|
Band:WITCH MOUNTAIN
Album:MOBILE OF ANGELS
Label:SVART
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The new Witch Mountain album is their most epic and musically challenging album to date, darker and more brooding than any of its predecessors. With a cleaner and warmer sounding production (courtesy of legendary producer Billy Anderson, album tracked and mixed in Type Foundry studios Portland) yet still maintaining that massive heavy bluesy and melodic tone the band are known for. Lead singer Uta Plotkin delivers her best vocal performance yet.
“This is the third in our trilogy of comeback albums. It's the third with Uta Plotkin singing, and the third with Billy Anderson as producer. This one is the most fully developed, with the best sound and songs that we've yet mustered in our 17 years as a band. In many ways, it was also the easiest to make, because we've been working and touring so hard, the communication is flowing, and our close relationship with Billy keeps us from wasting time in the studio. Yes, we could have spent another week fine-tuning and mixing the album into the ground. But we didn't bother. Like all Witch Mountain albums, this one authentically captures where we were at when we made it. Since tracking this in May, we've toured Europe again and dialed the live presentation even further. We are firing on all cylinders. Side one of the new album will crush your skull, and Side two will make you want to slit your wrists. This is honest, heavy, American rock music that keeps one foot in the doom metal tradition, and another stepping beyond the fringe of genre and into the landscape of pure, emotional rock and roll expression. “ – Nate Carson/Witch Mountain
|
Band:WITCH MOUNTAIN
Album:MOBILE OF ANGELS - GREEN VINYL LP
Label:SVART
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The new Witch Mountain album is their most epic and musically challenging album to date, darker and more brooding than any of its predecessors. With a cleaner and warmer sounding production (courtesy of legendary producer Billy Anderson, album tracked and mixed in Type Foundry studios Portland) yet still maintaining that massive heavy bluesy and melodic tone the band are known for. Lead singer Uta Plotkin delivers her best vocal performance yet.
“This is the third in our trilogy of comeback albums. It's the third with Uta Plotkin singing, and the third with Billy Anderson as producer. This one is the most fully developed, with the best sound and songs that we've yet mustered in our 17 years as a band. In many ways, it was also the easiest to make, because we've been working and touring so hard, the communication is flowing, and our close relationship with Billy keeps us from wasting time in the studio. Yes, we could have spent another week fine-tuning and mixing the album into the ground. But we didn't bother. Like all Witch Mountain albums, this one authentically captures where we were at when we made it. Since tracking this in May, we've toured Europe again and dialed the live presentation even further. We are firing on all cylinders. Side one of the new album will crush your skull, and Side two will make you want to slit your wrists. This is honest, heavy, American rock music that keeps one foot in the doom metal tradition, and another stepping beyond the fringe of genre and into the landscape of pure, emotional rock and roll expression. “ – Nate Carson/Witch Mountain
LTD LP - GATEFOLD SLEEVE / SWAMP GREEN VINYL !
|
Band:WITCH MOUNTAIN
Album:MOBILE OF ANGELS - BLACK VINYL
Label:SVART
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The new Witch Mountain album is their most epic and musically challenging album to date, darker and more brooding than any of its predecessors. With a cleaner and warmer sounding production (courtesy of legendary producer Billy Anderson, album tracked and mixed in Type Foundry studios Portland) yet still maintaining that massive heavy bluesy and melodic tone the band are known for. Lead singer Uta Plotkin delivers her best vocal performance yet.
“This is the third in our trilogy of comeback albums. It's the third with Uta Plotkin singing, and the third with Billy Anderson as producer. This one is the most fully developed, with the best sound and songs that we've yet mustered in our 17 years as a band. In many ways, it was also the easiest to make, because we've been working and touring so hard, the communication is flowing, and our close relationship with Billy keeps us from wasting time in the studio. Yes, we could have spent another week fine-tuning and mixing the album into the ground. But we didn't bother. Like all Witch Mountain albums, this one authentically captures where we were at when we made it. Since tracking this in May, we've toured Europe again and dialed the live presentation even further. We are firing on all cylinders. Side one of the new album will crush your skull, and Side two will make you want to slit your wrists. This is honest, heavy, American rock music that keeps one foot in the doom metal tradition, and another stepping beyond the fringe of genre and into the landscape of pure, emotional rock and roll expression. “ – Nate Carson/Witch Mountain
BLACK VINYL LP - GATEFOLD SLEEVE
|
Band:DAWNBRINGER
Album:NIGHT OF THE HAMMER
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Led by the one-man heavy metal machine Chris Black, whom many people have claimed as the savior of modernday heavy metal (and who should rightfully be considered the modern-day savior of heavy metal respectively), DAWNBRINGER has become a force in the more underground realms of true heavy metal over the last several years and several albums respectively (namely “Nucleus” and “Into The Lair Of The Sun God”, both released by Profound Lore Records). Now with the new DAWNBRINGER album “Night Of The Hammer” (which was recorded in Oakland’s legendary Sharkbite Studios) on the horizon, Chris Black is once again ready to remind us what the true spirit of heavy metal should really be all about.
In an age where the majority of real heavy metal coming out today has been laughable for the most part, DAWNBRINGER serves its purpose to restore faith in the masses that real heavy metal is still alive and well. No image, no false attitude, no posturing or posing, just pure heartfelt genuine heavy metal the way it should be, “Night Of The Hammer” is another glorious chapter in the DAWNBRINGER repertoire that will showcase Chris Black as one of heavy metal’s true visionaries today.
|
Band:MENACE RUINE
Album:VENUS ARMATA
Label:Profound Lore
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial / Experimental
The duo that comprise Montreal, Quebec’s MENACE RUINE (S. De La Moth and Genevieve) have been known to create some of the most alluring and mesmerizing music within the experimental/ambient/noise scene. Their music is very enigmatic, seductive, pulsating and hypnotizing by mixing elements from industrial music, classic goth and darkwave, martial/militant ambient, noise, black metal, and neo-folk into a wondrous sonic amalgam that puts them within a niche all unto their own.
With the new album “Venus Armata”, MENACE RUINE continue to expand their sonic canvas even further by creating their most intriguing and alluring album to date. With Genevieve’s spellbinding incredible voice becoming even more of a focus this time, “Venus Armata” focuses more on a sense of melancholy and longing through its overbearing wall of pulsating layers of sound and synth heavy noise while not abandoning a sense of song structure and movement. In what will stand as one of the most mesmerizing albums in experimental/ambient music released this year, the overwhelming sonic journey known as “Venus Armata” will accordingly make its awareness made through its potential crossover.
|
Band:MYSTERY
Album:TALES FROM THE NETHERLANDS
Label:UNICORN DIGITAL
Format:2CD
Genre:Prog Rock
UNICORN DIGITAL presents the first Live album from Canadian Progressive Rock Band MYSTERY.
Recorded live at the Boerderij Cultuurpodium in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands on May 10th 2013, the new live double-CD album from Mystery features a selection of songs from The World Is a Game, as well as old favorites from their back catalog. It is also the only live recording with ex-band member Benoit David. Other band members include Benoit Dupuis on keyboards, François Fournier on bass, Sylvain Moineau on guitar, Jean- Sébastien Goyette on drums, and band leader Michel St-Père on guitars.
Double Live Album with 28 page booklet - Recorded Live @ the first ever European show for the Canadian Band.
|
Band:HOLY HOLY
Album:WE ARE KING / HOLY HOLY
Label:Maniac Squat
Format:7" PICTURE DISC VINYL
Genre:Rock
Legendary Bowie bandmates, producer/bass player Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey, are performing together for the first time since 1971 in the September 2014 in a 4 date UK tour, as supergroup Holy Holy. Fronting the band is Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 and on saxophone and guitars is Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman.
The band is: Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T-Rex, This Lizzy), bass Woody Woodmansey (David Bowie), drums Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), vocals Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), sax, guitar, percussion and vocals Erdal Kizilcay (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Freddie Mercury), keyboards and vocals James Stevenson (The Cult, Generation X, Scott Walker, Gene Loves Jezebel), guitar Paul Cuddeford (Ian Hunter, Bob Geldof), guitar Rod Melvin (Ian Dury, Brian Eno), piano Malcolm Doherty (Rumer), 12 string guitar and vocals Hannah Berridge Ronson, backing vocals, recorder and keyboards Lisa Ronson, backing vocals Maggi Ronson, backing vocals and recorder.
Extensive coverage through DavidBowie.com (5.7M Facebook likes), The Guardian, Planet Rock Radio, BBC Radio 2 and national press already achieved and more guaranteed.
September 2014 tour to promote the single: 17 Sept, The Garage / 18 Sept, O2 Sheffield Academy / 20 Sept O2 ABC Glasgow / 22 Sept, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
|
Band:ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE and ROSINA DE PEIRA
Album:LIVE IN TOLOSA
Label:BAM BALAM
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Folk
The psychedelic Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple meet Rosina de Peira.
One of the greatest Japanese psychedelic band meet Rosina de Peira, one of the greatest Occitan traditional music singers - A modern Acid Folk / Psychedelic classic.
Limited beautiful Digisleeve CD.
|
Band:SIGNS OF THE SILHOUETTE
Album:SPRING GROVE
Label:BAM BALAM
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
Four songs and something like eighty minutes of music make up 'Spring Grove', the new record from totally formless and occasionally hypnotic psychedelic band Signs of the Silhouette. This Portugese act are generally an improvisational deal who don't particularly mind what their jams end up sounding like, as long as they're long, winding and totally weird.
RIYL Acid Mothers Temple.
|
Band:LIRA DEL BACCANO
Album:TERRA 42
Label:Subsound Records
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The project, originally formed as LOOSIN ’O’ FREQUENCIES (and released a mini CD produced by doom guru Paul Chain) was born from Alessandro ”Drughito” Santori and Roberto Malerba. In 2006 they decided to turn it into an instrumental band and call it L'IRA DEL BACCANO, melting doom influences as Black Sabbath with the 60’, 70’s psychedelia of Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, the heavy-prog vibes of bands like Rush, as well as the performing freedom and attitude of jam bands such as Grateful Dead. The result… long tracks, in constant evolution and movement on every concert. In summer '08 the band released it's first album – “Si non sedes is…Live”, 56 minutes of live performance in concert. They decided to let the album be available as a free download from their official site and very soon many reviews started to appear on the web. During the following two years they played many gigs in Italy, having the opportunity to share stages with bands like Nebula, Witchcraft, Doomraiser, Vibravoid and La Ira de Dios. In the spring of 2010 the band released a split CD with different version of songs already released on the first album, once again to show their way of conceiving music in "never ending movement". In the fall of 2013 L'IRA DEL BACCANO recorded the second album, no longer on stage as with the first album, but this time in a studio.....RIYL: Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Rush,
|
Band:KAYO DOT
Album:COFFINS ON IO
Label:FLENSER
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
When it comes to Kayo Dot, change is the only constant. And like the best pop culture chameleons of the past, Kayo Dot’s evolution is governed by an inscrutable inner-logic. Despite the accessible songwriting of Coffins on Io and the emphasis on vocal melody and electronic percussion, Kayo Dot fans will find the record’s darkness and intensity familiar and relatable. For example: the dark wave of Coffins on Io album-track “Off-ramp Cycle” might be unrecognizable to Kayo Dot’s metal fans. “The sound is kind of like a sexy combination of Type O Negative, Peter Gabriel, Sisters of Mercy,” Driver says. But the track also encompasses the brooding menace of classic Bauhaus as well as current dark wavers Cold Cave and Crystal Stilts: artists young and old who live and die in those unknowable corners where heaviness meets delicacy and sincerity meets theatricality.
Elsewhere, Driver’s penchant for prog rock surfaces in the ethereal “Spirit Photography,” complete with a saxophone melody line—strikingly gentle when compared to Kayo Dot’s brutal back catalog. “Long Time Disturbance on the Miracle Mile” could be a Bryan Ferry-era Roxy Music cut, and “The Mortality of Doves” could be Eno-produced David Bowie.
Driver says there’s also an element of sexuality in Coffins on Io.“Basically the vibe that we’re going for here is inspired by 80s retro-future noir— Blade Runner,” Driver explains. “I wanted to make a good record to put on while you drive across the desert at night under a toxic, post-apocalyptic atmosphere,” he says, adding, “There’s a weird underlying theme of murder, shame and death.”
|
Band:HYPNOS
Album:HYPNOS
Label:Crusher
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Hypnos plays heavy action boogie rock and is at this moment one of the fastest growing bands on the Swedish heavy rock scene. Never before in the history of Crusher Records has a band been signed to the label this quickly!
Hypnos was formed in late autumn 2013 and it only took a handful of shows of intense energy backed by a solid repertoire to get Crusher Records immediate attention. Shortly a deal was struck! Hypnos wasted no time and in February 2014 the band entered Kungsten Studios to start recording their debut album.
This self-titled debut album contains eight tracks of high octane heavy rock: the initiating and nearly eight minute long Hands of Evil offers a big dose of thunderous drums, heavy riffs and singer Philip proving his skills with the flute as well as his killer voice; The Mountain, which also precedes the album as a single release, with a lovely riff of twin guitar harmonies; the semi-ballad Nightmares bringing some dynamic and balance to the album; and five additional hard rocking memorable tunes. For fans of Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple.
On Crusher Records (a specialist in digging up unknown retro acts of heavy rock and psychedelia. Some of the bands that have released their debut record on Crusher Records are: BLUES PILLS, HORISONT, TROUBLED HORSE, SPIDERS, VIDUNDER and DEAN ALLEN FOYD.)
|
Band:HYPNOS
Album:HYPNOS - LP
Label:Crusher
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Metal
Hypnos plays heavy action boogie rock and is at this moment one of the fastest growing bands on the Swedish heavy rock scene. Never before in the history of Crusher Records has a band been signed to the label this quickly! Hypnos was formed in late autumn 2013 and it only took a handful of shows of intense energy backed by a solid repertoire to get Crusher Records immediate attention. Shortly a deal was struck! Hypnos wasted no time and in February 2014 the band entered Kungsten Studios to start recording their debut album. This self-titled debut album contains eight tracks of high octane heavy rock: the initiating and nearly eight minute long Hands of Evil offers a big dose of thunderous drums, heavy riffs and singer Philip proving his skills with the flute as well as his killer voice; The Mountain, which also precedes the album as a single release, with a lovely riff of twin guitar harmonies; the semi-ballad Nightmares bringing some dynamic and balance to the album; and five additional hard rocking memorable tunes. For fans of Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple.
LTD VINYL LP on Crusher Records - the specialist in digging up unknown retro acts of heavy rock and psychedelia. Some of the bands that have released their debut record on Crusher Records are: BLUES PILLS, HORISONT, TROUBLED HORSE, SPIDERS, VIDUNDER and DEAN ALLEN FOYD.
|
Band:THE BOSSMEN
Album:PERSONALLY YOURS ; THE COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage Reissues
Dick Wagner and his guitar. Lou Reed's "Rock 'n' Roll Animal". Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare".... Wagner's contribution to rock 'n' roll is immense. And it all started a little bit north of Detroit with the Bossmen. In just three years (1964-67), The Bossmen amassed an impressive run of no less than eight regional number one singles. When you listen to these eighteen original compositions you can sense the long hours and the countless amount of blood, sweat and tears that went into creating them. Whether it's a stinging guitar solo (the sonic blast of an intro on 'Sunshine' comes to mind), a regal four part vocal harmony or a soaring arrangement, each tune bears the distinct early characteristics of the ‘Wagner’ sound that would later bring him success on a global scale and write him into the annals of rock ‘n' roll history.
Liner notes by Dick Wagner and reflections on the Bossmen by Bo White and Ryan Sparks.
Great Lion Productions package - Massive color booklet with rare photos - Limited to 500 copies.
|
Band:THE JIGSAW SEEN
Album:OLD MAN REVERB
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CDD
Genre:Psych/Garage
The Jigsaw Seen have more than lived up to expectations with their new masterwork, Old Man Reverb. The album is rich with musical ideas executed by the band in an impeccable manner. From intricate orchestral arrangements to primal rock, The Jigsaw Seen seamlessly combine diverse elements that support the album’s themes of nature and music. Soaring Mellotrons embrace husky baritone guitar figures, while glammy guitars and ornamental piano runs support a Vocoder laugh track. The dynamic foursome of Dennis Davison, Jonathan Lea, Tom Currier and Teddy Freese always know just what the song requires. Echoes of Ennio Morricone, Jimmy Webb, The Stooges and Gene Clark careen through the caverns of Old Man Reverb. The songs have multiple layers and meanings and The Jigsaw Seen have many moods. This is the band at its peak of creativity, brace yourself for the reverberations.
...The Jigsaw Seen’s previous releases, Gifted (2012), Winterland (2011) and Bananas Foster (2010) have received great reviews from UNCUT (UK), The Sunday Times (UK), The Independent (UK), The Daily Mirror (UK) etc...
|
Band:OMAR AND THE HOWLERS
Album:BIG TIME PLAYBOY
Label:BURNSIDE
Format:CD
Genre:Blues
Omar Kent Dykes gathered a group of his best friends to release a cover album of their favorite tracks by some of their favorite blues greats. Many of the same talented artists appeared with Omar on his previous release, On the Jimmy Reed Highway. Gathering to record Big Town Playboy are guests Jimmie Vaughan, James Cotton, Lazy Lester, Gary Clark, Jr., Lou Ann Barton, Derek O’Brien, Wes Starr, and Ronnie James. This release includes songs written by Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, and Jimmy McCracklin. Smoking guitar by Jimmie Vaughan and Omar combined with blazing harmonica by James Cotton and Lazy Lester make this release one of Omar’s most memorable projects. Gary Clark, Jr. played guitar and harmonica on King Bee, and Lou Ann Barton sang duets with Omar on Think and Close Together.
CD re-release of classic Omar & The Howlers 2009 album.
|
Band:FUSION
Album:TOP SOUL - LP
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
Impossible to find jazz/soul/funk monster by Fusión, issued in Chile in 1975 by ALBA (ALD-041)—a fulsome combination of funk, electric jazz, and soul, with Latin roots. Bassist Enrique Luna had lived and studied art in New York, and knew first-hand the last, avant-garde years of John Coltrane, and Miles Davis’ mutation from hard bop trendsetter into an electric jazz pioneer; Matias Pizarro had appeared on the scene in the mid-60s as a young pianist of outstanding technical ability and advanced ideas. Together they formed a band around a core of Peruvian musicians, with soloists including David Estánovich (tenor sax) and Lautaro Rosas (guitar), plus a rhythm trio of Mario Lecaros (electric piano, former Village Trio), and Orlando Avendaño (drums), with guest appearances by trumpeter Daniel Lencina, and young percussionist Santiago Salas (Santa y su gente). Censorship during the Chilean military regime meant heavy restrictions on artists. Thus the Fusión album was pressed in a very limited quantity, and never legally re-issued—until now! 180 gram limited edition of 500 copies. Bi-lingual insert explores Fusión in the context of the rich Chilean music scene
First time vinyl reissue of 1975 funk/jazz collector Holy Grail - Super grooving, funky electric jazz with Latin roots - Bi-lingual insert explores Fusión in the context of the rich Chilean music scene - Limited to 500 copies.
|
Band:PROBE 10
Album:THERE IS A UNIVERSE
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:JAZZ/JAZZ ROCK
Rare private press jazz/space rock album, on reissue wish lists for years -
Limited edition of 500 copies WORLDWIDE
Booklet comes with notes from the band - The mini LP sleeve CD edition has five non-LP bonus tracks!
"This masterpiece crawled up my spine like a kundalini snake and proceeded to take the top of my head off. Probe 10 are unquestionably linked to a very specifically American form of proto-prog-into-jazz-rock synthesis of the precise sort Elektra Records used to specialize in, from Tim Buckley's Starsailor to David Stoughton's Transformer. Toss in trumpet fanfare laden acid psych straight out of the C.A. Quintet songbook, the riotously melodic and dense brassy arrangements of McLuhan... and...well...hold on to your hookahs!" —Mutant Sounds
|
Band:THE KEYS
Album:RING THE CHANGES - LP
Label:SEE MONKEY DO MONKEY
Format:LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
Psych-slackers Keys, recently dropping the definite article, have created a love letter to American Music for their latest album. Ring the Changes, is a 12 strong-song journey through their influences from across the pond, think Stooges, Violent Femmes, Velvets, Sly Stone, Jonathan Richman. The album continues the lo-fi explorations of previous releases Fire Inside (2009) and Bitten by Wolves (2011). Recorded in one weekend on 8 track tape by kindred lo-fi spirit Pixy Jones from El Goodo, Ring the Changes shuns sonic trickery for blistering performances with minimal overdubs.
A fantastic live band Keys have boasted a roster of supporters from Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne, Radio 2, Shindig!, Mark Lamarr and Bethan Elfyn. In their former guise as Murry The Hump, The Keys recorded 3 sessions for John Peel, signed to Too Pure, were lauded by the NME for their ‘glorious jangle-pop’, counted Joe Strummer, Keith Allen and Damien Hirst among their biggest fans and were the “ best new band in Britain” according to Alex James and Damon Albarn. KEYS also feature on the soundtrack of indie film Svengali feat. Jonny Owen, Vicky McClure, Martin Freeman, Alan McGee and more. The film was released through universal earlier this year and followed by a soundtrack album feat. KEYS alongside The Coral, Jake Bugg, Dexys, The Small Faces, The Who and more.
For fans of: Tame Impala, The Black Keys, Telegram, Temples, Parquet Courts, Smith Westerns, Jim Jones Revue, The Ramones, Jonathan Richman, Velvet Underground - Double 12” gatefold vinyl packaging with free download card
|
Band:ARMS AND SLEEPERS
Album:SWIM TEAM
Label:FAKE CHAPTER
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Boston's Arms and Sleepers latest full length album. Previous records included “Organ Hearts”, “Matador”, “Black Paris 86” and “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive”. Arms and Sleepers is the music duo Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic.
Wednesday 05 November London @ Cargo Thursday / 06 November Manchester @ Eagle Inn
One of the few bands still carrying the trip-hop torch, Arms and Sleepers experiments more with electronics and beats than Morcheeba or Portishead ever did.- NPR (National Public Radio USA)
Max and Mirza write moody keyboard-driven soft pop tunes that sound very restrained and personal, but they also incorporate electronics and atmospheric sounds into the mix which give their tunes additional odd flavors… Lewis and Ramic are getting good at what they do. Quite damn good. - BABYSUE
|
Band:ARMS AND SLEEPERS
Album:SWIM TEAM - LP
Label:FAKE CHAPTER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Boston's Arms and Sleepers latest full length album. Previous records included “Organ Hearts”, “Matador”, “Black Paris 86” and “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive”. Arms and Sleepers is the music duo Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic.
Wednesday 05 November London @ Cargo / Thursday 06 November Manchester @ Eagle Inn.
One of the few bands still carrying the trip-hop torch, Arms and Sleepers experiments more with electronics and beats than Morcheeba or Portishead ever did.- NPR (National Public Radio USA)
VINYL LP.
|
Band:ARMS AND SLEEPERS
Album:BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE
Label:FAKE CHAPTER
Format:CD
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Boston's Arms and Sleepers debut album. Newer records included “Organ Hearts”, “Matador”, “Black Paris 86” and “Swim Team” being released October 28, 2014.
Wednesday 05 November London @ Cargo Thursday 06 November Manchester @ Eagle Inn
Max and Mirza write moody keyboard-driven soft pop tunes that sound very restrained and personal, but they also incorporate electronics and atmospheric sounds into the mix which give their tunes additional odd flavors… Lewis and Ramic are getting good at what they do. Quite damn good. - BABYSUE
|
Band:ARMS AND SLEEPERS
Album:BLISS IT WAS IN THAT DAWN - LP
Label:FAKE CHAPTER
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Dance/Electronica
Boston's Arms and Sleepers debut album. Newer records included “Organ Hearts”, “Matador”, “Black Paris 86” and “Swim Team” being released October 28, 2014.
Wednesday 05 November London @ Cargo / Thursday 06 November Manchester @ Eagle Inn
"One of the few bands still carrying the trip-hop torch, Arms and Sleepers experiments more with electronics and beats than Morcheeba or Portishead ever did."- NPR (National Public Radio USA)
VINYL LP
|
Band:C`MON TIGRE
Album:C`MON TIGRE
Label:African Tape
Format:CD
Genre:Avant-Garde
After releasing the amazing music film Federation Tunisienne de Football in collaboration with the international artist G.Toccafondo in June 2014, C’mon Tigre will finally release their first album (Self Titled) on October 13 2014! The name Afroamericans gave to this dirty style of music was funk in reference to the body odour produced while in a state of excitation. That’s what we do, repetitive riffs and a maximalist attitude in a mosaic of arabic melodies, analogue drum machines, sinuous guitars, with a bombastic horn sections that could make snakes dance. The album includes 13 tracks, composed and produced by the duo C'mon Tigre and arranged together with its extended family, a great cluster of musicians from all over the world: Jessica Lurie, Henkjaap Beeuwkes, Pasquale Mirra, Ahmad Oumar, Enrico Fontanelli, Danny Ray Barragan, Eusebio Martinelli, Dipak Raji, Rocco Favi, Paolo Berluti, Malik Ousmane and Simone Sabini. More than two years of recordings, with a constant change of longitude and latitude. We have travelled far. We have met musicians with great souls and worked together with them on these 13 tracks. A group of people mutually contaminated sharing their musical memories. C’mon Tigre began life in the Mediterranean basin and spread out to the corners of the world's metropolises. C’mon Tigre talks about the fascination that Africa holds in a tales that stretch along a curve line from San Diego to Bombay. That's the reason why we choose not to sign this project with our birth names, because C’mon Tigre represents the single artistic voice which keeps those memories. Where do we come from, who are we similar to? that is not relevant. There’s not one single place, there are many places. There’s not one single face, there are many faces. C’mon Tigre are two people but at the same time is a collective of souls. This condition will change constantly, on stages, in the next recordings sessions and also in all those areas that are not strictly related to music. C’mon Tigre will invest in artistic research continuing his collaborations with animators, illustrators, visual artists like the successful experiment made with Mr. Toccafondo. More it will change, the more it will grow.
|
Band:SKY PICNIC
Album:HER DAWN WARDROBE
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:CD
Genre:Psych/Garage
Sky Picnic is a psychedelic rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Consisting of Chris Sherman (guitar/vocals), Leah Cinnamon (bass/vocals) and Pete Meriwether (drums), their debut record was released in 2011 on Nasoni Records. Sky Picnic became part of the Fruits De Mer Records family soon after this, most notably contributing a track to "Sorrow's Children", which was produced in collaboration with psych-rock legends the Pretty Things. In 2014 the band signed to Mega Dodo who is releasing their third long-player.
"Her Dawn Wardrobe" is the stunning new album from New York’s psychedelic darlings Sky Picnic. The band’s third, their first from Mega Dodo, its gentle pastoral psych vibes have a distinct 60s influence but they are by no means a retro act. The album is packed with delicate ballads, solid rockers and lots of cool freaky and often spaced out psychedelic music. For their third album Sky Picnic has begun to introduce elements that blur musical genres, specifically songs tinged with jazz grooves, sing-along psych-pop and heavier riffs that only hint at what the future holds. CD.
|
Band:SKY PICNIC
Album:HER DAWN WARDROBE - LP
Label:MEGA DODO
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Psych/Garage
Sky Picnic is a psychedelic rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Consisting of Chris Sherman (guitar/vocals), Leah Cinnamon (bass/vocals) and Pete Meriwether (drums), their debut record was released in 2011 on Nasoni Records. Sky Picnic became part of the Fruits De Mer Records family soon after this, most notably contributing a track to "Sorrow's Children", which was produced in collaboration with psych-rock legends the Pretty Things. In 2014 the band signed to Mega Dodo who is releasing their third long-player.
Her Dawn Wardrobe is the stunning new album from New York’s psychedelic darlings Sky Picnic. The band’s third, their first from Mega Dodo, its gentle pastoral psych vibes have a distinct 60s influence but they are by no means a retro act. The album is packed with delicate ballads, solid rockers and lots of cool freaky and often spaced out psychedelic music. For their third album Sky Picnic has begun to introduce elements that blur musical genres, specifically songs tinged with jazz grooves, sing-along psych-pop and heavier riffs that only hint at what the future holds. LP limited to 250 copies worldwide / Grey vinyl.
|
Band:THE YOUTH
Album:I`LL CALL YOUR BLUFF
Label:STATE RECORDS
Format:VINYL 7"
Genre:Psych/Garage
Formed just over 2 years ago in Copenhagen, this beat-tastic quartet have been consistently blowing people's minds throughout Europe and the UK with their authentic take on mid 60s beat & garage. Having self-released their 1st single, they now have another single and album under their belts, all of which works up to the monstrous monophonic 2-sided killer about to be unleashed by State Records.
The VU meters on the 8-track were begging for mercy that fine day back in June at the Ponswood Hit Factory, Hastings, as Lasse, David, Jesper and Sune pounded their way through the 2 sides on offer. The topside, "I'll Call Your Bluff", features Lasse's throat-shredding vocal and Jesper on 'set-to-stun' guitar, alongside the solid rhythm pumped out by David and Sune. David takes a double-tracked lead vocal on the flip, "You've Done Me Wrong", powered by a wonderful 'inside-out' syncopated guitar riff and that same gut-busting rhythm! No noise merchants, these boys though—everything's wrapped in a nice grasp of melody, making both sides instantly accessible; as I said at the start, it's time to LISTEN UP!
A “State” Production, recorded in mono at our 100% analogue 8-track studio - Limited to 500 copies on 7” vinyl with authentic push-out centre.
|
Band:THE SCENES
Album:BEIGE
Label:SOUND OF FINLAND
Format:CD
Genre:Post Punk
An experimental band barely out of their teens, The Scenes out of Oulu, Northern Finland, are something between art pop, hardcore punk and progressive rock. They possess a seemingly peculiar collective character yet it’s impossible to deny their powerful songwriting and showmanship mastery.
In May 2014 The Scenes toured the UK earning a reputation for their lights-out mayhem live performances, playing festival slots at The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Live At Leeds and Dot to Dot festival, as well as supporting Bo Ningen on their club tour. Their sets ebb and flow with startling neurotic bursts, to the point where it’s almost certain that something will break - be it equipment or bones. After their debut album "Images Of Animals Crying In Public" in April 2013, second album “Beige” comes out October 27th on the Sound of Finland imprint.
SUPPORTING 2-TONE LEGENDS "THE SPECIALS" ON NOVEMBER UK TOUR !
|
Band:THE SCENES
Album:BEIGE - LP
Label:SOUND OF FINLAND
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Post Punk
An experimental band barely out of their teens, The Scenes out of Oulu, Northern Finland, are something between art pop, hardcore punk and progressive rock. They possess a seemingly peculiar collective character yet it’s impossible to deny their powerful songwriting and showmanship mastery. In May 2014 The Scenes toured the UK earning a reputation for their lights-out mayhem live performances, playing festival slots at The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City, Live At Leeds and Dot to Dot festival, as well as supporting Bo Ningen on their club tour. Their sets ebb and flow with startling neurotic bursts, to the point where it’s almost certain that something will break - be it equipment or bones. After their debut album "Images Of Animals Crying In Public" in April 2013, second album “Beige” comes out October 27th on the Sound of Finland imprint.
