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Band:TEAM SLEEP
Album:WOODSTOCK SESSIONS VOL. 4
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Team Sleep consists of a group of friends that includes members of such groups as The Deftones, Crosses, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Marilyn Manson within their ranks. The group’s 2005 selftitled debut album captivated the world with its experimental and at times unclassifiable amalgamation of musical styles. While reception for Team Sleep was positive, the individual projects of the members didn’t leave much time for a proper follow up. However in October of 2014, close to ten years after their debut, Chino Moreno, Chuck X, CrookOne, Rick Verret, Todd Wilkinson and Gil Sharone descended on at Applehead Studios (Coheed & Cambria, Chiodos ) in upstate NY.
The resulting record "Woodstock Sessions Vol 4" includes powerful reworkings of their classic material as well as official versions of songs heretofore only appearing in demo form.
"Hugely impressive" - Kerrang - 4K
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Band:CRUCIAMENTUM
Album:CHARNEL PASSAGES
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
With just a demo, a split, and an EP released under their repertoire, UK death metal band CRUCIAMENTUM already had a reputation as one of the most prominent death metal prospects today. With not even a full-length album released to their name, the band have already brought an awareness to the genre akin to what their counterparts in DEAD CONGREGATION and GRAVE MIASMA (in which CRUCIAMENTUM share two members with) have brought forth within the modern age of death metal as one of the leading bands within the new era. Even though at the time, with just their “Convocation Of Crawling Chaos” demo from 2009 (recognized as one of the best demos of modern day death metal) and their “Engulfed In Desolation” EP from 2011 under their belt, the band were quite active on the live front respectively. Having done several European and U.S. tours, played many exclusive shows, and played notable festivals such as Hell’s Pleasure and Killtown in Europe and Maryland Deathfest, Chaos In Tejas, Rites Of Darkness (twice), and Martyrdoom in the U.S. All this without the band having even released a full-length album. Following a slight hiatus, CRUCIAMENTUM would inevitably resurrect itself to finally deliver their debut full-length album “Charnel Passages”. Their mightiest work yet, “Charnel Passages” has already been deemed as one of the most anticipated death metal albums of the year. “Charnel Passages” is true dark death metal majesty in every sense of the word and will stand as the death metal monument of 2015. With dark atmosphere, pummeling brutality, and skillful playing all rendered with a clear yet massive, warm, and natural sounding production, “Charnel Passages” will make its impact on the death metal scene unlike any album in the genre released this year.
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Band:PISSGRAVE
Album:SUIICIDE EUPHORIA
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Philadelphia, PA’s PISSGRAVE are a new brutal and raw death metal band who have only one demo cassette, which sold out pretty much immediately, released under their name prior to their debut full-length album “Suicide Euphoria”. They have created a bit of a buzz in the American death metal underground, especially after supporting DEAD CONGREGATION on a short U.S. tour in the fall of 2014 which showcased the band’s devastating live set.
With their debut full-length “Suicide Euphoria”, PISSGRAVE have created one of the sickest, rawest, most depraved and violent death metal releases of the year. Sounding unlike anything going on in death metal today, PISSGRAVE will reveal themselves as one of the most promising prospects in underground death metal today.
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Band:SOFT MACHINE
Album:DROP - LP
Label:SIREENA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Prog Rock
In the early seventies West Germany was a great touring area for British rock bands. Here bands like Steamhammer, East of Eden or Curved Air got almost even greater success than in their homeland. This also included the Canterbury scene jazz rock band Soft Machine, the band was announced high, especially in college towns. These recordings were recorded during the tour in Germany in 1971. The tracks are known pieces from the legendary albums of the band "Third" (1970) and "Fifth" (1972), but the sound here is very dynamic and therefore novel. First of all the release shows an even greater devotion to jazz and free jazz. The quality of free-spirited saxophonist Elton Dean together with the influence of the brilliant drummer Phil Howard is outstanding. Most of the titles come from the pen of mastermind Mike Ratledge, who as always makes a convincing figure behind his Rhodes piano, and Hugh Hopper on bass is an institution in Soft Machine - been microstructure. These four guys supply an incredible stage performance, full of variety, Tempi- and chord changes, intensity and playfulness. Excursions in free jazz realm certainly delight as the successful versions of Soft Machine - classics like "All White", "Slightly All The Time" or "As If" - as examples only. A captivating sound document, which was prepared by Sireena sound guru Marlon Klein meticulously for a release on vinyl. The album is released, as we know it from Sireena, in a limited edition in colored 180 gram heavy-weight White vinyl.
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Band:ELECTRIC MOON
Album:THEORY OF MIND
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
"Theory Of Mind“ is impulsive and vibrant acidrock with all it’s acoustic spectral colours! Recorded in February 2014 at the „Kosmodrom“ in Heidelberg, this release yet again captivates with it’s excellent live sound, which perfectly renders the relaxed mood of the concert. The music itself is psychedelic acidrock at it’s best and comes in very powerfull, cool and trancy. It carries the listener in a pulsating and hypnotic manner to the place where the moon sprays it’s electric sparks: Into the endless cosmos of psychedelic music. Yet again, Electric Moon manage to provide what they promote: "The psychedelic experience“. The CD comes in a jewel case with beautiful, magic painting and design made by Lulu Artwork !
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Band:SHINDIG MAGAZINE
Album:ISSUE 48
Label:SILVERBACK PUBLISHING
Format:MAGAZINE
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Issue 48 of the Psych / Garage / Everything Retro bible...
Features : Serpent Power Liverpudian Psych supergroup takes on all corners / The Mystrys Australian shock‐horror beat merchants unmasked / Bow Street Runners Late blooming guitar psych from North Carolina / Mother Nature Eco‐concious British folk‐poppers’ work finally released / Art From pill and R&B to psychedelic rock and Island Records / Kamuran Akkor Turkey’s premier lady of pop, rock and folk fusion / Jorge Ben The Brazilian bossa man’s mystical, radicalized’ 70s / Squire A journey through 35 years of timeless mod‐pop / The Grateful Dead The fallout of the Summer Of Love and the birth of a national treasure: The Dead in the early ‘70s
Plus all the usaul news and reviews : Available at all good Independent Record Stores.
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Band:FLASHBACK MAGAZINE
Album:ISSUE 7
Label:FLASHBACK
Format:MAGAZINE
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Here’s the latest issue of this highly-regarded 60s & 70s music bookazine, packed with brand-new interviews and previously unseen images…Contents include: VASHTI BUNYAN In the summer of 1968, Vashti Bunyan set out for the Western Scottish Islands in a horse-drawn wagon. The album she made en route – and the journey itself – have become the stuff of legend. Here she tells her story in greater depth than ever before... THE BEACH BOYS A long-overdue reprint of Michael Vosse’s eyewitness account of the genius and chaos of Brian Wilson as he toiled on the doomed Smile album BILL EVANS The brilliant pianist’s sister-in-law Pat describes his unique relationship with her husband Harry JIMMY PAGE A long-lost interview from September 1970, just before the release of Led Zeppelin III, exhumed from the pages of Rock magazine RAW MATERIAL Responsible for two of the most sought-after LPs of the progressive era, this British quintet’s story is finally told EUPHORIA Having met on the Sunset Strip in 1964, William D. Lincoln and Hamilton Wesley Watt Jr. forged conceived one of the more audacious and extravagant albums of the decade FUZZY DUCK They were together for less than a year, but Fuzzy Duck made one of the most enduring hard rock albums of their era ORIENTAL SUNSHINE Late 60s Norway was far from pop’s cutting edge – but this sitar-toting trio’s sole album is a lost classic....Available at all good Independent Record stores.
