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sexta-feira, 30 de outubro de 2015

Plugs Of Apocalypse - (2012 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream

BIOGRAPHY
Plugs Of The Apocalypse is a deathcore group, formed in Rome in September 2008 from an idea of three boys, James, George and Alexander, peers bound by the same taste in music and by the same spirit of enterprise. Hired shortly after founding drummer Simon, the Plugs Of Apocalypse remain united and stable for about two years, during which time their musical growth leads them to perform in some famous clubs in Rome, among which the Zoobar, the Blackout Rock Club and Stazione Birra, and to record two demo they get some success.
In December 2010, there is a change of direction by the singer / guitarist George, who decides to give up the guitar to concentrate solely on vocals. They begin searching for a new guitarist, that are fixed in March 2011 with the addition of Luca, boy with several years of experience behind them.

Status: Acctive
Formed In: 2008

LINE UP
Giorgio Della Posta - Lead Vocals & Synth
Alessandro Sajeva - Guitar
Alberto Musso - Guitar
Iacopo Fichera - Bass
Davide Itri - Drums


Hometown: Roma, Italy
Genre: Deathcore

Booking/Press Contact: plugsofapocalypse@gmail.com


DISCOGRAPHY

EAS ( EP - 2015)



Ashes ( Full-Length Album - 2012)


Arbor Mortis - (2014 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream




BIOGRAPHY
Arbor Mortis is a Armenian Black metal band formed is 2013 and released 2 Full-Length Álbuns. The bands name is “Arbor Mortis” which means in latin “The Tree of Death”.  The inspiration for the name of band came from “Arbor Vitae” – “The Tree of Life” and we wanted to make some pposition of that.  There is no peace without war and no life without death.  Death is another form of life and so if there is a Tree of Life so there should be Tree of Death actually.
The band was formed in 2013 as studio project but after they decided to complete the band with other musicians and so the band formed. We wanted to show the beauty of depression, sorrow, melancholy and other dark sides of life that people don’t notice that all and try to avoid it. There are a lot of examples when artists who feel all that tortures of soul create masterpieces. So our inspiration come from pain. Pain is very important feeling that makes people to get more mature.

Their music is very deep, dark and black imagination flow, scary side of tempo settings, as well as threatening when feeling disgrace from shackles black nuances of universe and full of cogitation. The second full length album,entitled 'Prophet' from ' Arbor Mortis ' also remains consistently apply it. We have not been able to get a nightmare, before hearing the albums of them, and the fear doesn't stop, until we stop hearing this album.

The gripping atmosphere were presented from the keyboard so touching the black imagination about death, darkness and the contemplation of nature. Beautifully played at once scaring, making every song on this album is so very terrible, full of wistful flavor at once gloomy in every second. With a sound that is rude , deep screaming, monotony tremolo picking , as well as wistful acoustic , make any song of them are very solid stinging disquiet soul . 
 
Status: Active
Formed in: 2013
Years active: 2013 - Presente
LINE UP
Otto Heinz von Rommel - Vocals
Siothany Ardraerv(Sona) - Keys and Female Vocals
Arthur Satan Poghosyan - Drums
Servo Di Dio Taloyan - Guitar
Karlos Azazel Hakobyan - Guitar
Country of origin: Armenia
Location: Yerevan
Genre: Black Metal/Atmospheric Black Metal/Depressive/Suicidal Black Metal
 
Current label: Exalted Woe Records
Booking/Press Contact: arbor.mortis.official@gmail.com
 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arbormortis
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxh071FsutsDuuvp-LIEhKA
 
DISCOGRAPHY
Prophet ( Full-Length Album - 2015)



Embla ( Full-Length Album - 2014)

Psygnosis - (2009 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream


BIOGRAPHY
Psygnosis is a Progressive Extreme Metal band, born at Mâcon (Burgundy, France), with the idea of "making music without barriers", mixing electronic with extreme metal. Psygnosis is a band without drummer and singer but with a Cello!

Psygnosis make the apology of Freedom. As the perfect combination of Pink Floyd, Meshuggah, Aphex Twin and Origin, this French band erases the rules of music to create his own progressive extreme metal. The guitars, sometimes nervous or epic, are accompanied by the cello which gives a particular color to the Psygnosis music. Intelligent and powerful, introspective and cathartic, you will not be indifferent !


The band have a heavy electronic element as part of their sound, but not in the sense of some random conflagration of rave synths finding their way into the midst of things like some shoehorned-in musical experiment turned Lovecraftian horror. Instead, the band are playing with the multi-headed hydra of the current death metal scenes, combining many genres into one — like much of what the Subliminal Groove record label’s slate of artists are beginning to do. They are also a four-piece, meaning that things are kept relatively sleek as well.

Psygnosis is a relatively new and not very well known band and that's a shame 'cause those French youngsters have already a lot to offer. If you're open-minded and willing to discover a band that joggles different genres, mixes in electronics, samples or even creates music around movie scenes and does it extremely well.

They have released already 2 Full-Length Álbuns and 3 EP's. The new EP AAliens is out the 13th day of September.
 
 It’s a fascinating band, with many different things happening at once and pulling in many different directions, utilizing the dead space between musical notes to the fullest while being stitched together by furious blast runs and various multimedia samples, like a futuristic and industrial-fueled Frankenstein’s monster.

Founded In: 2009
Years active: 2009 - Present
Status: Active
  

LINE UP
Remi Vanhove  -  Guitars/Samples/Programmation
Jeremy Tissier -  Bass
Raphael Verguin  -  Cello
Anthony Mouchet  -  Guitars 

Genre: Progressive Extreme Metal
Hometown: Mâcon ( France)
Current Label: Unsigned/independent
 
Official Website: http://www.psygnosis-music.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/psygnosismusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/psygnosismusic
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PsygnosisMusic
Merch: http://psygnosis.bigcartel.com/


DISCOGRAPHY

AAliens ( EP - 2015)
 

FREE DOWNLOAD : HERE

Human Be​[​ing] ( Full-Length Album - 2014)



 Sublimation ( EP - 2013)



Anti​-​Sublime ( Full-Length Album - 2012)



Phrases  (Re​-​Release EP - 2011)

Shrine Of Insanabilis - Disciples Of The Void ( Full-Length Album - 2015) - Bandcamp Stream



BIOGRAPHY
Anonymity is a useful tool to promote your music. By removing faces, names, and egos from a project, you allow the music to communicate your message, and if performed properly, it can elevate your art to levels only dreamed of. Shrine of Insanabilis does not believe in identities, Bandcamp pages (which there is one, but it’s sparse with no tracks at the time of writing this here review), Encyclopaedia Metallum entries, or even locations, and here I am with their debut album, Disciples of the Void. So what, you may ask, is keeping me from plunging into the depths of Google to hunt down some images of magically horned stallions?

I couldn’t find much information about the band. I don’t know where they belong or how many members (attached pictures in the digital copy shows they are 4 in number, but in some of their videos in YouTube I have found 5 members). Yes, it’s the music that matters most, then again you need some basic information to do a feature.

Always the vanguard of purist-yet-boundless black metal, W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the debut album of SHRINE OF INSANABILIS, Disciples of the Void. Although literally emerging from nothingness earlier this year, SHRINE OF INSANABILIS are no mere acolytes, instead evincing a master's knowledge across their debut album. Never more aptly titled, Disciples of the Void comprises six testimonies to the fiery aspiration for enlightenment through inconceivable nothingness. These testimonies are also manifested into this world by their corresponding sigils.

SHRINE OF INSANABILIS vividly portray these visions through a heaving mass of obsidian black metal, forever rising and falling, surging and merging, offering glimpses of glory and valleys of despair in equal measure. Like most W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS, Disciples of the Void is impeccably recorded - bold, full-bodied, even Technicolor - with mixing & mastering done by Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony, and finished off with David Glomba (Teitanarts) cover art truly deserving of its malefic contents. Blinding darkness, unbearable silence, and incureable madness, all displayed for everyone to experience: this is a raging beginning on a path through the Void.(NTB).

