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Picture Credit: Goat the Head Goat the Head - Strictly Physical Release Date: February 13, 2021 Label: Crispin Glover Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 39:08 Genre: Death Metal / Thrash Metal / Doom Metal Origin: Trondheim , Norway Trondheim's Goat the Head have been around for over 15 years, and even though their name might not ring too many bells, in the Scandinavian Metal underground they are some sort of a legend. More then ten years after they released their second full-length album "Doppengängers", Goat the Head are finally back with "Strictly Physical". The album was originally planned to be released in 2020, but after several postponings, here it is. The line-up on "Strictly Physical" cosits of: Ketil Sæther – guitars, Kenneth Kapstad – drums, Trond Frønes – bass, Per Spjøtvold – keyboards, vocals. The eight tracks on "Strictly Physical" are defined by a savage but somewhat tamed and yet raging energy. The sonic journ...

  Picture Credit: Bladed Bladed - The Ballad of the Hammer and the Nail Release: August 28, 2020 Label: Crispin Glover Records / Noisolution Format: CD / Digital Length: 41:08 Genre: Folk / Jazz / Neo Classic Origin: Oslo , Norway "The Ballad of the Hammer and the Nail" is the fourth album by Norway's extravagant artist  Anita Kaasbøll , also known as Bladed. The musician has in the meantime moved from her hometown Trondheim to the capital Oslo and has written, recorded and released nine new songs full of mesmerizing atmospheric and sophisticatedly beauitful music for us. Kaasbøll 's music is artistic, avantgardistic and not easy to describe by using common genre or stylistic devices. Jazzy structures merge with Nordic Folk, acoustic Rock and Modern Classicism with the elegance of a fairy and the strength of an elk. Bladed enchants the whole mind with the extraordinary worlds of sound she creates on her new album. In the past  Kaasbøll  was sometimes compare...

Photo Credit: Moving Oos Moving Oos - Made from Sin Release: March 13, 2020 (digital), June 26, 2020 (Vinyl and CD) Label: Crispin Clover Records Format: LP / CD / Digital Length: 35:49 Genre: Hard Rock / Blues Rock / Soul Origin: Trondheim / Oslo / Halden , Norway First of, what a band! I sometimes feel like minimalism is increasingly taking over in Rock music when looking at plenty of trios, duos or even one-person bands. And then I receive a promo CD by Norway's octett Moving Oos. Therefore, let me introduce you to the line-up of their third album "Made from Sin": Vegard Bjerkan  - Keyboards, Haakon-Marius Pettersen  - Keyboards, Eirik Øien  - Bass, Stian Lundberg  - drums, Mildrid Seljemark - Choir, Ranveig Seljemark  - Choir, Per Borten  - Guitar, and Frank Reppen  - Vocals. But not only the line-up on "Made from Sin" is exceptional. Moving Oos present a powerful and strong mixture of Blues-driven Hard Rock and warm Soul. The timeless music e...