This is the new video from HammerFall's upcoming album.
Just click play and wait ;)
The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Threshold
02. The Fire Burns Forever
03. Rebel Inside
04. Natural High
05. Dark Wings, Dark Words
06. Howlin' With The 'Pac
07. Shadow Empire
08. Carved In Stone
09. Reign Of The Hammer
10. Genocide
11. Titan Read more...
For those who don't know S.Y.L. is a side project of some veteran musicians. Devin Townsend ( Devin Townsend's Band, Steve Vai) on vocals, Byron Stroud (Fear Factory, Zimmers Hole) on bass, Jed Simon (Zimmers Hole) on guitars and behind the drums is the man that had played in almost every metal band, Gene Hoglan ( Death, Dark Angel, Testament, Old Man's Child, Daemon few of them).
It's logicaly to wonder how this people that come from musicaly different bands can stick together and what kind of music do they play. The answer is simple, they play a little bit of everything. Musicaly, S.Y.L. stand somewhere between Death-Thrash-Hardcore-Industrial (like early Fear Factory) with some Jazz solos. Sounds crazy ? It is !!!
Anyway, back to the review now. S.Y.L release a new album after last years "Alien" (probably the bands best album so far). Rumor has it that their company pushed them for a quick release in order to promote the album in OzzFest. The album start with "Decimator" a small and fast song that leads in to more death-like "You Suck". Then, the style change again to industrial with "Antiproduct" which is my favorite song lately! The band, then change again from Fear Factory style in "Monument" to something chaotic in "Wrong Side". In general each song consists of many ideas riffs and changes both in speed and style. The album close with a very good song called "The New Black"
Devin screams and spits (while in all other bands his voice was extremely clear!) while Gene Hoglan proves that he is the man that can merge any idea, no matter how different they are. His drum play can be slow, fast, very fast, super fast, and uber fast! I believe that Hoglan is the one that hold the songs together with his perfect beats and fills.
S.Y.L have the ability to change from serius songs and lyrics to songs like "You Suck" and "Fucker". Still, they prove that they are, alongside System of a Down, the only band that can create chaos. The major characteristic of "The New Black" is that has many complex and diverse songs. Bu there is one major drawback. While, chaos and the diverse songs are the reasons that this album is good, there are also the reason that this album is very hard to listen. Sometimes, there are so many ideas in one song that will tire the listener while, other songs are too chaotic that the listener can't follow. I think it would be better if S.Y.L. put their ideas in some order first and then record an album. Besides that, the album is very good and will help to withstand the summer hot.
Band :
Davin Townsend - Vocals
Gene Hoglan - Drums
Byron Stroud-Bass
Jed Simon-Guitars
Tracklist:
1. Decimator
2. You Suck
3. Antiproduct
4. Monument
5. Wrong Side
6. Hope
7. Far Beyond Metal
8. Fucker
9. Almost Again
10. Plyophony
11. The New Black
Rating: 80/100
Their debut album called "Ritual Instict" and believe me, it’s a ritual to initiate young people to hard rock. The album opens with the intro “Ritual”. Although intros are the only reason skip button exists, this one you will listen to it every time because it’s indeed like a ritual and because Milojevic screams the title of the next song, “Queen of the Night”, so fucking amazing, that your mind goes back to 80s. “Queen of the Night" is the song that you want to hear every day. The next two songs, "Memories" and "Fire" will remind you Van Hallen and the early days of Bon Jovi with catchy chorus and speed riffs and heavy solos from Paladian. The instrumental “The Weight of the Cross” it is something like an intro to "Nobody", probably the next best song after “Queen Of The Night”.
Musically, Snake Eye play hard rock in the style of Van Hallen, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Dokken and Dio. Their strong points are definitely Milojevic voice and the guitar play from Paladian. This album is already a classic! I hope that we will hear from them again! Definitely a must buy!
Band :
Boban Milojevic: Vocals
Xavier Paladian: All electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Eric Charpentier: Bass
Dom Morroni: Drums
Tracklist :
1. Ritual
2. Queen of the night
3. Memories (Give me a sign)
4. Fire
5. Over the edge
6. No
7. The weight of the cross (Instrumental)
8. Nobody
9. DWB Lonely
10. Walk in the silence
11. Danger
12 High enough
13. Never say never
Rating: 85/100
Cradle of Filth are currently putting the finishing touches to their upcoming album, Thornography, due out September 19th.
Here are some tour dates and places:
06.09. Berlin - Kesselhaus
07.09. Rostock - Mauclub
08.09. Erfurt - Club Centrum
09.09. Andernach - JUZ Live Club
10.09. Hannover - Faust
12.09. Bochum - Matrix
13.09. Koln - Underground
14.09. Karlsruhe - Substage
15.09. Kaiserslautern - Kammgarn
16.09. Hamburg - Grunspan
17.09. Frankfurt - Batschkapp
19.09. Bielefeld - Forum
20.09. Nurnberg - Hirsch
21.09. Munchen - Backstage
22.09. A-Worgl - Komma
23.09. A-Traun - Spinnerei
24.09. A-Wien - Arena
26.09. Stuttgart - die Rohre
27.09. Heidelberg - Schwimmbad Music Club
28.09. Freiburg - Jazzhaus
29.09. CH-Winterthur - Salzhaus
30.09. CH-Bern - Gaskessel
09.12. Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei
Finaly, you can watch some demo recordings of the upcoming album here.
