Full-blooded new album from Lande and Holter

Vampires are my favourite monsters, (the good old-fashioned ones that don't sparkle).

Lande and Holter's Dracula Swing of Death album is based on the Vlad the Impaler / Bram Stoker story with melodic metal, outstanding songwriting and vocals.

The full-blooded music plus the fact that Jorn Lande and Lena Floitmoen sing the parts of Dracula and Mina/Lucy give the album a 'rock musical' sound, although there are no skits or storytelling outside of the songs.

Full marks across the board; music, concept, vocals, wonderful gothic artwork. It went straight into the Recent favourite albums playlist and could be one of the year's favourites.