Album Announcements

UK rock quintet, The Afterparty, are streaming their debut mini-album ‘Distances’, a week ahead of official release on the 7th April.     The six track record, produced by Matt O’Grady, includes ‘Liar Liar’, ‘Open Road’ & new single ‘When The Lights Go Out’, plus three previously unreleased recordings.   …

40 WATT SUN have confirmed that writing is complete, and that this month they have begun the recording of their new album – the follow-up to 2011’s The Inside Room. Recording will take place in Wales throughout the spring and summer, and will be once again self-produced by the band. …

The second NORSE album “All is Mist and Fog” has raked a lot of positive feedback. Since the release it had become a bit silent around the Australians but of course they haven’t taken a break. No, NORSE have been working on several new songs. The result ist a new …

Wwo of Chile’s finest, foulest black/death barbarians, HADES ARCHER and SLAUGHTBBATH, unite for a special split LP courtesy of underground metal vanguard IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS. Set for international release on May 16th, each band occupies their own side of this limited-edition vinyl LP, and each is titled accordingly: HADES ARCHER …

German Epic Metal pioneers EQUILIBRIUM have announced the details of their fourth studio album! Guitarist, composer and lyricist René Berthiaume  has spent almost four years working on their new creation, entitled ‘Erdentempel‘.  The album was recorded, produced and mixed under the direction of René at Helion Studios and mastered at …

Diaries Of A Hero will release their self-titled second album “Diaries Of Hero” on 26th May 2014, via German label Dust On The Tracks. The record will be available on CD and on digital format, via iTunes and Amazon mp3 outlets. The new album sees the band taking a significant …

ANATHEMA return in June with Distant Satellites, their brand new studio album.  Due to be released on the 9th June via Kscope, distant satellites is the highly anticipated follow up to 2012’s Weather Systems, recorded at Cederberg Studios in Oslo, with producer Christer-André Cederberg. The beautifully ethereal artwork was created …

Extreme metal icons ARCH ENEMY will unleash their 9th studio album, War Eternal, worldwide via Century Media Records (Trooper Entertainment in Japan) on June 9th in Europe and June 10th in North America. The artwork for the album was created by Costin Chioreanu, who previously worked with Michael Amott on …

Brooklyn, New York’s TOMBS’ have confirmed Savage Gold as the title of the band’s third album on Relapse Records. The album is set for a June 10th release (North America), June 9th (UK/Europe/World), and June 6th (Germany/Benelux/Finland) and today the artwork and track listing have been revealed. The stunning artwork …

UK death thrashers Seprevation today announce the release of their debut full-length album ‘Consumed’ which is to be independently released 10th May 2014. “Truly evil sounding death metal from Bristol, true to the 80′s and 90′s masters. For fans of Death, Possessed, Sadistic Intent etc.” – Terrorizer Magazine That aforementioned …

Noisey – Music By Vice are streaming the entirety of the brand-new Spooky 7″, a special split release between NUNSLAUGHTER and ACID WITCH, released this week by HELLS HEADBANGERS. If ever there was a perfect HELLS HEADBANGERS record, Spooky would be it: a split 7″ EP between two of the …

New York-based black metal crew, BLACK ANVIL, is pleased to announce the long-anticipated release of their third full-length. Blowing minds and eardrums since forming in 2007, BLACK ANVIL’s aptly titled Hail Death is their most epic and fully realized album to date. It’s one of those rare releases that not …

Goatwhore‘s new album, “Constricting Rage of the Merciless,” is scheduled for release in North America on July 7th. “Constricting Rage of the Merciless” was recorded with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, FL. This is Goatwhore’s fourth studio outing with Rutan at the helm, and to …

  WHO THE F**K ARE CROBOT? “..the American version of Wolfmother, a Kings of Leon on speed”  – Centre Daily Times (PA) “Crobot blew the minds of everyone in attendance…epic display of cosmic awesomeness.  My face was so f**king melted that I must’ve looked like Joan Rivers stepping out of a …

Swiss Hard Rock outfit KROKUS are returning with a live album – the new album, entitled ‘Long Stick Goes Boom’, is penned for a May 26 release date via Sonic Music. The band comments:   “With our career spanning for almost 40 years, having played over 2000 shows throughout the years …

Four years have passed since Central California’s death metal unit, Etched In Stone unleashed their debut album, ‘Emulate The Defiler.’ Following that the band was forced to take an unexpected break as they dealt with multiple shifts in their line up. This also led to numerous setbacks in recording their …

San Francisco’s veteran thrashers EXODUS have entered a studio in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap to record their eleventh studio album. Guitarist and songwriter Gary Holt has issued the following update: “We are well into drum tracks; everything is going super smooth and Tom [Hunting] is just killing it! …

Renowned Scottish underground metallers Achren are set to release a new EP, entitled ‘The White Death‘ on the 7th April 2014 as a limited, numbered run of 250 digipack CDs. Featuring three brand new tracks and clocking in at over 15 minutes it’s the band’s first new release since their …

Northern Ireland’s DARKEST ERA have revealed the cover artwork and track listing for their forthcoming album ‘Severance‘ which is due for release June 13th in the UK via Cruz Del Sur. The album was recorded at Data Recording Studios in Ballyheigue, Ireland and produced by Chris Fielding and Darkest Era. …

British progressive metal act THRESHOLD have just revealed the title of their upcoming new record,set for release at the end of September via Nuclear Blast Records. The album will be entitled ‘For The Journey’ and is the successor to their hugely succesful 2012 output ‘March Of Progress’. The album is …