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The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 5: 20-1

31 January 2025 SB 0

Sadly, everything must end. We have reached the final part of the Rocking In the Norselands countdown, with the 20 albums I enjoyed the most […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 4: 40-21

24 January 2025 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! We are getting closer to the top of the list, this time covering the albums ranked between 40-21. 40) DAMPF […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 3: 60-41

17 January 2025 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! We have arrived at the middle section, containing the albums ranked between 60-41. 60) Gnome – Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome   […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 2: 80-61

10 January 2025 SB 0

Welcome back to the Top 100 Albums countdown continues! This is the second of five parts, where we look at the albums ranked 80 to […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 1: 100-81

3 January 2025 SB 0

2024 was yet another massive music year! In addition to old favourites returning with strongly anticipated releases, I was also happy to make quite a […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2023

20 January 2024 SB 0

2023 is in the books, and it’s time for the customary look at the box set releases of the past year. The amount of releases […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 4: 25-1

18 January 2024 SB 0

We have arrived at the final part of the Rocking In the Norseland Top 100 countdown for 2023! 25) RONNIE ROMERO – Raised On Heavy […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 3: 50-26

14 January 2024 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! This time, the albums ranked between 50-26. 50) THERION – Leviathan III Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 2: 75-51

10 January 2024 SB 0

The Top 100 countdown continues! This time, the albums ranked between 75-51. 75) STEEL PANTHER – On the Prowl What can be said about Steel […]

The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 1: 100-76

6 January 2024 SB 0

What a massive music year 2023 was! I probably listened to more new albums in 2023 than ever before (somewhere between 250-300), fitted in between […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2022

21 January 2023 SB 0

Here we are again! Another year, another batch of released music box sets. 2022 did not disappoint, even if we saw more of a normalized […]

LARKIN POE – «Blood Harmony» (2022)

14 January 2023 SB 0

Blood Harmony is the sixth studio album from the guitar-slinging sisters Megan and Rebecca Lowell, collectively known as Larkin Poe. Those familiar with their progression […]

STAR ONE – «Revel In Time» (2022)

7 January 2023 SB 0

Star One is a Dutch progressive metal outfit, probably most correctly referred to as a side-project for Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Some of […]

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – «Return of the Dream Canteen» (2022)

28 December 2022 SB 0

When John Frusciante returned to Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2019, new music was high on the agenda. They had planned to enter the studio […]

Hällas – «Isle of Wisdom» (2022)

21 October 2022 SB 0

Set the controls for the heart of the sun! The adventures continue as the retro-progtastic Swedes in Hällas are back with yet another helping of […]

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