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Maleficium (album)
Maleficium is the fifth album for Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay. The album received reviews of 4/5 from ''Allmusic'', 8/10 from ''Metal Storm'', 88/100 from ''Metallized.it'', and 9/10 from '' Rockhard.de''. In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got 3/5 in '' Aftonbladet'' and a score of "3 wasps" in '' Expressen''.Review by Martin Carlsson, '' Expressen'' 1 November 1996 Track listing ''All music & lyrics written by: Morgana Lefay Morgana Lefay (known as Damage from 1986 until 1989) is a Swedish power/thrash metal band from Bollnäs. It is named after Morgan Le Fay of the Arthurian cycle. History Morgana Lefay independently released their first album, ''Symphony of t ..., except "Nemesis" written by Thomas Persson.'' #The Chamber of Confession - 2:15 #The Source of Pain - 5:26 #Victim of the Inquisition - 4:55 #Madness - 6:58 #A Final Farewell - 6:35 #Maleficium - 5:37 #It - 1:29 #Master of the Masquerade - 4:39 #Witches Garden - 4:31 #Dragons Lair - 4:1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgana Lefay
Morgana Lefay (known as Damage from 1986 until 1989) is a Swedish power/thrash metal band from Bollnäs. It is named after Morgan Le Fay of the Arthurian cycle. History Morgana Lefay independently released their first album, ''Symphony of the Damned'', in 1990. The success of the album allowed the band to tour and eventually landed them with Black Mark Records. In 1997, Morgana Lefay disbanded. Persson, Heder and Söderlind kept the name. Meantime, Rytkönen and Eriksson were joined by drummer Robin Engström (formerly of M.I.D., Dark Tranquillity and Fantasmagoria) and continued under the name Lefay, changing their record label to Noise Records. After releasing three albums, they got back the name Morgana Lefay when they returned to Black Mark Records. The albums ''The Seventh Seal'', ''Symphony of the Damned re-symphonised'' and '' S.O.S'' were made when the band was called Lefay. In 1999, a self-titled album was made with Thomas Persson on guitar. In May 2006, drummer R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent, for example, in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. "Riffs became labyrinthine, vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to crank out some more volume." The term was first used in the mid-1980s and refers to two different but related styles: * the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal; * a later, more widespread and popular style based in Europe "American metal such as Queensrÿche, Attacker, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, Liege Lord, and Savatage; European bands such as H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mark Records
Black Mark Production (founded 1991) is an independent record label originally based in Berlin, later on with offices in Stockholm, Toronto and New York City etc. Black Mark Production today is a worldwide operating business placed in Villa Hammerheart, Bruzaholm, Sweden, that specializes in extreme metal releases. It is perhaps best known for its close connection to Quorthon, leader of the defining black metal band Bathory until his death in 2004. History As Quorthon himself has stated several times, it was often speculated that he had something to do with the business and operation of Black Mark Production, except for the concept and name of the label, which would be referenced in the title of the 1987 release ''Under the Sign of the Black Mark''. Quorthon received permission from the Tyfon Grammofon label (which was owned by Quorthon's father, Börje "Boss" Forsberg, and featured Bathory) to use his own proxy-label on all Bathory albums, along with a unique 666-X serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctified (album)
Sanctified is the fourth album for Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay. The album received a review of 9/10 from '' Rockhard.de''. In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got short reviews in ''Dagens Nyheter'', ''Svenska Dagbladet'', ''Aftonbladet'' and ''Helsingborgs Dagblad''. Each critic though the album lacked innovation, but ''Aftonbladet'' noted that "If every song were as good as "To Isengard", I could not shut off the record". ''Expressen'' compared Morgana Lefay to "a bleak Pantera".Review by Martin Carlsson, ''Expressen'' 13 April 1995 Track listing ''All music & lyrics written and arranged by: Morgana Lefay Morgana Lefay (known as Damage from 1986 until 1989) is a Swedish power/thrash metal band from Bollnäs. It is named after Morgan Le Fay of the Arthurian cycle. History Morgana Lefay independently released their first album, ''Symphony of t ...'' #Out In The Silence - 4:05 #Time Is God - 5:09 #To Isengard - 5:17 #Why? - 5:03 #Mad Messiah - 5:04 #Ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fata Morgana (Morgana Lefay Album)
Fata Morgana often refers to: * Fata Morgana (mirage), an optical phenomenon * Morgan le Fay or , a sorceress in Arthurian legend Fata Morgana may also refer to: Film and television * "Fata Morgana", a cinematic technique used by the Continental Wondergraph Company screening films in Australia around 1910 * ''Fata Morgana'' (1965 film), a Spanish drama * ''Fata Morgana'' (1971 film), by Werner Herzog * ''Fata Morgana'' (2007 film), a German film * ''Fata Morgana'' (game show), a 2004–2008 Flemish TV show * "Fata Morgana" (''Sanctuary''), a 2008 TV episode Literature * ''Fata Morgana'', an 1896 novel by Elisabeth Bürstenbinder * ''Fata Morgana'', a 1902–1910 novella by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky * ''Fata Morgana'', a 1904 novel by André Castaigne * "Fata Morgana", a 1941 long poem by André Breton * ''Fata Morgana'', a 1977 crime novel by William Kotzwinkle * ''Fata Morgana'', a 1992 crime novel by Roy Jacobsen * ''Fata Morgana'', a 1999 science fiction novel by Leo Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Storm (webzine)
Metal Storm (also known as MetalStorm.net, MetalStorm.ee, MetalStorm.eu or just MS) is a webzine specializing in various forms of heavy metal music. It is based in Tallinn, Estonia, but caters to an international audience, symbolically recognized by the acquisition of an EU domain in 2008. As of June 2013, the website hosts 7,812 band profiles, 7,800 reviews, 553 interviews and 16,753 news items. Community Members Metal Storm users can register for free and create a custom profile based on their specific preferences. The comprehensive profile format allows for users to display detailed information about their musical taste, activity on the site, and other miscellaneous information, including up to three photos. "Community Points" are awarded to users for contributing forum reports, band info, lyrics, news, events, reviews, and articles, with the number awarded depending on the value of the contribution. Users may also add albums to their "Collection," an interactive list of al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of ''Aftonbladet i Stockholm'' during the modernization of Sweden. Often critical and oppositional, the paper was repeatedly banned from publishing. However, Hierta circumvented the bans by constantly reviving the paper under slightly modified names, as, legally speaking, a new publication. Thus, on 16 February 1835, he issued the first edition of New Aftonbladet, which would – after yet another ban – be followed by Newer Aftonbladet, in turn followed by Fourth Aftonbladet, Fifth Aftonbladet, and so on. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, ''Aftonbladet'', after a total of 25 name changes. It currently describes itself as an "independent social-democratic newspaper." The owners of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". Overview The first edition of ''Expressen'' was published on 16 November 1944. A main feature that day was an interview with the crew members of a British bomber who were successful in sinking the German ship ''Tirpitz''. A project of Albert Bonnier Jr., Carl-Adam Nycop, and Ivar Harrie – who was to become the first editor-in-chief – Expressen was created in part to push back against "national socialism and related violent ideologies." The paper is owned by the Bonnier Group. As of 2005, the paper had a liberal stance, but it declared its independent leaning in 1995. Through mergers, the Gothenburg edition of ''Expressen'' is titled '' GT'' (originally ''Göteborgs-Tidningen'') and the Malmö edition is titled ''Kvällsposten'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
