ME AND THAT MAN
"NEW MAN, NEW SONGS, SAME SHIT, VOL.2" Blues/ Folk/ Country
Year:19.11.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"Behemoth mastermind Adam “Nergal” Darski has signed a menacing pact with the devil once again, returning with dark folk/blues/Americana influenced solo project ME AND THAT MAN’s third full-length studio album, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.2, on November 19, 2021 via Napalm Records.As a sequel to the project’s previous record, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1 (2020), the enthralling new offering follows the exciting path Nergal then set ablaze, once again featuring an abundance of heavy music icons – but this time, he takes it to a whole new level. Experience greats such as Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God), Myrkur, Devin Townsend, David Vincent, Doug Blair (W.A.S.P), Hank von Hell (Turbon...
OBSCURA
"A VALEDICTION" Technical Death Metal
Year:19.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
Germany-based metal band OBSCURA launch trilogy concept on stunning new album “A Valediction”. The group’s first (sixth overall) album for Nuclear Blast pivots on many fronts. Advanced, elegant, and yet refreshing, “A Valediction” sums up past endeavors effortlessly as it gazes with purpose and conviction into the future. OBSCURA are fan-renowned and critically acclaimed for challenging and then expanding upon norms. From “Cosmogenesis”(2009) through “Diluvium”(2018), the band flourished and made significant progress in a musical genre unprepared for a creative shot of German invention. “A Valediction” spearheads OBSCURA into a new era of extreme metal. Welcome to the next level! CD-DIGI:01. Forsak...
KHEMMIS
"DECEIVER" Doom Heavy Metal
Year:19.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
Restlessly awakening from the depths of a feverish slumber, doomed heavy metal masters KHEMMIS return to reveal their fourth full length studio album, DECEIVER, arriving via Nuclear Blast Records in November 2021. Six tracks of desolate, soul-awakening heaviness encapsulate a project that has been nearly three years in the making. With a title that reflects the internal struggles that many of us battle in our daily lives, DECEIVER is a ferociously honest and appetizingly raw piece of musical artistry.“Thematically, all of the songs are about the many ways that we are tricked into believing these stories about ourselves–that we are broken, that we are not good enough, thatour genetics determine our fate. This title is the label that we put on our minds as a force ...
UNLEASHED
"NO SIGN FOR LIFE" Pagan Black/ Death Metal
Year:12.11.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Swedish Death Metal Legends UNLEASHED are back to defend their throne! With the release of their 14th full length studio album No Sign Of Life on November 12 2021, the Death Metal pioneers that influenced a whole musical genre deliver another work of sheer brutality.Formed back in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund, UNLEASHED have been delivering supreme Death Metal in the sign of their Viking ancestors from day one! The Einherjar legions of Asgard transfer Viking values and traditions into modernity and forge another uncompromising musical weapon.The rage paves its way straight from the first notes of the album opener “The King Lost His Crown” and leaves no time to breathe during the entire playing time. The album unfolds as an unstoppable war battalio...
Time Clocks is released as a limited CD box that contains the album and multiple Joe Bonamassa-themed items. It contains 2 vinyl coasters, 10 postcards – 1 for each song and 3 guitar picks, all in Joe Bonamassa – Time Clocks art! Joe Bonamassa has sold well over 3 million records worldwide and has 22 #1 Billboard Blues Albums, more than any artist His most recent studio album Royal Tea charted in 15 countries and has sold over 100.000 copiesGuitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa has announced the forthcoming release of a brand-new studio album titled ‘Time Clocks’, due out on October 29 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. The album, which was recorded in New York City, takes Joe back to his early ...
1914
"WHERE FEAR AND WEAPONS MEET" Black Metal
Year:22.10.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Ukrainian blackened death/doom metal offensive 1914 continue to reflect the gruesome tales of World War I, its soldiers’ fate, their death, fear and feats to be never forgotten, and unleash their new opus, Where Fear and Weapons Meet via Napalm Records. Its eleven tracks of pure historic harshness follow up to the band’s sophomore full-length, The Blind Leading the Blilnd (2018), and debut, Eschatology of War (2014), both highly acclaimed amongst critics, and create a sophisticated variety of massively brutal blackened death metal accented by dramatic and realistic audio soundscapes and disquieting melodies spiced with the approach of sludge and doom! On Where Fear and Weapons Meet, the Ukrainian five-piece founded in 2014 takes the listener back to the horrible, dark days o...
AEPHANEMER
"A DREAM OF WILDERNESS" Melodic Symphonic/ Death Metal
Year:19.11.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Following their much-acclaimed 2019 album, Prokopton, Toulouse based symphonic melodic death metal force AEPHANEMER returns with their third and thunderous full-length record, A Dream Of Wilderness, via Napalm Records! Starting out as an unbelievably successful DIY ride that suddenly turned towards international acclaim, the indisputable AEPHANEMER is one of the most exciting symphonic death metal sensations of the modern age. Fast-paced metal fronted by the guttural growls and fierce screams of extraordinary vocalist Marion Bascoul meet flickering twin leads, elements of Scandinavian death metal, Slavic traditional music and epic synths. If Prokopton was a noteworthy, impressive sophomore album from one of Europe’s best up and coming melodic death metal bands yet, A Dream Of Wild...
HAMMERFALL
"RENEGADE 2.0 - 20 YEAR ANNIVERS. EDIT." Power/ True Heavy Metal
Year:12.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
The 20th Anniversary Edition by HAMMERFALL "Renegade 2.0" will be released as 2CD+DVD including the 2020 remix version of the album, the original album plus 6 bonus tracks, a bonus DVD "The Templar Renegade Crusades" a 60-page booklet and a new cover.CD 1:01. Templars Of Steel (2020 Remix)02. Keep The Flame Burning (2020 Remix)03. Renegade (2020 Remix)04. Living In Victory (2020 Remix)05. Always Will Be (2020 Remix)06. The Way Of The Warrior (2020 Remix)07. Destined For Glory (2020 Remix)08. The Champion (2020 Remix)09. Raise The Hammer (2020 Remix)10. A Legend Reborn (2020 Remix)CD 2:01. Templars Of Steel02. Keep The Flame Burning03. Renegade04. Living In Victor...
DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED
"ANGEL OF CARNAGE UNLEASHED" Black Metal
Year:12.11.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"After 23 years of silence, the Finnish cult black metallers and pioneers of the scene DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED mark their long-awaited comeback with a hard-hitting new offering, Angel of Carnage Unleashed, to be released on November 12, 2021 via Napalm Records. The old horde from the original 1993 line-up has rejoined forces, now augmented by Tuomas Holopainen as a full member of the band and Kai Hahto (both Nightwish) as session drummer. Holopainen had already been featured as a session keyboardist on all previous albums.Founded in 1993 in Kitee, Finland, DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED quickly gained a cult status in the black metal underground. In 1995, they released their debut album, Heirs of the Northstar, followed by the sophomore album Autumn Roars Thunder (1996) and its seque...
THULCANDRA
"A DYING WISH" Blackened/ Death Metal
Year:29.10.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
German blackened death metal veterans THULCANDRA are back! Since its foundation in 2003 by Steffen Kummerer (mastermind of Obscura), THULCANDRA has established themselves in the European extreme metal scene. Now, the black death metal outfit is about to release their fourth studio album after six years of silence. A Dying Wish was produced, mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio by the renowned Dan Swanö (Dissection, Opeth, Bloodbath, Katatonia and more) and will be released on October 29, 2021 via Napalm Records. It’s again a journey back in time to the origins of the genre, as it was musically and visually shaped by bands like Dissection, Entombed, Sacramentum and Unanimated. On their new album, A Dying Wish, the four-piece around Steffen Kummerer once again draws the listen...
