AYREON
"ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES"
Progressive Metal
Year:27.03.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

- Ayreon is the highly acclaimed project from singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist / record producer Arjen Lucassen. -  Ayreon Electric Castle Live And Other Tales is an unique performance featuring original singers of the highly acclaimed Into The Electric Castle album & Other Tales from Ambeon, Stream Of Passion, Guilt Machine, The Gentle Storm, Marillion and Arjen Anthony Lucassen. - Close to 6 hours of content including a 2.5 hour concert, 1.5+ hour Behind The Scenes and Extended Interview as 2 extra’s. - Featuring original album singers and musicians, such as Thijs Van Leer, Fish, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Anneke van Giersbergen, and several special guests including Simone Simons (Epica) and Star Trek's John De Lancie as ...

PARADISE LOST
"OBSIDIAN"
Doom/ Gothic Metal
Year:15.05.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

DEFINETLY A JEWEL IN THEIR MUSICAL HISTORY!Obsidian… dark, reflective and black: it’s a pretty decent description of the music that PARADISE LOST have been making over the last 32 years, even though this most resilient of British metal bands have stoically refused to be pinned down to one easily defined formula. Powered by a lust for creativity and a stout devotion to haunting heaviness, PARADISE LOST have defied the odds by coming back stronger than ever over the past decade.“We’re doing really well right now,” says guitarist and co-founder Greg Mackintosh. “The last few albums have gone down well and we’ve gradually moved back up the festival bills. But for me, I think about it more in terms of being relaxed and conten...

RIOT
"ROCK WORLD RARE & UNRELEASED 87-95"
Heavy Metal
Year:27.03.2020
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

The album features artwork by Jan Meininghaus and all songs were remastered by Patrick W. Engel.Here's more info on the release and track listing."In Mid 2016 I was asked to organize and catalog the considerable archives of the late Mark Reale, As a lifelong Riot fan this was an exciting prospect. Little did i know this would turn into almost a year of working through cassette tapes (Mostly unlabeled), VHS cassettes and ancient reel to reel formats - from this many never heard before songs and pieces of music were unearthed, of which numerous Riot archives collections and re-issues have been released this past couple of years. This collection contains some until now unheard songs or alternate versions of classic Riot tracks."Enjoy- Giles Lavery, ...

SONNY LANDRETH
"BLACKTOP RUN"
Blues/ Jazz
Year:21.02.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

 - Multiple #1 Blues Chart Albums including his latest studio album: Bound By The Blues released by Provogue. Blues Music Awards winner for “Best Instrumentalist – Guitar”. Performed and collaborated at all editions of Eric Clapton’s prestigious Crossroads Guitar Festivals since 2004.The Mississippi born slide guitar icon Sonny Landreth will be releasing his new studio album, ‘Blacktop Run’, on February 21st, 2020 via Provogue Records. ‘Blacktop Run’ follows his previous Grammy nominated album ‘Recorded Live In Lafayette’ (2017) and his back-to-back Blues Music Awards for Best Guitarist and Best Blues Album for ‘Bound by the Blues’ (2015). Now based in south Louisiana, his groundbre...

GRAVE DIGGER
"FIELDS OF BLOOD"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:29.05.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

With metal anthems like 'Heavy Metal Breakdown', GRAVE DIGGER are one of the most influential and pioneering bands of the German heavy metal scene since the early 80s, and 2020 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of these Teutonic metal masters!  The ethos of the band has not changed, and yet GRAVE DIGGER sound modern and timeless like never before. On their 20th studio album, the band around frontman Chris Boltendahl continues their epic Highlands story. Fields of Blood is the logic consequence of a legendary trilogy and an auditory battle of unique traditional metal! Drifting riff masterpieces such as the stoic “All For The Kingdom”, or the epic anthem “Lions Of The Sea”, promise earworm and neck muscle training, while Fields Of Blood takes us in...

