Somebody help recommend me some good new albums...

[JosephAcevedo]

I haven't been buying much new power metal albums this year except for the new Pyramaze, Evergrey, Mercenary, Luca Turilli, and Rhapsody (of Fire?) .

Can anybody recommend me some new albums of heavy/fast or neoclassical power metal with kick ass shredding?

please help a metal brother out!

 

[Rider of Theli]

Adagio - DOMINATE

this one really turned my attitude around about this band. From what others say, this is a much heavier album than previous efforts. And I'm glad I bought it. Hardly a day goes by that I don't play at least one track from it.

Another new one I have yet to order myself is Eidolon's latest 'The Parallel Otherworld', which the one sample I've heard - 'Ghost World' - takes me back to older Fates Warning (John Arch days). The addition of Nils K. Rue on vocals will do nothing but catapult this band into long-overdue rights of acceptance in the prog-power genre.

...an older cd that comes highly recommended from me if you like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath style heaviness and shredding is Overlorde - Return of the Snow Giant ... pay particular attention to Bobby Lucas' vocal style. It ROCKS!

 

[J-Man]

CLOUDSCAPE "Crimson Skies"

 

[trx2k05]

I recommend Soil Work "Stabbing the Drama", great Swedish Power Metal.
Another you may want to check out is Morgana Lefay " Grand Materia”, another miracle from Sweden, does that country ever run out of great metal?
Jorn "The Duke" is another must have.

Can't go wrong with any of these!

 

[Theandromedastrain]

Blind Guardian-A Twist in the Myth
Entwine-Fatal Design

and i know this isn't power metal, but it's a good album IMO and you could find that you really like it. Tool's "10,000 Days"

 

[trx2k05]

I have to agree with you on Overlorde. Great vocal style and fantastic guitar work. However, I have gotten the new Eidolon and I simply can't listen to it. Musically it kicks ass. Unfortunately, his vocal style does not fit with Eidolon. He is great with Pagans Mind. It just doesn’t work for me with this band. He has an awesome prog voice. Eidolon is more power, musically. I am not taking anything away from Nils or the Eidolon brothers, they just don't work well together in my opinion.

 

[MEFlyingV]

Hey all.

Rider and trx, thanks for the good words about Overlorde. Joe, the Overlorde CD is available at THE END/OMEGA and will be available at Progpower from THE END.

Also check out our label's MySpace page.

http://www.myspace.com/sonicagerecords

They have a few good bands that fit the style you are looking for. Specifically EUROFORCEand PERPETUAL.

Besides the songs in the music player, scroll down also to see videos from those bands (the videos are for different songs than the songs in the player).

Those CDs are also available from THE END.

 

[General Zod]

Kiuas Reformation. Very varied, somewhat unique. Blends a lot of good styles. Kind of sounds like Sonata Arctica meets Manowar meets Children of Bodom... but not at all.

Pharoah The Longest Night. Very well done, Maidenesque. Features Tim Aymar from Control Denied on vocals.

Persuader When Eden Burns. Sounds like Blind Guardian, without the dancing elves.

Zod

 

[trentdk]

I second that Cloudscape album... that thing is awesome

 

[Mr Accolade]

Here´s 2 albums to check out if you´re into melodic metal with progressive touches:

CLOUDSCAPE - Crimson skies (Released in the U.S through Nightmare records on July 4 (available at www.amazon.com among others)
Go to http://www.myspace.com/cloudscapemetal (for songs to listen to)

PLANET ALLIANCE - s/t (Released all over Europe on September 15 but can be purchased in the U.S through CD Inzane. Planet Alliance is a melodic metal project band lead by Mike Andersson (Cloudscape) and Magnus Karlsson (Allen/Lande Project, Starbreaker). Other musicians on the album are Bob Daisley (ex Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore), Magnus Rosén (Hammerfall), Anders Johansson (ex Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Hammerfall), Carl-Johan Grimmark (Narnia, Rob Rock), Jaime Salazar (Allen/Lande Project, Last Tribe), Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) and Janne Stark (Locomotive breath, Overdrive).

