Heavy Metal
Dirty Diamonds is the 24th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 2005 on CD and digitally. The album peaked on Billboard’s “Top Independent Albums” chart at #17, and the Billboard 200 album chart at #169. In 2019 New West Records released Dirty Diamonds on vinyl for the first time in the Americas. The original release was pressed limited edition Blood-Splatter vinyl. This re-release is also a limited edition pressing on translucent red blood vinyl.
Back to the front in so many ways, Apocalyptica are proud to announce the release of their 9th studio album Cell-0. Bristling with an epically baroque life and energy, January 10th 2020 is not just the sound of Apocalyptica returning to their expansive instrumental roots, it is the sound of Apocalyptica revisiting their deepest love with a renewed sense of knowledge and passion. The journeys are deeper, the destinations further and the rewards so much richer than anything the exciting, ambitious quartet have ever produced. Produced by the band and mixed by Andrew Scheps, who has worked with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey, Metallica and Black Sabbath, Cell-0 sees the band soaring into ethereal space on “Ashes Of The Modern World” while diving head-first into aggressive thrash ‘cello-riffery’ during “En Route To Mayhem”. At once a smorgasbord, symphony and crushing metallic masterpiece, Cell-0 shows a band at the very peak of its unique and magical compositional powers. Cell-0 will be released in the following formats: CD Mediabook, 2x 180 grams vinyl housed in a gatefold with 12” booklet, Digital Download and Streaming.
Bolster your defenses – ASPHYX are finally back! Necroceros marks the crushing 10th full studio album of the Dutch Death Doom elite, following-up 2016’s acclaimed Incoming Death release. Necroceros once again features artwork by Axel Hermann and contains ten massively pulverizing tracks, mixed and mastered by Sebastian Levermann.
Guardians remains true to August Burns Red heavy sound. It is the most collaborative writing effort to date and remains true to form for the band. It is 11 heavy tracks that have a common theme of helping others.
Following up their 8th studio album, Guardians, which debuted at #1 on the Rock and Vinyl charts, August Burns Red return with, The Guardians Sessions EP. Featuring 6 tracks, including: 2 unreleased studio tracks recorded during the Guardians recording sessions, re-imagined instrumental versions of 2 tracks off of Guardians "Extinct By Instinct" and "Paramount," and covers of the Westworld theme song and System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" Pressed on 10" White Smoke LP.
Alaska is the third studio album from GRAMMY-nominated progressive metal five piece Between the Buried and Me. Originally released in 2005 through Victory Records, it was the first album to feature the band's current line-up. The album achieved high critical acclaim and features some of the band's most notable tracks, such as the title track and "Selkies: The Endless Obsession". This pressing has been newly remixed and remastered to commemorate the band's 20th anniversary.
Active since 1984, Blind Guardian is one of the most influential & revered bands in the metal genre. Nuclear Blast is excited to release 3 of the band’s classic albums on vinyl, remixed and remastered as well as bonus content.
Active since 1984, Blind Guardian is one of the most influential & revered bands in the metal genre. Nuclear Blast is excited to release 3 of the band’s classic albums on vinyl, remixed and remastered as well as bonus content.
Blood From The Soul
DSM-5 [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Blue/Green/Black Mix LP]
Vinyl: $23.21 Buy
Blood From the Soul is the vision of legendary musician Shane Embury, longtime member of extreme pioneers Napalm Death. In the early 90's Embury partnered with Lou Koller (Sick Of It All) to create the Blood From The Soul debut "To Spite The Gland That Breeds" (Earache, 1993). The album was an experimental fusion of industrial, metal, hardcore, and punk. And along with Godflesh, Pitch Shifter, Meathook Seed, and Scorn, they helped spawn a new wave of industrial-metal. Fast forward to 2020 and Blood From the Soul has awakened from hyper-sleep. Joining Embury on this new creative journey are now Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth, Soilwork, Aborted, Tronos), Jacob Bannon (Converge, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae), and Jesper Liveröd (Nasum, Burst). "DSM-5" is a twelve song conceptual album from Blood From the Soul. Lyrically the album is written from the perspectives of human beings as well as sentient machines. Metaphorically it explores the relationship between consciousness and physical/psychological deterioration amid a multitude of stresses. Reading as both dystopian science fiction as well as poignant editorial on the turbulent present and our uncertain future.
The Ferocious Death Metal Mini-Album Masterclass From One Of The Current Leaders Of The Death Metal Genre, Featuring Katatonia & Opeth Members2008 witnessed the glorious, gory return of Bloodbath. Following years of in-activity they returned with Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) resuming vocal duties joining Martin 'Axe' Axenrot (Opeth), Jonas Renkse and Anders 'Blakkheim' Nyström (Katatonia) and Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson. The 10 inch mini-album 'Unblessing The Purity' was followed by the CD & DVD set 'The Wacken Carnage' and, ultimately, the new album 'The Fathomless Mastery'. Each of these were met with critical adulation with Rocksound describing them as "metal's wet dream" and Metal Hammer proclaiming "death metal doesn't get much better than this". The readers of Terrorizer voted 'The Fathomless Mastery' album of the year. Bloodbath has seen subsequent success with their 'Grand Morbid Funeral' opus arising in 2014 and introducing new frontman Nick Holmes from UK metal titans Paradise Lost.
On April 23, 2021, melodic death metal pillar BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT will release their new EP, Paint The Sky With Blood, via Napalm Records. Paint The Sky With Blood was recorded in Finland back in 2020 and was meant to be the beginning of an exciting new chapter that sadly ended far too soon. The three-track offering is an impressive, overwhelming sonic tribute to an absolute legend of the metal scene – matchless late guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho – and at the same time, a modern homage to the genre itself. A storm of raging guitars and blaring drums merge with Laiho’s versatile vocal power, leading into a heavy attack – title track “Paint The Sky With Blood” – opening the 14 minute EP. The track is strikingly reminiscent of early-CHILDREN OF BODOM elements, while also adding exciting modern influences into the fold. Second stunner “Payback’s a Bitch” and its massive riffing are on a quest for retribution, delivering a hard-hitting, second to none offense. The interplay of Alexi Laiho, guitarist Daniel Freyberg, drummer Waltteri Väyrynen (Paradise Lost), bassist Mitja Toivonen (ex-Santa Cruz) and live keyboardist Vili Itäpelto is not only a testament to the band's extraordinary musical ability, but also showcases their skill in deftly incorporating a variety of genre influences. Closing cover track “Where Dead Angels Lie” is an absolute triumph – originally performed by Swedish extreme metal formation Dissection, the track shines as a timeless classic with a new edge. Eerie riffs and vocals alternating between menacing murmurs and characteristic guttural, distorted vocals stay faithful to the original while branding this version with an undeniable BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT punch. With Paint The Sky With Blood, BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT hold the sceptre of metal in their hands, bestowing an impressive fragment of their inimitable legacy.
Vinyl LP pressing. Formed in 1992, Boris boldly explores their own vision of heavy music, where words like "explosive" and "thunderous" barely do justice. Using overpowering soundscapes embellished with copious amounts of lighting and billow smoke, Boris has shared with audiences across the planet an experience for all five senses in their concerts, earning legions of zealous fans along the way. Absolutego is a trek over a staggering mountain of sound. The tension builds with wave after wave of massive feedback, drums leading into a crushing crescendo of full-band repetition and clarity before descending deeper until finally reaching a surreal divebomb purring drone finale. This song takes notes out of the Melvins playbook and pushes the sound to it's absolute logical and visceral extreme. It sets a solid foundation for why Boris is considered to be one of the most important metal bands of the 21st century.

Originally taking shape in 2005 San Diego’s deathcore originators Carnifex has released six full length releases as well as a variety of eps and demos, the latest being the Dec 2018 ep “Bury Me in Blasphemy”. The band’s seventh release, “World War X”, will be released Aug 2 and contains the first single and video, “No Light Shall Save Us”, which features additional vocals from Alissa White-Gluz from Arch Enemy. Around the release of “World War X” Carnifex will begin a run on one of the largest metal tours in North America.
"Cost of Sacrifice" is Chamber's debut full-length after the 2019 EP "Ripping / Pulling / Tearing" in which Revolver says "They keep at a rapid-fire pace throughout, leading a bunch of disparate parts to one unified, perfectly crushing, breakdown." Revolver has also said of the band that they are "one of the most technically pugnacious hardcore bands around."