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Single Review: EchoVox - Get up! (2021)

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Picture Credit: EchoVox   EchoVox - Get up! Release Date: July 06, 2021 Length: 02:26 Genre: Hard Rock / Blues Rock Origin: California , USA 'Get up!' (or: 'Get up, get out there' as it is called on Bandcamp) is the key track to the second longplayer by Southern California's Hard Rock band EchoVox. The message that vocalist Jen Howard  shouts out here is an empowering call to get out of your comfort zone, get out there and make your dreams come true. The future is yours! Get Up, Get Out There by Echovox EchoVox do not hesitate and directly get into action instead. This powerful Hard Rock and Blues anthem starts rocking and rolling from the very beginning. Soulful passages provide extra variety and thereby intesify the sheer force of th chorus which speaks volumes. EchoVox use heart, mind, and strength to empower their audience. Music from every post will stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist  for 14 days. This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainable...

Album Review: INTERCONTINEN7AL - INTERCONTINEN7AL (2020)

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Picture Credit: INTERCONTINEN7AL   INTERCONTINEN7AL - INTERCONTINEN7AL Release Date: December 20, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 47:05 Genre: Prog Rock / Alternative Rock / Folk Origin: Earth INTERCONTINEN7AL is a worldwide collective of musicians. And they absolutely come up to their name, as INTERCONTINEN7AL features artists from all seven continents (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europa, North America, Oceania/Australia, and South America). A dozen songs has been written, recorded, and assembled on this album which can be streamed or downloaded (see links below). All proceeds of the album go to the COVID-19 General Relief Found, and you can also donate directly on the collective's homepage. The album is a sonic declaration of love to our home planet, to life, and to peaceful coexistance of nature, species, and humakind. The abridged message of this impressive album is: we are one kind, one big family, so let us support each other and shape the future. The musical ...

Album Review: Max Eve - Vertigo (2012)

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Picture Credit: Max Eve Artwork: Stephen Delorme & Cuyler Goure Max Eve - Vertigo Release Date: September 11, 2012 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 33:40 Genre: Prog Metal Origin: Atlanta (Georgia) , USA Max Eve ’s debut “Vertigo” is an ideal flagship for the Prog Metal genre. On six instrumental tracks, the artist from Georgia presents powerful and sophisticated guitar-dominated music. Each of the songs is defined by an immense versatility and a highly exciting structure. Max Eve understands how to create opulent arcs of suspension and thereby write stunning narratives that do not need any words or vocals. The music on “Vertigo” is an intelligent combination of Classical themes, atmospheric Prog Rock and AOR, and the powerful but melodic force of Heavy Metal. Max Eve masterfully draws a golden line leading through this six-track album, and thus makes the 34-minute album become a coherent oeuvre despite its huge variety – a true masterpiece of eclectic rock and metal! ...

News: VIX20 - Broken Melody (2021)

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VIX20 - Broken Melody Release Date: 04 March, 2021 Length: 07:29 Genre: Power Pop / Prog Rock Origin: Norfolk / London , England New song by music industry veterans CJ   and Gary Mills . "Broken Melody" is available in a long version and a 4-minute radio edit. Check the links below to keep on track of the podcasts and music releases by the duo. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. VIX20 Online: Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Review: Phil Mitchell Band - White Horse Rider (2015)

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Phil Mitchel Band - White Horse Rider Release Date: Noveber 14, 2015 Length: 04:51 Genre: Classic Rock / AOR Origin: Chicago ( Illinois ), USA The “White Horse Rider” is a powerful symbol in past, recent and contemporary imagery. Not to be confused with the White Walkers from Game of Thrones, the “White Horse Rider” has different meanings according to the cultural background there are used in. As the Phil Mitchell Band is from Chicago, Illinois, it is kind of obvious that the band refers to the very first president of the United States of America, George Washington. And hence, the “White Horse Rider” is depicted as a benevolent, prospective, and wise person with two open ears, two open eyes and a strong sense for a bright and happy future. The Phil Mitchell Band is providing us with an epic Classic Rock ballad praising heroic people who are fighting for a better future. The example of George Washington is of course a very American approach to this. But if you regard it figuratively...

Review: Phil Mitchell Band - Never let it die (2020)

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Phil Mitchell Band - Never let it die Release Date: October 22, 2020 Length: 04:44 Genre: Classic Rock / AOR Origin: Chicago ( Illinois ), USA If you are looking for some soulful and emotional hard rock, you came to the right place because here is The Phil Mitchell Band with their ballad ‘Never let it Die’. For this impressive song, the Phil Mitchell Band has teamed up with Alvaro Soto . The virtuous guitar player beautifies the song with his eccentric soli. Soto ’s rapid finger player perfectly merges into the smooth but strong background of this hard rock ballad. Beneath the Santana-like virtuosity there is a sweet and powerful arrangement of Hard Rock and Symphonic Rock with a strong tendency towards Adult Oriented Rock. The Phil Mitchell Band’s ‘Never let it die’ is featured on their recent album “A Better World” which came out in 2020. The selfreleased album features several guest musicians of high quality. Besides Alvaro Soto and his artsy guitar soli on ‘Never let it die’, ...