
| Label: Victory Records |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: U.S.A. | |
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Line Up: Nick - bass Jake D. - drums Wil - vocals Angel - guitars Jake W - guitars |
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Tracks: 1- Knife Blood Nightmare 2-The Last Sunrise 3-Die Romantic 4-Genetic Design for Dying 5-Breathless 6-Unbreakable 7-It´s Cold Tonight 8-Enjoy the View 9-Goodbye We´re falling fast 10-THis City is far from here 11-See you in hell... |
Aiden´s music can be defined as a combination of many different styles. The most evident ones are rock, metal, punk and gothic. The songs here are powerful but the mian thing is that they have melodies that turn them into potential hits because of the memorable choruses and Wil´s memorable voice. The guitars are loud and aggressive and they sound compact playing killer rhytmic riffs that are the trademark of the band´s music. The rhythm section is solid and delivers a good basement for the rest of the band to deliver their music. I have to remark the good sound that this recording has that givesthe music a much more powerful feeling. Pay attention cause maybe you will soon listen Aiden´s music in the radios or in music TV. |
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Recorded at Robet Lang Studios Produced by Steve Carter |
Contact: www.victoryrecords.com and www.aiden.org |
| Label: For 4 Ears records |
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| Year: 2005 | |
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Line Up: Tetuzi Akiyama - acoustic guitars Jason Kahn - percussion, analogue synthesizer |
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Tracks: 1- Akiyama / Kahn 2-Akiyama / Kahn 3-Akiyama / Kahn 4-Akiyama / Kahn 5-Akiyama 6-Kahn 7-Akiyama / Kahn 8-Kahn 9-Akiyama |
Here we have interesting duets and solo pieces by two masters improvisers. I have to say first of all that my absolute favorite pieces of this albums are the duets oines where this musicians reach their compositional and improvisational climax. It is amazing to listen Kahn construct the atmospheres in tracks like the opening one while Akiyama delivers sounds with his acoustic guitar. Akiyama uses some nteresting arpeggios and lines to fit perfectly what Kahn does with the synth and percussion, using slides too in order to achieve the perfect feeling for each improvisation. Compared to albums from other improvisational artists this one has the characteristic of being a really atmospheric and calm album where both musicians experiment with different textures but without showing how many sounds they can put within a second. THis is an ideal album to lsiten with the lights out to feel each of the sounds that this guys have created here and enjoying the ethereal world of this amazing duets. |
| Cover Artwork by: Jason Kahn | |
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Produced by Jason Kahn and Tetuzi Akiyama |
Contact: www.for4ears.com |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Germany | |
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Line Up: MIsanthrop - vocals Niddhogg - guitars Aargandvain - guitars Trakon - keyboards Desideria - bass Hordas - drums |
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Music by Amok Vedar Lyrics by Amok Vedar |
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Tracks: 1- Verfall 2-Schwarze Flut 3-Glückseligkeit 4-Menschenstaub 5-Sine Nomine 6-Glaubensfluch 7-Wiedergeburt 8-Feuersturm 9-Suizid |
Amok Vedar is a band from Germany that evolves with each album. When comparing this one to the previous one you can find true evolution in the compositions and also in the band playing. There are more technical parts on this album than in the previous one showing that the band has improved and rehearsed a lot in the meantime. This band has been accused of being similar to Dimmu Borgir and that is pure bullshit I can find the Amok Vedar sound on this album and they have achieved a unique sound in their music, very different from the norwegian band. Just check "Schwarze Flüt" to see how this band goes beyond most bands of the style. The tunes are extremely fast and climatic keeping the underground black metal spirit but adding more good musicanship to it. The keyboards contrast heavily with the fast drumming and the fast guitar riffs giving the dark spirit that the music here has. The vocals are really black metal showing aggression and fitting the darkness that the rest of the band creates. The album has a loud sound that I really liked because it allows the listener to listen perfectly each instrument. Amok Vedar is a band that evolves on each release and as the good wines becomes better with time. |
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Recorded at TTS Studios Produced by J.R.F. and T.W. |
Contact: www.amokvedar.de |
| Label: Metal Blade |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Sweden | |
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Music by Amon Amarth Lyrics by Amon Amarth |
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Tracks: 1- An ancient sign of coming storm 2-Where death seems to dwell 3-Fate of Norns 4-The Pursuit of Vikings 5-Valkyrias Ride 6-The Beheading of a King 7-Arson 8-Once Sealed in Blood |
Amon Amarth have established themselves in their own brand of death/ black metal creating albums like this one. That is albums that have aggressive and dark tunes with some influences of viking metal but also with some death metal riffing that is their trademark. The tunes are well developed as always, being close to the ones in theiur previous album in quality and sound, showing that the guys are effective,a aggressive and at the same time are tight as hell. The rhythm section is really solid as always delivering the fast rhythms and the multiple aptterns that each song here has. And the vocals are loud, clear and really extreme as always being one of the trademarks of the band. My absolute favorite track is "Where death seems to dwell" a tune with aggression but also with killer drumming and an interesting guitar background melody. I have to remark the good sound that this album has, specially on the guitars and the drums making this one mof the best mixed Amon Amarth´s album. A band that ahs become already a classic of extreme music! |
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Recorded at Berno Studios Produced by Amon Amarth |
Contact: www.amonamarth.com and www.metalblade.com |
| Label: Century Media |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Sweden / U.S.A./Germany | |
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Line Up: Angela Gossow - vocals Sharlee D´Angelo - bass Michael Ammott - guitars Daniel Erlandson - drums |
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Music by Arch Enemy Lyrics by Angela Gossow |
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Well, well, here we have the new Arch Enemy album. As always this will ahve people saying "Oh, this is not like thefirst two albums" and bullshit like that. Well, wake up !, bands evolve and transform themselves. And Arch Enemy´s quality is always ina high level. Here you have Michael Ammott´s superb riffing and also you have that rhythmic tandem composed by Sharlee and Daniel that delivers extremely aggressive rhythms all the time. I really like Angela´s vocals and for me they have become an essential part of Arch Enemy´s sound giving a lot of identity to the band´s music.The sound is huge having that powerful sound in the guitars and also in the drums that sound almost like if you were standing besides the PA system of the band. A classic band that delivers good albums with strong compositions. |
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Contact: www.centurymedia.com |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: U.K. | |
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Line Up: David Rain - vocals Gary Adoryan - guitars Peter Dohy - drums Kris Rain - guitars |
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Music by Arrows Lounge Lyrics by Arrows Lounge |
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Tracks: 1- Face the Sky 2-Your Eye of the Storm 3-Down.Here.Paradise 4-As Long as you Can breathe 5-Worstward Ho |
Arrows Lounge is a pure
rocking machine with good rock and roll guitar riffs and clever vocal
work. The rhythms here are direct and leave a lot of space for the vocal
work and for the guitars to develope solos. The music has influences of
seventies and nineties rock having a really modern sound. The vocalist
is really full of power and his voice has a certain raw quality that
fits the music of the rest of the band. The guitars are the center of
the music here playing good riffs with a twist that makes them effective
and direct having the power that this style of music needs. The sound is
loud and clear making each composition really effective.
