Pop & Rock Novedades

At this point, In Flames are less of a band than they are a musical institution in the heavy music world. Since helping create Sweden's legendary 'Gothenberg Sound' three decades ago to their current status as heavy music monoliths, the act have constantly eschewed trends in order to forge their own musical path. This is evident on their 13th full-length I, The Mask, which sees them reuniting with multi Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Motörhead), who also produced 2016's Battles, in order to further redefine their sound.

Unlike previous recordings, this time around Fridén and Gelotte holed up in Los Angeles for three weeks prior to the production of I, The Mask, and came up with a bulk of the songs during those sessions. 'For Battles I wrote a lot of the material at home first but for this one, Anders and I really wanted to just get in a room together and see where it would take us,' Gelotte explains, adding that Benson would frequently drop by and act as a filter for their creativity. 'I think this process worked really well because a lot of the lyrics fed off the music or Anders would come up with a really powerful line and it would inspire a riff, so there was a lot of symbiosis between us in the songwriting.' From there the duo fleshed out the arrangements with guitarist Niclas Engelin, bassist Bryce Paul Newman and previous drummer Joe Rickard and then spent two months tracking the songs. (I, The Mask is also the last recording to feature Rickard who was subsequently replaced by Tanner Wayne who played on the track '(This Is Our) House.') Finally, the album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, who has worked with everyone from Cheap Trick to Linkin Park and mastered by Ted Jensen (Pantera, Eagles, Guns N' Roses).

The result is a massive-sounding album that showcases why In Flames are one of the biggest metal bands in the world. From the way acoustic guitars give way to to anthemic riffing on the power ballad 'Call My Name' to the relentless riffing on 'Burn' and sweetly syncopated groove of 'I Am Above,' I, The Mask sees the band stretching out musically and crafting music that's as catchy as it is crushing. Lyrically, I, The Mask is in many ways a social commentary on the state of the world when it comes to isolation, loneliness and the way technology has subverted our need for genuine human connection.

Admittedly if you listen to 1996's The Jester Race next to I, The Mask, there are marked musical differences, but through the course of In Flames' output you can trace their evolution and hear how they managed to remain relevant by never getting complacent. That said, ultimately In Flames are a live band and they can't wait to get back on the road and share this new collection of songs with fans, whether they've supported the band for decades or are recent converts to their sound. 'I love the act of creating something from nothing and then getting to travel the world and play these songs and see how they affect people,' Fridén summarizes. 'It's extremely rewarding to hear how a certain song moves someone and then you talk to someone else and learn that it affected them in a profoundly different way. The dynamic between the creator and the fans and what they bring to the table is such an amazing feeling, so that's a big part of our drive. To make something and share it with the world, that's what we were meant to do.'

Stolz die Fahne des traditionellen Heavy Metal wehend, macht die in Los Angeles ansässige Band
mit High Risk, einem süchtig machenden und hymnischen Debütalbum, ihren Aufschlag auf der
internationalen Bühne. Die Gruppe um den ehemaligen Fueled By Fire Schlagzeuger Carlos
Gutierrezam Gesang und dem Schlagzeuger Peter Lemieux (Walpyrgus, Witwe) ist eine beliebte
Band der Südkalifornischen Metal-Szene und hat schon mit Bands wie Eternal Champion,
Sumerlands, Thor, Evil Dead, BAT, Exmortus, Hell Fire, Grim Reaper, Voltax und Spell die
Bühne geteilt. Auf High Risk gelingt es der Band, ihre Lebensenergie zu erfassen und sie in acht
Tracks von reinem NWoBHM-beeinflusstem Schall-Adrenalin zu kanalisieren. Gemischt und
gemastert wurde die Platte von Enforcer-Gitarrist Olaf Wikstrand (Drangsalation, Cauldron),
und zusammen mit Allen Falcon (Exmortus, Naked Aggression) in den Birdcage Studios
aufgenommen

Neues und erstes Album der ersten Industrial Metal-Supergroup mit Jürgen Engler von Die
Krupps, Claus Larsenvon Leæther Strip und Dino Cazares von Fear Factory. Geboten werden
10 perfekte neue Industrial-Tracks sowie eine neue Version des Klassikers She Watch Channel
Zero! von Public Enemy (1988). Das Pro-Shot-Video zu It's All In Vain zeigt Filmmaterial aus
dem kommenden Horrorfilm Devil's Revenge mit der Star Trek-Legende William Shatner.

Out-of-this-World Doom Metal, den nur wenige übertreffen.
Ripple Music freut sich sehr, die bulgarischen Doom-Meister
in ihrer Label-Familie begrüßen zu dürfen. Deren
musikätherische Interpretation des Genres ist schlicht
atemberaubend.

Truth Corroded sind eine australische Band, die in ihren Sound an den Trash- und Death Metal
der späten 80er, früher 90er Jahre anlegen. Bloodslands ist das Nachfolge-Album des 2013
erschienen The Saviours Slain. Mit dabei sind u.a. Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Terrance
Hobbs (Suffocation), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index) und Ryan Knight (ex-The Black Dahlia
Murder/Arsis).
Die Band spielte bereits Support für Behemoth, Nile, Suffocation & The Black Dahlia Murder.
Aufgenommen und gemastert von Chris 'Zeuss' Harris (Hatebreed, Soulfly). Das Artwork
tammt von Gary Ronaldson (Misery Index, Thy Art Is Murder)

From the opening notes of Never Decide, the RidingEasy Records debut album by Athens, Greece quartet Bus The Unknown Secretary (aka B.U.S.), you'll know it's going to be a wild funhouse ride. It doesn't sound like just four people, it sounds like a mob of wild-eyed lunatics on the expressway to your skull. And, you're not gonna know what the band's name means, don't worry about it.
Never Decide is a multifaceted album in the vein of classic hitters like The Hellacopters, Alice Cooper Band, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Orange Goblin.
"The story of the album expresses the psyche of a person in a dead end and his life is introduced into obsessive rhythms, more personal and random," explains vocalist/guitarist Bill Politis. "There is no happy end here, but the questions remain: Door A or Door B Time to change or time to die, Never Decide!"
The album opens as if we're in the studio with the band listening to playback for the first time. There's a chirping test tone and someone starts counting in, "one, two, three..." before it suddenly grinds to a halt. Then suddenly the swirling guitar riff of the pummeling anthem "You Better Come In, You Better Calm Down" launches everything into the stratosphere. The guitars march in lockstep as swinging drums keep it all rolling at furious pace as the vocal chant of the song's title grows into a massive group chant in harmony. Think Uriah Heep's "Easy Livin'" meets Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Night" -- here's another big, blazing anthem for the ages. "I Buried Paul" is the sort of fun, theatrical album track no one makes anymore, not since the days of the Alice Cooper Band. "Lucifer" takes things several shades darker, turning in a dramatic ballad launched by haunting piano chords and led by sinister, sneering vocals sounding something like Ozzy meets Johnny Rotten slowly building to its epic conclusion in double time with ringing harmony guitar leads. "Evil Eyes" and "Moonchild" return the proceedings to the anthemic, pop-laced vibe, replete with major-minor chord shifts and vocal/guitar harmonies galore.


Never Decide was recorded in just 5 days in February 2018 with multitalented engineer and band's beloved friend John Vulgaris at Electric Highway Studios in Athens, Greece. The entire band -- drummer Aris Fasoulis, bassist Spiros Papadatos, and guitarists Fotis Kolokithas and Politis --recorded the instrumental tracks live in 3 days, reserving the last 2 for vocals. Over the 2 months that followed Vulgaris and the band fine-tuned the mix into the subtle and clever masterwork you have before you. BUS formed in Athens in 2011, releasing two EPs and a full length The Impious Tapes, followed by The Cross EP (2014), and The Unknown Secretary LP in 2016. During that time the band has toured extensively throughout Greece and in neighboring nations. The release of Never Decide will see them expanding that touring radius considerably.

Formed in 1999 by several members
of Black Debbath, Thulsa
Doom set straight to work in
crafting their debut EP, whose
cover became - for obvious reasons
- the talk of the stoner rock
community.
She Fucks Me! let the fans know
exactly what the band was all
about: fast-paced, balls to the
wall rock with a healthy heaping
of black humor and tasty guitar
solos. The record gained the band
an underground following which
would only grow in the years to
follow.
'She Fucks Me' contains some of
Thulsa Doom's now best-known
songs, including the epic and
timeless 'Birthday Pony'. Since
covered by bands all over the
globe (hello Russia!), it is still
the highlight of every concert by
the now reformed Thulsa Doom,
alongside another EP classic,
namely 'Sins Of The Next Man'.
Duplex Records has reissued She
Fucks Me! for the its 20th anniversary,
remastering the album
for the occasion.
Thulsa Doom is on tour with
Spidergawd in Europe this March
supporting their latest record, A
Keen Eye For The Obvious.
The debut EP from Norway's celebrated stoner rockers Thulsa
Doom is available again, remastered for 10' vinyl and CD.
Formed in 1999 by several members
of Black Debbath, Thulsa
Doom set straight to work in
crafting their debut EP, whose
cover became - for obvious reasons
- the talk of the stoner rock
community.
She Fucks Me! let the fans know
exactly what the band was all
about: fast-paced, balls to the
wall rock with a healthy heaping
of black humor and tasty guitar
solos. The record gained the band
an underground following which
would only grow in the years to
follow.
'She Fucks Me' contains some of
Thulsa Doom's now best-known
songs, including the epic and
timeless 'Birthday Pony'. Since
covered by bands all over the
globe (hello Russia!), it is still
the highlight of every concert by
the now reformed Thulsa Doom,
alongside another EP classic,
namely 'Sins Of The Next Man'.
Duplex Records has reissued She
Fucks Me! for the its 20th anniversary,
remastering the album
for the occasion.
Thulsa Doom is on tour with
Spidergawd in Europe this March
supporting their latest record, A
Keen Eye For The Obvious

1986 can be described as the year of the first major step in Metallica's development. A strong creative peak in the band's career marked by a studio masterpiece called "Master of Puppets" and a series of cornerstone live performances around the world, among them the London Hammersmith Odeon concert on September 21st. An extra powerful performance including earlier pieces and new hits such as the ultra classic "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)". This was the rise of a new form of Metal and a full body Live experience.

