Month: July 2020

Drops of Heart Releases Stargazers Press Release

Russian melodic death metal band DROPS OF HEART have released new album Stargazers. Stream the entire album on: Purchase Stargazers: https://smarturl.it/stargazers   Stargazers is a tragic story of the presence of personal afflictions and disasters, affecting us all. Told in 12 epic compositions, the conceptually bleak album leaves room for a glimpse of hope and optimism.   The legacy of 1990s…


Creature Feature (2015) – By Baron Craze

Normally the concept of horror anthologies reoccurs and at a steady pace, and performs well, with the initial design of a collection of different directors and screenwriters making 5 to 8 short stories with the customary wraparound bookending the movie. However, unlike those of Tales of Halloween (2015) and Holidays (2016), Creature Feature only has…


Second to Sun’s ‘Leviathan’ Press Release

Saint Petersburg (RU) – Ever prolific and consistently ferocious, Russian metal stalwarts SECOND TO SUN will release new album Leviathan on September 29. The follow-up to 2019’s raging Legacy, itself a game changer, the new album finds the band firing on all cylinders!   Stream “I Psychoanalyze Ghosts” and the title track at: https://secondtosun.bandcamp.com/album/leviathan   The aptly titled Leviathan stuns the senses and…


Aphonic Threnody’s ‘The Great Hatred’ Press Release

Perhaps as an unplanned nod to the ominosity that looms over 2020, doom metal has featured pretty extensively on Transcending Obscurity Records’ list of releases this year. And so, we heavily trudge through- this time with the pre-orders for the atmospheric death/doom band Aphonic Threnody’s upcoming full-length album, The Great Hatred. The album is a 6-track gargantuan…


Upcoming Heavy Metal Releases for August 2020

The titles bolded in red shall eventually air on Shredding Metal Beasts, Sinister Death and Hard Rock Madness. All dates and music subject to change without notice.   August 7, 2020 Angel Morgue – In The Morgue Of Angels (Redefining Darkness) Arctic Rain – The One (Frontiers) Astriferous – The Lower Levels Of Sentience EP (Me Saco Un Ojo)…


Blazon Rite’s ‘Dulce Bellum Inexpertis’ Press Release

Gates of Hell Records will release Blazon Rite’s Dulce Bellum Inexpertis EP on vinyl MLP format September 25. The primal/epic metal quartet independently released the EP earlier this year on digital and cassette formats.   Stream EP track “Into The Expanse (Solar Portals and Celestial Holes)” at the following location:   Pre-order: https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=46&product_id=2272   The EP is best described…


Willowtip Records Reissuing Remastered HATH EP ‘Hive’ Press Release

Hot on the heels of critically acclaimed 2019 album Of Rot and Ruin, New Jersey Blackened Death Metallers HATH will reissue 2015 debut EP Hive October 2 on Willowtip Records. Previously self-released on digital format, the remastered Hive will be released on CD, vinyl LP, and digital formats. The reissue includes a brand-new song, “Artopus,” which is streaming below:  …


SpellBook “Wands to the Sky” Press Release

York (PA) – Vintage proto-metal purveyors SpellBook have released the first single from forthcoming debut album Magick & Michief. Stream “Wands to the Sky” on both Cruz Del Sur Music will release Magick & Mischief September 25 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. Formerly known as Witch Hazel, SpellBook marries Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and progressive rock for seven songs of entrancing classic metal!…


Grendel’s Sÿster ‘Myrtle Wreath / Myrtenkranz’ EP Press Release

Cruz Del Sur Music is pleased to announce the gatefold vinyl LP reissue of Grendel’s Sÿster’s Myrtle Wreath / Myrtenkranz EP on September 25. The EP is a collection of German and English-sung folk metal that’s eclectic and epic! Originally released in 2019 by the German power trio on CD and digital formats, this seamless blend of classic metal…


Enterprise Earth’s ‘Foundation of Bones’ EP Press Release

ENTERPRISE EARTH today unveils a stunning quarantine style playthrough video of their acoustic interpretation of “There Is No Tomorrow” which appears on the band’s Foundation Of Bones EP, out now on Entertainment One (eOne). Featuring one new song (the title track), two cover tunes – Necrophagist’s “Fermented Offal Discharge” and Lamb Of God’s “Now You’ve…