Month: September 2023

The Swedish power metal band Axenstar are back with their new album “Chapter VIII” that will be released on December 1st via Inner Wound Recordings. The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Persuader, Sorcerer, Aeon) and the epic old school power metal artwork was created by Rafael Tavares.

“Chapter VIII” is a perfect blend of melody and power. The album contains uplifting power metal hymns, catchy melodies, thundering riffs and melodic solos. All these components create a really strong power metal album, perfect for fans of the genre and bands lik

Power/Progressive Metal band IMMORTAL GUARDIAN has slowly been teasing their forthcoming album since the spring of 2022 releasing new songs digitally alongside some great music videos every few months.

Fans of the band have enjoyed the development and creativity of the album’s content and evolvement into a concept and final work. ‘Unite and Conquer’ finally has a release date, Oct. 27th

1. Ozona
2. Echoes
3. Roots Run Deep ft. Ralph Scheepers (Primal Fear)
4. Perfect Person
5. Divided we Fall
6. Lost in the Darkness ft. Vicky Psarakis (The Agonist)

Formed in 2011 as Gyze, “Samurai Metal” band RYUJIN deftly deliver heavy metal from Japan to the international masses with their self-titled Napalm Records debut, RYUJIN, out January 12, 2024! Blending both Japanese and English lyricism and featuring production and several guest features by Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium),

the band’s high speed riffs and breakneck guitar descents pair with traditional Japanese elements, delivering a sound influenced by everything from ancient orchestral Gagaku to even modern anime themes.

1. Hajimari
2. Gekokujo
3. Dragon, Fly Free
4. Ra

Cult heavy metal outfit Cirith Ungol will unleash their sixth full-length album, “Dark Parade”, on October 20th, 2023, via Metal Blade Records.

1. Velocity (S.E.P.)
2. Relentless
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fate
4. Sacrifice
5. Looking Glass
6. Dark Parade
7. Distant Shadows
8. Down Below

Boundary-pushing German progressive metal quartet Unprocessed have returned with an intense new single, ‘Thrash’, along with the announcement of their third studio album, “…and everything in between”, due out on December 1st…

I Hell
II Lore
III Thrash
VI Blackbone
V Die on the Cross of the Martyr (featuring Tim Henson and Scott LePage of Polyphia)
VI Glass
VII Abysm
VII I Wish I Wasn’t
IX Purgatory

Guitars & Vocals engineered & recorded by Manuel Gardner Fernandes
Drums engineered & recorded by Leon P

Power metal voice Christian Eriksson (ex-Twilight Force, ex-NorthTale) is back with his new band Final Strike’s debut album, “Finding Pieces”, offering everything fans of the genre could wish for.

The album was created with the premise that it should sound exactly like what the seventeen-year-old selves of the Swedes would have liked to have bought.Freely based on the psychological-philosophical motto “Perfection lies in imperfection”, the quintet has pursued the original objective. “Finding Pieces” comes across in a relaxed, lighthearted an

Belgian prog rockers Fish On Friday, who also feature Nick Beggs on bass, have announced that they will release their brand new album 8mm through Cherry Red on October 27. The new album, Fish On Friday’s sixth studio release, is the band’s first since 2020’s Black Rain,

and again sees the quartet led by vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Frank Van Bogaert alongside Beggs, drummer Marcus Waymaere and guitarist Marty Townsend. The band have released a video for the tracks Overture To Flame and Flame, from 8mm, which was originally recorded by 70s UK glam/art rock band Metro and fe

Norwegian proggers 35 Tapes have hit their peak with their new album “Fabric Of Time”. Combining time-honoured sounds like the Mellotron and analogue synths with modern sensibilities, the album is a cinematic journey through moods, times and places.

At times evoking the symphonic grandeur of early King Crimson and Genesis, the group also touches on the melancholy art-rock of groups like Talk Talk or an artist like David Sylvian. Since several members of the band also have backgrounds in audio engineering, it goes without saying that the album is remarkably audiophile in its presenta

Originally starting as a Lockdown project, the third album from Dovorian is being released. The album features 12 tracks written and performed by Dover based Adam Sayer and again featuring the vocal talents and writing of Evergrey’s Tom S.Englund.

Evergrey’s Jonas Ekdhal returns with the drum programming, additional production, mixing and mastering. The album also features appearances by Evergrey’s Johan Niemann and Redemption/Silent Skies’ Vikram Shankar.Release date: September 29, 2023

1. Hole In My Heart
2. Weapon Of Choice
3. Hunters
4. Awake
5. Miracles
6. Seeds
7. Too Little Too Late
8. The Final Paper
9. Heathens
10. Dreaming
11. Someone Like You
12. Never Out Of Sight