Starquake "Time Space Matter"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Retro Prog Rock/Metal
Label: Pure Rock Records - PRRCD041
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 29, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Starquake
2. Goddammaddog
3. Jack
4. Matona Mia Cara
5. Time - It's Always Now
6. Space ? Lost Souls
7. Matter - And The Giant Was Gentle
8. A Never Give Up Suite
9. Off To Pastures New

Line-up: 
Mikey Wenzel - vocals, instruments, programming
Alex Kugler – guitars
Jan "Donkey" van Meerendonk – drums
Andi Pernpeintner – Hammond, piano
   With
Corinna Reif – violin
Sibylle Rupprecht – flute
Cleff Amend - trumpet

Description/Reviews: 

Once again Wenzel and Starquake offer you a trip through a musical time tunnel, revisiting Seventies prog rock and early Eighties heavy metal, notably NWoBHM. You'll find equal parts melodic hard rock groove and the strong riffs and drums of heavy metal. Then there's Wenzel dropping in large portions of synths, Hammond, and Mellotron for embellishment.

Read the full review by Craig Hartranft at dangerdog.com

Media/Samples 
Starquake

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Starquake "Times That Matter"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Pure Rock Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 29, 2015
Tracklist: 
01. Scenes From A Revolution 8:08
02. Close Encounter 6:27
03. I'm Goin' Mad (You Comin) 3:32
04. Rise And Fall 21:02
05. Here I Go Again 4:34
06. The Needle Lies 3:41
07. Times That Matter 4:10
08. Goodbye My Friend 5:04
09. No More Hate 4:36
10. Whatever 3:23
11. Fairytale 8:30

Line-up: 
Mikey Wenzel – Vocals, Instruments, Programming
Alex Kugler – Guitars
Jan "Donkey" van Meerendonk – Drums
Andi Pernpeintner – Hammond
Joe Wagner – Guitars
Michael "Wopsi" Wopshall – Guitars
Corinna Reif – Violin
Sandra Wenzel - Additional Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

Musically, Wenzel seems forty years removed from history. Or, better, a guy jumping back and forth in time between 1975 and 1985. His music is the particular mixture of classic early Eighties metal, even NWoBHM, and mid Seventies melodic and progressive hard rock, complete with Hammon organ. Actually, that latter element is one of the first things you might notice. There's lots of additional keyboards and loads of great guitar solos, all wrapped up in expansive arrangements that drop Starquake into the progressive rock camp. Times That Matter is also a very long recording. At 73 minutes, it's a lot to work through, with the centerpiece being the mini rock opera, Rise And Fall, at 21 minutes. The album could have been easily trimmed by several songs and 20 minutes or more without compromise.

 Read the full review by Craig Hartranft at dangerdog.com

Media/Samples 
Here I go again
Scenes from a Revolution
Sampler

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