This 15 track CD album features cutting edge left field post-punk, prog, alt.rock, avant hip-hop and things beyond – 15 tracks from the following fine artistes (many of whom have featured in recent weeks/months here at Organ) : CHROME HOOF, NORTHERN STATE, VIC CHESNUTT, TO KILL A PETTY BOURGEOISIE, ODD NOSDAM, JENNY HOYSTON, QUI, EPSILONS, A WHISPER IN THE NOISE, DEAD RAVEN CHOIR, SANDRO PERRI, TELEPHONE JIM JESUS, KARATE, WEEDEATER and PANTALIEMON... 

Want one? Well all you need to is answer this easy question: Who is the main man (alongside Greg Werckman) behind Ipecac Records?

E.mail your in answer along with your street address and we’ll stick one of these CDs in the post. This offer is only open to people within the UK. First come, first serve, grab them while they’re hot. Don’t you just love your ever-sharing ever-caring big throbbing Organ. 

Find out more about Southern Records via www.southern.net
 

We have three CDs waiting here to be won by you. Just answer this simple question:

Orginal drummer CHRIS WITCHUNTER’s real name is 
A: Dave Witchunter
B: Chris Dudek
C: Chris Cruncher
D: Rip Dudek
or E: Jerzy Dudek

Win your copy of the album by answering the simple question here

Competition is open to UK readers only, don't forget to include your address. Closing date is album release day Monday 1st October 2007

ALL DONE, WON AND SENT OUT - TOO LATE
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SODOM – The Final Sign Of Evil (SPV) – A whole load of old 1984 songs re-recorded (or recorded properly for the first time) by the original line up of Tom Angelripper, Grave Violator and Chris Witchhunter right here in 2007. You see, the way we try to do it around these parts is to throw on the music that comes in without really looking at who it is or reading the press release and the hype that generally comes in here with a new release. We try to avoid the the pre-conceived ideas and let the music do the talking – so we threw this on and thought, hey this sounds a little dates and raw, sounds like the early days of thrash and death and Hellhammer and Venom, sounds like 1984 – I kind of like the sound (felt kind of pleased with myself when I got around to checking the facts). I guess this is mostly for those who are already fans (and those who don’t snigger too much at those names – well they don’t really use them themselves now, I guess they’re kind of laughing at themselves as well). Sounds raw and dated and kind of nostalgic is a rather positive sense. Thankfully they’re recorded the songs properly, i.e. raw and blistering and authentically ’84 rather that all polished up and over produced. The album features the tracks from their original In The Sign Of Evil EP along with a whole load of other tracks that date from the time and should have been recorded back then – apparently this twelve track album is what The Sign Of Evil should have sounded like.  The German threesome have got it just right when they could quite easily have made a right dogs dinner of things – despite their silly names, they generally do get things right. Sodom fans and old school death metal thrashheads should be more that happy with this rather fine slice of authentic thrashing old school black/death metal – www.sodomized.info / www.spv.de

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To win yourself one of these 15 track double CD live albums just answer this easy easy question: Just what do they say won't fall in that place just south of Witch’s Valley (where you can't trust your shadow in the dark)?  OK, if that's one toooooo tough just tell us who Heaven And Hell really are

Win your copy of this fine live album by answering the simple question here

How easy is that! Come on, life around here is just a carrousel, spinning fast you’ve got to ride it well. Just sendin your answer along with your name and address and we'll pick the winner out of our black wizzards hat. (I once won all the beer I could drink for knowing there was no sun in the shadow of the wizzzzard I'll have you know - disasterous night!)

Competition is open to UK readers only, closing date is Saturday 15th September 2007 

Find out more about the album and tour here at the band's current label SPV

COMPETITION CLOSED - the three winners are: Ian Wyn Jones (Cardiff), Melissa B (Leicester), Garth Ashford (Leytonstone) 
 

 The thing about music biographies, be it official or unofficial, is that they can be very hit and miss affairs – as soon as a band starts to get somewhere someone commissions a book and some uninspired music journo churns it out and pays the rent – hit and miss. David Nolan knows his subject, he clearly has a passion, he’s done the meticulous legwork and the research and amazingly, even though this is an unofficial biography, he managed to get the ever reluctant very private Bernard Sumner’s own input and revelations. Well written and yes, a rather good incite, fascinating actually, this is one of the finer music biographies – recommended.  - www.impbooks.com

Win your own copy of this rather recommended book by answering this simple question here - Dance Dance Dance to what?

Rules: Competition is open to people from the UK only. Closing date is August 31st 2007 

SEPT 1st: And the winner is Kay Smillie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
 

Anyway – Say what you will, want to dance in the heat until a quarter to three? Want some trouble with a capital T? We’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away, aren’t we good to you? Want in? Just answer the question by 1.00pm UK time on Wednesday 6th June and two tickets will be waiting on the door for two sets of lucky people... winners will be contacted at 1.00pm via e.mail (or phone if you feel like leaving us your number) – See.Organkill, only way to feel the noise is when...

The question – oh I hate damn stupid competition questions! here you go: Which band was Fast Eddie in prior to Fastway, clue: the words motor and head could well be involved in the answer... e.mail here

www.fasteddieclarke.com
www.myspace.com/fasteddieclarke
www.islington-academy.co.uk