domingo, 19 de julio de 2015

PYRAMAZE

In it's early stages PYRAMAZE began in the winter of 2001/2002, when then 24 year old guitarist Michael Kammeyer left his former band, Damion, with whom, Michael had played for almost three years. After the split, Michael took a short break from music, to clear his mind, gathering new inspiration. After a few months, the idea of writing a complete self financed album of his own material formed in his mind. The following months were spent in intensive song writing mode, and by the summer of 2002 Michael found himself with enough material for a complete album. The time had now come, to find a name and the ideal musicians for this new band, it was then that Pyramaze began to take form.

The line-up
He didn't have to look far to find the first 2 musicians, as local drummer Morten Gade Sørensen and bassist Niels Kvist immediately jumped on the opportunity to join Michael in his quest. The next person to sign on was American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, whom Michael had met over the internet. The newborn band began rehearsing the written material on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Danish guys on one side, and Jonah in the US . They sent demo's back and forth combined with many phone conferences as part of the creative process. With a core band around him, Michael then booked the studio to record the debut album. He hired on the well-known producer Jacob Hansen, a man with a long list of fantastic productions behind him, ranging from Hatesphere and Mercenary to Manticora and Falconer to name a few.

The debut album
In January 2003, Jonah flew to Denmark and the band began recording the CD in Jacob's studio in a small town called Ribe. After having laid down all the tracks besides the vocals, producer Jacob decided to send a couple of MP3's to his long time friends at Intromental Management - a Danish metal agency, who already had worked together with Jacob on numerous recordings. The guys at Intromental fell totally in love with the Pyramaze material, and gave Michael a call. After a couple of phone conversations, the two parties, Pyramaze and Intromental, decided to join forces, and the band suddenly found themselves being promoted professionally. One of the things that came with the signing to Intromental, was the decision of finding a really fantastic pro-singer. Someone who not only would fit the material, but also be able to lift it to even higher levels. Michael agreed to the idea, and Intromental sent him a bunch of CD's with different vocalists doing their stuff. After listening carefully to everything, Michael found that only one singer truly stood out, and that man was Lance King, known from such great power and progressive metal acts as Balance Of Power, Mattson, King's Machine and Gemini. Lance was approached with the material, and he agreed to become the new vocalist for Pyramaze. The already finished music was sent to Lance, along with all the lyrics, and Lance commenced the recording of the vocals in his own studio in Minneapolis. A few months later the vocals were finished, and the material was sent to Denmark again, where it was finally mixed and mastered back in Jacob's studio in Ribe.

Getting the band signed
The time had now come, to find a record company that would publish PYRAMAZE's debut album 'Melancholy Beast'. Fortunately the reactions to the album were extremely positive, and offers began coming in right away. After negotiations were concluded, the band signed with the following labels: NTS Records (Now known as REPLICA Records) for Europe and Canada , TOSHIBA-EMI for Japan and NIGHTMARE Records for USA. A common Release date was set and the album was available in all regions by the end of May 2004. PYRAMAZE had gained exceptional reviews from the media all over the world, and in 2005 a deal for the Asian market (outside of Japan) was also inked with Melodic Heaven in Korea. Pyramaze received 5 awards for best newcomer of 2004, and metal-fans soon recognized Pyramaze as one of the hottest underground metal names of their genre.

On the road
The band had a run of live shows in the summer of 2004 in North America, Denmark, Germany and France to support their debut album MELANCHOLY BEAST. Danish Guitarist Toke Skjønnemand was added to these shows, and soon after the touring was completed, Toke was asked to join the band as a permanent member.

The follow up album
Michael began composing what was to be the second Pyramaze release in the winter months of 2004/2005, a concept album entitled "Legend Of The Bone Carver" that has a unique story flowing from beginning to end. Once again recorded with Jacob Hansen at the helm, this new opus was completed in the summer of 2005. Immediately upon completion Intromental Management followed up with all the bands record companies, and in addition to Replica Records (formerly NTS) for France, Nightmare Records for USA and Melodic Heaven for Asia, new labels were found for Japan and Europe with King Records, and Massacre Records respectively. A unified release date was set for the end of February 2006. In January of 2006, PYRAMAZE had already been scheduled for several great festivals like Kløften Fest in Denmark / Bloodstock Open Air in England / Headbangers Open Air in Germany / and a highly coveted spot at Prog-Power fest in the U.S. Pyramaze being a "working class" metal band did not schedule any long tour, and so the few gigs played were highly sought-after by the fans. "Legend of the Bone Carver" received exceptional reviews from the metal media around the globe, and many genre fans call it the best concept album ever.

New vocalist
In November of 2006 Lance King was fired. Unpleasant personal and professional issues occurred during 2006 and made further cooperation impossible. In December Michael started communicating with the great Matthew Barlow (ex Iced Earth vocalist), and after many pleasant conversations and a bit of "auditioning" Matt joined the 'Pyramaze Fellowship' in March 2007. The news of Matt's comeback was officially released worldwide in April of 2007. Pyramaze, now again being in song writing mode, are preparing to hit the studio early 2008 with Matt behind the mic. Be prepared to have your faces melted by the powerful heavy metal of PYRAMAZE!


-DISCIPLES OF THE SUN- (2015)
1. We Are the Ocean
2. The Battle of Paridas
3. Disciples of the Sun
4. Back for More
5. Genetic Process
6. Fearless
7. Perfectly Imperfect
8. Unveil
9. Hope Springs Eternal
10. Exposure
11. When Black Turns to White
12. Photograph

(Special thanks to Jonah & Morten)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:

PYRAMAZE:
Official Website: http://www.pyramaze.com/

MEMBERS:
Morten Gade Sørensen -Drums
Terje Harøy - Vocals
Jacob Hansen - Guitars, Bass, Vocals (backing)
Toke Skjønnemand - Guitars
Jonah Weingarten - Keyboards, Orchestration

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viernes, 17 de julio de 2015

DIMLIGHT

Dimlight’s music can be characterized as Symphonic Death Metal. The Band produces a unique musical blend of orchestral dark metal mixed with various musical elements. Dimlight enjoys live performances and their dynamic and energetic stage presence engages the audience.

Although the Band was formed in 2006 it was almost three years later until they released their first full length album called “Obtenebration” under the label Emotion Art Ltd. The album was recorded at Baseline studios, got mixed by Spiros Aspiotis and mastered in Tailor Maid Studio by Peter In de Betou.

Around mid-2010, Dimlight started working on new material and in 2012 released their second studio album called ‘Psychosynthesis”. The album was recorded at Dimlight personal studio, mixed by Fotis Benardo (SepticFlesh) and mastered in Tailor Maid Studio by Peter in de Betou. Among the guests of the album were Seth Siro Anton (SepticFlesh), Ilianna Tsakiraki (Enemy of Reality , ex-Meden Agan) and Stelios Mavromitis (ex-Astrate , ex-SepticFlesh). The Band’s success brought on an invitation to be in the lineup of one of the biggest metal festivals in Europe, the Metal Female Voices Festival (MFVF) on its tenth anniversary in 2012 The Band’s desire for new music didn’t not allow them to remain stagnant and in the same year they started working on their third album. In August of 2014, the main singer Sanna Salou left the band and Eva Fourlanou replaced her.

In December 2014 Dimlight finished the production of their third studio album called “The Lost Chapters”. The album was recorded at Soundflakes studios and had both mixed and masterd by John Mcris.


In April 2015 the band established collaboration With Five Starr Records and released their third album. Among the guests of the album were Jean Baptiste (Randomwalk) , Maya (Meden Agan), Maria-Melissanthi Routi (Kinetic), and Alfred Shtuni.

