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Band:MOONKYTE
Album:COUNT ME OUT
Label:Sunbeam
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Yorkshire’s Moonkyte only made one album, and – though it was supported by John Peel, who wrote the effusive sleevenotes – it sank without trace when it appeared on the tiny Mother label in late 1971. Now, with originals having changed hands for over £1000, Sunbeam is giving it its first ever vinyl reissue, complete with lovingly reproduced die-cut artwork, a replica inner sleeve and a separate insert detailing the band's history, complete with rare photographs. It's nothing short of a British acid folk classic, and is in a strictly limited edition of 500 copies.
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Band:RANDOM HAND
Album:SEETHING IS BELIEVING
Label:BOMBER MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Random Hand are the hard working stalwarts of the UK punk scene. They played over 150 UK shows last year including major festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Slam Dunk, Rebellion, etc.This is their 3rd album and it shows a real progression away from the ska tinged punk to a more hardcore sound. Constant support from Mike Davies on BBC Radio 1, who plays them virtually every week and for whom they are recording their second live session in March. Steve Lamacq and Hugh Stevens on Radio 1 have also repeatedly played the band as has Ian Camfield on XFM . The Press (Rock Sound/Big Cheese in particular) love them too!
This band are always touring - Headline UK tour dates in Jan/Feb/March - Touring with King Blues in April Touring with Less Than Jake in the Spring - One of the UK's hardest working bands!
For fans of The King Blues, Streetlight Manifesto, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Rage Against The Machine et al
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Band:KEN MODE
Album:VENERABLE
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/POST ROCK
Winnipeg, Canada's KEN MODE are elitist-asshole metallic noise rock with touches of post metal, hardcore, sludge and doom; a product of long, hard winters culminating in a sound that whips, pummels and lacerates its end users like a wicked Manitoba wind. The power trio bares only the essential ingredients necessary to deliver maximum impact and is an exercise in efficiency and ferocity that convincingly illustrates this is the way it should be. The band has been aggressively smearing their filth since 1999 by touring all over Canada, the US and Europe with the likes of bands such as Pelican, Daughters, Buried Inside, The End, Gaza, Engineer, Taint, and done various regional dates with Mastodon, Burnt By The Sun, Cursed, Baroness, Bison BC, Propagandhi, These Arms Are Snakes, Despised Icon, etc.
Their new album ,the Kurt Ballou (Converge, Trap Them, Old Man Gloom) produced "Venerable" , is a total must for fans of UNSANE, NEUROSIS, TODAY IS THE DAY, CONVERGE, and VOIVOD
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Band:GRAYCEON
Album:ALL WE DESTROY
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/POST ROCK
Grayceon is an atypical three-piece from San Francisco comprised of electric cello, guitar, drums, and vocals. Pulling together an extremely diverse range of musical influences and writing styles, Grayceon's sound defies the boundaries of the metal/rock/progressive genres. Screaming melodic lines over distinct guitar "chunk," doom riffs, jazz chord progressions, intricate folk-like delicacies, and just about everything in between can be found in a single Grayceon track. The cello proficiency and the guitar finger picking style alone are unprecedented in heavy music. And although the vocals are sparse and the drumming unconventional, all elements are intertwined effortlessly to give the arrangements a fluid feel that may not be present in less able hands. Alternate low tuning both on cello and guitar also contribute to their unique sound.
“All We Destroy” is Grayceon at the height of their powers, their heaviest and most epic undertaking to date. An album that fuses the progressive metal tendencies of bands such as VOIVOD and the Norwegian avant-garde movement (i.e. VED BUENS ENDE) along with elements known to be found in doom/sludge metal, chamber music, and neo-folk respectively.
Featuring at its helm, cellist vocalist Jackie Perez Gratz who has been known with her work with such bands as GIANT SQUID,ASUNDER, AMBER ASYLUM, NEUROSIS, OM, and most recently, featured on the new AGALLOCH album “Marrow Of The Spirit”...
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Band:SUBROSA
Album:NO HELP FOR THE MIGHTY ONES
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Salt Lake City female dominated doom rock band SUBROSA began in the summer of 2005 and since then, have attracted certain factions of the doom metal/stoner rock scene due to the nature of their music. Music that is comprised of supernatural down-tuned guitar and low-end bass, the dark air of two eerie violins, thunderous raw percussion, and female black magick vocals. To get a glimpse of the sound that SUBROSA conjure, simply imagine a diabolical and haunting mix of the likes of PJ Harvey, Kyuss and Coven filtered through the ghostly vibes of American gothic tragedy.
With the American doom metal/rock scene quickly gaining recognition, with “No Help For the Mighty Ones”, SUBROSA will slither their way amongst some of the finest acts within this genre that can relate to them, acts ranging within a spectrum where bands such as Jex Thoth, YOB, Witch Mountain, Amber Asylum, Worm Ouroboros, and The Gates Of Slumber respectively dwell.
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Band:PRIMITAI
Album:IN THE LINE OF FIRE
Label:GREEN CHINA
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Critically acclaimed new album from Surface Unsigned 2009 winners Primitai, hot on the heels of recent first UK tour with White Wizzard.
‘Straight out of the NWOBHM text books. CD of the week is the best possible way.’ Malcolm Dome, Classic Rock
For fans of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue
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Band:PATRICK CAMPBELL LYONS
Album:13 DALIS.
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
THE 13 DALIS – A Brand New Album BY PATRICK CAMPBELL LYONS of 1960’s psychedelic band NIRVANA. Patrick is back with his first release in 15 years. A psychedelic masterpiece that was recorded in London, Spain and Morrocco and includes his Nirvana partner Alex Spyropolous on three of the tracks. Just like the classic Nirvana songs Rainbow Chaser and Pentecost Hotel The 13 Dali's picks up in that tradition features the new hit singles Fallin and A Prayer Before A Kiss. "Addictive...Like the 60's and Dali" Amazon.
Reissue of 2010 album due to late surge of press: Live/appearance on Roger Day Show BBC Radio Kent. Live appearance on Mike Read Radio show. Hotpress (Dublin) review. CD.( in current issue)/ interview. Record Collector review of CD. February 2011. MOJO review of CD. February 2011. Shindig interview q&a in current issue...more reviews/interviews/and radio slots on BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio 2 to follow...
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Band:DOWNLINERS SECT
Album:DANGEROUS GROUND
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Downliners Sect were the raw, ragged, rocking real deal, blasting out of England in 1964 on an early British wave that took their contemporaries the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Kinks, and the Pretty Things to rock and roll heights and history. But unlike their friends, the Sect stayed true to their rhythm and blues roots and the grungy glory of the two and a half minute record. Cool tracks like "Baby What's Wrong" and "Little Egypt" gave them stardom in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway and an enduring cult status everywhere else. Half a century later, they're still true to those roots. The Sect survives, and SteadyBoy is thrilled to bring this album of tracks that only saw limited release in the nineties. Blues rock gets no more authentic, no more psychedelic, no more unrepentant than the Downliners Sect.
First time available on ltd vinyl LP!
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Band:JUDE JOHNSTONE
Album:QUIET GIRL
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Quiet Girl returns Jude to the Americana flavor of her first two CDs Coming of Age, and On a Good Day. Jude’s songs have been covered by a virtual who’s who of well known musicians; Stevie Nicks, Laura Brannigan, Bette Midler, Jennifer Warnes, then later...Trisha Yearwood, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, etc.
Owing to her immense reputation, the project attracted contributions from a premier list of guest artists: Emmylou Harris (Quiet Girl), John David Souther (On That Train), Susan & David Cowsill (Cry for New Orleans), Rodney Crowell (Cry for New Orleans), Maxayn Lewis (Angel at Your Door), Jimmy LaFave (I Don't Wanna Go Home), David Mansfield (Quiet Girl, On That Train) and Clarence Clemons (Don't Wake Me Up).
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Band:TRIUMPH OF LETHARGY SKINNED ALIVE TO DEATH
Album:SOME OF US ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Spencer Moody, former frontman of the Murder City Devils, steps in on vocals. Pretty Girls Make Graves frontwoman, Andrea Zollo, pounds the drums, sometimes stepping in for vocal duties. The band rounds out with Corey J. Brewer of Cold Lake on guitar and Joel Cuplin of Suffering and the Hideous Thieves/Constant Lovers on bass. Moody's chaotic intensity has not diminished. His laconic, obituary-informed words are splayed against scathing, scratching guitars and a rhythm section that resembles a distant, approaching thunderstorm.
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Band:TRIUMPH OF LETHARGY SKINNED ALIVE TO DEATH
Album:SOME OF US ARE IN THIS TOGETHER LP
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:VINYL 2LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Spencer Moody, former frontman of the Murder City Devils, steps in on vocals. Pretty Girls Make Graves frontwoman, Andrea Zollo, pounds the drums, sometimes stepping in for vocal duties. The band rounds out with Corey J. Brewer of Cold Lake on guitar and Joel Cuplin of Suffering and the Hideous Thieves/Constant Lovers on bass. Moody's chaotic intensity has not diminished. His laconic, obituary-informed words are splayed against scathing, scratching guitars and a rhythm section that resembles a distant, approaching thunderstorm.
2xLP features Patch, Download Card, Poster and is on Gold Vinyl!
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Band:CLAUDE HAY
Album:DEEP FRIED SATISFIED
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
Australian blues guitarist and loop artist Claude Hay fuses slide guitar, sitar, bass and electronic percussion in a loop-driven edge-of-the-seat show that invokes the best of stomping traditional blues with a funk-dance edge. His fresh take on roots and blues draws in a wide spectrum of listeners, but still has the chops for the blues enthusiasts. Claude Hay's independently released debut album Kiss the Sky (2007) was the ticket he needed to perform at venues and festivals all over the world, including in the UK, Europe and the US. His new release, Deep Fried Satisfied, showcases Claude as the ultimate Do-It-Yourselfer, honing his craft with self-built instruments and undeniable talent.
Amazon.com Best Blues of 2010 list at # 5!
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Band:NORMAN BLAKE
Album:GREEN LIGHT ON THE SOUTHERN
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Western Jubilee Recording Company proudly announces 17 Selections from guitar legend, Grammy winner and America's #1 purveyor of old time country music. "I've seen the rural music I've loved since childhood grow fainter and farther away in a commercial and urbanized society that seems to care little for the charms of old fashioned southern string music and its long gone practitioners. Here are some of the old songs I play and sing around home, one can live by the sentiment and poetry found in many of them." Norman Blake. All new recordings of authentic old time songs and tunes performed with integrity and purity.
Featured in the Multi Plantinum 2000 Coen Brothers motion picture, O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The critically acclaimed soundtrack includes two selections featuring Norman, You Are My Sunshine and the instrumental version of Man of Constant Sorrow.
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Band:PETE BERWICK
Album:GIVE IT TIME
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
For over thirty years critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Pete Berwick has been writing, recording, and performing on his own terms going it the hard way, determined to take the road less traveled, and constantly stretching musical boundaries. This renegade artist refuses to be pigeonholed. Prior albums have won album of the year recognition from several critics, international radio play and top ten chart success on satellite radio and been featured in movies and television. An early pioneer of cowpunk, Berwick delivers his hardest hitting album yet. With hard driving guitars and whiskey soaked angst spit out in world weary emotion, Give It Time is the culmination of years of paying dues. Pete Berwick is the last of the true outlaws. Play it loud!
