DELAIN
"DARK WATERS"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:10.02.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"Dutch symphonic metal pioneers DELAIN break into new realms with their eagerly awaited, brand new full-length, Dark Waters, out February 10, 2023 via Napalm Records. The pristine record marks a game-changing chapter in the band's history and presents the brainchild of keyboardist, founder and main songwriter Martijn Westerholt with a new lineup. Rejoining the fold and bolstering DELAIN’s continuity are original guitarist Ronald Landa and original drummer Sander Zoer, while new members - terrific vocalist Diana Leah and bassist Ludovico Cioffi - continue to evolve their sound. Dark Waters follows the chart-breaking Apocalypse & Chill (2020), integrating the most refined sounds in the genre. DELAIN’s renowned orchestral arrangements, highlighted by modern shadings, set ...

RPWL
"CRIME SCENE"
Progressive Rock/ AOR
Year:17.03.2023
(SOULFOOD MUSIC)

On the new longplayer Crime Scene this Bavarian Artrock institution directs its attention to the morbid, the perverse, the evil in good, the abysses of the human behavior spectrum in all its unpredictable diversity, which sometimes comes across as bizarrely disturbing and conclusive, if one tries to fathom it. In six densely atmospheric tracks RPWL have once again embarked on intensive journeys through their own band vita, as well as their own record collections. The effort of comparisons is always such a thing, because after all this is the 19th release of this internationally successful band.The partly morbid-dark themes are countered with old-school fuzz, the almost 13-minute "King of the World" with its growling big muff and its flat vibes, or "Life beyond Control", which with its offb...

MEMORIAM
"RISE TO POWER"
Death Metal
Year:03.02.2023
(ATOMIC FIRE)

The fifth studio album of the legendary British death metal tank MEMORIAM.MEMORIAM needs no introduction ‐ they are living legends of Old School Death Metal. Not only because the former fields of activity of the Brits belonged and still belong to the pioneers of UK Death Metal, but because they managed to follow their master plan more than precisely. MEMORIAM has built up their own loyal fan base over the past seven years and developed its own musical identity. It would certainly have been easy for them to just follow the old paths, but the true art of the band is that they never deny their origins, but gradually incorporate something new ‐ with every album a few new nuances and facets are added."Rise to power" will not only once again offer an atmospherically dense Dan Seagrav...

URIAH HEEP
"CHAOS & COLOUR"
Hard Rock
Year:27.01.2023
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

Chaos & Colour, the energetic and triumphant 25th studio album from British hard rock legends and progenators Uriah Heep, bristles with explosive classic rock guitars, supreme harmonies, and Heep’s famously generous keyboard foundation. Led by founding member Mick Box, it is no surprise that themes of light, love and, ultimately, positivity are constant through the eleven tracks. Opener “Save Me Tonight” shows the band’s weighty yet blistering chops, whilst “One Nation, One Sun” is a journey of soaring balladic contemplation. “Fly Like An Eagle” takes the listener on a journey of meditation, and “Closer To Your Dreams” is a battle cry for all rockers to get out there and do it, with Shaw imploring that “So many have trie...

TWILIGHT FORCE
"AT THE HEART OF WINTERVALE"
Symphonic Power Heavy Metal
Year:20.01.2023
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

With their new album "At the Heart of Wintervale", the adventure metallers TWILIGHT FORCE begin the fourth chapter of their epic tale! Scheduled for release on January 20th, 2023, the six heroes embark on a glorious journey through their own fantastic realm – the Twilight Kingdoms – filled to the brim with gallant melodies, fierce riffs, heroic orchestrations, pounding drums and magical sagas resulting in a unique, immersive experience. Combined with stunning artwork by Kerem Beyit and presented live on 2023’s Winter Wonder European headlining tour, “At the Heart of Wintervale” is a mandatory quest to join if you are looking for symphonic power metal at its most proficient and captivating.CD/ LP:1. Twilight Force2. At the Heart of Wintervale3. Dragon...

KATATONIA
"SKY VOID OF STARS"
Doom Metal/ Progressive Metal
Year:20.01.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Meritorious masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful next studio album, Sky Void of Stars, out January 20, 2022 via Napalm Records. Founded in 1991, KATATONIA have continually embraced the dark and the light alike and - living through genre evolutions beyond compare - ripened their own particular form of expression. From doom and death metal to soul-gripping post rock, they’ve explored endless spheres of the genre, accumulating only the very best aspects. With their previous album, City Burials (2020), ranking #6 on the German album charts, the outfit proved their gravitational force on the scene as an everlasting cycle. After signing with Napalm Records,...

BEYOND THE BLACK
"BEYOND THE BLACK"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:13.01.2023
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Beyond the Black are back with a bang to start a new chapter. Following the release of highly acclaimed tracks “Reincarnation” and “Is There Anybody Out There” the band announces their new, fifth Studio album, which will be self-titled “Beyond the Black”and drop on January 13th 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records!

CD:

1. Is there Anybody Out There?
2. Reincarnation
3. Free Me
4. Winter Is Coming
5. Into The Light
6. Wide Awake
7. Dancing In The Dark
8. Raise Your Head
9. Not In Our Name
10. I Remember Dying
11. I Remember Dying (Stranger Reprise)
12. Wide Awake (Piano Version)
13. Raise Your Head (String Version)

TRAGEDY
"I AM WOMAN"
Disco Heavy Metal
Year:03.03.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

TRAGEDY have announced a new album! Titled I Am Woman, the upcoming album from the New York City-based disco metal band is the follow-up to 2021’s Disco Balls To The Wall, which was released in July of last year.Speaking about the upcoming album, frontman Mo’Royce Peterson says, “on I Am Woman, we find the inner-metal in disco and soft rock classics made famous by women. TRAGEDY’s concept has always been to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, inverting the yin and the yang. Here, we honor, celebrate and explore various themes of womanhood.”Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Venus. Speaking about the new song, Peterson says, &ld...

