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Band:MAD PROFESSOR AND LEE SCRATCH PERRY
Album:BLACK ARK CLASSICS IN DUB
Label:ARIWA
Format:CD
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
Known as one of the creators of Dub Music, Lee Scratch Perry hooked up with Mad Professor in 1983, Lee has been instrumental in the re-development of the Dub movement. The 2 have been touring on and off for the past 32 years, and usually releasing fresh product whenever they can.
"Black Ark Classics in Dub" is the latest of such adventures. Consisting of 2 parts, the first part is primarily a dub album, with 2 dub by vocal tracks. "Lions Share" and "Power to Mr Perry". The rest of the tracks are all classics from Lee's legendary Black Ark Studio, this time re-recorded paying respects to the dynamics and rootical feel of the Black Ark productions.
CD Format.
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Band:MAD PROFESSOR AND LEE SCRATCH PERRY
Album:BLACK ARK CLASSICS IN DUB - LP
Label:ARIWA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
Known as one of the creators of Dub Music, Lee Scratch Perry hooked up with Mad Professor in 1983, Lee has been instrumental in the re-development of the Dub movement.
The 2 have been touring on and off for the past 32 years, and usually releasing fresh product whenever they can. "Black Ark Classics in Dub" is the latest of such adventures. Consisting of 2 parts, the first part is primarily a dub album, with 2 dub by vocal tracks. "Lions Share" and "Power to Mr Perry". The rest of the tracks are all classics from Lee's legendary Black Ark Studio, this time re-recorded paying respects to the dynamics and rootical feel of the Black Ark productions.
Vinyl LP Format.
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Band:RITUAL CHAMBER
Album:Obscurations (To Feast On The Seraphim)
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Bay Area based death metal monstrosity RITUAL CHAMBER is commanded solely by multi-instrumentalist underground death metal veteran Dario Derna (aka Numinas) who is also the mastermind behind Khrom, and was part of underground cult death metal band Infester (whose only full-length album “To The Depths… In Degradation” is essential death metal listening!), as well as once having spent time in bands such as Drawn & Quartered, Funebrarum, and of course the mighty EVOKEN.
RITUAL CHAMBER sees Derna return to his death metal roots and is a culmination of his 25 years active in the underground. Almost like an extension of his work in Infester combined with the doomy atmosphere of Evoken, RITUAL CHAMBER made its impression in 2013 with its “Pits Of Tentacled Screams” demo which made a huge impression in the underground death metal scene.
With the RITUAL CHAMBER debut album, which was tracked and mixed at San Francisco’s Light Rail Studios (VHOL, Hammers Of Misfortune), “Obscurations…” comes across as a massive, brutal, and ultimately dark sonic monolith of death metal terror that will lay its foundation upon the American death metal scene as one of its new promising pillars.
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Band:KIMMO POHJONEN
Album:SENSITIVE SKIN
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:world/new age
Svart Records present an exclusive vinyl version of Sensitive Skin, the new album by Kimmo Pohjonen. The CD version is on Octopus, a subsidiary of Ondine Records.
Sensitive Skin follows up the highly successful previous release UNIKO with Kronos Quartet and Samuli Kosminen on Ondine. Sensitive Skin features nine new Pohjonen compositions that explore dynamic new sonic territory with special guests Tuomas Norvio (electronics), Kronos Quartet (string quartet), Samuli Kosminen (drums, percussion), Timo Kämäräinen (guitar, bouzouki), Sami Kuoppamäki (drums), Inka and Saana Pohjonen (vocals), Arto Järvelä (nyckelharpa), Ismo Alanko (vocals), Lauri Porra (bass) and more. Kronos string arrangements by Timo Alakotila. Sensitive Skin was produced and mixed by James Spectrum, known for productions with Finnish bands Von Hertzen Brothers and Pepe Deluxe.
Kimmo: “This is the first album where I had enough time to plan and record at a comfortable pace and in my own studio, allowing the music to emerge more organically and exactly as I wanted. Additionally, the vocal contributions by my daughters Inka and Saana were a big influence on the way the music and album were shaped, created and arranged. I am more than satisfied, even thrilled with the results.”
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Band:HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN
Album:SON OF EARTH AND SKY
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
In 2013, an unexpected creature fell from the sky and landed in Trondheim, Norway where it took possession of three locals and gathered them under the HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN moniker to chant to the stars and praise the beyond. The trio's self-titled debut was stoner/doom at its gloomiest and most spellbinding, with the echodrenched vocals of Merethe Heggeset battling over layers of sweet Hammond organ and pounding drums, making ACID KING and BLOOD CEREMONY meet somewhere far away in the cosmos. Now, two and a half years later and with a full-on keyboard player in tow and a looser and more vintage prog and psychedelic approach, they’re back with ‘Son of Earth and Sky’, a monster of an album that will prove once and for all that they’ve already exceeded their early stoner/doom tag for something far more organic and less rigid. Recorded and mixed in only five days at Trondheim’s own Brygga Lydstudio in August 2014, like with many of ‘classic rock’ albums the band take inspiration from, those five new songs were mostly performed live in the studio with very little overdubs as the members themselves point out: “the songwriting has been more of a collaborative effort this time, with everybody in the band participating to some extent. This, in addition to recording the tracks live and being able to play off each other and improvise some parts, has given the whole thing a more dynamic feel than the debut". And indeed, while they haven’t lost their taste for the epic with three out of those five songs clocking at over or almost nine minutes, ‘Son of Earth and Sky’ is the vivid snapshot of a band fully revitalized and aiming at something more freer and more connected all those late 60’s and early 70’s artists that serve as inspiration in the first place. Rounded up by a superb and evocative artwork that seems to evoke a forlorn monolith on some forgotten planet, this is the sound of HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN reaching for the stars and arriving at their destination.
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Band:HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN
Album:SON OF EARTH AND SKY - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
In 2013, an unexpected creature fell from the sky and landed in Trondheim, Norway where it took possession of three locals and gathered them under the HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN moniker to chant to the stars and praise the beyond. The trio's self-titled debut was stoner/doom at its gloomiest and most spellbinding, with the echodrenched vocals of Merethe Heggeset battling over layers of sweet Hammond organ and pounding drums, making ACID KING and BLOOD CEREMONY meet somewhere far away in the cosmos. Now, two and a half years later and with a full-on keyboard player in tow and a looser and more vintage prog and psychedelic approach, they’re back with ‘Son of Earth and Sky’, a monster of an album that will prove once and for all that they’ve already exceeded their early stoner/doom tag for something far more organic and less rigid. Recorded and mixed in only five days at Trondheim’s own Brygga Lydstudio in August 2014, like with many of ‘classic rock’ albums the band take inspiration from, those five new songs were mostly performed live in the studio with very little overdubs as the members themselves point out: “the songwriting has been more of a collaborative effort this time, with everybody in the band participating to some extent. This, in addition to recording the tracks live and being able to play off each other and improvise some parts, has given the whole thing a more dynamic feel than the debut". And indeed, while they haven’t lost their taste for the epic with three out of those five songs clocking at over or almost nine minutes, ‘Son of Earth and Sky’ is the vivid snapshot of a band fully revitalized and aiming at something more freer and more connected all those late 60’s and early 70’s artists that serve as inspiration in the first place. Rounded up by a superb and evocative artwork that seems to evoke a forlorn monolith on some forgotten planet, this is the sound of HIGH PRIEST OF SATURN reaching for the stars and arriving at their destination. LP Format.
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Band:YURI GAGARIN
Album:AT THE CENTER OF ALL INFINITY
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
Sulatron will release the second album of Yuri Gagarin on CD ! The vinyl version was out on Kommun2 (Sweden) and sold out completely very fast! Don’t miss the chance to get this album on CD! This album, like their debut, is a big recommodation for lovers of trippy, instrumental, melodic, heavy and dirty Spacerock, a bit like early Hawkwind or early Monster Magnet, but more melodic. Yuri Gagarin was formed in the beginning of 2012. The band now consists of Crille on lead guitar, Jon on rhythm guitar, Leif on bass, Steffo on drums and Robin on synths and FX.
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Band:PETROL GIRLS
Album:SOME THING EP
Label:BOMBER MUSIC
Format:CD EP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Petrol Girls are a radical feminist hardcore band from London. This is their first proper release on Bomber Records (Skints, Random Hand etc) The band are building a strong loyal following in London and beyond...
The first EP from a buzz band : Influence range from War On Women, Sleater Kinney, Luscious Jackson through to King Blues, Propagandhi and Capdown.
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Band:SHINDIG MAGAZINE
Album:ISSUE 53
Label:SILVERBACK PUBLISHING
Format:Magazine
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Issue 53 of the Psych / Garage / Out There Bible - 1966 - Shindig! looks back to 1966 as the most important year of the decade celebrates its 50th birthday. The Monkees Inside the madness. The first six months of The Pre-Fab Four - Also The Shadows Of The Knight / Lee Dorsey / Barry Miles / Top 50 Singles Of 1966 / My 1966 - Key players look back at what the year meant to them. Includes entries from: Bev Bevan (The Move), Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention), Dick Taylor (The Pretty Things), Johnny Echols (Love) and more / Tim Hardin / The Dovers. Plus new music, Reviews, Columns Etc.
Avaialble at all good Independent Record Stores...
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Band:JARVIS STREET REVUE
Album:SINGLES AND MORE
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
First vinyl release for the band's incredible singles since their initial pressings in 1970/71 (Side A) • First time on vinyl for all other tracks (Side B) • LP limited to 500 copies • Insert includes band history, photos, and images of sheet music for several songs.
Jarvis Street Revue's only album (1970), "Mr.Oil Man," is an absolute heavy psychedelic monster that leaves no one who hears it untouched by it's sheer avalanche of psychedelic heaviness, wasted acid leads and great vocals. After recording it, Jarvis Street Revue toured for three months. “We were treated like gods,” Jarvis leader and Neil Young running mate Tom Horricks said. The band did a cross-Canada tour to promote the album but unfortunately for them, as was often the case in those days, the album was not released until after the tour. So much for stardom. The band soon broke up. But tucked somewhere in the band’s murky history were recording sessions that produced three stupendous psychedelic singles, plus tracks for an unreleased second album, “Strands of Time." Sure, those singles and strays appeared on our Jarvis Street Revue CD, but most tracks make their vinyl debut here; as for the incredible, rare singles, they've never been compiled until this very moment! Insert includes band history, photos, and images of sheet music for several songs.
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Band:LAURENCE VANAY
Album:GALAXIES - DOUBLE LP
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Laurence Vanay is the pseudonym for Jacqueline Thibault, wife of producer and musician Laurent Thibault (Magma). Her debut album "Galaxies" (1974) is pure genius: incredible, spacey “progressive chanson,” rivaled only by the early work of Brigitte Fontaine for pure inventiveness. An album of inconspicuous, sincere beauty, a masterwork of the French progressive music scene, and a Holy Grail for collectors of 70's underground French music. Sublime compositions: unique, melancholic and very powerful.
This time around comes with a second disc of extra material! - Old-style tip-on gatefold jacket, limited to 500 copies - 180 gram vinyl, with full color, four-panel insert
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Band:TROUM AND YEN POX
Album:MNEMONIC INDUCTION
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
Given their separate history as masters of droning atmospherics, and their mutual admiration for each others work, a collaboration seemed only natural. Now, after years of discussion, Mnemonic Induction has finally materialized on vinyl, resulting (not surprisingly) in one of the greatest, most mind bending works of dark ambient ever. A 60 plus minute exploration through nebulous, grey areas of the mind…expansive drones and spiraling vortex’ of sound that hover near the shadowy, distorted zones of a nightmare before ascending to mountainous heights and dense, billowing climaxes. This has a remarkable, liquidous feel that unfolds in a fluid, intense nature…patterns converge and meld seamlessly as layers of sound are added and subtracted; thundering lows rise up from the abyss, and spiral into the stratosphere, only to dissipate into a vacuumous black hole. The effect is something that plays on the mind, recalling moments before complete wakefulness exists…a tattered and restless dream state where images & thoughts flicker and appear from a fog. Designed by Stephen O’Malley, housed in an attractive gatefold sleeve with thoughtful tekst. First released on cd on Malignant in 2002. First time ever released on vinyl - Limited to 500 copies worldwide.
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Band:YEN POX
Album:BETWEEN THE HORIZON AND THE ABYSS
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
Heathen Harvest: "Between the Horizon and the Abyss is one of the few releases of the past few years that has simply come as advertised. It is a triumph of the genre and is destined to be a celebrated gem. One can only imagine that it is the lack of quantity that has provided such astounding quality on Between the Horizon and the Abyss, but with this reminder that there are still new levels to achieve, we can only hope that it isn’t another 15 years of near-dormancy before another full-length surfaces".
Released on cd on Malignant in 2015 / First time ever released on vinyl, a co-release with Malignant in the US / Limited to 500 copies worldwide on yellow and black vinyl.
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Band:UZALA
Album:UZALA - LIVE AT ROADBURN 2015
Label:ROADBURN
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Just because Northwestern doom band Uzala have female vocals in front does not make them anything like buzz-band Windhand. Uzala's approach is far more sinister, going less the bluesy route and instead straight for the jugular with pained, noisy riffs beneath Darcy Nutt's ominous voice.
"Across the span, Uzala dole out churning riffs and slow-crawling malevolence, as Nutt recounts various medieval terrors, her voice cutting through the tonal morass of her bass and Remains‘ guitar, all poise and zero posturing, the overarching lurch of “Countess” from 2013’s Tales of Blood and Fire setting the bar high as the set-opener for what’s to follow. In their momentum, in their engagement with the crowd and in the dark red sense of psychedelia they brought to their material even on the stage, how raw it both was and wasn’t, Uzala delivered one of that weekend’s most memorable sets. Not everyone who listens to Live at Roadburn MMXV will have that associative framework — i.e. they won’t all have been there — but I think the set stands up even if you didn’t happen to be in front of the Green Room stage letting it punch you in the face." (The Obelisk)
Limited vinyl edition of 300 copies on white black and brown vinyl.
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Band:MIYANISHI KEIZO
Album:JAPANESE ORIGINAL ROCK STYLE
Label:MUSIK ATLACH
Format:2CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
It is a compilation and new front of the long-time artist and musician, Miyanishi Keizo's art work, music and poems till the present. The Hundred Devils is his new band, and this first album is the absolute genre-less music. Musicians such as Roiki, the blues guitarist for Agata Morio and Kimura Atsuki of Yukadan, and Louis Inage, the bassist working in various underground scene with Majutsu no Niwa, Yakochu and more, are backing up to realize this approx. 2 hours and 20 mins of live recorded version in a double CD set. The songs of Miyanishi, haunting within the finely intermingling ceaseless repetition, are full of poésie, and such a world he creates could be only said to be psychedelic itself. Endō Michirō wrote the liner notes, and Nemoto Takashi did the cover art. And of course, Miyanishi himself applied his beautiful work on the booklet cover. Everything of Miyanishi Keizo is included in here.
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Band:TYTAN
Album:ROUGH JUSTICE 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Label:BLOOD AND IRON
Format:CD/DVD
Genre:Metal
Formed in 1981 by ex-ANGEL WITCH members Kevin Riddles and Dave Dufort, they had among their line up, other notable musicians like Kal Swan (future Lion singer), Les Binks (ex-Judas Priest/ Lionheart) and Simon Wright (ex- AC/DC/Dio). Due to the Kamaflage bankrupcy, TYTAN found themselves without label and it was too late when finally "Rough Justice" was released on another label (called Metal Masters) after three years of the single "Blind Men and Fools" causing a big impression among the British Metal fans and press. The band by this time was finished and Kal was on the States with Kevin giving the first steps as Lion. This album is highly regarded as one of the best 80s British Heavy Metal LPs, recorded in the tail end of the NWOBHM. A classic and timeless album of fine songwriting from the golden era of British Steel.
This 30th Anniversary reissue presents for the first time on CD the album lyrics, plus band photos from the era through a 20-page booklet. Like the 2006 limited reissue, includes the BBC Session "Friday Rock Show" from March 1982 bonus tracks and a bonus DVD with a full show in London, 1982 recorded on pro-multicam. Like most of our releases, it is limited to 500 copies.
