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The seventeenth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Symphonic Metal band.
With defiant determination rarely found in a metal band, Therion have always and exclusively done what they deemed right. Never did they stick to a successful formula, never did they give in to fickle friends like expectation, commercial aspects or trends. Now, more than three decades into their storied career, they actually do something every fan had hoped for but never actually thought possible. “We wanted to give fans what they want this time,” is how musical mastermind Christofer Johnsson describes the second part in a trilogy.
According to Christofer Johnsson, this second part of the trilogy attempts aimed towards a "more moody and melancholic" sound, that rekindles the "mystic, melancholic aura" of their groundbreaking work "Vovin".
“Leviathan II” is a mystic, melancholic, epic, heavy, orchestral, catchy and atmospheric sonic feast, distilling the essence of Therion in magnificent songs!
Strictly limited to 500 copies, Orange with Black/White Splatter Vinyl in Gatefold Cover.
(6124 | NB 6124-1). Made in Germany. Pressed in France. First press.


Tracklist:

Side I
1. Aeon Of Maat 2:37
2. Litany Of The Fallen 4:11
3. Alchemy Of The Soul 4:11
4. Lunar Coloured Fields 5:40
5. Lucifuge Rofocale 4:43
6. Marijin Min Nar 5:46

Side II
7. Hades And Elysium 4:23
8. Midnight Star 4:43
9. Cavern Cold As Ice 3:26
10. Codex Gigas 4:07
11. Pazuzu 4:28

Total playing time: 48:15 min.

The fifth full-length album by legendary Swedish Symphonic/Operatic Metal band.
Therion’s "Theli" may be the most essential Symphonic Metal album ever released. It’s the kind of work that is necessary to listen to at least once in a lifetime of fandom. It’s an album worth exploring thoroughly for Therion fans. What makes Theli stand out among other ambitious releases is the consequent will to fuse Operatic and Symphonic elements with Doom, Gothic, and even Power Metal in equal parts to invent something extremely courageous and completely unrivaled in originality. It’s something new from an intellectual point of view, but also from an Atmospheric and Technical approach. This album features sophisticated tracks including dark and raw vocals, full choirs, gripping riffing, vivid rhythm work, and the crowning keyboard orchestrations. Classical music and Heavy Metal have rarely come into such close contact as on this release. At a time when the Metal scene seemed to be waning in power, bands like Amorphis, Moonspell, and Therion kept an entire scene alive with their determined approach to inventing and reinventing themselves with each new release.
Most of old fans first listened to Therion’s "In Mega Therion" when it was included on a double DVD collection as part of Nuclear Blast’s “Monsters Of Metal” series. There are a very few precious moments in your life when you listen to a song and realize that it will change your perception of music. Listening to this song was one of those moments. The beauty and the beast mixture of heavy riffs and powerful raw male vocals with male and female choirs was special enough. When the incredible solo with dueling guitar and keyboard came up, followed by a section of sacred-sounding choirs, you got heavy goosebumps and a racing heartbeat. The conclusion kicked in, with enchanting piano and trumpet, and you had tears in your eyes. Choirs, pianos, violins, and even trumpets in a Metal song? This was something completely new to all Metalheads, and it shook up their world. Thanks to Therion, much of Metalheads started to listen to and to appreciate Classical Music at that young age. These long-haired Death Metal musicians had just reinvented a whole genre with a song!!
It’s hard to believe it, but the most amazing thing about "Theli" is that the rest of the album is just as amazing as the opening “Preludium” and “To Mega Therion”. The relaxing bass and the mysterious keyboard tones of “Cults Of The Shadow“ immediately will grab your intention, and the song becomes a catchy, yet diversified Symphonic Metal anthem with two different gloomy male vocalists in addition to the grandiose choirs. This song is very easy to approach and catchy from the beginning onward. The following “In The Desert Of Set” comes around with an obvious Egyptian feel. From the intro on, guitars take control and lead into passages where gracious female and male choirs interchange with both clean and harsh male vocals. The song surprises with its impressive structure that includes a short bass guitar interlude, recurring Folk elements, majestic grand piano, and faster orchestral parts. Therion put more ideas into this single impressive song than most others put into entire albums or discographies. “Nightside Of Eden” continues to convince with more Progressive, almost Space Rock-infused sounds a passionate ending with guitar solos of the highest quality. “Invocation Of Naamah” is the only faster track on the record that goes musically back to the band’s early days. The fast Melodic Death Metal verses meet the band’s typical Orchestral elements and operatic vocals for most of the rest of the song, and the final result sounds refreshingly balanced. “The Siren Of The Woods“ is by far the longest track on the record, and it’s a very appeasing and elegiac song that delivers more mysterious keyboard sounds, sacral chants, and an Epic atmosphere. It is mostly instrumental, and features almost no Metal instrumentation whatsoever. The soothing female vocals will make you think of new age music, but they also have a tender Asian Folk-like touch to them. The calm male singing that complements the female performer could have come straight from an Italian opera. Among many very impressive songs, this one is definitely Therion’s most courageous and radical, as it nearly breaks with any expectations held by critics and fans, as well as Therion’s own Doom and Death Metal ridden past. It’s very symbolic to choose exactly this title as a single. It shows the world that with Therion, you can only expect the unexpected. Despite its length, this floating lullaby definitely has its very own charm. It’s a perfect track to peacefully fall asleep to.
This was the last album on which Christofer Johnsson sang, and the final album to include any Death Metal growls until their brief appearance on 2004's "Lemuria".
There is no questioning that "Theli" is a revolutionary record!
Have fun with this mind blowing masterpiece!!
Nuclear Blast GmbH, 1996 (NB 179-2). Made in UK. Re-press.