Mit seiner Band Lamb Of God krempelte der amerikanische Gitarrist Mark Morton erst kürzlich, im
Vorprogramm von Slayer auf deren vielumjubelten Abschiedstournee, die größten Hallen
Deutschlands auf links. Nun kündigt der Musiker sein Soloalbum - Anesthetic' für den 01. März 2019
an.
Hierfür wartet er mit einer beeindruckenden Liste an Gastmusikern auf - unter anderem ist kein
Geringerer als Chester Bennington am Mikrofon zu hören. Desweiteren haben auch Miles Kennedy,
Alissa White-Gluz, Jacobi Shaddix, Mark Lanegan uvm Guestvocals beigesteuert. Nicht zuletzt der
illustren Runde an Gästen ist es geschuldet, dass - Anesthetic' ein Album voller Songs für ein breiteres
Publikum geworden ist. Obwohl Marks Mortons Handschrift durch sein signifikantes Spiel
unverkennbar ist, hat sein erstes Soloalbum das Zeug, Rockfans aus allen Sparten zu begeistern.
Mehrere Jahre hat Mark Morton an seinem Album geschrieben und gefeilt - Zeit, die sich definitiv
hörbar ausgezahlt hat.
Der Track - Cross Off' mit dem 2017 verstorbenen Chester Bennington an den Vocals, knackte bereits
kurze Zeit nach der Veröffentlichung die Millionenmarke auf YouTube und läuft im amerikanischen
Active Rock Radio derzeit auf Dauer-Rotation.a

Nur zwei Jahre nach ihrem letzten Album meldet sich die britische Metalcore Band WHILE SHE
SLEEPS mit ihrem neuen Album - So What' zurück. Nachdem dem Quintett aus Sheffield mit dem
Vorgänger - You Are We' erstmalig der Einstieg in die UK-Album Top10 gelang, sind sie jetzt bereit,
einen Schritt weiter zu gehen. Mit - SO WHAT' gelingt WHILE SHE SLEEPS der Spagat zwischen
linkspolitischer Subkultur und Mainstream Rock/Metal. Ihr Songwriting ist zugänglicher und
kommerzieller geworden, ohne jemals gefällig oder glattpoliert zu klingen. - ‚You Are We' hat uns eine
gewisse Reichweite beschert', so Gitarrist Sean Long. Was kommt als Nächstes - Ich möchte
niemandem hinterherlaufen. Ich möchte, dass die Leute uns folgen', so die selbstbewusste Aussage
des While She Sleeps-Musikers. Produziert wurde - So What' im bandeigenen Sleeps Audio-Studio.
- Es wird euch wegblasen', verspricht Mat Welsh, ebenfalls Gitarrist von While She Sleeps. Die
Vorabsingles - ANTI-SOCIAL', - HAUNT ME' und 'THE GUILTY PARTY' mit lauten Gitarren und
massiven Drums sind der Beweis dafür!

Nur zwei Jahre nach ihrem letzten Album meldet sich die britische Metalcore Band WHILE SHE
SLEEPS mit ihrem neuen Album - So What' zurück. Nachdem dem Quintett aus Sheffield mit dem
Vorgänger - You Are We' erstmalig der Einstieg in die UK-Album Top10 gelang, sind sie jetzt bereit,
einen Schritt weiter zu gehen. Mit - SO WHAT' gelingt WHILE SHE SLEEPS der Spagat zwischen
linkspolitischer Subkultur und Mainstream Rock/Metal. Ihr Songwriting ist zugänglicher und
kommerzieller geworden, ohne jemals gefällig oder glattpoliert zu klingen. - ‚You Are We' hat uns eine
gewisse Reichweite beschert', so Gitarrist Sean Long. Was kommt als Nächstes - Ich möchte
niemandem hinterherlaufen. Ich möchte, dass die Leute uns folgen', so die selbstbewusste Aussage
des While She Sleeps-Musikers. Produziert wurde - So What' im bandeigenen Sleeps Audio-Studio.
- Es wird euch wegblasen', verspricht Mat Welsh, ebenfalls Gitarrist von While She Sleeps. Die
Vorabsingles - ANTI-SOCIAL', - HAUNT ME' und 'THE GUILTY PARTY' mit lauten Gitarren und
massiven Drums sind der Beweis dafür!

