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Kris Pohlmann Band – One For Sorrow (2012)
Jan 22, 2012 22:41
Rock
POISON IDEA – DEAD BOY (1992)
Jan 22, 2012 22:35
Hard Rock
BandPoison Idea
Info: Dead Boy
Style: Punk Rock
Years: 1992
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?????? Jeff Dahl ? Poison Idea
Tracklist:
01.Open Your Eyes
02.Flame Thrower Love
03.Desecration
04.The Truth Hurts
05.Crippled Angel
06.Method To My Madness
07.I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
08.Fallint Apart
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SOLEIL MOON – On The Way To Everything (2011-12)
Jan 22, 2012 16:24
Melodic Rock | AOR
The first album of SOLEIL MOON, '99s 'World's Apart' was one of the best AOR / West Coast CD's of the nineties, and still ranks in my Top 50 list of the best of all time. Yes, it's that good.
Soleil Moon isn’t so much known even between fans of the genre (which it is a crime), nor their members, but all of them are top-shelf music-biz pros – producers, writers, and first-call session musicians – playing the music they love in order to discover what truly matters to them.
Not that working with everyone from Beyonce to Richard Marx -- as the busy players behind Soleil Moon have done -- isn’t a thrill in itself, but this is the project that lets these musical journeymen get in touch with something very personal.
The latest example of what that process sounds like is the second Soleil Moon album, "On The Way To Everything".
The man who makes it all come to life is Larry King. No, not that Larry King – save the jokes, he’s heard them all.
This Larry King is a mind-bogglingly multi-talented singer, songwriter, player, producer and bandleader who has been a full-time musician of one stripe or another since he was 12 years old.
After his college years, King moved to L.A. in the late ‘80s, forming the group Human Factor. They cut a record for the Warner Bros-distributed Caliber label that earned some attention, but by the early ‘90s, he returned to lucrative session work, becoming an in-demand singer for 'every jingle that had a guy screaming his balls off' as he jokingly describes it.Before long, King’s connections led to him becoming something of an entrepreneur, establishing his own recording studio, publishing business, production company, and more -- all of which are still thriving – but after this long list of twists and turns, he finally found his way to Soleil Moon.
King sees life as 'a constant state of reinventing ourselves', and for him that meant partnering with keyboardist/producer John Blasucci to bring life to some of the more personal songs he’d been writing, ones that wouldn’t become part of his production projects for other artists.
“I like to do material that’s kind of art-rockish, album-oriented… timeless tunes that are more about orchestration and less a ‘let’s make a pop tune for radio and follow the trends’ kind of thing.”, says King.
The pair dubbed their partnership Soleil Moon, expressing the Yin/Yang-like balance of both their working dynamic and their music. Supported by a batch of world-class players (master Michael Thompson on guitars, drummer Kenny Aronoff of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Todd Sucherman of Styx), Soleil Moon released Worlds Apart in 1999, making a big impact on Adult Contemporary radio with 'Willingly', 'Never Say Goodbye' and the title track.
More than a decade later, Soleil Moon is finally set to unveil the long-awaited follow-up album, "On The Way To Everything".
Why the wait? For a guy with as many irons in the fire as King, it’s not so easy to get the kind of clear head you need for such an all-consuming labor of love.
The songs were recorded over the past 10 years, whenever King and his cronies could steal an opportune moment in the studio in between other projects.
And while it’s not easy throwing everything you’ve got into an endeavor that’s more about artistic expression than commercial appeal, it’s a risk Soleil Moon is willing to take for the sake of "On The Way To Everything".
Blending bittersweet, melodic ballads, burning hard-rock riffs, smooth grooves, and anything else that happens to suit their fancy, Soleil Moon has made an album of supreme musicality.
Opener “History Repeats Its Pages” is a pulsing, powerful history lesson lamenting how rarely the human race learns from its mistakes. Lush, soaring ballad “Love the Way You Love” deals with the joys and complexities of romantic relationships. The emotional travelogue really kicks into full gear with “On the Way To Everything,” whose blend catchy rhythms and propulsive pop melody frames a father’s hopes for a newborn child just beginning to play the game of life.
