Eclectic Vibes

by Andrew Frey

Reviews From: International
Dreamscape - 5th Season

Dreamscape - 5th Season

Dreamscape
5th Season
Label: Locomotive Records

Progressive metal from Munich, Germany portrayed with theatrics and grandeur. The male vocals are sung with just the right finesse between intense and emotive plus the headbanging grooves are parted with a friendly amount of atmospheric interludes.

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Farmer's Market - Surfin’ USSR

Farmer's Market - Surfin’ USSR

Farmer's Market
Surfin’ USSR
Label: Ipecac Recordings

Improbable permutations of traditional Bulgarian melodies along with jazz, folk, and rock that have been percolated to oblique perfection. The songs often lead with uptempo folk rhythms that are broken with soundtrack-ish ambiance and other delightful distractions.

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ID Guinness - Cure For The Common Crush

ID Guinness - Cure For The Common Crush

ID Guinness
Cure For The Common Crush
Label: Guinness Records

A creative Canadian dripping on the goss of Bowie and Pink Floyd via his anthemic psychedelic rock platitudes with ambient quagmires and juxtapositions of frilly frivolity ultimately producing sustained excitement.

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Mannhai - Hellroad Caravan

Mannhai - Hellroad Caravan

Mannhai
Hellroad Caravan
Label: Locomotive Spain Records

Heavy groove rockers from Finland with ex-Amorphis front man Pasi Koskinen handling the vocal crooning and cajoling. Their stoner rhythms have a tendency of headbanging their way into my heart and CD player.

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Vanishing Point - The Fourth Season

Vanishing Point - The Fourth Season

Vanishing Point
The Fourth Season
Label: Locomotive Records

Australian born melodic metal with synth and actual singing. Hints of goth and a mixture of progressive and power metal elements manage to magnificently funnel the guitar riffs into a formidable force that has been seen around the globe.

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Yellworc - Icolation

Yellworc - Icolation

Yellworc
Icolation
Label: Metropolis Records

Dark and creepy gothic industrial perturbed by prickly electronic tantalizations of unforeseen atmospheres in a realm of unrequited synthetic love and hate. Icolaiton is the conceptual continuation of the infernal “Trinity- journey.”

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After All - This Violent Decline

After All - This Violent Decline

After All
This Violent Decline
Label: Locomotive Records

Sturdy, powerful, galloping, and thrash-attacking guitar riffs propel this head banging Belgium juggernaut. The vocals are gruff, but understandable and quite appropriate, for the power metal they purvey.

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Bleeder Project - The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity

Bleeder Project - The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity

Bleeder Project
The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity
Label: Toystaar Records

Gabriel Scott is the prolific front man at the helm of this project that focuses on heavy industrial rock and strong early Nine Inch Nails-like angst with pop hooks to it.

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Putumayo Presents - African Party

Putumayo Presents - African Party

Putumayo Presents
African Party
Label: Putumayo World Music

Celebrating Putumayo’s 15th Anniversary with a great compilation that pays tribute to the spirit of the music that inspired the label’s inception. With 20 million CDs sold, Putumayo’s world music party has been a global hit and “African Party” is another to add their list of success.

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Jamshied Sharifi - One

Jamshied Sharifi - One

Jamshied Sharifi
One
Label: Ceres Records

Ambient world atmospheres blend into trance imaginations as this release conscientiously crosses paradoxical global musical boundaries. This prolific and award winning multi instrumentalist and composer utilizes a smorgasbord of high profile guest musicians to become “One.’

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Jann Klose - Reverie

Jann Klose - Reverie

Jann Klose
Reverie
Label: 3 Frames Music

Framed by his multi-continental global up-bringing (Born in Germany, relocated to Kenya, then South Africa, Ohio and New York), this impressive singer and songwriter displays a wide variety of soulful ballads and emotive light rock ditties culled from a number of recording sessions with a variety of musicians.

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Mustasch - The Latest Version of the Truth

Mustasch - The Latest Version of the Truth

Mustasch
The Latest Version of the Truth
Label: Regain Records

Rip snortin’ hard n’ heavy rock ‘n roll that, at times, reminds me of newer Metallica, but with much more diversity and integrity. These refined rockers have even been nominated for a Swedish Grammy!

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