GRIEF COLLECTOR
"EN DELIRIUM"
Doom Heavy Metal
Year:11.06.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Doom laden Metal for fans of Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus and Crypt Sermon. Featuring legendary vocalist Robert Lowe!Grief Collector was formed by (ex-)members of Signs Of Rain, Among The Serpents and Candlemass/Solitude Aeturnus. Their aim was to combine Doom, some Sludge and feelings of sorrow and tragedy into a musical mix that could stand the test of time. This resulted in their first mini-CD ‘From Dissension To Avowal’. The layered music and Robert Lowe’s vocals combined with a rough edged production made sure this was a release that would cause a stir in the scene. And it did! The band came in contact with Petrichor and a deal was struck to release the bands’ latest offering ‘En Delerium’. The album will be released on all formats a...

DIRKSCHNEIDER AND THE OLD GANG
"ARISING"
Melodic Heavy Metal
Year:27.08.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

Longtime compagnions Udo Dirkschneider, Peter Baltes, Stefan Kaufmann and Mathias Dieth starting a new project. If these names don't make your mouth water, figuratively speaking, then you have missed out on the past 40 years of German metal history.DATOG, short for DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG, consists of Accept / U.D.O. / Dirkschneider frontman Udo Dirkschneider and his longtime companions Peter Baltes (bass; ex- Accept), Stefan Kaufmann (guitar; ex- Accept, U.D.O.) and Mathias Dieth (guitar; Sinner, U.D.O.) as well as Udo's son Sven Dirkschneider (drums; U.D.O., Dirkschneider) plus singer Manuela Bibert. If these names don't make your mouth water, figuratively speaking, then you have missed out on the past 40 years of German metal history.Th...

BRAINSTORM
"WALL OF SKULLS"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:20.08.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

- BRAINSTORM have revived themselves with their 13th studio album and moved to the next level!- Produced by Seeb Levermann (Orden Ogan, Rhapsody Of Fire).- Artwork by Gyula Havanczak (Annihilator, Stratovarius, Destruction)- BRAINSTORM are a great constant in the metal scene; their steady high quality output is highly appreciated by fans all over the world- the predecessor "Midnight Ghost" climbed to #25 in German and #55 in Swiss official album charts- Available as: CD+Live Blu-Ray Digibook, Transparent Red Vinyl, Boxset: Headscarf, Sticker, Patch, Autograph, Digibook + Live Blu-Ray.More than 30 years of history in metal and still BRAINSTORM visibly captivates huge musical enthusiasm and joy while earning almost endless expertise in their craft...

SPACE CHASER
"GIVE US LIFE"
Thrash Metal
Year:16.07.2021
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Nothing can beat the thrill of thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Space Chaser. Marking their ten-year anniversary with their third full-length, Give Us Life, they are returning in force and once again establishing their importance in the scene. "What we do is contemporary Thrash Metal, if you will, and while still having the 'old-school' elements everyone loves, we try to incorporate some of the influences that we expose ourselves to. Over the last ten years, this kind of music progressed a lot, and of course that has its influence on us. But what we do is still Thrash Metal, we just hope we're able to translate it a little bit better into 2021."The album was recorded at their go-to studio, Berlin&apos...

DESTRUCTION
"LIVE ATTACK"
Thrash Metal
Year:13.08.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

DESTRUCTION bring their unstoppable thrash metal power to your home on Live Attack!Since their debut EP, "Sentence Of Death" (1984), the German foursome DESTRUCTION has turned heads and broken necks with their incredibly honest and uncompromising Thrash Metal power. Now, 37 years into their unstoppable rampage of a career, DESTRUCTION bring the power of hard-hitting drums, speedy riffs and punishing vocals to the comfort of your home on the new 2CD + Blu-ray, "Live Attack" (out August 13 via Napalm Records)! When the music world was forced to shut down venues and cancel tours for an indefinite period of time, DESTRUCTION came through to deliver their outstanding power via live stream to their loyal fans at home - now available for you to enjoy on high-definition Blu-ray! Wit...

