Month: May 2020

New album and new style sound like a neo-classical metal from Alcatrazz will release their brand-new full-length, “Born Innocent”, via Silver Lining Music.

1. Born Innocent
2. Polar Bear
3. Finn McCool
4. We Still Remember
5. London 1666
6. Dirty Like The City
7. I Am The King
8. Something That I Am Missing
9. Paper Flags
10. The Wound Is Open
11. Body Beautiful
12. Warth Lane
13. For Tony

Line-up
Graham Bonnet
Joe Stump
Jimmy Waldo
Gary Shea
Mark Benquechea

Heavy Power Germany band Primal Fear recently finished the recording of the 13th studio album, set to be titled “Metal Commando”.

Ralf Scheepers
(vocals)
Mat Sinner
(bass, vocals)
Alex Beyrodt
(guitars)
Tom Naumann
(guitars)
Magnus Karlsson
(guitars)
Michael Ehré
(drums)

Power metal UK he British Empire feels menaced by this new power and, by an act of treason, tries to eliminate the new rival in the fight for domination on the seven seas. The orchestral arrangements again come courtesy of guitarist/singer Alex Hunzinger (Aeternitas) from Lübeck, Germany. Singer Oleg Rudych (Magistarium) and Gabriel Tuxen (Seven Thorns) appear as guests.

1. Rebirth 1815
2. Across The Sea Of Time
3. Mermaids’ Isle
4. Age Of Steam
5. The Treachery Of Mortheon
6. Forces Of The Ocean, Unite!
7. Quest Into The Sky
8. Believe In The Dawn
9. Gates Of The Netherrealm
10. Rage Of The Atlantica War
11. Until The Morning Sun Appears

Melodic Hard Rock brand band With nods to the great 80s hard rock scene, but also bordering on heavy metal (listen to those kicks drums on first single “Criminal Masterminds”), this band is a delightful mix of catchy and driving. With a great whisky-soaked sounding throat, vocalist Vicky White provides the perfect voice for the thunder and lightning that guitarist Harry Rivers, bassist Gunn Everett and drummer Gus Hawk are raining down upon us.

1. Ignite The Sky
3:56
2. Criminal Masterminds
3:39
3. No Matter
3:19
4. Sugar & Spice
3:17
5. Farewell To Yesterday
3:51
6. Black Swan
6:20
7. Stand Your Ground
3:47
8. Thin Line
4:15
9. Si

Frontiers Music Srl is thrilled to announce the release of “Always The Villain”, the debut album from Michael Grant & The Assassins, who play a diverse and exciting brand of hard rock incorporating elements from alternative rock and metal, while exploring different textures, genres and influences.

1. Barrel Of A Gun
2. Always The Villian
3. Killing Me Slowly
4. Nightmares
5. Red Light Run
6. Anthem Of Us
7. Break Me With U
8. Death Of Me
9. Runaway (Can You Stand The Rain)
10. Gimme Salvation
11. Secrets

Melodic metal band with new stuff Domination Black found new frontman Matias Palm (Merging Flare and Heavy Metal Perse) and started recording the 3rd album “Dimension: Death” that was released in 2012. It truly was a step into a new melodic sound and received raving reviews all around. Supporting the album the band toured in Finland, Sweden, Romania and Russia.

American progressive rock “During down time in my booth – while touring with the Cirque Du Soleil show Totem – I would write music and after a while I started to amass a bunch of riffs, melodies, song ideas and more.

1. Prelude
2. Invisible
3. Turn Your Life Around
4. I’m Gone
5. Money (That’s What I Want)
6. Waiting For No One
7. Snake Oil Salesman
8. Where’s The Passion?
9. Mercy
10. Overcome
11. In My Bones
12. Wrong Place Wrong Time
13. Not My Time To Say Goodbye
14. I Know The Way

InsideOutMusic in this year release Germany’s most successful instrumental rock act Long Distance Calling explores the next step in a multi-faceted career with 7th studio album “How Do We Want To Live?”.

1. Curiosity (Part 1) 2:56
2. Curiosity (Part 2) 4:26
3. Hazard 6:08
4. Voices 7:54
5. Fail / Opportunity 3:07
6. Immunity 5:40
7. Sharing Thoughts 7:25
8. Beyond Your Limits 6:24
9. True / Negative 2:33
10. Ashes 6:12

Cool label Karisma Records present new cd from progressive rock gods Norway Airbag under title A Day At The Beach.

1. Machines And Men
2. A Day At The Beach (Part 1)
3. Into The Unknown
4. Sunsets
5. A Day At The Beach (Part 2)
6. Megalomaniac

Germany Symphonic Metal present Beyond The Black around frontwoman Jennifer Haben is now presenting a new album, called ‘Hørizøns’!

1. Horizons
2. Misery
3. Wounded Healer
4. Some Kind Of Monster
5. Human
6. Golden Pariahs
7. Marching On
8. You’re Not Alone
9. Out Of The Ashes
10. Paralyzed
11. Coming Home
12. I Won’t Surrender (ft. Tina Guo)
13. Welcome To My Wasteland

Symphonic metal from Canada , great stuff, members include well-known ensembles such as Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Robin Howe), Annihilator (Oscar Rangel), Vital Remains (Dean Paul Arnold), Skull Fist (J.J. Tartaglia), Eclipse Eternal (Wojciech Sokolowski).

1. Overture Of Madness
2. Phantasia
3. Lost
4. Dance With Fire
5. Echoes
6. Where Falcons Fly
7. Nightmares
8. Book Of Shadows
9. The Mirror
10. Ruin
11. La Llorona