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Hammer King return to stormy seas with *Poseidon Will Carry Us Home*, revisiting their mighty 2018 nautical metal adventure. Thundering riffs, galloping rhythms and Titan Fox V’s commanding vocals steer this royal warship through crashing waves and battles of steel, where every chorus sounds like a victory cry from the deck of a Viking longship.

Originally released through Cruz del Sur Music, the band’s third album delivers a glorious collision of traditional heavy metal and German power metal, crowned by the epic seven-minute finale “We Sail Cape Horn”. This 12-track edition includes the bonus song “Meatus Majestatis”, keeping the Hammer King’s maritime conquest alive for another generation.

Country: Germany
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All hail the Hammer King! German heavy metal warriors Hammer King reopen the gates of their kingdom with a thunderous anniversary remaster of their 2015 debut, *Kingdom of the Hammer King*. Galloping riffs, towering choruses and Titan Fox V’s commanding vocals still carry the unmistakable spirit of true metal, now polished for a new generation of loyal subjects.

Originally released through Cruz del Sur Music, this 10th Anniversary Edition restores the band’s earliest royal anthems with renewed sonic power. The expanded double-CD edition also includes *Hammer King X – Alive in ’25*, a live recording celebrating a decade of steel, glory and devotion to the King.

Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Year: 2025

Hammer King’s royal banners are flying high once again! *King Is Rising* returns ten years after its original 2016 release, its thunderous riffs, battle-ready choruses and larger-than-life power metal anthems given a fresh coat of steel. Remastered by Alexander Ecker, this anniversary edition brings renewed fire to one of the German metal warriors’ defining records.

Originally released through Cruz del Sur Music, *King Is Rising* helped establish the band’s unmistakable blend of traditional heavy metal, galloping rhythms and unapologetic royal grandeur. The 2026 reissue also includes three bonus tracks, making this a worthy celebration of a decade under the Hammer King’s banner.

Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal

Cirith Ungol rise from the shadows once again, dragging their unmistakable brand of epic heavy metal through a wasteland of doom, madness and apocalyptic visions. *All the Shadows*, their seventh studio album, is a dark and defiant return from California’s legendary metal warriors, with Tim Baker’s haunting voice still leading the charge.

Recorded at The Captains Quarters in Ventura, California, the album delivers eight tracks steeped in the band’s trademark atmosphere of darkness and despair. With another striking cover by fantasy artist Michael Whelan, this is Cirith Ungol refusing to let the final curtain fall.

Label: No Remorse Records
Country: US
Genre: Epic Heavy Metal, Doom Metal
Year: 2026

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Nearly three decades of American heavy metal are packed into “Best Of The Witch”, a 27-track career-spanning collection personally assembled by guitarist Jack Frost. Fully remastered, the set runs from the band’s early power-metal fire to darker, heavier later material without losing that unmistakable SEVEN WITCHES steel.

Formed in 1998, SEVEN WITCHES became one of those bands that never needed fashion to tell them what heavy metal should sound like. Jack Frost remained the constant through a rotating cast of strong vocalists including Bobby Lucas, Wade Black, James Rivera and Alan Tecchio, while the music moved between traditional heavy metal, US power metal and sharper melodic hard rock.

Disc One leans heavily into the band’s formative years. “S