STEEL SEAL - By the Power of Thunder

Marco64 · January 5th, 2007, 03:14 AM

"By The Power Of Thunder", debut album of the Italian power-metal band STEEL SEAL, featuring legendary singer DC COOPER on vocals.
"A high profile work of majestic metal displaying technical wizardry, intense melody, beautiful compositions, excellent production unfolding over the course of 10 splendid tracks". Here's a link to a sample song:

http://www.undergroundsymphony.com/mp3/steel_seal.mp3

The album will be available January 2007 in Europe. The Japanese edition, released the last 12/20/2006, has been included between the Recommended Items of the Diskunion website, "Melodic Power Metal - European Metal" section, beside artists like Axel Rudi Pell, Primal Fear and Squealer:

diskUNION HARDROCK & HEAVYMETAL : ARTIST SEARCH

Rock on!

carnut · January 5th, 2007, 04:26 AM

Good singer but music sounds like avarage happy happy Euro-flower-metal !!

Marco64 · January 5th, 2007, 06:14 AM

Traditional "70s-oriented" hard rock merged with contemporary neoclassical power metal:

Steel-Seal WebSite
under "Bio"

Bodhi · January 5th, 2007, 07:22 AM

I reviewed your demo 2003 for an outcoming newspaper, i guess it is outdated now

Anyway good work guys, hope to listen to you somewhere in Italy !

Marco64 · January 5th, 2007, 08:20 AM

Hi Bodhi, thanks for your kind words. I just sent you a private message. Rock on!

Marco64 · January 10th, 2007, 02:55 AM

"By the Power of Thunder" rewiev was published by Burrn! Japan magazine (december 2006) with a 80/100 global valuation. Rock on!

Marco64 · January 26th, 2007, 05:00 AM

Hi Guys, stop smashing your heads against the wall and hold on some more days, the European edition is about to be released!

In the meanwhile, the Japanese edition entered the Top Ten of the Daily CD Ranking at the CDJapan website and is out of stock due to preorders at the CDInzane website:
http://www.cdinzane.com/NewArrivals.cfm
Rock on!

Marco64 · February 1st, 2007, 03:21 AM

The Japanese edition entered the Hot New Releases (the ranking of the bestselling new arrivals) at Amazon website:
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache...t&ct=clnk&cd=2
Rock on!

Marco64 · February 8th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Hi Guys, new update: the Japanese edition entered the Bestselling Ranking at Amazon.com, n. 8 in the Hard Rock and Metal section:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1/...0070101&page=1
and n. 80 in the general Music section:
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=3&gl=it
Rock on!

Marco64 · February 22nd, 2007, 04:54 AM

Hi Guys, the European edition is finally out!

Already available at the Hellion site:
http://www.hellionrecords.de/
or at the On-line Shop of the Label:
http://www.undergroundsymphony.com/i...nav=steel_seal
or at the Underground Symphony Mailorder in E-bay:
http://cgi.ebay.it/STEEL-SEAL-By-The...QQcmdZViewItem
In the ordinary music shops in a few days, distributed by Audioglobe.
Rock on!

Marco64 · March 28th, 2007, 05:07 AM

Hi Guys, a stream listening of By the Power of Thunder has been scheduled by the French Website Heavylaw at
www.heavylaw.com
for the next April 9th, Monday!

Here are the scores of the reviews published up to now:
Burrn! (Japan) 80/100
Music Café (Japan) 7/10
Metallized (Italy) 88/100
Hardsounds (Italy) 77/100
Heavymetal (Italy) 4/5
Truemetal (Italy) 74/100
Rock on!

Marco64 · April 17th, 2007, 04:19 AM

Hi Guys, an updating about the reviews of "By the Power of Thunder":
Heavylaw (France) 8/10
Staymetal (Spain) 73/100
MetalCDratings (USA) 4/5
Dangerdog (USA) 4,5/5
You can read all them and the other reviews without a final global valuation at the Reviews section of our website
www.steel-seal.com
Rock on!

January 5th, 2007, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	STEEL SEAL - By the Power of Thunder "By The Power Of Thunder", debut album of the Italian power-metal band STEEL SEAL, featuring legendary singer DC COOPER on vocals. "A high profile work of majestic metal displaying technical wizardry, intense melody, beautiful compositions, excellent production unfolding over the course of 10 splendid tracks". Here's a link to a sample song: http://www.undergroundsymphony.com/mp3/steel_seal.mp3 The album will be available January 2007 in Europe. The Japanese edition, released the last 12/20/2006, has been included between the Recommended Items of the Diskunion website, "Melodic Power Metal - European Metal" section, beside artists like Axel Rudi Pell, Primal Fear and Squealer: diskUNION HARDROCK & HEAVYMETAL : ARTIST SEARCH Rock on!

January 5th, 2007, 04:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
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February 8th, 2007, 11:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Guys, new update: the Japanese edition entered the Bestselling Ranking at Amazon.com, n. 8 in the Hard Rock and Metal section: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1/...0070101&page=1 and n. 80 in the general Music section: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=3&gl=it Rock on! Last edited by Marco64 : February 8th, 2007 at 12:02 PM.

January 5th, 2007, 06:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Traditional "70s-oriented" hard rock merged with contemporary neoclassical power metal: Steel-Seal WebSite under "Bio"

January 5th, 2007, 08:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Bodhi, thanks for your kind words. I just sent you a private message. Rock on!

January 10th, 2007, 02:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	"By the Power of Thunder" rewiev was published by Burrn! Japan magazine (december 2006) with a 80/100 global valuation. Rock on!

January 26th, 2007, 05:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Guys, stop smashing your heads against the wall and hold on some more days, the European edition is about to be released! In the meanwhile, the Japanese edition entered the Top Ten of the Daily CD Ranking at the CDJapan website and is out of stock due to preorders at the CDInzane website: http://www.cdinzane.com/NewArrivals.cfm Rock on!

February 1st, 2007, 03:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	The Japanese edition entered the Hot New Releases (the ranking of the bestselling new arrivals) at Amazon website: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache...t&ct=clnk&cd=2 Rock on!

February 22nd, 2007, 04:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Guys, the European edition is finally out! Already available at the Hellion site: http://www.hellionrecords.de/ or at the On-line Shop of the Label: http://www.undergroundsymphony.com/i...nav=steel_seal or at the Underground Symphony Mailorder in E-bay: http://cgi.ebay.it/STEEL-SEAL-By-The...QQcmdZViewItem In the ordinary music shops in a few days, distributed by Audioglobe. Rock on!

March 28th, 2007, 05:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Guys, a stream listening of By the Power of Thunder has been scheduled by the French Website Heavylaw at www.heavylaw.com for the next April 9th, Monday! Here are the scores of the reviews published up to now: Burrn! (Japan) 80/100 Music Café (Japan) 7/10 Metallized (Italy) 88/100 Hardsounds (Italy) 77/100 Heavymetal (Italy) 4/5 Truemetal (Italy) 74/100 Rock on!

April 17th, 2007, 04:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
Marco64 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 74	Hi Guys, an updating about the reviews of "By the Power of Thunder": Heavylaw (France) 8/10 Staymetal (Spain) 73/100 MetalCDratings (USA) 4/5 Dangerdog (USA) 4,5/5 You can read all them and the other reviews without a final global valuation at the Reviews section of our website www.steel-seal.com Rock on!