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No Face by Redmind - metal mayhem from France

Valerie — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:00:29 +0000

Unique French rock metal filled with thrashy guitars and loud vocals. Despite the lack of information on this band online, there is an abundance of rock and roll in Redmind. No Face is filled with 6 tracks that embody what this band is about. Their music is a mixture of rock neometal with speedy guitar licks, growling vocals and heavy drums to match.

Redmind's No Face might sound typical and the band might not break any boundaries with their music, but they do manage to pull through and create a solid sounding demo. Redmind has released several demos as well as singles off their Myspace and Jamendo site. For No Face, the band combines and scouts out many different genres. For instance, it opens with "Diabolic country before the storm" which of course, preludes the metal mayhem that ensues after the somewhat acoustic country feel of the intro track.

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"Gimme" comes in next where the band makes a go at solos and slightly growly vocals. "TV Programs" is perhaps the most typical in terms of metal rock and roll. With the solid sounding speed metal riffs, heavy drumming as well as the shouty vocals, the song is instantly likable especially for hard rock aficionados out there.

Although the group might not break any records when it comes to their music, No Face does provide enough interest for it to be worth a listen. This demo as well as their other releases are available under a creative commons license.

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Sever "Coma Circle" LP - hardcore scream metal

Valerie — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:33 +0000

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With a great mix of hardcore metal and rock that will knock your socks off, Sever is a band worth listening to. With the traditional line-up change expected from a band that's more than a decade old, Sever's current lineup is as perfect as can be.

Coma Circle features 10 tracks filled with energy and rawness that's hard to find nowadays. Perhaps the fact that they are relatively unknown (as of yet) adds to the appeal, but this German band certainly deserves a chance to be heard.

Heiko Gimbel, their vocalist cites bands like Tool, The Offspring, and Textures as some of his favorite bands. With this musical taste, it's no wonder he exhibits great control over his vocal capacity. He can go from a straight out howl to a melodramatic belt. Something that's difficult to see on even the most famous rockers in mainstream music today.

The rest of the band is composed of Ralf Raddeck and Roman Reckert on guitars, Steffen Petry on bass guitar and Mike Baruth manning the drums. Formerly known as Change of Mind, the band suffered a departure of their then vocalist Bjorn Eirich and the remaining members went on to call themselves Sever.

Each of the tracks are likable and if you love hardcore metal, it won't be difficult to become a sucker for this one. It's rare to find good quality metal bands out there and this one is a sure treat. Give their music a go, they're worth one listen at the very least.

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Dr. Phibes & The Ten Plagues of Egypt - Music of the Gods Vol. II

Valerie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:01 +0000

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Dr. Phibes & The Ten Plagues of Egypt - Music of the Gods - Vol. II is the love child of two simingly opposite music styles - classical & heavy metal. It is a crazy and exhilarating mesh of heavy guitars along with classical strings, church organs and lots of noise.

The second installment out of a two volume set features mixes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, and Sonata For Flute, Bassoon And Bass I/II/IV by Antonio Vivaldi, apart from Bach's Fugue. Taking well-known classical as well as current movie soundtracks and converting them into something that every horror fan would love to have in their iPods; it is an excellent album that won't give you any reason to hide under your bed.

Citing influences like Vincent Price, Igor Stravinsky, Ennio Morricone, Jan Svankmajer, Brothers Quay, Camille Saint-Saëns, not to mention zombies and ZX Spectrum game music, Dr. Phibes certainly captures the imagination. The songs would fit snugly into the soundtrack of any updated version of classic horror films.

Just like the movie, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, it is over the top and quite ambitious to take something already grand and mold it to become even better. Although the album doesn't fail in its attempt, let's just say there are a few "loose strings" in some bits. Overall, however, it accomplishes what it aims to do; to reach through you and send chills down your spine.

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Free EP from Hearts Alive - 'The Black Sleep'

Kademlia — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:32:07 +0000

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I couldn't find much information about this hard-core metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, but from one of their reviews on LastFm (one of the very few in English ), I learned that they've recently went through a lead vocalist change and they sound even better then before!

Download their free EP 'The Black Sheep'
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