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Band:NICK HAEFFNER
Album:THE GREAT INDOORS
Label:hanky panky
Format:2CD
Genre:POP/ROCK/POWER POP
Official reissue of The Great Indoors , the acclaimed masterpiece of English Psychedelic, originally released in 1987 on the fabled Bam-Caruso label. Includes an extra CD with demos and rarities. *** Originally released on the same week as the first ever reissue of Sgt. Pepper s on CD, The Guardian review read: The best release this week is not the reissue of Sgt Pepper s but the debut album by Nick Haeffner. THE GREAT INDOORS (CD 1) 1.- You Know I Hate Nature 2.- The Sneaky Mothers 3.- The Master 4.- The Earth Movers 5.- Don t Be Late 6.- Furious Table 7.- Breaths 8.- Back In Time For Tea 9.- Steel Grey 10.- The Great Indoors BONUS DISC (CD 2) 1.- The Master (12 single mix) 2.- Mean Guitar 3.- Steel Grey (12 single mix) 4.- Song From The Bottom Of A Well 5.- Back In Time For Tea (12 single mix) 6.- Don t Be Late reprise 7.- The Great Indoors (demo) 8.- Mean Guitar (Casio demo) 9.- Good Times (Back In Time For Tea demo) 10.- Steel Grey (demo) 11.- The Sneaky Mothers (demo) 12.- You Know I Hate Nature (demo) 13.- Dali Parton vocal (demo) 14.- The Outsider (demo) 15.- Oh Controller (demo) 16.- The Cave (demo) 17.- Dali Parton instrumental (demo) 18.- Rochester s Song (demo) 19.- A Prophecy (demo) 20.- Londonderry Air (demo)
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Band:MOSAIC
Album:SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE (LIMITED)
Label:Eisenwald
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK METAL/AVANTGARDE/FOLK
SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE the invocation of a new, old world. With their debut full-length album, MOSAIC explore the sacred traditions of their Thuringian homelands, reinvigorating myths and legends which are as ancient as the mountains they stem from. SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE draws heavily on the traditional lore of the Hörselberge, a mountain chain situated in the most mystical of all German regions. Legend has it that this is the place where purgatory is located and where Mother Hulda leads the wild hunt through stormy winter nights. To the initiated, the weeds and flowers growing in these mountains can even be the key to the otherworld. MOSAIC use this fiery, flowery lore to forge an aural bond between this world and the world of our forebears, while at the same time transitioning into a wholly new phase of their creative endeavours. MOSAIC feed the SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE with their love of poetry, weaving their own interpretations of works by poets such as Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler and Paul Celan, as well as more regionally known artists like Hanns Cibulka, into their songs. Widely known for their daring, shapeshifting approach to creating music, MOSAIC now go a step further to create an album that is ultimately uncompromising. Reduced song structures leave space for the atmosphere to unfold, and every single song is allowed to bloom in its unique manner. MOSAIC invited several highly distinguished guest artists to contribute to and make their own mark on this inimitable record. SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE is an offering of experimental ambient soundscapes, traditional motifs and bewitching incantations, shaken by eruptions of masterfullly crafted black metal. To put it into one word: SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE is SUPREME THURINGIAN FOLKLORE. All music was mixed and mastered at Klangschmiede Studio E by Markus Stock (Empyrium, Sun of the Sleepless). TRACKLIST 1. Am Teufelsacker (5:55) 2. Brimstone Blossoms (3:43) 3. Cloven Fires (3:28) 4. She-Water (5:11) 5. Ambrosia XIX (5:34) 6. Wetterdistel (4:44) 7. Coal Black Salt (4:15) 8. The Devil s Place (10:17) 9. Im Kohlensud (5:24)
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Band:MOSAIC
Album:FENSTERVERSE UND NACHTGESPINSTE
Label:Eisenwald
Format:MCD
Genre:AVANTGARDE/FOLK/SONGWRITER
“Fensterverse und Nachtgespinste” is an experimental release by MOSAIC which mirrors Valkenstijn's wide-ranging taste in music. He cites EA80, Rome and Tenhi as his most important influences, who on this record are cited and re-imagined in a most unique way. Breathing an air of urbanity and contemporariness, all songs included on this record are musical interpretations of poems by Cologne-based writer Ulrike Serowy. Serowy's poetry is infused with a rough romanticism which can only sprout on the threshold between reality and imagination, between this world and the world behind the veil. Her language, both dreamy and compelling, invokes images of urban and non-urban landscapes which have found their aural inkarnations in Valkenstijn's simple and haunting compostions.
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Band:MOSAIC
Album:SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE (LIMITED)
Label:Eisenwald
Format:LP
Genre:DARK METAL/AVANTGARDE/FOLK
SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE – the invocation of a new, old world. With their debut full-length album, MOSAIC explore the sacred traditions of their Thuringian homelands, reinvigorating myths and legends which are as ancient as the mountains they stem from. SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE draws heavily on the traditional lore of the Hörselberge, a mountain chain situated in the most mystical of all German regions. Legend has it that this is the place where purgatory is located and where Mother Hulda leads the wild hunt through stormy winter nights. To the initiated, the weeds and flowers growing in these mountains can even be the key to the otherworld. MOSAIC use this fiery, flowery lore to forge an aural bond between this world and the world of our forebears, while at the same time transitioning into a wholly new phase of their creative endeavours. MOSAIC feed the SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE with their love of poetry, weaving their own interpretations of works by poets such as Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler and Paul Celan, as well as more regionally known artists like Hanns Cibulka, into their songs. Widely known for their daring, shapeshifting approach to creating music, MOSAIC now go a step further to create an album that is ultimately uncompromising. Reduced song structures leave space for the atmosphere to unfold, and every single song is allowed to bloom in its unique manner. MOSAIC invited several highly distinguished guest artists to contribute to and make their own mark on this inimitable record. SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE is an offering of experimental ambient soundscapes, traditional motifs and bewitching incantations, shaken by eruptions of masterfullly crafted black metal. To put it into one word: SECRET AMBROSIAN FIRE is SUPREME THURINGIAN FOLKLORE. All music was mixed and mastered at Klangschmiede Studio E by Markus Stock (Empyrium, Sun of the Sleepless).
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Band:UMBRA
Album:UMBRA
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:CD
Genre:ACID ROCK/70S
What was available to unknown hard rocking dreamers like Umbra in Denver in 1971-72? Weekend gigs. Nothing but weekend gigs. But there was an upside to that: bands like Umbra could mix original material in with covers, and make enough money to survive. Or in the case of Umbra, to make enough money to build a home studio, where they recorded ads to promote their upcoming shows-and eventually, laid down the eight tracks on this disc. Everything was recorded by bouncing tracks back and forth between two-track and four-track reel-to-reel tape recorders. Spacey intros and weird effects were created by recording guitar licks, then re-recording them played backwards at double speed. What sounds like a flute was the result of blowing over the top of a 14" goose neck (believe it or not). The resulting tracks are hard edged and heavy, verging on acid rock at times. Makes sense, as Umbra was a power trio most of their too-brief existence. Yet the songs (heavy though they are) have a deft touch. There are weird effects, space rock elements, plenty of melody, and a refreshing category-free approach to writing songs that makes Umbra's music exciting to hear.
