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Band:FRANK BLACK
Album:ODDBALLS
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
The Bureau is proud to present the release of Frank Black’s "Oddballs", a collection of rare gems recorded between 1994 and 1997.
"Oddballs" is a special treat for fans and historians of Black’s epic career. In its initial release in 2000, it was only sold to the lucky folks who went to Frank Black and the Catholics shows. The album is currently out of print, which should be a crime.
'Oddballs’ was made during Frank Black’s transition from a solo studio magician to a purist who recorded everything totally live to 2-track (the method which would eventually be perfected by Frank Black and the Catholics). Many of Oddballs’ treasures are b-sides either from Black’s 1994 acclaimed studio masterpiece Teenager of the Year or from the almost-live, totally raw and powerful Cult of Ray from 1995. Though these oddities are obscure, they are in no way throwaways. Rather, Oddballs gives us a deeper glimpse into Black’s unique vision of rock n’ roll. There are moments of real poetic beauty in the very surreally rocking “Announcement” and in the punky adieu to actor John Candy “At the End of the World”. These are songs at the heart of who Frank Black is at heart: an oddball. Here he is most open and carefree about it. Not many people can yell “Hate Me! My jacket’s not right” at the top of their lungs and make us like them, yet somehow Frank Black knows how to do it.
Oddballs also features outtakes from that era including covers of Roxy Music’s “Remake/Remodel” and the Beau Brummels classic “Just a Little”.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:LOS NUGGETZ
Label:ROCK BEAT
Format:4CD BOX SET
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Los Nuggetz is a collection of 1960s hyper kinetic garage, punk, pop and psychedelic music from Mexico, Spain and Latin American countries. While the inspiration for this collection has been the enduring trend and influence of American garage and psych bands from the 60s, it is our hope that this will serve as an introduction to the amazing variety of Mexican and Latin American rock from that era.
A lot of this music has been extremely hard to find and often never reissued since the original vinyl release, with collectors combing record bins, garage sales, eBay with some actually traveling to the country of origin to find these vinyl rarities.
In this spectacular collection, you will find unique interpretations of Wooly Bully, Hey Joe, You Really Got Me, These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ and that’s just on the first CD. You’ll also be amazed at how many songs you recognize from their Spanish translations. The liner notes are comprehensive and extensive and to the best of our abilities, we identified the track, year of original release, group members, their instruments of choice, photos, LP jackets and background information on each group. You’ll also enjoy station checks and commercials, en Espanol,
This is not and historical or definitive collection. It is meant as a portal to discover more from the artists you hear on these discs. Here’s hoping you dig it!
This deluxe box set has 99 tracks on 4 CDs a deluxe 68 page book packed into a hard bound box.
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Band:MANS GIN
Album:REBELLION HYMNS
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
Initially formed by Erik Wunder, of COBALT fame, years ago while still living in Colorado, prior to relocating to New York, MAN’S GIN was a singer-songwriter outlet for Wunder and his acoustic guitar to create dark booze jams and murder ballads. Upon moving to New York (Brooklyn), Wunder would round up a MAN’S GIN lineup (upright bass/ebow player Josh Lozano and guitarist/pianist Scott Edward) and take the band’s sound up a notch. The result was their debut album “Smiling Dogs”, which was a sonic jaunt down America’s barren wastelands and garnered acclaim through the underground as well as the band becoming known in putting on an awesome live set every time they played a show (in and around the NY area and would also include, on the live front, a mini tour with Bruce Lamont of YAKUZA).
With their new album, “Rebellion Hymns”, MAN’S GIN have taken their sound to a much more epic plateau by creating a darker and more cinematic opus of grandeur, one that’s moving and emotionally charged, and presents the band’s musical palette in a much more expansive canvas than before. Recorded and produced by Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Pelican, Cave In, Converge etc.) at Translator Audio in Brooklyn, NY and featuring photography and layout by Jimmy Hubbard, “Rebellion Hymns” sees Wunder and co. even bring in a formidable cast of musicians to join the ride. Such musicians that make a guest appearance on “Rebellion Hymns” are Jarboe (ex-SWANS), Wunder’s co-conspirator in COBALT Philip McSorley, Bruce Lamont of YAKUZA, and John LaMacchia of CANDIRIA, who all conspire with the MAN’S GIN crew to create an album of genuine wonder and epic beauty.
For fans of Swans, Angels Of Light, Dax Riggs, Deadboy And The Elephant Man, Woven Hand, and Sixteen Horsepower
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Band:AMSG
Album:ANTI COSMIC TYRANNY
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Canada’s A.M.S.G. was formed in 2007 after mastermind/black metal crime lord Angelfukk Witchhammer had put his previous cult band Ouroboros to rest and following a served a prison sentence. When A.M.S.G. was conceived, the goal was to create sinister and dangerous black metal that conjures the ancient black metal spirit found in such legendary black metal bands such as Mortuary Drape, early Samael, early Rotting Christ, and Necromantia respectively. A.M.S.G. play a unique style of devil worship black metal that incorporates twisted and deranged mid-paced progressive wierded-out black metal and dark melancholic drear into its deathly sound picture.
Their debut album, “Anti Cosmic Tyranny” (which follows the band’s debut EP “The Principle Of Evil Becomes The Ideal Of The Promethean”) is a testament of the real essence of black metal and is the audial interpretation of a Satanic ritual through its myriad of layered and subliminal sounds and noise, whispers and chants, which comprise, culminate and summon to form this black metal ritual of sonic invocation to honor the endless dark Aeon and the chaotic black light. Mapped out and written during Angelfukk Witchhammer’s most recent prison stint, “Anti Cosmic Tyranny” is an album that will make black metal dangerous again. An album not for the faint at heart or weak of mind and spirit.
For fans of the ancient ways of black metal and such bands as Mortuary Drape, Samael (first two albums only), Rotting Christ (just the old stuff), Necromantia (just the old stuff), and also A.M.S.G. aligning themselves amongst the newer black metal guard alongside bands such as Negative Plane, Avichi, Cobalt, Weapon, and Deathspell Omega
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Band:MORNE
Album:SHADOWS.
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Boston, Massachusetts’ MORNE formed in 2005 by Milosz Gassan (ex-Filth Of Mankind). After an initial demo created in 2008 and a split release with Warprayer, MORNE would release their debut full-length album “Untold Wait” in 2009 to critical praise in the underground (including an endorsement from Darkthrone themselves). It also helped MORNE’s reputation that they their guitarist Jeff Hayward was also in the mighty legendary sludge band GRIEF.
MORNE’s style of post-sludge/crust is an interesting interpretation of everything that tends to fall within such a genre. They create their cinematic and epic sound through unrelenting heaviness that is culminated from influences that also include doom metal, and classic rock, and create such an immense atmosphere also through influences such as progressive music and chamber music likewise.
This was showcased with their 2011 release “Asylum”, a sprawling exercise in colossal cinematic heaviness which would push MORNE’s sound even further than their “Untold Wait” debut. When Profound Lore released “Asylum” it helped bring more awareness to the band and with their new album “Shadows”, MORNE have defined a new sense of heaviness within their sound. With a darker, colder, and more dreary and introverted expression, “Shadows” is a crawling and bleak exercise in heaviness. More down-tuned yet more melodic and morose, “Shadows” takes MORNE’s initial sound blueprint and infuses it with a new sense of doom, with several moments on “Shadows” reminiscent of funeral/atmospheric doom akin to such bands as Evoken, Mournful Congregation, and the now defunct Morgion. Nonetheless, “Shadows” will prove MORNE’s distinctness in heavy music even more and will present itself as one of the most memorable underground heavy music releases of the year.
For fans of Neurosis, Isis, Tragedy, Evoken, Mournful Congregation etc.
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Band:MARS RED SKY
Album:BE MY GUIDE LP
Label:MRS RED SOUND
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Mars Red Sky have already sold 3500 copies of their debut album.
