POWER OF THE NIGHT 3 METAL FESTIVAL – LIVE WEBCAST!

Pitch Black Records, in its continued efforts to support and promote the local scene in Cyprus is proudly supporting the upcoming 'Power of the Night 3' festival that is to take place at Skali (Aglantzia), Nicosia, on July 25^th.

The label's own melodic metallers Diphtheria (amongst the veterans of the Cyprus scene) whose debut album has just been released after 15 years of existence, will be making a special appearance at the festival and also new signing Prodigal Earth who will release their debut album in October. Other local bands appearing are R.U.S.T., Solitary Sabred, Lethal Saint, HardRaw and Shadows, all brilliant in their own way. Among the highlights of the evening will also be a brief appearance by legendary epic metallers Arryan Path.

Taking it a step further and for the first time ever for a Cypriot metal concert, Pitch Black Records will webcast the entire event live on its website for anyone in the world to watch for free! The broadcast will begin around 18:30 local time (15:30GMT/11:30EST/687.beats).

More information available on the label's website – www.pitchblackrecords.com.

So, here's a sum-up of some of the reviews that the album's been getting since its release a few months back. Of course reviews keep coming in all the time so this list will constantly be updated.

"A pure spikes to the wall metal band. This just kicked my ass all over the place!"
Ballbuster Hard Music (USA)

"A landmark!"
Rock Underground (BRA) - 7/10

"An excellent album! Too bad we had to wait so long to get it."
Metal Heart (FRA)

"Killer musicians! Very creative metal!"
All the Bangers (BRA)

"Iron Maiden meets Metallica meets Candlemass meets Mercyful Fate"
Metal Coven (GER) - 87%

"The creative ability of the quintet immediately hits your ears"
Novo Metal (BRA) - 8/10

"Melodic and pure heavy metal"
Metal Hammer (GR) - 7/10

"Mature compositions and performance"
Rock Hard (GR) - 6/10

"Some pleasant epical pieces"
Rock Hard (GER) - 6/10

"A surprise package from a typically non-metal place"
The Metal Forge (AUS) - 7/10

"Impossible to distinguish a track from the album, as every song is unique"
Metalzone.gr (GR) - 90%

"Some pretty tasty metal" / "Diphtheria, like Prometheus, brings the blaze on home to a waiting world"
All Access Magazine (USA)

"A good listen harkening back to memories of metal when it was both exciting and unpretentious"
Dangerdog (USA) - 4/5

"Straight metal music with no extra crap"
The Review Busters (USA) - 8.5/10

"A real passion and depth to these ten aspirant anthems"
Terrorizer (Issue 172) (UK) - 6.5

"An album that is like an oasis in the desert of mediocrity that rules the metal world in our days"
Behind the Veil (GR) - 8.5/10

"A brilliant mixture of Power Metal and Epic Doom Metal"
Metal Invader (GR) - 6/6 (featured album)

"Genuine heavy metal with several crossovers between epic, doom and power metal"
metalperspective.com (GR) - 8.5/10

"This band can write history"
epicmetal.net (CY) - 10/10 (featured album)

Official Forums are now up, kindly hosted by cyprus-underground.com.
Diphtheria Forums

Metal Invader has a nice review of the album, giving it the maximum rating of 6/6!
Available here.

Currently, the album is available at the following online locations but stay tuned for more to come:

Pitch Black Records
CD Baby
Amazon

The album is also available in select retail locations in the following countries:

American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bermuda
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Ecuador
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guam
Hong Kong
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Republic of Korea
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Taiwan
UK
USA
Virgin Islands, U.S.

Diphtheria forums are now up, kindly hosted by cyprus-underground.com. Direct link.

Greek site metalperspective.com has a review of the album up, giving the album a score of 8.5/10!
http://www.metalperspective.com/reviews/diphtheria.php

Cypriot metal e-zine epicmetal.net is the first one to review the album and has given it a perfect 10! Check it out here.

Stay tuned for more reviews to come soon...

Diphtheria will be guests on CyBC's 3rd radio channel (94.8FM) on Wednesday between 7-8pm. The show will be presented in Greek and will also be streamed online (http://www.cybc.com.cy/html/radio/live/cybc3.ram).