LAMB OF GOD
"LAMB OF GOD"
Death Metal
Year:08.05.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

A true collaboration between all members of the band, LAMB OF GOD’s eighth studio album is an amalgam of each individual’s contributions, blended to create a singular style. Guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler fuel the album with a mountain of riffs, taking what LAMB OF GOD are known for, and unbelievably, upping the ante to new levels. The rhythm section of John Campbell, looming large as a rhythmic shadow, and drummer Art Cruz, who makes his studio debut with LAMB OF GOD here on this record, underpin the proceedings with passion, sweat and expansive dynamics. Vocalist D. Randall Blythe is as angry, insightful, and informed as ever. Never one to shrink from facing the darker aspects of our nature head-on, Blythe delivers with no punches pulled, and as only he and LAMB O...

WITCHCRAFT
"BLACK METAL"
Doom Metal/ Hard Rock
Year:01.05.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Magnus Pelander’s Witchcraft have existed at the forefront of occult tinged classic rock ever since their formation in the year 2000, when Magnus decided to form the band so that he could record a tribute to his idols Roky Erickson and Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling. The track in question ‘No Angel Or Demon’ was released in 2002 and was the spark that ignited Witchcraft’s now illustrious career from their self-titled debut in 2004 through to the wondrous ‘Nucleus’ in 2016.Now, Magnus takes Witchcraft in a brave new direction, setting forth into entirely new territory. Exhibiting the pure emotion that has always lived at the core of the band’s work, by moving forward alone. The band’s first new album in four years, ‘Blac...

VADER
"SOLITUDE IN MADNESS"
Death Metal
Year:01.05.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

MORE DEATH METAL MADNESS!Polish death metal legends VADER have returned with their 16th studio album, Solitude In Madness. Never one to rest or relax, VADER have done it all over the course of their 37-year history. From playing super-aggressive thrash under the watchful eye of Communist Poland and signing a worldwide deal with popular UK indie Earache Records to touring the globe - after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, of course - and enjoying a near-maniacal fanbase, there’s no stopping the Piotr“Peter”Wiwczarek-led outfit. Proof of that lies in the exceptionally great Solitude in Madness, where speed and power are back as the driving factors in VADER’s fiendish yet proficient death metal. Further evidence can be found in the differences...

TURMION KATILOT
"GLOBAL WARNING"
Dark Metal/ Industrial
Year:17.04.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

TURMION KÄTILÖT is a metal band from Finland. The band was formed in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and Dj Vastapallo. Soon they were joined by the other members of what would become TURMION KÄTILÖT: Master Bates, Run-Q, DQ and Spellgoth as a second vocalist. With a couple of line-up changes as Dj Vastapallo left the band in 2009 replaced by Bobby Undertaker on guitars (ex-Deathchain) and Spellgoth leaving in 2017 replaced by Shag-U (Fear Of Domination) on vocals, TURMION KÄTILÖT has become the mean disco metal machine they are today.From the very beginning TURMION KÄTILÖT has had a reputation of being a great live band. Disco beats from the 90’s, metal to the pedal, melodies, sing-a-longs, you name it - there are no rules. Yet still...

ORANSSI PAZUZU
"MESTARIN KYNSI"
Black Metal
Year:17.04.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“Oranssi Pazuzu are discovering new worlds by searching both inward and outward at the same time.” -SPIN
A dark master is rising. A wizard, who uses magic to control the minds of the masses.Uncovering the intensity and the metal inherent in non-metal, the avant-garde and anti-traditionalist inclinations of Finland’s ORANSSI PAZUZU have always had transcendental goals at heart. Through the rabbit hole and out the other side to 2020 with the release of their fifth album “Mestarin kynsi”, (“The Master’s Claw”). Inking a deal with German-based industry giants Nuclear Blast, ORANSSI PAZUZU subvert the idea of world domination to open a conceptual discourse on indoctrination and propaganda itself. Their...

ALESTORM
"CURSE OF THE CRYSTAL COCONUT"
Pirate Heavy Metal
Year:29.05.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

The “Pirate Metal Drinking Crew” is back to show all the filthy landlubbers what they’re made of. ALESTORM’s sixth long-player, Curse Of The Crystal Coconut, will be released on May 29, 2020, via Napalm Records! Eleven tracks presented in ALESTORM’s typical unadulterated, chaotic fashion will pull the rug out from under your feet. Adding to that are guest performances from musical greats like Ally Storch of Subway to Sally (violin on the entire album) and Captain Yarrface of Rumahoy! A must-have, riff-laden anthem at any party, “Treasure Chest Party Quest” takes the listener onto a journey into the depths of Tortugas darkest taverns and Christopher Bowes’ unique sense of humor. The smashing, lively track “Chomp Chomp”, featurin...

GOTTHARD
"# 13"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:13.03.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

MORE HARD ROCK EPICS IS COMING!When it comes to Swiss Rock, GOTTHARD are the first that come to mind. After starting 28 years ago in Ticino, the multi-platinum rockers have more than earned their spot amongst the top of the pile. And now, after 16 #1 albums, over three million records sold worldwide and numerous global awards, one would expect Leoni, Lynn, Habegger, Scherer and Maeder to take a little time off. No chance. With more than 2000 live shows all over the world and countless headlining tours under their belts, GOTTHARD show no sign of exhaustion and announce the follow-up for their successful acoustic-album ‘Defrosted 2’. A brand-new album, that proves that this band still have so much Rock’n’Roll left to give. Their 13th studio album is sim...

BURZUM
"THULEAN MYSTERIES"
Atmospheric Black Metal
Year:13.03.2020
(PLASTIC HEAD DISTRIBUTION)

- New album from the legendary and notorious BURZUM. Soundtrack to Burzum mastermind Varg Vikernes’ own fantasy role playing game MYRAROG."Thulêan Mysteries was made passively, in the sense that I never intended to make a new album; I just made music every now and then and at one point realized that I actually had enough to release it all on an album. When asked to do so I figured: why not? It was a good idea. The music is a little bit of this and a little bit of that, transcending any genre, and perhaps belonging to many different genres. The intention with it was always to create a certain atmosphere, often related to an idea or a situation. Since my true passion has never been music, but actually tabletop role-playing games, I figured I should...

BIFF BYFORD
"SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS"
Hard Rock/ Melodic Heavy Metal
Year:21.02.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

On February 21st 2020, legendary Saxon frontman Biff Byford will step into the spotlight with his first ever solo album, School Of Hard Knocks.The English North is everything you saw in Game of Thrones and more.  It is the true heart of England, the region where its soul resides, and Biff Byford has earned the right to be considered its true heavy metal bard.In his first ever solo Album, Biff takes on not just tales and stories from his heart and soul, but also investigates the Middle Ages and Medieval history amongst other subjects.School Of Hard Knocks was produced by Biff Byford, recorded by Jacky Lehmann at Brighton Electric Studios in Brighton (UK) and mixed at Queen Street Studios in Stockholm (Sweden) by Mats Valentin. Biff wor...

ROBBY KRIEGER
"THE RITUAL BEGINS AT SUNDOWN"
Rock/ Blues
Year:24.04.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

• Robby Krieger is the legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Doors and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. The album features the Zappa members: Jock Ellis (Trombone), Sal Marquez (Trumpet) and Tommy Mars (Keys), AeB Byrne (Flute), Vince Denim (Sax), Chuck Manning (Sax), Joel Wackerman (Drums) and Joel Taylor (Drums).The legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Doors and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Robby Krieger will be releasing his first solo album in 10 years on 24th April 2020. ‘The Ritual Begins At Sundown’ will be released via his new home at The Players Club, a division of the Mascot Label Group.The Doors weren’t just one of the most iconic bands of their generation, but one of the most influential bands in rock...