Artist : Crown Of Glory
Country : Switzerland
Release : Spirit
Year : 2005
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Melodic power metal with catchy hooklines and powerful guitars.
Monday, 6 April 2015
Monday, April 06, 2015
Kammenos
*Heavy Metal, Crown Of Glory
Artist : Crown Of Glory
Country : Switzerland
Release : Spirit
Year : 2005
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Melodic power metal with catchy hooklines and powerful guitars.
- Monday, April 06, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Crown Of Glory
Artist : Crown Of Glory
Country : Switzerland
Release : A Deep Breath Of Life
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Crown of Glory represent power, wonderful and catchy melodies, wicked choral lines and significant lyrics.The band is best placed in the field of melodic metal, with influences from AOR and power metal. Fans of Europe, Pretty Maids, Stratovarius, Royal Hunt and Edguy won’t be disappointed by the sound of this powerful five-piece from Switzerland.
Sunday, 5 April 2015
- Sunday, April 05, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Hard Rock, Gun (UK)
Artist : Gun
Country : UK
Release : Gun [Reissue]
Year : 1968
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 VBR
Info:
Led by brothers, Adrian and Paul Curtis nee Gurvitz, Gun was a shortlived hard rock trio in the vein of Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Comprised of guitarist/songwriter Adrian, bassist/lead vocalist Paul, and drummer Louis Farrell, Gun recorded only two albums in their short career-span of 1968-69.
- Sunday, April 05, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Hard Rock, Gun (UK)
Artist : Gun
Country : UK
Release : Gunsight [Reissue] & [Japan Edition]
Year : 1969
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
The Gun was a late 1960s British rock guitar trio who had a single British Top Ten hit, "Race with the Devil" and recorded two albums before disbanding. Two of its founders, brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz, later took the name Three Man Army and recorded three albums. In the archive I have included both reissue and the Japan remaster edition. No bonuses but I did so for the die hard fans. You could see the difference of the sound between these two editions... Hope you enjoy these rare gems...
- Sunday, April 05, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Hard Rock, Gun (Scotland)
Artist : Gun
Country : Scotland
Release : Swagger [Reissue]
Year : 1994
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Any rockers out there must own this. Not only is every song (even, at a push, the rap song Something Worthwhile) very catchy and melodic but there is also an extremely hard rocking brutality to the album. Songs like Crying Over You, Word Up and Don't Say It's Over grad you by the balls and squeeze very tightly!
This album demands to be played loud and proud!
Saturday, 4 April 2015
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Sisthema
Artist : Sisthema
Country : Italy
Release : The Fourth Discontinuity
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
In fact, I applaud what Sisthema has done here. It takes a mighty musician to be able to play the complex rhythms that are layed forth on this album, and what's here is played rather well. And, ok, they don't sound EXACTLY like Meshuggah. They've got their own thing going on here. The problem is, what's here does not match the quality of what has influenced them.
It seems to me that the members of this band set out to compose the heaviest music they could muster, with complete disregard for musical quality (aside from previously mentioned rhythmic complexity, which seems more like a tool used to create insanity rather than style). The vocals are whiny and very annoying until you adjust to them, and the lyrics are laughably bad. The guitar riffs are often pretty good, albeit simple, and always, always, always loud. The drummer gets a tough job done well; sometimes his playing behind all that electricity is the only thing making the song. But together, it just sounds like one big mess.
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Seventh One
Artist : Seventh One
Country : Sweden
Release : What Should Not Be
Year : 2004
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
This band really has an impressive and very heavy sound. The quality of the songs, the arrangements and the guitar playing all has the sound and feel of very seasoned veterans. Most of this album is a very thick, guitar heavy Power Metal with the guitars way out front in the mix (like it should be). Too many other Power Metal acts tend to bury the guitars, almost delegating them to more of a rhythmic role rather than providing the punch for the song. Some of this album has a Hammerfall-like True Metal sound with the speedy riffs and very fast tempos, especially Eternal Life In Lies. A fair chunk of this release really has more of a U.S. Power Metal style along the likes of Iced Earth, Jag Panzer or more recently, Firewind. The title track, Sacrifice along with The Seventh Eye, and Eternally, all feature that type of metal sound. Hallowed Ground features some slow and pounding heavy riffing and also contains a very Blind Guardian style chorus section.
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Ravage (Chicago)
Artist : Ravage
Country : USA
Release : Wrecking Ball [Remastered]
Year : 1986
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Metal band Rampage played the Chicago area in the mid 1980s. Their first album release Wrecking Ball on Shrapnel Records saw the band name change to Ravage due to copyright associated with another band. This song is part of a 6 song demo they did prior to the release of Wrecking Ball.
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Masterplan
Artist : Masterplan
Country : Germany
Release : MK II
Year : 2007
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
The first of all the things that have to be mentioned is the change of some very important members of the band which are the drummer and the lead singer, a fact that usually changes a lot the final sound of the band especially when this has to do with the singer. Although the former line up was one of those who are called as a “super” one the new one doesn’t have anything to get envy from it just because now we are facing in MASTERPLAN two of the top musicians of the metal scene of our days: Mike Terrana (x-RAGE) on the drums and Mark DiMeo (x-RIOT) on the vocals! If you consider that you also face Roland Grapow on the guitars it is easy to realize that once again we are talking about a “dream team” line up and my expectations where really very high about this album. Well, I didn’t got disappointed at all. “MK II” is a fine work in the melodic Heavy Power Metal style that will cover all the demands of every fan of this music.
