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Band:OF FEATHER AND BONE
Album:SULFURIC DISINTEGRATION
Label:PROFOUND LORE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The new album from death metal outfit OF FEATHER AND BONE, Sulfuric Disintegration (out on CD/LP/Digital Nov 13), sees the Colorado power-trio deliver their most brutal, dynamic, and punishing album to date. Following up 2018 s Bestial Hymns Of Perversion , an album which signaled a new paradigm shift for the band and saw the band get the worthwhile recognition deserved through acclaim and notable touring cycles (the band being recognized for their devastating live performance), bringing a new sense of awareness to the band. Sulfuric Disintegration takes OF FEATHER AND BONE s intensity and aura to the next level. With not only delivering a more dynamic and complex musical vision that balances the genres of pure dark death metal, blistering grind, and unrelenting bestial metal, Sulfuric Disintegration sees OF FEATHER AND BONE become the full-on sonic killing machine that one was given a mere glimpse of with their past works. Not only is the sound on Sulfuric Disintegration more devastating than anything done previously, but the tighter and warmer production courtesy of a lethal mix and master executed by Arthur Rizk (tracking was done at Juggernaut Audio by Ben Romsdahl) gives the band their deadliest sounding album yet. TRACK LISTING: 1. Regurgitated Communion, 2. Entropic Self Immolation, 3. Noctemnania, 4. Consecrated And Consumed, 5. Sulfuric Sodomy (Disintegration Of Christ), 6. Baptized In Boiling Phlegm
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Band:OF FEATHER AND BONE
Album:SULFURIC DISINTEGRATION
Label:PROFOUND LORE RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
The new album from death metal outfit OF FEATHER AND BONE, Sulfuric Disintegration (out on CD/LP/Digital Nov 13), sees the Colorado power-trio deliver their most brutal, dynamic, and punishing album to date. Following up 2018 s Bestial Hymns Of Perversion , an album which signaled a new paradigm shift for the band and saw the band get the worthwhile recognition deserved through acclaim and notable touring cycles (the band being recognized for their devastating live performance), bringing a new sense of awareness to the band. Sulfuric Disintegration takes OF FEATHER AND BONE s intensity and aura to the next level. With not only delivering a more dynamic and complex musical vision that balances the genres of pure dark death metal, blistering grind, and unrelenting bestial metal, Sulfuric Disintegration sees OF FEATHER AND BONE become the full-on sonic killing machine that one was given a mere glimpse of with their past works. Not only is the sound on Sulfuric Disintegration more devastating than anything done previously, but the tighter and warmer production courtesy of a lethal mix and master executed by Arthur Rizk (tracking was done at Juggernaut Audio by Ben Romsdahl) gives the band their deadliest sounding album yet. TRACK LISTING: 1. Regurgitated Communion, 2. Entropic Self Immolation, 3. Noctemnania, 4. Consecrated And Consumed, 5. Sulfuric Sodomy (Disintegration Of Christ), 6. Baptized In Boiling Phlegm
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Band:BLEEDING OUT
Album:LIFELONG DEATH FANTASY
Label:PROFOUND LORE RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
Featuring ex-members of Endless Blockade / Column Of Heaven / Abyss / Slaughter Strike etc., Bleeding Out have been making quite a name and impact within the Canadian extreme music scene in their short existence since releasing their 2018 demo, their split with Skullshitter last year, and by opening for like-minded bands they've associated with such as Full Of Hell, Tomb Mold, Mortiferum, and Primitive Man, to name a few notable friends of theirs.Lifelong Death Fantasy is a brutal, unrelenting, and utterly pulverizing, authority-bashing offering that captures the spirit of true old-school crossover deathgrind. A furious inexorable sonic pummeling, this album becomes the soundtrack to a civilization on the brink of rot and decay during an epoch of desperation, virulence, and uncertainty.
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Band:DVNE
Album:PROGENITOR
Label:WASTED STATE RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:PROG METAL
Progenitor was originally release as a limited run of 300 copies, mail order only, in 2014. Dvne s debut album, Asheran was released in 2017, through Wasted State Records to critical acclaim. Their second album is due to come out on Metal Blade Records early in 2021 following a brief delay during Covid 19. To celebrate, Wasted State are re-pressing Dvne s debut EP on transparent yellow vinyl. TRACK LISTING 1. Gravity Signal 2. Protostar 3. Oscillations of Colour 4. Pillars of Eternity 5. Pillars of Eternity ctd 6. When Planets Die 7. Red Giant 8. Orbital Remains
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Band:LES MAMANS DU CONGO & RROBIN
Album:LES MAMANS DU CONGO & RROBIN
Label:JARRING EFFECTS LABEL
Format:CD
Genre:CROSSOVER ELECTRO AFRICAN
Sing to emancipate the African woman. A unique encounter between the Bantu lullabies of the Congo, electronic music and hip-hop. A hybrid project which gives pride of place to dance and which highlights the daily life of Congolese women in a daring way and above all connected with the times. Gladys Samba, renowned singer and percussionist, had for years wanted to revive and popularize the lullabies of the Republic of Congo, considered as a true cultural heritage of his region. For his part in France, the artist Rrobin has been exploring electronic music and hip-hop since 2013. In 2018, he produced the Déluge album in collaboration with distinguished guests such as Grems, Spoek Mathambo, Nancy Fortune and Hedi Yusef. The Institut Français du Congo and the Coopérative de Mai, partners on the "Visa for Creation" project, then had the idea of getting Maman Glad 'and Rrobin to meet in order to create an unprecedented blend of traditional sounds and current sounds. It was in the fall of 2019 that Rrobin decided to go to Brazzaville. The project then comes to life through the recording of the first models. The common desire to make an album and especially a tour becomes evident when listening to the titles. TRACK LISTING 1. Nkala 2. Bordel De Rap 3. Sans Pagne 4. Boum 5. Ngaminke . Mbila 7. Meki 8. Mwana Wu Dila 9. Perle Precieuse
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Band:ICARUS PEELS ACID REIGN
Album:SHALLOW OCEANS
Label:BILLYWITCH
Format:LP
Genre:Rock
The first release on the newly formed Billywitch Records is unleashed this November and is by your favourite power-trio Icarus Peel s Acid Reign. A three-piece fronted by Icarus, the Acid Reign is much more than just a showpiece for Peel s solos. They perform songs that are memorable and psychedelically deep, with heavy guitar dynamics thrown in for good measure. The interplay between the band is essential and extraordinary, each song is given space to develop new horizons and is never played the same way twice. Shallow Oceans is their second album and like their debut it takes its influences from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, The Groundhogs and Taste. Like the classic power-trios that inform them, Acid Reign soar from light to heavy, from minimalism to baroque and from dreamy reveries to gothic nightmares. If your taste is for extended guitar-driven acid rock you need look, nor listen, no further than Icarus Peel's Acid Reign. Their new album Shallow Oceans skilfully recreates a time when the world s most inventive guitarists where taking the instrument into uncharted territory but with great songs to tickle your earholes. TRACK LISTING Side 1. Half Space 08:22 / Shallow Oceans 07:34 / We Come In Peace 05:35 Side 2. Divided 03:06 / Dance Upon The Moon 06:29 / Symphony Of Groove 04:04 / Wishful Thinking 04:45 / Snakes 02:05
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Band:SOMNUS THRONE
Album:SOMNUS THRONE
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM/STONER
When Burning World Records takes notice of a new band, your ears should perk up. Somnus Throne would seem to be a project for an era of working remotely, with members spread throughout multiple cities, and though their origins are murky, that s nothing compared to their riffs. They come big and slow on the band s self-titled debut, topped with samples and a free-your-mind lumber that s thoroughly genre-based and it knows it. With members spread out across New Orleans, Los Angeles, Portland and San Antonio, Somnus Throne is a new heavy and psychedelic doom band that pays homage to legends such as Sleep, High On Fire and Pentagram. The band s self-titled debut album is now set for release on October 9 via Burning World Records and sees Somnus Throne playing some Sabbath-tinged, mammoth-size and hypnotic doom riffs across five epic tracks. Each riff is so spine-asphyxiating heavy as if they possess the power to create a seismic tremor in the walls of your houses. Somnus Throne proves that the music Black Sabbath birthed decades ago can still hit hard and sound engaging after all these years.
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Band:SOMNUS THRONE
Album:SOMNUS THRONE
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:DOOM/STONER
Fourth album by Vetus Supulcrum, another disguise of Maurice the Jong, better known as Gnaw Their Tongues, Seirom, Hagetisse etc. Artwork by Maurice de Jong. Album includes a booklet of 8 pages also designed by Maurice de Jong. What s so lovely about Dungeon Synth from the Netherlands, is how it covers quite a thematic region. You have your edgy, basement-dwelling, blackened thematics, you have forefather-honoring dreamscapes, there are playful releases about curious turtles and - of course - there s Vetus Supulcrum, delivering its unique combination of serenity and bombast. Vetus Supulcrum has been around since February 2019 and steadily released quality material in a short timeframe. Some of you might know its creator, M. de Jong, through his other works. Gnaw Their Tongues has had a kvlt-following for years now and - my personal favorite - Seirom has attracted a much broader audience with its soothing ambient/drone-like releases. It feels good to have such a seasoned musician enter the scene - and it suffices to say that Windswept Canyons Of Thule delivers the quality you might expect. TRACKLIST Windswept Canyons Of Thule Hunted By The Wolves Of The night March Of The Black Legion A Strange Light From Beneauth Call Of The Nazgul Funeral Procession Beneath The Dark Storm Lord Werewolf Howls For War
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Band:VETUS SUPULCRUM
Album:WINDSWEPT CANYONS OF THULE
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:DUNGEON SYNTH
Fourth album by Vetus Supulcrum, another disguise of Maurice the Jong, better known as Gnaw Their Tongues, Seirom, Hagetisse etc. What’s so lovely about Dungeon Synth from the Netherlands, is how it covers quite a thematic region. You have your edgy, basement‐dwelling, blackened thematics, you have forefather‐honoring dreamscapes, there are playful releases about curious turtles and ‐ of course ‐ there’s Vetus Supulcrum, delivering its unique combination of serenity and bombast. Vetus Supulcrum has been around since February 2019 and steadily released quality material in a short timeframe. Some of you might know its creator, M. de Jong, through his other works. Gnaw Their Tongues has had a kvlt‐following for years now and ‐ my personal favorite ‐ Seirom has attracted a much broader audience with its soothing ambient/drone‐like releases. It feels good to have such a seasoned musician enter the scene ‐ and it suffices to say that Windswept Canyons Of Thule delivers the quality you might expect.
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Band:35007
Album:PHASE V
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:SPACEROCK/STONER/ PSYCHEDELIC
2020 REPRESS OF OUT OF PRINT ALBUM. 35007 is the code name for a projectile with a unique sound. Ranging from firm grooves drenched in multiple layers of sound and hypnotic riffs to flowing soundscapes. A fine combination of past and future in influences and technique. This sound has been captured on the very well-received albums "Especially for You" - 1994 (remastered and rereleased in '99) and "35007" - 1997, released exactly 50 years after Chuck Yeager's first sonic boom. These albums contain instrumental as well as tracks with vocals. The 10" / CDM "Sea of Tranquillity" - 2001, marked the appearance of 35007 MARK IV as well as the shift to even more hypnotic instrumental terrain. It goes beyond the conventional rock formula and astonished critics and audience. It was followed in 2002 by the fully instrumental sound track "Liquid", which continued to expand the boundaries of their sonic universe. The album contains 4 voluminous tracks which take the listener on a surprising and sometimes unexpected journey. On the latest release, "Phase V", 35007 continue the fully instrumental journey, this time leading into more abstract terrain, led by the roman philosopher Boethius (480-526) who stated that "music is mathematics made audible". With the digit 5 hovering predominantly, the album is about numbers and sounds. No words, no images. The new album has already been nicknamed "songs for the blind", appropriately "visualized" by the minimal and sensuous artwork. Without the benefit of vision, the ears seem to work much better. Phase V is an intermediate state. No physical manifestation is to be expected in the foreseeable future, only time will tell what the next phase will be. Be prepared, as 35007 catapults your head into the next dimension. 35007 is a state of mind. TRACKLIST 1. 20 09 2. 23 32 3. 06 18 4. 44 05 5. 22 25 6. 61 74
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Band:CELESTIAL SEASON
Album:SOLAR LOVERS
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:STONER DOOM
SOLAR LOVERS REMASTERED WITH NEW ARTWORK. Dutch doom legends-turned-stoner rock riff-makers Celestial Season have reformed, and are on the eve of releasing the official follow-up to 1995 gem Solar Lovers via Burning World Records. Indeed, new album, The Secret Teachings, finds the Nijmegen-based septet reuniting with members from the doom era, meaning debut album Forever Scarlet Passion and Solar Lovers, without guitarist Robert Ruiters and violinist Maaike Aarts. But what Celestial Season fans get is an updated lineup Olly Smits moves over from bass to guitar and Elianne Anemaat joins on cello but with Stefan Ruiters (vocals), Jason Köhnen (drums), Lucas van Slegtenhorst (bass), and Pim van Zanen (guitars) leading the front end. Says Jason Köhnen: 25 years after the release of our classic Solar Lovers album we are incredibly proud to present you our forthcoming new album The Secret Teachings appearing on Burning World Records. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoyed writing the album.
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Band:CELESTIAL SEASON
Album:FOREVER SCARLET PASSION
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:STONER DOOM
Dutch doom legends-turned-stoner rock riff-makers Celestial Season have reformed, and are on the eve of releasing the official follow-up to 1995 gem Solar Lovers via Burning World Records. Indeed, new album, The Secret Teachings, finds the Nijmegen-based septet reuniting with members from the doom era, meaning debut album Forever Scarlet Passion and Solar Lovers, without guitarist Robert Ruiters and violinist Maaike Aarts. But what Celestial Season fans get is an updated lineup Olly Smits moves over from bass to guitar and Elianne Anemaat joins on cello but with Stefan Ruiters (vocals), Jason Köhnen (drums), Lucas van Slegtenhorst (bass), and Pim van Zanen (guitars) leading the front end. Says Jason Köhnen: 25 years after the release of our classic Solar Lovers album we are incredibly proud to present you our forthcoming new album The Secret Teachings appearing on Burning World Records. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoyed writing the album.
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Band:CELESTIAL SEASON
Album:THE SECRET TEACHINGS
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:STONER DOOM
Dutch doom legends-turned-stoner rock riff-makers Celestial Season have reformed, and are on the eve of releasing the official follow-up to 1995 gem Solar Lovers via Burning World Records. Indeed, new album, The Secret Teachings, finds the Nijmegen-based septet reuniting with members from the doom era, meaning debut album Forever Scarlet Passion and Solar Lovers, without guitarist Robert Ruiters and violinist Maaike Aarts. But what Celestial Season fans get is an updated lineup Olly Smits moves over from bass to guitar and Elianne Anemaat joins on cello but with Stefan Ruiters (vocals), Jason Köhnen (drums), Lucas van Slegtenhorst (bass), and Pim van Zanen (guitars) leading the front end. Says Jason Köhnen: 25 years after the release of our classic Solar Lovers album we are incredibly proud to present you our forthcoming new album The Secret Teachings appearing on Burning World Records. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoyed writing the album.
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Band:CELESTIAL SEASON
Album:THE SECRET TEACHINGS
Label:BURNING WORLD RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:STONER DOOM
Dutch doom legends-turned-stoner rock riff-makers Celestial Season have reformed, and are on the eve of releasing the official follow-up to 1995 gem Solar Lovers via Burning World Records. Indeed, new album, The Secret Teachings, finds the Nijmegen-based septet reuniting with members from the doom era, meaning debut album Forever Scarlet Passion and Solar Lovers, without guitarist Robert Ruiters and violinist Maaike Aarts. But what Celestial Season fans get is an updated lineup Olly Smits moves over from bass to guitar and Elianne Anemaat joins on cello but with Stefan Ruiters (vocals), Jason Köhnen (drums), Lucas van Slegtenhorst (bass), and Pim van Zanen (guitars) leading the front end. Says Jason Köhnen: 25 years after the release of our classic Solar Lovers album we are incredibly proud to present you our forthcoming new album The Secret Teachings appearing on Burning World Records. We hope you enjoy the music as much as we enjoyed writing the album.
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Band:STORM WARNING
Album:DIFFERENT HORIZONS
Label:LIGHTNIN FINGERS
Format:CD
Genre:BLUES ROCK
This is the 5th album from UK band Storm Warning which leans more towards rock than any of their previous albums. All tracks are written by the band and influenced a little by 70 s rock. However, the songs sound fresh and there s no doubting Storm Warning has an individual style and sound. Although Different Horizons is not strictly a concept album, there is a theme about change that runs through the album with soundscapes that wouldn t be out of place on a Pink Floyd album. Guitarist Bob Moore, who unfortunately passed away not long after the album was completed, plays incredible eloquent and flowing guitar lines to die for. For over 15 years Storm Warning has been a notable band on the UK live music scene having played most UK blues/rock festivals. TRACK LISTING 1. Horizons 2. Feeling Something 3. Stranger 4. Come On In 5. Tell The Truth 6. Call It Midlife 7. Can't Sleep For Dreaming 8. Long Road 9. Questions
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Band:SHINDIG
Album:SHINDIG! 108
Label:SILVERBACK PUBLISHING
Format:A4 Magazine
Genre:MAGAZINES
Features: Third Ear Band London counterculture’s chamber quartet house band, Mort Garson The electronics wizard next door, Dory Previn The dark, deep songs of a unique female commentator, Kursaal Flyers Southend’s other pub-rock sensations
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Band:CONSTANT SOUND, THE
Album:THE CONSTANT SOUND
Label:LYSERGIC SOUND
Format:LP
Genre:POP PSYCH
For more than fifty years, vinyl collectors and music archivists from around the world have speculated about this ultra-obscure twelve-song demo-only disc from the 1960’s: When was it pressed? Who were the musicians and the singers? Who produced this gem? What was the purpose of the record, especially considering the high talent level and the fact that it seemingly had never had a commercial release? No less an expert than the late Patrick Lundborg, one of the world’s leading experts on psychedelic culture and music and author of “The Acid Archives”, the ultimate guide to underground sounds from the 1960’s and 1970’s, called The Constant Sound demo disc "one of the Holy Grails of 1960’s sunshine pop and lyte psych," comparable to the the California sunshine style on the very rare Birmingham Sunday record, and added: "this is bound to blow the mind of any genre fan, as it delivers on all the key areas and has no obvious weaknesses." High praise from the psychedelic guru!
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Band:RAW MATERIAL
Album:RAW MATERIAL (limited)
Label:Sunbeam
Format:2LP
Genre:PROG/PSYCH/JAZZ
Raw Material made little impact on the crowded London scene in the late 60s and early 70s, but their blend of prog, psych and jazz has gone on to become a firm favourite with cognoscenti all over the world. Their classic debut album was originally issued in October 1970, and receives its definitive reissue with this deluxe double LP. As well as the full album, it features both sides of all three singles they’d made to date, as well as the whole of the ‘Sounds Progressive’ LP they'd released under a pseudonym. The set comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes a packed large‐format booklet offering detailed background notes (drawing on original interviews) and copious photos and promo materials, as well as a reproduction of the promo poster sent to a few UK record shops at the time.
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Band:FALLEN ANGELS
Album:PARADISE LOST (LIMITED)
Label:Sunbeam
Format:2LP
Genre:PSYCH
The Fallen Angels’ two albums - issued in October 1967 and July 1968 - have made them one of the most beloved US cult bands of their time. This treasure trove of unreleased material from their prime will therefore be greeted rapturously by their many fans. It contains a full concert taped in their hometown in April 1969, as well as a range of outtakes, demos and works-inprogress, including material intended for their never-released third LP. The package comes in a gatefold sleeve and is accompanied by a packed booklet featuring their full history, as well as rare and unseen images and memorabilia. Also included is a reproduction of a vintage and very rare psychedelic poster for the band.
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Band:DON SHINN
Album:TEMPLES WITH PROPHETS (LIMITED)
Label:Sunbeam
Format:LP
Genre:Prog
Having made several classic 45s with The Soul Agents (whose singer was briefly Rod Stewart), Don Shinn taped his remarkable debut album in London’s Lansdowne Studios in December 1967. Featuring his explosive organ (a clear influence on the young Keith Emerson) and outstanding guitar from Paul Hodgeson, it’s one of the first progressive albums ever recorded, and has its first official reissue here, fifty years after its first release. It comes complete with detailed background notes, rare images and two jaw‐dropping bonus tracks from 1966.
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Band:DON SHINN
Album:DEPARTURES (LIMITED)
Label:Sunbeam
Format:LP
Genre:Prog
Don Shinn’s second and final album was made in London’s Lansdowne Studios only a few months after his classic debut. Featuring a more jazzy and experimental side to his remarkable organ playing (a clear influence on the young Keith Emerson) and a band including jazz legend Stan Tracey, it has its first official reissue here, fifty years after its first release. It comes complete with detailed background notes, rare images and three newly recorded bonus tracks that make it clear that the maestro has lost none of his touch.
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Band:WIZZ JONES
Album:WIZZ JONES (LIMITED)
Label:Sunbeam
Format:LP
Genre:Folk
An undisputed giant of modern folk and one of the finest acoustic guitarists Britain has ever produced, Wizz Jones has been cited as an influence by stars including Rod Stewart and Keith Richards, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Folk Awards in 2019. His first solo LP appeared 50 years earlier, and receives its first‐ever reissue here. A beguiling mixture of standards and originals with his outstanding playing to the fore throughout, it’s unlike anything else he ever recorded. It's presented here in both its mono and stereo mixes, together with an insert containing background notes and rare images, and a repro shop flier from the original time of release.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:CORNFLAKE ZOO EPISODE 23
Label:PARTICLES
Format:CD
Genre:FUNK/GARAGE PUNK
Episode 23 unveils another beguiling blast of dancefloor disasters direct from the legendary and catastrophic Discotheque la Despair DJ, Dustin E. While a mild dose of spectacularly transmitted diseases (sexual or otherwise) is engulfing the globe, there s no better time to put the kettle on, sit on your ass and grab a listen to some strange people making weird noises. We re not talking world leaders here, we re talking about the flatulent underbelly of the 60s pop debacle, a grandiose spectacular that still entertains and brings tears of joy (or disbelief) to many. Herewith we present to you, an era unfolding before your very ears with a succulent helping of funky soul beat and garage punk that wasn t punk at the time and wasn t recorded in a garage, but who cares when it sounds this good. 1. THE HUNTERS Lost Money 1968 2. DAVID McNEIL Linda 1969 3. SWEET FEELING Ask Me If I m Ready 1967 4. THE SCREEN Can t You Hear My Heartbeat 1969 5. TEDDY ROBIN & THE PLAYBOYS Don t You Try To Love Somebody 1967 6. THE NEW BEATNICKS Silly Pete 1968 7. OLA & THE JANGLERS No No No 1965 8. ANNAABEE NOX The Kids Are Alright 1966 9. GROEP REZA From Home 1967 10. PETER WELCH & HIS JETS I m So Lonely To Night 1965 11. THE BLIZZARDS Faithless Sleep 1965 12. THE PICK-UPS Tom Tom 1967 13. THE JETS Chase Your Blues Away 1967 14. SHADDERHANDS Hurting Inside 1968 15. THE SCARECROWS Every Single Day 1967 16. THE RINGLEADERS This World Could Be A Beauty 1966 17. THE GARNETS A Sunny Walk In Rainy Days 1968 18. THE CHINCHILLAS Crying 1967 19. THE INVADERS Pictures Of Matchstick Men 1968 20. THE SHAKERS The 46 In Wind Street 1967
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Band:EQ
Album:GIVING UP THE ENERGY: EXPANDED EDITION
Label:PROGAOR
Format:CD
Genre:AOR/PROG ROCK/HARD ROCK
EQ was formed in 1980, and immediately started to write songs for their only 7" and LP, released in 1981. They promoted the album and toured around NY, New England and Canada. In 1983 EQ broke up and Penny Knight, Richard Parks and Tony Jones formed Penny Knight centering attention on Penny's tremendous vocals. Released on CD for the first time, digitally remastered expanded with bonus tracks and with a 16-page booklet.
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Band:PENNY KNIGHT
Album:TITLE SHOT: EXPANDED EDITION
Label:PROGAOR
Format:CD
Genre:AOR/MELODIC ROCK/HARD ROCK
After the break up of Pomp Rockers EQ in 1983, Penny Knight, Richard Parks and Tony Jones formed Penny Knight centering attention on Penny's tremendous vocals. This lone album was released back in 1984, and was always revered as a forgotten jewel of the genre. The band ceased in 1985 but returned a decade ago occasionally recording and gigging. Released on CD for the first time, digitally remastered expanded with bonus tracks and 16-page booklet.
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Band:WHITE MAGICIAN
Album:DEALERS OF DIVINITY
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:HARD ROCK/PROTO HEAVY METAL
Classic, mystical metal with a high dosage of ’70s rock influences and unparalleled guitar work! On their first LP, Dealers of Divinity, Detroit, Michigan’s White Magician seamlessly blend the magic(k) of Blue Öyster Cult with the spellbinding glory of Mercyful Fate! The title for White Magician’s first full-length, Dealers of Divinity, depicts three blind card dealers who are employed by an entity who controls the universe’s behind-the-scenes gaming facility. The dealers laugh at the earth’s inhabitants’ belief that they are free. They watch them line up and play at this game called “life” and grasp at the illusion that they can actually win. But, ultimately, it is an artifice of the highest degree. Their fate has already been determined by the dealers well before the game starts. It begs the ultimate question: Do we accept this destiny or will we fight to make our own? This theme is the backdrop of White Magician’s mystical blend of classic metal and ’70s rock on Dealers of Divinity; a challenging array of stellar guitar work and oftentimes labyrinthine song arrangements that stretch well beyond traditional boundaries. Originally formed in 2010, White Magician — featuring guitarist/vocalist The Great Kaiser, guitarist Mars Mysterio, bassist Mofang Tengrand and drummer Master Commandriani — has gradually honed their sound across three releases preceding Dealers of Divinity: 2016’s The Pledge EP; 2017’s Antipathy single, and 2018’s split with The Great Kaiser’s White Magician (not to be confused with this White Magician) and Prelude to Ruin. Through trial and error and a laborious songwriting process that is oftentimes born out of a single riff, White Magician eventually arrived at a sound that relies on imaginative storytelling and some of the most advanced guitar interplays heard in classic metal in recent memory.
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Band:OLD MOTHER HELL
Album:LORD OF DEMISE
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:HEAVY METAL
On the follow-up to their lauded 2017 self-titled debut, Germany’s Old Mother Hell dig into their roots for a lively, memorable collection of pure, unadulterated metal on Lord of Demise. Before the release of their 2017 self-titled debut, it had been a long, oftentimes unrewarding road for the members of Old Mother Hell. Veterans of the Mannheim, Germany metal scene since the 1990s and early 2000s, Old Mother Hell had little in terms of expectations when Cruz Del Sur Music decided to rerelease the album that September. After all, they had spent years sweating it out in clubs and fine-tuning their musical skills in various rehearsal rooms with the hope that someday someone will take notice. Then, once the album was released, positive fan reaction and journalistic acclaim followed, with many hailing Old Mother Hell as one of the brightest new German metal bands in recent memory.
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Band:DARK QUARTERER
Album:POMPEI
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:PROGRESSIVE EPIC METAL
Prog-tinged epic metal from one of Italy’s most venerable acts! A concept album detailing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Dark Quarterer has crafted an album of high drama and impeccable musicianship with Pompei! Playing original material was considered taboo in the early 1980s Italian metal scene. Clubs wouldn’t book acts who wrote their own material, prompting countless Italian metal bands to hone their craft playing other people’s songs. The domino effect was obvious: Without any bands releasing original material, the European metal scene overlooked Italy for years, all the while Germany became the dominant force. One such band who swam against the tide was Omega R, who, after growing restless playing just covers, changed their name to Dark Quarterer in 1982 and started recording and releasing their own songs. It hasn’t always been easy for the band, who, thirty-eight years after the fact, are guided by founding members Gianni Nepi (bass/vocals) and Paolo “Nipa” Ninci (drums). During their halcyon years, venues for live music were scarce, forcing the band to retreat to their rehearsal room to work on their unique sound, one that has made Dark Quarterer one of Italy’s most respected cult metal acts.
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Band:WHITE MAGICIAN
Album:DEALERS OF DIVINITY
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:LP
Genre:HARD ROCK/PROTO HEAVY METAL
Classic, mystical metal with a high dosage of ’70s rock influences and unparalleled guitar work! On their first LP, Dealers of Divinity, Detroit, Michigan’s White Magician seamlessly blend the magic(k) of Blue Öyster Cult with the spellbinding glory of Mercyful Fate! The title for White Magician’s first full-length, Dealers of Divinity, depicts three blind card dealers who are employed by an entity who controls the universe’s behind-the-scenes gaming facility. The dealers laugh at the earth’s inhabitants’ belief that they are free. They watch them line up and play at this game called “life” and grasp at the illusion that they can actually win. But, ultimately, it is an artifice of the highest degree. Their fate has already been determined by the dealers well before the game starts. It begs the ultimate question: Do we accept this destiny or will we fight to make our own? This theme is the backdrop of White Magician’s mystical blend of classic metal and ’70s rock on Dealers of Divinity; a challenging array of stellar guitar work and oftentimes labyrinthine song arrangements that stretch well beyond traditional boundaries. Originally formed in 2010, White Magician — featuring guitarist/vocalist The Great Kaiser, guitarist Mars Mysterio, bassist Mofang Tengrand and drummer Master Commandriani — has gradually honed their sound across three releases preceding Dealers of Divinity: 2016’s The Pledge EP; 2017’s Antipathy single, and 2018’s split with The Great Kaiser’s White Magician (not to be confused with this White Magician) and Prelude to Ruin. Through trial and error and a laborious songwriting process that is oftentimes born out of a single riff, White Magician eventually arrived at a sound that relies on imaginative storytelling and some of the most advanced guitar interplays heard in classic metal in recent memory.
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Band:OLD MOTHER HELL
Album:LORD OF DEMISE
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:LP
Genre:HEAVY METAL
On the follow-up to their lauded 2017 self-titled debut, Germany’s Old Mother Hell dig into their roots for a lively, memorable collection of pure, unadulterated metal on Lord of Demise. Before the release of their 2017 self-titled debut, it had been a long, oftentimes unrewarding road for the members of Old Mother Hell. Veterans of the Mannheim, Germany metal scene since the 1990s and early 2000s, Old Mother Hell had little in terms of expectations when Cruz Del Sur Music decided to rerelease the album that September. After all, they had spent years sweating it out in clubs and fine-tuning their musical skills in various rehearsal rooms with the hope that someday someone will take notice. Then, once the album was released, positive fan reaction and journalistic acclaim followed, with many hailing Old Mother Hell as one of the brightest new German metal bands in recent memory. It was, as the band put it, “like a life-long dream come true.” Now, with their self-titled album behind them, Old Mother Hell has moved onto the next stage of their career with their second studio foray, Lord of Demise. Recorded in early 2020 at Rama Tonstudio in Mannheim with Jens Seifert, with additional vocal tracking taking place at Sculpt Sound Studios in Cologne with Laurent Teubl, Lord of Demise perfectly captures the essence of Old Mother Hell, who consist of Bernd Wener (guitars/vocals), Ronald Senft (bass) and Michael Frölich (drums).
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Band:DARK QUARTERER
Album:POMPEI
Label:CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC
Format:LP
Genre:PROGRESSIVE EPIC METAL
Prog-tinged epic metal from one of Italy’s most venerable acts! A concept album detailing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Dark Quarterer has crafted an album of high drama and impeccable musicianship with Pompei! Playing original material was considered taboo in the early 1980s Italian metal scene. Clubs wouldn’t book acts who wrote their own material, prompting countless Italian metal bands to hone their craft playing other people’s songs. The domino effect was obvious: Without any bands releasing original material, the European metal scene overlooked Italy for years, all the while Germany became the dominant force. One such band who swam against the tide was Omega R, who, after growing restless playing just covers, changed their name to Dark Quarterer in 1982 and started recording and releasing their own songs. It hasn’t always been easy for the band, who, thirty-eight years after the fact, are guided by founding members Gianni Nepi (bass/vocals) and Paolo “Nipa” Ninci (drums). During their halcyon years, venues for live music were scarce, forcing the band to retreat to their rehearsal room to work on their unique sound, one that has made Dark Quarterer one of Italy’s most respected cult metal acts.
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Band:NORDEIN
Album:NORDARIKET (LIMITED)
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CDD
Genre:NORDIC FOLK/AMBIENT/FOLKLORE
Long before Black Metal flared up in Scandinavia, a specifically "Nordic sound" had developped in the music, which was picked up by artists from various backgrounds and interpreted in different ways. This on the one hand subtly uplifting, on the other hand deeply melancholic sound echoed in Nordic Black Metal and its obscure stylistic niches as early as the nineties. But while a project like Wongraven initially had to cope with sparse instruments, the turn to folk music on the part of numerous metal musicians all too often escalated into kitsch and embarrassing clichés in the years that followed. In contrast to that, multi-instrumentalist Jørn Øyhus (Byrdi, Varde, Nordjevel) took his time with NORDEIN to realize his personal idea of Nordic music, which easily rises above such lowlands - it was not without reason that the versatile musician originally described NORDEIN as "Norwegian Mountain Music". The Norwegian allowes his tone poems to grow in their own directions, while he can rely on musical companions such as Mathias Gyllengahm (Utmarken, Norrsinnt) who value artistic freedom as much as the founder of NORDEIN does himself. "The writing of Nordariket marked the beginning of a very personal musical and spiritual journey," Jørn reports. "We recorded the album with both contemporary and traditional instruments. It is a celebration of the natural world, blood and nostalgia - blurring the lines between past and future. It is also directly influenced by the fantastic inner realm of ancient spirits, gnomes and trolls." Experienced listeners will recognize that behind the sound of acoustic guitar, nyckelharpa and choral singing there is a spirit that feeds more on Nordic Black Metal than some pretentious bands which have little else to offer than soulless noise. As a matter of fact, the CD version of Nordariket includes "Norges Sorte Himmel" - a reinterpretation of the most epic song that Jørn once wrote for the norwegian Black Metal outlet Nordjevel.
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Band:CEREMONIAL CASTINGS
Album:SALEM 1692 (LIMITED)
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CD
Genre:BLACK/DEATH METAL
OVERVIEW Long-running American symphonic black metal masters return from the dead to re-record their classic 2008 album, "Salem 1692." Considered by many to be Ceremonial Castings' best album, "Salem 1692" now receives a reinvigorating recording which both amplifies their inherent aggression and their foggy mysticism: simply spellbinding, and another new classic of '90s-style sympho-BM! Ceremonial Castings began in the late fall of 1996. The band was founded by still existing members Jake Superchi (Uada) & brother Nick Superchi. The basis of the writing & the lyrical foundation striving on the art of black magic, witchcraft & rituals that could only lead to the name of Ceremonial Castings. Hailing from the town Battle Ground which is located in the dark forests of Washington state (USA) it is no surprise that the curses that are spewed forth are a perfect mix of unrelenting majestic chaos. The recipe contains itself with the magicks of Black, Death, & Thrash Metal to Classical, Symphonic & Dark Ambient combining into the band's self deemed sound as "American Deathphonic Black Metal" or now known as "Bewitching Black Metal", a unique style surrounded in black magic & the arts of witchcraft. The brothers Superchi also happen to be related to the renowned author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, as they are direct descendants of Nathaniel's great-great-grandfather, Judge John Hathorne, who is known for his leading role in the Salem witch trials. TRACKLIST 1. Beneath the Sabbath Moon 2. Where the Witches Waltz 3. The Devil in Salem 4. Obsidian Spells of Hysteria 5. The Dreamstalk Masquerade 6. The Crucible & the Cross 7. Damned Be Those of the Craft 8. Onwards to Gallows Hill 9. Stones upon the Warlock 10. When Winter Spectres Come 11. The Search for Tranquility
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Band:LAMIA VOX
Album:SIGILLUM DIABOLI
Label:cyclic law
Format:2LP
Genre:AMBIENT/ORCHESTRAL/RITUAL
Re-issue of long sold out and highly acclaimed 2nd album by LAMIA VOX, available for the first time on vinyl, in a luxurious double LP in gatefold sleeve, as well on CD, all with new artwork. “Sigillum Diaboli” is a journey where Sabbatic fires burn into the night, incense smoke dances around the sorcerer's circle while whispered incantations are delivered and entities summoned. The album alchemically combines ritualistic elements with vocals and chants, martial percussion and haunting ambient soundscapes, creating its own impressive and bewitching ceremonial atmosphere. Double Vinyl Edition of 300 copies in gatefold sleeve, matt lamination on black vinyl. 9 Tracks. Running Time 56:20 UPC: 694536562943
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Band:DIVA
Album:AIR
Label:DIVISION RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:DARK POP/TRIP-HOP
The close collaboration with producer Josué Salomon has allowed the band to push the boundaries they’d settled on their first album. The main frame is still strongly rooted in a mystical & deep trip-hop inherited from the Bristol scene in the 90’s, but the two musicians have now accepted that they also had a really strong taste for the powerful & mesmerizing R’n’B. The one from the 90’s as well. The one with gigantic beats work by Timbaland in particular. And of course, the infinite love they both share for more folk/pop tunes is still there. The result is nothing less that stunning and completely addictive. Impressive vocal parts supported by smart beats (soaked in modern trap music, also) and incredible guitar work that give birth to unique earworms… These songs will grab you by the neck and never let you go!
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Band:HERONIMUS FIN
Album:THE PHARMACIST
Label:GARDEN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:PSYCH/PROG ROCK
Underground/Psych band Heronimus Fin's releases are packed with Quirky English eccentricity popular enough for the band to be voted above The Stereophonics, Roger Waters and White Stripes in Record Collector Magazines Top 500 Poll! Their latest album `The Pharmacist` was co produced by John Rivers (Specials/Ocean Colour Scene) “The vinyl is just about the best sounding I've ever produced it had me dancing round the control room”. The band have been compared to Sensational Alex Harvey Band/Hawkwind/Pink Floyd/Budgie in style. Having performed on Channel 4 TV they made the National papers in raising money for `Monkeyworld` in Dorset. They recently recorded a Live Session for BBC Radio.
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Band:HERONIMUS FIN
Album:THE PHARMACIST
Label:GARDEN RECORDS
Format:MC
Genre:PSYCH/PROG ROCK
Underground/Psych band Heronimus Fin's releases are packed with Quirky English eccentricity popular enough for the band to be voted above The Stereophonics, Roger Waters and White Stripes in Record Collector Magazines Top 500 Poll! Their latest album `The Pharmacist` was co produced by John Rivers (Specials/Ocean Colour Scene) “The vinyl is just about the best sounding I've ever produced it had me dancing round the control room”. The band have been compared to Sensational Alex Harvey Band/Hawkwind/Pink Floyd/Budgie in style. Having performed on Channel 4 TV they made the National papers in raising money for `Monkeyworld` in Dorset. They recently recorded a Live Session for BBC Radio.
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Band:HERONIMUS FIN
Album:THE PHARMACIST
Label:GARDEN RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:PSYCH/PROG ROCK
Underground/Psych band Heronimus Fin's releases are packed with Quirky English eccentricity popular enough for the band to be voted above The Stereophonics, Roger Waters and White Stripes in Record Collector Magazines Top 500 Poll! Their latest album `The Pharmacist` was co produced by John Rivers (Specials/Ocean Colour Scene) “The vinyl is just about the best sounding I've ever produced it had me dancing round the control room”. The band have been compared to Sensational Alex Harvey Band/Hawkwind/Pink Floyd/Budgie in style. Having performed on Channel 4 TV they made the National papers in raising money for `Monkeyworld` in Dorset. They recently recorded a Live Session for BBC Radio.
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Band:HOLY DOXA
Album:PUZZLE THERAPY
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Alternative Rock lovers! Holy Doxa is about to release their first album, a chance meeting between Jeff Buckley, Muse and Red Hot Chili Peppers … Time to be curious!
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Band:PLAZMATICK
Album:MAZIS MI SE/CUDDLY, CUDDLY - DELUXE EDITION
Label:PDV RECORDS
Format:2LP
Genre:LEFTFIELD/ELECTRONIC/ EXPERIMENTAL
Plazmatick is an electronic music producer based in Zagreb, Croatia. Anyone who loves thoughtful, suggestive, and highly cinematic music will have a lot to enjoy. Plazmatick's music can be described in style as an endearing timeless combination of jazz, bass and drum, breaks, nomadic tribal mantras, trip-hop, dubstep, organic and electronic, ambient, and film music. Plazmatick is not just music but a complex mix of theory, activism, urban tribes, zeros and ones, video projection, love and freedom. Maziš mi se / Cuddly, Cuddly is an imaginary soundtrack, an audio catharsis boldly thrown on the urban jungle asphalt, with its main engine of aural and life experiences, gathered during the last two years. This is a melting pot of various influences and cinematic audio highways. Deluxe double vinyl edition of Maziš mi se / Cuddly, Cuddly includes Plazmatick's previous album Hrđava vremena / Rusty Times.
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Band:PYRAWEED
Album:PYRAWEED "420"
Label:ROBUSTFELLOW PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:HYPNOTIC STONER/DOOM
Imagine Hatebreed that began to smoke fiercely, slowed down to 30 beats per minute, with a dude on vocals that sings in a "doom" manner, but not without a "Hardcore" feel. In other words, here we have a very groovy sludge, with Pyraweed’s "chopping" riffs played entirely on bass. It is likely that there is significantly more than one bass track here, and it’s evident that Nizhat and Zakir reached a new level of robustness, while demonstrating masterful teamwork as a rhythm section.
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Band:DEAD SLEEP
Album:NAKED TYRANT
Label:DENOMINATION RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:THRASH METAL/PUNK
2020 release. Four piece Dead Sleep from Malmö, Sweden, release a follow up to their highly acclaimed debut album on Denomination Records. Naked Tyrant is ten tracks of furious old school thrash metal, taking inspiration from both hardcore punk and the British heavy metal legacy. Simple and bombastic at the same time, the songs always carry a strong riff at the center and aggressive, in-your-face vocals. Lyrically, Naked Tyrant is a scathing attack on today's hollow neoliberalist doctrines. The album was recorded at The End studios together with long-time producer Ulf Blomberg and mastered by one of the band's personal heroes: Joel Grind from Toxic Holocaust.
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Band:NOCTE OBDUCTA
Album:IRRLICHT (ES SCHLAGT DEM MOND EIN KALTES HERZ)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
NOCTE OBDUCTA was founded in 1995 as the successor of the band Deshîra. Now, 25 years after the foundation, it is already the 13th album with the title "Irrlicht (Es schlägt dem Mond ein kaltes Herz)" that is about to be released. Returning to stylistically old territories with this album NOCTE OBDUCTA are picking up many moments from the band’s history in an unpolished yet expected lyrical manner. Not only once you have to think of the “Nektar” concept, but on this new album NOCTE OBDUCTA appear honest and incomparably more ruthless than they did back in the “Nektar” days, they lose hope maybe once too often. The artwork optically underlines the reduction to the essential and may seem brusque at times. Nevertheless, the overall concept is coherent as usual and once again reveals the constant restlessness and creative urge of Marcel, the mastermind of the band.
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Band:NOCTE OBDUCTA
Album:IRRLICHT (ES SCHLAGT DEM MOND EIN KALTES HERZ)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:Digibook
Genre:Black Metal
NOCTE OBDUCTA was founded in 1995 as the successor of the band Deshîra. Now, 25 years after the foundation, it is already the 13th album with the title "Irrlicht (Es schlägt dem Mond ein kaltes Herz)" that is about to be released. Returning to stylistically old territories with this album NOCTE OBDUCTA are picking up many moments from the band’s history in an unpolished yet expected lyrical manner. Not only once you have to think of the “Nektar” concept, but on this new album NOCTE OBDUCTA appear honest and incomparably more ruthless than they did back in the “Nektar” days, they lose hope maybe once too often. The artwork optically underlines the reduction to the essential and may seem brusque at times. Nevertheless, the overall concept is coherent as usual and once again reveals the constant restlessness and creative urge of Marcel, the mastermind of the band.
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Band:NOCTE OBDUCTA
Album:IRRLICHT (ES SCHLAGT DEM MOND EIN KALTES HERZ)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:2LP
Genre:Black Metal
NOCTE OBDUCTA was founded in 1995 as the successor of the band Deshîra. Now, 25 years after the foundation, it is already the 13th album with the title "Irrlicht (Es schlägt dem Mond ein kaltes Herz)" that is about to be released. Returning to stylistically old territories with this album NOCTE OBDUCTA are picking up many moments from the band’s history in an unpolished yet expected lyrical manner. Not only once you have to think of the “Nektar” concept, but on this new album NOCTE OBDUCTA appear honest and incomparably more ruthless than they did back in the “Nektar” days, they lose hope maybe once too often. The artwork optically underlines the reduction to the essential and may seem brusque at times. Nevertheless, the overall concept is coherent as usual and once again reveals the constant restlessness and creative urge of Marcel, the mastermind of the band.
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Band:LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY
Album:IN ADVANCED HAEMORRHAGING CONDITIONS
Label:BONES BRIGADE RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:GRINDCORE/GOREGRIND
15 years later, the goriest & most brutal Mini-Album on earth is back in Digipak CD version. A Band which remains to this day the most Gory and Brutal to its generation. This Mini Album and the one that follows “Putrefaction in Progress” Remain unprecedented and remain unmatched!
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Band:SLAUGHTER DAY
Album:ANCIENT DEATH TRIUMPH
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
German Death Metal butchers SLAUGHTERDAY have completed their 3rd album entitled Ancient Death Triumph. Slaughterday delivers 9 brandnew blood soaking songs, with no doubt their best material so far. Some people call them the German AUTOPSY, but no friends, Slaughterday is much more than this. Believe me or not, the new songs are on the same high and authentic level like all the classic evergreen stuff from the early days as „Mental Funeral“, „Leprosy“, „Left Hand Path“, „War Master“ and so on.. SLAUGHTERDAY is pure fukken authentic nasty Death Metal !
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Band:NOCTE OBDUCTA
Album:IRRLICHT (ES SCHLAGT DEM MOND EIN KALTES HERZ) WHITE VINYL
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:2LP
Genre:Black Metal
NOCTE OBDUCTA was founded in 1995 as the successor of the band Deshîra. Now, 25 years after the foundation, it is already the 13th album with the title "Irrlicht (Es schlägt dem Mond ein kaltes Herz)" that is about to be released. Returning to stylistically old territories with this album NOCTE OBDUCTA are picking up many moments from the band’s history in an unpolished yet expected lyrical manner. Not only once you have to think of the “Nektar” concept, but on this new album NOCTE OBDUCTA appear honest and incomparably more ruthless than they did back in the “Nektar” days, they lose hope maybe once too often. The artwork optically underlines the reduction to the essential and may seem brusque at times. Nevertheless, the overall concept is coherent as usual and once again reveals the constant restlessness and creative urge of Marcel, the mastermind of the band.
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Band:NOCTE OBDUCTA
Album:IRRLICHT (ES SCHLAGT DEM MOND EIN KALTES HERZ)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:MC
Genre:Black Metal
NOCTE OBDUCTA was founded in 1995 as the successor of the band Deshîra. Now, 25 years after the foundation, it is already the 13th album with the title "Irrlicht (Es schlägt dem Mond ein kaltes Herz)" that is about to be released. Returning to stylistically old territories with this album NOCTE OBDUCTA are picking up many moments from the band’s history in an unpolished yet expected lyrical manner. Not only once you have to think of the “Nektar” concept, but on this new album NOCTE OBDUCTA appear honest and incomparably more ruthless than they did back in the “Nektar” days, they lose hope maybe once too often. The artwork optically underlines the reduction to the essential and may seem brusque at times. Nevertheless, the overall concept is coherent as usual and once again reveals the constant restlessness and creative urge of Marcel, the mastermind of the band.
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Band:KADAVERFICKER
Album:KAOS NEKROS KOSMOS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:GRINDCORE/DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
Experience the new album of Germanys not so finest Kadaverficker entitled "Kaos*Nekros*Kosmos". After founded in 1993, Kadaverficker released several Demos, Split 7", CDs and now they unleash the LP Version of their 4th full lenght album on Supreme Chaos Records. Brace yourself for a wild journey into the depths of Nekrokore, a style that wildly mixed Death Metal, Black Metal, Punk, Grindcore and even Rock ´n Roll. Kadaverficker also recorded an unique LP track, only available on this release; An unholy coverversion of Beherits classic "Sadomatic Rites".
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Band:KADAVERFICKER
Album:KAOS NEKROS KOSMOS (WHITE VINYL)
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:GRINDCORE/DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
Experience the new album of Germanys not so finest Kadaverficker entitled "Kaos*Nekros*Kosmos". After founded in 1993, Kadaverficker released several Demos, Split 7", CDs and now they unleash the LP Version of their 4th full lenght album on Supreme Chaos Records. Brace yourself for a wild journey into the depths of Nekrokore, a style that wildly mixed Death Metal, Black Metal, Punk, Grindcore and even Rock ´n Roll. Kadaverficker also recorded an unique LP track, only available on this release; An unholy coverversion of Beherits classic "Sadomatic Rites".
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Band:KADAVERFICKER
Album:KAOS NEKROS KOSMOS
Label:SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS
Format:MC
Genre:GRINDCORE/DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
Experience the new album of Germanys not so finest Kadaverficker entitled "Kaos*Nekros*Kosmos". After founded in 1993, Kadaverficker released several Demos, Split 7", CDs and now they unleash the LP Version of their 4th full lenght album on Supreme Chaos Records. Brace yourself for a wild journey into the depths of Nekrokore, a style that wildly mixed Death Metal, Black Metal, Punk, Grindcore and even Rock ´n Roll. Kadaverficker also recorded an unique LP track, only available on this release; An unholy coverversion of Beherits classic "Sadomatic Rites".
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Band:GWYDION
Album:GWYDION
Label:ART GATES RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:VIKING/FOLK METAL
Gwydion's journey started in 1995, a project founded by a group of friends that shared the same passion for metal and interest in Celtic culture. In 2007, Gwydion prepared to record their first full-length album "Ynys Mön". With Ynys Mön, Gwydion finally started to draw some international attention and ultimately received an invitation to make an European tour in October 2008 with top bands such as Lestorm, Svartsot and the Ragnarok Aaskereia's Tour. During 2009, Gwydion played in nearly all major metal Portuguesemetal festivals, delivering a distinct sound and attitude, and received continuously great feedback. At the end of the year, Gwydion finished the recordings and production of their second album "Horn Triskelion" that truly represented fifteen years of accumulated experience and ideas. The readers of Portugal's biggest metal magazine LOUD magazine have chosen Gwydion to be the 2nd best band over 2010 + their album "Horn Triskelion" was considered the 3rd best album of 2010! In 2013, Gwydion presents "VETERAN", a slightly different musical-style, as the music is much more epic and "metal" than folk compared to the previous release. Since the beginning of the band, they had a very influential epic component in their songs, so naturally when they created "VETERAN", they decided to have a strong mixture of heavy metal riffs and epic/folk songs. VETERAN was nominated by Metal Storm website for best Folk Metal album of 2013. In 2018 with a new Album “Thirteen” which was divided in two parts, one talks about known Viking personalities and the other part about the Viking invasion in Portugal! The name “Thirteen” is related to this last part! Now the band completes 25 years of history and it was time to release a self-titled album to honor the god Gwydion and the band itself! It will be released through AGR Records on 13 of November 2020 and it will be the most epic, dramatic, folk and strong album from Gwydion up to date!
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Band:MELODIUS DEITE
Album:ELYSIUM
Label:ART GATES RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:SYMPHONIC POWER METAL
Melodius Deite is the Symphonic Melodic Progressive Power Metal band co-founded by Biggie P. Phanrath, Bookkie P. Phanrath and Oatdy P. Keartpanich . Later on, Ake N. Keartpanich and Ohm S. Dejkong . The first album was emphasized on the catchy, beautiful and powerful melody in Melodic Power Metal style. In the second one, they developed their skills in all aspects; a more delicate composition, more elegant arrangements, more complex music and stories, a much better production and more experienced skills of each member have been shown. The third album title is “Episode III: The Archangels And The Olympians”in 2018 with Lean Van Ranna from Brazil as the vocalist. A powerful album mixed between Power Metal and Progressive Metal with the fantastic catchy melody and Classical elements, presenting with majestic heavy sound production by Karlin Studio. And now they have come up with the fourth album called “Elysium”.
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Band:NETHER
Album:BETWEEN SHADES AND SHADOWS
Label:ART GATES RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC & RAW BLACK METAL
Nether is a raw yet melodic black metal band from Belgium founded in 2019. The band is a collection of individuals who all have their roots in the local black metal scene for several decades. The band consists of ex - members of known and less known extreme acts as there are Signs of Darkness, Necrosis and Insanity Reigns Supreme. The music was recorded by P and was then mixed and mastered by famous Andy Classen (Stage One Studio). The logo was created by Christhophe Szpajdel, a well know underground artist. Cover art is delivered by Artem Gordienko an artist from Ukraine. The tree that is used in the logo is a strong symbol that translates the idea that everyone of us, every individual has deep roots, deep roots in the earth, thats why we have to search the core of every individual even if it is dark and well hidden deep inside ("nether"). Their debut album “Between Shades and Shadows” will be released worldwide October 30th through Art Gates Records.
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Band:STARBYNARY
Album:DIVINA COMMEDIA - PARADISO
Label:ART GATES RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:PROGRESSIVE HEAVY METAL
Starbynary is one of top of the class bands of the italian power progressive metal scene. The band takes after the gamut of classic progressive metal bands, the riffs and surrounding musical components in their vision of music actually dare to be varied and profound. After releasing “Dark Passenger” in 2014 and “Divina Commedia - Inferno” in 2016 and “Divina Commedia - Purgatorio” in 2019, now it’s the time for the new album “Divina Commedia – Paradiso”, with the important news represented by the entry of Ralph Salati (Destrage) in the band. This album is the end of the trilogy dedicated to the concept on the masterpiece “Divina Commedia” by Dante Alighieri. The music is full of colors and shades, inside Starbynary have used languages from many types of musical styles, in a mix that has characterized the band's music in these years. “Divina Commedia – Paradiso” will be released worldwide November 13th through Art Gates Records.
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Band:XENO
Album:SOJOURN
Label:ART GATES RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:CONTEMPORARY PROG METAL
Xeno is a Dutch Contemporary Metal act that performs Modern Metal, influenced by all kinds of musical styles. From hardhitting riffs that make you want to bang your head off, to intimate instrumental passages, the band uses what sounds and feels right to them and delivers it with passion. Xeno has released it's first album in 2016, which has received excellent reviews. Since then the band has recruited some new talent and is striving to write even better material. The band is notorious for the intense and powerful live performances. Because of that, they have shared the stage with Voivod, Spoil Engine and Carach Angren, among others. Now Xeno is ready to deliver their best work to date, their second album “Sojourn”, which will be released worldwide October 30th through Art Gates Records.
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Band:ARS MAGNA UMBRAE
Album:APOTHEOSIS
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CDD
Genre:OCCULT BLACK METAL
After two years of dreamless sleep, ARS MAGNA UMBRAE reemerges with a cathartic offering to the blood-drinking Witchmother of Astral Crossroads. Once again, calling upon the subterranean currents that flow through the arteries of heaven and earth, to banish the old, invoke the new and transform. The band's new album, “Apotheosis” takes the listeners on a journey across the shores of plutonian nights, through starless aeons and oneiric fields, to later plunge them into the depths of boundless devotion and joyous madness. A fusion of dream and reality, embodying a descent into the blighted pits of the divine, serving as an integral initiation into the ancient art and craft of Chthonic worship. “Apotheosis” is ARS MAGNA UMBRAE's most intense, concise and demanding effort so far.
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Band:DODENKROCHT
Album:THE DYING ALL
Label:AURIC RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/BLACK METAL/DOOM METAL
Dodenkrocht are back with their most ambitious work. Musical and production wise.Haunting and atmospheric Black Metal combined with abysmal Funeral Doom. A manifestation of darkness and despair. Eerie and hypnotizing. For fans of Shining, Secrets of The Moon, Urfaus, Deathspell Omega, Urfaust, Forgotten Tomb
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Band:ABLAZE MY SORROW
Album:AMONG ASHES AND MONOLITHS
Label:BLACK LION RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC DEATH METAL
After four years of incubation, Swedish death metallers Ablaze My Sorrow have marked November 20th, 2020 as the date for their triumphant return. The new full length, entitled Among Ashes and Monoliths, will introduce new vocalist Jonas Udd, whose aggressive rasp fits the passionate band to perfection. The other four members return intact from prior releases. Still fresh sounding in 2020, the band presents us with an opus of impassioned self-reflection, once again tackling themes of depression and self-worth. Across twelve tracks, the band speak catharsis from experience, and the truth of their words are evident. An underrated gem, the Falkenberg quintet once again let their emotional style of Melodic Death Metal do the talking for them. Black Lion Records has the honour of presenting Ablaze My Sorrow’s latest masterwork, their debut with the label. Mark your calendars now, as this is a release you won’t want to miss.
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Band:AEOLIAN
Album:THE NEGATIONIST
Label:BLACK LION RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Death Metal
The Negationist marks the sophomore release by the Spanish quintet Aeolian. Picking up where they left off on the critically acclaimed Silent Witness, the band bring a blistering attack to bear. Through ten tracks, the band weave a dynamic spell of melodic death metal, with threads of black, folk, and occasionally thrash metal threads to sew it all together. Variations in pacing, excellent mixing, a cohesive and rock solid rhythm section, and memorable riffing all combine to draw in the listener to the albums earnest beauty. Passionate vocals rest comfortably in the fabric of the mix, steering the album with lyrical content from an environmentalist perspective. The Negationist provides the type of fist pumping soundtrack sure to energize any listener.
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Band:EL ROJO
Album:EL DIABLO ROJO
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:STONER ROCK/HEAVY ROCK
The album concept is the identikit of a man that lives in the south, along with contradictions and distress. The focus moves from the picture of a background: belonging to the south, passions, hopes and the certainty of being part of a generations that has been robbed of their own rights, the right to have a job, the right to access a decent life like the ones the generation before theirs have had benefit. The south is losing its sons, and it's getting slowly deserted. The light is fading towards the shadow and so it happens in the narration of the concept. The music follows the point of view of the observer, the classic dusty stoner becomes doomy, following the mood and the emotions that emerge from the tunes, track after track.
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Band:EL ROJO
Album:EL DIABLO ROJO
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:STONER ROCK/HEAVY ROCK
The album concept is the identikit of a man that lives in the south, along with contradictions and distress. The focus moves from the picture of a background: belonging to the south, passions, hopes and the certainty of being part of a generations that has been robbed of their own rights, the right to have a job, the right to access a decent life like the ones the generation before theirs have had benefit. The south is losing its sons, and it's getting slowly deserted. The light is fading towards the shadow and so it happens in the narration of the concept. The music follows the point of view of the observer, the classic dusty stoner becomes doomy, following the mood and the emotions that emerge from the tunes, track after track.
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Band:INTRUDER
Album:A HIGHER FORM OF KILLING
Label:LUSITANIAN MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:TECH/THRASH/METAL
INTRUDER is without a doubt one the best Technical thrash metal from the 80’s. As with so many of the elite thrash albums, there's not a bad song on the entire «A Higher Form Of Killing» album, every lead is melodic, memorable, and actually involved a technical talent. Available for the first time on digipak format including 12 pages booklet with new photos and track-by-track description by band founder and drummer John Pieroni.