Status: Active
Formed in: 2015
Years active: 2015 - Present       

Country of origin: Germany
Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
Genre: Black Metal
 
Current label: World Terror Committee (Europe)Fallen Empire Records (America)
 
Booking/Press Contact: shrineofinsanabilis@gmail.com
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShrineOfInsanabilis
Merch:https://wtcproductions.bandcamp.com/merch
 
Disciples Of The Void ( Full-Length Album - 2015)


quinta-feira, 29 de outubro de 2015

Lachrymose - Carpe Noctum ( Full-Length Album - 2015) - Bandcamp Stream

 

BIOGRAPHY
Dark melodic doom metal, hailing from Thessaloniki. An alliance. A conspiracy. We come from a place of darkness and call to you to seize the night. Lachrymose isn't just a band. Lachrymose is a dream, an ideal, a way of life. A breath of fresh air in the realm of dark met...al.

After long years of individual presence in the metal scene, and with the infernal blessing of comrades and brothers Rotting Flesh, a new power is rising.

The legendary Blackmass of Rotting Flesh, along with fellow axeman Mancer have joined forces with former partner in crime, Kerk, to form a new alliance. Signing a pact with Hel, the band's shadow whisperer, all has been agreed upon. They have a story to tell, and woe to those who dare not listen.

Debut album Carpe Noctum was recorded @Revolver studios and was mixed and mastered by Chris Fielding (Conan, Primordial, Electric Wizard) @Skyhammer studios, UK.
 
The Debut Lachrymose album “Carpe Noctum”, was released on August 28th via German label Pure Steel.
 
Status: Active
Formed in: 2013
Years active: 2013 - Present 


LINE UP
Hel - Vocals
Blackmass - Guitars/Vocal
Kerk - Bass
Mancer - Drums
 
Genre: Melodic Dark/Doom Metal
Hometown: Thessaloniki, Greece
 
Current Label: Pure Steel Records  
Booking/Press Contact: lachrymose.band@gmail.com
 
Merch: http://www.puresteel-shop.com/LACHRYMOSE-Carpe-Noctum-2
 
Carpe Noctum ( Full-Length Album - 2015)


South Of Hell - (2006 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream

 
BIOGRAPHY
 
South Of Hell is an "oldschool death metal band" from France. Originally built by 3 childhood friends, Olivier (singer), Far...gio (Guitar) and Laurent (Bassist), South Of hell has seen several line up changes through years and finally managed to gather a complete line up, joined by Sophian (drums) and Nicolas (Guitar).

"Each of us has diferent musical influences which allow the band to create its very own death metal. A mix between oldschool bands such as Death, Canibal corpse, Hypocrisy and some more modern bands like Dying Fetus. Our goal is not to produce something technic or hard to play, we only want to create something powerful and catchy which make your head turn as a fucking helicopter propeller!!

Back in 2006, South Of Hell recorded its first demo entitled HELLFERNUM at La Grolles studio. All the sound ingeneering procees was handled by Steph.B except for the last song Fides Obscura which was recorded at Laforge studio for a compilation 4 years later. Theses songs are what the band composed at its very begining; with the first line up and the death metal they made at this time was much more oldschool and traditionnal than what they do nowaday.

Our first album "RISING OF HATE" has been recorded and mixed by Jerôme Salomon during august 2014 and the mastering process was handled by Anton.

This album mainly gathers what we composed from 2008 to 2012. Through this album you'll hear diffents styles of compositions going from oldschool riffs to modern blastbeat death metal chords. 
 
This album is a picture of how the band evolved since we stabilised the line up and it exposes the differents steps of our identity creation. You will find a wide range of metal style in it and it doesn't matter if you are more into death,melodic death metal, death brutal, trash, black metal or any other genre, because you'll obviously find something for you listening RISING OF HATE!

But what you have to keep in mind when it comes to South Of Hell is that our music never stop evolving and maturing.... so while you're reading these lines about us, we already composed the major part of our next release which is gonna bring us to another level ! We stick to our way of doing things but in a more brutal way.
 