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Band:THE OPTIC NERVE
Album:PENELOPE TUESDAY
Label:STATE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Garage Punk
Although born from the '80s New York garage scene, the Optic Nerve had nothing whatsoever in common with the movement other than their single-minded idealism to act as if the '80s and the synthesized music that surrounded them was not happening. Rather than using the blaring fuzz tones and screaming "put down" anthems of the garage rock revival, they took the jangling motifs of the Byrds, the Beatles, and a hint of the mid-'60s protest singers to create a sound that, if spawned in 1965, may have brought them success. In the mid-'80s however, '60s-styled folk-rock was not a huge seller—even with fans of the neo-garage scene. Acts like the Fuzztones, Cynics and Lyres may have achieved cult underground status, releasing a number of records between them and touring across Europe, but the Optic Nerve only released two singles during their brief existence and rarely played outside of Brooklyn.
Bobby Belfiore (main songwriter and singer) formed the nucleus of the band in 1985. Over their two-year tenure, a number of musicians went in and out of their ranks. However, lead guitarist and harmony vocalist Tony Matura was a mainstay, and the combination of his and Belfiore's sweet harmonies and folk-rock jangling gave the Optic Nerve their distinct quality. In 1993 and 1994, both Screaming Apple and Get Hip released posthumous albums, consisting of demos recorded throughout the mid- to late '80s.
In mid January 2005, Bobby and Tony got together with Tom Ward [Gravedigger V, Nashville Ramblers] on bass and Mike Linn [Iron Gates] on drums to record an album’s worth of material, which, for a variety of reasons, never saw the light of day. Fast forward 10 years, and State Records are very pleased to be able to offer 2 of the best cuts from that proposed album, and what a pair of gems they are! ‘Penelope Tuesday’ is instant summer hit material, a winning combination of the band’s trademark catchy riffs and joyous vocals, propelled by a bouncing, upbeat rhythm. The flipside, ‘Here To Stay’ shows the introspective, moodier side of the ‘Nerve, with a fragile, laid back approach— sparse, uncluttered, perfect. M
Limited to 500 copies on 7” vinyl with authentic push-out centre - Be quick or be a square.
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Band:FRENCH BOUTIK
Album:MIEUX COMME CA
Label:COPASE DISQUES
Format:VINYL
Genre:MOD / MOD REVIVAL
Following up on the heels of two stunning previous EP's, Mieux Comme Ça is the forthcoming double 7" vinyl outing from the Paris-based “Pop Moderniste” specialists known as French Boutik. Mieux Comme Ca features 3 brand new songs recorded and mixed at Yeah!Yeah!Yeah! Studios in Hamburg, plus the vinyl release of Tiptoes, French Boutik’s unlikely Madness adaptation, originally recorded for the Specialized 3: Mad Not Cancer cd compilation.
Mieux Comme Ca sees the Boutik exploring new musical territory, in keeping with their signature style that's both familiar and brand new ...intelligently crafted songs inspired by the 60s but not stuck in them ... sounds that are both fun and moving ... breaking through language barriers and touching listeners, both francophone and francophobic, worldwide. That unique style made its debut on French Boutik's first two copaseDisques releases: Les Chats de Gouttière (2012) and Ici Paris (2013), which both received fantastic reviews.
“Modernist pop” they call it. I call it bloody marvellous” (Shindig! Magazine – UK)
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:Ayahuasca Cumbias Psicodelicas Vol 1
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
What have we here? At first glance it seems like the missing volume from our Groove Club series, which it so easily could have been! In short, it's a stunning collection—which took more than fifteen years to put together—of tracks that combine cumbia with psychedelic rock. Starting in the late 1960's, there was a boom of tropical music in Peru, both in Lima and the provinces. The music called ‘cumbia peruana’ merged this tropical sound with that of psychedelic rock. Peculiar aspects of traditional Colombian cumbia were mixed with electric (often fuzz) guitar, played over native Andean and jungle rhythms; this combination provoked an explosion of original musical styles: an instrument to lead the way, usually from the introduction of the song; over this, hypnotic layers of keyboards or guitar with wah wah, and simple bass-lines; to top it off, syncopated rhythms from percussion instruments such as bongos, congas, huiros, cymbals, timbales, among others, often played at breakneck speed, to drive the song forward. Simple, funky, effective. In the end, it's like a sonic cousin to Nigerian music: these musicians liked guitar, they had a fondness for echo, and they loved a murky high-octane jam. Extremely limited mini-LP sleeve disc with 20- page bi-lingual, glossy, color booklet enclosed with photos and some background info on the bands and the development of the Cumbias Psicodélicas sound. Like all Lion/Repsychled titles, this is available exclusively worldwide from Lion Productions and our friends.LTD to 200 copies.
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Band:MICHAEL ANGELO
Album:S/T Sorcerers Dream Nuts
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:dcd
Genre:Psych/Garage
Enigmatic exemplar of subterranean overachievers, Michael Angelo Nigro, has long been known to soundhounds searching for esoteric figures on the fringe. He was a man out-of-time, with unerring vision and dedication, principally known for his head-of-the-class 1977 private-press joy, "Michael Angelo" (Guinn 1050—aka The Guinn Album). The Guinn Album, almost entirely an effort of self-creation, is a staggering, hook-filled, inner space hi-fi snap-shot of dreamy pop psychedelia, filled with contemplative, arresting lyrical imagery that etches lovely figures and carries little to ally it to its time. The same can readily be said of his other recordings of that era, the "Sorcerer's Dream" tracks, which make their CD debut here. Highly trippy acid guitar with a West Coast edge mingles with haunting melodic vocals, acoustic guitar, synths, gentle percussion and mystical songs; moments of oddness which are difficult to capture on tape, yet done so in an accomplished manner on these recordings. In-depth liner notes by Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things, Got Kinda Lost), presenting the story of Michael Angelo for the first time
•Official digital debut of "Guinn Album" follow-up records, "Sorcerer's Dream" and "Nuts" ; 2xCD set w/28-page booklet for the price of a single disc!
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Band:THE MADS
Album:EN CONCIERTO 1969
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
The first (and so far only) live recording of a Peruvian rock band from the 1960's, and therefore of incredible importance to lovers of rock from that exciting scene! Those of you who already have our previous Mads/Molesto release might remember the story of the Mads: early television performances in Peru; the chance sea-side encounter with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards that got the Mads the chance to go to England; Stones' manager Marshall Chess giving the Mads recording time in the Rolling Stones' studio and at Jagger's Stargroves castle. They played the Marquee, the Lyceum, the Roundhouse. They jammed with Steve Winwood and Brian Davison (The Nice). They played with Jeff Beck and Carmine Appice. Molesto's guitar player, Alex Ventura, worked in a clothing boutique alongside Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor. But before all the craziness in London, the Mads gave a farewell concert for their fans in Peru, on 18 December 1969, at the Auditorio del Colegio Santa Ursula. The recordings on this disc come from that show. One quick listen makes clear that the Mads demonstrated a lot of Jimi Hendrix Experience influence at this stage of their brief career. Still, it's clear straight away why the Stones were impressed, why Dennis Hopper told them during the intermission of this very concert how great they were (he wanted to hook them up with Phil Spector), and why they are legends of Pervian rock. Heavy, hard, and loud. Two bonus tracks come from their sessions at the Stones' studio in London, and are in the same hard-edged vein. Like all Lion/Repsychled titles, this is available exclusively worldwide from Lion Productions and our friends.
Limited to only 200x copies! / Glossy 20-page bi-lingual booklet with band history and photos.
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Band:TIN HOUSE
Album:TIN HOUSE
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:VINYL PLUS EP
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
"In the twinkling universe of virtuoso electric guitarists that followed in the wake of the genre’s progenitor Jimi Hendrix, perhaps one of the most deserving of renewed recognition is Floyd Radford of the band Tin House, a little known three piece that signed briefly to CBS records in 1970 and released one highly prized album a year later. The overdriven, fluid guitar work—heavy on the wah-wah pedal—is brought to the fore by a beefy full production that lifts the band above the sludgy audio presentation that bedevilled many heavy rock albums of the era." —Richard Allen, Shindig! Magazine
LP + bonus EP cut directly from 24-bit/96kHz master tape transfers.
