Aoria - The Black Heart

First December, that means it's time to open the doors in this year's Advent Calendar, the Christmas (Advent) Calendar can be seen on TV, and a new bunch of reviews that have been published on WeRock.se.

My contribution to WeRock this month, is the band Aoria, Read my review on WeRock! Other bands that have come under the microscope are Dark Confessions "Insanity", review written by BiblioteKarin, Propagandhi "Failed States", review written by Fredrik, Tiamat "The Scarred People", review written by Robert who also puts teeth in Soundgarden "King Animal" and Vivid Remorse "Down To The Wire", Jarno as the new writer gives his thoughts on http://www.werock.se/Recension/visarec.php?id=860.. Furthermore, you can read about Aeon "Aeons Black", Cryptopsy "The Best Of Us Bleed", Nomentory "Where Death Is Most Alive"

In July 2011, after four years of silence, Erik Nilsson (A Swarm of the Sun, Kausal), Robin Bergh (October Tide) and Niklas Sandin (Katatonia) began recording Aoria's debut album The Constant.

During the silent years the band earned a dedicated following through music communities and media. After four years of individual progress with other musical projects, the band has reformed and picked up where it left off - with a vision to create an emotionally earthshaking album of melancholic and powerful soundscapes.

The album is recorded at Garaget Studio and produced by band member Erik Nilsson. It is mixed at Studio Riddarborgen by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, Khoma) who, with his uncompromising sound, has intensified what has become The Constant.

Todays tune "The Black Heart" is the first single of the new album "The Constant"


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Witchcraft - Ghosts House

New week, new challenges, new Record of the week. After a five year break, Sweden’s own Witchcraft are releasing Legend, their fourth studio album and first for Nuclear Blast. It's certainly a welcome return of a band that has been away for far too long.

They are known by many to be the band that brought back the production style and sound that made American bands like Blue Cheer so unique in the late ‘60s and helped to spearhead the now very bright Swedish rock scene. At the very moment when this comes out, the rows of review was written about the album, it will be released in the middle of the month at WeRock, check it out next week.

On todays tune “Ghosts House” The vocals of Pelander are run through a psychedelic filter to add more to this band that clearly cannot have more than enough things going on at one time. Seeing as Pelander has completely given up his duties as an guitar player, this must have given him more than enough time to sharpen his skills.

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Nuclear Blast USA
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Amazon 
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Ne Obliviscaris- Forget Not

Today we take a giant leap and land on other side of the sphere, namely Melbourne, Australia. There we find a band "Ne Obliviscaris" (pronounced; Nay Ob-li-vis-kar-is), they formed already in 2003, hit the live scene February, 2006 to widespread critical acclaim with many hailing their unique sound, intense live shows and extremely talented line-up.

A 6 piece metal band consisting of violin, 2 guitars, bass, drums, clean and extreme vocals; Ne Obliviscaris include a vast array of influences within their sound from progressive to black, thrash, death and melodic metal, and even western art music, jazz and flamenco. Creating music of many extremes, and with compositions often exceeding ten minutes in length, Ne Obliviscaris is at times very technical and complex and at others simple and subtle, creating an extremely original brand of metal that defies normal categorisation.

A review on WeRock can be found here, is written by Martin Bensch! And I can only agree with what he writes. This is a really damn good album and will probably stay for a list positioning when this year's records will be crowned.

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Today tune "Forget Not", is taken from their new album "Portal Of I", order it here!



Here is a pretty new clip with Ne Obliviscaris from Melbourne performing their song, Forget Not live at The Wall in Sydney on 16th June, 2012.



The band consists of:

Xenoyr - Lead Vocals & Lyrics
Tim Charles - Violin & Clean Vocals
Matt Klavins - Guitar
Brendan 'Cygnus' Brown - Bass
Benjamin Baret- Lead guitar
Nelson Barnes - Drums


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Official Ne Obliviscaris Facebook
WeRock on the Web

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The Night Flight Orchestra - Transatlantic Blues

 

New week and new month which means new reviews on WeRock. Among the texts that I read, I found much of interest, but one was sticking out, Martin Bensch lines about "Björn Strids" new project.

"The Night Flight Orchestra" started like so many others as an innocent yet serious drunken idea when Björn Strid (Soilwork) and David Andersson (Mean Streak, session Soilwork) were on the road together somewhere in North America in 2007.

Björn and David were bonding over what they considered "classic" or not, from rock n roll conspiracies to being arrested in a lobby with nothing but leather pants on. All those scenarios, fictional or real, needed a soundtrack. They also came to think that whether you're on a metal tour or not, a lot of classic rock songs say it all and can really lend you a helping hand and make you forget about everything, especially when in motion or travelling. The classic escape. The never-ending road trip. The transatlantic night flight. It may sound simple and naive but what it all comes down to is that we all need that soundtrack to feel extra special, whether you have been arrested in a lobby or not.

It didn't take long before bass player Sharlee D' Angelo (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars) joined forces as well as keyboard player Richard Larsson (Von Benzo) and drummer Jonas Källsbäck (Mean Streak). The goal was to reclaim the 70's/early 80's sense for classic melody, the forgotten recipe to a timeless song, preferably a song mentioning a city, street name or an exhilarating alcoholic beverage. Anything that will have you spitting out the word 'classic'. From "Tarot Woman" to "Badlands", from "Rhiannon" to "Running on Empty", from "Blind Man" to "Night Moves", from "Deuce" to "Separate Ways", from "Elected" to "Set me Free". The list goes on. It's all about reclaiming the "classic".

Björn has a great voice, and here he really blossom, no growl, just a voice that is incredibly powerful. The band creates a great back to basics rock that take the curves very nice with a heavy swing. I like this and hope that this comes on Vinyl soon.

Todays tune "Transatlantic Blues" is taken from the debut album "Internal Affairs"



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Official The Night Flight Orchestra MySpace
WeRock on the Web

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Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

Today the sun is warming as never before and this requires of course a refreshing drink and a little departing from all the music reporting that we have been through, oh yes, I have some gems up in my sleeve, but will return to it later.

There are some updates on WeRock that you can read, I have put my teeth into Danko Jones documentary "Bring on the Mountain" on DVD, while Robert Gustavsson checks Tony Iommis biography "Iron Man - My Journey through Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath." In addition, you can read BiblioteKarins report from the Metaltowns two hardrocking days.

Music for a sunny day like this, Thrash Metal, perhaps?

Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal bands. All three of these bands are often credited with helping pioneer death metal, by containing several elements of what was to become the genre. Kreator's work began in the vein of pure thrash metal but ventured into industrial and gothic from 1992 to 1999, before eventually returning to their classic thrash sound to date.

To date, Kreator has released thirteen studio albums, two EPs, one live album and three compilation albums. The band released its debut album Endless Pain in 1985. Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill (1986), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at #16 on the Media Control Charts, the band's highest ever chart position in Germany.

Todays tune is the title track from the 13th studio album "Phantom Antichrist". The album was released through Nuclear Blast in June 2012. The digipak edition includes a bonus DVD containing documentary about the making of the album and a live set compiled from Kreator's performances at the Wacken Open Air festivals in 2008 and 2011.

A very limited edition version of the album is available through the Nuclear Blast online store, which comes in a metal box containing the CD+DVD version of the album, an exclusive live album called Harvesting The Grapes of Horror which contains the audio from the live portion of the DVD, a red t-shirt bearing the band's logo and the album title, a photocard signed by Mille Petrozza, an A1 poster of the album artwork, and a numbered certificate of authenticity.

Vinyl Version

The album's title track was released as a limited edition 7" vinyl single, which sold out very quickly. It has since been released digitally. The b-side is an exclusive cover of "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden.



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Pleymo - Adrenaline

 

Has been a bit absent from the blog, as you probably have noticed. The blog has been guided by Thetania recently, think she has done really well ... really a mixed bag. There has been much that has happened, a really action-packed month, not quite as I had imagined but it is as it is!

There are still many things to be done before the end of the month, two reviews in the pipeline for WeRock that I have not even had time to begin with, how the hell should I get time to do everything? Anyway, today I slipped into some French music and a band that swings pretty good, I'm talking about a fairly unknown band on Swedish soil.

Pleymo is a French nu metal and rapcore band. The band's name apparently originates from the lead singer once having a haircut as a child that was similar to that of Playmobil figures. Their influences range from Rage Against The Machine to bands like Korn and Primus. Epic (a branch of Sony) offered the band a record deal in 2000. In 2002 they released "Episode II: Medecine Cake", produced by Fabrice Leyni. Sales of Pleymo's second album topped the 50,000 mark, establishing the band as a major new French band. In August 2002, Pleymo went on to perform at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo and also in Osaka, sharing the stage with major international stars such as The Offspring and No Doubt. In 2007, they announced that they're going on hiatus and they still are off the radar. Mark confirmed that in a concert. Mark is going to Los Angeles, where he's going to film a movie. Franck will go to the EUA to promote his brand Kill. Benoît is going to play in a new group called Empyr, that have members from Watcha, Vegastar and the ancient singer of Kyo. Fred also is going to play in a new group called Hewitt. Davy will continue in the group Enhancer and Lula Fortune And Eric hasn't announced any project.

Todays tune "Adrenaline" is taken from the album Alphabet Prison, that was released is a 2006.

Members Mark Maggiori (Kemar): Vocals, Blue. Erik Devilloutreys (Riko): Guitar, Green. Davy Portela (Vost): Guitar, Yellow. Benoit Juillard (B1): Bass, Red. Fred Ceraudo (Burns): Drums, White. Frank Bailleul (Kefran): DJ, Black. More info @

Official Pleymo Web

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Orange Goblin - Red Tide Rising

 

Orange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.

