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Band:CHTHE’ILIST
Album:LE DERNIER CREPUSCULE
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Montreal Quebec’s CHTHE’ILIST was formed in 2010 by the duo of vocalist/guitarist/bassist Philippe Tougas and drummer Philippe Boucher (also of notorious Canadian tech death metal wizards Beyond Creation). Their intent was to play abhorred, morbid and dark atmospheric brutal Demilich-worship technical death metal with over-the-top guitar shredding. The result would be the “Amechth'ntaas'm'rriachth” demo which caused quite the stir in the underground death metal scene.
Now almost five years since the duo (now a three-piece) unleashed their demo, their much anticipated (within the death metal underground at least!) debut full-length “Le Dernier Crépuscule” is finally set for release early 2016. Recoded in various places and mixed by Greg Chandler (Esoteric, Cruciamentum, Indesinence) at his Priory Studios, “Le Dernier Crépuscule” is an insane dark death metal sonic pillage where the band’s old-school Finnish death metal hailing (i.e. Crematory, Abhorrence, early Xysma, and of course the aforementioned Demlich), along with taking influence from the likes of old-school Pestilence, Nocturnus, Timeghoul, and Ripping Corpse, reflects through their massive ambitious pieces that form their debut album.
For fans of Demilich, Pestilence, Nocturnus, Ripping Corpse, Timeghoul, and old school Finnish death metal.
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Band:PEACE KILLERS
Album:PEACE KILLERS
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The Sacramento-based band recorded Peace Killers in the summer of 2014 at Earth Tone Studios with the help of local record producer Pat Hills, a force in Sacramento's strong and proud local music scene. Over the years, Sacramento has produced a diverse array of bands including Deftones, Will Haven, Far, Cake, Death Grips, Trash Talk, CHRCH, Battle Hag, Bog Oak, among many others. Peace Killers are excited and proud to follow in the footsteps of these great bands. The members of Peace Killers make up a combined 40 years of experience in the Northern California punk and hardcore scenes. The style of writing is swift, intuitive, and improvisational. The result is an early metal sound with a DIY punk ethic. The band boasts a second lead guitar that creates a 3-D effect in the band's blues-based sound. It is inspired by the twin guitars of legends like Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Apart from those names, influences include the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, UFO, Melvins, Fu Manchu, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Fang, Witchcraft, and KISS. CD Format.
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Band:PEACE KILLERS
Album:PEACE KILLERS - LP
Label:SVART
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Metal
The Sacramento-based band recorded Peace Killers in the summer of 2014 at Earth Tone Studios with the help of local record producer Pat Hills, a force in Sacramento's strong and proud local music scene. Over the years, Sacramento has produced a diverse array of bands including Deftones, Will Haven, Far, Cake, Death Grips, Trash Talk, CHRCH, Battle Hag, Bog Oak, among many others. Peace Killers are excited and proud to follow in the footsteps of these great bands. The members of Peace Killers make up a combined 40 years of experience in the Northern California punk and hardcore scenes. The style of writing is swift, intuitive, and improvisational. The result is an early metal sound with a DIY punk ethic. The band boasts a second lead guitar that creates a 3-D effect in the band's blues-based sound. It is inspired by the twin guitars of legends like Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Apart from those names, influences include the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Van Halen, UFO, Melvins, Fu Manchu, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Fang, Witchcraft, and KISS. LP Format.
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Band:THE HONEY POT
Album:INSIDE THE WHALE
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Honey Pot play a blend of Sixties psych that has its boots in the past but its head in the future, they draw on that unique English inheritance of the surreal and the strange, but are not afraid to indulge in an American West-Coast style adventure when the mood takes them. The band released its début album, To The Edge Of The World in 2013 and gigged regularly around their native West Country. The following year they released a double EP for Fruits De Mer and began recording their second full length album. Inside The Whale sees The Honey Pot imagining themselves on a journey back in time and to the West Cost of the United States of America. Each member of the band contributed to the writing process which allowed them to stretch out and blossom. As Jerry Krantz of Aural Innovations wrote: “the more acquainted I become with Peel’s music the more I realize what a great guitarist he is. Add in solid production and arrangements and we’ve got a damn fine set of Psychedelia”.
Lancing pack CD with two bonus tracks.
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Band:THE HONEY POT
Album:INSIDE THE WHALE - LP
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Honey Pot play a blend of Sixties psych that has its boots in the past but its head in the future, they draw on that unique English inheritance of the surreal and the strange, but are not afraid to indulge in an American West-Coast style adventure when the mood takes them. The band released its début album, To The Edge Of The World in 2013 and gigged regularly around their native West Country. The following year they released a double EP for Fruits De Mer and began recording their second full length album. Inside The Whale sees The Honey Pot imagining themselves on a journey back in time and to the West Cost of the United States of America. Each member of the band contributed to the writing process which allowed them to stretch out and blossom. As Jerry Krantz of Aural Innovations wrote: “the more acquainted I become with Peel’s music the more I realize what a great guitarist he is. Add in solid production and arrangements and we’ve got a damn fine set of Psychedelia”.
