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Picture Credit: One And A Half Dog   One And A Half Dog - Shine Release Date: August 13, 2021 Length: 05:06 Genre: Alternative Rock / Alternative Metal Origin: Trondheim , Norway The band name One And Half Dog has nothing to do with dissection of pets and animals, neither is it to be linked to an American TV series about two misogynists and a teenager. Instead, OAAHD are a five-piece band from Norwegian town Trondheim, consisting of adult musicians who planned to record one last vinyl LP before finally enjoying their retirement. One day, Dag Aure  (vocals), Morten Stene Jensen  (guitar), Lars Nielsen  (guitar),  Pål Robert Akseth (bass), and Inge Lerstad  (drums) talked about how much time they wanted to invest in recording that final album. The answer was fifteen years, which is around as much as the life of one and a half dog. The quintet's latest release was the single 'Shine', a five-minute dark and atmospheric Alternative Rock anthem with a strong TOO...

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: Motorpsycho Artwork:  Håkon Gullvåg Motorpsycho - The all is one Release: August 28, 2020 Label: Stickman Records / Noisolution / Soulfood Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 84:47 Genre: Prog Rock Origin: Trondheim , Norway "The all is one" is the final part of the Gullvåg trilogy. A giant opus of almost one and a half hours of Progressive and Psychedelic Rock. Wrapped up in a fantastic artwork by  Håkon Gullvåg , 13 songs fill either two CDs or two LPs. And there is much more. "The all is one" is not just an album; it actually contains the journey to extraterrestial spheres "N.O.X. ∞” which fills the B- and the C-Side while the album itself frames the work. Bent Sæther  (vocals, bass, guitar, keys, drums), Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan  (vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, keys, violin) and Thomas Järmyr  (vocals, drums) create finest and timeless Psychedelic Prog. A timeless masterpiece that makes the audience travel thrugh space, ti...

Picture Credit: Brotthogg Brotthogg - The Die is Cast Release: August 01, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 37:03 Genre: Progressive Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal Origin: Trondheim , Norway Not too long ago, Brotthogg had their first appearance on this site . Today, we can listen to the second full-length release by multi-instrumentalist  Kristian Larsen Moen  and his band Brotthogg. Moen  is responsible for all the songwriting, the lyrics, and all instruments, except for guitar soli ( Stephen Carlson ) and vocals ( Craig Furunes  and Jonas Moen ). The sophomore album features seven new songs with titles in Latin, English and Norwegian. And I will forestall, a significant development is hearable, compared to "Echoes of the Past". While the first album was defined by melodic Black, Thrash and Death Metal, the latter is hardly present on "The Die is Cast". Instead, Brotthogg have implemented the element of Progressive Metal on their new release more...

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...

It has been two years since Trondheim's Brotthogg crashed onto this planet with their first EP "The last Traveller". In early August the band around mastermind Kristian Larsen Moen  reported back with their first full-length play "Echoes of the Past", and they immediately outmatched all expectations. Brotthogg are back with seven and a bit more than half an hour of high-speed, brutal and melodic Metal. Drum beats fast as a machine gun, massive like a tank, and precise like a scalpel build the foundation of this beautiful massacre. The soundscape is defined by high-speed staccato riffing, massive and intense harmonies, as well as ice cold and pitch black licks and soli. The growling and deep voices perfectly merge with the rest of Brotthogg's arrangement and create a gloomy, heavy atmosphere. Slower and dragging parts such as in the song 'The Aftermath' do not disturb this picture at all. Brotthogg put the pedal to the metal for this album. Thus...