LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM does not stop. Their new album "Nine Lives", just released in Japan, is scheduled to be released in Europe on January 20th, 2012.
Following their very good last album 'Yes' released a few months ago, these Swedes seems to have an endless inspiration and creativity.
And the good thing is that "Nine Lives" maintains the high level of quality of its predecessor.
Perhaps even more melodic sonically, "Nine Lives" surely will stand on top amongst the wish lists of every Melodic Rock / AOR fan this year 2012.
Seems the European release has been delayed, so you, impatient melodic rocker, go and get the Japanese CD edition including the usual bonus track. It's not cheap, but worth every penny.
1. In A Perfect World
2. Nine Lives
3. Is This Just Another Heartache
4. Merry - Go
5. Golden Cage
6. All I Can Think Of
7. Megalomania
8. The Last To Know
9. Angel Eyes
10. We Never Said Goodbye
11. Waited A Long Time (bonus track)
12. Don't Let Love Fade Away
Band : Primal Fear
Album : Unbreakable
Year : 2012
Tracks : 12
Country : Germany
Quality : 256kbps
Line Up:
Ralf Scheepers – Vocals
Alex Beyrodt – Guitars
Magnus Karlsson – Guitar, Keyboards
Randy Black – Guitars
Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals
Tracklist:
01. Unbreakable (Part 1)
02. Strike
03. Give ‘Em Hell
04. Bad Guys Wear Black
05. And There Was Silence
06. Metal Nation
07. Where Angels Die
08. Unbreakable (Part 2)
09. Marching Again
10. Born Again
11. Blaze Of Glory
12. Conviction
The recent press release for the upcoming Primal Fear album “Unbreakable” said simply this “a well-balanced “back to the roots” album. Yeah you know how those press memos go right? Proclaiming this and that and then the music really doesn’t even come close to the misleading advertisement, but in Primal Fear’s case, that couldn’t not be farthest from the truth. For years Primal has been moving into position as one of the premier Heavy Metal bands and with it’s power force vocals of front-man Ralf Scheepers, they have been lighting ablaze stages left and right through the years; compiling up to this point 9th studio album.
The leading direction on production has been razor sharp as bassist and multi producer Matt Sinner plays an intricate part in the band, as well as the now stable guitar duo of Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt who both are hotshots in the genre itself.
Ralf has been getting the comparison for a long time to the great Rob Halford himself the “metal god”, but is not fair to Scheepers to be thrown in that category with one of all time greatest metal vocalist. Regardless of comparison he has paved his own way to be considered one of the most consistent metal vocalists around.
With the strong potent vocals already in place the band keeps plowing forward with another consistent release. You know what you’re going to get with Primal Fear, if you don’t at this point expect it, then you’re not really a fan of their music. For all it’s force the bands strongest suit is the way they carry the metal torch alive and the metal spirit in all of us metal heads. This new album proves just that once more, alongside some diversity as the band tackles more melodic metal tunes in “Metal Nation” and the more progressive vibe in “Where Angels Die” which coincidentally could be one of the best songs the band has ever done, this epic brings a more melodic metal touch to it which is great stuff. The pledging straight up power metal piercing of “Marching Again” is the fastest song on the album, and yes it slays with menacing presence. My favorite tune comes via the super catchy and pile driving rhythm of “Born Again” a true metal tune that is both heavy and melancholy, perfect soaring song.
This is a great change of pace for Primal Fear as they have perfected a sound that jumps outside of just leveling the hell out of the battery with speedy crazed tempo riffs as some of their older material. Good for them as they have payed their dues to enter the realms of consistency, something that you could argue the band had been doing all long. With the expected ear crunching crisp production of Matt Sinner and the colossal guitar duo of Karlsson and Beyrodt you have quite a metal arsenal of talent on one album. Primal Fear breaks the new year with a bang offering one of their strongest records to date!!!
The annually promoted Pink Floyd tribute tour will feature 'The British Pink Floyd Show' rather than 'The Australian Pink Floyd Show' from 2011 after the Australian tribute act parted company with their UK promoter CMP.
Every year The Australian Pink Floyd Show, or TAPFS as they are also known, have toured one of the most large-scale productions you will ever see from a tribute act. Annually thrilling Pink Floyd fans around the world with their lavish live shows, the act are reknown across the globe for their outstanding attempts at recreating the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd's later world tours. We understand The Australian Pink Floyd show will return to UK circuits in 2011 though.
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In the meantime, The British Pink Floyd Show will be taking over the reigns for their UK promoter CMP Entertainment, stopping off at Floyd's native United Kingdom for an extensive 31-date tour in April and May as well as a few dates in July and August too. Although the tribute act on show is changing, we are assured that everything else will remain the same.
The promoters have decided to change the name of the group to represent the increasing number of British musicians. Chas Cole, former promoter for TAPFS, had this to say about the change. "In recent years TAPFS tours have featured primarily British musicians and its come to the point where a British show is more appropriate. CMP doesn't want to stretch the goodwill of Pink Floyd or the fans and therefore, now is a good time to change."