HATE FOREST
"INNERMOST"
Black Metal
Year:20.01.2023
(OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS)

No need to introduce HATE FOREST.6 pieces of DEVASTATION and DESOLATION, an uncompromised other journey into the HATE FOREST!"Innermost" was recorded in December 2021.TRACKLIST CD/ LP:1.     Those Who Howl Inside the Snowstorm     03:38      2.     By Full Moon's Light Alone the Steppe Throne Can Be Seen     06:28      3.     Ice-Cold Bloodless Veins     05:40      4.     Temple of the Great Eternal Night     08:01      5.     Whiteout Silence     03:40      6.     Solitude in Starry December     07:45  &...

TURMION KATILOT
"OMEN X"
Dark Industrial Metal
Year:13.01.2023
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

After 9 full length studio albums and playing their asses off at over 800 shows, the Finnish disco metal machine TURMION KÄTILÖT is ready for the next level in their world dominance. Their 10th full length studio album “Omen X” will be released in 36 countries on 13th January 2023 via Nuclear Blast. The touring cycle starts in Finland immediately after the release of „Omen X“.”In the Omen X production, we encountered only positive problems. Due to the closures caused by Covid 19, there were so many songs available this time that it was even painful to choose only one album of songs from them. The amount of material and the difficulty of selection seemed to take up an unnecessary amount of valuable studio time at times. Otherwise, making the album wen...

AHAB
"THE CORAL TOMBS"
Funeral Doom Metal
Year:13.01.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Nautik funeral doom masters AHAB finally set their sails once again!Following their much acclaimed, chart-impacting 2015 release, The Boats Of The Glenn Carrig, and their epic Live Prey release (2020), 2023 will see nautik funeral doom metal masters AHAB celebrate their 19th band anniversary in glorious style. Inspired this time by Jules Verne’s masterpiece 20000 Leagues Under The Sea, on January 13, 2023, the German four-piece and trailblazers of an entire genre will return with their fifth studio album, entitled The Coral Tombs, on Napalm Records! The album will mark their first full-length offering in eight long years.The kings of nautik doom – a genre they invented – once again interpret a maritime novel. But the opening of their new album, ‘Prof. Arronax’...

IMPERIUM DEKADENZ
"INTO SORROW EVERMORE"
Black Metal
Year:20.01.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

IMPERIUM DEKADENZ delivers profound darkness from the heart of the Black Forest!Lords of black metal IMPERIUM DEKADENZ raise darkness from the depths of southwestern Germany’s Black Forest once more with their new album, Into Sorrow Evermore, to be unleashed in 2023 via Napalm Records. Inspired by Norwegian black metal traditions, the band incorporates the raw, visceral style of these masters and surpasses with their own dark, atmospheric compositions. Immersed in the void, they approach themes of depression, death and desperation, luring the listener into their sorrowful reality of existence. True to the beginnings of the genre, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ stick to their roots and leave their own haunting mark on the genre, claiming their rightful place in the upper echelons of black metal.On...

LORD OF THE LOST
"BLOOD & GLITTER"
Dark Industrial Metal
Year:06.01.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

German genre-fusing visionaries LORD OF THE LOST are ending 2022 with a big bang, releasing their eighth studio album, Blood & Glitter, virtually overnight on December 30. Following extensive touring throughout the year, including as special guest of IRON MAIDEN, and the great success of their last album, JUDAS (#2 Official German Album Charts), the band now turns 180 degrees both visually and thematically. Following their mythologically and theologically influenced previous albums, on Blood & Glitter, the band fully embraces their deeply-rooted love for 70s glam rock visuals and the sound of the 80s and its electronic, goth and new wave musical offshoots, without abandoning relevant metal elements. The album gets straight to the point and goes all the way from start to finish - th...

SERENITY
"MEMORIA"
Symphonic Heavy Metal
Year:06.01.2023
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"Follow SERENITY on a journey through time and experience the passage of past and present. Stories of ancient kings and queens and the mythical legends of the Scottish Highlands shall fill your ears with joy and your heart with suspense. Intertwining the tensions between death and legacy, SERENITY present their newest offering of live recordings with Memoria, out December 9, 2022 in DVD format via Napalm Records. Looking back at 20 years of acclaimed success, and with their last album, The Last Knight (2020), entering the German and Austrian album charts, the symphonic metal bards lure with their catchy sound and heavy melodies. Prepare thyself and join a musical metal journey through the centuries!Symphonic metal unit SERENITY offers a new approach to beguiling the senses with their live ...

GODSMACK
"LIGHTING UP THE SKY"
AOR/ Classic Rock
Year:24.02.2023
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated hard rock band Godsmack is set to release their eighth studio album, Lighting Up The Sky, on February 24th 2023 via BMG. With over 20 years of chart-topping success, the Boston rock band has cemented themselves as 21-century hard rock titans. To date, they’ve accomplished a staggering 11 #1 singles at rock radio, enjoyed 20 top 10 hits, have received four Grammy nominations and countless accolades throughout their tenure. Lighting Up The Sky (produced by Godsmack’s own Sully Erna and co-produced by Mudrock) features the driving hard rock single, “Surrender”.TRACKLIST CD/ LP:1     You And I2     Red White & Blue3     Surrender4     What About Me5     Truth6 ...