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Band:HONEYBUS
Album:THE SINGLES 1967-1970
Label:hanky panky
Format:LP
Genre:60S POP/BAROQUE POP
Released in March 1968, and included here, "I Can't Let Maggie Go" became the third Honeybus single and the one which would ensure their place in the history books. The single hit number 8 in the UK and became a huge hit worldwide. And still Honeybus remain a unique group in so many ways. Their legacy has become cherished more and more, its quiet majesty singling them out from the few contemporaries they had. While plaudits for the group’s sole Deram album, 1970’s exemplary Story continue to roll in as fresh generations of pop connoisseurs discover its charms, and the group’s subsequent ill-starred excursions into the studio in the early ’70s (the long lost Recital album and the rarities companion volume For Where Have You Been: The Lost Tracks, released by Hanky Panky /Mapache in 2018) simply add further depth and kudos to their already Godlike status, their run of half a dozen 45s has been side-lined somewhat. Now for the first time ever the 12 sides released on Deram by the Mk I and Mk II line-ups of the group between 1967 and 1970 have been sourced from the master tapes, assembled in chronological order and presented in album fashion.
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Band:JACK NITZSCHE
Album:JACK NITZSCHE
Label:hanky panky
Format:LP
Genre:POP/SINGER SONGWRITER
The Lost 1974 Reprise Album: A Forgotten Masterpiece. First ever vinyl release, with original artwork. - Includes 4 page insert with notes by Bryan Thomas, and many rare pictures and graphics Best known as the right-hand-man and arranger of producer Phil Spector and for his work with the Rolling Stones or Neil Young, among many others, Bernard Alfred Jack Nitzsche also worked extensively in film scores, notably for films such as Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (in 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong"). As a solo artist, he scored one of Reprise label s first pop hits with his instrumental The Lonely Surfer in 1963. Between January 14-23, 1974, Jack Nitzsche recorded a self-titled album at Cinderella Studios in Madison, Tennessee, and a release date was set for April 26, before it was pulled from the label's schedule by Warner Bros. label chief Morris "Mo" Ostin. The project was a collaboration between Nitzsche and underground filmmaker Robert Downey. The album remained unreleased, abandoned in a North Hollywood storage facility that Warner employees call "the Vault," until Rhino Handmade included all eleven tracks in their Jack Nitzsche collection Three Piece Suit: The Reprise Recordings 1971-1974, a long out of print internet-only CD issued to great critical acclaim in 2001. This Hanky Panky / Mapache LP release marks the first time it has been made available on vinyl, as originally intended. Press for Jack Nitzsche : - With a nod to primal Todd Rundgren and the quirky harmonic genius of Brian Wilson, tracks such as "Lower California" and "I'm the Loneliest Fool" recall the idiosyncratic nature of his collaborative efforts with Van Dyke Parks, and arrangements for Tim Buckley and the Buffalo Springfield. Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com - Acid-trip mariachi, warped lounge music, and Randy Newman-on-a-binge pop. Captivating. David Browne, Entertainment Weekly - A key lost chapter of the ultra-hip early 70s Warner Brothers rock scene done with a style that's a bit like the best Reprise work of Van Dyke Parks, Jimmy Webb, Randy Newman, and Paul and/or Mason Williams. Dusty Groove - An ambitious affair in the Smile/Song Cycle mode Barney Hoskyns, Waiting For The Sun - "Jack's one of the modern-day masters. His creations are on par with Mozart and the composers of the Renaissance" Neil Young TRACK LISTING 1.- Lower California 2.-Who Say What To Who 3.- I m The Loneliest Fool 4.- Little Al 5.- Sleeping Daughter 6.- New Mexico 7.- Hanging Around 8.- On The Moodus Run 9.- Brace 10.- Marie 11.- Number Eleven
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Band:EXPANDER
Album:NEUROPUNK BOOSTERGANG
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:THRASH METAL
Originating from Austin, TX, EXPANDER has subverted traditional band trajectories to receive global recognition of their unique brand of futuristic metalpunk since forming in 2014. With their second full-length album, Neuropunk Boostergang , the group aggressively channels the anxieties foisted on us from oppressive systems using every weapon at their disposal: pummeling rhythms, transcendent melodies and wild vocal deliveries that keep listeners on guard for whatever might come crawling from the wastes next. This record marks the band s return to God City, again utilizing the state-of-the-art studio to capture every nuance of the raw energy contained within these potent audio capsules. The result is a glimpse into a barbarous future where traditional riffs get flipped on their head, anti-gravity rhythms pull you in different directions and supernatural voices jack-in to your skull to command attention. Should we retain our humanity in the face of constant neurological assault? Is the physical body altogether obsolete? What otherworldly landscapes plagued by grotesque overlords will we find ourselves surviving next? With Neuropunk Boostergang, Expander mercilessly answers these questions with the fist of flesh and mind of machine. TRACK LISTING: 1. Wretched Warez, 2. Megacorp, 3. Hyper-Flesh Aedificium, 4. Waste Ranger, 5. Cryptosteal, 6. Loyalty Illusion (R.A.T.), 7. Rejunkulizer, 8. Neuropunk Boostergang, 9. Obsoletor, 10. C.O.III: Quest for a Future
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Band:EXPANDER
Album:NEUROPUNK BOOSTERGANG
Label:Profound Lore
Format:LP
Genre:THRASH METAL
Originating from Austin, TX, EXPANDER has subverted traditional band trajectories to receive global recognition of their unique brand of futuristic metalpunk since forming in 2014. With their second full-length album, “Neuropunk Boostergang”, the group aggressively channels the anxieties foisted on us from oppressive systems using every weapon at their disposal: pummeling rhythms, transcendent melodies and wild vocal deliveries that keep listeners on guard for whatever might come crawling from the wastes next.
