Out of Milwaukee / Jackson, progressive rockers Wiszdomstone breathe fresh air into the half dead corpse that has become prog rock (in this scene) over the past decade. Dio, Maiden, Sabbath, and especially, Queensryche come to mind when listening to tracks that are meticulously produced in an obviously laborious studio setting. Learn More...
Scelerata "Skeletons Domination"
This Scelerata album slows down from the frenzied pace of the their last, this time bringing much more well crafted melodic metal songs and some epic and wonderful metallic soundscapes. Learn More...
Order Of Nine "A Means to Know End"
The Progressive Power Metal of Order of Nine has been a constant in the resurgence of Heavy Metal to the mainstream. Formed in 1997 under the name Templar, Order of Nine has spent 10 years dedicated to the writing and recording of True Power Metal for Metal fans worldwide. Learn More...
Joe Stump "Virtuostic Vendetta"
Joe Stump is one of the most intense and over the top guitarists on the planet. He was named by Guitar One Magazine as one of the ten fastest shredders of all time and by Guitarist as one of the top 20 shredders of all time. Learn More...
Memoira "Memoira"
Memoira is a female fronted Finnish band playing rather epic melodic & melancholic metal that has progressive and gothic orchestral parts. For fans of Nightwish, Epica, Kamelot, Within Temptation, Evanescence, Lacuna Coil. Learn More...
Heavenwood "Redemption"
DREAMY, MELODIC GOTHIC DEATH METAL!!!! What would it sound like if you blended AMON AMARTH with ALICE N CHAINS? Answer: HEAVENWOOD!!! Back after a decade of silence is the best Portuguese Metal band of all time, finally ready to break charts and hearts again, with their third full-length album. 'REDEMPTION' released on Recital Records! Learn More...
MYRATH (english meaning "LEGACY") is a Metal band from Tunisia, a small county well known for its resort areas on the Mediterranean coast but certainly not for its metal bands, yet in just a few years what started out as a teenage cover band has grown into one of the worlds major contenders in PowerProg Metal and gained much respect by the international prog-power international community Learn More
EDGEND A New Identity
Brilliant guitar driven melodic power metal sounding like DIO meets SYMPHONY X, but oh so much more in there with the middle eastern flavors added in, a VERY strong debut with mature songwriting, and some extremely tasty technical prowess showing without over the top pyrotechnics. Learn More
FUTURES END Memoirs of a Broken Man
The most exciting tech metal album debut this year, blending Thrash, Prog, Power, and melody into a new alloy of scorching molten metal sounding a bit like if you tossed TESTAMENT, ZERO HOUR and SYMPHONY X and ALICE IN CHAINS into a blender with a few ice cubes possibly? Learn More
NARNIA Course of a Generation
Excellent vocals, Massive guitar riffs and mesmerizing song writing makes this an absolute MUST HAVE for ALL fans of hard rock and metal, bridging many subgenres successfully! THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING.... Truly a brilliant album not to be missed! Learn More
AUDIOVISION Focus
“Focus” is a first class melodic hardrock/metal album and fans of Rainbow, Whitesnake, Dio, Gotthard, Europe and Stryper will for sure love it! Songs like “Invitation”, “Keep the fire burning” and “We are not alone” will definitely become big hits and live favourites, so keep an eye out for Audiovision and “Focus”! This is only the beginning.... Learn More...
PAINSIDE Dark World Burden
With the release of DARK WORLD BURDEN, modern heavy metal band PAINSIDE - Guilherme Sevens (vocals), Carlos Saione (guitar), Marcelo Val (bass), Daemon Ross (guitar) and André Andrade (drums) - is preparing to unleash on the world its unique blend of dark, yet melodic heavy metal.. Learn More...
STEVE CICHON Cranial Feedback
Steve Cichon's third album hits the streets, although you may not recognize his name yet... known also for his work with Vicious Circle (the original one.) Steve isn't singing on this one, rather sticking to his God given talent of guitar. Steve has a gift for blending wonderful melody and composition together into a beautiful soundscape as well as showing off his technical skills without overshadowing the music. Learn More...
HARD Time Is Waiting For No One
HARD is a Swedish-Hungarian hard rock group, formed in 2004 by some of the finest musicians in the Hungarian hard rock scene. After two critically acclaimed and award nominated albums in Hungary, the band decided to take a step forward and hit the international music territories with English lyrics. Learn More...
PHONOMIK Soul Creeper
Melodic integrity and hard rocking riffs play in favor for PHONOMIK's unique sound. The renaissance meets 2000 with the primal scream of a caveman. Appealing to the human emotions PHONOMIK's music scales love and hate. Learn More...
SINBREED When Worlds Collide
The blistering combination of speed, melodic and aggressive arrangements combined with high and soaring vocals characterizes Sinbreed's distinctive Power metal, and they now present their debut album "When worlds collide". Learn More
CHARLOTTE Medusa Groove
With a unique sound influenced by Great White, Guns N’Roses, and Led Zeppelin, they quickly garnered barrels of buzz and rode the wave of their rapidly rising popularity to other gigs. Through it all, they were never content to follow the trend, always staying true to themselves and delivering vibrant, creative, unpredictable hard rock music. Learn More
LEGACY Self-Titled
Legacy made no bones about being a Christian metal band. While the music was important, a sizzling salvo of heavy guitars, thunderous rhythms, melodic hooks, and layered harmonies, the band placed equal, if not more, importance on their message, ensuring their lyrics cleaved true to who they were as men of faith. Learn More
PARIS KEELING End of Ride Revisited
End of Ride Revisited by Paris Keeling features guest appearances by rock royalty George Lynch, Don Dokken, Carmine Appice, Al Pitrelli, Erik Norlander, and Shane Gaalaas. The core band consists of Marty Paris on guitars and Kelly Keeling on vocals along with bassist Rick Van Benschoten, cellist Matt Goeke, and drummer Gintas Janusonis. Learn More
DR. GRIND Speechless
Dual guitars, fast and intricate with crushing riffs and off-time beats; leaving an indelible impression; McCabe, provides the finest drumming to be found anywhere; the bass work is excellent and Allen at his best sounds menacing, angry, brutal, and melodic, often in the same line. This is one of the most complete, stunning releases in metal. Learn More
SGT. ROXX Weapon of Miss Distraction
Featured in Metal Edge’s “Rock on the Rise” and on the covers of several Midwestern rock mags, SGT ROXX’s smooth & sexy, full-bodied Glam sound and dangerous air brought them a caravan of traveling fans on a mission to fill every prime rock haunt in the area circuit (Thirsty Whale, Stay Out West, Club Dimensions) and landing them a showcase at New York’s infamous Cat Club. Learn More
ProgArchives.com gives has this album rated 4.38 out of 5 rating derived from twenty consumer ratings. Not bad and at a price of only 9.99 retail at Nightmare, you can't go wrong!
Lance, the site won't let me buy the download version. Other than that this is an absolutely great album. Awesome harmony, gorgeous guitars. Will listen to again and again. But would really like to have the MP3 download version too.
Out of Milwaukee / Jackson, progressive rockers Wiszdomstone breathe fresh air into the half dead corpse that has become prog rock (in this scene) over the past decade. Dio, Maiden, Sabbath, and especially, Queensryche come to mind when listening to tracks that are meticulously produced in an obviously laborious studio setting. 
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