Limited to 250 copies 180 gram black vinyl worldwide
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Band:THE HONEY POT
Album:LISA DREAMS
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:7 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Honey Pot play a blend of Sixties psych that has its boots in the past but its head in the future, they draw on that unique English inheritance of the surreal and the strange, but are not afraid to indulge in an American West-Coast style adventure when the mood takes them. The band released its début album, To The Edge Of The World in 2013 and gigged regularly around their native West Country. The following year they released a double EP for Fruits De Mer and began recording their second full length album. Lisa Dreams is the first single taken from their album sessions but does not feature on their forthcoming album Inside The Whale. A near perfect pop confection, it features Crystal Jacqueline on lead vocals and the kind of musical hooks that dig themselves deep into your inner jukebox. It’s backed with the non-album track ‘Into The Deep’
7" Limited to 250 copies worldwide.
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Band:SUN DIAL
Album:MIND CONTROL
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Psychedelic Rock
Sulatron Records is very proud about a release of one of THEE neo-psychedelic kultbands from UK: Sun Dial! Founded 1990 by multi-instrumentalist Gary Ramon who also plays in several other bands and projects. He also runs the well known Acme-records label. Sun Dial’s debut album „Other Way Out“ was a true impact in the psychedelic music scene and is still a highly rated album! Now Sulatron-Records is releasing their 2012 album „Mind Control“ on CD, including 2 bonustracks, from the same recording sessions, which fit into the album perfectly! What you get is a blend of long psychedelic tripping guitars, krautrock, and electronic wizardry. The band invited Hugo Chavez-Smith to produce „Mind Control“. And Hugo was involved in the debut Sun Dial album, "Other Way Out" - so you know what to expect!
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Band:ELECTRIC MOON
Album:FLAMING LAKE
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
Sulatron Records is happy about the re-release of one of the most wanted Electric Moon livealbums. For the first time on CD (the 2011 CD-R issue was gone too fast).
The 4 loooong tracks (more than 76 min. together) are deep, dark and psychedelic trips. Recorded and mixed by Sula. Stunning Psych Cover art by Lulu Artwork !
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Band:SULA BASSANA
Album:SHIPWRECKED
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
Time has come – once more: Sula Bassana walks on electronic trails again and produces an album in the attitude of electronic krautrock! After the trance-like album «Kosmonauts» (2010), a further album, based mostly on electronic instuments. This time, the sound is obvious more characterized by all the vintage instruments, which Sula accumulated in his Amoebenklangraum over the decades... „Shipwrecked“ offers long and shorts, rhythmically intense but also sheer relaxed, restful tracks. Altogether, a graceful flow, which soaks in and feverish thrills the listener down-the-line: The spaceship runs ashore upon a distant planet and leaves a solitary astronaut.... who luckily has a discman, to listen to this album again and again! In fine: This is kosmische musik!
All songs composed, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by Sula Bassana / Dave Schmidt. Mastered by Eroc, thee krautrock legend. The beautiful sci-fi painting is made by Frank Lewecke, who also painted the cover from Sula’s "The Night“ album.
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Band:OTROVNA KRISTINA
Album:OTROVNA KRISTINA
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
The band says: "A straightforward rock release on Sulatron records? Sang in ultra irrelevant and impossible to understand language? Weird times in 2016... Drop the needle and be prepared to be blown away by the blood warming wind from the Balkans. The rock is back. The stone is on the floor. Grappa is on the table. Let’s rock!“
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Band:ORTHODOX
Album:AXIS
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/POST ROCK
Recently reformed as duo, with Marco Serrato (bass, vocals) and Borja Díaz (Drums), ORTHODOX are coming back with a new studio album. The duo emerges now performing with different guests musicians on studio sessions, developing a new form of contemporary heavy metal meets extreme jazz meets doom, like no one. New tracks show more 'straight forward' concept on composing process. But this is just NOW, as ORTHODOX never compromises with certain sound or 'song concept' for so long. 'Axis' came from such different studio sessions, with a more straight and focus punch of avant-garde approach through heavy metal as only Orthodox know how re-doing it in every new album. 'Crown for a Mole' is the first single, taken from the new album. 'Suyo es el rostro de la Muerte', is the opening track, a fantastic instrumental intro in the most obsessive Frost-Crimson way possible!.
Orthodox is one of the best and most respected underground bands in Europe, with albums released on well respected labels like Southern Lord...CD Digipack.
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Band:GORGOROTH
Album:Quantos possunt ad satanitatem trahunt - LP
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
ULTIMATE LIMITED VINYL RE-ISSUE ON BLACK VINYL HOUSED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH REVERSE SIDE PRINT, PRINTED INNER SLEEVE AND A2 POSTER!
The 2009 black metal classic finally available again! The album that officially marked the rebirth of Gorgoroth, now with refreshed artwork including additional pictures from the original album release era!
