13 is 100% New American Blue Collar Heavy In Your Face Rock!! Catch 13 opening for Finland’s amazing NIGHTWISH at the Key Club Hollywood! The details are right there on that very cool concert flyer below:
* For more info on 13, click on the link below:
http://www.reverbnation.com/13rocks
* For more info on NIGHTWISH, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE 13.
LONG LIVE NIGHTWISH.
Stone.
THE BLAME calls Istanbul, Turkey home and they’re a Metal band that wants to be heard. This young and talented band of Metallers, have made it possible for you to download their debut 11 song album Born – entirely free! As an option, you may also donate any amount of money to buy this album. The choice is up to you and The Blame doesn’t mind which way you choose!
Click here to be directed for your free download of Born: http://www.theblamemetal.com/
Stone Says:
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you download this debut album from The Blame as fast as you can! With Thrash, Power Metal and Traditional Metal influencing this band, their final product is a rich and refined sound of high-adrenaline Metal. The high-octane speed and power of the album’s opener Made of Stone is just an amazing prelude of what’s to come from The Blame on Born. Whoa.
Sacred Souls is an instrumental that speaks volumes about this band’s musical maturity. This is a Metal instrumental that is both melodic and hypnotic with its guitar laden presentation. Deserted Nation is another Metal highlight amongst 11 Metal highlights. If it’s a guitar driven album of the utmost impressiveness, then Bahadır Sarp (lead guitar) and Kaan Afacan (rhythm guitar) provide an outstanding Metal listening experience. The guitar solos I hear in Beyond The Wind are sensational!
The rhythm section of Onur Altınay (bass/fretless bass) and Berca B. Kantarcıoğlu (drums) are fantastically tight and hold the beats solid every micro-second. Whoa. The overall sound and production is so clean and vibrant that Rick Rubin would be jealous. As for the clean and melodic vocals of Aykut Ozen, this (former) frontman of The Blame falls somewhere between Michael Kiske (Helloween, Avantasia) and Michael Vescera (Obsession, Loudness, Yngwie Malmsteen). Uh, huh… Aykut is that damn good.
Metal as my witness, The Blame cannot possibly be overlooked by any record label (major or independent). This band brings it all on their debut album Born. No fillers. No lousy moments to be heard. Memorable Metal songs of skill, substance and structure are what awaits your ears and senses with Born. Originality with relevance aplenty, mixed with some old school Metal vibes are the Metal ingredients that makes this album dazzle. A record label talent scout who is looking for the next diamond in the Metal rough is being handed just that from Stone… they’re called THE BLAME.
BORN – Debut Album
Enver C. Yılmaz – vocalist (new)
Aykut Ozen – former vocalist (on entire Born album)
Bahadır Sarp – lead guitar
Kaan Afacan – rhythm guitar
Onur Altınay – bass / fretless bass
Berca B. Kantarcıoğlu – drums
* For more info on THE BLAME, click on the links below:
http://www.youtube.com/user/theblamemeta…
LONG LIVE THE BLAME.
Stone.
NIGHTWISH – The new, second single out of the successful gold-record Imaginaerum will be the rocking track The Crow, The Owl And The Dove, which will be released on March, 2nd.
Along with the title song, you will also get a previously unreleased song called The Heart Asks Pleasure First (theme from movie ‘The Piano’)! You will find the song in two different versions, including an instrumental one.
The Crow, The Owl And The Dove is featured in three versions: the radio-edit, album version and an instrumental.
You can order the single on CD, or as a vinyl in clear or blue colour, HERE!
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on NIGHTWISH, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE NIGHTWISH.
Stone.
CORONATUS – One of the best albums I’ve listened to from 2011 is Terra Incognita from Germany’s Gothic Metal Band: Coronatus. This is a band and album that can’t be overlooked by any diverse Metal fan. I would love to see Coronatus become a huge favorite among the Metal masses in North America, their entire sound and attention to detail with their music is impressive and lures me in song after song. Below are five reasons why you should consider adding Terra Incognita to your list of must have albums.
Reason #1: Coronatus is a band that obviously loves music, period. This is a Metal band, only Coronatus knows how to create music. They cross over many Metal genres with Terra Incognita. Yes, this band and album will appeal highly to Gothic Metal fans, yet Melodic, Symphonic and Traditional Metal fans can easily hear many elements on Terra Incognita that they can surely embrace.
