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Band:THE INSEKT LIFE CYCLE
Album:VIVID DREAMS PARADE
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:cd
Genre:PSYCH/INSTRUMENTAL
The Insektlife Cycle is one of the Philippines' best kept secrets. This quartet was formed in 2013
with members hailing from Manila's underground metal scene. Brothers Ronaldo Vivo Jr. (Drums) and
Ronnel Vivo (Guitars) are from Doom/Sludge/Post Metal band Hateure. They combine forces with Jay
Jumawan (Guitars) & Joy Legason (Bass) from full contact death metal band Barabbas to bring you music
nonpareil from Asia.
Their work is the result of fusing the dreamlike soundscapes of instrumental rock with the luscious
panorama of psychedelic/stoner/progressive rock. Their music engulfs the listener like an amazing
technicolor dreamcoat of all four seasons simultaneously. The sonorous impressionism of their approach
to instrumentation is a journey of subtle jarringness, avoiding any heavy‐handed approaches in their
pursuit to elevate all those within earshot to a state of sonic euphoria.
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Band:FULL OF HELL
Album:Trumpeting Ecstasy
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
Maryland/Pennsylvania experimental death-noise band FULL OF HELL have embarked on quite the journey leading up to the impending
release of their latest full-length album “Trumpeting Ecstasy”, an album which will see the band deliver their most punishing, virulent, and
dynamic album to date.
The embryonic beginnings of Full of Hell displayed their palette at it’s most primitive, d-beat and blast ridden hardcore punk with spats of
noise and caustic rhythm, and within a few short years, they have bloomed into a true force to be reckoned with within the punk and metal communities. Since the release of their Profound Lore Records debut album “Full Of Hell & Merzbow” late 2014, their third full-length album, the band began to truly come into their own, combining elements of grindcore, death/black metal, punk and hardcore with a smattering of sonically laden power electronics and industrial pounding. It would also signal the band being at their most active and prolific ever since their inception in 2009.
The band would tour endlessly non-stop in different parts of the world in places as far off as Japan, Australia (twice), Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea etc.), along with several tour runs in Europe and many tour jaunts within the US, along with playing
countless festivals and exclusive shows. The band would also add to their repertoire and discography as well during said timeframe releasing a direct collaboration album with The Body and several EPs, one of them being their most-recent split 7”EP with Nails (which debuts #2 on the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart).
With “Trumpeting Ecstasy”, FULL OF HELL build upon their progression since the Merzbow collaboration and the releases succeeding it. This time the band decided to go into God City Studios with Kurt Ballou at the production helm to help achieve the intended vision of
“Trumpeting Ecstasy”. The result being the best and strongest sounding FULL OF HELL album along with it being their most towering
release to date. Sky tearing and sonically cataclysmic, the aural deluge that is “Trumpeting Ecstasy” also features guest appearances by Aaron Turner (Sumac/Old Man Gloom/Mamiffer/Isis), Nate Newton (Converge/Old Man Gloom), Andrew Nolan (Column Of Heaven/The Endless Blockade), and Canadian singer/songwriter Nicole Dollanganger. Expect FULL OF HELL to tour relentlessly in support of “Trumpeting
Ecstasy” as well.
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Band:FULL OF HELL
Album:Trumpeting Ecstasy LP
Label:Profound Lore
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
Maryland/Pennsylvania experimental death-noise band FULL OF HELL have embarked on quite the journey leading up to the impending
release of their latest full-length album “Trumpeting Ecstasy”, an album which will see the band deliver their most punishing, virulent, and
dynamic album to date.
The embryonic beginnings of Full of Hell displayed their palette at it’s most primitive, d-beat and blast ridden hardcore punk with spats of
noise and caustic rhythm, and within a few short years, they have bloomed into a true force to be reckoned with within the punk and metal communities. Since the release of their Profound Lore Records debut album “Full Of Hell & Merzbow” late 2014, their third full-length album, the band began to truly come into their own, combining elements of grindcore, death/black metal, punk and hardcore with a smattering of sonically laden power electronics and industrial pounding. It would also signal the band being at their most active and prolific ever since their inception in 2009.
The band would tour endlessly non-stop in different parts of the world in places as far off as Japan, Australia (twice), Southeast Asia
(Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea etc.), along with several tour runs in Europe and many tour jaunts within the US, along with playing
countless festivals and exclusive shows. The band would also add to their repertoire and discography as well during said timeframe releasing a direct collaboration album with The Body and several EPs, one of them being their most-recent split 7”EP with Nails (which debuts #2 on the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart).
With “Trumpeting Ecstasy”, FULL OF HELL build upon their progression since the Merzbow collaboration and the releases succeeding it. This time the band decided to go into God City Studios with Kurt Ballou at the production helm to help achieve the intended vision of
“Trumpeting Ecstasy”. The result being the best and strongest sounding FULL OF HELL album along with it being their most towering
release to date. Sky tearing and sonically cataclysmic, the aural deluge that is “Trumpeting Ecstasy” also features guest appearances by Aaron Turner (Sumac/Old Man Gloom/Mamiffer/Isis), Nate Newton (Converge/Old Man Gloom), Andrew Nolan (Column Of Heaven/The Endless Blockade), and Canadian singer/songwriter Nicole Dollanganger. Expect FULL OF HELL to tour relentlessly in support of “Trumpeting Ecstasy” as well.
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Band:SABBATH ASSEMBLY
Album:Rites Of Passage
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Led by vocalist Jamie Myers (ex‐Hammers of Misfortune),
Sabbath Assembly anno 2017 features guitarist Kevin
Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia), who has been with the
band since 2011; original Sabbath Assembly drummer
Dave Nuss; bassist Johnny Deblase, who also played on
the band's self‐titled album; and the new addition of
second guitarist Ron Varod (Kayo Dot, Psalm Z ero, Z vi).
Rites of Passage marks a moment in which Sabbath
Assembly truly "comes of age" as a unique combination of
its members, creating progressive metal influenced by
Gorguts and Hammers of Misfortune while maintaining a
melodic edge true to the roots of the band in the hymnody
of the Process Church of the Final Judgment.
In a time when others in the occult rock genre remain
preoccupied with fantasy and dark mysticism, Sabbath
Assembly finds the most profound of transformative
moments in everyday experience. Rites of Passage
presents its listeners with a set of songs that the band
hopes will mirror their own experiences of transition, and
in some way provide necessary passage.
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Band:SABBATH ASSEMBLY
Album:Rites Of Passage LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Led by vocalist Jamie Myers (ex‐Hammers of Misfortune),
Sabbath Assembly anno 2017 features guitarist Kevin
Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia), who has been with the
band since 2011; original Sabbath Assembly drummer
Dave Nuss; bassist Johnny Deblase, who also played on
the band's self‐titled album; and the new addition of
second guitarist Ron Varod (Kayo Dot, Psalm Z ero, Z vi).
Rites of Passage marks a moment in which Sabbath
Assembly truly "comes of age" as a unique combination of
its members, creating progressive metal influenced by
Gorguts and Hammers of Misfortune while maintaining a
melodic edge true to the roots of the band in the hymnody
of the Process Church of the Final Judgment.
In a time when others in the occult rock genre remain
preoccupied with fantasy and dark mysticism, Sabbath
Assembly finds the most profound of transformative
moments in everyday experience. Rites of Passage
presents its listeners with a set of songs that the band
hopes will mirror their own experiences of transition, and
in some way provide necessary passage.
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Band:TUSMORKE
Album:Hinsides
Label:SVART
Format:cd
Genre:Prog Rock
Groove is in the heart of darkness
Norway's ambassadors of macabre romanticism take a
step towards the great beyond with their new album
Hinsides, out on Svart Records on May 12th. Despite the
group's love of all things curious and off the beaten path,
they have taken their native Norway by hailstorm and
were just recently nominated in the local Grammy awards
for best indie album. Transmission from the band sets
the record straight regarding the new album:
Hinsides means Beyond;
Past life or past sense
Dead or dead drunk;
Whether on wine, poetry or virtue
Sex, drugs or Baudelaire
The entire work deals with death in one form or another
Lingering ghosts of rented apartments
Wishing a violent end to insomnia
Futile existence facing apocalypse
Funeral rites and the burial of loved ones
The grand 24 minute epic Sankt Sebastians Alter was
composed in commemoration of the 666th anniversary of
the Black Death in Norway.
This album is less of a gloomy affair than might be
expected by its theme, and the tunes are as catchy as the
Plague. Join us in the Dance of Death, for verily Tusmørke
sayeth unto you: Groove is in the Heart of Darkness.
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Band:TUSMORKE
Album:Hinsides LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Prog Rock
Groove is in the heart of darkness
Norway's ambassadors of macabre romanticism take a
step towards the great beyond with their new album
Hinsides, out on Svart Records on May 12th. Despite the
group's love of all things curious and off the beaten path,
they have taken their native Norway by hailstorm and
were just recently nominated in the local Grammy awards
for best indie album. Transmission from the band sets
the record straight regarding the new album:
Hinsides means Beyond;
Past life or past sense
Dead or dead drunk;
Whether on wine, poetry or virtue
Sex, drugs or Baudelaire
The entire work deals with death in one form or another
Lingering ghosts of rented apartments
Wishing a violent end to insomnia
Futile existence facing apocalypse
Funeral rites and the burial of loved ones
The grand 24 minute epic Sankt Sebastians Alter was
composed in commemoration of the 666th anniversary of
the Black Death in Norway.
This album is less of a gloomy affair than might be
expected by its theme, and the tunes are as catchy as the
Plague. Join us in the Dance of Death, for verily Tusmørke
sayeth unto you: Groove is in the Heart of Darkness.
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Band:AJATTARA
Album:LUPAUS
Label:SVART
Format:cd
Genre:Black Metal
Finnish black metal comeback of the year
“One has to go to extremes to be able to get inside
yourself. One must break constraints to know your
abilities. One has to be independent to earn followers.
You have to be strong to be able to keep promises.”
Thus spake Ruoja, the front figure of Ajattara, often called
as the most dangerous black metal band to emege from
Finland. The six apocalyptic raiders make their way back
towards the darkness after being adrift for six years in
the nothingness and release a new album, titled Lupaus,
on Svart Records on May 12th. The album, Ajattara’s ninth
full‐length, will be available on CD and digital and also as
a double‐vinyl set with extra tracks.
The band recorded Lupaus in Andacusia, Spain, in the
studio Casa de la Musica in the mountains of Àlora. The
arid landscape spawned what can be called Ajattara’s
most raw and brutally personal work to date ‐ an ode to
the deepest feelings of human suffering and loss. The
nine tracks on Lupaus rage and tear at the listener with
devilish force. “The fire of artistic creation never goes
out, and the years of having to withstand major changes
in life only fanned those flames,” comments Ruoja, “so I
had no shortage of things to say. Lupaus is six rough
years condensed in nine tracks and 50 minutes, played
with Satanic fervor and taken to extremes."
Svart Records
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Band:AJATTARA
Album:LUPAUS - LP
Label:SVART
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Black Metal
Finnish black metal comeback of the year
“One has to go to extremes to be able to get inside
yourself. One must break constraints to know your
abilities. One has to be independent to earn followers.
You have to be strong to be able to keep promises.”
Thus spake Ruoja, the front figure of Ajattara, often called
as the most dangerous black metal band to emege from
Finland. The six apocalyptic raiders make their way back
towards the darkness after being adrift for six years in
the nothingness and release a new album, titled Lupaus,
on Svart Records on May 12th. The album, Ajattara’s ninth
full‐length, will be available on CD and digital and also as
a double‐vinyl set with extra tracks.
The band recorded Lupaus in Andacusia, Spain, in the
studio Casa de la Musica in the mountains of Àlora. The
arid landscape spawned what can be called Ajattara’s
most raw and brutally personal work to date ‐ an ode to
the deepest feelings of human suffering and loss. The
nine tracks on Lupaus rage and tear at the listener with
devilish force. “The fire of artistic creation never goes
out, and the years of having to withstand major changes
in life only fanned those flames,” comments Ruoja, “so I
had no shortage of things to say. Lupaus is six rough
years condensed in nine tracks and 50 minutes, played
with Satanic fervor and taken to extremes."
Svart Records
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone
Label:CINEPLOIT
Format:CD
Genre:Soundtrack
CINEPLOIT is celebrating it´s 5th anniversary with a Label Compilation dedicated to the one and only ENNIO MORRICONE. 10
exclusive Tracks from all artists of the lables roster including ZOLTAN, RASHOMON, ORGASMO SONORE, THELEMA, SOSPETTO,
LAWA (= LEONARD/WANK), VIDEOGRAM, LUIGI PORTO & OSCILLOTRON. As a special surprise ORGASMO SONORE team up
with SOSPETTO with a wonderful version of the driving track ADONAI!
Music from Films like EXORCIST 2, THE THING, SPASMO, REVOLVER, LIZARD IN A WOMANS SKIN, BANDITS IN ROME, THE
OCTOPUS, THE IRON PREFECT and many more!
High quality Gatefold LP with UV Spot and printed Innersleeves and 180g Vinyl plus CD in plastic sleeve
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Omaggio al Maestro Ennio Morricone - LP
Label:CINEPLOIT
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Soundtrack
CINEPLOIT is celebrating it´s 5th anniversary with a Label Compilation dedicated to the one and only ENNIO MORRICONE. 10
exclusive Tracks from all artists of the lables roster including ZOLTAN, RASHOMON, ORGASMO SONORE, THELEMA, SOSPETTO,
LAWA (= LEONARD/WANK), VIDEOGRAM, LUIGI PORTO & OSCILLOTRON. As a special surprise ORGASMO SONORE team up
with SOSPETTO with a wonderful version of the driving track ADONAI!
Music from Films like EXORCIST 2, THE THING, SPASMO, REVOLVER, LIZARD IN A WOMANS SKIN, BANDITS IN ROME, THE
OCTOPUS, THE IRON PREFECT and many more!
High quality Gatefold LP with UV Spot and printed Innersleeves and 180g Vinyl plus CD in plastic sleeve
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Omaggio a Joe D Amato & Marcello Giombini
Label:CINEPLOIT
Format:7 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Soundtrack
This 7” Ep was released summer 2012 as a start for the Exploit Series on Cineploit and is long sold out and a
collectors item. As Cineploit will release Man-Eater aka Antropophagus this year for the first time in HD in a
wonderfully designed 4 Disc Mediabook it is the right time to repress this 7” EP. 2 Songs of “Antropophagus” and 1
track of “Le Notti erotichi dei Morti Viventi” executed by DEAK FERANCE & ROGER CONRAD and originally by
Maestro MARCELLO GIOMBINI. The original recordings are lost and these cover versions are made as close as
possible to the originals!
7” EP orange & black Splatter Vinyl
Printed Innersleeves
Shrinkwrapped
Limited to x 350 copies
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Band:EXTREME NOISE TERROR
Album:EXTREME NOISE TERROR - CD
Label:GRAVE WAX
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are an English hardcore punk band originally formed in Ipswich in 1985. They
are considered one of the earliest and most influential European grindcore bands, particularly in the crustpunk genre. Noted for
one of the earliest uses of dual vocalists in hardcore and for recording a number of sessions for BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel,
Extreme Noise Terror started as a crust punk band and helped characterise the early, archetypal grindcore sound with fiercely
political lyrics, grinding guitars, extremely fast tempo and often very short songs. Phonophobia is highly regarded as one of their
best albums, first released in 1991, features tracks such as ‘Pray To Be Saved’, ‘Think About It’ and ‘Lame Brain’. This rerelease,
“The Second Coming” was remixed by Dean Jones and Phil Vane in 2009 and also features a bonus live show from
1986.
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Band:ARCTIC SLEEP
Album:ARBORS
Label:THE CHURCH WITHIN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Arctic Sleep returns with their heaviest, biggest-sounding, most epic record to date, 2012's "Arbors." A caress of lush cello
arrangements greets you briefly before this masterpiece jolts you headlong into the wormhole on a journey through the band's
unique world of mystic forests, majestic oceans of sorrow, and other earthen realms. Arctic Sleep creates a soundscape that is
unique among today's heavy bands in that it employs major-key riffing, intense down-tuned distortion, soothing vocals, classical
instruments, themes of forestry and nature, along with modern-day production techniques with songwriting that pulls influence
from a wide variety of genres including doom metal, 90's rock, space rock, classical, drone/ambient, shoegaze, post-metal, and
the list goes on. Join Arctic Sleep on this exciting and blissfully heavy escape from reality.
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Band:BOOK OF WYRMS
Album:SCI FI FANTASY - LP
Label:TWIN EARTH
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
OVERVIEW- LIMITED VINYL PRESS !
Richmond, Virginia’s Book of Wyrms describe their sound as “appalachian stoner rock” and “space
metal.” Those tags alone may be enough to draw listeners into their heady realm of astral dreaming,
but the band also claims a diverse set of interests ranging from the occult, to cheap beer, to Curtis
Mayfield. Who wouldn’t want to hang out with these guys?
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Band:SHINDIG MAGAZINE
Album:ISSUE 66
Label:VOLCANO PUBLISHING
Format:Mgaazine
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Issue 66 of the Garage / Psych bible
Mod overlords THE CREATION are on the cover.
Issue also features :
Thunderbirds
The technological prophecies of Gerry Anderson
Fleur De Lys
Brit beat legends in their own words
Traffic
The second part of our in‐depth story
Father John Misty
Comedy and tragedy with Josh Tillman
Rock Musicals
The hippy revolution comes to a theatre near you
The Incredible String Band
Their early days remembered by founder Mike Heron
Plus all the regular news and reviews.
Available at all good indie stores!
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Band:CONSTANTINE
Album:Day Of Light
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
"Painstakingly recorded, mixed and mastered over a four-year period, "Day of Light" is a
fine example of what an artist can achieve when they take their time. No detail is
insignificant, no syllable is beyond scrutiny; because in the end, if the vision is true, the result
will justify the means. "Day of Light" is a triumph of the modern recording process and
proof positive that psychedelia can be elevated to high (no pun intended) art. From song craft
to performance, through arrangement and production, "Day of Light" shines with crystalline
perfection... Instrumentation includes flute, tabla, melotron, bouzouki, vibraphone, autoharp,
piccolo, harpsichord and many others. With such a rich sonic palette to work from,
Constantine has crafted nothing short of a psychedelic masterpiece." —Tim Ferguson,
Active Listener
Day of Light will lead you on a lysergic odyssey filled with Mellotron, harpsichord, sitar,
studio effects & more. Fans of the 1969/70 dense, delicate and psychedelic acid folk sound
need to get Day of Light into your ears!
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Band:THE CHORDS UK
Album:Heart Of The Matter
Label:EPOP RECORDS
Format:cd
Genre:MOD / MOD REVIVAL
THE CHORDS UK …HEART OF THE MATTER
New singe from Chris Pope and band to promote major LONDON Gigs @ SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE SAT 15th APRIL
and FRI 5th MAY 100 CLUB LONDON.
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Band:RONNIE DADDARIO
Album:BEST OF 1976-1983
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:POWER POP
Since 1976, D'Addario has been recording wonderful records in the vein of Paul McCartney, Brian
Wilson, and other classic pop songwriters. Published for the first time in a physical format, this LP
gathers the very best from his first three albums (Take In A Show ‐1976‐, Falling For Love ‐1981‐, Good
For You ‐1983‐) And yes! He's the father of The Lemon Twigs.
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Band:RONNIE DADDARIO
Album:BEST OF 1976-1983
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:POWER POP
Since 1976, D'Addario has been recording wonderful records in the vein of Paul McCartney, Brian
Wilson, and other classic pop songwriters. Published for the first time in a physical format, this LP
gathers the very best from his first three albums (Take In A Show ‐1976‐, Falling For Love ‐1981‐, Good
For You ‐1983‐)
And yes! He's the father of The Lemon Twigs.
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Band:RONNIE DADDARIO
Album:FIRST YEARS 1976-1983
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:3cd Set
Genre:POWER POP
Ronnie D'Addario's classic first recordings are available for the first time in a physical format!
This three‐disc box set contains the original albums Take In A Show (1976), Falling For Love (1981), and
Good For You (1983)‐‐plus four bonus tracks! (2017). Total: 40 tracks
And yes! He's the father of The Lemon Twigs.
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Band:THE PERSON RED
Album:IN A HAZY DREAM
Label:YOU ARE THE COSMOS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
2nd Edition (250 copies, Red Vinyl)
This 12‐track retrospective collects the very best of Portland, OR folk‐prog four‐piece Parson
Red Heads' myriad releases. Each album is represented by a single song (except for Yearling's
three submissions), forming a harmonious, uplifting volume
THIS ALBUM IS A CONTEMPORARY FOLK ROCK CLASSIC OF THE LAST FEW YEARS!
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Band:SALINAS
Album:TEXCALIPOCA
Label:ARGONAUTA
Format:cd
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
By the end of the nineties/early 2000 a young Italian label started its journey into
the Indie Rock scene. This was the second release, now again available.
Desert ballads and melancholy pop sound are the mission of Salinas, the Genoa band formed in
2001 by Age component Gianluca Morando and Senpai component Renzo Sala. The musical
project of tex-mex attitude, thanks to a remarkable sense of humor, widespread support from a
diverse audience by gender and age, pushing Salinas to test a new sound, more indie, less
Texano. Discography: Texcalipoca (2001), Gonzalo Sorondo (2004), Orange (2006)
Recommended if you like: Calexico - Giant Sand
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Band:LOS GLURPS
Album:STOMP
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Garage Punk
Debut‐album “Stomp!” by LOS GLURPS!! from Valencia, Spain is wild, primitive Garagepunk par excellence! You get
powerful guitars, a raving farfisa organ, a wild attitude and a heavy dose of punkrock with some extra Spanish
craziness. This album is loud, fast and definitely leaves a “WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!!”‐aftertaste.
As soon as you put the needle on the record, you get 100% power, punkrock, a stomping beat and catchy tunes
with a Spanish temper, fuzzy guitars, farfisa organ and here and there a harmonica. While the A‐side consists
exclusively of GLURPS‐originals, the B‐side includes some wild coverversions of 60sGaragepunk‐classics, such as “In
And Out”, (originally by LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES) which they turned into a Spanish“Dentro De Ti” or “Cenicienta”,
their very own, raw version of “Cinderella” (SONICS‐original) with extra heavy guitars and a frantic organ.
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Band:THE NEATBEATS
Album:More Beat Side Hits
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Garage Punk
THE NEATBEATS, Japan's long‐time number one of 60s beat without any doubt, deliver another brand new record
full of “More Beat Side Hits” to twist and shout to! The band has an authentic vintage mid‐sixties sound, that they
remain faithful to, which is fun, catchy and absolutely danceable!
The album includes coverversions of 60s classics only, and while some might already be known to you from their
preceding singles (such as for example “I'm The Lonely One” or the RATTLES' “Come On And Sing”), there are also
some previously unreleased songs to be found, such as the catchy “Tricky Dicky” (originally by RICHIE BARRETT) as
well as the dreamy BEATLES‐ballad “I'm In Love”, all of which feature the boys' charming Japanese‐English in
Merseybeat‐harmonies supported by their fine guitars and beat – truly a combination that simply noone can resist.
“More Beat Side Hits” by THE NEATBEATS is exactly what its title already gives away – a collection of early/mid‐60s
hits, interpreted in a fresh, very British, but then again very Japanese way by the often so‐called “Japanese
KAISERS”. An absolute hit‐record through and through!
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Band:THE SATELLITERS
Album:Zahstethomalex
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Garage Punk
THE SATELLITERS are unarguably THE German 60s Garage Punk‐band number one – since 1993 they have produced
10 LPs, a 10” and more than a dozen singles, which were released by some of the finest record labels of today's
Garage‐scene (among others DIONYSUS, SCREAMING APPLE, CHAPUTA and of course SOUNDFLAT RECORDS) and
established their very own SATELLITERS‐signature sound, that combines an authentic 60s garage‐sound (recorded
with original vintage equipment only) containing just the right amount of fuzz‐guitar, hammond organ, harp, a
psychedelic Freakbeat‐influence and the unmistakable vocals of lead singer Steve.
Their brand new album “Zahstethomalex” is no less remarkable than its predecessors. As usual, the boys shine with
both their coverversions, such as their fantastic fuzzy version of “Driving Sideways On A One‐Way Street” (original
by MERELL FRANKHAUSER), as well as their own compositions, such as the catchy “Into Your Eyes” or “My Illusion”,
that has a cool, fuzzy sound slightly resembling the one of THE SEEDS. The album is definitely also not short of a
psychedelic/Freakbeat influence, which is apperent in the instrumental “Pandora's Wonderland” for example or in
the soft, dreamy “As I Tried” with its gloomy, distorted vocals .
