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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time (SOtD DCCXL)

Avantasia was born in 1999 as a one project band to do a Metal Opera, but 5 albums and 2 EPs later, has become a full fledged band. Tobias Sammet's baby, where he can explore the more orchestral and vocal side of his music.
The Mystery Of Time is the sixth album of the German Symphonic Power Metal band.

Avantasia - Sleepwalking

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Persefone - Spiritual Migration (SOtD DCCXXXIX)

Persefone is a Progressive Melodic Death Metal band from Andorra.
Spiritual Migration is their fourth album.

Persefone - Spiritual Migration

Friday, March 29, 2013

Eoront (SOtD DCCXXXVIII)

Eoront is an Atmospheric Black Metal band from Russia.

Eoront - The Coasts Conquest

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Finntroll - Blodsvept (SOtD DCCXXXVII)

Finntroll is an Extreme Folk Metal band from Finlnd.
Blodsvept is their sixth full length.

Finntroll - Blodsvept

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Kvelertak - Meir (SOtD DCCXXXVI)

Kvelertak is an Hardcore Punk / Black Metal band from Norway.
Meir is their second album, full of energetic music that ill lift you from your chair and start headbanging.

Kvelertak - Bruane Brenn

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Warseid (SOtD DCCXXXV)

Warseid is a Black Folk Metal band from the USA.

Warseid - Farewell

Monday, March 25, 2013

Amaranthe - The Nexus (SOtD DCCXXXIV)

The Swedish band Amaranthe has taken the world by storm in 2011 with their self-titled debut album, full of an energetic mix between Power Metal and Metalcore.
They have returned n 2013 with their second album, The Nexus.

Amaranthe - The Nexus

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure (SOtD DCCXXXIII)

Hypocrisy is a Melodic Death Metal band from Sweden. It's the first band formed by Peter Tägtgren, back in 1990, and one of the most important Death Metal bands of the nineties.
End Of Disclosure is their thirteenth full length.

Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Pretty Maids - Motherland (SOtD DCCXXXII)

Pretty Maids is an Heavy Metal band from Denmark.
They exist since the begining of the eighties, period where they released their best albums. They managed to survive the nineties and the turn of the milennium, and in 2006 they did some important line-up changes that have provided a second life in the spotlight to the band.
Motherland is their new release, their thirteenth full length. And 13 must be a lucky number for these guys because the album is being highly acclaimed and is probably the best in their entire career.

Pretty Maids - Mother of All Lies

Friday, March 22, 2013

Serenity - War Of Ages (SOtD DCCXXXI)

The Austrian Symphonic Power Metal band Serenity is back with a new album and an added member.
Clémentine Delauney is the new female singer of the band, to duet with Georg Neuhauser's voice. A female voice is not new to the band's sound, since duets with invited female singers are present in Serenity's previous albums.
But you can expect a stronger presence of a female voice in War Of Ages, their fourth album.

Serenity - Royal Pain

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Officium Triste - Mors Viri (SOtD DCCXXX)

Officium Triste is a Death Doom Metal band from The Netherlands.
Mors Viri is their fifth full-length.

Officium Triste - The Wounded And The Dying

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Reasons Behind (SOtD DCCXXIX)

Reasons Behind is a Symphonic Power Metal band from Italy.

Reasons Behind - My Last Act

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Skull Branded Pirates (SOtD DCCXXVIII)

Skull Branded Pirates is a Folk Power Metal band from the United Kingdom.

Skull Branded Pirates - Blackbeards Last Stand

Monday, March 18, 2013

Nightfear (SOtD DCCXXVII)

Nightfear is a Power Metal band from Spain.

Nightfear - Pride

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Mythodea (SOtD DCCXXVI)

Mythodea is a Symphonic Power Metal band from Greece.

Mythodea - Another World

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Agrypnie - Aetas Cineris (SOtD DCCXXV)

Agrypnie is a Post Black Metal band from Germany.
Aetas Cineris is their fourth full-length.

Agrypnie - Dezember

Friday, March 15, 2013

Imperium Dekadenz - Meadows Of Nostalgia (SOtD DCCXXIV)

Imperium Dekadenz is a Black Metal duo from Germany.
Horaz and Vespasian have just released their fourth album, Meadows Of Nostalgia.

Imperium Dekadenz - Meadows Of Nostalgia

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Illnath - 4 Shades Of Me (SOtD DCCXXIII)

The Danish Symphonic Black Metal band Illnath has just released a new album, their fourth full-length.
4 Shades Of Me is the title of this album, the second with the lovely (and scary) Mona Beck handling the vocals.

Illnath - Gallow Hill

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Gloryhammer (SOtD DCCXXII)

Oh yeah! Some world class Power Metal today!
Gloryhammer is a side project from Alestorm's frontman Christopher Bowes. Here the Pirate Metal capitain left the vocals in the capable hands of Thomas Winkler and focused only on the keyboards, producing some of the most epic tunes in years.
Great stuff!

Gloryhammer - Angus McFife

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

SmoulderCorpse (SOtD DCCXXI)

SmoulderCorpse is a Melodic Death Metal band from Argentina.

SmoulderCorpse - Knocking Me Down

Monday, March 11, 2013

Omniversum (SOtD DCCXX)

Omniversum is a Progressive Metal band from Finland.

Omniversum - Shed A Tear

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Mare Cognitum (SOtD DCCXIX)

Mare Cognitum is a Black Metal band from the USA.

Mare Cognitum - Degeneracy Pressure

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Autolatry (SOtD DCCXVIII)

Autolatry is a Black Metal band from the USA.

Autolatry- Oak

Friday, March 8, 2013

In Vain - Ænigma (SOtD DCCXVII)

In Vain is a Progressive Death Metal band from Norway.
Ænigma is their third full-length.

In Vain - Against the Grain

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Semantic Saturation (SOtD DCCXVI)

Semantic Saturation is a Progressive Metal band from Canada.

Semantic Saturation - Stardust

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Inmost Ego (SOtD DCCXV)

Inmost Ego is an Alternative Metal band from Greece.

Inmost Ego - Winter Ignorance

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Thyrfing - De Ödeslösa (SOtD DCCXIV)

I was introduced into Viking Black Metal by the sound of Thyrfing, back in 2000 with the album Urkraft.
The Swedish band is back with De Ödeslösa, their seventh album.

Thyrfing - Mot Helgrind

Monday, March 4, 2013

Wolfchant - Embraced By Fire (SOtD DCCXIII)

Wolfchant is a Pagan Folk Metal band from Germany.
Embraced By Fire is their fifth album.

Wolfchant - Embraced by Fire

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Soilwork - The Living Infinite (SOtD DCCXII)

Soilwork is a Gothenburg Metal band from Sweden.
The Living Infinite is their ninth full length.

Soilwork - Long Live The Misanthrope

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance (SOtD DCCXI)

Darkthrone is a Black Metal/Crust Punk duo from Norway.
The Underground Resistance is their sixteenth full length.

Darkthrone - Valkyrie

Friday, March 1, 2013

Mourning Beloveth - Formless (SOtD DCCX)

Mourning Beloveth is a Death Doom Metal band from Ireland.
Formless is their fifth album.

Mourning Beloveth - Theories of Old Bones