2013

Lorde: Pure heroine [Vinyl LP]

Queens Of The Stone Age har med åren vuxit sig till att bli ett av vår tids största rockband. Med<br/>fem tidigare album i ryggen och oräkneliga världsturnéer bakom sig spänner de återigen bågen och presenterar '...Like Clockwork', ett monumentalt album som gästas av Sir Elton John, David Grohl, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Mark Lanegan, Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) och många fler. Bandets sångare och frontman Joshua Homme beskriver albumet som 'en ljuddokumentär över ett maniskt år'. '...Like Clockwork', som följer upp 'Era Vulgaris' från 2007, spelades in i Pink Duck Studios i Burbank och är producerat av bandet själva.

De har under sin karriär nästan blivit sin egen genre! Death metal spelar dom som ingen annan,<br/>varesig nu eller då eller sen! Dom har en groove som ingen annan lyckas få till! Plattan Unborn är sannerligen ett styrkebesked!<br/> <br/>Limiterad CDbox med en extralåt + pins, poster m.m.

With a storming new stomp in their boots and a renewed, lithe swagger to their legendary sound, Saxon will release "Sacrifice", in February 2013 through UDR. Taking a sharper, re-invigorated approach to the production, on this, their 20th album, Saxon have produced 10 of their strongest, heaviest and most inspired songs for many-a-year, and a more than worthy successor to their last album "A Call To Arms".<br/><br/>"Less tricks, more power!" roars frontman and founding father Biff Byford, "my brief to the band was to be raw, be real and not be afraid to look back at the old classic material for inspiration."<br/><br/>The album was recorded at LS Studios in Yorkshire and was produced by Byford with Andy Sneap mixing and engineering by Jacky Lehmann. It fairly bristles with muscular metallic intent, Paul Quinn's and Doug Scarratt's guitar work the best it's ever been, while Biff's vocals sound fresher and livelier. The songwriting too harks back to a classic era in Saxon's history, with the likes of 'Warriors Of The Road', 'Wheels Of Terror' and 'Stand Up And Fight' evoking the halcyon days of yore with a contemporary twist, the classic Saxon sound absorbing the snarl, ferocity and attitude of contemporary bands (and fans) such as Megadeth, as evidenced by the crunching title cut 'Sacrifice'.<br/><br/>"It's certainly been done from a more early '80s thrashier perspective," explains Biff, "and it's not just guitars bashing away willy-nilly, they've got a fresh drive, purpose and perspective."<br/><br/>Besides the new material, Saxon will also be adding some unique recordings of revisited classic to certain formats of the release, also produced by Byford and mastered by Andy Sneap, including an orchestrated version of 'Crusader' and an acoustic version of 'Frozen Rainbow'.<br/><br/>"From the songs to the production, I wanted to focus on the raw aspects which made us great in the first place," concludes Biff, "And living in that rawness, combined with some great classic Saxon-songwriting, has in my opinion made Saxon fresher than ever."

Boards Of Canada: Campfire headphase [2 Vinyl LP + Download]

Boards Of Canada: Music has the right to... [2 Vinyl LP + Download]

Boards Of Canada: Trans Canada highway [Vinyl LP + Download]