Album Announcements

Portland, Oregon’s LORD DYING have completed recording their much anticipated sophomore album and are currently on a West Coast tour with stoner/sludge trio Castle.  The new record, entitled Poisoned Altars, was recorded with Toxic Holocaust’s Joel Grind (Black Tusk) at Audiosiege Studios in Portland and will be released January 27, 2015 (1/26 …

Satan’s Host deliver their masterwork with ‘Pre-dating god Parts 1 & 2‘! Both albums will be released simultaneously by Moribund Records on the 19th January 2015 in Europe/UK and January 20th, 2015 in North America. Striking while the iron’s hot after 2013’s critically acclaimed Virgin Sails, the two-disc Pre-dating god …

As one of the cornerstones of British Rock, Rainbow, led by the never-predictable but  ever-astonishing guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of the seventies and eighties. From the mystic and quasi-religious ‘Stargazer’ and ‘Man On A Silver Mountain’ to …

Portuguese death metal powerhouse Annihilation have now unleashed their highly anticipated EP, The Undivided. Containing six tracks of punishing death metal, The Undivided will please even the most picky death metal fans. To celebrate the  release, the band have made the EP available as a “pay what you want” download on their …

Groove Metal monsters Bhayanak Maut have released their sophomore album ‘Man‘. The band posted the album artwork on their Facebook page with a single word ‘YES’ and a link to their website. The album is already available on www.bhayanakmaut.com and is available only in the digital format and comes with …

Atlanta’s southern rock kings BLACKBERRY SMOKE are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Holding All The Roses‘ on 9th February 2015 through Earache Records. Produced by studio legend Brendan O’Brien (AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Black Crowes), the newie follows hot on the heels of August’s double live album/DVD …

Release Date: 3rd November 2014,Praise for previous album “Faith In Sleep” “Extremely accomplished” – Kerrang! “Gorgeous” – Metal Hammer “Expertly cohesive” – Rocksound Prosperina are set to release their second album ‘Harness – Minus’ through Maybe Records (Karma To Burn, The Toadies, Sucioperro) on 3rd November 2014. South Wales’ Prosperina …

ZERO DOWN “NO LIMIT TO THE EVIL” COMING SOON ON CD AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Formed in 2002, Zero Down consists of five veteran musicians from the Seattle Metal/Punk Rock scene that cast iron 70’s Arena Rock and NWOBHM guitar riffs with hardcore punk intensity. Zero Down has shared the stage …

Brighton based Drum and Bass/Rock fusionists The Qemists are pleased to announce a full UK tour for next March kicking off at The Thekla in Bristol on March 4th, to support the release of their new album ‘Warrior Sound’. Following stand out performances at Japan’s Mt Fuji Rock Festival, Russia’s …

Starset is set to release their debut studio album Transmissions on 24th November 2014 via Razor & Tie. The album was produced by Rob Graves (All That Remains, Red). Starset is a rock band from Columbus, Ohio formed by Dustin Bates (he was formerly the lead singer with the group …

Norway’s Sarpedon are finally poised to unleash themselves onto the metal scene, having been years in the making. A long-time project of guitarist Torgeir P. Krokfjord, the band have been working together for several years – and whilst all members have been pursuing other projects and careers throughout, the Sarpedon …

Midlands thrashers REIGN OF FURY have announced that their highly anticipated follow up to 2012’s World Detonation will be released on 27th FEBRUARY 2015. Title DEATH BE THY SHEPHERD the band have promised a heavier offering showcasing their development as a band through extensive touring over the last two years. …

Two years and a half after the reunion of the band and then, the Deluxe reissue of the acclaimed “X-rated”, Belgian speed-metal legends Drakkar are back this fall with a brand new full-length album called “Once upon a time… in Hell”. A new effort recorded with a line-up including Jonas Sanders as drummer (KomaH, Pro-Pain, Zuul FX) to come this …

REQUIEM brand new album, The Unexplainable Truth, is out now via Cleopatra Records (E1)! In celebration, the Santa Cruz, CA metalcore quintet have teamed up with KNAC.COM for a full album stream. Listen here: http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=13491   REQUIEM vocalist Steven Juliano states, ‘This was simply one of the finest albums I …

Prosperina are set to release their second album ‘Harness – Minus’ through Maybe Records (Karma To Burn, The Toadies, Sucioperro) on 3rd November 2014. South Wales’ Prosperina released their debut Faith In Sleep to widespread critical acclaim at the tail end of 2012. Unanimously lauded by the mainstream rock press, …

Fromer Enuff Z’nuff singer/songwriter DONNIE VIE will release his brand new solo album “The White Album“, on 1st December 2014 via Cargo Records. The doulbe CD album contains 17 all new classic Vie cuts as well as versions of the Chicago classic ‘25 or 6 to 4‘ and John Lennon‘s …

SYLOSIS are set to release their fourth studio album Dormant Heart on the 12th of January 2015 and in anticipation of the release, we recorded a series of official album interviews with front man Josh Middleton. The first trailer is now online and sees Josh discussing the title of the new album, where …

IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION is hard at work finishing up the writing process of our next album tentatively titled “Triumphia.” The long awaited follow up to “Recurring Themes” will be a concept album ranging into the 65+ minute range, and to say that they are excited about it would be a …

SPV / Steamhammer will release one of NWoBHM cult albums on December 1st (Germany November 28th, USA late January 2015) “Power From The Universe” was digitally re-mastered and will come in a high class digipak incl. 4 bonus tracks and a new extended booklet incl. liner notes, history special and …

They’ve found the keys, they’ve given the Big Truck a service, and they’re ready to put it back out on show… As exclusively revealed here on PlanetMosh earlier this month, Northern Ireland’s favourite hard rockers, Trucker Diablo, are back in action after an eight month hiatus. Following on from the …