STEVE CROPPER/ THE BLUES BROTHERS
"FIRE IT UP VINYL"
Blues/ Rock
Year:23.04.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

     Steve Cropper was one of Stax Records main producers, songwriters and guitarist their house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Cropper was also a member of the Blues Brothers band.    Rolling Stone magazine ranked him in the top 40 of its 100 all-time greatest guitarists.    Steve Cropper has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton, John Lennon, Jimmy Buffett, and many more ...It’s hard to have surprises when you’re seven decades into a career of soul, blues and rock and roll stardom, but consider this: in a way, Steve Cropper’s new solo album, ‘Fire It Up’, is the first album since 1967 to have Stev...

ENDSEEKER
"MOUNT CARCASS"
Death Metal
Year:16.04.2021
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Having become one of the premier German death metal bands ‐ and rapidly rising the ranks of the genre as a whole ‐ Endseeker storm back into the fray with Mount Carcass. Building on the groundwork laid down on 2017's Flesh Hammer Prophecy and having the difficult task of besting 2019's stunning The Harvest, they have returned with a streamlined, powerful collection that further raises the bar.Like both of its predecessors, Mount Carcass was recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Eike Freese at Chameleon Studios in Hamburg, Germany. Going into the record, Endseeker knew they wanted something rawer and more organic than The Harvest, and while Covid was causing global havoc, the band embraced the time they would have otherwise spent touring, using it t...

EVILE
"HELL UNLEASHED"
Thrash Metal
Year:30.04.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

EVILE returns with a raucous, masterful thrash metal assault!Since their formation in 2004, British thrash-revivalists EVILE have been turning heads and taking names, delivering four pure thrash offerings blended with an uncompromising death metal assault. Their upcoming fifth studio album, Hell Unleashed, out April 30, 2021 via Napalm Records, is the long-awaited successor to their 2013 release, Skull, and features the new exciting line-up formation of the talented Ol Drake on vocals/guitars and new member Adam Smith of RipTide as rhythm guitarist. The newly staffed four-piece strikes again on nine explosive tracks, leaving nothing but a hammering world of sound taken apart by thrash. Album opener “Paralysed” catches with endangering guitar lines, qu...

EPICA
"OMEGA"
Symphonic Female Metal
Year:26.02.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Monumental isn’t even a word strong enough to describe the new EPICA offering »Omega«, the first collection of all-new material in five long years. On their eighth full-length, the Dutch symphonic metal titans go all cinemascope, in a stunt both effortlessly and cunningly unleashing their biggest, grandest, flashiest opus yet.In the middle of a world in turmoil, of a cataclysmic change in society, EPICA somehow managed to create their most spectacular album yet. An album that is seamlessly bringing together metal and orchestra, choir and oriental instruments to a perfect storm constantly emitting goose bumps. A record with a specifically written suites for orchestra and choir, featuring a wide range of ethnic instruments recorded around the world by some of...

MORK GRYNING
"HINSIDES VREDE"
Black Metal
Year:23.10.2020
(SEASON OF MIST)

 - New album by Sweden’s legendary black metal bands after 15 years. - In 2017 they played at Party San Open Air in 2017 and in Stockholm (anniversary show of ‘Tusen År Har Gått’), and several other festivals. - Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren (DIABOLICAL, URN, NORJEVEL). - Cover by Adrien Bousson (SEPTICFLESH, SAINT VITUS, …AND OCEANS).After fifteen years of slumber, the sleepers are asleep no more, the dead are resting peacefully no more. One of Sweden’s legendary black metal bands MÖRK GRYNING are about to unleash their wrath upon the masses with ‘Hinsides Vrede’, Translating into ‘otherworldly wrath’ or ‘wrath of th...

VREID
"WILD NORTH WEST"
Black Metal
Year:30.04.2021
(SEASON OF MIST)

Norwegian black 'n roll brigade VREID have returned with their ninth album 'Wild North West' on which the band pushed their vision to new heights. 'Wild North West' is not just a collection of songs but a concept album that developed alongside an entire movie. Throughout eight chapters the listener will be taken on a journey deep into the mountains, to a dark place where the borders between reality and fantasy fade and where death is only one step behind you: The Wild North West. The record features the most extreme and intense work of the band to date, as well as heavy and melodic rock songs. These influences have always been a part of VREID’s DNA, and it is this combination that makes up the spirit of Sognametal.  For fans of WINDIR, KAMPFAR, ...

DVNE
"ETEMEN AENKA"
Progressive Black Metal
Year:19.03.2021
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Dvne are a band of great contrasts, weaving titanic heaviness and intricate gentleness together, complex lyrical ideas with engaging storylines, and this has only been expanded upon and concentrated on second album Etemen Ænka. "It's an album that has a narrative musically, and we hope that will encourage the listener to explore the universe we've created around it," states guitarist/vocalist Victor Vicart. Exploring everything in greater depth in every way, it is a profound step forward from 2017's Asheran, starting an exciting new chapter in the existence of one of the most thrilling and imaginative metal bands active today.Etemen Ænka is also Dvne's second collaboration with producer Graeme Young in Edinburgh's Chamber Studio, having d...

DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL
"LOSS"
Progressive Metal/ Doom
Year:09.04.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL begin a new chapter in their highly-acclaimed career, signing to metal heavyweights Nuclear Blast Records. 2021 will see the band release their fourth studio album ‘Loss’, their first with the dual vocal attack of Ed Gibbs and Paul Green.The album meanders through a narrative of personal loss, grief, and the process of healing, it touches on mental health and the anxiety in us all. Though the album is deeply personal and reflective of some dark times, ‘Loss’ is still positive and full of uplifting melody and vigour. It is defiant, bold, and intertwined with the topics that connect us all as humans.The feeling of ‘Loss’ is ever present in life, whether it be through death, the breakdown of relationships, to t...

DREAD SOVEREIGN
"ALCHEMICAL WARFARE"
Cult Old Doom Heavy Metal
Year:15.01.2021
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Dread Sovereign was formed in Dublin, Ireland in 2013 by Primordial vocalist Nemtheanga to give praise to filthy cult old doom, black and heavy metal. Their first EP - 2013's Pray to the Devil in Man - came out on Roadburn/Burning World Records to coincide with the band's live debut. Soon after, two full-lengths were released by Van Records: All Hell's Martyrs (2014) and For Doom the Bell Tolls (2017). And now, in early 2021, the band will release their new album, Alchemical Warfare, through Metal Blade Records."Our motto when we started was 'The World is Doomed'…and it seems life is imitating art…as we are looking like filthy prophets!" says vocalist/bassist Nemtheanga. "Several years in the making, the new Dread Sovereign is ready for...

THE VINTAGE CARAVAN
"MONUMENTS"
Hard Rock/ Blues
Year:16.04.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Monuments channels modern psychedelic prog rock with retro ’70s nostalgia!Virtuosic ‘70s rock guitar ruminations encounter an irrefutable mixture of astonishing modern elements and classic psychedelic / progressive rock trademarks: Icelandic frontrunners THE VINTAGE CARAVAN return with their fifth studio album, Monuments, out April 16, 2021 via Napalm Records.On 11 diverse tracks, these youngbloods from Reykjavik truly cast a spell on fans of bewitching, guitar-driven classic and blues rock influences. The album opener, “Whispers”, clearly showcases the band’s musical progression without sacrificing their tried-and-true, retro-inspired sonic trademark. “Crystalized '' convinces with light blues influences, encircling ...

EVERGREY
"ESCAPE OF THE PHOENIX"
Progressive Metal
Year:26.02.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

- “Escape Of The Phoenix” is the band’s eager anticipated 12th studio album- Guest Appareance by James LaBrie (Dream Theater) on single #4 with social media support- Cover Artwork by Giannis Nakos / Remedy Art Design (Evergrey, Whiplash)- Mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Pretty Maids, Amaranthe, Primal Fear)- EVERGREY play a very own kind of dark melodic progressive/power metal, unmistakable in vocals and sound.Gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated 12th album, Swedish progressive metal band EVERGREY is at a point in their career that many of their peers can only dream about. Since the release of “Hymns For The Broken” in 2014, EVERGREY has enjoyed increased notoriety and success with “Th...

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 ...

ACCUSER
"ACCUSER"
Thrash Metal
Year:13.11.2020
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Since they began flying the flag for German thrash in the 80s, Accuser have gone on to prove themselves one of the most enduring forces in global metal. With eleven full-lengths behind them, they return in 2020 with their latest masterwork: a blistering collection that captures everything that makes the band so vital, produced by longtime collaborator Martin Buchwalter (who has worked on five Accuser albums) and mastered by Dan Swanö. "You stay fresh through curiosity," states vocalist/guitarist Frank Thoms. "Writing new songs keeps you fresh, and it is always exciting how things develop and how the listener reacts to them afterwards. This process never gets boring. It is always exciting and invites you to try new things." The result is a dynamic album that is very much rooted in t...

ARION
"VULTURES DIE ALONE"
Symphonic Melodic Power Metal
Year:09.04.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

Even among the many talented bands of the melodic metal scene, Finland's ARION stand out due to their incredible musicianship and songwriting craft. This is a young and ambitious band taking things to the next level: melodic metal 2.0!It becomes obvious right away what kind of "heavyweight" "Vultures Die Alone" is: producer Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius) and mixing engineer Adam "Nolly" Getgood (Periphery) did an amazing job in making the manifold talents of ARION shine. Also, the two featured artists play an important role on "Vultures Die Alone": On "Bloodline", the group is joined by Battle Beast vocalist Noora Louhimo while the melancholic track "In The Name Of Love" features Finnish modern rock band Cyan Kicks. In addition, "Vultures Die Alone" comes up with very ...

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
"GHOST TAPES #10"
Progressive Metal/ Space Rock
Year:12.02.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

An ethereal and moving post rock experience of infinite atmosphere!Reigning as one of the most well-known experimental instrumental groups out there with a respected musical legacy spanning nearly 20 years, Irish four-piece GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT will reach a career benchmark upon the release of their 10th studio album, Ghost Tapes #10. Founded by Niels and Torsten Kinsella in 2002, every piece of music the band has breathed life into since then has offered an intense sonic soundscape, leading the listener through an ethereal and emotional post rock dive into infinite atmospheres.Ghost Tapes #10 rekindles the band’s classic line up with Jamie Dean once again on piano and guitar duties, and rather than pick up where the quartet left off in 2018, exp...