Virgin Steele - Nocturnes Of Hellfire & Damnation (2015)

  

Heavy / Power Metal from U.S.A.

@ 320 Kbps

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Line Up:

David DeFeis - Vocals (ex-Exorcist, ex-Jack Starr's Burning Starr, ex-Carnival of Souls, ex-Mountain Ash, ex-Phoenix, ex-Smokestack Lightning)
Edward Pursino - Guitars (ex-Exorcist, ex-Original Sin, ex-Piledriver)
Joshua Block - Guitars & Bass (Dividing Light)

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Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Lucifer's Hammer 
2. Queen Of The Dead 
3. To Darkness Eternal 
4. Black Sun-Black Mass 
5. Persephone 
6. Devilhead 
7. Demolition Queen 
8. The Plague and The Fire
9. We Disappear
10. A Damned Apparition 
11. Glamour
12. Delirium 
13. Hymns To Damnation 
14. Fallen Angels

Disc 2

1. Halloween Theme 
2. D.O.A. 
3. The Witch In The Forest 
4. Black Sabbath
5. The Immigrant Song 
6. Black Sabbath "Reprise"
7. Riderless Horse (Save Your Breath) 
8. The Devil Drives 
9. Anger Never Dies
10. Funeral Games
11. The Plot Sickenth
12. Haunted Wolfshine 
13. West Of Sumer 
14. A Greater Burning Of Innocence 
15. The Birth Of Beauty

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Release Date: June 17th, 2015 via SPV GmbH

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Nergard - A Bit Closer To Heaven (2015)

Melodic Metal from Norway

@ 320 Kbps

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Line Up:

Andreas Nergård - Bass, Keyboards & Drums (Rudhira)

Guest Musicians:

Elize Ryd - Vocals (Amaranthe, Dreamstate, Kamelot (live), ex-Nightwish (live))
Michael Eriksen - Vocals (Circus Maximus, The Magnificent, ex-Kamelot (live), ex-Carnivora)
Nils K. Rue - Vocals (Pagans Mind, X-World/5, ex-Eidolon, Dimension Infinite, ex-Bremsespor, ex-Silverspoon)
Ralf Scheepers - Vocals (Primal Fear, Scheepers, ex-F.B.I., ex-Gamma Ray, ex-Tyran' Pace)

Andi Kravljaca - Vocals & All Backing Vocals expect "Let It Come" (Thaurorod, Aeon Zen, Silent Call, ex-Elsesphere, ex-Seventh Wonder, ex-Vindictiv, ex-Gryphon)

Thomas Løseth - Vocals (Tempo)
Ole Martin Moe Thornæs - Vocals (Rudhira)
Sunniva Unsgård - Vocals
Jostein Svarstad - Guitar Solo (Jan Holberg Project)
Stig Nergård - Guitar Solo (Tellus Requiem)
Øyvind Voldmo Larsen - Guitar Solo (Withem, ex-Illusion Suite, ex-Where Angels Fall)

Henrik Karlsvik - All Rhythm Guitars
Øyvind Wærnes - Electric Guitar on "I Will Find You"
Martin Aas - Bass on "When All I Want Is You"
Raymond Hellem - Acoustic Guitar

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NERGARD released its long-awaited second full-length album entitled "A Bit Closer To Heaven", on June 12th, 2015. This is an album that have been rewritten three times and features 11 songs with 120 minutes of high quality melodic metal. 

"A Bit Closer To Heaven" is the second and last act of the "Memorial For A Wish" musical. The first act was released last year and received great reviews from all over the world. They say the second album is the difficult one but this album is ten levels above the first one. 

The CD was mixed and mastered on October 1st, 2014 for a tentative late 2014/early 2015 release.

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Tracklist:

1. Light And Shadows
Feat. Ralf Scheepers/Nils K. Rue/Andi Kravljaca/Ole Martin Moe Thornæs
2. Fall From Grace 
Feat. Thomas Løseth
3. On Through The Storm
Feat. Elize Ryd/Andi Kravljaca. Guest guitarist will be announced within a few days
4. Let It Come  
Feat. Michael Eriksen. Guitar solo by Øyvind Voldmo Larsen
5. Stay
Feat. Thomas Løseth
6. Help Me Through The Night 
Feat. Andi Kravljaca. Guitar solo by Stig Nergård
7. I Will Find You
Feat. Andi Kravljaca
8. A Bit Closer To Heaven
Feat. Andi Kravljaca. Guitar solo by Stig Nergård
9. When All I Want Is You 
Feat. Sunniva Unsgård. Guitar solo by Jostein Svarstad

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Release Date: June 12th, 2015

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Darkology - Fated To Burn (2015)

    

Power / Progressive Metal from U.S.A.

@ 320 Kbps

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Line Up:

Kelly Sundown Carpenter - Vocals (Adagio, Epysode, Firewind (live), ex-Inner Sanctum, ex-Beyond Twilight, ex-Outworld)

Michael Harris - Guitars (Michael Harris, Thought Chamber, Zanister, Arch Rival, ex-David T. Chastain / Michael Harris, ex-Leather, ex-Surgeon, ex-Vitalij Kuprij)

Mike Neal - Bass

Brian Harris - Drums (Foul Stench, The Reefer Hut, Zanister, ex-Decay, ex-Firewind, ex-Kenziner, ex-Michael Harris, ex-Seven Seraphim, ex-Solstice, ex-Vainglory)

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DARKOLOGY released their long-awaited second full-length album entitled "Fated To Burn", on June 8th, 2015 through Prime Eon Media. The CD was mixed and mastered by legendary producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, ANVIL, THIN LIZZY) at his studio in the U.K. The artwork was done by Rainer Kalwitz (SHADOW GALLERY, PRAYING MANTIS).

Says the band: "This is album is a tribute to the old-school and it's our hope that what we've done here will remind the listener why they got into metal in the first place."

"Fated To Burn" is filled with great songwriting, powerhouse performances and amazing vocals courtesy of Carpenter, who has recently been seen tearing it up across the world stages with FIREWIND. Likewise, the amazing Harris brothers have again put their indelible stamp on these songs. Michael, arguably one of the best guitarists in metal and beyond, brings the killer riffs, solos and big atmosphere as Brian, his younger brother, punishes the skins like there's no tomorrow. Finally, the always-dynamic and melodic Mike Neal (BLACK WIDOW, MEDIEVAL STEEL, SALEM'S LOT) has not only played some mean bass and done a lot of backing vocals but has also written most of the lyrics on this album, proving this to be a total group effort.

The CD's eleven songs seem to cover everything, from almost cinematic run-throughs with prisoners on death-row who refuse to die, witches from beyond the grave calling to the living, robot rebellions being put down by mankind and vampires just being the nocturnal terrors they are meant to be, through to fear about dystopian future social developments (with the group not forgetting to take a critical stance towards how religion manipulates the masses), cosmic supernovas and everything in-between.

The song "Beyond The Grave" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

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Tracklist:

1. Kill Me If You Can
2. Beyond The Grave
3. On Morrows Break
4. The Eyes Of The Machine
5. Quantum Genocide 
6. The Shadows Of Oth
7. Fated To Burn
8. 21st Century Frankensteins (Nobot 2)
9. Festival Of Fear 
10. Holy
11. Nightmare King
(I) Shadows Of The Abyss
(II) The Summoning
(III) The Construct
(IV) Eternus Nocturne: The Dark Domain

Bonus Track:

12. Your Hollow Soul (Instrumental Mix)

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Release Date: June 8th, 2015 via Prime Eon Media

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Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus (2015)

 

Symphonic / Orchestral Power Metal from Italy

@ 320 Kbps
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Line Up:

Alessandro Conti - Vocals (Trick or Treat, ex-Empty Tremor, ex-Opera)
Luca Turilli - Guitars, Keyboards (ex-Luca Turilli, ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, ex-Thundercross, ex-Rhapsody of Fire)
Dominique Leurquin - Guitars (ex-Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, ex-Inner Visions, ex-Rhapsody of Fire (live), ex-Dream Child)
Patrice Guers - Bass (Patrick Rondat, ex-Further Dimension, ex-Rhapsody of Fire, ex-Inner Visions)
Alex Landenburg - Drums (Angels Cry, Mekong Delta, ex-Broken Grace, ex-Symfonia (live), ex-Broken Glass, 21 Octayne, Universal Mind Project, ex-Annihilator, ex-At Vance, ex-Axxis, ex-Masterplan (live), ex-Sandalinas (live), ex-Stratovarius (live), ex-Blind Faith, ex-Jamie's Gone, ex-Meera Fé, ex-Memento, ex-Philosophobia, ex-Bonfire (live))

Guest Musicians:

Ralf Scheepers - Vocals (Primal Fear, Scheepers, ex-F.B.I., Blackwelder, ex-Gamma Ray, ex-Tyran' Pace)
David Readman - Vocals (Andersen - Laine - Readman, David Readman, Delany, Missa Mercuria, Pink Cream 69, Voodoo Circle, ex-Adagio)
Dan Lucas - Vocals (Karo)
Bridget Fogle - Choirs (Luca Turilli, Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, Epica, Rhapsody of Fire)
Previn Moore - Choirs (After Forever, Epica, Luca Turilli, Rhapsody of Fire)

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LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY released its long-awaited second full-length album entitled "Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus", on June 19th, 2015 in Europe and June 30th, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was composed and produced once again by Luca Turilli, responsible as always of all the orchestral and choral arrangements. It was recorded and mixed at the Backyard Studios of Sebastian Roeder (BONFIRE) and mastered by Christoph Stickel (MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK) at MSM studios.

The creation of "Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus" involved seven months of composition, three months of production, over 50 days of mixing, working with two choirs, several special guests, including Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR), Dan Lucas (KARO), David Readman (PINK CREAM 69) and last but not least Bridget Fogle (EPICA) and Previn Moore (AFTER FOREVER, EPICA).

Containing 70 minutes of epic music, sounding cinematic, bombastic and dramatic as never before, the new RHAPSODY masterwork will lead the listener to an emotional and memorable journey between quantum gates, parallel dimensions, myths and legends hiding cosmic truths, ancestral secrets and spiritual revelations.

And this time it was not enough for the band to simply sound cinematic — RHAPSODY needed to finally "look" cinematic as well. Therefore, the new cover artwork and the album booklet, introducing the new cinematic graphic style of the band, were created by the well-known artist Stefan "Heile" Heilemann (EPICA, LINDEMANN).

The first single, "Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross)", will be released on April 24.

The digipak version of the album will include a cinematic version of the RIOT classic "Thundersteel", performed by RHAPSODY singer Alessandro Conti as a duet with Ralf Scheepers.

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Tracklist:

1. Nova Genesis (Ad Splendorem Angeli Triumphantis)
2. Il Cigno Nero
3. Rosenkreuz (The Rose And The Cross)
4. Anahata
5. Il Tempo Degli Dei
6. One Ring To Rule Them All
7. Notturno
8. Prometheus
9. King Solomon And The 72 Names Of God
10. Yggdrasil
11. Of Michael The Archangel And Lucifer's Fall Part II: Codex Nemesis
I. Codex Nemesis Alpha Omega
II. Symphonia Ignis Divinus (The Quantum Gate Revealed)
III. The Astral Convergence 
IV. The Divine Fire Of The Archangel
V. Of Psyche And Archetypes (System Overloaded)

Digipak Bonus Track:

12. Thundersteel (Cinematic Version)

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Release Date: June 19th, 2015

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Borealis - Purgatory (2015)

  

Power Metal from Canada

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

Line Up:

Matt Marinelli - Vocals & Guitars

Michael Briguglio - Guitars

Jamie Smith - Bass

Sean Werlick - Keyboards

Sean Dowell - Drums

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Tracklist:

1. Past The Veil

2. From The Ashes

3. The Chosen One

4. Destiny

5. Darkest Sin

6. My Peace

7. Place Of Darkness

8. Welcome To Eternity

9. Sacrifice

10. Rest My Child

11. Purgatory

12. Revelation

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Release Date: June 19th, 2015 via AFM Records

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