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Argentinian Melodic Death Metal artist Plaguestorm has announced the release of his highly anticipated, brand new full length album. “Purifying Fire” will be out on June 4th, 2021, via Noble Demon!

After recently signing with Napalm Records and Napalm Events, German based melodic death metal unit Hiraes is set to drop its first sonic monster with ultimate strength: Their long-awaited, phenomenal debut offering, Solitary, will be released on June 25th, 2021, via Napalm Records.

The melodic death metal quintet Blind The Eye from Portugal sign a worldwide record deal with El Puerto Records!

Blind The Eye was founded in 2016 in Santa Maria da Feira. So far they have released an EP called “Tripolarity”, containing three studio recordings and also  two live songs from BilboRock Bilbao 2019.

Depending on the progress of the pandemic, the first full-length album will be released on El Puerto Records at the turn of the year 2021/22.

Hailing from Oshawa, Canada, Maitreya will be unleashing their upcoming album “Hyper Reels” this coming June 2021. To date, they have shared two singles “Departed” and “Catalyst”.  

Continuing in lead up to their new record’s release, the band is sharing their American Gods inspired single “Summit” - watch the music video below. Pre-save the new single here.

While concerts and cheering crowds seem to be a long lost echo from the past these days, melancholic progressive metallers Amorphis bring back some of the life and uncomparable energy that many of us have been missing so desperately. Recorded during a special hometown show that took place on December 7th, 2019, little did the Finns know that this would be one of their last concerts before the pandemic outbreak in early 2020.

Swedish melodic death metal combo Silent Verdict have signed a deal with Wormholedeath for the release of their debut album “Condemned”, out on April 30th, 2021, on all digital platforms worldwide

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Rockshots Records announces their latest signing of Nahaya (ft. members of Oceans of Slumber, Vesperian Sorrow, ex-Kingdom Collapse, Painting The Massacre, Cerebral Desecration). The Texan band is an amalgamation of American melodic groove thrash, Gothenburg sounds, and Middle Eastern influences. The band was founded in 2013 by Ryan Peters with Semir Ozerkan, who immigrated to the US from Istanbul, Turkey to pursue career opportunities in metal, one being with Oceans Of Slumber.

Italy’s Reality Grey has a new album “Beneath This Crown” in the works, with an anticipated release date of May 7th, 2021, through Blood Blast Distribution, powered by Nuclear Blast.  

In 2020, the news was flooded: Led by the extremely talented Alexi Laiho, newly formed supergroup Bodom After Midnight was about to become the striking successor to legendary metal band Children Of Bodom. Their sonic plans were massive – including an EP release in the spring followed by a full-length album later in the year.

Vancouver, Canada based Unleash The Archers were formed in late 2007 by vocalist and front-woman Brittney Slayes, together with her partner and the band’s drummer Scott Buchanan. Spanning the gap between various forms of metal, genre-blending has become their speciality, and the resulting product is a potent mix of intelligent song-writing and technically versatile musicianship.