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Band:UMBRA
Album:UMBRA (LIMITED)
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:ACID ROCK/70S
What was available to unknown hard rocking dreamers like Umbra in Denver in 1971-72? Weekend gigs. Nothing but weekend gigs. But there was an upside to that: bands like Umbra could mix original material in with covers, and make enough money to survive. Or in the case of Umbra, to make enough money to build a home studio, where they recorded ads to promote their upcoming shows-and eventually, laid down the eight tracks on this disc. Everything was recorded by bouncing tracks back and forth between two-track and four-track reel-to-reel tape recorders. Spacey intros and weird effects were created by recording guitar licks, then re-recording them played backwards at double speed. What sounds like a flute was the result of blowing over the top of a 14" goose neck (believe it or not). The resulting tracks are hard edged and heavy, verging on acid rock at times. Makes sense, as Umbra was a power trio most of their too-brief existence. Yet the songs (heavy though they are) have a deft touch. There are weird effects, space rock elements, plenty of melody, and a refreshing category-free approach to writing songs that makes Umbra's music exciting to hear. Our Lion LP edition comes with an 8-page LP-sized color booklet, with lyrics, photos, plus interesting and funny things that can only happen to musicians, and did to Umbra. The CD edition comes with a sixteen-page color booklet containing the same material. We know that band bios can be sterile and boring or can move to the opposite spectrum, rife with grandiose embellishment. Umbra's story is neither. Instead, it is the story is the story of a band from the early 1970's who recorded what they wanted to record: heavy, heavy music from the start of the "American Comedown Era" (as we've seen it described by friends for their Brown Acid series of compilations). Umbra's story is also that of a band whose music, terrific though it is, has never to this point been released out into the wide world. Prepare yourselves to be surprised-and we hope as impressed as we are-by what Umbra had to offer.
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Band:ZONE SIX
Album:KOZMIK KOON
Label:SULATRON RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ACIDROCK/PSYCHEDELIC/RITUAL MUSIC/SPACEROCK
Zone Six got founded in August 1997 by Dave Schmidt (aka Sula Bassana). Now you get a new studio-album by these legendary impro-spacerockers! The wild mixture of psychedelic rock, electronica and trippy soundscapes is still the leading direction for the band. But these tracks rock a lot. The title Kozmik Koon was inspired by our friend Kozmik Ken from England, who is the father of the lovely Kozfest and a bear like person. We live in a area full of racoons, so we instantly found the name Kozmik Koon. :) This album is also dedicated to our friend Richard van Ess, called Richie, who sadly passed away much too early! We love you forever! The great coverpainting was done by Ulla Papel, who also did the paintings for The Doomsday Machine and Innside Outside by Electric Moon. It's Lulu's dad by the way. Recorded 2016-2018 by Sula at Amöbenklangraum Schlierbach. Mixed and produced by Sula, mastered by Eroc (www.eroc.de). Cover painting by Ulla Papel, layout by Lulu Artwork!. This album is dedicated to Kozmik Ken and Richard van Ess. Rainer Neeff: Guitar, fx (The Pancakes, ex Embryo) Komet Lulu: Bass, fx, voice (Electric Moon, Krautzone) Sula Bassana: Drums, Synths, Organ, Mellotron, E-Piano and A-Guitar (Electric Moon, Interkosmos, Krautzone, ex Liquid Visions etc.) Tracks: Maschinenseele (12:53) Kozmik Koon (10:58) Raum (03:28) Still (03:37) Song for Richie (13:52)
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Band:ODYSSEY
Album:SETTING FORTH
Label:LION PRODUCTIONS
Format:LP
Genre:PSYCH
Once upon a time, when the music business was more music than business (but only just), there was a band that created a quintessential dose of New York sixties psychedelia: one perfect album, loaded with fuzz guitar riffs of the greatest ferocity, heavy swirling organ, pulsating drums, and intense vocals. That band was Odyssey. It is true that their album, "Setting Forth," did not take them from support slots in their native Long Island to the major label heights of other local bands like Vanilla Fudge. That could be because there were only a few copies made, and they came in a plain white jacket. Yet it is that same Odyssey "Setting Forth" album that is one of the greatest guitar-heavy psychedelic records in the world, and as a result is one of the most sought after and rare (expensive) LPs of the era. The last original vinyl copy to hit the open market was back in 2005, it s that rare. Now Setting Forth is available on vinyl again for the for the first time in a decade, ready for true psych fans to devour. This is truly one of the cornerstones of underground psychedelic music, recorded in 1969 and released as we have said in a minuscule private edition. It is an album that jumps right out of the speakers at you, from it s opening blasts of 'In-a-gadda-da-vida fuzz guitar riffs, right to the very end. Color insert has a suitably kaleidoscopic band history by Odyssey leader Vinny Kusy, as well as rare photos from his own archive. One of the most important psychedelic rarities ever pressed on wax back on wax. One of the absolute best American psychedelic LPs of the 1960 s, and one of the rarest! Includes a color insert with rare photos, and kaleidoscopic band history by Odyssey leader Vinny Kusy.
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Band:COLORIDE
Album:STORYBOARD/LADY JANE (DOUBLE A-SIDE 7
Label:ALLEY CLUB RECORDS
Format:7
Genre:MOD/60S/INDIE
Coloride, originally a Herts based 90’s Mod/Indie band are back with a bang! Sometimes brash, sometimes melodic, always great songs! They’ have good fun too. I must see band and a band you’ll want to collect all of their releases too.
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Band:PHOENIX ROAD
Album:THE MOUNTAINEER
Label:ALLEY CLUB RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MOD/60S/INDIE
Phoenix Road are a brand new and exciting band based in Cambridge, Norwich and North London! Three seasoned pros formed in 2019 initially to record the album The Mountaineer, but having taken The Alley Club on board as management, gigs and even a UK tour look possible for Feb 2020. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Hinton was previously in Indie band Hinton in the 90 s. The keys player is none other than From The Jam s Andy Fairclough. TRACK LISTING 1. Neon Sign 2. (I Was In Your) Neighbourhood 3. Always Needed You 4. Gotta Find Myself Again 5. Winter Is Calling 6. I Could Never Leave This Town 7. Invisible Man 8. It Does Not Matter Now 9. Goddess
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Band:BLACKWOOD
Album:OF FLIES
Label:Subsound Records
Format:12” VINYL
Genre:DOOM/AMBIENT DRONE/DUB
Blackwood, Eraldo Bernocchi solo doom dub project, come back with a one sided 3 tracks EP “Of Flies”. Side B will sport a laser etching of the band logo. This time Bernocchi is guesting two female vocalists, Minipony’s Emilia Moncayo, whom voice is constantly balancing among growling and rhythmic wording, sometime bordering hip pop/dub territories, and Stefania Alos Pedretti from OVO. her vocal excursions are simply crawling under your skin. The thirds track is a Blackwood fingerprint classic where treated religious samples are transforming ceremonies in something darker. The place where dreams are devoured is more alive than ever
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Band:MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE
Album:NOIR JAZZ FEMDOM
Label:Subsound Records
Format:12” VINYL
Genre:NOIR JAZZ
New MMM album that falls on the band's twentieth anniversary (2000-2020). Many years after the noise and industrial debut, the band returns to explore corrosive sounds while not giving up their Noir Jazz touch. Six heterogeneous tracks that refer to power electronics, ambient, industrial and noir jazz sounds. Special guests like Paolo Bandera (SigillumS) and Fabrizio Giannese (Aborym) add an even more unique touch to this release. A tribute to all of MMM's discography, a new combination of Love & Death, a red thread that links the first album "Profilo Ottimale delle Ferite" to "Noir Jazz Femdom", both starting from the title and the cover that quotes it openly. Time to close the curtain on this blood-covered stage. TRACK LISTING 01. DEATH WAS LAST TO ENTER THE NIGHTCLUB 02. DEVOTION 03. HEAVY CLOUDS LIKE THE SKYLINE OF YOUR HEART 04. NOIR JAZZ FEMDOM 05. NEON LIGHTS SAY YOU WILL DIE TONIGHT 06. METHADROME
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Band:PLEIADEES
Album:PLEIADEES (GALAXY EFFECT)
Label:Subsound Records
Format:12” VINYL
Genre:AMBIENT/EXPERIMENTAL/SOUNDTRACK
Cristiano Calcagnile is a drummer, percussionist and composer. He developed an autonomous and personal language that allows him to "adapt" himself to many different music contexts and to have multiple collaborations with several international artists. Massimo Pupillo is a bassist and a composer. Known to be the bassist of the band ZU (with whom he released 15 albums) he collaborated on many art projects, from jazz to improvisation, from avant-garde to noise with dozens of world famous musicians. Xabier Iriondo is a guitar player, multi instrumentalist, producer, arranger and composer) is the deus-ex-machina of some of the most adventurous musical projects that have been conceived in the last 20 years in Italy. Afterhours guitarist and sound manipulator for projects such as Tasaday, A Short Apnea and Buñuel.