This is their new EP before the second LP.
Heavy / Psyche / Stoner / Doom outfit as seen at both Roadburn and Desertfest.
180g vinyl with DL code.
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Band:MARS RED SKY
Album:MARS RED SKY
Label:MRS RED SOUND
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Mars Red Sky have already sold 3500 copies of this their debut album.
CD is now deleted and Vinyl contains a bonus track not on that cd!
Heavy / Psyche / Stoner / Doom outfit as seen at both Roadburn and Desertfest.
180g vinyl with DL code.
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Band:EARTHERN GRAVE
Album:EARTHERN GRAVE
Label:RIPPLE MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Led by former Trouble bassist Ron Holzner and featuring the classically trained and critically-acclaimed violin work of Rachel Barton Pine, Earthen Grave combine elements of doom and classic heavy metal, adding a new wrinkle to the heavy rock genre by working in intricate melodies and musical virtuosity within their songcraft; slices of elegance in an otherwise imposing and oppressive heavy sound.
"The debut self-titled album of Earthen Grave, and what a debut it is – self-assured, nuanced, perfectly produced and put together without so much as a beard hair out of place." -- The Sleeping Shaman
For Fans of Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, early Judas Priest
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Band:KINGBATHMAT
Album:OVERCOMING THE MONSTER
Label:STEREOHEAD
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
UK Progressive Rock Band KINGBATHMAT accumulated an abounding amount of praise for their 2012 release "Truth Button". Now with the release of "Overcoming The Monster", KINGBATHMAT seek to exploit this critical acclaim and surge of interest to the fullest extent with an album release that shifts into a higher gear on all levels and therefore help to further cement their position as a musical force to be reckoned with.
"Excellent slab of psychedelic grungy prog" – Prog Rock Magazine
“Unique and destined to lighten up your existence “ - Fireworks Magazine
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Band:WHITE LUNG
Album:TWO OF YOU / THE HUNTER
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., high-energy punks White Lung pull references from every era of punk remaining unforgiving yet melodic. Their debut LP It's the Evil (Deranged) was named Punk Album Of The Year by Exclaim! and their sophomore LP Sorry (Deranged) has managed to top the last.Spawned from East Vancouver’s dirty DIY Emergency Room scene, White Lung formed in 2006 with guitarist Kenneth joining in 2009. From the beginning they were road warriors, touring regularly, even contemplating selling their underwear just to get on the road (they eventually opted for the more practical route of saving up funds.) White Lung broke out of their incestuous local scene and brought their music across Canada and the US. They continue to tour fanatically, their live shows have been called, “effortlessly engaging and enigmatic, harnessing a controlled violence that managed to be passionate without going the least bit over-the-top” by Exclaim! Magazine.
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Band:SMARTBOYS
Album:RSVP / Cutting Through Life
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Mike Haliechuk and Jonah Falco from Fucked Up team up like Jonesy and Paul Cook to tap the melody and simplicity of what they already know about writing music and fire it even further into the endless prism of the late 70s. Ribbony Bowie-esque vocals over big guitars and heavy drums nodding to Northern Ireland, Northern England, and other anachronistic punk pleasures.
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:BRAIN CLEANER reissue
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums like "Scrolls Of The Megilloth" and "Post Momentary Affliction" which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented - having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk - Mortification is a band that cannot be put in box. This re-issue of their 2004 album “Brain Cleaner” sees Mortification returning to the death/thrash metal sound that long-time fans had hoped for - their most angry, aggressive album since the early 90s. We are treated to loads of fast double bass, some blast-beats, choice guitar solos and some hook-laden song-writing.
Reissue includes 7 bonus tracks
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:RELENTLESS reissue
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums like "Scrolls Of The Megilloth" and "Post Momentary Affliction" which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented - having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk - Mortification is a band that cannot be put in box. This re-issue of their 2002 album “Relentless” sees Mortification as a hybrid mix of thrash, power and speed metal. The guitar work shreds and the rhythm section just annihilates, resulting in some of the band's best material ever.
Includes 4 bonus tracks
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:ERASING THE GOBLIN reissue
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
With releases on label giants like Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade, albums like "Scrolls Of The Megilloth" and "Post Momentary Affliction" which are considered classics, world tours and a sound that is constantly being reinvented - having delved into death metal, grind, thrash, power metal, groove metal, classic metal and even a touch of punk - Mortification is a band that cannot be put in box. This re-issue of their 2006 album “Erasing the Goblin” sees Mortification giving their fans what they have been asking for - their fastest, heaviest album in over a decade and one of the band’s strongest releases in a long time. The mix is great, the guitars are dirty and gnarly, the vocals sound strong and the song-writing is solid, delivering one monster old school thrash/death album
Includes 9 bonus tracks
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Band:CAPTAIN ACCIDENT
Album:SLIPPING UP
Label:CLUMSY PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Reggae
Captain Accident’s 2nd album “Slippin Up” is due for release on July 13th 2013. Featuring 10 tracks of soulful reggae, ska, rocksteady and even a touch of dancehall, “Slippin’ Up” was entirely self-recorded, self-mixed and self produced in the Captain’s Quarters. This album is sure to be the soundtrack to your summer.
Supported many big names in the reggae world, Including Toots & The Maytals, Prince Fatty, Mad Professor, Yellowman, The Skints, Neville Staple, Bad Manners & many more & Previous festival appearances at some of the UKs biggest festivals including Glastonbury, Greenman, Secret Garden Party & Boomtown Fair.
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Band:MOTHERLOAD
Album:BLACK AND BLUE.
Label:FULLY LOADED
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
For many fans, the divide between classic rock and contemporary metal has remained vast. MOTHERLOAD are here to bridge that gap! In 2011 MOTHERLOAD received a favourable review from Malcolm Dome in Metal Hammer for their debut EP. 2012 saw persistent gigging, topped off by a momentous appearance at Hard Rock Hell which also garnered rave reviews in the rock and metal press. Classic Rock Magazine announced to the World that "Motherload do a sweet job of bridging the gap between classic rock and modern metal... they mean business".
For fans of Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Pantera, Hardcore Superstar, Alterbridge, AC/DC, Skid Row, Black Label Society
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Band:THE RECOVERY
Album:WHEREVER NOWHERE TAKES US
Label:COLDWAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Glasgow’s THE RECOVERY! Are on course for a great 2013. Having only made their live debut a little under a year ago, the band have already opened for Title Fight, supported Cancer Bats at the 2012 Slam Dunk Festival and have toured the UK twice since the release of their EP ‘Wherever Nowhere Takes Us’ in February 2013. The band are due to tour again in July, and The Recovery!’s ascension is one you won’t want to miss.
“Borrowing some mighty groove and swagger from across the Atlantic like Every Time I Die, these Scottish lads are here to pummel you senseless with their deranged party hardcore” – Rock Sound Magazine, Feb 2013
“In making an EP that sounds like Challenging everyone in the pub to a fight at once, The Recovery! have made a fine start here.” – Kerrang Magazine Feb 2013
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Band:FEN
Album:THE MALEDICTION FIELDS
Label:Eisenwald
Format:vinyl lp
Genre:Black Metal
First FEN album to be released on vinyl as deluxe edition with re-mastered sound ! Copper vinyl edition ltd. 300 !
FEN are set to reissue their 2009 debut album “The Malediction Fields” as a limited edition vinyl pressing via Eisenwald. The album, which was first released on CD by Code666, has been re-mastered by frontman The Watcher, and features two exclusive bonus tracks and new artwork and layout by bassist Grungyn. Drawing their inspiration from the desolate Fen region in England, The Watcher (guitars and vocals) and Grungyn (bass and vocals), formed FEN in 2006, and today’s lineup includes Derwydd on drums. The band’s sound has been variously described as post-black metal, shoegaze and progressive, but however you choose to label it, the music of Fen manages to meld the cold rage of Black Metal with introspection and reflection to create a distinctive, other-worldly atmosphere. “Dustwalker” the band’s third full-length album was released in January 2013 on Code666, and got excellent press once again along with some ”release of the issue spots” in several european zines.
