|
Band:STEVE DIGGLE and THE REVOLUTION OF SOUND
Album:AIR CONDITIONING
Label:3.30 RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Steve Diggle is a major part of the legendary Buzzcocks, writing Joe Strummer’s favourite Buzzcocks tune, ‘Autonomy’. Along with his prolific solo output he is now a film actor together with Phil Daniels and Keith Allen in the forthcoming film, ‘Vinyl’. ‘Air Conditioning’ is a refreshing blast of punk attitude and conscious lyrical content. Railing against the plastic and throw-away nature of the modern music machine Steve and his band The Revolution Of Sound have recorded 13 tracks that all punks, mods and rockers, old and new will be able to relate to.
"Diggle is equal parts dreamer,cynic,magpie,trooper,turbo-nutter and tunesmith extraodinare” Andy Perry Mojo
Major UK press support from Sunday Times,The Independent,Acoustic Magazine,The Saturday Times, Classic Rock,Record Collector, Artrocker, Mojo, Classic Rock,Big Cheese and many others.
Still one of the finest songwriters to come out of the punk era - you need to hear this record!
|
Band:SHIPPING NEWS
Album:ONE LESS HEARTLESS TO FEAR
Label:African Tape
Format:CD
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Shipping News “One Less Heartless To Fear” is the band’s first new full length album since “Flies The Fields” (2005) and a helluva lot has happened over the last five years. Two weddings, fatherhood, serious illness, a presidential election, multiple wars, city moves... these things have inspired the band to make their most rowdy, aggressive and adolescent album to date. Shipping News has jettisoned the long songs (and glacial tempos) of the past and is concentrating on energetic blasts of noisy rock (with a little gallows humor thrown in). While slipping into a slightly more sympathetic mood once or twice, the new songs are stripped down and pretty much nasty. Working for the first time with the kind folks at AfricanTape and Ruminance, this album marks the 14th year of the band’s existence. “One Less Heartless To Fear” features seven brand new songs and two “oldies” recorded live on a digital multitrack system at the all-ages venue Skull Alley (Louisville) and The O-Nest (Tokyo).
Not only is this a must for fans of any the band member's former outfits: Rodan, June Of 44, Slint and Rachel's, but also it's a must hear for anyone into Jesus LIzard,Shellac,Sonic Youth,Fugazi and Mission Of Burma. Superb!
|
Band:SHIPPING NEWS
Album:ONE LESS HEARTLESS TO FEAR LP
Label:KARATE BODY
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Shipping News “One Less Heartless To Fear” is the band’s first new full length album since “Flies The Fields” (2005) and a helluva lot has happened over the last five years. Two weddings, fatherhood, serious illness, a presidential election, multiple wars, city moves... these things have inspired the band to make their most rowdy, aggressive and adolescent album to date. Shipping News has jettisoned the long songs (and glacial tempos) of the past and is concentrating on energetic blasts of noisy rock (with a little gallows humor thrown in). While slipping into a slightly more sympathetic mood once or twice, the new songs are stripped down and pretty much nasty. Working for the first time with the kind folks at AfricanTape and Ruminance, this album marks the 14th year of the band’s existence. “One Less Heartless To Fear” features seven brand new songs and two “oldies” recorded live on a digital multitrack system at the all-ages venue Skull Alley (Louisville) and The O-Nest (Tokyo). Shipping News feature members of Rodan, Rachel’s, June of ’44 and Slint.
Each LTD Vinyl LP comes with a free download of the album.
|
Band:
Album:MARROW OF THE SPIRIT - LIMITED EDITION
Label:VIVA HATE
Format:LIMITED BLACK BOX CD
Genre:Black Metal
Agalloch is one of the most established US American Black Metal,Pagan bands - This version of the new album is limited to 2000 copies and WILL sell out very quickly. The limited version contains an entire black jewel case box with burned emblem on the jewel case and a blackened CD. The limited version is handnumbered. Order it now or miss out!
For fourteen years the Pacific Northwest group Agalloch has carved out a multifarious sound consisting of black metal, folk, progressive rock, and ambient soundscapes that has marked them as a pioneer in the contemporary dark music scene. Their dynamic approach to metal began with the demo From Which of this Oak released in 1997. This demo exhibited a deep connection with the early recordings of bands like Ulver, In the Woods, and Katatonia. The band released one more demo before securing a three-album deal with The End Records resulting in the releases Pale Folklore (1999), The Mantle (2002), and Ashes Against the Grain (2006). In between each of these full-lengths the band pushed on the flexible boundaries they had developed around themselves through a series of limited releases that found the band experimenting with post-rock/experimental rock (The Grey EP, 2004), and neo-folk/psychedelic folk (The White EP, 2008). Beginning in early 2003 the band began performing live. Their stripped down and explosive live shows stretched from the west coast to the east coast of the US all the way through central Europe. Recently the band performed two sold out shows in Romania and was the first metal band to perform at the historical Reduta Cultural Center in Brasov. In late 2008 the band’s live performance was captured on DVD in Belgium and released under the title The Silence of Forgotten Landscapes (Shiver Records). In their eight year history of playing live Agalloch has had the pleasure of performing with such diverse groups as The Gathering, Dornenreich, Alcest, Subarachnoid Space, OvO, Satyricon, Saturnus, and many others. Such varied lineups are a testimony to the ease with which Agalloch can cross musical genres and styles. Now, after a long four year wait, Agalloch returns with their fourth full-length album Marrow of the Spirit to be released in Europe on November 20th, 2010 through Viva Hate Records. This new record encompasses the vast musical landscape Agalloch has traversed for fourteen years and sees them continuing to stretch and enrich their sound
|
Band:
Album:MARROW OF THE SPIRIT - STANDARD VERSION
Label:VIVA HATE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Standard CD version of new album - limited edition may still be available elsewhere on this site!
For fourteen years the Pacific Northwest group Agalloch has carved out a multifarious sound consisting of black metal, folk, progressive rock, and ambient soundscapes that has marked them as a pioneer in the contemporary dark music scene. Their dynamic approach to metal began with the demo From Which of this Oak released in 1997. This demo exhibited a deep connection with the early recordings of bands like Ulver, In the Woods, and Katatonia. The band released one more demo before securing a three-album deal with The End Records resulting in the releases Pale Folklore (1999), The Mantle (2002), and Ashes Against the Grain (2006). In between each of these full-lengths the band pushed on the flexible boundaries they had developed around themselves through a series of limited releases that found the band experimenting with post-rock/experimental rock (The Grey EP, 2004), and neo-folk/psychedelic folk (The White EP, 2008). Beginning in early 2003 the band began performing live. Their stripped down and explosive live shows stretched from the west coast to the east coast of the US all the way through central Europe. Recently the band performed two sold out shows in Romania and was the first metal band to perform at the historical Reduta Cultural Center in Brasov. In late 2008 the band’s live performance was captured on DVD in Belgium and released under the title The Silence of Forgotten Landscapes (Shiver Records). In their eight year history of playing live Agalloch has had the pleasure of performing with such diverse groups as The Gathering, Dornenreich, Alcest, Subarachnoid Space, OvO, Satyricon, Saturnus, and many others. Such varied lineups are a testimony to the ease with which Agalloch can cross musical genres and styles. Now, after a long four year wait, Agalloch returns with their fourth full-length album Marrow of the Spirit to be released in Europe on November 20th, 2010 through Viva Hate Records. This new record encompasses the vast musical landscape Agalloch has traversed for fourteen years and sees them continuing to stretch and enrich their sound
|
Band:K.D. LANG
Album:A TRULY WESTERN EXPERIENCE - 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD/DVD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
This two disc set includes six rare and previously unreleased recordings and 3 videos plus Friday Dance Promenade & Damned Old Dog (KD's 1983 debut single) and the 1984 debut album, "A Truly Western Experience.
“In 1982, I met a 20-year-old vocalist named Kathy Lang in Edmonton, Canada. Within a few weeks of hearing her sing for the first time I offered to be her manager and Bumstead Productions became her management and recording company. This arrangement marked the beginning of a 15-year rollercoaster of international tours, multi-platinum album sales, accolades, awards and crisis management. This release captures the pre-Sire Records era that launched the career of k.d. lang.” Larry Wanagas.
"This is what was supposed to happen to Country and Western music"- Seymour Stein, Sire Records.
|
Band:SLOUGH FEG
Album:THE ANIMAL SPIRITS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The name of SLOUGH FEG should sound familiar to any average metal-head who has had an interest for this style of music for at least the last ten years; at the same time it would not be a surprise neither to discover that most of the die-hard fans of the band fall in the category of the “true metal” fans… Although Mike Scalzi and his band mates have often broke the boundaries between the rock/metal and hard rock fields, the story of SLOUGH FEG has always been that of a band moving on the borders of notoriety and unawareness. 2009 has marked a point for the band, with the release of their full length “Ape Uprising”, the US tour with THE SWORD and their participation to the soundtrack of EA’s videogame “Brutal Legend”; now celebrating their 20-year long career, SLOUGH FEG delivers their 8th full length album, “The Animal Spirits” “The Animal Spirits” in concept, in visuals and in music, signs a return to the SLOUGH FEG origins with a more direct approach, less frills and more action! As for the significance of the album title “The Animal Spirits”, Scalzi delves further: “The title sounds like it could mean plenty of things, but really refers to an Aristotelian theory of perception that was somehow taken seriously until the mid to late 1700's (?!) Why this was I don't know, but it involves these bizarre fluid called ‘animal spirits’ travelling through a person's veins carrying information of what they have perceived, storing it in the heart, and then releasing it again when that thing is remembered. It really a primitive precursor to the idea of neurons firing in a chain, containing ideas. So that's what people will find if they do a little research about the title.”. SLOUGH FEG have been confirmed for the HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR (Germany) in July 2011. The show will be part of a small European tour, which will see them play in UK, Portugal and Greece as well.
|
Band:WINO
Album:LIVE AT ROADBURN 2009 LP.