The track listing is as follows:
Sucker
One Night Stand
Devil I Know
Trigger
Under The Gun
God Was Never On Your Side
Living In The Past
Christine
Sword of Glory
Be My Baby
Kingdom of the Worm
Going Down
R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Read more...
This year will be held between 03-08 and 05-08 with more than 55 bands!!!!
Here is the band list :
Aborted
Amon Amarth
Die Apo. Reiter
Arch Enemy
Atheist
Battlelore
Bloodthorn
Born From Pain
Caliban
Carnivore
Celtic Frost
Children Of Bodom
D'espairs Ray
Danko Jones
The Dogma
Ektomorf
Emperor
End Of Green
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Fleshgore
Gamma Ray
Hellfueled
In Extremo
Korpiklaani
Krieger
Krypteria
Lake Of Tears
Legion OT Dam.
Mambo Kurt
Metal Inquisitor
Ministry
Morbid Angel
Motorhead
MSG
Mystic Circle
Nevermore
Nocturnal Rites
Opeth
Orphaned Land
Primal Fear
Rose Tattoo
Scorpions
Six Feet Under
Soilwork
Soulfly
Subway To Sally
Transilvanian B. C.
Tribe After Tribe
Uli Jon Roth
Victory
Vreid
WE
Whitesnake
Wintersun Read more...
Say you love...cause I know you do, and if you don't you will :p
Just found the new video clip from Iron Maiden...
The video clip is called "The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg" and it is from the upcoming album. I don't know who the hell is this but the song is realy good. Just click play and wait
The first thing that I noticed is the artwork of the cd, it is just perfect. Anthony Clarkson did a great cover artwork and Nikolay Simkin's booklet design is simply outstanding.
Rating: 62/100
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January
17 - Essen, Germany at Weststadthalle
18 - Strasbourg, France at La Laiterie
19 - Lichtenfels, Germany at Stadthalle
20 - Antwerpen, Belgium at Hof Ter Loo
21 - London, UK at Mean Fiddler
23 - Paris, France at Elysee Montmartre
24 - Lyon, France at Ninkaso Kao
25 - Barcelona, Spain at Razzmatazz 2
26 - Madrid, Spain at La Riveria
27 - Bilbao, Spain at Santana 27
28 - Toulouse, France at SDF Ramonville
29 - Milano, Italy at Alcatrazz
31 - Lubljana, Slovenia at VPK Mediapark
February
1 - Zagreb, Croatia at Boogaloo
2 - Salzburg, Austria at Rockhouse
3 - Vienna, Austria at Planet Music
4 - Budapest, Hungary at Petofi Hall
5 - Belgrad, Serbia at SKC
7 - Stuttgart, Germany at Longhorn
8 - Langen, Germany at Stadthalle
9 - Pratteln, Switzerland at Z7
10 - Glauchau, Germany at Alte Spinnerei
11 - Munich, Germany at New Backstage
12 - Prague, Czech Republic at Avalon
13 - Krakow, Poland at Club 38
14 - Warszawa, Poland at Proxima
15 - Berlin, Germany at Columbia Club Read more...
Upcoming Lake Of Tears shows:
Aug. 05 - Wacken, GER @ Wacken Open Air
Aug. 06 - Pratteln, SWI @ Metal Dayz
Sep. 02 - L'vov, UKR @ TBA
Sep. 03 - Keiv, UKR @ TBA
Sep. 05 - Harkhov, UKR @ TBA
Sep. 07 - Rostov-Na-Donu, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 08 - Krasnodar, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 09 - Moscow, RUS @ DK "Gorbunova
Sep. 12 - Barnaul, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 13 - Tomsk, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 14 - Krasnoyarsk, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 15 - Novosibirsk, RUS @ TBA
Sep. 16 - S. Petersburg, RUS @ TBA
Oct. 14 - Thessaloniki, GRE @ Mylos Club
Oct. 15 - Athens, GRE @ Underworld Club (w/ DEATH SS) Read more...
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Latest news from Iron Maiden : the forthcoming cover and a single release, read the following announcement that was posted on their site:
Iron Maiden undertake a massive Winter European Tour that opens in Denmark on 9th November, culminating in eight UK arena dates at the end of December (including two nights at Earls Court Arena). They will play to nearly 100,000 people in the UK alone! The majority of these shows are already sold out. Please check for details on www.ironmaiden.com for the latest information on ticket availability and for details of tickets just released from Production holds..."
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"... The gig will take place at the Zeche club in Bochum (), Germany on September 12th, 2006. Nevermore finest will play a set of about 2 hours, with material spanning their 11-year career. The result will be the main part of their forthcoming home DVD, captured by a 7-camera team, with live recordings handled by producer Andy Sneap, who recorded their latest album "This Godless Endeavor", who will also record true 5.1 Surround sound. The planned double-DVD set will also feature a full Nevermore documentary, live footage from throughout their career, all the band's promo videos and even more extras. The release is planned for early 2007.
Please note that only 666 tickets will be available for the DVD recording show.
Two days later, Nevermore will begin supporting DISTURBED on their European tour, as well as playing some of the top Summer metal festivals before..."
I have seen Nevermore twice and I can say they are amazingly good at lives, they know how to create chaos :D... don't miss this gig. Read more...
Sure, one of my favourite’s albums for 2006
Rating : 90/100 Read more...