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Band:WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND
Album:COMPANION
Label:Sunbeam
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Few 60s artists have attracted such mystique or so devoted a cult following as The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. This fascinating compilation draws together many of the rare recordings made by its members before, during and after their existence. Taking in pop, garage, folk-rock, psych, the avant-garde and more, the set highlights the disparate elements that fused to create their extraordinary and enigmatic music, and comes complete with rare pictures and comprehensive notes by the world’s leading WCPAEB authority, Tim Forster.
Essential archival release for psych fans - 29 rare tracks spanning 1960-71
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:MIXED UP MINDS PART TWO
Label:OTHERSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
The Mixed Up Minds series sets forth into the deep and wondrous valleys of British pop music culture, daring to bring forth a collection of rare, overlooked and obscure singles that have so far eluded compilers worldwide, gleaned from the flamboyant underworld of British rock and adolescent pop of the late ’60s & early ’70s.
This eagerly anticipated second volume presents, for the very first time, the full story behind one of psychedelia’s most fascinating contributors: the Sleepy and their untold connection to King Crimson. Also revealed is the history behind obscure psych merchants Stampede, who turn out to be Jardine, the post Velvet Fogg outfit governed by Keith Law. A phenomenal stroke of songwriting genius makes its debut here for ex-Ugly guitarist Dave Morgan, whilst the hopelessly obscure Chancery explore the crossroads of mod and psych. Just a taste of the twenty extremely rare recordings magically crafted, expertly curated and lovingly re-mastered!
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:THE CURIOSITY SHOP - PART ONE
Label:OTHERSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Continuing where the Piccadilly Sunshine series left off, this exciting new series aims to illuminate and celebrate not so much the scraps, but more importantly, the mistakenly overlooked and truly obscured artefacts of illustrious noise that emerged from the British psychedelic era and beyond.
Thus, this primary instalment of The Curiosity Shop will introduce many listeners to a brave new world of audible delights and offer the anticipating lover of such a genre and its celebrated populace a precious glimpse into the world of Great British psychedelic pop in all its colourful forms. Many gems that have eluded the grasp of compilers before will grace your ears in the forthcoming instalments which should serve to establish The Curiosity Shop as the stalwart series in the inflated contemporary maze of re-issues.
Artists include Still Life,The Disciples, The Merseys and Malcom Rabbit.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:DIGGIN UP DOWN UNDER
Label:ELASTIC CAT
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Elastic Cat presents a monophonic blast of mindblowing proportions!!! 25 Wild & Demented R’n’B Winners & Bizarre Beat Losers from the ’60s!!! Culled from the archives of Dig The Fuzz, who initially unleashed their 16-track long player in 1999, this CD re-issue boasts 25 tracks from super-RARE singles, re-mastered and re-assembled with 9 bonus killer cuts!! Elastic Cat has prepared a feast of obscure and fanciful fare displaying symptoms of acid-surf dementia and amphetamine-fuelled mayhem brought to you by mods in kaftans from Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
Prepare to dig into the vaults of a world where Upside Down meets Inside Out!!
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:JAZZKRAUT - TEUTONIC JAZZ ROCK
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
The late sixties and early seventies of last century was not only a creative heyday in the Anglo-American music, even and especially in Germany young musicians experimented a lot.. At a time when German art music won the label "Kraut Rock" , there were a number of bands, who brewed a phantastic mixture of jazz, rock and funk.They all showed an overwhelming desire to try out previously unheard along all musical boundaries.
The world was thrilled, such a certain lightness they had not credited the Krauts! From that time tells the compilation "JAZZKRAUT".. It covers a wide range of German music from that era. From underground gems as Annexus Quam or Moira to classics such as Embryo and Guru Guru and international flagship of the German jazz-rock as Klaus Doldinger, Volker Kriegel, Wolfgang Dauner. Made in Germany. Predicate: Precious and rare. And somehow timeless
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Band:PARZIVAL
Album:LEGEND.
Label:SIREENA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
In 1965, the singer / guitarist Lothar Siems and singer / drummer Thomas Olivier had founded the group Chamberlains in Bremen. A year later they moved as a duo around the country. In 1967 they formed up with violinist Walter Quintus and a cellist The Quintus Quartet. 1969, after a French tour, Siems, Olivier and Quintus lifted the band Beazzic Conservatory of day. Contacts with George Harrison and Ringo Starr brought letters of recommendation, and Muff Winwood of Island Records certified the band exceptional talent (""(„..the next big group in the world will come from Germany and I think PARZIVAL would stand a good chance of making it:“ ) - Test recordings for an lp had been made in England , but the strict rules of the British trade union made a last-minute spanner in the works. It was German producer Conny Plank who took the band under contract. In 1971 at Telefunken Records the first album "Legend" was released.. Avant-garde classic rock,
LTD - Never been released on 180 gram vinyl before!
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Band:BLACK N BLUE
Album:COLLECTED
Label:MAJESTIC ROCK
Format:4CD / 1 DVD BOX
Genre:Metal
Deluxe box set containing all four of the band’s studio albums plus a previously unreleased DVD of the band’s performance in Tokyo in November 1984. Extensive sleeve notes by fan and respected rock writer Dave Reynolds.
Total VFM for all Eighties Hard Rock Collectors!
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Band:PAT TRAVERS
Album:FOUR PLAY
Label:MAJESTIC ROCK
Format:4CD BOX SET
Genre:Metal
Stunningly packaged 4 disc box set brings together Canadian hard rock / blues guitar virtuoso Pat Travers first four albums, namely Pat Travers (1976), Makin Magic (1977), Putting It Straight (1977) and Heat In The Street (1978). Long regarded as classics of the genre, these fantastic albums belong in any discerning rock fans collection. There has never been an easier way of getting your hands on the little beauties, so grab ‘em while you can!!
