Moonspell - Alpha Noir/Omega White 2012

După patru ani de absenta, portughezii revin cun un nou material, al noualea. Un dublu album, de fapt, care merita a fi pus spre ascultare.

4/5









Songs:
Alpha Noir

1. Axis Mundi
2. Lickanthrope
3. Versus
4. Alpha Noir
5. En Nome Do Medo
6. Opera Carne
7. Love is Blasphemy
8. Grand Stand
9. Sine Missione 

Omega White

1. White Omega
2. White Skies
3. Fireseason
4. New Tears Eve
5. Herodisiac
6. Incantatrix
7. Sacrificial
8. A Greater Darkness

Musicians:
Fernando Ribeiro / vocals
Ricardo Amorim / guitar
Pedro Paixão / guitar, keys
Aires Pereira / bass
Miguel Gaspar / drums

The Next Hundred Years - Troppo 2012

Canadieni, la al treilea album. Influente diverse, dar pe ansamblu nu suna rau.

4/5









Songs:
1. Lactose 06:06
2. Building Into A Building 04:21
3. Pyramid 03:33
4. F.I.T. 05:18
5. Kids 06:47
6. Lazers 02:34
7. CrO2 Metal 06:46
8. 1987 05:53
9. Blue Max 07:07
10. Current Pulls 04:28 

Musicians:
Zeb Pigott-Duggan / vocals, violin
Jordan Bennee / guitars, keys
Kyle McLean / guitars
Joel Cannell / bass
Jonas Fairley / drums

John Southworth - Easterween 2012

Canadian, cu o voce foarte interesanta. Avem aici un amestec de klezmer, cabaret si jazz, fain de tot. Nu e de ratat.

5/5








Songs:
1. Nip It In The Bud
2. Morbid Fecundity
3. Falling In Love With The Old World Again
4. Sweet Virgin Of The Lake
5. Innocence Is King
6. Queen Lear
7. Metamorphosong
8. Phantasmagoria
9. Robert Kirk Is In His Lighthouse
10. Sylvia Of The Trees
11. Rumspringa
12. Easterween

Musicians:
John Southworth / voice
Andrew Downing / cello
Peter Lutek / clarinet
Kevin Turcotte / trumpet
William Carn / trombone
Aleksandar Gajic / violin
David Occhipinti / guitar
Joe Phillips / double bass

Mary Halvorson - Bending Bridges 2012

Chitarista americana, cu mai multe albume la activ. Interesant pe alocuri, dar cam atat.

2/5









Songs:
1. Sinks When She Rounds The Bend [N° 22] 07:48
2. Hemorrhaging Smiles [N° 25] 07:58
3. Forgotten Men In Silver [N° 24] 08:03
4. Love In Eight Colors [N° 21] 10:14
5. The Periphery Of Scandal [N° 23] 07:50
6. That Old Sound [N° 27] 04:49
7. Sea Cut Like Snow [N° 26] 06:52
8. Deformed Weight Of Hands [N° 28] 07:09
9. All The Clocks [N° 29] 07:48

Musicians:
Mary Halvorson / guitar
Jonathan Finlayson / trumpet
Jon Irabagon / alto saxophone
John Hébert / double bass
Ches Smith / drums

Guilhem Flouzat - One Way...Or Another 2012

Baterist francez, album de debut, dupa mai multe colaborari. Suna bine, e de ascultat.

4/5









Songs:
1.Stompin 5.40
2. One Way...Or Another 6.32
3. Clap! 6.19
4. Black Magic 2.48
5. Sometimes, At Night 9.50
6. Agin 6.10
7. Avant l’Orage 6.30
8. Meet 5.38
9. Black Magic 3.01

Musicians:
Ben Wendel / sax ténor
Antonin Hoang / sax alto
Laurent Coq / piano (1,2,5,6,7,9)
Tigran Hamasyan / piano (3,8)
Michael Valeanu / guitar
Simon Tailleu / bbass (1,2,3,6)
Matteo Bortone / bass (3,4,5,7,9)

John Abercrombie - Within A Song 2012

Un nou album scos la ECM de celebrul chitarist american. De dat play si de savurat in liniste.


5/5








Songs:
1 Where Are You
2 Easy Reader
3 Within A Song , Without A Song
4 Flamenco Sketches
5 Nick Of Time
6 Blues Connotation
7 Wise One
8 Interplay
9 Sometime Ago

Musicians:
John Abercrombie / guitar
Joe Lovano / tenor saxophone
Drew Gress / double-bass
Joey Baron / drums

Cryptic Vision - Of Infinite Possibilities 2012

Americani, al treilea lor album, scos la sase ani de precedentul. Unele momente interesante, altele mai putin, dar i se poate acorda atentie.

3/5









Songs:
1. Singularity
2. Starting Gun
3. The Secret
4. Affecting Time
5. Obsolete
6. M Theory
7. Real Magic
8. Lucid Dream
9. Flash of Life - part 2
10. Other Side
11. Infinite Possibilites

Musicians:
Rick Duncan / drums, guitar, keyboards
Todd Plant / vocals, guitar
Sam Conable / bass, vocals
Timothy Keese / guitar, vocals
Howard Helm / keyboards, vocals

Guests:
David Ragsdale / violin
Shawn Bowen / guitar
John Zahner / keyboards
Gary Schutt / guitar
John Leblanc / guitar
Mike Carello / fretless bass