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With their breathtaking debut album "As Life Decays" available since February 14th, Switzerland's technic/melodic death metal unit ARCAIN have published a video for "Toxic Mankind". Shot and produced by Oliver König/Pavement Graphics, the video perfectly reflects the energy these guys put into their music. Watch the video Dry to the bone brutality and a great deal of technical finesse are the trademarks of the Swiss quintet. "As Life Decays" is available as a high-quality DigiPak at MDD, directly from the band and everywhere else where there is good music, as well as on all relevant download and streaming platforms! Orders: MDD: https://mdd-records.de/arcaine AMZN: https://amzn.to/2uv0qri NB: https://www.nuclearblast.de/de/produkte/tontraeger/cd/cd-digi/arcaine-as-life-decays.html Digital: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7EHvdA8GXt9H4UtFX8zHD2 Apple/iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/as-life-decays/1492277935 AMZN Music: https://amzn.to/2...

APOSENTO 1st single, cover art and tracklist revealed! The legendary APOSENTO, a veteran act of the Spanish Death Metal scene, have just revealed details of what will be their third album. Entitled "Conjuring the New Apocalypse", it is set to be released on May 5th, 2020 through Xtreem Music on CD and 12"LP formats. APOSENTO were born in 1990. After two demos and the mini CD "Welcome to Darkness", they disbanded in 1997 until their reunion in 2012, year that saw them releasing another mini CD entitled "Return to Death". After they have signed with Xtreem Music, it was time to launch their debut full-length, "Aposento" (2014), and the sophomore album "Bleed to Death" (2017). The chosen title for their third record is "Conjuring the New Apocalypse" and features 10 new tracks in their traditional style, with brutal and powerful old-school classic Death Metal. The album was recorded and mixed by Dan Díez at Track Stereo Studi...

DeFox Records and Heart Of Steel Records are proudly to announce the third album of Heavy Metal band from Sparta called SOCIAL SCREAM. The album titled “Organic Mindset” contains ten solid songs with the clear purpose of blending the solid impact of traditional Heavy Metal with grooving vibes. Influenced by the old school pioneers of the genre, their album is a personal interpretation of the tendencies from both old and modern metal. The release will be published in March 10th - 2020. The digital album available on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam...YouTube Music also. Social Scream is a Heavy Metal band from Sparta – Greece formed in 2008. The band have already released 2 albums, “Epiclesis” at 2014 and “Initiation To the Myths” at 2018. Band’s new album “Organic Mindset” will be released on March 10th 2020 in physical format too. Band members: Vlasis Diamantakos - Guitars/Vocals Giannis Lymberakos - Guitars Alexandros Oikonomou - ...

With their third single «Head Of The Snake», Comaniac continue their destructive path towards perfection. Pointing out how individual injustice can backfire towards the decay of our society, the Swiss Tech Thrashers are presenting the new single about the power of fear with an official music video, which you can watch at this location: By using diminished chord progressions, epic vocal lines and unusual rhythms, yet keeping Thrash Metal as intense as it can get, Comaniac are returning better and musically more maniac than ever. Their upcoming full-length «Holodox» will be released worldwide on April 3rd, 2020 via METALWORLD. «Head Of The Snake» is available now on all digital platforms or under the following link: http://hyperurl.co/snake Links: www.comaniac.ch www.facebook.com/ComaniacOfficial www.instagram.com/comaniacthrash www.soundcloud.com/comaniacofficial www.twitter.com/ComaniacTHRASH www.comaniac.bandcamp.com www.sptfy.com/comaniac https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/comaniac/9...

TONIGHT WE STAND New World Disorder This Is Core 13 March 2020 Italian metal act Tonight We Stand is glad to announce the release of their debut album "New World Disorder", out on March 13th via This Is Core. Mixed by Lucas D'Angelo (Betraying The Martyrs) in France, the album is the perfect representation of their style.  The band says: "'New World Disorder' is our debut album, the best solution to find our space into the worldwide metal scene, but we also want to tell our personal vision of the society and the human weakness: depression, anger, sorrow, addiction, obedience, money...  By listening to this album, we will take the listener into a labyrinth made of sounds and words where, at the end of it, the listener will understand the consequences of what those weaknesses would entail, invisible ones but still destructive for who’s infected and for the overall environment".

