VIPASSI
"LIGHTLESS" Progressive Metal
Year:26.01.2024 (SEASON OF MIST)
Building on the foundation laid by their debut album 'Sunyata,' a title that loosely translates to emptiness or voidness, VIPASSI showcases their exceptional artistry on their sophomore release, 'Lightless,' a record that delves into the timeless theme of light versus dark. Named after the twenty-second Buddha, VIPASSI aptly characterizes the band's aura of absolute clairvoyance. This quality is vividly mirrored in their prodigious technical musicianship, setting them apart as instrumental superstars. 'Lightless' is a testament to their evolution, showcasing a level of maturity that is awe-inspiring in the realm of instrumental progressive metal. What truly distinguishes VIPASSI is their ability to craft an immersive musical narrative that transcend...
SUICIDAL ANGELS
"PROFAN PRAYER" Thrash Metal
Year:01.03.2024 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
Newly re-signed Greek thrashers SUICIDAL ANGELS return to Nuclear Blast for their 8th studio album ‘Profane Prayer’. Releasing their first album in 2007, Suicidal Angels cut their teeth supporting Kreator and Celtic Frost in Greece before joining MTVs Headbangers Ball Tour alongside Kreator, Exodus and Death Angel in 2010. After the brooding guitar intro, first single ‘When The Lions Die’ bursts out with ultra tight rhythms and euphonious guitar accents, showcasing the band at their most memorable.
CD:
1 When the Lions Die 2 Crypts of Madness 3 Purified by Fire 4 Deathstalker 5 Profane Prayer 6 The Return of the Reaper 7 Guard of the Insane 8 Virtues of Destruction 9 The Fire Paths of Fate
TEMIC
"TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY" Progressive Metal
Year:17.11.2023 (SEASON OF MIST)
TEMIC are just one album in, but to reach this point, this supergroup had to navigate quite the career maze. These guys have played with Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Neal Morse, SHINING and Maraton. But it wasn’t until the world shut down in 2020, that keyboardist Diego Tejedia and guitarist Eric Gillette got around to starting a band together. Their idea wasn’t exactly simple: orchestrate their love for high-energy electronica and killer melodies into a modern prog-metal band. But by recruiting vocalist Fredrik Klemp and Simen Sandnes on drums, Temic manage to pull that concept off Terror Management Theory is layered with twists and turns. “Count Your Losses” crushes out tech riffs by the ton, while “Falling Away&rd...
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...
Timeless. Explosive. Romantic. Inspiring. How else to characterize Blue Electric Light, Lenny Kravitz’s 12th studio album? Kravitz’s mastery of deep-soul rock ‘n roll is a long-established fact. As a relentless creative force—musician, writer, producer, actor, author, designer—he continues to be a global dynamic presence throughout music, art and culture. Blue Electric Light is an impassioned suite of songs, that broadens this distinction and is the latest contribution of a man whose music—not to mention his singular style—continues to inspire millions the world over. On the album, Kravitz's talents as a writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist resonate as he wrote and played most of the instruments himself, with long-time guitarist Craig Ro...
"Asylum" is the next evolutionary step for ATROPHY.
Keeping the speed of "Socialized Hate" and the grooves of "Violent By Nature", the album adds a big dose of heaviness to the mix resulting in a satisfying aural kick to the face.
The lyrical focus is still focused on societal ills, from the insurrection to the brainwashing performed by the major news networks, and then also the obvious results from these on the people just struggling to live their lives.
CD/ LP:
1. Punishment For All 2. High Anxiety 3. Seeds Of Sorrow 4. Distortion 5. Bleeding Out
6. American Dream 7. Close My Eyes 8. The Apostle 9. Five Minutes 'Til Suicide
ALTERIUM
"OF WAR AND FLAMES" Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:08.03.2024 (AFM RECORDS)
Since ALTERIUM released their first single "Drag Me to Hell", the power metal community screamed for a full album by the Italian newcomers. After four long months, the wait is finally over: ALTERIUM are here with their debut album "Of War and Flames". The previous singles have already foreshadowed, what to expect: potent vocals, explosive instrumentals, and a dash of gothic mystique to create an unforgettable experience in fantastic realms!
CD/ LP:
1. Drag Me to Hell 2. Siren's Call 3. Of War and Flames 4. Firebringer 5. Crossroads Inn
6. Shadowsong 7. Crystalline 8. Heroine of The Sea 9. Chasing the Sun 10. Bismarck
FEUERSCHWANZ
"WARRIORS" Folk Metal/ Viking Metal
Year:19.04.2024 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"For the first time in English! Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Feuerschwanz releases 2 brand-new English songs and 10 hits rearranged in English".CD/ LP:01 Highlander (English Version)02 The Unholy Grail (feat. Dominum, Orden Ogan)03 The Forgotten Commandment 04 Memento Mori (English Version, feat. Lord of the Lost, Chris Harms) 05 Death on the Dragonship 06 Wardwarf (feat. Francesco Cavalieri)07 Circlepit of Hell 08 Song of Ice and Fire (feat. Patty Gurdy)09 Purgatory 10 Bastard of Asgard 11 SGFRD Dra...
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
- Broken features guest appearances by Will Wilde, Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Beth Hart (on the title track).All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It’s a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America’s society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman’s latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them. “I’ve always tried to write positive songs, and this album is not quite that,” considers the 72-year-old of an all-original tracklisting that rages and soothes. “But I always hold on to hope. I think that’s w...
MESSIAH
"CHRISTUS HYPERCUBUS" Thrash/ Speed Metal
Year:01.03.2024 (High Roller Records)
Switzerland has always been a fertile breeding ground for Extreme Metal. Messiah were formed in 1984 and issued two truly ground breaking records on Chainsaw Murder Records, »Hymn To Abramelin« in 1986 and »Extreme Cold Weather« a year later. In the early 1990s Messiah signed to Karl Walterbach’s Noise Records label and issued three more full-length albums: »Choir Of Horrors« (1991), »Rotten Perish« (1992) and »Underground« (1994) before going their separate ways.In 2018, Messiah decided to reform in the original line-up of their Noise Records albums with Andy Kaina on vocals, Steve Karrer on drums, Patrick Hersche on bass and band founder R.B. Brögi on guitar. Lavish re-issues of »Hymn To Abramelin« and &ra...
SONATA ARCTICA
"CLEAR COLD BEYOND" Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:08.03.2024 (ATOMIC FIRE)
SONATA ARCTICA return to their power metal roots on “Clear Cold Beyond”.SONATA ARCTICA have been many things in their storied career. Finnish power metal messiahs, relentlessly touring powerhouses, champions of sublime melody. First and foremost, however, they have been stalwarts in showcasing the magic and the enchantment flowing through heavy metal. They have been embodying the majesty and serenity of Nordic nature since their foundation in 1995 and have been spellbinding their world with ten records, EPs and countless tours."Clear Cold Beyond" easily is the most relentless SONATA ARCTICA record to date, a spectacular resurgence of their trademark, lightning fast power metal forged far, far north. "We’ve felt for a while now that we’d need to get heavier again aft...
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE
"QUAD BRUTAL" Death Metal
Year:23.02.2024 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"It’s not a rumor! After nearly 10 years of absence, the undisputed champions of metal brutality - AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE - are muscling their way back into the scene with their fourth album and Napalm Records debut, Quad Brutal - out February 23, 2024. The unmissable project of As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis, launched 15 years ago as a one man band, triumphed as the metal scene’s newest obsession with their 2008 debut album, Total Brutal. After releasing two more acclaimed albums in 2009 and 2014, the one man band did the impossible - they broke up. After a decade of regrowth and rebirth, and with the help of good friends by his side, Lambesis finally felt inspired to work on new music for the project, now emerging as Quad Brutal - chock full of the band’s most hea...
HIRAES
"DORMANT" Melodic Death Metal
Year:26.01.2024 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"German-based death metal formation HIRAES – featuring former members of DAWN OF DISEASE and CRITICAL MESS – strikes back with their hotly-anticipated sophomore modern melodic death metal assault! Dormant will furiously kick off the new year, slated for release on January 26, 2024 via Napalm Records.With their very first offering, HIRAES already created an exciting new melodic death emergence, built upon a brutalized vocal attack, intense melodies and aggressive guitars. On Dormant, HIRAES flexes their own trademarks in an intensified way, ranging from versatile drumming, catchy riffs and hymn-like melodies to enthralling soundscapes and an impressive vocal onslaught by singer Britta.Dormant was mixed by Jens Bogren and Ricardo Borges, and was mastered by Jens Bogren at F...