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KEKAL calls it quits, offers free downloads

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:23:52 +0000

Avant Garde metal band, KEKAL, are sadly no more. The band’s members called it quits after 14 years of existence. KEKAL started out as an extreme metal band but over the years their music progressed and diversified. Jeff and Leo, the only existing members of the band have left the band but decided to keep Kekal to remain exist as a band (read: institution) albeit without active band-members. The official statement is available on the band’s official website.

The band has made 3 of their albums available as free download:

Official Website: Kekal

SHRAPNEL’s debut album available for download

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:00:41 +0000

Shrapnel - Intellectual Pursuit

Bangalore based thrash metal band, SHRAPNEL, are giving away their excellent debut album ‘Intellectual Pursuit’ as free download at http://www.gimmesound.com/shrapnel

KRYPTOS debut album available as free download

admin — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:43:29 +0000

Kryptos - Spiral Ascent

Banglore based old school thrashers, KRYPTOS, are giving away their debut album, Spiral Ascent, as free download. Those who missed out now have a chance to get hold of the awesome debut release. Just goto http://www.gimmesound.com/Kryptos/ and download the songs.

Unrestrained Magazine Final Issue

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:20:55 +0000

Unrestrained Magazine, extreme metal magazine which recently closed doors due to sad passing away of Adrian Bromley, the publisher, coordinator, and co-editor of the magazine. Tate Bengtson has offered the last issue, #39, as free download. Unrestrained! #39 has been released by Adrian’s friends and family as a tribute to him in PDF format. You could download the issue 39 here.

TuxGuitar – Open Source Tablature Editor

admin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:03:17 +0000

TuxGuitar, an open source tablature editor, is an music composer and player. The editor can be used to compose music using score and could be played back as midi file. The editor has multitrack display for different instruments, fret board view and matrix editor for percussion instruments. The editor has autoscroll feature for simulaneous playback. The editor has standard music notations as well as various effects like bend, slide, vibrato, hammer on/pull-off, time signature and tempo management. The editor can import and export gp3,gp4 and gp5 files. The music can be exported in Lilypond, MusicXML formats to name a few.

Download TuxGuitar here

Download Live Metallica Tracks Legally

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:32:37 +0000

LiveMetallica.com has offering many of the thrash legends, Metallica, live tracks as free downloads (1982 – 2003) legally. Head over to LiveMetallica.com to download the entire tracks. You will need to create a free login in order to download the tracks.

Download tracks here.

German Tribute To Metallica

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:49:53 +0000

Blabbermouth reports:

Five German bands have recorded cover versions of classic METALLICA songs for the first-ever “German Tribute to Metallica”. Between now and August 18, a new track from the tribute will be made available for free download each Tuesday and Friday via www.tribute-to-metallica.de.

To download the first song — KILLIANS‘ version of “Hero of the Day” — go to this location (free registration required).

Demonstealer Releases Solo Album As Free Download

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:20:03 +0000

Demonstealer, a name synonymous with the Indian Metal scene and also the main man behind melodic black/thrash metal band, Demonic Resurrection, Demonstealer Records and band Reptilian Death has released his debut solo album “…And Chaos Will Reign…“. The album has 7 tracks and has been released as a free download rather than on CD. The songs can be downloaded from Demonstealer Records website after registering at the forums.

Following is the tracklisting :

And There Is Calm Before Every Storm
Whirlwinds of Devastation
Seething Pain That Leaves No Scars
The Empty Wasteland of Despair
Elegy For The Grieving One
A Solitary Mass Of Flesh
In Desolation A Prayer

Read the lyrics for all songs at this location.

To listen to samples visit:
http://www.myspace.com/thedemonstealer
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=117365

Pandora Podcast: Types Of Metal

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:16:52 +0000

Pandora, the music recommendation service, has a podcast covering various aspects of music and composition. In their latest podcast, Types of metal, they cover the various forms of metal genre and the differences in them. The host Kevin Seal along with guests guitarist Ava Mendoza, bassist Kurt Kotheimer and drummer Weasel Walter show us the musical components of various metal genres: grindcore, metalcore, black metal, death metal, thrash, hair metal, and more.

Download the Pandora podcast here or listen online.

Frets On Fire: Open Source Guitar Hero

admin — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:52:48 +0000

Frets on Fire is a music video game in which users use the keyboard to play along with scrolling on-screen musical notes to complete a song. The game is developed by Unreal Voodoo and is a clone of the popular Guitar Hero console game.

The game features a unique inverted keyboard which emulates a guitar, with one hand pressing the fret buttons and another pressing the pick button. The game has a song editor to add your own songs and can also import Guitar Hero I & II songs. There are hundreds of songs available for download and you can also compete with others in the World Charts.

FoF is a multi platform game and can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and FreeBSD.

Download Frets on Fire.