Month: February 2025

Tarja – Circus Life 2025

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Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will release a new live album and Blu-ray, “Circus Life”, on May 16 via earMUSIC. Recorded in January 2020, in Bucharest, Romania, the “Circus Life” show was one of a kind when Tarja performed in this very special “in the round” format.

The concert consisted of two hours of powerful music, featuring a setlist that spans Tarja’s career, including all of her greatest hits such as “I Walk Alone”, “Until My Last Breath” and “Innocence”, as well as fan favorites like “Victim Of Ritu

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Dirkschneider – Balls To The Wall Reloaded (2025), MP3+FLAC, CD w/Scans

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Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Speed Metal
Year : 2025

Tracklist:
01. Balls to the Wall (feat. Joakim Broden) 05:46
02. London Leatherboys (feat. Biff Byford) 04:01
03. Fight It Back (feat. Mille Petrozza) 03:45
04. Head Over Heels (feat. Nils Molin) 04:22
05. Losing More Than You’ve Ever Had (feat. Michael Kiske) 04:53
06. Love Child (feat. Ylva Eriksson) 03:42
07. Turn Me On (feat. Danko Jones) 05:18
08. Losers and Winners (feat. Dee Snider) 04:22
09. Guardian of the Night (feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens) 04:25
10. Winter Dreams (feat. Doro Pesch) 05:04

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Russ Ballard – Songs From the Warehouse / The Hits Rewired 2025

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Renowned rock singer Russ Ballard is thrilled to announce the release of his upcoming double album “Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired”, out on April 18th, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

CD1:
1. Resurrection
2. Courageous
3. Journey Man
4. The One Who Breathes Me
5. The Wild
6. Charlatan
7. Soul Music
8. Sleepwalking
9. Last Man Standing
10. Make Believe World
11. The Family Way
12. Fearless
13. The Last Amen

CD2:
1. Since You’ve Been Gone
2. Winning
3

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Nightsteel – Nightsteel 2025

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Cosmic Fire Records is pleased to announce the signing of Greek heavy/power metal band Nightsteel for the release of their self-titled debut album. Nightsteel is the first band to join the label‘s roster, with more announcements to be made in the coming days.

Nightsteel is a new Greek metal band formed in 2022 by songwriter and bassist Bill Sam. After laying down some demos, he asked his best friend and drummer Mike Foudotos to join. They started working on Bill‘s songs with local vocalists before Bill decided to take the next big step and ask some well-known artists to

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Skunk Anansie – The Painful Truth 2025

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British rock icons Skunk Anansie have announced their hugely anticipated new studio album “The Painful Truth”. The new album, their seventh studio collection and first in nine years, will be released on May 23rd, 2025, via FLG Records.

1. An Artist is an Artist
2. This is Not Your Life
3. Shame
4. Lost and Found
5. Cheers
6. Shoulda Been You
7. Animal
8. Fell in Love With A Girl
9. My Greatest Moment
10. Meltdown

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Chris Berardo – Wilder All The Time 2025

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The result, Wilder All the Time, features an all-star cast: DesBerardo band members Brother Marc Douglas Berardo on acoustic guitar and vocals and Bill Kelly on electric, mandola and vocals , producer and guitarist David Abeyta and his bandmates from Reckless Kelly, Joe Miller and Jay Nazz on bass and drums, respectively, as well as legendary Austin musician Lloyd Maines (The Chicks, Jerry Jeff Walker) on steel guitar, Bukka Allen (Joe Walsh, Robert Earl Keen)) on piano and organ, and revered Texas songwriter Walt Wilkins

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Axtion – Look Out For The Night 1985 Retrospect Records 2006, MP3+FLAC

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Retrospect Records SUPER RARE 80s MELODIC METAL FINALLY OFFICIALLY RE-ISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!! KILLER AXEWORK (by Darren Lazzari who was kind enough to digitally remaster this release), POWERFUL VOCALS AND CATCHY HOOKS ALL ADD UP TO AN 80s METAL LOST TREASURE THAT SHOULD BE ESSENTIAL TO EVERY METALHEADS COLLECTION. THESE GUYS TREAD THAT EDGE OF HARD ROCK AND MELODIC METAL WITH A HINT OF GLAM AND AN OBVIOUS NWOBHM INFLUENCE AND YET REMAIN TOTALLY ORIGINAL. LISTEN TO THE SOUND CLIPS AND BE TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME 20 YEARS TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF METAL!!

Road Runnin’
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AXIS – NO MAN’S LAND ( No Remorse Records) 2015, MP3+FLAC

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Originally released in 1988 on cassette only format, “No Man’s Land” is one of the best hidden melodic US metal releases of that era.Released for first time on CD format, limited to 1000 copies with 16 pages booklet including lyrics, photos and detailed liner notes by the band.Highly recommended for fans of Queensryche, Heir Apparent and Bastille.

Tracklist:
1. The King
2. Line of Duty
3. Bringin’ me Down
4. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
5. No Man’s Land
6. Bewilderness
7. Top of the Hill
8. Desire
9. Road to Somewhere
10. Piece of the Action
11. Faith
12. Right Combination
13. Over the Edge

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Dio – Dreamers Never Die [2022, BDRemux, 1080p]

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This career-spanning documentary about heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio chronicles his incredible rise from 1950s doo-wop to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow to replacing iconic singer Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and finally his legend as DIO. Ronnie’s biography is far removed from the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll cliches. It’s a story of perseverance, dreams and the power of self-belief.

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Virgin Steele – Virgin Steele I (The Anniversary Edition) (Reissued 2024) – 1982, FLAC+MP3

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Genre: Heavy Metal
Country of disc (release): EU
Year of publication: 1982/2024
Publisher (label): Steamhammer
Catalog number: SPV 249512 CD
Country of artist (band): USA

Tracklist:
01. Minuet In G Minor
02. Danger Zone
03. American Girl
04. Dead End Kids
05. Drive On Thru
06. Lothlorien (Orchestral Version)
07. Still In Love With You
08. Children Of The Storm
09. Pictures On You
10. Pulverizer
11. Living In Sin
12.Virgin Steele
13. The Lesson (Demo)
14. Life Of Crime (Demo)
15. Burn The Sun (Demo)
16. Hell From Beyond The Stars – (New Bonus Track)
17. The Fire God – (New Alternate Version Bonus Track)
18. V

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Ícaro (Icaro) – Discography 6 releases (2001-2022), MP3

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Country of the artist (band): Argentina
Genre: Heavy Metal
Year of publication: 2001-2022

2001 – Heavy Metal – 00:33:31 (192 kbps)
2005 – ¿Tiempo Perdido? – 00:49:04
2005 – ¿Tiempo Perdido? [Versión Digital] – 00:44:09
2013 – Heavy Metal [Reissue] – 00:47:10
2016 – Alimentados Por El Fuego Del Metal – 00:58:04
2022 – Mario Ian y Ícaro – Heavy Metal [Collaboration] – 00:04:35

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Aiming High – Metal Fighter Squadron – 1998, APE+MP3

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Genre: Melodic Heavy/Power Metal
Country of disc (release): Japan
Year of publication: 1998
Publisher (label): Metal Crusade Records
Catalog number: AH-001
Country of artist (band): Japan (Tokyo)

Tracklist:
01. Metal Fighter Squadron [05:47]
02. Dark Man [04:35]
03. No Turning Back [06:19]
04. Tombstone With No Name [01:59]
05. Flight Of The Intruder [05:08]
06. The Messiah [05:21]
07. Hero In Solitude [08:16]
08. Laser Sniper [04:25]

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