BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
"V"
Hard Rock
Year:14.06.2024
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian come together to release new music for the first time in 7 years!    'V' is a milestone that celebrates the journey, talent, and vision of Black Country Communion.    "Stay Free," the lead single, is a powerhouse track that blends hard rock's raw energy is released on March 1, 2024.    The 2LP comes with a bonus side D with 3 live recordings from the 2018 UK tour.Black Country Communion, the iconic rock supergroup is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, V, available worldwide on June 14.Black Country Communion is a powerhouse supergroup fusing the incredible talents of Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze...

BLUES PILLS
"BIRTHDAY"
Blues/ Classic Rock
Year:02.08.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Blues Pills unveils their fourth studio album, 'Birthday'. Marked by the lead singer Elin Larsson's discovery of her pregnancy during the recordings and journey to motherhood, infusing the music with profound emotion. Written in just a few weeks in Sweden's serene countryside and produced by Grammy-nominated Freddy Alexander, the album captures Blues Pills' raw energy and magnetic charisma in its purest and most honest form. 'Birthday' symbolizes not just musical evolution but also the deep bond between bandmates, evident in their unwavering support for Elin during this transformative time.CD/ LP:        1. Birthday        2. Don't You Love It     &...

APOCALYPTICA
"PLAYS METALLICA - VOL. 2"
Heavy Metal
Year:07.06.2024
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

Apocalyptica is a Finnish cello metal band known for their unique style of music, blending heavy metal with classical cello arrangements. The song "Nothing else matters", which the band has covered on their album "Apocalyptica plays Metallica by four cello" recorded in 1996, was featured in the Netflix show "Wednesday" at the end of Episode 3, which had a huge impact for the band on new & younger listeners for example on Spotify. "Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica Vol.2" is a very special album and also their 10th studio album. Not just going back to their roots, this time Metallica themselves are involved. A vocal feature on "One" by James Hetfield (has never happened before in 40+ years of Metallica) – confidential, embargo till announcement & release May, 17th - , Rob Trujill...

DEICIDE
"BANISHED BY SIN"
Death Metal
Year:26.04.2024
(ATOMIC FIRE)

Death metal legends Deicide mark their devilish return with their new album, Banished by Sin, through Reigning Phoenix Music. Provacateurs by trade and dominant by nature, the Floridians, featuring founders Glen Benton (bass/lead vocals) and Steve Asheim (drums), as well as notables Kevin Quirion (guitars) and Taylor Nordberg (guitars), have yet again uncompromisingly splayed and slayed the genre's holy trinity of brutality, intensity, and aggression for the world to witness. Just as classic cuts like "Sacrificial Suicide" (Deicide), "Once Upon the Cross" (Once Upon the Cross), and "Homage for Satan" (The Stench of Redemption) elevated the firebrands to death's metal's apex, new songs "Bury The Cross...With Your Christ," "From Unknown Heights You Shall Fall," and "Sever the ...

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
"PIRATES II – ARMADA"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:05.07.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

The pirates of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS are about to take listeners on their heaviest symphonic adventure yet with their new studio album, titled "Pirates II – Armada", set for release on July 5, 2024 via Napalm Records. The new successor to their high-charting previous release, "Pirates" (2022),is set as high as the waves cresting the Jolly Roger — taking everything that has been achieved to date to another level. With the second chapter of the pirates' saga, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS prove that they are more than ready to claim the crown of symphonic metal.CD:01    To Those Who Choose to Fight02    The Land of the Free03    Monsters04    Tonight I’m Alive05    Armada06    The Dead of the...

SEVERE TORTURE
"TORN FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH"
Death Metal
Year:07.06.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

SEVERE TORTURE, the Dutch death metal titans, return with a vengeance, bearing the blood-spattered banner of the genre. Unbowed and unbroken, this quintet embodies the truest strains of death metal virility.Crafted within the ominous walls of Torture Compound Studios, Torn from the Jaws of Death is a visceral testimony to Severe Torture's raw power and unrelenting savagery. Mixed and mastered with malignant precision by Mendel bij de Leij of MbdL Productions, each of the ten tracks bleeds supremacy—from the guttural roar of 'The Death of Everything' to the fiendish chaos of 'Tear all the Flesh off the Earth.' Pär Olofsson's macabre cover artwork ensnares the eye, while Severe Torture's relentless ferocity grips the soul. This album do...