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Band:RAY PIERLE (MCKAY)
Album:TIME AND MONEY / RHYTHM OF THE HIGHWAY
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
In the years close upon the creation of his 1977 masterpiece "Into You" (as McKay), Ray "McKay" Pierle released two more long-players, "Time And Money" (1980) and "Rhythm Of The Highway" (1981). As with "Into You," both had press runs of 300 and both met with thunderous indifference. By the time of these albums, the rural, organic feel of the earlier recordings had given way to a harder-edged compositional style, but not without a few quirks emblematic of the era. "Time And Money" adhered closely to the hard-rockin' twin-lead quartet sound, while "Rhythm Of The Highway" added synthetic elements and some ever-so-slight new-wave/power-pop leanings; plenty of bar-band gigs ensured Pierle was always fully-informed of current trends. Obscure Oxide and Lion Productions are proud to present the first-ever reissue of these two LP's, conveniently fitting on one compact disc in their entirety, with all tracks transparently transferred from the original analog master-tapes. All original text and imagery from each release is also preserved, and Ray has been kind enough to provide newlytranscribed lyrics for everything, along with detailed liners putting everything in context.
Limited edition of 500 copies, hand-numbered by Ray Pierle
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Band:WILSON McKINLEY
Album:HEAVENS GOING TO BE A BLAST
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Rock
Obscure Oxide and Lion Productions are proud to announce a brand new, 100% legitimate high-quality vinyl pressing of this classic LP, using exclusive transfers from the original analog reels, with all lacquer cutting and plating done under one roof for the most accurate sound. The bands' longtime associate Timothy Smith has written detailed liner notes for a new insert, featuring vintage photos and press clippings. Original jacket artwork and label art are faithfully reproduced.
"The third Wilson McKinley album is much less known than Spirit of Elijah, but is arguably as good... it has a similar sound and feel. Heartfelt and warm singing style, and the band gets a groove going on every single song." —Acid Archives - The first vinyl reissue of these Jesus-Rock pioneers' 1973 LP.
Limited edition of 500 copies
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Band:WILSON McKINLEY
Album:SPIRIT OF ELIJAH
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:VINYL
Genre:Rock
After suffering the indignity of being pirated from the only source material available (a poorlypressed, poorly-mastered decades-old record), Obscure Oxide and Lion Productions are proud to announce a brand new, 100% legitimate, high-quality vinyl pressing of this classic LP, using exclusive transfers from the original analog reels, with all lacquer cutting and plating done under one roof for the most accurate sound. The bands' longtime associate Timothy Smith has written detailed liner notes for a new insert, featuring vintage photos and press clippings. Original jacket artwork and label art are faithfully reproduced.
"This isn't just the best Christian album I've heard. It may possibly be the best album in the laid back, West Coast late 1960's-early 70's style that I've heard, period." —Acid Archives
The first legitimate vinyl reissue of these Jesus-Rock pioneers' groundbreaking 1971 LP
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Band:BANGERS
Album:BIRD
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Cornish punk weirdos back with a new full length!
Following 2013's Crazy Fucking Dreams and the limited Mysterious Ways cassette (written and recorded in 48 hours in August 2014). Bangers will release their third album this August on their own label Specialist Subject.
Ten tracks of catchy punk rock with an ever increasing emphasis on 'rock'. Bird runs deep with dissatisfaction with modern life, questioning reality and focusing on where the lines blur between non-fiction and science fiction. Recorded with Lee Smith & Jamie Lockhart at Greenmount Studios in Leeds (who have previously worked with The Cribs and Pulled Apart by Horses), this live rock sound is perfectly captured.
Full UK Tour 8th - 16th August including dates with Teenage Bottlerocket
For fans of Descendents / The Hold Steady / Leatherface
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Band:ADVANCE
Album:DEUS EX MACHINA REDUX
Label:Analogue Trash
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
The expanded edition of 2014’s groundbreaking electronic release by Advance.
Featuring the remastered original 9 track album plus new remixes by Atomzero, Terminal Defekt, Unity One, and a cover of Madonna’s alt.pop classic “Frozen”.
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Band:THE CHARLATANS
Album:PLAYING IN THE HALL
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Timing is everything in show business! On the eve of the legendary Charlatans' 50 Year Anniversary weekend of shows in Virginia City, Nevada, a recording from a show in 1997 was sent from a fan to Charlatans guitarist Mike Wilhelm. Mike sent the tape to SteadyBoy Records’ Freddie Steady Krc and the results are the new CD by The Charlatans titled "Playing In The Hall". It's a great collection of classic Charlatans songs and the performance is stellar with original members Dan Hicks, George Hunter, Richard Olsen, and Mike Wilhelm and augmented by Austin DeLone (Eggs Over Easy) and Freddie Steady himself! A "must have" for any serious music collector, Charlatans fans, or those with only casual interest in the history of 60s West Coast Psychedelic Music! The Charlatans were the originals. Packaged in a mini jacket with cover art by world class graphic artist Dennis Loren.
With great pride, SteadyBoy Records brings you that 1997 reunion of a band that psychedelic rock shall never forget, The Charlatans.
Original West Coast Psychedelic band that created the San Francisco Sound and Summer of Love. Features original members Dan Hicks, George Hunter, Richard Olsen and Mike Wilhelm.
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Band:SLOWGOLD
Album:STJARNFALL
Label:GAPHALS
Format:LP - ORANGE VINYL
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Slowgold is Amanda Werne and can be described like a vague dream hovering over the western parts of Gothenburg. The music brings to mind the Swedish archipelago in the earliest hours of midsummer eve. Sitting alone, gazing at the horizon while your loved one is leaving. Slowgold got pinches of Neil Young, Hope Sandoval and Gene Clark in the music with one of the strongest voices in Swedens west coast behind the microphone. Slowgold is releasing here second album II the 11th of May 2015. A first four track EP from the same recording session was released in december 2014 and was praised, among others by Classic Rock Magazine.
"At the point where Mazzy Star meets early Fleetwood Mac you'll find young Swede Amanda Werne and her hazy psychedelic persona Slowgold." Classic Rock Magazine
LP containes digital download / Orange vinyl
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Band:SLOWGOLD
Album:STJARNFALL - BLACK VINYL
Label:GAPHALS
Format:LP - BLACK VINYL
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Slowgold is Amanda Werne and can be described like a vague dream hovering over the western parts of Gothenburg. The music brings to mind the Swedish archipelago in the earliest hours of midsummer eve. Sitting alone, gazing at the horizon while your loved one is leaving. Slowgold got pinches of Neil Young, Hope Sandoval and Gene Clark in the music with one of the strongest voices in Swedens west coast behind the microphone. Slowgold is releasing here second album II the 11th of May 2015. A first four track EP from the same recording session was released in december 2014 and was praised, among others by Classic Rock Magazine.
LP containes digital download / Black Vinyl
RIYL Mazzy Star !
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Band:SUN TEMPLE CIRCUS
Album:SUN TEMPLE CIRCUS
Label:SIREENA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Prog Rock
German independent veteran Tom The Perc Redecker (Electric Family etc... and Sireena boss!) founded this formation in 2014 and picked up with Harry Payuta (sitar, bass, vocals in Mojo Club, Electric Family etc.), Marlon Klein (drums in Dissidenten) and Jochen Schoberth (guitars in Goethes Erben, Electric Family etc.) well-known German musicians on board. The debut album was recorded live during the Sun Temple Tour in 2014 and appears only on vinyl. Sun Temple Circus see themselves as a jam band, you can hear that very well in the two longest titles "Lighthouse" and "Sun Madness". Everything flows. The guys play tight and punchy as well as relaxed and floating in higher spheres. All that filled with love and passion for their music and a winking flirting with the legendary West Coast times in the late sixties. Handnumbered edition of 500 copies!
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Band:DER MODERNE MAN
Album:DMD - LIVE AT ROCKAPLAST
Label:SIREENA
Format:DVD
Genre:Punk / Proto Punk
At a time when the more conservative German rock groups woke up and frantically tried to find connection to what is en vogue, DER MODERNE MAN flirted with a wink to be unfashionable.That concerned wit, humor and more relaxed approach to the diversity of style, the attempted competition is light years ahead. Now here's the legendary performance of DER MODERNE MAN at German Television ROCKPALAST from 1983 with all hits of the band.