Reason #2: On Terra Incognita, everything comes together so fine. The keyboard arrangements and orchestration belongs with and compliments so well the melodic guitar parts and heavy riffs. The union of melodic and heavy just sounds and feels incredibly genuine throughout this entire album.
Reason #3: Mareike Makosch (Alto Voice) and Lady Ada Flechtner (Rock Soprano) could easily steal the show on Terra Incognita, if not for the masterful totality of musicianship that this band excels with. However, I find my ears absorbing the vocals of these two beautiful voices and being left nearly spellbound. This is an album that I listen to time and again and still hear something new consistently.
Reason #4: The European sound and vibe from Coronatus is infectious. Regardless if the song is sung in German (Fernes Land) or English (Dead Man’s Tale), the end result is a definitive listen into just how passionate these two female vocalists are about the song. This passion for song that I hear is a universal language all its own.
Reason #5: There is never a moment where I want to skip over a song on Terra Incognita. The cumulative listen brings about a mood that is epic and a vibe that is celebratory. The cool aspect of listening to a band such as Coronatus and their newest gem Terra Incognita, is that I know I will hear a presentation that is all importantly memorable. Standing out and being original are qualities that this band easily bestows and conveys musically on Terra Incognita.
Yes, I highly recommend Terra Incognita. Coronatus receives a well deserved Metal bravo from me and I stand by this Metal sentiment.
* Terra Incognita is the fourth studio album from Coronatus, released via Massacre Records on November 18th, 2011.
Watch and listen to Fernes Land below!
01. Saint Slayer
02. Fernes Land
03. A Dead Man‘s Tale
04. Sie Steh’n Am Weg
05. Vor der Schlacht
06. Hateful Affection
07. In Signo Crucis Trilogy I: Der Kleriker
08. In Signo Crucis Trilogy II: Das Zweite Gesicht
09. In Signo Crucis Trilogy III: In Signo Crucis
10. Der Letzte Freund
11. Traumzeit
12. Terra Incognita
* Digipak Bonus Tracks:
13. Mein Herz (Live At Roehre Stuttgart 2011)
14. Kristallklares Wasser (Live Version) [* Japanese Edition]
* For more info on CORONATUS, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE CORONATUS.
Stone.
Jan. 10, 2012, Chicago – Beak, the Post-Metal quartet formed by local Chicago luminaries Chris Eichenseer and Jason Goldberg previously of The Timeout Drawer, release Eyrie, the band’s debut album on Apr. 3 via Someoddpilot Records.
Recorded and mixed in late-2011 at Engine Studios by Neil Strauch (Sage Francis, Bonnie Prince Billy), the five-track release highlights the band’s adept combination of blistering heaviness and melodic prog-rock.
“Metal for the sake of it just doesn’t interest us. We need more than heavy riffage and the trappings of the genre,” expained Eichenseer. “I wish we could call it something else, because to me it’s more. We’re not afraid to carry influence from our roots in post to Punk Rock. We’re very aware of storytelling and depth. We’re not interested in skulls.”
Vocalist Jon Slusher discussed the conceptual aspect of the debut album: “Eyrie is the nest of a bird of prey built in a high, inaccessible place. The album is conceptual. It’s the path of ruin, the crumbling of empires and the marching of time. ”
Beak is Andy Bosnak (Guitar), Chris Eichenseer (Drums), Jason Goldberg (Bass, Vocals) and Jon Slusher (Guitar, Lead Vocals).
Angry Mother of Bones
Hands Collide
Men at Arms
Billions of Eyes
The Weight & Time
* The band’s next performance is February 23rd, at Reggie’s (Chicago) with Anvil. An April tour will be announced shortly.
(Source: Speakeasy PR)
* For more info on BEAK, click on the links below:
www.facebook.com/pages/Beak/183159646995
Stone.
ALMAH – Releasing in North America on January 17th, via AFM Records, is the third studio album from Brazil’s fantastically talented Metal band: ALMAH. To say this is one Metal album to own in 2012 feels like a call of Metal duty on my part. Angra vocalist Edu Falaschi is paired with his Angra bandmate Felipe Andreoli on bass, with Marcelo Barbosa and Paulo Schroeber on guitars and Marcelo Moreira on drums. Whoa, can both Marcelo and Paulo play them guitars! Metal be thy name. This album boasts some unbelievable guitar driven moments, all which leaves my eyes bugging out of my head. Seriously.