Diese Vinyl-EP erscheint als Limited Edition zum 40-jährigen Release
Jubiläum. Es enthält 2 Studio-Tracks und einen Live-Track. Remastered
im Eve Mastering Studio in Manchester, Großbritannien, im Jahr 2018.

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT
- LEGENDARY 1983 DEBUT-ALBUM
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1.500 NUMBERED COPIES ON RED VINYL

With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry, released in 1983. Ministry's members at the time being Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. The album could be considered more synth pop and new wave in comparison to the harder Industrial heavy metal style the band developed later on albums like Twitch and The Land Of Rape And Honey. Jourgensen's fake English accent was an homage to the new wave bands he loved at the time. Three singles were pulled from the album: 'Work For Love', 'I Wanted to Tell Her' and 'Revenge', the latter of which got a video.

With Sympathy is available as a limited edition of 1.500 individually numbered copies on red vinyl.

Limitierte, weiße Vinyl als Begleitung zum Mega-Set von
unveröffentlichten Live-Aufnahmen von den australischen
Göttern des Hard Rock, Rose Tattoo! Enthält Konzertauftritte
von der Band, aus deren Blütezeit, den frühen 80er Jahren. Mit
all ihren großartigen Hits wie Bad Boy For Love, Rock 'N' Roll
Outlaw, Scarred For Life und vielen
mehr!

- 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
- INCLUDES INSERT WITH SONG LYRICS AND CREDITS
- RE-ISSUE OF HARD TO FIND 1992 SELFTITLED
DEBUT ALBUM
- FEATURING THE 'THE LUMBERJACK', 'DOWN ON ME' AND MORE

Jackyl's self-titled debut album offers a good amount of '90s hair metal and southern rock. The rude and crude lyrics and fine guitar riffs and hooks are a perfect formula for their rocking outlets. Their eponymous first album 'Parental Advisory' logo in the background says it all 'Meaty bones beware of Jackyl'. It's as heavy as it sounds like and with songs like 'She Loves My Cock' they're not taking a step back from what they're traying to say. Comparisons with AC/DC are easy to make, but still it's pure fun in every way. The album has sold more than a million copies in the United States only.

Für Candlemass schließt sich ein Kreis: Ur-Sänger Johan Langquist, der 1986 das wegweisende Debüt Epicus Doomicus Metallicus einsang, kehrt endlich für ein komplettes Studioalbum zur Band zurück!
The Door To Doom setzt den roten Faden fort, den Mastermind, Songwriter und Bassist Leif Edling in den letzten Jahren für seine Band verfolgte: epischer Weltklasse-Doom-Metal, der sich auf
schleppendes Mammut-Riffing stützt. Mit Langquists dramatischen Vocals und viel Liebe zum Detail verfeinert die Band dieses Album und macht es zum nächsten - Epicus'. Gekrönt wird das Meisterwerk
von einem Gastauftritt von Black Sabbaths Gitarrenikone Tony Iommi auf 'Astorolus - The Great Octopus'- The Door To Doom ist die Doom-Metal-Offenbarung des 21. Jahrhunderts!

Thrash Metal all-time undisputed kings kick it in front of the whole Centro cultural estacion Mapocho in Santiago, Chile, September 1st, 1994. A brutal assault of pure extreme metal, shot and broadcast live from Chile TV. All the classics from the 'Divine Intervention' era along with their earlier hits.

Limited edition of 200 copies on red vinyl.

Metal Bastard Enterprises präsentiert mit der limitierten, transparent-rot gepressten Schallplatte
GODS OF METAL eine Compilation mit raren, neuen und unveröffentlichten Songs der Label-Bands
Defecation, Kam Lee, Disastrous Murmur, Disharmonic Orchestra u.v.m.

In an age where music is available instantly and bands appear and fade just as quickly, the power and resiliency that is OVERKILL who's initial social media was stuffing show flier ads under windshield wipers in the 80s, has remained as resolute as ever, and even more so. New frontiers aren't often conquered in the modern world of heavy metal, yet OVERKILL remain unfazed by the growing presence of social media, modern internet, a demand for streaming services, and a general sense of competition between the sea of other metal bands trying to make a name for themselves, today.
    It's with over 30 years under their leather belts that these New Jersey natives are prepared to unveil their latest offering: 'The Wings Of War.' With 10 tracks and fifty one minutes long, their 19th full length album is the ultimate combination of sickening brutality and addictive melody. It was yet another incredible album cover design by Travis Smith that sparked the idea of what to name this next album. With 5 of the iconic Overkill winged skulls brooding powerfully around the table seemingly prepared for battle, 'The Wings of War' simply rolled off the tongue.
    With the fresh addition of seasoned drummer Jason Bittner (ex-Shadows Fall, Flotsam And Jetsam, Stigmata), OVERKILL is experiencing a new chemistry this time around, truly giving the record a unique feel. The writing was funneled through its familiar foundation, but now had a fresh influence and energy that inspired the entire band.