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Recorded at Cowshed Studios Produced by Arrows Lounge |
Contact: www.arrowslounge.com |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Switzerland | |
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Line Up: Gier - vocals Ketz - bass Swart - guitars Baal - guitars Hysteria - keyboards Ork - drums |
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Music by Atritas Lyrics by Gier, exc 7 and p by Dr. Knill |
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Tracks: 1- Evil Calling 2-the Devils Throat 3-Black Sunday 4-Mongrel monument 5-Thou Shalt Suffer 6-Where Witches Burnt 7- My mortal Flesh 8-Narrow refuge 9-I´m the Vanity 10-Last Sheep Smashed |
Atritas is a band that delivers an extremely dark type of balck metal with strong emphasis on the contrast between the aggressive guitars, vocals and drumming and the majestic keyboards. Coming directly from Switzerland this band shows how to create interesting black emtal tunes with really good musicianship and with multiple arrangements that make this band really original. The guitar riffs here are aggressive and fast but the band uses also many guitar arrangements that add a more melancholic feeling to the music. The vocals are of the black metal style fitting well the music. And there is also a type of voice that is deeper and that is used in the darker aprts to emphasize the atmospheres. The band sounds really well rehearsed and that becomes evident when they do some killeer tempo changes in tunes like "Black Sunday". The cover art fits really well the music of the band being dark and enigmatic. |
| Cover Artwork by: Jimmy Wyss | |
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Recorded at Iguana Studio Produced by Atritas |
Contact: www.atritas.ch |
| Label: Stygian Crypt Prods. |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Russia | |
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Line Up: Sergey Berdyshev - drums Marina Kogan - vocals Arseny Samenikhin - keyboards Felix Vigorov - bass Yury ketov - vocals, guitars Grigory Shubin - guitars |
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Music by Autumn Lyrics by Autumn |
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Tracks: 1- Aurora Postera 2-Radi Etih Glaz 3-The Conqueror of my heart 4-Hungry Heart 5-Black Wings 6-Hymn to the insane |
Coming directly from Russia this band delivers here 6 tracks of pure melancholy and sorrow. Here every note is played to fill the lsitener with sadness. The music has elements of doom but it goes well beyond this style adding also some elements of gothic and folk too.Here we have plenty of clean guitars that interact with bass lines that develope melodies all over the tunes. There are also acoustic guitars that embellish the tunes making them shine with melodies and dark passages. The vocals are of the type that is used in pagan metal bands to emphasize the mood of the compositions. This voice is deep and delivers arcane melodies that will surprise the listener with beauty and sadness. There is also a female voice whispering and adding a different texture to the music. The keyboards have an essential role here embellishing each passage while the guitars develope melodies that will reach your heart for sure. Pure sadness. |
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Contact: http://stygiancrypt.cjb.net |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Lebanon | |
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Music by Balder Lyrics by Balder |
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Tracks: 1- Elvidnir 2- Magician, musician and Poet 3-Moon |
Extremely dark and climatic music is what this one man band delivers here. Three tracks played with acoustic instruments and with a whispering voice that sounds extreme at times giving sort of a black metal feeling to the music and mysterious in other parts giving a deeper feeling to the tunes. the tracks here sounds like recorded live in a rehearsal room in one take and that gives a spontaneous feeling to the music. This is a musician that delivers here three tracks full of darkness and surprises because of the strange way in which the tunes are recorded. |
| Cover Artwork by: Balder | |
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Produced by Balder |
Contact: www.breidablik.cjb.net |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Belgium | |
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Line Up: Bert - drums Claude - bass Phile - vocals Tim - guitars |
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Music by Bataklan Lyrics by Bataklan |
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Tracks: 1- Just a Blaze 2- The Klan Pt. 1 3-Doesn´t it seem 4-Creation of a dark side 5-All venom Spread 6-One Eye Taken |
Bataklan is pure speed and aggressiona nd that is evident from the first seconds of "Just a Blaze" when the band enters at full speed delivering all their aggression. Phile´s vocals are intense and of the agonic type giving that deathly feeling to the music. Here we have multiple riffs changes and alos amny breaks and tempo changes that give a structure to the compositions that needs of good technical skills to be played as tightly as this band does. The guitars are loud and the riffs are complex emphasizing the heaviness of the music and not only the speed. The rhythm section is tight as hell and they are a duet of death delivering the multiple rhythms that are created here. The sopund is raw and direct making this album an experience in brutality. Pure aggression and brutality. |