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Band:SEPTAGON
Album:DEADHEAD SYNDICATE
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
SEPTAGON is the creature of LANFEAR / THEM’S mastermind Markus “Ulle” Ullrich, who in 2013 met Markus Becker (ATLANTEAN KODEX) with the idea of forming an old-school speed/thrash metal band which had the aggression of Exodus, Slayer and Testament but also the melody and technical appeal of Forbidden, Heathen, Realm, Watchtower. Once the two Markuses came together, the line-up was shortly completed with Jürgen Schrank (LANFEAR) on drums and Alexander Palma on bass. Though Ulle is used to to play all guitars on LANFEAR, he was determined to find a a second guitarist for SEPTAGON’s in order to make band’s sound tighter, and the choice finally fell on Stef-Billig Gollub. With such skilled members, “Deadhead Syndicate” results thus an extremely versatile album with an amazing creative edge; constantly supported by a precise and dynamic rhythm section, the guitars draw fantastic patterns at a furious pace and the vocals sound convincing in these intense and torrid sounds as well as in the more-paced moments. In the end, as described by the band itself, “Deadhead Syndicate” is a METAL ALBUM with lots of riffs & melody. Fast, technical tracks, mid paced stuff and good hooklines.
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Band:SEPTAGON
Album:DEADHEAD SYNDICATE - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
SEPTAGON is the creature of LANFEAR / THEM’S mastermind Markus “Ulle” Ullrich, who in 2013 met Markus Becker (ATLANTEAN KODEX) with the idea of forming an old-school speed/thrash metal band which had the aggression of Exodus, Slayer and Testament but also the melody and technical appeal of Forbidden, Heathen, Realm, Watchtower. Once the two Markuses came together, the line-up was shortly completed with Jürgen Schrank (LANFEAR) on drums and Alexander Palma on bass. Though Ulle is used to to play all guitars on LANFEAR, he was determined to find a a second guitarist for SEPTAGON’s in order to make band’s sound tighter, and the choice finally fell on Stef-Billig Gollub. With such skilled members, “Deadhead Syndicate” results thus an extremely versatile album with an amazing creative edge; constantly supported by a precise and dynamic rhythm section, the guitars draw fantastic patterns at a furious pace and the vocals sound convincing in these intense and torrid sounds as well as in the more-paced moments. In the end, as described by the band itself, “Deadhead Syndicate” is a METAL ALBUM with lots of riffs & melody. Fast, technical tracks, mid paced stuff and good hooklines. Vinyl LP Format.
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Band:RAVENSIRE
Album:THE CYCLE NEVER ENDS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Formed around 2010, RAVENSIRE have built a strong reputation in the European Underground Metal movement with their two previous albums “Iron Will” (2012) and “We March Forward” (2013). Being RAVENSIRE’s sound genuinely devoted to the likes of OMEN, old MANOWAR, BROCAS HELM both albums have been highly acclaimed by Epic Metal fans, giving the band the boost to improve even further the songwriting process on their third opus “The Cycle Never Ends”. From the cover artwork (strongly recalling John Buscema’s black and white art for the “Savage Sword of Conan” 70s comic - an appropriate reading to get along with Ravensire’s music!) to each one of the eight songs, “The Cycle Never Ends” shows the band’s reaching maturity through an astonishing intense performance, leaving no place for weakness. Among more direct tracks such as the opener “Cromlech Revelations” and “Crosshaven” the album’s highlight is definitely with the “White Pillars” trilogy, “a monumental epic piece connected to the history of Sintra, famed city not far from Lisbon. At the coastline, archaeologists dig the ruins of a watchtower built in the 16th century. Contemporary manuscripts mention that, at the time, ancient written stones had been found (part I, “Eternal Sun“). Under the ruins, they find the remains of a Moorish settlement, once subdued by the invading army of King Sigurd of Norway in the beginning of the 12th century (part II, “Blood and Gold”). Finally, among the stones of the Moorish walls, the archaeologists find Roman altars and stones belonging to an ancient temple dedicated to the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean (part III, “Temple at the End of the World”). Definitely recommended for fans of OMEN and old MANOWAR!
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Band:RAVENSIRE
Album:THE CYCLE NEVER ENDS - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Metal
Formed around 2010, RAVENSIRE have built a strong reputation in the European Underground Metal movement with their two previous albums “Iron Will” (2012) and “We March Forward” (2013). Being RAVENSIRE’s sound genuinely devoted to the likes of OMEN, old MANOWAR, BROCAS HELM both albums have been highly acclaimed by Epic Metal fans, giving the band the boost to improve even further the songwriting process on their third opus “The Cycle Never Ends”. From the cover artwork (strongly recalling John Buscema’s black and white art for the “Savage Sword of Conan” 70s comic - an appropriate reading to get along with Ravensire’s music!) to each one of the eight songs, “The Cycle Never Ends” shows the band’s reaching maturity through an astonishing intense performance, leaving no place for weakness. Among more direct tracks such as the opener “Cromlech Revelations” and “Crosshaven” the album’s highlight is definitely with the “White Pillars” trilogy, “a monumental epic piece connected to the history of Sintra, famed city not far from Lisbon. At the coastline, archaeologists dig the ruins of a watchtower built in the 16th century. Contemporary manuscripts mention that, at the time, ancient written stones had been found (part I, “Eternal Sun“). Under the ruins, they find the remains of a Moorish settlement, once subdued by the invading army of King Sigurd of Norway in the beginning of the 12th century (part II, “Blood and Gold”). Finally, among the stones of the Moorish walls, the archaeologists find Roman altars and stones belonging to an ancient temple dedicated to the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean (part III, “Temple at the End of the World”). Definitely recommended for fans of OMEN and old MANOWAR! - LP Format.
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Band:THE GO GO CULT
Album:HEAD HUNTER
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:10 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
This is The Go Go Cult's 3rd album, their previous 2 being CDs on the Western Star label. The band are popular on the festival and club circuits in the UK and show no signs of slowing down.
This is a limited pressing and very attractive package – a fetching 10" pink vinyl 6 track platter.
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Band:JACK RABBIT SLIM
Album:ROCKIN WITH...
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:10 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Jack Rabbit Slim are by far the best selling name on the Western Star roster and are among the top selling, most popular Rockabilly bands in the world.
This is a limited pressing and very attractive package – a fetching 10" gold vinyl, 6-track platter.
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Band:SWITCHBLADE
Album:THE LOST ALBUM
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
A rare album by a cult 90s UK Rockabilly band. 19 unreleased tracks from the vault
Switchblade were fronted by Mouse Zinn. Mouse is undoubtedly the most influential character from the UK Rockabilly scene. He's not only a DJ and a promoter, but has fronted well loved bands such as Red Hot & Blue, The Space Cadets and of course Switchblade.
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Band:ROADHOUSE ROOSTERS
Album:IN WITH THE ENDS
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Debut album by UK Rockabilly band. All songs self-penned.
Good scene following : The band are busy and gigging constantly.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:AZATHOTH
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
In 2014 Cryo Chamber got some of the most prominent dark ambient artists together to synchronize their studios during a year of collaboration creating the album Cthulhu in tribute to H.P. Lovecraft. With Azathoth Cryo Chamber double the effort with a 2 CD release follow up. No less than 20 artists has been working for the last year to synchronize and co-create Azathoth. Azathoth is a collaboration NOT a compilation. Azathoth is an Outer God in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors.
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Band:EL CAMINO
Album:THE WAY
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Debut album by UK Psychobilly combo
The band featured on a leading RNR compilation in 2015 and had a great reaction.
