Showing posts with label Year: 2004. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year: 2004. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Genre: Electronic Symphonic Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Dol Ammad music is definitely original and mastermind Thanasis Lightbridge calls it Electronic Arts Metal. Together with a 12-piece choir and a lot of electronic elements, Star Tales is a one of a kind release. Listening to the first track (excluding the intro) "Eclipse", you will understand how expansive Dol Ammad's music can sound.
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Thursday, 10 December 2009
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Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Genre: Progressive Power Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Anubis Gate comes from Denmark and "Purification" is their debut. Playing Power Metal and mixing it with Prog, they are not afraid to slow down and they don't sound "happy" like the usual European Power Metal bands, but they are still accessible without being simple.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Genre: Dark Progressive Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Lyrical themes of this album is based on the band's thoughts on how hyprocrites abuse the name religion.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Genre: Pagan Metal
Bit Rate: 320
The second and last album of Ensiferum with Jari Maenppaa, but also a worthy successor to their debut.
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Probably one of the most popular albums among the Austrian band's discography. The melodies of some of the songs are definitely more memorable and therefore relatively easier to access as well, but that doesn't mean the music is simple. As usual, it is actually complicated and it takes time to peel it off layer by layer to find the hidden gems.
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Friday, 5 June 2009
Genre: Gothic Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Beseech's music isn't exactly wow-ing, but it would certainly make listeners think it's nice and pleasant while filled with emotion, atmosphere and melancholy. The beautiful compositions along with the meaningful lyrics really makes Beseech stand out.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Saturday, 16 May 2009
Genre: Progressive Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Considered by many as one of the musicians around, Arjen Lucassen brings us with another Ayreon album. Once again, it is a 2CD concept album featuring plenty of high calibur guest musicians. The 20 tracks represents 20 days of the life of the characters in the story where "Me" [James Labrie: Dream Theater] is in coma in the hospital after a serious car accident. His Best Friend [Arjen Lucassen] and his "Wife" [Marcela Bovio: Elfonia] are waiting near him, wondering a lot of things… Can he hear them? Will he survive? Does he love her [them]?…. During all this time, "Me" is confronted in his mind to his father [Mike Baker: Shadow Gallery] and all the feelings humans can have.
Some "bad" feelings: The "Agony" [Devon Graves: Dead Soul Tribe] who shows him the reality of his accident, the "Fear" [Mikael Akerfeldt: Opeth] who is always trying to make him doubt. Some feelings which are just synonymous with reality like the "Rage" [Devin Townsend] to survive or to be in that status… the "Pride" [Magnus Ekwall: The Quill] and the Reason [Eric Clayton: Saviour Machine] who can give him the desire to survive… or to die.
"Me" is also confronted to some nice feelings like the "Love" [Heather Findlay: Mostly Autumn] and the "Passion" [Irene Jansen], who give him the desire to live, the desire to see again his wife and his friend, who show him that he is someone and that he deserves to be alive…
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Genre: Power Metal
Bit Rate: 320
I understand that a lot of people like this band from Brazil that plays European Power Metal and many think this album is Angra's most representative work to date. It is a concept album featuring a knight crusader known as The Shadow Hunter who joins the army of the Pope in the 11th Century. The musicians are great, soaring vocals, amazing guitar soli and some big names as guest musicians including Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian, Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray and Sabine Edelsbacher of Edenbridge.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Genre: Gothenburg Metal
Bit Rate: 320
Gothenburg Metal with a female singer would probably remind you of Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy. But no, Amaran's Johanna De Pierre doesn't do death vocals, nor operatic ones, just singing the natural way. So do give this album a shot if you are into melodic heavy/death metal but with a female vocalist that doesn't do it the symphonic/death metal style. Too bad they disbanded quite a while ago...
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