Ozzy Osbourne is currently working on two new studio albums. The first album was recorded in May with Mike Bordin (drums), Blasko (bass) and Zakk Wylde (guitar). The second album that Ozzy works on, is the soundtrack to his musical about Grigory Rasputin. The album will be released initially, and then the play will debut on Broadway or as a touring show according to Osbourne.On the other hand, Ozzy Osbourne has been voted Britain's favourite figure of fun. The Reader's Digest survey says the former Black Sabbath frontman "appears to have transformed himself from a scary heavy metaller into everyone's favourite clown."
Powerman 5000 is the band that became famous as the little brother band of White Zombie. Not only because of the musical similarities but also because the singer Mike "Spider" Cummings is the brother of Rob Zombie and Mike Tempesta (he left the band) is the brother of John Tempesta.From the firsts tunes of the album is clear that Powerman 5000 changed their style again. The band used to be an industrial, nu-metal band but in their latest album, "Destroy What You Enjoy" they mix punk elements. The reason is that punk is now famous in America....and as they sing in "Wild World", There's money to be made... Especialy, "Enemies" is Sex-Pistols-like song.
The voice of Spider is killer as always. Small fast songs with happy-punk melodies will get your attention for sure. Easy listening songs like "Who Do You Think You Are" and "All My Friends Are Ghost" that you will listen few times."Now that's Rock and Roll" is the only song musicaly close to their past and it is one of the best songs of the album..
Powerman 5000 is a band with energy in the vocals and power in the guitars. But since Tempesta left the band, the album lacks of this power. The band will not blow your speakers as they used to do in "Tonight The Stars Revolt"
But there's a hidden treasure in this album and its called "Murder". A fast song with an even faster refrain that will stay in your mind for a long time.
In the end "Destroy What You Enjoy" is not a bad album, but it's not a masterpiece also. It will stay in your stereo for a couple of weeks but I dont think that anyone will remember it after this period.
Rating 72/100
Band:
Mike "Spider" Cummings
Johnny Heatley
Terry Corso
Siggy Sjursen
Adrian Ost
TrackList:
1. Construction Of The Masses, Pt.1
2. Destroy What You Enjoy
3. Return To The City Of The Dead
4. Wild World
5. Enemies
6. Murder
7. Now That's Rock 'n Roll
8. All My Friends Are Ghosts
9. Walking Disaster
10. Who Do You Think You Are?
11. Masses, Pt.2
12. Miss America
13. Heroes And Villains (Live)
New group called Big Noise is formed with Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen) on vocals, guitarist Carlos Cavazo (Quiet Riot), bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol), drummer Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath), and keyboardist Gary Corbett (Cinderella, Lou Gramm).
Their plans are to release and promote a live DVD with well-known songs from each artist.
Well...my opinion is that if they want to be called a supergroup, they have to write new songs and not live in the past.
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Since the day that Lunatica formed they worked hard to win the attention of the fans. Their first release, "Atlantis" gave the opportunity for many concerts and festivals. Their second album, "Fables and Dreams" gave to the Swiss band a place to charts.Their latest album called "The Edge of Infinity" and they will try with this release to win the recognition they deserver.
The band plays a mix of Art Rock/ Progressive Metal. The main melodies come from the keyboards, not from the guitars as it was expected, and they are perfectly combined with the voice of Andrea.
Even from the intro the album wins the attention of the listener, while songs like "The Edge of Infinity" and "Sons of the Wind" give a nice art rock atmosphere. "Together" is a classic epic metal song, while in "Out" Andrea's voice will remind you bands like Evanescence. Finaly the classic love balads are present here also, with songs like "Power of Love", "Song For You".
In the end the filling that the album left me is that I heard a band that reminds me Blackmore's Night (cause of the vocals) although the result is much-much better. "The Edge of Infinity" climbed the charts already and it deserve it. The only drawback is that the album is not an easy listening. Some people will get tired of the long songs and their music style.
Rating: 87/100
Band
Andrea - Vocals
Alex - Keyboards
Emilio - Bass
Sandro - Guitars
Andre - Guitars
Ronnie - Drums
Tracklist -
The Edge Of Infinity
01. introduction
02. the edge of infinity
03. sons of the wind
04. who you are
05. out
06. song for you
07. together
08. the power of love
09. words unleashed
10. emocean
11. EmOcean ( bonus track)
Bad news for the fans of Death Metal scene. Swedish heavy metal musician Jon Nödtveidt, 31, was found dead on Wednesday, August 16 at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm. He shot himself in the head and was surrounded by lit candles, Expressen reports. Shortly before the ritual suicide, he had sent farewell letters to his father and his girlfriend and explained to a friend, "I'm going away for a long, long time. I'm going to Transylvania."Sometime between Monday (Aug. 14) and Wednesday, Nödveidt, vocalist and guitarist in the popular Swedish black metal band DISSECTION, chose to take his own life.
