Listen To Android Meme's "Ordo Ab Chao" on Magna Carta

Listeners will hear influences of Tool, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Motley Crue and Rush.

http://www.youtube.com/user/magcart#p/c/AF3BBD3FDBC8F2A1


The Band:
Stefano S. Amelio: vocals, programming, big brother
Mathias Devereaux: guitars, vocals, synthesizers, illusions
Mark Davidson: big bad bass man, webmaster
Jake Hamilton: drums, sorcery



What if the threat of global domination by shadow governments was real and impacting us every day? What if, by employing space-age technology, these powers have programmed us to blindly obey?

Toronto-based quartet The Android Meme thinks it knows the answer to these burning questions and urges us to heed their warnings. With the release of their first full-length CD, Ordo Ab Chao, produced by Matthew von Wagner, The Android Meme might well be called rock and roll prophets, delivering a message the world needs to hear.

Listen to X Opus on the Magna Carta YouTube Channel

Audio clips of the new X Opus - "The Epiphany" album on Magna Carta.

http://www.youtube.com/magcart#p/c/A42E2317C0550A61



The Epiphany, the debut CD from the symphonic metal band X Opus, is a celestial blend of enigmatic lyrical threads and layered neoclassical metal. Tracks such as “Terrified”, “Forsaken” “On Top of the World”, “Pharaohs of Lies” and “In the Heavens” are haunting yet radiant musical vignettes, imbued with the power of spiritual transformation.

While traces of Hendrix, Symphony X and J.S. Bach can be detected throughout the 10- track CD, X Opus has shaped a dense musical landscape pockmarked by major plateaus and minor gullies. The combination of doomy chord changes, bombastic compositional grandness, the flavor of Middle Eastern scales, and lyrical themes, based on the redemptive nature of faith, is enough to send chills up and down your spine.

http://magnacarta.net/XOpus/index.html

We have a winner in the Glen Drover Guitar Contest

And the winner of the Glen Drover Guitar Solo contest sponsored by Magna Carta and Dean Guitars is...Kelly Kereliuk!


http://magnacarta.net/GlenDroverGuitarContest/

Congratulations to Kelley Kereliuk on his fine entry and exceptional ability. Kelly will receive a great package of prizes from Dean, D'Addario and Magna Carta."

Glen had a tough decision when choosing the winner of this contest because there were so many strong entries. Glen also chose 5 runners up in the contest who will receive signed copies of Glen's new album, "Metalusion", along with some other goodies from Magna Carta.
"I want to thank all you guys for your entries in this contest. Lots of great stuff in the videos I had reviewed here, and I really had fun watching all the players involved. Congrats to Kelly Kereliuk and our 5 runner ups!"
- Glen Drover

Win A Dean Guitar from Glen Drover and Magna Carta

Grand Prize: A "one off" Dean silver vendetta, with EMG pickups and original floyd rose finish; and from D’Addario: a box (10 sets) of strings, cable, a headstock tuner, and some polish for the new Dean Guitar.



• STEP 1: Download the mp3 of "GroundZero"
• STEP 2: Video yourself playing your solo over the Ground Zero backing tracks*
• STEP 3: Upload your video to Youtube
• STEP 4: Email your YouTube video link along with your name to: contest@magnacarta.net

Glen will pick his favorite on June 15, 2011. The grand prize winner will receive the Dean Guitar and D’Addario string package.

http://magnacarta.net/GlenDroverGuitarContest/index.html

X Opus debut on Magna Carta

The Epiphany, the debut CD from the symphonic metal band X Opus, is a celestial blend of enigmatic lyrical threads and layered neoclassical metal. Tracks such as “Terrified”, “Forsaken” “On Top of the World”, “Pharaohs of Lies” and “In the Heavens” are haunting yet radiant musical vignettes, imbued with the power of spiritual transformation.

Visit The X Opus page for sound samples: http://magnacarta.net/XOpus/

Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover was interview

Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover was interviewed for a recent edition of “Rockin’ Metal Revival”. You can now stream the entire three-hour program in three parts below.

http://magnacartarecordsnews.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/former-megadeth-guitarist-glen-drover-newz-reviewz/

Glen Drover review in CashBox

Glen Drover

Metalusion

Magna Carta

"Hi folks out there in musica-land once again... I just received this awesome instrumental CD from Magna Carta Records called "Metalusion" from progressive shred-guitarist Glen Drover, best known for his precision and power playing with the award-winning metal band Megadeth and Eidolon. Mister Drover's incredible guitar playing is very diverse and overlaps both genres of extreme instrumental music with progressive fusionistic music. He uses ambient sounds to aurally transport you to and from each harmonic galaxy at the flick of a fast arppegiated lick."

The rest of the review: http://cashboxmagazine.com/reviews.htm#Review5