When I saw the post music tag on Capture the Sun I kind of sighed and said “What have I gotten myself into?” But instead of having to listen to freaky slow notes rolling on top of each other I got the pleasure of listening to one of the greatest metal instrumental bands that I have heard in a long time. The music is very progressive and very fun to listen too. The guitar work is varied and shows a host of influences. The songs show a lot of technical skill on the parts of the guitarists and feature some really great riffs. Admittedly some of these riffs get over repeated and make your ears frustrated. The bass work is fairly solid and while it mostly just follows the guitar work it adds a layer of emotion to the band that normally would not be there. The drum work is pretty good, while overall it is fairly light, the job always gets done and the other instrumentalists always get a great rhythm pattern. Overall Capture the Sun is a really cool proggy instrumental band with some awesome riffs.
Band Capture The Sun
Info: Capture The Sun
Style: Progressive Metal
Info: United States
Tracklist: 320 kbps
Info: 163 Mb
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01. A War is Coming to this Island
02. ||:REPEAT:||
03. Aurora Borealis: The Northern Lights
04. ???????, ???????
05. Geothermal
06. Calculating… Remaining
07. *Epic Pose*
08. Creation of Cities and Empires
09. The Endless Column
10. Woe to the Blasphemer, Will Hell Swallow you Up
11. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of the Living
12. Oceans of Glass
13. When the Sun met the Ocean
It has been a long four years since we last had an album from Shinedown. With their breakout album, Sound of Madnesswhich reached #8 on the Billboard’s top 200, along with six singles that went #1. This went along with almost three years of touring and close to 440 shows in that time. With each album, they have pushed the envelope of Rock music and in doing so, have increased their fan base to an all time high for a young rock band with only three albums to their credit. Shinedown is one of the few rock bands that can translate their music on an album to an even larger level on stage, as well as making sure their fans always come first and feeling like they are a part of this band as well. This explains the fans being know as the Shinedown Nation.
While most bands would coast on their huge success, singer Brent Smith has said, “We’ve always been a rock band and I didn’t want to lose sight of that. I told everyone the album had to do three things – It had to show sophistication in the songwriting, it had to show musical growth within the band, and I had to push myself to go places lyrically that I had never gone before.”
Amaryllis sees the guys teaming back up with super producer, Rob Cavallo, as well as the first-time bass player, Eric Bass and Zach Myers on guitar, who co-wrote several songs on an album, something they did off the smash hit, Diamond Eyes on The Expendables soundtrack. Music Tour Reviews was able to get their hands on an early copy to review; album official release is March 27th 2012.
01. Adrenaline
02. Bully
03. Amaryllis
04. Unity
05. Enemies
06. I’m Not Alright
07. Nowhere Kids
08. Miracle
09. I’ll Follow You
10. For My Sake
11. My Name (Wearing Me Out)
12. Through The Ghost
"Into The Fire", the new single from Swedish all-girl hard rock quartetCRUCIFIED BARBARA, is available for streaming and download below. The song comes off the band's third studio album, "The Midnight Chase", which will be released on May 23 in Japan and May 28 in Europe. A North American release via Nuclear Blast is expected this summer. The CD was recorded at Music-A-Matic Vintage Recording Studio in Gothenberg, Sweden with sound engineer Henryk Lipp and producer Chips Kiesby.
Commented guitarist/vocalist Mia Coldheart: "I've never felt this good about anything we've made before. I'm so damn proud of the new songs and the sound is better than ever. We can't wait to go on tour and perform them live!"
Formed in Stockholm in 1998 by bassist Ida Evileye (now-wife ofMESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake) and guitarist Klara Force,CRUCIFIED BARBARA plays a fiery brand of rock 'n' roll tinged with metal and lashings of punk, pop, thrash, and whatever else dares to cross their path. Ida Evileye dominates her trusty Sandberg bass, Klara Force rocks steady on her '76 Gibson Explorer, Mia Coldheart belts out her unapologetic vocals while riffing all over her Gibson Gothic Flying V, andNicki Wicked pounds on her hot pink sparkle Yamaha Maple drum kit until you're splayed across the floor with a bull's-eye knock-out punch that'll make you spit your teeth out. Now you know what happens whenMOTÖRHEAD mates with THE RUNAWAYS.
