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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!
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Bandname: CrowbarTitle: Lifesblood of the Downtrodden
Genre: DoomCore
Release Date: February 2005
Record Company / Label: Candlelight Records / PhD
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Bandname: Blo.torchTitle: Volatile
Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Release Date: Autumn 2004
Record Company / Label: Self Financed
The Netherlands have been well-known for their huge supply of excellent death- and thrash-metal bands throughout the years. But lately it seems like the well has slightly dried up. Hence Blo.torch. These 5 men residing from The Hague know what a killer record needs. A talent that was already well recognized by Earache spin-off label Wicked World in the latter half of the nineties. The band released their debut and the future looked great. But somewhere the plans came to a full stop and they found themselves back at the beginning with no label to support them. Despite this set-back they didn’t give up and several years later the band is back with a slightly different line-up and a whole bunch of experience. Against all odds they even managed to win the prestigious “Grote Prijs van Zuid Holland” talent prize in the year 2004. This band is flaming red hot. Ready to burn the town down.
