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Band:FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE
Album:LIQUORICE
Label:DINNER WITH DAISY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Genre defying, style blending art-pop geniuses FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE are back with the release of their new album “Liquorice”. Formed as an attempt to create atonal pop music whilst at Goldsmiths College, the band released their debut “Cases” in 2006 to rave reviews and support by the likes of Rob Da Bank, Radio 1 and Organ Magazine. The first single off the new album, “Oooh!/Picture Negative”, has been met with a universally positive reception from blogs and more established magazines alike.
“Like Mary Poppins on an acid trip.” – Artrocker.com
“Pretty damn progressive! In an arch sort of way.” – Byron Coley/The Wire
“Still as different as ever, still as unique, still as good.” – Organ
www.frenchforcartridge.com
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Band:WOLD
Album:WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR PRIVACY
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Not only are Canada’s WOLD known to be one of the most bizarre entities that have surfaced within the black metal scene, but they are considered to be the most bizarre, unique, and ultimately extreme band that has hailed from Canadian soil. Mainly, there has been no band in Canada that has presented itself such as WOLD have.
At only three lengthy tracks, “Working Together For Our Privacy” presents itself as WOLD’s first instrumental release, meaning the focus of this ritual is the looping noise fragments pieced together to create a flurry of blizzard-like sonic madness. Even though the album has no vocals, “Working Together For Our Privacy” can present itself as not only the weirdest, strangest, and most odd WOLD listening experience (imagine that!), but it could very well be the most intense and unbearable WOLD listening experience yet. An intense excruciating exercise in pure audial hypnosis.
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Band:VASAELETH
Album:CRYPT BORN AND TETHERED TO RUIN
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Hailing from Georgia/Texas, VASAELETH are a new act which features members from two of the most promising new U.S. black metal acts, namely Legions Of Astaroth and Dagon. Follwing their well received demo and their “Adorned And Iridescent” EP, both which were in limited quantities sold out instantly and just these two releases alone cemented VASAELETH’s position within the elite of the underground U.S. death metal scene, VASAELETH have delivered their ultra guttural, brutal, and doomy debut album “Crypt Born And Tethered To Ruin”. Conjuring the ancient vibes summoned by such legendary acts as Incantation, Autopsy, and Mortician, the death metal that VASAELETH deliver is a reminder of the old-school glory days when brutal and raw guttural death metal ruled supreme in the early ‘90s where albums like “Onward To Golgotha” and “Mental Funeral” laid down the foundations of this ugly side of the death metal coin.
For fans of INCANTATION, AUTOPSY, MORTICIAN, and PORTAL
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Band:TAINT
Album:ALL BEES TO THE SEA.
Label:Destructure
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Taint have continued to forge their unique and enigmatic brand of heavy rock, since their 1994 inception in South Wales. Their debut fulllength ‘The Ruin Of Nova Roma’ (2005) and follow up ‘Secrets And Lies’ (2007) on Lee Dorian’s Rise Above records established them as fully paid contenders in the broader spectrum of heavy weight bands. Cutting their teeth in the early ‘90s d.i.y scene, Taint have retained their hardcore pugnacity while exploring more progressive avenues, thanks to their childhood influences of all things classic rock.
The South Wales power-trio have infultrated every other corner of the UK/EU, with headlining tours reaching as far as Scandinavia, Portugal,Macedonia, Greece and everywhere in between. Continuing to hone their craft has paid off, seeing them honour prestigious invitations to play the Hellfest, SWR, Roadburn and Damnation Festivals. Outings with Maryland's forefathers of groove Clutch, and a personally invited support to Oakland legends of heavy Neurosis has put them in ideal company, and furthered their vision to those lucky and chosen few.With ‘All Bees To The Sea’ Taint happed upped their ante again, with four barnstorming classics. Culminating with the 12-minute title track, and the electricly charged live set from Taint’s Roadburn 2008 festival, you’ll agree that this release will stand alone in it’s own right.
"There should be quite a buzz surrounding Taint as ‘All Bees To The Sea’ demonstrates they’re one of the best bands in the UK right now." ROCK SOUND UK 9/10
"A half hour of spanking new jams from arguably-too-slept-on British metal gents Taint" - TERRORIZER 8/10
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Band:LORDS / KARYSUN
Album:SPLIT 10\\\\
Label:Destructure
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Lords are a Lousiville, KY band who have recorded 5 songs for this split, 2 short and loud new songs in the same vein as their recent "Fuck All Y'all Motherfuckers" full length, and 3 noisy thrash covers of Nazareth, Young Widows and and Kinghorse. Anyone who experienced the Lords visceral mix of Black Flag, Melvins, Jesus Lizard and Slayer on their recent UK tour knows they need this record. Karysun meanwhile are a similarly minded stoner/metal/punk duo based in Caen, France who having Developed a cult following after touring extensively in Europe could not be pared up better than on this split. The 500 copies of this limited 10" pressing come on transparent red vinyl with a beautiful sleeve – Be quick to order one!
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Band:YOU LOVE HER COZ SHES DEAD
Album:ME VERSUS YOU
Label:Glasstone
Format:7\" VINYL
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Having already received strong press support from Front magazine and the NME aswell as appearing on Channel 4 teen dram “Skins” , Happening UK electronica act YOU LOVE HER COZ SHE’S DEAD look to be heading for the big time; So we are pleased to announce distribution of two extremely limited coloured vinyl 7” singles “Me Versus You” and “Young Tender Hearts Beat Fast”. The band have already appeared on high profile compilations with acts like The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip where they fitted in like a glove. You read the name here first!
LIMITED EDITION WHITE VINYL 7" - ORDER NOW OR MISS OUT!
"Disco-trash trio of superhero punk kids" Drowned In Sound
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Band:YOU LOVE HER COZ SHES DEAD
Album:YOUNG TENDER HEARTS BEAT FAST
Label:Glasstone
Format:7\" VINYL
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Having already received strong press support from Front magazine and the NME aswell as appearing on Channel 4 teen dram “Skins” , Happening UK electronica act YOU LOVE HER COZ SHE’S DEAD look to be heading for the big time; So we are pleased to announce distribution of two extremely limited coloured vinyl 7” singles “Me Versus You” and “Young Tender Hearts Beat Fast”. The band have already appeared on high profile compilations with acts like The Chemical Brothers and Hot Chip where they fitted in like a glove. You read the name here first!
LIMITED EDITION WHITE RED VINYL 7" - ORDER NOW OR MISS OUT!
"Disco-trash trio of superhero punk kids that won Best Electronica at this year's Indy Awards" DROWNED IN SOUND
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Band:PG LOST
Album:IN NEVER OUT
Label:Blackstarfoundation
Format:CD
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
"In Never Out" consists of over 50 minutes of instrumental music and shows a darker and heavier side of pg.lost. "In Never Out" was recorded occasionally during the summer of 2009 in a old house outside Norrköping, Sweden. It got mixed and Mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Tonteknik studios in Umeå, Sweden in the beginning of the autumn. Magnus Lindberg, famous for his work behind bands like Cult of Luna, Khoma, The Perishers etc really added the perfect sound to catch what Pg.lost is all about. Cover design and artwork by Valentin Mellström.
Instrumental post rock coparable with Explosions in the sky, Red sparrowes, Mogwai and Goodspeed you black emperor.
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Band:JOHN CANDY
Album:CONVERSATIONS
Label:ALL ABOARD
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
John Candy is the side project of Futures duo Ant West and George Lindsay. The two-some decided to take a break from their high energy pop-punk day-job, concentrating on writing and self-producing the 11 laid back, piano led indie songs which feature on Conversations. The album seamlessly moves from the Beatles inspired title track, through atmospheric passages, to pure singalong moments...For Fans Of: Death Cab For Cutie, Futures, The Beatles...
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Band:PUNCH AND THE APOSTLES
Album:PUNCH AND THE APOSTLES
Label:REPELLENT
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Punch & the Apostles eagerly anticipated debut album finally arrives after the sell-out success of their first two 7” singles; “Asylum”, and “I’m a Hobo”. The band’s raucous blend of seemingly disparate musical forms culminates in this stunning work, complete with beautifully illustrated artwork. Recorded almost totally live in three days, it captures the excitement of realising their ambitious and innovative musical modes for the first time. Their genre-busting approach and passionately uncompromising music has already garnered much in the way of plaudits and accolade, receiving notable air time on Radio 1, Radio Scotland, Radio 6 and XFM,
“very, very, very, very, very good indeed” (Vic Galloway/Radio 1) “one of the best live bands in the world right now" (Jim Gellatly/Radio Scotland). ‘The most exciting and provocative band in Scotland’ (Daily Record) ‘Frenzy Inducing’ (The Scotsman)
Punch and The Apostles performed at Tin the Park 2009 (best new Scottish bands) and Reading and Leeds festivals • For fans of Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Gogol Bordello
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Band:KENAI
Album:HAIL THE ESCAPIST
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Since forming in 2006, the Southend-On-Sea six piece have built up a strong following and defined a unique and powerful sound. On the back of a series of live shows Kenai were picked up for an album deal by German label Redfield Records (USA’s Jeff Caudill, Canada’s Sights & Sounds) – www.redfield-records.de.
The band are set to release their new album in early 2010. As a showcase for the elements of the Kenai sound “Hail The Escapist” a compelling introduction to the band – taut rhythms, overlaid with driving guitars and synth and the unique and powerful vocals of Dan Lawrence.
Besides that the band are consummate live performers – having already played with the likes of A Day To Remember, For The Fallen Dreams, Exit Ten, Skindred, Fightstar, We Are The Ocean, Tonight Is Goodbye, All Shall Perish, Millencolin, The Bloodhound Gang, Ghost Of A Thousand, Deaf Havana, Flood Of Red and many more...
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Band:MIGHTY BABY
Album:TASTING THE LIFE LIVE 1971
Label:Sunbeam
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Mighty Baby are one of the best-loved bands to have emerged from Britain’s late 1960s underground, and this is the fullest live record of them in existence. Taped as they opened for Quintessence at Malvern’s Winter Gardens on Saturday February 20th 1971, the set finds the quintet poised between the driving psychedelia of their 1969 debut and the more contemplative sound of their second and final album, A Jug Of Love. It’s rounded off by two tracks recorded at Glastonbury in June of the same year, and comes complete with a booklet featuring rare images and notes from band members Ian Whiteman and Mike Evans, making it an essential artefact for the Babe’s many admirers.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:THE ELECTRIC ASYLUM VOL 4
Label:Past And Present
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
The Psychomaniac presents a severe gouging of the senses with an aural blast of rock-solid British Freakrock from the early 1970s. Amongst those coming to share their immortal heaviness are Croydon's finest fruit-eating bears, Slowload, London's sleazy psychedelic punks, Spunky Spider, Godson, Mustard, Sunshine Kid and the most inappropriately-named Scottish proto-punks who called themselves Bubbles!
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Band:BONZO DOG DOOH DAH BAND
Album:GORILLA
Label:TIMELESS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Limited Edition 180g pressing the Bonzo’s 1967 classic album Gorilla.
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1: 1. COOL BRITANNIA 2. THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE 3. JOLLITY FARM 4. I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO 5. LOOK OUT, THERE’S A MONSTER COMING 6. JAZZ, DELICIOUS HOT, DISGUSTING COLD 7. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 8. NARCISSUS SIDE 2: 1. THE INTRO AND THE OUTRO 2. MICKEY’S SON AND DAUGHTER 3. BIG SHOT 4. MUSIC FOR THE HEAD BALLET 5. PIGGY BANK LOVE 6. I’M BORED 7. THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Band:AREA
Album:LIVE IN TURIN
Label:Akarma
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
A double CD recorded live in Torino 1977. The performance is wild and showcases the band at the peak of its powers. The recording is presented here for its archive nature- and is a must for Area completists.
TRACK LISTING CD 1 1. IL MASSACRO DI BRANDEBURGO NUMERO TRE IN SOL MAGGIORE 2. GERONTOCRAZIA 3. SCUM 4. GIRO, GIRO, TONDO 5. COMETA ROSSA CD 2 1. LA MELA DI ODESSA 2. LUGLIO, AGOSTO, SETTEMBRE (NERO) 3. L’INTERNAZIONALE 4. IMPROVVISAZIONE
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Band:MILES DAVIS
Album:ENIGMA 7 THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTE SESSIONS, 1952-1953
Label:BIRDLAND
Format:cd
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
TRACK LISTING
1. DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM 2. CHANCE IT 3. DONNA 4. WOODY ‘N’ YOU 5. YESTERDAYS 6. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN ? 7. CHANCE IT 8. DONNA 9. WOODY ‘N’YOU 10. KELO 11. ENIGME 12. RAY’S IDEA 13. TEMPUS FUGIT 14. C.T.A. 15. I WAITED FOR YOU 16. KELO 17. ENIGME 18. RAY’S IDEA 19. TEMPUS FUGIT 20. C.T.A.
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Band:TRIPSICHORD MUSIC BOX
Album:TRIPSICHORD MUSIC MACHINE
Label:Akarma
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
In the last gasp of San Francisco acid rock, Tripsichord Music Box recorded an album of cheery, hippie-vibed music that was already on the verge of becoming anachronistic upon its 1971 release..this special edition cd includes the rare singles to complete the package.
TRACK LISTING 1. ON THE LAST RIDE 2. WE HAVE PASSED AWAY 3. BLACK DOOR 4. THE NEW WORD 5. SON OF THE MORNING 6. SHORT ORDER STEWARD 7. THE NARROW GATE 8. FLY BABY 9. EVERLASTING JOY BONUS TRACKS 10. YOU’RE THE WOMAN 11. IT’S NOT GOOD 12. FAMILY SONG 13. TIMES & SEASON 14. SUNDAY THE THIRD
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Band:JOHNNY ALMOND
Album:PATENT PENDING
Label:TIMELESS
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
Johnny Almond Music Machine "Patent Pending", originally released in 1969 on
Deram Records, featuring the multi-talented musician Johnny Almond (previous sessions
include John Mayall, Zoot Money, Alan Price and Chicken Shack) who uses organ, sax, and
flute, to develop this selction of jazz, blues and funky Stax influenced tracks. This album also
features a cover version of Cat Stevens Before Dawn. Reprinted in the original sleeve, 180
gram vinyl, limited edition.
180 GR VINYL
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1:
1. ENSINGLE
2. BEFORE DAWN
3. VODOO FOREST
4. SOLAR LEVEL
SIDE 2:
1. TO R.K.
2. REVERSED FOR TWO HORNS
3. PEQUENO NOVA
4. TALES OF JUNIOR
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Band:ISAACS AIRCRAFT
Album:HEAD TO THE FEET
Label:Crash Records
Format:CD SINGLE
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
New single from Isaacs Aircraft. This is a short run collectors item single, produced in environmentally friendly packaging.
‘Their music covers a wide range of territory – and it’s impressively played.’ Acoustic Magazine.
'Cambridge combo Isaac's Aircraft are bucking the trend with storming live shows and records like this one, Friends & Foes.' Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.
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Band:A FOREST OF STARS
Album:THE CORPSE OF REBIRTH
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:LP BOX SET
Genre:Black Metal
Few are the ones in the current Black Metal scene who have the guts and, above all, the creativity to push the boundaries of the genre. This is precisely what A Forest of Stars, one of the new emerging bands from England, has done in their debut album The Corpse of Rebirth. The four sorcerers in A Forest of Stars conjured the souls of their fellow Victorian era occultists chose to make this album an atemporal, unique and spellbinding one, with influences ranging from progressive music to raw black metal and sharing a similar artistic framework with bands such as Ved Buens Ende, Solefald and In The Woods.
Since its release in 2008, The Corpse of Rebirth has received praise from fans and critics worldwide. This groundbreaking album is now available in a very limited luxurious double‐vinyl special edition. The packaging for this DLP is unique and quite different from that of regular LPs. All fans of the band will definitely not want to miss out on this collector’s item.
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Band:BLOWBACK
Album:EIGHTHUNDRED MILES
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Having already established a good reputation with their 2 previous albums (one split album and one full-length), the second full-length "800 miles" by Örebro's Blowback is nothing less than a fist of pure 70's groove and attitude hardrock right in the face of the listener. Recorded in Unisound by Dan Swanö, Blowback gets a sound most 70's bands would kill for, a thick full sound that maintains a special feel that few bands today can manage. Some may call it stoner some may call it classic hardrock we just call it damn good high octane rock'n roll! - A must for fans of Witchcraft, Electric Wizard and Graveyard.
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Band:FIRST BAND FROM OUTER SPACE
Album:THE GUITAR IS MIGHTIER THAN THE GUN
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
The 3rd album from Swedish intergatactical starfighters on their eternal quest for infiltrating the human race with their alien psychic powers of enslaving the neanderthals by brainwashing their with the finest space rock ever done in Sweden !
For Fans of Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles and Litmus - CD includes 1 bonus track (“Smokin”) , giving 16 extra minutes over the long since sold out vinyl version of the album.
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Band:CARPET KNIGHTS
Album:ACCORDING TO LIFE
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Finally Malmö's progmasters The Carpet Knights unveil the highly anticipated follow up to the debut "Lost and so strange is my mind". On "According to life.." they continue with their melancholic prog with eclectic influences all the way from Gentle Giant to The Mars Volta...and with several members also playing in Öresund Space Collective, a healty dose of spacerock has of course been mixed in. Intriguing compositions build an album that will last a long time.
Music for fans of of LUCIFER WAS, GENTLE GIANT, MARS VOLTA and all prog fans new and old!
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Band:DRAG THE RIVER
Album:PRIMER
Label:VIVA HATE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Drag The River are one of those bands that manage to transcend the confines and boundaries of the musical world and become more like a legend, the kind of band you hear during an overnight roadtrip while driving down the interstate in a sleepy carful of close friends rather than the glossy pages of industry tabloids. You and your buddy are riding shotgun at 4 AM while everyone else snores in the backseat, and while rifling through someone’s collection you find this CD and decide to throw it in. Months later, you’re completely hooked. There’s something about their haunting croon and fuzzed-out Telecasters that make everything fit together so perfectly, hitting that same elusive mix of rock n’ roll and alt-country that The Replacements defined and so many others have tried to cop. Ingrained with a rigorous work ethic over their years in cult punk superheroes Armchair Martian and ALL, they found themselves releasing a constant assortment of 7”s and splits, many of which are now long-lost and out of print, all of which are gathered here on one disc. As with many collection records, this disc provides a fascinating glimpse into their earlier years, as one can observe how rough-around-the-edges demos and misplaced riffs were hammered into acclaimed albums. Also included are more recent tracks that guide first-time listeners on an introduction to one of the most cult-like followings in underground music.
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Band:REACTIONARIES
Album:INGENUITY
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Featuring ex DEADSTOP members. Recorded over the span of close to half a year during late 2008 and early 2009, "Ingenuity" proves that there still are bands with the balls to do things on their own terms, no matter what self proclaimed connaisseurs have proclaimed as being the "new cool thing". Drawing from a wide range of influences, this is the kind of record that music lovers will be able to sink their teeth into, no matter what their vinyl collection looks like. From the haunting, heartbroken yet still somehow surprisingly upbeat "Fool For You", to the groovy, riff heavy "Changes", The Reactionaries made sure every ounce of sweat and every bit of soul transpired into their songs. The result? I guess one could say it's something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Soulful, dynamic, fuzzy garage punk. Or maybe it's not. Other than crancking up "Ingenuity" real loud, the only way to really find out and truly discover The Reactonaries is to see them in a live setting : Those who've seen them on their string of shows with The Damned, or any other show for that matter, will surely testify to this.
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Band:SLAVE SCENE
Album:SLAVE SCENE
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7\\\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Ex- CULT RITUAL offers up one hell of an introduction with two noisy hardcore tracks. Reminds me of a way noisy FLIPPER meets Born Against. For fans of CULT RITUAL and TOTAL ABUSE. First press on blue vinyl.
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Band:ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
Album:MY FATHER`S HOUSE
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Unless you are from Toronto or have been following the Canadian Indie scene closely for the last two years, chances you probably have not heard of this gem of a band. Definitely not your typical Deranged release but it is a great pleasure to be releasing $100’s second installment in their regional 7” series. ‘My Father’s House’ continues in the same vein folk country psych as their highly praised Forest of Tears album from last year.
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Band:AIRFIX KITS
Album:FLEXTIME
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
When GIANT HAYSTACKS parted ways a few years back, two of the three members went on to
form AIRFIX KITS. The three songs found on this debut 7” are pretty consistent with the
aforementioned band with a heavy MINUTEMEN influence byway of UK post punk ala
WIRE/GANG OF FOUR. 2nd 7” on DIRTNAP records out now.
TRACKLIST
1. Flex time
2. 80’s Aesthetic
3. 21 hot knives
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Band:U.X. VILEHEADS
Album:FIRST EP
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7\\\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Debut 7” by ex-members of DS-13, REGULATIONS, VICIOUS and other great Swedish hardcore bands. It will come as no surprise to those familiar with the aforementioned bands that U.X. VILEHEADS play fast US influenced hardcore with a specific attention being paid to early Dischord titles.
TRACK LISTING 1. Sick sensation 2. Shut down 3. Waste of life 4. Sinking
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Band:VACANT STATE
Album:INTERNAL CONFLICT
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7\\\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
2nd E.P., 5 songs of early 80's influenced hardcore. With the A side giving a nod to the Boston Crew,( SSD, Negative FX, Last Rights) while the B side coming closer to the B side of My War mixed with Impact Unit.
TRACKLIST 1. OCD 2. What Right? 3. No say 4. Vile 5. Internal conflict
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Band:DE PROFUNDIS
Album:A BLEAK REFLECTION
Label:KOLONY
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
De Profundis are poised to become a major force in the extreme metal scene with the release of their highly anticipated second album “A Bleak Reflection”. Their powerful mix of black, death, doom and progressive metal has helped the band gather a strong UK and international fan-base with performances across the UK (including Bloodstock ‘08), India, Romania and France to name but a few. The new album “A Bleak Reflection” sees De Profundis take a giant step in terms of songwriting, production and musicianship. Benefitting from excellent forthcoming media coverage in the UK covering the release, this album will be a must-have for all fans of Opeth, Death, early Anathema etc.
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Band:WHIRLING
Album:FACELESS PHENOMENA
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Avantgarde Dark Metal from sweden, featuring members of ARMAGEDDA (rip) and BERGRAVEN. This unconventional brainchild out of sweden still borrows from the Black Metal range its members bring with it, however it surprises with crafty obscure and complex music, rich with songs and instrumentation. An unconventional and disturbing travel - easily drifting away from the usual metal genres. " Faceless Phenomena" means nothing that we can foresee, densly layered music, moving skillfully between fragility and powerful outbursts, graceful melodic and twisted imaginery. Impeccable individual riffs nail deep the mood, let you grow and also fall with the alluring songs. Try to imagine a mix of VEB BUENS ENDE, CODE and BERGRAVEN!
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Band:LUCIFER WAS
Album:THE CROWN OF CREATION
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Fifth album by this mysterious norwegian band who were formed as far back as 1970. Enjoying a solid reputation both the hard rock and prog communities. A rockopera album in the mode of “Jesus Christ superstar” or “One night at the opera”, sounding like a cross between JETHRO TULL and QUEEN.
Thumbs up from Anders Eljas , former ABBA keyboard player and producer of the “Mama mia” musical, who hailed the album as “A Successful combination OF hardrock and strings.”
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Band:GREY WATERS
Album:BELOW THE EVER SETTING SUN
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“Below the Ever Setting Sun” is the first EP from this Australian band and shall take you on a melancholic journey through horizons of crimson decay and waves of bleak despair! Featuring members of Woods of Desolation and Austere, This 2 piece band have finally completed their recordings (After 3 years of silence and formation in 2006) and scribed their tones into the sands of time, Only for the sun to bleach them eternally. With vast musical influences from metal to rock, Grey Waters moulds it into one to create a sonic medium of despair and loss. Fans of Katatonia, Anathema and deep, Emotionally moving bleak music, Then look no further for this is the solution for your hunger. Soverign melodies to help you escape your withered dreams of decay and soundscapes to carry you upon the tides and horizons of nothingness! Mandatory for fans of KATATONIA, ANATHEMA and AUSTERE.
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Band:REVELATION
Album:YET SO FAR
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Revelation's 3rd full length album has been out of print for quite some time now. This album features Dennis Cornelius and Jim Hunter along side the staple of Revelation, Steve Branagan. This may be Revelation's most accessible album to date. Longtime fans of Revelation know what to expect, but newer fans on the fence should certainly check this album out as it's a great album to start out with in their catalogue. Unfortunately the band did not have any bonus tracks for this re-issue. All of the bonus material was released on the "Frozen Masque" CD by The Miskatonic Foundation back in 2004. This album is fully re-mastered with a nice booklet with a band write up, lyrics, and tons of old band photos to cherish.
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Band:REVELATION
Album:FOR THE SAKE OF NO ONE
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Coming off their amazing comeback album, REVELATION are back again yet for another album. Just when you think they've hit their peak, think again. For The Sake Of No One is very much a continuation of the last album so if you enjoyed the last album as much as I did, you'll be eager to invite this new album into your collection as well. Very few bands that are 20 + years can keep up with their classic material and we're lucky enough to have REVELATION around, not only keep the quality of music on par with their classics, but in some eyes surpassing it.
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Band:IRON MAN
Album:BLACK NIGHT
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Very few bands come close to sounding like the classic BLACK SABBATH, but I think IRON MAN along with WITCHFINDER GENERAL, PENTAGRAM, and PAGAN ALTAR are the closest from the beginning. IRON MAN is a very special band to the underground heavy metal scene which craves for those fans who seek dark/doomy sounds that SABBATH created and really there are not many bands that even dared to try to re-create SABBATH with their own twist, but I feel IRON MAN have done so without being a cut and paste rip off band. This first album marks a birth of one of the few bands like I mentioned above who dove in head first into that dark atmosphere. This album is all about the riffs and heaviness, which if SABBATH themselves would ever hear this, they probably would be impressed too. There wasn’t much salvaged from the early days of IRON MAN , so the photos are limited, but we were able to re-master the album to make it sound as heavy as possible.
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Band:FROZEN SHADOWS
Album:DANS LES BRAS DES IMMORTELS
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Frozen Shadows has been hailed over the year as one of North America’s most overpowering Black Metal bands as well as the forefathers of the now-booming Québec BM scene. Originally released in 1999, their debut album Dans les Bras des Immortels is still considered today as one of the genre’s very best ever released on this side of the ocean. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this now-classic album, Sepulchral Productions has released a new anniversary edition, featuring an complete remastering, a revamped layout, as well as an never before released special cover of Burzum’s Black Spell of Destruction, recorded in 2001 as a tribute to that band’s old work.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:MAINSTREAM MUSIC IS SHIT VOL 2
Label:TNS RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
This 37 track double CD compilation album features some of the most exciting underground bands in the UK at the moment and is the second from TNSrecords. The bands all thrive on DIY ethics and have all been involved with the TNS label in some way. The compilation has been very well received by reviewers across the UK and further a field. Bands include : The Shadowcops,The Hyperjax,Dangerfields,Sick Monkeys and Revenge Of the Psychotronic Man.
“The Fires of the underground are still burning. True punk rock in its rawest form” 5/5 Big Cheese
“A more comprehensive round up of the Northern ska and punk scene, would be pretty much impossible to find.” 8/10 Leeds Music Scene
“There is a sincerity about this whole collective that I would place alongside such bastions of UK Punk as Household Name and Boss Tuneage.” Scannerzine NZ
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Band:SENSE OF URGENCY/ STAND OUT/ A WAR AGAINST SOUND
Album:THE THREE WAY SPLIT
Label:TNS RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
TNS008 includes ten tracks from three North-West ska-core bands SENSE OF URGENCY, STAND OUT RIOT and A WARAGAINSTSOUND. All three really push the boundaries of the ska-punk genre, incorporating lots of interesting styles and influences, resulting in a fresh and exciting sound.
Sense of Urgency are based in Stoke and bring a real hardcore edge to the EP, influenced by the likes of Kid Dynamite and Link80.
Stand Out Riot are based in Manchester and bring folk and gypsy influences into their brand of catchy ska-punk, which is played with superb technical ability and great social commentaries in the lyrics. This follows their very well received self released debut album.
A WarAgainstSound are also great technically and bring elements of post-hardcore and dub into the mix.
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Band:BEAT THE RED LIGHT
Album:BEAT THE RED LIGHT
Label:TNS RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
BEAT THE RED LIGHT are based in High Wycombe and have recently completed a full UK tour. The band fuses ska with Slayeresque metal, to provide a huge sound. This eight piece band also feature members of the Shitty Limits. This ep was recorded by Iain Wetherall at Premier Studios who has recorded bands such as Capdown, Lightyear, Viking Skull.
“This is f*cking brilliant. This High Wycombe mob are a real breath of fresh air” 4.5/5 Punktastic
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Band:REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN
Album:MAKE PIGS SMOKE
Label:TNS RECORDS
Format:cd
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN have played over 200 gigs and completed 7 UK tours and a Czech tour in the last four years. The band sold out of their self released debut album, which was released independently. Their 2008 split ep with the Fractions was very well received, but the reaction from the alternative press to this new album has been even more impressive, both in the UK and overseas.
Stupidly fast punk/hardcore for fans of Zeke, Kid Dynamite and Dead Kennedys...
"This is one hardcore punk album worth breaking your best friend's legs for " 5/5 Big Cheese
"Do yourself a favor and buy this record" 5/5 Rebel Noise
“This is f*cking great... this is the best stuff I've gotten all year” Razorcake USA
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Band:WE STILL DREAM
Album:OH SNAP!
Label:BROKEN NIGHT
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Forming in the summer of 2008, We Still Dream quickly became one of the hardest working bands in the scene. Taking to the road to tour across the country and sharing the stage with the likes of From First To Last, The Wonder Years and Fireworks, its not wonder the band have gained such a loyal fanbase. We Still Dream headed into the studio to record their debut EP “Oh Snap!”. Self releasing it in the US they have sold over a thousand copies since the start of 2009. They have now teamed up with Broken Night to get the EP released in the UK and Europe. We Still Dream are planning UK/European Tour in summer 2010 and tracks from EP will be featured on cover CD’s for Big Cheese Magazine and Rocksound Magazine.
“A creative and undeniably catchy debut EP” Absolutepunk.net
For fans of: A Day To Remember, Hit The Lights, Fireworks, Set Your Goals.
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Band:SPAGHETTI ANYWHERE
Album:SPAGHETTI ANYWHERE
Label:Toy Soldier
Format:VINYL 12\\\"
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
After a year spent playing in several well-known London venues the ‘quirky pop’ duo will be releasing its first collection of songs. There will be a lead track serviced to radio with a music video, and extensive online promotion with free downloads to coincide with the EP's release and the period after to maximise exposure and press coverage.
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Band:AFFORDABLE HYBRID
Album:NO AREA NO CRIMINALS
Label:Blackstarfoundation
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Lo-fi rock, just the way we love it. If you grew up in the early Nineties listening to bands like Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr, Archers of loaf and Sebadoh then quite simply you need this album. The Hybrids will be under taking massive touring to support this release, and have already done several headline tours all over Europe aswell as a few support tours for kindred spirits Division of Laura Lee.
A great record that deserves an audience beyond the band's native Sweden.
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Band:DEVILS HOTROD
Album:DIRTY ROCKS FOR BROKEN HEARTS
Label:STUMBLE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
“Dirty Rocks For Broken Hearts” is the third album from the Devil’s Hotrod. This album is the result of seven years of complicity and partying. Powerful, energized and non-traditional rockabilly, the band is known for their mix of loud and unique rock’n’roll rhythms. Take a ride with the Devils Hotrod, your bones will shake in hell. Produced By Rene Garcia from the Brains.
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Band:RUMBLE DEVILS
Album:DIABLOS GUAPOS
Label:STUMBLE
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The Second album from St. Catharines, Ontario’s Garden City Grease Rockers. The Rumble Devils “Diablos Guapos” translated from Spanish means “Handsome Devils”. This album was a long time in the making produced by Simon Maxwell at “Under The Bridge” in Western Hill a remote location once used as a Grow Op. Then mixed by Mike Palermo at Mike’s Music (SuperGarage, Gods Of Rock).
Captures the feel of what the Rumble Devils are all about, good old Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll!...
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Band:WEDNESDAY NIGHT HEROES / FOR THE WORSE
Album:SPLIT 7\\\\\\\\
Label:GIVE PRAISE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7\\\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
A truly excellent old school punk single, with WNH carrying on in the tradtion of their excellent BYO album and FTW holding up the banner of old school Boston hardcore in a most exemplary manner.
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Band:OGRE
Album:PLAGUE OF THE PLANET
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
USA 70's/80's sounding Rock/Doom Metal hybrid band OGRE have been together since 1999. They have a unique sound combining the elements of BUDGIE, BLOODROCK, PENTAGRAM, BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, AC/DC, etc with a Bon Scott/Ozzy styled vocalist that would appeal to any Rock or Metal fan.
Inspired by such classic albums as "2112", "Dark Side of the Moon", and "Music from the Elder", "Plague of the Planet" is a full-on concept album, consisting of a single multi-part epic suite that sends the listener on a journey filled with pulverizing riffs, extended jams, over-the-top vocals, and such familiar OGRE obsessions as giant robots, dog-men, death, doom, and war. Plague of the Planet is more than just a self-contained concept, however. Over the course of the album’s 38 minutes, the band incorporates lyrical motifs and musical themes from OGRE songs going as far back as its 2000 demo, making Plague of the Planet the ultimate distillation of the epic OGRE sound.
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Band:OLD YRON
Album:OLD YRON
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
An unknown forgotten gem at the time of its release, especially as the tides were changing and this kind of IRON MAIDEN-esque heavy metal was beginning to die out in popularity while new genres started to emerge. Here you will find extremely fast heavy metal, but not Thrash. OLD YRON had a very violent lead guitar layered with shredding riffs and over the top high pitched vocals. Think IRON MAIDEN meets YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, but without going overboard with the guitar shredding. There were no master tapes so the best option the band wanted to do was to rip the music directly from the original vinyl. The bonus tracks are some some dark classical music written by Antonio Ferrari in the early 2000’s.
A lost gem of Italian Metal re-mastered with bonus tracks.
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Band:AMORTH
Album:AWAIT ME NOW
Label:MOTHER SHOULD KNOW
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Although not one member breaking through the teen barrier Amorth are striving for man-hood using metal as their portal. The band have been going in one way or another for 6 years. In that time they have developed their sound into something which pools together each band members’ opposing influences to create a raucous mix of riff-heavy dark metal that hides some rich melodic sections.
Taking elements of the darkest sides of metal and fusing it with more modern metal styles. Hailing from the Midlands Amorth are looking to take their high-energy stage performance out to a wider audience across the country in 20
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Band:LONNDOM
Album:VIDDERNAS TOLV KAPITEL
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
After a longer time of creation the swedish duo returns with a complete acoustic album. 12 tracks that witness of great creative force and a wonderful, homogeneous and open-style album of rare beauty. A journey, an honest confession to nature and at the same time an escape from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life and modernity. The magic of folk is brought back by an untainted act marked by isolated and melancholic feelings and reminding us our own evocative strength. Landscapes and visions of thoughtful solitude evoke the melancholy of a lost time, turn back the wheel to forgotten ages. Listening to these songs is like seeing through the eyes of a northern-land wanderer: wide landscapes wearing the autumn colors, snow covered mountains under clear blue sky,endless horizons and feeling the warm hearths of grandfathers families. Dive into "Viddernas Tolv Kapitel" and experience a profound emotional journey !
Mandatory for fans of FOLK MUSIC or old ULVER.
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Band:GRIS
Album:IL ETAIT UNE FORET
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Gris, formerly Niflheim, is back with the second chapter of their quest (which will end at chapter seven) to find the perfect balance between despair and joy, ugliness and beauty. Extremely depressive while at the same time hauntingly beautiful, "Il était une forêt" sees the band expand its sorrowful Black Metal by adding violins, pianos and classical passages. Already considered a classic in the Depressive Black Metal genre, Il Était une Forêt has been massively hailed worldwide as an incredibly moving experience.
“These Canadians have crafted a challenging, slow-growing gem that leans towards the artier, more spiritual side of black metal.” 8 out of 10 – Metal Hammer
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Band:THE ANTIPRISM
Album:THE ANTIPRISM
Label:BARBARIAN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Mind and string bending stoner/metal that pulls influences from the last 4 decades. Riff driven, stealing a bit from the NWoBHM, but with enough originality & modern metal touches to garner a spot in today's mess. Dual vocals, double bass, sometimes off kilter beats and seasoned trade off leads. Melodic, heavy riffs intertwine with urgent, angry vocals and occult lyrics. The Antiprism explores the wide girth in the middle of the stoner spectrum. Circling metal extremities but never wholly succumbing. Members have played in local/regional acts Merrick & Shotdown, as well as Pachinko (Alt. Ten.). Kristine played drums in Madison's all female metal band Tormentula.
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Band:BONGZILLA
Album:NUGGETS
Label:BARBARIAN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Long running and popular stoner band who have released 4 high profile full lengths on Relapse Records and many more singles, splits & live material on various underground labels as well as having played countless shows worldwide.
This collects their singles and splits, along with some live tracks, compiling all material not released by Relapse. 15 tracks, over 70 minutes of out of print material never available on CD. This collection is older now but continues to sell well as Bongzilla’s reputation, as well as the stoner genre in general continues to grow. ‘Green’ friendly art with discography.
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Band:DIVINE EVE
Album:VENGEFUL AND OBSTINATE
Label:IBEX MOON
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
After fifteen years of silence, the pure sonic violence of Divine Eve has returned. Reforming in 2008, these veterans of doomy death metal went straight to work writing new material that would bring back the true meaning of ‘old-school.’ The end result has come to pass as the foursong MCD, Vengeful And Obstinate. True to Divine Eve form, this release promises the most punishing and bludgeoning brand of death metal known to man. With a history that traces back to 1992, Divine Eve has reached a cult-like status in the world of underground metal, releasing demos and EPs through the likes of Candlelight and Nuclear Blast Records over the years. Although conflicts and hostilities tore the band itself apart, the name Divine Eve (and more importantly, the music) has never left the collective, blackened hearts of the band’s fans, nor its members. Determined to take care of their unfinished business, three of the four original members, Michael A. Sleavin (rhythm guitar / vocals), Matthew Killen (drums) and Xan Hammack (lead guitar / vocals) reunited for the long-awaited second coming of Divine Eve.
For fans of bands like INCANTATION, CELTIC FROST and AUTOPSY
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Band:WORMSBLOOD
Album:MASTERY OF CREATION
Label:BARBARIAN
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Known for his work in the popular proto doom act Jex Thoth and from his own power electronics outfit Burial Hex, Clay Ruby ventures in a different direction this time. An album of outsider metal, it's sparse and bleak, but rumblings, clanging and tortured cries erupt violently throughout. A very unhinged and dangerous album. Comparisons could be drawn to Armanenschaft, Blood of the Black Owl & the True Werwolf, both musically, as well as in the sense those bands also use black metal as a foundation to explore darker, more experimental avenues.
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Band:MERLOT
Album:INSIPID EMACIATION
Label:BARBARIAN
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
One man black metal attack from Chicagoland. Cold and methodical, exploring a range of drum programming, from blast beats to mid paced gallops and even d-beat. Warped vocals and buzz-saw guitars follow in speed. This has a very mechanized and industrial feel to this, but also slow tortured at times with dastardly appropriate samples.
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Band:WOLFBANE
Album:WOLFBANE
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
WOLFBANE ; now let’s get down to business here. Think early PRIEST and BLACK SABBATH mixed with PAGAN ALTAR styled vocals and a sprinkle of RUSH and ALICE COOPER for good measure and somewhere in that mess of great bands lies the sound of WOLFBANE. This is one of the very best obscure gems to ever be re-released from the NWOBHM movement and also one of the most unexpected as the band never recorded an album, and they really didn’t keep much memorabilia from those days. Here you’re going to get the first 2 demo tapes from 1981 and 1982 re-mastered and this is all the essential material you need.
A MUST FOR ALL NWOBHM COLLECTORS!
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Band:BRIDE
Album:TSAR BOMBA
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
BRIDE returns with the band’s 13th studio album and first new release since the breathtaking Skin For Skin (2006)! Ever since the debut release of Show No Mercy (1986) BRIDE has given Metal fans across the globe a reason to rejoice! Aside from STRYPER, no Christian metal band has had the longevity, vitality, and impact of Bride over the last 23+ years! Tsar Bomba is the Russian nickname of the RDS-202 hydrogen bomb, the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. Brothers Troy & Dale Thompson have created a truly lethal album of dangerous hard rock and metal! Of course, listeners are treated to Dale’s trademark spot-on, searing vocals and Troy’s guitar heroics. But Tsar Bomba resists the urge to play it safe, and steps up to the task of offering fans an album that is passionate, creative, and HEAVY! Listeners find Tsar Bomba engaging from start to finish as BRIDE intersperses acoustic and classical interludes throughout. Not only are these metal songs held together with the toughest riffs this side of Metallica, but it’s one of the most melodic, hook-driven albums in band history! The end result is an explosive album of hypnotic heaviness that features the best of Bride’s past even as is it showcases BRIDE’S seemingly endless ability to elevate to new levels of creativity! Only Bride sounds like Bride, but this will definitely appeal to fans of Skillett, The Showdown, Disciple, Seven Dust, and Metallica!
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Band:SAINT
Album:CRIME SCENE EARTH 2.0
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Saint is one of a handful of pioneering Christian heavy metal bands that re-grouped after being inactive for some years. After dominating Christian metal in the 80's, they reformed in 1999 and self-released albums in 2004, 2006 and then Crime Scene Earth in 2008. The band signed with Retroactive Records in 2009 and agreed to have the label re-release this 2008 classic. However, this new Retroactive Records version has been re-titled, Crime Scene Earth 2.0, as the album has had many parts completely re-recorded as well as being remixed and remastered. CSE 2.0 also features stunning, all-new artwork by extraordinary artist, Rex Zachary (Liberty N’ Justice, Tourniquet, Ultimatum), which is far superior to the original release.
On the original release, the classic voice of Saint, the immortal golden-throated Josh Kramer, sang on only three tracks. On this re-release, the band had Josh go back and record his Rob Halford-ish vocals on every single track on the album! From the thunderous "Bended Knee" to the stunning cover of the Judas Priest classic "Invader", Josh and Saint ascend to the elite levels of melodic heavy metal! This Heavy Metal classic has never sounded better!
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Band:SAINT
Album:HELL BLADE
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
A powerful storm is brewing to take place in 2010 and at the center of that storm is the latest album from Oregon headbangers, Saint. Hell Blade (the band's 8th studio album) hits the stage with all guns blazing and ready to take no prisoners. This disc is a tremendous heavy machine that is hitting on all cylinders as the band has assembled a massive array of heavy metal thunder. Josh is in all his full-throated glory, Jerry Johnson's guitars are forthright and dominant, Richard Lynch's bass work is enormously huge and the drums drive and plow the listener into total submission. Energy just oozes out of the performances. Hell Blade is a masterpiece and the band has literally never sounded better.
For fans of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Barren Cross.
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Band:LIBERTY N JUSTICE
Album:LIGHT IT UP
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Liberty N' Justice (the Melodic Rockers with a Message) formed 19 years ago and with 8 albums to their credit, they are still blasting out new music louder than ever! Liberty N' Justice in 2004 went from a full band to a studio project based around the songwriting of founder, Justin Murr. The concept went on to gain Liberty N' Justice worldwide recognition by getting established musicians from some of the world's most famous Christian and mainstream rock bands to play on their albums.
Here is a list of Light It Up participants: Phil Lewis (LA Guns), JK Northrup (King Kobra), Dale & Troy Thompson (Bride), Lynn Louise Lowrey (Vixen), Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister), CJ Snare & Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Vic Rivera (Crunch), Les Carlson (Bloodgood), Oz Fox (Stryper), Sheldon Tarsha (Tarsha/Adler's Appetite), Jeff Pilson (Dokken/Foreigner), Kelly Keeling (Baton Rouge/TSO), Kerri Kelli (Alice Cooper), Pete Loran & Steve Brown (Trixter), Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GNR/Lita Ford), Chris Jericho (WWE Wrestler/Fozzy), Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Harry Hess & Pete Lesperance (Harem Scarem), Marq Torien (BulletBoys), Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.), Robert Mason (Warrant/Lynch Mob), Jerry Dixon (Warrant), Shawn Pelata (Line Of Fire), Stephen Chesney (Frontiers) also appearing are Eric Rango (Takara), Terry llous (XYZ), Marc Danzeisen (BulletBoys/Little Caesar), Doug Odell (Crunch/TNA) & John Pine.
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Band:GUARDIAN
Album:FIRST WATCH 20th Anniversary Edition
Label:Retroactive
Format:cd
Genre:Metal
Guardian's 1989 debut release on the Enigma Records label. Oz Fox (Stryper) produced and mixed the album in addition to contributing vocals. It's still amazing that this eventual classic sold 30,000 units in just the first month of its release! Expect hook-laden melodic metal that combines huge Stryper-like vocal harmonies with a top notch display of musicianship. Paul Cawley contributes a gritty but clean sounding mid-octave ranged vocal in addition to handling rhythm guitar duties. Palacios is a wonderful talent who brings out the best in the band's sound with his melodic flavoured and fast paced lead guitar work. Drummer Rikk Hart and bassist David Bach comprise a tight sounding rhythm section. This 20th Anniversary Edition includes a complete digital remaster for maximum sonic clarity. David Bach contributes exclusive liner notes regarding the recording and release of First Watch. And, it's all packaged in a full color digipak!
Since the debut release, Guardian has been a household name in Christian hard rock and metal circles, contemporaries with Stryper, Bride and Whitecross!
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Band:JACOBS DREAM
Album:BENEATH THE SHADOWS
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Jacobs Dream quickly rose to the top of the global Progressive Metal heap with their astounding 2001 selftitled debut and the 2003 follow up release Theater Of War. Metal scribes around the globe likened the band as a more powerful Queensryche and Maiden-esque in the Powerslave era. After releasing three classic power/prog metal masterpieces on the immortal Metal Blade Records, the band took some time off and now returns several years later with their comeback release on Retroactive Records.
Having recorded three albums for Metal Blade it's no surprise that this is a must for fans of Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Queensryche and Sacred Warrior.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:A SALUTE TO WORLD CLASS ROCK
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
For the last 8 years Retroactive Records has served the Christian music scene as the premier leader in classic hard rock and metal music. A Salute To World-Class Rock showcases 74 minutes and 18 tracks from 18 bands currently active on the Retroactive Records roster. This classic music is housed in an attractive full color digipak (with a lightweight hub instead of a plastic tray). World-Class Rock features legends of the Christian hard rock scene (Guardian, Whitecross, Saint, Bride, Jacobs Dream) as well as the top tracks from modern classic hard rock bands with current releases on Retroactive Records (Main Line Riders, Titanic, Liberty N' Justice, etc). World-Class Rock completely embraces classic rock music in all it's glory - commercial hard rock, glam/hair metal, power metal and progressive metal dominate this label sampler. In addition, there are four radio edits that are exclusive to this CD.
CHEAP AS CHIPS SAMPLER OF THE WORLD'S FINEST CHRISTIAN METAL/ROCK LABEL!
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Band:SWEET COMFORT BAND
Album:BREAKIN THE ICE
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Originally released in 1978 on the pioneering Light Records label, Breakin’ The Ice was produced by Bob Wilson of the progressive jazz-funk band, Seawind. The album was rightly described by Bruce Brown (CCM Magazine) as "one of the most legitimate R&B albums ever released." Such high praise for early Christian rock was unheard of and this was an artistic triumph that was fully embraced by the Christian community as the band toured internationally for the next decade! This Limited Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience! Over 30 years later, these songs remain examples of Christian music at its best! Play it loud!
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Band:SWEET COMFORT BAND
Album:CUTTING EDGE
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Originally released 1982, Cutting Edge shows the band morphing into a streamlined stadium rock band In the order of Kansas, Toto or Styx. Production is slicker, keyboards are prominent and those horns from their earlier albums are completely gone. Fortunately, the important stuff remained – rhythm, big vocals and hooks, hooks and more hooks! Sweet Comfort Band scores another commercial hit and artistic triumph! This Limited Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience!
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Band:SWEET COMFORT BAND
Album:HEARTS OF FIRE
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
As the band launched into the 80's, SCB began reinventing themselves with a sound and message that would broaden their appeal and make them mainstays of Christian pop. Originally released in 1981, Hearts Of Fire mixes ballads, funk and all-out rockers to provide what John Styll (Editor, CCM Magazine) proclaimed the best Sweet Comfort Band album this far! "Isabel" sparkles with catchy hooks. "They Just Go On" is hopelessly melodic and "The Contender" is chock full of power chords! As an added bonus, the songwriting of both Duncan and Thomas begins to mature on this release, avoiding clichés and exhibiting an honest focus on emotion not very typical in Christian music from this era! This Limited Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipack.
