SOULFLY
"TOTEM"
Death/ Thrash Metal
Year:05.08.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

At the dawn of the new millennium, Rolling Stone declared, “Soulfly seem built to last.” More than two decades, countless worldwide tours, and a dozen albums later, that prophecy rings true.Underground icon, extreme metal trailblazer, third world warrior, and leader of a diverse and dedicated tribe, Max Cavalera not only survives but thrives, blasting out riff after killer riff. The same voice, body, and spirit which launched Soulfly in 1997 summons impossibly heavy noise to this day, throwing down ten slabs of monstrous music on Soulfly’s twelfth album, 2022’s „Totem“.CD:1. Superstition2. Scouring The Vile3. Filth Upon Filth4. Rot In Pain5. The Damage Done6. Totem7. Ancestors...

KREATOR
"HATE UBER ALLES"
Thrash Metal
Year:03.06.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

HATE IS THE VIRUS OF THIS WORLD!World renowned extreme Metal titans KREATOR are back. 5 Years after their incredibly successful “Gods Of Violence” album (2107, #1 in the German album charts, #4 in Austria, #7 in Czech Republic and Finland + chart entries in numerous other territories), the genre-defining band presents their most political effort to date. “Hate Über Alles” (in tradition of US punk icons DEAD KENNEDYS’ “California Über Alles”) is a bold statement against hate and the division of society in today’s world. While perfecting their signature sound of thrash metal that inspired countless other bands over the past 4 decades, KREATOR have managed to close the gap between the old and new school, still reaching n...

SEPTICFLESH
"MODERN PRIMITIVE"
Blackened/ Death Metal
Year:06.05.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“Modern Primitive” is the new album by SEPTICFLESH who present a stunning combination of symphonic and cinematic music with aggressive yet catchy Death Metal. Picking up on the group’s sonic evolution in the past decades, “Modern Primitive” proves to be more emotional, epic and heavy than ever.Now, SEPTICFLESH has joined forces with Nuclear Blast Records and initiates the next phase in the band’s history, with a new album to be released in May 2022. Once again Jens Bogren is responsible for the bombastic mix and sound whereas Seth Siro Anton - who is also in charge for the visual aesthetics of the band and worked for artists like Nile, Paradise Lost or Moonspell - has crafted a really intense cover and over-the-top artwork for this release...

CROBOT
"FEEL THIS"
Hard Rock/ Stoner
Year:10.06.2022
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Pennsylvanian riff-monsters Crobot conjures up the kind of rock 'n' roll that has grooves so powerful they throw you around the room and hooks high enough to shake the heavens. They take the sweet-sounding nectar of the gods and pour it down your throat until you're wailing along like a banshee.Feel This is the follow-up to 2019s Top 10 Heatseekers album Motherbrain – whose cumulative streams have surpassed 29 million. 20 million of which were for the goliath single "Low Life" - a US Top 10 hit at the Mainstream Rock radio with a 29-week run on the Billboard charts."This is the record we've been wanting to do ever since we started," exclaims Brandon. "We've always thought of ourselves as a live act," he continues. "When Jay Ruston d...

IBARAKI
"RASHMON"
Black Metal
Year:06.05.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Finally here is pre-order start for the debut Ibaraki album entitled “Rashomon”. Ibaraki is a side project of Matt Heafy of Trivium. Ihsahn of Emperor and Matt have been working on this album for nearly a decade. Originally the project was called Mrityu and was worked on in between Trivium albums. This is a very personal album to Matt and focuses a lot on his Asian culture. Obviously with Ihsahn there are a lot of Black Metal parts, but this is a very unique album. It’s a very enjoyable album and a musical journey that has be be enjoyed from front to back, IMO.Production, engineering, score composing and additional instruments by Ihsahn.Mixing and mastering by Jens Bogren.Guests:Alex Bent (Trivium) - drumsPaolo Gregoletto (Triv...

