New demo from Down Below

Down Below has been hard at work on material for their next album and they’ve got a lot done so far. To give fans the first preview of their new album, the band has decided to upload a demo of their new song “Frei” on their fansite DownBelow-Fans.de on May 2nd. The only catch is you have to register for the site, but that’s not hard to do.

Free web album from Rozencrantz

I first wrote about Rozencrantz’s debut album Salvation in October, and I thought it was really great. Well it seems they created some music for an indie horror movie called Infekt and released it as a free web album some time after that, and I never noticed it until now. Go check it out on the Download page of their website. You can choose from either an MP3 of WAV file download, and you can get the artwork for it too.

More release dates added

I recently finished adding some more items to the 2008 release dates page, 17 in total. May is getting pretty filled up, and I will be working on June’s releases pretty soon.

Rozencrantz is a new name in the German gothic rock scene. Although the band was formed in 2003 which seems like a long time ago, they have only released one demo so far. They have remained pretty much under the radar since then, but I have a feeling this band is going to have some success. Bruno Kramm at Danse Macabre has done a wonderful job developing Rozencrantz and producing their debut album which will finally be released this Friday, October 12th.

The album is called Salvation and features 13 songs, with the last 2 being remixes of “In These Arms”. The music has a nice mixture of guitars and electronics, as well as some piano and other instruments coming through to give it a bit of a gothic edge. Throughout the album, the members of Rozencrantz have been assisted by guest musicians including Eve Cooper, Carsten Klatte, Matthias Lohmöller, and of course Bruno Kramm, all adding to the already great sound. You can listen to 4 songs from Salvation on the Rozencrantz MySpace page. Be sure to check out the 2 music videos on their website, too.

Rozencrantz - Salvation tracklist:
01. Forsaken
02. Decision
03. Her Walk Gets Slower
04. Bound To You
05. In These Arms
06. 1000 Knights
07. Severed Dreams
08. Lively Waters
09. Dissolve
10. Sweet Desire
11. Fareza
12. In These Arms (Acretongue remix)
13. In These Arms (Eurocide remix)