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Band:SECRET AFFAIR
Album:SOHO DREAMS - LP
Label:I SPY RECORDS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:MOD / MOD REVIVAL
"Soho Dreams" the superbly well received 2012 come back album from SECRET AFFAIR is released as an extremely limited edition bespoke vinyl pressing on September the 9th.
This is a Bespoke limited edition vinyl version of ‘Soho Dreams’ with gate fold sleeve, coloured vinyl, individually numbered and a bonus track, ‘Black Cat’.Released on their original iconic label, 'I-Spy' Records. Do Not Miss Out - Only x300 of these are being pressed - Pre-order your copy below.
Secret Affair UK tour dates this Autumn : Sept 6th – SOUTHAMPTON – The Brook Sept 7th ‐ CARDIFF – Clwb Ifor Bach Sept 13th ‐ NORTHAMPTON – Guildhall * Sept 20th – LIVERPOOL – Eric’s Sept 21st – DUNDEE – Beat Generator Sept 28th – LOOE Music Festival Oct 19th ‐ HARLOW – The Square Nov 2nd – BRIGHTON – Concorde 2 Nov 15th ‐ LEEDS – Brundenell Social Club Nov 16th – MANCHESTER – Band On The Wall Dec 6th – BIRMINGHAM – Hare & Hounds Dec 7th ‐ LONDON ‐Islington Assembly Hall
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Band:SUBROSA
Album:MORE CONSTANT THAN THE GODS
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Since their formation in the summer of 2005, Salt Lake City-based doom/rock band SUBROSA have slowly been recognized as one of the more unique bands in their genre. Harnessed by a monolithically heavy rhythm-section along with employing two electric violinists and being fronted by the enchanting and seductive vocals of Rebecca Vernon, SUBROSA would gain more awareness when their third album, “No Help For The Mighty Ones” (their Profound Lore Records debut), was released in Feb 2011 and garnered critical acclaim amongst the press.
With their new Profound Lore album, “More Constant Than The Gods”, out in September, SUBROSA will now be seen as one of the most prominent bands in the American doom-rock scene alongside the likes of Royal Thunder, Kylesa, Witch Mountain, and Jex Thoth.
The band’s sound accumulates like a seductive mix of Kyuss, Sleep, L7, and P.J.Harvey, while at the same time, employing a folk/neo-classical/chamber music-like influence in their sound canvas as well.
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Band:SEX GANG CHILDREN
Album:VIVA VIGILANTE
Label:PALE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Dark Wave/Goth
In an age where mediocrity is King, Sex Gang Children once again challenge the blandness and bling which has blinded us all with their new album 'Viva Vigilante!' Without compromise to politic or political correctness, it raises many questions and like a freshly sharpened sword in the face of bad taste and corporate whores, it makes it's point with unashamed contempt. Formed in London at the beginning of 1982, the Sex Gang Children kickstarted British music, once more moribund after the demise of Punk. Leading the way in what became known as the Post Punk Goth revolution, they quickly dominated the UK music scene with their classic albums ‘Song and Legend’ and ‘Medea’ and Gothic anthems ‘Sebastiane’ and ‘Deiche’. Throughout their long career, founder member and frontman Andi Sex Gang has collaborated with noted music artists like Marc Almond (Soft Cell), Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik), Flood (U2, Depeche Mode), Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Bob Dylan).
The album is the band's first studio effort since the "Salamun Child" EP was released in 2009 and takes on their legacy since their last studio album “Bastard” from 2002.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:BAREFOOT IN THE HEAD VOLUME TWO
Label:VINYL FRONTIER
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Another remarkable selection of some of the rarest Psychedelic independent singles to ever be put together on one compilation. It features amazing tracks that have never been comped before including a track by The Coronets “Tell Me Why” : the rarest UK Psyche single known to man! The album has been compiled by Psychedelic enthusiasts with an ear for what Psyche fans will want to hear so not only are the tracks rare but guaranteed to please: making this another quality Psychedelic compilation that is a must have for any Psyche fan.
TRACK LISTING - 1 THE EXPECTATION Dutch Masters 2 YOUR NEAR BY ME Dutch Masters 3 GET OUT OF MY LIFE WOMAN The Sundae Funnies 4 TELL ME The Sundae Funnies 5 PSYCHEDELIC PILL Tyde 6 LOST Tyde 7 HAVE YOU EVER The Trippers 8 KALEIDESCOPE The Trippers 9 PLASTIC YEAR Blu-Erebus 10 WILLOWGREEN Blu-Erebus 11 TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF The Sound System 12 WORLD ON FIRE Crystal Rain 13 YOU’ N’ ME Crystal rain 14 NO PLACE OR TIME The Echoes Of Carnaby Street 15 BABY DOESN’T MATTER The Echoes Of Carnaby Street 16 THIS TIME; THESE DAYS The Daybreakers 17 WHEN ONCE IT WAS GOOD 1st National Band 18 THE TRIP DOWN 1st National Band 19 PITTER PATTER Gladstone Tracks By East Side Kids 20 GONE BY DAY Gladstone Tracks By East Side Kids 21 I WONDER WHY The Coronets 22 YOU’RE LEAVING Tomorrow The Coronets
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Band:DEAD WOLF CLUB
Album:HEALER
Label:BIG TEA
Format:10" VINYL
Genre:Post Punk
Dead Wolf Club’s potential to be a great band hasn’t gone unnoticed, prestigious support slots with the Wedding Present at Koko, Ringo Deathstarr, Bow Wow Wow and Atari Teenage Riot, amongst others, has marked them out from the crowd of vacuous indie pop which dominates mainstream guitar music. Their debut Healer EP for Big Tea Records comprises four exceptional slices of post punk, showcasing their diversity and infectious loud/quiet songwriting and a raw aggression with a softer side too.
“Disregarding the current vogue for lo-fi surf pop, the Cornish quartet prefer to make your eardrums earn their money with the kind of racket that used to make NME journalists go into hyperbolic shock.” - The 405
For fans of Bloc Party, Fugazi, At The Drive-In etc
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Band:THE GOLDBERG SISTERS
Album:STRANGERS MORNING
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Adam Goldberg is an actor (Films: Dazed and Confused, Saving Private Ryan, Anna Nicole; TV: both Friends and Joey, NYC22, Entourage) and a musician. With his imaginary twin sister, Celeste, Adam releases the second album by The Goldberg Sisters, Stranger’s Morning playing every instrument. Confused (or Dazed)? So is his sister who isn’t real but still writes the words. Whether working with Aaron Espinoza of Earlimart, Flaming Lips or Andrew Lynch, Adam creates music which has been described by Popmatters as "appealingly adventurous and opulently beautiful music… the space age vibe of those '70s glam albums-think David Bowie and Mott the Hoople".
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Band:KIM LENZ AND THE JAGUARS
Album:FOLLOW ME
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Kim Lenz, the Los Angeles-based rockabilly queen is back with her fourth studio album, Follow Me which continues the passionate driving sound that built her reputation. As one of the modern roots scene’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, Follow Me takes Lenz’s music in a more intimate direction. On Follow Me, Lenz translates her life experiences into her most personal album to date. It represents an evolution and maturity in Lenz’s songwriting, while still remaining true to her signature roots sound. Lenz and her band The Jaguars recorded Follow Me in mono on vintage tube gear to two-inch tape, giving it the flavor Ms. Lenz is known for but, lyrically more modern. Follow Me was produced by an Americana Roots icon Carl Sonny Leyland and features performances by legendary Big Sandy guitarist Ashley Kingman. Lenz penned nine of the twelve tracks on Follow Me herself. The record is rounded out with two rollicking covers and a track written by Jaguar’s own guitarist Ramon Espinoza. This is Kim Lenz like you’ve never heard her before!
“If Elvis had been a woman, he probably would have sounded just like Kim Lenz.” — Rolling Stone
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Band:JARBOE
Album:INDEMNITY
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
Jarboe (also known as Jane Jarboe, and the Living Jarboe) is an American singer‐songwriter and keyboardist who came to prominence in the mid‐1980s with the New York City‐based group Swans. Having played the organ since childhood and had years of professional vocal training, she, with founder Michael Gira, were the two constant members of Swans until the group broke up in 1998.
