BLOODSTAINED „Greetings from hell”
Greece is not very famous when it comes to heavy metal. BLOODSTAINED have belonged to the scene for six years now and calls attention because they offer an American power metal sounding album in the shape of old VIRGIN STEELE or also TITAN FORCE.
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GAIA EPICUS „Symphony of glory”
Norway normally stands for black metal of the worst kind. But now and then, more melodic metal bands from such coutries, where the melodic metal is active, but noone doesn´t pay attention to it, find a way to present their music.
TWILIGHT „Born undivine”
TWILIGHT is a Spanish metal formation that tries to connect their bombastic, but never too full, epic power metal with folk music.
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VIRTUOCITY „Northern Twilight Symphony”
Already while little Jaron Sebastian Raven was a child, he also was a musician. He early learned play the drums and the bass guitar.
KHYMERA „A new promise”
At the moment there happens much in the hard/melodic rock area. The releases go hand in hand.
MAD MAX „Night of white rock”
Here we have it finally: Germany´s first and only Christian rock band! The guys are not new in the music business, no, they have already released 5 albums. MAD MAX now release with Night of white rock 11 brandnew tracks that were recorded in the JOVEL studios in Muenster/Germany.
SOUL DOCTOR „For a fistful of dollars”
After their self-titled debut album from 2001 and the follower of 2002 (Systems go wild), ch SOUL DOCTOR took some time to release their latest disc called For a fistful of dollars. Good things come to those who wait? We will see, if line up, management and label changes, as well as healed fractures and survived hospital inhabitation bring good things.
SPEEDY GONZALES „Electric Stalker”
Good songs: Medals, Free like an eagle, Spit in the hand that feeds you, Trial by fire, Lust and desire
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MAJESTY „Sons of a new millenium”
Before the German true metal formation MAJESTY release their new output in February, the five guys from Tauberbischofsheim present a yummy relishable EP called Sons of a new millenium that includes five tracks.
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MAJESTY „Hellforces”
MAJESTY one of the most controversial heavy metal bands of Germany either you love or you hate them release in February with Hellforces their fourth studio album, after they have thrown their EP (Sons of a new millennium) out to the world.
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BLACK SUN – Interview with Chemel Neme, vocalist
BLACK SUN „Tyrant from a foreign land”
Offspring bands come from everywhere You already know that really good stuff comes from South America. A new hope in the power metal area are here BLACK SUN from Equador.
SPI-RITUAL – Interview with Stefan Hertrich (voc. in DARKSEED).
Stefan Hertrich, singer and head of the German gothic metalheads DARKSEED, has again created a music project. Meanwhile this is his second solo project besides SHIVA IN EXILE and a further project called BETRAY MY SECRETS that he has got with Christian Bystron in MEGAHERZ.
Hertrich uses ethnic and Eastern music elements for his projects. The special thing is the way of the connection from Western and Eastern instruments. The singer and songwriter knows how to create nearly perfect fusions.
With Pulse the mini CD of 6 tracks of the new project SPI-RITUAL, it is succeeded to fusion gothic metal with ethnic and hypnotic, esoteric sounds that absolutely operate fascinatingly.
The details and backgrounds of SPI-RITUAL and the aims behind the project you can find in the following interview:
THE MYSTERY
December 10, 2005, Pabb, Heiligenhaus, Germany
L`ESPRIT DU CLAN – Interview with Chamka
LEAVES´ EYES „Vinland Saga”
Only one year after the release of the debut album Lovelorn LEAVES´ EYES send their follower: Vinland Saga. Totally different than Lovelorn, the second album includes different subjects: This second concept album deals with the discovery of America by Leiv Eiriksson.