The cover of “The Lost Chapters” was made by Pierre-Alain D. // 3mmi Design.

Dimlight have toured extensively in Europe and have shared the stage with: Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Epica, Septic Flesh, Rotting Christ, Firewind, The Haunted, Delain, Xandria, Vision of Atlantis, Leaves Eyes and many more.

Dimlight is officially endorsed by : Schechter Guitar Research, Mapex Drums, 39 Custom Guitars, Rotosound Strings and Visual Sound Pedals.



-THE LOST CHAPTERS- (2015)
1. The Inception
2. Spawn of Nemesis
3. Shattered Idols
4. Invoking the Hunter
5. Dark Things of the Desert
6. Children of Perdition
7. Torrents of Blood
8. Fear of Heavens
9. Clash of Immortals
10. Fields of Carnage

(Special thanks to Peter)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
Official Website: http://www.dimlightband.com/shop/the-lost-chapters/

DIMLIGHT:
Official Website: http://www.dimlightband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dimlighttheband
Twiter: https://twitter.com/dimlighttheband
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dimlightchannel

MEMBERS:
Eva: Vocals
Peter(a.k.a.Invoker): Guitars,Vocals
Nick: Guitars
Darien : Orchestra Composer
Jim: Drums

Music & lyrics by Dimlight. © 2015
Published by Five Starr Records ℗ 2015. All rights reserved.

Mixed & mastered by John Mcris @ Soundflakes Sttudios
https://www.facebook.com/Satrigiannis?fref=ts

Graphic artwork by 3mmi Design
https://www.facebook.com/3mmiDesign?fref=ts

Follow the link to purchase “The Lost Chapters”

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/gr/album/the-lost-chapters/id997439000

Google play 
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Dimlight_The_Lost_Chapters?id=Bz7a7oicrdrjayuh3edpm6y6o7i

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jueves, 16 de julio de 2015

HELLIGATORS

Helligators formed in 2009 in Rome. 
They released their first LP “Against All Odds” in 2011, self-produced and recorded at Moon Voice Studio. 
The “Tattooed Killer” videoclip was released the same year, produced by Solobuio Visual Factory. 
In 2012 the band released a new single and a new lyric video, “Snake oil Jesus” (produced by EstremArte).
In summer 2014 the band recorded at Moon Voice Studio the upcoming new album.
In spring 2015 Helligators signs for Sliptrick Records. The new album "Road Roller Machine" is out on may 2015.
Some people call our music metal, southern, heavy blues and who knows how many other definitions will be given to us but we like to say that we just play hard rock and roll, naked and raw, loud and screaming! We are working now on the new songs for our next album...stay tuned and ready to be rocked \m/. 
We wait you all to bang your heads under the stage... and be prepared to be rocked to the bone! 
We need your support...join us! Horns up! Stay Helly \m/


-ROAD ROLLER MACHINE- (2015)
1. Nomad
2. The Doomstroyer
3. Scream
4. She Laughs
5. Snake Oil Jesus
6. Truckdriver R n'R
7. Swamp Man Voodoo
8. Bad Ass
9. Stone Crusher
10. Black Sun

(Special thanks to Carlo of Sliptrick Records)

DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:

HELLIGATORS:
Official Website: http://www.helligators.com/

MEMBERS:
♠ Emanuele "Hellvis": Lead Vocals
♠ Mik "El Santo": Guitar & Backing Vocals
♠ Alex: Drums
♠ Kamo: Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
♠ Pinna "Yeti": Bass

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R-GENIUM

Female Fronted Metal band from Volgograd, Russia.
They are a modern symphonic metal band with influence of many musical genres.
Discography:
-Куда приводят мечты 2011
-I Know Your Lie 2015  
-Wonderful Wonderful World 2015

They released their brand new "Wonderful Wonderful World" on May 30th, 2015 via Metalism Records.



-WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WORLD- (2015)
1. Blue Sky
2. One Day
3. Fantastic Story
4. I Know Your Lie
5. Wonderful World
6. Whisky, Piano and Gentle Lie
7. French Kiss
8. What I Know
9. Runaway
10. Holidays
11. Mystery of the Woods
12. Люблю тебя
13. Farewell to the Past

(Special thanks to Nik)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
Bandcamp: https://metalism.bandcamp.com/album/wonderful-wonderful-world

R-GENIUM:

MEMBERS:
Tat'yana Shevchuk - Vocal
Nik Litikov - Keyboards, Extreme Vocal, Songwriter
Dmitry Schcerbinin - Guitars
Alex Radchenko - Bass
Aleksandr Kalasnikov - Drums & Percussion

-COUNTRY:

OPEN ACCESS

Power Folk Metal from Kraków, Poland. The band was founded in June 2013.
They released their debut EP called "Over a Mountain Peak" on May, 9th 2015.
The EP contains 4 powerful folkloric songs!









-OVER A MOUNTAIN PEAK- (2015)
1. Vengeance
2. Kozak
3. Into the Storm
4. Over a Mountain Peak

(Special thanks to Piotr)

DOWNLOAD THE EP HERE:

OPEN ACCESS:

MEMBERS:
Marta Muszynka - Vocal
Jakub Bugajski - Bass Guitar
Piotr Ludwin - Rhythm Guitar
Tomasz Kotliński - Lead Guitar
Ola Jagieła - Violin
Arkadiusz Krawczyk - Drums

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domingo, 5 de julio de 2015

CARNIVAL OF FLESH

The story of Carnival of Flesh starts in late 2002, when two guys, Dachaz and Dam, wanted to reshape the Serbian black metal scene with a sound that escapes the traditional black Metal boundaries. This sound was commonly described as a refreshing mix of heavier guitars and more mind-blowing symphonies than usual.

Many of the local media outlets recognised the potential in this sound and insisted on reviewing rehearsal materials as demos, to which the creative duo strongly opposed, since the sound was not yet what they had envisioned.

As expected, such an insane combination was not easily executed and the band suffered from frequent personnel changes over the years, until officially splitting up in 2008.

In 2014., after a long hiatus, Dachaz decided to reboot Carnival of Flesh as a studio project. Over the course of the year, the perfect conditions were created for recording: Some of the best songs from the past were hand-picked from the vault, their arrangements were updated, lyrics conceptually rewritten and some of the best personnel was engaged. Guitars and bass were performed by the infamous Jake O’Bayne, while the drums were executed by one and only Vojin Ratković. The album was meticulously recorded, mixed and produced by internationally acclaimed Ivan Ilić Ćili. Thus, “Stories From a Fallen World” were born.


Currently, Carnival of Flesh are looking for a publisher of their debut, while preparing the material for the second album. We are also interested in touring possibilities, although we are aware of organisational complications due to the geographical distribution of the personnel.






-STORIES FROM A FALLEN WORLD- (2015)
1. The Beginning
2. The Promise
3. The Horror
4. The Pact
5. The Battle
6. The Regret

(Special thanks to Dachaz)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
Bandcamp: https://carnivalofflesh.bandcamp.com/releases

CARNIVAL OF FLESH:

MEMBERS:
Dachaz - Vocals,
Dam - Keyboards,
Jake O'Bayne - Guitars/Bass,
Vojin Ratković - Drums

VENDETTA METAL MAGAZINE:

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ORDER TO RUIN

Order To Ruin is a Melodic Death Metal project from Münster, Germany!

