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Rockportaal review Tragik!

rockportaalAnother very nice review from Dutch site Rockportaal. And again, find the original version here, and the translated version next:

With the album Tainted by Tragik in front of me, I am somewhat surprised. First of all, I am amazed that Tainted is the seventh album of this melodic hard rock band. In addition, I am lustily looked at by busty ladies from the artwork. But that has already been the case on previous albums. Do not judge a book by his cover, they say and that certainly fits like a glove for this seventh album by Tragik.

An album with a diversity at the top with the rock side as a continuous basis. Not always very very pompous like in ‘Til I See You Again’ and Nobody’s There and even rock / sweet as in Regrets. On the other hand Face Of Sorrow certainly fits in this list, although this composition is catchy due to a stabile guitar sound and ditto drum.

In Can not Take It Back, the rock side reveals itself for the first time on the album. The chorus is pleasant and catchy, even call it poppy and the guitar solo sounds so warm and familiar that Can not Take It Back still lingers. Later on the album is also the title track infused with a big rock sauce against the border of rock and roll. Striking on Tainted is the seventies sound that this modern band puts down. In terms of sound, it tends towards a band like Boston and the vocal / backing vocals in Tainted, but also in Nobody’s There and the long Not Over You (Listen) fit perfectly into the whole. That link to a band like Boston returns to Welcome Back, but then mixes with the Electric Light Orchestra at Mr. Blue Sky. Although certainly in Into The Great Unknown matches can be found with Styx at Mr. Roboto.

How wonderful that old time is put in a new jacket and in Not Over You (Listen) even goes back to the synthpop from the eighties (including drum computer).

Tragik shows a contemporary and special sound for which Phil Vincent is mainly responsible. His voice is particularly appropriate for the music on Tainted and in Heaven he shows that he does not need more than a piano and his voice to give a wonderful feeling to the listener in this extremely peaceful and beautiful composition. Nice is the acceleration halfway through the composition in which spacerock predominates and gives Tragik a more progressive side. Here too, the composition, like almost all other compositions, is enriched with a wonderful guitar solo.

All in all, Tainted is a special album that brings back memories and mixes rock and (synth) pop together. A special album that sounds nice and especially in the Boston / Styx / Elo compositions.

Thank you Maurice!

AORland review of Tainted (Tragik)

The AORland blof has written a review about the new Tainted album from Tragik. You can read the original Spanish version here.

Since that is not a language everyone is fluent in, here a translation to English with the help from google:

It is always gratifying to discover that there is another world away from so many launches via Frontiers and other major companies. If AOR Heaven delights us with great surprises from time to time along with Escape Music now it’s the turn of a small Dutch company called Rock Company

They present us with a project that is less surprising, especially because of the sound they process in some subjects. It is an album that surprises for its musical variety and for some of its compositions such as the song Not Over You (Listen) with a programmed battery that could remind the disc themes of the 80s mixed with current guitars. No less surprising is the duration of the theme, almost ten minutes with all kinds of sound effects that despite its duration for nothing becomes heavy.

Nothing has to do with the issue with which they open the album, which is all a declaration of intentions. With Welcome Back they succeed in their long playing so that the listener can begin with a great impression this album.

The same happens with other cuts of the disc that with a duration more in agreement with this type of style make their listening much more enjoyable. It is the case of Can not Take it Back that returns the disc to the path of the most current Melodic Rock. The sound approaches the Danger Danger songs played by Paul Laine, for the vocal tone of his vocalist.

As I commented before there are topics that surprise because of their structure or their presentation. It is also the case of Into the Great Unknown where keyboards in the purest Sha-Boom style are in charge of surprising the listener who finds himself with a refrain well worked but that perhaps does not help the subject to end up being brilliant.

We have Bon Jovi sounds as in the song Face of Sorrow where they offer a good quality of composition and where the sound of Keep The Faith underlies throughout the song.

The album is well structured and offers very good moments of melodic rock, it is true that it has less successful themes that may hurt your listening but well, when you find wonders such as Til I See You Again or Regrets one can take for good listening This album, without waiting for anything, I found great moments of melodic rock.

Surely they still have to travel and must decide what style they want to show in future releases as in this flirt with certain styles or sounds that mislead the listener and get confused with what you can cause the opposite effect you are looking for. You can provoke with so many changes of sounds that the one who listens to the disc goes on over and over again the songs.

