CD

After 24 years, NIGHTINGALE's landmark third full-length, “I”, is now remastered by songwriter/frontman/producer Dan Swanö (Opeth, Katatonia, Oceans Of Slumber, etc.). First released in 2000, “I” features some of NIGHTINGALE’s most celebrated songs, including “Alonely”, “Scarred for Life”, “The Game” and “I Return”.

Returning from time apart to a world forever changed, dread-fuelled duo A SWARM OF THE SUN bring with them their fourth studio album, ‘An Empire’; its brooding, yet beautiful, melancholic narrative arc allows the band to dig ever deeper into desolation whilst a newfound lyrical focus adds a tenderness that is both harrowing and heartwarming at once.

With the early bones of forthcoming ‘An Empire’ tabled by events beyond their control in 2019, Erik and Jakob came together years later and scrapped them in favour of creating something entirely new; something distinctly different to break the cycle, defy categorisation and reflect the uncomfortable uncertainties of the times we now live in. The result is astounding; continuing the thread of narrative composition seen on ‘The Woods’, ‘An Empire’ is a six-track tale told in four distinct movements that are nothing short of devastating, from plaintive piano ballads to raw, full-band fury.

Limited CD with slipcase, sticker and bonus track.

Sepulchral Voice, 2 panel digipack, poster booklet

‘Burning in Celestial Poison‘ is not only a statement and lesson in audio-violence, it is a 44 minutes long manifest of radical DEATH Metal causing mental lacerations and chaos! A record supposed to shock, because of its ecstatic ruthlessness and massive fanatical malevolence, hovering deep below the compositions. It opens the doors to a world that is so unbelievable vast, that you risk to lose yourself in it, its depths defy exegesis. 4 curses are woven into 4 hymns of utter death-magic, which will lead you into the black abyss of the grand divine. The album was again produced by master Arthur Rizk, who cuts through all expectations with extraordinarily dense and destructive fidelity and production. ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ sounds like created with the magick, formulas, codes and keys of a world beyond.

With just four compilation tracks and one 7" EP issued in the early 1980s, Hollow Ground did have a rather low profile at the time of the original New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. However, their first and only single »Flying High« (issued on the collectable Guardian Records label) became an instant collector's item. Today copies with the scarce picture sleeve fetch rather insane prices. Before the release of the single Hollow Ground had recorded the four songs 'Rock On', 'Fight With The Devil', 'Flying High' and 'The Holy One' for the Guardian compilation album entitled »Roksnax«. Hollow Ground carried on to record more material (such as 'Promised Land', 'Easy Action', 'Rock To Love' and 'Loser') but an album deal was not on the cards. As a result singer Glenn Coates left to join local rivals Fist. As a result, Hollow Ground split up in mid-1981. With 21 songs the Hollow Ground anthology album on High Roller Records contains virtually everything the band has ever recorded professionally. In comparism to some of the more conservative-sounding New Wave Of British Heavy Metal acts at the time (for example Fist), Hollow Ground did show a lot of promise. Guitarist Martin Metcalf knows why: “I think we had a wider range of influences as opposed to just heavy bands, we took things from all over the rock spectrum. We were like sponges soaking everything up, from the funk of Aerosmith, the hard-rock of Montrose to the proginess of Rush.” The song 'Fight With The Devil' was chosen by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich for his »N.W.O.B.H.M. '79 Revisited« compilation released in 1990. Hollow Ground have recently played two re-union gigs: 2007 at Headbangers Open Air in Northern Germany and in late February 2014 at Newcastle's own Brofest.

All 14 songs on this compilation were recorded by the first line-up of DEATH SS which included Steve Sylvester on vocals, Paul Chain on guitar and keyboards, Claud Galley on rhythm guitar - Danny Hughes on bass and Tommy hand Chaste on drums From track 1 to track 7 are mostly unreleased home demo versions including the original intros They are therefore (apart from Terror) not the same versions that appeared on The Story of Death SS, bootleg released by Minotauro in 1987 From the 8th track onwards they are recorded in the studio and are therefore recorded at a higher levelExcept for songs 11 and 12 which are live versions, the only ones existing of that line-up (there was one with Santhis Ghoram on vocals, sung phonetically in 1984 and present on The Story or those remade by DEATH SS in 1995 with Steve Sylvester but played by other musicians, present on Horror Music) Another peculiarity is that this is the only disc that collects all the existing songs recorded by this line-up! Each track was then remastered and personally optimised by Steve Sylvester! The photos accompanying the artwork are all INEDITED and come from Steve Sylvester's private collection The front cover reproduces exactly that of the 1981 demo tape of the same name (only TWO copies exist)!