SARCASM
"STELLAR STREAM OBSCURED"
Death Metal
Year:21.01.2022
(HAMMERHEART RECORDS)

•  One of the oldest still active extreme Metal bands from Sweden, with a huge Cult following worldwide.•  Fits right in with other Cult bands as Necrophobic, Unanimated, Dawn, Eucharist and Dissection.•  Go bang your head to this one if you like dissection, unanimated, dawn and Necrophobic.Sarcasm is back! A return to the roots attack that takes their blazing Cosmic Death Metal unto a concept-based next level of insanity!Sarcasm has had a storied career. Originally formed in Sweden in 1987, Sarcasm would release blistering Death Metal throughout the early and mid-90’s. After a short-lived reunion in 1997, they would come back into the fold in 2015 with a new re-designed version of their lineup.Now they ...

CELESTE
"ASSASSINE(S)"
Sludge/ Doom/ Death Metal
Year:28.01.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

CELESTE have been breaking the outer boundaries of heavy music for over fifteen years. When they first evolved from the Lyon hardcore punk scene, they were absolutely brutal and entirely unique, delivering extremity on their own terms that they pushed further and further with each successive album. “We just wanted to get darker and more violent,” says drummer Antoine Royer, until 2017’s Infidèle(s) saw the incorporation of a more melodic streak. Their most focussed record yet, it was tremendously received, critically adored, and backed with the band’s biggest shows to date.CD-DIGI:01. Des torrents de coups02. De tes yeux bleus perlés03. Nonchalantes de beauté04. Draguée tout au fond05. (A...

HELL MILITIA
"HOLLOW VOID"
Black Metal
Year:18.03.2022
(SEASON OF MIST)

Ten years have eclipsed since French underground black metal HELL MILITIA released their last studio album  ‘Jacob’s Ladder’. When the band regrouped in 2018, the tumult of recent years, the pandemic and real life’s comings-and-goings were perfect ammunition for ‘Hollow Void’’s creation. The resultant album is perhaps HELL MILITIA’s most strident effort to date. The band’s orthodox, unrelenting approach coalesce into an album that exploits the true nature of black metal: Savage, unforgiving and grim.Cover art: Manuel Tinnemans (Comaworx).For fans of: MERRIMACK, GLORIOR BELLI, FUNERAL MIST, OFERMOD ... TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:1. Lifeless Light (04:21)2. Genesis Undone (04:22)3...

SYLVAINE
"NOVA"
Progressive Metal/ Post Metal
Year:04.03.2022
(SEASON OF MIST)

•    Atmospheric metal and post-metal band led by multi-instrumentalist and singer Kathrine Shepard, the first woman ever nominated for a Spellemannprisen (Norway’s version of the Grammy Award) in the Metal category. SYLVAINE solidifies its place at the apex of the atmospheric metal pantheon with its brand new full-length, ‘Nova.’ Led by multi-instrumentalist Kathrine Shepard, the album is a deeply emotional journey, swinging like a pendulum between meditative spirituality and raw vulnerability. Shepard’s ethereal voice elevates the record’s dreamy aura, enchanting the listener with its heavenly darkness.For fans of:: DEAFHEAVEN, ALCEST, HARIKARI FOR THE SKY, EMMA RUTH RUNDLE, SOLSTAFIR ...     ...

AMORPHIS
"HALO"
Gothic/ Doom/ Melodic Death
Year:11.02.2022
(ATOMIC FIRE)

"Halo" is a continuation and expansion of AMORPHIS' sonic universe. This is masterclass melodic death metal." DECIBEL (USA), Chris DickAMORPHIS have created a future classic. A masterpiece for the years to come!" METAL HAMMER (GR), Vassilis Mazaris"This album encompasses the best AMORPHIS of the past and present, giving a glimpse of the future... and the future is bright." RTP (PT), Jorge BotasRock and metal music have always been a haven for those who have bigger stories to tell; who have grander emotions to convey. For more than thirty years, Finnish figureheads AMORPHIS have done their best to carve their very own niche in heartfelt yet aggressive, melancholic yet soothing tunes. On "Halo", their staggering fourteenth studio effort, the Fins u...

DYNAZTY
"FINAL ADVENT"
Melodic Heavy Metal
Year:08.04.2022
(AFM RECORDS)

- Dynazty from Sweden return stronger than ever with their eighth studio album- With "Final Advent" Dynazty manifest themselves at the top of modern metal- Singer Nils Molin is also known as the frontman of the shooting stars Amaranthe.- Mix and mastering by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Epica)- The videos were created in collaboration with the renowned production company Grupa13 (Accept, Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Behemoth)- The vinyl contains the exclusive bonus track "Symphony Of Tragedy" Taken from The Dark Delight SessionsNo filler, all killer! Dynazty from Sweden create with "Final Advent" the most conclusive and definitive album in the band's history so far and the best version of themselves. A remarkably intense album with some of th...

HANGMANS CHAIR
"A LONER"
Doom Metal/ Shoegaze
Year:11.02.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

"A Loner" is the new album by Paris’ HANGMAN’S CHAIR who offer a unique blend of gritty, massive rock with atmospheric layers of shoegaze highly recommended to fans of Life Of Agony, Alice In Chains, Type O and all who like it dark and heavy.Hangman’s Chair, formed in 2005 in Paris, are one of the most unique sounding modern rock bands currently active. Through the years, they have found and fine-tuned their own sonic brand, somewhere at the crossroads between Type O Negative, Alice In Chains and Sisters of Mercy, to name a few, mixed with a certain street credibility connected to the group’s roots in hardcore. The result is crushing rock expanded with strong elements of shoegaze and new wave, and a foreboding, doomy heaviness.CD-DIGI:...

PERSEFONE
"METANOIA"
Melodic Death Metal
Year:04.02.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

Hailing from Andorra, outstanding progressive/melodic death metal outfit PERSEFONE is known for their band of rich soundscapes and technically precise work that sets new standards in modern extreme progressive metal. Founded in 2001, PERSEFONE has released five studio albums, each one showcasing the band’s myriad of musical principles: high technicality, distinct melodies, plenty of head-turning riffs and musical acrobatics. The band has toured worldwide with notable acts like Obituary and Leprous, has hit stages at important festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Metal Days, Brutal Assault, ProgPower and 70,000 Tons of Metal, and is now set to release their new album, metanoia, via Napalm Records!After having collaborated with producers such as Jens Bogren (At The Gates, ...

SILENT SKIES
"NECTAR"
Progressive Metal/ Ambient
Year:04.02.2022
(NAPALM RECORDS)

"EVERGREY vocalist Tom S. Englund teams up with piano virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar once more for an atmospheric walk through Scandinavian melancholy and cinematic soundscapes: SILENT SKIES will release their luminescent label debut, Nectar, via Napalm Records on February 4, 2022. Both artists set themselves free from limitations to captivate their listener with a soulful ten-track offering, produced by Englund and Shankar themselves and mixed/mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios. Infinite, heartfelt Nectar enchants with tender instrumentation and deep-reaching lyricism, combining reminiscence of the likes of producers and composers such as Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm and Ludovico Einaudi, and bands ranging from Sigur Rós to Anathema. The balance between ...

SAXON
"CARPE DIEM"
Heavy Metal
Year:04.02.2022
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

Life hath no fury like a legend in full roar… and on February 4th, 2022, Saxon will show just that to the world when they release their 23rd studio album, Carpe Diem, through Silver Lining Music, serving notice to anyone who ever felt otherwise that they remain both vanguards and masters of British Metal. Comprised of 10 titanic tracks bristling with steel-clad riffery and proud intent, the Barnsely (UK) born band draw on a variety of ingredients from their career to forge what is their most dynamic release in many a year. "It all starts with the riff,” says front man and co-founder Biff Byford, "if the riff speaks to me, then we’re on our way. It’s a very intense album, and that’s all down to the fact that the essence of a great metal so...

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
"WILDE KINDER"
Heavy Metal
Year:22.04.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Germany’s most spectacular band are Weimar’s DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. The band whose name translates as "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", have proven to deliver a unique brand of melodic heaviness, accompanied by unique, intense lyrics. Since forming back in 1995, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER have remained innovative and courageous, delivering a form of extreme metal that is second to none. In the artistic realm of the Weimar based quartet there are no rules - anarchy, a free flow of ideas and visions reign supreme!With a highly supportive and engaged following at their side, they achieved #10 in Germany’s official charts with their album "Der Rote Reiter". The band has played every major metal festival and countless fans have succumbed to "Reitermania" &...

EARTHLESS
"NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS"
Progressive Rock/ Hard Rock/ Stoner/ Rock
Year:28.01.2022
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

There’s an ancient Japanese legend in which a horde of demons, ghosts and other terrifying ghouls descend upon the sleeping villages once a year. Known as Hyakki Yagyo, or the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, one version of the tale states that anyone who witnesses this otherworldly procession will die instantly—or be carried off by the creatures of the night. As a result, the villagers hide in their homes, lest they become victims of these supernatural invaders. Such is the inspiration for the latest album from EARTHLESS. “My son is really into mythical creatures and old folk stories about monsters and ghosts,” bassist Mike Eginton explains. “We came across the ‘Night Parade of One Hundred Demons’ in a book of traditional Japanes...

WHITECHAPEL
"KIN"
Death Metal/ Deathcore
Year:29.10.2021
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

· “For a generation of fans, Whitechapel are the most legitimately brutal band of the deathcore movement”- Kerrang!· “Their music attacks from the first track, and they draw you in, commanding your attention with theirperformance and presence. This is how I’ve always felt about Whitechapel” - Metal Nation· “Whitechapel has certainly become, in my opinion, one of the more unique metal bands still making musictoday” - Metal injectionTRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:1. I Will Find You2. Lost Boy3. A Bloodsoaked Symphony4. Anticure5. The Ones That Made Us6. History Is Silent7. To the Wolves8. Orphan9. Without You10. Without Us11. K...

SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY
"4"
Hard Rock/ AOR
Year:11.02.2022
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

It’s been a decade since SLASH featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators released their debut album together, and since then have been on one of the more impressive and unrelenting tears in rock ‘n’ roll, issuing two more hard-hitting, highly-acclaimed records, and rocking stages all over the world. Since their debut, SLASH has amassed album sales of over 100M copies, garnered a Grammy Award and 7 Grammy nominations, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Enter 4, the Dave Cobb-produced highly anticipated studio effort from SMKC. True to the band’s expanding legacy, it’s everything you’ve come to expect from SLASH, Myles Kennedy, Todd Kerns (bass), Brent Fitz (drums) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar)... but also unlike a...

BRYAN ADAMS
"SO HAPPY IT HURTS"
AOR/ Classic Rock
Year:11.03.2022
(ADA - Alternative Distribution Alliance)

So Happy It Hurts is the highly anticipated 15th studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Co-written and produced by Adams, the album features 12 newly recorded tracks including ‘So Happy It Hurts,’ ‘Always Have, Always Will,’ and ‘Never Gonna Rain.”“The pandemic and lockdown really brought home the truth that spontaneity can be taken away. Suddenly all touring stopped, no one could jump in the car and go,” says Bryan. “The title song So Happy It Hurts is about freedom, autonomy, spontaneity and the thrill of the open road.  “The album of the same name, touches on many of the ephemeral things in life that are really the secret to happiness, most importantly, human conne...