Category: Prog Metal

Artlantica – Across The Seven Seas (2013)

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Info: Across The Seven Seas
Years: 2013
Info: USA
Info: mp3@CBR320kbps
Time: Progressive / Neoclassical Metal
Info: 121 Mb

Back between 1980-1985, the first waves of U.S. labels dedicated solely to metal – Shrapnel Records and Leviathan Records (to name a few) – began showcasing the “neo-classical” side of the genre; a blend of Deep Purple’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra, shredding guitar virtuosos (a la Yngwie Malmsteen and Chris Impelliteri) and adding a U.S. power metal crunch. In addition to a plethora of

Timo Tolkki’s Avalon – The Land Of New Hope 2013

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The album will be available in two formats – a standard CD and a deluxe edition that includes a 30-minute documentary about the making of the album, and two music videos.

«The Land Of New Hope» was the result of many years of conversations between Timo Tolkki and president of Frontiers Records Serafino Perugino. Perugino, being a long time fan of Stratovarius, offered to return to the original sound of the band in a more “symphonic” key. The album Tolkki started in August 2012.