Sin Deadly Sin - Fall From Heaven (2012)

Sin Deadly Sin - Fall From Heaven There are some of you out there that are not familiar with SIN DEADLY SIN, so lets give you a quick background on the band. This Italian band rose from the ashes of Evenfall in 2009. Vocalist Roberta and keyboardist Max decided to form Sin Deadly Sin with the aim of raising their gothic and electronic wealth experience, mixing it up, bringing new influences to create their own distinct sound. In 2010 Alessio,...

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One Without - Thoughts of a Secluded Mind (2009)

One Without - Thoughts of a Secluded Mind The gothic rock/metal scene has been in a lull period as of late, with nothing really new standing out amongst the ranks. With the headliner gothic bands like Within Temptation, Xandria, Nightwish, Poisonblack and Charon (among others) in-between releases, things have been a little quiet. All is not lost, however, with the latest Lacuna Coil album recently hitting the shelves (although the jury is still...

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The Path of Dark Salvation - The Diabolus Saga (2012)

The Path of Dark Salvation - The Diabolus Saga Tracklis: 01. Prologue02. One for All03. Fairytale04. The Devils Hand05. The Journey Begins (A Hero Will Rise)06. A Heroes Tragedy07. Rising Force08. The Path of Dark Salvation09. Threshold to Hell10. Eternal War11. Victory (The Last Honor / Celebration / Forever in History) TKP password : nymph...

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Weeping Silence - For The Unsung (2012)

Weeping Silence - For The Unsung Step by step, as I stride towards the personal niche of peace and quiet, I feel the heaviness, the burning shedding its skin out of my scalp and into the free world, lurking to find another victim to stumble upon. Sounds nasty doesn’t it? Well, maybe that is the feeling after a day’s work or probably it’s the feeling after an intense session with a slow tempo album perhaps? In my case, both are correct. But...

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Kadavrik - Until the Die is Cast (2007)

Kadavrik - Until the Die is Cast KADAVRIK sound refreshing and got the right touch for catchy tunes, which do not need kitschy melodies at all. The fascination is caused by rapid speed, loosened by effective calm breaks.What’s the result of this tactics? Many melodic neck breakers in at first sight simple style show up on this felicitous album. Sometimes the musicians can’t contain their enthusiasm like during the fast-as-an-arrow unleashed...

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Odes of Ecstacy

Odes of Ecstacy Embossed Dream In Four Acts 1998 A gothic metal band from Greece? Somehow I can't imagine a doomy and gloomy band coming from sun-parched Greece. And indeed, Odes of Ecstasy come across relatively more pleasant than gloomsome.It still fits the description of gothic metal though. The accent might not be on atmosphere and bombasm like with other (notably Dutch) gothic metal bands, but the line-up with keyboards, clean female vocals and gruff male vocals is there. They're not darker than thou in terms of music, but the lyrics still...

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Heavenly Bride - Wonder (2005)

Heavenly Bride - Wonder Tracklist: 1.     Wonder     04:27     2.     The Shadow     05:04     3.     Dance With me     04:16     4.     Insanity     03:35     5.     Book of the Frozen Memories     01:32     6.    ...

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In Vain - In Death We Trust (2012)

In Vain - In Death We Trust Blending aggressive thrash riffing with power metal keyboards and virtuosity, In Vain has created a superb fusion of the genres on "In Death We Trust." Fans of both styles are going to find plenty to love here.Guitarists Daniel Cordon (who also sings quite capably) and Daniel B. Martin are most definitely the stars here. The air-raid siren of "The Skies Are Burning" is likely there to warn you about the massive riff...

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Lagerstein - Drink Till We Die (2012)

Lagerstein - Drink Till We Die Pirate Metal isn’t a thing, but if it were it would have a weirdly patchy history; RUNNING WILD released “Under Jolly Rodger” in 1987, their first piratical offering and the scene (which doesn’t exist) has been dormant until we were graced with ALESTORM and SWASHBUCKLE in the last decade. I don’t want to sound bitter; I love all these bands. Having a sense of humour about something you love is important to Metal...

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Skywings - Grace Grade (2012)

Skywings - Grace Grade 1.     [神経症序曲]･ピアノ交響曲変ホ短調作品01 ～美と狂気の狭間で這う背徳の天使～     01:56  2.     Grace Grade～翼を持つ者達～     06:32      3.     Say [Good] Bye⇔Say [God] Bye     06:11      4.     Scribble My Love     06:23      5.     Anymore     05:40   ...

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Voices of Destiny - Power Dive (2012)

Voices of Destiny - Power Dive German symphonic metal act Voices of Destiny is back with the sophomore release “Power Dive,” and the album is a well-executed release that shows good progression from the debut “From The Ashes.” However, in the face of so many other greats of the genre, it gets a bit lost on listeners in the sea of quality symphonic metal albums, led by more notable bands like Epica, Xandria and Diabulus In Musica, which have...

