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Band:BRUTUS
Album:WANDERING BLIND
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
It's the year 1971 again!
Recorded live in four days only at Engfelt & Forsgren Studios in Oslo by Christian Engfelt who already worked with CATO SALSA EXPERIENCE and BIG BANG, the band’s third album ‘Wandering Blind’ is honest and down-to-earth as it gets. No modern tricks, no pose, no fancy moves but pure and greasy music right from a time when those things mattered and nothing else. To their guitar player Johan Forsberg, “that recording was done like our first album but this time, we nailed it even better! We’ve known Christian for many years and knew he shared our taste for the 60/70s music and also was the right guy as far as how to record that sound and feel. He got a new fantastic studio and we did the whole thing quickly through an old tape machine and old pre amps. This is the first time we used someone that we could work with as a producer but we welcomed his ideas and thoughts in the process and it worked out perfect.” In a nutshell, ‘Wandering Blind’ is going to rock you like a mutha and BRUTUS are your man!
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Band:BRUTUS
Album:WANDERING BLIND - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
It's the year 1971 again!
Recorded live in four days only at Engfelt & Forsgren Studios in Oslo by Christian Engfelt who already worked with CATO SALSA EXPERIENCE and BIG BANG, the band’s third album ‘Wandering Blind’ is honest and down-to-earth as it gets. No modern tricks, no pose, no fancy moves but pure and greasy music right from a time when those things mattered and nothing else. To their guitar player Johan Forsberg, “that recording was done like our first album but this time, we nailed it even better! We’ve known Christian for many years and knew he shared our taste for the 60/70s music and also was the right guy as far as how to record that sound and feel. He got a new fantastic studio and we did the whole thing quickly through an old tape machine and old pre amps. This is the first time we used someone that we could work with as a producer but we welcomed his ideas and thoughts in the process and it worked out perfect.” In a nutshell, ‘Wandering Blind’ is going to rock you like a mutha and BRUTUS are your man!
LP Format.
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Band:GOATESS
Album:PURGATORY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
65 minutes of epic mind-expanding doom metal
Appearances at the prestigious ROADBURN and HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN festivals, more touring with BARABBAS, SERPENT VENOM and IRON VOID, bass player problems… A lot has happened in the GOATESS camp ever since the release of their self-titled debut in the summer of 2013 but having gone through thick and thin, this is a rejuvenated and even more focused version of the band which is about to unleash their sophomore album ‘Purgatory Under New Management’. At nearly 65 minutes, ‘Purgatory Under New Management’ is as epic as its predecessor yet different. Far more psychedelic sounding, its eight songs portray a band not afraid of expanding their horizons and minds beyond the mere ‘doom’ or ‘stoner’ tags, heading for something that is both atmospheric and progressive in spirit, even if you’ll feel in suspension somewhere between the moon and the sun one moment and assaulted with a ton of brick the next. And of course, you’ve got Linderson unmistakable voice, a shaman on his own right, preaching to all us sinners to repent before it’s too late.
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Band:GOATESS
Album:PURGATORY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
65 minutes of epic mind-expanding doom metal - Double Lp Format
Appearances at the prestigious ROADBURN and HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN festivals, more touring with BARABBAS, SERPENT VENOM and IRON VOID, bass player problems… A lot has happened in the GOATESS camp ever since the release of their self-titled debut in the summer of 2013 but having gone through thick and thin, this is a rejuvenated and even more focused version of the band which is about to unleash their sophomore album ‘Purgatory Under New Management’. At nearly 65 minutes, ‘Purgatory Under New Management’ is as epic as its predecessor yet different. Far more psychedelic sounding, its eight songs portray a band not afraid of expanding their horizons and minds beyond the mere ‘doom’ or ‘stoner’ tags, heading for something that is both atmospheric and progressive in spirit, even if you’ll feel in suspension somewhere between the moon and the sun one moment and assaulted with a ton of brick the next. And of course, you’ve got Linderson unmistakable voice, a shaman on his own right, preaching to all us sinners to repent before it’s too late
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Band:TOMBSTONED
Album:TOMBSTONED 11
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
What's in a name? With Tombstoned, EVERYTHING. These Finnish funereal directors of rocking doom made a big splash with their self-titled debut album, released in 2013 by Svart Records, which garnered them a spot at Roadburn that year - curated by huge fan / Electric Wizard mainman Jus Oborn, no less - and reaped critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. And now, on April 22nd, Tombstoned return to better that debut with II, set to be released again by Svart on CD, LP, and digital formats. If Tombstoned was the brash opening statement, then II is the more focused consolidation of strengths. By the band's own admission, Tombstoned's opening salvo crammed nearly every influence they possessed into every song, making for a wild, jam-oriented spin. Here on II, with the band members now living in different countries, the process was more composed, resulting in tight, earth-shaking songs of molten, magnanimous might. Still within the boundaries of stoner doom, Tombstoned sought with II to take a more personal approach and express the harsh times they've been living recently, resulting in a lumbering celebration of slow-motion darkness. Additionally, the vocals have strayed from the usual Sabbath-inspired drawl to one of a gloomier post-punk aspect, furthering the band's agenda to expand upon the stoner doom subgenre.
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Band:TOMBSTONED
Album:TOMBSTONED 11 - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
What's in a name? With Tombstoned, EVERYTHING. These Finnish funereal directors of rocking doom made a big splash with their self-titled debut album, released in 2013 by Svart Records, which garnered them a spot at Roadburn that year - curated by huge fan / Electric Wizard mainman Jus Oborn, no less - and reaped critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. And now, on April 22nd, Tombstoned return to better that debut with II, set to be released again by Svart on CD, LP, and digital formats. If Tombstoned was the brash opening statement, then II is the more focused consolidation of strengths. By the band's own admission, Tombstoned's opening salvo crammed nearly every influence they possessed into every song, making for a wild, jam-oriented spin. Here on II, with the band members now living in different countries, the process was more composed, resulting in tight, earth-shaking songs of molten, magnanimous might. Still within the boundaries of stoner doom, Tombstoned sought with II to take a more personal approach and express the harsh times they've been living recently, resulting in a lumbering celebration of slow-motion darkness. Additionally, the vocals have strayed from the usual Sabbath-inspired drawl to one of a gloomier post-punk aspect, furthering the band's agenda to expand upon the stoner doom subgenre. LP Format.
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Band:TUSMORKE
Album:FORT BAK LYSET
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Folk Psych
The Norwegian lords of dark psychedelic folk prog return!
Tusmørke´s third album is a stone cold killer. These songs turn heavy metal wallflowers into dancing nymphs and satyrs. The group explore ancient folk lore of Oslo, the spheres on the far side of death and space and the pathless lands off the beaten track. Ført Bak Lyset means “led behind the light”; follow Tusmørke through the falling dusk and disappear in the night, reappearing at dawn with weird wisdom and strange leaves in your hair. The lavish analogue production of Lars Fredrik Frøislie sets vintage synthesizers at the forefront of a sound dominated by infectious grooves and lashings of flute. For lovers of Turkish 70s psychedelic funk, Black Widow and (old) NRK.
“Musically and lyrically, Tusmørke set the controls for somewhere beyond rational thought. And I think they are the best guides we could hope for.” - Didrik Søderlind / “Not a huge prog rock fan but Tusmørke rule pretty hard.” -Happy-Tom, Turbonegro
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Band:TUSMORKE
Album:FORT BAK LYSET - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Prog Folk Psych
The Norwegian lords of dark psychedelic folk prog return! Tusmørke´s third album is a stone cold killer. These songs turn heavy metal wallflowers into dancing nymphs and satyrs. The group explore ancient folk lore of Oslo, the spheres on the far side of death and space and the pathless lands off the beaten track. Ført Bak Lyset means “led behind the light”; follow Tusmørke through the falling dusk and disappear in the night, reappearing at dawn with weird wisdom and strange leaves in your hair. The lavish analogue production of Lars Fredrik Frøislie sets vintage synthesizers at the forefront of a sound dominated by infectious grooves and lashings of flute. For lovers of Turkish 70s psychedelic funk, Black Widow and (old) NRK.
“Musically and lyrically, Tusmørke set the controls for somewhere beyond rational thought. And I think they are the best guides we could hope for.” - Didrik Søderlind / “Not a huge prog rock fan but Tusmørke rule pretty hard.” -Happy-Tom, Turbonegro
LP - BLACK VINYL - GATEFOLD SLEEVE.
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Band:MAD PROFESSOR
Album:SCHIZOPHRENIC DUB
Label:ARIWA
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
The Classic dub Album from Ariwa - the 6th edition of the Dub Me Crazy Series
Unavailable for the last 10 years, now available again in vinyl LP format.
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Band:ASTRAL SON
Album:SILVER MOON
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
"Astral Son“ is the neo-psych-solo-project of the dutch musician „Leonardo“. His second album „Silver Moon“ was released on vinyl via Headspin Records in 2015. Now it gets released on CD on Sulatron Records. A colourful soundscape like a fleet-footed dancing monument made of warm-hearted acoustic poetry, invites the listener into it’s colorful world. A concept album full of wonderful songs blending into each other, so that the album appears as a complete work, like a psychedelic stage play - pictorial and enchanted. The sound is absolutely experienced and exalted but also saturated through a big dose of childlike layfulness: Spirited, colorful and poetically. The hallucinogenic atmosphere of the whole gets accentuated by a 60’s influences like Gong and early Pink Floyd, which inspire „Astral Son“ to create his very own sound out of these unlimited ideas.
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Band:INTERKOSMOS
Album:HYPNOTIZER
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
Sprawling space sounds tell stories of far galaxies - the music fuses single instruments into each other and the sound gets a swirly acid madness… This is psychedelic music without being bound to certain stylistic directions: What matters is the flow. A wonderful soundtrack for a journey to the far out vastnesses of the inner cosmos. Interkosmos were founded in 2008 by Sula Bassana (Electric Moon, Zone Six, Krautzone) on bass, Pablo Carneval (formerly Electric Moon, The Blowing Lewinsky) on drums und Sergio Ceballos (RIP KC) on guitar. They recorded the complete album „Hypnotizer“ incessantly. After a tour through Spain and several gigs in Austria, Sergio went back to his home in Spain, so the lineup of Interkosmos got changed. One livetrack with the second line-up you will find as bonus on this album. „Hypnotizer“ got released initially as „Interkosmos - same title“ (in it’s archetype, without the bonus track) as a tiny CD-R edition and as free download on the platform „Clinical Archives“ (where it got downloaded more than 30.000 times!). Now, after 8 years, it is certain: there must be a proper release of this stuff! After some reflecting, Sulatron Records decided to release „Hypnotizer“ as a proper CD issue (even if it is available on bandcamp now), limited to 500 copies in Jewelcase.
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Band:TIR NA NOG
Album:LIVE AT THE HALF MOON
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Last year this legendary progressive Irish duo released their first new studio album in 42 years, The Dark Dance, which was launched at the equally legendary music venue, the Half Moon, Putney. Mega Dodo was there to capture their performance which mixed Tir na nOg classics with new songs from their Dark Dance album. Tir na nOg have been described as Alt Folk, Prog Folk, Psych Folk, and even Space Folk! But the duo, formed by Leo O’Kelly & Sonny Condell in 1970, transcends all these categories. What is not in doubt is that they are two of the most original and influential songwriters and performers Ireland has ever produced. Songs like Condell’s ‘Two White Horses’, and O’Kelly’s ‘Looking Up’, both of which are featured on Live At The Half Moon, are as good as anything Ireland’s produced in the past four decades.
CD includes the bonus track Two White Horses
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Band:TIR NA NOG
Album:LIVE AT THE HALF MOON - LP
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Folk
Last year this legendary progressive Irish duo released their first new studio album in 42 years, The Dark Dance, which was launched at the equally legendary music venue, the Half Moon, Putney. Mega Dodo was there to capture their performance which mixed Tir na nOg classics with new songs from their Dark Dance album. Tir na nOg have been described as Alt Folk, Prog Folk, Psych Folk, and even Space Folk! But the duo, formed by Leo O’Kelly & Sonny Condell in 1970, transcends all these categories. What is not in doubt is that they are two of the most original and influential songwriters and performers Ireland has ever produced. Songs like Condell’s ‘Two White Horses’, and O’Kelly’s ‘Looking Up’, both of which are featured on Live At The Half Moon, are as good as anything Ireland’s produced in the past four decades. LP Format.
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Band:THE HONEY POT
Album:TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AND BEYOND
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Honey Pot formed as a five piece band in 2012. Playing a blend of Sixties psyche that has its boots in the past but its head in the future, they draw on that unique English inheritance of the surreal and the strange, but are not afraid to indulge in an American West-Coast style adventure when the mood takes them. Purveying a warm brew of hazy recollections and black penny grooves they are thoroughly groovy. The band released its début album, ‘To The Edge Of The World’ in 2013 and gigged regularly around their native West Country. On one of their many excursions into the deepest, darkest corners of Dartmoor, they misplaced singer Iain Crawford, who was later found in Copenhagen. Since then, the band has released singles, EP and albums for Furits de Mer and Mega Dodo and released their critically acclaimed album Inside The Whale.
Expanded edition now includes seven bonus tracks originally recorded for hard to find EPs and compilation albums and includes one new track a cover of the Hollies ‘Step Inside‘.
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Band:BILL EVANS AND FLETCHER BRIGHT
Album:SONGS THAT ARE MOSTLY OLDER THAN US
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Songs That Are Mostly Older Than Us is 84-year old fiddler Fletcher Bright and banjo ace Bill Evans’ follow-up to their 2013 release Fine Times At Fletcher’s House. This time around, they add Norman & Nancy Blake on guitar and cello for ten of this project’s sixteen tunes. Recorded live in Fletcher’s living room atop Lookout Mountain, TN over three days in July 2015, selections include both well-known and more obscure traditional fiddle tunes along with more recent compositions from Norman Blake (“Blake’s March), Bill Evans (“Berkeley Shanghai”), Sam Bush (“Norman and Nancy”), Bill Monroe (“Old Ebenezer Scrooge”) and Peter Ostrousko (“Heart of the Heartland”). This is a gem of an album played by true American masters of their craft!
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Band:TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS
Album:BLOOD MOON
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
Blood Moon is the new release by Too Slim and the Taildraggers. Their previous release 2013s Blue Heart was nominated for Blues Rock Album of the Year by The Blues Foundation as was their 2011 release Shiver and The Fortune Teller in 2007. Too Slim and the Taildraggers previous four releases have all Charted in the Billboard Top 10 Blues Album Chart.
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Band:A PASSING FANCY
Album:A PASSING FANCY
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Rare yet much beloved Canadian pop-psych record from 1968—an album considered by many to be the best to come out of Canada during the late 1960’s! Built around the talents of singer/guitarist Jay Tefler and bassist Fergus Hambleton, A Passing Fancy made their name in Toronto's vibrant Yorkville Village scene. That initial successes playing Toronto's club circuit led to a headlining stint at the 1967 Toronto Expo. The resulting publicity saw them "discovered" by Columbia Records, who subsequently released a string of four outstanding pop/psych singles. Here's where it gets weird. In spite of the four hit singles, Columbia elected not to release an album. Indie label Boo Records was formed to release "A Passing Fancy" on LP (the singles plus four additional tracks). Although the LP received strong reviews, Boo Records couldn't sustain promotion; by the end of the year the band had called it quits. A shame, as it's a terrific album—tough edgy rock (slashing lead track and hit single, ‘I’m Losing Tonight’); pop/psych (singles tracks ‘A Passing Fancy,’ ‘You're Going Out Of Your Mind,’ and ‘She Phoned’); sunshine pop (‘I Believe in Sunshine’); a great acid rock meltdown (‘Your Trip’). Something for everybody! As usual, we went all out to try to produce a top-notch reissue. A few years of searching led us to A Passing Fancy lead singer, rhythm guitarist, primary song-writer, and later, screenwriter (1977's Kid Vengeance, starring Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett is his), the late Jay Telfer. He supplied a band history and lyrics for all the songs to round out this reissue. •First legit LP reissue of this much beloved Canadian pop-psych rarity! •Insert with rare photos, lyrics and band history •Limited to 500 copies
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Band:AUSTEROS
Album:PAINTED BLUE
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Debut album from Cheltenham indie punk, trio Austeros.
In classic DIY tradition, since 2014 Austeros have been self‐releasing their own 7” EPs, (and those of their peers; Happy Accidents, Isaac, The Kimberly Steaks, Haters) via their label Don't Ask Records, touring the UK extensively, spreading their catchy brand of indie, punk in the most honest way possible. On their new full length, Painted Blue Austeros push their influences further than before channeling The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., The Weakerthans, Good Luck, The Sidekicks & early Green Day. Lyrically the album deals with everyday struggles with relationships, mental health and the general feeling that things just ain't right.
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Band:AUSTEROS
Album:PAINTED BLUE - LP
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Debut album from Cheltenham indie punk, trio Austeros.
In classic DIY tradition, since 2014 Austeros have been self‐releasing their own 7” EPs, (and those of their peers; Happy Accidents, Isaac, The Kimberly Steaks, Haters) via their label Don't Ask Records, touring the UK extensively, spreading their catchy brand of indie, punk in the most honest way possible. On their new full length, Painted Blue Austeros push their influences further than before channeling The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., The Weakerthans, Good Luck, The Sidekicks & early Green Day. Lyrically the album deals with everyday struggles with relationships, mental health and the general feeling that things just ain't right. LP LTD TO X 500
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Band:HYPNOS
Album:COLD WINDS
Label:Crusher
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The riff lords of Hypnos are ready to unleash yet another smashing album. After a flying start in 2014 with debut album “Hypnos” and numerous of shows across Europe the time has come for these Swedish heavy rockers to release album number two, “Cold Winds”, due April 29th via Crusher Records.
The successor of the fruitful debut album was recorded at Kust Studio in their hometown Gothenburg, Sweden, along with producer Henrik Magnusson. The album contains eight songs and clocks in at just under fifty minutes. Loaded with heavy vibrant riffs, driving bass lines and a solid battery section it is tied together by memorable harmonies and Philip’s amazing voice with echoes of the early days of Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple. The production is thorough and nicely refined with drive, intensity and freshness maintained. All members of the band have been involved in the song writing process leading to a broader and more diverse album.
Crusher Records is specialized in digging up unknown retro acts of heavy rock and psychedelia. Some of the bands that have released their debut record on Crusher Records are: BLUES PILLS, HORISONT, TROUBLED HORSE, SPIDERS, VIDUNDER and DEAN ALLEN FOYD.
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Band:HYPNOS
Album:COLD WINDS - LP
Label:Crusher
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The riff lords of Hypnos are ready to unleash yet another smashing album. After a flying start in 2014 with debut album “Hypnos” and numerous of shows across Europe the time has come for these Swedish heavy rockers to release album number two, “Cold Winds”, due April 29th via Crusher Records.
Crusher Records is specialized in digging up unknown retro acts of heavy rock and psychedelia. Some of the bands that have released their debut record on Crusher Records are: BLUES PILLS, HORISONT, TROUBLED HORSE, SPIDERS, VIDUNDER and DEAN ALLEN FOYD.
Vinyl LP Format.
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Band:MARS RED SKY
Album:MARS RED SKY - Repress
Label:MRS RED SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
MARS RED SKY already sold in the world 3500 copies of their debut album, Now back in press; Most fans of this kind of music consider this record as a “master piece”. The band already played great festivals as Roadburn, Desert Fest, Les Eurockéennes, SXSW. They did a lot of tour in almost 20 countries including The US, Scandinavia, England, Scotland… The band has more than 500 000 views on Youtube and more than 6000 fans on Facebook.
MRS will release a new album in April on Listenable.
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Band:BURN THEE INSECTS
Album:DROID INTELLIGENCE
Label:ARGONAUTA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Excellent Fuzz Stoner Rock from the States with unique influences coming from KYUSS and THE BEATLES, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and BUTTHOLE SURFERS.
“An exceptionally unique sound, one that is the result of the bands’ mixing such genres as Fuzz/Desert Rock, Psychedelic, Space Rock, and some Shoegaze so the outcome is an intricately artistic piece of work. The textured layers present a hazy, ultra-dense atmosphere but one that is riddled with melodies and seemingly hallucinogenic qualities.” METAL NEXUS
“An entertaining listen, initially drawing in listeners because of its unique sound. The guitars pack a hard punch as they buzz and fizzle like setting a flame to the wings of insects. The vocals lay low, hinting at a Layne Stanley influence but come across sounding more stoned” THE SLUDGELORD
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Band:HUIS
Album:NEITHER IN HEAVEN
Label:UNICORN DIGITAL
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Canadian Progressive Rock band HUIS will release its second studio album, "Neither in Heaven", on May 1st, 2016. The follow-up to 2014's "Despite Guardian Angels" was produced by Huis bassist and songwriter Michel Joncas, with mixing duties provided by Guitarist songwriter Michel St-Pere (also from the band MYSTERY) at Studio Illusion 4, and mastering handled by Richard Addison at Trillium Sound in Montreal.
"Neither in Heaven" features Singer songwriter Sylvain Descoteaux, Drummer songwriter William Regnier, Guitarist songwriter Michel St-Pere and Bassist songwriter and band founder Michel Joncas. All four HUIS members also provided keyboard tracks for this second release. HUIS is also joined on "Neither in Heaven" by guest musicians: Gerben Klazinga (KNIGHT AREA) on Keyboards, Nathan Vanheuverzwijn on Piano, Johnny Maz on keyboards, Benoit Dupuis on Keyboards and Johanne Laplante on Flute.
The 2014’s debut album "Despite Guardian Angels" has been well received by the Prog rock community and received great reviews becoming one of the bestselling debut album on Unicorn Digital. On "Neither in Heaven", the group pushes the boundaries and explores new sounds, new textures, while remaining loyal to its musical roots. All the band members were involved in the creative process of this 68-minute concept album.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:ITS A ROCKABILLY RIOT VOL 1
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
25 revved up Rockabilly tracks from the Western Star stable of artists
Includes tracks from : The Retrobaits,Jack Rabbit Slim,The Bullets,Lew Lewis & The Twilight Trio, The Cheaterslicks...And many more...
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Band:HORSE LATITUDES
Album:BLACK SOIL
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
When speaking about 'Black Soil', Lurkerspath.com draws a parallel in between what ALUK TODOLO are to black-metal and what HORSE LATITUDES are to doom, like a strange entity that cannot be tamed. And they've got a point. First off, those weirdos have ever been what you can call your typical doom band in the first place. And their extensive use of not one but TWO bass players and lack of guitar is just a part of the riddle... See, those three Finns have always been first and foremost about repetition. And there's always been something very ritualistic about their music, as if it was their way of entering the next world.
This being said, 'MCD' might not be the most appropriate term as the whole thing clocks at nearly 50 minutes, with the song "Eternal Spring" swallowing the whole B side. And whereas on the flipside both "Black Soil" and "Forest" present a quite versatile face full of analog synths, death growls and vibrant drumming, this final epic of 17 + minutes take their already legendary sense of minimalism to new heights. If at some point the song seems to come to a halt, it finishes off on an almost hysterical and black-metal like note, encompassing how truly out-of-thisworld HORSE LATITUDES are.
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Band:EGYPT
Album:ENDLESS FLIGHT
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
In case you were still questioning it, North Dakota’s stoner warriors EGYPT work at the own, selected pace and basically don’t give a flying duck about the rest… Hey, remember we’re talking of a band that suddenly gained notoriety a couple of years after their initial split thanks to the posthumous release of their sole demo through the mighty METEORCITY imprint back in 2009. But such was the power and richness of “Valley of the Kings” or “Dirty Witch” that this trio eventually reunited, with a new six stringer in tow, and vowed to show the rest of the world how to do it. And indeed, both their epic debut full-length (‘Become the Sun’) and split with like-minded space rockers WO FAT (‘Cyclopean Riffs’) proved that they hadn’t lost their freakin’ touch.
Now, following a massive songwriting period that will give birth to not one but two albums in 2016, its first spawn titled ‘Endless Flight’ will once again establish EGYPT as the kings of the fuzz. The instantly recognizable and warm guitar tone, the hypnotic groove of bassist and singer Aaron Esterby manages to summon in conspiracy with drummer Chad Heille and the way the riffs circle the wagons so to speak before launching their lethal attack, all wrapped up with a good taste for the epic… It’s all here, all those elements that still make in 2016 EGYPT stand out in the middle of the otherwise quite stale stoner/doom scene. At 35 minutes and armed with ‘only’ five songs, ‘Endless Flight’ never outstays its welcome yet chooses instead to hit it where it hurts before leaving in a haze of smoke. Rock on!!!
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Band:BLACK OATH
Album:TO BELOW AND BEYOND - CD
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Even after 'Ov Qliphoth and Darkness' released through Sweden's I HATE RECORDS in 2013 that met only unanimous praise, their third proper full-length 'To Below and Beyond' still takes things even further. Their first recording with new guitarist BR is both epic and carefully crafted in sound while A.th soothing vocals and delicate arrangements still retain that dark and menacing touch, like an iron fist in a velvet glove. A fifty minutes long loose concept about alchemy, mysticism and the fall of Man, this an album with a class in its own, the rare capacity to take the listeners on a journey to the other side. If it was to be a movie, it would be a 70's Dario Argento about the lost treasure of the Templar that ends in a grandiloquent bloodbath as the Great Horned One takes over.
Released through three different labels - one for each format, DOOMENTIA taking care of the CD version - 'To Below and Beyond' is not only the band's best work but also its most ambitious and is deemed to become one of this year doom's highlight. You were looking for a band with a difference? We give you BLACK OATH!
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Band:SOLOTHUS
Album:NO KING REIGNS ETERNAL
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
After going through a few line-up changes and relocating to the bigger cities of Turku and Helsinki, Solothus launched their debut full-length “Summoned from the Void” on Spain’s esteemed Memento Mori imprint in 2013. While the album already proved them to be a force to be reckoned with, its successor “No King Reigns Eternal” digs the hole way deeper, expanding it to a devouring abyss of desolation. There’s no light waiting at the bottom for these six songs, monstrous musical monuments ranging from 6 to nearly 11 minutes in length. Conjuring for instance Hooded Menace at its bleakest, and as suggested by the stunning cover artwork courtesy of Juanjo Castellano, this second coming focuses on excruciatingly crushing all possible hope in the heaviest way possible. Thou art doomed!
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Band:ALTARAGE
Album:NIHIL - CD
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Void. Emptiness. Despair. Annihilation. The anonymous yet monstrous gathering of Spaniards known as ALTARAGE suggest all those negative feelings at once as their uncompromised take on black/death takes no prisoners, literally. After an already extremely promising debut EP last year (simply titled ‘MMXV’), their first proper full-lenght ‘Nihl’ seemingly takes those brave enough to plunge into this cesspool of blackness even deeper into hell. They on purpose conduct an unrelenting assault on all your senses at once whereas all the instruments and vocals seem to be all melt together in one gigantic lava stream. Set out to make you physically uncomfortable and with on purpose very breaks, they may evoke at times PORTAL but with a twist on their own, as if their madness and Lovecraftian visions was all theirs.
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Band:MAIDAVALE
Album:TALES OF THE WICKED WEST
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
Tales of the Wicked West is MaidaVale’s debut album. The four-piece with influences ranging over decades have created a sound based in the late 60’s/early 70’s music scene. With a modern take on blues rock the band have captured many audiences with their heavy and psychedelic vibes. A rock solid rhythm section provides lots of space for the blues influenced guitar. Adding Matilda Roth’s powerful, charismatic vocals and the lyrical themes, political both on a personal level and world-devouring, makes Tales of the Wicked West an album that stands out from recordings made in this time and age.
Recording the album with Joona Hassinen, who has made it an art to record heavy and psychedelic bands in Studio Underjord, MaidaVale found their equal match to put the songs on tape. MaidaVale’s debut album contains 8 tracks that has developed through years of live performances and jamming by band members Linn Johannesson, Johanna Hansson, Sofia Ström and Matilda Roth. Mastering by Linus Andersson (Goat/Yuri Gagarin) and artwork by Dutch artist Maarten Donders, who has also made illustrations for bands such as Blues Pills and Graveyard.
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Band:MAIDAVALE
Album:TALES OF THE WICKED WEST - LP
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
Tales of the Wicked West is MaidaVale’s debut album. The four-piece with influences ranging over decades have created a sound based in the late 60’s/early 70’s music scene. With a modern take on blues rock the band have captured many audiences with their heavy and psychedelic vibes. A rock solid rhythm section provides lots of space for the blues influenced guitar. Adding Matilda Roth’s powerful, charismatic vocals and the lyrical themes, political both on a personal level and world-devouring, makes Tales of the Wicked West an album that stands out from recordings made in this time and age.
Recording the album with Joona Hassinen, who has made it an art to record heavy and psychedelic bands in Studio Underjord, MaidaVale found their equal match to put the songs on tape. MaidaVale’s debut album contains 8 tracks that has developed through years of live performances and jamming by band members Linn Johannesson, Johanna Hansson, Sofia Ström and Matilda Roth. Mastering by Linus Andersson (Goat/Yuri Gagarin) and artwork by Dutch artist Maarten Donders, who has also made illustrations for bands such as Blues Pills and Graveyard.- LP FORMAT
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Band:SVARTANATT
Album:SVARTANATT
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
The Stockholm based Swedish band Svartanatt holds a classic and timeless sound that can be tracked back in time to the 60´s and 70´s. With Jani Lehtinens sharp vocals on top of organ driven heavy guitar rock the songs comes alive and tells a story of their own. The bands self titled debut album holds 10 tracks with a running time of 42 minutes that offers a new view of many things old.
”Straight outta Stockholm with a copy of the late 1960s concealed in their backpack, Svartanatt (it means 'black night', apparently) conjure up the early days of Rock with a track that's three quarters garage and nine fifths psychedelia. It's certainly much better than our grasp of basic math." - Classic Rock Magazine (UK)
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Band:SVARTANATT
Album:SVARTANATT - LP
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
The Stockholm based Swedish band Svartanatt holds a classic and timeless sound that can be tracked back in time to the 60´s and 70´s. With Jani Lehtinens sharp vocals on top of organ driven heavy guitar rock the songs comes alive and tells a story of their own. The bands self titled debut album holds 10 tracks with a running time of 42 minutes that offers a new view of many things old. ”
Straight outta Stockholm with a copy of the late 1960s concealed in their backpack, Svartanatt (it means 'black night', apparently) conjure up the early days of Rock with a track that's three quarters garage and nine fifths psychedelia. It's certainly much better than our grasp of basic math." - Classic Rock Magazine (UK)
LP in gatefold cover, comes with digital download
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Band:BAD ACID
Album:REVELATIONS OF THE THIRD EYE
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Bad Acid have delivered a flawless debut album that totally shows just what this band is capable of. Listening to this album it still blows my mind that this is a band's debut. For such a young band to sound like they've been doing this for 20 years just kills me and I love every second of it. It's so hard to pick a highlight from this album because in my opinion the album as a whole is a sonic rollercoaster for the senses. This is the kind of album that both commands and demands your attention. BAD ACID has joined the ranks of bands such as SPIDERS, KATLA and BLUES PILLS in that they have easily created one of my all-time favorite listening experiences. Just put those headphones on, take a load off, and let BAD ACID carry you off to wherever it is they're taking you. I guarantee that you'll want another ride.
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Band:MANGROVE
Album:DAYS OF THE WICKED
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Mangrove is a heavy power trio from Sweden. Their successful debut album "Endless Skies" (2009) led to a lot of gigs and many great reviews. A year later came the darker and more heavy sounding album "A Distant Dream Of Tomorrow" (2010). After a few years of absence from the limelight Mangrove awoke for some gigs, writing new material, rehearse and finally entered the studio to record the third album, which they say is the best so far. The new album, "Days Of The Wicked" is a blend between the two first albums, but with a more edgy and progressive sound. Mangrove is like a newborn spirit ready to break new ground and reach the endless skies.
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Band:GUDARS SKYMNING
Album:Till Detta Var Jag Nodd Och Tvungen
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
Three years after "Höj Era Glas", GUDARS SKYMNING is now releasing their brand new studio album "Till Detta Var Jag Nödd Och Tvungen". It took five days to record this album, which is a record in this Northern Swedish bands' history as they usually work extremely fast. Only this time, they gave themselves more time to work with atmosphere and arrangement in the studio. Just like on earlier releases, all the basics are recorded live with the whole band in the same room to capture the right feeling. GUDARS SKYMNING this time delivers an album with a dystopian undertone, but they manage to keep their two trademarks - groovy, heavy riffs and lyrics in Swedish!
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Band:TEENAGE ZOMBIES
Album:HELLS TEETH 10 INCH
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:Vinyl EP
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
This UK Psychobilly trio are back, having had a CD album on Western Star a few years ago.
This is a limited pressing and very attractive package – a fetching 10" red vinyl, 6-track platter.
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Band:DYNAMITE PUSSY CLUB
Album:SINNER TRAIN
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:Vinyl 7 Inch
Genre:Psych/Garage
UK Garage band with a 60s feel. The band have successfully self released EPs and Albums to critical acclaim and gained a good following. This is their first release on a ‘legit’ record label.
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Band:WOAHNOWS
Album:PERSON UP MESS
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:Vinyl 7 Inch
Genre:Alt Rock
New double A side 7” single from southwest indie, pop, punk band Woahnows! Self produced by the band at Livewire in Saltash, Cornwall (a youth music charity where singer / guitarist Tim Rowing‐Parker works). The songs follow in a similar vein to last year's full length, 'Understanding and Everything Else' (on Big Scary Monsters). But with extra soulful and power pop elements building on Woahnows' already dynamic indie punk sound.
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Band:CHARLES IN THE KITCHEN
Album:SPLEEN CONTROVERSY
Label:DIVISION
Format:Vinyl 7 Inch
Genre:Psych/Garage
CHARLES IN THE KITCHEN was founded in early 2011. They play a furious blend of old school rock n’roll mixed with some garage vibe and hi-energy blues. After the release of their first album in 2015, the band signed to Division Records in order to give birth to their savage second baby which will come out this fall. Having tons of fans waiting, the band decided to throw them a good old single to make them wait! Featuring one awesome song from the upcoming album and an incredible cover of “Sweet Harmony” (originally by The Beloved), this foretaste of what is to come will only make you shake your booty harder!!!!
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Band:A Presença das Formigas
Album:PE DE VENTO
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:world/new age
A Presença das Formigas is a Portuguese band, whose compositions blend elements of traditional and popular Portuguese music with influences from jazz, classical and world music. It all started in 2009 when A Presença das Formigas received the Zeca Afonso Award at Festival Cantar Abril, with the original song “O Rei (A Morna Indiferença)”. The debut album was released in 2011. Enthusiastically received by reviewers and audience alike, Ciclorama features Portuguese Singer-songwriter Amélia Muge, and Scottish multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield. In 2012, A Presença das Formigas play at Gouveia Art Rock Festival, alongside bands like The Strawbs and Focus, to great acclaim. Following their concert they received an excellent review in the prestigious Prog Magazine. In 2013 the band was selected for an artistic residency at Musibéria Center in Portugal, where they crafted what would become their second CD. Pé de Vento was released in April 2014. Featuring several guest musicians, the new album explores the theme of “departure”, its motivations and consequences, reflecting on current events, human relations, the return to nature, dreams and aspirations… In 2015 the band is named by Music Resource Group (MRG) as a Nominee of The 14th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential awards program for independent artists and releases in two categories: World Beat Album with “Pé de Vento” and Instrumental Song with “Planície”. In September they perform in Bulgaria at the invitation of WithoutBorders Art Forum.
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Band:ONTREI
Album:ONTREI
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
The Ontrei has released it’s first cd in 2014. In 2016, Nordic Notes re-released the Album in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. The Kantele magazine wrote in the review: The sound world of the cd is full and engaging – this music will guide your thoughts to the new paths. Nieminen and Väänänen share a pulse together and that can be heard and felt. I can imagine how much fun they’ve had when playing together. – Maija Pokela, Kantele 2/2004 on nyckelharpa and vocal, Elin Jonsson on fiddle, viola and vocal and Jo Einar Jansen on fiddles and vocal.
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Band:RIM
Album:RIM
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Rim is a collaboration between four young musicians from the northern parts of Scandinavia. Well rooted in the traditions of Jämtland, Västerbotten, Nordland and Trøndelag they bring influences from folk music of all the Nordic countries to their music. Rim presents a groovy and delicate sound: dance melodies combined with improvisation and their own vivid compositions. In a lively conversation the musicians alternate between solistic inputs and close interplay. Their scenic performance is versatile with movement, voices, dancing and storytelling.
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Band:WONDERLAND
Album:BAND NO 1
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
WONDERLAND were formed in the early 1968 in Germany. The five-piece consisted of former members of THE RATTLES and THE TONICS, both Hamburg-based, and THE SUMMER SET from England. Signed by Polydor, they released three singles produced by JAMES LAST, including the oustanding hit "Moscow". The band went on tour with The Bee GEES, THE NICE and DEEP PURPLE. Following a line-up change and internal frictions, the band finally folded in 1970, but the masterminds Achim Reichel and Frank Dostal tried to keep the flame burning as WONDERLAND BAND and a new album called "Wonderland Band No. 1". This album was recorded 1971 in Hamburg with a cast of 26 guest musicians, among them the complete James Last Orchestra. For the very first time, this unique mixture of pop, psychedelic folk and progressive rock is released on an official CD and shows the amazing qualitites of this project. It was the first and last album of the band, a milestone of German rock music!
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Band:OLEG PISSARENKO BAND
Album:POINT
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
Oleg Pissarenko is a distinguished and original Estonian guitarist and composer who is known both as a creator of jazz- minimalism and philosophical jazz as well as a charismatic stage performer. Pissarenko makes original music that has been called jazz minimalism or music in its simple and natural form as well as hypnagogic minimalism and post-rock jazz. His new album “Point" was recorded with Ahto Abner (drums), Mihkel Malgand (bass) und Raun Juurikas (keyboards)
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Band:NATTEFROST
Album:20 YEARS OF NATTEFROST
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
A special birthday present to Bjorn Jeppsen alias Nattefrost. Various artists from the European electronic music scene interpreting compositions of Danish electronic genius Nattefrost. Among them projects as Mythos, Dithmar, Circus of Air, Herzinfarkt, Sonnenbrandt, Tor Brandt. and many others.
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Band:PEE WEE BLUESGANG
Album:BOOTLEGGED IN BALVE
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
Live recordings from 2014 taken at the legendary cult cave Balver Höhle by Germany's first bluesrock formation PEE WEE BLUESGANG feat. Thomas Hesse on guitar and Richard Hagel behind the micro. Most of the tracks come from the actual studio album "Boudoir de Luxe" along with classic songs as "Dust my Broom" and a breath-taking version of "Hey Joe". Fabulous!
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Band:TOMMY VITALLY
Album:FOREVER LOST
Label:ROCK IT UP
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
"Forever Lost" is limited to 500 CDs.
Recommend for fans of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, STRATOVARIUS, CONCERTO MOON, AT VANCE, DRAGON GUARDIAN and ROYAL HUNT of course.
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Band:ASHTAR
Album:ILMASAARI
Label:THRONE
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
VINYL LP gatefold / 200 copies worldwide
Switzerland's female-fronted Ashtar is an exotic and perfect blend of pagan Black Metal and Doom, with a distinctive European trade mark. Actually they come from a country worldwide known for its high mountains, snowfalls and Celtic Frost!!! Ashtar's debut album is the perfect record to listen to at night with candle light, while outside a snowstorm is blazing. You can recognize elements of Celtic Frost, Ludicra, Bathory and Sacrilege. While Ashtar develop these influences one step further and mold their own sonic brand by adding acoustic guitars, string arrangements and didgeridoos. "Ilmassari" is a haunting magick album, so rich and dense you'll spin it several times in a row.
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Band:FORCE AND FIRE
Album:DISINTEGRATION PROCESS
Label:THRONE
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
VINYL LP / 200 copies worldwide
FORCE&FIRE is the brand new band from Ryan Lipynsky (master-mind behind Unearthly Trance, Serpentine Path, The Howling Wind, Humanless, etc.) and Steve Bago / Pat Flynn (bassist and drummer in NYHC legends Indecision). "Disintegration Process" is a sick, vicious, twisting blend of Crust, Sludge, Black Metal and Hardcore. A truly awesome debut album!!!.
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Band:UNEARTHLY TRANCE
Album:IN THE RED
Label:THRONE
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
VINYL LP gatefold / 400 copies worldwide
Official repress after 10 years from its original pressing on Rise Above Records. Comes with enhanced artwork on a stunning gatefold sleeve this time. "In The Red" is like a good old red wine... most appreciated as years pass by.
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Band:SINNERY
Album:A FEAST OF FOOLS
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
“A Feast of Fools” is the band’s debut, a magnificent thrash metal album that is as hard to define as easy to process! It’s aggressive and relentless and although having an excellent production, the band still manages to pay tribute to the glorious old days of thrash metal. A fiery passion is evident throughout the album and as the band puts it “the album steers clear from the modern approach of playing every trick in the book just to appear sophisticated”.
“A Feast of Fools” is the perfect mix of just enough simplicity and raw brutality along with some fine moments of finesse and technicality so as to draw people in and keep them locked in while enjoying their ears being destroyed! Suddenly the future is looking brighter already!
For fans of: Sodom, Sacred Reich, Coroner, Annihilator, Revocation
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Band:MARAUDER
Album:BULLETHEAD
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Four years have passed since their last offering (“Elegy of Blood”) and their new album, “Bullethead” features a new vocalist (who proves to be more than competent), something that has made this album even more eagerly awaited by their fans. This is the band’s most powerful and epic album to date, full of good old melodic heavy metal and it’s guaranteed to please even the most demanding heavy metal fan. MARAUDER are back and they’re back with full force!
The band’s moto has always been “FOR US, METAL IS ENOUGH!” and this pretty much sums it up! For fans of: Accept, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Gamma Ray, Primal Fear
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Band:RAVEN
Album:ONE FOR ALL - REISSUE
Label:NON NOBIS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Raven are one of the leading bands of the NWOBHM, they are commonly quoted as the fathers of speed metal! Along with Venom they were the top seller and most prestigious acts of the early Neat rec. catalogue. The still is still around playing all over the world. Non Nobis prod. is working on the re-release of their back catalogue with bonus tracks when possible.
Re-issue with reworked artwork and 3 unreleased bónus live tracks.
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Band:RAVEN
Album:EVERYTHING LOUDER - REISSUE
Label:NON NOBIS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Raven are one of the leading bands of the NWOBHM, they are commonly quoted as the fathers of speed metal! Along with Venom they were the top seller and most prestigious acts of the early Neat rec. catalogue. The still is still around playing all over the world. Non Nobis prod. is working on the re-release of their back catalogue with bonus tracks when possible.
Re-issue with reworked artwork and 3 unreleased bónus live tracks.
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Band:MOURNBLADE
Album:TIMES RUNNING OUT - 2015
Label:NON NOBIS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Formed in 1983 by Dunken F Mullett and Richie Jones, the band’s early influences included the books of Michael Moorcock, very apparent in early material and theatrical live shows. At one stage the live show featured 14 costume changes as well as many props, and a light show that included lasers and movie projections.The band gigged tirelessly around the UK promoting their first official release “Times Running Out” performing over 400 gigs, headlining at The Marquee and many other major venues. They also supported many major acts during this era and were great supporters of the free festival circuit playing at the infamous Stonehenge festival amongst many others. This reworking of the now classic first mini-LP features the original line-up of the band and also includes three tracks that were performed regularly during that time but never made it to vinyl. The record once considered “The future of Heavy Metal” is now a classic record with a fresh sound not only proofing these songs passed the test of time but also showing their relevance nowadays! If you are looking for the finest blend of NWOBHM with 70’s prog your search ends here!
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Band:SOPHIA
Album:UNCLEAN - LP
Label:cyclic law
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Drone/Ambient
New opus from Sweden’s Industrial Ambient project from Peter Bjärgö (Arcana). Bringing together some of the original collaborators which were featured on earlier albums, Per Ählund, Stefan Eriksson and Ia Bjärgö, “Unclean” is again an outstanding piece of sonic force. Pounding percussions, commanding vocal parts and expanding ambient passages all merge to give us and absorbing, diverse and forward thinking journey. “Unclean” is an excursion into the folly of man’s self destructive tendencies, with a slight hope of a possible awakening before the last gasp is taken. LTD LP Format.
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Band:ME THE TIGER
Album:ME THE TIGER
Label:Repo
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Finally the self-titled debut-album is now available on CD for the first time. After the successful release of “Vitriolic” in 2015 and a huge demand of the fans Me The Tiger and RepoRecords decided to make the debut officially available again. Although it is the very first output of the band, you will find all the elements, which make Me The Tiger such an outstanding band. While the band is currently working on a follow up to “Vitriolic”, their fans can bridge the time gap with the original debut of “Me The Tiger”.
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Band:PHOBIA
Album:DECADES OF BLASPHEMY
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Legendary grindcore outfit, PHOBIA, release "Decades Of Blastphemy", a discography of +20 years worth of material on Selfmadegod Records. The 4-disc digipak discography encompasses most of the band's releases; everything from splits, EPs, 12″s, CDs from 1990 to their 2012 split 7"EP with SUFFERING MIND. The monolithic grindcore pioneer has been a band for over 25 years. Originally hailing from Orange County, California - a less-than-favorable locale for punks as Orange County is often stigmatized by white supremacists and affluent teenagers (as portrayed by the popular television drama “The OC”) - PHOBIA now spreads its grindy, crusty, anti-establishment self across the United States from Phoenix, AZ to Austin, TX. This release is housed in a thick digipak with 4 discs (147 tracks; over 4 hours of music), external booklet with tons of posters, pictures, info and slipcase/O-card.
Right up there with Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror, Discharge, Disrupt, Final Conflict....
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Band:HARM
Album:OCTOBER FIRE
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODS.
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Heavy Thrash Metal from Norway with their 3rd full length album. Previous album ‘Demonic Alliance’ Digipacl CD/DVD was the label best seller for 2011 and also just released their debut album ‘Devil’ as a special edition double CD with EP/Single tracks and also their unreleased demo from 1998.
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Band:LIVE BURIAL
Album:FORCED BACK TO LIFE
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Death Metal was always meant to be raw, rotten and bitter. Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, that’s the sound LIVE BURIAL have set for themselves. The debut ‘Forced Back to Live’ is now released by Dunkelheit Produktionen! Heavy Death Metal with slight touches of Doom, Sludge, Despair and a whole manner of unpleasantness! Expect intense bass energy, putrefied riffs and sick solos. Sounds that will pull you out from your premature death and force you into another wretched existence!
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Band:CROSSBONES
Album:CROSSBONES
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:CD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
Italian guitar hero Dario Mollo's first band was Crossbones, which he joined in 1981. In 1986, after an appearance in compilation album "Metallo Italia" (1985), Mollo met english producer Kit Woolven (Thin Lizzy, Ufo), who produced his first album "Crossbones" in 1989, featuring Don Airey (Rainbow, Ozzy Osborne) as very special guest on keyboards. This was the beginning of a friendship that has lasted ever since, culminating in his works known as The Cage. Don Airey joined Crossbones also on a tour across Europe (including an excellent performance at Hammersmith Odeon) and two videos for the album were released, filmed in a castle in Budapest. After leaving Crossbones to pursue other projects, Mollo opened his own recording studio (Damage, Inc), in Ventimiglia (Italy) where he has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including Aldo Giuntini and Lacuna Coil. During this time, Mollo continued to write and record his own music and, after being introduced to Tony Martin in 1998, released "The Cage" with him in 1999. Well received by critics and the public, Mollo and Martin released two follow-up albums: "The Cage 2" in 2002 and "The Third Cage in 2012". In between working with Martin, Mollo also released two albums with Glenn Hughes under the name Voodoo Hill: their self-titled debut in 2000 and "Wild Seed of Mother Earth" in 2004. Mollo was also involved in Tony Martin's live band, Headless Cross, played their first ever show on 27 July 2012, at Birmingham's Asylum venue. Dario Mollo is without doubt one of the most talented player/songwriters, "Crossbones" is his "first step", a class-metal gem still shines after more than 25 years, showing already his great talent and musical technique.
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Band:OBSCENITY
Album:RETALIATION
Label:KOLONY
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
OBSCENITY was formed in Oldendburg, Lower Saxony as a five-piece in 1989 with the intention of playing brutal death metal, and the band's debut album, 'Suffocated Truth', was released in 1992. It was only in 1996, with the release of the band's third album, ‘The 3rd Chapter’, that OBSCENITY developed their current well known style, offering direct bludgeoning death metal riffs, with a Floridian approach to their aural carnage. The band has taken part in several European metal festivals during the years, such as Fuck The Commerce Festival, No Mercy Festival, With Full Force Open Air and Wacken Open Air, to name a few, and supported Six Feet Under on their Summer tour in 2003. After splitting up in 2009, the band was reformed with a new lineup by guitarist Hendrik Bruns the following year, and came out with their its eighth full-length, ‘Atrophied in Anguish’, in 2012. A few years later, Tobias Müller joined the band as the new vocalist and 10 new tracks were composed: the upcoming output is named ‘Retaliation’, and it will be released in late Spring 2016.
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Band:CRUZ DE FERRO
Album:MORREREMOS DE PE
Label:NON NOBIS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The band started his activity in 2010 and under the command of Ricardo Pombo in Portugal mid-lands city of Torres Novas. After a Stunning 5 tracks EP “Guerreiros do Metal” in 2012 the band entered an ascending spiral of popularity. With a high acclaimed video (“Defesores”) and a tour that gave them the prize of -“Best Portuguese unsigned Metal Act of 2013” in Loud! Mag. The band plays Traditional Heavy Metal with Epic Chorus and catchy Melodies along with shredding guitar solos framed by the powerful voice of Pombo! They proudly sing in Portuguese and has as his main lyric subject the tale of the glorious episodes of Portuguese History. Both the 5 tracks EP and the new Album were recorded and produced by Arlindo Cardoso (Low Torque; ex-W.A.K.O.) This new album consists of 10 tracks of the finest Epic Traditional Heavy Metal. This tracks will be available in the form of a CD album though Non Nobis Prod. Keep an eye on this band, they are heading for the top in the Portuguese Metal Scene!
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Band:HUMAN
Album:CEREBRAL INWARDNESS
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Human" project was born from an idea of Edoardo Boccato. Because of some disagreement with passed components in the band's history, because of their listlessness, Edoardo remains alone but he continued to compose Death metal track, influenced by: Death, Necrophagist, Nile, Dying Fetus, At the Gates and Decrepith Birth and by italian songwriter (Fabrizio De Andrè, Francesco Guccini). After a short phase when "Human" became "Pain", it found a concrete possibility with the meeting of Edoardo and Tommaso Pellegrini, who decided to dedicate his time into "Human".
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Band:WOSLOM
Album:A NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Coming from the city of São Paulo, the Thrashers from WOSLOM are ready break your necks! No kidding! The band really knows how to Thrash! Their first album was released in November 2010 and was counted by websites like Wiplash.net and Novometal.com, Metal Militia (radio) and the Roadie Crew Magazine amongst the best albums from that year. In 2011 the band appeared both on TV and in webcasts, but has also been playing more than 40 gigs in their hometown, the countryside and other parts of Brasil. Also, they were interviewed by Brasil's most important Metal magazine: Roadie Crew Magazine. Buisness-wise the band was able to start several important partnerships like with Diril Cymbals, Jam Cheese (equipment) and Screenstar (merchandise). The band is also working together with BLANKTV to get their clips on American TV and with DMR (Digital Media Records) to distribute the album outside of Brasil (USA and Europe) both as a CD and through online channels like iTunes, Amazon and similar stores. In 2012 Woslom were on their first international tour "Time to Rise European Tour 201". During April and May they played 25 gigs in 10 different countries, including Summer Festivals like SWR Barroselas in Portugal, Fields of Metal in Belgium and Emmen Metal Fest in the Netherlands. They also played in Sweden with Entombed. Between October 2012 and March 2013 they produced the album "Evolustruction" (recorded in Studio Acustica).
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Band:DARK HAUNTERS
Album:TO PERSEVERE IS DIABOLICALL
Label:Revalve
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
TO PERSEVE IS DIABOLICAL is the new full lengh the Hystorical Death Black Metal band on the scene..
Eight tracks of majestic, symphonic and evocative Death Black metal
For all fans of Dimmu Borgir ,Nagflar, Carach Angren.
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Band:HYPERSONIC
Album:EXISITENTIA
Label:Revalve
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
EXISTENTIA is the 2nd album for the talented power metal band Hypersonic.
Special Guest: Michele Luppi (Secret Sphere, Visione Divine) Tommy Reinxeed Johansson ( Reinxeed, Golden Resurrection)
For all fans of Nightwish, Kamelot, Stratovarious
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Band:GRAVEYARD ES
Album:FOR THINE IS THE DARKNESS
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Following the release of their monumental second full-length album, The Sea Grave, in 2013, GRAVEYARD continued recording material and released several split releases with Entrails, Nominon and Crucifyre. With an evolved sound that resulted from these sessions, GRAVEYARD then refocused their attention on the writing, rehearsing, and recording of new original material, which has now culminated in their third full-length offering, …For Thine is the Darkness, an album which confirms that the best musical product results from patient and diligent attention to detail.
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Band:CARVAKAS
Album:ANTI PLAYTONIC MACHINERY
Label:SICK BANGERS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
CARVAKAS’ TECHNICISM AND BRUTALITY WILL SMASH YOUR BRAIN SO HARD YOU WILL INSTANTLY BECOME A FAN OF THEIR MUSIC. MIXTURE OF CLASSIC AMERICAN DEATH METAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN STREET BRUTALITY.
RIYL CANNIBAL CORPSE AND SUFFOCATION
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Band:CONFLICTED
Album:UNDER BIO LENCE
Label:SICK BANGERS
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
A THRASHER’S DELIGHT CONTAINING AN EQUAL MIX OF ANTHRAX/OVERKILL EAST COAST THUMP AND THE VICIOUSNESS AND SEGMENT SHIFTING ABILITIES THAT PUT THE BAY AREA ON THE MAP DURING THE 80’S.
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Band:LEFUTARY
Album:OATH
Label:SICK BANGERS
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
FORMED IN JANUARY 2005 IN SANTIAGO – CHILE, LEFUTRAY IS A THRASH/GROOVE BAND FORMED BY GUITARIST CRISTIAN OLIVARES AND DRUMMER YONATTAN MUÑOZ. EXTREME SOUND AND BRUTAL SHIFTS OF TEMPO.
RIYL - GOJIRA AND LAMB OF GOD.
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Band:MANO HUMANA
Album:SOMBRAS
Label:SICK BANGERS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
MANO HUMANA PLAY MODERN METAL THAT FUSES AGGRESSIVE THRASH METAL WITH THE COLD MACHINERY OF MESHUGGAH AND THE GROOVY HEAVYNESS OF SOULFY.
Riyl - Fear Factory etc
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Band:deathwood
Album:AND IF IT VWERE TRUE
Label:OVERDUB
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
"...And if it were true?“ aims at narrating personal experiences of the band’s members, as well as local tales from Abruzzo, while rearranging them in horror style. The whole album lays the foundations of a realistic intrinsic mythology , spanning from the Quaglia Lake Trilogy (The legend is true, Lake of the undead, The day is over), to the semi-autobiographical Freak Family, unfolding along the recordings just like an horror film festival. Indeed, this motivates the album’s title ...And if it were true?. As we all know, there’s a grain of truth in every myth! Produced, Recorded & Mixed By Davide Rosati @ ACME Rec.
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Band:TEMTRIS
Album:ENTER THE ASYLUM
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODS.
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Temtris are Australia’s best selling female fronted Melodic Heavy Metal band, Combined with dark metal mixed with thrash metal elements. This is their 4th album. Previous album ‘Shallow Grave’ is still available. Featuring Wayne Campbell the original drummer from one of Australia’s oldest Thrash Metal bands Mortal Sin.
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Band:ALBERT BELLS SACRO SANCTUS
Album:AD AETERNUM
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The sophomore opus from the Maltese metal-monger Albert Bell's SACRO SANCTUS offers no quarter, forging a unique style of old school epic and primeval blackened heavy/doom metal. Expect a barrage of unrestrained and savage riffs, sometimes more on the doom, other times on the thrash side, intended especially for the initiated in the arcane paths of olde. Bell conjures references from a rich tapestry of hallowed sources such as VENOM, ROOT, TÖRR, NEMESIS, CELTIC FROST, SABBAT (UK), ATOMKRAFT, ZEMIAL, MORTUARY DRAPE, BATHORY, ANCIENT RITES, Abbath's I or SAINT VITUS.
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Band:WILDHUNT
Album:DESCENDING..
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Debut full-length album of these Austrian technical thrashers.
Old school but clean production appealing to the fans of this style. Cover art by Italian painter Paolo Girardi (Manilla Road, Inquisition, Bell Witch, Battle Ram, Tyrant's Kall...). The band is active in the scene, playing live both in their country and abroad.
For fans of: Deathrow, Despair, Coroner, Grinder, Metallica, Heathen, Paradox, Mekong Delta...
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Band:CADAVERIC POISON
Album:CADAVERIC POISON
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Debut full-length of the respected veteran musicians: death metal legend Paul Speckmann (Master, Abomination...), and Simon Seegel and Felix Darnieder (Witchburner). Cover art by the cult artist Mark Riddick.
For fans of: Master, Abomination, Death Strike, Autopsy, Deceased, Bolt Thrower, Thanatos, Witchburner, Infernal Majesty, Outrage (Ger.), Funeral Nation...
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Band:NULLINGROOTS
Album:TAKE CARE
Label:ZERO DIMENSIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Nullingroots, a Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze band from the deserts of Phoenix Arizona, has finished its third full-length album. Inspired by the beautiful and ugly sides of human emotions; happiness, anxiety, and depression, Nullingroots delivers its most diverse material yet. This is achieved musically through instruments, and for the first time in the band's history, vocals. Bringing in more sounds and influences than before, Nullingroots has further implemented its musical direction and carves its own unique sound.
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Band:INACTIVE MESSIAH
Album:DARK MASTERPIECE
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“Dark Masterpiece” is the long-awaited new album from Greek industrial / atmospheric metallers INACTIVE MESSIAH. Successfully combining symphonic, electronic and atmospheric metal elements, “Dark Masterpiece” sounds deeply inspired by the 90’s, yet modern and up-to date and is suitable for fans of industrial rock / metal pioneers Marilyn Manson and Rammstein as well as for atmospheric metal enthusiasts that are into the early works of Paradise Lost and Sentenced, or even fans of experimental black metal acts The Kovenant and Samael.
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