Alastor - Onwards and DownwardsLtd White Vinyl Excelsior! Its the hail of yore that one should go ever onward and upward. And so, fittingly Onwards and Downwards is the occultist Swedish band Alastors clever call to arms and also a reflection of our collective dark state of mind these days. If our last album Slave to the Grave were about death, this record is more about madness, says guitarist Hampus Sandell. You can look at the whole record as one persons gradual slip into

this is the Melton wigging out and almost interweaving 70s high table rock with some odd and downright perverse synthfunkpunk rhythms

Travis Barker (blink-182)

Includes “November Rain” with a real 50-piece orchestra for the first-time ever – Newly recorded

Once YoshimiO agreed to be on board I knew we were going to be OK

We will possibly never know the true events of that afternoon but the band began to play and

John Dwyer presents the 20th album (in the 20th year of the band's existence)

completely ignoring all outside expectations for their third LP

Features Studio Master Tape Box image w/ lyrics

and other keyboards also play a more prominent role on Wilderness of Mirrors than ever before

a defiant new world of fiercely synthetic shapes and galactic interference

and Iommi and Butler cast undulating swells of might without relinquishing a bead of sweat -- Bill Ward opted out

The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD