The Poodles – Tour De Force 2013
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All hand on deck! Swedish melodic rockers The Poodles have raised the anchor and after a little over a year of silence are back with a brand new album “Tour De Force”, which marks the fifth chapter of The Poodles’ saga and will be released through Frontiers Records on May 17.“Tour de Force” is the eagerly awaited follow-up to the No. 1 album from 2011, “Performocracy”. Behind the wheel, taking on the duties of producer for a third time, will be Mats Valentin.
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There is something irrevocably indomitable about the British rock scene. Like a dog with a chew toy, it simply refuses to let go. Through nearly forty years of imitators trying to steal its crown, good old rock’n’roll has proven time and again that it simply will not go away.
Very much in the Guns n Roses, Thin Lizzy and Motley Crue molds, the Guttergodz fuse the altogether brash, fist-pumping and ever-so
THE NEW BLACK 7- Hangovers & Heartbreak 2013
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Iowa based Southern Rock newcomers The New Black 7 will release their new mini album,‘Hangovers & Heartbreak’, on 22 January 2013 through upstart label Vanity Music Group.
The eight song affair, recorded at Chandler Limited Studios in Shell Rock, IA, was produced by singer / guitarist Tory Stoffregen and Wake Goeke and mixed by Cedrick Courtois (Destiny’s Child, Beyonce, Earshot). With songs like ‘Crazy All Over Me’ (“The upside down relationship song everyone can all relate to! Growing up and living in a small town we all know this person and maybe it is even one of us who gets a little crazy when it comes to the opposite sex. We have all seen those friends and have surely been that friend at one time or
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Transubstans veterans OBLIVIOUS is back on track, this time with the stunning 8-tracker “Creating Meaning”! Bluesy, groovy hard rock with flowing bass lines and mysterious riffs that resembles the inventiveness of LED ZEPPELIN and SABBATH, but also acts like DOZER or CLUTCH. Since their 2009 debut “Goons And Masters”, OBLIVIOUS has not lost the harshness of the tone in their sound. During these four years, they’ve rather built up a more solid wall of sound, with well-arranged riffs and conceived 70’s grooves. Explore this record if you wanna know what Transubstans is all about!
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EX WIFE’S SCULL one succeeds in connecting the Sleaze rock of N GUNS ROSES with the vigorous hard rock of ZEPPELIN LED on her album “The Ultimate Frightmare”. And also if they are resident at last already more in the Sleaze rock, she removes the line particularly appearing with the reef to the 70th thus a little bit of other tape of the genre.
PELLEK – OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITY 2013
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Norwegian singer PELLEK is in constant motion, after his successful debut album “Bag of Tricks”, released in 2012, he is back with a full band launching a new album “Ocean of Opportunity”. An audacious release with enormous proportions showing a new era of PELLEK’s work. With a crystal clear production, “Ocean of Opportunity” brings 09 tracks with a impressive effort of Per Fredrik “Pellek” Åsly, or
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Due to be released later this week (May 3th), Breathing Scarlet is the latest album by Minneapolis rockersSemeron, a band very much rooted in the early foundations of heavy metal. A highly energetic, if entirely predictable, riff-heavy power rock compilation, the record, despite an exhilarating pace, remains largely the same from the word go.
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A very interesting, passionate, trance-like brand of modern hard rock with metallic overtones and the amazing vocals of Michael Rock. Brilliantly-crafted songs and exceptional performances from everyone involved, which includes Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier and band founders and ex-Nile men Chief Spires and John Ehlers. (2013)
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The Finnish rock band Dead Cult Diaries released the day his debut album “The World Is Too Small”
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Mitch Malloy has released a new single called “Dakota Kid” and is expected to be featured on an upcoming album.
Factory of Dreams – Some Kind of Poetic Destruction 2013
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Some Kind of Poetic Destruction (2013) is the fourth album by Portuguese/Swedish progressive metal act Factory of Dreams. The album is a conceptual science fiction work following the story of Kyra, a “unique and mysterious character who holds the key to our fate”. Kyra, along with two other characters in the story, known only as Kyra’s boyfriend and the child, are each represented by a different narrator,
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Trifathom is a Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal band from South San Francisco, California. We introduce a mix of heaviness, melodies, and a hint of technicality with a tad of thrash to bring something new to our fans.
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Nosound is an Italian band formed in 2002 by Giancarlo Erra (vocals and guitars). Together with Giancarlo we have Paolo Vigliarolo (guitars), Alessandro Luci (bass), Marco Berni (keyboards) and in the past year the band was joined by the ex-Porcupine Tree and Blackfield Chris Maitland (drums). The album also has Marianne De Chastelaine (cello) in a couple of tracks.
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