The idea of “maturity” in music is a vague one at the best of times. The notion that you are supposed to sound a certain way because you’ve been making records for over 30 years – like you are in some way to be “grown up” and write something that you don’t believe in – has always seemed rather nonsensical. That way madness – or at the very least bland, anodyne shite – lies. Thank Christ – or Satan, whatever, we’re easy – that no one told Slayer this type of thing (and as an aside, wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall at the meeting where someone told Kerry King their next album was going to be introspective?!) and thank whatever you choose that Obituary have chosen to go down the same path. You almost knew they would, as soon as you saw the album title. If Obituary were going to give this one their band name then this was never going to be anything other than nasty, vicious and breakneck stuff. It is all that and a lot more. And it might as well be said right now that it is quite brilliant. If no one was really expecting the EP that emerged last year, then equally it was something of a shock that this ten tracker followed so soon after. It does, and it finds the five piece in rare form. Pick a song from opener “Brave” to the closer “Ten Thousand Ways To Die” and you will essentially find the same thing. Riffs at a million miles an hour, solos that are faster, and when it does do a breakdown then you’d best believe these are earth shakers. To call this mighty does the word an injustice. “Sentence Day” passes by in such a blur you barely have time to register just how good it is. Death metal yes, but no one does it quite as thrashy as this, and no one sounds like James Tandy on vocals, no one plays drums like his brother Donald and there isn’t a guitar paring with the sensibilities of Trevor Peres and Kenny Andrews in extreme metal. The four – together with the pummelling bass of Terry Butler – are right at the top of their game throughout. Almost hardcore in its intent “End This Now” is a broken bottle in the teeth, “Kneel Before Me” channels some kind of malevolence and whatever “it” is, in “It Lives” you had best steer well clear. It is rare that something is as genuinely hate-filled yet so accessible. “Betrayed” settles itself into a groove, and “Turned To Stone” – which for this record is positively epic at over four minutes – is perhaps the heaviest work here, which for the sake of argument makes it very, very heavy indeed. The opening line of “Straight To Hell” seems to capture the whole vibe here: “We’re going straight to hell, on a one night train” growls Tardy. And believe us when we say, it is the devil himself that needs to be scared. This is the sound of Obituary coming back to claim their title as the Kings of Death Metal. And they’ve done it in style.

One Desire is a new melodic hard rock band and with its brand new debut record is ready to make some noise in this scene. Originally formed as OD, One Desire started its journey back in 2012 and after the 'necessary' line-up changes the band took flesh and blood and nowadays present us the debut with the title "One Desire". The sound here is basically melodic hard rock that includes soaring vocals, huge melodies and harmonic lines to die for, a crunchy guitar work and some catchy as hell hooks and choruses enough to make you scream for more!! One Desire's goal is to create a strong and extremely melodic sound that the sure thing is to gain more and more fans of this particular scene.

Otros Aires is a 21st century audiovisual TANGO (Electrotango, Neotango, Tango Nuevo, Fusion) project created, produced and directed by the Argentinean musician & architect Miguel Di Genova. It was made between Barcelona and Buenos Aires ports in 2003.

30 октября на Music For Nations состоялся выход бокс-сета OPETH с альбомами "Deliverance & Damnation", ранее выпущенными как отдельные релизы. Новое издание укомплектовано версиями альбомов в 5.1-звучании, новыми заметками от лидера группы Mikael Åkerfeldt и Jerry Ewing из журнала Prog, а также расширенной версией оформления.
Mikael: "Я и Martin Mendez очень рады видеть переиздание "Deliverance & Damnation". 5.1-вариант "Damnation" был давно сделан моим другом и сопродюсером альбома, Steven'ом Wilson'ом, и я очень рад, что он наконец-то будет выпущен. Мой новый друг, Bruce Soord сделал прекрасный ремикс для 'Deliverance', буквально вдохнув в него новую жизнь и заставив меня полюбить эту запись. Наконец-то! Было настоящим удовольствием заново окунуться в этот материал. Я особенно впечатлен звучанием ударных Martin'a, но также озадачен тем, насколько это безумные и странные записи. Я буквально сломал мозг, пытаясь понять, как же мы все это сочинили. Ну и ко всему прочему, Travis Smith немного переработал оформление, которое стало еще лучше. Наслаждайтесь!"

Англо-ирландская группа One Direction 13 ноября 2015 года выпустила пятый студийный альбом "Made In The A.M." Для группы это стал первый альбом, записанный без Зейна Малика, который ушел из группы в марте 2015. Так же стало известно, что после выпуска альбома музыканты собираются взять перерыв. Уже 20 ноября 2015 года альбом занял первое место по продажам в Великобритании.

Owl City’s fifth full-length album, Mobile Orchestra [release date: July 10] is the follow-up to 2012’s Midsummer Station. An album which debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 and featured the double-platinum duet with Carly Rae Jepsen, “Good Time.”

Yemenite Songs a.k.a. Shirey Teyman (Hebrew: שירי תימן) is a 1984 album by Ofra Haza, in which the Israeli pop star returned to her roots interpreting traditional Yemeni Jewish songs with lyrics coming from the poetry of 16th century Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. The album was recorded with both traditional and modern musical instruments; wooden and metal percussion, Yemenite tin and tambala, strings, brass and woodwind as well as drum machines and synthesizers. The songs are sung in Hebrew with a Yemenite dialect and in Arabic.

Альбом выпущен по материалам выступления известной израильской певицы Ofra Haza в 1990 году на международном фестивале Montreux Jazz Festival в Швейцарии, который проводится ежегодно с 1967-го года в начале июля в г. Монтрё на берегу Женевского озера. Офра исполнила песни из альбомов "Shaday", "Yemenite Songs" и "Desert Wind", в т.ч. хиты "Im Nin' Alu", "Galbi", "Shaday", "Ya Ba Ye".

Каждый альбом популярной израильской певицы Ofra Haza позволяет жить ее песням в сердцах поклонников. Она ушла из жизни так рано, но ее голос всегда узнаваем, а песни наполнены душой Востока. Альбом "Ofra Haza" продюсировал Frank Peterson, работавший с Enigma и Gregorian. Ofra Haza продолжала записываться до 1999 года, главным образом это саундтреки к фильмам, и сотрудничала с другими артистами, этот альбом можно считать полновесным студийным, вышедшим перед ее смертью в 2000 году.