Label:ROADBURN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
After the demise of his last group: The Hidden Hand, Wino did not rest. With new found energy he completed the writing of many new songs and decided to enlist the help of some friends to help realize his new musical vision. The idea was not to start a new power trio with a new name as before. This time it was about finding players who would help realize his songs the way he wanted them. This more “Wino”- focused direction was fleshed out with the help of 2 amazing musicians: Jean Paul Gaster (Clutch, The Bakerton Group) on drums and Jon Blank (Rezin) on bass. “Punctuated Equilibrium” was the result of that collaboration.
Wino is one of the early pioneers of Doom metal and stoner. During the last 25 years his bands such as Hidden hand, Saint Vitus, Spirit caravan have left their undeniable mark on the genre. This release captures the great Afterburner live show from Roadburn 2009 on a limited vinyl LP. Move fast!
|
Band:GNAW THEIR TONGUES
Album:L`ARIVEE DE LAS TERNE MORT TRIOMPHANTE
Label:BURNING WORLD
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Black Metal
Spawned from the ruins of hatred and frustration in 2005, GTT was created to expose a darker reality to the world through sonic nightmares. The band's sound encompasses dark ambient, black metal, doom, drone and orchestral avant-garde music, with all of these elements smeared over and under each other like the work of an imprisoned lunatic smearing his faeces all over the walls in a grotesque manifestation of filthy art. Until now 4 full-lengths, countless splits, EP's, vinyl only releases, cassettes, free downloads have been vomited forth to much critical acclaim. Never steering away from its original 'no boundaries' ethos, 2010 sees its fifth album being dragged into the sunlight. A terrifying and depressing horror filled abomination. Having spend time in the sewers with murderers, rapist, war atrocities and the filth of mankind, this time GTT visits even deeper wells of the ultimate saviour: DEATH. A bleak and depressing concept album, harsh, bombastic and very sinister: L'arrivée de la terne mort triomphante.
LTD VINYL LP VERSION - Cd version on Candlelight records.
|
Band:THE RAVENNA COLT
Album:SLIGHT SPELL
Label:KARATE BODY
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
“Slight Spell” is the debut solo album from The Ravenna Colt, the solo project of John Quaid. Quaid is a founding member of My Morning Jacket who performed on the band’s first three albums, “The Tennessee Fire,” “At Dawn” and their ATO Records’ debut “It Still Moves,” before leaving amicably in 2004. He took some time off as a carpenter in California, before penning these troubadour anthems. Last year, Quaid and his cousin, MMJ frontman Yim Yames, formed Removador Recordings & Solutions, which released the CD and digital versions of “Slight Spell.” RIYL: Ryan Adams, The Flying Burrito Brothers, early My Morning Jacket. Recorded at The Funeral Home in Louisville, Ky., it features guest appearances by current MMJ guitarist Carl Broemel, and former MMJ keyboardist Danny Cash.
"Their debut album Slight Spell is hazy, southern-flavored indie rock that draws upon a multitude of influences ranging from the Flying Burrito Brothers’ dark, expansive twang to the folk sounds of Townes Van Zandt and Bob Dylan, to the psych side of Gram Parsons" — The Record Dept.
Each LP comes with a download card for a free copy of the album. Limited first 500 copies are hand-numbered.
|
Band:ALEXIS GIDEON
Album:VIDEO MUSICS 2
Label:African Tape
Format:2LP/DVD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Building on his genre-busting animated/stop motion video opera “Video Musics” (2009 Sickroom(US) / Africantape(EU)), Alexis Gideon, after two years of dogged research and collaboration, is set to premiere that work’s follow-up, “Video Musics II: Sun Wu-Kong” (Disjecta in Portland, September 3). A one-hour multimedia video opera based on the 16th-century Chinese novel “The Journey to the West,” “Video Musics II” joins the brightest lights of contemporary animation (Becca Taylor (Punk Planet, Arthur); Cynthia Star (Coraline, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken); Ezra Claytan Daniels (Darkhorse Comics, Top Shelf Comics)) with the most promising talents of contemporary music (Rachel Blumberg (M Ward, Arch Cape); Cory Gray (Norfolk & Western, Carcrashlander); Shelley Short (Hush)) to create an aural and visual universe that gleefully transcends both media. Is it film or music, high art or pop? Gideon’s work would fit snugly at either the Whitney Biennial or SXSW, which is to say it cannot be contained, really, by either venue. Marked throughout by the ambition, commitment to detail, and refusal to settle that have earned Gideon a cult following on both sides of the pond. Alexis Gideon has toured nationally with Dan Deacon and Shelley Short as well as played with Barr, Marnie Stern, Panther, Parts and Labor, Zs, People, Matt and Kim, and many, many others.
|
Band:WARCHETYPE
Album:ANCESTRAL CULT OF DIVINITY LP
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
LTD 180G VINYL RELEASE IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE!
With their new album WARCHETYPE have managed to combine a clean, clear sound with a fierceness and a darkness reminiscent of the times that were beginning to take shape early masterpieces of doom. A sound made by highlighting the amazing riffs that make this album an essential classic for those who love this genre. Track after track the band visit with respect and reverence but as an equal player, the great masters of the genre. Slow, heavy and dark riffing, voices calling from the depths of hell but the next moment accompany melodies of great beauty, that sense of endless time that should have every good band that cultivates this genre. And all this while retaining a distinct identity, which have been entrenched in their previous work and that in this, his third release with Alone Records, is brighter than ever.
Intense and epic heavy doom for fans of Black Sabbath, Internal Void Saint Vitus or Electric Wizard.
|
Band:FLESHPRESS
Album:NO RETURN
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:12\\\" EP VINYL
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The four long tracks comprised in these two 12" EPs should be considered Fleshpress' brand new (5th) album... or not? The band decided to split these +41 minutes in two separate vinyl releases instead. According to the band: It was clear from the beginning that these tracks can´t be one unified full lenght but rather two own entities. "Rebuild / Crumble" is a two song concept minialbum revolving around the "title theory". Artwork showing how man´s achievements just crumble in front of nature's "rebuilding" abilities. While lyrics deal with more personal "crumble-rebuild" cycle. "No return" is an ugly, uncompromising trip to black psychodelia. It´s a soundtrack for the last two men on earth to raise a giant middle finger statue on the most remote island. The tracks just don´fit well together to make a complete album, but rather two seperate journeys into different regions of the beast known as Fleshpress.
LTD 350gr 4mm hard cardboard sleeve, printed inside out over the rough side. Black inked paper bag Quality 180gr heavy weight vinyl. Includes outer plastic bag
File under: Black Doom, Sludge. For fans of Pessimisser, Slap-a-Ham, among others
|
Band:FLESHPRESS
Album:REBUILD CRUMBLE
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:12\\\\\\\" VINYL EP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The four long tracks comprised in these two 12" EPs should be considered Fleshpress' brand new (5th) album... The band decided to split these +41 minutes in two separate vinyl releases instead. According to the band: It was clear from the beginning that these tracks can´t be one unified full length but rather two own entities. "Rebuild / Crumble" is a two song concept minialbum revolving around the "title theory". Artwork showing how man´s achievements just crumble in front of nature's "rebuilding" abilities. While lyrics deal with more personal "crumble-rebuild" cycle. "No return" is an ugly, uncompromising trip to black psychodelia. It´s a soundtrack for the last two men on earth to raise a giant middle finger statue on the most remote island. The tracks just don´fit well together to make a complete album, but rather two seperate journeys into different regions of the beast known as Fleshpress.
LTD 350gr 4mm hard cardboard sleeve, printed inside out over the rough side. Black inked paper bag · Quality 180gr heavy weight vinyl. Includes outer plastic bag
|
Band:THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY
Album:ITACA
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:2LP
Genre:Prog Rock
Impressive third album, second for Alone Records, of this power-heavy-psicodelic-psycho-soul maxicombo from Vitoria. What really scares about them is the fact that they really match in that endless label. This new album of THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY masterfully combines powerfull riffs, elegant elements of psychedelia and soul, above all, a lot of soul. A collection of songs including classical harmonies and masterfully directed by an immeasurable vocal work, real disclosure of this release, without detracting much less the very important contribution made by the other members of the band.
Ltd vinyl release 500 copies on 180gr gatefold double gatefold sleeve.
File under: Progressive Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock. For fans of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Groundhogs, Hawkwind or Amon Duul II.
|
Band:THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY
Album:ITACA CD
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Impressive third album, second for Alone Records, of this power-heavy-psicodelic-psycho-soul maxicombo from Vitoria. What really scares about them is the fact that they really match in that endless label. This new album of THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY masterfully combines powerfull riffs, elegant elements of psychedelia and soul, above all, a lot of soul. A collection of songs including classical harmonies and masterfully directed by an immeasurable vocal work, real disclosure of this release, without detracting much less the very important contribution made by the other members of the band.
More than 2500 units sold of their last album “The Pink Alchemist”. File under: Hard Progressive Rock/ Psychedelic Rock. For fans of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Groundhogs, Hawkwind or Amon Duul II.
|
Band:UNEARTHLY TRANCE / SUMA
Album:UNEARTHLY TRANCE / SUMA SPLIT
Label:ALONE RECORDS
Format:12 VINYL / CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Each side of this record features the other band's vocalist along with some contributing noise from the other band. This unique idea all came together very spontaneously and it serves as a document of true exploration and experiment of the unknown forces of control. The results are very exciting and unlike anything each band has done. This collaboration somehow morphed the two bands together in an unprecedented yet very pleasing way. This vinyl / cd is meant to commemorate their forthcoming USA tour in the fall 2010 where the band will share the stage with each other once again.
