On A Dead Machine - On A Dead Machine 2005

On a Dead Machine comes from the U.S, and they play some music that i won't even try to describe!lol to give you an idea nevertheless let's just say it reminds me of bands like A Perfect Circle (a lot!), Tool...well you see the kind of stuff i'm talking about! it's both heavy and melodical with more furious passages really remembering screamo bands like Chevelle for instance (if that's a screamo band! ah ah!)! the album is pretty good but the production could have been better, especially for an album released in 2005 and considering the type of music they play, that is in which the sound quality is of the utmost importance...but anyway it's definitely worth a shot IMHO! enjoy

On A Dead Machine - On A Dead Machine 2005
Genre: Metal, Screamo, Alternative, Rock
Tracklist:
01 Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars
02 One Day
03 A Million Helicopters and One Dollar
04 Sailing Past Japan
05 Windows and Silhouettes
06 The Morning After...
07 Cancer
08 So This Is Life
09 You First
10 A Slow Crawl From The Bottom
11 Anywhere But Here
12 For You

Glossy Riffing!

Taake – Hordalands Doedskvad (2005)

Norway strike once more and it's a hard blow that will hack your head againt the wall and let blood spill around! ah ah!... Taake will certainly enthral your soul with it's dynamic and distinguished black metal, that's the least i can promise you! =) in the first place this album made me laugh (when i was just looking at it!lol) cause i saw TNBM written on it... so i thought to myself... ah ah! still one of this damn musicians that has nothing more to offer than some patriotic feelings... but the cover was quite intriguing and i let myself be tempted by it whatsoever....(([[Oo]])) wow! what a surprise! not only are the songs great and interesting but the atmospheres are varied and manage to convey epic and powerful feelings!! hush....!!quick! ..gimme my sword...i need to leave at once, the mountains are calling my name, the cold Mist is coming again,...a killing spree is taking control of me!! \m/

Taake – Hordalands Doedskvad (2005)
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 Hordalands Doedskvad Del I
02 Hordalands Doedskvad Del II
03 Hordalands Doedskvad Del III
04 Hordalands Doedskvad Del IV
05 Hordalands Doedskvad Del V
06 Hordalands Doedskvad Del VI
07 Hordalands Doedskvad Del VII


unravelling a grand saga!

Cause For Effect - PQ-2 (2001)

This is a grindcore band! =) but not the usual type, actually there are only two guys in the band, a bassist (also doing the vox) and a drummer! their style is very technical and rather unusual! i believe they come from Finland but not sure as there is not many info about them...this album is a MCD and despites its containing about 20 songs, it's about 20 minutes!! ah ah, true grindcore power!!!lol well not much to add except that if you like it strange and off the beaten track, this one is for you! enjoy!

Cause For Effect - PQ-2 (2001)
Genre: Grindcore, Fusion, Jazz
Tracklist:
01 Loyal to the New Order
02 Far Beyond Harsh Language
03 Robotic Brute
04 Genetic Beast
05 Fuse
06 Occult and Extreme
07 People of North America Have Decided to Destroy the Earth
08 Patient and Potent
09 Remember Focus
10 Political Feeling
11 Scrag
12 Full Potential
13 Stern Ballista
14 Saboteur
15 50 Modification
16 Core Fusion
17 Harsh Written Rule
18 Usability
19 Sto-Po

improvisational artistry!

Disphoria - Sleep Fly Away... You'll Be Tortured Forever 2004

Disphoria comes from the french local scene (south of france, Toulouse, where captain Zakky has been, and where Zubrowska also comes from for instance!) and they are making their way up to the top...well at least they started their ascension and if they keep their head up like that i believe they have the ability to rise high! I'm not much of a metalcore fan as this kind of stuff tends to turn out boring in the end and all the bands sound kindda the same to me! ah ah! Disphoria's music is more diversified though... i have seen them live and on stage i was pretty fucking stunned by their drummer...this guy believe me is rather impressive! this is their first album and it bodes well for their future recordings as their song are pretty interesting, well composed and really well performed! have a go you won't regret it! \m/

Disphoria - Sleep Fly Away... You'll Be Tortured Forever 2004
Genre: Metalcore/HxC
Tracklist:
01 Destructive Rage
02 Cold Dead Light
03 Along The Way
04 Inherent Dystopia
05 Submission
06 The Other Side
07 Existence
08 1982
09 Sarah

Intense and powerful!!

