Effigies - Burned - VINYL LP

Yotam Rosenbaum is joined on this unique recording by Grammy Award Winner - Dave Samuels on vibraphone, Grammy Award Winner - Mads Tolling on violin, Vadim Neselovskyi (Gary Burton) on piano and Mike Oien on bass. Yotam Rosenbaum is an award-winning drummer and composer. The son of a clarinet player and the youngest of four brothers, all musicians themselves, Yotam seemed destined for a life in music. By the age of six, he was taking piano lessons and singing in a professional choir. Before long, he was studying trumpet and drums as well. He continued on to study at the Rubin Academy of Music High School in Jerusalem and The Rimon School of Music in Tel-Aviv before moving to the U.S, where he attended the world-renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating magna cum laude. Yotam's compositional style stems from his extensive exposure to both jazz and classical music. His creative influences span the stylistic spectrum, from Mozart, Mahler, Stravinsky and Bartok to Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Astor Piazzolla and Frank Zappa, manifesting themselves in his work as a harmonious blend of the traditional and contemporary. Strong melodies and innovative rhythmic ideas characterize all his pieces, which include not only orchestral compositions, but also chamber music, solo pieces, jazz tunes and contemporary songs. Yotam Rosenbaum's compositions have been performed and recorded by some of the world's finest musicians and ensembles, including Grammy-award winner Dave Samuels and the Kandinsky Trio, who premiered Yotam's InchThree Short StoriesInch for marimba and piano, (a three-movement piece that crosses over between classical and jazz, incorporating improvisation and inventive rhythmic ideas), as well as the Esterhazy String Quartet, that premiered his piece InchDancin' Music.Inch Yotam has also performed his music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC as part

Formed in early 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden, guitarist Oz Hawe Petersson (then known as Oz Osukaru) set out to bring something to life that didn't yet exist. It took a couple of years of shaping, through early EPs and relentless refinement, before the debut album Salvation arrived in 2012. With Transition in 2015, the pieces fell into place. Lineup changes and growing experience turned the vision into a fully formed entity, a milestone the band themselves point to as the moment Osukaru truly found it's identity. Rooted in classic stadium rock, the early releases leaned heavily on AOR. But even then, there were hints of something more. Over time, that edge sharpened. The melodies remained strong, but the sound gained weight, attitude, and punch. By House of Mirrors (2018), Osukaru had stepped fully into it's own world, melodic yet heavier and more driven. That momentum carried into Starbound (2021), bringing multi-million Spotify streams and setting the stage for what came next. Enter Tall Tales, the band's seventh album and clearest statement yet of how far that original vision has come. Produced by Oz Hawe Petersson with longtime singer Fredrik Werner (Daytona, Air Raid), it was mixed by Svein Jensen (Alicate, Sister Sin) and mastered by Mats Eriksson (Degreed). The cover and booklet artwork, created by Petersson with actress and model Eliza Sica, carry a subtle sense of unease and wonder, echoing the album's mysterious lyrical themes. Album Tracks 1. Exceeder 2. Wendigo 3. Blood on the Rocks 4. The Outer Side Within 5. Ronin 6. Who Do You Love 7. Split 8. Only Moments Left When It's Over 9. C'est Dans Ta Tête

NIGHTBEARER return with their crushing third full-length InchDefianceInch. The German death dealers from the City of Paderborn in Eastern Westphalia have hammered out an album that retains their signature HM-2 chainsaw guitar sound and also maintains their unapologetic love for melodic death metal of the Swedish kind. InchDefianceInch also marks another step in the careful but steady evolution of their sound by adding a black passage here and a doom-spiced moment there to their old school sound. The result is an overall much more atmospheric album, which perfectly suits it's lyrical concept. The album is directly inspired by the renowned InchHis Dark MaterialsInch trilogy of books by English author Sir Philip Pullman. The lyrics revolve on a deeper level of meaning around humanity's emancipation from oppression by religion. When NIGHTBEARER were formed by vocalist Michael Torka and guitarist Dominik Hellmuth in 2017, they were driven by a fervent love for old school death metal and it's golden age in the glorious 1990s. Following the 5-track EP InchStories from BeyondInch (2018), their debut full-length album InchTales of Sorcery and DeathInch (2019) immediately scored a top ten position (#8) in the soundcheck of Germany Rock Hard magazine amid general critical acclaim. With their sophomore studio album InchGhosts of a Darkness to ComeInch (2022), NIGHTBEARER expanded their lyrical themes to conceptual size by taking their listeners on a journey into the dark events of Robert Jordan's epic saga 'The Wheel of Time'. With their third and most complete full-length to date, NIGHTBEARER display a perfect sense of timing by offering the world a death metal act of InchDefianceInch based on the InchHis Dark MaterialsInch trilogy! Album Tracks 1. Dust 2. His Dark Materials 3. Defiance 4. One Church Over All 5. Dying Knows No Bounds 6. Reign Supreme 7. Under t