Edu Falaschi has somewhat silently become a premier vocalist in the world of Metal. You may not see Edu’s name on many top-ten lists for vocalists, only make no mistake, he takes a backseat to not many of his peers, in my Metal opinion. As a band, ALMAH can play their Metal fast, heavy and melodic. The glowing appeal about ALMAH is their ability to mix-it-up on Motion. ALMAH does not fall into any tidy comfort zone when it comes to Metal.
Motion opens up with Hypnotized and ALMAH delivers some crunchy and steel reinforced Metal on this song. Add into the mix a muscular rhythm section, backing vocals that elevates the high vibe, with mouth-watering guitars spewing out unyielding riffs, leads and a killer solo and you have… Metal bliss. Late Night In ’85 is mid-paced and still has the ability to psyche-out my senses. If I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again, Edu can sing and he soars on Late Night In ’85. This song also benefits from an amazing guitar solo at the 3/4 mark, bringing Late Night In ’85 to a glorious finish, simultaneously with Edu’s vocals.
Daydream Lucidity is a marvelous listening journey. This song showcases the melodic vocals of Edu and the guitars of Marcelo and Paulo. With illuminating guitar parts that are shredding and other parts melodic, Daydream Lucidity is a shining moment on Motion. When and Why is atmospheric from its opening note, with a tremendous help from tones created by some brilliant acoustic guitar. ALMAH created a ballad here with When and Why and it resonates emotion courtesy of Edu’s vocals. It makes for a cool and mellow way to close out Motion.
Lyrically smart and coming across so spontaneous are the songs on Motion. This is an ultra-talented band of musicians and ALMAH can take a bow for an album I’ve listened to many times over already. ALMAH has proven there is creativity in Metal without being straight-lined progressive and their new album Motion is not to be ignored… it’s to be absorbed.
Hypnotized
Living and Drifting
Days of the New
Bullets On the Altar
Zombies Dictator
Trace of Trait
Soul Alight
Late Night in ’85
Daydream Lucidity
When and Why
* For more info on ALMAH, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/official.almah
LONG LIVE ALMAH.
Stone.
ROYAL HUNT – The 11th studio album from Denmark’s ROYAL HUNT, Show Me How To Live, was released in North America on November 29th, 2011, via Frontiers Records. On Show Me How To Live, former lead singer D.C. Cooper reunited with this band’s founding member, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer: Andre’ Andersen. Along with Jonas Larsen (guitars), Andreas Passmark (bass) and Allan Sørensen on drums, ROYAL HUNT has justifiably reinstated their respected status as a player in the world of Melodic Hard Rock, with Show Me How To Live.
Progressively leaning, symphonic and very much melodic is Show Me How To Live. From the opening track of One More Day, I realized there would be many elements to listen for with this ROYAL HUNT band’s musicianship. In its simplistic comparison, listening to ROYAL HUNT is like listening to a Melodic Hard Rock orchestra. With a backing chorus to compliment the exquisite arrangements of One More Day, this song opens up Show Me How To Live with inspiring musical extravagance.
The melodic ride never subsides with ROYAL HUNT, as Another Man Down is highlighted by a memorable guitar solo from Jonas Larsen and the spot-on drumming of Allan Sørensen. As pivotal components to the music of ROYAL HUNT, orchestration is the vertebrae of this album while the keyboards are its nerve center. The muscle comes through with the guitar and rhythm section. The songs Hard Rain’s Coming and An Empty Shell in and of themselves are my picks for anyone to listen to, in explaining the aforementioned music components.
Throughout all 7 songs, the vocals of D.C. Cooper keeps me engaged in the music. D.C. has excellent range and doesn’t overreach, all the while giving this album a vocal identity that is muscular and downright enjoyable to hear. A true catalyst is D.C. to this band. Andre’ Andersen on keyboards is a thrill a minute. Andre’ impresses me most by not over-saturating this album with his love for the keys. Yes, these synthetic sounds are plentiful, only I don’t hear the over-indulgence that could have been.
I hear a respect for balance within the songs on Show Me How To Live. No instrument is ever buried under the layers. Andre’ and his band give off a vibe of mutual appreciation for the strength of the song and quality certainly overrides quantity on this new ROYAL HUNT album. Fans of Symphonic/Melodic Hard Rock and Metal should dive right into Show Me How To Live and bask in all of its deliciously layered splendor.
