Gamma Ray - Master Of Confusion [Ep] (2013)

 

Power Metal from Germany
@ 320 Kbps

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Line Up:

Kai Hansen - Vocals & Guitars (Unisonic, Avantasia (live), ex-Helloween, ex-Iron Savior, ex-Gentry, ex-Iron Fist, ex-Second Hell)
Dirk Schlächter - Guitars, Bass (ex-Freedom Call (live))
Henjo Richter - Guitars, Keyboards (ex-Rampage, ex-Avantasia, ex-Charon)
Michael Ehré - Drums (Love.Might.Kill, Nitewalk, ex-Metalium, ex-Murder One, ex-Pryer, ex-Firewind, ex-Vinnie Moore (live), ex-Matt Gonzo Roehr, ex-Uli Jon Roth, ex-Kee Marcello (live))

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German power metallers GAMMA RAY released a new EP entitled "Master Of Confusion", on March 15th via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group.

In addition to the brand new title cut, "Master Of Confusion" features a second new studio track, "Empire Of The Undead", showing the heavier side of the band, with an explosion of energy and pure GAMMA RAY sound at its best.

The release is not free from tasty rarities: a brand new studio cover versions of British glam rock band SWEET ("Lost Angels" — "the reason I have joined a band many years ago," stated GAMMA RAY frontman Kai Hansen) and a hidden treasure of NWOBHM ("Death Or Glory" by HOLOCAUST). 

"Master Of Confusion" is rounded off with six live versions ("The Spirit", "Wings Of Destiny", "Farewell", "Gamma Ray", "Time To Break Free" and "Insurrection", recorded in Bochum) that were already included on the Blu-ray "Skeletons & Majesties Live" but were not featured on the CD release (which included the show recorded in Pratteln).

"Master Of Confusion" and "Empire Of The Undead" are the first two new studio songs by GAMMA RAY to be released after the successful studio album "To The Metal!" which brought GAMMA RAY at the highest positions in the charts worldwide.

"We have been away for quite some time," declared Hansen. "We have released what we consider a very beautiful live product, 'Skeletons & Majesties Live', but we felt it was time to release some new music by the Rayz… 

"Yes, we planned to have an album ready by now but deadlines are not our best friends. No, seriously, although we have already started working on the new album, we did not want to wait any longer and thought we should let the fans listen to these two new songs before the world tour with HELLOWEEN. We have also recorded cover versions of two songs we have always loved and… before anybody could say that a CD can feature more minutes of music… we are also releasing the live material recorded for the 'Skeletons' Blu-ray that could not be included on the live CD. 

"OK, it's not a new album. But it's 60 minutes of music… call it the longest single in metal, if you like!"

With its 60 minutes of pure and raw GAMMA RAY, "Master Of Confusion" is a great way to wait for the new album, scheduled for the end of 2013. 

GAMMA RAY always takes its music and the relationship with their fans very seriously, and the band wanted this release to be priced as a mid price mini-album.

A one-minute teaser for the EP can be seen below.

The rehearsal lyric video for the song "Master Of Confusion" from German power metallers GAMMA RAY, can be seen below.

The "Time To Break Free" performance clip from GAMMA RAY featuring Michael Kiske, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

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Tracklist:

1. Empire Of The Undead

2. Master Of Confusion  

3. Death Or Glory (Holocaust Cover)

4. Lost Angels (Sweet Cover)

5. The Spirit (live)

6. Wings Of Destiny (live)

7. Gamma Ray (live)

8. Farewell (live)

9. Time To Break Free (live)

10. Insurrection (live)

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Release Date:  March 15th, 2013

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Crashdiet - The Savage Playground (2013)

Hard Rock / Glam Metal from Sweden
@ 320 Kbps
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Line Up:

Simon Cruz - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars (ex-Jailbait)

Martin Sweet - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals (ex-Empyreal, ex-Dimness)

Peter London - Bass, Backing Vocals (ex-Empyreal)

Eric Young - Drums, Backing Vocals (ex-Pandemonic)

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 Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET released their fourth full-length album entitled "The Savage Playground", on January 22nd in North America and January 25th in Europe (excluding Scandinavia) via Frontiers Records.

With the "The Savage Playground" recorded during summer/autumn 2012 at Kingside Studios outside Stockholm with producer Otto Wellton, the band has their minds set to break through on a worldwide basis with a tour that will see the band going back to the U.S. as well as going to Japan for the first time. 

