Day: June 10, 2019

MASQUERADE – Surface Of Pain 1995

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pure melodic hard rock of their debut to a heavier sound, darker, at places close to ’80s Queensryche / Crimson Glory.The guitars are huge, the rhythm section smash like never before, while Tony Yoanson’s vocal showcase other dimension.

01 – Judas Kiss
02 – Say Your Prayer
03 – State Of Grace
04 – Suffering
05 – End Of Nothing
06 – America
07 – God Of Man
08 – Violation
09 – Feels Good
10 – Wasteland
11 – Mercy Me
12 – Free My Mind

Tony Yoanson – vocals
Thomas G’Son – guitars
Henrik Lundberg – bass

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Sound Storm – Immortalia [Japan Edition +1 bonus] 2012

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Who said that Italy is only good for Power Metal? Well, of course we have bands like RHAPSODY and LABYRINTH (I almost forgot to mention LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY, sorry for that), but the Italian Metal scene has so much more to explore, covering the bigger part of the Metal pie. SOUND STORM, hailing from Italy’s Turin, were founded in 2002, and it isn’t hard for the potential listener to discover their love for THERION, SONATA ARCTICA, NIGHTWISH (early) and EPICA. Yup, you guessed right: Symphonic Metal parts and colorful keyboards monopolize the band’s music direction, while the change between operatic and clean, powerful vocals enhanced in tot

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COLORVINE (TOWER CITY) – Wake Up (2019)

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Forget the band that was previously signed to Warner Brothers, Interscope and Atlantic, and was managed by Don Arden, the music industry legend who worked with rock icons like Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Lee Lewis and Electric Light Orchestra. For the band today, it’s 100% about the music and the way it’s meant to be experienced. The album was recorded and mixed by Colorvine at The Fenix Room and mastered by Ken Love (DeGarmo & Key, Greg X Volz, Holy Soldier, Spock’s Beard, Neal Morse) at Sweetwater Studios.

1. Like A Rocket
2. Victory Song
3. Wake Up
4. Radio Days
5. Change In The Weather
6. Smoke
7. Happy Broken Heart
8. Be The One
9. Closer
10. Say You Love Me

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