星期一, 1月 17, 2011

Stratovarius - Elysium



1. "Darkest Hours" Timo Kotipelto, Matias Kupiainen Kupiainen 4:11
2. "Under Flaming Skies" Kotipelto Kotipelto, Kupiainen 3:52
3. "Infernal Maze" Kotipelto Kupiainen 5:33
4. "Fairness Justified" Kotipelto Kupiainen 4:21
5. "The Game Never Ends" Jens Johansson Johansson 3:54
6. "Lifetime in a Moment" Lauri Porra Porra 6:39
7. "Move the Mountain" Johansson Johansson 5:34
8. "Event Horizon" Kotipelto Kupiainen 4:24
9. "Elysium" Kupiainen, Kotipelto Kupiainen 18:07

Deluxe digipak bonus track

10. "Castaway" Porra Porra 4:40

Personnel

Timo Kotipelto – vocals
Matias Kupiainen – electric guitar, production
Jens Johansson – keyboard
Jörg Michael – drums
Lauri Porra – bass

星期日, 1月 02, 2011

Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age



Tracklist

Disc one

1. "Down the Rabbit Hole" 1:20
2. "Digital Rain" 6:23
3. "Earth That Was" 6:08
4. "Victim of the Modern Age" 6:27
5. "Human See, Human Do" 5:14
6. "24 Hours" 7:20
7. "Cassandra Complex" 5:24
8. "It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive" 5:07
9. "It All Ends Here
a) I Think Therefore I Am
b) Four Years
c) It All Ends Here" 9:46
Total length:53:09

Disc two

1. "As the Crow Dies" 4:42
2. "Two Plus Two Equals Five" 5:04
3. "Lastday" 4:46
4. "Closer to the Stars" 5:11
5. "Knife Edge" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer cover) 4:25
6. "The Making of Victims of the Modern Age" (Video) 35:00
Total length:54.03

Album Themes

The themes of the album's songs are based on the following films or television shows:
Down the Rabbit Hole - Introductory Song/The Matrix (In allusion to Alice in Wonderland)
Digital Rain - The Matrix
Earth That Was - Firefly / Serenity
Victim of the Modern Age - A Clockwork Orange
Human See, Human Do - Planet of the Apes
24 Hours - Escape from New York
Cassandra Complex - 12 Monkeys
It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive - Children of Men
It All Ends Here - Blade Runner
As the Crow Dies - The Road
Two Plus Two Equals Five - Nineteen Eighty-Four
Lastday - Logan's Run
Closer to the Stars - Gattaca

Personnel

Instrumentalists[12]
Arjen Anthony Lucassen – guitars, hammond, mellotron, analog synths, solina strings, vocals on "Lastday"
Ed Warby – drums
Peter Vink – bass guitar
Joost van den Broek – keyboard solos on 2, 3, 5, 8
Gary Wehrkamp – guitar solos on 2, 3, 5, 7
Vocals
Sir Russell Allen
Damian Wilson
Dan Swanö
Floor Jansen
Guest Vocalists
Tony Martin – on "Closer to the Stars"
Mike Andersson – on "As the Crow Dies"
Rodney Blaze – on "Two Plus Two Equals Five"
Management
Lori Linstruth

Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Night Castle


Disc one

1. "Night Enchanted" 5:46
2. "Childhood Dreams" 4:25
3. "Sparks" 6:01
4. "The Mountain" (Instrumental) 4:54
5. "Night Castle" 3:57
6. "The Safest Way into Tomorrow" 4:57
7. "Mozart and Memories" (Instrumental) 5:16
8. "Another Way You Can Die" 3:54
9. "Toccata-Carpimus Noctem" (Instrumental) 4:02
10. "The Lion's Roar" (Instrumental) 4:36
11. "Dreams We Conceive" 5:13
12. "Mother and Son" 0:41
13. "There Was a Life" 9:35
Total length:63:10