Soon, however, things turn darker; “Goodnight Irene” is about the death of a child, surrounded by a beautiful piano and great atmosphere.
The Americana, power-chord-driven narrative of “Freedom” goes on to reflect on the horrors of child abuse, and the lengths to which a battered boy must go to escape.
Then the churning instrumental rocker “Burn” appears, exploding with a confusion and anger that are natural reactions to the previous track’s tragic tale.
After some infectious odes to aging and wanderlust with “Down”, the transcendent “Move On” returns us to the album’s “life’s a journey” theme, before the big, bold, “Here I Am” closes things out with a statement of joyful acceptance, the kind that can only come at the end of a soul’s long, eventful travels.
"On The Way To Everything" shows clearly that Larry King and John Blasucci have abundant confidence in themselves and the music they make together.
Impeccably produced and arranged entirely by King and Blasucci (who also co-wrote all the tracks), this new album is more Adult Contemporary than its predecessor, still retaining the West Coast / AOR essence blending King's rock instincts with John's sleek smooth-flavored approach into a sophisticated slab of music.
"On The Way To Everything" offers high quality music and intelligent lyrics, something that is not easy to find nowadays.
Recommended.
01 - History Repeats Its Pages
02 - Love The Way You Love
03 - On The Way To Everything
04 - Blackbird
05 - Goodnight Irene
06 - Freedom
07 - Burn
08 - Down
09 - Colorado
10 - Move On
11 - Here I Am
Larry King - Lead & Backing Vocals
John Blasucci - Keyboards, Synths, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Chris Siebold - Guitars
Lamaar Jones - Bass
Khari Parker - Drums
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Ecliptica – Journey Saturnine (2012)
Jan 22, 2012 15:02
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
A lot has happened since the release of IMPETUS in 2008 and now we are finally looking forward to present our second studio album called JOURNEY SATURNINE
Ecliptica’s second studio album contains 12 songs and it is a trip through all Rock and Metal genres, from melodic Hard Rock to classical Heavy Metal. Guest appearances from Frank Pitters (Dignity) and Roland Navratil (Atrocity, Leaves’s Eyes, Dignity) make the album wide-ranging and we are sure that you will enjoy the new sound. The album cover artwork and all the promotional photos are made by Felix Mitterer. Enjoy it and don’t hesitate to leave a comment here. Watch out for a concert in your neighborhood at the tour-table.
It will be released digital worldwide on REBEAT DIGITAL
Check out any online music store to get it!
The CD version will contain the video of “Love & Misery” as bonus and can only be ordered at our shop or at any Ecliptica concert.
The tracklist from “Journey Saturnine”
01. ? (Saturn's Theme) (01:20)
02. Journey Saturine (03:55)
03. Fire! Burn! (04:00)
04. Love & Misery (03:51)
05. Dreamland (04:41)
06. Blackened Day (03:40)
07. Ready For A Ride (03:53)
08. Kingdom Of Heaven (04:15)
09. The Shadow (04:34)
10. Condition Crest Fallen (04:45)
11. Attitude (03:38)
12. Without You (04:11)
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Validor – In Blood In Battle (2011)
Jan 22, 2012 14:09
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
We are very pround to annoumce that our new full legth album entitled "In Blood In Battle" is going to be releas by Eat Metal Records.
01. The Riddle Of Steel
02. Sword Of Vengeance
03. The Last Emperor
04. Stealer Of Souls
05. Through The Storm
06. The Dark Tower
07. Stormbringer
08. The Wraith Of Steel
09. A Last Farewell
10. In Blood In Battle
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CHICKENFOOT – Different Devil (2012)
Jan 21, 2012 14:24
Hard Rock
CHICKENFOOT have just released the third single from their 'Chickenfoot III' album.
