Primal Fear – Unbreakable (2012)

Posted on December 31, 2011 in Heavy Metal |Power Metal by Alex F

Band : Primal Fear
Album : Unbreakable
Year : 2012
Tracks : 12
Country : Germany
Quality : 256kbps

Line Up:

Ralf Scheepers – Vocals

Alex Beyrodt – Guitars

Magnus Karlsson – Guitar, Keyboards

Randy Black – Guitars

Mat Sinner – Bass & Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Unbreakable (Part 1)

02. Strike

03. Give ‘Em Hell

04. Bad Guys Wear Black

05. And There Was Silence

06. Metal Nation

07. Where Angels Die

08. Unbreakable (Part 2)

09. Marching Again

10. Born Again

11. Blaze Of Glory

12. Conviction

The recent press release for the upcoming Primal Fear album “Unbreakable” said simply this “a well-balanced “back to the roots” album. Yeah you know how those press memos go right? Proclaiming this and that and then the music really doesn’t even come close to the misleading advertisement, but in Primal Fear’s case, that couldn’t not be farthest from the truth. For years Primal has been moving into position as one of the premier Heavy Metal bands and with it’s power force vocals of front-man Ralf Scheepers, they have been lighting ablaze stages left and right through the years; compiling up to this point 9th studio album.

The leading direction on production has been razor sharp as bassist and multi producer Matt Sinner plays an intricate part in the band, as well as the now stable guitar duo of Magnus Karlsson and Alex Beyrodt who both are hotshots in the genre itself.

Ralf has been getting the comparison for a long time to the great Rob Halford himself the “metal god”, but is not fair to Scheepers to be thrown in that category with one of all time greatest metal vocalist. Regardless of comparison he has paved his own way to be considered one of the most consistent metal vocalists around.

With the strong potent vocals already in place the band keeps plowing forward with another consistent release. You know what you’re going to get with Primal Fear, if you don’t at this point expect it, then you’re not really a fan of their music. For all it’s force the bands strongest suit is the way they carry the metal torch alive and the metal spirit in all of us metal heads. This new album proves just that once more, alongside some diversity as the band tackles more melodic metal tunes in “Metal Nation” and the more progressive vibe in “Where Angels Die” which coincidentally could be one of the best songs the band has ever done, this epic brings a more melodic metal touch to it which is great stuff. The pledging straight up power metal piercing of “Marching Again” is the fastest song on the album, and yes it slays with menacing presence. My favorite tune comes via the super catchy and pile driving rhythm of “Born Again” a true metal tune that is both heavy and melancholy, perfect soaring song.

This is a great change of pace for Primal Fear as they have perfected a sound that jumps outside of just leveling the hell out of the battery with speedy crazed tempo riffs as some of their older material. Good for them as they have payed their dues to enter the realms of consistency, something that you could argue the band had been doing all long. With the expected ear crunching crisp production of Matt Sinner and the colossal guitar duo of Karlsson and Beyrodt you have quite a metal arsenal of talent on one album. Primal Fear breaks the new year with a bang offering one of their strongest records to date!!!

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Brit Floyd – The Pink Floyd Tribute Show (2011)

Posted on December 31, 2011 in Progressive Rock,Rock by Alex F
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The annually promoted Pink Floyd tribute tour will feature ‘The British Pink Floyd Show’ rather than ‘The Australian Pink Floyd Show’ from 2011 after the Australian tribute act parted company with their UK promoter CMP.

Every year The Australian Pink Floyd Show, or TAPFS as they are also known, have toured one of the most large-scale productions you will ever see from a tribute act. Annually thrilling Pink Floyd fans around the world with their lavish live shows, the act are reknown across the globe for their outstanding attempts at recreating the look, feel, and sound of Pink Floyd’s later world tours. We understand The Australian Pink Floyd show will return to UK circuits in 2011 though.

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In the meantime, The British Pink Floyd Show will be taking over the reigns for their UK promoter CMP Entertainment, stopping off at Floyd’s native United Kingdom for an extensive 31-date tour in April and May as well as a few dates in July and August too. Although the tribute act on show is changing, we are assured that everything else will remain the same.

The promoters have decided to change the name of the group to represent the increasing number of British musicians. Chas Cole, former promoter for TAPFS, had this to say about the change. “In recent years TAPFS tours have featured primarily British musicians and its come to the point where a British show is more appropriate. CMP doesn’t want to stretch the goodwill of Pink Floyd or the fans and therefore, now is a good time to change.”

Rest assured though, that is the only change that is happening. Everything else about the new ‘BritFloyd’ tour will stay the same, including the outstanding sound quality, staggering light shows and animations.

