sábado, 28 de febrero de 2015

GIAN

It all started in the summer of 2005. Lassi Pollari and Jasu Rossi caught a fever and the only prescription was more cowb... I mean metal. The first line up was quickly formed, the aforementioned gentlemen handling the guitar duties with Juuso Raatikainen on drums, Juho Hakalax on bass and Jampe Honkonen on vocals. This bunch of idiots ventured through four years, four demos and a shitload of awesome live shows, almost without any injuries. Then in the spring of 2009 the axe of mutual agreement swung hard and cut loose Jasu, Juuso and Juho leaving Lassi and Jampe to continue the saga of this grotesque creature.

After a few months of recuperating and gathering new members stupid enough to join (Konsta Vehkala on drums, Henri Rahm on bass and some strange hippie on 2nd guitar) the band emerged with a clearer vision, more gigs and the Capital Punishment EP. But just guess were things that easy from that point forward? Fuck no! The band was plagued by difficulties to keep the other half of the guitar department occupied long enough to make any real progress as the years 2009-2013 saw 3 different axemen filling the spot. And at the end of 2013 they decided to put the band into hibernation mode for some time. But the story continues!
Full speed ahead:
"It's now or never" the dudes said and got to work. After a refreshing 6 month break the summer of 2014 saw Gian recruit a new guitarist, namely Tuomo Laulainen, and then engaging to furiously rehearse for a full-lenght album. The recording began in September and the sessions were completed in the final days of December. The due date for the firstborn is February the 20th and the five fathers couldn't be more proud of the mutated and demented nuclear freak the world is going to witness. This planet shall be left in ruins, all life erased.

-ALL LIFE ERASED- (2015)
1. Trauma
2. Bloodstorm
3. All Life Erased
4. ZombieChrist
5. Self-Immolation Party
6. Burn
7. A Perfect Shot
8.  Pain and Pleasure
9. Aggression Unleashed
10. No Absolution
11. Capital Punishment

(Special thanks to Konsta)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
Inverse Records: http://bit.ly/1LInOPS

GIAN:
Official Website: http://www.gianmetal.co.nr/

MEMBERS:
Jampe Honkonen - Vocals
Lassi Pollari - Guitars, Vocals
Henri "Hene" Rahm - Bass, Vocals
Tuomo Laulainen - Guitars
Konsta Vehkala - Drums

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viernes, 27 de febrero de 2015

MORTIS DEI

Death Metal band from Poland. In 1992 First rehearsal of Mortis Dei band. 1993  Record and release of “Mortis Dei: Rehearsal Tape'93” (9 tracks tape; about 150 copies sold) 1995 “The Elements” demo was recorded at Bum Studio, Poland, in summer (8 tracks). 1996 “The Elements” demo-tape was released. 1997 (12th-14th of July) Record of “Landscapes” demo at New Project Studio, Poland (5 tracks). 1998 (February) Release of “Landscapes” demo-tape (more than 500 copies sold). 1999 (November-December) Record of “Our Time Is Coming...” demo at Carit Art Studio, Poland (5 tracks; has been never released). 2000 (November) Record of “Wrath Eruption” promo at Pałac Młodzieży Studio, Poland (4 tracks). 2001 (May) Release of “Wrath Eruption” promo (CDr and split-tape format with previous “Landscapes” demo).
2002 (November) - 2003 (February) Record of “Loveful Act Of Creation” debut full-length album at Hertz Studio, Poland (12 tracks). 2004 (December) - 2005 (February, April, July) record of “My Lovely Enemy” full-length album at Hertz Studio, Poland (9 tracks). 2007 (November) – 2008 (March) record of “Last Failure” full-length album at Hertz Studio, Poland (10 tracks). 2011 (November) – 2013 (November) record of “Salvation Never Comes” full-length album at IX Studio, Poland (9 tracks). 2014 (July) Release of full-length album “Salvation Never Comes” by Metal Scrap Records, Ukraine.

-SALVATION NEVER COMES- (2014)
1. Origin
2. Lights End
3. Journey to the Dark
4. In Ruined World
5. Two Sides
6. Going Down
7. Nightmares Coming
8. Screams of the Slave Soul
9. The Way to the Light

(Special thanks to Anatoliy)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

MORTIS DEI:

MEMBERS:
Łukasz Kobusiński - Vocals
Mirosław Harenda - Guitars, Lyrics
Bartosz Gawroński - Guitars
Grzegorz Zaremba - Bass
Maciej Urbaniak - Drums

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miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2015

DEATH PENALTY

She’s ridden to the Sabbath… She’s made love to the Devil… She is a witch!

Arising from the still warm ashes of UK doom legends Cathedral, Death Penalty is the newborn brainchild of lead guitarist extraordinaire Gaz Jennings. Enlisting the talents of former Serpentcult singer Michelle Nocon, current Serpentcult drummer Frederik Cosemans, and Torturerama’s and Bathsheba's bassist Raf Meukens, the Anglo-Belgian assembly is ready to conquer Europe. Hot on the heels of the ridiculously catchy 7” Sign Of Times, their self-titled debut promises a fiery explosion of doom & roll.


“When all is said and done, the art of making people bang their heads comes down to one central component: the riff.” That is the solid truth, son, but another essential ingredient for me is a voice. Michelle Nocon channels fire and brimstone from the depths of her guts, unleashing the sexiest, badassiest howl that makes Cherie Currie sound like a kitty cat…and with Gaz Jennings (Ex-Cathedral) by her side, you’ve got a recipe for some hellish fun. 

With such a riff-machine at their helm it’s unsurprising that Death Penalty is bursting with excellent hooks. Besides instant earworms such as the Motörhead-esque “Immortal By Your Hand”, the band occasionally slows down to a menacing doom metal crawl. Rather than coming off as simply Cathedral with a female singer, Death Penalty are actively pursuing a sound of their own, with songs that feel tailored for Nocon’s haunting voice. Changing up the formula proves a winning strategy; crushing moments like “The One That Dwells” ring out eerily when paired with the remarkably infectious melodies of the fantastic closing number “Written By The Insane”. This constant interplay between the energetic and the hefty pays off; an hour feels like minutes when under the spell of Death Penalty.
The instrumental opener 'Grotesque Horizon' leads me to believe I have a full-blooded doom release in my hands but I couldn't be more wrong. Instead, when 'Howling At The The Throne Of Decadence' kicks in, I am treated to a fantastic mix of early Iron Maiden and Witchfinder General. It's fast, heavy and brilliant. Michelle is like a banshee moving back and forth between soft almost whispering singing to belting it out. Slightly slower but still an excellent heavy metal song, 'Eyes Of The Heretic' showcases a blistering solo from Gaz as the song picks up in pace. Switching to bonafide doom on the occult 'Golden Tides' the band is in your face with some fantastic work from Cosemans and Meukens. 'Into The Ivory Frost' continues in the path of 'Golden Tides' keeping things doomy and bleak. Beautiful!

Oh yeah! 'Children Of The Night' is a slow and punishing monster of a song. Mainly doomy in it's approach the latter half of it is hypnotic with an excellent guitar solo running through it. Bewitching, deranged and captivating, 'The One That Dwells' comes across like a seance before launching into a heavy-ass Mercyful Fate/Candlemass mode. Amazing folks, absolutely amazing! A slow, sinister and lurking riff-fest 'She's A Witch' is captivating and mesmerising until halfway through. Then the band kicks into higher gear and turns the song into a breathtaking neck-breaker only to slowdown at the end. Damn! Purest and finest form of heavy metal that you will ever hear. I'm talking about 'Immortal By Your Hand' and this is by far my favourite song on 'Death Penalty'. The whole band is on fire taking no prisoners at all. Michelle sings like she is possessed...amazing! The album ends with the beautifully 70's heavy rock inspired 'Written By The Insane'. There are some amazing Iommi riffs in the choruses while Gaz again pulls off a couple of blistering solos.

-DEATH PENALTY- (2014)
1. Grotesque Horizon
2. Howling at the Throne of Decadence
3. Eyes of the Heretic
4. Golden Tides
5. Into the Ivory Forest
6. Children of the Night
7. The One That Dwells
8. She Is a Witch
9. Immortal by Your Hand
10. Written by the Insane

(Special thanks to Michelle)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

DEATH PENALTY:

MEMBERS:
Michelle Nocon - Vocals
Gaz Jennings - Guitars
Raf Meukens - Bass
Frederik Cosemans - Drums

Video by Jan Van Woensel.

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MAY THE SILENCE FAIL

May The Silence Fail elate not only with their songs but also with a energetic perfomance and stage presence. The positive feedback motivates the band to give more than 100 % to come up to the listener’s expectations.

The band wants to express their passion to the music. The experiences, emotions and ideas of every member shall be reflected in the lyrics and melodies. “May The Silence Fail” expresses what our music is and should be: Loud, brutal, uncompromising, direct, straight to the face and at the same time full of emotion and melody. That counts also for what stands behind May The Silence Fail: Breaking the silence to remind others and ourselves of keeping the courage to say what you think and feel. Because silence and unsaid words confirm indifference and ignorance… So come on and LET THE SILENCE FAIL!

-OF HOPE AND ASPIRATION- (2014)
1. Gods Are Long Since dead 
2. Return To Mind 
3. If It Wasn't For You 
4. Nothing Left 
5. Lost For Words 
6. Sleepless 
7. Come Alive 
8. Without Knowing 
9. Evil's Repression 
10. Conjectural Lies 
11. When Time Is Asleep

(Special thanks to Tom & Jani)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

MAY THE SILENCE FAIL: 

MEMBERS:
Janina Kutschewski - Vocals
Sarina Wijasuriya - Vocals
Dennis Schneider - Guitars
Schlafie - Guitars
Gernot Schwab - Bass
Marcel Woitowicz - Drums

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ANGELSEED

AngelSeed was a project born from the ashes of the cult, trash metal band Drinking Skull (Croatia, Zagreb) combining the basics of trash metal and musical influences of different sub-styles, mostly symphonic and power rock. Project formed by Damir Marijan Maras, Jurica Baljak and Siniša Antunovic Medo, took more serious form when Ivana Anic Lara (singer) decided to join the project 2007.
It was very obvious from the start, the songs that were created will require more complex music arrangements, so the first lineup of the band asked for reinforcements... Musicians and friends that helped us form the songs as we know them today were Tomislav Oliver (keyboards) and Luka Putica (bass). Sadly the lineup did not last for a long time, as they had to leave due to their own projects and commitments. With the arrival of the last two members; Jurica Bazant (keyboards) & Juraj Birin (guitar) project becomes a band, now consisting of six very talented musicians; from academically educated musicians, to musicians with many years of experience performing and recording: Damir Marijan Maras (rhythm-guitar), Siniša Antunović-Medo (bass), Jurica Baljak (drums), Juraj Birin (solo guitar), Jurica Bažant (keyboards) and Ivana Anic-Lara (vocals). Decision was made and the name for the band was chosen – AngelSeed.

Not really being a slave to any metal sub-genre in particular, AngelSeed is proud to make the songs a mixture of different sub-genres of heavy metal music, from power, goth, trash, symphonic rock, with a touch of different folk and classical instruments as well, which are used to complement the heavy metal base in each song.
Even though the lyrics form a separate story for each of the songs, at the same time they become a whole, if you approach them as parts of the story, AngelSeed is trying to portray through their music. They are reflections of our minds, wishes, desires, all the things we see around us... our sadness, loves, weakness, death and life. All combined with elements of fantasy, including different fictional characters, different worlds and dimensions, and yet being able to give to their fans some free space, so to speak, to extract their own conclusions and create their own ideas.

AngelSeed first introduction to general public as support for one of the biggest female fronted bands, Within Temptation, in 2008, gives them wings to fly, as the great acceptance from the crowd and positive feedback, influences them to form a decision, a decision so big that will change them and their music in the years to come. The band sets off to Sweden, to record and produce their first album guided by the Swedish producer Rickard Bengtsson, who will make their ideas become reality.

Recordings in Sweden in The Sweetspot Studio were going literally around the clock, 24hours a day, month and a half stretched between 2 studios, not to mention studio in Samobor upon the bands return, and were extremely hard. Countless hours of work were invested in this album from the members of the band, guest musicians and their producer and in Sweden.
As the complexity of the songs became the stalling factor for the production, the band decided to speed things up by collaborating with another famous producer, on their final mix & master. Final product is to be expected soon, as well as its publication.


-ANGELSEED- (2014)
1. Dancing With the Ghosts
2. Leaving All Behind
3. Fallen Angel

(Special thanks to Maras & Medo)
ORDER THE EP HERE:

ANGELSEED:
Official Website: http://www.angelseed.info/

MEMBERS:
Damir Marijan - Maras /// GUITAR
Ivana Anic - Lara /// LEAD VOCAL
Sinisa Antunovic - Medo /// BASS
Jurica Baljak /// DRUMS
Juraj Birin /// GUITAR
Jurica Bazant /// KEYBOARDS

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sábado, 21 de febrero de 2015

SIN7SINS

Pounding drums, blazing guitars and breathtaking vocals. Clear and pure as well as distorted and perverse. Sin7sinS is a female fronted metal band from The Netherlands that distinguishes itself by this unique sound. 

Started as a project, this developed towards the end of 2007 into a band with a fixed line-up by finding musicians with the same common goal. Sin7sinS matured and recorded a demo the same year. This demo put the band straight into the spotlight of the press and led to a number of great live shows, starting off in famous Paradiso in Amsterdam. In 2008, the band toured The Netherlands as part of the Dutch Jägermeister Tour line-up and also played shows in Belgium and Italy. Sin7sinS recorded its first full-length album named “Perversion Ltd.” in 2010 and also signed a record deal with German label Massacre Records. The album was released worldwide in October 2010 and very well received by the international press. 

