DECEIT – NINE (2012)

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After their debut EP in 2010 which received great feedback and a strong reputation that the band has build around its name from their live performances Deceit is ready to release their first full length album with the title “Nine“.
Their sound is a mix of catchy melodies, cool riffs with an early 90’s alternative rock sound. I think that this band have must grown up with bands such as Foo Fighters and Alice In Chains to name a few. Most of the songs here are solid with strong arrangements and very good performances. This band has plenty of talent and that’s a thing reflects to their music. “First Father” is Deceit’s first video-clip and it’s about a very good modern rock song with powerfull performances and attitude. A good sample of what this band is capable to offer! Other highlights here are the ‘darker’ tune of “Around The World“, the aggressive “The Fall” and “Last Song”.

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Paul Gilbert – Vibrato 2012

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No stranger to the work ethic, ‘Vibrato’ is Paul Gilbert’s twelfth solo effort to date, and that wealth of experience, not to mention the man’s exceptional skills as a musician (he is frequently hailed as one of the best, and fastest, guitarists of all time) and his dedication to music in all its many wonderful forms shines through on ‘Vibrato’, a collection featuring four original songs, four instrumentals and three live covers taken from the 2010 ‘fuzz’ tour including a raucous version of AC/DC’s ‘go down’.

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Tyrants & Kings – Tyrants & Kings 2009

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Lead singer and guitarist, Dennis Kasten, says: “Our debut was a folk-rock-album marked by an extremely dark view on life. On Phosphor Anthems our perspective on life is still pitch-black – we just took away the folk and added more guitar.” He continues: “Phosphor Anthems is a gloomy and noisy rock ´n´ roll album, that will appeal to all lovers of rock ´n´roll”.

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Tempesta – UNBOUNDED 2012

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Long they took the time to release their new and third album. Tempesta place with “The Other Side” in front of a record that represents a significant increase on previous work and effort to keep up with the genre sizes.

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LADY FUEL – Pleasure Room 2012

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Recently this region houses a famous rock band that defies all laws of gravity, mocking fashions and gossip it? LADY FUEL is led by STEPH Tinayre a Screamer high class that does not in kind but in the lyric like “I have as much as you guys!”
After an EP released in 2010, the group achieves its projects by offering the first album in the middle of the back. Packaged in a beautiful digipack (STAN work. W. DECKER), this quartet we balance here 12 tracks of Rock nervous typed successful year 70 atmospheres. Brightness to Your Holy Empire’s voice bewitches us STEPH while ROMAN PIROUX takes us through riffs and solos brighter than each other. The rhythm section consists of DOM DAMOISEAU (bass) and CHARLY FOUCAUD (drums) keep the cap firmly and accurately. Some titles emerge from the lot as Pleasure Room, which combines the groove of RED HOT LED ZEP roots with a very dreamlike way calmer. While the pieces very AC / DC that are Keep Eater That Anger and Philo near a Jack The Roman demonstrate dexterity on the guitar.

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Angband – Saved from the Truth 2012

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Angband are a PowerProg Metal band, formed in 2004 in Tehran by Mahyar Dean a classically trained musician and author who is well known in the metal world for writing two books about Death and Testament.

Saved from the Truth is Angband’s third album in a relatively short space of time and you would think they should clearly be in their groove.  Seasons of my Pain starts with a beautiful acoustic intro that shows Dean’s classical roots and promises so much before we’re introduced to a horribly muddy slice of riffs and double bass drumming that lead to some fairly lifeless plodding vocals.  The whole song just feels flat after such a wonderful intro and I’m already fearing what lies ahead for the remainder of the album.  The recording quality of the track, intro aside, is pretty poor with the vocals and drums sounding very empty and flat while the guitar tone is lacking definition.

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BRAD RUSSELL – LET’S HEAR IT 2012

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Having Joe Satriani in your corner lauding your skills is quite the credential. Of Brad Russell, Satriani has said, “Brad Russell is an amazing bass player and totally outrageous musician!” Nice.Educated at the University of Miami school of music, Russell has performed with a who’s who of great musicians including Mariah Carey, Clarence Clemmons, Greg Allman, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Rick Derringer, Neal Schon, Joe Satriani, Billy Preston and more. What he does with his bass most guitarist wish they could do with their six-strings. His debut album Let’s Hear It! displays Russell’s exceptional lead bass guitar rock.

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ADDICTION FOR DESTRUCTION – Neon Light Resurrection 2012

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For fans of Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, Vain, Backyard Babies & Shotgun Messiah. Addiction For Destruction is a sleaze/hard-rock band. They were formed in June 2010 in Moscow, Russia by bass-player D. McKay and drummer Antony Nabo.

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SOULSPELL – HOLLOW’S GATHERING 2012

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Brazilian drummer Heleno Vale returns with the third part of his Soulspell metal opera, Hollow’s Gathering. For details about the concept, I’ll send you once again to the Soulspell website. Be warned, however, as of this writing, it has not been updated to include details of this part of the story. What remains the same is Vale’s musical approach, melodic heavy and power metal, and the involvement of a great many players. These include Tim “Ripper” Owens [ex. Judas Priest, Iced Earth], Blaze Bailey [ex. Iron Maiden], Michael Vescera [ex. Loudness, Yngwie Malmsteen], Markus Grosskopf [Helloween], Amanda Sommerville [Avantasia], Matt Smith [Theocracy] among others.

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Yotangor – We Speak (2012)

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YOTANGOR, the French symphonic metal band featuring female singerYngrid Allières, has released its sophomore album, “We Speak”, viaBrennus Music. The CD was recorded at frontman Jean-Guy Pichoustre‘s Laboratory Metal studio in Toulouse.
YOTANGOR‘s debut album, “King Of The Universe”, was described in a press release as “an ambitious double CD with 26 tracks, a concept album that talks about King Yotangor, a modern dictator convinced to be good with his people while all what he does is perverted by money and stupidity.”
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