NITE
"DARKNESS SILENCE MIRROR FLAME REISSUE" Thrash Metal
Year:27.10.2023 (SEASON OF MIST)
NITE come from a long and storied line of heavy metal. The Bay Area gave birth to thrash titans like Metallica, and while it’s not what most metalheads imagine when they go to their happy place, Northern California’s sunny climate did inspire Death to cross over into death metal. These San Franciscans carry that torch with pride. All five members have played in other bands that span from coast to coast, but they came together around Northern California in 2018. It didn’t take long before NITE were making their presence known, either. Their debut album appeals to old metalheads and nu-comers alike. Just listen to “Genesis”, which opens ‘Darkness Silence Mirror Flame’ (2020) with duel leads that slash with the bright...
CARNATION
"CURSED MORTALITY" Death Metal
Year:03.11.2023 (SEASON OF MIST)
For the last decade, CARNATION have been leading the revival of old-school death metal. They’ve brought back spirit-crushing riffs and trampling blast beats with some of the new wave’s most menacing growls.While the Belgian band have always upheld the genre’s time-honored traditions, they never sound dated, either, ‘Cursed Mortality’ pushes them into deeper, darker, more experimental waters. The title track wades into ominous synth tones and even clean vocals.This album isn’t simply a revival. It’s a bold step into future.For fans of (early) ENTOMBED, BLOODBATH, GATECREEPER, SKELETAL REMAINS, GRAVE.CD/ LP:1.Herald of Demise (04:03)2.Maruta (04:07)3.Metropolis (03:24)4.Replicant (03:49)5.Dutroux (03:38)6.Submerged in Deafening Silence (04:26)7...
TEMIC
"TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY" Progressive Metal
Year:17.11.2023 (SEASON OF MIST)
TEMIC are just one album in, but to reach this point, this supergroup had to navigate quite the career maze. These guys have played with Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Neal Morse, SHINING and Maraton. But it wasn’t until the world shut down in 2020, that keyboardist Diego Tejedia and guitarist Eric Gillette got around to starting a band together. Their idea wasn’t exactly simple: orchestrate their love for high-energy electronica and killer melodies into a modern prog-metal band. But by recruiting vocalist Fredrik Klemp and Simen Sandnes on drums, Temic manage to pull that concept off Terror Management Theory is layered with twists and turns. “Count Your Losses” crushes out tech riffs by the ton, while “Falling Away&rd...
WARREN HAYNES PRESENTS
"THE BENEFIT CONCERT VOLUME 20" Blues/ Classic Rock
Year:08.12.2023 (MASCOT LABEL GROUP)
This release was recorded live at Warren Haynes’ 30th annual Christmas Jam at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, NC on December 7th & 8th 2018 ‘The Benefit Concert Volume 20’ features an eclectic group of guests including Dave Grohl, Joe Bonamassa, Gov’t Mule, Mike Gordon, Jim James, Grace Potter, Edwin McCain, and many more Warren Haynes has an extensive discography that includes legendary albums with The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, and countless compilations and live albums.Warren Haynes Christmas Jam returned for its 30th annual installment in December 2018. The charity event was held over two days at the U.S. Cellular Center in the guitarist’s hometown of Asheville, North...
SADUS
"THE SHADOW INSIDE" Technical Death Metal
Year:17.11.2023 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
At times, one might find themselves at the edge of reason, attributing their actions to the shadow within, an external force they blame for their choices. On „The Shadow Inside“, SADUS retains their signature death/thrash blend, delivering 10 furious tracks while staying true to their old-school roots and relaying the importance of taking responsibility for one's actions to unlock the best life has to offer.
CD/ LP:
1. First Blood 2. Scorched And Burnt 3. It's The Sickness 4. Ride The Knife 5. Anarchy
6. The Devil In Me 7. Pain 8. No Peace 9. New Begginings 10. The Shadow Inside
SUFFOCATION
"HYMNS FROM THE APOCRYPHA" Death Metal
Year:03.11.2023 (NUCLEAR BLAST)
New York death metal legends Suffocation unleash their ninth full-length album, Hymns from the Apocrypha, via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to ...ofthe Dark Light (2017) pushes founder Terrance Hobbs (guitars), Derek Boyer (bass), Charles Errigo (guitars), Eric Morotti (drums), and newcomer Ricky Myers (vocals) to the very edges of extremity. Standout tracks “Seraphim Enslavement”, “Perpetual Deception”, and “Delusions of Mortality” are emphatically Suffocation but are enhanced with what Hobbs calls progressive melodies. The crushing title track, “Immortal Execration,” and the re-recording of “Ignorant Deprivation”, featuring former throat-man Frank Mullen, are brutal alms to death metal’s heaving masses.New album Hymns from ...
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD
"DIRT ON MY DIAMONDS VOL.1" Blues/ Classic Rock
Year:17.11.2023 (MASCOT LABEL GROUP)
Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1 follows the highly successful studio album The Traveler from 2019 Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards and has received 2 Billboard Music Awards and 2 Blues Music AwardsProvogue Records is proud to announce the brand new studio album from Kenny Wayne Shepherd entitled, ‘Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1’ available everywhere November 17th, 2023. Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2022 re-issue, ‘Trouble Is...25’ and follow up to the highly successful 2019 studio album The Traveler, Shepherd returns with a new project that builds upon his already legendary repertoire.Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1 sees Kenny Wayne Shepherd catch eight shards of honest human emotion and serve them up...
ROBIN TROWER Ft. SARI SCHORR
"JOYFUL SKY" Blues/ Classic Rock
Year:27.10.2023 (MASCOT LABEL GROUP)
2019´s ‘Coming Closer To The Day’ debuted #1 in the blues charts. 2022´s No More Worlds To Conquer was debuted #2 and stayed in top 20 for over 10 weeks. Besides his solo career Robin is also known for his previous bands Procol Harum and The Paramounts and the hit ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’.For six decades, Robin Trower’s career has been an act of quiet rebellion. Rewind the reels of the British guitarist’s backstory and you’ll find an artist who has always rolled the dice rather than take the path of least resistance. Fast-forward to 2023 and Trower’s new studio album, Joyful Sky, represents vindication for his latest flash of artistic instinct. Always receptive to singers who can elevate his em...
The stylistic pyroclasm of Morne's bleak, extreme but reachable metal did not happen overnight. Since their 2009 debut album, 'Untold Wait', the Boston-based four-piece have made simple categorizations like 'doom' or even 'metal' laughable, and their latest and fifth full-length, 'Engraved with Pain', refines their attack to a level toward which even 2018's 'To the Night Unknown' could only hint.Playing out across four chapters, the 40-minute album sees the veteran outfit - yes, all the festivals, including Roadburn, Hellfest, etc.; tours and tours and tours - crafting rhythmic tension and lung-squeezing atmospheres as Polish-born guitarist/vocalist Milosz Gassan emits layered guttural shouts that speak to inner and oute...
For Reign Of The Reaper the band holed up in their home studios and wrote music all through 2022 and then once again headed to SolnaSound Recording in Stockholm, the studio owned, run and operated by Simon Johansson (Wolf, Soilwork) with Mike Wead (King Diamond) assisting, to record the drums. Once again employed the services of Ronnie Björnström (engineering/mixing/ mastering). The striking album cover artwork was created by Swedish artist Joakim Ericsson.Reign Of The Reaper will be released on the 27th of October by Metal Blade Records and features eight brand new tracks guaranteed to appease the appetites of metal heads from all sides of the Heavy Metal spectrum.CD/ LP:1 Morning Star2 Reign Of The Reaper3 Thy Kingdom Will Come4 Eternal Sleep5 Curse Of Medusa6 Unveiling Blasphe...
SERENITY
"NEMESIS AD" Symphonic Heavy Metal
Year:27.10.2023 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Symphonic metal powerhouse SERENITY unleash their new studio album, Nemesis AD! The successor to their previous full length, The Last Knight (2020), which landed #25 on the German album charts, is out on October 27, 2023 via Napalm Records and is the first record with Marco Pastorino (Temperance) as additional guitarist and backing vocalist. Known for their thematic albums inspired by historic characters and stories of the past, on Nemesis AD, SERENITY draw inspiration from the life and highly influential art of painter Albrecht Dürer of the German renaissance. Grandiose intro track “Memoriae Alberti Dureri” sets the scene for the album, before legendary singer Roy Khan (Conception, ex-Kamelot) lends his impressive vocals on the mighty “The Fall of Man”. ""Ritt...
TEMPERANCE
"HERMITAGE - DARUMAS EYES PT. 2" Symphonic Progressive Heavy Metal
Year:20.10.2023 (NAPALM RECORDS)
Welcome to Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt 2, a spectacular fantasy story by the melodic symphony maestros TEMPERANCEItalian maestros of modern melodic/symphonic metal TEMPERANCE unleash their brand new, conceptual seventh album, Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt. 2, out on October 20, 2023 via Napalm Records! Expanding the characteristic sound of the band with a new member, professional opera/metal singer and vocal coach Kristin Starkey, the essence of charismatic singer Michele Guaitoli (Visions of Atlantis) and mastermind singer/guitarist Marco Pastorino (Serenity) reaches a higher level. Guest musicians like Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon), Fabienne Erni (Eluveitie, Illumishade), Laura Fella (Faun) and Alessandro Conti (Twilight Force) complement the exciting journey.Following the release of...
Formed in 2014 in Hamburg, Germany, the quintet have quickly built a reputation as one of the most dynamic wrecking balls in European death metal. From the soaring evisceration of first album Flesh Hammer Prophecy, to 2019's Metal Blade debut The Harvest, to the well-received Mount Carcass two years later, Endseeker have developed such a formidable formula that their rise to fame seems almost inevitable. Now, 2023 Endseeker return, with their most crushing and charismatic album to date: Global Worming.The nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker's beloved foundation of DISMEMBER-esque ferocity, but from the meandering monstrosity of the opening title track and the ultra-catchy stab 'n' stomp of Hell Is Here to the breakneck madness of Our Only Life and the epic grandil...
For more than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine Volbeat, releasing eight full-lengths, selling millions of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Before fronting Volbeat, however, Poulsen formed death metal band Dominus, which recorded four fast, brutal albums in the mid ‘90s.When Poulsen was putting together songs for Volbeat’s 2021 album, 'Servant of the Mind', he wrote a bunch of death metal riffs and saved them on his hard drive. Then, when he was done with the Volbeat record, he reopened the rusty gates to Armageddon and started putting together songs for his new death metal band Asinhell, whose debut album 'Impii Hora' (Latin for Ungodly Hour), is a tribute to Poulsen’s favorite old-s...
MASTERPLAN
"MASTERPLAN 20 ANNIVERSARY EDIT." Melodic Power Heavy Metal
Year:10.11.2023 (AFM RECORDS)
Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the self-titled Melodic Power Metal masterpiece, the deput album of Masterplan is finally available again! Now in three exciting new editions. Masterplan (Anniversary Edition) will be available as limited gatefold silver double vinyl, limited gatefold clear yellow double vinyl and also as digipak including a bonus DVD (FSK: 6). Get ready to celebrate on the release day, November 10th!
CD:
1. Spirit Never Die 2. Enlighten Me 3. Kind Hearted Light 4. Crystal Night 5. Soulburn 6. Heroes 7. Sail On 8. Into The Light 9. Crawling From Hell 10. Bleeding Eyes 11. When Love Comes Close 12. The Kid Rocks On (Bonus Track) 13. Through Thick & Thin (Bonus Track) 14. Black Dog (Bonus Track)
DVD: 1. Live in Gothenburg 2003 2. Masterplan Off Stage