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Rheia is the creation of Swiss song-writing sound engineer and keyboardist Pascale Peng. Over the course of a couple of years she gradually recorded these songs with a cast of carefully chosen musicians. The band name she has chosen is taken from the Greek goddess Rheia (or Rhea), the daughter of the Earth, who gave birth to the Greek Pantheon of gods, including the rulers of Heaven and Hell, Zeus and Hades. However, this is not an concept album, and the lyrics are about a wide variety of topics. The closest I can get to describing her totally unique but hugely appealing music is try imagining a touch of Within Temptation symphonic metal being propelled along by The Cars' driving rhythms, then add OMD's synths and pop sensibilities, and finally top with Nena on vocals to

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HeptaH is a Progressive Metal band from Brazil.
The Debut Album "Master Of Delusion" has been released ! Itcomes with an overdose of head-banging riffs, involving melodies and lyrical context.

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Twilight Prelude songs Broderick Gray and Karl Helmar are not exactly novices in the U.S. . Twilight Prelude album Underground scene. Twilight Prelude CD music While they both picked up the guitar at an early age, they studied hard to develop advanced guitar techniques and are now considered virtuosos of the Neo-Classical genre in the U.S. . Twilight Prelude music CDs scene. Twilight Prelude songs While co-operating with many bands including Mass of Virtue, Allegiance, Nyxx, Metal in Action and Candy Striper Death Orgy, Broderick and Karl were also constantly working on musical ideas for their project entitled "Mythic Force", a high energy Heavy Metal

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Guitarist/Singer Yvon Serre returns with arguably his strongest offering yet: the suggestively titled "On All 4's". Taking his trademark classic rock overtones, zingy pop melodies and bar room grit, and adding a big nod to his early days with bands like "Yvon Serre Groupe" and "The Harry Straight Band", On All 4's should sonically appease existing fans and newcomers alike.Mixing achingly catchy commercialism 'Can't Take Anymore', nigh-on Brit pop 'Chemicals', gnarly pop ' Cookin`', and chilled rock 'You Tonight' (co-written with Jon Wilde who runs this very website) with more besides, On All 4's puts the work of many bigger bands to shame with it's adrenaline, fun-factor and variety.

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This new Finnish based band stinks of angst & attitude and contains more glamour than any top shelf dirty magazine. Damian Cullen Band WILL bring punk and roll to your town soon!

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Never judge a book (or album) by its cover! When this Denver, CO.-based band was first brought to my attention, going by the cover art and knowing that the label is owned and operated by Warrant’s Jerry Dixon & Erik Turner, I assumed Drug Under was going to be the type of hard rock act that drew heavily on ’80s influences. Not so. They are a modern hard rock/metal act that fits right in with the rest of the bands on active rock radio these days.

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On the album the band went through "a living hell" - said the leader of the team, Adam Savage. "It took four years, five line-up changes, two studios, two labels, and countless hours of work and here it finally comes out!"

During recording, the tension between the parties came to a head, and in the end it was decided to leave the vocalist and drummer. In place of the latter was quickly found Dave Kazukiewicz, but with a singer ... "We have found the singer, but quickly stepped life circumstances and everything will have changed" - says Savage. "Then I asked my friend, Jessica'y Sierra come with us on a few shows."

Following the presentations, Jessica became a regular participant Mongrel, and the group returned to the studio to re-record all of the material from scratch.

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French female-fronted symphonic metallers KERION will release their new concept album, "CloudRiders Part 1: Road To Skycity", on September 25 via Metalodic Records. The CD will feature guest appearances byCARAVELLUS' Raphael Dantas, FAIRYLAND's Phil Giordana and SILENT FALL's Adrien Eyraud. Also featured on the album is the 40-personRimiez Choir.

"CloudRiders Part 1: Road To Skycity" was produced by Will Lievin(HAMKA). The artwork for the album was created by Genzo (World Of Warcraft) and contains characters and scenes of the story.

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Their history dates back to 2001, but now Evershine has put together their full-length debut, Renewal, a platter of melodic power metal. Power metal? Italy? Could it be? Hold back your incredulity for just a moment. Evershine is pretty darn good.

Renewal is definitely epic, lively, and bombastic, like any Italian power metal band should be. Early in their career the band took cues from fellow Italian metallers Rhapsody of Fire, but also Stratovarius. How epic and over the top is that?

While somewhat typical of European power metal, Evershine works from three strengths. The first is the strong and versatile lead vocals from Marco Coppotelli and vocal arrangements. The second is the balance of guitar and synth solos. There's definitely some thrilling fret pyrotechnics, but the keyboards also do well. Third, Evershine concentrates on melody, and melody often with a rock groove. Yet, they can still be heavy and fast, as power metal should be.

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Lachaise have signed a deal with Revalve Records for the release of their seconds album "In state Of Oblivion", a very personal reading of gothic rock wrapped in classic background and seductive darken shades. Lachaise are Xenya Nyx: Vocals Niklas 'Suspiria' Goottilainen: Piano, Keyboards and Orchestral Arrangements. Gezwind P. Vingerstaal: Guitars and Bass Paul Ongars: Drums."Whispering" is the first single and videoclip that will be available September 10, 2012.

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Italian power metal band Thy Majestie are back home with their long time label, Scarlet Records, for the release of their sixth album, ShiHuangDi. The band also returns to their historical concept album format. ShiHuangDi concerns the life of the legendary Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BC.Thy Majestie: back from the Great Wall.

As for the music, nothing has changed for Thy Majestie: expect extravagant, melodic, and symphonic power metal. What has always set TM apart was the ability to balance all instruments in the arrangements, especially guitar and keyboard solos. After this, the also add some progressive metal nuances, without being over technical.

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It seems Hollow Haze has decided on what they want to be. When reviewing 2008'sThe Hanged Man, I suggest that they need to decide if they want to be a strict heavier metal band or a more melodic metal band with some progressive nods. It seems with Poison in Black they've opted for the latter.

Actually, Hollow Haze is sounding more like a symphonic Cage, that is strong heavier metal with large amounts of orchestral synths. While not sounding like Sean Peck, Alex "Ramon" Sonato is largely relentless in his approach; his approach is pretty much head on scream-singing with little variation.

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London-based To-Mera took matters into their own hands and self-produced their third and latest album, Exile. It's concept album concerning some rather complex and perplexing matters. The protagonist, having faced hardship, suffering, and loss, places herself in personal exile to avoid any future harm. While in her self-imposed exile, she searches for answers about existence, humanity, and the meaning of life. Darn heady stuff. I'll leave it to you, once you buy the disc, to discover the answers she finds.

Coming to a new To-Mera album can be quite the challenge. They play true progressive rock and metal, that is, always pushing the boundaries of complex arrangements. While the music is compelling and the musicianship first class, it's hard to call To-Mera's prog overly accessible or commercially viable. But if it's intrigue and challenge you want, To-Mera's delivers to the full extent, and that makes Exile entertaining.

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