NERGARD – The Beginning 2012 EP
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Since May 2010 Norwegian musician and composer Andreas Nergård has written material for a metal musical entitled Memorial For A Wish. “Musicals and concept albums have always fascinated me,” Andreas says eagerly. “I created this project because I wanted to make an album with the singers and instrumentalists who have inspired me to start playing music. It’s because of them I’ve become a musician and a composer.” And he has an impressive line-up for the musical. The Beginning is an EP containing three tracks off this
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Jimmy Pitts, Marco Minnemann, and a gang of monster players laying down some serious Fusion/Prog!
Jimmy Pitts began his progressive journey as keyboardist/composer with the avant-garde metal band Scholomance on The End Records in the early 1990’s. Since then he has performed a diverse array of music, from jazz festivals with the Mikhal Caldwell group, to performing on cds ranging from obscure Classical, soundtrack, and world music, to the frenetic metal intensity of Ron Jarzombek’s
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Full Houze is a five piece rock band (the type with two guitars to give you a clue on their style) from Thessalonika, Greece. The band´s sound is Southern Rock with influences clearly based on the likes of Lynyrd Sknynrd and the Allman Brothers. Certainly Panos Doucas on vocals has got a very realistic American accent and the guitar sounds are quite in keeping (I am reasonably sure it is a Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster dual guitar attack).
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After only three years after their birth, reach the coveted goal record the onset nostrani Vidocq. If you are already disgusting as you think it is too short a period of time, keep in mind that we are not talking about kids beginners, but a group of musicians have been run and feet firmly on the ground. Proposed by the rock quartet
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The Enid present their 13th studio album INVICTA. This masterpiece goes hand in hand with its predecessor, Journey’s End as the second in a planned trilogy.
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First look at the world of metal, for one of the young promises, surely they will succeed in the scene metalhead.
The promising German formation, has combined with style, genres like Heavy, rock and a touch powermetalero, at the height of his countrymen GammaRay.
WILD DAWN – Double Sided 2012
today/For fans of Whitesnake, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Deep Purple. Hard rock band from France.
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After having released twelve albums, Guy Manning thought a short hiatus was in order and it was guitarist/vocalist Kev Currie who suggested to record one of their ‘Akoustic’ sets and release it in this quiet (Manning) period. Says Manning: “I thought this was a splendid idea. It would be a good chance to show off the other side of what the band can do and to put on display, in a semi-live fashion, songs which under normal circumstances the bigger ‘Elektrik’ band would not perform.” Could well be, but as is the case with most of
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After the first time through Zero Down’s Looking to Start a Riot I was not particularly impressed. I felt like I’d heard this kind of dirty Hard Rock/Heavy Metal many times before. But the album started to open up on subsequent listens, revealing powerful riffs, sharp solos and some downright fun songs.
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I thought at first that the songs weren´t strong enough but they grow, and I must say that she can carry the songs all by herself with her amazing voice. She has truly played and toured with some of the best such as The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Dave Matthews. And one day in the studio, Steve Perry showed up and it ended with Perry doing background vocals on the title track “Follow the freedom”. Unbelievable! That song is also one of the highlights
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Formed in 2006, Fast Train Union is a collection of experienced musicians from a wide variety of backgrounds that have come together to make rock music for people who love rock music. With years of music making under their belts, every member of Fast Train Union brings their own perspective on the classic rock experience while updating it for today’s audience. From the solid rhythm section to the searing guitar tracks, Fast Train Union is a band that demands to be played loud. Their debut, self-titled release is a collection of
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FIREWATER – The highly anticipated follow up to Dean’s first CD “Original Synphony”.
Ready now for digital download in the official Dean Meehan “Store” tab, and on Itunes, Amazon, Zune, Tunecore, CDBaby.. and many more online music sites!
Openfieldz – Ready to Fly Away 2012
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A surprising mix of acoustic guitars with rock and metal influences blending perfectly with strong vocals and scream. From Quebec canada
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