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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Satan in Love ‐ Rare Finnish Synth‐Pop and Disco 1978‐1992
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Synth Disco
This explosive set of 22 floorfilling synth‐italo‐tech‐disco blasts from the past charts the rise and heyday of the synthesizer in Finnish pop music. Compiled by renowned Helsinki DJ and music historian Mikko Mattlar, these 22 choice cuts from 1978 to 1992 include many cult hits and impossibly rare tracks, such as the Fenno‐Italo‐disco cult classic Satan in Love by Emilia and the synthetic experiments of Argon and Syntax.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Satan in Love ‐ Rare Finnish Synth‐Pop and Disco 1978‐1992
Label:SVART
Format:DLP
Genre:Synth Disco
This explosive set of 22 floorfilling synth‐italo‐tech‐disco blasts from the past charts the rise and heyday of the synthesizer in Finnish pop music. Compiled by renowned Helsinki DJ and music historian Mikko Mattlar, these 22 choice cuts from 1978 to 1992 include many cult hits and impossibly rare tracks, such as the Fenno‐Italo‐disco cult classic Satan in Love by Emilia and the synthetic experiments of Argon and Syntax.
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Band:HASSE WALLI & ZEUS 1972
Album:POP‐LIISA 16
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:Prog Rock
Hasse Walli is the legendary guitarist behind early Piirpauke and Blues Section. Between these two groups Walli had a short‐lived quartet called Z eus, whose short lifespan lasted from 1972 to 1973. No studio recordings exist, but the band did record a live session on air. After laying in the archives for 45 years Svart are proud to present the world premiere of Zeus!
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Band:AALTONEN-HELASVUO-HAUTA-AHO-VESALA
Album:JAZ Z ‐LIISA 17
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
In January 1973 an impromptu supergroup took over the airwaves on the Jazz Liisa series. Saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen, pianist Esa Helasvuo join bassist Teppo Hauta‐
Aho and drummer Edward Vesala in a special one‐of‐akind show of contemporary, revolutionary jazz.
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Band:EDWARD VESALA ENSEMBLE
Album:JAZ Z ‐LIISA 18
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
The final part of the Jazz Liisa series sees the extraordinary cult percussion artist Edward Vesala lead a 9‐piece ensemble. Recorded in 1974, shortly before the recording of his legendary Nan Madol album, this is a rare chance to hear Vesala live on air during his early creative period.
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Band:DONNA/TABULA RASA
Album:POP‐LIISA 18
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:Prog Rock
Our 18‐part Pop Liisa series closes with one of the last of the radio shows in the Pop series. Donna’s set could be called a true lost gem – this reggae‐influenced rock group only recorded one single (on Love Records) before disbanding in 1979. This four track radio session features only previously unheard tracks and offers an idea what a Donna album might have sounded like. Tabula Rasa are one of the most influential and important acts of the Progressive Rock movement in 70’s Finland, and this radio session is the only surviving document of their later period after the departure of their original singer Jukka Leppilampi. Also features one unrecorded song, ‘Windy’.
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Band:PORI BIG BAND/TAPIOLA BIG BAND
Album:JAZ Z ‐LIISA 16
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
Both Pori and Tapiola Big Bands are still very active and have a long history behind them. These on‐air live performances in the legendary Jazz Liisa series date back to 1975 and 1976 and include many household names in Finnish jazz in their ranks, such as Paroni Paakkunainen and Seppo Tyni.
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Band:WEATHERED STATUES
Album:Borderlands
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Gothic Rock
As the earth turns toward a colder era and humans struggle to adapt to a bleaker autumn breeze, a new music shivers in the shadows. There stand Weathered Statues. The group convened in early 2017 in Denver, Colorado, with three members having previously performed together in the post‐doom outfit Cloak of Organs (along with members of Planes Mistaken for Stars and Wovenhand). Weathered Statues convened at Module Overload Studios in Denver over the summer of 2017 to record with Jamie Hillyer (engineer of Green Druid’s Ashen Blood). An album, Borderlands, coalesced, drawing on the grim futurism of the past: the barren darkness of Skeletal
Family, the metallic abrasion of Killing Joke, the crystalline ghostliness of Siouxsie and the Banshees, the icy dreaminess of Xmal Deutschland, and the hollow fragility
of early New Order. Then Lol Tolhurst, co‐founder of The Cure, agreed to remix “Corpse Candle,” the opening track of Borderlands, infusing it with a sleek dance pulse, while Keith Curts of industrial duo Echo Beds added synthesizer to the album’s slashing final track, “Holy Masquerade.”
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Band:JOHN HOWARD
Album:Kid In A Big World
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:LP (+ MP3 Download Code)
Genre:POP
Originally released by CBS in 1975 ‐ Produced by Tony Meehan at Abbey Road (engineer Peter Bown ‐ Beatles , Barbara Streisand) and by Paul Phillips at Apple Studios (engineer Phil McDonald ‐ John Lennon ), It featured musicians of the calibre of Argent’s keyboardist Rod Argent and their drummer Bob Henrit. "A magnificent collection of rococo balladry and florid vignettes from a singer/songwriter who might have rivaled Elton or Bowie. What a discovery!" (Uncut *****) “If a fairer world prevailed, John Howard would surely have been huge in the 1970's. Even though events didn't turn out that way... at least there's a chance for those who missed out first time to discover a 1975 album that ranks as a great "lost" treasure. With a sound midway between the flamboyant piano‐led poprock of Elton John and the rich melodrama and tragic story‐telling of Scott Walker, the album begins superbly with a strident 'Goodbye Suzie' but its tale of suicide meant that it was deemed unfit for Radio 1 at the time” (Leonard's Lair) “This really is a wonderful little gem... and unmissable pearl from a wonderful singer‐songwriter” (Amazon UK) “A great batch of Beatles‐inspired pop graced with some incredible production touches (Dusty Groove) “One of the greatest hidden albums of pop combining David Bowie, Lewis Carroll, Syd Barrett, Jarvis
Cocker; eccentric dandy John Howard deserves an ovation” (Standart Magazine) “the combination of pop melodies with finely wrought lyricism and occassional theatricalism” (All Music Guide)
“A lost glam era gem...a fascinating album and story both...” (Mohair Sweets)
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Band:JOHN HOWARD
Album:The Hidden Beauty 1973‐1979
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:LP (+ MP3 Download Code)
Genre:POP
The Hidden Beauty 1973-1979 LP (+ MP3 Download Code) is a wonderful collection of demos, singles and outtakes which led up to and directly followed the release of John's debut album Kid In A Big World. If you like Kid In A Big World, you will love this album!
Limited edition of 500 copies.
"Small Town, Big Adventures, Suede's entire career in three minutes." The Guardian
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Band:SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS
Album:Take Time To Wonder In A Whirling World
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:LP (+CD)
Genre:Folk Psychedelia
From Cardiff (Wales) “Take Time To Wonder In A Whirling World” by SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS
For the first time on Vinyl (includes CD!) this classic album of UK Folk‐Psychedelic. Originally released in 2007.
One of the best Folk‐Psych albums of the 21st Century, true!
The Soft Hearted Scientists' music is probably suitable for most drug experiences, very power‐ful and psychedelic with a constant feeling of togetherness. There is a nice mixture of instrumental and vocal tracks drenched in folky sonics. They take the refreshing route of pushing their psychedelic rock influences into pop music. “Any band who sings about caterpillars, the Brecon Beacons and monsters called Yongy Bongy Bo risk, being so quirky they'd leave you reaching for a Misty's Big Adventure CD for respite. Yes the first album proper from these acoustic folk oddballs might suggest its makers bed down in a Glasto tepee every night, tucked in by a woodlan pixie, but to dismiss Cardiff's SHS as quirk over substance would be idiotic. Over Beta Band‐ish acoustics and cloudy chants , electro‐squiggles and instruments we couldn't even begin to name jiggle and hop, all neon highlighting the campfire brilliance of SHS's choruses. Yongy Bongy who?” Jamie Fullerton, NME, 2007.
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:Fantastic Four
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:INDIE ROCK
Fireside debut Album originally from 1993. For the first time ever on vinyl. Quicksand sounding indierock (or emo as it was called then, something else today). For fans of Fireside this is a very much ask for release!!
