Mayr/ Simon Mayr Choir & Ensemble/ Hauk - GioasBavarian born Johann Simon Mayr achieved renown as an Italianate opera composer, his earlier work taking the form of sacred oratorios. Gioas is a combination of both forms, being a parody oratorio closely following Mayr's opera I misteri eleusini, which was considered by Stendhal to be "among the most powerful musical works of the age". This mythical drama of kings, priests and goddesses was ideally suited for it's intended devotional use, and it

which represent just as great a challenge for the orchestra

Attention Thieves - Hard Truths

from raw thrash metal tracks like ´Virginity' (also thefirst video)

The new surroundings seem to have imbued the album's mood and instrumentation with echoes of The Byrds

As a reflection of the multiplicity

Sam and her friends are terrorised during a party by a group of young men on a desperate hunt for something in her house

and her eighth album overall

After the disintegration of an earlier band

Dan Ettinger conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Gounod's gloriously tuneful score

cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes US on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems

Amorphis - Skyforger

To continue the celebration of the 25th anniversary of their critically acclaimed homework album: Homework Remixes