Metallia - New Instrumental Prog Metal Release
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Topic: Metallia - New Instrumental Prog Metal Release
Posted By: waterinsilence
Subject: Metallia - New Instrumental Prog Metal Release
Date Posted: July 14 2018 at 06:08
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For Instrumental Progressive Metal Lovers Limited Edition CD + Digital Album Release Oh. Metallia Release Date: July 27, 2018 Available for pre-order on Bandcamp: http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia Read more: http://olitunes.com/js_albums/metallia-ep/" rel="nofollow - https://olitunes.com/js_albums/metallia-ep/
Metallia I. Red Lion (4:30) Instruments: Oh. Composer: Oh. Recording Location: Greece Now available for pre-order on Bandcamp. Description“Metallia” is an epical prog-metal composition in six parts. A multi-layered sonic piece of ravishing solo electric guitars, time-bending tempo shifts, grooving bass lines and deranged drums. This instrumental progressive metal album will reveal its intricacies and hidden depths over time. It will extract from your mind pure visions, to mend your mental pictures, preen presumptions and to elicit an element of the unexpected…. because that is what will transmute your subliminal mind map into a remarkable blueprint which will lead you from wherever you are now, to wherever you want to be. I. Red Lion The sonic journey begins with the fiery “Red Lion”. Dazzling, dynamic prog-metal guitar solos amidst the haunting ancient rhythm of a bewitching toumperleki, groovy bass lines and eerie portentous vocals set the musical sojourner on his quest from the Prima materia to the creation of the Magnum Opus. II. Bee An acoustic flamingo based guitar introduces an abstruse beat forged from multi-layered vocals which lead to frenetic harmonic guitar solos shifting in time-twisting riffs collecting the delirium of the mind-matter and as a “Bee” transforming it to spiritual gold. III. Androgyny An ominous ethereal chorus introduces the stage of “Androgyny” – one’s conquest over duality. An ironic, menacing and taunting riff incites the seeker, as a celestial chorus awakens the hero on his journey. The blossoming of a self-expressive electric guitar meets the forces of inertia, apathy and the oblivion of nothingness. The unsteady hero though rises from the emptiness with a twisted, spiralling enraptured guitar solo as the celestial beings rejoice. IV. Resurrection Undulating beats and transparent steely violins proclaim the entrance into mastery in “Resurrection”. A rock guitar reels in ecstatic head-banging measures leading to an explosive, exuberant climax of tempo-shifting multi-instrumental solos. V. Dragon’s Kiss Kissed by the Dragon but not dissolved by it. “Dragon’s Kiss” is an epic propulsive build of percussion, guttural and lilting vocals, riffing electric guitars, fantastical violins, grooving bass lines and furious drums traversing dark sonic landscapes and imagery. VI. Triumph Delirious high pitched screaming vocals celebrate the “Triumph”. Finger-twisting guitar riffs soar in multi-layered sonic solos while a distorted demoniac guitar propels a spellbinding bass and drums to the ultimate state of immutability. Metallia - Preview and Video Commentary -------------  http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |
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Posted By: waterinsilence
Date Posted: July 19 2018 at 07:39
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CD Cover  CD Booklet  CD Inside Cover Art  CD+ Booklet  ------------- http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |
Posted By: waterinsilence
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 13:12
Event: Premiere of “Metallia” on the House of Prog with Nick Katona TUESDAY JULY 24 2018 @5PM EDT Join us at the “House of Prog” 🌈 📻 🌈 Nick Katona will be hosting an exclusive album launch of the new prog metal album “Metallia” on the House of Prog as well as giving away 2 copies of the new CD but you will have to tune in to win. Listen live at House of Prog Chat Room Sign up or Sign in Listen on the road live via Tunein: SHOW KICKS OFF AT 5:00 PM (EDT) ------------- http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |
Posted By: waterinsilence
Date Posted: August 03 2018 at 14:00
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new video for "Red Lion" ------------- http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |
Posted By: waterinsilence
Date Posted: August 03 2018 at 14:07