LTD 350gr 4mm hard cardboard sleeve, printed inside out over the rough side. Black inked paper bag Quality 180gr heavy weight vinyl. Includes outer plastic bag.
This is not your usual split record where each band fills up one side of the record. This collaboration merges both bands into one only entity for +20 minutes - File under: Harsh noise.
|
Band:FURIOUS
Album:WRECK THE HOOSE JUICE
Label:NERVOUS
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Britain’s #1 Teddy Boy band. This is a long awaited for album and it is aimed directly at their very strong fan base. This is not some middle-aged wannabee ‘golden oldies’ nostalgia fantasy, this is a bunch of young men (oldest 22) really letting rip.
Also available on vinyl via Code 7...
|
Band:FURIOUS
Album:WRECK THE HOOSE JUICE LP
Label:CUT THROAT
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Britain’s #1 Teddy Boy band. This is a long awaited for album and it is aimed directly at their very strong fan base. This is not some middle-aged wannabee ‘golden oldies’ nostalgia fantasy, this is a bunch of young men (oldest 22) really letting rip. The UK's answer to The Stray Cats ?
Also available on CD via Code 7...
|
Band:COLORAMA
Album:BOX
Label:SEE MONKEY DO MONKEY
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Folk
Utter the word Colorama to any serious indie music fan and you’ll get a knowing wink or firm handshake. Why? Because group leader Carwyn Ellis composes, plays and sings some of the most awe inspiring and beautiful songs heard this decade. As an in demand musician Carwyn may have worked with Oasis, Shane MacGowan and Edwyn Collins, amongst others, but it’s his own Cardiff based group Colorama that really deserve the most attention. The cover of new album Box may proudly – and loudly – state where the reference points come from musically, but the depth of the performances, musicianship, song writing and production leave all competition standing at the starting line. Box is at once reminiscent of the best old record shop finds and as deferential and startlingly new as the best Beck, Espers or The Coral recordings, Box is a serious music fan and appreciators dream. Colorama may well have just written and recorded your favourite album of 2010. The end of year polls beckon.
“Incredible!” Huw Stephens, Radio 1
“Carwyn is a genius musician. Just ask Roddy Frame, one of Carwyn biggest fans! I'm loving his new record. Wonderful.” Edwyn Collins
"Carwyn Ellis is a genius!” Sean Rowley, BBC
“Colorama have many strings to their bow, but all of them perfectly enchanting. Prepare to fall in love!” Rough Trade
|
Band:THE MOLES
Album:THE FUTURE SOUND OF ASHTON
Label:SEE MONKEY DO MONKEY
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
In a brightly painted bunker in Bristol, The Moles are making music that goes way below the underground. Reminiscent of Damon Albarn, lyricist Mole Brin Davies fully understands the correlation between the disconnected playfulness of Syd Barret and the art school nihilism of the early punk movement. Across 15 songs the group forge a distinct sound, relying on simple production (lovingly re-created in Fuller's attic) rather than the everything-but-the-kitchen sink effect laden approach of the Sgt Pepper school of recording. Grammy winner Billy Fuller (also a member of BEAK>, Fuzz Against Junk and Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation… yes, ROBERT PLANT) supplies many a memorable bass line whilst Davies’ characteristic English vocals may well leave the same lasting impression as Ray Davies, Robyn Hitchcock, Howard Devoto and Jarvis Cocker… even when having explosive US garage-punk/psych edges, the forlorn, upbeat, funny and sad music of The Moles is as English as fish ’n’ chips at the end of Weston-Super Mare pier! For fans of: The Flaming Lips, Blur, The Soft Boys, Billy Childish
"Think Syd Barrett fronting a garage band” Keith Clark, Evening Post
|
Band:IMAAD WASIF
Album:THE VOIDIST
Label:VIVA HATE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Folk
In another life, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Imaad Wasif might have been a poet or a priest. He draws inspiration from beyond the veil, seeking connections and cosmic patters in the hopes of expressing the simplest but most profound message to his listeners: We are not alone. Early on he played live and in the studio with Lou Barlow’s Folk Implosion. In 2006, Kill Rock Stars released Wasif’s self-titled solo debut, an acoustic psych gem. Around the same time, he was enlisted as a touring guitarist and opening act for Yeah YeahYeahs. Sophomore album Strange Hexes revealed Wasif’s varied influences. The album was recorded with his band Two Part Beast (Bobb Bruno and Adam Garcia) and self-released in March 2008. That album was the first to hint at the distinctive sound Wasif has ultimately crafted for himself; a blast of postmodern psychedelic rock that is at once potent and refined. The album will be re-released by Viva Hate Records in 2010. His collaboration with Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, and “Little” Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs and Dead Weather on the score for the Spike Jonze-directed film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are hits theaters in October. The theme of love in its many guises, both as redemption and call to arms, is one that Wasif returns to again and again in his songs. Its mythical quality becomes a springboard from which he explores the mysteries of life and the universe on his third album, The Voidist. Recorded with Two Part Beast, plus guests Dale Crover (Melvins) and Greg Burns (Red Sparowes), by Chad Bamford (Weezer) with additional recordings by Mathias Schneeberger (The Obsessed, Gutter Twins), the release is due from Viva Hate Records in October 2010.
|
Band:SEAMOUNT
Album:111 SACRIFICE
Label:THE CHURCH WITHIN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Epic Doomrockers Seamount are nearing completing of their 3rd full lengh CD “ III : Sacrifice” to be released once again on the prestigious TheChurch Within Records ( Germany) with a beautiful graced cover art of legendary fantasy artist Boris Vallejo ( Ozzy Osbourne, Flotsam and Jetsam....) Seamount release their most mature record to date and looking forward to European tour dates once again in 2011.
|
Band:SINOCENCE
Album:SCAR OBSCURA
Label:METALBOX
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
‘Scar Obscura’ was originally released in 2009 on Rising Records. The Special Edition of ‘Scar Obscura’ will be released on Metalbox Recordings as a Multimedia CD and includes the 10 tracks from the original album, a Feature on the history of Sinocence and the making of ‘Scar Obscura’, and a photo gallery. Over the years Sinocence have supported heavyweights in metal such as Machine Head, WASP, Staind, Soulfly, Paul Di’Anno, Blaze Bayley and they’ve also played at Bulldog Bash & Bloodstock Festivals. The release of the Special Edition will see Sinocence take their music to as many places as possible and get the album the recognition it deserves. Engineered & produced by Frankie McClay, and recorded at Einstein Studios, County Antrim,
“Sinocence push a potent mixture of thrash and old school heavy metal which effortlessly straddles the line between commercial awareness and traditional values.” Onemetal.com
|
Band:MUTANT
Album:LASERDROME
Label:MUTANT METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
MUTANT is one of the most hotly tipped and talked about of a new breed of British metal bands. Hailing from West London they came to prominence in the Summer of 2009 supporting EVILE where they garnered great reviews and began to attract a serious fanbase who were blown away with the bands ferocious, technical prowess and fresh attitude. Since then they have toured the UK with GAMA BOMB, played BLOODSTOCK and are confirmed for both HARD ROCK HELL in December and HAMMERFEST in March 2011. The Laserdrome EP, the bands first offering, originally only available via their website or at gigs is now making a long awaited commercial release!
“….the four tracks overflow with riffs and ideas ….Catchy yet complex in structure” – 9/10 Terrorizer
“ Mutant deliver each guitar shred and cymbal crash with the crisp accuracy of ….a laser” - Metal Hammer
|
Band:THE FIRE AND I
Album:STAMPEDE FINALE
Label:CRASH CAR
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
The Fire and I are an energetic two-piece from Scotland. Using only bass and drums, they have molded a very distinctive and powerful sound, often difficult to comprehend from their two members. Debut album 'Stampede Finale' showcases the adrenaline-fuelled energy and sheer rock credibility of The Fire And I. Tracks like 'Left and Right' and ‘Just Face It’ are graceful and catchy anthems, adding contrast to the surrounding noise-rock that relentlessly grabs the listener by the throat. With ‘Control' and 'Mr K’, the band trample on any notions of mellow, and unearth an intense new sound. ‘Dark in The Shade’ is a powerful closer with a shouting chorus and fierce drumbeat, capturing the band’s unique style in one song. An enticing combination of music and minds.
The Fire And I have played 'In The City' and 'T in the Park' and have supported the likes of Biffy Clyro. They have built up a loyal local following and repeatedly sell out local venues, such as King Tuts in Glasgow "Revenge to the Bloody Angel" was chosen as a Top 10 track of the year by Jim Gellatly, Radio 1 Scotland
|
Band:OX SCAPULA
Album:HANDS OUT
Label:ART FOR BLIND
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Art For Blind is proud to be assisting in the release of the debut album from our good friends OX SCAPULA. If you haven't heard them yet, they channel loud, bass-heavy grooves in the spirit of Unwound / Hoover. Recorded at the trusty DubRek studio in Derby, "Hands Out" is a split release between Art For Blind, Gringo Records, Sea Owl and We Like Danger. Only available on LP but you get a free download voucher.
The Ox are Constantly playing gigs around the UK and have a recent European jaunt under their belts. Highly Recomended for fans of Unwound,Slint,Hoover,Fugazi,Shellac etc.
|
Band:THE BLUE HEARTS
Album:JUKEBOX OF MALADIES
Label:militant
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
THE BLUE HEARTS have a proud history of pushing the boundaries of contemporary rock, blues and americana since 1992 when their first album “Lullaby For The Lost”, and follow up single “Hearts About To Break” prompted interest from national TV, radio and press. Their second album “No More Long Goodbyes” (1995) achieved worldwide radio play and the single “Defenseless” reached no 30 on the Nashville independent music chart, followed by their third and most atmospheric album “Dark Side Of Town”. Their new album is a strong step forward into a new contemporary sound, which the band have dubbed ‘neon rock’, drawing on the roots of rock n roll mixed with the sexuality of a late night speakeasy, adding ethereal harmony, and a cathedral of guitar, violin and pedal steel. Blue Hearts fans throughout the world will be thrilled to hear the new album, a return to their innovative core, and their best work yet.
"Johnny Cash jamming with The Clash in Nashville" Jeff Collins, Sunshine FM.
" Coming across like Chuck Prophet jamming with the Bad Seeds" Dom Daley, Uberrock
" It could fit easily into The Doors classic Morrison’s Hotel album" Rob Dickins, FallyRag
|
Band:PATRICK CAMPBELL LYONS
Album:13 DALIS
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
Brand New Album BY PATRICK CAMPBELL LYONS of 1960’s psychedelic band NIRVANA. Patrick is back with his first release in 15 years. A psychedelic masterpiece that was recorded in London, Spain and Morrocco and includes his Nirvana partner Alex Spyropolous on three of the tracks. Just like the classic Nirvana songs Rainbow Chaser and Pentecost Hotel The 13 Dali's picks up in that tradition features the new hit singles Fallin and A Prayer Before A Kiss. "Addictive...Like the 60's and Dali" Amazon
|
Band:LOCAL H
Album:AWESOME MIX TAPE
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Local H is an American rock duo, formed by Scott Lucas (lead vocals, guitar, bass) and Joe Daniels (drums) in Zion, Illinois in 1987. Local H's 1996 album, As Good as Dead, includes the top 10 hit "Bound for the Floor". More recently the band (now with drummer Brian St. Clair) has received extensive critical acclaim. Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band its 2008 Chicago "Band of the Year", calling them "as good a rock band as any to call Chicago home in the last decade."[1] Online Metacritic calls Local H "rock’s greatest unknown two-man band" and says of their newest album, 12 Angry Months, "the ten year anniversary of Pack Up the Cats marks not some complacent CD reissue with bonus tracks, but rather a great new album that flips the bird to anyone who thought Local H was history along with their era."
TRACK LISTING 1. Wolf Like Me (TV on the Radio) 2. Joey (Concrete Blonde) 3. Puss (The Jesus Lizard) 4. Spiderbite (Winnebago Deal) 5. Blood Stains (Agent Orange) 6. Time (Pink Floyd) 7. For Lovers (Wolfman)
|
Band:THE JIGSAW SEEN
Album:BANANAS FOSTER
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
In the wake of their Grammy-nominated masterpiece Zenith, The Jigsaw Seen bring to the table their most ambitious effort yet, Bananas Foster. Much of the album has an orchestral feel, while retaining the exciting and adventurous sound that can only be that of The Jigsaw Seen. The musical ingredients of Bananas Foster are always perfectly suited to the unique flavor of the song. The extravagant package for the album includes a removable “Chiquita” style sticker, bananas foster recipe card, pop art mini poster and banana-scented sheet.This new batch of delicacies is now being served for your listening pleasure!
|
Band:DARRYL HOLTER
Album:WEST BANK GONE
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
In his second album, Darryl Holter returns to his North Country roots and takes us to the “West Bank” music scene in Minneapolis in the 60s. It was a time when a kid named Bobby Zimmerman was learning about folk music and, a few years later, a young Bonnie Raitt recorded her debut album. The album includes four covers, including an interesting version of Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country.” Great musicians are featured, including legendary Benmont Tench (TP and the Heartbreakers) on piano, pedal and lap steel master, Greg Leisz, and percussionist Nate Wood.
|
Band:DEAD SNARES
Album:SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Dead Snares is the artistic creation of Jeffrey Cain from the band Remy Zero. One late night after a recording session in a burst of frenzied inspiration, Cain entered the studio alone without an agenda…“no words, no chords, no idea,” notes Jeffrey. Three tracks emerged in first takes. Feeling unattached to what came out of these recordings, Jeffrey titled it Dead Snares to represent a negated trap, or one that didn’t work. The result is an 11 song masterpiece. Speak The Language is a swirling surge of hypnotic beats with lyrics that are both seeking and foreboding. The recording represents a turning point for Jeffrey Cain and the freedom to create anew. Former Remy Zero guitarist Jeffrey Cain - RZ had records on Warner/Elektra and toured with Radiohead.
|
Band:DUNCAN FAURE
Album:THE ANTHOLOGY
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Duncan Faure was the lead singer for the (Bay City) Rollers who sold over 120 million records and Rabbitt which was the most successful band in South Africa ever. At the end of 1978, The Bay City Rollers had split with Ian McKeown, fired Tam Paton shortly after and decided to continue in a more new-wave, rock-oriented sound. Their name was now simply The Rollers. South African-born Duncan Faure joined the band as new lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. With Faure, the line-up produced three albums: Elevator (1979), Voxx (1980), and Ricochet (1981) Take a listen to Duncan's 40 year retrospective and experience the music that has made millions happy.
"Duncan is one of the greatest performers and songwriters I have ever known" Elton John.
|
Band:JEFF FINLIN
Album:THE TAO OF MOTOR OIL
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
Americana singer/songwriter Jeff Finlin began his performing career as the drummer in the Thieves, which issued a pair of LPs on Capitol before disbanding. Several years later he signed to MCA as a solo act, recording an album which went unreleased; Finlin ultimately signed to producer Pete Anderson's Little Dog label, issuing his debut Highway Diaries in 1997. Two years later, Original Fin appeared on NBFNY. The third and final leg of Jeff Finlin’s CD trilogy series leads us through the last journey of an everyman hero, Willie Ray Babel, and his quest for Spiritual Liberation.
“Last seen in the UK supporting Steve Earle, Finlin is an all-American original whose singing recalls John Hiatt, Dylan and even Dr John. But his songwriting has its own unique character and seems to become more honed and concentrated with every album." Nigel Williamson, Uncut
|
Band:MIKE MARSHALL
Album:AN ADVENTURE 1999-2009
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
For the fearless musical explorer Mike Marshall, the mandolin is far more than a vehicle for self-expression. The diminutive eight-string instrument (and its larger sibling, the mandocello) is a passport for far-flung musical adventures, from Scandinavia and Appalachia to South America and the Bay Area. Anything but a tourist, Marshall delves deeply wherever he stops, forging relationships that leave him and his collaborators transformed. A selection of tracks released on Adventure Music, the label he co-founded with Richard Zirinsky, Jr., this anthology is something of a travelogue documenting Marshall’s various sojourns with friends old and new over the past 15 years, while also showcasing his uncanny gift for writing vivid, captivating melodies.
|
Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:EXOTIC MIND EXPANDERS VOL 4
Label:FUTURE PERFECT
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Fourth in the series of the successful instrumental comp series compiled by the Dutch ‘Huiboki’. Offering the most exotic tracks to date, Volume 4 transports the listener to bazaars, beaches and across borders in search of the grooviest, most psychedelic tracks ever committed to audio. Here they’ll find afro-funk, fuzz guitars and surf rock all in one place!
Richie Unterberger on the series: “admirably international”
First time on CD - Full colour booklet with liner notes on each track.
|
Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:CULT THEMES FROM THE 80`S
Label:FUTURE LEGEND
Format:CD
Genre:TV and MOVIE
Future Legend Records made its name starting the cult Themes trend in the 90’s. The idea was to do new versions of Cult TV and Film themes to help break new artists and to revive the career of the odd million selling artist. This proved highly popular spawning 6 volumes. Vol.1 of the 60’s went on to sell nearly ten thousand.. Vol. 1 & 2 have long since sold out but the remain 4 albums still sell very well either mail order or as downloads. TV & Film themes never go out of fashion.
|
Band:THE FLAMES
Album:THE VERSATILE FLAMES
Label:LONE RIDER
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
The Flames are a great R’n’R band who perform regularly at club venues throughout the UK. They are also 60’s Icon John Leyton’s backing Band and apart from their solo gigs perform with John in Theatres across the UK. In 2011 they will be on nationwide tour with John Leyton, Jet Harris and Mike Berry in the popular Hit Parade Heroes Concert. The Flames have been together for 22 years and have a big fan base in the UK. This NEW 29 track CD features all music styles that this versatile group perform. It features 60’s Instrumentals, 60’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, 60’s Pop and Rockabilly. None of the tracks on the CD have been released in this format before. By popular demand we have added tracks that were only previously available on long deleted cassette and vinyl. The CD also features for the first time 6 ‘live’ Collectors bonus tracks that were recorded in 1988 at one of The Flames first gigs when they were performing with Buddy Holly’s Original Crickets.
|
Band:PETER WILLIAMS
Album:WALKIN BACK TO HAPPINESS
Label:LONE RIDER
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Guitarist Peter Williams playing the hits of the 50s & 60s in his unique style. This ever popular guitarist plays his favourite songs from that era as Instrumentals.
Tracks include: Say Mama, It’s My Party,I Only Want To Be With You,I’ll Never Get Over You...
|
Band:THE LOVECRAVE
Album:CRISALIDE
Label:Repo
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The story of The LoveCrave was born amongst the metropolitan ashes of the big city, Milan united with the ancient and silent atmosphere of Venice. The band is formed of two experienced rock musicians from Milan and two old, good friends that moved to Milan to make music. The mix of sounds is an explosive magic potion and The LoveCrave realized it right away when they played together for the first time. What The LoveCrave were looking for during the recordings was a rough, elegant and new sound at the same time, taking inspiration also from Iron Maiden and eighties sound to the Depeche Mode, curing every detail but trying to leave that instinctive and rough edge untouched. They create in their mind a sort of Blade Runner world and try to put music in it. All this can be found on their 2006 debut “The Angel and the Rain”. “The Angel and the Rain” caught the interest of the European media in short time. Supported by the main magazines (Hard, Metal Maniac, Zillo, Sonic Seducer…) and big rock/metal radios The LoveCrave left for a German tour with Canadian The Birthday Massacre, played as headliners at the famous Camden Underworld in London UK, recorded 4 acoustic tracks for Total Rock Radio in London, played as headliners at the Alcatraz, the biggest club in Milan, Italy and built a very solid fan base. In November 2007 the band won an award as Best Italian Band on International Ground at the MEI (Independent Labels Meeting) presented by the Italien music magazine Rock Sound. The roughness of rock mixed with a modern kind of electronic create the magic behind the sharp punk rock vein in Francesca’s voice that is totally different from all the other female singers voices and the killer songwriting of a band made of real musicians make the difference. The LoveCrave are ready for the burst with their new songs and for more tours and festivals in 2010 and 2011. The LoveCrave are definitely back. After the release of their brand new album “SOUL SALIVA”, a masterpiece of original modern rock with great personality and awesome songwriting, they now present an enhanced EP called “Crisalide”. 11 tracks plus a quicktime movie of the video-clip “Trhiller! A real must in your CD collection.
|
Band:BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
Album:SHOW AND TELL CD
Label:Repo
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
For the first time all songs in the infamous live Birthday Massacre show
Not just a live CD, but a best of for any new comers to the band!
Includes 16 of the best Birthday Massacre Tracks!
|
Band:BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
Album:SHOW AND TELL DVD
Label:Repo
Format:DVD
Genre:Alt Rock
All songs in the infamous BM live-show
Contains the entire Hamburg show plus recordings of the M‘era Luna appearances 2005/06.
Plus picture gallery and other extras.
Total running time over 2 hours. Region Free Dvd.
|
Band:BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
Album:BLUE DVD
Label:Repo
Format:DVD
Genre:Alt Rock
RE-RELEASE OF 2007 DVD!
Directed by Dan Oulette - Artwork-Puppets by Scott Radke.
High-quality Video with Unreleased Video-Clipsand the Making of “Blue” feature.
TRACKLIST - Blue Video - The Making of Blue - Video Kid - Violet - Nevermind - Photo Gallery
|
Band:WHILE HEAVEN WEPT
Album:TRIUMPH TRAGEDY TRANSCENDENCE
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD/DVD
Genre:Metal
Recorded live at the Hammer Of Doom 3 Festival in Würzburg, Germany on February 6th, 2010 "Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence" features a diverse setlist representing every album and era of the band. Masterfully mixed by Chris Salamone and WHW mainman Tom Phillips, the band's signature "wall of sound" is completely intact and bolstered by the energy from an amazing audience. Classic While Heaven Wept material is completely reborn with singer Rain Irving's soaring vocals and the band's penchant for improvisation recalls the spirit of 70's Rainbow resulting in a very special event captured by Germany's Streetclip TV team.
"Triumph:Tragedy:Transcendence" is released as a limited edition CD/DVD set. Both the audio and video programs feature stellar sound quality and the video is a gorgeous professional multi-camera recording as well. Besides the whole show (with one extra track!) the DVD also features a 20-minute interview with Tom Phillips amd the band, plus bonus live footage of WHILE HEAVEN WEPT.
|
Band:LOVE OF EVERYTHING
Album:BEST IN TENSIONS
Label:Seayou
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
An integral part of the Midwest music scene for over a decade, Love of Everything’s Bobby Burg is keeping himself interested by consistently re-imagining the sound of the band. Recorded at Chicago’s Semaphore Recording Ltd. on the city’s west side by Neil Strauch (Bonnie Prince Billy, Iron & Wine), Best In Tensions marks the first time Burg has taken a whole album worth of his short, catchy, naive music poems out of the bedroom and into the studio. This time he’s not doing it alone. Joined by his former illegal immigrant wife Elisse La Roche, as well as friends, past and future band mates and whomever else was on-hand to lend their talents, Best In Tensions shelves the “one-man band” ideal in favor of the richer, fuller sound of a band with multiple members. La Roche had never played drums before joining Love of Everything. Motivated by an opportunity to tour Europe, she learned the basics, studied the songs and found herself installed as Love of Everything’s permanent drummer. Love of Everything are Bobby Burg and Elisse La Roche, with additional help from Tim Kinsella (Joan of Arc)
Album will be released via Polyvinyl in the USA, followed by a EU/UK tour in November/December 2010 supporting Joan Of Arc.
|
Band:THE NEW UP
Album:GOLD
Label:IDC
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
The New Up, voted Best Bay Area Breakout Band of 2009 on MTV2/Ourstage, proudly announces the release of their fourth studio CD, Gold. Gold, mastered by Roger Lian (The White Stripes, Madonna, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Strokes) at Masterdisk in New York City, is the culmination of a series of three EPs; Better Off (2009) which Performer Magazine called, “An artful sonic balance that's miles beyond the typical indie-rock release," and the CMJ Top 200-charting Broken Machine (2008).
The Music Video of “Bitch” gets hundreds of views a week on YouTube and has gained comparisons to Siouxsie Sioux and Karen O of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs.
|
Band:REVELATION
Album:NEVER COMES SILENCE
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Coming into their sophomore album, Revelation ended up losing their bass player, Bert Hall (to pursue other music) and recruited Josh Hart. The album started off as a demo and was also the album where the band felt like they had corrected their mistakes on the “Salvation’s Answer” debut. Shortly after they finished writing the entire album, the band had good fortune to meet up with Hellhound Records who happened to be signing a lot of the local Doom Metal bands. This album is sort of a tribute to hard times John Brenner was going through and shortly after the album came out, he left the band until the turn of the century. This is a staple album in the Doom Metal genre and surely is a great mix of Black Sabbath and Rush, which could be considered as Progressive Doom if you want to get technical. There’s a bonus gig on the multimedia CD that you can watch on your computer with this line up of John, Josh, and Steve.
|
Band:CRISIS
Album:ARMED TO THE TEETH / KICK IT OUT
Label:Shadow Kingdom
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Obscure US 80's Metal band CRISIS formed back in 1980. Taking a heavy dose of their influences from MOTORHEAD, RAVEN, IRON MAIDEN, and the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, it wasn't to big of a suprise that they got signed to an English label, Bullet Records. Their debut came out in 1984 "Armed To The Teeth" and of course their music was much bigger in Europe than the USA because they weren't another Motley Crue or Quiet Riot band. After the well received first album, the band's label went bankrupt and the second album "Kick It Out" failed to reach European distributors and their established fans. The band struggled on and eventually called it quits. This release contains the band's entire career on a double disc with a full color booklet with the band's history and lyrics.
|
Band:ANVIL CHORUS
Album:THE KILLING SUN
Label:ROCKADROME
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Nearly 3 decades after the group's formation and a couple years after their recent reformation, this legendary underground San Francisco progressive heavy metal band unleashes their first full length debut album for the Rockadrome label. Consisting solely of newly recorded material culled from their early 80s heyday, it's destined to be the classic album everyone has long awaited from this magical group. Led by guitarist Thaen Rasmussen and vocalist/bassist Aaron Zimpel, the integrity of their original sound is fully maintained here and should please anyone who has followed the band through the years or owned any of their heavily circulated demo tapes. A 12-page color booklet with liner notes written by San Francisco metal legend Ron Quintana (KUSF/Metal Mania), cover art by Mark Devito (Motorhead) and packed with lyrics and photos, completes this magnificent and much anticipated release. Influenced heavily by 70s hard rock like Rush, Scorpions and classic guitar players from that era.
|
Band:SIENA ROOT
Album:A NEW DAY DAWNING
Label:ROCKADROME
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Reissued! The fantastic 2004 debut album from one of Sweden's most talented hard rock groups. Their finely honed sound is firmly planted in the classic heavy rock of the early 70s and draws on influences from groups like Led Zeppelin, Captain Beyond, Jethro Tull, Blind Faith and Deep Purple! These guys sound so convincing you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart from those that influence them or early 70s rock groups like Aunt Mary, November, Host, Kalevala, Young Flowers and others with that vintage Scandinavian heavy prog style. These guys are pure old school, right down to the fully analog recordings and tasteful use of organ and flute. This is probably their heaviest album overall and a good starting point because it just truly is a real monster from start to finish! It's a no-brainer for fans of Witchcraft, Dead Man, Graveyard, Dungen, etc.., but also just about anyone into high quality 70s hard rock and prog would being doing themselves a disservice not to give these guys a listen!
"Just check out the magical "Roots", that is like the perfect cross between the Doors and early Uriah Heep, but still with SIENA ROOT'S very own signature. But here are not only four or five outstanding cuts to discover - it's the whole album that rules, and although it sounds like a standard phrase it's the truth." - Cosmic Lava
|
Band:OHO
Album:OKINAWA
Label:ROCKADROME
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
Official reissue of this rare tripped-out progressive psychedelic rock private press record out of Baltimore circa 1974. This release features the entire original recording as it was meant to be, but was shortened for release back in 1974 due to the time constraints of the original vinyl format. Package includes liner notes and photos and 20-page booklet with lyrics, short stories, quotes, poems and more. The unique progressive style of Oho should appeal to fans of the Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Gentle Giant school of progressive music as well as those looking for something original, psychedelic and/or bizarre and daring. Were they musical geniuses or just completely zonked out on acid? Comes housed in high gloss tri-fold bismal pink digipak cover!
|
Band:HORNA
Album:VIHAN TIELLA
Label:FROSTSCALD
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Finnish Black Metal pioneers recorded this live ritual in Athens in 2007 and mastered it in Helsinki in 2008. Professional studio sound meets unique track-list with the best songs from “Ääniä Yössä” LP, “Envaatnags Eflos...” LP, “Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua” LP and rare songs from “Viha Ja Viikate” EP, “Perimä Vihassa Ja Verikostossa” EP, “Envaatnags Eflos...” recording sessions.
710 Metal Hammer UK!
|
Band:NASTROND
Album:AGE OF FIRE
Label:FROSTSCALD
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Swedish Black Metal classic 90’s album with firm sound and indepth occult atmosphere. Originally album was released by NAPALM RECORDS in 1996.
Brand new cover-art made personally by Karl NE (NÅSTROND). Exclusive re-release after 14 years of being “out of print”. - A must for fans of classic early 90’s Swedish Black Metal like SETHERIAL, MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL.
|
Band:NASTROND
Album:TOTESLAUT
Label:FROSTSCALD
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Swedish Black Metal classic 90’s album with firm sound and indepth occult atmosphere. Originally album was released by NAPALM RECORDS in 1995.
Brand new cover-art made personally by Karl NE (NÅSTROND). Exclusive re-release after 15 years of being “out of print”. For fans of classic early 90’s Swedish Black Metal like SETHERIAL, MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL.
|
Band:SVART
Album:FORLORAD
Label:FROSTSCALD
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Swedish masters composed 3rd album in unique experimental Depressive Post Metal style based on slow acoustic monotonous waves of indepth solitary psychedelic.
710 Metal Hammer UK September 2010
Features member of SHINING, APATI, LIVSNEKAD. For fans of FORGOTTEN TOMB, NORTT, CALLISTO, CULT OF LUNA.
|
Band:SVART
Album:NAMNLOS OCH BORTGLOMD
Label:FROSTSCALD
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The best Swedish Depressive Black Metal act for the last years presents two brand new slow songs with firm emotional arrangement, negative lead melodies, expressive harsh vocals and instrumental piano composition.
710 Metal Hammer UK #210 September 2010
For fans of early SHINING and SILENCER. Features member of SHINING, APATI, LIVSNEKAD.
|
Band:LUSTRE
Album:NIGHT SPIRIT
Label:DE TENEBRARUM PRINCIPIO
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Naturalistic Black Metal from Sweden in the purest form. The magic of the ’90s is brought back by an untainted act marked by dark feelings and reminding us the early Summoning evocative strength. Landscapes and visions of thoughtful solitude evoke the melancholy of a lost time, when obscure majesty was subsumed under an epic saga. Obscurantist rawness of the early years is seen through the eyes of a Northern-land wanderer: Lustre can really make time turn back to forgotten ages..
Recommended for fans of BURZUM, SUMMONING, SKEPTICISM, and HYPOTHERMIA.
|
Band:NEAR
Album:THE OPENING OF THE PRIMORDIAL WHIRL
Label:DE TENEBRARUM PRINCIPIO
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The Cold vision of the rising northlands, the shadow from the past. The Opening of the Primordial Whirl is the new chapter by the Ancient Dolomitic Forests band Near, one of the few bands active today that incarnates the corrupted unholy atmosphere of the early days of the Black Metal recall. Expect nothing but gloomy tones of coldness, a monumental atmosphere created by the echo of nature strength and immortality .
For fans of IMMORTAL, HORNA, & DARKTHRONE
|
Band:11 AS IN ADVERSARIES
Album:THE FULL INTREPID EXPERIENCE OF LIGHT
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
It’s all in the name: 11 AS IN ADVERSARIES are here to flip the script and destroy the norm. Existing in a stratosphere where rules no longer apply, 11 AS IN ADVERSARIES features the mastermind of extreme-metal rule-breakers Glorior Belli and fittingly combines dark, moody post-punk with the most avant-garde ends of extreme metal. Utterly twisted yet surprisingly melodic, contorting and slithering like a snake, the band’s “The Full Intrepid Experience of Light” seeks its own truth, its own light in the darkness, vast and epic yet brave and unselfconscious. Absord “The Full Intrepid Experience of Light” and be forever altered.
|
Band:GADGET / PHOBIA
Album:GADGET / PHOBIA
Label:HAUNTED HOTEL
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Freaks for total sonic holocaust rejoice! The current nail-biting stretch of loathsome peace, dullard quiet and general boredom is coming to an abrupt end! The blast furnace inferno of disgusting hypergrindcore brutality is now open for fucking business and the long awaited skull-to-skull face off of two of the planet's most horrendous blastbeat tyrants is here! Sweden's GADGET return with their first new studio tracks since 2006's classic "The Funeral March". Your brain is toast! PHOBIA celebrate their twentieth year of two-fisted grindcore supremacy with new tracks that rival anything in their storied career of whirlwind barbarity. Mastered by Scott Hull for maximum impact and ugliness! Lace up the boots, strap on your gas mask and say goodbye to your sissy ass cranial bone!.
|
Band:GREENLAND WHALEFISHERS
Album:SONGS FROM THE BUNKER
Label:CIDER CITY
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Yet another amazing album from Norway's finest, The Greenland Whalefishers! Available in it's deserved format in the form of a full retail release, headed up by Cider City Records in the UK. 15 tracks of raw, unadulterated Celtic Punk and Oi! In the vein of the Pogues, Flogging Molly and just about any groundbreaking folk/punk band you can think of!
As seen on tour in Europe with The Pogues; even mistaken by Shane Macgowan for his own band when played to him!
|
Band:LARVA 108
Album:99.09 INSIDE THE STONES
Label:GREYTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
99.09 Inside the stones” is a collection of the most significant tracks made by LARVA 108 during the first 10 years. 12 songs for 60 minutes. A sountrack for walking alone through a winter snowstorm or between the trees during a grey day of november. Experimental, electronica, drones creates organic gloomy atmospheres.
|
Band:MOLJEBKA PVLSE
Album:ZOJO
Label:GREYTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Drone/Ambient
The Moljebka Pvlse album Zojo was recorded during the Mathias studies at the Royal Institute of Art. He was inspired by the longest night of the year in Stockholm, the day when there is almost no daylight. His ambition was to make an acoustic album of minimal music without any musical instruments. Moljebka Pvlse setup long nylon strings across his entire studio at school, which he then plucked and bowed and recorded with his favorite contact microphones on that very night. These recordings became the fundament of the album and set the tone for the rest of the work. Moljebka Pvlse are very grateful for the contribution by the Japanese artist Michiko Kashiba on this album.
|
Band:PILOTLIGHT
Album:THE POST WAR MUSICAL
Label:Glasstone
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Pilotlight were conceived in 2006 with the premise of creating an escapism through music that the listener could soundtrack their daily lives to. Pilotlight’s use of perspective, tonality, and dynamic have allowed them to pioneer their own style of despondent alternative rock. Their music deals with love, loss and the beauty & frailty that is human existence. For Fans of: Sigur Rós, Elbow, Joy Division, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Mogwai.
|
Band:ANTILLECTUAL
Album:START FROM SCRATCH
Label:Lockjaw
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
It’s hard to give an ‘overview’ of these guys. 10 years, 2 full-lengths, 3 EPs, 3 US tours, over a dozen European tours. Racking up well over 1000 shows in their time they have got to be one of Europe’s hardest working punk rock bands. Coming out of Nijmegen, Holland they come hard in the new album Start From Scratch with 12 tracks of musical gold. Featuring some amazing vocal performances and a massive sound out of only 3 people. The new record features some high-level guest vocals including Chris Hannah from Propaghandi! This tells something about how highly regarded these guys are around the world. They have appeared at some of the great punk rock festivals including Fest 7 in Florida and Give It A Name. The guys have toured with great bands like High Five Drive, Rentokill and After The Fall and take their queues from all over the place from 80s cock rock to hardcore.
|
Band:KILL EM DEAD COWBOY
Album:I AM SALVATION
Label:Lockjaw
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Kill 'em Dead Cowboy are a Metalcore band from Portsmouth UK, formed in late 2008, the band have worked hard since then to get to where they are today. Often likened to bands such as Asking Alexandria, August Burns Red and Atreyu, the band write songs they love to play, and songs their fans enjoy, without fear of not fitting in a particular scene. Their music takes a wide range of influences and offers something for everyone to enjoy.
|
Band:THE DEPARTED
Album:REMNANTS
Label:Lockjaw
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
From Grimsby, Departed are a five-piece melodic hardcore band, often likened to Bane, Comeback Kid, Modern Life Is War, Dead Swans, Champion and other bands of such calibre. Chiming melodic riffs over blisteringly fast palm muted verses make for a polished, well presented, excellent example of a 21st Century hardcore band.
|
Band:INALLSENSES
Album:HYSTERICAL PSYCHOSIS
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The band born in the middle 90ies thanks to a great passion for extreme music. The first efforts of the band were represented by the first demo "Escape Of Natural World" released on March 1997. After a long stop at the end of 2004 the group begins to work hard on their debut "The Experience" recorded in the early 2008 and distributed worldwide by Club Inferno Ent. / My Kingdom Music. In July 2008 INALLSENSES win the most important italian Metal contest for emergent bands, the "Metal Battle”, and after 1 month, in August 2008 the band fly to WACKEN OPEN AIR doing a great live show! In October 2008 Inallsenses are in the "Italian Assault Tour 2008" with Onslaught and Methedras. After these live experiences INALLSENSES enter the studio to record the new full-lenght album. It was sent to many labels but we choose the roster of MY KINGDOM MUSIC. The album titled "Hysterical Psychosis" will be released in November 2010.
|
Band:CLITEATER
Album:THE GREAT SOUTHERN CLITKILL
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
BEWARE! The dutch masters of gory deathgrind are back!