The new album sees CRASHDÏET going in a heavier and direction. "'The Savage Playground' is our playground, it's the beginning and the end, it's the place where we eat and breed," says Sweet. "We thought the time was right for us to do a edgier and not-so-polished-sounding album, kinda like what we sound like live. It's more organic and rough-sounding. And, of course, we're always evolving as musicians and like to try new ways of expressing ourselves, and that can most definitely be heard this album."

 A music video for the song "Cocaine Cowboys", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

"Circus" the new music video from Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET, can be seen below. 

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Tracklist:

1. Change The World

2. Cocaine Cowboys

3. Anarchy

4. California

5. Lickin' Dog

6. Circus

7. Sin City

8. Got A Reason

9. Drinkin Without You

10. Snakes In Paradise

11. Damaged Kid

12. Excited

13. Garden Of Babylon

Bonus Track:

14. Liquid Jesus 

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Release Date: January 22nd, 2013  

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Reign Of The Architect - Rise (2013)

  

Symphonic / Progressive Metal from Israel

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

Line Up:

Davidavi Dolev - Vocals (Storyteller, Father, Razor)
Tom Gefen - Vocals (The Architect)
Denise Scorfits - Vocals
Yuval Kramer - Guitars (Amaseffer)
Nativ Kedem - Bass
Nina Vouraki - Keyboards & Piano on tracks 3, 11 & 13
Yuval Tamir - Drums

Guest Musicians:

Adva Kramer - Vocals & Voice of the Teacher, Rapture
Grace Hannah Woolf - Vocals & Voice of the Girl
Yotam Avni - Vocals & Voice of the Ruin
Jeff Scot Soto - Vocals & Voice of the President on track 14
Dark Serpent - Vocals & Voice of the Soldiers on track 15
Assaf Levy - Guitar Solos on tracks 4 & 9
Mike LePond - Bass (Symphony X) on tracks 2, 3, 9, 13 & 14
Kyle Honea - Bass on tracks 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 & 15
Joost Van Den Broek - Keyboard Solos (Areyon, Star One) on track 7
Mauricio Bustamante - Drums & Percussion

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REIGN OF THE ARCHITECT, the braindchild of guitarist Yuval Kramer released its debut full-length album entitled "Rise", on April 16th via Pitch Black Records. The CD will be available in North America on May 14th, 2013.

The album features guest appearances from Jeff Scot Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen, Journey), Mike LePond (Symphony X) and Joost Van Den Broek (Ayreon, After Forever). The fifteen tracks, spread over three “acts” on this album make up what is part one of a two part concept, telling a tale of love, destruction and survival in the aftermath of this power struggle.

A teaser for "Rise", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

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Tracklist:

Act I

1. Set

2. Different Heart
3. Hymn To Loneliness
4. False
5. Such A Celebration
6. Leaking Wounds
7. Distant Similarities

Act II

8. One Single Sour Grape
9. …As The Old Turns To Sorrow
10. I, The Architect
11. Secrets In The Hallway
12. Crown Of Shattered Dreams
13. The Green Flame

Act III

14. We Must Retaliate
15. Hopeless War

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Release Date: April 16th, 2013

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Galneryus - The Ironhearted Flag Vol.1: Regeneration Side (2013)

Neoclassical / Power Metal from Japan

@ 320 Kbps
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Line Up:

Masatoshi Ono - Lead Vocals (ex-Fortbragg)
Syu - Guitars (Alieson, Spinalcord, Masaki Project, ex-Animetal, ex-Valkyr, ex-Aushvitz)
Taka - Bass
Yuhki - Keyboards (Alhambra, Ark Storm, Katsu Ohta, Yuhkinen, ex-Prophesia)
Junichi Sato - Drums (Katsu Ohta, Mephistopheles, Spinalcord, ex-Concerto Moon)

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GALNERYUS released its self-cover album entitled "The Ironhearted Flag Vol.1: Regeneration Side", on May 22nd via VAP. This will be the band's first self-cover album and will contain reworked versions of ten songs from throughout their career. It will be available as a limited edition and will also include a DVD featuring footage from the band's UNDER THE PROMISED FLAG tour.

The release comes as part of the band's tenth anniversary celebrations and marks the beginning of the band's second chapter, which they have referred to as "SPIRIT OF THE IRONHEARTED FLAG".

GALNERYUS will also hold a short tour to promote the new release and to celebrate their second chapter. MAJOR DEBUT 10th ANNIVERSARY, Chapter II : SPIRIT OF THE IRONHEARTED FLAG will kick off at Nagoya ElectricLadyLand on June 7th and will end at Shinjuku BLAZE on the 30th.