 

[edgeofthorns]

I'll have to check out this Cloudscape disc to see if it deserves all this hype.

 

[Mr Accolade]

Everything is a matter of taste based on what you like but, to begin with you can check out the songs located at http://www.myspace.com/cloudscapemetal

Hope you like it

 

[EvilGrit]

Firewind "Allegiance"
Beyond Fear "Beyond Fear"
The Quill "In Triumph"
Angtoria "God Has A Plan For Us All"
Stream Of Passion "Live In The Real World"

 

[13ShadesofGray]

Kind of a shameless plug here, but there is some serious shredding going on on Marcel Coenen's "Colour Journey". Not all songs are the *in-your-face-shredfest* type, just to be up front... nonetheless, the man's skills are just insane.

It's a blend of instrumental and vocal based pieces, from soft to over the top heavy and everything in between. Instead of writing a novel here, I'd recommend reading some of the reviews to see if it's up your alley.

P.S. Mike from Cloudscape is on the opening track, I'm on two others (hence the shameless plug.

 

[Pellaz]

Kind of a shameless plug here, but there is some serious shredding going on on Marcel Coenen's "Colour Journey". Not all songs are the *in-your-face-shredfest* type, just to be up front... nonetheless, the man's skills are just insane.

It's a blend of instrumental and vocal based pieces, from soft to over the top heavy and everything in between. Instead of writing a novel here, I'd recommend reading some of the reviews to see if it's up your alley.

P.S. Mike from Cloudscape is on the opening track, I'm on two others (hence the shameless plug.

I just got this and wasn't disappointed -- Marcel's a great player, as well as a good friend.

 

[MEGALOUD]

Well when I saw this topic I was going to chime in on the CLOUDSCAPE,
because it is excellent folks ; )

But that bells been rung many times here obviously...
So I wanted to put out there that the new....

PROTOTYPE - Continuum is also excellent
check them out on myspace at
http://myspace.com/prototypeonline

and the NEW KATAGORY V - The Rising Anger
is also very nice http://myspace.com/katagoryv

if you haven't picked it up the new BEYOND TWILIGHT - For the Love of Art and the Making ....is amazing....www.myspace.com/beyondtwilight

Oh by the way all Nightmare titles are now available on itunes, and of course on Amazon.

BUT....if your going to order before the end of the month,
just go to www.Nightmare-Records.com if you want FREE SHIPPING!
We've disabled the shipping in our catalog until then so ANYWHERE
you are in the world it's free...just ask that if your ordering from
Taiwan or Japan or something that you order several discs ; )


and hey while your at it just hit these too in case you missed some of our great releases lately SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE with BONUS trk

http://myspace.com/sphericuniverseexperience

http://myspace.com/nightmarerecords1

http://myspace.com/warmachine

http://myspace.com/pyramaze

http://www.ascensiontheory.com/

http://myspace.com/shiningstar7

SEE YOU GUYS in a few weeks at the Nightmare tabel
and ...ah...on stage with Pyramaze too ; ) Looking forward to it!
best, Lance

 

[Magius]

Heed- "The Call."

 

[JenniferLynn]

I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of Heed for under 35 bloody bucks... I'm almost crackin' at paying the price but DAMN.. come on...

 

[J-Man]

PROTOTYPE - Continuum is also excellent
check them out on myspace at
http://myspace.com/prototypeonline

and the NEW KATAGORY V - The Rising Anger
is also very nice http://myspace.com/katagoryv

if you haven't picked it up the new BEYOND TWILIGHT - For the Love of Art and the Making ....is amazing....www.myspace.com/beyondtwilight

I have to agree totally with Lance on these three, they are some of the best out there today and will keep you busy listening and you won't be disappointed.

Also the new Spheric Universe Experience is totally amazing.

 

[MetalRose]

Somebody help recommend me some good new albums...

*Cringes*

<------ Grammar Nazi


-Metal