NYHETER UKE THE SHADOW OF AN EMPIRE Heavenly. BUILT TO SPILL THERE IS NO ENEMY ATP Recordings ATPRCD

Transkript

1 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. Nå er LYSEID tilbake i moderskipet MONZANO, et dynamisk og velspillende indierockorkester bestående av fire unge menn. Bandets nye plate er et oppkomme av spissfindige poplåter, der meloditeft og energi står i fokus. Lyrisk sett ligger LYSEID flere hestehoder foran de fleste av sine norske låtskriverkolleger, og platen burde gå rett hjem hos fans av band som MODEST MOUSE, THE SHINS og DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE. MONZANO spiller 5 (!) konserter under by:larm. Dagsavisen Et særegent poptalent Robert H. Gjestad, Aftenposten FIONN REGAN THE SHADOW OF AN EMPIRE Heavenly HVNLP Heavenly Recordings har fått en ny vår, og 2010 later til å bli et av labelens sterkeste år på utgivelsesfronten. Irske FIONN REGAN slapp i 2006 det kritikerroste albumet The End Of History på Bella Union, og fikk mange fans med sin lettere BOB DYLAN-infiserte sang/låtskriver-stil. På sitt andre album har han i større grad plukket opp el-gitaren, og deiser til med 10 strålende låter, som oser selvtillit, attitude og et hjerte så stort som den øya han kommer fra. Skulle du være glad i RYAN ADAMS, JOSH RITTER, JOHNNY CASH, NICK DRAKE eller LEONARD COHEN, er denne safe som gull! 4/5 THE GUARDIAN UK 4/5 MUSIC OMH a brilliantly bold, robust work, showcasing real development and the kind of graceful erudition that places Regan squarely ahead of the curve. BBC BUILT TO SPILL THERE IS NO ENEMY ATP Recordings ATPR Syvende studioalbum fra DOUG MARTSCH og hans BUILT TO SPILL. De ga ut glimrende album på 90-tallet, og her er de tilbake på høyeste nivå. Superb skranglete jamrock, svært melodirik og varmende. BUILT TO SPILL har sine trofaste fans, og de får definitivt forventningene innfridd. Albumet ble utgitt i USA før jul, men denne europeiske versjonen inneholder bonuslåt. 5/6 NRK LYDVERKET 8/10 ROCK SOUND 8/10 NME I

2 ST. SATAN HORNS FOR ADORNMENT Grindar Recordings GRR 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. Groovy hardrock i samme gate som CLUTCH, LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH, KYUSS, JESUS LIZARD og TED NUGENT. Plata ble produset, spilt inn, mikset og mastret av JØRGEN TRÆEN og IVER SANDØY i løpet av 12 timer forrige lørdag, og bandet trykket også platen og hadde releasekonsert samme kveld! Verdensrekord? THE IRREPRESSIBLES MIRROR MIRROR Major MRL THE IRREPRESSIBLES er en performance-gruppe fra London med 10 medlemmer, som allerede har tiltrukket seg mye oppmerksomhet blant bade musikk-connoisseurer og kunst/teater-elskere. Dette er deres debutalbum, og et nydelig stykke musikk som fortjener mange lyttinger! Den mest åpenbare sammenligningen er ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, men her finnes også hint av BUCKLEY, BUSH, BOWIE og tilsvarende enigmatiske musikkpersonligheter. Svulstig, pompøst, orkestralt og vakkert! 8/10 DROWNED IN SOUND 9/10 CONTACT MUSIC 4,5/5 MUSIC OMH BEN SOLLEE & DANIEL MARTIN MOORE DEAR COMPANION Sub Pop SP Dear Companion er først og fremst et nydelig stykke tradisjonell amerikansk folk, men også et innspill i Mountaintop removal-debatten fra BEN SOLLEE og DANIEL MARTIN MOORE. Mountaintop removal er en type gruvedrift, først og fremst i Appalachia i det østlige USA, hvor man kort fortalt sprenger vekk hele topper av fjell for å lete etter kull, noe som naturlig nok har en dobbel negativ effekt på alt som har med miljø å gjøre. Deler av inntektene fra platen går til Appalachian Voices: II

3 EP THE DRUMS SUMMERTIME! EP Moshi Moshi MOSHI THE DRUMS er det nyeste popfunnet fra Brooklyn, NY. Deres minialbum Summertime! inneholder de helt latterlig fengende singlene Let s Go Surfing og I Felt Stupid, samt 5 andre spor, så her snakker vi valuta for pengene! Interessen er allerede stor fra både media og arrangører, så vi regner med festivalopptredener i kjølvannet av fullengder-release i juni. Og skulle du lure, spiller de altså deilig dancy indiepop som bør treffe de som kjøpte GIRLS, THE XX, THE BIG PINK og annet snop. New York s official Coolest New Band... the most contagiously energetic NYC band of the past 10 years. NME All heart and hooks NEW YORK TIMES One of the best indie pop debuts of the year ROLLING STONE the energy is explosive. NEW YORK PRESS FM BELFAST HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS Kimi KR Populære elektroislendere hvor kjernen består av Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, men som oftest bidrar også medlemmer av band som MÚM, BENNI HEMM HEMM og SKAKKAMANAGE til festen. How to Make Friends var nylig månedens album i Mixmag og har også blitt slått stort opp i Clash Magazine, DJ og Gay Times. FM BELFAST kommer til Blå i Oslo 6. mars, og ble også nylig bekreftet til Roskilde. JESSE TUM TUM TUM GAEA GAEA By:Larm-aktuelle JESSEs andre plate Tum Tum Tum er klar for norsk release! Knallfet elektro spilt inn live i studio, og live vil bl.a. si bruk av såpass med input at 15 DI-bokser må til. Kalifornia-Keke og Stiletti-Ana sparer altså ikke på kruttet, og de kan oppleves på Blå fredag 19. og på Fisk & Vilt lørdag 20. februar. Også tilgjenglig: J.E.Z.Z.E (GAEALP 001), Kaikki! (GAEA/LP 005), Slurps! (GAEALP 004) og Väliliha (GAEA 002). BROADCAST 2000 BROADCAST 2000 Gronland GRON Symfonisk folkpop med snev av elektroniske elementer så som, men ikke begrenset til, loops fra multiinstrumentalisten JOE STEER aka BROADCAST Nynnbar og fin plate for fans av DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES, BEIRUT, FOUR TET og annet snacks. Platen er produsert av stjerneprodusent Eliot James (Kaiser Chiefs/ Bloc Party). III

4 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD SKEPSIS Prosthetic Regnet som en av pionerene innen deathcore, en sjanger som I den senere tid har nådd nye høyder med band som JOB FOR A COWBOY, DESPISED ICON, WHITE CHAPEL etc. Da er det jo på sin plass at THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD GIR UT SITT udiskutabelt tyngste og mest brutale album så langt. Jaggu. Artwork av PAUL ROMANO (MASTODON, TRIVIUM). +DVD +DVD MY DYING BRIDE ANGEL AND THE DARK RIVER / FOR DARKEST EYES Peaceville VILEF 260X Klassisk album fra MY DYING BRIDE i ny versjon. Nå med ny artwork,nye liner notes, tre bonuslåter, og ikke minst en bonus-dvd i form av For Darkest Eyes. DVDen inneholder 10 klassikere live fra 1996, samt seks videoer. AT THE GATES WITH FEAR I KISS THE BURNING DARKNESS + DVD Peaceville VILEF 259X Nok en klassiker. AT THE GATES ga orginalt ut dette albumet i Nå foreligger det i ny versjon med tre bonuslåter og bonusdvd. På DVDen får du AT THE GATES live fra Groningen i 1992, og låter fra bandets debut-ep og to første album. IMPETUOUS RITUAL RELENTLESS EXECUTION OF CEREMONIAL EXCRESCENCE Profound Lore PFL Death metal fra Australia. Og med to medlemmer fra det australske ekstrembandet PORTAL kan vi love at dette er strenge saker. Brutalt og blasfemisk i all sin prakt. Dødmetall av en annen verden. For fans av PORTAL, INCANTATION, IMMOLATION, BESTIAL WARLUST, CONQUEROR, REVENGE etc. Portal reveal their blacker side. 8/10 METAL HAMMER IV

5 STORY OF THE YEAR THE CONSTANT Epitaph EPIT St. Louis-bandet STORY OF THE YEAR er tilbake med nytt album, oppfølgeren til suksessen The Black Swan (EPIT 69282) fra Bandets varemerke er kombinasjonen av storslagne later med hjertefølte tekster og intensive angst-skrik. På The Constant leverer de 11 låter med stilsikre riff, sterke hooks og refrenger i sann punkånd. SOTY har solgt over 2 millioner album, og turnert med bl.a. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE og LINKIN PARK. RECKLESS KELLY SOMEWHERE IN TIME BY PINTO BENNETT Blue Rose BLUDP Meget bra countryrock/alt.country fra Austin-baserte RECKLESS KELLY. Somewhere in Time er en hyllest til Pinto Bennett, en lokal countryhelt fra bandets hjemstat, Oregon. Platen er lisensiert til Blue Rose Records fra velrenommerte Yep Roc. a country-rock album that s as satisfying as a 12-ounce steak with a big pile of mashed potatoes. ALLMUSIC DIVERSE JAZZ DJANGO S SPIRIT A TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT Trikont Som tittelen antyder en hyllest til gitargeniet DJANGO REINHARDT som ville fylt 100 år i år. Utgivelsen er satt sammen av SUSIE REINHARDT, og inneholder spor med DJANGO selv, QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE, TITI WINTERSTEIN, MANO RENA, Djangos barnebarn DAVID REINHARDT osv. Inneholder sedvanlig forseggjort og informativ booklet. GAMMA RAY INSANITY AND GENIUS/LAND OF THE FREE Cooking Vinyl COOK Da disse to klassiske metal-albumene ble sluppet, hadde GAMMA RAY etablert seg for fullt, og var minst like store som HELLOWEEN, der bandets grunnlegger KAI HANSEN først skapte seg et navn. Land Of The Free er også bandets mest suksessfulle og kritikerroste album til dags dato. Inneholder totalt 6 bonusspor, og leveres med en informativ booklet. Og alt dette til en latterlig lav pris! V

6 THE MURDER OF MY SWEET Divanity Frontiers FR Svenske MURDER OF MY SWEET star på randen til det store gjennombruddet. Debutsinglen Bleed Me Dry gikk inn på 14. plass på den svenske singlelista i november, og nå slippes debutalbumet. Med den karismatiske vokalisten ANGELICA RYLIN i spissen, har bandet fanget essensen av dagens rockscene, og i en mix av grandios symfonisk metal finner vi vakre popmelodier i det majestetiske lydbildet. Skulle noen driste seg til å sammenligne med NIGHTWISH, WITHIN TEMPTATION eller EVANESCENCE, så hjertelig velkommen! KINGS OF MODESTY HELL OR HIGHWATER Escape ESM Dette er finske KINGS OF MODESTYs debutalbum. Vi får melodisk progressiv metal av ypperste merke fra musikere som bl.a. har bakgrunn fra lokale helter som ANCARA og BROTHER FIRETRIBE. Feiandes flott for finske flinkis-fans! The Finnish melodic metal scene has yet another fine gem to be reckoned with 8/10 POWER OF METAL Hell Or Highwater is a breath of fresh air 85/100 ROCK REALMS DUM DUM GIRLS JAIL LA LA / PLAY WITH FIRE Sub Pop SP DUM DUM GIRLS albumdebuterer på Sub Pop senere i år (mars TBC), men før det får vi smakebiten Jail La La med en cover av THE ROLLING STONES klassiske Play With Fire på B-siden. Catchy saker! FM BELFAST HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS Kimi KR 012LP FM BELFAST også på LP. LP VI

7 DIVERSE COUNTRY A GIRL NAMED JOHNNY CASH AND OTHE TRIBUTE SONGS Bear Family B Morsom sak fra Bear Family hvor diverse countryhelter hyller andre; ERNEST TUBB synger om HANK WILLIAMS, MERLE HAGGARD om LEFTY FRIZZELL, CHARLIE RICH om JIM REEVES, og JANE MORGAN om JOHNNY CASH i tittelsporet. Låtene er spilt inn mellom 1953 og JACK ELLIOTT AT LANSDOWNE STUDIOS, LONDON Bear Family B JACK ELLIOTT, bedre kjent som RAMBLIN JACK ELLIOTT bodde seks år i Europa fra , og spilte inn en rekke låter. At Lansdowne Studios, London inneholder innspillinger fra hele denne perioden, innspillinger som gjorde at folk fikk fotfeste i Europa. SMILEY LEWIS ROCKS Bear Family B Ny brilliant samling i Bear Familys Rock(s)-serie, denne gang fra New Orleans-artisten Overton Amos Lemons aka SMILEY LEWIS. Lewis kom til the Big Easy som tenåring og ble tidlig tatt under vingene til geniet og legenden DAVE BARTHOLOMEW, og spilte inn en rekke låter på Imperial Records hvor Bartholomew var musikalsk ansvarlig. JIMMY DONLEY THE SHAPE YOU LEFT ME IN Bear Family B JIMMY DONLEY: bråkmaker, fyllik, the most lonesome guy on earth og medlem av the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Donley skrev en rekke låter for FATS DOMINO, men opplevde aldri stor berømmelse selv før han tok livet av seg i Som søsteren MYRNA sa: You didn t want to come near him when he was drinking, The trouble was, Jimmy drank nearly all the time JIMMY EDWARDS LOVE BUG CRAWL Bear Family B Ultrasjelden rockabilly, de fleste av låtene for første på cd, fra JIMMY EDWARDS. JAMES BULLINGTON jobbet på Buick-fabrikken i Flint, Michigan og spilte inn singlen Love Bug Crawl med to arbeidskompiser. Låta ble plukket opp av Mercury, Bullington skiftet navn til Edwards og dro på turné med BUDDY HOLLY, THE EVERLY BROTHERS og EDDIE COCHRAN. BIG JEFF BESS TENNESSEE HOME BREW Bear Family B Meget forseggjort sak (88-siders booklet bl.a.) som samler 32 av Nashville-legenden BIG JEFF BESS beste spor, hvorav ca. 90% aldri har vært ute på cd før. Bess var radio-dj, klubbeier (han startet legendariske Tootsie s Orchid Lounge), spilte i flere filmer, men først og fremst var han forgangsmann i krysningspunktet mellom country og rock n roll. VII

8 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. Månedens album! SCREAM MAGAZINE 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! 1. Still Love You 2. A is For 3. Won t Lie 4. Summer of John Wayne 5. Told My Troubles To The River 6. American Spirit 7. Please 8. Out of the Walls 9. Me & Stetson 10. Can t Find You 11. Best Winter 12. Fifteen Miles Downriver 5/6 - FHM Mer info dukker opp! VIII

9 FORHÅND 1. MARS GALAR TIL ALLE HEIMSENS ENDAR Dark Essence KAR Forspill 2. Ván 3. Paa frossen mark 4. Grámr 5. Det graa riket 6. Ingen siger vart vunnin 7. Til alle heimsens endar 8. Etterspill Dark Essence Records er stolte av å kunne presentere en av våre siste signeringer, black-folk metalbandet GALAR. Duoen er etablert i Bergen, og medvirkende på platen er et utvalg artister fra ulike musikalske disipliner, blant annet flere involverte fra Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester. Det inkluderer fagott, flygel, kontrabass, cello, fiolin og bratsj. Bandet kombinerer forstyrrende og vakre melodier med blast beats og grim vokal, og tar med lytteren på en ferd fra Dovregubbens Hall til Helvete. Til Alle Heimsens Endar er et konseptalbum basert på historien til vikingkongene som i fordums tid styrte Vestfold. Til Alle Heimsens Endar oversetter til Til alle verdeners ende. Konseptet er tatt fra Snorre Sturlasons Heimskringla. I tillegg til duoen bak GALAR, M. Kristiansen på grimvokal, gitar og bass, og A. B. Lauritzen på renvokal, fagott og flygel, medvirker Phobos (GRAVDAL, AETERNUS, MALSAIN) på trommer, Ricardo Odriozola på første- og andre -fiolin, Hans Gunnar Hagen på bratsj, Siri Hilmen på cello, Morten Nome på kontrabass, og Cecile Langlie på vokal. Til Alle Heimsens Endar ble spilt inn i Conclave & Earshot Studios (Taake, Helheim, Gorgoroth, Enslaved, etc.) og produsert av Bjørnar E. Nilsen (Vulture Industries, Black Hole Generator). FORHÅND 1. MARS THE KNIFE TOMORROW IN A YEAR Rabid RABID Intro 02. Epochs 03. Geology 04. Upheaved 05. Minerals 06. Ebb Tide Explorer 07. Variation of Birds 08. Letter to Henslow 09. Schoal Swarm Orchestra Annie s Box 02. Tumult 03. Colouring of Pigeons 04. Seeds 05. Tomorrow in a Year 06. The Height of Summer Bonus track 07. Annie s Box (alt. vocal) Den lenge bebudede Darwin-operaen til THE KNIFE, i samarbeid med MT. SIMS og PLANNINGTOROCK, slippes nå i albumformat. Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book On the Origin of the Species, The Knife decided to make this a collaborative process, working with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock for the first time, to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme. They extensively researched Darwin related literature and articles, with Olof attending a field recording workshop in the Amazon to find inspiration and to record sounds. Tomorrow, In A Year is a unique musical project. Richard Dawkins s gene trees have formed the basis of some of the musical composition, artificial sounds have been mixed with field recordings, with the music inspired by everything from the different stages of a bird learning its melody, to a song based on Darwin s loving letters about his daughter Anne. These are compositions that challenge the conventional conception of opera music. Olof Dreijer says: At first it was very difficult as we really didn t know anything about opera. We d never been to one. I didn t even know what the word libretto meant. But after some studying, and just getting used to opera s essence of pretentious and dramatic gestures, I found that there is a lot to learn and play with. In fact, our ignorance gave us a positive respectless approach to making opera. It took me about a year to become emotionally moved by an opera singer and now I really do. I really like the basic theatrical values of opera and the easy way it brings forward a narrative. We ve approached this before in The Knife but never in such a clear way. IX

10 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 X

11 FORHÅND 1. MARS TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB TOURIST HISTORY Kitsuné A Et av årets hotteste debutalbum coming your way! Irske TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB har blitt beskrevet som the missing link mellom BLOC PARTY og DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, og kast gjerne inn litt PHOENIX, så nærmer du deg. In this day and age, a record that defies you to spot what music its makers have been listening to is a rare beast especially one that makes you dance and sing as well. The fact they re still so young and, by definition, inexperienced - makes it even more extraordinary. Northern Ireland s Two Door Cinema Club are a music-mad trio and their debut album so fresh off the presses that they haven t decided on an album title yet - fizzes with invention and sparkling tunes. It s undeniably pop, and it draws on electronica/electro, rock and Afro-beats without ever recalling hopeful dilettantes, but the sum is greater than any indie electro pop parts. The album also re-defines short, sharp and sweet - 10 songs, 32 minutes and no wastage whatsoever as classic debut albums should be. And they re signed to fab French independent Kitsuné nuff said. From the Afro-pop lilt of Something Good Can Work (imagine Vampire Weekend with an acute pop sensibility) to the smooth/jittery combo of Eat That Up It s Good For You [about the rise of women emulating men s worst boozing-and-cruising habits: that s me venting my anger, in a happy pop song, Alex grins), there are TDCC favourites all over the shop. If they can make such a mature album this early on, think of what they can do next time and the next album after that. Eat it up, it s good for you... GROOVE ARMADA BLACK LIGHT Cooking Vinyl GABL FORHÅND 1. MARS Funklende nytt album fra den rocka dance-duoen GROOVE ARMADA. Med gjesteopptredener fra bl.a. NICK LITTLEMORE (EMPIRE OF THE SUN), WILL YOUNG og selveste BRYAN FERRY, som her gjør sin aller første gjestevokal! Look Me In The Eye Sister Fall Silent Just For Tonight Not Forgotten I Won t Kneel Cards To Your Heart Paper Romance Warsaw Shameless Time & Space History Mer info kommer plutselig! Groove Armada s sixth is a revelation 4/5 UNCUT XI

12 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. THE BESNARD LAKES THE BESNARD LAKES ARE ROARING INTO THE NIGHT Jagjaguwar JAG 126 / JAG 126LP / FORHÅND 8. MARS /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. XII

13 FORHÅND 8. MARS BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB BEAT THE DEVIL S TATTOO Abstract Dragon VVR /VVR / Mer info dukker opp! FORHÅND 8. MARS BALKAN BEAT BOX BLACK EYED BLUE BOY Crammed CRAW Intro Move It Blue Eyed Black Boy Marcha de la Vida Dancing With The Moon Kabulectro My Baby Balcumbia Look Them Act Smatron Ljepa Mare Why Buhala War Again They ve been wowing festival and club audiences around the world non-stop for the last couple of years with their wild, powerful show, and now they are back with their strongest album so far. Balkan Beat Box - the three-headed, dancefloor-conquering powerhouse principally comprising Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan and Tomer Yosef - have been busy since the release of 2007 s devastating debut for Crammed < Nu-Med > (not forgetting last year s fine remix collection < Nu-Made >) honing a sound that mixes musical gene pools more effectively than ever : they have arrived at < Blue Eyed Black Boy > - as loud, proud and politically-engaged a statement as you could hope for from this most 21st century of bands. Recorded across a suitably diverse range of European locations - Ori s adopted city of Vienna, Austria, the Serbian capital of Belgrade and the band s mutual hometown Tel-Aviv in Israel were all bases covered on this album s journey - < Blue Eyed Black Boy > finds BBB going that bit deeper, finding striking melodies, rock-solid song structure and an ever-sharper political awareness alongside their typically artful sonic collision of global musical styles and thundering danceloor beats. First full track < Move It > is a trademark BBB block-rocker, with duelling brass blowing a minor-scale middle eastern wind across chunky tabla-assisted rhythms as MC Tomer spouts lyrical, cheekily referencing the band s past glories ( the digital monkeys on a move ) as well as dropping the immortal lines of roots-reggae legend Max Romeo, with an individualist twist (< we can show u how to send u to outer space/to fly on your ownš >). Yet with the title track that follows we are shown a new, more measured side to BBB : the pace slows to a loping groove, guitars shimmer and Tomer delivers a thoughtful paean to struggles of the racial, social and political kind, seen through the blue eyes of the black boy in question. In general the mood throughout < Blue Eyed Black Boy > remains buoyant and empowered, with < Marcha de la Vida >, < Balkumbia > and incendiary closer < War Again > destined to be new live anthems, and the contagiously poppy hip hop bump of < Look Them Act > coming off like some classic Timbaland production given a Mediterranean coast makeover. This unique trio of musicians have successfully nailed the communal spirit and energy of their live shows down to tape, and the result is the brightest, most confident and adventurous model of BBB to date. All this, and they haven t even hit the road yet. XIII

14 FORHÅND 15. MARS DROPKICK MURPHYS LIVE ON LANSDOWNE, BOSTON, MA Cooking Vinyl COOK Dobbelt live-album, innspilt på hjemmebane, med alltid glimrende DROPKICK MURPHYS! RED SPAROWES THE FEAR IS EXCRUCIATING, AND THEREIN LIES THE ANSWER Conspiracy CORE 088 / CORE 088LP / FORHÅND 6. APRIL /LP 1) Truths Arise 2) In Illusions Of Order 3) A Hail Of Bombs 4) Giving Birth To Imagined Saviors 5) A Swarm 6) In Every Mind 7) A Mutiny 8) As Each End Looms And Subsides Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles based instrumental group known for its epic, heavy and sprawling sounds heard over the course of two full length albums -- At The Soundless Dawn (2005) and Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (2006) both on Neurot Recordings -- three split discs and the recently released Aphorisms (2008) digital EP. The band consists of current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair, Made Out of Babies and The VSS. The band toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe following the release of At The Soundless Dawn. A split EP release with Gregor Samsa was released in 2005 on Robotic Empire and the Black Tar Prophecies Vol. 1 split EP with Grails followed in 2006 on the same label. Red Sparowes second full-length release, Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun, was recorded at Prairie Sun and Louder Studios in San Francisco with producer Tim Green (Comets On Fire, The Fucking Champs, The Melvins). The album was released in September 2006 and the band toured even more extensively throughout Red Sparowes went into the studio with engineer Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Big Business, Tool) in May 2008 and the resulting 3-song EP Aphorisms was released digitally that July via Sargent House. A physical release consisting of 12 vinyl will be out in November of The band has just finished recording their third full-length album, with their new permanent guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle and returning again to producer, engineer Toshi Kasai. XIV

15 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, notable for his talents on previous Darkthrone albums, 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. XV

16 HARDROCK/METAL ARTIST TITTEL BEST.NR 1349 AC4 Absu All That Remains Anaal Nathrakh Aura Noir Avantasia Benea Reach Bigelf Blood Tsunami Burzum Clutch <code> Converge Darkthrone Devil s Blood Doro Dødheimsgard El Caco Electric Wizard Emperor Enslaved Fear Factory Gates Of Slumber Ghost Of A Thousand Griftegård Ihsahn Illusion Suite Insomnium Isis Jorn Katatonia Keep Of Kalessin Khold Krallice Kylesa Madder Mortem Masterplan Melvins Mistur My Dying Bride Nachtmystium Neurosis Obituary Opeth Orcustus Pantheon I Pelican Sabaton She Said Destroy Shrinebuilder Sulphur Sunn O))) Susperia Svölk Taake Theatre Of Tragedy Thundra U.D.O. Ulver W.A.SP. Windir Wolves In The Throne... Zeromancer Revelations Of The Black Flame AC4 Absu (Special Edition) Overcome In The Constellation Of The... Hades Rise The Metal Opera Pt 1&2 Alleviat Cheat The Gallows Grand Feast For Vultures Lord Of Darkness - Anthology Strange Cousins From The West Resplendent Grotesque Axe To Fall Dark Thrones & Black Flags The Time Of No Time Evermore Fear No Evil Supervillain Outcast Heat Witchcult Today Live Inferno Box Ruun Mechanize Hymns Of Blood And Thunder New Hopes, New Demonstrations Solemn. Sacred. Severe. After Final Hour Across The Dark Wavering Radiant Dukebox Night Is The New Day Armada Hundre År Gammal Dimensional Bleedthrough Static Tensions Eight Ways MK II Nude With Boots Attende Bring Me Victory EP Assassins Given To The Rising Darkest Day Still Life - Special Edition Orcustus Worlds I Create What We All Come To Need The Art Of War This City Speaks In Tongues Shrinebuilder Thorns In Existence Monoliths & Dimensions Attitude Svölk Taake Forever Is The World Ignored By Fear Dominator Shadows Of The Sun Babylon Valfar, Ein Windir Black Cascade Sinners International CANDLE 284 NYVÅG 123 CANDLE301SE CANDLE 285 VILEF173 AFM TABU028 PAGE 008 CANDLE 249 BOB086 WM 009 TABU 027 EPIT VILEF 237X VAN 029B AFM FOG037 BLN 014 RISE100 CANDLE 272BOX TABU022 AFM RISE 119 EPIT VAN 032 CANDLE288SE LMP CANDLE256SE CORE 078 AMF VILEF 271X TABU019 TABU029 PFL VILEF 246 AFM IPC105 MIR 001 VILES 270 CANDLE217 NR050 CANDLE232SE VILED 183X LORD 102 CANDLE 228 LORD 110 BLOD055 TABU 030 NR 070 KAR 053 SUNN 100 CANDLE 277 SVOLK 01 KAR 043 AFM EP 024 AFM TRICK041 DEM 165 TABU006 LORD 103 TRI 359 DVD ARTIST TITTEL BEST.NR Clutch Destruction Emperor Enslaved Full Fathom Five A Savage Symphony Live At Wacken Open Air 2006 Live In Bergen DVD - Return TO FantomasMelvinsBigBand Live From London 2006 Gluecifer Farewell to The Kings Of Rock Isis Clearing The Eye Jackson Michael Never Surrender Jorn Live In America Kaada/Patton Live Ministry Adios Putas Madres Nocturno Culto The Misanthrope Opeth The Roundhouse Tapes Rock Rob The Voice of Melodic Metal - Live Smashing Pumpkins If All Goes Wrong Whitesnake Live - In The Still Of The Night Windir Sognametal-A Windir DVD NYHETER UKE WM 002DVD AFMDCS CANDLE 231DVD TABU014 IPC102DVD MIG 011 IPC80DVD SGDVD 028 FRDVD 020 IPC96DVD THPDVD 012 DVDVILE7 DVDVILE 11 AFMDCS CHS CHS10033 TABU011 POP/ROCK & DIVERSE ARTIST TITTEL BEST.NR Airbag Antony & the Johnsons Band Of Horses Beach House Benson Brendan Blakroc Blk Jks Bloc Party Bronx Brun Ane Cassidy,Eva Chesnutt Vic Diverse Artister Eagles Of Death Metal Eels Felice Brothers Fever Ray First Aid Kit Fleet Foxes Flight Of The Conchords Fuck Buttons Get Well Soon Gogol Bordello Grand Island Hayseed Dixie Hägglund Anne Lene Henry Joe [ingenting] Iron & Wine Japandroids Karijord Rebekka Lama Louie & The Lovers Low Anthem Magnolia Electric Co. Mariachi El Bronx Megaphonic Thrift Midlake Mos Def Mumford & Sons Oberst Conor Ocean Colour Scene Of Montreal Okkervil River Olsen Egil Phoenix Port O Brien Prodigy Retribution Gospel Choir Richmond Fontaine Rubik Skambankt Spoon Staff Benda Bilili Stevens Sufjan Swell Season Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Tingsek Ungdomskulen Vaiping Veirs Laura Volcano Choir Wainwright Martha Waits Tom Identity Antony & the Johnsons Cease To Begin Teen Dream My Old, Familiar Friend Blakroc After Robots Intimacy The Bronx (III) Live At Stockholm Concert Hall Somewhere At The Cut Oslo 2 Heart On End Times Yonder Is The Clock Fever Ray Deluxe Edition The Big Black And The Blue Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant I Told You I Was Freaky Tarot Sport Vexations Live From Axis Mundi Songs From Ôstra Knoll 1:22 Killer Grass Bird Cherry Grove Blood From Stars Tomhet, Idel Tomhet Around The Well Post-Nothing The Noble Art Of Letting Look What You Made Us Do The Complete Recordings Oh My God, Charlie Darwin Josephine El Bronx A Thousand Years Of Deconstru... The Courage Of Others The Ecstatic Sigh No More Outer South Saturday Skeletal Lamping The Stand Ins Nothing Like The Love I Have... Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Deluxe Threadbare Invaders Must Die Special Edition 2 We Used To Think The Freeway Dada Bandits Hardt Regn Transference Trés Trés Fort The BQE Strict Joy Kollaps Tradixionales Restless Soul Bisexual Industrial Workers Of The World July Flame Unmap Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris Glitter & Doom - Live VINYL SJEKKLISTE KAR 046 SC104 SP745 BELLA 225 VVR VVR SC 197 WEBB 185I WEBB 197 DEMDVD 01 G CST 60 STA 013 VVR VVR TL 39 RABID 039X WEBB 222 BELLA2 167 SP 800 ATPR 35 SLANG SD 1407 SAL 001 COOK 515 SWA 001 EPIT LAB 123 SP 808 PRC LFR 01 STA 011 B BELLA 202 SC 185 WEBB 219 STA 012 BELLA 224 VVR VVR WEBB 212 COOK 511 PRC 160 JAG 124 UIREC 006 VVR SLANG HOSP 001S SP 856 DECOR 016 FS 130 DOG 008 EPIT CRAW 51 AKR 278 EPIT CST 63X WOIO 001 US 002 KAR 048 BELLA 220 JAG 156 VVR EPIT ARTIST TITTEL BEST.NR Boris Converge Do Make Say Think Eagles Of Death Metal Fear Factory Flight Of The Conchords Grand Island Isis Lewis Jerry Lee Nirvana Retribution Gospel Choir Rumble In Rhodos Shrinebuilder Sunn O))) Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orc. Waits Tom 16:47:52 Axe To Fall The Other Truths Heart On + 7 Mechanize I Told You I Was Freaky Songs From Ôstra Knoll 1:22 Wavering Radiant Live At The Star Club... Bleach - 20th Anniversary 2 Intentions Shrinebuilder Monoliths & Dimensions Kollaps Tradixionales Glitter & Doom - Live Babylon LORD 108.3V DWI 98 CST 62LP IPC 111LP AFMLP SP 800 SAL 001LP CORE 078DBLLP BAF SP 834 SP 856 BLNLP 012 NR 070V SUNN 100LP CST 63LP EPIT DEMLP 165 DCLXVI