“Different Devil” surfaces just prior to the band’s week-long Road Test tour dates across Europe, which begin January 12 in Manchester, UK.
With two former Van Halen members in Chickenfoot – singer Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony – the timing of the move is sure to fire up the Chickenfoot vs. VH debate amongst some fans, as the song also lands at radio at the same time as the new VH track 'Tattoo' arrives on the scene.
With acoustic guitars and a mid-tempo rhythm track, the song is a mile from the charging 'Big Foot' and 'Three And A Half Letters', the band’s previous singles.
Sammy Hagar stays out of the stratosphere vocally, opting to sing in a lower register while patiently addressing a song to his (hopefully and presumably fictitious) long-term lover, who’s wondering if there’s better options out there for her romantically. As the song kicks into a higher gear, he issues his confident challenge.
The single [radio edited, different from the album version] is being released only in Europe as a "Mini Album", including hot live takes of "Turnin' Left" (with a great jam in the middle), "My Kinda Girl" and "Learning To Fall", all recorded in Phoenix, USA.
Rocks.
01 - Different Devil [radio edit] (3:59)
02 - Turnin' Left [Live from Phoenix] (8:37)
03 - My Kinda Girl [Live from Phoenix] (4:36)
04 - Learning To Fall [Live from Phoenix] (5:58)
Sammy Hagar - Vocals, Guitar
Joe Satriani - Guitars
Michael Anthony - Bass, Vocals
Chad Smith - Drums, Percussion
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Hard Rock
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Blind Guardian – Memories Of A Time To Come (2012)
Jan 20, 2012 12:16
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
Legendary German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have issued the following update:
"Finally, after all these years, we have found the time to gather our most worthy songs into a best of compilation, representative of our career’s first 25 years. From the very beginning it was important for us to undertake this project only if we could put the necessary time and attention to detail into it. With overwhelming nostalgia we have looked back on 25 years and came up with Memories Of A Time To Come, an organic mixture of some of our greatest songs.
With the exception of 'Sacred Worlds', all songs on Memories Of A Time To Come have been remixed while 'The Bard’s Song – The Hobbit', 'Valhalla' as well as 'And Then There Was Silence' have been re-recorded. This album contains some very pleasant surprises for the die-hard Blind Guardian fan and delivers a perfect image of our musical spirit to those who are not, or just loosely, familiar with the band. Memories Of A Time To Come precisely defines our progression and the long-standing dedication to our music. We are proud to present an album that will take the listener on a musical voyage. This year’s Christmas will be in January!"
Memories Of A Time To Come, the ultimate collection of Blind Guardian music from 1987 to 2011, will be released on January 20, 2012 via Virgin/EMI. It will be available as a double CD, 3 CD deluxe limited edition including the legendary Lucifer’s Heritage demos and as download.
Disc I
1. Imaginations From The Other Side [2011 Remix]
2. Nightfall [2011 Remix]
3. Ride Into Obsession [2011 Remix]
4. Somewhere Far Beyond [2011 Remix]
5. Majesty [2011 Remix]
6. Traveler In Time [2011 Remix]
7. Follow The Blind [2011 Remix]
8. The Last Candle [2011 Remix]
Disc II
1. Sacred Worlds
2. This Will Never End [2011 Remix]
3. Valhalla [2011 version]
4. Bright Eyes [2011 Remix]
5. Mirror Mirror [2011 Remix]
6. The Bard's Song (In The Forest) [2011 Remix]
7. The Bard's Song (The Hobbit) [Re-Recorded version]
8. And Then There Was Silence [Re-Recorded version]
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Epica – Storm The Sorrow (2012) single
Jan 19, 2012 22:38
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA debuted a brand new song, "Storm The Sorrow", during their headlining concert last night (Thursday, January 12) at Metropool in Hengelo, The Netherlands.
EPICA's fifth full-length album, "Requiem For The Indifferent", will be released on March 9 in Europe and four days later in North America viaNuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany under the watchful eye of Sascha Paeth.
