VICTORIUS
"SPACE NINJAS FROM HELL"
Heavy Metal
Year:17.01.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

The Space Ninjas attack! VICTORIUS take you to a world of myths, tales and the long forgotten space ninjas: one evil ninja clan, called the Sunbladers, joined forces with the dragon god Ling Long to enslave the world! And in the very last moment, when the sunbladers were about to attack with the power of the dragon god, some super-sensei-Wu-Shu-wizard-master appeared, stopped the ninjas, cursed and banned them from earth forever... what an asshole-wizard! One thought the danger was banned. And in fact, mankind lived on for many centuries in peace, not knowing the ninjas survived. In space! For the past ages they hid in their secret headquarter, the Cosmic Space Commando Base, on the dark side of the sun regaining their power! Fueled by hatred, stronger and more evil than eve...

LORDI
"KILL ECTION"
Heavy Metal
Year:31.01.2020
(AFM RECORDS)

- Tenth studio album by finish monster-rockers LORDI. he previous album “Sexorcism” (2018) was one of the most successful albums in the band’s history with several chart entries (DE #20, FI #19, CH #64, AT #74).Officially the Rock/Heavy Metal monsters LORDI were founded in 1992 by lead singer, songwriter, and designer Mr. Lordi. The band has deep Finnish roots, originating from the city of Rovaniemi, in Lapland. In 2006 they celebrated their international breakthrough by winning the Eurovision Song Contest (“Hard Rock Hallelujah”). But is it possible that this is only a pale misperception of our poor, small, pathetic reality? What if LORDI would have already been making usic since the early 70's? And what if they have been ...

ANNIHILATOR
"BALLISTIC, SADISTIC"
Thrash Metal
Year:24.01.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The legendary Canadian metal band ANNIHILATOR: Jeff Waters (vocals and guitar) Rich Hinks (bass), Aaaron Homma (guitar) and Fabio Alessandrini (Drums) will deliver their 17th studio album on January 24th 2020 via Neverland Music/Silver Lining. "Ballistic, sadistic" promises to deliver a full speed-metal aural assault that would have even the most fearless thrasher quaking in their white high tops. The album is comprised of ten tracks of pure AANNIHILATing metal, produced, engineered, edited and mixed by Jeff Waters himself in his recording studio, Watersound Studios UK.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Armed To The Teeth
2. The Attitude
3. Psycho Ward
4. I Am Warfare
5. Out With The Garbage

6. Dressed Up For Evil
7. Riot
8. One Wrong Move
9. Lip Service
10. The End Of The Lie

JOE BONAMASSA
"LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE"
Blues/ Classic Rock
Year:25.10.2019
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

- Joe Bonamassa has sold well over 3 million records worldwide and has fifteen #1 Billboard Blues Albums!!! - His most recent studio album, Blues of Desperation, released in March of 2016, marks his 16th #1 Blues album on the Billboard charts, more than any other artist, and landed at #5 on the Billboard Top Album Sales, his highest charting yet in the US. In Europe it charted in 15 countries. - His latest collaborative album with vocal ”powerhouse” Beth Hart called ‘Black Coffee’ debuted at #1 in the Dutch album charts. Other chart positions include a #4 in Germany and #7 in the UK. - Joe Bonamassa has been featured on the cover of virtually every guitar magazine multiple...

CYNIC
"TRACED IN AIR [REMIXED]"
Progressive Metal
Year:27.09.2019
(SEASON OF MIST)

Re-edition of the masterpiece ‘Traced in Air’ by the American progressive metal pioneers.'Traced in Air' remixed, remastered and with updated bass tracks.Re-mastered by Ermin Hamidovic (PERIPHERY, ARCHITECS, HAKEN)To re-mix the album, CYNIC partnered with renowned engineer Adam “Nolly” Getgood (PERIPHERY).Produced by Grammy Award winning producer, Warren Riker (DOWN, SANTANA).Featuring new bass tracking by virtuoso bassist Sean Malone.Cover artwork by Robert Venosa.CYNIC usher forth a renewed edition 'Traced in Air'. Featuring new tracking by virtuoso bassist Sean Malone and a vibrant new mix by PERIPHERY’s Adam “Nolly” Getgood (ANIMALS AS LEADERS, DEVIN TOWNSEND, HAKEN), ...

