Hacride - Amoeba (2007)

Well, Hacride is a band from France, and more precisely from Poitier, it's a city in the north (where the Futuroscope is, if you've never heard about it, it's a massive park dedicated to image technology with really HUGE screens and video attractions..well enough geography for now!!) Hacride plays some death metal but it's not really death metal...so even if you like power metal stuff, try it, you might like it ..or we might have to scrape you off the wall!lol...actually they are quite experimental, a bit like Meshuggah i would say and very original, there is even a flamenco-core track in the album! Believe me these dude fuck## rule! and after bands like scarve or gojira (which i played already) i guess we can that french metal is really rising! cool, we had a pretty bad (and well deserved) reputation at it!lol hope you enjoy, you, bunch of lunatic berzerkers! \m/

Hacride - Amoeba (2007)
Genre:Death Metal, Progressive, Not to miss!!
Traclist:
1 Perturbed
2 Fate
3 Vision of Hate
4 Zambra
5 Liquid
6 Cycle
7 Deprived of Soul
8 Strength
9 Ultima Necat
10 On the Threshold of Death

une putain de baffe dans ma sale gueule!!lol
(french for: a goddamn smack in my ugly mug!) ;) \m/

Wisdom In Chains - Die Young [2005]

老K兄's last play, this great band called The Italian Stallion, inspired me for that one! The description will be pretty straightforward and simple actually...this is pure HxC punk, that is raw energy which will make you feel like you want to grab things and throw them in the air or anywhere else...am i the only one to experience that feeling?!lol anyway prepare for some serial riffers on guitars, drum and bass and a hoarse and raunchy voice shouting inside your head!!

Wisdom In Chains - Die Young [2005]
Genre: Punk, Hardcore
Tracklist
1 We're Not Helping
2 Liar
3 Nowhere
4 One Of These Days
5 Fade
6 Dragging Me Down
7 The Game Of War
8 Pass The Cup
9 Friday Night Drama
10 Die Young
11 Fighting In The Streets
12 Too Far Gone
13 Get To Steppin
14 Out Of Season
15 Time To Play
16 Smash Your Face
17 Nothing Like You

No Fuckin' Gimmick!

Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom 2006

Proud sailor stand still and prepare to enter a realm never explored before...a sharp intrument may come in handy so don't forget it!lol run all sails up, full power ahead, brace yourself cause you'll have to face so many style at once that only the mighty ones will come out with their four limbs still on! ah ah! actually here's a foretaste of the upcoming battle...about Symphonic and Progressive Metal, you already know but Flamenco, Jazz, Gothic Metal, Swinging stuff, and Orchestral genres will also try to lead you astray! an uncontrollable whirlpool will suck you to the very bottom of that blistering ocean where you'll be wrapped in dark and grandiose ambiances, you can get out but you'll have to be willing to...and don't wander too far or you'll be lost forever in the abysmal pit of hellish melodies!
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Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom 2006
Genre:Opera, Progressive Metal, Experimental
Tracklist:
Act 1 :
1 Balrog Boogie (03:53)
2 Heroines (05:23)
3 Poetic Pitbull Revolutions (04:52)
4 Rag Doll Physics (03:53)
5 D'Angelo (01:54)
6 Velvet Embracer (04:05)
Act 2:
7 Gunpowder Chant (01:51)
8 Infralove (04:54)
9 Wedding March For A Bullet (03:14)
10 Qualms Of Conscience (01:16)
11 Zodiac Virtues (04:48)
12 Porcelain Judas (04:09)
13 Pink Noise Waltz (06:07)

Heretic Masterpiece!

The Faceless - Akeldama 2006

This American band is not easily categorized...unless you just call it brutal! They formed in 2005 and plays some kind of mixture combining melodic death, violent grindcore, with strange time signature, like in progressive, and furious breakdown...it's as powerful as Nile but their style is pretty much different and much more experimental...there's not many band to compare them with so i guess the best thing to do is still to listen to that masterpiece of violence and technique! for true warriors only! \m/

The Faceless - Akeldama 2006
Grenre: Death Metal, Grindcore, Experimental
Tracklist
1 An Autopsy
2 Pestilence
3 All Dark Graves Faceless
4 Horizons of Chaos, Pt. 1: Oracle of the Onslaught
5 Horizons of Chaos, Pt. 2:
6 Leica Faceless
7 Akeldama (Instrumental)
8 The Ghost of a Stranger
Kill me tender!

Moray Eel - Psycho Delusion (2005)

This band comes from Russia and has one particularity...it's a female fronted thrash metal band! actually it's the first one i've ever heard in my life so i thought it might be of interest to you as well!lol music wise, nothing downright original... i'm not too much into that new wave of thrash metal ...though it's far from bad and quite enjoyable, it's just like S.O.A.D, Machine Head..that kind of stuff! but what's really interesting here is the chick singing and screaming/growling...a bit in the style of Otep...actually she give a very agressive aspect to the music! the only thing i regret is that despite the fact they play thrash there is nothing i would call a lead...and that's a shame! (that's why old school will always rules!!lol) but well can't have everything i guess! enjoy!

Moray Eel - Psycho Delusion (2005)
Genre: Thrash Metal, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 So Good To Die
03 The Cross and the Raven
04 Wet Dreams
05 Secret Desire (Fucking Christ)
06 Material
07 Broken
08 Boo
09 Oncoming War
10 Desert King
11 Hate me
12 Pervert
13 Accuser
14 Forbidden Waters

Scream your boobs out!!

Narziß - Ebenbilder 2000

This is a band from Germany who sing in German...but no they aren't like Ramstein!lol Actually they plays HxC in the vein of Pro-pain and the likes =) Ebenbilder was their very first release and as you'll hear it's pure energy! i am definitely partial to old school styles and it's true that bands playing that style also often plays cliche stuff, but not Narziß who has very good ideas to give that old style a new life! a good HxC album to brutalize your neighbourhood!! Ah Ah!!

Narziß - Ebenbilder 2000
Genre:Hardcore, Old School
Tracklist
1 Präludium
2 Tot
3 Siehst du nicht
4 Gestern noch, doch heute schon
5 Wenn du weinst
6 Erbsünde
7 Gestärkt
8 Erkenntnis
9 Outro

Brutish behaviour!

The Auburn System - The Auburn System (2005)

This is a band from Massachusset which i found by chance and actually i find this Ep quite good (certainly not the most original work i've ever heard but very well excecuted and well worth a shot IMHO!). It's also the first thing this band released i guess so they have a brilliant future waiting ahead, for they certainly are a bunch of proficient musicians. Their style mix Grind/hardcore vox with death/grind riffs, and indeed i really liked their borderline style, very groovy, darn powerful and rather complex (could be more diversified given their skill though but that's certainly on the agenda of their next release!!)...if you remember Gojira, we're not so far in terms of thickness!lol we'll surely hear from them in a short while =)

The Auburn System - The Auburn System (2005)
Genre:Technical Grindcore, Brutal Death Metal, Extreme Hardcore
Tracklist:
1 New Old One
2 James Berardinelli is the Smartest Man on the Internet
3 Penny Brown
4 Better Than God
5 Old Man on the Mountain

Percussive 碾核!

Urn (Fin) - 666 Megatons (2001)

It's been a long time since black metal has not surprised me, but Urn did! actually looking at the cover they just seem like any other BM band...fire, pentacleshits... blablabla!lol but let me tell you that these dudes got the spirit of R'n'R flowing in their veins! their style is nothing of the usual black metal, neither is their sound. actually they are just walking a fine line between black and death metal, but are not a mixture of the two style....true beserkers unleashed!

Urn (Fin) - 666 Megatons (2001)
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
1 Sulphuric
2 Burn in Hell
3 666 Megatons
4 Baptized by Pain
5 Everlasting Fire
6 Boundless Anger and Revenge
7 Spirit of Chaos
8 Earthly Damnation

Spiritual Desecration!