Andre’ Andersen – keyboards
D.C. Cooper – vocals
Jonas Larsen – guitars
Andreas Passmark – bass
Allan Sørensen – drums
One More Day
Another Man Down
An Empty Shell
Hard Rain’s Coming
Half Past Loneliness
Show Me How To Live
Angel’s Gone
* For more info on ROYAL HUNT, click on the links below:
Stone.
Here are two very current news items on America’s very own… Benedictum. If you haven’t listened to Benedictum’s recent Frontiers Records release Dominion, you are missing out on getting your Metal lovin’ ass kicked! Trust me… Benedictum’s Dominion has kicked my Metal lovin’ass. Metal be thy name.
Vote For Benedictum At Unleash The Furies:
Benedictum – What better way to show your allegiance to the Veronica-led Benedictum than to vote for the band in the “Band of the Month – January 2012” contest over at Unleash The Furies? UTF is a blog dedicated to Female -Fronted Metal You Should Know.
Click here to visit the site and vote! You can vote every day up until December 31. Vote early, vote often!
(Source: Benedictum Official Website)
* For more info on BENEDICTUM, click on the links below:
Stone.
As is posted on the Official IRON MAIDEN Website, (December, 2011):
Lauren Harris’s new band SIX HOUR SUNDOWN are releasing their first track.
Joining Lauren on this new venture as a complete band unit are Tom Gentry (guitar), James Bennett (guitar) Mitch Witham (bass) and Olly Smith (drums).
‘JEKYLL & HYDE’ is SIX HOUR SUNDOWN’s foot-to-the-floor debut release.
As a taster from the forthcoming album, Jekyll & Hyde demonstrates SIX HOUR SUNDOWN’s ability to blur the boundaries of musical genres with edgy modern Rock riffs, driven by a solid rhythm section and topped off by contemporary melody lines.
Their first performance video was recorded at Millennium Studios in Bedfordshire with lighting by Ronan Willson and directed by John McMurtrie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAVTFoSCb_Q
Check out Lauren and the guys on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sixhoursundown
LONG LIVE LAUREN HARRIS.
LONG LIVE SIX HOUR SUNDOWN.
Stone.
Title of new Epica album released: Epica’s 5th full-length album which will be released on the 9th of March 2012 by Nuclear Blast will be called:
REQUIEM FOR THE INDIFFERENT
This title refers to the end of an era. Mankind can no longer stick their head in the sand for the things that are happening around us. We are facing many challenges. There is an enormous tension between different religions and cultures, wars, natural disasters and a huge financial crisis, which is getting out of control. More than ever we will need each other to overcome these problems. As we are all connected; the universe, earth, nature, animals and human beings, this period in time will be the prelude to the end for those who still don’t want to, or simply won’t see it. A REQUIEM FOR THE INDIFFERENT but also a possibility for a new beginning with great new chances!
Epica will present this album to the public on the 16th of March 2012, in 013, Tilburg (NL) tickets are still available but are going out fast!
Keep an eye on the official Epica website and social media for regular updates on REQUIEM FOR THE INDIFFERENT!
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
Stone.
ECHOES OF ETERNITY – The second studio album, As Shadows Burn, from the Los Angeles Metal band ECHOES OF ETERNITY was released back in 2009, via Nuclear Blast in North America and on LP through Massacre Records in Europe. Take a look and listen to the new music video below for Ten Of Swords, which is the opening track on As Shadows Burn.
Led by the beautiful and vocally accomplished Francine Boucher, ECHOES OF ETERNITY is a Metal band that is without any doubt… on the Metal rise. Mixing up a potent batch of Speed Metal and Traditional Metal riffs, Ten Of Swords is a song that showcases the melodic and heavy talents of this band. Catch onto ECHOES OF ETERNITY and their Metal sound… hopefully it will serve you right as it did for me.
Francine Boucher – Vocals
Brandon Patton – Guitars
Bryan Eagle – guitar
Kirk Carrison – Drums
Duane Cowan – Bass
AS SHADOWS BURN – (2009) Massacre Records (LP)
Track Listing:
Ten Of Swords
Veiled Horizon
Memories Of Blood And Gold
The Scarlet Embrace
Descent Of A Blackened Soul
Twilight Fires
Buried Beneath A Thousand Dreams
Letalis Deus
Funeral In The Sky
* For more info on ECHOES OF ETERNITY, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/echoesofeternity
LONG LIVE ECHOES OF ETERNITY.
