If you love the sound of the Pro-Tooled, slickly produced metal albums that are being churned out by the dozen these days, you'll want to skip over Christian Mistress.
While the Olympia, Washington-based metal band won't be winning over any fans who thrive on auto-tune and quantized drums, they should appeal to anyone hungry for a slab of traditional-minded heavy metal with a modern twist.
Their latest offering, Possession, picks up where their 2010 debut album, Agony & Opium, left off -- with the powerful pipes of Christine Davis providing a Doro-meets-Coven wail over the twin-guitar attack of Ryan McClain and Oscar Sparbel.
Possession, as any sophomore album should be, sees the band fine-tuning their sound, which mixes equal parts NWOBHM and good ol' fashioned American doom metal.
I recently caught up with guitarists Ryan McClain and Oscar Sparbel to talk guitar, Possession and the importance of noodling.
01 Over & Over
02 Pentagram and Crucifix
03 Conviction
04 The Way Beyond
05 Possession
06 Black to Gold
07 There is Nowhere
08 Haunted Hunted
09 All Abandon
Band Mick Ronson
Info: Slaughter On 10th Avenue
Style: Hard Rock / Glam
Years: 1973
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbs
Info: 116.74 MB
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01. Love Me Tender.
02. Growing Up And I'm Fine.
03. Only After Dark.
04. Music Is Lethal.
05. I'm The One.
06. Pleasure Man, Hey Ma Get Papa.
07. Slaughter On 10th Avenue.
08. Solo On 10th Avenue [Live] (Previously Unreleased).
09. Leave My Heart Alone [Live] (Original B Side).
10. Love Me Tender [Live] (Bonus Track).
11. Slaughter On 10th Avenue [Live] (Bonus Track).
Band Billy Sprague
Info: I Wish
Style: CCM / AOR
Years: 1989
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 55 mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
1. I Wish
2. What A Way To Go
3. What Goes Around (Comes Around)
4. I Call It Love
5. A Heart Like Mine
6. Love Has No Eyes
7. Rock The Planet
8. Heavenly Father
9. How Could You Say No
10. La Vie
Band Kalo
Info: Spiral Dream
Style: Symphonic Progressive
Years: 2004
Info: 192 kbps
Info: 81 mb
Info: Japan
Tracklist:
1. Dharani
2. A voice in blue
3. Forest fairies
4. Sunset
5. Eternity
6. Land of spirits
7. Rerakamuy
8. Into existence
9. To the memory of a person
10. Sensitive air
11. Gleam
12. Spiral dream
MegaDriver - Brazilian heavy metal band doing mostly cover versions of the music of the games on the console Mega Drive.
The group calls itself a non-profit and independent. Its purpose - "to pay tribute to classicvideo games." Therefore, their work is available for free download on their website.
They have released eight albums, several singles and four full soundtrack for the projectMetal MAME, in which images of original music in games in MAME is replaced by theheavy metal version. The group creates a video of the games with his music, such as video «Raging Storm» - is a tribute to Jesse Howard, in which much of the video game series Fatal Fury, pictures and video of the anime Fatal Fury.
Band Street Talk
Info: Restoration
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 2002
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 110,12 Mb
Info: Sweden
Tracklist:
01 - Give Me A Reason.
02 - Hare And Hounds.
03 - Language Of Love.
04 - Tables Turning.
05 - Dancer In The Rain.
06 - A Place In The Sun.
07 - My Heart Beats For You.
08 - Forever By Your Side.
09 - In The Arms Of Love.
10 - Why Is My Heart Feeling Lonely Tonight.
Band Air Supply
Info: Love And Other Bruises
Style: Soft Rock / AOR
Years: 1977
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 100.68 Mb
Info: Australia
Tracklist:
01 - Love And Other Bruises.
02 - What A Life.
03 - Feel The Breeze.
04 - Who Will Love Me Now.
05 - Do It Again.
06 - The End Of The Line.
07 - Ready For You.
08 - Empty Pages.
