SLOUGH FEG “The Animal Spirits” released in Late October

SLOUGH FEG newest album will be released by Cruz del Sur Music on October 22nd 2010. Any fan of “true metal” should be aware of this San Francisco band which has delivered some of the most eclectic, powerful and truthful heavy metal for the past 20 years.

Although Mike Scalzi and his band mates have often broke the boundaries between the rock/metal and hard rock fields, the story of SLOUGH FEG has always been that of a band moving on the borders of notoriety and unawareness. Read more “SLOUGH FEG “The Animal Spirits” released in Late October”

ATLANTEAN KODEX “The Golden Bough”: best Epic Metal album of the year?

This is the questions that many of you, and even us at Cruz del Sur Music, are keeping on asking. From the land of Bavaria, best known to the world for its tasty beers and commercial Oktoberfests, ATLANTEAN KODEX hails and kill, keeping it in an epic, Manowar-esque fashion.

Some of the early press responses have been just overwhelming :

“There is no metal truer than this. The Golden Bough thunders and shimmers like a storm of everything True Metal is supposed to be. The riffs are worthy of Quorthon at his best, the melodies are beyond haunting, and the production is heavy as a fucking iron warhammer.(…) Not only the best metal music of the year, but one of the most significant and deep albums ever made”
(Metalcrypt.com 5+/5)

This is the question that many of you, and even us at Cruz del Sur Music, are keeping on asking. From the land of Bavaria, best known to the world for its tasty beers and commercial Oktoberfests, ATLANTEAN KODEX hails and kill, keeping it in an epic, Manowar-esque fashion.

Some of the early press responses have been just overwhelming :

There is no metal truer than this. The Golden Bough thunders and shimmers like a storm of everything True Metal is supposed to be. The riffs are worthy of Quorthon at his best, the melodies are beyond haunting, and the production is heavy as a fucking iron warhammer.(…) Not only the best metal music of the year, but one of the most significant and deep albums ever made”
(Metalcrypt.com 5+/5)

“Get ready for one of the most chilling, hair raising and just plain brilliant metal releases of the year!!!! I’m honestly not over exaggerating either, if you have not gotten your full dose of melodic, epic, and ultimately heavy quite yet then prepare to be flattened to being almost transparent by the Atlantean Kodex!!!!(…) This thing actually gives me goosebumps, I mean honest tingling and a “deer in the headlights” expression on my face as my epidermis puckers in places. The whole album is so astounding and completely intense, this will humble many for sure.”
(Hellridemusic.com 10/10)

We decided to ask a few questions to guitarist Manuel Trummer, trying to understand which is the secret behind the bands’ formula of success: Read more “ATLANTEAN KODEX “The Golden Bough”: best Epic Metal album of the year?”

New Details released for WHILE HEAVEN WEPT’s Live Album “Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence”

Virginia’s epic doom metal combo WHILE HEAVEN WEPT have this week put the finishing touches on their massive upcoming live album “Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence – Live At The Hammer Of Doom Festival” to be released via Cruz DelSur Music on November 8th, 2010 as a CD/DVD set.

Virginia’s epic doom metal combo WHILE HEAVEN WEPT have this week put the finishing touches on their massive upcoming live album “Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence – Live At The Hammer Of Doom Festival” to be released via Cruz DelSur Music on November 8th, 2010 as a CD/DVD set.

Streetclip TV in Germany are editing the DVD, and based upon the rough draft version, in the words of frontman Tom Phillips “It’s going to turn out absolutely amazing considering the number of cameras involved as well as the very musically-inclined filming”. Read more “New Details released for WHILE HEAVEN WEPT’s Live Album “Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence””