On July 25th, 1992, at the Estadio Ferrocarril Oeste, Iron Maiden unleashed a performance fueled by pure adrenaline and raw power. This concert was broadcast on various local radio stations and is available now on CD.
Tracklist:
Intro
Can I Play with Madness
From Here to Eternity
Wasting Love
The Evil That Men Do
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
Heaven Can Wait
Run to the Hills
2 Minutes to Midnight
Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The Trooper
Running Free
UPC: 4262428985086Label: Blue-lineRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
Remastered from the original analogue source to deliver the music to listeners exactly the way the Artist and recording engineer intended
Tracklist:
The Ides Of March (2015 Remaster)
Wrathchild (2015 Remaster)
Murders In The Rue Morgue (2015 Remaster)
Another Life (2015 Remaster)
Genghis Khan (2015 Remaster)
Innocent Exile (2015 Remaster)
Killers (2015 Remaster)
Prodigal Son (2015 Remaster)
Purgatory (2015 Remaster)
Drifter (2015 Remaster)
UPC: 4050538426946Label: Sanctuary RecordsRelease Date: 11.16.18Format: CD
Remastered from the original analogue source to deliver the music to listeners exactly the way the Artist and recording engineer intended
Tracklist:
Invaders (2015 Remaster)
Children Of The Damned (2015 Remaster)
The Prisoner (2015 Remaster)
22 Acacia Avenue (2015 Remaster)
The Number Of The Beast (2015 Remaster)
Run To The Hills (2015 Remaster)
Gangland (2015 Remaster)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (2015 Remaster)
UPC: 4050538426960Label: Sanctuary RecordsRelease Date: 11.16.18Format: CD
Remastered from the original analogue source to deliver the music to listeners exactly the way the Artist and recording engineer intended
Tracklist:
Where Eagles Dare (2015 Remaster)
Revelations (2015 Remaster)
Flight Of Icarus (2015 Remaster)
Die With Your Boots On (2015 Remaster)
The Trooper (2015 Remaster)
Still Life (2015 Remaster)
Quest For Fire (2015 Remaster)
Sun And Steel (2015 Remaster)
To Tame A Land (2015 Remaster)
UPC: 4050538427004Label: Sanctuary RecordsRelease Date: 11.16.18Format: CD
Remastered from the original analogue source to deliver the music to listeners exactly the way the Artist and recording engineer intended.
Tracklist:
Aces High (2015 Remaster)
2 Minutes To Midnight (2015 Remaster)
Losfer Words (Big 'orra) [2015 Remaster]
Flash Of The Blade (2015 Remaster)
The Duellists (2015 Remaster)
Back In The Village (2015 Remaster)
Powerslave (2015 Remaster)
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (2015 Remaster)
UPC: 4050538427028Label: Sanctuary RecordsRelease Date: 3.29.19Format: CD
2CD Digipack with 28-page booklet:
Tracklist:
Senjutsu
Stratego
The Writing On The Wall
Lost In A Lost World
Days Of Future Past
The Time Machine
Darkest Hour
Death of The Celts
The Parchment
Hell On Earth
UPC: 4050538671667Label: Sanctuary RecordsRelease Date: 9.3.21Format: CD
Since the 1980s, Cleveland has been a fertile breeding ground for outstanding heavy metal. Ohio-based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Della Caga proudly continues that tradition. Over the years, he has been involved in more than half a dozen bands, including Brimstone Coven and Icarus Witch. His main creative outlet, however, has always been Ironflame, a project in which he writes the music and lyrics, performs nearly all the instruments, and handles the vocals himself. Formed in 2016, Ironflame has released five critically acclaimed full-length albums and built a loyal following along the way. The latest chapter in Ironflame's story, Worlds to Conquer, is another powerful statement from one of modern heavy metal's most dedicated and prolific underground artists.
Tracklist:
Night Closes in
Legion of Fire
Dynasties Fall
Where Cauldrons Burn
Shadow Slave
Crimson Shores
Valhalla Is Calling
Worlds to Conquer
UPC: 4251267724864Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: CD
After two consecutive new Jethro Tull album releases in 2022 and 2023, another collection - 'Curious Ruminant' - is unleashed on the 7th March 2025. Consisting of nine tracks varying in length from two and half minutes to almost seventeen minutes, this is an album of mostly full band music. Amongst the musicians featured are former keyboardist Andrew Giddings and drummer James Duncan, along with the current band members David Goodier, John O'Hara, Scott Hammond and guitarist Jack Clark.
Tracklist:
Puppet And The Puppet Master
Curious Ruminant
Dunsinane Hill
The Tipu House
Savannah Of Paddington Green
Stygian Hand
Over Jerusalem
Drink From The Same Well
Interim Sleep
UPC: 198028748520Label: Inside OutRelease Date: 3.7.25Format: CD
Tracklist:
Jekyll Island
Full Spectrum Dominance
False Flag
Our Dying Republic
Molon Labe
Indentured Servitude
Feeling Helpless?
Don't Tread on Me
Cleansing Wind
Mind Control
Alive
Tree of Liberty
Spirit of the Times
We the People
Jekyll Island
UPC: 634240468667Label: The Circle MusicRelease Date: 7.10.26Format: CD
Joseph Tholl is widely known as a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He gained international recognition as a founding member and guitarist of the speed metal band Enforcer, which he officially left in 2019. After his time with Enforcer, he formed Black Trip (later renamed Vojd) and is currently playing guitar in Tribulation. Following 2019's Devil's Drum, It Might Be Art is his second solo album. It was recorded and mixed at Humbucker Studio, which Tholl co-owns with Robert Pehrsson (also a High Roller Records artist). Tholl handles vocals, guitars, and most of the bass, as well as piano and synthesizer parts. Drum duties are shared by Robert Eriksson (The Hellacopters) and Jakob Ljungberg (Second Sun). In addition, the album features several guest appearances by musicians including Johannes Andersson (Tribulation), Tobias Lindkvist (Tyrann), Pia Stjärnvind (Serpent Omega), Adam Zaars (Tribulation), and Robert Pehrsson (Dundertåget, Robert Pehrsson's Humbucker). At times, influences from Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, New Model Army, and Midnight Oil can be glimpsed.
Tracklist:
New Dawn
Oh The Madness
I'm In A Darkness
Invocation Of The Evening Star
Walking
It Might Be Art
I Syrenens Tid
Rebirth
On Velvet Waves
The Burial
UPC: 4251267724826Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 7.3.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Hungry for Your Love
Sleeping Sickness
Amazons
Acid Blues
I've Been Waiting
UPC: 850074887461Label: Ripple MusicRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: CD
Rocka Rolla is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 6 September 1974 by Gull Records. It was produced by Rodger Bain, who had made a name for himself as the producer of Black Sabbath's first three albums. It is the only album to feature drummer John Hinch."IT'S GREAT TO LOOK BACK AND SEE OUR FUTURE UNFURL-FROM LITTLE METAL ACORNS- MIGHTY METAL OAKS DO GROW. ONE SMALL STEP FOR METAL, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR METALKIND- A LIFE LONG METAL JOURNEY BEGAN WITH THESE SONGS. THIS ALBUM LIT THE ETERNAL METAL FLAME-AS REAL AND FRESH AS EVER FIVE DECADES ON." - ROB HALFORD
Tracklist:
One for the Road
Rocka Rolla
Winter/Deep Freeze/Winter Retreat/ Cheater
Never Satisfied
Run of the Mill
Dying to Meet You
Caviar and Meth
UPC: 634164416232Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 11.22.24Format: CD
Restored from the original 1976 analogue master tapes, this 50th Anniversary archival release is the definitive edition of the original Sad Wings of Destiny. Originally released in 1976, Sad Wings of Destiny is one of the most influential albums in heavy metal history. Produced in cooperation with Judas Priest, this Original 1976 Masters edition was newly remastered to preserve the power, warmth, and dynamic range of the original recordings while revealing exceptional clarity and detail. Presented in the band's intended running order beginning with ""Prelude,"" this CD also includes the bonus track ""Diamonds and Rust,"" recorded during the Sad Wings of Destiny sessions.
Tracklist:
Prelude
Tyrant
Genocide
Epitaph
Island of Domination
Victim of Changes
The Ripper
Dreamer Deceiver
Deceiver
Diamonds and Rust
UPC: 630428444027Label: Exciter RecordsRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: CD
The Best of Judas Priest is a career spanning collection celebrating one of the most influential and enduring bands in heavy metal. Judas Priest have defined and redefined the sound and imagery of heavy metal for more than five decades. With over 50 million albums sold worldwide and more than 2.5 billion streams across their catalogue, their impact on music and culture remains unmatched. This special collection of 16 songs brings together some of the band’s globally revered recordings, including ‘Breaking The Law,’ ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Coming,’ ‘Electric Eye,’ ‘Turbo Lover’ and ‘Painkiller.’ Together, these tracks represent key moments from across their catalog and trace the evolution of a band that helped shape the genre itself. The Best Of Judas Priest serves as both an accessible entry point for new listeners and a definitive collection for longtime fans looking to revisit the song that cemented the band’s legacy.
Tracklist:
You’ve Got Another Thing Coming
Lightning Strike
Breaking The Law
Beyond The Realms Of Death
Painkiller
Hell Bent For Leather
Rocka Rolla
Turbo Lover
Electric Eye
Crown Of Horns
Living After Midnight
Night Crawler
Heading Out To The Highway
Better By You, Better Than Me
The Sentinel
Diamonds And Rust
UPC: 199584340722Label: Sony LegacyRelease Date: 6.19.26Format: CD
While the sterile “professionalism” of some heavy bands can be like a clinical drone strike, Texas-based Judiciary feels personal. Like close combat with a knife. And it’s all in their chemistry. Judiciary is an amalgamation of four guys raised in the intersection of metal and hardcore—all devoted to pushing their craft further. Across two esteemed LPs, the band has proven their worth as a crucial entity in the crowded heavy music scene by evolving their sound further and further with each release. And now with the band’s latest Stalagmite Angels, due on September 4th via the venerable Closed Casket Activities, Judiciary can further showcase their status as a crucial, one-of-a-kind part of the evolution of hardcore in 2026.
Life changes can bring about chaos and seismic shifts, but if Stalagmite Angels is any indication, then it’s all for the better. In the wake of the release of Judiciary’s second LP Flesh + Blood, the band called upon Juan Vazquez to pick up guitar duties, thereby changing the internal framework of the band for good, and unknowingly for the better. It’s this pivot in personnel that resulted in the band’s latest EP. “The goal with this EP was a hard reset, but we also wanted to chill the f— out a bit, have fun, and do something that felt true to the four of us,” recalls drummer Austin Looney. “We wanted time to reconfigure things and let the music come naturally–temper this new mindset that we've adopted post-Flesh + Blood.”
Judiciary’s greatest strength lies in their musical singularity. Though Stalagmite Angels represents the collision of influences from across well-worn territories like metallic hardcore, death metal, black metal, d-beat and more, it’s the Lubbock-born band’s approach that makes it distinctly their own. Stalagmite Angels is a wholly new document that resembles a horde of bands ranging from Hatebreed to Carcass to Slayer to Iron Age, yet never aping any single band nor even revealing any single influence. It’s all familiar but none of it is specific. “90s hardcore and hardcore in general is always gonna be our natural inclination, but it manifests with different elements not only from song to song but within each song,” says vocalist Jake Collinson emphatically, who learned guitar specifically to help with writing new material. “Whether that’s Dying Breed or Cannibal Corpse or Crowbar or Machine Head or any number of other influences that any one of us may have, it all manifests in our work, and through our individual and collective lenses. With this EP, we transformed those ideas into the Judiciary approach.”
Stalagmite Angels is an EP about anger at the world, belief in yourself, and how harnessing both in the pursuit of growth is necessary to achieve. But furthermore, it’s a concept record that envisions a subterranean world in both a literal and metaphorical sense—where hidden beauty lurks in the shadows (and in the eye of the beholder) and where triumph manifests in the ability to rise from the depths and into the world above. The concept, according to Collinson, comes from inspiration in films like The Descent, but also from harsh noise and even the music of artists from across the band’s spectrum of influences, like Hank Williams and Peso Pluma.
