NYHETER UKE FEAR FACTORY. GET WELL SOON VEXATIONS City Slang SLANG RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR 2

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1 FEAR FACTORY MECHANIZE AFM AFM / AFM / Da kan vi herved friskmelde FEAR FACTORY. DINO CAZARES er tilbake der han hører hjemme, og med den nye trommisen GENE HOGLAN (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL etc) har bandet sin sterkeste line-up noensinne. Mechanize er rett og slett et fyrverkeri av mektige låter. Sultent, fokusert, og like relevant til moderne tung musikk som FEAR FACTORY var da de revolusjonerte metalen for nærmere to tiår siden. Anbefales! Digipack-versjonen er en forseggjort sak med bonuslåt. Et industrielt monster er født, og det kvalifiserer til en knallsterk femmer. SCREAM MAGAZINE This fucking slays. Enjoy. 9/10 METAL HAMMER GET WELL SOON VEXATIONS City Slang SLANG GET WELL SOON er wunderkraut KONSTANTIN GROPPERs soloprosjekt, og dette er hans andre album. Musikken er herlig og pompøs, og beveger seg i et grandiost poplandskap der bl.a. RADIOHEAD, BEIRUT, ARCADE FIRE, MERCURY REV og GRANDADDY har vandret tidligere. Orkestralt, filmatisk, drømmende melankolsk og veldig veldig vakkert. GET WELL SOON fronter veteran-labelen City Slangs 20-årsjubileum, og spiller 25. mars i Oslo. Vexations is an album Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy), Beirut or even Rufus Wainwright would kill to have made. MOJO Vexations...is like Amnesiac -era Radiohead in its darkly alluring dream-rock. 8/10 NME...an understated climax, that leaves you hankering for more. Q RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR 2 Sub Pop SP Sideprosjekt fra LOWs frontmann ALAN SPARHAWK (med ERIC POLLARD og LOW-bassist STEVE GARRINGTON) som trykker atskillig mer på gassen enn hovedbandet, litt som LOW møter CRAZY HORSE med NASH KATO eller DAVE WYNDORF (!) på vokal kanskje? Bandet er ventet til Oslo i mars. GD Who knew it would be such a pleasure to hear Alan Sparhawk-- master of minimalist pop-- rock out with his cock out? PITCHFORK 8/10 PREFIX Alan Sparhawk s rock band makes a record just as sharp, funny, moving and self-lacerating as all of his best work with Low. 8/10 POPMATTERS I

2 THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA KOLLAPS TRADIXIONALES Constellation CST 63X / CST / To medlemmer er borte, og det er også TRA-LA-LA BAND-navnet. Uten at bandet har mistet noe av sin råhet og styrke når de presenterer sitt sjette album. Det er fortsatt en unik blanding av blues, folk, americana, psychedelia, moderne orkestrering og desperasjon. Den limiterte versjonen kommer i et 16-siders resirkulert bokformat limitert til 1500 ex for Europa. +DVD Exemplary sixth from histrionic collective. UNCUT HAYSEED DIXIE KILLER GRASS Cooking Vinyl COOK Rockgrass-heltene i HAYSEED DIXIE er tilbake, og det i velkjent form! Killer Grass inneholder sju originallåter og seks tolkninger av godbiter som Bohemian Rhapsody (QUEEN), Omen (THE PRODIGY) og Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (DUH!) samt deres egen lille versjon av MOZARTs Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, fiffig omdøpt til Eine Kleine Trinkmusik. Som om ikke dette var nok, har de begunstiget oss med en bonus-dvd, som inneholder musikkvideoer til 6 av låtene (inkludert Bohemian Rhapsody, som BRIAN MAY selv har lagt ut link til på sin egen hjemmeside!) pluss instruksjonsvideoer med leksjoner i bl.a. banjospilling og fjerning av lik! I april kommer bandet til Norge, for å spille 6 konserter i Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Sandvika, Trondheim og Bø i Telemark! LP JERRY LEE LEWIS LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB, HAMBURG Bear Family BAF JERRY LEE LEWIS Live at the Star Club, Hamburg fra 1964 regnes som et av tidenes mest klassiske livealbum, og også et av tidenes rock n roll-album. Her i gatefold 180g DMM-remasteret utgave. Også på : B Words cannot describe -- cannot contain -- the performance captured on Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, an album that contains the very essence of rock & roll. Live at the Star Club is extraordinary -- the purest, hardest rock & roll ever committed to record. It is no stretch to call this the greatest live album ever, nor is it a stretch to call it the greatest rock & roll album ever recorded. Even so, words can t describe the music here -- it truly has to be heard to be believed. 5/5 ALLMUSIC II

3 GALACTIC YA-KA-MAY Anti EPIT EP+DVD Her er det ultimate New Orleans-hip-hop-albumet! GALACTIC blander på Ya-Ka-May alle musikkstiler byen er kjent for; jazz, storband, brassband, funk og bounce! Med gjester som IRMA THOMAS, ALLEN TOUSSAINT og THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND samt de nyere bounce-artistene CHEEKY BLAKK og SISSY NOBBY m.fl. er dette en release som favner nytt og gammelt, tradisjonelt og banebrytende, og leverer et kreolsk krydret album som du skal være rimelig kald for å ikke la deg rive med av! Det eneste som mangler på dette albumet, er dødpunkter! PINTANDWEFALL HONG KONG, BABY Gaea GAEA Garage/indiepop/-rock-kvartett fra Finland som sjarmerer både på scenen, og her, på plate. Bandet var booket inn til både Eurosonic og by:larm, men pga. interne problemer er konsertene avlyst. Desto bedre grunn til å skaffe seg Hong Kong, Baby slik at bandet i alle fall kan oppleves på ett medium. CAVE IN PLANETS OF OLD Hydra Head HH Første nye materiale på nærmere fire år fra et av verdens flotteste orkestre. Det i form av denne nye EPen, hvor bandet dropper noen av progrockovertonene fra de senere albumene, og trøkker til på godt gammelt metallisk vis. Konsert-DVD følger med også. Og nytt album er på trappene. FIGHTSTAR BE HUMAN Cooking Vinyl COOK Tredje album fra britiske FIGHTSTAR. Be Human er bandets hittil mest ambibiøse verk, med innslag av rock og pop, med hooks og refrenger som fester seg. Bandet forsterkes sogar av et 16-manns orkester på flere av sporene. Be Human er produsert i AIR Studio i London med MATT HYDE (SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND) bak spakene. III

4 HARVEY MILK HARVEY MILK Hydra Head HH Albumet som skulle vært debuten til HARVEY MILK, men som aldri fikk noen ordentlig release. Så da takker vi Hydra Head for denne re-re-mastrede versjonen....cult favorite Harvey Milk was responsible for some of the slowest, heaviest, and most uncompromising rock music created in the latter half of the 90s ALLMUSIC GLORYTELLERS ATONE Southern Bandet til GEOFF FARINA, frontmann og kreativ kraft i nå oppløste KARATE og med tilsvarende oppgaver i GLORYTELLERS. Låtene han skrev med SECRET STARS har dessuten nådd kultstatus, og er blant annet covret av DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE. GLORYTELLERS kombinerer KARATEs indierock med den neddempede intimiteten til SECRET STARS, og bandet leverer en helstøpt samling halvakustiske ballader. TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH LIFE WITH A SLOW EAR Team Love TL TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH: singer/songwriter fra Birmingham, Alabama og medlem av CONOR OBERSTs THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND (han skrev flere av låtene på Outer South). Oberst er også såpass fan at han har signet Hollingsworth til labelen sin, Team Love. Life With a Slow Ear er hans fjerde album. THE GO FIND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT S GONNA HAPPEN ONLY NOT TONIGHT Morr Music MM Tredje album ut fra THE GO FIND, Everybody Knows it s Gonna Happen, Only not Tonight, har fått plenty forhåndsomtale på nettsider som Stereogum, Prefix og Elbo, og bør appellere til fans av PHOENIX, THE POSTAL SERVICE og lignende. Også på vinyl: MM 096LP. IV

5 DIVERSE ARTISTER MURDER - SONGS FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE SOUL Trikont Topp samling med låter om mord, død, henrettelser og andre festligheter, utført i sedvanlig Trikont-kvalitet. Vi får låter med JIMMIE RODGERS, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, MEMPHIS MINNIE, BESSIE SMITH, LITTLE WALTER, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, THE STANLEY BROTHERS, BILLIE HOLIDAY osv. De Luxe digipack med omfattende og informativ booklet. 2 VIRULENCE IF THIS ISN T A DREAM Southern Lord LORD VIRULENCE er rett og slett FU MANCHU før de het FU MANCHU. Snadder for fans av det bandet dette altså. Mer hardcore/punk enn FU MANCHU og inspirert av BLACK FLAG og MELVINS. SKULLFLOWER STRANGE TUNES TO UNTUNE GOD S FIRMAMENT Neurot NR Livstegn fra SKULLFLOWER etter 13 år!. All must bow before the pagan wall of drone! Strange Keys to Untune God s Firmament evokes Wagnerian sonic bombast, a Nietzchean worldview, and a warlike cry of rebellion against the false, encased in a whirlwind both psychotropic and psychoacoustic. Each listen brings new themes to the forefront. Not easy listening by anyone s standards, this is not for the faint of heart, but for those willing to submit and immerse themselves in the deep thick waters of self transformation. STEVE VON TILL, NEUROSIS / NEUROT ANGELO SPENCER ANGELO SPENCER ET LES HAUTS SOMMETS K Records K Skranglete surfinstrumentaler på kassett fra franskmannen ANGELO SPENCER via Olympia, Washingtons K Records. Herlig salgbart altså. MC V

6 LAST AUTUMN S DREAM A TOUCH OF HEAVEN Escape ESM LAST AUTUMN S DREAM har med årene opparbeidet seg et solid rykte i hardrockens verden. De består av den brilliante vokalisten MIKAEL ERLANDSSON, FAIR WARNING-gitaristen ANDY MALECEK, NALLEY PÅHLSSON og JAMIE BORGER fra TREAT. Dette er bandets sjuende, og hittil beste album! JEFF SCOTT SOTO leverer gjestevokal på låta Last Mistake. an excellent album worthy of your hard earned dollars. 8.5/10 HARD ROCK HIDEOUT KIMBERLY DAHME CAN T A GIRL CHANGE HER MIND? Escape ESM Amerikanske KIMBERLY DAHME har vært medlem BOSTON siden 2002, og på hennes country-duftende album Can t A Girl Change Her Mind består bandet av hennes BOSTON-kumpaner TOM SCHOLTZ og GARY PIHL samt GLEN BURTNICK fra STYX. Vokalmessig har Kimberly blitt sammenlignet med bl.a. DOLLY PARTON, og dette albumet bør treffe like bredt som en rekke andre countryrock-artister av i dag. At the end of the day, it is a wonder that she has not sold these songs to other artists as I would think a number of them could be hits on adult contemporary, new country or the soft rock charts. 4/5 CLASSIC ROCK REVISITED OVERLAND DIAMOND DEALER Escape ESM STEVE OVERLAND fra AOR-heltene FM behøver neppe noen nærmere presentasjon. I likhet med hva vi er vant til fra hans gamle band, bys vi her på flott melodisk rock med smektende refrenger og glimrende vokalprestasjoner. MARKONEE SEE THE THUNDER Escape ESM MARKONEE er et hett nytt italiensk band som har spesialisert seg på klassisk hardrock i stil med WINGER, RATT, GOTTHARD og WARRANT. Lydbildet er sikret den nødvendige kvalitet, takket være solid produksjon av BEAU HILL (RATT, ALICE COOPER, SIGNAL med mer). VI

7 MEMORY DRIVEN RELATIVE OBSCURITY I Hate IHR DENNIS CORNELIUS er en velkjent skikkelse innen doom-metal gjennom 20 år, blant annet fra PLACE OF SKULLS med ex-pentagram-gitarist VICTOR GRIFFIN. Og det er selvfølgelig hardrock vi får her. Med clean-vokal og greier. Flotte saker. BEN+VESPER LuvInIdleness Sounds Familyre SF SUFJAN STEVENS-produsert 5-spors EP fra BEN+VESPER. EP 12 THE BESNARD LAKES ALBATROSS Jagjaguwar JAG 166LP THE BESNARD LAKES varmer opp til nytt album (The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, 8. mars) med tolvtommeren Albatross. B-siden inneholder non-album-sporet Four Long Lines. BLACK COBRA CHRONOMEGA Southern Lord LORD 109LP LP Verdens tyngste duo. En mix av stonermetal, sludge og dronerock som automatisk får deg opp i bredbeint luftgitarspilling. For fans av HIGH ON FIRE, MELVINS, SLEEP, KYLESA etc. Vinylversjon, 180 gram, og med bonuslåt. ROBERT MITCHUM CALYPSO - IS LIKE SO Bear Family BAF LP Under filminnspilling på Trinidad i 1957 ble ROBERT MITCHUM så glad i calypso at han rett og slett gikk i studio og spilte inn et album. Her er det i 180 gram DMM-remasteret utgave. Lyd-/bildepresentasjon: JOHNNY HORTON THE FANTASTIC JOHNNY HORTON Bear Family BAF LP 180 gram DMM-remasteret utgave av JOHNNY HORTONs klassiske 1959-album The Fantastic Johnny Horton. Klassisk honky tonk! 4.5/5 ALLMUSIC Lyd-/bildepresentasjon: VII

8 FEAR FACTORY MECHANIZE AFM AFMLP FEAR FACTORYs nye mesterverk også på vinyl. 7 2x10 LP LP LP RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR 2 Sub Pop SP ALAN SPARHAWK et al også på vinyl. LP THEE SILVER MT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA KOLLAPS TRADIXIONALES Constellation CST 63LP Vinylversjonen til det kanadiske orkesteret kommer som tung, deluxe dobbel 10 og inkluderer -versjonen av albumet, poster etc. ANGELO SPENCER ANGELO SPENCER ET LES HAUTS SOMMETS K Records KLP ANGELO SPENCER ikke bare på kassett. GLORYTELLERS ATONE Southern Det nye albumet til GEOFF FARINA & co også på vinyl. BEST COAST SOMETHING IN THE WAY Post Present Medium PPM Tre-spors syver fra California-duoen BEST COAST. VIII

9 DIVERSE COUNTRY AT TOWN HALL PARTY - MARCH 28, 1959 Bear Family BVD Town Hall Party var et populært radio- og tv-show som gikk hver lørdag fra 1951 til 1961, og var blant de første programmene som brakte countrymusikken til tv-skjermen. 28. mars 1959 opptrådte bl.a. TEX RITTER, FARON YOUNG, COLLINS KIDS, SKEETS MONALD, og LEON MCAULIFFE. DVD DVD DVD DIVERSE COUNTRY AT TOWN HALL PARTY - JULY 25 & AUGUST 15, 1959 Bear Family BVD Town Hall Party var et populært radio- og tv-show som gikk hver lørdag fra 1951 til 1961, og var blant de første programmene som brakte countrymusikken til tv-skjermen. 25. juli og 15. august 1959 sto bl.a. MERLE TRAVIS, GENE VINCENT, MARTHA CARSON og CLIFF CROFFORD på scenen i Compton. DIVERSE COUNTRY AT TOWN HALL PARTY - AUGUST 29 & 5 SEPTEMBER, 1959 Bear Family BVD Town Hall Party var et populært radio- og tv-show som gikk hver lørdag fra 1951 til 1961, og var blant de første programmene som brakte countrymusikken til tv-skjermen. LEFTY FRIZZELL, BOB LUMAN, QUINCY SNODGRASS, TEX WILLIAMS m.fl. spilte opp til dans 29. august og 5. september FOO FIGHTERS NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN Chrome Dreams SGDVD Dokumentar om FOO FIGHTERS og hele historien om DAVE GROHL. Fra hans tidlige dager som trommis på Washington DCs hardcorescene fram til i dag. Inneholder sjeldent viste klipp med GROHL fra tiden i SCREAM, NIRVANA og FOO FIGHTERS. Du får også intervjuer med GROHL m.fl., bidrag fra produsent JACK ENDINO, DC-punkekspert MARK ANDERSON og andre, samt nyhetsklipp og diverse andre features. DVD IX

10 FORHÅND 15. FEBRUAR BUILT TO SPILL THERE IS NO ENEMY ATP Recordings ATPR Aisle 13 2.Hindsight 3.Nowhere Lullaby 4.Good Ol Boredom 5.Life s A Dream 6.Oh Yeah 7.Pat 8.Done 9.Planting Seeds 10.Things Fall Apart 11.Tomorrow 12. Water Sleepers (European bonus track) Three and a half years in the making, the efforts of writing and recording THERE IS NO ENEMY led Built to Spill founder Doug Martsch to wonder whether this would be the last album he ever makes. Song lyrics were labored over then thrown in the trash, guitar parts revised again and again (and again). A musician and artist like Doug edits far more than he keeps. For over twenty years, Doug Martsch has been writing and recording music. Built to Spill members Brett Nelson (bass), Scott Plouf (drums), Jim Roth (guitar), and Brett Netson (guitar) have all been musicians for two decades. Doug s strong aesthetic combines with the band members mix of approaches to create an aural topography. Doug sets course and navigates. Each member of Built to Spill comes to the music with a different set of expectations and ideals. With the complexity and variety of music they have created, Built to Spill endeavors to make songs interesting to themselves and their audience. They hope that the band will remain special and that people will discover the music for themselves. Year after year, new fans show up. Just like the band members, listeners come to the music with expectations and ideals. They make up their own ideas about the songs. When making the new record, Doug literally lived in the studio. To be able to work all day and all night. To spend hours and hours laying down guitar tracks he realized he couldn t use since the first live takes had the best tone and feel. To undigitally remix the record. With so much work behind the band, the record is here. Now comes the album s journey into the world. This venture Built to Spill does not map out. The record is yours to respond to FORHÅND 15. FEBRUAR BEN SOLLEE & DANIEL MARTIN MOORE DEAR COMPANION Sub Pop SP Something, Somewhere, Sometime 2. My Wealth Comes to Me 3. Needn t Say a Thing 4. Wilson Creek 5. Only a Song 6. Dear Companion 7. Flyrock Blues 8. Try 9. Flyrock #2 10. Sweet Marie 11. It Won t Be Long Dear Companion is a collaboration between Daniel Martin Moore, Ben Sollee and Yim Yames to draw attention to the practice of Mountaintop Removal in the Tennessee mountains; the album benefits Appalachian Voices. Recorded in the first half of 2009, Daniel and Ben trade lead vocal duties, while Yim produces. Daniel and Ben will tour together in early Daniel s debut album, Stray Age, came out in October 2008 on Sub Pop. Ben s debut album, Learning to Bend, was released February X

11 FORHÅND 15. FEBRUAR The Masnnquin Wakes Yes, We Can t Know Your Velocity Grand Siblings Waterways & Altitude Even Bluer Pills Cold Waters The Nombers Game Sleeping On Sleepers The Buildings, Then The Trees MONZANO BY THIS TIME LAST YEAR EVERYTHING WILL SEEM YOUNGER Spoon Train Audio STA I 2009 ble mange kjent med Sjur Lyseids soloprosjekt The Little Hands of Asphalt som brakdebuterte med plata «Leap Years» til strålende kritikker, og en full festivalsommer hvor Lyseid blant annet besøkte Øya- og Slottsfjellfestivalen. Nå er Lyseid tilbake i moderskipet Monzano, et dynamisk og velspillende indierockorkester bestående av fire unge menn. Albumet som ble spilt inn høsten 2009 er produsert av Lyseid, som gjennom produsentarbeid for band som My Little Pony og Nomber 5s, har vist at han står fram som pop-oslos gallionsfigur. «By This Time Last Year (...)» fremstår umiddelbart som et oppkomme av spissfindige poplåter, der meloditeft og energi står i fokus. Men graver man mer i dybden, kommer detaljrikdommen til syne, og Monzano viser seg som noe mer enn et band som gjentar de samme skrangleakkordene. Låtene er utbrodert med sofistikerte arrangementer og til dels eksotisk instrumentering, uten at det resulterer i et glatt og overprodusert lydbilde. Lyrisk sett har Lyseid alltid ligget opptil flere hestehoder foran de fleste av sine norske låtskriver kolleger, og denne Monzano-plata er intet unntak. Men, selv om bandnavnet er en Kurt Vonnegut-karakter og plata er spekket med populærkulturelle referanser til alt fra Kenny Rogers via My Bloody Valentine til Dave Eggers og Oscar Wilde trenger man overhodet ikke en bachelorgrad i litteraturvitenskap for å like Monzano. Utgivelsen burde gå rett hjem hos fans av band som Modest Mouse, The Shins og Death Cab for Cutie. Slippfest på Mono, Oslo 10. februar etterfulgt av Norgesturne i mars. Et særegent poptalent Robert H. Gjestad, Aftenposten Sjur Lyseid med bandet Monzano følger tett etter Truls Heggero som en av de mest markante stemmene i denne generasjonen oslomusikere. Rannveig F. Arell, Dagsavisen FM BELFAST how to make friends Kimi KR 012 / KR 012LP / FORHÅND 15. FEBRUAR /LP 01 Frequency 02 Underwear 03 I Can Feel Love 04 Tropical 05 Pump 06 Par Avion 07 VHS 08 Lotus 09 Optical 10 Synthia 11 President FM Belfast s music can be described as a joyful electronic dance music interlaced with fun and good fortune. Inability to stand still or sit accompanies them wherever they go. The band started out as a duo on Christmas 2005 when Arni R Hlodversson and Loa H Hjalmtysdottir made a song as a present for their friends. What was initially thought of as a studio concept became a live band in the summer of 2006 when Arni and Loa performed at an art opening in a cave in the Faeroe Islands. Later that year Arni Vilhjalmsson and Orvar Th. Smarason joined the band. In October 2006 they played their first full concert at the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. The band released their debut album how to make friends in Iceland and have sold 5000 albums locally XI

12 FORHÅND 15. FEBRUAR ST. SATAN HORNS FOR ADORNMENT Grindar Recordings GRR Human Avalanche 2. Demon Inside 3. Moby Dick (the great white male) 4. St Satan 5. Ding Dong 6. Wolffish 7. Chaoswelder 8. Love your fear 9. Hell is just a breath away 10. Paralyzed ST. SATAN er et hardrock-band fra Bergen. En salig blanding av metalveteraner fra band som BORKNAGARD, THE SWAMP BABIES, THE BATALLION, LOST AT LAST, og jazz/støy-musikere fra band som KRØYT, JAZKAMER, SKOMSORK og PUBLIC ENEMA som spiller groovy hardrock i samme gate som CLUTCH, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH, KYUSS, JESUS LIZARD og TED NUGENT. Debutalbumet Horns For Adornment inneholder ti hardtslående og dynamiske spor, spilt inn av hele bandet i samme studio på samme tid. Akkurat som de gode gamle klassikerene innen både hardrocken og jazzen. Plata er produset, spilt inn, mikset og mastret av JØRGEN TRÆEN og IVER SANDØY i løpet av 12 timer, til og med rett på bånd! FORHÅND 22. FEBRUAR TOM MCRAE THE ALPHABET OF HURRICANES Cooking Vinyl COOK TOM MCRAE er tilbake med nytt album, 3 år etter kritikerroste King Of Cards. Tom var nylig i Oslo, og gjorde intervjuer med bl.a. VG, Nettavisen, ABC Nyheter, Vårt Land og NTB. Det blir konserter i Bergen og Oslo i løpet av mars! 5/6 - FHM Mer info dukker opp! XII

13 FORHÅND 22. FEBRUAR JON OLIVA S PAIN FESTIVAL AFM AFM / AFM / AFMLP / / Digipack / Jewelcase / Double gatefold LP /LP LIES DEATH RIDES A BLACK HORSE FESTIVAL AFTERGLOW LIVING ON THE EDGE LOOKING FOR NOTHING THE EVIL WITHIN WINTER HAVEN I FEAR YOU NOW Bonus track on Ltd. Edition Digi Pak: 11. PEACE The screams for a reunion of the legendary SAVATAGE become less and less. One reason for this definitely is JON OLIVA S PAIN, the new band of Jon Mountain King Oliva, the mastermind/singer/keyboard player behind Savatage. In fact JON OLIVA`S PAIN offers what Savatage did in their glorious days; it s all here: the master s unmistakable voice, the classic yet unique songwriting and even evolvements and some experiments here and there. JON OLIVA`S PAIN is now back with their fourth studio album Festival. A bombastic title for a bombastic record, indeed. Like the master announced it some time ago, Festival could be described as a mix of Hall Of The Mountain King (Savatage) and the second JON OLIVA`S PAIN album Maniacal Renderings. Epic compositions culminate with rough, heavy rockers, all melt together by Jon s unique style of composing. After the more experimental last JOP album Global Warning from 2008, Festival is now more basic again. Less slow tracks, more metal. Expect Oliva s special humour shine through at any time, displaying his view of the world today in his very own sarcastic way as it used to be. But again you also find his other side, the helplessly romantic and pure. The musical genious Jon Olivas was and has ever been the driving creative force behind Savatage. Now Festival marks the next step in the continuing legacy of the Mountain King. It s once again a unique and unmatched piece of work by one of the scene s last originals. FORHÅND 1. MARS THE KNIFE TOMORROW IN A YEAR Rabid RABID Den lenge bebudede Darwin-operaen til THE KNIFE, i samarbeid med MT. SIMS og PLANNINGTOROCK, slippes nå i albumformat. XIII

