Highlord - 2009 - The Death Of The Artists

Highlord is an Italian power metal band formed in 1996. Their debut was released in 1999; a sophomore effort followed in 2000. 2002 saw the group release Breath of Eternity and 2004, their fourth full-length Medusa's Coil. In 2006, the group released its fifth LP on Mythic Silence in North America and Soundholic in Japan.

The title of the new CD will be The Death of the Artists and will represent a starting point of discussion for all that happened to the band since the last cd "Instant Madness".

Tracklist so far is as follows:

01. Simple Man

02. Every Thrash Of Me

03. Canticle Of The Flesh

04. It Takes Some Passion

05. The Death Of The Artists

06. Dance In A Flame

07. The Scream

08. Slave To Darkness

09. A Queen In My Pocket (Feat. The Famous. X)

10. Rebel Yell (Billy Idol) **bonus tracks**

11. Zankokuna tenshi no teze-Evangelion op. cover

Gamma Ray - To The Metal (2010)

To The Metal is the tenth full length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released on January 29th, 2010.
To promote To The Metal, Gamma Ray will headline a tour with Freedom Call and Secret Sphere. The album was recorded in Kai's own studio in Hamburg in autumn 2009.
The band has recorded 12 songs. Ten of them will be featured on the regular album release, while the other two will be bonus tracks and they will appear on the different editions of the album.
The band described some of the songs on the official website, revealing that there will be a full-throttle number called "Rise", a rhytmic and melodically diverse song called "Time To Live", and a multilayered anthem titled "All you need to know", featuring Michael Kiske.
Other songs mentioned are "No Need to Cry", a song written by Dirk Schlächter about the death of his father, "To The Metal", a song they played on various festivals last summer and the atmospherically dense "Empathy".

Track listing

Empathy (Hansen)
All You Need to Know (Hansen)
Time To Live (Richter)
To The Metal (Hansen)
Rise (Zimmermann)
Mother Angel (Hansen)
Shine Forever (Schlächter)
Deadlands (Hansen)
Chasing Shadows (Richter)
No Need To Cry (Schlächter)
Bonus-Tracks on different versions:
One Life (Hansen)
Wannabes (Zimmermann)

Personnel

Kai Hansen - vocals, guitar
Henjo Richter - guitars, keyboards
Dirk Schlächter - bass, vocals on "No Need to Cry"
Dan Zimmermann - drums

Guest musician
Michael Kiske - vocals on "All You Need to Know"

Source : en.wikipedia.org