Stone.
Massacre Records are happy to announce the signing of NIGHTQUEEN from Genk, Belgium!
NIGHTQUEEN’s history began in late 2004 when guitarist and songwriter Rex Zeco decided to compose a kind of metal for everyone. The formula was simple: strong guitar riffs, upgraded with the Modern Metal beats and a melodic melody with catchy tunes that stay stuck in the head for a long time.
The band reformed a few times before the right line-up was found: Keely Larreina (Lead vocals), Daniel Kells (Keyboards), Rex Zeco (Guitar), Alan Rawson (Guitar), Steven Steele (Bass) and William Blodyn (Drums).
Only a couple of weeks to go until Christmas, that’s why NIGHTQUEEN present the ultimate Christmas metal song: “X-Mas Wonderland”.
The song was recorded at the Full Moon Studio in Genk, Tony De Block mixed the song at the Midas Recording Studios in Lokeren, where “X-Mas Wonderland” was also mastered.
You can watch the “X-Mas Wonderland” video clip here: http://youtu.be/Z8uBvdg1214
The band is also offering a free wallpaper on their website http://www.nightqueen.be/ in the media section.
(Source: Massacre Records)
LONG LIVE NIGHTQUEEN.
Stone.
German-/Italian Melodic-Metallers LOVE.MIGHT.KILL released their second video-clip “Down To Nowhere”. The track is taken from their highly acclaimed debut-album “Brace For Impact” which was released in Europe through Massacre Records this year. LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs first single “Pretty Little Mess” featured the very melodic side of the band while “Down to nowhere” is a heavy-uptempo-rocker.
“Brace For Impact” was released in Japan through Hydrant Music/EMI on November, 16th. The Japanese-edition of the album features a bonus-track called “Satans Den”.
LOVE.MIGHT.KILL also welcomes SASCHA ONNEN (ex-Mob Rules) on keyboards as a permanent member. Commented drummer and producer Michael Ehré: “We´re absolutely happy to have Sascha on board! His incredible skills will lift LOVE.MIGHT.KILL to another level!”
JAN MANENTI – vocals
MICHAEL EHRÉ – drums
STEFAN ELLERHORST -guitar
CHRISTIAN STÖVER – guitar
JOGI SWEERS – bass
SASCHA ONNEN – keyboards
LOVE.MIGHT.KILL was founded in 2009 by FIREWIND/ULI JON ROTH/METALIUM-drummer MICHAEL EHRÉ. After touring all around the world with several bands and writing songs for German-Metallers METALIUM, Japanese-female-Metal-vocalist SAEKO or ex-ZED YAGO-founder JUTTA WEINHOLD, he realised his vision of an own band by writing, recording and producing LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs debut-album BRACE FOR IMPACT. In addition with the brilliant Italian-singer JAN MANENTI as a co-writer, long-time-friends CHRISTIAN STÖVER and STEFAN ELLERHORST (who were both playing in German-based-Metal band CROSSROADS) on guitars and JOGI SWEERS on bass LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs outstanding line-up was completed.
BRACE FOR IMPACT features 13 stunning Melodic-Metal-tracks in the tradition of the bands longtime favourites like f.e. RAINBOW, JUDAS PRIEST, DIO or BLACK SABBATH. Michaels production and MARKUS TESKEs mix (SAGA, VANDEN PLAS, SPOCKS BEARD) underwrites the fact that LOVE.MIGHT.KILLs debut-album will convince all Melodic-Metal-maniacs all around the world.
Tomorrow never comes
Calm before the storm
Pretty little mess
Caught in a dream
Satans den (Bonus-track/Japan only)
Through the dawn
Brace for impact
We are the weak
Down to nowhere
Pray to your god
Reach out
The answer
Will love remain
(Source: Massacre Records)
* For further info please go to: www.lovemightkill.com
LONG LIVE LOVE.MIGHT.KILL
Stone.
Composer Luca Turilli presents his new Rhapsody band and the new album. Please click here to see the new exclusive video TRAILER! You can also enjoy it directly on the new official webpage at: www.ltrhapsody.com More news coming on December, 19th 2011.
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
LONG LIVE LUCA TURILLI & RHAPSODY.
Stone.