Although she was absent from the group's lineup when the band reformed in 2010, she contributed background vocals and voice collage for the band's 2012 album, The Seer.[2] She has released numerous solo albums and collaborations, many of which have been self‐published. She also co‐composed the soundtrack of a horror game titled The Path.
Indemnity is an album of interpretations of classics from Swans and World Of Skin selected from Jarboe albums Indemnity I & 2.
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Band:HAIKAI NO KU
Album:SICK ON MY JOURNEY
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Sick on My Journey is the first ‘real’ album by Haikan No ku, the brainchild of Mike Vest from the mighty Bong, Sam Booth and Jerome Smith.
The band has been described as: ”Death Toll Blues” . Ear damaging psych heavily influenced by Japanese bands like Mainliner, Les Rallizes Denudes etc. Crashing drums and Bass lay down the framework for fiery guitar attacks to lash across peoples faces. Expect dirge, noise and astral planes.
And: New Newcastle supergroup featuring Mike Vest (Drunk In Hell, Bong, Master Slave,Ramesses, Basillica, Obey, etc), Jerome Smith (Female Borstal) and Sam Booth (Fooot Hair, Obey). Phew! Haikai No Ku play some of the most morose, damaged blues psych we’ve heard in years: death‐toll bass and crashing drums lead the way for a solitary guitar line obliterated by total psychedelic guitar scree. Songs start off as loose jams that slowly build up to utter brain‐melting acid psychedelia. Early Ramleh gone deathrock?
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Band:THE MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN
Album:LIVE AT ROADBURN 2013
Label:ROADBURN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
From the plains of the Midwest, The Midnight Ghost Train has been traveling the world spreading one-of-a-kind music. The band’s music blends gospel hymns of the sermon, down tuned rock and roll riffs of southern rock, and dark delta blues. “Midnight Ghost Train” is a Mason-Dixie psychedelic fusion of classic roots and distortions that will make you get your church on; whether it’s Baptist, Satanist, or whatever your pleasure.
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Band:THE MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN
Album:LIVE AT ROADBURN 2013 - LP
Label:ROADBURN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
From the plains of the Midwest, The Midnight Ghost Train has been traveling the world spreading one-of-a-kind music. The band’s music blends gospel hymns of the sermon, down tuned rock and roll riffs of southern rock, and dark delta blues. “Midnight Ghost Train” is a Mason-Dixie psychedelic fusion of classic roots and distortions that will make you get your church on; whether it’s Baptist, Satanist, or whatever your pleasure. Ltd Vinyl LP.
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Band:MONOMYTH
Album:MONOMYTH - LP
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
MONOMYTH, unleashed from The Netherlands, is the journey . . . the five who explore and expand the boundaries of their own musical universe. Firmly rooted in Space, Trance and Krautrock, the band leans heavily on a solid foundation of drums and bass guitar, while adding guitar, keyboards and textures layer upon layer. MONOMYTH will drag you inside their cosmic playground. Enter an arena where there is no more time or space, simply the vacuum in which communication is operated on a higher level. You can enter in two ways . . . simply by closing your eyes and letting the instrumental music transport you, or with eyes wide open as you descend into the mind staggering light show.LTD VINYL LP
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Band:MONOMYTH
Album:MONOMYTH
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
MONOMYTH, unleashed from The Netherlands, is the journey . . . the five who explore and expand the boundaries of their own musical universe. Firmly rooted in Space, Trance and Krautrock, the band leans heavily on a solid foundation of drums and bass guitar, while adding guitar, keyboards and textures layer upon layer. MONOMYTH will drag you inside their cosmic playground. Enter an arena where there is no more time or space, simply the vacuum in which communication is operated on a higher level. You can enter in two ways . . . simply by closing your eyes and letting the instrumental music transport you, or with eyes wide open as you descend into the mind staggering light show.
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Band:GOATESS
Album:GOATESS
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Goatess are Chritus, Niklas, Kenta and Findus from Sweden. Despite having no records out on the market the band has already created a massive buzz and appeared on prestigious festivals such as Doom Shall Rise in Germany, with more live appearances on the horizon.
Swedish cult doom metal vocalist Chritus Linderson (Count Raven, Saint Vitus, Terra Firma) has, after a few years off the grid, experienced a strong return to form in the new millennium. Best known nowadays for belting out classic doom metal at the helm of Lord Vicar, he has also been nurturing a more homegrown project which began under the working title Weekend Beast and developed into Goatess.
The concept was born from Niklas & Linderson's desire to, as opposed to the strictly structured doom metal of Lord Vicar, create music that is based on the atmosphere and the worship of the heavy riff. "It is basically the kind of music we would like the most to listen to ourselves", says Linderson, "Our sound is constantly under investigation, an ongoing process...What´s there so far comes naturally when jamming at rehearsals and we´ll just go with it until we are content."
Goatess manage to carve a unique niche for themselves in the overpopulated doom metal scene by grabbing some doom influences, taking them out to the desert and throwing them to the melting pot with some repetitive stoner groove in the vein of Sleep and Kuyss. The result of these dangerous psychedelic experiments is the self-titled debut album, which hits the streets on Sep 2nd.
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Band:SPEEDTRAP
Album:POWERDOSE
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Those already familiar with Speedtrap know what to expect: the aptly named debut full-length album “Powerdose” is a Motörheadcrash of speed metal, hardcore punk, rock ‘n’ roll and rapid-fire guitars that will bulldoze the feeble retrorevival scene back into oblivion. With roots crawling in the most vigorous depths of the 80’s, Speedtrap grabs the listener by the cojones with their take no holds barred arrogance, bestial grooves, rockin’ riffs that force the head to tilt back and fort, and vicious vocal delivery provided by Jori Sara-Aho, one of the most promising players in the scene.
Speedtrap is not here to reinvent the wheel, but to stretch out the best parts of their influences and mold it into exceptionally vivacious heavy metal rock mammoth. The band has squeezed out all the unnecessary elements out of their diamond-tight arrangements and kept the songs short to ensure an overdose of genuine 110-proof rock energy. Zero extra + zero bullshit = pure rock ‘n’ roll powerdose!
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Band:CHURCH OF VOID
Album:DEAD RISING
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Hailing from the barren wastes of southern Finland, Church of Void is a five man electrical rock band. Founded in 2010 by vocalist Magus Corvus, the band's first sign of life was the limited run EP 'Winter Is Coming'. Now signed to Finland's eclectic vinyl merchants Svart Records, Church of Void is gearing up for a full album release.
Self described as new wave of classic doom metal, Church of Void wears their influences proudly on both sleeves and cites their sound as deeply affected by classics such as Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath and Pentagram, but one can also hear overtones of Scandinavian downer rock in the vein of Mana Mana and Babylon Whores here and there. Thematically the band steers away from the popular occult current and focuses on levels of the human condition instead. "We write our material both as individuals and as a group, and most of it draws inspiration from archaic human instincts, needs and emotions", comments Corvus.
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Band:PYHA KUOLEMA
Album:KEVATTUULISORMI
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Pyhä Kuolema (“Sacred Death”) is the musical vessel of Mikko Pöyhönen, who performs sparse, emotional and intense folk music. With his second album Pyhä Kuolema eases its grip. Kevättuulisormi tells of a still landscape, of building a home into a world which is not his own. The skeletal man and guitar has grown into rough neofolk schlager which hails toward half-empty beer mugs and bursts of defiant laughter. This is dance without steps and wind without direction. The Spring wind finger leafs through your pages!
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Band:ABANDON ALL SHIPS
Album:INFAMOUS
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
After completely turning the modern music scene upside down when they burst onto the scene in 2010, Abandon All Ships are back, with their second hard-hitting album “Infamous”. Released at Universal Music Canada and Velocity/Rise Records, it´s brought to Europe now by Redfield Records.
The album debuted at number 145 on the Billboard 200, while also reaching number 54 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album's lead single “Infamous” features guest rap vocals by Canadian rapper A-Game. After spending a year and a half on tour supporting their debut record “Geeving”, touring North America and Europe with heavyweights such as We Came As Romans, Of Mice & Men, Protest The Hero, Miss May I and many more including the 2011 Vans Warped Tour, the band returned to City Tape Studios in their hometown of Toronto in Ontario, Canada to begin working on the next record. Teaming up with the same production team Medeuxa, (made up of Anthony Calabretta and Mark Spicoluk) that helped craft “Geeving”, the band took their unique brand of Euro infused hardcore to new heights, opening the door to many new influences and not letting anything hold them back.
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Band:ABANDON ALL SHIPS
Album:GEEVING
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Hailing straight from the club district of Toronto, Abandon All Ships are six proud guido's who spend their time pumping fists, breaking noses and making music. Completely turning the modern music scene upside down with their unique mix of hardcore, euro and dance, they spent 2009 heavily touring North America on the release of their self-titled - self released debut EP. Later in 2010 their debut-album “Geeving” was released through Universal Music Canada and Velocity / Rise Records. Now German based Redfield Records is bringing the full-length to Europe. The album peaked at number 27 on the Canadian Hot 100, and number 16 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. The album's lead single “Take One Last Breath”, which was featured at the Vans Warped Tour Compilation 2011, managed to peak at number 5 on the Canadian Rock Charts and number 65 on the Canadian Pop Charts.
To support “Geeving”, the Canadian band spent a year and a half on the road, touring North America and Europe with heavyweights such as We Came As Romans, Of Mice & Men, Protest The Hero, Miss May I and many more including the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. After it the band returned to City Tape Studios in their hometown of Toronto Ontario Canada to begin working on the next record “Infamous”.
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Band:DESASTERKIDS
Album:SEX BEER AND BREAKDOWNS
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Desasterkids was founded by former We Butter The Bread With Butter guitarist Iain Duncan and vocalist Andi Phoenix in Berlin, Germany in 2012. After guitarist Jonas Nitz, drummer Tommy Hey and bassist Paul Schmidt joined the band and songs were completed, the band entered the studio in early 2013.
Five of these tracks that found their place on the debut EP "Sex, Beer and Breakdowns" were mixed and mastered by Daniele Nelli, vocalist of the Metalcore-band "Tasters" (Nuclear Blast) in Livorno, Italy. The modern mix gives the music the pressure it needs, blasting through your ears and punching you straight in the face.
The unique and characteristic music of Desasterkids combines heavy guitar riffing with catchy sing-along choruses and violent breakdowns, mixing electronic elements with orchestral melodies and powerful choirs. The energy and quality of this debut EP can easily compete with established international acts of similar genres and expectations are high for their upcoming full length, set for release in early 2014.
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Band:EYE SEA I
Album:LEGEND..
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Founded 2010 in Narva, the post-hardcore-outfit at least presents their debut-album “Legend”, which was recorded within a whole year at the Estonian Onum Studio. Finally at the end of 2012 the production was finished. These eleven songs have been mixed and mastered by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, Wretched, Art By Numbers, Deception Of A Ghost) and singer Serj Kravchenko from Oceans Red is doing a feature in the song “Of Burden”.
Musically this album is dynamic, fresh and full of power. The catchy, sweet melodies of singer Kate alternate with the deep and energetic shouts of frontman Konsta. The band behind plays fast and melodic riffs, which team up with fulminante breakdowns and electronic samples. These guys are playing on a high level, which will get the band a lot of attention above the borders.
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Band:SCARRED BY BEAUTY
Album:CAPE ZERO
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Scarred by Beauty, formed in 2006, is a Danish hardcore band from Copenhagen. They have become one of Denmark´s most touring bands, spending more and more time on the road each year. The release of their second full-length “Cape Zero” along with the band’s intense tour activity will, without a doubt, prove that Scarred by Beauty belongs to the international hardcore-elite. After the demo-release in 2008, their debut-EP “We Swim” pushed the band straight forward and won them an award as “Talent of the Year” at the Danish Metal Awards 2009. In June 2011 the band released their self-financed debut album “Sutra” through Mighty Music/Target Distribution.
Scarred by Beauty has toured Europe several times and they have supported international artists as The Black Dahlia Murder, I Killed The Prom Queen, For The Fallen Dreams, Gojira and Meshuggah. In 2011 the band completed three European tours, one Danish tour, and in 2012, besides playing all over Europe for two months, they made it all the way to China with the Danish band The Kandidate, playing a highly successful spot at the Shanghai MIDI Festival. The band also appeared as headlining act at the annual MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2012 in Denmark.
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Band:MYTHOS
Album:GRAND PRIX
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
In 1969 MYTHOS-mastermind Stephan Kaske founded with two school friends the rock trio MYTHOS in Berlin, which in the beginning is oriented at the so-called Berlin School Bands like Tangerine Dream and Agitation Free. Analog synthesizers combined with flute, drums and guitar was exciting and new at that time - the Krautrock was born, and MYTHOS were among the founders. No wonder that the cult label OHR discovered the band. In 1971, the self-titled debut albumhas been published, followed by the second album "Dreamlab", from 1975. At that time MYTHOS was on the road and played every club from north to south of Germany, nevertheless Stephan Kaske still found time to compose music for numerous movies and television films . Until 1979, he joined his fellow musicians constantly in and out, the band recorded two more albums, then it was over with the band MYTHOS. From 1980 MYTHOS was only Stephan Kaske, only guest musicians found their way into his own Mythos studio. In this studio "Grand Prix" was recorded in 1981, a completely harmonious blend of groove, analog synthie work and Krautrock. Similar to the former combatants Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, Kaske had found his way. A successful way until today.Remastered with bonus tracks...
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Band:MURCOFF AND PHILLIPE PETIT
Album:FIRST CHAPTER
Label:African Tape
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
The meeting of such unconventional musicians was always going to result in a pretty incredible piece of work, but confronting such strong identities and getting them to work together was not a given. For the past three years, Philippe Petit and Fernando Corona have regularly played live together, undoubtedly refining their collaboration with each new performance and finding the right balance between their respective sound worlds. The result is this album which equally finds its roots in Murcof’s modern classical influences and Petit’s coarse post modernist soundscaping.
The album may barely reach the forty minute mark, but in the space of three tracks, Corona and Petit create a magnificent soundtrack which teems with haunting choral chants, lush string work and unsettling atmospherics. This album is rooted in ancient myths and legends, borrowing from Greek mythology for "The Call Of Circé", daughter of Helios and powerful enchantress, and winged divine horse "Pegasus", or from Nordic tales of giant squid-like sea monsters on "The Summoning Of The Kraken". This very much characterises the epic proportions of this album, echoing in parts the amplitude of Murcof’s "Cosmos" (Leaf, 2007), and in others Petit’s equally ambitious "Off To Titan" (Karlrecords 2010), but they temper this with much more delicate moments, for which they assemble incredibly detailed and refined atmospheric passages.
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Band:MURCOFF AND PHILLIPE PETIT
Album:FIRST CHAPTER - LP
Label:African Tape
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
The meeting of such unconventional musicians was always going to result in a pretty incredible piece of work, but confronting such strong identities and getting them to work together was not a given. For the past three years, Philippe Petit and Fernando Corona have regularly played live together, undoubtedly refining their collaboration with each new performance and finding the right balance between their respective sound worlds. The result is this album which equally finds its roots in Murcof’s modern classical influences and Petit’s coarse post modernist soundscaping.
The album may barely reach the forty minute mark, but in the space of three tracks, Corona and Petit create a magnificent soundtrack which teems with haunting choral chants, lush string work and unsettling atmospherics. This album is rooted in ancient myths and legends, borrowing from Greek mythology for "The Call Of Circé", daughter of Helios and powerful enchantress, and winged divine horse "Pegasus", or from Nordic tales of giant squid-like sea monsters on "The Summoning Of The Kraken". This very much characterises the epic proportions of this album, echoing in parts the amplitude of Murcof’s "Cosmos" (Leaf, 2007), and in others Petit’s equally ambitious "Off To Titan" (Karlrecords 2010), but they temper this with much more delicate moments, for which they assemble incredibly detailed and refined atmospheric passages. LIMITED VINYL LP
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Band:KALY LIVE DUB
Album:ALLAXIS
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD
Genre:Electro Dub / Dubstep/Grime/Hip Hop
In September 2010, Kaly Live Dub as a quintet presented Lightin’ The Shadow, their fifth (and double) album, between shadow and light. The band had chosen to push their double influences further: electro with elements of hip-hop and roaring dubstep, mixed to the roots vibrations of dub music, in the direct line of their previous productions.