Tracklist:
1. Preludium 1:43 
2. To Mega Therion 6:35 
3. Cults Of The Shadows 5:14 
4. In The Desert Of Set 5:29 
5. Interludium 1:48 
6. Nightside Of Eden 7:32 
7. Opus Eclipse 3:41 
8. Invocation Of Naamah 5:32 
9. The Siren Of The Woods 9:55 
10. Grand Finale / Postludium 4:05
Total playing time: 51:34 min.

The first re-release of the debut EP by legendary Swedish Death Metal band.
With their debut album, "Of Darkness…" (1991), Therion delivered a true milestone in Swedish Death Metal. Before that, they released the "Time Shall Tell" demo in 1989 and got a re-release as a 12" EP by House Of Kicks a year after. Now, 32 years later, Hammerheart Records gets it a much-deserved reissue.
Much deserved, as this has been hailed as being one of the pinnacles of the infamous early Swedish Death Metal scene. And not unjustified at all. These four tracks all have memorable hooks, catchy song structures and unparalleled dynamics. Maybe most ear-catching though are the strong vocals. Rather straightforward yet performed with such a fanatical power that they became half of the trademark of the early Therion-sound. The other half is the sound. Though being one of the earliest recordings by any band in that early Swedish scene and being recorded at the Sunlight Studios by Thomas Skogsberg, it does not have that typical Swedish buzz saw guitar sound yet. Nor has it that same Punk-based Nihilist sound that was basically the blueprint for many other bands that followed, instead Therion had more in common with early American Death Metal bands, which gave them a distinctive identity amongst their peers. Yet, they were still able to blend this all into something that sounds very Swedish nonetheless. All this together, combined with the rather dark production, makes this an EP of iconic stature, not equalled by many.
A much-deserved reissue, not only because the original 12" EP is rather hard to get. But also, to help us remind that before Therion grew into the hugely commercial giant they are today, they were a great and promising Death Metal band that helped kickstart a scene that is still so very vital even today!
Released under license and in co-operation with Therion, black vinyl in glossy cover with silver foil stamping.
Hammerheart Records, 1990/2022 (HHR 2022-13). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Czech.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Time Shall Tell 5:07
2. Dark Eternity 4:45

Side Two
3. Asphyxiate With Fear 4:41
4. A Suburb To Hell 5:19

Total playing time: 19:52 min.

 

The first re-release of the debut EP by legendary Swedish Death Metal band.
With their debut album, "Of Darkness…" (1991), Therion delivered a true milestone in Swedish Death Metal. Before that, they released the "Time Shall Tell" demo in 1989 and got a re-release as a 12" EP by House Of Kicks a year after. Now, 32 years later, Hammerheart Records gets it a much-deserved reissue.
Much deserved, as this has been hailed as being one of the pinnacles of the infamous early Swedish Death Metal scene. And not unjustified at all. These four tracks all have memorable hooks, catchy song structures and unparalleled dynamics. Maybe most ear-catching though are the strong vocals. Rather straightforward yet performed with such a fanatical power that they became half of the trademark of the early Therion-sound. The other half is the sound. Though being one of the earliest recordings by any band in that early Swedish scene and being recorded at the Sunlight Studios by Thomas Skogsberg, it does not have that typical Swedish buzz saw guitar sound yet. Nor has it that same Punk-based Nihilist sound that was basically the blueprint for many other bands that followed, instead Therion had more in common with early American Death Metal bands, which gave them a distinctive identity amongst their peers. Yet, they were still able to blend this all into something that sounds very Swedish nonetheless. All this together, combined with the rather dark production, makes this an EP of iconic stature, not equalled by many.
A much-deserved reissue, not only because the original 12" EP is rather hard to get. But also, to help us remind that before Therion grew into the hugely commercial giant they are today, they were a great and promising Death Metal band that helped kickstart a scene that is still so very vital even today!
Released under license and in co-operation with Therion, limited to 250 copies Silver vinyl in glossy cover with silver foil stamping.
Hammerheart Records, 1990/2022 (HHR 2022-13). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Czech.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Time Shall Tell 5:07
2. Dark Eternity 4:45

Side Two
3. Asphyxiate With Fear 4:41
4. A Suburb To Hell 5:19

Total playing time: 19:52 min.


 

The debut CD-release by Australian Doom Metal band.
Melbourne-based Thermal Mass were formed in 2013. At their Doom in the old-school Metal vein of Sabbath and Pentagram, the band also incorporate elements of Stoner/Sludge and other broader Metal genres.
CD comprises a core of eight tracks recorded back in 2015, plus three bonuses: one newer (2017) and a couple older (2013), all three sets recorded with somewhat different line-ups.
Should appeal to anyone who appreciates early Doom and proto-Doom!
Selfreleased, 2020. Made in Australia.


Tracklist:
1. All Ords 4:55
2. Off with the Medicine 5:32
3. No Exit/New Landlords 5:34
4. Mass Fear 6:00
5. Bad Eggs (Gargantua) 5:23
6. Numbered Days 8:43
7. Madhouse Earth 4:11
8. Oriente Lux 2:18
9. Married to Mayhem 3:01
10. Voice of the Planet Seed 7:13
11. Off with the Medicine 5:28
Total playing time: 58:20 min.


Samples: https://thermalmass.bandcamp.com
https://thermalmass.bandcamp.com

The debut full-length album by Australian Avant-garde Black Metal band.
ThrOes is Dissident Metal from Tasmania and the brainchild of Trent Griggs. ThrOes began life in 2003, and exist outside stylistic influence or trend (every imaginable mental, physical and financial obstacle had to be overcome). Thirteen long bleak years ensued that saw Griggs eternally at war with the energy involved in creating the material. He worked in solitude during this period. Great patience and execution of will was necessary to let the material evolve organically, and independently of any outside stylistic influence or trend. Every imaginable mental, physical and financial obstacle had to be overcome. And their debut album finally was released, featuring guest appearing by Trent Griggs, James Ludbrook (Damaged), Kevin Talley (Suffocation, ex-Misery Index, ex-Six Feet Under, ex-Dying Fetus), Mark Evans (Alarum), and David Caswell (WDD).
ThrOes shows off good qualities, in particular in the varied rhythms ranging from slowdowns, accelerations and sometimes unconventional time signatures; it is mainly the bass that places itself as the beating heart of the tracks, supporting the undoubted skills of Kevin Talley that adapts effortlessly to every stylistic variations. Acoustic guitars and keyboard inserts are embellishments that make their appearence only in rare occasions, perhaps they deserved more space in a work that doesn't manag to be always entertaining.
Ultimately, "This Viper Womb" could be appreciated by those, who are looking for an artist with his own personality. This is not like any Metal album you have heard before. This album will ruthlessly infect all utterly. This is Dissident Metal!!
Digipak comes with a 12-page booklet.
Aesthetic Death Records, 2016 (ADCD 036). Made in UK. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Permanent Midnight 04:54
2. Shock to the Guts 07:16
3. Dead Lights 06:41
4. Conscience Makes Cowards 08:29
5. Nothing Left for the Vultures 08:41 
6. Nowhere Else 06:52
7. This Viper Womb 06:02 
8. Lavish the Anguish 05:15
9. Feed It 06:31
10. D.N.A. Corruption 06:00
Total playing time: 66:41 min.