Altogether this album is no less than what you'd expect from the fantastic SATELLITERS: an absolutely thrilling
mixture of fuzzy 60s‐Garagepunk, psychedelic Freakbeat‐influence and fabulous vocals.
A fantastic record through and through!
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Band:THE SATELLITERS
Album:Zahstethomalex LP
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Garage Punk
THE SATELLITERS are unarguably THE German 60s Garage Punk‐band number one – since 1993 they have produced
10 LPs, a 10” and more than a dozen singles, which were released by some of the finest record labels of today's
Garage‐scene (among others DIONYSUS, SCREAMING APPLE, CHAPUTA and of course SOUNDFLAT RECORDS) and
established their very own SATELLITERS‐signature sound, that combines an authentic 60s garage‐sound (recorded
with original vintage equipment only) containing just the right amount of fuzz‐guitar, hammond organ, harp, a
psychedelic Freakbeat‐influence and the unmistakable vocals of lead singer Steve.
Their brand new album “Zahstethomalex” is no less remarkable than its predecessors. As usual, the boys shine with
both their coverversions, such as their fantastic fuzzy version of “Driving Sideways On A One‐Way Street” (original
by MERELL FRANKHAUSER), as well as their own compositions, such as the catchy “Into Your Eyes” or “My Illusion”,
that has a cool, fuzzy sound slightly resembling the one of THE SEEDS. The album is definitely also not short of a
psychedelic/Freakbeat influence, which is apperent in the instrumental “Pandora's Wonderland” for example or in
the soft, dreamy “As I Tried” with its gloomy, distorted vocals .
Altogether this album is no less than what you'd expect from the fantastic SATELLITERS: an absolutely thrilling
mixture of fuzzy 60s‐Garagepunk, psychedelic Freakbeat‐influence and fabulous vocals.
A fantastic record through and through!
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Band:LONG TALL TEXANS
Album:HEADLESS
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:10 Inch
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
10” coloured vinyl 6 song mini LP from well established, legendary UK Psychobilly trio.
Limited edition/coloured vinyl/6 brand new recordings.
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:DO NOT TAILGATE
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Swedish punk band Fireside formed in the early '90s and, in some ways, personified the bleak landscapes of their homeland. Pelle Gunnerfeldt (a former pro-skateboarder changed full-time guitarist), Kristofer Astrom (guitar and vocals), Per Nordmark (drums), and Frans Johansson (bass) helped to influence a generation of Swedish hardcore bands like Refused, International Noise, Conspiracy, and Cobalt.
"Do Not Tailgate" is the Album who Rick Rubin released on his AMERICAN RECORDINGS and had them play LOLLAPALOOZA. AMERICAN RECORDINGS/BMG released it in the UK.
On "Do Not Tailgate" the band's angular Guitar driven indie rock shared sonic territory with their American contempoarries such as Quicksand and Helmet aswell as fellow Swedish legends Refused. The album went on to win a Swedish Grammy Award for best hard rock Album 1995.
Fireside are back and playing festivals this summer ; tellingly guitarist and vocalist Kristofer Astrom has gone on to forge a burgeoning career as a masterful singer songwriter.
One of the most important indie Albums ever from Sweden.
Re-mastered for vinyl and the first time released in Europe on vinyl - but still with the eye catching Dan Glowes original artwork !
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:DO NOT TAILGATE - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Swedish punk band Fireside formed in the early '90s and, in some ways, personified the bleak landscapes of their homeland. Pelle Gunnerfeldt (a former pro-skateboarder changed full-time guitarist), Kristofer Astrom (guitar and vocals), Per Nordmark (drums), and Frans Johansson (bass) helped to influence a generation of Swedish hardcore bands like Refused, International Noise, Conspiracy, and Cobalt.
"Do Not Tailgate" is the Album who Rick Rubin released on his AMERICAN RECORDINGS and had them play LOLLAPALOOZA. AMERICAN RECORDINGS/BMG released it in the UK.
On "Do Not Tailgate" the band's angular Guitar driven indie rock shared sonic territory with their American contempoarries such as Quicksand and Helmet aswell as fellow Swedish legends Refused. The album went on to win a Swedish Grammy Award for best hard rock Album 1995.
Fireside are back and playing festivals this summer ; tellingly guitarist and vocalist Kristofer Astrom has gone on to forge a burgeoning career as a masterful singer songwriter.
One of the most important indie Albums ever from Sweden.
Re-mastered for vinyl and the first time released in Europe on vinyl - but still with the eye catching Dan Glowes original artwork !
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:ELITE
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Re-mastered. "Elite" took another direction to more post-rock and
gained them a new fans, a milestone in Swedish indiescen.
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:ELITE - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Re-mastered for vinyl, First time released on vinyl. Elite took another direction to more post-rock and
gained them a new fans, a milestone in Swedish indie scene.
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:FANTASTIC FOUR
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Re-mastered, remixed and re-release of their debut Album. Emocore in the Quicksand school.
Originally released in 1994.
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Band:FIRESIDE
Album:UOMINI D ONORE
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Their follow up to “Do not tailgate”. Startracks/BMG in europe and Crank Records in the US released this
one 1997. Crank released a limited run on vinyl 1998 that has been sold out since long. Now re-mastered
and re-released on vinyl for the first time in Europe and Startracks.
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Band:ALGESTEN
Album:Algesten
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Debut solo Album by Jakob Nyström (former singer of Isolation Years). Music is both stripped down and
solo but also tracks with some of Umeå finest musicians as a full band. Never Leaving being the first
single.
Fans of The War On Drugs, Wilco, Go-Betweens should likely to be fans of Algesten.
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Band:ALGESTEN
Album:Algesten - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Debut solo Album by Jakob Nyström (former singer of Isolation Years). Music is both stripped down and
solo but also tracks with some of Umeå finest musicians as a full band. Never Leaving being the first
single.
Fans of The War On Drugs, Wilco, Go-Betweens should likely to be fans of Algesten
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Band:BEAR QUARTET
Album:MOBY DICK
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Moby Dick, the critically acclaimed sixth record by The Bear Quartet was originally released on A West Side
Fabrication on the 24th of march, 1997. 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY VINYL RELEASE
From their debut album, released in 1992, and throughout the whole discography of 15 albums and 15 EP:s, The
Bear Quartet got known for their strong integrity, their timeless songwriting and their amazing lyrics. One of the
stand out bands in Sweden.
The Bear Quartet: Mattias Alkberg, Jari Haapalainen, Peter Nuottaniemi, Jejo Perkovic
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Band:DOLCE
Album:Av Liv Och Gronska
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
In swedish but with a international appeal. THE LINE OF BEST FIT (UK) premiered the first single.
Beach House meets jazz legend Monica Zetterlund in a unique and outstanding way. Anna dark voice to their playful
indiepop stands out and makes it interesting even for an international audiance
“Get hooked on Inez Palema” – Pigeons & Planes (US)
“Dolce offer up something unique and compelling” – NME (UK)
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Band:DOLCE
Album:Av Liv Och Gronska LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
In swedish but with a international appeal. THE LINE OF BEST FIT (UK) premiered the first single.
Beach House meets jazzlegend Monica Zetterlund in a unique and outstanding way. Anna dark voice to their playful
indiepop stands out and makes it interesting even for an international audiance
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:THE LOYAL
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Album first released 2005. His most popular.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Originally released on Startracks/V2 and Eyeball Records (US)
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:THE LOYAL - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Album first released 2005. His most popular.
First time on vinyl on Startracks. Remastered for vinyl. Comes in good looking gatefold sleeve.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Originally released on Startracks/V2 and Eyeball Records (US)
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:A PARTIAL PRINT
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Album first released 2008.
First time on vinyl on Startracks. Remastered for vinyl. Comes in good looking gatefold sleeve.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Originally released on Startracks/V2.
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:A PARTIAL PRINT - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Album first released 2008.
First time on vinyl on Startracks. Remastered for vinyl. Comes in good looking gatefold sleeve.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Originally released on Startracks/V2.
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:CALIFORNIA HAULING
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
After seven long years of silence Tiger Lou returned with new material in 2015.
Comes in great looking CD box and 16 page booklet.
Limited edition of 700 copies.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:CALIFORNIA HAULING - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
After seven long years of silence Tiger Lou returned with new material in 2015.
Comes in great looking gatefold sleeve.
Limited edition of 740 copies.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:IS MY HEAD STILL ON
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Debut Album first released 2004.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Nominated “Newcomer of the year” at the Swedish Independent Awards
Oh Horatio video was nominated, best video at the Swedish Grammis Awards
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:IS MY HEAD STILL ON - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Debut Album first released 2004. Remastered and first time on vinyl on Startracks.
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
Remastered for vinyl - Comes in great looking gatefold sleeve !
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:THE WOUND DRESSER
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
In 2009 Tiger Lou played their last show in an apple tree garden somewhere in Germany. The
band loaded their gear, went home, and then – silence. Rumours about the band breaking up
spread and were never denied. What happened? Life happened. Seven years later time has
come for Tiger Lou’s homecoming, life and music finally living in symbiosis.
Three generations of the Kellerman family are heard when the opening track for the fourth Tiger
Lou album, The Wound Dresser, rings out. Rasmus’ father is in the kitchen taking care of the
dishes, Rasmus himself is sitting by a piano playing the melody that opens the album, and his
son Max is playing joyfully in the background while trying to play the piano too.
The Wound Dresser sees Tiger Lou travel back to a previous physical home and explore an idea
of what else home could be but a place. The jagged guitar patterns and bass coupled with
striking drumming, beautifully mapping out the expansion of the well-known Tiger Lou sound,
have been broadened with synthesizers to extend the soundscape.
For friends of bands as THE NATIONAL
Tiger Lou is Rasmus Kellerman alias. He plays everything but are a band live.
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Band:TIGER LOU
Album:THE WOUND DRESSER - LP
Label:STARTRACKS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
In 2009 Tiger Lou played their last show in an apple tree garden somewhere in Germany. The
band loaded their gear, went home, and then – silence. Rumours about the band breaking up
spread and were never denied. What happened? Life happened. Seven years later time has
come for Tiger Lou’s homecoming, life and music finally living in symbiosis.
Three generations of the Kellerman family are heard when the opening track for the fourth Tiger
Lou album, The Wound Dresser, rings out. Rasmus’ father is in the kitchen taking care of the
dishes, Rasmus himself is sitting by a piano playing the melody that opens the album, and his
son Max is playing joyfully in the background while trying to play the piano too.
The Wound Dresser sees Tiger Lou travel back to a previous physical home and explore an idea
of what else home could be but a place. The jagged guitar patterns and bass coupled with
striking drumming, beautifully mapping out the expansion of the well-known Tiger Lou sound,
have been broadened with synthesizers to extend the soundscape.
For friends of bands as THE NATIONAL
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Band:FOLKVANG
Album:ALLA HAR GLOMT
Label:GAPHALS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Soundtrack
Swedish northern-composed instrumental mood. A special soundtrack to a special place or a time. An echo of the past, an artist
who lives in the present. Folkvagns second album is a musical act without limits.
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Band:NICOTINE NERVES
Album:NICOTINE NERVES
Label:MIDDLE EAR RECORDINGS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Garage Punk
Nicotine Nerves is a Garage Rock duo from Aarhus, Denmark. You probably know the calming effect a cigarette can have on
your nerves and the craving you get when you haven’t had one in a while. That’s exactly how you should feel after Nicotine
Nerves Live, stress free and with a craving for more!
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Band:LIRA DEL BACCANO
Album:PARADOX HOURGLASS
Label:Subsound Records
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Subsound Records proudly unveil details and pre-orders for the doomdelic instrumental heavy rockers L'IRA DEL BACCANO 3rd
album " PARADOX HOURGLASS "
2" years and half after the critically acclaimed "TERRA 42" the italian band returns with " PARADOX HourglassGLASS " and
continue the instrumental journey through different songs structures while melting in their unique style and sound vibes going
from the doom influences of Black Sabbath with the 60’s/70’s psychedelia of Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, to heavy-prog vibes of
bands like Rush, as well as the performing freedom of jam bands as The Grateful Dead.
The album has been produced in Rome at Kick Recording Studio by Marco Mastrobuono and the band mastermind Alessandro
Drughito Santori.Mixed/Mastered by Mastrobuono & Matteo Kutso Gabbianelli
"PARADOX HOURGLASS" signs again the collaboration and link between the band and the Italian artist Fabio Listrani, who also
did all the marvelous artwok for the previous album Terra42.
This time Listrani translate the band music and album main theme, paradoxes, in his fascination for tarots and symbolism..
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Band:LIRA DEL BACCANO
Album:PARADOX HOURGLASS - LP
Label:Subsound Records
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Subsound Records proudly unveil details and pre-orders for the doomdelic instrumental heavy rockers L'IRA DEL BACCANO 3rd
album " PARADOX HOURGLASS "
2" years and half after the critically acclaimed "TERRA 42" the italian band returns with " PARADOX HourglassGLASS " and
continue the instrumental journey through different songs structures while melting in their unique style and sound vibes going
from the doom influences of Black Sabbath with the 60’s/70’s psychedelia of Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, to heavy-prog vibes of
bands like Rush, as well as the performing freedom of jam bands as The Grateful Dead.
The album has been produced in Rome at Kick Recording Studio by Marco Mastrobuono and the band mastermind Alessandro
Drughito Santori.Mixed/Mastered by Mastrobuono & Matteo Kutso Gabbianelli
"PARADOX HOURGLASS" signs again the collaboration and link between the band and the Italian artist Fabio Listrani, who also
did all the marvelous artwok for the previous album Terra42.
This time Listrani translate the band music and album main theme, paradoxes, in his fascination for tarots and symbolism..
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Band:ZENDEN SAN
Album:DAILY GARBAGE
Label:Subsound Records
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Zenden San is a duo formed by Alessandra Fiorini on drums and Fabrizio Giovampietro on electric bass guitar.
The project was born in 2015 in Cremona where Zenden San find a fertile soil to plunge headlong into writing their first songs.
Within a few months, in January 2016, Zenden San started to play their live gigs, collecting in their first year of activity more than
30 shows around Italy.
To label the music of Zenden San is not easy, they wallow in complex structures between noise and funky sonorities with
sporadic and sudden melodic outbursts, all seasoned with a veiled underlying irony.
For Zenden San music is a necessary expression to live immersed in thinking it, create it and play it.
Daily Garbage has to be listened to without subtended concepts, without hidden themes to be deciphered, it is nothing but the
music from Zenden San to be taken in the chest, obviously passing through the ears... The title of the album is named after the
homonym song Daily Garbage which was the first one made by Zenden San in the spring of 2015, then it simply represents the
beginning of everything.
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Band:LA JUNGLE
Album:11
Label:BLACK BASSETT
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:AVANT/POST ROCK
Second album of Belgian duo La Jungle. La Jungle, a duo with six strings and four barrels in deep
trance. Large primitive pulsions and sweaty dancing around a huge fire in the middle of the jungle. Two
wild savages mix their debacles with few violent ostinatos. Throbbing shaman voices and overlap guitar
riffs are supported by a wild and oozing drum.
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Band:BASK
Album:RAMBLE BEYOND
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
RAMBLE BEYOND is a true sonic adventure, sailing powerfully from massive Mastodon-esque movements to the rhythmic southern
lilts of Skynyrd, even conquering the depths of Sleep and classic Alice in Chains. Produced / Engineered by Travis Kammeyer (Inter
Arma) at Fahrenheit Studios, mixed by Andrew Schneider (Mutoid Man, Pelican) at Translator Audio, and mastered by Chris
Common (Minus the Bear, The Sword).
Will play desert fest London End of April - Digipack CD
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Band:BASK
Album:RAMBLE BEYOND - LP
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
RAMBLE BEYOND is a true sonic adventure, sailing powerfully from massive Mastodon-esque movements to the rhythmic southern
lilts of Skynyrd, even conquering the depths of Sleep and classic Alice in Chains. Produced / Engineered by Travis Kammeyer (Inter
Arma) at Fahrenheit Studios, mixed by Andrew Schneider (Mutoid Man, Pelican) at Translator Audio, and mastered by Chris
Common (Minus the Bear, The Sword).
Will play desert fest London End of April
Gatefold Cover, UV Laquer finisch / Orange Wax
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Band:CLOWNS
Album:LUCID AGAIN
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
"Lucid again" the third longplayer from australias no. one hardcorepunk outfit CLOWNS, marks a new aera for the band. they
sound more mature, stocked up from 4 to five bandmembers and widen their style a bit - its allover a more coming of age, more
adult record.
Don't worry - they aren't a lame tiger, doing some lukewarm rock thing - "Lucid Again" is still a punkrock record, but with tons of
hooks and cool ideas. the paradigma shifted a bit from the Trash Talk "in your face"-approach they had on "Bad Blood" to a more
psychedelic layer-overlayer like sound.
Its a bit like Fucked Up turned out after doing three albums in four years. delay driven guitras, massive chourses, and overall
Stevies trademark voice.
If you dig the Bronx and Fucked Up, you will love this album.
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Band:CLOWNS
Album:LUCID AGAIN - LP
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
"Lucid again" the third longplayer from australias no. one hardcorepunk outfit CLOWNS, marks a new aera for the band. they
sound more mature, stocked up from 4 to five bandmembers and widen their style a bit - its allover a more coming of age, more
adult record.
Don't worry - they aren't a lame tiger, doing some lukewarm rock thing - "Lucid Again" is still a punkrock record, but with tons of
hooks and cool ideas. the paradigma shifted a bit from the Trash Talk "in your face"-approach they had on "Bad Blood" to a more
psychedelic layer-overlayer like sound.
Its a bit like Fucked Up turned out after doing three albums in four years. delay driven guitras, massive chourses, and overall
Stevies trademark voice.
If you dig the Bronx and Fucked Up, you will love this album.
WHITE WAX LP !
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Band:SPARTA
Album:NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER
Label:SUSPECT
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Brand new full length studio recording from Sparta following on from their 2 previous albums “Use Your Weapons Well “ and
“Welcome to Hell “. Both these releases enjoyed critical acclaim and healthy sales. This album features 8 brand new original
songs and an up to date version of their classic 1981 track “ Lords of Time “ which featured on the ultra-rare compilation also
released on Suspect in 1981 called “ Scene of the Crime “. With a running time of over 46 minutes this album feature heavy riffs
and virtuoso guitar solos including dual lead guitar from Snake and Tony Foster.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:FOLK FROM FINLAND
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Tuuletar ‐ Loimu
Antti Paalanen ‐ Melute (We Wanna Make Some Noise)
Puhti ‐ Jumala Rankaisee
Okra Playground ‐ Sorsa
Duo Emilia Lajunen & Suvi Oskala ‐ Polkka
Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L ‐ Piika Kaarin
Vilma Timonen Quartet ‐ Viima
Ontrei ‐ Antti
Ilkka Heinonen Trio ‐ Erlkönig
Celenka ‐ Ajettih da t!iganaizet
Uusikuu ‐ Töölön Foxi
ENKEL ‐ Taas Saatavilla
Frigg ‐ Polkka V
Tsuumi Sound System ‐ Twisted Invention
Suistamon Sähkö ‐ Suistamon Sähkö
Mari Kalkun & Runorun ‐ Sadulmoi
Maija Kauhanen ‐ Sinsilmä
Kardemimmit ‐ Pilkoitettu
Anne‐Mari Kivimäki ‐ Kaivos
Okra Playground ‐ Rautasuu
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Band:PHURPA
Album:GYER RO
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:world/new age
New offering from Russia’s shamanic ritualists PHURPA. Channeling the void with their eerie and
engulfing overtone ritual chants rooted in the BON tradition of Tibet, their mesmerising rituals are used as
a tool of transmogrification. The chanting meditations are accentuated by the use nga drums, rolmo
cymbals, gyaling oboes, as well as telescopic dunchen horns, dunkar shells and short wandun horns. Their
performances are meant as exercises in aural power, channeled primordial sounds aimed to alter ones
consciousness, otherworldly prayer mantras pulsating through the chakras. This exhaustive Double album
was recorded in Moscow, Russia in March 2016. Let go and touch the emptiness…
Edition of 500 Copies in Gatefold A5 sleeve. 4 Tracks on 2 CDs.
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Band:CARLO BARBAGALLO
Album:9
Label:African Tape
Format:CD
Genre:Soul/Funk/Disco
is the new album by Carlo Barbagallo, to be released on May 5, 2017 by Stereodischi, Noja Recordings and Wild Love
Records. 9 comes from Barbagallo’s writing, arranging, and production efforts in the intervals between touring, working on
various projects and as a producer for the past three years. The Sicilian artist was joined by twenty musicians spread across the
globe from Siracusa to Torino and from Paris to Montreal. These travel companions helped make a musical work without genre
boundaries, from soul to electroacoustic improvisation, from funk to southern rock.
Says Barbagallo, “The meaning of the title 9 could be considered as a measure of time passing, but you could find many other
meanings and associations: its shape is like a "strange loop", not a loop like a 0, not as unlimited as ∞, yet presents an escape
and therefore does not remain within its cycle.” Indeed, these unified songs create a loose concept album, chronicling what
Barbagallo calls a a “sick relationship” in all its crises, reflections, and resolutions.
About the artist Sicilian musician and engineer Carlo Barbagallo has been producing his own music since his youth. A portion
of his work is available on the web through his own Noja Recordings. He is a member of Suzanne'Silver (USA), LBB (Canada),
Les Dix-Huit Secondes, Albanopower, La Moncada...
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Band:CUBANATE
Album:BRUTALISM
Label:ARMALYTE INDUSTRIES
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Deluxe digipack edition with 16 page booklet.
Featuring the greatest tracks from Cubanate’s first three albums, ‘Antimatter’, ‘Cyberia’ and ‘Barbarossa’.
Follows Cubanate’s reformation show at Chicago’s prestigious Coldwaves festival at the end of September
last year.
Further live dates being planned for 2017 and beyond.
‘Body Burn’ was awarded Single of the Week in Kerrang! upon its original release.
Previously toured with Gary Numan, Sheep On Drugs, Front Line Assembly, The Sisters Of Mercy and
many more.
Since the demise of the band’s original label, Dynamica in 2000, Cubanate’s early work has long been out of
print.
Cubanate have their work featured in various video games, films and TV shows.
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Band:FACTORT ACTS
Album:second amendment
Label:Analogue Trash
Format:cd
Genre:Post Punk
Multi-genre appeal – Factory Acts are as well-known in the alternative, punk and post-punk scenes as they are in the
electronic music community.
Both members of the band are active and respected contributors to a broad range of academic and cultural events in
Manchester and Salford.
An active and touring live band with a number of live appearances scheduled for the rest of the year.
An engaged and passionate fanbase both on social media and within the North West UK and Irish music scenes.
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Band:THE JOHN PAULS
Album:Forget To Remember To Forget
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Post Punk
Forget to Remember to Forget will be released internationally on CD, LP, and streaming May 5, 2017, by Aagoo Records.
The John-Pauls are a four piece band from Austin, Texas, playing post-punk with a new verve.
Vocals are shared by Phillip John-Paul, a flat but charismatic singer, and Mikila John-Paul, whose voice is vulnerable and
fascinating.
The John-Pauls’ music matches a jagged and hypnotic sonic sensibility to witty, emotional, and often hilarious lyrics about life as
a middle aged misfit. They continue the tradition of indie-rock that raised them: Violent Femmes, the Fall, REM, Wu Tang, the
Velvet Underground, The Smiths, The Feelies, et al.
Their 10-song debut album recorded by wunderkind Matt Gerhard, engineer at Jim Eno’s Public Hi-Fi Studio and a veteran of
many Spoon recordings. Gerhard recorded the band live in a South Austin home above a creek, one week during a wet Texas
autumn.
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Band:THE JOHN PAULS
Album:Forget To Remember To Forget
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Post Punk
Forget to Remember to Forget will be released internationally on CD, LP, and streaming May 5, 2017, by Aagoo Records.
The John-Pauls are a four piece band from Austin, Texas, playing post-punk with a new verve.
Vocals are shared by Phillip John-Paul, a flat but charismatic singer, and Mikila John-Paul, whose voice is vulnerable and
fascinating.
The John-Pauls’ music matches a jagged and hypnotic sonic sensibility to witty, emotional, and often hilarious lyrics about life as
a middle aged misfit. They continue the tradition of indie-rock that raised them: Violent Femmes, the Fall, REM, Wu Tang, the
Velvet Underground, The Smiths, The Feelies, et al.
Their 10-song debut album recorded by wunderkind Matt Gerhard, engineer at Jim Eno’s Public Hi-Fi Studio and a veteran of
many Spoon recordings. Gerhard recorded the band live in a South Austin home above a creek, one week during a wet Texas
autumn.
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Band:AGE
Album:RALPH MACCIO
Label:ARGONAUTA
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
AGE: Leader group of the alternative rock scene of Genoa (Italy) in the 90s, AGE were founded
in 1990 when Gianluca Morando (vocal and guitar) involves Andrea Calcagno (bass) in a musical
project that had rare instance in italian underground. From the beginning to the millennium, noise
and electro-acids arrangements of AGE have never given up to a strong sense of
melody: though forerunners of grunge in Italy, the Age have always recognized themeselves in a
simple pop band. The Age dissolve only in 2001, when the leader Gianluca Morando decided to
devote himself to the side project named Salinas and the record label he founded, the Loretta
Records. AGE supported live band Blonde Redhead, Trans A, To Rococo Rot and many
others. Discography: Cybercow (1992), Mousefucker (1994), Son of a big mistake (1997), Ralph
Macchio (2001).
RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Girls Against Boys
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Band:HOPE IN HIGH WATER
Album:Never Settle
Label:HARSH REALM RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
HOPE IN HIGH WATER have established themselves as one of the hardest working acts in the UK folk/Americana scene,
sharing the stage with many of the genre’s most prominent stars, such as Nikki Lane, Willie Watson, Beans On Toast and Aoife
O’Donovan. Off the back of their tireless gigging schedule and successful EP ‘When Sorrow Calls’, the duo have picked up
features in R2 Magazine and Americana UK, and have also received radio play from across the US and UK, including BBC Radio
1. They now release their debut album ‘Never Settle’.
‘Exuberant songs performed with passion and intensity’ - R2 – Rock’n’Reel Magazine
‘Beautifully picked or energetically strummed it is a great calling card… no fat or fluff, just substance.’ - Americana UK
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Band:ELEVANT
Album:normal life
Label:LONE RIDER
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Elevant follow up their acclaimed third album There is a Tide with a new EP, Normal Life. The Liverpool based alternative rock
trio have created a sound that can be dark and atmospheric, heavy and crushing, or irresistibly grooving. Normal Life has tighter
pop hooks than anything they’ve done before, but counterbalances this by pushing their sound into new places, bringing together
adventurous guitar textures, mellifluous post punk basslines, killer grooves and thunderous riffs.
LouderThanWar - “An impressive expanse of influential elements are woven into their sound: Hard rock, edgy art rock,
punk, grunge, psychedelia, rock ‘n’ roll, blues and dark Latin beats among them. Edward’s lyrics are intelligent, knowing
and darkly dystopian, sung with a cool passion”
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Band:FILASTINE AND NOVA
Album:DRAPETOMANIA
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Filastine & Nova are a multimedia duo working to undermine borders. Their music collides electronic beat production with dense layers of voice, concrete sounds, analogue synths and strings. Another world is exactly what they aim to create, using sound, video, design, and dance to express a radically different vision of the possible.
Filastine is the handle of Barcelona-based composer and video artist Grey Filastine. A former taxi driver from the United States, Filastine studied percussion with the coke-fueled carnival batucadas of Brazil and mystical brotherhoods in Morocco. In 1999, he founded the Infernal Noise Brigade marching band, putting these rhythms to use in a live soundtrack for the Seattle WTO revolt and the globalization protests that followed. DJ/Rupture discovered and released Filastine’s premiere album, Burn It! (2006), launching a decade of critically-acclaimed albums and world tours. One of those tours brought him to Jakarta where he met vocalist Nova Ruth, rhyming in
Indonesia’s seminal rap group Twin Sista. Nova’s deep musical roots add much to Filastine’s sound; she was raised singing pentecostal spirituals with her priest grandfather, reciting Quran, and playing Javanese gamelan percussion. Beyond music, Nova’s continues her “day job” building networks among Southeast Asia’s video activists and hackers.
Together they create unique and fearless interventions: an official mixtape for The Act of Killing documentary, a sound swarm at the Paris Climate Summit, a performance in the Calais Jungle migrant camp. Their latest effort, Abandon, is a video series profiling dances of emancipation from work, filmed in locations from coal mines in Borneo to office cubicles in America. The songs of Abandon and a grip of other new tracks will come out this year on the duo’s first full album together,Drapetomania, colliding psychedelic trap, tropical post-folk and a punk ethos into a compelling audio thesis.
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Band:FILASTINE AND NOVA
Album:DRAPETOMANIA
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Filastine & Nova are a multimedia duo working to undermine borders. Their music collides electronic beat production with dense layers of voice, concrete sounds, analogue synths and strings. Another world is exactly what they aim to create, using sound, video, design, and dance to express a radically different vision of the possible.
LP & DL CARD.
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Band:JEFF KOLLMAN
Album:Guitar Screams Live
Label:MARMADUKE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Live album from Los Angeles, CA guitarist Jeff Kollman (Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, Cosmosquad, Glenn Hughes, Mogg/Way),
recorded on two different nights at the legendary L.A. venue, The Baked Potato. Kollman and his band, incl. bassists Paul Shihadeh (Scott
Henderson), Christopher Maloney (Dweezil Zappa, Hardline, Cosmosquad), and Kevin Chown (Tarja, Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats,
Cosmosquad, Paul Gilbert), keyboardists Ed Roth (Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, Glenn Hughes, Montrose) and Lao Tizer, and drummer
Shane Gaalaas (Cosmosquad, Diesel Machine, MSG, Uli Jon Roth), perform a mix of instrumental originals and cover songs, with Kollman
proving that he is not only a top notch guitar player but also a more than passable lead vocalist.
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Band:JEFF KOLLMAN
Album:HILLS OF GRANADA
Label:MARMADUKE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
First ever (mostly) acoustic solo album from acclaimed Los Angeles, CA guitar virtuoso JEFF KOLLMAN whose resume includes albums and tours with Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), UFO off-shoot Mogg/Way, Phil Mogg & Sign Of 4, Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, Asia feat. John Payne, and his own bands, The Bombastic Meatbats (feat. Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Cosmosquad, and Edwin Dare.
‘Hills of Granada’ was written over an 18-month period following the death of Jeff’s brother, Tommy Kollman, to whom the song ‘Brother To Brother’ is dedicated. Fellow guitarist Jeff Marshall trades licks with Kollman on the album’s sole fully electrified track, ‘Electric Overload’. Of further note, the song ‘Recollection’ is the acoustic prologue to ‘Recollection Epilogue’ off Cosmosquad’s 2017 release, The Morbid Tango’.
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Band:JEFF KOLLMAN
Album:EMPOWER DEVOUR
Label:MARMADUKE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Follow-up to 2004’s ‘Bleeding the Soul’ from Los Angeles, CA ‘s JEFF KOLLMAN BAND (JKB), led by guitarist/bassist/vocalist
Jeff Kollman (Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, Cosmosquad, Glenn Hughes, Mogg/Way) and featuring co-writer/drummer
Jono Brown. Guest musicians, bassist Kevin Chown (Tarja, Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, Cosmosquad, Paul Gilbert),
drummers Joel Taylor (Allan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, Andy Summers, Ohm), Shane Gaalaas (B’z, Cosmosquad, Diesel
Machine, MSG) and Charlie Waymire (Fear No Evil), and keyboardist Chris Smith, all make an appearance on one track each.
‘Empower… Devour!!!’ is a half-instrumental/half vocal tour-de-force of dark, edgy, hard hitting hard rock/metal, with Kollman
proving that he is not only a top notch guitar player but also a more than capable lead vocalist.
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Band:JKB
Album:BLEEDING THE SOUL
Label:MARMADUKE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Debut album from Los Angeles, CA modern rock power trio JKB featuring guitarist/vocalist Jeff Kollman (Chad Smith’s Bombastic
Meatbats, Cosmosquad, Glenn Hughes, Mogg/Way), bassist Kevin Chown (Tarja, Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats,
Cosmosquad, Paul Gilbert), and drummer Charlie Waymire (Fear No Evil). Guests include Evan Beigel and Ed Roth (Chad
Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, Montrose, Glenn Hughes) on keyboards and Shane Gaalaas (B’z, Cosmosquad, Diesel Machine,
MSG) on drums. Dark, edgy, high energy hard rock/metal with an alternative bent with Kollman proving that he is not only a top
notch guitar player but also a convincing lead vocalist. Includes the video/single ‘By Myself’.
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Band:BOMBASTIC NEATBATS
Album:LIVE MEAT AND POTATOES
Label:MARMADUKE
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
2-disc double live album from Los Angeles, CA rock/funk/fusion all-stars the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, recorded at L.A.’s legendary jazz
venue, The Baked Potato. Featuring drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot, Glenn Hughes), guitarist Jeff Kollman (Glenn Hughes, Mogg/Way, Asia feat. John Payne, Edwin Dare), keyboardist Ed Roth (Glenn Hughes, Ronnie Montrose, Impellitteri), and bassist Kevin Chown (Tarja, Paul Gilbert, Artension, Edwin Dare) .
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Band:JESUSFAGLAR
Album:Matka Ajan Rannoille
Label:LUOVA
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
2016 Reissue of one the best Finnish prog rock albums of the first decade of 2000. Album ‘Matka Ajan Rannoille’ (Journey to
the shore of Time) will become an essential part of Scandinavian prog rock saga.
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Band:PEKKA TUOMI
Album:st
Label:LUOVA
Format:cd
Genre:Rock
Pekka Tuomi is long-term producer and musician just released his first solo album. Tuomi’s debut is a pop
/rock album with a lot of influence from folk, psychedelia, and Finnish schlager music.
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Band:LITKU KLEMETTI
Album:Juna Kainuuseen
Label:LUOVA
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Ltiku Klemetti is one of the fastest growing artists in Finland at the moment. This artist is also recognised outside Finland with
tens of thousands of listeners around the world despite zero promotion. The music speaks for itself.
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Band:THE AEON
Album:Songs of the Great Beast
Label:LUOVA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The Aeon was originally formed for the screen play called The Great Beast that based on Aleister Crowley’s occultism and texts.
The Magic involved was so strong the band decided to keep going after the show period was over. Their new debut album will be
relased on 14th of April 2017. Occult, folk, dark, strong.
For fans of Ghost, Death In June, The Oath, Avatarium, Hexvessel, Death Hawks, Jess and the Ancient Ones,
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Band:UTU
Album:Pieces Of The Unknown
Label:LUOVA
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
UTU continues the heritage of Scandinavian pop music by mixing elements of Trip Hop, Jazz, Folk, and Progressive
rock.
*“Pieces of the Unknown is highly recommended to the many who have discovered Bent Knee. Truly an outstanding
accomplishment.” - Expose.org
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Band:MAGNA CARTA CARTEL
Album:demon king
Label:LOVELY
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
'The Demon King' is the first new release from MCC [Magna Carta Cartel] since the band released their album ’Goodmorning
Restrained’ in 2009. The band announced new music at the same time as Martin Persner announced his return to MCC after
spending years as Omega in the band Ghost. ’The Demon King’ was recorded in Studio Secret Location by producer Niels
Nielsen and in Studio Underjord by technician Joona Hassinen. The band refers to their music as ”soundtracks for movies yet
unmade” or ”Radio-edited movie themes, for daily life and death”.
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Band:MAGNA CARTA CARTEL
Album:the demon king ep
Label:LOVELY
Format:Vinyl LP
Genre:Alt Rock
The Demon King' is the first new release from MCC [Magna Carta Cartel] since the band released their album ’Goodmorning
Restrained’ in 2009. The band announced new music at the same time as Martin Persner announced his return to MCC after
spending years as Omega in the band Ghost. ’The Demon King’ was recorded in Studio Secret Location by producer Niels
Nielsen and in Studio Underjord by technician Joona Hassinen. The band refers to their music as ”soundtracks for movies yet
unmade” or ”Radio-edited movie themes, for daily life and death”.
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Band:SVARTANATT
Album:KILLER ON THE LOOSE
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:7 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Rock
There is a 'Killer On The Loose'. Svartanatt returns with a new seven inch vinyl. The band released their acclaimed debut album
in august 2016 and are now returning with new music. Svartanatt have focused on breaking the laws and regulations that formed
their debut album. Looking to the horisont for new influences have made the new single a stepping stone in the bands
songwriting for their second album.
'Killer On The Loose' 7" is released on black vinyl in 500 copies by The Sign Record.
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Band:HONEYMOON DISEASE
Album:ELECTRIC EEL
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:7 Inch Vinyl
Genre:Rock
Honeymoon Disease is a speedy rock’n’roll quartet from Gothenburg, Sweden. With burning guitar riffs and some sweaty 70’s
grooves, this band’s high voltage stage performance will give you a colorful punch right in the face – A glowing black eye with a
taste of bands like Thin Lizzy, The Hellacopters and Kiss.
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Band:MARVEL
Album:THE HILLS HAVE EYES
Label:THE SIGN RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Märvel followed up their critically acclaimed album 'Hadal Zone Express' from 2014 with 'The Hills Have Eyes' released
in 2015. The band teamed up with legendary engineer and producer Fred Estby, in his Gutterview Recorders studio. The
collaboration was an instant success, and the result is a powerful album. 'The Hills Have Eye´s' will be released on CD
the 31st of March 2017.
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Band:PAPERTANK
Album:PLAYGROUND
Label:DIVISION
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
With this first effort, the three lunatics from PAPERTANK succeed to captivate from beginning to end, as every single
tune of this album is such a monster of efficiency. It’s rare to listen to first albums that are such masterpieces
nowadays. Each of the ten songs displays a unique face of the band which never hesitates to play hide & seek with its
own influences. This way you’ll find yourself sucked in a punk-hardcore rollercoaster, and you’ll suddenly land on a
stoner rock battlefield. Sometimes fast & aggressive, sometimes more groove attached, with even some more pop
tendencies, this music is genuinely the reflect of its genitors, 100% from the heart.
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Band:SLEAZY ROXXX
Album:TOPLESS SUICIDE
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Brand new album of Sleaze Rock
RIYL Guns N Roses, Posion, HEAT etc
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Band:FRACTAL UNIVERSE
Album:ENGRAM OF DECLINE
Label:KOLONY
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
’Engram Of Decline’ is the 10-track concept debut album of French act FRACTAL UNIVERSE, based on Nietzsche‘s ‘Thus Spoke
Zarathoustra’, and it wishes to explore the history of human thought, by delivering nearly 60 minutes of finest Progressive / Technical Death
Metal
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Band:CATALEPTIC
Album:FORWARD
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Second long-awaited album of Triumphant Dark Doom Death Metal band from Finland, influenced by early
KATATONIA, FORGOTTEN TOMB, RAPTURE, CELTIC FROST, etc. and driven ONLY by memorable riffs,
mesmerizing melodies, strong vocals and a pervasive sense of style. SOLOTHUS members.
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Band:IN MUTE
Album:GEA
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
This five-pieced combo from Valencia (Spain) was born in the middle of 2003 and is characterized by being the most extreme and powerful
growler female fronted Metal act coming from Spain. [IN MUTE] are characterized not only by their musical quality but also by a strong stage
presence, leaded by its vocalist Steffi. Imagine a combination of Extreme, Progressive Metal music and the virtuosity of highly elaborated
musical passages fronted by rabid & ravenous growls.
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Band:NEPHILIM'S HOWL
Album:Through The Marrow Of Human Suffering
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
For fans of Mgła, Clandestine Blaze, Verge, Triptykon
Featuring members of Funerary Bell. Cover photograph by Maija Lahtinen
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Band:LO-RUHAMAH
Album:ANOINTING
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
For fans of Ondskapt, Ofermod, Ved Buens Ende, Dødsengel, Serpent Noir
First press comes as a limited A5 Digipack with luxurious booklet. Stunning cover art by rising star Elijah Tamu
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Band:DIVINE ELEMENT
Album:Thaurachs Of Borsu
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
For fans of Spectral Lore, Primordial, Wintersun, Opeth, At The Gates, Rotting Christ, Agatus
Feat. Spectral Lore's Ayloss and session drummer Hannes Grossman (ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist
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Band:MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY
Album:Silhouettes Of Stars
Label:I VOIDHANGER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
For fans of Summoning, Limbonic Art, Darkspace, Spectral Lore, Mare Cognitum, Lustre
2xCD with a luxurious booklet complete with lyrics and track-by-track annotations
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Band:Bahrrecht
Album:LAUBE GLACEE
Label:KETZER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
2nd album from French Black Metallers
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Band:RIMTHURS
Album:GRAVSKRIFT
Label:KETZER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Folk inspired Black Metal from Sweden.
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Band:womit angel
Album:Impaling Force of Satan
Label:KETZER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Band:ABATUAR
Album:PERVERSIONES DE MUERTE PUTREFACTA
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Long awaited debut album from the central-american Death/Black Grind Terror!
Based on a real murder case that happend in Panama, the album brings the audial interpretation!
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