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Band:PEE WEE BLUESGANG
Album:ABSOLUTELY LIVE
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
In 1983, after playing live and in the studio with German pop star Drafi Deutscher (documented on the Sireena CD "Playing Funky - The Lost Album") Richard Hagel (vocals), Thomas Hesse (guitar), Heribert Grothe (bass), Thomas Waßkönig (keyboards) and Wolfgang "Fox" Schulte (drums) went back on stage to present again this unique hot blues rock live a la Pee Wee Bluesgang. The tracks of "Absolutely Live" have been recorded live in "second living room" of the band, the Logo Club in Hamburg as well as at an open air spectacle in her hometown of Iserlohn, as the Pee Wee's rocked the Schiller square in front of the Old Town Hall. Part of the repertoire as "Down Healed Blues", "Playing Funky" or "Summer Sun" were known from the band's cooperation with Drafi Deutscher ., other songs were new. Outstanding got the 10 minute version of "Hey Joe". The Pee Wee Bluesgang passed thousands of gigs in home- and foreign countries. The band not only knows how to enthuse 80,000 fans in Russia but also showed their musical spectrum at concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra Südwestfalen. Whether Bluesfestival or Classic Event, the PeeWees are fascinating the people.
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Band:STREETMARK
Album:DRY
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
1969 formed in Düsseldorf, STREETMARK stirring up the German Rock scenery. 1979, new musicians in the band have been drummer Bogdan Skowronek and guitar player Winfried Kowallik, who left in the same year for a long tour with OCTOPUS. With the cast Dorothea Raukes, Thomas Schreiber und Bogdan Skowronek, and the help of guest bass player Jürgen Pluta, the band returned to the studio, under direction of Conny Plank, to record album number three named "Dry" . The music turned out to be extremely eager and diversified. Strong electronic and progressive rock influences, melodic, nearly orchestral passages, and with „Lovers“ an enormous danceable scenehit.
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Band:STREETMARK
Album:SKY RACER
Label:SIREENA
Format:CD
Genre:Kraut / Space Rock
The final album of the Krautrock heroes STREETMARK to be released on CD for the very first time!
"This (final) LP from 1980 was the first one not recorded at Conny Planck's Studio. Instead, the band chose the Dieter Dierks Studios in which the Scorpions and other international rock stars have produced their records. Another reason was the shift from Jurgen Kramer to the Dierks Studios . Jürgen was a very close friend and the life-long-engineer of the band. The compositions reflect the various musical styles of that time significantly . This had led to a personnel change of the band. They did not want to follow the emerging trend of " Neue Deutsche Welle ". Early 1980 also Thomas Schreiber left the band, so only Dorothea Raukes remained as former original band member. Supported by Stephan Jehring (bass), Dickie Hank (guitar) and drummer Bogdan Skowronek, they recorded „Sky Racer“ 1981, the last album of STREETMARK which one more time burnt all advantages of the band on both sides of a vinyl. 1981 the last tour of STREETMARK took place, where for the last two gigs guitar player Thomas Schreiber joined the band. Founding member Bernd Schreiber joined all recordings and also live concerts, as sound engineer . After finishing this tour also the head of the band, Dorothea Raukes, returned into civil life.
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Band:VINTAGE ROCK
Album:SEP / OCT 2015 ISSUE
Label:ANTHEM PUBLISHING
Format:MAGAZINE
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Vintage Rock is the definitive glossy magazine about old-time Rock ‘n’ Roll. Covering the music, artists, lifestyle and culture of the Golden Era from early 50′s to mid-60′s, with a particular celebration of the Rocakbilly scene past and present. Whether it’s Elvis, Buddy Holly or Little Richard who rocks your custormers’ boat, Vintage Rock is the magazine for you...Avaialble at independent outlets now.
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Band:OBESE
Album:KALI YUGA...
Label:ARGONAUTA
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
OBESE hail from Holland, they are authors of a crunchy, catchy, powerful and above all heavy as hell sound! Bringing the groove back into stoner and feeding your appetite with fat tunes that will leave you hungry for more. The weight and thickness of sound is being explored one track at a time: corpulency never felt that good. The immense riffage in a vast landscape of bulldozing euphony will leave nobody unsatisfied.
Recommended if you like: CROWBAR, TORCHE, WEEDEATER, RED FANG, HIGH ON FIRE.
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Band:AUN
Album:FIAT LUX
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
We’re glad to welcome back AUN to Cyclic Law for their latest opus! AUN’s music as always suggested forays into other dimensions, be it to imaginary worlds, industrial wastelands, through space and time, or via mind altered states. From the ominous dystopian artwork, of a city being drained of its energy by some mysterious black hole, to the first notes of the title track “Fiat Lux” we are once again transported on AUN’s otherworldly traveling path. Ever since the space industrial and power electronics of AUN’s previous Cyclic Law cult release “Black Pyramid”, the world has become even more sinister, but in contrast, “Fiat Lux” exudes even more of AUN’s melancholic hopefulness. The disintegrating chords and densely textured waves, anchored by a left field industrial pulse, invoke occult drug enhanced, future psychedelia. Created in part in their Montreal studio, these tracks were extensively performed live, prior to recording, and refined while on tour breaks in Montpellier, Barcelona and Tokyo. The energy of these cities is definitely at work in these recordings, which also features a French connection of experimental heavy hitters: Witxes, Frédéric D. Oberland and Philippe Petit have helped round out Dumais and Leblanc’ arsenal. FIAT LUX: Let there be light, from light will come darkness. CD Edition of 500 Copies. 7 Tracks. Running Time 39.00
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Band:AUN
Album:FIAT LUX - LP
Label:cyclic law
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
We’re glad to welcome back AUN to Cyclic Law for their latest opus! AUN’s music as always suggested forays into other dimensions, be it to imaginary worlds, industrial wastelands, through space and time, or via mind altered states. From the ominous dystopian artwork, of a city being drained of its energy by some mysterious black hole, to the first notes of the title track “Fiat Lux” we are once again transported on AUN’s otherworldly traveling path. Ever since the space industrial and power electronics of AUN’s previous Cyclic Law cult release “Black Pyramid”, the world has become even more sinister, but in contrast, “Fiat Lux” exudes even more of AUN’s melancholic hopefulness. The disintegrating chords and densely textured waves, anchored by a left field industrial pulse, invoke occult drug enhanced, future psychedelia. Created in part in their Montreal studio, these tracks were extensively performed live, prior to recording, and refined while on tour breaks in Montpellier, Barcelona and Tokyo. The energy of these cities is definitely at work in these recordings, which also features a French connection of experimental heavy hitters: Witxes, Frédéric D. Oberland and Philippe Petit have helped round out Dumais and Leblanc’ arsenal. FIAT LUX: Let there be light, from light will come darkness.
LP Edition of 250 Copies. Black Vinyl with White & Blue splatter effect. Includes Download Code. 7 Tracks. Running Time 39.00
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Band:FUNERARY CALL
Album:THE MIRROR REVERSED 11
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
The spectral second and final installment of Funerary Call’s “The Mirror Reversed” tumbles deeper through the Setian tunnels, leading the way to the vast and mysterious Other Side. Continuing from where his initial movement left us, Harlow MacFarlane once again summons the tones and auras of his Qliphothic interpretation. It is a serpentine force extending from a churning black vortex lined with crystalline fetters. A dark and textured voyage through the shards of the shattered black surface that once reflected the illusory. The 46-minute meditation ebbs and flows through ambient pulsations of fear, awakening, and the unknowable. Each segmented chapter is a dynamic representation of the individual demonic forces at work, bringing us closer to the roiling waters of formlessness. The forbidden freedom of the Other Side awaits. Edition of 500 copies...
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Band:KAMMARHEIT
Album:THE NEST
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
10 years after the now cult classic album “The Starwheel”, Kammarheit finally offers us brand new material of his most complex work yet. Pär Boström returns with his typical atmospheres that are both apocalyptic in vision and soothing to the soul, delivering a dense and compelling album of pure, awe-inspiring darkness and meditative ambience. With The Nest, Pär takes us on a subterranean journey through enormous halls of unfathomable depths, and with the new opus he demonstrates once again why he’s become one of the most respected artist in dark ambient. Edition of 800 copies
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Band:KAVE
Album:OMNIOUSIUM
Label:cyclic law
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
Kave is the solo work of Netherland’s Bram Gollin. Ominousium reflects on a mental and physical hardship and serves offers a glimpse into past periods and events, bringing to light hidden states and emotions. Where some dark ambient tend to conjure heavy and oppressing atmospheres, Ominousium aims to induce a meditative experience where inner landscapes are forged and the listener is left to wander through his own interpretations of these cinematic soundscapes. Edition of 500 copies
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Band:RANDY VALENTINE
Album:STILL PUSHING
Label:ARIWA
Format:CD
Genre:Reggae/Dub/Ska
This album STILL PUSHING is a combined work of Randy Valentine & Joe Ariwa producing the project out of the Ariwa studios - Randy Valentine has a substantial fan base in Europe - Randy Valentine has the honour of having his first official release, a track called ‘Break the Chain’ a No1 hit on the ITunes Reggae Charts in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Italy & Czech Republic...
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Band:D.LIGHTS
Album:D LIGHTS
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD And DVD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Following Cape Town Effects, the sequel of JFX's international unique collaborations led a French delegation composed of a hiphop producer (YoogyOne), a film director (Arno Bitschy) and an A&R scout (and sound engineer, Celine Frezza) to Detroit. Over there they met and selected some of the finest producers and rappers (Miz Korona, Finale, Intricate Dialect, Charles Trees) to create an unique band named D.Lights. Between shooting sequences in USA and recording sessions in France, the combination already resulted in an album (to be released in august), and will be soon on stage and on screen in France.
Documentary synopsis :What if Detroit was not in ruin ? and what if all the media repeated about the city was a lie. This documentary ffers a road trip in one of the most enigmatic citie of United States. The words of its inhabitants reveal a city half empty, but full of activits, concerned citizens, downgraded people which seem to hide from the rest of the world. Highlighting these people, Resilience sounds like a declaratio, of love for their city. And n what looks like a journey through Histories and histories, the music sounds from every corners, half-empty streets, abandonned bulding, urban farms, invading brownfields and hearts.
CD AND DVD SET.
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Band:D.LIGHTS
Album:D LIGHTS - LP
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
Following Cape Town Effects, the sequel of JFX's international unique collaborations led a French delegation composed of a hiphop producer (YoogyOne), a film director (Arno Bitschy) and an A&R scout (and sound engineer, Celine Frezza) to Detroit. Over there they met and selected some of the finest producers and rappers (Miz Korona, Finale, Intricate Dialect, Charles Trees) to create an unique band named D.Lights. Between shooting sequences in USA and recording sessions in France, the combination already resulted in an album (to be released in august), and will be soon on stage and on screen in France.
Documentary synopsis :What if Detroit was not in ruin ? and what if all the media repeated about the city was a lie. This documentary ffers a road trip in one of the most enigmatic citie of United States. The words of its inhabitants reveal a city half empty, but full of activits, concerned citizens, downgraded people which seem to hide from the rest of the world. Highlighting these people, Resilience sounds like a declaratio, of love for their city. And n what looks like a journey through Histories and histories, the music sounds from every corners, half-empty streets, abandonned bulding, urban farms, invading brownfields and hearts. LTD VINYL LP.
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Band:MEMBRANE
Album:REFLECT YOUR PAIN - LP
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
MEMBRANE make a living from working with noise. From traditional ventures to more obscure times, creating compositions and soundscapes sounding close to epic ensembles. Welcome to their cruel world, namely 'Reflect your pain', their fifth album to date, enhanced with pounding patterns as the rhythmic basis goes, and brewing new ideas, noise-mongering for life. That should sound extremely obvious that pain is becoming pleasure as you go through it. 'Reflect your pain', outrageously made for master and slaves.
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Band:PLEVRE
Album:PLEVRE - LP
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Avant-Garde
On this debut recording, PLEVRE just drive the nail in the head. Real anger and real hatred fueled into 8 real anti-stereotypic songs. Genres spreading widely and transcending into a massive block of rough sounds and screaming feedbacks. With a bit more than a year of existence (2013), PLEVRE prove right that they just commited a collection of musical crimes.
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Band:GENERAL LEE
Album:KNIVES OUT EVERYBODY - LP
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
FRANCE's kill team GENERAL LEE returns with a sonic and fully abrasive album, hammering 10 songs of lawless intensity. This time more-than-ever bending their own rules of metallic hardcore and continuing to strenghten their place among the elite. Discordance and larsens all around.
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Band:THE PRESTIGE
Album:AMER
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:LP
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
The album comprises 11 tracks which are probably the most personal songs they have released until now, highlighted by the amazing work of Amaury Sauvé on recording and mixing, and Bob Weston on mastering. These tracks are inspired by their lives, their hopes and disillusions, with Paris as their background.
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Band:ED WOOD JR
Album:LOST DRIVE WATER EXIT
Label:BLACK BASSETT
Format:LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
LOST.DRIVE.WATER.EXIT. Four words, four tracks that mark the return of the French duo. Four varied compositions for a glowing statement of intent and a highly addictive EP, ranging from math rock to post rock and from electronica to home-made experimentations.
More than ever, keyboards lines, primal vocals and hellish riffs collide to perfectly square up and fascinate even the unaware listener. Four abrasive yet lovable, geometric yet melodic tracks that will delight fans of Monument To Masses and Fuck Buttons alike.
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Band:ELECTRIC NOISE MACHINE
Album:PARDON
Label:BLACK BASSETT
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Electric)Noise(Machine is a "dead pop" experimental project. The three-piece thrive on heavy, intense music that is full of energy. Built on a bass/drums relationship (DFA1979, Lightning Bolt) and driven by powerful vocals (The Bronx, Refused) and electronic arrangements, it's rock, it's noise, it's punk! The band is used to the roughest stages after numerous shows in very good company (Tweak Bird, Retox, And So I Watch You From Afar, Red Fang....). Few instruments put to maximal effect: a bass sent through a wall of amps, a convoluted pedal system, a handcrafted looped voice, and electronic sounds that are amplified to really hit home their live instrument power, and an abused and mistreated drum kit that will leave lasting marks on all eardrums. More than a band, E)N(M is a machine.
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Band:OCHRE ROOM
Album:THE FOWLER
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:7 INCH VINYL - WITH CD
Genre:Alt-Country / Americana
There's only one possible explanation why Ochre Room sound how they sound: Rebirth! In a former life the six members of this Finnish band must have lived somewhere in Southwest America. There must have been an old, comfortable bar where they used to spend their nights listening to an unlimited amount of Americana and Folk-Rock. Ochre Room play southern tunes mixed with a portion of northern melancholia and they don't give two hoots about classic genre restrictions. There are hooting trumpets, jingly chimes and sometimes an electric guitar that's getting out of hand. This epic and cinematic sound has brought Ochre Room comparisons to artists such as Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Neil Young and The Jayhawks, and the status as one of Finland's finest new Folk-Rock bands.
This 7 inch includes one new Song The Fowler; and the Song Blue Devil from the Cabin Sessions. It comes with a CD that includes includes these two songs plus 2 Songs from the Album Evening Coming in; and 2 Songs from the Album Box, Bar & Diamonds.
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Band:ELIN KAVEN
Album:JIKNON MUSIHKKA
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
The song “Àibbbas Jaska / All still”, that also won Sami Grand Prix in 2008, is from her debut album “Jikŋon musihkka-Frozen music” (2009), produced by Ole Jørn Myklebust (Mari Boine, Unni Wilhelmsen). With this album Elin will lure you to the open landscapes of the tundra, the cold north where love for nature is strong. This album is meditative, moving towards a more mystical and modern sound with the presence of traditional elements from the Sami yoik.
"The album «Máizan-Thaw» shows my sami background from a new side, where the traditional, mythical and modern are mixed. Through this album my inner life as a sami girl in the city has manifested. The roots and longing for the nature is present, but at the same time I am drawn towards the urban. The ice in my debutalbum "Jiknon musihkka-Frozen music" (2009) is melting, and what is under the ice is exposed." – Elin Kåven
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Band:GUDRID HANSDOTTIR
Album:LIVING WITH YOU IS...
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:7-VINYL
Genre:Folk
Way out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Scotland, is a cluster of 18 small islands called the Faroe Islands. Thats where Gudrid Hansdóttir was born and raised. Her music is a Lilith Fair-worthy blend of chamber pop and perky folk-rock and the past years she's been performing in Europe and USA. Gudrid started singing at an early age and shared a high interest in Music. She loved going through her fathers vinyl records and she discovered great artists like Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Jethro Tull and Jimi Hendrix. Her father was a highly skilled guitar player on the Faroes and on Gudrid's 14 year old birthday he taught her a couple of guitar chords and she started writing songs of her own. In 2007 Gudrid finally released her debut album Love is Dead, which featured old and new songs. It was well received by critics and the same year she won the award "Best Female Artist" at the Planet Awards (Faroese Music Awards). After her first album Gudrid performed in Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Germany with great success. Her self-released second album, The Sky Is Opening (2009), quickly became the bestselling album on the Faroes and was awarded the Faroese Planet Awards "Album of the Year". Her new album "Beyond the Grey" was released in June 2011.The new album is filled with catchy folk songs with great inspiration from the Faroese culture and the distinctive Faroese weather. At the moment Gudrid is enjoying life, writing music and performing on the Faroe Islands and around the world.
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Band:OTAVA YO
Album:WHAT ARE THOSE FOR SONGS
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Otava Yo turns Russian folk songs into powerful dance music, a new Russian Beat. The band "can take great concert halls by storm with their Slavic temperament and fire. . . an authentic example of what will happen if a classical Russian Ivan gets into a groove." (Kiviberg, Viljandi Folk Festival)
Otava Yo was formed by Alexey Belkin, Alexey Skosirev and Dmitry Shikhardin in 2004. For inspiration they turned to Russian folk songs - not to the very old ones, but to recent songs and tunes which were popular when their parents were young. After working on its "Russian beat" concept for three years the band released a new album, "Once Upon a Time."
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:AMMA - LP
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Folk
Hailing from the harsh Icelandic western fjords, Icelandic Troubadour Svavar Knútur, summons his inner demons and outer storms to reflect upon the existential crises and frolicking joys of modern day rustic fjord dwelling men. Channeling the pain and angst of long dark winters and the insomnia of the 24 hour glaring summer sun, this eclectic musician has in recent years blossomed into a serene and sublime singer and songwriter. Knutur's songs of misery and redemption deliver a healthy dose of hope in the midst of despair. A humoristic storyteller and avid scuba diver into the murky waters of the human condition, Svavar Knútur, sows and reeps a fantastic mixture of art and entertainment.
Drawing upon a wide range of influences, three of Svavar Knutur's most governing ones are without doubt Nick Drake, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Kris Kristofferson, although such artists as Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Joni MItchell, Nick Cave and many more singer/songwriters have contributed to the icelandic troubadour's development. Knutur's songwriting has not gone unnoticed internationally, as his song Astarsaga ur fjollunum (Love story from the mountains) propelled his band Hraun to participate in the final 5 competition on BBC World Service's Next big thing, playing for millions of viewers and listeners all over the world. Vinyl LP with download.
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:KVOLDVAKA - LP
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Folk
Channeling the pain and angst of long dark winters and the insomnia of the 24 hour glaring summer sun, this eclectic musician has in recent years blossomed into a serene and sublime singer and songwriter. Knutur's songs of misery and redemption deliver a healthy dose of hope in the midst of despair. A humoristic storyteller and avid scuba diver into the murky waters of the human condition, Svavar Knútur, sows and reeps a fantastic mixture of art and entertainment. Drawing upon a wide range of influences, three of Svavar Knutur's most governing ones are without doubt Nick Drake, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Kris Kristofferson, although such artists as Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Joni MItchell, Nick Cave and many more singer/songwriters have contributed to the icelandic troubadour's development. Knutur's songwriting has not gone unnoticed internationally, as his song Astarsaga ur fjollunum (Love story from the mountains) propelled his band Hraun to participate in the final 5 competition on BBC World Service's Next big thing, playing for millions of viewers and listeners all over the world. Knutur has already released two albums along with his band Hraun, where he is the main songwriter.VINYL LP W/DOWNLOAD.
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:OLDUSLOD - LP
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Folk
Channeling the pain and angst of long dark winters and the insomnia of the 24 hour glaring summer sun, this eclectic musician has in recent years blossomed into a serene and sublime singer and songwriter. Knutur's songs of misery and redemption deliver a healthy dose of hope in the midst of despair. A humoristic storyteller and avid scuba diver into the murky waters of the human condition, Svavar Knútur, sows and reeps a fantastic mixture of art and entertainment. Drawing upon a wide range of influences, three of Svavar Knutur's most governing ones are without doubt Nick Drake, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Kris Kristofferson, although such artists as Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Joni MItchell, Nick Cave and many more singer/songwriters have contributed to the icelandic troubadour's development. Knutur's songwriting has not gone unnoticed internationally, as his song Astarsaga ur fjollunum (Love story from the mountains) propelled his band Hraun to participate in the final 5 competition on BBC World Service's Next big thing, playing for millions of viewers and listeners all over the world. Knutur has already released two albums along with his band Hraun, where he is the main songwriter.VINYL LP W/DOWNLOAD.
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:SONGS OF WELTSCHMERZ
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:Folk
Channeling the pain and angst of long dark winters and the insomnia of the 24 hour glaring summer sun, this eclectic musician has in recent years blossomed into a serene and sublime singer and songwriter. Knutur's songs of misery and redemption deliver a healthy dose of hope in the midst of despair. A humoristic storyteller and avid scuba diver into the murky waters of the human condition, Svavar Knútur, sows and reeps a fantastic mixture of art and entertainment. Drawing upon a wide range of influences, three of Svavar Knutur's most governing ones are without doubt Nick Drake, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Kris Kristofferson, although such artists as Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Joni MItchell, Nick Cave and many more singer/songwriters have contributed to the icelandic troubadour's development. Knutur's songwriting has not gone unnoticed internationally, as his song Astarsaga ur fjollunum (Love story from the mountains) propelled his band Hraun to participate in the final 5 competition on BBC World Service's Next big thing, playing for millions of viewers and listeners all over the world. Knutur has already released two albums along with his band Hraun, where he is the main songwriter.4 TRACK CD EP.
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Band:SVAVAR KNUTUR
Album:SONGS OF WELTSCHMERZ - VINYL
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:VINYL EP
Genre:Folk
Channeling the pain and angst of long dark winters and the insomnia of the 24 hour glaring summer sun, this eclectic musician has in recent years blossomed into a serene and sublime singer and songwriter. Knutur's songs of misery and redemption deliver a healthy dose of hope in the midst of despair. A humoristic storyteller and avid scuba diver into the murky waters of the human condition, Svavar Knútur, sows and reeps a fantastic mixture of art and entertainment. Drawing upon a wide range of influences, three of Svavar Knutur's most governing ones are without doubt Nick Drake, Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Kris Kristofferson, although such artists as Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Joni MItchell, Nick Cave and many more singer/songwriters have contributed to the icelandic troubadour's development. Knutur's songwriting has not gone unnoticed internationally, as his song Astarsaga ur fjollunum (Love story from the mountains) propelled his band Hraun to participate in the final 5 competition on BBC World Service's Next big thing, playing for millions of viewers and listeners all over the world. Knutur has already released two albums along with his band Hraun, where he is the main songwriter.4 TRACK 12" VINYL EP.