Samples: https://throesofficial.bandcamp.com​​​​​​​

The third full-length album by Italian Thrash Metal band.
Thy Gate Beyond tread the stages back in 2001 and finally their 80s Thrash/Speed lands in SG Records with this new album, that offers a sound clearly influenced by the American Metal scene as well as the German one.
You can hear here Thrash Metal through and through. Raw and coarse Old School tones which go straight into the ear. The guys sound thereby fresh and unconsumed. Some melodic specles give additionally the main points without thereby sounding too soft. Typical guitar solos as well as a forceful drumming result in the typical sound which thrills the listener from the first to the last note. The emphatic, distinctive vocals of vocalist Simone Flammini give additionally drive. Very dedicated and professional recorded offers “Enemy At The Gates“ everything a good Thrash Metal album needs. Thy Gate Beyond simply have done here all correct. A thrilling production which is by all means worth to be heard!
For fans of: Slayer, Destruction and Sodom!!
SG Records, 2013 (SGCD063). Made in Italy. First press.


Tracklist:
1. 1942     00:52 
2. Enemy at the Gates     03:14 
3. The Blade in My Flesh     02:52 
4. Back from Thy Gate Beyond     02:31 
5. For Whom the Storms Evoke     03:29 
6. My Brain Is Dead... Reactivate It's Too Late     03:08 
7. Under Iron Skies     03:20 
8. The Culprit Chaos     02:30 
9. Horror Paradise     03:41 
Bonus Track:
10. Parabellum   03:25
Total playing time: 29:02

The secondre-release of the third full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Atmospheric Death/Doom Metal band.
"Clouds" was another major step in the quick sonic evolution of Tiamat, as the band continued to scale back their Death Metal roots while pursuing more conventional song structures. The album is still predominately fixated in the Death/Doom Metal genre.
Instrumentally, “Clouds” combine delicate acoustic guitars with crushing riffs and atmospheric keyboards. Johan Edlund's voice mixes death growls with a clean, Gothic moaning-type voice. Songwriting contributions from new bassist Johnny Hagel take some of the load off vocalist Johan Edlund, whose improving English-speaking skills and raspy but clear intonations finally let listeners appreciate his esoteric lyrics.
Every song on "Clouds" is distinct in its own way, but it doesn't get much better than "In a Dream" and "The Sleeping Beauty", both of which combine delicate acoustic guitars with crushing riffs and atmospheric keyboards. These same elements are mixed and matched in surprising fashion on "Smell of Incense", "The Scapegoat", and "Forever Burning Flames". The epic "Undressed" closes the album with similar inventiveness and points toward the future.
"Clouds" was only the first step for Tiamat into Gothic Metal/Rock. The band is best remembered for the "Clouds" and "Wildhoney" albums, which are more widespread and Psychedelic/Progressive influenced. "Clouds" would be the last album where the Death Metal grasp was strong, and it’s a telling sign of what the band would discover in themselves two years later. For stepping away from pure Death/Black Metal and laying the groundwork for "Wildhoney", "Clouds" is a historically important record that helped to shape the booming Doom Death Metal scene of decade.
Limited Edition to 200 copies, Solid White Vinyl.
Century Media Records/Alma Mater Records/Rastilho Records, 1992/2019 (AMR-IX-MMXIX). Made in Portugal. Re-press.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. In A Dream 5:12
2. Clouds 3:40
3. Smell Of Incense 4:30
4. A Caress Of Stars 5:27

Side 2
5. The Sleeping Beauty 4:10
6. Forever Burning Flames 4:23
7. The Scapegoat 4:57
8. Undressed 7:08

Total playing time: 39:27 min.

