Zitat:It is safe to say that Quest for Blood´s music is “something else”.

In it you can hear echoes from the distant past in the land of spectres and spirits, and at the same time its harsh and metallic sound reminds the listener of the cold violence and despair of the current inner/outer world of mankind.

Quest for Blood is structure and ultimate complexity, but also an insanity you have never experienced before. It is psychotic chaos and a gateway to the valley of nightmares, and the sweet and refreshing dream you thought you had forgotten. It obeys no rules of strict genres and makes no compromises based on conventional expectations of the average listener, but creates space of its own, far outside of everything. Quest for Blood reigns supreme in its own sonic realm.

This album offers a lot for those who are into the most experimental and extreme musical heaviness, but friends of traditional East Asian music will also experience a strange delight during this astonishing journey.

The oriental feeling becomes even richer with the presence of Yukihiro Isso. His magnificently traditional, but free-form sounding flute playing creates a whole new layer over the merciless mayhem of the band itself. Together they are able to travel from, what at times reaches, a mind blowing semi-cacophony to wonderful and calming sounds of the very roots of the Japanese music. This musical alchemy surely reflects several stages of the existence itself.

As Quest for Blood and Yukihiro Isso are most obviously “never heard” for many here in the mortal world, it might be wise to reveal something about their background.

Quest for Blood´s firm basis is the black metal band Magane. Even when the natural Asian elements and experimental spices gave them distance to the nekroic primitivity of your every-day-dose black metal filth, Magane were a bit easier to put to the same block with some other black hearted bands (which can not be said about Quest for Blood). Still, already on the Magane albums, there is brilliant originality and an adventurous approach to the music.

Magane recorded two of them. The first, Mortes Saltantes, was released in 1999, and the second, Beginning at the End, came out in 2003. Both albums came through two labels: Black Flame Records in USA and TRA Music in Taiwan. Magane shared the stage with likes of Merzbow, Marduk, Bastard Noise, Dark Funeral, and Biohazard.

Noh is a form of Japanese music theatre where three percussion instruments and a Noh-kan flute create the musical background to the dance of the characters in the play. Yukihiro Isso was born into a family of Noh flutists (hayashi-kata fue-kata). His family has continued its tradition since the 16th century. As for hundreds of years before, his father passed on the art to him. Yukihiro Isso is also a composer and plays as an avantgarde musician with masters like Keiji Haino and Tatsuya Yoshida. He plays, besides Noh-kan, shinobue, dengakubue, recorder and gemshorn.

After releasing the second album as Magane, Quest for Blood started their exploration for the new music, and fortunately met Yukihiro Isso. The collaboration bloomed in 2005, when sharing the stage with Kore Kyojin (TatsuyaYoshida) and Merzbow.

When listening to the overwhelming music, immortalized on this silver disc, one cannot but dream about experiencing this fine collaboration "live". As long there is life, there is hope. Maybe one day the quest for blood of these Japanese sonic sorcerers will reach our peripheral regions too. Until then we are fortunate enough to mesmerize ourselves with this extraordinary work.

To cut it short: I love this album!

ANDRIÉL ist eine Band die aus den Ruinen von Blackpaintedreality entstanden ist.
Eine Band von ein paar Freunden von mir. Ziemlich vielversprechend, wie ich finde.

Geboten wird melodischer Metalcore mit Shouts und durch den neuen GItarristen, auch sehr gutem cleanen Gesang.

Hoert mal rein und gebt euren Kommentar ab

http://www.myspace.com/andrielmusic

Die jungen Spanier bieten ihr aktuelles Album "Pomery" ueber ihre myspace zum komplett kostenlosen Download an.
Interessanter und solider Instrumental Rock 8)

Zitat:History lessons are valuable. Its important to know what things took place before current events to make relevant our present time. This is true for all things: politics, social matters, entertainment, and all forms of art. It can be debated that the past should remain in the past, and that the present is the only time that matters. I can agree with both sides, but given the right circumstances, history might overrule the present. Case in point: Spanish instrumental progressive rock band Jardin de la Croix.

There will always be a market for instrumental music. Some of the worlds most revered music is instrumental -classical and jazz- and commonplace in many music libraries both archived and personal. There is a rising scene of atmospheric, progressive rock acts that take to letting their instruments do the singing. Jardin de la Croix builds upon many decades of music and composition to create a record that will set perfectly next to albums by King Crimson and Mogwai.

Jardin de la Croixs first album is a very modest one. I find myself gravitating towards albums that do not force the listener to be actively engaged. Rather, this album weaves tranquil, ornate music with flair of honesty. You may put it on and work in your office, allowing the din to fill the room and not be bothered by any sudden awkwardness. You may also focus on the creative instrumentation and how the different band members play off each others instruments--much like a jazz band.

This band knows their influences. Its almost like Pomeroy thanks the bands that led to this records fruition. Unfortunately, there is a small problem with that. Jardin de la Croix makes original music that stands on its own, but the influences run so deep that its hard to differentiate between what they wholly created and what they loved from bands past. All the songs on this well-balanced album call to memory the works of Porcupine Tree, 80s King Crimson, Dream Theater, Tera Melos, Russian Circles, Fall of Troy, and other modern and past influences. Fans of those bands will feel right at home. Experienced listeners of progressive rock will find something to like here, but might end up turning to their old favorites.

There is nothing at all wrong with this album. In fact, its remarkable that a band with such young members made a record like this. It is a very solid progressive rock record, and it lends itself nicely to the well-established canon of similar bands. Better yet, the album is available free to download. Visit the bands MySpace page linked above to find it. You need a basic knowledge of Spanish to get through the page, however. This album may not be the most original one on the market, but it is an album born of intense love for progressive rock and making music, and thats something I can say for less than 10% of prog bands around today. Listen to the album and enjoy.

[size=11pt]Illogicist - The Insight Eye [/size]
[size=10pt]Genre: Technical Death Metal[/size]


Willowtip Records
July 10th, 2007

Diego Ambrosi - Guitar
Emilio Dattolo - Bass
Luca Minieri - Guitar, Vocals
Marco Minneman- Drums

Recorded and engineered at Dissonant Studio, Italy, by Luca Minieri and Diego
Ambrosi. Produced And Mixed by Luca Minieri. Mastered in Finland by Mika Jussila
at Finnvox Studio, Helsinki.

1. The Insight Eye 04:46
2. Brain Collapse 05:19
3. Rooms of Emptiness 04:48
4. The Absolute Or Nothing 05:01
5. Soundless Pain 04:33
6. Core 05:16
7. Be My Guide 05:50
8. Secrets of Human Hate 04:57
Total playing time 40:33

Zitat:ILLOGICIST sind eine italienische Death Metal-Band. Hellhoerig wurde ich, als ich erfuhr, dass zur Aufnahmezeit des Zweitwerks "The Insight Eye" Marco Minnemann, seineszeichens Drummer bei NECROPHAGIST, die Felle drosch. Er ist inzwischen ersetzt worden, aber die vorliegende CD bietet sein unverwechselselbares Schlagzeugspiel. Wie man sich denken kann, sind die Vorbilder von ILLOGICIST im vertrackt-hakeligen Death-Bereich zu suchen, so koennte man also DEATH, CYNIC, ATHEIST, DECAPITATED oder NECROPHAGIST anfuehren.

Selbst beschreibt sich die Band als "rhythmisch asymetrisch", "dissonant" und "technisch", was alles zutrifft. Allerdings behalten ILLOGICIST durchaus den Song im Blick, eine Faktum, das ja in diesem Genre nicht unbedingt zum Standard gehoert. Der Gesang ist zumeist keifend vorgetragen, aber auch Grunts werden geboten. Auf jeden Fall ist eine Menge Trauer und Frustration in den Tracks untergebracht. Helle Momente gibt es kaum, das Riffing schreddert sich auch schon mal an aelteren SLAYER, sagen wir mal der "South Of Heaven"-Phase, entlang.

Die Basslaeufe sind meines Erachtens beinahe Jazz-Death, vielleicht moegen ILLOGICIST ja auch MESHUGGAH. Gelungen sind diese Songs, seltsam abweisend scheinbar zunaechst, dennoch verlockend, anziehend letztlich. Es gibt keinerlei Kompromisse, Core haelt nicht Einzug, keine Clean Vocals oder andere Zugestaendnisse an den Mainstream. Technisch auf hohem Niveau wird sauber gegen die Konvention gespielt. Die Basslaeufe verwirren, sie toenen mal abgehackt ("Soundless Pain") oder fuehren eine traurige Melodie ("The Absolute Or Nothing", "Core").

Verwinkelt gehts durch mechanische Irrgaerten, doch wer sagt, dass ein Weg immer gerade zum Ziel fuehren muss? Nun, hier gibt es naemlich schon einen Faden, rot ist er nicht gerade, eher schwarz und daher nicht leicht zu finden. Das macht die CD gut. Bandleader Luca Minieri (Gitarre und Vocals) hat die Produktion des Albums im Dissonant Studio in Italien aeusserst gut hinbekommen. Und Mika Jussila in seinem Finnvox hat hier bezueglich des Masterings endlich mal wieder eine Klassearbeit abgeliefert. Wem obengenannte Bands gefallen, der hoere mal in dieses kleine dunkle Juwel hinein.