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Contact: www.bataklan.be |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: U.S.A. | |
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Line Up: Dan Briggs Blake Richardson Tommy Rogers Paul Waggoner Dustie Waring |
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Music and lyrics by Between the Buried and Me |
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Tracks: 1- All Bodies 2-Alaska 3-Croakies and Boatshoes 4-Selkies: The endless Obsession 5-Breathe In, Breathe Out 6-Roboturner 7-Backwards Marathon 8-Medicine Wheel 9-The Primer 10-Autodidact 11-Laser Speed
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Between the Buried and Me is a band that goes beyond all style but always keeping extreme aggression to deliver it to the listener. Here we have a band tat has elements of death metal, also some black emtal runs, some hardcore rhythms and also some pure heavy metal or power metal arrangements.Obviously the band has extreme technical skills that allows them to play multiple tempo changes, breaks and multiple arrangements such as some melodies and harmonies and also some thrash metal riffs. The vocals are really extreme, msotly of the death metal style but not too much guttural preferring to use a more direct and bestial style of voice. There are incredible solos created by the guitars and the keyboards that show a lot of virtuosism. This band is extremely original and they deliver really complex and bizarre arrangements all voer the eleven tracks that this album has. One of the albums of 2005. |
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Recorded at The Basement Studios Produced by Between the Buried, Jamie King and Matthew Ellard |
Contact: www.victoryrecords.com and www.betweentheburiedandme.com |
| Label: Ketzer Records |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Perú | |
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Line Up: Hector Corpus - all instruments, vocals |
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Music by Hector Corpus Lyrics by Hector Corpus |
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Tracks: 1- Rites 2-From the Darkness 3-Apocalyptic War II 4-Enter Two Forces 5-The Sect 6-Possessed Minds 7-HArlots of Satan 8-Slaves of Evil 9-Condemneds |
This band combines pure thrash metal riffs with a black metal voice creating tunes thata re full of aggression and darkness. There is a combination here of fast riffs with rhythms that could be used in a moshpit and also with fast balck metal runs and blast beats. The vocals are extremely black metal giving the more extreme feeling to the music. The guitars cosntruct also some melodies here and there that have an old school black metal feeling sort of in some old Bathory tune. And the guitars have a really raw sound that is not out of place in a primal band like this one. The sound is moody and maybe with a better mix in the guitars the result could be even more aggressive. A release with a lot of variations between compositions and moods. |
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Contact: www.ketzer-records.de and http://es.geocities.com/blackangelperu |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: U.S.A. | |
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Line Up: Vince DeVicenzo - vocals, guitars David Crabtree - bass Jeff Kmiec - drums |
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Music by Vince DeVicenzo Lyrics by Vince DeVicenzo |
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Tracks: 1- Every LittleTHing 2-Can´t Let Go 3-Desire 4-You´re Better Off Now 5-Stars 6-Gypsy 7-Baby 8-Shallow 9-Fantasy Girl 10-War 11-Cherry 12- Magic |
Pure rocking tunes is what Blue Rage delivers here. The compsoitions her are memorable, maybe because of the well constructed song structures that soon stick intop your mind. This power trio shows that they are really solid in delivering good tunes with a cetain heavy metal feeling in them.Vince De Vicenzo´s voice is truly original and personal with a certain Biff Byford sound. And he delivers good melodies in the music making the songs even more memorable. That is evident in tunes like "Can´t Let Go" where he delivers good powerful lines. The rhythm section delivers good rocking patterns over which the guitar unleashes good riffs. And if you like more calm tunes you have "Stars", a sort of mid tempo with clean guitars, memorable vocal harmoniesand a good guitar solo, full of feeling that will stick in your mind due to the melodies. The sound of teh recording is crystal clear and that makes the listening more enjoyable. Good rock and roll with powerful tunes !!! |
| Cover Artwork by: Anthony Tuccito | |
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Recorded at Soto Sound Studios Produced by Blue Rage |
Contact: www.blueragerockband.com |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Greece | |
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Line Up: Andreas - bass Konstantinos - guitars Koumis - drums, vocals |
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Music by Blynd Lyrics by Blynd |
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Tracks: 1- Circle of Life 2-Embraced and Abandoned 3-My Sanctuary 4-Eternity 5-Blynd Visions |
"Circle of Life" opens climatically with clean guitars and some background atmospheres that shows that Blynd is a band that can unleash heavy tunes but keeping a dark atmosphere in the compositions. Heavy guitar riffs are combined here with melancholic and climatic vocals showing a band that is really solid and heavy. The drumming is intense and fast, setting the pace of the tunes while the guitars add the heart and soul of the music. There are tempo changes here that are one of the essential elements in the music, showing good musicianship besides aggression. The vocal lines are carefully developed comstructing passages that turn into a climax on each compositions. the bass surprises with some slapping in tunes like "Circle of Life" adding complexity and changes to the music. the band is well rehearsed and it has good technical skills. Five tunes that leave you wanting more from this killer band. |
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Recorded at Mario Mashturis Studios Produced by Blynd |
Contact: www.blyndband.tk |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Italy | |
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Line Up: Tomas Borgogna - vocals Pierpaolo Buzzi - guitars Luca Bordin - bass Roberto Milani - drums |
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Tracks: 1- Too much Love 2-Power 3-Two times is Tough 4-Leave Me Alone 5-Angel |
Here we have the new album from Italy´s Borgogna. The band continues in the path of pure hard rock with strong eighties influences and killer melodies. The guitar riffs are strong and direct being the soul of the band´s music. Borgogna´s vocals are strong and melodic but full of power too making this a band that can play without the top bands of the style without being ashamed. One of the best things here is that everything is about songs and each song has enough melodies and hooks to stick into your mind, specially the choruses. I have to remark that the band has improved in sound having this time a much better mix than in their previous release, specially in the guitars and the drums. Pure killer rock !! |
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Contact: www.borgognamusic.com |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
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Music by Brutart Lyrics by Brutart |
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Tracks: 1- ISrafel 2-Sarajevo 94 3-She´s Lost Control 4-They Don´t Know |
Brutart delivers a style that can be defined as a mix between pure metal and death metal and including some oriental sounding guitar melodies. The guitars play intrincated melodies and also heavy riffs that have a lot of aggression and at the same time add a dark atmosphere to the music. The riffs go from fast rhythms to more rocking ones but all of them played with a huge sound. Tracks like "Sarajevo 94" are more dense and contrast with teh faster ones (but they keep the eerie eastern atmosphere that the msuic here has). The vocals are of the best type that can exist for an extreme band, that is close to, for example, Gorefest.The cover of Joy Division´s "She´s Lost control" adds a bonus to the music because it is really different from the original version. The sound is direct and loud adding more aggression to the band´s music. An aggressive yet original release. |
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Recorded at DB Recordings Produced by Brutart |
Contact: www.brutart.com |
| Label: Nuclear Blast |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Sweden | |
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Line Up: Leif Edling - bass Messiah Marcolin - vocals Mats Björkman - guitars Lars Johansson - guitars Jan Lindh - drums |
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Music by Leif Edling Lyrics by Messiah Marcolin |
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Tracks: 1-Black Dwarf 2-7 Silver Keys 3-Assassin of the light 4-Copernicus 5-The Man Who Fell from the Sky 6-Witches 7-Born in a Tank 8-Spellbreaker 9-The Day and the Night 10-Mars and Volcanos |
This is the newest
Candlemass album and here we have this band back again to deliver their.
The opening with "Black Dwarf" can not be better showing the band at its
best and being a strange tune because of its fast pace. Messiah
Marcolin´s vocals are in top form and add that particular sound to the
band´s music. All the classic elements of the band are here: the mid
tempos, the slow riffs, the rhythms that despite being slow are heavy as
hell, Messiah´s vocals. One of my absolute favorites here is "Seven
Silver Keys" with amazing vocals and this dark feeling that any
Candlemass recording must have. A band that continues to delvier good
releases without dissapointing their fans.
