http://www.cd-maximum.ru/ New releases of hard&heavy music from Russia's top label - CD-Maximum ©, 2005. CD-Maximum en-US Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:52:43 +0400 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:52:43 +0400 CDMaximum CMS by cyrill at cd-maximum dot ru 720 http://backend.userland.com/rss The second solo album of Konstantin Seleznev - the leader of the FACTOR STRAHA band. Unlike the first instrumental work this album is song. It consist of dfferent genres: from heavy metal, rock, grunge to trash. The album contains two bonuses - video clips of Factor Straha for the songs "Vyshe sil" and "Noch'" and also selectively stories from humorous collection "Svetoprestavlenie" by K. Seleznev. Also should be added that the album contains one song with the vocal of Il'ya Aleksandrov. This song wasn't included in the last Factor Straha album "Mertvye sny". http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48702 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48702 This is the third studio album. It consists of 11 compositions including two Russian-language songs (for the first time in the band's history). This material had been preparing near 2,5 years. This album was already favourably received by listeners as some of new songs were presented at the stage of many concerts and festivals, including famous Polish Metalmania. It surely will find a good response among fans of hard and melodious doom death metal with the special gothic atmosphere. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48703 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48703 The third long-awaited album of the Moscow band CHARIZMA. The music material from the album continues the line of melodic power metal, but there are deflections in progressive and rather in thrash metal. As at the previous albums here are present powerful guitar reefes, hit-choruses. virtuosic solos, high technical level of musicians. Famous rock musicians from EPIDEMIA and MASTER were participated here. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48704 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48704 The new album of Russian melodic-metal band 5 STIHIY. The main distinction of this release - combination of different music styles with the fundamental groundwork of melodic metal, harmonious sounding of keyboard arrangements and speed memorable solos. Here are present drive compositions and lyric ballads. Here you can hear already loved by public vocal of Valeriya Romanova, which contains intonations of blues, classics and modern styles. The singer has a reach experience of work in different genres (including the main parts in musicals "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Tambov) and "Master and Margarita" (Moscow). http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48681 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48681 The second full-length studio album of the young Ukrainian band. In this album the band tried to open their potential as much as possible. The songs in the spirit of canonical metal and melodiс ballads are present here. The album was recorded in the Ukranian studio MORTON together with the musician Il'ya Mamontov from EPIDEMIA. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48680 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48680 The new solo work of the Russian multi-instrumentalist and composer OLEG MISHIN (Catharsis, ex-End Zone). The new EP includes absolutely new five compositions. At this album is present not only the full palette of classic heavy genre, but also the new folk sounding: catchy tunes, different vocals, live chorus, flute solo, virtuostic guitar passages, arrangements with almost all symphonic instruments (stringed, wooden and copper wind instruments, percussion). http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48682 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48682 The only full-length album Volch'ya Yama and live album Pyatnitsa 13 of the first band of Alexander Hamer (KRUGER) have been restored, remastered and re-issued thanks to the requests of true fans. This material makes us come back to the glorious 80's when the time of heavy metal culture was only in the beginning, and the Soviet society felt the wind of change. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48651 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48651 The album of this unique Ukrainian female band includes instrumental symphonic versions of several very famous and important songs of ARIA. The string section, keyboards and drums of ‛Symfomania“ creates a very special sound based on the elements of symphonic rock and classical music. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48649 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48649 This album was recorded by the musicians who are considered classics of the Russian rock scene since a long time. First of all, it's Sergey Skatchkov, the leader of the legendary rock band of 80's ZEMLYANE. Together with his colleagues he prepared nice and original songs. High quality melodic hard rock with unusual for Russian rock scene influences of love metal in the vein of HIM or RASMUS with elements of Lo-fi sound. Despite of being really far from pop-music standarts, the voice of Sergey is quite soft and romantic. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48656 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48656 "Barbaric Blood" is the second studio album of Ukrainian black metal band after a long break. Balfor broke up in 2002 in order to come back three years later with a new line-up. "Barbaric Blood" was recorded in 2009 with one of the best Ukrainian producers and sound engineers Shaddar (Semargl, Provacateur, Khors, Tol). Before the release of this album the band presented a free download demo single in the Internet and received a very good response from the fans and media in Russia, Ukraine and many other countries. In 2010 Balfor participated in the biggest metal event of the former Soviet Union territory GLOBAL EAST ROCK (Kiev, Ukraine), also the band became one of the headliners of Rockmaraton 2010 festival in Hungary. http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48627 http://www.cd-maximum.ru/index.php?lang=en&hid=48627