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  Album Artwork MEGADETH on the October 30th revealed the full track listing for their self-titled final album that’s due out January 23, 2026. Pre-order the album, via DAVE MUSTAINE’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label, HERE . The album includes ‘Tipping Point’, the previously released first single, and a very special bonus track: a reimagined version of ‘Ride The Lightning’, which MUSTAINE co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album. “As I come full circle on the career of a lifetime, the decision to include ‘Ride The Lightning’, a song I co-wrote with James, Lars, and Cliff, was to pay my respects to where my career first started,” MUSTAINE says. The album’s full track listing is as follows: Tipping Point I Don’t Care Hey, God?! Let There Be Shred Puppet Parade Another Bad Day Made To Kill Obey The Call I Am War The Last Note Ride The Lightning (Bonus Tr...

  Boston legends CAVE IN announce the Until Your Heart Stops (Deluxe Edition) reissues! The classic genre-defining album is now remastered with the originally intended track sequence, and features previously unreleased bonus material including demos and re-envisioned artwork with a lenticular print! Until Your Heart Stops (Deluxe Edition) is out physically March 31, 2023 on 4xLP/2xLP/3CD/2CD/CS. Pre-Order via Relapse.com HERE . Listen to the remastered Until Your Heart Stops (Deluxe Edition) on all streaming services HERE . Watch a full Until Your Heart Stops (Deluxe Edition) unboxing video with Stephen Brodsky & Adam McGrath on Relapse’s YouTube channel HERE . DELUXE UNTIL YOUR HEART STOPS 4XLP Strictly limited to 340 deluxe package includes the 4xLP with each LP on a unique half 'n half with splatter colourway, plus a specially designed 12" x 12" lenticular print of the iconic cover art - both exclusive to this package. The one-time pressing deluxe 4xLP Boxset fea...

  The heavy metal, dark, madcap visionaries, collectively known as AVATAR, have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest in which they have been working on their ninth studio album, Dance Devil Dance, due for release 17th February 2023. Pre-order HERE . The record will be released in multiple vinyl configurations. The configurations can be seen below: Clouds Dipped in Chrome Super Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Metal O-Card with embossed Avatar emblem - 2 pocket silver board gatefold vinyl with platinum Dance Devil Dance vinyl - 24 page photo book - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Hazmat Suit Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Embossed Gatefold with 3 colour A SIDE / B SIDE Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member with lyrics - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Dance Devil Dance Standard Vinyl Includes: - Embossed gatefold jacket with red opaque Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member Additionally, the band have shared the album track listing, includin...

  Poland's provocative black/thrash outfit WITCHMASTER announces "Kaźń" as the title of its new studio album, set for release on November 25th via Agonia Records. Read on for cover artwork, traclisting and other details. WITCHMASTER ends its seven-year slumber to bring more chaos and clamour through the art of blackaned thrash metal. Since 1996, the band descends deeper and deeper into an absurd theatre of cruelty, pursuing the cold embrace of aural depravity and darkness. "Sipping blood from skulls and gnawing the bones of old gods, we hope to let you down once again," comments the band perversely. WITCHMASTER comprises bassist and vocalist Reyash (Azarath (live), ex-Vader, Supremer Lord), guitarist and vocalist Kali (Five the Hierophant, ex-Profanum), drummer and guitarist Inferno (Azarath, Behemoth) and vocalist Bastis (ex-Profanum). "Kaźń" was recorded at Satanic Audio (Blaze of Perdition, Behemoth) by Harald Grunberg and mixed and mastered at the ...

  "Origin" is the title of ANTROPOFAGUS' long-awaited fourth studio album. The Italian brutal death metal quartet will have the album released via Agonia Records on October 28th. A new single and music video is to follow in September. Featuring ten new compositions, "Origin" was recorded, engineered and mixed at MK2 Recording Studio by the band's drummer, Davide Billia (ex-Hour Of Penance, Beheaded), and mastered at Hertz Studio by Wojtek Wieslawski (Vader, Behemoth, Decapitated). The cover artwork and layout was designed by Stefano Mattioni. The album features guest appearances from Mick Montaguti (Electrocution), Matt Sotelo (Decrepit Birth) and Dallas Toler-Wade (Narcotic Wasteland, ex-Nile). ANTROPOFAGUS plays complex, technical and brutal death metal, and made its first steps onto the scene in the late nineties, heavily inspired by band's such as Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse and Deeds Of Flesh. Until the unveiling of "Origin", "No Wa...

