AVATARIUM existieren zwar erst seit acht Monaten, aber bereits jetzt sind sie mit ihrer ganz eigenen Note abenteuerlustiger Heavy Musik weltweit in aller Munde. JETHRO TULL, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW… es ist alles zu finden, mit einem delikaten Hauch von Schönheit und Zerfall, der in ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Fans of Jenn Champion (formerly “S”) have praised her open-hearted lyrics, expertly-deployed melancholia, technical skill, and willingness to forgo conventions, but mostly they’ve praised her for making albums they could cry to. With the release of Cool Choices in 2014, ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
With the success of the hit 1978 album EASTER and its single, "Because the Night," most fans assumed that The Patti Smith Group would continue their successful streak for years to come. Before sessions began for the follow-up to EASTER, Patti Smith met ex-MC5 guitarist Fred 'Sonic' Smith ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (Remastered)
76 minutes of "thinking-man's metal," courtesy of Blue Oyster Cult! Includes all their hits- (Don't Fear) The Reaper; Burnin' for You; In Thee , and Shooting Shark -plus Godzilla; Joan Crawford; Black Blade; The Red & the Black; I Love the Night; Astronomy, and six more Cult classics. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Cultösaurus Erectus (Remaster)
The band had got the seasoned producer Martin Birch (who earlier had worked with the likes of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Wishbone Ash and soon would produce Iron Maiden) to produce their first album of the 80's. 'Cultosaurus Erectus'
Komponist: Eric Bloom, M. Moorcock, J. Trivers, A. Bouchard, K. Bouchard, D. Roeser, J. Bouchard, H. Robbins, R. Meltzer, D. Roter
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Feted by heavy metal fans, this was a much broader album that put them in touch with AOR radio, and consequently took them out of their heavy rock ghetto. The ace in their tarot pack was the entrancing and enchanting 'Don't Fear The
Komponist: Albert Bouchard, Murray Krugman, Donald Waller, A. Lanier, Donald Roeser, S. Pearlman, P. Smith, H. Robbins
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (Remaster)
Throughout its first three studio albums, Blue Öyster Cult merged intelligently written lyrics shaded with dark occult and sci-fi imagery with a crunching attack, which helped generate comparisons to Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Komponist: Eric Bloom, S. Pearlman, D. Roeser, R. Meltzer, J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard, B. Dharma, Eric Bloom, M. KRUGMAN, A. Lanier, C. Carter, M. Bonfire
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
The band continued to churn out high quality material with their third album 'Secret Treaties'. The record featured one of their best moments ever in the two last tracks that floated into each other: 'Flaming Telepaths' and 'Astronomy'.
Komponist: A. Bouchard, P. Smith, Sandy Pearlman, D. Roeser, R. Meltzer, J. Bouchard
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Fire of Unknown Origin (Remaster)
Despite the 80's sounding production and arrangements, 'Fire of Unknown Origin' is one of the strongest and most consistent set of songs that Blue Öyster Cult ever had. The album shows the band at their melodically best and most
Komponist: A. Bouchard, Eric Bloom, P. Smith, D. Roeser, J. Bouchard, R. Meltzer, L. Myers, J. Trivers, J. Rigg, A. Lanier
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Blue Öyster Cult's 1979 response to the punk rock explosion is a bit of a puzzle. Recorded without Sandy Perlman, the band's long-time conceptual guru and producer, „Mirrors“ is essentially metal-lite pop--simultaneously more accessible
Komponist: R. Meltzer, J. Bouchard, D. Roeser, M. Moorcock, J. Trivers, Eric Bloom, A. Lanier, B. AbbottR. BINDER
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Some Enchanted Evening (Remaster)
The second Blue Öyster Cult live album appeared only three years after the first one, and was just a single one this time. Perhaps not all that essential, but it gives you at least a chance to hear the masterpiece "Astronomy" performed live,
Komponist: S. Pearlman, A. Bouchard, D. Roeser, J. Bouchard, MC 5, B. Mann, Cynthia Weil
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Released during the year that punk broke, Blue Oyster Cult's sixth album was the important follow-up to the hugely successful „Agents of Fortune“. „Spectres“ found the group continuing to craft material that mated a trademark guitar-
Komponist: D. Roeser, B. AbbottR. BINDER, A. Lanier, A. Bouchard, S. Pearlman, H. Wheels, Eric Bloom, Ian Hunter
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Although Long Island, N.Y. 's Blue Oyster Cult would become one of the top rock bands of the '70s with such metallic radio hits as 'Don't Fear the Reaper' and 'Godzilla,' the band began as a spacey psychedelic band, as evidenced on the
Komponist: Eric Bloom, S. Pearlman, A. Bouchard, D. Roeser, R. Meltzer, H. Farcas, J. Bouchard, A. Lanier
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Tyranny And Mutation (Remaster)
The Blue Öyster Cult follows up their debut with another solid release in 1973, bringing them one step closer to the commercial success they would soon enjoy. Includes The Red & the Black; Hot Rails to Hell; Baby Ice Dog; Wings Wetted Down; Teen
Komponist: Eric Bloom, A. Bouchard, S. Pearlman, Donald Roeser, R. Meltzer
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Sensing the emollient rattle of punk was an artistic dead end, the Clash took an abrupt volte-face and invited American Sandy Pearlman to produce their second album. Respected for his work with Blue Oyster Cult and the Dictators,
Genre: Rock
