Today in 2002 Pagan's Mind released the album Celestial Entrance
Skien, Telemark,Norway Progressive/Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 2000-present
Pagan's Mind is a top-flight progressive metal band from Norway, having formed in 2000 and now three albums into their career. Despite the all-too-familiar influences (Dream Theater and a bit of early Queensryche), Pagan's Mind avoids the heard-it-all-before label by simply doing it right. Basically, the band delivers exactly what prog metal fans want, that being superior musicianship, a crystalline production, soaring vocals, and diverse songwriting. Every instrument is clearly heard and makes its presence felt, and every note is seemingly in the right place. Pagan's Mind is unquestionably among the best melodic progressive metal bands playing today.
Limb Music GmbH
Nils K. Rue Vocals
Jørn Viggo Lofstad Guitars
Thorstein Aaby (R.I.P. 2007) Guitars
Steinar Krokmo Bass
Stian Kristoffersen Drums
Ronny Tegner Keyboards
1. Approaching 02:48
2. Through Osiris' Eyes 06:09
3. Entrance: Stargate 06:01
4. ...of Epic Questions 06:10
5. Dimensions of Fire 07:29
6. Dreamscape Lucidity 06:40
7. The Seven Sacred Promises 06:29
8. Back to the Magic of Childhood: Part 1 - Conception 02:46
9. Back to the Magic of Childhood: Part 2 - Exploring Life 09:18
10. In Brilliant White Light 02:45
11. Aegean Shores 05:14
12. The Prophecy of Pleiades 09:53
01:11:42
- Produced by Pagan’s Mind and Fredrik Nordstrøm
- Mixed in Studio Fredman, Gothenburg Sweeden, April 2002 by Fredrik Norstrøm.
- Recorded In Klyve Lydstudio, Skien Norway January – March 2002
( Engineered by Øyvind Eriksen and Per Sælør )
- Editing by Patrik J. Sten at Studio Fredman
- Vocals recorded at Images & Word, Skien Norway , March 2002
- Vocal Transfer by Espen Mjøen at Mediamaker Studio, Skien Norway
- Clean guitars on ” Conception ” recorded at Mediamaker Studio, January 2002
- Transfer an Editing by Kjetil Nesheim at NLC-Studio, April 2002
- Mastered at Masterhuset, Oslo Norway by Morten Lund , April 2002
Today in 2002 Masterplan released there debut EP Enlighten Me
Hamburg,Germany Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 2001-present
Masterplan is one of several bands in the Helloween family tree, the link here being long-time guitarist Roland Grapow. Over the years Grapow and keyboardist Axel Mackenrott have surrounded themselves with plenty of name Euro power metal musicians, including two of the most well-travelled drummers in Uli Kusch and Mike Terrana, as well as noted vocalist Jørn Lande, who's since gone on to a standout solo career. Given the pedigree, Masterplan's style is less classic power/speed metal and more rooted in hard rock and 80's melodic metal.
Painful Lust
Roland Grapow Guitars, Bass (1, 2, 5)
Jørn Lande Vocals
Uli Kusch Drums
Guest/Session
Jürgen Attig Bass (3, 4)
Janne Warman Keyboards
1. Enlighten Me (single version) 03:42
2. Kind Hearted Light 04:25
3. Through Thick and Thin 04:04
4. Black Dog (Led Zeppelin cover) 04:35
5. Enlighten Me 04:38
21:24
Axel Mackenrott and Jan-Sören Eckert appear in the line-up, but did not play on any of the songs.
Tracks 2, 5 were later released on album "Masterplan".
Tracks 1, 3, 4 are exclusive to the EP.
"Through Thick and Thin" was also included to Japanese edition of album "Masterplan".
