Album Announcements

The release date of the CALIBRE ZERO album “Con Las Botas Puestas” on CD is September 19th 2014. The preorder phase will start on September 5th 2014 from the Pure Steel Webshop. CALIBRE ZERO, active since 2005, improve from album to album. On their fourth release you will find high …

Jamie-Lee Smit is a young and talented belgian singer and model.  She has been widely known with her metal band Azylya, wich released a critically acclaimed album and performed at big festivals like Metal Female Voices Festival, PPM Festival, Damen Of Darkness Festival and many more. Following to her extensive …

British hard rock giants TEN are returning with what is already being acclaimed as the best album in their history. ‘ALBION’ is the title of the album, the term being the earliest documented name for the collective British Isles from the time of Queen Boadicia. ‘ALBION’ is fine collection of …

Italian metal stronghold Iron Tyrant is tremendously proud to announce that a deal has been made with the legendary Mortuary Drape to release the band’s next full-length LP/CD this autumn, on a worldwide basis. The album, whose title is still undisclosed, is the band’s first in 10 years, and the …

Italian Speen Metallers EXPLORER are pleased to announce their new album “Shout In The Fog” to set to be released on the 12th September via Iron Shield Records. The Explorer Band was born in 2004 from the ashes of various local groups with the intention to play cover songs of …

French Heavy Metallers Lonewolf are pleased to announce the first details of their new album. “Cult Of Steel” was produced by the band and recorded by Xavier Sindt at Microclimat Studio. Charles Greywolf (Powerwolf) mixed and mastered it at Studio Greywolf.  Peter Salaï is responsible for the cover artwork. The …

German Gothic Folk/Prog rockers Lyriel, based on the wonderful mix of vocalist Jessica Thierjung and the cello and backing vocals of Linda Laukamp, began life back in 2003, but since then have been ploughing a successful furrow in the Folk / Gothic Rock scene with the albums “Prisonworld”, “Autumntales”, “Paranoid …

The project D8 Dimension was born in early 2009, thanks to five musicians coming from different backgrounds which decided to be part of an Alternative Metal band with aggressive sounds. After numerous live appearances and important competitions, the band changed direction and musical level, by focusing on sound characterized by …

The German Dark Metallers have now unveiled the cover artwork, track listing and tour dates of the upcoming album!  Songs as black as the night, texts from bitter cold reality. NACHTBLUT are set to release their upcoming album Chimonas on the 3rd November in the UK via Napalm Records. Tracklist: …

The German blackened death metal outfit BLEEDING RED is currently working on the follow up to their debut album “Evolution’s Crown” from 2012. After long wrangling the band was finally able to get to an agreement with their former record company and start with the songwriting for the new, yet …

BUTCHER BABIES, have recorded an EP of cover tunes that will surely please fans of the band, as well as fans of the artists that performed them originally. Titled “Uncovered”, this EP (digital only!) will be released on the 6th October  in Europe (September 30 in North America) and features …

Ensiferum have completed writing for their upcoming new album and Metal Blade Records debut! With pre-production out of the way, the band is prepared to begin recording. Work will begin on the 8th September at Astia Studio (astiastudio.fi) in Lappeenranta in Finland with producer Anssi Kippo. Fans can expect to …

Portuguese death metallers ANNIHILATION (pictured right) are to release their new EP, ‘The Undivided’, will be released on November 4. A single, ‘The Great Cycle’, is already available: The band’s founder Fabio Da Silva released the following statement about the EP:  http://annihilationband.bandcamp.com/track/the-great-cycle “We are proud to announce the release of our new …

‘The Great Depression’, the debut album by Sunderland-based stoner/doom act WITCH CHARMER (pictured right), is available for streaming ahead of its release this coming Monday via Argonauta Records. You can listen to it at https://soundcloud.com/argonautarecords/sets/witch-charmer-the-great-depression. The album is available for pre-order from http://witchcharmer.bandcamp.com/ For further information visit www.argonautarecords.com or www.facebook.com/witchcharmerband

Pioneers and godfathers of Viking Metal are set to release new studio record “Av Oss, For Oss“! One of the leading stars of the genre are now ready to release yet a defining record. Behind them, Einherjer has an array of albums – some of which stand as milestones in a genre …

The Obscure Vanity label announces the 2nd of September as the release date for Ebauche Noire’s debut, Pochoir De Cendre. Set to be released on cassette tape and including a woven Ebauche Noire patch, Pochoir De Cendre comprises two tracks with a total running time of nearly 43 minutes. Formed …

Swiss melodic death metal band ARCTURON have just released the first trailer for their upcoming 10-years-anniversary EP “Expect Us”. Check it out here: The band have also released the tracklist of the EP: 01.    My Treasure 02.    Expect Us 03.    A Restless Soul 04.    Rowan Artwork was handled this time …

Folter Records have anounced the release date of the 7″ split EP of black metal bands TROLL (NOR) and AEON WINDS (SVK). Since the release of their legendary album “Drep De Kristne” (1996) TROLL are well-known in the black metal scene. AEON WINDS from Slovakia is at the moment still …

SLIPKNOT release their long-awaited fifth studio album, ‘.5: The Gray Chapter‘ on 20th October.  ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’ is now available for pre-order on the iTunes Store, with all pre-orders receiving instant downloads of the album’s lead single, ‘The Devil In I’, and the already released ‘The Negative One.’  ‘.5: …

No one can delude Max and Iggor Cavalera anymore. The two SEPULTURA founders show with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY what it means to shoot Thrash and Death Metal straight into the world. The new studio album  ‘Pandemonium’ will be released on the 3rd November  in the UK via Napalm Records and shows …