Disc two

1. "Moonlight And Madness" (Instrumental) 5:04
2. "Time Floats On" 3:37
3. "Epiphany" 10:56
4. "Bach Lullaby" (Instrumental) 0:49
5. "Father, Son & Holy Ghost" 6:48
6. "Remnants of a Lullaby" 3:10
7. "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow (Reprise)" 1:43
8. "Embers" (Instrumental) 3:53
9. "Child of the Night" 3:29
10. "Believe" 6:12
11. "Nutrocker" (Instrumental) 4:07
12. "Carmina Burana" 2:44
13. "Tracers" (Instrumental) 5:47
Total length:58:19

Personnel

Paul O'Neill - Producer
Robert Kinkel - Producer
Dave Wittman - Recording & Mix Engineer

Performers

Vocals
Solo:
Jay Pierce - "Childhood Dreams", "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow"
Tim Hockenberry - "Sparks", "Believe"
Jeff Scott Soto - "Night Castle", "Another Way You Can Die", "Dreams We Conceive", "Time Floats On", "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow (Reprise)"
Rob Evan - "There Was a Life", "Epiphany"
Jennifer Cella - "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost", "Remnants of a Lullaby"
Alexa Goddard - "Child of the Night"
Valentina Porter - "Child of the Night"

Backup:
Steve Broderick
Luci Butler
Jennifer Cella
Britney Christian
Rob Evan
Dina Fanai
Tommy Farese
Allison Flom
Tony Gaynor
Christie George
Alexa Goddard
Kristin Lewis Gorman
Erin Henry
Steena Hernandez
Kelly Keeling
Robert Kinkel
Danielle Landherr
James Lewis
Tany Ling
Sanya Mateyas
Ireland Wilde O'Neill
Valentina Porter
Andrew Ross
Bart Shatto
Evan Shyer
Abby Skoff
Zachary Stevens
Adrienne Warren
Scout Xavier

Guide:
Bryan Hicks - "Epiphany"
Dina Fanai - "Night Enchanted"
Robert Kinkel - "Night Enchanted"

Gospel Choir:
Keith Jacobs
Lucille Jacobs
Nathaniel Jacobs
Shelia Upshaw

Child Choir:
The American Boychoir, directed by Fernando Malvar-Ruiz

Vietnamese Dialogue:
Truc Xuan Le
Khanh Ong
Nhattien Nguyen
Nga Nguyen

Instruments

Band:
Paul O'Neill - Guitars
Robert Kinkel - Keyboards
Jon Oliva - Keyboards
Al Pitrelli - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Chris Altenhoff - Bass
Luci Butler - Keyboards
Chris Caffery - Guitars
Shih-Yi Chiang - Keyboards
Roddy Chong - Violin
Angus Clark - Guitars
Jane Mangini - Keyboards
Johnny Lee Middleton - Bass
John O. Reilly - Drums
Anna Phoebe - Violin
Jeff Plate - Drums
Alex Skolnick - Guitars
Derek Wieland - Keyboards
Dave Wittman - Drum, Guitar, & Bass Inserts

Strings:
Roddy Chong
Caitlin Moe
Anna Phoebe
Allison Zlotow
Lowell Adams
Karen Dumke
Lei Liu
Chizuko Matsusaka
Sarah Shellman

Additional Instruments:
Jeff Allegue - Bass
Jay Coble - Trumpet
Alicia Crawford - Bass
Jason Gianni - Drums
Peter Evans - Trumpet
Max Johnson - Bass
Greg Lake - Bass on "Nutrocker"
Trey Tosh - Guitars

星期五, 12月 31, 2010

Allen-Lande - The Showdown


Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Magnus Karlsson

"The Showdown"
"Judgement Day"
"Never Again"
"Turn All Into Gold"
"Bloodlines"
"Copernicus"
"We Will Rise Again"
"The Guardian"
"Maya"
"The Artist"
"Eternity"
"Alias" (Bonus track)
[edit]Personnel

Jørn Lande - vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10-12
Russell Allen - vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Magnus Karlsson - guitars, bass, keyboards
Jaime Salazar - drums

星期二, 12月 28, 2010

Sabaton - Coat Of Arms


Track listing

"Coat of Arms" - About the Greco-Italian War during WWII and the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.(3:35)
"Midway" - About the Battle of Midway. (2:29)
"Uprising" - About the Warsaw Uprising. (4:56)
"Screaming Eagles" - About the 101st Airborne Division and the Siege of Bastogne. (4:08)
"The Final Solution" - About the Holocaust. (4:57)
"Aces in Exile" - About foreign pilots during the Battle of Britain. (4:23)
"Saboteurs" - About the Norwegian heavy water sabotage at Vemork. (3:16)
"Wehrmacht" - About the Nazi war machine and the effects of the Third Reich on an ordinary German soldier. (4:14)
"White Death" - About Simo Häyhä, an extremely gifted Finnish sniper during the Winter War. (4:10)
"Metal Ripper" - A tribute to heavy metal as in the songs "Metal Machine" and "Metal Crüe" from previous albums, this time using lyrics from heavy metal songs. It includes lyrical tributes to bands such as: AC/DC, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Twisted sister Ozzy, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, HammerFall, Yngwie Malmsteen, Accept, Deep Purple, Queensrÿche, Dimmu Borgir and Queen. (3:51)

Joakim Brodén - vocals
Rickard Sundén - guitars
Oskar Montelius - guitars
Pär Sundström - bass
Daniel Mullback - drums
Daniel Mÿhr - keyboards

星期三, 12月 22, 2010

星期五, 12月 17, 2010

Shaolin Death Squad - Five Deadly Venoms





Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Romanza (1:11)
2. Centipede (4:10)
3. Snake (6:10)
4. Scorpion (5:07)
5. Lizard (5:16)
6. Toad (4:38)
7. Mischief and Epiphany (3:51)
8. Let Us Welcome the Actors (4:59)
9. Last Stand (3:08)
10. Farewell (3:47)
11. Peace Be Upon You (2:20)

Total Time 44:37

Mixing and mastering by Eric Delegard.
Do For It Records

Tracks 2-6 are inspired by the martial arts film "Five Deadly Venoms" directed by Chang Cheh.

星期一, 11月 22, 2010

小田和正 - グッバイ



グッバイ [4:46]
作詞・作曲・編曲:小田和正
グッバイ(カラオケヴァージョン)
作曲・編曲:小田和正

星期二, 11月 16, 2010

Gamma Ray - Anywhere In The Galaxy



Tracklist:
1.One Life (Bonus Track From "To the Metal!")
2.Wannabees (Bonus Track From "To the Metal!")
3.Hellfire (Bonus Track From "Majestic")
4.Trouble (Bonus Track From "No World Order")
5.Angel Of Death (Thin Lizzy cover) - (From Single "Heaven or Hell")
6.Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Rainbow cover) (Bonus Track From Power Plant")
7.Miracle (Bonus Track From "Somewhere Out in Space")
8.Victim of Changes (Judas Priest cover) - (Bonus Track From "Somewhere Out in Space")
9.Heavy Metal Mania (Holocaust cover) - (Bonus Track From "Land of the Free")
10. As Time Goes By (pre-production version) - (Bonus Track From "Land of the Free")
11.The Silence´95 (Bonus Track From "Land of the Free")
12.Heroes (Bonus Track From "Insanity and Genius")
13.Gamma Ray (long version) (Bonus Track From "Insanity and Genius")
14.Exciter (Judas Priest cover) - (Bonus Track From "Insanity and Genius")
15.Save Us (live) - (Bonus Track From "Insanity and Genius")
16.Who Do You Think You Are? (Bonus Track From "Sigh No More")
17.Mr. Outlaw (Bonus Track From "Heading for Tomorrow")
18.Lonesome Stranger (Bonus Track From "Heading for Tomorrow")
19.Sail On (Bonus Track From "Heading for Tomorrow")
20.I Want Out (Helloween Cover)


