Releases – August 2023

New York City’s MOVIE MOVIE was formed in early 2022, with ex‐members of the bands TWIN GUNS,THE ELECTRIC MESS, and THE ABOVE, featuring Andrea Sicco (lead vocals, guitars), Frank Caira (vocals, 2nd guitar for live shows), Derek Davidson (bass, keyboards), and Alan J. Camlet (drums and percussion, vocals).MOVIE MOVIE currently has a six track EP out on Ghost Highway/KOTJ records and now their first fullalbum is released by Topsy‐Turvy Records. “Storyboards” was produced by Derek Davidson, and recorded and mixed by Alan J ...

Tokyo‐based THE HIGHMARTS are two young girls and a boy continuing the tradition of Japanese garage rock while taking inspiration from the 60s ‘Group Sound’ through to 70s punk and slowly taking over the world with their primitive fuzz guitar sound.After their sold‐out first CD “Early Recordings” on Sazanami Records, their fabulous debut 7” “I Want You Bad” on Radio Underground Records and their brilliant 7” on Soundflat Records, “Hey Boy”, the time was right for some more HIGHMARTS‐greatness. Now the trio’s long‐awaited first ...

THE LET’S GO’S have been the spearhead of Japanese girl’s punk/rock’n’roll bands and have completedtheir latest album, which contains all of their dynamic energy. The band boasts a 16‐year career, but thecurrent members have proven to be the strongest lineup yet. Their recent 7″ EP released last year wasalmost sold out as soon as it was released, so this release is sure to be a delight for their fans.This is their first full‐length album in three years after their fantastic ...

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• Bear Family Records® presents the Brother Boys, an Americana act from East Tennessee founded in the late 1980s by Ed Snodderly and Eugene Wolf, still active these days.• • The individual style mix of classic country, folk, old-time, bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, gospel, and singer-songwriter pop stubbornly resists any pigeonholing and still sounds ahead of its time.• • Described by the band itself as ‘New Hillbilly Music,’ the Brother Boys carry musical traditions from the last century into the modern day.• • The album ...

• A brimful CD compilation dedicated to the important R&B pioneer Roy Milton in the continuously updated ‘Rocks’ series on Bear Family Records®.• • Milton is considered one of the originators of the jump blues genre on the U.S. West Coast.• • The album features his rockin’est, fast numbers recorded with his great band between 1946 and ’63 for such record labels as Specialty, DooTone, King, Warwick, Cenco and Thunderbird.• • Musical highlights include Red Light, Milton’s Boogie, Hop, Skip ...

• Off to the desert, embark on a R ‘n’ R trip to the orient, to exotic destinations and distant cities: this CD edition from the ‘Destination’ series on Bear Family Records® is all about rock ‘n’ roll and sheikhs, harems, oases, King Tut and Ali Baba and faraway places like Baghdad and Istanbul.• • Musical companions include Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Reed, Art Neville, Dinah Washington, The Fendermen and Preston Love.• • The playlist from the 1950s and early ’60s provides ...

‘‘Ambula ab intra’’ is the debut album of Italian artist Lorenzo Stecconi, presenting his first work for solo guitar, released by Subsound Records on April 7th, 2023.The album title is an ancient alchemic motto which means “Walk within yourself’’ in Latin.Recorded only and exclusively with electric guitar, the musician explores the threshold of subconscious with heavy drones, fragile soundscapes and haunting melodies, realizing a work between ambient and high-volume drone music.‘‘Ambula ab intra is an oneiric travel into the depths of the psyche, ...

DRA is happy to announce another Shape Vinyl in their upcoming Shape Vinyl Series. We´re excited to offer this adorable collectors items of Metal and Hardcore Kings Hatebreed!Honor Never Dies and Own Your World are taken from the album “The Divinity Of Purpose” an unapologetic, furious and fiercely catchy cluster of tracks that perfectly and pit-worthily marry metal with hardcore.Issued Under Licence From Nuclear Blast!!limited to 500 copies worldwide – one time press!GENRE: Hardcore/MetalcoreBARCODE: 4260161862077RELEASE DATE: 25/08/2023 ...

Inspired by the streets and surrounded by personal, political, and religious chaos, CUTTHROAT uses music as a platform to express the truths that deception hides.Using a mixture of hardcore, beatdown, 90s hip-hop and thrash as a canvas to express their feelingsabout this crazy world we live in, Cutthroat is a band of brothers coming from different musicalbackgrounds to form a bond that can’t be broken. With all members having a lengthy history in otherbands touring the world for years, Cutthroat ...

Inspired by the streets and surrounded by personal, political, and religious chaos,CUTTHROAT uses music as a platform to express the truths that deception hides.Using a mixture of hardcore, beatdown, 90s hip-hop and thrash as a canvas to express their feelingsabout this crazy world we live in, Cutthroat is a band of brothers coming from different musicalbackgrounds to form a bond that can’t be broken. With all members having a lengthy history in otherbands touring the world for years, Cutthroat was ...

For those who are fans of Traditional Metal, namely in its more epic expressions, MEDIEVAL STEEL doesn’t need big introductions. Formed in 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee, and having the 1984 self-titled EP as an absolute and timeless classic, MEDIEVAL STEEL has become over the decades a cult band with unconditional fans all over the world. Years passed and interest in Traditional Metal became widespread. Fertile ground for cult bands to return to the studio and shout out their battle cry: “We are here, the battle ...

For those who are fans of Traditional Metal, namely in its more epic expressions, MEDIEVAL STEEL doesn’t need big introductions. Formed in 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee, and having the 1984 self-titled EP as an absolute and timeless classic, MEDIEVAL STEEL has become over the decades a cult band with unconditional fans all over the world. Years passed and interest in Traditional Metal became widespread. Fertile ground for cult bands to return to the studio and shout out their battle cry: “We are here, the battle ...

We’re back with more thrash and once again with a well-known name from the Las Vegas 80’s underground scene. In addition to MERSINARY or PAPSMEAR, it is impossible to miss O.T. FACTOR! Formed in 1988, O.T. FACTOR have two recordings on cassette: “Double Standards” recorded in 1989 and “Legends” from 1990. We now bring you, for the first time, the CD and vinyl edition of all these recordings in a deluxe limited edition. Those who dwell in the ravishing world of power thrash metal cannot ...

When we talk about Arizona heavy metal it’s impossible not to talk about AFTERMATH.Born in the city of Tucson (also home to cult bands SHEOL HADES and INTREPID, already released by us in the past), AFTERMATH has become a cult band in the Arizona scene, being regularly present in the most respected venues of that state. Masters of a very particular style of thrash, full of powerful and intricate compositions, AFTERMATH will please all fans of the more technical side of metal. It’s with ...