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The Nightmare Has Begun..
New DARKWATER album "Where Stories End"
Progressive Metal - second amazing need I say more?
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=715&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5


New MISTHERIA album "Dragon Fire" massive amounts of virtuoso's on this one! Massive progressive metal with melodic vocals !

Keyboard virtuoso Mistheria returns with an all star cast for the neoclassical progressive metal tour de force “Dragon Fire”. Home to 13 tracksof full on metal pomposity, this is music crafted around stirring vocal melodies and impassioned first class musicianship. The virtuoso meter of the personnel involved sets a new standard and fans of artists such as Symphony X, Malmsteen and Artension will find this a sheer musical delight.
The vocalists comprise of John West (Artension/Royal Hunt), Rob Rock (Impellitteri/Solo), Mark Boals (ex Malmsteen/Ring Of Fire/Royal Hunt), Lance King (Balance Of Power / Pyramaze) and Titta Tani (ex Astra / Ashent). Each vocalist’s unique style has been selected for the appropriate track to deliver Mistheria’s vision. The same process was used for the guitarists with George Bellas (solo/Ring Of Fire), Neil Zaza (solo), Roger Staffelbach (Artension/Angel Of Eden) and Emir Hot (solo) plying their virtuoso guitar work which blend beautifully with Mistheria keyboards to recreate the classic guitar/keyboard pairing in all its glory. The bass was ably handled by Alberto Rigoni (Twinspirits) and drums come courtesy of John Macaluso (Ark, TNT, ex Malmsteen) whose performance is full of high‐power heavy grooves and tons of energy making this one of his best performances to date. Yet despite the number of musicians involved there is an impressive sense of cohesion to the material all thanks to the quality of Mistheria’s initial vision shining through in all aspects. Even the sound of the album has produced and mixed to his own personal taste.

Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=718&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5

New SOULSPELL album "The Labyrinth of Truths"
Power Metal / "The Labyrinth of Truths" is the second act in the Soulspell Metal Opera, created by Heleno Vale. The album feat. special guests as Jon Oliva [Jon Oliva’s Pain, ex. Savatage], Roland Grapow [Masterplan, ex.Helloween],Zak Stevens [Circle II Circle, ex. Savatage] and Germán Pascual [ex.Narnia]!
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=714&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6


New MICHAEL HARRIS album "Tranz-Fused"
Guitar virtuoso Michael Harris returns after the successful “Orchestrate” album ready to take on a fresh new challenge in his every widening musical vocabulary. Enter ‘Tranz‐Fused’ which is Harris’ first all fusion instrumental recording; although this isn’t just jazz fusion in its purest sense as it incorporates prog, metal, blues and some funk elements as well. Despite the change of musical expression one thing remains the same ‐ the stunning guitar work of Michael Harris.
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=719&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5


New DREAD THE FORSAKEN album "Unbound" (Guatemala City) featuring vocalist Gordon Tittsworth (Images of Eden)
Progressive metal / Based out of Guatemala City, Guatemala with a vocalist from PA-USA, Dread The Forsaken combines Power-Metal with a classic "raw" Hardcore sound along with some Traditional Heavy Metal elements. With Images of Eden vocalist, Gordon Tittsworth, in a melodic yet much more aggressive style, these 2 cultures/ styles synergize into an original, highly energetic sound with raw intensity, fast drumming, frantic guitar riffing and catchy vocal "hooks"/ melody lines. For fans of bands such as: Disturbed, Mudvayne, Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage, old Anthrax, Godsmack, etc.
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=717&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5

New SEVEN THORNS album "Return to the Past" (Danish Power Metal)
"Seven Thorns is power metal in its purest form! Catchy melodies, fast guitars and blasting drums are the key components on the “Return to the Past”. Seven Thorns is definitely aiming for the stars, the awesome lead guitarist of At Vance, a giant within the power metal genre, Olaf Lenk, features on one of the certain hits, “Liberty”, with a frightening fast guitar solo. Many of the keyboard parts were played by the very skilled Mikkel Henderson (Fate, Evil Masquerade). And the icing on top is Mastering by the legendary, Danish power metal producer, Tommy Hansen.
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...product_id=716&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6
 
I totally forgot to mention these two new releases from Lion Music that just arrived yesterday!

ANTHRIEL "The Pathway"
With their spectacular debut “The Pathway”, Finnish progressive metal outfit ANTHRIEL have produced an album which has all the potential to be hailed a classic and is guaranteed to fascinate metal fans worldwide.

Anthriel - the Archangel of balance and harmony is the perfect name for the bands music. With a sound driven by big guitar riffs, deft keyboard touches, a rock solid articulate rhythm section and a healthy dose of expressive vocals high in melody built into intricate yet digestible arrangements this is metal that is easily appreciated on first listen – yet where further plays reveal numerous hidden depths that will keep the listener coming back for more.
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...age.tpl&category_id=2&product_id=712&Itemid=3

MINDSPLIT "Charmed Human Art Of Significance"
Mindsplit are a new band yet one with years of experience behind its individual members. With a style planted somewhere between straight metal, progressive metal and classic rock the band deliver a truly epic tale with their debut album “Charmed Human Art Of Significance” which is set for release on September 17th 2010 on Lion Music.

With “Charmed Human Art Of Significance” Mindsplit has produced a debut album of exceptionally high quality and one that will appeal to a wide range of metal lovers and those with an appetite for enthralling concept stories.
Link
http://nightmarerecords.com/NMR/ind...age.tpl&category_id=2&product_id=713&Itemid=3
 
New DARKWATER absolutely kicks ass. I recommend everyone buy it ASAP.

ANTHRIEL is awesome as well.

The MISTHERIA release however is a major let down IMO. I mean it starts off with some piano wimp ballad! WTF?? With a starting track called "Dragon Fire" I wanna have my ass kicked not put to sleep. 3 or 4 good tracks (thanks to Rob Rock, John West, and Mark Boals) and the rest is filler.
 
Damn, and how much I spent at your table? And you want me to buy MORE??!!??? But damn, I really want that Darkwater album, though. Looks like you may be getting an order over the weekend. My bank account is going to hate me. :bah: