CRISIS - FUNERAL PARADE

Roots in Chicago. Birth in New York. Death in Los Angeles. Beautiful music and ugly noise. Audio graffiti on the walls of convention. As analog was dying, Crisis maintained a very human sound. Their tortured sludge belied an industrial foundation. Truly artistic and exploratory, the band was a microcosm of the cold, hard New York City streets that spawned them. Elements of nature vs. man’s concrete jungle. Man vs. man in a cage match. Documentarians of this primal struggle through art and music. Observers and teachers. Unsung heroes. Forever underground.

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Crisis – Funeral Parade
01 Kingdom's End
02 There Goes My Soul
03 Different Ways of Decay
04 Mechanical Man
05 Nomad
06 Surviving the Siren
07 Prisoner Scavenger
08 Methodology
09 Sleeping The Wicked
10 A Graveyard for Bitches
11 Working Out the Graves
12 In the Shadow of the Sun
13 Rats in a Maze > Secrets of the Prison House

HELLOWEEN - PUMPKIN IRON

Let’s face it, Helloween was on the road to ruin after Kai Hansen left the band in 1989. As much as Andi Deris had big shoes to fill when replacing Michael Kiske in 1993, he is largely responsible for bringing the band back from the dead – even if it was in fits and starts. Although Helloween has been inconsistent, they have been prolific and Andi Deris’s range of delivery has allowed the band to stretch out into all aspects of power metal. They have gone from pioneers to explorers. If there is one thing that ties all Helloween lineups together, it is that they have always tested boundaries. This is their legacy. In the latter half of their career, highlights include material that is fast, heavy and dark without losing a sense of melody. This is where the band arrived under the leadership of Andi Deris and this is the focus of ‘Pumpkin Iron.’

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Helloween - Pumpkin Iron
01 Midnight Sun
02 Hell Was Made In Heaven
03 Heaven Tells No Lies
04 The Bells of the Seven Hells
05 The Dark Ride
06 Burning Sun
07 Push
08 The Saints
09 Nabataea
10 Kill It
11 Far in the Future
12 Straight out of Hell

EDGE OF SANITY - SUSPENDEAD

After 20 years we still worship Swedish death metal. We revere the seminal releases and uncover the second tier demos for reissue. We witness a slew of retro bands paying homage and others that mix the classic sound with hardcore, sludge and blackened crust. In this spirit, Edge of Sanity’s origins should be unearthed and celebrated. Discussion of Edge of Sanity often turns to masterworks like ‘Crimson’ and ‘Purgatory Afterglow’. The band advanced rapidly and their pure death metal beginnings gave way to progressive and varied sounds including a focus on melody and clean vocals. But how about refocusing on Edge of Sanity’s early sound? ‘Suspendead’ picks at the well-preserved remains of this era. Fortunately, many of the earlier tracks have been remixed and remastered by legendary frontman and recording guru Dan Swanö. Edge of Sanity’s classic Swedeath proves timeless as if suspended like a zombie cryogenically preserved to live dead again. The cover borrowed from Dan Seagrave’s collection compliments the theme. You can't live forever, but can you be dead forever?

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Edge of Sanity - Suspendead
01 In the Veins / Darker Than Black
02 The Dead
03 Livin' Hell
04 When All Is Said
05 Immortal Souls
06 Maze of Existence
07 Beyond The Unknown
08 Dead But Dreaming
09 Tales . . .
10 Everlasting
11 On the Other Side

For more Edge of Sanity and other Dan Swanö material, be sure to check out Swanö's 'Bleeding Shadow' also from Barking Chicken Productions.

GAS GIANT - GREETINGS FROM DEEP SPACE

Lost in space, but not forgotten, Denmark’s Gas Giant created incredible psychedelic jams until they simply disappeared. We can only hope they are lost in the space-time continuum and a wormhole will bring them home. In the meantime, our equipment is picking up a distant signal which we are making available to you as ‘Greetings from Deep Space’.

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Gas Giant - Greetings from Deep Space
1 Embrace
2 Never Leave This Way
3 Egoplanet
4 Back On The Headless Track
5 All Creatures
6 Storm of My Enemies
7 Dragon’s Cave
8 Deep Space
9 New Day Rising

VAN DRUNEN – THE KRUSHER

The most distinctive voice in death metal returns with a career-spanning retrospective including tracks from Pestilence, Comecon, Hail of Bullets and Asphyx. Prepare to be krushed by the throat shredding legacy of Martin Van Drunen. This is true death metal, you bastards!

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Van Drunen – The Krusher
01 Subordinate to the Domination (Pestilence)
02 Out of the Body (Pestilence)
03 The Trauma (Pestilence)
04 The Sickening Dwell (Asphyx)
05 Pages in Blood (Asphyx)
06 The Krusher (Asphyx)
07 Last One on Earth (Asphyx)
08 Bleed / Burn (Comecon)
09 Ordered Eastward (Hail of Bullets)
10 General Winter (Hail of Bullets)
11 Scorbutics (Asphyx)
12 Eisenbahnmörser [The Railway Mortar] (Asphyx)
13 Operation Z (Hail of Bullets)
14 Kamikaze (Hail of Bullets)
15 We Doom You to Death (Asphyx)
16 Deathhammer (Asphyx)

ÅKERFELDT WILSON SYNERGY

In early 2011, Steven Wilson recorded ‘Grace for Drowning’. Around the same time, Michael Åkerfeldt’s Opeth recorded ‘Heritage’ with engineering and mixing assistance from Wilson. Shortly thereafter, the two collaborated on a project called ‘Storm Corrosion’. Says Wilson of Storm Corrosion, "If you'd asked me three months ago about the music, I would have said, 'Expect the last thing you would expect.' But actually, now that ‘Heritage’ and ‘Grace for Drowning’ have come out, I don't think it's going to be that much of a shock to people, because it's almost like a third part of the trilogy, in a way. If anything, it's even more orchestral, even more stripped down, even more dark, twisted and melancholic . . . but it certainly feels like it comes from the same place as ‘Heritage’ and ‘Grace for Drowning’, which indeed it does because it was written during the same period.” ‘Åkerfeldt Wilson Synergy’ pulls material from all three albums and reconfigures it to harness the full spectrum of these related projects creating a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Åkerfeldt Wilson Synergy
01 Folklore
02 Deform to Form a Star
03 I Feel the Dark > Sectarian > Hag > Sectarian > I Feel the Dark
04 Storm Corrosion
05 Raider Prelude > Famine > Raider II

PARADISE LOST – TRAGEDY UNITED

This Barking Chicken Production was inspired by Decibel’s review of Paradise Lost’s latest LP ‘Tragic Idol.’ Scribe Chris Dick nailed it when he suggested that the album lacks "that mandatory full-length rules-all feel." I agree. Since this site is dedicated to the album-as-art concept, I took on the challenge of trying to re-sequence the material in an effort to build a more cohesive record. After further thought, I decided against limiting it to ‘Tragic Idol,’ but to drop the material that doesn’t fit as tightly and include select material from its stylistic forerunner, ‘Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us.’ The strengths of these albums combined anew make for a mind-blowing front to back listen.

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Paradise Lost – Tragedy United
01 To the Darkness
02 First Light
03 Fear of Impending Hell
04 Tragic Idol
05 The Rise of Denial
06 Last Regret
07 As Horizons End
08 In This We Dwell
09 Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
10 Worth Fighting For
11 The Glorious End