Their 4th effort features their strongest songwriting and tons of rockin´ grind-smashers.
After METALLICA, S.O.D. & DEATH, it is PANTERA to get a “Grind-Makeover” within the album title...
|
Band:SUPERBIA
Album:OVERCOMING THE PAIN
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
SUPERBIA born in 2002 and after some time they released the first demo called “Promo Live 2004”. Soon they worked to some live shows and opened the stage for bands like Grave and Rotting Christ. In 2007 the band released the second “SuperbiA” self-titled demo, produced and recorded by SUPERBIA at Free Time DS in Italy. The following years were spent to work together to the debut album and also to some live shows. The band takes part to the compilations "Support Underground 2008" in collaboration with www.brutalism.com, “Voices From The Underground - International Compilation - VOL. 4” in collaboration with NHR Records and “Extreme Music Aggression Vol. 1” in collaboration with Babylon Magazine (Italy). 2010 was the year of the definitive affirmation: the debut album “Overcoming the Pain” was recorded, finally they sign a deal with italian label My Kingdom Music, and at the end of the year, precisely in November, the album is ready to be released. SUPERBIA doesn’t leave any challenge untamed and "Overcoming The Pain" will show it.
|
Band:BLOODTHIRSTY DEMONS
Album:MISANTHROPY
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
BLOOD THIRSTY DEMONS was created by Cristian Mustaine in 1997. In the same time Cristian started to study the occult and started to collect horror films and this was part of the influences of the project. From 2003 the band releases 'In The Grave' (2004), 'Let The War Begin' (2005), “Mortal Remains” (2007), “Occultum Lapidem” (2009). In October 2009 the band released the first official DVD (with a session drummer), recorded in Varese (Italy): "Live From The Grave". In 2010 Cristian Mustaine signs with My Kingdom Music (Italy) for the release of the new album, “Misanthropy” and the reissue of “Let The War Begin” completely re-recorded and scheduled both for November 2010!
|
Band:BLOODTHIRSTY DEMONS
Album:LET THE WAR BEGIN 2010
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
BLOOD THIRSTY DEMONS was created by Cristian Mustaine in 1997. In the same time Cristian started to study the occult and started to collect horror films and this was part of the influences of the project. From 2003 the band releases 'In The Grave' (2004), 'Let The War Begin' (2005), “Mortal Remains” (2007), “Occultum Lapidem” (2009). In October 2009 the band released the first official DVD (with a session drummer), recorded in Varese (Italy): "Live From The Grave". In 2010 Cristian Mustaine signs with My Kingdom Music (Italy) for the release of the new album, “Misanthropy” and the reissue of “Let The War Begin” completely re-recorded and scheduled both for November 2010!
|
Band:DRIVE BY AUDIO
Album:BEAT FROM THE STREET
Label:WASTED STATE
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Formally Certain Death, Drive By Audio’s explosive live shows have already won them an army of fans all over the UK and beyond. Their unique sound comes from various musical influences which has been brought together and evolved into what is very aptly described as ‘Rap, Thrash n Roll’. Their blend of humour, massive riffs and good time attitude has made their live performances legendary. The band have provided the soundtrack to numerous extreme sports videos including the world renowned 'Thrasher' skateboarding series as well as their first single ‘Jailbait’ featuring on a massive international selling video game, giving the band exposure to millions worldwide. The band have also had 2 members playing for legendary Scots punks The Exploited for a number of years with guitarist Robbie ‘Steed’ Davidson now playing with the Real McKenzies.
|
Band:NYMF
Album:NYMF
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
NYMF is a heavy rockband from south Sweden, stationed in the small town of Karlshamn. The band was formed around 2007 by the singer, Niklas Sjöberg (also the singer from "The Graviators") And the guitarist, Kristofer Stjernquist. Their music idea was to create a mix of the genres they loved the most - Doom, Stonerrock and Metal. In 2008 NYMF recorded their first demo with Johan Blomström (Kaptain Sun, Spice and the RJ Band, Faith ao). At the Soundpalace studio in Svängsta. They got a very nice review of their demo in the swedish "CLOSE-UP MAGAZINE and SWEDEN ROCK MAGAZINE" Thomas Tjäder and Daniel Larsson Addictive Alliance (At the Gates, In Flames, Soilwork, The Haunted etc) have made their first music video Man´s End. And this very demo happened to fall in the tastes of Transubstans Records. NYMF's eagerly awaited debut album will be released 2010-10-10. They will also star for the second time in Close-Up Magazine (#125).
|
Band:CRYSTAL CARAVAN
Album:AGAINST THE RISING TIDE
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
2nd album from North Swedish psychedelic jam hardrockers. Must be a killer !!
|
Band:STONEWALL NOISE ORCHESTRA
Album:SWEET MISSISSIPPI DEAL
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Here's the third album "Sweet Mississippi Deal" from Sweden's finest heavy rock band Stonewall Noise Orchestra. Influenced by bands like Black Sabbath, Soundgarden and Monster Magnet they manage to deliver their own unique version of pure groundpounding rock with great vocals and melodies.
|
Band:LONELY KAMEL
Album:BLUES FOR THE DEAD
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Lonely Kamel came alive in Oslo, Norway after a few jam sessions in a friend`s basement summer of 2006. All the guys were inspired by classic hard rock and blues from the golden era. So it was easy to put together the first songs which was released on the selftitled album in 2008 to great reviews. Now the band are ready with the 2nd album "Blues for the dead" on Transubstans (2010). Dirty, heavy blues and with clear references to stoner rock and the space rock genrè.
|
Band:TOMBSTONES
Album:VOLUME TWO
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
"Volume II" is a 9-song-long manifestation of how heavy rock should sound like in 2010. The album is recorded live and analog, and will kick-start rock-hearts with a weakness for warm and tube-driven distortion. The sound of Tombstones is crushingly massive, suggestive and down-tuned, and has references to the best milestones of heavy-rock through time. The collaboration of Billy Anderson and Audun Strype from the prior album continues and they purify the sound Tombstones has developed as their trademark on "Volume II". Through riffs, sounds, lyrics and mood the fog comes oozing from the dark woods of Norway.
|
Band:LEX RHINO
Album:WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM LUCIFER
Label:FUNERAL INDUSTRIES
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Formed in the early year 2008, the band Lex Rhino decided to drown the world into their Heavy Rock Doom influenced music. We are proud to present their first release "With a Little Help From Lucifer" this Autumn! 6 songs in the vein of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin will summon the past and hold the heritage of old occult Heavy Rock high up into the sky!!!
For Fans of Led Zeppelin, old Black Sabbath, Rise Above etc
|
Band:MY SILENT WAKE
Album:1V ET LUX PERPETUA
Label:Dark Balance
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
“IV Et Lux Perpetua” is the fourth full length album of My Silent Wake (UK). The band was formed five years ago from members of Ashen Morality and featuring members of the thrash/doom band Seventh Angel. For this album MSW wanted to record a stripped down full-on collection of songs. Analogue synth has been introduced to some songs. The songs are generally shorter this time and give the listener a good idea of what to expect live from MSW during their coming tour. “IV Et Mux Perpetua is recorded at Kewsound Studios (UK), mixed a Studio Watercastle (FIN) and mastered at Finnvox Studios (FIN).
|
Band:EXHALE
Album:BLIND
Label:Dark Balance
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Grindcore
Exhale was founded in the summer 2004 by guitarist Johan and drummer Gustav. Since both had been raised with Brutal Truth, Napalm Death, Nasum and similar grindcore-acts they went with the concept “grind is the shit, let’s make some”. After a few rehearsals they went to a studio to record some hard grinding tracks. The studio engineer Ulf took place as a vocalist and Karl was brought in to handle the bass. Three tracks were recorded and finally released as "...die inside" in august the 4th. Late 2004 new bass player Johan is added to the line-up. Spring 2005 Exhale made a bunch of live performances and recorded a full-length album. After trouble with a Spanish label Exhale later signed with Emetic Records to release the album and "PROTOTYPE" was released early 2006. Soon after, Ulf quits and new vocalist Peter joins. After touring Europe in 2006 and touring the US in 2007 the writing of a new album begins. Viktor joins as a second guitarist and quits soon after. Andreas make a try on the axe and proves to be up for the job. After touring Sweden in 2008, the last details of the unnamed album are done and discussions are starting with different labels. Early 2010 Exhale signs to Dark Balance records for the release of the most furious and chaotic grind/death album yet, titled: “BLIND”.
LTD Vinyl in a limited clear red and white pressing...
|
Band:SHUSH
Album:SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE
Label:RUBY
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Shush are a London based four piece rock band fronted by Argentine siren Milena Yum. They exploded onto the rock scene 2 years ago with their debut EP release ‘Shush’ - a twisted sound of rock with dark pop melodies, lush vocals, crunchy guitars, pounding bass and thundering drums.