AD INFINITUM
"CHAPTER II - LEGACY" Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:29.10.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"Symphonic metal onslaught AD INFINITUM are no stranger to the scene. With their spellbinding debut album, Chapter I - Monarchy (2020), brought to life in the middle of a global pandemic, the foursome reached millions of plays on streaming platforms and the intoxicating video for first single “Marching on Versailles” has gathered over 1.7M video views to date. In addition, frontwoman Melissa Bonny is consistently drawn to exciting musical collaborations, like her recent feature with FEUERSCHWANZ – which has already gained over 2.4 million views on YouTube since its release. Now, she sets her focus back to her main musical force as AD INFINITUM, with Adrian Thessenvitz (guitars), Korbinian Benedict (bass) and Niklas Müller (drums), will unveil its new opus, Chapter...
BELAKOR
"COHERENCE" Progressive Death Metal
Year:29.10.2021 (NAPALM RECORDS)
BE’LAKOR explore new dimensions of Progressive Death Metal on Coherence!Since their debut, The Frail Tide in 2007, Australian Progressive Death Metal powerhouse BE‘LAKOR has made a huge impact on the international metal scene, turning heads with their technical-driven yet melodic songwriting. Now, almost 15 years later, the legendary five-piece returns with their new album Coherence (out October 29 via Napalm Records), proving themselves to be on top of their game with their most ambitious project yet! Eight tracks on Coherence display BE’LAKOR’s impressive spectrum of musical abilities, ranging from 12-minute-long journeys on “Much More Was Lost” to the atmospheric, fully instrumental “Sweep of Days”. Coherence is full of deta...
SABATON
"THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW - LIVE AT WACKEN" True Heavy Metal
Year:26.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
Multi-Platinum Swedish metal band SABATON today announces the limited-edition, live-in-concert, double-DVD/Blu-Ray, “The Great Show,” and “The 20th Anniversary Show,” both set for release on November 19 (Nuclear Blast). Both titles were filmed during the band’s 2019-2020 "The Great Tour“ world trek, and both feature special guest performers. Track listings are below; pre-orders begin today and can be placed here: https://sabat.one/TheGreatShow "The 20th Anniversary Show" (watch trailer) is comprised of SABATON’s jaw-dropping, two-hour headline concert filmed in front of 75,000 fans at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival - coincidentally, celebrating its 30th anniversary - on August 1, 2019. “The Gre...
SUFFOCATION
"LIVE IN NORTH AMERICA (CD)" Death Metal
Year:12.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
SUFFOCATION created the template for the brutal death metal genre in the early 90s. Landmark albums such as “Effigy Of The Forgotten” and “Pierced From Within” also went on to inspire the birth of the tech-death and slam death metal genres. With the departure of original vocalist Frank Mullen, the band marks an end of an era with a live album recorded during his last North American tour in 2018. Mixed and mastered by Christian Donaldson (Beyond Creation, Cryptopsy) this release plays like a “best of”, and is perfect farewell to one of the most influential singers in extreme music.CD:01. Thrones Of Blood (Live)02. Effigy Of The Forgotten (Live)03. Funeral Inception (Live)04. Pierced From Within (Live)05. ...
NORTHTALE
"ETERNAL FLAME" Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:12.11.2021 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
"With NORTHTALE, I wanted to start the band that I wasn't able to when I was 16 years-old."So says Brazilian-American guitarist Bill Hudson, who has made a name for himself over the past 15 years working with artists including DORO, Jon Oliva's PAIN, U.D.O., CIRCLE II CIRCLE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and David Vincent's I AM MORBID. In spite of these achievements, it was in 2017 that Hudson was finally able to realize his dream by launching his own band, NORTHTALE, and releasing the debut album „Welcome To Paradise“ two years later. All was not well in paradise, however, and the industry standard "creative differences" between Hudson and vocalist Christian Eriksson (ex-TWILIGHT FORCE) brought things to a grinding halt. Rather than give up Hudson ch...