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Band:GORGOROTH
Album:Quantos possunt ad satanitatem trahunt -PICTURE DISC LP
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:Vinyl LP Picture Disc
Genre:Black Metal
ULTIMATE LIMITED VINYL RE-ISSUE ON PICTURE VINYL HOUSED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH REVERSE SIDE PRINT, PRINTED INNER SLEEVE AND A2 POSTER!
The 2009 black metal classic finally available again! The album that officially marked the rebirth of Gorgoroth, now with refreshed artwork including additional pictures from the original album release era!
Limited to 500 copies worldwide!
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Band:MORK GRYNING
Album:TUSEN AR HAR GATT
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
RE-RELEASE OF THIS UNDERRATED CLASSIC 90´s BLACK METAL DEBUT ALBUM BY MÖRK GRYNING !
Mörk Gryning is Swedish for "dark dawn", they arose during the year 1993 when both founding members Draakh Kimera and Goth Gorgon started out to create their mystical brand of black metal. After 2 demos in '93 and '94 they signed with the infamous Swedish extreme metal -label NO FASHION RECORDS (Marduk, Dark Funeral, Dissection, Katatonia, Opthalamia...). During May 1995 the duo (members beeing only 16 & 19 years) entered the Unisound studios together with Dan Swanö to record their debut album "Tusen år har gått", a nine track theme album that managed to become a beautiful classic from the early days of Scandinavian Black Metal. High-density 33 minutes of raging and cold black metal with brilliant leads and earworm quality, underlined by decent keyboards who never stand too much but fit organically into the overall sound. Like many other debut albums, the specific and special atmosphere of this early work helped to make something long lasting. Looking back today Jonas Berndt (Goth Gorgon) adds "I've listened through the album and I'm proud that it sounds so fresh and honest still today. It's great songs with nothing superfluous to it"
“An amazing underappreciated masterpiece” - 98% THE METAL ARCHIVES
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Band:MORK GRYNING
Album:TUSEN AR HAR GATT - Limited Digi
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
RE-RELEASE OF THIS UNDERRATED CLASSIC 90´s BLACK METAL DEBUT ALBUM BY MÖRK GRYNING ! LIMITED DELUXE DIGIPACK EDITION !
Mörk Gryning is Swedish for "dark dawn", they arose during the year 1993 when both founding members Draakh Kimera and Goth Gorgon started out to create their mystical brand of black metal. After 2 demos in '93 and '94 they signed with the infamous Swedish extreme metal -label NO FASHION RECORDS (Marduk, Dark Funeral, Dissection, Katatonia, Opthalamia...). During May 1995 the duo (members beeing only 16 & 19 years) entered the Unisound studios together with Dan Swanö to record their debut album "Tusen år har gått", a nine track theme album that managed to become a beautiful classic from the early days of Scandinavian Black Metal. High-density 33 minutes of raging and cold black metal with brilliant leads and earworm quality, underlined by decent keyboards who never stand too much but fit organically into the overall sound. Like many other debut albums, the specific and special atmosphere of this early work helped to make something long lasting. Looking back today Jonas Berndt (Goth Gorgon) adds "I've listened through the album and I'm proud that it sounds so fresh and honest still today. It's great songs with nothing superfluous to it"
Limited Digipak package with hotfoil embossing and 16page booklet! / Originally released on the infamous NO FASHION RECORDS in 1995 & out of print for decades
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Band:DISQUIET
Album:THE CONDEMNATION
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
DISQUIET, re-established in Utrecht in 2008, are offering next-level and diverse thrash/death metal with a modern and melodic approach. Their debut album “Scars Of Undying Grief” (2012) was already highly praised by the medias (e.g. "Thrash tip of the month" - Metal Hammer) and even paved the way for a show at Wacken Open Air and international gigs in Luxembourg, Belgium, Suriname and Germany where they shared the stage with bands like Arch Enemy or Annihilator. Now the new assault is upon us and it shows convincing proof that DISQUIET is here to stay!
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Band:PHOBONOID
Album:PHOBONOID
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Phobonoid’s first full lenght is a sci-fi concept album about the invasion of the Solar System’s ruins by the Alpha Centauri army. Black, doom, industrial. The album is the natural evolution of Phobonoid’s first EP “Orbita”, expanding Phobonoid’s personal universe in a even more violent and evil direction. Mastered by Karl Daniel Liden, the 40 minutes long self titled album has been recorded and mixed by Phobonoid during winter 2014/2015, and features original cover art done by the great sci-fi artist Bob Layzell.
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Band:SVARTELDER
Album:ASKEBUNDET
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Originally formed several years ago by frontman Doedsadmiral (NORDJEVEL, DOEDSVANGR), Norwegian Black Metallers SVARTELDER have hit the ground running after a lengthy hiatus. With a freshly inked two-album deal with the Dusktone label, and with a new lineup that includes members of CARPATHIAN FOREST, IN THE WOODS, DEN SAAKALDTE, PANTHEON I and OLD FOREST, SVARTELDER are gearing up to bring their particular take on Norwegian Black Metal to a wider audience.
