Spencer Perskin returned to Austin Texas after playing in San Francisco and formed Shiva's Headband in 1967 soon gaining a strong following thanks to support slots alongside names like Spirit, Steppenwolf, Steve Miller and Canned Heat. Only 1,000 copies of "Coming To A Head", the band's second album, were originally released and are impossible to find. Their fluid and delicate psychedelic sound with the ever present violin and vocal parts in perfect harmony makes it the band's best work. Reissued with the original Armadillo sleeve, printed for the first time ever in colour and now includes the live bonus track "Mr. Noname."
Re-worked and re-recorded version of the 1993 classic fourth album "Icon".
Paradise Lost has returned with a new full-length album, and "Icon 30" is here among us to ensure that 2023 is nicely wrapped. The album serves as a second look at "Icon," originally released in 1993 and now celebrating its 30th anniversary - an impressive milestone for the band.
Reaching the 30-year mark is never an easy feat, and it always comes with its hardships, and most importantly, overcoming them while still delivering the best we have. This applies to both bands, albums, and, of course, people. "Icon 30" is the new take on a classic album - a restoration of a piece of art that may have been nostalgic for the band to revisit their own history.
Hangover Paradise is a neo-prog rock band from Holland formed few years ago, more exactly in 2010. In 2013 they came with the first offer named Mirrors, who gain quite big applause around the world, both from fans and critics as well. Musically speaking the music is on the melodic side of prog, going towards neo with some pop-ish overtones, but very well melted together those two genres. Fans of Saga, Styx, even Eloy in places can take some spins because worth it.
Hailed as ‘The European Metallica’, the 1995 masterpiece solidified the British band’s position at the top table of British metal. With some success already in the bag, the band’s rising status allowed them to deliver their most accomplished sound to date, and a collection of songs that are magnificently heavy, but with a cool, gothic sheen. It remains Paradise Lost’s most acclaimed and adored body of work, and era of the band. The CD also sees the band open their vaults and provide a version that comes with an extra disc of bonus and rare, unreleased material from the Draconian Times era. The 25th Anniversary edition features the re-mastered mix of 2011’s Legacy CD. It also comes furnished with new liner notes from journalist and long standing fan Nick Ruskell, a never seen before deep dive into the record’s lyrics and themes from vocalist Nick Holmes, and memories from the band.
On October 9th the multi-instrumentalist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet/Szun Waves) presents his new project Paradise Cinema. It was recorded in Dakar, Senegal in collaboration with mbalax percussionists Khadim Mbaye (saba drums) and Tons Sambe (tama drums).
According to the motto No filler, just killer Paradise Lost raised a lot of dust at the Bizarre Festival on 19th August 1995 in Cologne/Germany with bangers like Embers Fire, Remembrance or True Belief.Paradise Lost's LIVE AT ROCKPALAST offers not only fans but also the members of the band the opportunity to refresh their memories. In this hot stage of our career we never missed a party. It may sound stereotype, but my memories of the nineties are still suffering, tells singer Nick Holmes a little bit grinning.
Last fall, British metal legends PARADISE LOST exorcised the demons and ghosts of a dreary dry spell without concerts and thrilled the world with their stunning livestream "At The Mill". Today, the band is proud to announce the captured testimony of this special night to be relaeased as live album…
Paradise Cinema is a project led by multi-instrumentalist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet/Szun Waves) with contributions from Khadim Mbaye, Tons Sambe and Laurence Pike. The first, eponymous, Paradise Cinema record, released in 2020, was recorded in Dakar and featured the dense rhythms of Mbalax music combining with Wyllie’s textural saxophone and synth playing.