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45TRIO - #Tenorio / Nebulosa 7"

45TRIO

#Tenorio / Nebulosa 7"

7"-VinylBLMS-019
Bloom Japan
19.12.2025
  • Side A. #Tenorio
  • Side B. Nebulosa

The latest release from 45trio is a single dedicated to the legendary pianist Tenorio Jr., who was a leading figure in Brazilian samba jazz. Side A, "#Tenorio,"
was created as an homage to his works. With its lively rhythms and refined chord progressions, the track delivers a groove where jazz and samba intertwine,
infused with a contemporary atmosphere.

On Side B, 45trio presents their own take on "Nebulos"" a landmark of piano jazz originally released in 1964 and still celebrated to this day. With delicate touch,
rich performance, and inventive arrangement, they breathe new life into this timeless classic.

This work, filled with universal beauty and warmth, is dedicated not only to lovers of Brazilian music and jazz but to all listeners who cherish music.

Released as a strictly limited first edition.

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lip cream - 9 Shocks Terror
  • 1: Terror
  • 2: Breakin
  • 3: Cold Lover
  • 4: Kick Out The Jam
  • 5: Amateur Baby (素人娘)
  • 6: Enough Time
  • 7: 9Th Nightmare
  • 8: Shock Treatment
  • 9: R.i.p. Off

This is the ultimate mini-album that can proudly be called LIP CREAM! “9 SHOCKS TERROR” has remained timeless since its original release in 1986, embodying incomparable speed and a level of perfection that defines Japanese hardcore. Opening with ‘TERROR,’ which goes straight into reverse audio and needle skips, the song structure charges forward relentlessly, shaking off the catchy, humorous, and approachable vibe that had previously defined LIP CREAM. Naoki's noisy yet melodic guitar, Pill's wild drums, Minoru's heavy yet high-speed bass, and JhaJha's intense shouts that still allow the lyrics to be clearly heard—all these elements fuse together to create powerful tracks that have reached an unprecedented sound. Recorded at Shinjuku JAM Studio, ‘9 SHOCKS TERROR’ was composed primarily by Minoru and Naoki, with lyrics and artwork by JhaJha. JhaJha's hand-drawn jacket illustration was a parody of THE FUZZTONES' album “Cinderella”. Additionally, an English translation of the lyrics is included for this RELAPSE release, helping English-speaking listeners understand the unique world of LIP CREAM. Interestingly, the title “9 SHOCKS TERROR” was revised to “9 SHOCKING TERROR” on the 2007 CD reissue by ONI Label. This revision was made after illustrator PUSHEAD, who has a long-standing relationship with LIP CREAM, pointed out a grammar error. However, the original title has been restored out of respect for the original work for this RELAPSE reissue. Following the release of this album, LIP CREAM launched their self-managed national tour “BLOODY SUMMER TOUR,” and fans who bought the album rushed to the gig. Additionally, during a show at Doshisha University in Kansai in the autumn of the same year, torches were brought onto the stage and Jha Jha set them ablaze, causing absolute chaos (footage of this incident can be viewed in the video “LIP CREAM ONLY”).

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ANDY BOAY - YOU TOOK THAT WALK FOR THE TWO OF US LP

This is the first new Andy Boay album since 2013’s In The Light. I recorded it in January 2024 to a Yamaha MT8X 8-track cassette recorder in my room at the New York Center for Creativity & Dance in the East Village of Manhattan.

I mixed it in June 2024 with Joe Santarpia and Roberto Pagano at the Idiot Room in San Francisco. The three songs on Side A (“HBM,” “If I Ever Come Off,” and “You’re In The Air Now”) were initially arranged over several live performances using a multi-track looper. When I then sat down to track them to my tape machine, I meticulously sang and played out all repeating parts, layering and ping-pong-bouncing each doubled take to another tape-track. In this way I hoped to maintain the hypnotic quality of the looped parts while keeping them organic, singular, and fleeting. Side B is a triptych of more carefully arranged pop songs: a tremolo & mod-delay elegy to youth called “Careless,” bookended by two variations on the same theme — the stark, mellotron prayer of “One & One” and the lonesome after-hours funk of “I Want More”. The line “You took that walk for the two of us” has a dual meaning. In 2011, my friend Spencer Gilley took a long walk through Montreal while listening to demos I’d recorded.

He described the experience to me as magical, ecstatic, inspiring. His encouragement from that moment still echoes every time I sit down to write or record. Less than a year later, I met Florida musician Thomas Fekete. We formed a deep, brief friendship that lasted until his death in 2016. Thom entered my life during a chaotic time and helped me find direction and courage. He took me on a tour that shifted the course of my life. We bonded over surviving cancer as young men, Florida’s noise scene, and the strange lives we led as touring guitarists (he in Surfer Blood, me in Mac DeMarco’s band). Thom could always warmly anticipate all of my joy, humor, and curiosity—and all of my pain, anxiety, and fear. In this way, it felt like he was also taking that walk for the two of us—gently guiding me down a path he had already traveled. Andy Boay (Andy White) began playing and recording music as a teen in Orlando during the early 2000s, exploring noise, psych, and pop in bands and solo projects.

He has played in the duo Tonstartssbandht with his brother Edwin since 2007. He spent six years playing guitar in the touring band for Mac DeMarco. Andy Boay’s music taps the euphoric and the sorrowful, both onstage amongst friends and strangers, and tracking alone at his 8-track in the studio. These days he lives and works in the East Village neighborhood of New York City.

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TEENGENERATE - LIVE AT THE EMPTY BOTTLE LP

An earth-moving night in Chicago, 30 crazy years ago, caught HOT on tape and finally unleashed! Teengenerate were a force to be reckoned with in the ‘90s garage punk underground and with their string of classic singles and LPs, the Midwest was just STARVED for these heathens to break our minds wide open. And they did, and some of us were just “never the same.” Is this how Hozac started? YES, this was THE SEED. Just an awe-inspiring brute force of punk purity, slashing through incredible covers of THE KIDS, PAGANS, and FUN THINGS and sowing the seeds of obscure punk obsessions to no end with their savage treasure map of sick sounds.

The heat, the power, the rage and the euphoria, it just doesn’t always align like it did when Fink & Fifi took the stage. Sure enough, it was on THIS DAY 30 years ago that our minds were blown apart and our eyes were opened and a life-changing rock’n roll performance that commemorates the 50th release on the Hozac Archival subsidiary. Secretly recorded by Ken White, the Brides’ right hand man, and mastered by TIM WARREN of Crypt Records for maximum authenticity, Live at the Empty Bottle just explodes out of the grooves and will level anyone within earshot, just like it did when Teengenerate desecrated Chicago TWICE on the same night (check out their VML Live at the Fireside Bowl 7″ too!), exactly 30 years ago TODAY!

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Bill Conti - Karate Kid: 40th Anniversary Original Motion Picture Score LP 2x12"
  • A1: Main Title
  • A2: Fite Nite
  • A3: Bumpy Ride
  • A4: Dan Ducks Out
  • A5: Bonsai Tree
  • A6: Decorate The Gym
  • A7: Miyagi Rattles Bones
  • B1: Miyagi Intercedes
  • B2: On To Miyagi's
  • B3: The Pact
  • B4: Troubled Lovers
  • B5: Japanese Sander
  • B6: Paint The Fence
  • B7: Daniel Sees The Bird
  • C1: Fish And Train
  • C2: Training Hard
  • C3: The Kiss
  • C4: Japanese Hand Clap
  • C5: No Mercy
  • C6: Daniel's Moment Of Truth
  • D1: Fish And Train (Alternate Ending)
  • D2: Miyagi Rattles Bones (Alternate Ending)
  • D3: Fascination
  • D4: Japanese Hand Clap (Opening With Overlay)
  • D7: Daniel's Moment Of Truth (Alternate Take)
  • D5: Japanese Hand Clap (Alternate Opening)
  • D6: No Mercy (Opening With Overlay)

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the blockbuster summer film of 1984, SPACELAB9, in conjunction with Columbia Pictures, proudly presents The KARATE KID: 40th Anniversary Original Motion Picture Score Double LP!
Released for the first time ever on vinyl, the collection features the full 20 track score album by legendary composer Bill Conti, plus 7 bonus tracks.
Double LP package features beautiful original cover artwork created exclusively for this album by renowned artist Astor Alexander, plus stills from the original landmark 1984 film and a brief note from composer Bill Conti.

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Various - Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave 2 2x12"
  • A1: The Clash - 1-2 Crush On You
  • A2: The Undertones - There Goes Norman
  • A3: The Limit - My World At Night
  • A4: X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths
  • A5: The Wardens - Do So Well
  • A6: Penetration - Future Daze
  • A7: Magazine - I Love You, You Big Dummy
  • B1: Ramone - Suzy Is A Headbanger
  • B2: The Flys - Love & A Molotov Cocktail
  • B3: Golinski Brothers - Bloody
  • B4: Liquid Stone - Here Comes The Weekend
  • B5: Dolly Mixture - Side Street Walker
  • B6: Basement 5 - Silicone Chip
  • B7: The Subterraneans - My Flamingo
  • C1: The Jam - Away From The Numbers
  • C2: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Desert Kisses
  • C3: Zounds - Demystification
  • C4: Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love
  • C5: Shake - Dream On
  • C6: The Times - Red With Purple Flashes
  • C7: The Limps - Someone I Can Talk To
  • D1: The Cure - Play For Today
  • D2: Newtown Neurotics - Hypocrite
  • D3: The Slits - So Tough
  • D6: The Barracudas - I Want My Woody Back
  • D7: Moving England - Moving Back
  • D4: The City Limits - Morse Code Messages
  • D5: Gary Valentine - The First One
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Various - Gary Crowley's Punk and New Wave 2 (signed)
  • A1: The Clash - 1-2 Crush On You
  • A2: The Undertones - There Goes Norman
  • A3: The Limit - My World At Night
  • A4: X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths
  • A5: The Wardens - Do So Well
  • A6: Penetration - Future Daze
  • A7: Magazine - I Love You, You Big Dummy
  • B1: Ramone - Suzy Is A Headbanger
  • B2: The Flys - Love & A Molotov Cocktail
  • B3: Golinski Brothers - Bloody
  • B4: Liquid Stone - Here Comes The Weekend
  • B5: Dolly Mixture - Side Street Walker
  • B6: Basement 5 - Silicone Chip
  • B7: The Subterraneans - My Flamingo
  • C1: The Jam - Away From The Numbers
  • C2: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Desert Kisses
  • C3: Zounds - Demystification
  • C4: Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love
  • C5: Shake - Dream On
  • C6: The Times - Red With Purple Flashes
  • C7: The Limps - Someone I Can Talk To
  • D1: The Cure - Play For Today
  • D2: Newtown Neurotics - Hypocrite
  • D3: The Slits - So Tough
  • D6: The Barracudas - I Want My Woody Back
  • D7: Moving England - Moving Back
  • D4: The City Limits - Morse Code Messages
  • D5: Gary Valentine - The First One
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Original Soundtrack - Outlander: Blood Of My Blood LP
  • A1: Blood Of My Blood - For My Love That's Lost (Feat. Julie Fowlis)
  • A2: The Ellen And Brian Theme (Feat. Julie Fowlis)
  • A3: The Julia And Henry Theme
  • A4: Sun Rising On The Flagstone (Feat. Julie Fowlis)
  • A5: We Two Might Be One
  • A6: Leave A Mark
  • B1: Jacobite Meeting Adjourned
  • B2: The War Chieftain
  • B3: Raindrop Becoming An Ocean
  • B4: The Stone Of Destiny
  • B5: Needfire
  • B6: My Heart Has Changed
  • B7: A Destiny Of Our Own Making

Score composed by Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary

The soundtrack to the first season of Outlander: Blood of my Blood, serving as a prequel to the long-running fantasy TV series Outlander

Limited edition on translucent red coloured vinyl

Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary returns to the Outlander universe for another score, this time for the spin-off Blood of my Blood.

This next chapter in the time traveller’s saga premiered in August 2025 and serves as a prequel to the critically acclaimed Outlander series.

Outlander: Blood of my Blood is available as a limited edition on translucent red coloured vinyl and includes an insert.

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Bloody Mary & Human Rebellion & HR101 - Acid Avengers 034

For the 34th split of the series, we invited two of the best french projects of the contemporary electronic underground scene. On the A-Side, Bloody Mary, resident at Tresor Berlin and responsible of strong releases on Ovum Recordings, U-TRAX and of course her own imprint Dame-Music. On the B-Side, the exciting duo Human Rebellion aka HR101, already known for some killer EPs on Discos Atonicos, Science Cult or Earwiggle. The result is a 4-tracks EP combining acid lines, rave synths, 90's voices, mental soundscapes and catchy techno !

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Drugdealer & Weyes - ‘Blood Real Thing’ / ‘The News’ (7")
  • 1: Drugdealer Feat. Weyes Blood - Real Thing
  • 2: Drugdealer - The News

Over two years in the making, and many more in the two musician’s shared dream, ‘Real Thing’ unites longtime collaborators Michael Collins (Drugdealer) and Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood). Recorded across continents, ‘Real Thing’ is a return, a refinement and a reminder of the deep connection that has bound these two titans of song over multiple collaborations. The journey of ‘Real Thing’ began when Collins, while on a European sojourn, crossed paths with Parisian producer Max Baby. As one does while in Paris, they found themselves in a studio owned by a member of the 1970s French prog rock band Magma. There, a chord progression long-gestating in Collins’ brain blossomed into a bonafide demo.

Collins recalls, “I realized immediately that it was the perfect thing to show Nat, who I had been wanting to collaborate with again for years.” The connection and musical camaraderie between Collins and Mering dates back to 2014 in Oakland, where a chance meeting and studio session marked the genesis of their enduring partnership. Collins reflects, “Since then, I’ve felt like she’s my musical family. I can’t really ask for more in terms of someone who inspired me to even get to this place in my songwriting.” On the B-side is ‘The News’, Drugdealer’s first collaboration with Robbie Chemical. What began as a simple harmony grew into a panoramic partnership, the musician’s voices effortlessly entwined, and a pop paragon envisioned. Inspired by generational conversations on chaos, change and connection, the track opens a new chapter - topical, personal and unmistakably Drugdealer. As Drugdealer, Michael Collins has crafted a career that blends introspective songwriting with a reverence for classic pop and R&B. A native of the East Coast, Collins’ musical adventure began with the experimental pop collages of Run DMT and Salvia Plath before evolving into the more melodic, refined songwriting heard in Drugdealer’s acclaimed albums ‘Raw Honey’ and ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’.  Natalie Mering, better known as Weyes Blood, has similarly forged a path of emotive, transcendental folk-pop that delves into themes of myth, love and existential longing.

Known for her ethereal voice and evocative lyrics, Mering’s latest works, ‘Titanic Rising’ and ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow’, are nothing short of modern classics, though also feel like just the start of this artist’s undeniable ascent.  “For both artists, this is their first song since their respective 2022 albums, and what a way to come back. ‘Real Thing’ feels like uncovering a forgotten ’70s disco duet” - PASTE  “A lush and insistent folk-pop jam” - Stereogum  For fans of Mac Demarco, Kate Bollinger, Men I Trust, Toro y Moi, TOPS, Alice Phoebe Lou, Tame Impala, Thee Sacred Souls, Vacations, Allah-Las, Kurt Vile, Beach Fossils, Slow Pulp, Foxygen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Hand Habits, Father John Misty, Oracle Sisters, Whitney, The Lemon Twigs, Mild High Club, Khruangbin, Angel Olsen.

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Johnny Griffn - A Blowing Session

Als Johnny Griffn im April 1957 mit Hank Mobley und John Coltrane sein zweites Album für das Label
Blue Note aufnahm, standen die drei Tenorsax-Giganten allesamt noch am Anfang ihrer Solokarriere. Das
Album, das zunächst den trockenen Titel “Johnny Griffn, Vol. 2” trug, bevor es unter dem treffenderen
Titel “A Blowing Session” neu aufgelegt wurde, ist laut AllMusic “eine der besten Hard-Bop-Jamsessions,
die je aufgenommen wurden”.

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KALIYUGA EXPRESS - The Wandering Mountain LP

LIMITED 300 ONLY TRANSPARENT SKY BLUE LP. HOUSED IN FULL COLOUR SLEEVE WITH POLYLINED INNER BAG & DOWNLOAD CODE
Two fields of existence collide as Nolla (Finnish psych/space rockers) & Mike Vest (Maximalist guitar guru, Bong, Blown Out, Drunk In Hell, Artifacts & Uranium, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio, Mienakunaru etc) merge their creative visions for the third time.

Creating a steady and surreal exploration through astral planes. Nolla improvised the ground layer in their signature minimal space-rock style and MikeV wrapped everything up in lavish layers of fuzz, phased and U-Wah layered guitars.
Blending octaval tones, around an array of electronics & vocal harmonies. Resulting in a constant trance like psychedelic drone rock.
It's time to join the extraterrestrial communion, beyond the skies, convert into the mode of light and pay homage to his mighty eminence.

