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progmetalhead 
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Joined: May 15 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2081 |
 Posted: June 29 2010 at 02:48 |
 Halcyon Way unveil cover art for “Building The Towers”, designed by Travis Smith .... Nightmare Records recording artist Halcyon Way have unveiled the art for their sophomore release, “Building The Towers”. The design was handled by the legendary Travis Smith, known for his work with Opeth, Nevermore, Avenged Sevenfold, Overkill, and many others. The album is due for worldwide release late Summer 2010, and the release date will be announced in the coming days. Two advance tracks from the album can be heard on the band’s MySpace page. .... The follow up release to 2008’s A Manifesto For Domination will be the band’s first release to feature new vocalist Steve Braun, known for his work with Italian progressive-metallers ASHENT, who have released two records via Lion Music, as well as a special guest appearance by Pamela Moore of QUEENSRYCHE fame. Lasse Lammert, best known for his work producing the last several ALESTORM releases, will be producing the new album along with guitarist Jon Bodan. The drums were tracked at Open Sky Studios in Atlanta, GA with Mike Froedge (DOUBLEDRIVE, BLOODSIMPLE, DIXIE INCORPORATED) at the helm. .... “We couldn’t be happier with the way the art for Building The Towers is coming out – Travis has really outdone himself for us, and we can’t wait to get the CD in your hands,” said guitarist Zane Matthews. “Not only is the art incredibly impressive, but the songwriting, production, and performances on this album are all a huge step up from Manifesto.” .... The band is fresh off of a May tour of the UK with FOZZY, and in addition to that Halcyon Way has appeared at Rocklahoma on three occasions, Nightmare Metal Festival II, Pathfinder Metalfest, and at ProgPower USA twice, as well as having shared the stage with HELLOWEEN, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, KAMELOT, TO/DIE/FOR, SYMPHONY X, DORO PESCH, and many others. .... Halcyon Way released their debut record, “A Manifesto For Domination” on Nightmare Records on November 11, 2008 to rave critical reviews. The album was produced by guitarist Jon Bodan with assistance from James Murphy (TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY), and was mixed by Lasse Lammert (ALESTORM). It also featured guest appearances from Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE, AVIAN) and Blaze Pearson (THE SOULS UNREST). .... For more information, visit www.halcyonway.com or www.myspace.com/halcyonway. You can also follow the band on Facebook & Twitter. For booking, contact mike.clark (at) halcyonway.com. |
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Conor Fynes
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Joined: February 11 2009 Location: Vancouver, CA Status: Offline Points: 3196 |
Posted: June 29 2010 at 03:22 |
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Rickshaw theater is a great venue for vancouver... I cant wait! |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 04:00 |
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Work in the studio has finally started to run more smoothly. We had two days of technical issues that prevented us from recording properly. However, I've now completed three songs and they sound amazing. It's such a blessing to work with Oliver Philipps. Not only is he a genious when it comes to musical arrangements but he's also a dear friend which makes it all so much more enjoyable. /Stefan Zell
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progmetalhead
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Posted: June 30 2010 at 04:02 |
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Metal Mind Productions presents the complete discography of one of the best and most influential prog-metal bands of the 80’s – Crimson Glory.
The exclusive 5 CD box entitled “In Dark Places…1986-2000” contains all of their studio albums: “Crimson Glory”, “Transcendence”, “Strange And Beautiful”, “Astronomica” (2CD). The box also includes bonus tracks, such as songs taken from singles, videos, live or demo tracks plus a 60 pages booklet. All recordings are remastered using tube technology. Box is limited to 1000 numbered copies and is a must-have for all fans of the band as well as for the lovers of the progressive metal genre!
Crimson Glory’s origin reaches the 80’s, when the band emerged with a dazzling combination of early Queensryche style, fascinating guitar melodies and distinctive, emotive vocals. The line-up, consisting of Ben Jackson (guitars), Jon Drenning (guitars), Jeff Lords (bass), Dana Burnell (drums) and Midnight (vocals) recorded two albums – Crimson Glory and Transcendence, both bringing the band a large number of devoted fans. The unique musical mixture, followed by a characteristic image (all band members wore silver masks) marked the beginning of a prog metal legend. But the band did not wish to be captivated in only one musical style. With their third album, Crimson Glory reached far beyond simple power metal musicianship, replacing it with complex, precise songwriting, controversial both in sound and structure. Strange and Beautiful turned out as an epic musical experience, filled with elements borrowed from prog metal, as well as blues and hard rock. For some fans the band explored far too commercial regions, but others greeted Crimson Glory’s evolution enthusiastically. Unfortunately, after the release of their third LP the group stepped down from the scene for six years. It wasn’t until 1997, when Jon Drenning and Jeff Lords decided to reunite Crimson Glory. Ben Jackson’s return was a great start to the process; however it was soon clear that this trio will be the only remaining members of the original line-up, as vocalist Midnight was at that time not interested in recording a new album. Drenning, Lords and Jackson had a tough decision on whom to set as a replacement for the charismatic singer. The final choice was Wade Black, whose vocals sounded much more powerful and aggressive, brining a totally new quality to Crimson Glory’s music. After adjoining ex-Savatage drummer Steve Wacholz the band was ready for a definite comeback. In 1999 Astronomica saw daylight. The album proved the band’s great form, being both a nod to the past as well as updated for the present, retaining some of the classic guitar harmonies with a slightly more dynamic approach. Although soon after its release Black left the band to front Seven Witches and Leash Law, Crimson Glory did not cease to exist. On May 2010 the band announced that a new singer, Todd La Torre, had joined the band. La Torre made his first (and as yet only) public appearance with Crimson Glory at ProgPower USA X as one of seventeen guest performers paying tribute to Midnight, the band's original singer who passed away in 2009 The band is currently working on their new material.
Metal Mind Productions will release “In Dark Places…1986-2000” on 23rd August in Europe and 5th October in USA (via MVD).
Crimson Glory
“In Dark Places…1986 - 2000”  Label: Metal Mind Records Cat. No.: MMP 5CD BOX 007 Barcode: 5907785036055 Format: 5 CD Box + 60 pages booklet (limited edition of 1000 copies) Genre: progressive metal Release date: 23.08.2010 Europe / 5.10.2010 USA Tracklist:
CD 1 - CRIMSON GLORY
1. Valhalla 2. Dragon Lady 3. Heart Of Steel 4. Azrael 5. Mayday 6. Queen Of The Masquerade 7. Angels Of War 8. Lost Reflection Bonus track:
9. Dream Dancer CD 2 – TRANSCENDENCE
1. Lady Of Winter 2. Red Sharks 3. Painted Skies 4. Masque Of The Red Death 5. In Dark Places 6. Where Dragons Rule 7. Lonely 8. Burning Bridges 9. Eternal World 10. Transcendence Bonus Tracks:
11. Lonely (Re-Mix) 12. Lonely (Videoclip) CD 3 - STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL
1. Strange And Beautiful 2. Promise Land 3. Love And Dreams 4. The Chant 5. Dance On Fire 6. Song For Angels 7. In The Mood 8. Starchamber 9. Deep Inside Your Heart 10. Make You Love Me 11. Far Away Bonus Track:
12. The Chant (Videoclip) CD 4 – ASTRONOMICA
1. March To Glory (Instrumental) 2. War Of The Worlds 3. New World Machine 4. Astronomica 5. Edge Of Forever 6. Touch The Sun 7. Lucifer's Hammer 8. The Other Side Od Midnight 9. Cyber-Christ 10. Cydonia CD 5 – ASTRONOMICA
1. War Of The Worlds - Remake 2. Astronomica - Demo Version 3. Touch The Sun - Demo Version 4. Edge Of Forever - Demo Version (bonus track) 5. Dragon Lady - Live 6. Eternal World - Live 7. Painted Skies - Live 8. Queen Of The Masquerade - Live 9. Lost Reflection - Live Metal Mind Productions - Promo Dept. |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 05:36 |
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Canvas Solaris
"Irradiance" released July 13th through Sensory Records.(see calendar for further info)
“There's limitless potential in a band this talented, if you ask me. They sound to my ears like a Jon Anderson-less Yes, covering Cynic's unreleased material (if any) while secretly worshipping the likes of Dream Theater.“ – musicemissions.com
One of the key members of the “djent metal” community are back!. “Irradiance” is the fifth release from this instrumental band. Djent metal is a relatively new sub-genre of progressive metal characterized by a certain type of palm muted guitar tone. Often attributed to Meshuggah, djent bands like Animals As Leaders, Scale The Summit, and Behold The Arctopus have a hardcore following of musicians and fans of progressive metal. Canvas Solaris is firmly ensconced in this field. The band has evolved dramatically from their beginnings as a death metal/mathcore band. Over time the band has assimilated progressive rock into their sound, balancing hyper-technical passages with dreamy, textured soundscapes. The band is always interested in presenting their work with interesting graphics. They are honored to have noted low brow artist Mars-1 provide the cover art. Once again the album was produced by Jamie King (Between The Buried and Me) and mastered by Alan Douches. |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 05:40 |
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Mindsplit
are a music project from Sweden is now working to put together a concept album based on memory notes from Prof. Xandau (1807 ~ 1859). The album has the title “Charmed Human Art Of Significance” and is planned to be released 2010 by Lion Music. |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 05:43 |
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Hello friends.
