Linn Öberg - Jump

One of Britain's favorite Swedish has just released the video and soon she will support a music legend! Linn Öberg is a Singer Songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden.When Linn Öberg makes music she is inspired by Bon Iver and Leonard Cohen. This she present acoustically with just guitar, drums and vocal harmonies. With a melodic voice loaded with deep passion and darkness, and with an ability to touch the listener to your very souls. Should I pull...

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Kvelertak - Kvelertak

A new week and it's time to present this weeks "Record Of The Week".The six-piece punkrock band from Stavanger, Norway with the cool name "Kvelertak" The band formed in 2007. The group comprises vocalist Erlend Hjelvik, guitarists Vidar Landa, Bjarte Lund Rolland and Maciek Ofstad, bassist Marvin Nygaard and drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød. A band that is really frequented on this blog. Both the videos and live concerts where I have had the opportunity...

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Blue Öyster Cult - Hot Rails To Hell

Sunday, time for a classic and today's tune influenced by fellow Ace of Spades (Spader Ess) blog post about live albums. On Your Feet or on Your Knees is Blue Öyster Cult's first live album, released in early 1975. Each of the band's first three studio albums is represented by three songs each, two other songs are covers ("I Ain't Got You", albeit with modified lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") is an original instrumental...

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Scorpion Child - Polygon Of Eyes

Hooks: a musical idea or short riff, passage, or phrase that catches the ear of the listener. Some bands have ‘em, most don’t. Austin-based five-piece Scorpion Child have ‘em in spades. Whether it’s an extended blues jam or a short slice of bombastic heavy rock “The Child” lay a hook so tasty everyone bites.The Child, a band that plays hardrock and have all the classic ingredients to create a brilliant tune, where you, music listeners will dig into,...

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Vidunder - Into Her Grave

Vidunder is bluesy 70’s rock with a touch of garage, with influences deeply rooted in the early days of bluesy rock bands like Captain Beyond and Blue Cheer. The trio now joins Spiders, Horisont and Dean Allen Foyd, by releasing their debut album on Crusher Records. Vidunder from Malmö, a city in the south part of Sweden, features Martin Prim (vocals and guitar), Linus Larsson (bass) and Jens Rasmussen (drums). The band was formed in mid-2011 and...

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Michael Monroe - Ballad Of The Lower East Side

The Finnish rock musician and multi-instrumentalist Michael Monroe, who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23. and Jerusalem Slim (with Steve Stevens). Now he has finished the recording of the new solo album “Horns and Halos”, the album is set to release on August 23rd! The new album was recorded at Park Studios in Stockholm. The album’s first...

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Alice In Chains - Stone

The Seattle rockers Alice In Chains has just released "Stone" a new single from "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" which is their upcoming fifth studio album. It is expected to be released on May 28 2013, and will be Alice in Chains' second album since their 2005 reunion, following the 2009 release Black Gives Way to Blue.About the tune and the upcoming album, I say just as Jerry Cantrell said to Revolver magazine: "I don't think you'll be surprised...

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Black Star Riders - Bound For Glory

Tuesday, little worn out after two days at the Globe, nice to take it easy today, fixed some small things, painted a painting, has also managed to lain on the couch and listened to music, some lovely things such as Thin Lizzy Steve Wilson and Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Speaking of Thin Lizzy .... Black Star Riders is a rock band formed in December 2012, when members of the most recent line-up of Thin Lizzy decided to record new material, but chose...

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Ghost - Ghuleh / Zombie Queen

A new week, which means it's time to present this week's "Record of The Week". Sweden's Ghost (Ghost B.C.) back with a new full-length "Infestissumam" that is loaded with sparkling production, more details and a fleshy sound. Ghost seeks to convert you to the dark side through a unique way of preaching, the spiritual leader Papa Emeritus II is adamantly in the Satanic Mass of deceptively beautiful musical psalms, occult theatrics and hyper-melodic...

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