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!!!

Epheles - Souviens-Toi [2006]

Well after such a long absence, the title of this opus couldn't come in better! Epheles is from France and plays BM, ...and if nothing else that country is at least good pretty good at it! ah ah! i like the style of these guys very much and though they aren't known but to the advanced black metaller, Ephele has been practicing its black art for ten years already! but like true evil masters, they went by unnoticed, lurking in the shadow and treading on a unique and hellish path of their own! if you like BM, you'll certainly love that album cause it's pretty dark and gloomy, it reminds me of early Burzum-esque ambiances!! it also mixes violent warlike rhythms and more grandiose, slower melodies ...in the best Norwegian style! the text are mainly in French but don't even try to understand a word!lol Overall, IMHO this album is truly excellent! don't miss that one, it'll kick your @ss so hard you'll think you're in time warp!! ah ah! \m/

Epheles - Souviens-Toi [2006] [epheles - remember]
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 Le Linceul De La Mort [the shroud of death]
02 Les Abîmes Du Temps [the abyss/depth of time]
03 Laisse Moi Mourir [let me die]
04 Les Siècles D'Ignorance [centuries of ignorance]
05 To The Threshold Of Nothingness
06 Ultima Venia
07 Souviens-Toi [remember]

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust!

荔枝王 - 硬心 2003

Welcome back on the mainland! if you scour the country you may have already come across that band cause 荔枝王 is rather famous and renowned, ...and if you've not had the opportunity to hear them yet, i recommend checkin' that band out ASAP! ;) well their music is quite basic and not that original( well ...HxC!..), but i like their style! the vocalist is pretty aggressive, the rhythm is heavy and pummelling! like Biohazard meeting R.A.T.M and roping Pro-Pain in!! the song with the guy from L.M.F is pretty cool IMHO...basically, their music is in the line of all the good stuff released at the beginning of the 90's, 荔枝王 shows that the spirit is still alive and kicking on this goddamn planet...and i for sure won't be complaining about that! enjoy! \m/

荔枝王 (King Lychee) - 硬心 (Stand strong) 2003
Genre: Hardcore
Tracklist:
01 企硬
02 所见所闻
03 制造距离 (友情客串:何超仪)
04 力竭
05 拒绝 (友情客串:LMF/阿杰)
06 (说话)
07 A Useless Gift
08 (对话)
09 地乐起哄
10 土炮
11 (音乐)
12 抛诸脑后 (友情客串:恭硕良)
13 多谢
14 (对话)
15 基础主义 Our Life’s Blood

Big Boyz Boogie?!

Michel Petrucciani - Marvellous 1994

well as it is jazz time, i bring this this little guy here who is a French pianist (from an Italian origin)...i don't know if you've ever heard about him but he was very famous over here! as you can see he was a dwarf and had very small hands with tiny fingers...but when you'll hear him playing...well you'll just realize how big this guy is as a pianist! unfortunately he died a few years ago at an early stage in life...as all geniuses i would say... there seem to be a mandatory rule about that! = / Whatever, his music is truly awesome ( i like the Snoopy track a lot [charlie brown]lol) and i'm sure you'll enjoy his work and recognize how much it's worth! \m/

Michel Petrucciani - Marvellous 1994
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Solist, Piano
Tracklist:
1. Manhattan
2. Charlie Brown
3. Even Mice Dance
4. Why
5. Hidden Joy
6. Shooting Stars
7. You Are My Waltz
8. Dumb Breaks
9. 92's Last
10. Besame Mucho

Jazz Masterpiece!

Soulrest - Pathological Processes (1997)

welcome to Ukraine where Soulrest will be happy to entertain you! this is quite an old album ...10 years already! (i think it's their demo...doesn't sound like an album to me..more like self produced!lol) and i have no idea if they did anything else...cause i believe they have disbanded! too bad cause they style was cool for sure, and interesting as well! the vox are borderline between black and death metal, more like BM to me, that is no deep low pitched growling but rather a husky rawky one, just like their music which is not so much DM IMHO, as it sounds thrashy and speedy (like the crown/crown of thorns' early stuff)...but they are apparently labelled as MDM so as i'm bad at labelling i used that tag! ah ah!...well their song are really well composed, they even use a keyboard to create powerful and grandiose atmospheres that may even remind you of good old emperor at times, ...and didn't fall into the trap of overusing it!lol a pretty cool demo which would have deserve a real production, IMO...enjoy! \m/

Soulrest - Pathological Processes (1997)
Genre: MDM
Tracklist:
01 Pathological Processes
02 This Is My Life
03 Perpetual Decay
04 And Then Will Be Rot
05 Abstersion Of Consciousness
06 The Mask
07 Visualization Of Vitiosity
08 Artworks Of Farewell

Spirit of Metal \m/

Leftöver Crack - Mediocre Generica 2001

Leftöver Crack comes from N.Y.C and formed at the beginning of 2000 (or 2001 maybe)from the breaking up of different bands. their style is pretty cool and though i labeled it ska punk, it's sometimes more akin to hardcore or deeply angry punk rock indeed! ah ah! but they also play some r'n'r stuff in the old style (and even use piano at times!!!) ...so they are eclectic enough in the end ....and that pretty good! Perhaps you've heard of their latest album called "Fuсk World Trade" with a nice pic of the collapsing towers! it was quite a contentious one! ah ah! but that's what punk is all about! enjoy!

Leftöver Crack - Mediocre Generica 2001
Genre: Fast Ska-punk
Tracklist:
1 Homeo-apathy
2 Nazi White Trash
3 Atheist Anthem
4 The Good, The Bad & The Leftover Crack
5 Gay Rude Boys Unite
6 NC
7 Interlude
8 Stop The Insanity
9 Crack City Rockers
10 Burning In Water
11 With The Sickness
12 Born To Die
13 Untitled

Rocker from the Xtreme!

Devilica - 11 11 [2006]

This is some kind of demo (or it's a MCD) i guess, but this band is pretty good IMO, they play rough metal and incorporated quite a lot of different style in their music. They uses noises as well as very percussive riffing, melodical parts, and even some clear vocals!well, the whole thing is highly enjoyable i believe! (well to me at least! ah ah!) it's pretty difficult to give you an idea of their music as each track is always rather different from the next...or the previous! but they are somewhat in the style The Sawtooth Grin or Meshuggah....hope you like it! =)

Devilica - 11 11 [2006]
Genre: Screamo, Hardcore, Progressive, Grindcore
Tracklist:
01 Revoltandchaosdotcom
02 Heartless Heart
03 Truth Hurts But Pain is Temporary
04 A Journey of One Fine Man
05 A Funky Fairytale of an Angel
06 Honey Its Already 3.60 Am Now

jigsaw building!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997

Yes you read well, i played power metal!lol (shame on me! the devil'll kick my ass for that! ah ah!) well Headline i believe is pretty unknown! no wonder they are french!...perhaps they are famous in TW as many unknown French band manage to get famous there! actually i bought that one quite a while ago, about 10 years or so perhaps (it's their first album)! cause the guitarist of that band is pretty good and comes up with catchy riffs and hot leads (he plays a 7-strings)...i must admit i don't like their singer much ...yet it's a female!...but she's eons away from the sweet voices of Asian chicks!lol ... well the album is rather good anyway, she's not so horrible! the one i have is a collector edition so if you want the other CD played (acoustic version of these songs) ask me ...and it's done! =) enjoy!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997
Genre: Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
01 Avalon
02 The Time of Lords
03 Fever
04 You're what you've got
05 Who are we
06 Sad Clown
07 Thru the Daylight
08 Masquerade
09 Escape
10 The Night is over
11 What can I do

