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Band:WAYFARER
Album:A ROMANCE WITH VIOLENCE
Label:PROFOUND LORE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
WAYFARER is black metal of the American West. A cavalcade of fury, melancholia, and dust-laden storytelling; the band is informed by the fierce and adventurous spectrums of heavy music, along with the stark Americana of the Denver Sound artists that carved the identity of their home. In A Romance With Violence , their most fully realized effort to date, WAYFARER presents a searing silver-screen requiem for the myth of the West. This new work sees them at their most intense and triumphant, as well as at their most pensive. Bold, rhythmic and riff laden, the band s pointed expedition across the frontiers of black and extreme metal are tinged with the grit and genuine air of artists like Sixteen Horsepower and Jay Munly, and the majestic heights of the Ennio Morricone/Sergio Leone collaborations. Through seven harrowing anthems of the high plains, the album paints a poignant exploration of heroes and killers, the setting sun on a romantic era, and the shadow it has cast on the world we live in today. WAYFARER, from Colorado s Queen City of the Plains , has origins beginning around 2012. Guitarist/vocalist Shane McCarthy formed the band with drummer Isaac Faulk (Blood Incantation), bassist/vocalist James Hansen, and original guitarist Tanner Rezabek. They would release 2014 s Children of the Iron Age and 2016 s Old Souls via Prosthetic Records, after which they would replace the departed Rezabek with longtime collaborator Joe Strong-Truscelli as full-time guitarist. Partnering with Profound Lore Records in 2017, the band released World s Blood in 2018 on the label, ushering in the current chapter and paving the way for this new release. With the release of A Romance With Violence , WAYFARER fully manifests a sound that is uniquely theirs, and is unlike anything before it. Following its release, they will soon be seen bringing their shattered view of the American West to stages across the world. TRACK LISTING: 1. The Curtain Pulls Back, 2. The Crimson Rider (Gallows Frontier, Act I), 3. The Iron Horse (Gallows Frontier, Act II), 4. Fire & Gold, 5. Masquerade Of The Gunslingers, 6. Intermission, 7. Vaudeville
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Band:WAYFARER
Album:A ROMANCE WITH VIOLENCE
Label:PROFOUND LORE RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
WAYFARER is black metal of the American West. A cavalcade of fury, melancholia, and dust-laden storytelling; the band is informed by the fierce and adventurous spectrums of heavy music, along with the stark Americana of the Denver Sound artists that carved the identity of their home. In A Romance With Violence , their most fully realized effort to date, WAYFARER presents a searing silver-screen requiem for the myth of the West. This new work sees them at their most intense and triumphant, as well as at their most pensive. Bold, rhythmic and riff laden, the band s pointed expedition across the frontiers of black and extreme metal are tinged with the grit and genuine air of artists like Sixteen Horsepower and Jay Munly, and the majestic heights of the Ennio Morricone/Sergio Leone collaborations. Through seven harrowing anthems of the high plains, the album paints a poignant exploration of heroes and killers, the setting sun on a romantic era, and the shadow it has cast on the world we live in today. WAYFARER, from Colorado s Queen City of the Plains , has origins beginning around 2012. Guitarist/vocalist Shane McCarthy formed the band with drummer Isaac Faulk (Blood Incantation), bassist/vocalist James Hansen, and original guitarist Tanner Rezabek. They would release 2014 s Children of the Iron Age and 2016 s Old Souls via Prosthetic Records, after which they would replace the departed Rezabek with longtime collaborator Joe Strong-Truscelli as full-time guitarist. Partnering with Profound Lore Records in 2017, the band released World s Blood in 2018 on the label, ushering in the current chapter and paving the way for this new release. With the release of A Romance With Violence , WAYFARER fully manifests a sound that is uniquely theirs, and is unlike anything before it. Following its release, they will soon be seen bringing their shattered view of the American West to stages across the world. TRACK LISTING: 1. The Curtain Pulls Back, 2. The Crimson Rider (Gallows Frontier, Act I), 3. The Iron Horse (Gallows Frontier, Act II), 4. Fire & Gold, 5. Masquerade Of The Gunslingers, 6. Intermission, 7. Vaudeville
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Band:SUN DIAL
Album:MIND CONTROL - THE ULTIMATE EDITION
Label:SULATRON
Format:2CD
Genre:ACIDROCK/PSYCHEDELIC /KRAUTROCK
Sulatron Records is very proud about a release of one of THEE neo-psychedelic kultbands from UK: Sun Dial! Founded 1990 by multi-instrumentalist Gary Ramon who also plays in several other bands and projects. He also runs the well known Acme-records label. Sun Dial s debut album Other Way Out was a true impact in the psychedelic music scene and is still a highly rated album! Now Sulatron-Records is releasing their 2012 album Mind Control in THE ULTIMATE EDITION on double LP and double CD, including 2 bonustracks, from the same recording sessions, on LP/CD one. AND a complete disk with previously unreleased tracks from the same time! CD 2 has even TWO MORE tracks than LP 2!!! What you get is a blend of psychedelic tripping guitars, krautrock, and electronic wizardry. The band invited Hugo Chavez-Smith to produce Mind Control . And Hugo was involved in the debut Sun Dial album, "Other Way Out" - so you know what to expect! CD in gatefold digisleeve, limited to 500 copies! Tracklist original album (disc 1): Mountain Of Fire & Miracles 09:21 Radiation 07:38 Burned In 01:44 Mind Control 08:53 Last Rays Of The Sun 03:53 In Every Dreamhome A Heartache 06:29 Bonustracks compared to first vinyl version: Seven Pointed Star (short version) 02:51 World Within You 04:29 Tracklist flashbacks from the aether (disc 2): Lost and Found 04:07 I Can Tell 06:33 Liquid Grey 04:00 Seven Pointed Star (full version) 03:06 Fire From Heaven 02:42 Mask Of Dawn (part one) 05:41 Siren Song 03:18 1018a 04:03 Radiation (early mix) 07:39 Mask Of Dawn (part two) 06:33 CD-bonustracks: Burned In (alternative take) 05:00 Spiral 03:32
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Band:ELECTRIC MOON
Album:LIVE AT FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2019
Label:SULATRON
Format:CD
Genre:ACIDROCK/PSYCHEDELIC /KRAUTROCK
Back in 2019, Electric Moon played their 2nd show at Freak Valley Festival and had the honor, to be filmed and recorded by the Rockpalast (german cult music TV-show!) Crew. Here you get the whole concert, wild and raw and full of energy. Plus a bonustrack: the acoustic session taken from the Rockpalast-Interview. Sula with a acoustic guitar, Lulu kind of bass on a acoustic guitar and Pablo drumming on Lulu's acoustic guitar. Fancy. The concert shows the typical Electric Moon sound in long, wild and monotone rides, followed or/and interrupted by emotional pinnacles and melodic parts. This show was like wild state of the moon-sea (yes, on the electric moon there IS a sea, dang!) and tosses the listener back into those heaving crowds at the concert. But also those who weren't there back then will experience it, cause of the stream and TV broadcast by the legendary Rockpalast and this CD release! :-) Responsible for the sound is Falko Schneider of the „Institut für angewandten Krach“ (IfaK), who mixed the live-concert and mixed the multitrack-soundfiles, to get as close as possible to the atmo and the wall of sound of the show itself. Over one hour instrumental intensity at the edge, fervor and devotion, an ode to the live-music. Rare seeded these days, now the live-music comes on a record at least. Lean back, relax and enjoy. Good Flight! CD in gatefold digisleeve, limited to 500 copies!
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Band:BRYONY WILLIAMS
Album:STATE IM IN
Label:BETH SHALOM RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:INDIE
State I m In is the 3rd EP from Wolverhampton based solo-artist, Bryony Williams. Out through Beth Shalom Records on October 30th, the EP will be released both digital and on limited edition Transparent Yellow vinyl, with the latter accompanied by her 2nd EP, Conscious, on the B-Side of the record. TRACK LISTING Side A (State I m In) Knockin Cherry Red I Can Be Dive I Wonder Side B (Conscious) Honey Scared Narrative Form Amber Whirlpool Hypnosis
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Band:GREEN SEAGULL
Album:CLOUD COVER
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:LP
Genre:Rock/Pop
London based Green Seagull return with their new album Cloud Cover . Since forming in 2016, Green Seagull has released a string of singles, received glowing reviews and regular airplay on UK national and local radio. Their shared enthusiasm for late-60s baroque psychedelia and 12-string jangle has blossomed into a prolific songwriting team that now includes contributions from their keyboardist Sarah Gonputh. Cloud Cover , their second long-playing disc, sees the band develop their fascination for melodic Sixties pop and combine it with glorious vocal harmonies that create a mellow Stateside vibe filtered through early 70s UK acts like Brinsley Schwarz and Danny Kirwan-era Fleetwood Mac. 1. Aerosol 2. Made To be Loved 3. In The Morning Time 4.Little Lady (In The Amplifier) 5. Live In Lover 6. This Wheel 7. Dead And Gone 8. Paper Cut 9. Dream You're Living 10. It's Too Late 11. Simeon Brown 12. Belladonna
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Band:ELECTRIC FAMILY, THE
Album:ECHOES DONT LIE
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:PROGRESSIVE ROCK/ KRAUTROCK/STONER FOLK
The excitement was great when in 2017 “Terra Circus”, a new studio album by the Electric Family, was released after a break of 10 years. The resounding success of the album also led to live concerts all over Germany. Even then, the band promised that it wouldn't be that long before the next studio album. Promise kept! After only three years, “Echoes Don’t Lie”, the 6th studio album by the Electric Family will be released! And it has it all! Former family members joined the regular crew Tom “The Perc” Redecker, Rolf Kirschbaum and Harry Payuta, and numerous new members were added. These include high-profile artists such as Roman Bunka (Embryo), Marlon Klein (Dissidenten), Milla Kapolke ( ex-Grobschnit), Rolf Möller (ex-Grobschnitt, Extrabreit), Jojo Brand (The Convent) and many more.
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Band:ELECTRIC FAMILY, THE
Album:ECHOES DONT LIE
Label:SIREENA
Format:LP
Genre:PROGRESSIVE ROCK/ KRAUTROCK/STONER FOLK
The excitement was great when in 2017 “Terra Circus”, a new studio album by the Electric Family, was released after a break of 10 years. The resounding success of the album also led to live concerts all over Germany. Even then, the band promised that it wouldn't be that long before the next studio album. Promise kept! After only three years, “Echoes Don’t Lie”, the 6th studio album by the Electric Family will be released! And it has it all! Former family members joined the regular crew Tom “The Perc” Redecker, Rolf Kirschbaum and Harry Payuta, and numerous new members were added. These include high-profile artists such as Roman Bunka (Embryo), Marlon Klein (Dissidenten), Milla Kapolke ( ex-Grobschnit), Rolf Möller (ex-Grobschnitt, Extrabreit), Jojo Brand (The Convent) and many more.
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Band:SINN SISAMOUTH
Album:GROOVE CLUB VOL. 4: SINN SISAMOUTH VO. 1
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:CAMBODIAN ROCK/POP
There were no deluxe studios for the musicians who recorded the devastating tracks contained herein. Nothing so grand. Most of these tracks were recorded live, with traditional instruments finding a place alongside any keyboards or guitars that could be found. And yet, it was the experiments of Khmer rock musicians which transformed the nightlife of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh-and which many years later continue to seduce listeners around the world with their groovy sound. The music is wild and anarchic, rhythmic and undulating, or sweet and lyrical, but always moving and with that deep soulfulness, regardless of actual musical genre or style, that is the hallmark of the best and most important music. The lyrics often tell stories of angst, death, betrayal and sorrow. But there is a very real, deep, inescapable tragedy in these grooves as well. Alas, in 1975 came an entirely different type of transformation: the rise to power in Cambodia of the fanatical, anti-Western, Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. Within roughly four years, implementing their "concept of Year Zero," Pot and his regime were responsible for the deaths of an estimated two million Cambodians (roughly 21% of the nation's population), many in the notorious "killing fields." Even the most famous and beloved Khmer musicians could not escape. Sinn Sisamouth, the "King of Khmer music"; Ros Sereysothea, the "Golden Voice of the Royal Capital"; and Pan Ron - all featured on this collection of songs written by the majestic Sinn Sisamouth - met their deaths at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Jon Swain, who was the Sunday Times war correspondent in South Vietnam and Cambodia at the time, said: "Educated people, musicians, people with glasses... a lot were taken to the killing fields... so the great singers disappeared." To us, the richness and deep soulfulness of Cambodian music is akin perhaps to what was excavated from Ethiopia and embraced worldwide over the years thanks to the "Ethiopiques" series - this despite the geographical and cultural distance between the two very different nations. It really is one world, not three. It has long been a dearest wish to be able to present on the Lion Productions label individual artist-specific volumes of some of the most important Cambodian music, with the blessing of the families of the artists. Thanks to the family of Sinn Sisamouth, what seemed a dream is now real! Enjoy this first volume of the many to come!
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Band:JOSEFUS
Album:NOT DEAD YET: UNRELEASED 1978 STUDIO SESSIONS & LIVE
Label:SHROOM ANGEL RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:HARD ROCK/STONER ROCK
After several years out of print, a second pressing of this collection of scorching rarities from these venerable and legendary psychedelic hard rockers. Black vinyl edition of 300x copies. Josefus is a name that every self-respecting record collector and 60’s rock enthusiast can appreciate. They were raw, uncompromising rockers that played their own unique brand of psychedelic “amped-up” blues rock. Their story is one of hardship and struggle, having lived the life of true hardcore underground rock musicians fighting the establishment during the tumultuous late 60’s and early 70’s.
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Band:DAN PENN
Album:NOBODYS FOOL
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:COUNTRY/SOUL/FUNK
Vinyl reissue of Country-Soul icon and ingenious songwriter Dan Penn's debut album, originally released on Bell Records in 1973, a favorite of serious music lovers. Although not containing any of his popular 1960s trademark songs, Nobody's Fool' presents a great deal of moving tunes like like the hardcore honky tonk jewel Tearjoint, or the extra tough I Hate You.
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Band:B.B. KING
Album:LIVE & WELL
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Blues
180gram vinyl LP, re-issue, original gatefold sleeve, 10 tracks. Total playing time approx. 48 minutes. Produced by Bill Szymczyk (J. Geils Band, Joe Walsh, James Gang, Eagles). B.B. King's first top 100 album! Original live and studio recordings Original artwork, gatefold sleeve. Remastered from the original sources 180-gram virgin vinyl 'Live And Well' was produced by then 26-year-old Bill Szymczyk who later became one of rock music's most successful and prolific producers. The album consists of five live tracks (Side A), recorded at New York's Village Gate, and five studio tracks (Side B). It was the first B.B. King album to enter the top 100. Thanks to rock Stars like Eric Clapton and Michael Bloomfield, B.B. King's name had become a common one in rock and guitar circles. Consequently, Szymczyk got together a young group of players taking King's music to the next level with a more soulful and rocking approach. "King's always recorded well as a live act, and it's the concert tracks that shine brightest, although the studio ones (cut with assistance from studio musicians like Al Kooper and Hugh McCracken) aren't bad." (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide). We are making this great live and studio set available again in its original form, pressed on high-quality 180-gram virgin vinyl, packaged in a gatefold sleeve with the original artwork and linernotes.
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Band:BOBBY BARE
Album:SINGS SHEL SILVERSTEIN…
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:8CD PLUS BOOK
Genre:COUNTRY MUSIC/AMERICANA/ SINGER SONGWRITER
Among Silverstein's wry sagas about winners, losers, and lonely all-night cafés, you'll discover charming children's songs and touching, affectionate love ballads. A complicated man, that Silverstein. 8-CD box set (LP-size) with 128-page hardcover book , 137 tracks. Total playing time approx. 8 hours 8 CDs with 137 tracks including 25 previously unreleased recordings. Bobby Bare's interpretations of more than a hundred Shel Silverstein songs. Classic sides from 1972 - 1983 incl. six complete albums. Shel Silverstein wrote hits like Sylvia s Mother and A Boy Named Sue (made famous by Johnny Cash). The live album Great American Saturday Night (unreleased at the time) is expanded here with 3 tracks. 128-page, LP-sized hardcover book with a 2020 Hank Davis interview with Bobby Bare about his friendship with Shel Silverstein, complete lyrics transcriptions, and detailed sessions discography. Includes a new essay by Dave Samuelson about Shel Silverstein and his multi-faceted work. If most people associate the late Shel Silverstein with his children's literature, others remember his cartoons and graphic travelogues for 'Playboy.' By contrast, relatively few recognize this Chicago native as a prolific songwriter, penning such hits as Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's The Cover Of Rolling Stone, Loretta Lynn's One's On The Way, and The Irish Rovers' The Unicorn. He also wrote Put Another Log On The Fire, Tompall Glaser's memorable showcase on 'Wanted! The Outlaws,' country music's first platinum-selling album. No artist recorded more Silverstein songs than veteran country singer Bobby Bare. His 1972 cover of Silverstein's bittersweet Sylvia's Mother launched a professional relationship that led to an enduring friendship. At Bare's request, Silverstein conceived and composed entire concept albums, starting with 'Lullabys, Legends And Lies,' an exercise in pure imagination from 1974. This two-LP set established Bare as a major album artist and yielded Marie Laveau, the first chart-topping single of the singer's long recording career. A follow-up album, 'Hard Time Hungrys,' captured the downbeat mood of American workers during the mid- '70s recession. A perceptive 'Billboard' reviewer hailed 'Hard Time Hungrys' as "something historians will look back upon." Bare's family participated in the whimsical 'Singin' In The Kitchen,' which included the tender Daddy What If. During the late '70s, Silverstein shifted his creative focus to playwriting and children's books, but he continued crafting clever songs specifically for Bare. When Bare wound down his major-label recording career in the mid-'80s, the singer had recorded more than 100 Silverstein originals, fifteen of them on the notorious 'Great American Saturday Night.' Recorded in 1977, that album was shelved when Bare left RCA for a more lucrative contract with COLUMBIA. Despite their lyrical and historical importance, the Bare/Silverstein collaborations have been sporadically and haphazardly reissued during the compact disc era. In response, BEAR FAMILY RECORDS produced 'Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein, Plus,' the first comprehensive collection of this material. Accompanied by a 128-page hardcover book, its eight CDs include 137 tracks, 25 of them previously unissued. Six albums appear complete, including integral songs by other writers. The long-unheard 'Great American Saturday Night' includes three songs missing from a recent independent label release. The box set contains an LP-sized, lavishly illustrated 128-page hardcover book that contains song lyrics and a discography. In a conversation with Hank Davis, Bare recalls his years working with Silverstein, and Dave Samuelson documents the songwriter's multiple creative pursuits.
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Band:JERRY LEE LEWIS
Album:LIVE AT THE STAR-CLUB HAMBURG
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ROCKNROLL
Direct Metal Master cut; 180g vinyl; When you open the gate-fold cover, there's a large street map (60 x 60cm / 24 x 24) as exclusive full-color graphic of Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter showing the Reeperbahn and Star-Club. Bonustrack: "Down The Line", missing from the original LP.
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Band:EDDIE COCHRAN
Album:DARK LONELY STREET
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:10" PLUS CD
Genre:ROCKNROLL
This special set includes a Memorial 10inch Vinyl LP plus Bonus CD and an 8-page folder with liner notes by Bill Dahl and a statement by Stephen Swan. April 17, 2020 marked the 60th year of the death of Rock & Roll singer and guitarist Eddie Cochran. Bear Family Records dedicates this 10inch LP with a bonus CD to this great musician on this sad occasion. Besides some well-known recordings, this CD contains real rarities, some of which are now available on vinyl for the first time! Cochran has made himself immortal with hits like C'mon Everybody, Summertime Blues and Twenty Flight Rock; but he was also a much sought-after session musician and played guitar on recordings like You Oughta See Grandma Rock by Skeets McDonald, Baby Please Don't Go by Troyce Key and Ray Stanley's My Lovin' Baby. In addition to the 10inch LP and an accompanying CD with numerous bonus tracks, there is an 8-page folder with liner notes by Bill Dahl and a statement by Stephen Swan. Swan has been very active and successful in 2019 in restoring the memorial stone that stands at the place where Eddie Cochran's life came to a tragic end.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:HEADIN FOR THE CHRISTMAS BALL (14 swing and r&b xmas crooners)
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:JAZZ/R&B/POP
A nostalgic and varied Christmas compilation, not only for the holidays, either danceable or dreamy with a mixture of swing and jazz, rhythm & blues and crooner pop! Christmas Ball 14 Swing And R&B Christmas Crooners on red vinyl! Bear Family's latest edition of 'Season's Greetings' for 2020! Nostalgic Christmas with 14 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities of the years 1947-1962! Among them the title song Christmas Ball, as well as the B-side of the rare 1951 Coral single of the Georgie Auld Orchestra with the great singer Bill Darnel! Knuckles O'Toole & The Brigadiers orchestral version of Jingle Bells is also included, as well as New Year's goose bumps classic Auld Lang Syne in the worn version by Guy Lombardo, and the famous version of the classic Sleigh Ride in the interpretation of orchestra leader Leroy Anderson, also known from the movie 'Polar Express'! Besides The Andrews Sisters there are more ladies with their great voices, above all the stunning Dinah Washington, the crooner lady Dorothy Collins and last but not least Kay Martin, who makes it quite slippery and erotic. Joined by Jerry Lewis, a comedian and movie star from Hollywood's golden era, with a really rare recording! Also available as CD (BCD17611) - with bonus tracks! Christmas Ball! With this compilation we want to give more exuberance to the celebration of love, even if some songs are nostalgic and dreamy and you might even feel taken back to your own childhood. This Christmas disc invites you to the Christmas ball, to dancing, to swinging, to contemplation and exuberance among family members, friends, like-minded people and guests. This music brings glamour into every hut, with all the candles, lights and crackling stoves, while it's snowing and stormy outside Again a parade of rarities for Christmas As always, part of the concept is to focus on rare recordings that are not found on every Christmas collection. For example, a complete single of the Georgie Auld Orchestra with the fantastic singer Bill Darnel, which was released on Coral at the time and contains the title song Christmas Ball, as well as the accompanying B-side, It Ain't Snowin' Outside is included. An exotic component comes from The Surfers with Hawaiian sounds and The Enchanters with a mix of doo wop and mambo! To make you laugh, the LP also contains some novelty recordings of greats like Jerry Lewis and Kay Martin. Film star Jerry Lewis had legendary comedic talents in Hollywood's golden era! Rare recordings, but listen for yourself! TRACK LISTING: 01 Christmas Ball - Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnell 02 Jingle Bells - Knuckles O'Toole & The Brigadiers 03 Jing-A-Ling, Jing-A-Ling - The Andrews Sisters 04 It Ain t Snowin Outside - Georgie Auld & his Orchestra feat. Bill Darnel 05 Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson & Hs Pops Concert Orchestra 06 Mister Santa - Dorothy Collins 07 Come On Santa, Let s Have A Ball - Kay Martin & Her Body Guards 08 Ole! Santa - Dinah Washington 09 Mambo, Santa, Mambo - The Enchanters 10 Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe - The Surfers 11 I ve Had A Very Merry Christmas - Jerry Lewis 12 Happy New Year Baby - Johnny Otis & His Orchestra 13 What Are You Doing New Years Eve - Ramsey Lewis Trio 14 Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:THE SHADOW KNOWS MORE 35 scary tales from the vaults of horror
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/ROCKABILLY
1-CD with 24-page booklet, 35 tracks. Total playing time about 79 min. Here comes the 2nd part of Bear Family's mystery series! Sometimes orchestral, sometimes horror-rockabilly, in any case mysterious! There has always been horror, as the present recordings from four decades, from 1930 to 1966, prove! As in the first volume of 'The Shadow Knows', the title refers to the legendary radio series of the early 1930s. The original intro to the radio series here for the first time on CD! A sort of title song in this unique compilation is The Shadow Knows by Gene Vincent's Blue Cap Paul Peek.
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Band:BILLY WALKER
Album:WHIRLPOOL gonna shake this shack tonight
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Country
Includes 36 booklet. In a career stretching nearly sixty years, Billy Walker (1929-2006) charmed audiences with his lively stage presence and lilting Texas tenor. Often overlooked and underrated since his tragic death, this new entry in Bear Family's Gonna Shake This Shack series reveals that Walker was far more than a Grand Ole Opry balladeer. Spanning Walker's first fourteen years on record, this set includes Texas honky-tonk, up-tempo shuffles, Tex-Mex novelties, rockabilly and upbeat pop. His early Nashville Sound hits are here, too, including his only country chart-topping 'Charlie's Shoes'.
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Band:JERRY LEE LEWIS
Album:THE BALLADS OF JERRY LEE LEWIS
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/COUNTRY
1-CD (Digipak) with 24-page booklet, 27 tracks. Total playing time approx. 72 minutes. With 'Ballads' Bear Family presents the soulful and sentimental side of the Killer. 27 beautiful Rock n Roll and Country ballads recorded between 1956 and 1963 for Sun Records. Songs by Charlie Rich, Hank Williams and others as well as selected favourites from the Tin Pan Alley catalogue. Elegant digipak with extensive booklet and detailed liner notes by Chicago music expert Bill Dahl. No certified 1950s legend rocked harder than Jerry Lee Lewis. His immortal Sun Records hits stand among the cornerstones of rock 'n' roll, and Bear Family has spotlighted those classics on plenty of seminal LP and CD packages over the years. But the Killer loved country and rock n roll ballads too tears-in-your-beer weepers that he delivered with the same swaggering panache that he brought to his pulverizing rockers. He revived his career in 1968 by re-embracing that side of his persona, but even during his Sun glory years, Lewis prolifically delivered quality ballads as this new collection, spanning 1956-1963, generously underscores. Jerry Lee rolls through gems by Hank Williams (one of his primary heroes), in-house bard Charlie Rich, a couple of Tin Pan Alley chestnuts and a taste of the blues, and anything else that might have struck his free-wheeling fancy during his unbeatable Sun tenure. Track listing: 01 Crazy Arms 02 Invitation To Your Party 03 Born To Lose 04 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You 05 Tomorrow Night 06 I'm The Guilty One 07 Fools Like Me 08 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 09 Sail Away (with Charlie Rich) 10 Set My Mind At Ease (Stereo) 11 I'll Make It All Up To You 12 It Hurts Me So 13 Love Letters In The Sand 14 How's My Ex Treating You 15 You Win Again 16 I Know What It Means 17 Turn Around 18 The Balad Of Billy Joe 19 It All Depends 20 Love On Broadway 21 Seasons Of My Heart (with Linda Gail Lewis) 22 Someday 23 That Lucky Old Sun 24 Cold Cold Heart 25 Love Made A Fool Of Me 26 Goodnight Irene 27 I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:THATLL FLAT GIT IT! VOL.34 from the vaults of blue moon & bella records
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/ROCKABILLY
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.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:GONNA SHAKE THIS SHACK from the vaults of decca and coral records vol.1
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:COUNTRY BOOGIE
1-CD with 32 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 76 minutes. Great Country Boogie from Decca Records! A successful up-tempo mixture of honky-tonk and country music from top stars like Hank Penny, Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Jimmie Davis and other fantastic, but largely unknown fellow musicians. The CD features some very successful cover versions of Sixty Minute Man, Hot Rod Rag, Juke Joint Johnny and Bloodshot Eyes and of course several originals. The liner notes in the extensive and illustrated booklet are written by hillbilly expert Roland Heinrich. 'Series' are playing an important role in the extensive catalogue of Bear Family Records, which has grown over decades. Our Rockabilly series 'That'll Flat Git It!', or 'Rocks!' with the most important stars of Rock 'n' Roll and Rhythm & Blues are among our successful classics. 'Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight!' is dedicated to the often neglected or even unloved country boogie artists. The assertion that country musicians didn't have a blast before Elvis is simply wrong! Already in the '40s musicians made the walls of country dance halls shake! That's Country Boogie! Our latest release in this series focuses on recordings from the US Decca label. The latest installment in Bear Family's groundbreaking 'Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight!' series features the hillbilly and boogie roots of Rockabilly and Rock 'n' Roll, this time with jewels from Decca and Coral labels. Included are big names like Jimmie Davis (Cherokee Boogie), but also artists who remained almost unknown like Jim Atkins (I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas) and Rusty Keefer with his original version of I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail. With their own version, The Everly Brothers made it to position #76 in the Billboard charts in 1962! Other hillbilly rockers on this compilation include Tabby West, Hard Rock Gunter, Wayne Raney, Tommy Sosebee, Chuck Murphy, Terry Fell, Kenny Roberts and Arlie Duff. With this Decca edition we continue one of our most successful series! TRACK LISTING: 01 I m A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - Jimmy Atkins & His Pinetoppers 02 Hot Rod Rag - T. Texas Tyler 03 Chat Chat Chattanooga - Tabby West 04 Pan American Boogie - Lonnie Glosson 05 Big Bear Boogie - Tex Williams 06 Happy Go Lucky - Autry Inman 07 8 More Miles To Louisville - Grandpa Jones 08 I Mean, I'm Mean - Roy Duke 09 Bloodshot Eyes - Hank Penny 10 Texas Millionaire - Tabby West 11 Hesitation Boogie - Hardrock Gunter 12 Paper Boy Boogie - Texas Bill Strength 13 Empty Seat In The Bar Room Booth - Gene Stewart 14 I m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Rusty Keefer 15 Rancho Boogie - Tex Williams 16 Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) - Jimmie Davis 17 All Night Boogie - Tommy Sosebee 18 I m Looking For The Bully Of The Town - Kenny Roberts 19 Honky Tonk Baby - Hardrock Gunter 20 Blue Ribbon Boogie - Chuck Murphy 21 Guitar Shuffle - Hank Garland 22 Inchin Up - Tabby West 23 Long John Boogie - Grady Martin 24 The Barber Shop Boogie - Tommy Sosebee 25 You Played On My Piano - Hardrock Gunter 26 Juke Joint Johnny - Jimmy Atkins & His Pinetoppers 27 Pretty Little Dedon - Tabby West 28 Courtin In The Rain - Arlie Duff 29 40th And Plum - Wayne Raney 30 Sixty Minute Man - Roberta Lee & Hardrock Gunter
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:HEADIN FOR THE CHRISTMAS BALL (31 swing and r&b xmas crooners)
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:JAZZ/R&B/POP
1-CD with 24-page booklet, 31 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 minutes. A nostalgic and varied Christmas compilation, not only for the holidays, either danceable or dreamy with a mixture of swing and jazz, rhythm & blues and crooner pop! Bear Family's latest edition of 'Season's Greetings' for 2020! Nostalgic Christmas with 31 Lindy Hop-Jitterbug-Boogie-Jive and Easy Listening rarities of the years 1940-1967! Among them the title song Christmas Ball, as well as the B-side of the rare 1951 Coral single of the Georgie Auld Orchestra with the great singer Bill Darnel, never before on CD!
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:CHRISTMAS ON THE RANGE 26 festive and swingin country tunes
Label:BEAR FAMILY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:COUNTRY/WESTERN/ SWING/HILLBILLY
Ho, Ho, Ho - Christmas comes but once a year and when it comes it brings good cheer! 1-CD with 24-page booklet, 26 tracks. Total playing time approx. 67 minutes. The follow-up to our very successful 2017 Christmas CD with country music, honky tonk and hillbilly boogie: Christmas On The Countryside (BCD17508). 26 songs selected by Nico Feuerbach and commented with great expertise and profound humour by Roland Heinrich. Great compilation of traditional country music, western swing and hillbilly. A well-balanced blend of well-known bigger names and rather unknown but nevertheless great musicians. Three tracks are released here on CD for the first time!
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Band:GUDARS SKYMNING
Album:OLYCKSFAGEL
Label:Transubstans
Format:CDD
Genre:ROCK/HEAVY
”Olycksfågel” is Gudars Skymning’s 7th album. It’s a concept album about the star cruiser ’Olycksfågeln’ and its crew, at the end of their scientific exploration of a certain galaxy. The ship leaves a dead civilization behind and starts the long voyage to their own part of the universe after hundreds of years from home. We are very proud of this album, hope you will enjoy the ride. Cheers! / Gudars Skymning
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Band:BYSSHE
Album:FOREVER IN THE EYE OF CHANGE
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:PSYCHEDELIC POETRY FOLK-ROCK
The revival of psychedelic acid Folk Rock. From forest sheltered mountains lost in Eastern France, Bysshe - in memory of romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley - is a soft poetic murmur that grows from chills to explosions of psychedelic visions. The band was created in 2015 and their first album Clouds was issued in June 2018, helped by a successful crowdfunding campaign and a summer tour in France. Their second album Forever in the Eye of Change will be released in October 2020 with the label M&O Music.
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Band:GRUFFS, THE
Album:IN LIMBO LAND (LIMITED COLOURED VINYL)
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:10” vinyl mini LP
Genre:PSYCHOBILLY
10” coloured vinyl, 6-song mini LP from established UK Psychobilly trio. TRACK LISTING Side A 1. Chihuaha 2. Swamp Nymph 3. Evita DeVille Side B 1. Nettles 2. Shultz’s Ferrets 3. Ernest Doop
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Band:SINO HEARTS, THE
Album:MANDARIN A-GOGO
Label:TOPSY TURVY
Format:LP
Genre:POP-PUNK/GARAGE/POWER POP
THE SINO HEARTS are a fabulous 70s Punk PowerPop/Garage-band based in in Peking, China. After releasing their debut album “Leave the world behind” on Monster Zero Records in Europe, Target Earth Records in Japan and Ruby Eyes Records in P.R. China, they went on tour through Europe two times and played all over China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea sharing the stage with bands like RADIO BIRDMAN, SUPERSPAZZ and many other Rock’n’Roll groups all over the world. Their second album “Mandarin A-GOGO” was recorded and produced in Austria, especially mixed and mastered on a vintage analogue tape machine. The album contains 10 fantastic new songs, musically among 60s Garage,70s Punk/Powerpop,Neo Mod and other outdated guitar romantics. These Chinese punkers are just incredible and will absolutely blow your minds with their powerful, fun music!
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Band:EVIL FUZZHEADS, THE
Album:THE FUZZ-O-PHONIC SOUND OF
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:GARAGE/ROCK/PSYCH
THE EVIL FUZZHEADS are a fuzzy, wild trio from Brussels featuring members of the VICE BARONS. SOUNDFLAT RECORDS is proud to release their exciting debut album “The Fuzz-OPhonic Sound Of” now. Expect some very powerful hammond-driven fuzzy garagerock with a heavy influence of the 60's and a hint of psychedelia. You will find twelve original tunes that certainly won't disappoint! Starting off with an absolute killer-song “So Strange So Strange” that is extremely addictive and wild, you will not only go wild to songs like “She's Wearing Rainbows In Her Hair” or “Make Her Mine”, but you can also find slightly softer garagepsych-tunes like “You Creep Me Out” or “My Hands Belong To The Devil”. The perfect mix for any garagehead who digs fuzzy, organdriven 60's garage-psych-rock!
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Band:FLEUR
Album:MON AMI MARTIEN/MAIS VRAIMENT…
Label:BICKERTON
Format:7
Genre:FRENCH YEYE/GARAGE BEAT
Due to popular demand back in print. Second run with slightly different artwork. Fleur proyect was born some time ago when Arjan Spies and Dave Von Raven (The Kik) were recording some tracks for their instro-rock combo Les Robots and they realized they had some music that deserved to be played along a beautiful voice, that's when they contacted Dutch singer and musician Floor Elman aka “Fleur” and magic was created! Here you are their debut 45, a killer garage-beat doublesider sung in French, bien sûr.
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Band:FLEUR
Album:PETIT HOMME DE PAPIER/LA REINE DES ABEILLES
Label:BICKERTON
Format:7
Genre:FRENCH YEYE/GARAGE BEAT
Fleur proyect was born some time ago when Arjan Spies and Dave Von Raven (The Kik) were recording some tracks for their instro-rock combo Les Robots and they realized they had some music that deserved to be played along a beautiful voice, that's when they contacted Dutch singer and musician Floor Elman aka “Fleur” and magic was created! Their debut 7" on Bickerton last year caused sensation and sold out in a couple of months, same as the first run of this 7”. "La Reine Des Abeilles" in an exclusive 7" track while "Petit Homme De Papier" will be featured on their album.
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Band:PREMONITIONS, THE
Album:SHE TOOK MY HEART AND SOUL/THE WHISKEY SHAKE
Label:BICKERTON
Format:7
Genre:GARAGE/SOUL
L.A.'s garage-beat sensation come back for more with their fourth 7” in two years. A new step in their progress taking their mid-60's garage-punk sound to new grounds. A-side “She Took My Heart And Soul” is a band's trademark garage-beat shot with hypnotic guitar riff while the B-side “The Whiskey Shake” is a six-minute party stormer of soulful garage with late-60's latin vibes where they show their chicano roots, a surprising move in a band always growing. Another doublesider brilliantly produced by Glenn Brigman (Triptides) Limited to 750 copies worldwide
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Band:FLEUR
Album:FLEUR
Label:BICKERTON
Format:CDD
Genre:FRENCH YEYE/GARAGE BEAT
Fleur project was born some time ago when Arjan Spies and Dave Von Raven (The Kik) were recording some tracks for their instro-rock combo Les Robots and they realized they had some music that deserved to be played along a beautiful voice, that's when they contacted Dutch singer and musician Floor Elman aka Fleur and magic was created! Two fast sold-out 7 s served as tasters for this, her much anticipated debut album, a record predestined to spread Fleur-mania all over the world with its original, exciting and mesmerizing mix of French ye-yé, sixties beat shakers and easy-listening delights. A unique universe where France Gall, Joe Meek, Serge Gainsbourg, Jackie DeShannon and Françoise Hardy get together. . TRACK LISTING 1. La Tribu Des Trompettes 2. Mon Ami Martien 3. Sans Toi 4. Plus De Rouge 5. Etoile Magique 6. Monsieur Dracula 1. Livrer Tes Affaires 2. Une Fete De Folie 3. Moi Et Toi/Toi Et Moi 4. Petite Amie 5. À Venise 6. Petite Homme De Papier
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Band:FLEUR
Album:FLEUR
Label:BICKERTON
Format:LP
Genre:FRENCH YEYE/GARAGE BEAT
Fleur project was born some time ago when Arjan Spies and Dave Von Raven (The Kik) were recording some tracks for their instro-rock combo Les Robots and they realized they had some music that deserved to be played along a beautiful voice, that's when they contacted Dutch singer and musician Floor Elman aka Fleur and magic was created! Two fast sold-out 7 s served as tasters for this, her much anticipated debut album, a record predestined to spread Fleur-mania all over the world with its original, exciting and mesmerizing mix of French ye-yé, sixties beat shakers and easy-listening delights. A unique universe where France Gall, Joe Meek, Serge Gainsbourg, Jackie DeShannon and Françoise Hardy get together. TRACK LISTING 1. La Tribu Des Trompettes 2. Mon Ami Martien 3. Sans Toi 4. Plus De Rouge 5. Etoile Magique 6. Monsieur Dracula 1. Livrer Tes Affaires 2. Une Fete De Folie 3. Moi Et Toi/Toi Et Moi 4. Petite Amie 5. À Venise 6. Petite Homme De Papier
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Band:LES ROBOTS
Album:PROJECT WORLD CONTROL
Label:BICKERTON
Format:CDD
Genre:INSTRO-ROCK/SYNTH SURF
Who the heck are Les Robots? Where do they come from? There's a legend that says Les Robots are programmed masterminds D.V.R. and R-JoHN, two entities created in Mar''s underground secret cities in the future that ended in The present day Earth Netherlands being enslaved by pop mistress Fleur. We may never know who created Les Robots but we do know that they had a like for The Shadows, The Ventures, Terry Terauchi, Link Wray, Joe Meek, Devo, no-wave and various composers of sixties cinema soundtracks. This is their second interstellar trip album.
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Band:LES ROBOTS
Album:PROJECT WORLD CONTROL
Label:BICKERTON
Format:LP
Genre:INSTRO-ROCK/SYNTH SURF
Who the heck are Les Robots? Where do they come from? There's a legend that says Les Robots are programmed masterminds D.V.R. and R-JoHN, two entities created in Mar''s underground secret cities in the future that ended in The present day Earth Netherlands being enslaved by pop mistress Fleur. We may never know who created Les Robots but we do know that they had a like for The Shadows, The Ventures, Terry Terauchi, Link Wray, Joe Meek, Devo, no-wave and various composers of sixties cinema soundtracks. This is their second interstellar trip album.
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Band:GOD BODY DISCONNECT
Album:THE DEPTHS OF FINALITY
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT
God Body Disconnect returns with a deeply personal album that takes us on a journey through the emotional landscapes of grief and mortality. "God Body Disconnect has always served as my outlet for personal introspection. It’s a place where I can uncover my deepest emotions and face the inner demons I’ve been too afraid to confront in my life. I’ve often used my own recorded voice in the music to help guide both myself and listeners through these difficult inner workings. From the weary and cryptic words on Dredge Portals and Sleepers Fate, to the grief-stricken monologue on The Mist Between Mirrors, I’ve come to rely on their importance to the music. But last year when I became sick again, and had death sitting on my shoulders, something changed in me. I found that I couldn’t comfortably channel these feelings from behind a microphone. Maybe it was all a bitter reminder of the hospitals, or the pain of watching my body fail. But I had to face the real possibility of my end, and then somehow find a way to make peace with that. I’ve always strived to be honest with my music, and this album is my attempt to tell that truth. I no longer need to hide from pain. I know death is real, and while I still may fear the unknown, I’ve planted the seed of peace because of it. - Bruce"
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Band:Aegri somnia
Album:NUSQUAM
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT
God Body Disconnect returns with a deeply personal album that takes us on a journey through the emotional landscapes of grief and mortality. "God Body Disconnect has always served as my outlet for personal introspection. It’s a place where I can uncover my deepest emotions and face the inner demons I’ve been too afraid to confront in my life. I’ve often used my own recorded voice in the music to help guide both myself and listeners through these difficult inner workings. From the weary and cryptic words on Dredge Portals and Sleepers Fate, to the grief-stricken monologue on The Mist Between Mirrors, I’ve come to rely on their importance to the music. But last year when I became sick again, and had death sitting on my shoulders, something changed in me. I found that I couldn’t comfortably channel these feelings from behind a microphone. Maybe it was all a bitter reminder of the hospitals, or the pain of watching my body fail. But I had to face the real possibility of my end, and then somehow find a way to make peace with that. I’ve always strived to be honest with my music, and this album is my attempt to tell that truth. I no longer need to hide from pain. I know death is real, and while I still may fear the unknown, I’ve planted the seed of peace because of it. - Bruce"
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Band:ATRIUM CARCERI
Album:MORTAL SHELL
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:COMPUTER GAME SOUNDTRACK/DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT
Atrium Carceri presents us with dark summoning rituals and industrial fused beats on the Mortal Shell Soundtrack This albums contains music from the game plus bonus tracks and takes you to the dark twisted landscapes of Fallgrim and beyond it's dusty crypts. Dark choirs chant as you journey, die and rebirth into a cycle of despair, flagellate and repent to reach enlightenment Recommended for fans of dark ritual ambience and slow pulsating industrial beats. CD comes in a 16 page deluxe Hardcover Digibook.
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Band:LAMIA VOX
Album:SIGILLUM DIABOLI
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT
We are proud to welcome Russia's LAMIA VOX to our roster for her second full-lenght album "Sigillum Diaboli". We are taken on a journey where Sabbatic fires burn into the night, incense smoke dances around the sorcerer's circle and while whispered incantations are delivered. The album alchemically combines ritualistic elements with vocals and chants, martial percussion, combined with haunting ambient soundscapes, creating its own ceremonial atmosphere. A strong and singular release from one of Dark Ambient's rare female purveyor. Edition of 500 copies in 6 panel Digipak. 8 Tracks. Running Time 49.20
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Band:DESIDERII MAGINIS
Album:DEPARTED
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:AMBIENT
On his now 10th full length album, Johan Levin offers us a slow, soaring meditation on mortality. The complete certainty of death, and how we cope with that knowledge is what constitues the essence of this new opus. “Departed” retains the sacral expression of its predecessor “Vita Arkivet”, but not within the oppressive confinement of old stone vaults, but high across a raging seas, rocky shores and darkened skies. Music for gazing at the endless ocean of infinity, trying to catch a glimpse of meaning through the tiny rips in the fabric of existence; its magic and loss. The CD and Digital versions contain 3 bonus tracks, reworks of classic pieces “Deadbeat” and “Worlds Apart” and “I Am Without Rule (Sum Sine Regno)”, recorded December 2018, and while sound wise it harks back to the “Vita Arkivet” album, thematically it is more akin to “Departed”, lending it's title from the medieval mortality motif of “The Wheel of Fortune” which became very popular after the great plague. CD Edition of 600 copies in 4 panels Digipak. 9 Tracks. Running Time 70:04
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Band:DESIDERII MAGINIS
Album:DEPARTED
Label:cyclic law
Format:LP
Genre:AMBIENT
On his now 10th full length album, Johan Levin offers us a slow, soaring meditation on mortality. The complete certainty of death, and how we cope with that knowledge is what constitues the essence of this new opus. “Departed” retains the sacral expression of its predecessor “Vita Arkivet”, but not within the oppressive confinement of old stone vaults, but high across a raging seas, rocky shores and darkened skies. Music for gazing at the endless ocean of infinity, trying to catch a glimpse of meaning through the tiny rips in the fabric of existence; its magic and loss. The CD and Digital versions contain 3 bonus tracks, reworks of classic pieces “Deadbeat” and “Worlds Apart” and “I Am Without Rule (Sum Sine Regno)”, recorded December 2018, and while sound wise it harks back to the “Vita Arkivet” album, thematically it is more akin to “Departed”, lending it's title from the medieval mortality motif of “The Wheel of Fortune” which became very popular after the great plague. Standard Edition LP of 200 copies on black vinyl. Matt laminated Sleeve with printed inner sleeve. 6 Tracks. Running Time 42:15
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Band:LAMIA VOX
Album:ALLES IST UFER. EWIG RUFT DAS MEER
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:AMBIENT/ORCHESTRAL
Long awaited new material from Lamia Vox. Titled “Alles ist Ufer. Ewig ruft das Meer” (Everything is shore. The sea calls forever) after the Gesänge poem by Gottfried Benn, the album is’nt presented merely as a musical piece but bears a deep spiritual message and a counterblast to the rational, materialistic and post-theist nihilism of current age. Inspired by early modern poetry, Hermeticism, fin-de-siècle symbolism and naturphilosophie, this new opus celebrates another vision of the world, one of higher dimensions and beyond the human sphere, a world of intoxicated and ecstatic alchemy of poetic language and ideas. An upward movement and a breakthrough from the bonds of materia to the source of life and eternity. Dionysian liberating lawlessness to oppose sterile rationalism and creativity, divine madness, metanoia as a form of ultimate salvation. Poetry flows, it is a sacred art and process and the laboratory of the Magnum Opus, a divine gift of deliberate madness. CD editing of 600 copies in 6 panel digisleeve with matt lamination. 8 Tracks. Running Time 35:09
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Band:LAMIA VOX
Album:ALLES IST UFER. EWIG RUFT DAS MEER
Label:cyclic law
Format:LP
Genre:AMBIENT/ORCHESTRAL
Long awaited new material from Lamia Vox. Titled “Alles ist Ufer. Ewig ruft das Meer” (Everything is shore. The sea calls forever) after the Gesänge poem by Gottfried Benn, the album is’nt presented merely as a musical piece but bears a deep spiritual message and a counterblast to the rational, materialistic and post-theist nihilism of current age. Inspired by early modern poetry, Hermeticism, fin-de-siècle symbolism and naturphilosophie, this new opus celebrates another vision of the world, one of higher dimensions and beyond the human sphere, a world of intoxicated and ecstatic alchemy of poetic language and ideas. An upward movement and a breakthrough from the bonds of materia to the source of life and eternity. Dionysian liberating lawlessness to oppose sterile rationalism and creativity, divine madness, metanoia as a form of ultimate salvation. Poetry flows, it is a sacred art and process and the laboratory of the Magnum Opus, a divine gift of deliberate madness. LP Edition of 300 copies in gatefold sleeve, matt lamination on black vinyl. 8 Tracks. Running Time 35:09
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Band:UNDIRHEIMAR
Album:HELJARRUNAR
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:RITUAL/AMBIENT
Undirheimar conjures from the formless void musical talismans for the listener to experience through limited human senses, and, for those more attuned to Thursian forces, beyond them. Each spell is a poisonous offering whose intrinsic purpose is to invade the cosmic realm and spread Thursastafir (Thursian primordial knowledge). These workings manifest what is alien to the demiurge’s creation, and thus, as the eleven venomous rivers from Hvergelmir, infect the roots of the cosmic pillar. The mediums used to disseminate the eitr from the outer-worlds are somber and arcane sounds and vibrations, Thursian gnosis through sonic sorcery. Within the sorcerous craft utilised to convey Thursastafir, the use of Mongolian, Tibetan, and Siberian style throat chanting is strongly apparent. Utilising the raw power of vibration and the primal technique of repetitive mantras, Undirheimar channels the magical potency of primordial sound from both written texts as well as wordless galdr. The aim is not to recreate a specific cultural technique, but rather to derive inspiration from existing practices, and through personal shamanic working, bring forth Undirheimar’s own stream of devotional and magical praxis. Edition of 300 copies in 6 panel Digisleeve. 6 tracks. Running Time 74:08
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Band:VORTEX
Album:HELIOZ
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:RITUAL/AMBIENT
After the distinctive and critically acclaimed mythical album trilogy "Kali Yuga", "Moloch" & "As Gods Fall" (Cyclic Law) Vortex returns with an epic new album. “Helioz” presents a cycle of tracks dealing with solar mythology throughout history, cultures and religions. The sun is essential to human life and culture, worshipped as an unconquered force, male or female, it is part of numerous mythologies; from the cyclical path of the sun barge in Egypt to the Roman Mithras cult and the Japanese goddess Amaterasu. Like C. G. Jung’s concept of the "Nachtmeerfahrt" the new Vortex album takes an intense trip on the night sea, following the sun on its mythical journey through various imaginations. "Helioz" is the most song-based album by Vortex to date, featuring various guest musicians. Patrick Kleinbauer of Notre Dame de l’Oublie and Rome, Lamia Vox, Nam Khar, Oliver Freund of Mars, Stephan Ortlepp of Musica Non Grata and Kai Naumann of The Trail provided guest vocals and instrumental contributions to add to the multi-layered, complex sound compositions which became a trademark of Vortex. Cinematic soundscape converge with dark drones, archaic sounds and instruments like goat horns, tagl harpa, jaw harp, various vocals and throat singing as well as atmospheric electric guitar passages. The album’s artwork was again created by the visionary French talent [nihil], reflecting upon the album’s themes. Lyrics and liner notes are included in the extensive booklet. Edition of 500 copies in 6 panels Digisleeve with 16 pages Booklet, matt lamination. 9 tracks. Running Time 57:47
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Band:ISABEL FREY
Album:MILLENIAL BUNDIST
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:SINGER SONGWRITER AUSTRIA/JEWISH SINGER
Isabel Frey is a Jewish singer and political activist and dedicates herself mainly to Yiddish revolutionary and resistance songs. In her search for a secular and politicized Jewish identity in the diaspora, she came across the tradition and music of the Jewish workers' movement, with which she refers to contemporary politics. Born in Vienna, she grew up in a secular Jewish family. From an early age she began to sing Jewish songs, from holiday songs and liturgical chants to Israeli folk songs. After her Matura she went to Israel for one year and worked there in the social sector and in socialist kibbutzim. She then moved to Amsterdam where she studied sociology and political science. During this time she became politically involved in various social movements: university policy, anti-racism, housing policy, feminism and climate protection.
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Band:MEREMA
Album:KEZEREN KOIHT
Label:CPL MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK RUSSIA
Merema are on a mission: the musicians want to save the dying languages of their homeland Mordvinia! The question is allowed: Where is Mordovia? Not so far away from Western Europe, between Moscow and the Volga. The football fans among us perhaps are familiar with the capital Saransk, one of the venues for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The currently six-piece folk ensemble Merema was already founded in Saransk in 2010 and has set itself increasingly ambitious goals in the following years. The members around "boss" Ekaterina Modina now call Merema an "ethnographic folklore studio". The members carry out field studies in the Moravian villages and want to preserve the traditions of their home region
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Band:SVABHAVAT
Album:BLACK MIRROR REFLECTION
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
SVABHAVAT are a brand-new entity hailing from the American Pacific Northwest. A duo, they describe their music as "Ritualistic Necromancy Black Metal," and indeed is that demi-tag apt: across the band's Black Mirror Reflection debut, one will find the refreshingly old stench of archetypal Darkthrone, Mayhem, and especially Kartharsis. No elegiac odes to the Cascadians or sun-drenched bliss masquerading as "black metal" here; SVABHAVAT offer nothing but cold 'n' cruel intensity, violently at odds with their region's reigning paradigm. Yet, for a sound so stridently traditional, SVABHAVAT offer unique twists of the knife across Black Mirror Reflection, its self-imposed boundaries paradoxically offering freedom. Undoubtedly, those noble influences form their foundation - as they do for countless black metal bands, past and present - but there's a devilish delirium the duo delve into across their debut album which suggests aesthetic aims beyond the tried & true (or "tired & tr00"). Almost deceptively so, Black Mirror Reflection in fact reflects a hovering, haunting melodicism that poignantly penetrates one's subsconcious but never without smacking of the saccharine; simply put, SVABHAVAT's ceaseless(ly sinister) intensity bleeds through at any speed, which is all the more suprising given their Spartan composition as a two-piece. And speaking of compositions, the six comprising this 37-minute Black Mirror Reflection are mini-epics in their own right, offering expectionally linear narratives exceedingly daubed in the grim and ghoulish, the total package taut and swiftly satisfying. Intoxication through damnation, salvation through incineration...SVABHAVAT offer a dread path ahead. Step forward and stare into their Black Mirror Reflection. TRACKLIST 1. Mysteries of the Odious Path 2. Great Tiamat, Filled with Corpses 3. Abhicaara 4. Chalice of Poisoned Souls 5. Aghori, Flame of Knowledge 6. Black Mirror Reflection
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Band:ISKANDR
Album:GELDERSE POORT
Label:Eisenwald
Format:LP + CD
Genre:HEATHEN BLACK METAL
ISKANDR continues to roam, wider and wistfully, with the epic new EP Gelderse Poort. Comprising two tracks for a total of 24 minutes, Gelderse Poort is a thematically unified release, offering yet more depth to the already-deep ISKANDR aesthetic. The EP s title track was recorded during the Euprosopon sessions and deal with O s home region and both the spiritual connection and distance to one's place of origin. The Gelderse Poort is a literal name for the region where the Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, since it is on this border that the river cuts a path through two elevated areas and, as such, resembles a sort of "gate" into the Netherlands. As O explains, I take this 'gate' as a more symbolic entity, a metaphorical entryway into or exit from one's home that moment whenever you feel like 'Ah, I'm back again!' or the other way around, 'Damn, I feel very far removed from home right now.' Fittingly, the title track spans a wealth of sonic terrain, from spacious n pastoral to the searingly violent, but all with ISKANDR s characteristically deft and dynamic touch. Het Graf, the second track, features a spoken rendition of a part of the poem "het Graf" (English: The Grave ) by Dutch writer Rhijnvis Feith, spoken by O s father. Even moodier than Gelderse Poort s title track, dipping into eerily quiet passages brimming with beauty and tension alike, the song fittingly deals with death, the finitude of life, and youth vs. old age. It was very significant to have my dad on the record since all ISKANDR material is pretty personal in nature, O enthuses, and having him recite a poem dealing with these existential themes is a very meaningful addition to my discography, I feel. Meaningful, and essential: ISKANDR s discography may be spare still, but the band s vision continues to be breathtaking. Set sail for splendor and wonder with Gelderse Poort!
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Band:SVABHAVAT
Album:BLACK MIRROR REFLECTION
Label:Eisenwald
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
SVABHAVAT are a brand-new entity hailing from the American Pacific Northwest. A duo, they describe their music as "Ritualistic Necromancy Black Metal," and indeed is that demi-tag apt: across the band's Black Mirror Reflection debut, one will find the refreshingly old stench of archetypal Darkthrone, Mayhem, and especially Kartharsis. No elegiac odes to the Cascadians or sun-drenched bliss masquerading as "black metal" here; SVABHAVAT offer nothing but cold 'n' cruel intensity, violently at odds with their region's reigning paradigm. Yet, for a sound so stridently traditional, SVABHAVAT offer unique twists of the knife across Black Mirror Reflection, its self-imposed boundaries paradoxically offering freedom. Undoubtedly, those noble influences form their foundation - as they do for countless black metal bands, past and present - but there's a devilish delirium the duo delve into across their debut album which suggests aesthetic aims beyond the tried & true (or "tired & tr00"). Almost deceptively so, Black Mirror Reflection in fact reflects a hovering, haunting melodicism that poignantly penetrates one's subsconcious but never without smacking of the saccharine; simply put, SVABHAVAT's ceaseless(ly sinister) intensity bleeds through at any speed, which is all the more suprising given their Spartan composition as a two-piece. And speaking of compositions, the six comprising this 37-minute Black Mirror Reflection are mini-epics in their own right, offering expectionally linear narratives exceedingly daubed in the grim and ghoulish, the total package taut and swiftly satisfying. Intoxication through damnation, salvation through incineration...SVABHAVAT offer a dread path ahead. Step forward and stare into their Black Mirror Reflection. TRACKLIST 1. Mysteries of the Odious Path 2. Great Tiamat, Filled with Corpses 3. Abhicaara 4. Chalice of Poisoned Souls 5. Aghori, Flame of Knowledge 6. Black Mirror Reflection
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Band:REPUKED
Album:DAWN OF REINTOXICATION
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
It s been 7 long years since their latest full-length release, these alcoholic Autopsy worshipping slackers. Finally finishing up the writing process for this 3rd album in the end of 2019.Wing Studios in Stockholm, ran by the renowned producer Sverker Widgren, was booked for recording sessions in March 2020. The material is still nasty and disgusting Death Metal, but with an extremely meatier sound and much heavier production than can be found on their earlier recordings. Also, having been on 3 tours through Europe and doing quite a lot of live gigs during these years has formed the band into a way tighter unit.12 songs including 1 instrumental, total full on perversity and classic Death Metal! For fans of Autopsy, Repugnant, Impetigo, Pungent Stench ao.
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Band:REPUKED
Album:DAWN OF REINTOXICATION (LIMITED)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
It’s been 7 long years since their latest full-length release, these alcoholic Autopsy worshipping slackers. Finally finishing up the writing process for this 3rd album in the end of 2019.Wing Studios in Stockholm, ran by the renowned producer Sverker Widgren, was booked for recording sessions in March 2020. The material is still nasty and disgusting Death Metal, but with an extremely meatier sound and much heavier production than can be found on their earlier recordings. Also, having been on 3 tours through Europe and doing quite a lot of live gigs during these years has formed the band into a way tighter unit.12 songs including 1 instrumental, total full on perversity and classic fucking Death Metal! For fans of Autopsy, Repugnant, Impetigo, Pungent Stench ao.
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Band:REPUKED
Album:DAWN OF REINTOXICATION (LIMITED TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
It’s been 7 long years since their latest full-length release, these alcoholic Autopsy worshipping slackers. Finally finishing up the writing process for this 3rd album in the end of 2019.Wing Studios in Stockholm, ran by the renowned producer Sverker Widgren, was booked for recording sessions in March 2020. The material is still nasty and disgusting Death Metal, but with an extremely meatier sound and much heavier production than can be found on their earlier recordings. Also, having been on 3 tours through Europe and doing quite a lot of live gigs during these years has formed the band into a way tighter unit.12 songs including 1 instrumental, total full on perversity and classic fucking Death Metal! For fans of Autopsy, Repugnant, Impetigo, Pungent Stench ao.
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Band:FURNACE
Album:DARK VISTAS
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Conceptual death metal in a both melodic, thrashing and gothic setting. What if Paradise Lost, Deceased and any Swedish death metal band of choice came together for a full on story telling album? Well then you´d have FURNACE´s "Dark Vistas". Comprised of members from Paganizer, Demiurg and Assassins Blade aswell as Cult of the Fox and Void Moon this Swedish outfit explores a new melodic death metal vista of sorts. Its still death metal but its also much more, delve deep into the Lovecraftian and cult riddled mythos of FURNACE with "Dark Vistas".
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Band:FURNACE
Album:DARK VISTAS (LIMITED)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
Conceptual death metal in a both melodic, thrashing and gothic setting. What if Paradise Lost, Deceased and any Swedish death metal band of choice came together for a full on story telling album? Well then you´d have FURNACE´s "Dark Vistas". Comprised of members from Paganizer, Demiurg and Assassins Blade aswell as Cult of the Fox and Void Moon this Swedish outfit explores a new melodic death metal vista of sorts. Its still death metal but its also much more, delve deep into the Lovecraftian and cult riddled mythos of FURNACE with "Dark Vistas".
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Band:FURNACE
Album:DARK VISTAS (LIMITED TRANSPARENT RED VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
Conceptual death metal in a both melodic, thrashing and gothic setting. What if Paradise Lost, Deceased and any Swedish death metal band of choice came together for a full on story telling album? Well then you´d have FURNACE´s "Dark Vistas". Comprised of members from Paganizer, Demiurg and Assassins Blade aswell as Cult of the Fox and Void Moon this Swedish outfit explores a new melodic death metal vista of sorts. Its still death metal but its also much more, delve deep into the Lovecraftian and cult riddled mythos of FURNACE with "Dark Vistas".
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Band:JOHANSSON & SPECKMANN
Album:THE GERMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The fifth Johansson & Speckmann album is upon us! It's faster and harder and more aggressive than before. And that fits J&S killer. This will make you utterly happy if you like it raw and dirty.
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Band:JOHANSSON & SPECKMANN
Album:THE GERMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE (LIMITED)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
The fifth Johansson & Speckmann album is upon us! It's faster and harder and more aggressive than before. And that fits J&S killer. This will make you utterly happy if you like it raw and dirty.
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Band:JOHANSSON & SPECKMANN
Album:THE GERMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE (LIMITED BONE VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
The fifth Johansson & Speckmann album is upon us! It's faster and harder and more aggressive than before. And that fits J&S killer. This will make you utterly happy if you like it raw and dirty.
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Band:STEVE BLOWER
Album:THE PROPHECY
Label:IX MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:HEAVY METAL
Steve Blower's sophomore album, The Prophecy, is a concept album about the end of the world being seen through the eyes of a prophet, to the unleashing of the Four Horsemen upon the world to its apocalyptic conclusion with the rise of the Devil. The album ties in to some tracks featured on Steve's previous album, Back in Hell.
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Band:BLAZON RITE
Album:DULCE BELLUM INEXPERTIS
Label:GATES OF HELL
Format:MLP
Genre:HEAVY METAL
Primal and epic metal from the dungeons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! Dungeons and Dragons-influenced metal that deals a deadly dose of NWOBHM and power metal complete with a resounding four-song concept. Upon the 2019 formation of Blazon Rite, guitarist and primary songwriter James Kirn had quite the simple, but universal edict: He wanted “heads to bang.” While such an approach has defined metal for the past 40 years, Kirn wanted to put his twist on the genre by combining his love of obscure ’70s hard rock and power metal while exploring the vast fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons. In the span of a few months, Blazon Rite had assembled and recorded the four songs that would comprise their debut four-song EP, Dulce Bellum Inexpertis, which is being released worldwide via Gates of Hell Records. Recorded and mastered by Rich Scott at 8th House Recordings in 2019, Dulce Bellum Inexpertis finds Blazon Rite (who are rounded out by bassist-turnedvocalist Johnny Halladay, drummer Ryan Haley and bassist, lead guitarist and keyboardist, Pierson Roe) expertly crafting punchy, anthemic numbers that jousts between vintage, NWOBHM-inspired metal and dramatic European acts such as Blind Guardian and Helloween.
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Band:SPELLBOOK
Album:MAGICK & MISCHIEF
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:PROTO HEAVY METAL/HARD ROCK
Vintage, adventurous proto-metal that taps into the deep well of ’70s rock! Formerly known as Witch Hazel, SpellBook marries Black Sabbath, Pentagram and progressive rock for seven songs of entrancing classic metal! During the writing process for what would eventually become Magick & Mischief, the members of York, Pennsylvania vintage proto-metal purveyors Witch Hazel realized there was no better time than the present to change their name. The idea had long rested on their mind, but the risks in changing a band’s name are numerous, if not painfully obvious. After all, since their 2007 formation, Witch Hazel independently released three studio albums, Forsaken Remedies (2012), Nocturnity (2015) and Otherwordly (2018), and had already generated buzz in the doom metal underground. But, with the confidence that the material they created for Magick & Mischief was the strongest of their career, Witch Hazel reached back into their past for the song “The Spellbook” from Forsaken Remedies and rebranded themselves SpellBook. Soon, a deal with Cruz Del Sur Music was signed, and the band started a new chapter that begins with the release of Magick & Mischief.
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Band:SPELLBOOK
Album:MAGICK & MISCHIEF
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:LP
Genre:PROTO HEAVY METAL/HARD ROCK
Vintage, adventurous proto-metal that taps into the deep well of ’70s rock! Formerly known as Witch Hazel, SpellBook marries Black Sabbath, Pentagram and progressive rock for seven songs of entrancing classic metal! During the writing process for what would eventually become Magick & Mischief, the members of York, Pennsylvania vintage proto-metal purveyors Witch Hazel realized there was no better time than the present to change their name. The idea had long rested on their mind, but the risks in changing a band’s name are numerous, if not painfully obvious. After all, since their 2007 formation, Witch Hazel independently released three studio albums, Forsaken Remedies (2012), Nocturnity (2015) and Otherwordly (2018), and had already generated buzz in the doom metal underground. But, with the confidence that the material they created for Magick & Mischief was the strongest of their career, Witch Hazel reached back into their past for the song “The Spellbook” from Forsaken Remedies and rebranded themselves SpellBook. Soon, a deal with Cruz Del Sur Music was signed, and the band started a new chapter that begins with the release of Magick & Mischief.
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Band:GRENDELS SYSTER
Album:MYRTLE WREATH - MYRTENKRANZ
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:LP
Genre:EPIC FOLK METAL
A seamless blend of classic metal and pure folk from this emerging German power trio! Re-release of German trio Grendel’s Sÿster’s Myrtle Wreath / Myrtenkranz EP — a collection of German and English-sung folk metal that’s eclectic and epic! “Follow the atmosphere.” It is a simple guideline for Grendel’s Sÿster guitarist and primary songwriter Tobi when composing. He often finds himself pulling all-nighters, aided and abetted by black tea and a daylight lamp to ensure the mood is just right. All he needs is a tiny fragment of a melody with a numinous quality and eventually, a new Grendel’s Sÿster song is born. Music as unique as Grendel’s Sÿster requires a special touch — they marry metal, folk and acid rock in such a manner that it would appear the band has been together for decades, when, in reality, they came together in 2015 after a series of impromptu jam sessions tucked away in the Vosges Mountains region in France.
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Band:VAL SINESTRA
Album:ZERLEGUNG
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:HARDCORE PUNK
Don't be fooled – this is not a trip to the swiss alps, no Toblerone and shit! This is Val Sinestra, the Berlin powerhouse, these guys are not into Heidi, they deal with noise, anger, big-city-problems, snot... Fuck Zeitgeist – this is rough and fast and rocky and uncomfortable - this is rock'n'roll like it should be – an idea of against the world, of being the black sheep amoung the flock and feeling great about it. „Zerlegung“ the second album was produced by UK dude Jag Jago, which makes it a real banger! Think of The Bronx meet Clowns form Australia, sung in german. I know, this may be a downer for you english speaking guys, but maybe try something new here. Its worth the time!
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Band:POGENDROBLEM
Album:ICH-WIR
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Punk
From the province to the moped and then into the big city - Pogendroblem make their way from Bergisch Gladbach, Germany into the interior of the metropolitan region. Free and likewise lost between pubs and competence marathons in public transport and private political circumstances; the bad life is to be savoured in to the max. Their music is said to be a pinch of 80’s D-Punk, a little Hamburger Schule with noise-garage and some added pop cuteness. The private is political, but the private can also be boring. "Ich - Wir" (the compilation of the concept EP "Ich - Wir" and a retrospective of the debut EP "raus") deals with the relationship between individuality and collectivity in the current late capitalism. The big and small questions of the social, of the ways of relating to each other are not only explored by the titles "Ich", "Wir", "Wg-gesucht" and "Foucault im Großraumbüro", but also by the tour documentary "pogendroblem in search of utopia", which uses numerous interviews, the knowledge, ideas and utopias of other musicians* in the scene. Be part of it: Akne Kid Joe, Deutsche Laichen, Mülheim Asozial, HC Baxxter, Finisterre and many others.
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Band:TAUSEND AUGEN
Album:WESTEND
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:KRAUTROCK/PROTO-POSTPUNK
A symbiotic relationship between old and new – a retro sound sent into the future, that’s how Tausend Augen (English: “thousand eyes”) sound. This sound aesthetic is a result of a get together of 50 year old microphones, compressors, tape recorders and the ability to fuse that with modern recording techniques. „Westend“, the bands debut sounds familiar as well as alien – like a transfer between musical generations. Their roots lie in Germany’s experimental and innovative rock music, which frees the spirit of barrierless experimentation and builds the main ground. They combine influences of electronic music, psychedelic rock, motorik, post punk and noise with German lyrics. Following the paths CAN, NEU! or Kraftwerk built „Westend“ leads to new interpretations and sounds international and a bit zeitgeisty. 70s meet 80s, pioneer german NDW sounds like Abwärts or DAF find their places as well as stoic rhythmics like NEU! Or The Oh Sees.
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Band:VAL SINESTRA
Album:ZERLEGUNG
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:HARDCORE PUNK
Don't be fooled – this is not a trip to the swiss alps, no Toblerone and shit! This is Val Sinestra, the Berlin powerhouse, these guys are not into Heidi, they deal with noise, anger, big-city-problems, snot... Fuck Zeitgeist – this is rough and fast and rocky and uncomfortable - this is rock'n'roll like it should be – an idea of against the world, of being the black sheep amoung the flock and feeling great about it. „Zerlegung“ the second album was produced by UK dude Jag Jago, which makes it a real banger! Think of The Bronx meet Clowns form Australia, sung in german. I know, this may be a downer for you english speaking guys, but maybe try something new here. Its worth the time!
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Band:FJORT
Album:D ACCORD
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:MODERN HARDCORE/THE WAVE
The three piece posthardcore outfit Fjort from Aachen released their critically acclaimed debut 12″ on True Love Entertainment in late 2012. The record shows a wide range of modern heavy guitar music – leading from postrockish delay parts to heavy and drum driven dark hardcore parts. Think of a more “emo” version of Jungbluth without the fast/d-beat-parts. The lyrics are mostly screamed in german.
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Band:ARROGANZ
Album:MORSUS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Death Metal
ARROGANZ is raging honesty. Real despair. True anger. An attitude beyond "fuck off". A pure will for freedom with its own style and sound - being 100% heavy metal and not giving a shit about any clichés at the same time. Straightforward death metal with cold black metal parts and obscure doom passages are their trademark. ARROGANZ really stand for their own.
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Band:ARROGANZ
Album:MORSUS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
ARROGANZ is raging honesty. Real despair. True anger. An attitude beyond "fuck off". A pure will for freedom with its own style and sound - being 100% heavy metal and not giving a shit about any clichés at the same time. Straightforward death metal with cold black metal parts and obscure doom passages are their trademark. ARROGANZ really stand for their own.
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Band:ARROGANZ
Album:MORSUS (RED VINYL)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
ARROGANZ is raging honesty. Real despair. True anger. An attitude beyond "fuck off". A pure will for freedom with its own style and sound - being 100% heavy metal and not giving a shit about any clichés at the same time. Straightforward death metal with cold black metal parts and obscure doom passages are their trademark. ARROGANZ really stand for their own.
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Band:ARROGANZ
Album:MORSUS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:CASSETTE
Genre:Death Metal
ARROGANZ is raging honesty. Real despair. True anger. An attitude beyond "fuck off". A pure will for freedom with its own style and sound - being 100% heavy metal and not giving a shit about any clichés at the same time. Straightforward death metal with cold black metal parts and obscure doom passages are their trademark. ARROGANZ really stand for their own.
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Band:FORLORN WORLD
Album:UMBRA
Label:HOSTILE MEDIA
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Forlorn World was formed in July 2019 by frontman and founding member of Bloodshot Dawn, Josh McMorran, with the intention of weaving an epic narrative plot together. With music using soaring guitar melody whilst mixing clean and harsh vocals Josh set out to create something fresh and unique within his spectrum of creativity. This new-found escape gave Josh the ultimate platform to explore new realms within his musical repertoire, daring to traverse paths previously untouched, which a main musical outlet such as Bloodshot Dawn would naturally avoid due to a certain weight of expectation. Forlorn World is a narrative backdrop, the story of a man forced to take a dark path, finding revenge and redemption. The epilogue of a great saga in a fictional universe, based on the world we live in and trials we all face together. The album entitled, ‘Umbra’ (meaning “shadow” in Latin) is a solo project comprised of 7 new melodic death metal songs written, recorded and mixed by the man himself, Josh McMorran with mastering and additional mixing coming from acclaimed record producer Jacob Hansen of Hansen Studios (Aborted, Extol, Amaranthe). The album includes guest solos and vocals from Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse), Morgan Reid, Yo Oniytan and many more, with bass duties covered by Giacomo Gastaldi (Bloodshot Dawn, Darkend).
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Band:KOSMOVOROUS
Album:GLORIFICATION SERMONS
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
Founded in 2013 by S. (bass) and Antinomos (guitars), with Valkenstijn (MOSAIC, NACHTMYSTIUM, SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS) joining on lead vocals two years later, KOSMOVOROUS is a mysterious black metal entity born to exalt the Ophidian ways of the pneuma. The band's debut EP, “Glorification Sermons” is a relentless and brutal assault on the senses. The work is comprised by two long and complex compositions, two majestic psalms that flay our skins with merciless lashes of utter black metal violence, before soothing our wounds with painful melodies poised between melancholy and rage. The chemistry between Antinomos and S. is total, with guitars and bass intertwined into some of the most epic and darkest black metal arrangements of the last few years. KOSMOVOROUS' devastating wall of sound takes the breath away; and yet, the spiritually elevating power of “Glorification Sermons” is undeniable, with Valkenstijn's heartfelt, tortured vocals adding depth and drama to a picture already orientated towards great sceneries of sufferance and retribution. A debut that will surely be talked about.
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Band:PROMETHEUS
Album:RESONANT ECHOES FROM COSMOS OF OLD
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
After a couple of demos and a promising debut (“Consumed in Flames”, 2017), Greece's PROMETHEUS are back with their sophomore full-length album, “Resonant Echoes From Cosmos Of Old”, which expands and perfects the material of “Astrophobos”, an early 2020 digital EP. Carrying the heritage of both Hellenic and Scandinavian black metal (from VARATHRON and ROTTING CHRIST to EMPEROR and SETHERIAL), PROMETHEUS do not disdain to combine it with the esoteric death metal of MORBID ANGEL and early ABSU, among the others. “Resonant Echoes From Cosmos Of Old” is channeled in the esoteric and mystical currents of black metal, with much more emphasis on darkness than in past works thanks to a pervasive – yet never overindulgent – symphonic feel that makes PROMETHEUS' music even more majestic and wrapping.
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Band:KEVEL
Album:MUTATIS MUTANDIS
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
Located in Athens, Greece, KEVEL create unconventional yet coherent sonic boulders, extending away from the specific rules and stylistic barriers of the many metal sub-genres. If the 2014 self-released debut of “Hz of the Unheard” was mainly an instrumental album of progressive sludge, “Mutatis Mutandis” explores other musical paths, combining black metal, post-metal, progressive elements and spacey soundscapes, for the first time also adding vocals and synths to the band's formula. KEVEL's music embraces the listeners with deep, enveloping atmospheres; then it slowly crushes them by inducing a dark and deadly trance thanks to stratified sounds and hypnotic, cold melodies. All the songs are geometrically built on the perfect interlocking of ultra-heavy riffs, hammering rhythms and oppressing vocals that create majestic mantras of desolation, alienation and pain. The pain of living in a vast, indifferent and inhospitable universe, without a purpose or a reason to be.
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Band:PRECARIA AND OROS KAU
Album:THEOSULPHUROS
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ESOTERIC BLACK METAL
Two years after the release of “Metamorphosphoros”, PRECARIA returns with “Theosulphuros”, the second and final part of a diptych of split albums dedicated to the concept of “Theion”, the divine fire which transforms those who seek true light through darkness. Accompanying the Mexican black metal band in its spiritual voyage there's ÔROS KAÙ, a mysterious one-man project from Belgium which has recently signed with I, Voidhanger Records after a noteworthy 2020 debut. The world “Theion” translates from ancient Greek as both "sulphur" and "divine fire", and finds a precise depiction in Elijah Tamu's sumptuous cover painting (a continuation of the “Metamorphosphoros” original art), developed from an idea of PRECARIA's Hermit and featuring a female figure suspended upside down. “The figure represents the human soul in the process of death, transitioning into a greater realm of existence,” explains Tamu, a devout Christian who explores the boundaries between light and darkness not only through his paintings, but also with his own black metal band, PANEGYRIST. “The fiery wings indicate the fiery principle whose source is God,” the artist continues, “a force that destroys illusions and false aspects of the self, while refining and revitalizing the deeper essence of ourselves.”
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Band:SPACE CHASER
Album:WATCH THE SKIES
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:80S THRASH METAL
REPRESSED on green marbled wax. This rat pack from berlin will blow your mind. think of hi-tops, beer & thrashing! you haven’t been caught headbangin’ lately? well, turn on your stereo and pump the volume: Space Chaser will get the job done. this reminds me of my late 80s going skateboarding with D.R.I. on my walkmen. absolutely pure 80s thrash metal like old Agent Steel – a fast, ripping & in your face old school attack. this guys live the metal lifestyle, no fake and no bullshit!“From time to time modern day metal bands decide to keep the traditions alive, Space Chaser are no exception. The Thrash Metal quintet from Berlin release their premier demo and promo this year and as such show excellency right from the first riff, this is 80′s style Thrash Metal in the vein of Anthrax and Metallica mostly, with the classic and easily detectable riffs and signature drumming as the backdrop, Space Chaser are nowhere near the Teutonic Thrash Metal style that has plagued the German metal scene for years. As long as they keep this up, they could make a name for themselves in the European metal scenes, you won’t need a time travel machine to see 80′s Thrash Metal, let the Space Chaser get it for you.” Rhys Stevenson, GlobalMetalApocalypse
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Band:SPACE CHASER
Album:DECAPITRON
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Berlin Thrashmaniacs Space Chaser release this long sold-out gem via Tis Charming Man Records this autumn 2020. The „Decapitron“ EP was formerly a CD only release, and showed the first songs direct out of the rehearsal room. The CD sold fast and never got a proper reprint – until now! And best of all, vinyl dudes & duderettes can get their fav wax as well – printed in two fancy colours and totally remixed by Jan Oberg! Besil Wrathbone reinterpreted the original artwork and with one bonus song (Thrashhold in the demo version and remixed as well) this ep will blow your mind. Superfast, on point ripping thrashmetal at its best.
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Band:SPACE CHASER
Album:DECAPITRON
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:THRASH METAL
Berlin Thrashmaniacs Space Chaser release this long sold-out gem via Tis Charming Man Records this autumn 2020. The „Decapitron“ EP was formerly a CD only release, and showed the first songs direct out of the rehearsal room. The CD sold fast and never got a proper reprint – until now! And best of all, vinyl dudes & duderettes can get their fav wax as well – printed in two fancy colours and totally remixed by Jan Oberg! Besil Wrathbone reinterpreted the original artwork and with one bonus song (Thrashhold in the demo version and remixed as well) this ep will blow your mind. Superfast, on point ripping thrashmetal at its best.
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Band:DEHUMAN REIGN
Album:DESCENDING UPON THE OBLIVIOUS
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
It's rising deep from the crypts of hell. DEHUMAN REIGN, Berlin's most brutal Death Metal commando is back in best shape with the second full length album named "Descending Upon The Oblivious". Formed in 2011 with the intention to follow the path of original Death Metal. Creating music without any modern influences or trends, pure, authentic and maleficent. Responsible for the badass cover artwork is the Spanish artist Juanjo Castellano. Recorded at Englsound Studio by Tobias Engl, mixed & mastered at Mastersound Entertainment by Alexander Krull (also singer of ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES).
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Band:HARKONIN
Album:DETEST
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:BLACK THRASH/DEATH METAL
TRACK LISTING 1. Into Oblivion (4:43) 2. Ruled By Tyrants (5:10) 3. Chaos Anthem (6:54) 4. Insurrection (6:55) 5. The Sleeper Has Awakened (6:21) 6. Black Storm Jackals (10:53) 7. Spiritual Hypnosis (5:16) 8. Exhauster Of Souls (5:32) 9. Disease (6:08) 10. Detest (6:40)
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Band:HARKONIN
Album:GHANIMA
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/BLACK METAL
Hailing from the USA with their 3rd album. TRACK LISTING 1. Mystic Gates Of Sorrow (5:54) 2. The Darkside Calls (5:32) 3. L.ost C.ause (4:17) 4. Epitaph (3:45) 5. Hellspawn (5:15) 6. Cult Of Sin (4:41) 7. Caligula (6:58) 8. Nocturnal Rebirth (4:36) 9. Sons Of War (8:59) 10. Firechrist ('06 mix)(3:58) 11. Heksenbränd ('06 mix)(3:36) 12. Destined To Conquer ('06 mix)(3:59) 13. Dogs Of Lucifer ('06 mix)(3:20) 14. Three Stars Of Fire ('06 mix)(4:44) 15. Devil's Rain ('06 mix)(6:53) 16. Last Man Alive (Whiplash cover) ('06 mix)(3:29)
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Band:SAXORIOR
Album:VOLKERSCHLACHT
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/DEATH METAL
Outstanding Cinematic release. With a huge sound Atmospheric Saxonian War Metal TRACK LISTING 1. 1813 2. Völkerschlacht. 3. The Executioner 4. Johann Siegmund of Liebenau 5. Brave Helpers In Need 6. A Special Event On The Market Place 7. Sentenced To Death 8. The Saviour 9. The Swedish Army 10. The Last Battle Of A Great Warrior
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Band:ARHONT
Album:ARHONT
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:TECHNICAL DEATH METAL
Technical Death Metal from Bitola Macedonia. TRACK LISTING 1. Of Dreams 2. I Revenant 3. The Gate 4. Crimsonize 5. Serpents Knowledge 6. Vodocha 7. Lament Introduction Into The Funeral Procession Of The Opulent Emperor Buried Under Pearly Waters 8. Dear Dead Dawn 9. From Embryo dirge To Funeral Scenes
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Band:HELLBASTARD
Album:HEADING FOR INTERNAL DARKNESS
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/THRASH METAL
HELLBASTARD’s milestone debut album “Heading For Internal Darkness” (1988) is finally available again 32 years after its original release date. The material was released on vinyl back in 1988 followed by CD version two years later. The 9-song release brings forth classic metallic crust/thrash/punk from Great Britain that is an absolute must have for fans of Amebix, Antisect, Discharge, Sacrilege, Slayer and the likes. The CD is released in standard jewel case with slipcase and extensive 24-page booklet including the band’s biography and history written by Scruff himself, liner notes by Woz, lyrics, and tons of gig and tour posters as well as never seen before picture from the band’s archives! On top of that there is 6 bonus songs not included on the original version!
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Band:SPARAGMOS
Album:INVITATION FROM HOST OF WRATH/MORTAL ORGANIC REMAINS
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/DEATH METAL
"Invitation From The Host Of Wrath" was the first full length of SPARAGMOS originally released on tape format in 1992. For the first time available on CD the reissue includes also "Mortal Organic Remains..." demo 1990. The band from Warsaw, Poland started back in 1988 and played heavy and intense death metal with thrash metal influences. The sound was dense and brutal with lots of dissonant riffs and tempo changes. SPARAGMOS were very active in the '90s taking part of the biggest metal festivals in Poland and supporting such bands as Cynic, Death, Sepultura, Master, Paradise Lost, Entombed, Samael, Vader, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Pro-Pain. In 1994 Spin magazine from USA called the band one of the most interesting Polish metal bands next to Vader and Violent Dirge. Highly recommended for fans of early Morbid Angel, Death, Slayer, Sepultura, Vader...
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Band:SANITY CONTROL
Album:WAR ON LIFE
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/THRASH METAL/HARDCORE/PUNK
Warsaw crossover lunatics Sanity Control assault the state of this wretched world with their debut full length, War on Life! Loaded with eight rounds of hardcore infused thrash to decimate your senses, War on Life grooves with the right amount of hooks coupled with heaviness whilst also demonstrating a keen understanding of how to utilize the riff to pummel the listener. This album is an instrument of destruction and a screaming voice aimed at a broken system. Lyrically and conceptually focused on turning an eye onto the devastating state of the world today, Sanity Control encourage you to lose your mind willingly in the organized chaos of their combustible crossover universe. For those who worried Thrash was doomed to a future of retro cosplay, Sanity Control advise you to lay down your body and join the War on Life. Sanity Control is a Crossover/ Thrash Metal band from Warsaw, Poland, who pay homage to the classic Thrash Metal bands while blending it with a distorted and aggressive hardcore punk attack not unlike the great Crossover bands before them - Broken Bones, MOD, and Crumbsuckers to name a few. Their lyrics cover various social issues and embody a geniune hardcore/punk attitude. Seeing Red Records are proud to team up with Selfmadegod Records to unleash Sanity Control's debut album, War on Life, to the world! A must have for fans of BROKEN BONES, MOD, CRUMBSUCKERS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER.
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Band:DEPHOSPHORUS
Album:SUBLIMATION
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL/GRIND
4th full-length album by cosmic themed concept band Dephosphorus. Hailed for a decade now by the international underground scene for their original astrogrind style, a crushing and trippy blend of crust/grind, black/death metal, post-hardcore, noise rock, doom/sludge with psychedelic electronic touches. Spawn from the same underground metal/hardcore scene in Athens-Greece which brought to the world Dead Congregation, Nuclear Winter, Inveracity, Antimob, Sarabante, End, Paroxysmos, Ruined Families, Slavebreed, etc. A must have for fans of Leviathan, Neurosis, Dead Congregation, Jigsore Terror
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Band:GRID
Album:LIVSLEDA
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/GRINDCORE
Selfmadegod Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish band Grid. After several vinyl and cassette releases the trio from Umea finished recording its debut full length. “Livsleda” consists of 9 blistering grindcore songs with some echoes of melodic crust/d-beat. It will appeal to fans of Nasum, Rotten Sound, Sayyadina, Afgrund, Wake, Tragedy, Martyrdod and the likes. Grid comes from the north of Sweden founded in 2014 by Frongo, Andreas and Wilke. In the beginning, the goal was to annoy Umeahardcore- elite but it didn't take long until the band found a more refined sound. In 2015 they got signed by Discouraged Records, released the first EP (Umea Grindcore) and played a number of show's including a performance at OEF 2016, later that year Wilke left the band. When Grid turned into a duo the sound and the lyric's evolved to a more "melodic" kind of grindcore with misanthropical lyrics, faster D-Beats and harder blast beat's and a new EP called Human Collapse Syndrome. Grid also did a tour in southeast asia in 2017. In 2018 after a short nordic tour Grid turned into a 3-piece again when Kaka decided to join the band. Now they are here with a bunch of new song's on a new album called “Livsleda”.
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Band:PUTRID/GRAVE DESECRATION
Album:SATANIC UNION FROM THE SOUTH
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:LP
Genre:DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
There are many ways by which a Split album may be crafted and created. Despite of all possible reasons and causes, in order to create a successful split album an awakened state and sense of coherency between the involved bands should be established. But how does this coherency and common ground work within the parameters of this particular split? First of all, the Blackened death metal band Putrid, became in only mere 10 years of existence, one of the most prolific and constant bands in the local Peruvian scene. With a number of demos, splits and 2 full length albums they have been growing and maturing from playing some sort of Blackened Death/thrash metal into their current incarnation which is a very agile, consistent and forceful take of death metal influenced by the stamina of Angelcorpse, Abhorrence and the foul aggression of the veterans Slayer. Here, on this split album, they have continued with their onslaught already established by their previous album “Antichrist Above”. The outburst of violence presented as their side of this split could be taken as an appendix of that album.
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Band:ENTARTUNG
Album:MALEFICAE ARTES
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:LP
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.
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Band:IXION
Album:LADIEU AUX ETOILES
Label:FINISTERIAN DEAD END
Format:CDD
Genre:ATMOSPHERIC DOOM METAL
Over the years and albums, IXION have kept defining, exploring, and expanding their singular universe, with a constant support from the fans and critics. They’re back with their new opus, L’Adieu aux Etoiles, which has imposed itself through its realisation as a true signature work. With a reaffirmed doom and mournful dimension, and ambient-electronic atmospheres from the cold depths of space, it reveals the essence of IXION's music, highlighted by thorough arrangements and the most ambitious production from the project. Without a doubt a keystone of their discography, and a major album of space & atmospheric doom !
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Band:HEBOIDOPHRENIE
Album:CANNIBALISM FOR DUMMIES
Label:GREAT DANE RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:BRUTAL DEATH METAL
Force is to note that HEBOÏDOPHRENIE signs here a percussive album where it is true titles like Hispter Slaughter "or" Left Half Dead "have nothing to envy to certain titles of ABORTED or BENIGHTED, it is brutal at will and this transcendent lead, almost spatially omnipresent, gives the songs a very aggressive ventilation. It will have taken time to come into the world, but "Cannibalism For Dummies", in addition to having a cover signed Bastien Jez (ex -guitarist of the group), sumptuous, shows that HEBOÏPHRENIE 2020 is in great shape and that the group is signing a very good album here.
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Band:VOORHEES
Album:CHAPTER TWO
Label:GREAT DANE RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL
Old-school death metal with horror film-style vocals oscillating between old-Death, Obituary, Autopsy, Gorefest "false" era. Slayerian solos, massive and very old-school riffs and song structures, a 90s production with amazing mastering done by Dan Swano (Edge of Sanity, Panthy-monium & Bloodbath) at Unisound studio in Sweden. If you want to take it in the face, this album is for you.
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Band:ANAXAGOR
Album:ANAXAGOR
Label:GREAT DANE RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:DEATH THRASH METAL
Here is the 1st album of the Bordelais de ANAXAGOR. After making a name for themselves in the French death thrash scene, here they are, all set to conquer the planet, with thrash bites heavily mixed with death, skilfully mixing powerful rhythms, technique and melody. Square and punchy this album will largely delight fans of the genre.
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Band:HAWERY
Album:FEAST OF VULTURES
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:STONER ROCK/HEAVY ROCK
“Feast of Vultures” tells the story of a somehow dystopian scenery, a wasteland. A struggle for survival in a world full of threats and primeval fears. This record is about isolation and insanity as well as about how to overcome them and rise again. Despair and devastation always go hand in hand with hope and rebirth. Recorded in December 2019 at Hidden Planet Studios Berlin, "Feast of Vultures" is Hawerys debut LP.
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Band:ALPHA BLANK
Album:LIFE IN 2 PIECES
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:ALTERNATIVE METAL
For all the heavy riffs and catchy choruses lovers. For the fans of Alter Bridge, Disturbed, Black Stone Cherry, Breaking Benjamin…Track Listing: 1. To survive 2. Like no one 3. Hold your fire 4. 150 5. Not afraid 6. Dawn 7. Blue girl baby 8. Dysnomia 9. What it means 10. Life in 2 pieces 11. Spaceship Xploder
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Band:SILENT DAWN
Album:ASYLUM
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:Death Metal
For fans of Gojira, Lamb Of God, At The Gates… Formed in 2005, the group Silent Dawn, from Brest, France, with two albums, one EP and a single to their name, now releases a massive and groovy Death Metal album highlighted by powerful growls and sung in the language of Molière
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