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Band name: Kamelot Title: The Black Halo
Genre: Powermetal
Release date: March 14th 2005
Record company/label: Steamhammer/ SPV
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Bandname: Tea Party, theTitle: Seven Circles
Genre: (alternative) Rock
Release Date: Autumn 2004
Record Company / Label: EMI/Inside Out
To most people the Tea Party is still an unknown act from Canada. Despite that the band is huge (in a Metallica-way) in Canada and Australia. And even the “insiders” in Europe (yes the Netherlands and Germany definitely know who the Tea Party are) know what to expect from these 3 rockers with a love for Eastern culture and instruments. They are probably the only band that successfully knows how to combine a ton of middle-eastern influences with Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Buckley, Nick cave and many more. 7 Albums later they still know how to deliver top-of-the-bill rock, leaving many bands behind in their trail. So discover this band and give them the respect they so definitely deserve.
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Bandname: novActTitle: Tales from the Soul (to those who understand)
Genre: Prog Metal
Release Date: March 2005
Record Company / Label: Sensory
Prog metal is hot! A lot of musicians feel the need in the last years to make complex and progressive music inspired by (most of the time) bands like Dream Theater. Result: a thousand copies claiming to be new and different. But some bands actually do make a change. The genuine article, the real deal. Not playing this type of music because they bought Scenes from a Memory and thought they could do that as well. Ploughing their way through the Dutch music scene under the moniker Morgana-X for several years this band deserves respect and support. Half-way through 2004 they suddenly changed their name to get rid of a stigma caused by the X in their old name. NovAct is slowly but steadily moving away from the stigmas, rising above the majority, into the upstream. Keep your eye on these guys. Especially now they are the official support act of After Forever in the upcoming season.
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Band name: EpicaGenre: Epic Metal
Release date: 2005-04-21
Record company/label: Transmission Records
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Bandname: Judas PriestTitle: Angel of Retribution
Genre: Heavy Metal
Release Date: February 2005
Record Company / Label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment
The Metal Gods have returned! This band needs no introduction. This band wrote most of the heavy metal clichés, formed and moulded the musical art form that we know as heavy metal today. And for the first time in over a decade the “original” line-up has come back to the front. With Rob Halford back on vocals many Priest fans around the world saw a dream come true. And then there’s the ordeal of the come-back album… The Angel of Retribution is here!