At 7:21 p.m. CET on Wednesday, a police patrol reported to the police communication center in Stockholm that a man had been found dead, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to several of Expressen's sources, the singer had placed an open copy of "The Satanic Bible" in front of him before pulling the trigger.
"He shot himself in the head and lay dead in a ring of lit candles," says a police source.
At 5:44 p.m. on Wednesday, the police received a 911 call from Jon Nödtveidt's family who hadn't been able to establish contact with him for a couple of days.
The suicide is believed to have been planned for a long time.
"At the scene there was also a will and a suicide note," a police source tells Expressen.
In December 1997, Jon Nödveidt was arrested for the murder of Josef Ben Meddaour and served seven years for accessory to murder and possession of an illegal firearm. The highly publicized murder in Gothenburg is depicted in the movie "Keillers Park". What has come to be known as "the Satanic murder" in Sweden has led to both a movie and a book.
In 1997, at the time of the murder, Jon Nödtveidt explained that he lived in a world where Satan was God and that they drank blood and sacrificed animals. On DISSECTION's web site he revealed that he was a member of MLO — Misanthropic Luciferian Order.
Dream Theater latest live will be released in August 29. The 3-CD and 2-DVD sets will be available seperately.Both versions will contain the entire "20th Anniversary World Tour" grand finale recorded live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 1st 2006. (nearly 3 hours of music - over 90 minutes of which was performed with a full orchestra)
The DVD will also contain a 1 hour Documentary tracking the entire career of the band from the very beginnings at the Berklee College Of Music in 1985 all the way to the Radio City Music Hall grand finale. Including rare never before seen footage and interviews with current and previous members of the band.
Also included on the DVD are several live Bonus Tracks from through the years taken from the Portnoy Archives.
Suppose that Curt Cobain's black widow hadn't decided to move to Malibu after the 'accident', but instead she chose the vast Texas deserts. Suppose that Dolly Parton was around 35 and she had a poster of Sheryl Crow somewhere in her bedroom...Country-pop sounds, songs that balance between the sandy morning fog backgrounded by an American midwest highway and those flashing big city lights, ultimately underachieving at both...Taking a break from the pure music part of this album, we have to note that the Dixies were one of the few American bands that spoke against G.Bush and his Iraq war,as well as the last song ( I hope) is dedicated to the hurricane Katrina victims of New Orleans .Unfortunately, these kind (??!) intentions are not enough, since the result is simply below par. I guess that a country music fan will be disappointed with this album, while a rookie country listener will not get intrigued to step any further.
Tracklist
- "The Long Way Around" (Robison, Maguire, Maines, Dan Wilson) -
- "Easy Silence" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Not Ready to Make Nice" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Everybody Knows" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Bitter End" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Lullaby" (Robison, Maguire,
- "
- "Silent House" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Favorite Year" (Maguire,
- "Voice Inside My Head" (Robison, Maguire,
- "I Like It" (Robison, Maguire,
- "Baby Hold On" (Robison, Maguire,
- "So Hard" (Robison, Maguire,
- "I Hope" (Robison, Maguire,
Rating: 58/100
The German power metalers just shot a new video clip of "Another Strange Me".The song is of their latest album "A Twist In The Myth". "Another Strange Me" will also be the album's second single.
just click play and enjoy!
Folkearth is project of 31 musician from 8 differnet countries !!! They use, apart from guitars and drums, harps, violins, violas, tin whistle (!?) and flutes. As their name imply the play folk/power metal with some black elements."By the Sword of My Father" is their second album and i have to say that is much better and mature than their debut. 16 songs will travel you in a different era for 72 mins.
The songs are full of different ideas with correct structure and given in way that doesn't exhaust the listener. The album is so good that i can't distinguish betweem the first 8 songs! Especialy the "Instrumental" will travel you to a pagan festival and "Nagflar Sets Sail" will make you search for your sword!!!
The only think that I noticed is that the last songs are not equaly good. But still the album is a decent release that I enjoy the last weeks!!! Surely a project that needs the support of fans.
Rating: 85/100
Band
UGIN(Aus)-keyboards
ATHELSTAN(Eng)-electric guitar,bass,drum programming,vocal
WULFSTAN(Eng)-vocals,lyrics ("The Lady's Gift")
MAGNUS WOHLFART(Swe)-electric and accoustic guitars,keyboards,vocals
JEREMY CHILD(Swe)-drums
DANIEL FREDRIKSSON(Swe)-some arrangements: medieval lute,mouth harp
SIMON FRODEBERG(Swe)-bass
KRISTOFER JANIEC(Swe)-violin
MICHELLE MAAS(Swe)-vocals
NIKLAS OLAUSSON(Swe)-vocals
DANIEL PETTERSSON(Swe)-some arrangements:keyed fiddle
RUSLANAS(Lit)-spoken vocals
TOBIAS ANDRELANG(Ger)-bass
ACHIM EBERLE(Ger)-percussion
RALF GRUBER(Ger)-drums&percussion
BERND INTVEEN(Ger)-electric guitar
SABINE STELZER(Ger)-bagpipes,flute,schalmey,percusion
MARCUS VAN LANGEN(Ger)-accoustic guitar,saz,bass,percussion,viking flute,vocals,lyrics("A Tribute To Viking Gods")
ANDRE GROSCHOPP(Ger)-electric&acoustic guitars,
keyboards,vocals,tin whistle,violin,drums
MARIOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)-vocals,keyboars,most of lyrics
STEFANOS KOUTSOUKOS(Greece)-bass
NIKOS NEZEIRITIS(Greece)-acoustic guitar
HILDR VALKYRIE(Greece)-vocals,keyboards and music ("on Returne To Waelhalle")
MARK RIDDICK(USA)-recorder,percusion, artwork and cd design
AXEL(North Italy)-electric and acoustic guitars,bass,vocals
BECKY(N.Italy)-celtic harp
ALESSANDRO CARUSO(N.Italy)-drums,percusion
FRANCESCA CROTTI(N.Italy)-violin
IGOR SAVIOLA(N.Italy)-vocals
RAVEN(N.ITALY)-celtic harp
ULVEN(N.Italy)-acoustic guitar
Tracklist
1. Introduction
2. The Lady's Gift
3. By the Sword of My Father
4. Naglfar Sets Sail
5. The Death of Beowulf
6. Intrumental
7. Skaldic Art
8. Domain of Darksome Ravens
9. Return to Walehalle
10. Heathenpride (Falkenbach cover)
11. Elves
12. Invictus
13. Wisdom of Wolves
14. Sailing A'Viking
15. Tribute to the Viking Gods
16. Journey Ends
Firewind is a melodic heavy-power metal group from Greece. After 8 years it seems that fans are start to regocnize their work. Their latest single, "Falling To Pieces" hit the charts. As a result a video clip was shot. You can find the video hereAlso, their new album, "Allegiance", is on stores since July.
It seems that Gene Simmons follows the steps of Ozzy. Gene plans to return to tv with a reality show called Family Jewels. The reality show will follow hs and his family's personal life at home. The family is Shannon Tweed, former Playmate Of The Year, actress and model. And their kids, Nick and Sophie, are, well...quite normal kids even though Mom and Dad are like no one else's parents.
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, the band from Germany that plays any kind of music, posted their new song online, from their upcoming album "Riders on the Storm", at www.myspace.com/reitermania"Riders on the Storm" is scheduled for release on August 25 via Nuclear Blast Records. A limited digipack version of the album will include two bonus tracks. Also the band is on tour with Tyr, Let My Dream and Hamatom. A second tour will take place also with Natron and Rotting Faith.
Finaly you can watch their new video here!
