RIVERS OF NIHIL unveils “Monarchy”, their sophomore full length album. The record will be available worldwide on Metal Blade Records on August 21, 2015. A brand new track, along with pre-order bundles, is available online now. Fans can visit metalblade.com/riversofnihil to hear “Perpetual Growth Machine” and reserve copies now. …
Read More »Dew-Scented – Intermination
Veteran German and Dutch extreme thrash-death act Dew-Scented has released its tenth and latest studio effort, titled Intermination, on Metal Blade Records. The digital edition of Intermination contains 15 tracks of high speed malevolence that promises to sweep rage and fury across the airwaves. The band seeks to build inter-album …
Read More »Entrails – Obliteration
Fans of the original wave of Swedish death metal are in for a treat, from Entrails‘s latest release, Obliteration. As the band says, it’s ten tracks of “death metal and nothing else.” Entrails formed around the same time that bands like Entombed and Grave were just beginning to garner some …
Read More »Ensiferum Interview, April 2015
A band composed of collaborative writers, excellent arrangers, and fantastic musicians, titan Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum recently treated the world to it’s latest release, One Man Army. In 2015, the band celebrated 20 years together, partially with the release of One Man Army, their critically-acclaimed release for Metal Blade …
Read More »ABIOTIC To Release Sophomore Album “Casuistry” April
South Florida’s ABIOTIC emerged in 2010 with a flourish of riffs, solos, and technical breakdowns that culminated in the release of their debut EP in 2011. “A Universal Plague” set the stage for the band’s first few years of existence. What was immediately apparent: guitarists John Matos and Matt Mendez …
Read More »NATIVE CONSTRUCT To Release Debut Album in April
NATIVE CONSTRUCT is the product of collaboration between several students that began in 2011 at the storied Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Guitarist and composer Myles Yang’s passion for innovation, coupled with his extensive academic study of arranging and compositional techniques, makes NATIVE CONSTRUCT a truly distinctive up-and-coming …
Read More »Ensiferum – One Man Army
Finnish melodic folk-death metal band Ensiferum has released their sixth studio album through Metal Blade Records, titled One Man Army. The band, which takes it’s name from a Latin word translating to “Sword bearing,” has included 15 aggressive tracks, counting the four bonus tracks, for eager fan consumption. Overall, One Man …
Read More »SORCERER Sign to Metal Blade; New Album Out 24th March
Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish epic doom metal legends, SORCERER! SORCERER will release their Metal Blade debut In The Shadow Of The Inverted CrossMarch 24th on CD, vinyl, and digitally. Pre-orders for the album are available now, along with the brand new video for …
Read More »VISIGOTH Debut Song “From the Arcane Mists of Prophecy”
Salt Lake City Utah’s VISIGOTH will release their debut album The Revenant King January 27th via Metal Blade Records. Today the band presents the third offering from the upcoming release. Decibel Magazine’s “Deciblog” is hosting an exclusive stream of the ten minute epic track “From the Arcane Mists of Prophecy” …
Read More »Cripper – Hyena.
Hyena, the fourth studio album by Cripper is so overwhelming I gave up taking notes about halfway through listening to it as it is almost impossible to describe these eleven tracks of an almost perfect mix of thrash and death metal. The focal point of the band for me is …
Read More »VISIGOTH Premiere Title Track “The Revenant King”
Salt Lake City Utah’s VISIGOTH will release their debut album The Revenant King January 27th via Metal Blade Records. Until today the only song from Revenant King available to stream was “Dungeon Master”, but that changes today. NPR is hosting an exclusive world premiere of the title track”The Revenant King”. …
Read More »Portrait – Interview with Christian Lindell
Following the release of their acclaimed third album, ‘Crossroads’ back in April (read our review at http://planetmosh.com/portrait-crossroads-album-review/), Swedish metallians Portrait have been keeping busy, touring in support of said opus. Not content with that, however, they’ve also teamed up with fellow countrymen and Metal Blade labelmates RAM to record and …
Read More »PlanetMosh Readers Album of the Year 2014 – poll
PlanetMosh have compiled a poll for the best albums released in 2014 and now we are asking YOU, our readers, to pick your three favourite albums from 2014. The Poll will remain open until Saturday December 27th at 18.00. Will you agree with our Staff ? The PlanetMosh Album Of …
Read More »Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen.
Just before I was to review Primordial‘s eighth studio album I was asked to compile my top 10 albums of 2014 for Planetmosh and had it all worked out until I played Where Greater Men Have Fallen. After the albums hour long duration it was a no brainer that it …
Read More »PORTRAIT release RAM cover “Blessed To Be Cursed”
Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and PORTRAIT join forces for a split album entitled “Under Command” to be released the 8th of December via Metal Blade Records! Side A RAM 1. Savage Machine (new song) 2. Welcome To My Funeral (originally performed by Portrait) 3. Creatures Of The Night (originally performed by KISS) Side …
Read More »ENSIFERUM announce album title and release date for 2015
Ensiferum have completed work on their upcoming new album, “One Man Army.” The band spent the last few weeks at Astia Studio in Lappeenranta in Finland with producer Anssi Kippo. The album is scheduled for release on February 24 in North America, and February 23/20 in UK/Europe. New music, art, …
Read More »CRIPPER launches fourth and last webisode for new album “Hyena”
CRIPPER has launched the fourth studio video for their new album “Hyëna” to be released on the 25th November 2014! Visit metalblade.com/cripper to check it out and see Britta work on her vocal recordings. At the same location you can stream the third webisode as well as the new song …
Read More »King Diamond – Dreams Of Horror.
It is almost 30 years since King Diamond left Mercyful Fate in 1985 to form his solo band and is miraculously still touring following a triple heart bypass operation 4 years ago and has just completed a 2 month tour of North America . His trademark banshee vocals are still …
Read More »Thomas Giles launches “Modern Noise” studio video part 1
Thomas Giles, the solo project from Between the Buried and Me front man, Tommy Rogers, has released the first studio video from the recording sessions for “Modern Noise.” The video highlights drummer Will Goodyear and his approach to the album, working with Tommy Rogers and Jamie King, and more. Watch …
Read More »JOB FOR A COWBOY stream “Sun Eater” in its entirety online
“Sun Eater” is the fourth full-length album from Job for a Cowboy, and is scheduled for release via Metal Blade Records worldwide next week! Thus far, the album has blown away fans and critics, with heavyblogsisheavy.com proclaiming “The album’s two opening tracks sound nothing like the band of the past” …
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