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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:LA DISCOTEQUE PSYCHEDELIQUE
Label:BOSS A TONE
Format:LP
Genre:POPSIKE-FOLK/60S/70S RARE GROOVES
17 Late 60s/Early 70s Trans-European Folky Funky & Pop-Sike Tunes.
As suggested by the subtitle itself, this psychedelique dance floor in between late Sixties and early Seventies
presents a great selection of funky grooves, usually with at least slightly progressive touch to it, with just an
occasional detour towards the folky or pop-sike side of the matter.
These kind of a bit more conventional entries also happen to be the best ones as well, featuring Tony Ritchie’s fuzzy blue-eyed soul stomper Could You Really Live Without Her (released on Miki Dallon’s Youngblood label), along with the pair of Gene Latter’s The Old Iron Bell, or thee more progressively funky side of things, Roundhouse’s Alchemy Is Good For You and Electra Combo’s Uber Feur are both as groovily catchy as it gets within the genre, and the same goes for the Britsike-gone-danceabe-proggy post-Velvet Fogg combo The Ghost’s I’ve Got To Get To Know You and finally the Italian 1972 radio hit single Mister E. Jones by Nuova Idea gets pretty catchy as well, in spite of the just as progressive overtone. Also included is an incredibly surprising cover of The (pre-Creation) Mark Four’s single side Work All Day, as done by the German band Tony Hendrik, sticking to the tune’s initial pop-artish mod vibe.
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Band:SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI
Album:CONTINUUM (WHITE VINYL)
Label:H42 Records
Format:LP
Genre:STONER/DESERT ROCK
The wait is over. Over a decade since the release of the debut album Sons of Alpha Centauri return for their second
full-length album – an epic introspective journey of abrasive and ambient progressive electronic alt rock entitled
Continuum. Continuum is wrought with dark anthems and intense textures, introspective interludes with tidal waves
of distortion. It is awash with soaring melodies and a deep underpinning of the darker side of light.
The second album has been a long time coming for the UK quartet who having reflected upon their collaborations
with Karma to Burn and Yawning Man had initially looked to record their sophomore album back in 2009.
‘Continuum’ sees a development of the heavier blended concepts expressed on the debut album. The band’s crew
remains the same as the debut Nick Hannon (bass), Marlon King (guitars), Blake (electronics) and Stevie B (drums).
“The band carries a duality,” Hannon says. “this was reflected in the debut which carried two distinct tones, one dark
and one light. We were going to record an album in 2009, but that record went onto become the Yawning Sons
debut so instead they worked on a much darker reflection of the band for the second album.”
This darker reflection needed to interface seamlessly as both a dedicated chapter continuing on from the debut and
as a musical milestone in its own right. In order to do this the band approached Aaron Harris of the legendary and
phenomenally influencial post metal titans ‘ISIS’ to produce, mix and engineer the album.
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Band:KYROS
Album:VOX HUMANA
Label:PLANE GROOVY
Format:2LP
Genre:PROG/POST PROG
Kyros (known as Synaesthesia between 2012-2015) are considered one of the rising stars of the current Post-Prog
scene. Vox Humana is the band's acclaimed second studio album from 2016. Kyros offers an inventive sound that
draws on influences ranging from Depeche Mode and Kate Bush through to modern Post-Progressive and alternative
rock music such as Muse and Porcupine Tree.
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Band:GREEN SEAGULL
Album:SCARLET FEVER (RED VINYL)
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:LP
Genre:Rock/Pop
Green Seagull formed in 2016 when Paul Nelson (New Electric Ride) approached Paul Milne (Hidden Masters / Magnetic Mind) to work on some songs together. A shared enthusiasm for late‐60s baroque psychedelia and 12‐string jangle soon blossomed into a prolific songwriting team, and before long the duo had more songs than they knew what to do with. Their harmony‐laden baroque/freakbeat sound draws upon influences such as the Left Banke, the Kinks, and the Association.
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Band:THE BRAINS
Album:NO BRAIN, NO PAIN
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:HORRORPUNK/PSYCHOBILLY
The Brains has never been a band to follow the rules. In fact, the members of the group made a point of utterly destroying every one of these rules with each album they release and every performance they give. These hardworking road warriors have brought their eye-popping live shows to the four corners of the Globe. They perform to full houses in Canada, Europe, Mexico and the United States, sometimes even alongside bands like Rancid, Mad Sin, Nekromantix, Offspring, and Reverend Horton Heat.
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Band:DON'T WORRY
Album:WHO CARES ANYWAY
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:LP
Genre:INDIE ROCK
Since forming in 2014 the band have self-released a string of EPs, toured the UK extensively, and played shows across mainland Europe. This March they played their first show in New York for Sofar Sounds. Taking influence from throughout rock and pop history, from Weezer / Dinosaur Jr. to The Cure / The Smiths and more modern influences like Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine, and Elliott Smith, the band have slowly developed their sound to where they are now on their first full length,
Who Cares Anyway?
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Band:DON'T WORRY
Album:WHO CARES ANYWAY
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:CD
Genre:INDIE ROCK
Since forming in 2014 the band have self-released a string of EPs, toured the UK extensively, and played shows across mainland Europe. This March they played their first show in New York for Sofar Sounds. Taking influence from throughout rock and pop history, from Weezer / Dinosaur Jr. to The Cure / The Smiths and more modern influences like Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine, and Elliott Smith, the band have slowly developed their sound to where they are now on their first full length,
Who Cares Anyway?
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Band:MR BISON
Album:HOLY OAK
Label:Subsound Records
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:ROCK/STONER/PSYCH
In a few years Mr Bison established themselves as one of the most exciting combos in the game, that’s a fact. After “We’ll be brief” and the critically acclaimed “Asteroid” , which got them on the genre's map, a U.S.A tour, dozens of gigs in the Italian peninsula, opening concerts for DANKO JONES, RED FANG, MONDO GENERATOR, KARMA TO BURN, MY SLEEPING KARMA, and many more, and a packed Europen tour, Matteo Barsacchi (guitar, Vocals) and his fellow "bluesnauts" Matteo Sciocchetto (vocals , guitar) and Matteo D’Ignazi (drums, sound effect/vocals) are back with the new HOLY OAK. The band keeps its own atypical lineup, isn’t a classic trio guitar drums bass … in addition to the skin they have Two guitars that together creating a massive wall of sound where the listener may not hear the absence of the bassguitar.
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Band:MR BISON
Album:HOLY OAK
Label:Subsound Records
Format:LP
Genre:ROCK/STONER/PSYCH
In a few years Mr Bison established themselves as one of the most exciting combos in the game, that’s a fact. After “We’ll be brief” and the critically acclaimed “Asteroid” , which got them on the genre's map, a U.S.A tour, dozens of gigs in the Italian peninsula, opening concerts for DANKO JONES, RED FANG, MONDO GENERATOR, KARMA TO BURN, MY SLEEPING KARMA, and many more, and a packed Europen tour, Matteo Barsacchi (guitar, Vocals) and his fellow "bluesnauts" Matteo Sciocchetto (vocals , guitar) and Matteo D’Ignazi (drums, sound effect/vocals) are back with the new HOLY OAK. The band keeps its own atypical lineup, isn’t a classic trio guitar drums bass … in addition to the skin they have Two guitars that together creating a massive wall of sound where the listener may not hear the absence of the bassguitar.
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Band:FUKUOKA RINJI, MICHEL HENRITZI
Album:DESERT MOON
Label:PATAPHYSIQUE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Psychedelic, Experimental
Finally, there is a release of a miraculous collaboration between the two musicians from Tokyo underground scene and Anla Courtis, the leader of Reynols- the legendary experimental band of Argentina. It was recorded in studio during the time Anla was in Tokyo in January, 2015. It is not just a simple improvised session, but truly a very colorful psychedelic album with roaring noise to minimalistic onkyo works, approach to ethnical music and vocal songs.
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Band:ALAMEDA 4
Album:CZARNA WODA
Label:instant classic
Format:CD
Genre:Krautrock, noise rock, psychedelic
"Czarna woda" is the title of a debut album by Alameda 4 that comes out this Spring on Instant Classic. Alameda 4, consisting of Krzysztof Kaliski, Tomasz Popowski, Mikołaj Zieliński and Jakub Ziołek, is the latest incarnation of Alameda Organisation that created albums such as "Duch tornada", "Późne królestwo" and "Luminous Guitar Craft of Alameda Duo".
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Band:ALAMEDA 4
Album:CZARNA WODA
Label:instant classic
Format:2LP
Genre:Krautrock, noise rock, psychedelic
"Czarna woda" is the title of a debut album by Alameda 4 that comes out this Spring on Instant Classic. Alameda 4, consisting of Krzysztof Kaliski, Tomasz Popowski, Mikołaj Zieliński and Jakub Ziołek, is the latest incarnation of Alameda Organisation that created albums such as "Duch tornada", "Późne królestwo" and "Luminous Guitar Craft of Alameda Duo".
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Band:TRAFFIC
Album:FIRST EXIT
Label:Vogon
Format:LP
Genre:Rock
Steve Winwood formed Traffic with Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood in 1967. In the spirit of the times, the group was intended to be a cooperative, with the members living together in a country cottage in Berkshire and collaborating on their songs. Signed to Island Records their single "Paper Sun," peaked in the U.K. Top Five in July 1967 and also spent several weeks in the lower reaches of the charts in America. Traffic toured Europe in the summer of ’67 and the live recording that comprises this album was made for radio broadcast, this time in Sweden at Radiohuset, Stockholm on Sept. 12th, 1967. It has been newly mastered for vinyl.
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Band:Urarv
Album:ARGENTUM
Label:SVART
Format:MCD
Genre:Metal
Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv (“Ancient Heritage”), the new project spearheaded by avant‐metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "Urarv is strange. There are elements of the band which seem familiar on the surface level: the black metalesque riff‐work, the harsh vocals, the rhythmic intensity. And yet there is something “off” about it, something unsettling which suddenly becomes glaring and upsetting", wrote Invisible Oranges of the band's debut album Aurum.
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Band:Urarv
Album:ARGENTUM
Label:SVART
Format:MLP
Genre:Metal
Arising from the shadow of mental institutions and personal secret corners comes the Norwegian Urarv (“Ancient Heritage”), the new project spearheaded by avant‐metal stalwart Björn Aldrahn Dencker of DHG and The Deathtrip and Thorns fame. "Urarv is strange. There are elements of the band which seem familiar on the surface level: the black metalesque riff‐work, the harsh vocals, the rhythmic intensity. And yet there is something “off” about it, something unsettling which suddenly becomes glaring and upsetting", wrote Invisible Oranges of the band's debut album Aurum.
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Band:PELAGOS
Album:REVOLVE
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Psychedelic Rock
Debut album with incredible full‐gatefold artwork by Adam Burke. Pelagos come from the deep, dark waters on the southwestern coast of Finland, the same city as Circle and a few other remarkable local underground acts. Pelagos’ sound is melancholy in a decidedly postindustrial minimalist, repetitive urban Finnish way, but it is also soaked in romantic wanderlust and Balearic exotica. Pelagos’ brand of art could be called as beach music from a ghost town. Soft, caressing sea winds turn into whipping blasts and instead of palm trees the surroundings are covered with Soviet brutalist buildings while the sun slowly turns black. Pelagos consists of people who used to play in Circle in the 90’s, but the new group differs from its big brother by substituting punishing heavy metal riffs with digital synthesizer sequencing. Whilst acknowledging the limitations set by the somewhat depressing surroundings in the band’s coastal hometown Pori, their minds are set for the stars.
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Band:PELAGOS
Album:REVOLVE
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:Psychedelic Rock
Debut album with incredible full‐gatefold artwork by Adam Burke. Pelagos come from the deep, dark waters on the southwestern coast of Finland, the same city as Circle and a few other remarkable local underground acts. Pelagos’ sound is melancholy in a decidedly postindustrial minimalist, repetitive urban Finnish way, but it is also soaked in romantic wanderlust and Balearic exotica. Pelagos’ brand of art could be called as beach music from a ghost town. Soft, caressing sea winds turn into whipping blasts and instead of palm trees the surroundings are covered with Soviet brutalist buildings while the sun slowly turns black. Pelagos consists of people who used to play in Circle in the 90’s, but the new group differs from its big brother by substituting punishing heavy metal riffs with digital synthesizer sequencing. Whilst acknowledging the limitations set by the somewhat depressing surroundings in the band’s coastal hometown Pori, their minds are set for the stars.
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Band:SHITTY PERSON
Album:JUDGEMENT
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:DOWNER ROCK
Shitty Person perform bleak, desperate heroin rock that explores the raw pleasure in burning down everything you love. This is the sound of a band at the end of their rope.
Shitty Person is the latest solo‐ish project from Benjamin Thomas‐Kennedy (Lesbian, Fungal Abyss). Along with other members of Lesbian, Rose Windows and Master Musicians of Bukkake, Shitty Person makes music about self‐hatred & counterproductive self‐reflection. It sounds like drugs, has lots of swears, and will probably make you feel terrible.
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Band:SHITTY PERSON
Album:JUDGEMENT
Label:SVART
Format:LP
Genre:DOWNER ROCK
Shitty Person perform bleak, desperate heroin rock that explores the raw pleasure in burning down everything you love. This is the sound of a band at the end of their rope.
Shitty Person is the latest solo‐ish project from Benjamin Thomas‐Kennedy (Lesbian, Fungal Abyss). Along with other members of Lesbian, Rose Windows and Master Musicians of Bukkake, Shitty Person makes music about self‐hatred & counterproductive self‐reflection. It sounds like drugs, has lots of swears, and will probably make you feel terrible.
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Band:ED SYKES
Album:WHIPLASHED B/W ZIGGY STARDUST (70G NUMBERED LTD EDITION OF 500)
Label:Maniac Squat
Format:7
Genre:POST-POP/ART ROCK/SONIC UNDERGROUND
Infectious ‘Whiplashed’ is the A side of long-awaited debut single from emerging Rock And Roll Shaman Ed Sykes. It features ex Pretty Thing Jon Povey on brass. Des Abbot on Piano. All other instruments and vocals by Ed Sykes. Written by Ed Sykes.
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Band:LAST DAY SECT
Album:THE WITCH HOUSE (LTD EDITION OF 500)
Label:Maniac Squat
Format:7
Genre:Alt Rock
Last Day Sect is a London-based art rock band comprising an anti-supergroup of established musicians making ‘post-synthetic’ (a hybrid of guitar and synth) music.
‘The Witch House’ is based on the H.P.Lovecraft short story ‘The Dreams in the Witch House’ which explores disturbing alternative realities within the framework of the traditional Gothic motif of a witch and her familiar. This song features the renowned guitarist Reeves Gabrels – currently a member of The Cure and formerly a long-term artistic collaborator with David Bowie.
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Band:THE KUMARI
Album:THE KUMARI
Label:METAL POSTCARD
Format:LP
Genre:ROCK/GARAGE/NEW WAVE
Debut LP by Londan based band The Kumari. Metal Postcard Are Proud To Feature The Kumari's Debut Album As Our 200th Release On The Label The Kumari are a high energy London(UK) song enthused garage/psych/melodic rock trio. That have been gaining praise from the likes of Art Rocker, Shindig & Steve Lamacq. Amonst others. The trio have 5 critically acclaimed singles/45s under their belts, released on international Indie record labels.
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Band:ELATION, THE
Album:CLICKBAIT
Label:Top6
Format:CD
Genre:INDIEPOP
The Kumari are a high energy London(UK) song enthused garage/psych/melodic rock trio.
That have been gaining praise from the likes of Art Rocker, Shindig & Steve Lamacq. Amonst others.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:BO DIDDLEY BLEW MY MIND
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/ROCKABILLY
Tribute to the great Bo Diddley 10 years after his death. Not COVERS of his songs, just a collection of tracks that show his influence.
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Band:PAT WINN COMBO, THE
Album:NEW BOOTS
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK N ROLL/ROCKABILLY
Debut album by quirky Rock n Roll band
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Band:NORM & THE NIGHTMAREZ
Album:WILD 'N' ROCKIN'
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:7
Genre:ROCKABILLY/PSYCHOBILLY
Limited edition, coloured vinyl EP by popular UK Psychobilly trio
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Band:CUP
Album:JITTER VISIONS
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ROCK/INDIE ROCK/PUNK/GARAGE
Cup is Tym Wojcik, a Polish-American drummer living in Queens, NY and originally from Houston, TX. Only five months after the release of 'Hiccup', psych-punker Cup is back. With 'Jitter Visions', his eighth release, he takes you to a place that's simultaneously new and familiar -- in the way that you might feel you've been here before, but can't be sure. A nagging and uneasy feeling. A record that is at times grinding and brash, at times smooth and melodic, like the ebb and flow of a fever dream. Distorted, simple guitar riffs reminiscent of 80s punk, 'Help'-era Oh Sees, Slaughterhouse-era Ty Segall, layered with dark synths, bright delayed vocals, and driving rhythms.
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Band:CHARLIE LOOKER
Album:SIMPLE ANSWERS
Label:LAST THINGS RECORDS
Format:2LP
Genre:AVANT GARDE/CLASSICAL/ORCHESTRAL ELECTRONIC
On June 15, native New York composer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Charlie Looker (Psalm Zero, ex-Extra Life, ex-ZS) will release his solo album Simple Answers, on limited edition double-LP and digital formats, via his own imprint Last Things Records. Featuring a 17-piece chamber orchestra, and four years in the making, this highly experimental concept album is his most ambitious project to date. After a decade of accolades for his work leading underground bands spanning the experimental, indie, and metal scenes, this will also be the first record released under Looker’s own name.
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Band:VISIONS & PHURPA
Album:MONAD
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:RITUAL/DARK AMBIENT
Celebrating its 100th release, Cyclic Law presents an exclusive collaboration between label head Frederic Arbour’s long standing project VISIONS and Russia’s most enigmatic ritual formation, lead by Alexey Tegin, PHURPA. Merging PHURPA’s penetrating organic meditational chants and shamanic percussive elements with the slow-shifting, multi-layered textural drones of VISIONS, this unique joining of forces resulted in a vastly expansive and time bending opus. Channeled throughout are primordial sonorities to alter ones deeper psyche, a spiritual ascent unifying with the whole, the elemental cosmic life force that transpierces us, to the monad of creation.
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Band:VISIONS & PHURPA
Album:MONAD
Label:cyclic law
Format:LP
Genre:RITUAL/DARK AMBIENT
Celebrating its 100th release, Cyclic Law presents an exclusive collaboration between label head Frederic Arbour’s long standing project VISIONS and Russia’s most enigmatic ritual formation, lead by Alexey Tegin, PHURPA. Merging PHURPA’s penetrating organic meditational chants and shamanic percussive elements with the slow-shifting, multi-layered textural drones of VISIONS, this unique joining of forces resulted in a vastly expansive and time bending opus. Channeled throughout are primordial sonorities to alter ones deeper psyche, a spiritual ascent unifying with the whole, the elemental cosmic life force that transpierces us, to the monad of creation.
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Band:TAPHEPHOBIA
Album:GHOSTWOOD
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:GUITAR DRONE
New deeply introspective album by Norway’s Taphephobia. Opting for a slightly cleaner sonic palette than previous releases using less processed sounds and a more natural sounding approach to his guitar work, Ketil Soraker pushes what is now considered as Taphephobia's signature sound. In the vein of his previous Cyclic Law release “Escape From The Mundane Self”, we are submerged in a skillful combination of lush ambient guitar passages, sonic abstractions and processed flute. “Ghostwood” is a most personal hymn to experiencing the solace of the northern forest. Artwork by NIHIL.
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Band:DODSMASKIN
Album:INGENTING
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
“Ingenting” was first finalised in June 2015 and shrouded in almost complete secrecy. Being their original debut it somehow never had a proper release, untill now. When contemplating a human face through the eyes of an x-ray machine, the void it projects back can be unsettling. This cranial frame, stripped of life; a reminder of the finite frontiers that constrain our transitory institutions, and the nothingness that precedes and succeeds them. However, while we occupy this bodily state, nothingness is detached neither from comprehension nor experience.
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Band:DODSMASKIN
Album:FIENDE
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
On their latest album the Norwegian duo pushes some of the hard hitting, mechanically textured aesthetics of their previous release “Fullstendig Brent” to the forefront. A dystopian commentary on the risks inherent to the antagonistic nature of humankind, and how the overwhelming and uncertain scope of Industry 4.0 - of progressively more powerful technology and strong AI - may end up amplifying those risks beyond human control.
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Band:NORDVARGR
Album:METEMPSYCHOSIS
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
With great honour we welcome one of Sweden’s most revered craftsman of industrial soundscapes. “Metempsychosis”, the transmigration of the soul, is the basic concept for the new album from Henrik Nordvargr Björkk. However, not in the classic reincarnative sense, but as a study of how souls rather than being judged by a higher power, themselves chooses what flesh to inhabit. To freely roam between the dimensions and to cling on to any form of life at will. These cycles of life and death, bound in part by flesh, inspired to create these tense and organic atmospheres - all synonymous with the journey of the soul.
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Band:NORDVARGR
Album:METEMPSYCHOSIS
Label:cyclic law
Format:LP
Genre:INDUSTRIAL/DARK AMBIENT
With great honour we welcome one of Sweden’s most revered craftsman of industrial soundscapes. “Metempsychosis”, the transmigration of the soul, is the basic concept for the new album from Henrik Nordvargr Björkk. However, not in the classic reincarnative sense, but as a study of how souls rather than being judged by a higher power, themselves chooses what flesh to inhabit. To freely roam between the dimensions and to cling on to any form of life at will. These cycles of life and death, bound in part by flesh, inspired to create these tense and organic atmospheres - all synonymous with the journey of the soul.
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Band:TAPHEPHOBIA & KAVE
Album:MONUMENTS
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:DRONE
On this special collaboration album, both artists have showcased their unique take on atmospheric soundscapes. A soundtrack to vast, imagined uninhabited landscapes, unexplored and untouched by mankind. We’re given a bleak glimpse into a hidden world, both mentally and physically. The two long monumental tracks induce a calm, ominous and introspective setting, perfectly suited to drift within these envisioned barren lands.
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Band:TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR
Album:APHORISMS
Label:AAAHH REAL RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ACOUSTIC/PUNK ROCK/COUNTRY/FOLK
Début full length – fifteen years in the making – from Dundee/Perth singer-songwriter TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR.
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Band:LAY IT ON THE LINE
Album:THE BLACK MUSEUM
Label:AAAHH REAL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/HARDCORE/PUNK ROCK
Following on from a digital release in 2017, South London hardcore mob LAY IT ON THE LINE – featuring members of PHINIUS GAGE, IN EVIL HOUR, and others – release a limited physical edition of their début full length THE BLACK MUSEUM.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:ANTIPOP RECORDS 2009-2018
Label:ANTIPOP RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:PUNK ROCK
9 years label compilation CD. The first compilation from the Liverpool based punk label. Features tracks from releases as far back as 2009. The original launch bands Metro Manila Aide, The Drellas and The Dead Class included. Through to the latest in a long line of underground punk rock modern classics from Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies, Super Fast Girlie Show and Riggots. From garage rock and roll to grindcore, pirate swing jazz to hardcore punk.
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Band:ENKEL
Album:WE ARE ENKEL
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK FINLAND
ENKEL are a traditional music girl band from Finland made up of two melodeons, kantele, viola and four voices; four personable, unique and folky ladies with their instruments, sharing a great passion for traditional music, social folk dancing and telling stories through instrumental arrangements.
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Band:AALLOTAR
Album:AMERIIKAN LAULU
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK FINLAND
A transatlantic collaboration that uses Finnish and Finnish‐American music as a starting point for an original 'chamber‐folk’ style.
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Band:ANNE-MARI KIVIMAKI
Album:ILJA
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK FINLAND
This album, Ilja, is the final part of my Suistamo series. It leads the hearer into the frenetic, wildly whirling atmosphere of Ma’ilmanlopun maanitus my fifth doctoral concert: a colourful dance party that shed light on the life of the parish municipality of Suistamo, beyond the (current) Russian border, and created the Karelian shindig of the future.
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Band:WOMBBATH
Album:THE GREAT DESOLATION
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Wombbath, part of the birth of the Swedish death metal scene, and after a handful of classic releases the band went into hiatus. Until 2014 when original member and guitarist Håkan Stuvemark felt the urge to play old raw old school death metal again. He recruited Jonny Pettersson and after a few splits “Downfall Rising” was recorded. The process fuelled the band to become once again a force to be reckoned with. After playing all over the world the band is now back with the follow up to “Downfall Rising”. The new album titled “The Great Desolation” has taken the Wombbath sound to the next level charged with old school rawness, darkness and haunting melodies.
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Band:WOMBBATH
Album:THE GREAT DESOLATION (LIMITED EDITION)
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
Wombbath, part of the birth of the Swedish death metal scene, and after a handful of classic releases the band went into hiatus. Until 2014 when original member and guitarist Håkan Stuvemark felt the urge to play old raw old school death metal again. He recruited Jonny Pettersson and after a few splits “Downfall Rising” was recorded. The process fuelled the band to become once again a force to be reckoned with. After playing all over the world the band is now back with the follow up to “Downfall Rising”. The new album titled “The Great Desolation” has taken the Wombbath sound to the next level charged with old school rawness, darkness and haunting melodies.
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Band:MIST
Album:FREE ME OF THE SUN
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:OCCULT DOOM METAL
After a demo and 2 ep’s, this year, Mist will release ten brand new songs on their first full-length album titled 'Free Me Of The Sun'. Staying true to their traditional doom roots the band builds upon strong riffs with bright female vocals and epic guitar solos. The album was recorded in Studio Ork, produced and mixed by Benjamin Kic and mastered by Patrick W. Engel - Temple of Disharmony. With this release Mist are starting a new chapter on their path in the depths of doom.
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Band:MIST
Album:FREE ME OF THE SUN (LIMITED EDITION)
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:LP
Genre:OCCULT DOOM METAL
After a demo and 2 ep’s, this year, Mist will release ten brand new songs on their first full-length album titled 'Free Me Of The Sun'. Staying true to their traditional doom roots the band builds upon strong riffs with bright female vocals and epic guitar solos. The album was recorded in Studio Ork, produced and mixed by Benjamin Kic and mastered by Patrick W. Engel - Temple of Disharmony. With this release Mist are starting a new chapter on their path in the depths of doom.
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Band:OVATE
Album:OVATE
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:Black Metal
Ovate was found by Aindiachaí and Brodd in their quest through pagan landscapes. Spewing forth some of the most epic and venomous black metal in a way that is presented so little in modern day. The highly anticipated debut is now upon us, with a backbone of vocalists from the top of the black metal scene.
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Band:OVATE
Album:OVATE
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
Ovate was found by Aindiachaí and Brodd in their quest through pagan landscapes. Spewing forth some of the most epic and venomous black metal in a way that is presented so little in modern day. The highly anticipated debut is now upon us, with a backbone of vocalists from the top of the black metal scene.
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Band:DORIAN SORRIAUX
Album:HUNGRY GHOST
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:ACOUSTIC FOLK
Dorian Sorriaux, acclaimed guitarist for blues rock superstars BLUES PILLS (2016's »Lady In Gold« went #1 in Germany), has recently announced to release his first solo EP.
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Band:DORIAN SORRIAUX
Album:HUNGRY GHOST
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:LP
Genre:ACOUSTIC FOLK
Dorian Sorriaux, acclaimed guitarist for blues rock superstars BLUES PILLS (2016's »Lady In Gold« went #1 in Germany), has recently announced to release his first solo EP.
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Band:HYSTERESE
Album:HYSTERESE
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:LP
Genre:PUNK/POPPUNK/WIPERS
These fellas are quite known not only in europe, worldwide. They released and worked together with labels like Search For Fame, Kidnap, Sabotage or Taken By Surprise. Their new third s/t album is a little step out of the long portland-music-shadow into the world of popy tunes. But stop: its still Hysterese, their own twin singing of Helen and Mortitz, shouting their lines like gunfire at each other, their superb guitar-melodies, the stakkato riffing and their precise, machine-like drumming. On their new record, you may find between all these Hysterese trademarks some tiny tiny sparkling pop-diamonds, which suits 'em good. If you dig the sadness of The Wipers, the explosivness of old Descendents records and the hits and melodies of your fav Ramones songs, i guess you will dig this little piece of punkrock as well.
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Band:HAUNTED
Album:DAYBURNER
Label:TWIN EARTH
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:STONER/DOOM/OCCULT
Italy's Haunted conjures up a new album that is both seductive and evil. This sophomore release is a follow up to the 2015 debut from the Sicilian fivepiece. For fans of Windhand, Electric Wizard and Black Sabbath!
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Band:BATTLEROAR
Album:CODEX EPICUS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:EPIC METAL
“Codex Epicus”. The title almost seems predestined for Battleroar, a band, who, since 2000, have become Greece’s leading epic classic metal band. Known for creating studio albums packed with majestic riffs, soaring vocals, scorching leads and towering song constructions, Battleroar are never ones to overlook the fine art of larger-than-life songcraft, something that is all over Codex Epicus, the band’s fifth studio foray. The follow-up to 2014’s “Blood Of Legends” was recorded at Devasoundz Studios in Athens, Greece and features a guest appearance from Manilla Road guitarist/vocalist Mark Shelton on the song “Sword of the Flame”, reprising a role he first took on with “The Wanderer”, which appears on 2005’s “The Age of Chaos”. The album’s cover artwork was created by Vagelis Petikas of Revolver Design.
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Band:BATTLEROAR
Album:CODEX EPICUS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:LP
Genre:EPIC METAL
“Codex Epicus”. The title almost seems predestined for Battleroar, a band, who, since 2000, have become Greece’s leading epic classic metal band. Known for creating studio albums packed with majestic riffs, soaring vocals, scorching leads and towering song constructions, Battleroar are never ones to overlook the fine art of larger-than-life songcraft, something that is all over Codex Epicus, the band’s fifth studio foray. The follow-up to 2014’s “Blood Of Legends” was recorded at Devasoundz Studios in Athens, Greece and features a guest appearance from Manilla Road guitarist/vocalist Mark Shelton on the song “Sword of the Flame”, reprising a role he first took on with “The Wanderer”, which appears on 2005’s “The Age of Chaos”. The album’s cover artwork was created by Vagelis Petikas of Revolver Design.
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Band:KING HEAVY
Album:GUARDIAN DEMONS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:DOOM METAL
KING HEAVY's "Guardian Demons" reflects the most visceral edge of their first EP "Horror Absoluto" and the sophisticated side of "debut's King Heavy" ... but closer to traditional Heavy Metal and to the darkest Epic DooM!
Two years in the making, the album leads to the most classic sound of Trouble, Judas Priest melted with the sound of Northern Europe as Minotauri or Reverend Bizarre !!!! Featuring HOODED PRIEST’s singer Luce Vee and founding PROCESSION ex-bassist Daniel Saa, the band will embark on an European tour in October 2018 performing at the Doom Over Vienna festival among others.
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Band:KING HEAVY
Album:GUARDIAN DEMONS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM METAL
KING HEAVY's "Guardian Demons" reflects the most visceral edge of their first EP "Horror Absoluto" and the sophisticated side of "debut's King Heavy" ... but closer to traditional Heavy Metal and to the darkest Epic DooM!
Two years in the making, the album leads to the most classic sound of Trouble, Judas Priest melted with the sound of Northern Europe as Minotauri or Reverend Bizarre !!!! Featuring HOODED PRIEST’s singer Luce Vee and founding PROCESSION ex-bassist Daniel Saa, the band will embark on an European tour in October 2018 performing at the Doom Over Vienna festival among others.
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Band:GHOSTBOUND
Album:ALL IS PHANTOM
Label:A SAD SADNESS SONG
Format:CD Digipack
Genre:CINEMATIC POST-DARK METAL
Ghostbound was initially formed as the long-gestating vehicle for the songwriting of Brooklyn-based musician/actor Alec A. Head (Kosmodemonic). Founded when he was still in his teens under the name of Timshel, Ghostbound did not truly take form until 2013, at which he point he began to seek like-minded musicians in an effort to complete what he started years before. Exploring themes of life, loss, grief, isolation, wanderings both inner and outer, and the simultaneously friendly and vicious ghosts that hover beside all of us. All is Phantom, the imminently-released debut long-player, represents the culmination of the band’s effort and vision to date.
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Band:PLASTIC TEARS
Album:ANGELS WITH ATTITUDE
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:SLEAZE N GLAM ROCK
"Angels With Attitude" is the 3rd studio album of Finland's Glam Rock Band No.1, PLASTIC TEARS.
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Band:LIVERBOX
Album:ROCK N ROLL SALVATION
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:SLEAZE N GLAM ROCK
"Rock N Roll Salvation" is the debut album of the Finnish based Glam Rocker LIVERBOX.
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Band:SPACE CHASER/DISTILLATOR
Album:SPACE CHASER/DISTILLATOR
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH/VEKTOR/AGENT STEEL
this is the next genius strike of berlin’s masters of thrash SPACE CHASER and DISTILLATOR, netherlands rising star of 80s metal. on this new split both bands show their pure strength, razor sharp songwriting, super precise riffing, furious drumming – these war mongers can easily compete with metals great 80s heroes. Each band delivers four fresh own signature songs and one great classic cover. absolutely delightful entertainment
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Band:SPACE CHASER/DISTILLATOR
Album:SPACE CHASER/DISTILLATOR
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:LP
Genre:THRASH/VEKTOR/AGENT STEEL
this is the next genius strike of berlin’s masters of thrash SPACE CHASER and DISTILLATOR, netherlands rising star of 80s metal. on this new split both bands show their pure strength, razor sharp songwriting, super precise riffing, furious drumming – these war mongers can easily compete with metals great 80s heroes. Each band delivers four fresh own signature songs and one great classic cover. absolutely delightful entertainment
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Band:CORAXO
Album:SOL
Label:SNOW WAVE RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:MELODIC DEATH METAL
The sophomore release by the Finnish melodic death metal group, who mix their Nordic metal with jazz, sci-fi soundtracks and 1970's experimental electronic music. Featuring guest performances from Chris Amott (ex-Arch Enemy), Peter Huss (Shining, ex-Sinergy), Sebastian Jensen (Suidakra), Nikke Kuki (Status Abnormis), Ilkka Ferm (on saxophone) and Elena Cor Tauri.
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Band:CORAXO
Album:SOL
Label:SNOW WAVE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC DEATH METAL
The sophomore release by the Finnish melodic death metal group, who mix their Nordic metal with jazz, sci-fi soundtracks and 1970's experimental electronic music. Featuring guest performances from Chris Amott (ex-Arch Enemy), Peter Huss (Shining, ex-Sinergy), Sebastian Jensen (Suidakra), Nikke Kuki (Status Abnormis), Ilkka Ferm (on saxophone) and Elena Cor Tauri.
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Band:DEFIATORY
Album:HADES RISING
Label:BLACK LION RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Swedish thrashers DEFIATORY are about to release their second album, titled “HADES RISING”. The album marks the continuation of the band’s collaboration with Black Lion Records, following up their debut release “EXTINCT”, released in 2016.
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Band:DREADFUL FATE
Album:VENGEANCE
Label:TO THE DEATH RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
The hour of reprisal draws near! Jot down June 15 in your calendar, or on your forehead, because this is the date "Vengeance" CD/LP/MC from the mighty DREADFUL FATE is unleashed upon mankind.
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Band:STELLAR CORPSES
Album:HELLBOUND HEART
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:HORRORPUNK/PSYCHOBILLY
Often labeled “psychobilly” or “horrorpunk,” this five-piece band of brothers delivers their own deadly concoction of anthemic punk, melodic metal, and gothic rockabilly. STELLAR CORPSES attribute their look, sound and attitude to growing up in Santa Cruz, California, a small town with a dark past. STELLAR CORPSES have toured the world with bands like Misfits, Tiger Army, The Damned, and others.
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Band:SUBDUER
Album:DEATH MONOLITH
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:DEATH METAL/METAL/NOISE
There is clash of sounds coming from Baden-Würtemberg, Germany; a transmission of marvelous Power Electronics & War Metal. The young forces who appoint themselves as SUBDUER join the ranks of Dunkelheit Produktionen- four Songs is their offering. Labeled as „Death Monolith“- the sound itself is heavy & indeed monolithic.
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Band:NOCTURNAL BREED
Album:THE WHISKEY TAPES GERMANY
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The "Whiskey Tapes" albums was originally planned for release to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nocturnal Breed. But as the planning went on, we saw that there was such a positive response to the idea of releasing an exclusive album for each country. So the "Whiskey Tapes" enterprise started growing. Now 2 years later we are proud to finally have our exclusive German version launched upon the people through Folter Records, a long time partnership growing all the way back to the mid 90's.
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Band:SINSID
Album:MISSION FROM HELL
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:HEAVY METAL
Formed in 2012 in Norway, Heavy Metal act SINSID is finally ready to reveal its debut album, "Mission From Hell", to the world! The album's recording and mixing were completed in early 2018 at Studio Borealis in Norway and the album was mastered in the UK by Jaime Gomez at Orgone Studios.
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Band:LEUCOSIS
Album:LIMINAL
Label:Sentinent Ruin
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
The triumphant reawakening of one of California's most obscure and best kept secrets. Thirty minutes of chaotic, vast and abyssal atmospheric black metal suspended between the boundless obsidian majesty of DarkSpace, the deep and cutting darkness of Ash Borer, and the grandiose progressive constructs of Weakling.
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Band:MELIAH RAGE
Album:IDOL HANDS
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/POWER/THRASH
The 9th studio album of these legendary power thrashers from Boston features some of the most inspired songwriting in the band's history. It also marks the return of Paul Souza, and with him the top-notch quality of the vocals. His more melodic voice has a good range and displays the much needed grit and aggression, perfectly fitting and complementing the music.
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Band:MELIAH RAGE
Album:DEAD TO THE WORLD (2018 EDITION)
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/POWER/THRASH
This is the rerelease of "Dead to the World" from 2011 with 2 bonus tracks - 1994 demo versions of songs which were later recorded for this album, but were originally penned as CACTUS LAND, a short-lived band featuring MELIAH RAGE guitarist/composer/founder Anthony Nichols, guitarist Jim Koury and vocalist Paul Souza.
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Band:WARFIELD
Album:WRECKING COMMAND
Label:METAL ON METAL
Format:CD
Genre:METAL/THRASH METAL
The young Germans WARFIELD unleash their first full-length upon the world. Brutal, uncompromising and honest old school thrash metal is what they serve. The trio manages to deliver with ease what many veterans seem to have forgotten. Each song rages and rampages with screaming guitars, thundering drums and overpowering roars, but never forgets to sound authentic.
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