Blue Record announces the re-awakening of Savannah’s rock giants BARONESS. Blue Record is an instant classic, with all the peaks and valleys, textures, and nuances that timeless records yield over repeated listens. Deep and dark; Blue Record overflows with gossamer melodies and striking, earnest riffs that have become the band’s signature. Blue Record is the most poignant moment in the BARONESS canon to date.
Savannah, Georgia s BARONESS blow the lid off their cauldron of hall of fame riffs on their first record for Relapse and debut full-length titled Red Album. With a sound built upon a resolute sense of purpose and shaped by hundreds of explosive live shows, BARONESS position themselves at the forefront of heavy music with an epic album that is…
Baroness return with their highly-anticipated sixth album, STONE, on Sept. 15 via Abraxan Hymns. While they wrote STONE, frontman John Baizley recorded and pre-mixed it in real time, giving each song on STONE it s own sonic treatment. The album features original cover art by John Baizley and is available on a variety of formats.
BARONESS Yellow & Green finds a band that has developed into more than just giants of the metal underground, they are now fully formed hard rock titans. Fans of the band have come to expect nothing less than constant evolution from Baroness and that is precisely what the band has delivered, but in ways noone could…
BARONESS Yellow & Green finds a band that has developed into more than just giants of the metal underground, they are now fully formed hard rock titans. This deluxe 2xCD is housed in a heavy duty 28+ page perfect-bound hard covered book set, featuring the art of frontman John Baizley and renowned artists Paul Romano &…
The third BASEMENT JAXX album KISH KASH features an array of stellar guest vocalists including punk icon Siouxsie Sioux on the title track, London grime superstar Dizzee Rascal on “Lucky Star”, the mighty pipes of Rock n’ Soul diva Lisa Kekaula (of LA”s “The Bellrays” ) on “Good Luck” and rounds off with the mellow…
Richmond, Virginia metal-punk trio Bat have been delivering their own blood-spattered horror since ascending from the underground a decade ago on a dark, leather-winged trajectory. The brainchild of MUNICPAL WASTE guitarist, Ryan Waste, Bat s origins actually go back to 2008 when Waste and former D.R.I. drummer, and Texas native, Felix Griffin, hatched the idea…
Blood Fire Death is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 8 October 1988, through Music for Nations sublabel, Under One Flag. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal.[1] According to the book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson, Blood Fire Death began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the pre-Christian Swedish…
The album s title is taken from a famous quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer about the atomic bomb: I am become death, destroyer of worlds , which was itself quoted from verse 32 of chapter 11 in the Bhagavad Gita, spoken by Vishnu. Stylistically, Destroyer of Worlds is a cross between the Viking metal of Bathory s 1988–1991 period and the thrash metal style of Requiem and Octagon. It…
Retrospective of the esteemed black metal act s 15 year career. Includes six unreleased tracks: Satan My Master , In Nomine Satanas , Resolution Greed , Witchcraft , Genocide and Valhalla Backing Vocals Multi-Track Sample .15 tracks total. 1998 Black Mark Productions release.
Jubileum Volume II is a compilation album by Bathory. It features the absolute highlights from the career of Sweden s trailblazing Bathory — a band not only responsible for launching Scandinavia s black metal scene, but for inventing the often intersecting subgenre of Viking metal. Jubileum Volume II was preceded by Jubileum Volume I (1992)…
Octagon is the eighth album by Bathory. It continues the retro-thrash metal style of the previous album, Requiem. The album has been met with poor reviews.
Requiem is the seventh studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It eschews the Viking metal style of Bathory s three previous releases for a thrash metal style that recalls many of the bands that initially influenced Bathory.[citation needed] This album marks the return of Bathory after Quorthon put the band on hold to record his first solo album.
Under the Sign of the Black Mark is the third studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was recorded in September 1986 and released on 11 May 1987 through New Renaissance Records and Under One Flag. It was a key album in the development of the black metal genre,[1] and greatly influenced the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s.[2]
Hot off the back of the Lovesexy Tour, Prince agreed to record nine original songs for Tim Burton s box office smash movie, Batman, starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger. The 1989 album was a phenomenal success, and featured hit singles Batdance and Partyman , as well as Scandalous .