UneXpect - Utopia (1999)

That one would have really pleased 大A兄 as it is a damn fine album about sailors and unexplorered intergalactic seas!lol these dudes are from the french province called quebec, canada, and they will not make your ears bleed, they will make you headband untill your head snaps off your neck and fall down to the ground!! actually that's the kind of band we often look for but are helpless to find! there's about all and everything in their music, it's symphonic, powerful, atmospheric, goes from gloomy death/black to epic power/prog... man, if there was but one metal band to rescue on this goddamn planet, these dudes may well be the one eligible for they mix up the finest elements from metal music with a proficiency seldom witnessed before, if ever! A little jem shining out in the outter darkness of the cosmic sea!


UneXpect - Utopia (1999)
Genre: Avantgarde Metal, Black Metal
Tracklist:
1 Vespers Gold
2 Constellation And Mysticism
3 Metamorphosis
4 Shades Of A Forbidden Passion
5 Palace Of Dancing Souls
6 The Fall Of Arthrone
7 Ethereal Dimensions
8 The Flames Of Knowledge Forever Lost
9 In Velvet Coffins We Sleep
10 The Revival

Let my ears die!! ah ah! \m/

Onslaught - Killing Peace (2007)

Onslaught is an excellent band from the U.K (England) which started in 1986 and since then they always remained heavy, speed, and brutal! this album here is only to be released in March 2007 so the cover above is not that of the album...you'll have to wait for the official release to see it!! ah ah too bad! Anyway this new album by the thrash legend Onslaught is simply and truely awesome (reminds me of early Metallica and Slayer material), and the production improved a lot, it is now very good... indeed, it was produced and mixed by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Exodus, Arch Enemy) at Backstage Studios, Derbyshire...so there are roaring guitars, powerful drumming and groovy bass, aggressive vox...well thrash metal at its best! a must-buy when it comes out...meanwhile enjoy this new masterpiece! \m/

Onslaught - Killing Peace (2007)
Genre:Thrash Metal
Tracklist:
01 Burn
02 Killing Peace
03 Destroyer of Worlds
04 Pain
05 A Prayer for the Dead
06 Tested to Destruction
07 Twisted Jesus
08 Planting Seeds of Hate
09 Shock & Awe

Let my ears bleed!

BOOK OF REFLECTIONS - Chapter II: Unfold The Future 2006

BOOK OF REFLECTIONS - Chapter II: Unfold The Future 2006
Genre: Progressive Metal, Hard Rock

Björn Jansson (vocals)
Martin LeMar (vocals)
Anand Mahangoe (guitar)
Mistheria (keyboards)
Lars Eric Mattsson (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals)
Eddie Sledgehammer (drums)

Progressive is not my style at all, but i must tell this is nevertheless a very good album, ...and actually i find it doesn't really sound like most of the stuff we (or i) call progressive!lol...of course it's lyrical and technical but to me, this band sounds closer to stuffs more or less like Iron Maiden! and if you like guitarist, Anand Mahangoe from Sphere of Souls is a fine musician who know how to stay original while playing very cool melodies and powerfull riff...or nice ballads! =)

Tracklist:
1 Unfold the Future
2 Bringer of the Torch
3 Free My Soul
4 Heal Me
5 Uncover the Lie
6 Ashes to Ashes
7 Make Sure You Don’t fall
8 Deep Inside
9 Blink of an Eye
10 Got to Get Low
11 Love Conquers All

Let my ears bleed!

Henderson, Smith & Wooten - Vital Tech Tones 1998

This trio plays jazz/Fusion and all the musicians are top-notch to say the least, so the musicianship is flawless and rather impressive, but that's not really that important! what's important is that their song have a really cool and groovy feeling that is often discarded in that musical style ...and often replaced by a boring display of vituosity and shredding! here we have both, the virtuosity and the groove, and believe me they are acting as a foil to each other...like blues rock with amphetamines!

