2019

Finnish metal band Rifftera has released a new single called “Cutthroat Game”. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming second album, “Across the Acheron”, which will be out on January 18th, 2019, via Inverse Records.

American death metal legion Misery Index will unleash their incendiary new full-length “Rituals of Power” this March via Season Of Mist.
 

Sacramento doom conjurors CHRCH will bring their psalms to stages again this February on a five-date West Coast tour with Seattle’s Un. The journey runs from February 17th through February 21st and follows the band’s recent trek with Yob and Acid King.

Additionally, the band will appear on the first annual Psycho Smokeout fittingly set to take place on Saturday, April 20th at the bi-level Catch One nightclub. CHRCH will appear alongside the likes of Elder, Monolord, Belzebong, and many others. See all confirmed dates below.
 

German Heavy/Power Metal machine Steel Engraved, have announced the release of their new self-titled album for January 25th, 2019, via ROAR Rock Of Angels Records.

Steel Engraved’s third studio outing will comprise 13 tracks guaranteed to please the fans of majestic, melodic, modern yet old-school metal.

Ripple Music is thrilled to announce that its first official release of 2019 will be “Orbis Majoraby”, the brand-new album from one of the boldest and brightest new bands to emerge from the southern hemisphere in recent years; Australian space rockers, Aver.
 

The Swedish melodic progressive metal band Darkwater will release their new album “Human” on March 1st, 2019, in Europe and North America via Ulterium Records. The album will be available on CD, 2LP and digital.

“Human” won’t leave fans of melodic metal or progressive metal disappointed. The songs are heavier, more melodic and atmospheric than before and the band worked really hard on tweaking the ten songs and over 76 minutes of playing time into perfection.

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the signing of Mind Key, whose new album “MK III - Aliens in Wonderland” is planned for release in 2019.

Mind Key is a progressive metal band formed in Napoli, Italy in 1999 by Dario De Cicco (keyboards) and Emanuele Colella (guitars). The two wanted to create a band that melded the sound of bands like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Evergrey, and Pain of Salvation with a songwriting approach inspired by '80/'90s hard rock style.

Norway’s Karisma Records have found another up and coming band to add to their already impressive roster, in the shape of Experimental Rockers Fervent Mind.

Formed in 2014 by vocalist and composer Live Sollid, Fervent Mind draws its inspiration from bands such as Porcupine Tree, Mew, Massive Attack, Radiohead and Susanne Sundfør, mixing these diverse elements to create a sound that is both unique and original, and which balances on a fine line between the rough and the delicate.

2018 saw Reef release the acclaimed album “Revelation”, their first in 18 years. Now the renaissance continues with the live album “In Motion (Live From Hammersmith)” which it will be released on February 22nd, 2019.

The show was recorded on May 6th at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo in London as part of the “Britrock Must Be Destroyed Tour” (alongside other 90’s Britrock legends, Terrorvision, The Wildhearts and Dodgy).

After a highly successful live run this winter, German two-headed black/death/punk/doom chimera, Mantar, have announced to tour Europe again in Spring 2019 in support of their globally acclaimed third album, “The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze”.

European Tour Dates 2019:
27/03/19 DE - Göttingen (Musa)
28/03/19 DE - Augsburg (Kantine)
29/03/19 DE - Cham (LA)
30/03/19 DE - Annaberg-Buchholz (Alte Brauerei)
05/04/19 DE - Marburg - KFZ*