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Band:CRIMSON SUN
Album:TOWARDS THE LIGHT...
Label:MAPLE METAL
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Energetic, Intense and Heavy with very memorable hooks & melodies best describes Finnish modern metal band CRIMSON SUN’s new album ‘Towards the Light’. The triumphant and mighty debut album from CRIMSON SUN, following their highly praised EP ‘The Border’ from 2013. CRIMSON SUN has been described as "Kick‐ass female fronted metal" with a modern approach, led by their sensational singer Sini Seppälä. Sini’s powerful and melodic voice dominate the album, but the guitar, bass & drums create a crushing heaviness to the music, and the keyboards add many layers through out.
Producer on the album Jacob Hansen (Epica, Volbeat, Amaranthe, Primal Fear) has shared his comments on ‘Towards the Light’: “I really enjoyed the songs and the band. To me, this band could easily become ‘the Next Big Thing’! The song structures and overall sound is catchy, as well as being heavy. Fine tuning this combination could mean Big Business!”
RIYL – Amaranthe, Epica, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Within Temptation, Evanescence
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Band:SATURNINE
Album:MORS VOCAT - LP
Label:TERROR FROM HELL
Format:LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Amazing debut album, expect a high dose of metallic Doom Sludge like no others played before by an all female band.
7 tracks - Lmited Vinyl LP.
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Band:SORROWFUL ANGELS
Album:SHIP IN YOUR TRIP
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“SHIP IN YOUR TRIP” is the debut album of “SORROWFUL ANGELS”. Originally released in 2009, this is a re-issue digipack edition from ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records. The self-financed album was engineered, mixed and produced by Dion.
For fans of Paradise Lost, Moonspell
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Band:DARK QUARTERER
Album:ITHACA - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:DLP
Genre:Metal
Double Gatefold Vinyl edition of the legendary epic/progressive band from Italy, DARK QUARTERER (formed in 1980)! Licensed from Metal On Metal Records, "Ithaca" is a concept album inspired by the 1911 poem of the same title by a Greek poet, Konstantinos P. Kavafis (Constantine P. Cavafy), who used Odysseus's travel from the Trojan Wars back to his home-island as a metaphor for the journey of life, where the goal is not important, but the journey itself. Stylistically, it's a mix of '80s epic heavy metal with '70s progressive rock, and some elements of doom. DARK QUARTERER's music is very warm, full of various emotions and moods, much thanks to the impressive vocals, ranging from mystical and fragile, through more eccentric singing and falsettos, to full-on powerful metal delivery. Overall, it's the most versatile album of this band that has developed and maintained their unique recognizable style, which should appeal to fans of ADRAMELCH, MANILLA ROAD, THUNDER RIDER, SLOUGH FEG, HAMMERS OF MISFORUNE, VAVEL, CIRITH UNGOL, as well as Italian prog rock bands like THE TRIP, GOBLIN, MUSEO ROSENBACH or BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO.
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Band:EVEMASTER
Album:EVEMASTER 111
Label:ARGONAUTA
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
EVEMASTER was formed during the bleak autumn of 1996. Tomi Mykkänen of BATTLELORE (music) and Jarno Taskula (vocals) formed the band from the ashes of Finnish death/thrash band Mortal God. After releasing the highly acclaimed demo “In Thine Majesty” early 1997, the debut album “Lacrimae Mundi” in 1998 and the second album “Wither” in 2003 it was time for a new album which was entitled “III”. It was released in Scandinavia in June 2010. The album features more mature song writing which had evolved melodically and added heavier parts in the music. The album has received rave reviews especially in Finland. The album features Dan Swanö on vocals on 2 songs (he also mixed and mastered the album) and Markus Vanhala (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum) doing 2 guitar solos. After the demise of Supernova Records the band felt the album didn’t get the deserved recognition they decided to work with up and coming Italian label THE GOATMANCER with the re-release of the album in 2015. This re-release is to boost the band for their next release which should be out in 2016. Since the beginning EVEMASTER have played concerts with bands such as Anathema, Grip Inc, Pain of Salvation, Throes Of Dawn, Samael, Enochian Crescent, Profane Omen, Vader, Lacuna Coil etc.
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Band:KNIFVEN
Album:SKUGGFIGURER
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Alt Rock
Knifven's 12 songs debut album revolve thematically around the political situation in Sweden, combining feelings of general despair with personal stories of life and its hardships. There is anger, there is hope and there is love. This is punk rock touched up with pop music, all fueled by the infernal energy of a band constantly waiting to explode. It is everything that has come to characterize Knifven and what the members have created together over the five years the band has existed. KNIFVEN is a power trio from Stockholm that has been around since 2010. The members, Joakim, Anders and Adrian, all have a background in several bands within the Swedish indie, metal, and hardcore scenes. Together the members deliver a mix of frenetic guitars, distorted bass and chaotic drums, topped off with vocals at the top of their lungs! Since the start the band has released four 7" records on Gaphals, which includes the highly acclaimed debut single "Vaccinet/Galtbrottet".
Vinyl edition containes digital download / Black coloured vinyl
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Band:KNIFVEN
Album:SKUGGFIGURER - PINK LP
Label:GAPHALS
Format:LP - PINK VINYL
Genre:Alt Rock
Knifven's 12 songs debut album revolve thematically around the political situation in Sweden, combining feelings of general despair with personal stories of life and its hardships. There is anger, there is hope and there is love. This is punk rock touched up with pop music, all fueled by the infernal energy of a band constantly waiting to explode. It is everything that has come to characterize Knifven and what the members have created together over the five years the band has existed. KNIFVEN is a power trio from Stockholm that has been around since 2010. The members, Joakim, Anders and Adrian, all have a background in several bands within the Swedish indie, metal, and hardcore scenes. Together the members deliver a mix of frenetic guitars, distorted bass and chaotic drums, topped off with vocals at the top of their lungs! Since the start the band has released four 7" records on Gaphals, which includes the highly acclaimed debut single "Vaccinet/Galtbrottet".
Vinyl edition containes digital download Pink coloured vinyl
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Band:AGATHOCLES
Album:SUPERIORITY OVERDOSE
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Grindcore
Finally available again the 7th studio album recorded in 2001 at the Soundshape Studios in Belgium where AGATHOCLES has recorded most of their full albums. This must be the least well distributed AG album in the band's history so here's your chance to grab this piece of mince core for a fair price. The CD comes with new artwork and has 25 songs from the original release plus one rare studio bonus song. Contains songs like "Proud To Be Out", "Raw War", "Chop Off Their Genitals" (originally written in 1988) and many more. Expect sharp dynamic old school grindcore like in the 80's and early 90's.
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Band:TRUCULENCY
Album:MEMETIC PANDEMIC
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
A subsonic dissertation; meticulously scored with convoluted guitar work, gruff articulations, and a percussive syntax that antagonizes the rise of the machines. This eviscerating succession challenges the elasticity of time's fabric, while serving as a retroactive vehicle through the darkest of ages. A mind-altering meditation on technical mastery, id est: Spawn of Possession, Origin, Deeds Of Flesh, Cephalic Carnage, Disgorge, etc...
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Band:CARNIVOROUS VORACITY
Album:IMPIOUS DOCTRINE
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"The Impious Doctrine" is the most awaited brutal death album from Basque Country (Spain). After a long wait returns with this new full length loaded with more violence and intensity than ever! Technical and devastating guitar riffs, crushing double bass drums and extreme blasts, an incredible sick bass line, and with a countless ultra guttural vocals! For true fans of Disavowed, Septycal Gorge, Origin, Guttural Secrete, Unmerciful and more... do not miss it!
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Band:MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Album:CANNIBALISTIC GORE OF GROTESQUE
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
2 years of silence, Myocardial Infarction returns with their 2nd full album entitled "Cannibalistic Gore of Grotesque". Again the world will get slaughtered by sickness and plague. Don't miss this pure Slamming Guttural Brutality. For fans of Kraanium, Disgorge(US), Devourment and Gorevent.
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Band:POLTERGEIST
Album:NOTHING LASTS FOREVER + DEMOS
Label:ARCHAIC SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
Deluxe reissue of long out of print, classic Swiss technical thrash record performed by ex-members of DESTRUCTION, MEKONG DELTA, MESSIAH! Music have been completely remastered by band’s mastermind V.O. Pulver, comes with new artwork, tons of rare photos never published before and 7 bonus songs from all their demos. This killer metal record from an iconic cult band finally getting the deluxe treatment they deserve!
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Band:KING SAVAGE
Album:FULL SPEED AHEAD
Label:CITY OF LIGHTS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
On „Full Speed Ahead“ you can listen a dirty Sleaze Rock mixture of L.A. Guns, Junkyard, AC/DC and Guns N’Roses... enjoy it with Beer, Bourbon & Boobs. A cost-to-measure celebrated the band with their preview-single track „Groove“ on the CD Compilation „You Better ROCK It Up“, the German Totentanz magazine described KING SAVAGE as „rock between Guns’n Roses/L.A.Guns“.
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Band:KAECK
Album:STORMKULT
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Formed by members of KJELD, NOORDELINGEN and SAMMATH
One of the greatest BM debut albums from the Netherlands in the past years
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Band:NARBELETH
Album:THROUGH BLACKNESS AND REMOTE PLACES
Label:FOLTER
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Must-have for fans of bands such as DARKTHRONE, MAYHEM and URGEHAL
One and only Black Metal band in Cuba !
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Band:PARTY CANNON
Album:BONG HIT HOSPITALISATION
Label:GORE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Scottish slammers PARTY CANNON are back with their debut album "Bong Hit Hospitalisation". Following the same footsteps as their well-received E.P. "Partied in Half", these party-slammers bestow the next level of extreme comedic brutality; "widdly riffs, mega slams, terrible samples and biscuit tin snare". So get ready to open up a beer, smoke a bowl, and party your brains out to "Bong Hit Hospitalisation"
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Band:RITO PROFANATORIO
Album:GRIMORIOS E INVOCACIONES
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Southamerican Death/Black with the agressive sound of the 80's
For fans of southamerican such as CHAKAL, MUTILATOR & SARCÓFAGO a must !
A concentrated assault of agression and morbidity, directly of the capital city of Perú !
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Band:RET
Album:COMING SOON...
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
R-E-T (Reaction Extasy Trance) was founded in Třinec in 1989 in Třinec, Czech Republic. Until 1992, the formation was oriented at heavy metal, what turned into Doom Metal with Gothic influences. During long period of existence, the band underwent changes to personnel as well as musical orientation.
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Band:EXPIRED
Album:HAZE
Label:PUNISHMENT 18
Format:CD
Genre:Thrash/Crossover Metal
...After many vicissitudes in spring 2014 they began to record their first full length “Haze” at ADSR studio. Meanwhile the post-production of the album Gaetano Vitale left Expired due to personal issues, Giuseppe Auferio took his place on bass guitar in December 2015. Now the band is ready to spread thrash with its new album to be released by Wine Blood Records at the end of spring 2015...
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Band:REDRUM
Album:NO TURNING BACK
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
"No turning back" was officially released in September 2007 from Sleazy Rider Records which took the best critics around the world. This is a re-issue version from ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records!
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Band:PHASE REVERSE
Album:AND MAN CREATED GOD
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
"…AND MAN CREATED GOD" is the second studio album of the band “PHASE REVERSE” it was officially released in November 2013 through The Leaders Records. This is a re-issue version from ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records!
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Band:SORROWFUL ANGELS
Album:OMENS.
Label:ROAR
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
“OMENS” is the second studio album of “SORROWFUL ANGELS” the band prepared their second album called ”Omens” at CFN Recordings Studio, and its first release on December 2011 by Warner/Legend music. This is a digipack version of the album due to re-released through ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.
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Band:WONROWE VISION
Album:2 HEADED MONSTER
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The 3rd Wonrowe Vision album is very heavy rock - a mix of 70's Black Sabbath and Motorhead with 80's traditional metal and a bit of 90's style Metallica and Rollins Band. “2 Headed Monster” displays a huge leap forward in quality, heaviness and song writing - unique Australian heavy street rock showcasing their love of 70's and 80's metal and played from the heart. This is Wonrowe Vision comfortable and competent, but aggressive. You will hear them nailing this sound over 9 new studio tracks and 5 fully produced live tracks, so broaden your musical experience and check it out!
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Band:WONROWE VISION
Album:PICTURES OF THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
With 'Pictures Of The Past, Present And Future', Wonrowe Vision have finally honed the exact sound they have been after for 3 and a half years. Steve Rowe (Mortification) is singing and the band is rocking. Wonrowe Vision is Steve's 80s band Lightforce 1986-era revisited. The CD even contains 2 re-worked versions of Lightforce 1986 classics - 'Pictures' and 'You're So Kind, Yours And Mine' from the very first Lightforce demo. These original, never before heard on CD songs are also included in the bonus material. Steve's life-long passion for 70s classic heavy rock and early 80s classic rock is alive and well in the presentation of the Wonrowe Vision sound. Imagine a combination of 70s mainstream bands Status Quo, Deep Purple and Motorhead, mixed with the 80s rock sounds of Resurrection Band, Jerusalem, Barnabas and 100% Proof.
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Band:HELL ON
Album:ONCE UPON A CHAOS
Label:SVARGA
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Release features guest appearance of Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA)
Fifth album by the most dynamically developing Death Metal band from Ukraine ; one of the few Ukrainian bands making an impact on an international scale
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Band:STRYVIGOR
Album:INTO THE ABYSS OF COLD
Label:SVARGA
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
STRYVIGOR, band driven by KRODA’s guitarist Khladogard, presents their new EP “Into The Abyss of Cold”. Release consists of four cold tracks of pure destruction and a cracking cover of DARKTHRONE’s legendary “Under The Funeral Moon”. Atmospheric Black Metal for fans of ASTROFAES, KHORS and DRUDKH.
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Band:MACHINE GUN KELLY
Album:NO PLACE TO HIDE
Label:MASTERPIECE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
No place to hide from the fast‐paced and engaging music of the first full‐length of Machine Gun Kelly, an Italy‐based band offering the listener a hard but melodic rock'n'roll/metal, very easy in the structure but filled up with hot and biting riffs. "No place to hide", the 2010 MACHINE GUN KELLY's album is available now thanks to Masterpiece Distribution, after the good responses of the last 2014 MACHINE GUN KELLY's album “Lady Prowlers”.
RIYL Hard Rock / Heavy Metal in the ’80 vein like MOTLEY CRUE, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, MOTORHEAD, WASP, SKID ROW, TWISTED SISTERS, STEEL PANTHER, AC/DC, JUDAS PRIEST…
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Band:AGHAST AFTERGLOW
Album:IMAGING.
Label:MASTERPIECE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Aghast Afterglow project started in October 2010. The following year, is dedicated to recording the first album called "Imaging". The album combines a wide range of influences which resulted in a great mix of symphonic metal and gothic rock elements - For fans of: Evanescence, Epica, Nightwish
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Band:HELSLAVE
Album:AN ENDLESS PATH
Label:MASTERPIECE
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Helslave is a melodic death metal band from Rome. The band was formed in 2009 by guitarist Jari, who soon teamed up with Daniele on vocals to play the music they both liked. The band's influences are mainly from the 90's death and melodeath Swedish scene, revisited with a personal and modern style. The live activity has never stopped during these years, peaking, in July '14, with the partecipation to the Metaldays festival in Slovenia, where they shared the stage with bands like Asphyx, Possessed, Havok, Forgotten Tombs and many others. After some lineup changes, in 2013 Helslave release their first self-product Ep “Ethereal Decay”. A few months later, they signed a deal with label Revalve Records for the release of their first full length album that will be out in June 2015, entitled “An Endless Path”. - For fans of: At the Gates, Hipocrisy, Dark Tranquillity
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