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Band:ALLSEITS
Album:CHIMARE
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Now 6 long years after the acclaimed “Hel” album, Germany’s Nina Kernicke returns with “Chimäre”. Inspired by the seeming duality most of us carry, the fight between what one desires to be and one’s current state. A look at the illusory world constructed by the mind and the fact that everything is relative and a matter of perspective. Chimäre is a metaphor for doubt and subsequent questions. No one truth exists. A surreal journey submerged in profound guitar drones and hypnotic rhythmic pulses, “Chimäre” sees the grand return of a true musical force. Edition of 600 copies in 8 panel Digipack. 6 Tracks. Running Time 68:50
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Band:DEHN SORA / TREHA SEKTORI
Album:The Sensation of Being one Of Them
Label:cyclic law
Format:BOOK/CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
French graphic designer and musician Dehn Sora, (aka Treha Sektori), compiled over two years of his visual work taken from exhibitions, carefully selected works commissioned by various international musical acts and labels (Blut aus Nord, Church of Ra, Manes, Cyclic Law and more) and also presents us two full series of new artworks. The book is accompanied by a 25 minutes album of previously unreleased material specially created for this book release. Titled “The Sense of Dust and Sheer” and composed as a soundtrack to the books visuals, it is a collaboration between Dehn Sora’s own project, TREHA SEKTORI and the solo project of Swiss composer Sam Vaney, MUHD (of Cortez fame). A unique addition to this album is the rare presence of KRISTOFFER RYGG from ULVER, contributing his always poignant vocal skills to the whole, making this ep a very special piece in itself. Divided into four chapters, Dehn Sora exposes his chimerical visual obsessions through the hidden symbolism of animality and manifests sacred, unknown mythologies. Each pieces are accompanied by a written comment, complementing their deeper meaning. Edition of 300 copies. Book Format: 7x10". Spot UV lettering on Hardbound cover. 100 pages. Matte Finnish. CD: 1 Track. Running Time 25:00
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Band:THE HUMAN VOICE
Album:SILENT HEART
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
NORTHAUNT’s Herleif Langas unveiled in 2008 new work under the name THE HUMAN VOICE. Now the much anticipated follow up to his first album is finally here as “Silent Heart”. Where his work as Northaunt primarily focuses on rendering barren landscapes aurally, The Human Voice dives within, to the emotional turbulence and confusion of a lost soul. Melodic piano passages and intricate field recordings like only he can capture fuse with sparse atmospherics. “Silent Heart” is a deep personal plunge into the aching heart of man. Edition of 600 Copies in 4 Panels Digipack with 16 pages Booklet. 8 Tracks. Running Time 56:06
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Band:ONUS
Album:Proslambanomenos
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
New joint project from the master minds behind SOPHIA / ARCANA and EMPUSAE. Peter Bjärgö and Nicolas 'Sal-Ocin' Van Meirhaeghe’s long term friendship culminates in this unique collaborative project, ONUS. Based on recordings created by Peter over some years, Nicolas then worked to transform them into a perfect symbiosis of both musician’s respective projects. Ethereal and introspective, Onus transpires with the burden of life yet offers a far away glimpse of hope. Edition of 600 copies in 4 panel over sized sleeve. 6 Tracks. Running Time 41:41
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Band:APOCROPHYS KAMMARHEIT ATRIUM CARCERI
Album:ONYX
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
3 veteran producers in the genre, Apocryphos, Kammarheit & Atrium Carceri, collaborate on this behemoth of an album. Each utilizing each others strengths to bring forth a dark and emotional ride through distant memories. Onyx is a soundscape journey related to the reflection of dispirited memories and obscure sorrows felt by mankind. With the multitude of techniques used by each artist, it also reflects the rich history of the dark ambient genre and how it has progressed through the decades. The signature analogue darkness of gargantuan caves of Kammarheit is combined with the sacral and emotional layering of Apocryphos and the rhytmical bass throbbing and isolated pianos of Atrium Carceri. This album was created by cross linking 3 studios in Oregon (US), Pennsylvania (US) and Umeå(Sweden). It took over 3800 lines of studio notes to finalize the album.
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Band:METATRON OMEGA
Album:GNOSIS DEI
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Scorpio V from Serbia presents us with Metatron Omega, a dark ambient project inspired by a variety of Eastern/Western esoteric and religious traditions. Massive choir works paints a picture of dilapidated cathedrals crumbling under the pressure of time. Sacred vocal work speaks of the path to enlightenment to a backdrop of textural field recordings and monestarial reverberations.
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Band:SABLED SUN
Album:SIGNALS 1V V V1
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Sabled Sun - Signals, is a series of space ambient works that portrays signals that the protagonist from the Sabled Sun - 21xx series finds on his journey to find out what happened to humanity after waking up from hibernation deep sleep to an empty world void of human life. As such this is a look into what happens in the periphery of the main project.
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Band:COUNCIL OF NINE
Album:DIAGNOSIS
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Council of Nine returns to Cryo Chamber with his second full length album. Deep, psychological, personal and complex. This is a dark ambient release in the style Council of Nine is known for with a healthy dose of both beauty and sadness. Dark drones asking questions from the opposite side of the chaise lounge.
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Band:FLOWER FOR BODY SNATCHER
Album:AOKIGAHARA
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Aokigahara , known as the Suicide Forest is a 35-square-kilometre forest that lies at the northwest base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Aokigahara forest is dense, shutting out all but the natural sounds of the forest itself. The forest has an historic association with demons in Japanese mythology, and it is a notoriously common suicide site. Duncan Ritchie explores the long journey to Aokigahara through soundscapes ripe with lonely pianos on textural backdrops. Duncan spent countless hours field recording on the voyage between Tokyo to Aokigahara which creates the perfect atmospheric companion to the intricate instrumental approach. This is a beautiful dark ambient soundtrack culminating in the final choice between life and death.
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Band:WORDCLOCK
Album:SELF DESTRUCTION THEMES
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Pedro Pimentel returns to Cryo Chamber with his second album on the label, Self Destruction Themes after having spent the early year working with Nine Inch Nails Robert Finck on the NOCT soundtrack, as a contrast to that guitar focused work, with Self Destruction themes he instead goes in another direction with help from Amund Ulvestads beautiful cello performances, Simon Heaths textural piano work and Apocryphos atmospheric distortion layers. This is a massive album of cold but inviting atmospheres, filtered noise, acoustic layering and sweeping textural layers. The sad theme throughout the album paints images of a world depopulated and of overgrown and dilapidated cityscapes.
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Band:GLITCH CODE
Album:GIFTED DAMAGED
Label:BASILLICA MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Glitch Code is the collaborative project between the songwriter/producer/sound designer Paul Kirkpatrick, and vocalist Rachel Harvey. The debut album has been written and recorded over the last two years and mixes acoustic and electronic instrumentation with Rachel’s distinctive vocals. The album features many sonic twists and turns throughout which deliver a different experience on each play, as the layers of the songs slowly reveal themselves. From the electro rock of “Monochromatic” and glitchy electronica of “Blame”, to the delicate haunting piano of “Gifted_Damaged”, each track is crafted around the overall theme of the album, which explores the often-fine line between genius and madness.
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Band:THE SLAYERKING
Album:SANATANA DHARMA
Label:FINISTERIAN DEAD END
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Maor Appelbaum, the man behind the recent album of Faith No More and other works by artists like Halford, Yes, Cynic, Sepultura, Therion etc, has managed to create a live sound. No loudness race neither multiple layer tricks. Sound is heavy and sweet at the same time like an avalanche of wild honey.
Costin Chioreanu, the man behind great artworks for bands like Arcturus, At the Gates, and many others has produced original paintings that give the digipack an original character.
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Band:THE TIPS
Album:TWISTS N TURNS
Label:LONG BEACH RECORDS EUROPE
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Reggae
3rd album by German / Reggae Punk outfit.
Laid back grooves for fans of Sublime, Skints & Jack Johnson.
CD Format.
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Band:THE TIPS
Album:TWISTS N TURNS - LP
Label:LONG BEACH RECORDS EUROPE
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Reggae
3rd album by German / Reggae Punk outfit.
Laid back grooves for fans of Sublime, Skints & Jack Johnson.
CD Format.
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Band:BLACKWOOD
Album:AS THE WORLD ROTS AWAY
Label:Subsound Records
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
A dark, intoxicating, oxygen hungry monster comprised of thundering guitars, sub bass lines, slow relentless beats and sampled vocals from obscure esoteric traditions, Blackwood is the solo doom dub project of Eraldo Bernocchi! Uniquely, Blackwood also gives voice to musical instruments made from the bones of the dead.! ! Blackwood is the place where all childhood dreams end, devoured by those who fail tounderstand the wishes of a brighter future. It’s the ice pick wielded by a cold God and guaranteed to strike even the most innocent : “Believe in Me and you’ll be blind”.! Blackwood is the place where all Bernocchi’s nightmares have relocated, a place where the smell of burning wood is omnipresent, and where scythes and ropes yield sparse comfort for any inhabitants.! ! Bone trumpets will summon the ritual live Blackwood experience where doom crushing riffs meet walls of deep down tuned drones and earth shaking bass lines. For maximum impact, Bernocchi (laptop and guitars) will be joined on stage by Jacopo Pierazzuoli (Obake, Morkobot, Osso) on drums.! !!!!!...
