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It's almost a tradition that CUSTARD come around the corner with a new work every four to five years. Almost exactly four years have passed since ´A Realm Of Tales´ and the quintet from North Rhine-Westphalia arrives on time with their new round album ´Imperium Rapax´. In fact, his seventh studio album by now. Indestructible? It looks like this!
The band led by singer Olli Strasser meets the high demands of all classic metallers, just like the Powermetal faction.
Fates Warning – Parallels 1991
Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth 1997
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) 2002
HammerFall - Crimson Thunder 2002
Colorado metal force Allegaeon return with their sixth studio album, Damnum, set for release on February 25th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records. Today, the five-piece also deliver a blistering look into their new album with the first streaming single/video "Into Embers".
"As an introduction to our new album, Damnum, we are thrilled to present "Into Embers," Allegaeon vocalist Riley McShane proudly states.
ASHES OF ARES, the band featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, will release its third studio album, "Emperors And Fools", on January 21, 2022 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels.
Nine years after forming ASHES OF ARES, Barlow and Vidales return with an LP that sees the duo take the darkness and aggression from their previous effort, "Well Of Souls", to a higher echelon.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is back with a new Star One album, Revel In Time. The upcoming music output comes more than 10 years since the previous release and is due out on Feb 18th, 2022 on Inside Out Music.
Today, Arjen is pleased to share the first single and video from the album's closing track "Lost Children Of The Universe".
1. Nyxborn - Exiled In Arrakis (4:39)
2. Airged L' Amh - Two Ravens (5:29)
3. Darklon - Behead (3:38)
4. Tidal Dreams - King In The North (4:12)
5. Toledo Steel - On The Loose (3:58)
6. Seven Sisters - Beyond The Black Stars (3:56)
7. Crimson Fire - No Fear (4:14)
8. Jag Panzer - Born of the Flame (4:00)
9. Dark Nightmare - The Battlefield Calling My Name (6:44)
10. Hittman - 1000 Souls (3:59)
This Friday, the Swedes Count Raven will put out their sixth full length instalment The Sixth Storm.
Before the latter officially hits the streets, check out another new song in advance called "The Ending".
The cassette is limited to 200 copies (100 with red and 100 with black shell). The Swedish doom metal bringers' sixth full-length is due for release on October 29th via I Hate Records
21 years ago, the Swedish heavy metal powerhouse, HammerFall, travelled to Nashville to record their third album with legendary producer Michael Wagner, leaving the safe space that was Studio Fredman in Göteborg.
Fredrik Nordström had recorded the two previous records, so naturally that was a huge change for the band.
The Los Angeles melodic heavy band, Ninth Circle, have returned to the studio to record their fifth full-length album. They spent the majority of the pandemic shutdown writing material for the follow up of their successful Echo Black record which was released in June of 2020.
Bassist, Frank Forray, describes what the band went through during that time,
Rockshots Records has announced their signing of Amoth for the release of their third album The Hour Of The Wolf on January 28, 2022.
Amoth is a melodic progressive heavy metal band with progressive elements from Helsinki, Finland. Their upcoming album The Hour Of The Wolf is a huge leap forward compared to their previous recordings Revenge (2016), Crossing Over (2011), and Wounded Faith (EP) (2008).