Sleeping Hollow
''Sleeping Hollow'' is Balflare Balflare is a Japanese power metal band formed in 2004. Biography Balflare was formed in 2004 by guitarist Syuta Hashimoto and vocalist Hideki Tada. Together, they began recording a demo, Sound of Silence. During the recording of this demo, d ...'s third album, released in 2008. Track listing #The Day Falls - (05:21) #Bird Cage - (04:12) #Celestial Winter - (04:47) #The Dunes - (04:40) #Rise on the Ashes - (05:47) #When the Hollow Sleeps - (00:46) #Waking in Silence - (04:23) #Tormentor - (03:51) #Sail to The Horizon - (04:44) #The Eye of Pharaoh - (09:04) #Pray for Rosalia - (04:26) External links * {{Authority control Balflare albums 2006 albums ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Balflare
Balflare is a Japanese power metal band formed in 2004. Biography Balflare was formed in 2004 by guitarist Syuta Hashimoto and vocalist Hideki Tada. Together, they began recording a demo, Sound of Silence. During the recording of this demo, drummer Isao Matsuzaki and bassist Takashi Odaira joined the band. The demo was largely well received in Japan and their career was launched. In 2005 they released their first full-length album '' Thousands of Winters of Flames'' through Hidden Maniacs. Following the release, a second guitarist was recruited, Leo Yabumoto, in order to reproduce the twin guitar leads live. After a couple of gigs in Japan, vocalist Hideki Tada left for private reasons. Eijin Kawazoe was recruited as the new vocalist. They continued playing several successful gigs, and started recording their second full length in August, 2005. During this time they recorded the song "Out Break" for the '' SAMURAI METAL Vol. 1'' compilation album. In 2006 they released ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Power Metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent, for example, in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. "Riffs became labyrinthine, vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to crank out some more volume." The term was first used in the mid-1980s and refers to two different but related styles: * the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal; * a later, more widespread and popular style based in Europe "American metal such as QueensrĂżche, Attacker, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, Liege Lord, and Savatage; European bands such as He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tempest (Balflare Album)
''Tempest'' is Balflare's second album, released in 2006. Track listing #Awakening - (04:49) #End This Misery - (03:56) #Hollow the Dusk - (01:12) #Out Break - (06:06) #Toward Fall - (04:25) #Burning Wild - (03:55) #A False Charge - (04:33) #Storm Lord - (04:05) #Reaching for the Sky - (04:27) #Black Raven - (04:59) #End of Time - (04:25) Personnel *Eijin Kawazoe - vocals *Leo Yabumoto - guitar *Syuta Hashimoto - guitar and keyboards *Ayuko Hayano - keyboards *Takashi Odaira - bass *Isao Matsuzaki - drums References {{Authority control 2006 albums Balflare albums ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Balflare Albums
Balflare is a Japanese power metal band formed in 2004. Biography Balflare was formed in 2004 by guitarist Syuta Hashimoto and vocalist Hideki Tada. Together, they began recording a demo, Sound of Silence. During the recording of this demo, drummer Isao Matsuzaki and bassist Takashi Odaira joined the band. The demo was largely well received in Japan and their career was launched. In 2005 they released their first full-length album ''Thousands of Winters of Flames'' through Hidden Maniacs. Following the release, a second guitarist was recruited, Leo Yabumoto, in order to reproduce the twin guitar leads live. After a couple of gigs in Japan, vocalist Hideki Tada left for private reasons. Eijin Kawazoe was recruited as the new vocalist. They continued playing several successful gigs, and started recording their second full length in August, 2005. During this time they recorded the song "Out Break" for the '' SAMURAI METAL Vol. 1'' compilation album. In 2006 they released the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |