Century Media will release the first four studio albums of ICED EARTH in July. “Iced Earth” and “Night Of The Stormrider” will be released on June 10th, “Burnt Offerings” and “The Dark Saga” will be released on June 17th. All four albums will come in gatefold sleeves featuring the original LP artwork. Layouts have been kept close to the layouts of the original vinyl versions as well. Each LP includes a 60×60 artwork poster and 180 g vinyl. The LP sound has been kept in its original form, with a special vinyl mastering of Patrick Engel, known from his careful mastering works for bands as Jag Panzer, Exodus, Trouble, Tokyo Blade or Candlemass, delivering you the... 

Metal Blade Records is excited to announcing the signing of Australian thrash metal act, HARLOTT! Forged in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, HARLOTT are the finest example of the thrash metal genre in recent years. Taking their influence from the 80’s Bay Area thrash scene, and blending it with the Teutonic melody and grit, they focus on high energy, up tempo music with lyrical influence from war, religion, chaos, and the human condition.  

Coheed and Cambria release their new album, The Color Before The Sun, on Oct. 9 via 300 Entertainment. The band is giving fans an early listen, streaming the song and lyrics for “You Got Spirit, Kid” via Coheedandcambria.com, with the digital download of the single available globally on July 10.  

Sweden’s DEAD LORD just launched their first track from their upcoming album Heads Held High. Check out the song “Strained Fools” here: https://soundcloud.com/centurymedia/dead-lord-strained-fools/s-5Szgo Heads Held High will be released worldwide via Century Media Records on August 21st in the following formats: Limited CD Digipak (matte cardboard, bonus track, logo patch) Standard CD Deluxe LP (180 g vinyl, inside-out print, inlay, double-sided poster) Digital download / stream For the vinyl nerds, here is the color split of the LP version: Orange vinyl: 100 copies (exclusively available at CM Distro Europe) Red vinyl: 100 copies (exclusively available at CM Distro US) Clear vinyl: 200 copies... 

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the addition of KETZER to its ranks! KETZER (German for “heretic”) is an extreme metal outfit hailing from Cologne, Germany and are ready to set the world afire with this just recently signed pact (in blood).  

20 Buck Spin proudly welcomes Portland’s brooding and diverse metal outfit, NIGHTFELL, to the label’s ranks, and is preparing to release the band’s crushing Darkness Evermore sophomore LP later this year. Comprised of main members Todd Burdette (Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, Warcry) and Tim Call (Aldebaran, Mournful Congregation, Sempiternal Dusk, Saturnalia Temple), in 2014, Portland’s NIGHTFELL stormed decisively onto the worldwide metal scene with their forceful debut album The Living Ever Mourn, which was released through a cooperation between Southern Lord and Parasitic Records. Now, having further fortified their ominous fusion of shadowed disharmony, the band now marches forward with Darkness... 

Ohio’s thrash metal heroes Miss May I have partnered up with Fuse.tv today to premiere a new video for the band’s current single “I.H.E.” The track is featured on their highly anticipated, forthcoming record, Deathless, which is scheduled for release on August 7th via Rise Records. Fans are invited to pre-order the album now at www.MissMayIMusic.com.  

– CANDLEBOX is reigniting the flame this summer as it announces plans for a summer and fall tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their sophomore album Lucy.  

When it premiered in 2011, HELL ON WHEELS was credited for helping to modernize the Western genre. “Imbued with epic sweep[1]”, the series tells the story of post-Civil War America and of Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife.  

Psychedelic doom purveyors, DARK BUDDHA RISING, will be releasing their fifth studio album, Inversum, this Fall. Their first release on Neurot Recordings, Inversum will be unveiled on September 25th, 2015.  

Frankfurt’s THE GREEN RIVER BURIAL will release Blight on Vinyl 7-inch and digital formats August 1 on Bastardized Recordings. The two-song release showcases the German band’s movement into darker, groovier territory. The EP is the first chapter of a developing concept project that will be continued on the group’s upcoming full-length release.  

From phobia to dementia, French death metal outfit Antropofago have progressed beyond all expectations and are set to return with a merciless, technical, catchy and brutal second album.