SUICIDE SILENCE
"BECOME THE HUNTER"
Death Metal
Year:14.02.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

The impact of southern CA’s SUICIDE SILENCE on extreme metal is undeniable. Since the band’s inception in 2004 and the subsequent release of genre defining tracks like “You Only Live Once”, “Unanswered” and “You Can’t Stop Me” SUICIDE SILENCE took deathcore to enormous crowds selling hundreds of thousands of records and playing enormous stages around the world. Nuclear Blast is excited to announce the release of the upcoming SUICIDE SILENCE record “Become the Hunter” on Feb 14, 2020!“Become The Hunter” was produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, HATEBREED) at The Omen Room and mixed by Josh Wilbur (TRIVIUM, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA). Ted Jensen (PANTERA, DEFTONES, SLIPKNOT) maste...

SYLOSIS
"CYCLE OF SUFFERING"
Thrash/ Death Metal
Year:07.02.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

But four years on, normal service is due to resume, as he relaunches his band with stunning new album Cycle Of Suffering. After spending his time off exploring new creative avenues and contemplating his own artistic desires, Middleton returns to Sylosis with a rejuvenated spirit.As ever, Josh is being needlessly modest. Cycle Of Suffering is immediately recognisable as the most vital and explosive record yet to be released under the Sylosis name. While still bearing many of the band’s expected sonic hallmarks, the likes of I Sever and Shield take a subtly ingenious approach to state-of-theart thrash metal, infusing everything with a sense of perpetual invention and untrammelled intensity. There are huge melodies and gleaming hooks erupting throughout this sustained, 50...

AD INFINITUM
"CHAPTER I - MONARCHY"
Symphonic Female Metal
Year:03.04.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

AD INFINITUM presents a dark symphonic ceremony to ring in a new era!AD INFINITUM sets the stage for your darkest nightmares with their smashing debut Chapter I: Monarchy. The album grabs your demons by the horns, boasting energetic and uncompromising symphonic metal set atop a rousing journey throughout history. Escaping the Black Death and transporting you to another era, standout track “Marching on Versailles” breaks in with smashing drums and forceful guitar riffs. Melissa Bonny’s multi-faceted vocals fill every fiber of the anthemic “Demons” — from powerful, fragile highs to deep growls, the track will send shivers down your spine. The energetic and equally melodic soundscapes of the vigorous ballad “Fire and Ice“ perfectl...

CANDLEMASS
"THE PENDULUM"
Doom Heavy Metal
Year:27.03.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"The Pendulum" - the masterful new EP by the undisputed kings of epic doom, staving off your hunger for more until CANDLEMASS' next full-length hits!Grammy-nominated classic doom icons CANDLEMASS don't even need to drop a full-length for every release to prove they belong at the top of an entire genre and beyond. Fully comprised of never-before-heard, unused tracks cut from the The Door To Doom recording sessions, the band’s masterful new EP, The Pendulum, perfectly showcases that these timeless Swedish pioneers are the undisputed kings of epic doom.The fully-mastered EP opener/title track “The Pendulum” charges in with a melodic, head-swinging, thrashy rush - setting the stage for the raw, unfiltered steamrolling demo cut, "Porcelain ...

PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES
"FUCTIFANO"
Punk Rock
Year:06.03.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

In 1978, seventeen year old punk rockers Peter Bywaters and Del Strangefish decided to form a punk band and PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES are born. A few bass players and drummers have served their time in the band, but the songwriters Peter and Del have always remained the foundation and together they wrote and recorded a long list of classic albums like ‘Soberphobia’ (1986), and the brilliant ‘Supermodels’ (1995).In 2018 PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES signed with Arising Empire Records recruiting Nick Abnett and Sam Fuller on bass and drums respectively resulting in their now critically-acclaimed album »That Shallot« which went on to receive 4 and 5 Star reviews worldwide. Fast forward to the present day…. Against all odds the ba...

MARKO HIETALA
"PYRE OF THE BLACK HEART"
Hard Rock/ Prog Metal
Year:24.01.2020
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Today, Finnish singer/bassist Marko Hietala announces his signing with Nuclear Blast for his upcoming solo album "Pyre Of The Black Heart", that is set to released on January 24th. Hietala himself describes the style of the upcoming release as "Hard Prog".About the goal behing his solo album, Marko Hietala comments, "Well, let's put it this way: NIGHTWISH is without any doubt my main band, and thanks to income from that direction, I don't have to be that commercially aware... What I mean is that when I was coming up with the musical thoughts for this solo record, I was able to do simply anything without limits. So if I had a goal, it was to not have any kind of limits, but to prepare an unpredictable, spontaneous, adventurous, ferocious and intimate solo record. An...

KVELERTAK
"SPLID"
Punk/ Hard Rock/ Sludge
Year:14.02.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The band's first album after four years with new singer Ivar Nikolaisen (THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE ZUGLY) additional songs in English and special guest Troy Sanders from MASTODON!

TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:

01 “Rogaland”
02 “Crack Of Doom” (Feat. Troy Sanders)
03 “Necrosoft”
04 “Discord”
05 “Bråtebrann”
06 “Uglas hegemoni”
07 “Fanden Ta Dette Hull!”
08 “Tevling”
09 “Stevnemøte Med Satan”
10 “Delirium Tremens”
11 “Ved Bredden Av Nihil”

GARY MOORE
"LIVE FROM LONDON"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:31.01.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

-  Recorded December 2, 2009 @Islington Academy in London at Planet Rock's Xmas Party. The recording features all his best songs and hits, such as Oh, Pretty Woman, Parisienne Walkways and off course Still Got The Blues. This official release is coordinated and selected by the Gary Moore estate to keep his legacy alive. Live From London is showcasing one of blues-rock’s biggest names in an intimate club setting, bottling a performance that stands amongst Moore’s very best!Some shows are so momentous, they pass into rock ‘n’ roll folklore. When Gary Moore stepped onto the stage of London’s Islington Academy on December 2nd, 2009, it was a true one-off, showcasing one of blues-rock’s biggest names in an intim...

ANNIHILATOR
"BALLISTIC, SADISTIC"
Thrash Metal
Year:24.01.2020
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

The legendary Canadian metal band ANNIHILATOR: Jeff Waters (vocals and guitar) Rich Hinks (bass), Aaaron Homma (guitar) and Fabio Alessandrini (Drums) will deliver their 17th studio album on January 24th 2020 via Neverland Music/Silver Lining. "Ballistic, sadistic" promises to deliver a full speed-metal aural assault that would have even the most fearless thrasher quaking in their white high tops. The album is comprised of ten tracks of pure AANNIHILATing metal, produced, engineered, edited and mixed by Jeff Waters himself in his recording studio, Watersound Studios UK.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Armed To The Teeth
2. The Attitude
3. Psycho Ward
4. I Am Warfare
5. Out With The Garbage

6. Dressed Up For Evil
7. Riot
8. One Wrong Move
9. Lip Service
10. The End Of The Lie

HEATHEN
"THE EVOLUTION OF CHAOS 10TH YEAR ANNIV. REISSUE"
Thrash Metal
Year:31.01.2020
(MASCOT LABEL GROUP)

The 1980s San Francisco Bay Area scene was a seismic moment in the world of metal and part of that moment was Heathen. The band return 31st January with the 10th Anniversary remastered reissue of ‘The Evolution of Chaos’ via Mascot Records. The release will be available on CD+DVD, 2LP and digitally with a previously unreleased bonus track ‘Seasons of Purgatory’. The CD/DVD will be accompanied by a 2 hour ‘Making of’ documentary on the album as well as a live performance from 2009s Thrash Domination, Japan.When the album was originally released back in January 2010 it was the bands first album of new material in 18 years and saw them ride a wave of the resurgent Thrash scene. The line-up consisted of vocalist David White, guitarist Lee Altu...

MAGNUM
"THE SERPENT RINGS"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:17.01.2020
(SPV)

Magnum guitarist Tony Clarkin is a man who seems to never stop working. He is responsible for writing all the material released by the band, and on top of that he produces their albums from the very first demo to the final mix. “As soon as an album is finished, I start to collect new ideas,” he explains. “That’s how I’ve worked since the early seventies, for me that’s the ideal method.” On their latest album The Serpent Rings (available on Steamhammer/SPV from 17 January 2020 on CD, double vinyl LP, limited box set and for digital download), Clarkin and Magnum’s other original member, vocalist Bob Catley, prove all over again just how perfectly this established system works. The new album, The Serpent Rings, presents Magnum the...

DEADRISEN
"DEADRISEN"
Melodic Power Progressive Metal
Year:13.03.2020
(AFM RECORDS)

- Debut album by American progressive power metal band DeadRisen combines classic power and progressive metal sound with bluesy and latin-flamenco tones. Lineup features renowned Symphony X bassist Mike LePond.
"DeadRisen is an explosive cocktail of older musicians with young new school guys. Together they create a metal sound that can go from blues, to classical, to thrash and beyond. The band also incorporates unique kinds of music such as Latin-flamenco overtones, but without losing heaviness. DeadRisen is the brainchild of the respected Rivera/Bomma guitarist Rod Rivera and the renowned Symphony X bassist Mike LePond who played on some of the most important albums in metal history. The lineup is completed with some of today’s finest musicia...

SERIOUS BLACK
"SUITE 226"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:31.01.2020
(AFM RECORDS)

- Highly anticipated studioalbum no. 4 of German-American super band. The members have earned their stripes in bands like Firewind, Rhapsody, Tad Morose, Eedenbridge, Vision Of Atlantis und Dreamscape.- Ruthless riffs meets catchy melodies, driven by a manic rhythm section, and Urban Breed´s top-rated unleashed vocals add the necessary amount of insanity. Mastering by Mika Jussila / Finnvox (Delain, Stratovarious, Children Of Bodom).For eighteen months it was really quiet about SERIOUS BLACK, a comparatively long time for a band that, since its inception in 2015, let a maximum of one year pass until the release of a new album. After three successful predecessors and more than 120 shows worldwide, they used their well-deserved tim...

RAGE
"WINGS OF RAGE"
Power Heavy Metal
Year:10.01.2020
(SPV)

Wings Of Rage, the latest offering by the three-piece, consists of all this and much more. Peavy and his colleagues Marcos Rodriguez (guitar) and Vassilios Maniatopoulos (drums) have succeeded in summarising the diversity and experience of almost 37 years of band history in twelve topical songs, starting a new chapter at the same time. “The material on Wings Of Rage is as colourful as Rage’s history,” confirms Peavy, “Although it’s always connected with the distinct evolvement of our strengths, in other words: with a contemporary style of playing and an ultramodern sound.” Wings Of Rage will be available from 10 January 2020 on Steamhammer/SPV on Digipak CD and double vinyl LP, in a limited box set and as digital stream/download. 18 October 2019 will ...

ME AND THAT MAN
"NEW MAN, NEW SONGS, SAME SHIT, VOL.1"
Dark Gothic Folk Blues
Year:27.03.2020
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Three years after their initial debut, ME AND THAT MAN – Nergal’s dark folk/blues solo project – have returned with their sophomore release, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol. 1, set to be released on March 27, 2020 via Napalm Records. Upon release, ME AND THAT MAN’s debut album, Songs of Love and Death, cast a spell on the world. Now, the mysterious collective has surpassed themselves with their bewitching new offer – consisting of menacing lyrics atop unfiltered blues, gothic-laced folk, outlaw country and Americana-influenced anthems.The enthralling album visits a completely new spectrum of dark desert vibes and sees noteable heavy music icons such as Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Brent Hinds (Mastodon), Matt Heafy (Trivium) and Siver Høyem...