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From Google Translate: The Greek beauty Olivia Hadjiioannou makes under the name Oh. (with point, indeed) progressive metal-compositions that she plays entirely on her own. In addition, the guitar is her most important instrument, but she also supplies her extremely packed arrangements with multi-layered vocals (where the voice is used as an instrument and thus not the words), violin, piano, bass, drums and percussion. She released a few EPs, singles and an album since 2013. Her latest release is again an EP, entitled “Metallia” (without a c, indeed). In the six compositions, the combining of instrument layers and music styles in six extremely concentrated packages has become art. This raises especially the observation that it is very well done, but the EP (no longer than 25 minutes) listen in its entirety leaves you completely consumed. The most accessible track is, very clever, placed at the beginning. Chopping metal guitars, a funky bass rhythm and harmoniously in the background sounding singing choir are the most striking ingredients, but the fullness of the whole guarantees that professional listening brings out more details. Do you get bored quickly by the average (progmetal) music offer, that will not happen to you at “Metallia”! http://xymphonia.aafm.nl/latest.html" rel="nofollow - - http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |
Posted By: waterinsilence
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 04:58
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Here’s what some early reviewers say about 'Metallia': "If you put Kate Bush, Auf Der Maur, Ayreon, Chiasmata, Igorrr, old White Zombie and Amogh Symphony in a blender with several metronomes running different time signatures, add a healthy dash of thrash riffs to the proggy mix and baked the resulting mixture for several hours you probably wouldn't even come close to the sound." - Lee Davidson - https://progmetalmadness.com/2018/08/10/review-oh-metallia/" rel="nofollow - Prog Metal Madness https://progmetalmadness.com/2018/08/10/review-oh-metallia/" rel="nofollow - “Cacophonous, complex, illustrative, dense, awash in radiance, terrifying, challenging- all of it driven by the taut, ferocious guitar work and instrumental mastery demonstrated by Ms. H. Waves of feminine choral sounds weave in and out of the tapestry, washes of intensity rarely relenting, leading me to recall why at one point in my younger days I was strongly drawn to consider using psychedelic drugs. Mind expansion, spirit expansion. Transcendence. Enlightenment. I thought the music must be considered a language of its own, and interpreting another’s language is risky and delicate. Yet, if you do take time to listen and not only listen but HEAR, you will be rewarded, even, perhaps, transformed.” - Stephen Conrad - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1955556" rel="nofollow - Progressive Rock Fanatics 'Metallia' is what it is, not music for fragile souls but an evanescent storm of instrumental music (the voice being used not for words, but as sound) that will suit the enthusiast of powerful, progressive and experimental music.” – Rinco Ennema ~ https://rockaffairs.org/2018/07/30/oh-metallia/" rel="nofollow - Rock Affairs "Employing a stunning range of metal infused guitar histrionics together with extensive percussive skills the six tracks on this album could be construed as veritable catalogue of Olivia’s wide-ranging instrumental armoury. Indeed her prolific skills as musical arranger are quite incredible, particularly working as a lone multi-instrumentalist and seamlessly putting together all of the individual components of this project totally unassisted is quite extraordinary." ~Geoff Penn - http://progplanet.com/review/12-cd-reviews/metallia" rel="nofollow - Progplanet This is one of those circumstances where you think you have heard something similar before, but you can not parallel it with something recognizable. Her material sounds “metallized”, adventurous, and has a cinematic affinity . Above all, however, the sound is disruptive, the vocal injections arouse this impact. Clearly interesting, in a sense it could be co-production of Shrapnel and 4AD. Check it out. ~George Politopoulos - http://www.flightofpegasus.gr/heavy_metal/reviews/item/7514-oh" rel="nofollow - Flight of Plegasus “Chaos becomes order, the mind blowing ‘Metallia’ by Oh. – Martin Hutchinson ~ https://www.progradar.org/index.php/2018/08/04/review-oh-metallia-by-progradar/" rel="nofollow - Progradar ------------- http://music.olitunes.com/album/metallia" rel="nofollow - For Prog Metal lovers -New Release - Metallia by Oh. |