Decoded - The Code 7 Magazine

	September 21, 2023, 10:20 am

Band:CODE 18

Album:HUMAN ERROR!

Label:UNICORN DIGITAL

Format:CDD

Genre:PROGRESSIVE ROCK

Unicorn Digital is proud to announce that Canadian Progressive Rock group CODE 18 has signed with the label for the worldwide release of their debut album Human Error! Code 18 is a Canadian prog-rock band from the Outaouais region, in Québec, Canada. Formed in 2008 by Keyboardist Johnny Maz (also from HUIS ), CODE 18 also features JF Rémillard on Guitars and Bönz on bass and vocals. For this debut album, guest musicians also complement the band. Human Error! will be released Worldwide on September 1st 2020 in all the best progressive rock record stores and most digital platforms. TRACK LISTING 01 - Crystal of Time 02 - Underlude I 03 - Waste 04 - Underlude II 05 - They Took It All 06 - The March 07 - River of Blood 08 - Drought 09 - Underlude III 10 - Bed Time Story

Band:SHINDIG

Album:SHINDIG! 106

Label:SILVERBACK PUBLISHING

Format:MAG

Genre:MAGAZINES

The Cyrkle The Beatles’ support act’s evolution, Spirit Kris Needs recalls 1969’s Clear, Fanny Two sisters, a major label and some genuine classic-rock, Marc Bolan The final days: eccentric albums, America and punk, Marsha Hunt Before and after 1969. Her adventures in music, and in the counter-culture

Band:JORGE TRASANTE

Album:INVESTIGACION MUSICAL DESDE LAS RAICES FOLKLORE AFRO URUGUAYO (LIMITED)

Label:LION PRODUCTIONS

Format:CD

Genre:PERCUSSION

Vinyl LP pressing. A masterpiece of South American percussion, recorded in 1977 by worldwide legend and Gipsy Kings percussionist Jorge Trasante - and impossible to find for decades - finally reissued!

Band:STONEWALL

Album:STONEWALL

Label:SOUTHSIDE

Format:CD

Genre:HARD ROCK/PSYCH BLUES ROCK

Released originally in 1976 on the obscure Tiger Lily label, but recorded in 1969 (!!) this is a monster U.S. Hard Rock mega rarity cult record. Was done only twice on CD and one of the pressings not with the original cover art. Out of print for years and still in demand! Digitally Remastered, 300 copies only! For fans of Blue Cheer, Euclid, Yesterday's Children, Bang, etc

Band:WHISKEY & KNIVES

Album:VOL. IV - LIVE FROM DE NILE

Label:H42 Records

Format:LP

Genre:DESERT PUNK ROCK/STONER ROCKE

The Whiskey Knives‘ Hidden Valley Reeder Ranch Dressing Sessions. Recorded live at the sanctuary Studio in Banning, California. Drummer Alfredo Hernandez has been in so many ground breaking music projects over the years. His contribution to the desert rock scene is great and he is most always in several projects at one time. Alfredo may be best known for his work with first Kyuss….and then the band born from its ashes, Queens of the Stone Age. After a couple of decades playing not just stoner rock…but punk rock…his other passion…with Family Butcher, which featured John Summers on vocals and Jon Arnold on guitar along with Kevin Smith on bass…Alfredo and Jon Arnold have pushed forward with a new punk inspired project, Whiskey & Knives These LA badasses have a rep for crankin' the pit into overdrive. With a sound that blends the best parts of Fu Manchu and Suicidal Tendancies, their live show is a must for any respectable punk. For Vol.4 Reeder and Herndez played together for the first time since the KUYSS years - Sounds so powerful.

Band:SCOPE

Album:SCOPE

Label:SIREENA

Format:CD

Genre:PROG ROCK/JAZZ ROCK/FUSION

The predecessor band of SCOPE was called Strange Power and was founded around 1969 in Zwolle / Holland. Rik Elings, Henk Zomer (drums) and bassist Erik Raayman had founded the fusion project and had already released a 7"-single that was added to the first SCOPE CD as a bonus. With the entry of guitarist Rens Nieuwland in 1972, Strange Power became SCOPE. Subsequently, the Dutch jazz rock foursome made a name for itself in both Holland and Germany.

Band:MUSLIMGAUZE

Album:EMAK BAKIA

Label:OTHER VOICES RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:EXPERIMENTAL/AMBIENT/ TRANCE/ACIDHOUSE

We have repeatedly surprised you with unusual releases that sound uncharacteristic for wellknown artists Remember Merzbow with guitars, synth (almost said synth-pop) and drum machine? Well, Muslimgauze's turn came up. Emak Bakia long out of print masterpieces from 1994. Even in the huge Bryn Jones' discography Emak Bakia really stands out of albums from the period due its rather unique (house-music related) sound and short, by the standards of Bryn Jones, tracks. Like a crossmix between Psychic TV (circa Towards Thee Infinite Beat) and Muslimgauze's trademark percussion and eastern vibes. Re-mastered and with new stunning artwork. TRACK LISTING 1. Afghan Rev. V.01 2. Y.A. Rev. V.01 3. Missing Tibetans Rev. V.01 4. Y.A. Rev. V.02 5. Afghans Rev. V.02 6. Missing Tibetans Rev. V.02 7. Lahra Salam Rev. V.01 8. Y.A. Rev. V.03 9. Afghans Rev. V.03

Band:ZOLA JESUS

Album:LIVE AT ROADBURN 2018

Label:ROADBURN RECORDS

Format:2LP

Genre:ELECTRONIC/GOTHIC

2lp set 1 black and 1 white LP Recorded at Roadburn Festival 2018 Mixed and mastered by James Plotkin First live album by Zola Jesus Zola Jesus Live At Roadburn 2018 is Zola Jesus first ever live album. Recorded at Roadburn Festival 2018 where Zola Jesus was invited by Jakob Bannon of Converge to play at his curated day. Zola Jesus is the stage name of Russian American musician Nika Roza Danilova. Under the name Zola Jesus, she has released a number of genre bending EPs and albums. Her approach is a cross pollination of electronic/industrial, classical, and gothic sounds. All of it coming together as a dark and emotional artistic experience. Jacob Bannon (Converge) about inviting Zola Jesus for his curation at Roadburn Festival 2018. I first heard Nika s work on the Stridulum EP (Sacred Bones, 2010). Every aspect of the release connected with me and it soon became a daily listen. The record (and all of her work) was relatable and infectious. I ve been an avid listener ever since. Watching her artistry grow and deepen over time has been inspiring. Okovi , the latest from Zola Jesus is such a powerful album. I am truly honored to have Nika and Company at Roadburn 2018 as part of my curation. TRACKLIST Tracklist A1 Veka 5:20 A2 Soak 3:54 A3 Dangerous Days 5:01 B1 Hikikomori 3:59 B2 Witness 5:27 B3 Siphon 4:00 C1 Wiseblood 4:52 C2 Bound 3:27 C3 Remains 5:22 D1 Night 3:47 D2 Vessel 5:04 D3 Exhumed 4:17

Band:ZOLA JESUS

Album:LIVE AT ROADBURN 2018

Label:ROADBURN RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:ELECTRONIC/GOTHIC

Recorded at Roadburn Festival 2018 Mixed and mastered by James Plotkin First live album by Zola Jesus Zola Jesus Live At Roadburn 2018 is Zola Jesus first ever live album. Recorded at Roadburn Festival 2018 where Zola Jesus was invited by Jakob Bannon of Converge to play at his curated day. Zola Jesus is the stage name of Russian American musician Nika Roza Danilova. Under the name Zola Jesus, she has released a number of genre bending EPs and albums. Her approach is a cross pollination of electronic/industrial, classical, and gothic sounds. All of it coming together as a dark and emotional artistic experience. Jacob Bannon (Converge) about inviting Zola Jesus for his curation at Roadburn Festival 2018. I first heard Nika s work on the Stridulum EP (Sacred Bones, 2010). Every aspect of the release connected with me and it soon became a daily listen. The record (and all of her work) was relatable and infectious. I ve been an avid listener ever since. Watching her artistry grow and deepen over time has been inspiring. Okovi , the latest from Zola Jesus is such a powerful album. I am truly honored to have Nika and Company at Roadburn 2018 as part of my curation. TRACKLIST Tracklist A1 Veka 5:20 A2 Soak 3:54 A3 Dangerous Days 5:01 B1 Hikikomori 3:59 B2 Witness 5:27 B3 Siphon 4:00 C1 Wiseblood 4:52 C2 Bound 3:27 C3 Remains 5:22 D1 Night 3:47 D2 Vessel 5:04 D3 Exhumed 4:17

Band:UADA

Album:DJINN

Label:Eisenwald

Format:CD

Genre:Black Metal

Since their formation in 2014, Uada's rise has been meteoric. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, the band quietly released their debut album, Devoid of Light, in 2016 through Eisenwald, and word of mouth quickly built from there: here was BLACK METAL writ large, classic and uncompromising but brimming with power, soul, and artistry, and all without bluster and bathos. Uada's debut album surely expanded the lexicon of the melodic black metal idiom, and the underground took notice. Two years later came Cult of a Dying Sun, whereby the band further perfected their craft and compellingly took to the stage, their performances garnering as much acclaim as their recordings. During all this, more than the underground started to take notice; the name Uada was on the tongues of folks usually reticent to black metal. Now, almost effortlessly, Uada fully perfect their craft and deliver their masterwork: Djinn. Simply titled but by no means simple in construction nor execution, Djinn builds upon the increasingly ambitious songwriting of its no-less-considerable predecessor, but pushes their dazzling artistry into nearly Technicolor landscapes of the Beyond. Upon the first opening notes, this boundless artistry is felt: big, rolling rhythms reminiscent of post-punk, tantalizingly setting the stage for the splendorous expanses to follow. There's a certain magick at play here, no doubt bolstered by the band's rhythm section of Josiah Babcock (who puts in his final performance here) and new bassist Nate Verschoor, erstwhile mainman of Veiled; this throttling-yet-deft foundation both leads and plays acute counterpoint to the spiraling, windswept riffing of founders Jake Superchi (also vocals) and James Sloan, their guitar work transcending the poignancy of prior works. And indeed, Djinn's generous six-song/hour-long runtime no doubt allows the listener the ultimate freedom to roam within Uada's ever-unique world, spanning both smothering speed and deliriously dream-like states, Very Metal urgency and textural exploration alike - put simply, the band at the height of their creative powers. Djiin is truly its own realm of experience. TRACKLIST 1. Djinn 2. The Great Mirage 3. No Place Here 4. In the Absence of Matter 5. Forestless 6. Between Two Worlds

Band:UADA

Album:DJINN (LIMITED SILVER 180g DIE CUT, BOOKLET, POSTER)

Label:Eisenwald

Format:2LP

Genre:Black Metal

Limited Silver Vinyl die cut limited edition slipcase. TRACKLIST 1. Djinn 2. The Great Mirage 3. No Place Here 4. In the Absence of Matter 5. Forestless 6. Between Two Worlds

Band:UADA

Album:DJINN (LIMITED BLACK 180g DIE CUT, BOOKLET, POSTER)

Label:Eisenwald

Format:2LP

Genre:Black Metal

Limited slipcase LP die cutsleeve. Black Vinyl. TRACKLIST 1. Djinn 2. The Great Mirage 3. No Place Here 4. In the Absence of Matter 5. Forestless 6. Between Two Worlds

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:KRAUT! 1968 - 1979, VOL. 1

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:2CD

Genre:KRAUTROCK/PROG ROCK

The first part in our four-volume series on the history of progressive rock in Germany. Cross-label documentation of the only relevant German contribution to the international phenomenon of rock music. > Important note for non-German speaking music lovers: all liner notes are in German. An English translation is unfortunately not available. CD #1: Ride The Sky - Lucifer's Friend, Rock'n Roll Preacher - Atlantis, Flammende Herzen - Michael Rother, Ants - Tomorrow's Gift, Mesentery - Ikarus, Keep On Running - Cravinkel, Chub Chub Cherry - Silberbart, Wer Schmetterlinge lachen hört - Novalis, Ouwe - Ougenweide, La Leyla - Ramses, How The Gipsy Was Born Frumpy CD #2 Schönes Babylon (Beautiful Babylon) - A. R. & Machines, Desolation Valley - Nektar, The Light From Deep Darkness - Eloy, Supermarket - Galaxy, A Young Man's Gash (Part 2) - Gash, Big City - Thirsty Moon, Braindrops Won't Kill The Fire - Percewood's Onagram, Uncle Sam - Missus Beastly, Capuccino - Abacus, Souls Married To The Wind - Parzival

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:KRAUT! 1968 - 1979, VOL. 2

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:2CD

Genre:KRAUTROCK/PROG ROCK

The second part in our four-volume series on the history of progressive rock in Germany. Cross-label documentation of the only relevant German contribution to the international phenomenon of rock music. > Important note for non-German speaking music lovers: all liner notes are in German. An English translation is unfortunately not available. Progressive Rock from Germany! 2-CD (trifold digisleeve) with 100(!)-page illustrated booklet, 25 tracks. Playing time approx. 137min Towards the end of the 1960s, German bands began their first attempts to emancipate themselves stylistically from their US and British role models. ProgRock and Pchychedelia from our country were initially smiled at internationally and disparagingly called 'Krautrock' by cult DeeJay John Peel, among others. Unorthodox formations could not be pigeonholed, and so a scene with a wide musical range was created. The second part is dedicated to the central part of West Germany and presents popular bands such as La Düsseldorf, Passport, Gomorrha, Necronomicon, Shaa Khan, Bröselmaschine, Epitaph und Faithful Breath. Mostly remastered from digital tape copies by Marcus Heumann without wasting the original sound. Compiled and commented on 100(!) pages by Burghard Rausch (DeeJay, vinyl collector, drummer, radio presenter/author and book editor). CD #1 Rheinita - La Düsseldorf, Rock 'n' Roll Lady - Lilac Angels, Turn Over Message, Silly Sally - Sweet Smoke, Uranus - Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Ballet Statique - Conrad Schnitzler,Lola - Gomorrha , Eileen Street-mark, Friday On My Mind - Straight Shooter,Osmose I - Annexus Quam, Fließband Baby (Manchmal träum ich) - Floh de Cologne , Tips zum Selbstmord Necronomicon, The World Will End On Friday - Shaa Khan CD# 2 Schmetterling - Bröselmaschine, No Freak Out Sperrmüll, Dimplicity Triumvirat, China - Electric Sandwich, Illusion I - Witthüser & Westrupp, Waren wir Hoelderlin, Toccata - Pell Mell, Braintrain Wallenstein, Outside The Law Epitaph, Autumn Fantasy - 1st Movement - Fading Beauty - Faithful Breath, Crayfish - Sixty-Nine, Planet Earth - Xhol (Caravan)

Band:KING SIZE TAYLOR

Album:DR. FEELGOOD

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL/BEAT MUSIC

Third release in our CD series 'The Brits Are Rocking'! With 'Dr. Feelgood' Bear Family presents a long overdue album: the first CD compilation containing all recordings by 'King Size' Taylor for Polydor (as The Shakers) and Ariola (as King Size Taylor & The Dominoes). Especially in Germany, King Size Taylor was known in the early sixties as a regular guest and performer at Hamburg's Star-Club. In the Hanseatic city he performed more than 250 times between 1962 and 1964 and recorded exclusively in Germany during this time. Due to the creation of legends around the young Beatles, King Size Taylor also ran under the popular label 'Beat'. But on closer inspection, Taylor was and always remained the real rocker from the British Isles.

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:10CD

Genre:Country

Buck Owens and Merle Haggard emerged from the dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music of Bakersfield, California's thriving honky-tonk scene of the 1950s and '60s and changed country music forever. But what is the ‘Bakersfield Sound?’ While twanging Telecasters and crying steel guitars come to mind, the music that emanated from Central California in that era reflected a variety of influences that was expressed in myriad ways. How did the musical world from which Buck and Merle emerged come to be? How were the twin pillars of the Bakersfield Sound shaped by the city's larger musical community? Who were their influences, and what were the musical markers along their paths to success? In what ways did their achievements reshape the local scene from which they emerged? Garmmy-nominated writer Scott B. Bomar tells the story!

Band:CARL PERKINS

Album:DISCOVERING CARL PERKINS - 1952-54

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:LP

Genre:ROCKABILLY/HILLBILLY

Carl Perkins, one of the founding fathers of rock & roll, began his legendary recording career for Sun Records in 1954. After two fairly undistinguished hillbilly outings, he created Blue Suede Shoes, which changed the face of American popular music. It was the first song to top all three charts at once: pop, hillbilly and R&B. Producer and music historian, Shawn Pitts and Hank Davis just made a startling discovery that will rewrite rockabilly history. Carl Perkins recorded at least two years earlier in a small studio in rural Tennessee. Those records make it clear that he was far from the clueless hillbilly who had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the rockabilly revolution. In fact, one of the four songs he recorded was Good Rocking Tonight, perhaps two years earlier than Elvis Presley cut it at Sun! 'Discovering Carl Perkins' contains for the first time anywhere, these historic, unreleased recordings -- complete and remastered for the best possible sound -- along with several rare outtakes from Carl´s earliest Sun period (first time on vinyl). They will appear on a ten-inch LP that includes previously unseen vintage photographs and detailed liner notes about the music, and how the local culture gave rise to these historic, one-of-a-kind recordings. It´s quite a landmark event for those interested in early rock & roll history, Sun Records, Carl Perkins and the birth of rockabilly.

Band:BILLY FURY

Album:WONDROUS PLACE

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL/BEAT MUSIC

Spotlight on Billy Fury, one of Britains most successful pop acts of the 1960s. When you think of Billy Fury, you first think of his great ballads like Halfway To Paradise and Jealousy. Bear Family goes beyond the usual 'Best Of' compilations and presents an extensive documentary of his career in the 50s and 60s

Band:TOMMY STEELE

Album:DOOMSDAY ROCK

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL

Tommy Steele was Britain's first pop star. The story of how Steele fused the new energy of American rock'n' roll with his own passion for music styles from all over the world is told in the first of a series from Bear Family Productions: Doomsday Rock - The Brits Are Rocking. In the summer of 1956, London was throwing off the grey blanket of post war austerity. New coffee bars and clubs were thronged with young people looking for new fun and entertainment. That summer Tommy Hicks (Steele), Lionel Bart and Mike Pratt met at a party in a beatnik commune called the Yellow Door. They decided to form a group, and call themselves The Cavemen Â– and the rest is Pop History. On the CD, Steele 's first chaotic recording session, the surreal Rock With The Cavemen keeps up the pace with his covers of Ritchie Valens Come On Let's Go and Freddie Cannon's Tallahassie Lassie. More of Tommy's own songs are included Â– Teenage Party, The Trial, Hey You!, and an instrumental in which Tommy does a fair impression of A drunk, Drunken Guitar, plus more

Band:COLIN HICKS

Album:SEXY ROCK

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL

Fourth release our CD series 'The Brits Are Rocking'! This compilation of 27 songs is not in chronological order, but nevertheless outlines the interesting career of the Brit rocker. The British have developed their very own kind of Rock 'n' Roll and Rockabilly, mostly a lot more aggressive than the originals from the USA. And this is where Colin Hicks is the best example. He recorded for Pye Nixa in England and toured extensively, but was overshadowed by his highly successful brother Tommy Steele. Through interesting circumstances he came to Italy, where he became a celebrated Rock 'n' Roll star and even appeared in several movies! TRACK LISTING 01 Giddy Up A Ding Dong 02 Empty Arms Blues 03 Wild Eyes And Tender Lips 04 Sexy Rock (from the film 'Ombre Blanche') 05 Mean Woman Blues 06 Oh Boy! 07 Loves Made A Fool Of You 08 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 09 Hanging Around 10 Tallahassee Lassie 11 Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 12 Blue Moon Of Kentucky 13 That Little Girl Of Mine 14 Lea Iea (from the film 'Europa di notte') 15 Robot Man 16 Put Me Down 17 Lovin' Up A Storm 18 A Teenager In Love 19 Book Of Love 20 Hallelujah, I Love her so 21 Brand New Cadillac 22 All Because Of You 23 Impazzivo Per Te 24 Johnny B Goode 25 Tutti Frutti 26 Twenty Flight Rock 27 Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes

Band:ETTA JAMES

Album:TELL MAMA

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:LP

Genre:SOUL/R&B/BLUES

Recognized today as one of the greatest Soul LPs of all time, TELL MAMA hasn't been available on vinyl for more than forty years. Now it's back, lovingly transferred and remastered, and pressed on 180g vinyl. Here's the story. Down in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler had fallen out with Rick Hall at FAME studio after an Aretha Franklin session ended with Aretha storming back to New York. Wexler later set up the Muscle Shoals session guys in their own studio, Muscle Shoals Sound. Furious at the betrayal, Hall went to see Atlantic's arch-rival, Chess Records, and persuaded Leonard Chess to bring his top Soul acts to FAME. Between August and December 1967, Chess's Etta James, recorded her greatest album, TELL MAMA, at FAME. Etta's career had faltered, and it took the Muscle Shoals sessions to bring her back. The LP's title song, Tell Mama, as well as Otis Redding's Security became Top 40 hits and Top 20 R&B hits for Etta. It was the B-side of Tell Mama that would become the LP's enduring track, though. I'd Rather Go Blind was written by Etta's friend, Fugi Foster, who handed it to her when she went to see him in prison. Although never a charted hit for Etta, this is the original version of a song that has been recorded hundreds of times by artists as diverse as Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart, Paolo Nutini, Mick Hucknall, and the Allman Brothers.

Band:LINK WRAY

Album:ROCKS

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL

Anyone interested in rock 'n' roll, guitar-driven rock or the history of American pop music in general will know Rumble, the signature tune by one of the greatest rockers and guitarists of all time, Link Wray. We finally add Link Wray to our successful ROCKS! series! On a total of 34 single tracks from the years 1958 to 1966 we deliver his greatest rockers from his recordings for Cadence, Cameo, Epic, Mala, Rumble and Swan in the best possible quality. Since we were able to license recordings from various record companies for this compilation, ROCKS! differs significantly from the cheap scrap on the market. Our CD also includes two rare Link Wray vocal tracks, Ain't That Lovin' You Baby and Mary Ann, as well as tracks released under the name of his brother Vernon Wray (alias Ray Vernon) with Link Wray on guitar! TRACK LISTING 01 Raw Hide 02 Batman Theme 03 Tijuana 04 Slinky 05 Right Turn 06 I m Countin On You * 07 I'm Branded 08 Hand Clapper 09 The Swag 10 Comanche 11 Deuces Wild 12 El Toro 13 Ain t That Lovin You Baby 14 Studio Blues 15 Hang On 16 Jack The Ripper 17 Turnpike USA 18 The Black Widow 19 Big City After Dark * 20 Danger One Way Love * 21 Dance Contest 22 Run Chicken, Run 23 Pancho Villa 24 Radar 25 Mary Ann 26 The Outlaw 27 Hold It * 28 Dinosaur 29 Big City Stomp 30 The Shadow Knows 31 Dixie Doodle 32 Ace Of Spades 33 Mr Guitar 34 Rumble

Band:NAUTILUS

Album:THE MYSTERY OF WATERFALLS

Label:SIREENA

Format:CD

Genre:PROG ROCK/ELECTRONICA

Nautilus was founded in 1998 as an electronics duo by Martin Ludwig and Ralf Obel, later Guitarist Werner Strätz and ex-GROBSCHNITT member entered the project. It was Eroc, who produced the title track for the debut CD "Rising Balloon" in the Woodhouse studio and also made a musical contribution. With the third album "Solar Moon" guitarist Strätz became a permanent member of Nautilus. After the CD was voted "best album of the year" by radio legend Winfried Trenkler in 2000, the bsc Music Prudence label signed the band and initially published the re-release of "Solar Moon "and subsequently three other Nautilus albums. After the sampling specialist Ralf Obel stepped down in 2003, the musical concept changed with regard to increased progressive and acoustic elements. With "In Search Of Castaways" (2004), Nautilus was particularly successful in the prog rock scene. In 2008, Nautilus recorded the album "Along the Winding Road" with the new keyboardist Jürgen Dürrbeck. From the beginning, Nautilus wrote their albums based on great novels by the French visionary Jules Verne. With the new album "The Mystery Of Waterfalls", now released after a twelve-year break, the listener accompanies Captain Nemo on his "20,000 miles under the seas" . Musically, newcomer Meiko Richert as a singer in the elegiac longtrack "Point Of Return" adds a new element to the previously purely instrumental concept. Also new are the sometimes escalating twin guitar licks like in "Snowstorm On The Sea". Furthermore, Mellotron choirs like in "Mobilis in Mobile", sparkling sequences, but also melodic guitar pieces like "Summertime" exude a lot of 70s flair and yet sound contemporary or timeless. The musical influences such as Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield or Wishbone Ash weave Nautilus into an unmistakable style of their own.

Band:NAUTILUS

Album:THE MYSTERY OF WATERFALLS

Label:SIREENA

Format:LP

Genre:PROG ROCK/ELECTRONICA

Band:ROMAN BUNKA

Album:DEIN KOPF IST EIN SCHLAFENDES AUTO

Label:SIREENA

Format:CD

Genre:PROG ROCK/JAZZ ROCK/KRAUTROCK

"Dein Kopf Ist Ein Schlafendes Auto“ (engl. Your Head is a Sleeping Car) was one of the most interesting German formations of the exciting late 1970s. The album, which bears the title of the band's name, was recorded in 1980 and was released on record the same year. The band presented a unique mix of avantgarde rock, soul, jazz and oriental music. Hardly any other band offered this variety of musical quotes, such breathless ups and downs of incredible sounds and grooves. Roman Bunka and "Dein Kopf Ist Ein Schlafendes Autor" were the cultural ambassadors of that time. In addition to Roman Bunka, the band consisted of Gerald Luciano Hartwig (bass, sitar) and Freddy Setz (drums, piano), who unfortunately died much too early. The band shows their special class on the bonus track of this CD, which was recorded live in 1980.

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:20 YEARS SIREENA JUBILEE SINGLE BOX

Label:SIREENA

Format:5 X 7

Genre:PSYCH/SPACE ROCK/KRAUT ROCK/JAZZ

Limited (300 copies) box set to the 20. Jubilee of Sireena Records incl. 5 vinyl 7" singles! 20 Years Sireena Records! Mehr Vielfalt geht nicht! More Variety is impossible!

Band:RUBBER TEA

Album:INFUSION

Label:SIREENA

Format:CD

Genre:PROG ROCK/JAZZ ROCK

Rubber Tea’s "Infusion" is a collection of musical stories and fictional journeys which let the listener escape into the vast world of their own imagination. The manifold album artwork created by David Erzmann perfectly represents the music: Rubber Tea makes use of a wide range of musical instruments – featuring electric and acoustic guitars, fretless bass, vintage synthesizers and organ, saxophone, flute and diverse percussion, amongst others. With the help of several guest musicians the band was able to further expand their sound. It ranges from timeless, dreamy soundscapes (Downstream) to rythmically complex extravaganzas capturing insanity and confusion of recent history (American Dream). Alongside epic organ and guitar solos the concise voice of singer Vanessa Gross tells the most colourful stories, in a way no image or film by themselves ever could. The album rewards the attentive and curious listener with its progressive concept beyond the musical status quo.

Band:SCOPE

Album:SCOPE II

Label:SIREENA

Format:CD

Genre:PROG ROCK/JAZZ ROCK/FUSION

Band:RUBBER TEA

Album:INFUSION

Label:SIREENA

Format:LP

Genre:PROG ROCK/JAZZ ROCK

Band:RUTH BROWN

Album:MAMA, HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:RHYTHM & BLUES/ROCK N ROLL

The Queen of Rhythm and Blues This compilation of 30 songs impressively shows the extremely interesting career of Ruth Brown. Starting in the early 1950s, when she sang her way to the top of the R&B charts with her unique voice, which already had a high recognition value at that time, and thus created a solid financial basis for her label Atlantic Records, through the time in the mid 1950s, when she easily made the transition from her rather jazzy style of rhythm and blues to rock 'n' roll and teenage ballads and to early soul sounds, gospel and twist in the early '60s. Bonus tracks, first time on CD: live recordings from the 'Rhythm and Blues Revue' in the mid-50s. These recordings impressively show the atmosphere that captivated the audience at such live concerts! 1-CD with 36-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. Ruth Brown s fantastic voice is genre-spanning - here is the proof! Selected songs from Ruth Brown's recording career, first released between 1953 and 1962, are uniquely compiled here. Included are the rare re-recordings of her classics 5-10-15 Hours and Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean, which she recorded in 1958 plus: mambo, gospel and soul roots. Three recordings for the US Philips label in the early 1960s can be considered rarities: Walk With Me, Lord, Jim Dandy and Sea Of Love. As a bonus, there are her live recordings from the 'Rhythm And Blues Revue', never before released on CD! The 36-page color booklet includes the biography written by Chicago music journalist Bill Dahl, rare photos, illustrations and discographic information. TRACK LISTING 01 This Little Girls Gone Rockin 02 Lucky Lips 03 Hello Little Boy 04 It's Love (24 Hours A day) 05 Mambo Baby 06 5-10-15 Hours 07 Jim Dandy 08 Smooth Operator 09 Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean 10 Sweet Baby Of Mine 11 Wild, Wild Young Men 12 Bye Bye Young Man 13 I Want To Do More 14 I Can't Hear A Word You Say 15 As Long As I'm Moving 16 Papa Daddy 17 I Gotta Have You (with Clyde McPhatter) 18 Anyone But You 19 I Can See Everybody's Baby 20 I Don't Know 21 Walk With Me, Lord 22 Don't Deceive Me 23 I Burned Your Letter 24 The Door Is Still Open 25 Why Don't You Do Right 26 I'm Just A Lucky So And So 27 Sea Of Love 28 Teardrops From My Eyes (live) 29 Tears Come Tumbling Down (live) 30 Oh What A Dream (live) 31 Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (live)

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:THE SHADOW KNOWS

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCK N ROLL

Bear Family's nightmarish contribution to the Halloween season and other dark nights of horror! 'The Shadow Knows', a 'horror film in sound' that freezes the blood in your veins! The title song is performed by two artists: The legendary Link Wray and the great Coasters! 34 nostalgic horror songs and rarities from 1934 - 1982. Included are Screamin' Lord Sutch with his classic Murder In The Graveyard and the rare Kay-Starr version of the Bing Crosby classic The Headless Horseman. Britain's Tommy Bruce with a soulful horror version of Speedy Gonzales as Monster Gonzales as well as the legendary Gene Cardos Orchestra, who shocked the world with Zombie in 1934! Extremely rare recordings like Dead by The Poets, a short-lived doo-wop group from Los Angeles, or The Swanks with their brute instrumental Ghost Train can be heard here. 'Horror Of Dracula'! Rare radio film trailers of the 50's like Ed Wood's 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' complete the picture!

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:TELL IT TO ME

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:OLD-TIMEY/TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC

East Tennessee s influential 1920s-era location recording sessions. Featuring 26 recordings by 26 different musical acts that were active in the late 1920s, Tell It To Me presents a diverse and dynamic overview of Appalachia's vernacular music at the cusp of the Great Depression. While representing a range of genres and styles and showcasing both secular and sacred material, this album is thematically unified by the fact that all of the tracks hail from commercial location recording sessions held by Columbia Records in Johnson City, Tennessee, during successive Octobers in 1928 and 1929. This album documents timeless performances from those sessions and bolsters recent assertions by discerning aficionados of 78 RPM records that those sessions generated a particularly memorable canon of historical recordings. 1-CD with 40-page booklet, 26 tracks. Total playing time 77:27 min. This release is intended to demonstrate what music historian Ed Ward meant when he tweeted "Johnson City Sessions: Lots more fun than the Bristol Sessions. Fewer stars, more insight into a vanished world.'' Intended to distill onto a single CD the ground-breaking research found on Bear Family Records' award-winning 4-CD boxed set The Johnson City Sessions (BCD16083), released in 2013, Tell It To Me features a new essay in which Grammy Award-nominated liner notes writer Ted Olson describes the Johnson City sessions, sets them into historical context, and assesses their lasting historical impact. Coming with state-of-the-art sound engineering generally associated with releases from Bear Family, these nine-decade-old recordings sound warm and clear--as if they were made yesterday. TRACK LISTING 01 Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music 02 Home Town Blues - Roane County Ramblers 03 - Johnson City Blues - Clarence Greene 04 Louise - Proximity String Quartet 05 The Battleship Maine - Richard Harold 06 Roll On Buddy - Charlie Bowman & His Brothers 07 Old Lady And The Devil - Bill & Belle Reed 08 I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes - McVay & Johnson 09 When The Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger - Earl Shirkey & Roy Harper 10 I Ain't A Bit Drunk - George Roark 11 - Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead 12 Green Valley Waltz - McCartt Brothers & Patterson 13 Pride Of The Ball - Blalock & Yates, a.m.o

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:WE SHALL ALL BE REUNITED

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:OLD-TIMEY/TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC

East Tennessee s influential 1920s-era location recording sessions. We Shall All Be Reunited: Revisiting the Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928 casts new light on an old story - that of the 1927 Bristol sessions. Conducted by Victor Records A&R producer Ralph Peer, this seminal event from the early years of commercial recording in the 1980s was nick-named the Big Bang of Country Music, while the city in which the event occurred - Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia - was officially dubbed the Birthplace of Country Music. Featuring 15 key recordings made in Bristol during late July and early August 1927 - including first-ever recordings by the now-legendary Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. 1-CD with 44-page booklet, 26 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 min. Memorable, varied recordings from the late 20s Bristol sessions by a range of Appalachian musicians. The recordings were painstakingly remastered in 2020 by sound engineer Marcus Heumann. The CD features an evocative 44-page insert booklet designed by art director Mychael Gerstenberger. New liner notes written by Ted Olson in which the 1927 sessions are reassessed based on recent scholarly research and discussion. The liner notes explore the rest of the story - the related cultural occurrences all-too-often ignored or marginalized. TRACK LISTING 01. Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers - Sweeping Through The Gates 02. Blind Alfred Reed - The Wreck Of The Virginian (Take 2) 03. El Watson - Narrow Gauge Blues 04. Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats - The Soldier's Poor Little Boy 05. B. F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear 06. J. P. Nester - Black-Eyed Susie 07. Bull Mountain Moonshiners - Johnny Goodwin 08. The Carter Family - The Poor Orphan Child 09. Alcoa Quartet - I'm Redeemed 10. Henry Whitter - Rain Crow Bill 11. Dad Blackard's Moonshiners - Susanna Gal 12. Jimmie Rodgers - Sleep Baby Sleep 13. Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw 14. West Virginia Coon Hunters - Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy 15. Tennessee Mountaineers - Standing On The Promises 16. Smyth County Ramblers - My Name Is Ticklish Reuben 17. Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers - Shine On Me 18. Howard Peak (The Blind Musicians) - I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart 19. Clarence Greene - Little Bunch Of Roses 20. Uncle Eck Dunford - Old Shoes And Leggin's 21. Smith Brothers - My Mother Is Waiting For Me In Heaven Above 22. The Palmer Sisters - We'll Sing On That Shore 23. Tarter & Gay - Unknown Blues 24. Carolina Twins - New Orleans Is The Town I Like Best 25. Shortbuckle Roark & Family - I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man 26. Alfred G. Karnes - We Shall All Be Reunited

Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album:THATLL FLATâ€¦GIT IT! VOL. 34

Label:BEAR FAMILY

Format:CD

Genre:ROCKABILLY/ROCK N ROLL

In our Rockabilly and Rock 'n' Roll series 'That'll Flat ... Git It!' which has been continuously expanded for many years we present the best rockers from the catalogues of individual labels. The two record labels Blue Moon and Bella Records from California were both owned by John Pusateri, who originally came from Franklin, Louisiana, and moved to San José in the 1920s. There he first founded Bella Records and in 1957 Blue Moon Records in Santa Clara. These recordings can compete with the best of the genre! Here we tell one of those stories that record collectors dream about! In addition to the more well-known musicians such as Johnny Amelio, the Savoys and Gradie O'Neal, you'll find a large number of lesser-known colleagues such as Buddy Bennett, Chuck Royal, Joe Jaros and the Empala Six - to name but a few. -CD (trifold Digipak) with 36-page booklet, 33 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 minutes. First CD compilation ever with recordings from the vaults of Blue Moon and Bella the record companies from Santa Clara and San José in California respectively. The complete recordings of Johnny Amelio and Joe Gradie, presenting many more rockers. More than ten tracks are released here for the first time on CD, and two numbers were completely unknown until now: rare demos by The Downbeats with Johnny Amelio. The booklet provides never before seen photos and detailed information about the history of the labels Blue Moon and Bella. Carefully restored and remastered recordings. DeLuxe packaging with extensive liner notes and detailed discographical information. TRACK LISTING 01 Jugue - The Downbeats feat Johnny Amelio 02 My Baby's Gone - Chuck Royal & The Sharpsters 03 Travellin' - The Empala Six 04 Baby Oh Baby - Gradie O'Neal & The Bella Tones 05 I've Got A Baby - Clyde Arnold & The Sharps 06 Rowena - Pat LaRocca 07 Empala Rock - The Empala Six 08 Bom Du Wa - Toby & Ray 10 Rockin' Mary - Wes Griffith & The Treys 11 I'll Forever Love You - The Downbeats feat. Johnny Amelio 12 Gonna Be Loved - Linda & The Epics 13 Blue Moon Keep On Shining - Chuck Royal & The Sharpsters 14 Rockin' Baby - The Fretts 15 Double Time - The Empala Six 16 Jugue (alt take) - The Downbeats feat Johnny Amelio 17 Mortal Monster Man - The Savoys 18 Baby Don't Go - Buddy Bennett & The Margilators, a.m.o.

Band:TINEIDAE

Album:EXO

Label:Cryo Chamber

Format:CDD

Genre:DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT

Tineidae (Poland) serves us a space ambient album thick with analogue sweeps and evolving walls of sound. The derelict mothership is massive, its silent shadow swallowing your cutter-ship as you connect with the airlock. Inside, rusted bulkheads sing like whales from deep within as they reverberate with lumbering creaks. Your flashlight flickers in the dark as you wipe the smudge off a wall-mounted map. Better get the power online or you'll never be able to access the backup logs. NG-section is two floors down. Time for another spacewalk.

Band:MOUNT SHRINE & ALPHAXONE

Album:DREAM CHAMBERS

Label:Cryo Chamber

Format:CDD

Genre:DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT

Mount Shrine and Alphaxone group up on this collaborative album exploring the delicate bridge between reality and dreams. A soothing journey served through crackling field recordings, deep basses and harmonic textural padwork. Here in the sacred recesses of the mind rests the never ending palace, where reality and dreams meet. Where rivers of trauma cleanse dirty drains. Where damp hallways and underpasses run through great libraries filled with every thought and emotion that has come to pass. Where the ancient gatekeepers protect the sacred grounds with swords of fire as dark tendrils slither their way towards the core of innocence.

Band:UxB

Album:WESTWORLD CRISIS

Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK

Format:LP

Genre:PUNK ROCK

UxB is a new band formed by the members and driving force behind the influential punk band US Bombs. After parting ways with original vocalist over conflicting political views in 2015, Kerry Martinez (Shattered Faith, Bad Luck Charms) Wade Walston (Suburbia, DI, Agent Orange) Chip Hanna (One Man Army, Weirdos, TSOL) have teamed up with legendary front man and show stealing performer Jesse Wagner (The Aggrolites). The result is extraordinary. With their timeless old school song writing, blistering guitars, and vocals, UxB's debut album Westworld Crisis is destined to be a classic. The album's overall theme is about the world's current climate and technology's influence

Band:UxB

Album:WESTWORLD CRISIS

Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK

Format:CD

Genre:PUNK ROCK

Band:HUMAN TOYS

Album:SPIN TO WIN

Label:TOPSY TURVY

Format:LP

Genre:PUNK/ROCK/GARAGE/SYNTH

They are sexy, they are powerful, they are subversive! HUMAN TOYS is a collision of raw rock'n'roll sound and electronic beats. Poupée Mecanik (vocals, theremin) has a penchant for playing with female archetypes: subversion is the name of the game, flavored with a generous dose of irony. New guitarist Jon Von adds the punk energy of the RIP OFFS; the band has never been so wild! Meanwhile, Florian Cité toils in his secret laboratory, perfecting the synthetic rhythm section. The band navigates the mad road through a garage punk musical landscape, illuminated by the flickering incandescence of sexploitation films. HUMAN TOYS have musically reformed since their previous record “Excuse My French” on Records Ad Nauseam and while one may find a lot less electronic/electroclashinfluence in their music now, there is definitely a higher dose of wild punkrock! Whoever has had the pleasure to witness one of their fantastic liveâ€shows around the world so far knows that they deliver fullon power and punkrock energy with a tough and seductive attitude

Band:LES ROBOTS

Album:THE SOUND OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Label:TOPSY TURVY

Format:LP

Genre:INSTRUMENTAL/SURF/EXOTICA

LES ROBOTS are mechanical men from outer space, presumably programmed by legendary producer Joe Meek to make astonishing instrumental music! With two 7”s and an LP released on SPAZZ Records plus several outstanding liveâ€shows from outta space, the musical duo (or quartet in liveâ€shows) now delivers something oriental – their latest 7” released by TOPSYâ€TURVYâ€RECORDS (Soundflat Records daughterlabel) invites you on a musical spacedâ€out magicâ€carpetâ€ride!

Band:KORINE

Album:THE NIGHT WE RAISE

Label:OTHER VOICES RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:NEW WAVE/SYNTH-POP/POST-PUNK

Korine is a Philadelphia based electronic pop duo comprised of members Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye. The pair blends new wave nostalgia with a modern pop sensibility, contrasting upbeat rhythms against sullen, emotionally evocative lyrics. Following a self-released EP 'Corsage' in 2017, Korine debuted their first full-length record 'New Arrangements' in 2018 on Philadelphia label Born Losers Records which helped land the band multiple nationwide tours and two sold out vinyl pressings. Following this release were two acclaimed singles ‘’Uncrossed’’ and ’’To You’’ which were specially released on a limited 7” vinyl in the Fall of 2019, and marked a stylistic evolution for the band - a departure from the familiar 80s era influence to incorporate a more contemporary pop awareness. Korine’s forthcoming September 2020 release “The Night We Raise” shows the band growing even further into their own, both the songwriting and musicality more assured than eve

Band:HOLLOWAY ECHOES, THE

Album:STACK EM UP

Label:WESTERN STAR

Format:CDD

Genre:BRITISH ROCK N ROLL

TRACKLIST .. 1. Snap Crackle & Pop 2. Answers On The Back Of A Postcard 3. Johnny Watts 4. Doin' My Own Thing 5. Who'd Have Thought 6. Dinner Lady Rock n Roll 7. Donkey Jacket 8. Lost In London 9. The Phantom Flan-Flinger 10. The Dark Horse 11. Bridego 12. Sari With The Fringe On Top 13. Calling Buddy

Band:KRISTJANA STEFANS, SVAVAR KNUTUR

Album:FADMLOG

Label:NORDIC NOTES

Format:CD

Genre:SINGER SONGWRITER ICELAND

Kristjana Stefáns and Svavar Knútur honour us again with a very simple album. FAÐMLÖG contains a beautiful mixture of some of Kristjana and Svavar's favourite songs. Acoustic guitar, ukulele and piano are the only instruments on the album. No overdubs. Total intimacy. Kristjana Stefánsdóttir has been one of the leading artists on the Icelandic jazz scene for years. She is also an award winning composer for theatre. Her first album was released in 1996 with international guest star Emiliana Torrini and Icelandic pop icon Páll Óskar. Since then she has made recordings as a soloist and guest performer. She performs regularly in theatre, radio and television and collaborates with the Reykjavik Big Band every year. She has been nominated several times for the Icelandic Music Awards and is a multiple winner of the Icelandic Theatre Awards. She has collaborated in projects and concerts with artists such as Svavar Knútur, Ragga Gröndal and Sigtryggur Baldursson (The Sugarcubes). Also with jazz virtuosos such as pianist Eythor Gunnarsson (Mezzoforte), saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason, pianist Lars Janson, bassist Drew Gress and drummer John Hollenbeck. Kristjana lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Band:RAINCHECK

Album:LAST CALL

Label:KROD RECORDS

Format:LP

Genre:PUNK/ROCK

Second EP of this fast punk rock french band RAINCHECK. On the strength of this locally recognized international success, Raincheck has been able to open several times for groups such as Lagwagon (Ninkasi Kao, Lyon), Good Riddance (Warmaudio, Lyon), Frenzal Rhomb (Gibus, Paris), or the bosses of Burning Heads (MJC Ô Totem, Rillieux-la-Pape), and has done so every times not too badly out, against all odds. At the end of 2019, the band goes into the studio to record "Last Call", their second EP, six tracks but only hits.

Band:MARLA SINGER

Album:MARLA SINGER

Label:M & O MUSIC

Format:CDD

Genre:ALTERNATIVE ROCK

Rock Power trio. They come to stroke your face before smacking it... The band create songs made of hypnotic and powerful guitars, catchy voices, and kick ass drums! They come to stroke your face before smacking it……

Band:OUT5IDE

Album:TUMBLEWEEDS

Label:M & O MUSIC

Format:CDD

Genre:INDIE ROCK

Tumbleweeds reveals an introspective view of our everyday lives, watches collective psychosis, desire for individual freedom. This album calls us to wander through torn picturesby the violent breaks of the band, routines altered by the complex rhythms. A style, sometimes sharp, sometimes soft, reflecting the disturbing acquaintance of thesameness… the habit of storms blowing destinies like some tumbleweeds…

Band:DER BLUTHARSCH

Album:LIVE AT THE SINISTER INN

Label:Dead Seed Productions

Format:MC

Genre:SPACE ROCK/KRAUT ROCK/PSYCH

Recorded live at The Sinister Inn, Clermont-Ferrand, France on April 16th 2019 during the Wish I Weren't Here Tour. This cassette captures a legendary performance resulting in an excellent quality audio recording in spite of chaotic conditions, proving once more that Der Blutharsch & TICOTLH are an outfit yet to be challenged with. All live tracks featured on this recording are alternate versions of studio tracks, making this a must possess item for any Der Blutharsch fan. Mixed and mastered by Christophe Debouit. 50 min+ recording, strictly limited to 100 copies on pro duplicated and printed cassettes.

Band:LUCIFER ANALOG

Album:BUCO NELL ACQUA

Label:Dead Seed Productions

Format:MC

Genre:DUNGEON SYNTH/BLACK METAL

LUCIFER ANALOG is Luciano Lamanna: born in 1977 and resident in Rome, he's one of the most honorable names in the Italian electronic scene; since the 90s Luciano is a legend of techno-rave music (Tekno Mobil Squad), but also a composer and producer who has worked with important artists in hip-hop music (Truceklan), independent rock (Zu, Ephel Duath...) and dark/metal (Aborym, Karyn Crisis, Der Blutharsch...). Luciano Lamanna, in his now long career, has experimented with every musical genre... and today even with dungeon-synth. This release regroups both previous digital EP titles, released respectively under “Buco Nell’ Acqua” and “The Arch Of The Defeated”. In this final cassette rendition of this work Luciano Lamanna explores the Dungeon Synth realm and revisits it while incorporating futuristic and dystopian soundscapes. Pro duplicated cassette with pro printed J-card and download code. Strictly limited edition..

Band:TRI-FUNCTION

Album:TERRAFORMER

Label:Dead Seed Productions

Format:CD

Genre:HARDCORE HIP HOP/BLACK METAL

New 2020 album "Terraformer" from Norway's underground rap elite TRI-FUNCTION MILLION, ten years after the release of cult classic album “Sprukket Jord”. 4 pannel limited edition Digipak CD

Band:AIRFORCE

Album:STRIKE HARD

Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:HEAVY METAL

UK old-school rockers AIRFORCE have joined forces with Pitch Black Records for the release of the band’s new album, their second full-length since reforming in 2016. AIRFORCE stem originally from the NWOBHM era back in the 80’s with the band’s style best described as Old School Metal at its best, full of hooks, riffs and soaring melodies! The band was originally formed in 1986 by Tony Hatton (bass), Chop Pitman (guitars) and legendary drummer Doug Sampson (ex- Iron Maiden). The AIRFORCE line-up now includes the extremely talented vocalist Flavio Lino who recently joined the band on a permanent basis. “Strike Hard” features a number of guest appearances, starting with Paul Di’ Anno (ex- Iron Maiden vocalist) and former AIRFORCE vocalist Ivan Giannini (now of Vision Divine). The CD version of the album features a bonus track which is a cover of “Faith Healer”, a classic Sensational Alex Harvey Band song. This recording includes a guest appearance by the original SAHB guitarist Zal Cleminson.

Band:GODS BASTARD

Album:LAST STANDING VILLAGE

Label:I VOIDHANGER

Format:CDD

Genre:PROGRESSIVE BLACK METAL

Originally a digital EP released through Bandcamp in 2019, GOD'S BASTARD's “Last Standing Village” is such a precious jewel of progressive black metal that it needed a physical edition and, with it, much more recognition than what it's gained so far. Expertly mastered by Colin Marston, “Last Standing Village” contains three tracks, three steps of a cathartic journey slowly developing through a constant, breathtaking crescendo of crooked guitar riffs and devastating drums, entwined together in creative ways. GOD'S BASTARD combine the barbaric approach of the hardcore genre with a black metal fury, alternating moments of light and darkness like in a psychotic, emotional rollercoaster.

Band:VERIKYYNELEET

Album:ILMAN KUOLEMAA

Label:I VOIDHANGER

Format:CD

Genre:ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL

The solo project of Isla Valve and active since 1999, Finland's VERIKYYNELEET (in Finnish, “Bloodtears”) have always remained in the shadow, releasing their amateurish black metal recordings mostly in the form of raw demos and EPs. Recorded about 6 years ago, an embryonal version of “Ilman Kuolemaa” – the band's first full length album – saw the light of day in 2019, but for its official release on CD it has been expanded to also include songs, riffs and melodies composed almost 20 years ago, to fully unravel the primitive, mysterious, melancholic and dark essence of VERIKYYNELEET's black metal, also evident in Isla Valve's illustrations for the booklet.

Band:NOITE

Album:A COR DO FOGO

Label:I VOIDHANGER

Format:CDD

Genre:RELIGIOUS MUSIC/BLACK METAL

Shrouded in incense and sulphur smokes, NOITE (Night) is an experimental black metal venture of Gonius Rex, the mastermind behind Portugal's ONIRIK. Inspired by medieval and neo-classical music and based on haunting psalms of penance and compositional whirls, NOITE's style is not meant to sound as your typical metal, yet it is sure to bring a more eloquent craving for the Darkness and the Occult. Complementary to ONIRIK’S "The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity" released at the same time, “A Cor do Fogo” (The Colour of Fire) is NOITE's first output, a fascinating and psychedelic midnight mass of clean vocals, counterpointing choirs, multiple layers of ecclesiastic invocations and spells, mournful litanies and crepuscular melodies, with nondistorted delayed guitars and bass twirling all around in a heretic congregation. Apart from guitars, bass and choirs, G. Rex also recorded the drums (for the first time) with an ever enticing style of unexpected rhythms and unapologetic experimental vibes.

Band:ONIRIK

Album:THE FIRE CULT BEYOND ETERNITY

Label:I VOIDHANGER

Format:CD

Genre:Black Metal

A follow-up to "Casket Dream Veneration" (2015), "The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity" is the new album from Portugal's ONIRIK and yet another proof of the talent of G.Rex, the band's sole member. ONIRIK are active since 2002 and along the years have explored black metal far and wide, conjugating in a very peculiar way its most dissonant, tranceinducing fringes with the genre's typical coldness and Luciferian essence. Backed on drums by none other than Dirge Rep (GEHENNA, ENSLAVED, ORCUSTUS, THE KONSORTIUM), G.Rex returns to us after bathing in the abysmal waters of the world below man, bringing with him a new reflection on death, occult wisdoms and dark spirituality. Mixed and mastered by Semjaza Shade Gawecki of THY DARKENED SHADE, "The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity" is that reflection.

Band:XYTHLIA

Album:IMMORTALITY THROUGH QUANTUM SUICIDE

Label:I VOIDHANGER

Format:CDD

Genre:EXPERIMENTAL DEATH GRIND

The solo project of US multi-instrumentalist/singer Nick Stanger (also active in the ranks of black metallers ASHBRINGER), XYTHLIA brilliantly blend the extreme fringes of tech death/grind metal with VOIVOD's progressive/experimental approach and Mick Barr's mind-shattering guitar acrobatics for KRALLICE and OCRILIM. “Immortality Through Quantum Suicide”, the band's first album is as creepy and weirdly fascinating as Carlos Agraz's stunning cover painting, where an alien creature performs a suicide ritual through the time-space continuum, furiously stabbing itself to death. It's a cosmic selfmurder, an outer-dimensional totentanz dripping blood all over stars and black holes, each blood drop a seed sure to spawn new and abhorrent life forms.

Band:SINSID

Album:ENTER THE GATES

Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:HEAVY METAL

Norway’s old school metal outfit SINSID returns with second album “Enter the Gates”! Originally formed in 2012, SINSID’s influences include anything from the blues and rock to metal and Viking or thrash but the very core of the band is, unmistakably, traditional heavy metal. The band’s debut came out in 2018 and “Mission From Hell” triumphantly introduced SINSID to the metal world and quickly gained the band a massive new following, with reviews referring to the album as “good old, honest, working class metal” and “couldn’t be more metal if it was hammered over an anvil!” The band now continues its... mission, as it prepares to unleash its next offering which is yet another fine release of pure old school heavy metal! All the elements that one can expect are there; from the catchy choruses and fist-raising anthemic tunes to the raw hellish vocals and of course that nostalgic 80s vibe throughout!

Band:SINSID

Album:ENTER THE GATES

Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS

Format:LP

Genre:HEAVY METAL

Norway’s old school metal outfit SINSID returns with second album “Enter the Gates”! This is the vinyl edition of the band’s new album, which comes in orange vinyl and is limited to 100 numbered copies. Also included is a download card. Originally formed in 2012, SINSID’s influences include anything from the blues and rock to metal and Viking or thrash but the very core of the band is, unmistakably, traditional heavy metal. The band’s debut came out in 2018 and “Mission From Hell” triumphantly introduced SINSID to the metal world and quickly gained the band a massive new following, with reviews referring to the album as “good old, honest, working class metal” and “couldn’t be more metal if it was hammered over an anvil!” The band now continues its... mission, as it prepares to unleash its next offering which is yet another fine release of pure old school heavy metal! All the elements that one can expect are there; from the catchy choruses and fist-raising anthemic tunes to the raw hellish vocals and of course that nostalgic 80s vibe throughout!

Band:SETH

Album:LES BLESSURES DE L AME: XX ANS DE BLASPHEME

Label:SEPULCHRAL PRODUCTIONS

Format:2LP

Genre:MELODIC/SYMPHONIC BLACK METAL

Recorded at the Les Feux de Beltane festival in Britanny, France, this first live album from Seth celebrates the group's first album, still considered as a classic from the French Black Metal scene. With a great sound (remastered for vinyl at Tehom Studio), a stunning Gatefold design and a A2 poster, this is an item fans of vinyl won't want to miss on. Strictly limited to 500 copies!

Band:SERMENT

Album:CHANTE, O FLAMME DE LA LIBERTE

Label:SEPULCHRAL PRODUCTIONS

Format:CD

Genre:ATMOSPHERIC/SYMPHONIC BLACK METAL

Chante, Ô Flamme de la Liberté, is the first album from Moribond s (Forteresse, Ephemer) solo project Serment. The opus is a concept album telling the legend of a pact with the devil and the quest for a lost heritage, a dark and epic journey at the heart of Québec s snowy forests, buried beyond the snows of ages. Musically, while Moribond s flair for all things epic and grandiose is as present as ever, Serment explores rawer and more symphonic territories than Forteresse. An awesome new entry in the pantheon of Métal Noir Québécois!

Band:DESOLATOR

Album:SERMON OF APATHY

Label:BLACK LION RECORDS

Format:CDD

Genre:Death Metal

Desolator have been treading the hallowed ground of the Swedish death metal scene since 2009. Through an early demo (Gravefeast, 2010), a split (Dark Revival/Mass Human Pyre, 2011), and especially the triumphant Unearthly Monument full length in 2013, the quartet paid proper homage to the buzzsaw sound of the Stockholm masters of yore. Having conquered the saw, the band chose to start to move in another direction with their 2016 EP Spawn of Misanthropy. The four tracks begin to show a move away from the Stockholm sound with the addition of more dissonance and creative riffing akin to the work of early Morbid Angel and Immolation. Black Lion Records saw the promise of this sound in embryo, signing the band and re-releasing Spawn of Misanthropy on CD in 2018. Make no mistake, Desolator are Swedish death metal still. Sermon of Apathy, the latest effort by the band, shows plenty of teeth still. The buzzsaw may be buried a bit, the teeth not as obvious, but the saw still spins. On Sermon, the idea that Desolator began to birth in 2016 comes to full fruition. For you see, Sermon of Apathy is a Frankenstein's monster of death metal, fully sentient and fully functioning. The aggression of the Stockholm sound is tempered with creative and dissonant riffing reminiscent of the above named US death metal masters. This album does a masterful job of saluting key death metal styles of the past, while drawing from those styles to create their own unique path.

Band:LEVIATHAN/CRAWL

Album:LEVIATHAN/CRAWL

Label:Dead Seed Productions

Format:CD

Genre:BLACK METAL/DOOM METAL

Self-loathing and Internal decay actualized through 42 Minutes of Depression, Hatred, and Woe. Imprisonment represented in the form of this aural immolation. Available for he first time on CD housed in a 4 pannel digipak sleeve, featuring the art of Rodrigo Pereira Salvatierra. This is a pre order, scheduled to ship on or around first week of April 2020

Band:FLAMONGO

Album:ERLOSER

Label:Dead Seed Productions

Format:LP

Genre:EXPERIMENTAL/DOOM/BLACK METAL

FLAMONGO is the musical project of Alexander Trinkl better known under his graphic artist moniker IRRWISCH Art Design and responsible for designing cover sleeves of cult bands such as DER BLUTHARSCH, URFAUST, ABIGOR, HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, SUNN O))) and many more. Side B of every vinyl record is individually handpainted by Alexander Trinkl making each item a genuine piece of art. Includes Sticker and Postcard Strictly limited to 100 handnumbered copies.

Band:PAZUZU

Album:REVENANT OF BLASPHEMIES

Label:DUNKELHEIT

Format:CD

Genre:Death Metal

Coming from the scorching land of Costa Rica and influenced by the movie with the same name and also by bands such as Cianide, Winter, Decomposed and I'd even dare to say Nunslaughter, the Doom Death metal band Pazuzu present for the very first time their 2017 debut demo "Revenant of Blasphemies" on vinyl and CD. Originally released on limited edition tape and cd by Psychogrind records, this obscure recording immerses the avid listener into the corridors of stench, decay and the uselessness of the Christian dogma and shows the imminent fate of the bastard manking at the hands of a failed God and the welcoming of Death as the only possible fate to come... Mastered and refurbished in 2019 by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio- UK for an enhanced audio experience, this demo is a Tour de Force through the corridors of the asphyxiating and claustrophobic atmospheres of Doom Metal but well balanced with the dynamics and minimalism of Archaic and rhythmic Death Metal. Three songs plus intro and outro which set the pace for the doom that is to come...

Band:ABATUAR

Album:MORTANDAD

Label:DUNKELHEIT

Format:CD

Genre:Death Metal

Active since 2013 and following the previous álbum called “Perversiones de Muerte Putrefacta”, the side Project of the sick mind self-called Cadaver, is ready to unleash upon feeble minded bastards a new destructive installment called “Mortandad”, which continues to the legacy of ultra conservative declaration of Death Metal / Grindcore with clear influences of old school bands such as Napalm Death, Repulsion, Blood and mixing these with the regimental militancy of Proclamation and Black Witchery. The result of this interesting musical symbiosis is “Mortandad”, an album filled not only with the purity of the genres perhaps due to the isolation of the Panamanian scene where they are from, but also soaked with the Central American brutality which they draw their lyrical influences from. Because “Mortandad”, is not an album filled with senseless and shocking violence and gore done for the sake of it like many of their colleagues of the genre, but they have inspired their lyrics in a real brutal case which turns the whole listening experience into a Bizarre tour de Force of unseen violence for good old Europe of the current times.

Band:GOATBLOOD

Album:APPARITION OF DOOMSDAY

Label:DUNKELHEIT

Format:LP

Genre:DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL

For the eight years now, this chains- and bullet-bedecked power-duo have been polluting the metal underground with their belligerent brand of bestial black/death. A handful of demos as well as a split were vomited forth before GOATBLOOD's momentous debut album, Adoration of Blasphemy and War, in 2015. Ever aptly titled, Adoration of Blasphemy and War soundly put the German band on the international map, and proved that new, gnarly twists can be made to the rigorous bestial metal template. A couple more splits ensued before GOATBLOOD released their critically acclaimed second album, Veneration of Armageddon, in 2016, once again through DUNKELHEIT. With momentum building to a fever pitch, the band kept a prolific pace with 2017's Gasmask Devastation Terror demo - the title itself best encapsulating the GOATBLOOD experience, perhaps - as well as the Arma Inferre EP in 2018. Not ones to rest on their by-now-considerable laurels, GOATBLOOD are back with LP#3, Apparition of Doomsday. Ever aptly titled, Apparition of Doomsday is indeed a more pronounceably doomed-out face of these Teutonic beasts, but one no less frightening. Whereas GOATBLOOD's previous two full-lengths kept to a many-tracks/short-length schematic - in essence, nodding to nascent grindcore like early Blood, Extreme Noise Terror, and Doom as they do to bestial progenitors Blasphemy and Beherit - here on Apparition of Doomsday do the duo blackgrind with the best of them, but often (and DEVASTATINGLY) downshift into righteously crushing 'n' hypnotic moments most Archgoated. As such, there's still a hefty number of tracks (14 compared to its predecessor's 18), but this significant shift is echoed in the new album's more-flexed length of 46 minutes.

Band:BLACK COMMUNION

Album:MIASMIC MONSTROSITY

Label:DUNKELHEIT

Format:CD

Genre:DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL

Black Communion is a young band coming from Barranquilla, Colombia, but in their relatively short career, they have been fructiferous and devoted to the Temple of virulent and warlike black death metal. So far they have released a couple of demos, an EP, a split album, a complete full length and even a live recording. While many others opt for experimentation and distortion of the essence of the Bestial side of Black metal, Black Communion, true to the parameters and the harsh and morbid essence of the Southamerican underground scene, have opted for going back to the pillars and roots of the genre undergoing a complete tour de force through the pestilent caverns of blasphemous Bestial Black metal. That is, revisiting and taking influences by primordial acts such as Black Witchery, Blasphemy, Beherit, Revenge, VON and even the morbidity of older Profanatica. Having this explosive cocktail shaken, drank and regurgitated in the southamerican way, they have managed to record a second full length album called “Miasmic Monstrosity” which continues with the path already established by their very early material. Lyrically, they have left behind any pretentious approach but instead they have immersed themselves into the primitive ways of adoration and horror which lies behind the Dark Arts. “Miasmic Monstrosity” has been recorded at Fenix Studios in Soledad, Atlantico –in their native Colombia, that is, and Mastered by M. Dahmen at Liquid Aether Audio (Germany) for the best possible sonic attack. The artwork was handled by the Peruvian young promise K. Guerrero for the hideous Temple of Kalighat, and released by your truly, Dunkelheit Produktionen.

Band:ENTARTUNG

Album:MALEFICAE ARTES

Label:DUNKELHEIT

Format:CD

Genre:Black Metal

After three long years, Entartung finally returns from the ominous shadows to which they silently retreated after the release of their prior opus, “Baptised into the Faith of Lust”. It is fitting that, in a new age of plague and pestilence, their newest album “Maleficae Artes” (Lat. “Dark Arts”) is unleashed upon the world. The elaborate compositions on “Maleficae Artes” are deeply and firmly rooted in the early 90's atmosphere and remain true to the original spirit of black metal. Brooding, sinister, violent and menacing themes presented by the trademark icy riffing of Lykormas and the militaristic and deadly precise battery assault of Haistulf manifest themselves in a dynamic interaction with acoustic and martial touches of melancholy and gloom. The lyrical subject matters explored on “Maleficae Artes” are devoted to death, the Faustian spirit, ancient rituals and traditions and the darker chapters of human history; enhancing the experience in a synergetic fashion.

Band:SCORDATURA

Album:MASS FAILURE

Label:GORE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

Format:CD

Genre:DEATH METAL/BRUTAL DEATH METAL

Scottish Death Metallers, Scordatura, have returned with their third studio album entitled ‘Mass Failure’. The latest offering showcases nine new blistering tracks of pure, rigorous Death Metal. ‘Mass Failure’ was built over the strongest elements made for the group’s sophomore album, ‘Self-Created Abyss’. The outcome is best defined as the band’s greatest album to date. Displaying album art by Mark Erskine of Erskine Designs (Display of Decay, Hideous Divinity, Irreversible Mechanism), ‘Mass Failure’ was Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Samuel Turbitt at Ritual Studios (Inebrious Incarnate, Ageless Oblivion, Unfathomable Ruination). Inspired by real-life chaos, corruption, and disorder, ‘Mass Failure’ is the Death Metal Soundtrack of 2020.

Band:SCORDATURA

Album:MASS FAILURE

Label:GORE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

Format:LP

Genre:DEATH METAL/BRUTAL DEATH METAL

Scottish Death Metallers, Scordatura, have returned with their third studio album entitled ‘Mass Failure’. The latest offering showcases nine new blistering tracks of pure, rigorous Death Metal. ‘Mass Failure’ was built over the strongest elements made for the group’s sophomore album, ‘Self-Created Abyss’. The outcome is best defined as the band’s greatest album to date. Vinyl version limited to 300 pieces. Displaying album art by Mark Erskine of Erskine Designs (Display of Decay, Hideous Divinity, Irreversible Mechanism), ‘Mass Failure’ was Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Samuel Turbitt at Ritual Studios (Inebrious Incarnate, Ageless Oblivion, Unfathomable Ruination). Inspired by real-life chaos, corruption, and disorder, ‘Mass Failure’ is the Death Metal Soundtrack of 2020.

Band:BLACK ALTAR/KIRKEBRANN

Album:DEUS INVERSUS

Label:ODIUM RECORDS

Format:LP

Genre:Black Metal

7 Hymns of Black Metal Art at its best. Lars B (ex Marduk, Funeral Mist) and Mauser (ex Vader) took a part in Black Altar's songs

Band:BLACK ALTAR/KIRKEBRANN

Album:DEUS INVERSUS

Label:ODIUM RECORDS

Format:CDD

Genre:Black Metal

7 Hymns of Black Metal Art at its best. Lars B (ex Marduk, Funeral Mist) and Mauser (ex Vader) took a part in Black Altar's songs.

Band:ENSHADOWED

Album:STARE INTO THE ABYSS

Label:ODIUM RECORDS

Format:CDD

Genre:Black Metal

This old and very respected Greek band returns with their 4th album. You can expect perfect mix of Hellenic Black Metal Art with Scandinavian influences.

Band:ENSHADOWED

Album:STARE INTO THE ABYSS

Label:ODIUM RECORDS

Format:LP

Genre:Black Metal

This old and very respected Greek band returns with their 4th album. You can expect perfect mix of Hellenic Black Metal Art with Scandinavian influences

Band:SHRAPNEL STORM

Album:SHRAPNEL STORM

Label:GREAT DANE RECORDS

Format:CDD

Genre:OLD-SCHOOL DEATH METAL

The Finnish direct heirs of BOLT THROWER are back with a second album. SHRAPNEL STORM continues in its lineage with are death old school in the pure 90's tradition such as BOLT HROWER, MEMORIAM, HAIL OF BULLETS, GOREFEST & BENEDICTION. The artwork was entrusted to Petri SAARENMAA. The album was recorded, mixed & mastered in Finland at DANKO TONES STUDIO by Daniel "DANKO" RANTANEN. So here an album for nostalgic bands from the early 90's.

Band:COLLARS

Album:TRACOMA

Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS

Format:CD

Genre:NOISE-GARAGE ROCK

Tracoma” is spread as a pure vision, with the haunted feautures of dreaming or memory that Surface from a canvas of swirling clouds of various light. Each descriptive element loses its Focus, the shapes are blurred until nearly to dissolve, merging with the fury of natural Elements.

Band:HELLECTRIC DEVILZ, THE

Album:THE HELLECTRIC CLUB

Label:M & O MUSIC

Format:CD

Genre:PUNK/THRASH/ROCK

For fans of Metal Church, The Exploited, Motörhead et Turbonegro ! The HellectricDevilzwasformed in May 2017 and releasedits first demo "Love Madness" at the end of the sameyear. In April 2018, the group recorded a promo video of 6 tracks "Live à La Tanière". Committed to performing live, the band playedin 2018 and 2019 in France as headliners and guests (of Tygers Of Pan Tang, Killers, Su Ta Gar, Sticky Boys), and also in Spain with dates in Madrid, Santander and San Sebastian. In October 2019, the group releasedtheir second demo "Hellrizer" and a second 6-track special Halloween promo video. At the same time, the group lockedthemselvesaway for four uninterrupteddays to record theirvery first album "The Hellectric Club". It's a mix of thrash, punk, heavy and rock, it's "The HellectricDevilz !