BALLANCE OF POWER
"FRESH FROM THE ABYSS"
Progressive Metal
Year:19.04.2024
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

BALANCE OF POWER are back with new band members and a brand-new album!

Founding members Tony Ritchie (bass) and Lionel Hicks (drums) are joined the band's new lead vocalist Hazel Jade as well as guitarists Chris Young and Adam Wardle, who have since taken over the reins from guitarists Chris Masimore and Stoney Wagner, with whom the band worked on and recorded the upcoming album "Fresh From The Abyss".

Largely about life and death, "Fresh From The Abyss" is a collection of songs that either stops the clock and points to a moment in time or stands back and encompasses the vastness of time and space, and living and dying.

CD/ LP:

1. Last Man Down
2. Never Be Here Again
3. Monster
4. Rage Of Ages

5. Abyss
6. Velocity
7. Deadlands
8. One More Time Around The Sun

BLOODBOUND
"THE TALES OF NOSFERATU - 2 DECADES OF BLOOD"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:19.04.2024
(AFM RECORDS)

The Swedish power metal band BLOODBOUND is celebrating its birthday! Twenty years of band existence and twenty years packed with studio albums and a lot of big festival appearances and tours. Now it's time to pay homage to the band with a live album, which with songs like "Battle in the Sky", "The Warlock's Trail" or "Drink with the Gods" has earned them an unthinkable place on the power metal throne and a standing as a great live band. "The Tales of Nosferatu - Two Decades of Blood" is the band's second live album and the package is packed full. In addition to the 2LP version in the matching Blood Splatter design, there will be a CD Earbook, which includes an extra Blu-Ray with various live performances and all the music videos. Both configurations will include a comic, whi...

ATTIC
"RETURN OF THE WITCHFINDER"
Dark Heavy Metal
Year:05.04.2024
(SOULFOOD MUSIC)

"Attic are back with their furious third album entitled 'Return Of The Witchfinder". The german five piece presents dark and sinister heavy metal with a slight black metal influence - fierce and evil as it can possibly get. "This album is both back to the roots and also more extreme compared to 'The Invocation' and 'Sanctimonious'", vocalist Meister Cagliostro states. "It's the traditional Attic sound meeting some new and even heavier elements." Follow the Witchfinder's call or burn at the stake!"

CD/ LP:

1. The Covenant
2. Darkest Rites
3. Hailstorm And Tempest
4. The Thief's Candle
5. Return Of The Witchfinder
6. Offerings To Baalberith
7. Azrael
8. Up In The Castle
9. The Baleful Baron
10. Synodus Horrenda

BLACK TUSK
"THE WAY FORWARD"
Stoner Rock/ Metal
Year:26.04.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

-    It’s their first with their new lineup, which sees guitarist Chris “Scary” Adams and bassist Derek Lynch joining Fidler and drummer James May. Which also makes it Black Tusk’s first record with a two-guitar lineup resulting in the album with the most guitar work. -    In true Black Tusk fashion, the new lineup has expanded their triple-vocal approach to quadruple. “Everyone is doing vocals,” Fidler says. Black Tusk go way back. Guitarist Andrew Fidler and drummer James May both grew up down in the swamps of Savannah, Georgia, where they’ve been banging heads together for the past 19 years.While often mentioned in the same weed-infused breath as Baroness and Kylesa, Black Tusk are a different beast. These swamp mon...

JINJER
"LIVE IN LOS ANGELES"
Female Heavy Metal/ Metalcore
Year:17.05.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Experience JINJER live in Los Angeles with their first official live DVD/BluRay!Ukraine’s JINJER are inarguably one of modern metal's hottest and most exciting bands active today. Through their relentless hard work, matchless talent and non-stop touring, the four-piece has manifested its standing as one of the best live acts to date, gaining them a fiercely loyal, rabid fanbase and audience of millions of people at the biggest festivals worldwide - such as Hellfest, Rock am Ring, Graspop Metal Meeting, Download Festival and Rocklahoma USA, plus sold out headline shows across Europe and North America. Bringing their intense stage show and trademark sound to the masses, JINJER will drop their first official live album, Live in Los Angeles, on May 17, 2024.Live in Los Angeles was r...

ELVELLON
"ASCENDING IN SYNERGY"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:17.05.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Rising symphonic metal band ELVELLON is set to release their second album, Ascending in Synergy, on May 17, 2024! The ten track offering marks the outfit’s Napalm Records debut, and is the successor to their highly acclaimed 2018 album Until Dawn and 2015 EP Spellbound. The official music video for the track “Born From Hope” from Until Dawn has reached 1.3M views on YouTube, and the EP version of the song has more than 2.5M Spotify streams. Dubbed as “heroes of tomorrow” by Metal Hammer Germany, ELVELLON has performed at several festival stages both in their home country of Germany and abroad, such as RockHarz Festival, M’era Luna and Rock Fest Barcelona to name a few, and has shared the stage with significant bands in the scene such as VISIONS OF ATLANT...

PALLBEARER
"MIND BURNS ALIVE"
Progressive Metal/ Doom
Year:17.05.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Mind Burns Alive finds PALLBEARER navigating the space between disquiet and serenity with a singular intensity. At times poetic and blistering, their fifth full length is a heartfelt meditation on isolation, trauma and mental breakdown, framed by the possibility of redemption and the quiet, aching beauty of escape.

Musically and lyrically stripped bare and vulnerable, Mind Burns Alive deals in universal themes of loneliness and the feeling of emotionally drowning in a world turning upside down. Bassist/vocalist Joseph D. Rowland describes the album as “an exploration of fate; when you are deceived by your own instincts and internal voice.”

CD/ 2LP:

01. Where The Light Fades
02. Mind Burns Alive
03. Signals
04. Endless Place
05. Daybreak
06. With Disease

GATECREEPER
"DARK SUPERSTITION"
Death Metal
Year:17.05.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

"The new wave of American death metal needs a breakout album, and Dark Superstition is it. Gatecreeper's third full-length sees the Arizona death metal specialists-vocalist Chase H. Mason, guitarists Eric Wagner and Israel Garza, drummer Metal Matt Arrebollo and bassist Alex Brown-carving out their own path. The band's first album for Nuclear Blast is more concise, melodic, and memorable than anything they've done in the past. "We refined the song structures," Mason says. "We're getting better at what we do."Think of Dark Superstition as Gatecreeper's answer to Entombed's Wolverine Blues or Dismember's Massive Killing Capacity, pivotal albums on which the songs got tighter and more rock influenced. Or even Paradise Lost, who went even further in a rock di...

IVANHOE
"HEALED BY THE SUN"
Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:10.05.2024
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

"Reflections" emerges as a powerful exploration of environmental issues and our connection to planet Earth. Each track reflects a specific aspect of this often troubled and problematic relationship.On this album, collaboration and teamwork led to greater complexity in musical structures and arrangements. Clean vocals, interwoven with Gabriele's signature growl, emphasize the album's central theme, creating an intense and engaging atmosphere.This album goes beyond mere musical listening, transforming into a sensory experience. SOULLINE presents a work that combines music and images to stir deep emotions and stimulate concrete actions.The environmental message, expressed through the power of metal music, makes "Reflections" a work not only of music but also of cultural activism.The...

MUNICIPAL WASTE
"TANGO & THRASH REDUX BLACK/ WHITE MARBLED VINYL (LP)"
Thrash Metal
Year:24.05.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Municipal Waste are an American thrash metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, in 2001. The band is known for their fast-paced, aggressive sound and humorous lyrics, often focusing on themes like partying, skateboarding, and pop culture references. They draw influences from classic thrash metal bands like Slayer, D.R.I., and Nuclear Assault, infusing their music with a modern and energetic approach.Previously released in 2003 as a split-EP with Californian crossover Thrash trio Bad Acid Trip, the re-release includes the original 5 Municipal Waste tracks. In addition there are 4 bonus tracks including covers of Poison Idea and Corrosion Of Conformity. With all-new artwork, the tracks were remastered by J-F Dagenais (Kataklysm).CD/ LP:01. Escape From New York02. Big Trouble In Little China0...

VULTURE
"SENTINELS"
True Heavy Metal
Year:12.04.2024
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

If there is one band that combines a classic approach with fresh ideas and an expansive joy of playing to honor their ancestors from the likes of early Exodus, Metallica, or Slayer, then it is the German heavy metal hellions, VULTURE. On their fourth album Sentinels, set for release on April 12th via Metal Blade Records, they prove once again that tradition and further development are not mutually exclusive, but on the contrary can lead to something extraordinary that leaves no headbanger untouched.VULTURE again recorded with Marco Brinkmann in his Hellforge Studio where there were also some innovations. "We had a clearly structured daily routine, a normal working day with set goals in which we could focus purely on recording the songs. Our previous recordings were a bit less organized whi...

BAT
"UNDER THE CROOKED CLAW"
Thrash Metal
Year:17.05.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Metal-punk trio BAT have been delivering their own blood-spattered horror since ascending from the underground a decade ago. The brainchild of MUNICIPAL WASTE guitarist Ryan Waste, BAT is the horror-themed cousin of his aforementioned band, with dashes of Motörhead and Venom. BAT pushes the boundaries between heavy metal, punk and rock ‘n’ roll; dynamically all coagulating together into one cohesive dirty sound. Our attraction to horror is visceral and undeniable. So is our love of BAT.

CD/ LP:

01. Una Torcia Illumina Il Ciel
02. Vampyre Lore
03. Rite For Exorcism
04. Streetbanger
05. Just Buried
06. Warshock
07. Horror Vision
08. Battered
09. Revenge of the Wolf
10. Marauders of Doom
11. Electric Warning
12. Bastardized Force
13. Final Strike

PAIN
"I AM"
Industrial Metal
Year:17.05.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Pain are back. Peter Tägtgren's industrial metal playground is releasing the long-awaited follow-up to the 2016 album Coming Home.

CD/ LP:

01. I Just Dropped By (to say goodbye)
02. Don’t Wake The Dead
03. Go With The Flow
04. Not For Sale
05. Party In My Head
06. I Am
07. Push The Pusher
08. The New Norm
09. Revolution
10. My Angel
11. Fair Game

AYREON
"LIVE BENEATH THE WAVES"
Symphonic Progressive Rock/ Metal
Year:17.05.2024
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

- Once in lifetime concert with an all-star cast including Simone Simons (Epica), Damian Wilson (Threshold), Anneke van Giersbergen, Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Tom Englund (Evergrey), Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation), Marcela Bovio (MaYan), Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis). Maggy Luyten (Beautiful Sin), Michael Mills (Toehider) and Wudstik.- Ayreon - 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves is released on the same date as Lucassen & Soeterboek's Plan Nine album, another project of Ayreon master mind Arjen Lucassen.An Ayreon live event is a spectacular moment in time. An enormous production with musicians of the highest calibre combine to create a bombastic spectacle. The shows’ infrequencies make it ...

MANIC EDEN
"MANIC EDEN 30 ANNIVERS. EDIT."
Hard Rock
Year:12.04.2024
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    Former Whitesnake members Adrian Vandenberg, Rudy Sarzo, and Tommy Aldridge released Manic Eden album in 1994.    30th anniversary release of Manic Eden release.    Manic Eden album is release on vinyl for the first time!      30 years ago Manic Eden released their first and only album.Manic Eden were a short-lived hard rock band consisting of former members of Whitesnake and Little Caesar. Following David Coverdale's decision to place Whitesnake on indefinite hiatus in the early 1990s, Manic Eden was founded in 1993 and had 3 members of Whitesnake from the Slip of the Tongue- era, Adrian Vandenberg (guitar), Rudy Sarzo (bass) and Tommy Aldridge (drums). Little Caesar vocalist Ron Young was the final piece of th...