of communicating main and backing vocals as well as instruments for a nearly theatrical piece. The track is underlined by a manic drumming that gets your blood sufficiently boiling. ‘Shadows’ was yet another song that stood out for me, love the heavier, darker guitars, another emotively charged song. The closing of this album is served by a cover of NEVERMORE’s ‘The Heart Collector’ and a truly wonderful one it is! An impressive debut, it sounds already quite accomplished, and I’m sure we’ll hear even more about this band in future as their reputation and body of work will grow. I’ve enjoyed it beyond my anticipation and could only heartily recommend it.

01. Silence of Minds 1:19
02. Chosen 6:02
03. Aria (In Memoriam) 4:28
04. Impaled 8:48
05. The Incident 0:33
06. I Want Nothing 5:09
07. Scars 5:22
08. Shadows 5:37
09. The Heart Collector (Bonus Track) 7:01

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Band : Beyond The Bridge
Album : The Old Man And The Spirit
Year : 2012
Country : Germany
Genre : Progressive Rock Metal
Quality : 200kbps

Tracklist:

The Call
The Apparition
Triumph Of Irreality
The Spring Of It All
World Of Wonders
The Primal Demand
Doorway To Salvation
The Struggle
The Difference Is Human
Where The Earth And Sky Meet
All A Man Can Do

LINEUP:
Herbie Langhans - Vocals
Dilenya Mar - Vocals
Peter Degenfeld - Guitar
Christopher Tarnow - Keyboards
Dominik Stotzem - Bass
Fabian Maier - Drums
Simon Oberender - Keyboards/Guitar

Beyond the Bridge are a German Progressive Rock/Metal band who started in 1999 under the name of “Fallout”. The group seemed to face an early demise when all band members started to settle throughout Germanyto engage in their university studies and professional careers.

It wasn’t until 2005 that guitarist Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg decided to revive the band with a project he had entitled "The Old Man and the Spirit". For the next five years to come, he would spend innumerable hours together with keyboarder Christopher Tarnow to complete the songs and the story of this slowly evolving concept album. Christopher, who had also been part of the original line-up, got to know the brilliant producer Simon Oberender (a Sascha Paeth collaborator in the productions of Avantasia, Edguy, Epica or Kamelot among others). Simon in his turn brought drummer Fabian Maier and lead vocalist Herbie Langhans in the band. Together with bass player Dominik Stotzem, founder of the old school band and best friend to Peter and Christopher ever since, the line-up of Beyond the Bridge was almost completed. Last but not least, lead vocalist Dilenya Mar came to the band after Peter had been to a concert of hers singing classic Jazz tunes in Munich, Germany.

Besides their experience as rock musicians, all members of Beyond the Bridge are proud to be professionally trained musicians on their respective instruments.
The first studio recordings for "The Old Man and the Spirit" started in 2008 at Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany. Nonetheless, it was a very long way until the completion of the album in 2011, and the band is very proud to finally release this piece of art with Frontiers Records in January 2012.
“The Old Man and the Spirit” deals with the polarity of human sensuousness and superhuman awareness. The latter is embodied by the character of the Spirit. She is the personification of all wisdom and awareness that is unachievable to mankind, however, lacks of the ability to feel.

Her opponent, the character of the Old Man, is presented as a bon vivant who has lived through all highs and lows of human sensation. Steadied by his old age, he searches for a sense, for a coherence, for the meaning of his life in the maelstrom of transiency.
As the story unfolds, the Spirit convinces the Old Man that there is no way for Man to overcome the limits of human perception. They can only be transgressed with the help of the Spirit's wisdom.
Aware of human curiosity, the Spirit offers to answer all of the Old Man's questions - in exchange for his experiences and feelings. A high price, as they are inseparably connected to the Old Man's memories.

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LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM does not stop. Their new album "Nine Lives", just released in Japan, is scheduled to be released in Europe on January 20th, 2012.

Following their very good last album 'Yes' released a few months ago, these Swedes seems to have an endless inspiration and creativity.
And the good thing is that "Nine Lives" maintains the high level of quality of its predecessor.
Perhaps even more melodic sonically, "Nine Lives" surely will stand on top amongst the wish lists of every Melodic Rock / AOR fan this year 2012.

Seems the European release has been delayed, so you, impatient melodic rocker, go and get the Japanese CD edition including the usual bonus track. It's not cheap, but worth every penny.

