Artist : Meliah Rage Country : USA Release : Masquerade Year : 2009 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
The history of Boston based Meliah Rage can be traced to 1987 when it
was founded by guitarist Anthony Nichols. A group “driven by extreme
passion for an art form appreciated by many but misunderstood by the
masses”, Meliah Rage rounded out its initial line up with vocalist Mike
Munro, guitarist Jim Koury, bassist Jesse Johnson and drummer Stu Dowie
prior to signing with Epic Records for its 1988 full length debut Kill
To Survive. A second studio album, Solitary Solitude, followed in 1990,
but with grunge overtaking the musical landscape Meliah Rage ended up
dropped by Epic.
Meliah Rage regrouped in 1996 to put out Death
Valley Dream on the independent label Backstreet Records. Unfinished
Business, a collection of B-side singles and reworked studio tracks from
2002, preceded Paul Souza replacing original vocalist Mike Munro for
Barely Human two years later. Sousa continued to front the group on the
2006 release The Deep And Dreamless Sleep.
Masquerade, Meliah Rages’
seventh full length album from 2009, finds vocalist Mike Munro
returning to the fold. What Munro brings with him back to the band is
his new found faith.
TRACKLIST:
1. Enter The Darkness
2. Beginning Of The End
3. Kill To SurviveArtist : Meliah Rage Country : USA Release : Demo '87 Year : 1987 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 192 Info:
Heavy metal band from Boston, MA, USA who sound like a slightly more
thrash metal injected Metal Church. After releasing two albums and one
live EP on Epic Records, the band all but disappeared in '92, and most
people assumed they broke up. In 1992 an album/demo was recorded with a
new rhythm section featuring none other than Godsmack frontman Sully
Erna on drums. In 1996 they released a new CD titled "Death Valley
Dreams". In 2003 the aforementioned 1992 recordings were unearthed and
released under the title Unfinished Business. Additionally, the band is
officially reunited, with a new lineup and a new album titled Barely
Human, which was released in 2004.
TRACKLIST:
Artist : Meliah Rage Country : USA Release : Kill To Survive Year : 1988 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
"Kill to Survive" is heavy and aggressive heavy metal sounding a bit
like a combination of early Metal Church and Testament. Unfortunately
Meliah Rage never quite reaching the level of popularity of either band,
despite being on a major label. Regardless of their popularity, this is
a good debut and one that I do listen to quite a bit. By today's
standards "Kill to Survive" would be considered an EP. Unfortunately the
band was releasing this album in the midst of the whole PMRC
controversy in the late 80'. Because of this songs that were originally
intended for this album, including the title track were left off the
record. The seven songs that remain, however, make for a solid listen.
Every track on here walks a fine line between speed metal and old school
power metal. Everything is in line, from the crunchy guitar work,to the
excellent riffs, right down to the tight rhyhtm section.
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