1. Storm The Sorrow
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Guardian – Three To Get Ready (2011) EP
Jan 19, 2012 16:27
Hard Rock
Guardian:
Jamie Rowe - Vocals ?
Tony Palacios - Guitar ?
David Bach - Bass ?
Karl Ney - Drums ?
Jamey Perrenot - Guitar? Nashville via Los Angeles G-Man Guardian Jamie Rowe - Vocals ? Tony Palacios - Guitar ? David Bach - Bass ? Karl Ney - Drums ? Jamey Perrenot - Guitar?01 - Ready 02 - All You Got 03 - Reaching 04 - ¿Estás Listo? 05 - Tienes Que Entregarte 06 - No Abandones Tus SueñosDownloadEP
DIRTY GLORY – IT’S ON! (2011) EP
Jan 19, 2012 16:12
Hard Rock
Year: 2011
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Format: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 28 Mb
Tracklist:
01 - Dirty Glory - Mr Jack
02 - Dirty Glory - The Energy
03 - Dirty Glory - Sweetie
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Jimmi Ryder – Vocals
Dee Axx – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Andy Reichhardt – Guitar
Vinni Vice – Bass
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Tower City – The Ones That Matter (2012)
Jan 19, 2012 14:14
Melodic Rock | AOR
TOWER CITY, the American trio who formed in 1988, are best known for their album ‘A Little Bit Of Fire’ which has a cult following amongst AOR loving fans worldwide, largely in Europe.
The album, recorded back in 1992 with the help of Mike Slamer (Streets, Steelhouse Lane, Seventh Key) features some of the best AOR / Melodic Rock songwriting you are ever likely to hear, sadly looked destined to never be heard, until the now defunct German label MTM Records released the album in 1996 gaining high praise to the band.
With the songs on that album having been written and recorded in the early nineties, by 1996, the band had since become known by the name Colorvine, which delivered a more progressive and alternative form of melodic rock that gained them a solid fan base within the USA.
Now here we are in 2011 and the music of Tower City will be heard in a way it never has before.
The band has remastered a selection of their best songs (including titles from the second '98 album 'All Or Nothing'), along with 4 new tracks that have been recorded in the last 7 years, entitled "The Ones That Matter".
Saltis brothers said;
"We have never been inactive as musicians. Our music may not have been represented as we felt it should have the first time around.
We went back and looked at a lot of the tracks, picked some of our favorites, and revamped a collection that we could be proud of presenting to those listeners that still cared.
The 4 new tracks are representative of our growth together after the Tower City days."
For me personally, Tower City's music is littered with virtually everything that I love about the Melodic Rock / AOR genres.
Together with Steelhouse Lane, Tower City carried the flame during the second half of the nineties. In fact, both bands were somehow connected. Steelhouse Lane's mastermind, Mike Slammer, helped this band in the artistic production department, songwriting and playing some guitars.
Tower City is a very, very good band, with a late '80s MR/AOR arena style full of trademark hooks, lush melodies and monster choruses.
As brothers Saltis like to say: "Time passes, people change, but the good music remains!"
Highly Recommended.
01 - Moonlight
02 - Little Bit Of fire
03 - Smoke (New track 2011)
04 - In These Arms
05 - Talking To Sarah
06 - Ain't Nobody To Love
07 - Say You Love Me (New track 2011)
08 - Six Strings (New track 2011)
09 - I'll Sleep Tonight
10 - Love And Money
11 - Surrender
12 - Hot Water
13 - When It All Falls Down
14 - Wishbone (New track 2011)
15 - Closer To The Heart
16 - Hungry
Larry Saltis – Lead Vocals, Guitars
Tim Paul Weiner – Bass, Backing Vocals
Heath Saltis – Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Additional Musicians:
Scott Sanders – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Mike Slamer – Guitar
Billy Cioce – Drums
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Pandaemonium – The Last Prayer (2012)
Jan 19, 2012 12:47
Heavy Metal |Power Metal
After a seven-year break, Italian metallers PANDAEMONIUM will release a brand new studio album, entitled "The Last Prayer", on January 27 viaIceWarrior Records. According to a press release, the group "once again manages to create an extraordinary, first-class epic/melodic power metal album while keeping all their established trademarks like great melodies, fantastic guitar riffs and the unique vocals from singer Daniel Reda." The cover artwork was created by Diego Ferrarin, wo has previously worked with WHITE SKULL, WILD STEEL and SHADOWS OF STEEL, and who was responsible for the art on the first two PANDAEMONIUM albums. The layout was designed by Oscar Petersson (KATANA, EYE, OSUKARU,BYFIST).