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Band:FORTERESSE
Album:METAL NOIR QUEBECOIS
Label:SEPULCHRAL PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
This flagship of the Québec scene is available again at last in a new, remastered version, done by Forteresse to balance the instruments and confer a more powerful sound to the whole, while still staying close to the original recording of this classic. The layout has also been updated in a lavish 3-pannel Digipack format, so as to give this opus even more impressive visuals. One of the most important albums from the Québec Black Metal scene, yours to rediscover! Métal Noir Québécois goes beyond classic album territory. This is, in its purest form, a Manifesto. 6/6 Metalian Magazine This album is basically perfect. This is Black Metal that rivals with the best of the best out there. From anywhere. 10/10 Metal Universe A noisy, ice-cold, frantic love letter to Québec that will delight fans of pure, forceful Black Metal 9/10 Sang Frais TRACK LISTING 1. La Moisson de la Liberté 2. Une Nuit pour la Patrie 3. La Flamme et le Lys 4. De Sang et de Volonté 5. Métal Noir Québécois 6. Honneur et Tradition
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Band:SHINING
Album:SHINDIG 105
Label:SILVERBACK
Format:Mag
Genre:MAGAZINES
The Pretty Things The making of S.F. Sorrow… in their own words
Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup A young doctor, LSD and Lewis Carroll: the ingredients of a psych‐pop classic
Strange Brew Sixties psychedelia’s fascination with the humble cuppa
Skip Bifferty The Don Arden managed psychedelic tricksters that had it all but gained nothing
The Yardbirds Little Games with Jimmy Page, Mickie Most and the search for an identity
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Band:MOS GENERATOR
Album:I'VE GOT ROOM IN MY WAGON
Label:H42 Records
Format:12
Genre:HEAVY ROCK/STONER ROCK/HARD ROCK
This special Collectors Item is the newest release from Mos Generator. Mos Generator is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and producer Tony Reed. Having remained a steady presence in the rock n roll underground for many years. Mos Generator formed during the winter of 2000 in Port Orchard, Washington from the ashes of a ten year off & on collaboration between its three members, all of which are long time veterans of road & studio. The need to strip down to the basics of hard rock was apparent from the start and continues to be the foundation for all the bands recent material. In Good tradition of Hüsker Dü Mos Generator turned their Hit Diana in a new garment. To complete this H42 Records Limited Edition Release there is a another new song called Flower & Song and two old songs witch were originally released 2015 on a special Bonus Tape (ltd. 75 copies). All Vinyl came with an exclusive silkscreened B-side (black vinyl with white silkscreen) Flower & Song and Diane are previously unreleased. Slow/Moody and Early Mourning (live) originally released on (Bonus)Tape only in 2015 by H42 Records t s as pure an example of heavy rock as I ve heard. JJ Koczan The Obelisk TRACK LISTING Side A: 1. Flower & Song 2. Diane 3. Slow/Moody 4. Early Mourning (Live Freak Valley Festival 2015) Side B: Exclusively silkscreened B-Side
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Band:SOLOMON KANE
Album:DIE BY THE SWORD 1986/1991
Label:PROGAOR
Format:CD
Genre:Prog
Mike Coates is no stranger to Progaor, in fact his bands are the genesis of this label, first with the megacult ASIA CD release that combined the two albums, then with pre-Asia band White Wing lone album, and finally the trilogy is complete with Solomon Kane unreleased recordings! Solomon Kane is Mike Coates basically recording with female singer Deb Marquart. Expect Epic Progressive/Pomp Metal of the highest caliber! The recordings were remastered recently from the original Dat Tape and the results are excellent! We are thrilled to announce this exciting release, as Mike has a very special place on this label.