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Contact: www.candlemass.se or www.nuclearblastusa.com or www.nuclearblast.de |
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| Label: Season of Mist |
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| Year: 2003 | |
| Country: Norway | |
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Line Up: Tchort - guitars Hellkommander Nattefrost- vocals Bloodperverter - guitars, b. vocals Vrangsinn - bass A. Kobro - drums |
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Tracks: 1- It´s darker than you think 2-Skjend Hans Like 3-The well of all tears 4-Put to Sleep Like a Sick Animal 5-Hymne to Døden 6-Ancient Spirit of the underworld 7-Spill the blood of the lamb 8-One with the earth 9-Christian incohernt drivel 10-The old house on the Hill 11-Nekrophiliac / Anthropophagus Maniac 12-Cold Murderous Music |
Carpathian Forest is one of the most bestial black metal bands from Norway The riffs are fast and they combine the faster ones that are more typical of pure black metal bands with some more mid-paced with a certain rocking feeling that are a trademark of this band´s sound (like the ones at 2:23 of "Skjend Hans Lik"). The vocals are really extreme, in the black metal style, but of the type that seems to be coming directly from hell also using some deathly growls in some parts. The rhythm section is solid and the good thing is that this guys do not abuse blast beats and cliches of the style. The sound of the recording is loud and direct and that is another difference that this band has when compared to other bands of the style that have a more muddy mix. Carpathian Forest, along with bands like Emperor or Enslaved are now classics of the norwegian black metal style. |
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Contact: www.tnbm.tk and www.season-of-mist.com |
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CESSATION OF LIFE - THE GLORY OF THE WORLD IS PASSING |
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| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: U.S.A. | |
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Line Up: Chris Violence - vocals Travis Anderberg - guitars Justin Harrison - bass Ron OStlund - drums |
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Music by Cessation of Life Lyrics by Cessation of Life |
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Tracks: 1- Blindsight 2-In Vain 3-The Second Death 4-Stick With Me |
Cessation of Life delivers here four tracks of pure powerful metal with certain modern thrash / speed metal influences. The music here is powerful and carefully constructed and the band delivers powerful guitar riffs and interesting rhythms that makes each of their compositions a killer experience in crushing metal. The vocals are really strong, reminding me to John Bush in some aprts but always having a lot of personality and giving an extra push to the band´s music. The guitars are the core here constructing powerful riffs that crushes the listener with their intensity. "IN Vain" is their most aggressive track here full of speed and brutal vocals. ANd it is evident that the rhythm section is extremely tight while listening to the double bass drumming, to the crushing bass lines and to the breaks and tempo changes. The sound of the recording is loud and cleargiving extra points to the band´s music. Pure power and aggression ! |
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Recorded at Media One Studios Produced by Cessation of Life and John Seymour |
Contact: www.cessationoflife.com |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Finland | |
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Line Up: Toni Huhtiniemi - guitars Arto Vesander - drums Aleksi Ahonen - vocals Julle - bass |
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Tracks: 1- Allu´s Speach 2-Primal Uprising 3-Arms of Oblivion 4-D.F.A. 5-Mindfuck |
This band is pure thrash metal with strong eighties influences. I have to say that I really dig this type of music and I feel the metal world needs more bands of this style. The music has influences of bands like Exodus, Overkill and classic bands of the thrash emtal style. Here we have fast and furious guitar riffs played really tight and we have also intense drumming with all teh elements of the style. The vocals are raw and aggressive as this style must have and they add a lot fo aggression to the overall result. The choruses are of the shouted type in the vein of "Bonded by Blood" or "Pleasures of the Flesh" . This has the favorable consequencve of having really memorable choruses shouted at the top of this guys lungs. The band sounds tight and well rehearsed and that is essential in the style to have good results. The sound is good and raw and it has that eighties feeling, maybe adding some bottom end to the guitars and the bass could add even more aggression to the music. Pure thrash the way it must be done. |
| Cover Artwork by: Arttu Juntunen | |
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Recorded at Joutseno Mediapaja Produced by Chaos Creation |
Contact: www.chaoscreation.net |
| Label: Fossil Dungeon Recs. |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Italy | |
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Music by Chirleison Lyrics by Chirleison |
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Tracks: 1- Medea 2-A Whisper 3-Canzone Per Anceo 4-Rosary 5-I Doni 6-Reveil 7-Autrefois 8-Delicate Magnetism 9-Strings |