1. In A Perfect World
2. Nine Lives
3. Is This Just Another Heartache
4. Merry - Go
5. Golden Cage
6. All I Can Think Of
7. Megalomania
8. The Last To Know
9. Angel Eyes
10. We Never Said Goodbye
11. Waited A Long Time (bonus track)
12. Don't Let Love Fade Away

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Band : Primal Fear
Album : Unbreakable
Year : 2012
Tracks : 12
Country : Germany
Quality : 256kbps

Line Up:

Ralf Scheepers – Vocals

Alex Beyrodt – Guitars

Magnus Karlsson – Guitar, Keyboards

Randy Black – Guitars

Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Unbreakable (Part 1)

02. Strike

03. Give ‘Em Hell

04. Bad Guys Wear Black

05. And There Was Silence

06. Metal Nation

07. Where Angels Die

08. Unbreakable (Part 2)

09. Marching Again

10. Born Again

11. Blaze Of Glory

12. Conviction

The recent press release for the upcoming Primal Fear album “Unbreakable” said simply this “a well-balanced “back to the roots” album. Yeah you know how those press memos go right? Proclaiming this and that and then the music really doesn’t even come close to the misleading advertisement, but in Primal Fear’s case, that couldn’t not be farthest from the truth. For years Primal has been moving into position as one of the premier Heavy Metal bands and with it’s power force vocals of front-man Ralf Scheepers, they have been lighting ablaze stages left and right through the years; compiling up to this point 9th studio album.

The leading direction on production has been razor sharp as bassist and multi producer Matt Sinner plays an intricate part in the band, as well as the now stable guitar duo of Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt who both are hotshots in the genre itself.

Ralf has been getting the comparison for a long time to the great Rob Halford himself the “metal god”, but is not fair to Scheepers to be thrown in that category with one of all time greatest metal vocalist. Regardless of comparison he has paved his own way to be considered one of the most consistent metal vocalists around.

With the strong potent vocals already in place the band keeps plowing forward with another consistent release. You know what you’re going to get with Primal Fear, if you don’t at this point expect it, then you’re not really a fan of their music. For all it’s force the bands strongest suit is the way they carry the metal torch alive and the metal spirit in all of us metal heads. This new album proves just that once more, alongside some diversity as the band tackles more melodic metal tunes in “Metal Nation” and the more progressive vibe in “Where Angels Die” which coincidentally could be one of the best songs the band has ever done, this epic brings a more melodic metal touch to it which is great stuff. The pledging straight up power metal piercing of “Marching Again” is the fastest song on the album, and yes it slays with menacing presence. My favorite tune comes via the super catchy and pile driving rhythm of “Born Again” a true metal tune that is both heavy and melancholy, perfect soaring song.

This is a great change of pace for Primal Fear as they have perfected a sound that jumps outside of just leveling the hell out of the battery with speedy crazed tempo riffs as some of their older material. Good for them as they have payed their dues to enter the realms of consistency, something that you could argue the band had been doing all long. With the expected ear crunching crisp production of Matt Sinner and the colossal guitar duo of Karlsson and Beyrodt you have quite a metal arsenal of talent on one album. Primal Fear breaks the new year with a bang offering one of their strongest records to date!!!

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The annually promoted Pink Floyd tribute tour will feature 'The British Pink Floyd Show' rather than 'The Australian Pink Floyd Show' from 2011 after the Australian tribute act parted company with their UK promoter CMP.

Every year The Australian Pink Floyd Show, or TAPFS as they are also known, have toured one of the most large-scale productions you will ever see from a tribute act. Annually thrilling Pink Floyd fans around the world with their lavish live shows, the act are reknown across the globe for their outstanding attempts at recreating the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours. We understand The Australian Pink Floyd show will return to UK circuits in 2011 though.

Click Here to Compare & Buy The British Pink Floyd Show Tickets at Stereoboard.com.

In the meantime, The British Pink Floyd Show will be taking over the reigns for their UK promoter CMP Entertainment, stopping off at Floyd's native United Kingdom for an extensive 31-date tour in April and May as well as a few dates in July and August too. Although the tribute act on show is changing, we are assured that everything else will remain the same.

The promoters have decided to change the name of the group to represent the increasing number of British musicians. Chas Cole, former promoter for TAPFS, had this to say about the change. "In recent years TAPFS tours have featured primarily British musicians and its come to the point where a British show is more appropriate. CMP doesn't want to stretch the goodwill of Pink Floyd or the fans and therefore, now is a good time to change."

