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Most people will remember American metal band Obsession from the Eighties, which launched the career of vocalist Michael Vescera. Before resurrecting Obsession in 2004, Vescera has performed with Malmsteen, Loudness, Roland Grapow, and Dr. Sin, among others. With Order of Chaos, the band returns with their sixth album.

First impressions of Order of Chaoswill remind more of the Eighties Obsession with a touch of 2006'sCarnival of Souls. Fundamentally, this is classic American heavy and power metal: sometimes steady, often brisk, with clear melody and harmony, an assertive rhythm section, soaring twin guitar work, and Vescera's solid vocals. Against modern trends, these are the common strengths that makes for 'true' heavy metal, and what makes Order of Chaos sound great.

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The legendary vocalist Mike Vescara (Animetal USA, Loudness, Yngwie Malsteen) and guitarist, bassist and keyboardist Samir Mhamdi, published with his band Sovereign, a new studio album under the name of "Warring Heaven". According to a press release on CD is finished and has excellent vocal work, with catchy melodies and guitar solos Epic. The vocals were recorded in full in the Toy Room Studio owned by Mike Vescera, in Nashville, Tennessee, all instruments were mixed and mastered at Studio Slabsound in France by Gwen Kerjan.

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This is an Instrumental Progressive Rock release in the Classic Style from Jay Tausig, Highly Recommended to Fans of Yes, The Strawbs, Gong, Hawkwind, Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Rush, Pink Floyd, Todd Rundgren, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine. Etc.

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Canadian cult new wave-formation, Platinum Blonde, recently risen from the ashes after 12 years of silence, will release their new full-length album "Now & Never" on August 21 at label Fontana North / UMG.For the first time in a long time Platinum Blonde gave a concert on June 16 in The Mod Club in Toronto, giving thus beginning his new tour, passing to this day in which the team with the old hits performed his new material.At the moment, with the original band members Mark Holmes (vocals) and Sergio Galli (guitar) Platinum Blonde Leydlo includes Rob (bass) and Dan Todd (drums)."I'm aware that there are thousands of old groups who for years tried in vain to regain his former glory, but our path leads to another - we earn a new reputation" - says Mark Holmes, the voice of Platinum Blonde.

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Los Angeles, CA…On October 2, Cleopatra Records will release WHO ARE YOU: AN ALL STAR TRIBUTE TO THE WHO. As The Who approaches a nearly 50-year career, artists in genres from classic to progressive rock, and from punk to country, collaborate on a stunning celebration of the band’s remarkable catalogue.

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Quite funny that such a fervent hater of He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe as me gets to review Kreyskull, because the first thing that came to mind upon seeing the band name was… yes sirree ‘By the powers of Gereyskull’ aaarrggghhhh. With something such as that as code of reference I was expecting moronic He-Man like over the top Manowar Masturbatory Metal which has less power than Celine Dion who sinks the Titanic.
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Heart's 14th studio album, Fanatic, ranks as one of the Wilson Sisters most rock & roll albums to date. With Grammy-winning producer Ben Mink at the helm (who also produced their last album, Red Velvet Car), these ten essential performances by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson are a celebration of their life spirit: Ann and Nancy are fanatics about love, art and truth. Includes the title track "Fanatic," "Dear Old America," and "Million Miles."

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American prog-rock composition Presto Ballet under the direction of the former leader of Metal Church (also Hall Aflame), guitarist and keyboardist Kurdt Vanderhoof released on October 1 at the company's own Body Of Work Recordings their fourth full-length album «Relic Of The Modern World». The album features new vocalist participated Chuck Campbell, and the duration of the album is optimized for publication in the LP format

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The Vorpal Nomad Colombian power metallers, have posted a preview of his new single "Hocus Pocus". The track was recorded at Art Studios and mixed and mastered by Matt Smith frontman of the band Christian Theocracy."Hocus Pocus", will be released for sale at a date to be confirmed in October as a digital single through iTunes only.Vorpal Nomad, published last May by Metalodic Records, their debut full-length entitled "Hyperborea", receiving great reviews in the press.

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NOW!Debut..

I have to confess that I look a lot at work on the covers, and almost always hit in the music that I find on the disc.
But for everything there is an exception, I've noticed a lot in this cover, I returned to notice, but ignored the little big band album and I just discovered, is breathtaking quality of music have achieved with their debut "Precession" .

Skillfully combined the classic Heavy Metal, with a touch of power metal and an amazing speed that make each song, a hymn, simply spectacular.


NOW! To Be...

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NOW!Gremmo...

James Heaton has been playing guitar since 1984, inspired at first by Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai, he later discovered Joe Satriani and finally Jimi Hendrix.
James has a passion for Hendrix's fuzzface sound as well as an infatuation of cello's and violins. Combining the two he developed a unique sound that mimics the cellos throaty singing voice and the dirty feel of an overdriven Marshall amp.
A self confessed effects addict, James utilizes all the sounds he can find from slides, to ebows, to guitar synths, even chrome steel guitar picks. All mixed with the haunting melodic minor scales that James so loves.

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The history of Portugal's female-fronted metal band Enchantya is a bit confusing. The promotional material states they have been around since 2004, but then list a back catalog of three albums between 2001 and 2003. What? The material then announces that Dark Rising is their debut album for Massacre Records. Confused?

If I would have known Enchantya included death vocals in their arrangements I probably would not have downloaded the digital promo pack. Nearly every song has moments of this horrible growling. It's nearly pathetic, some of the worst death metal vocals I've ever heard, even as accent. It's notable in the press material that no credit is given to the person responsible. That's good as whomever this is should be canned immediately, and the band should think twice about this direction for the vocal arrangements in the future. It simply does not become them.

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