Status: Active
Formed in: 2004
Years active: 2004 -Present
 
LINE UP
Olivier - Vocals
Fargio - Guitar
Laurent - Bass
Nicolas - Guitar
Sophian - Drums
 
Genre: Old School Death Metal
Hometown: Savoy (France)
Current Label: SLIPTRICK RECORDS
 
 
 
DISCOGRAPHY
 
Rising Of Hate ( Full-Length Album - 2015) 
 


Hellfernum (Demo - 2006)

In Twilight's Embrace - (2006 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream

BIOGRAPHY
Poland’s In Twilight’s Embrace have come a long way from humble beginnings in underground community to the state of artistic self-awareness. Formed in 2003 and having actively participated in the birth of an independent metal/hardcore movement, the band managed to build a bridge between the variety of extreme metal genres and the unrelenting passion of hardcore. The debut full-length album, “Buried in Between” (2006), is without a doubt still one of the notable releases which merge those two worlds of musical expression into the single loaded weapon. After its release numerous shows followed allowing the band to present themselves alongside The Black Dahlia Murder, Heaven Shall Burn, The Ocean or Arkangel inter alia.

Fast forward to 2010, In Twilight’s Embrace are ready to make idols fall and temples burn again. The five-piece return reformed, rebuilt and redefined with their sophomore offering titled “Slaves to Martyrdom”. Delivering a total of 11 songs, they bring about the fusion of crushing riffs, guitar hooks and strong melodies enforced by bombastic rhythm intensity. Paying homage to their titanic heroes, among others At the Gates, Amon Amarth and Heaven Shall Burn, these furious youths are at the same time able to delve into somewhat more progressive waters and forge an identity of their own.

Over a year in works, “Slaves to Martyrdom” found the group collaborate at different locations, with different people on the project. Thanks to shared determination and compound effort, the album ended up being what it was meant to be: a strong and thought-provoking final result. The high motivation sparked also the lyrical concept of the album, being a bitter tale about celebrating loss, worshipping tragedies and compromising historical truth on the altar of politics. The twilight has cast its blackened veil again.

The Grim Muse is the name of the third album by Poland’s In Twilight’s Embrace. It’s due for a September 15 release by Arachnophobia Records in this, the band’s tenth year of existence.

The Grim Muse’ contains the band’s most introspective material to date. Gone are the days of youthful enthusiasm, now replaced by a sense of otherness and cold distance towards the world. At the same time, the album finds In Twilight’s Embrace at the peak of ferocity and restlessness. Driven by bitterness, disillusion and doubt, ‘The Grim Muse’ is the defining work of In Twilight’s Embrace. The venture is about to begin. Let the grand breach expand.                                    

Two excellent songs from the album have premiered so far (one featuring guest vocals by At the Gates’ Tomas Lindberg), but we have the pleasure of bringing you a stream of the entire album.
“Melodic death metal” may be the closest simple genre description for this music, but it’s also one that would be misleading to a lot of listeners, in part because there is considerable variety among the album’s 11 tracks and in part because the record’s overall atmosphere, like its name, is grim — and vicious. If we’re going to use that genre term, let’s at least call it Melodic DEATH Metal.

Status: Active


Formed in: 2003

Years active: 2003 (as Over the Edge), 2003 -Presente                    

LINE UP
Leszek Szlenk - Guitars (Lead)
Piotr Steppa - Guitars (Rhythm)
Cyprian Łakomy - Vocals
Marcin Rybicki - Bass
Dawid Bytnar - Drums

Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore (early), Death Metal (later)
Hometown: Poznań, Poland
Current Label: Arachnophobia Records
CEO: Cyprian Łakomy
Press Contact: warborn666@gmail.com



DISCOGRAPHY

The Grim Muse  ( Full-Length Album - 2015)


Guest musicians:

Rambo (Bloodthirst) – vocals on 'A Wolf I Remain'
Paweł Bartulewicz (The Dead Goats) – vocals on 'The Fullmoon Strain'
Tomas Lindberg (At the Gates, Disfear) – vocals on 'No' and 'The Grim Muse'


Slaves to Martyrdom   ( Full-Length Album - 2011)


Buried in Between ( Full.Length Album - 2006)


quarta-feira, 28 de outubro de 2015

Evra - (2013 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - Bandcamp- Stream

 
 
 
BIOGRAPHY

EVRA is na Danish hardcore/stoner band from Copenhagen, Denmark, which officially formed in 2013. Their musical style is rooted in hardcore punk with strong stoner rock and mathcore elements. They have garnered critical and fan acclaim for their high energy, intense live shows. EVRA has been rapidly gaining popularity across Europe in countries including Germany, Belgium, and Estonia.