Aside from Doedsadmiral on vocals, SVARTELDER’s new lineup is comprised of Maletoth on bass and guitars, AK- 47 on drums, and Kobold on keys. The inclusion of these highly skilled and experienced musicians into SVARTELDER’s ranks has expanded the band’s original sound, which is firmly rooted in Norwegian Black Metal, into something much more fresh and varied, with each member bring with them their own set of influences and a variety of different elements.
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Band:EGO DEPTHS
Album:DYRTANGLE
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Dyrtangle – name comes from an imaginary world and being a play of words, cannot be translated correctly through words. However, dyr is “a beast” in Old Norse language, and “tangle”, its English roots, sends us to “entanglement”. So litterally, but not even close enough, it means “in rough embrace of the beast”. Some similar notes may be found in coming of Indian Buddhism to Tibet, transforming the “beasts” or so-called “evil, wrathful deities” into the guardian of the fused, new Tibetan Buddhism.
Ego Dephs may be talking with hungry and evil spirits, negotiating the aspects of the life and debating about its laws and principles, however, it may sound silly from aside (well, you may exclude it). Besides the traditional instruments, like guitar, bass and drums, he uses different styles of vocals, including growl, screaming, whispers and clean tone, but as well he try to employ throat singing, which “Dyrtangle will contain a lot. Chanting, beside the growls and overall extreme funeral doom metal ambience, Stigmatheist wanted to create something new. Something, that has not been explored before. It would be better fail at creating something original, than succeed at imitating something existed before
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Band:TITAAN
Album:KADINGIR
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Too often raw Black Metal has been associated to ambitious conceptual horizons. Too often the first impression has been disappointed by a lack of integrity. The Titaan project proposes a merging guise of a concept dealing with the ancient Mesopotamic culture and a musical experience transcending the occult black metal feelings with ambient and noisy shadings.
For fans of Blut Aus Nord, Limbonic Art, Acherontas
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Band:SOCIEDADE RECREATIVA
Album:SOCIEDADE RECRETIVA
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
After having successfully realized the process of "amplification" of northeast traditional Brazilian music, Forró Rebeca now comes to the world of electronic music. This is an original process which gives to this project a singularity based on an hybridization work. The album and the band (created for this occasion) are named Sociedade Recreativa. This third album is made with Bass, Dub and Hip-hop music mixed with Brazilian traditional instruments. A delicate and innovative alchemy which is made by the producer of electronic music MAGA BO (one of the corner storn of the tropical bass scene) The album title refers to the first carnival groups which organized themselves as civil society in Brazil. This title also alludes to the main leitmotif of the trio: the idea of "re-creation". Flavia Coehlo, Papet J or Alaoua Idir are in featuring on the fabulous album. CD Format.
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Band:MYRRA ROS
Album:ONE AMONGST OTHERS - LP
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:LP
Genre:SINGER/SONGWRITER
The Icelandic singer / songwriter Myrra Rós is one of the leading singer / songwriter in the Icelandic music scene. Their music ranges from playful and carefree singalongs to a very intimate and quiet personal atmosphere. At the age of 20, she began to play the guitar. This was followed by small concerts in Iceland. The fans were more and the name Myrra Ros was born in England, Poland and Germany, which also brought an appearance at Melodica Festival. Her second Album “One Amongst Others” is step forward. LP Format.
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:BROT - LP
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:LP
Genre:SINGER/SONGWRITER
The Icelanders Svavar Knutur, winner of the Troubadour competition 2012 in Berlin, takes us with his fourth album "Brot" (Breaking) back into his own world of joyful sadness. He makes it to his special way with sadness to feel a sense of happiness. With songs like "Curtain" or "Wanderlust" he conjures the listener / interior sustained goose bumps. The instrumentation of the 10 songs is not as usual sparse this time. Linguistically, the album is well balanced. It is presented in 6x in english and 4x in icelandic After listening to "Brot" find yourself "again" in harmony with yourself and the world. LP Format.
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Band:GAME ZERO
Album:RISE . .
Label:AGOGE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
A mix of Hard Rock sound, sharp riffs and catchy melodies, with introspective and intimate lyrics. A powerful and modern sound and the obsessive attention to every little detail for an album with an international impact. The single “The City With No Ends” has been chosen to be part of animated feature “EAST END” ’s soundtrack, coming out (expected in January 2016) in cinemas around the world, produced by CANECANE srl and distributed by AMBI PICTURES.
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Band:DYSTROPHY
Album:WRETCHED HOST
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Dystrophy have truly delivered a different death metal experience with Wretched Host, one that could almost be considered doomy, yet never simple or repetitive. If you're one of those people who rants about how there are no new good death metal bands, or that they all sound the same, remove your head from your anus and give this a spin. You just might agree with me. Or not. It's not like I care!" - No Clean Singing
Second full album from New York City-based technical death metal band DYSTROPHY
Recommended if you like Death, Gorguts, Atheist, Voivod, Ripping Corpse, Humans Remains, Deathspell Omega...
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Band:Throne of Heresy
Album:ANTIOCH
Label:GAPHALS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Throne of Heresy emerge from the unclean abyss with their sophomore album Antioch, a blackened piece of death metal art and a stylistic triumph for the band. Antioch marks the beginning of a new chapter where the material is heavier and more sinister than ever before. The album was written over a period of two years, each song painstakingly arranged and re-arranged to deliver the full impact and fury expected fromthe Swedish death metal canon. Recorded and produced by none other than Magnus ”Devo” Andersson (Marduk, Pain) this album is set to stand the test of time.
"The best blackened death metal album I've heard in years!" Magnus ”Devo” Andersson, MARDUK
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Band:Throne of Heresy
Album:ANTIOCH - LP
Label:GAPHALS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Death Metal
Throne of Heresy emerge from the unclean abyss with their sophomore album Antioch, a blackened piece of death metal art and a stylistic triumph for the band. Antioch marks the beginning of a new chapter where the material is heavier and more sinister than ever before. The album was written over a period of two years, each song painstakingly arranged and re-arranged to deliver the full impact and fury expected fromthe Swedish death metal canon. Recorded and produced by none other than Magnus ”Devo” Andersson (Marduk, Pain) this album is set to stand the test of time.
"The best blackened death metal album I've heard in years!" Magnus ”Devo” Andersson, MARDUK
LP Format.
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Band:MOTUS TENEBRAE
Album:MOTUS TENEBRAE
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
MOTUS TENEBRAE born in 2001 and soon recorded the EP “Beyond” released on 2003. In 2005 it was the time of the debut “Wayside” released by New LM Records. The successor titled “Soul Expression” was released on 2007. With it MOTUS TENEBRAE arrives to represent one of the most important Heavy / Gothic / Doom Metal bands in Italy. The new step is represented by “The Synthetic Bliss” released in September 2009 but above all by “Double Black” released in 2012. After a line up changes and the return of the singer Luis McFadden, the band spent the whole autumn and winter 2015 on the Tuscany countryside, rehearsing the songs for their sixth album “Deathrising”. Motus Tenebrae proudly unveiled the next step of their ongoing musical evolution, but the only way to reach ultimate goal and creating a new album that could lift Motus Tenebrae up to the next level, was signing a new contract deal with a great label like My Kingdom Music is.
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Band:Critical Solution
Album:SLEEPWALKER
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Formed in 2005, Critical Solution got serious in 2011 after starting to work with Andy LaRocque in his SonicTrain Studios in Varberg, Sweden. While the band’s first full-length (“Evil Never Dies”) was more of a pure thrash through and through, the band has grown over the last years! The band plays thrash metal with horror storylines and sounds never heard before – which makes it Horror Thrash! Some guests the band have worked with are: Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), Michael Denner and Hank Shermann (Mercyful Fate), Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) and Mika Lagren (Grave). The band’s first European tour visited 13 countries while supporting Marduk and Grave in 2013. After supporting Diamond Head in 2014 the band did 10 shows as support for W.A.S.P in September/October 2015. Like its precedessor “Evil Never Dies”, the secondo effort “Sleepwalker” is a concept album with a storyline so evil and scary it will melt your face.
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Band:HORRID
Album:REBORN IN SIN REISSUE
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
In 1988 the band was formed by Belfagor (guitars) and Max (bass). They adopted the name Rites Of Death, aspiring to sound like bands such as Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. One year later the name was changed in Horrid. The first releases were issued in 1992 and 1994, years which saw the arrival of two self produced demo tapes: "Eternal Suffering" and "You Are Mine". Another promo tape was recorded in 1993, although it didn't see the light until 2009 on Terror From Hell Records. Each cassette generated interest among various labels, so in 1996 the band released the 7-inch vinyl "Awaiting For The Truth" under Cryptic Soul Production. Three years later Horrid entered the legendary Sunlight Studio in Stockholm to record its second Ep "Blasphemic Creatures", released by Behind The Mask Records. The mini album became an underground classic and gave Horrid the chance to sign a deal with Deadsun Records for the release of its first full length "Reborn In Sin" (2002). Shortly thereafter, in 2006, the band received attention from Xtreeme Music and released its second full album "Rising From The Hidden Spheres". Many line up changes occurred throughout the band's 24 years history. Then in 2012, after a short hiatus, Horrid came back to life when Riccardo (drums) joined the band. In june 2013 the trio entered again the Sunlight Studio in Sweden to record its third full length with Tomas Skogsberg. The resulting work, entitled "Sacrilegious Fornication", is an eight songs album of raw and dark old school death metal, featuring guest vocals by Johan Jansson (Interment), plus a cover of Hellhammer's classic "Massacra".
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Band:SCHIZO
Album:MAIN FRAME COLLAPSE REISSUE
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Schizo have been pioneers of the italian extreme metal scene together with Bulldozer and Necrodeath. Schizo was founded in 1984 and symbolizes one of the most important brand in Italian extreme metal scene. Originally released in 1989 in 12" vinyl format by Crime Records, their "Main Frame Collapse" debut album is still cult among underground circles, so hard to find! Chuck Schuldiner, mastermind of legendary Death band was asked to join the band for the recording sessions of “Main Frame Collapse” in 1989; however, due to the intense activity with his band, Schuldiner was forced to deny the request. The band was on hold between 1999 and 2005. Their 2007 waited come back release, "Cicatriz Black", has been extremely well received by critics and fans. In September of 2007, founding member Alberto Penzin decided to leave the band due to musical differences and personal problems with the rest of the band. He founded a new project called Camera Obscura Two. Then, Dario Casabona was named as new four strings player. By Scarlet Records, band released the third and last full-length album in 2010, "Hallucination Cramps".
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Band:Desert Of Ice
Album:HEAVEN SHALL BLEED
Label:HUMAN TO DUST
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Desert Of Ice formed in 2001. Since then they played several underground shows and became more and more a raw old school black metal act, celebrating blood rituals live on stage. “Heaven Shall bleed” is the very first professionell release of the band. For fans of raw black metal.
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Band:MOLOCH
Album:A journey to the vyrdin
Label:HUMAN TO DUST
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
This re-edition one of the most mysterious Moloch album have a different (full) tracks list and new cover art with all drawings made for this release in 2008 by Sergiy Fjordsson. Gloom from the depths of not divided macrocosm and microcosm in essence of the world, revelation from a tree nayward, mystical images of known and unknown, comprehension of the wisdom learnt in sources of universe, end visions, all has mixed up here, in this black symphonies. This creation is based on influences of European norse mythology and human aspect of life.. All music and lyrics written, performed & recorded by Sergiy Fjordsson. Summer - Autumn 2008. Recorded totally under LSD trip and other psilocybin extracts. Ambient BM.
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Band:Spiegelkeller
Album:ROT AUF SCHWARZ
Label:HUMAN TO DUST
Format:cd
Genre:Metal
For several years, the medieval rock band Spiegelkeller from Rostock tours tirelessly through Germany. They were amongst others support for Corvus Corax, Saltatio Mortis and played on big folk events such as Hörnerfest or Festival Mediaval. The new EP ”Rot auf Schwarz” contains four rock tracks in which Spiegelkeller again combines dreamy lyrics with hard guitar riffs. The opening song "Katjuscha" with guest musician Der Zwilling (Tanzwut) on bagpipes shows already the theme: Folk up your life !
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Band:FALLEN ARISE
Album:ADELINE
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Second full length album from Greek symphonic metal act FALLEN ARISE.
“Adeline” is a melodic, heavy and groovy symphonic metal album, that combines a theatrical atmosphere with a progressive approach and a heavy-metal-alike heaviness. Containing a gothic-like conceptual story, and enhanced by the participation of a 40-member ensemble, the sophomore album of Fallen Arise sounds sometimes lyrical and sometimes extreme, mostly because of the ideal combination of female symphonic vocals and brutal growls, performed by two seperate singers. Fans of symphonic metal pioneers Nightwish and Epica will be equally pleased with listeners of more gothic acts such as Within Temptation and enthusiasts of more progressive-sounding female-fronted acts, like After Forever.
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Band:FORBIDDEN SEED
Album:FROM SAND TO ETERNITY
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
From Sand to Eternity” is a powerful heavy / power metal album that derives from the Iced Earth legacy, as well as from classic heavy metal. The main elements of this promising debut release are the high-level song-writing, the sometimes aggressive / sometimes sentimental, growling, yet melodic vocals of mainman Constantin Maris and the modern sound production that enhances the final result. Enthusiasts of heavy / power pioneers such as Iced Earth and Tad Morose will be equally pleased with listeners of the classic heavy metal sounds of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio and Saxon, as well as with fans of the dark melodic sounds of Evergrey...
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Band:HAVEN
Album:SHUT UP AND LISTEN
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“Shut Up And Listen” is a perfect mix of classic hard rock, melodic metal and rock’n’roll. Fans of hard rock pioneers Scorpions and –also Swedish- rock legends Europe will be equally pleased with enthusiasts of the modern heavy / power metal of Fredrik Nordstrom’s Dream Evil.
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Band:MEMORAIN
Album:DUALITY OF MAN
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
“Awesome, fist waving, chest thumping, riff strewn, pure unadultered storm proof speed/thrash anthems, are set to see the mighty metal galley that is Memorain win a whole new generation of metal warriors to their speed cause.” Metal-Rules.com
“Duality of Man” features guest appearances by David Ellefson (Megadeth), Blaze Bayley (ex-IronMaiden), Michael Gilbert (Flotsam And Jetsam) and Steve Conley (Flotsam And Jetsam).
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Band:SHOTGUNZ
Album:BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Debut full length album from Greek heavy rockers SHOTGUNZ.
“Based on a True Story” is a heavy rock album with influences varying from stoner rock to classic rock. The first album of SHOTGUNZ sounds heavy, tight, groovy and melodic (at moments) and is enhanced by beautiful, inspirational lyrics.