A long time has passed since we have updated you all with any news so now if ever is perfect time to announce some great things that's been happening recently. We're glad to announce that Anthriel has made a contract with Lion Music the progressive and neoclassical label. We're pleased to work with Lion Music who has been around for long time and has great distribution that's specialized for Anthriel type of music. Anthriel album ( The pathway ) street date is confirmed to be 15th of October 2010. Be sure to check it out when it becomes publicly available! We have also uploaded two small teasers from the forthcoming album. Last but not least, we're building up new website and the address is http://www.anthriel.com. We will put up a lot more content on the actual website in near future for our fans, such as making of the pathway videos and other material. Best regards, Anthriel |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 03 2010 at 07:12 |
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Kingcrow
Formed back in 1996, Kingcrow is one of the leading Italian progressive metal bands, taking its name from Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Raven' and inspired by a wide range of musical influences, spanning from classic acts such as Pink Floyd and Rush to modern day prog giants such as Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Opeth, Orphaned Land and Dream Theater. 'Phlegethon' is the confirmed title for the band's new effort, following the critically acclaimed concept-album 'Timetropia', which secured them enthusiastic reviews in the international press and several high profile gigs at big rock/metal events including Gods Of Metal (alongside Iron Maiden and Judas Priest among others) and Evolution festival (alongside Sebastian Bach, Virgin Steele and Fates Warning among others). 'Phlegethon' is a brand-new concept representing the very best of the band's musical approach and features a first class performance by Diego Marchesi, singer with outstanding vocal skills and an emotional approach which consolidated Kingcrow as one of the most exciting bands that Italy has to offer.
More info on calendar and at www.kingcrow.it and www.myspace.com/kingcrowband.
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 04 2010 at 13:22 |
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The Eumeria recordings have found their final destination - Jacob Hansen Studios:
http://www.jacobhansen.com/recordings.html Jacob will be mixing our debut album in August of this year (2010). We feel he is the perfect fit for our style of music. Please stop by his website and check out some of the bands he's recorded, mixed, produced and played in. We think you'll recognize a lot of the bands. Check out some of their music at MySpace:
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 05 2010 at 05:51 |
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"OK OK...because so many of you inquiring minds wanna know...Neil did let me play his kit...and it was awesome! : )" MP
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 10:37 |
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Andromeda
...are currently recording guitars for the forthcoming album!
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 10:52 |
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fourth album 'Dystopium'
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 08 2010 at 12:03 |
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Adagio working on upcoming album
Stéphan Forté, Kevin Codfert and Mats Levén, are at the moment working on the composition of Adagio's fifth album at Kevin's XFade studio in Nanterre( Stéphan: Hey everyone, here's some great news ! I'm at the moment at Kevin's studio working on the composition of Adagio's upcoming album, and for the first time, I will not compose the whole music and lyrics alone, as Mats, Kevin and the guys will also collaborate to the writing !! It will definitely bring a fresher sound to the band, and so far, the experience is awesome. Mats arrived here on Sunday, and we've started working right away on some ideas. Lots of great melodic vocal lines, heavy riffing and intense piano parts are coming naturally, so that's a very positive start... Another big change, is since I've down tuned my Lâg 7 string to A for my solo album, I am now using that for Adagio's new stuff as well, so be prepared for some really heavy sh*t ;)) |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 12 2010 at 14:27 |
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VIRUS 3rd album to be released on Duplicate!