Chirleison is a band full of melancholic melodies whose compositions are full of beautiful arrangements and passages that need of really good musicianship to be effective. It is amazingthe female voice that we have here, cause it goes direct to your heart and can make you feel pure melancholy. The vocal work is extremely important on thi release, spcially the use of harmonies. And the vocals deliver incredible melodic lines here constructing the heart and soul of the compositions. There is also plenty of acoustic guitar her played with really good taste and creating the exact atmosphere to let the voices do their job. There are also keyboards that deliver chord progressions and passgaes hat develope the dark and sad mood that most of the compositions her have. An album that is a must have to any music lover. |
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Contact: www.fossildungeon.com |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Germany | |
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Line Up: Andi - vocals Hu:f - guitars Sven - guitars Uwe - bass Krumb - drums |
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Music by Coal Mine Canary Lyrics by Coal Mine Canary |
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Tracks: 1- Bad Attitude 2-Soul Tattoo 3-Your Way Isn´t Mine 4-Walking on Wounded Feet 5-Dreamland 6-Noisy Room 7-Before 8-My Private Handkerchief 9-Unbelievable 10-Fly Away 11-I Am the One 12-Holding On 13-Love is A Battlefield |
"Bad Attitude" opens up powerfully this release with a killer riff that shows that this band is an extremely aggressive heavy rock band. THe band has that rhythmic type of riffs that bands like Black Label Society have. That is, extremely rhythmic riffs with a certain southern feeling in them and played with a huge guitar sound. I have to remark the role of the singer here that is extremely powerful delivering crushing vocal lines. Here we have a rhythm section that is extremely solid and that delivers powerful rhyythms always leaving place for the guitars and vocals to do their job. I have to remark that this band developes carefully each of the songs here constructing thirteen memorable tunes that you can listen over and over again and you´ll never have enough. The sound is raw and I specially liked the way the guitars sound, huge and with a lot of bottom end. A must have for those who love the combination of hard rock with heavy metal done with good musicianship. |
| Cover Artwork by: Coal Mine Canary | |
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Produced by Uwe Hein |
Contact: http://cmc.free-25.de |
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COLD COLOURS-HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF JOHN? |
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| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Finland | |
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Line Up: Jutta - guitar, vocals Sanna - bass, vocals Sami - drums |
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Music by Sami (1), Jutta (2) and traditional (3) |
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Tracks: 1- Still 2- Iggypopgoeshell 3- Haunting Bells |
"Still" opens this recording with an hypnotic beginning where the drums and the guitars construct a repetitive passag that leads to a really interesting guitars and to the wonderful vocals delivered by Jutta. I would like to describe Cold Colours with just one word: beauty. And I can add more words to continue describing it: enigmatic, full of textures. The music here transports you to the ethereal world of this finnish bands whose music is powerful and original . Jutta manages her vocal range to fit perfectly the music adding a lot of personality to the band. Sanna does interesting rhythmic lines with the bass fitting well the drums and the guitars alike and constructing a killer botom end for the music. "Iggypopgoeshell" is a different tune that starts rocking and then turns into a more hypnotci part showing the different sides of Cold Colours musical personality. Three tracks left us wanting more |
| Cover Artwork by: Cold Colours | |
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Recorded at Produced by Cold Colours |
Contact: www.coldcolours.tk |
| Label: Ketzer Records |
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| Year: 2005 | |
| Country: Brazil | |
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Line Up: Lord Mantus - strings and programming Devasth - vocals and programming |
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Music by Darkest Hate Warfront Lyrics by Garhard III |
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Tracks: 1- Infernal Baptism (intro) 2-Order of Battle 3-Satanik Annihilation Kommando 4-Satan´s Kult of Terror 5-Scourge of Wormkind 6-Final Solution 7-Dirty Fullfillment 8-POssessed by Fire 9-Purification BY Hatred 10-The Aftermath (outro) 11- |
One of the most bestial black metal bands on Earth, Darkest Hate Warfront unleashes here eight tracks plus an intro and an outro full of unholy blasphemies, fulkl of ultra fast drumming and faster than the speed of light guitar riffs. Here we have pure black metal vocals delivering aggression and darkness with no mercy for the listener. the blast beats are an essential part of the music here and they are all over the compositions. The band sounds tight and really over the top and there are really interesting double bass parts like the ones in 2:40 of "Satan´s Kult of Terror" where the guitar delivers a dark melody that adds a different feeling to the music. the sound of teh recording is raw but really loud giving a more extreme feeling to this devastating band. Pure crushing black metal that devastates the listener with pure aggression. |
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Recorded at Fast Forward Studio Produced by Mantus and Devasth |
Contact: www.ketzer-records.de |
| Label: Independent |
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| Year: 2005 | |