Only 2 years into their existence, the ambitious Copenhagen quintet EVRA are preparing to release their debut full length “L...IGHTBEARER”. The release will take place the 19th of september 2015. The album was recorded and mixed by Lewis Johns at The Ranch Production House in Southampton, England and mastered by Brad Boatwright at Audio Siege in Portland, Oregon. The record is the vessel for the band’s aspirations towards making a lasting name for themselves abroad as much as in Denmark, enlisting the services of professionals that have formerly worked with internationally renowned bands like Funeral For A Friend, Code Orange, Defeater, Sleep and Converge (to name a few). The release will also feature artwork by Plastic Kid aka. Jakob Printzlau, whose videos and artwork have previously helped define the visual identities of bands like Bring Me The Horizon, Volbeat and I Killed The Prom Queen.

Stylistically, EVRA aim to fuse the qualities of two genres that have enjoyed widespread respect and popularity in the heavy music scenes of recent years: Stoner and hardcore. Citing influences from Black Sabbath, Pallbearer and Graveyard over to Gallows, Every Time I Die and Brutality Will Prevail, the band’s sound marries heavy, yet groovy riffage to the punishing tempos and urgent energy of chaotic hardcore shows. Focus is on songwriting that is both catchy and straight to the point, and “LIGHTBEARER” delivers 9 tracks of the band’s unique brand of ferocity in 30 short but sweet minutes.

LINE UP
Frederik Emborg Pedersen - Vocals
Emil Gjerulff Bak - Guitar
Marc Lennart ''Lenny Kunst'' Christensen - Guitar
Patrick Petersen - Additional Guitar
Ole Swartz - Bass
Nicholas Meents - Drums

Hometown: Copenhagen ( Denmark)

For general infomation:: tim@primecollective.dk
Current Label: Prime Collective
Telephone: +45 53 76 60 16

Booking/Press Contact: evracph@gmail.com

Official Website: http://evraband.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/evracph
Instagram: http://instagram.com/evracph
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCECrql9-n3jWZuXPLbVS11g
Merch: http://evra.bigcartel.com/

DISCOGRAPHY

Lightbearer ( Full-Length Album - 2015)


 
Evra ( EP - 2013)

Mist Of Nihil - The Lake ( Single - 2015) - Reverbnation Stream



BIOGRAPHY
Mist Of Nihil is a 5 piece melodic death/doom metal band stationed in Athens, Greece. The band started on July 2013 and after some lineup changes, released their first single "Eternal Curse". On February 2014 the band signed with Senseless Life Records and released their EP "Buried Laments". 
Soon afterwards they performed several live shows and participated in Wacken Metal Battle Greece Finals. On August 2014 they released their second single "Wind of a Thousand Winters" which is also available for downloading at "name your price" on Bandcamp (http://mistofnihil.bandcamp.com/track/wind-of-a-thousand-winters). Currently, the band is working on their new songs which will be included in their full-length album.

Faint Aurora will be released in November 2015. It was produced, mixed, and mastered by Vaggelis Theodorakis, and the artwork was created by Giannis Nakos.  

Fomed In: July 7th  2013
Status: Active
Years Active: 2013

LINE UP
Panos Leakos - Vocals
George Griever - Guitars
Thanassis Kg - Guitars
Makis Vouros - Bass
Jim - Drums

Genre: Melodic Death/Doom Metal
Current Location: Athens, Attica (Greece)
Current Label: Senseless Life Records
Booking/ Press Conference: mistofnihil@gmail.com

Official Site: http://mistofnihil.com/



The track list is as follows:

1) Desires of a Shadowed Notion
2) In the Heart of Malevolence
3) When Silence Awakens
4) Forest of Lethe
5) Stone’s Marrow
6) The Lake
7) A Dream Sublime
8) Frail Heritage
9) Wind of a Thousand Winters
10) Root of all Plagues
11) The Last Wound of Gaia

Here is the sixth track, taken from the new full album, called "The Lake".


Praise The Flame - (2012 - 2015) [ Full Discography] - BandCamp- Stream

 
BIOGRAPHY
Praise  The  Flame  are  a  band  from  Chile  that  plays  a  mixture  of  black,  death  and  thrash  metal.  Praise the Flame have released their first album: ‘Manifest Rebellion’ on Memento Mori records.  
 
The group are now leading the way among the Chilean death metal canon with one writer, Shrivatsan R. summing up their sound as: ‘the sinister riffs should come as a treat to any death/black metal enthusiast.’

Praise the Flame is a band that comprises members of Death Yell, Megiddo, Insorcist and Occidens, and these underground veterans have a new mission with ‘Manifest Rebellion’.
It’s one of the most eagerly awaited albums in the underground and it’s not going to disappoint. It’s poised to overturn the commercial death metal scene by infesting it with its own brand of virulent, tempestuous and obscure death metal, harbouring elements of ancient South American thrash and black metal as well. It’s time for the Chilean underground to rise.  
 
 A  very  distorted  yet  clean  guitar  intro starts  off  the  album  before adding  in  death  metal  growls  and  black  metal  screams  and  after  the  intro  the  music  goes  into  a  very  fast  blackened  death  metal  direction  that  also  utilizes  a  great  amount  of  blast  beats  and  the  music  also  bring s in  elements  of  South American thrash.

  While  the  music  is  very  rooted  in  the  old  school  style  of  extreme  metal  the  brutality  makes  the  songs  have  more  of  a  modern  atmosphere  to  them  and  some  of  the  riffs  can  also  be  very  melodic  at  times  and  the  songs  also  bring  in  a  great  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  some  of  the  slower  riffs  bringing  elements  of  doom   metal  onto  the  recording  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  and  when  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  remain  true  to  an  old  school  style  of  death  metal.

  Praise  The  Flame  plays  a  musical  style  that  is  mostly  rooted  in  old  school  death  metal  but  mixes  in  a  great  amount  of  black  metal  and South  American  thrash  elements  to  create  a  very  raw  and  brutal  sounding  recording,  the  production  sounds  very  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  Occultism,  Satanism,  Darkness  and  Anti  Christianity  themes.
Status: Active
Formed in: 2012
Years active: 2012 - Present       


LINE UP
JJ. - Guitars & Vocals
Druaghonyk - Drums 
B. Skull - Guitar.
R. Impaler - Bass (live).
 
Country of origin: Chile
Hometown: Santiago
 
Genre: Death Metal
Current label: Apocalyptic Productions
Booking/Press Contact: praisetheflame@gmail.com
 
 
DISCOGRAPHY
 
Manifest Rebellion ( Full-Length Album- 2015) 
 


Hordes of the Fire Throne (Congregation from the Unholy Death) - Split With - Abrekadaver (2015)


 
Advance Split (Single - 2014)
 


Profane Cvlt ( EP - 2013)


Profane Cvlt Promo MMXII ( Promo - 2012)

Karmaflow: The Original Soundtrack (2015) - Bandcamp Stream


 
BIOGRAPHY
Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame is the world’s first rock opera videogame. In Karmaflow, the game’s story is presented entirely in the form of a rock opera, sung by some of the world’s most talented rock voices.

What began as a graduation assignment in September 2013, has become an ambitious, full-fledged and multidisciplinary cross-o...ver combining both gaming and theater. Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame is the world’s first rock opera videogame.  Karmaflow is a unique spin on the traditional gaming experience. In Karmaflow, the game’s story is presented entirely in the form of a rock opera, sung by some of the world’s most talented rock voices.

Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame will be a puzzle platformer featuring music performed by various musicians. Simone Simons (Epica), Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth), Marc Hudson (Dragonforce), Tony Kakko (Sonata Artica) and Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) all have lent their vocal talents to Karmaflow, along with the Metropole Orkest (the world’s biggest – Grammy-award winning – professional pop and jazz orchestra) working on the game’s score.

The aesthetic of Karmaflow is inspired by games such as the Zelda-series, Journey and the darker tone of Darksiders. The first world starts out rather dark and mysterious, while the third world has got plenty of crimson and its character design is directly influenced by the culture and legends of the Tibetan people. The sung narrative itself will have real depth and cover fascinating themes such as balance and contradictions.

