“Performocracy”, the fourth album from Swedish hard rockers THE POODLES, has entered the official chart in the band’s home country at position No. 1. Released on April 15 in Europe (May 5 in North America) via Frontiers Records, the CD was again produced by Mats Valentin, but this time Tobias Lindell (EUROPE, MUSTASCH) mixed the 12 outstanding tracks that make up the effort.
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“Hisingen Blues”, the second full-length album from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based psychedelic doom rock band GRAVEYARD, has entered the official chart in the group’s home country at position No. 1. The CD, which will be released in North America on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records, was produced, recorded, and mixed in 100 percent analog by Don Alsterberg (JOSÉ GONZALES, JUNIP, SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY) at Don Pierre Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The band shares details about the album artist, Ulf Lundén: “We wanted a cover that wasn’t your average rock/metal cover, and our friend Ulf Lundén was just the right guy to do it. We had seen his work for his own band, BOMBUS, and we knew he had a wild imagination. So we just let him loose. He put us up against the green screen, took his photos and that was that. A couple of weeks later, he showed us what he had done. We were astonished by his work, a perfectionist indeed. We got what we asked for, a cover that isn’t average. Rich with details, swamp/jungle feeling, weirdness and a lurking evil feel to it.”
A limited-edition seven-inch picture disc of the title track, “Hisingen Blues”, backed with the exclusive vinyl track “Granny And Davis” and featuring different artwork was released through Nuclear Blast Germany’s mail-order on February 25 and was made available via Nuclear Blast USA’s webstore on March 15. This release is limited to 500 copies worldwide.
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Graveyard’s current headlining run:
06.04. FI Tampere – Klubi
07.04. FI Jyväskylä -Lutakka
08.04. FI Joensuu -Kerubi
09.04. FI Helsinki -Dom
15.04. DE Hamburg -Headcrash
16.04. DE Osnabrück -Kleine Freiheit
17.04. DE Wiesbaden -Schlachthof with Corrosion of conformity
18.04. DE München -59:1
19.04. DE Berlin -Comet
20.04. DE Stuttgart -1210
21.04. AT Vienna -Arena with Pentagram
22.04. IT Quero -Plettro Alt. Sound
23.04. CH Winterthur -Gaswerk
24.04. CH Olten -Coq D’or
27.04. GB London -Borderline
28.04. NL Tilburg -Batvace
29.04. FR Paris -L’international
05.05. SE Linköping -Herrgar’n
14.05. SE Örebro -TBA
19.05. SE Visby -Munkkällaren
27.05. SE Sundsvall -Aveny (upstairs)
“Unholy Cross”, the fourth album from Swedish melodic metallers BLOODBOUND, has entered the official chart in the band’s home country at position No. 50. The CD was released on March 18 via Germany’s AFM Records.
Commented the band: “‘Unholy Cross’ was a fun album to write and record and musically we wanted to go back and create the magic from the ‘Nosferatu’ album but with an updated 2011 production.
“The album cover made by Mark Wilkinson (IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST) is very symbolic for the band as it symbolizes the resurrection of BLOODBOUND. It shows our monster mascot, ‘Nossen’, rising from the dead. We as a band feel we’re resurrected as well, as we now have a stable lineup and we all like working together as a band unit.
“Unholy Cross” track listing:
01. Moria
02. Drop The Bomb
03. The Ones We Left Behind
04. Reflections Of Evil
05. In For The Kill
06. Together We Fight
07. The Dark Side Of Life
08. Brothers Of War
09. Message From Hell
10. In The Dead Of Night
11. Unholy Cross
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