DROWNED BY DARKNESS

Female Fronted Heavy Alternative Metal from Germany. The music of Drowned by Darkness is not bound by genre-specific constraints. An explosive mixture of influences and styles, which are often marked by contrasts, give the music its edgy character and makes Drowned by Darkness a very unique and eclectic sound experience. The musical foundation of the band is based on heavy- and thrash metal of the 1980s combined with modern styles such as metalcore or alternative metal. The contrast between the outstanding voice of singer Ela, which alternates between clean and guttural vocals and the backing vocals of guitarist Lars contribute greatly to this varied metal project. With this very unique style, the band wants to further establish their brand of metal outside the scene to appeal to people with wider musical tastes.
At the end of 2009 guitarists Michael and Lars had the idea to form a band that was completely different to what their contemporaries were doing musically at the time.
The project was put on hold until they found Kevin Moeller who took on the role of drummer
Ela Hörold, a motivated, young and talented singer joined in March 2011 and the band’s line-up was almost complete bringing the initial ideas of Lars and Michael closer to fruition . They wasted no time and started writing songs straight away.
Their first demo “Toxic Blood” was released in June 2011 Martin Stegmaier completed the band as bass player after he had left his former band project. Soon, first gigs in local clubs were played and the band established itself in the local metal scene. In September 2012, the band won a newcomer contest, which was a great achievement.
Following the win the band focused all their energy on songwriting and live performance, playing at some major events opening for bands like FUCK , The Mystery and The Sorrow . After a long and intense period of recording, the five-piece released their debut album "Craving for Redemption" on the 5th December 2013. On the 13th December Drowned by Darkness played as the opening act for Eskimo Callboy and Deadlock which is surely a sign that the band on the road to greatness.

-CRAVING FOR REDEMPTION- (2013)

1. Maleficent

2. Fuck That

3. Your Misuse

4. Rebellion of Fire

5. Crashed and Burned

6. Demon

7. Toxic Blood

8. Soul Raper

9. Dying with You

10. Oblivion

11. Dead Man's Cage

12. Virus of Hate

(A special thanks to Ela Hörold)

-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

Official Website: http://www.drownedbydarkness.com/shop/

Bandcamp: http://drownedbydarkness.bandcamp.com/album/craving-for-redemption

DROWNED BY DARKNESS:

Official Website: http://www.drownedbydarkness.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drownedbydarkness

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/drowned-by-darkness

E-mail: drowned-by-darkness@web.de

MEMBERS:

Ela Hörold - Vocals

Lars Tischler - Guitar/Vocals

Michael Walzhauer - Guitar

Martin Stegmaier - Bass

Kevin Möller - Drums

NOTE: Btw, did you see a banana in the promovideo???

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6TH AWAKENING

6th Awakening was born in the autumn of 2001 with the idea of combining the various musical influences of the members and the ambition to create something new. The members of the band has partially changed over the years. Luisa Vulevik (former Lovisa Lundmark) on vocals/growls along with Mathias Harnerud on guitar have been onboard since the start-up and Mathias Jonsson joined playing the bass in the year of 2003, just in time to take part in the band's premiere gig. Drummer Alexander Gustafsson joined in 2007 and guitarist David Jonasson in 2008 finalizing the band to its current formation and came to constitute the last piece of the sound and soul that is 6th Awakening.

Demos such as Perfect War (2004) and Deadincide (2006) and the videos Tongue Reaper and Tier have been released over the years. History of the band's gigs range from everything from the small pub scene in Umeå and towns nearby to larger scenes, for example Nordic Rage, House of Metal, the highly successful and sold out collaboration with NorrlandsOperans philharmonics; Demons of the opera and one of Sweden’s largest music events; Sweden Rock Festival. In connection with new members and formations of the band the style of music has hardened over the years and has become more straightforward, proudly culminating in the band’s first full length album, Psycho Path. Psycho Path will be released in cooperation with Tmina Records in the first quarter of 2012. 

-JÄRTECKNEN- (2014)

1. Solemn

2. Avarice

3. The Void

4. Walls

(A special thanks to Mathias Jonsson)

-DOWNLOAD THE EP HERE:

Trmina Records: http://6thawakening.believeband.com/

6TH AWAKENING:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/6th-Awakening-Official-/252498854809708

MySpace: https://myspace.com/6thawakening

MEMBERS:

Luisa Vilevik (fd. Lovisa Lundmark) - Vocals

Mathias Harnerud - Guitar

Robert "Dvill" Arnlund - Guitar

Mathias Jonsson - Bass

Alexander Gustafsson- Drums

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LENORE S. FINGERS

Lenore S. Fingers is an Italian band formed in 2010 by five people with very different styles, influences and musical approaches. Roman Dirge’s comic “Lenore, The Cute Little Dead Girl” and David Firth’s fantasy character Salad Fingers, are at basis of their monicker but also represent the roots of the music made by dark and melancholic atmospheres with Metal distortions and rhythmic structures everything overwhelmed by a dreaming and fantastic aura.
Lenore S. Fingers are ready to debut with their first release "Inner Tales", a full-lenght album made by 9 tracks, proof of a more than 2 years lasting intense work and absolute dedication with a unique and original sound and that has been released on late february 2014.
 Coming from the southernmost region of Italy, Lenore S. Fingers are ready to debut with their first release "Inner Tales", a full-lenght album made by 9 trancks, proof of intense work and absolute dedication. Stading at the deep heart of each tune are the gentle arpeggios of Federica Lenore, surrounded by a Rock solid wall of distorted guitar riffs and an intense groundbreaking work made b the rhythmic section in the great tradition of bands like Katatnoia, Anathema, Type O Negative, Antimatter and The Gathering. Everything melts together with the most intense, melacholic melodies of the alienating and decadent young voice of Federica, bringing on an absolutely soulshaking contrast. All the lyrics flow around the never-ending solitude of a girl, lost between tragic memories of her past and the most unconfortable fears for the future. An unceasing dilemma that will make her face two of the worst aspects of the human life: the death and the aching for the loss of someone. ...so just enjoy this journey with her!

-INNER TALES- (2014)

1. Inner Tales

2. The Last Dawn

3. Victoria

4. Cry of Mankind

5. To the Path of Loss

6. Song to Eros

7. Doom

8. The Calling Tree

9. An Aching Soul

(Special thanks to Federica & Domenico)

-ORDER THE ALBUIM HERE:

My Kingdom Music: http://www.mykingdommusic.net/echo097.htm

itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id819414949

LENORE S.FINGERS:

Official Website: http://www.lenoresfingers.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LenoreSFingers

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lenoresfingers

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lenoresfingers

E-mail: contactus@lenoresfingers.com

MEMBERS:

Federica Lenore Catalano - Vocals, guitars, guitar synth

Patrizio Zurzolo - Guitars, guitar synth

Domenico Iannolo - Bass guitar

Gianfranco Logiudice - Drums

Giuseppe Giorgi - Keyboards

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SUOTANA

Suotana is a Melodic Black/Death Metal band from the Finnish Arctic Circle. They just release their first demo called "Forgotten Soil of This Land".
It contains two powerful Melodic Death/Black Metal songs.
Their lyrics talk about to: Death, Desperation, North, Wilderness and Fishing.
Highly advisable to listen to it.

-FORGOTTEN SOIL OF THIS LAND- (2014)

1. Forgotten Soil of This Land

2. The Reason

(A special thanks to Ville Rautio)

-DOWNLOAD THE DEMO HERE:

Bandcamp: http://suotana.bandcamp.com/

SUOTANA:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Suotanaband

E-mail: suotanaband@gmail.com

MEMBERS:

Juhani Merkkiniemi - Vocals

Ville Rautio - Guitars

Pasi Portaankorva - Guitars

Jari Körkkö - Keyboards

Harri Portimo - Bass

Rauli Juopperi - Drums

-Photo & Video by Toni Pallari

VENDETTA METAL MAGAZINE:

Suotana: http://www.vendettametalmagazine.com/suotana-forgotten-soil-of-this-land/

Interview: http://www.vendettametalmagazine.com/interview-suotana/

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HUMAN DEBRIS

These days most Melodic Death Metal bands bore the Metal Movement with stereotyped lyrics and uniform songs and sounds, slavishly catering to the whims of fashion or making futile attempts at resurrecting bygone splendour. Among few others, HUMAN DEBRIS stayed true to the both innovative and traditional sound they keep developing since the dawn of the millennium. By combining fast melodies, brutal breaks, intoxicating grooves and must-mosh riffs crowned with versatile vocals, HUMAN DEBRIS deliver full-HD melodic death metal, spiked with progressive arrangements, classic heavy metal and folkish influences guaranteed to make you beg for more! HUMAN DEBRIS prove time and again their rare ability to blend several different influences, thereby creating a unique sound which unifies the glories of the past with the adventures of the future…
Unlike most bands in comparable genres, HUMAN DEBRIS sees no motive to commit itself to any mystical themes in the broadest sense, but rather concerns itself – as reflected in its name –with the innumerable mental, interpersonal and social abysses of human nature.

-WROUGHT FROM ANGUISH- (2014)

1. Breaking News

2. Radiation Damage

3. Crimson Tears

4. Downpour

5. Ruinous Redemption

6. A Good Man

7. Atheist Jihad

8. On the Wing

(A special thanks to Seb)

-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

Official Website: http://www.humandebris.de/eng/merch.html

Bandcamp: http://humandebris.bandcamp.com/

HUMAN DEBRIS:

Official Website: http://www.humandebris.de/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialhumandebris

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumanDebrisBand

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HumanDebrisGermany

MEMBERS:

Seb - Guitars, Guitars (acoustic), Vocals

Dan - Guitars (lead)

Flo - Bass

Ken - Drums, Vocals (backing), Bass (acoustic)

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SOLAMNIA

As drummer of the great epic band Enthring, Mika Lumijärvi started to compose his own material in spring 2010. The composing was slow and random because he wanted primarily to focus on Enthring,s music. Mika wanted to combine his favorite genres (folk-, death- and power metal as well as Hollywood epic soundtrack and game music) in his music somehow. The first demo "Tales" was finished in summer 2011 under the name Knight of Snowlake. Enthring's guitarists Tommi and Petteri helped Mika a great deal in making this first dream come true.

Mika continued composing in fall 2011 and the material for "Those of Honor " began to born. At the same time Enthring began to be noticed internationally and Mika focused primarily to that band. 

Family reasons and moving to another town unfortunately made Mika resign from the great band Enthring in spring 2012. In thirst of a new band he immediately started seeking members to play the music of Knight of Snowlake. The interest was surprisingly good considering the fact that mika knew nobody in the new town and had only few demo songs as reference. Many people came to the rehearsals but it turned out to be quite a difficult task to find talented as well as dedicated players. Slowly the pieces have been put together and now Mika is surrounded by three amazing musicians Ilkka, Veronika and - surprise surprise - Tommi from Enthring! The hunt for a bass player still continues.

In addition to building the band Mika practiced like hell in order to manage new recordings as the thought of making the first EP was already there. In april 2013 the drum recordings with Saku Moilanen from the Deep Noise Studios finally began as well as other work for the new record. This was a long process and had probably all the delays and setbacks one can imagine. 14 people were somehow involved in making "Those of Honor". It was Veronika who came up with the better band name Solamnia and also designed the band logo.The EP was finally ready in November and had taken two years of hard but fun work. "Those of Honor" was released in January 24th 2014 on the Internet (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.) 