NOCTURNUS AD
"UNICURSAL"
sci-fi death metal
Year:17.05.2024
(SEASON OF MIST)

- After mounting one of the most notable returns in the realm of death metal, sci-fi death metal godfather Mike Browning returns with the sophomore NOCTURNUS AD album “Unicursal” which continues the story from their debut LP “Paradox” which was the continuation, 30 years later, of the classic Nocturnus album “The Key” (first death metal album to use keyboards), one of the most influential death metal albums of all time.  The new NOCTURNUS AD album sees Browning continue the lore set with 1990’s “The Key”.- CD edition to feature exclusive bonus track “Nocturnus Will Rise”.- “Unicursal” is NOCTURNUS AD’s most ambitious undertaking yet and the most challenging album Mike Browning has ever been involved in...

RHAPSODY OF FIRE
"CHALLENGE THE WIND"
Symphonic Power Metal
Year:31.05.2024
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The Italian Symphonic Power Metal institution RHAPSODY OF FIRE return with one of their best works yet, a continuation of their Epic Nephilim Saga which first started with “The Eighth Mountain” in 2019. Their new epos is called: “Challenge The Wind”!Ask any Power Metal fan and they will remark about how in 30 years RHAPSODY OF FIRE not only shaped a genre but developed as a band and created a legacy as the undisputed kings of Symphonic Power Metal.Having built their standing upon classics like Legendary Tales (1997), Symphony Of Enchanted Lands (1998) or Dawn Of Victory (2000), RHAPSODY OF FIRE once again show what they do best: Epic Orchestral arrangements, grandiose Choirs, fast and melodic guitars and a gripping story, that ties this opus of Symphonic-Power-fines...

POWERWOLF
"WAKE UP THE WICKED"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:26.07.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

POWERWOLF – a band that fills the hearts of every heavy metal fan with joy – will release their highly-anticipated new studio album,  Wake Up The Wicked, on July 26, 2024 via Napalm Records! With several #1 chart entries and multiple gold and platinum records, POWERWOLF is undoubtedly one of  the most successful current heavy metal bands worldwide. Headline and premium slots at premier rock and metal festivals like Wacken, Hellfest or Graspop, as well as massive sold-out arena shows have further solidified the Wolfpack’s standing at the very top of the scene. POWERWOLF’s high quality  releases are steadily praised by critics and fans alike, building upon the successful reach of their songs and  impressive  official  music  videos,&...

DAATH
"THE DECEIVERS"
Technical Death Metal
Year:03.05.2024
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

The Deceivers is at once a devastating reminder and giant leap forward that showcases the technical wizardry and brutal intensity that the Atlanta, Georgia-bred band is capable of. Band founder/guitarist Eyal Levi has overseen an overhaul of the lineup, though importantly DÅÅTH still features force-of-nature vocalist Sean Zatorsky, who has fronted the band since 2007. Together they are now joined by Kerim “Krimh” Lechner on drums, Jesse Zuretti on orchestration and guitar, Rafael Trujillo on lead guitar, and David Marvuglio on bass.Guest guitar solos are contributed across numerous tracks by Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Arch Enemy), Mark Holcomb (Periphery), Dean Lamb (Archspire), Per Nilsson, (Scar Symmetry, Meshuggah), Spiro Dussias (Platonist), and Dan Sugarman (Ice N...