No strangers to hard work or success, CRUCIFIED BARBARA's debut single from their 2005 debut, "In Distortion We Trust", climbed to #8 on the Swedish pop chart. They played Australia, toured across Europe opening for MOTÖRHEAD, SEPULTURA, IN FLAMES, and DORO, and earned a prestigious slot alongside BLACK SABBATH, VELVET REVOLVER, and SYSTEM OF A DOWN at the U.K.'s Download festival. With all that touring, it would be four years before the band got around to recording their second album, 2009's "'Til Death Do Us Party". Next thing you know, there they were on national television performing at the 2010 edition of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
So how did they get their name? The band members attended Denmark's legendary Roskilde Festival and came across something very unexpected in a nearby forest: a blow-up doll (generically called "Barbara" throughout Sweden) attached to a crucifix. And no, they didn't identify with the victim, they claimed the power of the aggressor right on the spot and have never looked back.
Band Robin Trower
Info: Day Of The Eagle (The Best Of Robin Trower)
Style: Blues Rock
Years: 2008
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 170,92 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 - Day Of The Eagle.
02 - Caledonia.
03 - Confessin' Midnight.
04 - Too Rolling Stoned (Live).
05 - Bride Of Sighs.
06 - Man Of The World.
07 - Take A Fast Train.
08 - Daydream.
09 - Gonna Be More Suspicious.
10 - About To Begin.
11 - Long Misty Days.
12 - Alethea (Live).
13 - In City Dreams.
14 - Victims Of The Fury.
15 - Rock Me Baby (Live).
16 - The Ring.
17 - Caravan To Midnight.
if there’s one thing I like it’s German sleaze. They’ve given us some great metal bands and, no doubt, videos of a particular genre that would earn me a full cavity search at customs. Kissin’ Dynamite are young, ambitious and out to prove something with their third album, Money, Sex, Power.
The title track belts out in true sleaze fashion, setting the pace for the entire album. Each track is built around a rock-hard riff and a belting chorus. The first appearance of the vocals is oddly reminiscent of something pseudo-industrial, but all trappings are dropped as the Skid Row and Ratt influences shine through on the dirty lyrics and chest-beating choruses. It’s brilliantly nostalgic, and it’s incredulous that the band weren’t even born when both of these bands were at their peak.
Operation Supernova is sing-along that Europe would be proud of, complete with a hands in the air chorus and football terrace chanting. As the album progresses, it becomes clear that Kissin’ Dynamite draw influence from a specific period of the hair/sleaze movement; the notorious third wave of the late 80s. Thankfully, they know the wheat from the chaff and there’s not a whiff of Britny Fox in site. The half ballad Club 27, the infamous age which all rockstars seem to die and DinosaursAre Still Alive are fitting tributes to their influences, as if the teenage years spent listening to nothing bar Accept’s Balls To The Wall didn’t shine through enough.
After closing with the acoustic swing of Six Feet Under, it’s easy to see why Kissin’ Dynamite are billed as the best new German band since Edguy. Money, Sex, Power very much exudes their age, with some riffs being a little simple for a band of their calibre, especially compared with other songs on the same record. Bar a couple of close calls with Cul-de-Sac Cliché, Kissin’ Dynamite have made a cracking third album and I wish that more young ‘uns would take this up instead of dancing in the mirror to yet another Justin Bieber video.
1. Money, Sex & Power
2. I Will Be King
3. Operation Supernova
4. Sex Is War
5. Club 27
6. Dinosaurs Are Still Alive
7. She's a Killer
8. Sleaze Deluxe
9. Ego-Shooter
10. Six Feet Under
Band Touch
Info: Touch
Style: Psychedelic / Progressive Rock
Years: 1969
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 198.35 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - We Feel Fine.
02 - Friendly Birds.
03 - Miss Teach.
04 - The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer.
05 - Down At Circe's Place.
06 - Alesha And Others.
07 - Seventy Five.
08 - We Finally Met Today.
09 - Alesha And Others (Live Studio Demo).
10 - Blue Feeling.
11 - The Spiritual Death Of Howard Greer (Live Studio Demo).
12 - The Second Coming Of Suzanne.
Band Tarot's Myst
Info: Odyssey
Style: Heavy / Power Metal
Years: 1999
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 167.05 Mb
Info: Germany
Tracklist:
01 - Blood On The Horizon.