You take on the role of the Karmakeeper, the protector of the Karma, the life giving force in the worlds. You will travel between various realms, solving the conflicts of the Guardians. Who originally were burdened with the task of maintaining the flow of Karma in the worlds and maintaining the balance in the multi-verse. You will encounter these Guardians (voiced by the previously named rock artists) and learn about their side of each conflict.
 
Through puzzling and platforming you have to bring the long lost Karmaflow back into these worlds, to drive out the unbalanced Karma that led to the destruction of the guardian spirits of these universes. Because it's the Karmakeeper’s job to hear out both sides, you decide who you want to support and thus determine the fate of that world. The way players resolve the conflict on a world influences the overarching story and the game's conclusion at the same time.

Karmaflow sets itself out from other contemporary titles in multiple ways, with the game’s massive emphasis on music being the most obvious. While other video games may treat sound and music design as a nice additional feature, in Karmaflow, music is everything to the game’s experience. The persistent rock opera singing guides the players on an epic journey that changes depending on their choices, which in turn affects the tone of the music heard.

 Basecamp Games will release its first title "Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame" on PC and MAC on january 16, 2015.

So, what does this have to do with theater? For epic promotion of the videogame release, Karmaflow in Concert will tour through clubs around Europe from October 2014. 

 The release party of the videogame brought as a full blown orchestral rock opera with rock band and several cast members on stage, on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 January 2015. These concerts will also be interactive through an app on the audience’s smart device.
 
Began development: 2013
Release in: January 2015
 
Product: Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame (World's first)
Detail: Third Person Puzzle/Platform Adventure Game for PC & MAC
 
 
Karmaflow: The Original Soundtrack 
 
Released April 29, 2015
 
Karmaflow: The Original Soundtrack is a downloadable version of Karmaflow - The Original Soundtrack Album. It's a collection of the best music from Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame. It contains 12 tracks of symphonic rock and metal, featuring international artists:

Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
Marc Hudson (Dragonforce)
Simone Simons (Epica)
Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth)
Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica)
and many more.
 
Cast (in order of appearance):

- Charlotte Wessels as The Narrator
- Alissa White-Gluz as The Muse/The Banshee
- Marc Hudson as The Conductor
- Mark Jansen as The Guide
- Lindsay Schoolcraft as The Shaman
- Mariangela Demurtas as The Bird Goddess
- Tony Kakko as The Sun Brother
- Elise Ryd as The Moon Sister
- Henning Basse as The Hero
- Daniël de Jongh as The Heart
- Simone Simons as The Destroyer
- Dani Filth as The Creator
- Lisette van den Berg as The Data Chamber

Recording Facilities:

- MCO, Hilversum (NL)
- Alissa White-Gluz recorded at The Rock Station, Reuver (NL)
- Simone Simons recorded at Sandlance Recording Facilities, Rijen (NL) with Joost van den Broek
- Dani Filth recorded at Springvale Studios, Ipswich (UK) by Mark Harwood

Orchestra:

Metropole Orkest
Conducted by Jan Stulen & Jules Buckley
Recorded at MCO, Hilversum (NL)

Orchestral Production Leader:
Than van Nispen tot Pannerden

Engineers Metropole Orkest @ MCO, Hilversum:
Paul Pouwer, Dirk Overeem

Cover-art:
Jelle Steenhuisen

Booklet art:
Jelle Steenhuisen, Maaike Ross & Sarah Sneeboer

Photography:
Jeroen Aarts - jeroenaartsphoto.com

Add. photographs:
Jeremy Schaffer, Tim Tronckoe, Margot Roijackers, Steffi Arndt

Costumes and band outfits:
Ingeborg Steenhorst & Esmee Huijsken - IStyleStars

Karmaflow logo and Karmakeeper design:
Jordi Lancel

Produced by:
Ivo van Dijk with Marieke Koedijk & Folkert van Blom

Mixing, Recording Engineers & Editing:
Marieke Koedijk & Folkert van Blom

Additional mixing:
Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities

Mastering:
Ivo Severijns

 Accompanied by the Grammy-award winning Metropole Orkest.