One of many English bands coming to Italy in search of success during the beat-era, The Trip included a young Ritchie Blackmore in their first line-up, along with founder members Arvid "Wegg" Andersen, Billy Gray and drummer Ian Broad, but a line-up change brought two italians in, keyboard player ...read more CATALOG
Landskap is a British prog doom metal band from London.
Their debut album "I" was released in January 2014. We are proud to annouce their second album “II†which will be available next October on Black Widow Records.
Echoes of the ghost of Jim Morrison here and there in the vocals and a ...read more CATALOG
Ancient Rocks! Yes! "Ancient" does "Rock", doesn't it? After finishing up my last album, "The Ninth Hour", Black Widow Records decided that I should stay in the studio and record that one incredible cover album I have always dreamed of doing!
I got the idea for this from David Bowie after hearing ...read more CATALOG
ARABS IN ASPIC II emerged in 1997 from Norway led by guitarist and vocalist Jostein Smeby and rythm guitarist & Theremin player, Tommy Ingebrigtsen. Since they met through their common love for 1970s heavy rock music, especially Black Sabbath, they've been playing together with different personnel, ...read more CATALOG
GOAD were first formed in the Florence area by the Rossi brothers, Gianni and Maurilio, in the late Seventies. At the end of 1983 they released the album "Creatures" for Northcott Production, a New York label that had already released in the USA their album of covers, "Who Can It Be". The album was ...read more CATALOG
The Factory of Absolute was founded in the Tuscolano district of Rome, in a garage similar to the famous cellars used by musicians in the golden years of Italian progressive rock.
“The Factory†is the space where different stories have met, making it possible to create the peculiar ...read more CATALOG
2015 sees no less than four variations of Italian RPI/horror soundtrack band GOBLIN active - new versions of both the original band and its previous incarnation as CHERRY FIVE, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, and this group, GOBLIN REBIRTH. Two members who played on various Goblin related albums as far ...read more CATALOG
BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT. In 1976 appeared the album of a mysterious group, the Cherry Five. They are in fact, as the insiders well know, songs recorded two years before by a group then partly merged in the Goblin. The record company decided to publish anyway the recording, putting on the cover ...read more CATALOG
Delirium came from Genova, from a previous beat band called I Sagittari, and formed in 1970, releasing their first single a year later.
First album, Dolce acqua, also from 1971 contains a good and original mix of prog, jazz and some tuneful melodies, the leading role of singer Ivano Fossati is ...read more CATALOG
The first real NORTHWINDS line-up dates back as far as 1990, when Vincent Niclas (guitars,vocals) joined R.I.P, the band Sébastien Thuriez (guitars), Remy Rateau (bass) and Sylvain Auvé (drums, vocals ) founded 3 years before. Being into TROUBLE, SAINT VITUS, CANDLEMASS as well as into 70s ...read more CATALOG