星期四, 11月 04, 2010

Accept - Blood of the Nations



Track listing

"Beat the Bastards" - 5:24
"Teutonic Terror" - 5:13
"The Abyss" - 6:53
"Blood of the Nations" - 5:37
"Shades of Death" - 7:32
"Locked and Loaded" - 4:28
"Time Machine" (Digipak bonus track) - 5:25
"Kill the Pain" - 5:47
"Rollin Thunder" - 4:54
"Pandemic" - 5:36
"New World Comin" - 4:50
"No Shelter" - 6:04
"Bucket Full of Hate" - 5:12
"Land of the Free" (Japan SHM-CD bonus track)

Mark Tornillo - Lead vocals
Wolf Hoffmann - Guitar
Herman Frank - Guitar
Peter Baltes - Bass
Stefan Schwarzmann - Drums

星期二, 11月 02, 2010

Virgin Steele -The Black Light Bacchanalia




Track listing

"By the Hammer of Zeus (And the Wrecking Ball of Thor)"
"Pagan Heart"
"The Bread of Wickedness"
"In a Dream of Fire"
"Nepenthe (I Live Tomorrow)"
"The Orpheus Taboo"
"To Crown Them with Halos (Parts 1 & 2)"
"The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is to Come)"
"The Tortures of the Damned"
"Necropolis (He Answers Them with Death)"
"Eternal Regret"
Digipack CD bonus track:
"When I'm Silent (The Wind of Voices)"
"Silent Sorrow"
"From a Whisper to a Scream (The Spoken Biography)"

David "The Lion/Young Zeus" Defeis - Vocals, Keyboards, Orchestration
Edward "Van Dorian" Pursino - Guitar
Joshua "The Sorceror" Block - Bass
Frank "The Animal/The Baron/The Kraken" Gilchriest - Drums

Transatlantic - Whirld Tour 2010 - Live From Shepherd's Bush Empire, London



Track listing

All songs by Neal Morse/Roine Stolt/Mike Portnoy/Pete Trewavas unless otherwise noted.

Disc One
No. Title Length
1. "The Whirlwind"
I. "Overture / Whirlwind"
II. "The Wind Blew Them All Away"
III. "On The Prowl"
IV. "A Man Can Feel"
V. "Out Of The Night"
VI. "Rose Colored Glasses"
VII. "Evermore"
VIII. "Set Us Free"
IX. "Lay Down Your Life"
X. "Pieces Of Heaven"
XI. "Is It Really Happening?"
XII. "Dancing With Eternal Glory / Whirlwind (Reprise)"
79:52
Total length:
79:52

Disc Two
No. Title Length
1. "All Of The Above"
I. "Full Moon Rising"
II. "October Winds"
III. "Camouflaged In Blue"
IV. "Half Alive"
V. "Undying Love"
VI. "Full Moon Rising (Reprise)"
30:19
2. "We All Need Some Light" (Morse) 8:40
3. "Duel With The Devil"
I. "Motherless Children"
II. "Walk Away"
III. "Silence Of The Night"
IV. "You're Not Alone"
V. "Almost Home"
28:31
Total length:
67:30

Disc Three
No. Title Length
1. "Bridge Across Forever" (Morse/Prince) 6:03
2. "Stranger In Your Soul"
I. "Sleeping Wide Awake"
II. "Hanging In The Balance"
III. "Lost And Found Pt. 2"
IV. "Awakening The Stranger"
V. "Slide"
VI. "Stranger In Your Soul"
30:00
Total length:
36:03

Neal Morse – Lead vocals, keyboards, guitar
Roine Stolt – Guitar, backing vocals
Pete Trewavas – Bass guitar, backing vocals
Mike Portnoy – drums, backing vocals
Daniel Gildenlöw – additional keyboards, additional guitar, additional percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals