http://www.lethalconflict.com 31.03.2012
Rival Sons! Bändi joka tänä vuonna palauttaa rokin Ruisrokkiin ja hevin Ilosaareen!!!
Rival Sons - Pressure & Time (CD) 9.00
Rival Sons - Pressure & Time Redux (CD+DVD) 12.00
Monesti lafkat tekevät aika paskoja uusintapainoksia puolivillaisilla tuherodemobonuksilla, mutta Earachen julkaisema Pressure & Time redux tarjoaa rahoille vastinetta! Kaksi bonusbiisiä, neljä livevideota, kaksi videoclippiä, uusi kansitaide. Eikä ole todellakaan hinnalla pilattu!
Aenaon - Cendres Et Sang 9.00
progressive black metal -
http://www.aenaon-band.com
On viewing Aenaon's history - one would expect different. While the band consists of members of Varathron, Disolvo Animus and Nethescerial, Aenaon resembles none of these bands but instead branches out to be something entirely different, proficient in its category and place. If you are a fan of bands such as Shining, Code, DHG, Deathspell Omega - you should check out Aenaon immediately. And if you are a supporter of the underground scene, perhaps you have just found the best underground extreme metal album of 2011.
Atrox - Orgasm 9.00
avantgarde gothic metal?
http://www.last.fm/music/Atrox
For being Atrox's most accessible album, Orgasm is still pretty damn inaccessible. Listening to Monika sing is like being afflicted with A.D.D. and going through mood swings every 30 seconds, which actually comes across as a mostly tolerable and oddly enjoyable experience.
Crown of Autumn - Splendours from the Dark 9.00
Crown of Autumn - The Treasures Arcane - Transfigurated Edition 9.00
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crown-Of-Autumn/184679598214085
Already with the opening track, Templeisen, is becomes clear that the Crown has chosen for a different musical path for this album. We can hardly speak of symphonic black metal anymore and also the folk-influences have been reduces quite a lot. On the other hand progressive heavy metal is playing a bigger role on the record, which is mostly revealed in the clean vocal part. The clean vocals are quite dominantly present and also the guest vocals of female singer Milena Saracino give a helping hand on the albums sound. However, the band has again come up with a lot of atmosphere, only this time more towards gothic. The dark atmosphere combined with the in-deep-voice-spoken pieces and doomy grunts also remind me a lot of Rotting Christ in the A Dead Poem and especially Speel Of The Angels era.
Crysalys - The Awakening of Gaia 9.00
http://www.last.fm/music/Crysalys
A new voice in symphonic metal has arrived, one that is ready to mesmerize us all with voices of sirens and the destruction of Earth, and change the world with a movement as simple and decisive as a flap of a butterfly's wing.
Disguise - Second Coming 9.00
http://www.disguiseofficialsite.com
After 13 years of career Disguise give life to their most mature, complete and personal creature. "Second Coming" reaches the highest levels of aggressivity giving voice to the most hateful and insane feelings of the human sickness. Perverse vocals and sorrowful atmospheres in the old Mayhem style, are the frame for a violent Black Metal with shades of modern Metal, enriched by the assault of the Death Metal as only Satyricon, Dark Funeral and Marduk have been able to performing during the last years. It's a devastating work and will hit you like a merciless storm that will suddenly come on your heads!
Drakkar - When Lightning Strikes (digipack) 9.00
http://www.myspace.com/drakkarweb
Drakkar is one of the prime movers of the Italian Power Metal scene, together with Rhapsody Of Fire & Labyrinth! Drakkar sound is powerful, aggressive, epic and at the same time very melodic. They represents a band which shows a great respect and devotion towards the classic and traditional Heavy Metal but at the same way has the courage to find a personal and modern approach to the typical Power Metal sound! "When Lightning Strikes" it's once again an epic concept album that melds powerful riffs, majestic melodies and a true Metal attitude with classic science fiction concept behind it all!
Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma (digipack) 9.00
Psychedelic black metal? http://www.last.fm/music/Hail+Spirit+Noir
Where to begin...Yeah, Pneuma is definitely evil sounding, but Christ almighty, is it ever a blast to listen to! Take some post- type riffs found in Nachtmystium's latest album Addicts, now make them catchier, with a bit more bounce, have those riffs drift in and out of some rockabilly-esque guitar work that sounds like it belongs in some cheap 1950's horror movie. Liking it? It gets better; throw some organ behind it a la Acid Witch, then give it some gritty recent Darkthrone type vocals, and you've got the general idea...Until the later half of the album kicks in, then you're looking at something closer to Opeth during their 70's prog rock worship moments.
Hate Inc. - Art of Suffering 9.00
http://www.reverbnation.com/thehateinc
Absolutely one of the most surprising and modern Italian bands. HATE INC.s sound is a combination of Industrial metal of North-european descent mixed with American influences and with some rockish shades. An interesting mix of energy, anger, desperation and melody, all entwined with electronics. The most influencing band for Hate Inc.s sound is Ministry, but also bands like Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails and Killing Joke. The album is produced by Victor Love (Dope Stars Inc.)!
Johann Wolfgang Pozoj - Birth of Pozoj 9.00
Johann Wolfgang Pozoj - Escape of Pozoj 9.00
Mystical black metal? -
http://www.myspace.com/jwpozoj
Escape of Pozoj is unquestionably a black metal album, but it isnt freezing cold and doesnt always keep up an overbearing assault. There is a constant air of melody in the mayhem and an overall feel of mysticism. The blast beats dont even make an appearance until the third track, and they are only used when it fits the sound, which shows the band isnt particularly interested in sticking to an overused formula just because its expected of a black metal band.