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Band:DEAD GUITARS
Album:SHELTER
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
In 2003 Pete Brough (ex-Wallenstein) , one of the founder-members of German band TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING, and Ralf Aussem joined forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to DEAD GUITARS. In addition to being a principal writer and lead vocalist with German band The Convent, Carlo also had a flourishing partnership with the late Adrian Borland, mastermind behind the British cult band THE SOUND, and has worked with various others over the course of the years, including Marty Willson-Piper of THE CHURCH and Mark Burgess of THE CHAMELEONS. Now their new and fourth album “Strangers” is being released. Ten tracks, ten soundtracks before your inner eye! Calm New Wave music is coming at you when pushing play. Slow and melodic, foggy, floating along until it wrapped your thoughts completely. Thoughtful lyrics creating a world of their own and guide your thoughts through it. Dead Guitars’ new album “Shelter” is not of the aggressive kind, but more floating along in the background. It is also a great album to relax and get your mind off things. A beautiful new album by Dead Guitars.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:SPIRIT OF SIREENA VOL 10
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Exclusive label compilation at a special price
TRACK LISTING 01 DEAD GUITARS "Happy Sad" 02 BIRTH CONTROL "Greedy Eyes" 03 STREETMARK "Lovers" 04 THE PERC MEETS THE HIDDEN GENTLEMAN "Bronx Vanilla" 05 ZARA-THUSTRA "Eiskalt" 06 TIBET "Fight Back" 07 PAUL ROLAND "Born in the 60s" 08 PEE WEE BLUESGANG "Hey Joe" 09 FREEDOM "Have Love, will travel" 10 ELSTER SILBERFLUG "Wacker Mädchen" 11 THOMAS WASSKÖNIG "I've been running" 12 NATTEFROST "Beware of the Destiny" 13 TRITONUS "The Day Works" 14 SOFT MACHINE "New Caliban Grides"
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Band:ABERRATIONS
Album:THE WILD LIFE
Label:SIREENA
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Rock
Based in Düsseldorf, Canadian ex-pats Ian Tetrahedron LeBlanc (songwriter/vocalist/rhythm guitarist) and Chris Sabucco (lead guitarist/additional vocals) and Germany’s own Martin Hücking (bassist) and Tim Wagner (drummer) have pooled their ample musical talents and shared passion for rollicking, melodic rock ‘n’ roll to create ABERRATIONS.
After tantalizing fans with several well-received singles, the lads are finally releasing their first full-length album, ‘The Wild Life’. An exuberant collection of power pop gems produced by Lorenz Naumann at Hedgehog Recorders in Düsseldorf, this impressive debut draws from the band’s countless classic rock influences and filters them through its own unique sensibilities to achieve a galvanizing sound that feels both familiar and new all at once.
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Band:DEAD GUITARS
Album:SHELTER - LP
Label:SIREENA
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Rock
In 2003 Pete Brough (ex-Wallenstein) , one of the founder-members of German band TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING, and Ralf Aussem joined forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to DEAD GUITARS. In addition to being a principal writer and lead vocalist with German band The Convent, Carlo also had a flourishing partnership with the late Adrian Borland, mastermind behind the British cult band THE SOUND, and has worked with various others over the course of the years, including Marty Willson-Piper of THE CHURCH and Mark Burgess of THE CHAMELEONS.
Now their new and fourth album “Strangers” is being released. Ten tracks, ten soundtracks before your inner eye! Calm New Wave music is coming at you when pushing play. Slow and melodic, foggy, floating along until it wrapped your thoughts completely. Thoughtful lyrics creating a world of their own and guide your thoughts through it. Dead Guitars’ new album “Shelter” is not of the aggressive kind, but more floating along in the background. It is also a great album to relax and get your mind off things. A beautiful new album by Dead Guitars. LP Format.
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Band:TRITONUS
Album:FAR IN THE SKY - STAGGES HOTEL 1977
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
TRITONUS was founded in 1972 by keyboardist, composer and producer Peter Seiler. From the beginning the plan was to make orchestral rock music and classical music should serve as the foundation of the sound. The release of the self-produced single ("The Way of Spending Time") followed in 1975 the debut album "TRITONUS"(Bellaphon) which caused quite a stir. In September 1976, with the second album "Between The Universes" (Bellaphon) the band had found its ultimate sound. Even more than before the synthesizers determined the sound of TRITONUS, the album brought Peter Seiler also the reputation of being the best German synthesizer player of this genre. The album was presented live extensively and achieved great reviews in the press. In April 1977 TRITONUS gave an concert at WDR studio with classical choir and large pipe organ, the concert was recorded and broadcasted as part of the popular radio series "Nachtmusik im WDR". At that time the band consisted of mastermind Peter Seiler and Rolf D. Schnapka (bass, vocals) and Arthur Weiss (drums). These three guys then also played the gig at Stagge's Hotel in Osterholz-Scharmbeck on 14.10.1977. After another single ("Trojan Horse") TRITONUS disbanded. Previously Peter Seiler already had recorded with "Keyboard & Friends" a widely acclaimed debut album. After the end of TRITONUS he launched a successful solo career that still continues today.
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Band:ZARA THUSTRA
Album:BEST OF ZARA THUSTRA
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Post Punk
Once there was the idea to create music which, detached from all stencils, means a journey into the musical world of dreams and should cause problems of the time on a magical way in mind. The idea was realized with the music of Zara-Thustra, whereby this music its romantic, fairytale character owes the influences of the late Romantic period. It succeeds Zara Zarathustra a well-measured synthesis of Modern music and rock. This "Best of" album provides evidence of the wide range of this formation, that was active between 1980 and 1987 and did release 4 very good-selling albums. A mixture of Depeche Mode and Wagner with German lyrics.
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Band:ARRAYAN PATH
Album:CHRONICLES OF LIGHT
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Epic heavy/power metal masters ARRAYAN PATH are back with their fifth album, a follow-up to 2013’s excellent “IV: Stigmata”. The album was recorded at Maranis Studios in Germany and Play on Ten Studios in Nicosia. It was produced by ARRAYAN PATH and Vagelis Maranis who also handled mixing and mastering. The album's amazing cover was designed by by Caio Caldas. This highly anticipated album will not disappoint existing ARRAYAN PATH fans or even new power metal fans! The band's unique and epically melodic and powerful style for which they are well-known is still strongly evident throughout their new album, offering a pure kick in the gut right from the start! The album also features an "unusual" cover of an 80s pop Greek song ("Scorpio") but with new lyrics in English. This track is only available on the CD version of the album.
For fans of: Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Symphony X
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Band:BLOOD DAYS
Album:LAST DAYS ON EARTH
Label:IRISH VOODOO
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
True to their roots, Southern California hardcore veterans are back with a new band Blood Days, forming in the summer of 2014. The sound is a mixture of classic sing a long melodies and intricate breaks, speed, and tempo shifts and layers are what defines this classic line up. The fire still burns strong for these Orange County hardcore
Former members of the bands Ignite, Killing Flame, Unity, No For An Answer, Speak 714 & Outspoken
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Band:THE WAKEDEAD GATHERING
Album:Fuscus: Strings of the Black Lyre
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
THE WAKEDEAD GATHERING's third full-length album, “Fuscus: Strings of The Black Lyre” presents the story of a witch hunt that turns hunter into prey and the children of those so-called “righteous” perpetrators into something… not entirely human! Visually accompanied by the terrifying artwork of Karmazid, the sounds and screams on this album portray the anguish of victim and aggressor alike. Although the lyrical contents could remind of King Diamond's horror concepts, with “Fuscus: Strings of The Black Lyre” THE WAKEDEAD GATHERING continue on the usual path of dark death metal, veering from time to time into strange territories tinged with black metal (“Blood From The Earth”) and even funeral doom (the incipit of the album's closing track, “An Ancient Tradition”). Tortured vocals and murky tones emanate from the swamp and out through the night air to invade the minds of those unfortunate enough to bear witness to the nightmare.
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Band:ECFERUS
Album:PANGAEA
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Hailing from Indiana, USA, and influenced by evolutionary anthropology and primitive myth, ECFERUS explore the psyche of early humans through a vehicle of exciting and unpredictable atmospheric black metal. Producing four releases in under a year, ECFERUS' sole member, Alp, has kept a prolific pace while exploring different musical approaches each time. With “Pangaea”, the band's second full-length album, Alp employs an unusual writing method, intermittently using letter substitution methods to create the impression of a lost primitive language. "Pangaea" continues Alp's musical evolution and represents a step up in composition and production skills while venturing into more progressive black metal territory.
For fans of Mare Cognitum, Spectral Lore, Krallice / Cover art by renowned Romanian artist Luciana Nedelea
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Band:VOIDCRAFT
Album:EPEA
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
German one-man project dealing with themes of emptiness, renunciation and the human condition, VOIDCRAEFT play black metal with great emphasis on crude, dissonant riffs that enhance the hypnotic nature of their twisted melodies. Their third and most refined full-length album is called Ἕβελ and is certainly peculiar in that all its lyrics are written and sang in Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek.
For fans of Nightbringer, Deathspell Omega, Dødsengel
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Band:DEMONCY
Album:EMPIRE OF THE FALLEN ANGEL.
Label:FOREVER PLAGUED
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The return of US black metal legends Demoncy with the rerecorded 2002 Album EMPIRE OF THE FALLEN ANGEL (Eternal Black Dominion) on CD
Classic US Black Metal w/ ex member of Profanatica
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Band:NECROSAVANT
Album:ANIARA MMXIV
Label:KOLONY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
NECROSAVANT’s debut album ‘Aniara MMXIV’ is a 45-minute epos based on the 1956’s epic sci-fi poem ‘Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space’ (original title: ‘Aniara: en revy om människan i tid och rum’) by Harry Martinson.
‘'Aniara MMXIV’ features, besides Necrosavant (Jonas Martinsson (Majalis, Me The Tiger)), special guests Tobias Netzell (In Mourning, Majalis, Thenighttimeproject, Ex-October Tide), Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex, Moondark, Volturyon, Spasmodic), Daniel Jansson (Ikhon, Majalis) and recitation by Gabriella Åström (Me The Tiger). The production is written, all instruments played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Necrosavant (Jonas Martinsson) and may appeal to fans of Behemoth, Decapitated and so forth.
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Band:DOMMIN
Album:RISE...
Label:ETERNAL SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Alternative Rock / Dark Rock act.
For Fans of Type O Negative, Depeche Mode, Danzig, The Cure, Nirvana, The Doors...
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Band:ANTAGONIST ZERO
Album:NO TEARS
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Antagonist Zero is a five-piece metal band from Porvoo, Finland, formed in 2010. Despite the band’s young age, the members have many years of experience playing in different bands, such as Adastra, Cavus, Coprolith and Lost In Tears.The band describes their music as “Catatonic metal”, which includes elements from different types of metal genres, namely doom as well as death/black and post metal. Influenced by bands such as Opeth, Shining, Katatonia or Antimatter. These five finns have toured across Europe, Baltics and Russia spreading their catatonic music.Their debut release Nighttime Harmony came out in early 2012. This three song EP is only a taste of the band’s material, of which there is more than enough for a whole album.Their first full length album “Doomed” arrived to Spain through Art Gates Records in 2013 and now is the turn of the third opus of the band, an amazing EP entitled “No Tears”.
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Band:LENDEVI
Album:DONT GO BACK
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
L’Endeví was created as a personal project of Mamen (vocals) and Jaume (guitar). They recorded their first demo in September 2007. With a personal touch their first album arrived in January 2010 “When I Desire Something You Can’t Do Anything”, L'endeví releases their second album of studio “An Eternity” in 2012. After changing their line up, counting with a new guitarist and new female vocalist, the band is ready to reléase their new álbum “Don’t Go Back”, produced by Octavio Valero and recorded by the new members of the band!
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Band:PHOBOS PREACHER
Album:ASFIXIA
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
This five-pieced Death/Thrash Metal combo from Zaragoza (Spain) was born in 2011 and is composed by musicians of a great background in the spanish Metal scene. The sound of Phobos Preacher combines the deepness and heaviness of Death Metal with the power and punch of the most international Thrash Metal, treating about current topics, Phobos Preacherare the voice of the people.
After releasing their first full length “Humanos” in mid-2013, Phobos Preacher started an extensive tour throughout Spain, sharing stage with big names in the scene, such as Ktulu, Grave Digger or Sodom. Phobos Preacher recorded their new album “Asfixia” with Ruk Nebur in the Hell’s Studios from Villareal (Sp) and mastered the album with Daniel Cardoso (Anathema, Angelus Apatrida, Noctem, etc.) The new album counts with the collaboration of Beleth, vocalist from Noctem!
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Band:BOSQUE
Album:BEYOND...
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The band sticks to the strictly analogue style of recording and thus the very natural sound is preserved. The fog created by the guitars on “Nowhere” clears a little bit, the choral style is more present: Here, “Beyond”, lies insight. An insight to emptiness and melancholy, but also aspiration and a subtle enchantment. This is not a music for trend-followers, no worship of senseless dreamings, Bosque is the audial melancholy of souls. The new album comes on noble and heavy 3-panel Digipak edition.
Legendary analogue Funeral Doom/Drone from Portugal
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Band:FORET DORIENT
Album:VENETIA
Label:FORET DORIENT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
After the positive feedback gathered in Canada with their first album “Essedvm” (produced and issued in 2011 by the Canadian label Archaic North Entertainment), the Venetian metal band back with this new self-produced “Venetia”: a full-length concept album dealing with hystorical and cultural episodes associated to the Serenissima Republic of Venice, that is the nation the band is son of. Lyrics in Venetian, Florentine and Latin language. Epic and atmospheric extreme metal enriched with baroque orchestrations. Foret D’Orient’s trademark is the presence of an orchestral harpist in the line up
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Band:FORET DORIENT
Album:ESSEDVM
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Debut album for the Venetian metal band under the Canadian label Archaic North Entertainment: a concept album about historical and literary scenarios of the pre-unitary italic peninsula, moving from the middle age to the renaissance. Lyrics in Florentine and Latin language. Epic and atmospheric extreme metal enriched with acoustic troubadour, baroque and classical inserts. Foret D’Orient’s trademark is the presence of an orchestral harpist in the line up. Originally released in Nov 2011
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Band:ROGASH
Album:MALEVOLENCE
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
ROGASHs second album is called "Malevolence" and delivers fast, uncompromising Death Metal in the vein of their American-Scandinavian ancestors! The East German quintet has grown in terms of song structure and heaviness. Sophisticated songwriting, grooving rhythms, varied vocals and excellent artwork by Roberto Toderico are pushing "Malevolence" far over the edges of the bands first album.
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Band:BOMB OF HADES
Album:DEATH MASK REPLICA
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Death Mask Replica" is the 4th instalment in the album arsenal of swedish BOMBS OF HADES. This time around they're putting the focus on heaviness. Still very much rooted in the death metal/crust sphere but now with added crushing guitartones, doom, gongs and other lurking strange things. Once again recorded at SOUNDLAB and mixed/mastered at WELFARE SOUNDS with production handled by Jonas Stålhammar. Just another tombsday, another perfect death!
For fans of Autopsy, Repulsion, Discharge, Entombed
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Band:Bloodgood
Album:OUT OF THE DARKNESS Remaster
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
There are some bands that specialize in melodic metal anthems - those songs that make you want to stand up, raise your hands in the air, sing at the top of your lungs, and jump around the room playing your finest air guitar! Kiss is one. Motley Crue in another. Stryper specialized in it. And with Out of the Darkness, Bloodgood showed they could write anthemic riffs with the best of them! One metal anthem after another, with the trademark Les Carlsen vocals, and the return of the bombastic Michael Bloodgood bass lines, the band’s fourth album necessitates some serious head bangin’ metal! The 2015, Retroactive Records remastered reissue substantially enhances the original album, and is housed in a 4 panel, full color digipak. This album is released in the Legends Remastered series for a reason - it’s a Christian Metal masterpiece that sounds better now than ever!
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Band:Bloodgood
Album:ROCK IN A HARD PLACE Remaster
Label:Retroactive
Format:cd
Genre:Metal
Originally released in 1988, the third album by Christian Metal giants, Bloodgood, shocked metalheads that were used to full-on head bangin’ tracks like “Black Snake” and “Crucify.” Instead, Rock In A Hard Place showcased some of the most melodic hard rock on the planet! “She’s Gone” was haunting, while “Shakin’ It” rocked with reckless abandon, and “Seven” was a resounding, thunderous finale that hearkened back to the first two albums. While the band no longer sounded like Maiden or Priest, the tracks on Rock were undeniably tasty, addictive, and as good as any the band had ever written. The 2015, Retroactive Records remastered reissue corrects some of the original album’s flaws in mastering (almost no bass!), and is housed in a 4 panel, full color digipak. This album is released in the Legends Remastered series for a reason - it’s a Christian Hard Rock masterpiece that sounds better now than ever! For fans of Idle Cure, Stryper, and Kiss!
