Ghost Machinery : "Haunting remains " Power Metal from Finland. This is a project from Boiling Point members, the music is more into melodic ways and sounds more like Primal Fear with an Iron Maiden edge and even Dreamtheater . Also the early years of Yngwie Malmsteen 's albums!!! Have signed to Soundriot.
7 Gates : "Fire walk with me" Swedish Heavy Metal at its best!!! this is the new revelation of the year and will probably win the love of every Metal maniacs! I certainly will give them the Gold Award for best album! Inspired by all the 80's Metal bands but with the new sound and their own creations, a great job and a powerfull album that will kick the history of Heavy Metal. A new bomb is born and they will show you that evolution with the old Heavy Metal receipt can still make great bands. One of the new comers bring back the real Metal to it's higher place. Their brand new album is out on Soundriot and this label knows where to find the best bands straight outo the underground. This band is beatting up the 80's band that have left Heavy Metal for the money business and they must regret when they hear this masterpiece!!! Thanks to them for letting the place for great new comers. Hail to 7Gates!!! Hail to Sweden a country that hasn't finished to suprise the Metal scene!!!
NTS : French Compilation with 5 tracks and one video. Excellent promotional CD to sell their label. The Shaman track has an hidden track which is just an intro.
Manigance : "Mourir en Heros" French band who sings in French, the begining of the track starts with a kinda Hard Core riff then pursue onto Heavy/Progressive Metal style. This band reminds me ADX for the lyrics and the way the singer sings. A band that searches itself but should only interest French people has this sounds typically French!!! A good band though, a shame they sing in French as it is well done and the song is really good. American music with a French singer..and musicians!
Thunderstone : "Break the Emotion" Nothing much to say, an excellent Heavy / Power Metal band. Very Professionnal with catching riffs and a voice that takes you to the sky. Excellent.
Malediction : "Dans ma memoire " Another French band who sings in French but this one is Excellent and really kicks ass, a true Heavy Metal band with professionnal sound and the music is great, one of my favorite on this compilation , I give them a success garanty in the near futur!!! Sometimes you don't even believe it's French@! I love it!!!
Primal Fear : "Metal is forever " Nothing to say this band is well known and has been one of the first to bring true Heavy Metal back to life. Once again they prove that Metal is FOREVER!!! Excellent.
Shaman : "Ancient Winds" Live (Audio & VIdeo) A Progressive Metal band...I personnaly hate this band, I don't hear any passion nor love into this music, the drummer who is supposed to lead the music is just boring and plays the same stuff all the way through. This sounds so cold and clean, a line! nothing to lift the music exept the very short guitar solo that tells you the guitarist could make a better job into a better band. This is what I call a studio band not good for live shows at all. We can see that the singer (in the video) plays the keys and probably he should stick to it! I have the feeling this band wants just the fame and money of famous other Progressive bands I won't name but they should have more love into it! The worst is people become fans so easily of a bad copy band that means anyone can be famous by copying others even though they are bad and their intention is just to get money. I hope the guitarist will leave this s***y band to kick into a Thrashy Heavy Metal band...
Shadowlord : " Scourge of Heaven" - Nederland Black Metal band. This album is a revelation in the Black Metal world and will certainly move the masses as this is one of the best album I have heard since Urshurak (italian revelation). The difference between those two bands are the creations as Shadowlord has more feeling and melodies and Urshurak is more into aggressivity but both are for me the new Black Metal futur and this prooves once more that Underground bands are the futur!!! This album is like a receipt, take Cradle of Filfth + Dark Funeral + Dimmu Borgir + a bit of progressive and Gothic. Mix them & you will get Shadowlord!!! A beautiful masterpiece!!! Available straight from their website on the links page (click on the "S" of the top frame) so get this CD if you are a true Black Metal fan!!!
Requiem : "Mask of damnation" Second masterpiece from this excellent band from Finland still signed on SoundRiot records. This is difficult to judge this album which is pretty similar to the first one with one exeption, the final mix is more Metal and has lost the Classical Mix we had in the first album. I hope the band will not take another direction as this second album is more into Power Metal than the first one I found so original by the classical parts and sound. They are joining bands such as Primal Fear and co. An excellent album with full of emotion and kicking rythms. A definitively professionnal band that anyone should have in his collection!
Metal Integral : Nº21 French Fanzine with tons of reviews, the French metal scene with bands names, albums , history.. full information on 32 pages in B&W. For non French people check their site you will find interviews, underground bands links etc...a very good zine made with lots of passion from fans to fans. A Metal communion Metal Integral - Planete Music -Association loi 1901 - Maison des associations - 67 Rue Saint Francois de Sales 73000 Chambery France Metal Zone Prod.666 has written the Exodus " tempo of the damned" review in this fanzine.
Ram : Swedish Heavy Metal band. The album is out!!! produced and signed to Black Path Metal recordings. For those who have been waiting for those giant Metalheads to kick ass with their first CD it's done, at least I was waiting for it. IF you haven't heard yet about this band then it's time for you to check them out and to seriously support them as they are like a legend from Heavy Metal. A band that is totally 100% Metal and will bring you back to your old time 80's favorite Metal bands. These guys know how to make Metal and even the album is made like the old time with a simple logo on the cover, lyrics inside with a small booklet. This reminds me the early years of Metal back in early 80's when the music was more important than the cover artwork and the bands' image. This is true Metal. You'll ear this band for many years as the new Heavy Metal revelation and will be the legend of tomorrow's youth!!! Live Heavy Metal, live RAM!!!
Deimos :Doom Death HeavyMetal band from Russia. WHen Scorpions meet Paradise lost, or Melodies and coldness. One of the song could be compared to Within Temptation 's Enter album but without the keyboards and harder. There is no limit for the music to be appreciated by different people. The sound is still rough as underground bands but could sound interesting with a good mix.
Reflection : German Thrash Metal band, their music is powerfull with the sound of the 80's. A mix of Destruction and Sodom with an edge of Kreator.
Distraught : Brazilian Thrash /Death Metal band, their music is a mix between Sepultura and Ratos De Paraos mixed with powerfull Death Metal riffs. An early nineties influenced band.
Obsidian: Holland Death Metal band. Their music is a mix of Morbid Angel and Messuhga. Basically they have the influences from the early 90's Death Metal scene with the sound of Fear Factory.
Heavy & Loud : French Heavy Metal band inspired by the early 80's which is so good to hear!. On the Mp3 'site (click on the cover) you will find 3 songs. The first one is a mix between Iron Maiden & Whitesnake, for the second one is a mix between Skid Row, Guns 'n Roses, Lee Aaron ...soft Hard Rock and very melodic like Saraya... Y&T...Foreigner and many others! The third one is softer much Hard Rock FM with a solo mixed from SkidRow and Satriani...The melody sounds like Skid Row's song "I remember you" but not that close! I can't find in my head the nearest band they could sound like but it's definitively good old Heavy Metal
Reviolence : Thrash Metal band from Brasil. A very impressive band with such a talent! Their compositions are full of inspiration from 80's & 90's bands from Heavy to Thrash. You can imagine Forbidden, Kreator, Judas Priest...and many many more all compressed in one band that makes it so hard to compare them to!!!A very new and great band that will need to become one of our new Thrash Metal influence in a near futur. This band has such a potential that you can't ignore it! YOu just have to listen to it and you are transported to a very nice musical piece. My new favorite band for january 2005!
