You can buy the album also from Musiikkikullas, Oulu, Levykauppa Äx, Oulu and Levykellari, Hämeenlinna.
The album "aLive" is also available from locations listed above.
First of all Downstone is about rock and metal. Yet it’s the dynamics, melodies and the strong atmosphere
in music which are the elements to finally create a unique Downstone brand of music and style.
Downstone was formed in 2005. The nearby towns of Oulu and Kemi, located in the Bothnian Bay area in northern Finland, were the birthplace for the band. Soon, after a few changes in the line-up, Downstone consisted only of Oulu-based players. After these rearrangements Downstone had a possibility to concentrate fully on writing kick ass material built on the distinguishing elements of the band’s sound. The first demo, recorded at the Sirius-studios in Oulu, was released in early June 2006 on the band’s website. Just a couple of months later a self-titled six-track ep was released to be a more representative release of the many-sided Downstone material. Year 2007 was very productive for the band in every way. During the year Downstone did bunch of sweaty live shows and an eight-track self-released live album, entitled “aLive”, was released in September 2007. Around that very time came out also a single “Lose it” which was recorded and mixed by multitalent Jari Niemi.
Anyway it doesn’t necessarily take massive guitar walls to make heavy music. This was proven right when the band first started messing around with some acoustic arrangements for its old material at the end of 2007. It felt natural because, after all, the basis of the Downstone material has always been in acoustic ambience and songwriting. The band was overwhelmed by the great response from the live audience and started to work even more determinedly for the unplugged material and performance. The acoustic excursion culminates in the release of the full-length unplugged Downstone album in August 2008. Again it’s engineered by Niemi. The album - entitled Hinderance - is mastered by Tommi Inkilä.
As promising as the going unplugged may look for the band it’s safe to say that Downstone hasn’t quit loving those massive electric guitar walls. Actually things couldn’t be further from the truth! The plans are set to release the beast in the beginning of 2009. Just wait for it!
hey! we are trying to change something... our new singer erik can't be a full member of dreamscape because the stess to travel a lot is affecting his health. so we decided to work with more than one singer - honestly we will work with even more than two... hopefully you will like that idea! we like it a lot because we will be very flexible and our sound will become even more complex! kind regards! DREAMSCAPE (progressive metal from germany) (new cd november 2009! - buy or let die!)
PS: always believe in your dreams! and don't get frightened if they are becoming real! - because for a believer they will!
Hi ** Downstone (new song uploaded!) **, Crash Kelly's CD, "One More Heart Attack" is in stores and on now, please help spread the word and if you haven't already pick up your copy today - for a listing of U.S. store locations, check out the "Where Can I Get My Crash Kelly CD" blog on the MySpace page!!!
Also, get back to your rock roots with Crash Kelly's label mates, Saints Of The Underground in stores and on iTunes now! Please help spread the word and pick up your copies today.
Hmmm, I think I’ll put a little story of mine here as the way to say hi…uhmmm, which I think I already did:). Anyway, I'll let The Hedgehog loose:
Ok, a bit hung over, so I decide to take out the trash in order to do at least something productive for a change. A small step for a man and damn sure for the mankind too!
So I open this door that leads to the shed where the trash cans are, and hmm.. what the heck is that supposed to be on the floor!?
There is this small, empty 2 decilitre carton of cream, sure, but the spiky thing hanging out of it keeps me puzzled for a few seconds.
I can feel a smile slowly growing on my face when I finally start to get it! A hedgehog, not much larger than the carton itself is half way in it trying to get what's remaining of the cream. And probably went there too at the same moment I opened the door and is now too scared to move at all.
The hedgehog probably doesn't know the fact that I actually CAN see the rear end of it:).
I find myself stairing at this very curiously for another few seconds until I can see the hedgehog's center body move from breathing and the poor thing making this "phww"-sound, probably "Ok man, I give up!" in Hedgehoguese.
After this I realize that I probably distracted a special moment for this little fellow, so I leave him be to go about his business. Animals are funny:).
Passing by to wish you a great week and to tell that we have a new link to download the first Temple of Sin album ( for free that is. it's not about money, it's about filling the world with metal...) as the old one seemed to have some problems. The new link is:
http://rs738.rapidshare.com/files/213936075/Temple_of_Sin_-_OHM_2008.rar If you dont like it, tell me. if you do, tell everyone else...
Keep rocking on and hails from brazil, Timo kaarkoski - Temple of Sin
hi! iam wolfgang the guitarist of dreamscape. we are part of your myspace family.
"You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love. who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams." O.W.
we follow our passion! we love to make music with dreamscape! what's about your dreams?
kind regards! DREAMSCAPE (progressive metal from germany) (new cd spring 2009!)
We invite to listen ( with voice Misanthro and Stonewingangel ) of the four topics which presentable our demo. and we'll hang at intervals of two weeks. We're renovation the space with new pics,presentation of the new components,photos,videos,etc. That we wait your honest opinion. Thanks for all and one cruel salutation behalf of the band ( we don..t know to do it of another way ).
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Merry Christmas – Sira