- Saturday, April 04, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Hard Rock, Kiss
Artist : Kiss
Country : USA
Release : Ikons
Year : 2008
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
56 tracks over 4 CD set. Almost half of the tracks have never appeared on a KISS music compilation before. No other band can (or has attempted to) showcase the 4 separate discs like KISS can: not only can they play their own instruments with fierce intensity, but they can each stand in the spotlight, in front of a microphone and sing. Deluxe packaging includes new liner notes by longtime KISS fans and collectors Curt Gooch and Jeff Suhs, silver metallic foil of the IKONS images on o-card with glossy finish, a 24-page booklet, and new 10 panel softpak. IKONS is a project conceived by a fan for all the KISS fans!
Thursday, 2 April 2015
- Thursday, April 02, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Unleashed (Sweden)
Artist : Unleashed
Country : Sweden
Release : Hammer Battalion
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
The riffs here are very thrashy, and there's also a lot of tremolo picking lines, which are very black/death-like. The playing is tight and with plenty of attitude. The solos are toneful, tasteful and melodic; and the exotic phrasing brings Marty Friedman to mind, though these guys definitively have a "rawer" touch. The opener track "The Greatest of All Lies" makes an entry statement and then the rest of the album follows with aggression and solid musicianship, without disappointing one single second.
- Thursday, April 02, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Seree Lee
1. Machine Gun 03:11
2. Monster's Dream 03:40
3. Out Of Caddle Light 03:03
4. Crazy Hours 03:26
5. Last Happiness 04:05
6. Infinite Distance 03:41
7. Quiet Night 03:58
8. Concerto In Eb 03:32
Artist : Seree Lee
Country : Thailand
Release : Into The Mystic Side
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Following VARIATION-A comes the new album Into the Mystic Side from Thailand’s guitar master SEREE LEE. Lion Music are proud to be able to offer this album for European and US Distribution. Seree Lee has a melodic but still very shred intense style and on his debut album he is showcasing an amazing sense of both songwriting and tasteful yet hot playing. The influence of Vai and Satriani is very present even though Seree is no copycat. The album was recorded in Seree Lee’s own studio in Thailand and mastered by Lars Eric Mattsson in his Lion’s Cage studio in Finland.
- Thursday, April 02, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Rock, Socrates Drank The Conium
Artist : Socrates Drank The Conium
Country : Greece
Release : Taste Of Conium [Remastered]
Year : 1972
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Another nearly-lost proto metal Hard Rock gem from the 70's.Album starts off with a wild cover of the Stones "satisfaction" that takes a left turn into fuzz jam land.Pretty cool.Rest of the disc is pretty consistantly cool,blues-based hard rock with some shreddin' guitar work.Why only three stars? Led Zep/Sabbath/Cream this aint: add another star,though,if obscure 70's hard rock is your musical obsession.....
- Thursday, April 02, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Rock, Socrates (Feat. Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
Artist : Socrates (Feat. Vangelis O. Papathanassiou)
Country : Greece
Release : Phos [Remastered]
Year : 1976
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 VBR
Info:
After shortening their name to "Socrates" from the original "Socrates Drank The Conium", Greece's favorite and most famous rock trio collaborated with former Aphrodite's Child keyboard wizard Vangelis Papathanassiou (yes, THAT Vangelis) for this album, which is arguably their magnum opus and the closest they've ever come to the progressive rock genre. Lush, atmospheric keyboards enhance the intricate arrangements, which are on par with the best the international rock, hard rock and progressive rock could offer at the time. The only gripe is the wiry, weak and nasal tone of Yiannis Spathas' guitar. "Killer" is actually a reworking of the frenetic, driving "Death Is Gonna Die" from their previous effort, "On The Wings"
- Thursday, April 02, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Rock, Socrates Drank The Conium
Artist : Socrates Drank The Conium
Country : Greece
Release : On The Wings [Remastered]
Year : 1973
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Socrates will probably never get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But while other groups were becoming well known in the free world, this Hendrix-style blues band was playing to standing-room-only crowds in a small club in Athens, during Greece's military dictatorship, a period when even Rolling Stone albums were hard to find, and for a time illegal.
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
- Wednesday, April 01, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, Vio-Lence
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[Disc 2]
1. Liquid Courage
2. Ageless Eyes
3. Calling The Corner
4. World In A World
5. Officer Nice
6. Subterfuge
7. Kill On Command
8. Phobophobia
9. Bodies On Bodies
10. I Profit
11. T.D.S. (Take It As You Will)
12. Paraplegic
Artist : Vio-Lence
Country : USA
Release : Eternal Nightmare [Reissue]
Year : 1988
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Vio-Lence are never gonna get that much recognition, as they were unabashed followers, but I say it's better to perfect an already existing genre than to innovate a mediocre one. No, Vio-Lence aren't one of the very best thrash bands around, but when it comes to just straight up, unrelenting thrash, they're about as good as it gets. Vio-lence defines speed metal during the late 80's into the early 90's.If you want to hear where it all started from, get this album and prepare to be ROCKED!!!!!!!!! In the archive I have included both the original release with sovers and the reissue edition featuring one bonus disc... \m/
- Wednesday, April 01, 2015
- Kammenos
- *Heavy Metal, In Flames
Artist : In Flames
Country : Sweden
Release : A Sense Of Purpose
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
The first listen I was a bit disappointed, it just didn't sound like what I had expected. HOWEVER, after a 2nd a 3rd listen, the album really began to grow on me.
Their sound is incredibly advanced and refined for this album. After a couple listens, their last few albums began to sound stale and one-dimensional. Their old old stuff (colony, whoracle, etc) is still fantastic, but this is a different beast. There is just so much energy in their music, it is truly incredible.
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