DISCOGRAPHY:
Underworld Path (EP 2012 )
Reborn in Grimness (Full-length 2012)
I Am Death (EP 2013)
The Loss of Distress (Full-length 2014)
The Path to Atrocity (Full-length 2014)
The Book of Nemesis (Full-length 2015)




-THE BOOK OF NEMESIS- (2015)
1. The Book of Nemesis 
2. Nightborn 
3. The Age of Kings  
4. Dead End Mansion 
5. The Devil Among the Sheep  
6. My Fiction God  
7. One Carved In Doom
8. Eclipse of the Moon
9. The Necromancer

(Special thanks to Mike)

DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:

ORDER TO RUIN:

MEMBERS:
Denis Pfeffer - Guitars
Simon Buse - Guitars
Mike Seidel - Vocals & Bass

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viernes, 3 de julio de 2015

IGNITE THE BLACK SUN

ITBS is the offspring of Nuno Aguiar de Loureiro. 
Shortly after the end of Painstruck, his previous band, the creative "bug" kept biting him and slowly lyrics and songs were created. 

Just when the time came to take the leap into a full band format and as a coincidence Jaime Ferreira and João Samora both had left Ava Inferi and were open to new endeavours.
Although Nuno is the raw writer for the base of the songs the overall musical ideology for ITBS is a "free thinking" "do what you feel like" communal effort and that suited perfectly the three friends.

Guitars, Bass and Drums aside the task of finding a vocalist proved to be extremely difficult and after several attempts to find the suitable person, which also caused massive delays to the completion of the album's recordings, Nuno had to step in as the lead singer at the last minute to complete recordings.
If this is to be a permanent position it remains to be seen.

The first album is now available and it is called "The monster rears its head".

-THE MONSTER REARS ITS HEAD- (2015)
1. The Struggle of Perspective
2. Synaptic Comeback
3. Here We Go Again
4. Self Pity Is a Strenuous Effort
5. The Will to Ascend
6. Anywhere the Wind Blows
7. I Relied on Liars

(Special thanks to Nuno)

DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM HERE:

IGNITE THE BLACK SUN:

MEMBERS:
Nuno Aguiar de Loureiro - Guitars & Vocals
João Samora - Drums
Jaime Ferreira - Bass
Female vocals on "Self pity is a strenuous effort" and "Anywhere the wind blows" by Ana Carvalho

-COUNTRY:

EQUINOX

Пришло время выложить в сеть наш новый альбом целиком.
"Свитезь" - это результат нашего многомесячного труда. Это шаг вперёд по дороге новаторства. Стиль альбома - Post Folk Metal - ядрёная смесь стилей: от мелодик дета до дарк фолка, от романтизма Адама Мицкевича до мрачных тайн Чёрного Вигвама. От колдовских глубин озера Свитезь до готических шпилей красавицы-Праги.






-Свитезь- (2015)
1. Исток
2. Неман
3. Литавор
4. Blitzhexen
5. Огонь, Иди СО Мной (Энни)
6. Свитезь
7. Аккерманские Степи
8. Могила Потоцкой
9. Звездопад
10. Светлячки Ивановых Ночей
11. Switez

(Special thanks to Cyril)

ORDER THE ALBUM HERE:
SoundAge Production: http://soundage.org/shop/goods.php?id=6195

EQUINOX:

MEMBERS:
Alla Ravna - vocals;
Ivan Dzyubinskiy - Guitars;
Kirill Nikeev - bass, vocals, keys;
Kirill Kasatkin - drums.

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BLACK CHORD

A Melodic Death Metal band from Turku, Finland. Founded in 2008.
Their first demo was recorded and released in 2010.
Their first EP Dark Revelations is out now and available in their Bandcamp site and Record Store Äx!

New EP Misery Doctrine has been released and is waiting for you to go CHECK IT OUT!




-MISERY DOCTRINE-(2015)
1. Only Skin and Bone
2. Burn the Hive
3. Windowless House
4. Crafted In Darkness
5. Misery Doctrine

(Special thanks to Eemeli)

DOWNLOAD THE EP HERE:

BLACK CHORD:

MEMBERS:
O.W.-Vocals
E.T.-Guitar
A.K.-Bass
M.K.-Drums
S.N.-Guitar

-COUNTRY: