Category: Prog Metal

The Gathering – Downfall – The Early Years (2001)

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Downfall – The Early Years is a compilation album of the Dutch band The Gathering. The record was first released on 22 May 2001 by Hammerheart Records label.[2] On 15 September 2008, an expanded version of the album was released by Vic Records.

After Forever – Prison Of Desire (2000)

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Prison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of “The Embrace That Smothers” collection of songs by Mark Jansen.

DiEversity – Last Day: Tomorrow 2012

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With the debut album the same in the Amazon charts – DiEversity have reason to celebrate. Well, they have to offer, too sorts.

Take: vigorous riffs paired with extremely heavy, pounding drums. Mix the whole thing with anger and passion influenced lyrics and shouts. Innovative, varied songwriting and virtuoso guitar solos. Then you get the very successful debut album ‘Last Day: Tomorrow, “the 7-piece band from DiEversity francs.

Dark Moor – Best Ballads (2012)

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It’s become a familiar and profoundly pleasant experience – that deep sigh of satisfaction and the blissful smile that accompanies it. Hearing a new Dark Moor release: there’s nothing else quite like it. Despite never quite reaching “first line” status in terms of commercial success,

Alberto Palacios – We Are The Opera (2012)

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‘We are the opera’ is the sort of title that could suggest a large scale, Aina-type project bursting at the seams with guest musicians, so it may come as a surprise that this ambitious progressive/power metal debut CD is largely the work of one man.