Engineered and produced by Phil Odom at Bad Wolf Recording Studios in Austin and mixed and mastered by Will Putney, Stalagmite Angels was written across the several locations that Judiciary calls home and then synthesized live as a group prior to production.
Tracklist:
Wall of Skulls
Sanguine Reality
Hymns of a Calcified Warpath
Soul Sutra
Death Knell
UPC: 731851220391Label: Closed Casket ActiviRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: CD
The 12th studio album from Death Metal Veterans, Jungle Rot. "Let's start off by saying what an amazing accomplishment it is to hit 12 releases in my career. Never would I think I'd still be doing this 30+ years later. I guess be careful what you wish for I'm very grateful to all of our fans that have supported us for so many years and for never giving up on us. To my bandmates for all of their hard work and dedication to me and JRot over all these year's. Cruel Face Of War will not disappoint. It's full of crushing grooves and violent hooks that will surely break anyone's neck. We have stood the test of time. We are still here playing our trademark style of Oldschool Death Metal that has carved a legendary name for us in the underground scene today. " UPC: 199806429570Label: Unique LeaderRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
Foundational to the Boston alternative metal scene, Junius return with Sotera, their first new album in nearly a decade, reaffirming the band's enduring influence and singular vision. Joined by Orion Wainer (Constants, Tombs), Matthew Vincenty (Glacier), and Eoghan McCarthy (Circus Trees) alongside founding members Joseph E. Martinez and Dana Filloon, the expanded lineup brings renewed precision and intensity to Junius' signature blend of cinematic post-metal and shadowed, atmospheric rock. Sotera explores themes of ancient feminine divinity and the fractured legacy of esoteric rites that quietly shaped early civilization. Expansive and meditative, the album channels myth, ritual, and emotional gravity into a body of work that feels both timeless and urgent - an evolution that honors the band's legacy while pushing it's sound deeper and further than before. UPC: 634164439415Label: Prosthetic RecordsRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: CD
Kids Abandoning Destiny Among Vanity And Ruin Break what breaks you: Just a few months after the spectacular relaunch of "I Just Wanna Be A Sound", Berlin's rock royalty Kadavar are back with "K.A.D.A.V.A.R." - a kind of second debut album. On it, the band combines the riff-lust of their early days with the creativity of the new four-piece constellation. And can happily report: The fun of music is back for good. The spectrum ranges from the cheeky slacker rock of "Stick It" to the droning juggernaut of "K.A.D.A.V.A.R." and the thrash metal club (!) "Total Annihilation". Kadavar have probably never sounded more diverse and at the same time more archetypal. But that's the way it is when every band member contributes songs and ideas on an equal footing. At the end of the day, whether you call it hard rock, retro rock, classic rock, vintage rock, doom rock or just goddamn rock music, it doesn't matter: it rocks. And how. "K.A.D.A.V.A.R." sounds familiar and new at the same time, paying tribute to yesterday without being stuck in it.
Tracklist:
Lies
Heartache
Explosions in the Sky
The Corner of E 2nd ; Robert Martinez
Stick It
You Me Apocalypse
The Children
K.A.D.A.V.A.R
Total Annihilation
UPC: 4250795610182Label: Clouds HillRelease Date: 1.9.26Format: CD
“Born With A Hammer” is the new solo album by Kai Hansen, founding member of HELLOWEEN and mastermind of GAMMA RAY. One of the defining voices of German power metal, Hansen returns with a powerful new collection of songs driven by his unmistakable songwriting, signature guitar work and true metal spirit.Available as 1LP on 180g black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, including a 4 page LP sized booklet with lyrics and a photo collage of the band OR as CD Digipak with a 4 page booklet.
