The experiment-happy Cyan Marble, which I wrote about in the Autumn, is back with a new EP, “Maya”. And also this time they bring their sense for the theatrical and their unchecked progressive rock. Try the starting track here below.

Cyan Marble on Facebook – on Bandcamp

I the Autumn I wrote about the brit pop-inspired band Cave Cat and their single “Deception”. A couple of months ago they released this animated video to the second track on the single, “The Abject”.

Cave Cats site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Bandcamp

And let’s dream ourselves back to the eighties with This Vision again, in the single “Hungry Heart”. Maybe the best track so far from the electro pop duo, hailing from Helsingborg.

This Vision’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Momofoko, hailing from Malmö, released their third album “Movement” during Spring. We heard the catchy single “We Know” already last year and now it’s in good company of another 8 tracks of dance-inspiring indie-disco-pop, alternately electronic and guitar-funky. Here’s a taste of it.

Momofoko’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Soundcloud

Misth, hailing from Stockholm, released a sparkling debut rock album during Spring, which is definitely worth checking out if you like the combination of metal, melodic hard rock and progressive rock. In front of a gang of brilliant musicians and scarred veterans, who come from the predecessor Mercury Fang, we find singer Maria Rådsten. Mostly known from before as a member of the group One More Time, it sounds like she’s really found her hunting grounds as she’s impressing with her register, dynamics and strength.

There’s a lot of candy here for one whose choosy with rock; everything from tight, progressive excursions, to ominous metal riffs to melodic choruses that explodes in a kind of hard rock party. Nostalgic as I am I get quite a few vibes from both the seventies and the eighties with Dio, Black Sabbath, Yngwie Malmsteen and the likes. Sometimes I just get a flashback from one of the many guitar sounds thats strewn across the record. An album where they don’t hesitate to squeeze out the very last from the songs where five of the ten songs run over 6 minutes, with the epic finishing track “Day of Retribution” as the grande finale. Listen for yourself here below in a couple of songs.

Misth’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp – on Rara

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