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Tyska Primal Fear som bildades 1997 släpper nu sitt femtonde studioalbum, och som vanligt så rör det sig om melodisk men tung metal. Bandet har ett utpräglat europiskt metallsound som bygger på tunga riff, monsterrefränger och lika mycket melodi och aggression.<br/><br/>Mat Sinner har återigen producerat och har tillsammans med bandets svenske gitarrist Magnus Karlsson skrivit de flesta låtarna. Ralf Scheepers är kvar bakom mikrofonen men det har tillkommit nya medlemmar på både trummor och gitarr.

Sedan slutet av 70-talet har skånska Wilmer X varit ett band som tagit sin älskade rock och skruvat den, gett den ett extra lager av underfundig finess i såväl text som musik. Bandet har också genom åren visat upp en rejäl bredd för några som anser sig vara så dogmatisk lagda. Från taggtrådsvass punk med gasen i botten till välsnickrade svensktopphits. Från omedelbar pop till bråkig bluesrock. Från den amerikanska södern till svenska folkparker.<br/><br/>De är en urkraft som inte saktat av med åren, utan tvärtom - nu lägger de in femmans växel. Det var sjutton år sedan albumet "13 våningar upp" släpptes - det gick för övrigt rakt in som etta på albumlistan. Med "Mer för dina pengar", som producerats av Chips Kiesbye, visar Nisse <br/>Hellberg och hans mannar var skåpet ska stå.<br/> <br/>Nisse Hellberg, sång och gitarr, Jalle Lorensson, munspel, Thomas Holst, bas, Sticky Bomb, trummor och Janne Lindén, gitarr.

Helloween är power metals stora fanbärare och har sedan 80-talet levererat fantastisk, melodisk metal. Under senare år har de turnerat med ett antal sångare, både deras nuvarande vokalist Andi Deris och tidigare sångare som Kai Hansen och Michael Kiske.<br/><br/>Med över 10 miljoner sålda skivor och ett flertal guld- och platinautmärkelser, firar de tyska legendarerna Helloween sitt 40-årsjubileum! Detta är bandets andra fullängdsalbum med deras<br/>unika tresångarkonstellation. Som vanligt bjuder Helloween på sin patenterade mix av snabba riff, storslagna melodier och den karakteristiska högoktaniga sången. Med fem starka låtskrivare, tre sångare och sju musiker i världsklass är förväntningar på detta album högt ställda, och de gör ingen besviken; albumet får 9 av 10 i SRM.

In the twenty-five years since The Hives exploded around the world, they have sold out stadiums and shared stages with everyone from AC/DC to The Rolling Stones. SPIN calls The Hives "the best live band on the planet" and Howlin' Pelle "the greatest frontman in rock," and the BBC dubbed the band "a force of nature." Rolling Stone named Veni Vidi Vicious one of the Top 100 Albums of the decade and "Hate To Say I Told You So" earned a spot on Pitchfork's Top 500 Songs of the 2000's. They have sold millions of albums world-wide with multiple RIAA Gold-certifications. In the time since Lex Hives, the band has released 2019's double A-side "I'm Alive"/"Good Samaritan" as well as a live album via Third Man Records, and embarked on a series of global tours. The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons marked a true renaissance for the band in 2023 hitting #1 in Sweden, #2 in the UK and worldwide touring. If that was THE COMEBACK, The Hives new record is all set to be THE TAKEOVER!

"The Beatles Anthology" Documentary Series.<br/>Now a Nine-Part Series Featuring a Brand-new Episode Nine.<br/><br/>The Beatles' landmark "Anthology" documentary series has been restored and remastered. <br/>The series' original eight episodes trace the legendary journey that began in Liverpool and Hamburg and soon captivated the world. They bring to life the timeless stories - of Beatlemania, the band's groundbreaking arrival in the USA, their role at the forefront of the 1960s counterculture, their spiritual exploration in India, and their eventual breakup. And through it all, the constant thread: the music, always the music.<br/>There is now a completely new Episode Nine, including unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on "The Anthology" and reflecting on their shared life as The Beatles. <br/>The restoration has been overseen by Apple Corps' production team, working with Peter Jackson's Wingnut Films & Park Road Post teams along with Giles Martin, who has created new audio mixes for the majority of the featured music.<br/><br/>The musical side of The Anthology Collection, originally curated by George Martin, now remastered by Giles Martin, in the form of three double albums of rare material, a shadow story to the one told in the documentaries. They are an enthralling insight into the early development of songs that became the recorded masterpieces that resonate just as loudly today as they did when they were first recorded. <br/>It also has an important new element. Anthology 4, newly curated by Giles, includes 13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings and other rare recordings. It also includes new mixes of The Beatles' Anthology-associated hit singles: the GRAMMY-winning "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love," given new life by their original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals. <br/>The original "Free As A Bird" music video has also been beautifully restored.<br/>Both new mixes are placed alongside the band's most recent UK No. 1 hit single, 2023's GRAMMY-winning "Now And Then," the last Beatles song. All three singles were created from rudimentary home demos John recorded in the 1970s, later completed with vocal and instrumental parts recorded by Paul, George and Ringo.<br/>Across all the Anthology albums, there are 191 tracks which will be released on November 21 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMG for digital purchase and streaming, and in deluxe 12LP 180-gram vinyl and 8CD box sets. Both box sets include the original sleeve notes for Anthology 1, 2 and 3; the new Anthology 4 includes track notes written by Kevin Howlett and an introduction compiled from 1996 interviews recorded with The Beatles' close friend and adviser Derek Taylor.

Saint Etienne&rsquo;s new album, International, is their final album-length statement, after the group&rsquo;s 35-year excursion through pop. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop - 80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in-between, from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania, through to the lesser known, but equally exhilarating Bradfordians Augustin Bousfield and Flash Cassette (an artist described as &ldquo;sitting somewhere between Funkadelic and a SEGA Mega Drive&rdquo;). Saint Etienne are the 90s band who never left us, never imploded, and never adhered to clich&eacute;d excess. They are a testament to getting along, getting on with creating something new and, of course, getting away with it.

Går det verkligen att sammanföra hundra år gammal poesi med det mest svenska av alla musikgenrer, nämligen dansband?<br/>Svaret på den frågan måste bli ett rungande JA! efter att Larz-Kristerz tagit sig an nobelpristagaren Erik Axel Karlfeldts dikter och med bravur visat att dalkarlens strofer är som gjorda för deras unika mix av country, pop, visa och glesbygds rock n roll.<br/>Kanske är den största beröringspunkten mellan dessa giganter den påtagliga tidlösheten.<br/>Karlfeldts naturromantiska diktning har sällan låtit mer autentisk än den gör när Larz-Kristerz levererar den som bara dom kan.<br/>Det är respektfullt, berörande och oemotståndligt på ett otvunget sätt som återger Karlfeldts poesi liv.