SMASHING PUMPKINS
"CYR"
Alternative/ Soft Rock
Year:27.11.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The Smashing Pumpkins return with a new album. The LP features 20 tracks, including the title track Cyr and The Colour of Love, and was recorded in the band’s native Chicago with Billy Corgan serving as producer.Cyr marks Smashing Pumpkins’ second LP since their semi-reunion with guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, following 2018’s Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The album is also the band’s first with Sumerian Records, who recently signed them.TRACKLIST CD:1. The Colour Of Love2. Confessions Of A Dopamine Addict3. Cyr4. Dulcet In E5. Wrath6. Ramona7. Anno Satana8. Birch Grove9. Wyttch10. Starrcraft11. Purple Blood1...

MSG [MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP]
"IMMORTAL"
Hard Rock/ AOR/ Melodic Metal
Year:29.01.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

MSG is a legendary name. After two phenomenal records under the guise of Michael Schenker Fest, a true guitar hero is returning to his roots. By forming Michael Schenker Group (MSG) back in 1979, Michael Schenker laid the foundations for one of hard rock’s most glorious solo careers of all times. And while nobody expected anything less from a former guitarist for Scorpions and UFO, it’s close to impossible mentioning everything Michael has built over the past 50 years, or the countless people he influenced or played with. This, truly, is the stuff that hard rocking myths are made of.Right in time for his 40th anniversary as a solo artist and his 50th birthday as a musician, he resurrects the immortal Michael Schenker Group. “Immortal” is also the name...

MOONSPELL
"HERMITAGE"
Dark Gothic Metal
Year:26.02.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

A revolutionary, wonderfully intuitive and epic journey by one of the most distinctive Dark Metal bands of all time!MOONSPELL is approaching their 30th anniversary as a band more ambitiously and stronger than ever. Hermitage – the gothic metal pioneers‘13th studio album – was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Primordial, Ghost, Sólstafir, etc.) at the Orgone Studios in the UK. Building upon the album’s dark, revolutionary and sensitive facets, it’s an entertaining yet epic journey through the darkest days of human existence. Beautifully crafted tracks such as “The Greater Good“ show us the modernity of the wolves in 2021, while “Common Prayers“ embraces the MOONSPELL tradition of ...

DEWOLFF
"WOLFFPACK"
Blues/ Rock
Year:05.02.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    DeWolff won the most prestigious music award in the Netherlands, The Edison Award    In ten years the band has grown to be one of the biggest and coolest bands in Holland and one of the greatest live acts around.DeWolff, the kaleidoscopic warriors were not long into their 2019 Tascam Tapes European Tour when the Covid19 pandemic broke and they, like so many others, had to turn back and head home. They started working on the new album Wolffpack.The album kicks off with the first song they finished, the soulful psychedelic funk of "Yes You Do," featuring Ian Peres and longtime friend of the band, Judy Blank. "We wrote it in a Zoom meeting!" Pablo says. "Treasure City Moonchild," struts in with a funky swagger and Piso's ...

CULT OF LUNA
"THE RAGING RIVER"
Progressive Metal
Year:05.02.2021
(SEASON OF MIST)

New EP by Post metal leading light Recorded in Sweden by Magnus Lindberg & Kristian KarlssonMixed and mastered by Magnus LindbergIncluding, for the first time a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan on “Inside of a dream” Red Creek's debut release, The Raging River, is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. "'The Raging River' feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019's 'A Dawn to Fear,'" the band adds. "It's been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. Bu...

SILENT SKIES
"SATELLITES"
Progressive Metal
Year:13.11.2020
(AFM RECORDS)

Tom Englund (Evergrey) and Vikram Shankar (Redemption) join forces as Silent Skies to release their debut record “Satellites”, which is characterized by an emotionally driven piano, which explores into soundtrack dimensions.Desolate, gloomy, but also hopeful, the compositions pave their way on "Satellites", which are characterized by self-reflection and inner contemplation. With its almost hypnotic effect, this mélange creates images in the listener's inner eye.TRACKLIST CD:01    Horizons (extended version)    08:0302    Endless    04:5103    Dreams    04:5404    Us    06:4605 &nbs...

JOSEPH WILLIAMS
"DENIZEN TENANT"
AOR/ Classic Rock
Year:26.02.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Steve Lukather aka “Luke” and Joseph Williams will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group.  Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album. Steve Lukather will release I Found The Sun Again and Joseph Williams’ album is entitled Denizen Tenant.Denizen Tenant features a dozen new recordings. Amongst these are a cover of The Beatles “If I Fell,” which Williams cites as the one specific song that taught him about the power of harmonies and vocal arrangements. On Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up,” a very special guest performance is featured in his daughter Hannah laying down a vocal track. Across the recorded repertoire, there ...

STEVE LUKATHER
"I FOUND THE SUN AGAIN"
AOR/ Classic Rock
Year:26.02.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Steve Lukather aka “Luke” and Joseph Williams will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group.  Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album. Steve Lukather will release I Found The Sun Again and Joseph Williams’ album is entitled Denizen Tenant.Steve Lukather’s solo album titled I Found The Sun Again was co-produced by Ken Freeman, who also both engineered and mixed the new collection of repertoire.  The players feature many dignitaries that have been in Luke’s life for decades. Amongst those are drummer Greg Bissonette, keyboardist Jeff Babko, and bassists Jorgen Carlsson and John Pierce. Life-long friend and Toto band-mate David Paich perfo...

NERVOSA
"PERPETUAL CHAOS"
Thrash Metal
Year:22.01.21
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Thrash metal powerhouse NERVOSA attacks with inexorable full femme power, leaving the world in Perpetual Chaos (out January 22, 2021 via Napalm Records).The newly staffed quartet showcases their ability for impetuously feral, pungently sharp riffs and aggressive vocals on 13 massive tracks. The new line up – featuring founding guitarist Prika Amaral and talented new members Diva Satanica on vocals, Mia Wallace on bass and Eleni Nota on drums – delivers a massive punch of thrash spliced with remarkable death metal assaults. The powerful new formation of NERVOSA adds a contemporary touch to this already thrashing institution of metal.Since their formation in 2010 and leading up to their latest full-length surge, 2018’s groundbreaking Downfall of M...

DRAGONY
"VIRIBUS UNITIS"
Symphonic Melodic Power l Metal
Year:15.01.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"We return to the days when Austria was ruled by Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife, Empress Sisi. But forget everything you’ve heard and read so far! According to Austrian symphonic power metal heroes DRAGONY and their brand new record Viribus Unitis, the history of their home country took a completely different turn.What really happened at the time of the last Habsburg ruler of Austria, his wife and their son, the troubled Archduke Rudolf, is revealed by the symphonic power metal six-piece on their fourth full-length Viribus Unitis. Let’s clear the assumption that Rudolph died after trying to take his life at castle Mayerling in 1889. No way! Instead, after his mother Sisi is assassinated in 1898 in Switzerland, he subsequently gets in contact with dark powers w...

THERION
"LEVIATHAN"
Symphonic Neo-Classical Metal
Year:22.01.21
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

THERION have always been a band that have challenged themselves to explore new paths, while remaining true to their musical core values. For their 17th studio album, mastermind Christofer Johnsson and his collaborator Thomas Vikström have created something that has been previously unthinkable to the guitarist and the singer. “We have done the only thing that was left of all the different angles to explore”, explains Christofer. “We have decided to give the people what they kept asking for. ‘Leviathan’ is the first album that we have deliberately packed with THERION hit songs.”CD/Digipak:01. The Leaf on the Oak of Far02. Tuonela03. Leviathan04. Die Wellen der Zeit05. Aži Dahāka06. Eye...

ACCEPT
"TOO MEAN TO DIE"
Heavy Metal
Year:15.01.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

ACCEPT ARE BACK! The German kingpins of heavy metal will release their new, eagely-awaited studio album via Nuclear Blast on January 15th 2021. The ingenious title of the masterpiece is “Too Mean To Die”.Special circumstances often lead to very special albums. This is certainly true for “Too Mean To Die”, which of course alludes to the Corona period, although in a different way than one might assume. The title track is a classic Accept cracker: dynamic and unwavering, turned up to eleven! 'Zombie Apocalypse', also relentless and hard, strikes the same note in the band’s signature style. The first single - which will be released on October 2nd 2020 together with a remarkable video - is different. Titled ‘The Undertaker’, its...

SODOM
"GENESIS XIX"
Thrash Metal
Year:27.11.2020
(SPV)

Altenessen, a social melting-pot deep in the heart of the Ruhr Area. From the mid-19th century, the region supplied Europe’s industrialisation with the required raw materials, mined under back-breaking conditions below ground in coal pits named Carl, Anna, Fritz-Heinrich, Helene and the like. Altenessen is also the musical domicile of Tom Angelripper, vocalist/bassist of German metal act Sodom, who has met for some years with his band members in a ratty rehearsal room in that part of Essen to produce tough-as-nails thrash music. To other musicians, such information may be of marginal interest; to Tom it is an important component of his recipe for success. “I want guys from the Ruhr, who share my background, with whom I can work and rehearse consistently,” explains Sodo...

SOLSTAFIR
"ENDLESS TWILIGHT OF CODEPENDENT LOVE"
Viking Pagan Metal
Year:06.11.2020
(SEASON OF MIST)

 - Seventh full-length album by the biggest Icelandic metal / rock band. - Recorded at the renowned Icelandic studio Sundlaugin (SIGUR ROS, KONTINUUM, YANN TIERSEN) as per the 3 previous albums. - Mixed and mastered by Birgir Jón Birgirsson (SIGUR ROS, ALCEST, AUDN). - Cover from the famous painting ‘The Lady of the Mountain’ (1864) by Johann Baptist Zwecker.Music will always be inspired by the environment in which it is created. With its incredible array of highly diverse landscapes ranging from white glaciers via volcanic bizarreness, moss-green bubble-fields, deep fjords, and frost-cracked mountains to black beaches, Iceland has shaped a host of astonishingly original in SÓLSTAFIR. More than ever, SÓLS...

AUDN
"VOKUDRAUMSINS FANGI"
Epic Black Metal
Year:30.10.2020
(SEASON OF MIST)

 - Third full-length album by one of the most promising bands on the European extreme metal scene. Recorded at Sundlaugin Studio (SIGUR ROS). Mixed and mastered by Stephen Lockhart at Studio Emissary (DYNFARI, ZHRINE). Cover by the renowned oil painter Víðir Mýrmann Þrastarson. With the participation Arnaldur Ingi Jónsson (LUCY IN BLUE) and Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson (THE VINTAGE CARAVAN) as guests.As the country's vibrant black metal scene has proven, Iceland can be a beautiful and sinister place where furious elements rage teaching fear but also inspiring human creativity. Emphasizing melodies rather than dissonance and approaching their music from a dramatic, classical black metal angle, AUÐN deliver another mesmeri...