RICKY WARWICK
"WHEN LIFE WAS HARD & FAST"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:19.02.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

“The true spirt of rock n’ roll is a relentless pursuit that consumes me on a daily basis. Chasing after it, making this record was a race well run” - Ricky Warwick.Following 2016’s lauded ‘When Patsy Cline Was Crazy... And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues’, Warwick is getting ready to unleash his 5th solo album in 2021. Titled ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast‘, it was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Keith Nelson (ex-Buckcherry), who also co-wrote the majority of the songs on the record with Warwick. Also, once again, Warwick tapped some of his closest friends for guest appearances on the record, including Andy Taylor (Duran Duran & Power Station) Luke Morley (Thunder), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Dizzy Reed (Guns n Roses). R...

KORPIKLAANI
"JYLHA"
Pagan Folk Metal
Year:05.02.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

KORPIKLAANI was founded somewhere deep in the primeval northern forests in 2003. Ten celebrated studio albums, numerous world tours and hundreds of millions of digital streams alongside multiple other releases, have established KORPIKLAANI’s status as one of the leaders of innovative heavy music. For their diehard legion of fans, they are known as Folk Metal Superstars.Here and now, KORPIKLAANI’s fearless journey continues on – and this time, the journey is powered by rather serious subject matter. Their eleventh full-length studio record "Jylhä" (which has no direct translation but can be described as majestic, or wild and rugged in a beautiful way) brings all the well-known and essential ingredients to the table: heavy-duty guitar riffing, rhythmic f...

KREATOR
"UNDER THE GILLOTINE - THE NOISE RECORDS ANTHOLOGY"
Thrash Metal
Year:26.02.2021
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

Also available as an introduction piece is ‘Under The Guillotine – The Noise Anthology’ – an 18 track double-vinyl collection of Kreator’s Noise era classics, pressed on splatter vinyl, including rare and unseen photos. And for the non-vinyl collectors, there will also be a 30 track 2CD version, housed in a media book. Both feature rare tracks and remixes from the band’s discography.2CD VERSION Tracklist:Extreme AggressionTerrible Certainty (Remix)Endless PainPeople Of The LieFlag Of HateChoir Of The DamnedPleasure To KillBetrayerToxic TraceAfter The AttackAwakening Of The GodsTerror ZoneRenewal (Remix)Tormentor (End Of The World demo)Behi...

LAKE OF TEARS
"OMINOUS"
Gothic Doom Metal
Year:19.02.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

The new release of LAKE OF TEARS is the perfect soundtrack for short, grey days and long, cold, dark nights. After nearly a decade of silence, Daniel Brennare, head and heart of the Swedish pioneers of dark music, finally reveals his sinister world of thought.

TRACKLIST CD:

01. At The Destination
02. In Wait And In Worries
03. Lost In A Moment
04. Ominous One
05. Ominous Too
06. One Without Dreams
07. The End Of This World
08. Cosmic Sailor
09. In Gloom (Bonus Track)

VOODOO CIRCLE
"LOCKED & LOADED"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:15.01.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

The sixth album of German Hard-Rock heroes, gathered by Alexander Beyrott, back with the original line-up with David Readman on vocals, mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen!Voodoo Circle are back with their sixth album "Locked & Loaded" and, like on their second album "Broken Heart Syndrome", they present themselves with the most convincing line-up in the band's history. For this release, band boss, guitarist and main songwriter Alex Beyrodt gathered singer David Readman (Pink Cream 69), bass player Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) and drummer Markus Kullman (Glenn Hughes, among others), all of them excellent instrumentalists. The band celebrates a vigorous, deeply melodic hybrid of hard rock and melodic metal, equipped with specific quotes and some bluesy elements, w...

SMASHING PUMPKINS
"CYR"
Alternative/ Soft Rock
Year:27.11.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The Smashing Pumpkins return with a new album. The LP features 20 tracks, including the title track Cyr and The Colour of Love, and was recorded in the band’s native Chicago with Billy Corgan serving as producer.Cyr marks Smashing Pumpkins’ second LP since their semi-reunion with guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, following 2018’s Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The album is also the band’s first with Sumerian Records, who recently signed them.TRACKLIST CD:1. The Colour Of Love2. Confessions Of A Dopamine Addict3. Cyr4. Dulcet In E5. Wrath6. Ramona7. Anno Satana8. Birch Grove9. Wyttch10. Starrcraft11. Purple Blood1...

KILLER BE KILLED
"RELUCTANT HERO"
Heavy Metal
Year:20.11.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

 - THE NEW METAL SUPERGROUP!! MAX CAVALERA [ex-SEPULTURA, SOULFLY] + TROY SANDERS [MASTODON] + GREG PUCIATO, BEN KOLLER [THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN] !!!The whirlwind of heavy, fast, melodic, thrashy, and often meditative bombast, with sparks of hardcore punk, summoned by KILLER BE KILLED is the formidable and inevitable result of the sum of its parts, whose combined discography warped and shaped the culture.Three men possessed of some of the most recognizable voices in heavy music split frontman duty. Boundary pushers and innovators, born and bred in different cities and tempered by their respective projects, each one is an equal participant in the fresh ceremony of inspired ritual, together with one of the most beloved drummers in heavy musi...

MSG [MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP]
"IMMORTAL"
Hard Rock/ AOR/ Melodic Metal
Year:29.01.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

MSG is a legendary name. After two phenomenal records under the guise of Michael Schenker Fest, a true guitar hero is returning to his roots. By forming Michael Schenker Group (MSG) back in 1979, Michael Schenker laid the foundations for one of hard rock’s most glorious solo careers of all times. And while nobody expected anything less from a former guitarist for Scorpions and UFO, it’s close to impossible mentioning everything Michael has built over the past 50 years, or the countless people he influenced or played with. This, truly, is the stuff that hard rocking myths are made of.Right in time for his 40th anniversary as a solo artist and his 50th birthday as a musician, he resurrects the immortal Michael Schenker Group. “Immortal” is also the name...

LEE RITENOUR
"DREAMCATCHER"
Jazz Fusion
Year:04.12.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    On Dreamcatcher, Lee Ritenour is celebrating 60 years of playing guitar with a first ever “solo guitar” album!    Ritenour’s accolades include: 45 albums,16 Grammy nominations, Alumnus of the year at USC, Los Angeles’ Jazz Society Honoree (2019), plus thousands of sessions with legends such as Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, among others    The 12 tracks of Dreamcatcher rank amongst the most melodic and tinglingly beautiful in Ritenour’s catalogue.For Lee Ritenour, there aren’t many ‘firsts’ left to achieve. During his dazzling five-decade career, the fabled LA guitarist has taken his music to the ...

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD
"STRAIGHT TO YOU LIVE "
Blues/ Rock
Year:27.11.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a five-time GRAMMY® nominated artist who sold millions of albums worldwide    First live album in 10 years and the second live album ever    Recorded at Leverkusener Jazztage, November 2019 for Rockpalast, the long running German TV show specialized in music concerts.It has been a decade since the Grammy-nominated Live in Chicago, when the ferocity of Shepherd and his band was last captured live. Since then the multi-platinum selling Shepherd has gone from strength to strength, releasing four studio albums and touring the world over several times - from Brazil to Europe, India to Canada and US to Australia and beyond.The band were only weeks into 'The Traveler World Tour...

GEORGE BENSON
"WEEKEND IN LONDON"
Jazz Funk Blues
Year:13.11.2020
(AFM RECORDS)

George Benson has won 10 grammy awards and sold over 100 million albums worldwide!On November 13, GRAMMY-winning jazz icon George Benson will release ‘Weekend In London,’ an electrifying new live album capturing his 2019 performance at London’s intimate 250-seat Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Only a handful of lucky fans were present as the lights went down that magical night in 2019. But now, Kevin Shirley’s dynamic production is your invitation to slide onto Ronnie Scott’s red velvet banquette, call for a scotch on the rocks and catch the sparks as Benson’s honeyed vocal and fluid licks drive the finest live outfit in modern jazz.“We captured a lot of the atmosphere on ‘Weekend In London,’” says Shirl...

MOONSPELL
"HERMITAGE"
Dark Gothic Metal
Year:26.02.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

A revolutionary, wonderfully intuitive and epic journey by one of the most distinctive Dark Metal bands of all time!MOONSPELL is approaching their 30th anniversary as a band more ambitiously and stronger than ever. Hermitage – the gothic metal pioneers‘13th studio album – was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Primordial, Ghost, Sólstafir, etc.) at the Orgone Studios in the UK. Building upon the album’s dark, revolutionary and sensitive facets, it’s an entertaining yet epic journey through the darkest days of human existence. Beautifully crafted tracks such as “The Greater Good“ show us the modernity of the wolves in 2021, while “Common Prayers“ embraces the MOONSPELL tradition of ...

DEWOLFF
"WOLFFPACK"
Blues/ Rock
Year:05.02.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    DeWolff won the most prestigious music award in the Netherlands, The Edison Award    In ten years the band has grown to be one of the biggest and coolest bands in Holland and one of the greatest live acts around.DeWolff, the kaleidoscopic warriors were not long into their 2019 Tascam Tapes European Tour when the Covid19 pandemic broke and they, like so many others, had to turn back and head home. They started working on the new album Wolffpack.The album kicks off with the first song they finished, the soulful psychedelic funk of "Yes You Do," featuring Ian Peres and longtime friend of the band, Judy Blank. "We wrote it in a Zoom meeting!" Pablo says. "Treasure City Moonchild," struts in with a funky swagger and Piso's ...

CULT OF LUNA
"THE RAGING RIVER"
Progressive Metal
Year:05.02.2021
(SEASON OF MIST)

New EP by Post metal leading light Recorded in Sweden by Magnus Lindberg & Kristian KarlssonMixed and mastered by Magnus LindbergIncluding, for the first time a guest appearance by Mark Lanegan on “Inside of a dream” Red Creek's debut release, The Raging River, is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. "'The Raging River' feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019's 'A Dawn to Fear,'" the band adds. "It's been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. Bu...

HJELVIK
"WELCOME TO HELL "
Viking Pagan Metal
Year:20.11.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

A storm is brewing. A rebirth is on its way. Prepare for the triumphant arrival of HJELVIK.Formerly known as frontman, lyricist, and co-founder of the Norwegian party-rockers Kvelertak, Erlend Hjelvik parted ways with his bandmates in 2018 and has spent the last two years biding his time and plotting a return to action. Today, he is a rejuvenated and newly inspired metal warrior, primed and ready to launch his own solo band, HJELVIK, and their thunderous and life-affirming debut album, Welcome to Hel.Despite the calamities and challenges that 2020 has thrown at us all, the birth of HJELVIK and the release of Welcome to Hel are guaranteed to give metalheads of every stripe a new reason to be cheerful. The current pandemic may be forcing everyone to postpone tours ...