THUNDER
"PLEASE REMAIN SEATED"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:18 January
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

In celebration of their 30th anniversary, British rockers THUNDER revisit and reinterpret their finest songs in a way you've not heard before. Released in North America on Friday, January 18 via BMG, "Please Remain Seated" is the sound of a band taking a strange journey into their own music, but also distilling thirty years of playing together in order to create something truly compelling, taking in flavors of rock, blues, jazz and soul along the way.CD/ 2LP:1. Bigger Than Both Of Us2. Future Train3. Girl's Going Out Of Her Head4. I'm Dreaming Again5. Fly On The Wall6. Just Another Suicide7. Empty City8. Miracle Man9. Blown Away10. Loser11. She's So Fine12. Low Life In High Plac...

BEAST IN BLACK
"FROM HELL WITH LOVE"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:08.02.2019
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“The BEAST is back, the BEAST IN BLACK!” Haunting words recalling »Berserker«, BEAST IN BLACK’s debut album, which was finally released in November 2017. Although it never actually felt as if the BEAST had been away entirely. Right after the departure from his former band BATTLE BEAST, BEAST IN BLACK’s founder Anton Kabanen recruited new companions in the way of high-pitched vocalist Yannis Papadopoulos (WARDRUM), bassist Mate Molnar (WISDOM), guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen (U.D.O.) and last but not least drummer Atte Palokangas (THUNDERSTONE), who officially replaced Sami Hänninen in early 2018.The band secretly forged 11 hot new tracks which comprise their highly-anticipated sophomore record »From Hell With Love«. The album...

METAL CHURCH
"DAMNED IF YOU DO"
Heavy Metal/ Thrash
Year:2018
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“»Blessing In Disguise« meets the mellower insider tip »Hanging In The Balance«. Still an unrivalled band, metal to the core without using typecast song writing or clichés.”
ROCK HARD (D) / LEGACY (D), Andreas Schiffmann

Unbelievably powerful - METAL CHURCH’s 2nd strike with returning vocalist Mike Howe!

WOULD YOU LIKE MORE REAL 80’S METAL? THEN BE PREPARED FOR THIS!

CD:

01. Damned If You Do
02. The Black Things
03. By The Numbers
04. Revolution Underway
05. Guillotine
06. Rot Away
07. Into The Fold
08. Monkey Finger
09. Out Of Balance
10. The War Electric


LINE-UP:

Mike Howe | vocals
Kurdt Vanderhoof | guitars
Stet Howland | drums
Steve Unger | bass
Rick Van Zandt | guitars

AVANTASIA
"MOONGLOW"
Symphonic Melodic Power Metal
Year:15 Februar
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

AVANTASIA, the all-star rock opera spaceship piloted by EDGUY singer, songwriter and producer Tobias Sammet, release their eighth full-length album, 'Moonglow', via Nuclear Blast Records on February 15th 2019. This new 11-song record sees Sammet, among the most talented and popular names in German hard rock and metal, reunited with some familiar faces from previous AVANTASIA albums. These include original QUEENSRYCHE lead singer Geoff Tate, PRETTY MAIDS frontman Ronnie Atkins, Michael Kiske of HELLOWEEN, Jørn Lande (ex-MASTERPLAN), Eric Martin (MR BIG) and MAGNUM’s Bob Catley. 'Moonglow' also introduces new collaborators Hansi Kürsch of BLIND GUARDIAN, KREATOR’s Mille Petrozza and BLACKMORE’S NIGHT frontwo...

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...

HAMMERFALL
"LEGACY OF KINGS 20 YEAR ANNIV. EDIT."
Heavy Metal
Year:1998/ 2018
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

20 year anniversary reissue of the second HAMMERFALL album!The swedish Heavy Metal Templars, HAMMERFALL, announce the 20 year anniversary reissue of their second album “Legacy Of Kings” as boxset, out on December, 7th on Nuclear Blast. The boxset contains a 2CD, a bonus DVD and an extended booklet!„The all-important second album. After the immediate success of Glory To The Brave, the pressure was on us to deliver. But we weren’t worried, we had a vision of the perfect Heavy Metal band and were intent on following through on it“, explains guitarist Oscar Dronjak.CD1 (album, remastered 2018):01. Heeding The Call02. Legacy Of Kings03. Let The Hammer Fall04. Dreamland05. Remember Yesterday...

GOTTHARD
"DEFROSTED 2"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:2018
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

YOU MISSED GOTTHARD? DON’T WORRY, THE DEFROSTED 2 ALBUM WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THERE!»Defrosted« released in 1997- was GOTTHARD’s very first live album. The extremely popular acoustic version was only the fourth album release from the Lugano based hard rockers and within three months it reached double-platinum status in Switzerland. Still to this day it’s seen as a cult-milestone within the bands career that helped establish their reputation as the most successful band from Switzerland. For more than 25 years, GOTTHARD have thrived in the global spotlight thanks to their outstanding songwriting and spectacular live shows; with a career that includes 16 No.1-albums, over three million records sold, multiple awards and over 2000 shows all...

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...