2021

Pax Aeternum announces the December release of the eponymous debut album from Slow Burning Rage, a new musical project formed by drummer Ryan Parrish, who here acts as a multi-instrumentalist. The album’s cover art, track listing, and long list of guest contributors has been issued alongside preorders and the lead single, “The Slow Burn of Madmartigan”.
 

November 2021 - the dark season has started again, the lack of daylight and falling leaves are a daily reminder of life’s transience, with menacing shadows lurking. But behold, there’s a light in the darkness - Blind Guardian have come to “Deliver Us From Evil”, so’s the name of the brand new single from the German metal heroes out on December 3rd, 2021. The song foreshadows the band’s new album, scheduled for September 2022.

Multi-platinum Danish rock group Volbeat are excited to announce a special, intimate show in London ahead of their June 2022 Download Festival performance, where they play directly underneath headliners Biffy Clyro and Korn on Sunday’s main stage.

Today, Louisville, KY band Greyhaven returned with their first new music since 2019 with the single “All Candy”. The song marks a new era for the band and comes alongside the announcement of their upcoming album “This Bright and Beautiful World” set for release on April 15th, 2022, via Equal Vision Records. 

Yo ho ho… ho! Notorious fabled folk rockers Ye Banished Privateers have gathered under the Christmas tree to gift their devoted crew something swashbucklingly special this holiday season!

The band is thrilled to reveal a brand new full-length album of pirate-packed Christmas favorites – “A Pirate Stole My Christmas”, out on December 3rd, 2021 – interpreted in a way only your favorite Swedish scallywags could!
 

This Boxing Day, 26th of December, 2021, the Russian Symphonic Metal superpower Imperial Age are rallying their vast worldwide fanbase for a colossal live show - presenting songs from the upcoming album “New World”, remembering the old hits, and giving everyone a taste of whats coming for the New World Tour - which kicks off on January 7th, 2022, in Paris.
 
The link to the online concert is here.
 

Selfmadegod Records presents “Agonia”, the destructive new album from Krakow, Poland-based death metal outfit Redemptor – uniting current and former members of Decapitated, Vader, Hate, Sceptic, Sothoth, Banisher, Deivos, and more – now confirmed for early December release. The album’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and more have been issued, including a video for the lead single, “Potion of the Skies”.
 

YOB, “the Pacific Northwest trio able to swing effortlessly between menacing distortion and hushed reverie” (Associated Press), close out 2021 with the release of a remixed and remastered version of their stunning sixth album, “Atma”, and word of the trio’s first tour since 2019.

The year of the corona-pandemic, when the music world was forced into a standstill, five old friends put in motion an old idea that had been lingering - and what eventually was to become a new band and powerhouse: The Halo Effect, who recently inked a contract with Nuclear Blast.

Today, one of the biggest names in modern hardcore, Comeback Kid announce their seventh studio album, “Heavy Steps” will be released on January 21st, 2022, via Nuclear Blast worldwide (and New Damage Records in Canada).