After playing several shows with some of the big names of the genre (e.g. Epica, Sepultura, Leaves’ Eyes) in 2011, Sin7sinS released its second album “Carnival of No Tomorrow” in May 2012 in collaboration with Suburban Records. This album, with guest vocalists Mark Jansen (Epica / MaYaN) and Dan Swanö (also responsible for the production and mix), attracted a great response both home and abroad and was again followed by numerous successful live shows throughout The Netherlands. 

Early 2013, Sin7sinS slowly started writing and recording material for its third record. Many songs were created but not all made it into the final selection. At the end of 2013, the final songs for the record took their shape and the band also hit the road for its first European Tour. Together with German bands Leaves’ Eyes and Atrocity, Sin7sinS performed in The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Italy. The songwriting for the new record finished early 2014 and 10 songs were recorded. The album named “Purgatory Princess” is again mixed and produced by Swedish metal-legend Dan Swanö and will be released by Suburban Records. 

Over the past few years, Sin7sinS has earned its place in the female fronted metal scene and is well-known for its diversity and continuous renewal of its sound and stage performance. This album brings a new sound as well and contains its most heavy material to date. After a few changes in band line-up, Sin7sinS is now ready to hit the stage again. The album “Purgatory Princess” will be released 24th November 2014 and will also be available for download.

-PURGATORY PRINCESS- (2014)
1. Heart of Stitches
2. Stronger
3. Take Your Hands Off Me
4. Say What You Want
5. No Tears Left
6. Bittersweet Dreams
7. The Great Illusion of Control
8. Jerusalem
9. Different Place, Different Stage
10. Touch of Pandora

(Special thanks to Lotus & Tristan)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:


MEMBERS:
Lotus - Lead Vocals
Gen Morphine - Guitar/Vocals
Tristan Hex - Guitar
Corbin Crow - Bass Guitar
Tommy P. - Drums

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miércoles, 18 de febrero de 2015

PORTA INFERI

Symphonic Power Metal full of energy, surprise, melody and aggression. This is a music of Porta Inferi. Listen a samples from our new album Another World on our web profiles and let yourself be drawn into our gates of hell...
The band started the at the beginnig of 2008, when it performed at a music contest called „Skutečná liga“ – we placed in first 50 from 300 performing bands. In 2009, we recored our first promo called Fire Road. The band has performed at many concerts and has appeared on festivals, playing with foreign bands like Theocracy (USA), Lord Bishop Rock (USA), Gun Barell (Ger), Tarchon Fist (It) etc but also with the top of the Czech rock scene – Arakain, Vilém Čok + Bypass , Dymytry, Dark Gamballe and many more.. At spring 2011 we released our new album Another world. Now we are in cooperation with ALFEDUS MUSIC and GABRIEL MANAGEMENT company.

-OUT OF THE DIFFERENCE- (2014)
1. Porta Inferi
2. My Time Has Come
3. Dirty Game
4. Don't Lie to Me
5. Day by Day
6. Beautiful Morning
7. Glory
8. Lights of Andromeda
9. Inert Tragedy
10. Noise in the Trees
11. Symetric
12. Everyday Apocalypse

(Special thanks to Mirek & Lukáš)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

PORTA INFERI:

MEMBERS:
Norman Power - Vocals
Mirek Andrássy Guitars, Keyboards
Jaroslav Dobrota - Bass
Lukáš Kroutil - Drums

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POMSTA

Kiev Pomsta metal band was formed in the summer of 2008. Musicians from Pomsta themselves characterize their style as «groove metal». The group often performs in Ukraine.
POMSTA performed on the same stage with bands such as Tiamat, Helltrain, Memorian, To Down, metal corrosion.
The Group has assets recorded 2 singles and EP, on channel A-One video broadcast debut. In the spring of 2014 signed a deal with Metal Scrap Records
Festivals in which the group took part: Ukrainian opposites - 2009, "Slavic Rock - 5" (winners in the category "alternative"), EXTREME METAL FEST-RIVNOWAGA 2013, Rock'n Sich in 2013, KOBYZHCHA MOTOFEST 2013 Chortkiv "GMO" 2013 "Tarasova Gora" 2014 

Discography:
Aggression "single 2011 (c)
Sledgehammer "EP 2013 (c)
"Southern Road" single 2014 (c)

