Gustavo Di Padua - The Stairs (2008)

This great guitarist comes from Rio de Janeiro and this album has been composed and produced...and whatever...all by himself! Honestly this guy is really really good and i love his style! though he plays mainly hard rock / heavy metal, he goes thru a sh%tload of style...whether it is funk, fusion, jazz, ballads..it's easy to see he has loads of influences perspiring through his playing...a brilliant release that i highly recommend! don't miss it! \m/

Gustavo Di Padua - The Stairs (2008)
Genre: Instrumental / HM
Tracklist:
1 Insight
2 The Stairs
3 Hopeful
4 The Chalenges
5 That's Al
6 Second Floor
7 Spiritual Lesson
8 Rach
9 2008
10 The Harvest
11 Next Stage

Gustavo

春秋 - 春秋

This band is certainly better known to you than it is to me so i hope you can tell me a bit more about them ..like who they are, where they are from ...and so on and so forth! =D music wise i think their style is brilliant, like good old kickin' rock'n'roll or awesome heavy metal ... but what i think is truely cool and catchy about them is that they managed to make something original (to my ears at least!) with rather common material and that is quite a feat!... they use nothing spectacular but they come up with kindda fresh and well thought out ideas... like for instance an arpeggios added here and there, piano, accordion, pipa-like sort of sounds ... and i guess that makes quite a difference in the end, actually they created ambiances that i seldom, if ever, find in non-chinese bands! like an extreme version of 冷酷仙境! ah ah! just listen to 传奇 for example and you'll hear what i mean! ... The singer has also a great voice, i really like the way he sings and though i only get bits and pieces of what he says, i clearly feel the energy oozing from his vox! i don't know if that "spring and autumn" (Chun Qiu) moniker has a special significance or a hidden meaning to it but they kick ass all the same! rock on!

春秋 - 春秋
Genre: (heavy) Rock
Tracklist:
01 新的一天
02 凶宅
03 远方的召唤
04 天下
05 传奇
06 暴风雨所诞生的
07 猎人
08 最后的一页
09 山海间

Mainland out-and-out mighty fighters!

Monstrum - VIII Dzieñ Tygodnia (2007)

Before i leave for good i still have some time to play a few more stuff after i guess it will be more difficult and perhaps too much time demanding ... anyway ... Monstrum ... did you know they existed??! ah ah! ... well at least after you listened to their music they should remain in your mind for some time! the band is not downright original ... well, they play heavy metal... but they are really great whatsoever ... i could go as far as ascribing some Maiden-like spirit and enthusiasm to them ... really! they have a knack for that genre, they sing in their own language (Polish i think) which is great but i also reckon that it will likewise be their greatest impediment to achiving a worldwide fame =) the music is rather technical and can sometimes be a bit in the line of prog stuff ... minus the keyboard! this is not my fav style nevertheless i found that band really catchy and i guess you are very likely to find it to your taste as well ... so have a go! ... and enjoy! ;)

Monstrum - VIII Dzieñ Tygodnia (2007)
Genre: Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
01 Monstrum
02 Slowa
03 Krzyż
04 Otchlań Zycia
05 List
06 21:37
07 Przemijanie
08 VIII Dzieñ Tygodnia
09 Po Drugiej Stronie Lustra
10 Lukrecja (Instrumentalny)

Proficiency exhibition!

Lumen - Правда 2007

Here is a band from Russia...sorry... i can't be more specific!^^ they play cool rock music hovering between what i'd call "heavy" poppy-tailored melodies to much heavier ones ... a bit like stuffs in the genre of muse (or something alike! ah ah!), a band that is mixing soft and more energetic ambiances ... overall the music and the way it's composed is kindda like some energetic punk rock! the vox are in russian and i just love the sound they gave to the guitars ... sharp and full of warm mids!lol well the thing i would have done on that album is perhaps to shorten some bits here and there, but not that much whatsoever ... cool band definitely ... and the last song is a quiet one!lol enjoy! \m/

Lumen - Правда 2007
Genre: Pop, Punk, Rock, Heavy Rock, Metal
Tracklist:
01 6 миллиардов
02 Буря
03 Далеко
04 Иди в отмах
05 Ложь
06 Тень
07 Хватит!
08 Хамелеон
09 Пока ты спал
10 Пора орать
11 Иначе!
12 Гореть

Hey!! what is this!!???