Below are all the confirmed upcoming concerts for Katatonia in Greece, Turkey and Germany, including the initial confirmed dates for Katatonia's first ever North America tour with Moonspell and Daylight Dies.DATE
VENUE CITY COUNTRY others
Aug. 17 Summer Breeze Dinkelbuhl Germany Festival
Sep. 14 Yeni Melek Istanbul Turkey Unknown
Sep. 15 Dungeon Club Izmir Turkey Unknown
Sep. 16 Saklikent Ankara Turkey Unknown
Sep. 17 222 Club Eskisehir Turkey Unknown
Sep. 22 Ydrogeios club Thessalokini Greece Unknown
Sep. 23 Gagarin Club Athens Greece Unknown
Oct. 20 The Loft Poughkeepsie, NY USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 21 Mark's Place Bedford, NH USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 22 B.B. Kings New York City. NY USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 23 The Medly Montreal, QC Canada Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 24 L'Imperial Quebec City, QC Canada Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 25 Opera House Toronto, ON Canada Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 26 Peabody's Cleveland, OH USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 27 IRock Detriot, MI USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 28 Pearl Room Mohena, IL USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 29 Station 4 St. Paul, MN USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Oct. 31 Iliff Park Salon Aurora, CO USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 2 Studio Seven Seattle, WA USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 3 Rock N' Roll Pizza Portland, OR USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 4 Pound @ Pier 96 San Francisco, CA USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 5 Whiskey a Go Go Hollywood, CA USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 6 House of Blues Anaheim, CA USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 9 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 10 The Launchpad Albuquerque, NM USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 11 White Rabbit San Antonio, TX USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 12 Warehouse Live Houston, TX USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 13 Ridglea Theater Ft. Worth, TX USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 15 State Theater St. Petersburg, FL USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 17 Jaxx Springfield, VA USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 18 Saratoga Winners Latham, NY USA Moonsp../Daylig..
Nov. 19 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT USA Moonsp../Daylig.
The well known power metalers from Italy, Rhapsody, were forced to change their name due to legal issues. Their new name is Rhapsody of Fire and as Luca Turrily says:"The power of the dragonflame will burn brighter than ever before". Keyboardist/songwriter Alex Staropoli added, "The name Rhapsody Of Fire better represents the energy that has always been present in this band and its music."Their next album will be called "Triumph of Agony" and the tracklist is as follows:
Tracklist – “Triumph or Agony”:
01. Dar-Kunor
I. Echoes From The Elvish Woods
II. Fear Of The Dungeons
02. Triumph Or Agony
03. Heart Of The Darklands
04. Old Age Of Wonders
05. The Myth Of The Holy Sword
06. Il Canto Del Vento
07. Silent Dream
08. Bloody Red Dungeons
09. Son Of Pain
10.The Mystic Prophecy Of The Demonknight
I. A New Saga Begins
II. Through The Portals Of Agony
III. The Black Order
IV. Nekron`s Bloody Rhymes
V. Escape From Horror
11. Dark Reign Of Fire
I. Winter Dawn`s Theme
Rage was one of the first groups that played power/speed metal 20 years ago. Today, after several line-up changes but always with Peavey on vocals and bass their sound remain unchanged. Although they tried some experimental albums with the Lingua Mortis orcherstra in "Ghost" and "Lingua Mortis", albums like "Black In Mind" are the ones that fans prefer. Their last studio release, "Soundchaser", it is believed that is their best effort.So, with "Speak Of The Dead" the bad had the extra burden, at least, to match "Soundchaser". The question is, did they succed ?
The album consists of two parts. In the first part, Rage once agian team up with Lingua Mortis. The first part constitutes of 8 songs, 5 of them are instrumentals. After the small intro, I was believed that I will hear the classic Rage metal, although what "Prelude to Souls" and "Innocent" remind me of, was Savatage! Although when Peavy starts to sing, the music turns indeed to classic Rage. In general the first part is something like a mix of Savatage and Rage. The idea sounds good, but the result is not the best. The orchestrical parts, although they are good at the beginning, they are too many and they end-up boring!
The album is getting interest in the second part where Rage play their classic power/speed metal. "Turn My World Around" is probably the best song of the album along side "Full Moon", while "Kill Your Gods" is faster and is also good! "No Fear", "Soul Survivor" and "Speak Of The Dead" are like the songs that Peavey writing his whole life. In general the second part is pretty good but the album leaves you with a feeling of incompleteness
I can't say that Rage were able to match "Soundchaser"but in the end "Speak of the Dead" is a pretty good album that it will play on your cd-player for a while.
Band:
Peter Wagner (Peavey) - vocals/bass
Victor Smolski - guitars
Mike Terrana - drums
TrackList:
01. Suite Lingua Mortis - Morituri Te Sal
02. Suite Lingua Mortis - Prelude of Soul
03. Suite Lingua Mortis - Innocent
04. Suite Lingua Mortis - Depression
05. Suite Lingua Mortis - No Regrets
06. Suite Lingua Mortis - Confusion
07. Suite Lingua Mortis - Black
08. Suite Lingua Mortis - Beauty
09. No Fear
10. Soul Survivor
11. Full Moon
12. Kill Your Gods
13. Turn My World Around
14. Be with Me or Be Gone
15. Speak of the Dead
Rating : 70/100
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