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Portland, Maine, rockers Sun Gods in Exile make no bones about who they are or what they do. Their second album, Thanks for the Silver(Small Stone), is guitar rock all the way through – a dudely amalgam of Southern riffing and solos that puts a figurative edge to the literal “double-guitar” lineup distinction. It’s easy to imagine six-string connoisseurs swishing the work of Tony D’Agostino and Adam Hitchcockaround a brandy snifter to air them out – or at very least popping the top of a can and enjoying the hiss and the fizz as a song like “Moonshine” plays out its Southern course. At times Thanks for the Silver is almost a caricature of heavy Southern rock masculinity, and coming from a band located in the northernmost state in the continental US, that has its own issues, but damned if the five-piece don’t do it well, and the sophomore outing shows marked growth from where their 2009 debut, Black Light, White Lines (review here) left off, most notably with the inclusion ofChristopher Neal’s keyboards.

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The Helsinki based Rock / Hard Rock band Crimsonic will release their debut album “Silence Too Loud” on May 16th, 2012. The album was recorded mainly at the Rockstar Productions studio in Hyvinkää with Lari Takala and the previously released singles Journey (Oct 19th, 2011) and Avoided (Jan 13th, 2012) at the Amplisonic studio in Napue.

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When Diamondog is ripping it up Motorhead-style, “Kill Me” kills. When the band slows down — and it slows down quite a bit — the album becomes a bit of a lifeless affair.

The album blasts out of the gates with “Hurt,” which has a nice punky style, with a chugging riff and slithering lead guitar part, courtesy of Morten Husvik and Havard Traethaug. The song also gives Mikael Lillevold a chance to show off his pipes. Then, it’s off to another speedy rocker, “Kill Me,” with Frode Heistad’s bass pleasantly prevalent in the mix. So far, so good.

“Lost In Tranquility” is a nice Foo Fighters-type poppy track, with an easily-sung-along-with chorus and nice wah-wah guitar part. So far, so good.

Wow!Now…Rockooball!!!Human Zoo ,C.T.P. Jaded Heart …and more!

1. Kick’n Rush neutones
2. No Pain No Gain Maxxwell
3. Raise Your Hands Human Zoo
4. Run and Hide Jaded Heart
5. Rebound Vivian
6. Get Up and Move The Unfading Beauty
7. Roll On (feat. Michael Voss) C.T.P.
8. Fight! Tri State Corner
9. Catch Me If You Can Keaden
10. Cross the Line Defuse
11. Shout It Out Loud Smalltown Rockets
12. Supermen Richtaste
13. Another Last Shot (Single Version)

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American Dream include 11 new tracks, the band are working with Bruce Witkin, Ryan Dorn and Carlos ‘Apple G’ Orellana in a co-production effort. Vocalist Ron Young recently checked in with BW&BK and offered the following update: “The new album will be up for sale in about three days on iTunes, two weeks from our website, and in about three to four weeks from distributors. The more people that start playing it and hearing it, the better!”

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Formed amidst the Steelworks town of Corby, Northamptonshire, their very own first chapter was born: ‘Chapter One’ and set the scene for Viking Skull. Top notch reviews were abundant and a landmark 11/10 review from Metal Hammer lead the band to secure a busy touring schedule supporting the likes of Alice Cooper, HIM, Clutch and Dio! 2005 saw Viking Skull release ‘Born in Hell’  but we believe a bottle or two of Absinthe is to blame for what then became a two year break… isn’t it always!