The newly uploaded music videos of Nightqueen – Lady Fantasy and Winter’s Verge – Not Without A Fight have been uploaded on www.massacre-records.com or you can watch them both here: www.youtube.com/massacrerecords
* Lady Fantasy will be on the debut full-length album from Nightqueen, which is titled For Queen & Metal and looks to drop in January of 2012, on Massacre Records.
* Not Without A Fight appears on the forthcoming full-length album from Winter’s Verge, titled: Beyond Vengeance, (on Massacre Records).
Keely Larreina – vocals
Rex Zeco – guitar
Alan Rawson – guitar
Daniel Kells – keyboards
Steven Steele – bass
William Blodyn – drums
George Charalambous – Vocals
Stefanos Psillides – Keyboards
Harry Pari – Guitars
Miguel Trapezaris – Bass
Chris Ioannides – Drums
LONG LIVE NIGHTQUEEN.
LONG LIVE WINTER’S VERGE.
LONG LIVE MASSACRE RECORDS.
Stone.
ELM STREET – Releasing on November 18th, via Massacre Records, is the debut album from Elm Street. Melbourne, Australia is where Elm Street calls home, while Traditional Metal with impressive melodic and speed guitar leanings is their calling card. Forming back in 2003, Elm Street have paid their Metal dues, now it’s time the entire world gets to hear their Metal. Elm Street dishes out an impressive listen into speed, crunch and wallop with their Metal and the barrage of their Metal brand doesn’t cease from the opening track Barbed Wire Metal to the closer Metal Is The way.
With gang vocals and melodic guitar leads and solos abounding, Elm Street reveals they have more Metal goodies hidden inside their Metal bag O’ tricks than I first suspected. It’s difficult to not get dazed and simultaneously enthused by the fret work of Aaron Adie on lead guitar, coinciding with the iron-lined vocals of Ben Batres. Whoa, can Elm Street take Traditional Metal elements and swirl them into a batch of notable songs, with marked originality, making for a bona fide Metal album.
Tomislav Perkovic is key on drums, (impressive) Tomislav keeps the beat in an amazingly solid way, while adding horns to the sky fills where it necessitates. King Of Kings and Merciless Soldier may best be the songs that defines everything about Elm Street, from their speed and heaviness to the thundery rhythm section, this band is tight. Throw in my Metal notion that Elm Street sounds like a band that’s been making albums for a couple of decades and my Metal awe-meter alarm has sounded.
If I had to pick a favorite song from Barbed Wire Metal, it would be Merciless Solider. Then again, with this album, picking a favorite song is not an easy Metal task. Merciless Soldier just booms with that “take it to the hills and defeat thy enemy” victory vibe. Elm Street closes out this ultra-fine debut album of their Metal with the appropriate Metal Is The Way. An outstanding song to finish off Barbed Wire Metal and I consummately agree with Elm Street: Metal Is The Way! It’s A Way Of Life!
Metal be thy name, this Elm Street band is real good.
Ben Batres – vocals & rhythm guitar
Aaron Adie – lead guitar
Brendan Farrugia – bass guitar
Tomislav Perkovic – drums
Barbed Wire Metal
The Devil’s Servants
Elm St’s Children
Heavy Metal Power
King Of Kings
Leatherface
Merciless Soldier
Metal Is The Way
* Album artwork by the legendary Ed Repka (Megadeth, Municipal Waste, Death)
* For more info on ELM STREET, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE ELM STREET.
Stone.
CORONATUS – Releasing on November 18th, 2011, on Massacre Records, is the new studio album from the German Gothic Metal band Coronatus: Terra Incognita. Below is the music video for Fernes Land and I’m digging it a Metal ton. It’s those beautiful vocals from those two beautiful gals that seals the deal for me! Mareike Makosch (Alto Voice) and Lady Ada Flechtner (Rock Soprano) come across as relaxed and ultra talented with this duet. The guitar solo kicks some serious ass too.
This is one fantastic band to keep your ears out for and support! Listen and watch the music video below for Fernes Land, hopefully you might dig it as much as I do.
* The North American release date for Terra Incognita is December 6th, 2011.
* For more info on CORONATUS, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE CORONATUS.
Stone.
The self-titled debut from WOLFPAKK is out now in North America. The brainchild of musicians Michael Voss (ex-Casanova, Mad Max) and Mark Sweeney (ex-Crystal Ball), the goal of WOLFPAKK was not only to feature their respective characteristics and strengths, but also to be joined by guest musicians on the album from all over the Hard Rock and Traditional Metal scenes. Within a very short time over thirty musicians from all over the world had contacted the ambitious Sweeney and Voss to take part in the project, and an album was constructed.