The third re-release of the fourth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Atmospheric Gothic Doom Metal band.
The album was marked a strong change in the style of Tiamat's music, with more Progressive Rock and Psychedelic music and a less Death Metal-oriented style. The music on the album deals with the occult, nature, and LSD. Not even Tiamat's previous achievements and accelerated evolutionary pace could have prepared fans and critics for the unbelievable sounds contained in the groundbreaking "Wildhoney". The album elevated the band's combination of lingering Death Metal roots and Ambient soundscapes to unparalleled heights of invention. Not necessarily a concept album in the lyrical sense, the record still operates as a virtually seamless aural experience, as tracks are often grouped into extended suites.
The album was produced by Waldemar Sorychta and released by Century Media records in 1994. Vocalist Johan Edlund and John Hagel were the only two remaining members of Tiamat. After the release of their 1994 tour mini-album, "The Sleeping Beauty: Live in Israel", Edlund fired all members of Tiamat except for John Hagel. In 1994, Tiamat began working on"Wildhoney" album with session musicians Magnus Sahlgren, Lars Sköld and Waldemar Sorychta, who acted as a keyboardist and producer.
The album was one of the highest-selling records for Century Media on its release. It sold better than the previous bestsellers of the label, Grave and Unleashed.
One of the classics of the genre, “Wildhoney” is an album ahead of its time, and many bands that are commercially successful drank for it until the point of exhaustion. “Wildhoney” represented the end of an age for Tiamat, and a great number of the band’s fans think that it’s their finest moment, because the following releases didn’t present the same strength and Avant-garde courage.  Hear it, buy it, because “Wildhoney” is really a classic in the deeper essence of the word!
Re-release includes “Gaia” EP (1994) as a bonus! *
Century Media Records Ltd., 1994/2011 (9976802). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Wildhoney 0:53
2. Whatever That Hurts 5:47
3. The Ar 5:04
4. 25th Floor 1:49
5. Gaia 6:26
6. Visionaire 4:19
7. Kaleidoscope 1:20
8. Do You Dream Of Me? 5:06
9. Planets 3:12
10. A Pocket Size Sun 8:03
11. Gaia (Video Edit) 3:44 *
12. The Ar (Radio Edit) 3:25 *
13. When You're In (Pink Floyd Cover Version) 5:48 *
14. Whatever That Hurts (Video Edit) 4:19 *
15. The Ar (Ind Mix) 2:28 *
16. Visionaire (Remixed Long Form Version) 4:53 *
Total playing time: 66:36 min.

The fourth European re-release of the fourth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Atmospheric Gothic Doom Metal band.
The album was marked a strong change in the style of Tiamat's music, with more Progressive Rock and Psychedelic music and a less Death Metal-oriented style. The music on the album deals with the occult, nature, and LSD. Not even Tiamat's previous achievements and accelerated evolutionary pace could have prepared fans and critics for the unbelievable sounds contained in the groundbreaking "Wildhoney". The album elevated the band's combination of lingering Death Metal roots and Ambient soundscapes to unparalleled heights of invention. Not necessarily a concept album in the lyrical sense, the record still operates as a virtually seamless aural experience, as tracks are often grouped into extended suites.
The album was produced by Waldemar Sorychta and released by Century Media records in 1994. Vocalist Johan Edlund and John Hagel were the only two remaining members of Tiamat. After the release of their 1994 tour mini-album, "The Sleeping Beauty: Live in Israel", Edlund fired all members of Tiamat except for John Hagel. In 1994, Tiamat began working on"Wildhoney" album with session musicians Magnus Sahlgren, Lars Sköld and Waldemar Sorychta, who acted as a keyboardist and producer.
The album was one of the highest-selling records for Century Media on its release. It sold better than the previous bestsellers of the label, Grave and Unleashed.
One of the classics of the genre, “Wildhoney” is an album ahead of its time, and many bands that are commercially successful drank for it until the point of exhaustion. “Wildhoney” represented the end of an age for Tiamat, and a great number of the band’s fans think that it’s their finest moment, because the following releases didn’t present the same strength and Avant-garde courage.  Hear it, buy it, because “Wildhoney” is really a classic in the deeper essence of the word!
Century Media Records Ltd./Sony Music Entertainment/De Agostini Publishing S.p.A., 1994/2023 (DeAgostini 47). Made in Italy. Pressed in France.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Wildhoney 0:53
2. Whatever That Hurts 5:48
3. The Ar 5:04
4. 25th Floor 1:50
5. Gaia 6:27

Side B
6. Visionaire 4:19
7. Kaleidoscope 1:20
8. Do You Dream Of Me? 5:06
9. Planets 3:13
10. A Pocket Size Sun 8:04

Total playing time: 42:04 min.


https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/

Рухомий олов’яний кулон на довгому шнурку.
2008. Handmade in Ukraine.