01. Alone In The Dark
02. Two Spirits One Heart
03. Through The Wind
04. Holy Voice
05. Tower Of Fears
06. The White Voice
07. Go Your Own Way
08. Today
09. Braveheart
10. Epitaph
11. Until The End
PANDAEMONIUM is:
Daniel Reda - Vocals
Lorenzo Zirilli - Bass
Steve Volta (PERPETUAL FIRE) – Guitar, Keyboards
Federico Ria (ex-PERPETUAL FIRE, SKYLARK) - Drums
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AETHELLIS – NorthUmbria (2012)
Jan 18, 2012 14:12
Melodic Rock | AOR Progressive Rock
Ellsworth Hall is the brain behind the Neo Prog project AETHELLIS and his trademark sound are the keyboards, lots of keyboards, as is heard on the second album "NorthUmbria".
Listening to Aethellis brings me back about 25 years. Even though at times, some twists and turns make it obvious that this album is from the new millennium, there is always a strong early 80's feel about this music.
Tagged a Neo Prog, in my opinion Aethellis style is eighties proggy AOR, with diverse influences ranging from Camel, ELP, Genesis and Tony Banks solo albums, but also a strong Pomp feel in the vein of Shooting Star, Saga, Asia and The Alan Parsons Project.
Ellsworth Hall is an amazing multi-instrumentalist and a good vocalist. As singer, he can be compared to the likes of Greg Lake, Steve Hackett and why not, John Wetton. Musically most of his compositions are short with a classic format, although "NorthUmbria" features a couple of long numbers firmly planted into the classic prog tradition.
The Aethellis style is very melodic based and the keyboard is the main instrument in all songs, but all the instruments find its place in the rhythmic tracks of this album.
Whe have catchy tunes such as the pompy "Dire Need" or "Sounds Good", a great light-prog ballad in "Without A Sound" (where Aethellis sounds like earlier eighties Alan Parsons) and really good instrumentals as the rock-funkish "Celui Qui Soit La Bosse" or the beautiful crafted "The Penal Colony", where Camel comes to mind.
The more classic prog is represented on the two movements of "Northumbria / Mephisto Breeze" which features breezy harmony vocals and "The Peace Path" where the balladry fuses with a commercial Genesis light side.
"NorthUmbria" is a truly enjoyable album of 80's inspired prog including really well crafted songs.
The melody is the rule here, really easy listening and catchy but still adventurous enough to keep you interested from start to finish. Mr. Hall has also put a lot of effort into the production, as despite this is an independent CD the is sound remarkably good.
Hopefully Aethellis will find it's audience even though 80's inspired light prog is not really the flavor of the day, but I'm sure that any fan of the era (including AOR aficionados) will adore "NorthUmbria".
Love it.
01 - Northumbria / Mephisto Breeze
02 - The Awakening
03 - Dire Need
04 - The Penal Colony
05 - Without A Sound
06 - Celui Qui Soit La Bosse
07 - Exchanger Prague
08 - The Peace Path
09 - Sounds Good
Ellsworth Hall (keyboards / vocals / guitar / synths)
Mark Van Natta (guitars / vocals)
Erik Marks (bass)
Chris Marks (guitar)
Joseph Dwyer (sax)
Mike Harrington (drums)
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