It's not a Heavy Metal nor Death Metal. Not sure, if this IS Metal at all Modern / Groove or shit like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FGFxP7FUFo

One of the best bands in genre !

Bandname have link to Slovakian Sanatorium. Dont be confused.

*Year: 1996
*Genre: Epic Heavy Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 76MB

Tracklist:
1. Victim Of Darkness 05:02
2. October Moon 04:39
3. Misty Shades Of Green 05:19
4. Electric Dimension 07:46
5. Long Cold Winter 04:02
6. 10,000-10,000 04:07
7. Quiet Earth 01:49
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Total playing time: 32:44

[more=Extended info]Great oldschool stuff inspired by late 70’s - early 80’s Heavy Metal. Closest comparison is Manilla Road, but you could find traces of early Queensryche, Mercyful Fate, Metal Church, Ozzy Osbourn etc.. Quite underrated band – they even wasn’t on Metalarea till now :)

[youtube]k4_zMpcg1Sc[/youtube]

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=472
http://www.sotwmetal.com/[/more]

*Year: 1999
*Genre: Epic Heavy Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 152MB

Tracklist:
1. Lost in Hell (6:14)
2. Abandoned City (5:02)
3. SOS (5:51)
4. Communion (4:08)
5. Interstellar (5:21)
6. Witchfinder (7:06)
7. Voo Doo Master (6:50)
8. A Face in the Mist (1:50)
9. Initiation (5:21)
10. Vangeance (4:55)
11. One Land One King (5:19)
12. Land of the Dead (live) (6:02)
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Total playing time: 1:03:59

[more=Extended info]Great oldschool stuff inspired by late 70’s - early 80’s Heavy Metal. Closest comparison is Manilla Road, but you could find traces of early Queensryche, Mercyful Fate, Metal Church, Ozzy Osbourn etc.. Quite underrated band – they even wasn’t on Metalarea till now :)

[youtube]k4_zMpcg1Sc[/youtube]

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=472
http://www.sotwmetal.com/[/more]

*Year: 2001
*Genre: Epic Heavy Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 131MB

Tracklist:
1. New Age Revolution 05:00
2. Dead Zone 02:53
3. Quilex 04:05
4. Nocturnal Revelation 04:04
5. Dance Of A Thousand Veils 02:14
6. Liar 04:16
7. Magnetic Star 03:33
8. Skulls 06:27
9. Dark And Lonely Depths 04:25
10. Storm Of The Century 05:43
11. Starstruck 03:31
12. NR3 05:01
13. Transmission 04:08
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Total playing time: 55:20

[more=Extended info]Great oldschool stuff inspired by late 70’s - early 80’s Heavy Metal. Closest comparison is Manilla Road, but you could find traces of early Queensryche, Mercyful Fate, Metal Church, Ozzy Osbourn etc.. Quite underrated band – they even wasn’t on Metalarea till now :)

[youtube]sQ-JUM19CLg[/youtube]

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=472
http://www.sotwmetal.com/[/more]

*Year: 2007
*Genre: Epic Heavy Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 133MB

Tracklist:
1. Wings Of Doom 04:34
2. Snaggletooth 03:28
3. Nikhedonia 04:55
4. Ghost Woman 04:57
5. In The Shadows 05:02
6. Behind The Eyes Of Evil 05:11
7. The Reaper 03:14
8. Battle Scars 05:04
9. Alien Landscapes 05:29
10. The Edge Of Time 05:55
11. Peace On Earth 04:23
12. Name Your Poison 04:11
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Total playing time: 56:23

[more=Extended info]Great oldschool stuff inspired by late 70’s - early 80’s Heavy Metal. Closest comparison is Manilla Road, but you could find traces of early Queensryche, Mercyful Fate, Metal Church, Ozzy Osbourn etc.. Quite underrated band – they even wasn’t on Metalarea till now :)

[youtube]sQ-JUM19CLg[/youtube]

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=472
http://www.sotwmetal.com/[/more]

^ link dead, but find another one:

192kbps / 65MB / Rapidshare

Real all-star band

Taneli Jarva - Vocals (Impaled Nazarene, Sentenced, The Black League)
Esa Holopainen - Guitar (Amorphis, Violent Solution)
Marko Tarvonen - Guitar (Moonsorrow, Arthemesia, Gorewinter, Larharyhmä, The Wicked, Thunderdogs, Lakupaavi)
Oppu Laine - Bass (Amorphis, Mannhai, Nuxvomica)
Nalle Osterman - Drums (Coarse, Gandalf (Fin), Korpiklaani, Lullacry, Shaman (Fin))

VBR~273 / 80MB

File on Uploaded is deleted.

