KING DIAMOND
"SONGS FOR THE DEAD LIVE"
Heavy Metal
Year:2019
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

On January 25th, King Diamond will release a new CD+DVD/Blu-ray, Songs For The Dead Live. Songs For The Dead Live captures 1987’s seminal Abigail album in its entirety - played twice, and in very different locations: Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting in June 2016 and Philadelphia's Fillmore in November 2015. Featuring a brace of classic King Diamond and Mercyful Fate tracks including "Welcome Home", "Halloween" and "Eye Of The Witch", before launching into Abigail, the show boasts an all-star line-up supporting King: guitarists Andy LaRocque and Mike Wead, bassist Pontus Egberg and drummer Matt Thompson. The performances are ferocious, hammering home every moment and ensuring all in attendance remain in their thrall.Captured on film by director Denise Korycki f...

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
"THE END OF CHAOS"
Thrash Metal
Year:2019
(AFM RECORDS)

- 13th album by the Thrash veterans from Arizona! Excellent songwriting – heavier, more catchy and memorable choruses and hooks, extremely convincing vocal performance. FLOTZILLA returns with tremendous strenght - 12 songs and a brilliant voice that will blow your head off [!]The veterans from Arizona are about to release their 13th studio album - assisted by their respectable mascot „Flotzilla“, returning with a big bang to the cover for the first time since 1986 (on the album cover of „Doomsday For The Deceiver“).A lot of effort and sweat has been put to the songwriting-sessions, resulting in 12 inimitable powerful and thrashy songs, whose hooks and melodies get stuck in your head easily. The line-up just completed...

THE NEAL MORSE BAND
"THE GREAT ADVENTURE"
Progressive Rock
Year:2019
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

The successor of the album "The Similitude Of A Dream", celebrated by critics as a masterpiece in 2016, will be the ninth studio album with Morse, Portnoy and George and the third album as a real collaboration in this current constellation. Morse and Portnoy have formed four bands together, but the group that has survived the longest and therefore produced the greatest musical return is The Neal Morse Band.The final line of "The Similitude Of A Dream" - "Let the great adventure now begin..." - has curiously turned out to be a prophecy. Because the new album is just that: a perfect counterpart to TSOAD!The The Neal Morse Band, takes their fans on a big adventure with their latest double concept album "The Great Adventure", which is scheduled for release on January...

ARTILLERY
"THE FACE OF FEAR"
Thrash Metal
Year:2018
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

'The Face Of Fear' is the band's 9th studio album and the third with the current line-up. The record contains nine brand new, straight-to-your-face songs.The lyrics are ARTILLERY as you know them, with subjects concerning the destruction of mankind, double standards, abuse and the looming worst-case scenario. 'The Face Of Fear' was recorded with long-time producer Søren Andersen at Medley Studios. It's Søren's fifth time at the helm and once again he manages to deliver a monster production. Sören Andersen on 'The Face Of Fear': "Pure and raw! Some of the material of this albumwas originally written in the early 80's and that inspired us to go old school this time. Not too many layers, just classic Art...

THE OCEAN
"PHANEROZOIC I: PALAEOZOIC"
Progressive Metal
Year:2018
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Expansive, all-encompassing, reaching extraordinary depths…all can be said about both the dark abyss that forms the vast majority of our planet, and the band from which it takes its name. Today, The Ocean Collective announces their massive two-part return, four years in the making. This November, Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic will be released, with Phanerozoic II to follow in 2020.After 5 years of touring on Pelagial, the band started recording their 8th studio album in February 2018, split into two volumes to be separately released in 2018 and 2020 respectively, titled Phanerozoic. The Phanerozoic eon succeeded the Precambrian supereon, spanning a 500 million-year period leading to the present day, and it has witnessed the evolution and diversification of plant and...

ACE FREHLEY
"SPACEMAN"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:2018
(SPV)

- The first studio album since 4 years! Guitar World ranked Ace as the 14th Greatest Guitarist of all time! Inducted into the Rock N´Roll Hall Of Fame 2014. KISS bass player Gene Simmons wrote several songs for the album [!]And Ace is on a roll. He’s ready to embark on his next musical journey with Spaceman , his third solo outing in four years. Of all Ace’s post-KISS recorded output, Spaceman might be the closest link to his widely acclaimed 1978 solo record, both in spirit and execution. First off, Frehley played all of the guitar parts on Spaceman , as well as bass on all but two songs. Longtime drummer Anton Fig, whose friendship with Ace began in that 1978 record, also appears on “Off My Back” and “Pursuit of Ro...

REVOCATION
"THE OUTER ONES"
Thrash Metal
Year:2018
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Pushing both the death metal and progressive elements of their signature sound harder than ever, The Outer Ones represents Revocation at their boldest, most aggressive and most complex. "I knew that I wanted to go in a darker direction, and this is our most death metal album to date," states vocalist/guitarist Dave Davidson. "Sometimes when death metal bands go down the prog route they lose some of that edge, but we wanted to keep the aggression at the forefront of what we do while still pushing our boundaries." Moving away from the societal and historical themes that informed 2016's Great is Our Sin, this time Davidson has immersed himself in the fantastic, evoking one of the great writers of the sci-fi/horror genre. "The title is my ode to H.P. Lovecraft and the ...

VIRGIN STEELE
"SEVEN DEVILS MOONSHINE"
True Heavy Metal
Year:2018
(SPV)

- This is an incredible boxset for their 35th anniversary and have the following content: 2 Best of CDs (The Book Of Burning, Hymns To Victory) + 3 CDs with brand new music (Ghost Harvest I+II, Gothic Voodoo Anthems) + 24 page booklet (with lyrics and photos by David DeFeis) + Sticker (of the album cover) [!]From David DeFeis:“Cheers, Greetings & Salutations Dear Ever Faithful Eternal Metal Listeners and Friends of the Musical Realm & Written Word Domain! I am putting pen to paper today to inform you all about what we have been doing over the past year and what this Box-Set you are now holding in your hands is all about, its backstory…how we arrived here at this place, and perhaps a bit more about where we might be heading. &...

ACCEPT
"SYMPHONIC TERROR - LIVE AT WACKEN 2017"
Heavy Metal
Year:2018
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Over the past few months, the German band has been anything but passive, instead they‘ve been finalising their latest project, their upcoming live release »Symphonic Terror – Live at Wacken 2017«!Fans can expect a unique, 2 hour ACCEPT show, shot on August 3rd, 2017 at the legendary W:O:A, where the band played the biggest and most extraordinary show of their career in front of 80.000 live fans at the festival, on top of thousands more fans watching via the live stream! The show was divided into three parts, showing the full creative power of ACCEPT: The first part hosted the premiere of new tracks 'Die By The Sword' and 'Koolaid', as well as some of their most popular songs, such as 'Restless And Wild' and 'Pandemic...

BETH HART
"LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL"
Rock/ Blues
Year:2018
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

On May 4th , 2018 the Grammy nominated blues rocker played  London’s world-famous Royal Albert Hall which became a landmark gig for the versatile vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.  Known for her visceral, soul-baring vocals and dynamic range, Hart is riding a creative tidal wave following the release of her critically acclaimed 2016 studio album, 'Fire On The Floor,’ as well as her just-released studio collaboration with guitarist Joe Bonamassa, ‘Black Coffee.’ Levelling audiences with her incredible power and celebrated burnt-honey vocals for 20 years, Hart has toured most of the US and Europe throughout the first half of 2018 and will continue to tour the globe in the fall/winter of this year.Hart has had an incredible c...

BEYOND CREATION
"ALGORYTHM"
Progressive Death Metal
Year:2018
(SEASON OF MIST)

- Third studio album by the Canadian tech-death masters. Guest vocals by Youri Raymond (UNHUMAN) on “The Inversion” song. Mastered at The Grid Studio by Christian Donaldson (UNHUMAN, CRYPTOPSY, NEURAXIS) [!]In 2018, BEYOND CREATION recorded their highly-anticipated third album 'Algorythm'. With the new album, BEYOND CREATION delivers a ferocious blend of technicality, melody, and brutality aided by fang-filled growls, interwoven with beautiful progressive interludes. Feel the onrush of sweeping arpeggios, crushing waves of fretless bass, complex rhythmical patterns and erupting scales peppered with jazzy feeling and masterful execution. With 'Algorythm', prepare for the lightning evolution of progressive tech death...

HATE ETERNAL
"UPON DESOLATE SANDS"
Blackened Death Metal
Year:2018
(SEASON OF MIST)

HATE ETERNAL's new full-length doubles down on their patented, high-velocity assault of dizzying ferocity combined with wide-range dynamics, outstanding songwriting and skull-crushing brutality. HATE ETERNAL delivers extreme music at the highest level. There can be no doubt that 'Upon Desolate Sands' will be regarded by many as the best death metal record of 2018!

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. The Violent Fury 03:54
2. What Lies Beyond 03:08
3. Vengeance Striketh 04:39
4. Nothingness of Being 05:02
5. All Hope Destroyed 05:44
6. Portal of Myriad 04:13
7. Dark Age of Ruin 03:58
8. Upon Desolate Sands 05:01
9. For Whom We Have Lost 03:17

SABATON
"CAROLUS REX PLATINIUM EDIT."
Power Heavy Metal
Year:2012/ 2018
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

SABATON are excited to reveal that 2012's »Carolus Rex« has reached quadruple platinum status in their home country Sweden. The concept album - which is the band's biggest success to date - charts the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire, in particular the life of Charles XII ("Carolus Rex") who ruled it for 21 years. In an amazing coincidence, the album's quadruple platinum certification comes exactly 300 years after the king's death in 1718! The band will be presented with their quadruple platinum disc later this year, when »Carolus Rex« will take its place as one of Sweden's most successful home-grown rock albums.To celebrate the album's success, and to commemorate the Swedish king who inspired it, SABATON will release ...

MAGNUM
"LIVE AT THE SYMPHONY HALL"
Hard Rock/ AOR/ Prog
Year:2019
(SPV)

- 15 live songs – Majestic Hard Rock at it`s best recorded at the Symphony Hall Birmingham, their home town! Tobias Sammet (Avantasia, Edguy) is special guest on two songs. Produced by Tony Clarkin + artwork by Magnums bass player Alan Barrrow. High class 2 CD digipak and triple LP version [!]Every music lover knows that the closing concert of a long tour is always a very special event. For weeks in advance the audience has been able to read up on how much the band has been celebrated in their previous concerts evening after evening and they are all the more excited to see their heroes with their own eyes. After having played those numerous concerts, the band is in excellent shape, perfectly attuned to one another and of course they want to outdo...

VANDENBERGs MOONKINGS
"RUGGED AND UNPLUGGED"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:2018
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Rugged and Unplugged’ is a beautifully stripped back acoustic album which features songs from across Adrian Vandenberg’s career.  It strips down the big orchestral arrangements on songs such as ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ and ‘Breathing’ to just Vandenberg on acoustic guitar and the voice of Jan Hoving. It features a Whitesnake song ‘Sailing Ships, which Vandenberg co-wrote along with his hit ‘Burning Heart’ and other MoonKings favourites. It’s warm, intimate and anthemic all at the same time. ‘Rugged and Unplugged’ is Vandenberg and Hoving doing what they do best, playing music straight from the heart.TRACKLIST CD/ LP:1 What Doesn’t Kill You2 Sailing Ships3 Out of Re...