Album Announcements

Kings of Mesopotamian black/thrash metal, MELECHESH, are currently in Athens, Greece recording their 6th full length album to be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast on an as of yet undisclosed date. The band had spent one month in their rehearsal room in Germany tweaking all the details and will spend …

Teenage Dirtbags is back, offering a second 2-disc compilation of the biggest bands and tracks from the golden era of pop punk; ‘Teenage Dirtbags (vol 2) is ram-packed with radness featuring classic tracks from the likes of Blink-182, Sum 41, Bloodhound Gang, Good Charlotte & Panic! At The Disco. Full …

MACHINE HEAD release their long awaited eighth studio album, ‘Bloodstone & Diamonds‘ later this year.  The opus will be their first for new label home, Nuclear Blast.  The record was once again produced by Robb Flynn himself and Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, VILE), and like the last 7 out of 8 …

Revocation release their fifth album, and their first for Metal Blade, ‘Deathless’, on October 14. The title track is currently streaming at http://www.metalblade.com/revocation/ Guitarist/vocalist Dave Davidson said of the album, which was recorded with acclaimed producer Zeuss at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts:  “Collectively, we feel that ‘Deathless’ is our …

Before closing their main stage show at Bloodstock Festival this past weekend, unsigned UK melodic extreme metallers Bloodshot Dawn frontman Josh McMorran confirmed that their new album, entitled ‘Demons’, would be released in the UK on October 26. ‘Demons’ is the second Bloodshot Dawn album and was funded by fans in …

Overview: SCINTILLA, a science fiction thriller is set deep underground in the wilds of a former Soviet state where strange genetic experiments are taking place. A war weary mercenary is hired to lead a company scientist to the secret underground laboratory and with his team of mercenaries to steal the …

Gracing the stage with the likes of ARKONA, TURISAS, ALESTORM, and BLACKGUARD, Toronto, ON’s band of beer drinking progressive folk metallers PROTOKULT return in 2014 with their new album ‘No Beer In Heaven’ out officially today, August 8th and available on bandcamp here to follow up to 2011’s ‘Marzena’ EP and 2009’s debut ‘Ancestral Anthems’.  With a beauty …

At long last, cult favorites THE LURKING CORPSES return from the grave to wreak more havoc in the cemetery with Workin’ For the Devil, set for international release on October 14th via HELLS HEADBANGERS. The ghoulish quintet’s first full-length in six long, undead years, here on Workin’ For the Devil, THE …

Swedish-based sludge/doom trio SNAILKING will release their debut full-length album “Storm” via Consouling Sounds on September 15th.   Take a listen to the first audio insight, the album’s second track “Premonitions” right here.   The five-song album features the artwork of Swedish artist Johan Leion (www.johanleion.com) and will be available …

ARCTURON not only celebrates its 10-year anniversary but also returns on stage with a declaration of war! The new EP “Expect Us” will be released on October 24 and outshines all previous efforts. Being recorded in Swedish Fascinationstreet Studios and produced by Johan Örnborg (Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, etc.) …

Continuing with the momentum of celebrating their 25-year anniversary, Sweden’s extreme metal deviants MESHUGGAH proudly announce the upcoming re-issue of 2004’s one song EP, I, via Nuclear Blast on 29th September.  Album artwork & concept are courtesy of MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake, who comments on the EP’s mutant resurrection: “This 21 …

Heavy Metal pioneers ACCEPT have released the third trailer in a series of online clips promoting their new album BLIND RAGE. Watch as Wolf Hoffman talks about the ingredients needed to write a ‘great song’, as well as mentioning the guitarists who have influenced his playing:     The first trailer …

The UK’s finest new rock band, THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, will release a 2 Disc Deluxe Edition of their self-titled debut album on October 6th to coincide with the release of their next single, “Chinese Lanterns”, on the same day.   “The Temperance Movement” was originally released in September 2013, debuting …

The third trailer for (r)Evolution, the ninth studio album by Swedish heavy metallers HAMMERFALL, is now available for viewing on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel. Watch for a sneak preview of the band’s upcoming video for the track ‘Hector’s Hymn’:     Watch the second trailer here:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0ryJuEQrQ   …

Progressive-metallers, DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL, have just announced the details of new material, which fans have eagerly been awaiting for. They are set to release a 5-track EP, ‘Belong ╪ Betray’, which will be their first release through their new home at Basick Records and also the first new material with …

FOREVER PLAGUED RECORDS sets September 8th as the release date for FUNEREUS’ Return of the Old Goat. One of the best-kept secrets in black metal, since 2008, this Mexican horde have been patiently perfecting their craft – cryogenically grim and hateful black metal in the early ’90s spirit – over …

HELLS HEADBANGERS announces October 14th as the international release date for OCTOBER 31’s Bury the Hatchet. The band’s first album in nine years (and fourth overall), the long-awaited Bury the Hatchet sees OCTOBER 31 returning with a vengeance, firing off one mean, lean headbanger after another. Led by erstwhile DECEASED …

Gothenburg, Sweden’s Amaranthe, known for fusing melodic metal with elements of EDM, will release their third album MASSIVE ADDICTIVE via Spinefarm Records on October 20th.   MASSIVE ADDICTIVE is true to its title. The band’s signature, larger-than-life sound, comprised of kinetic riffing, pulsating beats and celestial, melodic choruses, remains intact, …

Australian metalcore band Capture the Crown have this week released their new album, ‘Reign of Terror’ via Artery Recordings. Check it out here:     In the weeks leading up to release the band unveiled various snippets from the album including the lyric video for ‘I Hate You’ which can …

Death metal trio STENCH will release its sophomore album entitled Venture on the 26th of September in Europe and 7th of October in North America via Agonia Records. The follow-up to the band’s debut opus In Putrescence has been in the making since 2010 and along with the artwork, “has accumulated enough …