Song Of the Day - CCCXVIII - Drakum

Drakum is a Folk Death Metal band from Barcelona, Spain.

Drakum - Absinthe

Song Of the Day - CCCXVII - Tierramystica

Tierramystica is a Folk Power Metal bend from Brazil. They mix Power Metal with several Folk instruments with emphasis on the Andine Flutes.

Tierramystica - Celebration to the Sun

Song Of the Day - CCCXVI - Drygva

Drygva is a Folk Death Metal band from Belarus.

Drygva - Пад сцягам Пяруна (Under the Banner of Perun)

Song Of the Day - CCCXV - Souls of Diotima

Souls of Diotima is a Progressive Gothic Metal band from Italy. They have released in Februray 2011 their first album, Maitri.

Souls of Diotima - Killing My Enemies

Song Of the Day - CCCXIV - Iron Fire

Voyage Of The Damned is the seventh full length from one of the top Power Metal acts in Denmark, Iron Fire.

Iron Fire - Leviathan

Song Of the Day - CCCXIII - Moonfrost

Moonfrost is a Melodic Black Metal band from the Switzerland.

Moonfrost - Dark Times to Come

Song Of the Day - CCCXII - Abigail Williams

Abigail Williams is NOT the next Whitney Houston! It's a Melodic Black Metal band from the US.
They have never hit the jackpot in their previous releases, but their third full length, Becoming, was just released and sounds very good.

Abigail Williams - Infinite Fields of Mind

Song Of the Day - CCCXI - Lacuna Coil

The Italian Gothic Metal band has just released their sixth full length, Dark Adrenaline.
Haven't listened to the album yet, but the two songs with videos in youtube are pretty good. Here is one of them.

Lacuna Coil - Trip The Darkness

Song Of the Day - CCCX - Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves is a Death/Doom Metal band from Jordania.

Falling Leaves - All Is Gone

Song Of the Day - CCCIX - X Opus

X Opus is a Progressive Power Metal band from the United States.

X Opus - Pharaohs Of Lies

Song Of the Day - CCCVIII - Enlighted

Enlighted is a Power Metal band from Argentina. Found out about them today.
They have in Thomas Vikström (Therion) an experienced singer that gives them good vocal performance, and their compositions are quite interesting.

Enlighted - Time To Fly

Song Of the Day - CCCVII - Savage Messiah

The brittish Trashers Savage Messiah have just released their second full length, Plague Of Conscience.
I'm not much of a Trash Metal fan myself, but this release sounds really good, and a plague of conscience would be on me if I didn't had a Song Of the Day with it.

Savage Messiah - The Mask Of Anarchy

Song Of the Day - CCCVI - Aquilus

Aquilus is an Ambient Folk/Black Metal act from Melbourne, Australia.

Aquilus - In Lands of Ashes

Song Of the Day - CCCV - Embassy Of Silence

Gothic Metal from Finland.

Embassy of Silence - The Mercury Lamp

Song Of the Day - CCCIV - Saturnian

Extrem Gothic Metal from the United Kingdom.

Saturnian - Dimensions

Song Of the Day - CCCIII - Wildpath

Female fronted Symphonic Power Metal from France.

Wildpath - Non Omnis Moriar

Song Of the Day - CCCII - Mystic Twilight

Mystic Twilight, Epic Symphonic Power Metal from Italy (sounds familiar doesn't it? hehe).

Mystic Twilight - Legend Of The Dragon's War

Song Of the Day - CCCI - Amazon

Symphonic Power Metal from Brazil, in the line of old Nightwish, slower paced and not as special, but still a good listen.

Amazon - Lake Of Dreams

Song Of the Day - CCC - Astral Silence

In the same mood than yesterday, but less depressing, today we have some Ambient Black Metal by the hands of the Swiss band Astral Silence.

Astral Silence - Hydra

Song Of the Day - CCXCIX - Aeternum Sacris

This is not my continuos spinning kind of sound, but some days, when I'm feeling more greyish than usual, I love hearing this kind of music. Today is one of those days.

This is Aeternum Sacris, a Funeral Doom band from Japan.

Aeternum Sacris - In Our Hearts

Song Of the Day - CCXCVIII - Dialetic Soul

Dialetic Soul, Progressive Melodic Death Metal from Belarus. Very interesting sound and nice mix between the harsh and the female vocals.

Dialectic Soul - Painsoul

Song Of the Day - CCXCVII - Trees Of Eternity

When Juha Raivio (Swallow the Sun guitarist) and singer Aleah Stanbridge got together in 2008 to work on a song for the next Swallow the Sun album, where she was going to do the vocals on part of a song, things got in an unexpected path, and Trees Of Eternity came to life.
They have only released two demos, and are working on the first full-length, but I really like the Female fronted Doom/Death Metal approach.

Trees of Eternity - My Requiem

Song Of the Day - CCXCVI - Absynth Aura

Female fronted Heavy Metal band from Italy that I have found today.

Absynth Aura - Fire In My Eyes

Song Of the Day - CCXCV - Alcest

Great first week of the year, with the release of Alcest third full length. In Les voyages de l'âme, is the release title, Neige has dropped most of the usual Black Metal bursts, making this a more pure Shoegaze album.

Alcest - Autre Temps

Song Of the Day - CCXCIV - Lethian Dreams

The first release of the year to catch my attention is the second full length of the French Atmospheric Doom Metal band Lethian Dreams, Season Of Raven Words.

Lethian Dreams - Raven

Song Of the Day - CCXCIII - Pain

Good Metal covers of The Beatles songs are rare. That just enhances the value of Pain's fabulous cover of Eleanor Rigby.

Pain - Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles cover) (Live at Sundown Festival 2008)

Song Of the Day - CCXCII - Pathfinder

Forever Young from Alphaville is one of the most covered songs ever. This is the always surprising version from Pathfinder.

Pathfinder - Forever Young (Alphaville cover)

Song Of the Day - CCXCI - Symphonity

In the eighties I had a crush for Kim Wilde. To me she will be forever the queen of eighties Pop.
She faded in the nineties, but in 2003 she had a duet with German eighties pop star Nena, that was a reasonable hit. Was that song that Symphonity recovered in this great Power Metal version.

Symphonity - Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime (Nena and Kim Wilde)

Song Of the Day - CCXC - Sinergy

Yes, it's an ABBA cover again in this blog.
The melody and musicianship of ABBA's songs are great, they simply appeared a decade too soon, or they could have been a Power Metal band.

Sinergy - Gimme Gimme Gimme(Abba cover)

Song Of the Day - CCLXXXIX - Thyrfing

A great version of Gary Moore's hit, and one of the most covered songs out there.

Thyrfing - Over The Hills And Far Away

Song Of the Day - CCLXXXVIII - Sentenced

We start the year with a couple of neat covers.

Sentenced - White Wedding (Billy Idol cover)