Sum 41

Building upon the evolved sound and lyrical maturity of 2016's 13 Voices, Canadian punks Sum 41 unleash a topical rage brought upon by world affairs on 2019's fiery Order in Decline. Produced, mixed, engineered, and written by frontman Deryck Whibley, this seventh full-length is laser-focused and angry as hell, taking multiple shots at a certain United States president without ever explicitly wasting any breath on his name. Decrying division and a society seemingly on the verge of moral collapse, this is one of Sum 41's most earnest and thoughtful statements to date, a compact burst that recalls a wide swath of influences ranging from Linkin Park to Bad Religion to Muse.

Sum 41’s 2016 release, 13 Voices, saw singer/guitarist Deryck Whibley reckoning with the infamous drinking habit that nearly killed him. With that out of his system, he approached the band’s seventh album, Order in Decline, from a renewed position of strength. Inspired and energized by the unwavering fan support he experienced on the band’s comeback tour, Whibley went on a writing frenzy while still out on the road. “It got to the point where when I got home from the 13 Voices tour cycle, I just had all these ideas and started putting them together,” Whibley tells Apple Music. “All of a sudden, I was like, ‘Holy s**t—do I have a new album already? I guess I do!”

Formerly known as Lemon Pie, this group was formed by singer Ledissez and keyboardist Guerin in 68, Ergo Sum released only one album in 71. This album was the first one on Laurent Thibault's new label Theleme and was recorded at the famous Herouville studios. Singing in English, Ledissez's voice was certainly an acquired taste (reminding of Family's Chapman), but the group's many other assets certainly made up for that: Meynet's violin and Guerin's flute and the frequent use of percussions graced their blending of rock and jazz, but not really being a jazz-rock group either. The group then recorded a single with a fairly different line-up and the last concerts saw François Bréant and Perru (ex-Cruciferus and future solo artist), JM Truong (pre-Zao) and Marc Bertaux. Bréant and Perru will then form Nemo (not to be confused with the 90's French symphonic group though) for one album.

Vivaldi discoveries are not infrequent. …a third D major setting by the composer of the Vespers psalm Dixit Dominus, appears here on disc for the first time. It is a splendid piece: with scoring including woodwind and trumpet, it begins with a brief but dazzling chorus and concludes with a rewardingly worked fugue. Among the several intervening sections, a duet for two tenors, highly ornamented and vivaciously sung by Paul Agnew and Thomas Cooley, the chorus 'Juravit Dominus' and a contralto aria… sung with sensibility by Sara Mingardo.

Guranfoe is an English rock group that formed in 2012 in Norwich. Guranfoe were called Gumbo Variation from September 2012 to May 2016. The band operated under the name Gumbo Variation from 2012-2016. Since their formation, they have released several live albums that highlight their talent as a band that can create some amazing improvisational, psychedelic fusion rock which features several different styles of music. Their music forges elements of progressive rock, improvisational jazz, psychedelic rock, folk-rock, electric fusion and ancient ragas. Sum of Erda is the debut studio album by Norwich-based Progressives Guranfoe.

“MTV Rocks”, a new album from UMOD set to be released on January 19th, brings rock fans a collection of 54 of the biggest Pop Punk hits, from iconic artists and bands like Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Crazy Town, Evanescence, Finch, Ash, 3 Doors Down, Seether and more.