The British Pink Floyd Show will play the following UK dates:
1. Show Intro
02. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
03. Learning To Fly
04. High Hopes
05. Welcome To The Machine
06. Mother
07. Pig (Three Different Ones)
08. Echoes
09. Time
10. The Great Gig In The Sky
11. Wish You Were Here
12. One Of These Days
13. Nobody Home
14. Us And Them
15. The Happiest Day Of Our Live
16. Another Brick In The Wall (part2)
17. Band Introductions
18. Comfortably Numb
19. Final

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In Virtue – Embrace The Horror (2012)

Posted on December 31, 2011 in Heavy Metal |Power Metal by Alex F
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Embrace the Horror is an apocalyptic concept album, with each track a story of a possible armageddon scenario.creditsreleases 01 January 2012
In Virtue:
Trey Xavier – Guitar, vocals, additional keys
Ms. C – Lead Vocals
Eli Vogt – Drums
Chach Schindler – Bass

With special guest:

Greg Schlaepfer – Keyboards & samples

Guest vocalists:

Arthur Von Nagel (Cormorant) on Witch Hunt
Marcus “Dank” Luscombe (Vengince) on Parabola

The In Virtue Apocalypse Orchestra:

Tammie Dyer – Violin
Christina Stanley – Violin
Rebecca Roudman – Cello
Casey Karr – Contrabass
Felicia McFall – Viola
Alan K. Parks – Tuba, trombone, bass fiddle
Bill Flaherty – Trumpet
Mitchell Scott – Banjo
Trey Xavier – Keys, congas, bongos, cowbell, guiro, maracas, tympani, bass drum, snare drum, glockenspiel, tambourine, shaker, beats

Choir:

Jenny Thuman – Soprano
Kristen Prins – Alto
Lauren Haile – Alto
Paul Haile – Tenor
Christopher Trujillo – Tenor
Anthony Martin – Bass/Baritone

Additional choirs by Trey Xavier

Recorded from February 2010 – May 2011 at: Prairie Sun Recording – Cotati, CA; Studio Blue – Napa, CA; and the Napa School of Music – Napa, CA.

Produced by Trey Xavier

All music and lyrics composed by Trey Xavier © ASCAP 2011

Keyboard arrangements by Greg Schlaepfer and Trey Xavier

Engineered by Jason D’Ottavio and Trey Xavier
Choirs recorded by Paul Haile and Aaron Hughes

Mixed by Paul Haile, Jason D’Ottavio and Trey Xavier

Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Interns: Matt Kroll, Allen Gutfeld, Crayons

Copy editor: Valerie Rhodes

THANK YOU TO:

My awesome mom, Mary Lewis Sheehan, for her ceaseless support; Greg Horton; Jason D’Ottavio, Andrew Mastroni, Mooka Rennick and all at Prairie Sun; Paul Haile for rescuing us; all the fantastic musicians who dedicated their time and effort to this album and creating a huge sound from a tiny orchestra; Peter and Victoria Sykes and the Napa School of Music crew and students; my voice teacher, Vince Nash; guitar tech extraordinaire, Rob Sherman; Melandaron for the loan of a Martin and for always getting my ideas; IV’s ichiban fan (you know who you are); Dave “The Madman” Pirtle for supporting us; DJ Chris Enberg for keeping metal on the air in Sonoma County and supporting underground music; Paul Ortlinghaus and Rich Wells of SOMA Church Community for the loan of their space and time, and the TABIT tablature program – find it and tabs for all our songs at www.tabit.net.

To all members of In Virtue, past and present:
Greg Horton, Corinne Reif, Chach Schindler. Eli Vogt, Trey Xavier, Mitchell Scott, Matt Solis, Mateo Dillaway, Molly Lindquist, Meredith Spires, Devin Reiche

Bands:
Cormorant, Vengince, Near Life, Imagika (RIP), James Florence and the Umpires of Taste, Powerglove, Cloakwheel, Solaria, Utopian Trap, Silent Sinner, Patryk deRosa (PDR), Miles of Machines, Richard Davis & Ariabes

1. Suspense of Disbelief 05:11
2. Twin Species: The Virtuous And The Vengeful 06:23
3. Witch Hunt 06:00
4. In Service To His Madness 03:42
5. Alea Iacta Est 03:25
6. The Essence of Unreason 09:19
7. Foresworn II: Parabola 04:54
8. Cataclysmic Shock 05:47
9. Dead Black Eyes 06:59

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CONQUEST – IV 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 in Heavy Metal |Power Metal by Alex F
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Ukranian power metallers “CONQUEST” released their fourth studio album titled”IV”, wich was released on December 21st, 2011 via Quarter Century Flame.

Band Conquest

Info: IV
Years: 2011
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Style: Power Metal
Tracklist: Mp3/ 320kbps
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01. Storm (4:30)
02. Last Battle (4:09)
03. Godless Territory (3:59)
04. Metal Wings (4:38)
05. My Special Way (5:19)
06. Seventh Gate (4:50)
07. Save Me (5:08)
08. Frozen Angel (4:44)
09. Be My Light (4:32)
10. Intruder (4:08)
11. Forgotten Dreams (4:36)
12. Anthem (5:14)
13. I Wanna Be With You (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) (3:28)

W. Angel – Vocals, Guitars (ex-Finist)
Agnarr – Guitars (Unerase, ex-Balfor)
Berowar – Bass (Flying, ex-Balfor)
Lady Dea – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Erland “Death Machine” – Drums (Balfor, ex-Flying, ex-Semargl)

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