I received two albums today:
BRUTAL HAND - Unchain the world. Wow! This is a killer album. Great songs, great vocals, great guitars....

UNIT 53 - Power & prescence

Hey, were are the US metal freaks here??

Well, just in case if you're interested in another awesome band, try WORWYK. This is a two-man project that sounds like a mix between traditional, US power and thrash metal. Killer riffs, great solo's and a good raw voice.... www.myspace.com/worwyk

I just ordered Shadow Demon's "Grimoire of Ruin", heard that it's great. Any points of view. To explain my lack of post: I have university exams & almost no time for anything.

@venom: you should order the last BRUTAL HAND. Outstanding album with great vocals, superb songs etc... Sounds like Savatage, Jacob's Dream, Evergrey,....

I know I also heard only great news, but they don't have it at the shop where I buy things from. It's a shop in Milan that deals with many great things, it's not online & I pay no transport fees. It's a friend of mines. Right now I don't have the money to order so many things. I also ordered Lethal's "Programmed" as my cassette broke & it's a must have.

LOL...now playing Skid Row " Slave To The Grind:...old school metal! You gotta just like it...it rocks and you can sing along! The best of both worlds.

@Hellish Star

You have to try Wiszdom Stone . Old US metal Style, good lyrics . I have recieved their EP and i was impressed by them .
Just click on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/wiszdomstone

Written by Lupas on 04.02.2007 at 00:40

@Hellish Star

You have to try Wiszdom Stone . Old US metal Style, good lyrics . I have recieved their EP and i was impressed by them .
Just click on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/wiszdomstone

Indeed a band that sounds great. I already had them as a friend on my myspce.com page. I contacted them anyway so thanks a lot!!!

@Hellish Star.


Just a question about this band Wiszdomstone ( if you know it ) . Do you have their line up.? And who is Mike Stone that make the vocal part in the songs Without faith and Eyes open?

I wrote them about thier line up but they don't give me any info. Only circles

Written by Lupas on 04.02.2007 at 15:26

@Hellish Star.


Just a question about this band Wiszdomstone ( if you know it ) . Do you have their line up.? And who is Mike Stone that make the vocal part in the songs Without faith and Eyes open?

I wrote them about thier line up but they don't give me any info. Only circles

I don't know either... Ask again, I'm sure they will answer...

Two albums came in today;
DIVISION - Trinity. Not bad at all US heavy/power metal

FLAMETAL - The elder. This is something weird and special but very good after a few listens. Mix US power with flamenco (Spannish) guitars and you have FLAMETAL. I love flamenco guitars, the reason I bought this cd.... The language in the songs are English and Spannish. Werid but very good....

I also listened to the samples from Wiszdomstone, sound really good, a band to look out in the future. Very promising! 10x for the tip.

Written by Empress on 03.02.2007 at 23:24

LOL...now playing Skid Row " Slave To The Grind:...old school metal! You gotta just like it...it rocks and you can sing along! The best of both worlds.

If we talk about Skid Row I had first 2 albums and I never realy listen them in last years but only first 2 albums are good, next + Litle Winng Jimy hendrix cover

Written by Bad English on 08.02.2007 at 14:11

Written by Empress on 03.02.2007 at 23:24

LOL...now playing Skid Row " Slave To The Grind:...old school metal! You gotta just like it...it rocks and you can sing along! The best of both worlds.

If we talk about Skid Row I had first 2 albums and I never realy listen them in last years but only first 2 albums are good, next + Litle Winng Jimy hendrix cover

I am actually in the middle of recording all of the cd's to my pc and listing them into an excel program so as I go along I play a few that I haven't heard in a while. This being good as it reminds you why you purchased a lot of music in the first place and the question of why have you let them sit on the shelf for so long. I have a huge pile of cd's that I will be putting up an a trade board soon as my taste in music has changes over the years.

One cd I played was Siam "Prayer" reminds me of the Queensryche or possible the album Queensryche wished they would have put out. Even though it has a Queenryche quality to it , Siam still made it their own sound.

I just got a few days ago Engine - "Superholic", can't stop listening to it. What is this Redemption another Ray Alder project or what? I saw they will release an album this year.

Althopugh they are Swedish check out Machinery - Degeneration. A must for fans of Nevermore/Sanctuary.

Written by [user id=2267] on 15.02.2007 at 13:04

I just got a few days ago Engine - "Superholic", can't stop listening to it. What is this Redemption another Ray Alder project or what? I saw they will release an album this year.

Engine was a side project from Ray Alder and they released two albums (1999 and 2002). Albums are called:
-Engine
-Superholic

About Redemption; yes, they will release a new album this year and will appear at the Headway Festival in Amstelveen/Holland in april

I know Engine, got both albums real good listens. I was curious about Redemption if they are worth the buy. Didn't have time to get anything new, damn exams. I hope it will be over soon.

Deadly Blessing is proud to announce that the band has added it's newest
member.New vocalist Stephen Childs.With on going meetings with Stephen over the past month,the members of d.b and Stephen have bonded with a new chemistry that seems to be a perfect fit with the new songs that the band is writing.We are very exited that we have Stephen,and we know when you hear him you will agree that Deadly Blessing is alive and well.We are rehearsing with Stephen on the new material,and we will continue to keep our fans updated as we go. thank you fo your continued support... the members of Deadly Blessing.

Somebody who knows this guy?

Didn't find anything about this guy...Now who is he?

I havent seen Helstar named on this page yet, most probably because I skimmed through it. Anyway, Im hearin that they've re-united, or are plannin to, which would be pretty killer. It'd be great to hear'em in this day & age, & imagine what their new stuff would sound like.

Written by Geist on 22.02.2007 at 08:07

I havent seen Helstar named on this page yet, most probably because I skimmed through it. Anyway, Im hearin that they've re-united, or are plannin to, which would be pretty killer. It'd be great to hear'em in this day & age, & imagine what their new stuff would sound like.

Off course we talked about Helstar, I even think there's a specific thread about them... There's a reunion but new work has to wait untill James did his work with Vicious Rumors (tours). Afterwards I hope there will be the new album which supposed to sound like "Remnants of war" and "Nosferatu".... Great to see you're a fan!!!

Two other bands to check:
-MANIFEST DESTINY (thrash metal www.myspace.com/mightymd )

-THE DAVID NEIL CLINE BAND (Hard-rock/US heavy/power metal)

Yeah man, im psyched for the new Helstar album. I was listening to VR the other day, I was pretty surprised, they were actually pretty damn killer. I havent see any of their stuff in stores here though.

Written by Geist on 23.02.2007 at 10:06

Yeah man, im psyched for the new Helstar album. I was listening to VR the other day, I was pretty surprised, they were actually pretty damn killer. I havent see any of their stuff in stores here though.

That's the major problem of the US metal scène: there are so many good bands but they have no support.... Such a shame...

Infact US metal bands have more support in Europe than in their homeland Most of fans they have are from Europe

Written by Lupas on 23.02.2007 at 12:37

Infact US metal bands have more support in Europe than in their homeland Most of fans they have are from Europe

hmm if you talk about nowdays then I agree but in 80ties it was same here how there

@Hellish Star: ONE of the issues is the fact that there is no support, & you're right, there are so many great bands here with loads of potential. Another reason, is the fact that bands here are really stuck up, they think because they play a few show's they are already "Rock Star's" they dont give a fuck about anything or anyone but themselve's & how "Brutal" their image is. Aside from the fact of the bands not being supported by fans in general because 99% of the fans only go to show's to get "fucked up", they also dont recieve support from fellow bands, which is the biggest problem because we're all in the same fucking business & should support eachother in every way possible, but music is a dirty job. With that said, most of the promoter's are backstabbing bastards who make money off the bands, & since the bands are not well known, they dont see a fucking dime. Things here are real fucked up, this scene is a piece of shit, if I could i'd leave to Europe & make my career as a musician over there.

Another awesome band discovered: MEYVN. They released an album called "Splintered skies". Typical awesome US power metal with great vocals...

Vocalist RICK MYTHIASIN Rejoins STEEL PROPHET - Mar. 5, 2007

Vocalist Rick Mythiasin has rejoined California metallers STEEL PROPHET. The band is set to begin recording the first songs with Rick in five years. Drummer Gene McEwen will begin laying down tracks for two new songs in about a week. More information will be made available soon.

STEEL PROPHET's last singer, Bruce Hall (AGENT STEEL), joined the band following the departure of Nadir D'Priest, who sang on the group's "Beware" CD (2004, Massacre Records). D'Priest originally joined STEEL PROPHET as the replacement for Mythiasin, who also has a project called MYTHIASIN.

STEEL PROPHET had previously released five records through the Nuclear Blast label and three via Art of Music/Brainstorm.