Reternity - Cosmic Dreams CD

To say much about the prog/thrashers Nevermore is like carrying coals to Newcastle. Even 5 years after his sudden death, the albums of the band from Seattle around singer Warrel Dane are not only part of his personal, but also of a genre-premiering, all-embracing musical legacy. With the intricate second album "The Politics of Ecstasy" as well as the 2000 longplayer "Dead Heart in a Dead World", with which the band also achieved their commercial breakthrough in the metal scene, two albums by the progressive power/thrashers are re-released here, which simply belong in every CD collection. Packed with exceptional songs, Nevermore have set a monument to themselves and Warrel Dane for eternity, while guitarist Curran Murphy is about to continue the legacy with his follow-up project SHATTER MESSIAH. A re-release was therefore long overdue, as both albums are now heavily out of print and should definitely not be forgotten!

Lost, Found & Remastered! Mit SHATTER MESSIAH schickte sich ex-Nevermore/ex-Annihilator Gitarrist Curran Murphy im Frühjahr 2005 an, musikalisch in die Fußstapfen seiner beiden Vorgängerbands zu treten und unter eigenem Banner fortzuführen. Stilistisch verbindet Shatter Messiah hierbei perfekt beide genannte Bands zu einer Symbiose, die jeden Liebhaber des Genres in Entzückung zu versetzen vermag. Leider war der Band das Schicksal nicht hold, denn obwohl das vorliegende dritte Album der Band „Hail The New Cross“ offiziell das Veröffentlichungsdatum von 2013 trägt, taucht es in vielen offiziellen Quellen, Archiven und Discographien überhaupt nicht auf. Was ist passiert? Das Album sollte im Frühjahr 2013 das Licht der Welt erblicken - und irgendwie hat es dass auch geschafft, denn es existiert tatsächlich eine gepresste Auflage, sowie einige Reviews. Leider fand eine weiterführende Verbreitung bzw ein umfassender Vertrieb durch das Label nicht statt. Bereits im Juli 2013 war die Domain des Labels „suspended“, fortan gab es kein Lebenszeichen mehr und „Hail The New Cross“ verschwand in einem Status zwischen „veröffentlicht aber vergessen“. Anno 2022 wird es also höchste Zeit, dieses Kleinod aus der Schattenwelt ins Licht zu zerren und mit einem remasterten Sound endlich - und für viele erstmals - einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen!

Earthy hard rock. Simple and good. Simply good. If there is one positive thing to take away from the past 2 years of Corona Pandemie, it is that countless musicians and bands have used the involuntary time off to put together new albums or even new projects. This is also the case with Serpents In Paradise. After the split of Spitefuel, guitarist Tobias Eurich didn't just want to hang up his guitar, but to dedicate himself more to something that had been neglected in the years before: solid hard rock. More blues, more dirt and more guitar heroes (Slash, Page, Young) from his youth. In Matthias Lüönd and Jason-Steve Mageney, the right comrades-in-arms were quickly found for an ambitious project, which also has the goal of sooner or later hitting the stages. Since it was not possible to find a suitable singer in the immediate vicinity, the idea of implementing the whole thing with the help of various guest singers matured. In the end, Gianni Pontillo (Victory), Stu Block (ex-Iced Earth), Herbie Langhans (Firewind, Avantasia), Mark Fox (Shakra) and Alex Kühner (High Tide), a whole host of singing heroes, got enthusiastic about the project, the idea and, last but not least, the songs and contributed their part to this album. The result is a gripping, incredibly mature hard rock album. Down-to-earth, solid and yet with that certain something that makes Serpents In Paradise stand out from the crowd. TRACKLIST 1. Love Bites 2. Tomorrow Never Comes 3. Where's The Rock 'n' Roll Gone? 4. Moonshine Blues 5. Black Hole 6. Sun May Shine 7. Mojo Man 8. Overrated 9. Get Lost Again 10. Ghost Lights 11. Smoke & Mirrors running time: 46:47 min LINE-UP Tobias Eurich – Guitars Matthias Lüönd – Bass Jason-Steve Mageney – Drums GUESTS VOCALIST Gianni Pontillo (Track 1 & 7) Stu Block (Track 2 & 6) Herbie Langhans (Track 3 & 8) Mark Fox ( Tracks 4 & 10) Alex Kühner (Track 5 & 9 & 11) FOR FANS OF Guns’n Roses, Bon Jovi, Skid Row