Kama - Gaia Epicus - Satrap

Very interesting band. Maybe nothing new from a Power Metal band, but still, its hard to see a norwegian band playing this genre. I was lucky to find this digipak because I had only listened to this album by the time I bought it and I really liked it. Its the debut album from Gaia Epicus and it seems to be the first press too.

Gaia Epicus is worth checking out, if you are into standard power metal bands.

Kama - Freternia - A Nightmare Story

This is sadly a pretty unknown band. I got to know about them when I bought my Helloween Tribute, "Keepers of Jericho Part 2". Both parts of this tribute are AWESOME and feature tons of great bands! The first part have mostly big power metal bands like Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica, etc. The second part is the opposite, it features not-that-much-known bands. And Freternia was among them.

But I really got into this band after I heard one song and I noticed that I already had heard this vocals before. Again, the vocalist of this band was also the vocalist of IronWare, another band that I heard in another compilation! This time was "Louder Than the Dragon", a Limb Records band compilation that featured one song from every major band of the label. And IronWare was one of those with their awesome song "Holy Man". I loved that song and when I heard the same vocalist in Freternia I knew I would like this band too.

So I looked for their cds... But they were really hard to find! I even gave up.... Luckly I found this digipak in one of my travels to Galeria to Rock and it was really cheap too!!

This digipak was made by Scarecrow Records, a Mexican label. It features one bonus track and also comes with a mini catalogue of the label's latest cds. I love those catalogues!

Kama - Turisas - The Varangian Way

Well this was a weird thing to catch on ebay. Long ago when I was an ebay rat, I would dig every corner of that website looking for any kind of rarities from bands I like. And Turisas was one of those bands.

This is a promo version of their second album, "The Varangian Way". It's weird because its in a DVD case. And it also feature the bonus DVD that comes with the limited edition! I've never seen a promo like this. Obviously the DVD is a hand made copy, but the CD is official. The cover is printed in those ordinary glossy papers from normal DVDs.

I don't know if the guy made this to look more atractive to buyers by adding the bonus DVD or it's really official.

Kama - Opeth - Ghost Reveries

This band is becoming a favorite to me. I had only known this album "Ghost Reveries" until recently, when I decided to listen to their discography properly. And I'm really happy for doing it! Their music is amazing, very somber with great vocals going from extreme and death'ish to very calm and clean.

The guitars also play a big part here. From heavy and fast to acoustic and slow. Everything is in perfect balance in this band and specially this album. It was the first album I listened and the first I bought. And couldn't be a better edition! Digipak in matted paper instead of the glossy standard. And it features a bonus DVD with a very entertaining documentary. Also the bonus track of Deep Purple cover.

I'm planning on start a big collection on this band, so stay tuned if you are an Opeth fan!

For more info on Opeth: Metal-Archives

Kama - Beto Vázquez Infinity - Darkmind

Beto Vázquez is a very ambitious guy! He wanted to make his albums like a metal opera, or at least, with tons of super star guests in the metal world.

And man, he succeded . So far he has worked with Tarja Turunen, Fabio Lione, Timo Tolkki (!), Olaf Thorsen (Vision Divine and Labyrinth), Dominque Leurquin (Rhapsody of Fire and Luca Turilli), Elisa C. Martin (Dark Moor and Fairyland), among TONS of other talented musicians.

For more info on Beto Vázquez Infinity: Metal-Archives

Kama - Raising Fear - Avalon

Raising Fear is a very nice band but very unknown too... They play a pretty standard power metal and I understand why people don't give them much attention, since there's nothing new in their music. But still, you can find some gems in bands like this.

I first listened to their debut album "Mythos" and got hooked on their melodies and great vocal lines. But it was really hard to find their cds, even on ebay.

One day at Galeria do Rock I found this album in a store for a cheap price and, even though I haven't listened to this album very much, I couldn't let it pass! And I like this digipak, its simple but its very beautiful and glossy. The paper quality on the digipak is among the best you can find so I wasn't dissapointed!

For more info on Raising Fear: Metal-Archives

Kama - Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da

Damn I had forgotten how awesome this digipak is! Its a 6 panel digipak for only one CD! Its huge! Also the booklet is in a single sheet of paper, which can be troublesome if you want to read the lyric of only one song and have to open it all...

But nonetheless, this is a very beautiful digipak. the pictures of the band feasting on those girls are pretty creepy but that's what we can expect from Rammstein! Plus the album totally kicks ass.

Kama - Dol Ammad - Star Tales

Ok, this is a very unusual metal band. It doesn't feature a single vocalist, it features a choir of many people! And the theme here is the space, not the medieval times as usual. The drums are fast, the guitars and bass are heavy and add a big choir and you have something really interesting! Plus the keyboard play a big role here, since its space/science fiction themed, the keyboard adds the special effects and electronic elements to the music.

This is a very bold and different kind of project and its totally worthy to check out! And as you saw in Leo's previous post, they make AWESOME limited editions! And the regular ones are like this digipak! I love when they release albums as digipak only :D

For more info on Dol-Ammad: Metal-Archives

Kama - Magic Kingdom - Metallic Tragedy

This is a great and amazing band. Dushan Petrossi, the main guitarrist and mastermind, is a great musician. You can tell he is heavily inspired by Malmsteen by hearing his neoclassical lines in either the guitar and the keyboards.

This is a very symphonic album and features two great vocalists, Max Leclercq (ex-Fairyland) and Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance, Avantasia, etc). The guitars are as expected, fast, heavy, melodic, virtuoso, etc. And the title track is like a metal opera with many different singers, although not something like Avantasia or Aina, each singer using a different vocal technic, from black to death metal, from soprano to falsetto. It's great!

Plus this is a Limb Records digipak, so you know what to expect: high quality glossy paper, amazing artwork and goodies like a poster, sticker, liner notes in the booklet (I just LOVE that!) and, of course, a bonus track and a video.

Gotta love Limb right?

For more info on Magic Kingdom: Metal-Archives

Kama - Rammstein - Völkerball

This digipak was such a find.... I remember as if was yesterday when I entered the shop and the guy had just received a pile of a Rammstein collection from someone who just sold it to him... I went there to buy something else, I don't even remember and when he grabbed this digipak I asked if I could see it. Then I asked if it was for sale and how much was it, the guy took it from my hands, took a look and said "Hm... R$50,00..." and I replied "Sold."

Some days laters I found out this digipak was worth at least R$120, R$150 in other stores! Ok it's used but it doesn't matter! One of the gems in my collection.