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TheClosedCircle will Love, Shine & Die this 2016!

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The Spanish rock band TheClosedCircle – produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa – are just about to cut their debut album Love, Shine & Die loose into the world. 

Never heard of them?

I am not surprised. True to their name, this band appears to be very closed. Coming seemingly out of the left-field, they are very difficult to pin down. No discernible bio, a web presence so austere, it is difficult to find anything and anyone on it. Good graphics, though. And this is not one of these backroom Black Metal outfits, relishing their anonymous privacy.

TheClosedCircle shine by playing some … [...] Click to raid more!

The Beauty of Irony, by Guns Love Stories!

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The Progressive and Alternative Rock genres are well established. Almost too well at times, one might think. So, it is good to see new bands coming online with a few challenges for the established order. The vile elite, like.

Meet Guns Love Stories from Switzerland, straight from the shore of Lake of Lucerne. They unpacked their newest and sophomore full-length The Beauty of Irony in early 2016. And this somehow captivated our attention.

Guns Love Stories deliver a wild, chaotic and captivating, but still refreshing mix of a progressive, alternative, and psychedelic brand of rock. A style that is weirdly … [...] Click to raid more!

Take off with Iron Maiden on Ed Force One!

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Feel like joining Bruce Dickinson in the cockpit of their mighty band plane? Check out the attached video!

Sometimes I wonder what this guy cannot do! Man of many talents and mainly known for his role as the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he also pilots the band-owned Boeing 747 Ed Force One that is currently employed on their Book of Souls Tour.

The video covers the take-off in Fortaleza (Brazil) for the run down to Sao Paulo, promoting their newest album The Book of Souls released in 2015. Ed Force One was much in the news lately when the … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash – Ancst unleash Moloch’s fury!

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Talk about fury! Moloch‘s fury to be precise. You know, the child eater, the epitome of an evil creature. Ancst just created a new version of this godly being.

The ingredients? Unlimited rage and blackened, crusty Hardcore and Crust Punk. Throw in some melodic elements and ready is Moloch, the first full-length studio album of the German band Ancst.

The band hails from Berlin and is in existence since 2011. Being totally underground, they released a series of cassette-only EPs, some splits and compilations, now backing everything up with this newest record.

Their somewhat unusual credo of … [...] Click to raid more!