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Feature: Albums that time forgot … CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon

Mausoleum Records (Europe) Rubicon (Japan) (2013) Described by GRTR! reviewer Alan Jones as ‘a truly genre-bending tour de force, which, whilst having melodic metal at its heart, makes frequent forays into the diverse worlds of progressive rock, heavy metal, shred … Continue reading →
Album review: GUS MONSANTO – Karma Cafe

[Release date 05.09.16] Brazilian Gus Monsanto may not be a household name in terms of wider rock recognition, but since at least 2004 his name has cropped up repeatedly on other people’s albums, mainly metal-related. He’s worked with French band … Continue reading →
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS
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Tagged Adagio, album, Code Of Silence, Gus Monsanto, heavy rock, Karma Cafe, LORD OF MUSHROOMS, metal, pop rock, review, Revolution Renaissance
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Album review: HUMAN FORTRESS – Thieves Of The Night

AFM Records [Release date 18.03.16] “Thieves of the Night” is German melodic metal band Human Fortress’s follow up to the well-received “Raided Land”. The band deal in a genre populated by bands such as Kamelot, Avantasia and Virgin Steele according … Continue reading →
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Tagged AFM, album, Andre Hort, Apostolos Zaios, Dirk Liehm, Gus Monsanto, Human Fortress, melodic metal, power metal, review, Thieves of the Night, Torsten Wolf, Volker Trost
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Interview with CODE OF SILENCE

Code Of Silence are a new band, although some of the members will be known to fans of melodic and progressive metal. Their debut album ‘Dark Skies Over Babylon’ is released in February 2013. We find out more from the band, and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adagio, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Ben Randall, Code Of Silence, Dark Skies Over Babylon, Eden's Curse, Falloch, Gus Monsanto, hard rock, interview, melodic metal, Paul Logue, power metal, Power Quest, prog metal, progressive metal
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Album review: CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon

Mausoleum [Release date 25.02.13] Put together by Eden’s Curse bassist Paul Logue, Code Of Silence - if this debut album is anything to go by - is surely a band on the cusp of great things. Fronted by Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto … Continue reading →
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews, The Best Of 2013
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Tagged Adagio, Ben Randall, Code Of Silence, Dark Skies Over Babylon, Eden's Curse, Gus Monsanto, hard rock, melodic, metal, Paul Logue, Power Quest, prog, progressive, review
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News: CODE OF SILENCE RELEASE DEBUT VIDEO
British Melodic Metal band CODE OF SILENCE, fronted by Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto (Timo Tolkki’s Revolution Renaissance, Adagio, Symbolica, Lord Of Mushrooms), and young virtuoso guitar player Ben Randall (Power Quest), have released their debut promo video for the track … Continue reading →
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Tagged album, Ben Randall, Code Of Silence, Dark Skies Over Babylon, Gus Monsanto, hard rock, James Murrary, John Clelland, melodic, metal, Scott McLean, video
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CODE OF SILENCE new band announce debut album

British melodic metallers Code Of Silence, fronted by Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto (Timo Tolkki’s Revolution Renaissance / Adagio / Symbolica / Lord Of Mushrooms), have signed with Mausoleum Records and Rubicon Music. Produced by Paul Logue (Eden’s Curse) and mixed … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alessandro Del Vecchio, Ben Randall, Code Of Silence, Eden's Curse, Gus Monsanto, melodic metal, Paul Logue, Power Quest
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