JOE BONAMASSA
"BREAKTHROUGH"
Rock/ Blues
Release date: 18.07.2025
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa is back with Breakthrough, his powerful new studio album dropping July 18th.

Produced by longtime collaborator Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, The Black Crowes, Journey) and co-written with Grammy-winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd), Breakthrough captures Bonamassa at the height of his creative powers. Expanding his signature sound while staying true to the deep blues roots that launched his storied career, the album promises raw emotion, blistering guitar work, and fresh sonic twists.

With over 50 albums to his name and an unprecedented 28 #1 Billboard Blues Albums, Bonamassa proves yet again that he’s not just keeping the blues alive - he’s driving it into the future.

CD/ LP:

1. Break...

SODOM
"THE ARSONIST"
Thrash Metal
Release date: 27.06.2025
(SPV)

German Thrash Metal legends Sodom returns with ‘The Arsonist‘, their first full-length album since 2020.

It’s not only the complex production process that testifies to the band’s exceptional creative spirit, but also their diverse song writing, which saw all four Sodom musicians – Tom Angelripper (vocals, bass), Frank Blackfire (guitar), York Segatz (guitar) and Toni Merkel (drums) – involved in the development of the material on ‘The Arsonist’.

The mastering was done by the famous sound engineer Eroc and the cover artwork with its martial design was penned by the exceptional Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (Ghost, Mayhem, among others).

CD/ 2LP:

1. The Arsonist
2. Battle Of Harvest Moon
...

WITCHCRAFT
"IDAG"
Doom Heavy Metal/ Stoner
Release date: 23.05.2025
(PLASTIC HEAD DISTRIBUTION)

More than 20 years after their debut, Witchcraft's seventh album, 'IDAG', is a long-awaited full accounting of who they are as a band. Those who have been clamouring for a return to an earlier sound rooted in classic 70s progressive and heavy rock will be delighted by the strut of 'Irreligious Flamboyant Flame', while the eight-minute opening title track is the heaviest the band have ever sounded, and a series of interspersed acoustic-based pieces help to create a vision of a new, soulful, folkish doom taking shape as they move inexorably forward.

CD/ LP:

1. Idag
2. Drömmar av is
3. Drömmen om död och förruttnelse
4. Om du vill
5. Gläntan
6. Burning Cross
7. Irreligious Flambo...

WARKINGS
"ARMAGEDDON"
Power Heavy Metal
Release date: 04.07.2025
(NAPALM RECORDS)

WARKINGS return from Valhalla with fanfares of the apocalypse! On their new studio album Armageddon, set for release on July 4, 2025 via Napalm Records, the five warriors have once again taken up their weapons to bring the legends of their past to life with mighty power metal anthems. Each of them carries the memories of great battles within, and now, the time has come to unleash these stories upon the world alongside the indomitable sorceress Morgana le Fay.

Since their formation in 2018, WARKINGS have cemented their place in the power metal scene. They have conquered festival stages, played alongside legends like Powerwolf, Hammerfall, and Subway To Sally, and built a devoted fanbase that has chanted their anthems at Europe’s biggest stages, including Wacken O...