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Band:ALTERED BOYS
Album:ALTERED BOYS
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Originating from Newbridge, NJ, Altered Boys plays a supreme brand of hardcore that's heavily-inspired by fast, early 2000s NJHC that has helped rejuvenate a once (temporarily) stagnant scene into something that is once more interesting and vital. This is their 2nd 7”, follow-up to their recent 7” on Katorga Works.
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Band:CULO
Album:MY LIFE SUCKS AND I COULD CARE LESS
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
''Okay, 1st off, the LP is NOT called 'The Return of Culo', look at the spine of the LP for proof of that. But in a sense, its almost a return record since the guys took a good amount of time prepping it. This LP was recorded over a weekend in mid March 2012 with their man of choice Kevin up in Lansing MI. This is definitely not a concept record, but it can almost be called a 'time and place' record since the album is a reflection of everything in the band's life when writing it, but what bands don't? If you only loved the fast stuff the band has done before, that's still present on tracks here but also the band offers more variety then ever before. To be blunt, the fast songs are faster, the mid tempo tracks are more punchy and the the rest are just downright catchy as hell. I see the 'Ramones songs made ugly' as a comparison nowadays made about a select few, and finally someone's pulls it off, even though the boys go for their own thing but that certain band is a large influence. This is a true PUNK record. And damn John's voice almost is an exact cross of Jerry and John Brannon, its so eerie the semblance. This album was just meant to happen and even if its release experienced a few delays, it's a timeless record. Nothing was spared from the record down to the look, layout and quality and what you get sounds excellent. So sit back, grab something to drink (or supply to any other habit you may have) and enjoy all that is Culo.''
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Band:NEGATIVE DEGREE
Album:NEGATIVE DEGREE
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
"Colorado boys who say they want to sound like Formaldehyde Junkies or Government Issue and then they go and cover Discharge. Their bassist is probably the only dude to ever wear a bandana or flip up hat that you don't feel like throwing your drink at. There may or may not be some fingerless gloves going on." - Drew Ailes/Brain Tumors
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Band:NEO CONS
Album:IDIOT CIRCUS
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Final release from these Bay Area bozos featuring six high energy hardcore-by-death stompers and their loudest, nastiest recording yet. If you haven’t caught em live, prepare for a sweaty mess of pig piles and manic stupidity.
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Band:WASTOIDS
Album:WASTOIDS
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Bottle chucking youth-punk from Toronto, Ontario; Wastoids rip an early 80s Boston vibe with an Oi! influenced stomp. The culturally sanitized wasteland of the west end of their city breeds boredom and socially fucked mutants who puke in your venues and ruin scenes.
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Band:NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS
Album:BIRTH RIGHTS
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Neighborhood Brats, lead by vocalist Jenny Angelillo (the Orphans), are a punk rock band from Los Angeles by way of San Francisco. Their debut EP, recorded after only 5 initial rehearsal sessions in 2011, became an instant classic in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the band honed their sound and became known for out of control, spastic live shows. After releasing two subsequent, well-received singles, Angelillo and guitarist George Rager relocated the band to Los Angeles in late 2012. Birth Right is their debut EP on Deranged and features 3 new ragers and a cover. NO SUN NO TAN 12” compilation coming out on Deranged in June
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Band:WILD CHILD
Album:WILD CHILD
Label:Deranged
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Best demo I heard in 2011 and here we finally have their debut record. For those who heard the demo (Fashionable Idiots just released the demo on vinyl), this is more of the same chaotic hardcore. A more snarly DEEP WOUND? Excellent
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Band:STEPSON
Album:THE LOST TAPES 1972-1974
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
About forty years in the making, and finally the world has the second Stepson album! Utilizing tapes preserved by drummer Len Fagan then transferred to digital and mastered by bassist Bruce Hauser, this fine collection of twelve songs is as close as the world will ever get to a real second Stepson album. Some is raw, some is embryonic, but it’s all prime stuff for fans to savor, reflecting the band’s "devil may care" attitude and rock ’n’ roll lifestyle. And just in case you don’t believe that the band liked to party, consider that the exact recording dates (and even some locations) have long been forgotten. To borrow an old adage: If you can remember Stepson, you weren’t there. Kicking off with a crunching riff by guitarist Joey Newman, ‘Danger Zone’ is the heaviest track Stepson ever cut, replete with an ominous atmosphere reflecting the seedy side of their native Los Angeles; ‘Streets of Alameda’ (1974) is an ode to vocalist Jeff Hawks’ hometown, featuring a liquor store holdup and a stolen Lincoln used as the getaway car. ‘Flesh & Blood’ is the only track on here that got an official release, albeit by ex-Smith belter Gayle McCormick as the title track to her second solo album, released by Decca in 1972. This version showcases the riff in full glory. And if you don’t believe that this riff is strong, consider that The Tonight Show band played it for approximately two weeks in 1976, prompting Fagan to confront "author" Don Menza, who coincidentally did the Flesh & Blood album’s horn charts and was now claiming credit for the song under the title ‘Instant Heart.’ The song disappeared from late night TV show shortly thereafter. ‘Bad Situation,’ the only other 1974 track, describes the band’s predicament that year: a track that should have propelled them to the big time, but instead bounced off a brick wall like a tennis ball. The maracas and funkified quasi-Bo Diddley groove hint at Stepson’s growth and what might have been.
Another sure to sell-out limited edition vinyl release from Lion Productions & Vintage, including full size insert with detailed liner notes by Doug Sheppard, plus photos, and lyrics
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Band:SHIN JOONG HYUN AND YUP JUNS
Album:SELF TITLED. LP.
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Spring of 1974 witnessed the birth of psychedelic power trio Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns. “In Korean, yupjun literally means a brass coin,” Shin explains. “However, during that time it was used as slang to describe a sense of unpleasantness and dislike. Since I was so unpleasant and dissatisfied [in my career], I told myself, ‘Ok, fine, I am just a yupjun,’ and named my band with a rebellious attitude.” He began by renting a room at Seoul’s Tower Hotel to serve as a creative base for the group. After six months of preparation, the group cut ten powerful songs filled with monster grooves, fuzz guitar, emotive singing, and top-notch songwriting. The album was pressed up as a broadcast-only promotional vinyl to test radio response; the response wasn’t what anyone expected, and the record label refused to release the album. The band re-recorded the album, but it is this, the original ten track version, that has become legendary—with good reason. An astounding record, and one that we are privileged to bring to the rest of the world for the first time. The 180 gram vinyl version comes in a deluxe old-style jacket, with OBI, and has a full color insert with liner notes and rare photos; the deluxe mini-LP sleeve CD version has a 20-page booklet with rare photos, and great stories about Shin Joong Hyun and his continuing place of prominence in the Korean music scene.
180 gram pressing, in a heavy old 1960’s style “tip-on” jacket, with OBI and insert, enclosed in a re-sealable mylar bag - Companion to much-heralded Light in the Attic label compilation, Shin Joong Hyun “Beautiful Rivers and Mountains”.
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Band:WE ALL TOGETHER
Album:WE ALL TOGETHER
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
40th anniversary edition—and for the first time, taken from a pristine master, which restores missing elements to several songs! Those of you with a more than slight acquaintance with rare psych will know that We All Together were among the best Beatlesque pop/rock bands of the early '70s. In fact, when the people of Peru first heard We All Together in 1972, they thought that the band was a foreign group, because of the high production values of their tracks. The reason for We all together’s excellence is simple: the band members had been around many years, first as New Juggler Sound, and then as Laghonia. Both of the We All Together albums were influenced by late period Beatles music: the vocal harmonies, melodic tunes and sophisticated arrangements, blending keyboards, acoustic guitars and electric guitars in a graceful manner. We All Together had an affinity for Paul McCartney's engaging melodicism more than anything, to the point of covering a couple of his obscure, early solo tunes. Yet it's the original compositions—fourteen of the eighteen tracks on this CD—that make this album special: 'It’s A Sin To Go Away' is a South American psychedelic classic, which begins with Procol Harum style organ, then hits you with thick fuzz guitar riffs, and backward and phased guitar solos; 'Hey Revolution' sounds like a White Album era outtake with Lennon-esque vocals and hard blues guitar riffs. The Peruvian scene at the beginning of the 1970's, still heavily influenced by the psychedelic experimentation of the 1960's, colored the way that the band shaped its songs, made its drawings, and developed its recording techniques. For this 40th anniversary release, we're pleased to be able to include eight bonus tracks, including acoustic demos outlining possible songs for a new album, only one of which only was ever recorded (‘Symbol queen’). This special mini-LP sleeve edition comes with a silkscreen replica promo poster, and other colorful ephemera, including photos and drawings and lyrics from the Cornejo archives. A limited, hand-numbered edition of 400 copies, meticulously remastered from the original master tape reels (unplayed since 1972). The definitive edition of an important album.
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Band:CONGREGACION
Album:CONGREGACION VIENE
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Congregación was the most legendary of the many excellent bands of the early 1970’s Chilean music scene—one could easily say that for many people, this album has had the impact of a religious experience. There is good reason for that: Congregación’s music has a highly evocative sense of space, using natural sounds, native Andean instruments, and acoustic textures to foreground ecologist and mystic Antonio Smith's soaring melodies and deeply felt, philosophical lyrics. The results make this one of those perfect albums that works just as well on a Sunday morning as it does late at night. If things had worked out differently for Smith and Congregación, this album might be as well-known (and well-loved) as comparable albums— comparable masterpieces—Milton Nascimento's “Clube de Esquina,” and Joyce and Nelson Angelo's eponymous album. Unfortunately, Smith’s lyrics earned him the enmity of the Chilean military dictatorship; he was forced to flee the country and “Viene…” (IRT, 1972) proved to be the band’s only release. Still, we’re lucky to have this album, with its perfect sequence of gentle, undulating, heavily-textured arrangements supporting Smith’s plaintive, intimate and searching vocals. The result is an atmosphere of peace and enlightenment, with deep and introspective moments of great quality; incredibly beautiful. Congregación band member Carlos Vittini gave some insight into Smith's charismatic mysticism: "I still get excited about how a musician has a great place in capturing the sensibility of the people. I knew the immense creative capacity of Antonio. From the sound of a bird, he speaks, capturing in passing the chirp of a chincol (sparrow) singing in a square, where these memories were made—from this he created a song." A highly recommended album, surely one of the pinnacles of dreamy psychedelia, despite its relative obscurity and undeniable rarity. Our deluxe, mini-LP gatefold jacket edition comes with a bi-lingual 32-page booklet, which explores the story of Congregación in the context of the rich Chilean rock music scene.
Limited edition of 500 copies, packaged in a deluxe 1960’s style tip-on gatefold jacket - Bi-lingual 32-page booklet, which explores the story of Congregación in the context of the rich Chilean rock music scene.
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Band:TOM CONSTANTEN
Album:MOVED TO STANLEYVILLE
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Folk
Tom Constanten has been astounding audiences with his musical versatility since the late 1950’s, appearing with THE GRATEFUL DEAD at such popular venues as The Fillmore Auditorium, Playboy After Dark and the original Woodstock Festival. His music has thrilled listeners worldwide on the stage as well as behind–the–scenes as composer of original works for film and Theatre productions. As Professor of Music at SUNY Buffalo and the San Francisco Art Institute (1974-1984), budding musicians who studied under his teaching drew on Constanten’s vast musical knowledge and aptitude…. time & again. He performed as Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University, and consulted for the Smithsonian Institution. A Renaissance Man-in-Black with flowing white hair, purposeful mismatched socks and avant-Garde humor, is fluent in several languages and comfortable with many cultures. Ken Foust was a founding member of IKO, a regional “Dead” band in the 1980s. Ken has since moved on to original musical projects, but the influence is there. For example, Ken helped found Hot Wax in 1989, another regionally popular blues/Jamband (see Spreadbase, 10/27/1990). Studying classical piano with TC since the early naughties, the idea of a jam band developed. That band is called “Tom Constanten & His Able-Bodied Posse”. Out of that band arose the “Moved To Stanleyville” project; a collection of original songs written by both TC and Ken w/ a few other choice selections thrown in
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Band:BULLFROG
Album:LIVE AT ROCKPALAST
Label:SIREENA
Format:DVD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
In 1978 Bullfrog once again toured across Germany and the bordering countries. Final concert of this tour was a recording for Rockpalast Television on December 6th, 1978, in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. On stage the hardrock carousel turned around voiceful singer Gerd Hoch, his voice was THE trademark of Bullfrog. On guitar, Sebastian Leitner, who was able to get everybody on his feet. Haralt Kaltenecker on Keyboards impressed the characteristic sound of the group with his scratchy-dirty sound of organ, clavinet, and synthesizer. On top the all-out rhythmband with bass player Robert „Topsy“ Wimmer (also producer of the 2nd vinyl „High in Spirits“) and drummre Achim Wielert (former EPITAPH and BREAKFAST) who rounded up the Heavy sound. Bullfrog presented the most popular songs of all their albums on stage of Rockpalast Unfortunately that night there was a complete breakdown of the monitor system during the whole recording. A real nightmare on such a huge stage like Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. The musicians could not hear each other and the singer could not even hear his own voice…. Against all odds the concert was a success because there were many positive feedbacks by phone at WDR. Especially the song „L.A. Police No.55“, which tells a story about bankrobbing, was requested by the tvviewers. Thus the title has been played in addition to the usual repeats on January 7th, 1979, during a Rockpalast Festival. On DVD for the very first time...
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Band:TRIBUTE
Album:BREAKING BARRIERS
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
The Swedish symphonic rock group Tribute made four records during the eighties. Breaking Barriers is their second album, originally recorded and released in 1986. This is the first album where the band is joined by french drummer Pierre Moerlen (ex Gong/Mike Oldfield). The sound was now getting sharper compared to the first album New Views. Breaking Barriers is more in the direction of jazz fusion, even though the more poetic quality of the previous album is still to be heard. One of the songs of the album is "Diesel Enginee", a duet for two bass guitars that became one of the bands hits and was performed on every concert throughout their carreer. The Swedish symphonic rock group Tribute made four records during the eighties. Breaking Barriers is their second album, recorded and released in 1986. This is the first album where the band is joined by french drummer Pierre Moerlen (ex Gong/Mike Oldfield). The sound was now getting sharper compared to the first album New Views. Breaking Barriers is more in the direction of jazz fusion, even though the more poetic quality of the previous album is still to be heard. One of the songs of the album is "Diesel Enginee", a duet for two bass guitars that became one of the bands hits and was performed on every concert throughout their carreer.
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Band:BRONCO BULLFROG
Album:CLARIFOIL / NEVER BEEN TO CALIFORNIA
Label:STATE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Garage Punk
Bronco Bullfrog issued a pile of great records across the early part of the century (that’s this one!!!), wowed small crowds in the UK and did amazingly well in Spain. Those who heard and saw ’em fell passionately in love with their “technicolour pop” sound. But it’s all a long time ago now, with their last album seeing the light of day in 2004 and a compilation appearing slightly later on the prestigious Rev-Ola label. What makes Bronco Bullfrog so special and endearing is that both then and now they have never been, or had the slightest inkling to be, fashionable. All obsessive record collectors and pop music fanatics, the trio of Mike Poulson (vocals/guitar), Louis Comfort-Wiggett (bass/vocals) and Andy Morten (drums/vocals) avoid obvious genre mimicking or being a part of any movement. This isn’t Mark E Smith anti-fashion or deconstructionism, but it’s not wear your influences on your sleeve plagiarism either. What the Broncos do so well is to take their inspirations and aspirations and play them hard and with abandon.
These two songs sound as good, if not better, than anything they cut the first time round. “Recording at Sandgate Sound is a dream,” says Andy of State Records’ in-house facility, “albeit a slightly damp, smelly one. Marty and Mole really know their onions and, more importantly, they know their pop music too. We can tell 'em that we want a track to sound like Plastic Penny circa Currency and they know what we mean. I don't really like the sound of any of the old Bronco records but I love the sound of the new stuff, especially 'Clarifoil'.”
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Band:THE HIGHER STATE
Album:POTENTIALLY EVERYONE IS YOUR ENEMY
Label:STATE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Garage Punk
Like the proverbial prodigal son, the UK’s reigning folk-rock lordsThe Higher State return to State Records after an absence of almost 6 years [the group gave the label its inaugural release - the now long-out-of-print 'And In Time' 7"]. And they're back with a vengeance!! These 2 new sides burn with an intensity so often absent from today's spineless rehashings, offering a cavalcade of cluster and stomp straight outta the West Coast, circa '66.
Call it garage punk, call it folk rock, call it psychedelic, call it what you want; stuff it into the nearest and most convenient pigeonhole you can find; box it, label it, file it away, but first…LISTEN. The Higher State offer YOU this opportunity to hitch a ride—where's this trip headed? No idea, but it'll be fun finding out.
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Band:SHONEN KNIFE
Album:BURNING FARM
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Proto Punk
Shonen Knife's debut. Burning Farm (1983) was the debut album of vocalist and guitarist Naoko Yamano, drummer and backing vocalist Atsuko Yamano, and bassist and vocalist Michie Nakatani, a.k.a. Shonen Knife. A throwback to 70's power-pop a la the Ramones or Devo, with some Beatles mixed in, and titles and lyrics that are either silly, disjointed, and/or surreal a la the B-52s. Most of the songs here are in Japanese, but the English translations are included.
Now available again at a super low price!
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Band:SHONEN KNIFE
Album:PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Proto Punk
Osaka trio Shonen Knife's 1984 album and their sophomore effort!
Shonen Knife, which transliterates as Shonen Naifu, literally “Boy Knife,” is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock acts, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs expressing infectious melodies and simplistic, exuberant lyrics sung both in Japanese and English. Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their long career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal ’90s alternative rock acts such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross. The band has been credited with making “the international pop underground more international” by “opening it up to bands from Japan”. They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.
Now available again at a super low price!
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Band:SHONEN KNIFE
Album:712
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Proto Punk
Osaka trio Shonen Knife's FOURTH Album now available again at a super low price! For those of you who are unaware of Shonen Knife, they are a Japanese female rock band that emerged in the early 80's. Their first three albums are considered lo-fi classics. The sound of these albums is almost like a cross between the Ramones and the Shaggs: simple, unpretentious, amateurish, quirky, joyous pop (that fans of the Vaselines, Beat Happening, and Daniel Johnston should love). However, the band is probably best known for their later incarnation: a hyper-cute sugar rush of wellproduced pop punk. This started with "Let's Knife" (which featured reworkings of songs from their first 3 albums), and peaked with the excellent "Rock Animals" and "Brand New Knife."
Now available again at a super low price!
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Band:FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE
Album:WE HUMANS
Label:DINNER WITH DAISY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Genre defying, style blending art-pop pranksters FRENCH FOR CARTRIDGE are back with their new album “We Humans” - the follow-up to the critically acclaimed “Liquorice” from 2010. Formed as an attempt to create atonal pop music whilst at Goldsmiths, the male/female fronted band has garnered support from Stuart Maconie/BBC 6 Music, Rob Da Bank/BBC Radio 1, Artrocker, The Wire, Organ and Resonance FM amongst others.
“Like Mary Poppins on an acid trip.” – Artrocker.com
“Pretty damn progressive! In an arch sort of way.” – Byron Coley/The Wire
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:BIG NECK RECORDS STORE DAY
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:vinyl 7"
Genre:Garage Punk
This record is a limited edition punk must-have! The Livids, X-Rays, Cheap Freaks and (Stop Worrying And) Love The Bomb have come together on an epic vinyl release. The 7-inch comes in multi-colored vinyl. The Livids, from Brooklyn NY (FT. Eric Davidson of New Bomb Turks), offer a new take on the “gunk punk” sound to the album, while the XRays bring their UK punk-rock to the mix. Cheap Freaks throw in their Dublin City garage punk, along with Love The Bomb’s self –proclaimed “sub-sub genre of neo-proto-punk 2nd wave” and out comes the collection you’ll find on the “Big Neck Record Store Day Compilation”. The record is a limited edition punk must-have.
Cheap Freaks touring with Beady Eye in UK/Euorpe • X-Rays have been on hiatus and came out with this new song to celebrate their rebirth • First released song from Eric Davidson of the New Bomb Turks new band the Livids
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Band:SOME SORT OF THREAT
Album:NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:SINGER/SONGWRITER
Some Sort Of Threat is the solo project from Rory Matthews, a young man from Exeter with a penchant for some seriously concise songwriting. Taking influences from folk, punk, pop to create catchy, insightful songs which never break the 2 minute mark. ‘Not the End of the World’ is an impressively accomplished debut EP, the result of years of constant writing, demoing & touring. RIYL Bragg/Turner etc...
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Band:ACID DROP
Album:THE END OF DAYS
Label:TNS RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The second album from Leeds outfit ACiD DROP. Already well established on the UK's underground scene, ACiD DROP put on an explosive live show renown for crown participation and a tongue in cheek sense of humour, usually leaving everyone involved disheveled but in want of more. The rowdy Yorkshire based quartet are often compared with the up-tempo skate sounds of Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords bands with the sing along anthems of Side One Dummy bands, drawing influence from the likes of NOFX, The Briggs, Bad Religion, Flogging molly and Gaslight Anthem with a pinch of The Slackers.
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Band:SPECTRAL LORE / MARE COGNITUM
Album:SOL.
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
After the underground success of last year's record "Sentinel", SPECTRAL LORE is back with concept-album shared with the US one-man band MARE COGNITUM, to our ears one of the most surprising black metal acts of 2012. "SOL" is not a typical split album, but a collaboration on many levels, starting from the conceptual and moving on to the musical. As the bands declare, "Themes and riffs have been cross-referenced and transfigured, structures have been put in proportion, lyrics have been written in parallel. Conceptually, it is an attempt at a kind of cosmological philosophy; searching the vast, cold expanses of the universe(-s) for traces of meaning and purpose. What it is out there that is fundamental, absolute and shared? What can we learn about ourselves by looking outward, to the void and the inanimate?" Search for your own answers by getting lost in the cosmic black metal of SPECTRAL LORE and MARE COGNITUM, which offer here 3 majestic tracks to be reckoned as their best material so far.
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Band:LONNDOM
Album:VIDDERNAS LP
Label:Eisenwald
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:FOLK METAL
After a longer time of creation the swedish duo returns with a complete acoustic album. 12 tracks that witness of great creative force and a wonderful, homogeneous and open-style album of rare beauty. A journey, an honest confession to nature and at the same time an escape from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life and modernity. The magic of folk is brought back by an untainted act marked by isolated and melancholic feelings and reminding us our own evocative strength.Listening to these songs is like seeing through the eyes of a northern-land wanderer: wide landscapes wearing the autumn colors, snow covered mountains under clear blue sky, endless horizons and feeling the warm hearths of grandfathers families. Dive into "Viddernas Tolv Kapitel" and experience a profound emotional journey ! • Deluxe limited vinyl edition, 500 copies
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Band:FORTERESSE
Album:LE HIVERS DE NOTRE EPOQUE
Label:Eisenwald
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Black Metal
SECOND FULL LENGTH OF BLACK METAL FROM QUÉBEC AS LIMITED VINYL EDITION !