LP VINYL
SUPPORTING 'THE SPECIALS' ON THEIR NOVEMBER UK TOUR !
|
Band:HEAT
Album:OLD SPARKY
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
It’s getting hot! The four-piece Heat from Berlin manages to revive the sound of the good old times. The members of this band project previously played in bands like Samsara Blues Experiment, Grandloom and the Hara-Kee-Rees. Their mutual love for the original Hard Rock and Proto Metal of the 70s made them form the band. Their debut will not only bring joy to fans of the genre, no also fans of modern retro bands like Graveyard, Horisont or The Graviators will love this record.
This is the TCM Vinyl LP Repress of Heat's Debut “Old Sparky” previously released on Electric Magic.
“An energetic Blues-drenched mixture of early Sabbath, Zeppelin, Jerusalem, whatever… Pull a name from your Classic Hard Rock collection, they have it all. The real deal....Heat are more than able to match up to the likes of Witchcraft and Graveyard.” - www.thesleepingshaman.com
|
Band:SHATTERS
Album:L`ABYSSE DES PENSEES
Label:UNICORN DIGITAL
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
'L'abysse des Pensées'' is the first album from French Canadian Progressive Rock band Shatters , born of a passionate but not without pitfalls course , a work that traverses our introspection facing our limitations, psychological and moral , which sets the stage for exploring the fragility of the human mind.
|
Band:AL`TARBA
Album:LET THE GHOSTS SING
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:CD
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
With a 10-year career, 5 albums and 2 EPs, many featuring, Al’Tarba is not a beginner anymore.
Mighty flying abstract hip-hop in the vein of RJD2 or DJ Shadow.
Far from the beatmaker under influences, Al'Tarba devotes himself to be a solo artist claiming the complexity and abandoning the label of "purist" too often related to punk or hip-hop. He is the creator of a whimsical, grandiose, sometimes ridiculous world where cartoons, genre films, comics gore, beautiful ladies and gangsters meet. In his world childhood‘s candor converges with violence and the adulthood’s ill-being. The real world becomes a dreamlike vision with the track Let the Ghosts Sing. Conductor of a joyfully funeral ball, Al’Tarba is playing with piano, glockenspiel and guitar or trumpet organic sounds echo’s back by abstract beats and electro patch. The album is filled with voices like a ghost whispering in our ears. Vaporous, the sampled voices never truly reveal themselves, and we’re not even sure if we heard them in the first place. At other times, the ghost take human form with the Tsigane singer Paloma Pradal from Bonnie Li Jessica Fitoussi or the reggae girl Dantisa. Let the Ghosts Sing could be the soundtrack for a Tim Burton movie, as we feel joy surrounded by death. Siberian Vengeance or Still Insomniac take us to a trip inside our own mind when Gangster & Rude Girls or My Vicious Side work as a carthasis, as we headbang our troubles away. That’s the strength of Al’Tarba and this opus, they bring us to an imaginary place where we face the nostalgia and spookiness of our childhood, while enjoying it as an adult.
|
Band:AL`TARBA
Album:LET THE GHOSTS SING - LP
Label:JARRING EFFECTS
Format:LP VINYL
Genre:Rap/Hip Hop
With a 10-year career, 5 albums and 2 EPs, Al’Tarba is not a beginner anymore.
Flying abstract hip-hop in the vein of RJD2 or DJ Shadow.
Far from the beatmaker under influences, Al'Tarba devotes himself to be a solo artist claiming the complexity and abandoning the label of "purist" too often related to punk or hip-hop. He is the creator of a whimsical, grandiose, sometimes ridiculous world where cartoons, genre films, comics gore, beautiful ladies and gangsters meet. In his world childhood‘s candor converges with violence and the adulthood’s ill-being. The real world becomes a dreamlike vision with the track Let the Ghosts Sing. Conductor of a joyfully funeral ball, Al’Tarba is playing with piano, glockenspiel and guitar or trumpet organic sounds echo’s back by abstract beats and electro patch. The album is filled with voices like a ghost whispering in our ears. Vaporous, the sampled voices never truly reveal themselves, and we’re not even sure if we heard them in the first place. At other times, the ghost take human form with the Tsigane singer Paloma Pradal from Bonnie Li Jessica Fitoussi or the reggae girl Dantisa. Let the Ghosts Sing could be the soundtrack for a Tim Burton movie, as we feel joy surrounded by death. Siberian Vengeance or Still Insomniac take us to a trip inside our own mind when Gangster & Rude Girls or My Vicious Side work as a carthasis, as we headbang our troubles away. That’s the strength of Al’Tarba and this opus, they bring us to an imaginary place where we face the nostalgia and spookiness of our childhood, while enjoying it as an adult.
LTD 2-LP VINYL SET.
|
Band:MAUSOLEUM GATE
Album:MAUSOLEUM GATE
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The self-titled debut release of Finland’s MAUSOLEUM GATE is destined to become a classic cult album in a very short time. Rarely in the past few years any metal scene's newcomer has been able to craft such authentically sounding, classic heavy metal music with the passion and energy that MAUSOLEUM GATE put into their debut album. Their appearance on the scene out-of-nowhere came so unexpectedly and shockingly, but immediately turned some heads, as the band has been invited to play the next edition of famous German "Keep It True Festival" in April 2015! Inspired by the late 70s / early 80s metal sound, these Finnish lads know perfectly where to hit to provoke the most positive reactions among fans of the NWOBHM’s sound, die-hard aficionados of the twisting sounds of Cirith Ungol, and lovers of 70s rock greats such as the Scorpions and Uriah Heep... The presence of unusual keys (Mellotron and Organ mainly) gives this album a spooky and somewhat tragic atmosphere, with long suites such as “Lost Beyond the Sun” and “Mausoleum Gate” act as the highest peaks of an opera prima that will hardly pass unobserved.
|
Band:MAUSOLEUM GATE
Album:MAUSOLEUM GATE - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Metal
The self-titled debut release of Finland’s MAUSOLEUM GATE is destined to become a classic cult album in a very short time. Rarely in the past few years any metal scene's newcomer has been able to craft such authentically sounding, classic heavy metal music with the passion and energy that MAUSOLEUM GATE put into their debut album. Their appearance on the scene out-of-nowhere came so unexpectedly and shockingly, but immediately turned some heads, as the band has been invited to play the next edition of famous German "Keep It True Festival" in April 2015! Inspired by the late 70s / early 80s metal sound, these Finnish lads know perfectly where to hit to provoke the most positive reactions among fans of the NWOBHM’s sound, die-hard aficionados of the twisting sounds of Cirith Ungol, and lovers of 70s rock greats such as the Scorpions and Uriah Heep... The presence of unusual keys (Mellotron and Organ mainly) gives this album a spooky and somewhat tragic atmosphere, with long suites such as “Lost Beyond the Sun” and “Mausoleum Gate” act as the highest peaks of an opera prima that will hardly pass unobserved.
LTD VINYL LP. GATEFOLD SLEEVE.
|
Band:CONVENT GUILT
Album:GUNS FOR HIRE - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Metal
Featuring veterans of the Aussie metal scene, CONVENT GUILT is a relatively new name - destined to conquer the heart and soul of any fan devoted to the early 80s metal sound.
Australia is the country where the most pure and uncontaminated metal sound reside, untouched by any fashion- or mainstream turn metal could have taken in these years. Raw, dirty yet terribly catchy guitar riffs (some even hinting at early AC/DC!) will carry you back to the golden age of metal, song title such as “Angels in Black Leather”, “Desert Brat” or “Perverse Altar” tell more of what you will get in this album than any word… Filthy vocals and a massive rhythmic section finally produce an overdose of muddy rock and roll that will find its best expression during their savage live shows. This is an album that smells of dust, sweat and energy - basically what metal is made of!
|
Band:APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE
Album:OF WOE AND WOUNDS
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
With its oppressive and crunching sound, “Of Woe and Wounds” will rank among the heaviest album of 2014. From the 7-minute opener “Blackest of Times” to the ending “Luna”, APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE deliver an incredible performance that gives full sense to the sometimes-abused term “DOOM”. Mastered by Tony Reed (producer of last SAINT VITUS' album “Lillie: F-65”), this album confirms APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE as a versatile, multi-dimensional doom band that offers the most Sabbath-inspired sound around these days, blended with personal, oppressive yet dynamic atmospheres such as those found in “Push Mortal Coil” or “Whore’s Wings” (re-recorded hits from their 2012's demo), or the long and haunting “Die Vicar Die”. The album also features the extraordinary work of talented Artist David Csicsely known for his illustrations of Mournful Congregation, Solitude Aeternus, Wheel, Flight of Sleipnir releases. DOOM has never been so HEAVY as in “Of Woe and Wounds”!!!
Featuring ex-Gates of Slumber members - Highly acclaimed American doom metal band.
|
Band:APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE
Album:OF WOE AND WOUNDS - LP
Label:Cruz Del Sur
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
With its oppressive and crunching sound, “Of Woe and Wounds” will rank among the heaviest album of 2014. From the 7-minute opener “Blackest of Times” to the ending “Luna”, APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE deliver an incredible performance that gives full sense to the sometimes-abused term “DOOM”. Mastered by Tony Reed (producer of last SAINT VITUS' album “Lillie: F-65”), this album confirms APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE as a versatile, multi-dimensional doom band that offers the most Sabbath-inspired sound around these days, blended with personal, oppressive yet dynamic atmospheres such as those found in “Push Mortal Coil” or “Whore’s Wings” (re-recorded hits from their 2012's demo), or the long and haunting “Die Vicar Die”. The album also features the extraordinary work of talented Artist David Csicsely known for his illustrations of Mournful Congregation, Solitude Aeternus, Wheel, Flight of Sleipnir releases. DOOM has never been so HEAVY as in “Of Woe and Wounds”!!!
LTD DBL LP - Featuring ex-Gates of Slumber members / Highly acclaimed American doom metal band.
|
Band:RED KUNZ
Album:TEETH HAIR AND SKIN - CD
Label:DIVISION
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
The great collaboration that gathers Aaron Beam and John Sherman from heavy-rock heroes RED FANG together with Louis Jucker and Luc Hess (ex-The Ocean Collective, Coilguns, The Fawn) from Swiss noise rock outfit KUNZ will soon be on your record player!
We won't tell you once again who's RED FANG, and how John Sherman's powerful drumming or Aaron Beam distinctive vocal tone make this band the most exciting rock 'n' roll outfit on our planet. You already know it all, everyone loves them. But you'd probably need to be refreshed about KUNZ, a very rare and mysterious incarnation of two musicians that you've certainly heard in some of your favorite bands: Coilguns, The Ocean Collective, The Fawn, and many more.
TEETH, HAIR & SKIN is the title of Red Kunz's debut album. Conceived within a single and awesome week of friendship, the album displays 20 minutes of raw bass riffing and double drums battles that somehow manage to sound like proper catchy songs.
|
Band:BOSTON RATS
Album:THIS AINT ROCK AND ROLL
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:Rock And Roll/Psychobilly
Debut album by busy UK Psychobilly band.
This band are popular on the live circuit and each member has a good musical pedigree in the genre.
|
Band:DOE
Album:FIRST FOUR
Label:SPECIALIST SUBJECT
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Punk / Emo
North London indie punks, Doe have been plugging away for the last couple of years releasing some incredible EPs as short run, DIY cassettes & CDrs. Song writing this good deserves to be preserved and enjoyed so this October Specialist Subject Records will be releasing these EPs together on one record as the First Four LP!
The LP contains thirteen tracks of driving 90s-indebted indie punk with nods to Weezer, Sleater-Kinney, Helium, Plumtree and Pavement. Duelling girl-boy harmonies go hand in hand with intertwining guitars and before you know it, you’ve listened to the whole LP before noting the lack of a bass guitar. This is pop song writing at its best with hooks that’ll be stuck in your head indefinitely!
‘We have no reservation in declaring them one of the most exciting new London bands we’ve found so far’ – The Londonist
|
Band:ATTRITION
Album:THE HAND THAT FEEDS / A TRICKY BUSINESS
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial / Experimental
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
"The Hand That Feeds" - Including exclusive mixes of ATTRITION classics from some of the biggest names in the industrial scene such as Chris n' Cosey, In The Nursery, Stromkern, Dance or Die, New Mind, Regenerator, Morbus Kitahara, various techno and drum n bass dj's and more...Compiled and editied over 3 years and distilled from over a double albums submissions…The Hand That Feeds takes Attrition songs to whole new places… from a variety of twisted dancefloor genres to the final avant-garde experimentalism… the individual tracks have enjoyed club play worldwide …and have since graced many a scene sampler CD…This edition has been remastered and included a previously unreleased bonus mix from UK experimental artist Flip Shriner.
" A Tricky Business" is one of ATTRITION’s most successful releases….containing as it does their most well known song - ”A girl called harmony” (featured on the dance floors of gothic clubs the world over and now enjoying life on a succession of gothic/industrial sampler CD’s…including Germany’s Orkus magazine’s Best of the 90’s..) . The album signalled a 90’s rebirth for Attrition as mainman Martin Bowes’ first use of computer technology resulted in a new twist to his dark electronic music production – ranging from dance to neo-classical to experimental ambience… and his lyrical depths are complemented by the stunning operatic voice of regular singer Julia Waller. A Tricky Business was the first album to feature cover artwork from English artist Mark Lomax. The album has been totally remastered by Martin Bowes and this edition includes both the 3 extra tracks from the CD version and a bonus track – the 12” mix of “Something in my eye” from the 1992 single…
|
Band:BILL BRUFORDS EARTHWORKS
Album:EARTHWORKS / ALL HEAVEN BROKE LOOSE
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
2 On 1 CD.
Earthworks - The debut Earthworks album features a number of key tracks including My Heart Declares A Holiday and Bridge Of Inhibition. The Summerfold imprint was launched in October 2003 to provide an outlet for Earthworks recordings both old and new. This recording of the debut Earthworks album has been re-mastered and includes two bonus tracks: All Heaven Broke Loose and A Stone's Throw.
All Heaven Broke Loose - By 1991 and the release of the third album, All Heaven Broke Loose, much of the chordal work in the band was delivered astonishingly by Bill from the drums; heard to good effect here on the title track, and Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark. Other key tracks include the House-inspired Splashing Out, and the North-African influenced Pigalle. This recording of All Heaven Broke Loose has been re-mastered and includes two bonus tracks: Libreville and Pilgrim's Way.
|
Band:BLODWYN PIG
Album:THE BASEMENT TAPES / LIES
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
The Basement Tapes - THE BASEMENT TAPES contains radio sessions and live material recorded from 1969 to 1974, as well as two bonus tracks recorded in 1996. Basement Tapes buy CD music Previously unreleased BBC recordings from the former Jethro Tull guitarist, recorded 1969-1974. Basement Tapes songs Plus two bonus tracks from 1996. Basement Tapes album for sale Blodwyn Pig includes: Mick Abraham. Blodwyn Pig : Mick Abrahams (vocals, guitar); Jack Lancaster (violin, flute, saxophone); Andrew Pyle, Mike Summerland (bass guitar); Clive Bunker, Graham Walker, Ron Berg (drums). Basement Tapes CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs.
Lies - The reconstituted Blodwyn Pig , consisting of Mick Abrahams (lead vocals, guitars), Graham Walker (drums), Dave Lennox (keyboards, vocals) and Mike Summerland (bass, vocals), with Jackie Challoner (backing vocals) and Nick Payne (harmonica, saxes). This is more of a soul band than the original Blodwyn Pig , leaving jazz and progressive rock behind on this album. Apart from the superb title track, there's a ton of R&B-styled material here, all played and sung hard but well, with a level of maturity that only adds to the depth of the performances. In addition to originals by Abrahams there are covers of songs by Doc Pomus and Dr John (The Victim) and Alexis Korner (I Wonder Who), the latter one of a pair of live tracks reuniting Abrahams with his former bandmates Clive Bunker and Andy Pyle. A great studio album from the man. The title track, Lies, and Deadman's Hill are still part of Mick's live shows today. Some excellent guitar work from Mick once again, and some fine songs.
|
Band:DON CORNELL / EDDY MCDONALD
Album:IM YOURS / WHEN IM CALLING YOU
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Don Cornell – I’m Yours - Born Luigi Francisco Varlaro in 1919, Don Cornell was one of the most successful of the crooners who commanded so much attention from the media during the 1950s. His warm and often sentiment-tinged tones put him in league with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Ed Ames, Eddie Fisher,Al Martino, Vic Damone, Robert Goulet, and Steve Lawrence.
Eddy/McDonald – When I’m Calling You – Commonly listed under her name because she gets first billing, When I'm Calling You is a collection of 22 songs sung by soprano Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965), eight by baritone Nelson Eddy (1901-1967), and five duets (tracks one, two, six, sixteen and seventeen) which is perhaps less than those who take the album title literally would expect. Stars of stage and screen, both singers were operatically inclined. This is charmingly nostalgic stuff, much of it sentimental and precious beyond belief.
|
Band:ROBERT CALVERT
Album:BLUEPRINTS FROM THE CELLAR / HYPE
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Blueprints From The Cellar & Live At Queen Elizabeth Hall - Many fans of Calvert and the general Hawkwind-related music scene were unaware of these two cassette releases, as promotion was by word of mouth only. Ah, the days before the World Wide Web. Many of the tracks also appeared on his albums Test Tube Conceived and Freq, and many were performed on the live portion of this release: At The Queen Elizabeth Hall. This performance was recorded live in October 1986; it was originally released on vinyl, but sadly in very limited quantities and again sadly - since it was his first live album - after his premature death.
Hype – The highly accessible Hype album was the third of five solo albums. Originally released in 1982, it consists of the Songs of Tom Mahler - Mahler being the fictional rock star whose turbulent but somewhat jaunty story was earlier told in a Calvert novel, also called Hype. It's the quirky zone where art prog and intellectual punk meet - and they're not so unlikely bedfellows as one might have thought. Hype is often considered by his fans to be Robert Calvert's best album, in terms of song composition and production. Although the album could be described as mainstream, the lyrics lift it onto a rather different plane. The overall style is that of rock-pop songs - some of which are decidedly catchy - rather than any traditional rock arrangements with instrumental passages.
|
Band:TREY GUNN
Album:MODULATOR / TU
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Modulator - Famed King Crimson Alumnus and Tap Guitar Visionary explores new compositional and rhythmic dimensions with Modulator.
Tu – Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto are probably best known for their time with the British band King Crimson , being the rhythm section of the band and playing on many of the bands latter-day releases such as Thrak. They were also part of the offshoot Projekcts ' releases and performances with other members of King Crimson. Before King Crimson Pat Mastelotto had been a member of the band Mr. Mister . Gunn had previously played in a number of projects with Robert Fripp.
|
Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:THE BEST OF BEAT BEAT BEAT / VOLUME 2
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
2 DVDS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
The Best of Beat, Beat, Beat - eat Beat Beat was a German music programme that ran during the sixties. Not to be confused with the other well known German pop programme Beat Club, Beat Beat Bea t was broadcast out of Frankfurt commencing in 1966. The programme ran to 26 episodes between its launch in 1966 and the final programme in January 1969, all of which are still in the German television archives. The shows were eclectic affairs and included performances by artists as diverse as Eric Burdon and the New Animals, The Move, Sam and Dave, Cat Stevens and Barry Ryan, to name just a few. / Track Listing – The Move - Walk Upon The Water, The Move - I Can Hear Grass Grow, The Searchers - Love Potion No.9, The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet, The Searchers - See See Rider, The Smoke - My Friend Jack, The Tremeloes - Loving You, The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden, The Tremeloes - Here Comes My Baby
Beat, Beat, Beat Volume 2 – This volume in the Beat Beat Beat series of releases is another eclectic collection including performances from PJ Proby, P.P. Arnold, The Mindbenders and The Creation. The Mindbendersminus Wayne Fontana perform A Groovy Kind Of Love and a version of Land of A Thousand Dancers. We also have Texas Wildman P.J. Proby performing What’s Wrong With My World and P.P. Arnold performing the Cat-Stevens-written First Cut Is The Deepest. Finally we have The Creationrunning through three tracks including their massive European hit Painter Man. / Track Listing – Mind Benders - In The Midnight Hour, Mind Benders - Groovy Kind of Love, Mind Benders - Don't Cry No More, P.J. Proby - What's Wrong With My World, P.P. Arnold - Speak to Me, P.P. Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest, The Creation - I'm A Man, The Creation – Painterman
|
Band:RICK WAKEMAN
Album:FIELDS OF GREEN / ALWAYS WITH YOU
Label:BAT COUNTRY
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Fields of Green - Originally recorded and released in 1997 this album features a version of King Arthur that the BBC had decided to use as music during their General Election coverage of that year. Also featured on the album is a re recording of the Yes classic Starship Trooper which is one of the few yes songs that Rick regularly performs away from the band.
Always With You – Always With You contains compositions from the new and the old all of which have been recorded by Rick in his own inimitable style. Always With You is an album of accomplishment and melody and an album that will bear repeated play. With tracks such as Ave Maria, The Piano Messiah, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and the title track Always With You this album will appeal to a wider audience than Rick usually appeals to through his rock releases mixing as it does the contemporary alongside the traditional.
|
Band:HORN OF THE RHINO
Album:SUMMONING DELIVERANCE
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Once again, HORN OF THE RHINO and DOOMENTIA are a pair that has come a long way together. Ever since their 2010 ‘Weight of the Coronation’, ‘Summoning Deliverance’ is their fourth collaboration, including the re-release last year of ‘Breed of the Chosen’ their very first proper recording originally issued as RHINO back in 2007. The trio might have entered their tenth year as a band but they’re still growing and this is, by far, their most adventurous and ambitious work yet. Here, their quite unique mix of sludge, grunge and thrash takes here a whole new dimension. Javier Galvez soulful voice may still be their biggest asset but on ‘Summoning Deliverance’, they’ve proving that although they’re still heavy-as-fuck, they’ve got any tricks up their sleeve. If sometimes they plough headstrong into the nearest wall, they also like to suggest in a very subtle yet menacing way that that even darker clouds are ahead.
|
Band:SATANIKA
Album:NIGHTMARE
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:LP VINYL
Genre:Death Metal
One could say that DOOMENTIA is no stranger to that rotten and 80’s infested genre known as black/thrash as in the past, the label has been associated with such vile acts as BUNKER 66, TANGORODRIM or HATRED. What they all had in common was their unquenchable thirst for a primitive and true-to-the-roots form of metal and not its watered down so-called modern version. So in a way, SATANIKA fits right in, especially with the impressive pedigree of those Romabased veterans that have been serving the cause with MASSEMORD, VESPER and HANDFUL OF HATE among (many) others. But what really triggered this new collaboration whose first aftermath is this classy gatefold LP version of their latest album, released last January on CD by IRON SHIELD RECORDS, is how ‘Nightmare’ manages to build a bridge between the two schools. Extremely powerful-sounding, it mixes mid-period KREATOR or DESTRUCTION ‘s cruelty with the more up-to-date but as lethal sound of later bands like WARBRINGER. This being said, those warriors haven’t forget to remain faithful to the sound of yore and as a tribute to their elders, they’ve included exclusively for this version a ripping cover of NOCTURNAL BREED’s “Screaming For A Leather Bitch”. And they don’t rest on their laurels either by simply rehashing the same old ‘Pleasure to Kill’ riff over again and again.
|
Band:ORDO INFERUS
Album:INVICTUS ET AETERNUS - LP
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Death Metal
Exactly one year ago, on the strength of their three tracks debut EP alone and despite being spread over two different countries, ORDO INFERUS proved that the whole ‘super-group’ thing wasn’t a word without substance. In fact, in only twelve minutes, they annihilated most of the competition with their own style of death metal originating from the golden era when it was all about heavy and catchy riffing in the service of actual proper songs and not a wanking fest at the speed of light. Twelve months later, some may have left the building (Daryl Kahan from DISMA and FUNEBRARUM and former NECROPHOBIC Martin Halfan) and others have replaced them (like former NIFELHEIM and current BLACK TRIP axeman Sebastian Ramstedt), guitarist Hempa Brynolfsson and drummer Janne Björkenfjäll are still fueling the machine but as a band, they are stronger than ever. As a matter of fact the, now 100% Swedish, cohort is about to unleash hell with their debut full-length called ‘Invictus et Aeternus’. With music rooted in classic death metal and none of the members forgotten that good old songwriting will always win over a pile of riffs on the top of each other together with senseless brutality, ORDO INFERUS redefines the word ‘epic’ with this annihilating collection of twelve tracks (nine songs and three instrumentals). LTD VINYL LP
|
Band:INFINITUM OBSCURE
Album:ASCENSION THROUGH THE LUMINOUS BLACK
Label:DOOMENTIA
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Death Metal
Formed in 2000 by Roberto Lizárraga, INFINITUM OBSCURE has always been the odd man in the crowd. A rarity on stage (in fourteen years, they've toured the US only twice and Europe once), they always believed that less is more and that should strive to forge its own path, no matter how long it'd take. Often too quickly described as a mix between their country fellowmen THE CHASM intense dark-metal and WATAIN mystical stance, they simply sound like no-one but themselves and each album of theirs has left the rest of the scene behind eating dust and getting stuck in the mud.
After four LP releases with BLOOD HARVEST, DOOMENTIA is extremely proud to be working with one of Mexico's most original and singular acts - Fans of Venom, Celtic Frost, Discharge take note !!!
|
Band:DOMAINS
Album:SINISTER CEREMONIES - LP
Label:SINISTER FLAME
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Black Metal
In an ocean of hollow and insincere releases it might sometimes be challenging to discern what is real. The long-awaited debut album of Spanish Order of Nine Angles inspired DOMAINS brings you instantly to the abyss of Luciferian Black Death Metal. It feels fresh and authentic... because it IS. 43 minutes of ALL the mastery, and ALL the scorn. The abyss has never cried like this.
Highly acclaimed in and out of the underground: Metal Forces, Destructive Music, Eternal Terror, Voices From The Darkside, Metal Rules... Already now topping many “album of the year” lists.
LTD Vinyl LP.
|
Band:IDLE CLASS / FIGHTS AND FIRES
Album:IDLE CLASS / FandF
Label:Blackstarfoundation
Format:7"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Playing in Punk Rock and Hardcore bands often leads to you building an impressive collection of vinyl records. With all members of the two bands having the vinyl addiction, it only seemed right that the new release would be pressed on, an extra special, 7 inch. With good old fashioned D.I.Y, creativity and brain power, you are able to make the most amazing creations - That’s why we brought in Josua Rieber, of Homesick Design. When it comes to creativity, thinking outside the box and imagination, Josua is the perfect person to make everything come to life.
The, Idle Class / Fights And Fires, split 7” vinyl will not only be printed on see through clear vinyl, with wine red splatter, but will also be delivered in a handmade, screen printed card box including a poster, lyric sheets and a bunch of stickers.
|
Band:FIRST STEP TO FAILURE
Album:WHEN BEST FRIENDS BECOME STARNGERS
Label:COLDWAR
Format:CD
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Eschewing the traditional process of writing records, releasing them, touring and gaining press acclaim, First Step to Failure have spent years in the Glasgow scene simply honing their craft and building a fan base, but all of that is about to change.
Channelling the likes of tech punk and skate punk bands such as Belevdere, Strung Out, A Wilhelm Scream and No Use for a Name, First Step to Failure play the kind of skate punk that you might like if you were a skateboarder in 1998. This is not to thei detriment however, because frankly as drastically “uncool” as their skate sound might be, there are few bands in Britain right now who play with the conviction, passion and sheer frenetic technically ability as these boys do. A quality update to the classic Fat Wreck sound of the mid-90s. Expect big things from this, their debut album, in 2014.
|
Band:SHAMBLES IN A HUSK
Album:DIE DEVICE DIE
Label:COLDWAR
Format:CD
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Formed from the ashes of Glasgow scene legends The Darien Venture and the impressive, but ultimately short lived Crusades, SHAMBLES IN A HUSK’s debut EP ‘Die, Device, Die’ is an amalgamation of the sound of both bands – propulsive post-hardcore influenced by the likes of Fugazi and Refused, combined with the math sensibilities of Adebisi Shank and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Having only been around for less than a year, the band have already toured the UK and played this year’s Reading and Leeds Festival. ‘Die, Device, Die’ is a staggering EP which offers a social critique on the Facebook generation, all delivered in a short, brutal, stunningly proficient technical 11 minute burst.
For fans of Converge, Refused and The Dillinger Escape Plan
|
Band:GRISATRE
Album:PAROXYSTIQUE
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Paroxystique is the title of the third long awaited album of Grisâtre. Expect a even more obscure and somber tunnel of your inner consciousness. Rokkr pieced together an album that is as reflective as it is mesmerizing This is unsettling, punishing sound that revels in its own abstraction, yet every clank is so meticulously placed, every screech of feedback so pointed that at times you forget the layers of distortion and fog altogether.
Ambient Black Metal...
|
Band:ACROSOME
Album:NON POURABLE LINES
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
”Non-pourable Lines” almost sounds like a devastating new take on the delirious black hole of ACROSOME world. Clean vocals, sick accordion, acoustic instruments and fast sound discharges will bring the listener into the most deep and obscure personal vortex.
This debut album is an unrelenting piece of work, and all the better for it. Let it sink in and prepare to have your mind prized open, you won’t regret it.
|
Band:ENISUM
Album:SAMOHT NARA
Label:DUSKTONE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Enisum is a one man band founded by Lys in 2006. It’s the first Arpitanian black metal band from Valle di Susa e Val di Lanzo lands. Project name comes from Musinè mountain in Val di Susa. After some self released and demo productions, “Samoht Nara” will the the debut anticipated pro full length album on Dusktone, coming in a wonderful digipack CD this autumn…
Songs talks about landscapes, cohabitation between man and nature, the music is deeply inspired by Cascadian black metal bands like Wolves in the Throne Room, Alda…
|
Band:SLOMIND
Album:SOLAR PLEXUS
Label:ETERNAL SOUND
Format:CD
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
It’s happening - the Debut Album of the Heavy Fuzz Rockers from Duesseldorf, Germany is at the ready! After the EP "Grown Against The Grain" (Release Oct ober 2013) earned much respect in the scene and has been heaped praise in many places, the expectations on the first longplaying record were fueled quite rightly! "Solar Plexus" will be let loose one year later on...
RIYL Red Fang, Down & Mastodon.
|
Band:SLOMIND
Album:SOLAR PLEXUS - LP
Label:ETERNAL SOUND
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
It’s happening - the Debut Album of the Heavy Fuzz Rockers from Duesseldorf, Germany is at the ready! After the EP "Grown Against The Grain" (Release Oct ober 2013) earned much respect in the scene and has been heaped praise in many places, the expectations on the first longplaying record were fueled quite rightly! "Solar Plexus" will be let loose one year later on...
LTD LP - RIYL Red Fang, Down & Mastodon.
|
Band:KARIES
Album:SEID UMSCHLUNGEN MILLIONEN
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:CD
Genre:Post Punk
Forget about Hamburg because Swabia did it again! Well, not completely alone but the influences of the Swabian Alb are clearly noticeable. There’s a reason why “Kevin Kuhn has a lot to do” became a running gag in the town of Esslingen. After Die Nerven, All Diese Gewalt, Human Abfall, it’s now time for Karies – four guys scattered over Leipzig and Stuttgart. Their debut album will be released in October and let me tell you, it’s really good, promised! You can hear that they are musically related to Die Nerven and there’s also a lyrical connection to Human Abfall – probably not only because they are from the same part of the country but also because they are friends and have worked together (Die Nerven’s Max Rieger produced this record).
RIYL Abwärts or DAF.
|
Band:KARIES
Album:SEID MILLIONEN LP
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Post Punk
Forget about Hamburg because Swabia did it again! Well, not completely alone but the influences of the Swabian Alb are clearly noticeable. There’s a reason why “Kevin Kuhn has a lot to do” became a running gag in the town of Esslingen. After Die Nerven, All Diese Gewalt, Human Abfall, it’s now time for Karies – four guys scattered over Leipzig and Stuttgart. Their debut album will be released in October and let me tell you, it’s really good, promised! You can hear that they are musically related to Die Nerven and there’s also a lyrical connection to Human Abfall – probably not only because they are from the same part of the country but also because they are friends and have worked together (Die Nerven’s Max Rieger produced this record).
LTD LP - RIYL Abwärts or DAF.
|
Band:WARM GRAVES
Album:SHIPS WILL COME
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:CD
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Warm Graves are a three-piece Sci-Fidelic- Rockband whose members, originally from the US, Italy and Germany, came together in Leipzig in 2012. With their debut “Ships will come”, Warm Graves present a concept album that is in terms of content closely related to dystopic Sci-Fi literature. The band manages to create a surreal cosmos with a somnambulistic atmosphere that is supported by impulsive, repetitive rhythms while a distant choir takes over the role of the lead vocals.
The musical references are far-reaching: From the cool mood of the Cave rock bands to the grandiloquence of an Arcade Fire Song or the weirdness of the Flaming Lips.
|
Band:WARM GRAVES
Album:SHIPS WILL COME - LP
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Indie/Shoegaze
Warm Graves are a three-piece Sci-Fidelic- Rockband whose members, originally from the US, Italy and Germany, came together in Leipzig in 2012. With their debut “Ships will come”, Warm Graves present a concept album that is in terms of content closely related to dystopic Sci-Fi literature. The band manages to create a surreal cosmos with a somnambulistic atmosphere that is supported by impulsive, repetitive rhythms while a distant choir takes over the role of the lead vocals.
The musical references are far-reaching: From the cool mood of the Cave rock bands to the grandiloquence of an Arcade Fire Song or the weirdness of the Flaming Lips. LTD LP.
|
Band:THE TIDAL SLEEP
Album:VORTELLUNGSKRAFT - LP
Label:THIS CHARMING MAN
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Postrock / Post Hardcore / Noise
Tour UK with Saddest Landscape in October
LP With Die Cut Cover with extra poster and DL Code
FOR FANS OF: SADDEST LANDSCAPE, TOUCHE AMORE, PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH, LA DISPUTE...
|
Band:ssSHEENSss
Album:STRAPPING STALLIONS
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
ssSHEENss was formed by Teemu Muhli, the riff monger from Hamina, Finland. He collected the best of friends and musicians to create something awesome. ssSHEENSss was love at first sting in the summer of 2011. The first album was bred with love in the winter of 2012. Ten tracks of solid rock were mixed and mastered by producer Billy Anderson (Mr. Bungle, Melvins, Neurosis). All this resulted in an album of cock’n’balls-out-action, desert rock vibes and a reverent nod to grand masters of rock. Like a diamond pressed out of dynamite.
. In summer of 2014 ssSHEENSss signed a record deal with Dutch Soulseller Records. ssSHEENSss and Soulseller Records are ready to unleash the Strapping Stallions album on 3rd of October 2014.
Fans of Turbonegro, The Hellacopters and ZZ Top will want to attack!
|
Band:LAURA MOISIO
Album:SPIRAALI
Label:BESTE! UNTERHALTUNG
Format:CD
Genre:SINGER/SONGWRITER
Laura Moisio is a Finnish singer-songwriter whose music, sung in Finnish, stems from the vivid world of folk and pop. Moisio's debut album Spiral was released in January 2014 in Finland and was very well received by critics. Moisio has been described as one of the most interesting newcomers amongst female singer-songwriters in Finland. Her soulful voice and ability to captivate an audience are something that mesmerize time after time. Her well-crafted lyrics invite listeners to immerse themselves into a landscape of emotions ranging from melancholia to humour.
|
Band:OBZIDIAN
Album:CONCRETE PSYCHOSIS
Label:Rocksector
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Second album from tight groove Death Metal outfit.
On a UK Tour this November.
|
Band:HORRENDOUS
Album:ECDYSIS
Label:DARK DESCENT
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Horrendous burst out of the gates in January 2012 and took the metal world by storm with their debut full-length, The Chills (Decibel Magazine top 40 of 2012). Their sophomore release, Ecdysis, sees the band expand upon their sound while upping the song writing and musicianship.
“Born in the fires of classic death metal—we’re specifically thinking Dismember’s Like an Ever Flowing Stream—but energized with youthful enthusiasm, Horrendous take the New Wave of Old-School Death Metal back from pretenders and never-weres.” – Decibel Magazine
|
Band:SWALLOWED
Album:LUNARTERIAL
Label:DARK DESCENT
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Founded in 2007, Swallowed sent shockwaves through the underground with a trio of filth-encrusted releases (2007's Putrefaction demo, 2008's Epitaph of Nauseation demo, and a self-titled EP in 2010) and caught the attention of the one and only Fenriz, who intoned: "You can just hear for yourself that these slow and bestial Finns are the bee's knees. Hail hail to the good times!"... "Unholy hell, bleak dirge, tortured riffs, blackened drone and filthy feedback are some of the elements that make up one of the sickest bands to come out of Finland."
|
Band:DALAPLAN
Album:PLIKT OCH ELANDE
Label:GAPHALS
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
On October 6, Dalaplan will release their second album “Plikt och elände” on Gaphals, the same record label that released the Malmöbased fivepiece's critically acclaimed debut album last year. The sound of the followup album is darker than that of their debut. Niklas Svensson, lead singer and songwriter, describes this development: “The previous record dealt with wanting to break free and escape from boredom and routines. ‘Plikt och elände’ emerged from the feeling of hopelessness sneaking up on you when you realize that the newly gained freedom didn’t make you any happier.” The second album also differs musically from the debut release. On several of the songs organist Peter Svensson has replaced his trademark Vox organ with piano and Hammond organ, and bass player Jenny Neikell has become more prominent as a vocalist in the band.
For fans of: Vånna Inget, Bäddat För Trubbel, Wilmer X, Murder City Devils, Les Sexareenos
|
Band:DALAPLAN
Album:PLIKT OCH ELANDE - LP
Label:GAPHALS
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Alt Rock
On October 6, Dalaplan will release their second album “Plikt och elände” on Gaphals, the same record label that released the Malmöbased fivepiece's critically acclaimed debut album last year. The sound of the followup album is darker than that of their debut. Niklas Svensson, lead singer and songwriter, describes this development: “The previous record dealt with wanting to break free and escape from boredom and routines. ‘Plikt och elände’ emerged from the feeling of hopelessness sneaking up on you when you realize that the newly gained freedom didn’t make you any happier.” The second album also differs musically from the debut release. On several of the songs organist Peter Svensson has replaced his trademark Vox organ with piano and Hammond organ, and bass player Jenny Neikell has become more prominent as a vocalist in the band.
For fans of: Vånna Inget, Bäddat För Trubbel, Wilmer X, Murder City Devils, Les Sexareenos
LP version comes with CD and digital download
|
Band:GENERAL LEE / EUGLENA
Album:GENERAL LEE / EUGLENA
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:10" VINYL
Genre:Grindcore
This coming together of Russian (Euglena) and French (General Lee) bands on Bsaement Ape Records is deeply unpleasant. From the off, Euglena set out their stall. It's one of cracked paint, rust and relentless grind. Drums blast across the surface while buzzsaw guitars and retching vocals rise up and strangle. There's a Converge influence here, but one that remains stuck on one mode, kill. Their second track Желчь has moments of swirling hatred as some kind of respite, but there's an detached, creeping insanity in the unusual timings and the headrush moments they create. Equal parts grind, 90s screamo and chaos, it's a wonderfully intricate pair of tracks that melt the eardrums.
LTD 10" VINYL
|
Band:FANGE
Album:POISSE
Label:BASEMENT APES INDUSTRIES
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal
Impossibly loud sludge crumbling like hell rain. FANGE are an emphasis to the ripping-to-the-ear guitar tone spectrum, causing havoc and expansing to chaotic lenghts. The result is a crashing climax. Through 8 tracks of inferno, you’ll be torn apart.
|
Band:MOOSE BLOOD
Album:MOVING HOME
Label:FITA
Format:7" VINYL
Genre:Punk / Emo
Originally released November 2012, Moose Blood’s debut EP is finally available on vinyl again for its third pressing via FITA Records (UK) and Day By Day Records (Germany). Showcasing the bands very first written tracks (including the hugely successful single ‘Bukowski’), this EP contains heartfelt, sincere and pop culture-laden songs about girls, coffee and all the important nuances of growing up and moving on.
Not many bands do this thing now, and not many do it this good either– Rock Sound
|
Band:MOOSE BLOOD
Album:MOOSE BLOOD / DEPARTURES
Label:FITA
Format:7" VINYL
Genre:Punk / Emo
Two of the UK’s most prolific up and coming bands Departures and Moose Blood are set to release a split record on the 12th November 2013 through FITA and No Sleep Records. Featuring two tracks from each band ‘Split’ showcases some of each band’s finest work. With the hardcore edge of Departures and the softer emo of Moose Blood, this record is full of emotion and is a necessity for anyone’s collection.
Recorded over two days in Watford, Danny from Departures said of the record “We've known the guys in Moose Blood for years… they're one of our favourite bands in the UK right now so doing a split together made sense…we can’t wait for people to hear it”. Following their sophomore album ‘Teenage Haze’ Departures have built a great following in the UK hardcore scene and with their No Sleep debut and forming just over a year ago Moose Blood have gone from strength to strength as one of the lead bands in the UK emo revival. With both bands touring in the coming months including a stint of dates with Funeral For a Friend for Moose Blood and a European tour with More Than Life for Departures, ‘Split’ is set to cement both bands as two of the UK’s finest
|
Band:BENT LIFE
Album:FULL SKULL
Label:FITA
Format:VINYL 12"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Hailing from Lincoln, Nebraska, Bent Life play some of the meanest hardcore this side of Agnostic Front. The band are all set to release their new full length ‘Full Skull’ next year, a 12″ featuring their vicious self titled 7″ and this year’s ‘Full Skull’ EP. This is the first time both these records will be available together in the UK, making this one muscular slab of fury that no self respecting hardcore fan will want to be without. Guitarist Brock Stephens had this to say about the release:
Limited colour vinyl - First time European availability - Includes cover of Antidote’s “Something Must Be Done”
|
Band:VALES
Album:WILT AND RISE
Label:FITA
Format:VINYL 12"
Genre:Punk / Hardcore
Formed during the month of March 2011 in Cornwall, England, VALES (formerly known as Veils) are a fierce foursome that have proven their musical prowess. Their unique sound teeters between angst-filled screamo and aggressive hardcore, all the while conveying a deep passion for what they are creating.
Many bands would have been content with two impressive releases under their belts in their first year, but VALES insisted on taking their music on the road, playing endless shows throughout the UK and Europe. Including runs alongside Goodtime Boys (Bridge Nine Records) and Suis La Lune (Topshelf Records), as well as a Maida Vale session and a massive tour across the States.
|
Band:THE VELVOIDS
Album:POLYNESIA BABY
Label:TBMR
Format:VINYL LP
Genre:Garage Punk
“Plucked from the sonic subconscious, as melancholy as Brian Jones’ ghost” writes author, Nina Antonia in the album’s liner notes. POLYNESIA BABY is Athens (GR) based, The Velvoids’ first full lenght since forming in 2003. Having numerous singles and EP’s to their name, various appearances in compilations and having toured Europe 3 times in the last 3 years, The Velvoids are also known for their dynamic live shows, having also shared the stage with names such as Black Lips, Marky Ramone, Pierced Arrows, The Vibrators, Murder By Death, Dum Dum Girls and recently being chosen by the Brian Jonestown Massacre to open for them. POLYNESIA BABY was recorded during a weeklong squat into the studio, combining both live recording and sound experimentation.
“This is Garage Rock n Roll at its very best” Athinorama
For Fans of Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett, early Stones, late Beatles, Bob Dylan.
|
Band:DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Album:FALLING BACK TO EARTH
Label:SOLAR FLARE
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Daylight Robbery’s debut album ‘Cross Your Heart’ received rave reviews in rock press all over the world. It received numerous ‘album of the month’ awards and they beat such legends as Queensryche and Megadeth in a Classic Rock readers poll. ‘Falling Back to Earth’ will take the band to the next level – huge songs, fantastic musicianship and memorable choruses.
|
Band:JOHN TAGLIERI
Album:DAYS LIKE THESE
Label:VANITY MUSIC GROUP
Format:CD
Genre:Rock
With his twelfth release, Days Like These, John Taglieri defines why his career is right where he wants it to be. He has shown that musicians can make a comfortable living in the 2010's without being a household name and relying on major label advances just to get through the years. With previous releases, Taglieri has topped the Amazon charts with various singles, had Top 10 appearances with Ep’s and peaked at #74 on Billboard’s New Artist charts with ‘Southern Paradise,’ his last release.
|
Band:TEXAS IN JULY
Album:BLOODWORK
Label:REDFIELD
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
TEXAS IN JULY’s newest creation – “Bloodwork” – is everything a metal fan could ever want in an album. The highly anticipated new full-length album from the band will be released via Redfield Records in Europe. The album will come out over two years after the release of the Ephrata, PA-based metal outfit’s previous self-titled effort. Following the release of “Texas In July”, the band toured extensively all around the world gaining widespread recognition before finding itself at a crossroads as a band last summer, when the longtime vocalist and guitarist both left the band to permanently step away from touring and performing to settle down at home in Pennsylvania.
|
Band:MONSTER JAW
Album:LOSING ALL MY FRIENDS
Label:COBRA KITTEN
Format:CD
Genre:Alt Rock
Quick to re-enforce the successful release of their debut EP ‘Get A Tattoo’ earlier this year, Monster Jaw have played Rebellion Festival , Arena Stage as well as outstanding supports with Black Star Riders, Stiff Little Fingers and New Model Army on their UK tours. Acclaim from The Big Cheese Magazine, heavy rotation from BBC Introducing and Total Rock as well as worldwide underground radio. Alongside these successes, Monster Jaw have also modelled for cool clothing label FLY53’s spring/summer collection 2014 and had the controversial crowd favourite track ’Do It Gay, Do It Straight’ featured on the Gay Times Website.
|
Band:PARESIS
Album:HOPE LIES TORN
Label:ARMALYTE INDUSTRIES
Format:CD
Genre:Industrial/EBM
Long awaited debut album from Paresis
Paresis’s Simon Fuller is a member of demonic duo Black Lava and a live member of UK Swaggrotech behemoths Cease2Xist.. Paresis have contributed remixes for Je$us Loves Amerika, CTRL ALT, DEL, Petrol Bastard, Digicore and more.
“One of the future UK industrial stars.” – Dominion Magazine - "The missing link between Combichrist and Rotting Christ."
|
Band:THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE
Album:PILING UP
Label:SELFMADEGOD
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Swedish death division THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE is striking back with their fourth full-length album. "Piling Up" includes 10 songs of powerful, heavy and crushing death metal that will categorically satisfy fans of HYPOCRISY, MALEVOLENT CREATION, GRAVE. The band is comprised of founder Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, PUTREVORE, REVOLTING, DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN, MEGASCAVENGER, BONE GNAWER) on guitars, bass and vocals, and Dennis Blomberg (DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN, PAGANIZER) providing guitars and bass. Artwork by Roberto Toderico (SINISTER, ASPHYX). This is no doubt fiercest material from THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE to date!
|
Band:FLESHBOMB
Album:REINCARNATED IN ABOMINATION
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
After the 10 years of waiting, the silence was finally broken. The legends of Russian Death Metal are back with 8 new tracks of super-classy brutal death metal with a masterful technical touch. Bone-crushing songs' structures, grinding apocalyptic growls of bass, relentless, punishing drumming and guitars dissecting you like a chainsaw are here to declare the end of this world and all it's fundamentals! This colossal vortex will enslave your mind and twist your body to let you feel every last second of the inevitable demise.
|
Band:ICON and THE BLACK ROSES
Album:THORNS
Label:AMPUTATED VEIN
Format:CD
Genre:Dark Wave/Goth
Legendary Dark Gothic Rock band ICON & The black Roses is finally back with anticipate their 2nd full length "Thorns" still has similar colours to that of their previous release from 2004 but adds a new sound to the band which is heavier and more energetic.
For all fans of Dark Gothic Rock like End of You, Sinamore, New Dawn Foundation,HIM, The Rasmus et al.
|
Band:VOMITILE
Album:MASTERING THE ART OF KILLING
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
VOMITILE’s style is pure death metal with some melodic elements. Superb deathly growls and thunderous drumming along with fierce riffing make this release a must for any devoted death metal fan! The album was mastered by Andy Classen, at Stage One studios in Germany, who has also worked with ASPHYX, DESTRUCTION and ROTTING CHRIST among others.
The band will embark on a European tour in October in support of death metal legends MASTER ; For fans of: Morbid Angel, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Vader etc.
|
Band:HOLY DRAGONS
Album:DRAGON INFERNO
Label:PITCH BLACK
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
Kazakhstan’s Heavy Metal giants, Formed in 1992, HOLY DRAGONS have literally dozens and dozens of releases, and they now strike back as mighty as ever and they do strike hard and fast...
For fans of: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Annihilator, Yngwie Malmsteen
|
Band:FJORSVARTNIR
Album:LEGIONS OF THE NORTH
Label:ZERO DIMENSIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Missing the old honorable days of Scandinavian Black Metal ?
Fjorsvartnir awoke ancient spirits buried at the beginning of 90s when coldness and grimness ruled above all.
For fans of True Black Metal !
|
Band:AS LIGHT DIES
Album:TLA VOL 1
Label:ZERO DIMENSIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
This is the third As Light Dies’ album from Spain. Mixed by Dan Swäno and artwork done by Romain Barbot. Huge atmosphere, dark compositions, killer guitar work, an myriad of different feelings.
One for Avant-garde Black Metal fans!
|
Band:NADIWRATH / PRETEEN DEATHFUK
Album:THRONE OF DESECRATION
Label:ZERO DIMENSIONAL
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
This split brings you two legendary bands : Nadiwrath(Greece) and Preteen Deathfuk(USA).
For fans of Dodsferd, Happy Days, Aus Rotten, Nattefrost, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation, and anything Crust or Black Metal.
|
Band:MADMANS ESPIRIT
Album:NACHT
Label:SAD SADNESS SONG
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Schizophrenic Dark-Black Metal - Madmans Esprit is a project from South Korea.
Musically it is based on black metal and classic music, but it also contains the blackened horror style of Scandinavia or Korean folk music or even a solo acoustic singer songwriter feel.
|
Band:NOVA
Album:IL RITORNO
Label:ATMF
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
For fans of Janus, Spite Extreme Wing & Enslaved
Italian Black Metal with its uncompromised inspiration from the ancient times of Europe...
|
Band:PROTOKULT
Album:NO BEER IN HEAVEN
Label:MAPLE METAL
Format:CD
Genre:FOLK METAL
The brand new album from Toronto progressive folk metallers PROTOKULT is sure to please all metal fans alike, and especially those of Epic Folk Metal !
Protokult feature clean female vocals, male growls, and sing‐a‐long choruses with memorable folk melodies!
RIYL: Arkona, Korpiklaani, Nightwish, Turisas, Nordheim
|
Band:DHWESHA
Album:STHOOPA
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Occult & Mystic Death Metal from Bangalore, India !!!
For Fans of ARCHGOAT, IMPIETY, DEAD CONGREGATION and old BOLT THROWER - a must !
|
Band:GHOSTXSHIP
Album:COLD WATER ARMY
Label:INNERSTRENGTH
Format:CD
Genre:Metal
The Syracuse Straight Edge, is still very much alive !.
Previous releases “Cold Truth” and “Carry the Flame” released by Straight edge label Seventh Dagger.
|
Band:KRATHERION
Album:MANTRA LUCIFER FLAGELANTES
Label:OLD TEMPLE
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Old Temple proudly present the next representative of metal scene from Chile.
From the deepest limbo of hell come bestial sounds of black / death metal KRATHERION.
|
|
|
|
