GARTH ARUM’s ‘The Dawn of a New Creation’ release date announced.

by Lefteris Kefalas

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New album “The Dawn of a New Creation” of spanish avant-garde project Garth Arum will be released by Satanath Records from Russia on June, the 24th 2013. Pre-order will be available soon. Nightmarer (from As Light Dies) is the main composer, producer and performer of almost every instrument: guitar, fretless bass, synths, drum programming and keyboards. In addition, he handles all the singing duties except for some great contributions in some songs that were performed by: Slo (from Smohalla), Camille Giraudeau (Stagnant Waters), Lady Carrot (Aegri Somnia) and Cecilia Tallo (On3iric4). The tracklist for the album is as follows:

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Abused in a drumtastic manner

by Dæv Tremblay

Alan Cassidy (Unbodied, then Black Dahlia Murder) shows us some really early works on Cryptic Abuse‘s song Morbid (I think that’s a work-in-progress name).

Cryptic Abuse is a brutal death metal band made by Matt Tluchowski (Unbodied, Karen Page), Alan Cassidy (Unbodied, BDM), Steve Lehocky, and Eliot Bayless.

There isn’t anything new likely to come soon, but a new album is definitely on its way, and coming someday!

While we wait for new music to bless our ears, we can listen to the band’s most recent EP, Smut Jungle, on bandcamp.

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The Legend of Zelda’s 25th Anniversary Symphony

by Dæv Tremblay

I have never played any Zelda game ever (although I’ve just started a game on A Link to the Past), but this is a pure gem!!!

Kind of like the Kanto Symphony for Pokémon, Zelda Symphony doesn’t need you to have played the games to enjoy. The themes are beautiful, the melodies beautiful, the sounds beautiful, everything’s beautiful (to hell with synonyms).

Concerts were held in Tokyo, London, and Los Angeles with an orchestra playing, as part of the 25th anniversary of the series. This disc came with the game Skyward Sword on the Nintendo Wii.

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XelmYa for your experimental orchestra needs

by Dæv Tremblay

XelmYa is a classical trio with a recorder (Sylvia Hinz), a violin (Alexa Renger), and a cello (Ehrengard von Gemmingen). They play pieces from any avant-garde or experimental composer around the world that, for example, exploit microtonality, noise, advanced techniques, etc. and, in general, new ways of thinking music and the material from which it comes.

The piece will probably feel a lot challenging to some of you, but I highly suggest you give it a listen, they are highly trained musicians playing stuff you would hear nowhere else!!!

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