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Band:YandT
Album:OPEN FIRE
Label:MAJESTIC ROCK
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Y&T were one of the 80 s defining hard rock acts, with a succession of ballsy, European styled albums to their credit that quickly established the band as major attractions on the gig circuit. Originally released in 1985, Open Fire was the band s first live album and it contains a number of the band s most explosive tracks, including the romping Forever , I Believe In You and the all time classic Rescue Me , one of the highlights of the bands magnificent Earthshaker album.
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Band:YOUNG BOYS
Album:BRING EM DOWN
Label:Rococo
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Post Punk
This new blast from Rococo is a two-song single from Young Boys, a four-piece from Brooklyn, New York, who craft urgent pop songs drenched in reverby feedback that should make any fan of The Jesus and Mary Chain quiver in delight, as evidenced by the a-side howler, "Bring 'Em Down." But while there are many bands out there that merely worship at the feet of TJAMC and exist in supplication mode, Young Boys are not merely copyists. They do have a knack for placing the listener in that era, though. On the b-side, "Run Away May" they evoke the feel of The Psychedelic Furs, at precisely that time the band were shedding their darker skins and easing into their pop life... but certainly prior to Butler and Co.'s loss of integrity and willingness to re-record creepy classics for mainstream fame. One can only imagine what the screaming feedback must sound like when they press their head stocks against their amps. Young Boys demonstrate that they have balls, Pop balls, psychedelic garage-punk balls maybe, but balls, nonetheless.
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Band:GROAN
Album:THE SLEEPING WIZARD
Label:DOOMANOID
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
GROAN were initially formed in 2009 as an internet-based project band, which was then expanded to a live band after the positive fan reaction to their demos. The band were picked up by Doomanoid Records and their début album was recorded over the summer of 2010. The band have taken the doom/stoner metal scene by storm and made a limited number of select live appearances since recording the album, sharing the stage with such high-profile bands from the as Lord Vicar, Witchsorrow and the Lamp of Thoth.
“Doom diehards will absolutely love this albums dedication to walloping great riffs” - KERRANG! / “Awesome, mind-expanding fuzzy riffs” - Terrorizer / “This is a tactical blast of ROCK!!!!” - Roadburn.com
For fans of Cathedral, Trouble and Black Sabbath
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Band:CONDENADOS
Album:A PAINFUL JOURNEY INTO NIHIL
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
A relatively new Doom Metal band hailing from Chile; with a very traditional Heavy Metal / Doom Metal sound. The majority of the songs are sung in English, only a few are sung in Spanish. Carrying the old flame of Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus; Condenados takes those influences to create an ultra heavy and hypnotic rhythm and riff driven album while all sung in clean vocals. The album is an epic and emotional journey to explore the dark side of your mind.
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Band:CASSLE
Album:CASSLE
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Formed in the late '70s it’s not a surprise that Cassle has inherited those influences, in particular Deep Purple, Rush, and Judas Priest. Also since their original EP wasn’t released until 1983, they definitely have a lot of Iron Maiden and Saxon in their sound as well. I don’t think I’d call Cassle a metal band though (even though their pictures look like they are). They are probably more of a Progressive Rock band with '80s metal influences. This is some unique music, very off-beat, dreamy, and moody with strange vocals. Their career was very short lived and some of the unreleased songs on here are arguably just as strong as the original EP if not better. This is basically a collection of all their essential material with an nice thick booklet for your enjoyment.
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Band:GOLD KIDS
Album:THE SOUND OF BREAKING UP
Label:ANCHORS AWEIGH
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
"The Sound Of Breaking Up" sold more than 1500 copies on cd.
The Band has done more than 7 European Tours, 5 Uk tours, 3 Scandinavian Tours and 1 Australian/Asia tour playing with loads of bands such as Modern Life Is War, Rise and fall, The Legacy, Killing the Dream, Dead Swans, The Hoods, Caliban, 100 Demons, Ruiner, Outbreak, November Coming Fire, Life Long Tragedy, Cloak Dagger etc.
KKKK - Kerrang / 8/10 - Rocksound / 8/10 - Terrorizer
LTD COLOURED VINYL LP.
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Band:RUBEN LOPEZ AND THE DIATONES
Album:RELATIVITY
Label:LIQUIDATOR MUSIC
Format:VINYL 7
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
Ruben Lopez & The Diatones are the new and the old blood of the european scene. Veteran musicians from bands like The Kinky Coo Coo’s, The Oldians or Flight 404, got together two years ago along with the singer Ruben Lopez (Malarians, Peeping Toms, etc.) to give shape to this project.
With this new single the band presents their latest recordings: on the A side we can find Relativity, a precious rocksteady gem talking about the human being existence and it’s relativity. One the B side there is Diatone Time, a track on which they tell us about their intentions, make you enjoy yourself while their doing so.
Their music leaves no one indifferent and their versatility has successfully been put to test, their tunes sound like classics and that's not a coincidence; it is due to the security and mastering in which these reggae and rocksteady heavyweights deliver their whacks in the fashion of the purest classics of the genre.
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Band:MAIM
Album:DECEASED TO EXIST
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
“Deceased to exist” is the second full length album from this 4-piece death squad from Sweden. The follow up to their globally very well received debut album “From the womb to the tomb”. This is the way death metal should sound; raw,dirty and with shitloads of attitude! Maim is not for the musically faint hearted!
Highly acclaimed second album by the leaders of the second wave of Swedish death metal!
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Band:PALE CHALICE
Album:AFFLICTING THE DISCHOTOMY OF TREPID CREATION
Label:FLENSER
Format: CD
Genre:Black Metal
The outfit that would become PALE CHALICE was born as 2008 was dying off, essentially bearing three founding members: Oram Evad, Masthantric Nodrab and Baneist Nonrutin. A plethora of bassists and vocalists persisted through the years, until early 2010, when Ephemeral Domignostika (Mastery, Pandiscordian Necrogenesis, ex-Horn of Dagoth) and Grobahn Huv were added as permanent members.
For fans of Craft, Lightning Swords of Death and Death Spell Omega
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Band:WIDOWS
Album:RAISE THE MONOLITH
Label:BAD NEWS
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
"Stoner, Doom, Sludge, Blues Rock... Call It What You Will. WIDOWS Is Definitely One Hell Of A Groovy Rock ‘n’ Roll Outfit." (Benny Ramone – Underrated UK Music Critic)
Endorsed By no less a personage than Cage Fighter Dan ‘The Outlaw’ Hardy. Hardy Has Been Using The Track ‘Fuck-Knuckle’ As His Entrance/Theme Tune.
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Band:NORTHAUNT
Album:THE OMINOUS SILENCE
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Second in a series of collaborations between Ewers Tonkunst and Cyclic Law is also a re-issue of a long sold out dark ambient milestone – the debut Northaunt album which first saw the daylight back in 2001 on Polish label Fluttering Dragon. “The Ominous Silence” is more musical album than its followers, with a lot of piano, guitar and synth melodic parts like in the classical tracks “De Sorte Trær” and “Pain Is Better”, but the typical Northaunt elegiac melancholy and dark gloomy nordic ambient soundscapes are already here. This edition has completely new artwork, new mastering and a bonus track, it is limited to 470 copies and comes in a stylish monochrome mini LP-like embossed cover with inner sleeve and three inserts.
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Band:SVARTSINN
Album:OF DARKNESS AND RECREATION
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
First in a series of collaborations between Ewers Tonkunst and Cyclic Law, this is a re-issue of long sold out second Svartsinn album from the year 2003. “Of Darkness And Re-Creation” is a “collection of stories based on heavy mind struggles, emotional complicity or elegies which either leads to emptiness or dark places for a re-creation of the self image. Darkness is all around us or inside each and every one of us, let¹s not fear it.. Prosper in darkness...” (from the original edition release notes). Maybe most hopeless and desperate music ever done by Svartsinn’s mastermind’s Jan Roger Pettersen, it is definitely one of the classical works from this “new” generation of dark ambient artists that were gathered around Cyclic Law in the first decade of 2000’s. This edition has completely new artwork and new mastering, it is limited to 500 copies and comes in a stylish monochrome mini LP-like cover with inner sleeve, both with some silkscreened elements.
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Band:TRIANGULAR ASCENSION
Album:LEVIATHAN DEVICE
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
Triangular Ascension is the debut album by Venezuela's Frederico Agreda and a much welcomed addition to the Cyclic Law Roster. Taking inspiration from Thomas Hobbes book "Leviathan", the album aims to depict the inner nightmare of the reality of mankind, ever dwelling in fear and self-destruction. Upon activation of the "Device", the water once used by the Elohim to create life, rages over the lands cleansing the planet from every living creature that crawls the soil, concluding in a post-apocalyptic requiem sung by the leviathans themselves, or to translate from hebrew, whales. The music translates into a carefully crafted work full of cinematic drones of ruthless atmospheric power, destined to make Triangular Ascension a name to be reckoned with. Edition of 1000 copies in 6 panel Digipack.
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Band:PETER WILLIAMS
Album:REMEMBERING BILLY FURY
Label:LONE RIDER
Format:CD
Genre:Instrumental
A 2on1 CD release featuring Guitarist Peter Williams now deleted instrumental Billy Fury Tributes - Always Remembered Vol.1 and Vol. 2 CD’s. Contains the original CD’s plus 6 Bonus Tracks. Package includes an 8 page fully illustrated liner booklet with a Billy Fury photo gallery and liners by The Sound Of Fury magazine editor Chris Eley.
The CD has been produced with the co-operation of The Sound Of Fury Magazine and Fan Club and should appeal to the many fans of the late and great Billy Fury.
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Band:KILL THE DANDIES
Album:I SAW WHITE FIELDS LP
Label:PALE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Kill The Dandies! - a lethal sonic cocktail of the sixties' garage rock with thick layers of hammonds, analog synths and wild guitar bites on top. Musical cliches from the beginning of the 60's rock genres are used in a most 'intellectual way': stacatto- and slideguitar and early rock'n'roll beats with reverberated male vocals and girlish female vocals, reminding of France Gall or Nancy Sinatra. Producing the album were the "Dandies" themselves together with the legendary "flying" Dutch Bert Neven, amongst others known for working with KILLING JOKE. Guesting highlights on the record were Berlin's Warren Suicide's singer Cherie, and the one and only Steve Morell.
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Band:WISHDOOM
Album:HELEPOLIS
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Lo and behold! A new star has risen from the Hellenic lands! But WISHDOOM doesn't sound like a newcomer. They've crafted mature, complex but consistent songs with crushing riffage, stomping rhythms and mighty, deep and manly vocals evoking ancient Greek wars, myths and heroic tales. Their battle hymns are mostly mid-paced, blending epic metal with a little dose of doom, in the vein of DOOMSWORD, BATTLEROAR, ATLANTEAN KODEX, early MANOWAR, MANILLA ROAD, Viking era BATHORY, WARLORD, IRONSWORD or OLD SEASON. If any of these names make your blood run faster, you will not want to miss this epic metal masterpiece!
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Band:TAKEN BY THE TIDE
Album:THERE`S NO SUCH THING AS AN ATHEIST IN A FOXHOLE
Label:BAD NEWS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
BIG CHEESE: "United by a collective distaste for chirpy harmonies and rehashed beatdowns, this merry band of men offer a refreshingly stripped back alternative to primped and preened metal-core. While their formation in 2009 suggests an amateur outfit, just a few moments of Taken By The Tides’ debut reveal unexpectedly tight chemistry and technical expertise. Combining sludgy riffs with intriguing philosophical concepts, "There's No Such Thing As An Atheist In A Foxhole" is an untamed beast of an EP that positively drips brutality. Harking back to death metals primal origins, the bands studio efforts are gloriously raw and lo-fi, packing a merciless punch with heavy bass lines and cavernous death grunts. Teamed with complex, razor sharp riffing, the end result is not unlike Meshuggahs early material. Furnished with an eerie array of cinematic samplings and intelligent lyrics, "There's no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole" is as sinister as it is thought provoking. Although unlikely to appear on MTV any time soon, TBTT's old school trappings, crushing guitars and mind bending concepts promise something of an underground favourite."
Featuring Former Members Of SANZEN - Ths is one for fans Of MESHUGGAH !!!
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Band:VAGUE ANGELS
Album:TRUTH LOVED
Label:Expect Candy
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Indie bad-boy? Literary minstrel? The mythology has many permutations – decide for yourself. Vague Angels is Chris Leo’s current moniker. Fans of Chris Leo’s former projects (The Lapse, Van Pelt, Native Nod) will recognize his distinct blend of verbosity and musical virtuosity on his new efforts. With strange lyrical narratives and dense arrangements, Vague Angels sound like the culmination of a style and sound that he’s been developing for years. The first Vague Angels album “Truth Loved” has now been rereleased.
“‘Leo’s work is genuinely intriguing. We’ve already had math-rock, but this is the only book-rock we’ve ever heard, and it’s good.” 8 out of 10 – Disorder Magazine
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Band:AMANDA ROGERS
Album:HEARTWOOD
Label:Expect Candy
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
"Heartwood", the title of Amanda Rogers 6th solo record release, is an impressive follow-up to her 2005 e.p. release, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue". After spending 2 years on the road, her new found poise and confidence is very much apparent on this latest record. "Heartwood" is showcasing Roger's skills as a clever lyricist, versatile songwriter, and impassioned songstress. From song and voice to arrangement and production, you hear every thoughtful nuance of each note and feel the excitement and magic that was felt by all who took part.
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Band:MAKE BELIEVE
Album:MAKE BELIEVE
Label:Expect Candy
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Tim Kinsella and Sam Zurick became friends at age fourteen when Sam asked Tim to steal his mom's car so the two could go to Missouri to look for a missing girl Sam had fallen in love with from a milk carton. Tim said yes. With their first musical project CAP’N JAZZ the two became pioneers and protagonists of the sound that was called emo back then. Until today CAP’N JAZZ are considered one of the most remarkable and influential bands of that era. The various other bands and projects Kinsella and Zurick played in since then had a much less straight approach mostly. Equally great and unique, bands like JOAN OF ARC were less loud, impetuous and spontaneous. Except for one: In 2004 Kinsella and Zurick released the first EP with their new band MAKE BELIEVE. Here it is again – youthful energy that reminds of spring, of first and last kisses.
Limited LOW PRICE vinyl reissue of Make Believe’s first EP with a bonus song not available on vinyl before - For Fans of other Kinsella/Zurick bands such as JOAN OF ARC (Polyvinyl), CAP’N JAZZ (Jade Tree)
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Band:POLITE SLEEPER
Album:LAKE EFFECT.
Label:Expect Candy
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Polite Sleeper is a folk mess and Lake Effect is nine delicate moments put to tape. Following 2008’s critically acclaimed Seens LP the latest is less a stopgap and more a proper introduction for the Brooklyn trio after spending much of last year abroad. Gone are the banjo and pedal steel interludes, the erratic arrangements; gone are the sad sack lullabies and two minute strummers. Enter Mellotron drones, three part harmonies and at the core a rhythm section that still drives each narrative with a confidence to say that less is truly more. Somewhere Britt Daniel of Spoon just nodded. Recorded over five days at Seaside Lounge during a snow storm the edges of this once lo-fi conceit were polished; what’s left is little regard for convention. Couched in a place where the bombastic folk of Bowie or early T. Rex gets smart, the nine tracks on Lake Effect are equal parts unique and obtuse, poetically indifferent and as plain as the Midwestern roots of the members themselves.
RIYL Mountain Goats, Bright Eyes, Grandaddy, Owen, Okkervil River - LTD LOW PRICE REISSUE!
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Band:CHRIS LEO`S VAGUE ANGELS
Album:THE SUNNY DAY I CAUGHT - REISSUE
Label:Expect Candy
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Chris Leo needs no introduction; his involvement with The Lapse and The Van Pelt was only the beginning of his varied and colourful musical journey. With these two bands, Chris found underground success and had begun to lay the foundations, note by note, of what was to come. The Van Pelt was somewhat of an indie rock powerhouse, with Chris joined by Brian Maryansky (who later joined Jets to Brazil) and Toko Yasuda (of Enon and ex-Blonde Redhead). The band released the albums Stealing From Our Favourite Thieves and The Sultans of Sentiment on Gern Blandsten, however they shortly disbanded in 1997. Chris and Toko then formed The Lapse and soon released debut album Betrayal!, again, on Gern Blandsten and second album Heaven Ain’t Happening on Southern Records. After Toko left the band to join Enon in late 1999, Chris continued on his own for a while and eventually signed to Matador in 2000. Chris’ latest musical project, Vague Angels, finally sees Manhattan’s own wordy, wandering minstrel release the much-anticipated The Sunny Day I Caught Tintarella di Luna for a Picnic at the Cemetery on Expect Candy. The album conjures-up the finest elements of Leo’s writing style – from the dissonant riff-based rock of The Lapse to the entrancing melodies of The Van Pelt. However, songs like “The Moon, The Metaphor” hark back to a sound more akin to The Velvet Underground. This album is Chris Leo’s finest accomplishment to date and the sound of a musician / writer with integrity and intelligence as well as heart and soul.
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Band:FANTASIST
Album:GIGGLE JUICE
Label:Rocksector
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
A highly distinctive, modern, down-tuned, progressive, melodic rock album. With slap bass, expert guitar solos, interesting rhythms, curious lyrics & 3-part harmonies.
UK tour planned for March/April as main support band with Exit State. Confirmed for SOS Festival (Manchester) in July, headlined by GUN, also featuring Fury UK, Marseille, Esoterica & more.
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Band:STEEL TORMENTOR
Album:RETURN OF A KING LP
Label:NEPHIN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Metal
Killer traditional metal from Ireland. Having recorded many demos since 1998, and self-releasing their first album in 2004, Steel Tormentor finally return with a work of epic heavy metal glory with 'Return of a King.' The new album is the biggest step forward from the debut possible, Steel Tormentor spent months working on perfecting 'Return of a King'. In December 2009 the final touches were put to the album at LSD studio Germany with producer Lasse Lammert (Ale Storm) at the helm.
For fans of 80’s traditional heavy metal in the vein of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Helloween….NWOBHM The "Return of a King" vinyl comes in a strictly limited edition run of 250 copies.
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Band:BINC
Album:200K
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Another member of the Digital Underground family steps out on his own to highlight whats new from the Bay Area. BINC brings energy, flow, and a dose of crazy with his debut release, 200X.
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Band:CASPER BABYPANTS
Album:MORE PLEASE
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Kids
Simple, fun, acoustic, sing a long songs for kids ages 0-6 and their parents is what the second album from Caspar Babypants is all about. "MORE PLEASE!" is an invitation to sing and smile for the whole family.
Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy nominated songwriter and lead singer for the Seattle rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America.
"Caspar Babypants isn't music for just kids it's fantastically hooky, cool ,authentic pop. Chris Ballew is master and has proven it in two bands now." Stone Gossard - Pearl Jam
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Band:CASPER BABYPANTS
Album:HERE I AM!
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Kids
Simple, fun, acoustic, sing a long songs for kids ages 0-6 and their parents is what the debut album from Caspar Babypants is all about. "HERE I AM!" is an invitation to sing and smile for the whole family.
Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy nominated songwriter and lead singer for the Seattle rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America.
"Caspar Babypants is one of the few children's recording artists I can listen to without wanting to stab myself in the eyes." Weird Al Yankovic
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Band:CASPER BABYPANTS
Album:THIS IS FUN!
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Kids
Simple, fun, acoustic, sing a long songs for kids ages 0-6 and their parents is what the debut album from Caspar Babypants is all about. THIS IS FUN! is an invitation to sing and smile for the whole family.
Caspar Babypants is also known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy nominated songwriter and lead singer for the Seattle rock and roll band The Presidents of the United States of America.
"This is Fun" is way more than just fun. These deceptively simple songs burrow their way into your head and dance around on your synapses. It's so refreshing to hear something for kids that is so purely playful, sonically and melodically rich, unique, and totally genuine" Justin Roberts - Kids Entertainer
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Band:SEVERED CROTCH
Album:THE NATURE OF ENTROPY
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Iceland's SEVERED CROTCH has been at the forefront of the new wave of icelandic death metal the past few years since their formation. Their brand of death metal blends various influences together to create a mix of progressive technical brutality interspersed with old school homage. Severed Crotch's debut full-length "The Nature of Entropy" exhibits scrupulous guitar work and spiraling bass lines complemented by unconfined drum patterns and a ferocious vocal assault. The Nature of Entropy is mandatory for fans of Gorguts, Suffocation, Cephalic Carnage, and just about any death metal enthusiast!
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Band:APOSEPSY
Album:APOSEPSY
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
APOSEPSY means a process of putrefaction from Siberian city Omsk RUSSIA unleashes their debut album "Aposepsy" consists of 18 crazy high-technical and mind-exploding tracks fully equipped with high-speed progressive and groove guitar riffs, bassbulldozer, high-technical crushing drums and every possible vocal. APOSEPSY brings a new strong impulse to the Goregrind style by this debut album. The beginning of epochal Goregrind evolves into the next higher stage !!!
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Band:PURGATORY
Album:NECROMANTAEON
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
PURGATORY returns as one of the oldest east german death metal outfits with a brand new killer album.
For fans of Asphyx, Vader and also Impiety.
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Band:CALM HATCHERY
Album:SACRILEGE OF HUMANITY
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
CALM HATCHERY, death metal quintet from northern Poland, featuring past and present members of DEAD INFECTION and TEHACE have just released their new, second album. "Sacrilege Of Humanity" is technical, brutal death metal and a must have for fans of NILE, IMMOLATION, BEHEMOTH, MORBID ANGEL!
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Band:REPUKE
Album:PERVERTOPIA
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Oozing out from a public toilet in Stockholm,Sweden,early 2007. Imagine of GG Allin’s corpse would daterape the Swedish death metal scene, Repuked would be the abominated result, a true bastard. “Pervertopia” is the debut album by Repuked, consisting of 11 tracks of ultimate punk and death metal mixed together in a putrid,sticky mess!
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Band:STORMWRATH
Album:SWORDS OF ARMAGEDDON
Label:Temple Of Darkness
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Agressive and violent Thrash/Speed Metal in the 80’s style. For fans of bands such as: SLAYER, RAZOR, SODOM. Featuring members from VOICE OF HATE and EXTREME NOISE TERROR!
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Band:BE PERSECUTED
Album:1.1
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Black Metal
Finally available on vinyl version this seminal debut album of the first chinese extreme metal act.
This is a solid piece of suicidal black metal, the kind that will only reach a certain group of people already inclined to such nihilistic sounds. If you know exactly what to expect, I.I. is an album for you. Recommend it for solitary listening, introspection, and catharsis.
LP LTD TO JUST X500 COPIES!
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Band:BEYOND HELVETE
Album:SELF THERAPY
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The sound-waves herein will bring you from the struggle inside yourself into a final calm catharsis; the alchemical harmony of Black Metal, rocking wall of sound, depressive/curative touch will leave the listener with a sense of unforgettable trance-state.
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Band:DEADMAN
Album:SPIRITO DI PIETRA
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
A powerful and ambient black metal, sometimes apocalyptic, purely experimental, with post-rock, industrial, and psychedelic finishing touches, generating Orwellian visions where melodies, stuffed with a continuous lifetime-long research, echoed and are accompanied by the mystique of the Shakespearean sonnets and Pound’s dizzy verses.
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Band:CATCH 22
Album:MONUMETAL
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The band led by T.J. Berry has been marching to the beat of their own drum for 18 years now, and on their 5th fulllength doesn't stray from its trademark style of US power/thrash metal. New songs are usually short and to the point, catchy and with many mood changes... An atmospheric acoustic part is just a calm before the storm and before you know, you're grinded by pulverising riffs, grooves and overpowering rhythm section. The strong and expressive vocals of impressive range shine here but don't overshadow the instruments that are in the hands of seasoned and talented musicians.
For fans of: Testament, Judas Priest, Iced Earth, old Metallica, Metal Church, Heathen, Jag Panzer, Savatage...
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Band:FLUXIOUS
Album:WHY SO SERIOUS?
Label:MandO MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Formed in Geneva during their music tuition at ETM (Ecole des Technologies Musicales de Genève, Switerzland). They began playing together for Christophe Godin’s (rock-métal), Ivan Rougny (World music) and Christophe Bovet’s (soul-jazz) workshops.
From Jazz to Metal Fluxious seem to have no limits to express their art. In 2010 they’ve played in international venues besides great artist as Marcus Miller, Joe Bonamassa, Motorhead, Nashville Pussy, Elis to name a few.
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Band:SPLINN
Album:BECOMING OURSELVES
Label:MandO MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Splinn's music is a combination of power and emotion. Refined and melodic singing lines meet rageous guitar riffs and a dynamic and efficient rythm section. Their songs vary from classical pop structures (Closest Friend, 26) to more progressive atmospheres (Euphoria, Get Away, Resign). Their main ambition is to incorporate prog-rock elements in their music without losing their ability to craft melodic and catchy songs.
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Band:TESS
Album:ST CHARLES
Label:MandO MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Formed in 2006, Tess is now the leader of the french screamo hardcore scene thanks to a real army of fans. "
Darker than ever, TESS's hardcore is a beautiful success. You have to discover it immediately. " (Rock One), " It fells so good to hear French words on a so great sound, very surprising from the band. " (Rock One), " TESS makes very strong for his second album by taking out all of the emo touch and the metal which saw them born. " (Rock One), " A big album as few know how to make it in France. " (Rock One)
Comes with free DVD.
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Band:AS THE SUN
Album:FOUNDATIONS
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The latest in a long line of legendary Swedish Metal / Hardcore legends!
RIYL - At The Gates,Darkest Hour,In Flames and Raised Fist!
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Band:OLTREZONA
Album:MATALO,MATALO
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Oltrezona are a Metal core band from Venice Italy.
The band have toured with legends like Raw Power and 25 Ta Life.
RIYL - Madball,Terror and Agnostic Front!
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Band:REMORSE
Album:COMMUTARTE
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Remorse's new album sees them move away form hardcore to a more diverse sound.
RIYL - Primus,At the Drive In and Pearl Jam!
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Band:CUBRE
Album:LIVE FOR NEED
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Italian act with a unique blend of Metal,Post Core and Prog influences.
RIYL - Neurosis,Botch,Turmoil, Dillinger Escape Plan et al.
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Band:RIGHT IN SIGHT
Album:BLOODSTAINED HANDS
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The Italian hardcore exponents greatest album so far!
RIYL - Zao,Unbroken and Underoath!
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Band:THREE PIGS TRIP
Album:MERCIFUL BULLETS
Label:HOT STEEL
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The first ever TPT ep - A Great Stoner Rock debut!
RIYL - Kyuss,QOTSA,Tool and Mars Volta.
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Band:NUCLEAR
Album:JEHOVIRUS
Label:AUSTRALIS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Genius Thrash Metal from Chile.
"Actually, there’s a bit of everything on their third full-length, mastered in the UK by Russ Russell, from Bay Area’s trademark moshing parts, to '80s Germany's crudeness and even a hint of hardcore and the occasional death metal growl. A recipe for disaster." (Terrorizer Magazine – Blog)
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Band:DELTA
Album:DENY HUMANITY
Label:AUSTRALIS
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Epic Chilean Prog Metal - Touring Europe this summer!
RIYL - Dream Theater,Edguy,Stratovarius and Angra.
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Band:DESIRE OF PAIN
Album:FRAGMENTS OF A CRYSTALLIZED ABSENCE
Label:AUSTRALIS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Revelatory young Death Metal band from Chile.
RIYL - Enslaved and Opeth!
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