Prog Metal news & releases(Ministry Of Lost Souls)

Evil Masquerade

 

are back with their Fourth album Fade to Black and the band has never sounded better.
Escape Music will release the new album January 26, 2009.


Track Listing: Lights Out / In A Dungeon Close To Hell / The Darkness Within / Hollow Soul / Different Shades of Black / Powertools / The Ultimate Game / Desire and Pain / Diamond Dust / I Believe In Sin.


Performed by: Henrik Flyman - guitars, Apollo Papathanasio - vocals, Daniel Flores - drums, Johan Niemann - bass; Special guest: Tony Carey - keyboard
(Rainbow, Solo).


This fourth outing is a fantastic release of creative song writing and musicianship, all wrapped up with a faultless production. Bandleader and guitarist Henrik Flyman has outshined himself once again and made this album a force to be reckoned with. Some line-up changes have taken place since their previous album Third Act. The bass player is now Johan Niemann. In addition Drums are now handled by the very competent Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye). Apollo Papathanasio (ex-Time Requiem) is retained as vocalist, a very wise move as he has such a great presence and is perfect for the job. Keyboards are supplied by very special guest Tony Carey of Rainbow fame and this extra touch polishes the already finely tuned sound. Henrik Flyman who plays the guitars has also, once again, produced the album. The resulting finished product has given the band a heavier approach and the band is up there with the big players. What you have here is huge crunching melodies, lush keyboards and a solid rhythm section, the experience of Daniel Flores shines through at an early stage. The production is heavy and supports the music just right. Mixing and mastering credits goes to well-reputed Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn, TNT) and you can easily hear why he is in such high demand. With 'Fade to Black' we get to see Evil Masquerade flourish and raise their profile once more to a level that should rocket them to higher places.

Fragile Vastness

 

I was lucky enough to come across this excellent band the other day. They are presently working on their 3rd studio and if I'm honest I can't wait. Fantastic!! If you like PoS and Fates Warning you are going to love these guys.

 

Please check them out, you won't regret it!

 

http://www.myspace.com/fragilevastness  

 

http://www.fragilevastness.com/

 

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2793

 

Genesister wrote: Simon Anderson left Pain of Salvation. http://www.blog.painofsalvation.com/?page_id=189

Wow, thats bad news, he was an excellent showman live and didnt even get to record an album with the band.

Maybe they should just re-hire Kristoffer, they're unlikely to find someone better than him and he at lest knows the materiel.


Edited by sleeper - November 13 2008 at 14:18

Redemption

 

(Old news but I can't remember seeing it posted anywhere)

 

 

A live DVD with a bonus live CD filmed at the Progpower festival in Atlanta will be released early in the new year.

 

This will be followed by the release of their 4th studio scheduled for the middle of next year.

Genesister wrote: Simon Anderson left Pain of Salvation. http://www.blog.painofsalvation.com/?page_id=189

Simon Anderson left Pain of Salvation.
http://www.blog.painofsalvation.com/?page_id=189

Another Life

 

The new album "Memories for Nothing" is now also available to emusic users.

The text is a bit contradictory ... it says that one of the LPs will remain exclusive to the box, and at the end it says that *all* the contents are exclusive.

I would speculate that we will at least see the LP version of Blood Mountain as a separate release ...

^^I think someone needs to get that message across to Jody toute suite..

^^I'd better hurry up and buy the first one then, hadn't I...unless they're going to do a '2 for 1' deal...