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Watch: Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast No ratings yet.

Iron Maiden‘s Number of the Beast is an iconic music video. Watch it here!

“The Number Of The Beast”

“Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
Because he knows the time is short…
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number,
Its number is Six hundred and sixty six.

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I left alone, my mind was blank.
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind.

What did I see?
Can I believe that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy.

Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?

‘Cause in my dreams it’s always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

The night was black, was no use holding back
‘Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was all this for real, or just some kind of hell?

666 the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires are burning bright
The ritual has begun, Satan’s work is done

666 the number of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can’t go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise, can’t avoid their eyes

666 the number of the beast
666 the one for you and me

I’m coming back
I will return
And I’ll possess your body and I’ll make you burn
I have the fire
I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course

Listen To: Iron Maiden – Power Slave No ratings yet.

Widely regarded as the quintessential heavy metal album of all time, Iron Maiden‘s Power Slave is an album for the ages. There is not a single fan of music that has anything bad to say about this masterpiece. This is an essential album for all metal heads to own.

Nothing says NWOBHM quite like Iron Maiden. Power Slave is the album that defines this era and genre of music to a T. I believe I have seen more Power Slave shirts in my life than any other album or band shirt, yes even Metallica.

There is nothing in metal that is quite like Bruce Dickinson’s voice. Steve Harris’s Bass playing. The dueling guitars of Adrian Smith and Dave Murray. Nicko McBrain’s rhythm section.

So here it is for your listening pleasure, lets bask in this album’s 32 year reign of power. Let’s all be happy that in a wold of all this madness we have Iron Maiden to listen to. Iron Maiden will never go away, years from now people will look back on their catalog like we do Bach.

Long Live Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden Lives!
The Will Of Iron Never Dies.
Thank you for the years, though most of them were wasted.

Tyfon’s Doom – Yeth Hound 4/5 (1)

Gates of Hell (a Cruz Del Sur Music sub-label) will release Yeth Hound, the debut album from Finnish heavy metal entity Tyfon’s Doom on July 8. The album will be released on limited edition CD (500 copies) and vinyl LP (300 copies) formats and includes the bands 2015 Demo, previously released digitally, as bonus tracks. Stream the new Yeth Hound tracks here

Tyfon’s Doom is a one-man band that brings to the table an obscure and unpolished style of traditional heavy metal. Tommi Varsala, the man behind this project, was able to capture the original spirit of metal like only a few other bands in today’s scene have done so well. While influences such as Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate and early Metal Church are apparent, Tyfon’s Doom sounds incredibly fresh and personal. With brilliant songwriting, great guitar work and gritty vocal style, Tyfon’s Doom will bring you back to a time when you were discovering amazing new bands by looking through the metal LPs at your local record store.

Gates of Hell Records is a sub-label of Cruz Del Sur Music devoted to the old spirit of heavy metal a particular aversion for fashion, trends and contamination.

Check out Tyfon’s Doom here!

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Mausoleum Gate – Metal and the Might 4/5 (1)

Following Mausoleum Gate‘s 2014 critically acclaimed self-titled debut album comes the two-track 7″ vinyl release of Metal and the Might. The release contains two new songs to please all their fans and keep the flame alive. Reflecting once more the eccentricity and uniqueness of these Fins, the title track is a straight in your face metal offering. The B side is occupied for over 6 minutes by the fantastic Demon Soul,” representing the band’s progressive essence.

In October 2014 the release of Mausoleum Gate‘s self-titled full-length debut album caught the world of Heavy Metal by surprise. Out of nowhere Mausoleum Gate garnered genuine, unexpected attention, considering they do not play your average kind of metal. With an unusual offering that incorporates elements of late 70s proto-metal and a genuine, breathtaking affiliation with the spirit of the NWOBHM, Mausoleum Gate soon rose to the status of cult-band,” a condition that brought them to play prestigious German Keep It True festival in 2015.

Mausoleum Gate was formed in 2008 by Count L.F. (gt) and Wicked Ischanius (bs) and two years after recorded their debut EP Gateways For The Wicked. In the spring of 2013 the band released Obsessed By Metal 7” and reached a deal with Cruz Del Sur Music to release their self-titled debut album in October 2014.

The band has recently hired the services of new bass-player Nino Karjalainen (not playing on the 7 though) while Wicked Ischianus has moved to keyboards full time.

Line-Up:

V-P. Varpula – Vocals
Count L.F. – Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Nino Karjalainen – bass
Kasperi Puranen – Electric Guitars
Wicked Ischianus – Hammond C3 Organ, Mellotron M400 and MiniMoog
Oscar Razanez – Drums, Percussions and Gongs

Listen and Order HERE!

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