Devil – To The Gallows (2017)

Artist: Devil
Album: To The Gallows
Genre: Doom Metal / Hard Rock
Country: Norway

01. To The Gallows
02. Trenches
03. Dead Body Arise
04. Regulators
05. Reaper’s Shadow
06. Peasants & Pitchforks
07. Jumping Off The Edge Of Time
08. David & Goliath
09. Cemetery Still

Stian Fossum – guitar
Ronny Østli – drums
Thomas Ljosaak – bass
Kai Wanderås – guitar
Joakim Trangsrud – vocals

Beggars Blue – New Boots (2017)

Artist: Beggars Blue
Album: New Boots
Genre: Blues Rock
Country: Denmark

01. Satisfied Man
02. The Girl That Walks Beside Me
03. Rainy Night
04. Since You Used Me
05. The Doctors Medicine
06. Walking in New Boots
07. Don’t You Talk to My Girl
08. She’s a Human Hook
09. I’ll Put Myself in the Ground
10. Choppin’ Wood

Jan Edvard: Guitars, Vocals
Casper Bue: Bass
Jan Hvingel: Dru

Woodhawk – Beyond The Sun (2017)


Made of equal parts 1970s Birmingham and a myriad of 21st century heavy who’s who, Calgary trio Woodhawk are purveyors of riff centric rock and roll.

01. Beyond the Sun
02. The High Priest
03. Living in the Sand
04. Magnetic North
05. Lawless
06. Quest for Clarity
07. A New Hope
08. Foresee the Future
09. Chrononaut

Turner Midzain – Vocals, Guitar
Mike Badmington – Bass, Vocals
Kevin Nelson – Drums

Organ and Synth performed by Jesse Gander
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CUSTARD – A REALM OF TALES 2017


Since the beginning CUSTARD were a phenomena in Teutonic Steel. From 0 to 100 they bursted into the scene with great old school Heavy Metal songs. Of course a lot of bands play that style, but CUSTARD always made the “more” in songwriting, power and melody.

1 Icy Stare
2 Queen Of Snow
3 The Pied Piper
4 Arabian Nights
5 Snow White
6 Snow Away
7 The Little Match Girl
8 Daughter Of The Sea
9 Witch Hunter
10 Sign of Evil
11 Bluebeard
12 Forged in Fantasy

J.T. Lehtonen – Land Of Dust (2017)


Year of manufacture: 2017
Genre: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
Country: Finland

1. Blue
02. Adultery
03. Evil Mind
04. You’re Wrong
05. Land of Dust
06. Thank God It’s Friday
07. Never Give Up
08. Blocked Pipe
09. Day After Day
10. Newsflash
11. Seeking
12. Liar

J.T.Lehtonen – Guitar and vocals
Gas Lipstick – Drums
Peter Grip – Drums
Tuomas Niska – Bass
Aki Lepistö – Bass
Kimmo Mustonen – Piano
Tero Roine – Slide guitar

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Haunting Skies – Into the Ether (2017)


Haunting Skies formed in November of 2011, when all of it’s members were still in high school. After a few lineup changes and an overall maturing of the band’s sound, Haunting Skies is ready to release an album to the whole world.

01. Manifestation
02. Exploring the Mothership
03. Redeemer
04. Dead Once Again
05. Eating Clocks
06. Puppets with Perception
07. I Foresee Catastrophe
08. The Beginning Is Near
09. Vacant of Memory

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The Upper Crust – Delusions Of Grandeur (2017)


Bands from Little Richard to the Rolling Stones to Elton John and Lady Gaga have used costume and masquing to magnificent effect, but they have nothing on the gentleman of the Crust.

01. Little Castrato
02. Out of the Mouths of Babes
03. Heads Will Roll
04. Only a Lowly Lackey
05. Flagrante Delicto
06. I’ve Taken Leave of My Senses
07. You Have the Advantage of Me For I Do Not Know Your Name
08. The Pleasure’s All Mine
09. Frippery and Foppery
10. Set For Life-I Beg To Differ
11. Fopped Up
12. I Stand Corrected (Correc