Decent early 70's commercial rock relic with a typical period heavy mainstream rock sound and a few poppy tracks. Lots of old school early 70's style guitar soloing. "Niagara" sounds like a chart hit attempt…with some obvious elements of/or based on, Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"…

Although Gravy Train's career was all too brief, they still managed to switch labels midway through, resulting in two albums for Vertigo and two for Dawn Records. Strength of a dream is taken from their time with Dawn, thus consisting of the albums Second birth and Staircase to the day in their entirety, plus a number of non album A and B sides. As a pleasing bonus, we also get six tracks recorded for the band's unreleased 5th album…

Britain’s Slam/Brutal Death Kings INGESTED return with their darkest and most devastating effort to date. Produced by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy), the third full-length “Architect Of Extinction” guarantees a blasting sonic massacre for fans of Dying Fetus, Suffocation or Devourment. Rounded off with a killer artwork by Toshihiro Egawa (Krisiun, Massacre), INGESTED are a perfect example for the UK’s thriving extreme music scene.

MARDUK's new album "Frontschwein" will be released in Europe on January 19th, 2015. On "Frontschwein" (MARDUK's first completely war-themed album since 1999's legendary "Panzer Division Marduk"), 25 years of black metal history collide with eons of devastation and destruction amongst human beings. The result is an ugly, furious album true to MARDUK's sinister legacy and true to the essence of black metal. Welcome to the front. There is no salvation.

D.A.F. - Alles Ist Gut
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 175 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Virgin # CDV 2202 | Country/Year: Germany 1991, 1981
Genre: Electronica | Style: EBM, Synth Pop, Neue Deutsche Welle

"Stripped down to the core duo of Robert Görl and Gabi Delgado and with Conny Plank again behind the boards with crisp, focused production, with Alles Ist Gut (Everything Is Fine) DAF turned into an honest-to-goodness German hit machine. (…) With songs like "Als Wär's das Letzte Mal" and "Alle Gegen Alle" leading the way, though, DAF mainly concentrate on head-on assaults to brilliant effect."

'"Second Hand Life" seems to have been influenced by a little bit of everything from JLT's catalog. There is clearly a lot of Deep Purple influence in a lot of tracks - JLT was Deep Purple's substitute singer for quite a few years. But, there are also influences from his days in Rainbow that are obvious. And, his own unique style and incredible ability to write top quality ballads rounds out the overall sound of "Second Hand Life".

Launched in 2001, the Swedish quartet has consistently delivered quality music built for fans of ‘70s prog rock. And while the comparisons to legends of the genre such as King Crimson, Yes and Genesis can only be viewed as a positive thing, it’s also fair to call them a cop-out for people that have only scratched the surface of Beardfish’s brand of music. The simple fact is that the deeper one goes into The Void, the more you’ll realize the band has an identity all its own.