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:Get Shot
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:VINYL LP RED VINYL
Genre:INDIE ROCK
Fireside Album from 2003 for the first time ever on vinyl. Limited First Edition in red vinyl. Had ‘em on european tour with Black Motorcycle Rebels Incl the chartsingles The Betrayer and Follow Follow
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Band:SPEAR OF DESTINY
Album:Tontine
Label:Eastersnow Recording Company
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Hard to believe we know but it is true, Kirk Brandon has now been leading SPEAR OF DESTINY for 35 years.
SPEAR OF DESTINY were formed in 1983 after the demise of Kirk Brandon’s post punk iconic rockers THEATRE OF HATE.
(Brandon had also, before TOH, been the main man in every punk rockers favourite band of that era The Pack)
The current line up of Spear is the longest serving to date and features Adrian Portas (New Model Army / Sex Gang Children),
Craig Adams (Sisters of Mercy / The Cult / The Mission) and Phil Martini (Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind) on drums. Long
time Brandon cohort Steve Allan-Jones will be covering the keyboards.
On April 6th 2018 SPEAR OF DESTINY will release their 14th studio album “Tontine” The album has been fully funded from a
private fan pre-sale of “Tontine”. The album will be officially released for Brandon's own Eastersnow Recording Company label
imprint and will be available on CD, Vinyl and Download.
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Band:SPEAR OF DESTINY
Album:Tontine
Label:Eastersnow Recording Company
Format:VINYL
Genre:Alt Rock
Hard to believe we know but it is true, Kirk Brandon has now been leading SPEAR OF DESTINY for 35 years.
SPEAR OF DESTINY were formed in 1983 after the demise of Kirk Brandon’s post punk iconic rockers THEATRE OF HATE.
(Brandon had also, before TOH, been the main man in every punk rockers favourite band of that era The Pack)
The current line up of Spear is the longest serving to date and features Adrian Portas (New Model Army / Sex Gang Children),
Craig Adams (Sisters of Mercy / The Cult / The Mission) and Phil Martini (Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind) on drums. Long
time Brandon cohort Steve Allan-Jones will be covering the keyboards.
On April 6th 2018 SPEAR OF DESTINY will release their 14th studio album “Tontine” The album has been fully funded from a
private fan pre-sale of “Tontine”. The album will be officially released for Brandon's own Eastersnow Recording Company label
imprint and will be available on CD, Vinyl and Download.
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Band:SONIC BOOM SIX
Album:Cardiac Address
Label:REBEL ALLIANCE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Pledgemusic mini album that helped fund the band's epic trip around North America on the Vans Warped Tour 2017.
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Band:SONIC BOOM SIX
Album:Cardiac Address
Label:REBEL ALLIANCE
Format:Vinyl
Genre:Rock
Pledgemusic mini album that helped fund the band's epic trip around North America on the Vans Warped Tour 2017.
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Band:WOBBLER
Album:Hinterland
Label:Termo
Format:CD
Genre:Progressive rock / Symphonic rock
This is the new version of Wobbler's debut album from 2005; remixed and remastered in 2016, now finally released on CD. Hinterland has never sounded better, finally capturing the sound the band initially aimed for back in 2004/2005 when it was mixed by a (then) unexperienced band. The album features tons (literally) of vintage keyboards such as mellotron, hammond organ, etc.
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Band:PLASTIC CLOUD
Album:PLASTIC CLOUD
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP 180 G limited
Genre:Psychedelic
"What remains so remarkable about the band's album is that... the performances retain an energy, but also a naivety, that somehow evokes both the Jefferson Airplane and the Velvet Underground — often within the same song." —Shindig! Magazine Plastic Cloud recorded, quite simply, one of the greatest underground psychedelic albums ever made: a swirl of gossamer vocals and Tolkien references, swathed in the some of the most relentless fuzz guitar you will ever hear. A record with few equals, full of foreboding melodies and lovely hippie harmonies, as well as some of the trippiest fuzz guitar ever recorded. There is no need to single out a specific track, they are all excellent—one is equally as good as the next. Take for example the album centerpiece, the ten-and-a-half-minute ‘You Don't Care,’ an insane piece of social commentary that features terrific back-of-the-mix fuzz guitar as an elusive focal point to its extended pounding-drum laden instrumental breaks; a ten-minute swath of lysergic fuzz guitar that closes out the first side, it doesn't overstay its welcome, winding its way to a final freak out. Essential psychedelia!
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Band:STAR SPONGE VISION
Album:Crowley and Me
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Rock/Pop
Star Sponge Vision is Jon Povey, Keyboards, Vocals, Narration & percussion and Twink Drums, percussion & Narration (Ex Pretty Things) with Max Gibson, Nick Ferris, and Ed Sykes. Together they have recorded a concept album about Aleister Crowley. Yes, that Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast! It all starts in 1974. John Povey is sitting with Jimmy Page in the Hyatt hotel on Sunset Blvd watching a film by Kenneth Anger "Scorpio Rising". Listening to Jimmy's music they talk about many things, including his interest in one Aleister Crowley! The seed is sown. Fast forward to 2016. Jon Povey is working with Twink on his "Technicolor Dream" music, adding keyboards and vocals. Twink says "Ever thought about looking into Crowley poetry and writing music to it?" Another seed drops into Povey’s mind. Sometime later he purchased several books about this strange and complicated man, Aleister Crowley which inspired him to write the album Crowley and Me.
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Band:STAR SPONGE VISION
Album:Crowley and Me
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:LP
Genre:Rock/Pop
Star Sponge Vision is Jon Povey, Keyboards, Vocals, Narration & percussion and Twink Drums, percussion & Narration (Ex Pretty Things) with Max Gibson, Nick Ferris, and Ed Sykes. Together they have recorded a concept album about Aleister Crowley. Yes, that Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast! It all starts in 1974. John Povey is sitting with Jimmy Page in the Hyatt hotel on Sunset Blvd watching a film by Kenneth Anger "Scorpio Rising". Listening to Jimmy's music they talk about many things, including his interest in one Aleister Crowley! The seed is sown. Fast forward to 2016. Jon Povey is working with Twink on his "Technicolor Dream" music, adding keyboards and vocals. Twink says "Ever thought about looking into Crowley poetry and writing music to it?" Another seed drops into Povey’s mind. Sometime later he purchased several books about this strange and complicated man, Aleister Crowley which inspired him to write the album Crowley and Me.
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Band:US AND THEM
Album:From The Corner Of My Eye
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:7-inch single
Genre:Rock/Pop
Us and Them are the Swedish duo of Britt Rönnholm and Anders Hakanson. They debuted in 2008 with a CD on their own Withdrawn Recordings label and also have had EPs on the Ritual Echo and Fruits de Mer labels. In 2015 Mega Dodo released their first full length album of original songs: Summer Green and Autumn Brown. In 2017,
Mega Dodo released the stand alone single When I Was Walking with is followed by their new single From The Corner Of My Eye. Rönnholm’s beautiful, dreamy voice echoes Vashti Bunyan and Sandy Denny set against a backdrop of truly beautiful, psychedelic popfolk on a base of acoustic and electric guitar, smooth mellotron synth tones. In short, beautiful, dreamy folk pop songs.
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Band:STROBE
Album:See Beyond The Sun
Label:FUOFO Records
Format:CD
Genre:Psychedelic Rock
Strobe formed in 1990 and released five albums, a live album and 3 E’Ps. Their sound was basically heavy psychedelic. Over the course of those albums their sound evolved and reached out into other areas and genres, including Kraut Rock, Drone Rock, Space Rock and so on.
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Band:HOCKEY DAD
Album:Blend Inn
Label:LAB RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Alt / Indie / Rock/ surf rock
‘Blend Inn’ is the highly anticipated sophomore album from fast-rising Australian indie-rock duo, Hockey Dad. Produced by John Goodmanson (Death Cab for Cutie, Los Campesinos!), critical acclaim has already come from the likes of Pitchfork, Triple J, Alternative Press and Radio One - alongside consistent support at retail. 2018 will be the band’s busiest ever year in Europe, with multiple festival appearances confirmed: Great Escape, Live at Leeds, Sound City, Reading & Leeds & Pukkelpop among others.
