Opeth - Orchid - GoldGold Vinyl. There are few bands that can, or will, match Sweden's Opeth. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, they have eclipsed convention, defiantly crushed the odds, and crafted 12 stunningly beautiful, intrinsically intense albums to become one of the best bands on the planet. They have received massive critical acclaim for their combination of progressive influences and annihilating Swedish death metal. A must have for

and Big Black on congas

and then the six Sonates da camera brought out in 1742 by the Parisian engraver and music publisher Louis Hue

varied and consistent

after the war had ended

after a year of traversing the globe in support of 2019's Run Fast Sleep Naked

A one-off in Bach's output

most of Bussotti's large-scale projects such as a 'Passion according to Sade' have so far failed to find a place in the record catalogues

five-part "Missa Ave virgo sanctissima" on the eponymous motet by Francesco Guerrero (1528-1599)

another non album cut

musicological and archaeological investigations of the sound cultures from this time have yielded few certainties

- Phil Dirt

He is a consultant and contributing music editor for Dover Publications and is also a practicing clinical psychologist