Album Announcements

Twenty-Three years after their last record, and nineteen months after the tragic loss of guitarist Mike Scaccia, DFW TX Speed/Thrash Metal pioneers, RIGOR MORTIS, announce the long awaited release of their fourth and final studio album – Slaves to the Grave (Due October 7th via Rigor Mortis Records). This marks …

HANG THE BASTARD have revealed the title, track listing and artwork of their eagerly awaited forthcoming new album, entitled ‘Sex In The Seventh Circle’. This absolute monster of a record is set to be released worldwide on September 22nd via SOAR/Century Media in Europe and October 14th in North America. …

KURGAALL, the Italian Satanic Black Metal Cult released it’s new album entitled VOLUNTAS LUCIFERI through Deathstorm Records. The band also released the first video for the single “Night of the Satanist” which can be streamed below:     VOLUNTAS LUCIFERI TRACKLIST: 1. Lucifer will Reign Again 2. Domination of Satan …

Classic progressive metal fusion band MINDCAGE can officially confirm an August 12th digital release date for the upcoming special edition release of Our Own Devices. The album will be available for pre-order via iTunes beginning July 15th – stay tuned for links. The band’s label, AetherWax, has expanded distro by …

Initially released on digital format in mid-April, the self-titled debut EP of Irish post-metal outfit RAUM KINGDOM is now available on CD via their official Bandcamp page and on Tape via Aonair Productions.   Recorded at Dead Dog Studio in Drogheda, Ireland and mixed and mastered by Jonny Kerr, this …

Progressive/fusion trio, Trioscapes, will release their sophomore album on August 18th via Metal Blade Records. To capture the raw and dynamic mood the band has become accustomed to at their live shows, Trioscapes enlisted the expertise of Kris Hilbert at Legitimate Business in Greensboro, NC to record “Digital Dream Sequence.” Those studio facilities …

Finland’s Ensiferum have spent the summer of 2014 on tour through Europe, and will also perform in Japan this winter. In the midst of bringing their melodic folk-infused attack to stages worldwide, the band has been crafting songs for their sixth studio album (their Metal Blade Records debut), and the writing process …

For hard rock newcomers Rebellious Spirit from Southern Germany, this year will be as hot as (hopefully) the summer. The four musicians have ensconced themselves in the Cubeaudio studios in Göttingen, where they are busy working on their second album Obsession, scheduled for release on 19 September 2014 in Germany, …

SUICIDE SILENCE’s new album  ‘You Can’t Stop Me’ is now available to stream IN FULL over on YouTube! Listen here:     The album marks the debut of new vocalist Eddie Hermida (ex-ALL SHALL PERISH) and is their first full-length recording since the tragic loss of singer Mitch Lucker. ‘You Can’t …

The enchanting multicultural retro-rock 4 piece BLUES PILLS are set to unleash their new self-titled album on the 28th of July and in anticipation of the release, vocalist Elin Larsson has recorded a track by track clip for the album, featuring snippets of each track. Listen to the new album and how the …

Since their debut album “In Distortion We Trust” (2005), Crucified Barbara has earned its reputation as one hell of a live band through constant hard work; from the biggest festival stages to the dirtiest rock clubs, both on their own and as support to the likes of In Flames, Sepultura, Motörhead and Backyard Babies. …

Following the announcement of their signing to SOAR/Century Media Records, BLACK TONGUE have confirmed the re-release dates of their EPs ‘FALSIFIER’ & ‘BORN HANGED’ as September 1st.   The ‘Born Hanged : Falsifier (Redux)’ release format will initially be digital only, with the tracks to be included on the physical …

Multi-platinum US rockers GODSMACK move into the fast lane for sixth studio album, ‘1000hp’, set for international release via Spinefarm Records on the 1st September 2014. Since the release of their self-titled debut (1998), the Boston quartet – Sully Erna (lead vocals / guitar), Shannon Larkin (drums), Robbie Merrill (bass) & …

INCITE, the incendiary Phoenix based, hardcore-laced metal outfit fronted by Richie Cavalera, are set to release their new studio album, ‘Up In Hell’ through minusHEAD Records on 1st September. INCITE deliver tried-and-true metal on ‘Up In Hell’ that fearlessly examines everything around them.  Richie states, “We’re a real band. We’ve busted our …

KING 810 release their hotly anticipated debut album, ‘Memoirs of A Murderer’ on 18th August through Roadrunner Records.  The official video for ‘Fat Around The Heart’, directed by John ‘Quig’ Quigley (Eminem, Kid Rock) of Chrome Bumper Films also debuts online today at http://smarturl.it/KING810FATH ‘Memoirs of A Murderer’ is a …

After having played it on stage for about a hundred shows and releasing it on vinyl, tape and CD, now is the time for the Swiss doom/black metal conspirators Rorcal to suggest the very last version of the “Vilagvege” album : the live one. A live record fully self-produced by the band itself, …

Northern Ireland metallians Cursed Sun return to action this summer, with a new EP, ‘The Fall And Rise’ (artwork pictured right). The band will precede the release with a pair of new videos.  The first of these, for the song ‘Unleashed’ – from the band’s debut album, ‘Premonitions’ – will …

About A New Nature: “New ground, new stars, new ways of seeking…” – Esben and the Witch, ‘Blood Teachings’   It is with these mere eight words that Esben and the Witch sum up their past 18 months as the adventurous trio look towards new horizons. A New Nature is …

A little bit more than six months after its official digital/vinyl release, “And water flows”, the debut album by stoner-instrumental power-trio Six Months of Sun is available from now on pay-want-you-want legal Download. The physical 12” vinyl version of the album is also available at the same location.   For the record: based on …

  Dry Heave Records are very proud to announce the release of a limited picture disc album of legendary old school thrashers Nuclear Assault – live at CBGB’s. Recorded off the desk at CBGB’s & onto tape in 1986, drummer Glenn Evans has unearthed this recording from his personal archive …