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The second compilation album by legendary British Pop/Glam Rock band.
Released in April 1977, it contains all eight of the band's Singles up to that date. All but one of the tracks ("Back to Bradford") were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.
The album was a commercial success throughout Europe. It reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart, spending five months there and ultimately gaining a Silver status in Britain. The record topped the charts in several European countries, including Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Norway.
Glossy laminated cover.
RAK Records Ltd./EMI Records Ltd., 1977 (SRAK 526 | OC 062 - 98 751). Made in UK. First press Used (cover/disc): EX+/VG+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone 4:07
2. Something´s Been Making Me Blue 3:00
3. If You Think You Know How To Love Me 3:26
4. Pass It Around 3:07
5. I'll Meet You At Midnight 3:16

Side Two
1. Living Next Door To Alice 3:27
2. Changing All The Time 3:24
3. Don't Play Your Rock´n Roll To Me 3:17
4. Back To Bradford 2:42
5. Wild Wild Angels 3:36

Total playing time: 33:22 min.

The Soviet Edition of the second compilation album by legendary British Pop/Glam Rock band.
Released in April 1977, it contains all eight of the band's Singles up to that date. All but one of the tracks ("Back to Bradford") were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.
The album was a commercial success throughout Europe. It reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart, spending five months there and ultimately gaining a Silver status in Britain. The record topped the charts in several European countries, including Germany, Austria, Sweden, and Norway.
Melodija, 1977/1986 (C 60-14413-14). Made in USSR. Used (cover/disc): VG+/NM.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone 4:07
2. Something´s Been Making Me Blue 3:00
3. If You Think You Know How To Love Me 3:26
4. Pass It Around 3:07
5. I'll Meet You At Midnight 3:16

Side Two
1. Living Next Door To Alice 3:27
2. Changing All The Time 3:24
3. Don't Play Your Rock´n Roll To Me 3:17
4. Back To Bradford 2:42
5. Wild Wild Angels 3:36

Total playing time: 33:22 min.

The first re-release with original name and the third re-release at all of a compilation album by legendary British Pop/Glam Rock band.
Originally released in 2003 in Europe and South Africa as “The Best Of”, it was re-released in 2007 in Germany as “Hit Collection”, and in 2008 in Europe as “Greatest Hits” and as “Collections” in Europe and South Africa same year.
Besides of Smokie tracks, the compilation also includes Hit Single “Stumblin' In” by Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro.
BMG UK & Ireland Ltd./Sony Music Entertainment Czech Republic s.r.o., 2003/2009 (8869745570225). Made in Czech.


Tracklist:
1. If You Think You Know How To Love Me 3:27
2. Living Next Door To Alice 3:29
3. Don't Play Your Rock'n'Roll To Me 3:19
4. I'll Meet You At Midnight 3:17
5. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone 4:06
6. Oh Carol 3:41
7. Talking Her 'Round 2:40
8. Wild Wild Angels 3:57
9. Back To Bradford 2:44
10. Something's Been Making Me Blue 3:02
11. I Can't Stay Here Tonight 4:08
12. For A Few Dollars More 3:35
13. Baby It's You 3:51
14. Needles And Pins 2:45
15. It's Your Life 3:35
16. Mexican Girl 3:59
17. In The Heat Of The Night 3:48
18. Stumblin' In (Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro) 3:58
Total playing time: 64:21 min.

The fifth full-length studio album by legendary British Pop/Glam Rock band.
Released in 1978, the album was recorded primarily at Mountain Studios in Montreux (hence the album's title) between 6 and 24 February 1978, and it was the band's last album to be made in partnership with Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.
RAK Records Ltd./EMI Electrola GmbH, 1978 (1C 064-61 505). Made in Germany. First press. OIS.

Tracklist:

Side One
1. The Girl Can't Help It 3:48
2. Power Of Love 1:56
3. No More Letters 3:30
4. Mexican Girl 4:00
5. You Took Me By Surprise 3:40

Side Two
1. Oh Carol 3:42    
2. Liverpool Docks 2:58
3. Light Up My Life 4:27
4. Petesey's Song 2:50
5. For A Few Dollars More 3:37

Total playing time: 34:28 min.

The fourth compilation album by legendary British Pop/Glam Rock band.
Rak Publishing Ltd./EMI Records Ltd., 1980 (SRAK 540). Made in UK. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX/VG+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Oh Carol 
2. Living Next Door To Alice 
3. It's Your Life 
4. If You Think You Know How To Love Me 
5. For A Few Dollars More 
6. Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone 
7. Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll To Me


Side Two
1. Something's Been Making Me Blue
2. Needles And Pins
3. Mexican Girl
4. Wild Wild Angels 
5. Run To Me
6. I'll Meet You At Midnight 
7. Take Good Care Of My Baby

The debut single by Ukrainian Hard Rock/Stoner Metal band.
Powerful riffs, relentless rhythm, piercing vocals, virtuosic solos - this is what you will hear in “Paradise Lost”.
The single was created in the wake of the impressions of Metal music of the 1980’s with the notable inclusions of Modern Metal.
 A huge influence on writing of the song had Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, and Paradise Lost!
Metal Scrap Records, 2016 (MSR130/DT).
 

Tracklist:
1. Paradise Lost 05:46
Total playing time: 05:46 min.
 

Second full-length album by Greek Melodic Heavy/Power Metal band.
With Snowblind, Mike G. (ex-Nighfall guitarist) shown his intentions to try another kind of craftmanship. In specific: Mike's voice is 'smoky', passionate and limited to a normal 'pitch'. He does sound narrative from time to time, while lovers of frontmen like e.g. Rhett Forrester (Riot - R.I.P.), Jay C. Blade (Oz), Mike Scalzi (Slough Feg) and Ronald Van Prooien (Picture) will applaud with delight and followers of Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost) will also find enough interest. The guitars' presence is typical for the genre, with simple yet ample riffs endorsed by 'roving' solos (some fine leads - referring to Iron Maiden and British Metal - included, too).
Must for all fans of Heavy and Power Metal!!
Sleaszy Rider, 2001 (SR-0001). Made in Greece. First press.


Tracklist:
1.For all the Tears 05:55
2.Winter of Souls 04:15
3.Eternity 05:11
4.Forever Sucking Snakes 03:19
5.Alone 03:46
6.Rest in Peace 06:22
7.They Think 04:18
8.Like there is No Tomorrow 04:58
9.World's Destruction 03:20
10.Walking All Over You 03:26
11.Fool Enough (To Fall in Love with You) 04:17
Total playing time: 49:07

The third full-length album by the Greek Heavy/Power Metal band.
Mike Galiatsos (ex-Nightfall guitarist) and company are back with their most mature and melodic album so far, a pure Heavy Metal manifest!
Very good tunes applicable for the 80s Metal maniacs that feel the urge to 'travel' from time to time.
Check it out, you won’t get disappointed!!
Sleaszy Rider Rec., 2006 (SR-0053). Made in Greece. First press. Please note: although the CD is new and has never been played there are light visual shabby on the disc surface (happened during transit) that will not affect the sound quality.


Tracklist:
1.A World Full of Lies 04:03
2.Load Your Guns 03:41
3.Last Time 05:15
4.Falling 03:26
5.Forever Like One 04:00
6.The Smile of Death 03:50
7.Fightin' the Gods 04:16
8.My Heart is Black 01:40
9.Immortal War 05:33
10.Betrayers All Around 04:19
11.Money in Your Grave 05:08
12.Facing the Sky 03:27
13.Hell of the War 03:42
Total playing time: 52:20

Debut full-length album from Italian Gothic Metal/Rock band.
Another amazing debut! These Italians rockers take in their music more passion and many melodies! Gothic Metal at it best!
For fans of Charon, To/Die/For, Paradise Lost, Sentenced, Amorphis and Katatonia!!
Sleaszy Rider Records, 2008 (SR-0083). Made in Greece. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Black Harmony 04:13
2. The Deceiver 06:01
3. Disappeared 05:07
4. Alison 04:26
5. Kiss the Scythe 04:12
6. Rain 04:33
7. Gone With the Storm 05:22
8. My Own Prison 04:52
9. For the One 05:31
Total playing time: 44:17

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Second full-length album by American Industrial Metal band.
Preaching the kind of hedonistic lifestyle lesser mortals can only dream of, Society 1 weave Industrial Metal with a slight Gothic edge on this their second full length. All of Matt Zane's diverse life experience - the sex, the lies and the videotape - have gone into making 'Exit Through Fear' the confrontational beast it is. If you’re unsure about taking the plunge, just imagine the kind of music a guy would make when his average day involving screwing porn chicks and sticking large meat hooks through his back in the name of excess. Join up or wimp out!
CD includes censored video "Nothing." The line-up features musicians from Rob Zombie.
Earache Records, 2003 (MOSH 269CD). Made in USA. 


Tracklist:
1. Nothing 02:49
2. Fornicate 01:42
3. All You Want 02:56
4. Everyone Dies (Rock Stars Don't Count) 03:32
5. Hate 02:50
6. No One 02:45
7. Me 04:12
8. Kill Myself 03:28
9. I Don't Care 03:06
10. Lie 03:08
Total playing time: 30:28 min.

The twelfth full-length album by legendary German Thrash Metal band.
The first album to include the original Sodom line-up since 1985. It marks return appearances by the band's original drummer Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter) and guitarist Josef Peppi Dominic (a.k.a. Grave Violator), both of whom were featured on the original 1984 EP, “In The Sign Of Evil”.
The album features re-recorded versions of tracks from classic first EP, “In The Sign Of Evil”, as well as seven songs originally written for "In The Sign Of Evil", but not recorded due to the label's inability to pay for studio time. That's why "In The Sign Of Evil" was released as an EP rather than a full-length LP. The plan was to make the complete album, like it should have done back in 1984.
On "The Final Sign Of Evil", Sodom revisits early material without trying to update it either technologically or stylistically. Recorded 23 years after "In The Sign Of Evil", this 49-minute CD envisions what that EP would have sounded like as a full-length album back in 1984. The production on "The Final Sign Of Evil" has a muddy, demo-ish quality, which is by design; "The Final Sign Of Evil" faithfully re-creates the raw, garage-like, Punk-drenched spirit of "In The Sign Of Evil", but with 12 songs instead of five. Some of the tunes are excellent, while others are merely decent. But, regardless of the fact that "The Final Sign Of Evil" is mildly uneven, this is an important release for Metal historians.
Sodom was one of Europe's early Thrash Metal bands, and their willingness to bring ultra-dark subject matter to a Metal/Punk hybrid helped pave the way for Death Metal and Black Metal. Serious Thrash collectors will welcome this release. This is a great album and highly recommended to fans of the band's early work!
Steamhammer/SPV, 2007 (SPV 98502 CD). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. The Sin of Sodom 05:41
2. Blasphemer 03:20
3. Bloody Corpse 03:56
4. Witching Metal 03:38
5. Sons of Hell 04:22
6. Burst Command 'Til War 02:29
7. Where Angels Die 04:47
8. Sepulchral Voice 04:36
9. Hatred of The Gods 03:14
10. Ashes To Ashes 04:22
11. Outbreak of Evil 03:22
12. Defloration 03:52
Total playing time: 49:41 min.



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The fourteenth full-length album by legendary German Thrash Metal band.
On their fourteenth platter, Sodom continue to deliver their battle-tested (and themed) Thrash lunacy. A good description of Sodom’s sound would be the clean sound of Ride The Lightning-era Metallica with the angriness of pre-1991 Megadeth. That’s simply a recipe for greatness. So, with "Epitome Of Torture", one can clearly say that this is Sodom in their most destructive, meanest, fastest and furious forms to date. 
Kicking off with a grand Thrash number, "My Final Bullet", the album gets a perfect start with a dulcet clean melody, which turns, into the main riff that a Thrash Metal fan will simply adore. The song is loaded with guitar harmonies and melodic sections, and at the same time delivers total no nonsense Thrash Metal with its cult up-tempo verse riff. The album enters into its mosh-prone zone with the tracks "S.O.D.O.M", "Epitome of Torture" and "Stigmatized". These songs are no doubt among the best works of Sodom. 
The album takes a very peculiar bounce with the track "Cannibal". It has a sort of melodic and groovy touch to it and the riffs are very progressive in nature. It’s a very different approach taken by Sodom, and certainly not a bad one. "Shoot Today Kill Tomorrow" and "Katjuschka" bring us back to pure Teutonic Thrash mode with the aggression-laden progressions that they offer throughout, whereas "Into The Skies Of War" gives us the 80’s Hard Rock sound with the brilliant guitar riffs that it offers. "Into The Skies Of War", being a radio-friendly track, offers us kickass main riff and a pretty catchy chorus. Tom seems to be at his best with simply awesome vocal delivery. From laying the words on the music to a tremendous voice texture to covering a good range, his performance has been ace. 
"Invokating The Demons" is a melodic track which carries a Heavy/Power Metal-ish essense and "Tracing The Victim" consists of low-tempo paced progressions which possess strong modern sounding melodic punches. 
The album has many dimensions; most of the tracks stick to the trademark Sodom sound, ending up being a treat for the fans while many tracks have something very new to offer. The highlight of this album is clearly the maniacal guitar work along with Thrash-style vocals that fit the music perfectly. This is an extremely guitar-oriented album, if there ever was one. Sodom is a band that have never been too proud or overconfident. They have always followed a pragmatic approach, and that is what makes them good! This is yet another slab of righteous, riotous Thrash Metal with tons of hooks, and it demands the horns be raised high in homage. And yes, those Germans are still around and are still releasing devastating stuff!!
Steamhammer/SPV/Vectorscoope, 2013 (SPV 260562 CD). Made in Mexico.


Tracklist:
1. My Final Bullet 4:40 
2. S.O.D.O.M. 3:46 
3. Epitome Of Torture 3:31 
4. Stigmatized 2:56 
5. Cannibal 4:19 
6. Shoot Today - Kill Tomorrow 4:01 
7. Invocating The Demons 4:25 
8. Katjuscha 3:43 
9. Into The Skies Of War 3:51 
10. Tracing The Victim 4:47
Total playing time: 39:59 min.

The debut full-length album by Swedish Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal band.
Soijl is a special project established by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Mattias Svensson (Saturnus, Istapp, Vanmakt, Nidrike) many years ago. However, only in late 2014 the band started recording the official 3-song demo. The songs received positive response among fans of Doom music and the band continued to work with enthusiasm over the other tracks.
"Endless Elysian Fields" contains seven songs lasting for a total of about an hour and stylistically tending to Atmospheric Doom Death Metal. According to the band members, these are "7 tracks full of total despair and fear", as the lyrics of the album tell mostly about people with suicidal tendencies and what is going on in their heads.
In terms of Doom Metal this is huge praise for this fairly new band, this album contains everything a Doom album should have: aggression, sweeping melodies, obscurity and passion. Every song showcases this to the absolute best of their ability.
One of the best examples of this work is the track “Swan Song”; this aggressive yet majestic track seems very pertinent for the animal in the title since we all know swans are graceful yet vicious. This song contains sombre guitar riffs, mesmerising choirs and a dominant growl that does more than show us who is in control. Another great example is the concluding track “The Shattering”; it again demonstrates the elegant yet destructive music; it’s beautiful and majestic yet hard hitting.
SOIJL are further proof that aggressive and elegant can be used to describe something incredibly spectacular. A spellbinding masterpiece from an ingenious band that every Metalhead should listen to!!
The disc comes with a luxurious 20-page booklet.
Solitude Productions, 2015 (SP. 109-15). Made in Russia. First press. Golden disc.


Tracklist:
1. Endless Elysian Fields 07:43
2. Dying Kinship 08:05
3. Swan Song 07:28
4. The Formation of a Black Nightsky 07:21
5. Drifter, Trickster 08:14
6. The Cosmic Cold 09:16
7. The Shattering 09:14
Total playing time: 57:21


Samples: https://soundcloud.com
https://soijl.bandcamp.com

The debut full-length studio album by Australian Progressive Metal/Rock band.
Solace In Exile show enormous potential, with their stylistic Progressive Metal and intricate musicianship shining through under the direction of bass guitarist and lead songwriter Mike Lambeth. 
"New Acquaintances… And Absent Friends" sounds influenced by Soundgarden, Anthrax, Disturbed, Black Sabbath and more. The songs on "New Acquaintances…" range in style from Ayreon-style [rogressive exploration (“The Jigsaw Conspiracy”) through to Anthrax-inspired riffing (“Justified”) and even a touch of Faith No More’s spiky, bass-led belligerence (“Insinuate”). 
After being number One on the Reverbnation’s Metal Charts, Solace In Exile are currently in the studio recording their new album, described as “Heavier, Faster And Darker”.
CD includes 32-page booklet.
Captain Karma Records, 2015. Made in Australia. First press.


Tracklist:
1. The Jigsaw Conspiracy 04:32
2. Justified 04:18
3. Louis Cypher 06:16
4. Insinuate 04:25
5. Hypocrite 04:56
6. The Gift 05:42
7. 2501 02:40
8. Mental Divergence pt1 02:54
9. Mental Divergence pt2 04:57
10. The Cassandra Syndrome 05:42
11. Giant of Light 04:21
12. Solace 03:15
13. New Acquaintances ... and Absent Friends 06:28
14. Slaughtered 05:26
15. Temptation 05:28
Total playing time: 71:22 min.


Samples: https://solaceinexile.bandcamp.com

Split release by two Italian Ambient/Depressive Black Metal bands.
One of the most brutal winters ever on record has spawned yet another co-release from Metallic Media & Black Plague Records. "De Miseria Humanae Conditionis" features 2 of the newest & most innovative Depressive Black Metal/Ambient bands to come along in awhile: Solitude Project & Vita Odiosa.
Prepare to be transported through a swirling vortex of unending sorrow, sadness & suicide...
Metallic Media/Black Plague Records, 2014 (BPR030 / METALLIC 024). Made in USA. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Solitude Project - My Veins Are Crying 03:28
2. Solitude Project - Forever Sweet Dreams 07:15
3. Solitude Project - Pioggia D'Estate 07:01
4. Vita Odiosa - Nihil Me Mulcere Potest 29:33
Total playing time: 47:17


Samples:  https://solitudeproject.bandcamp.com

The debut studio mini-album by russian Symphonic Power Metal band.
Female fronted Symphonic Metal with Russian lyrics.
The band founded in 2010 in Smolensk.
The singer of the band, Victoriel Filth, is professional soprano singer.
Recommended for fans of earlier Nightwish and Edenbridge!
Musica Procuction, 2016 (MP-74). Made in Russia. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Intro 0:59
2. Цена Открытий 4:12
3. Магия Мечты 3:45
4. Грёзы Моря 3:50
5. Вечность 4:12
6. За Горизонт 4:41
7. Баллада Потерянной Души 3:57
Total playing time: 25:42 min.

The sixth full-length studio album by cult Icelandic Post Metal band.
Sólstafir are not like any other band, and their sixth album underscores this statement.
As its title "a dreamer of forthcoming events" aptly describes, the four Icelanders have taken their already impressive evolution one step further. The band has continued to amalgamate haunting melodies, Psychedelic phases, as well as strong undercurrents of Classic Rock and Hard Rock with echoes of their Metal past.
Yet Sólstafir's focus is not on style but pure emotion. "Berdreyminn" is eclectic by a conscious choice to make feelings audible and transform taste as well as texture to sound. Genre borders are not broken, but simply ignored. Musical influences are gathered from a wide range of sources, re-arranged, and woven into new patterns.
Melancholy, longing, anger, joy, pleasure, pain, and other emotions are fuelling & fulling this album.
Season Of Mist, 2017 (SOM 412LP). Made in France. 


Tracklist:

A.
1. Silfurrefur 6:54
2. Ísafold 4:59
B.
3. Hula 7:07
4. Nárós 7:23
Running time: 26:23 min.

C.
1. Hvít Sæng 7:22    
2. Dýrafjörður 7:31
D.
3. Ambátt 8:08
4. Bláfjall 8:00
Running time: 31:01 min.

Total playing time: 57:24 min.



Samples: https://solstafir.bandcamp.com

The sixth full-length studio album by cult Icelandic Post Metal band.
Sólstafir are not like any other band, and their sixth album underscores this statement.
As its title "a dreamer of forthcoming events" aptly describes, the four Icelanders have taken their already impressive evolution one step further. The band has continued to amalgamate haunting melodies, Psychedelic phases, as well as strong undercurrents of Classic Rock and Hard Rock with echoes of their Metal past.
Yet Sólstafir's focus is not on style but pure emotion. "Berdreyminn" is eclectic by a conscious choice to make feelings audible and transform taste as well as texture to sound. Genre borders are not broken, but simply ignored. Musical influences are gathered from a wide range of sources, re-arranged, and woven into new patterns.
Melancholy, longing, anger, joy, pleasure, pain, and other emotions are fuelling & fulling this album.
Season Of Mist, 2017 (SOM 412D). Made in France. Pressed in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Silfurrefur 6:54
2. Ísafold 4:59
3. Hula 7:07
4. Nárós 7:23
5. Hvít Sæng 7:22    
6. Dýrafjörður 7:31
7. Ambátt 8:08
8. Bláfjall 8:00
Total playing time: 57:24 min.


Samples: https://solstafir.bandcamp.com

The seventh full-length studio album by cult Icelandic Post Metal band.
Music will always be inspired by the environment in which it is created. With its incredible array of highly diverse landscapes ranging from white glaciers via volcanic bizarreness, moss-green bubble-fields, deep fjords, and frost-cracked mountains to black beaches, Iceland has shaped a host of astonishingly original in Sólstafir.
More than ever, "Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love" highlights the contrasting influences that have inspired the band over the years. Whether you’re listening to the Black Metal infused “Dionysus”, “Her Fall From Grace”, the gracious song “Til Modar” or a straightforward masterpiece “Akkeri”, the Icelanders have mastered all these elements and blended it seamlessly into one record.
Sólstafir music penetrates the mind, body, and soul. One does not need to speak their Icelandic tongue to understand the spectrum of raw emotion evoked by every song. "Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love" further solidifies the Icelandic Rock giants’ place as masters of their craft, delivering their signature elegance and unbridled passion upon which they've built their career. While a clear evolution, Sólstafir also pays homage to their Metallic roots. Much like the vast expanse of their homeland, the band once again embodies the ever-turning wheel of the four seasons with their shifting light and darkness.
Metal Hammer named "Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love" the 34th best Metal album of 2020.
CD comes with 20-page booklet, housed in nice digipak.
Season Of Mist, 2020 (SOM 572D). Made in France. Pressed in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Akkeri 10:10
2. Drýsill 8:52
3. Rökkur 7:06
4. Her Fall From Grace 6:36
5. Dionysus 5:31
6. Til Moldar 4:29
7. Alda Syndanna 4:30
8. Ör 6:58
9. Úlfur 8:49
Total playing time: 63:01 min.


Samples: https://solstafir.bandcamp.com

Debut full-length album by Swedish Melodic Death/Thrash Metal band.
Tough Metal which have as their biggest advantage a singer which can be heard really good in front of the tough Metal!
11 songs which holds really high class and Somber feels like a band for the future!!
Suicide Records, 2008 (SR003). Made in Sweden. Pressed in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Black Machine     02:49
2. A Thousand Rivers of Gasoline     03:46 
3. Last to Fall     03:52
4. Havoc and Empty Holes     03:10
5. Fragments     01:25
6. Red Wine     02:53
7. The Devils Own     03:05 
8. Breathed Upon     03:37
9. Grace the Ignorant     03:13
10. A Machine Corrored     04:36 
11. Whiskey and Brew     03:31
Total playing time: 35:57