By recruiting Seattle based guitar shredder Michael David (TKO), virtuoso drummer Marco Bicca (Pamela Moore, The Element, A Dying Planet) and Las Vegas based vocalist Freddy Krumins (James Byrd’s Atlantis Rising), the band was finally set. The new album, produced and mastered by Bart Gabriel (Crystal Viper, Jack Starr, Jag Panzer) and mixed by Cederick Forsberg (Blazon Stone), is a tour de force in melodic US molten metal, featuring heavy riffs, melodic choruses, a thunderous rhythm section and ripping dual guitar solos.

Memoria Avenue is a new melodic rock/AOR band from Norway showcasing an artistic union between guitarist Tor Talle and the awesome new singer Jan Le’Brandt. Tor is a skilled and well-known musician, best known for the Northern Light project. He has also worked, either writing songs and/or performing with, on records from melodic rock giants such as Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple), Fergie Frederiksen (ex-Toto), Rob Moratti (ex-Saga), Steve Overland (FM) and the late Tony Mills (TNT, Shy)..

The goal was to mix their solid metal background with some AOR influences. Mission accomplished, thanks to a subtle use of the synths and the massive choirs powered by some very special guests as Simone Bertozzi (Ancient Bards), Simone Mularoni (DGM) and Alessio Lucatti (Vision Divine, Deathless Legacy).

Glass Hammer returns to the world of the Dreaming City with the follow-up album “Skallagrim – Into The Breach”, continuing the tale of the thief with the screaming sword, a ‘desperate man’ who lost his lover and his memory. New lead vocalist Hannah Pryor joins with Steve Babb, Fred Schendel, Aaron Raulston and GH session guitarists, Reese Boyd and Brian Brewer in a 75-minute long onslaught of heavy prog!

The new record, “Armageddon”, is a high energy, in-your-face salute to the music that inspired Manimal’s formation over 20 years ago. “Armageddon” showcases Manimal as a band unafraid to unleash an own brand of power metal on the world. The songwriting has become tighter, stronger & bolder and – as musicians – the members have improved by leaps and bounds.

One of the best guitarists does the honours and leads the listener into a virtuoso world of guitar sounds. The quantum leap of his musical development and career will be released. It is no longer a secret that Gus G. plays in the top league in the world of guitar virtuosos. Not only that he played the world’s biggest stages in his time with Ozzy Osbourne, but also that he was able to gain a firm place and a loyal fan base in recent years with his own band Firewind and his solo project Gus G.