Free Metal Monday: Tower-Tower

Self-Release/Independent
2015

For today's Free Metal Monday feature we have Tower from New York City. The band is expertly fronted by Sarabeth Linden and the name-your-own-price "Tower" looks to be the group's first studio recording. Produced, mixed & mastered by Jeff Filmer and the band-members themselves, "Tower" features three cool tracks in the form of "Flames", "Mountains", and "Hold on to Me". That last number is arguably the best of the lot and on this EP the line-up looks to be Sarabeth Linden (lead vocals), James Danzo (guitar),
Zak Penley (guitar), Philippe Arman (bass guitar & vocals), and Joey Bouchard (drums). Tower is every-bit as real and rock-steady as the city it hails from (after all this city gave us everyone from The Ramones to Nuclear Assault)! and because I believe in giving credit where credit is due this is yet another fine suggestion from the one and only Paul Rote! There are a lot of  good reasons why I follow Paul on Bandcamp, but the biggest one would have to be the fact that the two of us share similar tastes in music. In the case of  Tower that would be heavy rock/heavy metal with a none-to-subtle eighties tint! Paul was more or less spot on when he said "This lies somewhere between Mötley Crüe and Accept", but let's make sure to clarify that comment by adding the word "early" to Mötley Crüe and rewriting the last bit so that it says "Restless and Wild" through "Metal Heart"-era Accept. Otherwise that is Tower in a nutshell and on this three-track EP these New Yorkers want nothing more than to share their love of old-school hard rock and heavy metal with the old and young alike! As this is (potentially) the band's first recording there is obviously room to grow, but from what I hear on "Tower" this is one group that could do some serious damage if given a fair shot. I'd love to see what this band could do with a legit budget and hear how they would fare on a full-length album. For now this EP is a great addition to any one's personal collection and I will eagerly be hyping it to friends and fellow collectors!

Free Metal Monday: "By The Grace of US Metal" Compilation

ONLINE METAL PROMO and METAL TO INFINITY webzine (Belgium) are proud to jointly release "By The Grace of US Metal", a free download compilation featuring a mix of 34 current, deep, lost and unreleased original songs from up and coming as well as established hard rock and heavy metal artists from the United States.

Highlights of the compilation include:

The old school Scorpions sounding previously unavailable song "Arise" from San Diego, California power metal kings Cage off of their pre UNVEILED cd recording sessions from 1998.

The brand new unreleased song "Summoning of the Dark Ones (Skull, Rose and Dagger) from Chicago, Illinois horror heavy metal masters Ravensthorn from their upcoming cd "The Bell Tower Mansion".

The brand new unreleased song "Not On My Own" from Dallas / Ft. Worth, Texas classic melodic hard rock band Millennial Reign led by Aska bassist Dave Harvey from their upcoming cd "The God Particle".

1. ATTACKER
2. CRIMSON REIGN
3. VERMITHRAX
4. OUTLIAR
5. LADY BEAST
6. MAXXXWELL CARLISLE
7. FEVER VEIN
8. MINDMAZE
9. STATION
10. DIAMOND LANE
11. ENCELADUS
12. DIRE PERIL
13. GROSS REALITY
14. SKINNER
15. CAGE
16. CORNERS OF SANCTUARY
17. HESSLER
18. MILLENIAL REIGN
19. STEVE CONE
20. WORWYK
21. THE MIGHTY SWINE
22. ARCHETYPE
23. ARMORY
24. HELLSCREAM
25. DAVE REFFETT
26. RAVENSTHORN
27. LORDS OF THE TRIDENT
28. PREY ON THE FALLEN
29. WITCHCROSS
30. DECYPHER
31. ZEPHANIAH
32. SEVENTRAIN
33. CHRIS VIOLENCE
34. VANLADE

Download the free songs, compilation artwork and track listing at the following location:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jv4vobqs0bx7zd8/AABdfr9ynQJhpRKcUcA8c94Fa