Today in 2002 Iron Maiden released the album Eddie's Archive
London, England Heavy Metal/NWOBHM
Status:Active
Years active: 1975-present
Iron Maiden is clearly one of the most recognizable and successful groups to emerge from the NWOBHM scene that came into being in the late seventies, as well as one of the most influential metal bands of all time, with an infinite number of 80's and later bands owing to their style. Like many long-standing group, their early albums really define the band with most feeling that either Killers, Number Of The Beast, or Piece Of Mind are the band's best (BNR favorite: Killers), and there even those who would claim that the early Di'Anno years were the band's best. One could argue that they haven't really changed or broadened their style over their long career, but they have perfected it, churning out album after album with nary a dip in popularity (save perhaps for the Blaze Bayley period, though the stagnation was hardly his fault). With Bruce Dickinson returning in 2000 on Brave New World (along with a three-guitar attack), Iron Maiden proved they still have plenty of life left in them. And they certainly remain a fan favorite, with a stunning 14 albums placing in the Internet Top Ten lists.
EMI Records
Compilation
- Paul Di'Anno / vocals
- Bruce Dickinson / vocals
- Blaze Bayley / vocals
- Steve Harris / bass
- Dave Murray / guitars
- Tony Parsons / guitars (The BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock show is his only recorded appearance with Iron Maiden)
- Dennis Stratton / guitars
- Adrian Smith / guitars
- Janick Gers / guitars
- Doug Sampson / drums
- Clive Burr (R.I.P. 2013)/ drums
- Nicko McBrain / drums
- Michael Kenney / keyboards
Disc 1: BBC Archives, Disc 1
BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show, 14th November 1979:
1. Iron Maiden (3:45)
2. Running Free (3:10)
3. Transylvania (4:02)
4. Sanctuary (3:44)
Reading Festival, UK 28th August 1982:
5. Wrathchild (3:31)
6. Run to the Hills (5:35)
7. Children of the Damned (4:48)
8. The Number of the Beast (5:28)
9. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:36)
10. Transylvania (6:19)
11. The Prisoner (5:49)
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:36)
13. Phantom of the Opera (7:01)
14. Iron Maiden (4:57)
Total Time: 72:29
Disc 2: BBC Archives, Disc 2
Reading Festival, UK 23rd August 1980:
1. Prowler (4:26)
2. Remember Tomorrow (5:59)
3. Killers (4:43)
4. Running Free (3:52)
5. Transylvania (4:48)
6. Iron Maiden (4:56)
Doningon Monsters of Rock, UK 20th August 1988:
7. Moonchild (5:43)
8. Wrathchild (3:00)
9. Infinite Dreams (5:51)
10. The Trooper (4:04)
11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (10:26)
12. The Number of the Beast (4:42)
13. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:09)
14. Iron Maiden (6:01)
Total Time: 75:46
Disc 3: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 1
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue (4:32)
2. Wrathchild (3:30)
3. Run to the Hills (4:19)
4. Children of the Damned (4:38)
5. The Number of the Beast (5:07)
6. Another Life (3:44)
7. Killers (5:46)
8. 22 Acacia Avenue (6:55)
9. Total Eclipse (4:14)
Total Time: 42:49
Disc 4: Beast Over Hammersmith (Hammersmith Odeon, 20 March 1982), Disc 2
1. Transylvania (5:50)
2. The Prisoner (5:48)
3. Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:30)
4. Phantom of the Opera (6:53)
5. Iron Maiden (4:20)
6. Sanctuary (4:12)
7. Drifter (9:18)
8. Running Free (3:44)
9. Prowler (5:00)
Total Time: 52:39
Disc 5: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 1 (1980-1988)
1. Burning Ambition (2:42)
2. Drifter (live) (6:03)
3. Invasion (2:39)
4. Remember Tomorrow (live) (5:28)
5. I've Got The Fire (Montrose cover) (2:39)
6. Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover) (3:56)
7. Rainbow's Gold (Beckett cover) (4:59)
8. King Of Twilight (Nektar cover) (4:53)
9. Reach Out (The Entire Population Of Hackney cover) (3:33)
10. That Girl (FM cover) (5:05)
11. Juanita (Marshall Fury cover) (3:47)
12. The Sheriff Of Huddersfield (3:35)
13. Black Bart Blues (6:41)
14. Prowler '88 (4:09)
15. Charlotte The Harlot '88 (4:13)
Total Time: 64:22
Disc 6: Best Of The B-Sides Disc 2 (1990-2000)
1. All In Your Mind (Stray cover) (4:31)
2. Kill Me Ce Soir (Golden Earring cover) (6:17)
3. I'm A Mover (Free cover) (3:29)
4. Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin cover) (2:42)
5. Nodding Donkey Blues (3:17)
6. Space Station No. 5 (Montrose cover) (3:47)
7. I Can't See My Feelings (Budgie cover) (3:50)
8. Roll Over Vic Vella (Chuck Berry cover) (4:48)
9. Justice Of The Peace (3:33)
10. Judgement Day (4:04)
11. My Generation (The Who cover) (3:37)
12. Doctor Doctor (UFO cover) (4:50)
13. Blood On The Worlds Hands (live) (6:07)
14. The Aftermath (live) (6:45)
15. Futureal (live) (3:01)
16. Wasted Years '99 (live) (5:07)
Total Time: 69:45
Box Set Total Time 378:01
Strictly Limited Edition embossed metal casket celebrating over 20 years of Iron Maiden containing a unique Eddie Crystal Shot Glass by Alchemy and an individually numbered Iron Maiden Family Tree parchment scroll as a certificate for the box rolled in a unique Eddie Pewter Ring.