THY CATAFALQUE
"VADAK"
Black Metal/ Atmospheric/ Dark
Year:25.06.2021
(SEASON OF MIST)

THY CATAFALQUE do not pretend to produce easy-listening music that comes as easy as it quickly fades out of the mind again. ‘Vadak’ demands to be listened to with full attention, but with every new spin this masterpiece reveals more of its secrets and rewards the listener with a rich treasure of fascinating details.

For fans of Solefald, Arcturus, Ulver ...

Tracklist:
1. Szarvas
2. Köszöntsd a hajnalt
3. Gömböc
4. Az energiamegmaradás törvénye
5. Móló
6. A kupolaváros titka
7. Kiscsikó (Irénke dala)
8. Piros-sárga
9. Vadak (Az átváltozás rítusai)
10. Zúzmara

LINE-UP:

Tamas Katai

SILVER LAKE BY ESA HOLOPAINEN
"SILVER LAKE"
Folk Gothic Heavy Metal
Year:28.05.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

It’s the dawn of spring 2020. During one morning, Esa Holopainen’s mobile vibrates laboriously, and the guitarist picks up the phone. After some quintessential compliments, there comes the core question. “Esa, would it be the right time to start working on your solo album?”This gentle voice belongs to Nino Laurenne, renowned music producer and owner of Helsinki-based recording facility Sonic Pump. Esa Holopainen doesn’t have to think for too long, the electric guitarist extraordinaire already knows the answer.Fast forward to early 2021. Esa Holopainen is sitting on the comfortable sofa inside Sonic Pump. His first solo album –released under the artist name SILVER LAKE – has been just mastered by Svante Forsbäck (Ramm...

PAUL GILBERT
"WEREWOLVES OF PORTLAND"
Progressive Metal/ Shred
Year:04.06.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Paul Gilbert is one of the pioneers of shred guitar and one of the top guitar players in the world.     Paul Gilbert is a founding member of chart-topping rock band Mr Big and has a loyal fanbase.     Gilbert is heavily endorsed by Ibanez and Marshall. He has multiple signature Ibanez guitars released.     Paul played all instruments on Werewolves of Portland. He even made the drawings of the first video released March 11. Paul Gilbert is an artist, and a consummate craftsman. He has superb technical insight, but this used to develop interesting, insightful music that stands impressively as an expression of the soul and spirit. People first heard him in full flow with the much respected Racer X. Their 1986 d...

PARADISE LOST
"LIVE AT THE MILL"
Melodic Death/ Gothic Metal
Year:16.07.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

33 years after their inception, England's PARADISE LOST are not only one of the most influential metal bands in the world and founders of the gothic metal genre, but also among the most varied acts. From death and doom to catchy synth pop hymns, the quintet from Yorkshire never hesitated to cross boundaries and yet always stayed true to themselves. After a spectacular #2 spot in the German album charts with their latest chef-d'oeuvre 'Obsidian', the band now unveils a live album consisting of 16 tracks that cover nearly every style and big hit from their 3-decade-long career. Captured at The Mill Nightclub near the band’s hometown in Yorkshire, England, the recording of the BluRay was directedby Ash Pears, who previously worked with the band on their music vide...

DIE KRUPPS
"SONGS FROM THE DARK SIDE OF HEAVEN"
Industrial Metal
Year:28.05.2021
(SPV)

The mothership of German industrial/metal crossover strikes again. Since 1980, Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and their various comrades-in-arms have shaped the alternative/electronic music scene like no other band, especially through the sophisticated combination of the two styles "industrial" and "metal" that they created in the 1990s and that didn't even exist before. Countless other acts have since adapted this style, which was invented and launched by this extraordinary band.Now it's time for DIE KRUPPS to pay tribute to their own heroes - and to do that, what could be better than an album filled to the brim with cover versions in typical DIE KRUPPS Electro Metal style? But see and hear for yourself, the men around Jürgen Engler have subjected real ...

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
"BLOOD IN THE WATER"
Thrash Metal
Year:04.06.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

- Flotzilla strikes back!
- Album no. 14 of this US-Thrash institution from Arizona.
-Their last album reached postion 19 in the official german charts, the most succesful album of the band to date.
- Mix & mastering done by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat. Amaranthe, Powerwolf, U.D.O. etc.).
-Available as CD-Digipak, Ltd. Edition Boxset and various Vinyl Editions.

Legends in Thrash - crushing, rolling and knocking you down with their new album "Blood In The Water". Delivering finest fast and hard metal for new- and oldschool thrasher alike!

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Blood In The Water
2. Burn The Sky
3. Brace For Impact
4. A Place To Die
5. The Walls
6. Cry For The Dead
7. The Wicked Hour
8. Too Many Lives
9. Grey Dragon
10. Reaggression
11. Undone
12. Seven Seconds 'Til The End Of The World

IMPALED NAZARENE
"EIGHT HEADED SERPENT"
Black Metal
Year:28.05.2021
(OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS)

Witness the triumphant return of Impaled Nazarene!! After seven years, new studio album Eight Headed Serpent (their 13rd) is finally unleashed upon this pathetic world full of wimps, posers, turn the other cheekers and generally ignorant glue-sniffers with their cancel culture and virtue-signalling. Hitting you like the 666-megaton nuclear bomb, Eight Headed Serpent shows no mercy to anybody! From the toxic testosterone opener of Goat Of Mendes till the last dying cries of flat earthers on Foucault Pendulum, Eight Headed Serpent takes no prisoners. This deadly sonic attack was recorded and mixed at Revolver studio in Finland by Asko Ahonen. Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studio. Cover artwork created by long time collaborator Ritual from Nucleart Design.Limite...

WIZARDTHRONE
"HYPERCUBE NECRODIMENSIONS"
Symphonic Black Metal
Year:16.07.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Featuring members of Alestorm, Gloryhammer, Aether Realm and more, WIZARDTHRONE is an otherworldly Extreme Wizard Metal force of cosmic dimensions!Behold! Arise! Vast distances from Earth’s dimension, in a galaxy millions of light-years away, the WIZARDTHRONE resurges! Traversing vivid sci-fi multiverses in the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft via comprehensively established technical death- power- and symphonic black metal, Hypercube Necrodimensions (out July 16 via Napalm Records) is a bombastic journey through hyperspace and otherworldly realities. Featuring members of ALESTORM, GLORYHAMMER, AETHER REALM, FORLORN CITADEL, NEKROGOBLIKON and more, the musical brilliance of WIZARDTHRONE is absolutely undeniable. Title track “Hypercube Necrodimensions” is a ha...

DEE SNIDER
"LEAVE A SCAR"
Heavy Metal
Year:30.07.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

TWISTED SISTER icon DEE SNIDER melds a masterpiece of modern rock & classic metal! In 2018, legendary heavy metal vocalist and pop culture pillar DEE SNIDER turned the heavy music world on its axis with his transformative full-length, For The Love Of Metal. Produced by Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta, the album re-cemented the undeniable prowess of the iconic Twisted Sister singer with its modernized mastery and take-no-prisoners attitude. Three years later, with one of the most collectively tumultuous times society has ever experienced behind him, DEE SNIDER triumphantly returns with the potent full-length follow up Leave A Scar. Once again produced by Jamey Jasta, with co-production, mixing and mastering by drummer Nick Bellmore, Leave A Scar sees DEE SNIDER & Co. c...

BURNING WITCHES
"THE WITCH OF THE NORTH"
Female True Heavy Metal
Year:28.05.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The Swiss ladies hit the bullseye!Swiss heavy metal coven BURNING WITCHES and Nuclear Blast Records proudly present “The Witch Of The North”, the group’s much anticipated, fourth studio album set for worldwide release on May 28th, 2021. Following 2020’s “Dance Of The Devil”, which charted in Germany at #22, and the quickly sold-out “Circle Of Five EP”, vocalist Laura, guitarists Romana and Larissa, bassist Jeanine and drummer Lala notably up the ante on “The Witch Of The North”, their most dynamic, intricate and powerful album thus far. Perfectly mixed and mastered by V.O. Pulver and produced by German thrash titan Schmier (Destruction), BURNING WITCHES stick to their irrefutable 80’s influences (Judas Priest,...