Guitar Battle - Flash animation

Here's a little guitar based flash animation I came across recently which I thought was pretty cool. Hope you enjoy the guitar references.

Free music - Holy Soldier

Holy Soldier are a Christian hard rock/metal group from the 90s. They did some excellent rock music and one album in particular that I rememeber never tiring of listening to entitled simply "Holy Soldier" released in 1992.

I've just discovered that they have made some of their tracks available for free download on their site : holysoldier.com

Here's the direct link : http://www.holysoldier.com/download_mp3.htm Go check them out while they're there. And why not buy a couple of albmus too, while you're at it ;-)

Free music - No Big Deal

No Big Deal were a Christian rock group doing the rounds in the early '90s. I came across them when they performed at a school during the Metal Meltdown festival. They did an excellent set, rock tinged with a funky edge on some of the songs, which at the time reminded me a little of Extreme.

They released at least one EP called "You've Been Robbed" which I have on cassette, and as I've recently converted it to mp3s (using my trusty Audacity), I thought I'd post it up here for downloading. . . music this decent just deserves to be heard.

As with Phenomena EPs, these songs are not mine, and hopefully members of No Big Deal won't mind me posting these songs. I've tried to find out what happened to them after the festival but I've not been able to find any info about them on the internet. The only thing I've come across is this review from Cross Rhythms magazine :

If you'd been bold enough to step into the rock 'n' roll pubs of Southampton and Portsmouth over the last six months you'll have caught this tough, gritty foursome who play decidedly heavy rock managing to avoid both the predictability of some metal and the tired old blues ruffs of some heavy rock. In fact, this tape exudes a gutsy vitality I found completely invigorating while the lyrics speak the gospel truth with unembarrassed directness. Suffice it to say I liked 'You've Been Robbed1 and once they get a producer and a budget they'll surely be on to bigger things. In the meantime, get along to one of their gigs all you Hampshire rockers. - Tony Cummings

So I guess this post is a little hommage to an excellent Christian 90s rock band.

Here's the link to download the EP: http://www.everlightskeep.com/No_Big_Deal_-_-You've_Been_Robbed.zip

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Free Music - Phenomena

Phenomena were an excellent christian rock group from the West Midlands, England. They were around in the late 80s and early 90s and produced at least two EPs, which are available in this download.

I don't know many more details about the group, apart form the fact that Jon Grant was the guitarist in the group, and he went on to perform with singer Lynsey, who later became his wife. The two know do an excellent job with a youth work called Krunch based in the West Midlands.

The latest I heard there was a possibility of Phenomena reuniting for some gigs! For more info check out their facebook page

The download available here is from 2 EPs Phenomena recorded. They are tranfers from cassettes, using Audacity to clean up and compress the files. Unfortunately Audacity can't remove tape-wobble from years of playing, and believe me these Phenomena cassettes have been well played. Check out the song "So you say" which is a song which has stuck in my head since I heard it back in the early 90s.

Here's the link to download the tracks: http://www.everlightskeep.com/Phenomena_EP.zip