An album from which one can draw several interesting topics.

New Pre Orders!

still living - ymmij tragik - taintedThe fantastic new albums from Still Living and Tragik are available now from our webshop and start shipping immediately. Temporarily they are on sale, so all the more reason to order them now.

Still Living is a jewel case edition and includes and exclusive bonus track, the beautiful Redemption. Tragik is available as a limited edition digisleeve with enticing art.

More new releases!

cryptic nature - pandor earthshine v - abstract patterns still living - ymmij tragik - tainted

Things are turning quite hectic here at HQ. 2 albums landing end of October (the progmetal double disc Pandor by Koos Thönissen’s Cryptic Nature and the soothing instrumental album Abstract Patterns by Earthshine).
December will also see 2 releases coming your way. And since they are both of a hard rocking yet melodic nature, that Christmas tree better be steady… Because besides the already announced new album Ymmij by Still Living, the explosive new album Tainted from Tragik will also become available. We are of course very happy and proud to be working together again.
Better save up, you won’t want to miss this!

And rumour has it we might not be done yet….

New Rock Company podcast

As you may have noticed, here at Rock Company we like to keep busy. So slowly but surely the number of titles available from us is rising! All independent artists, who need your support. Hugs and kudos for everyone who buys an album (often limited editions) or download! But if you are wondering what the label is about, here a sure fire way to introduce a lot of recent releases to you, this podcast. Have fun and never mind the ramblings of Dr. Schultz 🙂

more Chart success!

november OMWR rock top 30 chartTime to inform you about our Chart success on the One World Music Rock Top 30!
at 21 we have Docker’s Guild and their album The Heisenberg Diaries
at 7 we have distribution artist Holly Montgomery with Leaving Eden
at 6 we have #Tragik (Phil Vincent Bands) with Come and Get It
at 3 we find Sixtynine with their great rock album You Are Me
#2 is last month’s #1; #Cranston (Phil Vincent and Paul Sabu) THE rock album of 2016 and last but not least:
#1 is the latest Forest Field album Lonely Desert!

This is an incredible achievement for our artists! Many many thanks to the OMWR team and all the listeners!!
Check the show #podcast here  or use the player below

Chart success for our artists!

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Still cannot believe the chart success for our artists on the October Rock Chart on One World Music. We have #Tragik at #16, the highest new entry with Forest Field at #12, Docker’s Guild at #7, Sixtynine at #2 and #CranstoN (with Phil Vincent and Paul Sabu) at NUMBER 1! And the former #1, Holly Montgomery, whose album we distribute, is on position 4!
The show repeats today at 9PM GMT, or catch the #podcast: http://oneworldmusic.co.uk/#/chart/4593008507 or below.
THANK you to all the listeners and presenters! We love you all

The first ever OMWR Rock Chart

omwr-rockchart-2016-09September saw the first ever One World Music Rock Top 30 chart. And it has turned out to be quite a success for Rock Company and it’s releases. The list:

  1. Forest Field – Angels? #15
  2. Sixtynine – You Are Me #7
  3. Tragik – Come And Get It #6
  4. CranstoN – CranstoN #5
  5. Docker’s Guild – The Heisenberg Diaries Book A – Sounds of Future Past #4
  6. And to top things, our newly added distribution title Holly Montgomery – Leaving Eden, scored the #1 position!

Our little company is very happy with this achievement for all the artists involved and thanks all the listeners and the whole of the OMWR team for their help!

You can listen to the chart show here, it includes songs from Sixtynine, Cranston, Docker’s Guild and Holly Montgomery:

Earthshine rising on OMWR chart

omwr chart showThis month we see that Earthshine has once again entered the top 50 and landed place 48. Thanks to the listener and hosts for that. Also Tragik is still refusing to drop out of the list and can now be found at place 65.

You can check the list and the show here.

Angels? from Forest Field wins 2015 rock album award!

2015 OWMR award Forest FieldWe are very proud to announce that Forest Field have won the 2015 One World Music Award for Best Rock Album. Some stiff competition, also from our Tragik – Come and Get It release, who we can congratulate on winning third place.

The podcast with the award show is live on the show page and also features the album’s title track.

We want to thank Steve and Chrissie from OWMR and their team of hosts and judges, who made this all possible!

And to celebrate, for a limited time we have lowered the price of all the Forest Field albums (both digital and CD) and the Tragik album, in our webshop!

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