In Sanity - "Welcome To The Show" Black Sunset/MDD Germany's melodic death metal collective In Sanity are set to release their third full-length "Welcome To The Show" on October 18th. Founded with the goal to explore all the great things we can find in the good old melodic death metal of the nineties, the band has taken a path of their own and reached a whole new dimension in 2019 with "Welcome To The Show", which can be defined as the band's masterpiece. Line-up: Erik Sollmann (Vocals) John Turner (Guitar, B-vocals) Nino Carovac (Guitar,B-vocals) Andrey Astafiev (Bass) Tim Lobner (Guitar) Sophia Voss (Drums) Genre: Melodic Death Metal Links: https://www.facebook.com/insanitymodernmetal https://insanitymetal.com/shop/ https://insanitymetal.com/product/pre-order-set-deluxe-box/ Against PR

Space Parasites - "Raw and Violent" Warning! Invasion! Mutated killer lice, space wolves and intergalactic giant spiders attack! Plus a space stripper song, that's the general term of the Berlin Heavy Metal Band „Space Parasites“. The quartet consisting of two ladies (vocals, bass) and two gentlemen (guitar, drums) delivers rough, hard heavy metal in a original wall of sound on their debut release. The 14 songs deliver over 50 minutes raw power and absolutely live up to the title of the work: „Raw and Violent“! Line-up: Nadine "Danger Dine" Woelk; vocals Sebastian "Iron Daschke": guitars Diana "Gory DI": bass Willi: drums Country: Germany Genre: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal track list 1.    Children of the witch 2.    Riding the storm 3.    Behind the moon 4.    Death is just a word 5.    Spidora 6.    Mutant Killer Lice 7.    I wanna be a spacewolf 8.    A lesson in hate...

Algebra swiss Thrash metal band The band was formed in 2008 in Lausanne by Mat, Tony, Ed and Phil, combining their experience in various rock/metal projects to focus on creating music inspired by 80’s and 90’s thrash together with elements of more modern metal. Catching the attention of die-hard thrash fans worldwide, in 2013 Stormspell Records took the opportunity to re-release the first EP and LP all-in-one, giving the band further exposure. Unspeakable Axe quickly took notice and, from then on, signed the band for all subsequent releases. Since their beginning, the band recorded a demo, an EP, 3 LP’s, a live LP and a Megadeth cover. Their latest effort "Pulse? LP" is by far their best work yet, with 57 minutes of diverse music and more profound lyrics, which includes a cover of Sepultura’s song Dead Embryonic Cells. It will be released on 30th September 2019. Algebra's live experience covers venues and festivals across Europe and Cuba, including Metal Camp, Inferno Fes...

Edmonton's SLEEPWRAITH Unleash Debut Single 'The Aphelion Complex' Debut Album "Day Terrors" Out Jan 17th The intrepid duo of Edmonton’s Sleepwraith are releasing their debut album “Day Terrors” on January 17, 2020. This is the first album from Sleepwarith in what is expected to be a series of releases under the name. The songs and overall flow of the album feel like a journey that takes an emotional toll on the listener, with dynamic parts and unexpected turns. To Sleepwraith it’s important to create music with levels of intricacy that you might not notice on the first listen. Sleepwraith explains their motivation behind writing the album: “We created an album with little thought as to how it would be received, instead of focusing on making an album that we would want to hear. We’ve always felt that making art with this starting point has created some of the most genuine music out there. Hopefully, our fans enjoy music for the same reasons we do and enjoy this al...

THE FLAYING's New Music Video 'Place du Parvis' Pays Homage To Hometown of Quebec City Win Quebec GAMIQ Award For "Metal Album of The Year" Album ‘Angry, Undead’ Out Now! via PRC Music Recently winning "Metal Album of The Year" at the GAMIQ awards (Gala alternatif de la musique indépendante du Québec) for their debut "Angry, Undead" released this past March on PRC Music, brutal death metal contingent THE FLAYING are paying homage to their hometown of Quebec City with the new music video 'Place du Parvis'. The band explains: "Place du Parvis is an important hub in Quebec city. It's an area in our hometown that's a very lively place that sees all social classes living side by side, for better or for worse. From the spray-painted back alleys to the churches, to the restaurants and household dwellings. We found hitting the street like a metal Beastie Boys posse was the best way to showcase our love for this track and hometown. ...