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Band:PANZERFAUST
Album:THE SUNS OF PERDITION, CHAPTER II: RENDER UNTO EDEN
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
For the better part of 15 years, Canada's PANZERFAUST have been steadily crafting some of the finest, most thought-provoking black metal. With their The Winds Will Lead Us... debut album in 2006 onward, their obsidian flower forever kept blossoming, culminating in 2013's pivotal Jevohah-Jireh: The Divine Anti-logos, which signaled a significant (and fortuitous) shift in the band's aesthetic. In 2016, PANZERFAUST released The Lucifer Principle EP, pushing their adventurous spirit yet further, perhaps most forecasted by the closing Johnny Cash cover. However, it was 2019's The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid War where PANZERFAUST truly had their watershed moment. Released to widespread acclaim by EISENWALD, this staggering work brimmed with daring and dynamics - a kaleidoscopic fury, if you will - that vivaciously and viciously displayed a band hitting their creative peak. The album was the first chapter of the band's tetralogy examining the malign episodes of this past century, shining a light on difficult subject matter using a begrimed philosophical lens. The resulting synthesis is what George Orwell once described as [a vision of the future] "a boot stamping on a human face forever." Alas, PANZERFAUST waste no time in delivering the next chapter of that tetralogy - and equally keep a fever pitch to that creative peak - with the much-anticipated The Suns of Perdition II: Render Unto Eden. Recorded at BWC Studios with Greg Dawson and with mastering by Sergei Lazar at CDM Records, Render Unto Eden is an altogether more somber record: here do PANZERFAUST more fully work with light and shade, their darkness displaying far more hues than previously deemed imaginable. Whereas the five-song first chapter was taut 'n' terrorizing, The Suns of Perdition II likewise features five songs but in a more expansive 44-minute runtime. As such, massive vistas of molten melancholy unfold, the inexorable push-and-pull patient but persistent; layers upon layers of understanding are packed into each of these scintillating minutes. The violence is more carefully doled out, in kind, and the sum effect is nothing short of hypnotic, particularly the track "Promethean Fire," which features guest vocals from Maria Arkhipova of Russia's Arkona. The Suns of Perdition II: Render Unto Eden echoes within the mind and spirit long after the record's over... M Deluxe Digipak CD edition with booklet, incl. Lyrics and illustrations Second installment in the band`s epic tetralogy, examining the malign episodes of this past century On 'Render Unto Eden' will unfold massive vistas of molten melancholy, the inexorable push-and-pull patient but persistent TRACKLIST 1. Promethean Fire [10:22] 2. The Faustian Pact [8:10] 3. Areopagitica [7:34] 4. The Snare of the Fowler [9:54] 5. Pascal's Wager [8:00]
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Band:PANZERFAUST
Album:THE SUNS OF PERDITION, CHAPTER II: RENDER UNTO EDEN (CLEAR VINYL)
Label:Eisenwald
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
For the better part of 15 years, Canada's PANZERFAUST have been steadily crafting some of the finest, most thought-provoking black metal. With their The Winds Will Lead Us... debut album in 2006 onward, their obsidian flower forever kept blossoming, culminating in 2013's pivotal Jevohah-Jireh: The Divine Anti-logos, which signaled a significant (and fortuitous) shift in the band's aesthetic. In 2016, PANZERFAUST released The Lucifer Principle EP, pushing their adventurous spirit yet further, perhaps most forecasted by the closing Johnny Cash cover. However, it was 2019's The Suns of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid War where PANZERFAUST truly had their watershed moment. Released to widespread acclaim by EISENWALD, this staggering work brimmed with daring and dynamics - a kaleidoscopic fury, if you will - that vivaciously and viciously displayed a band hitting their creative peak. The album was the first chapter of the band's tetralogy examining the malign episodes of this past century, shining a light on difficult subject matter using a begrimed philosophical lens. The resulting synthesis is what George Orwell once described as [a vision of the future] "a boot stamping on a human face forever." Alas, PANZERFAUST waste no time in delivering the next chapter of that tetralogy - and equally keep a fever pitch to that creative peak - with the much-anticipated The Suns of Perdition II: Render Unto Eden. Recorded at BWC Studios with Greg Dawson and with mastering by Sergei Lazar at CDM Records, Render Unto Eden is an altogether more somber record: here do PANZERFAUST more fully work with light and shade, their darkness displaying far more hues than previously deemed imaginable. Whereas the five-song first chapter was taut 'n' terrorizing, The Suns of Perdition II likewise features five songs but in a more expansive 44-minute runtime. As such, massive vistas of molten melancholy unfold, the inexorable push-and-pull patient but persistent; layers upon layers of understanding are packed into each of these scintillating minutes. The violence is more carefully doled out, in kind, and the sum effect is nothing short of hypnotic, particularly the track "Promethean Fire," which features guest vocals from Maria Arkhipova of Russia's Arkona. The Suns of Perdition II: Render Unto Eden echoes within the mind and spirit long after the record's over... TRACKLIST 1. Promethean Fire [10:22] 2. The Faustian Pact [8:10] 3. Areopagitica [7:34] 4. The Snare of the Fowler [9:54] 5. Pascal's Wager [8:00]