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Band:ANCIENT
Album:SVARTALVHEIM
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:CASSETTE
Genre:Black Metal
LIMITED EDITION CASSETTE W/ 5-PANEL J-CARD. 200 UNITS PRINTED WORLDWIDE! The early nineties Norwegian black metal classic finally re-issued!
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Band:ANCIENT
Album:SVARTALVHEIM (TRANSPARENT YELLOW VINYL)
Label:SOULSELLER
Format:LP
Genre:Black Metal
LIMITED RE-EDITION TRANSPARENT YELLOW VINYL WITH DIFFERENT COVER ART THAN CD VERSION. 500 UNITS PRINTED WORLDWIDE! The early nineties Norwegian black metal classic finally re-issued! TRACK LISTING 1. Svartalvheim 2. Trumps Of An Archangel 3. Huldradans 4. The Call Of The Absu Deep 5. Det Glemte Riket 6. Paa Evig Vandring 7. Ved Trolltjern 8. Eerily Howling Winds 9. Likferd
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Band:ATRIUM CARCERI
Album:METROPOLIS
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/DRONE
This 11 track Atrium Carceri album is closely connected to The Untold and sheds more light unto what goes on in the Atrium Carceri universe and the Metropois in particular. An industrial, dark, distorted and cinematic experience unlike any other with amazing attention to detail and subtle layering, this album begs for repeated listening to take it all in. Track Listing: 1. The Gargantuan Tower 03:18 2. The Dark Mother 04:40 3. Across the Sea of the Dead 07:08 4. Black Needle 05:08 5. Decrepit City 03:44 6. Sacred Slab 03:21 7. 200 Days 05:27 8. Industrial District 04:34 9. Heart of the Metropolis 03:25 10. The Cowled Seers 05:03 11. The Machine 06:37
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Band:DAHLIAS TEAR
Album:ACROSS THE SHIFTING ABYSS
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/DRONE
This album takes you on a mysterious journey from the abyss to the portal of the stars. Come drown in ancient knowledge and technology at the end of humanity's beginning. Recommended for fans of deep underwater soundscapes and lush dark ambient. Track Listing: 1. Across the Shifting Abyss 05:07 2. Celestial Bodies 06:25 3. Sidereal Gardens 06:46 4. Crystalline 05:46 5. Beneath the Depths 05:58 6. The Wreck of the Forgotten 05:34 7. The Eclipse 02:21 8. Two Lost Worlds 06:32 9. A Pale Shroud of Time 06:09
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:HASTUR
Label:Cryo Chamber
Format:CDD
Genre:DARK AMBIENT/DRONE
A 2 hour dark soundscape album recorded by over 20 ambient artists to pay tribute to H.P. Lovecraft. Dark sounds from hidden courts, ancient temples and dilapidated and forgotten civilizations. So is this a compilation? No, this is a collaboration and huge undertaking. Over 20 artists linked studios and sound for over a year so that they could work with each other. This led to a deep exploration of the Mythos and Hastur 2 CD album comes in a Deluxe 20 page Hard cover DigiBook. Artwork is served on Matte Laminated pages that makes the artwork pop. A journal written by Donald Persson ( Codex, Shub-Niggurath, ... ) Written, Produced, Performed collaboratively: Atrium Carceri Mount Shrine Dead Melodies Flowers for Bodysnatchers Ruptured World Ager Sonus Dronny Darko ProtoU Neizvestija Dahlias Tear Northumbria God Body Disconnect Council of Nine Apocryphos Wordclock Gydja Kolhoosi 13 Creation VI Darkrad Ugasanie Alphaxone SiJ Sphäre Sechs Track Listing: CD 1 Hastur 1 01:09:44 CD 2 Hastur 2 01:10:36
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:REMEMBERING THE BEAT OF JOE MEEK
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:60S/ROCK N ROLL/ROCKABILLY
Compilation album tribute to cult British producer Joe Meek Many new recordings by modern Rock n Roll bands as well as new recordings of Meek songs by former original Joe Meek recording artists Tracklist 1 Voodoo Woman John Leyton & The Western All-Stars 2 You Got What I Like Chas Hodges 3 Other Side Of The Track Bobby Rio & The Western All-Stars 4 Have I The Right The Retrobaits 5 A Tribute To Buddy Holly Mike Berry & The Western All-Stars 6 Three Coins In The Sewer The Holloway Echoes 7 Come On Back Henry & the Bleeders 8 Cant Get Through To You The Strays 9 Come Back Baby Jack Rabbit Slim 10 She's Fallen In Love With The Monster Man The Sharks 11 He'll Only Hurt You Dave Kaye & The Western All-Stars 12 Bring A Little Water Sylvie Chas Hodges 13 Country Boy John Leyton John Leyton & The Western All-Stars 14 North Wind Bill Fadden & the Mostly Losers 15 Baby I Go For You The Devils Deuce 16 Chills & Fever Delta 88 17 Let Me In The Bad Detectives 18 Wild Wind John Leyton & The Western All-Stars 19 The Spook Walks The Holloway Echoes 20 Boy Meets Girl Bobby Rio & The Western All-Stars 21 Don't You Just Know It Chas Hodges 22 It's Just A Matter of Time Mike Berry & The Western All-Stars 23 Can't You Hear My Heart John Leyton & The Western All-Stars 24 My Baby Doll Chas Hodges 25 Cocaine Chuck & The Crackpipes 26 Johnny Remember Me John Leyton & The Western All-Stars
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Band:SHARKS, THE
Album:INFAMY (RE-MASTERED AND EXPANDED EDITION)
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCKABILLY/PSYCHOBILLY
Remastered and expanded version of a classic Psychobilly album
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Band:PAT WINN COMBO, THE
Album:WANTED IN RECEPTION
Label:WESTERN STAR
Format:CD
Genre:ROCKABILLY/ROCK N ROLL/COUNTRY
Second album by this popular UK band TRACKLIST..... 1. SANDOVAL 2. AUNT MARY 3. HEAR JOE BLOW 4. THREE DAY BLUES 5. BARBED WIRE ROSES 6. THAT AIN'T ALRIGHT MAMA 7. BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT 8. PLAY IT STRANGE 9. NIGHT TRAIN 10. I GOT TRICKED 11. THE PALOMINO RIDES AGAIN 12. CHRISTMAS IS IN DECEMBER 13. I M A LONESOME FUGITIVE
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Band:MARCO "RAY" MAZZOLI
Album:MY PIANO AND ME WE GOT RHYTHM
Label:NADIR
Format:CD
Genre:BLUES AND RHYTHM & BLUES
Marco "Ray" Mazzoli is a blues pianist, singer and composer. He interprets the blues in various styles (from traditional blues, to swing and rhythm & blues) with his original compositions and blues arrangements of well-known tunes. In his project for piano solo and voice My Piano and Me We ve got Rhythm Mazzoli focuses on the rhythmic potential of blues piano and not only on his melodic and armonic features. Marco Ray Mazzoli Mazzoli has taken part into a large number of blues festivals and events and various radio and TV programs, both with local and national media, like, some years ago, the TV program "Shownet", broadcasted by RaiNews24 and Rai 3.
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Band:LUST
Album:HOLLYWOOD ROXX 1976-80:STUDIO SESSIONS
Label:PROGAOR
Format:CD
Genre:HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL
LUST were the best kept secret from the prolific California Heavy Rock scene of the 70's, that spawned bands like Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Y&T, Legs Diamond, Motley Crue, Dokken, Snow and many others. The band was formed by Austin M. Carrino (guitar) and vocalist Keith Deen (R.I.P.) who later found major recognition in the Thrash Metal band Holy Terror. The band also had in their ranks drummer Liam Jason (Warrior, Rhinobucket). The LUST sound is the kind of melodic Heavy Metal that you could expect made in the late 70s: Think 70's Riot, early Dokken (Back on the Streets era) and 70's Quiet Riot to have an idea where they stand with their songs. Keith was an amazing singer and Austin's guitar work was good enough to stand strong on stage when they were performing live with some of the local classic names. Had the band found a good manager and a decent record deal and probably today we would have another legendary melodic Metal album in the Hard Rock hall of fame. DYAMOND ROXX/PROGAOR has been for a year with this project on hold for a number of reasons but finally…it is finished! This release is above all, another attempt at bringing some justice to Rock'n'Roll. Remastered by Swedish guitarist Janne Stark (Overdrive, Constancia, Grand Design, Merryweather Stark, etc.) the CD contains 7 tracks recorded between 1976 and 1980 plus one solo project song recorded in 1982. Presented in a 12-page booklet including the lyrics, archive photos and song-by-song comments by Austin himself, this is a release not to miss! TRACK LISTING 1 Lady Fine (1980) 2 Roll Away (80) 3 First Time (80) 4 Queen Of Diamonds (80) 5 Grains Of Sand (77) 6 Faith (77) 7 Dog Food (76) 8 I Need Your Love (82 - Bonus Track)
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Band:SUBDUXTION
Album:THE BLACK POINT
Label:AAGOO RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:POST-INDUSTRIAL/DRONE/EXPERIMENTAL/DOOM
The dense sonic fabric of The Black Point is one awash in a massive wall of unrelenting sound and intense blackenedatmosphere. Combining a dark electronic futurism, sheets of noise and the more tar-thickened elements of doom, it makes for a bleaker musical chapter for subduxtion. At times tranquil and oppressive, The Black Point is a hazy recasting of differing styles. The album will be released on December 6 2019 via New Jersey label Aagoo Records in CD and Digital formats. Christopher Gilmore is an American composer and producer. He is based in Kansas City, Missouri. Christopher’s music shows the relationship between post-industrial, ambient, drone/doom metal, noise, psychedelics and electronics. He composes instrumental and experimental music that is murky, dark and heavy.
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Band:SOUTH CLASS VETERANS
Album:HELL TO PAY
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:LP
Genre:STREETPUNK/HARDCORE
Hailing from New Jersey, USA, South Class Veterans formed in late 2017. Members grew up going to shows and playing in various bands in the Tri-state hardcore / punk / oi scene. South Class Veterans released a 4 track ep on Skin Collector that is now out of press. South Class Veterans is proud to be releasing their full length debut HELL TO PAY - on Demons Run Amok, and to bring their own blend of oi and punk rock to the world. Punks, Skins and Metalheads, our brothers in Hardcore, too Pin-up Girls and tattooed chicks we got a place for you - taken from TALL CANS A GENTRIFIED Culture, a GENTRIFIED Existence, a GENTRIFIED Future what you gona do? - taken from THE NEW NEIGHBORS SOUTH CLASS VETETRANS deliver the sound for an angry and frustrated working class!
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Band:SOUTH CLASS VETERANS
Album:HELL TO PAY
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:CD
Genre:STREETPUNK/HARDCORE
Hailing from New Jersey, USA, South Class Veterans formed in late 2017. Members grew up going to shows and playing in various bands in the Tri-state hardcore / punk / oi scene. South Class Veterans released a 4 track ep on Skin Collector that is now out of press. South Class Veterans is proud to be releasing their full length debut HELL TO PAY - on Demons Run Amok, and to bring their own blend of oi and punk rock to the world. Punks, Skins and Metalheads, our brothers in Hardcore, too Pin-up Girls and tattooed chicks we got a place for you - taken from TALL CANS A GENTRIFIED Culture, a GENTRIFIED Existence, a GENTRIFIED Future what you gona do? - taken from THE NEW NEIGHBORS SOUTH CLASS VETETRANS deliver the sound for an angry and frustrated working class!
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Band:COLDSIDE
Album:CALL FOR JUSTICE
Label:DEMONS RUN AMOK
Format:7
Genre:HARDCORE
True hardcore music is unstoppable. Coldside has destroyed the barriers of the Florida hardcore music scene and embedded themselves into it’s gritty core. Heavily influenced by the NYHC culture, Coldside will take you back to the days of circle pits, parking lot brawls, and bloodstained boots. When the message meant something and hardcore was a lifestyle. Ex-members of Wardogs, Vietnom, and C.B.S/Lita Gray, Coldside is constantly evolving into one of the hardest bands on the East Coast. Still staying true to the times when hardcore was more then music, when it was a movement. Coldside brings back the tradition, the aggression, and unity that hardcore music has always been about. Heavy riffs, sing-alongs, and lyrics written from years of growing up in the underground music scene pour out in every song. Like going to a show with 10 kids or 500 who may not know each other, but knowing that everyone at the show with a heart is compelled with the same intensity, to never let anyone even think they can stop them. True hardcore at its root’s…COLDSIDE.