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YMCK - Family Music

YMCK

Family Music

12inchNOT0092
NOT RECORDS
12.12.2025
  • 1: Fanfare
  • 2: Magical 8Bit Tour
  • 3: Pastel Candy Is The Devil's Whisper
  • 4: Darling
  • 5: Pow*Pow
  • 6: Interlude
  • 7: S!O!C!O!P!O!G!O!G!O! (Ymck Version)
  • 8: Synchronicityside
  • 1: Tetrominon ~From Russia With Blocks~
  • 2: Does John Coltrane Dream Of Carousels?
  • 3: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan And Black (Ymck Theme)
  • 4: Your Quest Is Over

The debut album by the 8-bit music unit YMCK, which caused a sensation when it was released in 2004, is now available on vinyl! This classic album, which laid the foundation for 8-bit music/chiptune, is a collection of pop music that combines retro game sounds with cute whispery vocals and stylish melodies!

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Klangkarussell - Petrichor LP 2x12"

"Petrichor" ist eine Reise durch die Klangwelt von Klangkarussell – von euphorisch bis introspektiv, von filmisch bis intim. Das Werk verbindet organische Wärme mit elektronischer Präzision und fängt die gesamte kreative Bandbreite und emotionale Tiefe des Duos ein, die durch fantastische Vocalfeatures vollendet wird.

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Ron Geesin - GHOST STORY LP

Ron Geesin

GHOST STORY LP

12inchJBH109LP
Trunk
12.12.2025

Limited black vinyl. One pressing only. 700 copies worldwide. NON-RETURNABLE.

Full colour sleeve with unseen pics of Ron Geesin in his studio with Marianne Faithful, who was
supposed to provide the spooky voices but was so (allegedly) smashed out on various drugs she had no voice.

Wow! So you’re telling me Ron Geesin made this kooky electro jazzy score to a really unusual
British folk horror weirdy film that is also sometimes called Madhouse Mansion or Asylum of
Blood?

So what we have here is a unique and unreleased British horror score like no other - because
Ron Geesin made it and also because he used trad ideas and modern sonic developments at the
same time. So it’s bonkers. Half the pressing will go immediately to the Trunk mailing list, the
last 300 for the rest of the world. Be quick…

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Heavy//Hitter - Coming to Terms / Moments of Misery
  • 1: Eat Your Words
  • 2: Deposition Of Violence
  • 3: Nurtured By Anger
  • 4: Dead End
  • 5: Waste Of Life
  • 6: Coming To Terms (Feat. Zayna Youssef Of Sweet Pill)
  • 7: No Mercy, No Remorse
  • 8: From Bloodlust
  • 9: Heaven's Gate
  • 10: Extinguish Them All

Heavy//Hitter are set to release their 2nd EP for Blue Grape Music, Coming to Terms. The EP is produced by Austin Coupe (The Devil Wears Prada, Citizen, Mat Kerekes) and includes features from Zayna Youssef of Sweet Pill and Yasmine Liverneaux of Face Yourself.

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Alice Cooper - The Revenge Of Alice Cooper LP 2x12"

The Revenge of Alice Cooper, the long-awaited new album from the reunited original Alice Cooper Group, is officially out today on earMUSIC. Marking their first full-length collaboration in over 50 years, the original lineup returns in fierce form, unleashing all the chaos, danger, and theatrical swagger that first defined their legacy and cemented their place in rock history.

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Marshmello - Joytime I (LP)

Marshmello

Joytime I (LP)

12inchMSML16-001RT
Diggers Factory
12.12.2025
  • A1: Know Me
  • A2: Summer
  • A3: Find Me
  • A4: Take It Back
  • A5: Bounce
  • B1: Blocks
  • B2: Show You
  • B3: Want U 2
  • B4: Home
  • B5: Keep It Mello (Feat. Omar Linx)
also available

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Vol.2[23,95 €]


Zum ersten Mal überhaupt ist Marshmellos bahnbrechendes Debütalbum „Joytime“ auf Vinyl erhältlich. Diese Jubiläumsausgabe feiert 10 Jahre euphorische Beats und genreübergreifende Energie und würdigt das Album, das der Welt Marshmellos charakteristischen Sound vorgestellt hat.
Von dem boomenden Trap-Track „Know Me“ bis hin zu „Want U 2“ ist „Joytime“ eine Meisterklasse in melodischer Tanzmusik, die es wagt, mutig zu sein. „Joytime“ enthält auch die Debütsingle „Keep It Mello“ mit Omar Linx, eine Crossover-Hymne, die bis heute zu Marshmellos ikonischen Werken zählt.
Feiern Sie das Album, das ein globales Phänomen ausgelöst hat.
„Joytime“ auf Vinyl ist mehr als ein Sammlerstück, es ist ein Stück Elektronik-Musikgeschichte.“

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Jamiroquai - High Times - Tour Edition LP 2x12"

2LP 140g col vinyl


»High Times – Singles 1992–2006« erschien 2006, erreichte Platz 1 der Charts und wurde mit Dreifach-Platin ausgezeichnet. Die Tour Edition 2025 erscheint als stahlfarbenes Doppel-Vinyl mit Kunstdruck, Booklet und einem von fünf zufällig beigelegten Sammler-Laminaten mit dem Buffalo-Man-Icon.

Das Album umfasst 20 Songs, darunter den Nummer-1-Hit »Deeper Underground«, sieben weitere Top-10-Titel wie »Virtual Insanity«, »Cosmic Girl« und »Canned Heat« sowie weitere bekannte Singles wie »Seven Days in Sunny June« und »Space Cowboy« viele davon feste Bestandteile der aktuellen Live-Shows.

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VARIOUS - 80s German Metal Box Vol. 2

Various

80s German Metal Box Vol. 2

3x12inchGCRBOX042
GCR Zyx
12.12.2025
  • Vinyl 1
  • Morbid Jester - Until The Battle Is Won
  • Vinyl 2
  • Sphinx - Here We Are
  • Vinyl 3
  • Starstruck- Thru´ To You

MORBID JESTER „Until The Battle Is Won“ - Dieses Kleinod deutscher Metalkunst erschien 1994 auf CD und wurde von S.L. Coe in den Dust Studios produziert. Eben jener dürfte eingefleischten Metalfans noch als Sänger auf der zweiten LP von ANGEL DUST, sowie von SCANNER ein Begriff sein.

Rund 2000 CDs konnten von der Eigenproduktion (!) abgesetzt werden, darunter auch viele Exemplare in Griechenland und vor allem Japan, wo die Band ein Geheimtipp wurde. Das Coverartwork stammt von niemand geringeren als Ken Kelly (Manowar, Kiss). Auftritte mit u.a. SAXON waren nur eine logische Folge. MORBID JESTER vereinen auf „Until The Battle Is Won“ Elemente des German Metal mit einer US-MetalPräzision, was für eine ganz eigene Mischung sorgt. Die transparente und dennoch druckvolle Produktion mit einem natürlichen Drumsound, wie man ihn heute oft vermisst, lässt das Songmaterial glänzen. Das respektvolle Remastering für diese Wiederveröffentlichung bringt all die Vorteile noch ein Stück weit nach vorne. Der Stilmix aus Progressive Rock und Heavy Metal wurde von Bands wie Dream Theater kultiviert, aber keinesfalls erfunden. In ihrer Konsequenz waren SPHINX im Jahr 1981 ihrer Zeit um einige Jahre voraus. Die Band aus dem Raum Stuttgart, 1977 gegründet, bestand zum größten Teil aus italienischen Gastarbeitersöhnen, was der Gruppe einen internationalen Flair verlieh. „Rock Made In Italy“, wie man auf der Originalhülle von „Here We Are“ lesen kann, war also nur ein Promotiongag, oder eben nur die halbe Wahrheit.

Ganz besonders auch deshalb, weil der Gitarrist Thomas Metzger niemand Geringeres als Tommy Newton ist, der später mit der Band Victory, anschließend auch als Produzent bekannt wurde. „Here We Are“ erschien 1981 bei Peak, einem Label der Firma GAMA, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch ganz neu im Geschäft war und ein solch erstklassiges Produkt noch nicht durchsetzen konnte. 1985 erschien die LP als „Burning Lights“ ein zweites Mal. Mausoleum und auch Camel (ebenso ein GAMA Label) versuchten mit einem typischen Heavy Metal-Coverartwork und umgestellter Tracklist dem Album eine zweite Chance zu geben. 1984 veröffentlichte die Band STARSTRUCK aus Karlsruhe ihr einziges Lebenszeichen: Die LP „Thru´ To You“. Aufgenommen wurde die Platte im Spygel Studio mit Engineer Batze Kramer. Eben dieser hat auch kultige Scheiben von Bands wie Tyrant, Stormwitch, Bloody Six, Vampyr, Gravestone, Restless oder Necronomicon veredelt. „Thru´ To You“ ist purer Zeitgeist und dazu passt auch das
Cover, welches beim genauen Hinschauen viel Humor beweist. Stilistisch wechselt man geschickt zwischen Hardrock und Heavy Metal.

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