Of all the albums I’ve reviewed, Sonata Arctica’s “Stones Grow Her Name” has been by far the most challenging. In part, this may be due to my penchant for gravitating to what my progressive metal friends would call childish “simplistic” metal. With “Stones Grow Her Name,” Sonata Arctica proved its recent history as the most unpredictable band in metal to the point where genre tagging is fruitless. Fear may strike the hearts of fans when a band utters the bold statement “this is going to be really different.” That may prove to be the understatement of the year, for at the end of this astronomically fun thrill ride the band is still undeniably Sonata Arctica.
2012-03-08 01:00 - Swedish epic power metallers SABATON have just unveiled exciting details on their upcoming new studio record “Carolus Rex” – that will actually be a two-in-one-album - through the following update:
“We can now confirm that our new album will be available in both English and Swedish language.
The topics of the songs will remain quite the same and deals with the Swedish Empire, from it’s rise to it’s fall.
“Carolus Rex” will be available for purchase on single Swedish CD (Sweden only) and single English CD plus a limited edition which features a double CD with both language versions. The double CD will also feature a different cover artwork.
The release is set for Europe and in North America the last week of May, but already now you can pre-order the album (click here: http://bit.ly/yNfscr ) .
As the metal community continues the slow journey up it’s own ass, one noticeable side effect has been the shunning of any and all bands that have achieved even a minimal amount of success and/or popularity. The inverse is also true—headbangers have been known to glorify bands that are ridiculously obscure, in the hopes of sounding more knowledgeable and “underground” than the next guy. The obvious endgame of this scenario would be a band that literally no one has heard of. Well, Pure Underground Records has got you covered, with the release of The Vision a 1989 demo/EP by Sacred Heart.
Band Skelator
Info: USA
Info: Death To All Nations
Style: Epic Heavy Metal
Tracklist: Metal On Metal Records [MOMR10020]
Years: 2010
Info: APE (image + .cue) + covers | MP3/320 Kbps/CBR
Info: 372Mb / 123Mb
Info: Depositfiles / Letitbit (3% ?? ??????????????)
"The phone rang and on the other side of the handset, it was a band from sölvesborgwho wanted to book two weekends to record an album. Coming from (Sweden Rock Festival's hometown) and book a total of 40 hours for an album is probably the most daring thing I've been through in my life. they ignored my suggestion to book 4 weekends entirely, and we rigged up and ran. Said and done, 40 hours and a couple of beers later, they packed up their stuff in a car and drove home. they havecompletely completely disproved and shown me the other Pro-Tools copy / paste world how you should lira real rock n roll. specifically - Heavyweight Rock n Roll. Rig up and run!the result is amazing good! "
While listening to the debut album recorded by the American progressive rock band Gekko Project, the British band Camel immediately crossed my mind and especially the albums Raindances (1977) and Breathless (1978). On these albums Camel made a mixture of progressive rock with elements of jazz-rock and fusion. The same kind of influences is noticeable on Electric Forest.
Pontus Snibb 3 is a new power trio formed by vocalist and guitarist Pontus Snibb of outstanding hard rockers Bonafide. He's backed up by Backdraft's rhythm section, Mats Rydstrom (bass) and Niklas Matsson (drums). If you have any knowledge of either Bonafide or Backdraft, you'll have some inclination to what PS3 has to offer. Loud Feathers offers gritty, old school, hard rock with more than a little touch of blues. Recorded over a mere three days, the songs were cut nearly live with few overdubs. While the production is smooth, you can hear the essential raw energy in the performances. PS3 is helped in the studio by friends Conny Bloom (Electric Boys), Ralf Gyllenhammar (Mustasch), and Mats Ronander on harmonica (he played with ABBA; yeah, you read that right).