Simply dubbed Wolfpakk, all ten songs were written by Voss and Sweeney, who also shared in the vocal duties, in addition to handling all production and mixing. Joining Michael Voss and Mark Sweeney on this release was an international cast including Paul Di’Anno (ex-Iron Maiden), Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath), Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Talisman), Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest), Paul Shortino (ex-Quiet Riot), Tony Franklin (ex-Blue Murder, Robert Plant), Mat Sinner (Primal Fear), Neil Murray (Whitesnake), Igor Gianola (U.D.O.) and Marco Wriedt (Axxis). View full list of guest musicians at this location.
(Source: Earsplit PR)
* WOLFPAKK was released in North America on October 11th, 2011, on AFM Records.
Stone Says: Really, what can I say in regards to this astounding “all-star cast” of guest musicians that contributed to WOLFPAKK? Amazing. A hundred Metal bravos to Michael Voss and Mark Sweeney! This album soars in its epic appeal, quality melodic songs, Power Metal feel and Hard Rock meets Traditional Heavy Metal sound. My best Metal advice is to buy this album, play it LOUD and enjoy a collaboration of incredibly talented musicians that make WOLFPAKK glisten with Hard Rockin’ and Metal thunderin’ pride.
WOLFPAKK has taken me by surprise and I like Heavy Music surprises that are this grand. Amazing again. I only hope and pray, that this is not the one and only album that I get all stirred up from by WOLFPAKK… please sirs, may Stone have more? Metal be thy name.
01. Sirens
02. Dark Horizons
03. Lost
04. Slam Down The Hammer
05. The Crow
06. Wolfpup
07. Let Me Die
08. Reptile’s Kiss
09. Ride The Bullet
10. Wolfony
* For more info on WOLFPAKK, click on the links below:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolfpakk/111305725627387
LONG LIVE WOLFPAKK.
Stone.
ARVEN – The debut of the German all-girl band with male drummer. Artwork by Jan Yrlund (Imperia, Korpiklaani, Impaled Nazarene, Stratovarius, Sirenia). Symphonic Metal, like Blind Guardian or Epica meets Gothic and Melodic Metal in the vein of Leaves Eyes or Edenbridge.
Stone Says:
A combination of Symphonic and Melodic Metal, fused with Extreme Metal vocals, makes ARVEN a Metal band to hear and watch! Germany has once again bred another fine band that solidly represents our beloved Metal genre.
Listen to samples of the new debut album from ARVEN here www.massacre-records.com. Titled Music Of Light, this album is set for release on September 23rd, 2011, on Massacre Records.
* For more info on ARVEN, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE ARVEN.
Stone.
THE NEOLOGIST – America’s Gothenburg styled Melodic Metal band THE NEOLOGIST have just released an album teaser to their upcoming release, The Promise of Eternal Separation, in which fans can hear bits to every song on the album.
Coming off the release of their highly acclaimed debut album, The 26 Letters of Your Universe, as well as their full IN FLAMES cover album IN FLAMES We Trust: Volume I, the band delivers more intense Melodic Metal.
In addition, the band is asking for the help of their fans in choosing the next albums singles. THE NEOLOGIST will be releasing 3 singles from the new album before the full length is released, and they want fans to help them decide which songs to use. All you have to do is listen to the new album teaser and tell them which song you want to be released first as a single. Fans can write on the wall to their homepage (www.theneologist.net), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Neologist/157218564291856), or even email theNeologist@gmail.com.
THE NEOLOGIST will also be giving away their entire new album for free, as with all of their music.
The track listing for The Promise of Eternal Separation:
1. Fall of an Empire
2. Innate Supremacy
3. Subterranean Creatures
4. Apollo’s Creed
5. With Blind Eyes
6. In The Name Of…
7. The March of Sagittarius
8. Between the Fallen
9. A Call to Harms
10. My Angel Is a Demon
11. Lost Souls of a Forgotten Science
*12. Red Clouds (Disarmonia Mundi Cover)
Album Teaser – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtppE-7P7jk&feature=channel_video_title
* For more info on THE NEOLOGIST, click on the links below:
www.youtube.com/theNeologistOfficial
Download all the music for FREE: www.theneologist.bandcamp.com
(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity)
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LONG LIVE INDEPENDENT METAL.
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