PUNK

Artist: Various Artists Label: SQUIDHAT RECORDS

Limited edition to 500 copies! "Noise Addiction" is the only original album by Pure Hell (Philadelphia, USA), recorded in 1978. It came first time out in 2006. In 1974, on the streets of Philadelphia, a band unlike any other was formed. They called themselves Pretty Poison. They had a sound so ahead of its time that the music industry was not yet ready for it. They coupled the punk sound of the New York bands of the time with a harder, faster heavy metal edge unheard before. Their unique sound was a result of Gordon's berserk choreography and Morris's needling guitar riffs, while Steel and Spider added synchronized barrage with no nonsense execution to the arsenal. Inspired by the famous fuel-altered dragster, they changed their name to Pure Hell in 1975. Soon after, they moved to New York City where they played with bands like the New York Dolls, Sid Vicious, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, The Dead Boys, The Stimulators, Richard Hell, The Germs, The Nuns, The Cramps and more. In 1978 Pure Hell headlined a tour of the UK, with bands like The UK Subs, Wilko Johnson, Vermilion & the Aces and more opening for them. While in the UK, their only original record was released. It was a single released by their manager Curtis Knight on his label, Golden Sphinx Records. The songs on the single were "These Boots Were Made for Walking" and "No Rules." The single charted in the top 40 charts in the UK. During the same year, a full length album was recorded but was never released. It did not surface again for 28 years Record Label: Beat Generation

Classic Anarcusis albums the way they should have been... and now are! We think this is one of the most underrated bands in history, and it’s a shame so many a metal fan are still unfamiliar with Anacrusis, who were so brilliantly ahead of their time with their own original, imaginative, and technical band of thrash. Now you can hear the full potential of these songs, much fuller and heavier this time around without losing the ethereal feel of the originals. We recommend this compilation to longtime fans of the first two releases, and newcomers alike. Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Trash Metal

1200 COPIES WORLD WIDE ON BLACK VINYL, NO REPRESS! COMES WITH POSTER! In 2014 The Heads reissued their 2000 album "Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere" in full remastered / deluxe boxset glory, and to much acclaim. In the boxset, they added a 70 minute Compact Disc of demos, unheard versions etc of material pre -2000 recorded in the rehearsal room on a walkman. For RSD 2015, and to celebrate their rare live performances at Roadburn 2015, Simon Price has taken the material he edited for the bonus CD, and added more tracks to the pot. With the mastering expertise / tape polishing skills of Shawn Joseph, Price has created a warts'n'all document of the time in the heads' rehearsal space just prior to the making / construction of the Every Knows album. This double LP is 10 tracks of the Heads in their element, raw and alive in the rehearsal room prior to 2000, tracks being formed, prototype Heads' riffs in the sonic gloop. Hear this era of the Heads in its speaker blowing, walkman warping glory, a true psychedelic rock morass. Wrapped in a Simon Price sleeve, a gatefold sleeve to boot! naturally! A "fin de seicle" of sorts, "Nobody Knows" is a closing chapter, a sonic glossary to the band's Everybody Knows' legacy. Record Label: Rooster Style: Psychedelic Rock

Artist: Johnny Moped Label: Damaged Goods

Composer: Pokolgep Label: SOULFOOD MUSIC DISTRIBUTION

Artist: The Thermals Label: Saddle Creek Records

Composer: The Baboon Show Label: Kidnap (Cargo Records)

Artist: Berliner Weisse Label: ROUGH TRADE DISTRIBUTION

Record Label: Sub Pop Style: Alternative Rock

Artist: BLOOD CEREMONY Label: Rise Above Limited

Artist: Bob Mould Label: Merge Records

Artist: Knockout Kid Label: Bullet Tooth

CALIFORNIAN PUNK ROCK VETERANS AND SWITZERLANDS MOUNTAIN HELL PREACHER DOING A TRIBUT TO JOSH HADEN'S GOSPEL CLASSIC 'SPIRITUAL'! THIS IS A VINYL SPLIT SINGLE TOGETHER WITH SEAN WHEELER & ZANDER SCHLOSS ON 1ST SIDE. 2 CALIFORNIAN PUNK ROCK VETERANS WHO HAD A WILD MUSICAL PAST ( TROW RAG, CIRCLE JERKS, WIERDOS, JOE STRUMMER) AND EVEN BRIGHTER FUTURE AS THEY TOURING TOGETHER AS A ANTI-FOLK DUO. ON THE DARK FLIP SIDE THERE IS YOUR VERY OWN REVEREND BEAT-MAN HEAD HONCHO OF VOODOO RHYTHM RECORDS AND SWITZERLANDS MASTER OF DESASTER DOING A ULTRA FRENETIC BLUES PUNK VERSION FROM JOSH HADEN'S MASTERPIECE 'SPIRITUAL' WHO GOT FAMOUS BY JOHNNY CASH THIS IS ANTI FOLK AND GOSPEL PUNK AS ITS BEST Record Label: Voodoo Rhythm Style: PunkRock

Expect a diverse and enthralling album with the right dose of crushing riffs, breakdowns, fast parts, some punkrock tunes and lyrics spitting anger and frustration, guaranteeing numerous singalongs, stage dives and relentless mosh pits. Ten brand new brutal, intense and hard-hitting songs from these London based hardcore legends plus two bonus tracks which were recently released on 7" vinyl only. Record Label: GSR Style: Punk/Hardcore

The Heritage was the first Protector album with no original member involved. Drummer Michael Hasse had left the band due to health reasons and was replaced by Marco Pape, who had earned his spurs playing in Steelhunter and Shooting Gallery. Protector’s fourth full-length album was recorded in 1993 at the TNT Studio in Gelsenkirchen, a town in the famous Ruhr-Area. It was released in the same year by Witten-based label C&C. Olly Wiebel, who had taken over both vocal and guitar duties already on the previous release, remembers that the recordings went well and smoothly. Matze Grün had already helped out during the recordings for “A Shedding of Skin” and had now joined the Protector ranks as an official member, and new drummer Marco proved to be a great choice both with regard to his drumming skills and his general work ethics. Compared to what they did on “A Shedding of Skin”, Protector had now made some adjustments to both the songwriting and the sound they were aiming for: Soundwise, the three-piece had decided to go for a purer and harder sound (to this end, Protector were supported by Tim Buktu of Massacra-fame) and the songs were meant to be faster and more furious than before. They totally met these goals, and “The Heritage” got the reactions it deserved: Protector had become even heavier, faster and more brutal than before, and both fans and press liked it a lot. Pondering what effect the album had on the band’s career, Olly Wiebel hopes that the impression “The Heritage” made on the metal scene had been both a good and a lasting one. He surely is right there, even though in 1993, Thrash Metal was heading for difficult times, while Death Metal was on the rise. That in turn provided rather good conditions for Protector, as they had traditionally been playing on the verge of both genres and are still regarded as an important instigator for Teutonic Death Metal. Also, the introduction of Olly Wiebel as the Protector vocalist had already tipped the scale a bit more to the Death Metal side of things. “The Heritage” now even amplified that inclination, also adding an experimental/progressive touch and even further developed musicianship shown off in a decent, not all-too-technical way. A reviewer on Metal Archives even called it “the most well written death metal album that I have personally ever listened to.“ If that isn’t something! And that guy may be right. Protector had matured and were totally in control of what they were doing, not only focusing on being as fast, heavy and savage as possible, but always paying attention to the purposeful use of effects, and, most important, to the composition as a whole. Protector played skillfully with the innovations the Nineties threw at them: Just listen to “Convicts on the Streets” which even treads the forbidden paths of groove metal… German “Rockhard” celebrated this ruthless piece of Thrash/Death as the album which should finally reinforce Protector’s status as an integral part of the German metal elite – but things never turn out the way you expect. After the release of “The Heritage” – perhaps due to a feeling of exhaustion – Olly, Matze and Marco decided on go on a one-year break; this break eventually turned into a two year hiatus, after which only drummer Marco found the motivation to carry on with Protector. Consequently, he gathered a new line-up and tried to keep the band rolling, but things somehow had lost their momentum: Protector released another four-track demo in 2000, but there was no new album coming from the new line-up. “The Heritage” would soon prove to be a self-fulfilling prophecy: It was the last proper album to come out before Protector vanished from the scene for a good ten years, until they had their comeback with “Reanimated Homunculus, out on High Roller in 2013. For the re-release, “The Heritage” has been remastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, and it will come with a bunch of previously unreleased pictures from the past Record Label: High Roller Records Style: Metal

Record Label: Pristine Music Production Style: Indie Rock

"Shoo" is the debut album from Lionlimb, the project of songwriter Stewart Bronaugh and drummer Joshua Jaeger. The record is a collection of songs Bronaugh wrote between 2012 and 2015 while living in Chicago, San Francisco, and Nashville. After returning from an Australian tour playing guitar and drums in Angel Olsen's band, Lionlimb began recording "Shoo" in 2015 with Robin Eaton. Bronaugh and Jaeger started by tracking live drums and piano, and then for weeks Bronaugh filled up reel after reel, layering compulsively over their recordings. In the spring, Bronaugh and Eaton began the task of peeling away the layers. The resulting sessions proved to be a departure from the duo's previous recordings with a shift toward jazz, rock and soul with the addition of saxophone and Fender rhodes. The album's influences can be traced back to Miles Davis' "On the Corner", Jack London, Schumann, Elliott Smith, and Jackson Pollock. Record Label: Bayonet Style: Alternative Rock

Expect a diverse and enthralling album with the right dose of crushing riffs, breakdowns, fast parts, some punkrock tunes and lyrics spitting anger and frustration, guaranteeing numerous singalongs, stage dives and relentless mosh pits. Ten brand new brutal, intense and hard-hitting songs from these London based hardcore legends plus two bonus tracks which were recently released on 7" vinyl only. Record Label: GSR Style: Punk/Hardcore

ALL OF A SUDDEN was originally released on CD by LOST & FOUND RECORDS, the label that seemed to release all European powerhouses in the 90’s! But just like ALL OF A SUDDEN, all of RIGHT DIRECTION’s other full-length albums were only released on CD Record Label: Strength Records Style: Punk / Hardcore