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Band:PETER KERNEL
Album:The Size of the Night
Label:ON THE CAMPER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:INDIE ROCK
What is the size of the night? How can we measure the night? The night is a very personal moment. It can be
majestic; spent indulged in love and joy or terribly frightening; filled with nightmares and fear. The size of this moment is hidden in the details that shake our bodies and keep our hearts beating. In this album we took off the darkest and most mysterious part of our persons and transformed it into songs. We don't have instructions to not make mistakes or not hurt people around us or to love in the most proper manner. We just live. We do good and bad. Sometimes we learn but often we don’t, and simply go ahead doing mistakes. We're complex. We can act stupid and feel lost inside. We can miss each other yet not talk to each other when we're together. This album express this new consciousness we found ourselves exploring throughout these past months. There are some very serious songs and others seem surreal, but each one of these creations form The Size Of The Night in it's greatness and in its darkness. Through this album we’re trying to accept that we can be very sensitive people and at the same time we can be asshole. And that it’s alright. ARIS & BARBARA.
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Band:PETER KERNEL
Album:The Size of the Night
Label:ON THE CAMPER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:INDIE ROCK
What is the size of the night? How can we measure the night? The night is a very personal moment. It can be
majestic; spent indulged in love and joy or terribly frightening; filled with nightmares and fear. The size of this moment is hidden in the details that shake our bodies and keep our hearts beating. In this album we took off the darkest and most mysterious part of our persons and transformed it into songs. We don't have instructions to not make mistakes or not hurt people around us or to love in the most proper manner. We just live. We do good and bad. Sometimes we learn but often we don’t, and simply go ahead doing mistakes. We're complex. We can act stupid and feel lost inside. We can miss each other yet not talk to each other when we're together. This album express this new consciousness we found ourselves exploring throughout these past months. There are some very serious songs and others seem surreal, but each one of these creations form The Size Of The Night in it's greatness and in its darkness. Through this album we’re trying to accept that we can be very sensitive people and at the same time we can be asshole. And that it’s alright. ARIS & BARBARA.
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Band:MOTOR CYCLE DISPLAY TEAM
Album:Yours Probably
Label:ISI MEDIA
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
‘Yours Probably’ is the 4th release and 2nd LP by London alt-rockers Motorcycle Display Team. The tone of this album sees a continuation of the dark path they hinted at on their previous EP. This album has recurring themes of isolation, identity curiosity along with provoking religious beliefs and the mainstream media. Many of these tracks are already live favourites with fans so this album looks to set itself as a firm favourite with dedicated MDT followers. ‘Oh Country, My Country’, the first single from the
album, has had airplay on British, Irish and Italian radio.
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Band:MODUS QUARTET
Album:Facing East
Label:CPL MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:WORLDMUSIC
The music of Modus Quartet is comprised of various world music threads. It weaves Mediterranean spirit and diverse folk sounds with jazz, creating a lively and colorful musical tapestry. Omri Hason covers a wide range of percussion from the Swiss hang through the Oriental darbuka to the Afro‐Peruvian cajon. The Syrian‐Armenian
singer Houry Dora Apartian masterfully builds a bridge between jazz and oriental music, beautifully complimenting the lyrical virtuoso accordionist Antonello Messina. Lorenz Beyeler’s powerful bass grooves complete the whole. With pulsating Oriental rhythms, hypnotic grooves and virtuosity – Modus Quartet conjures up a wide spectrum
from melancholy to joy.
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Band:DUO EMILIA LAJUNEN & SUVI OSKALA
Album:Piilokisa
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK FINLAND
Emilia Lajunen and Suvo Oskala about her Album Piilokisa (Hidden Frolic): „Making this album, we wanted the joy of playing music, communication through playing, and living in the moment to be heard – these are all things that give duo playing its power. What we also find joyfully powerful is the chiming of ten strings that runs from ‘Waltz of the Drowned/Lost’ all the way to ‘From the Deceased’. Our arrangements of the traditional Finnish folk tunes and the three amazing new pieces composed for us are where melodies come out to play – a ‘Hidden Frolic’."
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Band:OKRA PLAYGROUND
Album:Aeaeneni Yli Vesien
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK FINLAND
Helsinki based electro‐folk band Okra Playground was originally formed in 2010 from a shared wish to bring together excellent people and musician to play around traditional Finnish music with a fresh approach. The band became almost literally a musical playground for its musicians. On this playground the kantele and bowed lyre,
both ancient folk instruments, coexist in a new, exciting symbiosis with modern instruments and soundscapes. The music resulting from the quite unusual interesting combination has roots deep in the Finnish soil, but its tallest branches spread out towards the furthest shores of world music. The strong voices of the three female singers, as well as the age‐old lyrics, simultaneously take the listener to far‐off places and close to home. Okra Playground’s fresh music captivates the listener with its hypnotic beat and mystical energy. Okra Playground’s long‐waited debut album Turmio was released in October 2015. The album has ever since been warmly received gaining praises in the new and old mediums – for instance receiving a five star review in Songlines Magazine. Turmio also made it to few listings of best albums of 2015 (Glue at Rosvot blog and Spanish radio program O Recanto do Corcovado). In July 2016 Turmio was re‐released by Nordic Notes in most of Europe. The debut also took Okra Playground to perform as the only Finnish band on the official showcase program of World Music Expo WOMEX16.
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Band:JOHN LEYTON & THE WESTERN ALL STARS
Album:The Western Star Years Vol. 1
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/60S
Iconic British singer John Leyton enjoyed a string of top ten smash hits in the early 60s before turning to the movie world where he again scored massive success with key roles in blockbusters such as The Great Escape and Von Ryan's Express. John recorded a clutch of recordings at Western star 12 years ago, backed by the studio house band. We are proud to now been able to collate these for release on Western Star records.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Ace Café 80th Anniversary double album
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCKABILLY/ROCK N ROLL/PSYCHOBILLY
Official, celebratory CD marking the 80th anniversary of the legendary Ace Café London.
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Band:THE CARAVANS
Album:Gasoline & Gunfire
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Psychobilly/Rockabilly
New CD album by popular headliner band in the international psychobilly scene.
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Band:The Gruffs
Album:Esmeralda
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:7” Vinyl EP coloured vinyl
Genre:Psychobilly/Rockabilly
Limited edition, coloured vinyl EP by UK Psychobilly trio
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Band:FLAMINGO TOURS
Album:LUCHA LIBRE
Label:LA CUPULA MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:RHYTHM & BLUES/ROCK N ROLL
FLAMINGO TOURS from Spain play their very own mixture of rhythm’n’blues, rock’n’roll, exotica and a touch of soul, surf and garage music. You can hear rockin’ guitars, a rhythmic beat, an incredible soulful female voice à la Etta James, Gizelle or Derriere ‐ elements like a dreamy steel guitar here and a groovy hammond organ there, and
naturally you can also feel the wild Spanish temperament. After their debut album “Right On Time” on A‐WAMBA RECORDS and two 7”s, their second album is released on SOUNDFLAT RECORDS in co‐production with LA CUPULA MUSIC.
“Lucha Libre” starts off with the rockin’, wild “Guerrero”, introducing singer Myriam Swanson’s powerful voice, which is absolutely breathtaking. The off‐beat vocal‐surf‐tune “Mexican Dogfight” fits in well among the cool bartune “Sangrita” with its jazzy hammond‐organ and beautiful Spanish ballads such as “Si Me Abrasas” and
“Agarrame”. The dramatic rhythm’n’blues‐tune “It’s Cheaper” instantly gives you goosebumps and charming singer Myriam Swanson almost sounds like Amy Winehouse.
“Dance To The Devil” opens up the B‐side as a fun rok’n’roll dancin’ tune and with “Dia De Muertos” follows a slower, smooth exotica‐tune. Finally the band even adds some country‐elements like steel guitar and accordeon, to the Mexican/American‐sounding “Rosita Went To Jail”. So make sure to save yourselves a copy of “Lucha Libre”, the simply fantastic second album by Barcelona's highly talented FLAMINGO TOURS!
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Band:FLAMINGO TOURS
Album:LUCHA LIBRE
Label:LA CUPULA MUSIC
Format:VINYL
Genre:RHYTHM & BLUES/ROCK N ROLL
FLAMINGO TOURS from Spain play their very own mixture of rhythm’n’blues, rock’n’roll, exotica and a touch of soul, surf and garage music. You can hear rockin’ guitars, a rhythmic beat, an incredible soulful female voice à la Etta James, Gizelle or Derriere ‐ elements like a dreamy steel guitar here and a groovy hammond organ there, and
naturally you can also feel the wild Spanish temperament. After their debut album “Right On Time” on A‐WAMBA RECORDS and two 7”s, their second LP is released on SOUNDFLAT RECORDS in co‐production with LA CUPULA MUSIC.
“Lucha Libre” starts off with the rockin’, wild “Guerrero”, introducing singer Myriam Swanson’s powerful voice, which is absolutely breathtaking. The off‐beat vocal‐surf‐tune “Mexican Dogfight” fits in well among the cool bartune “Sangrita” with its jazzy hammond‐organ and beautiful Spanish ballads such as “Si Me Abrasas” and “Agarrame”. The dramatic rhythm’n’blues‐tune “It’s Cheaper” instantly gives you goosebumps and charming singer Myriam Swanson almost sounds like Amy Winehouse. “Dance To The Devil” opens up the B‐side as a fun rok’n’roll dancin’ tune and with “Dia De Muertos” follows a slower, smooth exotica‐tune. Finally the band even adds some country‐elements like steel guitar and accordeon, to the Mexican/American‐sounding “Rosita Went To Jail”. So make sure to save yourselves a copy of “Lucha Libre”, the simply fantastic second album by Barcelona's highly talented FLAMINGO TOURS!
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Band:THE ELECTRIC MESS
Album:THE BEAST IS YOU
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:GARAGE/ROCK
Brand‐new LP “The Beast Is You” by New York’s brilliant ELECTRIC MESS has arrived! This album is loud, wild and completely electrifying. The record absolutely catches the band’s powerful mixture of 60s rock, punkrock and 80s garage‐revival with incredibly cool vocals by tough frontwoman Esther Crow, wild guitars and rockin’ beats. “Disconnected” or “Snow Queen” display a little more their wild punk‐facet, while “You Can’t Hide” and “It Happens All The Time” go more in the 60s garage‐direction with catchy songwriting, a stomping beat, and rockin’ wildness. “Mystery Girl” again has more of a pop‐punk‐side to it with a slightly softer tone and fantastic harmonies.
The most downtempo‐song of the album is also its final one, adding a slightly different touch to it and with singer Derek Crow’s vocals reminds one a little bit of David Bowie.
All in all “The Beast Is You” is a fantastic album by a fantastic band that leaves nothing to be desired!
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Band:THE ELECTRIC MESS
Album:THE BEAST IS YOU
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:GARAGE/ROCK
Brand‐new LP “The Beast Is You” by New York’s brilliant ELECTRIC MESS has arrived! This album is loud, wild and completely electrifying. The record absolutely catches the band’s powerful mixture of 60s rock, punkrock and 80s garage‐revival with incredibly cool vocals by tough frontwoman Esther Crow, wild guitars and rockin’ beats. “Disconnected” or “Snow Queen” display a little more their wild punk‐facet, while “You Can’t Hide” and “It Happens All The Time” go more in the 60s garage‐direction with catchy songwriting, a stomping beat, and rockin’ wildness. “Mystery Girl” again has more of a pop‐punk‐side to it with a slightly softer tone and fantastic harmonies.
The most downtempo‐song of the album is also its final one, adding a slightly different touch to it and with singer Derek Crow’s vocals reminds one a little bit of David Bowie.
All in all “The Beast Is You” is a fantastic album by a fantastic band that leaves nothing to be desired!
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Band:THE DAHMERS
Album:Creepiest Creep
Label:LOVELY
Format:VINYL EP 7”
Genre:PUNK/PUNKROCK/ROCK
The Dahmers, the Swedish rock 'n' roll horror sensation that's creeping up on you. In a tornado of influences like garage punk, classic rock and 60's pop this band truly is a Frankensteins monster of music. This is a band who's going their own way with colorful contrasts and still keeping the main essence of what they are all about. With their catchy tunes that gets stuck to your brain like a leech The Dahmers sucks you in to their music and to a world filled with darkness. Their lyrics and aesthetics have a big inspiration from classic horror movies but you also find emotional exposures about frustration, solitude and alienation amongst other things in their songs. They are skeletons with attitude and put as much effort in to the visual experience as in their music. The Dahmers latest EP “Creepiest Creep” is a proof that they will keep on writing great songs without getting monotonous.
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Band:HYPNOS
Album:Gbg Sessions
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:ROCK/HARD ROCK
Hypnos are one of the strongest live acts from the contemporary Swedish rock scene. After two album releases on Crusher
Records the band now returns with an eight track live session. It combines the best material from the studio albums with the intensity
from the bands praised live shows. Hypnos have recorded some of their most popular tracks and a cover of ABBA. The album also showcases the two new tracks ”Aint No Fool” and ”Looking Out" from the bands upcoming studio album, set for release autumn 2018. GBG Sessions (The Gothenburg Session) shows a band that is getting closer and closer to it´s peak and leaves you longing for the band to return to both the studio and the roads...
GBG Sessions is a special album as it both shows a live experienced band at the same time as it features the bands new singer Linus Johansson for the first time. Hypnos had trouble during the first a half of 2017 when the bands previous singer Philip Lindgren decided to leave the band and soon after their old label Crusher Records was put on hold. But no challenge are big enough for Hypnos as the band rises like Phonix from the ashes. Today the band is stronger, wiser, more mature and have gained a new singer and a new label in The Sign Records. Hypnos came to their crossroad but this new live session album shows that the band know their direction and the future have never looked brighter.
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Band:HYPNOS
Album:Gbg Sessions
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK/HARD ROCK
Hypnos are one of the strongest live acts from the contemporary Swedish rock scene. After two album releases on Crusher Records the band now returns with an eight track live session. It combines the best material from the studio albums with the intensity from the bands praised live shows. Hypnos have recorded some of their most popular tracks and a cover of ABBA. The album also showcases the two new tracks ”Aint No Fool” and ”Looking Out" from the bands upcoming studio album, set for release autumn 2018. GBG Sessions (The Gothenburg Session) shows a band that is getting closer and closer to it´s peak and leaves you longing for the band to return to both the studio and the roads...
GBG Sessions is a special album as it both shows a live experienced band at the same time as it features the bands new singer Linus Johansson for the first time. Hypnos had trouble during the first a half of 2017 when the bands previous singer Philip Lindgren decided to leave the band and soon after their old label Crusher Records was put on hold. But no challenge are big enough for Hypnos as the band rises like Phonix from the ashes. Today the band is stronger, wiser, more mature and have gained a new singer and a new label in The Sign Records. Hypnos came to their crossroad but this new live session album shows that the band know their direction and the future have never looked brighter.
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Band:MAIDAVALE
Album:Madness Is Too Pure
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Rock
MaidaVale have since the release of their debut album "Tales of the Wicked West" in August 2016, toured Europe intensely. With a captivating performance and psychedelic groove they have enchanted their audiences. The live sound of MaidaVale have always leant towards the experimental scene of the ’60s and ’70s, something that have
reinvented their sound on the new album. The band have worked with producer Jari Haapalainen which have led them further down the kraut and experimental path. The strong melodic and psychedelic elements from their debut is still present as the foundation on their upcoming second album. MaidaVales new album “Madness Is Too Pure” will be released on The Sign Records 23rd of March.
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Band:MAIDAVALE
Album:Madness Is Too Pure
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
MaidaVale have since the release of their debut album "Tales of the Wicked West" in August 2016, toured Europe intensely. With a captivating performance and psychedelic groove they have enchanted their audiences. The live sound of MaidaVale have always leant towards the experimental scene of the ’60s and ’70s, something that have
reinvented their sound on the new album. The band have worked with producer Jari Haapalainen which have led them further down the kraut and experimental path. The strong melodic and psychedelic elements from their debut is still present as the foundation on their upcoming second album. MaidaVales new album “Madness Is Too Pure” will be released on The Sign Records 23rd of March.
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Band:OBLIVIOUS
Album:När Isarna Sjunger
Label:GAPHALS
Format:Vinyl EP 7”
Genre:Rock
A Storm In a Distance is Oblivious new EP marking the change in language from English too Swedish. The bands last album was a written in English and already then it was decided that the new album would be sung in Swedish. This EP marks the change when the first track is in English and the second track in Swedish and the EP ends with a Pentagram cover in Swedish. The EP got all that grove and heavyness that the 70´s rock scene had but all the vocal qualitys to make you keep nodding your head
through out the EP....
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Band:OBLIVIOUS
Album:När Isarna Sjunger
Label:GAPHALS
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Oblivious 70´s hard rock makes you stomp your feet and hum melodies for days. Heavyness, groove, vocal arrangement and a southern rock sound are the cornerstones in the fourth album from Swedens Oblivious. Forging even stronger melodies, based on the foundation of four harmonizing voices the album pinpoints the very things that made all those classic albums memorable. "När Isarna Sjunger" is released the 16th of February on Gaphals.
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Band:OBLIVIOUS
Album:När Isarna Sjunger
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Rock
Oblivious 70´s hard rock makes you stomp your feet and hum melodies for days. Heavyness, groove, vocal arrangement and a southern rock sound are the cornerstones in the fourth album from Swedens Oblivious. Forging even stronger melodies, based on the foundation of four harmonizing voices the album pinpoints the very things that made all those classic albums memorable. "När Isarna Sjunger" is released the 16th of February on Gaphals.
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Band:SVARTANATT
Album:Starry Eagle Eye
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Hard Rock
Two years after the release of the band's self-titled debut album Svartanatt returns. With a classic rock sound that catches the spirit of the late 60´s and early 70´s rock scene Svartanatt have gained many followers all over the world. Their new album "Starry Eagle Eye" is set for release the 2nd of March 2018 on the Sign Records. The album is built upon the same components as their debut but sees the band add depth to their songwriting. Songs as "Duffer" shows a more progressive side of the band while ballades as "Wolf Blues" and "Universe of" shows that the band has a more dreamy and psychedelic side with strong hooks. The album is in all filled up with straightforward timeless rock music.
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Band:PISS RIVER
Album:Piss River
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Punk/Metal
It´s all about attitude, raging sounds and over the topp intensity on Piss Rivers debut album. Combining the best parts of
Girlschool, L7, The Gits and Annihilation Time will take you quite close to Piss Rivers twelve track self titled debut. The album
have the same kind of clash of musical influences as the alternative rock and pre-grunge era held in the late 80´s and early 90´s.
Punk attitude that makes NWOBHM riffs even more intense combined with passionate self empowering lyrics that throws
punches everywhere. You can hear the shivers from the underground on Piss Rivers debut album that is released the 27 of April
on The Sign Records.
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Band:PISS RIVER
Album:Piss River
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk/Metal/Hard Rock
It´s all about attitude, raging sounds and over the topp intensity on Piss Rivers debut album. Combining the best parts of
Girlschool, L7, The Gits and Annihilation Time will take you quite close to Piss Rivers twelve track self titled debut. The album
have the same kind of clash of musical influences as the alternative rock and pre-grunge era held in the late 80´s and early 90´s.
Punk attitude that makes NWOBHM riffs even more intense combined with passionate self empowering lyrics that throws
punches everywhere. You can hear the shivers from the underground on Piss Rivers debut album that is released the 27 of April
on The Sign Records.
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Band:ASTA KASK
Album:Med Is I Magen
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Punk
Swedish punk legends Asta Kask are celebrating their 40 year anniversary with the release of a new EP: "Historien dömer oss alla("History will judge us all), along with reissues of 3 classic records. 2018 sees 4 guys, once again ready to deliver anger and passion for 2-beatpunk, with 40 years experience of "Rock mot svinen"
(Rock against assholes")
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Band:ASTA KASK
Album:Aldrig En LP
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Punk
Swedish punk legends Asta Kask are celebrating their 40 year anniversary with the release of a new EP: "Historien dömer oss alla("History will judge us all), along with reissues of 3 classic records. 2018 sees 4 guys, once again ready to deliver anger and passion for 2-beatpunk, with 40 years experience of "Rock mot svinen"
(Rock against assholes")
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Band:ASTA KASK
Album:En För Alla Ingen För Nån
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Punk
Swedish punk legends Asta Kask are celebrating their 40 year anniversary with the release of a new EP: "Historien dömer oss alla("History will judge us all), along with reissues of 3 classic records. 2018 sees 4 guys, once again ready to deliver anger and passion for 2-beatpunk, with 40 years experience of "Rock mot svinen"
(Rock against assholes")
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Band:ASTA KASK
Album:Historien Dömer Oss Alla 12”
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Punk
Swedish punk legends Asta Kask are celebrating their 40 year anniversary with the release of a new EP: "Historien domer oss alla ("History will judge us all), along with reissues of 3 classic records. The new record "Historien dömer oss alla" consist of 4 songs that brings up hate, fear and the normalization of surreptitious racism that is spreading around the globe.
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Band:BLOOD TSUNAMI
Album:GRAVE CONDITION
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Norwegian Thrashers BLOOD TSUNAMI, featuring Ex-Emperor-Drummer Faust in their ranks, finally return with a new album, entitled "Grave Condition", the band’s fourth full-length offering!
Be prepared for relentless violent beating through a highly addictive blend of Thrash with touches of Punk and Classic Heavy Metal. Grumpier, filthier and harder than ever before!
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Band:BLOOD TSUNAMI
Album:GRAVE CONDITION
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:VINYL
Genre:THRASH METAL
VINYL VERSION LIMITED TO 300 COPIES ON BLACK VINYL!
Norwegian Thrashers BLOOD TSUNAMI, featuring Ex-Emperor-Drummer Faust in their ranks, finally return with a new album, entitled "Grave Condition", the band’s fourth full-length offering!
Be prepared for relentless violent beating through a highly addictive blend of Thrash with touches of Punk and Classic Heavy
Metal. Grumpier, filthier and harder than ever before!
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Band:LUKE APPLETON
Album:How Does It Feel to Be Alive?
Label:Rocksector
Format:CD
Genre:ACOUSTIC ROCK
Acoustic EP from the bassist of American heavy metal band Iced Earth. 4 tracks of outstanding catchy, emotional, acoustic songs, beautifully mixed & self-produced.
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Band:BURNING SAVIOURS
Album:Death
Label:Transubstans
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:STONER/DOOM METAL
"This album is pure death. The sadness and sometimes the joy of it".
This album marks the 15th anniversary of Swedish veterans BURNING SAVIOURS. As with "Nymphs & Weavers" and "Unholy Tales From The North", BURNING SAVIOURS maintain the dark and doomy elements of PENTAGRAM and CATHEDRAL. Many bands over the years have taken great pride in naming PENTAGRAM as a main influence, but it's the 70's -breathing energy that lies within BURNING SAVIOURS releases that made the band stand out in the heavy rock / doom scene. And with "Death", they once again live up to the reputation that made them one of the most extraordinary bands in the heavy scene of today.
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Band:GATEKEEPER
Album:EAST OF SUN
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:EPIC METAL/HEAVY METAL
Originally formed in 2009 as a solo project by guitarist Geoff Blackwell, GATEKEEPER has assembled an impressive array of EPs and splits, including an
appearance on Metal Blade’s “Metal Massacre XIV” where they contributed the song “Bell Of Tarantia”.
Recorded over the span of six months at Harbourside Studios in Vancouver, Canada, “East Of Sun” was produced by Mike Rogerson, whose previous credits
include ANNIHILATOR, AGGRESSION, 88 MILE TRIP and LOVERBOY.
The “East Of Sun” title is a shortened version of a book of Scandinavian folk tales that parallels the content on the record where each song stands on its own.
The album’s cover art was created by Duncan Storr, who has previously worked with SKYCLAD, RAGE and Cruz Del Sur’s own DARK FOREST.
“East Of Sun” boasts a mixture of older, unreleased material written by Blackwell which are complemented by live staples that have recently been updated.
In the words of Blackwell, “East of Sun is pure heavy metal with a sword and sorcery flourish. We wear our influences on our sleeves, but we don't want to be a
pale imitation of them. We try to capture the spirit of what we love without copying anyone’s' notes. This album has our fastest song and it's got our biggest,
most epic slow-burner and many songs in between. It has melodic electric guitar playing coupled with fierce riffs, thunderous rhythms, mystical acoustic
passages and, of course, a unique and varied performance from our singer, Jean-Pierre Abbaud (SPELL, BORROWED TIME)”.