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Band:SWEET COMFORT BAND
Album:HOLD ON TIGHT 30th Anniversary Edition
Label:Retroactive
Format:cd
Genre:Metal
Originally released 1979, Hold On Tight shows Sweet Comfort Band beginning to move away from the jazzfusion stylings they had become known for and easing toward the more mainstream rock sound that would become evident on their later releases. The album was produced by Jesus Music veteran, Tom Stipe (Country Faith, Richie Furay Band). The title track scores an early high point lyrically with an inspirational call for struggling believers to hold fast to the truth of Christ, which alone can sustain them. "Carry Me" is an interesting track musically with progressive, moody stylings. "Undecided" is some major ear-candy that exemplifies the sort of melodic pop that gives Top 40 radio something with hooks and a stunning melody! Duncan's voice soars and floats over countless magical, memorable moments by the album's end. This 30th Anniversary Edition comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience!
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Band:SWEET COMFORT BAND
Album:PERFECT TIMING
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Originally released in 1984, Perfect Timing shows a band fully embracing the high energy, progressive rock sound that made them peers of among Kansas, Styx and Petra. The presence of mainstream rock band, Kansas alums, Dino Elefante (producer) and John Elefante (guest vocals) only make the transition to full-on stadium rock all the more convincing. Perfect Timing was the last album Sweet Comfort Band released. Bryan Duncan would go on to become a superstar in Christian pop, filling the airwaves for more than fifteen years with heartfelt ballads and up-tempo dance songs. Randy Thomas joined forces with Bob Carlisle and formed The Allies, one of the most important classic Christian rock bands from 1985-1992. This Limited Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience!
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Band:COMISSIONED
Album:GO TELL SOMEBODY
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Soul/Funk/Disco
Go Tell Somebody was Commissioned’s sophomore release from 1986, a set packed with fervent, soulful deliveries in an irresistible musical package. Never ones to shy from the gospel message, these six Detroitbased brothers in Christ pulled from influences as diverse as R&B, traditional gospel and 80’s pop to capture the attention of youth across racial and denominational lines, serving notice that they were here to stay. With massive hits that included "Running Back To You" and "Victory", Commissioned set the standard, influencing both the mainstream and gospel music community for years to come. Relive it again with this re-issue and Go Tell Somebody!
This Limited Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience! Stan North, Managing Editor of GOSPELflava.com contributes liner notes exclusive to this release.
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Band:COMISSIONED
Album:ORDINARY JUST WON`T DO 20th Anniversary Edition
Label:Retroactive
Format:cd
Genre:Soul/Funk/Disco
There is certainly nothing ordinary about Commissioned. As pioneers in contemporary gospel music, and way ahead of their time, the 6-man Detroit-based group soared high on Ordinary Just Won’t Do. First released in 1989, the album reached #4 on Billboard. Propelled by strong song-writing, gloriously sweet harmonic jams and a street-edge, Commissioned simply nailed it for thousands upon thousands of youth across the country. With the vocals of Fred Hammond, Keith Staten, Karl Reid and Mitchell Jones paving the way and supported by instrumental genius of Michael Brooks and Michael Williams, the group spread the gospel with a sound that remains unparalleled.
This 20th Anniversary Edition reissue comes packaged in a full color digipak with enhanced original artwork and is properly remastered for a high quality audio experience! Stan North, Managing Editor of GOSPELflava.com contributes liner notes exclusive to this release.
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Band:BRING THAT SHIT / DIOS MIO
Album:BRING THAT SHIT / DIOS MIO
Label:GIVE PRAISE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
From the still burning fires of In Defence and Pandomonium, and the dwellers of the Minnesota lowlands, we have a very new band, Bring That Shit. This is some fast and raw shout-a-long hardcore thrownback to the old days! With solid breaks and talking/screaming female vocals! This will get the circle-pit moving, and give you just enough time to dive off the stage! Dios Mio meanwhile play total party thrashcore, these dudes love beer, swimming, and thrash A little hint of thrash crossover, combined with punkrock, and even some surf thrash breaks to keep things interesting! Party, drink, shred!!!
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Band:BLACK MARKET FETUS / BRODY\\`S MILITIA
Album:BMF / BM SPLIT
Label:GIVE PRAISE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7\"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Two seriously brutal and pulverizing bands come together on one 7" to rip it through! Black Market Fetus is fresh off titles with Six Weeks and play totally crushing Grinding crossover! Pushing the boundaries of Metal... but still keeping the Grind ! Sometimes a little on the lines of Municipal Waste, but with their own style of crossover grind! Brody's Militia Fetus is also right up there pushing the level with fresh titles off of Sound Pollution and Haunted Hotel. Totally raw and brutal thrashcore, with some smooth rock 'n roll solos! Reminiscent of bands that are pissed and brutal thrash 'n roll - you get covers from Sore Throat and Napalm Death - SAY NO MORE!
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Band:WE, THE UNDERSIGNED
Album:BLEED THE CONSTANTS
Label:DIMINISHED FIFTH
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Bleed the Constants is the debut, full-length by New Brunswick-based metal outfit We, the Undersigned. With their music bordering the thin divide between inanity and insanity, WTU has quickly risen to become one of the brightest new acts in eastern Canada. Bleed the Constants was recently nominated for the 2010 East Coast Music Awards for ‘Loud Recording of the Year’.
FOR FANS OF: Every Time I Die, Protest the Hero and Between the Buried & Me.
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Band:THY FLESH CONSUMED
Album:UNREPENTANT
Label:DIMINISHED FIFTH
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The fourth album by Canada’s death/grind masters, THY FLESH CONSUMED. Formed in the fall of 2001 with the sole purpose of playing fast and heavy music, Thy Flesh Consumed evolved quickly into a serious band covering themes of animal rights, religion, socio-political issues, warfare, and the failing environment among others. The bands raw talent has found order with their razor sharp sound, harnessing the most extreme and aggressive elements of grindcore, black metal and death metal.
FOR FANS OF: Morbid Angel, Incantation and Nasum
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Band:IN-SANE
Album:TRUST THESE HANDS...ARE WORTHLESS
Label:Moonlee
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
On their new record, IN-SANE remained loyal to their own formula of energetic punk rock, enriched with plenty of hardcore/emo/rock elements and rhythmical twists that give their music special dynamics and charm. The mix of catchy melodies, sharp guitars, thundering bass, fast raging rhythms and breakdowns, along with dual screaming and singing vocals doesn't leave any room for indifference. On the contrary, it will grab you, suck you in and make you ask for more. IN-SANE take the best features from bands like Against Me, Hot Water Music and Propagandhi and combine them into a new and catchy whole. IN-SANE represent all that punk rock should be about – energy, dedication, passion and, of course, D.I.Y. ethics. Raise your hands in the air and singalong !
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Band:DEFCON
Album:NEON NIGHTS.
Label:Lockjaw
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Defcon have taken the pop punk genre and made it their own, formed in 2006 in Austria they have crafted their own brand of emotional and uplifting punk rock. Neon Nights is the bands’ first full-length bringing together all their experiences from the last few years.
The new album has received great press over in Europe so far and the band is now looking to the UK to continue to roll with this success. The 6 piece uses the old double-vocal-attack to great effect with a combination of melodies and harsher vocal patterns to get their kicks. At times they sound like a more grown up New Found Glory and other times it treads into hardcore Refused style territory. There is always a hook to grab hold of, a guitar part to stir the soul, and enough variation to keep your interest throughout.
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Band:MELEH
Album:TO LIVE AND DIE ALONE
Label:Blackstarfoundation
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
To live and die alone is the 3rd full length album from a very mature and hard working band. Meleeh as band and individuals have grown into a collective that is one of the more influential on the European Hardcore scene today. Massive touring for their previous release “Heartland” that also gained lots of positive press and reviews. Adding a darker sound and atmosphere on their new recording, while keeping their trademark of melodic guitars and remarkable drum-beats “To live and die alone” sets a new era. Out from Gävle in the north of Sweden, Meleeh was born for about five years ago. Mixing different styles of hardcore punk with personal/political lyrics dealing with everything from childhood traumas to saving the world.
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Band:REDCRAVING
Album:LETHARGIC,WAY TOO LATE
Label:Glasstone
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
REDCRAVING are a five-headed band from Berlin/Germany, whose music can’t be described with just one genre or hype, but an ever-evolving & incomparable mixture of styles that keeps you interested ebbing and flowing to usually a sweet and dreamy end - The best of both worlds. Combining Post-Hardcore, Screamo and Southern Rock with electro, synthesizer and piano elements REDCRAVING don’t hesitate to enter indie or ambient territory because they simply play the music that feels right and delivers a wide variety of emotions! The enormous intensity of REDCRAVING's numerous live shows and the pure energy right in your face complement the powerful parts as well as the dreamy moments of their music. Having found their now existing line-up in late 2007 they have played nearly 100 shows all over Germany!