Rest assured though, that is the only change that is happening. Everything else about the new 'BritFloyd' tour will stay the same, including the outstanding sound quality, staggering light shows and animations.
The British Pink Floyd Show will play the following UK dates:
1. Show Intro
02. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
03. Learning To Fly
04. High Hopes
05. Welcome To The Machine
06. Mother
07. Pig (Three Different Ones)
08. Echoes
09. Time
10. The Great Gig In The Sky
11. Wish You Were Here
12. One Of These Days
13. Nobody Home
14. Us And Them
15. The Happiest Day Of Our Live
16. Another Brick In The Wall (part2)
17. Band Introductions
18. Comfortably Numb
19. Final
Embrace the Horror is an apocalyptic concept album, with each track a story of a possible armageddon scenario.creditsreleases 01 January 2012
In Virtue:
Trey Xavier – Guitar, vocals, additional keys
Ms. C – Lead Vocals
Eli Vogt – Drums
Chach Schindler – Bass
With special guest:
Greg Schlaepfer – Keyboards & samples
Guest vocalists:
Arthur Von Nagel (Cormorant) on Witch Hunt
Marcus “Dank” Luscombe (Vengince) on Parabola
The In Virtue Apocalypse Orchestra:
Tammie Dyer – Violin
Christina Stanley – Violin
Rebecca Roudman – Cello
Casey Karr – Contrabass
Felicia McFall – Viola
Alan K. Parks – Tuba, trombone, bass fiddle
Bill Flaherty – Trumpet
Mitchell Scott – Banjo
Trey Xavier – Keys, congas, bongos, cowbell, guiro, maracas, tympani, bass drum, snare drum, glockenspiel, tambourine, shaker, beats
Choir:
Jenny Thuman – Soprano
Kristen Prins – Alto
Lauren Haile – Alto
Paul Haile – Tenor
Christopher Trujillo – Tenor
Anthony Martin – Bass/Baritone
Additional choirs by Trey Xavier
Recorded from February 2010 – May 2011 at: Prairie Sun Recording – Cotati, CA; Studio Blue – Napa, CA; and the Napa School of Music – Napa, CA.
Keyboard arrangements by Greg Schlaepfer and Trey Xavier
Engineered by Jason D'Ottavio and Trey Xavier
Choirs recorded by Paul Haile and Aaron Hughes
Mixed by Paul Haile, Jason D'Ottavio and Trey Xavier
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Interns: Matt Kroll, Allen Gutfeld, Crayons
Copy editor: Valerie Rhodes
THANK YOU TO:
My awesome mom, Mary Lewis Sheehan, for her ceaseless support; Greg Horton; Jason D'Ottavio, Andrew Mastroni, Mooka Rennick and all at Prairie Sun; Paul Haile for rescuing us; all the fantastic musicians who dedicated their time and effort to this album and creating a huge sound from a tiny orchestra; Peter and Victoria Sykes and the Napa School of Music crew and students; my voice teacher, Vince Nash; guitar tech extraordinaire, Rob Sherman; Melandaron for the loan of a Martin and for always getting my ideas; IV's ichiban fan (you know who you are); Dave “The Madman” Pirtle for supporting us; DJ Chris Enberg for keeping metal on the air in Sonoma County and supporting underground music; Paul Ortlinghaus and Rich Wells of SOMA Church Community for the loan of their space and time, and the TABIT tablature program - find it and tabs for all our songs at www.tabit.net.
To all members of In Virtue, past and present:
Greg Horton, Corinne Reif, Chach Schindler. Eli Vogt, Trey Xavier, Mitchell Scott, Matt Solis, Mateo Dillaway, Molly Lindquist, Meredith Spires, Devin Reiche
Bands:
Cormorant, Vengince, Near Life, Imagika (RIP), James Florence and the Umpires of Taste, Powerglove, Cloakwheel, Solaria, Utopian Trap, Silent Sinner, Patryk deRosa (PDR), Miles of Machines, Richard Davis & Ariabes
1. Suspense of Disbelief 05:11
2. Twin Species: The Virtuous And The Vengeful 06:23
3. Witch Hunt 06:00
4. In Service To His Madness 03:42
5. Alea Iacta Est 03:25
6. The Essence of Unreason 09:19
7. Foresworn II: Parabola 04:54
8. Cataclysmic Shock 05:47
9. Dead Black Eyes 06:59
Ukranian power metallers "CONQUEST" released their fourth studio album titled"IV", wich was released on December 21st, 2011 via Quarter Century Flame.
Band Conquest
Info: IV Years: 2011 Info: ??????? Style: Power Metal Tracklist: Mp3/ 320kbps Info: 137,50 ??
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01. Storm (4:30)
02. Last Battle (4:09)
03. Godless Territory (3:59)
04. Metal Wings (4:38)
05. My Special Way (5:19)
06. Seventh Gate (4:50)
07. Save Me (5:08)
08. Frozen Angel (4:44)
09. Be My Light (4:32)
10. Intruder (4:08)
11. Forgotten Dreams (4:36)
12. Anthem (5:14)
13. I Wanna Be With You (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) (3:28)
W. Angel - Vocals, Guitars (ex-Finist)
Agnarr - Guitars (Unerase, ex-Balfor)
Berowar - Bass (Flying, ex-Balfor)
Lady Dea - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Erland "Death Machine" - Drums (Balfor, ex-Flying, ex-Semargl)
Band Craaft
Info: Second Honeymoon
Style: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Years: 1988
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 149,62 Mb
Info: Germany
Tracklist:
01 - Run Away.
02 - Twisted Up All Inside.
03 - Chance Of Your Life.
04 - Jane.
05 - Gimme What You Got.
06 - Running On Love.
07 - Hey Babe.
08 - Illusions.
09 - Don't You Know What Love Can Be.
10 - Are You Ready To Rock.
11 - Right To Your Heart.
12 - Don't Stop To Rock.
13 - Something For Nothing.
Band Child
Info: Child
Style: Classic Rock / Hard Rock
Years: 1977
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 92,95 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - Curtain Call.
02 - True Blue.
03 - I Just Want to Be With You.
04 - Wake Up.
05 - Little Queenie.
06 - Never Again.
07 - Rip Off Train.
08 - Be With Me.
09 - Blues Away.
10 - Keep Movin'.
Band Peter Emmett
Info: The Peter Emmett Story
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1983
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 78,21 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 - There Goes My Heart.
02 - Don't Lie To Me Laina.
03 - Sleep WIth Me.
04 - Knee Deep In Love.
05 - Never Gonna Fall In Love.
06 - Inside Story.
07 - Don't Say You're Sorry.
08 - She Don't Know Me.
09 - Why Can't She.
Band Brian Johnson
Info: Keep On Rocking!
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 1989
Info: MP3 CBR 320 kbs
Info: 106.39 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01-Keep On Rocking
02-Can You Do It
03-Black Cat
04-Natural Born Loser
05-(Ain t It) Just Like A Woman
06-Strange Man
07-Hope You Like It
08-Mercenary Man
09-Fire Queen
10-Give You Till Monday
11-Ten Feet Tall
12-Going Down (St. James Infirmary)
Band Praying Mantis
Info: A Cry For The New World
Style: Melodic Hard Rock
Years: 1993
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 147,23 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 - Rise Up Again.
02 - A Cry For The New World.
03 - A Moment In Life.
04 - Letting Go.
05 - One Chance.
06 - Dangerous.
07 - Fight To Be Free.
08 - Open Your Heart.
09 - Dream On.
10 - Journeyman.
11 - The Final Eclipse.
Band Far Corporation
Info: Solitude
Style: Melodic Rock / AOR
Years: 1994
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 132,52 Mb
Info: Various
Tracklist:
01 - Rainy Days.
02 - She's Back Again.
03 - Solitude.
04 - You Never Have To Say You Love Me.
05 - Full Moon.
06 - Rikki Don't Lose That Number.
07 - Just A Wish.
08 - Hole In The Air.
09 - Sebastian.
10 - You Change My Life.
11 - One Of Your Lovers (Remix '94).
12 - Stairway To Heaven (Remix '94).
ATKINS / MAY PROJECT, featuring Christian guitarist Paul May and former JUDAS PRIEST singer / HOLY RAGE frontman Al Atkins, have released their Serpents Kiss album in the UK. The album will be released in North America, Japan and Europe on November 15th.
According to Defenders Of The Faith author Neil Daniels:
"This CD proves that Good and Evil can, in fact, work together ... it is in the form of Christian guitarist Paul May and former Judas Priest singer and Holy Rage heavy metal frontman Al Atkins. This 10 track album is the product of two of the Midlands finest arcitects of rock and metal coming together to create something that is unique and totally exhilarating.
There are enough doses of melody and metal madness to entice fans of the genre and while it's solid, honest working class heavy metal it has it's roots in contemporary metal too with some fine axe-work and killer choruses.
Rock enthusiasts may also be keen on the heavy (metal) version of the classic KISS track 'Cold Gin', with Al's throaty nicotine-enhanced vocals adding extra effect and Paul's stern guitars adding some meat. It sit's perfectly on this album.
These guy's are not novices, far from it. Man they've been around the block more times than your average metalhead and this album is a culmination of their talents; an (un)holy brew of metal craziness.
Serpents Kiss will grab you from the beginning and wont let you go... you won't want it to! For some this will represent the best of British heavy metal while for others is a damn good way to spend an hour. It may be a one off CD. There may be more. But with this album they are bound to make an impact on the scene. I'm saying more of the former please!"
For more on the Atkins / May Project visit this location.
01. The Shallowing
02. Traitors Hand
03. Dream Maker
04. Can You Hear Me?
05. Signz
06. Fight
07. Judge
08. Betta Than Twisted
09. Cold Gin (KISS cover)
10. Theatre Of Fools