Now tighter as a quartette, following the departure of their Keyboard player, the band pursues the same path, pushing the music further with this sixth opus. Allaxis is the result of their experience on stage and of the multiple musical influences of the musicians. With the clear determination to move away from the reggae dub standards, the band delivers an untamed vision of its personal music, this time darkness clearly prevails on Light. Allaxis, the eponymous track that opens the album, laying the basis: an oppressing atmosphere with roaring baselines and a tangible tension that permeates throughout the record. Chord Note, incandescent fury ready to implode at any moment, packed with heavy baselines, threatening textures and apocalyptic synthetic assaults. Find us, Pack Ice, No More Dread oscillate between skanks and delays and the omnipresent dark and heavy atmosphere, somewhere between digital dub and dubstep. Featured on 3 of the 9 tracks, Learoy Green's vocals add a different tone to the album. His interventions clearly denote with the rest of the album (like in Run and go hide) and are a source of peacefulness and Warmth contrasting with the darker and harsher side of the other tracks.
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Band:KALY LIVE DUB
Album:ALLAXIS - LP
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Electro Dub / Dubstep/Grime/Hip Hop
Now tighter as a quartette, following the departure of their Keyboard player, the band pursues the same path, pushing the music further with this sixth opus. Allaxis is the result of their experience on stage and of the multiple musical influences of the musicians. With the clear determination to move away from the reggae dub standards, the band delivers an untamed vision of its personal music, this time darkness clearly prevails on Light.
Allaxis, the eponymous track that opens the album, laying the basis: an oppressing atmosphere with roaring baselines and a tangible tension that permeates throughout the record. Chord Note, incandescent fury ready to implode at any moment, packed with heavy baselines, threatening textures and apocalyptic synthetic assaults. Find us, Pack Ice, No More Dread oscillate between skanks and delays and the omnipresent dark and heavy atmosphere, somewhere between digital dub and dubstep. Featured on 3 of the 9 tracks, Learoy Green's vocals add a different tone to the album. His interventions clearly denote with the rest of the album (like in Run and go hide) and are a source of peacefulness and Warmth contrasting with the darker and harsher side of the other tracks. LTD VINYL LP.
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Band:ODDATEEE
Album:1973
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
2009, Oddateee released Halfway Homeless, seen by himself as a testament of the past and a prophetic sign… However if his was the homeless he described in his album, from 2009 he lived his life and his music as a heavenly hobo, with more than 120 gigs in three years. A series of tours as many trips and meetings, which allowed to the rapper from the Bronx to share the road and the stage with myths as Rhazel, KRS-One, Dälek, Subtitle, Ben Sharpa, Bleubird, K-the-I ???, ou Solilaquist of Sound. It was during his frequent trips to New York, that Oddateee will begin to compose in secret his third album, as a record of life and a testimony of the schizophrenic American-European period. Symbol of these crossovers, he collaborates with different producers. As well as Bill Brooks and the Octopus of Dälek, Oddateee will also make participate Carbon Copies (Picore), Bit Tuner (Swiss), and the famous New-Yorker DJ: DJ JS1. For the featuring are participating MC Skalla and Aaron Turner.
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Band:ODDATEEE
Album:1973 - LP
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
2009, Oddateee released Halfway Homeless, seen by himself as a testament of the past and a prophetic sign… However if his was the homeless he described in his album, from 2009 he lived his life and his music as a heavenly hobo, with more than 120 gigs in three years. A series of tours as many trips and meetings, which allowed to the rapper from the Bronx to share the road and the stage with myths as Rhazel, KRS-One, Dälek, Subtitle, Ben Sharpa, Bleubird, K-the-I ???, ou Solilaquist of Sound. It was during his frequent trips to New York, that Oddateee will begin to compose in secret his third album, as a record of life and a testimony of the schizophrenic American-European period. Symbol of these crossovers, he collaborates with different producers. As well as Bill Brooks and the Octopus of Dälek, Oddateee will also make participate Carbon Copies (Picore), Bit Tuner (Swiss), and the famous New-Yorker DJ: DJ JS1. For the featuring are participating MC Skalla and Aaron Turner. LTD VINYL LP.
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Band:PALE ANGELS
Album:PRIMAL PLAY
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Primal Play is the first album from grungey transatlantic punks Pale Angels.
With inspirations ranging from the Ramones to the sounds of 90s Seattle, Primal Play is an album that uses simplicity as a jumping point to get weird. It's a little Husker Du in parts, a sorta pop vibe with heaps of extra fuzz, and it took life this year between three friends separated by an ocean.
Mike Santostefano from New Jersey (vocals + guitar), Mikey Erg from Queens, NY, (drums) and Jamie Morrison from Swansea, Wales, (vocals + bass) became friends as their previous bands toured together over the years. In February 2013 the band went to Vacation Island Studios in Brooklyn, NY, to distill that energy into two days of recording with Ben Greenberg of noisy Brooklyn band The Men.
The resulting record Primal Play is a loud, reverberating LP that comes out in August via Kiss of Death records in the US and Specialist Subject records in the UK. For fans of Husker Du, Nirvana, Metz etc..
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Band:LAY IT ON THE LINE / ARIZONA
Album:LAY IT ON THE LINE / ARIZONA
Label:AAAHH REAL
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Four track split EP from South London hardcore punks LAY IT ON THE LINE (featuring singer songwriter MIKE SCOTT) and Belgian punk band ARIZONA. This marks the first UK release for Arizona, who are currently on their first British tour.
DyingScene.com - “Here’s a neat little release for you fans of the more progressive side of hardcore punk.”
Black vinyl EP - limited to 300 pieces
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Band:DEATH ENGINE
Album:AMEN
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:10" VINYL
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
In a constantly violent and obscure world, Death Engine deliver the metallic path to its end through 'Amen', 4-track debut consisting in thunderous riffs, cutthroat vocals and hypnotic drumming, like cathedrals collapsing in slow-motion. This is damned dirty.LTD 10"
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Band:TORANAGA
Album:RIGHTEOUS RETRIBUTION
Label:CHUFFING HELL
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Reforming two years ago, after disbanding in the early 1990s, the band with a renewed vigour and focus, marched into the studio to record with producer Mik Crone at the helm. After eighteen months in the making, the band completed their brand new album, entitled ‘Righteous Retribution'. Twelve songs of colossal heavy metal brilliance flaunting whiplash guitar riffs, commanding vocal lines, and a ballsy rhythm section fill every crevice of the record. The album hits you full force and instantly hammers out frantic drumming and hi-octane powerful riffs to maximum effect. From the mighty ‘Cynical Eyes’ (which is set to be the band’s new video single) to the stomping bite of ‘Prove Me Wrong’ and the engrossing ‘I Play God’, it’s evident that time has only sharpened the band’s creative powers, as they have produced a blistering slice of metal. Now, with no major label to hinder their spark, Toranaga will rise!
RIYL Metallica, Xentrix, Slammer...
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Band:HELP ME DEVIL
Album:HELP ME DEVIL
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Garage Punk
Help Me Devil marks the return of Juan Carlos Parlange, a key player in Spanish punk rock in the ’90s, as leader of two of the most important bands in those days (Los Clavos and Los Bonzos). This goes back to his roots, with a sound that is both classic and primitive, like the great albums of 1950s and ’60s rock’n’roll. It was recorded in New York with the production genius of Matt Verta-Ray (Heavy Trash, Speedball Baby) and mastering by Ivan Julian (Voivoids). There was also collaboration from Tami Lynn (Rolling Stones) on the backing vocals of some songs and Mickey Finn (Boss Hog) playing wurlitzer piano.
For fans of Hasil Adkins, The Cramps, Heavy Trash, Johnny Cash, Boss Hog...
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Band:JOHNNY CASINO AND THE SECRETS
Album:KEEP ON KEEPING ON
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:VINYL / CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Johnny Casino is one of the most admired and respected musicians of the Rock&Roll scene of Australia. He was guitarist and leader of Asteroid B-612, having a good success in the middle of the 90’s. He also leaded other great bands, such as the superband The Egos, or the american Johnny Casino’s Easy Action. In the last years, he decided to contentrate on Johnny Casino & the Secrets, his best band ever, apart from collaborating with other great Australian musicians. This double LP is a compilation of the best songs of this wonderful guitarist, singer and songwriter, till now only released on cd.
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Band:JYSUS
Album:JYSUS
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
Formed by experienced musicians from great garage, rock and pop bands such as Fumestones, Wild Honey, Mittens, La Reacción, Hollywood Sinners,… Very difficult to classify, their songs are influenced by bands like Byrds, 13th Floor Elevators, Dave Edmunds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Honeybus, or the more psychedelic Sadies. 6 enormous songs, very good voices, arrangements with exquisite taste, and a great sound is what is included in this mini-Lp, that is setting people talking about its great quality even before being released. Jysus are folk, rock and psychedelic sounds, all together, but above all, class, brilliance and talent .
For fans of Neil Young, Love, Jim Sullivan, Captain Beefheart, Byrds, Grateful Dead, Big Star, Townes van Zandt, 13th floor elevators, Sadies, Young Sinclairs, Beachwood Sparks,
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Band:LAS CULEBRAS
Album:SNAKE CHARMER
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7
Genre:Garage Punk
The 4 women that form this band are still young to maintain the highest energy, and enough adult to know what they want and how to get it. This record means a great step in their career of almost 10 years. You can find real rock, powerpop, country rock, glam-rock, all with great energy, awesome songs, and a powerful sound.
For fans of Runaways & Joan Jett, Hellacopters, Donnas, Girlschool
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Band:THE PULSEBEATS
Album:THE PULSE BEATS
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Garage Punk
“The self titled album fires into life with the amazing song, "The Heart Of A Rhinestone Cowboy" full of jangly guitars a pulsing rhythm and echoes of The Clash in part, this has to be one of my favourite album openers in a long time, a pretty major statement as I gaze across the room at shelves full of records and cds! Track 2, "Song for Cecilia" fires up with an Strokes style chugging guitar riff and has a catchy sing along chorus that I challenge you not to attempt to sing along with and so the album goes on with "Cynical Ride" another uptempo song that reminds me of the American Power Pop band "Cracker" in its first few opening notes, giving the listener a sense of familiarity with the music, but the band are in no way plagiarists, there is certainly a nod to some classic British and American Punk and Power Pop bands here within the grooves, but they have their very own distinctive style, which, with a nod and a tip of the hat to the greats that have gone before them make this a really great album with hooks and melodies in abundance and so the album continues through all 10 tracks.” Ice Cream Man
The roots of this band was in The Vipers, a cult band in the garage rock scene in the UK of the last decade - For fans of Buzzcocks, Plimsouls, Paul Collins Beat, Strokes...
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Band:THE URGENT KICKS
Album:IN THE WRONG PLACE
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Proto Punk
The Urgent Kicks is the new sensation of the punk-rock in Barcelona. Formed by five guys who sweat blood playing their instruments because that is the crux of the punk rock, and of life. Punk and Rock'n'Roll aren’t disciplines to learn, is something which is in one’s blood, or not, and the 11 minutes that last the 5 swift, vitaminized, and urgent songs included in this ep are enough to make clear that in these case really is in their blood. The Urgent Kicks incarnate as very few bands today the image of a band giving everything on stage, and “In The Wrong Place EP” proves it with strength, immediacy and conviction. How difficult is to find these attributes today!
For fans of Radio Birdman, Devil Dogs, Hoodoo Gurus, Devo, Lazy Cowgirls, New Christs...
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Band:NICK DRAKE
Album:FAMILY TREE
Label:Sunbeam
Format:Double Vinyl LP
Genre:SINGER/SONGWRITER
“Melancholic magic that sounds completely unique to this day… a fascinating window into a young man’s musical soul” - Uncut
Comprising recordings made at Nick’s family home and in France before his 1969 debut, Family Tree offers a unique insight into a nascent songwriting genius. Spread over four sides of 180g virgin vinyl, its 28 songs range from folk standards and compositions by his mother Molly to early versions of future classics taped by his Cambridge friend and arranger Robert Kirby at Cambridge in 1968. Mastered at Abbey Road and featuring 29 rare tracks (one previously only available in iTunes), as well as a deluxe gatefold sleeve, rare photographs and a lavish insert including lengthy sleevenotes, this lovingly assembled set is sure to become a prized item amongst lovers of Nick Drake.
LTD Double Vinyl Repress.
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Band:TWINK
Album:YOU'VE REACHED FOR THE STARS
Label:Sunbeam
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
Having played with Tomorrow, the Pretty Things and the Pink Fairies, TWINK should need no introduction to fans of underground rock. Following the ecstatic reception to our release of his legendary 1969 album THINK PINK earlier this year, Sunbeam is delighted to announce the forthcoming release of the mind-expanding YOU REACHED FOR THE STARS, which finds him collaborating with highly-regarded Italian psychedelic outfit the Technicolour Dream. Recorded in Rome and mastered at Abbey Road this summer, it comes complete with eight superb bonus tracks, and is sure to delight all lovers of psychedelic rock.
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Band:FRONT BEAST
Album:DEMON WAYS OF SORCERY
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Since the late '90s, Germany's FRONT BEAST have been lurking in the darkest corners of the black metal underground. Helmed by mainman Avenger, FRONT BEAST have stayed committed to a pure 'n' proud vision, honoring the ancient ways with a prolific stream of demos and split releases. Now, FRONT BEAST are prepared to storm with vengeance with their second album (and first for HELLS HEADBANGERS), Demon Ways of Sorcery. Fittingly titled, Demon Ways of Sorcery is trend-free black metal of an ancient, mystical hue: damp dungeon atmosphere, crude yet commanding execution, thirsty 'n' miserable vocals, an aura of hideousness and unhealth, and an unselfconscious obeisance of time-honored heavy metal values. When the moonlight calls...obey the Demon Ways of Sorcery!
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Band:NUNSLAUGHTER
Album:THE DEVILS CONGERIES VOL 1
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
At long last, HELLS HEADBANGERS opens the vaults and collects a whopping thirteen NUNSLAUGHTER 7" EPs to answer the black prayers of the band's rabid, diehard fanbase! Entitled The Devil's Congeries Vol. 1, this 2-CD set is the first of many exhaustive collections that will compile every single short-length NUNSLAUGHTER vinyl release - a band whose discography is bested number-wise only by Japan's Sabbat and Belgium's Agathocles. NUNSLAUGHTER's best work is considered by many to be their 7" EPs, and The Devil's Congeries Vol. 1 displays the band's trademark Devil Metal in all its diabolical 'n' dirty glory, collecting EPs and splits from the late '90s and early 2000s, and capped off by their classic Killed By The Cross 7" debut. Short, sharp shocks are the order of the day here, with 29 studio tracks across disc 1 and the majority of the 'Hell On...' live series on disc 2, thereby making this the definitive studio vs. live NUNSLAUGHTER statement. Topped off by an elaborate booklet archiving each EP's cover artwork and pressing information, The Devil's Congeries Vol. 1 is mandatory metal worship!
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Band:IMPIETY
Album:THE IMPIOUS CRUSDADE
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
IMPIETY, the original Singahell blasphemers, return with their first new recording for HELLS HEADBANGERS, the focused 'n' fierce The Impious Crusade EP! At 22 devastating minutes, IMPIETY's latest mini-album is locked into the maxim of crush/kill/destroy - and CRUSH/KILL/DESTROY they indeed do across the five tracks here! Including a cult cover of Sorcery's "Lucifer's Legions" and uniquely noble artwork sculpted by Lord Sickness, The Impious Crusade is the perfect IMPIETY statement: flawless execution, black/death barbarity and insanity, a veritable thermonuclear warhead aimed at the gates of heaven. And thus begins The Impious Crusade!
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Band:MIDNIGHT
Album:COMPLETE AND TOTAL HELL
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
On Hells Headbangers: Features all of their studio recordings prior to "Satanic Royalty"! Comes with a 10-page booklet featuring all lyrics.
Can't get enough of MIDNIGHT's trademark "Lust, Filth, and Sleaze" after last year's worldwide smash "Satanic Royalty"? Then submit to "Complete and Total Hell"! Exactly what it says on the tin, the exhaustive, 21-track "Complete and Total Hell" collects all of MIDNIGHT's entire pre-"Satanic Royalty" back catalog, much of it long out-of-print and highly sought-after. Hear where Black Heavy Metal first became law, when MIDNIGHT began their subjugation of all subjects at the very start of their Satanically royal reign: the cult is alive and well with MIDNIGHT!
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Band:SACRIFICE TO SURVIVE
Album:SACRIFICE TO SURVIVE
Label:Ravenheart
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Bursting onto the scene from Florida, Sacrifice To Survive is a unique Progressive project with refreshing sounds and catchy tunes. Formed in 2009, the band currently consists of Matt Stoops, Emily Aldridge, Cory Stewart, Ted Sisak and Josh Hughes.
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Band:UNDER HEAVEN
Album:NOCTURNES FOR THE DIVINE
Label:Ravenheart
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Under Heaven hail from Canada and offer on this their second release, an eclectic mix of music - slower numbers and more rockier tracks. Imagine if you will a mix of Evanescence, Leaves’ Eyes and Nightwish, and that may offer you an idea as to where this band (who is fronted by the now London based Canadian lass Tammy Everett) is going.
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Band:SQUASH BOWELS
Album:GRINDCOHLOISM
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Polish goregrind butchers are back with their 6th full length and brand new album “Grindcoholism”. Recorded at world famous Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland, “Grindcoholism” features 14 hyper fast, unrelenting grindcore songs filled with old school sound and fueled by gore approach. The Polish trio doesn’t fuck around and brings you one of their best releases to date. Once you hear it you will be addicted to grind and become die-hard Grindcoholic!!!
A must have for fans of REGURGITATE, DEAD INFECTION, INHUMATE, CLITEATER, LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY, HAEMORRHAGE, MALIGNANT TUMOUR, BLOOD, DISGORGE (MEX), BIRDFLESH, SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION…
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Band:DEAD INFECTION
Album:A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Fully approved by the band the very first official reissue since its original release in 1995 by Germany’s Morbid Records. „A Chapter of Accidents” is the second full length of Polish goregrind legends DEAD INFECTION. The album was recorded at Izabelin Studio, Poland in this line-up: Cyjan – Drums, Jaro – Vocals, Maly – Guitar, Tocha – Bass. The 18-song material is considered by many as the band’s best album ever. 18 ultra-fast unrelenting goregrind tunes from the start to the very end. Housed in 8-panel digipak with three bonus video songs, it’s must have for all grind & gore maniacs!
“This album makes CARCASS' "Reek of Putrefaction" a collection of lullabies.” – Metal Archives
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Band:ENTRAPMENT / PYRE
Album:ENTRAPMENT / PYRE
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Death Metal
A death metal pact between two classic death metal acts, one from Russia (PYRE) and one from the Netherlands (ENTRAPMENT)
Limited edition VINYL ONLY RELEASE! • 500 copies on 140 grams black vinyl! • 45 RPM for ultimate audio pleasure! • Awesome cover art by Alex Morkh Shadrin!
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Band:REPUKED
Album:UP FROM THE SEWERS
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Repuked´s album nr2. The filthy putrid nastiness continues. This time with a bigger budget that was all spent on alcohol to provide a stickier, moistier and shittier sound. True sleazy punk infused death metal, sometimes doom slow and sometimes really fucking fast. Ugly music for ugly people by ugly people.
RIYL - MURDER SQUAD, ABSCESS, AUTOPSY, NECROPHAGIA, PUNGENT STENCH, MACHETAZO, GG ALLIN
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Band:REPUKED
Album:UP FROM THE SEWERS - LP
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Death Metal
Repuked´s album nr2. The filthy putrid nastiness continues. This time with a bigger budget that was all spent on alcohol to provide a stickier, moistier and shittier sound. True sleazy punk infused death metal, sometimes doom slow and sometimes really fucking fast. Ugly music for ugly people by ugly people.
Under the influence of bands like MURDER SQUAD, ABSCESS, AUTOPSY, NECROPHAGIA, PUNGENT STENCH, MACHETAZO, GG ALLIN etc - Limited Vinyl LP
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Band:OLDE
Album:THE GATES OF DAWN
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
OLDE is the creative force of Stíofán De Roiste (Ireland's CELTACHOR) and Chad Davis (USA's HOUR OF 13). OLDE is the sound of the ages of the past and the WILL TO POWER.
BLACKENED METAL FOR FANS OF DESTROYER 666 AND ANYONE IN TO BATHORY’S “BLOOD FIRE DEATH”!
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Band:OLDE
Album:THE GATES OF DAWN - LP
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Black Metal
OLDE is the creative force of Stíofán De Roiste (Ireland's CELTACHOR) and Chad Davis (USA's HOUR OF 13). OLDE is the sound of the ages of the past and the WILL TO POWER.
BLACKENED METAL FOR FANS OF DESTROYER 666 AND ANYONE IN TO BATHORY’S “BLOOD FIRE DEATH”! • LIMITED VINYL EDITION!
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Band:TRAGEDIAN
Album:DECIMATION
Label:ROCK IT UP
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
After a five year break italian Melodic Power Metal five-piece TRAGEDIAN make their return to the scene not only with a completely new line-up but also with their strongest effort until today, their brand new studio-album entitled “Decimation”.
„Decimation" is a must have for fans of SONATA ARCITA, LABYRINTH, SECRET SPHERE, KAMELOT, VISION DIVINE, STRATOVARIUS & DRAGONFORCE!
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Band:ABSOLVA
Album:BEYOND LIVE
Label:Rocksector
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Live album from one of the hottest classic British metal bands on the current scene. Recorded in Belgium, in March 2013 during their 33-date "Flames Of Justice" European Tour, including 8 shows as special guests on the Michael Schenker Temple Of Rock tour.
Forthcoming 21-date European Tour September-November 2013 including a Manchester date as special guests with Queensryche.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:THE EVIL ADDICTION DESTROYING MACHINE
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
How do you summarise a band that has been around for over 2 decades? With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums like "Scrolls Of The Megilloth" and "Post Momentary Affliction" which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented - having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk - Mortification is a band that cannot be put in box.
...Which leads us to 2009 and Mortification’s 14th studio album “The Evil Addiction Destroying Machine”. Having taken 3 years between studio recordings for the first time ever and having written an album unlike any previous release, Mortification have returned with a hybrid metal sound akin to the experimentation found in their mid-era albums. Steve’s massive groovy bass lines, Adam’s jackhammer drumming and Mick’s memorable riffs and solos have created an innovative release that yet again forges new ground for Mortification.
RIYL Arch Enemy, Sodom, Malevolent Creation and Sepultura....
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Band:NEIGE ET NOIRCEUR
Album:NATURA MORTIS SONORIS
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
“Natura Mortis Sonoris” is a 2006-2013 compilation of Neige et Noirceur deathcraft. 15 rare tracks already appeared on demos, sold out albums, Cdr, these pieces of music are quite different from the originals and definitively have to be known. .
Neige Et Noirceur was founded as a solo side by Spiritus, member of the now defunct progressive black metal band Mor Phose, in 2002. Since the band’s demise Neige et Noirceur has become the main focus for Spiritus and is heavily inspired by Quebec’s winter landscapes. The music, if you will, is the audio equivalent of the long dark winter evenings experienced in Quebec, not unlike that of the Scandinavian winter imagery and influence that has been a major driving force in the black metal scene since it’s beginnings. The end result is gloomy distressing music that truly captures the cold stormy essence of black metal composed entirely by Spiritus using guitars, Juno 60 synth, drums voices and howls.
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Band:NIKAYA
Album:VACUUM
Label:PALE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
At the beginning of 2013, the album Vacuum was recorded and mixed by Boris Wilsdorf (who produced the Einstürzenden Neubauten and the Beatsteaks amongst others) in the Einstürzenden Neubauten’s former studio, Andere Baustelle Tonstudio Berlin.
The album Vacuum consists of 10 songs which are filled with musical and vocal events, they contain pointed irony and have references to rock icons like Joy Division. Melodies full of beauty flirt with choirs, Nikaya’s music sound almost outrageously grown-up. It entertains great hopes for the creative cockiness, for exuberance. Vacuum talks about a possible inner emptiness, in the broadest sense, it is inspired but at the same time deals with the desire to directly use the heart and the brain in order to allow those big emotions.
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Band:MACHETAZO
Album:LIVE AT CBGB NYC
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
CD version of the limited vinyl pressing released two years ago by Black Mass Records. Live recordings at the legendary CBGB club in NYC. Outstanding sound quality! 15 songs plus MOTÖRHEAD and VENOM covers, features artwork by Chris Reifert (AUTOPSY, ABSCESS), liner notes by Daryl Kahan. This release puts a final point in music history as it was the last grind/death show at CBGB before it was closed.
A must have for fans of CARCASS, REPULSION, AUTOPSY, IMPETIGO, GENERAL SURGERY, NAPALM DEATH, DEAD INFECTION
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Band:SHABBY TRICK
Album:BADASS.
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“Badass", debut album from Italians Shabby Trick, was originally released in 1989 only on vinyl and then printed for Japan only (!) on cd by Teichiku Records (now almost impossible to find). Its sound is still fresh and alive after about 25 years, a cool balance between street, metal, sleaze and hard rock. Completely remastered, contains 5 bonus tracks. A must for fans of Skid Row, Faster Pussycat, Alleycat Scratch, Wasp…
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Band:CARONTE
Album:GHOST OWL - LP
Label:JOLLY ROGER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Italians Caronte offer an acid ethereal doom. Their lyrics are focused on esoterism and occultism, and profoundly inspired by the works of Aleister Crowley. "Ghost Owl" is the debut (out on 2011 on cd only), 3 tracks deeply inspired by Electric Wizard and Danzig, now available on Lp format. Recently they toured in Italy with Angel Witch & Enforcer and have also shared the stage with bands like Electric Wizard, Blood Farmers, Cough, Forgotten Tomb, The Devil’s Blood, In Solitude, Pagan Altar, Doomraiser, Jarboe, OM, Orange Goblin, The Secret and Abysmal Grief.
LTD VINYL LP!
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Band:PTAHIL
Album:THE ALMIGHTY PROPAGATOR
Label:WRAITH
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
“The Almighty Propagator Of Doom And Despair” is a ritual casting the forces of Death, Revolution, and Liberty, in acknowledgement of the continual entrapment of free essence into the chains of life through the force of the phallus.
“it literally sounds as though it is being piped directly through Hell's plumbing.” – Blabbermouth
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Band:BIOGENESIS
Album:THE RISE THE FALL THE REBIRTH
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Soundmass is pleased to be re-launching the BIOGENESIS album "The Rise, The Fall, The Rebirth".
Originally formed in 1996 by front-man Chaz Bond (Jacobs Dream, Human Paradox), 9 years had passed since the release of their debut album "The Mark Bleeds Through" (2001, Rowe Productions). However, in 2010 - 5 years after their apparent demise - BioGenesis reformed with their original line-up. After reunion shows in their local area of Dayton, Ohio, the band began working on their new album - "The Rise, The Fall, The Rebirth" – which was release at the end of 2012.
RIYL Iced Earth, Cannibal Corpse, Fear Factory, Deliverance, Disturbed and Nevermore.
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Band:ILDJARN
Album:SEVEN HARMONIES OF UNKNOWN TRUTHS
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
DELUXE RE-ISSUE OF NORSE CULT BAND ILDJARN`S EARLY WORKS! LTD. DELUXE DIGI CD IN SLIPCASE!
ILDJARN was a black metal band from Norway, formed in 1991 and active until 1997, has been hailed as one of the purest and most ferocious musical projects within the realm of extreme music. The music can be described as primitive and pretty lo-fi black metal, straightforward drums, riffs and harsh, hateful vocals, the later musical creations ventured into Ambient spheres. Although some releases included collaborations or guest appearances from other musicans (Nidhogg, Ihsahn, Samoth) the sole creator and man behind was always Vidar, who was previously also active with Thou Shalt Suffer (pre-Emperor) and later with Sort Vokter. Ildjarn showed true mastery in its craft, building ambience by simple tones, riffs and rhythmic arrangements that often tend to be more like a buzz of noise compared to common music.This essential and unprocessed 4-track musical force has always been exceeding and pushing the limits of emotional perception for most of its receivers
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Band:WELTER IN THY BLOOD
Album:TODESTRIEB
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Welter In Thy Blood is a three piece Black Doom band from Los Angeles, California emerging in 2006 with the intent of supplying a soundtrack for human extinction. The elegies speak of their virulent hate of human existence and the lauding of death and solitude. Revealed through a staggering funeral cadence and guttural ululations is a feeling of absolute torment and despondency. Like a putrid mass for an unholy God
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Band:DEHUMAN REIGN
Album:DESTRUCTIVE INTENT
Label:FDA REKOTZ
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Finally the debut mini-CD of Berlin's Death Metal band DEHUMAN REIGN. The young band is composed of experienced musicians and celebrate on Destructive Intent finest, fast, classic American-styled Death Metal for fans of early Suffocation, Immolation or Deicide. This masterpiece was mastered by Matias Ahonen at Finnish Audiamond Studio (Solstafir, Hour Of 13...) and offers originally authentic fat sound that beats all the guts out of the neck. Responsible for the brilliant cover art is Dedy of Badic Art (Demonical, Goregast, Skeletal Remains ..).
For fans of early IMMOLATION, SUFFOCATION, DEICIDE
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Band:WOUND
Album:INHALE THE VOID
Label:FDA REKOTZ
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The debut album by the from Germany (Wiesbaden) originating WOUND who already attended for attention in 2012 with their demo "Confess To Filth" , for example "Demo of the Month" in Rock Hard Magazine, otherwise phenomenal reviews or the bookings for Extremefest or Party San Open Air 2013. WOUND emulate musically by anyone play their independent, classic style of death metal, dirty, fat, punky and nasty, somewhere between At The Gates, Asphyx, Necrowretch or even Wolfpack. The 9 songs+intro was recorded at Haunted Studio and mastered at Soundsight Studio.
For fans of AT THE GATES, WOLFPACK, ASPHYX or NECROWRETCH
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Band:NEPHREN KA
Album:THE FALL OF OMINUS
Label:KAOTOXIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Nephren-Ka is all about the musical embodiment of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” saga. as heavy as Shaï-Hulud, the giant worm, as suffocating as deadly thirstiness, as brutal as a horde of raging Feydakins… There’s no peace, no rest in their world. Everything is a war for survival and supremacy. Everything is all about triumph or death, all about the triumph of Death!
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Band:INFECTED SOCIETY / F STANDS FOR FUCK YOU / MISERABLE FAILURE
Album:MISERBLE F-IN SOCIETY
Label:KAOTOXIN
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Grindcore in three flavors for the blastbeat gourmet!
INFECTED SOCIETY, the old-school Grindcore / Brutal Hardcore beast featuring past and present Yyrkoon, Drowning, Ashura and Decline of Humanity members, F STANDS FOR FUCK YOU, the brand new Grind’n’Roll project by renewed Benighted members and MISERABLE FAILURE, a modern Grindcore failure by miserable fuckheadz from some of France’s stinkhole teaming together to bring you 29+ minutes of three different approaches of the very same style, the 30-years-old-and-still-raging Grindcore.
Nineteen tracks of rage, fun and scum-ish crap from France’s sickest and most twisted label these days all for the price of an EP!
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Band:A PERFECT MURDER
Album:DEMONIZE
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Emerging in 2000, the heavy-hitting sounds of Montreal's A Perfect Murder stem from a combination of classic heavy metal, thrash, and early hardcore punk influences blended into a brutal mixture of Crowbar-like breakdowns, harsh vocals, dense rhythms, and searing guitar leads and solos. A year after forming, the group began making a name for itself with the release of the EP Blood covered words. Their first full-length, Cease to Suffer, appeared in 2003 on Ontario-based Goodfellow Records and proved to be a much more focused effort from a band still honing its craft. Supporting the release, A Perfect Murder jumped on the road with Premonitions fo War and Bury Your Dead before inking a deal with Chicago's Victory Records. In 2004, A Perfect Murder and Victory paired up to release the vicious album, Unbroken, and set out on a mission to tear North America to pieces. Their brief absence after some lineup changes was just the calm before the storm. In 2005, A Perfect Murder returned with Nashville native Kevin Randel on vocals to unleash the furious follow-ups, Strength Through Vengeance and War Of Aggression. Mix the groove of Pantera and Crowbar, the classic thrash power of Metallica, Anthrax and Testament and just a hint of Southern charm and you get the blueprint for brutal, classic heavy metal for the modern day. Now rejoined by the original line up they returned to the purity of their original sound to pursue their domination. DEMONIZE is the new album by these crazy canadians. Expect it to be aggressive, darker and mature. Add some hints of Slayer and Sepultura to the mix and you got the new soundtrack for absolute chaos.
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Band:VOLTUMNA
Album:DOMANTIO SACRORUM
Label:ABYSSUS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
In June Voltumna joined up Abyssus Records ( UK ) for a Worldwide release for the their first complete work.
The band plays a unique blend of Black & Death metal - One of Italy’s biggest up and coming metal bands.
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Band:HOSTILE EYES
Album:DISOBEDIENCE
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Teenage JPDM outfit "HOSTILE EYES" from Mie unleashes their debut full length "Disobedience", featuring Inhuman guttural vocals, brutal slamming guitar riffs and beatdowns.
For fans of Dying Fetus, Skinless, Dehumanized, Despised Icon, Begging For Incest and Vomit Remnants.
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Band:ALNE
Album:ALNE
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK METAL
Female fronted experimental Folk Rock/Metal project of well-known Polish Black Metal avant-gardists NOD.
For fans of FEAR OF GOD, 3RD AND THE MORTAL, THE GATHERING and NEGURA BUNGET.
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Band:NOTRE AMERTUME / ARS MORIENDI
Album:AGONIE D`UN ANCIEN MONDE
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
NOTRE AMERTUME is collaboration between the main members of DARKFLIGHT (Bulgaria) and ARS MORIENDI (France). Band was formerly known as SUICIDAL VOID. ARS MORIENDI offers for this split-release their most dark stuff to date.
For fans of SILENCER, NOCTURNAL DEPRESSION and FORGOTTEN TOMB.
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Band:HALLIG
Album:13 KEYS TO LUNACY
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Hallig was formed in 2010. Their first output "13 Keys to Lunacy" is a fascinating mixture of fast and melodic Black Metal.
RIYL Classic Euro Black Metal.
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Band:NIGHT OF THE WORLD
Album:DRIVE THE KNIFE DEEPER
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Night of The World are another proof that the Polish Black Metal scene today is one of the most interesting and unique in the world. (metal.de)
Recommended for fans of KRIEGSMASCHINE, MASSEMORD and NIGHTBRINGER
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Band:STREAMS OF BLOOD
Album:ULTIMATE DESTINATION
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
With former members of bands like DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT and PARAGON BELIAL
"An uncomplicated elemental force.“ (Legacy)
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Band:SOLACIDE
Album:WAVES OF HATE
Label:GRAVITY ENTERTAINMENT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
“WAVES OF HATE” has 3 aggressive, fiery and yet melodic studio songs. The EP has also two live bonus songs, which were recorded during Diseaster Tour of Solacide in 2010. Solacide will be hitting studio during August 2013 to record their full-length album.
Classic Finnish Black Metal...
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Band:DRASTISCH
Album:LET YOUR LIFE...
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
An intense sonic journey for fans of Arcturus, Buckethead, Katatonia, Tiamat and Tool.
An original and surprising fusion of metal styles on the dark side of the spectrum.
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Band:EVER FROST
Album:DEPARTING OF TIME
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
For fans of Carcass, At the Gates and Death.
A strong mix, composed of a swedish/death melodic metal and progressive elements.
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Band:PLATEAU SIGMA
Album:WHITE WINGS OF NIGHTMARES
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
For fans of My Dying Bride, early Anathema and early Paradise Lost.
A mixture of doom death black with a “sentimental” approach to the dark new wave of british and french bands of the 80’s, with a sensitive and humble love for 70’s and modern approach for modern polirithms such as Meshuggah.
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Band:VAREGO
Album:BLINDNESS OF THE SUN
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Born in 2009 with a sound briefly compared to various Post Metal genres, VAREGO released "Tumultum", their debut album, in 2012, which received positive feedback across the board. The band has now completed their new work, a natural progression of their esoteric concept, working again with producer BILLY ANDERSON and featuring a very special guest, a legend of contemporary music, JARBOE (ex SWANS). This ep consists of four new songs of “sludge” and “progressive” sonorities, based on mysticism and spirituality.
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Band:NOMAD SON
Album:THE DARKENING
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Traditional doom metal combined with a plethora of influences from '70s hard rock through NWOBHM to '80s classic heavy metal.
RIYL - CANDLEMASS, KRUX, TROUBLE, PENTAGRAM, BLACK SABBATH, SAINT VITUS, DEEP PURPLE, ELP, ATOMIC ROOSTER...
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Band:NOMAD SON
Album:FIRST LIGHT W/DVD
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD/DVD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The sold-out debut album of these Maltese traditional doom metal masters is now re-released with over 2 hours of exclusive DVD material "Pilgrimages of Doom"!
RIYL the trailblazing sounds of BLACK SABBATH, PENTAGRAM, TROUBLE, CANDLEMASS and SAINT VITUS.
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Band:STONEGRIFF
Album:PROLOGUS MAGICUS
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Authentic organic sound that fits best to the traditional doom metal style this Swedish band plays.
For fans of: Krux, Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Trouble, Pentagram, Nomad Son, Spiritus Mortis, Grand Magus...
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Band:HELLS DOMAIN
Album:HELLS DOMAIN
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
With experience in the metal scene since the mid eightiees in bands such as Crionic, Hatesphere, Pixie Killers, Artillery, Grope, Koldborn & Exmortem and more than three undred shows under their belt collectively, Hell’s Domain is ready to thrash the hell outta everything, and everyone, that comes near, with their own brand of vicious thrashing metal!
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Band:NECRO MESSIAH
Album:THE LAST HOPE OF HUMANITY
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Italian Black Metal mayhem!
RIYL Blasphemy, Beherit, Incantation, Archgoat, Goatlord (USA), , Mortician, Imprecation, Purtenance, Masacre (Col), Vital Remains, Centinex, Dismember, Nominon, Sinister, Coffins,Bestial Mockery
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Band:NUCLEAR AGGRESOR
Album:CONDEMNED TO ROT
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Nuclear Aggressor were born from the ashes of Italian thrash metal band Violent Assault
Nuclear Aggressor supported German thrashers Darkness on tour in 2013
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Band:TORMENT
Album:SUFFOCATED DREAMS REISSUE
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Italian Thrash Metal madness!
Band has shared stages with Tankard, Onslaught, Exumer, Raw Power, Bulldozer and many more
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Band:ARUNA AZURA
Album:STORY OF A WORLDS BETRAYAL
Label:METAL SCRAP
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Technical Progressive Death Metal from North-Western Russia.
Recommended for fans of: Death, Cynic, Hyeronimus Bosch and Atheist.
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