Katla. – MóðurástinLabel: Prophecy Productions – PRO 220 MCFormat: Cassette, Album, Limited EditionCountry: GermanyReleased: Jan 12, 2018Style: Heavy Metal Katla is an Icelandic band featuring ex-Sólstafir drummer and visual artist Gu∂mundur Óli Pálmason and singer/multi-instrumentalist Einar Thorberg Gu∂mundsson (Fortí∂, Potentiam). Named in tribute to one of Iceland’s greatest active volcanos, Katla creates powerful, panoramic music where shimmering guitars, crushing melodies and atmospheric density meet dark, entrancing power. Katla’s debut album, «Moðurastin», shines a spotlight on the band’s hook-heavy, horizon-stretching sound. The lyrics tell tales of living in a country of contrasts; a land where fire and ice co-exist and dark winters are offset by the summer’s midnight sun. Iceland: a…
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David Galas – The Happiest Days Of My Life
David Galas – The Happiest Days Of My LifeLabel: Twilight Records– TW 1.102Format: CD, AlbumCountry: USReleased: 10 Oct 2012Style: Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Avantgarde, Drone, Ambient “The Happiest Days of My Life” is the follow up release to David Galas’s previous album “The Cataclysm” (2006 – Vendlus Records). This new album explores the personal decline of mankind and plunges the listener into dark chasms of desperation. The music borders between dark progressive rock to dark-wave and gothic genres. His use of multi-layered guitars, harmonized vocals and a heavy wall of sound is a well recognizable trademark from his previous band «Lycia». Most of the songs are in a minor key,…
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David Galas – The Ghosts Of California
David Galas – The Ghosts Of CaliforniaLabel: Twilight RecordsCountry: USReleased: 2011Style: Alternative Rock, Field Recording, Ambient, Avantgarde, Drone, Ethereal, Heavy Metal, Experimental “The Ghosts Of California” is the so far latest album by David Galas. He continues to follow his unique style of dark-rock as the album focuses on the decline of America in a broken post-apocalyptic world of dust and abandoned cities. On this third opus, David employs more acoustic and standard song writing while integrating his heavy production known throughout his previous two albums. Layered guitars and harmonized vocals are trademark again on this album. You can hear influences from his previous band LYCIA. The album features 13…