For Fans of: Underoath, Everytime I Die, Norma Jean, Oh Sleeper.
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Band:GRIS / SOMBRES FORETS
Album:MISERERE LUMINIS
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Eagerly awaited, Miserere Luminis sees Gris and Sombres Forêts merge for one joint album. Don't see this as a conventional "split" album, but rather as a collaboration between Annatar from Sombres Forêts and Icare and Neptune from Gris, both bands yearning to stray away from their usual register to venture into darker and more tortured paths. Sometimes more atmospheric, sometimes heavier, but always enthralling, Misere Luminis will both surprise and delight fans of the bands...
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Band:FUELBLOODED
Album:OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Fuelblooded are back with a vengeance with their new offering, ‘Off the Face of the Earth’, a dynamic slab of metal that is bound to turn some heads in the metal community. ‘Off the Face of the Earth’ not only has a powerful and crystal clear sound, it also offers a range of songs with a variety rarely heard on metal albums.
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Band:KENOS
Album:X-TORSION
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
In early 2007 Kenos made their second full-length called “The Craving” for Lucretia Records International and support them with an European tour with the US band Vital Remains. After this tour and the great words about the album, in 2008 KENOS start the songwriting of the new album “X-TORSION” that was recorded at Green Sound Studios in 2009. The album is a masterpiece!
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Band:LAMENTS OF SILENCE
Album:RESTART YOUR MIND
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Restart Your Mind" is an avalanche of sound looking to change your way of understanding Metal. Heavy and strong guitar riffs where the melody of the keyboards and voices form an overwhelming Combo that express a message of anger. The album was mastered by Jonas K'jellgren of Scar Symmetry.
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Band:EVERSIN
Album:DIVINA DISTOPIA
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Techno Power-Thrash at its best. Eversin present a 7 tracks masterpiece of Epic, roaring, intense vocals, and strong razor cutting Metal riffs all wrapped up by progressive and sperimental keyboards.
Like a mix of Megadeth, Annihilator and Iced Earth fused with Nevermore and Symphony X.
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Band:BELAKOR
Album:STONE`S REACH
Label:KOLONY
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
‘Stone’s Reach’ is the 2nd full-length of Australian melodic death metal band BE’LAKOR. The band can be described as melancholic and epic melodic death metal done in right Scandinavian fashion. Quickly come to be regarded as one of Australia’s most promising and creative metal acts, BE’LAKOR has recently ventured across Australia for the first time, taking in performances in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney. BE’LAKOR is quickly becoming a phenomenon in underground metal, due to the massive word of mouth among their fans worldwide, as it’s witnessed by hundreds of plays on band’s MySpace page everyday.
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Band:PERSEFONE
Album:SHIN-KEN
Label:KOLONY
Format: CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Shin-Ken", 3rd full-length of Andorra’s extreme symphonic death-metal band PERSEFONE, is based upon ancient Japanese war-stories, and it's a tour de force down the melodic and symphonic death metal style that defines the band. The album was mixed and mastered at Jailhouse studios by Tommy Hansen in April 2009 and is a must buy for all fans of Dream Theater & Opeth.
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Band:THE GRAVIATORS
Album:THE GRAVIATORS
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The Graviators formed in the woods outside Karlshamn, Sweden, with a vision to write and record music inspired by the sounds of the great rock n roll groups of the 70's. Seeing as rock n roll is dead today as we know it, the band hope to provide a spark in the dark.
The Graviators blend of vintage rock with a more modern stoner touch should appeal to fans of ELECTRIC WIZARD & PENTAGRAM.
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Band:BORGNE
Album:IV
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Assembled in Switzerland, and thus being the first group from outside of Québec signed on Sepulchral Productions, Borgne plays cold, mechanical and inhumane Industrial/Black Metal, as martial as it is hypnotic. Do not expect any techno beats here, only blistering Black Metal done in a more “synthetic” way, with a dense, suffocating sound and some dark ambient passages. IV is a methodical, controlled, and surgical assault on your senses.
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Band:MONARQUE
Album:AD NAUSEAM
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Since issuing its strictly limited Ad Nauseam demo in 2005, Monarque has quickly risen to become one of the best-know Black Metal groups of Québec. For their first release under the Sepulchral banner, they now revisit their cult first recording (limited to only 100 copies), this time entirely re-recorded with 4 new songs. With its freezing melodies and brooding melancholy, Ad Nauseam is without a doubt a classic and timeless Black Metal opus.
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Band:SUI CAEDERE
Album:THRENE
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Summoned by Morphée (Ciel Nordique), and with the presence of Monarque (Monarque) and Lord Efferus (Veneficium), Sui Caedere plays tortured and eerie Black/Doom Metal. Its first album stands as a tribute to Quebec’s damned poet Émile Nelligan. Thrène puts into music the poems of this tormented being, whose madness is reflected in the atmospheric and strange passages and Monarque's voice from beyond. Grim and unique.
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Band:THE FALLEN WITHIN
Album:INTOXICATED
Label:CORONER
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
THE FALLEN WITHIN is an Athens based band, created in 2003 by the guitarist Gio S. The group belongs to the general style of metal influenced mainly by the American metalcore and Scandinavian melodic scene, having also experimental, progressive and many other elements.Produced and recorded by Bob Katsionis from FIREWIND.
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Band:LYRIEL
Album:PARANOID CIRCUS
Label:FEMME METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The music can be defined as "dark romantic celtic rock" and combines rock with medieval, classic and folk-elements. On top of this Jessica's strong but gentle voice brings a melodic vibe into the music.
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Band:MOLOKEN
Album:OUR ASTRAL CIRCLE
Label:DISCOURAGED
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Moloken is a real hybrid, with roots from the alternative metal and hardcore scene in the northern cities of Sweden (Umeå & Piteå). The band plays a unique combination of early 90's Swedish death/doom metal, British 70's progressive rock with a hardcore undertone and raw energy. Their first fullength album "Our Astral Circle" gives you the ambivalent musical experience of both epic and straight-on songs, some with intense vocals, others more mellow and almost totally instrumental. All with good diversity, dynamics and darkness that all melts together under this 54 minute long album.
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Band:CINEMUERTE
Album:AURORA CORE
Label:Ravenheart
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Cinemuerte is a Lisbon based band and ‘Aurora Core’ is their second cd. They were formed in 2002 and play live all over Portugal. The album was recorded with special guests – Pedro Cardoso (Fever) on drums and Ricardo Amorim (Moonspell) on guitars. Cinemuerte has opened for such acts as HIM and My Chemical Romance amongst others.
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Band:UNDERTOW
Album:DON`T PRAY TO THE ASHES
Label:PREVISION
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
UNDERTOW have been around since November 1993 and have played various tour. The sixth album “Don’t Pray To The Ashes” is most mature album from UNDERTOW so far! The new record offers the best out of various genres, be it Doom, Alternative Rock or Thrash Metal. On this album, UNDERTOW have brought their sound to perfection!
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Band:UNDERTOW
Album:DON`T PRAY TO THE ASHES DIGIPACK
Label:PREVISION
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
UNDERTOW have been around since November 1993 and have played various tour. The sixth album “Don’t Pray To The Ashes” is most mature album from UNDERTOW so far! The new record offers the best out of various genres, be it Doom, Alternative Rock or Thrash Metal. On this album, UNDERTOW have brought their sound to perfection! - LTD DIGI PACK EDITION!
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Band:AGRYPNIE
Album:16(485)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The third album from AGRYPNIE is a pure black metal bastard! More raging, darker and more ill-natured than its two predecessors and yet still varied and sophisticated. Despite a duration of more than 73 minutes, ex NOCTE OBDUCTA singer Torsten succeeds in creating an album which grabs the listeners attention.
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Band:AGRYPNIE
Album:16(485) DIGIPACK
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The third album from AGRYPNIE is a pure black metal bastard! More raging, darker and more ill-natured than its two predecessors and yet still varied and sophisticated. Despite a duration of more than 73 minutes, ex NOCTE OBDUCTA singer Torsten succeeds in creating an album which grabs the listeners attention.
Deluxe Digipack Version.
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