News Posts

With ‘Holy Mountain Mind’, Spain’s The Wizards proudly present another song from their upcoming album ‘The Exit Garden’, set for release via High Roller Records next week!

US heavy metal legends Attacker return with their first album in eight years ‘The God Particle’, set for release in April via Cruz Del Sur Music, and unleashed a single with ‘The Mighty Have Fallen’!

US heavy metal powerhouse Floodfall signs with Wormholedeath for the re-release of their album ‘Unbroken’ in April and any future releases in the nearby future!

French heavy metal pioneers Nightmare return with brand-new album ‘Encrypted’ set for release via AFM Records in June and unleashed a first single with ‘Saviours of the Damned’!

“Thrash Grass” outfit The Native Howl dropped the captivating new single and video ‘Mercy’ via Sumerian Records, featuring the ever impressive Lzzy Hale from Halestorm on guest vocals!

Greek occult doom/heavy metal outfit Saturday Night Satan shared the video single ‘Devil in Disguise’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘All Things Black’, set for release at the end of this month via Made of Stone Recordings! Fans of artists like Ghost, Lucifer or Witchcraft may want to pay attention!

Walk into the ocean with Icelandic metal outfit Drungi’s new single ‘Alda’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘Hamfarir Hugans’! Fans of Sólstafir, Skálmöld and Gojira may want to pay heed!

UK heavy metal titans Balance Of Power are back with new band members and a brand-new album 2 decades after their last album! ‘Fresh From The Abyss’ is set for release in April via Massacre Records, with the single ‘Abyss’ out right now!

Horror punk metal outfit Zombeast is back! They are returning with new album ‘Heart Of Darkness’, set for release via Massacre Records and Fiend Force Records, and shared a first single just recently with ‘Red Ripper’.

India’s heavy metal frontrunners Kryptos unleash the title track of their upcoming album ‘Decimator’, set for release in July via AFM Records!

Album Reviews

“Invincible Shield” is an album showing how Judas Priest can sound ultimately aggressive, pure, and straightforward heavy metal, out via Sony Music. There seems to be a consensus that this is one of their best albums since long, on par with some of their classics like ‘Painkiller’!

The British heavy metal juggernaut Saxon deliver an outstanding performance on the newest album “Hell, Fire and Damnation”. Musically, the veterans embrace their classic NWOBHM roots and show great ability to write mid-crushing songs. Out tomorrow, January 19th via Silver Lining Music!

Sorcerer returns with an epic dark album on its fourth installment “Reign of the Reaper” and brings an absolutely great slab of late 80s and early 90s heavy metal out since yesterday via Metal Blade Records.

U.S. heavy/doom metal veterans Cirith Ungol return with their sixth epic studio album “Dark Parade”, presenting eight thundering hymns of glorious 80s heavy metal, out on October 20th via Metal Blade Records.

“Touchdown” is one of U.D.O.’s best albums in the last decade and fans should expect some ballsy aggressive tracks and raw classic heavy metal that has a distinctly German vibe. The album was released on August 25th, 2023 via Atomic Fire Records.

The superb musicianship of US heavy metal outfit Spirit Adrift delivers another glorious record with fifth album “Ghost At The Gallows”. This comes recommended for fans of Khemmis, Black Sabbath, and Solitude Aeternus and was released via Century Media Records!

Germany has been a home for many heavy metal and thrash metal bands in the past, and The Night Eternal is no exception. “Fatale” combines many elements from the NWOBHM era and occult heavy metal, this is a very catchy and infectious album, released via Ván Records.

Nanowar of Steel’s new record ‘Dislike to False Metal’ brings parody metal to a whole new level with quality, yet hilarious songs that at times almost sound more than the bands they’re emulating. Released via Napalm Records.

Forget about Excalibur, forget about the Sword of Power. These are kitchen knives compared to the ‘Might and Power’ of Megaton Sword. The Swiss collective’s second full length after the ‘Niralet’ EP and their much applauded debut ‘Blood Hails Steel, Steel Hails Fire’. Released via Dying Victims Productions on February 24.

Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.