"A sultry confidence and dramatic swagger" - Rock Sound
"Shush sound like Pig Iron with The Donnas at the mic" - Metal Hammer "
For fans of Wildhearts, Foo Fighters, Hole & The Ramones
|
Band:DEUS INVICTUS
Album:STAGED IN AWAITING
Label:Bombworks
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Imagine if Burial and Undeceived era Extol got back together, got married to the heavier side of Dream Theater, went out regularly with Believer and Tourniquet, and occasionally went Necrophagist brutal on you.Feel the Rain of God and thrash your head off to the wonder that is Deus Invictus!
|
Band:HOLY BLOOD
Album:SHINING SUN
Label:Bombworks
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The Ukranian folk masters are back with their fourth full length album. Holy Blood has had a storied history, rising up from the ashes of death metal band Requital. Their first release, The Wanderer, was a mix of death and black with some folk influence and was very well received. The second release, the critically acclaimed Waves Are Dancing (still one of Bombworks' all-time top selling CDs), saw more of a shift to folk metal, primarily featuring the flute as the non-traditional metal instrument. The Patriot saw the band continue to morph, blending symphonic black metal with folk. Now, hot off the press is the newest release from Holy Blood, Shining Sun, which is the epitome of a folk metal album: thick and heavy guitars, extreme and operatic / chanting vocals (both male and female), and heavy use of many non-traditional instruments, including the block fluta, buzka, and valinca. For fans of Eluveitie, Wintersun, Finntroll, Falkenbach, and black, death, and folk metal.
|
Band:SAINT
Album:ALIVE FOREVER DVD
Label:Retroactive
Format:DVD
Genre:Metal
Christian Metal Giants, SAINT, have returned with a high quality DVD of their 2010 performance, plus many, many extras! Audio and video are great! Fans will not be disappointed! This is 2 hours of classic metal from heavy metal legends at the top of their game - SAINT!!! Live at the Grand Theater 2010!!! Suitable for all Regions.
First DVD by a very popular Christian Metal Legends - For fans of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Barren Cross!
|
.jpg)
Band:A RIVAL
Album:8 BIT PIMP
Label:IDC
Format:CD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Hailing from California's Bay Area, producer and artist A_Rival takes a cue from the cultural potpourri lifestyle native to San Francisco and applies it directly to his signature style of 8-bit infused “chip-hop” sound. This style blends not only Hip-Hop and Nintendo Entertainment System audio synthesis, but also mixes in high-energy electronic genres such as Electro-house and Drum & Bass. The lyrical content he provides in his tracks ranges from tumultuous, rapid-fire nerd rhyming to covers of wellknown Hip-Hop icons such as Busta Rhymes and Onyx.
|
Band:GLAMOUR TO KILL
Album:CREATURES WITHOUT SOUL
Label:PALE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
A most exciting upcomming band from Berlin, Electronic glam-rock is the sound. Anxious-electronic sounds, obsessiv guitars & sexy vocals. The three crazy band members Antonio Culebras, Luis Miguélez, Juan Tormento successfully rock the international stages and in the Berlin Underground Scene.
|
Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:ICH BIN EIN BERLINER
Label:PALE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Ich Bin Ein Berliner is a party organised by Andreas Schwarz, David Maars and Emmanuelle 5 at SO36, the mythical club in Kreuzberg since the 70’s. It became an event of the Berlin nightlife that cannot be ignored and where all the freaks of the city meet. Every month since august 2009, bands, DJs, performers of the lively electro rock & queer scene from Berlin play, like Gloria Viagra, Steve Morell, Noblesse Oblige, Mount Sims, Snax, Aerea Negrot, Randy Twigg, Scream Club, Dead Sexy Inc, Burger P, Glamour To Kill….
|
Band:NECRITE
Album:SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI
Label:FLENSER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
NECRITE is a three-piece: Thrull (vocals, guitars, studio bass), Tenspyr (guitar, live bass), and Malick (drums, vocals). Thrull himself recorded Sic Transit Gloria Mundi in a basement hole over the course of two and a half years, Thrull along with Eric Medina mixed mixed and mastered the album. Since their debut, NECRITE has shared the stage with acts such as WATAIN, DESTROYER 666 and ENTHRONED and has become a well-kept secret in the San Francisco black metal community.
NECRITE has managed to craft some of the most visceral and demonic audio terror around, forgoing traditional song structure and predictability in lieu of a pure unflinching devotion to creating the aural essence of death bathed in a drone of tingly creepiness.Recommended for fans of: Sunn, Leviathan, and Deathspell Omega.
|
Band:IN COLD BLOOD
Album:SUICIDE KING
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
For those who don't know: In Cold Blood was a Cleveland hardcore band with the Melnick brothers in it. Other members in the band also played at some time in Integrity and One Life Crew. In Cold Blood released 'Hell on Earth" ten years ago on Victory Records and also did some live shows including a European tour. What a lot of people don't know is the band made a selftitled 7" in 1995 and recorded the 'Suicide King' demo in 1999. Those tracks were compiled together with a bunch of live songs from a show in 1998 in Germany and released as an LP on Pulling Teeth’s Dom’s A389 label. Demons Run Amok from Germany is now taking care of the CD release. The recordings are vile, angry and In Cold Blood is mixing oldschool hardcore in the vein of old Agnostic Front and Septic Death with the metal of Slayer. The songs are mostly short but contain the riffs, the catchy hooks, awesome breakdowns and solo's Aaron Melnick is known for in Integrity.
For fans of INTEGRITY, RINGWORM, PULLING TEETH...
|
Band:STEEL ENGRAVED
Album:STATE OF SIEGE
Label:FUNERAL INDUSTRIES
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
We are proud to announce: „The rising fist on the firmament of German Power Metal“ Steel Engraved - Raging Metal riffs, catchy melodies and stomping Metal anthems. The word „Metal“ cannot be said often enough in context with the Metal Warriors Steel Engraved!
|
Band:LUGUBRE
Album:SUPREME RITUAL GENOCIDE
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Lugubre are back with more aggressive Anti-Human Black Metal that will crush your skulls! For fans of bands like DEMONCY, KRIEG and ABAZAGORATH.
|
Band:THORNGOTH
Album:LEERE
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Thorngoth are back with their third album and once again they took a slightly new direction without forgetting their roots. Razorsharp guitars, great melodies and overwhelming intensity is what you'll get here. For fans of the Swedish, Norse and German scene like Dark Funeral, Dark Fortress, Immortal, and earlier Enslaved.
|
Band:GRAFENSTEIN
Album:SKULL BAPTISM
Label:Black Hate
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
SKULL BAPTISM presents you with 40 minutes of blackened necro thrashing chaos from the stillborn madness known as GRÄFENSTEIN. After their successful Brazilian Tour in 2007, Gräfenstein (a german band) are once again heading to the South American landscapes. Gräfenstein are visiting 7 cities in Brazil in order to promote their upcoming album "SKULL BAPTISM" in this October.
|
Band:HIEROPHANT
Album:HIEROPHANT
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The Hierophant’s project was born in April 2009 to leave a real signal in the blackened hardcore scene. The quintet formed by Lorenzo (guit), Carlo (vox), Matteo (bass), Roberto (guit) and Ben (drums) found a feeling from the beginning that allows them to compose songs with a direct sound, but not basic. The band continues and expands their presence on Italian stages, perfecting their show to become more dark and hard. From April To August the band shared the stage with THE SECRET, CARNIFEX, VEILA OF MAYA, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, TO KILL and MABALL HIEROPHANT will be on tour on October around Mainland Europe and on November in the UK with AWAKEN DEMONS and THE EYES OF A TRAITOR!
|
Band:MAKE IT COUNT
Album:LEEWAY
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Leeway is the GSR debut album of the Berlin based band Make It Count. With an album titled "Leeway" you certainly set expectations high. Don't expect Make It Count to sound like the band Leeway cause they just don't. Make It Count plays old school hardcore influenced by the NYHC sound. These 10 tracks are fast and energetic while still maintaining that melody. Besides that the production is also good. It sounds aggressive, just like it should. The artwork, well it's old school... that should say more than enough. It's been a long time since I heard something different from Germany, the second hand mosh started to bore me. This album sounds refreshing and is a nice change. I haven't seen these guys live yet, but I can image the old school kids will go nuts, well if Make It Count is approved by the old school police that is.
|
Band:FINAL PRAYER
Album:FILLING THE VOID
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Filling The Void is Final Prayer's debut album on GSR and is apparently their second full length.. This album will appeal to fans of Hatebreed and Terror. They're not going to re-invent this genre, but what I do like about Final Prayer, is that they don’t seem like a band that is willing to limit itself. In the songs In Denial and We Are The Enemy I hear some fresh hints of a band like The Setup. Closing track More Than Just Music is an excellent dancefloor filler, not in the least thanks to the cool additional vocals by Mike from Punishable Act. Final Prayer mastered the art of delivering a solid album and I’m convinced they have the skills to create a modern classic in the near future. They have a firm ground to built upon and Filling The Void shows a passionate band.
|
Band:CRUSHING CASPARS
Album:THE FIRE STILL BURNS
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Crushing Caspars have been around for twelve years and most euro kids probably heard about this band. Crushing Caspars play old school hardcore, influence by punk / oi with a european touch. Or as some might call it, eurocore. Labelling it eurocore wouldn't be 100% fair music wise but in my opinion the lyrics and vocalstyle do fit the label eurocore. On the other hand people that love songs about getting drunk and bar fights will love this, so it might just be a matter of personal taste.
|
Band:MORE THAN EVER
Album:MORE THAN EVER
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
POISON FREE: "More Than Ever hailing from Ludwigsburg/Germany come along with their second fill-length. This record is an evidence for hard work and progression. The listener recognizes a huge amount of development, and although you don’t know past More Than Ever releases you get to feel that this record is all about dedication and keeping a special spirit alive. This spirit definitely is inspired by several things. Most of these things the listener won’t get a real clue about, but obvious influences can be identified. 90’s Hardcore like Battery can be names as well as Modern HC bands like Shai Hulud, to name the ones mostly associated to More Than Ever".
|
|
|
|