  Recorded at Long Wave Studios and Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Romesh Dodangoda (Those Damn Crows, Inglorious, Motorhead, Nova Twins, Don Broco), UK hard rock band, Jordan Red, have unveiled details of their forthcoming debut album. ‘Hands That Built The World’ fuses melodic elements of 21st-century rock and alternative metal with high energy pulses of modern punk. Jordan Red taps into the human psyche with a collection of songs that subconsciously and unconsciously tackle what it means to simply 'be' in fast, furious, and often difficult times. Watch 'Hands That Built The World' (official trailer): https://youtu.be/fsLGPivQ2-A Watch ‘Spilling My Blood’ (official lyric video): https://youtu.be/in81eD0GHIA Produced by 12 Inch Media (Alter Bridge, Five Finger Death Punch, Nothing More). http://12inchmedia.com/ The band have announced that a new song 'Before They Burn Us All' will be available as an instant grat track with all album pre-orders via iTunes a...

  Fast-rising rockers Brazen Bull, a youthful band from East Anglia, are set to release the details of their debut album, the aptly titled ‘Brazen Bull’. The band mix a classic and modern rock sound with heavy metal edges; in their music the band have created a unique sound that is palatable for both rock and heavy metal fans. Since their inception in 2018 the band have already had some big successes with support slots alongside HigherOn Maiden, Atorc and Renegade Twelve. Following this, the band hooked up with Raoul Crane of Blaze Studios to get to work on their debut album, the self-titled ‘Brazen Bull’.Brazen Bull released the first single, ‘Angel’s Nails’, in November 2020, to which they had a very positive reaction from fans and gathered over 5000 streams through Spotify and other streaming services. The band then released their second single ‘Stray Wolf’ in December. Tracklisting 1. Angel’s Nails 2. Collapse 3. In the Interest of Humanity 4. Pactin Blo...

Get ready as something special is about to be unleashed, heed “The Calling”, it‘s a killer slab of high quality melodic metal mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert (Alestorm, Gloryhammer) and contains the following tracks: 1.Possess Me 2.Demons Inside 3.Overdrive 4.Curse Of Olympus 5.No Survivors 6.Memories Lost 7.Into The Light 8.Into The Dark 9.Tempest Returns 10.The Calling The album cover was designed by Claudio Bergamin (Judas Priest, Battle Beast). Check out the video for the brand new track “Overdrive” below: Here‘s what the band had to say about it: "This was the first song we wrote for this album, it's about how it feels to be firing on all cylinders again. We tell this through the tale of a Mad Max style character, knocking down everyone who stands in his way, settling old scores before carrying on his journey. The song has all that euphoria and drive chanelled into it, alternating between fast, slamming riffs and big melodic chord progressions topped ...

On June 1st NERVOSA will deliver their blistering slab of metal on Napalm Records. Get ready for the "Downfall of Mankind". This Brazilian all-female thrash commando unit is synonymous with raw aggression and untamed power. They deliver a massive punch to the face and a kick in the gut on their albums, and when they take to the stage they are a force to be reckoned with. For their third album "Downfall of Mankind", the trio joined forces with producer Martin Furia who has worked with artists including the likes of Destruction, Flotsam & Jetsam and Evil Invaders. Fernanda Lira comments on the new album: "We're really happy about this new album. It's a way more mature and aggressive record and we can definitely say it's our favorite so far!" NERVOSA are currently on the road with Venom Inc. and Suffocation throughout Europe. A complete list of dates can be found below. The full track listing of "Downfall of Mankind" reads as fo...

Melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS are about to unleash their latest offering entitled Queen Of Timeon May 18th via Nuclear Blast. The band is teasing fans with a taster of what to expect from their 10th studio album. Listen to opening track 'The Bee', here: https://youtu.be/xf_4uvymwRw Guitarist Esa Holopainen explains thew track: "This song is a very powerful opener and gives a nice picture of what the whole album is all about. You can already hear some new elements like choirs and orchestral arrangements in it." With vocalist Tomi Joutsen adding: "Of course, the lyrical inspiration is a bee, also in a metaphoric way. The tiniest thing can sometimes be the most important thing. A bee can bring life or if we destroy all the bees, life will stop here. It's a very beautiful animal, that's why you can find it on the album cover too. The track itself is a kind of progressive and I'm sure that it will surprise some fans in a positive...

Swedish thrashers DEFIATORY are about to release their second album, titled “HADES RISING”. The album marks the continuation of the band’s collaboration with Black Lion Records, following up their debut release “EXTINCT”, released in 2016. "Hades Rising" carries on from the aggressive thrash metal sound established on the debut album, evolving into more rhythmic and melodic sessions, granting more variety without losing focus on what is important in the old school style of thrash metal. The album, containing 11 tracks of relentless neck-wrecking thrash metal, with an amazing artwork painted by Mika Rudin, will be released this May 11 on CD formats . As soon the band finished the album, they started to work on two music videos, the first one, "In Hell" is out now: DEFIATORY notes, “‘In Hell’ takes the listener through the horrors of war and the helplessness and madness striking the soldiers fighting it. Are you fighting for the right side? Who is t...

San Diego-based trio Earthless return with their new full-length album Black Heaven on March 16 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The band are sharing the album's title track, ahead of kicking off their eagerly-anticipated US and EU tour:  https://youtu.be/0QvV3J5buvk   “A whirlwind ride through dark clouds and muddy waters, hi-energy sludge that rolls and heavy riffage that rocks”, is how drummer Mario Rubalcaba describes 'Black Heaven'. “Psychedelic sprinkles all over the place make me wanna turn this sucker up loud as hell only to howl at the heavens!" “The main riff for ‘Black Heaven’ came about during a soundcheck in Australia in 2015”, adds bass player Mike Eginton. “I think we sort of played that riff a little bit several times on that tour while we were setting up. Other parts came in over the following years, but it wasn’t ever worked on very seriously until we started working on Black Heaven. Then it came together pretty quickly when we started jam...

The time has finally come! After more than seven years of silence, DIMMU BORGIR mark their epic return and unveil the first song of their new full-length album Eonian, due to be released on May 4th via Nuclear Blast. This first track off the new record, the symphonically charged 'Interdimensional Summit', comes with a music video shot by Patric Ullaeus, who had previously worked with the band for the clips of 'Progenies of the Great Apocalypse', 'Sorgens Kammer - Del II' and the award-winning 'The Serpentine Offering'. The song represents the more epic side of a devilish and diverse album, which pays tribute to all eras of the band's 25-years-long history. Watch the music video for 'Interdimensional Summit' here: https://youtu.be/P7vg7ir8jyc The 7'' EP with the new track and 'Puritania (Live In Oslo)' is released today and available here: http://nblast.de/DimmuBorgirSummit In addition, the pre-sale for the ne...

Swedish brutal, melodic, old-school death metal tyrants DEMONICAL, will emerge with a brand new, fifth studio album titled "Chaos Manifesto", on March 23rd in Europe and April 27th in North America via Agonia Records. Listen to the first single "Towards Greater Gods" on YouTube, at this link: https://youtu.be/K6sNSADX_Fo DEMONICAL arose from the ashes of formerly disbanded Centinex in 2006, and in comparison to its older sibling, executes death metal in a far more impetuous and melodic manner. "Chaos Manifesto" is a testament to that statement. After nearly five years since the release of the last full-length album "Darkness Unbound" (2013), the Swede's - now led by a new prominent death growler Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex) - continue the traditional DEMONICAL path with fierce HM-2 driven death metal of utter brutality, yet return in a partially new, yet fully fit five-piece line-up. From the violent album open...