DeFox Records and Invincible Records are proudly to announce sixth album of old school Speed Metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil called CEIFADOR. The product it's entitled "All hell breaking loose". The Album contains eight aggressive songs in vein of classic old school metal act as Voivod, Venom, Hellhammer, Destruction, Vulcano, Sodom and other 80's bands. The release will be published in January 15th - 2020. Digital album will be available on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam, YouTube Music and many more. Ceifador was formed in 2003, it's a Brazilian one man band from Sorocaba -SP, Brazil. Clayton Maximinus is author and composer and play all instruments, He was once guitarist in legendary thrash metal band Alcoholikiller. In 2003 the band released an EP but the band was called Perverted Rites, that same year the name was changed to Ceifador. The songs of the Ceifador talk about insanity, alcohol, ser...

Vampyromorpha - "Herzog" MDD Records 29 November 2019 DIGITAL | CD The sophomore album from dark doom vampire rockers Vampyromorpha "Herzog" will be released on November 29th via MDD Records. Recorded and mixed by Fabian Schwarz in Brought Dog Studio and mastered by Stefan Gassner, "Herzog" features some special guests musicians. For example, the song "Waiting And Die" was created with musician and goth model Mallory Murdock, while the track "Vampyromadness" is a collaboration with Felix Stass from Crematory. Be prepared! Line-up: Jim Grant - vocals Nemes Black - guitar, necrobass, organ Live musicians: Philipp Klinger - drums Patrick Schmid - necrobass Stefan Gassner - guitar Matthias Burgis - guitar Genre: Gothic Doom Rock Country: Germany Links: https://www.facebook.com/vampyromorphadoom by Catia Against PR

Toxikull - "Cursed and Punished" Metal on Metal Records 13 September 2019 DIGITAL | CD Toxikull are known for their relentless sonic attack that evokes the best elements that made heavy, speed and thrash metal so popular: impressive vocals, a tight rhythm section, blazing guitar leads and carefully crafted melodies. Now, the portuguese band returns in their maximum force with the follow-up “Cursed and Punished”, set to be released on September 13th via Metal on Metal Records. Recorded at Demigod Recordings with producer Miguel Tereso, "Cursed and Punished" consists of 10 tracks of pure evil metal, taking the concepts of speed/heavy and thrash metal to a different level. Line-up: Lex Thunder - Vocals, Guitar Michael Blade - Lead Guitar Antim the Viking - Bass, Vocals Garras - Drums Country: Portugal Genre: Heavy Metal Links: www.instagram.com/toxikullmetalll www.facebook.com/toxikull www.twitter.com/toxikull by  Catia Against PR

CELESTIAL RUIN Stoke The Fires Of Rebirth After Heartbreak With Music Video “Heart Shaped Ashes” Celestial Ruin, from Vancouver, Canada released their new single “Heart Shaped Ashes” produced by Mike Plotnikoff (In Flames, Three Days Grace, The Cranberries) on November 5, 2019, and now to follow it up they have a music video to share on November 23, 2019. Watch the video HERE.  The visual introspection tells the story of loss and the walk through the painful fire of rediscovering yourself and overcoming the past. Celestial Ruin has been making a name for themselves since they formed in 2012 and shook the local scene with their debut album “The Awakening”. Their last single “Sense of Exile” from their 2016 follow up EP “Pandora” has over half a million plays on Spotify. Since then, they have only improved and the new single embraces the grey area of rock that is still radio-friendly and heavy. Celestial Ruin shares the theme behind the single: “The music video for Heart Shaped Ashes...

DeFox Records and Heart Of Steel Records are proudly to announce the debut EP of Heavy Metal band from India called ILLUCIA. The product it's entitled "111". The EP contains five solid Old School Heavy Metal songs in vein of epic act as Omen, Maiden and Manilla Road. The singer is a special guest, Vineesh Venugopal from the legendary band Lucidreams from Bangalore, India.  The release will be published in December 5th - 2019. The digital album available on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam...YouTube Music also.   The Italian site HMM - Heavy Metal Music defines the Illucia band as "Amazing the epic sound of the Indian band that ranks among the best realities coming from South Asia" Illucia was formed in 2014, as a three piece band by Nitin Charles Martin, Srivatsa B and Vishal Vineesh.  The main influences are Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Manowar, Omen, King Diamond, Saxon, Accept ...

Bear "Witness" To BLACK ABSINTHE's New Music Video Band members: Kyle Scarlett (Bass), Jack Cerre (Vocals/Guitar), Austin Henderson (Drums) - Photo Credit: Katherine Kwan Toronto's BLACK ABSINTHE are ready for fans to bear "Witness" to their new music video for their latest single released earlier this November. The video for the single "Witness" was shot at Toronto heavy metal venue Coalition T.O just months before its unfortunate closure. The venue itself holds a very dear spot in the metal hearts of the band as they lived and performed just steps away from it for the last four years, meeting local and touring bands along with rocking out their own relentless run of shows.  Trusting Katherine Kwan, “The Wild” (2017) director to encapsulate the energy felt in the band's live performances. The video begins with a glimpse into what a night at their local and beloved punk/metal Kensington Market venue was like. From the bright pit footage to the ...

US Hard Rock / Metal band, VANDALLUS, will release their third powerhouse album 'Outbreak' on December 12th, 2019 digital, CD and vinyl via Mercinary Records. It's all about classic dynamic recordings with a real live drummer, no pitch shifting, and no crushed or fake elements. Tracklist: 1. Barricade 2. Not Alone 3. Heartbreak Eyes 4. Outbreak 5. Bang The City Down 6. Shotgun Lady 7. Indecision 8. Cold Hearted 9. Ready To Ride 10. Vandallus (Tape EP Bonus) The album was produced by CrazyV & Vanik. Recorded at Mercinary Studios (Avon, OH). Mixed and mastered by CrazyV. Production asisstant Noah C. Buchanan. VANDALLUS is: CrazyV - Vocals (Eternal Legacy, EGO) Vanik - Guitars (Midnight, Breaker, Manimals, Eternal Legacy, Vanik) Tim-Ay  - Bass (Wretch, Eternal Legacy, Destructor) SteveD - Drums (Vindicator) Outbreak studio musicans: Jesse Stown - Drums (Vindicator) VANDALLUS from Cleveland Ohio, USA feature two thirds of the mighty Midnight in their line-up. VANDALLUS is J...

Glasgow rockers HEAVY PETTIN‘ return for the second leg of their 'Back On The Road Part II'  tour  and a festival appearance at Golden Age Rock Festival in Belgium for August and September. Back On The Road Part II - Tour dates: Aug 22 - Eleven, Stoke, England Aug 23 - Camden Underworld, London, England Aug 25 - Golden Age Rock Festival, Liege, Belgium Aug 30 - Crauford Arms Music Venue, Milton Keynes, England Aug 31 - The Tivoli, Buckley, North Wales  w/ Rock Godess Sep 01 - The Exchange Bristol, England w/ Rock Godess Sep 04 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, England w/ Rock Godess Sep 05 - The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool, England w/ Rock Godess Sep 06 - Oran Mor, Glasgow, Scotland w/ Rock Godess Sep 07 - Yardbirds Rock Club, Grimsby, England w/ Rock Godess Sep 08 - The Robin 2, Bilston, England   w/ Rock Godess Feb 08-13, 2020 - MORC X, 'Monsters of Rock Crusie' Florida, Belize & Mexico Stardom beckoned for Heavy Pettin‘ back in the early 80’s with arena tours...

DeFox Records and Heart Of Steel Records are thrilling to announce the metal warriors called LECHER their   d ebut album it's entitled  "Castle Of Hallucinations" . The release date is September 30th. The digital album will be launched on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam...YouTube Music also. Lecher from Sorocaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil were born in 2007, originally the band was formed by Diego Alquezar and Sergio Willian, the intention is to play the aggressive and direct Heavy Metal, with technique and heart. After several changes of the line-up, joined the band Marcelo '' Zé Bolha '' Machado (formerly Alcoholikiller, Skyrunner) and Juliano Costa (formerly -Prepared to Kill and Warshipper). Rodolfo Nekathor (ex-Zoltar, Lost Graveyard) joined the band in 2009, reinforcing the band that is now ready. After a trial period, Rodolfo Nekathor and Sergio Willian left the Lecher and Juliano Costa took down and bec...

We have the first music collection issue titled EUROPE METAL MUSIC Volume 1!!! With the best Metal bands:  #stormwitch #gravestone #scyther #crystalviper #gravedigger #theunity #soulhealer #rebellion #blitzkrieg #satan #cauldron #skullfist #voltax #ravage #meliahrage #hatchet #ironangel #culturalwarfare #trioxine #manimal In collaboration with Spotify, Playlist Radio Network and Indipendent Euro Charts