-THOSE OF HONOR- (2014)

1. Ante Proelium

2. Warrior's Trail

3. The Lair

4. Once Upon a Time

5. In a Land of Oppression

(A special thanks to Mika Lumijärvi)

-DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Those-Honor-Solamnia/dp/B00HZZO05Y/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1397042380&sr=8-7&keywords=solamnia
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/solamnia/id799323285

SOLAMNIA:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solamnia
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/solamnia
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_GcJar6mYMIdD5YdMTZSg

MEMBERS:
Mika Lumijärvi - Drums, composing, lyrics
Ilkka Valkonen - Vocals
Veronika Paschenko - Vocals
Tommi Kangaskortet - Guitars

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KHEPRI

In 2003 Khepri began performing in several goth / alternative / rock bands, primarily on bass guitar. A live DVD was recorded in mid 2004 capturing some of these performances. By the turn of 2005 Khepri began having difficulty with the bands through their lack of direction and focus. He decided it was best to explore his musical horizons alone. Around this time he had been studying classical music, music theory, sound engineering and studio production under talents such as Greg Malcangi (Trial and Retribution) and Nikola Kodjabashia (Reveries Of The Solitary Walker). He composed for several small amateur games. His knowledge culminated in a solo demo CD titled Flame of Fervour (2006). Sounds of Asia had always captured his heart. He had been delving deeper in the culture of the Middle East, Arabic music and India. Still studying composition and production, this knowledge and skill lead to the release of Dominion (2007). 

Khepri was pleased with the newer direction that Dominion beckoned; adequately expressing the music that came from his heart. He began forging a refined instrumental album in this 'bellymetal / bellydance metal' sound. Throughout 2008 Khepri formed a new metal project Scarlet Storm alongside Petra (Metal Queen) with her beautiful graceful vocals. Khepri composed, recorded and performed all instruments on several Scarlet Storm songs, 3 tracks became part of the 2009 compilation CD Amalga: Petra Metal Queen Collaborations. Khepri performed a live acoustic version of one of the songs from the CD:  In 2008/9 Khepri also composed Electronic / EBM / Indutrial music that would regularly appear in night clubs in the UK. (one of which can be found on the 2010 Bellymetal release as a bonus track) 2010 was a prolific year, Khepri provided orchestral composition for a horror short Callous (director Mark Heggarty). He also acted as the recording engineer and producer for Love and the Masquerade. Finally, after showcasing new songs on radio (including Bristol BCfm) they could all be heard in his newly finished album Bellymetal. A refined, progression from Dominion, albeit completely instrumental. Containing vibrant ethnic rhythms and percussion grinding with heavy distortion metal guitars. Catchy melodies soaring through the intricate music, beckoning a powerful distinct Middle Eastern aura. 

Throughout 2011 Khepri was composing his next release Duat. Further developing and solidifying the sound of Bellymetal. This time however focusing more on ethnic instruments, textures, and less on pure guitar driven Oriental Metal / Rock. Khepri collaborated with the dancer Loryen Zeytin to include her in the album artwork. Duat was released on the 5th of January 2012. Throughout the early part of 2012 Khepri became interested in generative music and ultimately began working on his own composition with procedural and structural generative elements. Using Max to achieve this, he released a demo version of the work (version 0.46) in April. At the end of June 2012 Khepri began writing and recording for his album Inner Division released on January 1st 2013. It was his first non-instrumental album in 6 years, since Dominion (2007). While retaining a heavy Oriental metal feel, the music is nonetheless a slight departure from his regular 'bellymetal' style. In 2013 Khepri began collaborating with Romanian metal singer Julia Black, they revealed a reworking of No Hope (from Inner Division) on May 4th, Umbra on the July 2nd and Pharaoh's Lament on the 7th of September.

He is currently working in all forms of musical endeavors including looking to record and produce other bands' music as well as compose for all forms of media.

-ASCENSION- (2014)

1. Tendrils of Fire

2. Bloodlines

3. Sultan

4. Shadow Faded

5. Paradise

6. Ascension

7. Orochi

8. Titan

9. Shackled Spirit

10. Shattered Dreams

11. Nomad

12. Ruin

(A special thanks to Khepri)

-DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:

itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ascension/id815797712

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDPPQYY/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp?ie=UTF8&qid=1393252964&sr=8-1

CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/khepri5

KHEPRI:

Official Website: http://www.kheprimusic.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kheprimusic

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kheprimusic

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/khepri666

E-mail: info@kheprimusic.com

MEMBERS:

Khepri - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Sitar, Keyboards, Drums

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