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Audrey Horne - Pure Heavy (2014)













Year : 2014
Style : Hard Rock , Post-Grunge
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 122 mb

Bio:

Audrey Horne plays powerful, heavy, melodic, in-your-face hard rock, with an attitude! The band was formed late in 2002. Live, they are a self-confidante energy bomb, and a nice break in today's jungle of shoe gazing rock bands.For their debut album "No Hay Banda" Audrey Horne received two Norwegian Grammy nominations in the categories for Best Newcomer and Best Metal Act, and took home the Grammy for Best Metal Act!Check out the video for the song Confessions & Alcohol, the single from No Hay Banda. (External link, Flash required.Audrey Horne's home base is Bergen, Norway, a town made (in)famous by bands like Immortal, Enslaved, Gorgoroth and other great metal bands in recent years.Audrey Horne, although a different type of metal band from the other bands mentioned, is every bit the quality act you've come to expect to come out of this town, and they pack a powerful punch!Don't leave without having visited The Music section and tasted the Audrey Horne music.

Album:

One may regret the seventies, eighties miss the warm and consider the nineties as particularly undervalued decade. You could also simply "push Pure Heavy" the Norwegian rock band Audrey Horne in the CD player and get all the missing rock eras delivered free.With admirable energy, the keen sense of strong hooks, fine licks and great melodies, this disc rocks without detours directly into the hearts of all rock music fans. It is mainly the timeless compositions, the dynamic to bursting sound and the undisputed authenticity with which the five musicians of the band go here to work to make "Pure Heavy" to a listening pleasure. Is the title of the disc about the program? This is pure Heavy Metal?Well, the album is indeed heavy and plump hard, but it has also deeply melodic and with great attention to detail in the same breath, in short, a veritable cornucopia of great songs.

Line Up:

Toschie - Vox
Ice Dale - Guitar
Thomas Tofthagen - Guitar
Kjetil Greve - Drums
Espen Lien - Bass

Tracklist:

01. Wolf In My Heart
02. Holy Roller
03. Out Of The City
04. Volcano Girl
05. Tales From The Crypt
06. Diamond
07. Into The Wild
08. Gravity
09. High And Dry
10. Waiting For The Night
11. Boy Wonder
12. Let Live (Bonus Track)
13. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Bonus Track)




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Audrey Horne - Blackout (Japan Edition) (2018)













Year : 2018 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 108 mb

Bio:

Audrey Horne plays powerful, heavy, melodic, in-your-face hard rock, with an attitude! The band was formed late in 2002. Live, they are a self-confidante energy bomb, and a nice break in today's jungle of shoe gazing rock bands.For their debut album "No Hay Banda" Audrey Horne received two Norwegian Grammy nominations in the categories for Best Newcomer and Best Metal Act, and took home the Grammy for Best Metal Act! Check out the video for the song Confessions & Alcohol, the single from No Hay Banda. (External link, Flash required.Audrey Horne's home base is Bergen, Norway, a town made (in)famous by bands like Immortal, Enslaved, Gorgoroth and other great metal bands in recent years.Audrey Horne, although a different type of metal band from the other bands mentioned, is every bit the quality act you've come to expect to come out of this town, and they pack a powerful punch!Don't leave without having visited The Music section and tasted the Audrey Horne music.

Album:

Way back in the dim and distant past – it was before the internet kids, that’s how long we are talking – MV owned a video cassette (any readers under 30 ask your nan, yeah?) of the band Poison. Glam, and spandex abounded. They were derided by the critics and loved by me. On the video, the band’s singer Brett Michaels explained their music was for those (and we paraphrase) who had a shit job and wanted to escape for a while.The subtext of all this was clear: Bob Dylan wanted to make music that changed the world (and lest there be any confusion, MV loves Bob too), others wanted to make it smile for a little while.30 years on come Audrey Horne. And whilst the days of “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” are miles behind us, the ethos of “Blackout” is just the same. And the musical ideas can’t be arsed with modernity either, thanks.Essentially carrying on where 2014’s “Pure Heavy” left off, this is unashamed, unabashed and undiminished F.U.N.It makes it’s declaration – it’s battle lines – if you will, known very early on. “This Is War” is basically what it would be like if it was 1983 again and early Bruce era Maiden and early Motley got together for a jam, it’s hedonistic and it doesn’t care.They follow this up with first single “Audrevolution” which has a chorus that stomps all over anything puny. It’s heavyweight, but it has a shiny, glam thing going on that is quite marvellous, it is – if the hard rock buying world had any sense – an anthem.If that’s the first two songs, then, brother, this baby is only getting started. We assume that it will not come as a shock to anyone involved in the title track that it sounds a bit like Thin Lizzy, but nonetheless, the way the guitars of Arve Isdal and Thomas Tofthagen (who are also in death metal bands when they aren’t being rock gods) mesh is somewhere between glorious Gorham and radiant Robbo, and just for good measure, the damn thing has cowbell in it, goddammit.Now, as everyone with a brain – or ears – knows, all great Hard Rock should sound like the greatest of them all, so the sun dappled “This Man”, a wonderful mid-paced thing, also has a Lizzy strand – as well as gorgeous harmonies, and just in case you thought that this couldn’t get the party started any more than it has, then along comes “Midnight Man” which starts with Torkjell Rød singing about his hangover. Do you think he regrets the night before? Does he bollocks!As for the rest of them, well, “Light Your Way” starts with a drum solo in case you think this isn’t the most rock n roll album since, well, the last Audrey Horne one, and to say they are kicking things old school doesn’t really do this justice – and the Deep Purple style organ break is a real neat touch from these (highway) stars.“California” is a homage to what is probably their spiritual home, the suggestion that you should “throw yourselves into the neon lights” is lost on no one, and the screeching solo only reinforces that feel.Then there’s “Satellite”. On one hand it is a left turn with its electro stomp, but it doesn’t half sound massive and superbly funky and given that it is has a hook big enough to hang your coat on, it fits in perfectly.The fact this is 10 songs long is also perfect. The last two amount to a quick reprise, “Naysayer” is the best the NWOBHM track you haven’t heard yet and the closing “Rose Alley” is surely a nod to that Bob Seegar song that Phil Lynott and the lads used to cover.That last song sounds like it was recorded live, and sounds like the most fun house party you haven’t been invited to.So, how to sum this up? Well, look at the bands we’ve mentioned here. Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Motley Crue, Deep Purple (and you can add in some Kiss too while you’re at it). Like Poison might have said this ain’t nothin’ but a good time. Get ready for the blackout – it’s so good you will probably get the horne.

Line Up:

Toschie - Vocals
Ice Dale - Guitar
Thomas Tofthagen - Guitar
Kjetil Greve - Drums
Espen Lien - Bass

Tracklist:

01. This Is War
02. Audrevolution
03. Blackout
04. This One
05. Midnight Man
06. Light Your Way
07. California
08. Satellite
09. Naysayer
10. Rose Alley
11. Juggernaut (Bonus Track)
12. The End (Bonus Track)




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Audrey Horne - Devil's Bell (2022)













Year : 2022
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 108 mb

Bio:

Audrey Horne plays powerful, heavy, melodic, in-your-face hard rock, with an attitude! The band was formed late in 2002. Live, they are a self-confidante energy bomb, and a nice break in today's jungle of shoe gazing rock bands.For their debut album "No Hay Banda" Audrey Horne received two Norwegian Grammy nominations in the categories for Best Newcomer and Best Metal Act, and took home the Grammy for Best Metal Act! Check out the video for the song Confessions & Alcohol, the single from No Hay Banda. (External link, Flash required.Audrey Horne's home base is Bergen, Norway, a town made (in)famous by bands like Immortal, Enslaved, Gorgoroth and other great metal bands in recent years.Audrey Horne, although a different type of metal band from the other bands mentioned, is every bit the quality act you've come to expect to come out of this town, and they pack a powerful punch!Don't leave without having visited The Music section and tasted the Audrey Horne music.

Album:

Fuel to the fire ... that's what relentless hard rock outfit Audrey Horne ignites! What started back in 2002 soon took the Norwegians and their expertly-executed, riff-soaked fury all the way to the top of the rock scene. They were one of the first to rediscover and mercilessly plunder the sacred crypts of 70s and 80s radio rock, leaving naught behind for subsequent tomb raiders but Frank Stallone 8-tracks and broken pieces of Toto and Billy Joel imports. Four years after their much-praised album "Blackout", the Norwegians are back for more with their seventh album!"Devil's Bell" offers 9 fist-pumping songs that will shake concert venues worldwide. The album kicks off with charging opener "Ashes To Ashes", followed by "Animal", a stripped down rocker that will make you go crazy. "Break Out" proves a real rock anthem with a big chorus, showcasing frontman Toschie in top shape, followed by the instrumental "Return To Grave Valley", immediately creating a laid back atmosphere. Title track "Devil's Bell" starts off with a strong guitar solo by Ice Dale that leads into a pure melodic hard rock anthem, while "All Is Lost" offers excellent head-turning drumming as the central element of the song.Toschie once again proves that he has one of the most charismatic and energetic voices in rock. The kinetic guitar work of Ice Dale (Enslaved) and Thomas Tofthagen (ex-Sahg) underline an outstanding genre-warp of 70s and 80s rock via NWOBHM, keeping the music rocking and the listener locked in. As with every Audrey Horne album, there are no duds or misfires as the songs flow together seamlessly, making "Devil's Bell" a delight to play from the first tune straight to the end. The band is tight, the music is festive and the songs stick on the first listen - that's how a modern hard rock album should sound!

Line Up:

Torkjell “Toschie” Rød – Vocals
Arve Isdal – Guitar
Thomas Tofthagen – Guitar
Espen Lien – Bass
Kjetil Greve – Drums

Tracklist:

01. Ashes To Ashes
02. Animal
03. Break Out
04. Return To Grave Valley
05. Danse Macabre
06. Devil's Bell
07. All Is Lost
08. Toxic Twins
09. From Darkness




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Audrey Horne - Achilles (2026)











Year : 2026
Style : Hard Rock , Heavy Metal
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 105 mb

Bio:

Audrey Horne plays powerful, heavy, melodic, in-your-face hard rock, with an attitude! The band was formed late in 2002. Live, they are a self-confidante energy bomb, and a nice break in today's jungle of shoe gazing rock bands.For their debut album "No Hay Banda" Audrey Horne received two Norwegian Grammy nominations in the categories for Best Newcomer and Best Metal Act, and took home the Grammy for Best Metal Act! Check out the video for the song Confessions & Alcohol, the single from No Hay Banda. (External link, Flash required.Audrey Horne's home base is Bergen, Norway, a town made (in)famous by bands like Immortal, Enslaved, Gorgoroth and other great metal bands in recent years.Audrey Horne, although a different type of metal band from the other bands mentioned, is every bit the quality act you've come to expect to come out of this town, and they pack a powerful punch!Don't leave without having visited The Music section and tasted the Audrey Horne music.

Album:

Norwegian hard rock force AUDREY HORNE is set to unleash the band's 8th studio offering, Achilles, on September 4, 2026, via Napalm Records! AUDREY HORNE's latest studio albums Blackout (2018) and Devil’s Bell (2022) received critical praise internationally, and the band was even awarded a Spellemannprisen (Norwegian equivalent to a Grammy) for their 2005 debut album. With previous international tours both as headliners and together with bands such as Papa Roach and Backyard Babies, as well as support slots for AC/DC and Mötley Crüe, AUDREY HORNE counts as one of Norway's most interesting rock exports. The new album features 11 multi-faceted tracks, ranging from high-energy heavy rock pieces to more melodic and progressive songs, leaving no questions about the songwriting capabilities of this five-piece, which consists of vocalist Toschie, guitarists Ice Dale (Enslaved) and Thomas Tofthagen, bassist Espen Lien and drummer Kjetil Greve.Hard-hitting title track "Achilles" kicks the new album right off as roaring guitars meet an impactful rhythm section, all topped with powerfully captivating vocals. The band showcases their more progressive side on the song through creating a strong contrast between different parts, which supports the lyrics that draw from today's polarized world. More hit material is delivered through songs like "God Damn Beautiful": This groovy Thin Lizzy -inspired track brings bass player Espen Lien to center stage on lead vocals. The band stays true to its sound on the high-energy rock'n'roll number "Insanity" that features a catchy chorus and twin guitars – and a gripping storyline inspired by the classic Iron Maiden tune "Hallowed be thy name"! Closing track "New Star Falling" wraps the album up beautifully, showcasing the melodic side of AUDREY HORNE's sound.With Achilles, AUDREY HORNE returns with an atmospheric heavy rock album that combines classic ‘70s and ‘80s influences with lyrical themes spanning escapism to commentary on the instability of the world we live in. A perfect fit for both rock radio and live stages!

Line Up:

Torkjell “Toschie” Rød – Vocals
Ice Dale – Guitar
Thomas Tofthagen – Guitar
Kjetil Greve – Bass
Espen Lien – Drums

Tracklist:

01. Achilles
02. In The Eye Of The Hurricane
03. Vampires
04. God Damn Beautiful
05. Pretty Little Lies
06. Prodrome
07. Insanity
08. Hell Is Eternity
09. Six Feet In The Ground
10. Running Through The Night
11. New Star Falling




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