Year: 2025Label: Bluelight Records Earlier this year, in our From the Vaults series, we covered British Beltane Fire’s sole album Different Breed (here). Beltane Fire is the fourth moniker of the band, best known and loved as neobilly act The … Continue reading BELTANE FIRE: White Stag
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries The drink-friendly Italians are back at it. The cover artwork and the name of the album prove that there’s no paradigm shift here. Two glasses of red wine and a beautiful woman, and We Don’t Drink … Continue reading DIVISION S: We Don’t Drink Alone
Release year: 2024Label: Last Day Of The North Finnish Šamane are an act I’ve been following with some interest ever since their debut album Kaukana virtaa Eufrat (2019). The debut album was a bit of an uneven affair, combining elements … Continue reading ŠAMANE: Solstice
SLEEP OF MONSTERS: ｢｢｢ Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records It’s been a long wait for fans of Finnish occult rockers Sleep Of Monsters: their previous album II: Poison Garden was released way back in 2016. And for some of us, the … Continue reading Third time’s the charm?
DIVISION S: Something To Fuck And Lose Release year: 2023Label: Steinklang Industries “Weird and alcoholic music since 2004”, proclaims a text on the covers of this album. And that’s pretty much a perfect description of the weirdness that is Division … Continue reading Fuck and lose with Division S
P. PAUL FENECH: Demon Seed Rising Release year: 2022Label: Mutant Rock Records If you had to stutter “P-paul who?”, then you’re obviously not into psychobilly. Those who are will know that P. Paul Fenech is none other than founding member, … Continue reading Here dwell the damned
SPEEDMOBILE: Supersonic Beat Commando Release year: 2022Label: Butler Records What do you get when you combine Dutch psychobilly legends Batmobile with compatriot action rock legends Peter Pan Speedrock? Well, of course, you get Speedmobile: one third Batmobile (Jeroen Haamers on … Continue reading Join the supersonic beat commando
V/A: The Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III Release year: 2022Label: My Proud Mountain/Neurot Recordings OK, let’s get one thing straight right away: Townes Van Zandt was one of the finest songwriters, lyricists, singers and performers ever. If you’re … Continue reading Singing the songs of Townes Van Zandt
DIVISION S: Something To Drink & Smoke Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Records Italian Division S – who unfortunately share the name with, and should not be confused with, an old RAC band from Sweden – seem to have an idée … Continue reading A little something to drink with Division S
Only Death Is Real 