Recording information:
Disc 1 tracks 1-4 recorded live on November 14th, 1979 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 1 tracks 5-14 recorded live on August 28th, 1982 in Reading, United Kingdom.
Disc 2 tracks 1-6 recorded live on August 23rd, 1980 in Reading, United Kingdom.
Disc 2 tracks 7-14 recorded live on August 20th, 1988 at Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donington, United Kingdom.
Discs 3 & 4 recorded live on March 20th, 1982 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 5 track 2 recorded live on April 3rd, 1980 in London, United Kingdom.
Disc 5 track 4 recorded live on October 29th, 1981 in Padua, Italy.
Disc 6 tracks 13-15 recorded live on November 1st, 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Disc 6 track 16 recorded live on September 29th, 1999 in Milan, Italy
Today in 2002 Grave Digger released the album Masterpieces
Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany Heavy/Power Metal
Status:Active
Years active: 1980-1986, 1986-1987 (as Digger), 1988-1991 (as Hawaii), 1991-present
Grave Digger is one of a quartet of German bands that have been at the forefront of the German power metal field since the eighties, alongside Helloween, Running Wild, and Rage. Like the other three, Grave Digger was initially signed to Noise Records and was instrumental in the rise of that label, and like both Running Wild and Rage, have endured multiple lineup changes surrounding their front man, that man here being Chris Boltendahl. And like the other three, Grave Digger have released a slew of classic German power metal albums, with no signs of slowing down.
GUN Records
Compilation
1. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching) 04:04
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown 04:29
3. The Round Table (Forever) 04:17
4. The Battle of Bannockburn 04:20
5. Circle of Witches 05:31
6. The Dark of the Sun 04:31
7. Witchhunter 03:13
8. Symphony of Death 04:25
9. Heart of Darkness 11:56
10. Fight the Fight 02:44
11. Lionheart 04:34
12. Headbanging Man 03:55
13. Excalibur 04:43
14. Scotland United 04:34
15. The Reaper 05:42
16. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots) 04:59
01:17:57
Illustrations courtesy of the German painter Alfred Rethel.
Today in 2002 Forgotten Silence released the EP Yarim Ay
Rosice Czech Republic Experimental Progressive Death Metal/Folk/Jazz
Status:Active
Years active: 1993-present
Often it is the more remote, less traditional locales where truly original music can be found, and here is a case in point. Hailing from the Czech Republic, Forgotten Silence is really on to something here, with a style truly all their own that changes radically from one album to the next. Reviewing their last three albums, the styles range from the avant-garde death metal of Ka Ba Ach (replete with Hanka's wonderful jazzy mid-range vocals complementing death growls) to the experimental ethno-ambient work that is Bya Bamahe Neem to the clear 70's prog rock influences that are all over Kro Ni Ka. Of these three, Ka Ba Ach is the BNR favorite, a fascinating album that is highly recommended for those seeking an original twist on metal, but Kro Ni Ka is noteworthy as well. This is one of the most adventurous metal bands in existence, truly a hidden gem for those seeking something unique.