EVERGREY
"THEORIES OF EMPTINESS"
Power Progressive Heavy Metal
Year:07.06.2024
(NAPALM RECORDS)

EVERGREY at its finest – the fourteenth studio album by Gothenburg’s pioneering masters of darkness!After more than 30 years of existence, Gothenburg's finest metal masters EVERGREY are far away from slowing things down. The five-piece, led by founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund, will release its fourteenth studio album, Theories Of Emptiness, on June 7, 2024 via Napalm Records. Without any doubt, the new album marks one of the most dynamic records the band has ever crafted throughout their impressive career. Theories Of Emptiness was produced by Tom S. Englund and Jonas Ekdahl, and was mixed by Adam "Nolly" Getgood (ex-Periphery), who worked closely with the band from the start - bringing out the vividness of the album’s overall sonic profile. Rounding out ...

KORPIKLAANI
"RANKARUMPU"
Folk Metal/ Humpa
Year:05.04.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“Rankarumpu” is the 12th studio album by KORPIKLAANI offering a perfect mix of old school up-tempo catchiness, brilliant folk elements by Olli Vänskä (violin) and Sami Perttula (accordion), Jonne Järvelä’s impeccable hooks and lyrics, resulting in refreshing, feel-good songs about going to the sauna, Finland’s blue skies and snowy fields, and the band themselves in the title song.

Supported by massive touring, 2024 is going to be a triumph for KORPIKLAANI.

CD/ LP:

1. Kotomaa
2. Tapa sen kun kerkeet
3. Aita
4. Saunaan
5. Mettään
6. Kalmisto

7. Rankarumpu
8. No perkele
9. Viikatelintu
10. Nouse
11. Oraakkelit
12. Harhainen höyhen

MY DYING BRIDE
"A MORTAL BINDING"
Doom Death Metal
Year:19.01.2024
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The flower withers once more on My Dying Bride’s A Mortal Binding …

British doom/death metal legends My Dying Bride are primed to unfurl their 15th album, A Mortal Binding, via Nuclear Blast. The much-anticipated follow-up to The Ghost of Orion (2019) finds the Yorkshire-based quintet featuring a revamped lineup of now-permanent guitarist Neil Blanchett and the return of drummer Dan Mullins delighting in anxiety, loss, and toil to resplendent effect.

CD/ 2LP:

1 Her Dominion
2 Thornwyck Hymn
3 The 2nd of Three Bells
4 Unthroned Creed

5 The Apocalyptist
6 A Starving Heart
7 Crushed Embers

LINE UP:

Vocals: Aaron Stainthorpe
Guitar: Andrew Craighan
Drums: Dan Mullins
Bass: Lena Abe
Guitar: Neil Blanchett
Violin/Keyboards: Shaun McGowan

NIGHTMARE
"ENCRYPTED"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:07.06.2024
(AFM RECORDS)

2024 is the year of NIGHTMARE, unbowed, unbreakable and inspired, ready to take their music to a whole new level, they return.When powerhouse vocalist Barbara Mogore joined after 2 years, it marked a new era for NIGHTMARE. Barbara helped NIGHTMARE transcend into new dimensions and refine their sound. NIGHTMARE are now ready to unleash their brand new and fourteenth studio album, “Encrypted”, with the brilliant voice of Barbara unto the world.Encrypted is set to be released in June 2024 through AFM Records!The band's continued desire and passion to take their music to the next level is still alive!As the band states: “…We have decided to move to new heights in terms of musical approach to make Encrypted our most ambitious album to date in terms of production, m...

BALLANCE OF POWER
"FRESH FROM THE ABYSS"
Progressive Metal
Year:19.04.2024
(MASSACRE RECORDS)

BALANCE OF POWER are back with new band members and a brand-new album!

Founding members Tony Ritchie (bass) and Lionel Hicks (drums) are joined the band's new lead vocalist Hazel Jade as well as guitarists Chris Young and Adam Wardle, who have since taken over the reins from guitarists Chris Masimore and Stoney Wagner, with whom the band worked on and recorded the upcoming album "Fresh From The Abyss".

Largely about life and death, "Fresh From The Abyss" is a collection of songs that either stops the clock and points to a moment in time or stands back and encompasses the vastness of time and space, and living and dying.

CD/ LP:

1. Last Man Down
2. Never Be Here Again
3. Monster
4. Rage Of Ages

5. Abyss
6. Velocity
7. Deadlands
8. One More Time Around The Sun