The same file: 225kbps, 91MB

Aletheian-2005-Dying Vine (remastered 2008)

Someone, please kill this bastard on vox Music is great (could be one of the best Cryptopsy albums), but this metalcore sucker ruins a lot (but not all). He couldn't stop screaming, and on 4-th track even puls out clear gay vox ... vomit Ujobak, blin.

I'm not fan of instrumental music, but this is very good and interesting stuff. It's not guitar masturbation, but more about great riffs. Sounds like mix of stoner, power and thrash.

Album in VBR ~227kbps (73MB)

*Year: 2007
*Genre: Doom/Death Metal
*Country: Latvia
*Format: mp3@VBR208
*Size: 30 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Scarlet Prophecy (5:09)
2. Fall of Eve (6:09)
3. Ariadne (7:58)
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Total playing time: 19:00

Limited to 166 copies. Songs from forthcoming album, in better sound quallity than on demo. Also music is bit different: it has more Death Metal parts. If you like late Novembers Doom and My Dying Bride, check this band.

http://www.myspace.com/frailtymetal

*Year: 2007
*Genre: Doom Metal
*Country: Latvia
*Format: mp3@VBR160
*Size: 40 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Ariadne (8:02)
2. Graphics in Ebony (8:47)
3. I Know Your Pain (demo version) (7:52)
4. The River of Serpents (demo version) (6:57)
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Total playing time: 32:00

If you like Novembers Doom, Novembre and My Dying Bride - check them up. Despite low final bitrate (its demo), it sounds OK.

Video is for song -The Fall of Eve- made by J.Ekmanis. Sound is OK, also picture, but its quite dark and only one handcam was used ...

http://www.myspace.com/frailtymetal

*Year: 2000
*Genre: Heavy Metal
*Country: Portugal
*Format: mp3@192
*Size: 84 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Awakening (1:39)
2. Alpha Event (4:23)
3. Stellar Phase (4:57)
4. In the Depths (5:30)
5. Legacy of a Dying Star (5:13)
6. Near the Event Horizon (5:33)
7. Beyond (4:37)
8. Empire of Eternities (4:12)
9. Gravitys Triumph (3:34)
10. Requiem for the Stars (3:43)
11. Entropy (4:30)
12. The Decay (4:18)
13. Omega Event (5:41)
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Total playing time: 58:00

Good Heavy metal. Comparing to previous album all doomy stuff are gone except keys and some female vocals

8/10

http://insolitude.com.sapo.pt/

*Year: 2006
*Genre: Melodic Metalcore
*Country: United States of America (Altamonte Springs, Florida)
*Format: mp3@VBR237
*Size: 24 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Anthem (We are the Fire) (4:03)
2. Vengeance (3:36)
3. Broken One (5:49)
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Total playing time: 13:30

Great, that some Metalcore bands start to play old school stuff, and do it great. There is hit single from full length album un two great new songs.

9.5/10

http://www.trivium.org/

*Year: 2006
*Genre: Traditional/Power metal
*Country: USA
*Format: mp3@VBR217
*Size: 85 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Above Mere Mortals (4:12)
2. Slaves to the Metal Horde (4:10)
3. Rise of the Red Cresent Moon (4:53)
4. Burn with Life (3:34)
5. The Last of My Kind (7:20)
6. North for the Winter (3:43)
7. The Path Once Chosen (3:25)
8. The Great Devoid (6:50)
9. Unfinished Ashes (4:03)
10. Await the Champion (3:17)
11. The Passing (4:33)
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Total playing time: 50:00

Michael Grant - vocals (ex-Onward, ex-New Eden, ex-Legend Maker, Malakis Reign)
Dan DeLucie - guitars (ex-Destiny's End, ex-New Eden)
Melanie Sisneros - bass (ex-Sinergy, ex-New Eden, ex-Raven Mad)
Craig Anderson - drums (ex-Seven Witches, Engine)

Judging by member list, Crescent Shield is almost the same band as New Eden. And music is quite similar, but closer to Heavy Metal. So, if you like New Eden, Steel Prophet, Destiny’s End and Twisted Tower Dire, its must have !

