THE HALO EFFECT
"DAYS OF THE LOST" Melodic Death Metal
Year:12.08.2022 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
EX-IN FLAMES Bandmembers: Jesper Strömblad, Peter Iwers, Niclas Engelin, Daniel Svensson. - As singer: Michael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity). - Guest at one song Matt Heavy of Trivium.2020. The year of the corona-pandemic, when the world was forced into a standstill, five old friends put in motion an old idea that had been lingering -and what eventually was to become a new band: THE HALO EFFECT.The members of THE HALO EFFECT are masters of their domain, pioneers of the Gothenburg melodeath scene. Lead guitarists and melodic death-slingers Niclas Engelin and Jesper Strömblad, lead singer and lyricist Mikael Stanne, supported by the solid backbone and foundation of bassist Peter Iwers, and his partner in crime for twenty plus years, har...
Streaming event celebrating the band's 40th anniversary, performed & recorded 16.7.2021, at the Den / Bear Studios in L.A. / USA.2021 marked Anthrax's 40th anniversary, during which time the band released 11 studio albums, was awarded multiple Gold and Platinum certifications, received six GRAMMY nominations, and a host of other accolades from the media, the music industry, and fans.In 1991, the band helped break down race and genre barriers when they collaborated with Public Enemy on the track "Bring The Noise," and was the first metal band to have its music heard on Mars when NASA played "Got The Time" to wake up the Mars Rover in 2012. Alongwith Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, Anthrax is a card-carrying member of The Big Four, the four...
- JOURNEY SET TO RELEASE FIRST STUDIO ALBUM OF ALL NEW SONGS IN OVER A DECADE. - CATCH JOURNEY LIVE ON THE FREEDOM TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS TOTO.As one of the world’s most beloved rock bands, Journey continues to create new music and thrill audiences night after night in sold out arenas worldwide in conjunction with AEG as their promoter.Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, Journey have 25 gold and platinum albums, including the fifteen-million selling Greatest Hits collection, with total sales adding up to 80 million records around the world.Emerging from the pandemic with a supercharged new studio line-up, today, the members of Journey unleash the first single “You Got The Best Of Me” off their for...
MY SLEEPING KARMA
"ATMA" Doom Metal/ Progressive Metal
Year:29.07.2022 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Heavy hypnotic rock masters MY SLEEPING KARMA return with their deepest and most emotional record to date!As many artists have experienced, the past two years hit the entire music and culture industry hard. But MY SLEEPING KARMA – they have truly faced the abyss. Formed almost 20 years ago as a strong bond of best friends with a steady line-up ever since, the band has amassed an incredibly successful back catalogue of five highly acclaimed records and a live album in 2017, as well as extensive touring performances at sold-out venues and prestigious festivals that have marked them as one of the most well-respected instrumental post- and hypnotic rock bands within the heavy music community. Closing a seven-year gap since their latest studio album, Moksha, MY SLEEPING KAR...
MANTAR
"PAIN IS FOREVER AND THIS IS THE END" Blackened/ Death Metal
Year:15.07.2022 (METAL BLADE RECORDS)
Founded in 2012 by guitarist/vocalist Hanno Klänhardt and drummer/vocalist Erinc Sakarya, MANTAR stands among the leading forces in extreme metal within the last ten years. Loved by fans and press alike, the band took the world by storm with their truly unique sound, leading them to the Top 10 in the official German album charts with their 2018's The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze and sold out shows throughout Europe.While they've pushed the limits on every output, Pain Is Forever And This Is The End serves as MANTAR's most realized release yet. "I just knew I wanted to write stronger 'songs' in relation to 'songwriting' and rely less on being an 'extreme' metal act that only convinces through a certain sound or general 'h...
WAKE
"THOUGHT FROM DESCENT " Blackened/ Death Metal
Year:22.07.2022 (METAL BLADE RECORDS)
· Thought Form Descent was produced by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Archspire) at Flatline audio.· WAKE's previous full-length, Devouring Ruin, was featured on several "best of 2020" lists (including Decibel Magazine, Exclaim!, BrooklynVegan, among others!Never a band interested in repeating themselves, WAKE has evolved with every release. 2020's Devouring Ruin made this clearer than ever, hammering the point home with the Confluence EP in the same year, and now they return with Thought Form Descent - their most dynamic, diverse and emotional release to date.We wanted to force people to confront the idea that 'brutal' or 'extreme' ideas aren't just blastbeats or angular tritones, or, more importantly, &ap...
KARL SANDERS
"SAURIAN APOCALYPSE" Death Metal
Year:22.07.2022 (NAPALM RECORDS)
"The subterranean slumber of Nile mastermind Karl Sanders’ Eastern-ambient Saurian series finally ceases with the third chapter of his darkly hypnotizing saga, Saurian Apocalypse! The album’s musical and lyrical themes detail the vexing fictional journey of Dr. Eduardo Lucciani, one of very few survivors of mankind’s self-destruction, who descends into madness after discovering the violent horrors occurring at the hands of the Saurian Masters. Emphasized by unique instruments like the baglama saz (Turkish lute), Ancient Egyptian Anubis Sistrum, Dumbek (Middle Eastern goblet drum), glissentar and gongs, the album’s score weaves cinematic auras and deep grooves, accented by the tribal percussive stylings of original Nile drummer Pete Hammoura and returning Saurian ...
EUFOBIA
"MADNESS" Death Metal
Year:10.06.2022 (WIZARD)
Българската Death Metal група Eufobia пусна нов видеоклип към песента си "Madness", която е първият сингъл от предстоящия им албум. Видеото е създадено от Вал Волегна от 12 DROPS design. Главната роля се изпълнява от Мария Георгиева. Видеото разказва за група хора, оцеляващи в свят унищожен от ядрена война, които се опитват да спасят момиче от радиационно замърсена зона.
SOILWORK
"OVERGIVENHETEN" Melodic Death Metal
Year:19.08.2022 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
SOILWORK is back with their twelfth studio album, which represents the band in their growth and their current phase of life, which is marked by a time period that probably no one on this planet will forget so quickly.Unlike the albums before, the creation process of „Övergivenheten“ was very lengthy and a representation of the emotional state of the guys from SOILWORK. Recorded at Nordic Sound Lab in Skara, Sweden again with producer Thomas “Plec” Johansson, who also produced the last two projects, the album was written and recorded over three sessions between January and December 2021. There was no hurry to finish the album, which meant on the other side that the band was able to reflect on their music and savor the process of creating the album...
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...
The word MAINTAIN is defined as ‘a condition or state of affairs; to provide with the necessities for life or existence.’ To have the ability to maintain is to be able to hold fast to the unpredictable balance that is life, and to find a way to prosper through the most fluctuating of circumstances. LA hardcore natives DOWNSET are no stranger to this concept, going on to use life’s checks and balances as the inspiration for their first new album in almost 8 years: MAINTAIN.Recently signed to world renowned heavy metal label Nuclear Blast Records, and having recently released reissued throwbacks of their original demos, DOWNSET have reawakened the passion of old-school hardcore within themselves, and have tapped back into the energy that fueled them from the ...
DECAPITATED
"CANCER CULTURE" Death Metal
Year:27.05.2022 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
Upon the release of 2017’s “Anticult”, Metal Hammer declared DECAPITATED “a serious successor to the likes of Pantera and Lamb Of God – a band who can draw new legions into the metal world as its new champions.”Today, the band is happy to announce their diverse follow-up, 2022’s “Cancer Culture” for May 27th - an album that delivers on that promise.Instantly recognizable devastation and deceptively sinister hooks abound. Freshly minted DECAPITATED anthems, like the title track “Cancer Culture”, shimmer with sonically sharp production and unrelenting Bombast.CD Jewelcase:1 From The Nothingness With Love....... 01:162 Cancer Culture..................................04:08...
EDENBRIDGE
"SHAGRI-LA" Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:26.08.2022 (AFM RECORDS)
- First release of the on AFM Records- Sucessor of the most succesful albums of the band "The Great Momentum"(DE #82) and "Dynamind" (DE #97)- Mastered by the finnish Finnvox Studios- Available as colored 2LP Gtf. Vinyl (Clear Green) and as a 2CD-Digipak incl. the instrumental versions as a bonusdiscEDENBRIDGE are back and take you closer to paradise! Their new album "Shangri-La" deals thoroughly with this topic, the sound is more defined than ever and the guest musicians make it the probably most epic EDENBRIDGE-album of all times!After 10 successful studio albums the austrian band EDENBRIDGE release their new album "Shangri-La". They take their dedicated listeners along with them into a world of a sophisticated range of compositions along with...
THUNDERMOTHER
"BLACK AND GOLD" Hard 'N" Heavy
Year:19.08.2022 (AFM RECORDS)
- Stunning fifth studio album by Swedish rock'n'roll ladies THUNDERMOTHER- Fresh hard rock sound with classic roots, for fans of bands like AC/DC, Halestorm, Guns n' Roses, Airbourne, Motörhead and Danko Jones- Again produced by Søren Andersen (Mike Tramp, Artillery, Glenn Hughes, Dave Mustaine and many more)- 'Black And Gold' is available as digipak, in many different vinyl colors and as limited fanbox- THUNDERMOTHER have achieved numerous chart entries all over Europe with their latest album "Heat Wave" (2020).All-female hard rock act THUNDERMOTHER is one of the most successful acts of their genre in recent years, whose 2020 album "Heat Wave" has achieved numerous impressive chart entries all over Europe. Not eve...