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Band:ALEPH
Album:THANATOS
Label:BUIL2KILL
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The two previous albums have consolidated ALEPH’s reputation within the Italian border (best new act, according to Metal Hammer in 2005, the band being featured on the monthly Rock Hard compilation; stages were shared with the likes of Dismember, Vision Divine, Necrodeath, just to mention a few) and beyond, according to the favorable reviews that “In Tenebra” (2006) and “Seven Steps of Stone” (2009) gained all over Europe and overseas. “Thanatos” (the greek word for “death”), the third work by ALEPH, goes even further. It’s the soundtack to a vivid nightmare divided into two acts, a journey through the dark side in fourteen movements which seem to pay homage to the atmosphere inspired by the masters of Horror Cinema (Argento, Corman, Craven, Carpenter and more).
Dark-Death Metal, with influences as Celtic Frost, King Diamond, Pestilence, Voivod, Dissection, Pink Floyd and Horror Cinema…
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Band:Shivers Addiction
Album:CHOOSE YOUR PRISON
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Shivers Addiction gets formed in 2004 by Marco Panizzo (gutarist and composer) and Angelo “Depo” De Polignol (drummer). In 2005 Fabio Cova (bass player) joins the band. After the first EP “Shivers Addiction” and several line-up changes, Gino Pecoraro (guitar player and vocalist of the old thrash metal band Nuclear Symphony) and Olga Pezzali (vocals) join the band. This line-up records the 2011 home-made album “Nobody's Land”: 12 songs showing the new sound of the band, certainly more metal, with hard-rock, prog, folk and thrash influences. In 2013 Olga leaves the band and Marco Cantoni (vocalist of Cyrax) takes over vocal duties. The band is ready for the release of their new album Choose Your Prison.
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Band:THE FALLS
Album:MIND THE GAP
Label:AGOGE
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Get ready for a new, fresh indie act from Rome (Italy). Get ready for a journey across the past and the future of the best tradition of British music. We are The Falls, and that's what we do!
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Band:PAVILLON ROUGE
Album:LEGIO AXIS KA
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The band finds the perfect blend of industrial and black metal fury for a proposition which fans of either genre should seriously contemplate.
"Although this album will not appeal to your average Black Metal purist, it's nonetheless a great album. It's so idiosyncratic and etches itself indelibly into the listeners’ memory that, even if this is not considered the best Black Metal record of the year, then at least it will be the most memorable. Personally, as a fan of both Black Metal and Electronic music in all its forms, I loved it. “METAL TEMPLE”
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Band:ANTIGONE PROJECT
Album:FROM ITS ROOM
Label:DOOWEET
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Antigone Project was created by Frenchman and Parisian Frédéric Benmussa at the beginning of the 2000’s years. He met Yamani “Momo” Dazi, who were artistic director at V2 label, CEO of the label Big Cheese Records and manager of many musician like Housse de Racket or Elephanz under the label Samla Music, he will become manager of Antigone Project in 2011. During many years, Antigone Project focused on the composition and the elaboration of its own “sound” with the creation of dozens of songs in French and English whil trying to keep an eclecticism and a personnal identity at the same time. After a long academic journey of Frederic Benmussa until the obtention of a Phd, the band is ready to come back on stage multiplying shows in Paris on famous venues like la Flèche d’or, Le bus Palladium, l’Alhambra, la Machine du Moulin rouge, or le Bataclan as well as in other French cities (Lille, Lyon, Nancy, Rouen etc…) and also in other countries as Spain or Marocco. In 2014, Antigone Project signed a contract with Dooweet Agency to make the promotion of the first 7 titles EP of Antigone Project which receive many positive review around the world in many differents press styles. Finally, the project focused on live video projection for its shows in order to create a more and more personal atmosphere. In 2015, Antigone Project is still working with the label Samla Music and Dooweet Agency which also even become their manager on a “day‐to‐day” basis (with Christophe Sousa). All of this leads to the release in october 2015 of the first vinyl of antigone project with original songs and a limited quantity and the beginning of the creation of a videoclip. To be continued
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Band:ELYOSE
Album:IPSO FACTO
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Overall, “Ipso Facto” is a very catchy and engaging release. Any fan of bands like Epica, Xandria, Nemesea, etc. will greatly appreciate such a well‐produced release. If you like female‐fronted music that is melodic and quite catchy, think Amaranthe but not cheesy, Eloyse is the band for you.
"Production wise, everything is fine. Again, a good and solid sound, it’s all nice, heavy and, well, yeah, modern sounding. In summary, an album which more than anything displays executional talent rather than great songs. The most noticable thing being Justine Daaé’s vocal – she can do just about anything with that voice of hers. “THE POWER OF METAL”
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Band:THE CNK
Album:PARIS BRULE-T-IL
Label:DOOWEET
Format:DVD
Genre:Metal
1996. After being fired from his first band Malveliance as he was accused of being too bossy with his fellow band members – it seems that his charisma was already a problem for some people – Nicolas Saint Morand (best know under the Hreidmarr moniker) founded the Count Nosferatu Kommando, aka CNK, together with very close friend Jean‐Sébastien Ogilvy (aka Heinrich Von B). The boys’ goal was quite simple: to create the dirtiest, meanest and most borderline black metal band ever. CNK scoured the local bars and took part in a few underground festivals with haphazard performances, but they eventually got noticed thanks to the chaotic and quite dangerous atmosphere they delivered through their shows. After two rather badly produced demos and the recording of a track meant to appear on a compilation that would foresee their upcoming musical style, CNK was put aside in 1999, due to Hreidmarr’s busy schedule as he just joined symphonic black metal act Anorexia Nervosa.
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Band:WHEN REASONS COLLAPSE
Album:THE DARK PASSENGER
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
If you like Black Dahlia Murder this album if for you !
They have a very good work in hands, and they know how to put the elements of this mix along with no problems. And they have a very good musical insight, with excellent instrumental basis (good guitars, very good bass and drums, with weight and technique in their due proportions), and the vocals are a great surprise: behind the growls and aggressive grunts, is a female vocalist, Cristina. And she sings better than many male vocalists in the genre.
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Band:EVENLINE
Album:IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
After a headlining european tour in April and a lot of shows with strong alternative metal bands (Alter Bridge, Seether, Lower Than Atlantis, Glamour of the Kill...), Evenline's album first album has been sold out in 7 month. This collector edition of Dear Morpheus, "In The Arms of Morpheus" is a special 2 discs version, including 5 exclusive acoustic tracks.
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Band:EVOLVENT
Album:WHATEVER HAPPENS
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
If you like Nightwish or Delain this album is for you "
'Whatever Happens' pays homage to the dramatic, the operatic and the atmospheric elements that form the foundation of the very Symphonic Gothic Metal sound, as for Evolvent this can be considered as their finest hour as they stand as one of France's unsung metal gems.
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Band:NERV
Album:VERGENTIS IN SENIUM
Label:DOOWEET
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
If you like NEUROSIS and CONVERGE this album if for you !
"Nerv was arguably a name known more than a presence felt before the release of Vergentis In Senium but is now revealed as a band that can bring the metal and hardcore world a new exciting breath. Well they already have with their excellent new album. “THE RING MASTER REVIEW” Hailing from France, today we have a very unique band that pushes the limits of Post‐Metal, Post‐Hardcore and Math Metal, creating a very unique and devastating mixture. Nerv delivers seven relentless tracks in “Vergentis In Senium”. Perfectly crafted for fans of bands like Neurosis and Dysrhythmia, this is one very powerful release that will rattle your senses. “INFERNAL MASQUERADE”
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Band:ADVANCED ART
Album:ARCHIVE.
Label:EK Product
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
The legendary Finnish project Advanced Art has definitely entered with all the honors in the prestigious retro Electro / EBM / Industrial firmament, commemorating its thirtieth anniversary of foundation by this unmissable double album. "Archive" is a realization of fundamental importance for all the alternative record collectors: it contains an extraordinary historical fragment of the European electronic sound, now condensed in a long succession of songs, including rarities and live‐tracks which any fan of this band will be proud of possess. Catchy vocal calligraphism, melodies and atmospheres electronically obscure, pulsing drum‐programming always interacting with the most compelling danceability, they are the prerogatives of this triumphant discographic creation that will honor the last part of the year 2015 and more. "Archive" is a concatenation of synthetic emotions, the tangible evidence of the value of one of the best bands into the technological oldschool music scene, an album that summarizes years of glory, avant‐gardism and true talent. The dual function of this great album is mainly to commemorate the unique style and the uniqueness of Advanced Art, but also to spread their repertoire to the new generation of electrolisteners, still continuing with them the authentic tradition of a sound that never fade. One thing is unmistakably clear: we are dealing with a masterpiece!
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Band:TRIO
Album:Live at Beatclub
Label:SIREENA
Format:DVD
Genre:Rock
On April 5, 1982, German project TRIO (Stephan Remmler vocals, Casio, Kralle Krawinkel guitar and Peter Behrens drums) acted in the studio of Radio Bremen to present their then current stage program live. These three guys had a great day then, presented a phantastic performance and, of course, the people in front of the stage were enthusiastic about the show. Big cinema! The former co-director of the film, Mike Leckebusch, Jörg Sonntag, now director and editor of Radio Bremen, remembers in the the feature on this DVD for this unique performance and chatting backwards from the sewing box.
TRIO probably has been the most successful Geman band in the Eighties. Their hit "Da Da Da" entered the charts worldwide and sold more than 13 Million copies.
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Band:RAMSES
Album:Control Me
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
1999, after more than 400 gigs the legendary German Artrock band RAMSES took time out from the stage and went into their own studio to record the new »Control Me« album free from any time pressure. Supported by the wonderful female vocalist Danni Greinke, who added her own sense of depth and feeling to some of the songs, they have created an album ranging from romantic over hard to easy rock songs dealing with Lady Di, love, obsession and the fight between good and evil. Now, about 16 years later, Sireena is proud to re-release this fine kind of music digitally remastered with bonustracks on CD.
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