A music video for the song "Silent Revelation" from GALNERYUS, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

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Tracklist:

1. Braving Flag

2. Rebel Flag
3. Point Of No Return
4. Fate Of The Sadness
5. My Last Farewell
6. Shiver
7. Quiet Wish
8. United Flag
9. The Flag Of Reincarnation
10. Silent Revelation

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Release Date: May 22nd, 2013

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PowerWorld - Cybersteria (2013)

Melodic Power Metal from Germany

@ 320 Kbps
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Line Up:

Michael Bormann - Vocals (Redrum, ex-Bloodbound, ex-Biss, ex-The Sygnet, ex-Letter X, ex-TAX, Jaded Heart, Bonfire, Jürgen Blackmore, Rain, Charade, High Voltage, Zeno, The Trophy)

Andreas Rippelmeier - Guitar
Ilker Ersin - Bass (Banderas, ex-Freedom Call, ex-Lanzer, ex-Moon Doc)
Marco Grashoff - Keyboards
Guido Gallus - Drums (Heavenward, ex-Centaur)

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German power metallers POWERWORLD released their third full-length album entitled "Cybersteria", in Germany on May 24th, in the rest of Europe on May 27th and in the U.S./Canada on June 4th through SPV/Steamhammer.

What was considered as Orwellian fiction back in 1984 has become reality in 2013 — the surveillance society. In times of Facebook and Skype, true privacy seems to exist only where exposure through the media is consistently rejected. "There's almost a kind of hysteria when it comes to the Internet and digital pseudo-realities," POWERWORLD mastermind Ilker Ersin explains the background of the band's latest album title, "Cybersteria", a combination — you might have guessed it — of the words "cyber" and "hysteria." 

"Our new songs aren't a concept album in the narrower sense, but as usual the whole album is held together by a central theme," he continues. "This time the leitmotif is emotional impoverishment which is increasingly supported by the new media. At the end of the day, social networks have the opposite effect of what they suggest: they make people grow lonely." Stirring words by a musician who has composed an album which is stirring in every respect, because "Cybersteria" presents that typical intelligent mélange of melodic heavy metal and progressive elements that we've come to expect from POWERWORLD.

The album's opener, "Children Of The Universe", a brilliant piece featuring a powerful guitar riff and an intricately complex structure, is typical of this unique combination and refers to the global effects of the actions of every single one of us, be it in a media or a technical context. "Slave To The Powerworld", with its ambiguous title, sketches in detail how powerful and at the same time merciless the world of the Internet has become. 

Comments Ersin: "There have even been cases where governments were overthrown through the power of the Internet." "Cybersteria" also holds a number of stylistic surprises in store: "Black Ash" is unusually cheerful for this band, featuring consciously selected major chords which create a very individual, open atmosphere. Ersin says: "Our roots are in the blues, so we usually prefer minor atmospheres, but in this instance the major chords complement the melodic line perfectly." And all those interested in finding out which direction this band is likely to opt for in the future will be able to find out more on "Coast Of Tears", a skilful refinement of that typical POWERWORLD sound.

Ersin produced and mixed "Cybersteria" at his MusikundWeb studios in Hirschaid, near Bamberg. The CD was mastered by Tommy Newton (VICTORY, UFO), and the instruments were recorded by Ersin, guitarist Andreas Rippelmeier, keyboardist Marco Grasshoff and drummer Guido Gallus. The biggest surprise: the vocal parts were recorded by Michael Bormann (ex-JADED HEART), who stepped in on short notice after David Reece (ex-ACCEPT, BANGALORE CHOIR) exited the group. Ersin explains: "It transpired during the recordings that David and I have different approaches which cannot be combined under the moniker of POWERWORLD. As a result, we decided to end our collaboration. There were no hard feelings between David and me; it was simply a decision by two grown men who agreed to follow their gut instincts." 

In Michael Bormann, POWERWORLD have found an ideal replacement, particularly since Bormann had already successfully filled in during their most recent tour for former POWERWORLD vocalist Andrew McDermott, who suffered from ill health (he died in August 2011), and had also been scheduled as a choir singer on "Cybersteria". "Michael did a brilliant job and even rewrote the lyrics with me. We're not only totally thrilled, but also very grateful for his support," says Ersin.

The song "Slave To The Powerworld" from POWERWORLD, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below.

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Tracklist:

1. Children Of The Universe
2. Slave To The Powerworld
3. Back On Me
4. World Knows Your Secrets - Virtuality
5. You Gotta Hold On
6. Am I Digital? (Intro)
7. Coast Of Tears
8. Black Ash
9. Like A Shadow
10. Cybersteria
11. You Will Find A Way
12. Not Bound To The Evil

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Release Date: May 24th, 2013

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