09 - Does It Matter.
10 - That's How The Whole Thing Started.
Band White Horse
Info: White Horse
Style: Pop Rock
Years: 1977
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 76.89 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 - It Doesn't Take Much - Give It Up.
02 - Over And Done With.
03 - Love In A Mist.
04 - Lost And In Trouble.
05 - Can't Stop Loving You.
06 - Through Thick And Thin.
07 - Without Your Love.
08 - Everloving Arms.
09 - Take Me Back.
Band: Phil Mogg - vocals Vinnie Moore - guitar Paul Raymond - guitar and keyboards Andy Parker - drums
Additional Musicians: Lars Lehmann - bass
Production:
Produced and engineered by Tommy Newton.
Review:
On their last album Phil Mogg and company ratcheted things up a few notches -- the result was the no frills 2009 album The Visitor. The latest UFO offering is entitled Seven Deadly, and features grotesque artwork that appears to have been created with Microsoft's paint program -- its cringe worthy.
Album cover aside the music found within Seven Deadly is a continuation of the foundation (of this incarnation of the band) laid with 2004's You Are Here. Phil Mogg isn't an extraordinary singer by any means, but he does a magnificent job and is the right guy for UFO. Mogg remains the wily silver fox with the dry British sense of humor and the notebooks filled with clever lyrics -- "Fight Night" is evidence of this.
On this, album number four of the Vinnie Moore era, UFO have delivered yet another astounding, solid, and melodic classic rock record. Once again Mooredisplays a great feel for what the songs need rather than laying down meaningless notes and riffs simply for the sake of doing so -- he has also injected a bluesy feel to the albums that he's played on, at the direction of Mogg. This is a great move that has given this version of the band its own identity.
The standout tracks on Seven Deadly include "Wonderland", which has a great hook and a spectacular solo, and "Mojo Town", with its memorable groove, great driving riff and verbose solo. Ballads have been a UFO strong suit over the years, with "Angel Station" and "Waving Goodbye" continuing that tradition.Seven Deadly also succeeds with "The Last Stoner Rider", a great memorable mid-tempo track, and "Fight Night", a rambunctious rocker that rivals "Hell Driver" from The Visitor.
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01. Fight Night (4:34)
02. Wonderland (5:08)
03. Mojo Town (3:56)
04. Angel Station (6:23)
05. Year Of The Gun (4:07)
06. The Last Stone Rider (3:52)
07. Steal Yourself (4:46)
08. Burn Your House Down (4:58)
09. The Fear (3:44)
10. Waving Good Bye (5:11)
11. Other Men's Wives (Bonus Track) (3:52)
12. Bag O' Blues (Bonus Track) (3:03)
Band Kiuas
Info: The New Dark Age
Style: Power Metal
Years: 2008
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbs
Info: 119.3 Mb
Info: Finland
Tracklist:
01 - The Decaying Doctrine.
02 - Conqueror.
03 - Kiuas War Anthem.
04 - The New Dark Age.
05 - To Excel and Ascend.
06 - Black Rose Withered.
07 - After the Storm.
08 - Of Sacrifice, Loss and Reward.
09 - The Summoning.
10 - The Wanderer's Lamentation.
To be released on the 1st of March 2012 the new DICE studio album is now available!
Also, on this 18th Album: DICE has further refined the trademarks sounds by which they become known as an interesting band in the sophisticated, melodic prog scene: Extremely complex metric meets perfectly harmonious arrangements! DICE fans can look forward to six new long tracks. It is now almost normal for DICE, that they have compositions reaching beyond the 10-minute limit - The band increases the journey into an unending trip of musical passion for all to listen and travel along...
A special offer for our fans: We offer through our website the chance to pre-order the latest CD and to recieve it before the official release date... your orders will be processed as soon as possible to insure that you recieve the CD before the general public does!
01. Comet Highway
02. Every Open Window
03. The Speed of Light
04. About Tomorrow
05. Seven Tin People
06. Tunnel of Time