Majestic Downfall - The Blood Dance (A5 Digibook) 9.00
http://www.facebook.com/majestic.downfall
The personal favourite of death/doom metal has been Australia's The Dead, with their slightly progressive take on the genre, but what Majestic Downfall presents on their latest offering is something more straightforward and emotional, and would perhaps please fans of bands such as Draconian. With the album opener The Blood Dance and the soothing acoustic guitars, it would almost trick listeners into thinking that this would be a light-hearted journey, but once the growls of band mastermind (and multi-instrumentalist) Jacobo and the heavy, crushing guitars come in, any such impressions are dispelled as the listener is instead brought on an emotional, almost heart-wrenching hour-long ride. The vocals of Jacobo alternates between a low growl and shouts, and he manages to display whatever sadness that is present, dragging out the syllables on the lyrics and injecting them with an almost desperate sense. At times, Jacobo also makes use of clean vocals on the album as backup vocals for his growls, and this helps in further bringing out the desolation in the music.
Negura Bunget - Poarta de Dincolo (mcd) 7.50
http://www.last.fm/music/Negura+Bunget
In general the new material finds the band in much the same mode, continuing their legacy as if the rift and lineup shifts had never occurred. Remaining is the textured poly-instrumentation, the naturalistic production treatment, the harsh, desperation-drenched vocals, and the multitude of blackened and atmospheric riff stylings. In fact, Poarta de Dincolo seems even more a product of the older days than Vîrstele Pamîntului. Whereas the latest full-length incorporated a few new elements into the bands historic-folk-prog-black metal, as well as a more free-form compositional approach, the first three tracks of Poarta de Dincolo could easily be outtakes from either nCrugu Bradului or OM.
Niobeth - Silvery Moonbeams 9.00
Niobeth´s characteristic style put together powerful riffs and drums with an important melodic charge, great orchestration and lyrical voice, getting influences from several Metal genres (like thrash, progressive, gothic, power...) as well as from Classical Music (specially from Baroque and Romanticism) and, sometimes, from Folk. In their songs it´s usual to find passages of high elegance and with a lot of arrangements, sometimes with some theatricality."The perfect union between metal and classical music. The elegance and pulchritude of classical music hold hands with the strengh, heaviness and power of heavy metal inside of baroque and progressive structures that invite to discover new corners in every listen".
Phase Reverse - Phase Reverse 9.00
http://www.phasereverse.com/
The descriptions of this band all seem to be on the fence as to how they should be classified; in fact, the bio on their labels website mentions a perfect mix of Heaviness, Groove and Melody: not quite Metal, not quite Rock, but the best of both! This is pretty accurate, much in the way a band like Temple of the Dog, Tantric, or Candlebox had a very groove-laden rock sound, with memorable melodic vocals but plenty of metal-tinged heaviness.
So Much For Nothing - Livsgnist 9.00
http://www.last.fm/music/So+Much+For+Nothing
The foundation for So Much For Nothing's music is in depressive black metal (in other words, there won't be very many blast beats or furious tremolo picking on this album), but the band doesn't stick to the conventions of the genre very often. Somewhat similarly to their fellow Scandinavians in Shining, So Much For Nothing does take the genre and run with it - the music on Livsgnist is very polished and well-produced, and there are enough progressive overtones to stand out from the rest of the crowd.
Stielas Storhett - Expulse 9.00
http://www.facebook.com/stielasstorhett?sk=wall
When was the last time you heard a new band that was tagged as depressive with actual riffs?
Story of Jade - The Damned Next Door thrash/horror metal 9.00
http://www.last.fm/music/Story+Of+Jade
Story Of Jade worked to create a mixture of Old School Heavy-Thrash, modern sound and Horrorific atmospheres with ironic lyrics. The album has been produced by Carlo Bellotti and Alessandro Paolucci, recorded at Westlink Recorders and mastered at Principal Studios in in Senden (Germany) by Vincent Sorg (Caliban, Grave Digger, In Extremo).The record includes the song featuring FLEGIAS from the metal legends NECRODEATH.
The Axis Of Perdition - Tenements (of the Anointed Flesh) 9.00
http://theaxisofperdition.bandcamp.com/
This latest release, Tenements (Of The Anointed Flesh) offers a twist on their black metal sound (cf. 'The Ichneumon Method (and other less welcome techniques)'), but also new innovations which give this album the very curiosities which will urge the listener to rediscover new, loathsome secrets embedded in the sound like a bot fly maggot in one's flesh. To begin with, it is as structured as The Axis of Perdition could ever make their music, which of course is entirely amorphous, however, it has 'hooks' and riffs which could be identified as 'verses' if you used your imagination. This may be down to the use of Dan Mullins on actual drums, rather than the drum programming of previous albums. On that issue, the drums create something unique in The Axis of Perdition, they can be used not only for time-keeping or providing a percussive background to the riffs at hand, but can take on a life of their own, like a machine with revolving gears coming to life with Mullins' rolling blastbeats.
Your Tomorrow Alone - Ordinary Lives 9.00
http://www.myspace.com/yourtomorrowalone
Their musical style, influenced by British Gothic/Doom metal of bands like Paradise Lost, Anathema, My Dying Bride, is enriched by progressive nuances that trace back to the 70s rock scene, as well as reminding of the suspended and rarified and intimate atmospheres of bands like Opeth. "Ordinary Lives" signs a new step in the great tradition of the Italian Gothic Doom scene with great acts like Novembre, The Sun Of Weakness, En Declin. Just dont be afraid to be enchanted by the pathos of these 9 gems of decadent sonorous beauty.
