Reissue 2024, ltd 450, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, 2 inserts, poster, A5 photo card, Transfer, audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in May 2024. Hailed as one of the founders of the South American extreme metal scene, Vulcano came to be in 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil. Struggling with…
Strut revives a lost recording from the archives in January with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer songwriter Norman Zulu and Swedish jazz soul collective Jive Connection
W.A.S.P. s LEGENDARY FIFTH ALBUM THE CRIMSON IDOL RECEIVES 2024 REISSUE & HALF-SPEED REMASTER – W.A.S.P. s legendary 1992 rock opera, The Crimson Idol , is now available as a stunning 2LP edition on Madfish Records. Mastered at half-speed for a superior audio experience, this reissue breathes new life into the tale of Jonathan Steel,…
Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T Challa s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the…
The first release on Black Jazz was by pianist and label producer Gene Russell; for the label’s second release, Russell chose another piano man of impeccable taste, Walter Bishop, Jr. But while much of Russell’s record consisted of songs composed by others, Bishop’s record features all originals, most notably “Soul Turn Around,” a groover that…
Keyboardist Walter Bishop, Jr. recorded the second album released by the Black Jazz label, Coral Keys, a masterpiece of Blue Note-style atmospherics infused with ‘70s soul-jazz. But a mere two years later, Bishop, Jr. brought a whole new sound and a whole new band into the studio for 1973’s Keeper of My Soul. Contrary to…
No ordinary artist. No ordinary covers album. From the day he conceived the project to the moment he counted off the first song in the studio, Walter Trout had a bolder plan for 2019 s Survivor Blues. I m riding in my car sometimes, says the US blues titan. I ve got a blues station on – and…
Sliding between the bodies in the street, cutting across the contrails that bisect our sky, Wand find melody and the anxiety beats as they hum the soundtrack for a new gravitational center. Seeking connections against the plan of niche interest and anonymity, Vertigo is the sound of slippage, rocks of contradiction (in soft focus); feet…
The classic collection of War s Greatest Hits including universal favorites Why Can t We Be Friends, Low Rider, and Cisco Kid as well as deeper fan favorites including Gypsy Man and Southern Part of Texas that demonstrate the breadth, fusion, and originality of War s sound and influences.
From the deep woods now emerges Birna, Wardruna s sixth studio album, scheduled for January 24, 2025 through Sony Music and By Norse Music. Through his never resting dialogue with nature, main composer Einar Selvik has been searching for the voice of the bear. Birna – the she-bear in Old Norse – is a work…
Amber Vinyl. From the deep woods now emerges Birna, Wardruna s sixth studio album, scheduled for January 24, 2025 through Sony Music and By Norse Music. Through his never resting dialogue with nature, main composer Einar Selvik has been searching for the voice of the bear. Birna – the she-bear in Old Norse – is…