Band Mark Heard
Info: Millennium Archives
Style: Melodic Rock / CCM
Years: 2000
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 105,85 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Epistle.
02 - Nowadays.
03 - Can You Hear Me.
04 - All The Sleepless Dreamers.
05 - Morning Is Gold.
06 - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear.
07 - Joy To The World.
08 - O Come All Ye Faithful.
09 - Night To Night.
10 - Tell Me It's Your Love.
11 - One More Time.
12 - Just The Same.
13 - Es Tot Mir Leid.
14 - Interview.
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
Band Mark Heard
Info: Eye Of The Storm
Style: Melodic Rock / CCM
Years: 1983
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 74,44 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Eye Of The Storm.
02 - The Pain That Plagues Creation.
03 - Castaway.
04 - Well Worn Pages.
05 - He Will Listen To You.
06 - In The Gaze Of The Spotlight's Eye.
07 - Gimme Mine.
08 - These Plastic Halos.
09 - No One But You.
10 - Moonflower.
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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Band Newman
Info: Sign Of The Modern Times
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 2003
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 125,88 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 - Save Me Tonight.
02 - Last Known Survivors.
03 - Masquerade.
04 - Rivers Flow.
05 - You Should Be Gone.
06 - Watching You.
07 - Heart V. Desire.
08 - Don't Keep Me Waiting.
09 - What You Do To Me.
10 - Sign Of The Modern Times.
11 - Worlds Apart.
Band The Max
Info: Vinyl Valentine
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1992
Info: CBR 224 kbs
Info: 75,11 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Underneath It All.
02 - Nevermore The Raven.
03 - Lanissa.
04 - When All I Have Is Taken.
05 - Want You Back.
06 - Rainbow Black.
07 - If I Fall From Grace.
08 - Another Good Story.
09 - All The Wiser.
10 - Footprints In My Garden.
11 - Big Fat Blonde.
Band St. Paul
Info: Down To The Wire
Style: Pop Rock / AOR / Synthpop
Years: 1990
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 107,84 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Stranger To Love.
02 - Every Time I Close My Eyes.
03 - Every Heart Needs A Home.
04 - Maybe In Another World.
05 - Heart To Heart.
06 - I Never Knew What Love Could Do.
07 - Nowhere To Run.
08 - Next Time You See My Girl.
09 - Only Reminds Me Of You.
10 - Shooting Star.
Band Hawkwind
Info: The Chronicle Of The Black Sword (2009R)
Style: Progressive Rock / Space Rock
Years: 1985
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 133,11 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 - Song Of The Swords.
02 - Shade Gate.
03 - The Sea King.
04 - The Pulsing Cavern.
05 - Elric The Enchanter.
06 - Needle Gun.
07 - Zarozinia.
08 - The Demise.
09 - Sleep Of A Thousand Tears.
10 - Chaos Army.
11 - Horn Of Destiny.
12 - Arioch.
13 - Night Of The Hawks.
14 - Green Finned Demon.
15 - Dream Dancers.
16 - Dragons And Fables.
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
