2015

Rammstein: Sehnsucht (Rem) [Gatefold / 2 Vinyl LP]

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.

WASP: Golgotha [Gatefold / 2 Vinyl LP]

180 gram audiophile vinyl<br/>Insert<br/><br/>The Final Countdown is the third studio album by the Swedish hard rock band Europe, and one of the most glorious launches in history. Released in 1986, the album was a huge commercial success selling over 3 million units in the United States alone, peaking at number 8 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and reaching high positions in charts worldwide.<br/><br/>Recorded at Powerplay Studios in Zürich, Switzerland, the band worked with American producer Kevin Elson, who had worked with bands like Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Rock The Night" and "Ninja" premiered on the band's Wings of Tomorrow tour in 1984. Five singles were released from the album: "The Final Countdown," "Love Chaser," "Rock the Night," "Carrie," and "Cherokee."<br/><br/>The song "The Final Countdown" was based on an old keyboard riff that Tempest had composed as early as 1981-82, on a Korg Polysix keyboard he had borrowed from Michaeli. In 1985 bassist John Levén suggested that Tempest should write a song based on that riff. The rest is Pop history.

Iron Maidens dubbelalbum "The Book Of Souls" är producerat av Kevin Shirley i slutet av 2014, men de sista detaljerna spelades in 2015. Maiden beslutade sig att dröja med releasdatumet pga Bruce Dickinson, som genomgått en cancerbehandling. <br/><br/>Det fantastiska omslaget är skapat av Mark Wilkinson, som har arbetat med bandet tidigare, och eftersom detta 11-spårs-album har en totallängd på 92 minuter, blir det Iron Maiden första dubbelalbum i karriären! Albumet har en bredare ljudbild där Steve Harris står för 6 av låtarna tillsammans med gitarristerna i bandet och en helt egenskriven låt. Detta är också första gången sedan 1984-års Powerslave där Bruce Dickinson skrivit två låtar helt själv, varav en av dom är den längsta i bandets historia. Två låtar är även Dickinson / Smith-samarbeten. <br/><br/>Steve Harris kommenterar:<br/><br/>"We approached this album in a different way to how we've recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio and we rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh, and I think that immediacy really shows in the songs, they have almost a live feel to them, I think. I'm very proud of The Book Of Souls, we all are, and we can't wait for our fans to hear it, and especially to take it out on the road next year!"<br/><br/>Bruce fortsätter,<br/><br/>"We're really excited about The Book Of Souls and had a fantastic time creating it. We started working on the album in late summer 2014 and recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we'd done the Brave New World album back in 2000 so the studio holds special memories for all of us. We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there! So we immediately felt at home and the ideas just started flowing. By the time we'd finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double its going to be!"

Svart vinyl, inkluderad MP3 download kort.<br/><br/>Äkta musik kan inte fejkas. Det är en odödlig hyllning till nedärvda värderingar - kraft och volym, svett och adrenalin, kompromisslöst bra tider där uppfriskande stormbyar av dåtid, nutid och framtid kolliderar. Artister som med själ och hjärta kräver att göra musik som väcker blodet inom en, och som aldrig kommer sluta jaga den avlägsna horisonten, The Beatles, Otis Redding, Alice Cooper & Sex Pistols. Imperial State Electric har både namnet och vetskapen om hur, de är äkta rock-reinkarnationer! <br/><br/>Sedan starten 2010 har denna svenska kvartett kommit att etablera sig som ett av Europas främsta rockband. Deras tre första album - "Imperial State Electric" och 2012:s vida rosade"Pop War" och 2013 års "Reptile Brain Music"- gjorde det klart att bandet berört kärnan till rock 'n' roll och svingande gitarrer. Med sitt mästerverk "Honk Machine" höjer Imperial State Electric insatsen, raffinerar och omdefinierar sig själva och lämnar motståndarna i dammet bakom sig.<br/><br/>"Honk Machine" innehåller 11 låtar inspelade i The Honk Palace och mixad av Stefan Boman i Park Studio/Psykbunkern.

180 gram vinyl.