02 - Troja.
03 - The Giant's Eye.
04 - Lord Of The Winds.
05 - The Creature Within.
06 - Kingdom Of The Shadows.
07 - Siren's Song.
08 - Jaws Of Deep.
09 - Come Hell Or High Water.
10 - Flame In The Maze.
11 - The One To Bend The Bow.
12 - Flesh And Blood.
13 - Odyssey.
Band Exile
Info: Super Hits
Style: Pop Rock
Years: 1993
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 86.26 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Take Me To The River.
02 - Woke Up In Love.
03 - It'll Be Me.
04 - Just One Kiss.
05 - I Can't Get Close Enough.
06 - I Got Love.
07 - Feel Like Foolin' Around.
08 - It's You Again.
09 - My Hearts In Good Hands.
10 - Kiss You All Over.
..they do care to give to their audience music that will set their CD players on fire and make them bang their heads from the first till the last note...
Now, in case, you haven’t listened to this band yet let me tell you that they have all the things that we love in the traditional metal sound. They are unconventional, their songs have the touch of freedom and the whole album travels you back to the glory of the 80’s metal. Actually it makes you think that this is a release coming from the 80’s. So, if you are a fan of JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON, AC/DC and MOTORHEAD, then this is a release that you have to check out. Also I want to pin point the song that closes the album which has the title “Big Taboo”… It has a BLACK SABBATH touch that really sticks in your mind. GUN BARREL, thank god (and when I mean god, I mean Rob Halford) haven’t changed and they are still alive and kicking spreading their metal to the metalheads…. Prepare yourselves for the impact!
Band Gun Barrel Info: Brace For Impact Info: Germany Style: Heavy Metal Years: 2012 Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps Info: 124
Tracklist:
01. No Survival On Arrival
02. Brace For Impact
03. Dancing On Torpedoes
04. Books Of Live
05. Start A Riot
06. Stand Your Ground
07. Diamond Bullets
08. With Might And Main
09. The Wild Hunt
10. Turbolence & Decadence
11. Big Taboo
12. My Last Qorn (Bonus Track)
Info:
Patrick Suehl - Vocals
Rolf Tanzius - Guitars
Tomcat Kintgen - Bass
Toni Pinciroli - Drums
Canadian heavy metal warriors 3 Inches Of Blood have given me some great memories over the past couple of years. I’ve seen them perform in all kinds of settings, as a headliner at Anaheim’s tiny Chain Reaction club, as opening act on the second stage at Mayhem Festival, and at a mid-sized club venue as main support to Eluveitie. Besides their high-octane live performances at these shows, I’ve enjoyed the four studio albums they’ve released over the course of their decade-long career, and the announcement of a new 3IOB album was very exciting for me. As soon as I was allowed the chance to listen to it, a sense of nervous anticipation took over me.
01. Metal Woman (4:48)
02. My Sword Will Not Sleep (4:37)
03. Leather Lord (3:57)
04. Chief And The Blade (2:27)
05. Dark Messenger (4:07)
06. Look Out (5:29)
07. 4000 Torches (4:16)
08. Leave It On The Ice (3:34)
09. Die For Gold (Upon The Boiling Sea IV) (4:03)
10. Storming Juno (04:24)
11. Men Of Fortune (7:35)
12. One For The Ditch (3:31)
Band Iron Savior Info: Battering Ram Info: Germany Style: Heavy Power Metal Years: 2004 Info: WAV/Lossless/MP3 CBR 320 kbps (CD Rip) Info: 433 ??/122 ?? Upload: Depositfiles:
Tracklist:
01. Battering Ram
02. Stand Against the King
03. Tyranny of Steel
04. Time Will Tell
05. Wings of Deliverance
06. Break the Curse
07. Riding Free
08. Starchaser
09. Machine World
10. H.M. Powered Man
11. The Cal
Band Clusterhead Info: Grow Info: Germany Style: Heavy Metal Years: 2011 Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbps Info: 117,5 ?b Upload: Depositfiles
Tracklist:
01. The Mirror
02. Arise
03. Revolution
04. Why
05. A Matter of Survival
06. God Knows
07. Burned Alive
08. Too Late
09. Walk of Fame
10. Forevermore
11. Rain