Rest assured though, that is the only change that is happening. Everything else about the new 'BritFloyd' tour will stay the same, including the outstanding sound quality, staggering light shows and animations.

The British Pink Floyd Show will play the following UK dates:
1. Show Intro
02. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
03. Learning To Fly
04. High Hopes
05. Welcome To The Machine
06. Mother
07. Pig (Three Different Ones)
08. Echoes
09. Time
10. The Great Gig In The Sky
11. Wish You Were Here
12. One Of These Days
13. Nobody Home
14. Us And Them
15. The Happiest Day Of Our Live
16. Another Brick In The Wall (part2)
17. Band Introductions
18. Comfortably Numb
19. Final

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Embrace the Horror is an apocalyptic concept album, with each track a story of a possible armageddon scenario.creditsreleases 01 January 2012
In Virtue:
Trey Xavier – Guitar, vocals, additional keys
Ms. C – Lead Vocals
Eli Vogt – Drums
Chach Schindler – Bass

With special guest:

Greg Schlaepfer – Keyboards & samples

Guest vocalists:

Arthur Von Nagel (Cormorant) on Witch Hunt
Marcus “Dank” Luscombe (Vengince) on Parabola

The In Virtue Apocalypse Orchestra:

Tammie Dyer – Violin
Christina Stanley – Violin
Rebecca Roudman – Cello
Casey Karr – Contrabass
Felicia McFall – Viola
Alan K. Parks – Tuba, trombone, bass fiddle
Bill Flaherty – Trumpet
Mitchell Scott – Banjo
Trey Xavier – Keys, congas, bongos, cowbell, guiro, maracas, tympani, bass drum, snare drum, glockenspiel, tambourine, shaker, beats

Choir:

Jenny Thuman – Soprano
Kristen Prins – Alto
Lauren Haile – Alto
Paul Haile – Tenor
Christopher Trujillo – Tenor
Anthony Martin – Bass/Baritone

Additional choirs by Trey Xavier

Recorded from February 2010 – May 2011 at: Prairie Sun Recording – Cotati, CA; Studio Blue – Napa, CA; and the Napa School of Music – Napa, CA.

Produced by Trey Xavier

All music and lyrics composed by Trey Xavier © ASCAP 2011

Keyboard arrangements by Greg Schlaepfer and Trey Xavier

Engineered by Jason D'Ottavio and Trey Xavier
Choirs recorded by Paul Haile and Aaron Hughes

Mixed by Paul Haile, Jason D'Ottavio and Trey Xavier

Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Interns: Matt Kroll, Allen Gutfeld, Crayons

Copy editor: Valerie Rhodes

THANK YOU TO:

My awesome mom, Mary Lewis Sheehan, for her ceaseless support; Greg Horton; Jason D'Ottavio, Andrew Mastroni, Mooka Rennick and all at Prairie Sun; Paul Haile for rescuing us; all the fantastic musicians who dedicated their time and effort to this album and creating a huge sound from a tiny orchestra; Peter and Victoria Sykes and the Napa School of Music crew and students; my voice teacher, Vince Nash; guitar tech extraordinaire, Rob Sherman; Melandaron for the loan of a Martin and for always getting my ideas; IV's ichiban fan (you know who you are); Dave “The Madman” Pirtle for supporting us; DJ Chris Enberg for keeping metal on the air in Sonoma County and supporting underground music; Paul Ortlinghaus and Rich Wells of SOMA Church Community for the loan of their space and time, and the TABIT tablature program - find it and tabs for all our songs at www.tabit.net.

To all members of In Virtue, past and present:
Greg Horton, Corinne Reif, Chach Schindler. Eli Vogt, Trey Xavier, Mitchell Scott, Matt Solis, Mateo Dillaway, Molly Lindquist, Meredith Spires, Devin Reiche

Bands:
Cormorant, Vengince, Near Life, Imagika (RIP), James Florence and the Umpires of Taste, Powerglove, Cloakwheel, Solaria, Utopian Trap, Silent Sinner, Patryk deRosa (PDR), Miles of Machines, Richard Davis & Ariabes

1. Suspense of Disbelief 05:11
2. Twin Species: The Virtuous And The Vengeful 06:23
3. Witch Hunt 06:00
4. In Service To His Madness 03:42
5. Alea Iacta Est 03:25
6. The Essence of Unreason 09:19
7. Foresworn II: Parabola 04:54
8. Cataclysmic Shock 05:47
9. Dead Black Eyes 06:59

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