Escape if you dare! ;)

D - Tafel Anatomie (2006)

well, not far from you, dwells a band called with just one letter! ah ah pretty short name indeed, it's "D" that comes from Japan! no idea why they chose D whatsoever!lol they play r'n'r in the classic Japanese style..that is very well composed, produced..whatever, there's not much to criticize in that respect...whether you'll like the album or not has more to do with your taste than anything else! but to me it's just funky, full of energy, with even a Spanish touch at times, the vocalist is also awesome...i don't speak Japanese but it's great to listen to him anyway...in one word ...brilliant! enjoy!

D - Tafel Anatomie (2006)
Genre: J-rock
Tracklist:
01 Phantom pain
02 Fanfare
03 太陽を葬る日
04 Leukocyte
05 Calling me
06 Card
07 青い果実
08 Humanoid
09 Glow in the sun
10 抉る衝動

Visual Kei Power!

Latexxx Teens - Moloko And Ultraviolance [EP] (2006)

Latexxx Teens (also LXT) is an industrial band from Italy (Rome) which consist in 4 people. they are to me the direct heir of German band KMFDM, in the sense that their industrial metal is really in the same line, a sort of futuristic punk music. Otherwise these two bands don't have that much in common, ...no wonder, given the time difference between them...but in both cases it's dark, fast and aggressive...which is all i ask about industrial!lol this is an album which i like quite a lot so i hope you'll enjoy it as much as i do! \m/

Latexxx Teens - Moloko And Ultraviolance [EP] (2006)
Genre: Industrial
Tracklist:

01 Genesis Of Te(chn)ocrazy
02 Millenium Nightmare - United Shit Of America
03 Maschine Zeit
04 (s)Ain't (r)Evolution
05 Viral SublimiNation
06 Requiem For A Dream

Mechanized Aggression!

Slander - Fings To Fix 2004

Slander is a band from Brazil (Curitiba, south of Brazil)and i guess they are kindda unknown to the world!! too bad they disbanded in 2005 cause their music is pretty cool and fun! they have a very eclectic style that goes from metal, to funky and rock stuff from the 70's! coming from Brazil, the rhythm are especially interesting on that record ...and no wonder, at times you might feels it sounds a bit Sepultura-esque (as it is one of the first band that promoted that kind of rhythm)... music wise this band also recall Faith No More owing to the creative aspect of its music! =) cool album IMO! enjoy!

Slander - Fings To Fix 2004
Genre: Metal, Rock, Funk, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 Summary
02 Cartola
03 Lying
04 HeratBreaker
05 Jesus-Frito
06 Afegun
07 Haulysong
08 Ruberwall
09 Horoscope
10 Number One
11 Tyeta
12 Picadeiro of Life
13 Archive
14 Mane Galinha

if it ain't broken, break it!

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)

This band is not that famous but you might have heard about them already, they are from Texas and believe it or not this album stands as some sort of demo!...well if you've never come across that band, then you're pretty likely to like 'em as they play a sorta old heavy metal / doom style , ...recalls Black Sabbath to my mind actually (but it sounds modern whatsoever!)...the album is really groovy and chuggy and i found it pretty good! it's definitely one of the best i heard in the style so far...powerful, melodic, with great drumming...this band stand poised like a tough warrior that won't be easily defeated! as their moniker suggests they are axe masters, so don't hold back your blows.... \m/

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)
Genre: Stoner
Tracklist:
01 Celestial Crown
02 Barael's Blade
03 Freya
04 Winter's Wolves
05 Horned Goddess, The
06 Iron Swan
07 Lament For The Auroch
08 March Of The Lor
09 Ebethron

Slaughtered with fuzzy riffing!!

[LPP] Diskord - Doomscapes (2007)

well, what about an underground party? cause i guess Diskord won't play anywhere else!lol i didn't think to play that one in the first place indeed, cause it's been pretty soft till now.... but well i couldn't resist! ah ah! grindcore is definitely the chink in my armor! so Diskort plays a mix of 硬核, 死亡金属, 碾核 and they added very cool experimentation in their music ... i don't know much about the musicians playing in that band but by listening to them, you can bet their are all quite talented and certainly highly proficient at what they are doing! it's not that violent actually (no typical blastbeat stuff) and it's a pretty interesting album... so don't miss it!

Diskord - Doomscapes (2007)
Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 An Architectonic Manifestation of Death
02 Public Static Void
03 Harbinger
04 Absurreality
05 Cosmic Collapse
06 The Ubiquitous Transience
07 Inane Existence
08 Pervasive Discreteness
09 Overstrain
10 Heritage
11 Reptilian Ancestry
12 Instauration

dance till your head fall to the ground!

[LPP] The Free French - A Place Of Our Own

I take advantage of this party to play stuff i usually don't indeed! the free french plays some jazzy pop which is quite enjoyable IMO. it's very well crafted and performed, a bit in the lounge style of some old jazz stuff from the 60's. it may seems a bit too "conservative" or "hype" in some sort of way, but actually if you pay attention, you can easily hear that behind simple melodies and smooth arrangement, in fact a complex and intricate work has been done! this is the slow dancing part! hope you are still able to see the girls around...or is it all blurred and swirling!?lol

The Free French - A Place Of Our Own
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
01 Fireman
02 Living Together
03 Babysitter
04 I Need A Career
05 Everyone's Always Alright
06 You'll Suggest Somebody
07 The Scales
08 The Letter T
09 You're The Boss
10 Don't Come Cheap
11 Holiday At Home

if music was a science!

[LPP] The Boy Least Likely to - The Best Party Ever

we're in a landing zone! the party is slowing down a bit for everybody need to get a drink and relax!lol meanwhile for those who are staying on the dancefloor, this band plays some nice and sweet poppy melodies in the line of the beattles but with a more moder approach, including some electronic here and there! well we were dealing with being good, nice and all a bit earlier, that's the kind of music which is appropriate! if you headbang or get agitated with that one, then you're a madman...go and see a doc straightaway, these are "The Boy Least Likely to"! ah ah!

The Boy Least Likely to - The Best Party Ever
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
01 Be Gentle With Me
02 Fur Soft As Fur
03 Monsters
04 Paper Cuts
05 Warm Panda Cola
06 I See Spiders When I Close My Eyes
07 I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star
08 The Battle Of The Boy Least Likely To
09 Sleeping With A Gun Under My Pillow
10 Hugging My Grudge
11 My Tiger My Heart
12 God Takes Care Of The Little Things

no booze for you, but some juice instead!lol

[LPP] Mael Mordha - Gealtacht Mael Mуrdha

Mael Mordha is a band from Dublin, Ireland! Not so often we find one of those!lol they play a style which is between heavy rock and stoner/doom ...actually i have no idea what their style is!it reminds me a bit of band like kampfar or godsend at times... but it's cool music to me, that's all that counts! and i like the accent of their singer quite a lot ...we can clearly hear the Celtic influence over both the vox and the music! well it's nighttime here, but you'll have a strong drink for breakfast on your side!lol enjoy a party in the wood with loads of hydromel! =)

Mael Mordha - Gealtacht Mael Mуrdha
Genre: Metal, Pagan
Tracklist:
01 Altas Of Sorrow
02 Godless Commune Of Sodom
03 A Window of Madness
04 Curse Of The Bard
05 The Struggle Eternal
06 Gealtacht Mael Mordha
07 Minions Of Manannan

Mighty Odin's feast!