Bus Stop Dreams – Don’t Forget to Breathe 2012

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Today Bus Stop Dreams release the album “Don’t Forget to Breathe”. And yes, it’s also my own album debut, even if it’s not the first album my colleagues in the band have appeared on. My colleagues are my duo partner Lasse Thomasson and also part time members like Jan Johansen, Sonja Hewer, Ulla Wrethagen, Pär Enqvist among others. I won’t scream any superlatives about the songs but just state that I’m immensely proud over this album that breathes soft classic rock with country vibes, but where there’s also room for beautiful pop melodies and dystopic group cuddles. Here are two songs with lead vocals by German singer Sonja Hewer. The album art was created by the artist Linnea Strid.

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MÅRRAN – Mårran 2012

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alk about an unexpected musical constellation! Göran Edman, singer extraordinaire with bands like Madison, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kharma, Norum, Glory etc., Björn Inge, drummer with classic seventies hard rockers November and renowned keyboard player Max Lorentz, flanked by bassist Morgan Korsmoe (Larz Christerz) and guitarist Ludwig Larsson (Dynamite Sky). Well, if I would compare these guys to any of their previous outings, it would definitely be November. (more…)

Crossing Edge – Of Ghosts And Enemies 2012

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(Heavy Metal / Modern Metal / Melodic Metal) Less than two years takes the band’s history of ?sterreichischen modern metallers CROSSING EDGE, nevertheless Can you zur?ckblicken already a number successes and an impressive seventh place in the Austrian Band Contest 2012, in which they chapels information about 1000 could leave behind. After the EP “S.O.S.” put the boys from the Alpine republic now on the first album and want to prove that with them information about the full distance can be expected.

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Standing Ovation – The antikythera mechanism 2012

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I suppose naming your band Standing Ovation could be considered more than a little pretentious. What if you played your music and nobody gave you one? I don’t think this Finnish band will have that problem. Their first full length album, The Antikythera Mechanism is a fine collection of progressive metal. (more…)

The Moor – Year Of The Hunger 2012

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Italian act The Moor sees a full-length debut titled “Year Of The Hunger” this coming November 16th, 2012 via Lion Music. The artwork for the release can now be viewed below.The 12 track “Year of the Hunger” is the follow-up to a five song self-titled EP, and vocalist/guitarist Enrico Longhin comments, “Year Of The Hunger is our first album, but we have been playing and releasing stuff with our old bands since 2000, that’s why there’s a maturity and complexity that is hard to find in other debut-releases.”

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AFFIANCE – THE CAMPAIGN (2012)

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It’s not too often that you’ll see “recommended if you like Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, and As I Lay Dying” when talking about one specific band, but that’s exactly what happened when I received the press sheet for Affiance’s sophomore album, The Campaign. With nearly two years between the band’s previous release entitled No Secrets Revealed and the forthcoming The Campaign, expectations seem to be fairly high amongst fans of the band. Two years is quite a while between albums, but I’m glad that Affiance took their time with this album because it shows that they wanted to improve and not release a half-assed album just to silence their pleading fans. The Campaign has a release date of November 13th through Bullet Tooth Records.

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MALLORY LENNON – Christmas In Vain 2012 single

Yep, that’s her real name.
OK, it’s her first and middle name, but one should take fortune where they find it. Those who might find sacrilege in this invocation of a sainted handle can rest assured that it’s in good hands. In this case, a young (born 1992) woman who more than personifies a great and grand American tradition. (more…)

Dan Savik – Heading West 2012

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This is it! Dan Savik’s long awaited release of new material! Heading West was written and recorded during 2011-2012 on the Swedish west coast. The album contains a wide variety of exciting adult contemporary styles, soft rock, west coast and soul. This is an album built around skillfully crafted songs and well produced arrangements, packed throughout with melodic hooks and background vocals put to effectful use! All in the mood and style of legends like Toto, Chris De Burgh, Don Henley and Simply Red among others.

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Stone Cold Outlaw – Stone Cold Outlaw 2012

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A delightfully sleazy low-fi trio of numbers is displayed on the self-titled debut EP from Chicago’s Stone Cold Outlaw.
The band’s been gradually building up a profile and have been picked up as openers by the likes of Tracii Guns’ League of Gentlemen as well as appearing at the Rock ‘N’ The Valley Festival alongside Warrant and Skid Row. They were also featured at Chicago’s Rocklahoma launch party at The Double Door, co-headlining with fellow ‘Windy City’ rockers Hessler.
“Excess” slices this EP wide open with Mark Shred‘s razor like riff over the punky rasp of Polish lead vocalist Karina Sunqueen, who’s out on the town ‘being your fantasy, shots of whiskey and getting frisky’ — not a great rhyme to be sure but trust me, it works.

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LIGHT AMONG SHADOWS – Welcome Back! 2012

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Today is Tatjana Klee’s birthday and we thought it would be a great way to celebrate it releasing our album on this day, one week before the official release date.

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