Orange Goblin (a band name that is kinda funny, at least it put a smile in your face when you read it), a band that is well reckoned when it comes to high-octane stoner metal. A new album that makes you dance infront of your stereo. In my point of view its a great album, it's a well-composed record that includes nice lyrics, melodies and all the heavy (a bit doomed) riffs, with enough variation to keep a broad audience satisfied. This record has also been reviewed at WeRock by Chief Rebel, check it out here! And yes, this one is released on Vinyl and yes Orange Goblin will be returning to Sweden for the first time in 10 years to play at this year's Sweden Rock Festival.

Todays tune "Red Tide Rising" is the first single from the 7th and the latest studio album "A Eulogy for the Damned", released on 13th of february.



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Enter the Hunt - Fighters

 

Katatonia is celebrating an 20th year anniversary, this evening they will play at the Göta Källare here in Stockholm, tonights show is going to be a little extravagant in the celebrations as Katatonia have the pleasure to feature exclusive appearances by all their ex-bandmembers and a couple of guests at this show only.

Katatonia will again perform two sets at each show; the first set will they play the front to back of ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ – the album that put Katatonia firmly on the musical map and coincidentally also celebrates 10 years since its release. The second set will consist of a mixed set of carefully picked songs from their extensive catalogue. In its entirety this evening with Katatonia will be well over two and a half hours of live music.

Among the special guests: Long time former band mates and brothers Fredrik and Mattias Norrman will take on their old bass and guitar duties on selected songs. Also confirmed is the one and only Mr Guillaume Le Huche (a.k.a. Israphel Wing), known for being the band’s bass guitarist on their very first studio album ‘Dance of December Souls’ back in 1993. And the last special guest to be announced is Krister Linder who’s flying over from New York City and taking on vocals duties next to Jonas Renkse to depart the night’s performance.

Enter The Hunt makes a special gig as support act for Katatonia so I thought that we offer a track by them.

Enter The Hunt (ETH) is a Swedish metal band from Stockholm, which was formed in 2002 by Bjorn Flodkvist, Stefan Kälfors and Mats Ståhl. The debut album "For Life. 'Til Death. To Hell. With Love" released by Sony BMG in August 2006. The band's second full length album planned "Empires Fall" has had its release postponed. A first single, "Fighters", released in May 2009. This single is today's Tune Of The Day.



Blog and WeRock colleague Kim Kahn writes about this in her blog and she also got the chance to do an interview with the band that you can read about here! Additionally, there is a contest on WeRock, where the price is a delicious ETH t-shirt, check it out here!

More info @

Official Enter the Hunt Web
Official Enter the Hunt MySpace
Official Katatonia Web
Official WeRock Web

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In Flames - Delight And Angers

 

In Flames who is out on tour made ​​a stop at Hovet, here in Stockholm. With a nice package of rock bands as Trivium, Ghost, Rise To Remain and Insense. I was obvious that i had to witness this. However, I missed the first 3 bands, including Ghost that I encountered in the corridor on the way down. Dastardly, that was actually the band that I wanted to see, but the times I got was wrong. Well you can not get everything.

Once I got there it was time for Trivium to play, it was ok but a bit boring, a band that not quite get me to be interested. But when it was time for the main act to get on, it became much better, In Flames, which always delivers quality music live and did so this time too, I'm not going on for very long, this time without reference to a excellent report that WeRock colleague "Fredrik Sandberg" has written, read it here!, also take time to read the well-written lines of another colleague "Tomasz Swiesciak" who wrote for the magazine Gaffa, read it here!

Some pictures

Trivium

Piff & Puff

Todays tune "Delight And Angers" is taken from the bands ninth studio album "A Sense of Purpose"
Enjoy.



Read previous posts by In Flames here on Tune Of The Day.

In Flames - Where Dead Ships Dwell
In Flames - Deliver Us
In Flames - Alias
In Flames - Alias (live) feat Timo Raisanen
In Flames - Mirrors Truth
In Flames - Mirrors Truth - Okt
In Flames - Artifacts Of Black Rain
In Flames - Take This Life
In Flames - Only For Weak
In Flames - Sonisphere

Setlist from Hovet:

01 Sounds of a Playground Fading
02 Deliver Us
03 All for Me
04 Trigger
05 Alias
06 Colony
07 Swim
08 The Hive
09 The Quiet Place
10 Where the Dead Ships Dwell
11 Fear Is the Weakness
12 Come Clarity
13 Ropes
14 Darker Times
15 Liberation
16 Only for the Weak
17 Delight and Angers
18 Cloud Connected
19 The Mirror's Truth
20 Take This Life

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