With the 2nd album Forteresse ventured into more epic territories, based around Québec's glorious winters, seen through a historical perspective. Icy cold sound and guitar leads, a gripping Black Metal piece of art. MARKETING AND PROMOTION • promotional ads/flyers mailed directly to consumers, labels, shops, distributors & tagged in CDs • Intense internet promotion and several adds in printed magazines “Les Hivers de Notre Époque is an album that, through its epic grandeur and its painted schematics cannot be denied its own sense of worth. Albums that speak the truth in a real and natural way, that have something real to say and don't just tell stories or whine of self-defeating misanthropy, are worth their weight in gold in a scene today that has lost its own path.”
Deluxe limited vinyl edition, 500 copies • 180g black vinyl, outer-jacket with silverprint, heavy cardboard inner bag and A2 poster
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Band:ANTIGAMA
Album:METEOR
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
ANTIGAMA’s sixth studio full-length since forming in 2000, “Meteor” is the revered act’s first proper album since 2009’s acclaimed “Warning”, and following two LPs with Relapse Records, will see the band returning to longtime allies Selfmadegod Records, their first LP for the label since 2005’s innovative “Zeroland”. The recently completed composition “Meteor” once again proves all over again why the band continually reaps such accolades with the media fans as both one of the most brutal bands of the genre as well as one of the most cutting-edge. With eleven new tracks of primal ANTIGAMA annihilation, “Meteor” reverts back to some of the bands more intimately brutal early material with thirty minutes of ultra-tight grindcore explosiveness, yet continues to carry the band’s detrimentally inventive edge, integrating brief progressive soundtrack ventures and more noise and programming elements. Recorded at Progresja Studio in Warsaw with producer Pawel "Janos" Grabowski (Masachist, Lost Soul) and mastered by Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pig Destroyer), the album also features a guest appearance by Michal Lapaj from world renowned Polish progressive rock band Riverside
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Band:THE CHEATERSLICKS
Album:ROCK N ROLL GRAVEYARD
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Second album by popular Rockabilly outfit from Bristol.
18 brand new, self penned, well written and well recorded tracks.
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Band:MICKEY AND THE MUTANTS
Album:TOUCH THE MADNESS
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Debut album from a UK Psychobilly band with a great pedigree
Mickey is Mick White, ex Meteors. The Meteors were the originators of the Psychobilly genre and Mick was in the band for their classic Mutant Rock/Wrecking Crew period. The band also feature Sharks drummer: Hodge. The Sharks are another of the scene’s luminaries and therefore this band are attracting a lot of attention.
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Band:THE KINGS OF OUTER SPACE
Album:HOW TO FLY A ROCKET
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Second album from popular UK Psychobilly band.
The Kings Of Outer Space’s first album got a lot of national airplay and was a good selling release. The band are now performing live again and this is a strong follow up album.
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Band:BEATALLICA
Album:ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“All You Need Is Blood” is the result of a worldwide Beatalli-Banger (code for a Beatallica Fan) initiative where they transcribed "All You Need Is Blood" into 13 different versions; English, Portuguese, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Hebrew, Italian, Mexican Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, and South Korean.
Now available again at a super low price!
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Band:BEATALLICA
Album:SGT HETFIELDS MOTORBREATH PUB BAND
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Remember the band Dread Zeppelin? Well, here's a reminder -- they're a band that caused a minor stir in the early '90s when they took Led Zeppelin classics, added a dash of reggae, and were fronted by an Elvis Presley impersonator (who alternated between reciting Zeppelin and Elvis lyrics). It was perhaps only a matter of time until another group came along that mashed together two other renowned rock acts, and while Zeppelin and Elvis aren't exactly universes apart musically, the Beatles and Metallica are -- which makes the emergence of Beatallica much more of a curiosity. And somehow the band (whose members go by such colorful nom de plumes as Jaymz Lennfield, Grg Hammettson, Kliff McBurtney, and Ringo Larz) mixes and matches Beatles and Metallica riffs/lyrics pretty flawlessly -- as evidenced throughout 2007's Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band. The next time you're going to party with headbanging pals, put on Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band toward the end of the night, and watch their mullets spin as they enter this bizarro world!
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Band:BEATALLICA
Album:MASTERFUL MYSTERY
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Masterful Mystery Tour is the official follow up to Sgt. Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band, the album that owes its initial legal existence to the coolness that is Lars Ulrich with the official blessing from the Metallica camp. Recorded on the heels of their All You Need Is Blood EP and the Drinkus Maximus World Tour, Beatallica along with their producer and engineer Flemball Rasmartin, have hit their stride for maximum awesomeness, taking their sound to a whole new blistering level. Beatallica’s technically brilliant musicianship and uncanny ability to craft two polar opposites into new unique must hear songs, continues to separate them from the pack.
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Band:PAS MUSIQUE
Album:ABANDONED BIRD EGG
Label:ALREALON MUSIQUE
Format:CD
Genre:Avantgarde/Electronic
PAS Musique are back with their new "Abandoned Bird Egg" release. 12 new multi layered tracks explore experimental beats with eastern percussion and dark synth soundscapes. "Abandoned Bird Egg" refers to the forgotten relation to nature and to the internal self that humans have distanced themselves from in modern society. 12 new tracks explore meditative compositions through the use of repetition, beats, and field recordings.
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Band:CONCRETE LUNG
Album:SUBTRACT NERVE
Label:ARMALYTE INDUSTRIES
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
Having recently headlined their first show in Sydney, Australia, and following the limited edition vinyl release of the ‘Die Dreaming’ single, Concrete Lung return with 4 new slabs of industrial doom, and an epic re-recording of ‘Flux’, originally found on their ‘Versions Of Hell’ debut.
CL play a rare, one-off UK show on Saturday 7 September at Electrowerkz, London. (TBC) • Concrete Lung confirmed to play Alt-Fest 2014.
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Band:WITCH CROSS
Album:AXE TO GRIND
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Mastered by Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Blind Guardian) and mixed by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Anvil), WITCH CROSS' Axe to Grind is the band's first full-length of all-new material since 1984's heavy metal classic Fit for Fight, reissued to widespread acclaim last year by HELLS HEADBANGERS. Picking up where they left off in the glorious '80s, WITCH CROSS nevertheless inject their trademark power & glory with a newfound urgency and grit that never betrays their roots in the ancient ways of heavy metal mayhem. Neither "old school" nor "new school," WITCH CROSS prove that the masters are back - and school's in session!
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Band:INTOXICATED
Album:ROCK N ROLL HELL PATROL
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Fueled by sex, drinks, and Satan, INTOXICATED are coming to terrorize your town with their Rock N Roll Hellpatrol! Encompassing the entire spectrum of dirty, sleazy metalpunk from ancient times, INTOXICATED's Rock N Roll Hellpatrol debut charges forward like a motorcycle out of hell, billowing toxic smoke and violently shaking the foundations of everything it passes on its way to the next party to dominate and destroy. Each song here - whether it's "Crush Your Local Disco," "Lock Up Your Daughters," or the penultimate "Slutanic Speed Metal" is an anthem of annihilation, a harbinger of hedonism, a manifesto of maximalism: you can't escape the Rock N Roll Hellpatrol! Recommended for diehards of MOTORHEAD, RAZOR, BULLDOZER, CARNIVORE, and BROKEN BONES
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Band:GRAVEWURM
Album:INFERNAL MINIONS
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The American band's ninth full-length overall, GRAVEWURM's Infernal Minions "represents our continued path of worshipping the ancient gods of black metal," says founding vocalist/guitarist Funeral Grave. With cover art done by MASSACRE's Kam Lee, Infernal Minions indeed pays respect to the blackened altar of Hellhammer and Venom, Burzum and Beherit, Goatloard and Grand Belial's Key. Obstinate in their refusal to compromise, dedicated to the bitter end: For 23 years now, GRAVEWURM have been their own masters, and Infernal Minions is the aggregate accumulation of their arcane wisdom.
