TAIFA - ALHAMBRA - 2nd offering from these Spainards.   Interesting mixture of Andalusi, Flamenco, and Progressive Metal.  The cd includes an excellent video for "La Torres de Babel".  Besides the great music, the color is vivid and the Moroccan background is awesome!  www.reinodetaifa.com.

KAMA LINDEN - Better Late Than Never - The 2nd offering from one of the hardest working women in Pop/Rock I know.  This New Yorker comes to us Rocking a little harder on a couple of songs, but she hasn't forgotten her Pop roots.  www.kamalinden.com

HEAVY WATER EXPERIMENTS - self titled - 12 songs that will groove you!  The name has been changed from IMOGENE, but David Melby can't step away from the sound that has taken him across the globe.  This is his best offering yet.  Place this cd in your stereo, pour yourself into an easy chair, close your eyes, and prepare for a majic carpet ride and erase the day away! 

 My favorite song?  GOLDENTHROAT, if I have to pick one.   I also dig the cd covers; Vintage pics of swirling odd forms that depict the music within.  www.heavywaterexperiments.com

SHATTERED HOPE - 2 song demo includes - ENLIGHTEN THE DARKNESS OF MY SOUL and SHADOWS FROM THE PAST . The demo has been getting excellent reviews by the media, including GREEK METAL HAMMER. Honing their skills on covers by the likes of MY DYING BRIDE and PARIDISE LOST, to name a couple, this 6 piece band set their sites on the Death/Doom style. This Greek band features Nick (vocals), George (drums), Vasils (bass), Saks (guitar), Eygenia (keys), and Thanos (guitar). www.shatteredhope.gr

WARATTAH - DISTORTION - 4 song ep - In your face Metal. Complex, clean and well driven! The 4 French artist making up WARATTAH are Khris ( guitar/vocals), Cyril (bass), Xav (drums), and Denis (guitar). This release has earned them "Demo of the Month" in Rock Hard Magazine, and have appeared in many other magazines including Gutiarist Magazine.

The ep includes a video for "FITS OF RAGE", which has been aired in Belguim; and a documentary on the band in Canada. You can bet I'll be listening to them alot on my mp3! Contact them at www.warattah.fr     

RICHARD DODSON - "I am a Soldier" - single demo - Here's a great Metal guitar driven patriotic tune!  Back in the "80's, after my band BOIS D' ARK split up,  I teamed up with talented guitarist Richard, in his band BLOND ICE, as vocalist.  We recorded a few tunes that never saw the light of day.  Today he is a hired axe man for cover bands.  He hopes the response of this single will inspire him to get back to writing and producing new material. Whether you are in the armed forces or a supporter, you need to check this tune out.  rickyralph321@hotmail.com

SHADOW CHURCH - 2001 release from my buddy Joe Reyna and Raymond Navarro.  Five acoustic tracks of anger, aggression, and passion.  If you're keeping up, Joe was the lead vocalist of the now defunt THEY.  Joe was in a local pawn shop, just before coming over to make flyers for an upcoming show, and found a cd he had to have.  When he got here, excitingly he says "Hey!  Look what I found!"  I guess when your cds start making it to the pawn shop, it's a sign your being circulated.  I'm going to see if any of mine are there...

OXYGEN -  02 - Rock - Melissa Brown- vocals; Jack Difiore - Bass; Steve Cochran - guitar; Tony Catania - guitars; David Defis - Keys/backing vocals; Mark Mancinni - Keys; Frank Gilchriest - drums;  and Bobby Rondinelli - drums.  Once again I have to use the word EXCELLENT!  This 4 track EP will leave you hungry for more.  The tracks cover every emotion you can have.  It starts off cool, smooth and mellow.  Thinking that's the vein of their music, BAMM, the stand out track "FIGURE IT OUT"  punches you in the face!  There's some nice blues here too. www.myspace.com/oxygenrox