Album Announcements

SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL, the definitive melodic death metal album from Gothenburg legends AT THE GATES, is available now on limited edition Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP. Originally released in 1995, SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL is regularly cited as one of the most important and influential metal albums of all …

One of the most promising extreme metal outfits to emerge in the last 5 years, Saille, today reveals details for a brand new concept album. Featuring 9 tracks and 55 minutes of epic black metal in which the band have explored several well known masterpieces of classic and modern horror …

The Girl From Detroit City is a beautifully presented 4-CD boxed set, celebrating an amazing 50 years in the music business for rock ‘n’ roll queen, Suzi Quatro. The 82 tracks on offer here span the whole of Suzi’s career, including three songs by the Pleasure Seekers, the all-girl rock band, which …

In the run up to their eagerly awaited new EP release; Sheffield’s (UK) emerging alt/metal-core outfit Inherit The Stars are offering their critically acclaimed 2013 debut album ‘We Were Made To Walk The Skies’ as a free download. By fusing elements of post hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock and metal, …

Sweidsh death metal unit CENTINEX will release a new comeback album entitled Redeeming Filth on the 21st of November in Europe and on the 9th of December in North America via Agonia Records. Returning after an almost eight-year hiatus, the band decided to revive the spirit that originally begun in …

Legendary cult label Undergroove has announced an addition to it’s growing roster with the recent signing of Welsh psychedelic doomers SPIDER KITTEN. The label will release SPIDER KITTEN’s next record, ‘Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree‘ on 27th October. The album is a wretched, tormented exploration of Norse Sagas and Eddas, painstakingly …

Formed by Rammstein’s Richard Kruspe, Emigrate have now set the release date for their new studio album – the follow up to the 2007 self-titled debut, a Top 10 German chart entry. Titled ‘Silent So Long’, this sophomore outing – produced by Emigrate themselves and mixed in Los Angeles by …

The definitive Primus line-up – Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander – are back together and set to release their first full-length studio set in nearly 20 years, ‘Primus & the Chocolate Factory,’ due out on ATO Records on 3rd November. “The idea was to combine the …

FLYLEAF are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Between The Stars’ via earMUSIC/Loud & Proud Records on the 3rd November 2014. With producer extraordinaire, Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Bullet For My Valentine) manning the board, the band holed up in an LA studio with him for a …

AT THE GATES are soon to release their highly anticipated “At War With Reality” comeback album, their first studio effort in 19 years.  A first online music teaser, featuring more of the stunning artwork designed by Costin Chioreanu / twilight13media.com for “At War With Reality”, can be seen below. And …

Steve Rothery, highly respected guitarist and founder member of UK prog giants Marillion, is proud to present his long awaited solo album ‘The Ghosts of Pripyat’. Rothery comments, “This album has been a long time coming. I had an offer to record a solo album during the recording of ‘Misplaced …

The release date of the CALIBRE ZERO album “Con Las Botas Puestas” on CD is September 19th 2014. The preorder phase will start on September 5th 2014 from the Pure Steel Webshop. CALIBRE ZERO, active since 2005, improve from album to album. On their fourth release you will find high …

Jamie-Lee Smit is a young and talented belgian singer and model.  She has been widely known with her metal band Azylya, wich released a critically acclaimed album and performed at big festivals like Metal Female Voices Festival, PPM Festival, Damen Of Darkness Festival and many more. Following to her extensive …

British hard rock giants TEN are returning with what is already being acclaimed as the best album in their history. ‘ALBION’ is the title of the album, the term being the earliest documented name for the collective British Isles from the time of Queen Boadicia. ‘ALBION’ is fine collection of …

Italian metal stronghold Iron Tyrant is tremendously proud to announce that a deal has been made with the legendary Mortuary Drape to release the band’s next full-length LP/CD this autumn, on a worldwide basis. The album, whose title is still undisclosed, is the band’s first in 10 years, and the …

Italian Speen Metallers EXPLORER are pleased to announce their new album “Shout In The Fog” to set to be released on the 12th September via Iron Shield Records. The Explorer Band was born in 2004 from the ashes of various local groups with the intention to play cover songs of …

French Heavy Metallers Lonewolf are pleased to announce the first details of their new album. “Cult Of Steel” was produced by the band and recorded by Xavier Sindt at Microclimat Studio. Charles Greywolf (Powerwolf) mixed and mastered it at Studio Greywolf.  Peter Salaï is responsible for the cover artwork. The …

German Gothic Folk/Prog rockers Lyriel, based on the wonderful mix of vocalist Jessica Thierjung and the cello and backing vocals of Linda Laukamp, began life back in 2003, but since then have been ploughing a successful furrow in the Folk / Gothic Rock scene with the albums “Prisonworld”, “Autumntales”, “Paranoid …

The project D8 Dimension was born in early 2009, thanks to five musicians coming from different backgrounds which decided to be part of an Alternative Metal band with aggressive sounds. After numerous live appearances and important competitions, the band changed direction and musical level, by focusing on sound characterized by …

The German Dark Metallers have now unveiled the cover artwork, track listing and tour dates of the upcoming album!  Songs as black as the night, texts from bitter cold reality. NACHTBLUT are set to release their upcoming album Chimonas on the 3rd November in the UK via Napalm Records. Tracklist: …