We are proud to announce the forthcoming release of VIRUS' 3rd album The Agent That Shapes The Desert on Duplicate/Virulent Music late 2010/early 2011. The band decided to leave Season Of Mist and take care of business themselves, and are currently finishing the recordings. The album will be available on LP, CD and download. More details to follow." |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 12 2010 at 14:28 |
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Xerath
Hey guys! Were still busy finalising the music for our second release and were still completely stoked with the new material. Not trying to sound over confident but multi platinum awards have ALREADY been awarded for it and its not even done yet. ;) In other news we have booked a drum recording session at Foel Studio (Porcupine Tree, Napalm Death, Electric Wizard, Primordial, Paul Rogers) for the end of November, and the entire album will be mixed and mastered by the mighty Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Pestilence, Tyr, Hatesphere) Anyway guys, we hope to see you at some of our upcoming shows for a beer or two! -Xerath |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 13 2010 at 02:12 |
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Therion
“We are sad to confirm that Snowy Shaw has suddenly decided to not do any of the upcoming shows with THERION. This decision took us by surprise, because, up to now, we have had a great collaboration. The reason is simply that he has been working on an album with another big band (as a bass player - that came as a surprise too!), who have now offered him a deal he felt he could not refuse. We don't think this is a good decision, but accept the situation and wish him good luck. “We realize many will miss Snowy, who did a great job during the more theatrical direction THERION took during the Gothic Kabbalah era (as well as on the coming album, Sitra Ahra). Like all the other close guest collaborators in the history of the band (Mats Levén, Andy "the bald guy" Engberg, Karin Fjellander, Sara Jezebel Deva, Martina Hornbacher, Dan Swanö...), he contributed with something unique and put his mark on the ongoing THERION development. And just like the choice of Mats Levén was questioned in the beginning, (for being too rock ‘n’ roll for THERION) and later became a beloved part of the band’s identity at the time, Snowy also made the journey from being regarded as a somewhat odd choice to becoming a popular character in the THERION show. “This vacancy, however, gives us an opportunity to yet again take a different direction. We are right now in the process of creating the new production that will be used for the Sitra Ahra World Tour, and we have some thrilling options to choose from. As always, THERION will deliver something unique and challenging that will turn the water of the skeptics into the wine of a classic set-up. Stay tuned!” THERION recently revealed the artwork to their new album, Sitra Ahra, on their homepage. Mixed by Lennart Östlund (Led Zeppelin, ABBA) at the legendary Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, the new album will be released later this year. The track listing for Sitra Ahra is as follows: 01. Sitra Ahra 02. Kings Of Edom 03. Unguentum Sabbati 04. Land Of Canaan 05. Hellequin 06. 2012 07. Cu Chulain 08. Kali Yoga III 09. The Shells Are Open 10. Din 11. After The Inquisition: Children In May 2009, Johnsson announced that vocalist Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS) had official permanent member status. Johnsson recently recruited Christian Vidal (ex-The Road Vultures, ex-Cuero) from Argentina as the band's new guitarist, who his live debut with THERION on June 4, 2010 in Mexico City. Comprising THERION's new rhythm section are Johan Koleberg (Animal, Zan Clan, Lion’s Share) on drums and Nalle "Grizzly" Påhlsson (Treat, Zan Clan, Vindictiv) on bass. |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 14 2010 at 04:43 |
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From their latest album "Unreal"
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 14 2010 at 05:09 |
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Pantommind
We are extremelly happy to announce that after two months of complete idleness, FINALLY we started work on a new album, whose title is "Searching For Eternity". Our mate Sunny X will take care of the keyboard parts, and the beautiful CD artwork will be done by the talented Chilean artist Mauricio Javier González Guzmán. Here is the tracklist in it, and soon there will be more information about the recording process and more. Stay tuned!
1.The Shape Of Silence 2.Hipnophobia 3.Moon Horizons 4.Not For Me 5.I Wasn't Quite An Angel 6.Tell Me 7.Searching For Eternity 8.Lost Lullaby 9.Enchanted Heart 10.Down To The End |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 16 2010 at 03:21 |
“Aqua” is a Latin word and means “water” in English. It represents the unique style that presented ANGRA to the world. Its incredible ability in mixing various music genres, transcending from Classical to Metal, Folklore to Modern, Pop to Experimental, has an unquestionable relevance nowadays and it is described in each detail of the new work.
The art concept was created by the renowned Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes supervised by Rafael Bittencourt and Kiko Loureiro. “We have been worked with Isabel de Amorim since the “Fireworks” album so we wanted to change the artistic style in this new CD and the work made by Gustavo Sazes was exactly what we were looking for. Actually he is already our website designer and it was a natural choice”, said Kiko Loureiro.
“Aqua” will be released in Japan on July 31st by JVC/Victor and will be distributed in Europe by SPV/Steamhammer afterwards. In Brazil it will be self-financed and released on August 17th. “We need to have a support for the international market and the SPV and JVC have always been done an excellent work related to the promotion of our last records. But in Brazil we will make it different this time. It will be self-financed so that we can control everything referred to the CD”, said the vocalist Edu Falaschi.
Aqua Track List: 02. Arising Thunder |
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progmetalhead
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Posted: July 21 2010 at 03:41 |
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Love De Vice are playing on the Sunday at this years ProgPower Europe.
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