    Album opener 'Last Man Standing' is OVERKILL kicking the door in with a hard and loud tune that's rooted in some of the best angst that thrash possesses. Memories retained from this song are memories similar to the classic 80's vibe but with a new-age mechanical feel that thoroughly updates it. This was also the first song recorded with newcomer Jason Bitner. The album's second single 'Head Of A Pin' is a lyrical journey about disappointment and trust. Musically, the song comes across as 'Black Sabbath on meth' proclaims Blitz. It intertwines riffs and vocal melodies that pick it up into a real pounder and create something truly special.
'The Wings Of War'  also holds something to look forward to for east coast metal heads with a track entitled 'Welcome To The Garden State.' Bobby Blitz explains: 'It's all about us. It's the way we grew up as kids, it's a certain attitude about the area, it's responding to 'we don't do that where we're from' with: 'well guess what, you're not where you're from! You're here, now!' The song sums up the New Jersey attitude with over 4 minutes of thrashy, punky, honest vibration, and defines OVERKILL, as well.    With at least the next six months already blocked off for a Southern American tour, European tour with Destruction, Flotsam & Jetsam, and an American tour with Death Angel, OVERKILL are on overdrive as usual with no signs of coming to a halt. This most recent cycle has a different feel; an old formula that evolved with new life and new breath and that after all these years, still generates an exquisite power.

Das aufregende Nachfolgeralbum der kalifornischen Tech-Death-Metal
Supergroup Continuum. Designed Obsolescence ist moderner Death
Metal vom Feinsten.

Der Sound der Band bedient sich sowohl des Black Metal als auch
Death Metal und steht in einer Reihe mit Bands wie Behemoth,
Belphegor und Rotting Christ. Viele Tourneen durch Europa, Russland
und Asien schärften das Profil der Band.

US thrash metal titans, Megadeth released their tenth studio album 'The System Has Failed' in September 2004. Following the
direction set by its predecessor 'The World Needs A Hero' it headed further into the bands thrashier past and was a hit amongst fans and critics alike. Debuting at number 18 on the Billboard charts, the album received positive reviews across the board stating it as vital and solid. They have just finished a world tour in celebration of their 35th Anniversary.

- The full album has been newly remastered by Ted Jensen (Pantera, Mastodon).
- Includes rare live bonus tracks 'Time/Use The Man' and 'Conjuring' on the CD and digital versions.
- Back on vinyl for the first time in 15 years.

The World Needs A Hero is the ninth studio album by US thrash metal legends Megadeth. Originally released in May 2001 the album was critically acclaimed as a return to a heavier musical direction for the band and charted at number 16 in the Billboard 200 upon release. It received positive reviews across the music press and it gained comparison to the band's classic albums 'Rust In Peace' and 'Countdown To Extinction'. They have just finished a world tour in celebration of their 35th Anniversary.

- The full album has been newly remastered by Ted Jensen (Pantera, Mastodon).
- Includes rare live bonus track 'Coming Home' on the CD and digital versions.
- Back on vinyl for the first time in 18 years.

As a young person I frequently heard tales that high-end stereo shops used Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' as a demonstration disc, in order to fully document the prowess of their impossibly-expensive wares.

I rarely frequented any of these establishments but always took these stories on faith. I'm no audio guru, but it seems to me that someone attempting to do the same thing in 2019 could do a whole lot worse than adopting USA/Mexico's long-awaited 2nd album, 'Matamoros' for similar purposes. The trio's first album 2017's 'Laredo' might've been a worthy candidate for a test-spin in the Bang & Olufsen showroom, but the successor is the sort of record that really makes if you're the sort of person who can appreciate the BACKES MÜLLER BM 100 loudspeaker (list price $500,000.00 USD)

Once you're comfortably settled in, you'll find that the all-star team of guitarist Craig Clouse (Shit & Shine) drummer King Coffey (Butthole Surfers) and Nate Cross (Marriage, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth) have done everything possible to help you expand your sonic palette — some might say they've even done too much! Either way, these guys are as unselfish as they are loud. Or perhaps they're as selfish as they're quiet — i do hope you'll agree their motives are less important than the results, and in this instance, those results are nothing less than a staggering sensory overload.

George Dishner (Spray Paint) and Kevin Whitley (Cherubs — on a rendition of his band's 'Shoofly', as previously heard on 1992's 'Icing') make cameos. The entire affair was engineered by budding genius Ian Runndell (he of every other great record recorded in Austin) and is available via the 12XU and Riot Season record labels in North American and UK/Europe respectively.


Expert commentary on USA/Mexico's now sold out debut album 'Laredo' (2017)

'One is bludgeoned into the proverbial submission via the Coffey-Cross doomsday rhythm machine; imagine an early Hawkwind album, stripped of its high-end sonics and the low end ones being slowed to 16rpm, plus Clouse's Cookie Monster vocals with all the cookies' sweeteners removed and replaced by arsenic prior to baking.' Fred Mills, Blurt

'A colossal masterpiece...oscillates between a deliberately mesmerizing headbang and a noise drenched mind-fuck.' Maximum Rock N Roll

'Gloriously molten sludge-punk; it's heavy as hell, just the right amount of dumb, and injects its own personality in each tune...have faith in our youth to surpass the sonic brutality of my musical generation, but I'm wondering if anyone alive today can surpass the elder statesmen of USA/Mexico.' Matt Korvette, Yellow Green Red

'A heavy swamp of growling voices, lumbering beats, and ear-rupturing guitars. If you dig deep enough into sonic muck, you can hear echoes of their previous projects, but it's better to just let yourself drown.' Marc Masters, Pitchfork

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2019 collection from the Swedish melodic death metal band. Covered In Blood is a compilation of all the covers the band has recorded throughout their career. Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup, from Halmstad, formed in 1995. It's members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, Nevermore, and Eucharist. It was founded by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan Liiva, who were both originally from the death metal band Carnage. The band has released ten studio albums, three live albums, three video albums and four EPs.

Deserted Fear, oft als die Verkörperung des Next Generation Death Metal angesehen, kehren mit ihrem vierten Album »Drowned By Humanity« zurück. Die junge Band aus Thüringen blickt schon jetzt auf eine steile Karriere zurück, die durch das neue Album weiter vorangetrieben wird. Der überraschende Erfolg ihres ersten Albums »My Empire« schlug 2012 unüberhörbare Wellen und bewegte die Band dazu die bedeutsame Rolle als junger Hoffnungsträger des Death Metal anzunehmen: »Du hast die Sache einmal angefangen und jetzt willst du sie so fortsetzen, dass du selbst zu 100 Prozent damit zufrieden bist. Das ist wie ein Kind, nichts anderes«, verdeutlicht Sänger Manuel »Mahne« Glatter.

In nur fünf Jahren brachten die Jungs drei Alben raus und entwickelten sich in atemberaubender Ausdauer zu einer der größten Death Metal-Bands Deutschlands, ohne dabei den Blick für das Wesentliche zu verlieren. Nicht nur die Tatsache, dass die Band mit ihrem letzten Werk »Dead Shores Rising« in die Top 50 der deutschen Album-Charts geschossen ist, sondern auch die außergewöhnliche Live-Präsenz begeistert die Fans.

Mit »Drowned By Humanity« wagen Deserted Fear Neues, indem sie zum ersten Mal auch auf emotionale Passagen setzen und somit eine kontrastierende Wirkung zu ihren gewaltigen Groove-Gewittern erzielen. Die neu gewonnene Abwechslung ist nicht nur größer denn je, sondern auch treffender und fesselnder. An die Hand genommen haben sich Deserted Fear für »Drowned By Humanity« niemand Geringeren als den schwedischen Produzenten Henrik Udd, der sich unter anderem für die Erfindung des Swedish Death Metal-Sounds mit verantwortlich zeigt und Bands wie In Flames, At The Gates, Soilwork und Arch Enemy zum Welterfolg verhalf.

»Drowned By Humanity« erfrischt durch Kreativität und Energie. Und ja, da musste erst diese deutsche Metalband kommen, um Swedish Death Metal wieder international salonfähig zu machen.

Die Post Metal/Doomster von Downfall Of Gaia beehren uns mit einem neuen Longplayer. Der kommende Output trägt den Titel "Ethic of radical finitude" und wurde in den Hidden Planet Studios in Berlin mit Jan Oberg und in den Backroom Studios in New Jersey, zusammen mit Kevin Antreassian (Dillinger Escape Plan) aufgenommen. Für Mix und Master wurde niemand geringeres als V. Santura (Triptykon/Dark Fortress) verpflichtet. Für Fans von Neurosis, Cult Of Luna und Co.!

'ENDON are my favorite band currently operating. No one is as ferocious,
inventive and (surprisingly) vulnerable. Despite the terrifying sonic quality of
their music it is also FUN - or more accurately gleeful. And genuinely
emotional. These are properties in scarce supply these days, and worth all
the more when presented in such viscerally satisfying forms.' - Aaron
Turner (SUMAC, ISIS, Mamiffer)
ENDON is a band as mercurial as they are ferocious. Comprised of the
quintet of vocalist Taichi Nagura, guitarist Koki Miyabe, drummer Shin
Yokota and electronics/noisemakers Taro Aiko and Etsuo Nagura, ENDON's
music is contained chaos, bending and colliding genres into one another
atop a bed of thunderous distortion, feedback, and unearthly squeals.
Vocalist Taichi's voice embodies an unreal number of personalities with
wordless howls seething one moment and agonized cries the next, before
desperate gasps for air. It comes as no surprise that they have been
credited as the most extreme band in Tokyo.
'Boy Meets Girl' was envisioned as a soundtrack to an imagined horror film
about love. The core of the ensemble's song structures are often built
around Koki's fuzz-laden guitar and Shin's drum bombast which propel
torrents of hisses and squelches from Taro and Etsuo. Taichi's largely lyric
less screams, moans and whimpers are potent messengers of the songs'
emotional heft. There lies an ecstatic, excited energy amidst the anarchic
defiance ENDON's music exudes. Born of the same Japanese scenes that
gave rise to the likes of Merzbow and Boredoms, their sound is equally
diverse and abrasive. 'Boy Meets Girl' demonstrates ENDON's singular
faculty to produce music that is at once tortured and transcendent.
'... should be heard by anyone interested in the forging of new paths in
extreme music' - The Quietus
'The Most Extreme Band in Tokyo' - Noisey
'... like an exercise in mental collapse... so fucking violent that you'd think
the band just killed someone.' - Metal Injection
CD in 4-panel mini-LP style gatefold package with 4-page booklet.
LP pressed on virgin vinyl with an artworked inner sleeve and free download
card. Also available pressed on raspberry colour vinyl.

