Because it's EPIC, here is the Northern Kings' version of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero." You know your tough if you can do a Tina Turner cover and turn it into some sort of mid-evil castle chant meets 20th century fashion: top hats, tuxes with tails, Red Barron scarves and all and not crack a smile. I don't know about you, but I'd love to have a castle built in the air!

If for nothing else, it's worth checking out 2:05 for "MMmmmnn Love and Compassion--aawh....."

There's something about this Northern Kings version and I've had to listen to it dozens of times. Maybe it's how they twiddle their fingers and look up into the camera with that EPIC quality.

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Yea, that's right, this small little start-up, Project RnL, kicks your butt and it falls right off!

Project RnL sounds like the love child of original Incubus on a smooth-jazz elevator ride into the clouds with with System of a Down.
Plus they are from Israel. And no language looks cooler than Hebrew.

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Even though the song "Magdalena" is about the penance of walking a long road, it's pounding drums, hopeful sounds and distant echos tell of the joy in seeing a long journey come to an end and the hope that the prayers you've carried on that journey are answered. Come, walk, "be delivered from the depths of darkness and be born again by candlelight."

There's something about the song and I cannot keep from crying. A happy song is not supposed to do this.

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This will make the 4th studio project from the ohio rockers, hawthorne heights.

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Anyone who was a fan of the Rock/Metal scene in the 80's and 90's has no doubt heard of the visual expression that is none other than Living Colour. Best known for their break-out classic, "Cult of Personality," Living Colour remains a rare bread as to this day there exists very few all-black hard rock bands, and currently none in the mainstream of music. Although Living Colour is still in play and right now supporting their 2009 offering, The Chair In The Doorway, they've softened quite a bit from their debut release, Vivid and taken a more free-form approach to rock music following the leading of drummer Will Calhoun.

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