WIND ROSE
"TROLLSLAYER"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:04.10.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Italian dwarven power metal army WIND ROSE returns to the forge with their new album, Trollslayer, out October 4, 2024 via Napalm Records! Exploding onto the scene with viral appearances on TikTok and amassing almost half a million followers on the platform, as well as almost a million monthly listeners, WIND ROSE have solidified their reputation as a powerhouse in the modern power metal scene.                                                                  CD/ LP:1 Of...

THE CROWN
"CROWN OF THORNS"
Death Metal
Year:11.10.2024
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Crown Of Thorns serves as the band’s twelfth studio album as THE CROWN and is the dynamic, groundbreaking followup to 2021’s Royal Destroyer. The band made distinctly different creative choices to ensure that the LP’s ten songs would stand as a unique collection. “For me, Cobra Speed Venom and Royal Destroyer are like siblings,” says guitarist Marko Tervonen. “[We wanted] to make sure that we would take a step forward, get a bit more out of our comfort zone on Crown Of Thorns. We really wanted this to sound like a new, fresh album and I believe we did it.”The approach was full circle and inventive. “I had the idea that we should work a bit backwards. I pushed to create the artwork very early in the process. We wanted the album cover to includ...

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
"SERVITUDE"
Death Metal
Year:27.09.2024
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's new album is what many would have thought impossible. ‘Before the tragedy, nobody would have thought that this band would continue to exist without Trevor.’‘Servitude’ is Eschbach's debut as singer and lyricist of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - and the first with Knight on guitar since 2015's “Abysmal”.After a period of deep mourning and soul-searching, Eschbach switched from guitar to vocals, putting aside his lifelong identity as a live guitarist in favour of the band's survival. Former member of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Ryan Knight, returned to the band and took Eschbach's place on guitar. ‘We put everything we had into it and it felt right to make this album,’ he adds. "I'm prou...

SATAN
"SONGS IN CRIMSON"
Heavy Metal
Year:13.09.2024
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Satan’s history is storied, their albums and incendiary live shows, iconic. The Newcastle, England-bred lineup may quip that their career has been “44 years of prolonged mayhem with a 20-year lunch break”- forming in 1980, eventually pausing before reuniting in 2011- but circa 2024 finds the band thriving, writing, recording, and touring at the top of their game. Proof positive is their seventh studio album, and third for Metal Blade, Songs in Crimson.If 2022’s Earth Infernal album was brutal, up-tempo and with loud guitars, guitarist Russ Tippins calls Songs in Crimson “concise. It’s more to the point and gets there quicker. One of the reasons behind the title Songs in Crimson is that this record is very ‘song’ focused. There&rsquo...

FROZEN CROWN
"WAR HEARTS"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:18.10.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Italian power metal band FROZEN CROWN unveils their new studio album and Napalm Records debut, War Hearts, out October 18, 2024. This marks the band’s fifth album in their seven-year career and their first as a six-piece band, capturing the essence of FROZEN CROWN's dynamic sound brimming with powerful riffs, unforgettable melodies, and raw energy. Get ready to experience their powerful live performances as the band heads out on tour with Kamelot in the fall of this year.Formed in 2017, FROZEN CROWN has garnered significant media exposure with their previous four albums and built a dedicated following with their mixture of power metal, old-school speed and heavy metal. During its short lifespan, the relentless band has performed at several festivals like Sa...

MYLES KENNEDY
"THE ART OF LETTING GO"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:11.10.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

With two solo efforts under his belt and sold out headline tours in the rearview, iconic frontman, instrumentalist, and “one of rock’s finest vocalists” (KERRANG!), MYLES KENNEDY (Alter Bridge, Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators), is guided by a sense of keenly honed intuition on his third full-length album, The Art of Letting Go, out October 11, 2024 via Napalm Records. The album follows 2021’s acclaimed The Ides of March, which notched a total of four #1 debuts across three countries, topping the US Top Current Hard Music Chart, the UK Official Rock & Metal Chart and Official Independent Album Chart, and Canada’s Hard Music Albums Chart. Beyond generating 10 million-plus streams, it incited unanimous critical applause. RIFF hailed it as &ldqu...

1349
"THE WOLF & THE KING"
Black Metal
Year:04.10.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

•    The Wolf and the King is the latest sortie in that crusade.1349’s eighth album sees the Oslo-based band harnessing the primordial energy of black metal’s decade-defining second wave and channeling it through ancient mysteries and the relentless global chaos of the 2020s.•    Recorded at Amper Tone in Oslo, Norway, and New Constellation R.M.P. in Orlando, Florida, The Wolf and the King was produced and mixed by Ravn and Jarrett Pritchard (Eulogy, Pulchra Morte).Carved from the frozen landscapes of Norway, 1349 have etched their mark upon the black metal pantheon, wielding their instruments like war-axes in the vanguard of the genre's relentless assault. With a legacy drenched in the blood of aural extremities, they have become th...

OCEANS OF SLUMBER
"WHERE GODS FEAR TO SPEAK"
Progressive Metal/ Doom
Year:14.09.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

•    Where Gods Fear to Speak is the soundtrack to a dystopian, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic western. •    Female-fronted progressive metal with a dark cinematic edge.  •    It’s the first Oceans of Slumber album to feature vocalist Cammie Beverly’s death growls. Oceans of Slumber defy any and all convention. Since 2011, the Houston band have come to redefine the Southern Gothic by casting their tales of hope and despair against an ever-shifting backdrop of melodic death, doom and black metal, with subtle electronic flourishes and classical composition added for good measure.Where Gods Fear to Speak expands their progressive vision to the hi-def scope of a Hollywood blockbuster. Oceans of Slumber have toured...

CHARLOTTE WESSELS
"THE OBSESSION"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:20.09.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Charismatic Dutch singer/songwriter CHARLOTTE WESSELS is set to release her new album, The Obsession, under Napalm Records on September 20, 2024! While the former DELAIN vocalist’s earlier solo endeavors, full-length song compilations Tales From Six Feet Under (2021) and Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II (2022), already gained Wessels a remarkable number of devotees, resulting in thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify and a loyal fanbase on Patreon, The Obsession truly takes her solo career to the next level. While still writing and producing songs in her Six Feet Under basement home studio and sharing their first incarnations with her patrons, now she’s taking them to the next level backed by a band of her fellow ex-DELAIN cohorts Timo Somers (guitars, additional arrangement...

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
"EMBERS"
Progressive Metal/ Post Metal
Year:06.09.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT has mesmerized audiences worldwide with their distinctive sonic tapestry both in dynamic live performances and through their recorded works. Amidst their perpetual whirlwind of touring, the Wicklow-based trio emerges once more with a freshly crafted studio album, set to debut on September 6, 2024, courtesy of Napalm Records!"Embers"" represents the band's most extensive and grandiose production to date. From the very first note to the lingering resonance of its finale, ""Embers"" quietly but confidently affirms their mastery of their craft.  Founded by brothers Torsten and Niels Kinsella, the band has once again created an exceptional collection of songs, inviting listeners to explore and interpret it in their own unique ways.The first official sing...

NIGHTWISH
"YESTERWYNDE"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:20.09.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Still, Finnish Symphonic metal legends NIGHTWISH filled this word with life, when they announced their tenth studio album at the end of last month. Today, NIGHTWISH have officially launched the pre-order for Yesterwynde.Yesterwynde will be available in a number of different vinyl variants, as a jewelcase, digipak, earbook and as part of a deluxe vinyl boxset.To celebrate the news, NIGHTWISH have opened the door to their newly-built universe a tiny bit and allowed their fans a first glimpse of Yesterwynde. The band shares their first single 'Perfume Of The Timeless' today, a beautiful song that provides a taste of the grandeur, drama and heaviness the new album has to offer. Tuomas Holopainen shares his thoughts about 'Perfume Of The Timeless':”You a...

WEATHER SYSTEMS/ ANATHEMA
"OCEAN WITHOUT A SHORE"
Progressive Metal/ Doom
Year:27.09.2024
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Weather Systems is the new band from Anathema mastermind and main songwriter Daniel Cavanagh In 2020 Anathema agree upon an indefinite hiatus, Ocean Without A Shore originated during those last Anathema sessions Weather Systems first track is released for ‘Do Angels Sing Like Rain?’ watch here! Weather Systems have announced a global release date of September 27 for their anticipated debut album titled Ocean Without A Shore, via Music Theories Recordings. The new band from former Anathema mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Cavanagh and former Anathema drummer and producer Daniel Cardoso. Music allows us to channel emotions, thoughts, and truths too transcendent for mere conversation. In essence, it breaks down barriers and enables discourse on a higher plane....

D-A-D
"SPEED OF DARKNESS"
Hard Rock/ Melodic Metal
Year:04.10.2024
(AFM RECORDS)

Even after 40 years of band history, Denmark's heavy rock super-stars D-A-D are not getting tired. While other bands call it a day after that long time, D-A-D are at their best and release a new long player called "Speed of Darkness". Fans can look forward to the 13th album as, according to the band and first reactions, it is based on one of the strongest song pools in a long time."Speed of Darkness" will be released on October 4 as a jewelcase CD, lim. earbook with a few surprises, black vinyl and 3 different strictly limited vinyl colours. The two singles "The Ghost" & "1st, 2nd & 3rd" have already shown that D-A-D's new studio album is a hot candidate for the category ‘absolutely required rock’.CD/ 2LP:1. God Prays to Man2. 1st, 2nd & 3rd3. Th...

SERIOUS BLACK
"RISE OF AKHENATON"
Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:27.09.2024
(AFM RECORDS)

- German melodic Power Metal band founded in 2014!- The 7th studio album!With "Rise of Akhenaton", Melodic Power Metal favorites SERIOUS BLACK are not only celebrating their 10th anniversary. It also marks a triumphant return to the band's roots, while at the same time opening up a new era with modern production and more variety than ever before. From the adrenaline-fueled anthem "Metalized" to the infectious sing-along choruses of "Take Your Life".With a decade of relentless passion and a legacy of metal anthems SERIOUS BLACK are back to revive the spirit of classic Power Metal. With eleven electrifying tracks, "Rise of Akhenaton" marks a triumphant return to the band's roots, while at the same time opening up a new era with modern production and more variety than eve...

ANCIIENTS
"BEYOND THE REACH OF THE SUN"
Progressive Metal/ Doom
Year:30.08.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

After winning a JUNO in 2016, Anciients were officially anointed as the guiding lights for progressive metal. However, keeping their momentum rocking and rolling proved to be no easy feat. For too long, metalheads feared these mighty Canadians had gone dormant. The road was threatened by many shadowy twists and turns, but after eight years of hermetic silence, Anciients have returned with a new lineup and a new album that now stands as their heaviest, headiest and most heartfelt offering.    Fans who’ve waited on bended knee for more fretboard heroics will not be disappointed by Beyond the Reach of the Sun. Lead single “Melt the Crown” fires off not one, not two, but three guitar solos. Each one comes with its own unique flavor, too, spanning from pla...