Friday, April 26, 2019

Dub Trio

Dub Trio
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Rock, punk rock, heavy metal, dub


Exploring the dangers of Dub Trio (2004)
New Heavy (2006)
Cool Out and Coexist (2007) Live
Another Sound Is Dying (2008)
IV (2011)
The Shape of Dub to Come (2019)

Paragon

Paragon
Hamburg, Germany
Heavy metal, speed metal, power metal


World of Sin (1995)
The Final Command (1998) orig.+2005 Rem.
Chalice of Steel (1999)
Steelbound (2001) Ltd.Ed.
Law of the Blade (2002) Jap.Ed.
The Dark Legacy (2003) Jap.Ed.
Revenge (2005) Ltd.Ed.
Forgotten Prophecies (2007) Jap.Ed.
Larger Than Life (2008) EP
Screenslaves (2008)
Force of Destruction (2012) Ltd.Ed.
Hell Beyond Hell (2016)
Controlled Demolition (2019)

appeared on:
The Keepers of Jericho: A Tribute to Helloween, Part II (2002)

Steel Prophet

Steel Prophet
Middletown, Connecticut
Power metal


The Goddess Principle (1995)
Into the Void (Hallucinogenic Conception) (1997)
Dark Hallucinations (1999)
Genesis (2000) Comp.
Messiah (2000)
Book of the Dead (2001)
Unseen (2002)
Beware (2004)
Shallows of Forever (2008) Comp.
Omniscient (2014) Ltd.Ed.
The God Machine (2019)

New Years Day

New Years Day
Anaheim, California, U.S.
Alternative metal, gothic metal, hard rock, post-hardcore, gothic rock, pop punk (early)


New Years Day (2006) EP
My Dear (2007)
Headlines & Headstones (2010) Jap.Ed.
The Mechanical Heart (2011) EP
Victim to Villain (2013)
Epidemic (2014) EP
Malevolence (2015)
Diary of a Creep (2018) EP
Unbreakable (2019)

Helms Alee

Helms Alee
Seattle, Washington, United States
Sludge metal, noise rock, post-hardcore


Lionize / Truely (2008) Single
Night Terror (2008)
Weatherhead (2011)
split with Ladder Devils (2013)
split with Tacos! (2013)
split with Young Widows (2014)
Sleepwalking Sailors (2014)
Stillicide (2016)
Noctiluca (2019)

Nine Shrines

Nine Shrines
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hard rock, metalcore, post-grunge


Misery (2016) EP
Retribution Therapy (2019)

Vaura

Vaura
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Progressive metal, heavy metal, shoegaze, post-punk, indie rock


Selenelion (2012)
The Missing (2013)
Sables (2019)

Månegarm

Månegarm
Norrtälje, Sweden
Viking metal, folk metal, black metal


Nordstjarnans Tidsalder (1998)
Havets Vargar (2000)
Dodsfard (2003)
Vargaresa the Beginning (2004)
Vredens Tid (2005)
Urminnes Hävd (The Forest Sessions) (2006) EP
Vargstenen (2007)
Nattvasen (2009)
Legions of the North (2013)
Månegarm (2015) Ltd.Ed.
Fornaldarsagor (2019)

Helheim

Helheim
Bergen, Norway
Black metal, Viking metal


Niðr ok Norðr liggr Helvegr (1994) Demo, 2007 Rem.
Jormundgand (1995)
Av norrøn ætt (1997) 2002 Rem.
Terrorveldet (1999) EP
Blod & Ild (2000)
Yersinia Pestis (2003) 2008 Rem.
The Journeys and Experiences of Death (2006) Del.Ed.
Kaoskult (2008)
Åsgårds fall (2010) EP
Heiðindómr ok mótgangr (2011)
raunijaR (2015)
LandawarijaR (2017)
Rignir (2019)

Axenstar

Axenstar
Västerås, Sweden
Power metal


Perpetual Twilight (2002) Jap.Ed.
Far From Heaven (2003) Jap.Ed.
The Inquisition (2005) Jap.Ed.
The Final Requiem (2006) Jap.Ed.
Aftermath (2011) Jap.Ed.
Where Dreams Are Forgotten (2014)
End of All Hope (2019)

appeared on:
The Keepers of Jericho: A Tribute to Helloween, Part II (2002)

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend
Hamburg, Germany
Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion

Lucifer's Friend is a German hard rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was noted as early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock, they also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially in their fourth album Banquet of 1974. Furthermore heavy metal, the band has been cited, too, as one of the pioneers of doom metal, helping to define both genres due to their heavy sound and dark oriented lyrics of their acclaimed debut Lucifer's Friend of 1970, and returning to their roots in 1981 with Mean Machine, although more influenced by speed metal.


Lucifer's Friend (1970)
Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972)
Banquet (1973)
I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer (1974)
Mind Exploding (1976)
Good Time Warrior (1978)
Sneak Me in (1980)
Mean Machine (1981)
Sumogrip (1994) as Lucifer's Friend II
Awakening (2015)
Live @ Sweden Rock 2015 (2016)
Too Late to Hate (2016)
Black Moon (2019)

Enforcer

Enforcer
Arvika, Sweden
Heavy metal, speed metal


Into the Night (2008) Jap.Ed.
Diamonds (2010) Jap.Ed.
Death by Fire (2013)
From Beyond (2015) Jap.Ed.
Live by Fire (2015)
Zenith (2019)

The Damned Things

The Damned Things
New York, U.S.
Heavy metal, hard rock

The Damned Things
are a heavy metal supergroup consisting of Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Rob Caggiano of Volbeat (formerly of Anthrax) and Keith Buckley and Josh Newton of Every Time I Die. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics in Ram Jam's 1977 version of "Black Betty". The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus; all members are now working with their original bands. Although in December 2016, drummer Andy Hurley revealed in an interview that the band has recently recorded a 5 song EP and might return.


Ironiclast (2010)
High Crimes (2019)

The Cranberries

The Cranberries
Limerick, Ireland
Alternative rock, Celtic rock, dream pop, jangle pop


Uncertain (1991) EP
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1992) 2002 Rem.
No Need to Arque (1994) 2002 Rem.
Ode to My Family (1994) Single
I Can't Be With You (1995) Single
Ridiculous Thoughts (1995) Single
To the Faithful Departed (1996) 2002 Rem.
When You're Gone (1996) Single
Bury the Hatchet (1999) 2002 Rem.
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
Stars: The Best of 1992-2002 (2002)
This Is the Day (2002) Single
Bualadh Bos. The Cranberries Live (2010) '94-'98
Live at the Mediolanum Forum, Milan 2010 (2010)
Roses (2012) Spec.Ed.
Something Else (2017) re-rec.
In the End (2019)

The Alan Parsons Project

The Alan Parsons Project
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Progressive rock, progressive pop, soft rock


Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) 2016 Rem.
I Robot (1977) 2013 Rem.
Pyramid (1978) 2008 Rem.
Eve (1979) 2008 Rem.
The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) 2015 Rem.
Eye in the Sky (1982) 2017 Rem.
Ammonia Avenue (1984) 2008 Rem.
Vulture Culture (1984) 2007 Rem.
Stereotomy (1985) 2008 Rem.
Gaudi (1987) 2008 Rem.
Freudiana (1990) as Freudiana
The Sicilian Defence (2014) rec.'79
Live in Colombia (2016) The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project

Alan Parsons solo:
Try Anything Once (1993)
The Very Best Live (1995)
On Air (1996)
The Time Machine (1999)
A Valid Path (2004)
Eye 2 Eye: Live In Madrid (2010)
LiveSpan (2014)
The Secret (2019)

Friday, April 19, 2019

L'Acéphale

L'Acéphale
Portland, Oregon
Avant-garde black metal


Mord und Totschlag (2004) Demo
The Book of Lies (2005) EP
Malfeasance (2008)
From Hell (2009) Single
Stahlhartes Gehäuse (2009)
split with The Austrasian Goat (2009)
Decollate (2013) Demo
Mortem (2017) Single
Barrows Embrace (2018) EP
Forêt de Cruye (2018) EP
L'Acéphale (2019)

Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess
Great Neck, New York, U.S.
Progressive rock, progressive metal, classical, new-age, electronic

Jordan Rudess (born Jordan Charles Rudes; November 4, 1956) is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater and the progressive rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.


Arrival (1988)
Listen (1993)
Secrets of the Muse (1997)
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Resonance (1999)
Feeding the Wheel (2001)
4NYC (2002)
Christmas Sky (2002)
An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2004) with John Petrucci
Rhythm of Time (2004)
Prime Cuts (2006)
Unplugged (2006)
The Road Home (2007)
Notes on a Dream (2009)
Krump (2010)
All That Is Now (2013)
Explorations (2014)
The Unforgotten Path (2015)
Intersonic (2017) with Steve Horelick
Wired for Madness (2019)

Rudess Morgenstein Project (with Rod Morgenstein):
Rudess Morgenstein Project (1997)
The Official Bootleg (2001)

Levin Minnemann Rudess (with Tony Levin and Marco Minnemann):
Levin Minnemann Rudess (2013)
From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess (2016)

appeared on:Encores, Legends and Paradox: A Tribute to ELP (1999)
Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors (2014)

Grand Magus

Grand Magus
Stockholm, Sweden
Heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal


Grand Magus (2001) Jap.Ed.
Monument (2003) Jap.Ed.
Wolf's Return (2005)
Iron Will (2008)
Hammer of the North (2010)
The Hunt (2012)
Triumph and Power (2014)
Sword Songs (2016)
Wolf God (2019)

Alpha Wolf

Alpha Wolf
Burnie, Tasmania
Metalcore, nu metal, deathcore (early)


Origin (2014) EP
Dark Soul (2015) EP
Mono (2017)
Fault (2019) EP

Allegaeon

Allegaeon
Larimer County, Colorado, U.S.
Melodic death metal, technical death metal, progressive metal


Allegaeon (2008) EP
Fragments of Form and Function (2010)
Formshifter (2012)
Elements of the Infinite (2014)
Proponent for Sentience (2016)
Apoptosis (2019)

After the Burial

After the Burial
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Progressive metal, metalcore, deathcore, djent


Forging a Future Self (2006)
Rareform (2008)
In Dreams (2010)
Wolves Within (2013)
This Life Is All We Have (2013) Single
Dig Deep (2016)
Evergreen (2019)

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones
London, England
Rock, blues, blues rock, rock and roll


The Rolling Stones (1964)
The Rolling Stones No.2 (1965)
Out of Our Heads (1965)
December's Children (and Everybody's) (1965)
Aftermath (1966)
Got Live if You Want it (1966)
Between the Buttons (1967)
Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
Beggars Banquet (1968)
Let It Bleed (1969)
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970) Live, Del.Ed.
Sticky Fingers (1971) 2015 Del.Ed.
Exile on Main St (1972) Del.Ed.
Goats Head Soup (1973)
It's Only Rock'n'Roll (1974)
Metamorphosis (1975) Rarities
Black & Blue (1976)
Love You Live (1977)
Some Girls (1978) 2011 Del.Ed.
Emotional Rescue (1980)
Tattoo You (1981)
Still Life (1981 An American Concert) (1982)
Undercover (1983)
Dirty Work (1986)
Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)
Steel Wheels (1989)
Flashpoint (1991) Live
Voodoo Lounge (1994)
Stripped (1995) Live
Rock and Roll Circus (1996) Live with guests
Bridges to Babylon (1997)
No Security (1998) Live
Four New Licks (2002) EP
Live Licks (2004)
Singles 1963-1965 (2004)
Singles 1965-1967 (2004)
A Bigger Bang (2005)
Singles 1968-1971 (2005)
Shine a Light (2008) Live
Brussels Affair (Live 1973) (2011)
Some Girls, Live in Texas '78 (2011)
The Singles Collection 1971-2006 (2011) BoxSet
GRRR! (2012) Comp., Del.Ed.
Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (2012)
L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (2012)
Light the Fuse (Live 2005) (2012)
Live at Leeds (Live 1982) (2012)
Live at Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981 (2012) with Muddy Waters
Sweet Summer Sun - Hyde Park Live (2013) rec.'90
Live at the Tokyo Dome (2015)
The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (2015)
Blue & Lonesome (2016) Covers
Havana Moon (2016) Live
Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2017)
On Air (2017) '63-'64, Del.Ed.
No Security. San Jose '99 (2018)
Voodoo Lounge Uncut (2018) Live 1994
Honk (2019) Comp., Del.Ed.



Dead By Wednesday

Dead By Wednesday
Connecticut, United States
Heavy metal


The Last Parade (2011)
The Darkest of Angels (2016)
Dead By Wednesday (2019)

missing:
Democracy is Dead (2005)
The Killing Project (2008)
Death of the Rockstar (2014)


Dawn of Demise

Dawn of Demise
Silkeborg, Denmark
Death metal, brutal death metal


...and Blood Will Flow (2006) Demo
Hate Takes Its Form (2007)
Lacerated (2008) EP
A Force Unstoppable (2010)
Rejoice in Vengeance (2012)
The Suffering (2016)
Into the Depths of Veracity (2019)

Per Wiberg

Per Wiberg
Stockholm, Sweden
Progressive rock, experimental


Per Jonas Wiberg (born 8 June 1968) is the former keyboardist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth, and a member of Michael Amott's stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars.

Head Without Eyes (2019)

Cage the Elephant

Cage the Elephant
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Indie rock, alternative rock, garage rock, punk blues


Cage the Elephant (2008)
In One Ear (2008) Single
Back Against the Wall (2009) Single
Live at Grimey's (2010) EP
Shake Me Down (2010) Single
Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011)
Shiver (2011) Single
Live from the Vic in Chicago (2012)
Melophobia (2013)
Tell Me I'm Pretty (2015)
Unpeeled (2017) Live
Social Cues (2019)

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Električni orgazam

Električni orgazam
Belgrade, Serbia
Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, neo-psychedelia, garage rock, rock


Beograd: Paket aranžman (1981) split with Šarlo akrobata and Idoli
Električni orgazam (1981)
Warszawa '81 (1982) Live, '96 Rem. (as Elektryczny Orgazm)
Lišće prekriva Lisabon (1982) '96 Rem.
Les Chansones Populaires (1983) Covers
Kako bubanj kaže (1984) 2019 Rem.
Braćo i sestre (1987) Live
Letim, sanjam, dišem (1988)
Balkan horor rok (1992)
Balkan horor rok 2 / Live (1993)
Zašto da ne! (1994)
Živo i akustično (1996)
A um bum (1999)
Harmonajzer (2002)
Breskve u teškom sirupu Vol. 1 (2006) Rec.'80
New Wave (2007) Live
To sto vidiš to i jeste (2010)
Warszawa '13 (2013) Live (as Elektryczny Orgazm)
Puštaj muziku! (2017) Live 2015
Gde smo sad? (2018)
Letim sanjam dišem - alternativna verzija (2019) rec.1988

appeared on:
Kao da je bilo nekad... (posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću) (2002)

Friday, April 12, 2019

Posthum

Posthum
Nannestad, Akershus, Norway
Black metal


.Posthum (2009)
Lights Out (2012)
The Black Northern Ritual (2014)
Like Wildfire (2019)

Diesear

Diesear
Taipei, Taiwan
Melodic death metal


Ashes of the Dawn (2013)
BloodRed Inferno (2019)

missing:
Sear (2008) EP
The Inner Sear (2009)


Big Business

Big Business
aka: Big Biz *
Seattle, Washington, United States
Heavy metal, sludge metal, stoner rock

Big Business is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, United States, founded by Jared Warren (Karp) and Coady Willis (The Murder City Devils).
In late 2006, after relocating to Los Angeles, Jared and Coady both became members of The Melvins.


Tour EP (2004)
Head for the Shallow (2005)
Tour EP II (2006)
Here Come the Waterworks (2007)
Tour EP III (2008)
Mind the Drift (2009)
Quadruple Single EP * (2011)
Battlefields Forever (2013)
Command Your Weather (2016)
The Beast You Are (2019)

Andy Black

Andy Black
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Glam metal, heavy metal, hard rock

Andrew Dennis "Andy" Biersack (born December 26, 1990), formerly known as Andy Six, is an American singer and songwriter. He is the founder and lead vocalist for the American rock band Black Veil Brides, and is its only remaining original member. In May 2014, he started a solo music project under the moniker Andy Black and released his debut album The Shadow Side in 2016.


The Shadow Side (2016)
The Ghost of Ohio (2019)

Hamferð

Hamferð
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Doom metal


Vilst er síðsta fet (2010) EP
Evst (2013)
Támsins likam (2018)
Odn (2019) EP

Friday, April 05, 2019

Cirith Gorgor

Cirith Gorgor
Netherlands
Black metal


Mystic Legends (1997) Demo
Onwards to the Spectral Defile (1999)
Unveiling the Essence (2001)
Demonic Incantation (2002) Demo
Through Woods of Darkness and Evil (2002) EP
Firestorm Apocalypse (2004)
Split with Mor Dagor (2006)
Cirith Gorgor (2007)
Der Untergang... / Победа!!! (2011)
Visions of Exalted Lucifer (2016)
Bi Den Dode Hant (2017)
Sovereign (2019)

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy
Queens, New York, United States
Crossover thrash, metalcore, hardcore punk


Negative Outlook (2001) EP
Integrity Defines Strength (2002) EP
As Real As it Gets (2003)
The Beginning of the End (2006)
Maniacal (2008)
Total World Domination (2009)
Living on Borrowed Time (2014)
Gamechanger (2019)

Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork
Palm Springs, CA, US
Stoner rock, desert rock, heavy metal, hardcore punk

Brant Bjork (born March 19, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Palm Desert, California. He is perhaps best known as the drummer and founder of the influential Californian stoner rock band Kyuss. Bjork played in Vista Chino, along with former Kyuss vocalist John Garcia, up until October 2014, at which point Nick Oliveri announced that there was a falling out and that Bjork and Garcia would continue working on their solo projects. He is one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.


Jalamanta (1999)
Brant Bjork & the Operators (2002)
Keep Your Cool (2003)
Local Angel (2004)
Saved by Magic (2005) Brant Bjork and the Bros
Tres Dias (2007)
Somera Sól (2007) Brant Bjork and the Bros
Punk Rock Guilt (2008)
Gods & Goddesses (2010)
Black Power Flower (2014) Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band
Tao of the Devil (2016)
Europe '16 (2017) Live
Mankind Woman (2018)
Jacoozzi (2019)

Necrodeath

Necrodeath
Genoa, Italy
Black metal, thrash metal


Into the Macabre (1987)
Fragments of Insanity (1989)
Mater of All Evil (1999)
Black as Pitch (2001)
Ton(e)s of Hate (2003)
20 Years of Noise 1985-2005 (2005)
100% Hell (2006)
Draculea (2007)
Phylogenesis (2009)
Old Skull (2010)
Idiosyncrasy (2011)
The 7 Deadly Sins (2014)
The Age of Dead Christ (2018)
Defragments of Insanity (2019)

Enterprise Earth

Enterprise Earth
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Deathcore


23 (2014) EP
Patient Ø (2015)
This Hell, My Home (2016) Single
Embodiment (2017)
Luciferous (2019)

Eluveitie

Eluveitie
Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
Folk metal, melodic death metal, Celtic metal, pagan metal


Ven (2003) Demo
Ven (2004) EP, Rem.
Spirit (2006)
Slania (2008)
Live @ Metalcamp 2008 (2008)
Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion (2009)
Everything Remains As It Never Was (2010)
Helvetios (2012) Ltd.Ed.
Live on Tour (Live @ 013, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 18-03-2012) (2012)
The Early Years (2012)
Origins (2014) Ltd.Ed.
Live at Feuertanz Festival (2014)
Evocation II - Pantheon (2017)
Ategnatos (2019)

appeared on:
An Homage to Falkenbach (2006)

Periphery

Periphery
Washington, D.C., United States
Progressive metal, djent


Periphery (2010)
Icarus (2011) EP
Periphery II - This Time It's Personal (2012) Ltd.Ed.
Clear (2014) EP
Juggernaut Alpha (2015)
Juggernaut Omega (2015)
Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016)
Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019)

Exumer

Exumer
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Thrash metal


Possessed By Fire (1986) Rem.
Rising from the Sea (1987) Rem.
Waking the Fire (2009) Demo
Fire & Damnation (2012) Ltd.Ed.
The Raging Tides (2016)
Hostile Defiance (2019)