Tracklist:
Feeding the Beast
Welcome to Life
Don’t Care
Wait and See
Born with a Hammer
I.D.G.A.F
End of the Road
Triple Trouble
Invaders
Wonderland
UPC: 4029759207559Label: EarmusicRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
Symphonic metal legends KAMELOT return with the haunting Dark Asylum, out August 28, 2026 via Napalm Records. 14 albums deep into a genre-defining career - including chart dominating classics like Haven, The Shadow Theory, and most recently The Awakening - the band remains a commanding force in modern metal. Longtime KAMELOT producer Sascha Paeth returns, contributing additional guitars alongside Jacob Hansen, who oversees mixing and mastering. With a spanning cast of features, including members of Visions Of Atlantis, Eluveitie, Avantasia, Decessus frontwoman and current Miss World Chile champion Ignacia Fernández and more, the cinematic, introspective, and mystical Dark Asylum hides reality shattering revelations behind every corner. Once you step inside RavenHill… there is no turning back.
Tracklist:
Sanctorium
Ashen World
Dark Asylum
Sanctuary
Nocte Veritas
One Last Masquerade
Ivy, My Dear
Godlike Alchemy
The Sleeping Mind (Orphic Paradigm)
Kaleidoscope
Enigma (Think of Me)
Cassandra's Disease
Beneath the Moon (Tunglio)
The Puppet King
Sanctum Requiem
UPC: 810221171614Label: NapalmRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
One Thousand Shining Bubbles
Beastmaster of the Void
Gott Mit Uns Nicht
Call of the Abyssal Bell
Black Magical Soap Opera
Temple of the Fleshless Goddess
Libido Et Mors
Beyond the Dream Gate of Fear
Maker of Angels
UPC: 8051128623147Label: Rockshots RecordsRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Kaiku
Merta
Kun Kyynelistä Muodostuu Meri
Rauniot
Maailman Ainut Ihminen
Kaipaus
Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli
Kuura
Aatos
UPC: 4070335022233Label: Noble DemonRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
Morning Star finds Këkht Aräkh arriving at a truer, more refined version of himself. Recorded between Berlin and Stockholm, the album emerges from a period of intense personal and artistic growth, blending aggressive black metal passages with immersive, textured soundscapes that feel both intimate and vast.Since his origins in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Dmitry (a.k.a. Crying Orc), the sole mastermind behind the project, has sought a distinctive path within black metal. This vision unfolded through his debut Through the Branches to Eternity EP (2018) and the albums Night & Love (2018) and Pale Swordsman (2021), establishing a signature tension between ferocious, visceral black metal and delicate, introspective ballads. On Morning Star, this dynamic reaches new depth. Created at a point of artistic clarity, the album explores a rawer, more personal emotional palette, shaped by stress, anxiety, and long stretches of writer’s block, giving it rare immediacy and vulnerability.
Dmitry recorded nearly all instruments himself, with drums by Jonathan (Spira Me, Vanskapth, Olycka). Bladee contributed vocals and co-wrote lyrics on “Eternal Martyr,” an unexpected collaboration that reveals intuitive chemistry. VS--55 and Varg2™ add abstract sampling and subtle textural design, giving Morning Star its distinctive grain and analog warmth, while James Ginzburg (Emptyset, Osmium) handled final mastering, enhancing dynamic depth and atmospheric richness.
Several tracks revisit earlier material with fresh perspectives. “Wänderer” and “Drömsång” are partially rerecorded or fully reimagined. Intense, driving passages collide with sparse, contemplative interludes, producing a landscape both visceral and haunting. Themes of isolation and wandering surface in “Wänderer,” dreamlike melancholy in “Drömsång,” existential struggle in “Angest,” and reflections on time and transformation in “Three Winters Away.”
With Morning Star, Këkht Aräkh synthesizes past explorations with new collaborative energy, producing a record that honors 90s black metal tradition while embracing lo-fi warmth, melancholic melodies, sonic experimentation, and emotional candor. The result is a deeply personal statement - an album that is both an arrival and a continuation of his artistic journey.
Tracklist:
Wänderer (2:58)
Castle (3:25)
Lament (3:00)
Genom sorgen (ft. VS--55) (3:39)
Angest (3:20)
Mörker över mörker (3:14)
Three winters away (2:47)
Drömsång (3:55)
Raven king (3:51)
Vigil (2:15)
Eternal martyr (ft. Bladee) (2:57)
Trollsång (ft. Spöke) (1:54)
Land av evig natt l (1:35)
Land av evig natt ll (3:39)
Gates (2:51)
Morning star (3:54)
Outro (ft. Varg2TM) (0:50)
UPC: 843563197929Label: Sacred BonesRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
Kerrigan's debut album, Bloodmoon (2023), was recorded with the help of session drummer Jonathan Döring. He now joins bassist Jakob Zeblin, guitarist Bruno Schotten, and vocalist/guitarist Jonas Weber as a regular member of the line-up for their sophomore album, Wayfarer. Dreamy and melancholic, Wayfarer is more or less a direct continuation of Bloodmoon, and showcases Kerrigan at their most confident and versatile yet.
