Thunderstone - Apocalypse Again - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2010 , the fifth studio album from the Finnish Heavy Metal outfit. Dirt Metal is the first album to feature new vocalist Rick Altzi, a Swedish vocalist who also fronts the German Metal band at Vance. SPV.

The Gluepot Connection celebrates the coming together of a generation of established and emerging composers who defined British music in the middle of the last century in a cornerstone of British life - the local pub. InchThat bloody GluepotInch was the nickname given to The George public house in central London by Sir Henry Wood, exasperated that it's proximity to the legendary Queen's Hall proved irresistible to his musicians. Andrew Griffiths skillfully joins the dots of the Gluepot's tangled relationships and musical achievements with the Londinium chamber choir to present a vivid portrait of a moment unique in British music. Arnold Bax's a cappella masterpiece 'Mater ora filium' blends past and present to produce one of the most challenging and rewarding works in the English choral repertoire. Delius's 'On Craig Ddu' proved Incha revelationInch to a young Peter Warlock, whose 'The Full Heart' boldly marries antiquity and modernity with the same rapturous atmosphere. Interest in the first Elizabethan age was strong in the years before and after the second Queen Elizabeth took the throne, notably so in John Ireland's melancholic The Hills and EJ Moeran's attractively varied Songs of Springtime. Appearing for the first time are Alan Rawsthorne's bracing, tightly constructed Four Seasonal Songs and Alan Bush's pastoral part-song 'Like Rivers Flowing' and 'Lidice.' The Gluepot's connection to the new is illustrated by Elisabeth Lutyens' warm and melting 'Verses of Love' - a mellower contrast to early serialism that saw her dubbed 'Twelve-Tone Lizzie'. A highlight is William Walton's tour-de-force anthem 'Where does the uttered music go?' employing his trademark blend of warm-hearted lyricism and angular rhythms.

Canadian progressive rock duo Crown Lands have steadily emerged as one of the genre's most ambitious modern voices, and in 2026 they return with their most demanding and fully realized work to date - 'Apocalypse'. On this album, the band have collaborated with famed producers Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill (both known for their work with Rush), whose contrasting approaches informed the albums creation. Conceptually, Apocalypse is designed as a complete, album sides narrative experience, crafted with the classic album in mind and unfolding as a cohesive story set in the same universe as their 2023 album Fearless. At the heart of the record lies the 19-minute title track, a sprawling epic that anchors the record both musically and narratively. Ultimately, Apocalypse is about change, the end of one thing and the uncertain beginning of another. That theme resonates not only within the album's sci-fi narrative, but in Crown Lands' own evolution, capturing a band fully in command of it's vision and ready to push beyond every boundary it has previously set.