When Abbath announced that he had left IMMORTAL, it sent massive shockwaves through the metal scene. The iconic frontman had long become the "face" of the Norwegian black scene, his image synonymous with this style. Now the Norwegian giant returns with his new band ABBATH and a crushing debut album of the same name.Abbath's characteristic riffing shines clearly through it all: heavy, harsh, and yet catchy and melodic with a touch of epic BATHORY, MOTÖRHEAD, and even KISS. At the same time there is no danger of repeating the formula of IMMORTAL or the mastermind's other project under the moniker I, which was shared with King.

…Skynyrd was nothing but rockers, and they were Southern rockers to the bone. This didn't just mean that they were rednecks, but that they brought it all together – the blues, country, garage rock, Southern poetry – in a way that sounded more like the South than even The Allmans…

Filmed in HD at the GelreDome, Arnhem, Holland on 21st March 2009. Director - David Mallet for Serpent Productions

Tougher. Harder. Stronger. Following the release of the EP “Torture Tactics” in early 2015 the Swedish death metal band The Resistance returns with their long awaited new album. This album is more hard bitten and brutal than anything you experienced before and will be released on January 22nd, 2016 on earMUSIC. “Coup De Grace” reconnects with the one and only, original extreme hard-core and slams it straight down your throat and into the present age. The ferocious and relentless pureness makes it a masterpiece, as the overwhelming aggression encloses and doesn't let you go. In Flame’s founding member (and main songwriter until his departure in 2010) Jesper Strömblad is one of the "columns" of the huge Resistance sound. Glenn Ljungström (ex-In Flames), vocalist Marco Aro (The Haunted, ex-Face Down), drummer Chris Barkensjö (ex-Kaamos, ex-Grave) and the new addition Rob Hakemo (ex-M.A.N.) on bass complete The Resistance’s high calibre line-up.

In fairness, ‘Voodoo Highway’ might not have provided the band with same chance of a ‘hit’ single as the debut (particularly as the scene was on the cusp of grunge), but from a purely esoteric and artistic perspective, it matched it every step of the way – indeed, to many scholars it was even better! …

A much sought-after classic of U.K. underground progressive rock and psychedelia, this was originally issued in a scarce edition of 500 back in 1971. The album reached legendary status by affiliation, as it features Mick Harnsworth of Five Day Week Straw People and Andromeda, and Roy Sharland, a keyboardist who later worked with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Spice. This album is classic keyboard-driven British progressive rock in the vein of Soft Machine and Caravan and is well-deserving of reissue…