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UK Thrash kings Solitary sign to Metalville Records for the release of incredible new album, The Truth Behind The Lies

SOLITARY have signed a new deal with German label Metalville Records. Metalville Records was founded in 2008 by Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger and former Nuclear Blast A&R man Holger Koch and has gone from strength to strength over the last twelve years – picking up gold and silver discs for their artists, along with Metal Hammer award nominations and chart placings in Sweden, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, the UK and USA. Now established as a major player in the rock and metal market, Metalville is home to internationally successful artists like Ugly Kid Joe, Lee Aaron, Foghat, Dog […]

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PYRAMAZE sign with AFM and release first video/single

Danish Progressive Power Metal group PYRAMAZE has just inked a record deal in order to put out their next full-length studio album, called Epitaph, via AFM Records. The album will be released on November 13th – pre-order started a week ago. Both AFM Records and PYRAMAZE are extremely happy about the deal and are looking forward to a strong, professional and hopefully long partnership. This new musical union offers good prospects for both parties – while PYRAMAZE found a partner that has great expertise working with a lot of successful Progressive and Power Metal artist such as Evergrey, Orden Ogan, […]

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Scordatura prepare to release their latest crushing onslaught of death metal, Mass Failure, through Gore House Productions

After three years, the undisputed kings of Scottish death metal have returned with their third album of unrelenting savagery. SCORDATURA’s unholy union of old school song writing and new school intensity has never been more brutally, wickedly effective than on the nine canticles of carnage that together form the mighty Mass Failure. Stream ‘Disease Of Mind’ HERE SCORDATURA have always pushed hard at the boundaries of extremity, delivering pulverising death metal of the very heaviest kind. From their 2013 debut, Torment Of The Weak, to their acclaimed second album, Self-Created Abyss, and now with Mass Failure, the band have striven […]

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FUNERAL HARVEST set release date for SIGNAL REX debut EP, reveal first track

Signal Rex announces October 30th as the international release date for FUNERAL HARVEST’s highly anticipated debut EP, self-titled Funeral Harvest, on 10″ vinyl format. A pan-international quartet featuring members from Norway and Italy, FUNERAL HARVEST formed in 2016 and unleashed their first public recording the very next year. Tellingly titled Bunker Ritual Rehearsal, this first strike was auspicious to say the very least, and quickly built a name for FUNERAL HARVEST in the underground. Their raw ‘n’ robust black metal sound was rooted in the ancient ways but never regressive – in fact, its ghoulish hostility was perversely refreshing. An […]

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THE PASSING set release date for CALIGARI debut EP

Caligari Records sets September 11th as the international release date for THE PASSING’s self-titled debut EP on cassette tape format. Hailing from Los Angeles, THE PASSING formed back in the fall / winter of 2018 before the world took a shit on itself. Comprising the members Ian, Fox, Izzy, and Marvin, every member of THE PASSING is influenced by all types of hardcore, punk, D-beat, and metal, each generally stemming from the greater Scandinavian region. Thus, across the band’s The Passing debut will you hear a whole lot of classic Anti-Cimex, Black Uniforms, Wolfpack, Skitsystem, Mob-47, Disfear, and early Swedeath […]

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SPIRIT ADRIFT ANNOUNCE TRIUMPHANT NEW ALBUM, ENLIGHTENED IN ETERNITY

SPIRIT ADRIFT are a band who refuse to slow down. On their new album, Enlightened In Eternity, guitarist/vocalist Nathan Garrett alongside drummer Marcus Bryant have created yet another monument to the timelessness of heavy metal. While Enlightened In Eternity builds on the sizable foundation established by the band’s previous albums, it also sets itself apart in formidable new ways, widening the scope of what SPIRIT ADRIFT can be. Listen to the album’s powerful first single ‘Harmony Of The Spheres’ HERE SPIRIT ADRIFT have mastered the ability to invoke the power of metal’s past, whether it be the ’70s, ’80s or […]

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Russia’s DUNWICH reveal new video from CALIGARI debut

Today, Russian sonic alchemists DUNWICH reveal the new video ‘Solitude’. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Tail-Tied Hearts, now set for international release on September 4th via Caligari Records on CD format. DUNWICH are a power-trio hailing from Russia, and are one of the most unique and exciting bands Caligari has come across in recent years. The label is absolutely thrilled to be unveiling the band’s very first recording, a fully realized full-length bearing the enigmatic title Tail-Tied Hearts. As a trio, DUNWICH are undoubtedly a sum of their three parts. […]

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GENGHIS TRON RETURN FROM HIATUS & ENTER STUDIO

Genre-bending innovators GENGHIS TRON have announced their return. The band has begun recording their long-awaited third full-length with producer Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts. The new album is a follow up to the release of Board Up The House (2008). Following the amicable departure of former vocalist Mookie Singerman, founding members Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky will be joined by two new collaborators: vocalist Tony Wolski and Sumac/Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn. “We said it was just a hiatus and we meant it! It’s been incredible writing music again and hearing everything come together in the studio,” says […]

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INCANTATION Share ‘Entrails of the Hag Queen’ Music Video

Death metal pioneers INCANTATION share the third single and official ‘Entrails Of The Hag Queen’ music video from their highly anticipated new album, Sect Of Vile Divinities, coming August 21st. Watch the Nader Sadek- (Morbid Angel) directed video HERE Sect Of Vile Divinities is out August 21st on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Physical Pre-Orders are available HERE and Digital Downloads/Streaming HERE Watch INCANTATION’s previous videos for ‘Fury’s Manifesto’ HERE & ‘Propitiation’ HERE For over 30 years INCANTATION has consistently remained one of the underground’s most influential and respected artists in the genre. True to form, Sect Of Vile Divinities sees […]

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NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT SHREDDING ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE’ from BEETHOVEN ON SPEED Album

“‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’ – It’s long been a favorite for heavy metal musicians just to show off their shredding abilities. In 1990, Katherine Thomas (who performs under the stage name THE GREAT KAT) performed her own version for her album Beethoven On Speed.” James Crowley, Newsweek Magazine, Aug. 4, 2020. Read Article HERE WARNER MUSIC Is Now Distributing THE GREAT KAT’s Legendary Beethoven On Speed Album!Listen on iTunes THE GREAT KAT Online:Official Site

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