The first reviews of our latest release "Human Nature" by Ivory Moon has been published. Also more reviews about the debut album by Darkwater, called "Calling the earth to witness" has been published the last month. Below you'll find some review scores from both albums.

Ivory Moon - Human Nature reviews:
Lords of metal 91/100
We rock.se 9/10
Truemetal.it 85/100
Keys and chords 4,5/5
Metal nose 8,5/10
Metalfan.ro 8,5/10
Strutter 80/100
Metal cd ratings 4/5
Powermetal.dk 75/100
Zwaremetalen 75/100
Concreteweb 75/100

Darkwater - Calling the earth to witness reviews:
Metalforever 9,5/10
My revelations 14/15
USA Progmusic 9/10
Progressive waves 9/10
SwedenMetal 9/10
Angelic Warlord 90/100
Lords of Metal 89/100
Metalstorm 8,8/10
Metal Perspective 8,5/10
Bright eyes 11/13
Magic Fire Music 17/20
Treehouse of death 8,5/10
Powermetal.dk 84/100
Hardrock Haven 8,2/10
Rock report.be 5/6
Imperiumi 8+/10
Metal Covenant 8/10
MetalHeart 8/10
The streetz 8/10
Werock.se 8/10
Metal symphony 8/10
Music in Belgium 4/5

Ulterium Records [SWEDEN] and Nightmare Records [U.S.] have inked a deal for the North American release of the “Human Nature” album by the Italian symphonic metal band IVORY MOON. The album was released in Sweden September 7th by Ulterium Records and will be out in Europe September 28th through Metal Heaven Germany. Nightmare Records will distribute the album exclusively in North America, and the release date is set for September 25th.

Ulterium Records are very proud to announce the signing of the Italian symphonic metal band IVORY MOON to the label. The bands new album “Human Nature” is scheduled for a September 5th release in Sweden. September 28th the album will be released in the rest of Europe, and will distributed by Metal Heaven Germany. Release dates for other territories will be announced soon. More information about Ivory Moon in the "artists" section.

Ulterium Records [SWEDEN] and Nightmare Records [U.S.] have inked a deal for the North American release of the “Calling the earth to witness” album by the Swedish melodic/progressive metal band DARKWATER. The album was released in Sweden May 28th and in Norway June 18th by Ulterium Records. Nightmare Records will distribute the album exclusively in North America, and the release dates are set for August 28th in Canada, and September 11th for the US.

"Calling the earth to witness" will be released in Europe August 31th, and will be exclusively distributed by Metal Heaven Germany.

The first reviews of "Calling the earth to witness" are here, and the response have been great so far!

SwedenMetal: 9/10
MagicFireMusic: 17/20
Angelic Wardlord: 90/100
Powermetal.dk: 84/100
Hardrock Haven: 8,2/10
Metalheart.se: 8/10
Metal Covenant: 8/10

Also check out an interview with Henrik Båth of Darkwater, over at Powermetal.dk. Read the interview here.

"Calling the earth to witness" will be released in Norway June 18th, and will be distributed by Indie Distribution.

Also check out this great new review that just came in from Oscar at SwedenMetal, who rated the album 9/10. Read the review here.

The first review of "Calling the earth to witness" is now online, and it's written by Hawk at the webzine Metal Covenant. He gave the album 8/10, and here's a short excerpt from the review: "By now I have listened to the record at least ten times and I rank it as one of the best progressive metal releases this year."

Read the entire review here.

Ulterium Records [SWEDEN] and Nightmare Records [U.S.] have inked a deal for the U.S. release of the “Carved in Stone” album by the Norwegian heavy metal band GRAND LUX. The album was released in Europe by Ulterium Records, January 26th 2007. Nightmare Records will distribute the album exclusively in the U.S., and the release date is set for June 6th.

“Carved in Stone” will be distributed in Canada through Fontana North, and in the U.S. through Nevarre, Century Media and The End.

May 19th Darkwater will throw a release party for their album "Calling the earth to witness" in their hometown Borås. The event will be held at Kulturföreningen Tåget, doors open at 20.00, and the entrance is free. Don't miss this great change to witness Darkwater live, and pick up the album one week before the street date!

Ulterium Records are very proud to announce the signing of the Swedish melodic metal band Darkwater to the label. The bands debut album “Calling the earth to witness” is scheduled for a May 28 release in Sweden. Release dates for other territories will be announced soon. More information about Darkwater in the "Artists" section.

Grand Lux - Carved in stone are now available for purchase over at www.metal-downloads.com. Check it out!

The Swedish heavy metal band Evergrace has decided to change name to INCRAVE.

The self titled debut album that was released September 30th last year will be re-released April 20th under the name INCRAVE, and with the album title “The escape”. The album will include a bonus track called “The masquerade”.

The bonus track “The masquerade” can be streamed in it’s entirety at the bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/incrave, and so can three other songs from the album.

The new Grand Lux album "Carved in stone" is out now! We've received the first reviews of the album, here are some of them:
Bright eyes 11/13
Metalcentre 9/10
CD reporter 9/10
SwedenMetal 8/10
Heavymetal.no 8/10
Powermetal.dk 80/100
Walls of fire 4/5
Angelic warlord 80/100

The release date for "Carved in stone" is approaching, and we have some news for you concerning distribution. In Sweden and Norway you can get the album through all records stores. In Sweden "Carved in stone" is distributed by Sound Pollution, and in Norway by Indie Distribution.

Outside Scandinavia you can get the album from lots of places, below you find a list on some of them:
www.cdon.com [Europe]
www.impulsemusic.com [US]
www.nightmare-records.com [US]
www.hbfr.de [Germany]
www.firstparadox.com [Holland]
www.radrockers.com [US]
www.girdermusic.com [US]
www.shaverav.com [US]

We've added some new shows for Grand Lux and Evergrace in the "tour section". Grand Lux will play a release show in their hometown Kristiansand January 26th, and Evergrace will do some Swedish shows together with Katana [SE] and Headphones president [JAP].