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...

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

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...

DARKNESS
"BLOOD ON CANVAS"
Thrash/ Speed Metal
Year:26.04.2024
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

"Blood On Canvas" is the most ferocious album to date from the thrashers DARKNESS from Essen, Germany. The songs are more aggressive and heavier than anything else in the DARKNESS discography to date.Although it is not a concept album, "Blood On Canvas" is not a mere collection of nine songs created in one period, but a multi-faceted sound painting, painted with the colors of wrath.Musically, DARKNESS deliver the uncompromising and fast thrash metal they have been known for since their debut album "Death Squad" (1987). However, the compositions on this album are more complex and detailed than usual, without losing any of the aggression, heaviness and authenticity.The lyrics are no longer just a description of the madness that determines the course of this world, but get to the heart of the...

CEDRIC BURNSIDE
"HILL COUNTRY LOVE"
Blues
Year:05.04.2024
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Cedric Burnside previous album, ‘I Be Trying’ from 2022, won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album!Provogue Records is proud to announce the latest studio album from Grammy-Award Winning Bluesman, Cedric Burnside, entitled ‘Hill Country Love’.To Cedric Burnside, ‘Hill Country Love’ is a culmination of a career that’s already seen astonishing accomplishments and only keeps growing. When Cedric Burnside prepared to record ‘Hill Country Love’, the follow-up to his 2021 Grammy-winning album ‘I Be Trying’, he set up shop in a former legal office located in a row of structures in the seat of Tippah County, a town with 5,000 residents that’s known as the birthplace of the Hill Country Blues style. The fourteen songs on th...

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...

SARCASM
"MOURNINGHOUL"
Thrash/ Death Metal
Year:12.04.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Sarcasm delivers a furious and energetic trip to the early days! Multifaceted entertainment for sophisticated Death Metal freaks!Sarcasm has had a storied career. Originally formed in Sweden in 1987, Sarcasm would release blistering Death Metal throughout the early and mid 90’s. After a shortlived reunion in 1997, they would come back into the fold in 2015 with a new re-designed version of their lineup. Now they return with their new full-length album “Mourninghoul”.“Mourninghoul” is Sarcasm’s fifth album, it was recorded during six months of the last year. Mixed and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound. With the new drummer Jesper Ojala the band has recorded their most dynamic and innovative album to date, while the band keeps evolving and raises ...