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Band:INTRUDER
Album:PSYCHO SAVANT
Label:LUSITANIAN MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:TECH/THRASH/METAL
INTRUDER is without a doubt one the best Technical thrash metal from the 80’s. «Psycho Savant» is an album full of well-written songs with great riffs, effective transitions, and commanding solos, actually ends up fitting in a bit more with its heavy exterior in the musical department. Available for the first time on digipak format including 4 pages booklet.
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Band:INTRUDER
Album:ESCAPE FROM PAIN
Label:LUSITANIAN MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:TECH/THRASH/METAL
INTRUDER is without a doubt one the best Technical thrash metal from the 80’s. A fantastic playing rhythm section, fast rhythmic riffing, blazing solos, and the high pitched vocals by Jimmy Hamilton in front. The musicianship is overall on a high level. Available for the first time on digipak format including booklet with track-by-track description by band’ founder and drummer John Pieroni.
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Band:IGNITOR
Album:THE GOLDEN AGE OF BLACK MAGICK
Label:METAL ON METAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/US POWER METAL/HEAVY METAL
IGNITOR, the titans of Texas true metal, return with their scorchingly wicked new slasherpiece "The Golden Age of Black Magick", their sixth full-length album. Eight newly forged unmerciful metal anthems that harken back to the glory days of relentless fist-pumping, head-banging, screaming heavy metal electricity, so thick you'll have to cut it with a chainsaw. This highenergy, intensely passionate and utterly authentic slab of metal is not to be missed by fans of ATTACKER, DIO, RIOT, SKULLVIEW, ASKA, CAGE, RAINBOW, IRON MAIDEN, PHANTOM-X, JAG PANZER, SAXON and JUDAS PRIEST!
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Band:CHAINBREAKER
Album:RELENTLESS NIGHT
Label:METAL ON METAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/THRASH/SPEED METAL
CHAINBREÄKER are back from the crypt with their second full-length straight from the witches' cauldron... Nine merciless tracks, drenched in old school speed and thrash metal with a touch of heavy and black/thrash will haunt you relentlessly through the night and will rip you to shreds! These maniacs from Austria are not trying to re-invent the wheel - they just make sure it keeps on turning, powering it with their youthful energy and enthusiasm. Raspy lead vocals with wild screams supported by effective backing vocals, razor-sharp guitars and killer drumming are the main ingredients here. This high-speed trip is marked by violence, bloodlust and human abyss of moral depravity. It's very likely to give you an impulse not only bang your head, but also to break into air drumming. While the most obvious point of reference is EXODUS with Paul Baloff, these songs will surely please all fans of early RAZOR, EXCITER, SLAYER, VULTURE (Ger.), RANGER, STÄLKER, SODOM, early KREATOR, DESTRUCTION, ANTICHRIST (Swe.) and EVIL INVADERS.
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Band:HELLSPIKE
Album:LORDS OF WAR
Label:METAL ON METAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/THRASH/SPEED METAL
Hailing from the rusty Portuguese railroads, Hellspike delivers this raw molten metal piece ( masterpiece?) as if it was forged back in 1985 in some incandescent furnace. Some dark, vicious and terrorizing riffs combined with tasteful '80s (feel?) melodic solos that pay tribute to the speed metal legends like Iron Angel, Warlock, Warrant (Ger.) or Grave Digger in their good old days as well continuing the black/thrash legacy of the old masters/ Teutonic Gods of iron/ outfits such as Sodom, Necronomicon, Violent Force, Assassin or Kreator. Turning back the hands of the clock to a time when Metal was Metal, HELLSPIKE herald the advent of doomsday to the sound of electric guitars. As the Lords of War lay claim and lay waste to a diseased planet, as the looming future discloses the impending throes of woe of a dying race, HELLSPIKE proclaim that real Metal will not go down without fighting, strengthened by the breakdown of a faltering civilization. From the industrialized, decrepit landscapes invoked in their music, an uncertain and nameless outcome is beheld – and decibels open the way for the collapse at hand.
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Band:LEGIONEM
Album:SATOR OMNIA NOCTERN
Label:METAL ON METAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/DOOM METAL
If the first words that come to your mind when you think about doom metal are "slow and boring", you NEED to listen to LEGIONEM - it's a safe bet you will change your mind. These Italians don't hide that they're inspired by the forefathers of the genre from Birmingham, but they don't leave any doubt which country they come from as their music is steeped in the Italian dark sound tradition from the '70s and '80s. Prepare to be engulfed by the lava of full-bodied metallic riffs and evil sounding vocals shifting between gruff and clean. The use of the organ helps create a mysterious, esoteric atmosphere. Their second fulllength offering will keep your attention high throughout its entirety - it's an inspired and varied album with truly massive sound. The initiated ones, apart from the obvious BLACK SABBATH influence, will surely recognize similarities to bands like L'IMPERO DELLE OMBRE, PAUL CHAIN, THE BLACK, EPITAPH, ABYSMAL GRIEF, early DEATH SS, WITCHFIELD, WALL OF SLEEP, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, BLACK OATH and GOBLIN.
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Band:VOMIT DIVISION
Album:HELL IN A BOTTLE
Label:METAL ON METAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/BLACK/THRASH METAL
Not even a year after the first sign of life, the German maniac VOMIT DIVISION will release the first full-length titled “Hell in a Bottle”. Unleashing a back/thrash pandemonium, pushier than before, especially noticeable in the lyrics. Loaded with more diversified riffing, fresh and unpredictable songwriting, diverse vocals and killer guitar solos! The album takes some unexpected turns while never losing the key aggression, this project inherits. Pure abhorrence, arrogance and a stolid FUCK OFF attitude! More black metal than MIDNIGHT, more rock'n'roll than DESASTER! Sex, drugs and a kick in the guts, VOMIT DIVISION is the perfect soundtrack to fucked-up nights and fucked-up lives!
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:BLOOD WORLD
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s 1994 album Blood World. The band’s 4th studio album sees them with a new drummer, a new producer and a new sound – unabashedly thrash metal, but with groove and classic metal influences. It was at this point that Mort followers realised that the band would constantly evolve and experiment, never repeating themselves. According to Australian Music Online: “The strange combination of extreme styles began setting Mortification apart from the crowd of same sounding bands and widened the band’s audience as they became quickly recognised as innovators and not imitators.” In fact, despite the popularity of their early classics like Scrolls Of The Megilloth and Post Momentary Affliction, it was actually Blood World that went on to be the best-selling album from Mortification’s entire catalogue. It is a solid slab of thrash full of great songs, some of which became Mort classics.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:LIVE PLANETARIUM
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/DEATH METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s definitive live album Live Planetarium. Recorded in October 1993 at Australia’s iconic Black Stump Festival, Live Planetarium was the fourth Mortification release on Intense Records and their first live album. And what an incredible live show it was, almost flawlessly performed in front of a wild crowd! The set list is a selection of classic songs from their first 3 albums, capturing the diversity of the band’s vision. This is truly Mortification at their greatest, their innovative blend of extreme metal styles setting them apart from the crowd. Their intensity, energy and variation are perfectly captured on this recording – Steve’s thick bass and powerful voice, Michael’s sharp guitar chops and Jayson’s precise drumming – with the incredible production making every instrument clearly heard.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:MORTIFICATION
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/DEATH METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s 1991 self-titled album. With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented – having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk – Mortification is a band that cannot be put in a box. They are the undisputed pioneers of Christian death/thrash metal and Australia’s most successful metal band. Heavily influenced by the thriving thrash scene of the early 90’s, this album is recommended for fans of Vengeance Rising, Kreator and Destruction.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:POST MOMENTARY AFFLICTION
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/SPEED METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s 1993 album Post Momentary Affliction. After the pounding death/grind of 1992’s Scrolls Of The Megilloth, this album sees Mortification returning to their thrash roots, but with a refinement and creativity which would see this recording considered a classic. With the influences of Manowar and Iron Maiden on display, we’re treated to a feast of incredible thrash and speed metal that is laced with death metal. Complex songwriting, precise riffing, masterful bass playing, phenomenal drumming, intelligent lyrics performed in a fresh death growl/thrash shout style, all captured with clear and clean production. Recognised by many critics as an innovative album, and arguably seeing this trio crafting songs at their artistic peak, Post Momentary Affliction is distinctly Mortification and showcases everything fans love about this band.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:PRIMITIVE RHYTHM MACHINE
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s 1995 album Primitive Rhythm Machine. Mortification’s 5th studio album is an anomaly of sorts, with no permanent band members except for founder Steve Rowe. Instead he records with his Blood World touring band, plus guitarist George Ochoa (Deliverance/Recon/Worldview), who also produced the album. This was also their last album released on Intense Records. Primitive Rhythm Machine continues where Blood World left off – successfully fusing thrash metal with groove and classic metal influences. However, in line with Mortification’s ever evolving experiment in sound, the production is rawer than its predecessor and, true to the album title, there is a spotlight on the drumming, giving it a Sepultura vibe. The musicianship is innovative and outstanding, providing us with a great album of classic Mortification songs.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:SCROLLS OF THE MEGILLOTH
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:DEATH/GRIND METAL
Soundmass are happy to announce their CD re-issue of Mortification’s 1992 album Scrolls Of The Megilloth. With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented – having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk – Mortification is a band that cannot be put in a box. They are the undisputed pioneers of Christian death/thrash metal and Australia’s most successful metal band. Soundmass has gone back to the early years – re-issuing Mortification’s 1992 album Scrolls Of The Megilloth. Hailed by many as the band’s finest hour, this album sees them perfecting a brutal death/grind style that has stood the test of time, even 28 years after its initial release. In talking of the classics of death metal, Scrolls Of The Megilloth is one of those albums that always seems to get mentioned. Heavy, downtuned, fast, chaotic, technical – an extreme metal onslaught with street level credibility.
