Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL kicked off their “Dark Legacy” tour last night (Saturday, April 7) at Soma in San Diego, California. The band’s only headlining run in the United States in 2012 features a set of more than two hours, with material spanning all of LACUNA COIL‘s albums.
Fan-filmed video footage of last night’s concert can be seen below.
Commented LACUNA COIL frontwoman Cristina Scabbia: “The ‘Dark Legacy’ tour is a dream come true! This tour will present the history of LACUNA COIL, melding old fans with a new generation of Coilers. The ‘Dark Legacy’ set will offer both the electric and acoustic vibe and absolute melodic epicness!” Source: Blabbermouth.net
Artist: Heavy Manic Souls Album: Heavy Manic Souls Label: Independent (Self Released) Year: 2012
1. Change the reality
2. Juggernaut (Fury Road)
3. The Lone star state song
4. Rollerball
5. Cigarette
6. Heads or tails
7. Escape from earth
8. Down in the rain
9. Badass Motherfucker
10. Uncle pirate blues
11. Heavy foot, cool hand
From Jazz to Blues to Rock then back again is usually a very dangerous element for many bands to attempt in one setting, let alone to compile it into one sound or experience; and yet, Heavy Manic Souls have done just that. With their raw injection of all their groves and mind sets they have paved a new way for music and lined the road that only the talented may attempt.
We start this episode with ‘Change the Reality’, and sure enough you are given a blast of music from all directions. Chris Francheteau (guitar) opens up with an impromptu solo section before Rod Chaillou (drums), Eric Robin (bass), & Eric Dufour (lead vocal) come in with that much loved fast paced blues we’ve all come to love. Like that of the late great ‘J. Hendrix’ everything takes place to take you into the music. With great bass lines leading the way, and drums setting the pace you are immediately given the sound to look forward to.
Here comes the “Wah”, the much loved Wah/Wah pedal with that distinctive sound given you the feeling of travelling back to where the good blues artists play. With chunky rhythm riffs, Eric Dufour’s vocals and the bass and drums gently guiding you on the path before the guitar solo, which by now you should be expecting something special, and it is! ‘Juggernaut’ is an exceptional second song absolutely full of life.
‘Down in the rain’ starts with what feels like a cross between Hendrix’s ‘Castle’s made of Sand’ and ‘All along the Watchtower’ which at first I’d actually thought they had done a combo of both. The guitar is so well represented here, I could listen to this track all day!
On to ‘Badass Motherfucker’ where the slide guitar takes full control here with the raw vocals leading the entire track into a state of bliss.
Let’s slow things down a touch and put on ‘Uncle Pirate blues’ where we get given a glance of pure emotion. Traditional blues comes creeping out of the corners with everything we love about the blues coming to light.
For fans of Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, and many more, this will be right up your alley.
Video footage of Swedish/German/American extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY perfoming the song “The First Deadly Sin” during rehearsal on April 8 in Sweden can be seen below.
ARCH ENEMY earlier in the year amicably parted ways with guitarist Christopher Amott and replaced him with 26-year-old American musician Nick Cordle (ARSIS). Source: Blabbermouth.net
Artist – Emmure Album – Slave to the Game Label – Victory Records Release date – 10th April 2012
1. Insert Coin
2. Protoman
3. She Gave Her Heart to Deadpool
4. I Am Onslaught
5. Bison Diaries
6. Poltergeist
7. Cross over Attack
8. Umar Dumps Dormammu
9. Blackheart Reigns
10. MDMA
11. War Beings with You
12. A.I.
In 2003 another American Deathcore band was born, and since then they have unleashed and set a fury upon your fabled ears. With 4 albums out since 2007, ‘Slave to the Game’ is due to be their fifth.
From the start, not including the intro, you are given almost heavy rhythms with occasional melody line, but nothing too conclusive or attractive throughout the rest. There seems to be a constant lack of direction here. ‘She Gave Her Heart To Deadpool’ has almost got that ‘Astro-Creep 2000 – White Zombie’ element to it, but is missing everything that was ever good about it. The rhythms seem too lightly based on being as heavy possible as opposed to being musical in any sense. The only track I had some amount of joy listening to on this album was ‘Bison Diaries’ which seemed to start well, and contain plenty of well placed melody lines and structures. Yet with the heavy over-use of the ridiculous whammy/harmony pedal effect a lot of what could have been good is immediately lost behind this instead. The vocals are somewhat confusing too, yes they’re heavy, but they’re very nonsensical as well.
There seems to be a constant lack of any direction what-so-ever in this album and I certainly have heard a lot better for the genres Deathcore, Metalcore, and Nu-metal.
If you like this sort of thing then go and check it out, personally it bored the life out of me.
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Line Up:
Mark Davis – bass guitar
Jesse Ketive – lead guitar
Frankie Palmeri – lead vocals
Mike Mulholland – rhythm guitar
Mark Castillo – drums
Italy-based power metal band ANOTHER DESTINY PROJECT has released a new album “Tell Me What You See…” and a promo video of the single “Sleepwalker”, can be viewed below.
The Another Destiny project began from the meeting of Peter Pahor (producer, composer, guitarist) and Federico Ahrens (singer). Both of them, after several years spent with local bands, decide to create a new project to mix different styles: metal, power, industrial and soundtracks. They decided to hire Emanuele Petrucci on drums, Davor Pavelic from Croatia on bass and Gabriele Giorgi on guitar. I…n January 2012 they give birth to their debut album entitled “Tell Me What You See…”, produced by Peter Pahor himself. All tracks were written and arranged by Peter Pahor and Federico Ahrens.
Zenith Reunion opening track – studio diary – “Can’t Feel the Pain” of album UTOPIA, in now online, and can be viewed below. Utopia was released 25th of April 2012 via Violent Journey Records. You can order album here: http://äx.fi/P306505. For more information, please visit: www.zenithreunion.com – www.violentjourneyrecords.com
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