Astrakhan "Adrenaline Kiss"

Country: Sweden
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Dead End Exit Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 3, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Hear Me Now (6:40)
2. Wisdom Of Massdestruction (5:24)
3. Silver Dreams (8:40)
4. Alive (5:22)
5. Adrenaline Kiss (5:23)
6. One More Day (7:16)
7. Ballade De Rhodes (3:23)
8. Gravity (5:43)
9. Stockholm (4:13)

Total Time 52:04

Line-up: 
Alex Lycke - Vocals
Per Schelander (Royal Hunt) - Bass
Jorgen Schelander - Keyboards
Martin Larsson - Drums
With:
Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt, Evergrey) -  Guitars

Media/Samples 
Stream
Alive

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Deceptic "The Artifact"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal, Death Metal
Label: Dead End Exit
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 29, 2014 (worldwide), September 2, 2014 (US)
Tracklist: 

1. Heart of the Swarm - 3:51
2. Ocean - 4:22
3. Lead Astray - 4:11
4. Pulling Levers - 4:06
5. The Shining Throne - 3:49
6. A World Unknown - 3:31
7. Depraved - 3:29
8. Smorgasbord of Shame - 3:18
9. Life Finds a Way - 3:21
10. Reborn - 4:26

Line-up: 
William Gustafsson - Vocals
Tony Gullquist - Guitars
Dennis Svensson - Drums
Otto Halling - Bass
Martin Carlenfors - Guitars

Description/Reviews: 

The modern twist melodic death metalbands integrate into their music nowadays lies in an influence from the hardcore corner. That implies the new aspect of emotionally heavy music, which is a positive development. Emotion provides otherwise flat art with a colourful skin and also interesting lyrical concepts. Musicians that made music into their main profession are more likely to implement deep thought and emotion into their discography which will eventually be their life’s work. Musically the emotion finds expression through solid bass lines and beatdowns that will spread quakes from under your speakers. Those quakes are not deathcore-inspired as they are not the random open note slaps that have made you vomit up your meals more than enough, but rather the polyrhythmic delights that one could expect from the hands of modern bands like Uneven Structure. Not to mention that for every outbreak of heaviness the band compensates with a melodically pleasing riff. The vocals are alternatively sung and screamed, which is a rather common style amongst modern death metalbands (In Flames is a famous practioner of this style and has been so since the later albums, probably starting around the ‘Come Clarity’-age).

 Read the full review by at lordsofmetal.nl

Media/Samples 
Ocean

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Cullooden "Silent Scream"

Country: Sweden
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Dead End Exit Records
Release date: January 10, 2014
Tracklist: 
01. Heaven Feels So Hollow (06:25)
02. Drowning In Silence (04:50)
03. Endless Tears (05:57)
04. Embrace Your Destiny (05:24)
05. Our Only Desire (05:00)
06. The Progress (07:09)
07. Take Hold Of Your Fear (05:24)
08. An Interesting Fact (05:42)
09. Welcome To Wonderland (05:30)
10. Star Of The Night (06:28)

Line-up: 
Fredrik Joakimsson - Vocals, Guitar
Jonas Ekestubbe - Guitar
Michael Södergren - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Silent Scream contains the lighter sort of melodic prog [metal] reminiscent of bands like Threshold, Teodor Tuff, and maybe Circus Maximus at its least complex and most compact. I describe the band this way because of several factors. First of all, there’s not much keyboard here beyond a few touches of support, and guitar fills most of the instrumental arena. Secondly, almost every song on the album is a hefty melodic vocal feature, and the focus upon hooky choruses is quite similar to the bands above.  At times, Cullooden almost eclipses them for just a minute – but (and there’s always a “but”) there always seems to be a little drawback that gets on my nerves.

Read the full review at blackwindmetal.com

Media/Samples 
Trailer

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