DEATH ANGEL
"THE BASTARD TRACKS"
Thrash Metal
Year:21.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The Bastard Tracks…the deep cuts of an album. The songs you don’t hear often when you go to see your favorite bands live, although they may be among some of your personal favorite tracks!Well, Death Angel wanted to do something about that! The band put together a set list dubbed “The Bastard Tracks”. They then performed it in the middle of a pandemic at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on May 22nd, 2021, and streamed it worldwide the following week. The Bay Area thrashers dig deep into their catalog to perform older favorites, newer classics and songs that have never been performed live before. You’ll hear the stories behind the songs, and get a glimpse into the collective minds and souls of DEATH ANGEL.Recorded live b...

ELDOVAR
"A STORY OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT"
Progressive Rock/ Hard Rock/ Stoner/ Rock
Year:03.12.2021
(SOULFOOD MUSIC)

Kadavar and Elder release their joint album "Eldovar - A Story Of Darkness & Light" on vinyl and CD on December 3, 2021Berlin's most important rock band Kadavar collude with US prog rock wunderkinder Elder, and decided to drown in sound together. What surfaced is "A Story of Darkness & Light", a marvel of musical liberty, a gushing opus between rock, prog and alternative, held together by the two bands' contrasts.Tiger Bartelt, Lupus Lindemann, and Simon Bouteloup of Kadavar as well as Michael Risberg, Nick DiSalvo, and Georg Edert of Elder (minus bassist Jack Donovan who wasn't allowed to travel from the US) extract an arcane and fleeting magic from the primordial broth of rock, the kind of magic that can only work when everything is in fluid. W...

VICTORY
"GODS OF TOMORROW"
Heavy Metal/ Hard Rock
Year:26.11.2021
(AFM RECORDS)

- Produced by Herman Frank himself and Arne Neurand (Guano Apes, LDC, Revolverheld, Emil Bulls, Subway to Sally).- Mastering by Robin Schmidt (Placebo, Callejon, Beatsteaks etc.)- Mixing by Arne Neurand at Horus Sound Studios (Guano Apes, LDC, Revolverheld, Emil Bulls, Subway To Sally)- Cover and artwork by Kai Swillus/Buntmetall (Saxon, Motörhead, Annihilator)- First studio album in 10 years from the cult band Victory!- available as vinyl and digipak (+digipak bonus track)- The bandlineup consists of: Gianni Pontillo (vocals), Herman Frank (guitar), Mike Pesin (guitar), Malte Frederik Burkert (bass), Michael Stein (drums).Newborn, but hard as usual the masters of VICTORY announce themselves back with unexpected power. Ten years after...

EXODUS
"PERSONA NON GRATA"
Thrash Metal
Year:19.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

When we think of the phrase Bonded By Blood, we think of two things: a brotherhood that is meant to outlast the trials of war, pain, and time... and the almighty EXODUS. With a bond forged in youth and decades-old friendship, the undisputed masters of thrash metal return with their eleventh studio album: PERSONA NON GRATA due to be released early fall 2021 via Nuclear Blast Records. Literally translating to “an unwelcome” or “unacceptable” person, PERSONA NON GRATA touches on themes of modern societal disgust and degradation. “The people that disgust you - cut ‘em outlike cancer,” explains guitarist Gary Holt. “Who is that person? It could be anybody. That’s up to the listener. Who is ‘Persona Non Grata’ to them?”...

SABATON
"THE GREAT SHOW PRAGUE/ 20TH ANNIV. SHOW WACKEN"
True Heavy Metal
Year:26.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Multi-Platinum Swedish metal band SABATON today announces the limited-edition, live-in-concert, double-DVD/Blu-Ray, “The Great Show,” and “The 20th Anniversary Show,” both set for release on November 19 (Nuclear Blast).  Both titles were filmed during the band’s 2019-2020 "The Great Tour“ world trek, and both feature special guest performers. Track listings are below; pre-orders begin today and can be placed here:  https://sabat.one/TheGreatShow "The 20th Anniversary Show" (watch trailer) is comprised of SABATON’s jaw-dropping, two-hour headline concert filmed in front of 75,000 fans at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival - coincidentally, celebrating its 30th anniversary - on August 1, 2019.  “The Gre...

