Hårdrock & AOR

Digitpack<br/>50th anniersary deluxe editions <br/>16 page booklet with new liner notes, rare photos and memorabilia<br/><br/>DVD: The video of ..world wide live" and making-of the Album

Scorpions: Love at first sting 1984 (Deluxe/Rem) [Digipack / 2 CD + DVD]

Slipknot: Slipknot 2001 (10th Anniversary) [Digipack / CD + DVD]

Deep Purple brukar räknas till den handfull band som format den tyngre rocken och som ständigt flyttat fram gränserna för genren. De frontas av den legendariske Ian Gillan, vars sång har definierat generationer, ackompanjerad av den mästerlige basisten Roger Glover, kraftfulle trummisen Ian Paice och maestro på klaviaturen Don Airey. Detta är bandets första album med den sensationelle gitarristen Simon McBride, som sömlöst kom in när den mångårige gitarristen Steve Morse lämnade på grund av personliga omständigheter. Sedan 2022 har McBride redan spelat för en Deep Purple-publik på totalt mer än en halv miljon människor.<br/> <br/>Deep Purple är dock mer än bara dess medlemmar och '=1' förkroppsligar essensen och attityden från deras 1970-talssound, kanske mer än något annat album på senare dagar. Med den legendariske Bob Ezrin tillbaka som producent, frammanar skivan bandets banbrytande klassiska sound, utan att förlita sig på nostalgi.<br/> <br/>Den gåtfulla titeln '=1' symboliserar idén att i en värld som blir alltmer komplex, är allt i slutändan en del av en enda, enhetlig essens. Allt är lika med en.<br/><br/>DVD: Documentary "Access All Areas" <br/>Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French

BLACKOUT, released 1982, finally elevated the Scorpions into the top ranks of the hard rock world. While the album made it to number ten in the Billboard charts, the first single "No One Like You" did even better and went straight to number one. On BLACKOUT, the Scorpions strike a near perfect balance between raw and dynamic hard rock and their very own brand of beautiful power ballads. The album has it all, sheer aggressiveness, razor sharp guitars, powerful emotions and outstanding melodies. Thanks to heavy rocking tracks such as 'China White', 'Now' or 'Dynamite', the Scorpions became very popular not only with the traditional melodic hard rock crowd but also with the emerging heavy metal scene of the early 1980s. The success of BLACKOUT turned them into global superstars. The outstanding music was matched by the iconic cover-artwork created by the Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein.<br/><br/>To celebrate their 50th band anniversary, the Scorpions are releasing a CD/DVD Deluxe Edition of BLACKOUT. The high quality Digipak not only contains the newly remastered original album tracks, but also five exciting bonus tracks. The band carefully selected the five pieces which have never been released before. Among them is a rather intriguing demo version of "Blackout". The other four are "Sugar Man", "All My Love", "Searching For The Rainbow" and "Running For The Plane".<br/><br/>The bonus DVD comprises of the legendary performance of the Scorpions in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle on 17 December 1983. Back then, German broadcaster ZDF aired the concert live as part of their 'Rock Pop in Concert' series. However, the footage that features the band at their very best has never been made available on tape or any other physical medium before. The DVD also includes an exclusive forty minutes interview in which the musicians talk about the recording of BLACKOUT and the events which at times threatened the entire project. Last but not least, video clips of "No One Like You" and "Arizona" complete the DVD.<br/>An extensive 16 page booklet rounds the package off. It features liner notes written by Edgar Klüsener, a former editor of Germany's Metal Hammer, as well as rare photos and single covers, images of backstage passes and tour posters.

Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 [Digipack / 2 CD + DVD]

Riot: Thundersteel 1988 (30th anniversary/Rem) [Digipack / CD + DVD]