Колір: срібло
Матеріал: сплав олова
Стать: унісекс
Довжина ланцюга: ± 110 см
Вага (кулон + шнурок): ± 83 грами
Висота/ширина (cross): 60 x 47 мм

Рухомий олов’яний кулон на довгому шнурку.
2008. Handmade in Ukraine.

Колір: срібло
Матеріал: сплав олова
Стать: унісекс
Довжина шнурка: ± 115 см
Вага (кулон + шнурок): ± 65 грамів
Висота/ширина (Skull): 42 x 29 мм

The seventh full-length studio album by legendary American Pop Rock/Soul singer.
It was Turner's third album release after her massively successful comeback five years earlier with "Private Dancer" and her third and last album with the label.  Dan Hartman produced most of the tracks on the album, including the hit single "The Best", which has gone on to become one of Turner's signature songs. The album features collaborations with prominent musicians, including saxophone solos by Gary Barnacle on at least three tracks and guitar work by Dire Straits' frontman Mark Knopfler, who co-wrote Turner's hit "Private Dancer", on the title track.
Although the album was not a major success in Turner's native United States, it was a huge international hit, especially in Europe. The album sold over six million copies worldwide. In the UK alone, it sold over 1.5 million copies, entering the UK Albums Chart at number one (Turner's first album to do so there) and staying in the Top 100 for a year and a half. The album also reached number one in numerous other countries, including Germany and Sweden, and topped the overall European Chart for four weeks.
Capitol Records, Inc./EMI Records Ltd./Melodija, 1989/1990 (А60 00707 000). Made in USSR. Used (cover/disc): EX/NM.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Steamy Windows 4:03
2. The Best 5:28
3. You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What) 3:45
4. Undercover Agent For The Blues 5:20
5. Look Me In The Heart 3:42
6. Be Tender With Me Baby 4:18

Side 2
7. You Can't Stop Me Loving You 4:00    
8. Ask Me How I Feel 4:46    
9. Falling Like Rain 4:03    
10. I Don't Wanna Lose You 4:20    
11. Not Enough Romance 4:04    
12. Foreign Affair 4:27

Total playing time: 52:07 min.

The debut full-length studio album by legendary American Funk/Soul singer.
Released while Turner was still a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, the album was an attempt by her husband, Ike Turner, to expose her to a wider audience. Although the album did not chart, it earned Turner a nomination in the "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female" category at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards.
Fine mix of Country, Folky and Soft Rock tunes done in Tina's inimitable style. On this effort, she flexes her voice from its softest to its usual rough tone and moulds it perfectly around each cut. Drawing from a wide range of composers from Dylan to Dolly Parton to Kris Kristofferson to Hank Snow, ms. Turner should gain easy Soul and Pop play and possibly some Country play. Surprisingly effective are the slow cuts, and Tina proves just as adept an interpreter of other's material as she is a singer of original songs.
"Tina Turns The Country On!" remains unreleased on CD.
United Artists Records, 1974 (5C 062-95511). Made in Holland. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG+/VG+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Bayou Song 3:27
2. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:56
3. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 3:02
4. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 3:04
5. He Belongs To Me 3:59

Side Two
6. Don't Talk Now 3:04
7. Long Long Time 3:56
8. I'm Moving On 2:42
9. There'll Always Be Music 3:16
10. The Love That Lights Your Way 3:20

Total playing time: 32:46 min.

The second full-length studio album by Tobias Sammet's (Edguy) Symphonic Power Metal project.
It is a concept album and a Rock opera. It is written in the format of a play, and the songs are the characters' dialogues and inner thoughts. The songs carry on the story begun in “The Metal Opera”, with the same characters. Much like other Power Metal albums, the compositions draw aesthetic and lyrical influences from early fantasy literature such as "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Red Sonja" series.
The albums feature many artists from various Power Metal bands, such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire, and many more.
Line-up: Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray), Markus Grosskopf (Helloween), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire).
Guests: Jens Ludwig (Edguy), Timo Tolkki (Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius), Eric Singer (KISS, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Rob Rock (ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Warrior), Andre Matos (ex-Symfonia, ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper), Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), Timo Tolkki (ex-Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius), Bob Catley (Magnum) and more.
The whole album is brilliant. All the tracks flow together and there is a freshness and energy throughout. Tobias Sammet was at his creative and artistic peak with this effort. Stands up to countless listening. Extremely well recorded, with well-balanced soloing, it's bombastic and fantastic! One of the greatest Power Metal recordings in history!!
American version release contains two bonus tracks.
Painful Lust/AFM Records/Century Media, 2002 (Century Media 8052-2). Made in USA.