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Band:HELFIR
Album:THE JOURNEY
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:DARK DECADENT METAL
HELFIR is a Luca Mazzotta's project created to give voice to his passion for Dark Decadent Metal. Some demo and a tour with ANTIMATTER happened in 2013 and My Kingdom Music captured their essence offering them a contract. The band signed it and released their debut “Still Bleeding” in April 2015. After its release, HELFIR was on tour with ORPHANED LAND. The 2nd album "The Human Defeat" released on June 2017 was again a great success. New experiences in life, a new approach to music and his devotion to melody permit him to create the new album “The Journey”, a photography of Luca’s intimate essence, an amazing piece of art. The album will be released on November 6th, 2020.
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Band:ORDINANCE
Album:IN PURGE THERE IS NO REMISSION
Label:THE SINISTER FLAME
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Formed sometime during the beginning of this cursed new millennium, Ordinance have been a study of patience and pride. Not for them to rush out releases; each creation comes when it is ready. No more, no less…no mystique intended. Neither for them is the term “Finnish black metal” appropriate, despite their country of origin; rather, BLACK METAL is the only torch worth bearing in the Ordinance world. The title itself bears especial portent, as musically, Ordinance literally leave no stone unturned in their quest for the ultimate expression of black metal. The sound is immediately and irrevocably BLACK METAL, to be sure, but the duo bend so many unorthodox means to their diabolical design – and, it must be said, effortlessly and unselfconsciously so – that the end result is paradoxically orthodox, or at least a stridently purer iteration of black metal than one would expect given the band’s wild ‘n’ wayward attack. Thus, one could say that In Purge There is No Remission is black metal by language, but Ordinance‘s dialect is an undeniably unique one.
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Band:ORDINANCE
Album:IN PURGE THERE IS NO REMISSION
Label:THE SINISTER FLAME
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
Formed sometime during the beginning of this cursed new millennium, Ordinance have been a study of patience and pride. Not for them to rush out releases; each creation comes when it is ready. No more, no less…no mystique intended. Neither for them is the term “Finnish black metal” appropriate, despite their country of origin; rather, BLACK METAL is the only torch worth bearing in the Ordinance world. The title itself bears especial portent, as musically, Ordinance literally leave no stone unturned in their quest for the ultimate expression of black metal. The sound is immediately and irrevocably BLACK METAL, to be sure, but the duo bend so many unorthodox means to their diabolical design – and, it must be said, effortlessly and unselfconsciously so – that the end result is paradoxically orthodox, or at least a stridently purer iteration of black metal than one would expect given the band’s wild ‘n’ wayward attack. Thus, one could say that In Purge There is No Remission is black metal by language, but Ordinance‘s dialect is an undeniably unique one.
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Band:INTAGLIO
Album:INTAGLIO
Label:SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM METAL
A reimagined version of the self-titled debut "Intaglio" album originally released in 2005. The new version contains parts and sounds that were not included in the original version of the album, which is now in their place as originally intended. Every second of all the original source tracks underwent restoration and processing using top-class digital and analogue equipment. Moreover, for the new version of the album, all drum parts were live recorded, without the use of triggering and sampling technologies, which is very rare nowadays.
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Band:MARCHE FUNEBRE
Album:EINDERLICHT
Label:BADMOODMAN MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:DOOM METAL
The fourth full-length album of the Belgian quintet Marche Funèbre entitled "Einderlicht", which is translated as "light at the end", combines all traditional elements known from the previous works of the group: death, black and doom metal fused in a unique mixture with strong melodies and wide range vocals. Thematically, "Einderlicht" focuses on the strange ability of humanity to consciously decide to commit suicide. Accounting for their previous experience, which has borne good results, the musicians decided to again ask to perform recording Markus Stock, known for his cult bands and participation in the recording of Empyrium, Vision Bleak, Alcest, Secrets Of The Moon and many others. Brooke Schaden has created another magical cover art for this piece, like for all other Marche Funèbre's full-length albums. The album comes as a digipak with a twelve-page booklet, and includes an exclusive bonus track "Gone", which cannot be found in other album editions.
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Band:EA
Album:EA TAESSE
Label:SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM METAL
The debut album of mysterious band EA is based on the sacral texts of ancient civilizations. EA uses a dead language which was recreated according to the results of archaeological research. Speaking about musical part - it’s emotional funeraldoom, actually one song, which contains three parts where epical riffs, acoustic insertions, melodic solo-parts, ambient and horror elements are combined. On the one hand, some people can consider EA to be similar to Shape Of Despair, Skepticism, Evoken, but on the other hand it is original music, filled with its own, unique, emotional atmosphere.
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Band:CURSED BLOOD (GRE)
Album:TAKER OF LIFE
Label:WAR ANTHEM RECORDS
Format:MCD
Genre:CRUST DEATH METAL
War Anthem Records proudly presents the debut release of Greek CURSED BLOOD! Although a fairly new act, all four members have been involved in different bands for the last 25 years like Dead Congregation, Burial Hordes, Sarabante, Vulnus, Satan´s Wrath and Nuclear Winter. The idea behind CURSED BLOOD was to play death metal with a crusty-punk attitude, referring to bands like Entombed, Disfear or Autopsy. No frills, straight to the point and face crushing! After its initial self release in 2019, CURSED BLOOD's EP "Taker Of Life" will be officially unleashed now via War Anthem Records (Europe/World) and Creator Destructor Records (USA). It was recorded at Ignite Studio by George Christoforidis, mixed and mastered at Nightbreed Studio by Costa Kostopoulos and features a cover artwork from Drop Virus.
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Band:MAY RESULT
Album:SLAVA SMRTI/CELEBRATE DEATH
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:PAGAN BLACK METAL
Formed in 1995 Serbia. 6th Full Length album from the Serbian Black/Death Metal Legends. Dark Slavic Black Metal. This is the ultimate release from Serbia and I am sure lovers of early Emperor/Dark Throne will really enjoy this release! Limited Edition Digipack with a 24 page booklet all is printed on special paper, Limited Copies Available..
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Band:KORYPHEUS
Album:OVER THE RAINBOW
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:Metal
For fans of Gojira, Black Sabbath and Mastodon KORYPHEUS is an alternative/progressive metal unit from Kiev, Ukraine. Korypheus's playing style incorporates elements of alternative metal, progressive metal, post-rock.
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Band:BUIO OMEGA
Album:PANDEMONIUM UNLEASHED
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Formed in 1997 in Italy. With members from Italian Mortifier and Macedonian Baltak, this is their 2nd album.. Italian Mortfier are a cult band from Southern Italy and Macedonian Baltak is from Sydney Australia. A nice combination of Evil raw blasting Black Metal.
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Band:ANTARES PREDATOR
Album:TWILIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:THRASH/BLACK/DEATH METAL
No flesh shall be spared as we blast off the new decade with Antares Predators debut full length TWILIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE. Members with a history from Keep Of Kalessin, Scariot, Harm and Belphegor, have joined forced to produce a monumental metal attack with a broad range of genre influences; From the slow and heavy Sacrament, to symphonic black metal at blasting 260bpm in Mark 13. From whirling thrash to the technical and progressive. Antares Predator wreak musical havoc, as we fall into the void in the twilight of the apocalypse.
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Band:BLACK REIGN
Album:SOVEREIGN
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
From Sydney Australia, formed in the in the middle of the 1990’s. Old school production, nice and raw, the way it is meant to be.
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Band:BUIO OMEGA
Album:PLANET OF TOMBS
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Formed in 1997 in Italy. With members from Italian Mortifier and Macedonian Baltak, this is their 3rd album..
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Band:DARK ORDER
Album:COLD WAR OF THE CONDOR
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Formed in 1993 under the name Vanadium, 1994 changed to Dark Order. This is a concept album about the true violent and bloody history of the Pinochet Regime.
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Band:DOOMED & DISGUSTING
Album:SATANS NIGHTMARE
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:HORROR DOOM METAL
Dave Slave started with Australia's Sadistik Exekution who took Extreme Metal to a whole new dimension and were as loathed as they were loved. 2004 saw the last official release from Sad Ex and marked the opportunity for bassist Dave to pursue some solo work on a full-time basis. After an utterly awesome Bionic Bass EP showcasing his brilliant and varied bass skills, and his first doom/horror release, Doomed And Disgusting, Dave presents this his second release, entitled Satan's Nightmare. Quirky, unsettling, crawling funeral/horror doom- It is relatively obvious that this is essentially a one-man band. The vocals are nuts, there are loads of queer effects, samples and unsettling sounds throughout the 11 tracks which nail the sound of horror perfectly. Tracks creep and crawl at an eerily measured pace, maintaining interest and their unsettling mood with cleverly timed riffs and samples. The ultimate in occult ritual horror soundtrack music. Batgo. 2005.
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Band:HERRATIK
Album:COMPROMISE GONE
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:THRASH/DEATH METAL
Formed in Sydney Australia 1998, formally known as Abortus. This is the bands 4th album and 2nd under Herratik. Thrash/Death
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Band:MAY RESULT
Album:SACRILEGE (SVETOGRDJE)
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:PAGAN BLACK METAL
May Result’s “Sacrilege (Svetogrdje)” represents the 3rd, and as many of you out there still consider the best, record up ‘till date for the band, a milestone album in 17 years long career, dark and furious, yet epic and cold.
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Band:PEGAZUS
Album:MYTHOLOGY CHAPTER 2 (2000 TO 2006)
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:DVD
Genre:HEAVY METAL
Formed in 1993 Melbourne Australia. Playing a Classic Style Of Heavy Metal. Being a former Nuclear Blast band with three albums ‘WINGS OF STEEL’, BREAKING THE CHAINS and ‘THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN. Been on a European Tour with Hammerfall, Primal Fear and were the first Australian band to play the WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival in Germany.
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Band:THIRTEENTH SIGN
Album:ORACLES OF ARMAGEDDON
Label:BATTLEGOD PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Formed in 2007 UK melodic death/thrash metal band for fans of Kreator, Arch Enemy and The Haunted, etc... Thirteenth Sign have played live with many heavyweights in the Metal world; including: Vomitory and Desecration at London's infamous Camden Underworld, Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh as well as Saxon, Sepultura, Evile and many others at Hammerfest 2009.
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