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Band:ROTTING CHRIST
Album:TRIARCHY OF THE LOST LOVERS (LIMITED BLACK VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
The 1996 Greek black metal classic re-issued on limited edition black vinyl with bonus tracks + poster! An album that was composed and recorded under an intense inner search which resulted in maybe the most soulful album they ever created. Rotting Christ welcome you to their majestic world and hope you will enjoy your trip into the glorious 90's Black Metal sound. TRACK LISTING King of a Stellar War A Dynasty from the Ice Archon Snowing Still Shadows Follow Tormentor (Kreator cover) One with the Forest Diastric Alchemy The Opposite Bank The First Field of the Battle Flag of Hate/Pleasure to Kill (Kreator cover)
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Band:ROTTING CHRIST
Album:TRIARCHY OF THE LOST LOVERS (LIMITED CLEAR VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
The 1996 Greek black metal classic re-issued on limited edition clear vinyl with bonus tracks + poster! An album that was composed and recorded under an intense inner search which resulted in maybe the most soulful album they ever created. Rotting Christ welcome you to their majestic world and hope you will enjoy your trip into the glorious 90's Black Metal sound. TRACK LISTING King of a Stellar War A Dynasty from the Ice Archon Snowing Still Shadows Follow Tormentor (Kreator cover) One with the Forest Diastric Alchemy The Opposite Bank The First Field of the Battle Flag of Hate/Pleasure to Kill (Kreator cover)
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Band:ICS VORTEX
Album:STORM SEEKER (LIMITED BLACK VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:METAL/PROG
The debut album by the iconic frontman of Arcturus & Borknagar re-issued on limited edition BLACK vinyl + poster! OVERVIEW ICS Vortex s debut album "Storm Seeker" is a havoc of groovy metal attitude mixed with 70 s prog, stoner rock and his signature clean vocals. Catchy, riff based, and free of album fillers, ICS Vortex anchors the 45 minutes trip into the storm on the solid foundation of the ICS Vortex trademarks.
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Band:ICS VORTEX
Album:STORM SEEKER (LIMITED CLEAR VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:METAL/PROG
The debut album by the iconic frontman of Arcturus & Borknagar re-issued on limited edition CLEAR vinyl + poster! OVERVIEW ICS Vortex s debut album "Storm Seeker" is a havoc of groovy metal attitude mixed with 70 s prog, stoner rock and his signature clean vocals. Catchy, riff based, and free of album fillers, ICS Vortex anchors the 45 minutes trip into the storm on the solid foundation of the ICS Vortex trademarks.
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Band:DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Album:THE ENEMY WITHIN
Label:SOLAR FLARE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ROCK/METAL
The highly anticipated third album from UK Classic Rock artists Daylight Robbery . With the bands last album winning Best Album awards all over the world and two Album of the Year awards in the worldwide High Street press, followed by appearances at arenas and major festivals Daylight Robbery have ensured that this album delivers. Heavier, more dynamic, more varied just more of everything! An hours worth of great songs, great playing and great melodies .another possible album of the year from this great band? TRACK LISTING 1. Into the Shadow 2. The Enemy 3. Digital Preacher 4. House of Pain 5. The Violence of Lies 6. Waiting for Tomorrow 7. Alone in the Rain 8. Peace of Me 9. Time to Choose 10. Within.
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Band:MEANIES, THE
Album:PEDAZO DE PASTEL
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:12
Genre:PUNK ROCK
New record of the legendary punk-rock band from Australia THE MEANIES. TRACK LISTING 1. Old Car to Shangri-LA 2. All the Bought Men 3. Jekyll and Hide 4. Under My Rock 5. Cruel to be Caned 6. Drowning Towers 7. Monsters 8. Hunting a Sloth 9. Defcon One 10. Sousa
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Band:MARTIN SAVAGE AND THE JIGGERZ
Album:TIME TO GET OUT
Label:FOLC RECORDS
Format:7
Genre:PUNK ROCK
The swedish Martin Savage has been a fundamental piece of European punk-rock since the mid-90s, when he began serving in countless groups like The Blacks, The Locomotions, and many more. In this band he is accompanied by an infallible rhythm section, with experience in many punk-rock groups, and who are currently part of the Cumberland Three of King Salami.
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Band:DYNAMITE PLATOON
Album:THE FABULOUS PLATOON
Label:SOUNDFLAT RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Garage Punk
Dynamite Platoon come from Sendai, Japan. These crazy masked guys have played together since 2013 and have since released a couple of CDs, cassettes and a few singles and split‐singles on their own label L.O.D records while playing numerous live‐shows throughout Japan. After their outstandingly wild gig at the Tokyo Halloween Ball 2019, Soundflat Records simply had no other choice than to release their latest album “The Fabulous Platoon” on vinyl – and what a smashing record it is! Expect a lo‐fi raw and explosive mix of crazy garage‐punk with loads of energy and a huge amount of wildness! The album includes fantastic, tough versions of 60s garage‐rockers like “I'm Rowed Out” (originally by The Eyes) or punky versions of classics like “Que Sera Sera” (Doris Day), “Hold On I'm Coming” (Sam & Dave) and “Secret Agent Man” (Johnny Rivers) and mix them up with wild originals that have so much power and cool attitude, you won't believe your ears! The vinyl‐version also comes with bonus tracks “(Garage)Punk Nuts”, “Style”, “Fujisan” and “We're Gonna Get Married”. The raw energy these boys present on stage absolutely comes across on this album.
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Band:MARTIN SAVAGE & THE JIGGERZ
Album:BETWEEN THE LINES
Label:TOPSY TURVY
Format:7
Genre:Garage Punk
Martin Savage & the Jiggerz are a supergroup international power trio! We have the French‐Japanese rhythm section from King Salami & the Cumberland Three, Eric Baconstrip (The Ulcers, Parkinsons, Paul Collins Beat, The Nips) & Kamikaze U.T., who also played in the Chinese Lungs together, teaming up with their old pal, Sweden’s garage‐punk legend, Martin Savage (The Blacks, the Locomotions, Tokyo Knives, and a dozen more…). With the Jiggerz’ second single, shortly released after their first 7” “Time To Get Out” on Folc Records, they give you two 1970’s punk rock hits, simple, fast & straight to the point, the way it should be. Both songs “Between The Lines” and “Shooting For Stars” are fast, loud and out‐of‐control wild 77 punkrock‐songs to go wild to with killer guitars, absolutely mental drums and snotty, cool vocals! Martin Savage & The Jiggerz are pure dynamite!
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Band:Phonothek
Album:STYX
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/AMBIENT
Phonothek presents us with Styx, their third album on Cryo Chamber, a dark and atonal atmospheric journey. By following the river that flows between two worlds, all the memories, the fragments of life melts away. The styx is an open door for those ready to gamble with their soul and touch the mysterious waters within the self. Float downstreams with the ancient ferryman towards the underworld in all its gloom. Recommended for fans of acoustic ambience, atonal and layered atmospherics
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Band:CUP
Album:NOTHING COULD BE WRONG
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ROCK/INDIE ROCK/PUNK/GARAGE
Formed in early 2016 in New York, Cup began as the solo recording project of Tym Wojcik, a NY based drummer who found some time on his hands after his previous band went on hiatus. In late 2017/early 2018, Cup’s lineup underwent a few changes and aligned into a four-piece, with Tim Wojcik on guitar and vocals, Freddie Wyss on bass, Chad Sardashti on synth and guitar, and Kelsey Chapstick on drums, and for the first time, it was immediately apparent to Wojcik that he had finally found the Cup band. Their upcoming release, Nothing Could Be Wrong, marks a mutation in the ethos of Cup—a move from a single voice to four dynamic voices, each with an equal say in the writing process and direction of the band. The four entered into that same practice space and surfaced months later with many new pieces and an exciting shift in Cup’s sound. Recorded with Garret De Block at Strange Weather in Brooklyn, each song on the album was tracked live to a reel of tape with minimal overdubs. It was mixed by Mark Anderson and mastered by April Golden at Golden Mastering. The result is a sound that feels more organic, the efforts of four people playing songs that they wrote and love together, the songs darker, heavier yet more dynamic, searing yet airy. A sound like Black Angels meets Oh Sees meets The Cramps meets the early desert Queens Of The Stone Age, with maybe a little Gary Numan thrown into the mix
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Band:AULI
Album:SENCU BALSIS - VOICES OF THE ANCESTORS
Label:CPL MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK WORLD LATVIA
Together, we’re stronger! On their sixth album, “Voices From The Ancestors”, wild Latvian folk pirates, Auli, have teamed up with guest musicians from all over the world. The group has been active since 2003 and, over the past few years, has forged contacts with musicians in various regions, especially vocally strong acts. Auli’s own most striking feature is their unusual line-up: With six bagpipes, three drum sets and one bass, the group creates an masterful and infectious mix of traditional and modern elements, rooted in the Latvian folk tradition, inspiring audiences wherever they go. Both, the “Voices From The Ancestors“ album and the live show, revolve around the power and the beauty of male voices and folk traditions from different regions of the world. Auli and guests have wonderful surprises in store for audiences to discover: Latvian bagpipes and drum sounds sit happily alongside Sámi yoik, traditional overtone singing and powerful Austrian yodelling. Guests include Batzorig Vaanchig from Mongolia, Kai Somby from Norway, Albin Paulus from Austria, and Edgars Lipors from Latvia – because the album wouldn’t be complete without Latvian folk songs! In preparation of their live show, Auli went to visit the home countries of their guests, where yoik, yodelling and overtone singing are still practiced. Listeners can follow this amazing journey on the new album, “Voices From The Ancestors”. And those who want to see the exchange between the musicians with their own eyes, can view the videos kindly provided by the band on their website – they accompany the four songs from four regions of the globe, topped off with interviews about the respective musical traditions. Their visit with Batzorig Vaanchig in Mongolia, where they lived and worked in yurts, is particularly fascinating.
