Song Of the Day - CCLXXXVII - Amaranthe

Another balad to finish 2011 in a calm mood.
Happy 2012 to everyone!

Amaranthe - Amaranthine

Song Of the Day - CCLXXXVI - Demons and Wizards

A good ballad for a quiet day.

Demons and Wizards - Fiddler on the Green

Song Of the Day - CCLXXXV - Sonata Arctica

Just one of my favorites from them.

Sonata Arctica - Broken

Song Of the Day - CCLXXXIV - Woods Of Ypres

Today's song of the day is about a new album and also a memorial to the bands founder.
As Woods Of Ypres latest album, Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light, hit the streets, the lead guitarist and singer of the Doom Black Metal Canadian band passed away in a car accident.

Let's make silence in David Gold's memory, and listen to one of his creations.

Woods Of Ypres - Kiss My Ashes (Goodbye)

Thank you, Santa! - Song Of the Day - CCLXXXIII - Turisas

And finally this one. Yes, I'm a lucky guy :)

Turisas - The Bosphorus Freezes Over

Thank you, Santa! - Song Of the Day - CCLXXXII - Nightwish

This one also.

Nightwish - Last Ride Of The Day

Thank you, Santa! - Song Of the Day - CCLXXXI - Pain

This one was under my Christmas Tree :)

Pain - You Only Live Twice

Merry Christmas! - Song Of the Day - CCLXXX - Savatage

There is a unexploited niche of Metal songs about Christmas.

This is my favorite Christmas song!

Savatage - Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)

Song Of the Day - CCLXXIX - Forefather

Forefather is a Pagan Folk/Black Metal act from the United Kingdom. They have just released their sixth full length, Last Of the Line.
Here is the title track.

Forefather - Last of the Line

Song Of the Day - CCLXXVIII - Rhapsody Of Fire

In this one they were still only Rhapsody.
Awesome song!

Rhapsody (of Fire) - Steelgods of the Last Apocalypse

Song Of the Day - CCLXXVII - Eluveitie

One of my favorites from the Helvetian masters of Folk Metal.

Eluveitie - Thousandfold

Song Of the Day - CCLXXVI - Avantasia

One of my favorite Avantasia songs.
It suits perfectly Klaus Meine's voice, and even the riffs and song structure reminds me a Scorpions song.

Avantasia (with Klaus Meine) - Dying For An Angel

Song Of the Day - CCLXXV - Gamma Ray

Remembering 1991...

Gamma Ray - One With the World

Song Of the Day - CCLXXIV - Iced Earth

Remembering 1991... Iced Earth launched their self titled first album.

Iced earth - Colors

Song Of the Day - CCLXXIII - Axel Rudi Pell

Remembering 1991... the second album from Axel Rudi Pell, called Nasty Reputation, with the voice of Rob Rock and Jorg Michael in the Drums.

Axel Rudi Pell - Firewall

Song Of the Day - CCLXXII - Metallica

Remembering 1991... The album Metallica, also known as "The Black Album" was the last good album made by Metallica. It's way softer than the previous ones, but it showed the same talent. It opened Metallica's doors to a whole new audience, but at the same time it looks like it was creatively a dead end to the band.
This one is my favorite song from the album.

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Song Of the Day - CCLXXI - Savatage

Remembering 1991... 20 years back in time, we find the great concept album Streets: A Rock Opera from Savatage, one of my favourite bands in my early years in Metal.

Savatage - Tonight He Grins Again

Song Of the Day - CCLXX - Moonspell

Remembering 2001... was missing a Portuguese band!

Moonspell - Nocturna

Song Of the Day - CCLXIX - Lacuna Coil

Remembering 2001... so beautiful...

Lacuna Coil - Senzafine

Song Of the Day - CCLXVIII - Freedom Call

Remembering 2001...

Freedom Call - Freedom Call

Song Of the Day - CCLXVII - Prey For Nothing

Another Melodic Death Metal new release from Israeli band Prey For Nothing. Against All Good And Evil is their second full length.

Prey For Nothing - Buried By The Light

Song Of the Day - CCLXVI - Synarchy

Tear Up the World is the second album from Faroe Islands Melodic Death/Trash Metal band Synarchy, and this album looks like a big leap upwards when compared with their first album Scars Of Gratitude.

Synarchy - Tear Up The World

Song Of the Day - CCLXV - Heavenly

Remembering 2001...

Heavenly - Destiny

Song Of the Day - CCLXIV - Angra

Remembering 2001...
This was the year of the Rebirth of Angra, after the split that almost destroyed the band. This is also one of the best albums from them.

Angra - Nova Era

Song Of the Day - CCLXIII - Finntroll

Remembering 2001...

Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

Song Of the Day - CCLXII - Dimmu Borgir

Remembering 2001...

Dimmu Borgir - Hybrid Stigmata

Song Of the Day - CCLXI - System Of A Down

Remembering 2001...
Not a big SOAD fan, but Toxicity is a good album and an awesome song.

System Of A Down - Toxicity

Song Of the Day - CCLX - After Forever

Remembering 2001... Decipher was, to many, the best album from After Forever.

After Forever - Monolith of Doubt

Song Of the Day - CCLIX - Nightwish

The new Nightwish album Imaginaerum is finally out.
This is the seventh full length from the Finnish Symphonic Power Metal band, and at a first glance, it seems that Tuomas Holopainen has been at it in the last four years.

Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back

Song Of the Day - CCLVIII - Grave Digger

Remembering 2001...

Grave Digger - Spirits Of The Dead

Song Of the Day - CCLVII - Raven Dust

It's a happy coincidence that today, in the 471st anniversary of the last time that Portugal had to conquer it's independence by force, I'm introducing here a new and promising Portuguese Metal band.
The idea of Raven Dust exists since 2004, with several names and formations, but only in 2010 they have finally settled and started creating their music. That process culminated in the launch of their first EP, Sinner, last week in Lisbon.

Raven Dust - Eternal Bond



You can check out Raven Dust MySpace page here.