Ukranian power metallers "CONQUEST" released their fourth studio album titled"IV", wich was released on December 21st, 2011 via Quarter Century Flame.
Band Conquest
Info: IV Years: 2011 Info: ??????? Style: Power Metal Tracklist: Mp3/ 320kbps Info: 137,50 ??
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01. Storm (4:30)
02. Last Battle (4:09)
03. Godless Territory (3:59)
04. Metal Wings (4:38)
05. My Special Way (5:19)
06. Seventh Gate (4:50)
07. Save Me (5:08)
08. Frozen Angel (4:44)
09. Be My Light (4:32)
10. Intruder (4:08)
11. Forgotten Dreams (4:36)
12. Anthem (5:14)
13. I Wanna Be With You (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) (3:28)
W. Angel - Vocals, Guitars (ex-Finist)
Agnarr - Guitars (Unerase, ex-Balfor)
Berowar - Bass (Flying, ex-Balfor)
Lady Dea - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Erland "Death Machine" - Drums (Balfor, ex-Flying, ex-Semargl)
ATKINS / MAY PROJECT, featuring Christian guitarist Paul May and former JUDAS PRIEST singer / HOLY RAGE frontman Al Atkins, have released their Serpents Kiss album in the UK. The album will be released in North America, Japan and Europe on November 15th.
According to Defenders Of The Faith author Neil Daniels:
"This CD proves that Good and Evil can, in fact, work together ... it is in the form of Christian guitarist Paul May and former Judas Priest singer and Holy Rage heavy metal frontman Al Atkins. This 10 track album is the product of two of the Midlands finest arcitects of rock and metal coming together to create something that is unique and totally exhilarating.
There are enough doses of melody and metal madness to entice fans of the genre and while it's solid, honest working class heavy metal it has it's roots in contemporary metal too with some fine axe-work and killer choruses.
Rock enthusiasts may also be keen on the heavy (metal) version of the classic KISS track 'Cold Gin', with Al's throaty nicotine-enhanced vocals adding extra effect and Paul's stern guitars adding some meat. It sit's perfectly on this album.
These guy's are not novices, far from it. Man they've been around the block more times than your average metalhead and this album is a culmination of their talents; an (un)holy brew of metal craziness.
Serpents Kiss will grab you from the beginning and wont let you go... you won't want it to! For some this will represent the best of British heavy metal while for others is a damn good way to spend an hour. It may be a one off CD. There may be more. But with this album they are bound to make an impact on the scene. I'm saying more of the former please!"
For more on the Atkins / May Project visit this location.
01. The Shallowing
02. Traitors Hand
03. Dream Maker
04. Can You Hear Me?
05. Signz
06. Fight
07. Judge
08. Betta Than Twisted
09. Cold Gin (KISS cover)
10. Theatre Of Fools
Boguslaw Balcerak’s Crylord – Blood of the Prophets (2011)
Dec 24, 2011 12:35
Progressive Rock
Crylord: Blood Of The Prophets
Heavy/Power Metal
3.5/5.0
Lion Music Website MySpace
by Craig Hartranft, 10.03.2011
With little doubt, Boguslaw Balcerak can play guitar. Crylord is the project and platform for this versatile Polish guitarist who performs in the neo-classical tradition.Blood of the Prophets is his debut on Lion Music (well known for signing major new guitar talent). Besides several of Poland's finest musicians, Balcerak is supported on lead vocals by three men who are quite familiar with neo-classical inspired heavy metal: Carsten 'Lizard' Schulz, Goran Edman, and Marc Boals. Additionally, the album was produced by King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque.
Balcerak and Crylord deliver solid melodic heavy and power metal driven by his fiery guitar work. Yet any axe slinger can rip up the fret board for a matter of record. But the real question is, can they do this in the context of well written songs? The answer for Balcerak and company is cautious affirmative. Blood of the Prophets, Grave of Love, Valley of the Dead, and Angel of Divine show inspiration beyond a clinic in guitar technique. Warrior's Moon or Behind the Walls of Sadness, maybe not so much. But Carsten Schulz steals the show on these anyway. However, for pure epic power metal and a double dose of fret angst, When the Time Has Come and The Healing Hands of Destruction offer a reasonable balance between guitar technique and song composition.
(Above right: Boguslaw Balcerak looking much too serious.)
Fundamentally, however, enjoying Boguslaw Balcerak's Crylord and Blood Of The Prophets likely depends on your interest and/or tolerance for neo-classical guitar technique. There's plenty of widdling and wiggling across the fret board here, and arpeggios abound. In the end, all this review stands on that opening sentence.