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Band:GIDEONS ARMY
Album:GRACE Remaster
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock
San Francisco Bay Area based rockers GIDEON'S ARMY was one of the first bands from the CCM movement starting its activities in 1973. Their debut released in 1982, followed by the now cult classic Warriors Of Love released in 1986. The band’s now iconic third album, Grace, released in 1990 on the short-lived Pan Trax Records. This was their first and only album to be released on CD. As many bands from that era, they embraced the glossy Melodic Rock sound that dominated the airways in the 80’s. Grace rocked hard with plenty of sharp guitar riffs, vintage & modern keyboards (including synths) and elaborated harmony vocals. The band hit all the sweet spots with Grace, with collectors and critics hailing it as an AOR Classic Rock masterpiece. Original issue CDs rarely show up on auction sites, but when they do collector’s regularly pay $200! The 2015 Retroactive Records reissue is packaged as a four panel digipak, with greatly enhanced artwork, fully remastered audio, and as part of the Legends Remastered Series. This essential AOR album has never looked or sounded better! For fans of Journey, Night Ranger, Petra, and .38 Special!
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Band:GIDEONS ARMY
Album:RandR FOR YOUR SOUL Remaster
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock
In 1982 the band recorded and independently released “Rock n’ Roll For Your Soul.” The debut record reflected what was happening in the S.F.B.A. music scene at the time - dual lead guitars, horns and an R&B feeling. The 1986 release of the now iconic “Warriors of Love” brought big changes both in personnel and sound. Gone were the horns, dual guitar leads and most notably there was a more aggressive rock format. The new sound stood shoulder to shoulder with bands like Van Halen, Night Ranger, Petra, and .38 Special. The album sold like crazy at shows, but with no formal distribution many people never got their hands on the now high dollar collectible vinyl of this legendary classic rock release. Retroactive Records has remastered this essential 1982 AOR album, and it is now available in digital format for the first time ever. The 2015 reissue is a four panel full color digipak, and is part of the Retroactive Records Legends Remastered Series.
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Band:WHITECROSS
Album:NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN Remaster
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Nineteen Eighty Seven is a completely new recording of the original Self-Titled Whitecross. It contains all the original songs except for YOUR MINE, but has 3 additional bonus tracks (including a newly recorded 2015 ripping guitar solo/song “Angel’s Wing” exclusive to this Gold Edition), Love on the Line from the 6.98 Love on the Line EP, and a 2005 guitar solo/song by Rex Carroll called Re:Animate. This original version also contains a four hidden out-take tracks at the end of the disc. That makes a total of seven bonus tracks! In 1987 Whitecross took the Christian Metal Scene by storm, delivering what would soon become one of the most talked about and highly collectible recordings in the Christian metal market. Scott Wenzel and Rex Carroll created a duo like few before them, breaking ground in the Christian metal scene that opened up the door for a flurry of bands. Often compared to the secular mainstream band RATT, Scott's vocals were new and fresh in Christian music, and Rex's blazing guitar work put Whitecross on the map for good. Whitecross continued throughout the 80's and 90's making music and releasing some 12 recordings with drummer Mike Feighan, as well as many other musicians. Now Rex, Scott and Mike would like to take you back to a time when Metal still reigned. Whitecross Nineteen Eighty Seven is a completely new recording of the original Self-Titled Whitecross, but bigger, louder and better than ever. The 2015 Retroactive Records Gold Edition comes as a 6 panel eco-wallet, enhanced/revised artwork, and one new bonus track exclusive to this release. For fans of Ratt, Stryper, Bloodgood, Motley Crue!
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Band:LIBERTY N JUSTICE
Album:THE VOW
Label:Retroactive
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Most hard music fans identify with Liberty N’ Justice as an “all star project” due to the recent history of founding member Justin Murr. Starting with Welcome To The Revolution from 2005, Murr has recruited some of the best musicians and vocalists in the business (both past and present) to assist with the songwriting and recording of each LNJ album. Welcome To The Revolution, for instance, featured eighteen different vocalists, including Michael Sweet (Stryper), Ken Tamplin (Shout), Jamie Rowe (Guardian) and Lou Gramm (Foreigner). The trend continued over the next eight years, with LNJ releasing five full-length studio albums, one EP and two compilations before culminating with the 2013 2-CD set The Cigar Chronicles in which 76 guest musicians participated. What many do not know, however, is that LNJ actually got its start as a two-man band in which Murr joined forces with vocalist Patrick Marchand. The pair recorded four albums over a nine-year span, starting with Armed With The Cross (1992) but also encompassing Big Guns (1994), Forever Till The End (1996) and Bargain Bin (2000). The Vow, the fifteenth LNJ album from the summer of 2014, finds Murr relinquishing his all star project ways and returning LNJ to its fullfledged band roots. This reveals itself in how for the first time since 2000 Murr has recorded an LNJ album with the same nucleus of musicians: Joining Murr on bass is vocalist David Cagle, guitarist JK Northrup (King Cobra, XYZ), keyboardist Eric Ragno (China Blue, Graham Bonnett, Faiths Edge) and drummer Michael Feighan (White Cross, King James). What has not changed is musical direction in that LNJ stays true to its eighties influenced melodic rock, commercial hard rock and melodic metal roots. Those that have followed LNJ over the years know there are some variances therein, ranging from the lighter touches of the acoustic based Independence Day (2007) and AOR influenced Chasing A Cure (2011) to the driving metal of Hell Is Coming To Breakfast (2012). In between LNJ settles into a steady groove of melodic hard rock on Light It Up (2010) and The Cigar Chronicles (2013). The Vow presents with a best of both worlds scenario in featuring a delectable selection of heavier and lighter cuts I see appealing to fans of all eras of LNJ’s history. Now housed in a 4 panel full color digipak, the 2015 Retroactive Records CD release features two tracks previously not included with the digital download.
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Band:LOUDGUNS
Album:SUNSET RUNAWAY
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
"Sunset Runaway" is the second studio album ofn Finlands hottest Hard Rock act LOUDGUNS. "Sunset Runaway" offers first class Melodic Hard Rock & AOR for fans of bands like ZINATRA, DANGER DANGER, BROTHER FIRETRIBE, XYZ, FIREHOUSE and early EUROPE.
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Band:SARISSA
Album:NEMESIS
Label:ROCK IT UP
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
SARISSA were formed on april 1985 as a classic heavy metal band It was the beginning of a long journey that made them the cultest band in the Hellenic metal scene. The band released their debut album titled “1987” in the same year, an album that has been marked as the band’s early days trademark and remains a classic so far. This album will almost sign the band with the famous NOISE records. 6 years later, the band will release their self-titled album making an impact and a breakthrough never seen before by a Hellenic band.
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Band:MASTER
Album:AN EPIPHANY OF HATE
Label:FDA REKOTZ
Format:cd
Genre:Death Metal
MASTER are one of the most well known and longest running Death Metal acts on the planet. The last, highly successful, MASTER album "The Witchhunt" (2013) was already released via the German cult label FDA Rekotz / Soulfood Music and so will the new masterpiece "An Epiphany Of Hate". "An Epiphany Of Hate" was produced at Shaark Studios in Czech Republic - a brilliant and fresh sounding 13th. studio album
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Band:REFUSAL
Album:WE ROT WITHIN
Label:FDA REKOTZ
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
REFUSAL were founded in 2008 by guitarist Tero Pirhonen and Timo Pirhonen (bass und backing vocals) in Helsinki before adding Niikka Lius (vocals) and Aleksi Roitto (drums) to complete the band. After some changes on the second guitar, REFUSAL were alble to complete their current lineup with Patrick Franck in 2013. REFUSAL released several demos and played over 100 shows in the past, with FDA Rekotz they have found a partner, who will be able to oush the band to the next level.
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Band:ATOLL
Album:THE GATHERING SWARM
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Emerging from the scorched wasteland of Sonoran Desert, Atoll smashes the uninitiated with their debut album “The Gathering Swarm”. While traversing the path of brutal death metal on this album, Atoll displays their aggressive style with hostile precision and unrelenting ferocity. From the opening of Kingdom Of Pestilence, the band set the tone for what is to come; a flurry of infectiously groovy death metal riffs, pulverizing percussive destruction and demonically devious vocals, creating a devastating slab of Slam Death Metal. This same intensity is found on the albums other tracks, like “Putrid Matriarch” or “Facehugger” that will leave eviscerated carcasses in any mosh pit.
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Band:Carnivorous Eyaculation
Album:Grotesque Inhuman Extermination
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
After two years of launching the demo "fecal divinity" in 2013, Carnivorous Eyaculation works in what has been the production of their latest album "grotesque inhuman extermination" making way for a new season full of slam riffs and grotesque strokes for everyone who likes Pathology, Extermination Dismemberment, Devourment, Abominable Putridity among other bands of the genre Brutal Death Metal.