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Band:JOEL GRIND
Album:THE YELLOWGOAT SESSIONS
Label:Hells Headbangers
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
The solo project of the selfsame TOXIC HOLOCAUST founder/frontman, JOEL GRIND's The Yellowgoat Sessions bears many similarities to the early days of TOXIC HOLOCAUST - especially the Critical Mass 2002 demo (also released by HHR) - but goes down a darker, dirtier, decidedly more primitive route. The (toxic) result is 10 tracks of raw and fuzzed-out rock 'n' roll / metal / punk in the vein of the first Bathory album and early Motorhead, take it or leave it! Says JOEL GRIND, "If you are looking for over-produced shit that passes as 'metal' today, this is NOT for you!"
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Band:GIMP FIST
Album:MARCHING ON AND ON
Label:SUNNY BASTARDS
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Britain´s Finest in Punk & Oi are back! Gimp Fist is “Marching on and on” and brings you 13 new melodic, classical Punk/Oi tracks and their songwriting and talent for hymns are really something special!
Songs like “Waste away”, “Which side are you on”, “Back on my feet” or “British bullets” bringing back the traditional catchy old school 77-Punk music. Times were Clash, 999, Cockney Rejects and all that heroes ruled the scene and don´t give a fuck about society, their laws and just writing songs with clear messages for underdog!
After their great success in and outside the scene, several great gigs and festival events…Gimp Fist are something like a “brand mark”. Their Debut “Your time has come” and 2nd album “The Place where I belong” leads the way and now:This is their moment, this is their time…and they won´t be afraid to be the first in line…. “Marching on and on” is released on CD in a special Digipack edition
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Band:CURVATURE
Album:BELIEVE
Label:Ravenheart
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Curvature is a refreshingly different new band based in Buckinghamshire, combining the fast, heavy riffage of traditional metal with massive pop hooks and powerful female vocals. Built of five experienced musicians from a variety of genres, Curvature is intensely driven, heavily melodic – and always unexpected.
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Band:NO ZU
Album:LIFE
Label:METAL POSTCARD
Format:LP
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Debut Album by Melbourne based Punk Funk House Outfit No Zu . Released on Sensory Projects in Australia as a CD and Digital Release. This Vinyl edition has been licensed for international release by Metal Postcard
Imagine a fabulous punk funk and house stew that some how encompasses the Avalanches, The Pop Group, The Slits, Pigbag and the European Avant-Garde.
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Band:PINKS QUIETER
Album:PINKS QUIETER
Label:METAL POSTCARD
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
"Some days, the Internet can feel like and endless trove of musical riches — like on Friday, when a friend linked me to Pinks Quieter, an artist blending airy new age music with the thump and pop of D.C. go-go. Turns out, Pinks Quieter is the alias of Charlie Salas-Humara, 38, of Portland, Ore., a musician who, after years of touring in progrock bands The Planet The and Panther, currently releases most of his material under another alias, Grapefruit.I tracked down Salas-Humara to ask how a guy living in the Pacific-Northwest came up with the most psychedelic gogo album we’ve ever heard." THE WASHINGTON POST
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Band:REYKJAVICTIM
Album:XIAO DI FANG
Label:METAL POSTCARD
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
"Man straps keyboard to guitar. All hell breaks loose. He sounds like a full band, but siphoned through one person, which makes for an interesting live show with McRae’s set up featuring a guitar, keyboard and lots and lots of wires. Electronic beats are merged with bursts of guitar for a sound that is equal parts Kraftwerk and Brian Jonestown Massacre". TIME OUT
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Band:ASADO
Album:EQUIPPED TO FAIL
Label:FOND OF LIFE
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Born from the ashes of the Skatepunk band 3DayBinge in the frozen wastelands of Winnipeg, Canada Asado now brings forth their very own brand of Punkrock. Armed with their powerful signature voice, a punishing rhythm section and remarkably tight twin guitar action, their music is like a breath of fresh air. After their selftitled debut album in 2008, ‘Equipped To Fail’ will be Asado’s first full length release with Fond Of Life Records. The album was recorded in multiple DIY sessions but also at Private Ear Studios (Propagandhi, Comeback Kid, The Weakerthans etc) in Winnipeg.
For Fans of Propagandhi or Lagwagon
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Band:FROM THIS DAY ON
Album:OPEN LETTERS TO ONES WHO KNOW
Label:FOND OF LIFE
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
From This Day On started as a band in Berlin, Germany early 2007. After a number of EP self-releases, ‘Open Letters To Ones Who Know’ will now be the first Album release on Fond Of Life Records. The band has toured all over Europe and with the new album available, From This Day On will make sure to be on the road as much as possible. ‘Open Letters To Ones Who Know’ is a concept album and comes in a thick cardboard Digipack with a nice airmail style envelope artwork. Included are eight tracks, each representing a letter covering bitter sweet, sometimes tragic and alway very personal topics. From This Day On try to mix the massive and heavy instrumental sound with a very melodic singer to come up with a somewhat unique, fresh and modern hardcore mix.
This is Hardcore, heavy and dark at times, yet very melodic. For Fans of Defeater etc...
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Band:GRAVEYARD OF SOULS
Album:SHADOWS OF LIFE
Label:FDA REKOTZ
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
GRAVEYARD OF SOULS presents with „Shadows Of Life“ their debut full length album. The music of the North- Spaniards stands for atmosphere, wonderful melodies, melancholy and emotions. 8 songs + Intro at just 44 minutes which move the listener into another world. Melodic Death/Doom Metal for fans of Tiamat 's "Clouds", Paradise Lost 's "Shades Of God" or Crematory's „... Just Dreaming“.
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Band:POTENTIAL THREAT
Album:CIVILIZATION UNDER THREAT
Label:OSM Records
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Originally formed as a five-piece in 1986, POTENTIAL THREAT SF has shared the stage with everyone from TESTAMENT to SLAYER to CRO-MAGS to NUCLEAR ASSAULT, and just recently returned from touring with DEATH ANGEL. Their hardworking, no-holds-barred attitude carries over to their live shows. Though they put every ounce of grit and determination into their set, they still manage not to sound like angry old fucks. Their mentality is simple — it's just as easy for a band to get the audience involved in their show as it is to be pissed off and push them away. In short, they still have fun and show it on stage and to the fans, regardless of how long they've been playing or how many people are in the attendance.
POTENTIAL THREAT SF consists of Mike Noble on lead vocals and lead/rhythm guitar, Daniel Sheridan on lead/rhythm guitar, Kenny Noble on drums and Damien Sisson (also in DEATH ANGEL) on bass.
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Band:AD INFERNA
Album:DSM
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
AD INFERNA has chosen to break down the barriers of musical genres to offer their own musical, virtual and thematic style: each production is different, unique and synthesizes their own personal evolution. AD INFERNA continue their musical evolution with their new 100 percent electronic album called DSM produced and mastered by Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper, NamNamBulu). The concept of 9 tracks is an electronic psychoanalysis, punctuated by catchy melodies which only Orias has the secrecy and the sound incantations sung in French by Arkames. The only glimmer of hope seems to come from lyrical flights of Asphodel. Warning, if the atmosphere is unhealthy, terribly black and spell all the pieces that make up DSM are pure bombs assembled by expert hands of Vasi Vallis to make carnage in the Klubs. DSM is the ultimate tool and essential for any self-respecting DJ. It s cutting, killer and addicting.
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Band:ALKEMIC GENERATOR
Album:THE ONERIC GEOMETRY
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
A newly formed Italian trio that fuses classic EBM and darkwave music with a hint of rock, a dash of tribal and strong operatic female vocals. They successfully manage to combined their musical pedigrees and seamlessly merge various sounds/styles while also creating strong melodies and powerful hooks. Their debut album “The Oniric Geometry” will be released in February 2013. Close your eyes and imagine Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, The Gathering and Qntal all merged with danceable electronics!
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Band:PSEUDO INTELLECTUALS
Album:DOPE GRINDWORK
Label:PLANETWORKS
Format:CD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Upbeat, cutting-edge urban music with a dash of jazz. It's not your mother's rap music! The Pseudo Intellectuals: a hip-hop, funk, acid jazz and jam trio widely regarded as one of the most cutting-edge musical forces on the Buffalo music scene. The trio— Tone Atlas, DJ Cutler, Nick Zero— is heavily augmented by the likes of Brownman, DJ Tommee, 25 Metro, Shut Eyes, Dr. Ooo, A. L. Third and VJ Brown and has just dropped a new album, “Dope Grindwork.” The record blends killer DJ skills with a multi-idiomatic approach to groove music that seamlessly marries sampled jazz figures with smart rapping, killer live musicianship and pristine production.
If you like A Tribe Called Quest, you'll love Pseudo Intellectuals.
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Band:NIHILISM INCARNATE
Album:DECONSTRUCT THE AEONS
Label:ABYSSUS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Progressive Death Metal par excellence!
On tour in the UK this Summer!
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Band:PERVERSE DEPENDENCE
Album:PATTERNS OF DEPRAVITY
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Brutal Russian Death Metallers
RIYL Disgorge, Disrupt etc.
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Band:PARASITIC EJACULATION
Album:RATIONING THE SACRED REMAINS
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
US slamming Death Metal act
RIYL Devourment and Vulvectomy.
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Band:ALEXANDER GLAVNY
Album:WITHOUT WASTE WORDS
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Instrumental Neoclassical Doom Metal
Alexander was in Mournful Gust and Autumnia amongst other bands...
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Band:ARS MORIENDI
Album:DU TREFONDS D`UN ETRE
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
French atmospheric Black Metallers
RIYL Alcest and Arcturus
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Band:KILLUS
Album:FEEL THE MONSTER
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
Spanish Industrial Metal act's new album
RIYL NIN, Depeche Mode and Manson
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Band:SECRETPATH
Album:WANDERER AND THE CHOICE
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Italian four piece who combine elements of Death, Black and Gothic Metal with traditional Folk and Prog influences...
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Band:UNSOULDED
Album:EVOLVE.
Label:ART GATES
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Spanish contemporary Thrash Metallers
RIYL Helloween and Overkill
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Band:SPIRITROW
Album:THE SIGNS
Label:FOG FOUNDATION
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Heavy Groovy Thrash in the Soulfly style.
RIYL Soulfly or Sepultura.
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Band:FRACTAL GATES
Album:BEYOND THE SELF
Label:GREAT DANE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Prog Melodic Death Metal...
Feats members of Edge Of Sanity and Septic Flesh.
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Band:NO RETURN
Album:PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION
Label:GREAT DANE
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
New album by the French thrashers
Considered one of the "Big Four" French Thrash bands!
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Band:LYR DROWNING
Album:BEYOND THE BORDERS
Label:GREAT DANE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The French answer to Opeth !
Progressive Death Metal: feats Seth from Septic Fleash.
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Band:DARKRISE
Album:REALEYES
Label:GREAT DANE
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Swiss Death Metallers 4th Album
RIYL Behemoth, Vader, Hate etc...
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Band:WITHDRAWN
Album:THE STRONGEST WILL
Label:GREAT DANE
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Black/Death Metal act from Bordeaux France
RIYL Monstrosity, Malevolent Creation and Angelcorpse
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Band:LUMBERJACK FEEDBACK
Album:HAND OF GLORY
Label:KAOTOXIN
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Great album of Instrumental Doom Metal !
RIYL Neurosis, Eye Hate God etc
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:IN GRINDO VERITAS
Label:KAOTOXIN
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
A gathering of 37 of France’s up-and-coming Grinding acts along with some renewed veterans (Gronibard, Pulmonary Fibrosis…) with either previously unreleased tracks (the vast majority) or exclusive versions (Nolentia, Trepan’Dead, Gronibard) for “A Collective Work of French Grindcore Intoxication” (the compilation’s subtitle) mastered by Dan O’Hare of Total Fucking Destruction at the Mark-It-Zero studios (Brutal Truth…), curated by Florian of Department Of Correction, promoted by Clawhammer PR, endorsed by France’s largest webzine VS-Webzine and with artwork provided by outstanding artist Luis Sendon (Brutal Truth, Obscene Extreme Fest, SWR Fest…).
From the crusty shores (Nolentia, Grist…) to the grinding Death Metal ones (Diktat), from the Goregrind insanity (Foetal Injury, Defecal Of Gerbe, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Gronibard…) to the technical Grind (Department Of Correction…), from traditional Grind (Yattaï, FaxE…) to cyber Grind (Mulk…) every subgenre of the 30 years old yet still raging Grindcore movement is featured, with a truck load of killer bands for the listener to discover… for the price of a single!
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Band:THE STONE
Album:SLOVENSKA KRV
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Serbian Cult Black Metal !
Reissue of classic 2002 album - Ltd to 1000 copies.
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Band:THE STONE
Album:ZAKON VALESA
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Cult Serbian Black Metal
Reissue of 20004 album - Ltd to 1000 copies
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Band:THE STONE
Album:CRNA HRONIKA
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Cult Serbian Black Metal
Collection of EP's from 2004 to 2010. Ltd to 1000 copies.
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Band:NEIGE ETERNELLE
Album:NEIGE ETERNELLE
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Eagerly awaited album from one of fastest up-and-coming Black Metal bands from Québec
RIYL old Gorgoroth, Sargeist, Peste Noire and the likes...
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Band:MONARQUE
Album:LYS NOIR
Label:SEPULCHRAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Already well-known by fans of the Québec Black Metal scene, Monarque is back with its first album in four years!
A classic BM album in all senses of the word, from the very 90’s feeling to the ice-cold sound and keyboard passages...
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Band:SPANKING HOUR
Album:DIVINATION
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Italian act's second album
A unique mix of Thrash/Prog and Southern Rock...
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Band:UMBRA NOCTIS
Album:IL PRIMO VOLO
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Italian Black Metal act
RIYL Taake or Spite Extreme Wing
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Band:BLACK MOTEL SIX
Album:FOR A LONG TIME
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Italian Alt-Metal act
RIYL Down or Machine Head
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Band:PHOBIC PLEASURE
Album:CASTIGAT RIDENDO MORES
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Italian Death/Thrash metallers...
Nine tracks of death / thrash mixed with a 70's prog groove
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Band:SRL
Album:de humane maiestate
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:cd
Genre:Death Metal
Italian Death/Thrash metal act
Blends doses of thrash and melodic Death Metal...
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Band:INFAMOUS
Album:ABISSO
Label:Masterpiece Distr
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Italian Black Metal act
RIYL old Finnish/Norwegian BM in the vein of Darkthrone and Horna
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Band:UNGRACE
Album:FEED THE DEMONS
Label:METAL SCRAP
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The second full-length album from the Ukrainian Industrial Death/Groove band.
RIYL Cryptopsy, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Decapitated, Chimaira, etc
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Band:GUT SLIT.
Album:SKEWERED IN THE SEWER
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Brutal Death Metal from India
RIYL Decrepancyr, Inveracity and Abnormality.
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Band:BERKOWITZ
Album:SENT TO DOMINATE
Label:GRAVITY ENTERTAINMENT
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Death / Black / Grind act from Berlin
Blistering Protest Metal !
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Band:MOONFROST
Album:STARFALL
Label:GRAVITY ENTERTAINMENT
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Swiss Black Metal bruisers
RIYL Farsot, Helrunar and Dark Fortress
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