Tracklist:
1. The Seven Angels 14:16
2. No Return 04:29
3. The Looking Glass 04:51
4. The Quest For 03:53
5. The Final Sacrifice 05:01
6. Neverland 04:58
7. Anywhere 05:28
8. Chalice Of Agony 06:01
9. Memory 05:40
10. Into The Unknown 04:26
Bonus Tracks:
11. Chalice Of Agony (edit version) 05:04
12. Avantasia (single version) 04:08
Total playing time: 68:19 min.

The second full-length studio album by Tobias Sammet's (Edguy) Symphonic Power Metal project.
It is a concept album and a Rock opera. It is written in the format of a play, and the songs are the characters' dialogues and inner thoughts. The songs carry on the story begun in “The Metal Opera”, with the same characters. Much like other Power Metal albums, the compositions draw aesthetic and lyrical influences from early fantasy literature such as "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Red Sonja" series.
The albums feature many artists from various Power Metal bands, such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Rhapsody of Fire, and many more.
Line-up: Tobias Sammet (Edguy), Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray), Markus Grosskopf (Helloween), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire).
Guests: Jens Ludwig (Edguy), Timo Tolkki (Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius), Eric Singer (KISS, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), David DeFeis (Virgin Steele), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Rob Rock (ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Warrior), Andre Matos (ex-Symfonia, ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper), Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), Timo Tolkki (ex-Symfonia, ex-Stratovarius), Bob Catley (Magnum) and more.
The whole album is brilliant. All the tracks flow together and there is a freshness and energy throughout. Tobias Sammet was at his creative and artistic peak with this effort. Stands up to countless listening. Extremely well recorded, with well-balanced soloing, it's bombastic and fantastic! One of the greatest Power Metal recordings in history!!
AFM Records, 2002 (AFM 060-2). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. The Seven Angels 14:16
2. No Return 04:29
3. The Looking Glass 04:51
4. The Quest For 03:53
5. The Final Sacrifice 05:01
6. Neverland 04:58
7. Anywhere 05:28
8. Chalice Of Agony 06:01
9. Memory 05:40
10. Into The Unknown 04:26
Total playing time: 68:19 min.

The ninth full-length studio album by legendary Symphonic Power Metal Opera all-star project.
Darkness descends over the hall, the curtain rises. Dear audience, welcome to the wondrous otherworld of Avantasia!
With his ninth album, Tobias Sammet invites you to join him on an enchanted journey into his own version of reality, which is full of fantastic events and encounters.
It is a captivating, deeply magical universe that Tobias Sammet has built over the past two decades. Since his debut "The Metal Opera" (2001), the Peter Pan of international Rock and Metal has romped between Metal, Classical and Rock, beguiling the biggest festivals around the world with his travelling circus and working with the greatest voices in the Metal world, including Alice Cooper and Scorpions' Klaus Meine.
According to Tobias Sammet, song ideas go back as far as 2018 but were not finalized until a few months before the album release.
Beside Tobbias Sammet, "A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society" includes appearance by next vocalists: Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Floor Jansen (Nightwish), Michael Kiske (Helloween), Jørn Lande, Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids), Bob Catley (Magnum), Eric Martin (Mr. Big) Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche).
Strictly Limited Edition to 3500 copies, double Grey (Moonstone) Vinyl.
Nuclear Blast GmbH, 2022 (58301 | NB5830-7). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

I
1. Welcome To The Shadows 5:05
2. The Wicked Rule The Night 4:25
3. Kill The Pain Away 3:43
II
4. The Inmost Light 3:26
5. Misplaced Among The Angels 5:16
6. I Tame The Storm 3:52
Running time: 25:47 min.