Henderson, Smith & Wooten - Vital Tech Tones 1998
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Instrumental
Tracklist:
1 Crash Course
2 Snake Soda
3 Dr. Hee
4 Everglades
5 Two For One
6 King Twang
7 The Captors
8 Giant Steps
9 Lie Detector

PW in comments
Let my ears bleed! [Part1]
Let my ears bleed! [Part2]

Susan Weinert Band - Crunch Time

Here's a highly skilled woman from Germany whom i recommend warmly if you've never listened to her, which is most likely as she isn't that famous outside the jazz-rock /fusion circle! she could be considered some sort of guitar hero as well, but her playing is much more subtle and emotional and not that freaking quick, but anyway the musicianship flies high on that record, whether we're talking about the bass player, the drummer...or any of the musician for that matter, and my ears greatly appreciate it! style wise, she's not really like Shawn Lane but there are similarities between their playing here and there of course....well to conclude, with this one we have top notch musicians and a freaking awesome album! so check it out!

Susan Weinert Band - Crunch Time
Genre: Fusion
Tracklist:
1 Don't Try That Again
2 Hopeless Case
3 Don't You Guys Know Any Nice Songs?
4 One For George
5 Member Of The Syndicate
6 The Crown
7 He Knows
8 Pacific Palisades
9 Maybe
10 Guess Who Called

Let my ears bleed!

Tamás Szekeres - Guitarmania

This guy is from Hungary i guess, and the album was released at the beginning of the 90's (though the very first version of it is from 1989, but he re-recorded afterwards!) this album as very nice leads, cool ballads and the likes...of course it's not really revolutionnizing anything and if you can't stand guitar heros, better keep at bay!lol but otherwise this is a pretty good instrumental album that anyone will appreciate either for its melodical content or its technicality! a nice shredder that do not only goes for speed but also melody! =)

Tamás Szekeres - Guitarmania
Genre Guitar hero, Neo-classical, Instrumental
1 Initials
2 Warning to call
3 Children of rock
4 Outline
5 Message of Dreamland
6 The final frontier
7 The king in yellow
8 Baby blue
9 Prelude & Presto BWV 996
10 Guitarmania
11 Adagio
12 In a strange land
13 The summer

Let my ears bleed!

Gorath - The Fourth Era (2006)

Well to present that one, i was tempted to begin by saying that, at last, i had found a BM band with a decent sound quality and well composed material, cause that is the case but after several listening, i realized that what i like more about this awsome band is that it somewhat represents the sum and outcome of many of my favourite bands! If you like Emperor, Satyricon, Immortal, and (but this one is more remotely connected) Dissection, listen to that one straightaway! and if you just wonder what an awsome BM band sounds like in 2006 then this is an excellent one for you! wield your axe and have a nice trip on Odin's chariot! \m/

Gorath - The Fourth Era (2006)
Genre: Progressive Melodic Black Metal \\ Dark Metal
01 Sagittarius
02 Xibalba Be
03 Create & Renew
04 Descending (The Realm)
05 The Fifth Birth
06 Zenith Point
07 Cosmogenesis
08 The Astronaut of Palenque

Let my ears bleed!

Natsumen - Never Wear Out Your Summer XXX!!! (2006)

This is a Japanese band made up of not less than 8 musicians! there are two guitarists, a drummer, a trumpet player, two saxophone players, a keyboard player, and a guy strumming the bass! being jazz it's of course quite technical and the musicianship is excellent but what's interesting is that this band is eons removed from the style! they are an utterly spaced out psychedelic octet and you'll be freaking out, blown away, phazed out in the intricacy of their music, whatever happens to you it'll only be a matter of seconds! period! don't miss that one! \m/

Natsumen - Never Wear Out Your Summer XXX!!! (2006)
Genre: Instrumental Jazz-Rock
Tracklist:
1 Newsummerboy
2 Atami Free Zone
3 Pills To Kill Ma August
4 Nine Buddhas' Things
5 Whole Lotta Summer
6 Natsu No Mujina

Let my ears bleed!

