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Band:VIRGIN KIDS
Album:GREASEWHEEL
Label:FLUFFER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Garage Punk
Fluffer Records, the cult underground label that brought you Sewer Rats and Love Buzzard and the label that re-invented the live music scene through Pit Parties (Slaves/ Cerebral Ballzy/ Heck/ God Damn), announce their newest signing, Virgin Kids.
Originally started as the bedroom project of frontman Asher Preston, Virgin Kids were fully formed in late 2014 with the addition of childhood friend Paul Rosser and ex-Fawn Spots drummer Sean Hughes. They deliver frenetically energised rock‘n’roll that draws from sources such as post-punk and the ‘70s West Coast (think Gun Club, FIDLAR, The Black Lips).
DIY magazine says “Virgin Kids share the same grime-under-fingernails, downright grubby mentality as fellow garage punks The Black Lips and Hinds. But with new song ‘Cracks in a Colour’, they form a gnarly manifesto of their own”
Joint release with Burger Records (US).
Limited Edition 12’ vinyl (includes download codes). Exclusive limited edition bonus download track with vinyl purchase.
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Band:COBALT
Album:SLOW FOREVER
Label:Profound Lore
Format:Double CD
Genre:Metal
Colorado’s COBALT, over the years and since they began working with Profound Lore Records with 2007’s landmark “Eater Of Birds” album, have become recognized as one of the most singular and defining extreme American metal bands today. Their 2009 album “Gin” is recognized as a pillar in American extreme metal, a milestone album of literature-influenced progressive apocalyptic wasteland metal that took the American metal scene by storm and landed on pretty much all best-of year end lists the year it came out.
Now almost exactly seven years since the release of “Gin”, COBALT (now defined as the duo of multi-instrumentalist/mastermind Erik Wunder and new vocalist Charlie Fell, ex-LORD MANTIS) are poised to releases one of the most anticipated metal releases of 2016, their long-awaited new double album “Slow Forever”
“Slow Forever” sees COBALT, after years dealing with personal turbulence, tragedy, contemplation, and even confusion, return triumphant and focused as ever. With Wunder formulating their sound that naturally takes off where “Gin” left off and new vocalist Fell bringing a new character and sense of savagery and violence that’s synonymous with the COBALT sound, “Slow Forever” is another epic offering from the COBALT cannon destined to hammer down and make its notable impact as one of the most defining metal albums to be released in 2016.
A double album with an 86-minute running time set at a single CD price, is seen as one of the most anticipated metal albums of 2016. A must for fans of Neurosis, Tool, Swans, High On Fire, and Mayhem.
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Band:ORANSSI PAZUZU
Album:Varahtelija
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
In 2013 Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu issued their ‘Valonielu’ LP, an album of timeless creative immensity that was met with ubiquitous praise throughout the world, and solidified the band’s position as one of the most forwardthinking and interesting metal bands. Now Oranssi Pazuzu returns with the follow-up album and fourth overall, the mind-bending masterwork ‘Värähtelijä'. Oranssi Pazuzu, since birth, has never been satisfied to stick with a formula. Each album has seen the band expand upon its previous incarnation and then, like a supernova, blow it up and transform again into something recognizable but completely new. ‘Värähtelijä’ continues in this vein, giving the band much more room to diverge and explore the vast regions of hypnotic progressive psychedelia and the nebulous outer limits of Scandinavian black metal. Songs explode with radiant ultraviolet color and plunge into the deep black darkness of innermost consciousness. If ‘Valonielu’ was the creation of a universe, ‘Värähtelijä’ is the magnification and expansion of its infinite boundaries. A 70+ minute sprawling voyage, ‘Värähtelijä’ more accurately represents the stunning live presence of the band where the songs often span new and previously unheard dimensions of form and structure. Not meant for genre purists, Oranssi Pazuzu are on a trip all their own; modern electric pioneers on an expedition to unlock the keys to the hidden spaces all around and inside us.
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Band:ORANSSI PAZUZU
Album:Varahtelija LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
In 2013 Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu issued their ‘Valonielu’ LP, an album of timeless creative immensity that was met with ubiquitous praise throughout the world, and solidified the band’s position as one of the most forwardthinking and interesting metal bands. Now Oranssi Pazuzu returns with the follow-up album and fourth overall, the mind-bending masterwork ‘Värähtelijä'. Oranssi Pazuzu, since birth, has never been satisfied to stick with a formula. Each album has seen the band expand upon its previous incarnation and then, like a supernova, blow it up and transform again into something recognizable but completely new. ‘Värähtelijä’ continues in this vein, giving the band much more room to diverge and explore the vast regions of hypnotic progressive psychedelia and the nebulous outer limits of Scandinavian black metal. Songs explode with radiant ultraviolet color and plunge into the deep black darkness of innermost consciousness. If ‘Valonielu’ was the creation of a universe, ‘Värähtelijä’ is the magnification and expansion of its infinite boundaries. A 70+ minute sprawling voyage, ‘Värähtelijä’ more accurately represents the stunning live presence of the band where the songs often span new and previously unheard dimensions of form and structure. Not meant for genre purists, Oranssi Pazuzu are on a trip all their own; modern electric pioneers on an expedition to unlock the keys to the hidden spaces all around and inside us. Black Vinyl LP.
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Band:K-X-P
Album:111 PART 2
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
The esoteric electronic space rock saga continues Take the themes of: fear of war, paranoia, euphoria, dark sexuality and a cosmic new age and imagine them in the industrial backdrop of 1970s Sheffield and you have Timo Kaukolampi’s vision for what the fourth K-X-P album 'III Part II' sounds and looks like. The Finnish group – the core unit of which has now long comprised of the trio: Timo Kaukolampi (electronics, vocals and the ‘K’), Tuomo Puranen (bass, keyboards and the ‘P’), and alternating drummers (the ‘X’ – for the mystery) Tomi Leppänen and Anssi Nykänen – are once again found to be breaking territory in the second part of their album III. If Part I was the brooding, rising and tension-ensconced opening act then Part II is the climatic and explosive finale that wraps up the thirteen tracks that stretches across the two releases. It’s a rare feat to be able to create a second half to something that feels both unique and of its own character as well as be something that retains coherence and conclusion but K-X-P has succeeded in doing just that.
Praise for II & III Part I “Eccentric Finnish trancetechno fusion with ritualistic overtones” **** Mojo "a bold dazzling leap" **** The Guardian "a cruious amalgam of minimal techno, polar ambience and rock" Q "a kaleidoscopic host of vintage analogue effects, choirs, walls of guitar and epic keyboard melodies" 8/10 Uncut “their music is incredibly rhythmic, their grooves - paranoid dark disco and motorik - deep” Pitchfork "extraordinary" 8/10 Drowned In Sound "like Marc Bolan backed by ELP and LCD Soundsystem" The Times "a group who've perfected an enticing blend of trippy, electronic pop-driven adventures based loosely on Krautrock sensibilities" 8/10 DJ Mag
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Band:K-X-P
Album:111 PART 2 - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
Take the themes of: fear of war, paranoia, euphoria, dark sexuality and a cosmic new age and imagine them in the industrial backdrop of 1970s Sheffield and you have Timo Kaukolampi’s vision for what the fourth K-X-P album 'III Part II' sounds and looks like. The Finnish group – the core unit of which has now long comprised of the trio: Timo Kaukolampi (electronics, vocals and the ‘K’), Tuomo Puranen (bass, keyboards and the ‘P’), and alternating drummers (the ‘X’ – for the mystery) Tomi Leppänen and Anssi Nykänen – are once again found to be breaking territory in the second part of their album III. If Part I was the brooding, rising and tension-ensconced opening act then Part II is the climatic and explosive finale that wraps up the thirteen tracks that stretches across the two releases. It’s a rare feat to be able to create a second half to something that feels both unique and of its own character as well as be something that retains coherence and conclusion but K-X-P has succeeded in doing just that.
Praise for II & III Part I “Eccentric Finnish trancetechno fusion with ritualistic overtones” **** Mojo "a bold dazzling leap" **** The Guardian "a cruious amalgam of minimal techno, polar ambience and rock" Q "a kaleidoscopic host of vintage analogue effects, choirs, walls of guitar and epic keyboard melodies" 8/10 Uncut “their music is incredibly rhythmic, their grooves - paranoid dark disco and motorik - deep” Pitchfork "extraordinary" 8/10 Drowned In Sound "like Marc Bolan backed by ELP and LCD Soundsystem" The Times "a group who've perfected an enticing blend of trippy, electronic pop-driven adventures based loosely on Krautrock sensibilities" 8/10 DJ Mag
LTD Black Vinyl LP.
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Band:TALMUD BEACH
Album:CHIEF
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Talmud Beach is a blues trio from the heartlands of Finland, releasing their second album Chief in March 2016. The new album carries with it the same praised spirit evoked on the debut: it puts a blues on your face, without pushing, pulling, or shouting. The boogie is still floating with the weight of a snowflake, but the colors and shades are more varied than on the vivid green debut. “Chinaman Blues” swamps; “Forest” is redolent and dark; “Mountain Man” is left in the white haze of the mountain top, and in the end a chief’s hat awaits you in all the colors of the rainbow. Talmud Beach is wandering the trails marked by artists like Robert and Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Canned Heat, Z Z Top, J.J. Cale, and 22-Pistepirkko. Today, music is often played at loud volume, and it has intensively produced and massive sounds. For Talmud Beach the quest for intensity has always gone beyond the volume knob - a quiet, sensitive approach is more effective. CD Format.
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Band:TALMUD BEACH
Album:CHIEF - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Rock
Talmud Beach is a blues trio from the heartlands of Finland, releasing their second album Chief in March 2016. The new album carries with it the same praised spirit evoked on the debut: it puts a blues on your face, without pushing, pulling, or shouting. The boogie is still floating with the weight of a snowflake, but the colors and shades are more varied than on the vivid green debut. “Chinaman Blues” swamps; “Forest” is redolent and dark; “Mountain Man” is left in the white haze of the mountain top, and in the end a chief’s hat awaits you in all the colors of the rainbow. Talmud Beach is wandering the trails marked by artists like Robert and Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Canned Heat, Z Z Top, J.J. Cale, and 22-Pistepirkko. Today, music is often played at loud volume, and it has intensively produced and massive sounds. For Talmud Beach the quest for intensity has always gone beyond the volume knob - a quiet, sensitive approach is more effective. LP Format.
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Band:CONVULSE
Album:CYCLE OF REVENGE
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Death metal veterans rewrite the rules
The band's forthcoming, fourth album, Cycle of Revenge, has been in process for many months already, and during those months, the Convulse trio composed eight new songs. However, on Cycle of Revenge, Convulse really haven't gone back to their "death 'n' roll" mode, but have still made a radical musical shift. Try to imagine combining some of Pink Floyd's psychedelic, airy moments with Finnish prog-rock masters Kingston Wall's beautiful, ear-tickling melodies. Throw in the genuine angst and despair-ridden melancholia of Sentenced's Amok album, and even add some grooviness àla Sepultura's later era or Soulfly, then spice it all up with Rami Jämsä's trademark-ish throaty and belly-trembling death grunts. You may now have some sort of an idea what can be expected from Cycle of Revenge.
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Band:CONVULSE
Album:CYCLE OF REVENGE - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Death Metal
On Cycle of Revenge, Convulse really haven't gone back to their "death 'n' roll" mode, but have still made a radical musical shift. Try to imagine combining some of Pink Floyd's psychedelic, airy moments with Finnish prog-rock masters Kingston Wall's beautiful, ear-tickling melodies. Throw in the genuine angst and despair-ridden melancholia of Sentenced's Amok album, and even add some grooviness àla Sepultura's later era or Soulfly, then spice it all up with Rami Jämsä's trademark-ish throaty and belly-trembling death grunts. You may now have some sort of an idea what can be expected from Cycle of Revenge. Black Vinyl LP format.
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Band:NAPALM DEATH
Album:TIME WAITS FOR NO SLAVE - SPLATTER - LP
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:LP - SPLATTER EFECT VINYL
Genre:Grindcore
UK exclusive edition on yellow vinyl with red and black splatters!
Includes exclusive bonus track “Atheist Runt”!- 200 hand numbered copies UK only!
Numbere copies - Heavy cardboard cover (300gsm), heavy and matte prints including inserts (250gsm).
Great sound with 33rpm! Better sound than the original vinyl release!
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Band:MUNCIE GIRLS
Album:FROM CAPLAN TO BELSIZE
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Emo
Debut full length from Muncie Girls! 10 tracks of melancholic indie punk.
Fuelled by discontent and anxiety, they eloquently address issues of modern living as a self-aware young adult. The result is an ambitious and poignant rebellion against social norms that touches on everything from politics to interpersonal relationships.
Since forming in 2012, Muncie Girls have released a number of EPs, toured all over the UK and Europe, played slots at Reading and Leeds Festivals, as well as at The Fest in Florida. Now with their first full length, From Caplan to Belsize see's Muncie Girls realising the potential that they've been hinting at for years.
ROCKSOUND - "Four-chord punk of the very highest order.” 8/10 KERRANG! - 20th Jan 2016 – Half page interview talking about Exeter's music scene 6th Jan 2016 – “Class of 2016” feature 30th Dec 2015 – Muncie Girls’ Lande Hekt on cover, full page interview in “Stars of 2016” feature 9th Dec 2015 – ‘Gone With the Wind’ in best 25 songs of 2015 14th Oct 2015 – Full page Fresh Blood feature THE INDEPENDENT The Independent – 21st Nov 2015 – ‘Gas Mark 4’ in playlist section The Independent – 24th Oct 2015 – ‘Gone With the Wind’ in playlist section
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Band:MUNCIE GIRLS
Album:FROM CAPLAN TO BELSIZE - LP
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Emo
Debut full length from Muncie Girls! 10 tracks of melancholic indie punk.
Fuelled by discontent and anxiety, they eloquently address issues of modern living as a self-aware young adult. The result is an ambitious and poignant rebellion against social norms that touches on everything from politics to interpersonal relationships.
Since forming in 2012, Muncie Girls have released a number of EPs, toured all over the UK and Europe, played slots at Reading and Leeds Festivals, as well as at The Fest in Florida. Now with their first full length, From Caplan to Belsize see's Muncie Girls realising the potential that they've been hinting at for years.
ROCKSOUND - "Four-chord punk of the very highest order.” 8/10 KERRANG! - 20th Jan 2016 – Half page interview talking about Exeter's music scene 6th Jan 2016 – “Class of 2016” feature 30th Dec 2015 – Muncie Girls’ Lande Hekt on cover, full page interview in “Stars of 2016” feature 9th Dec 2015 – ‘Gone With the Wind’ in best 25 songs of 2015 14th Oct 2015 – Full page Fresh Blood feature THE INDEPENDENT The Independent – 21st Nov 2015 – ‘Gas Mark 4’ in playlist section The Independent – 24th Oct 2015 – ‘Gone With the Wind’ in playlist section
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Band:VIRGIN KIDS
Album:GREASEWHEEL - CD
Label:FLUFFER
Format:CD
Genre:Garage Punk
Fluffer Records, the cult underground label that brought you Sewer Rats and Love Buzzard and the label that re-invented the live music scene through Pit Parties (Slaves/ Cerebral Ballzy/ Heck/ God Damn), announce their newest signing, Virgin Kids. - Originally started as the bedroom project of frontman Asher Preston, Virgin Kids were fully formed in late 2014 with the addition of childhood friend Paul Rosser and ex-Fawn Spots drummer Sean Hughes. They deliver frenetically energised rock‘n’roll that draws from sources such as post-punk and the ‘70s West Coast (think Gun Club, FIDLAR, The Black Lips).
DIY magazine says “Virgin Kids share the same grime-under-fingernails, downright grubby mentality as fellow garage punks The Black Lips and Hinds. But with new song ‘Cracks in a Colour’, they form a gnarly manifesto of their own”
This is 8 tracks of scuzzy punk and surf rock. From the opening ‘Bruised Knees’, to the highlight of ‘Cracks in Colour’ and the climax of ‘Shrink Wrap’; “Greasewheel” captures the jubilant high’s and all encompassing, nightmarish low’s of young life in an touchable truth. It is delivere. CD Format.
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Band:ANGELIC PROCESS
Album:WEIGHING SOULS WITH SAND
Label:ROADBURN
Format:Double Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
With a sound that fuses the layered guitar drone of MY BLOOD VALENTINE, the epic sound and tribal thump of NEUROSIS, the emotional bloodletting of JARBOE/SWANS, and complex, yet fluidly shifting time signatures, THE ANGELIC PROCESS have forged new musical ground and over the course of numerous on labels all over the world, have refined and defined a sound that one person described as "the sound my soul makes". THE ANGELIC PROCESS live is no less as intense. Blasting noise, complex melodies, droning guitar resonance, rippling bass, tom‐heavy tribal drums, and hauntingly emotional vocals collide to create violently ambient songs that have a definite shape and progression, but envelope the audience in warm, bombastic soundscapes.
New artwork by Mories of Gnaw Their Tongues.
Double LP Vinyl Reissue of the cd that came out on Profound Lore in 2007
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Band:BLOWFLY
Album:77 RUSTY TROMBONES
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Soul/Funk/Disco
"77 Rusty Trombones" is the final studio album by legendary and influential Miami singer, songwriter and producer Clarence Reid aka Blowfly, the original nasty rapper who passed in Mid- January. Reid had a career spanning 50 years that saw him pen songs for Betty Wright, K.C. & The Sunshine Band and Sam & Dave among others. The new album is a return to the form of his classic releases including "The Weird World of Blowfly" that heavily parodied R&B hits. “77 Rusty Trombones” features the standout tracks “If You Don’t Blow Me By Now” and “She’s Got A Weiner” that harken back to Clarence’s soul roots and are infused with his trademark humor.
Blowfly (Clarence Reid) had terminal cancer and died January 17th, this was the final recording of one of the most influential figures on the nascent Hip Hop scene way back when....
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Band:PIPPO SPERA
Album:A BUEN PUERTO
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
A record that sounds like a summertime sunset, if ever there was one. Lilting melodies, infused with an undercurrent of bossa nova and the drowsy, faded memory of sun-drenched islands. All of this melodic loveliness is made ever-so-groovy in an Afro-Cuban sort of way thanks to a mighty contribution from world famous percussionist Jorge Trasante, Totem drummer Roberto Galletti, and Limonada drummer José Luis Sosa. Pippo Spera came into the orbit of Uruguayan iconoclast Eduardo Mateo back during the days of El Kinto (one of that band’s finest songs is about a visit by Mateo to Pippo’s house). From 1967 to 1970, Pippo concentrated on studying classical guitar at the Conservatorio Nacional of Uruguay, until the military dictatorship closed the school. So, Pippo started his songwriter career, which culminated in 1975/1976 with the recording of "A Buen Puerto." As Pippo says, "It was a beautiful experience to me. I had the help of the best musicians in town, they were like brothers. At that time in Uruguay, nobody used to get money to perform in a recording studio; for the musicians it was a pleasure, it was just love of art..." After the release of this LP, Pippo decided to leave a Uruguay oppressed by a brutal dictatorship. He sailed to Brazil in a ship much like the one hovering behind him on the "A Buen Puerto" album. Brazil was indeed "a good port" for Pippo—he became friends with many of the best Brazilian musicians of those years: Milton Nascimento, Geraldo Azevedo, Renato Rocha, and Alceu Valença, and ended up writing for and playing on Nascimento’s "Clube da Esquina 2" album.
Four-panel insert w/lyrics in Spanish and English, photos, and info on Pippo - Infused with an undercurrent of bossa nova and the drowsy, faded memory of sun-drenched islands! - LP Limited to 500 copies
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Band:SHINDIG MAGAZINE
Album:ISSUE 54
Label:SILVERBACK PUBLISHING
Format:MAGAZINE
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Issue 54 of the Psych/Garage bible available at all good Indie stores now !
THE BAND are on the cover. Also features BOWIE, CORAL, LONG RYDERS, PETER STAMPFEL, ITALIAN HORROR, THE BYRDS and all the usual news and reviews etc
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Band:LE SUPER HOMARD
Album:MAPLE KEY
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
Christophe Vaillant previously fronted the French rock band Pony Taylor. A five piece band with a taste for 60s beat music, they record two fine long‐players before calling it a day to because of family commitments. In November 2014, Christophe formed Le Super Homard with his brother Olivier and Pandora Burgess. Their brand of electronic pop resonates with classic French pop references including those of spiritual fathers of the electro‐pop genre, Stereolab and Medhi Zannad, author of a French pop masterpiece, Fugu 1.
One of the best 'new' things we have heard ina while : this is going to go down well with fans of Stereolab, Gruff Rhys and Broadcast.
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Band:LE SUPER HOMARD
Album:MAPLE KEY - LP
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
Christophe Vaillant previously fronted the French rock band Pony Taylor. A five piece band with a taste for 60s beat music, they record two fine long‐players before calling it a day to because of family commitments. In November 2014, Christophe formed Le Super Homard with his brother Olivier and Pandora Burgess. Their brand of electronic pop resonates with classic French pop references including those of spiritual fathers of the electro‐pop genre, Stereolab and Medhi Zannad, author of a French pop masterpiece, Fugu 1. This is going to go down well with fans of Stereolab, Gruff Rhys and Broadcast.
Limited edition 250 copies world wide 10-inch white vinyl !
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Band:S.P.K.
Album:FIELD REPORT SAN FRANCISCO - LP
Label:THERAPEUTUC / ADVERSE
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Industrial/EBM
SPK live in 1981 on LP !
Earlier released on vinyl in the box set Working Cycle Transmissions (Therapeutic/Adverse Recordings 2015)
The bands first US appearence at the San Francisco Odd Fellows Hall on 16th May 1981
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Band:PONAMERO SUNDOWN
Album:VEDDESTA
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
So, after a couple of years of silence Ponamero Sundown is finally back. We welcome you all to Veddesta, our brand new album. The plan behind the album was trying to renew ourselves both musically and soundwise but also working around the vinyl concept. There might be one or two new paths taken but mostly it's business as usuall, meaning loads of riffs and tons of groove. (Veddesta is by the way an industrial area in the northern parts of Stockholm where our home base was located for many years and where this album was written and mainly recorded.) This is a collaborational release between Transubstans Records and Ozium Records.
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Band:THE CHANCERS
Album:TRIGGER WARNING
Label:Unrest
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
The Chancers' fifth album, Trigger Warning, harnesses their unique blend of ska, soul and punk to a lyrical content which challenges and questions the verities of modern life. For anyone who ever wished the Sleaford Mods had the melodies to fill a Northern Soul dance floor, The Chancers deliver a searing commentary on sexual and political mores, backed by classic songwriting and melodic inventiveness. From the '60's flavoured rock of 'Blue Beat Attack' to the horn propelled grandeur of 'Without You', Trigger Warning runs the full gamut of musical influences while always sounding resolutely and unmistakably like The Chancers. You've never heard anything like this before. 180g Vinyl.
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Band:BEN McKELVEY
Album:LIFE AND LOVE IN ENGLAND
Label:SCYLLA
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Packed with lyrical honesty and classic melodies, this is the music of London multi- instrumentalist and songwriter Ben McKelvey. His music has been likened to Bruce Springsteen, The Clash and Paul Weller. His passionate performance and lyrical storytelling has captivated audiences across the UK and beyond: Taking in hundreds of solo dates since 2011, he also toured the USA in the summer of 2014, and was an invited guest of the national Open Mic UK competition and played iconic venues such as Shepherd’s Bush Empire whilst supporting The Janoskians on their UK tour.
UK TOUR with Wet Wet Wet. 21/2/16 RHYL PAVILION. 23/2/16 DUBLIN 3ARENA. 24/2/16 BELFAST SSE ARENA. 26/2/16 BIRMINGHAM GENTING ARENA. 27/2/16 LIVERPOOL ECHO ARENA. 28/2/16 NOTTINGHAM CAPITAL FM ARENA. 01/3/16 BRIGHTON CENTRE. 02/3/16 BOURNEMOUTH BIC. 04/3/16 LEEDS FIRST DIRECT ARENA. 05/3/16 MANCHESTER ARENA. 06/3/16 LONDON THE O2 ARENA. 08/3/16 PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS. 09/3/16 CARDIFF MOTORPOINT ARENA. 11/3/16 NEWCASTLE METRO RADIO ARENA. 12/3/16 GLASGOW THE SSE HYDRO. 13/3/16 ABERDEEN GE OIL & GAS ARENA. 14/3/16 INVERNESS LEISURE CENTRE.
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Band:THE ROCKET SUMMER
Album:ZOETIC
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
After reaching the top of the Billboard Rock Charts with his previous albums Do You Feel (2007), Of Men And Angels (2010), and the self-released Life Will Write The Words (2012), The Rocket Summer’s sixth album, Zoetic, marks a creative milestone for Texas-born songwriter & multiinstrumentalist Bryce Avary. The sonically and emotionally compelling tunes “Same Air,” ”Cold War,” and "Help Me Out" showcase Avary’s mature songwriting skills and studio mastery, while tapping into a wellspring of edgy inspiration that reflects the unique creative journey that produced the album.
"It's the most ‘alive’ music I've ever made,” Bryce Avary says of Zoetic. “I think that's why it sounds a bit different, because it's raw, creative expression with zero expectation or rules of any kind.” With never-ending support from a faithful legion of fans around the world, Zoetic is poised to kickstart the next phase of The Rocket Summer.
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Band:LUMEN LAB
Album:THEY ARE KILLING US
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Avantgarde/Electronic
Lumen lab is a project created by Diego Martínez in 2000. When he was fifteen, he surprised the electronic scene in Mexico (reserved then only to genres associated with dance music or late rave culture) with drum machines, secondhand synths and any device with which he could use to generate rhythmic noise and distortion. After two years of live performances linked to a post-industrial sound, Diego began to merge other influences such as glitch, the late nineties IDM and sounds associated to hip-hop and punk music. In 2004 the "enfant terrible of mexican electronic music" released his first album "Comiendo algodón en la pista de baile" (Eating cotton candy on the dance floor), published by the record label Abolipop in the boom of leftist electronic music in Mexico. It became one of the most important titles to strengthen a new scene more closely linked with experimentation. "They are killing us" has several collaborations, including his brother Israel Martinez, a recognized sound and interdisciplinary artist. Both codirect Abolipop and the digital publishing platform Suplex. For vocals, Chano collaborates. He was the voice of important bands of the crust and grindcore scene of Mexico in the nineties and the new millennium as Hydrophobia and Emphysema, besides collaborating with anarcho-punk bands like Fallas del Sistema. "They are killing us" is a convulsive and powerful work, the result of fifteen years of experimentation as Lumen lab and a social context that demands nothing less than a great energy and anger to get ahead, to preserve life, because they are killing us.
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Band:LUMEN LAB
Album:THEY ARE KILLING US - Vinyl
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:10 inch Vinyl
Genre:Avantgarde/Electronic
Lumen lab is a project created by Diego Martínez in 2000. When he was fifteen, he surprised the electronic scene in Mexico (reserved then only to genres associated with dance music or late rave culture) with drum machines, secondhand synths and any device with which he could use to generate rhythmic noise and distortion. After two years of live performances linked to a post-industrial sound, Diego began to merge other influences such as glitch, the late nineties IDM and sounds associated to hip-hop and punk music. In 2004 the "enfant terrible of mexican electronic music" released his first album "Comiendo algodón en la pista de baile" (Eating cotton candy on the dance floor), published by the record label Abolipop in the boom of leftist electronic music in Mexico. It became one of the most important titles to strengthen a new scene more closely linked with experimentation. "They are killing us" has several collaborations, including his brother Israel Martinez, a recognized sound and interdisciplinary artist. Both codirect Abolipop and the digital publishing platform Suplex. For vocals, Chano collaborates. He was the voice of important bands of the crust and grindcore scene of Mexico in the nineties and the new millennium as Hydrophobia and Emphysema, besides collaborating with anarcho-punk bands like Fallas del Sistema. "They are killing us" is a convulsive and powerful work, the result of fifteen years of experimentation as Lumen lab and a social context that demands nothing less than a great energy and anger to get ahead, to preserve life, because they are killing us. 10" Vinyl.
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Band:TATUM RUSH
Album:GURU CHILD
Label:African Tape
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
With the publication of “Guru child” Tatum Rush closes a chapter of his original songwriting coming of age. The chapter opened back in 2011 in a cement tower in the village of Brunnen, near the obscure Mahari- shi Mahesh Yogi temple, which was visited by personalities such as the Beatles and David Lynch. Björn Magnusson’s recording studio, filled with old clunky machines and an Auschwitz-coldness rising from the echo chambers, but a tropical heat in the music that was born. Cutting guitars, Motown grooves, and narratives of vacations in fifty-something shades of mingling and desire. The following sessions were scattered over a more extended period inspired by a long stay in a farm in a billionaire’s farm Brazil. The later songs are characterized by a flirtations with poetry and fantasies of luxury hotellerie, carnal projections, after-life reminiscences. The diversity of the songs and the sounds stand as a journey from analog to digital, from poetry to tabloids, from sincere fragility to cosmic confidence. This is first the first chapter...
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Band:INUTILI
Album:ELVES RED SPRITES BLUE JETS
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:AVANT/POST ROCK
Elves, red sprites, blue jets is the third full length album from Inutili. Emerging from the vibrant rock scene in Teramo, Italy they continue to change, without completely abandoning their peculiar character. In their new songs, the tracks are less dilated. Improvisation is channelled in a form closer to the classic song, but in practice every track is different. There are still passages of epic psychedelia that could and SHOULD go on forever but the real news is the addiction of the sinewy vocals, half-sung, half-grumbled. The vinyl version is a uniform work, it’s heavy and majestic ringing with energy. The CD version has six bonus songs that show the various ways that the band is testing new mutations. Elves, red sprites, blue jets is idiosyncratic, primal and euphoric and yet somehow manages to stay catchy.
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Band:INUTILI
Album:ELVES RED SPRITES BLUE JETS - LP
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:AVANT/POST ROCK
Elves, red sprites, blue jets is the third full length album from Inutili. Emerging from the vibrant rock scene in Teramo, Italy they continue to change, without completely abandoning their peculiar character. In their new songs, the tracks are less dilated. Improvisation is channelled in a form closer to the classic song, but in practice every track is different. There are still passages of epic psychedelia that could and SHOULD go on forever but the real news is the addiction of the sinewy vocals, half-sung, half-grumbled. The vinyl version is a uniform work, it’s heavy and majestic ringing with energy. LP Format.
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Band:HANGMANS CHAIR
Album:THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE POSITIVE
Label:MUSIC FEAR SATAN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
HANGMAN'S CHAIR from Paris is back this year with its fourth album, This is not supposed to be positive produced by Francis Caste. Over the years and the records, the band has gone beyond their early stoner/doom sound and now finds its own style with colder and simpler songs (still heavy though) and more melodic vocals with Cedric (singer/guitarist) fantastic voice that reminds us of the 90s downtempo hardcore bands like LIFE OF AGONY, ONLY LIVING WITNESS or SECTION 8. Of course, the main inspiration is ALICE IN CHAINS but we can hear some gothic metal touches like TYPE O'NEGATIVE or even THE CURE. With this new record, HANGMAN'S CHAIR simply becomes the best French stoner/doom act.
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Band:HANGMANS CHAIR
Album:THIS IS NOT SUPPSED TO BE POSITIVE - 2LP
Label:MUSIC FEAR SATAN
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
HANGMAN'S CHAIR from Paris is back this year with its fourth album, This is not supposed to be positive produced by Francis Caste. Over the years and the records, the band has gone beyond their early stoner/doom sound and now finds its own style with colder and simpler songs (still heavy though) and more melodic vocals with Cedric (singer/guitarist) fantastic voice that reminds us of the 90s downtempo hardcore bands like LIFE OF AGONY, ONLY LIVING WITNESS or SECTION 8. Of course, the main inspiration is ALICE IN CHAINS but we can hear some gothic metal touches like TYPE O'NEGATIVE or even THE CURE. With this new record, HANGMAN'S CHAIR simply becomes the best French stoner/doom act. DBL LP Format.
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Band:NECROMANTIA
Album:NEKROMANTEION - 2LP
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
“NEKROMANTEION is the sacred place where the art of NECROMANTIA (necromancy) is performed. A dark haven, hidden from the common eyes where the necromancer practice and evolves his magnum arcanum. Likewise this double cd compilation is a collection of almost all our works which are not included in our official albums, meaning demos, promos, splits, compilations, early works , covers e.t.c. It is the first time that all these rare gems are gathered in a double volume. NECROMANTIA was always a band who followed its own dark path music wise. We created, not followed . We influenced and gave shape to the musical directions of younger bands and musicians. With NEKROMANTEION we offer you a full view of our wanderings through the Abyss since our profane birth in 1989….Be not afraid to look into the Erevos, although you must know that Erevos will look back at you….rejoice” DLP - LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES WORLDWIDE!
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Band:TEMPLE OF GNOSIS
Album:De Secretis Naturae Alchymica
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Temple Of Gnosis is a symphonic occult death/doom project, inspired by the Western esoteric traditions, one of the most admirable musical manifestation of the alchemical process of Enlightenment, representing the dissolution and deconstruction of spiritual elements to form a new form of being. A musical catharsis, underlying the process of emptying and cleansing, the destruction of the original structure in order to build a new one from the ashes. Spread by the sombre spoken vocals, coming from the catacomb of the inner self, Temple of Gnosis states that there’s no enlightenment without traveling through the darkness. Light, as a state of mind, and darkness go together and act as a single dimension, of which they are the opposite poles. Music consists of a combination of dark ambient, doom-styled & sludgy guitars and death metal vocals, all supported by heavy symphonic and dark keyboards on an unique shape. The goal is to create a dark atmosphere that represents the process shadow-work and discharge of dark emotions, and to represent many other aspects and symbols of the occult tradition transcended through the music.
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Band:CANTIQUE LEPREUX
Album:Cendres Celestes
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
MÉTAL NOIR QUÉBÉCOIS !
Born in 2014, Cantique Lépreux feeds on Black Metal from all eras, wallowing in its essence. Inspired by the wilderness of Québec, the Occult, Death and Fear, the band creates music that is at times grim, at other times melancholic; a work born of passion, paying homage to the legends of Black Metal.
Cantique Lépreux hail from a scene that seem to endure as an archaic artefact of a genre that was immeasurably shaped by the early Scandinavian Black Metal scene and literally, there could be no more suitable place then Quebec to shape such cold and mournful black metal hymns.
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Band:Fluisteraars
Album:LUWTE - LP
Label:Eisenwald
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
180G CLEAR VINYL EDITION IN CUSTOM GATEFOLD PACKAGE!
The band's debut album titled "Dromers", was firmly rooted in the fertile soil cultivated by Drudkh, Primordial or even Agalloch, nevertheless built its own aura. Excellent reviews at the press, whilst also garnering end of year list entries and other critical accolades along the way, hailed Fluisteraars as one of the new potent stalwarts of Dutch black metal. Blending the welcoming, epic affair of their debut with more harsh and biting effort's more reminiscent of 90s black metal, Luwte captures the band from a slightly different, yet none less qualitative angle. While the band had already shown their effective vigour with time stretching melodic and edgy grandeur, this second album is very much the more ferocious finished extension to it. An unpolished yet elaborate production with final mastering duties taken over by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY perfectly suits the dynamic, intelligent nature of the music.
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Band:KRATER
Album:URERE
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
URERE, Latin for burning, A word that fits perfectly for what KRATER stands in their musical direction and lyrical imagery. A blazing torch that starts as a smoldering ember and ends in a raging fire taking everything away. The honest fury that becomes an inner madness, burning you from inside. URERE is the 3rd full length record for KRATER. Created with blasting whirlwinds, and the gloom of low tempo, URERE was composed with the mind of combining the most diverse musical outbreaks to create a fitting soundtrack of reflection for a disturbed personal vision. The music and lyrics hover in a state of hate, lunacy, frustration and cathartic outbreaks. URERE speaks to the listener on numerous levels, using influences of Black-, Death- and Doom- Metal in synergy with different vocal styles from screaming, choirs, and whispers.
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Band:TOTAL HATE
Album:Lifecrusher - Contributions to a world in ruins
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Hailing from Bavaria/Germany Total Hate unifies the essence of Scandinavian old school black metal. Emerging as kind of sideproject back in 2000 they evolved to a full band playing gigs and tours. „Lifecrusher“ marks the 16th year of existence and proves the best album so far: crushing, honest Black Metal without any compromises.
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Band:LEW LEWIS AND THE TWILIGHT TRIO
Album:JUST DANCE
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:7 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Their debut CD album sold out and has been repressed. This is their first vinyl outing and leads the way ahead of their follow up CD album. UK Rockabilly band from Kent. Popular and busy 4 piece.
7 inch with 4 brand new tracks!
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Band:WIZZ WIZARD
Album:WHERE THE RIVER RUNS COLD
Label:Rocksector
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
2nd album by Belgian classic metal band Wizz Wizzard. Features guest performance on guitar from Iced Earth's Luke Appleton who also co-wrote 2 songs, and guest backing vocals from brother Chris Appleton (Blaze Bayley / Absolva / Fury UK).
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Band:DIOXIDE
Album:SPECULAR MIRRORS
Label:EK Product
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Andrea Bellucci and Andrew Lagowski are two inspired alchemists of electronic sound: they have developed over the years an highly sophisticated, intelligent and futuristic musical perception, constantly seeking a final balance between compositional perfection and an effective autonomous music dynamism, giving to their songs an artificial communicative energy. Through the project Dioxide the two protagonists were able to express the best of their creativity, realizing an album of great interest for the followers of 'braindance': Specular Mirrors. Eight tracks fully instrumental integrate obscure, highly evocative and atmospheric elements, combining radically electronic structures with other ones classically IDM. Segmented, minimal rhythms and programmed schemes, actively interact with cold digitized modulations, evoking fantastic, cosmic, unsearchable images which transfix the listener's senses, virtually chaining him to the enchantment of these diaphanous frequencies. This release contains the best theorems of the ultra-modern electronic culture: the contact with "Specular Mirrors" is a unique experience that transcends the imaginable! Its sonorities will be reflected in your mind. Endlessly.
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Band:OLDSCHOOL UNION
Album:PERJANTAI
Label:EK Product
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
EBM followers: rejoice! The Finns Oldschool Union returned to drag you again in their exciting techno-dance vortex. After the success obtained with the previous album "Älä Ole, Elä!, Seppo and Janne break again into the scene, offering to the fans a new, full-length load of energy and irreverent lyrics, respecting all the traditional dogmas of the best early-Electronic Body Music. In the seventeen tracks of "Perjantai" you can listen to formulations saturated of impetus and discipline, expressed through the traditional music scheme that propagates super bass-lines, rigid sections of drum-programming, linear sequenced trails and aggressive vocals, in a dynamic and compact set of sounds that will compel you to dance for hours and hours, testing your physical strength. Decisiveness and movement they combine perfectly, creating today as a time those sparks of pure electronic vitality that made so unique and evergreen the post-Neue Deutsche Welle, one style that finds in Oldschool Union a solid point of reference. The album is mixed and mastered by Dirk Steyer from the famous synthpop / electro / industrial band Accessory. Warm up your muscles and get ready to run amok at the rhythm of the most amazing EBM release of this first part of 2016.
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Band:REELROAD
Album:PAST THE GATES
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
From Russia with love! The folk group Great Reelroadъ sets with "Past The Gate" is already their fourth album. The seven men and women ensemble (some are playing at OTAVA YO) combines traditional Russian folk music skillfully with modern arrangements and wild percussion rhythms. The emphasis is on traditional instruments, which are skillfully combined with e-bass and drums.
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Band:CELENKA
Album:CELENKA
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Celenka's debut album is made of the best qualities of East European music: one can hear magically sensitive ballads, touching narratives and wild shamanistic dances. The vocalist Emmi Kujanpää has collected songs on field trips to Bulgaria and Karelia (Vienan Karjala specifically), where she has received songs directly from the holders of the old traditions. Some songs on this album have been discovered from musical archives, while another group of compositions were newly written and arranged by the band members for this record. Celenka started playing together in 2013 and their music has been positively noticed in the Finnish world music scene.
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Band:RORCAL
Album:CREON
Label:DIVISION
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Three years after the monstrous and blackened VILAGVEGE, RORCAL is back with a brand new full length entitled CREON. Again, this new beast is showing a different face of the band by the mean of 4 hellish tracks for more than 50 minutes of music. Furious, but also melodic, these new songs display a wild range of atmosphere, each one serving the purpose of an epic story. Yes, it’s the death of 4 well known Greek characters, all linked to Creon, that are narrated in this new concept album. Punishing blast beats, heavy riffs, progressive structures expressed through brilliant song writing, possessed vocals; everything is here reunited to create a new level of insanity in the field of extreme music. This 4th full length, recorded in three day in live conditions by Steph Kroug and mixed in Sweden by Daniel Bergstrand, is a journey like no one can even dreamed of. Let the magic do its job, let yourself drown in this beautiful and savage piece of aggression.
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Band:DER NOIR
Album:A CERTAIN IDEA OF LOVE
Label:Subsound Records
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Italian cold wave trio Der Noir explores on this release new sounds that are totally different from the previous combinations of Goth, darkwave and post-punk. Instrumental electronic sounds with post rock atmospheres.
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Band:SOON
Album:SOON VOL. 1
Label:TEMPLE OF TORTUROUS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
With its debut LP, SOON forges an unlikely hybrid of dark doom and heavy psychedelics, conjuring low‐end storms and balancing mettle with melodic finesse. Rather than using low, slow riffs as dredging sinkholes, the Chapel Hill, N.C. quartet keeps its strong forward pushes devoid of any dead weight. Recorded with engineer Kris Hilbert (Torch Runner, Between the Buried And Me, The Body) at the helm, SOON, whose members also contribute to The Love Language, Bitter Resolve and Grohg, draws from a deep well of influence and experience in crafting this intricate balance of power and grace, without sacrificing its titanic heft.
"If SOON has a signature, it’s the unlikely pairing of heavy doom and elegant melody…” Bryan C. Reed
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Band:BAUDA
Album:SPORELIGHTS - LP
Label:TEMPLE OF TORTUROUS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Bauda, the unique progressive rocker from Chile, teamed up with René Rutten from Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering to produce their new album “Sporelights”, and the result of this wonderfully collaborative effort that lasted for nearly two years, is an astonishing seven-song album that once again confirms their flexibility and talent for crafting powerful, intimate and poignant music. Revolving around the perpetual struggles of men against the enslaving nature of modern societies, this new effort displays a powerful and dynamic progressive rock, which paired with beautiful, dramatic orchestral ambiences create a majestic record that is so compelling it lures you deeper and deeper with each repeated listen.
“A real progressive rock gem and deserve a bigger audience” – Metal Hammer
Limited Deluxe LP release with gatefold
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Band:DRIVING RAIN
Album:INTERVENTION TIME
Label:LOVELY
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Driving Rain releases their debut EP "Intervention Time" the 18th of march. The EP holds six songs of melodic rock kept simple but not stupid. The super catchy and direct songwriting together with Anders Göranssons voice forms a recording that leaves you wanting more. The band with members from Doits, Dead Lord and Beast has been musically bred in the 90´s but is trying to find the sounds of the 70´s. Drivin Rain´s debut EP offers 6 songs that combine the sounds of the two golden decades of rock music. Members from Doit´s, Beast and Dead Lord - Vinyl only release that includes digital download
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Band:SNAKE TONGUE
Album:RAPTORS BREATH
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Raptor’s Breath is the debut album from Sweden’s Snake Tongue. 28 minutes of ruthless, raw and aggressive mayhem held together by classic elements from the Swedish extreme scenes. An essential part of the nine track album is the mix made by Kurt Ballou (Converge), that brings forth the bands technical parts in a perfect blend with the Swedes more brutal side. The band holds a chaotic sound on the brink of total madness.
The recording was mainly made in HoboRec Studio by Ulf Blomberg and is mixed by Kurt Ballou (GodCity) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege). This combination plows way for an album that is a perfect combination of the Swedish and US scenes. The artwork is made by Mattias Frisk who have worked with bands such as Ghost, Night, Morbus Chron and Vampire.
"This record blew me away from the moment I loaded in the mastering session. Raging modern hardcore from Sweden, with well structured songs, a flawless recording, and a heavy dose of aggression from Kurt's mix... Relentless!" - Brad Boatright, From Ashes Rise / Audiosiege Mastring
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Band:SNAKE TONGUE
Album:RAPTORS BREATH - LP
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Metal
Raptor’s Breath is the debut album from Sweden’s Snake Tongue. 28 minutes of ruthless, raw and aggressive mayhem held together by classic elements from the Swedish extreme scenes. An essential part of the nine track album is the mix made by Kurt Ballou (Converge), that brings forth the bands technical parts in a perfect blend with the Swedes more brutal side. The band holds a chaotic sound on the brink of total madness. The recording was mainly made in HoboRec Studio by Ulf Blomberg and is mixed by Kurt Ballou (GodCity) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege). This combination plows way for an album that is a perfect combination of the Swedish and US scenes. The artwork is made by Mattias Frisk who have worked with bands such as Ghost, Night, Morbus Chron and Vampire.
"This record blew me away from the moment I loaded in the mastering session. Raging modern hardcore from Sweden, with well structured songs, a flawless recording, and a heavy dose of aggression from Kurt's mix... Relentless!" - Brad Boatright, From Ashes Rise / Audiosiege Mastring
Vinyl LP contains digital download
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Band:HIGHRIDER
Album:HIGHRIDER
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Armageddon Rock is Highrider´s debut EP that is released 18th of March. The Gothenburg based Swedes deliver a cinematic heavy metal attack in four punches. 21 minutes of larger than life organ driven nuclear rock music that makes Armageddon Rock into a sonic blast out. A dystopian message contemplating the downfall of human civilisation delivered with powerful energetic catchy melodies. The music is heavily based on the organ, providing lot´s of space for heavy riffing, solo´s and Andreas Fagerbergs vocals to create a debut Ep of modern US influenced heavy metal. CD version including digital download
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Band:HIGHRIDER
Album:HIGHRIDER - LP
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Metal
Armageddon Rock is Highrider´s debut EP that is released 18th of March. The Gothenburg based Swedes deliver a cinematic heavy metal attack in four punches. 21 minutes of larger than life organ driven nuclear rock music that makes Armageddon Rock into a sonic blast out. A dystopian message contemplating the downfall of human civilisation delivered with powerful energetic catchy melodies. The music is heavily based on the organ, providing lot´s of space for heavy riffing, solo´s and Andreas Fagerbergs vocals to create a debut Ep of modern US influenced heavy metal. Vinyl version including digital download
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Band:SUSPIRAL
Album:DELVE INTO THE MYSTERIES OF TRANSCENDENCE
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Supremely dark and majestic, SUSPIRAL's music is a coalescence of frantic guitar-working and mesmerizing, noisy solos raising from chaos like bloody spears pointed at a black hole sky. The band's apocalyptic and unmerciful assault is tempered by the obscure, trance-inducing aura of the melodies, and by a well-structured songwriting, so dense of shades, sonic details and unexpected twists and turns that the 33 minutes of “Delve Into The Mysteries Of Transcendence” end up looking like an odyssey. The purpose is to explore the true depths of darkness instead of safely swimming on its surface, like too many bands are content to do. But SUSPIRAL have no fear to drown: they bravely jump into the vacuum, sure to ascend.
For fans of Teitanblood, Wrathprayer, Pseudogod, Embrace Of Thorns
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Band:SKAPHE
Album:SKAPHE 2
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Born as a new project from A.P. (Alex Poole of Chaos Moon, Esoterica, and Krieg), SKÁPHE released an acclaimed, eponymous debut fulllength of experimental black metal via Fallen Empire Records in 2014. Now turned into a duo thanks to the addition of amazing singer D.G. (from the Icelandic black metal rising stars Misþyrming and Naðra), SKÁPHE return with their sophomore album “Skáphe²” bringing with them an even more ominous and deadly sound. Supremely obscure, visionary and soaked in anguish, “Skáphe²” can be described as a scaring mind-altering experience, a psychonautic voyage through innermost regions. A.P.'s cyclopian and chaotic black metal riffs, and D.G.'s imposing vocals trace cavernous melodies that are left to rot into a freezing, infinite vacuum of non-existence, while the thunderous bass and drums alternate funereal tempos with convulsed, frantic rhythms. Macabre, enigmatic and more structured than what could appear at first, SKÁPHE's music is like abstract darkness struggling to take shape.
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Band:DISSVARTH
Album:BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND THE MOON
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK METAL
“Between The Light And The Moon” is the poetic title of DISSVARTH's debut full-length album, a contemplative voyage through starry landscapes of infinite beauty. DISSVARTH is a duo comprising two among the most visionary and talented artists in today's atmospheric metal field: Dis Pater, the enigmatic Australian composer behind MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY, and Svarthen of Slovakia's AEON WINDS. The enchanting, etheric songs of “Between The Light And The Moon” are the result of their collaboration and their love for the music of Dead Can Dance, Elend, Arcana, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. Leaving the metal influences behind, the duo has distilled a pure concentrate of atmospheric ambient imbued with classical music, enriched with cosmic tones, fascinating neo-folk acoustic passages, a prominent darkwave feel, and crystalline vocal melodies. DISSVARTH's music is simple, yet transcending and incredibly intense.
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Band:GODWATT
Album:LULTIMO SOLE
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
GodWatt Redemption begin their activity in June 2006, when three friends, deeply moved by low tune and sulphureus notes, decide to "set up" a heavy rock-stoner/doom band. The proposal came from the guitarist-singer Moris Fosco, pushed by the monolithic bass player Mauro Passeri. After having tested quite a lot of musicians, they decided that it was better to carry on as a "trio" and recruited Andrea 'Junkie' Vozza on drums. From this moment on the band began its activity with intense jam sessions and after several months of exhausting rehearsals, they recorded a four-track demo-cd. Then the band started its heavy live activity pressing down numerous stages of Italy, they took part also at many important festival in their own country. After the releases of a Demo Cd (2007), 2 self-produced albums ("The Hard Ride of Mr. Slumber" in 2008 and "The Rough Sessions" in 2012), they decided to carry on the project changing their name in GODWATT and also the lyrics from english to italian, tryin’ to trace a personal “path” in the stoner/doom musical scene. From the new “birth” were self-released “Senza Redenzione” in 2013, followed by “MMXVXMM” (January 2015) a “comeback” to the original sound and style of the band, darker and heavier then the previous releases. Both albums were well acclaimed from critics and people and caught the attention of Jolly Roger Records. "L'ultimo Sole", out in February 2016 on Cd, Lp and Digital includes 7 tracks from "MMXVXMM" and for Cd only 2 tracks from "Senza Redenzione", completely re-recorded.
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Band:GODWATT
Album:LULTIMO SOLE LP
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
GodWatt Redemption begin their activity in June 2006, when three friends, deeply moved by low tune and sulphureus notes, decide to "set up" a heavy rock-stoner/doom band. The proposal came from the guitarist-singer Moris Fosco, pushed by the monolithic bass player Mauro Passeri. After having tested quite a lot of musicians, they decided that it was better to carry on as a "trio" and recruited Andrea 'Junkie' Vozza on drums. From this moment on the band began its activity with intense jam sessions and after several months of exhausting rehearsals, they recorded a four-track demo-cd. Then the band started its heavy live activity pressing down numerous stages of Italy, they took part also at many important festival in their own country. After the releases of a Demo Cd (2007), 2 self-produced albums ("The Hard Ride of Mr. Slumber" in 2008 and "The Rough Sessions" in 2012), they decided to carry on the project changing their name in GODWATT and also the lyrics from english to italian, tryin’ to trace a personal “path” in the stoner/doom musical scene. From the new “birth” were self-released “Senza Redenzione” in 2013, followed by “MMXVXMM” (January 2015) a “comeback” to the original sound and style of the band, darker and heavier then the previous releases. Both albums were well acclaimed from critics and people and caught the attention of Jolly Roger Records. "L'ultimo Sole", out in February 2016 on Cd, Lp and Digital includes 7 tracks from "MMXVXMM" and for Cd only 2 tracks from "Senza Redenzione", completely re-recorded. Vinyl LP.
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Band:MEMENTO WALTZ
Album:ANTITHESIS OF TIME - LP
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Metal
Memento Waltz was born in 1994 in Tempio Pausania (Sardinia, Italy) by the mind of Gabriele Maciocco, Livio Poier and Giuseppe Deiana. After the release of an self-produced Ep called "Overcoming" (quickly sold-out) in 2004 and the entry of the singer Marco Piu (also in Negacy) in 2006, thanks to the second self-produced Ep "Antithesis of Time" recorded in October 2010 , only for fanclub and promo purposes, the band played live in the prestigious Progpower Europe 2011 (The Netherlands), along with bands like Symphony X, Redemption, Mekong Delta. Year by year new influences and musical growth forged an unique sound, a perfect marriage of psychedelic melodies, dark and introspective atmospheres, polyhedral rhythms and lyrics of dreams and excited mind states, mainly inspired by bands like King Crimson, Ark, Watchtower, but also Spiral Architect and a great variety of jazz-oriented genres. The result is the debut album "Division By Zero", originally released only as self-production in October 2013, reissued in October 2015 on Cd by Jolly Roger Records together with the reprint of the debut Ep "Antithesis Of Time". Vinyl formats of both albums will be released in the first months of 2016.
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Band:MEMENTO WALTZ
Album:DIVISION BY ZERO - LP
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Metal
Memento Waltz was born in 1994 in Tempio Pausania (Sardinia, Italy) by the mind of Gabriele Maciocco, Livio Poier and Giuseppe Deiana. After the release of an self-produced Ep called "Overcoming" (quickly sold-out) in 2004 and the entry of the singer Marco Piu (also in Negacy) in 2006, thanks to the second self-produced Ep "Antithesis of Time" recorded in October 2010 , only for fanclub and promo purposes, the band played live in the prestigious Progpower Europe 2011 (The Netherlands), along with bands like Symphony X, Redemption, Mekong Delta. Year by year new influences and musical growth forged an unique sound, a perfect marriage of psychedelic melodies, dark and introspective atmospheres, polyhedral rhythms and lyrics of dreams and excited mind states, mainly inspired by bands like King Crimson, Ark, Watchtower, but also Spiral Architect and a great variety of jazz-oriented genres. The result is the debut album "Division By Zero", originally released only as self-production in October 2013, reissued in October 2015 on Cd by Jolly Roger Records together with the reprint of the debut Ep "Antithesis Of Time". Vinyl formats of both albums will be released in the first months of 2016.
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Band:ALASTOR
Album:WALDMARK
Label:WRATH OF THE TYRANT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Alastor is a name who made history of the Austrian Black Metal scene, The Album “WALDMARK” will in fact end the wooden trilogy together with the previous efforts “SILVA NORDICA” and “NOBLE NORTH” and marks the 20 years celebration of the band. Waldmark is the woodland around the southern mountain ridge of the Bohemian Forest. The Land Mark included the whole Šumava ridge and it‘s northern and southern slopes, with dark castles and unsilent rivers, full of myths and forgotten tales, keeping the spirit of those landscapes and music in every songs. A Journey for you to enter the realm and joins this journey into the deep of nature, darkness and sumava-mysticism.
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Band:UNRU
Album:Als Tier ist der Mensch nichts
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
One of the well kept secrets of the European extreme metal underground, UNRU come out of the nothing with a mini album that combines several unpopular genres like black metal and crust punk to one new tasty extreme music mélange. Comparisons to rising acts like Mgla could be applied.
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Band:TODTGELICHTER
Album:ROOMS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“Rooms” deals with death, memories, and the demons that accompanied a difficult time for the founding members. With new members Floris and Guntram TODTGELICHTER set out to return to old strength, but the most important change comes with the switch to of long-time band member Marta taking over all vocals and screams as well as the addition of organ player Frieder, who implements church organ and 70/80ies organs and synths into the songs – maintaining all the calm and melancholic but also the menacing and agressive moments the band is known for, adding a dark and sacral atmosphere. The fitting and simplistic cover artwork comes from the renowned Norwegian artist Truls Espedal, best known to the metal scene for his work for the Avantgarde/Prog Vikings ENSLAVED.
“Pretty impressive, they show a big step up musically!” (Alan Averill, PRIMORDIAL)
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Band:TEVERTS
Album:TOWARDS THE RED SKIES
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The ‘Teverts’ project was born in 2006 and mainly includes ‘stoner rock’ with various and experimental contaminations. The band plays in several stages around Italy, also performing in the “sweet Leaf Festival”, “a Desert Odyssey Fest” and many other stages with important bands like: Karma To Burn (USA), Wild Eyes (USA), Bone Man (GER), L’ira Del Baccano, Doomraiser, Zippo, Black Rainbows and many others. After several self-produced demos and ep which have received good responses from italian musical background, in February 2012 “Thin Line Between Love & Hate” was released in 2013 the band promoting the album with an european tour through Italy, France and U.K.! In January 2014 the drummer “Danno” leaves the band and joins in Luca “Headbomb” Martone. The band rediscovers the perfect alchemy and the compositions veer towards a dark and heavy psych, with an overbearing retur of fuzz and desert riffs. Immediately they start to write the second studio album “Towards The Red Skies” that will be released in February 2016. In the same year they signed for “Karma Conspiracy Records”
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Band:TEVERTS
Album:TOWARDS THE RED SKIES - LP
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The ‘Teverts’ project was born in 2006 and mainly includes ‘stoner rock’ with various and experimental contaminations. The band plays in several stages around Italy, also performing in the “sweet Leaf Festival”, “a Desert Odyssey Fest” and many other stages with important bands like: Karma To Burn (USA), Wild Eyes (USA), Bone Man (GER), L’ira Del Baccano, Doomraiser, Zippo, Black Rainbows and many others. After several self-produced demos and ep which have received good responses from italian musical background, in February 2012 “Thin Line Between Love & Hate” was released in 2013 the band promoting the album with an european tour through Italy, France and U.K.! In January 2014 the drummer “Danno” leaves the band and joins in Luca “Headbomb” Martone. The band rediscovers the perfect alchemy and the compositions veer towards a dark and heavy psych, with an overbearing retur of fuzz and desert riffs. Immediately they start to write the second studio album “Towards The Red Skies” that will be released in February 2016. In the same year they signed for “Karma Conspiracy Records”. LP Format.
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Band:DANNIE DAMIEN
Album:A COWBOY NO ONE GETS
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
After the initial album "The Boxer And The Boozer" (2014) now follows with "A Cowboy No One Gets" the 2.release of DANNIE DAMIEN (ex HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, SEX DEPARTMENT) by City Of Lights Records. "A Cowboy No One Gets" offers all facets of the 80s American Oriented Rock, marked by DANNIE DAMIEN's guitar playing: "His guitar playing is great, if you like acts like RICK MATHEWS and WORRALL then you may like what's on offer here" writes the Glorydaze Music Webzine.
The CD contains 12 songs and is a LIMITED SPECIAL EDITION - hand-numbered to 500 copies appear! Recommended for fans BLUE TEARS, JOURNEY, WORRALL, REO SPEEDWEAGON & RICK MATHEWS.
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Band:DAYGLO ABORTIONS
Album:ARMAGEDDON SURVIVAL GUIDE
Label:Unrest
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The Dayglo Abortions 9th full-length album, Armageddon Survival Guide, proves that The Cretin still has what it takes to write legendary punk songs with the same energy that he harnessed when writing their first album released in 1981. This new album combines their unique blend of catchy punk rock, comical humor and pissed off political rhetoric, with lyrical content that challenges and disputes the verities of modern life. Canada’s bad guys are back with their first new record since 2003. Since the departure of their original drummer, The Cretin (guitarist, lead vocals, song writer) is the one original member, but they remain the same as the old days; fast, humorous, sarcastic and nihilistic, mixing fast hardcore punk with touch of metal and ugly rock ‘n’ roll. This new Dayglo record definitely goes back to their roots with song writing and sound both favouring the punk side of the spectrum. Classic Dayglo Abortions style here goes hand in hand with feelings that are not so far from bands like Antiseen, and their anti-social nihilism attitude. In general, this is the bands best material since their classic records from the 80’s.
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Band:DAYGLO ABORTIONS
Album:ARMAGEDDON SURVIVAL GUIDE - LP
Label:Unrest
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The Dayglo Abortions 9th full-length album, Armageddon Survival Guide, proves that The Cretin still has what it takes to write legendary punk songs with the same energy that he harnessed when writing their first album released in 1981. This new album combines their unique blend of catchy punk rock, comical humor and pissed off political rhetoric, with lyrical content that challenges and disputes the verities of modern life. Canada’s bad guys are back with their first new record since 2003. Since the departure of their original drummer, The Cretin (guitarist, lead vocals, song writer) is the one original member, but they remain the same as the old days; fast, humorous, sarcastic and nihilistic, mixing fast hardcore punk with touch of metal and ugly rock ‘n’ roll. This new Dayglo record definitely goes back to their roots with song writing and sound both favouring the punk side of the spectrum. Classic Dayglo Abortions style here goes hand in hand with feelings that are not so far from bands like Antiseen, and their anti-social nihilism attitude. In general, this is the bands best material since their classic records from the 80’s.
DELUXE gatefold jacket, poly-lined black paper sleeve, 61cm x 61cm full colour poster
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Band:DAYGLO ABORTIONS
Album:FEED US A FETUS - LP
Label:Unrest
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Dayglo Abortions - Feed Us A Fetus LP is their second full-length album, originally released in 1986. This is hands-down, the best Canadian punk record to emerge from the 80’s. Aside from collecting most of the songs from their first 12” record entitled Out Of The Womb (1981), it also contains many brand new songs (at the time) that were even better than those on the first album. Many of their classic punk anthems are captured on this vinyl and Unrest Records is the sixth label to release the album over the years, which is a testament to what a classic it really is. There should be one of these in every punk rocker’s record collection. Due to popular demand, here it is again, re-mastered in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a huge poster.
30th Anniversary DELUXE GATEFOLD EDITION w/poly-lined black paper sleeve, 61cm x 61cm full-colour poster
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Band:SINCE WE WERE KIDS
Album:HARD CEMENT NO REGRETS
Label:IRISH VOODOO
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Formed by old friends who grew up skateboarding and listening to punk rock, Since We Were Kids were formed to give an aggressive and humorous view of the current punk rock and hardcore scenes. The lyrics attack everything superficial, and the fast driving songs bring some much needed new life into stale, boring statues quo song writing. Influenced by bands like RKL and Poison Idea, Since We Were Kids, plan on bringing back intensity with their energetic live shows. CD Format
Have toured and shared the stage with Strung Out, Death By Stereo, Dwarves, Channel 3 and Ignite.
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Band:SINCE WE WERE KIDS
Album:HARD CEMENT NO REGRETS - LP
Label:IRISH VOODOO
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Formed by old friends who grew up skateboarding and listening to punk rock, Since We Were Kids were formed to give an aggressive and humorous view of the current punk rock and hardcore scenes. The lyrics attack everything superficial, and the fast driving songs bring some much needed new life into stale, boring statues quo song writing. Influenced by bands like RKL and Poison Idea, Since We Were Kids, plan on bringing back intensity with their energetic live shows. LP Format with different sleeve.
Have toured and shared the stage with Death By Stereo, Dwarves, Channel 3 and Ignite...
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Band:DAS SCHEIT
Album:A DARKER KIND OF BLACK
Label:ETERNAL SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
For Fans of Rob Zombie, Murderdolls, Marily Manson -Cover Artwork of new album “A Darker Kind of Black” is done by Worldwide Known Artist TIMO WUERZ -New Album is Produced by Markus Teske(Weissglut, Symphonie X, Mob Rules, Spocks Beard and many more). -Beside countless headlining shows they also were supporting To/Die/For, End of Green, Lacrimas Profundere, Mono Inc., Deathstars, Waltari and many more.. -On Das Scheit last Album As guest musicians, singers Michelle Darkness (End of Green) and Jape Perätalo (To/Die/For) appeared on the coverversion of Patty Smith’s „Because the night“. -Das Scheit will be part of Soundtrack for new German Psycho Thriller Movie THE SECRECY.
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Band:FOUL BODY AUTOPSY
Album:PERPETUATED BY GREED
Label:GRINDSCENE
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Armed with an iPod, Guitar and a desire to crush skulls FOUL BODY AUTOPSY is a one man band from Leicester City founded by metal maverick Tom Reynolds. Over the space of 5 years Tom has released a full length album and is now working with Equivalence Music Management team & Grindscene Records planning for a full metal tirade in the UK.
'Perpetuated by Greed’ – Erupting with vengeance it goes off on a rampage. The energy simply exudes from its mighty structure and a great way to open the EP. – Ramzine.co.uk
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Band:DARKRISE
Album:FEAR HATE AND CORRUPTION
Label:PUNISHING RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Back home from Death: DTA Europe 2013 Tour, DarkRise started composing “Fear, Hate & Corruption” before heading to The Parlour Studios to work with famous producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Evile, The Rotted, etc.).
Music wise, DarkRise maintained their trademarks (e.g. slap-bass, blast beats, hardcore influences, etc.) while adding new elements such as punk and thrash beats. The title, “Fear, Hate & Corruption”, makes reference to the way our world is working nowadays and is reflected in the artwork, created by Killustrations (Aborted, Dew-Scented, The Crown, etc.).
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Band:LOVE SEX MACHINE
Album:ASEXUAL ANGER
Label:LOST PILGRIMS
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
«Deafening isn't a word strong enough when it comes to describe the sound of Lille, northern France's LOVE SEX MACHINE. Their brutal, low-end-obsessed, modern approach to sludge metal garnered them some instant followers with the release of their 2012 self-titled album. Four years and some line-up changes later, the band returns with «Asexual Anger», which achieves to sound even more crushing and vicious. The core of their sound hasn't changed : gut-punching guitars, irresistible slow and chuggy riffs that create an apocalyptic wall of sound only pierced by hellish shrieks. Still entirely recorded, mixed and mastered by themselves, with exquisite artwork designed by Førtifem, «Asexual Anger» is an eight-tracks lesson in absolute heaviness. An unrepentantly ugly record, without any other aim than knocking you down to the ground.»
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Band:EXHUMATION
Album:OPUS DEATH - LP
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Death Metal
Death Metal by EXHUMATION deserves the term „classical": It is sinister, clanging and evil. The Eastern Asian roots are undeniable, but now the music is darker than ever before. The album offers an improved sound quality and reminds the listener of the legendary MAYHEM line-up, early DEICIDE! Modern metal tends to go ways not everyone is fond of. But change is not always equal to more progression or mixing of genres. Now EXHUMATION's second opus is ready, and it is colder and more pitiless than the first release. Still it relies on its Eastern Asian roots; but now they are buried underneath a thick layer of classical Death Metal which has an uncanny resemblance to the Black Metal of the late 80s. Available on heavy 180g vinyl with printed inner-sleeve and gatefold, coming with a poster in A2 size.
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Band:LUBBERT DAS
Album:DELUGE
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
LUBBERT DAS hail from the town where Hieronymous Bosch was educated (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), but that isn’t the only connection they have with him. The music those guys create is directly linked to his art, and it even sounds as if the songs were written at the same time Bosch was working on his paintings. The guitars freeze with their sound, the drums pound like the hooves of the outbursting demons of hell and the vocals call upon us from inferno, telling us about the end of the world. Hell is coming and there is nothing we can do about it.
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Band:WAR INSIDE
Album:SUTURE
Label:FINISTERIAN DEAD END
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Formed in 2008, War Inside offers a Blackened Death Metal in the same vein as Behemoth & Dissection. The band from Nantes (France) has played Hellfest Open Air 2013 , and also in 2014 with Belphegor, Severe Torture, Otargos or even Svart Crown. After a remarkable "Welcoming The Crow", the band releases its second album “S.U.T.U.R.E” (Finisterian Dead End) in 2016.
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Band:LIVIN TARGETS
Album:SETTING SAILS
Label:incredible Noise
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Livin Targets are a five-piece-punkband from Dresden / Germany. The music a good mix between melodic punk and some good rock`n`roll guitar riffs. Their very personal texts tell of the heigts and depths of live combined with statements about political topics.
For Fans of Strung Out / Strike Anywhere...
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Band:DPERD
Album:DPERD V
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Dark Wave/Goth
DPERD is back and they do it with their fifth full-length album "V" the grandest and most elegant album of their 15 years career. DPERD’s music encourages you to fall into their world that stretches from intimate and atmospheric Dark Wave to a filmic fusion of melancholic Dark Rock all within the realms of suberb quality.
It starts from milestones of 80’s music like The Cure, Cocteau Twins and arrives to the grandeur of nowadays acts like Dead Can Dance, Mira, Lycia, This Mortal Coil and Cranes.
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Band:EXARSIS
Album:UNDER DESTRUCTION (REISSUE)
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Exarsis were formed near the end of summer back in 2009 by Chris Poulos (Bass) and George Oikonomou (Drums) while they were still in high school. The aim was clear to play old school thrash metal like the bands they grew up with. In February of 2010, Panayiotis Tsitsis (Guitars) will join the band and after a lot of search for a vocalist Alexis Papatheofanous (Vocals) finally joins the band at July. In September the band records a home made demo (Demo 2010) with their first two songs and a Whiplash cover. The demo was given free to their live shows. By the spring of 2011, Exarsis recorded their debut album “Under Destruction” (D.I.Y. produced) with the band’s guitarist Chris doing the mixing/mastering. When no record label answered Exarsis uploaded “Under Destruction” album for free download at Christmas of 2011. 2012 came and found Exarsis having new material! The band was ready to enter GrindHouse Studios on June to record their second album called “The Brutal State” produced by Exarsis and George Bokos and mixed/mastered by Vasilis Gouvatsos at GrindHouse studios. Quickly Exarsis signs with MDD Records to release “The Brutal State” on March of 2013.
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Band:SCHIZO
Album:ROTTEN SPIRAL
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Schizo was founded in 1984 and symbolizes one of the most important brand in Italian extreme metal scene. Originally released in 1989 in 12″ vinyl format by Crime Records, their “Main Frame Collapse” debut album is still cult among underground circles, so hard to find! Chuck Schuldiner, mastermind of the legendary Death was asked to join the band for the recording sessions of “Main Frame Collapse” in 1989; however, due to the intense activity with his band, Schuldiner was forced to deny the request. The band was on hold between 1999 and 2005. Their 2007 waited come back release, “Cicatriz Black”, has been extremely well received by critics and fans. In September of 2007, founding member Alberto Penzin decided to leave the band due to musical differences and personal problems with the rest of the band. He founded a new project called Camera Obscura Two. Then, Dario Casabona was named as new four strings player. By Scarlet Records, band released the third and last full-length album in 2010, “Hallucination Cramps”.
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Band:PICTURES OF PAIN
Album:WORLD DEMISE
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Norway’s “peculiar” extreme metallers PICTURES OF PAIN return with “World Demise”, their second album, six years after their debut (“The Reckoning”). This is a more technical and complete album compared to the band’s debut but with an added touch of an epic feeling throughout their songs. The result can only be described as PICTURES OF PAIN with their unique ability to blend “a bit of everything” from the hard side of music and not only… The band manages again to surprise with their truly unique and interesting style of music and with the album’s superb production where there is A LOT happening in the music while managing to have everything sound loud and clear!
For fans of: Metallica, Judas Priest, Devin Townsend
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Band:PURGATORY
Album:OMEGA VOID TRIBVNAL - DIGIPACK
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Omega Void Tribunal" is the 8th full-length assault by the German Death Metal veterans of PURGATORY. Yet again, PURGATORY are fathoming their extremes while still following their path of pure Death fucking Metal. The sinister result ranges from total blasting chaos and nihility to majestic morbid hymns. Patrick W. Engel (templeofdisharmony.com) as a true companion of the band was again accountable for production, mix and mastering. This will be your doom! DIGIPACK CD Format.
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Band:CLITEATER
Album:FROM ENSALVEMENT TO CLITERATION
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
CLITEATER is considered as one of the most active grindcore bands from the Netherlands
Recommended to every fan of Napalm Death, Impetigo and Haemorrhage
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Band:ASGRAUW
Album:KRATER
Label:HIDDEN MARLY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Nostalgic about nineties black metal, the Dutch horde Asgrauw channels aggressive yet atmospheric sounds in their music. Asgrauw was raised under a cold December moon in 2010 and they produced a demo and a full length ever since. Their second album "Krater" features epic riffing, blasting drums and alternately vocals on a lucent layer of keys. Expect adventurous compositions with moods and tempo's in motion, topped off with spoken words and piercing screams. Traditional sounds of Darkthrone, Emperor and Ulver are subtly merged with an aggressive punk feel.
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Band:BEYOND THE GRAVE
Album:DEVILS VENOM
Label:HIDDEN MARLY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The newest long awaited masterpiece from russian alcoholic maniacs. Album was recorded in different places like Moscow, Siberia (Miass) and Vietnam (Nha Trang). Six Tracks of unholy old-school Black/Death Metal!
For fans of Black Metal, Dissection, Swedish Death Metal
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Band:PRETEEN DEATHFUK
Album:AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING
Label:HIDDEN MARLY
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
After two long years, Preteen Deathfuk once again comes back with their most brutal and evil soundtrack yet. With 8 original crushing songs and a cover song of the legendary US band "Siege"
For fans of Black Metal, Crustcore, Depressive Black Metal...
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Band:ELEMENT OF CHAOS
Album:A NEW DAWN.
Label:AGOGE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Post Atomic sextet Element Of Chaos is ready to blow your mind with a blend between avant-gardism and prog metal. A ten thousand suns blasting through your ears, a new noise for a new dawn.
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Band:ABSCENDENT
Album:DECAYING HUMAN CONDITION
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Abscendent is a Thrash/Death Metal Band from Fondi (LT), active in Rome, founded in 2013. They recorded their first full lenght, Decaying Human Condition, at 16th Cellar Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance, Eyeconoclast) in 2015. Their style is a lethal mix of classic and modern elements of Thrash and Death metal, sometimes fast and aggressive, sometimes technical and articulated.
For all fans of At the gates, Death, Lamb of God.
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