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Band:SVJATA VATRA
Album:MAAILM, SA MUUTUD/SVIT, TY INIAESCHIA
Label:NORDIC NOTES
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK ESTONIA/UKRAINIA
Svjata Vatra has released a brand new CD „World, You Are Changing“ 2020 is a special year for Svjata Vatra – this new CD is celebrating 15 years of friendship between Estonian and Ukrainian musicians. These 15 intensive years include 7 CD-s, a DVD, a musical documentary movie „Püha Tuli“ and of course all the brilliant musicians who’ve been performing with the band in more than 20 countries all over the world. 20. of march is the day when Svjata Vatra is presenting their newest CD „World, You Are Changing“, recorded by 3 generations of musicians from 3 countries – to point out, that the most imporant qualities of life are carried over from generation to generation, but musicians have always been collaborating over the cultural borders. So the band has been joined by Rute Trochynskyi (daughter of lead singer Ruslan) and a choir called Žurba an ensemble formed by Estonian-Ukrainian grandmas. Rute has been risen together with the band and has been singing together with her father since she first started to sing along to the lullabys. She’s been a frequent guest to the band’s performances since she was 5 years old.
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Band:EISFABRIK
Album:AUTOMATISIERUNG IN DER EISFABRIK
Label:REPO RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:ELECTRO/SYNTH-POP
Eisfabrik Automatisierung in der Eisfabrik (EP) Sold-out concert halls and the entry of the last long player "Kryothermalmusik aus der Eisfabrik" into the official German album charts clearly prove the rapid rise of the four Ice-musicians. Now coming up with their eighth release in physical form within five years, Eisfabrik once again reveals their broad spectrum of sound aesthetics. Ten tracks including five previously unreleased songs and various remixes impressively demonstrate how productive this band is. With a total playing time of almost forty minutes, "Automatisierung in der Eisfabrik" almost feels like a new album only seven months after the last album. The "No Crop Without Seeds"-mix of "Grim Reaper" is the opener for this release with a proper club character and leaves no doubt where the journey will take us. It's hard to believe that the second track "We Don't Care" in the acoustic guitar mix is from the same band, but at the same time it suggests to every doubter the versatility of the protagonists Thomas and Barth-Ricklefs. The other eight tracks also behave in this sense, so that this EP should be something not only for Eisfabrik fans but also for every lover of melancholic harmonies.
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Band:SERMENT
Album:CHANTE, O FLAMME DE LA LIBERTE
Label:SEPULCHRAL PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:BLACK METAL SYMPHONIC
“Chante, Ô Flamme de la Liberté” is the first album from Serment, a solo project by Moribond. His main band is Forteresse, and the debut work of Serment is completely sustained in the traditions of this group: a very majestic and epic atmosphere takes pride of place, and only then attention is paid to music. What is different about it is that how such an effect is created in the case of Serment. Moribond doesn’t follow here his well-established formula of “leads, tremolo and blasts”. Right, a blast beat attack begins immediately after “Ouverture” and, with rare exceptions, persists throughout the whole album. But as for the lead tremolo picking – it’s not about “Chante, Ô Flamme de la Liberté” at all. Guitar solo parts are present here, in almost every song, but they are so rare, so short, and so quiet that you can’t call them full-fledged solos.
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Band:SOMBRE HERITAGE
Album:ALPHA URSAE MINORIS
Label:SEPULCHRAL PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC BLACK METAL
Sombre Héritage is a new project from a veteran of the Québec scène, namely Exu from Hak-Ed-Damm. With Alpha Ursae Minoris, Exu lays the foundation of a more melancholic and contemplative breed of Black Metal, a bit closer to what is typically done in Québec, but still very much based on riffs and tempo changes. A first album that fans of melodic and powerful Black Metal will definitely not want to miss!!
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Band:DECAYING
Album:SHELLS WILL FALL
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
"Shells Will Fall" is our tightest and most aggressive album so far. It is also the first album that features the current lineup, which has been together since 2017. The doom elements can still be found, but mostly the material on "Shells Will Fall" is crushing and brutal mid tempo devastation, in the way you can expect from Decaying! Eight songs of pure old school death metal, without any compromises. Ever since our debut "Encirclement" we have been wanting to make a full album that focuses around the Great War. Finally the riffs and the lyrics came together, so to speak, and the stunning artwork from Toderico Art sealed the deal! So, prepare to enter the carnage...
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Band:PARASITARIO
Album:AFTERLIFE TRUTH
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:MCD
Genre:Death Metal
very young but rancid as fuck sounding band from Japan. Highly recommended for fans of Skeletal Remains, early-Death, early-Massacre.
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Band:VOMIT SPELL
Album:DEMO 2019
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:MCD
Genre:Death Metal
Head-splitting raw Death Metal from Germany for fans of Naked Whipper, Incantation etc
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Band:FEACES CHRIST
Album:EAT SHIT AND DIE!
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:MCD
Genre:Death Metal
Dirty Death Metal punk from unholy Bavaria, highly recommended for fans of Death Breath or Nekrofilth
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Band:MORTAL INCARNATION
Album:LUNAR RADIANT DAWN
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:MCD
Genre:Death Metal
Ultra Lava Death/ Doom Metal from Japan for fans of Disembowelment, Spectral Voice
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Band:TFB
Album:BLASTBEAT HANGOVER COMMANDO
Label:FDA RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:GRINDCORE/DEATH METAL
Task Force Beer from hilarious Trier are back to save the thirsty humankind with their second full length Grindcore attakk "Blastbeat Hangover Commando" !! 19 new songs inclusive Intro+Outro will crack your skull off. This is not a funfukk, it's 90% intense Grindcore with 10% Metal influences. Listen to T.F.B. - the time has come to FREAK OUT now !
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Band:DOOM:VS
Album:EARTHLESS
Label:SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:DOOM METAL
The third long-awaited album of Doom:VS, a Johan Ericson’s band, a permanent member and a guitarist of a famous Swedish band Draconian! This new dark masterpiece by Doom:VS includes the best elements of the traditional band sound: outstanding melodies, gloomy atmosphere of sorrow and despair, depressive lyrics and, needless to say, highest quality of sound and performance. As always, Johan Ericson performed all instruments parties and clean vocals, while growl parties were performed by a special guest, Thomas A.G. Jensen, the vocalist of Saturnus who brought additional atmosphere and notes of desperation to the «Earthless» with his charismatic vocal
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Band:DOOM:VS
Album:AETERNUM VALE
Label:SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:DOOM METAL
“Aeternum Vale” since its original release in 2006 became an authoritative example of the genre and a real rarity. It will allow all fans of doom death metal to experience again the indescribable feelings when listening to the legendary record and touch the part of the musician’s soul embodied in the harsh, but at the same time atmospheric and melodic music.
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Band:DOOM:VS
Album:DEAD WORDS SPEAK
Label:SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CDD
Genre:DOOM METAL
Re-issue of the second album of cult doom metal band Doom:VS "Dead Words Speak". This album requires no additional comments, because during ten years since the first edition, it has been highly appreciated by fans and critics, becoming one of the genre masterpieces. It is worth noting that the first edition was quickly sold out long time ago and has become a rarity, however, now the collectors have a unique chance to add this record to their collections. A special limited edition has been prepared coming on a gold-plated CD placed in a six-panel digipack with original layout and booklet.
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Band:ENSOM
Album:CIVILIZATION
Label:FOG FOUNDATION
Format:CD
Genre:ATMOSPHERIC/ORCHESTRAL/ SYMPHONIC BLACK METAL
Ensom began in 2013 as an idea of Efrem Quilis (Gar). Began as a music band in 2013.
Ensom is a story full of metaphors, making the band its own soundtrack
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Band:CEREBRAL ENGORGEMENT
Album:GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Label:GORE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:DEATH METAL/BRUTAL DEATH/SLAMMING DEATH
Third studio album by Bay Area Slammers, CEREBRAL ENGORGEMENT. Originally released in 2014, the album has been out of press until now. The album showcases the bands evolution into a more extreme realm, while continuing to prove you can have fun while playing heavy music. The album became an important staple during the uprising of “Slam” trend, and continues to hold the title to being one of the greatest Slamming Death Metal albums of its time.
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Band:ONEIRIC CELEPHAIS
Album:THE OBSCURE SIBYL
Label:GORE HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Debut EP by Technical Death Quartet, Oneiric Celephaïs. Influenced by acts such as Death, Obscura, Spawn of Possession, and more, Oneiric Celephaïs seeks to add a new nail to the Technical/Melo-Death coffin. Their debut EP, 'The Obscure Sibyl', offers four atmospherically vicious tracks, within a 25-minute-long journey inspired by HP Lovecraft and Norse Poesy.
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Band:A LIGHT IN THE DARK
Album:A LONG JOURNEY HOME
Label:VIRIDIAN FLAME RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:POST-BLACK METAL/BLACKGAZE
Second album from this Russian-based project, masterminded by prolific musician B.M. (Skyforest, Délice,...). A Light in the Dark
lies in the realm of Blackgaze, taking additional influences from post-rock and chill hip-hop to create a unique atmosphere. This is
the second pressing of this album on vinyl, after the success of the first pressing from last year.
Recommended for fans of Germ and Amesoeurs!
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Band:NONE
Album:LIFE HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH
Label:VIRIDIAN FLAME RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ATMOSPHERIC/DEPRESSIVE BLACK METAL
Second album from the entity called NONE, further developing the sound they created on the highly regarded debut. Originally
released in 2018 through Hypnotic Dirge Records, this album pushes the haunting soundscapes and tortured atmosphere one
step further. Released for the first time on vinyl, this edition is expected to sell out pretty fast, just like the first album did earlier
this year.
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Band:PINO SCOTTO
Album:DOG EAT DOG
Label:NADIR MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:GENUINE HARD ROCK
Pino Scotto is, without a doubt, the most important Italian rock icon. Gritty and charismatic singer, strongly influenced by blues
and gifted with a deep and raspy voice, Pino Scotto is the best embodiment of the rocker ever appeared in Italy. His career starts officially at the end of the 70s, when he records his first 45 rpm record with Pulsar. After some time, Pino becomes the frontman of Vanadium, the heavy rock band leading the Italian scene of the time, with which he made eight major albums (seven of these at the rate of one per year, something unthinkable for a rock band from the boot) and with which he starts dealing with regular tours both in Italy and abroad. After this experience, the band decides to take a break: between 1990 and 1992 Pino Scotto releases his first solo album in Italian "Il Grido Disperato di Mille Bands" (with the contribution of Vasco Rossi's guitarist Andrea Braido, Luigi Schiavone, guitarist of Enrico Ruggeri and harmonica player Fabio Treves) and embarks on a tour with his Jam Roll Project. During this tour Pino Scotto plays at prestigious Monsters of Rock, where sharing stage, among others, with Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Pantera and Testament. The courage to persevere in his artistic choices against all odds and the ability to release, now as before, an energy and strength unattainable, make of Pino Scotto a genuine legend, a leader without whom, in Italy, the word rock would be destined to lose its most authentic meaning. “Dog Eat Dog” is Pino’s brand new studio album with many '70/'80 nuances. Strong, honest and pure rock!
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Band:INTESTINAL DISGORGE
Album:THE DEPTHS OF MADNESS
Label:MEAT 5000 RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:NOISECORE/GOREGRIND
Texas Trio starts with the acclamed “droned in rectal sludge” album 20 years ago. They develop a mix of gorenoise, with whore
scrzeams and cut up structures, after many evolution, they're now playing a mix of gorenoise with whore screams and pitchifted
voices, with a lot of avant garde touches, think about Nasum meets Fantomas meets Gore Beyong Necropsy, This ep is an epic
turn into their carrier as the band starts playing live shows they haven't played for a while, playing with bands like Mister Bungle
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Band:DRUKNROLL
Album:FREAKINGFACE
Label:METAL SCRAP RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:PROGRESSIVE MELODIC THRASH/DEATH METAL
"Freakingface" - the sixth full-length studio album by Russian Progressive Melodic Thrash/Death Metal band DRUKNROLL.
“… It’s a calm Spring night. I call my beloved grandma to wish her good sleep. I dial her number and what do I hear? Yes, you’re
right, instead of her answering I hear infernal crackle of magnificent guitar riffs, horrible buzz of straightforward bass,
machinegun-like teethgrinding drums, disgusting noise under cerebral cortex caused by philosophic keyboards, harrowing
howling of “crafted” legendary harsh vocals! And only crispy and uncompromised lead-guitars put me back into the Spring
environment. And, through all this chaos in the telephone I hear the hysterical yelling of my grandma: “What’s up, grandson? Did
you eat your pasta?”
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Band:OMEGA DIATRIBE
Album:METANOIA
Label:METAL SCRAP RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:EXTREME GROOVE METAL
"Metanoia" - the third full-length studio album by Hungarian Extreme Groove Metal band OMEGA DIATRIBE.
Hungarian Extreme horde is back with their 4th studio record and showed us again they're still the best in the game!
Premium production with monstrous grooves and polyrhythmic elements, including deep melodies, which drive through your
inner-self. This sonic massacre arrived into a new level with even stronger songs and deeper lyrics than ever before.
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