-SLEDGEHAMMER- (2014)
1. Puncher
2. Sledgehammer
3. Hunter
4. Red Light
5. Perforator
6. Paycheck
7. Hunter Near
8. Our War
(Special thanks to Anatoliy)

DOWNLOAD THE EP HERE:

POMSTA:

MEMBERS:
Sergiy "Flash" Nechytailo - Vocals
Igor "Gary" Nastenko - Guitars
Michael Gudzenko - Bass
Max Kononenko - Drums

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martes, 10 de febrero de 2015

ELISADAY

The band was formed in summer 2013 by the participants of sympho-metal band "Lanewin", after the moment when Anna Beliva, the leader of this group, disappointed in metal and started her new solo project. After several vocal casting sessions, the musicians chose Lubov Antropova, who had charmed them with her voice and fascination. 
As a result there was a full re-branding and the band had been named as "ElisaDay". The band started to rehearse a lot and prepare the materials for a record. Musicians chose 4 tracks for their debut EP, which was named "Find the Answer", and then came to Finland to record drums in the famous "Astia Studio", where Children Of Bodom had recorded their best albums.
After that there was a hard work with keyboards, orchestra and vocal recordings and in summer 2014 they started mixing and mastering all the stuff. The main producer and sound-engineer was Vadim "Wayland" Parshutkin from "Soundway Records". The album has received a lot of positive feedback from symphonic metal fans and also other metal music admirers. The main thing is that metal is not the only style to perform by ElisaDay, but also the band borrows some highlights from other musical genres.

-FIND THE ANSWER- (2014)
1. Anna
2. Find the Answer
3. Merry Song
4. Sacrificed

(Special thanks to Ivan Kaiser)
DOWNLOAD THE EP HERE:

ELISADAY:

MEMBERS:
Lyubov Antropova - vocals
Ivan Kaiser - keyboards
Denis Geit - bass
Dmitriy Popov - guitars
Igor Borodin - drums

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jueves, 5 de febrero de 2015

EMC'S AWARDS 2013 & 2014


BEST EP 2013 & 2014


KODEKS ("Kodeks")

STRING THEORY ("A the Edge of Universe")

BEST ALBUM 2013 & 2014:

HAMMERFORCE ("Access Denied")

TEMPERANCE ("Temperance")

BEST EP IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE 2013 & 2014:

HIIDENHAUTA ("Surma Saapuu Suota Myöten")

VARANG NORD ("Fire of the North")

BEST ALBUM IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE 2013 & 2014:

HEATHEN FORAY ("Inner Force")

ALOGIA ("Elegia Balcanica")

BEST FEMALE VOICE EP 2013 & 2014:

THE RINN ("Voices from the Past")

SETHEIST ("The Flash of Creation")

BEST FEMALE VOICE ALBUM 2013 & 2014:

DROWNESS BY DARKNESS ("Craving for Redemption")

LENORE S. FINGERS ("Inner Tales")

BEST SONG 2013 & 2014:

BRUTAI ("Onyx")

CIRCLE OF INDIFFERENCE ("Evil")

BEST INSTRUMENTAL SONG 2013 & 2014:

THE PROJECT HATE MCMXCIX ("DCLXIV")

HUMAN DEBRIS ("Ruinous Redemption")

BEST ONE-MAN BAND 2013 & 2014:

DIZTORD ("Diztord")

NEOHERESY ("Noc która dniem się stała")

BEST OFFICIAL VIDEO 2013 & 2014:

SHEILAN ("Inquietud")

MYTRA ("Monolith")

BEST ARTWORK-COVER 2013 & 2014:

SIDIOUS ("Ascension To The Throne Ov Self")

ETHEREAL ("Pendular")

BEST PRESENTATION-VIDEO 2013 & 2014:

ZARIA ("Sij Obzorja")

ENDZEIT ("Years of Hunger")


BINARY CREED


From the icy plains of the northernmost parts of our world a technological tempest arises. A dark and relevant tale. A tenet of metal: the Binary Creed.
Progressive/Power Metal from Sweden.



-RESTITUTION- (2014)
1. Dominion
2. How Many Tears
3. Anonymity
4. Leave the World Behind
5. Freedom
6. Turn to the Cross
7. Leave the Lie
8. Interlude
9. My Choice
10. Welcome Joy

(A special thanks to Stefan Rådlund)

DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/restitution/id930707345

BINARY CREED:

MEMBERS:
Andreas Stoltz - Vocals
Stefan Rådlund - Guitars
Peo Olofsson - Keyboards
Robert Rasmussen Ahlenius - Bass
Andreas Gren - Drums

VENDETTA METAL MAGAZINE:
Review "Restitution": http://www.vendettametalmagazine.com/binary-creed-restitution/

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