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Band:GATEKEEPER
Album:EAST OF SUN
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:LP
Genre:EPIC METAL/HEAVY METAL
Originally formed in 2009 as a solo project by guitarist Geoff Blackwell, GATEKEEPER has assembled an impressive array of EPs and splits,
including an appearance on Metal Blade’s “Metal Massacre XIV” where they contributed the song “Bell Of Tarantia”.
Recorded over the span of six months at Harbourside Studios in Vancouver, Canada, “East Of Sun” was produced by Mike Rogerson, whose
previous credits include ANNIHILATOR, AGGRESSION, 88 MILE TRIP and LOVERBOY.
The “East Of Sun” title is a shortened version of a book of Scandinavian folk tales that parallels the content on the record where each song
stands on its own. The album’s cover art was created by Duncan Storr, who has previously worked with SKYCLAD, RAGE and Cruz Del
Sur’s own DARK FOREST.
“East Of Sun” boasts a mixture of older, unreleased material written by Blackwell which are complemented by live staples that have recently
been updated.
In the words of Blackwell, “East of Sun is pure heavy metal with a sword and sorcery flourish. We wear our influences on our sleeves, but we
don't want to be a pale imitation of them. We try to capture the spirit of what we love without copying anyone’s' notes. This album has our
fastest song and it's got our biggest, most epic slow-burner and many songs in between. It has melodic electric guitar playing coupled with
fierce riffs, thunderous rhythms, mystical acoustic passages and, of course, a unique and varied performance from our singer, Jean-Pierre
Abbaud (SPELL, BORROWED TIME)”.
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Band:MOS GENERATOR
Album:The Dance Of Red
Label:H42 Records
Format:Vinyl 7” (Red Vinyl with etched B-Side)
Genre:Prog Rock
“The Dance of Red” is fresh off the tape deck at HeavyHead Studio. As in “Recorded and mixed in June 2017” fresh off the tape deck. The Dance Of Maya’ is a mashup of The Mahavishnu Orchestras ‘The Dance Of Maya’ and King Crimsons ‘Red’. The new single from Port Orchard, Washington, heavy rock specialists Mos Generator was
recorded — like everything they do — by guitarist/vocalist Tony Reed.
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Band:AVON
Album:Six Wheeled Action Man Tank
Label:H42 Records
Format:Vinyl 7” (WhiteVinyl)
Genre:STONER ROCK/DESERT ROCK
AVON play heavy rock and are from California USA. The music is psychedelic, raw, melodic and has something to say. Their musical bond comes from years of playing in their respective bands often together in California’s desert cities, Los Angeles and on many European tours. Each member brings with them influence and experience to form a unique and driven sound. So if you like heavy desert rock, then you have come to the right place.
Avon are: James (Airbus, Vic Du Monte’s Persona non Grate, Lakota), Alfredo Hernandez (Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Brave Black Sea) and Charles (Lakota, Waxy)
MARKETING
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Band:SHIVAS NAT
Album:Shivas Nat
Label:H42 Records
Format:Vinyl 7” (Clear Vinyl)
Genre:PSYCH ROCK/GARAGE ROCK
Shivas Nat: psychedelic garage blues-band from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band plays their psychedelic garage/blues-rock with an authentic and mind-blowing sound, which will take you straight back to the colored mists and patterns of the early 1970's.
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Band:SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
Album:Thumbsucker / Stoned Woman
Label:H42 Records
Format:Vinyl 7” (Black Vinyl)
Genre:STONER ROCK/HARD ROCK
Swedish Stoner and HeavyRock legend Spiritual Baggars came back with a 7"-Vinyl after their european Tour 2016 presenting their new album. For all classic Rock and Vinyl Fans, Spiritual Beggars is releasing two cover versions (previously only available on the Ltd. Mediabook 'Sunrise to Sundown') on a 7"-Vinyl.
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Band:THE VELVOIDS
Album:What You Know - Absolutely Nothing
Label:TBMR
Format:VINYL (7”)
Genre:ALTERNATIVE ROCK/GARAGE FOLK
Throughout the years, The Velvoids never lose that emotion-centered palm grip on their melodic music. Vulnerable? Yes. Authentic, but also free. As forever students of various art forms, 2018 sees the release of two new snapshots on a double A-side single, composed of raw, rhythmic stories, reaching far beyond their urban Athens origins, to an entire multicultural universe.
There are no ridiculous party anthems here, rather steady, consistent spurts of sonic transcendence; there really is no other option. It's a short pause of reflectance in the midst of a rollercoaster life. While The Velvoids steadily evolve, having performed and released music since 2003, with every listen to What You Know /Absolutely Nothing emerges a different feel from the many left lurking in the midst of this curated chaos, documented on the spot during a 3 day-long squatted studio session while pregnant with their daughter, and delivers a lyrical approach and wordplay as gifted as they come.
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Band:OAKS
Album:Les Matins Mauves
Label:MandO MUSIC
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:FRENCH POP-ROCK
OAKS (Only Alan KnowS) is now back with a new album, "Les Matins Mauves"
Elegant French touch, to be discovered soon !
The lyrics by Pierre Welsh are influenced by French singerssuch as Bashung or Gainsbourg, as well as by French poets,Verlaine or Apolinaire. The other influences of the band gofrom Bowie to ALT-J, with an element of French Touch.
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Band:The Crispies
Album:Fake Leather
Label:SEA YOU
Format:CD
Genre:ALT POP
two piece pop band from willimantic, ct USA
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Band:The Crispies
Album:Fake Leather
Label:Seayou
Format:LP
Genre:ALT POP
two piece pop band from willimantic, ct USA
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Band:HEADS
Album:Collider
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:LP- BLACK
Genre:NOIR/SLOWGAZE
With Collider the German-Australian trio evade all the pitfalls of the sophomore slump. These ten songs carry an atmosphere of restrained
anger and maturity, capturing a somber narrative that continues to resonate and leave the listener pondering. Collider listens like a trudge
through inhospitable badlands with each song starting as if it was always there, and you just walk into the music at hearing distance.
Having members spread out over the globe, the band adjusted their writing and recording process to accommodate work schedules and
extended family visits. On top of this, Collider features a whole string of guest musicians who infuse the record with extra fresh sounds.
Kevin Whitley from legendary US noise rockers Cherubs joins the band on ‘Smile’, while Luc Hess (Kunz + Closet Disco Queen + ex-The
Ocean) lends his incredible drumming to ‘Youth’ and ‘To Call and Let It Ring’. Emilie Zoë (solo + Autisti) and Fabian Bremer (Radare +
graphic design) bring the haunting qualities of their musicianship to ‘Wolves at the Door’. All of this is held together by an impeccable mix
and mastering of the one-and-only Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna).
This album proves HEADS to be masters at bending noise into narrative and heavy riffing into images of vast wastelands. Collider is art rock
meeting sludge in a carefully arranged interplay of grave digging and marble sculpting. A bleak redefinition of heartland rock that’s situated on
the verge of the savage and the sophisticated. (Robert Westerveld / Arctic Drones)
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Band:HEADS
Album:Collider
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:digi CD
Genre:NOIR/SLOWGAZE
With Collider the German-Australian trio evade all the pitfalls of the sophomore slump. These ten songs carry an atmosphere of restrained
anger and maturity, capturing a somber narrative that continues to resonate and leave the listener pondering. Collider listens like a trudge
through inhospitable badlands with each song starting as if it was always there, and you just walk into the music at hearing distance.
Having members spread out over the globe, the band adjusted their writing and recording process to accommodate work schedules and
extended family visits. On top of this, Collider features a whole string of guest musicians who infuse the record with extra fresh sounds.
Kevin Whitley from legendary US noise rockers Cherubs joins the band on ‘Smile’, while Luc Hess (Kunz + Closet Disco Queen + ex-The
Ocean) lends his incredible drumming to ‘Youth’ and ‘To Call and Let It Ring’. Emilie Zoë (solo + Autisti) and Fabian Bremer (Radare +
graphic design) bring the haunting qualities of their musicianship to ‘Wolves at the Door’. All of this is held together by an impeccable mix
and mastering of the one-and-only Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna).
This album proves HEADS to be masters at bending noise into narrative and heavy riffing into images of vast wastelands. Collider is art rock
meeting sludge in a carefully arranged interplay of grave digging and marble sculpting. A bleak redefinition of heartland rock that’s situated on
the verge of the savage and the sophisticated. (Robert Westerveld / Arctic Drones)
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Band:HEADS
Album:Collider
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:LP LIMITED COLOUR
Genre:NOIR/SLOWGAZE
With Collider the German-Australian trio evade all the pitfalls of the sophomore slump. These ten songs carry an atmosphere of restrained
anger and maturity, capturing a somber narrative that continues to resonate and leave the listener pondering. Collider listens like a trudge
through inhospitable badlands with each song starting as if it was always there, and you just walk into the music at hearing distance.
Having members spread out over the globe, the band adjusted their writing and recording process to accommodate work schedules and
extended family visits. On top of this, Collider features a whole string of guest musicians who infuse the record with extra fresh sounds.
Kevin Whitley from legendary US noise rockers Cherubs joins the band on ‘Smile’, while Luc Hess (Kunz + Closet Disco Queen + ex-The
Ocean) lends his incredible drumming to ‘Youth’ and ‘To Call and Let It Ring’. Emilie Zoë (solo + Autisti) and Fabian Bremer (Radare +
graphic design) bring the haunting qualities of their musicianship to ‘Wolves at the Door’. All of this is held together by an impeccable mix
and mastering of the one-and-only Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna).
This album proves HEADS to be masters at bending noise into narrative and heavy riffing into images of vast wastelands. Collider is art rock
meeting sludge in a carefully arranged interplay of grave digging and marble sculpting. A bleak redefinition of heartland rock that’s situated on
the verge of the savage and the sophisticated. (Robert Westerveld / Arctic Drones)
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Band:MORDANT
Album:Demonic Satanic
Label:TO THE DEATH RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:BLACK/SPEED METAL
Third full lenght by swedish blackend speedfreaks MORDANT "Demonic Satanic". Out on To the Death Records this autumn on Vinyl/CD/Tape and all digital platforms.Cover by M. Frisk, recorded and mastered at Armageddon Recordings.
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Band:EL CAMINO
Album:Cursed Congregation
Label:NIGH TRIPPER
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM/METAL
Night Tripper Records is proud to present the third offering from Swedens el CAMINO.”Cursed Congregation” is a show of force in leadheavy dark metal. Or as the american site No Clean Singing so wisely puts it :”...a ritual summoning of some unseen and hungering terror” Case closed!
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Band:EL CAMINO
Album:Cursed Congregation
Label:NIGH TRIPPER
Format:CD
Genre:DOOM/METAL
Night Tripper Records is proud to present the third offering from Swedens el CAMINO.”Cursed Congregation” is a show of force in leadheavy dark metal. Or as the american site No Clean Singing so wisely puts it :”...a ritual summoning of some unseen and hungering terror” Case closed!
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Band:DEADLY CARNAGE
Album:Through the Void, Above the Suns
Label:SAD SADNESS SONG
Format:Digipak CD
Genre:POST-BLACK METAL
DEADLY CARNAGE’s “Through the Void, Above the Suns” is a phenomenal journey, an unmatched vision of the Cosmos with all its tangible
and intangible components: stars, dark matter, black holes. Forces that regulate it up through Light and Time. Each of those often intangible
elements has been characterized and almost humanized, to transcend their original dimensions in order to explain themselves to us in an
intelligible, universal language of knowledge and enlightenment. It’s a travel that proceeds from the infinitely small world of raw matter to
infinite cosmic distances, where Time and Space finally coincide. After everything has been born and has made its course in a myriad of
random possibilities, it comes to entropy, to the absolute frost, the loss of every light, the complete end. And, right after, the Universe starts to
breath once again, and the eternal cycle restarts.
While in the past DEADLY CARNAGE have explored existentialism, with this new chapter they move towards an universal vision, halfway
between science, philosophy, occultism and spirituality.
What to expect on the musical manifestation side? A wide vision and dark moods following a strong emotional gameplan. Some may
recognize doomish shadings, expanding post-rock & shoegaze fields, but the experience still has to be lived…
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Band:NOVA
Album:Soli Contro il Mondo
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
“Soli Contro il Mondo”, Alone standing against the world, has to be considered as the spiritual continuation of “il Ritorno” , The Return, where
a collective rediscover of forgotten references is made living on a naturally hostile environment.
Moving to the musical and creative side new solutions have been evolved into the typical Nova sound. Kali Yuga is meant as a vicious joke of
the demiurge, that shaped a human shell simulacrum, where we have been thrown.
Breaking the veil of Maya, the musicality of the medieval Black Metal poetry of the Troubadours traditions meets the speed and intensity of
the modern Archeofuturismo.
This revolt movement born in Italian to reverse the decadent situation taking ancient inspiration to an instinctive modern form, takes Nova to
sharpen their riffs to evoke pre-human strengths.
On the background there will be some essential orchestral & folkish elements, an hyperuranic magma of emotions drawn with not repetitive
and indolent arrangements, adorning a solid mosaic.
The unusual tuning, moving as a divine Charioteer adorned by an ancient armor, fly nose-diving on chariot of lights to inflame boredom.
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Band:CRUTHU
Album:The Angle of Eternity
Label:THE CHURCH WITHIN
Format:CD
Genre:DOOM METAL
Based in Lansing, Michigan, CRUTHU is comprised of vocalist Ryan Evans, guitarist Dan McCormick, bassist Erik Hemingsen (Scott Lehman also plays on the album), and drummer Matt Fry. "The Angle of Eternity" was produced by McCormick and George Szegedy at The Black Lodge in Lansing, and features cover art by Dan McDonald Studios in a grim style perfectly suited to the band’s downer and ethereal songcraft.
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Band:CRUTHU
Album:The Angle of Eternity
Label:THE CHURCH WITHIN
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM METAL
Based in Lansing, Michigan, CRUTHU is comprised of vocalist Ryan Evans, guitarist Dan McCormick, bassist Erik Hemingsen (Scott Lehman also plays on the album), and drummer Matt Fry. "The Angle of Eternity" was produced by McCormick and George Szegedy at The Black Lodge in Lansing, and features cover art by Dan McDonald Studios in a grim style perfectly suited to the band’s downer and ethereal songcraft.
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Band:NATAS
Album:Pa Veg til Helvette
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL
Crawling form the darkest shores of Norwegian west coast, the NATAS horde is determined to lead humanity away from the ingrained and outdated social, cultural and
religious norms, and open their eyes to a new and free dimension.
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Band:RUST
Album:Urstoff
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:DIGIPACK CD
Genre:APOCALYPTIC DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
RUST is an Apocalyptic Death/Black Metal outfit, featuring members of Enisum.
A magical, evocative and enchanting work, as well as tragic, apocalyptic, cruel, painful, fatal, nefarious, violent and deadly ... A unique and disenchanted vision of extreme
music.
A dazzling journey, almost blinding and inadmissible, leading to the discovery of a majestic and impressive record, whose roots are inspired by the first OPETH, SHINING
and a post-KATATONIA taste.
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Band:GOREGAST
Album:Covered In Skin
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
After their 3rd. Album finally a new livesign in form of a 14 minutes MCD, including 2 new studio recorded songs plus a
coverversion of GRAVE's classic song “Soulless”.Totally rancid, dark, intense and catchy classic death metal rotten to the bone.
Mixed and mastered again by Andreas Hilbert (Golem), coverartwork by Dedy (Badic Art). Goregast shows an awesome
example of varied and independently metal of death.
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Band:DIRTY CONNECTIONS
Album:We Are The Night
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:80S METAL
Germany's sleaze heavy rockers DIRTY CONNECTIONS inked a deal with FDA Records to spread the stench of cemetery all over the globe. They already released one album named „Sextreme Dynamite“ a few years ago. After some important line-up changes they are back in best filthy shape and with the new EP „We Are The Night“ !
80's sleaze metal for fans of ROB ZOMBIE, STONE SOUR & MÖTLEY CRÜE
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Band:DEMON INCARNATE
Album:Key Of Solomon
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:70S HEAVY DOOM METAL
DEMON INCARNATE the dark, atmospheric heavy hard rockers are back with album number 2 after vocalist Lisa's baby break. Like the
previoues outputs, the new album 'KEY OF SOLOMON' was produced, recorded and mastered by Charles Greywolf (Powerwolf) at his
Studio Greywolf.
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Band:REQUIEM
Album:Global Resistance Rising
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
7 years of a so called release-break they used for themselves to present their most brutal material to date.
The 10 brand new songs were recorded, mixed and mastered at IGUANA Studios under the direction of Christoph Brandes.
REQUIEM are back, in best shape and stronger than ever before, full of energy and with a monster of album in their luggage !!
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Band:GRAVEYARD (ES)
Album:Back to the Mausoleum
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
2007… Oh, what a crazy year it was!!!! Javi and Julkarn, long time friends, had been working on a bunch of old school Death Metal tracks for a few years, but
since it was impossible to find a drummer that could understand that you can actually play Death Metal without constant blastbeats and without showing the
world how skilled you are, the project remained on hold. In the summer of 2007, Javi met Gusi at the Party San Festival (in a twist of fate, who would know
back then that the band would sign with Party San's partner label War Anthem Records!). Once they discovered they had something in common besides from the
heavy drinking habit, Javi offered Gusi to enter the band as a drummer and go with him and Julkarn to the dirtiest shithole in Catalunya to record their first demo
“Into the Mausoleum”. The recordings happened in a filthy garage up in the hills of Castelldefels mountains and the band managed to write, readapt some old
ideas, rehearse and record 4 tracks in a weekend. When the alcohol storm passed away and they got together to listen to what had happened on the now
legendary Mountains of Madness (also called “The House of Death” for its equally legendary parties happening there), they were shocked and pleasently
surprised; those 4 tracks actually sounded pretty good! Well, the production was shit but the Spirit, the Power and the Utter Darkness were there! What should
have been a side project just for fun, turned into a real band, and here we are 10 years later, with a bunch of releases, albums, tours, festivals… We still don't
believe how the hell this actually worked, but it happened!!!
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Band:GRAVEYARD ES
Album:Back to the Mausoleum
Label:WAR ANTHEM
Format:VINYL
Genre:Death Metal
2007… Oh, what a crazy year it was!!!! Javi and Julkarn, long time friends, had been working on a bunch of old school Death Metal tracks for a few years, but
since it was impossible to find a drummer that could understand that you can actually play Death Metal without constant blastbeats and without showing the
world how skilled you are, the project remained on hold. In the summer of 2007, Javi met Gusi at the Party San Festival (in a twist of fate, who would know
back then that the band would sign with Party San's partner label War Anthem Records!). Once they discovered they had something in common besides from the
heavy drinking habit, Javi offered Gusi to enter the band as a drummer and go with him and Julkarn to the dirtiest shithole in Catalunya to record their first demo
“Into the Mausoleum”. The recordings happened in a filthy garage up in the hills of Castelldefels mountains and the band managed to write, readapt some old
ideas, rehearse and record 4 tracks in a weekend. When the alcohol storm passed away and they got together to listen to what had happened on the now
legendary Mountains of Madness (also called “The House of Death” for its equally legendary parties happening there), they were shocked and pleasently
surprised; those 4 tracks actually sounded pretty good! Well, the production was shit but the Spirit, the Power and the Utter Darkness were there! What should
have been a side project just for fun, turned into a real band, and here we are 10 years later, with a bunch of releases, albums, tours, festivals… We still don't
believe how the hell this actually worked, but it happened!!!
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Band:FORGOTTEN PATHWAYS
Album:SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:2LP
Genre:DUNGEON SYNTH/AMBIENT
Salvaged from the depths of time, out of the cellars and dungeons, of the deadwood of vast forests and the ruins of castles long
razed and deserted, DUNKELHEIT PRODUKTIONEN is proud to announce the re-release of FORGOTTEN PATHWAYS' first
demo tape Shrouded In Mystery from 1998! Almost exactly 20 years after it was originally published on tape, it is now for the first
time released exclusively as Premium Double Vinyl Edition: 2x 180g heavy vinyl, 350 gsm cover with innersleeve, plus poster in
A2 format and several other fine details.
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Band:GOAT SEMEN
Album:DEMO 2003
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:LP
Genre:DEATH METAL/BLACK METAL
DUNKELHEIT PRODUKTIONEN is proud to present GOAT SEMEN's classic 2002 demo on 12" vinyl, for the first time ever. One
of the most legendary demos of this millennium, GOAT SEMEN's self-titled second demo was THE demo that wrote the band's
name into underground history: bestial black/death in the purest South American tradition, total warfare noise. From there, the
band would go on to release a handful of split releases and, eventually, at long last an album in 2015, but their 2002 demo
remains GOAT SEMEN's most savage and unrelenting recording by far. Finally procure this piece of history on vinyl!
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Band:NORTHERN PLAGUE
Album:Scorn The Idle
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
After a year long hiatus, having completed a successful album cycle with 'Manifesto', Northern Plague return with
their second long playing record 'Scorn the Idle'. The album released as a digipack with a graphically rich booklet
contains 9 songs, among which one finds surrealistic single 'Man of Glass', doom inspired 'Drowned' or furious
'Workphetamine'. A rare and diverse treat for metal fans.
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Band:SECOND YOUTH
Album:Dear Road
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:LP
Genre:HARDCORE/PUNK
Second Youth started in 2015 between long time best friends and touring companions, Dick Smith and André
Suergiu. Andre' was the singer of the world famous HC band "The Gold Kids" and Dick is from London, and used to
be in "The legacy", "Runes".
After spending all night recalling all the bands they grew up on during the late late 90’s and early 00’s that introduced
the two in the first place, the two decided to go to the studio and write the songs they always wish they had played
when they were younger. Hence, the name, Second Youth.
This band is about that period of your life when nothing else matters other than the music coming out of your stereo
speakers. Veterans to life on the road, you will probably catch Second Youth playing their own style of the melodic,
catchy and sing-a-long punk rock that rocked the 90’s.
If you are into Bands like GOOD RIDDANCE, BAD RELIGION, PENNYWISE, RANCID, DISTILLERS, NOFX,
MILLENCOLLIN or SOCIAL DISTORTION, check this incredible band out, you will love it!
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Band:SECOND YOUTH
Album:Dear Road
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:HARDCORE/PUNK
Second Youth started in 2015 between long time best friends and touring companions, Dick Smith and André
Suergiu. Andre' was the singer of the world famous HC band "The Gold Kids" and Dick is from London, and used to
be in "The legacy", "Runes".
After spending all night recalling all the bands they grew up on during the late late 90’s and early 00’s that introduced
the two in the first place, the two decided to go to the studio and write the songs they always wish they had played
when they were younger. Hence, the name, Second Youth.
This band is about that period of your life when nothing else matters other than the music coming out of your stereo
speakers. Veterans to life on the road, you will probably catch Second Youth playing their own style of the melodic,
catchy and sing-a-long punk rock that rocked the 90’s.
If you are into Bands like GOOD RIDDANCE, BAD RELIGION, PENNYWISE, RANCID, DISTILLERS, NOFX,
MILLENCOLLIN or SOCIAL DISTORTION, check this incredible band out, you will love it!
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Band:DRAKKAR
Album:COLD WINTER’S NIGHT
Label:MY KINGDOM MUSIC
Format:DIGI-MCD
Genre:EPIC POWER METAL
Born in 1995, DRAKKAR is one of the prime movers of the Italian Power Metal scene. Between 1996 and 2002, the band published two
demotapes, the debut album "Quest For Glory", in 1998, "Gemini" in 2000 and "Razorblade God" which came out in 2002. Their next effort
saw the light in 2007 as 4 songs-EP called "Classified". But the real comeback year was to be 2012, when DRAKKAR released their 4th full
length, "When Lightning Strikes" via My Kingdom Music. After the great success of audience and great media welcome, DRAKKAR started to
work on the successor of “When Lightning Strikes”. It was a hard work, but in the end, DRAKKAR created their best, most epic and direct
work ever called “Run With The Wolf” and out on March 16th, 2015 via My Kingdom Music. Now it’s time to return on the scenes with a new
great release titled “Cold Winter’s Night” a 4-tracks MCD featuring three new songs and a classic of their shows played live at Born To Fly
Festival.
The dragonship sails on!
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