ME AND THAT MAN
"NEW MAN, NEW SONGS, SAME SHIT, VOL.2"
Blues/ Folk/ Country
Year:19.11.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"Behemoth mastermind Adam “Nergal” Darski has signed a menacing pact with the devil once again, returning with dark folk/blues/Americana influenced solo project ME AND THAT MAN’s third full-length studio album, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.2, on November 19, 2021 via Napalm Records.As a sequel to the project’s previous record, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1 (2020), the enthralling new offering follows the exciting path Nergal then set ablaze, once again featuring an abundance of heavy music icons – but this time, he takes it to a whole new level. Experience greats such as Gary Holt (Slayer, Exodus), Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God), Myrkur, Devin Townsend, David Vincent, Doug Blair (W.A.S.P), Hank von Hell (Turbon...

OBSCURA
"A VALEDICTION"
Technical Death Metal
Year:19.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Germany-based metal band OBSCURA launch trilogy concept on stunning new album “A Valediction”. The group’s first (sixth overall) album for Nuclear Blast pivots on many fronts. Advanced, elegant, and yet refreshing, “A Valediction” sums up past endeavors effortlessly as it gazes with purpose and conviction into the future. OBSCURA are fan-renowned and critically acclaimed for challenging and then expanding upon norms. From “Cosmogenesis”(2009) through “Diluvium”(2018), the band flourished and made significant progress in a musical genre unprepared for a creative shot of German invention. “A Valediction” spearheads OBSCURA into a new era of extreme metal. Welcome to the next level! CD-DIGI:01. Forsak...

PATHOLOGY
"THE EVERLASTING PLAGUE"
Death Metal/ Gore
Year:19.11.2021
(13TH PLANET)

Gore fueled death metallers PATHOLOGY return with their 11th studio album THE EVERLASTING PLAGUE. Originally a song title from a previous album, the band “thought it was fitting as [they] wrote the album during a global pandemic that never seemed to end,” explained founder and drummer Dave Astor. “It also pertains to the general ills of the human condition; and that’s what the songs are about. The themes on this album range from death rituals, to premeditated murder, to torture and addiction.”“I think all the tracks on this album stand out,” says Flett. “We went all out on this one. We added some new elements to our music that give certain songs a different, fresh feel. This album is definitely an awesome journey from start to ...

KHEMMIS
"DECEIVER"
Doom Heavy Metal
Year:19.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Restlessly awakening from the depths of a feverish slumber, doomed heavy metal masters KHEMMIS return to reveal their fourth full length studio album, DECEIVER, arriving via Nuclear Blast Records in November 2021. Six tracks of desolate, soul-awakening heaviness encapsulate a project that has been nearly three years in the making. With a title that reflects the internal struggles that many of us battle in our daily lives, DECEIVER is a ferociously honest and appetizingly raw piece of musical artistry.“Thematically, all of the songs are about the many ways that we are tricked into believing these stories about ourselves–that we are broken, that we are not good enough, thatour genetics determine our fate. This title is the label that we put on our minds as a force ...

UNLEASHED
"NO SIGN FOR LIFE"
Pagan Black/ Death Metal
Year:12.11.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Swedish Death Metal Legends UNLEASHED are back to defend their throne! With the release of their 14th full length studio album No Sign Of Life on November 12 2021, the Death Metal pioneers that influenced a whole musical genre deliver another work of sheer brutality.Formed back in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund, UNLEASHED have been delivering supreme Death Metal in the sign of their Viking ancestors from day one! The Einherjar legions of Asgard transfer Viking values and traditions into modernity and forge another uncompromising musical weapon.The rage paves its way straight from the first notes of the album opener “The King Lost His Crown” and leaves no time to breathe during the entire playing time. The album unfolds as an unstoppable war battalio...

JOE BONAMASSA
"TIME CLOCKS"
Blues/ Rock
Year:29.10.2021
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

    Time Clocks is released as a limited CD box that contains the album and multiple Joe Bonamassa-themed items. It contains 2 vinyl coasters, 10 postcards – 1 for each song and 3 guitar picks, all in Joe Bonamassa – Time Clocks art!    Joe Bonamassa has sold well over 3 million records worldwide and has 22 #1 Billboard Blues Albums, more than any artist    His most recent studio album Royal Tea charted in 15 countries and has sold over 100.000 copiesGuitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa has announced the forthcoming release of a brand-new studio album titled ‘Time Clocks’, due out on October 29 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. The album, which was recorded in New York City, takes Joe back to his early ...

1914
"WHERE FEAR AND WEAPONS MEET"
Black Metal
Year:22.10.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Ukrainian blackened death/doom metal offensive 1914 continue to reflect the gruesome tales of World War I, its soldiers’ fate, their death, fear and feats to be never forgotten, and unleash their new opus, Where Fear and Weapons Meet via Napalm Records. Its eleven tracks of pure historic harshness follow up to the band’s sophomore full-length, The Blind Leading the Blilnd (2018), and debut, Eschatology of War (2014), both highly acclaimed amongst critics, and create a sophisticated variety of massively brutal blackened death metal accented by dramatic and realistic audio soundscapes and disquieting melodies spiced with the approach of sludge and doom! On Where Fear and Weapons Meet, the Ukrainian five-piece founded in 2014 takes the listener back to the horrible, dark days o...

AEPHANEMER
"A DREAM OF WILDERNESS"
Melodic Symphonic/ Death Metal
Year:19.11.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Following their much-acclaimed 2019 album, Prokopton, Toulouse based symphonic melodic death metal force AEPHANEMER returns with their third and thunderous full-length record, A Dream Of Wilderness, via Napalm Records! Starting out as an unbelievably successful DIY ride that suddenly turned towards international acclaim, the indisputable AEPHANEMER is one of the most exciting symphonic death metal sensations of the modern age. Fast-paced metal fronted by the guttural growls and fierce screams of extraordinary vocalist Marion Bascoul meet flickering twin leads, elements of Scandinavian death metal, Slavic traditional music and epic synths. If Prokopton was a noteworthy, impressive sophomore album from one of Europe’s best up and coming melodic death metal bands yet, A Dream Of Wild...

HAMMERFALL
"RENEGADE 2.0 - 20 YEAR ANNIVERS. EDIT."
Power/ True Heavy Metal
Year:12.11.2021
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The 20th Anniversary Edition by HAMMERFALL "Renegade 2.0" will be released as 2CD+DVD including the 2020 remix version of the album, the original album plus 6 bonus tracks, a bonus DVD "The Templar Renegade Crusades" a 60-page booklet and a new cover.CD 1:01. Templars Of Steel (2020 Remix)02. Keep The Flame Burning (2020 Remix)03. Renegade (2020 Remix)04. Living In Victory (2020 Remix)05. Always Will Be (2020 Remix)06. The Way Of The Warrior (2020 Remix)07. Destined For Glory (2020 Remix)08. The Champion (2020 Remix)09. Raise The Hammer (2020 Remix)10. A Legend Reborn (2020 Remix)CD 2:01. Templars Of Steel02. Keep The Flame Burning03. Renegade04. Living In Victor...

DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED
"ANGEL OF CARNAGE UNLEASHED"
Black Metal
Year:12.11.2021
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"After 23 years of silence, the Finnish cult black metallers and pioneers of the scene DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED mark their long-awaited comeback with a hard-hitting new offering, Angel of Carnage Unleashed, to be released on November 12, 2021 via Napalm Records. The old horde from the original 1993 line-up has rejoined forces, now augmented by Tuomas Holopainen as a full member of the band and Kai Hahto (both Nightwish) as session drummer. Holopainen had already been featured as a session keyboardist on all previous albums.Founded in 1993 in Kitee, Finland, DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED quickly gained a cult status in the black metal underground. In 1995, they released their debut album, Heirs of the Northstar, followed by the sophomore album Autumn Roars Thunder (1996) and its seque...