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Band:FECALIZER
Album:GORE GALORE
Label:Coyote
Format:cd
Genre:Grindcore
After 13 years of career, Fecalizer sounds better than ever, there’s no doubt, there’s no questions; better sound, better song writing and more Grinders than ever. Gore Galore is a 15 tracks master piece, a zombie massacre full of gore, shit and splattered brains… You will love it from the first song, until the end… of times!!!
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Band:SPERMBLOODSHIT
Album:OBLITERATION FROM BEYOND
Label:Coyote
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
After three years from “The Tourette’s Syndrome”, the Italian grinders are ready to deliver their new album “OBLITERATION FROM BEYOND”, a concept inspired by the Master of Horror John Carpenter! Get ready for the fastest, heaviest and more blasting SBS experience ever!
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Band:ASTAROT
Album:CONSUME YOUR GUTS
Label:Coyote
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
"From that moment we decided to play SLAM BRUTAL DEATH METAL with the influence of grindcore. What we are doing to these day. After playing several gigs we decided to record a demo with 3 songs. After the release of our demo it's time for a album. The mini album is called "Consume your guts" from the title of one of the tracks located on the Demo."
For Fans Epicardiectomy,Vulvectomy , Cephalotripsy and Kraanium
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Band:1914
Album:ESCHATOLOGY OF WAR
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Archaic Sound proudly presents debut album of the Blackened Death/Doom/Sludge Metal new warmachine from Lviv, Ukraine. / Feat members of prominent Ukrainian bands such as Johny B Gut, Skinhate, Ambivalence and Kroda among others. / Fresh and powerful sound for fans of Bolt Thrower, Incantation, Cult of Luna, old Benediction etc.
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Band:SAD
Album:TOTAL NOTHINGNESS
Label:HIDDEN MARLY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Nine years after its first release, SAD's monolithic debut album "Total Nothingness" is finally re-released through Hidden Marly! The Album that signaled SAD's descending to the depths of Abyss is out with altered artwork. Seven dismal hymns through sonic desolate plains and a quick glance to human grief ! What started nine years ago was never meant to end …
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Band:SAD
Album:A CURSE IN DISGUISE
Label:HIDDEN MARLY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The second offering that established SAD in the Black metal world, the emblematic "A Curse In Disguise" was sold out in practically no time! Eight unholy spells from 2007 that seem to mature as years go by. This is your chance to get your hands on it in this first re release on cd through Hidden Marly.
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Band:IVORY
Album:A moment a Place and a Reason
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
A combination of melody, technique and musical elegance, with particular attention to sound, arrangements and executions: the result is just what Ivory are at it's best. Their melodic hard rock, also influenced by progressive metal has it's roots in Turin (North of Italy) between '98/99, but only during the summer of 2005, after some troubles that made every single step very slow, the band recorded the promo-CD Atlantis Falls. In June 2008 Ivory signed a deal with the italian label Heart of Steel Records and released the debut album Time for Revenge, receiving a lot of great reviews all over the World. This second album, titled “A moment, a Place and a Reason”, released via Buil2Kill Records, is finally the expression of a more mature band, free to play in a more hard rock oriented way, and it perfectly shows what Ivory are now.
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Band:VALLORCH
Album:Until Our Tale Is Told
Label:NEMETON
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK METAL
The band debuted in 2012 with its first EP, Voices of North, which was met with great public approval. The following year, they released Neverfade, their first full‐length, which allowed them to play alongside prominent bands and international festivals and venues. 2015 marks the release of their second album, Until Our Tale Is Told, mixed and mastered by Michele Gasparri (Vexillum) and Federico Corazzi, with its artwork realized by Jan Örkki Yrlund (who previously worked on Korpiklaani’s and Manowar’s artworks).
Vallorch are one of the leading bands in the Italian Pagan Metal scene and they’re quickly expanding in Europe
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Band:VINTERBLOT
Album:Realms of the untold
Label:NEMETON
Format:cd
Genre:Black Metal
After a first self-produced EP, "For Asgard" (2010), Vinterblot released their debut Full-Length Album "Nether Collapse" (2012) for Rising Records UK and produced an official Music Video for "Upon a Reign of Ashes". Due to an intense Live activity and several international reviews, Vinterblot have started to spread their name across Italy and over Europe.
In 2014 Vinterblot released a new Single/Music Video named "Triumph Recalls My Name" and signed to the Irish Label Nemeton Records, through which a second Full-Length Album will be released in early 2016.
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Band:AD VITAM
Album:STRATOSFEAR
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
STRATOSFEAR IS CHARACTERIZED BY HEAVY GUITAR RHYTM TYPICAL OF DEATH METAL SOUND. SYMPHONIC AND PROG APPROACH WHICH MAKE AN HIGH CONTRAST BEETWEEN RHYTMICS AND MELODY.
FOR ALL FANS OF DIMMU BORGIR, NILE.
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Band:CYDIA
Album:VICTIMS OF SYSTEM
Label:METAL SCRAP
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
"Victims Of System" - old school and modern heavy metal approach, original solos, harsh vocals with philosophic and even social subject matters.
For fans of: Devildriver, Chimaira and Soulfly!!
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Band:DAN DEAGH WEALCAN
Album:FRAGAMENTED CONSCIOUSNESS
Label:METAL SCRAP
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The stylistic classification of the band is getting harder and harder with every released album.
For fans of: Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Ministry, Porcupine Tree, Mike Patton, Devin Townsend. As well as: Slayer, Radiohead, TDEP, Muse, Hans Florian Zimmer and over all for all fans of unusual, genre-defying music!
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Band:MIND AFFLICTION
Album:INTO THE VOID
Label:METAL SCRAP
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The second full-length album by Polish Progressive Black/Death Metal band.
"Into The Void" - retains the haunting melodic quality and genre diversity of the first record, while enhancing it with tighter and more rhythmical guitar lines, and heavy hitting drums.
Recommended for fans of: Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Immolation
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Band:BROKEN DOWN
Album:THE OTHER SHORE
Label:ALTSPHERE
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
Broken Down formed in 2014 and has been exploring music outside native, classic and narrow music genres with an extreme amount of freedom. The one-man-band takes familiar music elements and twists them into new things. This unique music is being made from artfully recontextualizing rock and other genres, altering and editing academic things.
Broken Down's second album 'The Other Shore' is an adventurous effort with heavy beats, elaborate collages, crammed voice loops. Broken Down's music mixes industrial rock metal music with hardcore punk mosh parts and pop music. 'The Other Shore' might be an architect's answer to the gap between traditional dance music and experimental metal music.
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Band:MR YEYE
Album:CABARET NOIR
Label:MandO MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Mr Yéyé, the next generation’s artist is coming!
For fans of Shaka Ponk, Muse, Linkin Park
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Band:ONIRIK
Album:AB INITIO
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Band was formed in 2005 after long battles of ideas by Michael Kholmann & Dydacus. The group immediately turned his proposal of a classic American death metal style. The early line up included: Dydacus vocals, Vincent on guitars, Michael Vanni Hate on bass and drums and focused its inspiration on band such a Morbid Angel and Suffocation. Then they released their first demo in 2007 produced at studios Alpha Omega by Alex Azzali (Ancient). Onirik kept many shows in Italy and outside border. During the show they registered many sold out live dates …and sold out all the demo copies as well! In 2008 Onirik released a split album titled “Da Vinci Deathcode” with important death metal names as Septycal Gorge, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Modus Delicti. Thanks to an intense live activity the name of the group started creeping into the Italian underground metal environment with good feedback. After all these years and after some line up changes, band released in 2016 its first full length album titled “Ab Initio”.
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Band:TOME OF THE UNREPLENISHED
Album:Cosmoprism The Theurgy
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Cosmic Black Noise, Avant-garde
For fans of Abruptum, Gnaw Their Tongues, Vargr, Wold
Featuring members of Spectral Lore, Necrosadist and Code
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Band:DECIMATED HUMANS
Album:Dismantling The Decomposed Entities
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Brutal death metal unit Decimated Humans returns with their second full-length outing, bringing a new progressive and technical side to their onslaught of familiar slams and guttural vocals, featuring guest appearances by Jason Evans of Ingested, Cody McConnell of Goemagot and more! With drums on the entire release performed by Dusty Boles (ex-Rose Funeral & Serpents) topped up with a mastering job by Jesse Kirkbride. A release you don't want to miss! For fans of 7.H Target, Coprocephalic, Inherit Disease and Wormed.
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