1. Ante Bellum Overture (Intro) (1:50)
2. Blood of the Prophets (5:58)
3. Grave of Love (4:34)
4. Bard’s Tale (4:56)
5. Warrior’s Moon (3:50)
6. Face of Destiny (5:07)
7. The Heretic (3:00)
8. Behind the Walls of Sadness (5:51)
9. Angel of Divine (4:16)
10. Valley of the Dead (8:12)
11. When the Time Has Come (5:09)
12. The Healing Hands of Destruction (6:40)
Hello all! My name is Monte Pittman and I'm based out of Los Angeles.
I'm an independant artist making my upcoming album (tentatively titled "Pain, Love & Destiny") on my own. Some of my friends have strongly suggested using Kickstarter as they have been successful with it themselves. Not only will this opportunity of raising money from fans, friends and family help me make this album, but it also lets whoever is giving a donation be a part of this experience.
This album features not only acoustic guitars and vocals, but drums, bass, electric guitars, keyboards (synths, piano, and strings) ... and hopefully you.
One of the Incentives is for the person donating to sing as a backing vocalist on the album. One of the songs on the album (or last of 4) features a final chorus of as many people as I can get to sing with me. The idea is kind of like "We don't need no education" from "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd" or "Give Peace A Chance".
You record your vocals - send them to me - I add you into the track. If you're out of tune - there are ways of fixing that.
Other Incentives include a private show in your living room. Have some friends over, and we'll play for you. Also, private guitar lessons both personally and online. Private lessons have to be in the Los Angeles or Southern California area. The online lessons (Skype) will allow all of my incredible fans from all over the world to be included. If anyone has any ideas for incentives, send them my way!
01. About You … (4:05)
02. Lost (3:42)
03. Somewhere in the Middle (3:06)
04. Fortune (3:20)
05. Keep Shining (3:43)
06. The Price of Fear (4:39)
07. Close Your Eyes (4:13)
08. (I Am) The Black Rabbit (6:19)
09. Definitely (3:57)
10. Stay With Me (3:55)
11. Right Back Here Again (5:00)
12. Outside the Box (4:13)
13. Burn Down the Garden (8:14)
14. Predetermined Destiny (6:06)
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PYRAMIDAL – DAWN IN SPACE (2011)
Dec 23, 2011 10:42
Progressive Rock
Band Pyramidal Info: Dawn in Space Years: 2011 Style: Progressive Psychedelia / Space Rock Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps Info: Spain ????? Tracklist: 61:44 Info: 138 Mb
Tracklist:
01.Intronauts 01:32
02.Black Land 08:58
03.Kosmik Blizzard 06:44
04.Dawn in Space 08:27
05.Plastikleuten (Part I & II) 10:29
06.Tempel Iaru 11:15
07.Mars Lagoon 14:19
Miguel Rodes /// Electric Bass Guitar
Miguel Angel Sanz /// Electric Guitar & Synthetizer
Óscar Soler /// Electric Guitar & Voices
Lluís Mas /// Drums & Percussion
Hexfire\’s debut album \”The Fire of Redemption\” has been released in the USA, Europe, Asia & the rest of the world via Nightmare Records USA.
The list of some stores which sell the album is available on Hexfire official facebook www.facebook.com/hexfireofficial or Hexfire myspace
www.myspace.com/hexfireofficial.
The album can be also downloaded on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and other digital music stores.
“The Fire of Redemption” features guest appearances by Niclas Etelavuori (Amorphis), Novy (ex-Behemoth & Vader), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire, Avantasia), Jonno Lodge (ex- Paul Di’Anno, Biomechanical, Darke Horse), Diego ‘Grom’ Meraviglia (Testing Tomorrow, ex-Ancient & Doomsword), Kasper Gram (Manticora), Martin Arendal (Manticora, Wuthering Heights), Kristian Larsen (Manticora), and Kel\’Thuz (Spiritual Demise, Sorcerer).
