Lucy Van Sickle has been singing and playing harmonica and guitar professionally since the age of 17...in the 1970's. Since that time, she has played live with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Metal Blade Records history by Dan Slessor:
Founded upon owner Brian Slagel's enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it strides into its fourth decade.

What perhaps makes this achievement all the more notable is the fact that Slagel never even intended to start a label. Working in an LA record store and writing for various publications, Slagel was acutely aware that many great bands in the local metal scene were being ignored, and he decided to release a compilation of tracks drawn from these ranks. "There were a lot of really good bands and I was just bummed out that nobody could hear them. It just seemed like I could help them out and have some fun at the same time, and that compilation was the first Metal Massacre," he states. Collating tracks from then unknown bands including Ratt, Bitch, Cirith Ungol, and Metallica amongst others, the compilation sold out immediately. "How important is Metal Blade to our career? They're only the reason we are enjoying the worldwide success we have today," states Metallica's James Hetfield. "Without Brian's openness to some raunchy teens with a crap sounding cassette tape we would be who knows where, and playing who knows what!" With the popularity of the tape spurring Slagel on, the first seeds of Metal Blade were sown. "After the success of those compilations I just started putting out records of bands that I was friends with, but without ever really intending it to be a label at all," he explains. "After I put out four or five releases I started to feel like something was happening, and I decided to quit the record store and quit college and see where it went."

Battling through the first few lean years, when the label consisted solely of Slagel working out of his mom's poorly ventilated garage in the San Fernando Valley, it gradually grew in both revenue and stature. Within a few years Metal Blade would go on to release the debuts of Slayer, Armored Saint, Trouble, and Corrosion Of Conformity amongst others, fanning the flames of the burgeoning metal scene and launching careers of bands that would go onto reap global success. "Without Metal Blade, there is a damn good chance we never would've made it out of L.A," says Slayer's Kerry King. "That was the one bit of luck we needed. You can be the most awesome band on the scene, and if no one notices you, you don't catch on. And Brian Slagel is still one of the biggest metalheads I know!" This genuine love and devotion to metal is central to the relationship many of the artists have with Metal Blade, and King Diamond credits much of its relevance and strength to this passion. "I refer to it as having 'boots on the ground'," the mighty Dane states. "It's not like a major label where some people might be into what you're doing but a lot of them just see it as a job – there's a genuine love for metal there. Through staying true to that and doing their own thing they've carved out a very specific niche that they control, and as an artist it's wonderful to be a part of that."over the years. Clearly without those people we couldn't do what we do, and to everyone out there who has helped us along by being a fan we are so very grateful to you."

Read more: http://www.metalblade.com/us/about-us/

The band „Archipel Gulag“proves that Crossover can sound completely different.

Stadion brachial rock guitar quality combined with Slavic melancholy. Rock highlights combined with the heart and soul of the Russian singer Sergei German.

Sergei German who grew up in Siberia sings in the language of his childhood and the stories related in his songs are by no means light fare. 

It’s of no coincidence that the band decided to borrow its name from Alexander Solschenizyn who in his work “Archipel Gulag” describes the repressed Stalinist system in the Soviet Union.

Sergei German sings of drug overdose, about life living amongst refuse-living on the edge. 
His expressive, melancholic baritone voice gets right to you whether you understand Russian or not.

Nevertheless, “Archipel Gulag” guarantee their listeners a terrific atmosphere; after all they are a truly gripping and very exciting rock band.

Группа "Ракоший Нелч" была образована 7 сентября 2005г. в г.Армавире(Краснодарский край).

На сегодняшний день, на счету группы 8 студийных альбомов: 

1. "Религия" - 2009г. 
Запись, сведение и мастеринг - студия "Легион 600"(г.Таганрог). Звукорежиссер - Марсель Ветров. 

2. "Мы" - 2010г. 
Запись и сведение - студия "Добролет"(г.Санкт-Петербург). Звукорежиссер - Александр Докшин. 
Мастеринг - "SkyLine Tonfabrik" studio by Kai Blanckenberg(Duesseldorf, Germany). 
В записи также принимали участие: 
Дмитрий Кежватов - гитара 
Игорь Розанов - барабаны 
Арсен Григорян - дудук 

3. "Зеленый альбом" - 2011г. 
Запись и сведение - студия "С. Большакова"(г.Москва). Звукорежиссер - Денис Юровский. 
Мастеринг - Сергей Большаков. 
В записи также принимали участие: 
Игорь Мережаный - барабаны. 
Денис Юровский - перкусия. 

4. "Камо Грядеши" - 2012г. 
Запись и сведение - студия "MarinSound"(г.Краснодар). Звукорежиссер - Игорь Комендант. 
Мастеринг - студия "Masterdisc"(New York, USA). Инженер - Graham Goldman. 

5. "Немного теплее" - 2013г. 
Запись, сведение и мастеринг - студия "MarinSound"(г.Краснодар). Звукорежиссер - Игорь Комендант. 
В записи также принимали участие: 
Елена Галицина - скрипка.
Александр Никитенко - саксофон(тенор).
Владимир Анадский - труба.
Олег Жуков - флейта.
Арсен Григорян - дудук.
Александр Король - кларнет.

6. "Весна человечества" - 2014г. 
Запись, сведение и мастеринг - студия "MarinSound"(г.Краснодар). Звукорежиссер - Игорь Комендант. 
В записи также принимали участие: 
Елена Галицина - скрипка.
Мила Тонашко - флейта.

7. "Людям о людях" - 2015г. 
Запись, сведение и мастеринг - студия "MarinSound"(г.Краснодар). Звукорежиссер - Игорь Комендант. 
В записи также принимали участие: 
Радж Резго - барабаны.
Юрий Сабитов - труба, флюгельгорн.

8. "Книга боли" - 2016г.
Запись, сведение и мастеринг - студия "MarinSound"(г.Краснодар). Звукорежиссёр - Игорь Комендант.
В записи также принимали участие:
Елена Галицина - скрипка.
Данил Михайлов - клавиши

Желающим бесплатно скачать композиции группы "Ракоший Нелч"(в формате mp3), можно сделать это по следующим ссылкам:

http://www.realmusic.ru/rakoshiy_nelch/
https://yadi.sk/d/YCi3hEUoBbf4U
http://www.rocklab.ru/view/groups/17526.html

Скачать альбомы группы(полностью) можно здесь: 

1."Религия" - https://yadi.sk/d/Le4RVdDo7SE5W 
2."Мы" - https://yadi.sk/d/C7yy4TuN7SE4I 
3."Зеленый альбом" - https://yadi.sk/d/neX4JtD-7SE3C 
4."Камо Грядеши" - https://yadi.sk/d/cN1AKtbO7SE3g
5."Немного теплее" - https://yadi.sk/d/DcX7DIqj7SDzE
6."Весна человечества" - https://yadi.sk/d/heG-NZ3JZQk4d
7."Людям о людях" - https://yadi.sk/d/TYm9zHFdjv6BX
8."Книга боли" - https://yadi.sk/d/LzP-mDpnwYcjU

This album:
Recorded at Major Studio Moscow by Ilya Lukashev
Mixed at Friendly LabSound by Dimitry Loshkov
Mastered by Andrey Subbotin
BOMB LANE BAND:
Alexander Zagvazdin - lead voice
Dimitry Alexandrov - keyboards/ songwriter
Alexander Akinkin - electric &amp; acoustic guitars
Hayk Asatryan - bass
Dimitry Velichkin - guitars
Boris Uborevich - guitars
Alexander Pokrovsky - Harp, organ
Levon Ayrapetov - drums


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