2015

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Legendary British heavy metal quintet's 21st studio album boasts a clinically 'heavy' echo of their glorious NWOBHM sound, who never dealt in half-truths or incomplete missions. With previous album Sacrifice they filled your heads with heavy metal thunder, and now Saxon want nothing more than to crush them with their very own, hand-crafted, not-safe-for-children brand new album, Battering Ram. Not. A. Problem. <br/><br/>With Biff Byford singing as well as he ever has, Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt making full use of the term 'shredding' with their guitars and the lock-steady rhythm of Nibbs Carter's bass and Nigel Glockler's drums, the future and the past crash together in an ear-scintillatingly engaging, raucous, melodic-yet-classically heavy ten songs collection which will instantly be hailed as a Saxon classic. The title track, with its delectable twin guitar assault heralding the album's commencement, gives the listener an instant crack around the chops, whilst traditionalists will be delighted to hear such a perfect marriage of old, classic Saxon with the newer, fresher invective in such riff-fronted fare as "Destroyer" and "Stand Your Ground", but there are still moments of space and exploration which fans will love. <br/><br/>"This one's a natural progression from Sacrifice," says Byford, "There's a bit less rock'n'roll and a bit more 'heavy' on it. We wanted to keep focused on a style rather than moving around too much."<br/><br/>Produced by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Testament, Exodus Accept) at his Backstage Recording Studios in rural Derbyshire, Saxon were able to hone in and whittle down any excess, finding the sonic space and balance to let Battering Ram's riffs and melodies get the necessary space to scream front and centre.

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>FFS - det unika samarbetet mellan Franz Ferdinand och Sparks - med sitt första självbetitlade debutalbum ihop. Producerad av Grammy-vinnaren John Congleton (St Vincent, David Byrne, Anna Calvi) och inspelad i Londons RAK Studios. Fröet till samarbetet föddes redan när Franz Ferdinand släppte sitt debutalbum och Sparks fick höra att bandet var stora fans. De träffades i Los Angeles och gjorde redan då några demos ihop. En av dem var låten 'Piss Off' som ligger på det tolv spår långa debutalbumet. Tyvärr så rann projektet ut i sanden då men tio år senare när de träffades på Coachella 2013 så bestämde de sig för att slå slag i saken. <br/><br/>Albumet spelades in under 15 hektiska dagar året därpå. <br/><br/>'Hittar ett sätt att faktiskt vara säregna tillsammans' - DN 4/5<br/>'Sparks och Franz Ferdinand är båda vinnare' - Nöjesguiden 5/6<br/>'Lysande musikaliska krockar' - Unt 4/5<br/>'Sparks och Franz Ferdinand är som gjorda för varandra' - Aftonbladet 3/5<br/>'.ett genidrag att de två banden slagit sina huvuden ihop' - Festivalsrykten<br/>'lätt knasig avig pop med mycket smittande refränger' - Gefle Dagblad<br/>'Ett gnistrande äktenskap' - Smålandsposten

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Bakom varje låt på det Nashvillebaserade psych-rockbandets album All Them Witches finns en, ofta outtalad, berättelse och erbjuder en nästan filmisk upplevelse insvept i framåtdrivande rytmer och subtilt funkiga låtar.<br/><br/>"As a band we pull from every moment that we experience," säger sångaren/basisten Charles Michael Parks, Jr. "our influence is not just music, it's our everyday life." <br/><br/>På deras album Dying Surfer Meets His Maker utforskar bandet rockmusikens vidder medan de baserar soundet på ett starkt låtskriveri. <br/><br/>"I like stripped down songwriters," säger Parks, "just a guy and his instrument. But on the new album, each song seems to change multiple times throughout; it makes a five minute song feel like a 20 minute song without the extra time being spent."

180 gram vinyl.

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