dEUS - Vantage Point (2008)

dEUS are a Belgian rock band that have been releasing albums since 1994 while being fronted by Tom Barman. The line up still contains Mauro Pawlowski from their previous album who is know for being a key member in the formation of Belgian contemporary music and is the lead singer of The Evil Superstars. The latest dEUS album Vantage Point continues where their last studio album Pocket Revolution left of in that they are continuing with a more softer aproach to their music. Alot of songs are still upbeat like "Oh Your God", "Favorite Games", "The Architect" and "Is A Robot" which offer some style from their early years. With each listen to the songs the guitar riffs become more attractive espcially in the title track "When She Comes Down".

Rating: ***

1. When She Comes Down - 5:06
2. Oh Your God - 3:52
3. Eternal Woman - 4:22
4. Favorite Game - 4:11
5. Slow - 6:09
6. The Architect - 3:57
7. Is A Robot - 4:58
8. Smokers Reflect - 4:27
9. The Vanishing Of Maria Schneid - 4:44
10. Popular Culture - 4:56

Download: dEUS - Vantage Point (2008)

Brand New Eyes - Paramore

Paramore are an american rock band that first started writing songs in 2002, since then they have produced 10 really great song including helping with the soundtrack for the film Twilight.
They have just realeased the album Brand New Eyes in september this year and there are already three songs that are going to be known as classics; Ignorance, Decode and Brick By Boring Brick.
The album is a real good listen and worth the time to download it, same as the rest of there other albums.

Rating: *****

Careful - 3:50
Ignorance - 3:38
Playing God - 3:02
Brick by Boring Brick - 4:13
Turn It Off - 4:19
The Only Exception - 4:27
Feeling Sorry - 3:05
Looking Up - 3:29
Where the Lines Overlap - 3:18
Misguided Ghosts - 3:01
All I Wanted - 3:48
Decode - 4:22

The Moment - Framing Hanley

Framing Hanley are a new band for USA, they realease there first and only album named The Moment in 2007. they are known for tw of there songs, Lollipop and Hear Me Now.
there are a very good band worth the time to listen to and there two songs they are known for are really exceptional.

Rating: ****

Home – 3:14
Built for Sin – 3:32
Hear Me Now – 3:53
Slow Dance – 2:57
All in Your Hands – 3:32
It's Not What They Said – 3:41
23 Days – 3:26
Count Me In – 3:35
Alone in This Bed (Capeside) – 3:50
Wave Goodbye – 3:13
The Fold – 3:07
Lollipop (Lil Wayne cover) (bonus track) -- 3:11

Peter Murphy - Recall (1997)

Peter Murphy is know to many people as the "godfarther of goth" for being the root of the gothic genre. After the breakup of his former band Bauhaus Peter Murphy embarked on a solo career and had good success in America with the single "Cuts You Up". Peter had a seven year gap inbetween making solo albums from 1995-2002. The only new meterial to be released was the Recall EP. This featured two re-recorded songs from past albums and three other b-sides. The original version of the two songs to me seemed so much stronger most likely because the new versions key musical instrument seem to be keyboards. Prehapse the best song on the EP is "Surrendered" which has a strong "Arabic" theme to it which Peter's voice seems to fit perfectly into it.

Rating: ***

1. Roll Call / Recall - 4:16
2. Indigo Eyes 98 - 6:38
3. Big Love Of A Tiny Fool - 4:05
4. Surrendered - 5:20
5. Big And Tiny (Live) - 6:12

Download: Peter Murphy - Recall (1997)

The Saints - Imperious Delirium (2006)

The Saints are a long standing Australian punk rock band formed in 1974. After the departure of the bands key guitarist Ed Kuepper the bands music mellowed out into a soft rock until their hiatus wich lasted until 1997. Chris Bailey has since been trying to reestablish The Saints repuation as a punk rock band. After Marty Willson-Piper of The Church played with them for a short period of time the band was for the first time reduced to a three piece with Chris Bailey playing all the guitars on their new project, Imperious Delirium. The album starts with the song "Drunk In Babylon" which immediately sets the mood with a "dirty" rock sound to the guitars. Some of the great moments in the album have to be Baileys well constructed lyrics in "Je Fuckin' T'Aime" which gives it an added element as a love song. They still have some softer slow songs within the album, for example "Other Side Of The World" but even this still contains the punk rock sound they are trying to maintain. Chris Bailey has achieved exactly what he has set out to do with Imperious Delirium and The Saints remain one of the top rock bands of Australia.

Rating: ****

1. Drunk In Babylon - 3:43
2. Declare War - 3:59
3. Trocadero - 3:29
4. Je Fuckin' T'Aime - 3:08
5. Other Side Of The World - 4:06
6. So Close - 3:17
7. Getting Away With Murder - 3:23
8. Drowning - 3:36
9. Enough Is Never Enough - 2:53
10. Learning To Crawl - 3:27
11. War Of Independence - 4:58

Download: The Saints - Imperious Delirium (2006)
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Pendulum - Hold Your Colour

Right i put too you the glorious sounds of D&B, ive taken the best album produced by Pendulum and have choose the best five songs off there album for you to sink your teeth into.
My personal favorite is hold your colour but i am also a big fan of still grey but i still recommend listening to the whole album because it is all pretty epic.

Rating:*****

The five i have chosen are:
4-fasten your seatbelt-6:38
5-through the loop-6:14
6-sound of life ft jasmine lee-5:22
10-hold your colour-5:29
14-still grey-7:52

Gargoyle Sox - As The Masters Sleeps (1985)

Gargoyle Sox were a Gothic Rock band from the 80's. They Released their first mini LP in 1985 titled "As The Masters Sleeps". The sound of the band is standard of the first wave of gothic rock music but with the exception of their "freaky" keyboard style which makes them rather hard to classify as what genre it fits into. One of the best features of the band is the fact it is only a two piece act comprised of John Koester and Matt DeWan but they retain the sound of a four piece band not lacking in any area. The stand out track certainly has to be Succubus, especialy with the keyboards in the corus as it creates an atmosphere for the whole LP and tells you what the band is all about.

Rating: ****

1. Evil Exhibition - 4:29
2. Ghost Ship - 3:53
3. Succubus - 4:08
4. Sickness - 3:38
5. Pink Little Playhouse - 3:15

Download: Gargoyle Sox - As The Masters Sleeps (1985)