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Mantus - Wölfe (2012)

Mantus - Wölfe Tracklist:01. Vertigo02. Hoffnungslos Allein03. In Den Krieg04. Legenden05. Baal06. Durch Die Zeit07. Mehr08. Wolfe09. Vielleicht Ist Es Liebe10. Loki11. Monster12. Teufel13. Trauermarsch TKP password : nym...

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Reinxeed - Majestic (2010)

Reinxeed - Majestic (2010) It is easy to start a controversy when power metal is the topic of discussion.  Who among metal fans doesn’t have strong opinions about the genre?  From Euro style power metal (Seventh Avenue) to classic US power metal (Jacobs Dream) to melodic power metal (Magnitude 9) to epic power metal (Theocracy), there’s plenty to listen to and talk about. The debate over the leading form of power metal will unlikely...

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Helloween - Straight Out of Hell (2013) FLAC

Helloween - Straight Out Of Hell A version of the track "Burning Sun" featuring a Hammond organ performed by Helloween session keyboardist Matthias Ulmer was dedicated to longtime Deep Purple organist Jon Lord, and is included as a bonus track on the limited edition version of the album.Regarding the songs, guitarist and founding member Michael Weikath stated:“     Straight Out of Hell is the consequent development of the...

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Metal for Babies (2005)

16 Classic Metal Song for Babies  Tracklist: WHITESNAKE >> Is this love TREN LOCO >> Ella se mueve en silencio STRATOVARIUS >> Forever SKID ROW >> 18 and life SCORPIONS >>Still loving you PANTERA >> Cementary gates OZZY OSBOURNE >> Dreamer METALLICA >> Nothing else matters MEGADETH >> A tout le monde LED ZEPPELIN >> Stairway to heaven JUDAS PRIEST >> Breaking the law IRON...

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Dark Sky - Initium (2012)

Dark Sky - Initium (2012) One cannot listen to DARK SKY’s latest release “Initium” and not instantly think of GRAVE DIGGER’s 2005 Power Metal release “The Last Supper”. Both releases are concept albums about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Their lyrical content follows a similar path about the betrayal of Judas, the last supper and of course the death and rebirth of Jesus. Neither album comes across as a Christian Metal release...

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Eternal Dream - The Fall of Salanthine (2012)

Eternal Dream - The Fall of Salanthine Fans who have a love for melodic, up-tempo, symphonic epic metal ala classic Helloween, Dark Moor and Rhapsody of Fire and can’t get enough of the genre, the Spanish band Eternal Dream are one to check out for sure. This band first came on our radar with their 2009 7-song EP “The Seed of Naryll”. Right away they established what the band represents both musically and lyrically. Eternal Dream returns with...

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Kamelot - Silverthorn (2012) FLAC

Kamelot - Silverthorn Kamelot has established themselves as the big dog in the over-the-top, pompous, windbagy power metal genre. While output like Siege Perilous, The Fourth Legacy and Karma won me over with professional, energetic, classy power metal, things ultimately became too poofy and indulgent. As they steadily ramped up the self-important grandiosity, we reached a point where things felt more like an evening at the (ghost) opera...

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Flowing Tears - Serpentine (2002) FLAC

Flowing Tears - Serpentine (2002) Flowing Tears is one of a few original Gothic Metal bands wandering the Metal scene today. They're unique take on chord progression and structure coupled with their singers’ very different voice and their usages of samples makes for one melodically bombastic album. The production is more on par with a debut or a good demo, but its far from bad. The guitars are an interesting mix of Doom and Goth blending an...

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Reinxeed - 1912 (2011) Japanese Edition

Reinxeed - 1912 (2011) Japanese Edition For the past year, ReinXeed has proven to be my constant companion in the world of power metal. After discovering their most excellent 2010 release Majestic, I hungered continuously for the foretold 2011 release from Tommy Johansson and company. Once I heard Majestic and really got a chance to compare it to the band's prior work, I realized what a pivotal album it was for the group, since it represents...

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Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction [20th Anniversary Edition] (2012)

Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction Has it really been 20 years? By now, we all know the story of Dave Mustaine’s exile from Metallica. After four albums, Mustaine had established Megadeth among his peers as a premier speed-thrash-metal band, featuring high-caliber musicians, backed by brilliantly crafted songs. Mustaine, never afraid to say what he felt, had been dissing the backwards social and political agendas in the United States for nearly...

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Whyzdom - From The Bring of Infinity (2009)

Whyzdom - From The Bring of Infinity (2009) About one and a half years ago the young French band Whyzdom sent me their first demo for a review. Hooked after the first listen, I soon came to consider it one of the best demos I've ever heard. It still had a couple of flaws, but the potential the band seemed to radiate was enormous; their first demo already sounding better than most female-fronted symphonic bands could ever hope to be. Since a...

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Angra - Best Reached Horizons (2012)

Angra - Best Reached Horizons (2012) Angra is one of those bands that really likes to release miscellaneous efforts. There are plenty of compilations, live albums and DVDs, singles, and EPs to keep collectors hunting for quite some time. But, of all these releases, very few actually sum up the two variances of the band. This is exactly what Best Reached Horizons does. As fans will tell you, Angra is a rather different group now than they were...

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