CORELEONI
"III"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:13.05.2022
(ATOMIC FIRE)

The Swiss Hard Rock Superstars CORELEONI with their third album "III", feat. Leo Leoni (GOTTHARD).They are one of the most passionate homages to classic Hard Rock that has stood out in recent years: CORELEONI, founded in 2018. In the center of the formation literally beats the musical (lion) heart of guitar icon and GOTTHARD founding member Leo Leoni. In 2018 the band surprised the rock community with their "The Greatest Hits ‐ Part 1", which was released seemingly overnight. The album, which revived the old GOTTHARD classics ‐ and with them the spirit of the time ‐ caused quite a stir. CORELEONI's upcoming third work will be released in May, 2022. New on board with CORELEONI is singer Eugent Bushpepa. With his powerful voice, he adds a whole new level...

CREMATORY
"INGLORIOUS DARKNESS"
Gothic/ Melodic Death
Year:27.05.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Gothic Metal icons CREMATORY are an undeniable institution. Now, with more than 30 years in the scene, the band continues to showcase why they are heralded as one of the best of the genre with their new album, Inglorious Darkness, out May 27, 2022 via Napalm Records. After releasing 15 studio albums, three live albums, various compilations and splits, and performing hundreds of headliner shows and festivals around the globe, the band returns to their German roots on the album – not only presenting new songs performed in German, but furthermore, releasing a German version of their trademark track “Tears of Time”, now entitled “Tränen der Zeit”. The pioneering track, originally released on the band’s 1995 stunner Illusions, was an allover gamechang...

LORD BELIAL
"RAPTURE"
Black Metal
Year:27.05.2022
(HAMMERHEART RECORDS)

Lord Belial’s “Rapture” is a Black Metal highlight for 2022 and beyond.Lord Belial is a Swedish Black Metal band that was formed during the second wave of Black Metal in Europe in 1992. Their first album “Kiss the Goat” came out in 1995, somewhat late during the second-wave, but they had already released a couple of demos before.During the years following their debut album Lord Belial has released 8 more studio albums and has been both active and on hold for some of these 30 years of existence. The sound of their albums has varied from more pure Black Metal to a more Death Metal influenced approach, but always had strong melodies as a trademark. Within the scene “Enter the Moonligh Gate”, “Unholy Crusade&r...

IBARAKI
"RASHMON"
Black Metal
Year:06.05.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Finally here is pre-order start for the debut Ibaraki album entitled “Rashomon”. Ibaraki is a side project of Matt Heafy of Trivium. Ihsahn of Emperor and Matt have been working on this album for nearly a decade. Originally the project was called Mrityu and was worked on in between Trivium albums. This is a very personal album to Matt and focuses a lot on his Asian culture. Obviously with Ihsahn there are a lot of Black Metal parts, but this is a very unique album. It’s a very enjoyable album and a musical journey that has be be enjoyed from front to back, IMO.Production, engineering, score composing and additional instruments by Ihsahn.Mixing and mastering by Jens Bogren.Guests:Alex Bent (Trivium) - drumsPaolo Gregoletto (Triv...

EDGUY
"MANDRAKE 20 ANNIVERSARY EDIT."
Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(AFM RECORDS)

The all time classic "Mandrake" gets a 20th anniversary re-release with complete remastering and will also be available on vinyl in different colors. Edguy will celebrate their release on 01.07.2022.The successor to Edguy’s "The Savage Poetry" was released in 2001 under the title “Mandrake” and led to the band's first headlining tour. Loudwire ranked it as the 20th best power metal album of all time in 2017. Some 20 years after the release finally a new version is made available – as digipak and on Vinyl (in different colors).The bonus track "Wings Of A Dream (Remastered)" is only available on the CD Digipak.For Fans Of: Edguy, Avantasia, Helloween, Gamma Ray ...TRACKLIST CD:1. Tears Of A Mandrake...

EVERGREY
"A HEARTLESS PORTRAIT - THE ORPHEAN TESTAMENT"
Progressive Metal
Year:22.05.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"Gothenburg’s finest export of darkness, EVERGREY, enters an astonishing new chapter in the band’s history with their thirteenth studio album and Napalm Records debut, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), to be released on May 20, 2022. This overwhelming journey through progressive heaviness and searing emotionality is repeatedly accented by sonic melancholy and gripping lyrics – leaving the listener speechless and re-cementing the Swedish five-piece at the top of the scene without a shadow of a doubt!Celebrating over 25 years of metal mastery, EVERGREY, led by founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund, are known for wandering the realms of progressive and heavy melodic metal and painting sonic renderings with their twelve studio records release...

MUNICIPAL WASTE
"ELECTRIFIED BRAIN"
Thrash Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

"Electrified Brain" marks MUNICIPAL WASTE's first album in 5 years, following the release of their critically exalted 2017 record "Slime and Punishment." And don't think they've slowed down in the years since. Recorded in Philadelphia with producer Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Code Orange), "Electrified Brain" is a high-voltage non-stop masterclass of neck-snapping thrash that'd be the ideal soundtrack for high-speed car chases and backyard steel cage matches as witnessed on the new track "Grave Dive."

CD:

1. Electrified Brain
2. Demoralizer
3. Last Crawl
4. Grave Dive
5. The Bite
6. High Speed Steel
7. Thermonuclear Protection
8. Blood Vessel / Boat Jail
9. Crank The Heat
10. Restless And Wicked
11. Ten Cent Beer Night
12. Barreled Rage
13. Putting On Errors
14. Paranormal Janitor

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
"PIRATES"
Symphonic Female Heavy Metal
Year:13.05.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

From the Deep & the Dark…Pirates will return!With their latest chart-topping studio album, Wanderers (2019), and the recent release of their first ever live BluRay/DVD, A Symphonic Journey To Remember, symphonic metal visionaries VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have, without a doubt, proven that they are on top of the scene. Now, the band sets sail on another adventurous journey and new exciting chapter, marking a turning point of their discography with the upcoming album, Pirates, out April 29, 2022 via Napalm Records. With their eighth full-length, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS deliver their most confident and honest record so far, proving that they have definitely stopped wandering to finally unleash their rebellious side and a free spirit untamed as the seven seas. The ...

BLACK VOID
"ANTITHESIS"
Black Metal
Year:27.05.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Hard rock band WHITE VOID’s debut record "Anti" (also on Nuclear Blast) was one of 2021’s most colourful and surprising releases, hailed by press as an absolute whirlwind of occult rock and melodic new wave. But vocalist and band frontman Lars Are Nedland – also a long-time member of BORKNAGAR and SOLEFALD – clearly needed a contrast to all the colour and flamboyance, and thus BLACK VOID forced itself into being. Not a band for waiting, the debut album "Antithesis" was recorded almost immediately and is set to be released through Nuclear Blast on May 27th - as a grimy contrast to WHITE VOID’s colourful and melodic outlet.BLACK VOID is a punk laden, black metal infused band completed by drummer Tobias Solbakk (IHSAHN, WHITE VOID, IN VAIN) and gui...

SAOR
"ORIGINS"
Viking Black Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(SEASON OF MIST)

SAOR, in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced [sɯːɾ], means free, without obligations, unconstrained. All of these characteristics intrinsic to the music of SAOR, the musical entity spearheaded by sole member Andy Marshall. Presenting his fifth album and first release on Season of Mist, 'Origins' comes across as a more raging, black metal-infused effort, copiously evocative in its imagery and even melancholic in places, but decisively strong and abrasive at the same time.For fans of: SOJOURNER, WINTERFYLLETH, DRUDKH, UADA ...Cover artwork: Anaïs Mulgrew1. Call of the Carnyx (06:58)2. Fallen (05:04)3. The Ancient Ones (07:54)4. Aurora (08:24)5. Beyond the Wall (06:13)6. Origins (06:44)Total: 0:4...

MANEGARM
"YNGLINGAATTENS ODE"
Viking Black Metal
Year:15.04.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

MÅNEGARM keep the heathen fire alive with vibrant folk and Viking spirit!

Swedish folk metal wolf pack MÅNEGARM take another stroll through ancient sagas and myths of long forgotten times on the successor of chart-breaking Fornaldarsagor (2019) – the upcoming 10th studio album Ynglingaättens Öde (Engl. the fate of the Ynglinga kin) – out April 15, 2022 via Napalm Records.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Freyrs blod
2. Ulvhjärtat
3. Adils fall

5. En snara av guld
5. Stridsgalten
6. Auns söner
7. Vitta vettr
8. Hågkomst av ett liv   

LINE-UP:

Erik Grawsiö - Vocals & Bass
Markus Andé - Guitars
Jacob Hallegren - Drums

CONJURER
"PATHOS"
Progressive/ Post Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The future of British metal lies in safe hands with CONJURER, who continue their journey as the country’s most exciting young metal band with their incredible new album Páthos. A triumphant return from CONJURER following their world-renowned 2018 debut Mire, Páthos is a band flexing their creative muscles, deepening their approach and thought, and expanding their sound.Páthos is not an album for the half-hearted or faint-hearted. Elements of Sumac, Gojira, old Mastodon and Oathbreaker, the new record is a multi-layered beast – sludge, death, doom, black metal and hardcore influences clash and collide throughout, all masterfully finished by Will Putney’s exquisite mix and master.The fifty-minute runtime of Páthos is no...

HORIZON IGNITED
"TOWARDS THE DYING LANDS"
Melodic Death Metal
Year:01.07.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The gloomy, tenacious and energetic heart of melodic death metal began pulsating in the early 1990s − and it hasn’t stopped beating since.Over the past thirty frantic years, this passion-raising heavy metal subgenre has undeniably evolved and changed, but some complaints have also been heard in the dim alleys: where are all the magnificent entrants?Well, as so many times before, kindly turn your face towards Finland − still the most metallic country in the world − and meet melodic death metal's hottest newcomers... Horizon Ignited has arrived and this relentless sextet is here to stay!The debut album "After the Storm" was unleashed when the northern winds choked Horizon Ignited's hometown of Kouvola in early 2019....

AUDREY HORNE
"DEVILS BELL"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:22.04.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Fuel to the fire – that’s what relentless hard rock outfit AUDREY HORNE ignites! What started back in 2002 soon took the Norwegians and their expertly-executed, riff-soaked fury all the way to the top of the rock scene. They were one of the first to rediscover and mercilessly plunder the sacred crypts of 70s and 80s radio rock, leaving naught behind for subsequent tomb raiders but Frank Stallone 8-tracks and broken pieces of Toto and Billy Joel imports. Four years after their much-praised album Blackout the Norwegians are back for more with their seventh album!Devil’s Bell is out on April 22, 2022 and proves to be a massive rock’n’roll album full of infectious earworms! Devil’s Bell offers 9 fist-pumping songs that will shake concert venue...

BELPHEGOR
"THE DEVILS"
Black Metal
Year:24.06.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

With “The Devils”, long-running Diabolical Death Metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the group’s career. Produced at renowned Fascination Studios with Jens Bogren (Kreator, Rotting Christ, At The Gates), “The Devils” sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

CD:

1. The Devils
2. Totentanz - Dance Macabre
3. Glorifizierung des Teufels
4. Damnation – Höllensturz
5. Virtus Asinaria – Prayer
6. Kingdom Of Cold Flesh
7. Ritus Incendium Diabolus
8. Creature Of Fire
9. Blackest Sabbath 1997 (Bonus Track)