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Band:DROWNING, THE (UK)
Album:THE RADIANT DARK
Label:TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY
Format:CDD
Genre:DEATH/DOOM METAL
The Drowning from UK pay tribute to the death/doom pioneers of the style but they add their own dynamics to the affair, balancing poignancy with pummelling aggression. Rarely has this been pulled off without disrupting the mood but The Drowning are surprisingly adept at it. It's as if the pent up emotions are being channelled after an eloquent, meaningful expression. This keeps happening during the course of the wonderfully varied and interesting album, that adds a dimension to the standard UK death/doom that we're well-acquainted with. The organic and sonorous production works with both aspects of their sound and only makes the emotions that much more palpable. Structurally rich, this album grows on you with each listen, and the outstanding performance by the vocalist in expressing grief and rage elevates it above other albums of this ilk. FFO - Warcrab, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Hex, Esogenesi, Illimitable Dolor, Chalice of Suffering, Evoken TRACK LISTING 1. Alpha Orionis 2. The Triumph of the Wolf in Death 3. Prometheus Blinded 4. In Cold Earth 5. All that we need of Hell 6. Harrowed Path 7. I Carve the Heart from the Universe 8. Blood Marks My Grave
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Band:GRAVELAND
Album:1050 YEARS OF PAGAN CULT
Label:ODIUM RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
One of the most legendary bands in the Underground. Album contains old, cult songs recorded one more time with new line up and better sound.
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Band:BLACK ALTAR
Album:BLACK ALTAR
Label:ODIUM
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
Re edition of the Classic debut of Black Altar on its 15th anniversary. XI Hymns of Total Darkness, Death and Madness!
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Band:BLOSSE
Album:NOCTURNE
Label:DE TENEBRARUM RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL
Blosse, hailing from Quebec, began in early 2018 with the release of “Le Dernier Crépuscule”, moving from a primitive form of Lo-Fi Black Metal & involving some Dark Ambient elements too. As times passed by the hypnotic, visionary and transcendental substance grown as a key part in the band creative process. Time is suddenly distorted and your body feels heavy. References may be found on projects like Lunar Aurora, Paysage d’Hiver, Trist and The Ruins of Beverast. As the artist mentions : "The term “Lovecraftian” being used to describe any kind of metal that’s a little bit cosmic sounding and weird is insanely overused, and often I don’t think it’s accurate. Not all cosmic horror has to come from something 7000 feet tall and so great we cannot comprehend it. In this sense, this is why Blosse’s music sounds more earthly. I didn't want to fall into the stereotypes." The cd edition of "Nocturne" includes "Era Noire" EP as bonus. The EP shows the more meditative and synth inspired side of Blosse, While into "Nocturne" the space synths/choirs are still there, the abrasive guitars are way more center stage contributing to the Blosse's comprehensive manifestation. "Era Noire" is definitely to be considered a more experimental side of the project: a guitar wall of sound and loop, then adding the synths and merge them with distortion to create a deranged sound.
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Band:SARTEGOS
Album:O SANGUE DA NOITE (LIMITED)
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:BLACK METAL/BLACK DEATH
Lead by Rou Morgade (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals), SARTEGOS may have been a silent presence in today's underground metal, but their shadow inexorably lengthened on the scene throughout the decade. After a couple of demos released in 2010 and 2011, the Galician band proved its worth thanks to two important recordings: the revelatory “As Fontes Do Negrume” EP (2013), and the formidable “Resvrrezionespiritval” split with YSENGRIN (2016), both released on vinyl format through I, Voidhanger Records. Filed a with fellow, for SARTEGOS it's now time to conquer the world with their debut full-length album, “O Sangue da Noite” (The Blood of the Night), which combines the primitive and abrasive sounds of 90s metal with a tense and sharp songwriting devoted to obscure and morbid atmospheres.
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Band:PLOUGHSHARE
Album:TELLURIAN INSURGENCY (LIMITED)
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:BLACK DEATH DOOM
With their 2018 debut full-length “In Offal, Salvation”, PLOUGHSHARE shaked the extreme metal underground very violently, making many year end's best-albums lists. Their new EP, “Tellurian Insurgency” follows in the steps of its predecessor boldly underlining an incontrovertible truth: the Australian band doesn't strictly adhere to a metal sub-genre in particular, but opens its arms to a multitude of influences and sounds in order to serve a greater purpose. Black metal, death metal, doom metal, noise rock, post-punk and even the darkest offshoots of electronic ambient: all are bent to PLOUGHSHARE's scorching metal vision, all of them converge in the same cauldron and liquify into an incandescent metal magma to gobble down in one deadly sip. “PLOUGHSHARE is what occurs when we come together as a band,” they explain. “We all bring material, but this will always undergo transformation once we’re together. The music emerges contingently, and in a manner that makes it impossible to inscribe our wills into it. We might all contribute, but we are equally all caught up in it.” “Tellurian Insurgency” feeds on sickness, unbearable oppression and blind violence. There are no apparent constraints, as the music flows impetuous and intense; the only rules are those dictated by the band's expressive urgency, though always disciplined and absolutely focused on the final result. The EP opening tracks, “Abreactive Trance” and “Indistinguishable Beast of Flight”, underline PLOUGHSHARE's preference for visceral and exquisitely twisted sonic trajectories; the remix of“ In Offal, Salvation” (the full-length debut's title-track) adds even more depth to an already amazing song, while “Xeno-Chemical Insider” is an enigmatic and experimental closing number that leaves us excited thinking about the Australians' next musical step.
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Band:BENIGHTED IN SODOM
Album:CARRIER OF POISON APPLES (LIMITED)
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:DEPRESSIVE BLACK/DARK
BENIGHTED IN SODOM is the most long-lived project of Reuben Christopher Jordan, aka Matron Thorn, founder of ÆVANGELIST, OBSCURING VEIL, DEVIL WORSHIPPER, PRÆTERNATURA, DEATH FETISHIST and OBLIVION GATE, as well as an ex-member of LEVIATHAN, CHAOS MOON and BETHLEHEM. Existing since 2006 -and since then filtering black metal through the lens of shoegaze rock and darkwave- BENIGHTED IN SODOM have always been Jordan's most personal project, a mirror of his existential malaise, and a tool of necessary catharsis. With this in mind, “Carrier of Poison Apples” could be the band's magnum opus, a ride into the darkest hour of the night exploring Jordan's lonely corner of the earth, where no dream is forsaken and love is as tenebrous as darkness. “The album is nothing but the story of myself as a person, though it's relatable for anyone,” he explains. “We all live in an age where everyone is trying to out-occult each other with elaborate artworks made to look like their little heavy metal album was created in some old century and filled with esoteric knowledge. Its escapism like anything else, but the esoteric knowledge in 'Carrier Of Poison Apples' doesn't come from a manuscript or grimoire, it's from a lifetime of terrible events, living among strangers, criminality, transcendent depths of obsession, substance abuse, lust, violence, and other everyday parts of my life.”
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Band:IN HUMAN FORM
Album:III
Label:I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:PROGRESSIVE BLACK METAL
“III” is arguably the third full-length album of Massachussets' IN HUMAN FORM, a formidable quintet of highly talented musicians devoted to an avant-garde kind of metal with strong esoteric and philosophical tints. Their 2017 sophomore release, the amazing “Opening of the Eye by the Death of the I” was a remarkable blend of aggressive black metal and progressive music, but in “III” the band's style matures and evolves even further, birthing an audacious and breathtaking musical hybrid by perfectly amalgamating the musicians' extreme metal background with their love for 70's prog and jazzfusion. “There were many new avenues that we experimented with, especially guitar solos”, explains guitarist Nicholas Clark; “that really tested out limits and dug up some interesting influences. A track like 'Weeping Stones' was actually recorded live with a few overdubs, to give it much more emotion and tightness; and I ended up using the Mellotron quite extensively as well, as a nod to our 70's prog influences.”
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Band:NORTHWIND WOLVES
Album:MOUNTAINS AND DARKNESS
Label:BLACK LION RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
La based Melodic Black metal kings Northwind Wolves returns with their follow up to 2017's Dark... Cold... Grim... " Mountains and Darkness is the second studio album of LA based extreme metal band Northwind Wolves. Mountains and Darkness is a dark journey on the first few tracks while transitioning into a melodic triumphant finale on the last few tracks. With production quality raised and song writing more focused, Northwind wolves brings you a passage into new dark territories with " Mountains and Darkness
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Band:VANHA
Album:WITHIN THE MIST OF SORROW
Label:BLACK LION RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:DOOM METAL
VANHA and Black Lion present the long awaited re issue /Re master of Within The Mist Of Sorrow inc bonus track never before released, Within The Mist Of Sorrow is the bands first debut album that was pressed on limited run back in 2016 and has since then been difficult to obtain, now we are pleased to present it once again back from the grave! This time as a Digipak and new artwork by Marcos Cerutti.
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Band:LIVLOST (NO)
Album:COLD SKIN
Label:DOWNFALL RECORDS
Format:CDD
Genre:Black Metal
Debut album ”Cold Skin”, by Norweigan Heavy & Atmospheric Necro black-metal band Livløst. The album will be out as Digipack-CD+Digital.
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Band:SALMAGUNDI
Album:ROSE MARRIES BRAEN (A SOUP OPERA)
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:ALTERNATIVE ROCK
“One night at dinner with Franco Godi, Tim Smith from Cardiacs, Dylan Carlson and the Residents” Following this diktat, the Salmagündi born from the mind of Enzo P. Zeder, already composer of the Kotiomkin. This ensemble of 4 elements is a transversal musical mix that goes from Library Music to Progressive Rock, from Psychedelia to Post-Punk up to the territories of Stoner, all supported by a free compositive spontaneity.
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Band:SALMAGUNDI
Album:ROSE MARRIES BRAEN (A SOUP OPERA)
Label:KARMA CONSPIRACY RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:ALTERNATIVE ROCK
“One night at dinner with Franco Godi, Tim Smith from Cardiacs, Dylan Carlson and the Residents” Following this diktat, the Salmagündi born from the mind of Enzo P. Zeder, already composer of the Kotiomkin. This ensemble of 4 elements is a transversal musical mix that goes from Library Music to Progressive Rock, from Psychedelia to Post-Punk up to the territories of Stoner, all supported by a free compositive spontaneity.
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Band:SHADES OF DEEP WATER
Album:DEATH'S THRESHOLD
Label:DUNKELHEIT
Format:LP
Genre:DOOM METAL/DEATH METAL
A cult fixture in the funeral doom scene, SHADES OF DEEP WATER began its exploration of the abyss in 2006. The sole creation of one J.H., the band's ascent/descent has been as steady as his music is slow. From 2007 to 2009, three demos were released in succession and then the Constant Pressure EP in 2012, all before the debut album, Waterways, in 2013. Aptly titled, Waterways suggested the aquatic, abyssal themes SHADES OF DEEP WATER would henceforth explore. From there, J.H. hit a creative streak, with two more EPs following as well as two compilations, such was the demand for his music among ultra-doom afficionados. Now, at long last, arrives SHADES OF DEEP WATER's magnum opus, Death's Threshold. Likewise aptly titled, Death's Threshold is a veritable exploration (and celebration) of his native Finland's rich history in funeral doom and doom-death. Comprising four utterly epic, stretched-across-the-abyss tracks in a vast-yet-focused 41 minutes, here do SHADES OF DEEP WATER drown the listener in physically/spiritually crushing atmosphere, dragging that listener down/down/DOWN under, far below the depths and never to return; the effect is hauntingly hypnotic, and almost comfortingly so. But, as this is strictly (and unapologetically) within the funeral doom pantheon, rest assured that there is no light, no hope, wherever the album roams.
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Band:REVEL IN FLESH
Album:THE HOUR OF THE AVENGER
Label:WAR ANTHEM RECORDS
Format:LP
Genre:Death Metal
The Deathkult rages on and „The hour of the avenger“ draws near! After a succesful line – up change in the drum department and followed by the release of „Relics of the Deathkult“ compilation in early 2018, southern Germany based REVEL IN FLESH finally strike back with their 5th full length album on their new label home WAR ANTHEM Records! „The hour of the avenger“ basically steps in where the highly acclaimed successor album „Emissary of all plagues“ ended. REVEL IN FLESH evolved and refined their very own forumla of Death Metal in a logical way: More EPIC, more MELODIC, more INTENSE but still sticking to their roots deep within the classical European styled Death Metal from the 90ies era. For the first time the drums and vocals were recorded in other studio locations while guitars and bass tracks were still recorded at VAULT M. Studios owned by guitarist Maggesson. For the final mix and mastering process REVEL IN FLESH handled over the final files to their long – time companion Dan Swanö (UNISOUND Studios) for a mix & mastering process. Growing over there years as a union the production of „The hour of the avenger“ marks the most vital one in the bands history thus far!
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Band:REVEL IN FLESH
Album:THE HOUR OF THE AVENGER
Label:WAR ANTHEM RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
The Deathkult rages on and „The hour of the avenger“ draws near! After a succesful line – up change in the drum department and followed by the release of „Relics of the Deathkult“ compilation in early 2018, southern Germany based REVEL IN FLESH finally strike back with their 5th full length album on their new label home WAR ANTHEM Records! „The hour of the avenger“ basically steps in where the highly acclaimed successor album „Emissary of all plagues“ ended. REVEL IN FLESH evolved and refined their very own forumla of Death Metal in a logical way: More EPIC, more MELODIC, more INTENSE but still sticking to their roots deep within the classical European styled Death Metal from the 90ies era. For the first time the drums and vocals were recorded in other studio locations while guitars and bass tracks were still recorded at VAULT M. Studios owned by guitarist Maggesson. For the final mix and mastering process REVEL IN FLESH handled over the final files to their long – time companion Dan Swanö (UNISOUND Studios) for a mix & mastering process. Growing over there years as a union the production of „The hour of the avenger“ marks the most vital one in the bands history thus far!
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Band:P3D1TVM
Album:ROMANTIC FECAL DINNER
Label:MEAT 5000 RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:SLAMMING DEATH METAL
P3D1TVM's been up in the Venezuelan Underground since early 2kt but they came back this summer with a new record of fecal worship. This band from CaracAss plays Porno Slamming Death Metal with a drummachine that get's it insane, there are some house music part in the intro, intermezzo and outro, this brings the party to a new level. This first prorecord is for fans of ultra guttural brutality
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Band:DESECRATION_UK
Album:GOR & PERVERSION
Label:MEAT 5000 RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL
Desecration is a cult band of UKDM, playing since '93, This particular record was banned upon publication back in the days and got the band arrested due to artwork and lyrics, Time as passed, and the record was re-recorded as a v2, this one is the original and comes with their '93 démo. Comes with a red tray, 8 pages booklet jewel case, Artwork will remain the same but with white = red as the bands wanted it.
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Band:BEDNJA
Album:DOLINE SU OSTALE IZA NAS
Label:TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY
Format:CDD
Genre:BLACK METAL/HARDCORE
From Croatia, Bednja are on to something special. Eschewing the stale black metal template, they have taken elements from other genres such as hardcore to concoct an electrifying blend that harnesses the best qualities of each, topped off with an atmospheric touch. The result is not only largely unpredictable but also energetic, with soothing passages interspersing the violently rampaging parts. One word description for Bednja's music would be fascinating but that would hardly sum up the music that is contained on their debut full length. It's an album that you will keep coming back to for more, simply because it's unparalleled in its expression and the way it's stringed together without seeming contrived. Rarely has this blend of black metal and hardcore made this much sense, embracing the atmospheric and spontaneous side of things while being at it too.
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Band:OFFICIUM TRISTE (NETHERLANDS)
Album:THE DEATH OF GAIA
Label:TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY
Format:CDD
Genre:DEATH/DOOM METAL
Dutch death/doom metal legends OFFICIUM TRISTE, who have been around for 25 years, are back with their sixth full length album titled 'The Death of Gaia'. They're only wiser with age, for the music is just as evocative as always if not more this time around, with better arrangements and variations spread across the album. Their music has this gentle yet overwhelming approach that will leave you in complete tatters by the time it's done. It's beautifully hinging on this balance they've perfected over decades between plaintive melodies and wretched heaviness. Additional instruments such as piano, violin and cello have been brought in and even several guest vocals to lend to this an epic air, further entrenching their mastery over this form of poignant music. For this album they've employed the services of Chris Smith (Grey Aria Design Studio) for the vibrant artwork and of Greg Chandler (ESOTERIC) where mastering is concerned, ensuring that everything is done just the way it was meant to be. 'The Death of Gaia' is the pinnacle of the band's illustrious career and sets new standards even now for others to look up to.
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Band:NOX IRAE (FRANCE)
Album:HERE THE DEAD LIVE
Label:TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY
Format:CDD
Genre:DEATH/THRASH METAL
Members of the legendary French death metal band CATACOMB join forces with members of AFFLICTION GATE to create raw, thrashy death metal dripping with old school fervour and unbridled passion. Members of both the bands bring their trademark elements to the table - the bloodcurdling vocals of AFFLICTION GATE's Herostratos with the brilliant structuring of the CATACOMB veterans when it comes to the creation of this morbid yet delectably catchy mess. This is old school death metal given new expression through the lens of what these bands stood for, without being plainly derivative or sounding old hat. There's palpable tension and rage all through these six compositions and you'll find yourself returning back to these again and again to hopelessly satiate the flesh-tearing itch. NOX IRAE have made a huge statement with their debut EP and one can only expect great things from them in the foreseeable future
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Band:MORTIFICATION
Album:LIVE PLANETARIUM
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:LP
Genre:THRASH/DEATH/GRIND METAL
Continuing with our release of Mortification albums on VINYL, Soundmass are happy to announce the LP release of their definitive live album Live Planetarium. Recorded in October 1993 at Australia’s iconic Black Stump Festival, Live Planetarium was the fourth Mortification release on Intense Records and their first live album. And what an incredible live show it was, almost flawlessly performed in front of a wild crowd! The set list is a selection of classic songs from their first 3 albums, capturing the diversity of the band’s vision. This is truly Mortification at their greatest, their innovative blend of extreme metal styles setting them apart from the crowd. Their intensity, energy and variation are perfectly captured on this recording – Steve’s thick bass and powerful voice, Michael’s sharp guitar chops and Jayson’s precise drumming – with the incredible production making every instrument clearly heard.
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Band:HORDE
Album:HELLIG USVART
Label:SOUNDMASS
Format:CD
Genre:Black Metal
Hellig Usvart – the debut and only studio album recorded by Australian band Horde. Originally released in 1994 by Nuclear Blast, this album created controversy among black metal fans and allegedly saw death threats delivered to Nuclear Blast due to its anti-satanic lyrics. The sole member of the band, Jayson Sherlock, who used the pseudonym Anonymous, is best known as the drummer on the early and classic Mortification albums and later for joining doomsters Paramaecium. Norwegian for “holy unblack”, Hellig Usvart is considered a landmark release, regarded as the first and most ground-breaking Christian (un)black metal album.
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Band:VARIOUS ARTISTS
Album:CYPRUS ROCKS '18
Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS
Format:DVD
Genre:Classic Rock/Metal
Cyprus Rocks Festival is an annual event held on the shoreline of the Eastern Sea, in the one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world – Protaras, Cyprus. Organised by UK-based Iron Stallion Promotions, it features some of the finest tributes to the biggest names in Classic Rock. This unique and highly acclaimed week-long festival continues to attract lovers of sun, sea, sand and live music from the UK, Europe and beyond. This DVD, filmed on Trinity Beach, Protaras over three nights, in October 2018, during the 3rd instalment of the festival, showcases some of the best moments of the weekend’s live performances from Live Wire - The AC/DC Show (AC/DC), Bon Giovi (BON JOVI), Reckless Roses (GUNS ‘N’ ROSES), Hi-On Maiden (IRON MAIDEN) Aerosmith Rocks (AEROSMITH), The Doors Alive (THE DOORS) Scopyons (SCORPIONS), Rainbow In Rock (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW) and Dio Rising (RONNIE JAMES DIO).
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Band:R.U.S.T.X.
Album:CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:HEAVY METAL
Formed in 2003, the Cypriot rockers were fully determined right from the start. Truly-from-the-heart and no BS melodic Heavy Metal with classic rocking passages is their absolute passion as one can easily determine with just one listen. Enthusiastic and passionate about everything R.U.S.T.X do, their upcoming 3rd album Center of the Universe will unquestionably convince old school lovers that they do mean serious business. The level of musicianship in Center of the Universe is beyond perfect and the band sounds completely harmonious and in perfect unity. Not surprising since, not only all band members are seasoned musicians, but all four are siblings (!), 3 brothers and their sister, who apart from their instruments, they all share vocal duties! A most definite (and amazing) family affair! Legendary radio producer Robert Camassa, who pens a foreword on the album, couldn t have put it better: This album is like a swiss clock, ticking along nicely, never skipping a beat. This is a band that has paid its dues and has come roaring back with a killer album. If R.U.S.T.X should ever need a blood transfusion it must be Heavy Metal+. Featuring a stunning cover artwork by the amazing Chris Achilleos (best known for his painting of the heroine Taarna, on 1981 s Heavy Metal animated movie poster), the album also features guest appearances by Paolo Nipa (DARK QUARTERER) and Andrea Ramacciotti (DEADLY TIDE). The CD version features 2 bonus tracks, one of which is a cover of the classic Band on the Run (Paul McCartney and Wings). For fans of: Scorpions | Deep Purple | Black Sabbath | Journey | Savatage | Riot | Crimson Glory
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Band:MORTEM ATRA
Album:A DARK LAMENT
Label:PITCH BLACK RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC DEATH/DOOM METAL
MORTEM ATRA, were formed in November 2011 in Limassol Cyprus and they describe their blend of melodic death/doom metal as an amalgamation of genres, a mixture of emotions . The main lyrical themes of the band s songs consist of internal struggles, aggression & depression, sensitivity as part of the human nature, dark stories and elements that can best be associated with fairy-tales. The band s upcoming debut album A Dark Lament will sooth the soul, while at the same time darken those inner feelings. The atmosphere that the melodic keyboard lines provide, along with the double bass drumming, heavy riffs and growling and clean vocals, in combination with female operatic vocals, will set listeners drifting into otherworldly emotions but always in good companion by some of their favourite metal genres, namely Melodic Death and Doom Metal. All blended into one magnificent arrangement. Special mention should be made to the band s fallen brother, Tasos Bratsos. In 2016 tragedy struck and Tasos passed away after losing the battle with cancer which he had fought bravely. He was in his early thirties at the time and apart from being an extremely talented drummer, he was always positive and highly energetic and undeniably the main driving force of the band. A Dark Lament has been in the making since then and it features his recorded drum parts. With the album now finally completed, the band is of course paying tribute to Tasos by dedicating it to his memory and legacy. For fans of: Moonspell | Candlemass | Paradise Lost | Crematory | Tiamat | My Dying Bride
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Band:FAUSTTOPHEL
Album:NO LIARS AMONG THE FALLEN
Label:ANOTHER SIDE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:MELODIC DEATH/DOOM METAL
No Liars Among The Fallen - the third full-length studio album by Russian Melodic Black/Death Metal band FAUSTTOPHEL. Fausttophel remains true to their original musical handwriting. Recognizable style - social poetry, appeal to world mythology and noir philosophy, melodic musical themes and hard blast-beats. The album can't be uniquely attributed to any genre, the band appeals to many styles of Metal, traditionally using rich arrangements and mood changes. 10 Eclectic performances of the gloomy theater called Fausttophel, for fans of Dissection, Edge Of Sanity, Emperor, Gates Of Ishtar, Dimmu Borgir, Hecate Enthroned, Old Man's Child, Rotting Christ, Opeth, and more!!
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Band:ALEISTER
Album:NO WAY OUT
Label:M & O MUSIC
Format:CDD
Genre:THRASH METAL
ALEISTER, a pioneer of the French Metal scenes back with a new album « No Way Out » ! A power concentrate, the pure Thrash Metal !
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Band:BELLATHRIX
Album:NO FEAR
Label:NADIR MUSIC
Format:CD
Genre:CLASSIC HEAVY METAL
Named after a star of the Orion constellation, Bellathrix got together in 2015. The founders Manuela Lally Cretella (already guitarist of female bands Steel Drama and Miss Bit, with live experiences with names as Jennifer Batten, Ryan O'donnell and John Macaluso) and Stefania Prian, who’s vocal extension gives her the possibility to perform the best songs of the international scene (already singer of famous band in Liguria, Italy: Rock.it with their tunes as opening acts of live with guests such as Glenn Hughes and Ian Paice, Ac/dc tribute, The aim of the band is to make the listener to live again the sonorities of the 80s, offering also a little bit of modernity in their sound, the right bond to mix it up a little and make headbanging to start, revisiting the old classic Heavy Metal and using modern sonorities and mixing together melodic riffs and virtuosity with a solid rhythmic base. The whole sound exalted by an energetic voice, crystal clear in higher tones and powerful in the lower, a voice that can cope with easy listening melodies but never banal. Bellathrix debut album ‘Orion’ was out in 2016, this 2nd CD “No Fear” is due December 2019. A new line-up, still 3 women + 2 men and a new energy to this new release
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Band:FEARYTALES
Album:FEARYTALES
Label:BUIL2KILL RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Classic metal
FearyTales (from Turin, Italy) are an odd kind of heavy band: their Feary-Metal is a mixture of classic metal and some extreme music influences, enveloping clean and growl vocals, great and inspired guitar solos and riffs, powerful drums. Underwent many line-up changes that affected its activity and inspiration the band, thanks to a new line-up, rearranging classics and some new songs, proudly restarts its activity, keeping always influenced by the incarnations of heavy music along with strong dedication to lyrics. FearyTales played also an acoustic set of their songs. Some FearyTales songs have been recorded some years ago on a self-produced promo-CD, and also included in some compilations like Music Against Itself.2-3 and Extreme Music Aggression 1. The acoustic version of ten rearranged FearyTales songs has been recorded on the self-produced album Acustica: Live in studio. New electric and powerful material is now proudly out for Buil2Kill Records on the first official FearyTales album EP-CD simply entitled “FearyTales”! Also included in the Enhanced CD the FearyTales “Culto della Morte” official videoclip. So now come, listen to some FearyTales…
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Band:FINAL COIL
Album:THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND FOR OTHERS
Label:WORMHOLEDEATH
Format:CD
Genre:Prog Rock
“The world we left behind for others” is a collection of moody songs that flow together smoothly creating a lot of depth and intensity, if you are patient enough to enjoy this album in one sitting. There are a lot of harmonies and melodies that give the album extra thickness and make the sound bulkier ..”
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Band:EXTINCTION
Album:THE APOCALYPSE MARK
Label:REVALVE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:Death Metal
Extinction is a thrash death metal. The band debuts at Rocking Universe Metal Fest in September 2014, followed by numerous concerts, with international bands like Necrodeath, Game Over, Materia, Onslaught, Mindwars, Node. In May 2015 Extinction released a new single called "Conspirators". In April 2016, vocalist Alice Darkpeace appears on the TV show "Italia's Got Talent", demonstrating her growling skills. This event was quite important for the band, in as much as it helped them gain popularity. Besides, growling was never performed on italian television before.On 30 April 2017 the band released the debut album "The Monarch Slaves" with the german label Unholy Fire Records; after the same titled promo video! In August 2018 the band crosses the national borders playing in Hanover (Germany) and in Serbia at the Rock Village Festival in Banatski Sokolac. In October 2018, Alice leaves the band due to disagreements and at its place comes Filippo Collaro. Between April and May 2019, the band recorded the new album in Davide Billia's Mk2 Studio (Anthropofagus, Beheaded, etc.).In June 2019 bassist Marco will also be replaced by Lorenzo Catolla, also by Silenti Luna. With the new line-up, in July of the same year, the band signs the contract with the renowned talian label Revalve Records.
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Band:SOUL OF STEEL
Album:REBIRTH
Label:REVALVE RECORDS
Format:CD
Genre:POWER METAL
In mid-2007 are put to work immediately on their first demo. In fact at the end of 2007 they released their first demo entitled "Reborn", self, that there is a good outcome at the local level, but also found good reviews in magazines (Metal Hammer 7 votes, voting Rock Hard 6.5). Between February and March 2010 the album was mixed and mastered at Studio Ithil World (IM) by Olaf Thorsen and Sound Engineer Giovanni "Meniak" Nebbia. "Destiny" contains 9 tracks of powerful melodic metal, played on a variety of quick change of parts, but at the same time rhythmically, like Stratovarius, Labyrinth ect.Guests on the disc will be Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth). In the new year 2012, the band started to prepare the new material of the new album; Once again, is chosen as artistic producer Olaf Thorsen ( Labyrinth, Vision Divine ). The band entered in Eden Studios (PI) Alessio Lucatti (Vision Divine, Etherna ) between September and October 2012. While the mixing and mastering was made by Domination Studio of Simone Mularoni ( DGM , Empyrios ) . The new album , titled " Journey To Infinity " , will be released April 30, 2013 , by which time the monthly Rock hard May comes the interview with the band plus the review of the new album . From December 2017 starts the writing of the new album, which is completed at the end of 2018; during this period, after several years, many members of the band, because hard work and personal choices, they decide to leave the band; At the beginning of 2019 the new band is presented with a completely renewed line up; in March 2019 Soul of Steel sign for Revalve Records and the new album will be titled "Rebirth". Soul Of Steel born in early 2007 in the South Italy as a power metal band by guitarist Donato Raguso and drummer Lorenzo Chiafele. The first formation was composed by 4 elements.
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