Album Announcements

Though Kingston, NY’s blues-based stoner/psych trio Geezer originally released their 2014 EP Gage on VERY limited vinyl through STB Records, selling out almost immediately, Ripple Music is now teaming up with STB to release the worldwide version on February 9th in Europe/UK and February 10th in North America. More on …

Oxford-based riff-hounds, DESERT STORM, have today unveiled details of their upcoming album, and confirmed an appearance at the London edition of Desertfest 2015. The five piece band entered the studio earlier this year to lay down the tracks for the album, which will be titled ‘Omniscient’. They recorded the ten …

Mancunian slam crew INGESTED have built a reputation as one of the most savage death metal acts to come out of the UK for a long time. Punishing beat-downs, epic riffage, guttural vocals and blistering speed are just some of the weapons in Ingested’s musical arsenal. 2015 now sees Ingested …

Phoenix-based Sludge/Stoner metal band TWINGIANT have made their upcoming album Devil Down available for preorder on Bandcamp. You can reserve your copy of Devil Down here: https://twingiant.bandcamp.com/album/devil-down The album’s bewitching single “Daisy Cutter” is currently available to stream on the TWINGIANT Bandcamp. This track showcases why the band has been generating …

Ascension Lost is set to be the third album from Munich’s THULCANDRA, whose reputation as independent and especially melancholic-melodic Black metallers is excellent as ever. The brand new, masterpiece will be released on February 2nd in the UK & February, 10th US/CAN on Napalm Records. It will enthrall with darkly …

Eighteen years. Twelve albums. Two Gold Records. Thirty-plus transatlantic treks. Fifteen Top 40 singles. Arena tours across 11 countries with Guns N Roses. A video trilogy starring Elijah Wood and Ralph Macchio. A feature- length documentary. An oral-history biography. Personal invites from Lemmy to join Motörhead on the road (and …

Australian black metal cult Pestilential Shadows stream the entirety of their new album, Ephemeral – out now on Seance Records – at Zero Tolerance magazine’s website. One of Australian black metal’s longest-running and most revered forces in the underground, Ephemeral retains Pestilential Shadows’ signature poetic heaviness and melody but twists the dagger deeper into the soul. …

NIGHTWISH’s yet-untitled record will be the band’s first studio album to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen and is set for release in Spring 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The band has been rolling out a series of trailers covering the new recording and today sees the release of the 7th trailer, titled ‘Almost There!’. Watch as the band recaps their summer …

The psychedelic progressive rock group Mabel Greer’s Toyshop, which sprouted the first shoots of YES, have reunited and announced a new album entitled New Way Of Life, which will be released on 9th March through RSK Entertainment. The opening track Electric Funeral premieres on YouTube today.  New Way Of Life …

Worldwide horrorcore phenoms TWIZTID recently announced that their new album, The Darkness, will hit stores on January 27, 2015 via their new label, Majik Ninja Entertainment. Starting this Black Friday (November 28th), The Darkness will be available for pre-order at www.Twiztid-Shop.com along with brand new merchandise. In addition, fans who …

Three years after the release of their first album “Any fear calms down”, French metallers Khynn will be back very soon with a brand new full-length effort called “Supersymmetry”. The album is expected for early 2015 with two music videos and bonus stuff.   KHYNN was created in 2004. The band, based …

Seminal rock band Project 86 has released their long-awaited 9th studio album, Knives To The Future, today. The record is currently available for purchase at iTunes and from the band at http://project86.gobigwin.com/.   Additionally, fans can stream the new album in its entirety now at AltPress.com: http://bit.ly/1tWEWco   Project 86’s …

Alternative rock band Magnets and Ghosts has released their new EP titled be born, today. The record is currently available for purchase at iTunes and is streaming now at Spotify.   Hailing from Los Angeles, by way of Atlanta, Magnets and Ghosts is a duo consisting of writing and production …

Dallas, Texas-based, supersonic, intergalactic heavy rock trio and family unit Mothership have released their thunderous sophomore album, Mothership II, via Ripple Music. In honor of its release, The Obelisk is streaming the second single from the album, “Holy Massacre,” today. The Obelisk comments that “The song’s fluidity, natural tonality, live …

On the eve of their appearance at this weekend’s Hard Rock Hell, NWOBHM veterans Vardis have announced that they are to record and release their first live album in almost 35 years! The recording will take place at Unity Works, Unity Hall, Wakefield, on Saturday 13 December, with the result being released some time in …

‘Sermons Of The Infidel’ contains a selection of 15 songs from Countess’ past. These tracks were selected by the band and all – save two live songs – were recorded again specifically for this album, throughout 2013 and 2014. Eight of these tracks were released in 2013 as a digital-only …

Fresh off their US Tour, American Power Trio PRONG finished an album of cover versions, putting their distinct spin on an array of tracks originally recorded by artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Adolescents, The Sisters Of Mercy, Killing Joke, Hüsker Dü and Neil Young.   Tommy Victor: “PRONG …

Introducing MAMMOTH BLACK – the newest and grittiest band to come out of Virginia. Self-described as heavy sludge rock, the band will release their debut album Death Is Not Ashamed on December 9, 2014 via Stonerkill Records. Production on Death Is Not Ashamed was completed earlier this fall with Dick …

‘Beyond The Red Mirror’ is the title of the highly-anticipated tenth studio album by Germany’s favorite sons and metal’s most epic storytellers BLIND GUARDIAN.  Prepare to have your senses overwhelmed. Four-and-a-half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘At The Edge Of Time’ (which debuted at #2 on the …

After taking a trip back in time with the “Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)” album and the last studio album “Tragic Idol” (2012) which entered the charts in over 10 European countries– most notably #2 in UK Rock Charts, #6 in Germany, #15 in Austria, #30 in France and #32 …