Independent
Krusty Vocals, Bass, Percussion
Hanka Nogolová Vocals (female)
Medvěd Guitars
Biggles Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Siki Cello
Side A
1. Göl / The Lake 08:13
2. Caminin Üzerindeki Sabah Ayı / The Morning Over The Mosque 04:58
Side B
3. Onward 08:07
21:18
7" picture disc vinyl.
One track with three parts.
A1 Göl / The Lake
A2 Caminin Üzerindeki Sabah Ayı / The Morning Over The Mosque
B Onward
Recording information:
Recorded & mixed at AudioLineStudio from August to October 2002.
Today in 2002 Dionysus released there debut album Sign Of truth
Bålsta,Sweden Power Metal
Status:Split-up
Years active: 1999-2008
Dionysus was formed by drummer Ronny Milianowicz around the time he left his previous band Sinergy, eventually recruiting a respected set of musicians, all of which have previous ties to various European metal bands in one way or another. What we have here is yet another classically Germanic-styled melodic speedy power metal band, featuring the familiar happy choruses and rollicking leads that are the mainstays of the genre. The same positives and negatives that apply to countless other bands in this field are applicable here, the positives being a sterling production, top-notch musicianship (guitarist Johnny Öhlin and vocalist Olaf Hayer both give excellent performances) and a general band tightness and maturity, with the negatives being very little in the way of originality -- really, there just isn't much here that makes Dionysus stand out as a unique band. Nevertheless, the aforementioned good points make this band a recommended one for Euro power metal fans. The band managed three albums between 2002 and 2006 before breaking up in 2008.
Painful Lust Records
Kaspar Keyboards
Nobby Bass
Johnny Guitars
Olaf Vocals
Ronny Drums
1. Time Will Tell 05:04
2. Sign of Truth 05:32
3. Bringer of Salvation 04:33
4. Pouring Rain 05:20
5. Anthem (For the Children) 05:36
6. Holy War 05:24
7. Don't Forget 06:03
8. Walk on Fire 05:57
9. Never Wait 05:47
10. Loaded Gun 05:11
54:27
Note:
The bonus track "Loaded Gun" is to be found on every version of the album since it was released as limited edition only all over the world.
Melbourne, Victoria,Australia Death Metal/Grindcore (early), Grind 'n' Roll (later)
Status:Active
Years active: 1991-present
Blood Duster's brand of grindcore, speed bursts, and 30-second songs would normally be far removed from what I prefer to listen to, but the newest, Str8 Outta Northcote, slows the overall pace a bit and mixes some ultra-heavy downtuned riffing that I find strangely compelling. The album covers (and probably lyrics as well, given some of their album/song titles) are pretty gruesome. The band at one time labelled their style "grinding death rock", and that seems an apt term, at least for Northcote. Their newer albums mark a return to the faster grindcore style of their earlier work.
High Voltage Productions Records
Jason P.C. Bass, Vocals, Drums (track -2)
Tony Vocals
M.Lo Pantz Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Matt Rizzo Drums, Vocals (backing), Guitars (track -2), Maracas
J.J.La whore Guitars
Guest/Session
Rob Wog Vocals (backing) (track 2)
Ja Vocals (track 2)
Rick Vocals (backing) (track 2)
Olivia Vocals (backing) (track 2)
Dianne Vocals (backing) (track 2)
Mike Filth Vocals (backing) (track 2)
Tommy Guitars (track -2)
Youngy Bass (track -2)
Andy Christ Hammond Organ (track 1)
1. Ornery Hornery 01:14
2. D.F.F. 02:09
3. 66.6 on Your FM Dial 00:49
4. Ticket to Ride / Htabbaskcalb Part 2 02:50
5. Let's Fuck (The Dwarves cover) 00:57
07:59
There are also 2 hidden tracks. They are found by holding the rewind button after the start of the first track.
1. The Spirit of Sore Throat has Long Since Died (00:17)
2. Painfull Noise Entitled "Htabbaskcalb" (04:03)
There is also another hidden track after "Lets Fuck"; it is 57:54 of silence
"D.F.F." stands for "Drink Fight Fuck".
Recording information:
Recorded at Toyland Studios (Northcote, Melbourne).
