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Post by Admin on Mar 1, 2021 3:44:51 GMT
#Iotunn #AccessAllWorlds #heavymetal IOTUNN - Access All Worlds (FULL ALBUM)
Heavy music is often at its most powerful when, on a creative level, caution is thrown to the wind. But you don't generally expect bands to smash open the doors of riff-centric perception on their debut album. Therefore, it seems reasonable to infer that IOTUNN are not like other bands. Not least due to the magical vocal presence and charisma of HAMFERÐ's Jón Aldará, "Access All Worlds" is, from start to finish, an immersive, spine-tingling feast for the ears. Audaciously tricky to pin down, this Danish crew have conjured something wonderfully distinctive here. Marrying the epic bluster of black and pagan metal to the lysergic rush of space rock and the strident melodies of the prog and power worlds, they've conjured something simultaneously fresh and familiar, not to mention colossally epic in a way that most supposedly epic metal records can only dream about.
Opener "Voyage of the Garganey I" was released as a single recently, and it set the scene for this extraordinary album perfectly with seven minutes of grandiloquent, shimmering, melodic metal. Spiritually rooted in extremity but blessed with grand theatrical flair, IOTUNN sound like the house band for some unfathomable intergalactic voyage through alien dimensions and swarms of marauding spaceships. The reported concept behind "Access All Worlds" seems to hint at a collective love of dark science fiction and the philosophical turmoil that often comes with it, but there is also something thrillingly joyful about the immaculate, stirring bombast on display here.
The title track is even more astonishing: with its glacial gait recalling "Twilight…" BATHORY, but with the emotional depths and fizzing crescendos of WHILE HEAVEN WEPT at their sky-rending best, it's progressive and perverse in equal measure. There is even a hint of frostbitten black metal tension pulsing in the background, as Aldará's multi-octave sermonizing swirls across a maze of riffs and tearstained motifs for 12 fascinating minutes. It all sounds vast, as if beamed across galaxies by some metal-friendly cosmic deity, but still with a sturdy backbone of brutal precision.
IOTUNN "Access All Worlds" (Metal Blade)
01. Voyage Of The Garganey I 02. Access All Worlds 03. Laihem's Golden Pits 04. Waves Below 05. The Tower of Cosmic Nihility 06. The Weaver System 07. Safe Across the Endless Night
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Post by Admin on Mar 4, 2021 6:01:02 GMT
Crowne (ft. Alexander Strandell, Jona Tee, John Levén, Kicken) - "Mad World" - Official Audio
Frontiers Music Srl has announced the release of the debut single, “Mad World”, from Crowne, a new Swedish melodic hard rock supergroup whose debut album will be released this summer. The band is comprised of vocalist Alexander Strandell (Art Nation), guitarist/keyboardist/producer Jona Tee (H.E.A.T.), bassist John Levén (Europe), drummer Christian Lundqvist (The Poodles). The album also features Love Magnusson (Dynazty) providing guitar solos. Debut single, “Mad World”, is streaming.
Crowne is hands-down the most exciting, thrilling supergroup ever created out of the Swedish melodic hard rock scene. This stellar cast of some of the most outstanding musicians from the scene have been gathered together to create this absolute beast of a debut album, the title of which will be revealed in the coming weeks. Crowne's music is the result of these amazing talents coming together and realizing a musical vision under the passionate and watchful guidance of Serafino Perugino, President of Frontiers Records. This is a melodic hard rock barnburner with enormous melodies, delivering rock 'n' roll like there is no tomorrow. Quite simply, this is going to blow you away, so prepare yourself for what's to come with your first taste of the album with the single “Mad World”.
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Post by Admin on Mar 4, 2021 22:10:10 GMT
"Tales Of Ember & Vishap: The Meaning Of Life" is featured on FIREWING's album "Resurrection" - out on April 23, 2021 via Massacre Records - get it here » lnk.to/firewingresurrectionFIREWING - Tales Of Ember & Vishap: The Meaning Of Life (Extended Version) (Lyric Video) The song "Tales Of Ember & Vishap: The Meaning Of Life (Extended Version)" is now available in digital formats.
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Post by Admin on Mar 8, 2021 20:10:32 GMT
Former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel has teamed up with singer Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), drummer Stix Zadinia (STEEL PANTHER) and bassist David Ellefson (MEGADETH) to record a "quarantine" cover version of the DOKKEN song "Tooth And Nail" as part of Phil's series "Collab-A-Jam".
Phil uploaded the video to his YouTube channel, writing in an accompanying message: "Me and Stix has been wanting to jam on something for awhile and finally had the opportunity on one of my favorite tunes from this era.
"STEEL PANTHER took over the [MACHINE HEAD] practice gear in Germany after our sets at the Rock Am Park Festival in 2012 and were slaying a bunch of DOKKEN covers. This had to be one we did.
"I had realized that Dave hadn't guested on a ['Collab-A-Jam'] yet so he was a no-brainer. Dave and I have the same mind-set as things go and he's one of my favorites in the business. Always quick with the tracks and loves to get things done.
"Russell was the final piece and came through big. Such a huge talent and gave the song all the sprinkles.
"Paul Fig has been such a rad connection through all of this and beefed up our mix while Wayne Marsala is always on point with the vid edits.
"Thanks to George, Don, Mick and Jeff for creating such a ROKKEN tune and to all who had a part in bringing this cover to life."
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Post by Admin on Mar 9, 2021 19:22:49 GMT
ORDEN OGAN - The Things We Believe In (live) // taken from "Final Days" bonus DVD // AFM Records
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