Freedom Call | Live In Hellvetia 2011

Having sold over 35,000 copies of its debut, "Stairway To Fairyland", FREEDOM CALL's tour with SAXON, ANGRA and EDGUY turned into a triumphal march. The tour culminated with memorable shows with SAVATAGE and SKEW SISKIN in August 1999 as part of the Popkomm music fair in Cologne. The band played almost fifty shows in 2000 and proved their worth at

Downcast Art

The Band

Diverse influences, the need for musical expression and an approach with a different purpose and artistic profundity gave birth to the Croatian metal band Downcast Art. The journey of their creation began, conceptually, in autumn 2005 and after a few years of activity the band formed into a productive union which eventually resulted in finishing their first album, named Forbidden Memories, in autumn 2011.

Metal Female Voices Fest 2012

              

Analgesia

Beyond Illusion

Between passion and ambition to develop a new musical project in order to share some great moments throughout music. The idea was to lead the Moroccan music with new melodic rock in an epic atmosphere. Far from what metal bands giving the image to this kind of music, Analgesia tries with its originality in choosing the best of music, and the way to the success, which was the aim of all Analgesia’s members.

Rhapsody Of Fire | From Chaos To Eternity World Tour 2012

Update

European dates

01.04.2012 - Sala Totem - Pamplona, Spain
02.04.2012 - Sala Cats - Madrid, Spain
03.04.2012 - Salamandra - Barcelona, Spain

ShadowIcon

The ShadowIcon story has begun back in 2006 when a few friends, Tomaž, Bojan, Damir and Kristjan, had an idea to form a band. Each member was influenced by different musical styles so eventually we decided to play metal. It soon became evident that their style of metal isn't for just everyone.

Onatra

Iryna Vitiv - vocals

Sergiy Vladarsky - guitars

Dmytro Dvugroshev - bass

Marta Medler - drums

ONATRA is a modern symphonic metal band founded in July 2009 in Lviv, Ukraine. At that time the band consisted of Iryna Vitiv (vocals), Khrystyna Solyha (keys), Vasyl Turchyn (guitars), Victor Shpyrka (guitars), Sergiy Vladarsky (bass), Marta Medler (drums).

The band was formed to play on tribute to In Flames, which was put off and cancelled. After that they decided to play their own music, composed by Sergiy.

In september 2009 Khrystyna left ONATRA, because of studies and the band decided to use playback instead of looking for a new keyboard of the same level. The musicians worked hard for their techniques.

In March 2010 ONATRA had their first performance as a contestant in competition among young Lviv bands called Level Up! Their songs (Chaos Theory, Fate Symphony and For Your Soul) and roses show had a great success. The band collected the largest number of audience votes and took sixth place from twenty five.

In April 2010 ONATRA gave their second performance in underground club Pogulyanka for a small number of people.

In May 2010 ONATRA was disbanded.
During a longtime search for new musicians Marta studies the details of orchestral music composing. She tries to compose heavy orchestrals and in summer 2010 ONATRA records their new demo songs Dance With The Wind and Touch Of Emptiness.
ONATRA is reactivated with a change in sound and works upon the new material for their debut album Last Hope.

Epica | Requiem for the Indifferent

On 3 February 2012, the band released on iTunes the single "Storm the Sorrow", characterized by melodic vocal lines and electronic influences. The video, shot in the middle of the same month in Amsterdam, will be released on 24 April.

Graspop 2012 | 23 bands announced

After the announcement of Black Sabbath last friday, GMM announces another 22 Bands for their event in 2012.
Here they are:

Iron Mask | Black As Death

Iron Mask was formed by Dushan Petrossi, Belgium’s number 1 guitar hero.

Dushan got his first guitar when he was 9 (1982) and never stopped playing for 20 years.
Very early, he played in several cover bands till the day he wanted to compose his own music.