EDGUY
"MANDRAKE 20 ANNIVERSARY EDIT."
Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(AFM RECORDS)

The all time classic "Mandrake" gets a 20th anniversary re-release with complete remastering and will also be available on vinyl in different colors. Edguy will celebrate their release on 01.07.2022.The successor to Edguy’s "The Savage Poetry" was released in 2001 under the title “Mandrake” and led to the band's first headlining tour. Loudwire ranked it as the 20th best power metal album of all time in 2017. Some 20 years after the release finally a new version is made available – as digipak and on Vinyl (in different colors).The bonus track "Wings Of A Dream (Remastered)" is only available on the CD Digipak.For Fans Of: Edguy, Avantasia, Helloween, Gamma Ray ...TRACKLIST CD:1. Tears Of A Mandrake...

EVERGREY
"A HEARTLESS PORTRAIT - THE ORPHEAN TESTAMENT"
Progressive Metal
Year:22.05.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"Gothenburg’s finest export of darkness, EVERGREY, enters an astonishing new chapter in the band’s history with their thirteenth studio album and Napalm Records debut, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), to be released on May 20, 2022. This overwhelming journey through progressive heaviness and searing emotionality is repeatedly accented by sonic melancholy and gripping lyrics – leaving the listener speechless and re-cementing the Swedish five-piece at the top of the scene without a shadow of a doubt!Celebrating over 25 years of metal mastery, EVERGREY, led by founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund, are known for wandering the realms of progressive and heavy melodic metal and painting sonic renderings with their twelve studio records release...

MUNICIPAL WASTE
"ELECTRIFIED BRAIN"
Thrash Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

"Electrified Brain" marks MUNICIPAL WASTE's first album in 5 years, following the release of their critically exalted 2017 record "Slime and Punishment." And don't think they've slowed down in the years since. Recorded in Philadelphia with producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Code Orange), "Electrified Brain" is a high-voltage non-stop masterclass of neck-snapping thrash that'd be the ideal soundtrack for high-speed car chases and backyard steel cage matches as witnessed on the new track "Grave Dive."

CD:

1. Electrified Brain
2. Demoralizer
3. Last Crawl
4. Grave Dive
5. The Bite
6. High Speed Steel
7. Thermonuclear Protection
8. Blood Vessel / Boat Jail
9. Crank The Heat
10. Restless And Wicked
11. Ten Cent Beer Night
12. Barreled Rage
13. Putting On Errors
14. Paranormal Janitor

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
"PIRATES"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:13.05.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

From the Deep & the Dark…Pirates will return!With their latest chart-topping studio album, Wanderers (2019), and the recent release of their first ever live BluRay/DVD, A Symphonic Journey To Remember, symphonic metal visionaries VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have, without a doubt, proven that they are on top of the scene. Now, the band sets sail on another adventurous journey and new exciting chapter, marking a turning point of their discography with the upcoming album, Pirates, out April 29, 2022 via Napalm Records. With their eighth full-length, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS deliver their most confident and honest record so far, proving that they have definitely stopped wandering to finally unleash their rebellious side and a free spirit untamed as the seven seas. The ...

SAOR
"ORIGINS"
Viking Black Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(SEASON OF MIST)

SAOR, in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced [sɯːɾ], means free, without obligations, unconstrained. All of these characteristics intrinsic to the music of SAOR, the musical entity spearheaded by sole member Andy Marshall. Presenting his fifth album and first release on Season of Mist, 'Origins' comes across as a more raging, black metal-infused effort, copiously evocative in its imagery and even melancholic in places, but decisively strong and abrasive at the same time.For fans of: SOJOURNER, WINTERFYLLETH, DRUDKH, UADA ...Cover artwork: Anaïs Mulgrew1. Call of the Carnyx (06:58)2. Fallen (05:04)3. The Ancient Ones (07:54)4. Aurora (08:24)5. Beyond the Wall (06:13)6. Origins (06:44)Total: 0:4...

DARKANE
"INHUMAN SPIRITS"
Melodic Death/ Thrash Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

DARKANE are back!
The long-awaited seventh studio album "Inhuman Spirits" is finally here, and it is packed with intense, brutal, groovy and catchy melodic death/thrash metal!
The album features ten haunting tracks that will get your mind moving and melting! Get ready for fast, energetic and heavily grinding songs!
The high-quality musicianship, a trademark of DARKANE, was taken to the next level with a production by Lawrence Mackrory.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Inhuman Spirits
2. Awakening
3. Embrace The Flames
4. Conspiracies Of The Flesh
5. Inhaling Mental Chaos

6. Mansion Of Torture
7. The Quintessence Of Evil
8. A Spiral To Nothing
9. The Great Deceiver
10. Vålnader

DEVILS TRAIN
"ASHES & BONES"
Heavy Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(SOULFOOD MUSIC)

The hell-bound iron horse is picking up speed again and races towards an exciting future with red-hot steaming engines and well-oiled gears … Devil's Train Are Back! With the band's ten year anniversary coming up, and two well received albums under their belts, the European answer to Black Label Society, The Dead Daisies and Black Stone Cherry presents us with a killer new long-player. Singer and band master-mind RD Liapakis (Mystic Prophecy/Steel Prophet) joined forces with drum monster Jörg Michael (ex- Saxon/Stratovarius/Axel Rudi Pell/Running Wild…), legend Jens Becker (Grave Digger/ex-Running Wild/ex-X-Wild) and six-string wizard Dan Baune (Lost Sanctuary/ex-Monument). This line-up, which could undoubtedly be dubbed a super-group, delivers a modern yet ...

FALLEN SANCTUARY
"TERRANOVA"
Symphonic Power Heavy Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(AFM RECORDS)

- Fallen Sanctuary is the born offspring of Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Marco Pastorino (TEMPERANCE), conceived with heart and finesse.- In every song the enthusiasm and love of the band members for their interpretation of Symphonic Power Metal is evident- Their first album "Terranova" impresses with a hit concentration and high end production, which is pretty rare for debut albums.- Available as Digipak, Clear Orange Vinyl + Bonustrack & as exclusive Boxset- Mixing and mastering was done by Jan Vacik (Serious Black, Serenity, Nightmare...).- The album cover was designed by Gustavo Sazes (Amaranthe, Dymytry, Firewind, Dynazty and many more), one of the top cover artists of the metal scene.Dynamic and addictive, the lovechild of Serenity s...

CONJURER
"PATHOS"
Progressive/ Post Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The future of British metal lies in safe hands with CONJURER, who continue their journey as the country’s most exciting young metal band with their incredible new album Páthos. A triumphant return from CONJURER following their world-renowned 2018 debut Mire, Páthos is a band flexing their creative muscles, deepening their approach and thought, and expanding their sound.Páthos is not an album for the half-hearted or faint-hearted. Elements of Sumac, Gojira, old Mastodon and Oathbreaker, the new record is a multi-layered beast – sludge, death, doom, black metal and hardcore influences clash and collide throughout, all masterfully finished by Will Putney’s exquisite mix and master.The fifty-minute runtime of Páthos is no...

HORIZON IGNITED
"TOWARDS THE DYING LANDS"
Melodic Death Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The gloomy, tenacious and energetic heart of melodic death metal began pulsating in the early 1990s − and it hasn’t stopped beating since.Over the past thirty frantic years, this passion-raising heavy metal subgenre has undeniably evolved and changed, but some complaints have also been heard in the dim alleys: where are all the magnificent entrants?Well, as so many times before, kindly turn your face towards Finland − still the most metallic country in the world − and meet melodic death metal's hottest newcomers... Horizon Ignited has arrived and this relentless sextet is here to stay!The debut album "After the Storm" was unleashed when the northern winds choked Horizon Ignited's hometown of Kouvola in early 2019....