BLOODHUNTER Celebrate Release of New Album “Sons Of The Abandoned” with Video for ‘Masters Of Deceive’

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Spanish melodic death metal powerhouse BLOODHUNTER have officially released their brand-new studio album “Sons Of The Abandoned” via ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music. 

Marking this milestone, the band are not only kicking off a run of Spanish live dates alongside CRYPTA today, but are also premiering a brand-new music video for “Masters Of Deceive”, one of the album’s most dynamic and emotionally charged tracks.

Guitarist Dani Arcos comments:

“This song is insane. We mixed guttural and melodic vocals, slow and melodic choruses with the most extreme riffs on the album… and there’s even a recorded piano that you only realize has been there the whole time at the end of the song.”

Vocalist Diva Satánica adds:

“This song includes my very first clean backing vocals in BLOODHUNTER. I really wanted to give it a try because it represented the eternal disappointment of people trying to pull out from me a different version of myself but which I didn’t really feel identified with as a vocalist. This song speaks about toxic environments and how hard is to step out from there to follow your own path. It was the first song that we wrote for this album: it goes from a very dramatic chorus to the most enraged verses, to represent the complex dynamics in a relationship.”

Formed in Galicia, BLOODHUNTER have steadily carved their name into the international extreme metal scene through relentless touring, uncompromising sound and a clear artistic vision. Fronted by Diva Satanica, the band blends extreme metal aggression with melodic depth, groove and narrative ambition, forging a sound that is both ferocious and emotionally charged.

Since their inception, BLOODHUNTER have stood out for their conceptual approach and strong identity. Their music has always balanced brutality with atmosphere, drawing from themes such as ancient civilizations, power, human conflict and transcendence. Over the years, the band has evolved naturally, refining their songwriting and pushing beyond genre boundaries without losing their aggressive core.

“Sons Of The Abandoned”, produced by Tue Madsen, marks a turning point in BLOODHUNTER’s career. It is their most personal and honest album so far, shifting the focus inward to explore identity, vulnerability, personal struggle and the cost of pursuing one’s own path. For the first time, the lyrics speak directly from the heart, addressing inner demons, toxic environments, generational disconnection and the feeling of being lost in a world driven by individuality and superficial values. Musically, the album expands the band’s palette. Crushing riffs coexist with elegant grooves and striking melodic passages, while sharp contrasts define the songwriting: rage against beauty, speed against atmosphere, darkness against clarity.

With “Sons Of The Abandoned”, BLOODHUNTER solidify themselves as a band unafraid to evolve, challenge expectations and expose their own scars. This is not just another extreme metal album, it is a statement of identity, resistance and survival in a world that constantly demands compromise.

Order “Sons Of The Abandoned” HERE: http://bloodhunter.rpm.link/sonsPR

Tracklist:
1. The Devil’s Own
2. The Outspoken 
3. Threshold Of Hell 
4. Ephemeral Youth
5. Sons Of The Abandoned 
6. No One Beats Death 
7. Code Aeternam 
8. The Path That Never Ends
9. The Night Is Darker Before The Dawn
10. Masters Of Deceive
11. Human Insecticide

BLOODHUNTER Live, with CRYPTA:
June 14 – Mos @ Sala Rebullón
June 15 – Vitoria @ Urban Rock Concept
June 16 – Valencia @ Sala Rock City
June 17 – Badalona @ Sala Estraperlo

BLOODHUNTER is:
Diva Satánica – Vocals
Dani Arcos – Guitar
G. Starless – Guitar
Adrián Perales – Drums
Fabián Tejeda – Bass

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MOLOKEN Release Second Single ‘Fault Line’ from Upcoming Self-Titled Fifth Album

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Umeå, Sweden based four-piece Moloken recently announced their self-titled fifth album for a September 25th release via Discouraged Records, marking a powerful return after six years of silence – a dark, introspective journey through themes of consciousness, death, and eternity. The announcement was accompanied by the first single and video ‘A Night Vision Revealed (Asterion Pt. I), and today, the band follows up with the second single ‘Fault Line’.

‘Fault Line’ continues the band’s exploration of new sonic territory while remaining firmly rooted in the darkness and weight that have defined them for nearly two decades. Clean vocals intertwine with towering walls of sound before giving way to a crushing growled refrain, creating a stark contrast between fragility and force. The result is a song that feels both familiar and transformative — a fault line between who Moloken were and who they are becoming.

Guitarist Patrik Ylmefors states on ‘Fault Line’:

“Fault Line emerged from the ruins of a friendship that slowly unraveled, transforming shared histories into distant memories. It captures the moment when the fault line finally breaks open beneath your feet — when the certainty of loss becomes impossible to ignore. Balancing sorrow with hard-won clarity, the song reflects on endings, the faint possibility of new beginnings, and the realization that some absences remain with us long after we have learned to live around them.”

Alongside the release of ‘Fault Line’, the band also shares the artwork and the album tracklist, which consists of seven compositions. The album is released on digital formats, CD and on vinyl in 250 copies with pre-orders being available soon.

Listen to MOLOKEN’s new single ‘Fault Line’ HERE

Doom, death, black, sludge or post – few metal subgenres escape Moloken’s gravitational pull. Since forming in 2007, the four-piece from Umeå, Sweden has consistently pushed the boundaries of their sound, carving out new musical terrain with each release.

Moloken’s music moves like a shifting legend. For nearly two decades it has passed from listener to listener, changing shape along the way and leaving behind a lingering aura of mystique. Pinning the band down to a single genre is nearly impossible – but their uncompromising weight and precision as a live act are undeniable. At its core, Moloken is an experience: something to be felt rather than explained, reaching its full force on stage.

The band’s fifth album revolves around the burden of consciousness, death, and eternity. It unfolds as a journey through a Nordic mythscape, drawing the listener deep into a dense forest. Lush melancholy intertwines with a creeping unease; what first feels inviting gradually becomes disorienting. When the illusion breaks, you find yourself alone in the dark, surrounded by your own thoughts – with only a faint light somewhere beyond the fear.

After six years of silence, the album marks a powerful return. Moloken reconnects with a more primal, doom-laden foundation while expanding their sonic palette: clean vocals, acoustic passages, and subtle traces of Nordic folk music are woven into the whole. Since ‘Unveillance of Dark Matter’ (2020), the band has undergone significant changes shaped by loss, hardship, and transformation – all of which resonate throughout the new material.

Album artwork by Akrar

‘Moloken’ Tracklist:

  1. The Burden of Our Awareness
  2. Eternal Sleep
  3. 21.12.21
  4. Fault Line
  5. Fragments of Dark Matter
  6. En lek med döden
  7. A Night Vision Revelead (Asterion, Pt. I)

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BLOOD WHITE Release New Single ‘All I Said Was A Lie’

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BLOOD WHITE release the new single “All I Said Was A Lie”, taken from the upcoming studio album “From Hell” out on August 28 at Metalville. 

‘All I Said Was A Lie’ unleashes melodic death metal at its most powerful: heavy riffs, driving drums and epic melodies merge into a storm of energy and emotion. Combining Nordic power with modern precision, the song delivers a gripping blend of intensity and atmosphere.

There are countless young bands that are still searching for their own individual musical identity and a breakthrough image based on their own visionary concept. And then there’s BLOOD WHITE, a band that has already found all these factors. Although the five-piece band has only been together since 2022, their sound is incredibly mature, creative and unique. BLOOD WHITE have developed a refined, distinctive mix of modern metal, rock and hardcore which leaves a lasting impression. Added to that, the band’s incredible stage outfits, highlighted through their glaring red and white ‘corporate identity’, sets the quintet apart from the genre’s standard dull, black style which so many of their contemporaries seem to favour. But most importantly, their debut album, “From Hell”, presents music of a standard rarely found in newcomer acts.

The songs mix raw metal riffs and brutal grooves with catchy choruses which enables listeners who are less into the metal-genre immediate access to their exciting, hellraising music. Listen to tracks such as “All I Said Was A Lie”‚ “Bloodified”, “I Smell Blood” or “From Hell” and watch the videos of “Run Or Die” and “Guns & Fear” which all show BLOOD WHITE’s extensive range of stylistic potential and musical influences. At the same time, the album also provides a number of surprises.

Practically out of nowhere (or rather, out of darkest hell), singer Dr. Zero projects a deep sense of melancholy, grief and anger on “Before I Die”, deliberately leaving a number of questions unanswered. Dr. Zero: “The song says something about me, and its metaphors express precisely what I want to share with our audience. It’s about love, about its dependence on your own emotions and on what constitutes the bleakness of grief. Thoughts of having nothing left but a refuge, albeit one that makes you slide even deeper into the abyss than you already have.”

“From Hell” and “Fear” strike a similar lyrical note and present demonic verbal exchanges on God and the world, preachers, monsters and demons, as well as the eternal horror of war and devastation leading, ultimately, to the destruction of one’s own soul. Dr. Zero added: “Most of our songs are about the chasms of the human mind, its capacity for absolute evil, a contradiction to love and compassion. This contraction also resonates in the name “Blood White”, red being a symbol of blood, but also of love, and white stands for innocence and eternity evoking that glistening, bright light that people who have experienced ‘being clinically dead’ talk about.”

The appraisal above says it all! BLOOD WHITE hold everything in their own hands, it’s all there to be seen and heard: the music, the videos, the album sleeve, the photos – the entire band and its image!

BLOOD WHITE are fulfilling the promise of an even more spectacular (metal) future! 

TRACK-LISTING
01 – All I Said Was A Lie 
02 – Run Or Die
03 – Bloodified
04- I Smell Blood
05 – Guns & Fear
06 – Unholy Water
07 – Fear 
08 – Before I Die
09 – Memories 
10 – Kill Everyone
11 – Don´t Blame Me
12 – From Hell  

LINE-UP 
Dr. Zero – vocals  
Mr. Bonesaw – guitar 
D.C. Spark – guitar   
Luke Y-Cut – drums 
Gas Gee – bass 

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BEDSORE Join Wolvennest on “In the Ruins” European Tour This October

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BEDSORE, the Rome-based progressive death metal outfit, will join Belgian occult collective Wolvennest as direct support on the “In the Ruins” XXMMVI Tour, running across eleven dates in Europe this October. The run takes the package through Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Poland between October 19th and October 29th, 2026.

“Bringing Dreaming the Strife for Love to the stage on a proper European tour feels like completing its cycle before embracing a new chapter.” the band notes. “As we are currently putting the finishing touches on the compositions for our new album, this journey marks a meaningful transition for the band. Touring alongside Wolvennest makes this run especially significant to us, as they embody the same spirit of experimentation and artistic exploration that has always inspired our own approach to Metal. We look forward to bringing this music across Europe and sharing these songs with you, night after night.”

A six-piece live unit, BEDSORE translate their dense, layered studio work into a kaleidoscopic stage experience—one built around the interplay of Hammond organ, Mellotron, synthesizers, and dual guitars, alongside the raw, destructive charge of their death metal core. The band has steadily built a live reputation through two prior European tours and appearances at Chaos Descends Festival, Incineration Festival, Kill-Town Death Fest, Courts of Chaos Festival, Frantic Festival, and Metalitalia Festival.

The tour marks Bedsore’s first run of dates since joining Season of Mist and unfolds as the band is deep in work on their forthcoming album for the label; the follow-up to 2024’s Dreaming the Strife for Love, released via 20 Buck Spin.

IN THE RUINS – XXMMVI TOUR DATES:

19 October: Kortrijk, BE @ DVG Club
20 October: Utrecht, NL @ dB’s
21 October: Paris, FR @ Glazart
22 October: Dordrecht, NL @ Bibelot
23 October: Hamburg, DE @ Bambi Galore
24 October: Berlin, DE @ ORWOhaus
25 October: Mörlenbach, DE @ Live Music Hall Weiher
26 October: Martigny, CH @ Sunset
27 October: Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
28 October: Krakow, PL @ Zaścianek
29 October: Warsaw, PL @ Voodoo Club

From the Eternal City, BEDSORE are like a wounded dream pulsing in darkness, an aural oracle shaping, at times, the Agitation and the Sublime.

Since 2018, the act has quickly emerged from the Italian underground with a distinct synthesis of extreme metal, 1970s progressive rock heritage, and cinematic horror atmospheres, withdrawing a sound at once baroque and primeval, oneiric and violent.

Their debut Hypnagogic Hallucinations (2020, 20 Buck Spin), revealed Bedsore’s fascination with the intersection of such contrasted elements, earning attention for their brave blend, which they further explored on their 2022 split with Mortal Incarnation.

With Dreaming the Strife for Love (2024, 20 Buck Spin), Bedsore elevated their formula into a shape that once and for all defies any definition, suspended between Renaissance mysticism and metal catharsis, where a layered musical masquerade plays amid graceful passages and howls of blood and fever. Inspired by the enigmatic 15th-century book Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, the album merged an everlasting metal foundation with prominent progressive constructions, unfolding as a hero’s journey where love contends with decay, where matter dissolves into dreams, and fears walk beside ecstasy. Bedsore weaved a variegated sonic architecture, shifting from biting riffs and screams to tender soaring melodies and hybrid orchestral-like instrumentation. The sinuous structures of the tracks, their dynamic tempo changes and the aerial acoustic interludes, mirror the dreamlike odyssey of Poliphilo’s voyage by constantly alternating between tension and release, chaos and harmony.

This year, Bedsore proudly joined the prestigious roster of Season of Mist, opening a new phase in their artistic path. This step prepares the ground for their forthcoming album, promising to expand their sound into even richer and more daring territories.

Like so many of their Italian brethren from Goblin and Devil Doll, to Death SS and Black Hole, Bedsore continue to pursue their uncompromising vision, now in a renovated vest, and performing as a six-piece to achieve a more powerful live dynamic and timbrel palette.

Bedsore already have two European tours and appearances at eminent international festivals like Chaos Descends Festival, Incineration Festival, Kill-Town Death Fest, Courts of Chaos Festival, Frantic Festival and Metalitalia Festival under their belts. The band’s live appearances aim to convey their musical kaleidoscopic frame into a unique visual and aural experience that’s all-encompassing for both the audience and the musicians.

So, brace yourself! Bedsore’s journey is just at its beginning, and the future promises even greater sonic heights.

Lineup:
Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe — Vocals, Electric Guitar, 12-String Guitar
Stefano Allegretti — Hammond Organ, Mellotron, String Machine
Ruben Palma — Bass
Luca Tiraterra — Drums
Alessandro De Falco — Electric Guitar
Samuele Cima — Synthesizers

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THE DAMN TRUTH Sign with Frontiers Music & Announce Deluxe Edition of Self-Titled Album

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Following the success of their critically acclaimed, JUNO Award-nominated self-titled album, The Damn Truth are thrilled to be joining the Frontiers Music family as the label prepares the worldwide release of The Damn Truth Deluxe Edition with bonus track on September 11, 2026. Pre-order the album HERE.

To celebrate the announcement, the band will release a 2026 remastered version of “The Willow” (2026) as the focus single from the Deluxe Edition campaign on Friday June 12.

Originally featured on the band’s critically acclaimed self-titled album, produced by legendary Grammy Award-winning producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, The Offspring), the track launches an exciting new chapter as The Damn Truth prepare to bring the album to a worldwide audience through its first global physical release.

The album will be released in 4 different vinyl colours including black vinyl, coke bottle clear vinyl, gold vinyl, and red & white splatter vinyl, which can be pre-ordered HERE.

Originally released in 2025, The Damn Truth marked a defining moment in the band’s career. Produced by Bob Rock, the self-titled album showcased a band operating at the height of its creative powers, blending timeless rock and roll, blues-infused swagger, powerful songwriting, and the unmistakable voice of frontwoman Lee-la Baum.

Atmospheric, powerful, and deeply emotive, “The Willow” has become a fan favourite since the album’s release. Showcasing the band’s ability to balance raw rock energy with vulnerability and soul, the song captures the spirit of a band that has spent more than a decade forging its own path through relentless touring, unwavering determination and a fierce commitment to authentic rock and roll.

Like the solitary tree depicted on its striking artwork,”The Willow” is a song about endurance. Rooted deeply yet constantly moving with the wind, it reflects the journey of a band that has never stopped believing in its vision, while building a growing international audience one stage at a time.

“THE DAMN TRUTH” – DELUXE EDITION
TRACK LISTING

1. Be Somebody
2. I Just Gotta Let You Know
3. Love Outta Luck
4. If I Don’t Make It Home
5. Better This Way
6. Mirror Mirror
7. All Night Long
8. The Willow
9. Addicted
10. Killer Whale
11. The Dying Dove
12. Be Somebody – Live at Hotel2Tango (Bonus Track)

Speaking about the album and this next chapter, the band said:

When we began writing what would become our self-titled album, The Damn Truth, we knew there was only one way forward: to dig deeper than we’d ever gone before. Not because anyone expected it of us, but because there was a fire burning in this band a hunger to create something honest, something powerful, something that would move us as much as the records that shaped our lives.

Bringing Bob Rock into the fold took that vision to another level. There was something truly magical in the air during those sessions, an energy that’s hard to explain and impossible to manufacture. We weren’t just making a record we were chasing a feeling, capturing moments that felt bigger than ourselves and committing them to tape.

What happened next was beyond anything we could have imagined. Watching these songs find their way into your lives has been the greatest reward we’ve ever known as artists. Time and again, we’ve heard your stories, your interpretations, and the deeply personal connections you’ve forged with this music. That’s the real magic of rock & roll. Once the songs leave our hands, they belong to all of us.

It’s been an incredible journey so far, and yet we’ve only just begun! We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Frontiers Music and the worldwide release of The Damn Truth Deluxe Edition. Featuring a bonus tracks and new surprises, this marks our first global release with Frontiers and a chance to bring these songs to an even wider audience around the world.

To celebrate, we’ll be hitting the road for an extensive UK and European tour, including select dates this fall alongside the legendary band Europe. We can’t wait to share these nights with you – SEE YOU OUT THERE!

As The Damn Truth prepares to launch their next chapter with Frontiers Music, the band are also gearing up for their busiest period of touring yet.

With more than 40 headline, festival and special guest appearances scheduled between June and October, the run includes appearances at Azkena Rock Festival, Stonedead Festival and FESTIMUSIK, as well as selected dates alongside rock legends Europe on their “The Final Countdown” 40th Anniversary Tour.

THE DAMN TRUTH – 2026 TOUR DATES

TICKETS: WWW.THEDAMNTRUTH.COM

June 2026
13 Jun – Pessac, France
16 Jun – Marseille, France
19 Jun – Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
21 Jun – Barberaz, France
22 Jun – Kloten, Switzerland
23 Jun – Rimsting, Germany
25 Jun – Elfer Music Club, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
26 Jun – Lulboompop, Megen, Netherlands
27 Jun – Helmond, Netherlands
30 Jun – Verviers, Belgium

July 2026
01 Jul – Hagen, Hagen am Teutoburger Wald, Germany
02 Jul – Pitcher, Düsseldorf, Germany
03 Jul – Oss, Netherlands
04 Jul – Nieuwe Pekela, Netherlands
05 Jul – Arnhem, Netherlands
08 Jul – De Blaaspijp, Koekelare, Belgium
09 Jul – Mezz, Breda, Netherlands
10 Jul – Evenemententerrein Weert-Noord, Weert, Netherlands
11 Jul – Bilzen, Belgium
14 Jul – Pordenone, Italy
16 Jul – Castelnuovo Rangone, Italy
17 Jul – Erba, Italy
18 Jul – Ferriere, Ponte Del Nure, Italy

August 2026
07 Aug – Mont-Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, QC, Canada
08 Aug – FESTIMUSIK, Stanstead, QC, Canada
22 Aug – Lost & Sound Festival, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, ON, Canada
28 Aug – The Live Rooms, Chester, UK
29 Aug – Stonedead Festival, Newark, UK
30 Aug – Nightrain, Bradford, UK


September 2026
01 Sep – The Globe, Cardiff, UK
02 Sep – Cavern, Exeter, UK
03 Sep – The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK
04 Sep – Bear Cave, Bournemouth, UK
06 Sep – The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool, UK

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN – 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
Featuring Special Guests: THE DAMN TRUTH
30 September – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo, UK
2 October – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall, UK
3 October – London, Eventim Apollo, UK
5 October – Arnhem, Musis Sacrum, Netherlands
6 October – Paris, L’Olympia, France
8 October – Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, Spain
9 October – Bilbao, Arena Miribilla, Spain
10 October – Madrid, La Cubierta, Spain
12 October – Lausanne, Salle Métropole, Switzerland
13 October – Zurich, Volkshaus, Switzerland
14 October – Milan, Alcatraz, Italy
16 October – Stuttgart, Liederhalle, Germany
17 October – Vienna, Gasometer, Austria
19 October – Berlin, Admiralspalast, Germany
20 October – Warsaw, COS Torwar, Poland
22 October – Frederiksberg, Falconer Salen, Denmark
23 October – Gothenburg, Sweden
24 October – Stockholm, Sweden
26 October – Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Norway

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PAUL GILBERT Releases 35th Anniversary of ‘Tribute to Jimi Hendrix’ – Available Digitally for the Very First Time

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Paul Gilbert re-releases his 1991 album Tribute to Jimi Hendrix via Music Theories Recordings / Artone Label Group – celebrating its 35th Anniversary, it becomes officially available digitally for the first time.

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Listen to Gilbert’s take on ‘Highway Chile.’ Talking about the song, he says, “When I was 5 years old, my uncle Jimi Kidd insisted that I buy the “War Heroes” album by Jimi Hendrix. I dutifully bought it, and “Highway Chile” quickly became one of my favorite songs.”

Check out Gilbert’s interpretation of ‘Highway Chile’ HERE
 
It’s the album that almost never was, or never should have been. Picture the scene, it’s 2 June 1991 and Paul Gilbert was invited to the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Germany to trade a few solos with Albert Collins, who was headlining the festival.
 
At the time Gilbert was riding high with Mr Big and Lean Into It had not long been released. “I was already in Europe, finishing up a Mr. Big tour, so the travel would be easy. I said, “Yes!,” Gilbert says.
 
However, shortly after arriving at the venue, Gilbert learned that Collins had suffered a sudden health issue and would be unable to perform. “The promoter was panicking and asked me to be the headlining act instead,” Gilbert says. “I didn’t have a band with me. And I didn’t have any solo material prepared.”
 
The promoter quickly assembled a backing band using the bassist and drummer from Ten Years After, the group led by Alvin Lee, who were also appearing at the festival. 

It was only hours before showtime. “The only thing I could think to do was to quickly rehearse some Jimi Hendrix songs and make the solos long enough to fill up a whole set. I told the promoter, “We only have time to learn 5 songs, so I’m going to have to play REALLY LONG SOLOS.” The promoter said, “It’s a jazz festival! That will be great!” 
 
So the band and Paul jumped into rehearsal, and a couple hours later, did the show with scorching renditions of ‘Red House.’ ‘Hey Joe,’ ‘Highway Chile,’ ‘Midnight’ and ‘Purple Haze’ – “It turned out great,” he says. “I don’t think I’ve ever played such long solos in my life!”

Track listing
1. Red House
2. Hey Joe
3. Highway Chile
4. Midnight
5. Purple Haze

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