Clive Nolan "Song of the Wildlands"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Symphonic
Label: Crime Records, We Låve Rock Music 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 1, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Story Begins (3:05) 

2. There's A Threat (4:53) 

3. Crossing The Ocean (4:28) 

4. Beowulf's Promise (3:23) 

5. Grendel Attacks (4:21) 

6. Celebration (2:14) 

7. The Hag's Revenge (2:49) 

8. Journey (3:17) 

9. Underwater Cavern (3:50) 

10. Rewards (6:07) 

11. Beowulf, The King (4:00) 

12. Dragon Fire (4:58) 

13. The Warrior Dies (2:42) 

14. Funeral Pyre (5:15) 

15. The Story Ends (1:38) 

Total Time 57:00 

Line-up

Clive Nolan (Shadowland, Arena, Pendragon, Caamora) - Orchestration, keyboards, and programming

Vicki Swan - Nyckelharpa

Mark Westwood (Shadowland, Caamora) - Electric Guitar

Stig Andre Clason - Acoustic Guitar

Arnfinn Isaksen - Bass Guitar

Scott Higham (Pendragon) - Drums

Geir Johansen - Extra Percussion

Birgitte Njå - Lur

Morten Clason - Flute

Ross Andrews - Narrator

Ryan Morgan - Vocals (Beowulf)

Christina Booth (Magenta) - Vocals (Tyra)

Gemma Ashley - Vocals (Solveig)

Natalie Barnett - Vocals (Freja)

Ensemble Anonym - Plainchant

The "Wildland Warriors Choir" - Choir

Description/Reviews:

The album is based on the saga of Beowulf and spanning the genres of rock, folk, symphonic rock and classical music.

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Dragon Fire

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Vitam Aeternam "The Self​-​Aware Frequency"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Eclectic
Label: Crime Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 23, 2020
Tracklist

1. Born (2:41) 

2. Coward (6:40) 

3. Becoming (0:51) 

4. Human (7:00) 

5. Arising (0:52) 

6. Death (2:15) 

7. God Machine (9:33) 

8. Transcending (1:04) 

9. Viral Idea (4:55) 

Total Time 35:51

Line-up

Jake Rosenberg - Keyboards, Piano, Programming,  Sampling

Râhoola - Vocals, Choir, Keyboards, Piano, Orchestration, Programming,  Sound Design

André Aaslie - Piano, Orchestration, Moog,  Mellotron

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Bor Zuljan (Devil Doll) - Electric and Acoustic Guitars

Øyvind “Mustis” Mustaparta - Piano (6)

Juan Manuel Flores - Violin

Goran Setitus, Alasdair Dunn, Przemyslaw Kajnat, Lotti Wood - Choir  (8)

Description/Reviews:

The album combines elements of electronic, industrial, classical, film score, heavy metal, progressive rock, and even pop to create something unique, challenging, and engaging. Fans of forward-thinking artists such as Devil Doll, Mike Patton, Leprous, Ulver, Manes, Pain of Salvation, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Devin Townsend, Vulture Industries, and Arcturus should rejoice in the musical world illuminated throughout the album. Even though you can hear and feel a clear and honest influence from the extraordinary cult act Devil Doll (its by purpose, and done with the most significant respect), they still sound fresh and original with a certain and special integrity.

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Infringement "Alienism"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Crime Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 1, 2019 (digital), November 16, 2019 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Disorder (7:58)
2. Triad (10:37)
3. Therapy (4:36)
4. Delirium (16:56)

Total Time 40:07

Line-up: 
Hans Andreas Brandal - Vocals
Stig André Clason (The Windmill) - Guitar, Vocals
Kristoffer Utby - Drums
Bård Thorstensen - Keys
Espen Larsen - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Infringement has been described as playing something in between neo-progressive rock and symphonic rock while flirting with various genres throughout their debut album. They touch on big groovy parts with funky rhythms, other times they clearly visit the 70s. A mix of melodious, symphonic rock with unexpected twists and progressive bar changes.

After spending the last two years writing, fine-tuning, and recording their next album, Infringement is now ready for the next chapter. Alienism, a large sounding, intense concept album peeks into the mind of patients at the Gentmire Institute, an institution at the forefront of psychiatrical innovation. We get the insights of the commissioner of Lunacy himself, and through his journals, we enter the world of The Alienist. So let us all escape reality and seek comfort in our minds.

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