Deadman - No Alternative 2003

Deadman is a Japanese Rock band (域界/visual rock?) made up of 4 dudes and i reckon it may be well known among you! I don't have many info about them so anything is welcome, the good side being that this will prevent me to speak volumes about them!lol actually they play very good rock n' roll and this is an album i enjoy quite a lot for it has good melodies, rocking rhythm, and of course the musicianship is great!

Deadman - No Alternative 2003
Genre: J-Rock
Tracklist:1.intro
2.盲目の羽根と星を手に
3.苦悩の中の耐え難い存在
4.受刑者の日記
5.銀のパラソル
6.ドリスからの手紙
7.rem.
8.imp
9.lunch box
10.in media
11.circus
12.through the looking glass
13.quo vadis
14.蟻塚

Let my ears bleed!

Russian Circles - Enter (2006)

This is a band from Chicago with only 3 members in it. They have no vox but play very catchy and epic riffs, and loads of groove as well. But there is more than that, i'm talking about the ambiance here! They sound like metal but their structure is more like a jazzy / post-rock kind of stuff, and surprinsingly enough, their songs give somewhat the impression of a rather chaotic and dissonant energic wave which is yet very quiet! 6@@ captivating! ...don't know if that sounds very clear to you!lol but what is clear to me is that this is a damn fine discovery! enjoy a grandiose band!

Russian Circles - Enter (2006)
Genre: Post-Rock, Progressive, Instrumental
01 Carpe
02 Micah
03 Death Rides A Horse
04 Enter
05 You Already Did
06 New Macabre
Let my ears bleed!

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五人一首 - 五人一首(2000)

This band isn't known that much and really deserve all your attention cause they are simple OUTSTANDING! to me they sound as if Nuclear Rabbit (that stupendous band of crazy lunatics!) took on an even more violent form!

here's the explaination of the name they give on their website:
The name of Gonin-ish is named from referring to the Japanese classical literature “Hyakunin-ish”. Hyakunin-ish is the literature which contains hundred of poems. The poems are constructed by divided characters, and the dividing rule is 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 characters. “Hyakunin” means people of one hundred, and “Ish”means one poem. A man at A.D.800 selected 100 excellent poems from a lot of poems. For this reason, the literature was called “Hyakunin-Ish”, and these poems were inherited in the card game. The rule of this game is very simple. when introduction of poem was read aloud, players are to scramble for cards. In the new year, a championship of Japan is held for this game.
Refer to the above. A word "Gonin" (means five people) and "ish" (means one poem) were selected for a name of Gonin-Ish. We decided the name of “Gonin-Ish” which is a coined word, meaning to unite songs by five members.

music wise here the opinion of the band members about their music (and i quite agree with their descrition):
Gonin-ish is progressive metal band, the music futures "silence" and "chaos". To express these, we are careful about to manage beautiful melody, death voice, a delicate piano, a percussive piano, irregular time, tension chords and the techniques. When audience experience our shows, everybody expresses our sound as "Progressive Rock", "Death Metal", "Gothic Metal", "Punk?", etc. However, a division of a genre does not have a meaning.Songs of Gonin-Ish are bond to Japan, with lyrics, melodys and artworks. On lyrics, Anoji chooses words from Japanese classic literature which never use modern-day , and it is difficult for modern Japanese to understand the lyrics. This point is not handicap, because Japanese language contains “kanji” characters (They attain to Tens of thousands!). The “kanji” has many meanings by only one character, then Japanese are able to image something easy from lyrics.

五人一首 - 五人一首 (2000)
Genre: Avant-Garde Progressive Death Metal with a somewhat traditionnal Japanese ambience!
Tracklist:
1 狂骨の夢
2 経文刻印身体
3 二人遊び
4 月と半魚人
5 楼の主
6 経文刻印身体Demo1999

Let my ears bleed!