hard & heavy

After their highly acclaimed album “Adrenaline Rush” in 2014, Wicked Sensation found a new home with ROAR! Rock of Angels Records, and they are armed and ready to break out and to take the next step with their new album “Outbreak”. 

Vandenberg has announced that Mats Leven will be joining the band as lead singer. The powerhouse vocalist is known for his work with Yngwie Malmsteen, Candlemass and tours with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, among many other bands. To celebrate this new coming together, they have announced their only show of 2021 with the new line-up at the Planet Rockstock Festival at Trecco Bay, Wales, on Friday 12th November.

After listening to hundreds of audition tapes, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons are proud to welcome Bootyard Bandits vocalist Joel Peters to the fold for their upcoming UK tour.

The band comments: “Joel stood out from the very start. Rehearsals have gone well and we were extremely happy with Joel’s performance at Headbanger’s Balls Fest in Belgium last weekend, so we’ve decided to give him the role for the upcoming UK tour in November”.

Italian Hard Rock band Estriver have signed with Wormholedeath a licensing deal for their new album “Outcry”, due for release on December 10th, 2021.

Estriver deliver the finest hard rock with metal and progressive influences!

Check out an album teaser below.

Tracklist:
1. Nails
2. Belonging
3. To Wish to Have a Human Nature
4. Slavery
5. Human Destiny
6. Primordial
7. March of the Black flags
8. The ManWho Could Fly

Wolf is a hard rock-heavy metal band from the city of Valparaiso, Chile formed in 2014. The band released the album “Noche de Terror” in 2016. Their new work “Mal Camino” will be re-released on December 10th, 2021, via Wormholedeath worldwide.

Band statement:

Sometimes the seemingly most surprising idea can also be the most obvious: German-Italian melodic metal act The Unity, consisting of Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitar), Michael Ehré (drums) and bandmates Gianbattista Manenti (vocals), Stef (guitar), Jogi Sweers (bass) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards) are set to release their first live album “The Devil You Know - Live” on November 12th, 2021, via Steamhammer/SPV, their very own reaction to the lockdown, which has still not been fully lifted.

Argentina based Hard Rockers Bangkok have signed with Wormholedeath a licensing deal for their album “Madness”, which is due for release on November 12th, 2021.

Band statement:
“We are very pleased to sign with Wormholedeath Records and to release the album worldwide! For us is a dream come true. We’ve released 2 albums in Spanish for our market and now we have the opportunity to reach a wider audience with this English version and the worldwide distribution that the label provides”.

Serious Black release their new single “The Story”, out now on AFM Records, and announce new album “Vengeance is Mine” to be released on February 25th, 2022.

Check out the official video for “The Story” below.