'ENDON are my favorite band currently operating. No one is as ferocious,
inventive and (surprisingly) vulnerable. Despite the terrifying sonic quality of
their music it is also FUN - or more accurately gleeful. And genuinely
emotional. These are properties in scarce supply these days, and worth all
the more when presented in such viscerally satisfying forms.' - Aaron
Turner (SUMAC, ISIS, Mamiffer)
ENDON is a band as mercurial as they are ferocious. Comprised of the
quintet of vocalist Taichi Nagura, guitarist Koki Miyabe, drummer Shin
Yokota and electronics/noisemakers Taro Aiko and Etsuo Nagura, ENDON's
music is contained chaos, bending and colliding genres into one another
atop a bed of thunderous distortion, feedback, and unearthly squeals.
Vocalist Taichi's voice embodies an unreal number of personalities with
wordless howls seething one moment and agonized cries the next, before
desperate gasps for air. It comes as no surprise that they have been
credited as the most extreme band in Tokyo.
'Boy Meets Girl' was envisioned as a soundtrack to an imagined horror film
about love. The core of the ensemble's song structures are often built
around Koki's fuzz-laden guitar and Shin's drum bombast which propel
torrents of hisses and squelches from Taro and Etsuo. Taichi's largely lyric
less screams, moans and whimpers are potent messengers of the songs'
emotional heft. There lies an ecstatic, excited energy amidst the anarchic
defiance ENDON's music exudes. Born of the same Japanese scenes that
gave rise to the likes of Merzbow and Boredoms, their sound is equally
diverse and abrasive. 'Boy Meets Girl' demonstrates ENDON's singular
faculty to produce music that is at once tortured and transcendent.
'... should be heard by anyone interested in the forging of new paths in
extreme music' - The Quietus
'The Most Extreme Band in Tokyo' - Noisey
'... like an exercise in mental collapse... so fucking violent that you'd think
the band just killed someone.' - Metal Injection
CD in 4-panel mini-LP style gatefold package with 4-page booklet.
LP pressed on virgin vinyl with an artworked inner sleeve and free download
card. Also available pressed on raspberry colour vinyl.

King Diamond geben das Live-Album "Songs for the dead" frei. Dieser sensationelle Mitschnitt enthält Material, welches im Rahmen der "Abigail In Concert 2015"-Tour statt, mit der die Band ihr legendäres Abigail"-Werk (aus dem Jahr 1987) in voller Länge in Philadelphia performten.

King Diamond Geben Das Live-album "songs For The Dead" Frei. Dieser Sensationelle Mitschnitt Enthält Material, Welches Im Rahmen Der "abigail In Concert 2015"-tour Statt, Mit Der Die Band Ihr Legendäres Abigail"-werk (aus Dem Jahr 1987) In Voller Länge In Philadelphia Performten.

Die legendären Death Metaller Malevolent Creation melden sich mit ihrem 13. Studioalbum zurück und servieren darauf im runderneuerten Line-Up einen Mix aus Thrash-lastigen Riffs der Güteklasse A, brutalen Drums und kompakten Songs, die trotz aller Gewalttätigkeit und Geschwindigkeit im Gegensatz zum 08/15-Getrümmer dieser Tage hängen bleiben.

Größte Veränderungen für Fans der ersten Stunde dürfte der neue Sänger Lee Wollenschlaeger (Throne Of Nails) sein, der Bret Hoffmann nachfolgt, stimmlich aber eher an Herrn Corpsegrinder erinnert.

»The 13th Beast« verweist musikalisch durchaus auf den gefeierten Vorgänger »Dead Man's Path«, gesanglich jedoch eher auf das großartige »The Will To Kill« Album. Gemixt und gemastert von Szene-Ikone Dan Swanö, klingen sämtliche Songs vom brachialen Opener »End The Torture« bis hin zum Bolt-Thrower-angehauchten Finale »Release The Soul« vernichtend mächtig. Ein frühes Highlight für Brutalos 2019!

Mit 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' veröffentlichen Swallow The Sun ihr nunmehr siebtes Album seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 2000. Wie auch schon bei den vorangegangenen Alben bleibt Hauptsongwriter und Gitarrist Juha Raivio seiner Linie treu und stellt zutiefst persönliche Themen in den Fokus der düsteren Klangwelten und so dient 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' der Bewältigung eines schweren, persönlichen Schicksalschlages. 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' ist nicht nur Pflichtprogramm für jeden Doom-Death-Metal-Fan, sondern sollte mit seinen vielen ruhigen Passagen und schönen Klargesängen außerdem jeden begeistern, der auf melancholisch schöne Post-Metal-Klänge steht.

'The BEAST is back, the BEAST IN BLACK!' Haunting words recalling 'Berserker', BEAST IN BLACK's debut album, which was finally released in November 2017. Although it never actually felt as if the BEAST had been away entirely. Right after the departure from his former band BATTLE BEAST, BEAST IN BLACK's founder Anton Kabanen recruited new companions in the way of high-pitched vocalist Yannis Papadopoulos (WARDRUM), bassist Mate Molnar (WISDOM), guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen (U.D.O.) and last but not least drummer Atte Palokangas (THUNDERSTONE), who officially replaced Sami Hänninen in early 2018.

Continuing with the same style of songwriting that he started with BATTLE BEAST, Kabanen crafted a new host of addictive songs that excite with their use of relentless energy and power. Especially the album's first single, 'Blind And Frozen', that blew the roof off and set the bar very high by achieving several million YouTube views in just a year. To cut it short: 'Berserker' was very well received by both new and old fans of Anton's work, as well as fans of the anime series 'Berserk', which Anton drew inspiration from. A number of well-known musicians have also praised the record such as NIGHTWISH's Tuomas Holopainen (who said that 'you have to be mentally insane to not love this album'), HELLOWEEN / GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen and many more.

Additionally, 'Berserker' not only allowed BEAST IN BLACK to enter the hearts of many people all around the globe, but also gave them the keys to the gates of the world's stages! The accompanying touring cycle kicked off in October 2017 in the form of a few European shows supporting the legendary W.A.S.P. - one of Kabanen's musical idols next to JUDAS PRIEST, ACCEPT among others - followed by select shows opening for Germany's BEYOND THE BLACK. If you'd have thought, that it's impossible to top such an amazing beginning, you would soon be proved wrong. To worthily close the 'Berserker' live chapter, the band returned to where their live career had begun back in 2015 - supporting Finnish symphonic metal giants NIGHTWISH in front of several thousand fans in November & December 2018. Despite their extensive touring schedule, the BEAST managed to achieve something else in the past few months...

The band secretly forged 11 hot new tracks which comprise their highly-anticipated sophomore record 'From Hell With Love'. The album was once again recorded in Anton's own Sound Request Studio, and true to the motto 'Never change a winning team', the cover artwork was created by Roman Ismailov who worked on »Berserker« as well as the first record Kabanen wrote under the banner of BATTLE BEAST, 'Steel' (2012). Although BEAST IN BLACK's new tunes musically fit into a similar vein as their debut album, the lyrics haven't only been inspired by the aforementioned 'Berserk', but also by other movies and TV series Anton is a huge fan of, as well as personal experiences once again. For example, 'Cry Out For A Hero' is based on another Japanese manga and anime series called 'Fist Of The North Star'. Fans of 'Berserk' have nothing to worry about as with the help of Anton's Italian friend Paolo Ribaldini the record still delves deep into Anton's favourite series!

'From Hell With Love' delivers everything that made fans love Anton's work in the first place. A slew of fast-paced tracks like the opener 'Cry Out For A Hero' and 'Repentless', hymnic songs 'Unlimited Sin' and 'This Is War' and one of the band's specialities, mid-tempo smashers that only BEAST IN BLACK can deliver are back and represented on the new disc by the lead single 'Sweet True Lies' and the album's title track. There's simply no way to escape its claws! As JUDAS PRIEST already knew in their hit song 'Nightcrawler': 'Beware the BEAST IN BLACK...' You better do!

Kam Lee ist eine Legende, ein Meister des Deathmetals. In den 80er und 90er Jahren war er
buchstäblich am weltweiten Erfolg des sogenannten - Florida-Deathmetal' beteiligt; gründete
zusammen mit Chuck Schuldiner die Kultband DEATH und war später bei den nicht weniger
erfolgreichen Deathmetal/Grindcore Göttern von MASSACRE der Frontmann. Noch immer schlägt
sein Herz für den extremen Metal und so hat Kam Lee nun insgesamt 4 Songs - die es bisher nur auf
den legendären Massacre-Demos aus den 80er Jahren gibt - neu aufgenommen, die jetzt als CD/Vinyl
unter dem passenden Banner - Massacred' erscheinen. Roh, brutal und äusserst intensiv klingen die
Songs. 90´s Feeling mit dem Sound von 2019.