Phoenix

I got to learn about these guys when I was taking a look at AFM Records YTC new singles and "Before We Waste Away" was an unexpected surprise, because it's really heavy, got a catchy chorus, got this sense of at same time that there are new elements, yet sound like classic heavy metal, fantastic solos, the vocalist totally rocks, the whole album is phenomenal!


Nocturnal Rites - Phoenix



1. A Song For You
2. Repent My Sins
3. A Heart As Black As Coal
4. Before We Waste Away
5. What’s Killing Me
6. The Poisonous Seed
7. Used To Be God
8. Nothing Can Break Me
9. The Ghost Inside Me
10. Welcome To The End
11. Flames

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Amazon:  https://goo.gl/AyxZAi

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Clairvoyant

I feel like over the years The Contortionist were shaping their song to get where they are now, it's undeniable some spiritual influence in their songs (the album has this concept about clairvoyance and the loss of someone). They are sounding really more atmospheric, but yet there are a lot of passages that really impress, slightly we can hear some shy screaming (Clairvoyant, the beginning reminds me of something from Cynic), but not like before, anyway it's really a piece of gem, love it!


The Contortionist - Clairvoyant



1. Monochrome (Passive)
2. Godspeed
3. Reimagined
4. Clairvoyant
5. The Center
6. Absolve
7. Relapse
8. Return To Earth
9. Monochrome (Pensive)


Buy It! 

It was all this reimagined
It was a different kind of speech
It was repetition
It was what you wanted to be

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8th SIN

I hadn't any clue who were these guys till I hear their (Before We Waste Away/2017), and since that moment I was really pumped about their sound, so I dug into their work, that was when I found The 8th Sin (2007), that's hard to say something bad about it, because this album got all elements I really love, it's probably one of the greatest power/heavy metal I've ever heard, Hail to Nocturnal Rites/8th SIN!!


Nocturnal Rites - The 8th Sin



1. Call Out to the World
2. Never Again
3. Not the Only
4. Tell Me
5. Not Like You
6. Leave Me Alone
7. Till I Come Alive
8. Strong Enough
9. Me
10. Pain & Pleasure
11. Fools Parade (Outro)
 

Buy It!!
 

"We are not like you, we are not the same
Not like the fools who follow and live their lives tomorrow
No, we are not like you, we are not the same
And so the story ends, we will never be like you"

 

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Live in Oslo

Wow.. almost one year later (09/17 Brazil) u could feel the same energy  on Circus Maximus Live in Oslo, for those who ordered digital version (1080p), it's almost like being in a CM concert, extremely recommended, fucking awesome!


Circus Maximus - Havoc In Oslo

 

CD1
1. Forging
2. Namaste
3. The One
4. The Weight
5. Highest Bitter
6. Architect of Fortune
7. Arrival of Love
8. Loved Ones


CD2
1. Sin
2. Havoc
3. Pages
4. Abyss
5. I Am
6. Chivalry
7. Game of Life



Unforgettable is Michael saying that would be talking (..15 minutes) to everyone after the concert here in Brazil.

Buy It!!

Blu-ray

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Take Me Home

I think when some music is able to "touch" your heart someway, somehow, or with great lyrics, awesome instrumental, marvelous voices, then it fulfils its role, that's art, this is what these guys do, remarkable painting!


For All We Know - Take Me Home



01. Breathe: In
02. Take Me Home
03. Fade Away
04. They’ll Win
05. Let Me Fly
06. The Big Wheel
07. Breathe: Hold
08. Colours
09. We Are the Light (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
10. Some Will
11. Prophets in Disguise
12. Breathe: Out
13. We Are the Light (Alternate Version)

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Amazon: https://goo.gl/KWoZjQ



We are the light and We Open Doors
We're Shining Bright, Brighter Than Before
We are the Future, Move on And Explore

We Are The Light..

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BABEL

I cannot say I really enjoyed the first single of this new album, but the more you listen to not only the single,but the whole album, more they grow on you, it's really a great release, it's not too concept like the previous album (I did not like the storyline) but on this one "The crew is searching for God". What is more impressive about Soul Secret is this ability to sound heavy, sometimes jazzy, melodic, the keys are really well done, whole instrumental is really awesome!


Soul Secret - BABEL



1. Prologue
2. What We’re All About
3. A Shadow on the Surface
4. Will They?
5. Logos
6. Awakened by the Light
7. Entering the City of Gods
8. The Cuckoo’s Nest
9. Newton’s Law
10. In the Hardest of Times

Buy It!

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Kryptonite

It's Hard not thinking about 80's while listening to Kryptonite debut album. The first impression I had when I heard "This is the Moment" was Oh.. this could be a soundtrack for 'Stranger Things', the synthesizer are really a trademark, but of course the instrumental work is marvelous and the vocal really impresses, really something worth buying!


Kryptonite - Kryptonite



01. Chasing Fire
02. This Is the Moment
03. Keep the Dream Alive
04. Fallen Angels
05. Across the Water
06. Love Can Be Stronger
07. Knowing Both of Us
08. Get out Be Gone
09. One Soul
10. Better Than Yesterday
11. No Retreat No Surrender


Buy It!


Across the Water
I'll find my way following the stars
Across the Water
So far away like Jupiter and Mars

Across the Water
Through night and day
Miles and miles apart 

 

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