Tracklist:
Torchbearer
Asylum
The Ice Witch
Surrender
Wayfarer
Blood and Steel
Dystopia
Fighter
Red Light Tower
UPC: 4251267724291Label: High Roller RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
From Hell I Rise is the debut solo album by Slayer guitarist Kerry King, originally released in 2024. It is King's first album since disbanding Slayer in 2019, and it's contributors include Mark Osegueda of Death Angel on vocals, former Vio-lence and Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders, and Slayer and former Testament, Forbidden and Exodus drummer Paul Bostaph. The album's sound has been described as similar to Slayer. UPC: 4251981715650Label: Reigning Phoenix MusRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
After eleven years of releasing albums and touring the world, Khemmis’ 5th full length record is a dense, blood-infused honey for the ear. A grand spiritual celebration of heavy metal, a concept album framed as a ritual of musical freedom that starts with the pounding rhythms of “Invocation of the Dreamer” and culminates with the starlit exaltation of “Benediction Tones.”
Tracklist:
Invocation of the Dreamer
Corpsebloom Garden
Grief’s Reverie
Beneath the Scythe
Gilded Chambers
Tomb of Roses
Carrion King
Benediction Tones
UPC: 4065629754334Label: Nuclear BlastRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
Debut release from Nu Metal Icons. Spit featuring the bands biggest tracks "Brackish" & "Charlotte" both receiving massive airplay and MTV exposure. The band went on to perform on Ozzfest in 2001 and SnoCore Festival. They also toured with high profile artist as Slipknot, Chevelle and Suicidal Tendencies. Spit debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at position # 79 and was the #1 Heatseekers Chart. The band would sit on the Billboard Top 200 for 37 weeks. The band was certified Gold with sales over 650,000 units sold.
Tracklist:
Spit
Charlotte
Suck
Do You Think I'm a Whore
Brackish
Jonny
Trippin'
Raven
Get Off (You Can Eat a Dick)
Choke
Paperdoll
Immortal
UPC: 634164675929Label: Mnrk HeavyRelease Date: 7.8.22Format: CD
A quarter century of Kludde! To mark this anniversary, "Langs Scheld- en Denderland" will be re-released as co-release between Consouling Sounds and Thenra Collectivum. For the first time professionally available as 6-panel CDdigisleeve and on black viny. The album has been completely remixed and remastered by Cerulean. While sounding a lot better, the original feel and atmosphere have been preserved. The artwork also received a nice upgrade. The demo was released initially released on CD-R in 2002 and was well received in the local underground and beyond. It got under the attention of Nightmare Productions, the label of Nocturnus Horrendus from Corpus Christi, who re-released the demo one year later in 2003 on tape. Those original versions today have become a much wanted collector's item in the underground black metal scene. Kludde was formed somewhere in 2001 by Snoodaert and Uglúk as a black-metal studio project inspired by the second wave of Black Metal. Local folklore was chosen as a concept and the band name was named after an evil tormentor who hid at night along the waterfront to scare the shit out of unsuspecting passengers. The Kludde, Kleddemèvel or Waterklerre is also a shapeshifter who, often in the form of a large black dog, walked on his hind legs, with glowing crimson eyes and wrapped in rattling chains. UPC: 8721018036431Label: Consouling SoundsRelease Date: 5.22.26Format: CD
KNOCKED LOOSE:
As Knocked Loose chipped away at what would become their third album, they felt the pressure from all sides. Internally, there was the need to challenge themselves as songwriters while retaining the merciless intensity and unflinching honesty that have always been their calling cards. Externally, there was a whole new set of eyes on the hard-touring Louisville quintet, following a banner year in which they’d brought their underground-seasoned sound to some of the world’s biggest stages, finding themselves the unlikely viral darlings of both Coachella and Bonnaroo.
The creative process was arduous, with the band writing close to 40 songs across a span of four years before locking in the 10 tracks that make up new LP You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. But in the end, vocalist Bryan Garris, guitarists Isaac Hale and Nicko Calderon, bassist Kevin Otten and drummer Kevin “Pac Sun” Kaine honed a diverse, cohesive and savagely intense album that both sums up the massive strides they’ve taken during their decade as a band, and asserts their boundless potential going forward.
Raging lead single “Blinding Faith” skillfully wields whiplash tempo changes in service of a scathing indictment of religious groupthink. “Don’t Reach for Me” combines the band’s signature frenzied attack with deliberate catchiness and refreshing sonic variety. While “Suffocate,” featuring pop-meets-metal trailblazer Poppy, contrasts an oppressive heaviness befitting the title with a dance-y, syncopated groove and, midway through, the most concussive reggaeton rhythm you’ve ever heard.
The album title — a phrase that a fellow passenger said to Garris to soothe his severe air-travel anxiety during a particularly trying flight — strikes a note of reassurance. But glossing over negative emotions isn’t what Knocked Loose are about. The new songs find them plumbing new depths of loathing — directed both inward and outward — and tortuous anguish. Musically, they’re leaning into their most extreme impulses, from blastbeat-driven fury, chaotic turbulence and seismic breakdowns, while seasoning the mix with ear-catching auxiliary percussion, evocative samples and shout-along hooks, all interwoven to perfection by Grammy-nominated, pop-savy producer Drew “WZRD BLD” Fulk.
There’s no ceiling for hardcore in 2024 — even an outfit as uncompromising as Knocked Loose can turn up in mainstream-adjacent spaces and win over new fans. But there’s a center to what they do that will never change: uncompromising heaviness, both sonically and thematically. What is evolving is their drive to find new ways to convey that heaviness, and add tasteful variety that only highlights their undiminished ferocity. Everywhere Knocked Loose have been is here on this record — but so is everywhere they may yet go.
Tracklist:
Thirst
Thirst
Piece By Piece
Piece By Piece
Suffocate (ft. Poppy)
Suffocate (ft. Poppy)
Don’t Reach For Me
Don't Reach For Me
Miss Covers All
Moss Covers All
Take Me Home
Take Me Home
Slaughterhouse 2 (ft. Chris Motionless)
Slaughterhouse 2 (ft. Chris Motionless)
The Calm That Keeps You Awake
The Calm That Keeps You Awake
Blinding Faith
Blinding Faith
Sit & Mourn
Sit & Mourn
UPC: 810540036557Label: Pure NoiseRelease Date: 5.10.24Format: CD
Korn ISSUES Label Company LEGACY Issues is the fourth studio album by nu metal band Korn. It was originally released on November 16, 1999, through Immortal Records. The album was promoted throughout 2000 by the band's highly successful Sick and Twisted Tour.
Tracklist:
Dead
Falling Away from Me
Trash
4U
Beg for Me
Make Me Bad
It's Gonna Go Away
Wake Up
Am I Going Crazy (Album Version)
Hey Daddy
Somebody Someone
No Way (Album Version)
Let's Get This Party Started (Album Version)
Wish You Could Be Me
Counting (Album Version)
Dirty
UPC: 886978795427Label: Sony Special ProductRelease Date: 10.11.11Format: CD
Korn (printed and stylized as Ko?n) is the eponymous debut studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was originally released on October 1994, through Immortal/Epic Records. Before recording the album, the band was approached by Immortal/Epic Records after a performance at Huntington Beach, California. The band signed to their label because they didn't want to "sign away all of their creative freedom.
Tracklist:
Blind 4:19
Ball Tongue 4:29
Need To 4:02
Clown 4:36
Divine 2:51
Faget 5:50
Shoots And Ladders 5:22
Predictable 4:32
Fake 4:51 1
Lies 3:22 1
Helmet In The Bush 4:02 1
Daddy 9:32
UPC: 886978795120Label: Sony Special ProductRelease Date: 10.11.11Format: CD