2015

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Legendary British heavy metal quintet's 21st studio album boasts a clinically 'heavy' echo of their glorious NWOBHM sound, who never dealt in half-truths or incomplete missions. With previous album Sacrifice they filled your heads with heavy metal thunder, and now Saxon want nothing more than to crush them with their very own, hand-crafted, not-safe-for-children brand new album, Battering Ram. Not. A. Problem. <br/><br/>With Biff Byford singing as well as he ever has, Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt making full use of the term 'shredding' with their guitars and the lock-steady rhythm of Nibbs Carter's bass and Nigel Glockler's drums, the future and the past crash together in an ear-scintillatingly engaging, raucous, melodic-yet-classically heavy ten songs collection which will instantly be hailed as a Saxon classic. The title track, with its delectable twin guitar assault heralding the album's commencement, gives the listener an instant crack around the chops, whilst traditionalists will be delighted to hear such a perfect marriage of old, classic Saxon with the newer, fresher invective in such riff-fronted fare as "Destroyer" and "Stand Your Ground", but there are still moments of space and exploration which fans will love. <br/><br/>"This one's a natural progression from Sacrifice," says Byford, "There's a bit less rock'n'roll and a bit more 'heavy' on it. We wanted to keep focused on a style rather than moving around too much."<br/><br/>Produced by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Testament, Exodus Accept) at his Backstage Recording Studios in rural Derbyshire, Saxon were able to hone in and whittle down any excess, finding the sonic space and balance to let Battering Ram's riffs and melodies get the necessary space to scream front and centre.

'Sound & Color' är uppföljaren till det hyllade debutalbumet 'Boys & Girls', av trefaldigt Grammy-nominerade Alabama Shakes. Bandet har också nominerats till Brit- och Q- Awards<br/>och bidragit med musik till de Oscar-vinnande filmerna 'Twelve Years Slave', 'Dallas Buyers Club' och 'Du Gör Mig Galen!'. 'Sound & Color' visar de enorma framsteg som gjorts av gruppen som bara hade spelat tillsammans i några månader när de spelade in sitt första album.<br/><br/>Gruppen bygger vidare på den själfulla blues-rocken men med nya innovativa överraskningar. Albumet är producerat i Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville, med hjälp av sessionsmusikern Blake Mills (Conor Oberst, Lana Del Rey m.fl).<br/><br/>180 gram vinyl där den fjärde sidan är graverad.

Marley Bob: Catch a fire [Vinyl LP + Download]

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.

180 gram vinyl.<br/><br/>Den finländska Berlin-baserade artisten Jaakko Eino Kalevi - tidigare spårvagnschaufför i Helsingfors - har redan gjort ett starkt intryck med EP:n Dreamzone (2013) och gediget turnérande världen över.<br/><br/>Det självbetitlade albumet spelades in mellan shower i olika studios i sin hemstad Helsingfors, och var redan klart när han flyttade till Berlin sommaren 2014, så senare under året åkte han till New York för att mixa albumet med Nicolas Vernhes, mannen bakom bland andra The War On Drugs & Run The Jewels. På tre spår så spelar även Bryan Ferry saxofon.<br/><br/>"Utomjordiskt snille som hittat rätt" - Dagens Nyheter 4/5<br/>"Sommaren 2015 har fått sitt soundtrack" - Svenska Dagbladet 6/6<br/>"melankoliskt funkig" - Nöjesguiden 5/6<br/>"En sagolik liten resa" - Tt Spektra 4/5