CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC has announced pre-orders for the vinyl LP release of DARK QUARTERER‘s new album Ithaca. Those pre-ordering the album by August 1 will be entered in a contest for a chance to win a test pressing signed by the whole band! Only two lucky winners will have a chance to get this incredible collector’s item!
Once described as “powerful yet fragile, devastatingly beautiful and beautifully devastating” by The Founder Magazine, UK-based quartet MIDAS FALL have carved a distinctive and captivating sound, fusing elements of electronica, post-rock, shoegaze and alternative rock with progressive and gothic undertones to create taut, shimmering soundscapes led by the hauntingly melancholic vocals of Elizabeth Heaton.
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.
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...
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.
