Poetry for the Poisoned by Kamelot : CD released on 9/14/2010

American/Norwegian Metal KAMELOT are back with their 9th studio album, "Poetry For The Poisoned". Initially written in the remote woods of Norway, and with final songwriting sessions completed in Germany, the dynamic compositions of "Poetry For The Poisoned" take the listener on an emotional journey that touches both the mind and soul with its mix of Progressive elements, dark arts, Modern Rock, and Power Metal!

"I think this album is by far our most diverse, fusing new ideas and elements along with the traditional KAMELOT sound and style that we have established over the years," states KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood. "It comes at a time where many people around the world are searching for something to grab on to spiritually, including myself. I recently lost my mother and to be honest it was very hard on me. So there are some melancholy moods reflected on this album."

"Poetry For The Poisoned" was recorded at Gate Studios, Germany with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro and featuring guests, Simone Simons (EPICA), Gus G. (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIREWIND), Björn "Speed" Strid (SOILWORK) and Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN).

Available in three versions (Regular CD edition, Digipak CD with bonus DVD and 2LP gatefold vinyl edition), "Poetry For The Poisoned" has proven to be KAMELOT's longest and toughest production to date and will surely please their legions of fans as well as attract new believers into the realm of KAMELOT!

Song Listings :

Disc: 1
1. The Great Pandemonium
2. If Tomorrow Came
3. Dear Editor
4. The Zodiac
5. Hunter's Season
6. House On A Hill
7. Necropolis
8. My Train Of Thoughts
9. Seal Of Woven Years
10. Poetry For The Poisoned Pt. I - Incubus

Disc: 2
1. The Great Pandemonium Video
2. Stockholm Sessions (Band Interviews)
3. Kamelot "Pick and Play"
4. Norway Rock Festival 2010 (Hunter's Season)
5. House On A Hill (uncut bonus track)
6. PFTP Background images

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Songs From The Road by Leonard Cohen : CD/DVD released on 9/14/2010

Following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia artist in 2007 and coinciding with his induction into the Rock&Roll Hall Of Fame in March 2008, Cohen thrilled his fans by announcing his first tour dates in 15 years. He's gone on to play the most prestigious and beautiful venues in virtually every corner of the globe, mesmerizing and charming audiences with performances that were hailed as some of the best of his career. When legend Cohen takes to the stage, raved Ireland's The Independent (June 2008), it's no less than a cultural event of Biblical dimensions.

One dozen of Leonard Cohen's most famous songs from those recent world tour performances at auditorium halls, festivals, arenas, and stadiums from Tel Aviv to London, from across Europe to the California desert and his native Canada are now collected on Songs From the Road. The 12-song program filmed in high definition and recorded in 5.1 surround sound will be issued in three separate packages: CD+DVD in a beautiful softpak with a 12-page book, Blu-ray, and 2-LP 180-gram audiophile vinyl in a gatefold jacket.

Song Listings :

Disc: 1
1. Lover, Lover, Lover (Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel September 24, 2009)
2. Bird On The Wire (Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland November 6, 2008)
3. Chelsea Hotel (Royal Albert Hall, London, England November 17, 2008)
4. Heart With No Companion (Oberhausen King Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany November 2, 2008)
5. That Don t Make It Junk (O2 Arena, London, England November 13, 2008)
6. Waiting For The Miracle (HP Pavilion, San Jose, California November 13, 2009)
7. Avalanche (Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SwedenOctober 12, 2008)
8. Suzanne (MENA Arena, Manchester, EnglandNovember 30, 2008)
9. The Partisan (Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland October 10, 2008)
10. Famous Blue Raincoat (O2 Arena, London, England November 13, 2008)
Disc: 2
1. Lover, Lover, Lover (Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel September 24, 2009)
2. Bird On The Wire (Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland November 6, 2008)
3. Chelsea Hotel (Royal Albert Hall, London, England November 17, 2008)
4. Heart With No Companion (Oberhausen King Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany November 2, 2008)
5. That Don t Make It Junk (O2 Arena, London, England November 13, 2008)
6. Waiting For The Miracle (HP Pavilion, San Jose, California November 13, 2009)
7. Avalanche (Gothenburg Scandinavium, Gothenburg, SwedenOctober 12, 2008)
8. Suzanne (MENA Arena, Manchester, England November 30, 2008)
9. The Partisan (Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland October 10, 2008)
10. Famous Blue Raincoat (O2 Arena, London, England November 13, 2008)

A Thousand Suns (Limited Edition) by Linkin Park : CD/DVD released on 9/14/2010

Limited Edition CD+DVD includes a 'making of the album' documentary & 'The Catalyst' music video.

'A Thousand Suns'

We were not making an album.

For months, we'd been destroying and rebuilding our band. The experiments that resulted filled the studio hard drive with diverse, abstract sounds. Amorphous echoes, cacophonous samples, and handmade staccato merged into wandering, elusive melody. Each track felt like a hallucination.

We didn't know if any of those unorthodox ideas could be incorporated into a traditional album, but we knew we didn't want our next album to be predictable. Sitting together in the same studio where we made our first album, all six of us voiced a commitment to going out on a limb, to making something truly daring. We asked ourselves: were we all earnestly willing, more than ever before, to abandon the precepts of commercial ambition in pursuit of what we believe to be honest art?

The inclination to begin writing conventional songs for a conventional album came and went. The temptation to adjust our creative vision to fulfill expectations beyond our studio walls yielded to the audacious ambition of what we hoped to achieve as a band. The two years of making 'A Thousand Suns' marked our exhilarating, surrealistic, and often challenging journey into the creative unknown.

On the eve of its completion, this body of work, assembled through unconscious inspiration and unmitigated exertion, has revealed to us notions both stirring and surprising. The album's personified imagery is neither dogma nor political premeditation. The emergent themes and metaphors illuminate a uniquely human story.

'A Thousand Suns' grapples with the personal cycle of pride, destruction, and regret. In life, like in dreams, this sequence is not always linear. And, sometimes, true remorse penetrates the devastating cycle. The hope, of course, springs from the notion that the possibility of change is born in our most harrowing moments.

Enjoy the music.

Linkin Park

Co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda.

Song Listings :

1. The Requiem

2. The Radiance

3. Burning In The Skies

4. Empty Spaces

5. When They Come For Me

6. Robot Boy

7. Jornada Del Muerto

8. Waiting For The End

9. Blackout

10. Wretches And Kings

11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love

12. Iridescent

13. Fallout

14. The Catalyst

15. The Messenger