ESOTERIC
"A PYRRHIC EXISTENCE"
Funeral Doom
Year:08.11.2019
(SEASON OF MIST)

- Brand-new seventh album by ESOTERIC made of 98 minutes of aural mayhem. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Priory Recording Studios (FEN, WODENSTHRONE, MOURNING BELOVETH). Cover art by Lisa Schubert alias Vinsterwân (KALETOD, KRATER, WOLVES DEN).For nearly thirty years ESOTERIC have been pushing the limits of sonic intensity. From the mind-bending darkness of their 90’s double albums to the expansive epics found on their recent opuses, they have never compromised their initial aim; to unleash aural mayhem on unsuspecting listeners. Late 2019 sees the release of their most accomplished work to date, ‘A Pyrrhic Existence’. It is 98 minutes of new material, detailed and layered compositions and a high level of musicianship, foreboding pro...

NILE
"VILE NILOTIC RITES"
Death Metal
Year:01.11.2019
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

There’s death metal and then there’s NILE. For »Vile Nilotic Rites,« the mantra was: if it’s not right for the song, it gets cut. Nothing superfluous or idiosyncratic were allowed to persist on and live through NILE’s new team-based songwriting process. If a part was savage but didn’t fit, out the door it went. But if it was merciless and fit into the overall design of the song, it was kept and curated. The end result of NILE’s extreme musical vetting was 11 songs, sharp as obsidian blades, heavy as nine Nubian pyramids. Songs like 'Oxford Handbook Of Savage Genocidal Warfare,' 'That Which Is Forbidden,' 'Revel In Their Suffering,' and the title track exhibit the self-made qualities of editorial perfection wit...

ALCEST
"SPIRITUAL INSTINCT"
Progressive Post Black Metal
Year:25.10.2019
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

For principal songwriter and frontman Neige, ALCEST has always been a gateway to the otherworldly, a means of exploring his spirituality. An elemental two-piece, completed by long-serving drummer and creative confidante Winterhalter, their forthcoming sixth album »Spiritual Instinct« finds Neige at his most personal. “This time I had something urgent to put on the table,” he explains. “It is a very cathartic record - something needed to get out of me. It’s darker than usual, and heavier.”Written in bursts both during and after a prolonged period of touring in support of 2016’s hugely successful »Kodama«, the sense of urgency Neige speaks of manifests in a record full of spontaneity, of immediate impact – be th...

CROBOT
"MOTHERBRAIN"
Hard Rock
Year:23.08.2019
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Like food of the gods, rock ‘n’ roll nourishes the soul. Offering holy communion, Crobot proudly personify a trinity of “meat, strings, and emotion” within their music and during the raucous gigs they’re known for. Striking a delicate balance between hard-charging riffs, ass-shaking funk, and out-of-this-world reflective stage attire, the Pennsylvania quartet - Brandon Yeagley (lead vocals, harmonica), Chris Bishop (guitar, vocals), and Dan Ryan (drums), satisfies starvation for sonic sustenance on their fourth full-length and 2019 debut for Mascot Records, Motherbrain.Since emerging in 2011, the group has quietly cemented themselves among the rising rock vanguard. Following their 2012 debut Legend of the Spaceborne Killer and 2014’s Somet...

BLACK STONE CHERRY
"BLACK TO BLUES VOL. 2"
Rock/ Blues
Year:18.10.2019
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

- The first ‘Black To Blues’ EP debuted #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and reached the Top 30 UK album chart. BSC’s last five full-length albums hit No. 1 on the UK rock & metal charts, with their most recent album, ‘Family Tree’ debuting at #11 (highest ever) in Germany!Following the reaction to the release Black Stone Cherry guitarist/vocalist, Chris Robertson, said; “We could have never dreamed of the reaction we got from “Black to Blues”. It was amazing to have such a positive reaction to our take on some of our biggest influences in music. We can’t wait for everyone to hear and feel how much fun we had recording this project.” Produced by the band themselves at Monocle Studios in Sulphur Well, ...

JAN AKKERMAN
"CLOSE BEAUTY"
Jazz/ Progressive Rock
Year:25.10.2019
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

- Jan Akkerman’s work has been featured on 59 albums throughout his career. Founding member of Focus, Brainbox, and Finch. Best Guitarist in the World by UK magazine, Melody Maker!! As a session musician, Akkerman has worked with an eclectic list of artists including B.B. King, Alan Price, Peter Banks, Jack Bruce, Charlie Byrd, Ice –T and Phil Collins [!]On 25th October 2019, Jan Akkerman will release his first studio album since 2011 and it marks his debut on the Mascot Label Group.  ‘Close Beauty’ is the return of the distinctive ‘Akkerman-sound’, which runs like a thread through twelve compositions; acoustic, electric, solo performing and accompanied by his own band, Marijn van den Berg (drums), David de Mare...

1349
"THE INFERNAL PATHWAY"
Black Metal
Year:18.10.2019
(SEASON OF MIST)

- Seventh studio album by the Norwegian black metal titans. Recorded at the Amper Tone Studio (KVELERTAK, ENSLAVED, AURA NOIR) and Studio Nyhagen (DARKTHRONE, ENSLAVED, MAYHEM). Produced, mixed and mastered by Jarrett Pritchard (GOATWHORE, EXHUMED, NOCTURNUS). Cover by Jordan Barlow (GOATWHORE, HIGH ON FIRE, SAINT VITUS).Norwegian black metal titans 1349 have returned with their long awaited seventh full-length, ‘The Infernal Pathway’. The album promises a journey through chaos and madness, darkness and peril, terror and annihilation. Recommended if you like: MARDUK, TSJUDER, MAYHEM, GORGOROTH, DARK FUNERAL ...TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:1)    Abyssos Antithesis2)    Through Eyes of St...

DIE KRUPPS
"VISION 2020 VISION"
Industrial EBM
Year:15.11.2019
(SPV)

"Vision 2020 Vision" is the latest masterpiece from Die Krupps, a concept album: music, artwork and lyrics are inextricably linked, they fuel and cross-fertilize each other. The world of Engler and Dörper is monochromatic and grim, but the imminent world they see through their lens, ought to, and indeed must, frighten you.TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:1     - Vision 2020 Vision     4:23     2     - Welcome To The Blackout     3:59     3     - Trigger Warning     3:48     4     - Wolfen (Her Pack)     4:21     5     - Extinction Time     4:1...

AMBERIAN DAWN
"LOOKING FOR YOU"
Symphonic Melodic Female Metal
Year:31.01.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Amberian Dawn are reaching an ultimate career high with their eighth studio album, Looking for You. Refined and immaculate songwriting full of catchy melodies and epic keyboard passages sends shivers down your spine on their first single, “United”. Singer Capri Virkkunen enchants in a duet with Fabio Lione (ex-Rhapsody of Fire) in the breathtaking symphonic metal summit “Symphony No.1 Part 3 – Awakening”! The diverse and emotional lyrics provide a suitable background for soaring guitars and elegant classical interludes. Looking for You is a highly addictive cocktail topped off by a cover version of ABBA’s “Lay All Your Love on Me”!TRACKLIST CD/ LP:01 - United (A)02 - Eternal Fire Burning (A)03 - Looking ...

MAGNUM
"THE SERPENT RINGS"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:17.01.2020
(SPV)

Magnum guitarist Tony Clarkin is a man who seems to never stop working. He is responsible for writing all the material released by the band, and on top of that he produces their albums from the very first demo to the final mix. “As soon as an album is finished, I start to collect new ideas,” he explains. “That’s how I’ve worked since the early seventies, for me that’s the ideal method.” On their latest album The Serpent Rings (available on Steamhammer/SPV from 17 January 2020 on CD, double vinyl LP, limited box set and for digital download), Clarkin and Magnum’s other original member, vocalist Bob Catley, prove all over again just how perfectly this established system works. The new album, The Serpent Rings, presents Magnum the...