For more info visit:
Hexfire Official Facebook: www.facebook.com/hexfireofficial
or
Hexfire official MySpace: www.myspace.com/hexfireofficial
1. Hexfire (3:23)
2. Don't Believe (4:23)
3. Never Learn (3:31)
4. Wicked Men (3:59)
5. The Time Has Come (3:47)
6. The False Prophet (3:33)
7. Restless Wanderer (5:01)
8. The Bridge of Fire (5:29)
9. Cry of a Faithful Man (4:11)
10. Blamed (3:49)
01. Countdown Midnight
02. Out of the Darkness
03. Y.O.U.
04. Negras Sombras
05. Train to Dreams
06. February on my Mind
07. 20 Años
08. Hide
09. Revelation
10. Walking Between the Flames
11. Ningunos Ojos
Killer Clan of F.U.N. – The World Of Voodoo (2011)
Dec 21, 2011 15:30
Hard Rock
released 27 August 2011
Maniac: Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion
Bedlam: Guitars, Backing vocals
Stuff: Guitars, Backing vocals
The Rock: Bass, Backing Vocals
3B: Drums, Backing vocals, Percussion
Additional Backing vocals by, Rikard Kvist & Michelle Maass
Public Service Announcement: Randy Joy
Produced by Killer Clan of F.U.N. & Lasse Jison Johansson
Mixed by Lasse Jison Johansson
Mastered by Mats Lindfors at Cutting Room
Drums recorded at Queens Street Studios by Richard Larsson
Everything else recorded at Fly-On-The-Wall Studios, Dalby, Sweden
1. Cocaine On The Brain, 03:24
2. The New Stone Age, 03:18
3. In Touch With My Demons, 04:18
4. Say Hello To My Bullet, 03:23
5. Liquor, 05:41
6. Stay-In-Bed Day, 04:30
7. Get A Tattoo, 03:39
8. Voodoo Priestess, 03:33
9. Crime Pays, 04:33
10. I'm Dead, 03:49
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CD Covers
1.Rock You To Hell
2.Night of the Vampire
3.Lust for Freedom
4.When Heaven Comes Down
5.Suck It And See
6.Rock Me 'Till I Die
7. You'll Wish That You Were Never Born
8.Waysted Love
9.I Want More
It’s hard for me on a personal level to get into bands that I don’t already love nowadays. The itching for more music from my favorite bands triumphs scouring the interweb for a new band that will probably get a couple listens. There are very few new bands I’ve discovered in the past year or so that are getting frequent listens, so when I stumbled upon guitar wizard Paul Wardingham (whose career is seemingly nonexistent in the big picture) and his solo project going by the same name, I had zero intentions on expecting his debut, Assimilate Regenerate, to be good beyond a couple listens. Especially for a shreddy instrumental album. Lo and behold, here I am listening to it on repeat. All 60 minutes of it.
If a giant correlation could be drawn to one band in the music industry, it would be melo-death giants Scar Symmetry, mostly their Holographic Universe release. The inspiration and similarity is clear as day here: futuristic synths, chunky death metal riffs rotating between soaring cosmic leads/solos and varying levels of aggression, harmony and chaos. The difference here is that Paul Wardingham doesn’t need vocals as a fallback for sub par musicianship or blazing fret masturbation to mend abysmal writing. All the mechanical skill is here in its purest form, ready to be digested for many, many listens. Toss all cheap gimmicks out the window as well becauseAssimilate Regenerate uses its well-placed synths (though sounding sometimes like a direct copy of Holographic Universe‘s synths) to add depth and character to each song, further evoking the style and theme of the album, rather than a cover up for sloppy or unimpressive playing.
01. Assimilate Regenerate
02. Futureshock
03. Ghost In The Machine
04. Brain Interactive Construct
05. Fields Of Utopia
06. Enter The Metaverse
07. Mindwarp
08. Clones
09. Cyber Warfare
10. Orbital Decay
11. Black Hole Device
Heartless are a foursome hailing from Italy who deliver a rather mixed bag of goodies on their first EP “Five Bullets In Your Heart”. Their sound is part glam and punk while their not shy of straying into NWOBH territory or delivering 70’s styled instrumental jams (including a short drum solo on “Rock Roll Dirty Dream”).
Since the whole affair is self financed and self produced it leaves room for improvement in the sound department.
The bass for example is way too upfront in the mix with the drums and guitar taking second place. And with guitarist Simo obviously having a talent for some interesting plank spanking it would be a shame if their next effort is “blessed” with the same muddy and thin production.
Opening this EP is “Baby Maybe Someday” a straight forward and simple punk rocker. With “Heartless” we stay in punk rock territory although the beat of this track is far more unsteady untill all of a sudden it goes into an unexpected, almost “Remember Tomorrow” (Iron Maiden) like direction, before picking up the pace again.
“Stolen By Summer” sees the band going for the acoustic guitar and gives singer Rob the chance to actually sing instead of screaming his lungs out. The guys keep things all mellow and quiet on the intro to the following “The End Of Summer” which is completely instrumental and a fine showcase of Simo’s guitar talent. After the short intro the drums, electric guitar and bass kick in and the guys start rockin’ out again.
Bringing the disc to an end is another punk laced cut entitled “Rock N Roll Dirty Dream” that as mentioned earlier features a drum solo. Quite unusual and a bit out of place if you ask me as it really doesn’t add anything to the song.
Coming up with different styles on a record (whether it’s a demo or an actual album) sure makes for interesting listening but jumping too much from one extreme to another can confuse the listerener. So my advice is to go for one style and add one other flavour to make it more interesting. That and enough budget for a real producer to come up with a good sounding set of songs and these guys could have a shot at securing a place in the rock ’n roll scene.
http://www.myspace.com/weareheartless
1. Baby Maybe Someday
2. Heartless
3. Stolen By Summer
4. The End Of Summer
5. Rock N Roll Dirty Dream
Inspired by the unexpected success of "Confessions", their first full length album of all original new material, the Swedish band Angeline now delivers the much anticipated follow-up "Disconnected". Angeline looks back on a vivid band history of more than two decades. After the band's foundation back in 1987, when most of the boys were still in their teens, they played their first gigs together. In the years to come they recorded a couple of demo songs with original singer Jörgen "Sigge" Sigvardsson and eventually released the Mini-LP "Don't Settle For Second Best" (1990) and the CD Single "Rain" (1994). Fate hit the band very hard when "Sigge" passed away in 1995 due to complications caused by a bad heart condition he had to live with all his life. With guitar player Jocke Nilsson taking over the lead vocals the band played as a full blown cover band for several years. In 1997 they even recorded an album of cover versions, which was produced by Mats Lindfors (Europe, The Poodles, H.E.A.T.), who had already overseen the recordings of an unreleased 3-track demo a couple of years earlier. After a couple of line-up changes during the 90's and the bi-annual Family Day that was held since 1997 in memory of the late vocalist Jörgen "Sigge" Sivardsson, it was
in 2007 when the former members of Angeline decided to perform a one-off show on this special day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band. Much to their surprise they realised that a new generation of Angeline fans had grown. Based on this pleasant surprise the four began to write and record new songs which ultimately led to the release of "Confessions" in the spring of 2010, their first full length album of all original new material in more than twenty years.
"Disconnected" now picks up where "Confessions" left off and with only two albums under their belt the band has managed to create it's very own sound. It's a unique combination of Melodic Rock, a genre that was popular when Angeline first started out more than twenty years ago, with super catchy hooklines, multi layered harmonies in Harem Scarem fashion and a healthy dose of Modern Rock, which shows their wide range of influences from bands such as Daughtry, 3 Doors Down and the recent Bon Jovi albums and for good measure a bit of the Retro Hard Rock sound à la Airbourne and Bullet is added. The album features a crisp and powerful production by the band's guitarist Jocke Nilsson and a state-of-the-art mastering by Björn Engelmann (Stage Dolls, Wig Wam, Within Temptation, Friestedt-Williams). The band members are very proud of this Rock solid record and they are looking forward to present their new songs as part of their energetic live shows.
Band Angeline Info: Disconnected Years: 2011 Style: Melodic Hard Rock Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps Info: Sweden Time: Avenue of Allies/GerMusica Info: 120 Mb
Tracklist:
01. When The Lights Go Down
02. Falling Into You
03. Take A Little Time
04. I Had Enough
05. Run Run Run
06. Found
07. Disconnected
08. In Times Like These
09. Solid Ground
10. If It’s The Last Thing I Do
11. First Time Around
12. Way Down
W. Angel - Vocals, Guitars (ex-Finist)
Balcerak and Crylord deliver solid melodic heavy and power metal driven by his fiery guitar work. Yet any axe slinger can rip up the fret board for a matter of record. But the real question is, can they do this in the context of well written songs? The answer for Balcerak and company is cautious affirmative. Blood of the Prophets, Grave of Love, Valley of the Dead, and Angel of Divine show inspiration beyond a clinic in guitar technique. Warrior's Moon or Behind the Walls of Sadness, maybe not so much. But Carsten Schulz steals the show on these anyway. However, for pure epic power metal and a double dose of fret angst, When the Time Has Come and The Healing Hands of Destruction offer a reasonable balance between guitar technique and song composition.