Corruption - Virgin's Milk [2005]

Poland keeps amazing me with the number of great band it produces! Corruption plays some furious Heavy Metal, cause that's what it is to me, though you may have some other label for what they do! it's very groovy and heavy, and it may even sound more or less mainstream at times (i mean by that that it as something of FM like bands!ah ah) but if mainstream was like corruption's music then i would definitely go for it...unfortunately...i think i'll keep at bay for the time being!lol well, they certainly do not revolutionize the genre, far from it as you'll hear but if you like the old sabbath stuff (and good production!) or Cathedral then you should go for it, cause it's a pretty interesting band and you can hear the musican all have a good level! hope you enjoy!

Corruption - Virgin's Milk [2005]
Genre: Old schoolHeavy Metal, [Doom, Stoner]
Tracklist:
01 99% of Evil
02 Hey You
03 Murdered Magicians
04 Lucy Fair
05 Freaky Friday
06 Fake Demon
07 Invisible Cry
08 Prophet
09 Disbelief
10 E.C.E.G.

Heavy? Me?

鬼哭転生 - 魔王戴天 (2007)

Being very sad to be back home, i was trying to cheer myself up with some music and thought about that one.... i'm sure many among you already have that one and if not then that will be the occasion to get it! =) i was introduced to 鬼哭転生 by one of 大A兄's play quite a while ago and it stayed a fav band of mine since that time! this is their lastest album and it's a pretty good one IMHO, so i hope you'll like it...it's different from what they did previously to me...but i don't know the album well enough yet to have spotted all the difference...however overall, i think they are more on the metal/thrash side than before and taht they used a bit less that traditional apsect that i was used to find in their music....but i might change my mind!lol so tell me what YOU think =D

鬼哭転生( Onmyouza) - 魔王戴天(Maou Taiten) (2007)
Genre: Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
01 序曲
02 魔王
03 黒衣の天女
04 不倶戴天
05 覇道忍法帖
06 ひょうすべ
07 大頚
08 骸
09 接吻
10 生きることとみつけたり

The Winged Ones Are Back!

Biomechanical - Eight Moons (2002)

next to france is England, the heavy metal creator proves once more that they can rejuvinate that style and bring it one giant step forward! actually what would you think if the power of Pantera (for instance)was combined to the style of old heavy metal stuff like, let's say, Judas Priest, ...and to top it all, a symphonic /progressive touch was added to it! well this is Biomechanical! as i know many of you are real fans of power metal, well the fact that i'm not and that i definitely love this album is to me an indisputable proof of its worth! enjoy!

Biomechanical - Eight Moons (2002)
Genre: Heavy, Heavy, Heavy Metal!!
Tracklist:
01 Awakening
02 Do You Know Me
03 In The Core Of Darkness
04 Distorted
05 Hunted
06 No Shadows
07 Eight Moons
08 Save Me
09 Point Of No Return

No one can stop us!!!

Cradle Of Filth - Thornography (2006)

Well, it is rather unusual for me to present a well known band, but a friend of mine lent me this CoF album and being a fan since A principle of evil made flesh i was quite interested in listening to it and a bit reluctant as well, for i didn't really like some of their in between/latest stuff (like cruelty and the beast and others which i forgot the name of!). This Thornography has been quite a surprise cause it's actually much more in the style of their very first album (the principle of evil made flesh), that is more metal oriented with thrashy guitars and catchy riffs! but it's not exactly the same thing, this one album is much more accessible and somewhat intended at a wider/different audiance, as a significant part of the album sounds more or less metal or gothic and not black metal at all! but in the end this is perhaps my favourite since their first and i find the whole thing awesome and almost addictive! though i'm well aware many fans will not agree with me and flame the band down! this album is dedicated to all the metalheads that don't give a f*ck about trends or styles and just go for the music! Hail! \m/(([[x*x]]))\m/

Cradle Of Filth - Thornography (2006)
Genre: Gothic, Black Metal, Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
01 Under Pregnant Skies She Comes Alive Like Miss Leviathan
02 Dirge Inferno
03 Tonight In Flames
04 Libertina Grimm
05 Byronic Man
06 I Am The Thorn
07 Cemetery And Sundown
08 Lovesick For Mina
09 The Foetus Of A New Day Kicking
10 Rise Of The Pentagram
11 Under Huntress Moon
12 Temptation

Let my ears bleed!