9/10

http://www.myspace.com/crescentshield

Download:
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*Year: 2007
*Genre: Power Metal
*Country: Sweden
*Format: mp3@VBR240
*Size: 170 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Hellrider (3:42)
2. Thundergods (3:47)
3. Metalizer (4:06)
4. Shadows (3:28)
5. Burn Your Cross (5:09)
6. 7734 (3:41)
7. Endless Nights (4:52)
8. Hail to the King (3:39)
9. Thunderstorm (3:08)
10. Speeder (3:45)
11. Master of the World (4:01)
12. Jawbreaker [Judas Priest cover, bonus] (3:22)
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13. Introduction (0:55)
14. Hellrider (3:48)
15. Endless Nights (4:49)
16. Metalizer (4:25)
17. Burn Your Cross (5:23)
18. The Hamme Has Fallen (5:50)
19. Hail to the King (4:06)
20. Shadows (3:33)
21. Thunderstorm (3:10)
22. Masters of the World (4:00)
23. Guten Nacht [Japan bonustrack] (1:53)
24. Birds of War [previously unreleased] (4:52
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Total playing time: 93:00

One of the best new Power Metal bands. Must Have !

"Metalizer" was recorded in 2002 and was supposed to be distributed by Underground Symphony as Sabaton's debut album. After two years waiting Sabaton abandoned the album and found a new record company to release "Primo Victoria." Black Lodge eventually aquired the rights to "Metalizer" and released it in 2007.

On first CD is Metalizer (2002) with Ltd.Ed. bonus track, on 2nd - Fist for Fight (2000) that is compilation of 2 demos.

9.5/10


http://www.sabaton.net/

Download:


Re-released via Nuclear Blast on 24-09-2010 under the name "Metalizer - Re-Armed
Edition" with 3 additional bonus tracks on Disc 1:
13. Dream Destroyer
14. Panzer Battalion (Demo Version)
15. Hellrider (Live In Västerås 2006)

*Year: 2006
*Genre: Power Metal
*Country: USA
*Format: mp3@VBR250
*Size: 94 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Take Back (3:35)
2. Idols (3:20)
3. Awakened (3:44)
4. Stand Up (3:25)
5. Anymore (4:08)
6. Wicked Souls (4:13)
7. From the Ashes (4:07)
8. Crawling (5:00)
9. Crickets (4:01)
10. Of Angels & Devils (5:17)
11. Hallowed (4:53)
12. My Nightmare (4:05)
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Total playing time: 50:00

Great and powerful Power Metal with some almost Thrash metal riffs, like mix of Primal Fear and Annihilator

9/10

http://www.fromtheashesband.com/

*Year: 1998
*Genre: Symphonic Progressive/Power Metal
*Country: Norway
*Format: mp3@VBR230
*Size: 74 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. Distant Conglomeration (6:03)
2. The Life of What You Seek (5:23)
3. Beyond The Earthly (5:51)
4. Starwars (2:48)
5. Predominate (4:19)
6. Stargazer [Rainbow cover] (6:51)
7. The Unborn Breathes in Silence (7:12)
8. If The Universe Transformed (4:12)
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Total playing time: 43:00

This is the first album I get familiar with great Jorn Lande, that could be called as Dio of our time. He is amazing singer, and music is simply great. Stargazer is one of the best Rainbow covers I have hear. Some reviewers describe style of MI as Black Metal with clear vocals – no doubt, there are some BM influences in rhythm section, but all together, its great Prog/Power (but MI debut MCD was pure Sympho Black).

9/10

Download:
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*Year: 2006
*Genre: Progressive Metal
*Country: USA
*Format: mp3@VBR238
*Size: 133 Мб.

Tracklist:
1. How Far We Fall (4:40)
2. Disturbed (6:06)
3. Arise (7:07)
4. Answer Me (7:14)
5. Future Untold (8:20)
6. One World (11:24)
7. Seize (6:31)
8. Furnulum Pani Nolo (2:59)
9. Power of Fear (3:41)
10. Let Loose the Dogs (7:36)
11. In Whose Name (7:56)
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Total playing time: 74:00

Solid slightly neoclassical Progressive Metal a la Symphony X.

9/10

http://www.meyvn.net/

Download:
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