| | Freedom Call Crystal Empire CD Freedom Call Discography of CDs
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2nd Rel;German Speed Metal
Freedom Call: Chris Bay (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Sascha Gerstner (guitar); Ilker Ersin (bass); Dan Zimmermann (drums).
Additional personnel: Mitch Schmitt (vocals); Ferdy Doemberg (piano, keyboards); Stefan Hiemer (bass); Rolf Kohler, Olaf Senkbeil, Janie Dixon (background vocals).
Producers: Charlie Bauerfeind, Dan Zimmermann, Chris Bay.
Recorded at Hansen, Hamburg, Germany; Karo, Brackel, Germany; C.C.C., Braumingshof, Germany; FC Studios, Nurnberg, Germany between December, 1999 and September, 2000.
Make no mistake; the members of Freedom Call are no slouches in the musical talent department. However, their particular choice of style for their artistic expression is a form of prog metal that is way too overblown and over the top in its fantasy and symphonic aspirations. The group gives us some segments of songs that really shine, but the overall result teeters between blatant pompousness and unintended silliness. ~ Gary Hill
Crystal Empire Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $1.09) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Speed/Thrash Metal | | Label | Steamhammer | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  18626  | | CD Universe Part number | 1578243 | | Catalog number | 7212 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 13, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Charlie Bauerfeind; Chris Bay | | Personnel | Sascha Gerstner - guitar
Chris Bay - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Dan Zimmermann - drums
Ilker Ersin - bass
Also: Rolf Kohler, Olaf Senkbeil, Ferdy Doemberg, Janie Dixon, Mitch Schmitt, Stefan Hiemer |
Crystal Empire Music Review Purchase Crystal Empire CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Black Sabbath Master Of Reality CD (1971)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
With Paranoid, Black Sabbath perfected the formula for their lumbering heavy metal. On its follow-up, Master of Reality, the group merely repeated the formula, setting the stage for a career of recycling the same sounds and riffs. But on Master of Reality Sabbath still were fresh and had a seemingly endless supply of crushingly heavy riffs to bludgeon their audiences into sweet, willing oblivion. If the album is a showcase for anyone, it is Tony Iommi, who keeps the album afloat with a series of slow, loud riffs, the best of which -- "Sweet Leaf" and "Children of the Grave" among them -- rank among his finest playing. Taken in tandem with the more consistent Paranoid, Master of Reality forms the core of Sabbath's canon. There are a few stray necessary tracks scattered throughout the group's other early-'70s albums, but Master of Reality is the last time they delivered a consistent album and its influence can be heard throughout the generations of heavy metal bands that followed. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
While other frontrunners of hard rock/metal like Led ...
| | Black Sabbath Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath CD (1973)
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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums).
With 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, heavy metal godfathers Black Sabbath made a concerted effort to prove their remaining critics wrong by raising their creative stakes and dispensing unprecedented attention to the album's production standards, arrangements, and ...
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| | Hammerfall Crimson Thunder CD (2002)
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2002 album includes one exclusive bonus track, a cover of the KISS classic 'Detroit Rock City'. Nuclear Blast.
HammerFall: Joacim Cans (vocals); Oscar Dronjak, Stefan Elmgren (guitar, background vocals); Magnus Rosen (bass); Anders Johansson (drums).
Partially recorded at Wisselord Studios, Twilight Studios, Germany.
Personnel: Joacim Cans (vocals, background vocals); Stefan Elmgren (guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard programming, background vocals); Oscar Dronjak (guitar, keyboard programming, background vocals); Patrick Benzer (strings, keyboards, keyboard programming); Jan Rubach (strings, keyboards); Martin Meyer (Clavinet); Magnus Rosen (bass guitar); Anders Johansson (drums); Johan Bergquist (keyboard programming); ...
| | Holocaust Live (Hot Curry & Wine) CDs (1983)
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This reissue contains 2 bonus tracks from RAW, LOUD, LIVE EP.
All tracks are digitally remastered.
Released at a time when the band was pretty much falling to pieces, Live (Hot Curry and Wine) combines tracks from Holocaust's influential debut, The Nightcomers, with a number of new songs and obscure tracks. Most crucially, this set contains possibly the only commercially available version ...
| | Truth & Light Music From X-Files Truth And The Light: Music From The X-Files CD (1996) Original Soundtrack
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Personnel: Teri Desario, Chris Carter, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, Peter Donat, Jerry Hardin, Alf Humphreys, Joel Palmer, Mitch Pileggi, Paul Rabwin, Steve Railsback, Larold Rebhun, Frank Spotnitz, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Steven Williams (vocals); ...
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| | Front Line Assembly Total Terror CDs (2004)
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2cds Of Early Material Mixed By Leeb & Fulber.
Front Line Assembly: Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber.
Originally released as 2 separate CDs on Cleopatra.
Audio Remasterer: Stu Jacobs.
Audio Remixers: Rhys Fulber; Bill Leeb.
Photographer: Giovanni Rodríguez.
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| | Ken Oak Half Step Down CD (2005)
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Album Description:Ken Oak is a Pop-Rock artist who blends Pop, Rock, Folk, and Classical into his own unique sound and style. Half Step Down features 14 original songs by Ken that have a range in styles that is rarely heard on commercially-released albums. "Almost every song could conceivably be a single on mainstream radio - a big credit to Oak, and a refreshing contrast from countless other albums fattened up with filler." - Anita Lu for Chopblock.com (formerly Yolk Magazine)Ken's debut full-length album contains three solid Pop songs (Maybe, Wonder, and End Credits) and two songs with an edgier Modern Rock feel to them (These Things and Analog Girl). There are some straight-ahead Rock songs (like Inside Me, Catching Up, and Leah), and some songs with a laid-back Adult Contemporary sound (Constellation, This Time). Just in case that's not enough for you, Ken also put a Bossa Nova song (Half Step Down), a Pop-Jazz track (Anyway), a Country ballad (Silhouette), and a Neo-Classical piece (Soma) on the album."Ken Oak is a unique artist in that he combines vintage songwriting acumen with modern pop sensibilities. His prowess for blending sounds both electronic and acoustic with expertly crafted lyrics demonstrate a level of artistic development rarely seen in today's more typical singer/songwriter." - Stephen Marsh, former chief mastering engineer at Sony MusicHalf Step Down features Ken's mellow baritone voice, smooth falsetto, poetic lyrics, catchy guitar riffs, and soulful cello lines. Although there are bound to be comparisons to artists such as John Mayer and Matchbox 20, Ken's music also contains appreciative nods to other influences such as The Smiths, Oasis, and Sarah McLachlan."Though Ken's sound is ...
| | Our Impact Will Be Felt: A Tribute To Sick Of It All CD (2006)
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Tributee: Sick of It All.
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