III
7. Paper Plane 3:53    
8. The Moonflower Society 5:14
9. Rhyme And Reason 4:41
IV
10. Scars 4:13
11. Arabesque 10:10
Running time: 28:11 min.

Total playing time: 53:58 min.

The seventh full-length studio album by cult Czech Death Metal band.
Two years after their last creation, Czech Death Metal icon is back with the "Beneath". Tortharry is active on the Czech Metal scene since 1991, when the band transformed itself from its initial formation named Executor, and began its Death Metal crusade with its first demo "Mezi Nebem A Peklem" ("Between Heaven And Hell"). Over the years, Tortharry amassed an extensive discography and contribute to various Metal compilations, including “Tribute To Death”. The band also have an impressive list of live shows, with symbolic peaks being twin concerts in 1998 in the Czech Republic as a support of the genre icon Death, and a South American tour with Gorgoroth and Belphegor in September 2007.
Sharp guitar riffs, unearthly fast drums and the right Death growl build in the space of nine tracks a monumental acoustic “wall of
death”, which then underscores the dreary, even nihilistic, lyrics of individual songs; a parable of motifs, which are not, or should not be, obvious at the first glance. Hidden thoughts, desires, guilt or crimes, plainly all which is concealed beneath the surface of the apparent, are the thematic cornerstone of this album, as its name itself hints. In short: “I want to bite you until you bleed!”
The release includes Bonus Track “Krvavá Práce”, a cover version of the song by a Czech Metal legend, Debustrol, which is not available on the CD version of the album.
MetalGate/Monster Nation, 2010 (MN-023). Made in Czech. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Voiceless Storm 03:20
2. Entrenched 03:33
3. Beneath 03:18
4. Request 03:54
5. Behind the Curtain 04:10

Side B
6. In the Shadow 03:30
7. Through the Ice 03:27
8. Deep Down (And in My Embrace) 04:23
9. The Camp 04:53
10. Krvavá Práce (Debustrol cover) 3:38

Total playing time: 38:28 min.


https://tortharry.bandcamp.com/

The ninth full-length studio album by Czech Death Metal band.
Tortharry are one of the longest running Czech Metal bands, founded back 1991, and almost iconic stalwarts of the Czech Death Metal scene. Their popularity in this country and abroad is based on their clearly defined style, their way above average musicianship, and on their undying enthusiasm for gigging and songwriting. 
They played a lot of live shows on the worldwide festivals and club stages and tours a lot, including gigs with the phenomenal cult band Death, the Brazilian icon Sepultura, as well as a South American tour with Gorgoroth and Belphegor.
Five years since the release of the “Follow” album, during band's 25th anniversary, one of the leading Brutal Death Metal bands from the Czech Republic reaching another milestone and opening a new chapter of its history.
Though Tortharry have now sufficient reputation to allow for experiments in their music, the band stays true to their long-term genre direction, whereby the new album once again offers a motherload of Technical Death Metal.
With "Sinister Species", the band goes around the whole of the country, and again takes part in a number of summer festivals (Kaltenbach Open Air, Gothoom Open Air, Czech Death Fest) and many others.
The album highly recommended for fans of Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Napalm Death, and Dying Fetus!
Metalgate Records, 2018 (MGR-24350). Made in Slovakia. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Intro 0:33
2. Odd Man Out 4:03
3. False Superiority 3:57
4. Crossroads 3:44
5. Without A Break 3:25
6. By Devil's Side 3:42
7. Self-Sale 4:02
8. Perpetual Delay 3:42
9. Deceitful Sermons 3:38
10. Sinister Species 4:20
Total playing time: 35:06 min.

The ninth full-length studio album by legendary Canadian Hard Rock band.
MCA Records Inc./WEA Musik GmbH, 1987 (255 139-1 (MCA-42083)). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG/VG.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Prologue: Into The Forever  1:01
2. Never Say Never  3:36
3. Headed For Nowhere  6:07
4. All The King's Horses  1:47
5. Carry On The Flame  5:14
6. Let The Light (Shine On Me)  5:33

Side 2
7. Long Time Gone  5:10
8. Rock You Down  3:57
9. Prelude: The Waking Dream  1:13
10. On And On  3:49
11. All Over Again  3:57
12. Running In The Night  3:51

Total playing time: 45:15 min.