14 FORHÅND 1. MARS FLOGGING MOLLY LIVE AT THE GREEK THEATRE SideOneDummy SD DVD This three disc set (Double + full-length DVD) captures Flogging Molly s epic performance at the Greek Theatre on September 12, 2009, featuring over 90 minutes of music spanning the band s entire catalog, from Swagger to Float. The DVD, shot in HD with over ten cameras showcases the explosive performance. DVD bonus content includes seven Flogging Molly videos as well as behind the scenes interviews with the band. This is a must own for the legions of Flogging Molly s faithful fans, and an excellent introduction to the uninitiated. Float, the band s most recent studio album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200. Featuring over 90 minutes of music including: Float, Drunken Lullabies, Never See the Likes of You Again, Swagger, Requiem For a Dying Song, Man With No Country, These Exiled Years, (No More) Paddy s Lament, Tobacco Island, Rebel s of the Sacred Heart, Salty Dog, What s Left of The Flag, If I Ever Leave This World Alive, You Won t Make a Fool Out of Me, Laura, Seven Deadly Sins and many more. Se en liten smakebit her : FORHÅND 1. MARS Industrypeople The Hate Alphabet The Death of Romance The Pygmalion Effec Murder Sound Revengefuck Virgin Ring The Plinth Mint V ZEROMANCER THE DEATH OF ROMANCE Trisol TRI Welcome to the modern sound of industrial! ZEROMANCER serves you new dark electronic rock in a delicious manner. It is ZEROMANCER to the bone, our flesh and blood in one piece, says Kim Ljung. Who would have dared to hope that there would ever again be an album which unites melancholy sadness and rock sounds in such an absolutely perfect and catchy fashion? Many years after the legendary album Razorblade Romance from HIM, ZEROMANCER now put outan album which simply takes one s breath away. So full of beauty, so full of melancholy and yet so full of unbridled rock power. With their last album Sinners International, the lads from the north proved that they had once more recaptured the essence of their own debut. Radiant, vibrant and beguiling. Shimmering, fascinating and mysterious. Their fifth studio album The Death of Romance rises out of the darkness like the aurora borealis. Back to the beginning and yet at the same time forward-looking. Dark romantic ballads with stunning hooklines in the form of driving, modern industrial rock. ZEROMANCER are a new and perfect unity of sex, emotion and energy. Rock music is finally once again that which it always should have been. Unaffected and impressive, for girls and boys. The one, with a tear in the eye, is full of yearning; the other goes crazy for the pounding drums and loud electric guitars. Never has one needed to be so little embarrassed about his/her feelings as with this powerful-romantic rock album. The Death of Romance is a flawless construction of sweat-inducing industrial rock and a large dollop of emotion. The Death Of Romance Tour N-Bergen, Hulen N-Stavanger, Folken N-Trondheim, Blæst N-Oslo, Rockefeller N-Tønsberg, Haugarock N-Drammen, Union Scene N-Tønsberg, Slottsfjellfestival XIV

15 FORHÅND 1. MARS TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB TOURIST HISTORY Kitsuné A Et av årets hotteste debutalbum coming your way! FORHÅND 1. MARS GROOVE ARMADA BLACK LIGHT Cooking Vinyl GABL Mer info kommer plutselig! XV

16 FORHÅND 8. MARS BURZUM BELUS Byelobog Productions BYE i. Lukans Renkespill ii. Belus Doed iii. Glemselens Elv iv. Kaimadalthas Nedstigning v. Besoek til Kelio vi. Alvenes Dans vii. Alvegavene viii. Sverddans ix. Keliohesten x. Morgenroede xi. Belus Tilbakekomst It s been 11 long years and now the world will finally see the return of Burzum. The highly anticipated new album is entitled Belus after the name of the ancient European solar deity of light and innocence. Belus is Burzums 8th studio album, and the sound and music of the new album can best be compared to the music of some of the old Burzum albums; in particular the ground breaking Hvis Lyset tar Oss and the atmospheric brilliances of Filosofem, only the ambient parts present on these albums has been almost completely left out on Belus. Belus is a hard hitting and melodic guitar driven album and will firmly keep Burzum at the helm of the metal / black metal scene and arguably his best album to date. Burzum says of the new album and his style of music: My ambition with Belus is to create something I -- and hopefully others too -- can listen to for years and years to come without ever growing tired of it, and at the same time to share with my audience the experience of getting to know Belus, as he might have been perceived by the ancient Europeans. I am aware of the black metal association with the name Burzum, and I have no real and serious problem with that, but I personally see no reason to place Belus in any category. I think Belus musically transcends all existing categories, but if I have to choose one -- and for the sake of simplicity -- I will simply place it in the metal category. FORHÅND 8. MARS THE BESNARD LAKES THE BESNARD LAKES ARE THE ROARING NIGHT Jagjaguwar JAG 126 / JAG 126LP / /LP 1. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent; Pt. 1: The Ocean 2. Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent; Pt. 2: The Innocent 3. Chicago Train 4. Albatross 5. Glass Printer 6. Land of Living Skies; Pt. 1: The Land 7. Land of Living Skies; Pt. 2: The Living Skies 8. And This is What We Call Progress 9. Light Up The Night 10. The Lonely Moan The Besnard Lakes, the Montreal collective fronted by husband-and-wife duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, has returned, crafting a majestic, sprawling vision of guitar bombast and captivating pop experiments. On March 9th of 2010 (March 8th in the UK), Jagjaguwar will release The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, a twisting chronicle of spies, double agents, novelists and aspiring rock gods turned violent. Loyalty, dishonor, love, and hatred are all seen through the eyes of two spies, communicating through short wave in code and fighting a war that may or may not be real. The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night was recorded at Lasek s Breakglass Studios with a vintage 1968 Neve germanium mixing console used to record portions of Led Zeppelin s Physical Graffiti. The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night is a dark bliss-out that folds the eerie guitar epics of the band s breakthrough, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, into a wall of affected drones and atmospherics. The toughened immediacy and grit that gives the form a much-needed shove over the cliffs makes for a haunting, provocative swan dive into the crushing tide. XVI

17 FORHÅND 8. MARS BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB BEAT THE DEVIL S TATTOO Abstract Dragon VVR /VVR / Mer info dukker opp! FORHÅND 15. MARS DROPKICK MURPHYS LIVE ON LANSDOWNE, BOSTON, MA Cooking Vinyl COOK Dobbelt live-album, innspilt på hjemmebane, med alltid glimrende DROPKICK MURPHYS! XVII

18 FORHÅND 6. APRIL DARKTHRONE CIRCLE THE WAGONS Peaceville VILEF Those Treasures Will Never Befall You Running For Borders I Am The Graves Of The 80s Stylized Corpse Circle The Wagons Black Mountain Totem I Am The Working Class Eyes Burst At Dawn Bränn Inte Slottet Darkthrone s all-new sonic attack of metal & punk, a fist in the face of the overground. Darkthrone are a legendary name in metal, inspiring countless bands throughout the years as one of the leaders of the scandinavian black metal movement in the early 90 s, alongside other greats such as Burzum, Immortal and Mayhem. Now, to welcome a new decade, the unrelenting Norwegian duo deliver a new feast of metal and punk. from their thrash and death beginnings to their ascension to the pantheon of black metal greats, Darkthrone have always refused to stand still. They continue to embrace and explore their roots and capture the real spirit of sonic greatness on CIRCLE THE WAGONS; recorded by the band themselves at Necrohell II studios. Darkthrone sail against the tides of trend and disposable metal; uncompromising and defiant as ever an ideology expanded upon by Fenriz when explaining the meaning behind the title: The new metal decade starts with our album. It is a message to the Invaders of our metal domain to circle their wagons!!! With our own brand of heavy metal/speed metalpunk we are a constant ambush on the modern overground metal traitors. Join us in our fight against instant gratification... and let s see who stands when the smoke clears... Album by album we gnaw away at the overwhelming mass of so called raw metal out there - well, the only time i saw something raw wrapped in plastic was when it was DEAD meat. And so in thelong run, all raw bands with old raw sound WINS and your plastic paradise instant gratification sound vanishes with time. A r t w o r k f o r t h e a l b u m c o m e s o n c e a g a i n c o u r t e s y o f D e n n i s D r e a d, n o t a b l e f o r h i s t a l e n t s o n p r e v i o u s D a r k t h r o n e a l b u m s, F. O. A. D and 2008 s Dark Thrones and Black Flags, as well as for US greats, Abscess. D i e h a r d! I h a t e, t h e r e f o r e I a m F e n r i z, J a n u a r y FORHÅND 26. APRIL MANTRIC THE DESCENT Prosthetic Prosthetic Records is proud to unveil the debut album The Descent from Norway s MANTRIC. Formed in 2007 in Oslo, Norway from the ashes of metal visionaries, EXTOL, MANTRIC takes this pioneering songwriting approach to new, epic heights. 1. Asylum Tower Of Silence 3. Symptoms 4. The Invasion 5. Spear Of Heaven 6. Cognitive Cocaine 7. Alihorn 8. Choice 9. Exorcism - In A Treacherous Kiss 10. Water Through Fire 11. Dark Passenger 12. Uro Fusing a unique, distinctly Scandinavian take on rich, challenging metal and modern punk with a powerful progressive edge, MANTRIC recorded The Descent in Norway, with studio guru Tue Madsen handling mixing and mastering duties. Prosthetic Records quickly recognized that something rather special was developing and are now very happy to have MANTRIC as part of their diverse roster. MANTRIC are the first worldwide signing of a European band to Prosthetic Records and vocalist and guitarist Ole Sveen commented, Our first album using the Mantric-name does to our ears deserve to get out to lovers of hard music all over the world, and Prosthetic makes this possible. Our music embraces creativity and originality outside the limits of narrow genres, so it suits us fine to deal with a label that also values this. This is a release that is both accessible and original, catchy and complex at the same time, and we can t wait to get it out!. MANTRIC will showcase The Descent with a selection of gigs across Norway around the release date before embarking on UK, European and North American tours to support the album throughout The Descent is truly urgent music - just as great, challenging heavy music should be. Enjoy. XVIII

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